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take gas petrol bombs and beatings hong kong's pro-democracy protests take an increasingly violent turn. donald trump says it's time to put a stop to america's ridiculous walls as the u.s. abandons its kurdish allies in northern syria withdrawing its forces ahead of an imminent in turkish offensive. extinction rebellion launches the 2 week protests counterpane with the eco want to say mean to shut down cities around the world they call on governments to hold the destruction of the environment but how much support is there for the movement what this generation seems to be saying is you've messed things up for long enough you're not really listening the only way we can actually get your attention is actually by civil disobedience extinction rebellion is without question britain's fastest growing pagan religion.

a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me nicky airing our top story this hour in hong kong 2 protesters have been charged with violating the newly introduced ban on face masks is the 1st time the laws being applied having a ritually been aimed at diffusing tension by keeping people off the streets the activists who were accompanied to called by a peaceful crowd a stark contrast to the recent violence in the city. the initial protests over a now abandoned extradition bill has since snowballed into a wider rights movement which is proving difficult to control a warning some may find the next scenes distressing as taxi driver was badly beaten

after you plowed into marchers knocking 2 down it's unclear if the incident was deliberate but it didn't stop the crowds and turning on the driver and actress was also assault in hong kong on sunday she was hit with bone dry less than a tennis racket while trying to take pictures of protesters vandalizing a branch at the bank of china she was later seen bloodied and injured as last year taylor now reports with images like this coming from hong kong it's little surprise people are drawing comparisons to our foreign movies. and kong has gone from being the economic power of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy but the faces of those trying to rust control from beijing's cross our mosques and the democratic means they're using wouldn't be out of place and hollywood horror film the purge.

the film's premise is that once a year for 12 hours only crimes are allowed modern fact austin rave you name it you've got a free pass and that because of this small window to release all your rage the country becomes crime free for the other $364.00 days it's a small sacrifice for the wider peace and stability and in scenes eerily similar to the film's opening hong kong apparently had a pudge of its own. to broadcast the still air vents and you heard. the urgency service is suspended for will. remember

urged us. just like oh. ok it was a hoax but it was a hoax that actually wasn't that far from the reality of the chaotic mania gripping the streets of hong kong. hong kong had a very dark night because of the extreme acts of the rioters the city's now senator lies to everyone is worried how real this raid. shops looted buildings burned the metro disrupted for the fast time in over 20 is shopping centers food shops and banks closed down fearing wolf islands from the vandals a city which was renowned for its efficiency and convenience is now ma it in confusion and to sorta the instability has spooked the markets and seen hong kong's retail sales suffer the biggest drop on record and while the city's 1000000 as a packing must do cases for those who can just rustle up a 1000000 euros to get a fosse trucks. residency abroad the options are limited the old can go anywhere we

came from mainland china and we didn't know the stations were closed so now we converse is a big problem for public transport is for everyone the decision to open or close the station cannot be politically if it's everyone's daily life if you save its traditions it's very difficult for you see trees not only produce the freezing because of them. retrieve media it's all the discourse and fire the entire thing anyway so i think that's kind of ridiculous now there are those who will say the film shows scenes of senseless violence while the protesters are engaged in a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience and what of course no image shows the full picture for this undercover police officer who was beaten and with petrol bombs by and incensed mob the line is probably a bit more blood with the lenses of the international media zoomed in on the region

there's no shortage of scenes just like this and don't worry if it's a slow day but i'm more than willing to lend a helping hand to spice up the show i don't. think you like the patch in the film lost 12 hours in hong kong with 17 weeks and counting and as those on both sides of the power kate's refused to back down a resolution seems far off. so there is no end game that's the infinity war that hong kong people are willing to engage in as businesses are crushed as fires by and as people are forced to pick sides claims that it's all in the name of peace and

democracy are increasingly wearing thin these protests is no longer out of call democracy told us it is turning to royalty the process that moves the engage in violence young people it is because for the past. decades. the home call government nor. straw polls the measures to ensure. that young people after they graduated from high school or university they would have a hard core of the jobs the poor to start. where organized to do more healthful hierarchy to come into the store forty's to put a start of one in the wrong doing whatever they like leaving the police nor toys plus sure you use their skills. to pass down the.

situation. in their society because external food has to come in and it is a scenario that i can anticipate the ridge really happened in the short run. donald trump has defended his decision to withdraw america's troops from northern syria saying washington must put a stop to its quote ridiculous the endless wars the white house announced the pullout on sunday night saying it will not be present in the region when turkey conducts so long planned offensive against the games the target the kurdish why pulte video has already emerged appearing to show u.s. military vehicles leaving their positions near the border with turkey the kurdish forces who are. uses terrorists but who were instrumental in defeating i still have begun digging antitank trenches they call washington's withdrawal and stop in the back they're also currently holding prisons full of former islamic state fighters

