there's always a small for really good. profit. us and deploy $750.00 troops to iraq after hundreds tried to storm its embassy in baghdad also to come french musicians become the latest fashion in the country to dime to as part of a general strike against the macro governments pension reforms. a new decade has started for most of us will be looking at how cities across the world seeing in 2020. good morning you're watching out international business day. here in moscow now the

u.s. says it will deploy $750.00 troops to iraq after hundreds of protesters attempt to storm the diplomatic mission in baghdad president donald trump has accused iran of orchestrating the attack and that it will pay a big price for violence directed at the american embassy in iraq $100.00 marines have already been redeployed from kuwait to reinforce the embassy in a show of force u.s. army helicopters flew over the compound firing flares as a warning to the protesters the embassy unrest comes after american bombing raids in iraq and syria that killed 25 the weekend. as more story. iraq is in flames the u.s. embassy in baghdad has been seized by crowds of people chanting death to america.

the. now you might think that iraq has plenty of reason to be outraged with the united states you might recall that whole invading destroying and killing thousands of people in the country thing however truck doesn't see it that way this is his assessment of it that iran killed an american contractor went in many we strongly responded and always will now run his orchestrate an attack on the us embassy in iraq they will be held fully responsible in addition we expect iraq to use its forces to protect the embassy and so notified its all about iran one of the things 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 missions that of restoring deterrence

against in rimi an aggression that the united states recently conducted airstrikes against iranian backed militias in iraq in syria this comes after washington blamed iran for the recent rocket attack that killed an american contractor american officials say the airstrikes are completely justified but iraq disagrees with what happened yesterday was a clear aggression it was not right and we tried to stop it but the u.s. insisted and very unfortunately this thing happened i said that this was a very dangerous matter and asked to discuss it face to face with the responsible parties not only by phone he said the decision has been made and i am informing you of this iran also disagrees wonderful rudeness of the u.s. officials is to such an extent that after the massacre of 25 people and wounding a large number of iraqis and violating iraqi territorial integrity and national

sovereignty it is now in a flagrant brain graeme attributing the iraqis protest islamic public of iran the united states has long been a work. to crush iranian influence in the region this is been a long time talking point of us foreign policy hawks iran is the major destabilizing in influence in the middle east and we aim to fix that one of the greatest security threats facing peace loving nations today. is the repressive regime in iran think twice that. but why is iranian influence on the rise in the middle east let's not forget that the united states along propped up the ron's greatest enemy saddam hussein and even provided him with chemical weapons however the usa invaded iraq in 2003 and toppled the iraqi government since that time iran has stepped up its support for different factions in the country hoping to stabilize its own borders iranian influence in iraq is massive especially among

the shia majority of the population now this isn't because of some sinister plot from the ayatollah critics note that washington's actions simply left a power vacuum i don't know what's iran got to do with this this iraq you soldiers iraqi personnel were killed iraq key people walked into the international zone with anger. for the loss of their brother the loss of their soldiers so i don't know why the americans assisting to move the battlefield from iraq into iraq. creating a proxy war in iraq use oil which has no reason and no need for it if there is a problem between the united states of america between the united states and iran as well take between themselves why involving iraq why attack iraq soldiers in

retaliation. this is something that there is no need for it it will definitely need to do to ration of diplomatic relationship between iraq and. and will definitely effected the presence of american soldiers american fighting forces here in iraq but r.t. has spoken to the group targeted by the u.s. could type hezbollah has what their spokes person had to say about what's been happening. there without the americans striking this particular force in iraq want to present their actions as a fight against iranian influence but that is not after being attacked by the gangs of eisel it was the iraqi people who were the rebuff and resistance not the iranians. the concluded strategic framework agreement between the usa and iraq does not allow the americans to create military bases in iraq but this agreement is not being implemented today the americans are occupying iraq in military bases against

the backdrop of protests in iraq the united states is trying to intervene in this process and establish its leadership which will lead to complete anarchy in the country and the american presence in iraq will be supposedly justified traditionally the u.s. uses made a pretext to attack in this case the attacks on american bases are just a cover for defeating the shiite militia. while some people are off work thanks to the new year holidays others are off because they're on strike musicians are the latest profession to join the action against france's new pension reform shouted the penske reports. so i can. cheat. in what is no the longest nationwide strike in more than 30 years musicians have

