in catalonia more than fifty are injured and at least twelve arrested in that. independence protest against a meeting between the prime minister and local leaders. coming up also a secret project by u.s. democrats to test. a state election been revealed and he. claimed they used the methods of an old those much maligned russian. ministration defense secretary james mattis announces he's stepping down just a day after the u.s. president surprised allies by saying he was withdrawing american troops from syria reaction to. the claims. from one of germany's most respected news magazines and

stripped of his international awards after he admitted he'd been faking. international news centers kevin i'm with you for this thirty minute update thanks for your company first. independence protests in spain's catalonia region more than fifty people have been injured including police officers as i fled at rallies time to coincide with a meeting between the spanish prime minister and catalonia region leader. i. i i i. i i. i . yeah there were six but earlier today.

if possible a bang up to date local journalist evelyn or kaczynski is there a lot of disruption on the streets of the capital and capital surrounds for the last few days in fact take a source been happening in barcelona today where you are. hi kevin yes that's right thousands of catalans took out of the streets today to protest against the meeting between the petro centers and their regional readers of catalonia they took it as a provocation because normally the cabinet meeting is held in madrid that as pedro sanchez that already and that is the actually also want to do it here in barcelona and people took it as a provocation because only one year ago catalonia declared independence so people obviously are angry because they want to be independent and they want to be

separate separate from the whole thing so as you can see behind me you have signs of the but at this is political which means these libor rate the political prisoners still nine of them are held in the tension and basically you have people you have young people protesting and still trying to remember what happened here one one year ago so a people took out of the streets not only here in the center but also they blocked a peace there were seven which is the three way leading to the airport so many people were blocked today and couldn't go home for christmas so as you can see the tension is still there there were clashes with the police as so far fifty injured and twelve are arrested is ok everything is sort of the just will make it clear to our viewers as well the independence referendum held in october as far as madrid is concerned was deemed illegal the spanish prosecutor just more info recently claimed that the former catalan president karl. pushed him out spent more than eight

million euros on that referendum for his part pushed along says that claim is bizarre just want to put the madrid side there as well thanks for the update but she later if anything more kicks off thanks evelyn and. it. rushes alleged online meddling is surface once again but this time moscow can't be playing the new york times is reporting that a group of democratic party members undertook a secret project to test online tactics to an election in the u.s. it took place in the state of alabama last year by employing methods allegedly used by russia to influence campaigns is our regards to give. for years the public you me were barash by stories of russian bots on t.v. radio papers daily he told us of malicious programs of evil software soulless slaves of putin an existential threat to america take the

alabama election a year ago russian bartz the media reported interfered medaled corrupted on behalf of republican candidates roy moore so surprise a tougher supporting more they both have a deep love of country the country's russia but still rough. edges for them it's pretty alarming when a guys lives in a fluent russian or speaks fluent russian russian it everywhere year later it's moving closer to the oval office one might wonder why on earth russia would bother with a massive disinfo mation campaign in alabama of all places who first salad value of the van as juicy a thug and roy moore himself was clueless about it i had no idea why this was happening so as is republican tradition he blame the democrats for setting him up

the democrat has also tradition change the subject and insulted him maybe more should check with putin who shares his views on depriving people of their civil rights here is where it gets really good the new york times did some digging and found a report titled the alabama project and figured out those weren't putin's bots at all they were faked dressed up to look like russian bots. we orchestrated and a labrat false flag operation that planted the idea that the more campaign was amplified on social media by a russian but that i've seen some dirty stuff and politics all over the world but this this is platinum tea and this honest deplorable and dirty tricks turns out it was all of fake psyop orchestrated by a group of c.

experts who wanted to help the democrat win by cheating by lying and by defrauding millions of voters in an attempt to frame the republican as being helped by russia the guy who allegedly financed all of this is billionaire reid hoffman co-founder of linked in and apparently a guy with a really faulty moral compass often comes with the money my experience now here is the kicker and lighty is telling people shouldn't worry it's only one hundred thousand dollars peanuts when it comes to elections whatever world the democrats live in a hundred grand is change. joe trippi a seasoned democratic operative said it was impossible that one hundred thousand dollar operation had an impact on the race journalists no longer report the news

they report their opinions same new york times when talking about how alleged the fake russian facebook accounts spend the same money hundred thousand dollars on advertising on a national campaign the disclosure adds to the evidence of the broad scope of the russian influence campaign so when a democratic group is all but call it spending a hundred grand on this information on lies framing and defaming someone it's just one hundred grand pocket change but if it's the russians at one hundred thousand dollars becomes an absolute fortune crime against america and god i've always been suspicious that the russian bought in there it was slim z. and was probably made up simply because that's the kind of saying that the

