our headline stories this hour supporters of the government hole a fourth day of rallies to denounce the. cross the country and left at least twenty one people dead also ahead. however the events of the last few days in iran may be they do not constitute. a threat to international peace and security to the security council should not discuss the issues of. human rights issues the u.n. security council on america's request holds an emergency meeting over the situation in iran however the initiative is criticised by some members who say it's issue for . the saudi led coalition is reportedly continuing its bombing campaign in yemen despite humanitarian appeal. one person is believed dead injured

in this latest for. members of the jewish community in france tell us they fear for their safety in the country many are planning to leave. live from our international news center here in moscow this is our team you know me a welcome to the program our top story a fourth day of pro-government marches is being held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the country's leaders it comes in response to a seven day our pricing triggered by poor living conditions over eighty cities. ah.

that was. last night the united nations security council at washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticize the move saying that iran should be left alone to deal with its own internal affairs but was also echoed by a number of other members of the security council to. in the past week what has happened on the ground throughout the nation of iran is something the world must take note of the pill could blow over laurie in the events of the last few days in iran may be they do not constitute per se a threat to international peace and security every un member state is sovereign but member states cannot use sovereignty as a shield when they categorically deny their people human rights and fundamental

freedoms under which the security council should not discuss the incident or issues of any country or its human rights issues if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer we are witnessing an attempt by some delegation this to bring to the attention of the security council issues that do not fully correspond with the mission of this body the united states stands unapologetically with those in iran who seek freedom for themselves change in iran will not come from outside it will come from the iranian people themselves nothing will stop americans from standing in solidarity with them know that you don't know someone will just let iran deal with its own internal problems since this is precisely what is taking place when you are wasting the energy of the security council. the iranian foreign minister shared his views as well in the meeting he called it

a quote foreign policy blunder by the trump administration and quote meanwhile america's top diplomat house being quizzed over washington support for the iranian anti-government protesters. you've said that you want to support quote elements in the country that will lead to a peaceful transition of government that sounds like regime change well i think the be iranian people have suffered under this regime we do not support the troops actions of power but we do support peaceful transition of power as we discussed events in iran with political analysts shabbir hostname he says america helped to foment the young rest. the reality is that many of the people who've been arrested off. inspired groups and you've got these type of people who came in from the outside from places like kurdistan from afghanistan very was supported by the

swathes of sort of tweets that were coming out of washington now this is america israel saudi arabia interfering at least from a distance within iran's internal affairs yes iran has got economic problems absolutely but a lot of those economic problems we mustn't forget because the commitments that america had with the chain c.p.o. way have been flagrantly abused the day j.c. . was signed america turned around and put some new sanctions on iran which is ridiculous. one person has reportedly been killed and at least three more injured in a suspected saudi strike in yemen it took place in the early hours of saturday morning heading a busy market in the northern province of sada it's was the second attack of its kind in yemen in twenty eighteen on new year's day more than twenty people were killed in an air strike on a key port city of data. gotta

look at that after. the united nations has announced its allocating and. fifty million dollars to yemen to try and alleviate the humanitarian crisis there the organization say it is deeply concerned by the desperate situation in the country war broke out in yemen in twenty fifteen. last contact claimed the lives of more than ten thousand people a further twenty two million are said to be in need of urgent help. it is not just

human rights organizations trying to intervene to save lives in yemen and raise awareness of the plight of its people on the telly and journalists have become part of the drive corps throwing an illustrated book about the country. the book touches a bomber many aspects of life in traditional yemeni society it also looks at the civil war so do you use intervention in the conflict on the problem of terrorism you're a silvia but who coauthored the work hard line to us her motivations for writing it

there haim of the book the yemeni bride is sort tracked their audience and especially also young people too to yemen some of them they don't know exactly where yemen is in them up some of them they heard about yemen ali buying use by yemen is a country you need to know from inside and where we decide to do this case also to tell good stories about cooksey sense of people inside the country we wish her to tell something for example about the reason why terri's middle cards are spread around the country or why some part of al qaeda tarn into high seas for example in yemen and you can tell there is also an specially led the people seeing with the drawings what i so as a witness well with living conditions in the beleaguered country worsening all

