think. i. was. in 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 the crowds during a sixth consecutive weekend of riots with almost one hundred fifty arrests my. president vladimir putin shared his stance on the threat of nuclear war the ukraine crisis brags its and much else in his year end q. and a with the media. plus the secret project by u.s. democrats the test online tactics in your state election has been revealed in the

new york times report it's fine to use the methods of an all done missouri as much maligned russian bots. joining as you watching the weekly here. paris saw clashes again on saturday and the fresh wave of yellow vests protests in the french capital cross the country more than thirty eight thousand gathered for the sixth weekend of anti-government marches. to load i.

police reported making one hundred forty two arrests in paris riot officers once again were out in force using water cannons and tear gas stations david ski reports . chaotic scenes here just outside the hotel de ville in paris just think a look over here see a gas raining down as the protesters look like they were trying to push through woods the island were not for the famous cathedral is situated they were throwing projectiles that the police and then the police responded with this tear gas this is one of many clashes we've already witnessed in paris as you lesions 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 the tear gas in an area where they had been cattle jane and those 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 they certainly 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 this police forces are coming in for a few or many people saying the reasons behind that is some additionally seans are actually happy with what's being offered by the government there is a huge increase in a hundred of one hundred euros of those on a minimum salary also. no social contribution and no taxes for those who work extra

hours and of course scrapping the fuel tax in january like that was 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 get out on the streets of paris ready to show their own anger their only ease is the french government's current policies led by emanuel that call. me more shocking scenes of encountered a police throwing a gun on the rioters before being forced to flee opus's tanks three officers with stones and other objects their faces motorbikes on the ground. and time off for it is a launch an investigation into. why well the demands of the yellow vests are being broadcast of us right around the world but some of the coverage in france is self that has come in for criticism for example national channel france three was

slammed for censoring this broadcast after appearing to change a plaque card of one protester and the placard initially said macron out but the last word that was deleted and it prompted accusations of deliberate doctoring on social media the channel though it is different said it had been by mistake we spoke to the protester who signed it at the center of the controversy. so much i was shocked like many others this censorship by france three karsa shadow on the media in general 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 physically manipulate those i've heard from many people who said they were shocked as well which was a backlash online at twitter facebook everywhere i thought this through and decided to file a complaint to the country's media watchdog. the regional demonstrations called for planned fuel tax hikes to be dropped they then grew into wider government protests

some though i've been alleging other potential sources of discord including russian ones so we went to the streets of paris to look for would be. posed by you in paris to make people protest. you know. when your chest. and your chest when you're pretty good is it that you just thank you we showed. you the first just the news in your mouth the mainstream media say that russia is behind these protests you must be wearing a yellow vest on saturdays. we always whistle is just a. little give your story. some yellow vest demonstrators picked an unusually graphic way to show

their anger towards france's president there are ninety protesters gathered in the town of beheaded an effigy of the man your. next the shocking performance caused an outcry on social media and says prime minister condemned the protesters behavior. more beheading of the head of state acts of unprecedented violence against the police and to semitic justice in the heart of paris trivializing such acts is out of the question they must be unanimously condemned and punished. local officials in the department of sharon's where the incident took place issued a statement saying the incident has been referred to the public prosecutor's office french authorities have confirmed a probe has been opened let's discuss this incident in more detail joined on the line by denis francis who's a representative france's national rally party in the us is also an advisor to

marine le pen and it's great to have you on denis. france so many people think of it as being a country with a tradition of you know free political expression so looking at this beheading i mean it looks monstrous but do you think it will be considered a criminal offense. i mean look the people are suffering for three day kids now i mean they're allowed to be upset i mean yes that the right thing to do to show you know those pictures probably not but you know you have to understand that those people are struggling every day so i can i want to save mr was offended by this well too bad what what's more concerning for me is those people or those middle class workers they're just you know the decently and that's to me is way more urgent to deal with than you know the psychology of micron how it can be reacted to those to do so movement. micron has

in his defense offered a package of concessions the yellow vest protests have continued not quite the same numbers but they have continued what more does a manual micron have to do. well you know the movement has evolved from a simple tax reform frustration into a more i would say demand of a deeper change of france economic and social regulations so yes you get a hundred euros but that's that's nothing that's crumbs for the scrambles for for those you know for the yellow vest especially like when you look into detail actually will be taxed more by having those hundred euros difference so i don't think at the end of the day will benefits them what we see re now is the more radicalized movement now they're asking about a referendum. now there you know the start criticizing the banking system this to rebelling against message immigration and against the european union so what we see now is

a more radical lace movement and the government and those in power of course cannot tolerate this is unacceptable for them and this is why you see such a harsh response from from the police it's it's becoming very secure to have you know to be in paris streets you know on weekends now but at the end of the day i would say that this shift that we see within this movement is very important and i think i believe these are the premises of the a rough two thousand one thousand this is a permanent shift you think the yellow vests will stick around could they even become a political force a political party. i'm not sure i mean because you have so many different people from so many different backgrounds so and as you as you know they refuse you know the presence of unions they refuse the presence of political parties so i don't think and i don't know how it will involve. look three days before christmas

and you see how many you know people were gathering in paris and it's not only in paris it's everywhere in the country it's present president so which which means that the pressure is still pretty high for prison macro right now and just finally do you think this unrest is going to continue for long and if so will it have any repercussions outside of friends i'm not sure i mean if you if you draw a parallel between let's say italy for instance then you know there's obviously this social movements everywhere in europe the european union skilling everybody is killing the workers the middle class workers like those you know decent human being or working and the only thing the asking is to live decently so i'm i hope to be honest with you that you know this movement will get more into a more i would say a structure of a demand and i really hope that person macron you know which i think i think is done i think actually there's no we can recover from that which is

