past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. democrats can't help gloating is the debate gets underway in the lower house several whether to impeach president trump. new poll shows brits are losing their faith in the b.b.c. that some troops election coverage face claims of biased really half of respondents believe it's journalists are no longer trustworthy. person. changes the words in traditional christmas carols to be more inclusive we get reaction. and they want to remove that reference as well he says be the. savior if we don't have those things what's that we celebrate the public space and the 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. even a welcome this is r.t. international. the u.s. house has started debating the donald trump in picture in front of the london vote expected later today the president himself as the democratic leadership of pressuring party members to vote a certain way and they've been plenty of sound bites coming from the house floor already. this is a moment that you will read about in your history books he sought to elevate himself as a dictator a king but we are not him aren't monarchy we are the united states of america i want my daughter to be able to tell her children grandma did the right thing because in america no one is above the law now one of the democrat witnesses not one was able to establish that the president committed bribery treason or high

crimes and misdemeanors tench taken office nearly 3 years ago president trump has consistently and intentionally divided this country when the president withheld military aid to vulnerable nuke ukraine he sought to sabotage our elections after all the drama the majority has not found a single shred of evidence only 2nd 3rd 4th hand information i can't stop thinking about. the cost to our country. not just the impeachable offenses but the collateral damage of a president who uses power like a weapon against his own people despite the fact the divots only now getting on the way some already celebrating namely his own pro-democrat channel c.n.n. have been confidently saying today trump is poised to be the 3rd u.s. president to be in pain just a full sort of put it top democrat and house speaker nancy pelosi has told party members not to gloat too much. well i mean. when i

was in the. meanwhile hundreds of activists have been demonstrating outside the capitol building chancing nobody is above the law 600 in pro impeachment rallies were reported across the country on tuesday the sides double down ahead of the votes the pressure is especially high on those representatives that come from states and could disappoint the right votes is what he's going to morgan breaks down the impeachment case democrats seen watching 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 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 impeachment they argue that months before the 2020 alexion this doesn't look good for the democrats we are broke well. i would tell

you. here knowing how. if i did and i don't either that or you're making. 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 sham 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 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 spite their face up and r.t. new york. 2020 us presidential candidate from the libertarian party so they spill eaves it's clear what the democrats are really up to with their impeachment draw on . 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. public trust in the b.b.c.

has taken a slide with new polls showing deep concerns over the broadcast this coverage of the u.k. election which has more from london 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 fall in less than half the population believe b.b.c. journalists are impartial and one in 5 britons say they don't trust the public broadcaster at all 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 for some have even suggested their reporting contributed to labour's crushing defeat of a sight one reporter talking about boris johnson winning the majority he so deserves and it's believed he meant to say he so desires but the b.b.c.'s election night on down has defended his only brother committed that mistakes are still

trying to night the broadcaster itself has issued a statement refuting all 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 will continue to make it into a real decisions and. pooled without fear or favor well such criticism isn't new the broadcaster has also been accused of being anti breaks it 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 committed 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. a british primary school has found itself in the firing line after parents were angered by words to changes to the wording of traditional christmas carols white or prime miscall in the southeast

of england redacted several carols replacing for example little lord with baby boy jesus critics say the changes the whole point of the celebration and some parents have reacted negatively. if he was just a baby boy named jesus there wouldn't be a celebration in the 1st place he's our lord 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 they have been denied the freedom to fully express their faith christian belief and tradition of being 2nd feist 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 those in jesus to put it very simply but it's what christmas is about. the school in question says it promotes british values including tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs it has defended the move by saying some students to another turned last

year service because of their religious beliefs and the school wants to include all peoples during the festive period we discussed the issue with to india from christian concern and social commentator mo answer. became mr christianity and the whole reason why we celebrate christian christmas is because. jesus was born as a human being and yet it 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 odd 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 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 of 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 'd 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 that it is not integrated on in a stable which isn't true and i think that sets the parents of the think still composition i think they could come a watch 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 and watch and 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 sound of it another person should be made for that and the head teacher has seen that she has had 60 people who last year opted out from religious services worshipful 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 a commercial you want to opt out no none of that the question you know you just don't see the cost of the question is whether you should tell us the wording if it's not what a people should opt out everyone agrees that they're not out of my motives my only reason i don't i want to please is not a question that might use that word mean. of traditional carols to remove the keeper leaf of christianity and turn it into something that's not christian after all that's the question islam is best 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 tired arguments that some so. how do you know migrants when you when you have a situation that was a christianity are not your station is not welcome you're saying belief and saying is the word so much as i please if you'll discuss it all now we can see all the what if you can follow it will say that's of christianity you're the one that's

being intolerant here because you're saying they shouldn't saying the word one says a lot that's the it's all an attitude here. stone you know authorities of want employees of a local offshoot to the russian news agency sputnik that if they don't cut ties with the parent company they'll face criminal prosecution with details santis nick you're it. seeis a volunteer and sputnik editor in chief has described the action from thailand as arbitrary and now planned seek advice from the un the o.s.c. and other international organizations but what they describe as an unprecedented violation of freedom of speech and this comes after the owner of the office where. it was based to 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 estonian or thirty's by citing 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. such and national organizations the un the council of europe. are demanding a broad cements 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 speaking back in november the editor in chief of margarita simonyan said that the news agency had received more pressure in a stonier than anywhere else in the world she 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 c.s. evolve 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 in the for the journalist martin service believes that the threats by the stone you know sorties are politically motivated. i think it's a political action quite clearly and it's related to the kind of pressures and tensions that are in the international system at the moment in which a story mirrors plays a key a key role there's a big issue in the in general about what is legitimate freedom of speech i mean in the in the general election he just has stuff about the b.b.c. and its role and whether it was biased in favor of the government. but also of course you've got private newspapers and private broadcasters who are openly pause polities on now is that acceptable or not if you think that during the american revolution there were lots and lots of people publishing stuff which was very un see the british government should that have been burned should the winsome control over it things or wider issues but i think that's all i mean what's happened here

