clashes in catalonia more than sixty are injured in at least thirteen arrested in the pro independence protest against a meeting between the prime minister and. a secret project by u.s. democrats to. a state election has been revealed in the new york times report we're going to tell you about coming up it's claimed they used the methods of an old adversity those much maligned russian. for the trumpet ministration defense secretary james mattis now announcing he's stepping down just days after u.s. president surprised. he's withdrawing american troops from syria.

good morning mrs arty's news at midnight live from moscow with. first the police offices. at rallies over a federal government cabinet meeting which had been relocated to be held in the city as a conciliatory measure. do i who was was a who. was. was . was some pretty heated scenes there earlier on extra police were drafted in at least thirteen protesters were arrested demonstrators threw rocks at offices and they started fires in the build barricades the police in turn responded with

battered charges i spoke few hours ago to journalists to evelyn kaczynski she's in both slowness brought me up to speed with friday's events. thousands of catalans took out of the streets today to protest against a meeting between the petro centers and their regional readers of catalonia normally the cabinet meeting it's held in madrid that has federal centers that already and all of 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 hosting so as you can see a behind me you have a science of the bed at first is politico's which means peace libor rate the political prisoners still nine of them are held in the tension and basically you have all these 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 eighty seven seven which is that freeway leading to the airport so many people were blocked today and couldn't go home for christmas. the authorities had hoped as mentioned that relocating that meeting to bus load would reduce tensions in catalonia the spanish prime minister in the county leader agreed on thursday to have an effective dialogue the background to this an independent referendum of course held in october last year was deemed illegal by madrid which is there the rest of the council on leaders for rebellion and sedition the spanish prosecutor recently claimed that former cattle president colors pushed him or spent more than a million euro on a referendum pushed him on calls that claim czar has put a dog. reader in spanish history of britain's newcastle university says these rallies should have been expected today because current catalan leaders he says are listening to protestors concerns. the caps the government trying to work.

only change their mind you can send it to many spanish government and the. crowds was not such a good deal so the many ways that was expected in the government that cannot control everyone in the. camp this is the first time that the spanish and the current government are meeting in since the elections in december last year. was somehow symbolic but very important both spanish and the catalan government for the current government because they haven't been able to do much of last year in terms of legislation. russia's ledged online meddling a service once again but this time they blame the new york times is reporting that a group of democratic party members and it took a secret project to test online tactics during the election in the u.s. since it took place in the state of alabama last year by employing methods

allegedly used by russia to influence campaigns with more our senior correspondent . for years the public you me were barash by stories of russian bots on t.v. radio papers daily they 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 atop a supporter more they both have a deep love of country the countries russia but still rather. choose for it's pretty alarming when a guy's 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 to first style a value of earth on as juicy a target roy moore himself was clueless about it i had no idea why this was happening so as is republican tradition he blamed the democrats for setting him up the democrats as a source or a 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 in politics all over the world but this this is platinum tear this on this deplorable and dirty tricks turns out it was all of fake psyop orchestrated by a group of i.t. 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 to think 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 makes 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. so i'm going to take another hit defense secretary was mattis now has 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 is served in the military for over forty years and has been defense secretary from the start of trump's term he supported the president's calls to strengthen the military but was known to disagree with trump on many points including this week surprise decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria that announcement seems to be the last straw for matters it also appears to driven a wedge through the u.s. at large as well with on one side the media an establishment figures criticizing the move on the other the american public largely sieving to support it with more

kill him open. 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 an 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

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 trump's announcement would be stupid to you 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 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 that 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 trying to move 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 franco for t.v. told us he thinks the move is now a step towards a political resolution maybe to syria's long. i yield very much debt president will keep the promise to withdrawal from syria because no doubt that tang's duty commitment on the russian federation tends to the cooperation with the turkish shoes laurentiis babies if the possibility to go to wars that political solution in the future of syria not in military one andy a withdrawal of united states troops with panic in order to avoid krises areas that can treat where unfortunately that victims op the nuts and simply ends concerning afghanistan i know very

well we have been talking about withdrawal in foreign troops for years and years and years now there is a concrete threat i see reserve gentz all taliban and first of all all die which is a span doing 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 kountry after seventeen years of foreign presence there. the turkish foreign ministers welcomed the united states decision some analysts though warning that u.s. kurdish fighters will now be left abandoned and vulnerable turkey has threatened an offensive in northern syria against kurdish groups which they view as terrorists.

