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wherever you're tuning in from right around the globe this hour welcome to moscow and to r.t. international mining's in a little our top story clashes have erupted in part in this saturday with a government protests are occurring throughout the french capital around thirty arrests have been made the so-called yellow vests are out in force during this last weekend before christmas charles dubinsky is there to. quote we've had some tense moments over the last hour or so with some clashes between the protesters and the police what seems to be happening is the protesters rule king oh around paris they don't seem to have any particular idea where they going but they were talking louder it seems really go too close to the emmys a palace is of course the heart of the president and it was at that point that we saw the tear gas being deployed trying to push those protesters away now we actually witnessed a number of people being injured including one man who looked like he had his nose

broken all the people with the leg injuries all eyes on the streets as people were just trying to flee to get out of that tear gas because we were all catalogued into a small street and it was as we've said many times before it's so painfully so uncomfortable the first thing that you want to do is flee now we've had reports there are hundreds of people out in paris but really alex my camera turned the camera around and so i gave you a big we're going to say there is at least two thousand people moving down this road from oprah to woods to move so there are definitely thousands of people out to the streets here in paris many same there on happy days to calling for the resignation of the president i'm happy with what's being offered on the table so you fall so what has been no food well of course the government said they were going to completely scrap the tax hike on feel that was due to take place in january also an increase in. minimum wage for some people by a hundred euros

a month i'm things such as overtime hours wouldn't be taxed also would be to have to make any social contributions but many people i've been speaking to just say it's too late to know late and what they want is much more from the government and they determined to keep marching to keep these protests going their own fewer people than they have been perhaps in other weeks but many people say that's actually because we're coming up to the christmas period here in front of many people trying to get themselves ready for december twenty fifth now in terms of the security of all fewer police and security offices out on the streets of paris today less soon one thousand three hundred that's compared to around eight thousand last week and as we said already there have been clashes between the protesters and the police so we wanted to give you a sneak preview into how we can ready as a team to try to make sure that we're safe when we come to the protests.

thank you 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. i do. thank you. 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 as well. the basics i think that these little i washed pods

are wood they're waiting gold particularly after being tear gassed. as you can see tear gas is being fired by the police. this cheer gas going everywhere now tear gas is an irritant to particular if you're always you know is 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 and it's really easy to be crazy on the streets of paris rubber bullets being deployed each two years 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 glass 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 trying to keep my cool area safe i wear this fast it 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 dubin so you are giving us a taste of what she's been going through in paris the last number of weeks as well as plenty of other reporters to staying in europe violence has flared in barcelona with pro independence protests are ripping in spain's catalonia region leaving more than sixty protesters on police officers injured. well this stems from a government decision to relocate the weekly cabinet meeting from madrid to the

council on capital stance simply as a conciliatory gesture of unity but it coincided with the first anniversary of a heavy police crackdown on independence supporters are journalist in barcelona talk to us through friday's renewed protest barmy the cabinet meeting is held in madrid that as had just sent is that already and that is the actually also want to do it here in barcelona and people took it does approve occasion because only one year ago at the london 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 that this is politicos which means these libor rates the political prisoners still nine of them are held and 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 as

people took out of the streets not only here in the center but also they blocked the seven which is that three way to leading to the airport so many people were blocked today and couldn't go home for christmas. previously all parties had agreed to a quote effective dialogue and independence referendum held in october last year was deemed illegal by madrid which then arrested council on leaders for rebellion addition to spawn the. prosecutors recently claimed that former president carlos pushed the mall to spend more than eight million euro on the referendum which the modern self called such accusations bizarre. polish history academic at britain's newcastle university say politicians there are completely misreading the mood of the people. trying to work through. the mind. and.

do you see many ways. not. everyone in. the elections in december last year. somehow. both the spanish and the. government because they haven't been able to do much. ok let's turn attention stateside where a partial shutdown of the us government has come into effect after the senate failed to approve billions of dollars for building a border wall with mexico demanded by donald 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 let's get out let's work together let's be bipartisan and let's

get it done this shutdown hopefully will not last long or this is the third time washington shut its doors this year nine federal departments have stopped their work this time around with almost four hundred thousand employees at home hundreds of thousands more will work without pay for another bill until an agreement can be struck dave lindorff a funding editor of the online news website this can't be happening thanks it's all a bit of a gimmick. it's it's all theater it's for of 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 and started hurting me in the government's ability to pay its debt on time as happened one time with this but it 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 is clear how long this situation is going to last but president earlier stressed that it could last a long time here's a look back at the reasons for previous shutdowns in d.c. .

