yes well the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. democrats in washington demand fox news register as a foreign agent calling the channel a russian steve jumped in on a joke. the 2nd explosion rips through a chemical plant in eastern texas 12 hours after the facility injuring 3 workers. and the parents of a man killed in a traffic accident paul pressure on the u.k. foreign secretary demanding justice of the wife of a u.s. diplomat and main suspect escaped punishment. we feel is responding and. they're more concerned with how the american citizen. accused of killing our son than the last british citizens that live in the country.

you're watching r t international law emerges on a lot quicker thank you for joining us and we start with this u.s. democrats have labeled fox news an existential threat to the u.s. describing it as a russian stooge and some are now calling for the channel to register as a foreign agent as caleb maupin reports. voices in the mainstream of the democratic party have escalated their calls for the suppression of alternative views specific way about foreign policy the target now seems to be the fox news network one of the most watched cable news networks in the united states prominent democratic voices have called for fox news to be forced to register as a foreign agent and specifically a foreign agent of russia fox news should register with far as an agent of the russian federation if it's going to peddle the kremlin agenda and propaganda while

hurting u.s. national security interests then it should be treated the same as our t. and nick these allegations and this call for suppression of fox news and forcing it to register as an agent of russia seem to be in response to this comment from tucker carlson i don't live like they are about to go out of the conflict between ukraine and russia but i'm curious like i tell you why and why should that run for russia because i am tucker carlson is a prominent host on fox news he has a nightly program and apparently it was in response to not only these comments but also comments he's made in coverage she's had of the o.p.c. w. reports questioning allegations about syria and the chemical attack and duma and 27 seen here is some of the response that fox news has endured for its foreign policy coverage folks news host says he roots for russia against the west he said the quiet out loud this clip is just one more exhibit supporting the case that it's no

longer the left versus right but democracy versus authoritarianism i think many still underestimate the threat to the republic at this point fox's open the fascist day and g.o.p. are existential threats to us say we've reached out to fox news for comment on this issue in this allegation we hope to hear back from them this is not the 1st time that allegations like this have been leveled against conservative media outlets in the united states there is currently a case. in court in which one american news is suing m s n b c and rachel maddow over their allegation that rachel maddow referred to america one american news as quote paid russian propaganda one american news network is a conservative media outlet they say this is slanderous they are simply not a paid russian propaganda outlet and that this isn't an attack this is an unfair slander from m s n b c and from rachel maddow and they're hoping to win a settlement in court of up to $10000000.00 it seems that the allegation that one

is a russian agent or a russian asset or a foreign agent agent of a foreign power seems to be a common theme among those calling for the suppression of alternative views it's just not the smear it's then that's all it is and they make these outrageous claims with absolutely no backing your no support about being a foreign agent which is absolutely ludicrous but they make is going on with no evidence and of course the intent is not to actually get these organizations to register as foreign agents that's absurd the intent is to just plant this seed to plant this ridiculous notion which they've been doing all along they've been doing this with the russia gates a lot that blew up in their face earlier this year now with the piece written hearings which is also blown up in their face democratic party in the left used to be the party of free speech the priest speech movement was started in 1960 s. by left wing activists and and they're also the anti-war movement and they used to

be the party of anti-war we've seen this dramatic shift the entire paradigm has been flipped on its head free speech and war and foreign war relations it's just 2 of those biggest issues the democrat party the left is fundamentally anti free speech. will stay with me to news on spanish will be taken off bolivia at the style to december and that's according to the country's leading t.v. operator. and discuss the details with my colleague mccarran. well no specific reasons were provided and the bolivian t.v. operator which pretty much excluded r t from their list of channels starting from december the 2nd explained it through some kind of order from what they called the company's administration this is a decision taken by the company's administration which talks to us with shutting down the channels broadcast is a private t.v.

