iran is rocked by. a government run with at least twenty one people killed with external pressure and fake images of protests online further fueling. the u.s. north korean leader. ship over the size and power of nuclear buttons new hope for a possible deescalation of the crisis. for the first time in years. and . still sleeping rough on the streets of paris despite the president promised to find a solution before the end of twenty seventeen here on the program we hear some of the stories. of people. we.

suspected. have claimed more than twenty four lives just this week. thanks for joining us here with the international a weekly we are wrapping up the top stories of the first week of twenty eight. this week has seen a series of mass rallies in iran both for and against the country's government it began with protests over the economic situation in the country but these. political and then they turn violent we understand twenty one people killed in clashes.

since the protest started washington has been openly supporting the anti government activists and ultimately ignoring the mass rallies in support of iran's leadership the us also called for an emergency un security council meeting over the situation in iran but other members of the body doubted that internal political unrest in iran is a matter of responsibility of international security. in the past week what has happened on the ground throughout the nation is something the world must take note . of the last few days in iran may be they do not constitute a threat to international peace and security every u.n. member state is sovereign but member states cannot use sovereignty as a shield when they categorically deny their people human rights and fundamental

freedoms we. should not discuss the issues or it's 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 their location to bring to the attention of the security council issues that do not fully correspond with the mission of this body. 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 america. in solidarity with us. and deal with its own internal problems since this is precisely what is taking place. security council. the fact that nikki haley turns around and says that you know we can't we're seeing in inverted commas serious situation in iran this is not going to happen this is

a pipe dream iran is aware and the experience is that the world faced with the whole crisis in syria which was externally instigated. and secondly the government of iran the system of islamic revolution the islamic establishment in iran is not something that was imposed on the people through a military coup or through a dictatorship or anything like this the people came out overwhelmingly in support of this revolution they knew what show off was about they understood what america had done to iran. has more on washington's a rather selective approach when it comes to addressing protests outside the u.s. . when they ask for a better economy when they ask for the government to spend money on their own country as opposed to terror exploits overseas or in other countries sure we would certainly do when they say that to you i support matt i'm not going to go i'm not

going to see that's why you're trying to trap me into something like that i'm not going to go there to try that is no that is not our that is not our policy but we hear what the iranian people are saying poverty corruption and economic uncertainty have the potential to trigger protests in the world over. and they can quickly turn ugly. but the international reaction to such unrest seems to depend on the country in question this is the precise picture of a long oppressed people rising up against their dictators it's a little bit on you know i mean in any country people can protest against high prices but when have a such demonstrations happen in our country opponents of the establishment come out and support them and someone strong leaders are barely able to contain their enthusiasm for regime change and are rushing to throw their weight behind the demonstrators we are now seeing an organic popular uprising organized organized by

brave iranian citizens on the largest scale since two thousand and nine the great a rainy and people have been repressed for many years they are hungry for food and for freedom along with human rights the will is being looted time for change it is essential that western power was. written during the. time of the west of the powers. back of the arena. because it's only with. that being the iranian people feel secure and can go all the way securing their freedom of the of the previous regime what we've seen where this apparent pro-democracy fervor can lead. to. the american president says he supports the protesters but these protests are not protests against the government these kinds of demonstrations happen in any country and they are against rising prices but each time these demonstrations happen we see

that the authorities are opponents to use them for their own purposes the majority in iran i believe want evolution not revolution he will. spring style which has brought so much suffering elsewhere on the other hand the west seems oddly quiet about the massive rallies that are being held across iran in support of the government to. the root of it is just a canard it's the problem of youth unemployment i personally haven't been able to find a job for a long time but if people have a job they don't have any problem with the government of course most of the runs economic problems are domestically generation but another reason why investment in you jobs have been slow in coming is that contrary to their obligations under the nuclear agreement western countries notably the united states

have not taken sufficient steps to facility normal financial flows when it comes to iran the west says it's listening but clearly selectively as co-opting democracy for its own ends is a difficult habit to break and as i said you're going to artsy london as the protests in iran began to gain more international attention a number of fake images were circulated widely on social media the following tweet shows a photo of a woman attacking police officers with the caption iran but it turned out to be a screenshot from an iranian movie and after being exposed the man who posted it claimed it was supposed to be symbolic and a video which going to thousands of views and was said to show a march in iran was slated to proving to be a protest in bahrain from twenty eleven other fakes were perhaps less clear one post claim to show the uprising it was actually showing a photo of a pro government rally. hopes for

