they need to survive. south korea reach a breakthrough soft power deal to march and compete on the one flag in the upcoming winter olympics start as foreign ministers from twenty countries at a special summit decide it's time to get tougher with pyongyang. the pressure came from we will continue to intensify the pressure just good to include cutting off diplomatic ties with north korea u.n. agency for palestinian refugee slams america's decision to slash funding for the organization and they've dubbed it the worst crisis in their history also to come. there are russian agents in this very own parliament right now. lies and lies and lies are being told throughout europe and we hear this seems torie over and over

again it is all about russia in the european parliament with members there clashing over threats and fake news and legibly coming from moscow. good evening to your international. north and south korea have agreed to march together under a unified flag at the winter olympics this is according to a statement made by the representatives of pyongyang in seoul following today's talks between the countries and the. south marched together in the opening ceremony under the korean flag from a single north south female ice hockey team. south and north korean officials met for the third time in the space of just a few days to discuss peace efforts meanwhile western allies of the one nine hundred fifty s. korean war have gathered in canada for separate talks on the current crisis and

they've taken a seemingly different approach. the pressure came continue until north korea takes decides to do nuclear i think. is to send out a very clear message that we want to intensify that pressure it is not the time to use pressure or to revert career the surest path to peace is to keep threatening north korea into submission after a long and challenging meeting that's the best the value of a group could come up with the purpose of our meetings today is to improve the effectiveness of the maximum pressure campaign and combat north korea's attempts to evade sanctions the united states looks forward to hearing from our protest votes on how we can best do that more sanctions toughest sanctions though one might wonder what there is left of north korea to sanction or why they would work now

when they haven't for seventy years a few of the participants also proposed ripping up all diplomatic relations with the north that would to work and defuse things re-inforcing autonomous majors when where available. to include cutting off diplomatic ties to his north career solid meeting of north korea's former enemies literally almost all of these countries were participants off the korean war on the side of south korea states such as luxembourg colombia greece belgium difficult to imagine what relevance they have to the korean crisis these days but there you go noticeably absent two countries that are actually relevant to the crisis apart from north korea itself the two countries that actually share a border with the north china and russia. russia

and china were not invited to this meeting they just said the meeting would take place on the sixteenth of january. you can come in the evening we will tell you what we have agreed on this was unacceptable what the state department said about russia supporting this meeting that's a complete lie we consider this meeting harmful to. the most important parties involved in the korean peninsula nuclear issue are now taking part in the meeting but we don't know what the goal of this meeting is so i don't think this meeting is legal or representative from the very beginning china has been opposed to this meeting should ok so you invited a bunch of countries that have little to do with the crisis and came up with all the tried tested and failed solutions they went a step further refusing any advice russia and china have long stood by a double freeze meaning north korea stops doing this.

and south korea and the united states stop sending nuclear bomb or to harass the north and poor's with the wargames. i. know said rex tillerson when the north does it it's a provocation when we do it it's deterrents have a jew away but couldn't you wait. at long last after years north korea and south korea holding direct face to face negotiations the olympics are around the corner and everyone with any sense once things settle down so what does the vancouver group do while it gathers all of north korea's former enemies and declares it intends to tighten the noose around kim jong un's neck how's that for

a path to peace. security analyst and former u.k. army officer charles shubert says it's ironic that while south korea is seeking peaceful solutions its supposed allies are escalating the rhetoric it's a considerable course diplomatic achievement for the north and arguably for the south but i think it's particular ironic that last this if you like not exactly a fall on the bottom on it's going on at least a thawing of tensions between north and south that is happening in vancouver the former allies of south korea of course are tightening the noose as they call it increasing the rhetoric and raising the temperature south korea itself today is seemingly at least for the time being rejecting that belligerent approach and actually adopting an approach of talking and trying to ease tensions and seemingly with some first steps as results it appears to be the case that when the interests