in a stone year is to do with the possibility of a negotiated solution in ukraine and the dislike of that by some elements within the a stony and starbucks meant. to stay with more news after this short break. the partisan impeachment process against donald trump continues apace the framers of the constitution warned the impeachment of the chief executive was an extreme remedy are the democrats and the corporate media trivializing the impeachment process are they attempting to short circuit democracy itself. argentina love it this country is phantasmagorical the people are extraordinary the government and the central bank maybe not so much because of the central bank

but let's get into this a little bit more detail. all of us will hoops it has been able to learn from the babies but say it's 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 ticals 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 love things. come back to british prime ministers unveiled plans he says will fight on to some of his own forest johnson wants the public bodies from joining a palestinian led campaign to boycott israel as a protest over the occupied territories picks up the story there are a few grassroots organizations as divisive as being yes the boycott divestment and

sanctions movement it builds itself as a pro freedom pro equality group fighting to secure palestinian rights by putting economic pressure on israel but in recent years p.d.i. . s. has been accused of anti-semitism and allegation very many 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 open but the e.u.'s 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 and allows for less than glowing reviews office 0 criticism of

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 undermine community cohesion they claim this is not the deliberate attempt to

conflate criticism of his radio policies with on t. semitism the conservative governments 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 if it cold 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 also through their membership to unesco it's time for them to now recognize palestine as a state and some who had been hoping for a call from the 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 the election by line jerry mccorkle in an already tense political

climate reaction to the remark came fit fost once again opens her trap and once again vile and disseminate ism spews of her racist how can this vile bigot still be in the lord's allowed month and barris meant to our country janet don't is an unapologetic and 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 tongue is vile but it's the responses that expose how bad anti semitism actually is it's a semantic minefield out that 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 pressure he was actually he was influenced by president donald trump but what some prizes need to be honest is

why he is in a hurry he has them power just just a few days ago he won the election just last thursday or wednesday so that now immediately the 1st thing he is taking care of is to actually. take this train position against innocent people in palestine people and that it gives egypt 1st they said you know we should ban these a and is it now it is the symmetry is it. which means also and the is that idealism so what we are not allowed to criticize is that. is that it is about early going to kiss is it. going social media accounts is receiving criticism on line for sharing a colorized a bitch of a convicted nazi war criminal defense for an s.s. officer in question let a unit that killed dozens of unarmed american prisoners of war in the 2nd world war

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was there and i knew exactly what out of the many. people live. in that sometimes there's no explanation. what politicians do. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to try to be for us this is what the before 3 of them or 10 people that. i'm interested always in the waters in the holocaust. first sit. in the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage 3 cups of northern ireland that was coordinated loyalist attacks particularly the population of belfast tens of thousands split forced to

flee their homes and what was striking to put these attacks was that the are you see the police actually took part in the attacks so instead of preventing it they were active participants in the burning of full streets in belfast i thought i think more than a 100 innocent civilians would look at it as the review can seniors and we found out more i will see. crawlers about the extent and the degree to which the pollution was involved in some of those cases the killers would lead to be named to the new i think it went to do very very top i think if. they want to know where all the patients you walk to school and give the go ahead.

this is broadcast around the globe and covering the world of business and finance and the impact on us all i'm been one and i'm christy i live here 10 years of moving markets today on the team billions moved out of its markets thanks to this year's top 10 but what does that number truly represent well break it down plus. it will be brics it's not stupid but we must give brits. the british pound of falling thank you here's a hard turn for strength and i'll be going into detail about how prime minister barak downtown wants to guarantee in practice happening that. the oil based groups these are up prices are down so what is the forecast look like for 2020 and for

that giant saudi aramco i.p.o. moving forward we'll break it down so much to get through today so let's get started. and we begin here with reports that the hong kong protests have resulted in over $5000000000.00 pulled out of hong kong by investors since april the report from the bank of england shows the protests across hong kong have highlighted political risk as. key vulnerability in hong kong and the political tensions in that city continue to pose risks quote given hong kong's position as a major financial center and quote certainly not a huge amount of investment by any means in fact when you look at hong kong's monetary system that $5000000000.00 is equivalent to 1.25 percent of the gross domestic product meanwhile dollar deposits in hong kong total almost $900000000000.00 and the increase between september and october according to the hong kong monetary authority is a kristie let's break this down here because obviously in reality the numbers of investment kind of flowing out of hong kong is not really that high again 5 percent

is teeny tiny considering how massive investment is in hong kong and what this does kind of signal to some issues in terms of political unrest as it does because hong kong has actually entered a core of technical recession and because of this g.d.p. actually shrunk by of almost 3 percent and the government country contribute 2 percent of that to the unrest and this is going to be a major thing going into 2020 and whether or not these unrest can die down whether hong kong can or cannot recover and become the financial capital financial safe haven that it once was and as you point out this is a $5000000000.00 isn't really a lie and a lot of that is due to ali baba because of the ali baba i.p.o. just last month that actually gave a lot of credibility and a lot of confidence has resurged in hong kong and the u.s. and other western powers continue to show support for hong kong does that kind of ease some of the tensions for investors who are keeping money in hong kong i think it does but then because of the uncertainty that we see right now there are actually a lot.