was. glad to meet putin calls donald trump to thank him for information that helped pull a new year terrorist plot in st petersburg. and in the stories that shaped the week a passenger plane crash in kazakhstan killed 12 people and left dozens injured. plus u.s. presidential candidate michael bloomberg apologizes after his team used a prison labor to promote the baby and there's an election campaign. rounding up some of the biggest stories from the past 7 days you're watching the weekly here on our to international thank you for joining us that i'm

a person has personally thank donald trump for a tip off from u.s. intelligence which helped intercept a terror plot in st petersburg the dean of the reports. russia's federal security has detained 2 people that were allegedly planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the city of st petersburg according to the security service these people in question were planning terrorist attacks in crowded places during a new year's celebrations it was also reported that avid and shedding light on some of their intentions was also found the scene well they were being detained russian federal security service maint is these the rest on the 27th of december following information that was received from their american colleagues now some may say that it was a significant step in the relationships between the 2 countries and in a telephone conversation the russian president vladimir putin thanked his american

counterpart donald trump for this piece of data that helped prevent these attacks they prevented what could have been a tragic catastrophe yes the city of st petersburg russia is north and capital is packed with people during new year holidays so this piece of information how to prevent a horrible situation indeed both presidents discussed a range of pressuring issues they agreed to continue cooperation in the fight against terrorism actually the last time they spoke was in july and in person they mad back in june at the g. 20 summit in japan at the time the meeting was said to be quite long and productive so it seems that both sides trying to keep the lines of contact open and we spoke to chris phillips former head of the u.k. counterterrorism security office and he says the case highlights the need for cross border intelligence sharing. what it does point out as well is that we live in such

an interconnected world now that intelligent so does the us of obviously go are also dealing with people and planning incidents in. petersburg and and i think we're going to see more of this because because of the use of internet telephones these interconnected groups. to strike anywhere so well you can only hope that countries work together not only against terrorism but the bigger thing actually possibly even bigger than terrorism is organized crime because organized criminals are wreaking havoc across the world at the moment we've seen people murdered in london of a country simply a lot to do with drugs and of course this is this is a big problem for all countries. and other stories the shape that we can fix stan has held a day of mourning for the 12 people killed in

a plane crash on friday dozens more were injured in the tragedy including children the aircraft lost altitude just after takeoff from the country's largest city almaty on a domestic flight it clipped a concrete barrier and crashed into a building in a residential area investigators are looking at 3 possible causes of the tragedy pilot error a technical malfunction and bad weather is how events unfolded here in the. store oh yeah. sure. it is a. bit of a good you know the are going to have a good look at the crew i know you didn't get anything so we're look at the reason we were discussing risk. another. was the shores it was aboard the peregrine it's a report you would use in your proposal the snake was.

warming running news. i did not. write my google did i mention a dog but do you. believe in god i don't mean literally maybe given that i have. learned. that i should just let hold strong jolt and the left wing literally seconds later the plane began to rock back and forth like a bogus and i began to tighten my belt panic doret had begun the children had started crying when the plane began to go dollars look at it it was clear that would definitely go into the ground and i braced myself for impact then the sewing the mergence the door was open so i would jump on the wing and again slipping because it was icy we helped each other to get down. well jeffrey thomas from airline ratings dot com gave us his thoughts on what might

have gone wrong. early indications point to possible causes one is that as we can see snow snow everywhere was very very cold icing conditions and it may well have been that the plane was not correctly d.-i still not do ya stood all and if there's a build up of ice on the wing as soon as the plane takes off you're going to have a situation where you'd hit the lift over the top of the wing the air over the top of the wing is disturbed therefore you lose lift the plane or you reach now 2 to 40 feet and then crash back to earth. and the other thing we but there's a possibility there was an engine problem we know the aircraft reached takeoff speed of about 175 miles an hour and then quickly that speak quickly to within a 2nd or 2 of takeoff back to a 148 and that's when all the data was lost. so possible engine problem

possible icing problem on the wings. yes democratic presidential hopeful michael bloomberg has apologized for the use of prison labor by his campaign team the male inmates were recruited to call up practice although blame back himself tonight he knew what was happening. we only learned about this when the reporter called us with a soon as we discovered which friend a subcontractor had done this we immediately ended our relationship with the company and the people who hired them imagine being so wait you have people who have people who have prisoners to do stuff for you agence being so rich you don't even bother to check what you are spending millions of dollars on. rita rating we sad indeed when we learn a vendor of a vendor of a vendor used prison labor we did know about it and we never would have allowed it

