syrian army captures a key location in providence opening the road to the terrorist stronghold in the country. in france where punishing coming into force for s.u.v.s and trucks of the battle to lower emissions. and u.k. arm sales to the saudi coalition in yemen spike in the last 5 years by britain signing up to a treaty to protect human rights. though this is a scene from moscow wednesday december the 25th merry christmas eve he said i'm writing i'm calling break the wealthy 1st an update from syria then government forces that have recaptured a key battleground in the northern province after

a week long offensive. it's been a while since asaad made headline news it's been everyone but him america selling out its allies and pilfering syrian oil 3rd bullying kurds claims of bias that the u.p.c. w. but no last until now thousands of syrians forced to abandon their homes and flee for their lives as hundreds of ground and air strikes hit the region of it late overnight some day part of a new ground offensive by syrian government forces. russian backed government forces up intensified the bombing campaign while of gold to the camps near the turkish border to escape from and that rockets the syrian military has been a bit of a role capturing a slew of villages and towns and media days of course whenever that happens the media and his opponents exploded in outrage same thing every time we want

a peaceful resolution we want talks we want. we want we want we want with do with al qaida. it live is ruled by a high at the sharm an offshoot of al qaida h.g.'s feeds on war and drinks violence it turned deadly into a cesspool of zealots and fanatics mercenaries and foreign jihad this sort of world war i mean the fact that egypt is where they found the founder of isis it's the safest place you could find kind of gives it away and h.t.s. refuses any negotiation with the syrian government are you seeing the issue here

how do you get a peaceful resolution when. one of the biliteral is a homicidal maniac that just wants to cut your head off in the name of god or interest lies in killing the terrorist in order to protect the civilians not leaving those 3000000000 innocence under the supervision of the terrorist and being killed by. the issue here is refugees for now civilians have fled from the immediate war zone but they have to do somewhere in the safest place for now is north. look 50000 people are once again coming from egypt to our lands we already have 4000000 people and now another 50000 are coming and this main crease even further russian and turkish diplomats are in overdrive trying to manage what's happening and prepare for what's to come it is absolutely clear that the status quo

is over america selling out its allies and camping out in oil fields turkey diluting kurdish territories with arab refugees and now it lip the last islamist stronghold if it falls it will mean the end of the syrian civil war it will mean as sad wins. the military operation in neatly province is in line with the policy goals set by bashar al assad the aim is to liberate the entire territory of the syrian arab republic that. it is their right to clear and to extend the. sovereign the fear of the state in days. off their territory is what they're doing at present sooner or later i believe that the syrian army will expose these people from from being flippant from bent out of the syrian territory and i don't think that it is the stoppable from mali it may be difficult it may take some

time but sooner or later they are going to be expelled from from the syrian territory understandably those who spent billions fled in syria with weapons and ammo with fighters and propaganda they don't want that to happen so certainly logical for them to insist on impossible talks so long as he's wasting his time waiting for the other side to pick up the phone the turks can continue colonizing northern syria the americans can continue pumping out its oil we're now at the last domino and it's. already for. a national strike in france against pension reform heads towards its 3rd week people there are facing another crackdown a bruising tax hike on vehicles to boost new reporting next from paris. as pricing so are being wrapped from under the christmas tree is the french government has given its citizens a gift that they may want to return it's past

a new law to increase taxes on s.u.v.s and trucks meaning that vehicles that pollute the most will pay you more than 2020 the new pollution tax will come with a $20000.00 euro price tag that's up from the current $12.00 and a half 1000 you raise it's no doubt that s.u.v.s are heavy polluters but despite that they are still popular in france making up some 30 percent of sales in the 1st 11 months of 2019 so want to drive us in paris make of the tax hike even a. it's true that those vehicles consume a lot but people have to get around people who work every day when they need those types of vehicles for warmth it's be true there is no other way to earn money. everything's increasing in price nowadays and we've seen the whole country on strike the government can tax the citizens but eventually they will have no choice but to protest. in france you have to pay and pay and pay taxes are rising while

salaries a stay in the same new tax comes on top of already tough new measures are to european level to lower car emissions many governments are pushing people in the direction of electric cars which is seen as being greener and better for the environment but at the same time the french government is actually considering reducing cash incentives for new electric cars perhaps not great news for those who are thinking of buying one it's also plans to ban fossil fuel cars within the next 20 years in paris they could be. band in the next 10 years to do people here feel that they are being pushed by higher taxes vehicles that use traditional fuel towards electric cars. it's a natural progression that was seen one which will lead to more and more electric cars. and actually cost why not it's

