do we all stand on the battlefield of belief. demonstrators clashed with police in. the new security bill and opponents say the measures would make it harder to prosecute cases of police abuse. also ahead on the program armenian forces accused. in their military positions in the disputed region in the part and violation of the cease fire. republican red sally a sure enough through the efforts by texas to overturn the presidential election. by the supreme court there is talk of the state.

broadcasting live from moscow this is our international my names you know neal you're very welcome to the program. the french capital has been engulfed in renewed still very security bill police use water cannon and fire tear gas as the situation spiraled really out of control on saturday it's part of a wave of public anger over government plans to protect police officers by giving them extra powers and boosting surveillance charlotte dubin ski was covering the protests 1st right throughout the day. we've got huge tension same in paris in the last hour where we have seen a number of what i would describe as smash and grab spy the police it's obviously much more organized not that you'll have members over the skew she's. going to cry rapping out into the. think of causing trouble was perhaps likely to cause trouble

we saw one month of being dragged from the crowd by the opus's a buffalo tensions with apostles accept a whooping for the police officers to go so i had seen a gas already deployed a fact a woman point at 2 gas was being used directing from aerial so sprains acts as a protest as we saw many people trying to get away from that and suffering the impacts of sea gas. well 7 i just want to give you a sense of how big this crowd is because it's only me as we're getting closer to

the end of this protest the march to the public we understand really how many people come out there are thousands and thousands at trying to get a camera to pay to look up the street which is completely faxed and then if it's possible to turn the camera around you'll see how many people are still coming and then the lights over the police behind. the police seem to be used to huge a restraint a we haven't seen the clouds of tear gas that we've seen in previous protests but we did see the water cannon used to try and crew people down there were other demonstrations across the country as well all against the global security lord are people who are unhappy with article 24 specifically this would have. criminalized

individuals who published images of the police if there was intent to harm that provoked huge theory here in front as a result parliamentarians are going to rewrite their specific rules but people are angry again today not just about that not just about the global security law but also a new law that was approved by the french cabinet in the week that is the law that was originally named the separatism no it's now the promoting republican values law and this also contains an article which is very very similar to that controversial article $24.00 that is that it would become a criminal act to post images of somebody online if they could be identified and if there was intent to home so take out the word police and it's essentially the same act now the police are also unhappy they food put that controversial article 20 food beer measure to protect them from the types of threats that they

face on a daily basis as a result of that their police union wanted actually for this measure to be strengthened even further so they're unhappy that this is being rewritten and the police are also unhappy about some of the comments made by president michel in the last week he said in an interview that the police are controlling more people who are known white than whites and the police of essentially taken not as to say that the president is suggested that they racist problem it's unsecured our police the problem is that the police lock resources and personnel they lock many things and when they ask for help no one is listening on the other side with and criticize the police which i think is like a step in the bath or explication manual mccrone ends up telling the media that the police are racist i can guarantee my colleagues are not racist today if they do.

i'm a straight and if they continue to demonstrate it is to show you that they are not racist and no gays no diesel control it in the us. and this is. all right so you can please. them he would lose all they ever get that out that these are the last things right here on earth for example. that i think they are like we were 'd never a. renewed fighting has been reported in the disputed nagorno-karabakh region one month into a cease fire the local armenian forces have accused by john of opening fire on their military posts artie's from on custer of told me more or. russian peacekeepers who are there they have already confirmed that the cease fire had indeed been broken on friday and at the moment russian peake peacekeepers are demanding that the sides stick to the truce so that no more people would but

speaking off this latest incident will according to our media and make our a block defense ministry will they claim about john carried out attacks on villages near god drouet which is in the car box but not controlled by there by john and apparently 3 people or wounded on december 11th at 8 40 pm the enemy attempted to attack our southern military positions as a result 3 reservists received gunshot wounds varying degrees of severity their lives are not in danger. by john the wall they have also issued a statement and they claim that their forces are indeed observing this cease fire which was brokered just last month and indeed it was armenia who made some provocative actions and somehow violated the truce some words about my car back it is of course internationally recognized as by john but it is mainly

occupied by ethnic armenians and it's been a source of major tensions in the last few decades and the latest of course a very bloody flare up happened in september and lasted for over a month thousands of soldiers died there by john in armenia nagorno-karabakh as well and that violence finally and did around a member of its and when the sides agreed to a cease fire which was brokered by a russian so. the decision has been taken as a result of analysis of the military situation and brains to lease and most of people who have been most for me there with the military situation. for my part i would like to see done very good. we've sealed the deal to settle a years long conflict between armenia and azerbaijan the occupation and. now by john they saw the results of this brief but very bloody

conflict and the ensuing ceasefire as somewhat of someone is actually so weak and they even held the victory day parade in both gould and speaking of that that's where they parade the president of. turkey or the guards also arrived and when he came over during the parade the entire city of oakland was dressed and. there by john flags now speaking about the other side of this cease fire. at the moment the many ethnic armenian refugees are returning to the bored me. which is one of them folded trying to rebuild their lives and meanwhile people in the neighboring armenia are very i'm happy many feel very betrayed they're stepping onto the streets and the whole country is now in the gulf in protest and their demand is for the prime minister nicole to resign as soon as possible and many are blaming him

