and an uncontrolled arms race nuclear arms race which is not in the interests of anyone and which would be devastating were of this of course on the heels of again what russia calls a conspiracy theory about russian meddling on that note b b c. what he felt about johnson the british prime minister calling him all comparing him to unsavory characters and russian potential meddling in britain whether it happened here's what i have to say. most of it will just go to have you ever met all of them are you still in u.k. politics political ticker today. just regarding interference or noninterference many times official authorities and their representatives of various countries including the great britain made assistance of what is happening in russia is this interference or not if you express an opinion regarding what is

happening in our country we reserve the right to behave in the same way towards you it seems to me that this has nothing to do with interference. talking about interference sanctions also came up of course touching than the livelihood of every russian we're talking in particular about european sanctions very near putin what what what the future is with them whether they'll stay in effect and definitely and you know what's what's the damage he gave a number europe suffering 50000000000 estimated in losses because of sanctions against russia and russian counter sanctions but lagman putin said to the sanctions there are pluses and minuses plus as the russian export has boom domestic industry . agriculture russia's the world's top wheat export but he also said that all timidly sanctions politically motivated sanctions are counterproductive they don't benefit anyone they don't have any effect hardly anyone changes their behavior or

approach to international relations because of sanctions and ultimately that you know politically motivated sanctions they impede dialogue he was also asked about another sticking point in relations between europe and russia the murder of ethnic chechen. who russia recognizes terrorists in bird lynn and vladimir putin expressed indignation that this man a bloody murder his death his words to quote was allowed to. walk the streets of berlin free. but you. can he was a criminal and a killer in one attack in the caucasus he killed 98 people in other countries they hold mourning ceremonies where there are less victims and this is from the full list of evil actions and we raised this question multiple times in syria we see

what is going on in the camps jails well i still fighters being killed people from central asia russia and 2nd place but there are also many people from western europe from france from germany we see that these people terrorists move freely in european capitals towards the end of the press conference a journalist from russia sputnik news agency question got me a putin about the recent events in the stonier where authorities have been blocking and battling various russian media. thought about this and the president said you know this is sadly ironic the same people who blame russia for restricting press freedoms at it themselves he said that you know this should be approached carefully because we don't want to motivate to justify these people. are to. bring us all the highlights from those 4 and

a half hours of questions and answers for the russian president thank you no more news coming your way after this short break. 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. join me every thursday on the all excitement and i'll be speaking to get us to the world of politics sport this list i'm sure those lists i'll see that.

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knew exactly what i was doing. people life. sometimes there's no explanation. during the great depression which i'm old enough to remember there was most of my family were working class there wasn't it was bed you know much worse objectively than today but there was an expectation that things were going to get better. there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn't today today's america where shaped by the turn principles of concentration of wealth and power. reduced democracy attack solidarity engineer elections manufacture consent and other principles according to no on. one set of rules for the rich opposite.

that's what happens when you put power into the hands of a narrow sector of will which will is dedicated to increasing power for chills just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. watching our to international welcome back to the program the us house democrats have stuck to their guns adamantly going ahead and impeaching donald trump is accused of abuse of power and obstructing congress but the whole impeachment saga could backfire on the democrats as it appears to

a bradley republican support something the u.s. president has been quick to note. the a's are 230 the nasal 197 present is one. article one is adopting. this lawless hard assume is a political suicide march for the democratic party have you seen my pose of the last 4 weeks. and trump may have a point according to the latest polls he's getting more support from the public since october just after the democrats started their impeachment inquiry against him his approval ratings have grown by 6 percent at same time the number of people who think he should be impeached is declining from just over half in october to 46 percent now it's up to the republican dominated senate to decide whether to remove trump from office mitch mcconnell who leads the majority of there said that's unlikely he anticipates a partisan outcome just like in the house which one it almost entirely along party

lines after 8 hours of heated debates with only 3 democrats saying no to impeachment. this process has been partisan vindictive dishonest the president's actions seriously jeopardize not only america's national security but security of our closest allies this investigation was unfair the articles of impeachment are not based on facts but instead are entirely politically motivated president trump abuse the power of his office for his own personal and political gain history books will tell of this day. it will tell of a purely partisan effort to remove the president of the united states that shows that his juncture and rule between the american liberal establishment and the general society. the fact is that. from zapruder ratings remain strong there is a clear breach between the we love our police hostage deal more personable people

