nato leaders gather in the u.k. to celebrate the military alliance is 70. 6 question its relevance today. and we are proving. this. the us president tries to force the hand of his french counterpart in support of the military alliance and if the threat of crippling tariffs on french goods doesn't get a manual for the. apparently has some other ideas. for that. it is. also 35 years since the world's most

devastating industrial disaster hit india we look at how it affects hundreds of thousands of people today. alone from. the 3rd of december 10 pm here in moscow it's 7 pm in london where it has been a landmark day for nato with the leaders of member states gathering to mark the military alliance his 70th anniversary having been hit by a series of high profile disputed in recent months including over defense spending looking to promote internal unity and it would seem the organizations chief has been feeling optimistic. and that is your breakfast with president trump. it also is always a good breakfast. as always paid by the united states so. we asked

a few people in london for their thoughts on the nato and its successes to date. people what they think are the main 3 achievements of nature. and we're going to even though. you know here in terms of achievements know very little i don't know what the have no idea of any advantage of me tell you what you know i honestly don't know anything about it until the flag see the day you know me my husband recognized what it was who it's a good question. let me finger under the boot. so one is probably yeah to be honest i don't have i don't have even one over the 1st day of the subbase so but done and dusted crowds have been gathering in central london in protest some of adopted the slogan no to trump no to nato is there for us. as donald trump and other world leaders arrive in london for that nato summit these

protesters have gathered with many different banners many different causes all coming together we've seen part of science largely balance against a potential war with iran we've seen many other battles against the protesters who were caught in the coup in the libya but also closer to home domestically many banas in support of the n.h.s. the national health service and what protesters here fear could be an attempt to privatized the n.h.s. in the in the event of a post briggs a trade deal between the us and the u.k. and that's something that's long been feared by those particularly on the left in the k. and we're expecting a number of n.h.s. workers national health service workers to join this protest well in order to show their solidarity not just against donald trump and nato but also again on those domestic issues and earlier i was told by. the belgian and swore

activists and also alexander noir a german parliamentarian who gave me their views on everything to do with donald trump later we are here because we want to protest a nato summit is taking place today and tomorrow and we are doing this because for example the nato is forcing its member states to increase their defense budget for my country for example belgium it means doubling defense budgets while we are asked to have an austerity policy and the same time they are transferred using this money to transform armies into intervention armies we have seen what this means in libya or in afghanistan they stabilize in countries and sold another important issue is the confrontation policy to towards russia which is exactly creating this kind of form strace so there are many many issues why we have to oppose nato that's why we are here if hypothetically to my. nato ceased to exist would not create perhaps a security vacuum a security problem in europe that would lead to more instability this is an old

argument done by the conservatives. i don't think so what we need is a new security architecture what i say to the security quality if. this is what helps. to secure. the nato chief also says that he expects the member states to agree on methods to further strengthen the block at this summit that's despite growing divisions inside the organization itself is not here and now reports. happy birthday nato that's 70 years of strategic economic and security stability especially if you ask them yourself we or we are proving every day that this alliance this. is our joy is active that liberating nato is the most successful alliance in history that strive to join showing the historic suspects of nato. and they does been the most successful alliance in the history and the reason

why nato is the most successful launch of these 3 is that we have been able to change in the world is changing but not everyone is in a party mood the thing is the alliance members just don't get along as well as they used to. the advent of donald trump s 13 least which stop the dynamics nato is obsolete it covers the soviet union which is no longer in existence this led to questions over whether the alliance can even survive donald trump perhaps in an effort to mollify him nato has announced a new spending projections and a new formula which will spread the costs of the alliance in central budget between its members a move that might prevent any more embarrassing trung tirades aimed at his nato partners the relationship with nato has been very good the relationship with the secretary general's been outstanding i said it was obsolete it's no longer obsolete but the truth is he's not the only potential party pooper. in october this

year president emanuel mccrone of france stole the spotlight when he dubbed nato strategically brain dead while questioning the validity of article 5 of its founding treaty that is the commitment to collective security. nato is a collective defense alliance against who and what is organizing who is our common enemy what are our common issues these are questions that deserve clarification but this idea. is quite similar to the one expressed by another dissatisfied nato member turkey. turkey has not received the kind of robust support it expected from nato in recent years meanwhile turkey's president appeared to demonstrate his true feelings towards the alliance when he chose to spend money on russian defense systems rather than american so not exactly the model that nato member but despite these similar complaints about nato tensions have escalated

