to improve a lot of. people also give up he comes in for just twelve years fifty per month. oh. the french government tries to work out how to deal with nationwide protests against fuel prices how central paris reels from its worst riots in a decade. hours from now a new mission to the international space station will lift off the first since

a failed launch well much two months ago and here are the report from the baikonur cosmodrome also ahead for you. large scale police drills are held on the us mexico border with thousands of people fleeing poverty from all across latin america expected to attend off in the front. monday morning on december the food here in moscow from all of us here at the international welcome to your new. the french capital is reeling after the most violent riots there in a decade central paris was brought to a standstill on saturday by the so-called yellow vest movement a wave of protests against fuel prices and declining living standards burnt out

cars smashed glass and a vandalized greeted french president emmanuel macron as he toured the aftermath of the rampage but he wasn't made to feel entirely welcome. by. the. central powers for us here on the program good morning to you charlotte just after seven am where you are now i understand much of the vandalism of the damage has been swiftly cleaned up in the meantime though the french government how is it trying to deal with this crisis. well that's right as you can see the arc to trail find me is now without that graffiti that was duped on it those protests on saturday and president michael

returned home to france on sunday to see as you said the aftermath of that destruction and not chaos of those riots on saturday that took place all around this area of paris and also was seen on the fringes of other cities where yellow vest protests are taking place across france on saturday now present my corn has the prime minister to hold talks with other political leaders and with the yellow vest movements although that so far proved difficult given that the yellow vest movement has no leaders it did elect some spokespeople last year six out of eight of those elected last week fused to meet the prime minister for a first set of discussions after they received threats from other members of the movement and now there has been a discussion by the presidential spokesperson that france could potentially declare a new state of the movement see in the wake of these riots as

a way of manage them in the future although i understand that the presidential meeting that was held at the elysee palace yesterday that wasn't actually discussed but it is something that's being pondered on unfair. as i mentioned i must go on hell got to see meeting at these a palace yesterday and we understand that he has asked the interior ministry to get ready security forces to make sure that they are prepared and ready in case there are more riots we've seen here in france now three weeks of riots and protests with these yellow best movements some people say it's been hijacked from the extreme left from the extreme right but the reality is that when you look at the footage it seems the majority of the people who were at least out he in paris on saturday were hell bent on taking part in the violence and some have described this is not just the worst white in a decade but the worst what the francis seen since i'm a nine hundred sixty eight.

was. it. was easy. feat attn we came back to the plush shows to go i'm not that moment i was shot i'm mediately thought the bullet had come from law enforcement as the police were shooting from that side of the protesters they were able to understand i wasn't a protester i wasn't wearing a yellow vest i was wearing a leather jacket and a helmet. well this approaches the yellow vests movement to the.

known here in france started about three weeks ago and initially it was because people were angry about the cost of fuel and the taxes that have been imposed on fuel particularly in the last year where they've seen an increase of more. than twenty percent for some fuels the petrol pump but it's become much more than that it's become a social movement where people have been telling me of the last few weeks that they were unhappy with everything in france they're unhappy with the high cost of living here with the high rate of unemployment with poor services in rural areas and they're also unhappy with the whole political sphere in france saying that this isn't just this is much wider and that there is a big problem he in france they basically don't believe in a political system at least that's what the people i've spoken to have told to me and they have vowed to continue government trying to prepare for that but there is no knowing yet whether this protest will continue to be is violent and whether it

will continue until the end of the year like some of the protesters have. nearly turned on monday morning where you are i'm sure will be speaking to you soon thank you. in the meantime we did speak with political commentator. the french president right now in an impossible position. not just the gas prices but it's a general policy of the government the problem is that it's not most of the government because the government will be the orders from the european commission and the european commission want to balance the budget and do in the public services and that has been going on for years and years and years and. has no solution to everything in his head. on the standard that of the problem and indeed the bieber.

