which side will have the strongest appeal to violence on the streets of paris as france debates a bill to ban publishing, images of police for malicious reasons, our correspondent was caught up in the arm rest. we ourselves were forcibly shocked at by the police. my cameraman grabbed by officers while he was filming, while we were trying to do an interview with the world anti doping agency pons. the us for double standards after the summit, the banks, a bill to jail sports dopers,

except in the us itself. donald trump rushes to carry out election promises including getting troops out of afghanistan and iraq, as he continues to question the us presidential election results on russia's president says, care about bloodshed, it could have been stopped 2 weeks ago before the our media. is there a conflict? took so many casualties. our correspondent reports from a russian peacekeepers observation, post. one of the benefits of the troop doesn't the russian, she's far more nasreen stations would have been fed up here in the gold the got a bomb is a neutral territory. very welcome to you, watching r.t. international with me. the protests turned violent in france following

a draft security bill to ban publication of images of police with intent to cause them harm. the interior minister insists the bill will protect offices, but it sparked outrage from rights. campaigners take gas and water cannons have been fired in the french capital to disperse crowds, angry at the move hold on. as you can see, police vehicles are moving down and pushing the protesters down that this street protests since you come i'm time comes to global security lure to draw. 7 for real

that's being discussed in the national assembly on tuesday evening. this is a rule which includes an element which if cost could make it illegal for people to disseminate to record and publish images over police offices. if there is intent to harm criminalizing soon, all of the could lead to morning. and after 45000 500, we have seen police battening and whacking protesters trying to move them from the streets behind us. you can see that there is a row of police vehicles here that water cannon as well that's being used tonight as has ample tear gas. thank you. thank you.

i've seen women having their hay young to being abused to be grabbed by the head to be thrown to the floor by police officers, medics being hit by police battens. and in fact, as we were just at the metro station, 2 making some of that violence against the protesters, we ourselves were forcibly shocked at by the police, my cameraman, who robbed by offices while he was filming, while we were trying to do an interview. and it checked it from not crowds that, you know, i don't think that this protest is true formed by journalists who are here, but i am sure the law has been criticised by the un you are seeing terms of its democratic consequences. the bill could lead to significant violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in particular,

the right to privacy and the right to freedom of expression. intent is a concept that is open to interpretation and hard to determine any photos or video showing a dent a fireball. police officers that are published or broadcast by critical media outlets, or are accompanied by critical comments, could find themselves being accused of seeking to harm these police officers. for journalists, the legal risk exists, and the possibility of conviction would be real images over the police are protests, have been used time and time again, showing the violence that's been used that this is what essentially storm. that's what unions say. they say that it is senses ship, however, the government says this new is needed to protect police officers from the violence . because while i'm talking about the police hitting protesters trying to move them around, we have also seen violence towards the police this evening. we've seen bottles

thrown towards and far as being lit. we have seen destruction here on the streets of paris with the bus shelters being smashed in. so there is violence on both sides. and the government says this noor is needed to protect the police. police unions say it doesn't go far enough and if it is a choice between freedom of the press and liberty, when it comes to showing these images of the security of their offices, they will side with the security of their offices every time anybody who would be found guilty of that if this law passed would find themselves one year behind jail with a fine of 45000 you is that is a severe punishment. but let you tell me this. a severe punishment is being on the frontlines in an evening like this when the tensions are so high. is that attack from the police? possibly because they're also afraid over the protestors. but the reality is it is been a brutal like with violence from both sides. but from where we have stood,

the violence has been main coming from the police to wards protesters who for the most part, we have witnessed him doing anything to well deserve some of the violence. i've observed this evening. political analyst nick an america which believes police officers now should expect to be captured on camera. because there is something going on with the reorganization of the french police and law enforcement agencies . the tip of the iceberg that we're talking about today, and it's getting everybody really nervous, is the fact that you would not be able to morrow to film a police van. and i think it's important to state that people are not showing policemen today, or law enforcement agents who are law abiding, who are respecting the law, who are just doing their job and try to make sure that demonstrations are going as normal. but people are feeling today because we've seen in france and these past years, extreme violence, a lot of demonstrators there, only defense is to film the policeman showing that this is my security,

my insurance, that you won't be up. and if you do, i'm going to make sure that your face is on is an internet. i think it is extremely important that when people are in the streets that people be able to film. this is extremely important. that's part of the job of a true police officer 2020. that's the way it is. if you don't want to be filmed or become a police officer, i think this is something which is, which is important. and well, donte doping agency has blasted the u.s. for a bell to jail. anyone involved in sports starting accepting the u.s. itself was added to it, stunned by the double standards, especially as america has a disturbingly widespread problem with the world. energy duping agency wishes to understand why this legislation excludes vast areas of u.s. support. in particular, the professional leagues in all college sport. it is not good enough for american sports. why is it fine for the rest of the world? washington's rolled out its latest offensive in the war on performance enhancing

