another round of government protests hit with the yellow vests on the streets the french capital for a sixth consecutive week also ahead. independence riots in barcelona leaving dozens injured protesters federal government meeting in the capital. for refusing to sign a pro is really. in the u.s. texas authorities over the money that's also in place in more than a dozen other states. traditionally crossing the line.

doesn't sound right you go to work to work you don't go to work. you should be able to have your own political of view outside of. denmark. something more than just a friendly greeting it's been made part of the country. but not everyone sees it. shaking hands. many members of the. friendship if you don't want to be friendly if you don't want to make similar if you don't want to be. live from our international news center here in moscow this is our t. international my names you know neal a little welcome. central parra says once again the scene of government protests

this saturday the so-called yellow vests are out in force voicing their anger at government policies well let's cross straight to the french capital and charlotte dubin ski hi there charlotte give us a sense of what is happening what's unfolding where you are there. well as we've seen over the last few weekends here in paris this is now as you mentioned weekends number six people have come out to the streets of paris to protest against the government against the policies of the government and as a result of that yet again although your government is giving names you see things we are seeing people come out to the streets once more to protest against my calls policies as you can see behind me hundreds of yellow vests of once again come out to say that they're unhappy with the government despite the fact that the government has scrapped the increasing fuel tax which these protests were

originally about when they started back on november seventeenth is also offered to give an increase of the minimum wage of one hundred euros a month and it's done things like said if you work extra hours if you get a bonus we're not going to tax you not going to take social contributions but that's not enough for the hundreds of people who once again come out to the streets of paris these are perhaps the hard core members of the ship visuals of people who just are not happy that it's been offered on the table is too little too late now it is a move on the scale of hundreds roll of the line thousands as we've seen in the past a couple reasons this one is because some jewish ones are happy with what the government has offered another is because we're just days away from christmas the twenty fifth of the behavior in france so many people deciding to spend the weekend with their family rather than i was on the streets of paris and the security here on the ground is reflecting that as well less the month out. some three hundred officers

out in the streets of paris today compared to eight thousand in just a week ago but the crowd is animated and we have already seen some police officers ready with their fingers on the trigger ready to shoot out to gas if anything does go wrong in this process today but we thought we'd give you a bit of a flavor of what it's like to get ready to prepare for a protest him paris given some of the is circumstances that we've seen over the last few weekends so here is a sneak preview of how all tikrit gets ready for a protest. if there's one thing the french really know how to do it's protest at all t. we believe that the best way to tell a story is to really get to the heart of it and that's essentially what we try to do as a team in the protests. but

this brings its own difficulties and dangers so how do we try and stay safe well firstly we always carry a medical kit now as well as the basics i think that these little i washed pods a would there waiting gold particularly if the pentagon asked. my eyes you can see the tear gas is being fired by the police. this chilly gas going everywhere now tear gas is an irritant sickly if you're always you know it's your mouth and your lungs. and its effects kick in after about thirty seconds now that

can include difficulty breathing and chest pain it's a chemical weapon which is actually found from being used in warfare yet it's still used to control crowds to mitigate its impact we wear protective goggles like this and respirators if we see crazy on the street rubber bullets being deployed she is streaming down my face again as a result of tear gas i can't tell you how many times now we've been gassed with all those gloss bottles the stones the tear gas canisters and sometimes even molotov cocktails flying about having a hard hat is very important. when things turn particularly nasty the police have been known to shoot rubber bullets

now it may not look like a very much but one of these little guys can cause some serious damage and they can even be lethal so try and keep my cool area safe where this fast weighs around two and a half kilos and the idea is that if i get a direct hit it's going to help disperse the impact and hopefully reduce any injury . so that's the basics of the kit now we're all set for the next act. charlotte speed give us a sense of the past number of weeks there reporting in parsifal over to barcelona where violence has flared there as well pro independence protests erupting in

spain's catalonia region more than sixty protesters and police officers have been injured with underestimating over a federal government cabinet meeting in the regional capital. well with. cade's belts extra police were brought in ending in at least thirteen or receive local journalists also told us about the latest events let's take a look. cabinet meeting is held in madrid that as pederast sent is that already and also want to do it here in barcelona and people took it does approve occasion because only one here i go to learn and 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 a science of the bet at this 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 a piece that were seven which is the three way leading to the airport so many people were blocked today and couldn't go home for christmas. well authorities had hoped that relocating the cabinet meeting from madrid to barcelona would reduce tensions in the area it didn't previously all parties have agreed to an effective

dialogue it's also a year since a custom independence referendum was deemed illegal by madrid with the region's leaders arrested for rebellion and satish. a spanish history academic newcastle university in the u.k. told us the politicians completely misread the mood of the people. trying to work. on a chance the mind. and. so many ways. government. wrong everyone and. this is the first time the spanish. army since the elections in december last year. was somehow symbolic to both the spanish and the current government for the current government because they haven't been able to get. a

partial shutdown of the united states government has come into effect the senate has failed to approve billions of dollars for the border war with mexico demanded by president trump we're going to have a shutdown there's nothing we can do about that because we need the democrats to give us their votes call it democrats your dad call it whatever you want but we need their help to get this approved so democrats we have a wonderful list of things that we need to keep our country safe let's get out let's work together let's be bipartisan and let's get it done the shutdown hopefully will not last log or this is in fact the third shutdown of the year nine federal departments have stopped their work with almost four hundred thousand employees suspended hundreds of thousands more work without pay for an hour till

our agreement can be struck dave lindorff funding editor of the online news web site this can't be happening dot com thinks it's all a bit of a gimmick. it's it's all theater it's playing to the media the media is making a big deal out of it. and it really isn't a big deal unless it blew up into something that was going to last for a month or two months or something it started hurting me and the government's ability to pay its debt on time as happened one time with this but you know it's becoming kind of a joke in the united states that you know this super powerful super rich country can't come up with a budget every year and it's almost an every year thing and trump has made it more so with this continuous threats to shut down the government but it's really a joke well it's all nuclear how long the shutdown will last but president trump

earlier stressed it could be for a very long time here's a look at the main reasons for shutdowns in previous years.