areas of the economy suffering we heard from a number of fishermen about how their livelihoods have been affected by war. honestly i think. we are all suffering from this crisis only god knows how hard it is for us i used to have a boat that i used to make my living by but from the moment the crisis broke out i've been jobless for six months i sold the boat but i couldn't pay off my debts now i'm looking everywhere for my daily bread. and i've been attacked both on the island senate seat they have sought out several boats and killed the crews and the gears sank and they died because of that tax and aggression against you and then. on.

an incendiary new book by donald trump rocketed to the top of the best sellers list this weekend fire un fury claims to reveal who the president really is and what it's like to be around him but it's been met with ridicule by don't trump himself went to the best colleges for college i went to a play had a situation where it's a very excellent student came out and made billions and billions of dollars became one of the top business people went to television for ten years was a tremendous success as you probably have heard that ran for president one time in one and then i hear this guy that does not know me doesn't know me at all by the way did not interview me for three city interviewed me for three hours in the white house it didn't exist ok it's in his imagination well the book in any case quotes

former senior advisor to the us president steve bannon one of the many people to exit the revolving white house door last year and has caused quite the uproar in the mainstream media. fewer we've got a book to talk about here it is and all of gossipy details trumps rambling and is alarming repetitions had significantly increased he was no more than when he has to be in the white house they took him to bed at six thirty is not mentally fit you cannot do this job driving adult day care center moron. he should not be president he's not going to make it he said he's lost is stuff. well here are just a few claims made in the book it's written that trump fund the white house daunting but his own behavior contributed to washington's dysfunction it also claims that it was the us leader himself who was behind leaks of personal data alleges that trump as we just heard enjoys eating cheeseburgers in bed smear account i mean always be

looking at why the book is proving so popular. readers have been promised an inside look into the q.c.'s scandals of the trumpet ministration and liberals all over the country have flocked to bookstores to get their hands on a copy and president trump's lawyers even tried to block the book's publication which made it even more sought after so in this small bookshop we're talking record numbers they had eighty four copies just this morning and they were sold out within six minutes and yes people came out in the freezing cold to get their copy of fire in theory inside the trump white house has been the book of the day the question of the day i mean just says it's all we're doing and it has been a lot of fun really hectic all the phone calls people in the store had someone compared to almost like harry potter level like a new release crazy like it has been that fun and that hectic so why is it flying off the shelves if you're looking to confirm you're already in a bias this is the book you want to read i'm not a fan of the president at all i just want to find out what's in it and sort of

satisfy my curiosity you know it's. tough for us booksellers to get a copy but as soon as i can we will be giving you a lead however the authors reliability has been questioned and several claims in the book have already been dismissed as false our position is very clear that we think it is full of false and fake information but who cares if the claims in the book are true or not fire and fury will stay in the headlines as long as it protrudes trump in a negative light but with all the excitement surrounding the book everyone seems to have forgotten the last time this happened the infamous trumped us year that's now practically synonymous with fake news but also fair in times of war well at least in the media war against trump some iraq on our team washington d.c. . media legal analysts long all told us why this is a gold standard for many many media outlets. nobody cares except the people in the mainstream media who can now focus on it they don't have

to do any research they don't have to do any heavy lifting all they have to do is pick out the particulars portions that they like it's a rehash of the same story it's not substantive it doesn't deal with any of the problems that really affect the country or the world it's easy it's easy to digest low hanging fruit it's perfect for that what effect is it going to have absolutely nothing the people who hate dr hate him the people who love drama love him now these going to change. moving on members of the jewish community in front say they don't feel safe in the country and that they regularly face anti semitic abuse concerns are also growing that the situation could worsen in the wake of donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. same song used to be a whole lot of the jewish community in france but it's

