you know i think that the happy that i'm going on. tuesday the 15th of december when the news from moscow the video putting congratulates joe biden today on victory in the u.s. presidential election and expresses russia's willingness to work together it's after the u.s. electoral college declared officially biden to be. for the. activists a new crowd control tactics by french police dubbed smash and grab cause a mass violation of human and press freedoms at nationwide rallies against the country's new security people. and the turkish president hit out at washington over sanctions over one cruise purchase of a russian missile defense system. and if you look we expect supports not

sanctions from our nato ally the united states of america. just after one of the afternoon moscow time so good afternoon for me kevin owen thanks for watching out international on this proceeding 1st and let him know proteins congratulated joe biden on victory in the u.s. presidential election itself to members of the electoral college across the u.s. officially declared by the winner the russian president waited for that official confirmation of the when putin says any contact with the new administration is welcome in cooperation is in everyone's interest ever donald trump says his legal challenge over alleged voter fraud is not over this is the trump of illustrations attorney general bill barr in other news has resigned earlier found no evidence of widespread election fraud caleb maupin reports from new york. donald trump is

still not conceding donald trump says he is the legitimate winner of the 2020 election you know it's not over we keep going and we're going to continue to go forward we have numerous local cases where you know in some of the states a good rig from the from us now there was a last ditch effort to try and to try and you know win the white house for trump in the supreme court and we saw the state of texas file to have the results in the state of georgia in pennsylvania michigan and wisconsin overturned based on allegations of fraud the supreme court opted not to hear the case they threw it out of court and as a result today's electoral college voting proceeded and there was a vote and it joe biden has pulled ahead as the clear winner of that vote with a clear majority now in the aftermath of the supreme court turning down trumps trumps proposal and trumps case and the texas intervention we saw the leaders of

the texas republican party talk about the need to form some kind of union of what they're referring to as a law abiding states to 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 bond together and form a union of states that will abide by the constitution now divisions in the united states are intensifying there have been repeated clashes between the left wing and right wing protesters across the country just this weekend we saw crowds of proud boys that's a right wing organization clashing with left wing activists and there was violence the police actually declared the situation to be a riot after shots were fired. it's

pretty clear that on january 20th joe biden will be sworn in as the $46.00 president of the united states it'll be on january 6th that congress approves the electoral college votes and that seems to be pretty unstoppable at this point however that's unlikely to reunify the country there's a lot of distrust a lot of anger a lot of animosity from supporters feel this election was stolen from them trump's opponents are still very angry about things that have gone on over the last 4 years and it's very unlikely that the inauguration of joe biden is going to simply heal these wounds a lot of deep divisions and us society. legal media analysts loyal told us the u.s. electoral college system anyway hardly stands up to modern voting best practice

these days. i'm going to be the president of the united states what is defeat number of states i can win to get 270 electoral votes to not desire really the biggest state but they normally comprise in terms of size. out of the 50 states you would need only win 11 this was done in 2012 the number may have changed somewhat but just think about this 11 states the biggies california new york etc and it would comprise 27 percent of the popular vote and you could be president you want to target or try that one out for size the idea of this is simply this you are and it's not that you are voting in the old days nobody could trusted the citizen to understand the complexity of the of this the founding fathers didn't want necessarily senators to vote but he thought that we were just too too busy with plowing and herding cattle to understand this that's why the electors would meet

oftentimes while after the election because it took so long for them to get to their state capitals it seems archaic it seems anachronistic but there's an incredible brilliance send this b.s. if you're the winner it balances out if you're the loser is entered a levy and it's archaic it's antiquarian it's ass a fight so it depends on whose ox is gored but i love the system i just love because it's part of who we are confused and screwed up. inadmissible abuse human rights a media groups have branded police behavior recent protests against a new security bill in the french capital more than a $140.00 people and 2 journalists were arrested including through controversial law enforcement tactics dubbed smash and grab as our correspondent in from charlotte dubin ski reports. so today's a protest against the draw floors on security and in trying republicans value so police deploy new crowd control tactics.

essentially assume rash and grab security forces smashing into the protests and grabbing out individuals who they think may be troublemakers nearly 150 people were detained provoking anger from some that describe these detentions as being. this saturday december 12th a number of observers saw inadmissible abuse linked to the deployment of brutal police and military offices and the infringement of the right to demonstrate that includes mass arrests and justify charging to break up a procession and detention without legitimate reason beyond legal limits. i was at the police station over several protesters were held including

a 17 year old young woman this underage girl was arrested at saturday's demonstration she didn't do anything wrong sure as protesting and recording police officers on camera this is unspeakable it was just protesters being detained to kill lists were also taken in one was suspected of planning to orchestrate violence refusing to obey a police dispersal order and covering their face now given the current mood in france with concerns being raised about press freedom there are fears in some quarters that this is a slippery slope it could lead to mature that the strategy of paris police force is to dissuade people from protesting and this is unacceptable the main aim of this strategy is to cast doubt on the. right to protest in fact many people got arrested for no apparent reason whatsoever this is some kind of communication complaint to persuade people that the government has stopped

