thank you. i'm going to return to paris as the yellow best movement takes of the treat the streets face the weekend in a row by the president making concessions. possible

says the creation of its own army a move the left some piles of europe worried about possible many translations. and a british comedian has sent a list of topics he's not allowed to joke about before an appearance at the university a matter of respect to all censorship we put the issue of the debate. be trivial for me to sign this document to be honest if you have to stop and go you know what's there also could be 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 eighty and check out what your material is when your work comedian and by virtue of what you're doing this subject matter be. debris in the spirit of lenny bruce and more soul and dick gregory. it's eleven o'clock and you're watching on t.v. international live from last year here in moscow with me in

a day or two to welcome to the program. to. arrests and violent confrontations have been seen on the streets of the french capital this saturday is the fifth consecutive weekend that the yellow vest movement has held its demonstrations against inequality which snowballed into protests against a president micron some reports suggest nearly one hundred seventy arrests have been made. no. computer go book was was was. was. is the tear gas leaves this area of the seans allee's a the famous streets in paris police are moving their way up towards the uk to triomphe clearing out anybody who they deemed to be involved in the violence that

we saw a rope out of absolutely nowhere it was incredibly peaceful throughout today and then just in a few seconds it went from zero to ten immediately and we saw police deploy tear gas which is in the air right now as we're moving into it and also the cannon as well as well as the rubber bullets being fired and certainly a very forceful move by the police in order to make sure that they take they took control of this particular area of the seans elisei after five weeks of the police tactics being found somewhat lacking what we have seen here is well they subsidy at least anyway tactics that have brought every single one of those yellow vest demonstrators into one little corner here right now it seems that it's over here it seems that they've brought them into not particular area but this has been quite

a while in the ventral afternoon that started off quietly and escalated really really quickly there are a number of people that are acquiring medical attention we saw one of our colleagues from the front series here on the show on sunday say was taken away for some medical treatment however. this has been a much smaller scale demonstration that what we've seen in the previous weeks. clear up. clear. cut. the clear. cut. cut. cut.

cut cut. cut. cut. i. mean. oh. the protest movement against government policies has moved outside of france to the belgium capital of the state by demonstrations today as well several hundred protesters took to the streets making a stand against low wages high taxes and social welfare meanwhile in italy yellow

vests have been demonstrating against the country's current migration policy in rome and they counted in the city center to stand in solidarity with my friends and asylum seekers it comes as the italian government needs to eliminate the military and protection as one of its isa cutting. the protests have spread outside of europe to on friday television of saw its own version of the french movement taking to the streets protesting high taxes and the cost of living i was. there. i thought. i was. under the people took part in the demo blocking off roads in the city center that

comes after recent hikes in water electricity and food prices demonstrators accuse the government of ignoring the fact the salaries are not keeping up with the city's cost of living imo i look at what happened in france when the russians 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 corporations and make game but it's fair game i don't know but. the higher the price received the phone the water. there various reasons the russian presence oh oh oh oh time for that reason. they think oh. nothing. more they can say there was a brief yellow vests protest on westminster bridge in the u.k.

yesterday by private banks of campaigners but generally speaking well started in france hasn't spread to britain with an alternative look his polyploidy latest episode of in case you missed it. in frogs people hate the idea of fieldwork coming more expensive name britain it's been expensive for years it is these pleasant postures would never fall victim to a laser on revolution the other vests would never make it here surely. one street across the nation. is forming these. stocks. are up to something.

very. fast going on so they appear peaceful but this army of finance warriors apparently didn't have the weapons now but became a key thing this revolution as. they had just started playing their bait and now the net machete has tools and machinery. tomfool me. oh my god there's another one. this conspiracy theory great kid they're very wrong. but france is a government in disarray i leave it out of touch with normal people being here of

immigration to minding their nation. i get a vast revolution happening. here's your leader. i see the. cost of oil has declared it's creating its own army turning small security forces into full scale military units the move however has little support among funding allies with the us being the only exception were aghast have takes a look at why most of europe is concerned we like to think of europe as a peaceful conflict less a place where differences a result in a civilized way but this place is different. with this vote today a new era starts for

a country. from this moment if we have the course got the talk. europe has its darker aspects ethnic strife religious divides contested borders cost of oh 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 as strong as collate cashing in on ratings voters just love a good military parade where the cost of zero. is the right place for that you decide. of the world. or the. work of.