and the elites and that is a sign of or be kid you know democratic ticket and a lack of accountability of the establishment's of the society and trump is going to use this break between the he supporters and the liberal establishment to try and win the election again and i think as a right wing populist he's able to turn this whole impeachment saga into victim who are negative you know are saying that basically ease and do nothing democrats as he keeps taunting them out of fear of the people i'm creating the jobs for the economy i'm not trying to revive the country and the economic are great my success so they're looking for you know underhanded means to remove me from power saw i think it just shows the you know the break between the establishment and the people and it shows our of populism you know people said the good stuff passing a blip but it doesn't look like a good living will be of leave that is going to sustain itself for some time amid

fears that the senate will not vote to remove the president from office democrats have a plan b. when it comes to undermining talent trump they're ready to return resort to some old weapons like the wire reports are to scale up and explains. difficult to understand the purpose of last night's impeachment vote why should the upper house of the u.s. congress pass judgment on donald trump when democrats already have a plan b. the house judiciary committee says it will continue to investigate donald trump regardless of the outcome but what else is left to investigate well the house judiciary committee is saying that they will resurrect the dead i.e. the moeller report this will give them a chance to get back to their roups and bring up that old russian collusion agenda and they can get the impeachment hearings going all over again the public version of the miller report contains numerous rejections these rule 6 redactions withhold information about president trump's knowledge of his campaign's contacts with

russian officials and wiki leaks and therefore bear on whether the president committed impeachable offenses yes same old same old even though bob muller found no evidence of trump russia collusion it's all about belief these days the democrats should look into some very solid facts like the recent ruling from the foreign intelligence surveillance court regarding the surveillance against carter page now that's the very carter page who is transforming our foreign policy advisor just the very next day in like a horowitz inspector general of the u.s. department of justice were due to the f.b.i. for failures during the early stages of the russian probe he revealed 17 different omissions and inaccuracy is in the carter page warrant applications and furthermore they included doctored documents and concealed information there are so many errors . we couldn't reach a conclusion or to make

a determination on what motivated those failures although we did not find documentary or testimonial evidence of intentional mixed misconduct we also did not receive satisfactory explanations for the errors or the missing information and the failures that occurs. now james coleman who was the f.b.i. director at the time of the investigation it limited that his bureau was sloppy and how they investigated donald trump and his team furthermore the infamous cia which started the entire russia probe was not as important as it was made out to be it was one of a bunch of different facts to resemble to a part of the court it was the one that convinced the lawyers that they had enough now with that added to the pile to go forget the question is it seems that you were minimizing the role of the of this field if i was sorry that i did that now call me also said that he does not care how credible steele's allegations were being conclude the reporting from steele was bunk they concluded there were significant

questions about the reliability of some of the sub source reporting that should have been included in the renewals when i reached the president i briefed him on a small part of it that i told him i didn't know whether it was true or not i didn't care and in fact he didn't care about the investigation at all in general i didn't know what they learn from this source i didn't know the particulars of the investigation this isn't some investigations or this is an investigation of the campaign of the man who is the president of the united states while the narrative that donald trump colluded with russia in order to win the 2016 elections hasn't really panned out however the narrative that donald trump has been in appropriately in best a gaited by people who have an agenda of trying to bring down his presidency is getting stronger by the day now some people might look at this case and say to the democrats stop meeting a dead horse just let this russia stuff go already but it could be more dangerous to try to rivals than they realize it could be a case of stop beating this dead horse before it comes back to life turns around

and sinks its teeth into you. r.t. new york. u.s. tech giants among them apple microsoft and google are facing a lawsuit from numerous congolese parents and children human rights. accuse the companies of being complicit in the death of children who were working and cobalt mines in the company supply chain cobalt is in high demand as it's widely used in batteries for devices such as smart phones here are some of the testimonies from the children who for legal reasons have all been given the same name and a quick warning you may find some of the upcoming images upsetting the chamber ceiling collapsed on people in a coal mine john doe 5 was one of only 2 survivors john doe 3 was living in the mine area on his motorbike loaded with 3 bags of called he was hit by a large global transport truck and his leg was amputated after 2 weeks of working john doe whenever there was severely injured he was 14 years old when he was rushed in to mind the families and the injured children are seeking compensation for