and the foreign policy and the actions of the united states are put to one side local poets are to some degree at least able to start finding local solutions. the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees is slammed america's decision to freeze more than half of its planned funding for the organization the agency's called it the worst funding crisis in its history white house spokesperson announced that decision earlier we committed a voluntary contribution of sixty million dollars for twenty eight thousand so far sixty five million dollars that is money that will be held for future consideration it's money that's been frozen at this time it's not being canceled it's just being held for future consideration this is not aimed at punishing anyone. the move spot massive protest of girls with money venting their anger at the united states decision here you can see people holding banners and chanting slogans branding further assistance for refugees. i'm decided i love the world you are the arabs and

everyone who has a connection to the palestinian course is responsible for this we are the palestinian people who were evicted from our homes towns and we have a right to the support of the u.n. r.w. an island which provides a minimum of assistance to the palestinian people what is now provided is not enough for a family to leave around for a mark. of his middle east correspondent paula slid takes a closer look now at how the decision may affect refugees what we have heard from the united nations relief and works agency that this american money frees what was also a dramatic reduction on the lives of palestinians this is a humanitarian and relief agency that supports some five point nine million registered palestinians and their descendants who fled away expelled from israel during the one nine hundred forty eight and nine hundred sixty seven wards they currently reside in the palestinian territories in gaza in east jerusalem as well

as in jordan syria and lebanon and this is why there is some concern being expressed that particularly in those host countries this decision by the american president donald trump could result in any instability now this is a huge blow to one where because the united states is the single largest donor and it follows course from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to have the agency close down altogether. once you're an r w a is an organization that perpetuates the right to return for palestinian refugees narrative in order to eliminate the state of israel therefore the un r w a must become a thing of the past now for nearly seventy years on russia has been a lifeline to the palestinian. to say that without it basic access to services like education health care sanitation what's something vanish and leave hundreds of thousands of children even more vulnerable than they are today he was also

concerned about his latest move and the minds the ability of the united nations to respond in the future if and when there is a flare up of violence. earlier i spoke to dr mustafa barghouti he's the general secretary of the palestinian national initiative he says the decision will hurt palestinian refugees scattered across the middle east these are now more than five million or six million refugees that will be punished for being good a few g.'s they will be deprived from school for the bride to medical care to

people in the drive to the people with disability this is a very serious blow to the. very important agency that is providing humanitarian aid to palestinian refugees in syria in lebanon and jordan and in palestine itself back in june the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley tweeted a picture of herself posing with palestinian refugees at a camp in a post she explained how she managed to speak with them about their hopes and dreams two weeks ago she wanted to turn calling future funding of the refugee agency into question. i think the president has basically said he doesn't want to give any additional funding arced stop funding until the palestinians are agreeing to come back to the negotiation table and what we start the resolution was not helpful to the situation we're trying to move for a peace process but if that doesn't happen the president is not going to continue

to find that situation this american action is directed. that ides of the palestinian defuses a typical clear more to just. being punished because we're not coming to the table of negotiations and. mr president that i can offer the negotiations those who view it as a limb now is ticking off the issue of if he has the can of the issue of settlements so is the bill is the empty why would. you believe assad and over to him this will never happen. numbers of the european parliament for the busy day discussing russia threats coming from both of these peta oliver has more now what we did see is this polarizing any piece on one side the group that said that russia was the root of all fake news and lies they were trying to drum up support an extra cash for the east struck com task force now that's the e.u.

body that tries to look into an expose what it sees as fake news r.t. sputnik featured very heavy in some of the rhetoric coming from. there focused firmly on the fact that every vote in europe was potentially the target of a dastardly russian plot. there are russian agents in this faro parliament right now and they're already trying to actively influence our elections russia to come to other channels are dangerous it's quite interesting. the communists and the extremists nationalists in this chamber very can't see russia and us information. and of course your carbs but we can see you are also voices pointed back towards those same every piece you just heard from saying that they were just looking for a bogeyman

a scapegoat for their own political failings and that russia fitted that skate go perfectly we need to be careful when using phrases like fake means i'm not trying to defend the russian regime by the way i'm just rather skeptical of references to interference in the us and european elections there is no evidence of such a. system lies and lies and lies are being told throughout europe and we hear the same story over and over again. you say that the russian media spreads false figures and facts tell us when have russians provided false facts when i followed events in libya afghanistan iraq and syria and in all instances i've seen the transatlantic lies the media have been reporting published the findings of following from this debate on whether there needs to be more financing for the east struck calm passports in the spring and keeping an eye on not expect to see this debate over fake news not going anywhere anytime soon.

