so it's going to rub people already counted for just twelve euros fifty per month. at the presidential question and answer session on twenty eight teams biggest events for him opposed to. the threat of nuclear war ukraine crisis breck's it among much more to. many western politicians experts and even ordinary people see of our shasta they even think thank you want to rule the world of course i do know the international journalists even press russia the potential plans for global takeover and sort of about one plus. two fighting for a long time in syria now we've won it's time to come back donald trump takes credit for defeating islamic state in syria and blindsides his allies the ministration announcing a surprise troop withdrawal from the country. hello

there this is out international news at midnight well welcome to you i'm kevin zero in thanks for choosing to us than first the russian president told his fourteenth annual q. and a with media from around the globe we call special coverage of the reaction to it right here starting right now. let me put in spent almost four hours on the end of questions from both russian and foreign journalists from the economy to pensions to education to sniping back at a question about maybe world domination the russian president was never caught off guard it seems following that q. and a our senior correspondent. not quite the five hours that. his

record but you know pretty near four hours is solid enough but there was so much covered so much from fuel prices to protests to even nuclear war breaks it mentioning those fronts i mentioned relations with various countries charges of conflict but one thing that stood out towards the end was an interesting question of. who knew about whether he wants to rule the world and he does. many west simple editions experts and even ordinary people see russia as a threat they even think that you want to rule the world of course i do i just want to know you really want this was the real end of your foreign policy. concerning ruling the world we know where the headquarters are located of those who want to do this and it's not in moscow you can connect this to defense spending the u.s. spends over seven hundred billion dollars on it or russia only forty six billion about do you really think that our aim is to rule the world. this is just

a cliché that's being imposed by the west in order to resolve their own domestic problems you. also asked about tribes. resident declaration yesterday resident tweet i suppose that he is going to pull out american troops from syria now that the job has been done and isis has been destroyed that hasn't but. says it has blood in there putin was asked what he thought about that intent concerning the u.s. withdrawal from syria i don't really know what that means for example the us has been present in afghanistan for the past seventeen years and almost every year they say that they are withdrawing their troops the only certain they are still there now is the presence of american troops needed in syria he pushed you quite don't think so let's not forget the presence there is illegitimate but it was not agreed to either with the un security council. along with the syrian regime so if the us

plans to withdraw is the right decision ukrainian journalists are also always welcome at this press conference in recent years of the more nationalistic li minded and zealously anti putin ones seem to favor displaying their colors. for everyone to see. flags or banners or indeed provocative questions. about to do no good i just wanted to ask you how much money do you spend on gun violence people are starving and they've turned into slaves of russian frankly speaking as a lot of issues where you remember the puzzles. just tell me this. is between on the us and the rest of ukraine because the russians do know it was done by the ukrainian authorities if they haven't forced a full economic blockade of the territory they consider their own. consider their

own citizens almost every day civilians die though we provide humanitarian support for those living mansions but only not to let those people starve to death another important thing that people have been talking about for some years several years now escalation growing tensions in the world armament an arms race and vladimir putin was asked about potential nuclear war and he said that would be catastrophic but the risk is there because the global security order the global security mechanism is unraveling it is failing it is being destroyed nations are pulling out of arms treaties out of arms limitation treaties developing these new weapons capable of defeating all defenses and there is the problem that balance is gone there is no mutually assured destruction there is no parity and so everybody is trying to make new weapons there's a global arms race and it isn't doing. and well as. the u.s.

is now leaving the i.n.f. treaty. it's hard to imagine what is the rockets are located in europe what should we do of course we will have to insure our security with concrete steps but let's not say later we're trying to get an advantage we're not trying to get some advantage with this but merely to seek your pilots to assure our security of all that so what's more covered that we don't have time to pack in now almost four hours their record as well one thousand seven hundred and who led to the journalists in that it had to do. a lot of questions and other times it was very chaotic with journalists screaming and shouting and jumping to be noticed and to get their question of the crisis and unfortunately it's the only one and then with many more journalists so how do you stand out there with time taking a journalist desperate to get their questions to the president everything counts as both those in attendance look to stand out in the crowd some of them in any way

they possibly could to get his attention. sure sort of. report it to trunk was a bigger german to talk to through his questions the president he wore his own poster although it was a bit of a small side. when you're sitting there when you're trying to hold this little thing actually the size of this was the limit to this year for all the journalists

