i know what. a. good job. kosovo's move it to create its own army sees a session of the u.n. security council called amid fears it could escalate tensions with serbia. the russian foreign ministry hits out at the b.b.c. saying its work smacks of cynicism that is after leaked message from one of their reporters editors are out for blood in their attempts to find links between the

kremlin and the yellow vest movement and friends. says a vote on her divorce deal will now take place in the third week of january but it comes amid reports some in her own cabinet are plotting to force another branch of . broadcasting logic for our studios in moscow this is arch international thomas certainly glad to have you with us. i have u.n. security council has been debating kosovo's move to create its own army a step that could escalate tensions with serbia belgrade says has said it might even respond with its own military with details here's artie's came up in a new york well all eyes are on the security council at the moment as the meeting of the u.n. . security council that's the fifteen member body that leaves the un is continuing

now at this point it's a meeting called by both russia and serbia regarding the announcement of kosovo to form its own army to transform its four thousand strong security service into an actual army for kosovo now we've heard from both russia and serbia opposing this move from kosovo let's take a listen my question to all of you. my dear friends is. from which document from rich article by going off with all. they derived at the right. really is the truth. and i can tell you in advance in advance no where. is just an intrapreneur interpretation a very bad interpretation done by some country but done by some countries because it is their own political interests. to the ms opposed to do not so much to do

business to bring you to british to secure some really good political move of those who want to see abuse opposed to course with bullets in the. now we also heard the representative of russia point out that it was a violation clearly of the un resolution regarding kosovo however forces representing kosovo were pretty clear and adamant that they were making the right decision let's take a listen to what was said. in fact their quartet happened is a totally normal decision just in its mission and its purpose if kosovo had made a mistake it is only that it waited for five years under certainly to establish an army the decision for the army my maybe belated but you know weight is the wrong one it is belated because we waited for goodwill from those

that never showed goodwill towards closeable. now it's pretty clear that serbia views the creation of this army as a threat to its security as well as a violation of the un resolution now just quickly review kosovo was a province of serbia and it came under un and nato administration after the one nine hundred ninety nine. air led war in which there was bombing and it was all in response to a crackdown on ethnic albanian separatists that was taking place and the serbian government cracking down on those separatists after that there was a un resolution putting kosovo under the essential administration of nato and the united nations now in two thousand and eight kosovo actually declared itself to be an independent country and some member states of the un actually recognized serbia however russia and china both members of the security council permanent members

have not recognized it now at this point when kosovo has announced that it intends to create its own army not just have a security force of four thousand strong but actually have its own army we've seen support for that decision from washington however there have been voices within nato that have said this is very very poor timing for such a move to be made let's take a listen to that while the transition of the kosovo security forces in principle for kosovo to decide we have made clear that this movie is ill timed to suppose the development of kosovo security force under its current monday with a change of mandates the north atlantic council would not have to reexamine the level of natives engagement with the course of a security force now as the meeting continues in the security council chamber at the new york city headquarters of the united nations it's pretty clear that there are strong differences between countries when it comes to the situation regarding kosovo's potential creation of an army. to discuss this issue

further let's cross live to boris smell a good scheme who's a serbian canadian filmmaker thanks for being with us here on our two international there's a lot to unpack here when you talk about serbia and kosovo nothing is easy in terms of conversations. but so serbia and russia they both say that the creation of a kosovo army violates resolutions adopted by the un security council how do you see this issue. well as you said serbia russia see it this way but it's also the way that constitution of the so also sees it if you look at their own constitution it forbids the formation of an army and this is also contrary to the un security council resolution twelve forty four which is still in effect so it is working still until a new resolution is passed so it is illegal not only according to serbia russia the un but is also a legal authority to those who have created it's so their home constitution of the

so over all the kosovo and this is a very dangerous move because you have violations of law on several fronts so in terms of violence in the region it is an area that is no stranger to violence especially if you go back to the issues in the ninety's do you expect any escalation in tensions in the region. well it is a very dangerous situation and as you said we've had many many conflicts when you came to kosovo and the one nine hundred ninety s. we've had nato intervening and illegally bombing a sovereign state they have claimed there was to stop a humanitarian crisis serbia was claiming to separate kosovo from serbia and turn into an independent state and we'll actually see happen was the realization of what serbia was warning the world as we saw a province of a sovereign country being detached from it in two thousand and eight when kosovo

declared independence contrary international law contrary to the u.n. security council resolution for four forty four and yet it was recognized by many western countries many western support of the su legal act in the same countries now are supporting the formation illegal formation of an army and that is very dangerous because we've seen many. escalations in the past couple of weeks not only just the formation of the army but you've seen the authorities in kosovo increase taxes to one hundred percent taxes the products coming from central serbia and many serves as we speak our rebellion against this are protesting every day against these taxes and now with the permission of the army it is very dangerous because if pristina decides pushed that army into northern coastal that is mostly populated by serbs service president has said that they will we will not watch this

