it was made out of that was really the only way. a. poor job. subscribed to rob people who get all rocky content for just twelve euros fifty per month. the russian foreign ministry hits out of the b.b.c. saying its work smacks of cynicism but after leaked messages from one of their reporters says her editors are out to plug in their attempts to find links between the kremlin and the yellow vests movement in france. also to come to reason made rejects calls for second breaks it referendum amid reports some in her own cabinet

supporting to force another vote and luxury fashion john carter is accused of racism after selling figurines eclipse we put the issue of. how can such a big brand nowadays when divesting such a big issue get it completely wrong when you get people determine what the feds do to the masses you're looking for censorship you're looking for the stifling appreciate you buddy. oh good even just gone six pm here in moscow you're watching international the russian foreign ministry has lashed out at the b.b.c. calling it cynical after messages were leaked from our correspondent looking into possible connections between moscow and the yellow vests movement in france and one of the reporters message is it's claimed editors were quote for blood. while maybe

some russian business is capitalizing greatly on the protests maybe the protesters eating cutlass so mass maybe the far right to ring leaders that i'm looking for angles yes the editors to man some blood. well the late messages were published by russia's ria novosti news agency comes just a week after a number of media outlets allege that russian bots or automated accounts were helping to fuel the anger seen on the streets of france the french authorities have launched an investigation into the claims the b.b.c. has told r.t. it was reasonable for its news team to look into a potential connection in light of the french government own statement on this possibility as the french foreign ministry had spoken publicly about media reports of a possible russian influence in the protests it was perfectly reasonable for a correspondent to raise the subject however in the end her reports made no mention of a possible connection with russia at all we stand by our impartial independent journalism

. we also asked b.b.c. russia still looking for connections between moscow and the french protests and whether the correspondent was under pressure to pursue that particular angle but it declined to comment the russian foreign ministry meanwhile has criticised the b.b.c. teasing it of acting with cynicism. the cynicism of journalists is amazing we're talking about a company that has propagated all its life an unbiased and then dependent approach and this professionalism is the epitome of the media world i have a question for this very british regulators of the media space and the public how do they evaluate this kind of compilation of facts that then please of their television and radio companies are doing. we went to the streets of paris to ask people there if they thought russia is somehow interfering. everything's possible nowadays. and there are no of course they're not behind the man they say the russians are behind the us presidency as well so you know yourself of course. but we have

asked a number of journalism groups to comment on this story today and we'll bring in their response when we get it. now the british prime minister theresa may look set for another turbulent week in office because members of her own cabinet are said to be processing a second referendum on breaks it and former leaders john major and tony blair have also backed calls for another vote but so far that has been rejected by downing street as more. talk of a second referendum appears to be getting more serious and because it's not just coming from the opposition parties apparently it's coming from to reason may's own team over the weekend reports have emerged the cabinet has split into two opposing camps one which along with her chief of staff is now reportedly mulling the idea of letting parliament decide on whether there should be

a second referendum to potentially reverse brags that and the other camp of pro relievers who are adamantly against this plan now the prime minister herself has been attempting to brochure all these various rumors and especially talk of a second referendum in fact as spokesperson has just denied it all but then again her spokesperson did deny the cancellation of the parliamentary vote on her brags that deal last week immediately before it was cancelled so make of that denials what you will now one of the people dead keen to reverse bragg's that and to have a second referendum is tony blair the former labor prime minister and he's been getting much more vocal about it on friday he did a whole load of interviews advocating for a second vote and criticising to reason may's bragg's it deal but the prime minister isn't very happy about it take a listen to the levels of animosity between the former labor prime minister and the

current conservative one dismissing to be done and having this conversation a year or two they would say to me you know it's never going to happen another referendum now people are saying you know will could it really happen i need to get the european leaders to the next stage which is to realise the probability is it's going to happen and they've got to prepare for it there are too many people who want to subvert the process for their own political interest rather than acting in the national interest for tony blair to go to brussels and seek to undermine our negotiations by advocating for a second reference. i'm insulted your office he once held and the people he once served are remain determined to see that happen i will not lead to british people down now that type of rhetoric is rather unusual for to resume a it's not normally her style to be that confrontational but tony blair's behavior has evidently rubbed terror up the wrong way but in a way that spot with tony blair has provided for her a bit of

