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i. think the police used tear gas against protesters in france blocked roads in a protest over fuel prices at least forty seven people have been injured in clashes around the country. they take your money every day we have small salary we can make ends meet by the end of the month overtaxed pensioners can barely survive the street has broken the camel's back drawing these bodies just like those before him ascending from bad to worse. fails his first ever audit with hundreds of
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millions of dollars now needed to fix the problems revealed. demonstrations across the island as a clear for a path to the caucus told that the accuser was wearing provocative underwear. good evening welcome this is r.t. international. police of tear gas french protesters blocked roads over petrol price hikes forty seven people were confirmed injured in clashes with offices in mass protests that took place across the country on demonstrator was killed after being hit by a car more than one hundred thousand people hit the streets across france to show their anger.
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all you of course want to do because he's been gauging the mood protests in paris. we've come here to the shoals elisei only to have a look out here pushing much all the way from here to almost plussed in the congo on the road has been blocked by many people wearing those yellow vests to crowds coming together to block off this amazing all jury of paris and it looked at one
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point like a sea of yellow vests walking down the streets we take a look to wants to trilby can see that the traffic has been halted in some parts there as well more people in yellow vests out they head to make a voice is heard and they certainly are having an impact in this part of paris was. was. was. could this is a movement of people who want to come out together to show how unhappy they are with the policies of my competent keeley about the increase. in the few places that we've seen over the last year or so here in france people saying some fuels have gone up by more than twenty percent in that time we understand though that across france up to two thousand demonstrations like this is taking place with over
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a hundred and twenty thousand people taking part this is what they've been telling us why they're unhappy with the price of fuel the price of living here in france and president macron. they take our money every day we have small seller which we can make ends meet by the end of the month on the moment it's the government's fault they put laws in place that forced us to buy new car but need money to buy a new car overtaxed pensioners can barely survive. good roses never stop rising it's the straw that broke in the coming micro and his buddies just like those before him ascending things from bad to worse they all are opinion once every five years and then we suffer we suffer they don't care they have chauffeurs they don't pay for petrol there are other ways to raise money how about trying the rich question mark owen has been in power for over a year and a half now and he has spoken many times about the process that are taking place in
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particular in the last week he spoke about these protests and this is what he had to say. i hear the anger and it's a fundamental right in our society to be allowed to express it but i'm wary because many different people are trying to piggyback on this movement well even more support now for this particular protest in the past the larry of paris now of course sponsors said around two thousand protesters more than a hundred twenty eight thousand people said to be taking part there is some news coming out from some of those other protests though we understand that one person died in one of those protests it appears that the interior ministry said that it was a mother and daughter were in a car they were surrounded by the protesters they were on their way to the doctor they got a bit scared and just and just. and that process was killed in an accident we also know that around forty seven other people have been injured in the protests across france including
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a number of those said to be in serious condition the moment it looks like the supporters arrived the anger is rising and these protesters soon to be determined that they voices are going to be heard at least this time by president. pentagon has failed its first ever full audit that looked into spending and personnel but while discrepancies have been discovered no exact figure is being given on just how much money was unaccounted for the organizations top brass meanwhile are not surprised we never thought we would go to class and everyone was betting against us that we wouldn't even do the audit of the pentagon audit kicked off last december and covered two point seven trillion dollars worth of assets the cost of the entire process came to four hundred thirteen million dollars one thousand orders from outside firms examined hundreds of thousands of items however only five of twenty one departments moneys to pass the army navy air force and
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marines all failed and now more than half a billion dollars in needed to rectify problems revealed by the checks with more is killing it. a number of sections agency's divisions were given what they call disclaimers saying that they had multiple issues that needed to be fixed some of the things that stand out for example we've got fifty three million dollars worth of uninstalled missile motors that were listed as not working well the auditors discovered that actually these missile motors were functional the pentagon is notorious for wasteful spending of taxpayer money.
