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on the grid angry. at a. u.n. security council overwhelmingly bank's a resolution rejecting trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel but it's vetoed by the u.s. . at least six people are reportedly killed as a passenger train derails from a bridge in the state of washington. and thousands of protesters rally in vienna after a far right party takes key posts in austria's new coalition government. to .
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a very warm welcome you are watching r.t. international with me becky erin good to have you with us this hour the u.s. ambassador to the united nations has vetoed a draft resolution rejecting donald trump's decision to recognize to reduce the limb as israel's capital all fourteen other members voted in favor of adopting the resolution. the status of jerusalem as the future capital of to states should be determined through a negotiated settlement between the israelis and the palestinians and the decision and actions which purport to alter the current status of jerusalem have no legal effect what we witnessed here today in the security council is an insult it won't be forgotten any unilateral actions increase the risk of escalation of the conflict good the garden physicalism can become and will not get out of control the accusation that the united states is setting back the prospects of peace in the middle east that is a scandalous charge we support the just cause of restoring legitimate national
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rights of the palestinian people we disagree with the us decisions you know laterally to recognize to receive them as the capital of israel we urgently need to relaunch the peace process the fact that this veto is being done in beijing was received. recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and move goes against international law now what made the meeting unique was not only did we hear normal critics of the united states condemning the decision but we also heard you know western european allies of the u.s. nato states condemning this action by the united states and boldly disagreeing with the usa for what took place so this is actually the u.n. ambassador of france. there are negative effects on the region caused by the december sixth announcement and the way it can be interpreted these effects must be avoided we call on all regional players to help calm the situation. now nikki haley
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the u.s. ambassador took to the floor and she defended the actions by the united states the united states has been the primary supporter of israel and when she spoke she said that the united nations should be ashamed of this proposal that was put forward she was ashamed of the vote which had taken place she accused the united nations of not being supportive of israel of being anti israel and she was harshly critical of the international community for the proposed resolution what we witnessed here today in the security council is an insult it won't be forgotten it's one more example of the united nations doing more harm than good in addressing the israeli palestinian conflict now in response to the united states we have seen a statement from the palestinian authority the palestinian authority has accused the united states of essentially mocking the international community with their decision to move their embassy and recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and now at this point even though fourteen members of the u.n.
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security council supported this resolution the single vote from the united states caused it to be vetoed and prevented the resolution from passing the entire chamber was united against a single member of the united states voting for a resolution following monday's session at the u.n. the israeli president praised the american veto he says nikki haley quote a candle of truth and dispelled that dog. well trumps may have to recognize to receive them as israel's capital has provoked unstained and widespread outcry. i. i. palestinians have been involved in protesting clashes with israeli forces for almost two weeks the united states' decision to end its neutrality on the status of the disputed city has also trickett mass protests in other countries including indonesia and. it is being met with condemnation from european and muslim
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leaders too we spoke to experts based in both israel and palestine about the u.s. veto. i've been surprised that so many countries have decided that instead of taking the palestinians to the security council to discuss why they decided to react the troops announcement by firing rockets at israeli kindergartens instead they've decided to take israel to the security council what they should be doing is encouraging the palestinian leadership to return to the negotiating table with donald trump in his announcement did not rule out whatsoever there being a pastor in capital in east jerusalem he's just reflected the reality that for three thousand years jerusalem has been israel's capital it can still happen violence is not the way to bring it about there's no surprises this is very much expected the united states was expected to come up with this veto but none of that is it's very significant and assuring that the rest of the world. is asserting the fact that this american decision is illegal there is
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a dramatic change that is happening there all of the united states views of the the middle east and particularly the israeli palestinian conflict in the history of this process the americans were too biased and less sensitive to the international legality which was a major structural defect in this peace process that isn't of this is that we are witnessing the end of the role of the united states as a sponsor through this process which is i think a very dramatic and very important setback. for the american middle east. multiple fatalities have been reported after an amtrak train derailed from a bridge over interstate five a major commuter highway in washington state part of the train was left dangling from the bridge and passenger cars fell onto the road so american has the details an amtrak train has derailed from a bridge onto a major highway just forty miles south of seattle washington now the drill train
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hit vehicles on the highway and multiple fatalities have been reported a spokesperson for local authorities commented and here's what he had to say. four. groups damaged the bridge. vehicles. damage to ground zero and now amtrak confirmed that there were seventy eight passengers and five a crew members aboard the train departed from tacoma shortly after eight am in the drill meant occurred during rush hour which is possibly the worst time that this could happen according to the washington transportation department this was a new service that only launched this morning at the point of defiance bypass project was intended to quote improve passenger train reliability and reduce congestion by rerouting trains to an inland route prior to that trains were forced to slow down due to curves and single truck tunnels now the governor of washington
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said that it was a ongoing and a serious situation and has even declared a state of emergency in the counties affected. protesters rallied in vienna on monday as austria's new coalition government which includes a far right party was sworn in over five thousand dollars to discover his historic whole palace as the ceremonies who place among them were anti fascist students and the left wing groups they were confronted with a heavy police presence. the protesters marched through the streets with placards bearing slogans such as don't let's not these govern a major concern for them is that key state positions have been given to the far right freedom party it would take on the foreign interior and defense ministries as well as the vice chancellor ship.
