but look at all it's going to be looked at from the front. the search continues for survivors of a deadly apartment block collapse in the russian city of magni to goals gone monday eight people died and dozens more are still unaccounted for freezing temperatures are diminishing hopes of finding anyone alive. the united states to exit the un's culture and heritage wing the latest in a string of international accords abandoned by the trumpet ministration. french president takes a swipe at extreme elements among anti-government demonstrators in his traditional new year's eve speech. as the world over people have been ushering in twenty nine t. with celebrations now throughout north and south america we have the highlights of

the festivities in moscow undergrounds the globe. very warm welcome and a happy new year to you from all of us here at r.t. international thanks for joining us this morning now however it's a somber new year's day in the central russian city of mag need to go people that are still coming to terms with the tragic collapse of an apartment block in the early hours of monday morning at least eight people died in the fate of dozens more the main unknown.

our correspondent is at 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 if the rescuers worked out overnight searching for anybody who could still be trapped under the rubble now the figure of people still unaccounted for stands at thirty seven so it has slightly climbed up from yesterday new estimates have come in 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 parts of the building please do make contact and there are telephone numbers here written as well in fact as well the buildings around here they stand with shattered glass so really you can clearly see around here how powerful the explosion was so far the total of five survivors have been recovered from the rubble among them a teenage boy who used to live on the third floor and who was saved rescue just an hour into the tragedy the russian president vladimir putin this spoke with him on monday when. they. called. because the. judge took. the fifth she came up with. fifty police. to try to bring this to this if. 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 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 to other parts of this residential building might collapse once we couldn't really get any closer and right now we're being moved even away. donald trump used his new year's speech to lift the achievements of his administration he took the opportunity to praise the dalles he struck but it missed its most of the agreements he broke. there's never been an administration and i'm very proud of those that's done more than the trumpet ministration in the first two

years of office we made a deal with mexico we made a deal with canada we made that deal with south korea and then you look at north korea we're doing really well we moved our embassy to jerusalem in israel. and one of the broken accords that wasn't mentioned with the decision by the united states and israel to leave the un's culture and heritage organization after years of baser wrangling washington announced its intention to leave unesco in october accusing the agency of anti israel bias that's now come into force on the twelfth of october two thousand and seventeen the department of state notified us co-directed general it mean a bulk of the us 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 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 nasco body officially recognized a state of palestine at that point the usa and israel both stopped paying dues to unesco they were then stripped of their voting rights in two thousand and thirteen after having not paid their dues so at this point we see. the united states carrying out a policy that its long carried out which is when it doesn't like certain international accords and agreements or international bodies it 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 politicized claims are brought against us hypocritical bodies and institution i'm just prosecution by this illegitimate court the council ceases to be worthy of its 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 for galbraith a former u.s. ambassador to croatia believes america's withdrawal from international agreements

and organizations would eventually be revoked. so this this is entirely political step you know i do test we wait it out that we already have it is that so many of these institutions the united nations the international court of justice were ones that were created the human rights were created by the united states and united states to believe. and now we withdraw but also this concept from a very with the size ministration a very experienced 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 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 knee and hundred speech to slam extremist elements in the country. mina's of all see we have 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 of this anger has shown me one thing no matter how excessive or overflowing it is we will not quit but opposition leaders have criticized mccrone for message calling him an imposter and saying that he's out of touch with the french people or thought he's in paris were primed to tackle more and west on new year's eve with twelve thousand police officers on standby in the end a very few protesters turned out and those that did were blocked from joining celebrations and in central paris aymeric nonviolent french publisher and writer

warns of more demonstrations in the new year. with all the blunders the government and especially the peace making i don't see any soothing of the situation this movement through of course continue into two thousand and nineteen the movement is so popular between seventeen eighteen percent of the french support all approval movements that it is not excluded that especially in the provinces which armed guards or even produce men who have more in common with the protestors and with the officials in paris to because become sympathetic with their cause and refused to execute orders eminent mccraw embodies what the you know best rejects vocalisation and pro-business policies in a way you cannot predict given the stopping bit what he is he's lacking leeway. to diffuse the crisis in the midst of december by announcing a ten billion euro package of measures which was which which was not really

convincing france was hit by anti-government. asked how much of twenty eighteen starting from demonstrations against labor a full move to the latest yellow vests protests over phil time is a paris correspondent schaller deep in ski recaps events let them eat cake this infamous praise often tribute to marian twenty 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 wall the cries of the social classes or you mock them you do so at your own peril. less than the current french president should have perhaps he did long ago as unrest has been bubbling throughout two thousand and eighteen.

things started to turn nasty as the french government attempted to evict him and she put community land that they. cool at the gate. it's a protest against external should be distributed to. the talks will be eco our wrists dug in deeper meanwhile the cold war dismissing these should should be built this period he must be evacuated to give back you the money if you feel the public really need it must be respect. mayhem first reached paris in spring obama calls for reform plans or may first violence quickly spilled over and dozens were arrested.

but the penny still and didn't roll call it he spent the summer offering advice to all who would listen to him raging the country in the process he said. giving these lutheran people who've lived through transformations in recent years i'm not exactly cool who are resistant to change. 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 to people people are really struggling to easy deciding when you don't have a problem with needing more job even that everybody can do it just by working out

crossing the street but it's not real life it's just a very obviously a rich get out service just sort of 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 pension this to claiming the french had come to follow him to keep the troops on the general shoulders who told me you can speak freely to meet those have the rights is complete the country would be different if everyone did the same. saying stop trying to people in france you don't see people to stop complaining specially in france the people that complain all the time we love that it's causing. arrogance i think a little aggressive you know. there is no other word in the good old french spirit of things anger and resentment which the mind often described as the president

called the rich really poor without a body seventeen they had had enough. to. see the crazy on the streets of paris. pale squashes. called finally consumed it offered an olive branch for many it was too little too late from the yellow desks more still don't call me a new role the rules of play to been expected she doesn't like you and could still see a role in the french government if the boy lives in the. paris . the cake yeah. it's delicious. new year's revelers have been targeted in japan we'll bring you the details on not the short break.