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apparently unconcerned the deputy of defense the defense department came forward and said that they were not surprised that this was simply not a pass fail audit apparently at this point they are saying that this is simply showing what they already knew which was that there was a huge problem wasteful spending in the pentagon and now they are turning to the american taxpayers for more money to correct the problem of wasting money to begin with. u.s. prosecutors appear to be drawing up charges for julian assange a copy and paste error has revealed authorities are seeking to bring the wiki leaks founder to justice the nature of the charges and whether they've actually been filed but remains and clear reference to the case because apparently by mistake as part of an unrelated court filing. the complaint supporting affidavit would need to remain sealed until someone has a receipt in connection with the charges in the criminal complaint and could
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therefore no longer evade or avoid a wrist and extrusion in this matter. well songes been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london since two thousand and twelve last year a sex assault investigation into the sterling national was shelved by swedish authorities but he still faces arrest in the u.k. for breaking bail terms he's an equally wanted man in the u.s. he fears being extradited u.s. or thirties have previously sought to bring a sign to the justice for leaking details of operations in iraq and afghanistan back in two thousand and ten but the same year wiki leaks also released hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic cables and in twenty seventeen the group published the largest leak in cia history exposing the agency's cyber tools among other things in the songes lawyers have called the possible indictment a dangerous precedent. the notion that federal criminal charges could be broad based on the publication of truthful information is an incredibly dangerous precedent to set the u.s.
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indictment over sirens agree violation of press freedoms obviously when wiki leaks broke into the international consciousness about eight years ago we had a lot of allies in the international media and worked particularly closely with organizations such as the washington post the new york times and the guardian newspaper in the u.k. then there seemed to be a lot of infighting and these all the legacy media outlets started turning on on julian songe so the question is why are they not protecting one of their own today not realize that if they don't protect one of their own they would be equally vulnerable under these sort of laws and i think that's something that the legacy media in the west needs to really seriously think about either we have press freedom for all we have press freedom for none. to somebody that the legacy media has no problem standing up for jim acosta of c.n.n. has just had his white house passed temporarily restored it was revoked following in from this news conference after the midterm elections which of course are allegedly. or not depending what side you're on in case you missed it with more his
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party. going on cnn's jim acosta missed it sometimes everyone's the bad guy. the orange one and the white house quoting at a press conference posed a real dilemma how do you look sides when they're acting like overgrown sportsmen to support a call say you've got to nor the fact that he was attempting to lecture the commander in chief while trying to take over a press conference to get behind trump you'd have to ignore that equal the challenge and enemy of the people and. ultimately you know everyone decided it had. lessons were learned and a line was drawn to the whole story. just the white house through a female into. the high rate of the cost of from the white house using him i'm placing a hand on me c.n.n.
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is now suing well here it is the whole disgusting horrifying headline grabbing a bit ago and well you know who are you worried i should know. that said i asked one of the other folks that said. this was me that's enough was present i had one of the early to go i mean on on the russia investigation are we looking at the right video. just look at the outrage in the room for these some grow witnesses. this guy is so horrified it doesn't even though all the police in the far find see he may not be real and. this woman is so shocked by the group of thought she destruct. by cleaning out one of her own and this young lady them with their or she's going to put my children up till by the way she does not look up possible the white house rose out and makes dreamy questionable accusation about
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a nonevent the global media and all those online on the list takes the bait. so the nation's not talking about stuff that actually matches anymore turns out the politics of distraction really does what you know my god what is that. rape trial has sparked outrage in ireland after the defense used a controversial argument concerning consent to win the case and the situation explains why hundreds of women took to the streets and posted images of underwear on social media to what extent does what you wear send a message especially a message that you wouldn't mind meeting someone or that even having sex with them would be all right with you and does a lazy thong spread that message louder and clear than a regular old pair of granny panties or is it not up to a piece of cloth to express consent for a woman a recent court case in ireland has fired up this conversation after
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a pair of underwear was presented as evidence at a rape trial in the city of cork a twenty seven year old man was accused of rape by a seventeen year old woman he said she had consented she said she didn't the man's lawyer had a one point use the woman's choice of underwear as proof of her intent that's the evidence of the possibility that she was attracted to the defendant and was open to meetin someone and being with someone you have to look at the way she was dressed she was wearing a thong with a lace front the defendant was unanimously acquitted by the jury protesters took to the streets in several irish cities over the lawyers stunt demanding an end to victim blaming in court but. the whole long as you're a up in public in protest as well as police did on the steps of the courthouse where the trial took place can send cannot come from clothing it can't come from a piece of material it can only come from the parents and the outrage reached the
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irish parliament to be seen recently close faked even contraception being used to discredit women who have to bravery to go to course women around the world are posting photographs of their underwear online as part of a campaign dubbed this is not consent my sexy underwear my plunging. neckline my cheered skirt my tight jeans none of them is consent you know what is me saying yes it should never be most shameful to be raped and to be a rapist no means no god and if they say churkin our team. wreckage has been found almost a year to the day since an argentine submarine disappeared without trace or details after the break.
