paul, i thought i was doing my best to get back to see which side will have the strongest appeal. russian peacekeepers set up observation posts and they go in a kind of back after a peace deal signed between armenia. and there's a local officials say their arrival has established calm in the war torn region, also to come to deception, not donald trump's advisors or ground u.s. presidential election, adding that they are still working on the piece of the 2nd term. we look at the history of fraud in american ballots. meanwhile, it biden does get to the white house. what with his foreign policy, like, we get the thoughts of a former special adviser to barack obama. right now, i think, just by prepares to take office. we do see the country going through, we're searching to base and being taxed for simply working from home. german

economist put the idea. millions to the office saying go remote during the pandemic . good evening. you're watching r.t. international. now we start in the armenian capital. if you had a van, because crowds have gathered for a candlelight vigil and are marching in memory of those who lost their lives in the conflict, there's a busy on in the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh. this saturday does mark a change in mood because over the last few days, crowds have gathered to protest against the ceasefire deal between the 2 warring nations. we can get more and more correspondent, he's in yemen for us more again as they have good evening. a somber moment then just talk through what's happening in yet of the moment. well, it's been a very somber and sad affair so far the, when a chance of

a political slogans. thousands and thousands of people came out to the center of the armenian capital to the pay respects to all the people to all the predominantly young men who've lost their lives during the course of this 6 week conflict. as i said, new political slogans. we heard the occasional pained cry from a mourning mother or relatives, it must be, must be remembered the syrian nation of 3, you assume 1000000. a 1000 dead is already a tragedy. thousands and thousands of young men 8920 predominantly easy ease, a catastrophe. and that has been the sense of come out to respect to, to all the defendants that died, as they believe fighting for their country for historic, a minion land. but, but things on the front line in the garden. a cut above itself have been somewhat

calm today that the russian peacekeeping mission has said that they didn't register a single short over the course of the entire day. we've seen footage of enormous convoys of peacekeepers, russian people, peacekeepers, military vehicles, armored personnel carriers, fuel trucks, supply quitman, all making their way through the rugged and mountainous terrain. that is now gordon, a cut above all in preparation of this peacekeeping operation, russian led peacekeeping operation based out of step on the cat with the observation post across the front lines to make sure that there are new violations and to register and report includes coordination with both sides, i mean end as yet about john. any potential violations that western europe. but the agreement was signed by the heads of 3 states and it's being implemented in full. most importantly, kinds of operations have ceased income tanks, arms around the territory. we no longer he, the shots being fired and the situation is gradually stabilizing. there

have been repeated attempts by the international community by russia, by the united states, to establish a ceasefire over the course of the 6 week conflict repeated attempts. but ultimately, all of them failed until the 10th of november, when like me, a putin himself signed a deal that was signed also by the president of us here by john and the prime minister of armenia. regarding the ceasefire that is so far held the ceasefire. also entails russian peacekeepers, an operation being unfurled around the garden to cut about various areas previously held by pro armenian forces being handed over to as yet about john. and i must say here in year of our not everyone is happy about it. many people angry, they're upset that this is a betrayal. surrender of armenian land, too. is it about johnnie's? but the prime minister, the government insists that this was the only way forward that the military faced

collapse and that they averted, potentially catastrophe. this is not victory, but there will be a defeat unless you recognize itself as a loser. we will never recognize also. so the losers. and this should usher in o.e. roof national unification and revival. there is, nevertheless, a lot of the uncertainty still here in the meaning got a bomb because of the refugees, the thousands and thousands of people that have been displaced that have been forced out of their homes that have been forced out of their villages and towns. many people have new prospects of going back there, afraid of going back to villages and towns that are now under the control of who they see as the enemy. as it about john. many people of elected to burn their homes to burn the shops, some place of business rather than see them. and up in the hands of a nearby johnny said, russia has said that the seas, a serious of serious concern, that all these people have have, you know, very little in terms of returning to their former lives nevertheless. and as it

about john, this is being viewed very differently. they have happy about the outcome of this will that they've written so many lines that they believe there is just almost no evidence of solution was old news. our luck. good luck. 6 as i say, there are, there is good reason to be cautiously optimistic about this cease fire that it will hold today. as i said, not a single shot registered by the russian peacekeeping operation. we've also had an exchange yesterday, an exchange of remains by both us headed by john and i mean, you know, with russia mediating. nevertheless, there are still many pressing concerns about the humanitarian situation,