americas says that in the event of an offensive turkey will be responsible for the detained militants. the united states government has pressed france germany and other european nations from which many captured isis fighters came to take them back but they did not want them and refused the united states will not hold them for what could be many years and great cost to the united states taxpayer turkey will now be responsible for all isis fighters in the area captured over the past 2 years in the wake of the defeat of the territorial caliphate by the united states our senior correspondent mark gasnier looks at why american troops are in syria in the 1st place and what they're actually doing than now. america's role in syria it's difficult to explain they came to fight isis isis has been all but destroyed in syria but america's staying the fight isis you see what i mean by difficult to

explain and people are getting impatient sick of things staying in limbo turkey is done waiting it's going to invade supple look we have made our preparations completed our plans and given the necessary instructions we will conduct this operation on the ground and in the air tanks and troops are flooding toward the turkey syria border we're talking here about a theater wide offensive a frontline of almost 500 kilometers turkey's serious it wants america's pet army the s.d.f. which it views as terrorists god yes the f. kurds predominantly aren't going down without a fight the s.d.f. is committed to the security mechanism framework and has been taking necessary steps to preserve stability in the region however we will not hesitate to send any and provoked attack by turkey into an all out war on the entire border to defend ourselves and our people edouard's been pushing the idea of

a syria safe zone for ages he's got millions of syrian arab refugees he wants to resettle there and there appear to be progress joint u.s. and turkish patrols through this plan to save his own until turkey realized what was going on. limbo america dragging its feet and stretching the tie in mouth. line patrols patrol is we're seeing the only piece of fiction. come to think of it america's role in syria it's like a dual stop wedged with a door halfway open so you can close it and you can't open it and the doorstop does nothing but annoy anyone trying to get in or out to get something done and it has no good reason to be there i mean seriously in a recent congressional report they argued that the us should stay in syria because

get this all those defeated isis fighters could potentially theoretically stage multiple prison breaks and become a threat the isis detainee population is a few prison breaks away from refilling its ranks for the next phase of battle talk about running out of excuses i mean as i saying that you should change your card because you could burst the tire in the future came up with that is that in turn we godless the problem with turkey invading other than the fact that it's an invasion is that there are an awful lot of us troops packed together with the guys turkey calls terrorists and they're still there despite all of trumps humbug about leaving we've beaten them and we've beaten them badly we've taken back the land and now it's time for our troops to come back home it will become another syria like very soon let the other people take care of it now we are 1 for the vacuum. we're

going to be removing our troops to hear a trumps options get out of the way of the turkish invasion by withdrawing troops or stay and risk being bombed by nato if he leaves the liberal mob are going to go nuts and shout all the louder if he stays well he might have to explain why american troops are being shot at by nato allies. tough choice . ever knew the life of a doorstop could be so complicated. reaction has been coming from europe to increase plans for a military operation in syria a spokesperson for the german government warned that such an invasion would lead to further escalation in syria pointing out the possible humanitarian consequences well the european union said the operation would hamper the prospects for a peaceful solution to the year's long conflict writer and commentator i'm told

barry out one told is america's handling of the situation will likely undermine appearance as a reliable ally. i believe that american ministration will be the greatest that all was american open letting them down now is actually confirming that doubts of many because that america is not liable to lie when he signed it times and the washington times completely wrong that that that's the wish in the north syria when he decided to be neutral not just dig and bending his allies in. syria and this case this is a new a new threat of the will create a lot of problems with him among the dead not only in north of syria but also in north america and other parts of the world. more of a headline news on the way plus a new wave of unrest in ecuador as indigenous groups take the lead against cuts to

fill subsidies and price hikes. join me every thursday on the all excitement show and i'll be speaking to get after

the world the public which all business i'm sure business i'll see you there. welcome back 135 people have been arrested in central london this monday as a 2 week climate protest by extinction rebellion activists gets underway the group passed said it intends to paralyze westminster by blocking roads and transport networks hundreds of people have been chaining themselves to vehicles and protesting outside government departments as part of a worldwide campaign that's expected to start in at least 60 cities this monday protesters have also disrupted traffic in central to down most dreaded bird live

despite all dorothy's warning of planned downs dutch police say they made 50 arrests near a popular tourist attraction while in berlin around a 1000 people blocked a traffic roundabout terminal thora tuesday they will make arrests for the time being in madrid police say $33.00 activists have been taken to their premises and 3 arrested for resisting anti riot officers those activists have also been apprehended in australia and new zealand extinction rebellion has been in the headlines throughout the year with hundreds of on the wrists arrested. in a big. the

types of actions that we want to engage with are disruptive to business as usual but disruptive in a way that is not repellent to observers or outsiders people who may not even consider themselves to be environmentalists or politically active or aware cetera but people who are just paying attention in the world and understand that we are in a crisis and so they will be attracted or drawn into the spirit of the rebellion there are many ways to get involved. and we don't really place getting arrested above not getting arrested. among extinction rebellions key demands are that governments declare a climate emergency hold the loss of biodiversity and drastically reduce carbon emissions by 2025 from seeing it as a peaceful nonviolent campaign to potentially holding all the ingredients of an

extremist movement his son of the reaction we've been hearing. extinction rebellion is without question britain's fastest growing pagan religion and the reason i refer to as a pagan religion is because as all the classic hallmarks of a group of religious fundamentalists a belief that their view is the only view that's acceptable a desire to shut down everything that does not talk to their worldview are they fundamental belief that they are in charge and everybody else also go to their beck and call how do you resolve pollution result polluted by technological advancements the technological advancements that extinction rebellion opposed what this generation seems to be saying is you've messed things up for long enough you're not really listening the only way we can actually get your attention is actually by civil disobedience in the footsteps of mahatma gandhi and martin luther king jr and malcolm x. and rosa parks and people who decided that peaceful nonviolent public protest.