we don't believe in this practice and we immediately stop working with pro com and the people who hired them so so how do you do it pay someone to pay someone to tell them mike bloomberg is a big spender he was last to do in the presidential race and he has already outspent all the other democrat candidates on campaign advertising i mean the guy has so much money he doesn't seem to have the time to check what he spent a good dog but there's credit michael bloomberg did promise america more work just to. get it. for president jobs creator. right america more jobs even if you don't particularly want them what makes it much much worse is that many of the prisons in the states a private run for profit and there are laws that force people to work so if you are

in a jail and you are told to work you have to you'll be punished sometimes they pay you as much as $20.00 a month that's right $20.00 a month now here's the irony mike bloomberg 1000000000 there one of the richest people in america was essentially paying for what is a slave labor to cool people apparently tell them that he's a good guy wait the bloomberg is he was paying someone to pay someone to tell everyone what a good guy he is trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his business god help us. everybody says stuff that comes back to bite them but when billionaires do it it's generally an order of magnitude. it get. worse the further you dig when he launched his campaign his media bloomberg news sent out a letter thousands of its journalists pledging to uphold its principle of not

investigating its own this is the sort of person mike is mike bloomberg started as a middle class kid to work his way through college and built a business from a single room to a global entity creating tens of thousands of good paying jobs along the way. there . he probably shouldn't but he didn't let me continue he became richer year after year really selling bank is ludicrous the priced products the gadget the same bankers who threw unbridled greed set off the 2008 financial crash the provident tens of millions of people of homes of life savings and job. michael bloomberg the president. well michael bloomberg is ranked number 9 in the world on the forbes rich list bought investigative journalist dave lindorff believes that doesn't make him a good candidate for president. it really shouldn't be acceptable for anybody

liberal or conservative to use prison labor it's forced labor bloomberg is a multibillionaire he's worth like $54000000000.00 he's made his money by you know not paying attention to things like that. that he's not concerned about the little guy and which i guess becomes you know if you're if you're supposedly a democrat you're concerned about the little guy and. enormous a packer see it a big problem i think it's going to hurt him a lot i don't know where people get the idea that bloomberg is the great savior for democrats in the race in the race against trump he has almost no poll support all he has is money. billionaires have not traditionally done that well running for office it's. you know you got to have money to run for president but when you have that much money i think that most people are pretty suspicious of your motives in

running for office. 2 people have been killed in a texas church. bike. you make is like the child in the room it's impulsivity it's narcissism it's us versus them it's fear the prefrontal cortex is empathy it's compassion it's thinking about the future in terms of what we do today that's where we need to make our decisions based from from the prefrontal cortex unfortunately when we eat the modern diet of our planet or when we watch the news or we spend too much time online we lock in to be a make believe we lock in to the child in the room and we're not able to make good

decisions. we're. wound healed in 2020 should be. a gunman opened fire inside a church in texas on sunday killing one person and seriously injuring another the shooter who was killed in return fire from 2 members of the congregation the incident happened during a service in the town of white settlement the local chief of police has praised the 2 church goes who took out the attack. so today at approximately 11 50 am

a government in or the west freeway church of christ what's on a texas during a church service deployment reports indicated that the man into the church and part of weapon a couple of members of the church returned bar striking the suspect who died at the scene project where the person shot by the suspect died a local hospital and a 2nd person or is has lath frightening into injuries well just hours before that texas shooting a machete attack on a synagogue in new york state left 5 people injured 2 of them in critical condition donald trump expressed support for the victims and urged americans to fight the evil scourge of anti-semitism. the attack happened during a hanukkah party police arrested a suspect soon after the instant a counterterrorism unit is monitoring the situation reporters say the attacker was

a black male the motive remains on the clear the new york governor called the attack an act of domestic terrorism they have seen or not in new york this is violence spurred by hate it is massive violence and i consider those. the mass the terrorism of. semitism of medicare acts in the area. completely unacceptable. in the specially during this time of peace and hanukkah we don't understand you know what the motivation is for all of this is just pure hatred or this follows a spike in hate crimes against jews in the region have been 7 and he semitic instance in new york city this week alone and less than a month ago a shooting at a kosher supermarket in jos he says he left for dead israeli prime minister has condemned the latest incident. swim