a violent and aggressive actions but they did not and this is unbearable. it comes as the latest press freedom index shows that france has dropped down the list amongst the concerns include problems for reporters covering demonstrations having their equipment confiscated and being injured at protests not just by the police but even by demonstrators themselves sometimes there is also a red flag over judicial investigations and attempts to force journalists to reveal their contacts there was also a disturbing increase in judicial harassment of investigative reporters aimed at identifying their sources the french government says it respects press freedoms but these are new tactics and the detention of journalists is likely to add to the theory here of problems with some warning that the list of inadmissible abuses is

growing by the day so much auti paris the other side of this the officers themselves are also fear is that how they're being treated they say police in the french capital of staged their own protest what they see as a lack of protection from the government over public abuse and harassment. to speak on behalf of the colleagues who are behind me who suffer every day outside who are abused and harassed because we must know that it also impacts our families wives children and parents it affects a lot of people and we need to support without that we won't move forward. now let's give philosophical for a bit showing renowned for the loss of 1st level dziedzic swarm will be no return to normal once the covert pandemics over an op ed for. the slovenian born academic . they locked on issues such as mental health can no longer be ignored and these one of the stories we've covered about young people today was totally on the lights made to live for us so welcome to the program thanks pam with us as always great to

have you on the program i overstated the case here i'm just looking at this op ed you say they'll be the return to normality after co we were entering a post human era will have to invent a new way of life people thought of going on with a pretty well what's going to change so dramatically after a covert wellness mehlis is maybe in the next 612 months. i don't think any fish will be done i think that. it will go only. true. but especially i think that. there will be there are. about. to. be on your. own and so i think the new. and the. second thing also what. happened to denton what we are doing now

it's not just the management. already. at least in the. new. set that we learned from the week. that. second point to give humanity. priority over economic interest and. and so the point today scientists seriously yes these. open by the by they meet but they are already being we stepped in. but i don't think the science yes but there are many many millions. deny

science isolated go on with life like you know whether the scientists. during shell's over economy right most of the money tend to. be companies and you get out. in the west and so on and so long. the only reason you can be jewish that could only come out of a can any good come out of the end of the day will the human race alert enough to the covert pandemic. we didn't yet. knew. i think we still dream. too old the way we knew it when i mentioned little bombastically you know the. deceased's clear of those protesters i don't agree with them but i understand.

those protesters who want to see the way our slice imposed on them now. don't measure. controlling the ocean and so on where it must come to an incompatible with what we usually understood is being human this is a serious crisis not just. only interest people mental health crazies. we understood. let's talk about let's talk about the mental health issues are going to come out of this we had been running all morning worries about how it's affecting children depends what age they are but you know it's kind of a knock on effect for them for years to come what about the older members of the community teenagers we heard about those teenage suicides very early on a lot of them how are people going to be affected by this when i got of the initial shock of dealing with covert maybe when the vaccines out there thing seems off

a pair it's still going to be in people's heads isn't it. absolutely. in the day. to day. i. don't be drawn between go it's more of your standard perspective the 1st wave of the call and what's going on in there is just great if we can save all of the band we were just afraid. to you know perspective for a couple of months we are isolated in life we have now a strange think it's happening much more. interesting than people ate less they try to go all socialized in so long didn't they. go in there is no clear perspective what we. even when people do enjoy life it's not the same theme dream and those now we are back at the north it's more

enjoyment like let's enjoy it while it lasts who knows what will happen they simply no clear perspective and also feel that although i am far measures down and. many use d.c. police. there are only 2 weeks of course and any excuse to worry a lot of people is. how far. off with what the medics are saying you're saying you're all for a tough stance on this believe mask social distancing they're a good thing. indeed gratian yes if we don't adopt these measures then we can. something even laying social element the war of disorder really big but i didn't these letters of condolence really be very transparent to the people who explain to them and so went into their homes people

who feel that the stuff. just an excuse to say emotional power made and he said we will remain in this for me the bad thoughts of the developers which states like united states including we are the land. mass market through then in many so growing states in united states population was never their own there's now we just like i also don't think even that far out socially dispenses know we should have the distance thing more or less socialist don't seem to know we are immortal don't ever. move in general they're all over. the world and the world is the one that's where you see me dead go. into what i call a close to human state of being totally b.t.w.

maybe down the east on the horizon even the prospect of so wired brain. mind process use maybe they're dealing who are so definitely not exaggerating here . i know you had a lot more to say on this just telling of you is a small print of some of if i want to see what you've had to say there is always great stuff in the program the op ed section of. type in your set there it's a really good rate for that thank you for being on the program great see you're always welcome on r t international have a good day. right after the break you're out see what's coming up this as mainstream outlets publish a fresh outlandish scheme of russian plotting against opposition think they were examined those claims much closer with our senior correspondent.