. passively that serbia will have to act to protect its people and if that happens of course it kosovo decides to opt for the military solution to gain control over all because it does not currently control all of that could well into the region into war all right. very interesting to hear your thoughts that canadian filmmaker it's going to interesting to see how this all plays out hopefully you can help us see it through as the situation plays out for us. all right switching gears now the russian foreign ministry has lashed out at the b.b.c. calling it cynical after messages were leaked from a correspondent looking into possible connections between moscow and the yellow vest movement in france and one of the reporters messages she claimed her editors were quote out for blood well maybe some russian businesses capitalizing greatly on

the protests maybe the protesters eating cutlass some math maybe the far right to really does that i'm looking for angles yes the editors to months and blunt willing to messages were published by russia's ria novosti news agency it comes just a week after a number of media outlets allege to that russian bonser automated accounts were helping to fuel the anger seen on the streets of france the french authorities have launched an investigation into those claims. and the b.b.c. has told r.t. it was responsible for its news team to look into a potential connection in light of the french government's own state on its 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 or its all we stand by our impartial independent

journalism. we also asked b.b.c. russia if it is still looking for connections between moscow and the french protests and whether the correspondent was under pressure to pursue that particularly angle but it declined comment russian foreign ministry has criticised the b.b.c. accusing it of acting with cynicism. the cynicism of journalists as a mason 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 on the streets of paris to ask people if they thought russians were somehow interfere everything is possible nowadays. under the we know of course on the. man they say the russians are behind the us presidency as well so

you know. of course but. all right we asked a number of journalism groups for comment and we'll bring you any response if we get any we discussed the issue earlier with a journalist neil clark and former british politician george galloway. the truth is our media class has allowed itself to become trapped in russell full b.-a when everything about us is falling around our ears luckily the british people are on to them the big revelation over the last couple of weeks is that the british government is using public money to pay for all to pay for the c.e.o. of this information misinformation hostile attacks on the loyal opposition in parliament the british broadcasting corporation is no acme of journalistic impartiality quite to the contrary what i think really it is not so much i don't

think just about the b.b.c. it's about the climate under which the b.b.c. is currently operating which is this crime of aggression phobia here in britain in america and in other countries in the west of what we base andrews establishment in these countries anything that really threatens the status quo or the possibility of a change in direction of the economy or the political system. he's blamed on russia i think with the cards being overplayed and do i think it's like the boy who cried wolf just shouting the russians the russians the russians so i go back to this is not really and i don't think the public are really buying it and in france people know that there is widespread anger against michael and i and i think this trying to link it with russia exposing people to being conspiracy theory so what he what they are saying with of the yellow vests protests in france the country's prime minister has admitted in an interview that the government made mistakes in tackling the movement he accepted the authorities had not listened enough to the french people meanwhile the t.v. channel france three found itself caught up in

a scandal for doctoring the image of a poster belonging to yellow vest protester sign called for president across resignation the word out which is seen in the original footage had disappeared from the channel's late evening news broadcast france three blamed human error and said there had been no intent to hide the sign but people did not believe that excuse on social media. open the photo in photoshop by mistake user is a two by mistake believed out by mistake save the modified photo by overwriting their original by mistake projected onto the plaque card by mistake watching france three by mistake that would happen again human error what i think to say they're really taking us for hall's. a human error journalists editors the editor in chief the chief information officer all these people have therefore indorsed the sly with our cards well done this public service

. the saturday yellow vest protesters flooded the streets of cities across france for a fifth consecutive weekend the number of demonstrators was down compared to previous weeks but clashes with police continued as massive forces were again the ploy to including officers on horseback and armored vehicles publisher and writer american man who describes france please coverage of events was a clear case of self censorship. but of course everything is possible with the government the lax leeway as it is entangled in such a quagmire but i suppose it's small self censorship a kind of go into objection of censorship and then censorship from above so what the mainstream media entrance try to to conceal is that though the yellow vests wants me to resign last saturday they were all carrying that kind of card it's true

that micro-credit cannot make you turn on that very topic it would be ridiculous he was compelled to to make talk and reforms but people want him to go away because they cannot live anymore in such a despair. british prime minister theresa may has said the much anticipated vote for her brags a deal will now take place in the third week of january just weeks before the country is due to walk through the exit door but the opposition leader jeremy corbyn is still slamming her deal as unacceptable and accusing the pm of leading the country into a national crisis another vote which would do irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics because it would say to millions who trust it into more prosy that our democracy does not deliver. another vote which would. likely leave us no further forward than the last another vote which would further divide our country at the very moment we should be working to unite this is bigger we face an

unprecedented situation the prime minister has led us into a national crisis standing up to disparage books last week the prime minister said i have made some progress mr speaker she has not made any progress at all i have to ask what is the leadership the phrase which is often used with the prime minister has reached rock bottom bush is still digging in thursday it will be one hundred days until britain leaves the european union at the moment we. know the deal and no plan b. . this is the constitutional crisis the prime minister may be aware of the bookmakers has been offering sixty six to warn against passing parliament could it be cabinet ministers that would preparing for a referendum are not being disloyal to her but simply patrick march yes the. liberal democrat leader vince cable who you just saw there was referring to reports

