a week of demonstrations across france culminating with violence in the streets of paris where to. deploy a correspondent got caught up in the commotion. not a bit of difficulty opening my eyes because we've just been in the midst of this to

you guys. after five months. of putting trade above one man's life the u.k. promises to intervene in the case of a british academic jailed for life by the united arab emirates spying charges. maybe the world should be only as the world is with. every country should bear responsibility for the motor of saudi. at the same time stressing the importance of riyadh against iran. with the top stories of the day the week welcome to the weekly. has been hit by a week. demonstrations against

a hike in fuel prices people wearing. yellow vests around eighty thousand protesters vented their anger on saturday nationwide with violence flaring up in the capital. and fires created scenes of. throughout the week traveling across the country including to paris where she did get caught up in the commotion. as you can see behind me there are a group of around a hundred yellow vests these are going to blockade roads around abouts like this this is one of the main arteries that would go on all the way to paris and what they're saying is that the president might call has said lots of things he said he's going to come into power he's going to make reforms he's going to change the french economy for the better but the people here say there is no magic formula for corn hasn't brought in

a magic formula it's not about politics. and we're all here against the french government is clear to everybody this president prices have increased food fuel we don't want them anymore and we want to change the system. long as micron keeps clowning around with his pet powder as he likes to say well we'll do the same we'll stay here. it's getting a little rowdy no as you can see the yellow vests protesters have taken over this section no roads they are now completely in control of it and trying to stop the traffic from coming through for the moment it looks like things that he's seen nothing. to do you know yes there have been. a huge number of issues between the police and the protest is.

that's right history to the entrance of the ellie's a parents' eyes you can see take a guess has been fired by the police that's as the protesters were trying to enter into the streets to get closer seriously ellie's a journalist. the have a bit of difficulty opening my eyes right now and that's because we've just been in the midst of all of this tear gas as you can see eyes red is really hard to open them and at the moment we are just a burning uncontrollably. the police are coming with having to move now because we're all being pushed up the streets into the to gaston to protest this it really is absolutely crazy here on the streets of paris

and. thank i this is a roaches of the old details and as you can see here we've got some of the stooges they've become infamous in paris of late they're burning here this is one of the barricades have been put in place where actually being shouted out by a protester right you have telling us to not show people's faces and that's because there has been suggestion that this movement has been hijacked by radicalized individuals from the left and from the right and they woundings ahead of this protest in paris that it was going to get hot and it seems that those warnings are absolutely right it was not just all just fuel protests in protest against the cost of living and living standards here france but it just seems that people now all puti angry at the situation in the fact. that president is still refused to meet

with him to discuss the problems in this country. one hundred thirty protesters were detained all around the country on saturday forty two of them in paris nineteen people injured including four police officers the french president emanuel strongly condemning the violence. thanks to our lord forces for their courage and professionalism shame on those who attacked them shame on those who have abused of the citizens and journalists shame on those who try to intimidate elected officials there is no room for this violence in the republic. the u.k. is under pressure to justify its ties with the united arab emirates after abu dhabi sentenced a british academic to life in jail on spying charges london has now promised to intervene in the case of matthew hedges of wife had been appealing to the government to do so for five months the new letter says that london's an auction

was caused by a fear of upsetting its trading partner i was under the impression that they were putting their interests. above a british citizens. right feel free to him in a hearing without a lawyer matthew hedges was sentenced to life in prison on wednesday accused of spying for the u.k. he had already spent five months in solitary confinement he's a ph d. student who went to the u.a.e. to research the twenty year eleven arab spring uprising now abu dhabi says it is reviewing a request for clemency from had his family and denies all claims of unfair treatment for the case has prompted a wave of criticism with calls for example wolf for a reevaluation of britain's relationship with the oil rich gulf ally when hedgers was first incarcerated in abu dhabi and the u.k. government was trying to new trade deals with the u.a.e. and i see a truck and i reports. accused of spying and jailed for life that's now the fate of

a british academic researcher in the united arab emirates an ally and friend of the u.k. but how much trouble is this case likely to stir up between the two given what's at stake we are incredibly disappointed that the u.s. should do this we see no foundation in the charges that have been laid against him there will be serious diplomatic consequences for a country that says that it is a friend and ally of the united kingdom for months ahead just wife says her repeated requests for help have fallen on deaf ears at the foreign office and they just disregarded my request they said that it wasn't part of three job the british prime minister says the u.k. is on top of things and doing everything it can we are raising it with the emerald fuel storage is of the highest level my model for the foreign secretary is urgently seeking a call with the foreign minister abdullah. during his visit to the u.a.e. on november twelfth he raised the issue with both crown prince mohammed bin ziad

and the foreign minister incidentally also in the emirates last week a u.k. trade minister with fifteen british companies promoting economic ties between the two countries u.a.e. is the fifth largest trading partner for the u.k. outside europe coming after us a japan china and hong kong and bilateral trade is now growing in double digits in october the u.s. ambassador to the u.k. said there is hope of bilateral trade reaching twenty five billion pounds by twenty twenty it is currently at over seventeen billion so could the price tag of this long term cooperation and being worth more than ruffling feathers over the fate of one citizen problem for trees are going to talking at the moment bridges or taking back control reasserting so foreign to you and puts it in a dollar they don't want to be seen to be weak on an issue like this abroad but on the other hand they also need to be building economic bridges. maybe again the

