more than one and a half million people have signed an online petition. against the french state over its failure to. react with. naming and shaming of russian media workers. in connection with allegations of spreading disinformation. and russian town after the children of local officials go on a trip to turkey. ellis'. merry christmas from. international is just turned two o'clock. news around with

me. welcome to the program an online petition has been. by environmental groups calling for the french government to. action on climate change more than one point six million people have already signed it alive. what to many people to sign this petition. well it's certainly not the president the president the president mark on. christmas tree this morning this petition by more than one point six million people. who say that they will. state that action on climate change and it seems that even french celebrities are getting in on the action. simply. action regarding climate change. we're trying to force

a state to drastically reduce emissions. when it comes amidst a difficult time for president might go on anyway with the best protests continuing now they've been going on for the last six weeks or so here in france some of them of turned into what's been described as being the worst roistering in half a century now this protest movement started just two months ago six weeks ago on november seventeenth and it was all to do with the planned increase in tax on fuel that was due to take place in january now that led to donald trump to take advantage of that situation he mocked president might go and say it was a good idea that he had come out of the paris climate accord so what was the paris climate to call what we've heard president michael talk about it many times saying it's the way to tackle an increase in temperature in the world and some of the

things that we agreed on during that accord would spend a hundred a billion dollars annually on trying to help poor countries move towards green energy keeping temperatures across the world below two degree celsius and also for developing countries to lead the way in that action against climate change now for weeks after the protest started president might could turn around and said you know what's ok i've heard your cries we're actually going to scrap that fuel tax increase all emissions that wasn't enough for the yellow vests to say that they actually want much more and in fact it's also on good environmentalist to say you can't sit on the fence you are the for tackling climate change or you're against it which one is it mr mack only need to make up your mind and this comes amidst bad pollings for president michael as well a current polling suggests that. twenty seven percent. when he came into office it

was around sixty percent so it seems the festive period. and it seems the french president is on many people's more list this year. they're reporting from paris thank you. british newspaper the times has named and shamed russian media outlets offices in the u.k. after. spreading disinformation the hounding of the outlets has been met with indifference by media protection groups. and initially it was it was a bit of a shock on the other hand it's kind of hardly surprising given the answer russian sentiment there is you know travel in all your key newspapers just a bit it's yes not nice to see your picture up there with your name except under the headline of being part of a train when stooge but as i say you know it's very much part of what's going on

just saying you key the sunday times has been so thorough in its reporting of the threat of so-called russian descent from ation that its latest story about the russian funded radio stations putin it which has a bureau in edinburgh carries the photographs of the journalists that work there labels them kremlin stooges and quotes a politician who suggests that their assets should be frozen i would good for school harassment i think putting the pictures of photographs of people who work on a newspaper like that i think is tantamount to almost it might put those people's lives in danger i'm a member of the national news journalists and are we write into my unit in the new year to ask what do you need is planning to do about these journalists working for russian media organizations here in the u.k. have had to develop a thick skin over the past few years as tensions between london and moscow have heightened articles calling for outlets like r.t. and sputnik to be banned have become

a regular occurrence but recently the big papers have gone a step further and they started singling out the journalists working for russian media outlets this is the london bureau chief for russia's channel one more series of last month he did some filming outside the gates of a british military base first story about the british army's cyber warfare unit aimed at fighting so-called russian propaganda he didn't break any laws gave his press credentials to all the security guards he met and left several weeks later the u.k.'s daily mail newspaper printed. his personal details and accused him of being a spy the story was reprinted by a plethora of papers it ratcheted up so much that the u.k.'s defense secretary issued a statement for citizens to stay vigilant and. we sent an inquiry to the defense ministry there's a form on their website but we didn't get any response filming near the base is not

a legal it's a public area public land you don't need permission to film there you need permission to get inside talk to the stuff we didn't record our interaction with the security personnel we didn't try to penetrate the base the b.b.c. correspondent did the exact same thing as us it was broadcast and no one thinks of punishing him there's nothing illegal and you don't even have to work for the russian media to find yourself in hot water just expressing views that the mainstream is enough to be labelled a kremlin stooge putin's poor or useful idiot in the information war nowadays you have extreme language and if you find someone with an opinion which you object to and you don't agree with you then abused him or her by causing by causing them a stooge or to use the famous explosion about lennon there were useful idiots the sputnik story isn't the first time the sunday times has used the naming

and shaming tactic back in october the paper took aim at the tongue in cheek i see why in my you tube channel which is funded like r.t. by russian taxpayers and fronted by yours truly the paper didn't shy away from printing my photograph and labeled the project the blue peter of russian propaganda the times didn't request a comment from r.t. or myself it seems that naming and shaming doesn't carry a right of reply. r.t.l. several media organizations to comment on what's happened among them the international federation of journalists the international press institute and the s.c. and we'll let you know when we get a response. german magazine der spiegel says it's reporting one of its former top journalists to the police over allegations he stole donations made to people who featured in his articles class is already mired in scandal after

