oh hold on i knew that dizzy and eventually. the mountains of police only grow. the antithesis of justice rights experts condemned saudi arabia's handling of the investigation into the murder of journalist charging. also this hour the guardian newspaper is forced to correct an article from 2008 that misleadingly claimed russia had been plotting to smuggle julian assange out of the ecuadorian embassy and london. concerns over security climate change and political correctness put a damper on christmas cheer on the way. you're watching r t international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned

7 pm welcome to the program. u.n. officials and rights groups have denounced saudi arabia's punishment of those involved in the murder of journalist mark ashaji saying it makes a mockery of justice 5 people have been sentenced to death and 3 others to jail time over the killing and you want to point out rights investigators believe the people actually behind the journalists crew murder have been left untouched by spokesperson for the u.n. security 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 a full examination of any accountability for human rights violations committed in the case. it was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul in turkey and october 2018 where he was murdered a un report that his death was almost certainly a state planned execution but the saudis insist it was the result of a rogue operation kilmartin looks at how the death of the journalists who lived and

worked in the u.s. affected washington's relations with riyadh. 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 the independent investigator says suggests that this was merely a sham trial 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 of 5 alternatives 2 very good alternatives that would not be acceptable to me 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 since 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 us 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 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 caving i was fighting to the last conceivable minute 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 trump's covering for the saudi regime is starting to look very peculiar i think even to number of his supporters some of his more very far right wing republican supporters in congress and have gone together with progressive democrats on this issue. britain's guardian newspaper has

been forced to amend a sensationalist article it published last year about russia's alleged involvement with jill and sons reveal panel found that the authors of the piece had wrongly suggested that mascot was involved in an illicit plot to smuggle the wiki leaks editor out of the ecuadorian embassy in london the corrections come in response to a complaint from a former ecuadorian consul in london is mentioned in the article released in september 2018 the piece details how russian and ecuadorian diplomatic staff supposedly considered granting a songe diplomatic immunity that would have allowed the whistleblower to leave the compound in a diplomatic vehicle the article claims the intention was then to transfer him to either russia or ecuador newspapers review panel found that referring to this as a plot to smuggle a songe out misleadingly imply the move would have been illegal it did not however accept all of the complainants objections including the allegation that he was moscow's point man in the ecuadorian embassy. there is no fortune ambiguity in the

language used in the headlines so that you may reasonably be understood by reducing the plot to smuggle was initiated and organized by the russian state the headline in particular makes reference to a plot to smuggle which could reasonably be understood as suggesting something underhand or illicit. we're now joined live by fidel lot of the former counsel of the ecuadorian embassy in london who was the complainant who were triggered the review 1st of all could you briefly outline your objections to the initial article. thank you. the article basically fabricated the no existing story the article talk about the russian russian secret secret plot to smuggle julian assange from the embassy which is something. that never was. in consideration. never considered to take. to the

embassy. we doubt the united kingdom consent ecuador try to appoint as diplomat in 2000 and then the 2017 public knowledge russia certainly was one of the possibilities for. a sanctions diplomatic appointment but does this completely different to a russian device or instigated plan the talk about secret talks of russian diplomats in london and they have put trained me as their supposed contact with. the kremlin ordered to execute some kind of plot that's why i feel 'd. their article needed to be challenge. and i myself. need to have an apology from the guardian we.

finally. apology there happened but did review panel has. decided and has roots dug out all was indeed misleading breaching deckard of conduct of the press in the united kingdom and are you satisfied with the review panels decision and the newspapers correction of the words quiet and smuggle the plan and transfer well yeah and that does use that language is absolutely. falls and an unknown and inappropriate form for for the story. and i will conduct they have taken that out but the other thing is that they have not being. amend it does doubtless still says that the russian diplomats shirked secret talks in london in order to help

julian assange chiefly them but that's not true that. i'm not completely. satisfied with the correction and. i appreciate that the planet has recognised that the article is misleading and has a lot in my favor yes why do you think it took so long for this correction to be made. well that's a good question mark more than a year. because at the very beginning there complain procedural in the paper means that is their results or their managing editor on handling with it with their complaint they try their best to protect the journalist to protect the paper to appeal to the special obvious of a side body which is their review panel and even the panel to cure very large. the they are relying. supporters sources confidential sources

coming from a dog she a security company that used to work for quote the embassy or counting from 'd probably the intelligence services in ecuador and when they deal with these kind of sources the. complaint gets complex i guess they took too long on the they tried to protect the paper does when they took too long some of those behind this article also coauthored another article which turned out to be fake about home and a 4th alleged secret talks with a silent what do you make of that. well those the big ears. the faults and fake story published by the guardian and doug remains an challenge. and. needs to be corrected of course but that's

not the only article dose a part owned by the same outlaws there the same out of theirs apart and they have accused you know sanch of spying into the embassy they have. several articles which i mentioning in my complaint us as a parton from the same journalese which i have disgraced the newspaper. the former consul of the ecuadorian embassy in london then you for your time and your comments. from 1st of markets with armed guards to claims of sanitizing sound out to avoid offense it seems that for some in western countries christmas just isn't quite the same anymore as artists here are 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 know nostrils and on an evening

