temperance movement joined. us democrat. party is serious the streets of. russian military police patrols of the syrian city of. britain stress test for. ridicule this. time. it's one of the off the. eighth of january money tracking this hour. there are more

revelations of u.s. democrats meddling in a special election in the state of alabama twenty seven fresh reports says that fake social media accounts of a so-called dry alabama campaign we designed to tie the republican candidate with temperance baptist's. the new york times has revealed that the twenty seventh 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 as defined in the bible i would i'm on 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 want can as 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 conservative commentator and writer john griffin told us the u.s. democrats using all means to gain power risks humming ties 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 power. at that i do believe that there's always going to be a new salon or new york times story or huffington post revelation about some new russian plot that absolves the democrats from any electorial accountability for their actions it is not helping diplomatic relations and even though it's funny and

president putin's laughed about it for the trust left that it the rest of us aren't laughing because there are so many uninformed human beings who vote in the united states. an m.p. from the right wing alternative for germany party is fighting for his life after being brutally attacked in the northwestern city of brighton reporting from berlin his pulis land. a member of the german parliament belonging to the far right alternative for germany the a if the party has suffered serious injuries after being attacked by three men as he exited the new year reception that was held at a local theatre in the northern german city of burman on monday now the party has issued a statement in which he described this as an assassination attempt what we understand happened to the parliamentarian mr frank magnet is that he was knocked unconscious onto the ground and as he lay there these three men continued to beat him the incident was only stopped after reportedly a builder intervened and chased the main away now the three suspects are stood at

large the police in the local prosecuting office have opened an investigation and the politician himself has been described as being in a serious condition he is in hospital with a head wound we've also heard from and if the spokesperson saying that this is a black day for democracy in germany this is not the first time that members of this party have been threatened with extreme violence you might remember that last may have a demonstration that they held here in the city of. other left wing extremists threatened to stop their demonstration by whatever means necessary also last thursday a bomb went off outside a local office belonging to the party in the city of the two men not three suspects were arrested in that incident there was no loss of life but there was extensive damage both to the office and to nearby buildings and although the motive of that attack has not been conclusively proven police are working on the assumption that it was politically motivated or staying in germany of the leader of one of the

country's most powerful parties has hinted at a second chance to join a governing coalition it would see kristie lu those free democratic party team up with i'm going to merkel c.d.u. the greens there was a failed attempt to creating a similar coalition in twenty seventeen following the general election this time there's a catch he wants merkel to step down as chancellor now not in twenty twenty one. get. new opportunities in our rising there's a phase of uncertainty really begin to this be nice set up we're in a kind of transition period merkel's era is drawing to clues and everyone knows that and she knows it is well thought germany needs a new start and new more transitional period and i think it's decided that 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 chancellor's departure our europe correspondent peter all of us sums up angle of merkel's twenty eight ing the clock

is ticking or and the burgos time in germany job 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 happy this coalition in fighting

no paled in comparison to what we saw in the eastern city of cam that's 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 rocky 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 and bavaria with 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 skin so you know when there isn't hasn't been a good example in the past few months it won't be a vote for ask the sunday you will be voting for the future of your home and.

didn't help and while there were proveable raping. we saw all the fans the left the green party making. in the right alternative may as well in fact be on t. immigration day when. you get. single regional parliament and also of course being represented in the bundestag as well. this is america is taking the chance. of a freedom many people have. noted. if stays on as chancellor until twenty twenty. longest serving post war leader the election of her protege. as the new chair of the c.d.u.

party gives us a better chance of happening however should that relationship soured all rif we see a repeat of some of the problems of twenty eighteen when the good ship merkle could well be sunk well before the. russian military police have started to patrol the syrian city of they say the goal is to provide security and stability in the region but i guess takes a look at how the cities become pivotal in the syrian conflict. this safe zone a buffer zone really was established after kurdish y.p. g. forces moved out they handed the area over to the syrian government the syrian army and it was declared a demilitarized zone. patrolled by russian military police monitors who arrived on the seventh of january now the

kurds weren't acting out of altruism but because turkey was and is threatening to invade use the white b g u p k k terrorist. if you're going the took you start it's incurred zora tional took you stargate to the kurdistan workers spot to tahrir groups one of the goals of took to struggle against the p.k. k. in that searing of suits is to save the kurds from the tyranny and suppression of the terror group trumps declaration that he's pulling out of syria suddenly threw things into a state of flux us allies the y.p. gee who had lived and depended on american protection suddenly face being left alone with hostile turks rebels isis syrians on all sides their own arab allies ready to dump them reportedly and u.s.

national security advisor john bolton is desperately trying to secure a future safety for those could this allies we're going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw to do so from northeast syria in a way that makes sure that the chance of israel and other friends in the region. is absolutely assured and to take care of those who have fought with us against isis and other terrorist groups at the end of the day the u.s. will leave the kurds understand this obviously and they're fast tracking negotiations with president asaad with the syrian government according to various reports reconciling perhaps obviously they have their differences but it's a hostile neighborhood friends a few and far between and as we see now they can leave at any moment during the years of conflict in syria much of the country's cultural heritage was

deliberately destroyed by islamic state terrorists but some places did escape like the grave of abel absa damascus which is now welcoming visitors once again. a thousand years go to the grave was not protected by any lates of the druze king to pursue instability we feel god in this place for militants they do not scare us .

