thank you the search continues for survivors of a deadly apartment block collapse in the russian city of might need to course go on monday seven people died and dozens more are still unaccounted for. and united states exits the un's culture and heritage week and the latest in a string of international accords the bonded by the trump administration. to the french president takes a swipe at extreme elements among anti-government demonstrators in the traditional new year's eve speech. and the world over people have been assuring in twenty nineteen with celebrations now throughout north and south america we have the highlights of the festivities did most go around the clock look like.

a very warm welcome and a very happy new year to you from all of us here at r.t. international thanks for joining us this morning however since new year's day in the central russian city of mike need to go people there are still coming to terms with the tragic collapse of an apartment block in the early hours of monday morning at least seven people died in the fate of dozens more remain unknown our correspondent is on the scene in magnitogorsk. the rescue and search operation is still ongoing as you can clearly see behind me in fact it hasn't stopped for a minute and the rescuers worked out overnight searching for anybody who could still be trapped under the rubble now according to the latest information from russia's emergencies minister the total of seven bodies have so far been recovered

five of them have been identified now the figure of people still unaccounted for stands at thirty seven so it has slightly climbed up from yesterday new estimates have come when those people still haven't made contact with the rescuers here although all around us we can see signs saying please if you lived if you if you were housed in one of the collapsed two parts of the building please do make contact and there are telephone numbers here written as well in fact well the buildings around here they stand with shattered glass so really you can clearly see around here how powerful the explosion was we heard from witnesses have a listen. fish to throb of the reef knot at six in the morning heard an explosion and ran to the kitchen window we saw a purple smoke and the building started collapsing the shockwave was so strong that our bed was shaking we heard a woman shouting loudly for help i don't know what happened to her this is as close

as we were allowed to get here by the emergency ministry workers in fact if you just look carefully enough you can see the crane over there which is that right now it looks like holding up the concrete plates of the building that still stands and that is because really we're being told today the risk of very grave danger that more other parts of this residential building might collapse once we couldn't really get any closer and right now we're being moved even further away but really the official response to this tragedy has been very significant russian president vladimir putin. it was here yesterday so we don't know if he's been to new year's eve he kind of welcomed the new year in magnitogorsk but the russian emergencies minister said he did he held a briefing a few few minutes ago i should say updating journalists on the latest and in general just just keeping up to date the regional authorities are here as well we

are here of course to you and we will be keeping you up to speed with all the latest. after years of bitter wrangling the decision by the united states and israel to leave the un's culture and heritage organization has come into fourth washington announced its intention to leave us go in october accusing the agency of anti israel bias. on the twelfth of october two thousand and seventeen the department of state notified unesco directed general it mean a book of the u.s. decision to withdraw from their goodness nation and to seek to establish a permanent observer mission to unesco this decision was not taken lightly and reflects his concerns with the mountaineer. the need for fundamental reform and they're going to zation and continuing anti israel liason. now at this point that

we can review that in twenty seventeen there was outcry from the united states and israel when unesco designated a hebron the city in the west bank designated as a world historical site now there is a contested area in the center of that city to muslims it's the ibrahimi mosque to jews it's the cave of patriarchs and at that point we saw some loud outcry from the united states and from israel now it's important to note that this isn't the first time that we've heard accusations of a pro palestinian bias from the usa and from israel and twenty eleven when the body officially recognized a state of palestine at that point the usa and israel both stopped paying dues to us they were then stripped of their voting rights in twenty thirteen after having not paid their dues so at this point we see the united states carrying out a policy that it's long carried out which is when it doesn't like certain international accords and agreements or international bodies that simply withdraw

let's review the united states we withdraw from the optional protocol in dispute resolution to the vienna convention on diplomatic relations the united states is officially withdrawing from the un human rights council we will not cooperate with the i.c.c. we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c. baseless politicize claims are brought against us hypocritical bodies and institution unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court the council ceases to be . or they have it's name we will commence a review of all international agreements that may still expose the united states to purported binding jurisdiction dispute resolution in the international court of justice so the united states continues to withdraw from international bodies and international agreements in response to decisions it does not approve of peter galbraith a former us ambassador to croatia believes america's withdrawal from the international

agreement found organizations will eventually be with. so this is entirely political step you know everyone has to be pointed out that we already have that is that so many of these institutions the united nations the international court of justice were ones that were created a human rights were created by the united states the united states to leave. and now we withdraw but also this concept from a very good sized ministration are very extreme one one i have to point out that lost the election by three million votes and based on the midterm results is not likely to be around it after twenty twenty five and so very likely these decisions will then be reversed so my advice to the rest of the world is take a deep breath and america will be back. french president mccrone has used his

traditional new year's eve speech to slam extremist element from the country. the news of the wheel perience great division and anger broke out anger against injustices against the course of a sometimes in comprehensible globalization against an administrative system that's become too complex and lacking in empathy there was also anger against profound changes that call into question our society's identity and direction this anger has shown me one thing no matter how excessive or overflowing it is we will not quit. opposition leaders have criticised mccrone for message calling him an imposter and that he'll be held like your european elections or thirty's in paris where prime's to tackle on western new year's eve with twelve thousand police officers placed on duty but the other vests protesters didn't march on the french capital as promised american longueville french publisher and writer warns of more demonstrations in

