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i mean. another weekend and yet more fury in france tens of thousands of those yellow vests activists turning out for a fourteenth consecutive weekend of anti-government protests clashes erupting in the capital further demonstrations are expected later today where across it also ahead. haiti is gripped by civil unrest with thousands of protesters flooding the streets
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of the caribbean nation's capital they're calling on the president to step down over claims of corruption and economic mismanagement. in the news stories of the week that we brought you a recap of number fourteen children with a child being a have been expelled from school in internees here at the insistence of outraged parents we spoke to some of those kids being kicked out. and this made headlines in the week two dating apps two hundred grand a hit with allegations that their facilitating the sexual abuse of children or you have reaction to those claims to social media companies the target being. told whatsoever it is the children or whether these are adults internets.
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house page you should you have certain things in place you don't suppose he's in store however the get round still you got educated and. other very good morning welcome you're watching the weekly one r.t. international with me kevin zero in this sunday are surrounded by the big stories making the headlines from us over the last seven days and first to some of these happening this weekend very much france again the first port of call in this bulleted that country is braced for another wave of yellow vest demonstrations after falling living standards it's going to happen again this sunday this weekend marks three months since their protests campaign began and saturday yesterday saw over forty thousand nationwide to vent their anger over president emanuel macross policies. then the. clashes between activists and police broke out in a number of cities too including noms and beyond and those protests in paris
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descended to violence pretty much by late afternoon or throughout the show due prensky has been reporting from paris and here she is again now. you might just be able to see in the distance that we've got protesters who are throwing what appear to be rocks towards if you just turn the camera around towards this line of security forces over here this is being a pretty much a cat and game cats and mouse game going on between the two with the police responding then with tear gas you might just see a couple more of those rocks landing there to wards the police forces as as they come in the protesters here thousands of them we've got some me he's burning an e.u. flag right in front of us here many of these illusions don't like the european union
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either but those rocks now projectiles being thrown quite forcibly against the police and you can see now the. thing into wood surface with what looks like here yes pellets going off if i know like to be grenades coming from the protesters this is now that she is gas that's coming into the protest group from the police you can see those canisters being distributed in the air flown up and you can see the tear gas now all across the floor hit just in front of all the leads in this center of paris that casts all round us in fact take all or look around in circling where we are the idea to move these protesters away some of them have been. seeing the police getting closer and closer to them some of the protesters they calling. to resign that's a call we get quite
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a lot for people out on the streets in the yellow vests in particular and i want you to take a look around now you can barely see down to would only lead as that smoke just envelops this by that gas already coming in already. so we just got to try and move away from it because it really just pick out your throat or your eyes. you see people coughing. as a result of that to go. through all. of. your pizza is really pretty nasty when it gets into a story and this is now act fourteen thousands of people came out to paris many people had thought that this pup's be the last. saturday protest of the ship jones
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but the ones i've spoken to say that's not the case many unhappy about the thousands of people who've been arrested in this result of. this protest movement we've had about eight hundred people who have gone through the court system so far including a couple of high profile cases including by the book suggested earlier in the week and every queuing is one of the so-called medias over the movement so we just bring you back to where the police line is you can see there that is one of the water cannons that they use it has actually been deployed during that huge plume of gas that we saw that just in the last few minutes now the government has offered this relations many concessions including a rise in the simic which is the minimum wage and saying that those who would over time will have been issued a social contributions or tax there's also this big debate going on but one of the things the government has done to really anger many people out in the streets
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particularly this year asians is this motion at the moment that's going through that would make it illegal to come to a protest like this and to cover your face with some people if they were cool do you not be able to face up to a year in prison or a fine of several. doesn't i say that's really and get this. it just sets intention of finishing it so that you can ski r.t.e. paris well i'll be following this story charlotte spoiler comprehensive coverage of what's been happening there want to bring you all aspects the other side of the join the protests on site of the number of those yellow vests were filmed hurling projectiles at the police for. the u.s. he was. that video was posted online by the french police union and it illustrates the challenges being faced by officers were joined by a member of the organization to discuss the violence that the protests we have to
