that dizzy and eventually. the mountains of leaves only grow. a mockery of justice you want to fish will slam saudi arabia over the handling of the jamal khashoggi murder investigation all the u.s. backtracks on promises to sanction the country over the killing. plus concerns over security climate change and political correctness put a damper on christmas cheer in the west. and a brazilian comedy on netflix rolls christians there over the depiction of a gay jesus we get reaction. just making a joke out of a really sacred holiday for many catholics and many christians around the world if you don't like something have we not learned.

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our to moscow thanks for joining us this hour. on officials have denounced saudi arabia's punishment of those involved in the murder of journalist. calling it a mockery of justice 5 people have been sentenced to death and 3 others to jail time you want to point out rights investigator believes that people actually behind the journalists call murder have been left untouched while i spokesperson for the u.n. secretary general has also stressed the importance of a further probe. the secretary general continues to stress the need for an independent and impartial investigation into the murder to ensure full examination of accountability for human rights violations committed in the case jamal khashoggi it was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul in turkey in october 2018 where he was that murdered report suggests his death was a state planned execution but the saudis insist it was the result of

a rogue operation and looks at how the death of the journalist who lived and worked in the us affected washington's relations with its top arms customer. the assassination of jamal khashoggi shocked the world and drew massive condemnation a saudi court recently sentenced 5 people to death and 3 more to jail over that killing however if you thought that this ruling would draw a line under the case think again this is what the washington post workers showed you work had to say the complete lack of transparency on the saudi government's refuses cooperate with independent investigate says suggests that this was merely a sham trying to now immediately after the killing last october many pointed a finger directly at the saudi monarchy among them are u.s. senators austria the netherlands denmark and finland immediately banned the sales of weapons to the saudi monarchy however donald trump immediately ruled out any

such ban in the united states and he made no secret about his reasons but as to whether or not we should stop $110000000000.00 from being spent in this country knowing they have 4 or 5 alternatives 2 very good alternatives that would not be acceptable to break for the past 2 years democrats and republicans have called for the u.s. flow of arms to saudi arabia to stop those same arms have been used to lay waste to yemen's sense 2015.

but now it seems the battle to stop those arms exports is over on friday donald trump was presented with a congressional defense spending bill by the u.s. congress and that bill contained no anti saudi measures some democrats are furious votes this would be a pool tonight that instead of seizing the opportunity to and illegal u.s. participation in the horrific saudi led bombings of yemen congress will continue to fund trump's unconstitutional will the blame game is now in full swing with congressman denying that they capitulated by letting the bill pass i wasn't cavan i was frightened to last conceivable minutes the u.s. can talk all it wants about human rights and condemn the pointless slaughter of civilians abroad however when it comes to the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia the deep financial and military interests are just

too important to sidestep and it's almost musing that the saudi regime thinks that it would be a good public relations move to send inspired low level participants to death in a secretive process that just continues to make them look like a very backwards state where justice is not served in the house and senate have now repeatedly voted in multiple votes on amendments to end in bipartisan fashion to end the u.s. involvement in this horrific horrific war in yemen democrats could have very easily negotiate. harder and said if this provision was not in that they would have voted it down and they chose not to do that i think trumps covering for the saudi regime is starting to look very peculiar i think even to you number of his supporters some of his more very far right wing republican supporters in congress have have are and together with progressive democrats on this issue. from festive markets with armed

guards to claims of sanitizing santa to avoid offense it seems that for some in western countries christmas just isn't quite the same anymore as are to spread all over with more. christmas in europe what a wonderful time of the year christmas markets in full swing perfect for those last minute gifts the smell of sweet treats teasing you nostrils and on an evening walking in a movie in the list streets perhaps not built with a special someone to keep you from the wind to chill not a care in the world but goodwill to all thought in recent times that's also come with increased security travel warnings and with some traditions now deemed woke what could be called the whole whole whole marginalization of the christmas period the terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in germany you should be vigilant and follow the advice of local authorities security is of course power