about the thousands of refugees that have been left who listened with little in the way of who put of for the future. still a fragile situation, isn't it? thank god, it was not his money gas, the event reporting for yet over. ok, well let's turn to the united states now where the 2020 presidential election is still far from over counting and recounting continues in a number of states nearly 2 weeks after the vote in the trump ministration does remain adamant that the president will secure a 2nd term my own view or cleaning out their selection. now we, we have what appears in some sense to be an immaculate deception. we're moving forward here at the white house, knew something that there will be a 2nd charm for media outlets have called the election for joe biden. however, donald trump has yet to concede the election was fraudulent. his team have launched

legal challenges in several states and demanded to recant. someone is already on the way in georgia work. i implored her daughter going on. i will state officials and independent observers have all said there's no indication of wrongdoing in the election so far and in a letter to the trumpet, ministration, u.s. election officials called the 2020 vote the most secure in american history. but a recent poll does suggest to widespread public concern about mail in voting and the potential for wrong doing our panel discuss the issue. some bureaucratic agency saying they think it was the most secure election ever. that's fine, but we,

the people have a right and a campaign has to get to the bottom of this. and if we get to the bottom of the process, the rule of law, the constitution this, that our founders knew how to set this up. we've had other elections where there are either was allegations of fraud or enough questions of fraud that they changed the election. so let's get to the bottom of it. let's see what happens. georgia has a republican governor, a republican cheap elections officer, 2 republican, great senators, republican lieutenant governor. it's all republicans involved in this vote count. so you're telling me that republicans coronated it was fired against the president of united states to create this, this loss. that obviously is attributed now to going to truck in some state dept president obama is lecturing the american people on concession when hillary clinton and the democrats in congress never conceded the present. trump, they never stop digging into him. but look out, all i'm saying is don't accept the results until we get to the bottom of it. then

we should. the question is whether democrats would accept the results. if we get to the point where we find big fraud. bottom line is it doesn't matter who's counting, it doesn't matter what litigation you have by law, by statute you cannot do is beyond december 8th, zimmer, 14 is a day will be electoral college has to be and so those are 2 days i'm looking for. if anyone tries to violate those dates, now you're in a constitutional crisis, and now you're impacting the transfer of power. that is constitutionally mandated by january where republicans supporting from fraud on occasions of putting democracy on a dangerous path. and he says, according to the former u.s. president, barack obama, however, the zone, the allegations all from doing during an american election is done, hawkins expects. there's a common theme in the media when it comes to the possibility of irregularities in the u.s. presidential election. it's a ludicrous claim that there chris, every vote counts, but when someone gets enough votes to win, the loser concedes that is what happens in this country. described as unfounded

ludicrous and baseless allegations made by president trump and his campaign team remain just that allegations until proven otherwise in courts of law. but such control the season, nothing new. all school president, barack obama. i come from chicago. so i want to be honest. it's not as if it's just republicans who monkeyed around with elections in the past. sometimes democrats have to his, gerry, not another democrats on the current chairman of the house judiciary committee. in my experience in new york paper ballots are extremely susceptible to freud. your paper with no machines, i can show you, i can show you experience, which with your head spin, wasn't alone the 2004 election saw concerns raised about multiple aspects of the voting process. on key swing state, ohio saw democrat candidate john kerry question whether the outcome represented the

will of the voters. and the d.n.c. chairman agreed. i'm not confident that the election in ohio was fairly decided. we know that there was substantial voter suppression and the machines were not reliable. it should not be a surprise that the republicans are willing to do things that are unethical to manipulate elections. that's what we suspect has happened. and we'd like to safeguard our elections so that democracy can still be counted on to work for us president jimmy carter co-chair, the federal election reform commission, which states that in 2005, that mail in voting is fraught with the risk of forward coercion. he's since backtracked on that plane, but remains scathing about elections in the united states. the american political system wouldn't measure up to any sort of international standards for several reasons. lack of central election commission capable of issuing uniform rules, lack of equal access to the media for all viable candidates. and the inability to conduct recounts the election process in america has of course come

a long way. in the 19th century voting was controlled by gangs who would broadly bore, coerce voters. it looked something like this. i'm all for it, my boy to form an alliance with you against bill cutting and is slated later this candidates go hsieh to hand some people every vote you sent them a nice way in the coming elections. things became less violence and more nuance than a 20th century. lyndon johnson ended up winning a primary. he was losing in texas by just 87 votes. all thanks to the last minute appearing of a ballot box full of votes for johnson. this pave the way to his rise in politics and later presidency. there was scandal at the time, but a mission took years to emerge. james, and did not win that election. it was students for him. and i know exactly how it was done. the 2000 bush gore election controversy has been cited by some as a comparison to 2020. results in the deciding state will close with the supremes