a diplomatic resolution to the north korean crisis perhaps now inside after the country agreed to hold formal talks with its neighbors south korea ahead of the winter olympic games but it didn't take long for the u.s. president to take credit for the possible crisis deescalation. people have said a lot of people have written that without my rhetoric and without my tough stance and such a stance i mean this is this is what has to be done if it has to be done that they wouldn't be talking about olympics that they wouldn't be talking right now. this week it was confirmed that in a few days north and south korea will meet for their first official talks in two years at the meeting on the ninth of january will discuss the upcoming winter olympics in south korea but it's also hoped it would address recent tensions in the region it will be held in a so-called peace village in the demilitarized zone on the border between the two countries and another diplomatic breakthrough this week seoul north korea reopen a telephone hotline with the south that had been closed since twenty sixteen and on

thursday the u.s. president finally accepted souls' request to postpone joint military drills during the olympics despite the u.s. taking credit for a potential deescalation of the crisis and the dean for the law school tom brooks things that the white house has actually only made things worse. these moves to have dialogue didn't start a year ago when trump was elected president they've been going on for some to nothing to do with this with these steps i think this is something by the efforts of others in him i think here the white house and helped this progress happen that the white house has really done a lot to in danger and i think it's a credit to both sides the north and south korea that these got to stick to open talks open dialogue and the only hope for the sake of the people who live on the

korean peninsula there are some good comes out of that irrespective of what tweets come out of from donald trump. despite progress being made on the diplomatic front donald trump doesn't pull any punches when it comes to his exchanges with the north korean leader this week. after the u.s. president bribed about the size of his nuclear button. look at those hands are they small. he referred to my. something else i guarantee you there's no problem. the biggest crowds. standing ovations best in the world. very very successful i would build the greatest wall you have ever seen i happen to be

underrated by the way. bragging about who has the bigger but. bragging it. comes to an end thousands of migrants are still on the streets of france waiting for. the french president to clear the streets. by the end of twenty seven but that promise seems to a fold in. the first battle is to everybody in a dignified manner by the end of the year i want normal women and men in the streets when the last.

they wait to start a new life in front. a new year may have begun but for these my quince the problem is still the snow freezing night on the streets of paris. thirty camps which are settled like this and these migrants are seeking asylum there is a problem with violence between the people who are way too interesting so it's not the fault of the migrants it's the fault of the system is poorly organized which has posed problems for two years it's completely this will have been injured at the reception office the people are angry at the situation because it is this the life you thought you would have they think in similar conditions all hand to mouth summer found shelter in tents along the canals and streets of paris others in the metro stations all a just looking for a place to call home in the last two years more than forty thousand migrants have

set up camp metro station. and it is more like they come it's a reception center where migrants can register to possibly start a new life new cards every day hundreds you cited and just like this base just simply won't cope with the demands despite a pledge that no migrants would be sleeping rough by the end of two thousand and seventeen president marc bolan has failed to keep his promise and migrants across the country see no end in sight to their suffering. r.t. parents are still to come here on r.t. international on the first weekly of twenty eight seen more than twenty four people are being killed in saudi air strikes in yemen all of that in the first week of the new year details after the break.

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it's good to have you with us today just a week into the new year and yemen the arab world's poorest country has already seen a second saudi strike in twenty eighteen according to our local media one person was killed at least three more were injured the strike took place in the early hours of saturday morning hitting a busy market in the northern province of saddam and on the first of january work. we have no health blanket. fifteen people.

