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this hour we're going to start which is braced for a tense weekend because today marks the one year anniversary of the best movement thousands are expected to run in paris despite the numbers predicted for the weekend there has been a dip in support for the movement the number of activists that show up for the regular demonstrations has dropped significantly compared with a year ago. but according to a poll out this week more than half of those. best but 63 percent say they don't want the protests to begin again. looks back at the 12 months of protests that have rocked the country. france once revolutionary now a catalyst for a few years populist movements a country where protest is in the blood and over the last year and nation defensiveness against the yellow vests paris landmarks of troy and for left defaced

and its iconic streets smashed and looted it even left the most jaded well shocked . makower it come to power with his own no idea of a french revolution it was one of reform he would not to fall on his sword as others before him by not giving in to protest movement but even he was forced into a treat the primed carbon tax hike was abandoned he opened a state purse to boost low income households mark or even he said he was there kindred spirit. it's been the yellow versus leans been in favor of higher salaries

and the more effective parliament than i am a yellow. but for many yellow vests those promises were empty a little in a at 1st mccrone didn't the way they were and the promises and that he backtracked there was a tax the onus not to be company had the resources to offer it he also promised 100 years extra for people a minimum wage but in the end we realised it was only for those on social security . the anger continued to spill out onto the streets while some yellow vests were caught up in the violence for the most part to protest is argued their movement has been infiltrated by extremists. it's the radicals who go out for violence it's an adrenaline kicked for them it makes them feel good i suppose but there are also people who become violent because they are being attacked by tear gas and police battens feel discouraged they've tried to discredit the movement by showing images of burning trash cans and cars and also to make sure that the rest

of the population don't join the movement the police don't understand and i think the government owes them money but instead of marching with us they hear the protesters. what you're looking at the violence made a big impression on me the police against our guys i've been to every protest in paris and i saw things i should never have seen people were hit in the back for the forces of peace and order they have been left scarred by the pilots there was a police car we had been this huge protesters and that type of fire inside it there the french were his men were very very close to use their weapons to get out there was the out of the 3 of there was a charge of police officer so there are they were exhausted and they were there was a counter from the money is a protester. we almost lost one member. and

according to this police union the problems were compounded from the very top. it was a mess. it was a mess. we had but. we had but did our ship there was an order of the factor. but leadership implies a problem. meanwhile for latisha divel the struggle continues but she's also aware the weekly protests may have lost somewhere very little impact so how will the yellow vests movement adapt in the future to change the system she says you need to be inside it this if it was when i decided to join the local team because if we can find the problem from the outside we should do trim the inside i also invited the other young leicester activists with similar views to do the same if they become a counsellor or a deputy they will be inside the system and we built to change it. what ever your

view on the yellow vests movement one thing is indisputable they've had a profound effect on france over the last year now could be a pivotal moment to see if they will continue to burn a torch under the current administration this weekend we may find out jollity r.t. paris. 5 people have been killed and dozens more injured during a protest in bolivia according to medics there supporters of ousted president over morale its claim that security forces opened fire on a demonstration with live rounds. thousands of mostly indigenous people took to the streets in the central city have succumbed since the political crisis erupted after an election in october at least

10 people have been killed in clashes across the country. supporters of ousted president demanding the resignation of the self-proclaimed interim president janine and as brothers was forced to step down on monday off the weeks of violence triggered by claims that last month's election victory was rigged violence looting and vandalism followed and some of his supporters now say they fear for their lives . meanwhile bolivia's self-proclaimed leaders being accused of racism over a tweet she wrote 6 years ago where it is apparently disrespected an indigenous holy day the post was later deleted what a new year certain ists no one replaces god. we want the racist lady who is automatically proclaimed as president to resign that is why we have said resign. that so-called president is usurping our country we want to respect the editor of the news website monday believes the new government is trying to exclude the country's indigenous people from politics. there is no indigenous group that the