for what had happened now we'll see what happens next you know the cease fire in that region is very shaky and this one's been intact for over a month already hopefully it will stick we spoke to caracas show me on the program a lawyer specializing in the middle east he thinks azerbaijan has a strong advantage over armenia and it will be done to moscow to maintain the cease far. as abrasion has an edge. as it were a journey back me to prove it by 2 key and e.'s red and feet as it began once a big advantage of its dominant position now and wants to reclaim our talk they care about and see it as it were a journey for them get their say the your how rational which he's there and he's trying to control the russians in this think a lot of money actually now in armenia and the 12 to bring back all the. iranian

population back in kerala because they want to do one of they want to keep. at the same level and they want to have the advantage and the advantage and the edge of it was not one that we need in the other one the same iran with. the. segment because usually both parties see it's the other party that. in order to have a reason to lunch in fact at this moment we don't know what the what the truth is but there was we not this is a very for peace and it has to be maintained and they're controlled by the russian. here to a story that's caught the attention of a lot of people today texas republicans are calling for drastic action after their legal challenge against the presidential election results were struck down by the supreme court the local party chairman has said things have gotten so bad that the

lone star state should think about cutting loose from washington the supreme court and tossing the texas lawsuit has decreed that a state can take unconstitutional actions and violate its own election law perhaps law abiding states should band together and form a union of states that will abide by the constitution. allen west isn't alone in holding the view either earlier in the week a republican texas state lawmaker said he wants to plan a referendum asking whether people there want to secede from the united states he described the federal government as quote out of control and not representing the values of texans. this is a referendum for the people of texas to be able to make their voices heard people are fired up right now and should learn that they have been left out for many many years tags that now without fail like since we have no country fox is now promoting texas it secession look for trump to become this pathetic new country's

1st president so long texas it was nice knowing you i love this idea old true trumpeters should move to texas is good a wall and everything then he can be president of your country since he won't be here you can't even vote again like you want please all of you go well political commentator chadwick were thinks the renewed calls for a texan break away highlight the growing political rift in the us. texas talk about this program one time though it's sort of in the texas soul to see itself as going it alone star state it's a it's a state slogan to threaten to leave and god bless them and if they did good luck to them and god bless them as well but i'm not sure that we see that happening it does seem to be a sort of emotional response at this point however it does express how alienated people are feeling right now how washington is too big how a couple major cities way too much political control and the supreme court refused

to your most people believe because they're frightened because the media declared the winner of this election not the electoral process but the media and the people to all the media look were it interesting control media announced the president and the supreme court many people believe simply said that they don't want to be donors . the u.s. the u.k. kellen they have all already approved covert vaccines but the european union is exercising caution with the head of its medicines agency saying safety must come 1st though the block is seeking ways to encourage people to take cold jobs once they are approved brussels has suggested the idea of vaccination certifications for people who've been inoculated for a new wide mutual recognition of corona virus test results is part of possible measures to lift restrictions on restore cross border trouble right now the european union is working full speed to review of the safety of vaccines sent to

make them available. we had the opportunity to reach an agreement on how to proceed with covert 19 vaccines and establish a common system for the validity of tests well opponents of vaccination certificates you probably remember have for months said that such documents code end up becoming obligatory with people required to use them to travel than earlier in a different suit i put some of the more divisive points around the issue to a puddle of gas. i'm nervous about the idea of having these travel as certificates or these certificates that say you've had the coronavirus vaccine because what that means is that actually will then end up being a coronavirus passport so i think the thing is to encourage rather to rather than to make sure people are automatically told they have to have it it should not be compulsory go green with the gentleman there no problem but for air travel. it should be made compulsory by the airlines to make sure that the people on the plane

are sent to blah blah about really dumb eccentric that's exactly what the problems we've got with this. group who are going to be taking you know not getting the full information about and so i think there will be more people who are going to pick who profession coming out to look you eat certain they're very concerned return to rights this land she has come out there who already. know this it's nothing against covering the facts. but this it's really really hurting us. not that the european union has a. car isn't concerned the one thing i would say to the european union is if you stop having so much bureaucracy and let those countries decide for themselves they would have vaccines by now i think that's an incredibly dangerous thing to say this is been in the making for 20 years we've had a rolling review is this is going on this vaccine is safe the m h r 8 would not license this vaccine if they did not believe it was safe and the

problem is when you start to spread those sorts of rumors that's why people won't be vaccinated and the more you tell them you have to have a vaccine and people believe that there is some sort of miletus thing going on then people will not take up that vaccination and therefore we undo all the good work that's been done to date certain conspiracy theories and go or bordering on factual know looking as if they're going to be happening and this is just going to fuel those more extreme conspiracy theories that one of bill gates trying to use vaccines that plant microchips in people this is simply going to reinforce their fears isn't it yes i somehow i believe absolutely. i'm sorry. you shouldn't believe these people of course who claim such crazy ideas over time in the coming months and years we will know about the long term goals that sank seen and after such a case maybe we'll need to do it again maybe there will be a 2nd version at all and that will improve the years but we need to save the

economy now this is our team to national still ahead in the program christmas without the trimmings germany most counseling most festive events for the holiday amid surging covert infections we've got that story and more for you after a short break.