provider and the leader and believe he is cable t.v. market we do have to remember that a similar move has been made by ecuador's public t.v. operator almost 2 weeks ago they cut of spanish as well and moscow demanded explanation for that and still hasn't got it from quito now in this particular case it's unclear whether the decision came so lean from the company's top management or whether this has got anything to do with the political situation in the country we remember that earlier this month bolivia pretty much suffered a coup and yet take us through exactly what happened that just remind us well now the former president. was all but ousted on november the 10th 1st he won reelection in a vote however the opponents claimed that the poll was rigged and as a result of that even though he actually promised a new election the military and the police turned their backs on mr morales and he

had to flee from x. to mexico where he got political asylum now what's very important here is that the interim leader janine yes was never elected in any kind of vote she basically proclaimed herself the interim president of the country when had to step down when the vice president resigned and when the head of senate resigned now she says . that at the moment her goal is to make sure that new elections are held in the country. that this is the law we believe in we have arrived at this day with the satisfaction of fulfilling that duty because this is the main objective of my government new elections will happen in the shortest time possible but it seems that so far her focus was absolutely different 1st of all she was accused of turning a blind eye on a violent crackdown on the indigenous protesters who are mostly in support of the

former leader. but also it seems that all 'd she's been up to is trying to make as many u. turns as possible in the country's foreign policy she appointed a new ambassador to the u.s. for the 1st time in more than a decade and also severed diplomatic ties with bolivia's traditional allies especially under. that is with cuba and venezuela other diplomatic personnel representing major divinest while an embassy in bolivia will be allowed to leave the country for having interfered in internal state affairs well surely perhaps the biggest political crisis in latin america over the last year or so has been the crisis in that as well the fight between the nicolas maduro government and also the opposition leader who's self-proclaimed president there and venezuela well what

is also did was she recognized mr glyde bill as the head of an as well as well i hope it will end that you with the venezuelan people. because i believe that they have been many years of suffering mr president i do have to say though that eventually interim president is pushed through a legislation which allowed a new general election in bolivia although this is something that's going to be boycotted by almost a half of the population diesel. porters of. say that they are not going to take part in this vote so what kind of general election is that gonna be with almost 50 percent of bolivians deciding not to take part. well chuck outman from the alliance for global justice believes the new government in bolivia is trying to stifle any critical media coverage coup government in bolivia is struggling to establish itself against massive resistance and they can't they

can't afford for people to hear alternative voices to the. news that they want the message that they want to get it get out there because they have to have control of the message. people can you know if people have free access to information they're going to say that other people or country are are suffering in the way that they're suffering they're going to know that the reason for the suffering is this military coup the sole legitimate government that that is big imposed on the resistance will continue on and grow. a chemical plant in southeast texas has been hit by a 2nd explosion the moment it was caught on camera.

well that blast happened around 12 hours off for a much larger explosion hit the facility near houston the fire is still raging and at least 3 workers the injured to the blaze has caused extensive damage but officials say it is now contained. well earlier we spoke to a local resident who told us about the extensive damage to nearby homes our house

was actually really damaged but all the garage doors pretty much all of the doors down the middle of all the windows blew out some of the the roof you know. so we had a lot of the image you hear about that explosions but and it's half and around the area before but not to this extent it's never affected voters around the refineries i definitely did not expect you know something like this that happened but i guess it just living in the area of well the refinery owned by the t.p.c. group produces thousands of tons of chemicals and petroleum based products journalist and campaign on health and environmental issues all of a tickle believes the disappeared tension investigation will be needed. some really quite toxic compounds are used on this site and the manufacturers on this site i think that quite really quite a lot of investigation will be needed just to determine the background toxicity in

the local area following this since the local community will have a love hate relationship with this plant these plants are responsible for quite a lot of wealth in this area they provide a huge amount of employment they are the economic lifeblood of this golden triangle area but at the same time there are these pollution incidents so i think that this incident may actually bring quite a lot of additional political pressure on to the trumpet administration not to cut the resources of the e.p.a. as it's interning to do. the u.k. foreign secretary has been branded a coward after refusing to talk to the family of a young man killed in a road accident it happened in august outside an american military base in england and involve the wife of a u.s. diplomat we spoke to the victim's father following his confrontation with the foreign secretary. this is done although you know what very happy to see you in so a bit of a go there but i think we really have to wait until you really go to the right but

