around here we are. told from such preclusion to. fireworks to light up the sky over the kremlin as the russian capital welcomes in the new year. celebrations in iran are overshadowed by the country's largest wave of unrest since two thousand and nine president rouhani urges protesters to stay peaceful. also in the headlines on our t.v. australia's new chancellor calls for a rethink of e.u. refugee policy. will not solve the crisis.

all right with broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is art international from two thousand and eighteen and if you're in london we'd like to say happy new year to you as you're ringing it in right now now russia's eleven time zones have now seen in the new year a few hours ago the fireworks went off over st basil's cathedral and the kremlin volga has been following all the action on red square for us. i'm here in the heart of moscow right outside of red square and thousands of people have gathered here tonight to ring in the new year and see the fireworks display. and it was amazing and of course not just here in the center of the city where people are gathering and celebrating this point all around that are having the fireworks displays and everything because here and russia new year's is the biggest celebration of the year families get together and have huge fees exchanged presents and see in the new year to gather and i got to tell you this. it's the first time

i've seen new year's and in the center of moscow and i have no regrets happy new year's everyone and as you can see behind me these are pictures live right now from london you can see the famous iowa right there as they bring in the new year in the u.k. now earlier people in the middle east asia and australia were treated to some spectacular fireworks displays as well let's take a look at how different countries have brought in two thousand and eighteen.

without seventeen saw plenty of new faces enter the political arena and they had plenty of opportunities to get up and close and personal with the old guard but things didn't always go so smoothly take a look. what was that call me i just follow that such. cut. cut. cut cut.

cut. the old china and this was her. mother. took her. to a little you know. well meanwhile for kids here in moscow there are better things to do than follow global politics and the dear tutor asked some youngsters what they think of world leaders thank you thank you we're going. down.

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i don't think i have to. expression. when to be unfortunate what took me. through it is really good years. i can't do it but the hunted down. where figuring out what politicians are saying is not always an easy task especially with the sound off so we asked people the streets to try and guess what was being said. if you want. the best and you're best to make. the rest of the good ole years the big joke oh yeah very nice. they're talking about. them they don't talk about the takeover of the world i think

it's a cold yes i do have a cold and could even hear out of this if. i think you should take. this twice at night time was in the room you know but you know i was. talking to her because she would not listen to me i had the same problem she does when listening to try and say something between you two important leaders so tell the future you are together with you in the middle. of. thing between the ruling. the yeah when i went i went on my lines couple of times i get good you show you know what to say don't get nervous ok i know you have stage fright ok. but i just just know ok i know i know you're. the one who's country i love. i that's not always fun and games for some

two thousand and seventeen was a year of conflict and tragedy our video agency ruptly picked out some of the darker and also try to pick some lighter moments as well take a look. hello how the turtle. cut. cut. cut. cut. cut.

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i welcome back and this is r t international now the president of iran has addressed the nation for the first time since protests erupted across the country hassan rouhani said people are free to express their views but must avoid violence as well he also hit back at president from for accusing iran of supporting terrorists that was after the latest provocative tweet from the u.s. leader be brought us to iran the people are finally getting why is this to how their money and wealth is being stolen and squandered on terrorism looks like they will not take it any longer the usa is watching very closely for human rights violations. well iran is seeing its most severe unrest since two thousand and nine it started as a protest over soaring prices and unemployment and spiraled into brutal street

clashes two protesters were killed in a room in the west of the country on sunday but the circumstances of their deaths are unclear officials say security forces have not used lethal force on demonstrators and of the local governor has accused foreign powers of stirring up trouble. that in. deploying we have found evidence of enemies of the revolution tech fieri groups and foreign agents in this clash take fear is a full sunni militants especially islamic states in this situation violent clashes broke out in the illegal demonstration in the road on saturday and unfortunately two people were killed no shots were fired by the police and security forces and the goal was for this rally to finish peacefully. the u.s. state department says it is closely following the situation in iran and also condemned any arrests and claim that the protests are peaceful however the latest pictures coming out of iran seem to suggest otherwise and this video obtained by

our video agency roughly you can see a police station being torched so far we have no information on possible injuries and back in june the u.s. secretary of state made it clear though and washington is willing to support people resisting the iranian government. our policy towards iran is to push back on the show germany contain their ability to develop obviously nuclear weapons and to work toward support of those elements inside of iran that would lead to a peaceful transition of that government those elements are there surely as we know what they are looking for is the legitimizing the iranian politics the iranian stablish mina's well as iran regional military build up and presence in syria in iraq and elsewhere in order to impose further sanctions on the country and also in order to deliver them. why is the iranian policies on the international scene in favor of the united states they day are trying hard through them social

media outlets that they are you know were running and funding to politicize the unrest so into iran people are now angry at the administration because president rouhani had promised them to strike a deal with the united states to resolve all the konami problems that was a wrong attitude he was already you know warned against giving such big holes to the nation because everyone knew that the united states would not remain loyal to the deal and this happened unfortunately the united states defied all its undertakings under the nuclear deal and the president has failed in meeting you know his promises now people are angry to see that they are angry that he has invested all the country's power and future in the united states loyalty to the deal and they have come to realize that this is not going to happen. austria's new chancellor says that the e.u. is migrant relocation quotas are not helping solve the refugee crisis sebastian

current believes the problem should be handled in the migrants home countries migrants who said so for europe don't want to go to bulgaria were hungry they want to go to germany austria sweden they should be held in safe areas in their own continent the e.u. should support that perhaps even organize it and back it militarily. there have been similar calls in the past from other european leaders last month president emanuel while. from france proposed military action to help people trafficking in libya but. from the damascus center of strategic studies believes such an approach is deeply flawed. to send troops or european armies to protect these. virtual safe zones i think it's not practical in first of all these armies would be involved in the internal affairs of this country and

