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announces the creation of a. new. british comedian a list of topics he's not allowed to joke about before an appearance at the university . for me to sign this document and to be honest if you have to stop and go you know what not to be sexist and 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 when you're a comedian and by virtue of what you're doing this subject matter. in the spirit of lenny bruce soul and dick gregory. here in moscow thanks for joining us here on r.t. international law. of you are welcome to the program the. paris has been gripped by

a fifth weekend of civil unrest with up to one hundred seventy people arrested there you know vast movement started as a protest against fuel taxes and slow revolt against president. it was going to look good but it 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 rubber bullets being fired certainly a very forceful move by the place 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 suffered a at least anyway tactics that have brought every single one of those yellow vests demonstrators into one little corner here right now it seems that it's over here it seems that they've brought them into that 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 auntie france who is here on the show and so they say was taken away for some medical treatment however this has been a much smaller scale demonstration there what we've seen in the. vs weeks. live. to go. live. live. live . live.

live. live live. live . rallies were held across france on saturday almost five thousand people took to the streets of bordeaux police used water cannon to work up the crowds a smaller march took place in lille and was the laws of the peaceful the largest gathering that was in leone where over thirty three thousand activists took to the city center are also demonstrations in order not tear gas was used. yellow vest movement against the government policies has moved outside of france as

well now the belgian capital brussels was hit by demonstrations on saturday several hundred protesters took the streets making a stand against low wages high taxes and social welfare cuts. meanwhile in italy and yellow vests have been demonstrating against the country's current migration policy in rome they gathered in the city center to stand in solidarity with migrants and asylum seekers is coming as the italian government moves to eliminate humanitarian protection as one of its liza categories. the protests have spread outside of europe as well mon friday tell of eve saw its own version of the french movement taking to the streets protesting high taxes and the cost of living. i was. there i am i i

i was i i. hundreds of people took part in a demo blocking off roads in the city center comes after recent hikes in water electricity and food prices demonstrators accuse the government of ignoring the fact that salaries are not keeping up with the city's cost of living. imo look at what happened in france when they raised 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 corporations and make a game but it's fair game i don't know that. i have the right stuff that

was the folds that one share everything they say is inspiration from. oh god i'm saying. they did. nothing. but they say there was a brief protest on westminster bridge in the u.k. yesterday by pro bricks at campaigners generally speaking though what started in france hasn't spread to britain without also a civil right now here is on her latest episode of in case you missed it. in frogs people hate the idea of fieldwork coming more expensive but even britain it's been expensive for you here is these pleasant postures whatever a full victim to a laser on revolution or you have breasts would never make it here surely.

on the street across the nation and. is forming these anglo-saxon liaison's are up to some playing. very. fast on them they appear peaceful but this army of high rez warriors the parents didn't have weapons now but became a lucky thing this revolution as. they had just started playing their bayonets and their machetes as tools and machinery. tom fool

me. oh my god there's another one. this conspiracy going to great to the very top. but france is a government in disarray a leader of it being out of touch with normal people the issue of immigration dividing the nation. yellow vests revolution happened in. credit. who's your leader. i see them. in other news kosovo has the clout it's creating its own army turning small security forces into full scale military units the move however has found little support among long standing out allies with the us being the only exception but i

guess if 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 our country. from this moment if we have the course got the talk. 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 just needs a spark the self-proclaimed government there wants to appear strong escalate cashing in on ratings voters just love

a good military parade where the cost of zero is the right place for that you decide. to. go to. the local. 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 the. isn't one piece everything the president doesn't evidently does it all with the support of the u.s. 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 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 as 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 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 disputes has flared up within germany's

governing coalition over an abortion law well that story and more still to come after this short break.

r.t. international russian national maria could testify in an unspecified second u.s. case according to new reports having spent months in an american jail on thursday she pleaded guilty to failing to register as a foreign agent the charges initially against maria bush and included conspiracy to defraud the us mainstream media were quick to put up sensationalist spin and

dubbing a spy though she wasn't accused of being one following a guilty plea the prosecutor's office said it would seek up to five years in prison with deportation. also an option as the case drags on maria bhutto has essentially been kept in solitary confinement for months her father believes this played a role in her guilty plea. the conditions she's being kept in are having an impact if she had the chance to prove her innocence and justify her activity she would do just that this is very hard for her for most three months now she's been discriminated against and has been held in isolation what she needs most is our support we are waiting for the situation to be resolved soon and in a way that is satisfactory to both my daughter and our whole family since november the twentieth 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 calls so we know what those conditions are really like. international law

attorney bruce marks told us shouldn't be held behind bars. at the beginning of this you know she was a russian spy well she wasn't a spy. the concept of a spy is somebody who's obtaining secrets from the government 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 torsion 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.