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 targeted spread around the ethnic cleansing belgrade says that this could only mean one thing kossovo doesn't want peace everything the president doesn't evidently 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 permanently stationed in kosovo give you an idea of how serious they are on the topic of nato the alliance has long wanted kosovo to join the process is already underway and even nato has called this move

and wise while the transition of the kosovo security force is in principle a 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 read sam in 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 soon 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 jabot china and russia which support serbia and don't recognize kosovo all in all that fell save plan sell the firewood sell the matches convince someone to spark a fire and then be there to put it out. and explain what is behind america's support. big zero me the first thing is that the u.s. ambassador is a jerk we'll be there with you wherever that means which sounds like a use because of all of your vocal or because you know it is will be there with you

this is simply a gesture to emphasize. the status as an american karlie because the base there is a little base it's an american base and and you look at it as children there are american flags all over the place if it came to a currently do in 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 to try to attach itself to the americans and the americans are willing to lend itself to the united states. british comedian back to appear before students were shocked to find he'd been sent a behavioral and cream and the document was designed to quote avoid problems outlined which jokes it needed sensitivity by signing this contract you are

agreeing to our no tolerance policy with regards to racism sexism classism ages i'm able as i'm homophobia by phobia transfer xenophobia islamophobia or anti religion or anti atheism constancy in a kiss and was among five comedians shuttle to perform at the event being held to raise money for the children's charity unicef the university's unicef on campus society sent all performers the behavioral agreement and stressed that while the topic can be raised it must be done in a respectful way. however the university student union said the agreement was overzealous and later in a staff on campus issued an apology. given the unicef is a children's charity we wanted to make sure it was an appropriate event 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 a one off the national union of students seems to think so and says it has no

evidence universities are dictating what guest speakers can say however there have been several other cases in the u.k. where comics have been stopped from performing or had their material censored that the laffs was banned from performing at cardiff university after hundreds signed a petition complaining his show trivialize rape and activist and comedian capes birthweight had her performance cancelled at a london university because of her views on prostitution she debated the story with media commentator lionel absolutely 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 eighty 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 own my colleague here in comes on you say do not talk about this subject

do not mention the word pull 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 we're not talking is not a question you can't define races you can't do you know units of what i did here and say use a dictionary we know. no we can't no no yeah you know i have many you don't want me to carry lying about as i are by and the rest of earth 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 turf and you know here's my radical opinion think you'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 no to saying can i let it go or get out of here you the rules listen to what we're talking about a comedian but 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 comics keep it up you'll be out of a job in six months. and sell the crying in the german government over an attempt to change a nazi era abortion law we'll discuss the details live right after this break.

mind share that's where the the playing field the battlefield of the furniture center so we're at war right now i mean so whether you know it trickles down to bullets and bombs and guns and stuff i mean that's immaterial we're already out war right now it's being played out in our collective unconscious if you wake up in the morning and you feel it was a massive headache it's because china and america are out war in your mind. join me every first week on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to guests of the world the olympics this list i'm show business i'll see you then.

