a. lot of the underground i don't know where. the syrian army captures a key location in the province opening the road to the last terrorist stronghold in the country. drivers beware in france where punishing new levies are coming into force for s.u.v.s and trucks in the battles in lower emissions. and u.k. arms sales to the saudi coalition in spike in the last 5 b. is despite britain signing up to a treaty to protect human rights. from moscow it's 11 am wednesday december the 25th merry christmas if you're celebrating good to have you with us this morning 1st the syrian government forces have recaptured a key battleground in the northern province after

a week long offensive more on that now from what i guess. 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 out 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 well of course i will go to the camps near the turkish border to escape from securing a slew of villages and towns and media days of course whenever that happens the media and his opponents exploded an 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.c.f. feeds on war and drinks violence it turned deadly into a cesspool of zealots and fanatics mercenaries and foreign jihad ists on a world tour 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 it's is

a homicidal maniac that just wants to come. jur head off in the name of god or interest lies in killing the terrorist in order to protect the civilians not leaving those billions of. under the supervision of the target 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 the last islamist stronghold if it falls it will mean the end of the syrian civil war it will mean asaad 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. it is their right to clear and to extend the. sovereign the fear of the state. of fear 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 this sort of will 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 fall. for the national strike in france against pension reforms are entering its 3rd week people there are facing another crackdown a bruising tax hike on the most polluting vehicles to meet you target reporting next from paris. as presents are being wrapped from under the christmas tree is the french government has given its citizens a gift that they may want to return its 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 and 2019 so want to drive us in paris make of the tax hike even. 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 something they're 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 france also plans to ban fossil fuel cars within the next 20 years in power. yes they could be banned 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 the. electric cars 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 a prefer 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 a lecture vehicles are still not widespread while still in paris there are plenty of around the city elsewhere that's not always the case you. don't we need to have enough places to recharge them in addition to service centers this is the same as with cycling's in germany we're a long way behind we have to develop cycle lanes and we have to develop charging stations. or the vehicles in front seem to be developed but that's not the case with the of 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. altie paris i'm heading the road in the u.k. police there are going green with a major splurge on electric cars but as he explains the vehicles 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 emergency 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 not of agencies and for police officials to travel around before they were being used in a 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 jumped in and always had to improve and. credential or start to be a strange not suitable for heights. all. cards of proof there in effect to other countries in september police in the us were forced to give up the chase with suspected crooks in the back tesla police vehicle went 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 being used in the conflict in yemen according to oxfam in the last 5 years since the arms trade treaty came into force the u.k. lyston sales worth nearly 6 and a half 1000000000 pounds to 8 members of the saudi coalition well in the years before the accord was adopted it amounted to just under 4 and a half 1000000000 the arms trade treaty was adopted christmas eve back in 2040 another time 105 sovereign states ratified it a further 33 signed up to it as well it regulates the arms trade in order to prevent human suffering and ensure weapons are not souls to those who violate human rights back then to 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 appeals said they were unlawful

that were made without assessing if the gulf state of violated humanitarian law in yemen it's expected that the government's going to appeal that decision in the supreme 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. dairies hoffa's many more weapons been so off to the arms trade treaty to saudi and the kindest upon iss 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's 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 creating that so i very much hype 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 that have been used in a war that is causing untold poverty and homme and destruction for the

people of yemen coming up this christmas down are 2 young eco activists in germany about a dressing down off the getting cheeky with the elders among all stories to head off to the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. very dramatic to follow only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be

president. or somehow want to. have to go right to be close this is what before 3 of them or 10 people. interested always in the waters of. course it. must be top of the u.s. democrats christmas wish list to see donald trump kicked out of the white house but the president seems to be spending the holidays full of good cheer saying that he's in a very good position head of his senate trial with that in mind also. sees no impeachment drinking. disclaimer if you're not 18 change channels and those 18 plus is 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 kitty in it for a while yet and it's christmas off to roll we've come up with a little bit of a libation based game pick a drink. 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 but the rule of law is that 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 thought oh 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 if said journalist is bitter 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 are so as to foment unrest for

their nation or t. is putin's 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 hoofs 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 to anyway i mean even donald's body broken a sweat i don't feel like i'm being impeached why would he sure the democrat controlled house of representatives can pass as many impeachment articles as they 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

nice 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 activists gratitude bug has caused outrage by insulting the older generation on social media the youth group fridays for future germany posted a tweet saying why do our grandparents keep lecturing us every year they'll 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 as a social g.t. 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 after the backlash the activists did issue an apology saying it was meant as a joke rivera from the reactionary times opinion website thinks that in any case the arguments of the climate debate are somewhat overblown. this type of rhetoric in these types of tweets and you know it only really resonates with the fringe the 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 that published last year about russia's role in an alleged plot to extract a journey in a song from the ecuadorian embassy in london right from auschwitz on 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 kill expounder taken out of ecuador's london embassy in a diplomatic biko 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 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. their article needed to be challenge. and i myself need to have an apology from the guardian apology there happen but their review panel has. decided. and has ruled that dutch girl 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 it still says that russian diplomats have secret talks in london in order to help julian assange flee the embassy that's not true and finally enough one of the journalists who penned the piece luke harding was behind another controversial article published by the garding that piece also published last year claimed that donald trump's compay

manager paul mann a 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 retract the story but detained the headline shift in the responsibility to its sources mr nigh rise has called the latest corrections he story journalistic fiasco for the guardian for again publishing false information that's not the only article there's a pattern and by the same mouth those that the same author there's a pattern they have accused you know science of buying into the embassy they have. several articles which i mentioning in my complaint us as a pattern from the same journalese which i think have disgraced the newspaper and

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 their christmas day boom bust is on the way from the money team in washington d.c. after which i'll have your next r.t. world news however you're spending this wednesday december the 25th of a great day. same hammer i can use to smash someone's head is the same hammer i can use to build the my 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.

brothers suit you i believe in the room light of themselves. my limited role more than i was for it is to die in prison by the explosion love my life. take a stick grab some media attention i mean it's a shooting in a 16 year old's 16 birthday party. sizing the place just a lot of pressure to. close the case. for me is. just wrong it's like i couldn't believe those hired. me out so far the trolls more than the sure don't want peace be with us those are all the issues because i will stay right next to. me for is the fun you guys keep in mind for the dealing with 1617 years old so. this could lose one boozer loses plunder of his fear of them both of them tonight

me to food really. formal it is close to. the other goofball know the truth. all seemed wrong when old roles just don't call. me new world believe yet to shape out disdain become to advocate and engage with equals betrayal. when feeling many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground . join me every thursday on the elec so i will be sure and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm sure. i'll see that.

there's a good boss broadcasting around the world and covering all aspects of our global economy in the 21st century and i'm christiane washington we've got special show focusing on the energy sector and here's what we have come to north into a pipeline which is set to transport natural gas from russia to germany is facing sanctions from the u.s. are fun and. we'll break it down for us and oil bankruptcies are up and prices are moving what does the forecast look like for 2020 while break it down to take

a look at the state of the clean energy sector and world will go in 2020 with tyson slocum from public citizen so much to get you on the road so let's get right to it . germany has been critical of washington's decision to sanction companies in europe's north stream to gas pipeline project as unacceptable chancellor angela merkel says that germany is against any extra territorial sanctions the measures may prove to be a major setback for the transatlantic relations meanwhile in russia the move is seen as an attempt to counter the country's energy project and promote america's own economic interests are t.v. . reports from moscow. on tuesday the u.s. senate approved the national defense authorization act for next year it's a record $700000000000.00 military budgets more than $700000000.00 has been allocated to contain russia among other things it's a blow.