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 just was there's no. because there's always a small. really good. profit. wow 2020. brushes federal security service releases a video showing the arrest of 2 people suspected of crossing a terrorist attack in sim pages on new year's eve they were seized after tipoff from u.s. intelligence something that thanked him for in a phone call also the iran runs u.s.

airstrikes in iraq and syria which killed 25 people and acts of terrorism and. i i think. as the year draws to a close we begin our review of the key events that shaped 2019 including the violent street protests that seem to grip every corner of the clock. hello there is may day here in moscow you with the international russia's federal security service is released a video showing the arrest of 2 terror suspects accused of plotting an attack in sympathy to spur on new year's eve they were seized after a tip off from u.s. intelligence. personally thank donald trump for that in a phone call. is more on the story.

russia's federal security service that is the f.s.b. announced on friday 2 russian citizens who were planning on committing terrorist attacks on home soil was arrested it is said that the incident was going to take place in st petersburg widely called the country's 2nd capital often called the venice of the north because of it and it was going to take place in the new year which is of course now just one day away at this point in time we don't have anything details on the individuals apprehended but what i can say of course is that a new hair in russia is one of the biggest holidays in the night of the descent this is tens if not hundreds of thousands of people in every single city stream out on to the streets meaning that if this had not been stopped the consequences could have been truly tragic now it is absolutely vital to know this attack was foiled in no small part thanks to a tip off from the american intelligence services marking

a very positive very encouraging moment of cooperation between the u.s. and russia the kremlin in fact has released a statement confirming that the russian president spoke to his american counterpart donald trump over the phone on sunday and thanked him for passing on crucial information that led to these arrests jury not cool death in fact since july when they discussed the devastating fires in siberia both theaters also reiterated that commitment to the fight against terrorism and in this the 2 countries really have shown considerable cooperation for example strongly echoing these latest events back in december 27th teen washington warned moscow about an attack that was planned. cathedral that tip off led to the arrest of 5 suspects simply as far back as 20 and 11 russian authorities told the f.b.i. about an individual who was. found partially responsible for the boston marathon

bombings and now of course we know that terrorism has become one of the grave global threats that we face today in fact just within the past 24 hours a 45 year old who was suspected of being a propagandist and a recruiter for an international terrorist organization was arrested in russia far east and just over a week ago on the day that is dedicated to the security services right here in russia vladimir putin announced that 33 terrorist attacks had been foiled in russia in 2019 a lone and quite right he said that this was a testament to the dedication and to the professionalism of the counter terrorism units in the country but with specific regards to this latest story it seems that thankfully the fight against terrorism continues tonight countries across the world even ones which sometimes struggle to find common ground and this call between

presidents putin and trump really going to show that when people are in danger when lives are at stake differences can very successfully be set aside. we spoke to chris phillips he's a former head of the u.k. counterterrorism security office and he says the case does highlight the need for cross border intelligence sharing. what it does point out as well is that we live in such an interconnected world now with intelligent sources that the us of obviously gone are also dealing with people and that are running incidents in peterborough. and i think we're going to see more of this because because of the use of its use telephones these interconnected groups. to strike anywhere across well you can only hope 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 and other countries recently a lot to do with drugs and of course this is this is a big problem for all countries. iran has branded deadly american air strikes in iraq and syria as an act of terrorism the raids killed 25 people and injured dozens u.s. officials they called it a defensive operation against iranian backed medicine group hezbollah. what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what the president has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for this long. to guarantee the full of american men and women in jeopardy i would add that in our discussion today with the president we discussed with the other options that are available and i would note also that we will take additional actions as necessary to ensure that we act in our own self-defense and we deter further bad behavior from militia groups