court giving bush the nod. but the result could have been a very different thousands of voters in florida were labeled felons, preventing them from voting. bush's brother also happens to be the state's governor . no major law firm in florida worked for al gore, even democratic, even democratic oriented law firms. because everyone was afraid of the bush family and the governor and losing important state business in this election cycle could perhaps be summed up best by joe biden. himself, we have put together. i think the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of american politics. of course, this was just an ironic slip of the tongue biden was really talking about the democrats' voter protection program. for many though, the issue with the presidential election 2020 may not be the result itself or even

of trump's claims are all true or not. against the backdrop of election controversies spanning decades, it's the total dismissal and reluctance to even investigate the allegations that will continue to polarize voters for years to come down. hawkins well, with many expecting to see joe biden in the white hat, we have been assessing his foreign policy that latest edition of artes going underground, spoke with a former special adviser to barack obama. do you think exam mistake to see trump is some kind of bolt from the blue, as someone who broke enough fundamental way with american traditions because trump's isolationism, his unilateralism, his protectionism, his racism, all of those after abuse have very strong roots in american history. going back to the founders, going back to the late 17 hundreds. and in some ways, i think trump has demonstrated himself to be a very acute politician because he's been able to tap in to that different

narrative that different version of american, except exceptionalism america is the city on the hill that stands aloof from the world. not a country that goes out to change the world. and so right now, i think, as biden prepares to take office, we do see the country going through a searching debate about the nature of its role moving forward. and my own view is it's time for the country to find the middle ground between where it was in the pre pearl harbor era, which was doing too little and running away from the world where it has been more recently, which is drawing, trying to do too much particularly in the middle east to find that stable middle ground to step back, but not to step away. so to come this hour, fishermen in front of warning that jobs will go under a knife was damaged beyond repair. plans. the people that when found in britain and

get the go ahead to have a just off is you will be a reflection of reality in the world transformed what will make you feel safer. place elation and fulfill the ability. are you going the right way, or are you being led by what is true, what is in the world corrupted, you need to descend to join us in the forum made in the shallows.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race in this on, off, and spearing dramatic development that only really i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical. time to sit down and talk. hello again. i offer a big spike in crime us city of minneapolis has approved a cash injection for its police department. the force will get an extra half a $1000000.00 and this will be used to recruit more officers. however, it does follow an earlier pledge by the city council to dismantle the police force in the wake of the killing of a black man at the hands of local officers. the death of george floyd's months of

nationwide protests. homicides in minneapolis have doubled since last year. with nearly 75 killings reported in 20 22 teams have also reached a decade high with 500 people shot and share in violent crime is also up with over 4 and a half 1000 incidents reported making matters worse to the staffing shortage with around $100.00 officers leaving the local police force, since the start of the year, our resources are hemorrhaging. our city is bleeding at this moment. i'm trying to

do all i can to stop the bleeding. and i don't think that having the funds to, to launch a citywide joining force meant even issued if we can try to try to stop the bleeding here in our city or betsy smith, the spokesperson for the us national police association says the funding law enforcement would leave citizens and protected crime started to skyrocket and violent crime is out of control in certain parts of the city of minneapolis. and so this, this notion of defunding, the police actually hurt not just the police, but it's actually harming the citizens. what we're also seeing is the more resources you take away from police officers, the less community policing there are and the more police officers get hurt. people are not dying quickly of covert 19 in the city of minneapolis. yes, people are getting sick from cope with 19. most people in the united states recover

quickly for from code 19. you don't recover from being murdered in order to keep the citizen safe, they're going to have to learn how to live with police officers. the minneapolis police department is one of the most progressive police departments in the united states by one of the biggest changes to our lives during the pandemic has been the move to working from home researches of germany's biggest bank, my belief that those people should be taxed for the privilege working from home will be part of the new normal when after the pandemic has passed, we argue that remote workers should pay a tax for the privilege our calculations suggest the amounts raised could fund material income subsidies for low income earners who are unable to work remotely in the sassoon, old economy and health risks. but a torture bank team is suggesting an additional 5 percent levy for remote staff.

and they do argue that it is roughly equivalent to what people save on transport and also food, adding that the money could be given to those who can't work online, many of whom are blue collar workers on wages. and it's thought that such a scheme would raise something like $48000000000.00 in tax revenue in the united state $9000000000.00 in the united kingdom, and also $19000000000.00 in germany. or most surveys this year have shown positive attitudes to working from home. and a poll in the united states found a hefty 72 percent of so-called knowledge. workers want a combination of working remotely and also in the office while only 12 percent would prefer to be solely office space. journalist charlie boylan geo political analyst rainer office gave us their view so many tasks is needs to be proven 1st. the people who are working from home at the long run will save money because this

