clearly not accountable and were just. good. ole destabilize the global economy you need to protect yourself and get in 4 guys or. at 9 pm from moscow the syrian government forces push deeper into it live dislodging al-qaeda linked fighters from dozens of villages in the south of the rebel held province to bring it up to speed to where it is. punishing polluters since the french government knows but introduce a new tax on s.u.v.s and trucks and it's ongoing battle to reduce emissions. research shows u.k. weapons sales to the saudi led coalition in yemen have spiked dramatically in the last 5 years despite being fined the arms trade treaty.

good evening from russia or if you're watching around the world right now my name is kevin 0 in this is the international great to your company and 1st off of course or very best if you're celebrating christmas right now season's greetings from all of us so 1st in the news tonight the steamboat 25th late on the syrian military is making significant gains as the thames to wrest control of the country's final opposition on klav over the course of a week long ground offensive in southern italy province government forces are reported to have displaced islamist fighters for around 40 villages but that said the campaign is causing concern in western capitals as a senior correspondent were aghast if explains next been awhile since i last had made headline news it's been everyone but him america selling out its allies and pilfering syrian oil. 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 live overnight something as day part of a new ground offensive by syrian government forces. russian backed government forces up intensified their bombing campaign well of all out i will go to the camps near the turkish border to escape from us and 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 out of rage 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 just on a world tour i mean the fact that it was 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 civilians you know. under the supervision of the terrorist and being

killed by a bit of the issue here is refugees for now civilians have fled from the immediate war zone but they have to do somewhere and 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. it is their right to clear and to extend the. sovereign the fear of state in danger. 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 ben syrian territory and i don't think that it is this 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 fall in. with france's grown swell of popular anger over controversial pension reform plans showing no sign of subsiding the new year only looks set to add to some people's economic woes too because the government's now proposing to introduce a bruising tax hike on the most polluting vehicles in order to meet tough new e.u. targets reporting from paris charlotte dubin ski. that's pricing in sa 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 passed a new law to increase taxes on s.u.v.s and trucks meaning that vehicles that pollute the most will pay you more from $20.00 to $20.00 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 live in 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 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 boy 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 cause perhaps not great news for those who are thinking of buying one from also plans to ban fossil fuel cars within the next 20 years in paris 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. more and more electric cars. electric cars why not 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 point spread vehicles

are still not widespread while still in paris there are plenty of around the city elsewhere that it's not always the case for your world we need to have enough places to recharge them in addition to service centers this is the same as with cycling's in germany 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 this year there are one france even the president doesn't sound to 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 rise they may feel that there is no other choice ski r.t. paris. story across the channel in the u.k.

also looking to go green the police of spent in britain over a 1000000 pounds of electric cars but the critics who say they read over it they say they're not fit for purpose will tell you more for what the problem is just a bit later. it must be top of the us democrat christmas wish list to see donald trump kicked out of the white house but the president nonetheless seems to be spending the holiday we can report full of good cheer saying he's in a very good position he says the head of the senate trial so well in mind as it's the season to be jolly taylor invites us now for a cheeky seasonal 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 clearly 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 to listen. so let's lay down the rules if ok when trump takes a swipe at not suppose he also 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 then 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 will know that they are not above the law now the stakes if the republicans admit the troubles may be probably protect you 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 chill it is because of

that has been one moment of clarity in this whole saga is that there are only 2 camps if you blew your about the memory 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 it 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 or tea 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 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 that we all know it's unlikely to need anywhere i mean even donald's barely broke a sweat i don't feel like i'm being impeached and 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 currently controlled by the republicans making not a bit of a long shot maybe nancy pelosi and co need to finally recognize that shouting impeachment won't lose trump the election quite the opposite in fact it seems america actually quite liked this particular underdog probably why they chose him in the 1st place goodness that was exhausting my need to drink. to ask a tale of their there's been a sharp rise in the u.k.'s weapons sales to saudi arabia and its coalition partners

over the last 5 years all that despite britain having signed up to a treaty designed to prevent arms exports to rights abuses the increase has been calculated by oxfam which says it's deeply concerned over the way the weapons have been used in the conflict in yemen so according to the charity in the 5 years since the arms trade treaty came to force the u.k.'s license sales worth nearly 6 and a half 1000000000 perms to 8 members of the saudi coalition contrast that then to the fact that in the 5 years before the group was adopted london saw 4400000000 pounds worth of weapons to those countries know the arms trade treaty was adopted dawn christmas eve 201-4105 sovereign states ratified the accord there then a further 33 signed up as well it regulates the arms trade in order to try to prevent human suffering to ensure weapons are not sold to those who violate human rights but then the british government was also very keen to stress its importance to. the a.t.t.