walking in a movie in the lift 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 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 to say 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 tiffany 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 solved 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 reported 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 what do people in europe those think of christmas 29 teens. do and don'ts. the family getting i want to tell you boy and eating each other so often dust the spirit of christmas the question is whether tradition is not the same as why wouldn't tradition be you inclusive she writes i think santa should just be one he's always been and that's a big man with a big big big. think that would be wonderful just to have a female presence as a father christmas i'm big on tradition so i think santa has always been santa i don't think there's any real issue with it for some population merry christmas

means something religious 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 or relatives some form of was their own and wishing you all a very happy holidays in the hope that gender neutral sun brings you a sense of security control of a building. still to come bottom of putin has outlined their plan for bolstering russia's military might and 2020 story and more after the break. twas the night before christmas and all over the world people are mining back on seeking individual sovereignty so they probably just wrote what you think.

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back russia's president gave an address at the ministry of defense on tuesday outlining the key challenges faced by the country's military as it heads into 2020 in particular report and stressed the importance of strengthening the armed forces given the carious state of the global arms control system but the reports. well addressing the defense ministry the president said that russia is getting on to a new level of international military cooperation he added that 2019 saw a lot of a factor of changes and particularly the sheer morton weapons and russia's nuclear triad has increased to 82 percent in 2019 and all that despite some traumatic challenges and the world including the volatile situation in the middle east and also the us decision to pull out of the i asked treaty which is the intermediate

range nuclear forces treaty now that treaty banned a land based ballistic missiles with ranges of up to 5500 kilometers and now the russian president believes that it is necessary to monny tour possible deployments of the american missile also of this particular class in various parts of the world including europe and asia pacific. was a worry because this is we're seriously concerned about the degradation of the control system i'm not talking about the united states' use of the fabricated pretext to cuba agreement to medium and long range missiles in november washington also great uncertainty over the open skies treaty it's also unclear what the prospects for the strategic offensive production straight to this comes as the potential of the united states missile defense systems grows given all of this we should continue making a strong on the president also said that it's time to technically improve the

industry he's sad that it's not a game of chance and a more where we can all be simply a satisfied by calling it a draw it's a military organization of the state and it should be brought to the highest standard now apart from speaking about the challenges facing the russian military the president also. touched upon the international perception of the union and its role in the 2nd world war. in some countries in europe and the cross lucian they often try to pervert history and how the world was before the beginning of the 2nd world war and this is a logical continuation of that process recently the european parliament adopted the resolution which basically draws an equivalence between hitler's germany and the soviet union tacitly suggesting or even directly saying that the soviet union was responsible for the beginning of the war that's of course complete nonsense so was

the architecture of the global arms control crumbling this was the russian president stating the challenges for the russian military and the year to come. a new brazilian t.v. comedy has left christians in the country fuming after putting a satirical and apparently offensive twist on the story of jesus' life in that flicks film depicts christ as a gay man who like to party. don't want you. to. over $2000000.00 have signed an online petition calling for the show to be removed from netflix they also want an apology from the producers are they offense its cause but the brazilian youtube 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 our christmas special the 1st temptation of christ remains ever more powerful we've 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 just spray saying christmas is to score a singer major religion for a back 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 to 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 here 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. christmas. the climate debate has been in the headlines for most of the year and it seems christmas is no exception activists are now at odds with a favorite season pastime ice skating and more specifically the ice rinks that 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 wrecked it every year and for many skittering across the ice is a magical experience but it seems not everyone is in all and the future of rinks could be on thin ice as a 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 financially and environmentally mean the outdoor skating rink was cancelled for the 3rd year running the outdoor skating rink is absolutely not seen 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 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 have people here in paris has this

popular activity weighs up against the cost to the environment since i just sort of 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 it. depends when it's cold enough and. it's possible. but when 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 thais rings are not good for global warming but this is only for winter it's not true that bad. no they isn't often said that could keep everyone happy and it's in the most unlikely of places mexico in a bid to keep the wind to feel to the holidays an eco friend the artificial ice rink has been installed back and with options like that it seems that there is no longer

a reason to skate around the issue shoulder stephen ski. paris better news break down for this hour and that's all for me as well today but we're not coming away will be taking over at about 30 minutes. same camera can use to someone's head is the same camera can use to build them a home but that's a human choosing what to do with that that's me expressing my values for the tool and that's what we need to do with artificial intelligence as well.

but are there through i do go through a lot of them so. my name is drawn more than i was for this to die in prison by the expression of love my life. the case to grab some media attention and it's a surety and a 16 year old's 16th birthday party. so i think the place just a lot of pressure to close the case. for you i mean just. like i couldn't believe those. you know so far that draw more than the shorter one basically with. well sure because i was standing right next to. me for this because you guys you know my point is you know you 1617 years old so. you could lose 1. 102 spears.

or more there's. still no truth. and it's 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 so no problem i just wrote what you think stacey 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.