react. to the naming and shaming of russian media by a british newspaper in connection with allegations of spreading disinformation. and a scandal hits on the children of local. kids with severe illness and. merry christmas from moscow all of us here at all to international it's just turned six o'clock and here's our news round at this hour with me. welcome to the program . more than one and a hof million people have already signed on online petition demanding to see france over climate action it palls fresh problems on the french president who has tried to placate furious yellow vests protesters rallying against fuel tax rises. takes

up the story. seems this was not the president the corn 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 by french celebrities but we are simply going to sue the french think it's already written actions regarding climate change you assume we're trying to force the state to drastically reduce emissions the rest with another headache perhaps a president who's already been having a difficult few weeks as the yellow fest 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. that michael has i'm good environmentalist 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 the international community remains committed to the fight against climate change fronts and your must show the way the fight goes on and this comes amidst a 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 protests have echoed around the world most recently in germany where an m.p. from the left party is people to rally like the french. what is offered dodge the

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 signs of the cold fusion is in judea even worse than in france because the never new your liberal policy is that a monarch or is so moving forward in france has 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 newspaper the times has named and

shamed staffa to russian media outlets offices in the u.k. after an m.p. accused the organization of spreading disinformation the hounding of the outlets journalist has been met with indifference by media protection tapes and initially it was it was a bit of a shock on the other hand this 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 information 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 apology. he 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 living 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 of 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. 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 illegal 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 who 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. if you find someone with an opinion which you object to when you don't agree with you then abused him or her by causing by causing them to judge or to use the various explosion aboard. they were. 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 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 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. are several media organizations to comment on what's happened among them the international federation of journalists the international press institute and the o.s.c. and we'll let you know when we get a response. german magazine der spiegel says in 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 lotus is in already mired in a scandal after he admitted last week to fabricating over a dozen stories. and sacked the award winning writer it suspects he may have faked more stories and 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 in your me that was for. i realized yesterday how the vicious and how fake the press can be very fake sometimes 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 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 zene known as mike claimed that maria who to 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 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. or . go. 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 on christmas day may be hoping for at least some rest spite from what he sees as the fake sneeze onslaughts the president has already tweeted merry christmas and maybe his presence just about now. for.

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hollow. teacher it's. great that they have. bit of christmas cheer international presence too quickly which you will a very merry christmas and happy holidays i'll be back in about ninety seconds just 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 the only relief. i don't see how that strategy will be very critical. to sit down and talk. to 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 delayed or deferred riot you know it's true that the violence was baked into the cake and now leaders like black hole are getting their just

desserts. welcome back to the program the scandal has hit a russian town after the children of city officials travel to turkey using money donated to a children's charity. 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 to be about these go to the clean. up above and i would have with them god of the who contributes conclude or to leave with 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 we need . to. look for you. but you might. need what you call it gets even better or rather wars the mayor's daughter was also among the lucky ones to go to the 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 all refuse shows are the neediest people in our country the poorest scumbags but it's not just ordinary citizens who are up in arms officials have also come out strongly against of the incidents calling it a moral 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 with the candidates with chosen just as the formed owes 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 ask for the local official who loved one being asked about the consequences the woman who put it in your book was of this you know one of the first phone. well we've learnt that you no longer works there the matter of the town under fire has now reimbursed the cost of sending the children all the

officials on the trip. china has highlighted what it calls hypocrisy over u.s. claims of spying by beijing accusing washington of using its embassies around the world for covert surveillance they say the u.s. accuses china for tag and cyber security but the latest we do it shows the u.s. is guilty of throwing. statement came after wiki leaks published a list of u.s. embassies purchases the report highlighted spy gear reportedly made the cia and national security agency global operations u.s. embassies are being used to spy on foreign nations around the world including washington's own allies diplomatic compounds are said to have bought various buy equipment that includes cameras disguised as ties shirt buttons and caps embassies also purchased microphones night vision gear and secret g.p.s. locators the u.s.

has yet to respond to the claims that one security expert benjamin chao told us this would be not just a violation of international law but also of agreements with beijing. the now infamous u.s. eavesdropping on it's already common knowledge world president's office ellie's openly criticized the u.s. on the use of similar equipment people so this by 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 if you use or own stock in spying activities or commercial. the more than china is a peaceful country and we believe in limited situations through trade but at the same time china is becoming very well equipped in mordor warfare exposure in bending the country in electronic or. now girl scouts in the u.s. are 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 a hug psychologist. or says learning about consent early on is key sadly we know that some adults prey on children and teach your daughter by consent early on can help her understand her rights no one lines have been crossed and want to go to you for help the u.s. 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 radio personality cheerleader and women's rights advocate reese episode. 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 present 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 said healthy boundaries no one thing 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. with more headlines in around

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greetings and salutations before stoneman douglas before the march for our lives before newtown beggar's 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 a 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.

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