government of the emirates is thinking the british calm possibly push this too far because they're on a weekly economic hit the british could of course with. military support and by extension their supply of military equipment and at the same time they could face the consequences of their own chief economic boycott of. russia has a malign influence reaches even as far as children's entertainment at least if some western media outlets are to be believed he was a globally acclaimed russian t.v. cartoon series of being designed to sway young minds exactly booga picks up the story. that little sweetheart was matia from the cartoon in the bear originally russian the series has been translated into dozens of languages and won the hearts of millions across the globe but it turns out there may be a sinister side to the enduring little girl and her protective hat trying to.

now what russia has forgotten to mention there is that some cartoons are in fact evil putin propaganda yep according to a times u.k. article moshe is just another putin pop it is funny steep. but also a plucky she punches above her weight is no fun face to see is putin esque but it seemed to be particularly worried about one scene and a single episode or mushroom seen wearing a soviet border guards hat. apparently that's meant to be a statement on russia's defense of its borders but even if we say that's true what kind of kid would pick up on that but hey it's best. when they're young right the studio behind this propaganda masterpiece of course denies being influenced by the

kremlin's hand saying they received no state funding but we did a bit of digging and found some ominous signs you simply can't ignore here comes the kremlin for all of two seconds that could easily be interpreted as a soviet red star disguised as an innocent christmas decoration and you may not realize it but the weird hat that must have got on here is a traditional russian hat now i know those examples aren't so much propaganda as they are just random russian things but that's all we could try but worry not it turns out the bear itself is a representation of russia as a whole you see bear you think russia right the base symbolizes russia it's a fact it's a struggle for the minds part of a hybrid explosion in which a negative image of russia is replaced by a positive oh the horror the horror now you know what your children are being exposed to and can protect them accordingly. the bear are not coming to invade your homeland nasha and the van is hybrid more than. just british empire apologist

and who sums up american decadence it's a. minute he's watching the very few they don't seem to be particularly indoctrinated. i really really do not want to read more about how masha and the bat used to his propaganda. i can confirm that i watched two episodes of march in there when i was nine and i suddenly became a twitter who speaks russian. and. the international space station celebrated a major bust day on tuesday as twenty years ago russia launched the first module of this orbiting space science lab is on a anniversary message from the crew on board. we need to either initial speed of this detainees some years let's listen in if close. to one from eighteen countries

have visited the space station over the years has become an example of close international cooperation not least of the kind of warming relations between two bitter cold war rivals here's a look at how the russian and u.s. friendship developed to the moon and back. so you would ski american ski is enough to get the experience that you let it beat you. from structure your book yet. you moved out of. the mission or if you need it was supported

of i think the population rather better writer performer or you'll. look for and see if there's less to birdsville all these years i could sit there all it's iraq really are all for a brother for what. they were cutting new ground they said well gosh let's see if we can build a bigger space station and what can we do what are the problems that might come up and what you learn. some more money interesting and doesn't just give you more of them some this new ideas for falsely meeting if she were me. looking at you seven which is the media you need to look at sixty thousand people in the seats of the elite

fifteen similar. gather here. together. for the. living in a close call goes in zero gravity i mean some pretty clever designs for the modules

that make up the i access. was given access to the simulators where future optional let's get to grips with their home in space. in a way the international space station is the largest lego puzzle in the world because see it wasn't moved into orbit in one piece at first it was just one cargo module this is the exact replica of its name in russian means sunrise and indeed it did become the dawn of the i assess as we know it. this small jewel a star is more of a living space there's a cubicle here a dining space also there's a docking simulation as well where cosmonauts practice they're so used to walking skills but some things i didn't plain sight because this is an actual space exercise bike. we got as

close as we could to russia's workhorse rocket the saw use during the journey to and from the international space station this is the module where crews spend hours of their time and i mean it's not very spacious it's actually looks small even for one person while it is designed to fit three inside it's a real work station there are no random things here to mourn it is just to showcase all sorts of technical information about how the rocket is doing indicators buttons but the most crucial the buttons that attend the most crucial commands they're actually hidden behind small covers like this so they have to be lifted so that they are not touched by accident working with them among these problems there's one that might seem strange the command to depressurize the cabin to let all of the

air out even while the ships into orbit it so that the crew can put out a fire because this button is extremely important it has additional protection this small. group when the rocket detects a malfunction a message lies on this board among them this one particular boat which we pretend to ignore says rocket failure is this top left one it turns red in the alarm goes off for twenty years this station has been home away from home for adventurous visionaries overachievers risk takers people of action it's instilled a passion for discovering the are new in our generation. alive at the top stories of the week and all of the day this is the weekly had plenty more of it while the headlines just about.