forced labor negligence and emotional distress some also claim they suffered serious injuries or crawling through tunnels or carrying heavy loads artist ask a teller has more. how far would you go to make your fortune hire a child a child kill a child these are the questions the world's most famous tech giants will be onscreen in court as part of a lot of legal case that's off to a human rights organization allege that complicit in the injury and deaths of hundreds if not thousands of children in the democratic republic of congo all to feed the wild insatiable appetite for the very latest gadgets defendants ample google bill microsoft tesla are knowingly benefiting from aiding and abetting the cruel and brutal use of young children and democratic republic of congo to mind called the young children are not merely being forced to work full time extremely

dangerous mining jobs at the expense of their educations and futures they're being regularly mean been killed by tunnel collapses and other known hazards common to call gold mining in the d.r. see the case has been brought forward on behalf of 14 congolese families 6 of whom have lost children walking and mines the document makes 5 harrowing ranting with stories of broken spines paralysis and people buried alive and collapsed tunnels children as young as 6 forced to walk up to 24 hour shifts using tools the human rights group brandt's as from the stone age many of these children while also trafficked.

and while the latest i phone retells around $1000.00 these children were being paid as little as 2 for that troubles if they survive the wotton day that is i've never encountered documented more severe a similar. in the elocution of income between the top of the supply chain and the bottom it's dad disconnect that makes this perhaps the worst injustice of slavery and child exploitation that i've seen in my 2 decades of research what could be watch these lives through cobol apparently a metal that is essential to those in lithium batteries found in every smart phone every laptop every electric car and as the tech boom continues to monta has sought the d.l.c. as one of the poorest countries in the world but also a mineral gold mine has been only too willing to power at this for a shift market it produces around 60 percent of the walls cobalt supply mining the thought of it by hand now some of those giant corporations which signed

a contract with these mining companies say they had no idea what was going on those people in silicon valley can't be big readers then because this has been news before further the horrors of the plight of these children has been widely reported in the media defendants all have knowledge of the forced labor dangerous conditions and extremely low p. provided to child coble minors then you have reports like the one by amnesty international back in 2016 which documented how child cobalt minors were over exposed to hazardous chemicals while walking with no protective gear and basic hand tools apple's promise a year later it's not use mines that didn't provide professional quit meant must have gotten lost in translation even worse than just standing idly by though pretending you're all the good guy indeed taking a major peach from the corporate cover of guard defendants apple dell and microsoft have joined in support of modal mining programs and d r c to create the false impression that they have acted to prevent the known

horrors of kobold mining in the deer sea by children but when you are raking in hundreds of billions every year what are a couple of lives over 9000 miles away from you though of course as though have you believe they really do care people should have value. companies are nothing more than a collection of people and so by extension all companies should have values you know apple has always been at the core about changing the world it's no coincidence that a company did it catered to free flow of information was founded right here in the us as an american company we cherish the values and freedoms that have allowed us to grow and serve so many users we always knew that we were losing our money now was of our life and our eyesight technology but how could we know it was costing lives too. we asked the companies in question for comment they said reports of

misconduct are always investigated with appropriate action taken also told us that they are committed to being responsible when sourcing materials but we also heard from a journalist in the d r c who claims that companies know exactly what they're doing. this system is not good in a call and they are taking profits from this of course they nor. do most of demining the mind coming from the d r c cobol it's all gold or any kind of minerals from the instant they nor the government is less territory tribute to directly 2. 100 millions of people walking illegally kids walking illegally. on 100 percent i think those minerals coming from illegal way in a very difficult area we can't even call it the bloods minerals and they have a direct responsibility on those blood because they do want the buying and they

want using it but you know we do which could be sure those mining mine is extracted from the us that is the place where we are talking about these people directly from the big companies. israel has been christians in gaza from visiting holy sites such as bethlehem and jerusalem during christmas this year the move will impact roughly 1200 people last christmas 700 were granted permits to travel to the holy sites also there are reports. what christmas almost upon us some people faced of plaza having to be aborted because of israel over this holiday season it's banned christians in gaza from visiting some sites that for them embody exactly what christmas is about basically him which jesus christ was born and here in jerusalem where he preached was crucified and resurrected after consulting with all security bodies in israel it was decided that this year departure permits through the allenby crossing will be issued to goals and christians off to christmas