democratic party does they make things up in order to create the basis for an attack on the right wing and on the conservatives this is in the character of the democratic party and in the lack of character i should say and it's a it's a criminal element that has taken over the democratic party the mainstream media only talk about things that service that democratic party agenda and it's an agenda that we saw in syria you know it's an agenda that will lead to war it's an agenda that risks nuclear conflict with the two great nuclear powers it's an agenda that needs to be stopped. some have ministrations taken another hit defense secretary james mattis is announced he's leaving his post pointing to differences of opinion with his commander in chief. because you have a right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects i believe it's right for me to step down from my position james mattis has

served in the military for over forty years and has been defense secretary from the start of trust and he supported the president's calls to strengthen the military but was known to disagree with trump on many points too including this week surprise decision that made all the headlines to withdraw u.s. troops from syria that announcement seems to be the last straw for matters it also appears to have driven a wedge through the u.s. at large as well with many media establishment figures criticizing the move while the american public largely seem to support it with more on this spatters budget call it caleb maupin. promise announcement withdrawing the usa from syria has got the media up in arms the republicans and the democrats are livid they say that the usa is losing out i believe it is a catastrophic mistake the job's not over dangerous premature jeopardize america's mission in theory and her allies makes our country an even bigger laughingstock than it already is that gift it benefits iran the only reason they're not dancing

in the end to run in isis camps is they just don't believe in density media's outrage does not match public opinion polls show that eighty six percent of americans say that us military force should only be used as a last resort now that opinion used to be very common on the opposite side of the political spectrum remember the peace marchers the antiwar movement this is what bernie sanders had to say my main concern terms of the middle east is to make certain that the united states does not get involved in perpetual warfare in the quagmire of iraq and syria now trump made the same announcement last year but forces swiftly moved in to change his mind russian president vladimir putin who sent forces to support the syrian government against the terrorists a big game changer in the conflict he says he is a bit skeptical of trucks announcement would be stupid are you considering the us 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 the troops they are still there now because of the presence of american troops needed in syria or do you think so let's not forget the presence there was illegitimate it was not agreed either with the un security council nor with the syrian government if the us plans to withdraw that is the right decision while politicians and media from both sides of the political spectrum is voicing outrage trucks move it is at least complying with international law now let's see if he sticks to his guns this time. r.t. new york. former italian foreign minister frankie for t.v. told us he thinks the moves a step towards a political resolution to syria's war i your very much dead president will keep the promise to withdraw from syria because no doubt that tang's judy commitment on the russian federation tends to the

cooperation with that turkey shows florida is a beast if possibility to gird two wars it political solution in the future or syria not in military one andy a withdrawal of united states troops. in order to avoid krises areas that can treat where unfortunately the victims are. simply aliens concerning afghanistan i know very well we have been talking about we draw in foreign troops for years and years and years now there is a concrete threat i see resume gentz all taliban and first of all all die which is a span ding in afghanistan what to do in my view only under

united nations umbrella that they could be and mission to try to fight terrorists in afghanistan while still be allies ing that count treat after seventeen years of foreign presence there. we tell the turkish foreign minister is welcome to the united states decision some analysts though warning that u.s. but kurdish fighters will now be left abandoned vulnerable to these threatens an offensive in northern syria against kurdish groups which they view as terrorist. no we're burying the terrorists and the well they dug themselves and will continue to bear it we spoke to mr trump those terrorists should go east of the euphrates if they would go that. because they're both the ring us were asked were strategic partners with the us then we should do whatever is needed. in syria the official spokesman for the opposition the syrian democratic forces confirm that the surprise

withdrawal could endanger kurds in the region but this is where the american decision to withdraw from syria is sudden and shocking to us and even for the american troops here on the ground. the american withdrawal will surely contribute in one way or another to escalating the continuous turkish threats toward the north of syria in general and towards the kurdish people in particular. the us the police troops from syria schools anger among the mothers and wives of local fighters killed by so they gathered near what's thought to be an american base in aleppo province appealing for the decision to be reversed and for the u.s. to help the syrian democratic forces you know. america turned his back on us as we continue to fight indeed. it was our airline vanny iraq and. why did they leave i said this time. you know we went to the airfield they promised that they would not

leave and now they've sold us out. it's past eight moscow time folks play with us coming up among stories ahead the german journalist imaginations got the better of it he's been caught faking some of his award winning stories and dragging respective magazines reputations through the mud paris and the tell you about it with a comeback. china

much bigger economic power lunch or wall inter. i think. you have to live with that. and there's lots of advantages that the europeans jethro as well as america. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. again next an invention and deception in germany were top journalists when expected to speak of news magazines been sat for making up stories for years don't call to takes us through what's been uncovered. when it comes to trustworthy journalism the

mainstream media might tell you there's no alternative. meet one of their poster boys of honesty class for lotus work for one of germany's most respected newsmagazines der spiegel he was even named cnn's journalist of the year back in two thousand and fourteen for a story about prison inmate care the report takes the poets you can the interesting approach to a major social problem glossary lutes is plains pictures in the reader's mind the food like a film. well an acting career might have been better suited for real odious because the paragon of modern journalism seems to have faked his way through his seven year career of the sixty articles we know der spiegel published reloading us admitted

