celebrations and fireworks a light up at the globe to mark the beginning of the new year two thousand and eighteen russia's capital is hosting large numbers of tourists with the holiday season in full swing. when you see the premier it was so. fantastic this is the safest city that ever been and we've been all over the world here so a little police so this feeling mixed feelings about safety. clauses donald trump and congratulates americans on the new year we look back at his first twelve months in office. russian children abandoned in iraq when their parents joined islamic state celebrate new year's eve back home after an r.t.

campaign help reunite them with their families. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our teacher national i'm sean thomas in the glad to have you with us and countries across the globe have welcomed in the new year two thousand and eighteen cities worldwide have held a spectacular fireworks shows had to celebrate here some of the highlights. i

. i. must go ruptured into color as fireworks lit up in the sky over st basil's cathedral and the kremlin with the holiday season underway large numbers of tourists are enjoying the festivities.

the proper morning i was out of the terminal all you can probably delete out from italy i come from lost a kid my mom comes from new jersey. young it's a first time yet the first time that i'm here on new year and there's so many things to see we went to see the kremlin and it was so. fantastic this is the safest city we've 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 lights everywhere and the people i was online everybody was trying to help us so clean here and leave i like the food here we will come back for sure because we find the city been amazing look don't you how do you say happy new year in russia and somewhat snow you got it. off them.

two thousand and seventeen is all raft of new faces in the world's political arena with plenty of opportunities to get up close and personal with the old guard vo things did not always go so smoothly. i. hope china and this world.

one of the most anticipated events of two thousand and seventeen was the start of donald trump's term in the white house the president took to twitter overnight to congratulate americans on the new year and stress that together they are making the country great again here is a quick look back at the man who has turned u.s. politics on its head. did you think. i'm like a smart person. being really how my doing my job ok ambrosia president do you believe that right. 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. 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 and 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 down from second this could just go on and on and on and. you can't hide from me i see and hear everything you do 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 as especially special. way down in thinking about what's going

on and the love that's all over is you know. and all about jerusalem 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 and it was another successful offense. to what happens as i said we just launched a. missile. heading to iraq. headed to serious. 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 this is a sick puppy rocket man is on a suicide mission for him so what are you serious so you're strong security why would you think you're going to the north korean regime is calling president trump's words a load of nonsense north korea's supreme leader fired back at trump accusing the president of being mentally deranged us a korean insult roughly meaning senile idiot obviously he's a pretty smart cookie 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 up and artsy new york the standoff between washington and pyongyang is set to continue in two thousand and eighteen with north korea's leader

targeting the u.s. in his new year's speech made it clear he had the nuclear button close at hand. the entire us mainland is within the range of zero nuclear strike on the bus and is always on the table in my office space you clearly know that this is certainly not a threat to reality but the remark by the leader of highly irresponsible and is to be. discouraged by all means why has the right to defend itself is wanted about threats from the united states in terms of regime change all assassination of its leader all. simply invasion into its territory right now the situation is in a stalemate. he has time to develop a super weapon in a more and more sophisticated way and the united states has not yet reached the point of. deciding to use military means to solve the problem but i don't think

everything has been exhausted to his student need to try the best even though all the likelihood of a diplomatic solution is becoming remote and that remote. another new political leader in two thousand and seventeen was french president. many saw him as a man of the people but he began with controversial labor reforms that triggered mass protests across in wants to make it easier for companies to hire and fire people and reduce the power of collective bargaining that has angered french workers but the president thinks that they are just being lazy i will be absolutely determined to do that i will not yield in any way not to the cynics not to extremists.

was the king of the slacker king of the rich he was compared to napoleon which was not helped when news leaked about his lavish.

two thousand and seventeen saw the fall of islamic state in syria and iraq but weaving behind heartache and devastation for civilians here is a recap of the battle against of the top link deadly terror group.

thousands of women and children have been left widowed and orphaned after i saw militants and died during the fighting archie launched a campaign in two thousand and seventeen to bring back abandoned russian children from iraq among them our two sisters i did and of yours their story. so close to the gilmore school who literally just turned. this was a mom i knew. mom or dad each. other not only. climbing into it or me out. only

a. sister. first they are here are. my. coming up fresh casualties and massive protests in iran we have details of short break this is our international. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or interim. or somehow want to be rich. to do like to be close to see what the before tree in the morning can people get.

interested always in the waters of. the ship. seemed wrong when old rules just don't all. get to shape out this day comes to educate and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground.