pro independence supporters of the mass rally in catalonia celebrating the first session of the newly elected regional parliament which has a separatist majority. mass rallies have been a common sight since catalonia vote for independence was declared illegal by through it move saw a number of pro independence politicians jailed former cattle and leader colors put them on went into exile belgian then you know expressed hope that he'll return to power. we expect that from here today man can be proclaimed president the best option what he that he swears in as president and brussels because what people have chosen and then he comes back to catalonia as an elected president. i'm not a lawyer but i think there is a way that he can be elected and stay in brussels you know what is best for the country's disobey the spanish monarchy and to make the catalan republic go forward

there is a whole country behind him a social majority and once the catalan republic we don't have anything to do with the spanish monarchy emotionally or mentally speaking and we want to make the republic go forward. as the first session of parliament wraps up the question of the election of the region's president remains open cause bush strong claims that he could run the region via skype or through a special representative of the session lasted the seats of those parliamentarians absent due to imprisonment or exile one month with yellow ribbons the symbol of the independence. side from independence activists and tea break way movements of also being gaining popularity. fictional land inside catalonia including barcelona and the terra growing regions the activists who came up with this concept what the region to split from catalonia to join spain is their reasoning. i specialise in

a lot is that i can i mean we went from being one of the main drivers of the spanish economy to a mediocre autonomy at the exit of more than three thousand companies was followed by encouraging the civil population to disobey the constitutional order to get a republic that lasted eight seconds and without any international support. russia's investigative committee is claiming new evidence refute allegations of state sponsored sample swapping at the start chilling pics of the stunning hawkins has more. well this is the result of a low inquiry by russia's investigative committee going all the way back to last year with regards to that doping scandal they've looked into some new details of course of google account the former head of moscow's antidoping a broad tree for now whistleblower and fugitive in the united states into some of the technical details in his allegations namely how allegedly these samples were transported and tampered with they found out that these samples were transported to

the social abode three under strict conditions of supervision and then processed during daytime periods of between thirty minutes and two hours so a very rapid turnaround that of course contradicts accounts which was quite different. people coming from the fire. i was. there claiming that this alleged operation took place in the dead of night it was of course his claims that resulted in this scandal which resulted in the banning of many russian athletes and blanket ban and subsequently on the team. himself of course is a controversial enough figure as we've said he's the former head of moscow's brought tree he is wanted there in russia on drug trafficking charges on selling and moving dangerous and illegal substances we understand he's now under

a witness protection program in the united states nevertheless despite these charges it was his evidence his allegations that led to the mclaren report subsequently used as a basis for this banning blanket banning or brushing athletes at international olympic events just last month we learned that are you see decided to impose a ban on the blanket ban on russian athletes at the south korean winter olympic games making them participate hundred neutral flag not under russian flag not playing the russian from. so this result really puts into question my. any of rocher coughs allegations raises more questions that alters but certainly a very interesting turn to the story will be very interesting to see to follow it and see where it goes after this. to supporting the recent movement against sexual misconduct or taking aim at their peers authors actors and other public figures the dearth of doubt the direction in which the so called me to campaign is heading face a furious backlash has the latest examples i feel like every time you turn around

another me too headline has hit the press with new accusations from directors to actors to fashion photographers but it seems we've reached a turning point as we're now on time this are concerned that the campaign is becoming a witch hunt take margaret atwood author of a handmaid's tale an acclaimed work attacking mythologising who says she's starting to doubt the movement this structure guilty because accused has applied to many more episodes in human history than salem my fundamental position is that women are human beings the full range of sente and demonic behaviors this entails including criminal ones they're not incapable of wrongdoing the backlash she's received online and in the media has been ruthless strange how someone so brilliant can demonstrate some little insight and self reflection i guess privilege is blinding which margaret and i would get back to writing dystopian future but a message in this world instead of you know actively creating it. i mean seventy

