models used by american corporations jadhav what is sold on could be mental disease has a new album use. the solution. is up in association with the potato. noodle going to salsa on those it is just really really came to an investigative documentary. ghost war on oxy. french president to monument fund meets with political and union leaders as he has to break his silence on some of the most violent protests in decades with some outlets blaming social media for feeling to be on record. france's foreign minister

warns donald trump not to interfere in french domestic affairs stops the u.s. president tweets about the yellow vests protests and then chanting for him we'll ask people at the rally if they support trump trump is rich a billionaire and just like mark root for me he's not the politician for our strong resistance to the very worst of our room president. a warning that sanctions could impact on the global fight against drugs as it were on the claims economic penalties imposed by washington could see a boom in narcotics migrants and terrorism arriving in europe. and belgium colonial past comes back to haunt its box by the reopening of a museum the democratic republic of congo demands the return of artifacts seized when it was a belgian colony. to

. a very well marked me watching r.t. international with me becky aaron great to have you with us our top story french president emmanuel mcclaren is right now meeting with france's political elite and union chiefs after almost four weeks of nationwide protests by the yellow vest movement on saturday parts of paris were left strewn with burned out cars shattered glass and group of bullets in what was some of the worst rioting in over a decade our correspondent sheila depend ski reports from the french capital. the french finance minister whose describe these protests that have been going on now for the last four weekends as being an economic catastrophe with france with french economic growth being reduced boy zero point one percent a result of them why we've been describing these protests as being a spontaneous social need when two of the last three weeks there is invite

something deeper behind it it's social media mainstream media outlets now suggesting that facebook algorithms could be to blame for spreading these protests on twitter yes those pesky russian boats they're at it again with some two hundred accounts retreating or tweeting one thousand six hundred times a day to put that in context that's on average eight tweets a retreats per account on saturday i think that tweet it at least twelve times so it's not a huge amount but the french authorities have said that they are launching an investigation in to this alleged interfering baju russia once again but they said that they won't speculate as to the results of that until that investigation is ended that's according to the foreign minister who's also taken out to hit out against donald trump after he sent this tweet on saturday the paris agreement isn't working out so well for paris protests and riots all over french 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. leave our nation out of the internets you don't know trump saying in that it's we the people on the streets of france and in paris which own thing we won't trump well we didn't hear anything such like that but we decided to use the protesters if they did indeed want trump. even. the french revolution they don't want him across they want him and the french government to resign. no i don't want trump or micro it's dangerous i'm not sure who is worse trump is rich billionaire and just like microsoft for me he's not a politician and france would have voted for trump for us trump represents the very

worst of our own president we want. you power in france some feel. about equality and who if balance system something like that. we have a kid and we don't want a king anymore it seems the protesters don't want trump more today he would not like that and many would be waiting with bated breath to see what the president will say to the country this evening protest the king day in france and yellow vests said they will be out again in force this weekend they describing as our life . some analysts suggest social media is a driving force behind these protests these riots and not french fiscal policy then also being suggestions that bad actors are stirring up this part where. but when the. social media invade as is the scene in many many other instances of

the regulations and other such things this whole thing has been revved up on the social media and you imagine how this upheaval 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 something or point in and find a scapegoat and at the end of course it is this that is always the case today when there's a problem in the west 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 front. u.s. sanctions against iran may lead to a deluge of drugs asylum seekers bombs and terrorists in the west that's the

warning coming from tauron it says the economic pressure could affect its fight against drugs on its border with afghanistan the world leading opiate supplier iran spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year to curb the illegal drug trade missions that takes up the story trump iran sanctions three words all a little too familiar to the world although washington aimed sanctions at tehran it's european companies who have felt the impact 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 here 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 over hoffa a million kilos of opium iranian officials say they 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 was 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 a council narcotics program. enough gonna stand but get this back in two thousand and one before the us intervention poppy field stretched around seven thousand six

hundred six has fast forward to twenty seventeen and the number grows to three hundred twenty eight thousand hectares no country drug program undertaken by the united states its coalition partners or the afghan government resulted in lasting reductions and poppy cultivation were opium production so if iran can no longer protect its borders with afghanistan a wave of drugs threatens to engulf europe and beyond another tragic consequence of trumps foreign policy hitting allies instead the effort iran is putting in fighting drug trafficking is primarily aimed at protecting its own citizens drugs affect. million iranians nevertheless it's also bringing benefits for other countries such as the europeans as well i think with the wrong honey government is trying to do is it is trying to tell the europeans that if the iran nuclear deal dies and unfortunately it seems that that is the out. they cannot expect for

creation 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 we are wired to research is europe. trouble is brewing 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 given belgium's brutal colonial history congolese president joseph kabila is demanding the return of items seized during that era that are on display there when first established the museum was supposed to shine a light on the imperial might of belgium. showcasing the best artifacts from the african continent seven congolese died in eight hundred ninety seven after being

put on show as living exhibits the museum now says 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 just by sixty years of independence the horrors of belgian rule are still remembered there a warning that 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 is that it's 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. that it is still a wide vision. but on the 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 when you think i used to come here is a child so i'm curious to see the arena. 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 the friends of the congo advocacy group believe that in order for a new chapter to open. all of their lives and artifacts have to be returned. to have a situation where through belgian colonialism european colonialism. they. destroyed

african societies and now that we've gotten to a 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 fine and they can advance expand the museum and. other artifacts however the primary concern is the return of the cultural legacy of the africans. we can watch a special report on how colonial rule impacted the african country in about fifteen minutes time you can also watch congo my precious to any tile online at r.t. dot com. now young boy and devoted fan of football star little

mesti has been forced to flee his home for the second time after threats from the taliban the group confronted the seven year old when he went to viral for his homemade messy shirts made from a plastic bag but the boy's family now fears for his life after his fame was caught and wanted as hanchen. sledgehammers. was. one of those going to get i mean that it was enough. to get us to listen to.