the new year. with all the blunders the government and especially the m.p.'s are making i don't see any soothing of the situation this movement will of course continue into two thousand and nineteen the movement is so popular between seventeen and eighty percent of the french support them or approval movements that it is not excluded that especially in the provinces john d'armes or even produce men who have more in common with the protestors and with the officials in paris because become sympathetic with their cause and refused to execute orders eminent micro embodies what the yellow vests rejects globalization and pro-business policies in a way he cannot really given without stopping did what he he is he's lacking leeway he he sorts through to diffuse the crisis in the december by announcing a ten billion euro package of measures which was which which was not really

convincing. france was had by and to government protests for much of twenty eighteen starting from demonstrations against labor for almost to the latest he had a vest protests have a field taxes our paris correspondent holiday bensky recaps of at. hake this infamous phrase often tribute to mary on twitter has been used to demonstrate me a brute livius nurse the selfishness of france's elites which in turn led to the french revolution now the attribution may be misguided but the lesson isn't if you can all the cries of the social classes or you mock them you do so at your own peril. the current french president should have seen it long ago as unrest has been bubbling throughout two thousand and eighteen.

things started to turn nasty as the french government attempted to a victim and she community that they. pool at the gate. it's a protest against expulsion the status of. the talks will be eco are based in peace but meanwhile the cold war dismissing these should be built this period must be evacuated will be back during the morning if the republican field must be respected. mayhem first reached paris in spring over my calls for reform plans all may first violence quickly spilled over and dozens were arrested.

but the penny still didn't drop cornice spent the summer offering advice to all who would listen in raging. the country in the process he said. given these lutheran people who've lived through transformations in recent years i'm not exactly who are resistant to. notes diplomatic he doesn't know how to talk to people he cannot say about all of people all of the nations it's just bad luck on both sides to the foreigners and to the people like french people comes down. to come find you a job by crossing the road oh yeah you don't say that people people are really struggling to easy to sign when you don't have a problem with needing a job that everybody can do it just by working out crossing the street bet it's not

real life it's just a very rich get out service you just want it's not great to say things like that to french people people aren't precarious situations i think it's quite ridiculous for a president to be so far from reality so by the time he told pensioners to stop claiming the french had come pocketful of him because i think if you do most of the general shoulder being told me you can speak freely the only thing we do is have the right is to clear the country would be different if everyone did the same. saying stop trying to people in france you don't say people stop complaining specially in france the people that complain all the time we love that it's causing it's not. arrogance i think a little aggressive you know. there's no other word for me in the good old french spirit of things anger and resentment towards them and often described as the

president of the rich really poor without him by seventeen they had had enough. if we could see the crazy on the streets of paris. all of the many close to the cold through lakes from the yellow best small still. call me. play to been expected two thousand the lightning to school to relieve the fight government at the flight school. well it is starting a new year and will take you around the globe for a while when the celebrations after this break.

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other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. welcome back all thora he's in japan say a minivan was deliberately driven at revelers in central tokyo just minutes into the new year the attack left eight people injured one of them in a critical condition it happened in a tourist hot spot known for its fashion and pop culture people reportedly arrested a man in his twenty's local media say the driver told police that he intended it to be a terror attack. and in the u.k.

counterterrorism police have launched an investigation after amongst up to three people including a police officer in manchester in northwest england. the suspect was heard shouting allahu akbar while police arrested him officers used a taser and pepper spray to subdue the man or thirty's have not confirmed whether the incident is connected to terrorism the three wounded people are now receiving treatment for a long life threatening is it injuries. or percs that hangs in the balance those are the words of the u.k.'s international trade secretary programs that minister liam fox is urging buttons to get behind prime minister to raise and may face the unknown reality of a no deal when the country leaves the e.u. and peace are due to vote on may's deal in mid january downing street ses the prime

minister has been in close contract contact with you a p need is over the holiday period to seek assurances just face a serious challenge to her leadership over the past couple of months. until the deal has a deal has been ratified it is the responsible position of government and it is it would be the responsible position of any government to put in place contingency arrangements for no deal no do y'all would redesign aster for our country no responsible government would ever allow each i know it's christmas i know it's not to be stocking down the chimney on top of christmas tree he still hasn't found. the prime minister who is supposed to be undertaking a negotiation. the prime minister the trial to bring an acceptable deal but why doesn't the prime minister stop the pretense and stop wasting four billion pounds in a cynical attempt to drive good three damaging deal sure there's house. there

is a right honorable gentleman doesn't want to see money being spent on no deal he's governed easy on so so much for this. political commentator john white things that's really the mayor's trying to use the countdown to brag that as a weapon against the parliament. i think the idea that there will be no breaks is on the table no i said as not being in the last two years of these torturous negotiations but we have knows a crisis is mature to the point where two and a considerable camps no dominate the issue which is those who advocate heart breaks and those who are pushing for a second referendum the so-called people who do need music in the country is that it usually is deal is washable world it doesn't satisfy anyone it's all in the m eighty eight everyone on both sides of the issue in opposition to her and that she's trying to use time on or say no that taim is running out march twenty ninth as a mark for. the e.u.

