between a rock and a hard place after weeks of. protests more than one and a half million people signed a petition to the french government over. climate change. rights. to the naming and shaming russian media. in connection with allegations of spreading disinformation. and a russian town after the children of local. charity trip to turkey organized. with severe illness and.

a merry christmas from moscow and all of us here in tallahassee international just turned five o'clock news round with me. welcome to the program. more than one and a half million people have already signed an online petition demanding to sue france over climate in action it piles fresh problems on the french president who has tried to placate. protesters rallying against fuel tax rises. takes up the story. seems this was not the president the mcewan was hoping to find under his christmas tree on christmas day this petition is backed by four charities including two charities here in france and it's not just go on and move the one point six million signatures it's also being backed up by french celebrities but we are simply going to sue the french state for its inaction and regarding climate change we're trying to force the state to drastically reduce emissions another

headache perhaps of president gore who has already been having a difficult few weeks as the yellow vests protests continue they've been going on now for more than six weeks some of the weekends here in paris have seen would have been described as the worst right seen more than half a century. now they all started six weeks ago on nov seventeenth over plans to increase a tax on fuel here in france now that led to president trump in the u.s. to mock president might call over that the paris agreement isn't working out so well for paris protests and riots all over france people do not want to be large

sums of money much to third world countries there are questionably run in order to maybe protect the environment chanting we want trump law france for weeks off to protest started president might could turn round and said you know what's ok i've heard your cries we're actually going to scrap that feel tax increase all admission now the yellow vest protest is haven't been totally a piece by that and it seems that president michel. does i'm good environmentalist's by making that decision many people saying you cause sit on the fence when it comes to climate change how can you scrap a fuel tax which is meant to be used for money to improve the environment and say at the same time that you're fighting to protect the environment. remains committed to the fight against climate change fronts and your must show don't worry the fight goes on and this comes amidst bad pollings for president michael as well a current polling suggests that he's at twenty seven percent follow them when he

came into office when that was around sixty percent so it seems the festive period not so fresh if the president might corn and it seems the french president is on many people's list this year. the best protests have echoed around the world most recently in germany where an m.p. from the left party is urging people to rally like the french. this is over there should be more resistance in germany we need more people to come to the streets that's how we'll achieve our aims let's pressure the government the politicians to bring about social justice the quality issues in germany i even worse than in france because the never knew your liberal policies that a monarch hall is moving forward in france have already been passed in germany. so we are seeing the facts first hand german establishment is scared because they know that their position is untenable they know what they have done to this country and

they know that the people are angry one of the problems in france is that movement is not courting nice enough but they are just starting out in forming leaderships in germany we already have been understood leader of the movement which is dark next she has incredible political experience and she can provide that leadership to guide us to a change in our country. but his paper the times has named and shamed stahl for tave russian media outlets offices in the u.k. after an m.p. accused the organization of spreading disinformation the handing of the outlets journalist though has been met with indifference by media protection crepes and ashley it was it was a bit of a shock on the other hand it's kind of hardly surprising given the anti russian sentiment there is you know travel in all your key newspapers just say but it's yes not nice to see your picture up there with your name and under the headline of

being part of a frame when stooge but as i say you know it's very much part of what's going on just a n u k e 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. it's a politician who suggests that the 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 journalists are we right into my view in the new year to ask what the union 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 of 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 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 labeled a kremlin stooge putin's poor or useful idiot in the information war now or do 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 learning they 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 to came at the tell me 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 labelled 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 us and will let you know when we get a response. german magazine der spiegel says it supporting one of its former top journalists to the police over allegations he

stole donations made to people who featured in his articles class or low to already mired in scandal after he admitted last week to fabricating over a dozen stories since the award winning writer it suspects he may have faked war stories and he's owned up to. now one man who has popularized the term fake news. some of the biggest fakes the media you are fake the level of dishonesty is out of it for me. i realize this. and how fake the press can be very faked that one from 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 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 my review. of the in the russian spy in the oval office with trump turned out. 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 academia 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 while alive in twenty nineteen. r.t. new york. can hope for some respite from fake news shenanigans just after nine am on christmas morning at the white house now and if he's not sleeping playing on twitter might even be his presence.

