i mean the world to get to shape out these days to come out to it and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground 4 teenagers are among 15 people reportedly charged in connection with the beheading teacher in front. another person taken into custody is a no going cold turkey. threaten to break giving celebrations. many americans face to gather with a public space agency algorithm to deal with misinformation in the wake of the u.s.

election. critics say the platform is giving preference to content supports joe biden, also ahead on the program demanding to pay their final respects clashes erupt in the argentinian bid farewell to football. among the reaction we've been getting to his death was from former ecuador, president rafael correa, who knew the world cup winners from a poor family. so he knew firsthand what it was like, living in hardship. we saw it as these duty to change something. that's what gave him a close relationship and sympathy from progressive leaders in latin america. broadcasting

live from our international news center in moscow. welcome to our team, my names. you know me, the pleasure of your company. we begin in france, where 4 teenagers have reportedly been charged in connection with the brutal beheading of a teacher that rocked the country last month. thought to be among them, the daughter of a man behind an online campaign against party. he was killed after using cartoons of the prophet muhammad to debate freedom of speech in a lesson. charlotte reports from paris. well, 3 of the individuals said to be 1314 years old, and they have been indicted for complicity in a terrorist assassination. and that's because they're said to have been the teenagers who pointed out to samuel patty's murderer who he was there for allowing that beheading to take place. the 4th teenager who has also been indicted is said to have been the daughter of the man who is widely regarded as being behind the

media frenzy surrounding that lesson when some new party showed controversial cartoons of the muslim prophet that sparked anger in the local community. she has been indicted for slander. now all of 4 individuals have since been released, but they are being monitored by controls. here in france. let's take a reminder of what happened. leading up to the murder of samuel patti. one of our competitors was murdered because he taught our compared to it was the victim of an islamist terror attack.

a number of individuals have been hauled in front of the police. some have been charged, some have been let free others have in fact receive sentences and condemned for their part in the surrounding storm regarding that, including one mother who was sentenced for apparently celebrating his death in a facebook post. and a man from algeria who is condemned for glorifying terrorism. again by referring to samuel patty's death. there's also been this huge fallout. president mcewan was clear following the death of senator patty, that france wouldn't roll back from showing controversial images when it comes to talking about freedom of speech that sparked huge protests in some muslim majority, countries needs a mental health treatment, rob god and god,

he is a case and therefore he really needs to have mental checks that have that national right were present my corner has being inferior ated by some english language media saying that they have twisted his words over the last 2 months or so suggesting that he was attacking islam in some way rather than islam ism, and there's been a huge amount of fake news, too surrounding the new which is to crack down on separatism here in france. but the reality is that many muslims here in france feel that they are being singled out. they are being targeted, not just by this law, but by the forelock force happened since summit, patti's murder, and it's likely that this is an issue that is going to rumble on for some time. the pandemic is casting a grim shadow over the festive season, including in the u.s.,

where the dealy death rate is now higher than back in may. experts say that hospitals could be overwhelmed by christmas time. and with american celebrating thanksgiving, this thursday president joe biden is asking people to limit their celebrations for our families, for 40 40, some tradition traveling overseas this year on the whole jordan use to for growth family traditions. but it's so very important for countries in the middle of a dramatic spike in cases. but are people listening while they leave his polls show? most people still intend to gather with their loved ones on thanksgiving, though, the figure of the climbed since the same question was asked in september and states across the u.s. been ruling out measures to study me. celebration double quarter reports.

thanksgiving is coming up in the u.s. and that means it's turkey time, although maybe not because 2020 is trying to find yet another way to ruin everybody's lives. there's a run on small turkeys, turkeys that are 10 to 14 pounds are in high demand right now. even if you're one of the few privileged enough to have a smaller turkey on your table this year, don't get too excited. this thanksgiving is supposed to be especially dangerous. with more people staying home for thanksgiving, more americans will be cooking at home for the 1st time. and some of them are stressed and with more amateur cooks hitting the kitchen this year. one firefighter's says it could be a recipe for disaster and case. that's not enough for you to stress about new york's governor. andrew cuomo capped the amount of people you can have to dinner at 10. i don't think you can get away with an extra straggler too. big brother cuomo was watching

