another weekend of protests and paris turns violent with some demonstrators smashing windows and police responding with tear gas. plus traders at america's largest bank are charged with price manipulation under legislation targeting the mafia parties max keiser says they've been getting away with it for years. eric holder who was the attorney general under obama when this 1st came to light said that market manipulation and fraud were important for the american economy and that he is the attorney general to prosecute. and the u.s.

will send more troops to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. and response to an alleged iranian strike on a saudi oil facility tehran though claims even riyadh knows it's not to blame. what you are to international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. clashes have erupted at what's become the traditional saturday protests in paris of insurgents gather to vent their anger over poor living conditions but also this time climate change 152 people have been detained since he reports from the scene. several clashes taking place across paris we're here on the show where act 45 has taken place or you just get a sense of behind me there is a huge amount of anger here and that's because the police of course who don't area with the police will then signed it which they are not letting out and as you can see some of the people on the outside protesters are calling for the liberty of

these people being cooled and in this section couldn't for no reason we were actually in there ourselves we were allowed out because we're members of the press or the police did this decided to bring people up the street bring people down the street and hold them together and this is now who is in a sense of tension he might feel see this one man who is all going with the police people to be saying you know given their liberty this is a against a constitutional rights to be held like this for no reason and we've also seen tear gas used to own the shows a lazy again used on people who didn't appear to be doing anything to warrant the use of that type of force there is a huge mobilization of police across paris today more than 7000 offices that is equivalent to what we saw on may the 1st when they were food 1000 protest is out on the streets it's not clear how many are out on the streets today but what i can

tell you is all around me there is this palpable anger and this is just one spot in paris where people are gathered but we can see that the police are clearly trying to crack down on any violence they have been what we call cackling people into certain areas no allowing them to go out and then tear gassing them in those areas for what seems like no reason you can see that the firefight is just behind me. putting out some of those full is that have been burned by some of the protesters and if we just sort of turn around and look you start to see just how many people in this area many protesters just being pushed to these extremes in a way for the areas where they require didn't buy the police gas has been raining down on us since we arrived at this part of paris but this is where the main action is taking place there have also been at the school machines in other parts of the city across the day and the same can be said in other cities across france as well

it just seems as if this movement the l a best movement which many people thought could be dying down over the summer looks like it's been ignited one small does that mean that we're going to see tens of thousands of people on the streets once again that's certainly what the authorities fear and that's why they wanted to have this massive crackdown today 45 weeks of yellow vest protests 45 days of saturday protests and it still here almost a year on people still angry with the current state of fronts. and the protest group seems to be taking hold around the world coming up later in the program hong kong as again in the grip of protests with anti beijing activists appealing to the west and supporting china linking the identities of mass protesters. top traders from america's largest bank j.p. morgan chase have found themselves at the center of a justice department investigation they're accused of manipulating the price of

precious metals of the course of 8 years. and look at how they managed to stay under the radar for so long. when it comes to wall street hollywood doesn't exactly sprinkle stardust while portraying bankers banks got greedy. we profit off their stupid if you want to bet against the banks that think we're either high or having a stroke. name and you move the money from your clients like you would if you could make clients money at the same time it's advantageous to everyone correct. but it turns out that that silver screen image isn't that far from the truth 3 top executives at j.p. morgan have found themselves in court the defendants are no those allegedly gauged in a massive multi-year scheme to manipulate the market for precious metals futures contracts and defraud market participants now one of the laws invoked by the federal prosecutors is the rico act this is a law designed to take down criminal syndicates like the mafia.

so what exactly did these j.p. morgan guys do well according to the indictment federal prosecutors say they used any illegal method called spoofing to mess with the price of silver well let's say that you flood the market with orders for silver this creates the impression that the demand is higher and you cancel all of those orders now this is illegal because it essentially makes the price of yoyo in an illegitimate synthetic way not according to the natural cycles of the market it is it legal to do this just once

but apparently these j.p. morgan guys were doing it for an entire decade now it's worth mentioning that at this point j.p. morgan owns roughly 50 percent. of the world silver so messing with the price of it certainly had big implications for them now the scheme that the federal prosecutors have apparently just uncovered has been somewhat of an open secret for years here's our tease max kaiser describing it almost a decade ago on this channel they have sold still silver contracts that don't exist they're engaged in naked short selling this is a form of counterfeiting well here's a modern day max telling us exactly how they got away with it for so long well eric holder who was the attorney general under obama when this 1st came to light said that market manipulation and fraud were important for the american economy and that he is the attorney general could not prosecute and that too big to jail was a part of the part of the legal landscape of america now and

so bankers were given a green light to commit massive fraud so that was the message from the department of justice under eric holder was committed all the fraud you need as long as we support the u.s. dollar and if you need to manipulate markets and break laws then we're going to look the other way because the just the part of believes that the fraud in the markets is somehow sacrosanct with the american way they they equate american islamic capitalism with fraud that thanks to eric holder barack obama and now donald trump this is the american economy we've been reporting for he hears as you know. these indictments always curious to see if anything comes out of it so far nobody has really paid a price for committing massive fraud. the u.s. is sending extra troops and air defense systems to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. according to the pentagon the move is a response to iranian aggression earlier i talked with taylor about this