it sounds like all you want to. i think the way the story the feeling to go down and try to speak to him because he had been in concho. troubles with how rich carrick's sorry i went down to speak to him but he didn't want to talk to me because there was some press that would be trying to speak to mr arar for a long time now or yes james coleman goes on a bridge knows where. orders to do is get in touch with us and we can arrange a reaching out oh i don't want you out since. we've been asking since the start but we haven't had any support from the u.k. government really i had one meeting with mr route which wasn't very such structuring for us as a family. over now there has been no contact with the right we feel as a family that. they're more concerned with helping the american citizen is

accused of killing us and then how if you know us or british citizens that live in the country teenager harry down died 3 months ago as a result of a traffic accident between his motorcycle and a car the suspect in question and securely as admitted that she was driving on the wrong side of the road she left the u.k. afterwards and invoked diplomatic immunity through her lawyers sekula said she had no time to react and apologised to the dun family while the u.k.'s foreign office says it's providing all necessary help to seek a resolution to this case but harry downs father told r.t. more must be done for justice to happen. probably require one ounce acuteness to come back and be charged through our courts for the crimes she has committed and except. for us that is what we are. 100 percent but also we're going to try and how the government's only countries look at this diplomatic

immunity law because it's a say rather. sparse of an american worker can kill a 19 year old out in the house who needs a coach your own beauty i think the laws need to be updated so be more concurrent with the work you are not songs we live in we feel we cannot let this injustice go forward was a young lad just starting out 19 years old started to enjoy his life and it was take your wife of him and we would feel we would not be the parents we should be for and we do not try and say mr and get the justice he deserves. the director of human rights watch for israel and palestine is valuing to continue his what after being expelled from israel will have that story and more after this short break.

you know world big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bad 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. what politicians do something anything. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. for something want to be rich. to go right to the press this is like the 3 of them all can't be good. i'm interested always in the why. aren't they said.

welcome back the u.s. state department has said it will look into allegations that american weapons have fallen into the wrong hands in a conflict it yemen. the department of state takes this allegations very seriously and is working closely with pardon in the nations to determine whether there were any such unauthorized transfers well that statement came in response to queries made back in october by senator elizabeth warren those concerns triggered by a c.n.n. investigation which. lamed mine resistant ambush vehicle sent to the saudi backed forces in yemen apparently ended up being used against them in the city

international names to us as the world's biggest exporter of all this to date at the same time it says saudi arabia is the main recipient of american all moments between 201428 riyadh accounted for 22 percent of washington's weapons exports here's a quick reminder of what has been taking place in yemen since the saudi led campaign began in 2015.

a former pentagon analyst michael maloof told us the u.s. is unable to keep track of all the weapons it sells. if there's no real strict accountability of these arms particularly in the hands of the saudis and and the immoralities the of the u.a.e. so. that's what the investigation is going to be about is try to get some idea. of how some of that those arms may have gone wayward based on those reports and i don't rule it out because if local troops there can make some money and sell some arms they will now it's a little. fantastical i guessed to have a whole emira go way word like that because those are fairly well accounted for and you know we were involved in so many wars so many actions are so many fronts and that's why the defense department frankly cannot pass an accounting because.

because there's no way to account for where any of these items go alternately certainly aircraft will be watched bigger items big ticket items ships but not not small arms not that's almost impossible to control. the director of human rights watch for israel and palestine has vowed to continue his work after being expelled on monday from israel the country. supporting a banned boycott movement which it sees as a strategic threat. the israeli government has been trying for 3 years to expel human rights watch their rationales have different have differed most recently of israeli government claim that we call for boycotts of israel and their focus has been our work on the illegal settlements we do not take a position on boycotts of israel what we do across the world is document abuses by all actors including businesses in call for actors to refrain from contributing to

rights abuse in order to comply with their obligations under international law and when we applied that universal call to the illegal settlements in the west bank israel said it was a call for a boycott and under a new law called revoke my work permit and then deported me on november 25th a human rights watch has long been critical of the israeli government's rights wreck or down the constructions of settlements in the west bank it's the 1st time a human rights watch stuff has been expelled from israel and the organizations 30 years of operating in the country. believes the ruling is part of a targeted campaign against rights and for cuts. clearly they're trying to do you by throwing out a representative of one of the world's largest human rights organizations is to say to others that you know your work documenting rights abuses could result in you facing a punitive sanction this move shows the degree to which israel has lost even the pretense of 1st specked for basic international norms if israel despite

