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armored vehicles fail to keep a lid on the violence. so head on the program a trade route turns its focus to telecommunications china calls the u.s. the tension request for a while ways finance chief. in nature warning it will face consequences if she is not. in one of the big stories to share. our mission is to reassert our sovereignty reform the liberal international order washington outlines its vision for the world questioning the relevance of key international organizations and also threatening to scrub. treaty with russia. compliance charge strong rich. with the top stories from the past seven days on right up to the moment

developments as well this is the weekly on r.t. international hello and welcome to our. vehicles move through the streets of paris the first time in more than a decade yet more violence gripped the french capital in the latest round of protests by the yellow fast movement more than seven hundred people were arrested thousands of security officers attempted to use tear gas and more to the spurs to cross but buildings were vandalized those demonstrators wreaked topic in a fourth consecutive weekend of unrest. i think i did ok.

but what began as local protests over fuel price hikes was a part and play turned into a nationwide all pricing against the manual mccollum's government but it is not only people in high visibility yellow vests who are showing their frustration the anger has spread with party medics and parties and high school students across the country joining lollies sharla dubin ski has been following events for us and friends. as you can see there is sounding names so i ring say it's just in the past in a cold cold as you go to lourdes the national assembly the thing that they're unhappy about is that changing france it was implemented two months ago whereby hospitals now you decide to reach ambulance service in france will collect patients on the drive this is a concern that that could threaten their job so in the future we will always be

here even if it means losing our company or losing everything else will be here until the end of. last night the elisei government and hence it will be cancelling that increase in the fuel tax just as i was off to the french prime minister had gone to the national assembly to say that it would be suspended for six months the president may have to take the u. turn on fuel tax hikes would have quelled the anger but it hasn't made any seems to have been tense. if i did it with truckers foam is our new students now taking their concerns to the streets. once you close it out i consider my home to be a president who's against social close trying to deconstruct the welfare state was

all the clearly implementing policies that ridge because he's the president of the rich we want to the president of the or a lawsuit a president who prioritizes the common interest as well. thousands of people have once again come out to protest and there are many demands that they will the government to meet i believe last week there are about five thousand six hundred police officers here this weekend eight thousand in paris alone they go more to gas they're being deployed at those protesters are trying to clear the much of that street where they were causing damage around us just took a look at this this tear gas going everywhere we've also heard reports that christmas trees are being burned across paris we are of course in the last few weeks early doing up to that festive season and here we've also had rubber bullets being deployed. very close to us. my.

t. is streaming down my face again as a result of tear gas i can't tell you how many times that we've been gassed in previous protests the police have generally try to hold back from deploying tear gas and even when they fired objects pelted at them by the protesters they've held back until they feel it's too much today when one of the chief things are being thrown at them they have been responding immediately and it's not just take us it's rubber bullets it's our who to get. and of course we have armored vehicles on the streets of paris the first time since two thousand and five this is a rubber bullet it's going to put it in my hands so perhaps my cameraman alex can get a nice close up look at it for you it's pretty big a little bit spongy at the top the point is the need be quite large the idea it's not meant to free you like a normal bullet but if this hits you believe me this is going to hurt and it's

pretty scary having these things flying all around. you. if you want charlotte to been ski. what they are calling the on acceptable and humiliating police treatment of student protesters on thursday after a video emerged of the teen students in a car a suburb being forced upon their lives france's education minister has condemned the actions while following the most violent riots in paris and decades president to public pressure and a bump in the fuel tax reforms that ignited the unrest but the protests have already gone beyond just fiscal policies right or political analyst eric verkaik so most french people don't think president is capable of solving the crisis we have to find a political solution and to political affairs is which begins today and i'm not

sure that emanuel michael is a good idea of what to do and i'm not sure that you would be do a good man to write managed to write plays because a lot of people in france consider that he's not able to lead the country. 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. put it. another big story of the week russia raised the alarm over u.s. threats to poland to the key nuclear treaty with moscow on tuesday saying it may trigger washington's further withdrawal from other significant international accords the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty was signed in the final years