so you know we're blurring the terrorists and the world they dug themselves and will continue to bear it we spoke to mr trump those terrorists should go east of the euphrates if they won't go there. because they're both the ring us were asked were strategic partners with the us than was to do with this needed. of the reaction from syria now the official spokesperson of the armed opposition the syrian democratic forces confirm that the surprise withdrawal could endanger kurds in the region because the american decision to withdraw from syria is sudden and shocking to us and even for the american troops here on the ground and the american withdrawal will surely contribute in one way or another to escalate in the continuous turkish threats toward the north of syria in general and towards the kurdish people in particular meantime the u.s. plan to pull its troops from syria's caused anger among the mothers and the wives of local fighters killed by

a cell 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. one zero zero zero of all the american turned his back on us as we continue to fight in there is a it was our airline qur'an e rocca and language why did they leave i said this time. we went to the airfield they promised us that they would not leave and now they've sold us out. china has denied us allegations that it's behind an extensive hacking campaign in a dozen different countries because up to two chinese citizens were indicted in america over what's been described as a mass cyber theft of sensitive data china also works washington to retract his accusations. me from new social to seeing your new years have brickies facts out of

thin air the chinese government has never pretty beat it i supported anyone in student visa and secrets as the years to me to to withdraw this court indictment of chinese citizens chinese nationals are accused of stealing data one hundred thousand u.s. navy employees as well as on a nuclear power research center in california and a nasa jet engine propulsion lab the allegations of a mass hacking campaign come with relations already started costing the u.s. and china over trade war three weeks ago trying to count a valid bit at the g. twenty summit president trump and xi jinping agreed on a ninety day hopes to new trade tariffs on steel and a million dollars in the hope of a broader trade agreement maybe somewhere down the line that could be reached but that agreement was quickly overshadowed by the arrest of a chinese tech giant official in canada washington's request and talk with at the minute if that we heard from the director of the china national association of international studies who says the u.s. accusations are sensational and political to. 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 cease in 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 well as i mentioned just now tied in with all this chinese telecom giant weiwei may be blocked from a german auction to develop high speed internet infrastructure the chief. exec was arrested in canada is just

a while back his calls all the attention is now all this coming amid rising security concerns over the company's possible espionage activity for beijing now earlier a u.s. delegation reportedly visited berlin and held a closed door meeting at the german foreign ministry encouraging a boycott of weiwei the company's already been blocked from building high speed networks in the u.s. in australia and japan is also concerned about in the u.k. too for the u.k. secret service chief alex younger also voiced concern however germany's i.t. watchdog has expressed skepticism about all this because of the lack of evidence proving why wait spy activity. for such serious decisions like a ban you need proof. but of background about why it's the world's second biggest smartphone seller in germany it's the third most popular smartphone brand after apple and samsung let's talk about this with jeffrey tucker editorial director of the american institute for economic research surely is live alone hey

there he does seem to be a lot of concern about right now governments in the u.s. using this story of really move to block this rollout of the five g. networks germany's on the fence so it's saying it hasn't got enough info why are people concerned here why is germany kind of shrug it off do you think. well because the u.s. is using this ninety day trade truce to increase the propaganda war against china in a form of economic warfare and also there's no evidence of any of that stuff and this is a big problem when you have the u.s. government making these outrageous claims without any evidence to back it up and yet with a clear nach national and political political interest and whipping up a kind of domestic frenzy against china. the u.s. was correspondent angela merkel not so well but so might be the. right now the u.s. is is famous for its for its hacking and cyber surveillance of every

political system in the world i mean so this is this is getting really out of hand and it's trying to be i must say deeply embarrassed scene for the u.s. on international economic stage but unfortunately i have to tell you speaking from atlanta georgia today that most americans are ready to believe anything bad about china because you have seemed to have cultural penchant to want to think there is a devil out there somewhere coming into coming to get us well just to be clear here quo is always denied any improper links to the chinese government so what are the worries about it i mean you saying this nothing's actually been put forward but we see hearing some big countries here seem to have some concerns these made up concern that was because there's a little they don't know. well there at the concert the concerns are. entirely related to us as belligerence on the on the international stage it's a matter of like do we must or must we go along with what the us is demanding of us

