mother seat of. a fourth. sweeps across from. armored vehicles failed to keep a lid on the violence also ahead this hour. 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 threatening to a major nuclear missile treaty with russia for alleged noncompliance a charge. it's been exactly a year since a rock proclaimed a defeat in the country but the humanitarian crisis remains among the most volatile in the world. and refugee council we speak this hour to the organizations coordinator in iraq. with the top stories from the past seven days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly an r t international hello and welcome our

top story. armored vehicles move through the streets of paris and suffered by the first time in more than a decade that has happened as yet more violence gripped the french capital in the latest round of protests by b. yellow vests the movement more than seven hundred seven hundred arrests thousands of riot police using tear gas among other and weapons to try and contain the crowds and despite the efforts demonstrators really wreaked havoc for a fourth consecutive weekend. was.

what began as local protests over fuel price hikes snowballed into a nationwide uprising against the money all government but it's not only people in high visibility yellow bibs who are showing their frustration or medics and high school students across the country too they've all been holding rallies surely dubin ski has been holding the fort for us in parlous is her latest take. as you can see this signing there so i are insane just in the past in a cold cold as you go towards the national assembly the thing that they're unhappy about is a change in 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 write their job so in the future we will always be here even

if it means losing our company or losing everything most will be here until the end of. the last night the elisei government and hence we will be canceling that increase in the field 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 helped the u. turn on fuel tax hikes would have quelled the anger but it hasn't made me seems to have intensified it with truckers and foam is our new students now taking their concerns to the streets. once you close you down that i consider my home to be a president again socially close trying to deconstruct the welfare state was all

the clearly implementing policies that are written because the president is the rich we want the president of or a lawsuit a president who prioritizes the common interest while. 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 than being deployed. oids at this protest is trying to clear them out 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 leading up to that festive season and here we've also had rubber bullets being deployed. very close to us.

she 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've had objects 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 rubber bullets it's our water cannons and of course we have all made vehicles on the streets in paris the first time since two thousand and five this is a rubber bullet that's going to put it in my hands so you 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 navy's quite large the idea it's not meant to have secrets for 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. meanwhile french m.p.'s have slum what they are calling the on acceptable and humiliating police treatment of student protesters on thursday video emerged of the tane students in a part of a suburb being lined up and forced upon their news front as education minister condemned the actions. well following the most violent riots in paris in decades and money will mccall to public pressure earlier in the week abandoning the fuel tax reforms that ignited the unrest but the protests have really gone beyond just fiscal policies political analysts. say as most french people aren't certain at present mccrone is capable of solving the crisis we have to find a political solution and it's to political faces which begins today and i'm not

sure that a man whom i called as a good idea of what to do and i'm not sure that you would be do a good man the right man to do 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 he is the man of minority of the reaches which is a assemble in france of these breakdown was jurist of the people. ok to another big story of the week russia raise the alarm over u.s. threats to pole of a key nuclear treaty with moscow and shoes they are saying it may trigger washington's to further withdraw from other significant international courts well 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. no claims russia is producing weapons in violation of un agreement adding that russia has sixty days to comply or else washington will start pulling out of the deal. with moscow for its part c. it is in compliance with the treaty unquote the us knows it in washington this week laid out its vision of the world and its mission to reestablish the world's liberal order it also question the relevance of many other international agreements and organizations us right because the if 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 loses today doesn't 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 unions treaties and agreements they only hinder america tire its hands and cripple its power the logic is sound when we all be better off if we just let america. rule american tends to leave 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 that 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 they no longer know what's good for them america is good for them this is what president trump is doing he is returning the united states to its traditional central leadership role in the world and so it seems we enter a new age in the 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. we're also going to thoughts of former u.s. diplomat jim just trysts he believes 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 at the end of the story that just finished 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. it's being one year since a rock claim victory over islamic state the defeat something terrorist group came a few months after iraqi armed forces secured control over the major urban areas particularly the country's second largest city of mosul the humanitarian situation though has remained dire as pointed out by the norwegian refugee council in its latest report it say is almost two million people remain displaced across the country eight million more are in need of humanitarian aid they also state thought of children born under islamic state rule are still on recognized by the government . and refugees in iraq have been sharing their stories of what life is like for them a year after the defeat of isis. sometimes there is enough

humanitarian aid and other times it just disappears we ask the camel management why they say that the countries that donate money to is doing tonight anymore who have reduced their contributions however not a national will we went back to see our house but we found it destroyed we retained a financial situation makes it impossible for us to rebuild it's a situation just doesn't have the tools. we can now welcome tom pay a cost media coordinator for the no we gen refugee council in iraq on to the program tom thanks for taking the time this hour so it's a year since baghdad declared victory over israel as far as you can see is the country now a free from terror. you know afternoon. iraqi security forces are still active in some parts of iraq there are still operate i'm going to get rid

