we're starting with. 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. we may be completely different in this. these are live pictures right now. where tear gas and water cannon are called into action as government protests are staged for a. weekend. spied president launching a national debate. the protestors we'll go live to our correspondent in moments.

also ahead on the program this hour both the u.s. president on special counsel robert mueller forcefully rejected in century new reports on alleged wrongdoing by donald trump. from new york port to a jail cell r.t. speaks to a friend and former colleague of an american born a journalist detained in the u.s. saying her freedoms are being abused the press t.v. anchor is a material witness in a case which. she is an american and she's been detained without charge without some. truly very concerning. live from our international news center here in moscow this. is r t welcome to the

program my name's neal our top story this hour a tenth consecutive weekend of yellow vest protests over rising living costs on the policies of the government is now underway in france despite the president's efforts to quell the rest by launching a national debate which he's promised will result in a new social contract these are live pictures right now from the french capital which is where our france correspondent charlotte dubin ski is as well as charlotte . covering the events all throughout the day it was peaceful all right for the last number of hours charlotte it doesn't seem to be any more. it felt like within seconds it went from call me here on the streets of paris to chaos and that's as you can see behind me now you've got the wall of police offices here forming boys essentially

a defensive tactic and that's because protesters say you might be able to see some of the damage that they did there's a traffic light that's come down was pulled down by this protesters they're also smashing cause no far from us and a result of that some projectiles being thrown two wards the police the police actually dispersed water from the water cannon just behind us they're trying to disperse those protesters away to also fight to see it pass to would protest as we were cool to open not once again and they were also using the very controversial rubber bullets in fact one rubber bullet to depart trying to eat is when my cameraman and i was down there we almost got hit by it and they've been incredibly controversial because they've caused so many injuries during these protests more than fifteen people it's thought have lost their eyes as a result of being hit by some of the projects tell us that if the north from those for. falls many of the people been injured including injuries such as the loss of

a hand and we even saw some people being injured here as a result of today between those clashes between the police and the protesters at times the protests of the yellow vests have been so violent they've been described as some of the worst in the last fifty years let's have a look at now a timeline of events since this protest movement began sporadically or spontaneously back in november in november seventeenth. of course is the right one and we're not going to change it just because the windies people are weak. i will not concede anything to those who want to struction and disorder.

i take my share of responsibility. well that had been cool still a million people to come out to the streets of france today to also to come out to force him paris according to the official figures it doesn't look like that's happened the interior ministry says around twenty seven thousand people were out across france as part of act ten the tenth weekend visually protests here in paris they suggest that those figures are seven thousand so far fewer than we saw just a week ago when across france there were more than eighty thousand taken out in that protest movement although the shimmy shield themselves have always just featured those fish. biggest saying they're always of. the reality on the ground

however the official figures we have to go on is that this week twenty seven thousand people came out to the streets of paris to take part in this latest movement the government will probably be hoping that's a reflection of the fact that this national debate is taking place across france an opportunity for people to share their concerns and not something that president corn initiated just in the last week to try and get those tables those issues on the ground we have seen some scuffles outside of those national debates i just want to bring you around a second and you might be able to see there's a row over police vans they slowly moving forward it seems to be in and attempt to move the demonstrators on video which is where this protest march was supposed to end today again violence here on the streets of paris as we've seen

seeing gas rubber bullets and water cannons being used against us after we've seen violence from the protesters in regards to the police. it's coming a little bit too close for comfort as you were describing charlotte stay safe there in central paris. has firmly rejected that dumbing a new report by buzz feed news which claims he instructed his former lawyer michael cohen to lie to congress about a plum business deal in russia cohen is among those being investigated in a russia collusion probe the investigation itself is being led by special counsel robert mueller in the president thanked for not giving the buzz feed article any credit. i think that the. great work got it was a great journalist and i appreciate. you coming out with. i

think very appropriate so i very much agree that. well the report detailing cohen's alleged confession to special counsel muller's investigation into an election meddling really house caused a sensation in the media it was branded a bomb shell article and immediately led to talk of impeachment president trump is facing new scrutiny today over a report that he told his personal attorney to lie to congress about his business dealings with russia we have breaking news tonight on the russia investigation here's what buzz feed news is reporting tonight bombshell report coming from buzz feed news president directed his attorney to lie to congress about the moscow tower project congressional democrats calling for an immediate investigation declaring that must be impeached at the story is true yet the media quickly picking up the story despite the fact that the whole piece is based on anonymous sources or

