and because there's always a small for really good. profit. under the term to storm the u.s. embassy in baghdad after last week's deadly american airstrikes on iraq diplomatic staff including the ambassador have reportedly been evacuated from the compound. julian assange has claims that he is dying in a u.k. prison plied with sedatives and subjected to 23 hours of solitary confinement a day you hear from a sanjay's friend he was told the chilling details in a call from the wiki leaks co-founder on christmas eve. rang me because he spent christmas with me and my family in 2010 while on bail what time it. will he said to me but i'm slowly dying. and as i review the key events that shake

2019 continues we should some light on the really great. giving thanks for joining us here on out into. hundreds of iraqis have attempted to storm the u.s. embassy in baghdad with some of the protesters starting a fire there reportedly demanding its closure and that american forces exit the country racks popular mobilisation forces say around 2 dozen people have been injured at rallies in and around the compound nation's prime minister as the assembled crowd leave the embassy warning of a tough response they ducked the rest comes after american bombing raids in iraq and syria killed 25 people at the weekend. i.

i. i. so. i. will discuss the situation with our middle east correspondent paula slim greenstein from r.t. america. paula let's go to you 1st the protests there they show little signs of relenting what do we know about today's over full circle at this stage they show no sign of dissipating we know and we've received reports that the american embassy staff including the ambassador have been evacuated from the compound but these reports come as we continue to hear that iraqi security forces are firing tear gas on the crowds to try and get them to disperse now many of the people there who were attending one of several funerals that was organized on tuesday for some of the victims of sunday's american airstrikes and as you mentioned the situation at the

moment is far from being under control earlier the american ambassador was summoned for an explanation of the american strikes that targeted some 5 sites belonging to the cutter hizbullah armed group now this is a group that emerged after the american invasion of iraq in recent times it has repeatedly been involved in attacks against american forces it is also one of the main shia groups that has been fighting islamic state in syria and in iraq now according to the americans the sunday air strike was tarried out in the television for bomb for bomb attack on its base in quetta cook during which one american contractor was killed as of yet there's been no confirmation for that attack but the pentagon insists that the hizbollah group was behind it now the iraqi prime minister has slammed these strikes closely on what happened yesterday was clear aggression it was not right and we tried to stop it but the u.s. insisted very unfortunately this thing happened i should say this was

a very dangerous matter and to discuss it face to face with the responsible parties not only by from. the distro. it has been made and i am informing you of this now the protests began on sunday night after the american strikes when hundreds of people took to the streets of baghdad condemning the americans and at the same time expressing support for the militia they burnt american and israeli flags that were taunting slogans such as down with america and no 2 america ok well let's cross to michele green who's in washington d.c. for some of the reaction from the u.s. michelle what have we been hearing there well for one thing we have u.s. president donald trump insisting that iran is orchestrating this attack on the on the embassy in baghdad we also have senator marco rubio who doubted the theory that the u.s. in any way brought this attack on the embassy upon themselves take a listen room killed american contractor wounding many we strongly responded in

ways we'll know iran is orchestrating an attack on the u.s. embassy in iraq they will be held fully responsible in addition we expect iraq to use its forces to protect the embassy and so. iran is directly responsible for orchestrating the storming of the u.s. embassy in iraq and must be held accountable for it and the safety of every american serving there now we also have the state department special representative for iran brian hook emphasizing that sunday's air strike was just a defensive action take a listen one of the things that we want to emphasize is that this was a defensive action that was designed to protect american forces and american citizens in iraq we're also working on the mission set off restoring to terence against iranian aggression now in terms of a response from the u.s. press we have the washington post bureau chief for iraq syria and lebanon explained to her readers that the embassy had been stormed not by the iraqi people but by