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i've been saying the numbers. they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten times. eighty five percent of global. wheat six percent market thirty percent. some with four hundred to five hundred. twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars. but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember in one go to miss the one and only.
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the wreckage of an argentinian submarine which went missing a year ago with forty four crew on board has been located in the atlantic relatives of the crew have gathered to pay tribute to the left once the race disappeared four hundred kilometers off the argentine coast in november last year just before contact was lost it reported an electrical failure the navy now says the submarine imploded and they found its parts scattered around the same exact course and is not yet you know. the u.n. official has accused the british government of inflicting misery on the country's poorest people through austerity policies. overdye is really
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a major challenge in the united kingdom what i've found in my discussions with ministers. is basically a state of denial and they are happy with the way in which their policies are playing out and i think that sort of punitive approach to benefits is utterly inconsistent in fact breaks it is going to make that worse because those in the lower income levels are really going to suffer one in five brits live in poverty and over a million people cannot afford basic essentials a report by the u.s. rapporteur on poverty and human rights adds that child poverty could hit forty percent within a few years but the u.k. government says that it's across the problem we are absolutely committed to helping people improve their lives while providing the right support for those who need it or for a food bank britain are able for concerns about the statistics released in the un
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report. why in twenty thousand people are literally starving to death not just in india not just in yemen not just in kashmir but also here in london one of the richest capitals on the planet why isn't it this story is not number one on the b.b.c. number one on i.t.v. poverty one in five that's twenty percent of the population are in poverty so poverty is an issue we all need to be addressing all political parties responsible why is it with one in five people in poverty in this in the u.k. not one political party has a minister dedicated to eradicate poverty and that in itself is a scandal that poverty is not being addressed it's not being seen as having any value and the reality is too many people are making money out of poverty. in russia southern republican a female suicide bomber has blown itself up near a checkpoint in the capital grozny there are no reports of anyone else being killed
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or injured police said they became suspicious when they ordered the woman to stop when she began approaching the checkpoint of his ask for her identity documents and fired a warning shot after that she ran towards the checkpoint and detonated her device. or the thousand people are now missing amid one of the worst wildfires in california history statewide seventy four people are now confirmed to have died in the inferno. the blaze started on november eighth and has already destroyed and twelve thousand buildings almost two hundred forty thousand acres of course fire as then trump is expected to visit the scene on saturday local authorities stress that the number of missing people is likely to change. but we have the fears have been expressed in a mexican state over the vast amounts of coca cola being drunk but it has nothing to do with an addiction to the fizzy drink or simply because it's so much easier to get hold of the water.