but she's trying to weaponize tank to leverage more pressure on the tory tory our precious years and our backbench is. appalled that wouldn't be out of place in the t.v. bloke but the game of thrones have been unfolding in singapore it's been revealed that the young brother of current prime minister has been financially supporting a longtime government critic and it is that they picked up the story the new year or to see family and loved ones getting together to enjoy festivities and celebrations right perhaps not so much at the top level of politics in singapore meets the prime minister and his rival brother and sister whose family quarrels a well known in the country recently the leader's brother has been supporting this block a has found himself in brawls in a scathing battle with the pm it all started off to the blogger posted a seemingly offensive article on facebook it claims the former leader of neighboring malaysia had signed secret deals in exchange for the singapore spanx

helping to launder money out of malaysia state coffers accusations the singapore and prime minister strongly denies. the blogger is now facing defamation charges as the two prepare to fight it out in court in times of need new i think you could turn to your family for support but as the prime minister's brother is instead helping the blogger pay his hefty legal fees he sent me a message that he has transferred lo and behold the first one to do so into my account the sibling was of a safe when questioned about the actual amount stalemated simply stating it was a meaningful sub when pressed further joked it's not one dollar we might not know the amounts but we do know this is a prime example of a lengthy family feud ass's the dispute over this colonial era bungalow that belonged to the late father and the country's first prime minister who wanted the property demolished after his death the coral got so bad his brother publicly

accused him of misusing his position the personal gain but the prime minister denies putting self interests before good governance. regarding the. continued existence and honks as my ward as prime minister. if i made it such magic properties to both some are striving after thirteen years as our prime minister must be in a pretty sad state the people of singapore were also reassured that disputes wouldn't distracts from more important national issues over the last week a singaporean so have been disturbed and confused by news of the private dispute between my siblings and me i deeply regret that this dispute has affected singapore's reputation and singapore ians confidence in the government. much as i would like to move on and the most unhappy experience for singapore ians these baseless accusations against the government cannot be left unanswered they must be

and will be dealt with openly and refuted but it's within and identified some in the blackest back pockets and as legal proceedings continue the least siblings will have to put their differences aside if they're to stop the public from speculating on any further family quarrels. people the world over have been ushering in twenty nineteen now the new year is marching across north america overnight many capitals through lavish fireworks displays on moscow was no exception new year's celebrations hold a very special place in the hearts of russians so here are some of the best moments from around the globe. was.

a a. cause. those are the headlines for this hour we're back in just over thirty minutes with all the latest with either. what politicians do you show up

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this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and finance and the impact upon all of us thanks for joining us i'm daniel bruno in washington filling in for bart chilton coming up today on our last show of twenty eight team. we take a look at her story lending in some of the unusual forms it takes around the world plus the human baseball federation thanks to deal with major league baseball in the u.s. signaling a possible historic shift our chief sports producer regina him joins us to discuss plus we'll look back at social media and regulation with miles edwards all of that directly ahead but first we have some headlines let's go. worldwide market volatility leads are global reports today as twenty team closes on a scene that feels like a prelude to even greater drama in the coming year on december twenty thirty first twenty eighteen for major global stocks exchanges china c.s.i. three hundred south korea's kaspi the hang seng in hong kong and germany's dax as

well as the m.s.c.i. emerging markets index were all in bear market territory defined as a twenty percent drop off from a twelve month high meanwhile a number of other major global exchanges including the u.s. based tech heavy nasdaq are more than half way to bear territory so how should investors prepare for twenty nineteen stay tuned to boom bust as always and buckle your seatbelt. we know circle back briefly to a story that feels strangely appropriate for the end of twenty eight seen a fifty point one percent stake in gatwick airport the second busiest airport in the united kingdom and its busiest in europe has been sold to the airport management subsidiary of vinci s.a.a france for two point nine billion euros the airport was sold even as the drone citing reports to cause the grounding of more than a thousand. scheduled flights from gatwick over three days starting on december nineteenth

remain unexplained over the weekend the police chief of sussex giles' york apologized to a husband and wife who were held by his force for thirty six hours before being released and cleared of suspicion and they got what case in another indication of the current level of confusion chief york denied the drones flown by police had caused a security scare and said the police do believe that on authorized non-police drones were seen at work after a lower ranking officer suggested the drone report the drone sighting reports were entirely mistaken the truth is out there. you have most likely heard of or have possibly even used one of the many payday lender services available for people who need to borrow a few bucks the problem is these micro loans are known to take people further down the rabbit hole than when they started and where it is these predatory services will probably get just just get worse in the united.