killed more than ten thousand people and displaced more than three million saudi led airstrikes have obliterated much of the country's infrastructure and the blockade has left around twenty million people in dire need of food and medical aid . saudi arabia temporarily reopened a key port in yemen to allow in supplies of food and fuel and we discuss the situation with a representative from the red cross yemen is a country that depends on imports ninety percent of its needs are from imports so when you have three years. war when you have restrictions on imports and people cannot have enough to eat and to feed their families every day this is when you see the bigger picture of things when you look at twenty four million people who are deprived of the basic commodities that we all have free access to and the fact that this is handled by the restrictions on only arrival of goods

humanitarian aid. or more important than children million people just by providing humanitarian aid. accept to pay off or go to prison israel is offering african migrants money to leave the country the israeli prime minister has labeled them as infiltrators and says that force will be used if they don't comply. try out the show with something here that is completely legal and completely essential new infiltrators have a clear choice cooperate with us and leave voluntarily respectively humanely and legally will have to use other legal tools at our disposal i hope to choose to cooperate with us. or those migrants who voluntarily agree to leave by the end of march or being promised three and a half thousand dollars and the plane ticket they have the option of returning to their home country or going to a third one the alternative though is incarceration now israeli authorities say that most of the migrants came for economic reasons despite the fact that they

claim to have fled persecution and war at home officials estimate that around sixty thousand migrants have crossed the border from egypt since two thousand and five a third of those have already been deported and of those that remain nearly one and a half thousand of being held in detention centers one of those is hot which some refer to as an open air prison. the whole lot i just exist it's not a normal life to live in a lot is not easy ten people sleep in one room you have to queue to take a shower to do anything but the doctor is only here from one to three there's only one doctor for about twelve hundred people and why did i leave eritrea because eritrea is a dictatorial country that i couldn't live there you cannot do anything that you

work there like a slave for it's all you can do that you can only call it slavery and first i didn't choose to come to israel i didn't think about anything and i just wanted to see where there's peace where i can take care of myself where i can protect myself as soon as the deportation plan appeared the u.n. refugee agency reminded israel about its duty to protect those who need it and we have had two guests to debate the issue. and not refugees they're criminals who crossed the border illegally not all man but you can talk about this solemn seekers when the people come from that conflict or not the come three to save their lives they how well they they've done quite a long way they didn't want to stay in egypt for example for some reason they crossed for via so done via egypt they came to use rail they're not refuges not they salim seacrest they want to benefit from our rich from

a merciful society they are looking for rescue in their spirit didn't do anything possible to save their lives some of them of course behaved fine and they've made it here that the government of the world pays each one of them thirty five hundred dollars puts them in the nature of the environment whatever they are from or close to there i think israel must be admired and praised by everybody by doing so how we face the problem so-called problem of some city seven thousand asylum seekers refugees who lift both of them have children here they should stay here they have to stay you know human the regime would expand and if israel is going to expel them by force it will be one of the most shocking step ever taken note less than this. name instead

of thanking israel what the years they spent here earned money were treated by the way by israeli medicine which is one of the best in the world instead of thanking they they're going to protest they're going to do it and then they can't come back but by the way as tourists wherever they are they're welcome everybody is welcome but you have to keep the law they broke the law refugees they're not asylum seekers they wanted to. profits while they provide to time it's also good to stick to facts and the fact is the rate of cry but among those migrants is much lower than the everetts rate of crime in israel it's not true oh it's absolutely long years rose those to date false statement i am not going to speak as though because this man is interrupting we're eighty percent over there we three are in europe are recognized

as refugees in israel less than one percent how can you call it but racism how could you call it but racism. sunday is christmas for orthodox christians all around the world of course including russia worshippers gathered for midnight services at christ the savior cathedral here in moscow the city center of orthodox christianity. jacqueline who was that. quite the cold it's an extremely warm and silver tory atmosphere here on the streets of moscow where this is one of the holiest days of the year being recognized christmas day the holiday falls on january the seventh not december the twenty fifth for orthodox christians due to an issue of calendars and for them this is a whole day that has a focus on the village and just behind me you can see the cathedral of christ the savior where crowds have been pouring into attend those services that are actually being held by the head of russia's orthodox church patriarch keel and as the people

have been coming to attend the services we have talked to a few about what the holiday means to them let's take a listen just first of all christmas for me is a family holiday my grandmother was a very religious person so i'm here for her to one of my family traditions and i have always dreamt of celebrating this holiday at christ the savior cathedral and my dream has come true i may start crying now. if you see me that you didn't know which was my family always meets a christmas so it's a family holiday for me and once it's a bring my son with me when he went to sleep early i'm hey on behalf of my family and i will pray for them so while the majority of the western world is finally winding down from the holiday season orthodox christians all over the world are still in full swing celebrating christmas day by the first weekly of talk here team will return in about half an hour.

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