make $6000000000.00 a year of prison complex and get some point in your life where. you don't care and cares about you so your care might. designated successor announces that she won't run the middle growing scandal over her party's unprecedented alliance with the right wing alternative for germany. with the death toll from the coronavirus epidemic climbing to more than $900.00 worldwide we'll look at the temperature commendation for russian citizens airlifted from the epicenter of the outbreak. so disturbing images shared with us by a palestinian family is really defense forces shoot a 14 year old boy in the head with a rubber bullet leaving him in a coma. his story is one of many tragedies in our town every time a child becomes a victim people are terrified. growing concerns that

such events are being used as a stage for political statements amid revelations many actors speeches were actually written by a company set up by a former obama stuff. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. and we will start this hour in germany where chancellor merkel's designated successor has announced she no longer plans to run for the leadership and. will also step down as head of the christian democrats as the ruling party scandal deepens over its unprecedented alliance with the right wing alternative for germany let's head to berlin now and get an update from our correspondent there peter all of a welcome. surprise. in many ways yes and in other ways

no when the news came through nobody was expecting it whatsoever we knew that there were meetings that were going on following the the fallout from the crisis last week we knew that there was a meeting going on last night's vote at that meeting it seems and. decided that she could no longer continue as head of the c.d.u. party the christian democratic union and that she wouldn't as a result of putting herself forward as that party's candidate for chancellor in 2021 it's understood from that meeting that the the reasonings from this is that she didn't feel that she had the support of the c.d.u. top brass the christian democratic union have been suffering in the polls across germany and their relationship in their coalition with the center left social democrats well it's been a testing time of late really the last straw seems to have been what went on in the

state of today in july last week where the local faction of the christian democratic union essentially sided with the right wing alternative for germany party against the express wishes of c.d.u. headquarters here in berlin even after they were. doing so they still wouldn't step into line now it's almost on thinkable to think that that would have happened under the previous head of the christian democratic union party that of course was chancellor angela merkel and it does seem that that sowed the seed of discourse amongst party leadership in amongst the party membership who thought well if she can't handle a local faction like those into india what she going to do when it comes to big coalition talks or all the major decisions that have to be made the reaction has been coming in no to this decision by. the step down former vice chancellor of germany yell has said. he thinks this could well spend the end spell

the end for the current ruling coalition between the social democrats and the christian union saying that well whoever gets that job it's going to be another periods of parallelization and before somebody is put into that role and that could well see us going to the polls sooner than the current designated date of 2021 they're already looking at who could be a potential successor some of those names put into the mix already frederick merits who missed out to on a great come in the vote back in 2018 in the vice leader of the party also the state leader of north rhine-westphalia one of the biggest most powerful states in germany and when it comes to a potential candidate for chancellor marcus's order from the bavarian branch of the christian union the christian social union has been put forward there we are waiting to hear from ms in her own words of why she made this decision that's

expecting to come a little later on monday shock waves from the latest political scandal in germany continue to ripple out to peter oliver in berlin there with all the details thank you. and other news the death toll from the corona virus outbreak succeeded 900 people with more than 40000 cases confirmed globally on this backdrop the russian air force has carried out an airlift evacuating russian citizens from china's province hit worse by the outbreak. 144 russian nationals and foreigners were brought home from we were on the coronavirus at the center 5 russian military planes carried out the emergency airlift. we have very happy we were waiting for you when you finally rescued us thank you very much evacuees were transferred to a rehabilitation center near the siberian city of 2 men where they'll be monitored under quarantine such high level precautions being taken amid fears about the

spread of the virus similar methods being approached across the globe in the u.s. military bases have become makeshift isolation areas for hard evacuees but if you look at some reports it sounds like russia's dusted down its good legs we have total imprisonment all of it looks so surreal people in full body chemical protection suits a constantly coming in but many of the guests have been taking to social media to show just what their temporary lives are like to send you a callar is one of the. owners here is our room and everything is very good there all the basics. you can easily live 14 days here there is a shower and a t.v. . fridge which i haven't used yet. so wardrobe and a mirror when i come into ringback the room i found fruit sweets and tea on my table everything is good cosy i'm happy. with the evacuees