development. the pentagon announced on friday that it would be sending additional troops what it calls a moderate number which is yet to be disclosed and military clinton both to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. primarily it says for defensive purposes now the u.s. claims that this was the request of local authorities to iran illegibly conducted a drone attack on 2 state run oil refineries and a major oil field in saudi arabia just last week as the president has made clear the united states does not seek conflict with iran that said we have many other military options available should they be necessary it would be wrong with thousands of troops struggling hundreds of troops also just the secretary. do you think this is going to be enough we think for now that would be sufficient but that doesn't mean there could be additional deployments as needed based on the changing situation and surprisingly there have been accusations about what concrete facts do

we know about those attacks well what's important to note is that the u.s. has yet to provide any concrete evidence that iran is behind the attack despite conducting various investigations in fact the rebels in yemen how the already claimed responsibility which is something that the u.s. a sort of turning a bit of a blind eye to at the moment but here's what are some mixed messages because also on friday the saudi forces retaliated by you want a series of strikes near the yemeni port city of data by their own admission to stop rebels from conducting air assaults on shipping vessels in the red sea and this seems a bit contradictory because as the iranian foreign minister says the strikes seemingly seem to suggest that saudi of saudi arabia saying yes this is the rebels are behind attacking oil facilities and so we're not going to punish them and prevent them from doing anything similar in the future. since the saudi regime has

blamed iran the basis is that is for the attacks on its own facilities curious that they retaliated against her data in yemen today breaking the u.n. cease fire it is clear that even the saudis themselves don't believe the fiction of iranian involvement tehran claims that it's ready for any scenario and that whichever country decides to potentially attack iran will become the site of a major battlefield so we have the u.s. sending these troops but that's not the only pressure they've decided to put on the iranians tell us more about that well no as is often the case as strikes and troop deployment haven't been the only reaction this is been a sort of multi-pronged attack so washington has also decided to continue economically strangling iran by announcing a new survey of round of sanctions this time both on the central bank of iran and the national development fund these are the highest sanctions ever imposed on

a country we've never done it to this level. it's too bad what's happening with iran it's going to hell. sanctioning iran's central bank reveals more than anything the u.s. is desperation the americans have imposed all types of sanctions they can on iran now what they're doing is imposing sanctions on the central bank which was sanctioned before under different pretext their action is certainly hazardous and unacceptable and it is also a violation of international law. definitely a tense and quite fast unfolding situation and certainly an indication that unfortunately the standoff between tehran and washington doesn't look like it's going to ease up anytime soon terror on base political analysts say it must africa believes the u.s. military threat has lost all credibility in the eyes of iranian officials. as a matter of fact in addition to milk in the south of the cals that same fashion

nowadays. there needs to be some you know reinforcement in the region for the united states in order to take the gesture that it's still a strong it's ready to go for action to save face in the world on the other hand they have long been pursuing this strategy to widen their military buildup in the persian gulf in order to push themselves into the management and control of the waterway the strait of or most once a year on shutdown their global hawk the american drone 3 months ago this law was called by iran and there you know military threats have no more credibility in the eyes of the iranian officials but all in all it's not going to be war against iran we all know that we are all sure about that for various reasons. some companies are trying to break up anti-government protesters after

several 1000 gathered for the 16th consecutive weekend of demonstrations. i. please have already used control weapons and pepper spray against the demonstrators binocular street barricades burning flags and destroy property 2 nearby subway stations have been closed earlier pro china supporters pull down messages and images put up on a wall by anti beijing activists the rival sides have lately adopted new tactics to get their way and it happens explains. for months hong kong has been embroiled in massive protests each passing week to see mistrust confrontation and violence on the 2 sides of the barricades escalate so many on the streets this has become a war of attrition with an implacable enemy both sides pick a new tactic. to get one over their opponents in an apparent deadlock. many

protesters feel this conflict is unwinnable wars are a powerful ally and western political intervention to tip the scales in their favor peace. and your health are paddling. not upon. by potentially passing this act the us risks the revocation of hong kong special status crushing the region's economy but this seems a secondary concern when there are bigger battles to fight. while pitched battles are fought in the streets conflict has also spilled over online docs in the intentional spreading of private details in order to harass intimidate or coerce is the new favorite weapon and both sides are guilty it's a tactic that's illegal yet hundreds of complaints have been emerging over the last few months many incidents of targeted proposition journalists chinese state media have condoned revealing identities of protesters and on the opposite sides about 40

percent of such cases have targeted police officers or their families government officials and other citizens a large number of our officers and their families have the impression that the unlawfully collected elite practice norms and passing that personal data including id card numbers birth date telephone numbers address and photos such data was this close on social media without the consent of our colleagues. that now seems inevitable recent polls show that 90 percent of demonstrators now agree that radical tactics are needed to get their way a sign that a political ceasefire is nowhere in sight the protesters have got what they wanted all those months ago withdraw all of the widely criticized extradition bill but that's no longer enough an inquiry into police brutality fundamental political reforms resignations the list of demands grows longer the hong kong chief executive

carrier has offered dialogue. we are holding the 1st session next week and this is an open dialogue platform we will invite people from all walks of life to come to express their views to us this is because of our conviction that common occasion is far better than confrontation but when both sides seem more focused on fighting their perceived enemy than seeking a way forward kerry has a mountain to climb the violence is always initiated. over a couple of plays the western media or so surprising with british or north american borders are always there but we're always begins charging the wall street that's what the they are they were there or usually girls. who are.

