a new scandal erupts over the two thousand and seventeen state election in alabama democrats are accused of false flag linking their rival to an alcohol campaign. women in paris hold a yellow vests demonstration ending in another weekend of clashes with police. u.k. government contingency plans for a no deal drawl ridicule truck drivers brand a staged traffic jam near the port of dover as a waste of. air

broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is international thomas certainly glad to have you with us new revelations have emerged on alleged meddling in the two thousand and seventeen senate races in alabama this according to a new york times report democrats attempted to undermine the republican candidate by linking him to a bogus ad campaign to ban alcohol in the state parties came up and has commentary . the new york times is revealing that there was a democrat and progressive group that was pushing essentially false flag advertisements during the twenty seventeen senate special election in alabama they were trying to give the impression with these advertisements that roy moore the republican candidate who ultimately last wanted to outlaw the drinking of alcohol i pledge to abstain from alcohol and live a marine life as defined in the bible i would among the all my stuff follow my lead

by abstaining from the devil's tonic i pledge to fight against the decay of a moral christian society and all that contributes to the decline of values matt osborne who is a progressive activist who was involved with spreading these false advertisements actually came forward and said he wanted these tactics to be banned he wanted them to be illegal but he said that because republicans were using them it was then necessary for democrats to use them as well and this is matt osborne it was involved in this operation if you don't do it you're fighting with one hand tied behind you you have a moral imperative to do this to do whatever it takes this is not the first time of the new york times has revealed that operations by the cyber security company known as new knowledge actually caused facebook to shut down the personal accounts of five individuals as people look on the election in the twenty seven hundred special election in alabama even the victor of that election senator doug jones is at this

point calling for an investigation into the use of dirty tricks on the internet throughout that campaign now is a very close race people look into it and say is it really possible that a few advertisements about alcohol could have impacted the race but the reality seems to be that in politics in the united states at this time it seems pretty clear that there is a lot of information on the internet but it's not always clear where it's coming from. france is preparing a crackdown on the yellow vest movement with a new law punishing rioters. one thousand people have already been convicted after eight weeks of the demonstrations the move comes after clashes in paris at a women's yellow vest rally. was the march took place on sunday with several hundred women making a stand against. falling living standards it was largely peaceful until later in the afternoon when scuffles broke out between protesters and the point one place

union has had enough and is demanding a file to list violent protesters as. well essentially this means the police could have more rights and the ability to perhaps put what they describe as violent protest is under surveillance it could also stop them the tension from being able to code to protests in the first place and that's one of the calls it's coming from the police even they've also said that they want tougher action against anybody who's found to have cause to file an in protest so we hear statements saying that we need to be tougher it's been two years since we demanded more firmness against those who assault the police since the beginning of the yellow vest movement how many of those arrested for assaulting law enforcement officers have gone to prison well that call comes after yet another weekend of violence here in paris as protests took place across france for the gallant best movement around fifty thousand people was said to have proved

a force front and we saw violence from both sides of the crowd this wasn't just the protesters this was also from the police including some pretty shocking footage that some notion of a decorated police commander hunching several protest it was her third birthday was was the route that you know that her was. very. very low. was. but one woman who's thirty five years old says she was also attacked by that commanding officer and she's now filed a complaint which is currently under investigation interesting really though there has not been any response about that particular incident caught on camera by france's interior minister christopher kastner who has been quick to criticize violence from the protesters including one protester who is apparently

a former champion boxer who was caught in a bout of fisticuffs with officers on a bridge in paris on saturday was. well the interior minister took to social media to describe that attack by this alleged former boxer as being a coward back now he's also come on the storage tank for something else that's happened this is something published on social media that appeared to be an official decree from the ministry of the interior suggesting that the police would have the right to round up any legal arms that were owned by the protesters so this is things such as perhaps hunting guns if they have a license knives or even patents now he's been quick to point out that that indeed is not true and he called it fake news story fake news another original

idea from those who dream of insurrection and who don't hesitate to spread false documents information is the best remedy for fake news to use without moderation some people may have been hoping that the yellow vest movement would have died down and should have pretty much left two thousand and nineteen alone it doesn't seem to be that way and already knowing is planned for this forthcoming saturday. american and the chinese officials met in beijing on monday seeking to end their trade warranties in a day or two later takes a closer look. well the next round of the us china trade battle begins and both sides appear to be quite enthusiastic just had a long and very good call would presume she of china deal is moving along very well if maybe it will be very comprehensive covering all subjects areas and points of dispute big progress being made us trade negotiators will optimistically and

constructively communicate with the chinese delegation on the important agreements achieved by the two leaders during the meeting in argentina this is the first formal meeting since presidents donald trump and the xi jinping agreed a ninety day truce last month when washington hit the pause button on the shuttle to increase in tariffs and beijing vowed to buy more products from the u.s. and there's no doubt that for both countries this ongoing trade war has stirred up the financial markets and dampened their economic outlook so we saw a number of companies who have suffered financial losses and they are finger pointing towards the top political dogs for being responsible for a decline in their profits apple didn't hold back in airing its views shortfall is over one hundred percent from our thought and it's primarily china and what i believe to be the case is the trade between the united states and china put

