that. iran is rocked by must pro and anti-government rallies with at least twenty one people killed with external pressure and fake images of protests online further fueling tensions. while the u.s. and north korean leaders engage in a one upmanship over the size and power of their nuclear buttons new hope for a possible deescalation of the crisis with pyongyang agreeing to talks with the south for the first time in years. and thousands of migrants are still sleeping rough on the streets of paris but despite president micron's promise to find a solution before the end of twenty seventeen we hear some of their stories later in the program. this many people. is this thing like the fool you would have. suspected the saudi led air

strikes in yemen have claimed more than twenty four lives just this week. the live from moscow with me hawkins wherever you are tonight you're very welcome on the program. 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 anomic situation in the country but later these turned first political then violence with twenty one people killed in clashes.

since protests started washington has been openly supporting the anti-government activists and ignoring the mass rallies in support of iran's leadership the u.s. also called for an emergency un security council meeting over the situation other members of the body doubted that internal political unrest in iran is a matter of international security. in the past week what has happened on the ground throughout the nation of iran is something the world must take note of. however worrying the events of the last few days in iran may be they do not constitute per se the 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 only we as a council should not discuss the internal 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 delegations 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 not that you not. 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 fact that nikki haley turns around and says. you know we could 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. learnt

secondly the government of iran the that 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 very knew what shahr was about they understood what america had done to iran. oh it is a necessary should that has more of washington's selective approach when it comes to protests outside of the country 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 mat 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 and question this is the precise picture of a long oppressed people rising up against their dictators killed on the one you know i mean in any country people can protest against high prices but when have a such them astray sions happen in our country opponents of the establishment come out and support them and some western 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 powers. the west the powers. back in the arena. because it's only with. that being the iranian people will be secure and can go all the way securing their freedom in the of the previous regime. but we've seen where this apparent pro-democracy fervor can lead. to a new year. 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 opponents use them for their own purposes the majority in iran i believe want evolution not revolution.

arrow 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 iran's economic problems are domestically generally but another reason why investment and thus new jobs has 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 especially churkin r.t.

london. as the protests in iran began to gain more international attention a number of fake images was circulated widely on social media with a following it tweets shows a photo of a woman attacking police officers with the caption iran it turned out to be a screenshot from an arabian movie after being exposed the man who posted it claimed it was supposed to be symbolic. and a video which gained thousands of views and was said to show a march in iran was later proved to be of a protest from bahrain all the way back in twenty eleven other fakes were perhaps less clear one post claimed to show the uprising when in fact it was actually a photo of a pro government rally. but other international news hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the north korean crisis are now in sight after the country agreed to hold formal talks with its neighbor south korea ahead of the winter olympic games it didn't take long for the u.s. president to take credit for the possible crisis the escalation but of people have

said a lot of people of britain 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 a few days ago north and south korea will meet for their first official talks in two years the meeting on the ninth of january will discuss the upcoming winter olympics in south korea it's also hoped it will address recent tensions in the region will be held in a so-called peace village in the demilitarized zone on the border between the two countries now another diplomatic breakthrough this week saw north korea reopen a telephone hotline with the south it's been closed since twenty sixteen on thursday the u.s. president finally accepted souls' request to perspire on joint military drills during the olympics despite the u.s. taking credit for a potential deescalation of the crisis the dean for the law school form tom brooks

thinks that the white house has actually only made things worse. moves to have dialogue between north and south korea didn't start a year ago when trump was elected president they've been going on for some time and i think you know the white house has probably something close to nothing to do with this with these steps i think this is something by the efforts of others in him i think here to the white house and help this progress happen that the white house has really done a lot to endanger it and i think it's a credit to both sides the north and south korea that they've got to stick to open talks to open dialogue and one of only hopes for the sake of the people who live on the korean peninsula 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 hasn't pulled any punches when it comes to twitter exchanges with the north korean leader this week the insults reached a new level president to brag about the size of his nuclear button it seems that for donald trump size really does matter. look at those hands are they small. and they referred to my hands if they're smaller something else post baseball i guarantee you this is no problem. the biggest crowds big. standing ovations best the best in the world the greatest health care plan very very successful i would build the greatest war you have ever seen i happened to be underrated by the way. overhead bragging about who has the bigger butt who got the big. bragging about the

size of your. eye. the first week of twenty eighteen is coming to an end but thousands of migrants are still on the streets of france waiting for shelter president vowed to clear the streets of rough sleeping moderates by the end of last year his pledge that seems to fall flat. the first battle is to house everybody in a dignified manner by the end of the year i want no more women and men in the streets when the last. speaks to moderates living on the street

still hoping to start a new life in france. a new year may have begun but for these my quince the problem is still the same ahead is yet another freezing night on the streets of paris. look because of the president said he wanted to resolve the problem by the end of the year it's not resolved in the neighborhood there are another thirty camps which are settled like this and these migrants are seeking asylum and there is a problem with violence between the people who are waiting in the queue at the reception center because they want to be the first whose fault is that. 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 is completely dysfunctional and creates a situation of confrontation and violence people have been injured at the reception office the people are angry at the situation because it continues in the same way and because there is no solution. one of those waiting to find

