you know, millions for the tragedy in laos was built to the people needed in that little land on german police fire water cannon. this protest movements refused to back down in the capital. as the german parliament passes a new bill to increase its lock down, the mall violence on the streets of paris today was france debates, a bill to ban publishing images to police with intent to harm them. all correspondent was caught up in the trouble. we ourselves, quote, forcibly shocked out by the police,

my cameraman grabbed by offices while he was filming, while we were trying to do an interview. and i think if you're on the world anti-doping agency blast the united states for double standards after the senate, back to bill lead to jail those behind him in support except in america's domestically fellow that just gone. 6 knievel in moscow. you watching r.t. international police in berlin, say that almost 200 people have been detained, and 9 officers injured at a protest against 19 measures. we're looking at some live pictures now behind us from berlin. the demonstration quickly turned violent with the authorities to pouring water cannon new campaign against the backdrop of debate in parliament, which is now passed along,

making it easier to introduce restrictions over the coronavirus pandemic us. now to us. ok, let's get more details now from peter wall of who is in berlin. pete, just run through then. what is making people so angry? and the fact that this is become law as well is going to just get more people up tight. well, what we were looking out was the amendment to the protection against infection act . what we had was a series of points that were essentially government advice. what this amendment would do would in shrine them in law, that's what drew people out onto the streets. we're hearing as many as 14000 from some police sources that may have been out on the streets of berlin,

and least demonstrations turned quite nasty. the groups that with their range from a covert, 1000 deny is axes conspiracy theorists right through to people who've lost their jobs or may well lose their jobs. as long as coronavirus measures cantin you. what we saw was rockets, fireworks thrown at the police bottles, rocks, pepper spray. according to the police union being used against officers, there police returned with water cannon that was used to douse the crowds to try and essentially make them wet and miserable and go home on their own volition. that hasn't worked for a hardcore nucleus though, who have remained and continue in a standoff with their, with police officers. now we also saw one of the politicians of the on the stand getting involved in this for a car that's been going on cost him his who's a member of alternative for germany and a member of the bundestag shared

a video which alternative for germany, his party and mr. he'll say, show him being confronted by police officers for not wearing a mask. he then produced a document that he says, gives them me a medical exemption from wearing a mask. the police weren't accepting that. he was taken away in a very forceful manner, but alternative for germany aren't just the are just making accusations based on the video. they're also being the subject of some accusations. this is after a number of protesters seemingly gained access to the bundestag and they were able to harass a number of politicians, leading german economy minister, a close ally of peta altmire. the free democrats have suggested that it was alternative for germany to let those people into the building. those allegations haven't being backed up as of yet. but what it all comes down to is the, the points that are included in this amendment to the law. basically,

it will allow orders to stay home, forcing to people being forced to wear face coverings, and people being ordered to social distance will now be enshrined in german law. now, while it's been quite tense outside of parliament and on the streets of berlin, also got a bit spicy in parliament in the bundestag during the debate. today's draft is an empowerment of government on the scale you on seen in decades, even some from merkel's own party, had made these restrictions go against the constitution. merkel's drop concludes that the run, no alternatives, typical markowitz. but the reason alternative for germany is not what we just saw was a drowning political force clutching at straws. they are drowning as a party because they have no topics, ideas and no answers of their own. you are not capable of creating. all you can do is be against your radical friends outside have been calling to block the entrance

to the parliament. and you just like them. want to block the way of lawmaking. you want to hold the whole institution of parliament through the mud because you hate it. that's your real agenda. you've got my will turn it if all you want is turmoil in. well, the amendments to the act went through 415 members of the bundestag in favor, 236, against with 8 stand sions. but while that's passed, what we have seen on wednesday is that there is a, a large number of people who are willing and are committed to coming out onto the streets to show how deeply unhappy they are with how the german government is handling this pandemic. ok, thanks for all of the force in berlin. meanwhile, protests have turned violent in france to tell you, following a draft security bill there to ban the publication of images of police with intent