jumped on the bandwagon showing solidarity but also that. i am violinists in some. it's the only thing i know. the next. yes. while the public transport may have impacted. the boy culture of their own performances by technicians and dances has really struck a chord and 8000000 euros has been lost to the paris opera so much so the french government has special concessions ones that have been rejected the idea behind the pension reform in france is the. difference being. the government claiming that this era it's in a so-called system concessions have already been to several. but

the bone of contention appears to be quite simple the raising of the full pension. to 60. 3 is a society of every man for himself and the capitalist pension system which will exclude the most. of the country that has never been so rich at the moment we have the means to finance the retirement of french people is just a question of political will and sharing of wealth this is why we are against the retirement age. we will continue this reform is withdrawn it must be address we will have a good next year because we will continue and we will not stop. this reform was one of the pledges in the presidential campaign that despite that he stayed out of.

the crisis has unfolded there some of the accused of being. formed. nobody wants it and the people that just to time to read this text know it's not possible as the new year bells for 2020 rang in. force. the pension reform to which i committed in front of you and which is supported by this government will be carried out because it is a project for justice and social progress the next round of talks between the government and the unions due to take place on january 7th and even more tensions to those negotiations of course nation wide day of protests has already called the line it may be the new year but it seems the strikes will soon at least until the fat lady sings and that doesn't appear to be about to happen. r.t.

paris. ok let's go to some live pictures now of some more new year's celebrations from new york city and times square where there is the famous times square ball drop located on the roof of one time square and the ball is a prominent part of new year's celebrations there because when it finally hits the floor after dropping a 100 feet that signifies the new. pictures the celebrations taking place.

some celebrations there that have taken place across the globe or over the last few hours or so now with $29000.00 gone for most of us let's take a look back at more of the events that the find the. i. well as you know by now we've divided them into categories 2019 was the year of violent protest and city streets the world over were gripped by unrest from the yellow vests in paris to the political turmoil in

latin america and of course there were the anti beijing rights that took place in hong kong they didn't even let up either new year's eve we can have a look. i. was . horrified and some brutality at least when perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the west artie's saskia taylor looks at why. hong kong has gone from being the economic power of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy and boy does that fight fire.

an amendment to a preexisting lot that would allow the extradition of criminal suspects from hong kong to mainland china has brought the financial haven to its knees as a protest accent into the 7th month violence on both sides has asked waited but all the wild over politicians and journalists alike continue to hail the peaceful aspirations of those fighting to wrest themselves from beijing all the while coming down hard on those aggressive dust spots in china you have a chinese government that's getting increasingly aggressive increasingly repressive it's discussing what they're doing in hong kong they're taking away basic rights trying to stream trampling the most basic human rights of its own citizens. has increased its interventions in hong kong and engaged in actions to curtail the rights. and liberties. of its people but it seems so many incidents have managed to escape the scrutiny of western media.

scenes like that combined with the discovery of 10000 petrol bombs packed with high explosives and shrapnel make it harder to see is peaceful what appears to be a slippery slope into the territory of terrorists methods you cannot fight for freedom of speech by silencing people who disagree with you. you cannot fight for democracy by terrorizing the public to force others to support you. you cannot condemn brutality by brutalizing people who hold different views to yours deval and acts are one step closer to the actual terrorism china is treading kathleen refusing to send in troops to shut down the protests and local elections were held

in which pro democracy candidates won in a landslide hong kong authorities conceded defeat the extradition built has been withdrawn but still the barricades but signing the flames according to china washington. china urges the us to correct its mistakes and stop interfering in our internal affairs we will take further steps if necessary to uphold hong kong stability and prosperity as well as china's sovereignty some have chalked down beijing's words to paranoia but let's take a look joshua one why did he build as the face of the protest movement was snapped speaking 20 fishel at the u.s. consulate oh when i forgot to mention he's not big on. so there's no end game there is to infinity ward at home people are willing to engage you there's also an organization funded by the u.s. congress which has been distributing money to groups it claims of preserving