displays of public outrage but uncontrolled because don't forget the extinction rebellion and anybody who's involved in political activism or any kind of change agenda they going to use your actions and activities against you look extinction rebellion of demand effect we have returned to the stone age removal of economic progress a commitment to not grow the economy so essentially the british government for example has committed to being 0 carbon by 2050 which i think is nominally said suppose you can't or shouldn't trust all words that come to our service we had our city contrasts we're not because our number has been in. every single year if i can be. directly into the camera my 11 year old son who was at home with the band hello guys we had a debate before it came on tonight about does he want to. leave school. take a break for an afternoon or a day to go and protest he was worried about the consequences at age 11 he

understands that the climate is suffering and that rapid change is needed we do need to tackle pollution but i will tell you something you read you reverse the economic advantages of lifted a 1000000000 people out of poverty and you do not make the earth a better place extinction rebellion are lying to you. indigenous groups and workers unions have blocked major roads in ecuador in mass anti-government protests leading to clashes with police in some areas one protester was killed in a hit and run incident according to the op dorsey's 20 shopkeepers were arrested for illegally inflating prices 50 police officers have also reportedly been taken hostage or there are angry at price hikes in the country since fuel subsidies ended there to meet loan terms imposed by the international monetary fund on saturday night protesters continue to the edge their anger.

response to the turmoil president morello has announced a 60 day state of emergency he also says that the new reforms will stay in place is what some of the protesters told us. it would look to most people had rights if they went into barber those rights which was kind of a joke the measures and then ran around this lucky government in step with the north american empire. has a bad past does not hold of the people and so we don't want that we already saw what happened with people suffering from hunger you know. the city of stars that seems to have added another to its consolation a homeless woman in los angeles has one heart there after a policeman filmed her singing at our subway station her operatic performance went viral and might be about to turn her life around. i don't deserve the services of the cleveland for me but there are those who believe that so you've got it all

there was just in terms of people's fears with the music it. was. it was. 4000000 people calling me home 4000000 stories 4000000 voices sometimes you just have to stop listening to war to hear something beautiful. just got evicted because i could not have a new source or a source of income maybe my value was dropping but i wasn't getting more of what you really big. 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 6

spikes. over telling people the real be who i was the whole time you're going to be there on what given time goes to me of the posters of trains and where. i think i am going to start and i think that. he will just go right to the top of the charts. what a beautiful story to end on but we're back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines join his then if you can.

it's seemed wrong. when old rules just don't hold. any new world that we get to shape out these days and the conflict as a kid and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. in this community there are people who believe that it's ok. it's really hard there are no jobs and you see that i've got kids that ask and as a parent. i can come up with arguments and there's a lot of conflict within the game and between the 2 most of the conflict i would say overall is around morning. money is made. close wynonie children's

cosimo each other is good because the state of california alone makes $6000000000.00 a year of the prison complex just to get some 20 alive where. you don't care and. so your care might anything. oh why a paradise with some all year round turned into a round the experimentation field for agricultural chemicals we know that these chemicals have consequences they are major irritants there's no question otherwise why would that the chemical company workers themselves be geared up that suited up locals attempt to combat the on regulated experiments but often in day you have many of these people where one foot into the biotech pharma and the other foot in the government regulatory bodies this kind of collusion is reprehensible while the battle goes on the chemicals continue to poison hawaii and its people so one has to

ask the question whether there is a form of environmental research going on in hawaii whether these companies feel they can get away with this because the people have less political power. the world is driven by shaped by one person. of the day or thinks. we dare to ask.

a low and welcoming across all things you considered i'm peter lavelle not long ago it was russia russia russia now it's ukraine ukraine ukraine what partisan hat. in biased media won't tell you is why ukraine has become part of america's political drama you'll only hear it here on crossfire. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest to me he's a political analyst and editor at innocent me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander material he is a writer on legal affairs as well as the editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate alexander let me go to you in london i'm so pleased to have you india on the program here just the 2 of you because it gives you more time

to talk about a story that is much more complex and longer than audiences in the west are being given by the mainstream media everyone is talking about the 2016 election well i would go a little bit further back and the very least i'd go back to 2014 with the illegal overthrow of a democratically elected government with the support of the e.u. and the united states now the predicate of all of this the larger the biggest picture of all is nato expansion is to bring ukraine into the nato alliance why because it will give a reason for nato exist that's always been their mission they exist because they need to expand and if they don't expand they don't need to exist and of course the cherry on top of the cake is always it's an anti russian moot point so give us a larger picture or since they want the word is very popular in the western media give us the predicate of ukraine in america.