welcome back to the program an attempt by a member of germany's ruling coalition to change a nazi era abortion law is causing friction within the government the moves being brought by the center left social democrats and is the first big test for the new leader of the center right christian democrats and a gretsch crime karrenbauer known as a k k and who replaced angle of the last week is widely recognized for her strong conservative views but has been a vocal opponent of abolishing 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 carry out the procedure the law has been criticized for putting doctors at risk of criminal charges for offering information about the procedure. a.k.k. took to twitter to say protecting life from both born and unborn remains of utmost importance to her party last locals for their views on the controversial law. i think it's a really difficult decision. and women do that because. i think mostly they're desperate and not because. it's fancy and it is quite healthy you know promoted to inform people about certain options to have the freedom to make a wrong source of information right and who better to get that information than talk to see it's very important that they're down and doctors can really get this information to patients and it's hard to see leave something to. arms to

stupidity would just have an abortion because it's so much on the link a party member b. john thomas ali believes that if a k.-k. continues the policy of her predecessor the party will lose support fast. educates trying to pretend to be a conservative but she's just following in the footsteps of angela merkel and those pay conservative issues that she's bringing up are failing to convince and i believe that she should be tackling the real issues that she should be going back to christian democrat loss of the one nine hundred fifty s. which was but you also have to hold your people but you have to assume the quantity that works for everyone and those issues have been overlooked by the american government we have lots of poverty in our country and those are the values people care about it and it. will just continue the policies of the angle of merkel then

the c.d.u. will continue to bleed golders and lose at the polls. russian national maria could testify in an unspecified second u.s. case according to new reports having spent months in american jail on thursday she pleaded guilty to failing to register as a foreign agent the charges initially brought against maria but in a included conspiracy to defraud the u.s. mainstream media were quick to put a sensational spin on it being the tina a spy though she was not accused of being one following her guilty plea the prosecutor's office said it would seek up to five years in prison with deportation also an option as the case dragged on and has essentially been kept in solitary confinement for months and father believes this played a role in her guilty plea. lawyers for years i knew the conditions she's being kept in are having an impact if she have the chance to prove her innocence and

justify her activity she would do just that this is very hard for her for almost three months now she's been discriminated against and has been held in isolation what she needs most disaster porch we're waiting for the situation to be resolved soon and in a way that is satisfactory to both my daughter and our whole family which since november the twenty year she's been kept in administrative segregation which involves twenty two hours in the cell and as early as two hours outside during which time she can make coolers so we know what those conditions are really like. international law attorney both told us but in a should not be a behind path led to beginning of this you know she was a russian spy well she wasn't a spy. the concept of a spy is somebody who is a obtaining secrets from the government that didn't happen at all this is a young girl she believes in the right to bear arms she met only with private people she has a relationship with somebody who used to be i think in the senate in russia mr gore

sheen who strongly believes that as well we have a very technical law that says if you're quote representing a foreign government or official that you have to register and that's that the technicality. that she violated and this is not the type of case that you would have thought would have been prosecuted would have not thought that she would have put in put in jail as long as she was if there was a technical violation at the most she should have been expelled from the country. the u.s. congress has voted to ban cult fighting in all its territories including puerto rico where it's been a long standing tradition. this

is an industry that three percent more than eighteen million dollars in our economy and also more than twenty seven thousand zero and indirect jobs on the line so we're talking about how distressed full is in the comic situation in ireland but then we're approving another federal regulation without even consulting the people of the puerto rico or even the territories. and. we're all going crazy everybody is desperate there are so many people who make a living off this. mill they're going to shut it all down that makes me very sad.

my. i believe the to be a tremendous overreach of the federal government which has not supported all the basic needs of the territory. for me is a troubling that the territories were not given a proper chance but even be vague on this issue we were not consulted in the drafting of this amendment or at any committee markup or as a conventional court to see and we are represented i represent three point two million americans see this is an island but i can vote in this way. this is not the first time something like this is happening i don't think there's enough resistance from the representatives of us overseas territories this is just a direct suppression of the traditions the common people enjoy here in puerto rico

does not have any voting members in the u.s. congress we have no one who can defend the interests of the island the government to puerto rican is approved almost no bills to defend this industry on the island that's why we're seeing ever growing dependence of the island on the united states and i know that america treats like a colony so this is nothing less than a legal dictatorship imposed by the us congress on question this tradition of court fighting has existed since the sixteenth century people of puerto rico will continue to do this one way or another legitimately. and i'll be back in the top of the hour with more but next up is the kaiser report.

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