democratic rights then of course as the in century legislation washington's passed the human rights and democracy act in clearance i'm going to stay for those arrested up protests and we'll monitor hong kong to ensure that in the eyes of the u.s. of course an appropriate level of autonomy from mainland china is up to these 2 bills the noblest intervention of hong kong some turn north then necessary and without grounds they will also harm the relationship and interests between hong kong and the u.s. all of this on top of the protest as musts waving of the star-spangled banner have sparked concern that the u.s. might be lending more than just a supportive hand leading many to ask the question if the protest as a calling for self-determination is appealing to a foreign power to shape the future the best way to go about it especially when that foreign power might want to contain a rising star they're reaching. for and using methods that have created challenges

for the united states and for the world. and we collectively all of us need to confront these challenges from the p.r.c. head on and on each of the many facets the fallout of all this has a little impact on washington of course it's the average hong kong who find his pocket that little bit lighter on his home but little less popular the violence in hong kong has spooked foreign investors shoppers appetite has also soured in the wake of all the violence with the retail sales in freefall and hong kong facing its 1st recession in a decade bombed apparently being caught in the middle of take acid and rubber bullets isn't topping any tourists the wish list because hong kong saw its lowest number of visitors since 2003 the major. is really the truth in the retail sector because. nobody is coming to.

my 50 percent more. drop by 50 per se as far as as fair rises and as prosperity fades it seems this fight for freedom is costing hong kong more dearly than many could have imagined. sask taylor there ok let's move to our next topic don't believe the hype there's been a lot of hype about a lot of things in 2019 including about the power of social media so we influence people will artie's a trunk takes a look now at the rise of a new network the tick tock app which is rapidly become hugely popular and hugely alarming for some. sound now many.

i'll be honest with you up until last week i had no idea this thing even exist it take tock tick tock for me simply the sound i associate with the clock well if you feel the same i'll have to tell you either you're getting old like me or it's just that your online habits need an urgent update take talk a platform to share short videos is now the most downloaded app the king of all apps and instagram twitter and co you've been dethroned just so you know ever heard the song. if it wasn't for his app store majesty the song wouldn't have become a hit you can hear on the radio anywhere in the world but here's something that may

surprise old school folks like me even more the king belongs to an asian dynasty take talk is that chinese app. so that's why the top democrat senator in his late sixty's is more up to speed than me 110000000 americans who have information with and the chinese government could be grabbing every one of them guess what the u.s. government is already up to reports say they've launched a national security probe into tick talk and the worries are the chinese government could spy through take talk influence through take talk and censor what's on tape talk good god how come the rest of the world hasn't given up american born facebook speaking of the man who introduced the blue f to us all it's only natural he is keen to have a go at his competitors or services like what's up are used by protesters and

activists everywhere due to strong encryption privacy protections on tick tock the chinese up quickly around the world mentions of these same protests. censored now just let me show you what the people behind tick-tock have to say about all that our data centers are located entirely outside of china and none of our data is subject to chinese law we're not influenced by any foreign government including the chinese government to talk does not operate in china nor do we have any intention of doing so in the future oh someone here is either being really does honest or outright paranoid or a bit of both it's time to stick in a hash tag us china trade wars i'll tell you what this year has shown these has still it is can easily spill over into modern tech slash online territory remember how america once went after i phone killer one of the wall way if. you want to be

still the right word washington even sought jail time for one of wall ways top executives and held google to the wall over android updates anyway for now clocks and. quite a few older ones even in america will be taking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royal after party. so do. you. think that time for one will catch it before we go miracles happen because some called it a russian version of the hudson river landing except in this case the emergency landing was actually in a failed like in the hudson incident the passenger jet got into trouble when it hit a flock of shortly after takeoff and again miraculously everybody on board survived

. if i may have a. split shift the teacher still sell it up. shut up shut up. there was no panic on board even though the landing was rough the pilot did a great job she landed the plane that really captures us tell us please how do you

feel now did you hurt to let. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the pilots did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine. it still felt too weak to call for the engines became unstable 1st the left one and then the right one we usually simulate these situations when one or 2 engines out despite all i want to touch the plane was going down we realized that we didn't have much time just one or 2 minutes to make a decision. and amazing a sky 2019 was a year of extraordinary variety both good and bad and agency abruptly was across it .

it was a little bit of going to. cut . cut. it doesn't really feel like we're being impeached so that is our review of 29 saying. back again that with more few in 15.

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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 screen. 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 promised as 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.