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perform extra duty the police are exhausted and can't take it anymore because the working conditions are inhuman on the one hand we have to be in place to guarantee the security of the rallies on the other hand we are public servants and have to be friendly even if you are tired you have to go on duty due to exhaustion we could easily make a mistake. it's estimated around three thousand people have been injured since the yellow first protest began some of suffered life changing injuries now you know caught this if not earlier this week we spoke to a lady called. she was hit in the head with a stun grenade back in december she says when you see the picture of the pretty graphic of michelle that she might lose their eyesight in one eye is a bit of her story. it says. policemen are called to work every saturday i understand that they're tired but fatigue is not an excuse for everything especially for leaving people without ice hooligans were on the road and i was on
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the left who explained to me why the policeman fired in my to braxton it is not normal france is one of the oldest democratic countries in the world it is not normal that this is happening here we were on the shans elisei it was comment and there were very calm yellow vests around us and then some who have been started vandalizing the shop on another side of the street as trying to set fire to it policeman started to shoot to help by fighters to get through and it was the last one that i remember because after that i fell and the grenade hit my head my eyes still in great pain and will be removed in the next operation doctor said it can be saying that it is painful to touch it i can't move it and i can't read. him or the big stories of the last seven days we brought you the haitian capital rocked by a week of violence and looting protests as import a process demanding the president step down over claims of rampant corruption and his failure to tackle the country's grinding poverty nine people have been killed and dozens injured during the unrest.
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because some of those protesters have also been expressing their contempt for washington and its apparent support for the current president a number of videos of emerge the demonstrators putting the american flag selfish u.s. national security advisor met with a haitian for a menace to south that they discussed the right job bolton expressed washington's enduring support for the caribbean nation and called for dialogue to resolve the crisis the statement comes as similar antigovernment protests continue to shake venezuela of course too but while the u.s. has pretty quick to throw its weight beyond the opposition there seems to be taking a somewhat different approach to haiti with the president is also seen as lacking
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legitimacy trying to contrast and compare these two stories next. protests are turning deadly. crowd wants to president to get the hell out of his office. but. they loathe his government for corruption for all kinds of cheating at the election . but the nation is not just poor it's starving. rich people one country running. everything yet the massive population. continues to be like a bit of polling from the poorest country in the caribbean the last presidential election had to be rerun after claims. fraud but the follow up which put president
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maureen's in power wasn't exactly a model of democracy the turnout was only a fifth every tenth ballot sheet was never counted for different reasons and some cases that would be more than enough to set off what i call the legitimacy radar alarm and washington not this time trump sent his people to congratulate the new leader his diplomat said they were proud of haiti the haitian people deserve to have democratically elected leaders today's inauguration of a democratically elected president and allows haiti to return to democratic and constitutional rule so what do you do with that kind of rapprochement show that you're a big fan of the man in charge there president trump and i own troops and old and entrepreneur ones is results and therefore i hope to put everything in place to make sure we deliver for our peoples but could such words of warmth ever end up
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turning into something like this how. venice. on a true. venice the trump government is not going to side with the haitian people because they need that haitian government for its project of overthrowing the venezuelan government so back to news from haiti several days of protests put the capital on the brink of chaos a furious haitians are on the edge a group of you when powers including america came up with the communique i.e. condemnation of the escalating violence they want the president to speed up reforms well the only thing that came out of the state department in four days was this travel security alert security alert the security situation remains very unstable if you hear gunfire or protest groups seek shelter inside your house immediately and stay away from the windows and no one's yet picking
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a substitute for the elected leader but of course this relative silence isn't simply about someone saying nice things about donald trump this is the nature of what we can say american power in the world today it is filled with hypocrisy in haiti it is the vast majority of the population which is turning out to demand a job no movie uses a departure and yet not a word from mike pence not a word from pump a oh the secretary of state not a word from donald trump so this double standard this hypocrisy is typical we can say u.s. foreign policy and venezuela neighbors on the map but it looks like they're nowhere near each other in the minds of those gurus of real democracy this made headlines in the way to school in indonesia coast controversy after expelled fourteen children with h.l.v. in aids it reportedly took the decision following complaints from the parents of
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their classmates we had from some of the youngsters who were kicked. parents strongly objected to the fourteen children sometimes and it's because they are h.i.v. positive we tried to proceed but following their protest we took the children out of the school and now we're helping to find a new school for them if i think i think of the soul i think i think i.
