i. tear gas petrol bombs and beatings hong kong's pro-democracy protests take an increasingly violent turn. of ultron past threatens to obliterate turkey's economy if it does anything off limits in northern syria comes as the u.s. pulls its troops out of the kurdish region ahead of our planned military offensive by ankara. extinction rebellion launches

a 2 week protest campaign with eco activists aiming to shut down cities around the world as 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 extreme rebellion is without question britain's fastest growing pagan religion. very warm welcome to you watching r.t. international with me. in hong kong 2 protesters have been charged with violating the newly introduced ban on face mosques is the 1st time the law has been applied having the ritually been aimed at diffusing tension by keeping people off the streets now to. ists were accompanied to court by

a peaceful crowd in stark contrast to the recent violence in the city. thanks. the initial protests over and 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 a taxi driver was badly beaten after he plowed into a march is nothing to down is unclear is the incident was deliberate but it didn't stop the clock from turning on the driver and the actress was also assaulted her prime stones a she was hit with umbrellas and a tennis racket or trying to take pictures of protesters vandalizing a branch of the bank of china she was latest in a bloody day and injured as suskind taylor now reports with images like this coming

from hong kong this little surprise people are drawing comparisons to a horror movie. from 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 crossed a mosque and the democratic means they're using wouldn't be out of place and hollywood horror film the purge i am. trying to. take. it if. the film's premise is that once a year for 12 hours only crimes are allowed modern fact austin rape you name it you. what

a free pass and that because of this small window to release all your rage the country becomes crime free for the other 364 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. being used for the. urgency service is suspended for 12 hours. remember urged us to find just like. 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 cemetery lies to everyone is worried even afraid. shops looted buildings

burned the metro disrupted for the 1st time in over 20 years 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 mired in confusion and disorder 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 foster residency abroad the options are limited but we can't go anywhere we came from mainland china and we didn't know the stations were closed so now we can go back is a big problem for public transport is for everyone the decision to open or close the station cannot be politically it affects everyone's daily life but if you save it situations it's very good for your situation not so many people use the phrase and because of them loose. there are 3 media threats are the life discourse and

tired 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 but 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 were right. thank you. very. much the powergen the film

lost 12 hours in hong kong with 17 weeks and counting and as those on both sides of the power caves refuse 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 a pro-democracy protests it is turning in to royalty the protestant the engage in violence our young people it is because for the past. decrees. the home call government nor. straw polls even. to ensure our. young people after they

graduated from school all the university they would have high quality jobs the poorest are not all that well organized they do not have a hierarchy to come a little boost or forty's to port one in the wrong doing whatever they like leaving the police law toys to you. to pass then it's likely that the whole situation. necessary to eat. food is to come in and it is a scenario that i can anticipate the reach real 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 would be killers the endless wars the white house announced the pullout on sunday night saying it will not be

a presence in the region when turkey conducts a long planned offensive against the kurdish why. the united states was supposed to be in syria for 30 days that was many years ago we stayed and got deeper and deeper into battle with no end in sight we will fight where it's to our benefit and only fight to win video has emerged showing us military vehicles leaving their positions near the border with turkey the kurdish forces are longer of use as terrorists who were instrumental in defeating i so i began digging antitank trenches i've called washington's withdrawal a star in the back. for the past hour donald trump has said however that he will quote obliterate turkey's economy if it goes off limits during the operation taking a look at the role of america's troops in northern syria here's where our. 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 to 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 subway 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.c.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 has 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 appeared to be progress joint u.s. and turkish patrols through this plan to save the road until turkey realized what was going on. limbo america dragging its feet and stretching the time out bogus pull no load line patrols and patrol these we're seeing all of these a 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 u.s.

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 fully back in syria we're going to be removing our troops so here are 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 are. the new the life of a doorstop could be so complicated a 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 or the european union said the operation would hamper prospects for

a peaceful solution to the year's long conflict some media meanwhile seem to be suggesting that the us has the right to undercut syrian sovereignty the kremlin spokesperson outlined russia's position earlier. we know and accept the turkeys taking these actions to protect its own security by counter interest elements that may be taking refuge in syria but i repeat 1st and foremost it is crucial to respect serious to retore all and political integrity. let's cross live to yusif am now he's a political analyst at t r t well that welcome to the program it's great to have you with us how do you treat the media's take on the u.s. role in the conflicts area. well the u.s. role in the conflict is basically over it should be over now the mandate given to the syrian democratic forces that were the u.s. proxy in the region was to the pieces and straight from the president of the united

states mouth isis has been defeated and there's no reason for the united states to be there's no reason for the syrian democratic forces to remain as a proxy army and frankly we wipe which make up the majority of the syrian democratic forces threatening turkey's national security and since they're operating on turkey's border turkey has a full right to protect its national security by launching an operation across the border into northeast syria. how likely is that you do think that the plans take a shift and if will seriously destabilize the region and result in the displacement of many cuts. it won't destabilize the region because the reason why is because the y.p. undertaken a tremendous population or demographic engineering in the area since 2014 you look at what happened to rock a rock has been leveled blast to oblivion you look at there is or it's in ruins