drugs. it's called the rod shank of act. the rather anti doping act of 2019 which strengthen the integrity of international sports competitions by imposing criminal sanctions on certain persons involved in international doping fraud conspiracy. the act would green light washington for legal action against doping conspirators in games involving american players. and it outlines some have to be penalties, fines of up to $1000000.00, as well as prison sentences of up to 10 years. a dream come true for the usa today . it is a monumental day in the fight for clean sport worldwide. and we look forward to seeing the act soon become law and help change the game for clean athletes for the good. considering how the u.s. has treated domestic doping in the past. the log book could probably use of updates take julian edelman, the patriots shining star and super bowl m.v.p. his career seen some great achievements with a little help from dope. its wide receiver julian edelman is facing

a 4 game suspension for performance enhancing substance. a 4 game suspension is quite a long leap away from 10 years in the can for edelman though the cushy treatment didn't end there. he was still showered with awards at the years and even sealed advertisement deals. there are no rules in basketball, it's a similar story. last year, basketball, prodigy deon, dreyer, 8, and was caught doping up his punishment. jail. just kidding. he was suspended for $25.00 games and then showed up on the jimmy kimmel show. he's a member of the n.b.a. all rookie team from the phoenix suns. say hello to deion 3. hello to you, mary kay. and here's the best part. he's now the face of a protein health shake commercial. i was on the price. that's how you do washington's long made it clear they take doping in sports very

seriously. when of course, it suits their agenda. sports writer and broadcaster alan moore warns the us bill has a completely different agenda to the state of this has nothing to do with police welfare or looking after teens. if they did, it would be told 3 different stocks are going to go for the it's not going to those in the, for the sponsors of the sport. it's simply looking out for the breeding money, interests. the hollanders, media, and government is not in to do with r.c., whether because it was r.c. welfare, they would have brought it in across the board. all the major league sports in america would sign of the mission into water. but you won't do that because the owners of the big major sports teams, immediate networks to cover them. and the huge be massive is huge and investors in these sports want them. so this has nothing to do actually,

whether this is simply about greed and a dollar more than a person's authored a behind the things look at talks to end the go, no care about conflicts, the russian president explained a peace deal between armenia and azerbaijan couldn't be reached 2 weeks ago, but one of the nations was when looked into conceit contrary to popular opinion that he would not stay. on october 19th and 20th, i had a series of phone conversations with president aliyev and prime minister passion yann. at that time, the armed forces of azerbaijan had regained control over an insignificant southern part of care about it. in general, i managed to convince president aliyev that it was possible to stop the hostilities . but his obligatory condition was the return of refugees, including to shusha. then unexpectedly, for me, the position of our armenian partners was formulated in such a way that it was unacceptable for them that the prime minister told me back then.

but no, we cannot agree to this. we will fight, therefore, accusations against him, of some kind of betrayal. have no basis. the truth is widely seen as a capitulation in m r. i know armenia triggering protests, some demands the prime minister, quits. there's a different mood in azerbaijan. baku keeps its military gains on this month, will receive 3 other districts in the disputed karabakh region. but florida may appear to in ses ending the bloodshed makes it a win win somewhere globally, for the most important thing that's been done is to stop the bloodshed. over 4000 people died according to official data. in reality, i think there are more tens of thousands have been injured and maimed. this is not a movie. this is a tragedy that is taking place in real life, with real people affecting real families. therefore, stopping the bloodshed is the key thing. the author and historian gerald horne told

us how the armenian premiers you turn on the truth cost him national support. keep in mind that when the prime minister or mia went into this war, this conflict with azerbaijan, that is left to the deaths of thousands to the maiming and injuries of tombs of thousands to the creation of displaced persons and refugees. a significant percentage 1000000 population. not to mention, there were many aspirants in the prime minister's corner. but as is often said, victory has a 1000 parents. and defeat is an orphan. and so now you see there are a number, there were millions who were cheering on the prime minister when he wanted this conflict, or when he entered into this conflict. now we're ready to see him take the nearest and close. this refugees, meanwhile, continue to return to karabakh under the protection of russian peacekeepers. on