that cabinet members are plotting moves towards a second referendum this comes after former leaders john major and tony blair have also backed calls for another vote despite bokeh as the latest 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 two reason may's own team over the weekend reports have emerged that her cabinet has split into two opposing camps one which along with her chief of staff is now reportedly mulling the idea of blessings 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 throw shit all these various rumors and especially talk of a second referendum in fact test spokesperson has just denied just rules 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 and to have a second referendum is a speech tony blair the former labor prime minister and he's been getting much more vocal about say on friday he did a whole load of interviews advocating for a second vote and criticizing 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. having this conversation a year or do they would say to me it's never going to happen another referendum now people are saying you know we'll 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 referendum is an insult to the 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 tourism a it's not normally her style to be that confrontational but tell you that as behavior has evidently rubbed terror up the wrong way but in a way that's plants 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 are with have resident deal where it looks dead in the mortaring again on. 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 once parliament rejects to resume may's deal and yet on the surface all that talk of potentially there being a second referendum or 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 very much up in the air. senior politics lecturer at lancaster university mark garnett believes most arguments being made against another referendum lacks substance of those arguments that mrs may. not having a second referendum the only one i think that really makes any kind of sense is that while the public says that if we have this referendum that was sold off a problem because it will again be. close all the other argument she's been using against a referendum a desperately thin she seems to be saying it would somehow be a betrayal of democracy which suggests that using the democratic process is somehow

empty democratic the idea that the people have spoken once and shouldn't be allowed to speak again is rather strange so she's really on very very thin ice when she's talking on this subject but in the end this no dramatic movement in the polls and that might be if there were to be such a movement i really think that it would be impossible to stop second referendum. more than five thousand people took to the streets of the belgian capital on sunday to protest against migration. could. protesters tried to enter key buildings police responded with water cannons

and tear gas to push them back the demonstration comes in the same way the belgian signed up to a un migration deal that document was agreed to by more than one hundred sixty un member states last monday it aims to find a common global approach to migration but critics say it will limit the ability of countries to shape their own migration policies. the youth wing of the flemish. party bart clase believes the protests have sent an important signal to the belgian government. specially slums in the nation that. just for what we saw on this weekend thousands of people looking to the streets of brussels to group this just migration a lot of those people are young people who want to show you two groups just for the first time in their lives that's rude is something that's really new and now we can already see we have seen the end of a party to long just the past we draw from government he's very very.

stressed out by this and how voters are going to react in the next election so yeah but digs or finally start to move. because he didn't look into the future of the one thousand sorties are starting to reel off honestly to immigrants shoe migration to injure people is very very big issue that will have to be a major rule and yours. when the u.k. a judge has blocked an illegal immigrants a deportation due to his conversion to christianity the iranian has already served a jail term for sexually assaulting a seventeen year old girl and the british government says it considers the man a threat to society after looking through his eight hundred fifty twitter posts quoting the bible and christian theology the court decided that he was at risk of persecution if sent back to iran although the judge admitted he thought the man's

religious conversion was an attempt to avoid deportation he still found it likely the man's human rights would be breached were earlier joined by keith best a former chief executive of the immigration advisory service and david coburn member of the european parliament for scotland to discuss the issue. pinball the thing is nice a this is a lawyer the law has to be disinterested the law has to be blind it applies to everybody and at the end of the day this person is subject to the european convention on human rights since really was drafted by a british home secretary said david thanks for the five and our school three is very very clear it is an absolute prohibition on sending anybody whatever they've done back to a situation in which they may face in humor or degrading treatment or torture this man has put himself in harm's way by pretending to be a christian which she apparently according to the reports seems not to be for what

they have said i don't have it all it wasn't by the say he wasn't. he was just pretending to be a christian or to state so he said things that put him in harm's way as regards iraq. but quite frankly even so i do i do not think we should be keeping repress this country whatever you know just because they're the they may come to some harm home i don't see why we should we should keep them in this country i think the law needs to be changed if we start discriminating against people for reasons of their faith or their sexual propensity or whatever then we are on very serious crimes britain should be setting an example around the world well actually maintaining the rights of individuals and once we start slipping from that we fall into the era of many other countries which are far less liberal and that's a very serious decline in civilization i thought people like you. or

all whatever when where and when you project like that or under our control then they work their way around in a more reasonable way but now those countries those sovereign nations speak their own decisions. i don't think it's for you to tell them what to do i deplore what they're doing but it's their decision now as regards a criminal who comes here and kids and commits a heinous crime of rape quite frankly he has no right to stay in this country and should be removed and we should make it very clear i and i wouldn't remove us from that particular act so that we can make our own decisions about keeping people in the country or having them removed at least i'm far as i'm concerned but once he's set for seven to sentence which he did and sat by the way it was a positive it is feet wouldn't touch the ground. watching our two international stay with us.

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