headline news the fake temperance movement joint fabricated russian. u.s. democrats' efforts to sway twenty seven thousand election in the state of alabama. pretty stress test for. ridicule his brand of stage traffic jam near the port of a waste of time. and animal rights activists celebrate victory in belgium region has banned. practices being cruel decisions from religious. i don't think. any of. the fifty percent. before killed following the ritual muslims and jews are going to be given. the

food services. tuesday morning here in moscow i'm calling. international to update you on in the next thirty minutes as well there are more revelations of us democrats meddling in a special election in the state of alabama in twenty seventeen the fresh report says that fake social media accounts of a so-called dry alabama campaign were designed to tie the republican candidate with temperance baptist to trying to base his. the new york times has revealed that the twenty seventh special election in the u.s. state of alabama was hit by a false flag facebook campaign and it did not come from russia democrats tried to create the illusion that republican candidate roy moore wanted to ban alcohol. i

pledge to abstain from alcohol and live a moral life is defined in the bible i will demand the all my stuff follow my lead by abstaining from the devil's tonic i pledged to fight against the decay of all moral christian society and all that contributes to the decline of values the idea was that roy moore standing among moderate conservatives would be hindered if they could create the illusion that he was a religious fanatic who wanted to ban booze no man woman or child or live to the age where ever lived to see the stars and stripes we were a little russian salute in united states friend of america i'll fight the saloon from the high wire i won't keep on this long as i have a foot i'll touch and as far as i have a feast it was a false flag campaign on facebook backed up on twitter now we've reached out to both twitter and facebook but have not heard back now matt osborne a democrat who worked on the project said that he hopes someday these tactics would be made illegal he said however as long as republicans are using them democrats

shouldn't give them up 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 revelations about the shady activities of the cyber security firm known as new knowledge that actually led facebook to shut down the personal accounts of five individuals now at this point u.s. senator doug jones is calling for a federal investigation into the dirty tricks that may have helped win him his seat now did a few dry alabama ads actually cost roy moore the election well the impact isn't exactly clear but what is clear is that the democratic process can be rather fragile. r.t. new york a conservative commentator and write to john griffin told us democrats using all means to gain power risks harming tang's outside america. this is newest game of political musical chairs year by the democrats and they only care about one thing that's keeping power and getting better. that's it i do believe that there's always

going to be a new salon or new york times story or having to revelation about some new russian plot that absolves the democrats from any electorial accountability for their actions it's is not helping diplomatic relations and even though it's funny and president putin's laughed about it doesn't trust left without it the rest of us aren't laughing because there are so many are uninformed human beings who vote in the united states. thanks to u.k. government staged traffic jam has been branded a waste of time and too little too late it was a rehearsal for a no deal bricks in the port city of holy book has the details. this was a department for transport trial it was called operation brock and it's all about stress testing the u.k.'s rodin haulage system to see if it would be able to handle the potential disruption euphemistically speaking in the event of

a no deal bragg's it now under the government's contingency plans they took a disused airport about thirty miles away from dover and said that they could use it as a parking facility for up to six thousand lorries so to test this plan that department of transport hyatt a number of trucks and got them to drive from this disused at four via a number of small roads owned to the port of dover bought and this is a pretty thing but only eighty nine lorries took part in the trial so you can take a look at what operation brought looks like now. they're not a good representation of a bad situation and chaos in the event of

a no deal breakers it and there was a bit of criticism for the government's contingency planning first and foremost it came from the author of see on both trucks and roads that the road haulage association they represent wholly is and they said that the whole endeavor was quite frankly a waste of time 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. the local m.p. referred to the whole thing as a wild goose chase as well and the journalists following the story had quite a bit of fun with it too some saw operation broadcast as reflective of the entire bragg's it process lurie's kune sake traffic. using eighty

seven norreys to try and see what five thousand plus will do is 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 of those tweets may be funny but they are beginning to reflect this sort of quiet hysteria that's painfully constant surrounding or continuing to surround the issue of bragg's it here in the u.k. and of course brags it is still a massive cliffhanger for us this week the u.k. parliament is set to debate the u.k.'s withdrawal and ahead of to reason may's crucial and delayed vote in parliament next week the parliamentary mast in terms of getting her deal approved isn't looking good her team says that they've still got a week to try and win over those that are dead set against the prime minister's deal