many of these cities are and ruins and there was in an induced population exit is by this dramatic bombing campaign by the u.s. coalition pushing many arab sunni arabs out of the area so what turkey. plans on doing after this operation is rebuilding the region and also reintroducing a 1000000 refugees back into syria once again which will play an important role in the political solution process and play an important role in normalizing the area we saw that turkey had previously entered after in an area that the. called predominantly kurdish and completely normal population exit is kurds when turkey 1st entered yes there was but you have to realize that there was a tremendous amount of pressure placed on the local population by the y.p. . spreading false propaganda that turkey has a problem with them you have to realize that there's around 12000000 kurds living

in turkey there's more kurds in a city that's never even but even by p.k. standards being considered traditionally kurdish houses the greatest kurdish population in the world but yet the kurds continue to what i should say the p.k. k. continues to push this narrative that turkey is against the kurds no such thing. you just mentioned that how to. hundreds of thousands of refugees tamils in syria how is turkey getting to ensure the safety of these people. hoping ensure the safety of these people with this operation now this up with one of the misperceptions around the safe zone operation is that it's targeting the why it's not only targeting the targeting dyess also it's a safe zone and the terror elements in this region that can threaten the safety of civilians will be will be cleansed the neutralized and president plans to rebuild this region not only with housing but also government buildings for governance

security headquarters also so he plans on building many villages and rebuilding cities and introducing not hundreds of thousands but at least a 1000000 refugees according. to the safe zone proposal that was made at the united nations general assembly 2 weeks ago now with turkish forces being present in the area and also the free syrian army there are going to be more than enough to provide security to the civilians in that area is a fair and a political analyst it thank you for your time. headline news all the way plus a new wave of unrest in ecuador as indigenous groups think in the decades to build up today's price hikes they changed about was.

the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person with those words. thinks. we dare to ask. you know world's big partners. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to get the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for

the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. welcome back 135 people have been arrested in central london this monday as a 2 week climate protest by extinction rebellion activists guess runs away the group is that it intends to paralyze westminster by blocking roads and transport that works hundreds of people have been chaining themselves to vehicles and protesting outside government departments as a possible worldwide campaign that's expected to take place in 16 major cities protesters have also disrupted traffic in central hours to download rates on berlin this vital forty's want to give klout downs 2 that's police say they made 50 arrests they were a popular tourist attraction with and by led around a 1000 people block to traffic roundabout terminal 3. say they will stop making

arrests for the time being in madrid police say 33 activists have been taken to their premises and 3 arrested for resisting anti riot officers 30 activists have also been apprehended in australia and new zealand extinction rebellion has been in the headlines throughout the year with hundreds of activists arrested. the types of actions that we want to engage with are disruptive to business as

usual but all 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 it 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's many ways to get involved and william and we don't really place getting arrested above not getting arrested. among extinction rebellions key demands of the governments declare 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 here's some 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 just as old a classic old box over

a group of really. it's 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 they fundamental belief that they are in charge and everybody else also go to their beck and call how do you resolve pollution the result polluted by technological advancements the technological advancements the extinction rebellion oppose 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 tamed and controlled 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 effects 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 contrast because our numbers in the names become clear 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 and 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 regret you reverse the economic advantages that have lifted a 1000000000 people out of poverty and you do not make the earth a better place extinction rebellion are low. indigenous groups on

workers' unions have blocked major roads in ecuador in mouse antigovernment protests leading to clashes with police in some areas of the 470 people have been arrested one protester was killed in a hit and run incidentally according to the op dorothy's 50 police officers have also reportedly been taken hostage there are angry and price hikes in the country since fuel subsidies ended there to meet loan terms imposed by the international monetary fund as a night protesters continued to bed. bugs through the turmoil president lorenzo has announced the 60 day states of emergencies he also said in the new reforms will stay in place here's what some of the protesters told us. is where we looked at the putin rights if we want them to abide by those rights which was going to jump the measures and then ran on his

lackey government in step with the north american empire you know it's just that the i.m.f. has a bad fast does not hold of the people and so we don't do one thing only just saw what happened as we speak both suffering from hunger and. you know thanks for joining us here on r.t. international you know nia will be here at the top of the hour with all the latest headlines. what holds if you should. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so if you want to be president if you. want to. achieve right. this is what. beautiful people. i'm interested always in the waters of the holidays

. and there should be. 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 teams close to the conflict i would say throw balls around there most of their money is made. close one on the 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 a life where. you don't care and cares about your so your care might anything.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. below and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle not long ago it was russia russia russia now it's ukraine ukraine ukraine what partisan hacks 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 dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at the 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 in 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 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 in. to 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 of the word is very popular in the western media give us the predicate of ukraine in america's political drama out's go ahead it wasn't it i mean you said peter that it goes back to 2014 it actually goes back even before because of course when the u.s.s.r. broke up ukraine which had been one of the big constituent republics of ukraine the us the sun there was this policy of basically keeping it is distanced from russia as possible and this is linked up with this policy of western expansion of nato which the western powers had promised the russians.