democrats are again in the. swing states. twenty seventeen using fake social media. coming up on the program. from the. germany party is seriously hurt. assaults which police say. russian military police patrols near the northern syrian city of. kurdish forces withdraw from the area. and britain stress test for a new deal breaks it draws ridicule. the stage near the port of awaits.

the world. or national through the hub your company. top story further claims of election meddling by us democrats have emerged this time in the twenty seventeen state senate race in alabama a new report has revealed an activist tried to link the republican candidates with a bogus campaign to ban alcohol in order to undermine his support base and has been following the story 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 the man woman or child alive today he'd never live to see the stars and stripes we were a little russian salute in the united states friend of america i'll fight the saloon from the high wire i won't keep this language i have a foot i'll i can establish i have a fish 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 were 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 well conservative commentator on writer john griffin told us he believes that such cynical electoral tactics are extremely damaging for the country. this is an endless game of political musical chairs year by the democrats and they only care about one thing that's keeping power and getting better or it's i do believe that there's always going to be

a new salon or new york times story or having to post revelation about some new russian plot that absolves the democrats from any electorial accountability for their actions it's is not helping diplomatic relations even though it's funny and president putin's laughed about it for the trucks left without it the rest of us aren't laughing because there are so many on informed human beings who vote in the united states. that m.p. from the right wing alternative for germany party is fighting for his life after being brutally attacked in the north western city of braman with more on what is known now by the instant at this point has policy or. 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 theater in the northern german city of women 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 bulldozer intervened and chased that man 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. and either left with an extremist threat and to stop that instruction what if necessary also last thursday bomb went

off outside a local office belonging to the party in the city of toobin now three suspects were arrested in that incident there was no loss of life but there was extensive damage both to the office and to have died buildings and although the motive of that attack has not been conclusively proven police are working on the assumption that it was politically motivated let's keep in germany because the leader of one of the country's most powerful parties has hinted at a governing coalition once again being established no it would suit christian leaders free democratic party team up with under merkel c.d.u. the greens there was a field attempt remember creating a similar coalition back in twenty seven dean following a generally. this time around though there's a touch lender wants merkel to step down as chancellor right not a not in twenty twenty one she has proposed. it's beat the future out new opportunities in our rising there's a phase of uncertainty really the end of this will be a nice setup we're in

a kind of transition period merkel's era is drawing to clues and everyone knows that and she knows that as well thought germany needs a new start and new move transition period in which nothing gets decided is. a party that message was intended not only for party members but also for merkel a successor at the helm of the c.d.u. party theoretically could speed up the chancellor's departure for europe correspondent peter all over sums up i'm glad merkel's twenty eight days. the clock is ticking on time and germany's top 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 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 one a 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 in bavaria where the first to be hit with heavy losses then it was the turn of 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 ask the sunday you will be voting for the future of your home and. didn't help and while there were proven raping. we saw all the center left the green party made. the right alternative for germany may well in fact be a great day when told to get represent a single regional parliament and also of course being represented in the bundestag

as well. this is america is taking the chance to bring down. that many people. if stays on as chancellor until twenty twenty one should become germany's 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. other story we're closely following today russian military police have started patrolling

a rural area to the west of the syrian city of beach with a few to ensuring security there. is more on the development and how it's likely to shift the ongoing power struggle in the region. 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 ease threatening to invade it views the white b g p k k its terrorist. the turkeys dogs in kurds are russian all took you started to the kurdistan workers

spotted ter groups one of the goals of turk to struggle against the p.k. k. in that series 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 through things into a state of flux us allies the white b.g. 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 his kurdish allies we're going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw but to do so from northeast syria in a way that makes sure that the stance of israel and other friends in the region. is

absolutely assured and to take care of those who fought with us against isis and other terrorist groups at the end of the day the us will leave the kurds understand this obviously and their fast tracking negotiations with president asaad with the syrian government could into 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. lots of debate this week following story 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 by one full of other european regions which have prohibited the production of how kosher meat the e.u. law states that unless should be stun. before slaughter so that they're incapable

of feeling pain culture and rituals however require the on the molds to be in good health and fully conscious but the latest decision in the belgian region of flanders which could lead to a nationwide ban as our coverage to religious community. 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 you have plenty of opinions on the other side of the argument opponents of the religious traditions they have called the bomb a humane development. they want to keep living in the middle ages and continued to slaughter without standing and they did mean didn't get to desist back then without having to answer to the law under certainly not alone in this sweden norway iceland denmark and slovenia have already come to the same decision providing no exceptions for help on kosher meat well we heard from the chairman of the islamic human rights commission in the u.k. and the belgian based journalist on the possible implications of the but i have

