financials but i don't buy i'm on a futures. phase of the flight. as of last summer buying from the future crocker was kaiser. computers i'm his son joe point spread political allegation that it's almost all meaning if any politician regardless of their beliefs can be labeled a populist isn't all politics populism of some sort or another. in the headlines tonight tear gas water vehicles out of paris this last saturday afternoon on the fourth consecutive weekend of so-called yellow demonstrations our correspondent was in the thick of it. and here we've also had rubber bullets being

deployed each. very close. let's. sort of europe the end of an era in germany is i'm glad merkel steps down as leader of a party after eighteen years of the hell she's replaced but. many. in london i would see you know who i met before in the philippines afghanistan whether they were here they were there they were here because it was so easy for them to operate. in plain sight we had incredible story of amount of switch from being a trusted. to being an m i six informed. the eighth of december here in moscow welcome to news update no it's just turned eleven

pm here now and if france is dominating the coverage again this weekend particularly paris which has been experiencing a fourth weekend of yellow vest protests a day of rage by the protest movement armored vehicles have been seen in the center of the french capital. was filled with tear gas around eight thousand security personnel were deployed to the french capital to prevent violence but by all accounts that didn't work very well it failed to stop the unrest. if. one hundred twenty five thousand people are taking part in the best protests across

the country rested protests are all going to spite president with chrono only about five days ago bowing to pressure and counseling the proposed fuel tax hikes a corresponding report from the french capital i saw the footage of last week's protests and i was on the fringes over in paris and although at the time that was being scribed to some of the worst protesting in paris in france even in fifty years the tension is even more so here today on the streets of the shows elisei and elsewhere in paris thousands of people once again come out to protest make demands and there are many demands that they will the government to meet up i believe move the food chain now what started out as a protest movement against our hiking seal types that was due to be implemented in january that's now become so you so much more people here and we're just going to show you we've got police running down the streets we're not exactly sure why but what we do know is that in the streets just beyond the protesters were trying to

smash up restaurants and shops there and there was a huge amount of tear gas being deployed there actually just at the street you can look now next to that luxury a good shop louis witold and you can also see just a bit further down the street that huge police presence you know because that is one of the things we've really noticed this week is in the previous weeks i believe last week there were about four. thousand six hundred police officers here this weekend eight thousand in paris alone they go more tear gas they're being deployed at those protesters are trying to clear them out of that street where they would causing damage we actually loiter to make sure one man dressed up as called a christmas climbing up a drink pipe to get him to cool was some damage you see him but yes the tear gas just feeling yeah just to look down this is the little sleazy movie where we students see class to the conclusion that today it's just full of plumes of smoke

and that is just something that's been constant over the last few hours and what's interesting i have found is that in previous protests the police have generally try to hold back from deploying tear gas and even when they've had all jacks pelted at them by the protesters they've held back until they feel it's too much today when one or two things have been thrown at them they have been responding immediately and it's not just tear gas it's to cannons and of course we have all made vehicles on the streets in paris the first time since two thousand and five and here we've also had rubber bullets being deployed. very close to us this is our rubber bullets one of the things we've heard from some of the gilles asian ones is that the violence that we've seen over the last few weekends here in paris and elsewhere in fronts have actually been caused by people from the extreme left and

the extreme right and actually this you lose your movement is a peaceful movement that's that's what they tell us i mean we have seen a lot of violence in the streets and the idea is that the police had cooled and this morning stopping people from getting into areas before they touch checking searches going on if they felt that they had any material any weapons on them then they were taking them away as a preventative measure we believe there were hundreds arrested. leaver and three hundred of those have been remained have been remanded in custody as a result of that but the problem is it hasn't actually stopped the violence we've seen plenty of violence here in the seans elisei and these the scenes which have been unfolding in the streets around us and elsewhere in paris this was about a fuel tax hike at the beginning the government did a massive u. turn on that last week i just think present mccollough said so many times during his presidency that he will not back down to the demands he won't back down to people protesting in the street but the violence has been so extreme that the

government decided they had to take action and they decided to make that u. turn the protesters and now have a long list of demands forty plus things such as a minimum pension poor people who are retired they want the minimum wage to be high and here we are frogs they talking about massive reform to the tax system in france so you know there are many many demands from the people they all seem to be right and differing and what's even more interesting is actually that she sure movement itself ocean seems to be splitting don't forget this is a movement that has no leaders it has got some spokespeople that were elected but even the spokespeople who were elected who were trying to have a meeting with the prime minister earlier this week so i did to cool off meeting because you had death threats so the idea that they would even go into it to the government this really is a movement that's come out of nowhere and it's gotten nobody who's at the head of