provided up to 4 meals a day one complaint mentioned they're not allowed to leave their rooms despite this they can chat to their roommates some have been working out but most reading books or watching t.v. . has plenty to fill the tired just. so i'm planning to do my chinese language studies now that i'm going to read i've already done my exercises so i need to stay active and now sit around doing nothing. evacuees are under the close watch of a. medics make sure they're all doing well but doctors checkers morning and evening did take our temperature and listen to how we breed examine our throats none of the evacuees are showing any symptoms of the virus and if it stays that way they'll soon be able to head home. south korean film parasite has won best picture at the oscars ceremony in los angeles but it seems events

becoming as much about politics as it is about entertainment with winning actress work in phoenix and brad pitt using it as a platform for some divisive statements. we feel entitled. to artificially inseminate a cow and when she gives birth we steal her baby. even though her cries of anguish are mistaken. and then we take a milk that's intended for and we put it in our coffee and our cereal. every single person who won an oscar tonight i'd like to think so many people like in phoenix no shut up and sit the fuck down we're going to talk about the way we artificially inseminate cows and steal their milk. gas congratulate joaquin phoenix for the shout out only have 45 seconds of. which is 45 seconds more than. half of the audience just you and out over the bread the impeachment greg the oscars should be about move this not divisive political commentary. imagine telling

someone to size it in 5 bradby to shout john bolton is oscar speech because he wasn't allowed to testify against president trump. our concern such ceremonies are become too politicized that often speeches are actually written by a company working with top politicians and organized by former staffers of the bombers and clintons it is done after so long. as acceptance speeches used to be straightforward thank you i don't know what to say my gods but it seems the simple times in hollywood are long gone now they're as much about climate change elections and equality as they are about cinematic achievement women 18 to 118 when it is time to vote please do so in your own self-interest it's what men

have been doing for years. and why our culture is the 3rd leading cause of climate change uses. percent of the water it pollutes the most water the statistics are staggering dedicating our lives. to our environment and figuring out how we can save our own but how did we get here when and how did all these major stars catch the woke bug because you didn't seriously think of the all right there except in speeches themselves now did you so perhaps it was right about the time barack obama's all this stuff as and speechwriters switched to offering their services to the west coast maybe jon favreau no not this jon favreau the other jon favreau yes this one he is not just your average scribe he was also

a director of speech writing for the former us president and me told me via 2 he was once obama's national security spokesman the duo founded a firm called fenway strategies back in 2013 and while there are not disclosing the names of their clients they are proud to work with hollywood's elite over the last year we have worked to some of the highest profile individuals on the planet from former presidents to oscar winners fenway strategies employs people who have diligently served not only barack obama but other democratic luminaries including hillary clinton michael bloomberg joe biden and others among a bus respectables as confidentiality is the name of the game here who's to say if and we was involved but see if you can notice a common theme everyone associated with the black women's agenda. i'm thrilled to be with you i'm thrilled to be associated with you as

a black woman i am especially proud to stand here today because i. i know for certain that the dreams of my ancestors run through me the race is. the whole the set of. bigotry of the trough it better choice should. have. just in the white house. the white house we add a pathological liar. the white house. one of fenway is employees. also authored a book called impeach the case against donald trump wonder if he got the ending right and if anything a transition from capitol hill to hollywood has added some much needed glitz and glamour to boring old political messaging rushing for rights is

a speech forces dream come true because unlike politicians who are not professionals at memorizing lines well delivering them in compelling cars mustique ways arches actually know how to deliver the lines so is it really a surprise that ever so glad to be able to spend some of their fat hollywood paychecks on a few lines of text that can launch them on to the divine pantheon of the woke in a matter of minutes find it kind of interesting how creative the democrats have become here in trying to disseminate their messages so they're using 21st century methods to summon a 1000 century political ideas here on this in the left is going to try anything they can this election season to try to either bash the president or promote their progressive ideas especially now with the oscars and the timing of the curve coming on the heels of their resoundingly loss in their attempts to try to impeach and

remove president from god unfortunately because of groupthink into bullying that permeates. in hollywood right now any celebrity that leans to the right is going to be asked and not a lot of them have actually been blacklisted out of the industry. of production backed by iraq and michelle obama won the oscar for best documentary the film by britain's channel 4 news sparked massive criticism of donald trump's policies there's been more controversy in the category as a nominated documentary on the syrian city of aleppo has been accused of pushing a pro terrorist angle and airbrushing the role of militant groups in the region. we are so proud to have developed this film from was unforgettable short films during the siege of aleppo all the way through to this incredible feature documentary proof that our unique support of independent filmmakers across the

