i. bring you the headlines that shaped this week the yellow vests have swept through paris again in another round of anti-government protests police used tear gas to disperse crowds during a six consecutive weekend of rights with almost one hundred fifty arrests made. president vladimir putin shared his stance on the threat of nuclear war the ukraine crisis breaks it and much else besides in his year end q. and a with the media. also a secret project by u.s. democrats to test on line tactics during a state election is revealed in

a new york times report it's plain that they use the methods of an old adversary those much maligned russian but also to come. together could have a chance at disney's accused of colonialism for trademarking the swahili phrase we get an immediate feedback on. that everything is meant to become modified when the culture does not belong to the corporation that's trying to appropriate and make money i'm just learning it's all on the story pressure we live in there are only out of reach people are just looking for reasons to be offended. giving thanks for joining us this is the weekly here on r.t. international. paris saw clashes again on saturday amid a fresh wave of yellow. protests throughout the french capital across the country

more than thirty eight thousand gathered for the sixth weekend of antigovernment march. better. than thirty years ago. if. your. police reported making one hundred forty two arrests in paris right off this once again out in force on used water cannon tear gas was on to charlotte to be skeptical. about chaotic scenes here just outside the hotel de ville in paris just think a look over here see a gas raining down as the protests just look like they were trying to push through woods the island were not for the famous cathedral is situated they were throwing

projectiles at the police and then the police responded with this tear gas this is one of many clashes we've already witnessed in paris as usual is come out for a six day we also saw many people injured in some of those clashes including somebody who appeared to have a broken nose and injuries on the leg as they were trying to run out a form of the tear gas in an area where they had been cattle jane and these injuries largely due to the fact it seems that the crowds were pushing people away i just take a look behind you see some of the special mobilized police units who are out in force some one thousand two hundred and twenty five police officers were being mobilized and security offices for all fewer than what we've seen in previous weeks eight thousand last week and that's because many people who watch the protests this weekend would have died down. there would be fewer protests

this and the sunni all feel protests isn't what we've seen in previous weeks but there are still thousands of people here on the streets of paris as you can see just crowds trying to move away as these police forces are coming in for a few or many people saying the reasons behind that is some of the solutions are actually happy with what's being offered by the government those include an increase in one hundred of one hundred euros of those on a minimum salary also new social contribution and new taxes for those who work extra hours and of course scrapping the fuel tax in january the hike that was due to take place which of course was the start of these protests back in november but many people here say it's just not enough they're not happy with the government and as such we're seeing people again out on the streets of paris ready to show their own anger their own ease with the french government's current policies led by emmanuel mccall. meanwhile shocking scenes have been captured of police drawing

a gun on rioters before being forced to flee protesters attacked the free offices and stones and of their objects. i just left one of the motorbikes on the ground for thirty's an investigation into the incident the demands of the other verse of a broadcast of you is right around the world but some of the coverage in france itself while the others come in for criticism. why well national channel france three for example was slang for censoring its broadcasts after appearing to change the plaque card of one of the protesters that initially had read out but the last word was deleted this prompted accusations of deliberate doctoring on social media the channel said it happened by mistake we spoke to the protester whose side is at the center of the controversy. so much i was shocked like many others this censorship by france to. shadow in the media in general that the process to start

to think that journalists are in cahoots with politicians and the financial elite this kind of censorship doesn't help the situation people would say you see we were right in criticizing the media they manipulate ows but i have heard from many people who said they were shocked as well as a backlash online or twitter facebook everywhere i thought this through and decided to file a complaint to the country's media watchdog. the original heel of best demonstrations called for planned fuel tax hikes to be dropped and then they grew into why their antigovernment protests some though have been alleging other potential sources of the discord including russian ones we went onto the streets of paris to look for would be agitators. by you in paris so you make people protest now in the. long. in your chest. and your chest

when you pretty good has it that you do it just like you would. if you the first just the news then your mother the mainstream media say that russia is behind these protests you must be wearing a yellow vest on saturdays immediate issues of. the week was always the solution stuff which is a. little get your story. two hundred twenty two people are confirmed dead after a massive tsunami struck indonesia almost eight hundred fifty people are injured and twenty eight remain missing according to the country's disaster management organization. hundreds of buildings along the sun coast have been destroyed in this believe the

tsunami was caused by undersea landslides going a volcanic eruption at nearby mt. there are fears the death toll could rise further we'll bring you updates as they come in. but his alleged meddling a surface once again but this time moscow can't be blamed as the new york times is reporting that the group of democratic party members undertook a secret project to test online tactics join 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 with more is artist. for years public you were bare eyes by stories of russian bots on t.v. . the radio papers daily he 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 atop a 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 to france style a value of cover on as juicy a target roy moore himself 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 and 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 season's 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 who are spending one 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 after the alabama case came to light facebook suspended five accounts linked to it says that this was for engaging in coordinated in authentic behavior one of the people whose account was reportedly suspended earlier denied involvement in any campaign to influence the public during the alabama election.