actually. useful citizens and the course. people are oh the racial tension high also which. they prefer to call from this location beijing is going to grow. so it's going to be used again immediately but it was. still to come our correspondent travel to pakistan the locals are worried by rising taxes and it fears a political unrest airport after this short break. tensions between the masses and classes have existed ever since modern states came into being but often serve as a driver political change with russian civil society growing larger and louder

against the excesses of the governing elites. what does the future of the political system look like. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. somebody wanted. to write to the press this is like the full story of the people. i'm interested in the why. question.

welcome back with pakistan planning its budget for next year many locals are worried by raising taxes i met fear as a political unrest that's our correspondent paul ferre found during a trip to is all about bob. this is one of pakistan's busiest markets where shop owners are the 1st to feel the brunt of the government's efforts to introduce tax reform and the economic measures to try and address the failing economy but people here are angry the thing is that many of the shops here are not legally wages to and so the requirement that they do so and also pay taxes to put it mildly is not being welcomed by everyone yes we are facing difficulties on inflation on the rates of poverty are high still we hope things will get better it's on the pakistani economy is facing one of its worst crises ever the population here numbers some 208000000 but he's growing by nearly no surprise then that the government has been forced to come up with out of the box solutions economic situation is quite bleak

in pockets. and country have been for a thing you can only cry through. we country for a program for the right for because of the. vision of. the impact of this burden to show for the poor roi income growth which. belongs to various factions including the leader of the group and they may differ but authority to. the government people are in distress or are there for a thing. growth of program they are not happy for there are transferred there are people who may go on strike prime minister among cons government has prioritized the development of small and medium sized enterprises how satisfied are you with what the government has been doing for the last year economically. in the

course of just a year nothing can actually be done iran has a 5 year job to do out there that will see what he's managed to achieve despite the difficult times most people here have hope that the economic times will turn. still innocents will remain in prison despite the fact that his current prison term comes to an end this sunday when he wakes co-founder has almost completed his term for skipping bail but the court decided that if released he would have called again artie's going underground discuss on just case with wiki leaks editor in chief chris and half and said here's a quick preview. it's hard for me as a journalist space you do see this unfolding in my close circle to see my friend in this situation not just because of him or lloyd it's really difficult for him but for your aunt the journalist and for journalism in general because as we've talked about frequently this extradition case is. will set

a precedent which was will define 2 in journalism in the future how on earth as a person who is in solitary we were almost all the entire day. with very little access to information. how can we prepare for the biggest most important corcos in his life timely extradition hearing in late february this is a question of life and death this hearing but this goes to show i mean what and so of course what news melzer the united nations pressure on torture set up of how corrupts and how in stress that the entire system in the u.k. including the judiciary and the media has become when it comes to julian ourselves and we've seen it before you coke or so earlier this year and this sort of was a confirmation that what neil smelters said seems to be true that julian.

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planning to back to night to see the comics you want to americans in america covering american news are called foreign agents. so saudi arabia's oil fields were attacked and the debris proves iran was behind it or rather saudi arabia wants to go to war with iran says iran was behind it. but also the united states who want to go to war with iran doesn't run was not you. can call me crazy but does it matter if the debris is a ronnie and made don't countries sell arms to each other even though it's a damn stupid idea don't they do that all the time i mean we we do it

a lot in fact israeli soldiers often test palestinians with tear gas canisters marked. wait in the usa. you think they'd take the time to put a little sticker on there that says. made in russia. they were not. meanwhile buried quietly at the bottom of a lot of this week's reports that dads who the rebels have said they are behind the attacks so rebels in yemen who have been mercilessly genocide by saudi arabia over the past many years with the help of uncle sam factions in yemen have claimed credit but exam as n.b.c. will tell you. for some reason stop or lay refusing to take responsibility saudi arabia officials right now are outlining what they call added instead last

weekend's drone attacks on its oil refineries were in fact supported by iran that of course is a belief that shared by the united states iran for its part continues to deny it was behind the attack he then brings in another expert and he tries to set her up for some good propaganda but she accidentally grabs a true turd in like the middle of the segment i want to bring in the best for wendy sherman now former undersecretary of state for political affairs now at harvard's kennedy school she is also a mess in d.c. global affairs contributor what's your assessment is there any reason to believe that are wrong is not behind the attack over the weekend. well there certainly are lots of indications that iran was behind this attack but we find ourselves in a very difficult place for a lot of reasons given the assassination of jim shogi and saudi arabia's other actions particularly in yemen their word and their.