fourteen contained fake news and a story about a young syrian boy he made up quotes and locations the tale of a guantanamo bay prison or a complete fabrication it was only after his colleague revealed his doubts over a story they were working on together about the us mexican border that the truth came out the first there were just like little mistakes that i paid attention to things that seemed suspicious a vigilante group that doesn't allow you to take pictures of them but they tell you unbelievable stuff even admit to their crimes like that they detained mexicans and crossed the mexican border with weapons were no went through the ringer with his managers trying to bring his doubts forward imagine challenging the legitimacy of an award winning western journalist praised by c.n.n. itself and if you're thinking this is a glitch in the mainstream media think again all these outlets have parted with

journalists after they fabricated stories some more award winning journalists but awards in journalism are a whole other matter take journalist. he faked his own death with the help of the ukrainian secret service attempting to pin the blame on russia for an assassination it was a calculated deliberate international terrorist crime that tanko with killed due to his professional activities he was only working on things that were critical and investigative of russia you know it was it was one of the biggest fake news stories of the year but he was even given the time award for journalistic bravery if the mainstream media insists you should question less you might want to take a second to question more donald quarter r.t. . russia's media regulators launched an investigation into whether b.b.c. world news which broadcast syria russia and the b.b.c.'s websites are in compliance with the country's laws within

a culture that has been following that story. the b.b.c. has already commented on this new development saying that in russia as in any other country the company brings independent information to its audience following all rules and regulations by the local government now russia's media regulator launched this investigation into the b.b.c. world news just a day after the british media regular said that the news channel broke impartiality rules and the kremlin says that that was a measure taken and response. of course it's a retaliatory measure though there are plenty of questions for the b.b.c. overall coverage of some event coverage i should show you so gentle driven and biased however no one can judge the channel except the special regulator according to our. investigation earlier this year off gone which is the british

media regulator launched a number of investigations into to determine whether the channel had complied with the broadcasting rules and as a result of these investigations off calm has found that the news channel broke broadcasting rules by failing to preserve due impartiality and relation to seven use programs and the aftermath of the souls very nerve agent poisoning. that it was a deeply disappointed by the results of this this investigation it also added that it appears off calm has failed to fully take on board what was said in response to its investigations and also the channel said that it broadcasts in the u.k. following all rules by the british regulator. dozens of migrants rescue to the sea including three children of arrived in the spanish port of all mariya the bodies of eleven people including a pregnant woman on

a small boat off site. and speight the country's maritime rescue service has recovered thirty three migrants to live on board but one then later died in hospital eleven others remain missing in time across the mediterranean on africa's northern coastline the spanish own place of the sweater saying more than one hundred migrants reportedly attempt to storm the port around half of the people involved were arrested when attempting to cross from morocco into spanish territory is played the board has now been shut despite the dangers many migrants in the region continue to put their lives so very much on the line in hopes of reaching european shores. it can be anything she knew how to get them and read and study i also want to get a job to make some money and go back tomorrow kuvin. list.

the ambulance took me to hospital with a broken arm or a doctor's took care of. that hell exists a border guards catch illegal migrants at the ferry they beat them up. there is no work no education nothing i want to look like europeans our life in america is just stuff from. the streets on the street in the cold when the locals insult us we cannot turn to the police as they might deported us.

china. has denied us allegations that his behind extensive hacking campaign in a dozen different countries it comes after two chinese citizens were indicted in america over what's been described as a mass cyber theft of sensitive data china also urged washington to retract its accusations. me families are sure to sing your new year's fabric is facts out of thin air the chinese government has never pretty beat it i supported anyone in stevens in secrets raise the years to me that luther oh this so-called indictment of chinese citizens the chinese nationals are accused of stealing data on one hundred thousand the us navy employees as well as on a nuclear power station research center in california and the nasa jet engine propulsion lab the allegations of a mass hacking campaign come with relations already strained between the u.s. and china of the trade war three weeks ago the g twenty summit regarding the present and she jinping agreed on a ninety day halt to new trade tariffs on steel and aluminum exports in the hope of

a broader trade agreement being reached at some point down the line however that agreement is quickly overshadowed then by the arrest of a chinese tech giant official in canada at washington's request we heard from the director of the china national association of international studies who says the u.s. accusations are sensational and political. there's accusation against the two individual chinese cannot be worse at a time when china u.s. relations are very much strained not only by the trade war but whatever that has been made available by the u.s. government is very flimsy the don't seem to really want to get to the facts they seem to have a major design to says season the lies and politicize this whole situation and they want to create the fear of china not only in the united states but in many other countries and i see in the rest of the world knows for sure that the u.s. government is the biggest acute abuser of cyber security this is really good

history in the relations between china and the united states. talk of the united states donald trump has agreed to shut his personal charity down amid allegations that he used it as a piggy bank for his presidential campaign and business of the new york attorney general said the move was a victory for the rule of law over the president isn't the only person who's charitable organization has drawn negative attention.

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