it to perhaps take some control. here i took place had told me earlier that most people in france don't think president mccraw now is the mother solve the crisis either you have to find a political solution and it's to political affairs is which begins today and i'm not sure that a man who in my case is a good idea of what to do and i'm not sure that you will be the good man man derogate. the right place because a lot of people in france considered that he's not able to lead the country. to rest of all the people in france in the interest of all citizens and to consider that is the man of minority of the reaches which is a assemble in france offer this breakdown was jurist of the people and. i. think she's from. france is a little over these pictures from belgium things for arrested row seventy people

trying to start their own yellow vests protest a brussels police spokesperson said the demonstrators did not have permission for that rally. or participation forecasts in french government's next moves them polly boy because online series in case you missed it has its own unique opinion about what's really happening there. the french love a protest almost as much as they love off bottle of red over lunch and in case you missed it they're back on the street and this time they're dressed for the occasion . president macro his push to increase fuel tax went down like a royal with cheese at paris fashion week for this autumn winter protest season the yellow vest is the rage on the sidewalks over the last month thousands of fashionable frenchies have been spending their weekends swaggering down the shows and he's a. they've got a vast array of very fashionable and functional purchases it will make not anger

shimmer shine and does though in the light of the burning barrack a prospect for any molotov cocktail reception. and from riot police to head to toe in their usual she may be waving that joint t. truncheons the luminous yellow provides a much easier target for water and rub a bullet into central figure is quite simply the look of choice for the poor downtrodden and dial conscious who are realizing that electing a politically on nerd former investment banker has come back to bite them on the dariya paid all struggling to deal with my choice of political outfits he has a poor old banker pinstripes or expensive environmental greed the man dubbed the president of the rich has reduced taxes for the wealthy and remove protections for awhile because to keep the sappy then rest splendid in saving green he decided to raise taxes on diesel on petrol with less social funding less job security and now

higher costs just driving around the revolting peasantry decided to vandalize the old some cause that is the french way. on fortunately for the protestors that also probably the ones that are go. i have to clear it all up on minimum wage look say what you want about me he's vain he is out of town he only won power by default and you'll never win again but he is a strong leader and he said he would never back down in the face of street protests from this time because that fuel tax loss season that my son is due and then let me get into the money on the rich as well i'm sure there is angry french hordes will stop now that they know what they're known for their clemency over that.

and more that on line this is parents being told me to stay away from the major attractions like the eiffel tower could be worse in the political system is now just a few weeks to go i've been told to avoid the city center or with the threat of even bigger riots leaving authorities decided to close the cultural sites for the weekend as well. still in europe germany's ruling party the christian democratic union got a new leader described as a mini. was elected during a party vote on friday replacing chancellor angela merkel that he's stepping down from the role off almost two decades at the helm or europe correspondent peter all of has the latest from berlin for you. and a gret will be the new leader of the christian democratic union party here in germany she'd be an airstream a rural vote to take the party leadership five hundred seventeen votes from the one thousand and one delegates that were voting in hamburg she is pretty much it

certainly was billed as the continuity candidates heading into this election she was given the blessing by angola merkel the outgoing leader of the party after eighteen years when mrs merkel put. in the position of general secretary of the c.d.u. interesting enough the same position angela merkel held before she went on to lead the party eight years ago now mrs merkel did give a very emotional speech and financed it in the opening of the party conference in which she said to you whatever it takes over from her is going to have a difficult task of pulling together uniting a party and the nation in very polarizing time at the height it's a critical time for our country and for parties like ours the c.d.u. c.s.u. with the f.t. to the right and fast and the polarized societies well certainly one of the reasons why ms karrenbauer bay well have been voted in by those delegates is the

relationship she has with angola merkel because although chancellor merkel has stepped down as leader of the c.d.u. she hasn't stepped down as chancellor and the two will have to work together very closely or opposite side of that of course would have been it through to commit to govern in twelve him mrs merkel do have a history in fact it was chancellor merkel that essentially ousted him from the c.d.u. party leadership way back when when she rose to power but just who is on a great hour the new leader and what she all about the preferred choice of mrs merkel is understood to be good at columbine are known by her initials a k k. it lands assist with a small a pro european and the francophile she certain the already tight links with france when it comes to russia she is perhaps even more skeptical of the kremlin the chancellor merkel last week she called for russian ships coming from the sea to be