of the cold war production of short and medium range nuclear missiles are prohibited under the pact but the u.s. now claims russia is producing weapons in violation of agreement russia has sixty days to comply or else washington will start pulling out of the deal with moscow says it is in compliance with the treaty unquote the us knows it meanwhile washington this week to its vision of the world and its mission to reestablish the world's liberal order it's also question the revel in many other international agreements and organizations from rutgers the if now it goes through. it is time for change time for the old ways to die for a new undisputed leader a new american world order our mission is to reassert our sovereignty reform the liberal international order the central question that we face is that is the

question of whether the system as currently configured as it exists today and as the world is this today doesn't work does it work for all the people of the world the old ways are out of date united nations is useless incompetent the i.m.f. is obsolete european union pointless all these international organizations union's treaties and agreements they only hinder america piet's hands and cripple its power the logic is sound when we all be better off if we just had america rule american tends to lead now and always the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty russia is violating it says america others aren't bound by it it holds limits limits the united states and washington's policy requires it seems more nukes big nukes foster

nukes one country in the world is bound by the i.n.f. treaty us china is not bound by iran has an extensive b.m. capability but we have global responsibilities in asia and the middle east we have to be responsive to their terms international democracy has failed alliances have failed asians cannot tell right from wrong everyone wants a say but why let them a new longer know what's good for them america is good for them this is what president trump is doing he is. turning the united states to its traditional central leadership role in the world and so it seems we enter a new age in age where might makes right without all the fluff and lip service to partnerships and equality the old world order is dead welcome to

a new american age the only reaction to this story former u.s. diplomat jim jeffries he told us that pulling out of the i.n.f. treaty would also undermine u.s. relations with europe. i think it's quite likely the u.s. will pull out of this treaty i think the the end of the story that just to finish and my fear were guarding the europeans and how it will affect our relationship with them is they simply do not have the courage or the the strength of character to say to the americans no this is bad for us this is bad for europe this in danger is our security we won't go along with this whatever trumps impulses might be to either have an agreement with the russians and as well as with the chinese to have a better relationship that he has a national security team that is entirely composed of the wrong people and what they want to do is to put russia into an untenable security position and this is

simply one more rock they can throw at moscow and they don't really care with the consequences are that is what my fear is here. the chinese foreign ministry has warned counter that it could face serious consequences if it feels to release the chief financial officer of smartphone giant wild way one was arrested in vancouver last weekend on america's request and i faces extradition to the u.s. currently in jail for the weekend her next hearing will be tomorrow monday. the week began with a worldwide sigh of relief at a potential cease fire in the u.s. china trade war but it wasn't long until washington and its canadian allies crashed the party this arrest can be used as a leverage in negotiations on trade with china it asserts that between two thousand and nine and twenty fourteen hallway used to shell company called sky com to break u.s. sanction laws around exports to iran this is a message from the united states

a warning shot action typically reserved for drug lords and arms dealers not corporate executives men one jews the c.f.o. and daughter of the c.e.o. at walk away one of the world's largest can. sume are electronics companies so why target her while the company has been on the u.s. is hit list since twenty twelve mostly for allegedly stealing american technologies and this time canada says one jew is being extradited to face charges of fraud in trying to swerve around u.s. sanctions on iran but the company claims it follows all the rules and the chinese foreign ministry had fighting words for the west calling the move extremely disgusting unreasonable and a serious violation of one jew's legal rights they demanded her immediate release. candidate to immediately release the detained person and honestly protect their lawful legitimate rights otherwise kind of domestic sets full responsibility for