when you're desperate to get this question you can feel every minute of it possibly even second and then when it gets closer to the end it really really puts a lot of pressure on you but i was lucky enough to get a chance to ask my questions about ask questions after about one and a half hours while we were there in that room you know if you get a chance it is still not much because it's only thirty seconds maybe a bit more than that it's if you don't finish your question within that time other people will start screaming at you you know making noises that that's really something that makes it difficult to do the job but then in these thirty seconds what you're really trying to do is squeeze in some kind of stuff about the most important invention of the year so hi began is that the my question and when i mentioned the script all case and also the killing of the saudi journalist jamal

that was in the moment i did that and you can plot a more potent decided to draw the line between these two immediately i'm sure you would be cautious he was assassinated everyone knows that there is evidence script is a lawyer however there are sanctions against russia and complete silence in the case of saudi arabia is that this politicized russia for you because it is just another reason to attack russia if it was not script they would have thought of something else this is obvious to me and the aim is one to hold russia's growth it's any cost of speaking of other double standards i went on to talk about more things for example the arrest of russian journalist in fact he is used to be the head of a russian news agency in ukraine carol this is me in the ukraine he's been arrested for months the arrests of maria buttin in the u.s. and the recent detention. of the wall weight financial director in canada by the way donald trump refers to her house of bargaining chips in the trade war game

possibly even openly doing that and i went on to ask lot of our putin whether this is possible in russia to detain foreigners whether we'll ever see that on under some dodgy pretext to then possibly exchange the prisoners that are under arrest in the west and if we take the rules of the game that are being set by america and some other western countries in this case whether that is at all acceptable the answer from the russian president was no he said that russia will never try to use this kind of tactic as usual lot. of the years with the journalists and of course because of the new year it's with invited members of the public going to that was this one peter because nick's been listening he's professor of history of american universities joining us from d.c. and the peter let's focus on the cases what police have to say regarding russia regarding american relations where you are except for first off what did you think

about what he had to say first of all of course what's really high up on the news this week the news flow is the. american support of this intermediate range nuclear treaty that's really not going down well in russia at all. it's hasn't gone down very well in the united states neither reckless move on trump's part but we look at this from happening throughout this year in january twenty eighth him madison ounces that america's main strategic fraps is no longer international terrorism as russia and china and that same month the bony thomas scientist moves the hands of the doomsday clock to two minutes to four midnight in february of this year united states releases this new nuclear posture review in which we're now going to increase the number of african incidents in which we can use nuclear weapons we're going to build new nuclear weapons including smaller nuclear weapons to make them

more usable this in the same context we're actually modernizing our nuclear arsenal a trillion dollar announced actually about a one point seven trillion dollars modernization program in march march first instead of the nation address in ounces and russia has now developed five new nuclear weapons all of which concert us missile defenses and then out we pull out of the we said we're going to pull out of the i.n.f. treaty the other thing that what america has united russia for that russia said no it hasn't breached this treaty this tit for tat thing goes on the big worry is putin saying that you know the international order of arms control is breaking down that's the big headline isn't it. and the other thing that he said is that the united states has so far refused to negotiate an extension of the a new start treaty when that expires in twenty twenty one but we're on the verge of

a new nuclear arms race we saw back in the eighty's the world had up to seventy thousand nuclear weapons more than one point five million hiroshima bombs and now we're going to be the possibility exists that he was entirely that into that again blindly. well as putin warned cogently in this address today he says that we're on the verge of this kind of new nuclear arms race and he said not only can still has ation be destroyed this could mean the death of our planet and when we talk about nuclear winter we know that nuclear war very likely would mean the death of our planet the salt living things on this read this thought. that we're less of a. let's talk about syria let's look at more short. surprise announcement he's pulling troops out of syria despite what was said earlier on in the you might not do it yet you never know what's happening if you look at what what was promised in afghanistan but what you think about what trump has done with the stated that he's

going to pull the trigger the troops out of syria is not good news for the situation. both and it's more good news than bad news ok the question is just as play a constructive role moving forward that country needs to be rebuilt and that country is not rebuilt on a massive scale than an isis or some other new terrorist group is going to emerge there there's chaos in syria every so many different countries are involved there have a hand there so that the united states as tyutin says was not invited in and was not mandated by the united nations and is a so they were going to really go on i don't think it is but do it to me it depends if you talk to but it sounds like it's not sounds like the weight in the way things are. there they are they've got cells there they've got thirty thousand troops still there it means isis is a force for terrorism cannot in the long run be defeated militarily and we need