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am. the one. that's my classic. well we also talked to the head of an ngo that helps indonesian children infected with hiv. and for almost a week these children have been staying home and not going to school they're very upset about it and really want to play with other kids again big keep asking me
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when they'll be allowed to go back i think children should between many obstacles since entering school after kindergarten it's become the norm but we will stay strong i think there is no need to hide the location of the next school for these children if we are open it will be easier to explain to the public that their disease is in their body and will not easily spread to others. ten seventeen of them all in moscow time rev you're watching international around the world thanks ever so much for your company my name is kevin i would hope you stay around because after the break more of the week's news that we brought you in recap including this one too popular dating apps facing scrutiny over claims that their facilitating credit trait behavior talk about it after the break.
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join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next. different clubs on one hand it is logical to go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising people. why not if you think. i'm going to talk about football not for you or else you can think i was going to do. by the way
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ways of that slide here. again how your weekends going while violence against farmers in south africa is on the rise according to government statistics new figures show the number of attacks a shot up to fifteen percent in the past two years and that most of the victims are white we spoke to a number of people of the this old. half a clue you see to make the difference to you. in the lagoon to the if you could this is life in a video. from the top and not a scratch. on my neck and how to come to my age if. i. called. in this star marine me. it is now i'm. on my as i went down the go. he began the head with this with the stick. and.
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oversee the short we believe first if you will can you imagine going to the front. of a recording that doesn't leave you to go. get the whole time they held a shotgun to my car i just want to believe that it's one of the evil i keep saying on the edge just watch them start. looking for the dollar. this. case both ultimately scary stories well recently published report has revealed that electric drills blow torches and blade should been uses assault weapons against farmers or was the back story here the issue of white control of farming is a long stirred controversy of course no secrets their efforts to redistribute land to black farmers have been launched by the government which is stressed that though it doesn't intend to begin the mass seizure of white owned farms this recent spike in attacks has put the whole issue firmly back in the spotlight but seems violence
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against farm owners has been happening for decades while most of the victims are white some say this attacks unless those do is racism are more to do with why does social problems concerning law and order in south africa. the nature of their tax is disproportionate we're not among those claiming there is a wide genocide or a crime against humanity but it is it serious crisis and there are signs that it is only going to get wars we are on record as is dismissing the the what the white genocide narrative of if it does not exist spreads that being said. you you do get into it into issues of what of what motivates these crimes and an argument could be made that in certain instances. the rictus rictus racial rhetoric may be a contributing factor once again these are also expresses possibilities commercial farmers. that seem to be disproportionately. you know i think it's it's
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it's very important you know and you can see the solutions you know to what's become trapped in that racial prism we are aware of instances where we. reflect people being attacked and also i think it must be pointed out that that part of the whole form formative conformity phenomenon is the vulnerability of workers to pretend to be interviewed and they've been instances where. black people abuse that loves to protect. to protect what white people are under attack and vice versa as the case. we followed in the priest. him or the very stories he brought you over the last seven days this one iranian photographer lashing out at donald trump after the u.s. president used one of her photos in a scathing tweet about the islamic republic her name yelled annoyer e no she said the photo was used without her permission and she said it was a great shame for the american later published the tweet in both farsi and english on monday as a radiance mark the fortieth anniversary of the overthrow of the u.s.