qatar even hezbollah supporters and we also had c.n.n. anchor jake tapper read tweet an analysis by a former national security advisor to the top administration john bolton and. he declared the demonstrations as a sign of iranian control over militia groups not a sign of a rocky anti americanism and this is all of course despite the crowd outside the embassy shouting down down usa. the journalist a middle east expert good evening to you about was your 1st reaction to donald trump blimey give around for this busy attack and also pledging revenge. well the united states has illegibly conducted an operation inside iraq violating the sovereignty of the country and killing thousands of iraqi nationals and the assuming that it was a revenge against an attack from an unknown source to an iraqi base inside the

country in which an american contractor has been killed it seems that the revenge was not proportionate and they then we saw that the american helicopter flying over the embassy and threatening the rock you protesters and nationals that they will shoot at them if they stay there and then i think this is as a result and then they have. threatened the iraqi protests just to crush them. so that the american senator lindsey graham and he directly threatened iran with bombing run and oil facilities and i think what is happening in iraq today and that has put the united states at the public focus today is as a result of the american policies in iraq but because they want to evade the situation they want to put iran at the blame but let's not forget that it was the

united states mission bay that the iraq and iraq for years was under these sanctions of the united states. but. let's see what happened with the abu ghraib prison so the americans do not want to let's say accept that these are all things have been as it was out of their own policies that's why they are blaming iran and less suffering get that this is the 1st sit in outside the u.s. embassy in iraq since 2003 when the united states attack iraq. the u.s. says it's attacking iranian backed militias is that a good enough reason excuse to be attacking sovereign land in 2 of the countries in syria and in iraq. you know iran and iraq have been immediate neighbors and they have had cooperation iran has good relations with iraq in government and when isis at tact iraq that was iran as the 1st country

to go to help iraqi government to fight against. and to let's say help the iraqi groups or army in order to be able to let's say save iraq from their hands of the isis now it's interesting that the united states has attacked those groups who folds and they fitted isis some time ago and but whatever is that according to the security agreements between the american and iraqi government at the time being the americans cannot conduct and the operation but they can only train security forces as well as provide some equipment for the iraqi forces or the government so this could for a show is against the. that agreement and it's a violation of the iraqi sovereignty so i think by the putting iran at the

blame and saying that they have attacked that militia group backed by iran they want to somehow let's say divert attention from what they have done and this is we are seeing that the backlash and the reaction from the iraq is just decided today and i think it's somehow clear and they are saying that they have killed american nationals to just say that they have taken a revenge against the. attack which was came from an unknown source but this cannot let's say and on the other hand they want to follow another m. and that is to weaken and undermine iran's relations with iraq the government they want somehow let's say the iran's image among the iraqi population and that's why you're hearing those remarks and comments from american officials of us thanks for your time of us loni my guest journalist and middle east expert.

we can leaks founder julian assange claims he's slowly dying in a u.k. jail often tranquilized and kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day it made the revelations in a phone call to his friend von smith on christmas eve. sounded awful and it was very upsetting to hear him the idea of him being sedated has come from several people who visited in who clearly need told and the british government have been asked about it and they refuse to address that matter what they say is they're not mistreating him but clearly he's being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day he sounded awful and he said to me that i'm slowly dying you know these remember he's served time for the bail charge and he served his time too that he's now on remand it's highly unusual to put a remand prisoner in belmarsh when they're not a threat of a physical violence threat to society i think we need some answers from from the

british government why are they treating him like this why can't we have some independent assessment 100 international got to those and asked to arrange a visit at least a sender some representatives to check on him but that hasn't been allowed nils meltzer at the un rocketeer on torture has been very clear about asylum just mistreatment and describes it in the most hauling terms and yet his claims very recently in november that the british government of completely ignored his request to see julian probably his health properly assess. the science was arrested in april since then medics and un observers of what about is the climbing physical or mental health hearing a fair bit will decide on his extradition to the us there he's accused of publishing classified documents and could face 175 years in prison. commenting on the claims that his son is being mistreated the government says they're unfounded

and false and that hasn't stopped politicians activist and other high profile figures from continuing to draw attention to their son's his plight. worse than not the word. he had been exposed to psychological torture for a prolonged period of time that's a medical assessment and. asks to 4 in all states to investigate this case. 15 keaton's wait and. in some things in. the medical situation is that by urgent there is no time to lose.