but all and lots of people have donated money so we can renovate the cave. seen as a victory by animal rights activists a province in belgium has banned the traditional muslim and jewish methods for slaughtering animals it's joined a handful of other european nations which of prohibited the production of how well and kosher meat a law states that animals should be stunned before slaughter so that they're incapable of feeling pain kosher and halal rituals however require the animals to be in good health and fully conscious but the latest decision in the belgian region of flounders which could lead to a nationwide ban as outrage to religious communities. today's 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 religious traditions though have called the ban a humane development. they want to keep living in the middle ages and continue to slaughter as those tunning at the did didn't get to desist back then without having to also do the law flounders now join sweden norway iceland denmark ounce of ania and providing no exceptions for how and kosher meat we heard from the chairman of the islamic human rights commission in the u.k. the belgian based journalist on the possible implications of the bat. i've seen myself oxen and cows being killed and the animal is sent panic before because the stern fairy slowly to have the head down and then only killed and one at the throat is slit it takes more than one minute before it becomes cincom unconscious so it is pure cruelty for three four minutes is not that cut in the truth of the animal the

means are trees on either side are actually caught the second that you do know blood flows through the brain so brain sees to function no pain no hardship and this is what is known proven if you listen to north oratory of islam. of the great mosque in paris he says that to him the stunning is acceptable if the animal could come back to its senses after the stunning which is the case and i think by the way that fifty percent of muslims in belgium believe that indeed animals could be or should be stunned before being killed following the ritual i think. from one individual in paris as a norm on behalf of the all the muslims and all the jews in the country it really is outrageous mr bucket that i mention turley is the image of the greatest mosque in france so it's not anybody is it old girl some might be just concern about the

use of the more right really whole lives of people who are trying to undermine the right of minority muslim or the jewish community and make him feel uncomfortable filled make him feel that they're not really part of that society but tolerance and acceptance of minorities goes to a certain point there are laws for example that we don't accept. we don't accept poly give me we don't accept marriages of. founder rights girls we don't accept the hate shopping the public space that's our goal sorry nine belgians out of ten support this stunning issue so laws are made by the much oratory and we must respect the citee even if it's on the stand it's a bit emotional i mean the jews community members and the muslim community members are belgian too we can have a situation the new one how does the state issue of

a majority exposing i'm putting pressure on minorities for no reason as i said scientifically proven there is no extra hardship is brought on the mall when it is not over it is a accurately according to his son that is true that is true does much more true than you highlighting one i will bucket from friends. as your reason for who we forward this is a form of boxes under arrest in france after allegedly turning his skills against riot police it's among a story still ahead when we come back. when all sorts seemed wrong. but all wrong just don't call. me. yet to see proud disdain become active. and engaged with equals betrayal.

when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. you know like the e.k.g. for countries is their ten year bond rating you look at that you see all the countries healthy the countries not healthy well looks like the health of the chinese economy based on that their interest rates are better than america. join me every first week on the alex so i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm sure business i'll see you there.

hello good news from china this tuesday a man reportedly armed with a knife is injured twenty children at an elementary school in beijing medics say that three of them about the wounded but their injuries are not thought to be life threatening a suspect was arrested at the scene and unconfirmed reports claim it's a member of staff have been a number of attacks targeting children in china in recent times last october a woman injured to forty eight in the sichuan province and in twenty seventeen a man killed nine middle school students also in the south of the country which led the authorities to boost classroom security. or u.k. government staged traffic jams being branded a waste of time too little too late it was supposed to be a rehearsal for a no deal breck's it in the port city of dover. has the details and this was a department for transport trial it was called operation brocken 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 lower. so to test this plan the department of transport ha it's a number of trucks and got them to drive from this disused at four fire a number of small roads owned to the port of dover but 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 old story 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 but i'm 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 at the local m.p. referred to the whole thing as a wild goose chase as well as 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 lorries kune sake traffic. using eighty

seven norreys to try and see what five thousand plus who 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 and surrounding all continuing to surround the issue of bragg's it here in the u.k. and of course rags 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 mass 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

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 breaker set where contingency planning like the sort that we saw today from the department for transport it's not going to look so funny anymore. a former french boxer who was wanted for allegedly punching policeman a yellow vest protests at the weekend has turned himself in he posted an explanation for his actions on facebook. i saw the repression that was i saw the police. i've seen the police hurt people with worse balls and i've seen people hurt sim pensioners get to go this is not a single one of the things i was asked on the last day yes i wanted to dance in the riot police was with my friends and my wife i was just in for a moment there and it came up in yes well i reckon. i reacted badly but i was

defending myself and that's. jay remains in police custody but he has received pledges of support and funding campaigns been launched to help the french interior minister says all aggressors will be brought to justice. but. here i want to say to all the police and gendarme and firefighters who have been targeted and experienced violence during their work and in particular over the course of the last few weeks they can count on my support and a complete determination to systematically identify and bring to justice their aggressors and wrestle with the surround but he knew he had been identified and searched out of the individual who on saturday in paris really deployed jump on this bridge they are here and i salute them still more people happy. to. see. them all the. people. who just wanted to take you.

there you can we saw your vehicle dog. i want you as you can we just. want to say see we. got or lived with me or said your clinical to me a call to know the press and to cool what i wanted to do. or truly want to. you know clear to you to go you want to see darcy love your concert. despite the condemnation the minister is yet to comment on another controversial video where a prominent police officer is saying anything protested on twitter that would call for equal justice now that officer is now under investigation after an indian woman filed a complaint. when peace in france happened escape the wrath of the best protesters into the home of what i am pay from the country's ruling party was barricaded shut on sunday. you must know on sunday morning i was a bit shocked by the wall of blogs there are fifty of them i couldn't leave my home

and it prevented any one from coming in because of that i'm very disappointed very disappointed it's happened before the attack centers are blocked by the same walls i thought immediately about that the yellow vests associate the tax offices with mccrone and his dismissal and now you're up to date thanks for watching r.t. international you know nails got your next global update after boom bust. when gold make its manufacture consent to instant of public wealth. when the roaming clusters protect themselves. with the flame a merry go round lifts only the one percent.

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