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a very merry christmas and happy holidays i'll be back in around ninety seconds after this break. when lawmakers manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. in the prime of their ego realm to be the one percent. we can all middle of the room. you know world of big partisan lot and conspiracies it's time to wake up

to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's target for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. welcome back to the program a scandal has hit a russian and town after the children of lawmakers traveled to turkey using money donated to a charity for kids with severe illnesses but did a caution about picks up the story. a group of children from the russian town of clint's a five hundred kilometers from moscow went on a trip to turkey the journey was organized by

a charity foundation which helps children with severe illnesses and those caught up in difficult situations it's these go to the consumer. who are in the mood with them god of the who contribute to conclude or to give of 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've got to be needed to go to the clinic you need . to. look or you could. do what you might. you know you could be 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 immoral and noxious after this scandal erupted so 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 you ring 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 regions as he will investigate

what happened and as for the local official who loved one being asked about the consequences but only. because of this you know one of the. national. security well we've learnt that you no longer works there. news just in the manner of the town under fire has now reimbursed the cost of sending the children of officials on the trip. the chinese foreign ministry is demanding an explanation from the us over purchases of spying equipment for american embassies worldwide. the u.s. accuses china for tagging cyber security but the latest we go weeks really shows the u.s. is guilty of throwing stones in glass houses. the statement came after wiki leaks published a report with a full list of the u.s. embassies purchases the report highlighted spying equipment reportedly made for cia and national security agency global operations. according to the list u.s.

embassies have borne various types of spy equipment that includes cameras disguised as u.s.b. flash drives ties and shirt buttons the traditional spy pens caps watches and lighters are also on the list embassies also bought microphones and night vision gear and hidden g.p.s. locators the u.s. has yet to respond to the claims network security expert benjamin told us this would be not just a violation of international law but also of agreements made with beijing. the now infamous u.s. eavesdropping. it's already common knowledge to the world president's office. openly criticized the u.s. on the use of similar equipment before a sudden spike in behavior are right oh right violations of international laws and agreements not to mention mention trust for example the u.s. and china have signed agreements a few years ago or one stop in spying activities for commercial. the more than china is

a peaceful country and we believe in women situations through trade but it is the same time china is becoming very well in mordor war for your exposure in bending the country in electronics or. now girl scouts in the u.s. some warning parents not to encourage their children to hug guests this christmas the organization says this could pressure girls into showing other types of physical affection instead the child herself should decide whether to give her a psychologist andrea. says learning about consent early on is key. sadly we know that some adults prey on children and teach them to do consent early on can help on the stand who writes no one lines have been crossed and one to go to you for help the u.s. girl scouts were founded in nineteen twelve the group calls itself a leadership development organization promoting confidence courage and character to discuss its latest advice we spoke with conservative media personalities and

women's rights advocates research at this. 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 they 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 fall 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 they 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 that 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 uncles molesting them and so it the onus is on the parents to be aware cognizant of what can 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. 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 unfortunately the 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 before 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 the list i'll be back with more headlines in around thirty minutes time but first it's bust.

put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. want. to go on the press this is what before the more people. interested in the waters of. the greek riots occupy wall street arab spring these are the beginnings. of the protests across europe today it was all connected it's all based on the

exact same concept of bankers printing too much money creating this wealth and income gap and it's a delayed riot you know it's true that the violence was baked into the cake and now leaders like back home are getting their just desserts. my son doing drugs my nephew was still in drugs my sister just with drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states. drug abuse started going to the users in the prison population. treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill became convinced that the war on drugs was a mistake there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. the long sins for whom our own are minor offenders in the drug trade it's

a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in ways you can save by day as you're walking out of this is just it doesn't get easier. this is a poem bus broadcast around the world from washington d.c. i'm partial to thanks for joining us we appreciate you hanging out with us coming up today we focus on inequality around the planet we'll be joined by professor richard wolfe and archie correspondent on your part and bill looks at a recent united nations report on poverty in the united states and some reactions at home and abroad plus the c.e.o. of strong market were words looked at the wealthiest the poorest nations around the world and argue correspondent trinny charges goes to fisher island florida of the

wealthiest zip code in the u.s. for a special report part of it from. last r.t. correspondent dan cohen looks at the war on work at the poor areas in the nation including right here in the nation's capital the belly of the beast washington d.c. all that straight ahead but first let's get to the few headlines we seek to bring a global perspective to the issues we cover here boom bust so to get a real grasp on the problem of inequality we begin with a report from the library of the british house of commons which is analogous to the library of congress here in the u.s. on what our world will look like in twenty thirty if trends continue the report finds that the richest one percent of humanity is. on track to control sixty four percent of the planet's capital and wealth by twenty thirty up from the current fifty percent and measured in dollars that one percent will increase their huge holdings from the current hundred forty trillion dollars to three hundred five trillion dollars the labor party's m.p. lam byrne who requested the survey told the u.k.

guardian that absent major reforms global policy makers are quote risking a new explosion instability corruption and poverty on the other side of the proverbial coin a nov twenty seventeen report from credit suisse found that people on the bottom fifty percent of the income scale on less than one percent of global wealth got that fifty percent of lower income folks on less than one percent o.-m. g. . turning back to the u.s. for more granular view of the problem the pew research center noted late last year that the so-called great recession of two thousand and seven to two thousand and nine further exacerbated inequality by race gender and income as one of most trusted analyst of demographics polling and policy in the united states using figures from the federal reserve they found that among americans pay.