understand that it's going in. the u.s. is deployed $750.00 troops to iraq after hundreds of protesters tried to storm its embassy in baghdad for so to come. a new decade has started for most diverse we'll be looking at higher cities across the world have been seeing in 2020 and. we'll look back at one of the miracles of 2019 a passenger jet emergency landing in a cornfield just outside of moscow where everybody survived unharmed plus other highlights from the year.

hello there good morning you're watching r.t. international this new year's day it's just gone 9 o'clock in moscow now the u.s. says it will deploy 750 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 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 to flew over the compound. as a warning to the protesters the embassy arrest comes after american bombing raids in iraq and syria that killed 25 at the weekend. as more details.

iraq is in flames the u.s. embassy in baghdad has been seized by crowds of people chanting death to america. was was was. really good. was. 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 ark a straight in 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 no to find it's 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 mission city 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 you know what happened yesterday was 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 and not only by phone he. the decision has been made and i am informing you

of this iran also disagree wonderful rudeness of the u.s. officials is to such an extent that after the massacre of 25 people and we number of iraqis and violating iraqi territorial integrity and national sovereignty it is now in a flagrant brain graeme attributing the rockies protest islamic public of iran the united states has long been working to crush iranian influence in the region this is been a long time talking point of the 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. but why is iranian influence on the rise in the middle east let's not forget that the united states long 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 iran got to do with this this iraq is soldiers iraqi personnel were killed and the iraqi people walked into the international zone with anger. for the loss of their brothers and loss of their soldiers so i don't know why the americans assisting to move the battlefield to fabio out into iraq. creating a proxy war in iraq you saw. which shows no reason and no need for it if there's

a problem between the united states of america between the united states and iran there might as well take it between themselves why involving iraq why attack iraq soldiers in retaliation to 2 iranian policy this is something that there is no need for it it will definitely lead to deterioration of diplomatic relationship between iraq and the united states and would definitely affect the presence of american soldiers american fighting forces here in iraq but r.t. spoke and targeted by the u.s. get tired hezbollah here's what they're spokes person had to say about what's been happening. the americans striking this particular force in iraq want to present their actions as a fight against iranian influence but that is not so 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 us uses made a pretext to attack in this case the attacks on american bases are just a cover for defeating the shiite militia. now while some people are off work thanks to the holidays others are off too because they are actually on strike musicians are the latest profession to join the action against france's new pension reforms charlotte reports.

so i can. live. in what is now the longest nationwide strike a more than 30 musicians have jumped on the bandwagon showing solidarity but also. since i'm 5 years old it's the only thing i know. the next. yes. while the public transport story may have impacted everyday life the boy culture of the only moment. technicians and dances has really struck a chord and $8000000.00 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 they split it in a so-called system concessions have already been put to several questions to the police the teachers and nurses but the bone of contention appears to be quite simple the raising of the full pension retirement age to 60. 3 as it is a society of every man for himself in a capitalist pension system which will exclude the most. we will be born in a country that has never been so rich at the moment we have the means to finance the retirement of french people it's just a question of political will and sharing of wealth this is why we are against the retirement age. you know i'll just go we will continue until this reform is

withdrawn it must be address we will have a good next year because we will continue we will not stop but you know some of this reform was one of the key pledges during the presidential campaign now despite that he's stayed out of the limelight as the crisis has unfolded there some of the accused him of being tone deaf they don't want to talk they just want to impose every form that we don't know what he 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 not calling was forced to intervene. 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 are due to take place on january 7th to add even more

tensions to those negotiations of course nationwide day of protests has already been called the 9th it may be the new year but it seems the strikes won't be you soon at least until the fat lady sings and that doesn't appear to be about to happen. r.t. paris. 2020 is underway for most of us started got off to to around the world with cities lighting up there. biting up with air for additional firework displays on. how. how 1000. 6

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have a company that can make 5 year quitman it's been a win win for china and it's been a lose lose for the us. again i would 29 t. know for let's take a look back at more of the events that defined the. well as you probably know now we have divided them into categories and $29000.00 was a year of violent protests. this time around but we continue city streets the world over were gripped by unrest from the best in paris to the political turmoil in latin america and of course there were too young to beijing riots in hong kong which didn't even let up to the onesie.

was. was. while in some brutality at least when perpetrated by the hong kong protesters though has gone largely without comment from the west r.t. saskia taylor reports. hong kong has gone from being the economic power of the orient to the face of the fight to mock krissy and boy does that fight. an amendment to a preexisting lot that would allow for the extradition of criminal suspects from hong kong to mainland china has brought the financial haven to its knees as the

protest accent into the 7th month violence on both sides has escalated but all the wild over politicians and john 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 seem trampling the most basic human rights of its own citizens losing is increased its interventions in hong kong and engaged in actions to curtail the rights. and liberties. of its people but it seems so men students have managed to escape the scrutiny of western media.

it. seems 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 actually are one step closer to the actual terrorism china is treading carefully refusing to send in troops to shut down the protests here. collections 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 on finding 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 wong why did he build as the face of the protest movement was snapped speaking to an official at the u.s. consulate oh when i forgot to mention he's not big on compromise 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 there's the incendiary legislation washington's past the human rights and democracy out that includes i'm going to stay for those arrested at 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 groans 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 protesters according to 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 shop his appetite has also soured in the wake of all the via. lance with the retail sales in sri fall and hong kong facing its 1st recession in a decade band apparently being caught in the middle of take acid and rubber bullets isn't topping any tourist wish list because hong kong saw its lowest number of visitors since 2003 the major. is. because. nobody is coming to hong kong. for. more.

it's dropped by 50 per se as far as as fear rises and as prosperity fades it seems this fight for freedom is costing hong kong more dearly than many could have imagined so i ask you taylor that ok let's move to our next topic then don't believe the hype there has been a lot of hype about a lot of things in 2019 including about the power of social media to influence people with r.t.c. but now the rise of a new application called tick tock which has rapidly become hugely popular but also hugely alarming for some. only. so there's no no no get me. i'll be honest with you up until last week i had no idea this thing even existed

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 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 tok 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 after 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. the u.s. china trade wars i'll tell you what this year has shown these has still it could easily spill over into modern tech slash online territory remember how america once went after i phone killer want to be while way. want to be still the right word washington even saw 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. now look at you. and your strength that we have got time for one more topic miracles happen. there wasn't a miracle there some code of russian version of the hudson river landing except in this case the emergency landing was actually in the field and like in the hudson incident the passenger jet got into trouble when it hit a flock of birds shortly after takeoff and again miraculously everybody on board survived.

i don't remember. if i. should get the teacher still sell it up. shut up. shut up. there was no panic on board even though the london 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 lens in was good the pilots did

a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine. it shows you a little 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 wolf despite all i want to for the plane was going down we realized that we didn't have much time just one or 2 minutes to make a decision. and i'm now using stories so that's it from us for this hour more news i'm reviews in 30 minutes.

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a meeting with the fire chief. here in chief if you will staff cabinet 5 days doing this in. english lady a people who simply knew she would include in little. on may 3rd of 2003 the ambassador of switzerland to toronto delivers a letter from iran to the united states. in that letter the iranians essentially offer negotiations to open up the nuclear program for full transparency. the proposal came in i happened to see it's because a copy was also given to a member of congress that i worked for at the time.