additional pressure on their economy they're going to be fine apple is a great company but that's not my look i have to worry about our country plus using the daughter of a chinese telecoms giant as a battering tool might not be the best tactic to persuade your opposition to work with you either the hallway saw their court huge diplomatic ways when the company's c.f.o. miss wang one jew was arrested in canada trumped even pledged to intervene when he thought it would help to secure a trade deal to benefit america beijing was furious we have made solemn representations to canada and the us demanding that both border. immediately clarify the reasons for their detention and immediately released a detainee to protect the person's legal rights pretty much the whole of twenty eighteen passed by with china and the us at each other's throats with tit for tat sanctions and now with the american and chinese trading giants have all their fingers and toes crossed so that it can be business as usual sooner rather than later but who knows it's a very important meeting it's

a very significant meeting but keep in mind that the deadline that was set at the key to winning a meeting and when those ideas argentina between the u.s. side and the chinese side was more first in terms of coming to some sort of agreement or some sort of resolution i dare say that the early days of january two thousand and nineteen there is not sufficient pressure to cause either side to be reasonable i don't think we'll be going to see reasonable approaches the merger until we get closer to the date that is march first two thousand and nineteen that's where we are now and no one really has an idea of where this is all going to but one thing is for sure we're not going to be bored watching this next round of china us trading. well a few hours before the talks on monday the u.s. are anger to china by sailing a destroyer past a disputed islands in the south china sea a spokeswoman for the u.s. pacific fleet said the move was not intended as a political statement but china called it

a violation of international law china analyst. you told us that the incident is unlikely to affect trade negotiations so i think it's the pentagon's unilateral maneuverability of the thought that the u.s. dominance in the maritime sea particularly with the many of their former allies will not be challenged we believe that or china can really work out its seized asian neighbors without the intervention on the pretext of freedom moment negotiation is really being for very much a stretched to the u.s. interpretation but. that doesn't really correlate whereas the go in the ocean in bagan because those guys are there preoccupied or. resolving or trading

the best known american access issue so i do not think that is that really a concerted efforts. or in a traffic a tale of back staged by the u.k. government has been branded a waste of time it was a rehearsal near the port city of dover in case of a brags that no deal artie's publico has more. this is a department for transport trial it was called operation brock and it's all about stress testing the u.k. road and haulage system to see if it would be able to handle the potential disruption euphemistically speaking perhaps in the event of a no deal bragg's it now under the government's contingency plans they used disused ports about thirty miles away from and it's sort of meant to be used as a parking facility for up to six thousand lorries if there is disruption as

a result of a no deal brags that so to test this plan the department for transport hired a number of lorries and got them to drive from this disused death toll vajra number of roads to the port of dave but and this is a pretty big but only eighty nine lorries took part in this stress test contingency planning you can take a look at what operation brock looked like now. there was a bit of criticism first and foremost from the all thirty on roads and trucks that the road haulage association the organization that represents hawley is and they said that the whole endeavor was quite frankly a waste of time take

a lesson this plumbing should have been done many months ago on preferably on a bigger scale it should have been continuous stress tested i don't many truck drivers will be impressed by this what we need is a deal through police the transition deal business is simply not ready for this briggs it. yeah and the local m.p. there as well called it a wild goose chase and the journalists following this story had a bit of fun as well some saw operation brought as sort of reflective of the entire brags that planning process take a listen to what some of those on line had to say lori's kune say traffic. using eighty seven norreys to try and see what five thousand plus who do so perfectly on brown bricks it is like preparing for a famine by skipping lunch rather than using a load of lorries to create a fake traffic jam surely they should have used red buses with we're out of ideas

emblazoned on the side well the tweets may be funny some of them but they are beginning to reflect this sort of quiet painfully constant hysteria that's beginning to surround or continues to so hound the issue of bragg's it here in the u.k. embrase it is of course still a massive cliffhanger for us here this week the u.k. parliament is set to debate the u.k.'s withdrawal from the e.u. ahead of to reason may's crucial and delayed vote on withdrawal next week in parliament and the parliamentary mark for the prime minister it's not looking good her team say they've got a week to convince the doubters and those that are dead set against the deal but there is an awful lot of people in parliament who are against it so it's pretty optimistic thinking that they can all be won over and if the deal isn't approved by parliament well then the u.k.

could be staring down the barrel of a no deal bragg's it where contingency planning like the sort we saw today from the department for transport it's not going to look so funny anymore the new leader of brazil is considering allowing us to set up a military base that story and more still to come. what holds us institutionally to. put themselves on the law is they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or somehow want to be preached. to the right to be cross that's why the flag three of the boys can't be good that. i'm interested always in the waters in the.

same wrong what old world just don't call. me old yet to say proud just they become educated and gain from it because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground the. broadcasting live back with us now the new president of brazil says he is considering whether to invite the u.s.