but that's looking pretty optimistic and if a deal isn't approved by parliament well then we're staring down the barrel of potentially a no deal bragg's it where contingency planning like the sort that we saw today from the department for transport it's not going to look so funny anymore. seen as a victory by animal rights activists a province in belgium has banned the traditional muslim and jewish methods for slaughtering animals joins a handful of other european regions which are prohibited the production of hello and kosher meat a year law states that animals should be stunned before slaughter so they're incapable of feeling pain kosher and how loud rituals however require the animals to being good health and fully conscious but the move in the belgian region of flanders which could lead to a nationwide ban has outraged religious communities. today is the last day in which kosher meat and poultry can be prepared in belgium for the jewish communities of brussels this is a sad day for the jews of europe

a sad day for religious freedom in europe opponents of the traditions though have called the ban humane development. they want to keep living in the middle ages and continue to slaughter without standing at the dignity didn't get to desist back then without having to answer to the law of land is joined sweden norway iceland denmark and slovenia in providing no exceptions for how well and kosher meat we heard from the chairman of the islamic human rights commission in the u.k. and also a belgian based journalist on the possible implications of the latest. i don't think it has against any religion at all fifty percent of muslims in belgium believe that indeed animals could be or should be stunned before being killed following the ritual i don't see where the problem is it's so much more humane the reality is when you see it started there you're talking about electric shock or in the case of the cows in the middle rod being fired into the brain

really that is no more humane than the kosher way this is the sort of all the evidence points out to muslims and jews are going to be given the perception that they are not full citizens and indeed their rights in their own country and in their own area is being undermined while in europe i mean in belgium for example it's more than one hundred fifty years ago that it was decided for humane reasons to stun the animals before killing them we simply respect our laws that i've seen myself oxen and cows being killed it is pure cruelty for three four minutes this is unacceptable frankly i could see this whether muslims saw a christian saw whatever they really don't understand that the animals suffer unacceptably that's all the jews community members and the muslim community members are belgian too we can have a situation the state issued what majority exposing and putting pressure on

minorities for no reason if you listen to north oratory of islam. of the great basque in paris he says that to him the stunning is acceptable if the animal could come back to its senses after the stunning scientifically proven there is no extra hardship is brought on the o'moore when it is not accurately according to that is true that. so this is much more true than you highlighting what i will buckle from friends. as your reason for moving forward the reality is that also you're not going to stop you're living in the global european community and indeed those slaughtering which is no is not going to be done in belgium is going to be done in france and elsewhere so the reality is that all you're doing you're actually excluding your muslim jewish community from being part of the builder.

elsewhere in europe the leader of one of germany's most powerful parties as hinted at a second chance for a coalition it would see christian lynas free democratic party team up with angela merkel c.d.u. and the greens was a failed attempt at creating a similar coalition in twenty seventeen following the general election this time though there's a catch he wants merkel to step down as chancellor now not in twenty twenty one. new opportunities in our rising there's a phase of uncertainty begin to this would be nice we're in a kind of transition period merkel's era is drawing to clues and everyone knows that and she knows it as well thought germany leads a new start and new mood transition period in which nothing gets decided. apparently that message was intended not only for party members but also for merkel successor at the helm of the c.d.u. party who theoretically could speed up the chances departure our europe

correspondent peter all of us sums up i'm going to merkel's twenty eight. the clock is ticking order time in germany she's already stood down as chair of the c.d.u. party and has said she won't run for another term in the chancellor's office just behind me. twenty eighteen was a tough year for mrs merkel back in march she was finally able to cobble together a coalition government six months to germany voters. cracks in the grand coalition were evident right from the off interestingly enough the first with the knives out for mrs merkel was the leader of her bavarian sister party as migration again was front and center in german politics truth and photos to avoid the prohibition eventual prohibition of state should be immediately turned away. eventually a solution was found what's important here is the results there are a few nuances that i have clarified that i'm now have this coalition in fighting no

paled in comparison to what we saw in the eastern city of chemists in august a thirty five year old cuban german man was stabbed to death following a late night all to cation one syrian and want to rock the man was charged with his slaying it prompted and sparked violent migrant demonstrations in the city which at times spilling over into full blown riot. your rival of autumn brought with it a string of regional election failures those closest to the chancellor in bavaria where the first to be hit with heavy losses then it was the turn of past where we saw a mea culpa moment for mrs merkel as she pleaded with the electorate not to punish the party for problems they had with her its dark stance only when there isn't

hasn't been a good example in the past few months it won't be a vote for the sunday you will be voting for the future of your home and. didn't help and while there were prove all raking in the last we saw the center left the green party made. well. when. you get. regional parliament also of course being represented in the bundestag as well. this is a. chance. if . chancellor until twenty twenty.