a way off the streets is rafi he's been in france for seven months you look everybody's lips to him he had a very cordial about no forthcoming no water but there were about you know you know very well in here mark one hundred one one another one another this is my life. and this man i knew three people to put me through the story. is this the life you thought you would have moved. across france thousands of migrants a living in similar conditions all hand to mouth some are 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 at chavez metro station. and this is even more like

a farm it's a reception center where my kids can register. it's a possibly start a new life new fronts every day hundreds queue up my site sends his like thanks and bass just simply won't cope with the demands despite a pledge that new migrants would be sleeping rough end if the two thousand and seventeen president might call and has failed to keep pace promise and my clients across the country see no end in sight to their suffering so that you can ski all see paris is still to come on the program as well as offering a stark choice to thousands of african migrants a payment to leave or jail all about story and more after this short break. power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and they fell of the mash up

of their heads up saudi arabia these days is as corrupt as the day is long and he's just stealing money from folks and with us right to be had it but america is like that's reform meanwhile ok already there actually are in the process of reform but that somehow evil. peabody i'm stephen both on the task hollywood guy usual suspects every proud american first of all i'm just george bush and r.v.'s to say this is my buddy max famous financial guru and we're just a little bit different on the abraham lincoln one of the well you know when those up with all the drama happening in our country i'm sure the brood have to be every day americans. and hopefully start to bridge the gap this is the great american people.

welcome back to the program now yemen has been the largest target rather of yet another saudi led air strike the second so far this week according to local media one person was killed at least three more were injured the strike on the arab world's poorest country took place on saturday morning in a busy market in the northern province of saddam it comes after yet another attack on january the first when more than twenty people were killed in the major port city of data.

i am poor i have no tender i can live i suffer from the cold. i was given a place to sleep why some people to warm up on hard to sleep right on the sidewalk . there is no commentary around once a year maybe but now we have no help or blanket to fifteen people sleeping on. a real campaign and yemen is now in its third year the devastating war has claimed ten thousand lives and displaced more than three million sound a lot of strikes of all subliterate and much of the infrastructure and its brocade of the country's ports has left around twenty million in dire need of food and medical aid a saudi arabia recently allowed

a key port in yemen to be temporarily reopened so essential food and fuel could be brought in the locals there say supplies have yet to arrive the red cross is calling for the blockade to be further east. there's a country that depends on imports ninety percent of its needs are from imports so when you have three years of the 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 have free access to and the fact that this is handled by the restrictions on the arrival of goods humanitarian aid but more importantly actually commercial goods are more important than humanitarian aid because you cannot feed population of twenty seven million people just by providing humanitarian aid. to payoff or go to

jail israel is offering african migrants money to leave the country the israeli prime minister has labeled them infiltrators and said force will be used if they don't comply. with something here that is completely illegal and completely infiltrators have a clear choice cooperate with us and leave voluntarily respectively humanely and legally all have to use other legal tools disposal i hope to choose to cooperate with us. those migrants who voluntarily agreed to leave by the end of march for being promised three and a half thousand dollars plane ticket they have the option of returning to their home country or going to a third one the alternative is incarceration now is very or thirty say most of the migrants come for economic reasons that's the spite the fact they claim fled persecution and war back at home now officials estimate around sixty thousand migrants have crossed from the border in egypt since two thousand and five

a third of those have already been deported back to those countries of those that remain nearly one and half thousand are held in detention centers one of those centers is hot which some refer to as an open 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 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 i couldn't live there you cannot do anything you work there like a slave for them it's all you can do 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 at the u.n. refugee agency reminded israel about its judy to protect those who need it we invited two guests to discuss the issue. and not refugees they're criminals who crossed the border illegally and 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 reach from our 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 here's 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 part of them have children here they should stay here they have to stay here no human regime would be expelled and if israel is going to expel them by force it will be one of the most shame still ever taken not less than this. place named stead of thanking israel for the years they spent here earned money and were treated by the way by israeli medicine which is one of the best in the world instead of thanking they what 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 provide to time it's also good to stick to fix this and the fact is that the rate of crime but among those migrants is much lower than the ever a trait of crime it is would it's not true oh it's absolutely no new. rose those. data false statement i am not going to speak as though because this man is interrupting me eighty percent over there 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. now the oil is of the world are set to be on mega market and prince harry as they tie the knot later this year however earlier this week one official got a bit too keen preparations for the royal wedding he called on the police to remove homeless people from the streets of windsor ahead of the big day something that

hasn't gone down well with the public. prince harry and megan michael. prince harry got in. happened and how i mean the way they stop yeah line of the happened. sadly there is an epidemic of rough sleeping in vagrancy in windsor the whole situation presents a beautiful town in a sadly unfavorable light. it's absolutely

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los angeles the city of luxury and free but also an alarming number of people living in the streets. the simple fact in l.a. is there's just not enough shelter even if people on the streets right now decided to come in there's nowhere to come in and it's been a struggle. running and this man found 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. me house on a city parking space is not a solution your craft to have someone monitoring the site otherwise it will be a free for all and is there

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