i. as the new year. makes its way into the world capital is playing host to huge numbers of tourists. across the country. this is the safest city in. the world police. say. the new year. with their relatives back at home.

from all of us here at the international we wish you a very happy new year. so with russia's territory encompassing. well they've all been seeing in the new year along with cities across the country the heart of moscow erupted into a kaleidoscope of. the night sky over some basil's cathedral and the kremlin and with the holiday season in full swing in. numbers of tourists enjoying it as well.

keep up american hustle out of germany how you can probably delete it from italy i could have lost a kid my mom comes to new jersey i'm. young it's a first time yeah it's the first time that i'm here in new year and there's so many things to see if you went to see the kremlin and it was so. fantastic this is the safest city has ever been and that we've been all over the world for so a lot of a policeman so this feeling like i was feeling the full safety of this life everywhere and the people under the knife and everybody was trying to help us so clean here and leave i like this to think here we will come back for sure because we find the city been amazing. don't you how do you say happy new year in russia

and somewhat snow you got it. off a. new yorkers are just welcomed in the new year with of course the traditional dropping of the cursed crystal ball in times square here are some of the highlights from all around the world. who.

now at twenty seventeen did see a raft of new faces step into the political arena around the world and the year offered them plenty of opportunities to get up close and personal with the old guard although things didn't always go in tireless moodily. i.

think. one of the most dissipated events of twenty seventeen of course that was the start of donald trump's time in the white house and the president has taken to twitter overnight to congratulate the american people on the new year and remind them that he's making the country great again faster than anyone thought possible here's a quick look back at the man who's turned us politics on its head. thinking being could you be. like

a smart person. being fully calm by doing my job ok ambrosia president you believe that. as donald trump celebrates his second christmas after being elected u.s. president we're going to go over his top twenty seventeen stocking stuffers memorable moments from his first year in the white house. thank you everybody thank you very much. i'm. going to go to. work. for you mike.

this isn't the kind of behavior that you'd normally expect from a u.s. president during an official meeting you also wouldn't expect twitter to be turned into an official white house channel but as commander in chief donald trump has actually given america's teenagers a run for their money with over two thousand five hundred tweets. the president has had plenty to boast about in twenty seven sand especially his

range of very dangerous toys we are so proud of our military that it was one of the successful offense. to what happens as i said we just launched a. missile. heading to iraq. had it to syria. heading towards syria now this time of year a lot of us enjoy word games with our family and friends well donald trump doesn't care what time of year it is or how dangerous the game might get take his challenger kim jong un the north korean crisis left us all breathless wondering if the next word might be world war three we are totally prepared for the second option totally destroy north korea these are sick puppy rockets man is on

a suicide mission for him so what are you hearing this see the strong machine and why would you do all these ordinary things the north korean regime is calling president trumps words a load of nonsense north korea's supreme leader fired back at trump accusing the president of being a mentally deranged us daughter a korean insult roughly meaning senile idiot obviously he's a pretty smart cookie much like charles dickens fictional real estate owner manhattan's favorite scrooge has his very own ghost of christmas past the russia collusion story just doesn't seem to go away as the probes in investigations continue despite the lack of any sustainable evidence now donald trump's twenty seventeen holiday wish list includes a second special counsel to investigate bob muller the first special counsel who was appointed to investigate donald trump now this could be a slippery slope. next there could be a third special counsel appointed by congress to investigate second this could just

go on and on and on. you can it's hard for me i see. because you're a ghost. so donald trump decided to make good on one of his election promises and bring peace to the middle east oh wait it was his other election promise to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital so far no peace we wish you a very happy hanukkah. and i think this one will go down especially special. in thinking about what's going on and the love that's all over is you. and all about jerusalem well whether you support him or not twenty seventeen was quite a spectacular year for donald trump there's been explosions late nights on twitter and

a regional shake ups twenty eighteen is now here and it seems like the potest has plenty more up his sleeve. artsy new york so of course the country has been deeply divided of us since the unexpected election result jacqueline fuko looks at how the u.s. has been impacted by trump's america. divided they were. i would say were more open minded were kind of more moderate well educated people a lot of educated people who are sensible. they were kind of very good weren't they i'm not to judge what other people's education and stuff is coming at them are not working at mcdonald's or somewhere even though they have a five year six year degree it's not surprising that the country is divided in half since one in the u.s. presidential election last november trump has been calling for the nation to set aside its differences and to unify i say it is time for us to come together as

one united people we may have our differences we are strongest when we are unified but it seems that divides are already too deep. immediately after the election vicious protests broke out nationwide with america being split into two camps angry liberals eager to denounce the trump was not their president came face to face with trump supporters ready to defend their choice and america hasn't been given the fly just chance to unite with hate becoming the new norm promoted on all levels. what if the incoming president was immediate successors were wiped out on day one. i have thought an awful lot about the white house.

staff to rest just like strong sounds to me on stage. so within suggestion like this it's no wonder that. over the top again and again. the two those who used to be peaceful leftists morphed into the radical left not shying away from using violence just like their political opponents across the spectrum but the situation has gotten so tense that people even began. to protest violence fled to violence putting republicans against democrat americans against americans leaving the question of what else could happen and is there any way of fixing this divide. by.

going to. one of the. every. new leader that entered the political arena and twenty seventeen brought up the french president. he has faced huge resistance to his push for labor reforms on mass protests across the country classers on an outcry from unions greeted micron's signing of a series of decrees to reform the economy he wants to make it easier for companies to hire and fire people and reduce the power of national collective bargaining the president himself has not held back when addressing workers. absolutely determined

that i will not yield in any way not to slackers who is not to cynics not to extremists. but i dubbed not just the king of slackers but the king of the rich soon found himself being compared to napoleon was in health what news leaked about his lavish fortieth birthday celebrations.