between turkey and france in recent weeks with mccracken warning turkey but it cannot expect solidarity with its nato allies if it continues to carry out military operations in syria response 7 but only up the ante room. i'm talking to france's president emmanuel macron and also say that nato 1st of all have your own brain death checked. as for the u.k.'s boris johnson well there's another verse or a gathering could not have come at a worse time. for boris is clearly invested in maintaining the special relationship with the us he knows that a loose lips trump giving a glowing endorsement could be catastrophic donald trump is coming to terms with the shortly he offered his support for you and indeed for my colleague knowledge of russia on this radio station is that welcome what he what we don't do traditionally . as lobbying allies and friends what we do traditionally is get involved in each other's election campaign heated when nato was forms the common goal was clear to

stand against the u.s.s.r. but the thing that once held the alliance together is now the missing piece what is nader's biggest threat today. uncertainty and unpredictability we haven't identified one main target but we see much more complex on much more unpredictable security landscape with a more sort of russia nato needs a purpose and reads our. russia as an enemy they have no real purpose so it is propaganda to have russia as an aggressor and this is a good reason to buy a lot of. rocket phrases and so on and so on most probably they will continue to accuse russia to be an aggressor so they have a reason of existing and they will continue to buy arms billions of dollars and this is not their very good contribution to peace in the world. the americas rick

sanchez discusses the current purpose of nato in his late to show which you can watch online. you're a diplomat you've got a lot of experience in this field what is it that nato either must do today to stay viable or do we even need it anymore you know it's a bureaucracy in search of a mission i was right in 2016 when he said it was obsolete and so afraid was the establishment that he meant what he said on the very day he was inaugurated and they tried to ram through the addition of a new country montenegro eventually they got through because it turned out they didn't have to worry about the intentions once he filled his administration with a bunch of bushies and retreads of the heritage foundation they've simply adopted a policy that we've had the last few decades and somehow turned it into nato is obsolete into let's make nato great again which are strong on these countries to pay more for their defense against nobody in particular do you think you know has

in fact outlived its usefulness i thought so in 1990 s. think so today it's been as a loser from a standpoint of being a naturalized american and having read the founding fathers warning you can't seem to angling alliances i mean what is this but in entangling alliances it's our own foreign policy that did reason nato is being kept around by the foreign policy hawks in washington is not because it's necessary for the actual military operations and nato itself doesn't really contribute a whole hell of a lot there are very few countries with the notable exception i want to say france and turkey but it would have been as if this is not a good idea for the united states and its very close allies to have an association a military economic class size that's what i was trying to say france and turkey could theoretically mountie independent military operations everybody else is just a hanger on and they're just window dressing for us military operations but the are literally like roman exactly erisa want to do what i've been hearing go bad where did that word that this launch was or where that is what it seems to be of these threads of alliance and $991.00 when the soviet union and the warsaw pact would out

of business nato should have been. well why didn't they let russia in i mean the literally that time i've read on many occasions booed himself i said why don't you get a sense of your pride you're going to tell you who it was but one of the european european nato hacks said if we did that the nato would be like the un just to talk shop it couldn't take action by which they meant military action all the way to listen to what you just said if you're saying it doesn't work if we don't have enemies exactly what if we had great to have had be a big ability to inflict military force and i dare to say aggression in places like serbia and libya whatever we want to using nato as a platform but enemies can change by the way russia can be at sobeys at one time i give them $850.00 s. but not so much now right but better why don't you have a system that allows that ability i guess because because whose interest does that serve and all these all these are they that these these military companies and these bureaucrats who have the nice full rice balls at the expense of their taxpayers because there is a threat out there is

a bear in the woods. of the tensions in the alliance who are on full display during a joint news conference between the american and french presidents this tuesday for their meeting donald trump it described emanuel mccrone suggestion that nato is in terminal decline as non-state the pair then went on to joust over a range of issues in front of reporters including the fate of european isis fighters in this bizarre exchange. this. is. where you are. often over mine does go wrong on this. one. uses. this is where he's a great politician as it was we're going to answer is that. just hours before that meeting the us president threatened to impose a huge tariffs on french goods including cheese and champagne shouted to bensky has

