one thousand yellow vests protesters take to the streets of strong still spite or government warning those soldiers could open fire and writers are in danger like our correspondent is in part the french government closed several iconic landmarks for protests but it's instead of this saturday the demonstrators are found and not there a well known location. u.s. backed kurdish forces in syria declare victory over islamic states of the capturing is last foothold a week off the donald trump claimed the territory of the defeated. around one million people descend on central london for an anti brags it macho image growing anger over the way the u.k. government has handled the probes.

very welcome you're watching r.t. international with meaningful runs although this time all thora teams banned marches in certain areas including key parts of the capital in nice on the south coast an elderly woman was severely injured when police force protesters from a central square she reportedly hit her head on the floor police were quick to get medical help from paris where the protests were more peaceful here's our correspondent medina caution of. several thousand people marched across the city center and just sounded on the steps of those famous zach recurrent cathedral which is located right and the north of the say sheet there shouting slogans many bracci flags representing different unions that they came from they also brought political posters but overall this demonstration seems to. rather peaceful paris is beefed up

with the security at the moment as the french government decided to close several iconic the landmarks that used to be the meeting point for many protesters here and also the french government decided to deploy armed soldiers in this sheets of the capital and impose fines for those who decide to violate those new measures and seeing you destroy the soldiers is strictly set out extremely precise they have different modes of action to face or threats you could go as far as opening fire if they or someone else's life is a threat we spoke to some people living here and it seems very easy ansel that divided over such measure. i think this is an extreme measure obviously this will not solve everything but at least it will help to avoid further destruction don't know for sure i don't think anything good will come of the government's decision to use. use his own ass for what he did last saturday burned down restaurants and so

on i think this is a necessary measure. it's not the army's mission that shows the failure of the government and the failure of our petition is so you. know i think if the army opens file it will prove that crisis management is not sufficient so i think they're bringing in the army as a way of responding to the crisis but it's not sure lucian's the problem yellow bus protests continued for the nineteenth weekend but this saturday it's a different location it is less violent the butt of the movement continues. the syrian democratic forces have declared a final victory of islamic state after capturing the terrorist groups last pockets of resistance. this really add that on medical what. the mcleod on behalf of the syrian democratic forces and all the soldiers and allies that fought with us in the same trenches today we announced the defeat of the so-called islamic state and the

end of its ground control in its last pocket in the buy goods region it of because has been the focal point for the s.d.f. for several weeks the final assault was delayed due to thousands of civilians trapped in ice the last stronghold early m.r.i. galaxy have joined my colleague andrew farmer in the studio to talk more on the issue. isis is global it's in afghanistan it's growing it's in iraq it's in africa it is essentially international what has happened is that it has suffered a defeat they've think it goes but isis is still there in the countryside there in the desert the say that isis has been defeated is that i would say in outright lie and many experts agree they're out there and you know they're like accounts it will take a long time to get rid of them nevertheless washington is selling this as a political win the political message the big isis on klav has been destroyed and

not as what trump is saying we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beaten him badly now we've won it's time to come back we just took over you know you kept hearing it was ninety percent ninety two percent the caliphate in syria. jumped back and forth declaring victory saying there's another battle another victory so we'll see how long it will be before the next time they declare a last victory and what will this mean then for the four hundred u.s. troops that are still in syria where there's there's a few hundred. foot is a border crossing between syria and iraq the united states was quick to jump there they've stopped the presence they've kept it for years it basically cut off syria and iraq so an iran iraq damascus syria route is impossible while those

troops are there basically the united states holding out for along with the rebels there is a strategic it is a pain for the syrian government it's. basically a thorn in their side and nevertheless there is a lot of united states that is and many other pundits experts predict this that the united states will stay to safeguard those allies syrian kurds against. while we have completed the territorial defeat of isis in syria and iraq. we still have much work to do we've been clear that the campaign is not over. we will continue to support the coalition's operations in syria to ensure this enduring defeat but as for the final victory again trying to preserve the troubles jump that that is said that you know declared final victory of isis they've been