an american speech therapist is suing authorities in texas after being sucked from her job on an elementary school for refusing to pledge she would never boycott israel that's required by law signed in over a dozen states prohibiting the employment of people without the israeli sentiments artie's breaks down the story. the first amendment of the u.s. constitution guarantees citizens the right to criticize the american government however if you criticize a foreign government you might get in trouble and twenty six in u.s. states government contractors are forbidden from boycotting israel in texas employees are required to sign an oath saying that they do not and will not boycott israel or engage in any activity intended to sow economic harm well one speechcraft just refused to sign the oath and was fired she says this violates her rights and

she's taking it to court it's a baffling that they can so it's down our throats you know and decide to protect another country's economy versus protect our constitutional rights and this isn't just a red state republican thing here in a liberal new york a similar laws in effect we are against the b.d.s. movement and it's very simple if you boycott against israel new york you we've been hearing what locals have to say about it think it's a little bit odd it's ridiculous crossing the line that's wrong doesn't sound right you go to work to work you don't go to work for your outside life you should be able to have your own political of views outside of your work because people can do as they wish i guess and you know you shouldn't put that on employees to be the one way or the other you can have someone sign. an agreement for taking another country congress even has a bill in the roster that would punish american companies were engaging in a boycott we must continue to stand firm against the profoundly by this

campaign to legitimize the state of israel through boycotts divestment and sanctions supporters of the bill say that it would only affect major companies however some fear it could be used to punish individuals were this legislation to pass federal officials would have a new weapon at their disposal to chill and suppress speech that they found objectionable or politically unpopular if there was a law forbidding criticism of the. american government we would see a rioting every american is taught about the moral principles the country was founded on however there are many who feel that israel deserves a special layer of protection from those who might disagree with its rather controversial actions. r.t. new york the u.s. warns germany should be curfewed over who gets to supply its new high speed internet network we'll tell you who they are afraid of the brick.

i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars and. more than ten white collar crime stamped each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you loans to the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and this one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars ai industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one business show you know four to miss the one and only. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see that.

again the one chick is supposed to be a simple friendly. thing but this week it's causing something of a fall out denmark has adopted a new law obliging people to shit counts as part of the serve only to become a danger citizen supporters of the law insist it's a national custom a now and then take part of being danish the reason it's causing consternation is because of claims it targets muslims for him physical contact with non-family members of the opposite sex is forbidden for religious reasons sometimes mirrors are refusing to comply it's against my ideology and conviction to have to force the

people to have blood. well it is a subject which is fired up a lot of reaction we debated the issue earlier here in r t with both sides of the argument saying it boils down to respect of their respective for additions. 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 somebodies 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 we shake 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 for us to the village 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 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. usually does that 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 ferry the fact that people have been forced to do this you've got dozens of mayors of. to the north and 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. at 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 coach or but no they want to pretty the other people are this guy mohamad ease always doing this 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 me from contributing to society i'm making a positive contribution now i'm somebody who personally my own choices i do shit

people may learn female but there will be people out there who choose not to touch their choice. well if it is a question of faith tradition look no further than confectionery the world famous told her own chocolate has not been declared to be. did not result in any change to our beloved traditional toblerone original recipe production process essentially the how long criteria anyway.

islamization does not take place in europe it is therefore certainly pure coincidence that the depicted chocolate variety is now certified as. becomes to conform with. everyone who claims to be a pullman's to the viewer must to refuse to buy. time to say good boy. is next move. in germany may block chinese telecom giant huawei from bidding on a government tender to develop a high speed internet network it comes amid rising security concerns over the company's alleged 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 all while way the company has already been blocked from building high speed networks in the us astray. u.k. secret service chief alex younger also voiced concern however germany's watchdog has expressed skepticism. of evidence proving ways spying activities for such serious decisions like a ban you need proof. well jeffrey tucker editorial director of the american institute for economic research thinks it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black. they wes's is famous for its air 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 starting to be i must say deeply embarrassed seen for the u.s.

on international economic stage 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 is kind of a rhetorical bombast we're getting on a daily basis is actually having a tremendous human cost and it's also futile i mean yes china is a rising economic power if you want to call it 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 us and stop playing the bully on the playground. equipment of indigenous people from argentine per cycle you are suing some of the world's biggest oil and gas companies for environmental damage than the pushchair tried to save that contamination from fracking sites threatens their lives and the wildlife of the epic landscape.

the sea does your little he good current to make a logical situation where it is very serious and alarming our community feels under threat because there's been a violation of our rights and there's uncertainty over our lands getting energy firms have taken advantage of legal loopholes to come here in the big day and night years they can put this on a deadly menace over us. it is available e.c.m. as it is by the region's natural richness and people here are very poorly energy companies come under and contaminate our lead this and that but the fortunes they make are kept for themselves and the people they pay off to cover this all up in

the mean and. the way these oil companies operate is pure environmental vandalism and demonstrates how little control local authorities truly have. it look i hope this will be a serious investigation and with those responsible named and duly dealt with we are sure we will win this case show and then we'll be able to keep our lands and safeguard our health and the most importantly as they want to save our identity and culture. our t. has approached the oil companies for a comment if they bring us one we'll bring it to you. all right updates quite literally by the minutes on our twitter page don't miss

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