yes. i. smoke and clashes are once again seen on the streets of paris as the protests continue for the eighth consecutive weeks to the government branded the agitators seeking. man detained in russia spying charges to be a citizen of britain canada and the united states as media speculation grows that he was seized by moscow to be used as a bargaining chip to come this hour. we could emerge and see because of the security of our country absolutely know we can do it i haven't done it i may do it

i may do it he may do it presents to declare a state of emergency if there's no consensus on funding his border war whatever you call it democrats meanwhile are reviving talk of impeachment. please don't play it . because we're going to go in there some other. thanks for joining us this is r.t. international. and he hopes the french government had that the yellow vest protests will be confined to just last year well they have been dealt a blow today at least twenty five thousand of the movement's members have again taken to the streets right across the country for an eighth consecutive week minor scuffles erupted in paris as protesters that set fire to barricades and they were calling for president of money to resign.

we were was. was. a security personnel of the game been deployed to the capital to try to prevent violence the been demonstrations as well in other cities across france the movement hasn't called a halt to its actions despite that government climbdown over fuel tax increases today's protests comes just two days after the yellow vest sent a letter it was full of anger and contempt you do not give straight answers and you drag things out by proposing false measures measures that the people of france reject when will you understand that you and your people are no longer credible and that you have lost the confidence of those who believed in you and in your movement

nineteen months ago. strong stuff and on friday a government spokesperson branded those demonstrators agitators who they say were focused on nothing more than staging a coup if you she's a nurse. says the announcements of emanuel macron the yellow vests have become a movement of agitators who want insurrection and to overthrow the government moreover those who call for debate don't want to participate in the great national debate mayor of the town of missile lafayette's that's jack mia believes that the reforms that micron is trying to push through are out of touch with what the public wants. he said that they will continue is reforms but the reforms is asking for are not the reforms that the french are demanding today you know in speaking of european summer and to which the french doglike so i think it is absolutely dreaming you know all the european in the church are and i think is absolutely.

absolutely out of the common sense of the french today i think that the luck of all as been elected by chance but is not having a huge ledger it seems that he needs to implement what he wishes because you know they are seventy or eighty percent of the french nation which don't like what they propose. britain and canada ireland and the united states have all confirms that the man held in russia and spying charges is one of that citizens who will and the man in question for me u.s. marine he's now the center of intense media speculation on easily trying to has details. haven't they god as get rather used to hearing about russian spies getting caught in america we have the hybrid warfare that you're seeing with russia which is very much forefront inspired master this is the one saying this is a hard and fast rule of trading when you when you go into espionage. particularly

coming out of the soviet union or russia they will accuse of being a russian spy has pleaded guilty in a us federal court this time the case is the exact opposite paul whelan an american national and former u.s. marine was arrested in moscow in perhaps the fanciest hotel in the capital but who would have known when the news broke that as many as four countries would end up saying he's our guy about mr we won the embassy violent in moscow has requested consular access to an irish citizen currently detained in russia we are extremely worried about pool whelan we have offered to consular assistance consular officials are aware that a canadian citizen has been arrested in russia ambassador huntsman expressed his support for mr whelan and offered the embassy assistance however when it comes to the canadian passport the suspects brother couldn't even say whether he still has

it or not i don't know i know that he was once a canadian citizen so he may still be and i know that he is an american citizen right now strange but that's how it is paul whelan is in detention in moscow having been charged with espionage although his family is sure the reason he went to russia was just a wedding party the american ambassador had been given permission to see the spy suspect and so he did mr whelan's lawyer is seeking bail for his client but don't forget several countries have wind up to help him out so while u.k. officials are waiting for the green light to get access to the alleged spy their top diplomat has spoken out opposition is very very clear individuals should not be . used as pawns of diplomatic leverage we need to see what those challenges are against him to understand whether there is a case or not we're not ruling out any theories a tool at this stage as to why this might have happened there are very few details on the case that we know off for now there hasn't been much reaction from senior