a good we can use them in our country if the government helps us to buy electric cars why not but otherwise it referred to drive my car even if it pollutes it's not that bad and there are other concerns was many people say they want to be green charging points for electric vehicles are still not widespread while still in paris there are plenty of around the city elsewhere that's not always the case if you don't we need to have enough places to recharge them in addition to service census is the same as with cycling's in germany or a long way behind we have to develop cycle lanes and we have to develop charging stations. are the vehicles in front seem to be developed but that's not the case these are there are one france even the president doesn't set a good example travels by car while we travel by food by bicycle by scooter so it seems there are still many mental barriers for people even thinking about buying electric cars but as the cost of taxes on fossil fuel vehicles are set to steeply

roys they may feel that there is no other choice but even ski altie paris and hitting the road in the u.k. police there are going green with a major splurge on electric cars but as you know explained the vehicles are quite up to speed. imagine being a criminal in london and you have c.c.t.v. numberplate detectors police patrols and more to keep the peace if you need to escape the police it might not be the easiest thing to do but one thing might be working in criminals favor increasingly police forces are adopting the use of electric cars and that means they may not be able to keep up with. vehicles that are less damaging to the environment are struggling to cope with the arduous needs of a measures he service autonomous driving and safety systems are not conducive to pursuit or response driving and even if the electric police cars could keep up they

might not last very long because the batteries they use would soon run out plug in electric cars do not have adequate range and they take too long to charge up which is a significant challenge the motivation behind the deployment of these cars is desire by the police to be more eco friendly figures from 30 police forces across the country show that 448 green vehicles have been leased or bought by the police at a cost of around a $1000000.00 and a half pounds but now it's being reported that the vehicles are only being used for lot of agencies and for police officials to travel around before they were being used in. patrol situations and the metropolitan police have set themselves and i'm bishop target to cut all of their vehicle emissions to 0 by 2050 a politician should be checking always. ensure the public has body for money because truly the money is very much needed are in place also has across the

country to. share with all all sorts of crime she just always had to improve and. credential or start to be a strange not suitable for heights. all prague reaction clearly. some electric cars have proved there in effect in this in other countries in september police in the u.s. were forced to give up a chase with suspected crooks in the back in their tesla police vehicle dead british police are making a noble effort in the war on climate change but the cost could be a price to pay in the war on crime sally r.t. . there's been a sharp rise in british weapons sales to saudi arabia and its coalition partners over the last 5 years that's despite adopting

a treaty meant to regulate trade that could violate human rights the increase has been calculated by the british humanitarian charity oxfam which is deeply concerned over the way u.k. made weapons are being used in the conflict in yemen now according to oxfam in the last 5 years since the arms trade treaty came into force the u.k. license sales worth nearly 6 and a half 1000000000 pounds to 8 members of the saudi coalition while in the years before that accords adopted it amounted to just under 4 and a half 1000000000 the arms trade treaty was adopted christmas eve back in 2014 and at the time 105 sovereign states ratified it for the 333 signed up to it as well it regulates the arms trade in order to prevent human suffering and ensure that weapons aren't sold to those violate human rights or back then the british government was also keen to stress its importance. the a.t.t. is the only legally binding treaty regulating on promoting legitimate and responsible trade in conventional arms he remains a unique and valuable instrument 6 months ago the british government had to put

arms sales to saudi arabia on hold the court of appeal said they were unlawful and made without assessing if the gulf state of violated humanitarian law in yemen it's expected that the government's going to appeal the decision in the supremes court so the arabia's intervention in yemen started in 2015 to fight who the rebels who they see as terrorists however it's the level of civilian casualties in the conflict that are the major cause of concern.