a heart that's no longer beating french jews fleeing the paris suburbs to escape a royce in anti semitism. i was viciously attacked with a machete by an individual because i'm jewish. every day we are attacked they enjoy it's. really cool islamists are can argue my church i'm very scared for my family and myself. i'm scared of going outside and showing my face i'm forced to wear a camp every day to hide my keeper. not all of these attacks made the headlines and according to one jewish organization they just the tip of the iceberg everybody is what you are people that every day there are people that are inserted we can be heard by the worlds. and we don't mind but when we are hurt by your

knife. gun you can be mine many families have decided to quit france together two thousand and sixteen another five thousand flights and over the last decade more than forty thousand have packed their bags that's almost ten percent of the jewish population in france in few the kids. know in france and with a problem in europe there are almost no juvenile all living. so. it's terrible with everything but they say that europe is continuing by piece what if. by what last month france's prime minister i can only judge the scale of the problem in our country anti semitism is a lie it is not new it is ancient it is not superficial it is well rooted and it is

alive and it hides always behind new mosques attempts to justify itself through diverse reasons that statement just came a few days off to donald trump made the exclusive decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel a decision triggering anti israel protests across europe and laying the ground for more semantic attacks was. even ski antti sen soltanieh. today saturday marks christmas eve for many orthodox christians but the mood has been far from festive in bethlehem that story on plenty more right after this. little walk so you on the idea of dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks

forcing you to fight the battles that. you talk to try to tell you that because of the public eye fell. off the bad guys and tell you you are not cool enough to buy their product. these are the hawks that we along the border will walk. be in debt is to express your true self as an american and part of the western. culture card debt is by definition your identity your credit score is who you are and you can buy social media as are doing in china any time you step out a line if you spit on the subway your social media index is degraded and your cost of funds goes higher and you get deeper into the casino goulet.

a low again the rumor coaster ride for a big corn seems to be on the way up again after a near forty percent slump recently it's currently hovering around the seventeen thousand dollar mark after hitting highs of that figure a way up there or twenty k. last year here's a quick reminder of the journey to date. bitcoin has hit a financial milestone not reached in almost four centuries it's taken over the title of biggest bubble in history for what was known as chile mania in the netherlands. value has surged by around sixty times in the last three years that's considerably faster than shoot bulbs in the seventeenth century which were at one

point worth ten years of a skilled craftsman. back then prices were driven by greed or a fear of missing out but as more people bought into the bulbs for quick profits a flurry of sales collapsed the price left many with crippling debts but cohen is being called the digital of the twenty first century as the same pattern emerges that fear of missing out in new investors piling in critics say the perceived value of the currency like that surely is being counted out of then at the ever growing army of bitcoin believe is sorry it's here to stay and operational market in full flow around the clock a new places all over the world ready to accept the crypto currency as payment even a church in london is happy to accept donations of the virtual kind with the size of the bitcoin market already set passing some countries economies zealand included influential banks are being left behind but as history shows us boom is usually followed by bust so is bitcoin about to wilt. this is perhaps why some people are

investing people have struck it rich with a virtual currency including the twins the brothers david moss the billion dollar fortune this teenager is now a millionaire as well after investing a small sum from his grandmother a number of years ago and the man who is said to have created this cyber currency reportedly holds around seventeen billion dollars but it's not been plain sailing for everyone one man accidentally threw away thousands of bitcoin when his hard drive broke in twenty thirteen famously hungry customer paid ten thousand bitcoin for two pizzas just a few years ago to which is one hundred sixty million dollars today ten million dollars a slice this person was jailed for a money laundering after he sold his bitcoin to someone involved in illegal drugs for more on the pros and cons we heard from some financial commentators your ear. i