destroyed here it's all my. it's all you know of my achievement but they aren't destroyed they're hiding out there still in the tunnels underground hiding among among civilian populations make no mistake is preserving their force they've made calculated decisions to preserve what's left of their dwindling personnel and capabilities by taking their chances in camps for internally displaced persons and going to ground in remote areas they waiting for the right time to reemerge many of them as zealots there still as fanatically loyal to isis as they were when it all began. central london has seen one of its biggest protests in recent history organizers of an anti brags it march as saying more than a million people took to the streets calling for a second referendum it comes amid increasing uncertainty over the u.k.'s divorce from the e.u. on thursday e.u. leaders agreed to postpone the country's withdrawal deadline but only by

a few weeks the prime minister to resign may will now try to get the british parliament to approve her deal despite it having been rejected twice already however she is now warning that the vote may not take place next week as expected throwing breaks it into further disarray following all the twists and turns has poly boy remember that simpsons episode where bart keeps touching the electrified cupcake. it all looks a bit like terrorism a attempt to get her breath as it deals parliament with the woman tasked with leading the country at its bravest hours since world war two. hasn't got to men who people up to defend her it's just going all night and on and on she is the roadblock to this house reaching a majority when will she develop a backbone and stand up to do was this mission to disaster week rick

rick britain's departure from the e.u. is likely to be delayed and the wheels off or ling off the brags that bus but if you think about it to reason may wasn't the one that called the referendum in the first place a certain previous prime minister did and she has hammered out that deal with the e.u. like she was supposed to but the politicians in parliament won't sign off on it because some of them are hard bragg's it is that want to stick it to brussels and many of them remain is that want to stick with brussels and pleasing the politicians in a predominantly remain a parliament while carrying out the will of the people is turning into an impossible task some say she's trapped like the time she couldn't get out of this car carrying the poisoned brake that challenge. even donald trump has had a dig i'm surprised at how badly it's all gone voices of support are rare i don't

always agree with her but i know her to be a woman of coverage i also feel sorrier for because we have actually given her an impartial trot for critics though there's no excusing mase bungled bragg's it with public anger over brags that running high laughing at the prime minister has become a national pastime. come with me and together they seize the day. leaving the. white. house. and everything like that. and who can forget her famous touch phrase bricks it means bricks it years from now to reason

may is likely to be seen as the braggs it prime minister that her legacy depends on ets her message to the people of britain is that she is trying her hardest to deliver britain's departure from the e.u. this i am absolutely sure you the public have had enough your charge of the infighting your charge of the political games and the arcane procedural rounds tired of m.p.'s talking about nothing else but bricks it when you have real concerns about our children schools our national health service knife crime you want this stage of the bricks it process to be over and done with i agree on your side she might be forgiven for wondering if there is anyone left on her. political consultant klinsmann mahratti explained why every step on the brakes in process is only making the situation more complicated. when briggs it was first

announced as an idea as a concept and there was no meat on the bone as to what the concept of what the process actually would mean and we start off in a place with such uncertainty there's no surprise us to the situation room now so unless the identity of briggs it is made clear that the disruptions and stalling methods will only continue i think the sentiment right now in parliament is that. it's almost an impossibility of this deal going through and if it does go through it will go through under very pressured measures which means peace in parliament won't vote with what they believe is to be the best way for forward but will do it because the time pressures are so tight which almost holds parliament to run them saying this is the only deal we have and you better put it through because your certainties are too big and too widespread to even imagine. a long awaited

report into alleged russian collusion in the twenty sixteen us presidential election has finally been submitted by the special counsel robert muller a confidential document was handed to the justice department which says must has it not recommended any new indictments has catapulted with the details. report has been submitted the final report from bob muller the special counsel appointed two years ago to look into allegations that donald trump had colluded with russia during the two thousand and sixteen elections and at this point no further indictments are being called for we're hearing from the white house which has spoken up and said the next steps are up to attorney general barr and we look forward to the process taking its course white house has not seen the report does not know what it contains it was simply submitted to the department of justice has long maintained there was nothing for special counsel robert mueller to find he's stood firm in saying that there was nothing to the allegations made against him let it come out let people see it that's up to the attorney general we have