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there's been widespread condemnation of this agreement across many european media outlets lots of fears that this will lead to the the far right side of that coalition having more and more say over politics in austria but we can look at what the well the coalition of put out themselves of what they say their policies will be we can expect that they'll be an increase in direct democracy along the the switch small of putting big votes to the people in order to get their opinions on which direction the country goes in next but one decision that won't be put into the people's hands like that it's been confirmed that austria has no intention on holding in a brags that s.k.u. referendum any time soon we can also expect tougher immigration control we could
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also expect the austrian government to push for an end to turkey's accession to the talks we can also expect to see this austrian government pushing more for an end to e.u. sanctions against moscow. regarding the sanctions against russia yes we would like for those to be lifted we will try to play a part in this is a mediator to find a solution in the interests of europe so europe and russia can overcome the differences when you talk to people on the streets of vienna opinion still very split over the direction the country is headed in the arctic things so i think we have seen this before it was triumphant drugs at an angle and and i think that taking it i really don't think it's get going to get. throughout europe there's a return to the far right you can see this in germany. as well with the f.t. got a lot of votes and if someone speaks about the refugee crisis you get the impression that this could have been handled better. in the good naaman i think the far right
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are correct they're working for the people doing what people who wants them to do so i'm in favor i am happy with the situation well twenty seventeen c. in the far right rise to prominence in european politics if we look right at the beginning of the year of course we saw builders pushing hard for the dutch prime ministerial race and their elections there we also saw marine le pen in france be the number one challenger to a minute ground in the french presidential elections where is here in germany where i'm talking to you from the alternative for germany party of they took up seats for the first time in the bundestag in germany's parliament well while sebastian could denies that he has any truck with the far right the fact that it had to go into coalition with the with the austrian freedom party has seen him heavily criticised
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when german political scientist of an impact south of the e.u. will have to reconcile itself to austria's new coalition. west european governments won't take any significant actions against this new or strong government because on the one hand rajan populism has been growing in all these countries and the self-confidence of europe centrist and the left discover men's has been shattered by this rise of rightwing populism and on the other hand the form a coalition between the p.o.v. if he did not harm to europe and or to austria law or were they any policy stake which are contradictions stool humanitarian and rule of law stand of the european union three or four european governments don't see any reason for harsh restrictions and even sanctions right now president terms new national security
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strategy labels russia and china as the greatest threats to america's global head to many when have all the details for you after this short break start with. what politicians do you suppose to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want to listen. to the right to due process this is what. you can't be good. i'm interested in the lawyers in the. first. well was russia gate is now quickly becoming f.b.i. gate who will investigate the investigators also does the u.s. have a real north korea policy and the end of net neutrality and the start of the internet
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apartheid. all because vessel only forty year they play a short tournament. i wanted to ask you how your lifestyle you know about it all it's every one song if you wife whatever somehow six times. it was different story. welcome back russia and china are the main threat to america's global dominance according to president trance new national security strategy document outlines the ways in which washington can advance its influence and preserve its prosperity this strategy recognizes that whether we like it or not we are engaged in a new era of competition we also face rival powers russia and china
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that seek to challenge american influence values and wealth the document strongly criticizes moscow and its international policies in particular it claims russia uses technology propaganda and coersion and an attempt to shape a world fundamentally opposed to america's interests. they start with the wrong premise they start with the idea that we have an empire we have a responsibility and it isn't. they believe it's a moral responsibility and we are the deciders and we should influence people because we are exceptional and they're all start with the wrong things so it's just a matter of degree because of our people america has been among the greatest forces for peace and justice in the history of the world when the american people speak all of us should listen i want to believe that trump card is with us who are thinking that we should have more open relationships and talking he said it before
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but he has had to back off and i guess the pressure is too much we're them the deep state the people who control the media there is a different option and it doesn't have to be more militarism and more confrontation there is no need for that it's time we came into a modern world where we can actually talk with people. in his speech announcing the new strategy trump nevertheless that the u.s. aims to build a partnership with russia and china as an example he cited recent intelligence and moscow which helped to prevent a series of terrorist attacks in russia on sunday vladimir putin called trump to thank him and the cia the u.s. president said he and the whole of america's intelligence community were pleased they helped to save lives the leaders also agree this was a positive example of the countries working together. i compliment the both presidents for doing this and it makes no sense on some of our policies because at the same time we have this signal that we can't talk and work with each other and
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help each other at the same time we just had a budget that was passed where the risk five billion dollars allotted to building up defenses and eastern europe to stop russian aggression there's something awfully weird about there at the same time if we can be civil and talking to each other why do we and i speak for our country why do we have to spend so much money pretending that we're going to be invaded and then we're threatened by a russian aggression that makes no sense whatsoever and your case foreign secretary has also been taking aim at russia he says most go is more hostile towards the west than at any time since the cold war zones and made the comments ahead of this week's meeting with his russian counterpart in most and i say a child can a husband. ahead of this first visit by u.k. foreign minister to russia in five years johnson has certainly been making some curious comments in his typical manner for starters he has drawn some comparisons
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between russia and sparta i was reading few city's history of the political war it was obvious to me that athens and its democracy its open this its culture and civilization was the end of united states and the wished russia for me was closed no militaristic and democratic like sponsor well boris johnson has also said that russia has not been so hostile to the u.k. or western interests since the end of the cold war and quote now was speaking to the sunday times on the oh so popular issue of russian meddling he said again that he see no evidence of russian influence when it comes to the bracks that referendum if you remember in the past he's even used the words not a sausage of evidence but he has said that there is some evidence that there has been russian trolling on facebook this might be in reference to some of the numbers released by facebook that have said that only two hundred people in britain had seen any adverts which cost just over seventy p.