the election. as the new chair of the c.d.u. party gives us a better chance of happening however should that relationship sour at all or if we see a repeat. of twenty eighteen in the good ship merkel could well be sunk well before the. united states has raised concerns over china's role in building infrastructure in israel particularly worried about the port of haifa which is a frequent dock for u.s. warships the issue was among the topics raised by national security adviser john bolton on his visit to israel on sunday to reports a chinese company has been building a commercial shipping facility in the israeli port where the country's nuclear capable submarines are believed to be stationed became a key transport hub during the syrian conflict ministrations now reportedly worried about the chinese increasing their influence across the middle east despite those

fears though israel's hopeful about further friendship with china. meanwhile israeli exports to china in twenty eighteen showed a seventy three percent year on year increase. who's an expert in israeli arab relations thinks that israel's dealing with china regardless of american sensitivity. america is very concerned whenever any country which cooperate for the milk cooperates with the component those of america like china maybe our size when india in some cases where apparently those whom said to the chinese and they maybe even signed contracts with them taking into account the american sensitivities and now when america raises these things. and we have we might have to recalculate the old with china. because as you know we depend on

a guy in many cases so we definitely have to listen to americans concerns about our business with a cheney is. a ten month old boy who was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in the russian city of my piece of course called new year's day has regained consciousness. nice it would nice to gain more these critics to. have done so she's neutral said she like me addition to state in. particular to give it up she it's mom.

i'm. fortunate in she's getting those poll. results three. points for. publishing. thirty nine people died after the apartment block in magnitogorsk collapsed after a suspected gas explosion ten month old vernier spent almost thirty six hours in freezing temperatures his father was a work during the tragedy while his mother and elder brother survived the collapse we spoke to a rescuer who led the operation to get back here. 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 are allowed to visit him in hospital i think many envy very great forces you to see showed real courage to stay alive if it wasn't to cry out when

help came after such a long time in the freezing cold. 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 demonstrations the move comes after clashes in paris at a women's yellow vest rally. well that 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 police and one police unions had enough demanding a file to list of violent protesters his charlotta bensky. 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 go to protests in the first place and that's one of the

calls it's coming from the police union they've also said that they want tougher action against anybody who's found to have cause to file an in protest 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 vests 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 yellow vests movement around fifty thousand people was said to have been involved of course 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 of a decorated police commander punching several protesters who are in her third birthday was. the only route that you know her. very.

very low. but one woman here is 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 the 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 at least attack now he's also come in the door attacked 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 you have a license knives or even battens 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 sort of pretty much left two thousand and nineteen alone it doesn't seem to be that way and already act nine is planned for this forthcoming saturday. but time

now to review one of the biggest events of the past year which attracted football fans from around the world to russia last summer. world cup tournament in the summer of twenty eighteen and while fans were cheering on the teams russians were busy making everyone feel at home all correspondence with capturing the atmosphere for you. police should have taken all my friend people felt egypt should sit with the french the next and the still very stiff they said. that he. loved

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to for years. belgium france are going to win rosita we're going to get it we're going to run you know he. i think you i'm. and if you came for the world cup it was great i've been here that's it for now thanks for choosing r.t. international for your news this hour next a firsthand account of a controversial interrogation technique used in the u.s. that's caused suspects to admit to crimes they did not commit. meaning and. that country has gone into a nihilistic fever that's why if they can hit the road and get out the traveling

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always in the waters about our. question. or. were. or what. i determine that you're the one who did it. so i'm going to move into the interrogation. i'll leave the role of electricity there for several minutes because i want you to get anxious. to think about the error of your way. and then i'll

walk back and when i walk back in i'm going to have a big fix file with me. all kind of a person may have seen. our surveillance video my all be blank. but it's a show you that i have a strong investigation and i have all the evidence. so the first thing i tell you is. our investigation has proven that you're the one who committed this crime there is no doubt about it whatsoever we have the evidence that you did it there is nothing that you can say that will convince me otherwise all i want to know is why . could you confess to a crime that you did not commit. and interrogation technique used by the majority of police officers in the united states is causing controversy across the country. created in the sixty's by the private company john reed this method has gone on to

influence most of the interrogation techniques taught in american police academies it involves nine different stages leading from confrontation to spoken confession to a final written confession this technique has allegedly compelled thousands of innocent people to confess to crimes that they did not commit interrogations should be conducted in a non supportive environment we want to get the person on to our territory away from his or her own surroundings the interrogation room should be quiet private free of any outside distractions or noises. so please. remember what. i don't know they tell these interrogators that you can tell whether someone is guilty by looking at them and listening to what they say that confirms their belief that the suspect is guilty and it is a recipe for disaster.