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get to shape out just a few cuts to the ticket and in gains from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back authorities 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 is known for its fashion and pop culture police 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 a man stabbed three people including

a police officer in manchester in northwest england he was. a suspect was heard shouting a lot who are quire while police arrested him officers used a taser and pepper spray to subdue the man authorities have not confirmed whether the incident is connected to terrorism the three wounded people are now receiving treatment for non life threatening injuries. but it's been a rocky ride for britain's prime minister and her briggs it deal and she seized the opportunity of a new year's speech to rally support. new year is a time to look ahead and in two thousand and nineteen the u.k. will start a new chapter the brics that deal i have negotiated delivers on the versions of bush people in the next few weeks and these will have an important decision to make if parliament backs the deal britain can turn

a corner but gregg's it still hangs in the balance according to the u.k.'s international trade secretary prober except minister liam fox is urging bush in c. get behind the prime minister or face the unknown reality of a no deal when the country leaves the e.u. and police are due to vote on may's deal in mid january downing street says the prime minister has been in close contact with european leaders over the holiday period to seek assurances she's faced a serious challenge to her leadership over the past couple of months i think the security council debate is very important and it's important trade with other countries before 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 reduce sastre for our country no responsible government would allow each i know it's christmas i know it's not to be

stocking down the chimney on top of christmas tree this still hasn't found. the prime minister who is supposed to be undertaking a negotiation. the prime minister they're trying to bring in acceptable do your work why do the prime minister stop the pretense and stop wasting four billion pounds in a cynical attempt to drive good deeply damaging do you all through this house. is the right honorable gentleman doesn't want to see money being spent on no deal he's got an easy answer vote for this. but while parliament pressures for changes to the deal the european council president. i made it clear that the e.u. doesn't want any more negotiations from the union stands for this agreement and intends to proceed through as it's up to fixation it's not open for religious fiction there's a growing dissatisfaction in the u.k. over the briggs's situation throughout the year there have been waves of protests

the biggest one happened at the end of october when more than seven hundred thousand people rallied in london to demand a second referendum political commentator john white think that to raise a may is now trying to use the countdown to bridge that as a weapon against parliament. i think the idea that there would be no brakes is on the table no i said as not being in the last two years of these torturous negotiations but we have no as a crisis it's mature to the point where to get a considerable comes no dominique the issue which is those who have a clear outbreaks and those who are pushing for a second referendum the so-called people's music in the country is that there are two surveys deal is washable world it doesn't satisfy anyone it's only m eighty eight everyone on both sides of the issue in opposition to her and that she's trying to use time on our say reno that taim is running out march twenty ninth.

floor. of the e.u. but she's trying to weaponize trying to leverage more pressure on the tory tory our precious years and our back benches. applause that wouldn't be out of place in the t.v. blockbuster a game of thrones has been unfolding in singapore has been revealed that the young brother of the current prime minister has been financially supporting a long time government critic has just left 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 away. well known in the country recently the lead us brothers been supporting this blogger 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's 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 would 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 drawn support lo and behold the first one to do so into my account this sibling was of a safe when questioned about the actual amounts donated simply stating it was a meaningful some when pressed further joked it's not one dollar we might not know the amount 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 it's 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 meet a trench magic properties to boast some are stranded after thirteen years as our prime minister must be in a pretty sad state the people of singapore were also reassured that disputes would 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 he ends 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 block as 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. or people the world over have been assuring in twenty nineteen now the new year is marching across north america i have an eye to many capitals three lavish firework displays a moscow was no exception now the celebrations hold a very special place in the hearts of russians hit all some of the best moments from the unlikely.

i. i . was i i thank i. thank you joining us for your new year's day news we're back in thirty minutes with the latest.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. what how their hands do know something that. they put themselves on the line and they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. most women want to be honest. and to be right to be impressive as a white woman for three in the morning can't be good that. i'm interested always in the wives in that. area thank goodness.

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us are to feel. it's january first twenty ninth day have been a year out there time for some major predictions for the following twelve months guaranteed to be one hundred percent accurate stacie one resent wrong you mean because predictions it's impossible to predict the future and that's one thing to always know about stock markets whenever anybody tells you that they know where the price is going to go they're wrong because nobody knows i also want to say that we're going to do three of these episodes over the course of this week

because it's part of our theme for twenty nineteen the kaiser report is going to step back a little bit and look at bigger pictures rather than chasing the headlines because you know when we travel a lot what i notice is that the cable news and that's the only time we watch the cable news and in america it's m s n b c fox and c.n.n. and they're hyper vague ventilating chickens they're just screaming and screaming about whatever outrageous tweet chunked sent that day or or whatever outrageous event happened that day but it all adds up to nothing because nobody ever steps back and looks at the big picture of all the headlines added up of course across days and weeks and months the sound and the fear sic defining nothing so with that i want to look at what i think are going to be some of the big themes in twenty nineteen some of them are a continuation on things that happen.