officials either but journalists around the world are all over this story and speculation is rife he faces up to twenty years in a russian jail deal of plenty of time to be swapped to dispose of. what's most likely as we'll as a pawn in russia's play to get back one of its spies after maria patino here in the united states the rehabilitation do you believe the arrest of your brother was retaliation was revenge in some way by the russians as you've just heard many are linking this case with the case of maria booted out she was arrested in america in july and eventually pleaded guilty to conspiring against the u.s. with the russian government official and at least one other person without notifying the attorney general however the fact is the charges brought against maria buthe and paul whelan are completely different. earlier this week the

washington post published an article about mr whelan's detention in former cia official john salley for doubted when was a spy saying random americans without diplomatic immunity and sent to collect low level info we asked legal media analyst lionel for his reaction. he says that we only use according to this people with diplomatic immunity when you look at this as far as the illegality of it what is the role of the diplomatic community how does that work are does that in any way interfere with spying and vice versa you're not going to see a lot of people address this and you have to see a lot of people in american media in the american media speak to this particular point we must assure that all individuals in all countries are accorded the rights that are that are available to them what's fascinating is that you will see american mainstream media in particular that does not have necessarily some of the

best newsrooms some of the best let's say experts available who will have to feed that twenty four seven media. monster you have to feed it you have to give it something you're going to talk to anybody who's ever been remotely work with the cia was in the cia drove by the cia knew somebody who was in the cia so a lot of times you're not going to see some of the best vetting of the experts. another round of budget talks between congressional democrats and the white house seems to have led nowhere with the u.s. government shutdown entering a third week the sticking point is clear funding for donald trump's boardwalk and the democrats again calling for impeachment the u.s. president meanwhile threatening to take radical action. have you considered using your emergency powers to grant yourself authorities to build this wall without congressional approval and second i don't have to go you have yes i have and i can

do it if i want so you don't need congressional approval to build know we can use them absolutely we can call a national emergency because of the security of our country absolutely you know we can do it i haven't done it i may do it i may do it from did indicate after the meeting when he spoke that he would actually consider calling a national emergency in order to construct his wall so that he could do so without the approval of congress trump also summarize the meeting he felt the meeting was productive but the representative seemed to have the other idea we had a very very productive meeting lengthy and sometimes contentious it's very hard to see how progress will be made unless they open up the government we recognize on the democratic side that we really cannot resolve this until we open our government he said he'd keep the government closed for a very long period of time months or even years from also said that in the meeting

nancy pelosi the speaker of the house of representatives that she told donald trump that she had no interest in impeachment they were not looking for impeachment that's the quote there has been a call to get the ball rolling and kind of jump start impeachment proceedings against trump from some democrats one democrat in the house of representatives actually use some rather colorful language to make this call police don't want and maybe don't because we're going to go in there we're going to be some of them. while trump said that he was told by nancy pelosi that quote we're not looking for impeachment in the meeting that just happened nancy pelosi has elsewhere said that she would be open to the impeachment of us president trump we shouldn't be impeached for a political reason and we should avoid punishment for political reasons we've reached this point where if you have control of congress. or half of congress and. the president is from the other party you attacked the president by refusing

to provide the votes to pass the president's agenda he'd run into problems right away because there is no national emergency is causing this this impasse over something that most americans don't really want or care about i think that the upper hand goes to the democrats and they're just going to wait him out until his own party tells him he has to fund the government because it's costing the their supporters too much and it's costing the country too much to hold a quarter of the government unfunded for a lengthy period of time is going to cause so much pain that he's going to have to cave. in a career in the united states need to act more and talk less to solve the deadlock in the peace that that's according to comments made by an advisor to the south korean president and it comes after kim jong un's and you gave address in which he expressed readiness for dialogue but warned of the dangers of failed diplomacy not

operable and didn't go that i am ready to meet with the u.s. president again and to any time and who thrive to bring about outcomes there will be welcomed by the international community however the united states continues to break its promises and misjudges our patience by unilaterally demanding certain things and pushes we had with sanctions and pressure against our own public and we may have to seek another way to protect our country sovereignty and interests and to stablish peace and stability on the korean peninsula. is a thorny if a north korea in the united states with grave warnings and insoles being fired from both sides kim jong un and donald trump eventually reconciled because donna flips back at a rather explosive twenty eight to. at the beginning of twenty the state of relations between the united states and north korea could be summed up with the contest. time itself the measuring contest in relations seemed unthinkable yet that was exactly what twenty teams brought in some of the best faces of classical literature