that and just tell us. our chance to stop. the slaughter to start much. was. yeah that. was the work i was. so sick on this hour the killing of a mentally disabled palestinian man during

a raid once again it was the israeli military in the spotlight what are the details on that after this short break. yes. thank. you. our. putting back in place so hard or dark accentuation that division between northern

ireland. 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 local doctor shopping. welcome back it's been a year since iraq declared victory over islamic state the defeat of the terrorist group came a few months off the iraqi armed forces secured control of major urban areas particularly the country's second largest city mosul the humanitarian situation though remains dire as pointed out by the norwegian refugee council in its latest report it says that millions are displaced across the country and many of them are

in need of aid they also say thousands of children born under islamic state rule are still on recognized by the government we spoke with a member of the aid group. god iraqi security forces are still active in some parts of europe 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 iraqi government face tremendous challenges big country has been through this war 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 to rebuild schools they need to rebuild all spitballs i and 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 overwhelming to allocate only one percent of the budget to the river to mosul which is the city where that where the needs are the biggest and this governor eight accounts to ten percent of the population of the country so it's far from being and of god it is essential that international the international community community invest as much in the country in the record friction and in the seventies action of the country as they did in the fight against islamic states it is indeed an except to know and to think that millions can respond to it can we spend on bombs but not on human eternity and

reconstruction their work is far from being done and as of today when i discuss with iraqis in in the times they really tell me their lives. and since then the islamic state so this is not time to abandon iraq well they were in us three year long civil war broke out in iraq in twenty four seeing the rise of islamic state to dooms the country to suffer under the terrorist dominance let's take a look at a timeline of how things unfolded. will take time to read a cure cancer like i said we will conduct a systematic campaign of airstrikes against these terrorists. working with the iraqi government.

the killing of a mentally disabled palestinian man in the west bank has once again brought the actions of the israeli defense forces into question a video all of the incidents has appeared apparently showing him being shot in the head the following images are just twenty two year old mohammad hossam how they can

be seen lying face down in a day he was pronounced dead later in hospital hundreds attendants 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 in the bullet hit between his eye and is no use you could see that his eye was swollen it said that he was shot from far away when we saw on the t.v. that the three israeli soldiers shot in the close range. the. dad 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 and was a very simple person just to his mental disability. israeli defense forces say soldiers were responding to dozens of palestinians who were hurling rocks they used in riot dispersal means and life why are they yet to comment further on the

incident but say they have launched an investigation israel regularly raged 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 blame. the israelis claim that they have

been investigating the three soldiers who shot him but i have no idea if the investigation will continue is 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 that the israeli army has full responsibility for the death of my son. you can comment on and share all stories by following us on social media we'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines. i've been saying the numbers mean some matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in. more than ten dollars each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you longs to be rich eight point six percent market

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one. house. can't really go as far as breaking the united kingdom apart today. the deadline looms large over the british. the fate of the prime minister's proposed deal hangs by a thread in parliament just braced to take the brunt of any bad deal with the possible but between north and sells how will these to the united kingdom fail as london makes its way out of the european union would go to reignite very grudges. but into the troubles that could be further dividing the irish be enough to stall breaks it or do you believe completely. gilmore a former irish deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs and trade

welcome to the show it's great to have you with us today lots to talk about so the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland has become a key issue in rexx it united kingdom seemingly hastert choose between staying in the customs union with the e.u. or putting up a hard border isolating northern ireland are this really the only choice is is there a third option that could work. no i think that i think that summer summarizes a really the agreement that was made twenty years ago between our london the united kingdom the good friday agreement which provided for the settlement of the conflict in northern ireland regulates all the relations between men relations between our land on the united kingdom and arising from. both the irish government and the u.k. government and indeed all of the political parties in northern ireland and in the

south of ireland or. do not want to see a hard border we do not want to see a return to the days when there were customs posts when there were soldiers police when there was a real physical border there right now there is a perfectly free movement between both parts of the island people travelling between top. belfast for example. most times don't even know where the border is until they realize that the petrol prices are marked in pounds or rather time in euro's or the distances in miles rather think kilometers the border really is it's not a physical border at the moment and nobody wants to see a return of that and of course if the united kingdom leaves the costumes union as part of its levy of the european union that would in effect mean that a border would return and that's something that we don't want to happen so the

discussions that have been taking place over the past two years yet. so i talk we're simply to this british m.e.p. william that more and he actually told me that the irish border issue is a trap set up by the e.u. for incompetent u.k. negotiators to trick them into a better deal for the e.u. do you share that view. no i don't share that view at all the border issue is a very very real issue is he is the only left it would be the only land border between the united kingdom and the european union after a break such it's obviously special in that sense but it is also special in the sense that resolving the border issue was a key part of the good friday agreement which was negotiated twenty years ago between our land and the united kingdom it's an international agreement which provided for the relationships between northern ireland and garland and provided

also for the totality of the relationships between the united kingdom and ireland and this was always going to be an issue that was going to have to be resolved as part of. the united kingdom leaving the european union there are lots of complex issues involved there's the issue of costumes there's the issue of. environmental issues there's the issue of the single market all of these issues are involved i think it was probably an issue that needed to have been addressed more clearly before the referendum took place but we are where we are and it has to be addressed now so northern island and island have lived without a hard border for a long time although of course they are they use different currency different rules so it is a hard border really necessary to control the flow of goods back and forth. well this is a decision really that has been made by the united kingdom which.