well look at the rest seventy. delegates at. record. clashes in catalonia more than sixty at least thirteen arrested in the spanish region and pro independence protest against a meeting with. the secret project for us democrats to test six during a state election is revealed in the new york times report it's claimed they used the methods of. those much maligned russian. and another hit for the trump administration defense secretary james mattis now announcing he's stepping down just a day off the u.s. president's prized allies saying he's withdrawing american troops from syria.

this is artie's news at one am live from moscow with me kevin thanks you company first up today independence protests in spain's catalonia region more than sixty people have been injured including at least thirty five police officers at rallies over a federal government cabinet meeting which had to be relocated to be held in the city is what should have been conciliatory measure. i thought thousand was worth. it was it was it was so he could see that she could see earlier on the last

couple of days well extra police were drafted in one point today at least thirteen protesters were arrested demonstrators threw rocks at offices they started fires the build barricades while police responded with baton charges a journalist to evelyn. broke me up to speed with the vent some friday. 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 behind me you have signs of leave it at this is politico's which means these libor rate the political prisoners

still nine of them are held in detention and basically you have all those 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 the freeway leading to the airport so many people were blocked today and couldn't go home for christmas the authorities a say hard to hope the relocating the meeting to barcelona would reduce tensions and catalonia when the other way the spanish prime minister in the catalan leader agreed on thursday to in effect of a dialogue on the sins of all this trouble and independence referendum held in october last year was deemed illegal you may recall its then arrested leaders for rebellion and sedition as well as prosecutor recently claimed that the former catalan president colors pushed him on spoke within a million euros on the referendum. calls that claim bizarre i spoke to

a hundred. he's a reader in spanish history at britain's newcastle university told me he should have been expected because current can't plan leaders simply aren't listening to protestors concerns. the mind set of. spanish. and the. crowds was not such a good deal so many ways it was expected that the government that cannot control everyone in the. camp is the clue stand on the spanish and we can. see in the elections in december last year. it 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 good last year in terms of. russia's alleged

online meddling a service once again this time seems moscow can't be blamed the new york times is reporting that a group of democratic party members undertook a secret project to test online tactics during the election in the us seems it took place in the state of alabama last year by employing methods allegedly used by russia to influence campaigns is a senior correspondent were aghast. 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 puton 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 countries 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 to fence taliban of on his juicy a target room or him self was clueless about it 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 are 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 is 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 bend 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 cool with 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 go on i've always been suspicious that the russians 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 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. also the news tonight the top administration has taken another hit defense secretary james mattis knows 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 a trump he supported the president's calls to strengthen the military but was not to disagree with trump on many points too including this week surprise decision to

withdraw u.s. troops from syria that announcement seems to be in the one that's been the last straw for mattie's it also appears to have driven a wedge through the u.s. at large to as well with on one side the major and establishment figures criticizing the move on the other and the american public largely seeming to support it with more kellam 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 into iran 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 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 is 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 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 from comforting me told us he thinks the moves a step towards a political resolution to syria's war. i yield very much dead president will keep the promise to withdraw from syria because no doubt that tang's to the commitment on the russian federation tends to the cooperation with that turkey shows florida is a possibility too good towards it political solution in the future of syria not in military one n.d. a withdrawal of united states troops with palak in order to avoid

krises areas that can three where unfortunately the victims are innocent simply aliens 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 the reserve 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 the turkish foreign ministers welcome the

united states decision some analysts are warning the u.s. but kurdish fighters will now be left abandoned and vulnerable turkey's threatened an offensive in northern syria against kurdish groups which turkey views 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 would go east of the euphrates if they were him go. because the both the ring us were asked were strategic partners with the us then we should do whatever is needed. in reaction from syria the official spokesperson of the armed opposition the syrian democratic forces confirm that the surprise withdrawal could indeed integer kurds in the region. produce but 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 escalating 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 cause anger among the mothers and wives of local fighters killed by i saw 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. america turned his back on us as we continue to find. i know it was our airline of any rock 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. ahead on this channel china is denying american allegations that it's running a huge global hacking operation details when we come back.

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 but as well as america. again folks watching this morning china has denied us allegations that it's behind an extensive hacking campaign in a dozen different countries it comes after two chinese citizens were indicted in america over what's being described as a mass cyber theft of sensitive data china also urged washington to retract his accusations to. me from. facts out of thin air the chinese government has never supported anyone secrets whatever is the is.

