we will have a much greater number of people. i . think. the headlines that shaped this week the yellow vests sweep through paris again in another round of anti-government protests police used tear gas to disperse crowds during a sixth consecutive weekend of rising with almost one hundred fifty arrests made. president vladimir putin shares his stance on the threat of nuclear war ukraine crisis and much else besides in his year end q. and a with the media. and the secret project by u.s. democrats to test online tactics during a state election is revealed in a new york times report this claim they use the methods of an old a cursory those

much maligned russian bought. and i thanks for joining us here on the weekly on all things the national ban hawkins' review or tonight's you're very welcome with us this hour. put parasol clashes again on saturday made a fresh wave of yellow vest protests throughout the french capital across the country more than thirty eight thousand gathered for the sixth weekend of anti-government marches. and. i. think. a police report. and making

a hundred forty two arrests in paris brought office as well once again out in force using water cannon and tear gas shot at lewinsky has this report about chaotic scenes here just outside the hotel de ville in paris just think a look over here she had gas raining down as the protests just look like they were trying to push through woods the island were not for the thing this 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 through 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 of the tear gas in an area where they had been cattle jane and those injuries largely due to the fact that 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 of this fall fewer than what we've seen in previous weeks eight thousand last week and that's because many people who watch the protest this weekend would have died down there would be fewer protests this and they certainly all feel protests as a movie scene 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 additional issuance are actually happy with what's being offered by the government there is a huge increase in a hundred of one hundred euros in those on a minimum salary also new social conscience using plans new taxes for those who work at. struck 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 that's actually 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 mack all. meanwhile shocking scenes have been captured of police drawing a gun on rioters before being forced to flee just as attacked the three officers with stones and other objects the officers left one of their motorbikes on the ground authorities have launched an investigation into that incident. i and the demands of the yellow vests have been broadcast to viewers around the world so all the coverage though in france itself has come in for criticism national channel france three was for censoring its broadcast after appearing to change the placard of one of the protesters it initially said mark one out but the last word was

deleted this prompted accusations of deliberate doctoring on social media the channel though said it had happened by mistake we spoke to the protester who sign is at the center of the controversy. i was shocked like many others this censorship by france three cast a 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 they manipulate our i've heard from many people who said they were shocked as well there's a backlash online at twitter facebook everywhere i thought this through and decided to file a complaint to the country's media watchdog. of the original demonstrations called for planned fuel tax hikes to be dropped and then grew into government protests have been alleging other potential sources of the discord including russian ones we

took to the streets of paris to look for would be. posed by you in paris to make people protest. you know. who does it that you just thank you. thank you for. the mainstream media say that russia is behind these protests you must be wearing a yellow vest on saturdays. we. give you this story some demonstrators picked up. a graphic way to show their anger towards france's president around ninety protesters gathered in the town of. beheaded an effigy of. using an axe the shocking

performances cause an outcry on social media france's 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 shelter in where the incident took place issued a statement saying the incident has been referred to the public prosecutor's office of french authorities have confirmed that a probe has been opened earlier we discussed the radicalization of the protests with denis francesca unrepresentative of france's national rally party in the united states the movement has evolved from a simple tax reform frustration into a more i would sit demand of a deeper change of friends economic and social regulation what we see re now is

a more radicalized movement now they're asking about a referendum. now did you know the start criticizing the banking system this to rebuilding against message integration and against european union and the government and those in power of course cannot tolerate that's not acceptable for them and this is why you see such a harsh response from us from the police obviously this social movements everywhere in europe the european union skilling everybody is telling the workers the middle class workers like those you know decent human being or working and the only thing the asking is to eat decently. russia's alleged online meddling has surfaced once again this time though moscow can't be blamed the new york times is reporting that a group of democratic party members son took a secret project to test online tactics during 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 is what is more i guess there. 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 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 is moving into the oval office one might wonder why on earth

russia would bother with a massive disinfo mation campaign in alabama of all places who first salad value of a cup on his juicy a targets room or him self was clueless about it 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 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 their fraud being 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 mighty 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 pocket 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 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 a crime against america and god i've always been suspicious that the russian narrative 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. after the alabama case the light came to light facebook suspended five accounts linked to it and says this was for engaging in a coordinated inauthentic behavior and one of the people whose account was reportedly suspended earlier denied any involvement in the campaign to influence the public during the alabama election. scandal that broke over the week surrounding the noun journalist working for german magazine der spiegel who routinely fabricated stories for years is now taking on a new dimension reports and also class called on readers to donate to the people featured in his stories like often syrian children with that asians ending up in his personal bank account spiegel since published an apology over those fabrications saying it's the worst thing that could happen to a news outlet the magazine also stressed it's appalled that reload the treat them