fans when they see this level of gun. the depth of the problem of. the put this is that. they don't seem to have the problem is much deeper and has to do with. me and. i was a soyuz rocket will be lifting off destination the international space station it will be the first manned flight since a failed mission almost two months ago i do expeditions carrying three crew members russian cosmonaut. and by far the most experienced having been to space three times before for his colleagues the canadian davidson jack and american on mcclain this will be their first flight and relatives of the crew members are right now at the

launch site to see them off. dad told me everything he's worried about because he's still out there but he said he got willing everything is going to be fine. at the launch site for us. type of brotherhood of carbon drawn raised her braces may loop routine they've been doing it for sixteen years the rocket has some bold look at this it's really been friends for them to the lord so i put some rays through a vertical position twenty fuel then check and double check. it was done here when the first human was sent to space from here you're

a good daughter and but this time is different the last men launch didn't go well no one wants that to happen again. first take up started smoothly but ninety seconds into the flight something went wrong if they only hoped it would happen. while supply waiting for the rocket stages prompting to each other fifty meters three hundred ton construction was quite full the automatic emergency system immediately aborted that mission until the crew capsule. instead of going to the international space station they landed in kazakhstan's and lose steps hundreds of kilometers from way they had taken off just minutes earlier by couldn't alongside intension the remote back in the nineteen fifties at the height of the cold war it was

a practical necessity to hide the spaceport away from prying western eyes but also away from people to avoid victims in case of a rocket disaster this will dinner's is where. he merges the capsule with two fortunate crewmembers landed safely. in the rescue training as part of an obligatory routine before every launch helicopters jeeps navigation systems are involved and people are in how to coordinate to find the crew quickly and they stunt their skills saved two lives. the russian cosmonaut and american astronaut seemed unharmed after the incident on the little blue given that they fell from a height of fifty kilometers and taken a steep ballistic descend on their force many times stronger than gravity some cold days came and miracle. special commission was formed do the best to gauge what went wrong three weeks later they reached a conclusion

a sensor that was supposed to detect the separation of the stagers was faulty. the reason behind the failure was operational reaction occur due to a fault in a sensor so this could only happen at the assembly stage of the baikonur cosmodrome . and behind me is where they put the rockets parts together as always manually and this is where i think best to gator's relieve the sensor metal detail that b. was deformed to triggering they were merged in c. lending the securities higher than ever extra people are invited to supervise the prices no journalists are allowed inside but we've got the video of the space agency shared with us what they call a technical shooting they film assembly in fine detail every screw every joint they know now it may help the investigation for the full. the. full just seven weeks after the feeler baikonur is ready for the next manned flight

further delay could disrupt the work of the isis and the crew some of their weakness therefore to launch in a cobra seem more confident. than ever the russian technology that carries astronauts to the international space station in a way witnessing that event to me was actually reassuring in that the smart design was so using the incredible work that this witness. here on the ground can do or if you do every every lunch i went inside feeling i was truly safe is a bit small. as any time and i wish. i could take part in the design but i ate and a half minutes after takeoff the sea news is expected to reach all of it and just six hours late to talk with the international space station but this time it will feel much longer and refreshed nasty from baikonur in kazakhstan.

with thousands of people heading from all across latin america towards the united states as part of a so-called migrant caravan large scale police drills are now being staged along the border. i was. born for some officials have been marching in full riot gear and practicing setting off tear gas and many of the migrants are expected to arrive at the us mexico border reportedly coming from on duress we understand they are said to be fleeing from poverty dire living conditions and a lack of jobs however as artie's killam often explains not all efforts to improve the situation there are entirely welcome. with thousands of migrants stranded on the u.s. border threats of lethal force and tear gas are amplifying an already intense scene