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backed shar the photographer condemned donald trump saying a photo shouldn't be abused by quote what she called men in washington video ideas he wrote me spoke directly exclusively in fact to the photo journalist but he denied it but you know if i have no twitter account and someone sent the picture to me i did not expect this picture to come by i took this picture on december thirtieth twenty seventeen during a protest of terror on university against the economic situation in the country these photos and i camaro which we should use frost society and we fast to see ourselves and think that these are our problems i'm upset as this issue has been used for other things and not to help our society this issue has bothered me for a long time or should a lot more to say as well you know the maury also issued a lengthy statement in response to donald trump's tweet she says that u.s. sanctions a devastating the lives of ordinary iranians. in as a matter of fact my protest against this tweet can be defined as
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a social aspect and it mostly relates to family it's personal life my family is in the us and we haven't seen each other for four years because of the travel ban and it felt like my family was in a prison because we could not even visit each other in another country this is an issue that has happened almost every family and has affected our society on the other hand the economic and social impact of sanctions that affected people including those who are not interested in political issues caused me to show a symbolic protest it was not something like a legal complaint or anything else. lot of talk for this story in the wake the popular dating of tender and growing the under fire for allegedly doing little to protect children from paedophiles using their platforms the barrage of criticism follows an investigation by a british newspaper it detailed a number of assaults on minors that took place after sexual predators matched with under-age users online since twenty fifteen seems more than thirty cases of child rape have been reported to british police as
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a result of much is made via online dating services sixty other instances of sexual assault on minors are also under investigation too they include grooming kidnapping and violent sexual assault victims are able to evade the much making ups age checks which are currently seven eighteen over welton there for its part though says it has made significant progress in enforcing age restrictions. utilize a network of industry leading automated and manual moderation and review tools systems and processes and spend millions of dollars annually to prevent monitor and remove minors and other inappropriate behavior from our app we don't want minors on tinder we discussed issues social media lawyer your colon and also steve morris of the english democrats northwest. the parents and the children as victims here they have been abandoned for such a long time think it is about. the government intervene and create some laws
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and regulations and also so media companies who are much responsibly parents have full responsibility to make sure that their child complying with the education issues all that they're properly monitored can't levy used to be can bypass if you get fake id these are always ways around it if they're going to break the law the name of the regulators they in fact it is the states that we have got to blame here think the state have left the internet except going to regulate themselves police themselves what you're talking about is a complete police state where you can't do anything without the control of the state. governments got together in money to save many many lives of children great breakthrough creating laws and conventions be completely wrong because what you're doing you completely isolate him a child from the reality of us what you've got to do educate them learn the people who lived very very computers they think that the rules of the years really apply
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to authentic if you don't apply to her like the shops of responsibility therefore online companies and internet companies should have the same sort of responsibility to both young people. that was just a snapshot of the many and very stories that helped shape the world around us that we brought. you this last week thanks ever so much for watching the we clear on you all the check of the stories in the last week if you want to see what's happening right now dot com is a place to be there most of this weekend is kevin always watching and have a great rest of the sunday. i've been saying the numbers mean something they've mastered us with over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime families did. eighty five percent of global wealth you long to be old rich eight point six percent old market
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rose thirty percent somewhat one hundred to five hundred three purchase per structure and this one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers over. the only number you need remember one one business showed you know bored in this one and only boom but.
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hello and welcome to worlds apart from my france everything from economies along this phrase has long become a byword for selective justice in authoritarian regimes but it actually belongs to a man who deposed an elected president before taking his place that happened in pair o. . could something similar be happening again this time in the united states with all the afro. president trump well to discuss that i'm now joined by alan dershowitz professor of law and meritless at harvard law school and the author of the case against the democratic house impeaching trump mr dershowitz it's such an honor and such a pleasure talking to you thank you very much for that well thank you so much as you probably know i voted against president trump i'm a liberal democrat i worked hard to see that hillary clinton would get elected but i'm very much opposed to efforts to remove this president who i voted against by on lawful means whether by invoking the twenty fifth amendment to the constitution
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which was written for presidents who are incapacitated by medical or psychiatric reasons or whether by impeachment that requires high crimes and misdemeanors so i'm very much in favor not of president trump but in favor of the constitution now when you say that you are in in favor of the constitution and the civil liberties rather done motivated by any personal sympathy.

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