to cause them harm. the interior minister insists that the bill will protect officers, but it has sparked outrage from rights campaigners tear gas and water cannon have been fired in the french capital to disperse. angry crowds. holderness as you can see, police vehicles are moving down and pushing the protesters down that the street protesters who've come a time came to global security lure to draw. 7 for real that's being discussed in

the national assembly on tuesday evening. this is a mall which includes an element which if cost could make it illegal for people to disseminate to record and publish images over police officers. if there is intent to harm criminalizing soon, all right could lead to mourning amphoras who are in a 45000 new room. and 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 protest as we ourselves were forcibly chucked out 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 crowd that you know, oh my god, not that this part just by journalists who knows, the law has been criticised by the e.u. and dangerous in 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 is being used that this is law, would essentially stop. that's what unions say, they say that it is censorship. 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 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 not witnessed them doing anything to well deserve some of the violence. i've observed this evening. that rachelle, it's been good. they're reporting from the center of paris. yes, that evening. let's get the views now of french publisher and journalist america who joins us and good evening to you. america. thanks for coming on. what are your thoughts about this new bill? do you one of these that feel it's a bad thing because it will just make it harder to hold, hold police account or to account for their actions or yes, just to, you know, to explain to you, let me just take some, some examples, a driver suffocating with a chew, chief policeman, a policeman pointing his gun at point blank ranch, an armed crowd, or of one of the president's advisor himself disguised as

a producer agents, and beating an individual in a demonstration without restraint. a member of the republican security companies tripping on tripping to a demonstrator. these, all these are images that we have recently seen in france. if you suppress them, it's a blank check with no read, no limits and no control. why the french government and michael has distinguished itself by its repression of the best. it is now asking for and no limit to and impunity for the use of force of law and order who behave so badly. it is one argument though, that obviously police do need protecting. i mean i may have this wrong, but they're not saying you can't film them, film police entirely. it's what you do with those images afterwards. so presumably, if you filmed police and they've done something wrong, and you feel, you know,

justifiably, you should take action. you could take those images to the court and that would be ok, but you couldn't post them on facebook for example, and say, you know, i get this officer. yes. seen from abroad. you can't, you can see is think that it's so easy to understand. but when you just just just have in mind that over the past 2 years since the beginning of the yellow vests the protests in france, 200 journalists, as reported by the newspaper demanded to have been injured. arrested had their equipment broken, found themselves in, in police custody. so you can see that there is a constant threat. and with this, this new low, it will be harder and harder. just shouldn't have look if she was a 73 year old woman who was charged by this police mentoring and demonstration unfurled over to the ground and contradicted by by videos the prosecutor himself

had to retract his statement. otherwise, with this, you know, one could have sued the journalist, relaying the case being prosecuted. is there a better option here that because is this something that would balance the concerns of police in a they need protecting that all say the public feels it has the right to film in case something goes wrong on the streets? i think about violence may be used within the framework of the law where there is self defense, or if the use is strictly necessary and proportionate. and but only only the possibility of filming freely without constraints gives this guarantees. i think your quote of a secular everyone would be better to critics. that clash looks like you to sing other countries or to prohibit bending and belly painting. this is dangerous in mobilization techniques,

but the record turnout for this is low does not like the expression of police violence because he thinks that there is legitimate and illegitimate violence. i think in a nutshell, we can see that france is experiencing an authoritarian bonapartist. it as it has, unfortunately, often experienced in its past. i'm sorry to say that like a merry look, we're going to have to leave it there. but really nice to talk to you tonight. that was a french publisher. and you're mr. merrick mongrel, thanks for coming out with now in other news, the world anti-doping agency has blasted the united states over a bill that could jail those involved in sports dating except in u.s. domestic leagues wider described it as double standards and a free pass for professional and college athletes in america and you duping agency wishes to understand why this legislation excludes the vast areas of u.s. support. in particular,

the professional leagues and 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 lawbook 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, it's wide receiver julian edelman is facing a 4 game suspension for performance enhancing substances. 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 38 and hello to you. all right, and here's the best part. he's now the face of