the lead we continue our review of the past year and it was set me an action packed 2019 hour break out after the break. you know world of big. 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 smart 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. what politicians do.

they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want. to be right. this is what the. real people are. interested in the why. should. i look what i got for christmas handed down through the harvey family for generations and i'm going to use it to take a look back over the news events of the past 12 months. i.

could be very busy i could all the video myself and picked out some highlights from the news year today the topics i have chosen for 29 highlights i told you is a great gift that's been down through generations don't believe the hype streets of rage i like to be cryptic let's go for it don't believe the hype. now what's this about it's about political hysteria in 2019 angry debates about climate change the much debated water doping scandal and of course lots of emotions running high over briggs it that's close to my heart to boris johnson's victory in the u.k. german election that's given labor's hope not briggs yet though although remain is a pretty disappointed hearty saskia taylor looks at the whole saga. the festive season is upon us mulled wine christmas the smells and sounds the promise of snow but the time to come together and to tell stories and while do i have

a good one of the past. one cute morning over 3 years ago the porch people woke up and decided they just had enough of those bureaucrats in brussels and all 16000000 mourn the loss of that red pos courts 17400000 rejoiced off with those european chuckles make britain great again off till they promised it would be easy getting out of the e.u. can be quick and easy the u.k. holds most of the cons. we can choose the path we want and optimism apart not shared by david cameron because he made a hasty exit but to resume bounded to the rescue on her lap at kitson heels and she meant business bricks it means bricks it bricks it wrecks it

wrecks it means bricks it and we're going to make a success of it so she clapped and triggered article 50 starting the hold to force process and to have credit she did manage to wrangle a deal from the e.u. so the pressure was the only one thought it was any good but desperate times desperate measures and off to parliament she went and it was a bust the deal was flattened not once not even twice but 3 times 2 years on m.p.'s have been unable to agree on a way to implement the u.k.'s withdrawal. as a result we will now not leave on time with a deal eventually she ran out of that 2nd policy son so down to the front of mama times door she wrote i to her i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i

love and boris johnson better off. but maybe he'd be the one to get. most of all what are we going to do to really. get direction dad is really going to gather can you make a promise today to that that is published that you will not go back to brussels and ask for another delay to tax it yet and so young and revealing that. he finds it was just too much effort to get invited by part about so suspended it but opted not to go down well so he said ok fine back to brussels more negotiations and he returned to london with a deal even port template to walk on a saturday but alas knows that without his people jump like crazy it was rejected and he was forced to beg you to get him out that delay from a computer you can go to him new troops on the ship yards to the right

328 the notion that 301. be. not a good start forests so suspending comment had was an awesome new deal also what. it does no one can do is going to the opposition into a general election by putting jeremy coogan. is desperate absolutely desperate to avoid scrutiny. on the eve of the election the polls were close to boris hand on the charm and when wooing people to do. nothing like that movie reference to win you an election because on december 12th

boris was popping champagne and dining on his new parliamentary majority he got his wish of a korban free christmas and now he might well get his wish for january breck set the question is will we finally get our wish for just a bit of. code. 6 or order yes we heard it 1st time burke oh no water though the streets of rage that story all about the disharmony that gripped cities all over the world but in particular paris with a couple of fronts saw real unrest every week and the yellow vest protesters were out and their friends as we see here and this was a typical scene rests on violence and fire on the streets reports on how that protest movement really did shake things up in the french capital. as $29000.00

winds up in front since that time move reflection was a good year what gifts did it bring well there were plenty from the government but many seemed to go down like a lead balloon and people took to the streets time and time again. yes we all know the french famous for striking and for protesting but in 2019 it felt like that there was something picking at old wounds it's been a year with home going protests and into professional strikes throughout the year one protest movement stood out every saturday without fail the yellow vests

took to the streets. a movement born in 2018 but it left that small cone 2019 the yellow vests home to change in the social fabric in france they've charged to the streets in anger of what they see as being a hugely unequal country with a growing divide between the rich and the poor corn had given them concessions but they were rejected week after week the yellow vests and the police clashed thousands on both sides injured.

