if you. believe you. are and. i'm. sticking to the important point. at. which the. french president emmanuel mccrum prepares to break his silence on some of the most violent protests in decades with some outlets blaming social media for feeling the press. france's foreign minister warns donald trump's not to interfere in french domestic affairs but after the us president tweets about the yellow vest protests

and then chanting for him people at the rally if they support trump trump is rich. countries like microsoft for me he's not a politician for us trump represents the very worst of our own president. a warning that sanctions could impact on the global fight against drugs as a wrong claims economic penalties imposed by washington could see a boom in narcotics migrants and terrorism arriving in europe. and belgium is colonial past comes back to haunt it sparked by the reopening of a museum for democratic republic of congo demands the return of arctic seeds when it was a belgian calling. very . continue watching r.t.

international with me nicky aaron great to have you with us this hour our top story the french president of the new mccrone is expected to address the public this monday as after yet another violent weekend of yellow vests protests in paris the capital's iconic chaunce elisei was left strewn with burned out cars shattered glass and rep of bullets and what was some of the worst rioting in over a decade in paris for us our correspondent charlayne. good to see you a very little has been said by the french president so far on this but others are talking about the protests and i. guess they are the french president is due to give that address at eight o'clock local time tonight in france and many people will be eagerly listening to see what the president has to say the yellow vests the protesters have been calling on president to make some sort of statement for the last few weeks this will be the first time he's spoken out against that we have heard from the finance minister this morning though on the

economic impact all the l. of us protests so far describing it as an economic catastrophe for france and saying it's reduced the economic growth for the country by no point one percent as a result of that now this is being the movement that we've been describing is being something is a huge social movement but it appears that that may not be the case with mainstream media outlets now suggesting that actually this protest has been the result of facebook algorithms and twitter yes of course those pesky russian boughts are at it again with some outlets suggesting that around the currents have been tweeting as much as one thousand six hundred times a day that includes the retreats so to give an example that's an average of eight tweets per account on saturday or treated at least. twelve times so it's not

exactly a massive amount but they all blaming those pesky russian no the french authorities have an investigation into this and the foreign minister speaking this morning said he won't speculate about the outcome of that investigation he will wait until it takes place to decide whether or not russian to blame for this he's also been hitting out. the u.s. president of the he sent this tweet on saturday. the paris agreement isn't working out so well for paris protests and riots all over france people do not want to pay large sums of money much to third world countries that are questionably run in order to maybe protect the environment chanting we want trump love france i am telling donald trump the president of the republic also told him we do not take part in america's debate leave our nation out of the business. so

told from the same people on the streets of paris with children saying we want trouble but we decided to ask some of the protesters on saturday if that's indeed what they wanted. even the french revolution they don't want mccrone they want him and the french government to resign. no i don't want or micro it's dangerous i'm not sure who is worse trump is rich billionaire and just like micro for me he's not a politician no one in france would have voted for trump for us trump represents the very worst of our own president we want. you put in france some feel. about equality and we've balanced system something like that. we have a kid and we don't want a king anymore. they don't want to go on either

we are expecting a speech tonight from president mike on whether it will quell the disquiet in france well yet to be seen what we do know is that there is social tension there are protests continuing across the country today and they say that they will be out in force next saturday when they describing as act by tense times in france thank you for the update financial aid in paris and some outlets suggest social media is a driving force behind these riots and not french fiscal policy they have also been suggestions that bad actors are stirring up this part. but when the. social media invaders is this scene and many many other instances of elections and other such things this whole thing has been revved up on the social media can you imagine follow this up you will hundreds of thousands of french in

the streets every day don't forget we've got these massive demonstrations on saturdays but every day in thousands of villages and towns across the country we've got demonstrations i think this is totally irresponsible this is preposterous this is incredible that they even dare say this they're so disconnected the french elite and the western elite they don't assume the responsibility and the have to they have to do since to get going and trying to scapegoat and at the end of course it is this it is always the case today when there's a problem the worst then they have to blame at one point russia this is ridiculous and nobody believes that in france today besides maybe a couple people around the room. u.s. sanctions against iran may lead to a deluge of drugs asylum seekers bombs and terrorists in the west and that's the warning coming from to iran it says the economic pressure could affect its fight against drugs on its border with afghanistan the world's leading opiate supplier iran spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year to curb the illegal drug