is the new normal that is supposed to be. but i would also mean that you need a fully equipped, equipped office. you cannot work for the next years from your kitchen desk. actually, charlie, i'm just speaking specifically about your carrier, which switched an hour to quite fast chancellery, a marker after telling people to get back to worked, although it fired the much chance the essence of mass, which i think we have to have a wider conversation about working from a long track, if people stay home work from home, the turnover is reduced. for many other businesses like hotel drawn to me. like all the transportation business loses tat turnover. if people work from home and this hurts, the overall economy makes people is really excellent. is getting to work and that is our internet 5 figure sum 30 year and

a lot of cases. so that automatically removes the significant costs associated with getting to an office job. the way the governments are in europe, at least our handling. now the penn demick crisis is in a fact suffocating economy. we have a great loss in g.d.p. this year. we'll have it next year. so i think it can never be compensated just by a simple tax. it's no time to even implement it in its interest. so it's called, well, and i say yes organ, but after the 1st 3 months of next year, once it actually gets rolled out and we'll have the conversation for 3. and probably it's time for the governments should try to open up the economy as soon as possible. to allow people to go back to their workplaces as soon as possible that really our economy can pick up speed again. we need that as soon as possible and no

tax can really correct this current situation that we are having now. the fishing industries opposing plans to build an offshore wind farm in western france, claiming it will harm sea life and or say their livelihoods. as in the man you met crumb though, has long been pushing for a new bull energy shell. in the bin ski reports fishing is a way of life pay off the coast of brittany every morning, fishermen head off to sea in the hope of catching their bedroom. but they're now not alone. a renewable energy company is also trying to get it hooks into this area's natural resources. the strong winds in tights here make the coast around the area which is near song creek perfect for an offshore wind farm. 62 turbines are planned with the site expected to be operational in the next 3 years,

but fishermen are determined to sink the project. our leaders have been clear if they don't get answers to their questions, they say there cannot be a wind farm. that is a certainty, like our committers resident. he says he would rather die standing and find this project than let it happen. the fisherman cannot be developed. the wind farm is important. politically french president not growing, has attempted to portray himself as being an environmental champion. now he hopes that wind power could generate almost a faith of france's electricity by 2028, partly from offshore turbines. yet one campaign group says the construction of the wind farms is an environmental disaster. congress has said we are back to one long to put asia when you install a wind farm in a protected zone. the environmental damage is close. it will destroy the reach sea

life and small scale fishing will disappear. the government has tried to offer compensation, but it can't compensate damage to the sea. there is no compensation for loss of sea life. we also have the biggest natural reserve in brittany because we are in the migration corridor for birds. and there is no compensation for the destruction of birds. the wind from project is said to be exacerbating of tensions too, just the other side of where it plans. it's the oil of jersey, where fishing is also an important economy. it's no exaggeration to say that jersey fishermen are not able to access large areas of their own waters because it is simply covered in french, french nets, french gear. he says, that's because french fishermen have been pushed off their own waters because of the wind farm. those vessels which are now turning up and increasing if

it to it in jersey's waters to an extent that our system and can no longer access huge areas of our own sea of our own waters. so that it is causing just on a settable levels of hardship such as a fisherman. it's got it's creating conflict between jersey, fishermen and french fishermen. and it certainly creating ward has created sustainable levels of fishing nets. but in the water, the company responsible for the construction of the wind farm says it continues to study the impact it has on the environment and for the french government. this project is one key to fronts moving towards renewable energy sources. but locals here are determined to do everything they can to scupper that. charlotte didn't ski r.t. . brittany, thanks watching this evening just coming up to half past 6 here in moscow,

we're back again. in about 30 minutes they were going underground on the day 3 e.u. sanctions on venezuela were set to expire as president obama during a opens up the possibility of dialogue with a country arguably bent on its destruction. the united states coming up on the show as britain's 2nd chamber rejects boris johnson's attempts to violate international law and break the buy back. good friday agreement with ireland for brics that one

of president obama's top advisers tells us whether the so-called special relationship is dead in the water. and could this be the man soon running, joe biden's intelligence establishment need to beat the russians? right. the other thing, i mean, you make them pay the price by killing in russia, since there's rumors abound that biden may pick hawks. like mike morrell for the cia. we asked rolling stones, maybe about the potential for world war 3. you ever ends up becoming u.s. president in january, although some more coming up in today's going underground for us this week britain's 2nd chamber voted down boris johnson's attempt to break international law in the name of breck's that some say, johnson's actions of set him on a collision course with so-called us president elect joe biden. beyond that, after a president who didn't start any new wars, will by to follow in obama's footsteps in libya and launch a new conflict in the global south. joining me now is one of president obama's top advisers who's.