rift has emerged within germany's governing coalition over a longstanding lol banning doctors from advertising abortions the social democrats who are the junior partner in the coalition say the law is too harsh and should be scrapped neither of the christian democratic union says it should stay in place and i got to come known as a k.-k. who replaced as of last week is known for strong conservative views. of the mall which dates back to the nazi era says there's a risk of criminal charges for offering just information about abortions. well ok kate took to twitter to say protecting life both born and unborn remains and up most importance to her party we asked the locals for their views on the controversial law. and i think it's a really difficult decision. and women do that because. i think it must be very desperate and not because it's yeah it's fancy and it is

quite healthy to not promoted but to inform people about certain options to have but this is very important and they're down and doctors can really give this information to patients and to try to see something that the room was so stupid to do you would just have an abortion because it's so much fun the linker party member brian russell who believes if our continues the policy of a predecessor a party will lose support pretty fast. educators 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 philosophy of the one nine hundred fifty s.

which was but you also have to hold your people that you have to as an economy 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 that people care about it and i did come qanbar will just continue the policies of anger and merkel then the c.d.u. will continue to bleed voters and lose at the polls. british comedian booked to appear before students was shocked to find he'd been sent a behavioral agreement the document was designed to avoid problems outlined which folks 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 am have a phobia by phobia transphobia xenophobia islamophobia or anti religion or anti atheism constantine was among the five comedians to perform at the event it was

being held to raise money for the children's charity unicef university's unicef on campus society sent all performers that document stressed that while the topics can raise that must be done in a respectful way. the university student union though said the agreement was overzealous later unicef and campus itself issued an apology. given the units that visit children's charity we wanted to make sure it was an appropriate event for the cause we would never wish to impose that guest would have to agree to anything that they do not believe in we apologise for the misunderstanding so is this a one off the u.k.'s national union of students seemed to think so certainly and says it has no evidence universities are dictating what exactly a guest performers can and can't say there have been several other cases though in the u.k. where comics have been stopped from performing or even had their material censored

data laughs was banned from performing at cardiff university after hundreds signed a petition complaining his show trivialized rape and activist and comedian kate smyth weight had performance cancelled at a london university because of her views on prostitution she debated the issue 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 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 and my colleague here in comes out and you say do not talk about this subject do not mention the word putin kremlin united states trump we 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 to them not a question you can't define races you can't define units of what he did say use a dictionary we know we can't know no yeah you know i have many you don't want me to. and 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 of use they don't see the homophobic i don't see anything that in any way is sexually gratuitous what does that mean looking it up in the 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 to have you know here's my radical opinion i 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. going to let it go we're going to hear you the rules listen to what we're talking. about how come maybe you know by the way if there was no rules or what the heck was he being asked this sign we are losing out sense of humor we're losing our jobs in our spine we're losing who we are removing our personality so keep it up next keep it up you'll be out of a job in six months. the president of ukraine has announced the creation of an independent ukrainian orthodox church marking a historic split from the russian church had been under the same authority for hundreds of years and the move has been condemned by the russian church president poroshenko made the declaration on saturday in kiev he described spiritual independence from russia as

a matter of national security for ukraine ukrainian leader himself took part in a meeting of the so-called unification council along with religious leaders the government's push to serve a religious ties with russia is seen by many as an interference in spiritual matters. what the meeting of a. of the meeting of a leader of the new queen in church was elected only two representatives though of the ukraine's moscow patriarchate took part in that discussion. bit of history behind all this ukraine began formal steps to break away from the moscow patriarchate in october that was after the constantinople patriarchate seen by some as the highest or forty in orthodox christianity revokes and act all were back to the seventeenth century which united the russian and ukrainian church is a response the russian church severed ties with constantinople. that's it for us i will back and that three am moscow time right now though it's we're docked it's

night and for all u.k. viewers since sputnik. if we have a new trade arrangements with china that may build a new foundation for more stable relations i think broadly the there's of us has a problem in itself in the rise of china no matter what they do. my seven years doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse you sort of going after the users in the prison population who are we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill. then the war on drugs was

a mistake there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. sins for minor minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say bye daddy as you're walking out of the business it's just it doesn't get easier. thank you rather die by. redacted out in their county jail or americans in america covering american news or god foreign agents so we're all her dog. conscientious objectors in the military there you know it's nothing new however the mainstream media didn't really talk

about it much but the truth is every year there's a bunch of soldiers who decide rather not be involved in shooting strangers so that the koch brothers or axon can have a little more oil you know who knows why they would make such a decision when basically these soldiers do something a horrifying something that has to be court martialed for something often called treasonous they think for themselves. when they do that why would they do that to us nothing is more frightening to our endless war machine than military grunts who think for themselves and others these are both to ask somebody if they can use the bathroom there's a poster as for permission to wear a different color sock ok yeah i mean these are big job dude's you have to get permission to switch from boxers to tidy whiteys. one of the more notable objectors this year was spencer ripon

a second lieutenant who was discharged on june nineteenth june eighteenth for disparaging the u.s. war machine online and promoting socialism apparently reading about the true story of pat tillman was what did it for him proponent said it's pat tillman showed me i could resist the indoctrination i didn't have to let the military dehumanize me and turn me into something monstrous when i learned how his death was covered up to sell the war it was shocking to sell the interesting turn of phrase to sell the war why is it that we would need to sell a war oh i know because it's completely unjustified of all things still. like. people naturally agree with or enjoy doing you don't have to average size them like you don't see.