their reaction from the law people will be may be negatively they will lose a lot of. soldiers first so i think to be engaged in internal adverse of any county it would be reflected on their internal affairs and i think they should read very good the story of syria during seven years they should read the story of libya just a few manage the story in africa and i don't think that this is a good approach these pictures show just how desperate some migrants are they are trying to cross the alps from italy to reach france are battling freezing temperatures and often inadequate clothing trying to seek a better life in europe european leaders are now increasingly looking towards the migrants home countries but but some who we just heard from before believe that they are using the crisis to exert their influence on those. you have been you know

the feeling that they are. outside of the political settlement now example in syria they are outside in libya they started to go shit against libya then they became not a. player in internal affairs of libya. maybe in africa we can all see that the role is very important so because of the trying to. to. rule in the mideast. an israeli court has extended the detention of a palestinian teenager and her mother after the girl was caught on video hitting two israeli soldiers sixteen year old tommy confronted the two soldiers in front of her house in the west bank an hour after her cousin was hit by a rubber bullet a video of the incident went viral. yeah.

the footage shows along with one of her cousins kicking and shoving the i.d.f. soldiers her mother can also be seen in the video because an was also arrested but released after forty eight hours the trio were angry after another of the cousins a fourteen year old boy was hit in the face by an israeli rubber bullet heads father has defended his daughter's actions. as a. what if i thought for the palestinian issue she believe that we must. make war the time she needs to be. in the. in the clashes with me. this is what she believe in. for that when the. head when she saw. me she became more the more she won

that he needed to fight we requested comment from the israeli defense forces on the girl's case the i.d.f. said she's being investigated for a suspected assault of a soldier and also for throwing rocks former i.d.f. soldier already or weisberg gave us his views on the case. what happened last week and the video that's gone viral with her slapping and pushing two soldiers. is not part of a protest it went much more viral once they showed up. later on a few days later early in the morning and arrested her a sixteen year old girl for pushing somebody who was without any sort of authorization standing on her property image of a fearless young woman she's sixteen standing up to fully armed soldiers and the soldiers if you notice they come into these villages and i did when i served in the i.d.f. as well fully armed for battle the heavy military presence with in palestinian

communities is thirty years old the amount of force is overwhelming these soldiers are only partially trained for doing what are essentially police duties but you notice they are in full battle dress they don't look like police men i don't think that the i.d.f. sees itself as in a precarious position. tensions have escalated in the region since december the sixth when donald trump announced he would recognize jerusalem as israel's capital in response palestine is now recalling its envoy from washington the fourth week in the standoff between israelis and palestinians has left more than a dozen dead and two thousand injured. significant.

this is the floor it's friday raids actually palestinians all over gaza strip east

jerusalem and the west bank are demonstrating and protesting against donald trump's declaration that is right the army is throwing down gas canisters on the protesters as since the morning since that announcement was made. well you can smell the tear gas from here so those terms made that announcement fourteen palestinians have been killed in those figures according to the palestinian health ministry they also report that more than three thousand people have been injured it's escalating it's uprising but that is right the army has been at throwing tear gas canisters all the. testers are running away from the but for some fans out there is right he's not been shooting live i mean ac and i probably it's because one hundred very very very close to where he was standing so. the

situation here like it has been for the last month. quite tense and we can certainly smell tear gas if a way i do you guys that nation there were at keys five ambulances about. floor or three injuries well that does it for me this hour if i had my way we do a couple more stories together but the gallery is telling me you can't be back though in about half an hour with a full of chinese you're watching international happy new year. hello my name is peter and i've been living in bushnell for about seven years and this is a film about just some of the crazy things i've got in the time. i

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the pittsburgh police internal report states that the officer had repeatedly violated the rules he shouldn't have such in the car despite this why in hospital leo is told that he received twenty years of imprisonment feeling and putting the lives of policemen in danger. today with his family by his side near tries to get back to a normal life the officer who shot lee and still works in the pittsburgh police department. he was working around here he knocked on her door one day this. so. called the police for another matter because the same officer arrived i just couldn't believe my ass i mean it's not like my legs was coming up was just so

stark that you believe. that was just scared that you know he may do something to make. this is this is another person so. if you want to shoot a black man join the police were police did in addition to his disability and is now suffering from severe anxiety and depression he sued the pittsburgh police department. the prosecutor cancel the charges against the an if he weeks ago in order to improve the relationship between the police and the black community he said. something that. in pittsburgh the relationship between the police and the black community is far from being good it was in homewood an afro-american neighborhood that the police shot and forward. in these disadvantaged districts with. high crime rates the gap

between police and citizens is huge. we met these americans who live in poverty and who were the first victims of police have use. people are more afraid of peace than if criminals. faced with this fear the community gets organized after school the young gather in the house they only even home which and are between ten and sixteen years of age but as you guys can make it. all we pass an aside issues around us. so we can get started at the clinic and want to or not so coming to the teacher is like their big brother the situation is hard to believe he is teaching them how to protect themselves from the police. dull say your pay is.

because with that you're fitting into a stereotype that's the kind of stuff day kim avoid to keep you out of any kind of situation or keep you out of trouble or not go horrible on you just because we're not we're dormant because i don't want to be the next person that we call you to as some i just killed by a police officer because that can happen remember taylor rice where we talk about the killing clearly it's twelve years old do it with a new who ordered twelve and here who's two zero. broke. that could've been your man. that could have been one either you or three that could have been you know you as the three cheats.