he admitted last week to fabricating over a dozen stories has since sacked the award winning writer it suspects he may have faked stories than he's owned up to. now one man who's popularized the term fake news is donald trump here's a look back at some of the year's biggest fakes. you are fake the level of dishonesty is out of control for me at least for. the lies mr. bush is and how fake to risk in the very fact that one trumps famous catchphrase fake news has dominated the headlines ever since he first uttered it why does it drive his detractors so crazy well some would argue that it's true false information and deceptive reporting seems to be everywhere let's review some of the fake news of twenty eighteen. well one of the most outrageous

examples was the cover of time magazine it depicted a sobbing toddler representing donald trump's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents however it turns out that the girl in the photograph was not separated from her mother. who was not separated from her mother but yeah she's the face of this immigration problem and she has helped to create awareness. but let's go through some other examples now folks had a good laugh when it was revealed that the washington post had actually cited the satirical publication known as click call when reporting on the fact that british people were trying to make the song american idiot by green day go through the charts when donald trump was visiting the country and in other instances we've seen journalists just straight up making things up. for example a reporter for the web scene known as the mike claim that maria know who's just

pled guilty to charges of being an unregistered lobbyist for russia was in a meeting at the oval office i thought this was a photo show but it's not this is memory of. the in the russian spy on in the oval office with trump turned out that she was wrong the person in the photograph was actually a national security council staffer but in the journalist defense they both do have . red hair and we all know that all of us gingers look the same. how about a paper on canine rape culture in dog parks or a feminist rewrite of hitler's my struggle it turns out that this year fake news was used to make a political point people were submitting fake research in order to expose what they believed was a bias in ak and damia some of the fake research got through. and

one trend we saw throughout the year was fact checkers retracting their fact checks what could be more embarrassing those who claim they are stopping the spreading misinformation actually spreading misinformation themselves and admitting to it based on what we've seen throughout the year it seems pretty clear that fake news will be well alive in twenty nineteen. r.t. new york. from the fake news shenanigans as it's early morning on christmas day at the white house now and if he's not sleeping or playing on twitter he might even be in his presence. for.

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hollow. teacher it's. great i played. a bit of christmas cheer here on r.t. international don't go open your presents too quickly wishing you all a very merry christmas and a happy holiday speaking of political correctness we discussed whether children

hugging relatives at this holiday time could send the wrong message in a moment to our guests in america. match geysers financial survival guide liquid those that you can convert gives a cast quite easily. to keep in mind though as a tremendous place of. record. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy for him to let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

what holds and. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so if you want to be president and you. want to. have to go right to the press that's what before three of the board can't be good. interested always at the water's edge. there should be a. welcome back to the program as catalysts had to rush off to the children of no make has trouble to turkey is in money donated to a charity for kids with severe illnesses when they know picks up the story a group of children from the russian town of clinton say five hundred kilometers from moscow went on a trip to turkey the johnnie was organized by

a charity foundation which helps children with severe illnesses and those caught up in difficult ally. situations it to be about this go to the consumer. in the movie with them good at the who contributes cool cool to look at their form dream a new car out of a well turns out some of those children work kids city officials local media discovered a video where the town's top officials try to explain why this happened went viral but you cannot you cannot mean you thought that they needed to go to the clinic we need to do. it with you. before you could. do it but you might assume to the point you could be dishing it gets even better or rather wars the mayor's daughter was also among the lucky ones to go to russians were outraged and many of them went on social media to vent their fury these super arrogant officials are

fully confident in their impunity they must be fired a government official is a duty not a privilege. our officials are the neediest people in our country the poorest. but it's not just ordinary citizens who are up in arms officials have also come out strongly against of the incident calling it moral and noxious after this scandal erupted they had of the city administration explained that the children of local officials work as volunteers and some of them are gifted members of society. talented children they are volunteers this world and it was the year of volunteers there was a special meeting where the candidates were chosen just as the formed to do they had of the charity foundation says there were no violations hearing the selection process she now plans an official complaint against the local media but the flames of a scandal have already been lit the governor of the region says he will investigate

what happened and as for the local official who loved one being asked about the consequences the woman who put it in your book of which it was witnessing one of the iraqi national congress. well we've learnt that you no longer works there. starkest in the us close christmas eve at their lowest in decades for the day after president last out at the federal reserve system the only problem our economy has is the food they don't have a feel for the market they don't understand this is three trade wars or strong dollars or even democrat shutdowns over borders. following the statement from donald trump rumors started circling that he might even sack the head of the federal reserve bank of general powell despite how the picking him as the chairman a year ago it would require congressional approval to fire paul but the news was

