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u.s. democrats can't help gloating as the debate gets underway in the lower house over whether to impeach president trump. also this hour parents in the u.k. are angry after a school changes the words in traditional christmas carols to be more inclusive to get reaction to the story. and they want to true movement reference as well jesus became the savior if we don't have those things that we saw the place the public space and the educational spaces which is secular it does not mean it is for rectal theology or education of belief or conscience but is inclusive of it. and germany slams washington's decision to sink shouldn't companies that mean nordstrom to project as unacceptable we look at who benefits from the gas pipeline and why the
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u.s. doesn't like it. you're watching our to international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 7 pm welcome to the program the u.s. house has started to baiting the donald trump impeachment articles prior to the landmark vote expected later today the president himself has accused the democratic leadership of pressuring party members to vote a certain way despite the fact the debate is only now getting underway some are already celebrating only angers on pro-democrat c.n.n. happened confidently saying today trump is poised to be the 3rd u.s. president to be impeached they've also reported that top democrat and house speaker nancy pelosi has told party members not to gloat too much. when we were. when i was a. meanwhile hundreds of activists have been demonstrating outside the capitol
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building chanting nobody is above the law more than 600 pro impeachment rallies were reported across the country on tuesday your day all sides double down ahead of the money from you we have impeachment the constitution precisely to protect ourselves from a president becoming a tyrant and a despot sadly the democrats impeachment inquiry has been flawed and partisan from day one it's clear that this president acted in a way that not only violates the public trust each up or dies to our national security clear and present danger right now in this room is the pattern of attack and abuse of rules and of an decisions to get at this president what is president trump afraid of the truth the facts the american people understand what's happening here is a hoax the whole impeachment thing is a hoax. the pressure is especially high on those representatives that come from pro trump states and could disappoint their own voters artist breaks down the
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impeachment case. a vote on impeachment is set to take place the house of representatives has drawn up the charges and democrats are calling for donald trump to be removed how democrats are focused on fighting for the people we must hold this president accounts abou the constitution and nation dependent democrats see launching these proceedings as a huge victory they say donald trump has betrayed the whole country but the whole country doesn't agree the country is split and americans don't seem to care for partisan squabbles and many have become more critical of the democrats in recent months even within the house of representatives 18 democrats are bucking the party line and say they will vote against him to teach it they argue that months before the 2020 alexion this doesn't look good for the democrats but we are so close there are now like i work our you getting here knowing how to drive and
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i don't either are you're. all these factors combined to make some democrats very nervous and donald trump seems to be emphasizing the fears on the other side of the aisle any democrat that votes for the shame. will be voting to sacrifice the house majority their dignity and their career. another fear hanging over the democrats is that they won't be able to actually remove donald trump from office after all republicans have a pretty solid majority in the senate so what's the plan well call up even more witnesses during the impeachment trial in the senate how on such a weighty matter. could we avoid hearing this could we go forward without hearing it i haven't seen a single good argument about why these witnesses shouldn't testify with these documents be produced unless the president has something to hide. and his
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supporters want that information hidden but who knows if these tactics will actually pay off remember the brett kavanaugh confirmation hearings the democrats called witness after witness after witness and the republicans seem to have been the big winners then these sexual assault allegations and heated rhetoric didn't win the democrats any points as the 2020 alexion edged nearer democrats stand to possibly lose pretty big from this whole impeachment fiasco after all the trouble is actually driven from office the red state in the rust belt base of trump supporters won't be pleased animosity between the 2 sides could reach a critical juncture and if they fail they could face ridicule for dragging the country through a pointless procedure wasting money and wasting time so what exactly are the democrats trying to accomplish by impeaching donald trump to quote an old american saying after wonder are the democrats perhaps cutting off their nose in order to
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spite their face up and r.t. new york. 2020 us presidential candidate from the libertarian party. believes it's clear what the democrats are really up to with their impeachment drive. anybody with common sense can see it you know there is no basis for impeachment and we know that there is a senate majority the only thing that the democrats are proving is that they were sore losers during the election and we see time and time again a lot of people are gearing away from the democratic party not just by the way they're acting in that they're wasting the tax paying dollars. putting on fiascoes still cannot get over that donald trump is the president the united states i mean i was against him in the elections in 2016 and i'm running against him again in 2020 but you have to put all that aside and there are facts and there is you know the fake news and that's what we're seeing today. over now to the u.k.