a global israel strongly condemns the latest surge of anti semitism and the brutal attack in the middle of hanukkah holiday at the rabbi's house the monsey new york we send our wishes of recovery to the wounded we will cooperate in every way with the local authorities to help eradicate is phenomenal and we offer this help to every country political analyst olivia raff of it says the rise in anti semitic incidence could encourage immigration to israel i think that it's a global problem all over the world especially in europe no also in america where the jewish communities there were settled when the jews are in trouble all of the other world. is the only place safe place to be now of course we can rely on those allegations of our government to prevent certain attacks but if the situation is getting worse and worse. is of course the place to be for jules was

in danger it was a case. is 70 years ago it is still the case. now the news ukraine under self-proclaimed people's republic psni east of the country have completed a prisoner swap president selenski was accurate of airport to meet $76.00 people released by the breakaway regions it goes down of has more on this story. well we do have some official figures finally we do know for a fact that more than a 100 people took part in this war in the swap in total for instance we do know that has sent some 61 people former prisoners to the territories of these self-proclaimed nets and guns people's republics and those breakaway regions in turn have sent 76 of their former prisoners back to kiev now this whole thing was only possible because of the normandy for all of the latest round of the normandy for talks when vladimir putin for the 1st time. the ukrainian president

for them is the lenski under german chancellor angela merkel and the french president of manual mccrone being there as well this was one of the one of the things one of the agreements that they reached during that meeting in paris now this war has seen there have been a few hitches and if you said backs to to this what for instance we do know that at least 2 people 2 persons refused to take part in the refused to go back from donetsk and lugansk republics regions for one reason or another also all saw 5 former members of burke could police unit an elite police unit that took part in dispersing the protests the protests the might an uprising back in back when it happened they were part of this war too and they didn't go well with some people because some people in ukraine they share a rather radical stance a rather radical view look on what's going on on the war and so on and what

happened on the my done and they share not just animosity but pure hatred towards former birchard members so yesterday there was a court hearing in kiruv in the ukrainian capital on the fate of the of those 5 persons now they were released which effectively. that's why that's how it became possible for them to become part of the swap and those more radically inclined individuals they they didn't take good world that you showed up at the codes at the courts doors they clashed with the police chanting slogans like death to burkhard and so on and so forth but so far it looks that the prisoners of war put overall has been a success which is a major step for the wall for the sides for the currently warring sides. now it's something of a tradition of the holiday season for world leaders heads of state and major organizations to deliver their annual greetings they usually wrap up the passing

year and generally express hope for a prosperous and happy future but it seems this time there are a few peculiar messages saskia taylor explains. christmas the time of year when people gather together to celebrate the bonds of friendship and family as a side note a very awkward period for the brits have to regular engage an eye contact except well wishes and fame merriment or at the same time sorry this is not my weekly therapy session but anyway we've all grown tired of repeating the same old merry christmas and in a bid to keep good old yuletide going and make it all trendy and 21st century all the world over people are getting creative with the traditional greeting sometimes though they know how to best put it misjudged the mood while some gingerbread houses we do so i get to go with them $35.00 jet merry christmas to christian soldiers and celebrating around the world i'm

a big fan of gingerbread but one in the shape of an f. $35.00 jet which are regularly used to conduct strikes over gaza just hours after the i.d.f. admitted that a raid in the gaza strip can know and members of a single family was a mistake i think i'll give it a miss as apparently will many others yes nothing says merry christmas like a freaking war machine all you're missing is some gingerbread bombs to drop on some gingerbread palestinians maybe the i.d.f. had a brainstorm session with donald trump because his festive wishes also struck a somber tone i think someone forgot to tell him that joy is a contractual obligation in december on behalf of the entire trump family we wish everyone a. merry christmas but can you blame him it's the end of the year we're all tired poor thing couldn't even hide the fact he was reading off a prompter but he does have other things on his plate i suppose like his possible removal from office even as usually bellicose tweets have been a bit like cluster of late no caps lock no explanation marks kind of thing also