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these numbers are certainly quite curious given all the endless talk about this alleged russian meddling and facebook influence when it came to that referendum now also ahead of this visit it's curious that some apparently here in westminster are nervous about what is going to happen when boris johnson finally gets to moscow for talks with his counterparts we have seen the chair of the parliamentary group on russia and labor m.p. chris bryant publish an open letter to boris johnson warning him of certain things that could come including things such as his food potentially being spiked some kind of influence to not let boys johnson get enough sleep things like honey traps why beautiful kremlin agents as well as maybe his phones being hacked or bog. he's also been warning to stay away from any drinking games and has been letting boris johnson to be weary of being alone in an elevator and making faces so that this doesn't get used against him in the future but that said boris johnson has made it
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clear by sort of repeating his mantra of be ware but engage that he does plan to have serious talks when it comes to the situation in syria and specifically collaborating with russia to defeat isis terrorism so certainly a lot to look ahead for when it comes to this visit later in the week. three people have been killed and almost thirty injured after a car bomb that's a car bomb attack in the southwest of afghanistan twelve of the wounded were soldiers and one of those killed was a security officer according to local officials has yet to claim interest and early on monday islamic militants stormed a building at the complex leading to intense these areas should be protected these are areas where afghan intelligence trains members and new recruits and next year it is another facility that starts with providing security to other installations in kabul in all across the country what we see these days is that
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militants or targeting kabul in other major cities which is almost. front line for them in the last few months we've also seen americans and other nato countries pounding board. as well as taliban positions and afghan special forces have been carrying out regular operations it could be a retaliation but certainly what we see more and more the afghan government in its international law is failed to prevent these attacks from taking place in kabul. as belong mentioned their islamic state has recently carried out a number of attacks in the region on sunday i saw militants killed nine people in neighboring pakistan last month two died after an islamic tycho likeable t.v. station and in late october seventy two people were killed by islamists in two
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separate afghan mosque attacks during friday prayers. france's president among the crowd celebrated his fortieth birthday on saturday however instead of congratulations the president faced a wave of criticism over the venue he picks for his party. they.
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they got to. come in the night club one of the from the one that hit. hello and welcome across the uk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle what was russia gate is now quickly becoming f.b.i. gate who will investigate the investigators also does the u.s. have a real north korea policy and the end of net neutrality and the start of internet apartheid.
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cross-linking f.b.i. gate i'm joined by my guest albums under me curious he is a writer on legal affairs as well as the editor in chief of the duran dot com we also have victrola bitch he's a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and of course we have dmitri bob age he is a political analyst with sputnik international rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate your joining us here visiting in moscow and you have a great legal mind as we all know. i think it's fair to say this is f.b.i. kate because it never really was a russia scandal i mean after what eighteen months not a shred of evidence but we have day after day after day enormous amount of collusion bias inside the d.o.j. inside the f.b.i. i think there's absolutely they found absolutely nothing after eighteen months of investigation of collusion between the russians and the trunk campaign but what we're discovering is that the tram campaign was. surveyed that people were being
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watched that their e-mails were being written read and that that was extreme bias within the f.b.i. with the senior investigator of the f.b.i. now exposed to be sending extremely anti try. e-mails with he's a lover who is also an official of the f.b.i. and if that letter struck way indeed absolutely and having discussions about it in the office of the deputy director of the f.b.i. mr mckay who was referred to in the e-mails as an andy or what you know i've said this before on this program people on what's. in their social media if they want to say the president the united states or canada or candidate for the united states presidency.

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