it all began with a woman. this is still north korea's leader could easily make a run at the gold medal if political freestyle was a millon focus simply a human face to the leadership of the reclusive state almost all the spoils of the games itself the teams of north and south korea under one flag in fact even plump and at least in the way reconciled in pyong trying to please them before. the double fuel. from. fast forward a couple of months and history's made the leaders of north and south shaking hands smiling laughing walking up to shoulder in the no man's land between their

states. from apply status perspective the whole affair looked almost like a competition incivility with pyongyang peeing to gain the upper hand another all of branch of the world korea obliteration of what they said was the nuclear test site which i got to witness. and now everything is being turned into a massive cloud. in fact odyssey go to see many things but outside a high school hello we're inside the restaurant comes to north korean leader kim jong il i'm absolutely shocked. this is how suddenly you get treated.

very juiced up kim jong un's residents the whole faja and fury thing seem to go out of fashion fust so don't try and decided to put aside the summit will happen and personally i think it's going to be a success predictability though is not one of the traits trump is known for he kept the world confused regarding his intentions to meet kim jong until the very last moment is a very substantial chance that it will work as i always say who knows who knows what's going to happen who will either have a very good meeting or we want to have a good meeting and maybe we won't even have a meeting at all it will see how it all works maybe you won't everything can be scuttled but eventually. they felt and how shame about their feelings toward each other.

thank you for the spin and i was really being tough and so wishing i will go back and forth and then we fell in love ok one thing that twenty didn't seem to be in the north korean saga is that donald trump and predictability still don't go together as his emissaries were scolding came from tools living alan sort of a long distance relate. sure but passing on proof of his infatuation through the south korean leader. out of five into green in the past eighteen years three took place last year a sign that perhaps the two koreas don't really need anyone but each other to

finally reconcile. britain has been paying large sums of money to protect a controversial hate preacher it deported that story after this break. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. he's gone into a nihilistic fever. i think i got to hit the road and get out the traveling across america to find what makes america the charlotte. american

hero this is a point. we always are on the current system. we're starting last with. will begin to head east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beast i think i want to leave now. you may be completely different in this. welcome back britain has spent almost two hundred thousand pounds protecting the wealth of the state to print it and that's after he was deported to jordan to face terra charges the sum revealed by the times newspaper respond to anger among the public. these payments are ridiculous the money we have spent is an insult to the british tanks pro one point seven million pounds in legal fees for

a hate preacher abu qatada total cost for deportation including welfare payments so far one point nine million pounds christ sakes two hundred thousand pounds spent on protecting hate preachers human rights you couldn't make it up. no wonder people want to come here they get two hundred thousand even if they leave. all the u.k. granted him asylum back in one thousand nine hundred four that's after he claimed he'd been tortured in jordan the u.k. arrested in though after nine eleven on terror related charges todd was sent back to jordan twelve years later after he was assured that he wouldn't be tortured that his deportation as overseen by than home secretary now to resume a little came at a price a bill of at least one point nine million pounds racked up that included payments for legal fees and aid and his mention nearly two hundred thousand pounds was spent after he'd been removed from the country to check on his condition and to make sure

it wasn't being tortured the british government committed to monitoring that other for up to three years the final payment was made in twenty six it's a thorny issue this issue over migrant deportations we put this one up for debate. in the first place. should never have been granted asylum here by can one thousand for your recipe is one for and the key should never of claimed asylum in all reality we are at the hearty to the convention like most civilized countries which means if somebody claims asylum and they can show a genuine fear of persecution we are obliged to grant them asylum you're suggesting it's appropriate that the you care taxpayer should pick up the bill for a terrorist mastermind he was going to get three rule of including u.k. i'm still only seven and you know i don't know which is different because let me finish now and i am not a second i got offended you're suggesting that the you care taxpayer should pick up the bill for a terrorist mastermind to come to the u.k.