a very good attorney general he's a very highly respected and we'll see what happens there's no collusion there was no collusion there was no obstruction there was no nothing it appears that this bob mohler report is a bit of a failure it hasn't turned up any big indictments related to russia collusion it's been two years long but we've already heard democratic party leaders talking about other options they have for keeping the scandal scandalous allegations related to trump and russia alive now adam schiff a democrat in congress recently floated this idea for keeping the story going i said he agreed that the counterintelligence investigation may be more important than the criminal investigation because it goes to present threat to our national security whether the president and anybody around him are compromised by foreign policy there's been many occasions in which the u.s. public was told that some kind of bombshell or groundbreaking revelation was about

to be revealed but it seems that the two years the report has finally concluded and people are waiting to see what is made public from that report after the u.s. attorney general makes that decision on enviro a u.s. presidential hopeful for the new tarion party things but democrats benefit the most from the probe. what we've seen so far has been basically a joke this whole thing was supposed to find a russia russian called lucian and so far all the indictments all the guilty pleas that there have been guilty pleas and all the people found guilty in court have been found guilty of things better other than russian collusion this was supposed to be a big whole thing that was going to under under uncover some connection between trump and russia and it turns out to be just a bunch of petty usual nonsense just normal politics this is not russia inclusion this is a waste of time effort and energy so i expected or democrats will drag this out as much as they possibly can not because they think there's anything to be found but

because they know that this trial this kind of circ is is helping to energize the democratic base helping them to say like look trump is really bad for these reasons . and we just rescuers are evacuating thirteen hundred people from a luxury cruise liner off the country's west coast one passenger films the moment the ship began to lurch violently off to an engine failure during stormy weather. according to those onboard windows were smashed and water came in at least eight people were injured norway's coast guard saved the viking skies sent out a mayday signal after it started drifting toward land rescue is saying this ship is now safely anchored and the remaining passengers will be taken to shore four helicopters around are involved in the rescue operation which is expected to

continue throughout the night. still ahead canadian prime minister justin trudeau is being challenged over his feminist credentials more on that after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of 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 the multiple different clubs on one hand it is logical to signal from

fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and a fresh perspective i'm used to suppress it. or not if. i'm going to talk about football not the or else in the sink i was going to do. by the way ways of the flying here. welcome back a canadian opposition lawmaker has lashed out at the prime minister calling him a fake feminist and a fiery parliamentary session michelle rampolla accused justin trudeau of silencing powerful women in an ongoing corruption scandal. the use of the term feminist.

one more time if this prime minister such eminence why see muscling the former attorney. the former attorney general who the law mike you just mentioned was one of the first to blow the whistle on a bribery case that shaken the canadian government to its core jody wilson raybold says she was pressured by trudeau to drop an investigation into canadian engineering giant s. and c. level in the company as one of the world's largest construction firms that allegedly paid ninety eight million dollars to gadhafi era officials to secure lucrative contracts including the world's biggest irrigation project or one is now accused of being a fake feminist trudeau had earlier heaped praise on those defending women's rights and probably declared that's exactly what he does although critics claim he was just looking to score cheap political points. being a feminist is the right thing to do but it's also the smart thing to do i'm going to keep saying loud and clearly that i am

a feminist men should be feminists as wow i am proud of that maternal love is the love that's going to change the future of mankind so we'd like you to look at what we're going to see people coming not necessarily mankind. for. there's lots of things you can do for your mentor feminist as a man but here's a simple one i'm doing interim. is not about holding true to one's values it is not about actually having a code of ethics it is about winning elections you know government has made it such a priority they have used accusations of sexism they have used the term feminist to

prop up their party so much that other conservatives are almost forced to bring this up in the conversation because they have made it such an important political debate so if your party is going to be about equality half women half men in the parliament that is going to be the hill that your party guys on that you better stand on if you're going to use that as a weapon well then be prepared for that to be used as a weapon against you trudeau when you don't live up to your own values this will certainly make it a closer election than i initially thought and i think the conservatives could have a chance at taking things if trudeau continues down this road of scandal after scandal. u.k. immigration officials the facing questions after it was revealed they used by. able quote to reject an asylum seeker from iran. i am extremely concerned that the government department could determine the future of another human being based on