it's in her cabinet i think this is clothing decision say's a lot about who is hidden in the aeneas and reach values and interests sheesh she has some poor indigenous people most important. to evelyn moralities and to his party movement to socialism i think the new government to south proclaim with goldman is trying to boot the indigenous people of the political game because it is necessary to boot ever more out of these of the gang and the indigenous people back to bite this new government including by the us because indigenous people of 40 percent of the county and this is a conservative which have organized the who did know that in order to give step billeted to decide new government they have to put the indigenous

people protest out of the streets they need to control indigenous people they need to violate their rights in order to give i repeat. to the new government. a former us ambassador to ukraine who is a key witness in the trump impeachment inquiry has said she has no evidence that the president engaged in criminal activity and you crying. out of it was questioned during the 2nd open impeachment hearings. do you have any information regarding the president tonight is states accepting any groups. now do you have any information regarding any criminal activity that the president of the united states has been involved with at all. now. despite bad as scared him open now explains that it could be some impeachment fatigue his audience numbers flag in comparison

to earlier troubles scandals. as impeachment inquiry hearings against donald trump continue on capitol hill the new star witness is marine evanovich and she is a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine who was removed from her post 6 months ago now donald trump definitely does not hold her in high esteem that's what he actually tweeted during her testimony every whim or even though of it when turned bad she started off in somalia how did that go then fast forward to ukraine with a new ukrainian president spoke on favorite play about her in my 2nd phone call with him it is a u.s. president's absolute right to appoint ambassador has now she testified that she was not part of the biden family scandal regarding natural gas in ukraine and furthermore she was not part of any effort to leak information from ukraine during the 2016 election furthermore she testifies that donald trump is intimidating her and that he's responsible for all the wrongdoing and so is vladimir putin well i

mean president putin must have been aware that there were concerns in the u.s. about russian meddling in the 2016 elections and what the potential was for russian meddling in the future. you know classic for an intelligence officer to try to throw off the scent and you know create an alternative narrative that maybe might get picked up and get some credence yes fitting in the name of the russian president is what you do if you want to catch a headline and the media is keeping up the hype the calm before the impeachment storm washington is bracing for a blockbuster day washington on edge all day for this 2nd day of impeachment hearings it was a storied day on capitol hill with the 1st public impeachment hearing of president tonight history of the hill as house democrats make their case against president trump an attempt to remove the president of the united states from office now you would think that that would be front had line news but is the you. yes public

really interested not too much 13000000 americans watched the 1st round of testimony according to the nielsen ratings now that's one in 20 certainly sounds like a lot but compare that to when former f.b.i. director james coleman got up to testify about how he was fired by donald trump 20000000 americans watch that that's roughly the same number as tuned in when brett kavanaugh was being confirmed as a supreme court justice amid sexual assault allegations you would expect americans to be glued to their t.v. screens now there is an actual impeachment inquiry open after all articles of impeachment could be drawn up the senate could be faced with the choice of whether or not to convene an impeachment trial and the stakes are significantly higher but the american public seems far less interested i wonder how many americans know or even care about the key witnesses you never heard of the master you've been a bitch have you ever heard of george can't. are you watching the trumpet

pietschmann inquiry hearings on t.v. . does it interest you at all. why do you think you are americans are trying to watch the beach because it's it's a full d.c. yeah sure it's fake you know i mean like 23 years since he's come into power if you like this one are you really going on the thing you have. to break here it was more so like you know sensitive to the public and this one is just everybody is either this or they're so yes it seems that the donald trump is a bad guy a show has been airing from capitol hill for a few seasons already but americans are now yawning and saying haven't we seen this episode before. are to see new york even the media outlets jennifer the most to us says that the drop in interest actually comes in handy for the us democrats. the american public i think the public in general is getting bored with some of the narratives that have been pushed against donald trump have been shown to either be

completely false or unfounded in facts. but there are some important things that have come out one of those i think is that is the fact that well what for one thing she didn't have any 1st hand knowledge of what this is about and she wasn't even in her post for several months and so the fact that she was there was just to showcase her as somebody who could say things that would maybe paint on a trumpet a light i think a lot of this has really been planned i mean after the you know these hearings started out with 45 minutes of the democrats of adam schiff and the democratic attorney being able to question her now again when we hear these questions what is this is just praising her and talking about her heroic life story and her parents after that they're supposed to be there is theoretically generally a 5 minute recess or a break which turned into 3040 minutes and even if you were that were turned in at the outset would have just tuned out or become bored with that and but what the democrats in the house have done is completely turn it on turn it on its head they think the public is dumb they think the american people are dumb and so they just keep saying these things they're making up their own elements of legal facts that