a distraction from the chaos seemingly taking place in her own cabinet team right now in terms of where we all would have read that deal what it looks dead in the water again after her renegotiation late last week in brussels totally failed and unless she pulls a greggs a rabbit out of her santas hat it looks like parliament is still expected to vote down the deal that she brings back to parliament after christmas which leaves the u.k. perilously close to a no deal bragg's it which is why we've got this rumor mill in overdrive talking about what potential options there could be one rejects to reason may's deal and yet on the surface all that talk of potentially there being a second referendum will parliament getting to choose what the next options are that's being played down officially but behind the scenes the rumor is that all the options on now on the table i have to say the festive period is normally pretty

quiet when it comes to news hacks but the media is having a field day with everything that's taking place right now in the political uncertainty all the rumors all the plotting behind ministers backs that's very good for the media they're having a jolly good time writing about all the various options taking place and really as you make your way through westminster you see all the leaves side the remains side everybody's got a few protesters out in front of parliament waving their flags advocating their positions. and there is a sense that right now the situation is a very much up in the air. the canadian prime minister justin trudeau has expressed concern over two canadians detained in china last week saying his government is taking the situation very seriously he says the arrests are politically motivated resulting from canada being caught up in the ongoing trade war between beijing and washington where to largest economies of the world china

and the united states start picking a fight with each other the escalating trade war between them is going to have all sorts of unintended consequences on canada and potentially on the entire global economy so we're very worried about that. well the rest of canadians are michael corby eager for my diplomatic keys to breaking china's angio law and also he's an entrepreneur with senior contacts in north korea including that came. with china arrested them citing alleged activities harmful to national security and that was right after the c.f.o. of chinese smartphone maker huawei was detained in canada the request of america. this morning to. take on the high flying chinese executive arrest her in canada outraged her home nation claimants at the request of the u.s. grant her an eye watering bail throw in a threat of extradition see china and then arrest two canadians in retaliation and

all that while that's potentially the biggest trade deal the world at the scene is being hammered out by two of the best and parties washington and beijing complicated isn't it well let's try and break it down starting with those two canadian nationals. canadian citizens marco coverage and michael spivak i suspect it's often gaijin and activities that endanger the national security of the people's republic of china china had to warned of the coming retaliation with beijing grave consequences the calendar if the wall way c.f.i. was not released but as countess big brother has rushed to its defense the arm off of the tension of two canadian citizens is unacceptable that they ought to be returned to the united states and stood for that whether there are citizens or citizens of other countries whether this washington fit in the picture one show was arrested not because of something she did personally but because the u.s.

thinks the company was trying to evade the american embargo against iran and her extradition to the u.s. is on the menu mung and others are alleged to have put financial institutions at risk of criminal and civil liability in the united states by deceiving those institutions as to the nature. extent of while these business in iran but it is the stag many major financial companies think looting america saying j.p. morgan had to pay hefty fines for violating us sanctions in the past yet we've never seen their execs being thrown into custody making the case a wild card but it's trying to seem to suggest the rule of law can be put to the site when it comes to making money. if i think it's good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made i would certainly intervene if i thought it was necessary but it seems the man in the oval office is getting the concessions he wanted because beijing has now announced the suspension of tariff hikes on the u.s.

the rest of the two canadians are definitely tied to the arrest mangal i'm jus there's no doubt about that the timing of the arrest was would have been extremely suspicious otherwise because right now the chinese and the americans are involved in very delicate trade negotiations they have done nothing to the u.s. right now they continue to talk so it will make the example. of this situation a warning to other countries who maybe may be tempted to follow. american extradition demands i think the chinese reaction will be slow and. well thought out when it comes to the united states. in other news the italian fashion house prada sport a range of accessories featuring monkey like figurines over allegations of racism.