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where it wasn't just labor who lost out it seems the b.b.c. also suffered in the recent election according to a new poll showing sliding public trust in the broadcaster for more on that let's cross live now to kate partridge who's in london for us kate how much will this concern the b.b.c. . hi there jacki yes well this poses the question it's all about an issue of trust so do britons trust that media outlets well according to a recent poll trust in the press to tell the truth has all of that than half the population believe b.b.c. journalists are impulsion and one in 5 britons say they don't trust the public broadcaster toll while a side of britons are most likely to trust newspaper journalists working for the times of the guardian well a decline in public trust came as the b.b.c. was criticised by those on the left on the right over its coverage of the general election or some have even suggested their reporting contributed to lay this crushing defeat of a sign one reporter talking about boris johnson winning the majority he so deserves and it's believed she meant to say he so desires but the b.b.c.'s election night on
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guy has defended his colleagues while admitting that mistakes are sometimes made the broadcaster itself has issued a statement refuting claims of bias. we delivered almost ambitious coverage ensuring it was fair and proportionate over the course of the campaign we stand by our journalism we continue to make our own editorial decisions without fear or favor well such criticism isn't new the broadcaster has also been accused of being . but is apparent bias just personal interpretation of the b.b.c.'s guidelines say it doesn't require absolute neutrality on every issue though is committee to do impartiality which reflects a range of perspectives but as its funding relies on license payers with a range of perspectives and different ideas of impartiality apparently you can't please half of the people all of the time. artie's kate partridge reporting live
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from london thank you oh. a british primary school has found itself in the firing line after parents were angered by changes to the wording of traditional christmas carols whitehall primary school in the south east of england has rejected several carols replacing for example little lord with baby boy jesus critics say the changes amid the whole point of the celebration and some parents have reacted negatively. if he was just a baby boy named jesus there would be a celebration in the 1st place his eye will know it and savior and king of all kings that's the whole point it's also a tradition is taking away the traditions of the country i believe my children have been discriminated against and the have been denied the freedom to fully express their faith christian belief and tradition of being 2nd forced and silenced in the name of inclusion and political correctness the words lord jesus are about the central message of christmas which is that god is with us in jesus to put it very
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simply but it's what christmas is about the school and questions as it promotes british values including tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs it has defended the move by saying that some students did not attend last year service because of their religious beliefs and the school wants to include all pupils during the festive period were discussed the issue with india from a christian concern and social commentator will answer. christianity and the whole reason why we celebrate christian christmas is because jesus was born as a human being and yet was god as well and came down and it's an incredible thing to think that god became a human being but that's what actually happened and that's what we're celebrating here and they wanted to remove that reference as well as jesus being king and jesus being savior if we don't have those things what are we celebrating i think it's a massive distortion let's be quite clear jesus wasn't god he was already agreed from a theological perspective not agree he was a mighty messenger a prophet there is very little theological evidence the public space and the
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educational space is one which is secular it does not mean it is bereft of theology or education of belief or conscience but is inclusive of it so if we want to have standing advisory councils and religious education that include all strains of all walks of life of humanism as well and atheism are people who want to come in there with so of more free n.g.'s they are included nowadays and the question is whether children should be free to opt out from a nativity where is mary jesus a baby jesus in a 1000000 or the question is not decided on in a stable which isn't true i think that sets the parents of the think still composition i think they could come a what if they wanted to they're really so upset about people saying jesus or that they have to not even be in the same presence there's something to talk about there why are they so upset about people saying jesus is lord i can't even go watson and i observe it you know and so i think i want to discuss that with them but ultimately i want to respect their rights if they want to opt out of it they cannot sign of it another person should be made for that the head teacher has seen that she has had 60 people who last year opted out from religious services worshipful
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activities and under the education act collective worship is wholly or broadly of a christian tradition but it doesn't have to be a particular question is not what they did i was out that's not the commercial to opt out no none of that the question you know you just don't see the cost of the presenters whether you should tell us the wording if it's not what people should opt out everyone agrees that they're not out. one notices my only reason i don't have one so there's not a question at my see whether she and i use that word traditional carols to remove the key belief of christianity and turn it into something that's non-christian after all that's the question islam is the completion of god's revelation we are not here to supersede christians we have to live alongside people and one another and in a modern secular society in the educational space we need to have a plural system where everybody is welcome this is the same old toyota argument that some so. you have a situation that was