are absolutely already solidified within the american justice system. still ahead the sense that a. single swim for venice is the historic city experience is the highest in decades the city's mayor blames it all on climate change will be a reaction to that when we come back. china wants to trade russia wants to trade trump wants to trade the enemies or trade our conflict in a war because they love war and this seems like the trump opposition parties in america are the war of. the west and the western mindset is in decline the us is in relative decline china

reason is rising europe some people see it as rising over people see it is declining it's likely that the sort of western mindset and western culture will decline relative to eastern culture that's probably what's going to happen although you. know i think anyone that says something will happen is pushing it a bit. join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sport i'm show business i'll see you then. hello again climate change is being blamed for the devastating floods that are continuing to search through the italian city of venice that's the assessment of the other officials call the worst crisis there in half a century

a blow to the heart of italy. and. the basilica is at risk i prayed a lot i tried my best last night the basilica is a huge worry for me as well as for all our citizens people's lives and security are my top priority now. we risked our lives thank god we had a security plan which was quickly implemented.

earlier on our tina karen discussed the issue with a panel of environmental experts and journalist. well i think that the president's own growing problem with all this which is that it's. going rather than talking about climate change in general it's about providing the infrastructure it's true that this isn't strictly done to climate change this is a series of different events this very high tide coupled with the storm so climate changes could be exacerbated some of this in the fact that sea levels have risen about 20 centimeters in the last 100 years so that's going to have a big effect look fundamentally freak weather patterns will happen they continue top and they have historically happened what i'm concerned about is a very shrill why which freak events like this are treated my concern about the way that we're traumatizing your own people by telling them that the world is going to end imminently i have to seriously disagree with their level and that's the end to

ice that we're seeing now is unprecedented at the rate of rise in talk about this being an event that happens you know regularly in terms of history and the last 121 to get we're seeing 14 here on this level 6 times who are who are those in the last 20 years so the rate of change is happening is happening faster and faster you know you're going to have better all sorts of better infrastructure defectives there's a huge risk from climate change then yes isn't necessarily the best example of something which means happens there's a huge risk from pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when the point so i think is really important to get across here is the way that a lot of these climate activists oppose improvements in technology that actually are going to save the planet it's they do not want to allow was the time to move to a low carbon economy what they want to do instead is cut off net carbon to 0 by what in the next 20 years that would mean no more cars no more electric stay no

more heating of your eyelids it returns it returns britain to the stone age you're talking about this exaggerating the risk of climate change which is a gen-u. ine. and then if the time you mention going back to you could make a stone age back to the dark age that's not going to happen he does need to be a change in how we look at the economy and it needs serious thinking but just trying to guess because in terms of the dirt dark ages stone ages complete nonsense there is no alternative put forward really except we're going to change the economic system become explained how they're going to change the economic system in a way that allows people to carry on living the decent lifestyles and improve their lifestyles over time gratifying but appears on television and says we need to end the myth of perpetual economic growth that's easy to say if you're from sweden i can ride around the 4000000 pound yachts harder to do that if you're subsistence farming nigeria we have lifted a 1000000000 people out of poverty in the past 10 years and what you guys what's

there is condemn those people to the evil poverty overrode how his focus religious views and he's in with like hocus pocus about climate change is very very dangerous language we've been mapping this data to the years and years we've been predicting what's happening we have met the maddest seen the rise of change of c o 2 levels at the rate of change that we see now so what are you going to do to replace fossil fuels over them as those living in the dark ages you know you're going to replace those is going to have a plan stood up so just declaring that we're going to put c o 2 is not the answer and i think we can call it c n n i think we can cut c o 2 quite drastically by reducing the amount of energy that we use and we do have technology to capture this and we have technologies in renewable when we've got way marine technologies and things that haven't been exploited because of economic reasons and if we can invest in those shoes then we can our massive change this