amounts at all major of the send christmas markets on different tara at times the market in strands last year and here in berlin and 2016 are still fresh in the memory. you can run them opus festively as you like but these bollards in the bar is there to try and stop christmas markets becoming a target again. this also should be to a number of questions raised over the inclusive or to have some christmas traditions with one person being publicly shamed for saying father christmas instead of sunset. i've just been shamed on a facebook group for using the name father christmas and told that santa is now

seen as gender neutral it's a common trope in the press to say christmas is being done away with this year it does seem quite difficult to do christmas without upsetting someone a good chunk of people polled say they boxed agenda neutral santa christianity is pretty central to the christmas celebration christ after all is in the name the one school in the u.k. decided to change the words to the carol away in a manger from little lord jesus to baby boy jesus prompting a pro from parents and national newspapers alike saying this was inclusive it's gone too far in france there's a ban on the titty scenes under their religious imagery laws the mayor of bessie is rebels and faced backlash once the go to seasonal salutation only really in north america happy holidays is the right way to wish people well we're told with merry

christmas deemed inappropriate by some even if you avoid the causing offense minefield you can still fall down on the environmental impact of christmas 57 percent of those polled here in germany said they would i the myth that you solve all abundant entirely christmas lights over environmental concerns if you prefer a real christmas tree good luck finding one in some parts of the usa where over the last 5 years christmas tree shortages have been reporters with changes in temperature and rainfall cited among the reasons there's even been advice published over how to correctly argue with your climate change denying relatives over the christmas period is what the people in europe those think of christmas 29 teens. do and don'ts. many get to know i want to tell you both and each other so often just

a spirit of christmas the question is whether tradition this is not the same as why wouldn't tradition be inclusive he writes and i think santa should just be what he's always been and that's a big. think that would be wonderful just to have a female presence as a father christmas i'm big on tradition so i think science has always been santa i don't think there's any real issue with it for some population merry christmas means something religious. i will continue with the matter of christmas for me i think happy holidays is fine i think everybody should celebrate his own hold of it but he read it to accept friends relatives simpler it was their own and wishing you all a very happy holidays in the hope that gender neutral sun brings you a sense of security. building. friends as largest telecoms company and its former chief executive has been found guilty of

moral harassment by a series of staff suicides during the 2000 france telecom which has since been renamed orange had recently been privatized and was being restructured at the time that process cost thousands of job cuts and thousands more employees were placed in different roles which were often described as degrading as a result of the stress caused by the overhaul 1000 workers took their own lives a court has now ordered orange to pay a 75000 euro fine and sentence the former c.e.o. and 2 other former executives to time in prison some of the victims' relatives were in court to hear the ruling. so successfully we are satisfied and happy 1st and foremost because according to the extracts from the letter that were read out to us by the court what happened has been recognized as wrong as a reprehensible error. i'm glad that this guilty verdict has been delivered it was a decision we expected it was very important for the victims to be heard i'm very

grateful to my lawyers and to everyone who supported us it is highly significant that's up until now moral harassment has not been recognised as a crime and punished at the judicial level friday's ruling was significant in that it was the 1st time a french court had found a corporation guilty of institutional harassment but i wore for the company's former chief executive says he intends to appeal. we're talking about interpersonal harris meant by a boss in relation to any employee. this decision is completely and reasonable it has no legal basis. for. a group of police officers in the russian republic of target center had been fired after using secondary school pupils for crowd control training in a video published on social media it can see the teenagers marching toward the officers who start. 2 a quarter say that parents were not consulted about the plans and students were not warned in advance that they would have to take part in mark riot the interior

minister of the republic is also facing disciplinary action after the incident. the climate debate has been in the headlines for most of the year and it seems christmas is not off the hook either activists are now at odds with a favorite things nor pastime ice skating and more specifically the ice rings which pop up at this time of the year. he explains with the festive season in full swing what could be more typical of a winter wonderland than an ice skating rink across the world to thousands of temporary ones are directed every year and for many skittering across the ice is a much you call experience but it seems not everyone is in or in the future of rinks could be seen on ice this is traditional ice rink has become the latest battleground for climate change french city wren has canceled its one citing concerns over the carbon footprint needed to maintain it in