eight year olds on exactly knowing that progressive takes congolese a right the first female african american secretary of state also says me too maybe changing perceptions of women and not for the better i do think we have to be a little bit careful let's not turn women into snowflakes let's not infantilize women over in france one hundred influential female artists are being led by actress catherine deneuve and signing an open campaign letter against me to rape is a crime but in system comes the floor is not a crime nor is gallantry of sharpness aggression now this liberation of speech has been turned on its head but the reaction to that was furious and another was forced to issue a hasty apology a few prominent men have also voiced their reservations one of them was actor liam neeson there is a bit of a witch hunt type of thing that people suddenly accused of. touching some

girls from the horrors something suddenly they're being dropped from their profile right or something unsurprisingly nice and comments have also been less than well received by many the problem here seems to be that there's often a if you aren't with us you're against us mentality with movements such as me to those who are speaking out about their concerns are not condoning sexual assault nor attacking the campaign itself but more often than not their words are twisted or go unheard attwood may have said it best herself in times of extremes extremists when i don't think you're right but today thanks for staying with us this evening on r t to national join me for the latest news headlines at the top of the hour.

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round be the one percent. we can all middle of the room stick. to the you. below and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle are the mainstream media intentionally gaslighting the public against president donald trump the reverse appears to be equally true trump does with style gas like the media what kind of body politic is this creating has the us become

a collection of hysterical drama queens. gaslighting i'm joined by my guest reverend jesse lee peterson in los angeles he is a counselor activist media commentator as well as author of the antidote healing america from the poison of hate blame and victimhood also in los angeles we have ron paul call and he is a comedian and a frequent guest on the jimmy door show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming program get your news on with ron and in new york we crossed to rob how he's a political pundit and journalist contributing to the huffington post all right gentlemen cross in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want my all. appreciate ron let me go to you i mean who is gaslighting whom here and is that a country that is just turned into a a bunch of drama queens because from a distance from my vantage point my perch it's

a lot of drama queens out there not saying anything worth much listening to go ahead ron yeah you know i'm with here's the thing the media was in bad shape the corporate media in the united states was in very bad shape long before trump came along and they're still in very bad shape now the way the media really gaslights the public is they try to make it out like everything was just hunky dory and we had this this perfectly functioning democracy where everybody was happy and then all of the sudden trump came along and disrupted everything well well in fact that's not true you know i mean if if trump is frankenstein the media is very much victor. and you know this constant amplification and trump pretty much all of his policies are just general republican policies and i dislike these policies i strongly dislike trump but you know i'm not going to sit here and entertain this idea that he's some big outlier when in fact he's kind of the result of the system

we have an excellent point there rob weighed in on that because i think that's absolutely true here what we're doing is we're always getting these exaggerated reactions to everything that is said i mean like the. episode that wow that took you know what two new cycles here i mean i don't really care about that language and if a country isn't it why is it and did the u.s. have a play in it ok those that's an interesting policy to talk about not about some callous vocabulary go ahead rob well i've been around for a while and my father worked in the johnson white house and had his first meeting with the president when the president was sitting on the toilet so. i don't. pretty jaded and you and i were talking prior to the show and i brought up a line which help our phrase from broadcast news when albert brooks says you know what that we're in trouble in the news when we become more important than the story

i feel they're beating the story to death enough already he's said it he's going to say other oafish boorish stupid things but well i'm glad i'm doing this show with you today because i wanted to talk about i've been dying to talk about for a week now that it's not like trump has so much created this environment you write about the victor frankenstein the we've helped create him but it's just i think the future unfortunately of politics is going to be based on social media and those kind of what forms i don't even know if we're going to go back to the bipartisanship we once had it's become emotional it's become ideological and it's become instantaneous with people putting their thumbs on their phones and everywhere be a members of the press or or part of the kitchen cabinet or the president of the united states you know jesse in los angeles i mean i think it's is a very.