a strategy for development throughout their region but seriously especially vulnerable that regard the united states contributed to that in the beginning with timber sycamore with the united states back in twenty thirteen a big cia operation in order to fund and build up these forces now that we're now into them it's a whole other program work to achieve forever be on the seams in mid may be will it be sure of use them for another to leave professor history at the american university in d.c. think of us much for your time and have a good day a nice christmas eve i don't see before ok so we discussed seeing syria after donald trump announced the defeat of islamic state and the rapid withdrawal of all two thousand u.s. troops from that war torn country the american president took to twitter giving his nation and indeed ultimately him self much of the credit for the victory over the terrorists although his words seem to perplex is ministration his allies and his advisors. we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beaten them badly

now we've won it's time to come back. to remain on the grounds that they are to the physical to be to the caliphate until we have the pieces in place to ensure that the feeders and or. the knock at the hell out of isis will be coming out of syria like very soon. to us officials tell n.b.c. news the president reluctantly agreeing to keep troops in syria at this point that the u.s. but kurdish fighters will now be left abandoned and vulnerable crucially turkey has threatened the offensive in northern syria against those kurds who they view as terrorists and no fear of a clash with the u.s. respond chris onslaught is the thought earlier you know neal mccauley discuss the latest decision of the us president remember the turkish patriotic party who believes the retreat of washington from syria is a huge step towards a new multi-polar world. we here in turkey think that this is a very important very historic decision taken by the us president donald trump

because to begin with the and over twenty seven years war started in one thousand nine hundred ninety one with the first invasion of europe this decision of retreat from syria is not just a matter of defeated yes or not it is basic decision to end this twenty seven year old war led by the united states and its allies so it's a historic decision. maybe not easy to understand here today with all the opposition within the united states by the long term we will face that this is the end of a period of u.s. interventions in the middle east and in asia but in terms of the country itself syria what does the withdrawal of u.s. troops mean for it. exactly that's the second point that's the second aspect of this historical decision means that the period of u.s.

controlled and u.s. led regime change is over as well the old politics of american imperialism as it is called as it was called to establish. regimes and governments that friendly. constitution or friendly is also offer the second this but in fact this historical decision and connect to that is the transition to a multi-polar world why because the united states is not able this is acknowledged by their president he's not able to really change on its own so who leads the probe the political process here in syria and in the middle east right now it's a trio of russia iran and turkey and of course the main. wait in this tree your. it's for actors actually is this union government and the syrian people so that is

a political process that is led by different actors and the united states is not one of them anymore so this is a transition therefore to a multi-polar world where other countries in the united states and long. term and their future so definitely the united states will. and this is the beginning of a new age. story for the first time half a year during the sun jews had a visit to the door an embassy in london to in fact two german employees met with a whistleblower to express their solidarity in the hope that they can find a legal solution to the wiki leaks founder situation. picks up the story. m.p.'s from the german bund a star and it's committee on foreign affairs who authored a letter in support of the q leaks founder julian assange signed by dozens of m.p.'s have been visiting him here at the ecuadorian embassy in the british capital they are demanding that the you keep provide assurances that the song would be able

to leave this embassy without being extradited to the u.s. the see the next step in this ever lasting peace is the responsibility the united kingdom united kingdom has to take the measures now. to a few solution which is in the frame of international law and not in the frame off the u.s. at least station boy is a gates international law it negates actually the u.s. war i mean it's a first amendment they are taking measures like the protection of journalists and freedom of speech and the freedom of press so we have to actually protect them from they have a self. not to violate their first amendment julian a sundress father. also visited him here on thursday saying he did not find his son in the best of conditions but says declining as you would expect

a few. squish. strips. or patients. on the line a strict disease toshi. to a communication no telephone. no friends. only lawyers. the m.p.'s visiting from berlin have demanded that the international community listen up to the united nations ruling that has now quite a long time ago found that julian assange has detention is arbitrary united kingdom government tried to appeal the un decision and but they lost and still they are not accepting and. accepting this un decision and this has to be stopped and they have to i mean it's a member of the united nations it's a have a seat in the security council and in my point of view you can't united kingdom is

dead to accept and respect the international law and international rights of someone local who likes to you know songs ecuadorian officials have lately been increasingly indicating that the wiki leaks founder has outstayed his welcome behind these walls while his sancia spent the last sixteen years here fearing that if he leaves the premises he will be extradited to the us and prosecuted for his work as we queue leaks publisher that released information that washington would rather have kept under wraps reporting from london honest i see a church with our two. so it's not connected to venezuela which is reeling on the crippling hyperinflation still has put its hopes now of recovery on its own crypto currency called the petro media there. porting the pensions and i said to be converted into this national crypto currency reform motion is reporting from that without story. behind me as one of caracas is famous for the ballot kind of trade