or from iran according to the u.s. the bombing raids were tallied in friday's rocket strike on the kook base in iraq which killed one american contractor no group has claimed responsibility for that attack but the pentagon has blamed the type is below an armed group that emerged after the u.s. invasion of iraq and has repeatedly targeted american forces it is also one of the main shia forces fighting against islamic states in place around and syria according to the iraqi news agency the country's president has condemned the u.s. strikes calling them harmful to iraq and the country's prime minister described the operation as a violation of iraqi sovereignty and also a dangerous escalation for the region yes strikes come as china iran and russia held joint 1st joint drills saying clearly antiterrorism and anti-piracy training and being held in the northern part of the indian ocean and also in the gulf of oman region cleans key shipping and energy supply routes and has been

a source of tensions between iran and the u.s. this past year however political analysts side mustapha believes that russia and china's presence does actually help to reduce tensions in the region. the u.s. has been escalating the tensions it's been increasing its military buildup in this part of the world the presence of the russians as well as the chinese is doing very much the escalating role as they are playing a balancing act against the u.s. . and its so-called coalition of the sentinel this would you know preempt the united states threat to the islamic republic of iran and to the free flow of you know shipping in the persian gulf but it has been a turbulent year for iran and the region as a whole marred by tough sanctions and also the seizure of tankers looking back is that. for terror on the year 2019 was thrilling to say the least it

narrowly avoided an open military conflict with the united states got hammered by new stifling sanctions to port in a so-called oil tanker crisis and had to deal with the worst domestic processed in 40 years let's go through it one step at a time. following its withdrawal from the iranian nuclear deal the us continued its sanctions against the islamic republic the country's uncompromising stance swiftly led to an american military buildup in the region the united states is deploying the u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group and bomb a task force to the u.s. central command region sent a clear and unmistakable message to the arabian regime that any attack on united states interests on those of our allies will be minutes with unrelenting force in may and june of 2019 some oil tankers were damaged and some caught fire in the gulf of oman washington immediately blamed terror on in may the rebels in yemen carried

out multiple drone strikes on a saudi oil pipeline the u.s. again stated that it believes iran was behind the attack and continued deploying a different troops over the next 2 months the pentagon said the buildup was in response to heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations these assets would join the u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a u.s. air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u.s. forces and our interests president trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of $8000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u.s. surveillance drone was shot down by the iranian military trump had ordered out is very military. a strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the

operation began so avoid the loss of life. pressure on tear on continued in early july when british royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil markets all ended well as both tankers were eventually released. despite iran's resilience to the u.s. sanctions their effect is taking its toll the last months of 2019 or more by protests across the country when gasoline prices skyrocketed due to the government's decision to cut fuel subsidies so the plan was to direct the additional funds to supporting over $60000000.00 people in need crowds it still took to the streets it was initially a peaceful rally but it quickly turned violent in some places and resulted in

several deaths including law enforcement officers how that story is he's even put the country on its old school internet shut down to prevent the protests from spreading now let's guess who was the 1st to capitalize on iran's civil unrest people enjoy a better future when their government begins to respect basic human rights abandons its revolutionary. posture and its destabilizing foreign policy in the region and behave simply like a normal nation he's arabian can a poor jobs or eve dismiss that kind of support saying that it was the u.s. sanctions that caused so much suffering to his people. a regime that bans food and medicine for ordinary people including elderly and sick iranians by economic terrorism can never show its disgraceful support for the iranian people despise and the other year under serious pressure life here in tehran continues the internet is

back on line with all major social networks available and i checked that myself but hardly anyone in iran has any ads out with an adversary like washington they are in for still more thrilling moments in the coming year remark offer of artsy terror on . still have t.v. savvy continue i refuse game one look at some of the key events including the unrest in latin america that has come to sophocles. you know world of big. lot and conspiracies 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. 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. there's a lot of here is an economy where china has caught up or surpassed us you know the mobile payments markets 50 times the size of the us or over here still writing checks our banking system is not innovated 5 g. we've kind of recently woken up the last couple years and go wow we don't even have a company that can make 5 g. equipment it's been a win win for china and it's been a lose lose for the us. now

we're 2020 just around the corner let's continue our look back at some of the key events of the past year. well today's topics are streets of rage and also the mysterious entitle their mind games let's see what stories are included in the thirst of these well funded protests were prevalent the world over from the other vests in paris to the anti beijing rights in hong kong and of course in latin america so let's focus on that the continent has had more than its fair share of turmoil in 2019 protests of rage from venezuela and bolivia to chile and also ecuador one quarter breaks it that it started as a spark the next thing you know the inferno of revolution is all around you and can't be extinguished that is the south america of 2019.

