good news is that you know. with the focus now. on your good fortune this creature has a purpose to your prostate cancer struck. a local hospital in response to the customer because they. 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 you then. anger returns to paris the yellow best movement takes to the streets for a fifth weekend in a row despite the president making concessions. i

. mean teenagers killed and dozens of protesters injured during clashes with israeli soldiers in the west bank and gaza also to come this close of announces the creation of its own army a move that's left some parts of europe worried about possible military escalation and a british comedian is ten list of topics he's a little joke about before an appearance at the university is it a matter of respect for censorship we put the issue up for the subsidy trivial for me to sign this document to be honest if you have to stop and go you know what they're asking me not to be sexist how could they maybe it's about time that you sort of thought about the fact that it's twenty eight and check out what your material is in your world community and by virtue of what you're doing this subject matter. in the spirit of lenny bruce and mort sahl and dick gregory.

hello there seven pm here in moscow you're watching international now to gas arrests and violent confrontations are once again being seen on the streets of the french capital it is the fifth consecutive week air best movement has held its demonstrations against inequality following a huge climb down by president. early this week it had been thought today's protest would be much calmer reports though suggest up to one hundred people have been arrested. was . was

was. her what we're seeing happening right now is a load of people there were by the audit trails they're making their way down there and then they're coming in across all of these place offices who all blockading in . doing what they said she would be called in the united kingdom or the united states actually we have seen some tear gas deployed we have seen some some will quite severe tactics used in order to arrest people it's one of those situations although calm right now in the next five minutes i can tell you a number of these people were told not succumb today because they wanted people to stay away because of what happened in strasbourg over the week. it takes community they've expressed their anger and this has been heard we ask you to be reasonable and not to attend any protests that we've seen a number of people injured we saw one of our colleagues from the friends who was

here on the show on sunday say was taken away some medical treatment after receiving a blow to the face there are a number of people that are acquiring medical attention tear gas was deployed however this has been a much smaller scale demonstration than what we've seen in the previous weeks. live.

live. live live. live . well yellow vest protests to continue to spread internationally to you on friday television sword's own version of france's movement taking to the streets protesting high taxes and also the cost of living. i.

was. hundreds of people took part in the demonstrations blocking off roads into the city center comes after recent hypes in water electricity and also food prices demonstrators accuse the government of ignoring the fact that salaries are not keeping up with the city's cost of living that much was a look at what happened in france when they raise the fuel tax but here in israel the government is constantly taking similar measures and from the first of january the cost of living will become even higher but these rarely parliament members have voted to raise their own salaries by five hundred shekels is that reasonable we want our government to take all these monopoles and all those new york corporations and make their game but it's fair game i don't know that. the

price of sacrificing the folds that watch arab everything they say is inspiration from the. kind of thing. they did was. nothing. more they can say well for different reasons protests are also taking place against the israeli government in the west bank at the rallies a palestinian teenager was shot dead by an israeli defense forces soldier that are the army sealed off ramallah the seat of the. liston enough already joining the security operation. we were i i i i i i i i. i i i i was. just on. i i i i i i.

i i i i. i i i i i dozens of all palestinians were injured during friday's clashes demonstrations came after over forty people were arrested by israeli troops during raids in the ramallah district the latest escalation started after two israeli soldiers were killed in a shooting in a west bank settlement israeli prime minister gave a firm statement found to avenge the deaths of the shia our guiding principle is that whoever attacks us and whoever troy's to attack us will pay with his life irenaeus notice and we will find them gone from approval right after that statement and netanyahu issued a number of security orders including demolishing homes of alleged terrorists.

on saturday's really defense forces blew up the family home with a palestinian he had been convicted of killing an israeli soldier israeli prime minister also worried that the legalization of thousands of homes in palestinian territories and an increase in the i.d.f. presence there early my colleague needed ritu to spoke with the palestinian politician staff can see he says israel is using excessive force. how can further escalation of violence in ramallah be avoided in your opinion it can only be avoided if the israeli army gets out of our cities and if they remove the brigades barricades and if they stop the attacks of the settlers on our civilian population that's the first step but then the second step should be immediate initiation of a process of ending occupation and there's been no apparent progress if we look at the last six months of the day of rage protests. is it an idea to change strategy

perhaps the palestinians have changed the strategy the palestinians have adopted the nonviolent resistance marches that are taking place in peaceful nonviolent all forms of violence have been excluded and we have. to do that commits to nonviolent resistance but when each peaceful demonstration is left with the israeli army shooting the people and killing them of course there will be palestinian reactions to that and in the form of resistance to occupation i don't think it would be a grave mistake between the palestinians and israelis in this regard you have to remember that what we have here is palestinian civilian population in the west bank that is totally on armed in confrontation with the israeli. and israeli settlers who are armed to the teeth only mildly straining prime minister scott morrison has announced the camera is recognizing west jerusalem as israel's capital he also