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i mean here melissa the state has failed to provide safe drinking water so coca-cola like any company is taking advantage of a gap in the needs to be felt people need water or something else to drink so coca-cola comes in. it is called a call is an offering for daily work and enough for him to god. in indigenous cultures these pushed liquor which has always been the favorite ritual drink now
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colors on the same level. if someone has no money they can use the soft drinks a form of currency. what does could cure. so yes drinking coca cola will take everything bad out of your body it will. live longer meant that previously it was estimated that thirty percent of the population consumed chalk drinks now it's fifty percent. one of the big consequence slips out of disease is that people come to the hospital none of them are bastardy and today we. had my regular check up. and that was when they detected the sugar to seize.
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know i didn't sign crystal mom and the surrounding municipalities water is not drinking. about us made me thirsty i'm for a drink of it but with the latest news see at the top of the. nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that prevalent in this particular case the fall for a conviction if you look at any interrogation out there what you'll see is threat promise threat promise threat lie a lie a lie the process of interrogation is designed to put people in just that frame of
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mind make the most comfortable make them want to get out and don't take no for an answer don't accept their denials she said to follow it up or a sad statement that i would be home by that time the next day there's a culture of god accountability and police officers know that they can engage in misconduct that has nothing to do with all the gun crime. mass geysers financial survival guide liquid assets are those that you can confirm is exactly why it is only. to keep in mind now as a tremendous place in alaska as are board. rushes and they. could go to more from the beach he could host those troops he mule . he said it's not that he cheated some chance that's that always shifting against
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. them. the utility bills you know i said. you needed at least then you got a little bit i was going to have. to show. for what you believe you shelley's. given to us but to the south korean users tell them the t m forty summed up. the money i took of the british mr bush imo sure but. it's hard to imagine decades after the war a nazi don't tell was still active rich in the nineteen seventies crittle had as
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the chair of its board a man convicted of mass murder and slavery at auschwitz a german company growing untold develops a little mite drug that was promoted as completely safe even during pregnancy and it turned out to have terrible side effects what has happened to my baby is anything paul you know she said she's just cut short arms minix a little mind victims i have to this day received no compensation they never apologized for the suffering that not only want the money i want the revenge. dollars. dollars. dollars. i mean that dollar a dollar is what i was doing. when we got garrett over here we care the music with us.
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with a dry jury. find the go get religious beliefs or not go away will not die quite. real the hard work we do is the. comedy show where americans in america covering american news are called foreign agents yes sir no climate change is reshaping our country and our lives as
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we speak and we're quickly learning that climate change doesn't just mean oh man it's raining again i'm good i'm good sunshine of almost getting wet when i run from the front door to the hoover i called them from hoover to the temperature control office and know for a lot of the world climate change means showing people where your house used to be so it's great to see that this week the mainstream media has extensively covered the fact that california is on fire they have they have actually government they just can't bring themselves to say the words climate change no instead the reports are like there were five years and they were back and what caused them is they were big. as most reports take for example n.b.c. nightly news now it's a it's a great new pro you can't you can't find a finer news program anywhere in the building. where they take.
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this past sunday they open the broadcast with five full minutes on multiple california fires the destruction the loss of life and yet throughout the entire report they couldn't find the words climate change or global warming or even simply we're. just quit it got caught in their throat they were like you'd climb clang clang police. car. car dash in was good. here take a listen it turns out color correction cause most of the fires but take a look and let's see how long it takes for n.b.c. nightly news to say something stupid this is n.b.c. nightly news with kate snow. good evening they are wildfires for california's history books hold on there. about those history books that are going to have to start being shorter and shorter because the thousand year fires are quickly
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becoming the five year fires saying these fires are one for the history books implies the twenty years from now the children in california will be reading about the great fires of twenty eighteen but they won't because in twenty years their history books will be on fire ok. and the great fires of twenty eighteen will look like nothing but a warm day with a pina colada here's an example of what i mean the headline this is a headline from the huffington post california's wildfires this year have been breaking records the state is experience some of the biggest and deadliest fires in its history this year that article from twenty seven team last year did they go down in the history books how often does everyone huddle under the blankets and take turns telling scary tales of the twenty seventeen fires. acting each year .

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