what's crucial if that's your aim is to find just the right moment to stir up dissent. venezuela's chaos was the epicenter right after the country reelected president nicolas maduro washington pounced challenging the government's legitimacy and trying to provoke a coup. i'm mike pence nicolas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power and it gracefully in doubt the

legitimacy to run venezuela upon the leader of the opposition i threw me i swear to formally assume the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela president trump officially recognize the president of the venezuelan national assembly one goh i do is the interim president of venezuela the time is now to support the venezuelan people to recognize the new democratic government led by interim president gore though the safety and security of president and his family are of great importance to the american people why don't tried hard to win over the military but when it became clear it stood behind a majority washington rolled out some empty threats are you hearing very well that is what i consider getting thing but all 'd options are on the table all of these are all options are on the table all options are on the table because. not to do this as a result of the united states and steamrolled the country with sanctions adding to

the suffering of ordinary people already living through economic collapse but is it really democracy that washington and its allies were interested in or perhaps this has something more to do with black gold not at all what is donald trump's cases against venezuela the cases bellowing is the only live in his way now the riches of venezuela it's gold gas diamonds iron water a material riches resource grabbing hasn't only been confined to venezuela in the region. bolivia seen its own share of unrest this year but they're a right wing coup was successful the elected president abel morales forced to step down and flee the country there's either why am i resigning so that my opponents cannot continue to myself. as brothers it's my duty as an indigenous president and the president of all believe in this to see peace after morale has got the boot

senator janine anya is proclaimed herself interim president not exactly a household name before that but what's more important is who had her back and he guesses we pledge our support to the believe in people and to the transitional government led by president janine and yes as they prepare for these elections. we support you need 9 years in bolivia as you would to ensure a peaceful democratic transition through free elections and just like in venezuela it's ordinary people who are paying the price for regime change. seeing the parallels here's another one lithium is in high demand in the united states and that valuable resource also happens to be in abundance in bolivia.

chile has also been no stranger to disorder where clashes have been deadly a times thousands have rallied since mid october demanding the president resign and the constitution be revised there have already been widespread reports of torture and unlawful killings following the military's deployment. but on these protests the u.s. has been silent maybe it's because the president is sebastian piñera a harvard graduate who's free market policies have shown he's happy to do business with the u.s. a case not so different from this next country. at

last we have ecuador a country that became engulfed in protests after the government carried out i.m.f. backed severe austerity policies. yet again silence from the us and the reason is pretty much the same as with chile the us supported the government's newfound allegiance with the i.m.f. washington might pick and choose the battles that benefit its interests the most but at the end of the day fire is fire it doesn't care who it burns and when a whole continent is set ablaze it becomes extremely difficult to extinguish. ok well let's move to the other topic here at the bottom there is mind games this seems to be about controlling the way people think and we can start with the row of social media and facebook. takes

a look now at how it's become the center in chief when it comes to what we can and can't say i'll tell you what having this job for 6 years has made me report on censorship quite a few times look at this freshman giorno train co asking about facebook censorship at a press briefing hey man you have no idea what awaits us 29 by the end of the decade look at it the evolution of online platforms has gone all the way towards 0 tolerance for offenders even though it all one started down there with pretty much 0 regulation but who decides what exactly makes someone an offender all right let's dig into the 2900 stage evolution look at these one by one and check out their censorship record.