is the only legally binding treaty regulating and promoting legitimate and responsible trade in conventional arms it remains a unique and valuable instrument so ruth turner from oxfam told us that the increase in the sales no shows that britain isn't abiding by the very treaty itself and. when the arms trade treaty came into effect and the u.k. with a real champion of that treaty unfortunately sales to countries that we in yemen are party to now or in yemen have actually increased and i think this is the signal that. you're yemen world's worst humanitarian crisis right now and the u.k. and far from kind of living up to treaty on and the word is that treaty has has continued to say how countries involvement conflict where we know international and having no is has been disregarded. with pressure mounting the british

government said to put arms sales to saudi arabia on hold for now in june the court of appeal said they were unlawful and made without assessing if the gulf state violated humanitarian law in yemen it's expected the government will appeal the decision of the supreme court saudi arabia's interventions about her and her in yemen started back in 2015 to fight who's the rebels who they see as terrorists however it's the level of civilian casualties in the conflict there's a major cause of concern.

again this is this clear evidence we had house committed human rights violations in yemen and that the u.k. must stop selling arms to the saudis the evidence is really i have a well meaning and that there's been consistent violations of international law and and as you say the case was really clear that. the government needed to you know if it was going to continue to license weapons had to be clear about what that there was a pattern of violation in that violation and it was clear that so i find that tight that that system will be a pallet and i think it's. you know very sad that the government have had to try and chosen to appeal this decision and wish to continue to sell weapons that have been used in a war that is causing so untold poverty and homme and destruction

fed the people of yemen thus approaching a time when it was not at night here in moscow review watching hi there covered up young eco activists in germany about a dressing down off the disrespect of their elders it's what was stories like the back up of the great. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic to follow through the only person i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

what politicians do. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and should. want. to go right to be close that's what the before 3 of the more people. interested in the waters of our. city. again u.k. police be going green with a major spending drive an electric cars but the eco ideas for a little bit flat as he explains seems the vehicles are not quite up to speed in the future. 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 desired 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 vicious target to cut all of their vehicle emissions to 0 by 2050 a politician should be checking always. ensure the public has buddy for money because truly the money is very much needed are in place also across the country to. share with all all sorts of crime she just always had to improve and. credential or stars so be. it not citizen poll or. all prague reaction. to your

highness it's all over a sub electric cars have proved there in effect in this in other countries in september police in the us were forced to give up the chase with suspected crooks when the battery in their 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. and. meantime we're talking green a german young people's environmental group affiliated with eco activist quoted timberg schools outraged by insulting the older generation of social media is our next story friday's for future germany posted a tweet saying why do our grandparents keep lecturing us every year they'll be gone soon well whether that was supposed to be silly or sinister didn't go down well german politicians including the environment ministry were quick to fire back i do

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 is a social g.t. for every generation. tasteless i'm 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 of the backlash the activists issued an apology saying it was meant as a joke really rivera from the reactionary times opinion website thinks that in any case some of the claims in the climate debate a somewhat exaggerated 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 media 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 i mean on the arm is i'm 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 their crazy predictions over the past 3040 years i mean if this were true manhattan right now would be underwater. britain's guardian newspaper has been forced to amend an article it published last year about russia's role in an alleged plot to extract tuna sons from the ecuadorian embassy in london reports. 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 can expand or 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 sound just ties to the kremlin but then vest a geisha 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 or describe several of the paper's assertions as falls and defamatory r.t. talked to him they talk about secret talks of russian diplomats in london and they have put trained me us this past contact me in. the kremlin in order to execute some kind of plot that's why i feel 'd that their articles 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 another controversial article published by the garding 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 retract 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 apart and by the same mouth those are the same out there there's a pattern they have accused of spying into the embassy they have. several articles which i mentioning in my complaint. as a pattern from the same journalese which 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. really finish the writing up this bulleted that's it for marty here in moscow so far more r.t. dot com i'm kevin 0 in for me and the rest the team thank you for watching stay with us for next programs after the break coming up and if you're celebrating it big season's greetings to you right now.

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