for the seventeen so an intensified fight against eisold and its major strongholds in syria and iraq but that's unavoidably of meant heartache and devastation for civilians caught up in the battles here's a recap of the fight against the deadliest terror group in modern history.

chris. of course the victory on the battlefield hasn't stopped the suffering of those left abandoned and homeless thousands of women and children to face a difficult future left widowed and often by their husbands and fathers who fought feisal. calmly as much of the more i hear the fellas that it's in china. because it's because it is such

a dumb as it is never. really this year this woman's husband was killed in mosul he wasn't one of the good guys he was in a slam extent fighter until you know it's not simple and you know you asked for that visit. with the full of talent they had nowhere left to run the wives and children of presumed isis fighters finally surrendered the biggest concern now is safety and security the un has asked us to blur these women's faces not to reveal their names and most importantly not to tell anyone where they're being held because isis so do a lot of hatred in iraq they spilled a lot of blood and there are people here who would come over just to throw a grenade across the fence we film these women. in order to avoid unnecessary attention for their room safety the first in many told us is that they never wanted

to be here in the first place. like the killing. of people. pleasing many of them. but. almost all of these women a foreigner as a dead giveaway isis encouraged bringing families over there terrified they fear the iraqi army they're even scared of aid workers and the goal is to. get the first. can someone. tell us. what you did with. the same school just does the sections of the national guard is the

registrants unit. china shouldn't have to have some of the bad ones on the any such as if she had said yes i feel a bit nuts and then you will of us mostly just as a considerably if someone does this. kind nicety of my alice is yet another. young. woman we found russian speaking but the majority. there are also. new right europeans africans and asians americans many iraqis see them as something. to flog. to. forget the ideology. this is at a loss it was something. much let's. keep. that in them.

to see if you think that i don't need love so i leave it to me i'm not a young person camp luckily because of that my children that. you have a problem is the kids there are families from dozens and dozens of different countries currently held by iraqi forces among them more than a thousand children and many of them orphans many will be able to tell you their names because of trauma or age and getting them out is paramount. to get that feeling. but far from anything. aid groups including the u.n. are working around the clock to establish identities but it's slow and dangerous

work and calls to the woman to contact relatives let them know they're still alive or not if you can is my opinion. result of the indian government in the moment. some of these women may be telling the truth and those may not they brew can lose just by being here some even to come. and it will be up to cool it's in iraq in their home countries to establish guilt and the children. are essentially hostages in a war they don't even understand or i guess d.m. . from iraq. because it was of this past year that launched a campaign to bring back russian children i saw fighters who had been abandoned in iraq among those lucky ones. and from southern russia they were reunited with their relatives with the help of. the head of the chechen republic.

they. want to. see a close look in one of the school lives where they just said. this was a mom i knew a little more more really. just not all that not only in the book family says. it all me out. on me and. she. was.

like chill. carrying a world class world in my. now that wraps up our first morning bulletin for january the first twenty eighteen here on r.t. international we are back in half an hour for the meantime though from all of us again happy new year. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

it's the cradle of jazz. the america in america we are. noles disc jazz feel. a city of climatic contest trophies of alligators on the loose of poverty and crime to use by the least twenty zero zero zero members a mom friend kozma. of street racing in the heat of the night this is new orleans itself a man who wants the best place in the world oh my. name is ella summers and i built tiny houses for the homeless.

city is back and they are here why do these guys down for me a tiny house is not a solution it will be a free for all. this nice safe conditions to live in. to suit the president of the city of los angeles. always good terrorist. nobody should be homeless anywhere but especially in one of the richest countries in the world. i build everything with truth because i make a lot of mistakes. and it's easy to back out your mistakes in compton south central

l.a. a pint sized idea as well this summer as in a battle with city off already so when you have nothing in order to go. you know having something like this may as well be a castle. the mayor of los angeles has declared the city is in the midst of a homelessness crisis. is trying to solve it one tiny house at a time the tiny house idea is very simple it's shelter. food water and shelter are not optional they're required for human survival so it's a. temporary solution and like the first stone a foundation if you will to helping people who are homeless. according to elvis these cheap and portable tiny homes meant to be on the streets of l.a. . and they need to fix. but right now they're not moving anywhere because city

authorities banned them so they used to belong to somebody yeah yeah. and now they're being used no now they've been sitting here for a better part of a year collecting dust. and people are you know struggling and suffering. so yeah it's really sad i mean it's you know this is human life here you know. los angeles authorities have accused his tiny homes of threatening public safety. elvis has seen the tiny house movement go viral online with support coming from right across the world so with the help of internet crowdfunding he's going rogue once completed they all have a new carbon pad. alarms on the windows i put the vents these holes in the top you know it's really hot summer here so that way the heat all rises and go out in the city of angels elvis isn't considered one by the powers that be. but to the

homeless he's one of the few struggling to get them off the streets i don't quit and i don't give up and i definitely don't bow down to bullies people need shelter now if i have to build a tiny house for every last person until i'm five hundred years old then that's what i'm going to do. elvis is building his next house for a woman brave and. so few people that live in. raven's living on the top next to a freeway. and fall from say. the situation much worse than when this last. this rare yama service.

raven's been on and off the streets most of her life. area yeah sure after fleeing violent home when she was just thirteen. she once had a time since the city of st she's been out here. tired after getting. pretty well. pretty light. when they. when they do a. good. elvis is worried by the state but this communal camp and he. to buy raven a tent until he can build her a new tiny house so i'm going to and it's and and are running back to you guys in a little while. well.