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in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or inmate in the shallows. again more of the day's news washington's impose sanctions on turkey over its purchase of russia's s 400 surface to air missile system but an angry president who once said he had hoped for better treatment. i initiated that not what we expect supports not sanctions from our nato ally the united states of america in our battle against terrorist organizations and forces that have plans for our region. turkey is a valued ally and an important regional security partner for the united states and we seek to continue our decades long history of productive defense sector

cooperation by removing the obstacle of turkey's s 400 possession as soon as possible so that the embargoes target turkey's defense industry and officials whose assets will be frozen and visas are restricted russia's foreign minister says the move breaks international law but he's not surprised. should. this is of course another example of arrogance towards international law a manifestation of illegitimate unilateral coercive measures that the united states has been using for many years even decades left and right and of course it doesn't increase u.s. or thora t. on the international arena where it is a responsible participant in the international division of labor including military and technical cooperation. potted history bought russia's s 400 defense system last year washington's threat to punish turkey ever since claiming the system's a danger to nato i spoke to istanbul based political analyst he says everyone's got

plenty of ways to retaliate though if he wants. it's a huge snow because we see the americans saying that they want to give diplomacy a chance but throughout this whole s 400 process being acted very asymmetrical very unilaterally certainly will try to reciprocate and complicate things for the united states bilateral relations and american activity in the region as well you can also see by us whether it is turkey to cease producing parts for the f. $35.00 there's american presence in djibouti airdates american presence that should it you can read our station but i don't think he will take any very aggressive steps right now especially with the new ministry she coming in we've already seen the turkish president has called for a review of the sanctions we're just hoping that they could be lifted or going forward. for mainstream media outlets opposed to huge investigation planning to

trace the russian security offices who've followed opposition figure alexei navalny since $27.00 paid but it appears to raise more questions and says is a senior correspondent gusti of. on monday c.n.n. dispy girl and several other outlets premiered their latest hit tales about how a dozen russian f.s.b. agents tailed live on the for years and so incompetent were they that the script writers claimed they managed to identify them their phone numbers there every step their calls that tax their addresses they even uncovered a prior deadly plot to poison the valley with one of the most toxic substances known to man move a chalk hero see forgot about it he remembered just a few days ago jus to a clumsy mistake by russian intelligence his wife took the hit she apparently felt terrible dreadful like never before so she went for

a nap. apparently cured her alexina valmy believes that the mysterious sickness his wife describes is very similar to the feeling of impending death that he experienced on board the airplane on 20th august after being poisoned with no for chuck aside from the comically incompetent russian spies and agents who somehow for many years fooled the world into thinking that they weren't clowns and aside from the valleys amazing resistance to being killed i mean this guy would put bugs bunny or the road runner to shame aside from that what really stood out in this claim that the laughably useless russians have a nano substance which removes all traces of chemical weapons which they somehow forgot to use of the problems of chemical and climbed the 2800 invention of numbness or been set for removing traces of chemical weapons from infected sites crucially at least one member of the f.s.b.

squad is in frequent contact with a scientist from this institute now my big question in all of this is about it all looking reading and sounding like fanfiction or cia agents daydream about how he would expose. the russians of be applauded by his peers my big question is about you know whether any of it's true because there are 2 explanations in the 1st one is that these journalists were given the entire page the data by western intelligence agencies because they sure as heck didn't find it in the dark net as novelli alluded and you don't find the geolocation data of f.b.i. agents cell phones on the dark net which is pretty horrendous it would mean western intelligence agencies and journalists are in cahoots the 2nd explanation is that this i open an exposé is about as worthless as the last one hospital task that the russian opposition leader alexina found he was poisoned by now if agent

found enough so a few days ago british pundits claim that russian spies try to poison the valley again while he was in a coma i mean how hard would it be he's right there literally in a coma if you wanted to kill him you really really couldn't miss and this latest grad investigation claims that the last grad investigation was well made up note also that there is no data about any effort to be poisonous reside in an ohm square novel that was there in the hospital therefore the rumor that f.s.b. ages could possibly have poisoned him again and omsk which was distributed by the times is not true this is what you call open ended. for it goes to a tip you off but something coming up tomorrow exclusive the daughter of the top iranian general assassinated by the us earlier this year spoke exclusively to us in her 1st media interview say the absolute money told r.t.

is going underground program about the response to his killing from her family and indeed the country as a whole you can watch the full thing here wednesday. you see how people come to the streets and they are crying and they are sad and they are angry and they want revenge and they are waiting for an answer because they know what general salim money did for them and they are and they know so well why trump order to kill my father so so obstinate after killing my father america thought that everything will be stopped because they killed general money departure of the middle east but they are so wrong they didn't see the anger off the ah in the eyes of iranian peoples they didn't see their tears they didn't see their sadness and i have to say that

generously money has a military from people that they will take revenge from trump and they are so wrong they are sinking this war to be end the end of general soley money this is the beginning and there is a $1000.00 people like general soli money are ready to fight life him stronger more powerful and this is our power and if they are thinking for the they must or no our people are united and they will stand in front of such a. they just. more that. much more of a story that we're talking about today and i never social media. the

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for the new but it's all profit and you must say you're another one up acquittal though but all of the east most of them the state do it in you most of those legit want to keep the most of the mill is still police when you want them all of them were ashamed in what they will mention the will of. god that only those with the will get that in the us those days i need some of what they did that was in the more than doubled its. 5th of the us the one business show you can't afford to math. in washington coming out the 1st full scale.