trade elisha said the takes up the story. trump iran sanctions three words all a little too familiar to the world although washington aimed sanctions at iran its european companies who have felt the impact all those sanctions may have closed the door to european businesses they could apparently open another to the flow of drugs . i warn those who impose sanctions that if iran's ability to fight drugs and terrorism are affected you will not be safe from a daily use of drugs asylum seekers bombs and terrorism in case you didn't know iran has been a barrier to a deluge of drugs coming from afghanistan feel he is. iran has a lengthy border with afghanistan the world's largest producer of opium destined for markets in europe and elsewhere in twenty sixteen alone the u.n.

estimates that iran seized a hof a million kilos of opium iranian officials say they've spent a hefty amounts on enforcement measures barriers canals fences around eight hundred million dollars annually it says on sealing its borders to prevent the transit of narcotics and if iran contra is stopped because of sanctions well you get the picture. you don't weaken iran by sanctions many will not be safe washington claims to have the problem under control since two thousand and two has been engaged in the council narcotics program in afghanistan but get this back in two thousand and one before the u.s. intervention poppy field stretched to around seven thousand six hundred and six has fast forward to twenty seventeen and the number grows to three hundred twenty eight thousand hex has no contra program undertaken by the united states its coalition partners or the afghan government resulted in lasting reductions and poppy

cultivation were opium production so this. iran can no longer protect its borders with afghanistan a wave of drugs threatens to engulf europe and beyond another tragic consequence of trump's foreign policy hitting allies instead the effort iran is putting in fighting drug trafficking is primarily aimed at protecting its own citizens drugs affect for two million iranians nevertheless it's also will bring benefits for other countries such as the europeans as well i think with the wrong hunny government is trying to do is it is trying to tell the europeans that if the. nuclear deal dies in unfortunately it seems that that is the. not expect even corporation on other issues such as fighting drugs in fighting terrorism and while drugs and terrorism empower iran primarily but we have to

remember that they also in the region as well that is trans regional our research is europe. troubles bring between belgium and the republic of congo with the reopening of a museum dedicated to central africa it was supposed to be a new chapter in relations between the two countries but some have lashed out at the museum given belgium's brutal colonial history congolese president joseph kabila is demanding the return of items seized during that era that are on display in the museum when first established the museum was supposed to shine light on the imperial might of belgium showcasing the best artifacts from the african continent seven congolese died there in eight hundred ninety seven after being put on show as living exhibits the museum now says it focuses its focus is more on the works of african artists but it still has thousands of items looted from the congo including the skulls of tribal chiefs despite its sixty years of independence the horrors of

belgian rule are still remembered there a warning the next clip contains some disturbing content. in a statement to the museum acknowledge the mistakes of the past visitors on opening day were divided over the controversy. that is really interesting to see a cultural history i think because of the fact that it is still managed by

white people who are still in power. that it is still a wide vision. only good movie it's a new vision of africa it's different to the one that existed when i was a child i'm going to discover it just didn't think i used to come here is a child so i'm curious to see there in of a museum i don't feel concerned by the controversy i think it's ok that these artifacts are here in belgium a museum is a museum it allows us to see what happened and friends of the congo advocacy group believe that in order for a new chapter to open all of the looted artifacts have to be returned. have a situation where through belgian colonialism european colonialism. destroyed african societies and now the point where africans are making the demand they come and say well you don't have the infrastructure to

accommodate the materials that we deluded in order for a new chapter to be opened the thousands of artifacts in the museum need to be returned to the congo that's found they can advance expand the museum and other are other artifacts however the primary concern is the return of the cultural legacy of the africans. documentary on how colonial rule has impacted on the african culture will be playing throughout the day you can also watch congo my precious any time online at r.t. dot com. now young boy and devoted fan of football star lionel messi has been forced to flee his home for the second time after threats from the tell about the group confronted the seven year old when he went viral. all for his homemade messy shirts made from a plastic bag but the boy's family now famous for his life after his fame has