of what is left of islamic state group. that is something we need to take into account in our operation in the fields did what's your biggest concern of all when it comes to iraq told. well we have to ensure that we your able to to answer to millions of iraqis in need one year after the end of the war which while making sure as well that our aid workers are able to work in safe conditions one of the most stark aspects of the report is that two million people there are still displaced in their own country what's being done to get them back home are there still signs of recovery there. well. indeed one point eight million or still displaced across the country one your own five hundred thousands or. aid agencies are doing their part to gether with

iraqi authorities and the international community. there that there still needs to be a global effort on on reconstruction and services such as education and in hospitals by the iraqi government and the international community what it what is being done is not enough its recovery depends on the area some parts of iraq are slowly recovering. like most or even if you still have really destroyed other parts like sanjoy for example are still destroyed to up to seventy percent with the total lack of service is. this is why more than two hundred thousand years cities are still displaced across the country and are simply unable to reach or yeah as you're describing there they are wreckage from and clearly faces great challenges what is their focus at the moment i suppose in

a way what hygiene actually get some sense of normality back to that country. well what when the indeed the iraqi government face tremendous challenges big contract has been through do this two more for three years. what we need to focus on today is to ensure that millions of displaced iraqis are able to go home they need to rebuild schools they need to rebuild hospitals they need to to avoid compensations to displaced iraqis so they have the money to rebuild and they need to help them to retrieve their it's an essential documents that they lost during during the war such as ideas and. that are essential and these are steps for them to be able to return and rebuild their lives. that about no money to you

for for the country to be able to come back to normality there needs to be more support from the international community more support will ensure that iraqis and iraqis on the bust of reconstruction. and stabilization more and more support from everyone especially members of the coalition. a low iraqi troop to return and rebuild it's just all not point on experts i've spoken to in iraq like yourself one recurring thing seems to be that there simply isn't enough aid going on right so where are the allied coalition forces when when iraq needs real support and not the supposed destructive military operations how can that circle how can that actually be achieved. well it is indeed an except to morrow and to think

that millions can respond in a general spend on bombs. but not on humanitarian and and reconstruction indeed as i said there needs to be efforts but is it is also primarily the responsibility of the iraqi government to prioritize reconstruction as far as today the budget for the country or for twenty nineteen is currently being discussed m.b.o. planning to allocate only one percent of the budget to the route to most schools which used to see to where that where the needs are the biggest is going rate that counts to ten percent of the population of the country so it's far from being in of just another aspect and we know that the foreign nations before have. they've given pledges of financial support have they been on earth as far as you're aware. well.

it is essential that international of the international community invest as much in the country in the reconstruction and stabilization of the country as he did in the fight against islamic states. their work is far from being done and as of today when i discussed with the with iraqis in in the terms they really tell me that we feel abandoned. since then the feats of islamic state group. their needs are still there only for twenty eight eight million iraqis were in need of a few major nasties and so this is not time to abandon iraq tom thanks for giving us a really direct insight into the situation there and this sunday tom to pay a cost to media coordinator for the norwegian refugee council. well a u.s. led coalition invaded iraq back in two thousand and three just give you some

background into the story have just been speaking about setting off a chain of events that eventually led to the rise of beisel in that country let's take a look at a timeline just out of high things to unfold it. was a night i am announcing that the american combat mission in iraq has ended and the iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country. will take time to read a case of cancer like i said we will conduct a systematic campaign of airstrikes against these terrorists. working with the. the iraqi government.

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the arrest of a top chinese telecom executive is threatening to real efforts to patch things up with the us all the trade we've got another story right after this. populism is some job 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. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see it end.

place order. dr vision between northern ireland. 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 going forward there's a lot of economic activity there's a lot of social social activity i'm looking to see. twenty four minutes into the program welcome back the chinese foreign ministry summoned the american m buster following the arrest of the chief financial officer of. huawei. was arrested in vancouver last weekend on washington's request if extradited to the u.s. she could face a lengthy prison term currently in jail for this weekend her next hearing is

scheduled for tomorrow monday. the week began with a worldwide sigh of relief at a potential cease fire in the us 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 two thousand and 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 wal way one of the world's largest consumer 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 technology 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 china's strong candidate to immediately release the detained person and earnestly 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. if you assure everyone that we are a country of an independent judiciary and the appropriate authorities took the decisions in this case without any political involvement or interference as must be the case and while the arrest was being carried out the u.s.

and chinese leaders were tucking into a couple. argentinian 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 in 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 all 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. story not pricking the interest of many in germany i kindergarden for i could vote for it in the car and in the country about how to attack a right wing sentiment has provoked the wrath of parents there they claim it only encourages children to spy on them peter over takes up the story it's the season of goodwill to all and. to his. right there a thought for those on through on the phones in checking emails it won't move until racism a.t.o.s.

received around four hundred fifty hate calls in the first forty eight hours three . 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 at home 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 as 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 a shadow on how kids interest and also that the brochure was well received by professionals this is based on true cases transform long term.