world can have a huge impact you know if you want to bafta for best documentary as well as around 60 other prizes worldwide for the teams affiliations has great concerns camerawoman water has been an outspoken supporter of the syrian revolution husband's been repeatedly spotted with jihadists including a man who beheaded a child dependent middle east analyst for nessa bailey says the documentaries floors don't and. denies the existence 1st of all. of the extremist armed groups and the terrorist groups and we have to remember that not for front which is there in syria he was and still is the dominant force. in east and now of course what we see are these 2 protagonists effectively commissioned by channel 4 to produce reports that were presenting a misrepresentative view of what was happening in

a celebrity and this view was not being verified or investigated independently for channel 4 it was being republic as gospel in a sense now that east aleppo is liberate what we're seeing now which for some a. denial of justice and a continuation of the suffering that the people went through both front of the occupation of the on and in western leper that with daily being targeted by mortars from east and. you can find more analysis of the documentary and the situation on the ground from the independent journalists who scuppering the syrian conflict to check out the knesset billie's views are. also on our web site an interview with the russian singer who some in washington claim is tied to the 2016 u.s. presidential election meddling allegations the man is a lot of entrepreneur and pop singer he was also wants donald trump's business associate is apparently being the reason why he attracted attention in the u.s.

special counsel investigation into alleged russian interference results on a boy who spoke to the man in question who's the lead to range being much reported talks between trump and the russian attorney is the central focus of the miller probe here's a clip from that interview. the now infamous trial town meeting that's been dodging air and to russia lower in the tally of the senate's cat do you think this whole thing was. how africa early on your side on my side. 100 percent was handled ethically. simply for the reason that i was always ready to testify and we reached out and so the d.s.m. is coming to united states and allocated 2 weeks for my tour to you know testified to congress to the miller to speak to them to whoever wanted to speak to me about this whole set up my only negotiation. aspect was that i want to do it

voluntarily so i don't have to get stuck in the united states and the miller's team replied that it can only be mandatory which would mean i would have to stay in the united states at the investigation finishes which at that point was over a year in progress so i believe the main reason for why you can was the only reason because of what you want us to gain because i had another about a $110.00 shows that year that i would have to risk because i'm stuck in the states and these are major financial risks as well so all i canceled was the american tour which cost me about half a $1000000.00 in personal losses but we did return tickets and now we are heading for the store again i think everybody should be realistic if there is you know this whole spy thing going on between russia and america i would not be involved my manager music manager would not be involved i don't know why by the way it was their manager for michael jackson as well that another 20 years ago.

israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu says that he's ready to dress take measures against gaza following recent attacks on his country. i want to make it clear we will not accept any aggression from gaza only a few weeks ago will an aide to the senior commander of islamic jihad in gaza i will detail all plants i will not waste all our actions but we are prepared for crushing action against the terror groups in gaza. palestinian militant group hamas calls netanyahu starts a provocation having it will only encourage palestinians to fight on tensions have been on the rise after the us president announced a peace plan for the region and he called the proposals heavily biased in favor of his her subsequent clashes have led to numerous civilian victims including children on palestinian family one such incident with the must warn you may find these images coming up disturbing. 14 year old mohammed has been in

a coma since being shot in the head last week by israeli soldiers the victim's family say that he was walking in a local park with friends from his father described how he learned about what happened. muhammad was shot in the head i wasn't at home at the time my father got in touch with me he said my son was wounded i was driving at that moment when i got back i saw my son was badly injured he was taken to hospital but only after soldiers removed the bro blocks and then my son was put in intensive care. and its response to r t the israel defense forces say that their actions were justified as there were dozens they say of palestinians in the area burning tires and throwing stones the i.d.f. adds that it is aware of the boy's injuries and its grandfather tells a rather different story. that as the children went to the park and sore soldiers there of course they were scared so they hid behind