. yeah after their usual having left honduras and el stuck there the majority of the migrants stranded at the border just want to realize their dream now and donald trump is threatening to cut off aid to the country for enabling the migrant caravan to approach the u.s. border and the amount of aid the usa gives to honduras isn't particularly large the amount listed for twenty eight team is sixty five point eight million dollars now it may come as a shock but some leftists and activists in honduras actually want the united states to cut off aid the that the u.s. government gives us is invested precisely in the failed security policy and seventy members of the u.s. congress agree with them there's been a bill that's been put forward to cut off aid to honduras to end support for what

they're calling a corrupt and undemocratic regime we should have cano a two hundred long time ago before very different reasons their complete disregard for worker rights indigenous rights and individual freedoms are unacceptable in an ally of the united states now the socialist president of honduras was toppled in two thousand and nine in a military coup that took place shortly after barack obama took office now there was outrage all over the world but the united states recognized the new elections that took place under military rule these interruptions of democracy should be completely relegated to the past now it is time for the hemisphere as a whole to move forward and welcome honduras back into the enter american community since that time honduras has been caught in a downward spiral of drugs crime. poverty and political strife now this all peaked in two thousand and seventeen when juan orlando hernandez was elected president there were protests and the government responded with force.

without widespread allegations of voter fraud prompted conflicting responses from the united states with the u.s. capitol giving mixed messages on duracell to presidential election which was marred by irregularities and a lack of transparency a new election must take place the widespread irregularities raise further doubts about the legitimacy of the hung jury and elections we join calls for a new election one that must be free fair and transparent we congratulate president hu on the london on this on his victory in the november two thousand and six presidential elections they were. very questionable of lection results which the united states supported and so we've seen their land as government which is totally corrupt tracking down repressing the people of. the united states has not been on

the side of the hunter and people has not been on the side of positive progressive reform united states has been dead west they were presses regime the migrants on the border are feeling some horrific realities at home and whether or not washington to shoulder some of the blame those problems are now at their doorstep mopp and artsy new york and right ahead for you here on the program on a harvard student faces a fiction after her roommate say she had firearms stowed in her bedroom and happens to be a trump supporter and more on that and other stories just. i've been saying the numbers. they matter the u.s.

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stories here on out there is fresh momentum among us democrats and their efforts to probe donald trump's alleged ties to russia during the twenty sixteen presidential elections that's off to his former lawyer pleaded guilty to lying to congress about a towel construction project in moscow that was ultimately show michael cohen says he pursued the project on trump's behalf in the middle of the twenty sixteen campaign denied any involvement saying he was just too busy electioneering the russian president's spokesperson though has confirmed the kremlin was approached but responded by saying it didn't deal with construction work. intelligence committee chairman richard burr says that cohen's case shows you can't get away with lying to congress but also use daniel hawkins now looks at how others who did lie under oath gannett far less media attention. lying is bad lying to congress is even worse lying to congress for the sake of trump well that's

just unforgivable this is one more example. president's closest allies lying about their ties to russia and russians if you lie to us we're going to get you and the prosecutor period in the senate cohen has lied to congress and that man a foreign force like lawyers i mean literally or says these are the bad guy the real question is what will this president do michael cohen admitted he lied out of loyalty to trump about the exact length of business talks on trump's construction project in moscow some sources allegedly say he also lied about supposed payments to former model stormy daniels all because he hoped for a presidential pardon so michael cohen says he lied because he thought trump would forgive him for the best excuse let's be honest there what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive but that aside let's face the facts he was hardly the first the only or probably the last elite of the past

year that hasn't been a single collateral death because of the exceptional proficiency precision of the capabilities with unable to develop what was former cia chief john brennan the country's top counterterrorism adviser at the time convincing an audience that u.s. drone strikes caused local actual damage when reports of civilian deaths were being received both by the president and intelligence services as far as the allegations of you know cia hacking into you know senate computers nothing could be further from the truth we wouldn't do that that was his side of the story on the senate spy scandal when the cia was accused of monitoring computers used by committee stuff that didn't turn out so well later forcing an apology from mr brennan and here is former n.s.a. head james clapper accounting to a senate select committee on n.s.a.'s. buying programs does the n.s.a. collect any type of gate and on