and where and if we don't what's going to happen to us next so that it's an attempted intimidation tactic more than anything else and and again i say this not just as a free trader but as a person who's read all the news reports and i fail to see any evidence for any of these claims that the u.s. government is making it's just seems like a deliberate sort of attempt to muscle other governments to gain a kind of an economic advantage in the next generation of wireless technology so strange isn't it i mean one minute we are going with this trade war then at the g twenty i think if things are calm down a bit then just. digs. is. rested in canada the bequest of washington it's a big old mess you think this is old to do the bigger picture we have no ongoing trade war. but i think it's really sad because response to be in the middle of a trade truce but instead of just using the ninety days to come to a better understanding what the u.s. is doing is almost you know every forty eight hours another propaganda blitz

against china and some sort of a attempt to intimidate and gain some upper hand unfortunately there's real victims here i mean this trade war has been the main victims of the trade war of american companies and consumers and this kind of this kind of rhetorical bombast we're getting on a daily basis is actually have been a tremendous human cost and it's also if you touch i mean yes china is a rising economic power if you want to call a power but actually what it really means is that we can as a world community get to get richer and richer together and i think the u.s. needs to like come to terms with this and stop playing the bully on the playground jeffrey tucker on the line there from atlanta have very good christmas. bullying going on here of course love to see you in the face make the time for us a good day or. get in on shaking hands is supposed to be a sign of friendship normally but has caused a bit of a fallout in denmark or

a major one of the country's adopted a new law obliging people to shake at obliging the reset people to shake hands as part of a ceremony to become a danish citizen now supporters of this law insist that shaking hands is a custom and it is part of being danish full stop the reason it's causing consternation though is because of claims it's targeting muslims for whom physical contact with normal family members of the opposite sex is forbidden for religious reasons or some town mayor is already so unhappy about this they're refusing to comply it's against my ideology and conviction to have to force people to have body contact it's a subject of fire big discussion earlier on this channel too with both sides proclaiming it's all about respecting their respective traditions. it just shows how petty and vindictive the danish government is shaking hands is a personal choice there are many members of the jewish community you would choose not to shake hands of the opposite sex you can be vibrant members of society you

can play an integral part in health and education as a lawyer in business be a good citizen without having. you know what for religious reasons i do not want to shake someone's hand and therefore i'm not going to do that does that make you any less of a human being less of a responsible citizen and you want to live in denmark they want to shake hands well from a shaken hands get in the modern world use this nonsense we don't shake hands it does this. guy go they finish go back to their country want to be forced it's a sign of friendship if you don't want to be friendly if you don't want to make similar coach or if you don't want to be tolerant go home i'm sure there's loads of places where you don't even have to shake hands but you can chop each other's hands off if you steal some the job enjoyed is going to play to the gallery are going to talk to you about individual freedom human rights. to the gallery. does it necessarily make it possible that you won't be responsible citizen engaged

in society played an active role just been able to practice your faith the fairy the fact that people have been forced to do this you've got dozens of mares of. no you don't object moving to the north and the point is the central point is this that it's about individual responsibility it's a human rights and it's about stopping bigotry and this law pacifically designed to target just a muslim community is discriminatory and inacceptable if you read the articles if you take the time to do it rather than just play with a chip on your shoulder you'll see it's not just about muslims and secondly if you don't like to shake hands don't move to denmark or don't because. i'm the initial citizen and this idea that it's an attack on your human rights home on grow up why do you want to assimulate what do you want to sit in with western culture but no they want to be the other people out there scarred mahmut ease always diminish it

wants to spread create division and then he accuses me of played to the gallery listen we shake hands in the west it's the way it is by not shaking hands does that make you a less of a human being doesn't stop them from contributing to society i'm making a positive contribution now i'm somebody who personally my own choices i do shake people's i'm female but there will be people out there who choose not to die statuettes. invention and deception in germany next are top journalists with respect to dispy good news magazine has been sacked for making up stories the year is going on paralegal called attention to 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 poetry can interesting approach to a major social problem grassroots sprains 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 of 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 regulator has launched an investigation into whether b.b.c. world news which broadcasts here in russia and the b.b.c. is websites are in compliance with russia's laws when a caution of or is following that story the b.b.c. has already out commented on this new did.