it online called the fashion house for not seeing a strong resemblance to racist caricature with a black people prada has since apologized saying it never intended to cause offense . the problem ali are fantasy charms they're imaginary creatures not intending to have any reference to the real world and certainly not blackface prada group never had the intention of offending anyone and we have who are all forms of racism embraces imagery well with fashion giants getting embroiled in ever more scandals as people accused in that being tone deaf to diversity racism. we put the issue for debate i think proud to call it completely wrong there it's quite obvious to me that the. port art with a black face and big red lips it's pretty obvious lookin back for any any person

of ethnic origin to especially a black person to see that i think prada has made it perfectly clear that they had no intention of presenting this says as any kind of racist message or or blackface says it's come to be commonly called when i first saw the image of myself i did think straight away to the minstrel show so i think how can you how can such a big brand nowadays when divesting such a big get it completely wrong to save or to think that a company of that size and that reputation would purposely go out and make these little figurines that would purposely a fan or mock a race of people you'd have to be out of your mind to believe in freedom of speech and freedom of creativity and however should be done taking into consideration people's feelings when you let people determine what's offensive to the masses you're looking for censorship you're looking for the stifling of creativity they go

hand in hand so to come and take gas and water cannon have been deployed by police in brussels as thousands protest against a new migration deal have a look at that plus of the stories to just after the break. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the rich eight point six percent markets thirty percent from last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember one one doesn't show

you know for a minute one can only. join me every first week on the alex 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. hello again you with us here now let's return to our top story the russian foreign ministry is anger at the b.b.c. over need to messages sent by a correspondent looking into possible connections between moscow and the movement in front she said her editors were quote for blood so let's get some more

discussion on this from martinis going on the grand house afshin rattansi joins us good evening to afshin short take on this many people say look the baby say looked at an angle they couldn't stand it up and they didn't run with the story. it's difficult to underestimate how and. three people are right now with the b.b.c. this is a state mandated broadcaster in this country you can't own a television set without paying the salaries of journalists and executives there at the b.b.c. so here we have a case of a b.b.c. journalist saying look the all that tear gas on the seans elisei russia must of been behind it surely maybe perhaps but this comes after the headlines here are millions of old people may have their license free licenses revoked so that richer people at this broadcasting model the thug ghibli can pay their wages that are higher this comes after a pop star here from the sixty's arguably and seventy's cliff richard his home was

bombarded with a helicopter over a police operation it's one thing after another and the b.b.c. is being attacked from so many different sides because i think most of all it seems to be attacking in a sense anything opposed to what is seen as power by any so-called deep state here in britain it merges everything it says with what the forces here don't want. it perhaps jeremy corbin have struggled trump in the white house b.b.c. is soon on a miss with something that does not reflect the mood of the public but it says it seeks under its charter to inform and detain and educate i suppose one thing i was trying to say that do you think there's been an over reaction from the russian foreign ministry because you could look at these messages and you can see this quote where it said you know the editor is that for blood that is followed by four or three or four smiley faces i mean is it easy to misinterpret perhaps what was

intended. perhaps but then i suppose that from the russian foreign ministry zeigler any foreign ministry's angle they're going to be slightly wondering about what precisely news organisation would be doing with such close links to the state don't forget over the past four or five days we've been having leaks of b.b.c. journalists names. allied and links to a british foreign office in the form of his runs m i six the intelligence services here link to a thing called the integrity initiative which commissions the institute of state graph which attacks jeremy corbyn which attacks russia designed to attack russia this is a very different type of vibrant warfare and also it seems a bit. i mean a bit odd because if if there was a coup in ukraine say and we know from leaked phone calls that the united states

closely involved in the coup in kiev that brought bush and co to power. i don't think anyone in the kremlin would blame just a news organization here we're talking about a news organization so allied to this matrix of different intelligence agencies and because the integrity initiative we know that they have clusters in spain about catalonia and even bernie sanders in the united states so i think people around the world are getting increasingly worried for a long time people have been worried about what the b.b.c. world service which is to get its budget for the foreign service foreign office here we're doing in developing nation countries to alter the politics of those nations to side with british policy now we're seeing the b.b.c. comeuppance of. the word worried there are people getting wary of this anti russian narrative because i mean i guess i've spoken to over the last few months to say they say they are in the u.k. we've been bombarded with this anti russian narrative on all the stories. you see

the danger is the dangers of a narrative continually being broadcast over and over and over again rather than making people weary they often result in true does that then and never questioned the country here that i'm speaking to you from firmly believe that russia and the kremlin they killed they wanted to kill these cripples here this year despite the fact no journalist can interview the script wells despite the fact that the person allegedly recruiting surrogates cripple is in one of these new integrity initiative documents these these these are the facts that are not getting through to the public so i think many people and certainly won't be watching us cable t.v. news you do you think a lot of people think you know donald trump was elected by the russians controlled by putin as jeremy corbyn was elected here as the leader of the labor party has bracks it happened in britain let alone the yellow vests and tear gas across the