tuesday, 500 armenians travel back to their homes. having fled the fighting 1700, people have now gone back to the key city of deposit and expressed thanks for russian support. we feel that we aren't alone anymore. we are supported, we've been given our lives back. i'm happy that russia has with me. i have nothing to do is respected russia and i have nothing to lose. i feel happy and proud that we have friends like this that help us and don't leave us in trouble. russian peacekeepers have reopened the only road link between armenia and the region to ensure the safe return of civilians. the missions also help to improve cooperation between armenian undesired troops in karabakh, artie's were aghast. you have sent us this report on the peacekeeping. work. just north of shushi, the site of some of the bloodiest and most merciless fighting of this war is a russian peacekeeper outpost. they arrived to a scene from

a nightmare routes lined with bodies and bombs burned and blasted vehicles after weeks of failure. as she was eventually reached on the 10th of november, it was full of compromise where armenia agreed to handover various territories. it controlled to a 0 by john, the latter agreed to let ethnic armenian refugees return to their homes. but signing papers is one thing. making sure things actually happen is another one of the benefits of the 2 dozen or so. russian seized monitoring stations that have been set up here in the go in the code above is that they are neutral territories. their areas where as their buddy troops just a few 100 meters away from us can come as well as armenian forces. and they can resolve their disputes with the help of russian peacekeepers. as mediators, there are also areas where the red cross can come. for example, to do its own work,

such as organize the exchange of prisoners. the exchange of the remains the fall in troops to coordinate the mining operations. it's all about trust peacekeepers serve an important function. sure. they discourage ceasefire violations. but that only gets you so far, but they shine that he's getting those who waged war to build peace. to that end. humanitarian groups if flocked to care about the red cross being at the forefront now, routes and passes once littered with bodies and traps and mines a safe and but what breeds even more optimism is the tommy millions emitted by john . these can gather at the same place and talk if through russian

peacekeepers more, i guess dia of the golden kind of donald trump makes a radical foreign policy shifts, knowing it may soon be reversed by president elect. joe biden will reveal all off the plane. is your media a reflection of reality? in a world transformed what will make you feel safe from isolation or community? are you going the right way or are you being led? so direct. what is true? what is faith?

in the world corrupted, you need to descend to join us in the depths or inmate in the shallowness. join me every thursday on the alex simon show, and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics, sports business, i'm show business. i'll see you then. welcome back. the u.s. has announced the withdrawal of 500 troops from iraq and thousands from afghanistan . is that to take place in january just before projected to president elect joe biden is expected to take office and potentially oppose that decision. and

a further complication donald trump made the announcement while still disputing the election results. artie's kaleb open house will. the pentagon has announced that it is reducing the number of u.s. troops in both iraq and afghanistan between now and mid january. u.s. troops will be drawing down their presence at roughly $2500.00 remaining in both countries. i celebrate this day as we continue the president's consistent progress in completing the mission we began nearly 2 decades ago. viewers will recall that donald trump has recently fired a number of pentagon staff, including mark asper, the secretary of defense. at this point, donald trump is still contesting the u.s. presidential election. though most u.s. media outlets have declared joe biden to be the winner. now donald trump campaigned on a promise of withdrawing u.s. troops from around the world, putting america 1st and drawing back the u.s. military presence in countries overseas. and it appears that with this movie is partially fulfilling that promise. the u.s.

public overwhelmingly shows in polls. they do favor a reduction of the u.s. presence overseas. however, it seems that the chief of nato was not thrilled with this recent move by trump. we went into afghanistan together, and when the time is right we should leave together in a coordinated and orderly way. will this change with a joe biden and ministration in the white house? joe biden has also indicated that he favors drawing back the u.s. military presence overseas. however, joe biden has continued to emphasize that he will not withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan. americans are rightly weary of the longest war on him too, but we must win the war responsibly in a manner that ensures we both go against threats to our homeland and never have to go back at the time of the u.s. intervention. joe biden was a big supporter of the u.s. invasion of afghanistan. and joe biden has been very outspoken about the need for a continued mission there. and a continued u.s.