oxfam told us there's clear evidence of violations in yemen and says the u.k. must stop selling arms to the saudis. there is half as many more weapons been sold to the arms trade treaty to saudi and the kind of partners as there was before i think this is dana and say you know the u.k. from kind of living up to the treaty and the word is that treaty the evidence is really i have a well meaning that there has been consistent violations of international law and the case was really clear that the government was going to continue to license weapons had to be clear about whether there was a pattern of violation and that violation was clear that so i very much hyped that decision will be upheld and i think it's very sad that the government have chosen to appeal this decision and wish to continue to sell weapons to been used in a war that is causing so the un told poverty and homme and destruction fed the

people of yemen. coming out this christmas day out so young eco activists in germany have had a dressing down after getting cheeky with the elders one of stores still ahead after the break. our.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy the uncertainty shouldn't let it be an arms race is also a spear in dramatic development that only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. a lot again i must be top of the us democrats christmas wish list to see donald trump kicked out of the white house for the president seems to be spending the holidays full of good cheer saying he's in a very good position the head of his senate trial without a mind. for a cheeky seasonal impeachment drinking game this claim up if you're not 18 change channels and those 18 pluses out drink responsibly 3 months ago 3 long months ago

the impeachment inquiry against donald trump was announced and now the house of representatives a say in my go for a double whammy and impeach trump for a 2nd time if more evidence comes to light so since we're clearly in it for a while yet and it's christmas off to roll we've come up with a little bit of a migration based game pick a drink unsubtle it. so let's lay down the rules if ok when trump takes a swipe at knott's pelosi all says that it's all a witch hunt bottoms up but slow and steady wins the race let's make it a half he does that a lot off the wall then if politicians uncharacteristically locate their moral compass and decide no one is above the law center in no one is above the law prison terms continued actions with the rule of law. in america no one is above the law we vote to defend the constitution and our democracy so that the president trump and

every future president would know that they are not above the law now the stakes if the republican admits the troubles may be probably protect just a little bit naughty drain that auto just joking that's never going to happen but for any republican who steps forward to defend his needa chair it is because if that has been one moment of clarity in this whole saga it's about 2 camps if you blew your about the merry impeachments hash tag if you'll read you'll probably be reporting the hash tag and seeing red ok so if a journalist got a bit tipsy at the christmas party and betrayed the oath of objectivity sally looked and said journalist is better and thinks that writing trump equals bad articles is a good cover for his bias so i'm take a and before i forget if anything to do with mother russia sneaks a mention. that might be the one to tip you over the. letter you know friend primary objectives within the united states or so as to foment unrest for

their nation there are 2 years police propaganda machine here in the united states i think you've got the gist but in case you were in any doubt any mention of a quid pro quo it's a simple question yes or no i don't recall bribery business i did not have sexual relations of moved on a speech meant but seriously i wasn't joking about the dems gunning for a 2nd impeachment if that is. they managed to wring out evidence suggesting that trump somehow obstructed the investigation but we all know it's unlikely to need anyone i mean even donalds that he broke a sweat i don't feel like i'm being impeached and why would he be sure the democrat controlled house of representatives can pass as many impeachment articles as i want but the senate also needs to sign off on booting the president from the white house and the senate is carney controlled by the republicans making not a bit of a long shot maybe not need to finally recognize that shouting impeachment won't

lose trump the election quite the opposite in fact it seems america actually quite nights this particular underdog probably why they chose him in the 1st place goodness that was exhausting my need to drink. a german environmental group affiliated with eco activist groups it's oberg has caused outrage by insulting the older generation on social media the youth group friday's of a future germany posted a tweet saying why do our grandparents keep lecturing us every year they will soon be gone and whether they were being silly or sinister german politicians including the environment ministry were quick to fire back i don't think you are doing yourself any favors with this tweet you can get crazy every time you get any criticism and constantly demand more respect then throw a tantrum it undermines your legitimate concerns climate protection is everyone's concern and it's a social duty for every generation tasteless and glad that the majority of young

people in germany do not think this way we must be respectful to other generations and not only during christmas well after the backlash the activists did issue an apology saying it was meant to be a joke you know rivera from the reactionary times opinion website thinks the arguments about climate crisis are overblown anyway. this type of rhetoric in these types of tweets and you know did only really resonates with the frenzy far out reaches of the environmental movement within their mania their climate you know induced mania they really truly believe that having too many humans on earth is going to lead to a catastrophic apocalypse which is absolutely ridiculous because the evidence just doesn't support that narrative climate alarmism you know created a superstar out of gratitude and they're going to create more superstars in 2020 and it's only going to get worse but that's unfortunately the ignorance of youth if we believed all of these environment environmentalist and all of their crazy