while cuomo didn't seem to have any problem sacrificing other people's thanksgiving day when he urged families not to gather for the celebration. he himself invited his mother and 2 daughters home for the holiday. that wasn't long before he withdrew the invitation. but many people still aren't happy about that. cuomo is the worst governor in america. he's arrogance, and he pull chrissy knows no bounds. do as i say, not as i do. pennsylvania's gathering limit isn't as draco nian as new york's but the state's alcohol ban is a trip in itself. bars and restaurants have already been ordered to halt all. 'd booze sales and some people just don't understand the relation. pennsylvania bans, alcohol, oregon, legalizes hard drugs, 2020 is wild, penna, and just banned alcohol for one night. only before thanksgiving. what exactly are we come back to again and fire us alcoholism?

freedom nights before thanksgiving has historically been the biggest algal consuming night of the year, probably in preparation for the relatives. since you can't have them over this year, you would be getting drunk just for fun. oh, and it probably goes without saying political discussions at the dinner table this year might not be the best idea that a gatepost election conversations, the stress of a hectic year and contentious presidential election could still cause dinners to turn tense with all these new rules and restrictions, it's likely americans will have little more than their safety to be thankful for this year. so should people be free to celebrate the holiday as they please? we discuss that with a number of guests. it comes to, you know,

personal responsibility and you know, individuals who want to protect their families. i think it's a sign that people should step aside for thanksgiving this year and stay safe. i think bret relaxation is very important. i think freedom is very important. and i thank our culture, you know, cultures vary on a lot of dimensions. the united states is known as was a very loose culture. and some americans feel that their referendum is being taken away by, by these measures. but you know, your life is a fair, fair price to pay thanksgiving in your life. i don't know what i choose from what i choose. i think i choose life. you know, human beings will follow their emotions. and there's a lot of people who are like, i know this isn't the right thing to do and you know and nonsense, but darn it, i'm doing it because i feel like i have to. it's going to be the same next year. traditions are disappearing. they, you know, because traditions have been great in the, in the american psyche been going on for, you know, hundreds of years,

sacrificing one year is not going to make a difference. there's so many ways that these, you know, these current guidelines and conditions might be good from a public health standpoint and they are. but i do think that they're cutting into our emotional and social and from merely ill health. and i feel like thanksgiving is really just, just like a really conspicuous example of that particular problem. before phones around the world are mourning, the death of argentinian legend, diego maradona. he passed away at his home in buenos aires, aged 60 on wednesday after suffering a heart attack. meanwhile, clashes have erupted in the argentine capital, where thousands of people helping gathering to pay their respects to the world cup winner. i was police reportedly used rubber bullets and tear gas against argentina founds who

are demanding more time to be allowed to save their fur wells that allegedly are famous for his astonishing ability on the field. more a dollar was also infamous for his, i'll take still troubles off it, but so beloved in this country, he will be remembered as one of the all time greats. son will be missed by fans all across the world. i never thought this day would come. my 1st idol is gone. my only idol is the

greatest of all the monster football. the one who gave us everything. i know my letter when i heard about it, i died with him. that's what happened to me. well it wasn't just in the world of sports, do you go modern donna touched hearts. he was also idolized by people from all the

spears of society in his native latin american. we spoke to former ecuadorian president rafael correa, who became close with the footballing. great, he described maradona as a rebel fighting against injustice and hypocrisy. it went ahead. this is a loss for the whole world for the entire argentinean nation. it's a catastrophe. you can't even imagine how maradona as adored when he did so much for the country at the 86 world cup in mexico. i wasn't at that world cup, but i was in italy in the 90s when maradona played for napoli. he was adored, especially in southern italy, so much so that even during the argentina, italy match. many italians supported argentina because of the number 10 because of diego armando. without doubt, he was a leader, a leader that never hid his political leanings, he was in favor of progressive politics. but even if you lean toward the right, it wouldn't matter. because 1st and foremost were his personal qualities, his honesty, his leadership, his habit of seeing what he thought,