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a christianity. is not welcome you're saying belief or the 2nd is the legs so much as i. don't know i would say all of what he's doing and i will say that's of christianity you're the one that's being intolerant here because you'll saying they shouldn't sing the word this is a little that's the you're tolerant attitude here. in what may prove to be a major setback for transatlantic relations the u.s. senate has approved a sanctions bill targeting companies and vault in the north stream to a pipeline project a measure aimed at disrupting russia's efforts to increase the supply of gas to europe is expected to be signed into law by donald trump this week the pipeline runs through germany whose chancellor angela merkel panned any u.s. sanctions as extra territorial. congress has indeed decided to impose sanctions we are against extra territorial thank you not only those that don't yesterday but we also have the same problem with the sanctions against iran there's no other option left for us but to hold very decisive talks to show that we are not
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accepting these sanctions america's handling of those drinks is roun you just don't see imposed sanctions on a friend and put none and take their economy hostage we believe that is unacceptable as it is an attempt to influence the sovereign decisions of europe we are holding negotiations with the united states well just a little earlier the german top diplomat reiterated berlin's stance that these sanctions are unacceptable warts trained to is almost fully complete and i can tell you that this u.s. sanctions bill is believed to open up this 30 day window for the european companies to abandon their work on the pipeline now i can tell you that the german newspaper built revealed internal documents from germany's energy ministry where it says that berlin believes that this pipeline could be completed within this area and then
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this could actually lead to a situation when the sanctions prove to be completely pointless but of course we understand that nothing is pointless when it can be aimed at the audience back home the audience that well vote at some point here's the deal from the american standpoint if the russian data or gas is delivered to western europe through all pipelines through countries like poland 'd ukraine it's all fun it's russia's energy giant gas problems diversifying the ways it's fuel gets to western european countries through new pipelines like north stream and war north stream 2 that's a disaster that gets europe hoped on putin's gas needle so let's just listen to how a u.s. congressman who was behind the sanctions put it last week this pipeline if completed. would make europe even more dependent on russian energy would generate
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billions of dollars for putin billions of dollars that would fund the russian military aggression so we have learned that the us 2020 national defense authorization act includes a bill that would penalize the companies that are involved in the construction of nord stream 2 there are plenty of german businesses that are who are involved because it is indeed in the interest of european consumers to get a new more reliable more direct route for the supplies now when it comes to the officials in moscow they have been blaming the americans for unfair competition to keep used to moscow does not like such actions in the. paris these sanctions are a direct violation of international rules an example of unfair competition and an attempt to spread artificial us dominance to european markets by imposition of more expensive than uncompetitive products we are working on the assumption that stream
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to project will be completely new in moscow's message has been very simple you don't really care about europe what you want to do is sell your liquefied natural gas to cross which makes it more expensive in many cases but i just want to make sure that you listen to one american official because it can't just look at how they put it with the u.s. in another year of record setting natural gas production i'm pleased that the department of energy is doing what account to promote an efficient regulatory system that allows for molecules of u.s. freedom to be exported to the world if the gas is russian that is bad news gas if it is something that's extracted in america that's kills of freedom. that was my colleague have an eye when speaking with artists to try and go there i mean while the german parliament's committee chief on economy and energy klaus
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ernst told us that berlin is ready to respond to any sanctions imposed by washington. if the u.s. keeps trying to obstruct the north stream project i suggest responding with punitive tire of some german imports of american gas things cannot continue like this if we impose punitive tariffs on u.s. gas sales will fall on the u.s. will have to reflect on his actions the u.s. is unhappy that we are not buying that gas they want to boost their own trade and that's why they are imposing sanctions on companies involved in building the pipeline that firstly american liquefied natural gas is obtained through fracking which makes it an acceptable for germany and secondly it is much more expensive them rushing gas the natural gas we get from russia is high in demand and due to falling production in europe the demand has only increased so we plan to import more of it this is why north stream 2 is so important the americans have tried to interrupt our oil and gas trade with russia from the outset and yet we have managed to cooperate for many years without interruption so both sides need this and we
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plan to continue whether the us likes it or not. still the common authorities in the stone yet threaten employees of a local version of the russian news agency sputnik with a criminal prosecution after the break we'll tell you what they're done wrong. all of us will hopes it has been absolutely true a basis but says a behavior that appears even in deaf and blind babies even if you've never heard of seen love to you will love if you're tickles by your parents. and then we learn how to use this in a more complex way i'm one of the things that we learn is to how to join in with love to contagiously to love and somebody else loves even if you don't know why they're laughing.