washington correspondent down that cool and has been developing a little deeper into this story buzz feed news released a major report alleging that u.s. president donald trump has received ten personal updates from michael cohen and encouraged planned meetings with russian president vladimir putin. president donald trump directed his longtime attorney michael cohen to lie to congress according to two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter and even as trump told the public he had no business deals with russia the sources said trump and his children if the and donald trump jr received regular detailed updates about the real estate development from cohen whom they put in charge of the project a michael cohen is the former lawyer of donald trump he was sentenced to thirty six months in prison after he pleaded guilty to lying to congress about the trump tower plan he's also admitted to campaign finance violations cash to beijing's and fake

fraud and of course he's a key figure in the investigation for the so-called russian collusion probe and the two journalists wrote in their article that they didn't actually see the court documents or any evidence that they base their reporting on rather they were briefed by two anonymous law enforcement officials and jason leopold that one of the authors of this buzz feed article has a history of fabricating sources regarding the cohen story today leopold told m s n b c that he had actually seen the evidence showing that trump instructed michael cohen to lie to congress and it's a total contradiction to what's written in the article and what his co-author has said i don't think that we've had that we haven't seen that but i will say that i'm very confident that your colleague said on c.n.n. this morning that you were briefed on these documents we did say that we we've seen documents we've been briefed on documents we're very confident in our reporting was

feed has problems all the way around not to mention the people who actually write for it the authors have real credibility problems they can't get their story straight and their sources whatever those are named an unknown which we've gotten used to in this country as being credible so maybe. this is been manufactured to give some interesting and relevance to to to that continued testimony by this perjurer by this liar by this guy you can't form a sentence in the english language without indicting him self over it i mean a loss as to the excitement over this there's there's no there there on top of which the president through his counsel denies it flatly so you know if there's evidence it's hard to say that you deny something if there's evidence for it did journalism it's groups of people who slap together a website you get people who are paid to report who are wrong including one of these fellows who has

a bit early heated layer wrong and who perhaps allegedly his own may call into question his veracity and nothing's ever done you have a new it's a journalistic force and sachems of the american people who don't care whether this story is true they like the story because it makes trump look bad and if the story makes trump look bad they like it we've seen some democrats promise that they will investigate the report calling the allegations against trump quote among the most serious to date some have even gone so far as to call for president trump's impeachment so we'll have to see how this one pans out well not perhaps portrays that news can certainly spread if it fits a particular narrative and that's exactly what's put republican senator lindsey graham in the main stream spotlights after a comedian tweeted that russia has him cornered.

lindsey graham is so obviously being blackmailed by russia. a republican just told me that. graham is going to try and in directly because he's being blackmailed rather he thinks probably involves some pretty serious sexual looking. out for donald trump got elected lindsey graham called donald trump a racist. donald trump or somebody knows something pretty extreme about lindsey graham. i am sure there is something happening with him based on what the fact that that's a remarkable comment to make about a sitting u.s. senator. the at the evidence really. present. presented to us in the way that.

is disrupting democracy everywhere and of the united states and in me a democracy to interfere in our elections we don't care why we're going to. russia . it's not a normal country. the. story we're keeping a very close eye on this weekend an american born journalist who works as a news presenter on a rainy and state t.v. has been arrested in the u.s. as a material witness in. case a court order revealed on friday that although she has been detained she's not been charged with any crime.

generation seems ok. the fact that certain data restrictions with their stature was. not being accounted. for her headscarf had been the answer will. be. we are concerned by the arrest of a journalist for iranian state t.v. . we have serious concerns about her detention and we urged american authorities to clarify the situation. she is a famous journalist she's done nothing but journalism. the arrest of mrs hosiery is very clear affront to freedom of expression a political abuse of innocent individuals. i believe the united

states should review so even if you go through the giving. the. well we got the opportunity to speak exclusively to a close friend of the jails are really in t.v. courage she sure her concern really about the legality of. the tension on the conditions that she's been subjected to in custody the only information and contact the family have had with my eyes here is a telephone call to her daughter on tuesday where they received wiring information from my. daughter that she had her. job she is a muslim woman who was her job a veil covering such as will time wearing at the moment that was taken off against her will the mug shot was taken without her job on that she was given only

a short sleeved t. shirt in contravention to her own islamic dress code her that she that she was and that she had to gain another t. shirt just to be able to cover some of her hair she also told her daughter that she wasn't in essence given adequate food because she was not given allow muslim option or a vegetarian option on tuesday the only conversation they've had with her she told her daughter that she only been able to eat a cracker or some bread that came with that food since being detained if they had questions about four miles here in regards to an issue she would have. said the children have been subpoenaed as well and they have no idea why you can imagine how worried they offer their mother and how nervous they are about the situation marcy is an internationally known journalist and she's been a journalist for many decades she is an american journalist and she has been detained without charge without information so it's truly very concerning well