one way or another. and it was a warrior for social justice. he was a rebel and fought against injustice and hypocrisy of the world order. he himself was from a poor family, so he knew 1st hand what it was like, living in hardship. and he always saw it as these duty to change something. that's what gave him a close relationship and sympathy from progressive leaders in latin america. like fidel castro, hugo chavez, ever morrell's messer. and the man you are speaking with right now. the overwhelming majority of the argentinean people in one origin, china very well. not only love but worship diego armando. there's even a church in his name. and if he was a legend while he was still alive, the now when he has raced past us and left this world, he's playing football up there in the heavens. with those who have also left us, the legend has become a myth. understand there, diego is a mythical character for argentina and much of the world. another story we're keeping a close eye on today. facebook has made what it calls

a temporary emergency change to its old rhythm in response to the u.s. presidential election. the social media giant say it, it's trying to rob a kid misinformation, but not all effective piers to be giving preference to content that has proved joe biden, a week after the election. some facebook stuff referring to the algorithm as the nicer use, reportedly discussed, the possibility of it becoming a permanent feature on off examines whether nice or means more all missed or not election fraud 2 words, you would never associate with the united states of america. now a phrase that could send fists flying in the country allegations of cheating have also outgrown the issue of a vote recount. as some republicans claim they've been conned elsewhere too. on social media. you know, the people there that i hear from, of course, believe that conservatives were wrongfully being silenced,

while those on the left that were given basically a free rein to your platforms. at 1st glance, the allegations that facebook's nonpartisan algorithms have been tweaked to give biden an upper hand don't seem too old after all, biden, and his team have been rather unflattering towards the platform to say the least. i have never been a big fan of facebook as you probably know. i've never been a big zuckerberg fan, but the latest report suggests that this could all be smoke and mirrors, and that facebook is already buttering up the new white house landlord from promoting content which rubber stamps joe biden's talking points to secretly screwing the traffic for publications by non-mainstream and pro republican outlets, it resulted in a spike in visibility for big mainstream publishers like c.n.n. the new york times and national public radio, while posts from highly engaged hyper partisan pages such as breitbart and occupy

democrats became less visible. facebook denies any bias explaining its strives to achieve balance to the best of its ability, but some actions speak louder, suggesting a mutual affection. the supposedly facebook loathing joe biden doesn't seem to have a problem hiring from the roster. ready 'd 'd

biden's deputy communications director also seems to have had a change of heart and deleted tweets, giving facebook a dressing down executive roles. we have permission this country. they control who sees what they censor. conservative news, big tech. it's been working towards this for 4 years, and it will be bored to ensure that joe biden wins their party is the democrat party. so of course, you're going to see former c.e.o.'s from facebook from from other technology companies. they are, these are joe biden. people previously, facebook has repeatedly found itself in hot water with the u.s. authorities. it seems this time the giant has finally learned its lesson and is preemptively raising their hand that could very soon be feeding it. russia's top diplomat turns cold council of europe for drifting away from its purpose of promoting unity calling the party dangerously publicized artie's. daniel hawkins brings us more russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is in the closing

stages of a working visit to minsk where he met his. but a russian counterpart, foreign minister and the 2 officials, this cussing both internal events in belarus over the past few months as well as of course relations between minsk and moscow. now, mr. lovell in the press conference after that meeting was very critical of his german counterpart, high call, muscle mass presented his program for the coming 6 months in the politicized fashion. striking an unacceptable tone, i would even go as far as saying it was rude, not how a diplomat should act. he made quite a few remarks again, they were baseless accusations regarding crimea, abkhazia south to set a year transnistria and the southeast of ukraine. the level of there was referring to comments that high costs made to at the meeting of the committee of the council of europe, which germany is you take presidency off shortly. in his speech mass was very

critical of a number of points, 1st and foremost, crum years reunification with russia, which the german foreign minister described as a violation of international law. that event has, of course, been a huge bone of contention between europe and russia for quite some time. russia views things very differently, stating that reunification took place democratically after a referendum on the peninsula. germany's top diplomat was also quick to point the finger at other issues. russia's involvement in the conflict between georgia and south ossetia as well as the presence of russian peacekeeping troops in the breakaway moldovan region of transistor. now lover of was very quick to return some of the criticism as well. both foreign ministers in fact noted the amount of western involvement in other countries. internal affairs, most notably in belarus, following that presidential election in august and the political turmoil that ensued in the country that's carrying on until this day. among other topics was the