the serious consequences caused but the canadian prime minister wants everyone to be clear this was done by the book no pressure nada but if you assure everyone that we are going through an independent judiciary and the appropriate authorities to the decisions in this case without any political will to do the interference that this must be the case and while the arrest was being carried out the u.s. and chinese leaders were tucking into a couple argentinean steaks at the g. twenty in buenos cyrus their dinner diplomacy was supposed to fix their months long trade war but trump's national security adviser john bolton later admitted he had advance warning of the arrest i knew in advance this is something that we get from the justice department and these kinds of things happen with some frequency we certainly don't inform the president on every one of the there is the crazy up and

down of the tensions with china one day we're on the verge of a breakthrough the next day with threatening one another again the next day we're friends the next day we arrested the executive in canada and the biggest. problem about all of that is the uncertainty this kind of crazy uncertainty may be good politics for him but it's crime goes up the economic lifeblood of the united states let's be clear what's being done year if the united states wants the rest of the world to behave according to what we want we are inviting every other country to put sanctions on whoever they don't like and then we can be able to trade with anybody for fear that some government somewhere is going to punish us arrest or executives this is a kind of nationalism gone crazy and that is worrying both american investors and the rest of the world kindergarden teachers in germany receive instructions on how

to i den to find deal with children from far right families we'll tell you how that went. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race on offense here in dramatic development the only really exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. putting back in place a hard order. that division between north and garland has economic consequences it has 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 and forward there's a lot of economic activity there's a lot of social social activity i'm looking to see how to stop them. you. know we start with an interesting story a guy for kindergartens in germany but. a right wing sentiment has provoked the wrath of parents though they claim it only encourages children to spy on them peter all of her picks apart this one. it's the season of goodwill to all and. to his. right there

a thought for those on through in the phones in checking emails. until racism n.g.o.s received around four hundred fifty hate calls in the first forty eight hours threatening things like terrorist attacks we haven't counted the exact number of emails but it was around five hundred so what is this all about the organization with the blessing from the german government has produced a brochure for kindergarten teachers and parents designed to tackle right ideology what to do if a child draws swastikas in class and says they do this that what to do if it's teacher is active on the far right see these are the types of situations and suggestions on how to deal with them addressed in the sixteen page guide why all the hate against it some of the information has rankled to say the least with far right blogs as well as mainstream conservatives a scenario as described where a kindergarten how to deal with children of parents involved with the far right to

go away is dresses in braids and the boy faces physical challenges and takes part in drills so what advice do you think was given to kindergarten stuff have a face to face with the parents it should be made clear to what extent all thora tarion in gender stereotypes are renting styles limit the many possibilities of children and complicate their development some were rattled by the advice quiting the wearing of dresses and braids with membership of the far right i find it unbelievable that a taxpayer funded brochure identifies girls wearing braids and clothes as potentially nationalist the family minister should have his booklet recalled and revised as soon as possible the anti immigration alternative for germany party seized on the backlash accusing me and geo of promoting secret police methods the ngo denied the allegations saying it didn't mean to cast. shadow on how kids addressed and also added that the brochure was well received by professionals this is based on true cases drawn from long term counseling work which teachers have

asked for help dealing with nationalist families on down through the organization behind this brochure on the do in family ministry the best of intentions here however in a country where most people still remember the g.d.r. asking teachers to look out for political motivations could prove problematic piece for all of her off the bill is. a classic christmas song seemingly being left out in the cold this festive season baby it's cold outside was first released back in the one nine hundred forty s. but has now been dubbed inappropriate in the age of me to its being dropped by reduced stations across the u.s. over its lyrics about a mom attempting to persuade a woman to spend a little more time with her hair looks well on a no no no i'm going to write very quietly that i'm going to say that i try to understand something she might. say i don't all.