according to the court order which was issued by a u.s. district court in washington d.c. show me must testify before a grand jury investigation after that she would be released however many are still concerned by even attention including a number of human rights groups. there's a grand jury investigation nobody knows what it's about and she's being held as a material witness which means that she's not the person accused but they think that she knows something about a crime a felony a very serious crime and it's serious enough that a judge has authorized her arrest so whatever is happening it is under the supervision of the judge what's disturbing is that two of her children were also subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury here in washington d.c. so what could she possibly have been involved in that her children also would know about she has the rights to do journalistic walk for whichever outlet she chooses

to do in any part of the world that she chooses to and she also has the right to travel freely as a journalist and as a citizen throughout the united states that she's a journalist in this way saying now donald trump's america journalism is a crime you know i have no other oncet to that that the children i have a cat is a she is a oscar information as to why she is being to tell the something very dark going on in the united states at the moment you know there's islamophobia there's this anti iran sentiment there's this anti media anti journalism sentiment unprecedented times in the united states and i said that my friend i'm a journalist and she is a fiery journalist as has been victim to that and it's unacceptable and the lack of information is on acceptable and the family is demanding to know what is going on with that mother that grandmother that you know she is a sister she was traveling to the united states to. see her ailing brother that she

has the right to do so without favoring detention taking an internal flight. well that's a story that will certainly endeavor to bring you the very latest on that in the coming days and weeks still to come on the program germany joins the ranks of western countries dialing up the pressure on chinese telecoms giant while way thoughts immediately after the short as the breaks. shots seemed wrong. but old rules just don't. let me. get to shape out just to become educated and in the game treatment equals betrayal . when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common

ground. you want to make sure that the quality is not just a slogan these are rebut the. is associated with the. believe how can you have a rise in this stuff. by. saving and investing. increasing the size of the national park so that you can distribute everything. ok i want to start back in central america a big developing story today at least sixty six people have been killed dozens of

others badly burned in a pipeline explosion at just north of mexico city it's believed to have been caused by thieves who were trying to siphon off fuel oil one hundred portably been spilling out for hours and hours before the blast happened officials say hundreds of people referring to containers. and now the nation's president i'm reading is not promising a crackdown as this weekend's blast is one of the deadliest explosions in mexico in history another story will be keeping your drive up and throughout the day here in r t international. now as the backlash against germany has joined the list of western countries considering locking the company art of its next generation mobile network the chinese telecoms giant has been embroiled in controversy and stands accused of spying on behalf of beijing pauline

her inevitable take is next. while away if you do governing one of these suspiciously cheap chinese phones is risky in case you missed this drive working for the company that makes the. chinese tech giant huawei which is mandarin for web definitely not spying on you ernest is finding itself under a spot of pressure for a nation as western competitor to is accused of having links to the chinese state and of putting back door was first spying into all of its products it's more of a hunch than an evidence based conclusion but that is enough chinese phones are also different to their western made counterparts because that cheap and they may be spying on you as opposed to i phones which are expensive and definite these prying on you most worried all the five eyes nations the international spy services which is but one tongue. of the world will know while way is

well ahead in developing and selling its five g. network five g.'s the network and the future it will allow your bathrooms scales to directly tell your fridge who's been eating all the pies as one of the internet of things and it will probably be in charge the first time a driverless car is down a group of koreans because of the potential for espionage the f.b.i. director even said that chinese are in a ship of five g. networks said to us via the use q what looks suspiciously like politically motivated arrests market manipulation and unproven accusations and to protect those who are nothing like a good old pudge to protect our kids and the rule of law. chief financial officer was the first to go arrested in canada at the request of washington apparently for breaching sanctions on iran which is such a geopolitical double whammy for america next hour while way employee was arrested in poland on espionage charges and chinese five g.

networks could soon be vanden britain australia has already started china called it western egotism and double standards. what i'm going to say you can have a certain sympathy for western governments i don't know fans of uncertainty they need to know exactly who's doing the spying facebook google or that area and finding foreign competitors from your home mom can that's not bad for the bank balance either. was. poly i was only poly ok time for a quite extraordinary documentary in moments artie's cameras were following a former colombian drug kingpin pablo escobar run this home telling which he hasn't seen in twenty three years because he's been in prison though the testimony a warning it's often chilling the program starts in moments that a run for it if you count.

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