acknowledged the aspirations of the palestinians for a state with its capital in east jerusalem astride the now recognizes west resume being the seat of the knesset. and many of the institution is government. is the capital of israel is trying to govern is also resolved to acknowledge the aspirations of the palestinian people for a future state with its capital in the streets i think the government small is a should be seen as not as a balanced policy as of course you support for israel and its actions what would that be much better is for the state to do for example what russia these recognize the state of palestine recognize east jerusalem as the capital of this palestinian state and then if it was too good not just the west you know islam as that of the we got the israel then we won't have a problem but in fact the prime minister was what careful to talk about those

demonstrations last you know box for supposed to insert rights under international law to be used to resolve a unanimous security council resolution for that that is physical as it usually is on jerusalem itself or not those are doing guns and understand that israel has plans to take all of its tourism and indirectly with it trying to you actually support this war through this announcement in my view. kosovo has declared it is creating its own army turning small security forces into full scale military units the move however has found little support among long standing allies with the u.s. being the any exception not against the of takes a look at why most of europe is concerned. we like to think of europe as peaceful conflict less a place where differences a result of that in a civilized way but this place is different. with this vote today a new era starts for our country. from this moment if we have the course got the.

europe has its darker aspects ethnic strife religious divides contested borders kosovo is all of that it is permanently on the brink of a new war it's just needs a spock the self-proclaimed government there wants to appear strong escalate cashing in on ratings voters just love a good military parade where the course of zero is the right place for that you decide. of the world. although.

the parliament of the republic. serbia which is sworn to protect ethnic serbs who live in kosovo is afraid very afraid that this new army will eventually be used to target its brethren ethnic cleansing belgrade says that this could only mean one thing kossovo doesn't want peace everything the president doesn't evidently it does it all with the support of the us and britain is against the law serbia says even a military intervention is an option anything to stop this given that they would have to force their way past nato troops permanent least. nation and kosovo should give you an idea of how serious they are on the topic of nato the alliance has long wanted kosovo to join in the process is already underway and even nato has called this move unwise while the transition of the kosovo security force is in principle

and matter for kosovo to decide we have made clear this move is ill timed nato supports the development of the kosovo security force under its current mandate with a change of mandate the north atlantic council will now have to reexamine the level of nato is engagement with the kosovo security force why would that be why would many nato allies be against this new army because it risks war in europe again no one in that neighborhood wants a repeat of the nine hundred ninety nine catastrophe no one wants to deal with ethnic slaughter with war crimes genocide and refugees that is no one who has anything to lose now more than ever the government of course of them must engage with minority communities and coordinate closely with nato allies and partners as it begins the ten year transition of its security forces the u.s. will be there with you. the united states has been added for years prodding and

encouraging kosovo to raise an army despite every objection and why not if they do were american weapon manufacturers might have a whole new army to outfit tension generated could guarantee an american presence in the area for decades to come and there's also a jab at china and russia which support serbia and don't recognize kosovo all in all i felt safe plan sell the firewood sell the matches convince someone to spark a fire and then be there to put it out more against the of their will political writer diana johnson explains what she thinks is behind america's support. i mean the first thing is that the u.s. ambassadors in a journal will be there with you wherever that means which sounds like you use coercive a little provoke a war because you know it is will be there with you this is simply

a gesture to emphasize the toast of the status as an american colony because the base there isn't a nato base it's an american base and and you look at who has children there american flags all over the place if it came to a crunch between serbia and kosovo militarily. course because of the army it wouldn't have a chance so it's still depend on nato and the american army it can't have any significant military it's simply too to do it captured to the americans and the americans are willing to lend itself to the united states. to comfy this our concerns are growing in the in the german government over an attempt to change in our era a portion or discuss the details life right after the short break. so

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic developments only really going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down in. you know world of big partisan law and conspiracies it's time. to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each

other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. again now an attempt by a member of germany's ruling coalition to change a nazi era abortion laws causing friction within the government the move has been brought by the center left social democrats and is the first big test for the new leader of the center right christian democrats and you get at him by our own is a k.k.k. and he replaced angela merkel last week is widely recognized for her strong conservative views and has been a vocal opponent of a polishing the law despite that a compromise has been proposed under which the advertising ban remains but doctors would be allowed to inform patients that they can carry out the procedure the law

has been the rule has been criticised for putting doctors at risk criminal charges . offering information about the procedure. ok took to twitter to say protecting life both born and unborn remains of most importance to her party and we asked locals for their views on the controversial. i think it's a really difficult decision. and women do that because. i think mostly they're desperate and not because you have fancy and it is quite healthy to not promoted but to inform people about certain options they have they consider it to like have a broad source of information right and who better to give that information than doctors but it is very important that doctors can really get this information to patients and to the greatest in the country that remain are so stupid that they