the track was first recorded for the hollywood film neptune's daughter in one nine hundred forty nine it quickly became a hit winning an oscar the following year scores of artists have covered it since me too activists say the lyrics are normal and manipulative coercive behavior however others point out many other songs would have to be dropped too if the same rules are applied to. baby it's cold outside is basically a date rape song i'm glad people are finally realizing this. here's your annual reminder that baby it's cold outside is basically a date rape song they won't play baby it's cold outside because it implies rape but they can play this horrible rag music that talks about sex drugs shooting people and cetera these other holiday songs must also be removed as are offensive as well

i saw mommy q. since santa claus subjecting minors to soft core porn white christmas racist sent a baby golddigger blackmail. hawkins was so taken with the story he decided the puppy show up for debate asking whether classic culture is compatible with modern values. if this is something that is creating such an uproar we can't ignore it and also maybe it's reflecting that things need to change and that. maybe maybe things have maybe christmas carols also. has to evolve with our society there are a lot of important issues right now and when we focus on songs like this and trying to get it out i mean we're painting a message that mates who has just become unhinged in going after these christmas songs from the one nine hundred forty s. which yes was a different era but frankly nobody nobody has cared about and so the meta movement wants to stay wants to stay current and relevant and i think that we need to focus on the main issues the biggest issues and stay away maybe from some of the lesser

things like some of these christmas songs i think there's a lot of outrage i think women are really really angry the argument that maybe this is a little bit overkill. i think you have to look at that and see kind of what is behind that and what's behind it is you know women want relief women who want change women want their voices heard reading into the lyrics of the song and also some of. it is a been i've been reading about this it's very interesting to see the different news you said it's really a question of interpretation is that it could be taken in different ways i mean i think if you're. a survivor of rape you're going to interpret it that way as a date rape song i think most people are going to study that it's from the one nine hundred forty s. and you know you could make an argument this is that this is a woman who several to celebrating for the actuality and it's really a flirting again and i am here today and i understand and i do understand both

sides of this argument i just see really the need to focus on on some of the bigger issues i understand that they're women that are survivors of rape and i do understand the argument i understand the side where we have to look at everything we have to understand because some way if women are truly angry about this and then there must be something to it but at the same time you know i want. see a woman who can who can stand strong who can look at the sun and say you know what that's not going to bother me i know what my boundaries are i know when to leave for me i feel like it's almost a step back to see all this rage and anger over that i want to see women going you know what we recognize the cultural differences are back then in those in that time that that kind of sucks for back then but think of where we are now and we're going to have a voice. peace talks on yemen going on the way in sweden on thursday with news of a prisoner exchange the near four years of civil war have pushed the country to the brink of the world's worst humanitarian crisis we spoke to the president of the international committee of the red cross who sees both humanitarian and political

measures should be taken to his old the bitter cold. talks in sweden we do hope that we manage the international community manages to draw a pathway to or more peaceful revolution in yemen what is certainly true is that human need to buy their own can fix the situation in which yemenis to be disease one of the most dire humanitarian situation we have seen people have been dying not only from the direct attacks and the direct impact of war but in particular also from the destruction of infrastructure from the destruction of hospitals of water systems. this is indeed a very dire situation which can only be fixed if a political solution is found and there is a slight. a light at the end of the tunnel may be but yemen isn't the only country in the region suffering

a humanitarian catastrophe in syria over thirteen million people are in need with six million internally displaced and enough the u.n. says over six million people are suffering severely a third of them are children red cross president peter mahrer again sees the organization is doing what it. is in syria definitely is to have access to as many people displaced within syria tool support. as ever we can to deliver basic human needs here in assistance in terms of water or health services services. many within syria are still displaced and we tried to contribute to destabilize ation of. our largest operation worldwide where we are active in the whole of the country in all the provinces we have more than eleven outfits in afghanistan we are

responding to all p. . placed we are responding to populations in need in all parts of the stand we have been worried over the last couple of years to see how much of the civilian population but not only the civilian population also military zadi exposed to enormous amounts of casualties we see people so. really heavy really affect. the i.c.r.c. has one of the most multifaceted humanitarian the response program in afghanistan which we try to continue in the future of. news stories for political populism a temporary fashion or here to stay delve deeper into the issue that's next on worlds apart.

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