enough to drive markets further down in a bid to reassure investors after one of the worst weeks in a decade the treasury minister made what some are calling emergency phone calls to the heads of the six largest banks. jeremy tucker editorial director at the american institute for economic research thinks in order to avoid a crisis u.s. trade policy among other issues should be significantly changed. this is actually a very bearish sign about our economic prospects in the future in this why people are talking about a coming recession the economy is still strong on paper if you look at the data is strong but the job of the stock market is not to read the existing data which is always about the past the job of the stock market is to anticipate the future that hasn't yet unfolded it hasn't done damage yet but but we're in a very critical moment right now things can change right now and we can reverse course so there's still time tom can reverse this today if he gets rid of his steel

tariffs and his aluminum tariffs and makes peace with china and starts believing in real free trade. in the u.s. i'm warning parents not to encourage their children to have gas this christmas the organization says this could pressure girls into showing at the types of physical affection instead the child herself should decide whether to give a hug psychologist and. says learning about consent early on is key. sadly we know that some adults prey on children and teaching your daughter by consent early on can help her understand her rights know when lines have been crossed and want to go to you for help us girl scouts were founded in one thousand nine hundred twelve the group calls itself a leadership development organization promoting confidence courage and character to discuss its latest advice we spoke with conservative media personality cheerleader

and women's rights advocate reese everson. if you don't teach a child early on that they are in control of their bodies and that they are in control of their boundaries then there are subject to later on not be able to set healthy boundaries i think that this is all about communication and that's the key if parents are having the age appropriate conversations with their children that are well documented and data driven then they shouldn't have to have any sorts of concerns for thirty percent of the sexual abuse that happens to a child happens by a family member so here's the fact of the matter children are often not the around people that we would like to think are healthy people unfortunately we don't always know as adults what the appetite a person may have for a child in a sexual situation these conversations need to be taking long before any gifts are exchanged and any expectation is made i'm not saying that anyone should be lackadaisical about the cues that children are taking but it is

a balance and it is something that is really important and we're not going to solve it by telling our arts little girl on christmas day that she doesn't have to say thank you to grandma for her gift i just don't think that that's that's when we presume it that as a solution we're missing out on what is really happening here in my opinion or putting children at greater danger fortunately most times when a person is being molested the parents have no idea if the grandfather uncle is molesting them and so it the onus is on the parents to be aware cognizant of what the child is communicating to you as a parent have determined that these people are safe for your child to be around that the child this taught respect and manners and respect of elders and whatever whatever the appropriate response is for that child in that moment because some children have a natural bent toward inward and we need to teach our children to be. parents don't always know when a person is a safe person or not and we can't teach girls to put grace before being able to

protect and set healthy boundaries no one saying that we should respect for elders . for protecting our children but again if you decide only to protect your child on a holiday when they're already exposed to this relative that there are uncomfortable around the mistake is already made that's all for this hour i'll be back with more headlines in around thirty minutes but first up it's watching the hawks. join me every thursday on the elec simon short and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you there. one almost sure seems wrong why don't we just don't call. me.

yet to shape our disdain you can pick up to. and in again trade equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. the . my son doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse we started going after the users in the prison population sewer we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill i increasingly became convinced that the war on drugs the stink there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for inconceivable

long sentences for minor minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say bye daddy as you're walking out of a business it's just it doesn't get easier. where is that country call russia no one's ever known one has ever heard of and never even heard about most school.

greetings and salutation. before stoneman douglas before the march for our lives before newtown beggars sandy hook or even columbine there was port are for the events of april twenty eighth one thousand nine hundred six in the historic town of port arthur tasmania for ever changed the course of history here in australia both politically and culturally because it was on that day at the tourist attraction and historical site that thirty five souls lost their lives to a gunman's madness and while the tragedy itself shook the world it was also australia's response to the violence that brought not only many nods of approval

but a few raised eyebrows and concern you see the port arthur massacre was the catalyst for the australian government to enact massive and sweeping changes to their laws regarding the ownership buying and selling of firearms forever changing the culture of guns here in the land down under since that tragic day many around the world now point to australia as a shining example of how a society and government should respond to gun violence and mass shootings with the united states currently under an epidemic of mass shootings and gun related violence and split between two internal political ideologies at war over a solution maybe it's time for the united states to start looking outward for help so today hogwash as we take you want to journey to sydney australia to talk with their experts their gun owners and their citizens to discover what has and has not worked in australia's efforts to never again be faced with the tragedy and heartbreak that occurs when a monster walks into a public place with

a gun in his hand and violence in our hearts now let's start watching the hawks here in the land of oz. i mean there's nothing like the united states american cities parts of american cities are not safe. afraid in cities generally safe very safe.

but still there are. there are guns but particularly following there was one very infamous massacre at the port in tasmania that really had a shocking effect on the country and it was a conservative government howard government actually that reinforce the gun laws following that massacre. we've just had the the killing of seven people in western australia apparently suicide. a really cold blooded killing that to me seemed almost out of place he bought it's not because there are guns in the country those guns that the.