am sure that it is our level in fact is probably the biggest bubble i've ever seen in my career as an investor and i've seen quite a few bubbles and i'm familiar with the psychology that surrounds them you know big quite it took a rocket ship up and it's going to come down even faster because there's not a bubble bricklin actually is the pin that's the pin that's popping the legacy financial systems bubble. over a printing of money. over valuation of a stock that the beauty of it the supporters say stay centralized it's everything that banks know the vig quite itself is not to take knology could be the reward but you don't need big to have a block chain there are all these other cryptocurrency is that have block chains and they don't use big corn and you can use block change for anything about the fundamental consensus the logic is the only way that large is the largest blocks it is the only one that matters the one that does the most nowhere does it the most people there is the one that's most trustworthy you know the small if you've got

a blockade in your pocket and not have all but a sense of model algorithm work meaning you don't have any miners and you don't have any consensus it doesn't mean a thing that's a really really slow data and that's what it is but what is it what is the value what is the inherent value of a bit coy what it what can you do with the big client to make it worth seventeen thousand dollars if i have one big point what can i use it for what can i do with it you could buy anything as a matter of fact i could buy gold at this got i got a pack full dot com and i could buy gold at this guy go buy gold at sixty percent off with bitcoin the situation where now dangerous is that you know what people all remote and spending savings on but look it is very dangerous but it is terry you think they're going to get rich quick because right now the only reason that people are buying big quote is because the prices going up and what it turns around that they're going to be selling it for the same reason. it's more spiritual

matters this saturday marks. christmas eve for many orthodox christians around the world but in palestine celebrations have been marred by scuffles which occurred in bethlehem protesters trying to block the convoy of the local patriarch of greek orthodox see he's faced the recent backlash from palestinians for allegedly selling property in jerusalem to the jewish community. the. was. the was. was. in the seventh of january is christmas day in the julian calendar these are celebrations in turkey where you can see a priest blessing throwing a cross into the water swimmers there are braving the cold waters in

a centuries old tradition to mark the end if any. have a lot to do not a bit later in this country we'll be bringing you special coverage of the frosty celebrations in russia out of the pool later tonight. now in theory you're meant to be fighting fit in the army aren't you but the following soldiers from spain well they are fighting for they've been put on a crash diet after the military feared they would damage the units reputation for being well a bit too portly. well. i think i'd. thank.

you one has ended up in a situation that requires a series of measures to reduce excess weight among its personnel. i was going to say something but then i look up my own tell me how i decided i better not dot com remember has much more news waiting for you right now and i'll

see you again in what thirty minutes. of luxury and fame but also an alarm for people living in the streets. simple fact in l.a. he's there's just not enough shelter even if people on the streets right now decided to come in there's nowhere to come in it's been a struggle. and this man phoned his own response to the problem and constructed dozens of tiny homes for people in need of shelter when you have nothing in order to go. you know having something like this may as well be a castle but do the authorities accept such solution. on

a parking space is not a solution. to someone wanted to ring the site otherwise it will be a free for all there are a better alternative to end the homelessness crisis. we're

going underground on the day a representative of the victorious outside government in syria takes to the stage at the u.n. general assembly after years of combating british backed rebels coming up on the show is there to be no u.k. post near liberal winning songs after all the creator of the breakfast referendum nigel farage tells us that the resumes flow and speech mean so far goldman sachs is winning and the british people on losing and as jeremy colvin professor has just party conference in the south east of england we talked to a playwright who voted against the iraq war former labor cabinet minister lord chris smith the outgoing chair of the regulator of british advertising. plus the queen of mean on tereza made on a trumpet of seventy eight percent increase in hate crime in the u.k. we ask winner of ru paul's drag race and insults comedian the end can kill me you know why it is legal in twenty nine us states to be fired for your sexual orientation and as hurricane maria continues its trail of destruction we speak to

the caribbean artists rebuilding their communities through celebration after decades of neo liberal imperial rule from what's meant the civil coming up in today's going underground well what was u.k. prime minister theresa may all about when she decided to use one of the world's greatest basilicas to outline bricks it plans ahead of tomorrow's german election we caught up with gives nigel farage to ask him about that and what he thought of his friend donald trump's latest broadsides against north korea still being denied talks with the great powers.