a good thing for the country to be honest with you then it's greatly appreciate your time my guess is that it's franciscan is the representative francis national party in the us good evening. thank you. russia's alleged online meddling a surface to gain this from moscow can't be blind the new york times reported a group of democratic party members and took a secret project it was to test online tactics during an election in the us occurring in the state of alabama last year by employing methods allegedly used by russia to influence campaigns with more is not the same right as the. for years the public you we 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 rather. choose for it's pretty alarming weather 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 dissin from asian campaign in alabama of all places to fence taliban both up on as juicy a target room or himself was clueless about it i had no idea why this was happening

so as is republican tradition he blame 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 lot of brit 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 tea and 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 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 god 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 a 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. and after the alabama case came to life facebook suspended five accounts linked to it says that this was for engaging in coordinated in authentic behavior of the people whose account will support at least suspended denied involvement in any campaign to influence the public during the alabama

election. russian president vladimir putin held a wide ranging press conference this week number of questions from journalists we'll show you the highlights after this break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. it's sad to say that it wouldn't be the first time that there are hundreds of millions of dollars if not billions of dollars that are lost in the pentagon's bookkeeping

so to be honest i'm not completely surprised that three hundred twenty one million dollars in refueling costs went missing i'm very glad that saudi arabia. emirates have promised to pay that bill but i think there's no avoiding the reality that the bill is actually being paid for by the people of yemen the people of yemen who died under saudi arabia's. indiscriminate bombardment of the country. from russia's economy and education to the threat of nuclear war is the blood of the putin fielded a wide array of questions from journalists during his fourteenth annual q. and a with the media we've put together some of the key moments.

as. the us 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 but merely to seek your balance to ensure a security. concern in 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 their troops but 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 going to play with if the u.s. plans to withdraw the masses the right decision. will block just tell me this is the blockade between the on the us and the rest of ukraine but it's going to russia you know it was done by the ukrainian authorities 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 but. i'm sure you will be 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 politicized russia phobic approach is just another reason to attack russia. if it was not script 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 it is in the interests of both of our countries to get out of this stalemate are we interested in me storing 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 really want this was a real 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 u.s. spends over seven hundred billion dollars on all russia's only forty six billion of them in about all do you really think that our aim is to rule the world or the us that this is just a cliché that's being imposed by the west in order to resolve their own domestic

problem but in the. uk it was in you just when will you marry in the home and home. these are two different questions are you married. yes so he is married and wants me to suffer the same. first of all do they can and then they said my flesh was bothering with the russian flag can't bother anyone i want to refer to kipling who said when everyone is then the great game is finished at the great there will be a meeting whenever i'm with you this is a question about how i think it should be the next one of us and the way we're pals you how. you would not see me off. and during the q. and a journalists working to get their questions to the president so resort to talk ons of ways to grab his attention.

sure sure. saudi arabia has been violating the un brokered cease fire on yemen in a blatant manner and continues mass bombing campaigns that's according to claims from yemen's who think rebels riyadh insists that it's the rebels who are the ones breaking the truce the cease fire angered by the sides in sweden so agreed by the

sides in sweden came to fact on tuesday so do warplanes continue to fly and turn over the day over the past forty eight hours that the conducted for rates on the provinces. jorth and margaret. well the head of the u.n. team monitoring yemen's ceasefire arrived in sanaa on sunday retired dutch major general patrick kam it traveled from the southern city of aden where the country's internationally recognized government is in exile from sanaa which is mostly held by arabs and his team headed to the port city of data a flashpoint of fighting. this comes as the yemeni war is increasingly making u.s. media headlines leah whitson of human rights watch told r.t. is worlds apart program that american political in-fighting finally bringing the for your conflict to public attention. i know you've been trying to raise awareness of the conflict in yemen for quite some time but it's long been

a bit of an orphan war why all the attention now starting with the attention on saudi arabia garnered by each of our special g.'s murder and the international attention that created which caused an increased focus on saudi arabia and its role in its policies not just to best to cleave but abroad as well the more their international supporters like the united states and the united kingdom pull back from their support of the saudi coalition that will create not only military pressure on the saudi coalition but also political pressure to come to a political resolution and do you think the the saudi authorities really care about the political pressure they do care and they can't act alone and they do need the international support the international legitimacy the international cover that the united states and united kingdom in particular have provided to them in this war. on the scandal that broke over the weeks surrounding every downed journalist

working for a german magazine der spiegel who routinely fabricated stories for years is now taking on a new dimension reports now say class reload to scald on readers to donate to the people featured in his stories like orphaned syrian children with the donations actually ending up in his personal bank account. spiegel has since published an apology over the fabrication saying it's the worst thing that could happen to a news outlet magazine also stressed it's appalled that money's to treat them for so long the u.s. ambassador to germany has weighed in accusing the magazine of being steeped in anti americanism these stories largely for us policies and certain segments of the american people it's clear that we were told by institutional bias the anti american bias that the magazine has exploded since the election of president trump . i.k. mary a political commentator and publisher told us the us is being selective in which german media stories that criticizes they take those stories that make america

look bad and take those john lewis to our most critical and do not care on those people on those journalist who did fake stories about syria and most of the stories about syria and this war there were fake and were lies and america it's of course just taking those who don't distort their their present policy policy they do with the politics of america first america only america great and whatever. they don't they just don't care anymore whether it is just very obvious or whether it is not obvious thing without us in our team my colleagues down hawking something about it today to half an hour.

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