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need of aid they also say thousands of children born under islamic state will still on recognized by the government we spoke with a member of the aid group. the. 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 groups one hundred ten million are still displaced across the country one year on five hundred thousands are in panic only for twenty eighteen eight million iraqis were in need of humanitarian assistance the iraqi government face tremendous challenges and big country has been through this more for three years what we need to focus on today is to ensure that millions of displaced iraqis are able to go home the need to rebuild schools the need to rebuild all spittles. some parts of iraq are slowly recovering.

like most all even if it's still heavily destroyed but other parts like sanjoy for example are still destroyed to up to seventy percent with a total lack of service is the budget for the country for for twenty one thousand is currently being discussed and the overland into to allocate only one percent of the budget to the river to mosul which is the city where the where the needs are the biggest and this governor eight counts to ten percent of the population of the country so it's far from being and of the. it is essential that international the international community community invest as much in the country in the record friction and in the stabilization of the country as they did in the fight against islamic states it is indeed an exceptional and to think that millions can respond to it generally spend on bombs but not on humanitarian and and

reconstruction their work is far from being done and as of today when i discuss with iraqis in in the terms they really tell me their lives. and since then the islamic state so this is not the time to abandon your. there and us three year long civil war broke out in iraq in twenty fourteen the rise of islamic state to do to the country to suffer under those terrorists dominance has a timeline of how things that unfolded. will take time to read it get cancer like i said we will conduct a systematic campaign of airstrikes against these terrorists. working with the iraqi government.

for. the killing of a mentally disabled palestinian man in the west bank has once again brought the actions of the is ready defense forces into question a video of the incident has appeared a pirate a showing him being shot in the head the following images are just a big twenty two year old mohammad hossam how they can be seen lying face down and

bleeding he was pronounced dead later in hospital hundreds attended his funeral in the west bank we spoke to his parents about the tragedy. it was on the way home from work and happened to come across some israeli soldiers he was then shot and the bullet hit between his eye and his nose you could see that his eye was swollen it said that he was shot from far away but we saw on the t.v. that the three israeli soldiers shot him at close range. to the minute we got a call saying that had been shot and is now in hospital his father rushed there only to find he was already dead. my son was not related to any political faction he was a very simple person due to his mental disability. is ready defense forces say soldiers were responding to dozens of palestinians who were hurling rocks they used riots dispersal means and live fire there yet to comment more on the incident both

say they have launched an investigation israel regularly raids the west bank searching for suspects wanted for terror attacks or illegal weapons possession last year over a thousand palestinians were arrested and twenty eight killed here are some previous cases. mohammed's father has been devastated by the killing of his son and opened up to us about his loss and who he thought was to play. israelis claim that they have been investigating the three soldiers who shot him but i have no idea if the investigation will continue he's

a big loss to everyone he was special and different all his brothers he was my right arm and help me with everything i want to repeat the israeli army but as full responsibility for the death of my son. thanks for joining us this hour on oxy international we'll be back at the top of the hour with plenty more see about. putting back in place a hard border. dr vision between northern ireland and our lives 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 for people to move back and forward there's a lot of economic activity there's a lot of social and social activity and nobles to see got to stop.

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simply deleted an investigative documentary. ghost war on oxy. hello and welcome across town for all things are considered peter lavelle the yellow that's shaped france to work or is it time to go speaking of time to go with the brags that vote looming is to rest amaze time up to also my column pale wants to remake the world.

cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst with international and we have these and he is a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of the became of western civilization and resurgence of russia are a german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate i want to talk about the yellow vests first had their fourth weekend in the spotlight here i want to go to paris right now i want to go to. morrow he is the founder of the center of political strategic analysis strap poll. that day welcome thank you for being with us ok after four weekends of this in the spotlight. we haven't seen much of the french president or heard much how there is this these group of protests or riots however you want to describe it changed france over the last month or so you know actually. we called these

protests in france is very important because last week. give up on the old taxis you promised to the friends. she didn't but no the people was to continue to protest because they wanted to leave and it's a very big problem from a point of legitimacy because since the beginning it was it seems it is a french election actually yes a big lake of legitimacy because it came through. really short and media coup then during the last eighteen months is it was anybody to creates the legitimacy it didn't have the beginning of the presidency and because many of the scandals inserted the french people when he was outside the country. he said that france and there is no friend or. promise but what is.