to set up a military base in his country he made the announcement a few days after a visit by the u.s. secretary of state. that include the possibility of having an american base in brazil. the physical issue of it would be symbolic nowadays the american shoney's and russian military powers can reach any part of the world independently with their bases but still pending what might happen in the world who knows if we have to talk about a us base in the future. or president high or both and are all was sworn in on new year's day and was immediately congratulated by donald trump on twitter and top u.s. officials were quick to welcome both sonars rice to. we believe the opportunity between present president bill snow and our two teams creates a truly transformative opportunity for our two nations for two peoples who build them up along with whatever happened yet for them to because we want to work with.

the pentagon has not yet given a response on the project or the prospect rather of a military base in brazil however human rights lawyer done college thinks that trump and bolton are united by a common hostility towards left wing governments in latin america it's very clear that a pulse in our at the new president is in lockstep with the trump administration in wanting to militarize latin america and wanting in particular regime change in countries like venezuela nicaraguan cuba it's a very concerning situation both in our early and trump share in a right wing at the odyssey they share antipathy towards the left wing governments of latin america so clearly paulson our own we've done work very close with trump he will try to do his best to partner with the united states but i think the u.s. has more bases throughout the world than any country should i mean they just don't need a military in terms of national security so i don't see why the u.s.

should have a base they are i think it could only be viewed as an aggressive stance again towards countries it doesn't like like venezuela. or had a baby boy who was pulled from the rubble of an apartment block in the russian city of money to go it's gone new year's day has regained consciousness he is now in the hospital here in moscow the ten month old baby had spent almost thirty six hours in freezing temperatures after an explosion caused the building to collapse killing thirty nine people. but. how was. your new film it's called. the just such an atheist all of us kids

on the. list sometimes it's. nice it would be some day more of these pictures still. so she's neutral so she feels a bit like new additions some new states in. actively to give it up she's its mommy . forcing the g.m.c. to get in the last four. years old was written. for

local publishing we spoke to one rescuer who led the operation to extract the baby from the debris. so you must look at the laws and we are trying to keep up to date with the news progress we keep in contact with these parents but try not to bother them we all me and my colleagues who rescued him are waiting for the moment when doctors allow us to visit him in hospital i think many envy found his great fortitude because he showed real courage to stay alive and to cry out when help came after such a long time in the freezing cold. all right let me put in has pledged to help india fight international terrorism the russian president spoke by phone with the indian prime minister on monday among other things moscow has invited. modi to a major economic forum in russian and later this. well

a serious economic forum wouldn't really work without very big names so even though the landmark event in vladivostok is nine months away moscow is sending out invitations in advance in a phone conversation flat america potent told prime minister modi that he wants him to be the number one guest at the forum and september and guess who that number one guest was last year chinese leader xi jinping. indeed when it comes to setting records in scoring economic points beijing and new delhi are competitors in asia but russia is not trying to take sides as you can see in this case the only thing that moscow wants to do is to show that it's looking forward to doing business with all the top players in asia so this year it will be mr modi stern and just to remind you twenty eight thing russia and india have set

a trading turnout target of thirty billion u.s. dollars of the two countries want to achieve that goal by two thousand and twenty five. all right a series of health scares at the u.s. embassy in cuba has been jeopardizing ties between the two countries for more than a year but now after a number of probes and an f.b.i. investigation new research has revealed the incidents could have a natural origin. so. anyone out there and have been medically crimes as having been affected by incidents.

there was officials consider russia the prime suspect in their investigation into a mysterious attacks on u.s. diplomats in cuba more and more evidence they say three u.s. officials tell us pointing to russia russia is to blame for paris some place of blame or at least. looking seriously at russia. and they couldn't cricket coal rather than the sun it could go all the technological device is responsible for the south of the released recordings. was. based on investigative and medical findings we do not believe this trauma was caused by naturally occurring phenomenon. but does it for me thirty four minutes that's when i'll be back with more news to watch march international's arabs.

you know like the e.k.g. for countries is their ten year bond rate you look at that you say oh that country is healthy the country is not healthy well looks like health of the chinese economy based on the their interest rates are better than america. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you than. just manufacture consent to step into the public well. when the ruling classes

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what they do shop while still bringing their. star cool under which these guys are going through to it it just means to. need to be helped and not good pushed on by the v.a.'s are as drugs go and stuff they need to be helped. and they've really shouldn't be looked at like numbers they should be looked at like people if they go to a veteran center for health issues be considered as someone who really needs attention . i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each dish. eighty five percent of global wealth you want to the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars.

china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one one just to show you can't afford to miss the one and only boombox. at the time a local television reporter from detroit is following the case closely bill proctor is well aware of the methods used by local police to close certain cases as quickly as possible. they did this all the time. they had people make statements whether in writing or they did the writing they had somebody and with the suggestion that hears this and you can go home i've heard that doesn't. source dozens. and it wouldn't

surprise me at all that's the real number doesn't run into the hundreds or thousands because the same cadre of bad detectives that probably were two dozen of them were in place for over thirty five years. the mark on her read about a kid. with no evidence or witness statements against him. on the seventh of march one thousand nine hundred ninety seven lamar munson is sentenced to fifty years of criminal imprisonment for the murder of christina brown. only one element was used against him the confession that he signed. and believe that this is going to pay. off asian and i would not want to be in prison on. something that i wouldn't wish him off worst enemy.