military presence. history is going to judge us very harshly. i believe if we allow the hope of a liberator to evaporate, because we are fearful of the phrase nation building, or we do not stay the course. now joe biden's administration looks like it might be more pro war at this point. folks will recall that joe biden not only supported the u.s. invasion of afghanistan, but he was a big supporter of the us invasion of iraq and actually drafted legislation that helped to make that war happen. joe biden furthermore indicated that he is likely to appoint susan rice as his secretary of state. now susan rice is a big supporter of u.s. military interventionism, and she served in the obama administration. in addition to that, we've got michelle floor in a was being pointed to as potentially the secretary of defense for the biden administration. she was a big advocate of u.s. military intervention in syria and u.s. military intervention in libya. does this mean that if joe biden takes office in

january, he will reverse donald trump's recent move to pull out u.s. troops between now and january. that is unclear, however, on many speculate that the biden ministration will have much more of an interventionist bent than trump. trump is doing this for political reasons and trying to fulfill a campaign promise. he's not all of them all. you also got to keep in mind, he may substitute u.s. troops for private military contractors. the whole notion is for him to have all the troops by next may, but then by then you may be into a, by an administration. and the troop levels could go back up again. really depends upon commitments by the taliban. and what have you, and you've got to consider that a biden ministration given the lead in neoconservatives may be jumping on board. his administration may pursue efforts to keep troops there. and even establishment republicans are calling for troops to remain in afghanistan and probably even in

iraq. the u.s. military's reportedly buying up location data from specifically targeting muslim people, the online magazine behind the report says the moves particularly disturbing, given the pentagon's history in the region. the u.s. military, which is infamously used other location data to target drone strikes, is purchasing access to sensitive data. many of the users of apps involved in the data supply chain are muslim, which is notable, considering that the united states has waged a decades long war on, predominantly muslim terror groups in the middle east and has killed hundreds of thousands of civilians during its military operations. motherboard does not know of any specific operations in which this type of app based location data has been used by the u.s. military. now has stated that the u.s. government obtains data from muslim focused apps like muslim pro, which claims to be the most popular of its kind with almost 100000000 users. others include muslim, mingle,

a dating out with more than 100000 downloads. similar apps being targeted to focus on specific muslim countries like iran, turkey, and egypt. more general apps are on the list too, among them a step counter, a job site, and a weather forecaster. selling their data brokers is not unusual. in this case, the burka is a company called x. mode. now it makes money from selling access to clients, including defense contractors and the u.s. military. but x. mode insists the company has noble ambitions. x. mode licenses its data panel to a small number of technology companies that may work with government military services. but i work with such contract as is international and primarily focused on 3 use cases. counter-terrorism disk, your a c. and predicting future code at 19 or an american military spokesperson is reacted to the report. maintaining the pentagon protect the privacy of u.s. citizens. however, some upset still want to know who the brokers are selling their data to. since the

report was published, the muslim pro up has reportedly broken ties with x. mode and launched a probe international relations professor jamal wakim. so is this is all about u.s. domestic politics. the united states is proud to be a comic social classes part. 1 of one or more during the crisis, not too late to blame on themselves on the establishment or. busy poor reaching this, all those who are what we call in science to export prices, which is to blame or an outsider, not on. and so i remember the muslim countries, and that was the world and the muslim community inside the united states as a justification for the crisis. and of course, it would also just the prevention of policies to

scottish leaders have seized on the british. prime minister's leaked claim that devil evolution has been a quote disaster publicly boris johnson's party back the shifting of powers from london to the scottish parliament. but scottish independence supporters have jumped on. johnson's comments leaked from a private speech to be english and peace as evidence that his ruling party is secretly working to stop and then even reverse the devolution trend. scotland's 1st minister added. the revelation proves only full scottish independence can guarantee local pounds worth bookmarking. these pm comments for the next time tories say they're not a threat to the powers of the scottish parliament, or even more incredibly that they support devolving more power is the only way to protect and strengthen the scottish parliament is with independence. now since 1997, london has gradually devolved control of the local decision making to the scottish

parliament. however, it now controls a raft of policies including education, transport, and health. from the conservative party, m.p. neil hammond hamilton gave us his reaction. the devolution settlement, both in scotland and in wales were supposed to preserve the united kingdom. actually, all that it's done is to tear it further apart. certainly in scotland, less so in wales. but the lesson is that if you continue to feed the crocodile, you won't say shit, its appetite, you will just increase it. i think this deviation debate in the last 20 years is really disguised the actual reality in the united kingdom. and i shall certainly be fighting the next election in may on a policy of going beyond deviation abolishing the senate in cardiff to marseilles in the health service. we're going to get health boards giving more demands schools and more power on the part of parents over schools. so deep illusion, it has been a failure on a national marrow at

a lower level. we could succeed because want to empower people. thank you for joining us today on r.t. and to laughter. that's all from me this wednesday. if you haven't a great day wherever you are, and i'm to follow with the top of the hour, greater, transferred to say simpson, exacerbating an alarming everyone to mindlessly. actually what that means is we end up making solutions that long, but actually drink very little. it's just a kind of fuel, instead of actual solutions that were seemed wrong all rolled me yet to stamp

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