a rock at one point they wanted to see the soldiers had gone so mohammad stood up to look and then he was shot a bullet hit him and they had from the right side he lost a lot of blood and fell into a coma he's arms and legs are paralyzed his story is one of many tragedies in our town every time a child becomes a victim people are terrified i can tell you that the soldiers really do shoot at children in our town. new revelations obtained by the new york times cast doubt on what led to the extreme tensions between the u.s. and iran last month baghdad military officials are questioning washington's version of events according to which a terror on back the militia launched a rocket attack on an iraqi military base killing a u.s. contractor the iraqi side says that there might have been a very different culprit artie's the of reports. so far this is beat an awful year of plague terror volcanoes and shootings and it all began with

a very nearly willed war 3. 1 thing leads to another and we're on the brink of that war now imagine finding out that it was all based on a lie as you know asteroid a u.s. forces were attacked by hezbollah to base near kirk that if that the u.s.

used the incident of the k one base attack as an excuse to accuse hezbollah and hold it responsible this is a weak and false pretense and it cannot be taken as a justification to target groups not some of the iraqi borders and defending iraq the. iraqis have a least having consistencies with trump story 1st the jaw graphy the initial attack which america cited and blamed on the iranian backed caught the by hizbollah happened in this sunni muslim populated area of kirkuk province she'll muslim such as caught the by his boat iranians they aren't welcome that if you've never been to iraq let me spell it out taking a walk through the wrong neighborhood can get you killed and facts caused by hizbollah hasn't been seen in this area reportedly for years who has made a home in the area is isis they will. 3 attacks here just days before we as iraqi forces cannot even come to this area unless we have

a large force because it is not secure how could it be that someone who doesn't know the area could come here and find that firing position and launch an attack. the villages near here in the new europe their sympathy with the why do we resort to blame in his book of those american intelligence connected the dots real quick they examine the truck that apparently launched the rockets at the u.s. base connected it to cut the best bowler iran cited intercepted communications and then hid everything literally they haven't shared thread of information with their allies or iraq or the defense took office of actions in defense of our personnel interests in iraq by launching 15 strike eagle against 5 targets associate with hizbullah which is named in running into sponsored shiite militia groups 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 we have requested the american side to share with us any information any evidence but they have not sent us any information the inconsistency as they mounted mount the truck that the u.s. says fired $31.00 rockets at them well iraq he's added lies that unfounded fod less than half of that what adds minor compared to what comes next the iraq war in the u.s. base that there was a growing risk of isis attacking them on november 6th iraq's national security council since a report to the americans noting that since last october i says terrorists have endeavored to told one base in cookoo district by indirect fun could use your rockets to sum up here is how it went the americans were warned that isis which

controls territory around the u.s. base and hates america was plotting to attack and the intro kits at the base the attack happens so blames and then bomb. militia citing intelligence either to secrets or to shameful that show any what you decide the classic justification for not sharing such intelligence is normally that you know there are affiliated elements within iran and so probably such intelligence could be leaked but at the end of the day you know if there is something serious then probably at least there needs to be some intelligence cooperation the united states never has the whole truth probably they need the iraqi side its side of the story overtly of the events so they would go and have a certain committee under the umbrella you know under which they are cooperating

and say look we have this what do you have on the incident but it could well be that the united states not sharing the information means that they actually don't have in from information and that they just want to use this incident in particular as a pretext for doing whatever they wanted to do it in the 1st place. gather up things up for this news out thanks for staying with us don't get to check out more stories by heading to our website. you know world of big partisan games a lot of things you could say yours 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

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in his community there are people who believe that it's ok. it's really hard there are no jobs and you see the kids ask and as a parent. i can come up with arguments there's a lot of conflict in the game between the 2 most of the conflict i would say. close one on each other. each other is good because the state of california alone makes 6000000000 dollars a year of prison complexes you get some point in your life where. you don't care. anything.

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle we're being told there is a war being waged in america about the destiny of the country and the world indeed the washington political establishment and their donor minions as well as the media want to destroy trump but don't be fooled bipartisanship is alive and well. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guys and he is a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of the decay of western civilization and the resurgence of russia we also have dmitri bobbitt she is a political analyst and editor at me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander macarius he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen as always crosstalk roles in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate let me go to london 1st here alex i'm naming this program dumpster fire because like i really don't know where to start here we're in

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