it. headlines in r.t. the us multiply $750.00 troops to iraq after hundreds of protesters tried to storm its embassy in baghdad also took up. i. i new decade is upon us we'll look at how cities across the world been seeing in 2020 and. we look back at one of 29 teams miracles the emergency landing of a passenger jet in a cornfield just outside of moscow where everybody survived unharmed plus other highlights. that.

there have been you you watch not international worse just gone 11 am here in moscow now the u.s. says that it will to pull a 750 troops to iraq after hundreds of protesters attempt to storm the american embassy in baghdad president trump has accused iran of orchestrating the attack unvalued that it will pay a big price $100.00 marines have already been redeployed from kuwait to reinforce the embassy in a show of force to u.s. army helicopters flew over the compound foreign flares as a warning to the protesters the embassy unrest comes after american bombing raids in iraq and syria they killed $25.00 we can. report. iraq is in flames the u.s. embassy in baghdad has been seized by crowds of people chanting death to. america

was. was was was because the. because you're a god and i. was. we got was. that 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 trunk doesn't see it that way this is his assessment of it that iran killed an american contractor when many we strongly respond and always will now iran is orchestration an attack on the u.s. embassy in iraq they will be held fully responsible in addition we expect iraq to use forces to protect embassy and so north of heart 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 set 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 and 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 said the decision has been made and i am informing you of this iran also disagrees wonderful rudeness of the u.s. . it 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 growing attributing the iraqis purchased 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 really think. that. 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 iraq soldiers iraqi personnel were killed in iraq keep people walked into the international zone with anger. for the loss of their brother 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 a soil 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

they might as well take it between themselves why involving iraq why attack iraq a soldier's in retaliation to 2 iranian policy this is something that there is no need for it it will definitely lead to the. diplomatic relationship between iraq and the united states and will definitely affect the presence of american soldiers american fighting forces here in iraq will r.t. has spoken to the great targeted by the u.s. could type hezbollah here's what they're spokes person had to say. 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 in 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 holiday surfers are off because they're actually on strike musicians are the latest professions join the action against france's new pension reforms should have been reports on the. oh says it can. be.

in what is now the longest nationwide strike a more than 30 musicians have jumped on the bandwagon showing solidarity but also to outline their own fears since i'm 5 years old and it's the only thing i know. the next. how can we say our grandchildren yes. well the public transport spoilers may have impacted every day like the boy culture of their own performances by technicians and dancers has really struck a chord and 8000000 euros has been lost to the paris opera so much so different speeding's into a universal package the government claiming that this era it's in a so-called universal 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 $64.00. is a society of every man for himself and a capitalist pension system which will exclude the most vulnerable. 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 is just a question of political will and sharing of wealth this is why we are against the new retirement age. we will continue into this reform is withdrawn it must be address we will have a good next year because we will continue and we will not stop. but you know some of this reform was one of the 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 will be you assume at least until the fat lady sings and that doesn't appear to be about to

happen. r.t. paris. for the new year has begun in spectacular fashion around the world with many cities lighting up with massive firework displays here are some of the most stunning. if.

we continue our refuse of the cost get a feel some of the key events that have happened without succumbing just off of. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or something i want to. let you go right to be for us it's like the 4 letter in the morning can't be good

that i'm interested in the lawyers in the. city. as a reporter the 1st episode out of 20. days. you're ever going to have really special guest dr michael hudson you know back in the seventy's 970 s. there is a movie called death wish with charles bronson remember that remember that we could do a remake of the you were the star you play the charles bronson role as called. vigilante banker economists that goes around new york blowing the way. we think i love it ok. well again i would 29 t. know. more of the events that the find.

but as you know we've divided them into categories to 2019 was the year of protests city streets the world over with gripped by unrest from the l.f.s. in paris to the political turmoil in latin american of course there were the anti beijing riots in hong kong in fact those rights didn't even let up on new year's eve. i. was. violence and brutality at least when perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the west. reports 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 how far. i. i. have 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 a 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 blazing is 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 i. was ok i was 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 x. are one step closer to the actual terrorism china is trying to. cassidy's refusing to send in troops to shut down the protests 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 u.s. 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 he billed 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 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 incendiary legislation washington is passed the human rights and democracy out it includes i'm going to stay for those arrested up protests and will monitor hong kong to ensure that in the eyes of the u.s. of course an appropriate level of autonomy from mainland china is. these 2 bills the noblest intervention of hong kong sentinel further than necessary and without groans they will also home the relationship in 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 or 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 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 tourists the wish lists because hong kong saw its lowest number of visitors since 2003 major. is. the truth. because. nobody is coming to hong kong. 50 more. is 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. ok well let's move then 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 to influence

people but artie's in a crank looks now the rise of a new application called take talk it has rapidly become hugely popular and also hugely alarming to some but. there's just. so there's no no no academy. 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 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 are 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 us china trade wars i'll tell you what this year has shown these has still a tease 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 i want to be still the right word washington even saw jail time for one of while these top executives and held google to the wall over android updates anyway for now clocks in teen minds 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 royle after party. so. ok we've got time for one more topic cold miracles happen. some called it

a russian version of the code some river landing except in this case the mentions the landing was in fact in a failed unlike 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 tissues still sell it up. because.

there was no panic on board even though the landing was rough the pilot did a great job she landed the plane really capsized tell us please how do you feel now did you her child well. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the files did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine. if. you want to read to call the engines became unstable 1st the left one and then the right one we usually simulate the situations when one or 2 engines out wolf despite all our throats the plane was going down realized that we didn't have much

time. just one or 2 minutes to make a decision. an amazing story so that's it from us for this hour more news and reviews. join me every thursday on the alex island shill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. on this edition of your questions was fire you the viewers we received quite a few questions here we do our best to answer some of them. time after time called parisian to repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important. transitions to sustainable transport sustainability. a more equitable

and sustainable way. they claim their production is completely hama's. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something this is he going to. be doing. so going into. the business boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering all aspects of our global economy in the 21st century. i've been sworn and i'm christiane

washington we have a special shout focusing on crypto currency has what we have. as political turmoil rocked government and paid currency crisis our citizens trying to cut down while dig into the details but one thing up while we have a chance to catch up with legendary laughter and stop hiding out rockers back to discuss the state of the world's most popular. and well we didn't look at the positive growth of cryptocurrency not everyone is on board well as singapore because he spoke with investor and author jim rogers to discuss his skepticism over the growing class. thanks for being with us today a lot to get to so we begin. over the span of the past few years we have seen turmoil grip several parts of the globe from hong kong where months of unrest have shaken what was a previously financial haven in east asia to iran and venezuela worse asians have taken a toll on the economies of those nations and because of the rise of the upheaval in

those countries we've also seen a boom in between mining and the use of crypto currencies in order to circumvent financial issues jeffrey tucker of the american institute of economic research and christy i recently joined bridge aboard ceremony as they get to analyze how global unrest may have been beneficial for a growing cryptocurrency sector. you know we have to remember that krypto was born in this exactly this kind of unrest it was 2008 when the white papers were these 2009 january 2009 when the big coin was released to the world there's a lot of incredulity of the time but some smart people got in on it and you know 5 years later started looking pretty awesome now here is love and years later later yes it is now a safe haven for the world and you need you need that you know we've needed it for a 100 years ever since.