live off benefits and then when he does get deported back to jordan we further pick up an extra two hundred thousand now if that's not well nihilistic perhaps is a better word that our kids take but either way it's pretty imbecilic the fundamental fact is that this guy was by any definition an al-qaeda terrorist mastermind i'm glad that he was deported i mean i am disappointed that we've had to spend two hundred thousand pardons to look after his well for in jordan when that money could have been spent much better for example keith here in the u.k. looking after british victims of our qaeda violence wouldn't you agree with me with me or not point where would you like to see the want to spend on another universe or as victims which shows i'm only slightly disturbed david that seems to be that your opinion as to whether somebody is wrapped up in criminality or not is sufficient to convict them and the fact is that jordan already having him in these

absence then had to acquit him when he was retried for exactly the same thing because it was discovered that the evidence was tainted it's not my opinion that he was a tie. as mastermind it's a matter of numerous reports by various heads of intelligence services if an intelligence service alleges somebody is a world learned terrorist or something like that but if those countries get a lot provide the evidence to support those contentions then i'm afraid inge and i'm not prepared to listen with deep credence to any intelligence service is that alleges something against somebody simply because it suits them politically to do so in essence what keith saying must be must be music from heaven to the years of any prospective terrorist wanting to get into the u.k. and yes initial point we should toughen operate laws much much more robust from to

make sure that such wicked terrorists do not enter this country they can go to jordan or forever else they want but not in the united kingdom. being busted for drug dealing could spell the end of your career prospects unless spelling is something you have to be good at least that was the case for two u.k. students.

in a historic split from the russian church the all for the church of ukraine is being granted independence thomas that's the official document of the decision it was signed today by the head of the global orthodox church in istanbul or ukraine's president well could the decision other orthodox churches condemned it saying that the move politically motivated in that it could lead to a split of the orthodox society. ok to wrap things up for this hour just half an hour to wait i'll be back with the latest headlines for you that.

it's hard to imagine decades after the war a nazi doctor was still active. in the nineteen seventies prototype. as the chair of its board a man convicted of mass murder and slavery at auschwitz a german company develops a little mind a drug that was promoted as completely safe even during pregnancy it turned out to have terrible side effects what has happened to my baby is anything paul you know she said is just cut short arms minix a little mind victims i have to this day received no compensation they never apologized for the suffering that not only want the money i want the revenge.

we're continuing our special episode here the new year celebrating not only twenty nineteen but ten years of kaiser reports at some point in twenty nineteen i'm not sure exactly when that is but we'll keep you posted.

for me. it's the end of awakening this is boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering the world of business and finance and the impact on all of us i'm part children washington d.c. thank you for being on board we are pleased that you're with us coming up today the new u.s. jobs numbers are out for december and they be big time the expectations we have

a panel standing by to discuss and we look at global markets how did they do in twenty eight teams and what occurred this first week of twenty nineteen plus thirteen canadians have been detained in china and some say china's tech giant huawei is the reason we'll get the latest from canada and later the u.s. government has been partially shut down for two weeks the action is having a deeper and wider impact than many may realize molly barrows joins us to discuss all that directly ahead but first we get some headlines let's go. to the latest signs of growing concern over china's future growth leads our global report today is the people's bank of china that's the chinese central bank for a significant stimulus the bank lowered the required ratio of deposits to loans for chinese banks by one percent affectively making one point five trillion or nimby that's about three of two hundred eighteen billion dollars two hundred eighteen

billion of vailable for lending according to an announcement earlier today from prime minister leak a chunk mr lee's comments seem to confirm that economic slow roll has already occurred and may continue the prime minister promised what he termed countercyclical measures including previously pledged cuts in taxes and fees the. cut the reserve requirement ratio four times back at twenty eighteen and few doubt the chinese central bank will hesitate to do so again in order to meet a g.d.p. growth target of six point five percent for twenty nineteen. meanwhile the latest employment figures from the u.s. department of labor's bureau of labor statistics show the job market appears hearty and healthy with three hundred twelve thousand new jobs created in december twenty eight that number blew away expectations of one hundred seventy six thousand despite that healthy increase the unemployment rate edged up slightly from three point seven.