meant of chinese citizens the chinese nationals are accused of stealing data on one hundred thousand u.s. navy employees as well as all nuclear powers. centers in california and the nasa jet engine propulsion lab the allegations of a massacre in campaign come with relations already strained of course too in the u.s. and china over trade war three weeks ago to try and stifle other bit of the g twenty summit president trump and she jinping agreed on a ninety day halt to new trade tariffs on steel or aluminum exports in the hope of a broader trade agreement somewhere down the line to be reached but that agreement was quickly overshadowed then by the arrest of the 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. is ations a sensational and political. as accusation against the two individuals 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 think the rest of the world knows for sure that the u.s. government is the biggest a-q. abuser of a cyber security this is really good history in the relations between china and the united states you're talking there about the arrest of a chinese tech giant official in canada the executive old chinese telecom giant while we may be blocked from a german auction to develop high speed internet infrastructure it comes amid rising security concerns over the company's possible espionage activity for beijing a u.s. delegation reportedly visited berlin and held a closed door meeting at the german foreign ministry encouraging a boycott of weiwei and the companies already been blocked from building high speed

networks in the us astray and japan the u.k. secret service she fell a humongous also voiced concern but themes germany's id watchdog is expressing skepticism about all of up because of a lack of evidence they say proving why ways spy activity. for such serious decisions like a ban you need proof. now as mentioned just now two weeks ago the arrest of a while way executive in canada created a big headache for u.s. china relations man one joe the company's chief financial officer was detained at washington's request and faces extradition to the u.s. the arrest is believed to be related to alleged violations of u.s. sanctions on iran or could it be more than that well let's try and pick this apart a bit with a list of verboten independent political analyst joining us on the line a there you know what is all this about look we're hearing a lot of concern from a lot of countries about. they want them not to be involved in the development of

five g. i spoke to a guest last hour the thought actually prop this is maybe more concerned with the ongoing trade war what is the problem with well as you see it why are countries worried. well i think a modern security. who always power. over it's only second to samsung in the make in making mobile technology not only does it make cell phones that makes the hardware necessary for networks to run and it's a leader in five g. technology which in two thousand one thousand will begin to be rolled out in a number of countries particularly in europe so it is a major technological competitor to. american companies in particular and some companies in countries that are officially american allies like south korea now you mentioned that at the beginning of the segment the german authority for

security of telecommunications it's been this there that see her height informants on stick nick. has has no problem with my weight in fact the germany will be one of the first countries to roll out this five g. technology and not mentioned is the fact that italy which is another u.s. ally with. military bases all over the place both the aerial and troops will is always second biggest market outside of china so is it in russia or of their size and b. think if you like the word about the size of the competition of you know the actual physical bulk of this company and the power that scott it's more but then actual really be on the scene security worries or is all tied in. i believe that is more much more to do with the size of the company and i mean otherwise you know that

timing in this topic with the trade negotiations and the building trade or is is a hint to where the problem. really lies america is now a power both militarily and economically on the descendant and china is on the ascendant so america will try to do everything possible to slow down china's inevitable price and it's going to be putting pressure on allies first just as canada responded to the call when by arresting who are always c.f.o. . europe on the other hand is going to have much more difficulty in following canada's. precedence because for one thing we've got a number of new initiatives to read initiatives from china including a railway linking beijing to paris and so trade is going to be much faster much

maybe to see the systems go from germany alison to begin to leave it there is a whole program we could do about this just officially of course so why denying having any ties to the chinese government beyond those being a law abiding taxpayer is their official state in all this leave it there alexander broun independent political analyst thank you thank you know. shaking as a sign of friendship most places but it's causing a major fallout right on denmark the countries adopted a new law obliging people to shake hands as part of the ceremony to become a danish citizen supporters of the law insists that shaking hands is a custom it's part of being danish they say the reasons causing consternation are because of claims it targets muslims for whom physical contact with non-family members of the opposite sex is forbidden for religious reasons some term measures are refusing to comply now it's against my ideology and conviction to have to force other people to have body contact it's a subject a fight of discussion here r.t.

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 to say well actually you know what for religious reasons i do not want to shake someone's hand and therefore i'm not going to do that doesn't 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 doesn't tell us how it's going to be the first to 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 of the job enjoy 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 are jehmu to do more on the point is the central point is this that it's about individual responsibility it's about 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 hormone grow up whatever you want to simulate whatever you want to fit in with western culture but no they want to pretty the other people are this god mohamad ease always doing it 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 less of a human being doesn't stop them from contributing to society are making a positive contribution now i'm somebody who personally my own choices i do shit people male and female but there will be people out there who choose not to touch their choice. and that's it for now folks watch out international with me kevin i went to suppose it isn't half an hour between now and then larry king on the air

with politicking but after this break. one on one was wrong paul outspoken advocate for limited government and personal liberty was one hind is warning of a potential stock market crash worse than the one that led to the great depression we'll find out on this edition of. the politicking on larry king ron paul is the former republican u.s. congressman from texas he made three bids for the white house twice as a republican and in nineteen eighty eight is the libertarian party's presidential

nominee he's the founder of the wrong goal is to sue for peace and prosperity and he's the host of the wrong hall liberty report he recently warned of a stock market meltdown which he claims will be worse than the class of one thousand nine hundred twenty nine let's find out what's behind that warning run joins us from lake jackson texas what do you base. well base the warning on the fact that there's been a gross distortion in the marketplace due to our monetary policy so if one understands how the monetary system affects the stock market you can more or less bought you know the bubbles in the distortions we can't spot exactly when they crash where we're all probably in the early stages of it really come. going down but the big problem is that the central economic planning through the federal reserve doesn't work because it's designed mostly to protect big banks and big

corporations and finance the military industrial complex in the welfare state and instead he goes into different places and cause.