such a profound misunderstanding of the texts and practices of faith communities i've seen a lot over the years but even i was genuinely shocked to read this unbelievably offensive diatribe being used to justify refusal of asylum it's not the role of the home office to play theologica it is very hard to tell if the person is telling the truth and you need to think about what the person's motivations are but to go as far as to dig out specific verses to try and justify a claim seems extremely bizarre i have never seen anything quite like this one the asylum seeker who has not been identified files the claim in twenty sixteen and eighty said he had converted from islam to christianity because it's a peaceful religion but immigration officials used quotes from the bible in a bid to disprove his claim. in the vertical chapter twenty six god states you will pursue your enemies and they will fall by the sword before you the book of

revelation is filled with imagery of revenge destruction death and violence these examples are inconsistent with your claim that you converted to christianity after discovering it is a peaceful religion. the home office sais the rejection letter was a one off not in line with general policies as ing that it will work on more training for a start we spoke with the chairman of an immigration consultancy firm sun what he thinks that the home office is looking for excuses to turn down refugees it is surprising that the home office should behave the way bar to you know unfortunately in some respects it's not surprising because they are quite unreasonable around help for. a looking for excuses to turn down asylum cases even cases which many people would consider to be quite genuine so you know the unfortunate there we are the home office of quite inventive in

a way and can come up with you know whole range of reasons to fuse asylum you know which can be completely unjustified you know unfortunately governments want to have been tough on immigration and the home office are under pressure to be nasty are helpful and so on for sure that's what's happening so perhaps it's not just the home office officials force was also the government's for for encouraging officials to be nasty unhelpful. investigators have flown to a remote part of russia's euro mountains in a bid to finally solve a six decade long mystery back in nineteen fifty eight a group of nine hikers were found dead one had their tongues and eyes missing over the years theories of range from a yeti attack a nuclear leak can't even aliens investigators aim to reconstruct the incidents with their findings are expected to be released later this year. what if you'd like

to say something about any of us stories then to get in touch by following us on social media and leave your comment that we're back in thirty minutes with the latest headlines will think about. during the great depression which are old enough to remember there was most of the family were poor working class there wasn't it was bed you know much worse objectively than today but there was an expectation that things were going to get better. there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn't today today's america where shaped by the turn principles of concentration of wealth and power. reduced democracy attack solo doubt to engineer elections manufacture consent and other principles according to no i'm chomsky one set of rules for the rich offices.

that's what happens when you put her into the. narrow sector of wilf which will is dedicated to increasing power virtue of just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. i think that this would be a. lost cause there because there is this. anything to. say. the same the position of serbia in the context. of the international law. are more more on the serbian side i think not on noticing forty four but also just find the act which got in peace and an ability.

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still has time to squeeze in a joke. it's incredible that we can pull that off the attacks on venezuela continue and n.b.c. news was on it outraged over so ridges of food medicine and now electricity earlier this week a massive nationwide blackout left most of them israel in the dark that are going to limit how this woman no power means no respirator entire hospitals have gone dark oh my god this sounds horrible how did this happen was a grandmother was a russian hackers watch an r. kelly do you see. n.b.c. news would leave you thinking this happened because the venezuelan government is so poorly run they just can't keep the power on well that's what you believe in lets you do what they call in the biz research. or reading. thing that

and b.b.c. news is allergic to that type of stuff but the gray zone project has revealed that a twenty ten u.s. regime change blueprint proposed venezuelan electricity blackouts could be used as a watershed of bents for galvanizing public unrest the blueprint was authored by serge popovich of the center for applied nonviolent action and strategies or canvas of belgrade base democracy promotion organization funded by the us government that we has trained thousands of us aligned youth activists in countries where the west seeks regime change yes democracy promotion that that's orwellian speak for we're going to. just see people hiding under rubble go argued over the democracy promotion is going to get you. know this memo saying that creating an electricity crisis is the best way to create regime change

in venezuela was authored by the organization. u.s. funded soft power organization that helped train venezuelan coup leader of one why go and his allies the u.s. funded organization that trained one why go the guy who is currently running around venezuela claiming to be president that same organization authored a memo saying cutting all venezuelan power grid is the best way to bring down the government and now just weeks after why go to clare's himself president without any democratic voting to that end the power grid cuts off. what i was getting.