we are discussing a new school of economics alien economics and this is really brought about by negative interest rates means contact with the galactic federation. let's start the program back in germany where the daily covert infection rate has been steadily climbing since october that's led to a debate over whether to pull the plug on traditional christmas vents in

a bid to keep people from catching and spreading the disease our europe correspondent peter all over reports from the nation's capitol. usually where i'm talking to you from would be the scene of one of the busiest christmas markets it's not to be this year there's no room at the inn for the christmas market due to the global pandemic but one thing that's a memory of christmas past is the smells of mold wine the still on sale at the restrictions on selling our coal will harm my business we will leave the lots of income as things stand we can stay here until the 20th december that maybe we'll be allowed to open up again after the lockdown is over but the sale of a couple of festive cheer is causing a divide in the country though while bars and restaurants have been forced to close on the germany's lockdown lights mulled wine in the stalls be called a place to congregate prompting some politicians to warn that they may be leading

to the spread of covert 19 across the country build one stands subvert our contact restrictions i don't understand why the city of cologne allows this in the end this will lead to new infections and that's it will be time for that later when we are vaccinated the owners of these stalls disagree though. i think we should do everything we can to stop the spread of this virus we wear masks and observe the timi to distance rule and disinfect our hands even germany's most famous christmas market in nuremberg is closed they've had to make changes to traditions going back to the 16th century with this year's chris kindle christ child opening the advent season from a local t.v. studio obviously. this year everything is different the coronavirus crisis is preventing us from doing many things in the run up to christmas such as advent celebrations and gathering at the christmas market and. lock down restrictions that

were brought in back in november haven't had the desired effect in getting the number of cases of covert 90 down that means that the federal. government here in berlin and the leaders of germany 16 states are going to have to thrash out a new set of restrictions even if that means putting christmas spirit on hold it's fought this nation it as hard as it is and i know how much care has gone into setting up the mood wine and waffles tat it's not compatible with for it to be a greet only take food away and it is home and really saw it from the bottom of my heart but if the price is 590 deaths a day that is not acceptable if obviously the public don't want to cancel christmas but i spoke to people here and asked them what they thought about these mulled wine stalls being no it's not very christmassy it's like to try to find a balance between not being scarce and. trying to have

a good time maybe i think it's not good they do open at the same time is a little bit sad because it's christmas and they're very won't be together this time. as it is a bit sad that there's not so much to do at this time but i think we need to be cautious and i suppose those few places with mulled wine should remain open it's clear from on blue merkel's address to the bundestag that the chancellor wants to see things go further sacrificing christmas spirit in the name of safety feature all over r.t. . big european city to another the english city of birmingham has been branded because of the names given to 6 new streets let's go through some of them diversity grove equality road and humility close the names were suggested by a member of the public as part of a birmingham city council contest with the winner chosen by

a panel of judges ridicule and i could say sions of virtues signalling soon followed. these new street names are completely vacuous was 0 connection to the people history or culture of birmingham another labor initiative the politicize ation of our landscape continues the art a meaningless banality of these new names speaks volumes about the new hollow normal anyway how about trust close compliance crescent woke wash way i'm calling it now someone's going to put a d at the end of humanity close a radio host and columnist john galt say's birmingham should have chosen names that reflect the city's achievements and. this is political correctness gone mad this is snowflakes having a field day how ridiculous to name the streets in these close is in this way it's virtue signaling i'm sure it's not in shoot with most birmingham people it

doesn't reflect what birmingham a's well birmingham's becoming birmingham is a more for sting city but we could talk about the achievements of birmingham and birmingham people there's loads of people not necessarily people but organization bands groups great achievements they could name this after but no they want to slugger the deluded and the politically correct it's an absolute joke and i'm sure the brummie jordan every working class birmingham people will be laughing at this as much as everybody else. flush is hard continued in albania after a man was shot dead by officers in forcing a cruel a virus curfew protesters through flares and fireworks who responded with tear gas and water count and dozens of protesters. arrested and a warning the next video contains disturbing images. really $300.00 dead sea eagles

have been found washed off along russia's caspian sea coastline some scientists suspect a virus led to the mass death of the exact cause it's not the earlier this year caspian seals were put on russia's list of endangered species. i'm let's bring you a cosmic light show from the russian arctic these images were captured last night friday night so it side the city of the northern lights are a natural phenomenon caused by charged particles from the sun clashing with atoms in the upper atmosphere this time it was much brighter than usual due to a powerful magnetic storm and lost the full 2 hours incredible images are at the now is how the weekend news update is shaping up but don't go too far as more great programs get going in moments after a look at what else is coming up on r.t. over the coming week.

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