you true work hard on reading their platform of harassment see the latest update to their harassment policy came out in december go on read into it you'll find words like veiled threats ply threats right there warning that whatever that's supposed to mean will be punished and you'll find 0 examples and no proper details. because it was in force these policies seemingly random well no it's a tool so once you know to trust them to do it now i'm skeptical one of the late night hosts allowed to gross people in each you pick on people's physical appearance but of the you tube is kind so you put out its new guidelines they don't set lines and they don't. the latest in a series of policy updates after the previous ones you tube didn't hesitate to take action the result record breaking numbers of accounts and videos taken down.

in $29.00 taking facebook really took us all by surprise by showing what it takes to put on a new face not that it looked like they were keen to do it but someone just happened to notice that while trying to dodge a defamation lawsuit facebook prefer to itself as a publisher look at this mature c.e.o. telling congress his network is a tech company not a media one well that happened before 2019 and the new f.b.i. gave itself the green light to censor just about anything which they've been up to quite strenuously although in march when the new zealand shooter live streamed a massacre of 50 people everyone was like where the hell were the moderators or censors were anyone to stop this another thing i won't call anyone out for inconsistency but in a recent interview mr zuckerberg said no to censoring political ads even if they

contain lies what i believe is that in a democracy it's really important that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying it's that they can make their own judgments and i don't think that a private company should be censoring politicians or news this tech giants however have been blamed for screwing up a bit of campaigning like when gabbert for instance challenged google for taking down her ads this alarming trend has been growing with tech giants continuing to silence voices and restrict access to information this concentration of power and influence is a direct threat to our democracy by the way did you know about this side to it 29000 sold a list. facebook moderators claiming to have p.t.s.d. growing with a former employee suing the social media giant even though the company said it was offering all the required support. well no

point in digging too deep if the story's repeating itself twitter has mastered the art of new era suspensions and bans to the vagueness of the rules probably isn't so much to worry about so you can get in trouble for it can be many things from supporting join a songe to pulling a prank on the fans of the cats movie but just keep in mind what kind of folks you may find among twitter's staff british army psyops soldier war saudi arabia is tasked with digging into the counts of the kingdom's critics. well we'll keep using all of them anyway right let's wish the industry pioneers well wherever the evolution takes the new year a few 2019 but we'll be back with more on the latest news and around.

the world is driven by shaped by one person of those words. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. wow i'm feeling it 2020 should be a whopper. thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the country's military and the

decision. every thing came to a complete. the day that i was very strong if you hold a shot i'll kill me and i see how destroyed my life any screamed at me and he made me come in and you can my arm and he write me with his birth. if you take into account that women don't report because of the extreme retaliation and it's probably somewhere near about half a 1000000 women have now been sexually assaulted in the us military rape is a very very traumatizing tat happening but i've never seen trauma like i've seen from women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma reporting brain. is more likely to get the victim punished don't be offended i had an almost 10 year career which i was very invested in and i gave that up to report a sex offender who was not even put to justice or put on the registry this is simply an issue of how or in violence male sexual predators for the large part have

charted whoever is there to prey upon whether that's men or women. well we've undergone a corporate coup d'etat in slow motion. 35000 lobbyists in washington they write the legislation they write the bills. all it takes is one phone call from somebody on the hill to someone in the pentagon saying hey turn on the dogs the hills out to get our program the guys in the senate are on board we need you to turn on the gucci shoes guys to straighten this thing out the guy's been the lobbyist. and what this does is just lock the system up and that's the whole name of the game it's it's called political engineering and i'm like political science political engineering is real. one of the most important things done or stand is essentially creates what we call

a self licking ice cream cone and it's like petrol motion machine for getting ever increasing defense budgets the way we do it is by downplaying the future consequences to start a new weapon we over promises performance under promise it's cost we then systematically spread dollars jobs and profits to as many congressional districts as quickly as possible so that everybody has skin in the game. the people who are invested in this day or people like the largest defense contractor in the world more than they would die before they see it. going to change the world. we're probably already working. good margin basically just to push them to goals you know in all branches of the government. of the whole.