a millions or hundreds of millions of americans. yet you face charges for a statement he himself admitted was rony us and even the man now in charge of the russia collusion probe former f.b.i. chief bob mueller didn't lie but at the very least supported and pushed the false narrative which led to the invasion of iraq and subsequent chaos secretary powell presented evidence last week that baghdad has failed to disarm its weapons of mass destruction so what can we learn lying is bad and everyone knows it but i will let dr house summarize truth of the human condition that everybody lies. the only parents about what the press to think that the lies told by democratic administration members to a republican congress was a bad thing but they do think that a lie by people who worked for mr trump years ago. could be

a very exciting thing because it could harm mr trump mr cohen will tell whatever lie he has to tell to make sure he comes out ok and if he thinks the lies going to get him a pardon will tell that lie if he thinks a lie i'll get him a deal from the special prosecutors will tell that lie the guy is worthless as a witness and is worthless as someone who can build a case around won't stop moeller from trying but he's built his house on sand. americans might be forgiven for thinking that as long as they keep their firearms legally in a safe place they won't get into trouble especially given the second amendment which guarantees their right to own guns but that was not the case for one student who was asked to move out of a shared flat i heard landlord and roommates. it's clear that the rest of the housemates are extremely uncomfortable with the idea of firearms being kept in the household since it's clear that layla wants to keep her firearms it would be best for all parties if she finds another place to live layla perny is

a twenty four year old harvard student with a spot erupted after her roommates complained to the landlord that they didn't feel comfortable with firearms on the property as after they went through her things and found guns along with a make america great again cap pony says she explained to have classmates that she owns her guns legally adding that she had lived in the apartment without incident she things there's another reason though she was being kicked out when i asked them why they were in my room to begin with they each came up with completely contradicting stories none of which made any sense but one comment struck me in particular was saw that you had to make america great again had and come on you from alabama so we just kind of assumed that you had something it is not the first time that owners of a make america great again cap faced problems. through the target against you and particularly that in my view they're going to gather

everybody to go to another classroom and you can remain here. or you think your are or you're going to live here what do you want to. support. person do the right near reno nine eleven we feel like you got to know when i was forty why did you decide to. serve that's a terrible question i'm simply a donkey from supporter who also happens to want you quoted from what i've read they say he is roommates virtually admit that they became nervous when they saw the maid the hat that make america great again hat which of course indicates that she's a supporter of donald trump so they just based on that said well she must have something she must be a nut she must be a right winger she must have guns let's go look thank god they didn't beat this girl out or harm this girl physically there are all kinds of stories of people

wearing hats from live young adults or teenagers sitting in mcdonald's to people driving in their car with their truck bumper sticker on it being attacked to people wearing a hat or shirt a make america great sure they get physically beaten up can you imagine what would have happened if somebody wearing an obama had or wearing an obama t. shirt had ever been beaten that would have led the news for days. a venomous reptile known as the palestine viper has been adopted by israel as a national snake and the move has created a bit of a talks at atmosphere with some describing it as an october heritage that.

it's the palestine vice and always will be to sort it with anyone once it's bill knows israel has appropriated its moon most stay silent to make more of this fight is some proof that it's a palestinian fight and expose will confront the. nice things that. these families read and. says you know there is

a very big oh you mean us and our business british are there so we are sure that it's all for you should one of the most which are. wrapping up their stories for this hour here on the international the hope to see you again soon in about twenty five minutes. shevardnadze with cracks appearing in the e.u. over migration and the transatlantic partnership in tatters can germany hold the

union together with its long serving chancellor and europe's exacta leader angle america in her final term will ask dr her prominent german politician and national security advisor to chancellor helmut call. this coming down on the euro in europe the legendary chancellor is bowing out beset by. discontent how will the european union handle the retirement of its most champion where will germany turn when it comes to choosing a post merkel future and how will her legacy impact on what's to go. after her stealth shake national security adviser to a chance or how would call welcome to the show it's very great to have you with us . the polls show that around eighty percent of germans are dissatisfied with the current ruling coalition of merkel's christian democrats and the social democratic party now with the chancellor on her.