a few years it is not certain that there will still be snow at christmas but it is certain that there will no longer be an open air ice rink this is good news for the planet meanwhile in bordeaux rising costs for not surely and environmentally mean the outdoor skating rink was cancelled for a year running the outdoors. skating rink is absolutely not in sheen with the times keeping an outdoor ice rink cold consumes a lot of electricity open for a little over a month the city hall skating rink cost $70000.00 euros france's 1st indoor ice skating rink opened in paris an $876.00 it was an immediate hit and the idea has remained popular ever since but now with concerns about climate change is it time for us to rethink some of our traditions we asked people here in paris has this popular activity weighs up against the cost to the environment since i discern that

it's a tradition to have an open air skating ring like this it's magical it brings christmas spirit and there's not much snow it's good to have the rain at the national depends when it's cold enough and. it's possible. but it's not cold enough it doesn't have to be. you know we've seen many changes in the climate so i think it's very good very good of some parts a citizen of france to do that but i agree the tie strings are not good for global warming but this is only for winter it's not true that bad. day isn't often said that could keep everyone happy and it's in the most unlikely of places mexico in a bid to keep a winter feel to the holidays an eco friendly the artificial ice rink has been installed i am with options like that it seems that there is no longer a reason to skate around the issue charlotte even ski. paris

still to come in the program christians and brazil are furious at the depiction of jesus as a hedonistic gay man and a new t.v. comedy details after the break. twas the night before christmas and all over the world people are mining back on seeking individual sovereignty and obama i just read what you think. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. tyson nation for community. are you going the right way or are you being led so. direct. what is true what is right.

in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the death. or a mate in this. welcome back a new brazilian t.v. comedy has outraged christians in the country after putting a satirical and apparently offensive twist on the story of jesus' life netflix film depicts christ as a gay man who like to party. like

. no one chooses him. over 2000000 people have signed an online petition calling for the show to be removed from netflix they also want an apology from the producers or the offense it's caused but the brazilian you tube comedy group behind the production is not backing down. as the petition against his picks up steam we celebrate the success of yet another one of god's creations christmas special the 1st temptation of christ remains ever more powerful we got reaction from radio and t.v. host karen turk and media analyst lionel. i don't know what this brazilian comedy troupe is thinking with offending the audience that they're going after it's just wrong it's displacing christmas is to score a singer major religion for a fact country and it's just making a joke out of a really sacred holiday for many catholics and many christians around the world 1st

and foremost what this is is the greatest marketing ploy to take some 2nd rate 2 bit comedy and now elevated internationally look if you don't like something go watch it people can talk turn off the t.v. but it's another thing that the people are speaking through of this petition and they feel that it's wrong and they don't want it air and on netflix and you know what let netflix polit since the beginning of time since galileo there have been people who have dared to take on certain things which proved to be most problematic and the mad here to defend the idea when it is to defend the idea of expression and that's it and i could sit there and i can write down why this is blasphemous and it's true whatever you think it's terrific but we not only going to have a sharlee go again do we learn from this i'm all for letting people see this so long as netflix and the makers of this particular tour de force can

look me in the on and say they will consider making a joke about muhammad or abraham or any other religion i think that really what needs to happen is we need to start to have respect for religions but the reality is that the people have spoken and they want this thing taken down the best way to kill and quell than just dilute any kind of negative idea that you don't like is to be indifferent to it i think that they should have had a little more attacked and putting this thing out about christmas now should have the respect for the religion for the people that have spoken in this country and a respect for tradition you know it's. i said. the german parliament is embroiled in a debate over migrants yet again the green party is suggesting that refugee children should be brought to germany from cramped camps in greece but it's not idea that isn't widely supported in the government 1st of all get the children out around