barred from us ports saying let it be a food haven't been squeaks you know is on the prowl for protein precious times he thinks he will get to play with and if you're up in the years time given united's response he will continue to push for we have seen this in the recent years and it's those policies that convents the five hundred seventeen delegates out of the one thousand and one casting their ballots that it was a k.k. that should be taking the c.d.u. forward printer all over there will form a cd politician who's now an e.u. parliament nominee for the alternative of germany party thinks a christian democrats choice in leader now eliminates him as a right of center rival to his party. with a cake sheet for every conservative in germany it is clear to see the u. wants to become a push you are left liberal party but it will give all the conservative politicians

money for the mainstay of be evil. probably come over twenty percent in the european election in may two thousand and two to see that you will continue the same style as noted the steps to fundamental change to election day brought under. a new one. to silent. comes conservative party so there is just one remaining conservative party in germany and. at last a competitor. hardest mastermind a bomb maker to m i six double agent on the front line dean spent almost a decade camped in with al qaeda but then switched sides to become a british intelligence spy what is going on the grows goes incredible story of becoming disillusioned with a terrorist cause and then having his cover blown here's some of the interview we should watch to full if you fancy on our site r.t. dot com. that letter which was sent to bill clinton it was adding him to invade iraq and to make it

a beacon for democracy and to establish american hegemony there were just a think tank they put that letter and i will have the muscly billard as deputy seized on it seized on it and he said that they american administration. would not do this unless if there was an event on the magnitude of pearl harbor so he said we should give them a pearl harbor. because then they can invade afghanistan they can invade iraq they can invade somalia or elsewhere that's exactly where we want them to be because we need the bulldozer you know we don't own a bulldozer but they are the bull dogs that we need to provoke the bulldozer owner to come in and to smash the old structure out of nationalism communism whatever you want to call it socialism they must smash it in order for us to build an islamic structure. coming up this saturday evening china is now warning canada of the

consequences for resting up top executives from the chinese smartphone giant while we will tell you more about it and how it's going to add probably in our stories when we come back. remember before trade war leaves a hot war there's currency war plays a trade war war and the parents who are going on already with the china peg artificially low to get their exports to the u.s. in a way to build their economy and then the u.s. it worker was losing their job but they were paying less for chinese made stuff and so there was this symbiotic relationship going on so if the question is who's going to be twenty first century empire and who's going to lose it is going to be the u.s. or china my thought is going to be a coterminous and that both the u.s. and china are going to fall apart.

place hard order. dr vision between northern ireland. economic consequences as a lot of consequences for people particularly those who live along the border there's a lot of free movement at the moment people move back going forward there's a lot of economic activity there's a lot of social social activity and nobody wants to see. again it's exactly ninety minutes now past eleven o'clock in the evening mosco time so russia's security services have been speaking about the quote provocative nature of those ukrainian ships involved in clashes in the strait two weeks ago he gave no details of the incident that always spoke to conflict between the two nations of the crimean peninsula as we did a cochon of or explains russia's cephas b. coast guard hold a briefing here in moscow where the course of events that took place in the event

for the twenty fifth was outlined in details of the f.s.b. you called this incident a clear provocation and a very dangerous one. ever it added that incidents of such sort happened before on a numerous occasion in the past two years i rushed f.s.b. coast guard aside proper procedures and rules for passage haven't changed and before there's been no misunderstanding. it's necessary to stress that the rules of passage through the kirk strait have been effective for more than twenty years and they have always been observed by both russian and ukrainian ships the f.s.b. goes guard so that there were ammunition and weapons found on board of the arrested ukrainian vessels that exceeded the standard load and also documents that said that that should have been a call for an op put it in the first lot of during the inspection of ukrainian ships a document was found which orders and this is

a court order to make sure the coach straight out of the russian navy and f.s.b. supervision the main goal is to covertly pass through the crowd straight skinny end of quote you can make your own conclusion you might escape russian court issued a decision or doing that all of the twenty four ukrainian servicemen assets and the incident be held in custody for two months while the investigation is underway all of the men were accused of trust passing ukraine because this is an act of aggression precious up because he says that the country is trying to picture that servicemen as prisoners of war but they do it in accordance just on up in recent times the ukrainian side has attempted to present its officers as war prisoners were those detained ukrainian sailors are charged with criminal offenses and according to the geneva convention neither can hold war prisoners while russia and ukraine are not in a state of but some new information was also revealed at the briefing regarding

zose on board of the arrested ukrainian vessels russia's f.s.b. said that the residents of the ukrainian city of dawn yanek poached them saying that he had. recognized one of the ukrainian security service man who was on board of the vasella as a person who allegedly tortured him all the now this whole operation was called to be an outrageous provocation that endangered over eight hundred several ships stationed at the port recap where both sides are on this ukraine says it ships were intercepted while they were outside russian territorial waters further they claimed they notified russia of the ship's passage on the other side of this moscow did not receive any notification from ukraine and says those ships intentionally ignored orders to stop further russia also says the ships were following direct orders from the ukrainian government. the chinese foreign ministry says canada may face consequences for arresting one jew she's the chief financial officer and daughter