russia's economy and education to the threats of nuclear war president vladimir putin fielded a wide array of questions from journalists on thursday during his fourteenth annual q. and a with the media we put together for you some of the key moments. that you know or. as the u.s. is now leaving the i.n.f. treaty what's going to happen it's hard to imagine what is the rockets are located in europe what should we do of course we will have to ensure our security with concrete steps that we will let them not say later that we are trying to get an advantage we're not trying to get some advantage with this but merely to seek your balance to ensure a security. concern in the u.s. withdrawal from syria i don't really know what that means you and the for example

the u.s. has been present in afghanistan for the past seventeen years and almost every year they say that they are withdrawing their troops the only certain they are still there now and what is the presence of american troops needed in syria but you can i don't think so but let's not forget that presence there is illegitimate but it was not agreed on but it will be there with the u.n. security council you know with the syrian leadership if the u.s. plans to withdraw from us is the right decision. they will block just tell me this who set the blockade between the on the us and the rest of ukraine but it's going to russia you know if it was done by the ukrainian authorities if they have been forced a full economic blockade of the territory they consider their own they shoot at those they consider their own citizens almost every day civilians die though we provide humanitarian support for those living that but only not to let those people starve to death. because she was assassinated

everyone knows that there is evidence script is a lie however there are sanctions against russia and complete silence in the case of saudi arabia is that this politicizing russia phobic approach is just another reason to attack the russian if it was not script help all they would have thought of something else this is obvious to me and the aim is one to hold workers growth at any cost. in my view. relations are at a stalemate is in the interests of both of our countries to get out of this stalemate are we interested in the stalling our relations with the u.k. yes we are and so is the u k. many western politicians and experts and even ordinary people see russia as a threat they even think that you want to rule the world of course i do i just want to know if you're really one this was a real area of your foreign policy. concerning ruling the world we know where the headquarters are located of those who want to do this and it's not in moscow you

can connect this to defense spending the us spends over seven hundred billion dollars on all russia only forty six billion of them in about all do you really think that our aim is to rule the world or the universe that this is just a cliché that's being imposed by the west in order to resolve their own domestic problems. because it was in you just when will you marry whom and whom. you know these are two different questions are you married. yes so he is married and wants me to suffer the same. first of all the camera and said my flash was bothering with the russian flag cannot bother anyone but i want to refer to kipling who said when everyone is there the great game is finished the the great there will be a meeting where everyone will die this is a question about how i think it should be the next one of us in the year how's your

health. while you would not see me off. but after spending hours feeling questions from journalists for them if it wasn't quite done after the marathon q. and a sat down for a face to face meeting with aspiring blind reporter. hello how are you. here but. i would like to ask you some questions did you always dream of becoming president or before you wanted to be for example an astronaut. honestly i never dreamed of becoming president and i had no intention this happened by chance. you know everything and probably at first it was very difficult for you can you describe your first days as president though. yes it wasn't easy these were very difficult years for the country as

a whole we were balancing with survival there was a very difficult situation with the economy and security as well clearly last what was your most memorable day as president. it is very difficult to say but we just talked about this at a big press conference the most striking events of this year with the presidential election on the world cup how do you make a wish i mean you're. used to yes this wish was a secret but i can share it with you i wish all our wishes will come true may attach to you of course. you are very handsome. thank you very much. but you're in the big queue a day earlier journalists were keen to get their questions to the president and resorted to all kinds of ways to grab is a touch. now

you might have heard this is a remake of the animated. trade. with the debate.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. very dramatic development the only really exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. you know world a big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the

time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. come back residents of a town in central russia are bringing flowers to the entrance of the company whose mine caught fire the people that visit the potassium mine shaft in the region escape the blaze which is ministry has denied reports a me thing leak is to blame and is continuing with this investigation the bodies of all my mind is have now been recovered monday has been declared a day of mourning in the area president putin ordered full support to be provided to the families of the victims. invention and deception in germany were a top journalists from the respected news magazine has been sacked for making up stories of the doing it for years on call to take us through what's been discovered

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 class roots this paints 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 they 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 that is 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 corridor r.t. . the phrase no problem or no worries is familiar in many languages but the swahili translation is at the center of

a trademark involving entertainment giant disney you may know the phrase for this film. so prominently. was. the lion king came out in one thousand nine hundred ninety four a generation has grown up knowing how can imitate art or they face was trademarked by disney to protect its merchandising but the studio stands accused now of colonialism with a remake of the film to be released next year a petition has been launched by the zimbabwean activist to get disney to drop its copyright claim it's been signed by the in sixty thousand people who say the phrase belongs to african culture is nice dates back to two thousand and three for it to be used on clothing and footwear doesn't deny the origin of either the phrase or the names of almost all the lion king countess although it hasn't yet commented on the petition itself the case has fired up opinion. so we're seeing so much pushback

from people on it they see this is another as you alluded to manifestation of cultural appropriation and it continues a capitalism entrepreneur africa and specifically africa a continent representing everything that capital is once everything capitalist need but everything capitalist don't want to pay for that so used to be like. to stare at leo anti-capitalistic and i mean i don't want to find out in sydney that you're driving a jeep cherokee let me just leave it at that obviously i think it's unnecessary pressure as i mentioned earlier we live in an error of only outreach people are just looking for reasons to be offended i don't think this is a case about offending people right i mean everyone more by the way to get up to be offended i think what we're seeing here is the commodification of culture and we have to go beyond sharing the one thing that does the did do is the best men in the lion king franchise which is three that a lot of jobs these made a lot of money and let me tell you something disney has donated to africa causes in

africa last year two thousand and seventeen they donated over three hundred forty million dollars not everything is meant to be come out of the. and culture is one of those thing that specially when the culture does not belong to the corporation that is trying to appropriate and make money off of it at the end of the day disney is a global company so it's not to say that they can't appropriate or use phrases from other cultures let me say something right now where are we going to go with this next is taco bell going to be under attack is the tilted kill franchise i think it's a faulty parallelism to compare a franchise like taco bell to language like recruitment tata disney also tried this with dia de los went though so they also tried some copyright the day of the dead which is also something that is culturally sacred to people specifically in mexico you make money the way that you want to make money and that's fine but this is like cultural appropriation i have that with updates for you and often i see them.

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