predictions over the past 3040 years i mean if there were true manhattan right now it would be underwater. britain's guardian newspaper is being forced to amend an article published last year about russia's role in an alleged plot to extract guinea in a song from the ecuadorian embassy in london if it often takes up the story. the crime and the punishment the guardian newspaper gave a misleading pression to readers and was forced to clarify that its article was well something that you might be tempted to call fake news the piece in question published in september last year claimed that russia had a secret christmas plot to smuggle julian assange out of the ecuadorian embassy in london to moscow a tentative plan was devised that would have seen that we call expounder taken out of london embassy in a diplomatic vehicle and transported to another country one ultimate destination

multiple sources have said was russian the involvement of russian officials in hatching what was described as a basic plan raises new questions about a san just ties to the kremlin but they investigate which was led by a high profile panel of academics and journalists and last 13 months found that the authors got carried away with some of their claims the plan in relation to mr sanders ability to be able to leave they could door an embassy was not devised instigated by russia there was nothing illicit about the plan as described in the article the investigation was triggered by a formal complaint from the former consul of ecuador 3 they'll not a virus described several of the papers assertions as falls and defamatory party talk to him they talk about secret talks of russian diplomats in london and they have trained me us this past contact with. the kremlin in order to execute some kind of plot that's why i

feel 'd that their article needed to be challenge. and i myself. need to have an apology from the guardian polity there happen but their review panel has. decided. and has ruled that the article was indeed misleading breach in the heart of conduct of the press in the united kingdom but i'm not completely satisfied with the correction the other thing is that they have not being. amended it does the article is to says that. secret talks in london in order to help julian assange chiefly the embassy that's not true finally enough one of the journalists who penned the piece luke harding was behind and nother controversial article published by their guarding that piece

also published last year claimed that the old transcom pain manager paul mann of ford had held secret talks with a son to an ecuadorian embassy somehow one of the most surveyed places on earth didn't manage to capture any evidence of that alleged high profile visit the guardian didn't attract the story but detained the headline shift in the responsibility to its sources mr no rise has called the latest corrections he story journalistic fiasco for the guardian for again publishing false information that's not the only article does a part earned by the same mouth those that the same author there's a pattern they have accused of buying into the embassy they have. several articles which i mentioning in my complaint. as a pattern from the same journalese which i have disgraced the newspaper in his

complaint mr not a virus accuses journalists of hiding behind confidential sources the article indeed cited various sources and it seems by sources they probably meant their imagination. watching the hawks is up next this christmas day for marty in moscow by the way of sentence left to a smartphone this year grab the r.t.i. you can take a look at more of our stories and programs online now though from the scene of a great day. today there are good tennis and bad attitudes the bad news in yemen the united states. the good those who work in syria the cia and the u.s. military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. where they

were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up right wing military juntas funding an army was there's no any more because there's always a small income for a really good. profit. taxes are not going to do it you have to go right to the root of things it's assets and debts at the balance sheet balance sheets is what they should talk about and that's where we can be clever because taxation is the dumb why of trying to get the wealth back from the from the wealthy. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe.

isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. direct. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. maybe in the shallows. greetings and sal you taishan see the end is here hawk watchers of the year i mean it's the end of the year and as we sit down with family and friends for annual season of holidays and good cheer waiting to ring in the new year it is important

to take a moment or 2 you know take a moment or 2 and look back at what was the year that came before this day what took place around the world in our nation and our lives during those 300 some odd days that brought us to this very moment. well today on the show we will do just that we will take some time to examine just a sampling from some of the biggest stories we covered all year long i mean we've got protesters aplenty from france hong kong to haiti all with the buyers of change in their hearts some more celebrated some were shamed and some were tragically ignored by the world on a world scale and speaking of protesters you couldn't find a bigger cause than those carrying the banner of the extinction rebellion those brave souls who shut down streets glued themselves to capitol hill hallways and starved just to shake people in the recognizing the grim meat hook reality that is our climate change future and who could talk about the big news of 2019 and not

talk about the apprehension the controversial demise of billionaire pedophile and sex trafficker geoffrey epstein the political elites man with the little black book the man who owned an island built on sin with a trail of brands and accomplices that includes 2 presidents and a prince 2019 also brought us real time looks at how the united states flexes its foreign policy in latin america through manipulated headlines jack ryan t.v. shows and brilliantly covert regime change operations that are no longer curve or covert and not really brilliant it's all that and a whole lot more as we take a few moments to reflect on the year that was watching the hawks in 2019.