not all of it as well as capital no one can say how many people are leaving those slabs. some studies estimate that more than eighty percent of been israel is thirty million population leaving dire poverty once relatively well off the country's oil dependent economy simply collapsed when prices slumped fuel is fast becoming one of the few things anyone can afford in venezuela according to today's rate for just one u.s. dollar i can get attention eleven thousand tons of fuel sounds absurd right with hyperinflation here in the country a week later for the same amount i would be able to get it wouldn't more than that annual inflation has topped one million percent and in an attempt to curb it five

zeroes have been knocked off the currencies value. the gasoline is cheaper people are starving who don't get proper health care and education while the security situation getting worse every day. all we've got to starvation and it's to far out of this government. experts say been as well as economy can hardly survive without international donations in reality u.s. sanctions make it impossible for an as well a to pay off debt let alone borrow money and donald trump has never made washington's aim as secret i'm not going to rule out a military option we have many options for that is whether it's a regime that frankly could be toppled very quickly by the military or the military decides to do that cut off from the dollar the countries unable to import food. all medicine putin and even heavier burden on the already exhausted population are even

though the sanctions do not affect or prove that the importation of of basic goods is a fair fact that there are financial sanctions under this bill has made it very difficult for the country to or for the government rather to engage in our financial transactions over almost any kind of mentally that we're going to see or also depends to a large extent of the true ninety something percent of that software and in can every you know it's hard currency earnings that depends on oil production you know production is declining because of that it's almost impossible for the government to import badly needed replacement parts for the oil industry and so well production has declined by as much as fifty percent in the past two years and digital money firm dash though sees this catastrophe differently they are calling it a creep to revolution trying to encourage people to avoid hyper inflation and secure their money electronically dash is digital cash much like bitcoin but unlike bitcoin it's really the first form of digital cash that works just like physical

cash the group says its cash could be successfully used to pay for airplane tickets head tells a lunch as we heard that food chains like papa john's subway may accept cryptic currency we're going to take it out now this sticker actually means that they do accept print the currency high when it is when i can pay with cash. only currently i cannot accept the payments and dash i need a smartphone to scan the code that you'll receive on your phone to complete the transaction but the boss took the smartphone how many people pay with a printer currency's a popular. when we have the equipment during the weekends sometimes we get four people in one day confused a bit which tried couple of other restaurants of the same chain and another one reportedly except in payments encrypt but the best we got was the do. sticker we saw through a closed glass door do you pay with crypto currency no i don't why because i don't

have any i don't know i personally don't use it they will go on to pay pensions and cryptocurrency but i don't know whether that seven. people do have access but they can't afford it all they make goes towards buying food. optimists say creeped occurrences can help those who fled the broad some estimate the number is already into the millions to transfer money to their families still here in venezuela but until fundamental changes come into effect the so called a creep to revolution won't ease the months of hardship cryptocurrency oh i could work i think and of course people would be interested in using it if one were smaller less certain that the price of oil were going to go up but when it's going down government people going to be interested in investing in it so our so that's been a bit of a problem for the government because recently the present world has been going down it's going to be very difficult under these circumstances for any kind of

cryptocurrency actually i think to to really take hold in venezuela because it needs economic stability i think in order to work. well that's where these look is so far this early friday morning here in moscow. as it happens with our up of course that r.t. dot com that's all we're going to say for now and our next program to come up after this break.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sport i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. a lot of people like to use a word to let go small very good analogy but when we have sole towers on every to every big building when we are going to put these five g. generators on every light pole on every street it is certainly electro small and it's getting worse. my world became smaller and smaller and smaller until i ended

up living it in a box and in a shielded room away the same person that was helping us to she found the right material to hold back that particular frequency that was coming in and burning my skin and we dealt a room it looks like a little foil but it's not it's three layers thick and like a very very fine chicken wire in the middle of it there were days that i didn't know it the sun came up the sun went down and christmas came around we had christmas inside the cellar room as we like to call it. you know telling us how you look at it could've been really sad so we made the best of it. having christmas in here meant a lot to all of us to the so many events so many school events so many things that my wife could not to she even missed her daughter's graduation.