more on the rift. well to add into those tensions that nato there is even a few simmering tensions between france and the us this comes after the u.s. has threatened to add more taxes on the french products in retaliation for the so-called gaffe attacks this is a tax on digital joints such as google amazon or facebook and apple suggesting it will levy those taxes of up to $2400000000.00 some of that product such as champagne on luxury goods such as handbags and also the famous french cheese some of these products could see taxes of up to 100 percent doubling that price for u.s. consumers now the u.s. trade representatives office has said that this so-called gaffa tax is discriminatory and trumpets hey try to gauge that tax saying frogs will not be taking advantage of his watch. your friends puts a tariff. again these are companies that are against you know who are good for you

if i read the papers correctly or whatever we're going to be we're going to be this supposed to be very powerful and you know what so maybe they're not so her but there are companies i don't want to bridge trashing american companies if they're going to be taxed it's going to be. taxed their wealth of france is part they think that they have a right to the slice of the pie of the profits of these big digital giant saying it's unfair that they've chosen to put the european headquarters in low tax countries and that's why they slap this 3 percent levy on these companies this year and the french finance minister says he's furious and this is unacceptable that america is now threatening more taxes on people this is unacceptable behavior by the united states towards one of its main allies france and europe in general in case of new american sanctions the european union would be ready to respond add

that into the mix. of the all the tensions we've seen over the past few years between the 2 administrations things such as the iranian nuclear codes and of course the u.s. administration pulling out of the paris climate records and it looks like there's going to be a lot of discussions a lot of cold soon faces at this nato meeting and unlikely that they're going to be popping the champagne corks as they should be celebrating the anniversary. when as the u.s. imposes more tariffs on other come trees american tech giants appeared to have aggressively avoided paying $100000000000.00 in taxes all around the world that's according to a new report by a transparency group and i'm open next investigates the complicated scheme of dodging levees now the hollywood movie ocean's 11 for trey's coming wheelers and dealers which is supposed to walk out of there with a $150000000.00 in cash. oh but the silver

screen seems to think out done by real life meet the silicon valley 6 amazon netflix apple google microsoft and facebook have a combined market capitalization value of roughly $4.00 trillion dollars they are worth more than the $1000.00 companies listed on the london stock exchange these companies have a special knack for not paying taxes according to the fair tax mark community group they seem to have avoided paying roughly 100 $1000000000.00 worth of taxes around the world now how exactly did they pull this off let's look at the details now the report says that amazon paid only $3400000000.00 in taxes this last decade while they made a revenue of roughly $960500000000.00 and made profits of roughly $26800000000.00 share tax marc said this means amazon's effective tax rate was 12.7 percent while the standard tax rate for american businesses was 35

percent for most of that period amazon has gotten a lot of heat from u.s. politicians over tax issues both trump and the democrats seem to disapprove i have nothing against amazon but no company pulling in billions of dollars of profits tax rate than this and teaches we need to reward work not just wealth you know which i was on paid in taxes last they are owned by the wealthiest guy in the world paid 0 in federal income taxes that's insane i have stated my concerns with amazon long before the election unlike others they paid little or no taxes to state and local governments using our postal system as their delivery boy causing tremendous loss to the us and putting many thousands of retailers out of business so out of the big 6 dodge the tax man well for steps step one they create. access terms that are so

complex even the watchdogs can't understand the stepstool they ship their revenue and profits to different countries and tax havens step 3 they take advantage of existing legislation and step before they sit back and enjoy themselves now the taxes they aren't paying could cover the expenses of quite a few things for example trumps a war wall with mexico could be built 4 times over one could and malnutrition around the world and send out roughly $750000.00 students to college small businesses pay something like 25 percent tax rate on their on their profits you know when they're making barely anything compared to these multi-billion dollar companies that are paying sometimes you know 10 percent of their profits towards taxes so highlight it differently became clear you know there's a different system for these very large companies it could be a whole lot more progressive but sadly i think a situation like this could even be used to increase the taxes small business

owners so i think it's typical but. sadly that's kind of how the tax codes operate and why you think it's a bigger question like why is that work this way. well amazon refutes the report saying it's suggestions are wrong with the company had a 24 percent effective tax rate on its profits from 2010 to 2018 for the more it claims that its profit margins are low and vast naturally resulting in a lower tax rate. it's been 35 years since one of history's most devastating industrial disasters hit the indian city of bhopal a highly toxic gas leak from an insecticide producing factory spread to nearby towns with catastrophic consequences thousands died in around hof a 1000000 more were affected.