seen myself oxen and cows being killed and the animal is sent panic before because the stern fairy slowly to have their head down and their normally 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 mains 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 nor on behalf of the all the muslims and all the jews in the country it really is outrageous mr bucket of that i mentioned early is the image of the crater mosque in france so it's not anybody is it all girl some might be just concern about the use of the more. right but 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 public me we don't accept marriages of underage girls we don't accept the hitch up

in the public space that's our laws sorry nine belgians out of ten support this stunning issue so laws are made by the majority and we must respect the citee even if it's understand it's a bit emotional i mean the jews community members and the muslim community members are belgium too we can have a situation that we should what majority exposing and 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 accurately according to that is true that is true does much more true than you highlighting one bucket from friends . as your reason for who we forward still loves to come on the program this hour including a former boxer is under arrest in france after allegedly turning his skills against

riot police you're watching twenty four seven r.t. international. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to be that's.

actually going to be close this is what it looks like three in the morning people are. interested always in the lawyers are. approaching twenty minutes into the program welcome back no way u.k. government stage traffic jam has been branded a waste of time and too late it was supposed to be a rehearsal for a new deal breaks it near the port town of dover poly boyko reports 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 euphemistic least. reaking in the event of a no deal bragg's it now on to 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 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 there 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 poorly is and they said that the whole endeavor was quite frankly a waste of time this blaming should have been done many months ago and only the big screw it should have been continues and stressed to i don't mean a truck driver will be impressed by this what we need is a deal business is simply not true for. the local m.p. referred to the whole thing as a wild goose chase as well and the journalist following the story had quite a bit of fun with it to some software ation broadcast reflective of the entire break as it process. 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 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

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 breaks 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. get up did on the story generally lots of column inches time this week a former french boxing champion who was wanted for allegedly punching policemen on a yellow vest protest at the weekend has turned himself in he posted an explanation for his actions on facebook. i saw the repression that was the i saw the police. i've seen the police hurt people with flash balls i've seen people hurt of sin pensioners get tear gassed i've seen a lot of things i was scared gassed on the last day yes i wanted to advance in the riot police was gassed with my friends and my wife i was gassed and for

a moment the anger came up in me yes well i reacted badly i reacted badly but i was defending myself and that's it. all as far as we know as of christophe remains in police custody but he's received pledges of support on the funding campaign has been launched to help and the french interior minister says all aggressors will be brought to justice. here i want to say to all the police and john don and fire fighters who have been targeted and experience violence during their work and in particular over the course of the last few weeks but they can count on my support and complete determination to systematically identify and bring to justice their aggressors and i celebrate the surrender he knew he had been identified and sought out of the individual who on saturday in paris brutally deployed on this bridge they are here and i salute them still more happy. to.

see. the maulvi is suited to people. who just want you to think you can teach. about your vehicle dog are the only ones you can we send a couple when i say he got torn to do with me or said your technical to me of counting out a path. to coup what i wanted to do to get to know who. wants it or to leave when i. well know connects you to all you want to see if you was going to be. missed by the minister's condemnation he's here to comment on another controversial video where a prominent police officer is seen beating protesters on twitter there were calls for equal justice the officer is now under investigation after an injured woman filed a complaint. well then pays in france have an escape the wrath of the yellow

vest protesters either the home of one member of the country's ruling party was part of kids shot on sunday. you must know on sunday morning i was a bit choked by the wool made of blocks there were on fifteen 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 talk sometimes got blocked by the sea walls i thought to me that the yellow vests associate the tax offices with mccrone and his dismissal. now why would someone confess to a crime they didn't commit their documentary the interrogation delves deeper next this is art international. countries gone into a nihilistic fever that's what they got to hit the road and get out to travelling

across america to find what makes america the charlotte the genius to put aside the american hero this is a weak point around which ultimate is god and so we always are on the bridge just what this whole gun culture is really important. because. we're starting west with this is what we're going to head east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beast i think i want to leave now doesn't do any more ground on the net it may be completely different but the end of the. show seems wrong why don't we all just don't call. me the world yet to shape out just to become educated and indeed from an equal trail. when something find themselves worlds apart. just to look

for common ground. you know world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made history media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bats and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. try to.

determine that you're the one. who did it. so i'm going to move into the interrogation. i leave the role electra's that 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 you and when i walk back in i'm going to have a big fix file with me. all kind of a person and i may have seen disc like mar surveillance video but my all be blank.

but it's a show you that i have a strong investigation and i have all this evidence. so the first thing i tell us. our investigation has proven that you are 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. an 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 can.