jumping in head fast to the whirlpool of christmas for parts us customs and border protection they congratulated santa for not scaling and he was sorry chimneys this year. and applying for his visa on time like you'd expect it went down like a sack of presents hundreds of kids in texas are spending christmas eve taking care of each other freezing cold insufficient food water medical attention hygiene resources no contact with their parents many as young as one who brought gifts for these kids. he missed a stop and across the pond things want much better queen elizabeth the 2nd film test 67th christmas speech you think after all these years she'd have it down pat but it's been a tough year for poor queenie what with prince andrew clearly not being a natural in t.v. interviews perry marrying an american divorcee said divorcée crying on t.v. about being bullied by the very people who pay the heating bill at buckingham palace harry saying that he and william are fighting harry being

a climate activists while jetting around a private jets how sorry not my weekly therapy session so instead of the usual merry christmas one and all they got this and midterms filled. with small steps can make a world of difference. a very legal way of defining being on the brink of a constitutional crisis our fingers crossed hoping your son didn't spend nights sweating away with a convicted sex offender and then the icing sugar on top of the your blog the un decided to pick the day christ was born to talk about how motherhood is a real chore which will apparently leave you poor bond employed and most likely gender discriminated against i wonder if mary and joseph considered these downsides as the road to bethlehem so yeah it's tough to know how to wish people while at this time of year but i don't want to miss out on the fun so mary day the christ was born but only if you recognize christ i'm not forcing anything on you so let's just say it's a winter holiday if the time winter doesn't offend this is

a safe space after all totally up to you how you want to celebrate this day or not your call. well that is the weekly will be back here the somebody out with another round up see that. you know world of big partisan movies lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks.

it is a long held tradition on cross talk to take stock of the year that is about to pass we have a look at what moved us what changed and what gave us concern us 2019 the good the bad and the up. to the i'm a goal is like the child in the room it's impulsivity it's narcissism it's us versus them it it's fear the prefrontal cortex is empathy it's compassion it's thinking about the future in terms of what we do today that's where we need to make our decisions based from from the prefrontal cortex unfortunately when we eat the modern diet of our planet or when we watch the news or we spend too much time online we lock in to be

a make believe we lock in to the child in the room and we're not able to make good decisions. of the day there are good dentists and bad that is the bad news in the end then the united states deems to be 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 the right way military into those funding an army just was there's no phones and then more because there's always a small. or really good this is a profit. all .

linda welcome to worlds apart the millennial civil lucian have turned humans into one of the most adaptable and sex astral species on the planet within the capacity for self harm and even self-annihilation i betrayed that once helped us survive now precipitating our own demise well to discuss that i'm now joined by dr david perlmutter a neurologist and bast selling author dr perlmutter it's such a privilege to talk to you thank you very much for your time well oksana and so delightful to be with you today thank you now we're recording this conversation a few days before new year's eve when millions of people around the globe will be

promising to themselves to lead better house the air a more fulfilling lives and yes we know from from the statistics that most of those pledges will remain and realized why do you think it is such a challenge what a terrific question to lead off with and you know there are so many books out there there are so many programs online and cetera that really give out good information about what we should eat that we should actual size pay attention to our sleep but the problem is so many people end up with these books on their bookshelves and year after year they go on an answer and the reason is now we have to start paying attention to making making the choices so what we are describing in our new book brainwash is the bridge between information and action really finally giving people 2 things number one the recognition that their decision making has been taken from them. actively and number 2 how to get back now full disclosure i've been the one

of here a big fans ever since your number one new york times bestseller grain brain was published in 2013 it gave me and i'm sure many other people didn't know the agency to make long lasting lifestyle changes but as you said in a couple of weeks you'll have a new book out brainwash what are you trying to achieve with that. well we're hoping to achieve some very very big things and what we're trying to bring to the public attention is the fact that our modern world our modern society through the foods that we're eating our lack of sleep and certainly from all of the time we spend connected to digital media is changing the wiring of our brain as it relates to our ability to make good decisions i'm going to put forward a simple kind of understanding of 2 brain parts one is

a part called the prefrontal cortex it sits up here in the forehead and the other is called the amygdala between the ears the a mega is like the child in the room it's impulsivity it's narcissism it's us versus them it is fear the prefrontal cortex is empathy it's compassion it's thinking about the future in terms of what we do today that's where we need to make our decisions based from from the prefrontal cortex unfortunately when we eat the modern diet of our planet or when we watch the news or we spend too much time online we lock in to the a magdalen we lock in to the child in the room and we're not able to make good decisions as i mentioned at the beginning of our time together while all the great books are there they're not useful for anybody unless we're able to implement or put bring action in terms of.