the reason for the incident still remains unclear to this day as the indian government continues to argue over the handling of the disaster a company would run the factory at that time and called it an act of sabotage by can 2018 form a plant employees were sentenced to 2 years in jail or pays all the rights groups working with the victims said the verdict was too little and too late earlier we heard from the curator of the remember bhopal museum who says the consequences of the disaster still run deep. the 2nd in the 3rd generation and continued do they

continue to suffer debilitating health has the impact of the tragedy that took place in 1984 and moral work using many many families were destroyed they were pushed forward because you know able bodied workers could no longer work they cannot bring alleys home they cannot sign full employment international attention has been there my need of you know people's individual small donations have come in that sustains and activists have been honored like real justice continues to elude them because people of bede been to this after decades people literally 95 percent of people got about $500.00 and gives a fleeting that's how bad it was. in africa demonstrations against united nations peace. in the democratic republic of congo have left 5 people dead and at least

a dozen others injured. violence broke out on monday as protesters marched on a u.n. base near the eastern city of benny demanding they withdraw from the region locals accuse the peacekeepers of failing to protect them from attacks by rebel fighters. we want different military units in our country we no longer want all those soldiers who have been here for a long time. their mission is to restore peace and to accompany the government forces but the population in the territory of bernie has been mourning for at least 5 years there has not been a satisfactory reaction from monusco or the head of the u.n. mission in the democratic republic of congo says the escalating unrest is making it increasingly difficult for it to fulfill its duties where the scapegoat we know that we assume and accept because we have no other option than to do our work and

to try to mitigate their tax against this civilian population the protests started last week after peacekeepers and government forces failed to prevent a massacre by the so-called allied democratic forces a shadowy islamist inspired grouping the congolese army launched operations against the organization in october which responded with brutal reprisal attacks on civilians. largest peacekeeping mission there are over 16000 military personnel in the area the organizations operated in the past 20 years it says its top priority is to

protect civilians there from armed groups morris carney from the friends of the congo advocacy group told us the current unrest is a symptom of far deeper problems than ineffective peacekeepers. the context in which the instability is taking place in eastern congo is one of 20 years of invasions wars of aggression by sponsoring of militia groups in the east of the congo plundering of congo's minerals by congo's neighbors over one and uganda in particular and that time during that aggression unfortunately has been backed by the members of the international community the united states and the united kingdom i'm so there's a whole chain. starting from local to international where there's been a lack of accountability where there's been a lack of justice where there has been impunity so

a comprehensive approach is is needed now it's just a question of assuring that the u.n. troops are doing their mission and taking their mission properly but there is an international system in place that. of which the congolese people have been victims. said from moscow for now watch more of a global stories and programs that r.t. dot com or look us up on you tube i'll be back with your next update after watching the old. geysers financial survival guide. that you can.

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anything. gratings and sal you taishan. well we made it through auk watchers we made it through to the other side of capitalism's greatest calendar day of the year the one and only black friday and boy oh boy oh boy oh boy was it a doozy with all the receipts counted on line sales once again dominated the day with consumer spending over 7000000000 dollars this year is black friday vs smartphones tablets and computers to tech crunch reports that according to analytics from adobe consumers spent 7 point 4000000000 'd online yesterday buying goods online the figures were up by 1200000000 from the previous black friday in 2018 but as we sit in the warm glow of us capitalism's favorite day of the year

things are things are not as warm and cheery as they seem here and corporate in the corporate states of america you see a new report out of cornell law school has found that since way back in the year 99990 the year kevin mccallister was left at home for christmas he has way back then 63 percent of the production and non-supervisory jobs created of the past 30 years have been in low wage and low our positions and that in the past 3 decades the us economy has become increasingly dependent on jobs that offer fewer hours of work at a lower relative wages my friends the the these are the jobs like the $15000000.00 leisure and hospitality non-management jobs that pay maybe o'loughlin $360.00 a week or one of the $13500000.00 retail jobs that bring home an average of $500.00 a week. those are some real living wages my friends especially when the average rent for a $1.00 to $2.00 bedroom apartment in 2018 was anywhere from 121200 you know 121200

dollars a month. but all our politicians tell us is that the u.s. economy is strong blah blah blah wall street is doing great blah blah blah blah blah just trust those the economy is better than ever blah blah blah blah blah and it's that economic white noise that has all of us watching all those. 30. 3 looks like. it's with. pizza to pull out of. the day like you know what i got. was that we. would. be. well tomorrow and watching the hawks i am tired robot.