of the founder of the chinese smartphone giant weiwei she's now facing extradition to the u.s. over alleged violation of sanctions on iran china is demanding the immediate release and called the detention a violation of human rights further beijing is some of the canadian ambassador over the case as the latest twist of this let's cross live to alexander brood of independent political analysts from work what this is about we're going to go hey there thanks for your time so the chinese foreign ministry some encounters ambassador over this calling autumn is action and acceptable how far could this escalate or is it all going to calm down quickly do you think. first of all thank you for having me well i don't think this is going to end quickly and in fact i think the consequences of this are going to be very long term this is a clear case of but never better than this before i can guarantee. what is known as the city sees traps to see disease the ancient greek historian who said

that three wars between of the leading power and rise are always all tie in with canada pulling rank with america here and the trade war with china here. yes it is but it's it's it's an excess of projection of u.s. power and canada in this case is a pawn in in the game because what can or cannot return against the u.s. decision because it is also involved in a delicate trade dispute with the united states over nafta which appears to have cleared in the past few months but of course we with the fickle nature of the current us administration will never know what could happen so if canada refused to arrest it could face consequences from the united states and china low on the face of it canada's justin trudeau said no politics were the factor the decision of canada's authorities to detain mantra by that. no i mean it's very

clear that canada is thinking about the nafta deal in this case and what the top administration could do to can other in case for failure to comply we've never had this before now there are subsidiary reasons why way is one of the leading companies involved in five g. . commit telecommunications research and which means it competes with firms in the united states canada and u.k. in fact the u.k. and new zealand have already. raised questions about yeah ever they can provide the transmission equipment but none of the stuff behind the scenes and they've got their doubts what is the problem here and washington further with this lady is no secret mag's extradition to the us is not going to happen. well i hope not because i live in canada and the consequences from china could be severe now

and not only that china will not it's not the kind of government that will retaliate quickly so you know what it's going to do it's going to use a much more strategic approach it's going to be gradual and it the impacts are not going to be known immediately so we could see anything from cutting off relations cultural ations that means stopping the. the community education links for example which are very important and lucrative i'm really canadian universe the reason why she's been arrested she's been accused of violating the sanctions over iran with various trade deals to buy their oil not. well that is a that is a perfectly good excuse one of the reasons why i think united states uses the u.s. sanctions against countries is that in order to. apply these very rules so it can arbitrate who. can control competition and this is not an all new rule

this these rules have been in place for a long time started in the mid ninety's but the amount of center that amount a lot. and in fact many u.s. companies have used the same system as you know way in other words shell companies based elsewhere you know allow them to trade with iran one of the big companies was halliburton which used a subsidiary in germany to do business with iran but do at this. stage so the new trade was really funny timing a one hour we got mr trudeau saying relations really good with china at the moment for us count as consent and then we also got trumpeters big trade was. saying well no it's going to be ninety day truce while they try and work things out it's all timing with to have this going on now isn't it with them with this this telecommunications company. well it is the it is very strange timing which leads me to believe trump the u.s. administration is gambling one of the things that the u.s. wants negotiate is the rules over technology abuse or use by the chinese

so they might the deal discussed in when outsiders between see jinping and trump has not been signed yet so it perhaps hopes to use this card to weigh the how a card to force more concessions out of chinese companies the chinese government over the use of technology and the demand that companies doing business in china share their technology i got you we don't know if they're. going to work we gotta leave it there independent credible is thanks ever so much for your thoughts we're going to commercial break to head to thank you for watching us at home as well it's exactly now twenty eight minutes past eleven at night on next programs come up for you right after this quick break.

but ok i don't want to get all mug see. populism is such a widespread political allegation that it's lost almost all meaning if any politician regardless of their beliefs can be labeled a populist isn't all politics populism of some sort or another left.

when a loved one is murder it's natural to seek the death penalty for the murder i would prefer and it's meaningless to the death penalty just because i think that's the fair thing the right thing research shows that for every nine executions one convict is found innocent the idea that we were executing innocent people is terrifying the is just no really hasn't been that we're even many victims' families want the death penalty to be a molar the reason we have to keep the death penalty here is because that's what murder victims' families what that's going to give them peace it's going to give them justice and we come in saying. not quite enough we've been through this this isn't the way. the be the big concern.