then you may want the climate strikes to lead by phone says use they took to the streets to decry the country more so doing enough to join the friday safety just strikes president michael was incensed and demanded that they take that action elsewhere marching every friday to say that the planet is burning that's nice but that is not a problem people should go protest in poland help me move those i cannot push forward. and of course ending the year has been the big one the nationwide strike against pension reform.

the public transport strike has brought most of the country to a standstill i don't know what sparked it was the plan was to merge 42 different pension schemes into a universal points based system and if you know anything about the french use to mess with that with torrent so as $2000.00 to a close there was only one question to ask those who take into the streets would not call after all the unwanted gifts he presented to the french this year below folbre christmas is naughty or nice list she is a naughty child that's for sure and i hope she will not have any presents from father christmas i think that it's father with her who is coming to see him i know i think someone should tell micron that father christmas doesn't exist at all if he was a child i am not sure that he would have a lot of presents this year because he has not been very wise he did not listen to his people there is no t.v. no t.v. no t.v.

it's not nice to see i think that he will be deprived of gifts this year and also next year. son turns out to mass giving you a gift the gift of more news headlines and often i see that. because there's survival guide book stacie just imo to start simply. just. be sure it's going to get a. repatriations

look at the rest of 70 thanks go of the. record. so american men and women she was just sort of in the country's military decision. every song came to a complete. you know told a shot to kill me and i see i would destroy. any screamed at me and he made me come in and he grabbed my arm and he write me. 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 happen but i've never seen trauma like i've seen women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma reporting rape is more likely to get the victim punished them the offender and almost 10 year career or

chose very invested in and i gave a sex offender who was not even put to justice or put on the registry this is simply an issue of our in violence male sexual predators for the large part of target whoever is there to prey upon whether that's or when. the united states our culture sector contributed over a trillion dollars to the gross domestic product in 2017 along with $21000000.00 jobs making up over 10 percent of all u.s. employment and with over $2000000.00 farms running currently you'd think that would equate into job market profits but it hasn't at least not for some. going. in the 1930 s.

the us posted on most $7000000.00 farms and made $800.00 farm workers responsible for over 70 percent of the 2. total u.s. workforce now farmers only make up about 1.5 percent of the u.s. labor force and according to the u.s.d.a. 70 percent of farmers make less than a quarter of their income from farming relying on off farm jobs and subsidies for the rest 20 nineteen's median farm income is projected to be negative $1449.00 per year so why are the people responsible for growing our food having to go without. a for 34 years the folks that are made have come together all year long to help those farmers and the industry they work in to better provide for everyone and for one day a year they bring together the biggest days in country and rock music to celebrate the american farmer. the 1st took place the september

22nd 1985 and since then farm aid has raised over $53000000.00 to support of the writing of programs to help farming thrive in the world corner to the tops of buildings and city centers here is farming president willie nelson back in 1993 addressing the farm income policy forum sponsored by the department of agriculture for the past few years the u.s.d.a. has been reporting that farm income is at record high levels. and from traveling around the country talking with family farmers i had a hard time understanding how so many farmers could be losing money if farm income was rising. and then in may of this year the u.s.d.a. changed the way it figured out farm income to include the average income for farmer households the u.s.d.a. reported that in 1900 when that farm income was 50 $1000000000.00 the average farm family earned less than $6000.00 from farm operations. now here we are some

29 years later and according to the us.