a protein health shake commercial on the price. that's how you do it. washington's long made it clear they take doping in sports very seriously when, of course, it suits their agenda to report now with sports writer and broadcaster on the moons that the us bill has a very different agenda to the one stated. this has nothing to do with lee's welfare or looking after cheese. if it did, if we told you different stocks are going to vote for the farms. it's not going to those either. for the sponsors of the sport, it's simply looking out for the money interests and there's media and government. it's not seen to do without welfare because it was a welfare they would have brought it in across the board. all the major league sports in america would sign of the media to water,

but you won't do that because the owners of the big major sports teams, immediate networks to cover them. and this huge be massive is usually the best years in these sports won't happen. so this has nothing to do actually were just simply about greed and the dollar protests are ongoing in the meaning capital this wednesday over the peace deal thing going. i kind of back demonstrations and yet a van split, however, in support and against the prime minister after he signed a truce for the disputed region with as a bit. well, these are some of the latest pictures from the capital gathering there, calling for the country's leader to resign. the cease fire agreement has been widely seen as a capitulation in armenia. according to the truth, his opinion will keep its gains and later this month also receive 3 other districts in the disputed kind of back region. fatima putin has given some insight into the

peace talks. the end of the conflict and stressed. it was wrong to suggest the armenian premier betrayed his country. on october 19th and 20th, i had a series of phone conversations with president aliyev and prime minister passion. at that time, the armed forces of azerbaijan had regained control over an insignificant southern part of karabakh. 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. no, we cannot agree to this. we will fight. therefore, accusations against him, of some kind of betrayal, have no basis. refugees, meanwhile, do continue to return to carry back 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 stepanek at and expressed their thanks for russian support would feel that we aren't alone anymore. where supported. we've been given our lives back. i'm happy that russia has with me. i've nothing to 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 mission has also helped improve cooperation between armenian and he said he troops encounter back on his move against you have sent us this report on the peacekeeping efforts. 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's fire was eventually reached in the 10th of november, it was full of compromise where armenia agreed to hand over 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. they 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 cease fire violations that really gets you so far, but they shine that he's getting those who waged war to build peace. to that end, humanitarian groups have 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 figure. but what breeds, even more optimism, is that armenians that visit by jar these people gather at the same place and talk

you through russian peacekeepers more our guys did of the god we got now the un has released emergency funds to countries facing severe hunger as a result of the coronavirus pandemic $100000000.00 will be used to tackle the social impact of covert 19, after a warning from the world food program. many people in lower middle income countries who a few months ago were poor, were just about getting by and now find their livelihoods. have been destroyed. remittances that from workers abroad to the firm, leave the home of all for dried up, causing immense hardship. as a result of hunger, it's a skyrocketing around the world. well, a joint report by humanitarian organizations has found that lockdown restrictions have limited mobility dented incomes and hindered the process of receiving or sending money to family abroad. the authors do say that faltering distribution

systems have affected $800000000.00 people. now, last month, the world bank warned that remittances to low and middle income countries could tumble in the wake of the pandemic. and that could leave an additional $33000000.00, people at risk of hunger, according to the world food programme. we spoke to a senior food security advisor from the un body kuwait 19 had a compounding effect on the already deter, eating food security situation on the road. the pandemic hit at a time when hunger has been on the rise for all 4 constitutive number of years, mainly due to conflict, climate data chunks and economic crisis. already in 2900, more than 135 people were in food crisis, meaning that they don't know where their next meal is coming from. so early on, we estimated, actually, because of the pandemic that up to 270000000 people around the world could

now become food insecure. puked, if we didn't secure due to the negative social, cannot make effects caused by the kind and you know, that 495000000 full time jobs have been lost as an immediate consequence of the pandemic. in other news tonight, the u.s. has announced the river, all of 500 troops in iraq and thousands from afghanistan. it is said to take place in january just before projected president elect joe biden is expected to take office and potentially oppose that decision. in a further complication to donald trump made the announcement while still disputing the election result of market reports. 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 end 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 liberated have to evaporate because we are fearful of the phrase nation building, or we do know and 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.