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seemed wrong why don't we all just don't call. me. yet to shape out just become active. and engaged with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. and. welcome back the british prime minister has unveiled plans he says will fight anti-semitism he wants to ban public bodies from joining a palestinian led campaign to boycott israel taylor reports. there are a few grassroots organizations as divisive as b.d.s.
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the boycott divestment and sanctions movement it bills itself as a pro freedom pro equality group fighting to secure palestinian rights by putting economic pressure on israel but in recent years b.d.s. has been accused of anti-semitism and allegation it vehemently denies the b.d.s. movement does not tolerate any acts or discourse which drops or promotes among others and black racism and the arab racism islamophobia and the semitism sexism zina phobia or homophobia the b.d.s. movement is an unknown and that's harsh criticism of is who are either human rights groups on the un also condemn illegal israeli settlements in the west bank similarly in no fun but the top court ruled that both food and drink made in these settlements have to be labeled as coming from the occupied territory the international holocaust remembrance alliance whose definition of anti-semitism is used internationally allows for less than glowing reviews office 0 criticism of
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israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as anti-semitic nevertheless politicians globally have chosen to side against b.d.s. . and the latest to jump on the bandwagon is boris johnson feeling fresh and powerful off his recent sweep to victory in the u.k. general election we will ban public bodies from imposing their own direct or indirect boycotts disinvestment or sanctions campaigns against foreign countries these on the. community cohesion they claim this is not the deliberate attempt to
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conflate criticism of his radio policies with anti semitism the conservative government's renewed talk of outlawing b.d.s. is the result of having lost the moral argument and like supporters of israel everywhere needing to resort to oppression and smears to stop by cart and divestment initiatives also crying foul of this alleged misuse of anti-semitism label are supporters of jeremy corbett they argue he's been smeared for standing in solidarity with the palestinian people i think it is high time the un since it does recognize the needs of the palestinian people through. and and also through their membership in unesco it's time for them to now recognize palestine as a state and some who had been hoping for a call from government were quick to identify the guilty party the chief rabbi must be dancing in the street the pro israel lobby a one hour day on election by line about jeremy corrigan in an already tense
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political climate reaction to the remark came 5th fast once again jenny tong opens her trap and once again vile and to semitism spews of her racist cakehole how can this vile bigot still be in the lord's allowed month and barris meant to our country janet dunc is an unapologetic and to semite there she goes again she can't help herself it's a sickness the chief rabbi must be dancing in the street over labour's election loss jenny tong is vile but it's the responses that expose how bad anti-semitism actually is it's a semantic minefield out there be careful where you step even a well intentioned statement could be used as ammunition against you what is johnson was actually submitting to that israeli. he was actually also he was influenced by donald but what some prizes need to be honest is why he is in
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a highly he is in power just just a few days ago you one day looked him just last there's the old wednesday so now immediately the 1st thing he is taking care of is to actually be paid this position against innocent people in palestine people and that a bit goofy shit 1st they said you know we should ban these a and is it now it is the cement is it. which means old school and it is that really is and so what we are not allowed to criticize is that. is that it is above. criticism. a stunning authorities have warned employees of a local offshoot of the russian news agency sputnik that if they don't cut ties with their parent company or face criminal prosecution across live now to our to nikki aaron for the details what exactly do we know hi jacki well russell says
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volunteer and sputnik editor in chief have described the action from thailand as arbitrary and now plans to take advice from the un the o.s.c. and other international organizations for what they describe as an unprecedented violation of freedom of speech and this comes after the owner of the office where. it was based a broke the lease contracts following pressure from police now employees are also said to have received letters from the police department and the border control threatening criminal proceedings if they continue to work with. the agency in the new year now the move has been justified by the a stern you know thirty's by slighting european sanctions from 2014 the agency however did not appear on any such sanctions list the agency's press service has since responded with feeling that it is based on powell problems whilst operating in the country take a listen. we consider the actions of the authorities to be blatant. such international organizations as the un the council of europe.
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are demanding the proper amount of the unprecedented case of violation of freedom of speech in recent years and measures to ensure the right of all journalists to carry out their professional activities. now speaking back in november the editor in chief of the sputnik margarita simonyan said that the news agency had received more pressure in a stone here than anywhere else in the world she taught how employees had been intimidated by security services even had their bank accounts frozen and estonian banks that did service the agency have frozen all accounts since then so meanwhile the status of all it nears the executive director plans to raise the issue with the russian presidential cumin rights council so needless to say this is an issue that the agency is not taking lying down with the latest there then carol. that's a news break down for this hour thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. desists
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