would just have an abortion because it's so much. like oh well let's get these now have the link the party member of his early who joins us well. what do you make of this any element of surprise do you think on your part given the fact that the c.d.u. leader is known for her anti abortion stance thank you no i don't think there's any element of surprise that she would try to divert attention by setting out take the bait on this issue and it did come on boys trying to pretend that she is not continuing the failed policies of angela merkel which in fact she is so what would be the response of what is the response to this in germany right now how sensitive an issue is it. well she has partially succeeded because many people are talking about this issue which is a clear issue many people want doctors to be able to inform patients possibilities

for abortion wherever you stand on the issue people want to have free flow of information on this but what she has succeeded in is that people are not talking about other issues we have people treating to death homeless people in the streets in this rich country of germany and as you just talked about there's a mafia gang and cause of all that has now got its own army and is threatening peace in europe nobody is talking about this people are diverted by the issue of abortion. i mean considering her conservative gays and she's always said you know that's her stance on many issues what sort of measures another issues will she approach next you think you say she's trying to avoid big ones but i mean how long can she do that for a while angela merkel has done that successfully forward decades so she might try to follow that group but if you look at the polls already she's

fallen behind the opposition leaders are barbara native who is leading in the polls against and it did come so i think she asked a check of the big issues at one point or another ok and in terms of just what the polls are at the moment and her popularity any indication what that's like at the moment in germany. well probability is falling many people would have preferred her competitors. or merits but she has won the internal party election so people are not happy with. going after leaving their beds every night to get your thoughts on all of this i was busy and so has all the the delinquent party member thank you. british comedian put to paper for students was shocked to find he'd been sent to behavioral agreement the document was designed to quote avoid problems and outlined which jokes needed sensitivity by signing this contract

you are agreeing to our no tolerance policy with regards to racism sexism classism ages i'm able ism homophobia by phobia transfer xenophobia islamophobia or anti religion or anti atheism concent think you're simmers among five comedian showed what to perform at the event being held to raise money for the children's charity unicef universities unicef on campus societies and all performers the behavior agreement and stress to that while the topics can be raised it must be done in a respectful way however the university student union said that the agreement was overzealous and later on unicef on campus issued an apology. given the unicef is it children's charity we wanted to make sure it was an appropriate event tool because we would never wish to impose that guest with have to agree to anything that they do not believe in we apologize for the misunderstanding so is this perhaps then just a one off with the u.k.'s national union of students seems to think so and says that

it has no evidence universities are dictating what guest speakers can actually say however there have been several other cases in the u.k. where comics have been stopped from performing or had their material censored for example that alas it was banned from performing at cardiff university after hundreds signed a petition complaining he showed trivialized rape and then the activist and comedian kate smith wait had her performance cancelled at a london university because of her views on prostitution although she did debate the story with media commentator lionel here in r.t. perhaps a trivial for me to sign this document and to be honest if you have to stop and go what you know what they're asking me not to be sexist how could they then maybe it's about time that you sort of thought about the fact that it's twenty eighteen and checked out what your material is if every time you see a cup of coffee you shout i hate coffee it's disgusting or you won't be working in a coffee shop next week now let me explain what the problem is imagine if i came on r t. my colleague here in comes on you say do not talk about this subject

do not mention the word kremlin united states trump would say whoa whoa wait a minute hold it we wouldn't say well those are the rules it's like yelling fire in a crowded theater you know it's not down to every comedian to decide what kind of stuff they want to do and if that means that they don't want to play you know there are shows that i know where the comedians perform to children personally i don't do those shows because i don't write the kind of material that suits those events and so i don't put myself forward when i talk is not a question you can't define races you can't so what i don't hear. season to get married we love no we can't no no yeah you know i have many you don't want me to carry like you're not as i am then the rest absolutely raises a peek into me if you're hypersensitive would you go up racism but that's not raises or yes it is no it's not so if you say don't say the homophobic don't see

anything that in any way is sexually gratuitous what does that mean look it up in a dictionary i'm not asking what the word racist means i'm talking about the context your application of it but i do think that the answer is that everybody is entitled here's my radical opinion think we're entitled to free speech i think they're entitled to say this is what we think the rules should be and i think everybody else who's involved in that should be entitled to agree to disagree you're saying saying can i let it go or get out of here you the rules listen to what we're talking about a comedian by the way if there was no rules or what the heck was he being asked to sign we are losing our sense of humor we're losing our guts and our spine we're losing who we are removing our personality so keep it up our backs keep it up you'll be out of a job in six months. area. thanks for your company tonight our programs continue after this.

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