streets of paris for the past four sundays saturdays. not at all if you're going to have to leave it there that was after she returned c.r.t.'s going underground hosts thank you. more than five thousand people took to the streets of the belgian capital on sunday to protest against migration. i. cry the protesters try to enter key buildings and police responded with water cannon and also tear gas to push them back the demonstration comes in the same week belgium signed up to a un migration do you document is agreed by more than one hundred sixty un member

states last monday that aims to find common a common global approach to migration but critics do say limits the ability of countries to shape their own migration policy. banning rap concerts is not the way to tackle the potentially bad influence of lyrics that's what vladimir putin is said reacting to a recent spate of hip hop gigs being shut down by the authorities in russia well as easy label trying to takes a look now at how live rap music is generating the backed. question what's going on in this video. this guy's called husky his gig got canceled he got on top of the car and started rapping his rhymes out no mike needed the fans were loving it ok i guess what happened next.

he was grabbed by the cops spend a few days behind bars but charges of starting an unsanctioned gathering of people were eventually dropped welcome to the world of russian showbiz and late twenty eight seeing the young hip hoppers corner of it. it was there. was. some of these videos get more clicks on you tube than the number of people in this country gigs have been cancelled in places from here all the way to here reasons in one case a watchdog suddenly realized the venue's hygiene and condition wasn't good enough

or any of your local officials said the rejected rappers songs may deal it improbable blow to the moral and ethical values of the more than society and perm a band was reportedly told to vanish from the city all together and it all got to the point when even the busy man who's got more than ninety nine problems said that a gig ain't one explosive package with. these artists is the least effective way one can come up. with to address certain issues such methods would only produce the opposite effect drugs raise the most concern naturally since they're the surest way to nations to trying it don't millions of teens listen to this kind of music probably quite a few million and drugs and all that dirty language won't be music to the ears of their parents so adults only or eighteen plus tags should be mandatory for most of

these gigs but bang i'm all together come on the smartphone generation will always find a way to hear the rhymes they want to hear plus check out some of the commons under husky's videos never listen to husky before but if the russian prosecution service insists i will start doing it now thanks never thought huskey was so cool thank you police for sharing info on such a talented artist and i guess when it comes to hip hop as we know it winds on drugs will probably never find themselves out of tune with the rappers it was a perfect proportion that's just coming up to half past six and even here in moscow are back again with more news at the top of the.

my son 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 he started going after the users in the prison population sewer we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill i increasingly became convinced that the war on drugs was a mistake there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for inconceivable sentence in this 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 a business it's just it doesn't get easy. shots

seem wrong. why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to shape out just to become educated and in gauge equals betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground. time after time said we're going underground as we enter the shed yule final week of tory bricks and chaos of the coming of the show we go to the birthplace of jesus as israeli settlements trying to cut off the biblical city from jerusalem to speak

to the mayor of bethlehem was a scene you negotiate with the siege of the church of the nativity and as the u.n. security council debates because civilian casualties of nature's war in afghanistan we speak to controversial award winning one academy artist michael sandal about drawing tony blair naked on the doorstep of ten downing street all this more coming up in today's going underground but first a week before christmas eve we're going to bethlehem in palestine to speak with mayor. anton thanks so much for joining us us media celebrating best we have is not only israeli but the site of record tourism this christmas give us an idea an idea of what bethlehem is like kind of under siege from eighteen the parent be illegal israeli occupation settlements first is celebrating christmas no matter the circumstances that we are facing as a palestinian people and people who still live under occupation because we believe that our celebration and our christmas it's our right it's our duty to the

best it's it have told meanings one it's our fear it's our fees and give us the duty. and second our part is the celebration in christmas is focusing on bethlehem and on the palestinian territories and show the world that. there is still the occupation and the palestinians. people will order the challenges that they are facing. and set a brit christmas and. then you go on living in this country with all the challenges with the hope that the future will bring the peace in the area as mayor of bethlehem what can you do to help christians whose land has been stolen.