and the merkin speech therapist is suing authorities in texas after being sucked from her job at a school for refusing to sign a oath that pledges to never be a part of any boycott movement is real and what's required by a law signed in over a dozen states prohibiting the employment of people without the israeli sentiment here is kill more of what we know. 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 that 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 sew this 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 law is in effect we are against the b.d.s. movement and it's very simple if you boycott against israel new york will boycott 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 yes campaign to legitimize the state of israel through boycotts divestments and sanction 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 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 shaking hands to cement your citizenship by danish laws being accused of targeting muslim immigrants we'll explain why the short list of. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. let it be an arms race. very dramatic. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down.

put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be present. to be approached this is what before three of the more people. interested in the waters of. the hunt is supposed to be a simple friendly greeting but this week it's causing something of a fallout denmark has adopted a new law obliging people to shake comes as part of the service money to become a date or citizen supporters of the law insist it's

a national custom integrity part of being danish the reason it's costing consternation is because of claims that targets muslims for him physical with non members of the opposite sex is forbidden for religious reasons some danish mirrors are refusing to comply. it's against my ideology and conviction to have to force the people to have boards a call into it when it's a subject which fired up reaction when we discussed it here on r.t. with both sides of the argument saying it boils down to respect. 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 and be a good citizen without having. no one 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 a shaken hands get in the modern world use this nonsense we don't shake hands it doesn't get a fair. 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 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 be unable 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 i just moved 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. i'm an issue citizen and this idea that it's an attack on your human rights home on grow up whatever you want to simulate whatever you want to fit in with western culture but no they want to be the other people are this guy mohamed 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 it

make you a less of a human being doesn't stop me from contributing to society making a positive contribution now i'm somebody who personally my own choices i do shoot people may learn female but there will be people out there who choose not to stand choice. if it's a question of faith tradition then look no further than confectionery bronze where producers of the world famous top your own chocolate declaring the christmas favorite as being a low. certificate

did not result in any change to another traditional type around of original recipe which production process essentially makes the house criteria anyway. islamization does not take place in europe it is therefore certainly pure coincidence that the depicted in chocolate variety is now certified as. iconic swiss chocolate becomes to conform with islamic purity. everyone who claims to be a pullman's to the viewer must of course refuse to buy. time to say goodbye. his next move.

president trump left the international community stung this week following his surprise decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria the move however has been backed by a number of leaders including one major nato ally. told us during a conversation. with them before and after this. as long as they give us the support in terms of logistics and how they started to withdraw they have. well those involved in the syrian conflict are not on board with washington's plans trump's decision has been met with amongst kurdish forces in the region with family members of the fighters appealing to the u.s. to reverse that withdrawal mothers and wives of the soldiers in the armed opposition the syrian democratic forces have been gathering near what's thought to be on the american military base and i'll let. you know as all the. american turned

his back on us as we continue to find. any. why did they leave i said. we went to the airfield they promised that they would not leave and now they've sold us out. of tensions are already rising in northern syria with turkey vowing an offensive against the kurdish forces which currently control the city of man beach a representative for the syrian democratic forces told russian media they aren't ruling out the back to the syrian government to prevent turkey launching a similar operation to the wall carried out after the liberation from islamic state back in twenty sixty. we do not support and we would oppose efforts to move south and engage in

activities against the syrian democratic forces so kurdish commanders have made commitments that they will turn over areas to local population as they have been so tremendously successful in liberating those areas from dash we expect them to live up to those commitments. i'm from on base maffei to thank and their takis threat. to find together the americans and the collison again that talk is cheap. until there was trouble from this around and that this is complicated this is sarah and territory. but this year we noticed more movement from the euphrates shield along the front

line as turkey before its military operation on a friend threatened that manned beach would be the next target. as i said before our relationship is at critical juncture either we must put it back on track or it will further deteriorate we have agreed essentially to normalize our relationship again question of man this is one that as i said is going to be given priority in our joint work you are there for and this is one of the foreign ministry it is one of the issues for us to work together. we are a part of syria and we don't support separatism what you want an agreement to be reached and soften this trade as part of a free syria a former pentagon security analyst michael maloof believes the syrian government will look to fill a void being left by u.s.

forces. well i think that given that the u.s. is pulling out it's only inevitable that assad would. begin to move move his troops back in and mazes is very very important strategically it keeps the turks away as well that the turks are not going into my own bees as they have threatened to do so giving it back to assad is very important and i think that that avoids the potential for a major conflict between turkey and the kurds and so and also. turkish president ever one has pledged support now for assad so. this this is all beginning to offer an a whole new dynamic in that region as a result of the u.s. pull out. legendary journalist and filmmaker john pilger offers his review of the year that rapidly was stay with us for going underground.

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