4000 children just on the islands lots of girls lots of friends are little people it is a requirement of humanity to help quickly the children can and must be helped in the fastest and most effective way on site i do not understand the hopelessness of the greek and european authorities here. and the years since the start of the migrant crisis germany has received over $1800000.00 claims for asylum half a 1000000 of those were children and figures show that only 35 percent of adult refugees in the country have so far managed to find a job many relying on state benefits greece however can barely manage the stream of refugees it's been forced to accept the country's largest camps spread over locations on 5 islands were meant to house around a total of 7000 migrants are now cramped with 40000 people here in rights watch says the conditions there are unsafe for women and children and call on the

government to take action athens says other e.u. countries should do more to share the burden of the migrant crisis and accept more people talking on the demands by germany's green party political analysts who have broken or told us coherent long term solutions are needed and set up one time christmas offers is a crisis of countries not prepared to live up to their self i mean commitment that they signed international treaties. as an opposition pollute politicians before christmas can say whatever he wants because he doesn't have to erect consequences the government prefers to keep working on a coherent european multilateral solution and that any unilateral actions like let's take a number of kids is understandable but then the question pops up why only children we can use why not also from lebanon or from jordan so we have to develop something like the here in systems based on the order of law and principles and not

just at heart fueling as of today if you as a humanitarian because it's christmas and therefore i do something and to morrow i have other concerns this is not useful and it also doesn't fix the problem. israel's ambassador to the united nations has launched a scathing attack on the international criminal court accusing it. diplomatic tear at the after the organizations chief prosecutor and now its plans to investigate alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories what would our bus the palestinian leader welcome the decision israel has strongly condemned the move the i.c.c. prosecutor's decision has turned the international criminal court into a political tool to do legitimize the state of israel this is a dark day for truth and justice bad advice and now after 4 years of hard work and follow up and after providing all the necessary information about the crimes committed by the occupying forces against the palestinian people in the occupied

palestinian territories the decision was finally made today this is a great day for us we have achieved what we wanted. the i.c.c. has the authority to hear cases relating to war crimes genocide and other crimes against humanity israeli officials insist however that it has no jurisdiction to investigate alleged crimes committed in the past in the territories as palestine is not universally recognized as a sovereign state here are some of the allegations to be examined.

for instance for the special robot wars to get in to investigate the book to allow for the commission of you know the un commissions of inquiry is to come to investigate this is the case who this is all these ladies dealing and 3 think very sissy a dozen torp only munley and the palestinians all of them being except. that if there is crimes you know committed crimes. literally. go after the palestinians at least 3 months or something like that but i think is that is the concern. that if they know well that palestinians called me to colmes does the i.c.c. go off of that. but i think they don't want for this mechanism and for this tool and for this sort of t. to function that's a global news update for this hour but don't forget you can always had to our website r.t. dot com for the details on all those stories and many more. join

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max kaiser this is the kaiser report twas the night before christmas and all over the world people were mining back on seeking individual sovereignty a new poem i just wrote what do you think stacey is not made that oh that's lovely i said merry christmas in spanish i know that from jose feliciano i see you're still wearing your colombian necktie. now you know i sort i can't think about 2 different ways really hopefully it won't be

a colombian act by the end of the show that would be quite bloody yes exactly but where in argentina we're going to be heading to rio de janeiro those will be our next episodes from there as you see we're in the southern hemisphere where we all it took us decades of my life to learn that it's warm down here during the cold christmas up north so from now on i am going to be where it's warm christmas much better than that cold sand it's nice and warm down here so we're going to look back at 2019 and you know what were the big themes of what we got right what we got wrong we didn't get anything wrong so. we definitely got right heading down to the southern hemisphere for christmas but the big themes i've been we've been looking at over the past few over the past decade it was this a few decades it feels like we've been doing this show for decades but it's just been 10 years this autumn we got right deal bliz ation indeed dollars ation those are the 2 big themes and they are really really really reaching across the

headlines around the world and it's undeniable to anybody now we were called conspiracy theorists when we 1st pointed at the south but now everybody recognizes that dollars ation and d. globalization are going hand in hand i want to add a 3rd date with the d. degree level zation dollars asian population the population that we're seeing climate catastrophe really start to do pop. humans that's in fact what one of our gas royce the bag of gold money dot com predicted could be the price signal that we see with negative interest rates because otherwise how can time have no value it doesn't make any sense other than if it's predicting signaling some sort of huge deep population of and whether it's just like everybody stops having children or there's a mass die off in some way who knows it could be you see with all these superbugs and. did make that connection negative interest rates connected to the population because otherwise.