arms control treaties. that allowed for off stating there wasn't a lot to be discussed and not a lot of agreement could be reached on those issues with the outgoing u.s. administration. just that music with the trumpet, ministration, currently at the helm. i don't see how we could agree on anything in earnest regarding arms control. we don't know yet who the next administration will be comprised of. we'll see how those people will mold us policies after the 21st of january. a lot of this rhetoric we're hearing is neither new nor surprising, but with a lot of these issues in particular, arms control the open skies treaty, which the u.s. pulled out from very recently, becoming salient over the past weeks and months. it's hoped that with the new incoming u.s. administration, it is charts for both sides to take, a step back and have a fresh look at the situation. let's bring you to the u.k., where the architect behind the freedom of information act is calling for a probe into what in your report has the scribed as an orwellian unit. within the

british government, london's being accused of deliberately obstructing the release of potentially sensor data. a partridge picks up the story. a storm is brewing in the u.k. about freedom of information with a new government, a new report by open democracy describes a so-called. oh, well, you knew it's called the clearinghouse that obstructs media requests and even blacklist journalists clearing house shares with a range of whitehall departments. a daily update containing the names of journalists and complain as the requests they have submitted and advice on how referring to providence should respond past in the year 2000, the freedom of information act was meant to open up the workings of government requests for information were supposed to remain anonymous or applicant blind and in theory could help keep the authorities in check. but according to this reports, the cabinet now rejects more requests that have, in general more requests to turn down,

then responded to positively by the say, the central government departments. and indeed, the cabinet office here, which has kind of custody of the issue of free to get information in this country. there was bad as, as the others, if not worse, in many ways. and one of the key issues is that this is a regulated by something called the information commissioner's office and they have a huge backlog. their resources have been slashed over the past decade and they don't even really to keep up with the complaints as when they come in, off government promise failing to respond. and the irony is that the government department is responsible for its budgets. and for the very thing, the agency generally is the cabinet office. number 10 says the consideration of foia requests remains applicant and motive behind. and the clearing house unit remains fully compliant. but there is growing criticism within westminster labor peer lord, clock of when dimia was instrumental in the becoming law and is now calling for a government investigation into the controversial yunis,

along with politicians across the spectrum. this clearing house is certainly against the spirit of that act, and probably the latter 2 ministers should explain to the house of commons precisely why they continue with this set up in view of the fact that it is contradictory to the whole purpose of freedom of information this is extremely troubling if the cabinet office is interfering in f. or i requests and seeking to work around their requirements of the act by blacklisting join. they say it is a grave threat to our values and transparency in our democracy. yet this storm over the law has been brewing since it was past 20 years ago, under tony blair's government. after the then prime minister discovered that governments couldn't discuss any issues with a reasonable level of confidentiality. and freedom of information was mainly used by journalists. he cursed himself, you idiot, you know eve, foolish, irresponsible nincompoop. there is really no description of stupidity no matter how

vivid it is adequate. i quake in the imbecility of it. for political leaders, it's like saying to someone who's hitting you over the head with a stick. try this instead. and now it seems, boris johnson's government is also trying to put the lid back on a pandora's box that the british public are legally entitled to open. a partridge party loved a party russian host. maria burton has released the book about her time, spent in a u.s. prison. it was a gun rights activist in washington d.c., but was charged with espionage back in 28. she say she was forced to sign a plea deal which led to her being given an 18 month sentence, adding it was a forced confession and that she was charged for being russian. rio was later deported back to moscow, she began writing while behind bars in tallahassee. florida notes that have become the basis for the book titled a prison diary is now

a member of russia's human rights council and takes part in numerous projects. russian nationals who find themselves in trouble abroad. well, more great programs get their start in moments here on or on. if you'd like to delve a little deeper into any of this. our stories are to dot com as always, how's he covered by for israel media, a reflection of reality in a world transformed what will make you feel safe from the isolation for community are you going the right way or are you being

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about by their own back stars are happy thanksgiving. are you having fun with your family talking about all the political things and the fact that you didn't buy bitcoin? the last 9 or 8 years when we were talking about it right here. stacy? well, max, it is thanksgiving in the united states of america. people are not supposed to be having meals with their family today because of lockdown and.