whole situation and we can reduce the waste massively. despite the delays and false starts britain's plowing ahead preparing for a life of the bricks it the home office has even released an app to help e.u. citizens to stay in the country but researchers are warning that it's vulnerable to hackers. the tools we used to typically very easily accessible and require very little technical skill to use it means any type of bad luck to could perform this attack without sophisticated technical knowledge very personal and sensitive information is being handled and millions of people are using it so you would expect stringent protection measures similar to banking apps. is meant to replace an 85 page long bureaucratic application for u.k. residency as of now it's been downloaded by more than a 1000000 people it allows applicants to submit passport photos and check the validity of biometric information and also requires that they submit more personal data like names phone numbers and addresses but researchers found that the app

lacks protection from malware attacks which could allow cyber criminals to steal personal information there's also a high risk that hackers could also alter data within the app however wearing it sounds to carry out all this the device would have to already be vulnerable privacy activist and technology expert bill me you told us more about that. the company in question didn't actually find any vulnerabilities and we do not know whether there are particular vulnerabilities supplication what they did find however was that the correct procedures and safeguards hasn't necessarily been implementing this means that if the phone was already vulnerable in some way the application wouldn't be able to detect this it wouldn't be able to protect users who may be vulnerable there's an element of scare mongering here but potentially the scare mongering isn't such a bad thing because it can point to wards the importance of having certain tests

and certain breaka within the development of certain applications that have really sensitive data you don't get much more sensitive than passport numbers and photo id these are the kinds of pieces of information and data this is if it falls into the role hands it can be used very effectively in order to site your identity and steal your identity i mean while the u.k. faces a snap election they could settle breaks it all make that home office happy totally gives this is going to be the 1st december poll since 1923 they usually take place in the late spring or summer and with a seasonal chill descending the speculation the voting could take a hit from the whether.

it's about common sense and putting safety 1st look out for black ice look out for each other in times of low body temperatures if your friend is starting to look blue it's maybe time. head homeless. women out in the door leaving only the die hard men campaigning during the evenings perpetrating a culture in politics where men deal professional relationships with one another and women are left out the impact a few hours of daylight may seem like a minor concern but the news comes at a time when the political discourse towards women is already talk sick.

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to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and 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. time after time called her ration to repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important to accelerate the transition to sustainable prize board sustainability space where man at a more equitable and sustainable well. they claim their production is complete the hamas. has the models and not it does not the present companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something this

must be going to any minute i mean look. this is the move and news that we didn't even and i'm stunned. understood with who is going in. what politicians do. to put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go right to be dressed as a white woman for 3 in the morning can't be good that i'm interested always in the waters in the. first city.

now imagine a time say we're going underground on the $74.00 than of earth street and the establishment of unesco founded to promote justice and the rule of law and currently holding its 40th general conference as latin american countries from bolivia to chile to ecuador face an all out fight for democracy coming up on the show a legacy of the brutal british back to provide good for pinochet we talked to one of the most popular politicians in south america's richest country chile for geo jackson about overthrowing governments in latin america allied to washington london and brussels and award winning journalist greg palast explains our new liberalism born of western business schools has led to revolution wherever the people of latin america have sought freedom and justice plus the director of oscar winning film still alice wash westmoreland on the class fold lines at the core of his new film

for netflix. oliseh more coming up at today's going on the ground 0 1st it was 49 years ago this month that salvador allende was inaugurated as president of chile the latin american country today is not only in the midst of an uprising against the liberal president sebastian pinera but witnessing solidarity protests for palestine after more u.k. armed violence in the middle east involving serial un resolution violator israel in the past 24 hours i into would die in office overthrown and replaced by anglo american backed dictator augusto pinochet and according to some leaders fighting global neoliberalism the legacy of pinochet lives on. board they don't want to lections they want to cool and wipe us away in a pinochet style. sometimes we say these hard things and in europe and other places they see it as an exaggeration or extremist and it's not exaggerated they were.