nobody could see coming that false confessions would be that prevalent in the spot laced up wrongful 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 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 if i would cooperate santa statement then i would be home by that time the next day there's a culture on accountability and police officers know that they can engage in misconduct that has nothing to do with all the crime. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to us from the

world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. good to have you with us today for the weekly a dozens of people including children have been hospitalized after an apparent chemical attack launched by militants on the syrian city of aleppo that's according to the russian defense ministry to show you some images of a victim's receiving medical treatment medics say they exhibited symptoms consistent with chlorine exposure or russian military chemists and now working at the scene of the attack of the russian defense ministry says the attack on a residential area in the northern part of the province was carried out at night the shelling came from an area controlled by. an al qaeda affiliated group in the name neighboring province the syrian military reportedly launched

a counterattack in response to the shelling. suggest that the world that ought to be blamed for the killing of journalist jamal. maybe the world should be held accountable because the world is a vicious blows world is a very very vicious. white house statement titled standing with saudi arabia claims quote the whole truth behind how shorter is killing might never be known in that actions already been taken in saudi arabia remains a steadfast partner especially on the iranian issue iran's foreign minister called trump's words shameful mr bizarrely devotes the first paragraph of his shameful statement on saudi atrocities to accusing iran of every sort of malfeasance he can think of perhaps who are responsible for the california fires because we didn't help break the forests just like the finns do. saudi officials

eventually admitted he was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul last month and claimed rogue operation riyadh has denied any awareness of the planned killing in a slow motion investigation eleven officials charged washington has sanctioned seventeen saudis for their alleged role in the killing. trump's insistence that saudi arabia is a key partner in fighting iran has sparked an angry reaction in parts of the american media with some suggesting the u.s. president's caved in to riyadh and is ignoring his own u.s. intelligence services. however president trump today chose a different path something more along the lines of the world is a very dangerous place and because it is we should let murderers get away with it especially if the murderers are paying us lots of money now we're left to figure out why the president is telling that lie why he's going so far out this way to cover for the country and specifically the ruler that carried out this killing of a u.s. resident and u.s.

journalist the question the morality of course are are entirely absent as they usually are from u.s. government policy as long as the saudis are willing to bribe enough americans as willing as long as they're willing to do what the u.s. government wants in terms of oil as long as he's willing to give big contracts to trump refers to his all the great american companies that are causing so much havoc around the world because nothing they could do that would hurt them and i'm sure they're going to continue to kill people this is a list is a terrible thing president crumples doing it's really sickening and it's horrible but atrocious saying is what is actually said behind closed doors every single time i don't think it's sitting well with a lot. of the truth of the relationship. we all of you to me and since you're on and so to be are at odds in iran and israel those are at odds the u.s. is going to go with this. president tom smart and you know on one of the he may be

actually trying to protect u.s. interests and if you see this is. come it's going to be maybe politically trying to absolve himself from blame where you can point back to everything you said instead says i didn't want to do that but all of you. so don't blame it on me. police have clashed with football fans in argentina's capital one us r us. with. their up to the head of the second leg of the final of south america's top football tournament one of the team's buses was attacked by rivals leaving two players injured authorities used tear gas and rubber bullets but the key game was postponed for twenty four hours. leonardo da vinci has been dragged into a royal between the french president and italy's deputy prime minister who have

been trading insults online now rome is reconsidering loaning the masters priceless works for a major exhibition in paris we need to renegotiate everything the french cannot have it all they're not easy to tell and he only died in france to give the louvre all these paintings would put italy on the margins of a major cultural event. paris is renowned louvre museum was hoping to borrow some of defense or is notable works for a big show in twenty nineteen marking five hundred years since his death roma stressed that france in that case it should loan or something equally important perhaps like that of the mona lisa under the current agreement the louvre is to it alone works by another italian renaissance master raphael for a twenty twenty exhibition marking the anniversary of his death although most of those are masterpieces are currently in italy and we talk to people in both countries about where they think the paintings should be sure.

to to. jump out of. any diety out there he says good to see the saudi arson was his leaders here evidence that he died you know i'm sorry they don't steal some of the movie to get holy year save us enough that i fancy the idea to keep them on the. famously. if it was if. i didn't say i can see see. she dove in and we're now on the day being passed to see i love it when you fantasy any time but many see me in a video that you. did you could. be.

going to mean. going to mean. well but. you don't need to be on. that is the weekly for this hour on r.t. international though it's been a busy week for you worldwide headlines and other weekly for you in about twenty five minutes time hope you can join us. i think that i would want to go fast but inside i'm. a dockside i think. going down to your neck side that you

can improve yourself of. but it's all so bloody then true but i really believe this the bottle that we show up inside the story and the band. know what condition what a lot. of. what holds us institutions need to. be put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or something want. to do like to be close this is what before three in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters of our. friendship.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront a shouldn't let it be an arms race is on all sides very dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. at the time a local television reporter from detroit is following the case closely bill proctor is well aware of the methods used by local police to close certain cases as quickly as possible. they did this all the time. they had people make statements whether in writing or they did the writing they had some buddies and with the suggestion that hears this and

you can go home heard i've.