for so long the u.s. ambassador to germany has also weighed in accusing the magazine of being steeped in anti americanism these new stories on u.s. policies and certain segments of the american people it's clear that we were told that it was an institutional bias the anti american bias that the magazine has exploded since the election of president trump. oprah little commentator and publisher told us the u.s. is being selective in which german media stories it criticizes. they take those stories that make america look bad and take those john list who are 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 were lies and america it's of course just taking those who don't distort their their present politics policy they do with the politics of american first america

only america great and whatever. they don't they just don't care anymore whether it is very obvious or whether it is not obvious. russian president vladimir putin held a wide ranging press conference this week touching on everything from the economy to nuclear war we'll show you the highlights of what he had to say just after this short break. actually has a financial survival guide stacie let's learn how to fill out let's say i'm not

sure i get here please. have to fight. thank you for. destroying. slavery. i certainly don't expect that very many people will choose to be biologically go through a big move your body isn't working for your mind it's not working so well i believe that we will have pretty much no biologically old people who will have a much greater number of people. welcome back to the weekly from russia's economy and education to the threat of nuclear war president vladimir putin fielded a wide array of questions from john sharing his fourteenth annual q.

and a with the media put together some of the key moments. but he's also. war. 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 some advantage we're not trying to get an advantage with them but merely to seek your balance to ensure our security. concern in the u.s. withdrawal from syria i don't really know what that means 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 and now and what is the presence of american troops needed in syria you pushed you quite 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 human and law with the syrian leadership if the u.s. tries to withdraw the masses the right decision. 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 they have in 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. i'm sure you will be because she was assassinated everyone knows that there is evidence scrip is alive will bore however there are sanctions against russia and complete silence in the case of saudi arabia is that

where this politicized 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 it is in the interests of both of our countries to get out of this stalemate are we interested in restoring 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 end 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 but in the. uk it was a huge issue when will you marry in the form and home. 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 do they can and then they said my flesh was bothering with the russian flag can't bother anyone but i want to refer to kipling who said when everyone is there the great game is finished the at 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 world yet tells you how. you would not see me off. as hearing the big journalists

working to get their questions to the president resorts all sorts of ways to grab his attention. sure. saudi arabia is violating the un brokered cease fire on yemen in the most blatant manner and continuing mass bombing campaigns on the country that's according at least to the claim from yemen's hooty rebels although riyadh insists

that the rebels themselves are actually breaking a truce the ceasefire agreed by yet the size in sweden came into effect on tuesday so do warplanes continue to fly and turn over the data over the past forty eight hours that conducted for to do raids on the provinces. i'll jorth and murrett. at the head of the u.n. team monitoring him and cease fire arrived in sana'a on sunday retired dutch major general patrick travelled from the southern city of aden where the country's internationally recognized government in exile from which is mostly run by who theses kamat and his team have headed to the port city of data has been a flashpoint in the fighting. and 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 infighting is finally bringing the four year 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. 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 in 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.

which in security minister has revealed that he met with the french chief just before they got with the airport drones scared to address an airport through him. the aviation threat is real aviation is still a blue ribbon event for these terrorists al qaeda are resurgent they have real benoist they are pushing more and more plots towards europe and have become familiar with new methods and still a sponsor aviation attacks one has told us in the sunday times newspaper that the thoughts of an al qaida aviation attack are keeping ministers awake at night report notes that the terror group's growing capabilities will force a security crackdown in the wake of the gatwick incident and drones bypassed which in the second busiest airport earlier this week the sunday times adds that the u.k. ministers are concerned by the u.s. withdrawal from syria one and it will create a new safe haven for islamists. and executive editor of the news the twenty first

century wired dot com thinks the british government fails to grasp the nature of the threat i think it's a pointless statement by the u.k. minister to make that kind of a statement it seems like a generalized kind of abstract statement that doesn't really reflect the details and the nuance of the situation on the ground i think there's a general chorus of disapproval of trump withdrawing u.s. troops from syria as if this is somehow a bad thing this is a harbinger of sort of another disaster for the for security international security certainly there's a little bit of. marketing with regards to al qaeda right now the remarketing the al qaeda brand so the statements are quite silly in fact that al qaeda sat quietly in the corner this is a quote out of the times article i don't think the sort of militias.

that were executing civilians hardened killers i don't call that sitting quietly in the corner for the last eight years not sure exactly what he's talking about. those are the headlines for this hour join us again at four am moscow time for the latest rundown of this week's top headlines. just. a little bit. you. can call it all just so you know us.

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