however it is important to emphasize that every request received from the palestinian civil committee in the gaza strip is checked individually and accepted after a security diagnosis procedure that moves by these radial thirty's is unusual as typically commission is given every easter and christmas we have to petition for travel through the palestinian civil affairs ministry who in turn poses our applications to the israeli side with and wait for a long time to receive an obituary decision of approval or rejection without further explanation there are almost a 1000 christians living in gaza if since hamas took control in gaza israel has cracked down on travel if a few are gazans are being given permission to make pilgrimages in 201-8700 were given permission to visit holy sites of a christmas this year the number is 0 the decision has been condemned by the israeli based organization which protects the rights of palestinian residents the

persistent does respect shown for the needs of the palestinian civilian population stands in violation of fundamental human rights and also points to an ongoing into speak ation of israeli separation policy between the 2 parts of the palestinian territory gaza and the west bank there's been little international reaction to the christmas battle for example the us state department which prides itself on protecting religious freedoms around the globe has won. main silent let's ask people here in jerusalem what they think about the ban do you think it's a diversion because everybody should be able to visit to the holiest places. to reach to the. wherever they want to be. even the question is should the jews even the most of them so many people be coming from there for christmas and the bag with its war plays an old that everybody muslim and jewish in this. because of the

war saw it on the way it's natural history to. drive from your own life really and that's why. they are invading everything. including relieving including your privacy including you believe christmas is supposed to be about bringing people together but israel it seems has turned it into an occasion to keep people apart. r t 2 is to. a school in the u.k. has found itself in the headlines after 12 year old pupils were asked to imagine they were the parents of a victim of the 2017 manchester arena terror attack they were then asked to write an essay for homework responding to the viewpoint that all terrorists should be forgiven some parents were outraged i think this is simon is absolutely disgusting for all sorts of different reasons it seems to me to be brainwashing be kids i have

not let my daughter attend school today until i can find out more about what the school is teaching our children. the school has since apologized and cancelled the task we discussed the issues raised with political commentator and new york observer columnist under walker and chief executive of the ramadan foundation u.k. . forgive is a very personal decision but to try to change the narrative somehow the altera should be forgiven think is really dangerous the idea that terrorists can be rehabilitated is often not true and i think what i would have done. in our school is asked pops the pupils to write a letter to parents to better understand the impacts of terrorism and there is a real concern that if you try to adopt language that we see in this particular exercise of how illegitimacy is terrorism and there violence and saying to young children in this country that you somehow can forgive terrorist i do the you can forgive terrorist if you kill innocent life then you should for political aims and

you should stay in prison for the rest of your life look time and time again we are told that the only way to push forward community relations is to try to understand why the terrorists the terrorists no no no what you have to understand is why your neighbor is being victimized by those terrorists whether it be muslim families who are concerned for their safety after after the terrorist attacks or whether it's the people being directly affected and we. british citizens should be really looking at the fact what can we do to keep our country safe but more importantly to hold to account and bring justice for the victims of terrorism we should teach children the important difference because if the children believe that all muslims are like some of the brady the guy who blew up manchester were on earth do we get a country it's not acceptable to leave that implication in children's minds i'll be back with their headline news including more on vladimir putin's marathon presser from today in just

a few minutes so stay with us. i had a spiritual experience. and i had the little girl that died in the fire cynthia collins . say 5 year old son. are looking for a kidney reaching. 54 years old and 21 years old good role model. for a crime i didn't commit. my own stupidity was in a sense doesn't read lips but nobody would listen. you know the. trial was pretty much a force that they already had i'm guilty or that. nobody.

stopped. laughing not people who will. approved of jimmy hasn't forgiven himself for something. i knew she was there and i knew exactly what i was doing. people life. sometimes there's no way to clinician. 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. from

the possibility of amending the russian constitution to the doping scandal from e.u. sanctions to impeachment proceedings stateside the russian president's annual q. and a session wraps up in moscow spending more than 4 hours. also this hour u.s. tech giants are being sued for allegedly abetting in the deaths of children in cobalt mines and the democratic republic of the congo parents of those killed say the company has had all the means to prevent the deaths. and while democrats vote to impeach truong the latest polls show the president's popularity has in fact been on the rise since the saga began with the commander in chief himself smelling blood . this lola's.