criticism from much of the world deplore its me as it did earlier this week for my rights advocacy how would ever stop abusing rights are the reality here is the israeli government feels emboldened and the world spoke out against this and they still did ordered me so i think the message is quite clear here that the government intends not only to continue with systematic assault on human rights organizations but intends to continue its abuse of policies that we've been exposing and bringing to light. and avenues the south sculptures of whistleblowers julian assange chelsea manning and edward snowden have made an appearance in central bolin more than 4 years after they were 1st unveiled the collection titled anything to say has now returned to its former place near the brandenburg gate after a world tour the artist behind it they don't mean i says it represents those who

dare to say no to global surveillance or to make a stand against lies that lead to war r.t. spoke to solder wagner act from the german left party and she told us the art pieces bring to life hypocrisy when it comes to freedom of speach. as. this culture attracts attention to this incredible scandal it is to journalists and whistleblowers who uncover crimes are sitting in jail today while those who committed these crimes are not held accountable this has nothing to do with the rule of law and therefore it is very good that we are now so close to the right because here is the federal government which could have started to act on this issue a long time ago and for example could provide a sound or snowden asylum in germany. meanwhile there are serious concerns over wiki leaks co-founder julian a song she was in a u.k. prison this week more than 60 doctors wrote an open letter to the british home secretary saying a song could die in prison they base their assessments on eyewitness accounts

following an october quarter parents it was reported then that assad couldn't recall his date of birth at the herring and when asked whether he could understand what was happening here straining replied that he could not think straight the release co-founder has also complained about the conditions of his imprisonment on multiple occasions assad is currently being held in london's belmarsh prison where he is serving a 50 week sentence for breaching his bail conditions in 2012 he was also fighting a us extradition request over wiki leaks publishing classified information on american political and military dealings the un rapper to own torture nails meltzer claims that it's not just about the sound but about the integrity of governments and safeguarding future generations. this is what is it already i went into medical doctors and i sent a clear in the examination and a conclusion to the government asking for immediate measures to be taken for his protection and delineation of the pressure on him if the government sent me

a tweet the next day and then waited for 5 months to send any response whatsoever and when they did respond to sent me a 2 paragraph response as rejecting all old all my conclusions they're not at all indicating the readiness to engage in a dialogue and do what they need to do both doctor said if the pressure is not alleviated rapidly that the situation will deteriorate to a dangerous level we have seen this happening within 10 days of our visit and since then i'm seriously concerned for his life this is not really about a sand or snowden or a man and this is about us it's about our governments and their integrity the rule of law and the future of ourselves our human dignity and our children well that's your update for now will be back here with more news from around the world in about 30 minutes time see that.

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global economy in the 21st century and i'm. i think in coming out today. we're in the final throes of a very important deal it's going very well but at the same time we want to see it go well and. unrest 'd continues in mid-town won the elections in hong kong what impact could this have. you break it down today with. the capital. market moves around the holiday season. just over the horizon kind of the u.s. economy. our correspondent. the latest on the shopping spree and how it. played out amid a change of leadership the e.c.b. is also looking to new frontiers as the face of global finance continues to change which of the british american business association lends us a hand to break down the central bank's move toward fin tech we have a lot in store today so let's get right to it. united states president donald trump

says a trade deal between the u.s. and china is more likely following a call between negotiators from both countries on tuesday the u.s. president added that u.s. officials are keeping an eye on the situation in hong kong as part of the talks i have a very good relationship as you know with president xi we're in the final throes of a very important deal i guess you could say one of the most important deals in trade ever. it's going very well but at the same time we want to see it go well and . i think it will think that president xi can make that happen and i know him and i know he'd like to make it happen china's ministry of commerce also commented on the call between private news that vice premier and u.s. trade representative robert litan hisor and treasury secretary steven nugent saying the 2 sides had reached a consensus on how to resolve some key issues and would continue to work in to come to terms on an eventual deal in hong kong the pan democrats scored a.