i. welcome back this is r t international no man has opened fire in the iranian city of. killing one and wounding three others this according to state media they earlier reported that ten people had been killed over night during protests across the country there have now been twelve deaths as the unrest continues through a fifth day the cause of death is yet unclear however several protesters reportedly tried to take over police stations and military bases and were repelled by security forces on saturday state t.v. had reported two other fatalities government officials stress that police had never opened fire at the rally. the protests were originally against high prices turned political and spread throughout the country had been met by massive counter demonstrations in support of the answer to the president hassan rouhani then held a ministerial meeting to solve the economic problems causing public discontent

earlier he reaffirmed that people are free to rally as long as there is no. better yeah in recent days we have witnessed protests everyone must be aware of this point that we are a free nation and according to the constitution and human rights the people are absolutely free to criticize the government and even protest with their protests should be in such a way as to aim to improve the situation in the country the government will not tolerate some protesters who want to destroy public property will disrupt public discipline and create turmoil in society people will not tolerate it. and meanwhile dom trump has posted his six tweet in just three days on the protests in iran he wrote that iranian people are hungry for food and freedom it gives the country's government of human rights violations and claimed it's time for change political analyst come out. wasn't he says it was the us itself that sparked the economic situation leading to these protests the problem started with with the

policy of the united states the united states using economic leverage against countries around the world to follow. up with you happy with the be one of those you deem it worked out very clearly in their strategy for two thousand and four two thousand seven hundred eighteen mr bill meddling inside politics for you are basically this statement that has been coming from the white house from. the already a lot of frustration specially that claim by the ukraine that some of the people who were shot there was without having that every indian police opened fire so this is called for a lot of questions whose meddling in every indian security issues. more than a thousand people have gathered in ukraine's capital for

a torch lit march commemorating a controversial nationalist leader jenny where the first marks one hundred nine years since the birth of. mandela a symbol of ukrainian and nationalism and nazi collaborator and sided with hitler in world war two militants loyal to him waged an ethnic cleansing campaign that killed tens of thousands of polish civilians mostly women and children his popularity surged after ukraine's two thousand and fourteen lucian people at the rally chanted nationalists logans carrying red and black flags of the nationalist movement similar rallies were held across ukraine. more than a dozen incidents of sexual assault have been reported at new year's celebrations in the german capital berlin. there were thirteen incidents of sexual harassment in the event area around the brandenburg gate we have detained seven suspects the

suspects were predominantly young men from syria or afghans. i doubt if despite safe zones for women being set up in there for the first time special tents were meant to help those seeking physical and psychological help during the outdoor party near the iconic brandenburg gate he spoke to women who say the zones still don't make them feel safe. i'm feeling safe but. we can take care of ourselves but i don't feel safe. to touch. of three suspects were also detained at celebrations in cologne according to local media after nine women reported being sexually assaulted this year special wristbands were introduced at the festivities the part of a campaign against sexual misconduct ahead of the campaign claims the wristbands remind people not to sexually attack others or from fireworks that individuals buildings or police it comes in the wake of the two thousand and fifteen new year

celebrations in germany more than a thousand women assaulted clone was among the worst affected. everything in my right hundred. where to draw on anything when men. are dragging them. there where are you going to. get. one man. and bearer of. good character older drunk. driving.

we discussed the issue with british former intelligence officer any much shauna she believes safe sounds for men may not be the best idea especially since the german authorities should tackle offenders not the victims well i think it's a good initiative in order to make people women feel safe is perhaps talking the wrong group you know you need to investigate if you might be puffer tracing attacks and stop thinks attacks rather than offering safe haven for women off base attacks happened i can stall it i'm stunned by the general did this and that a particularly after the assault as you mentioned in cologne. years ago as well as dortmund just the door i mean it was all across the country so overseas are legitimate concerns but this sort of implicitly states that actually women are not safe outside that area germans germany is one of the leading western liberal democracies in the world and yet women cannot feel safe to go out on the streets to

celebrate a public holiday what does that. say about human rights for women in germany these days that does it for me i'll be back in thirty five minutes with a full look at your news you are watching our international stay with us. with more make manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. the famous. be the one. making all middle of the room stick. around.

here's what people have been saying about rejected in the senate it's the law on ourselves the only show i go out of my way to find you know what it is the really packs the party. yap is the john oliver of our three america is doing the same we are apparently better than nothing at all i see people you've never heard of love right back to the night my president of the world bank very. seriously he sent us an e-mail.

themselves some are saying and i build tiny houses for the homeless. see is back and they are here why do these guys now for me a tiny house is not a solution it will be a free for all. this nice safe conditions to live a. new suit of clothes and rent 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 was true 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 some as in a battle with city off already. 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 to clear 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 but 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 will rise 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. five hundred years old then that's what i'm going to do. elvis is building his next house for a woman who brave. people that live. ravens living under the top pole and next to a freeway.