to fix felt. so what's driving the obesity epidemic it's called for profit. headlines this hour these are live pictures from central moscow because protesters in the russian capital and other cities around on the streets as we speak calling for the release of the opposition activist alexina valley with a high turnout amongst the younger generation. also to come this hour a poll suggests that trust in the media has fallen in america in the wake of the elections that is the mainstream media swings over joe biden amid ongoing divisions in the united states and major muslim federations in france reject and i know my cronies and stream is uncharted designed to combat radical islam the president of

the paris islamic confederation told us why. draw many paragraphs anyway asking muslims explicitly words of where required their position on subjects of this subject so that they have respected for years and years. good afternoon just gone 4 o'clock in moscow you get r.t. international now let's start this hour with some sad breaking news because it is coming from los angeles where the legendary us t.v. and radio host larry king has passed away in hospital at the age of 87 he interviewed many famous people from around the world during his extensive career will bring you more on this story too and look back at his life a bit later on in the program but that news just in that larry king has died at the age of $87.00. now

a recent poll suggests that trust in the media is foreign in the united states on both sides of the political spectrum that's despite a general upward trend among the other 26 countries that were in the survey saskia taylor reports after it became clear in november that trump and being ousted from the oval office no one was more relieved than his greatest enemy the media i don't dare speak for my colleagues but i can tell you how difficult it has been as a journalist to cover this dark part of our history let's hope the attack on journalists journalism and everyone and time to move into the light well don lemon who bravely soldier through those dark years has got his wish as joe biden was and we went to the 42nd president of the united states t.v. screens across america one magical filled with the rainbows and unicorns those lights that are that are just shooting out from the lincoln memorial i look it's

like almost extensions of joe biden's arms embracing america president elect joe biden and vice president harris called. to greece and regret out of the privacy of our hearts if just for a moment so that we all could share he doesn't keep a lot of things secret when it comes to his emotions and his and his family and his love for his family now report says might have taken it easy on biden during the campaign trail but that john enlisted can tell pretty demanded that they ramp up the pressure during his phosphates and office player who he borrowed from stair force $1.00 each this is such a good question such a good question because while america might be staring down the barrel of unprecedented political polarization civil unrest racial inequality a raging pandemic the annihilation of small businesses and still high high unemployment it's the future of the false one color scheme that really keeps people

up at night but if john does do decide to ask about one of the other insignificant challenges the us face says the head of state is only too willing to give a thorough answer who. may be. more of a p.c. with us right now. we're down to your city's no come on give me a break young man give him a break it's his 1st film the job he's tired probably could do with a nap anyway what do you think this is a press conference meanwhile over in florida donald trump goldfinger his way back into civilian life is probably feeling a bit hard done by because just months ago was a study showed that 95 percent of u.s. broadcast coverage of trump was negative and to make it was he could even tweet about it. yall could be embarrass himself any. further

you look small he just looks like a small man. we all lived through a president who was assisted in his elevation to the white house by illegal assistance from a hostile foreign power with so much glaring bias is it anyone to trust in mainstream us media has hit a record low reporters are probably patting themselves on the back they survive the don't care as they aren't in a holiday right but does it show nuts like apart from a softball question here in la for the biden fun club sorry the mainstream media the next 4 years will be spent kicking back and taking it easy. the media is supposed to be the the state of supposed to be the watchdog we're not supposed to be in the public relations business the trust in the media in the us is is has declined it's been declining for many years. the public is correct to suspect that journalists are not being fair what we need to see is

a robot have all of the principles that facts count and you know if you need to hear both sides to a story what's going on going on right now is just the opposite of that and some of the so-called right checkers are anything but they're basically trying to tip the scales in again in favor of 11 side and they're not looking at it objectively while the full interest in the media has come hot on the hay was that the us elections which so efficiency fall into the spillover in the capital c she's also breaking acting important seattle and denver your status after joe biden's you know address party's chris hedges spoke to frost and i'm chomsky about this he believes that deep divisions in the u.s. is nothing in. we were always at war united states is one of those rare countries

that's been at war almost every day since its founding oh we just saw we have the most wonderful military system in the world to defend america and if you look at the oath of office that the chief of staff chairman of the joint chiefs takes that's to defend america against enemies foreign and domestic was able to defend the capital couple of the under nurse x. not that i noticed one of the most remarkable things that trump has done was to dismantle the entire arms control regime how we perceive reality and i want to discuss that that how is our cultivated perception of reality a form of social control of course you refer to branching well we're seeing pretty dramatic examples of that right now united states is always trying to do good

things but makes mistakes here and there we have to correct these mistakes him but everything is fundamentally wonderful and so this assault on the capital of shows the power of american democracy because we didn't collapse into a fashion state and that enabled us to show that american democracy in its magnificence of the triumph of the and we're seeing a kind of a replica of that no the symbol really serious ills. but orders. of the republicans are going off the specter but those are not being discussed which being discussed is a cruise. that didn't come out of nowhere. like oh well let's go back to our breaking news this hour because it is sad news from los angeles legendary us t.v.

and radio host larry king has passed away in hospital at the age of 87 he interviewed many world changing figures during his extensive career including president celebrities and even those on the wrong side of the law he became a master interviewer for generations for journalists following in his footsteps as the tailor takes a look back now at his incredible career a voice on a name at the became an institution larry king was the indisputable master of the microphone and a case in point the when you find a job you enjoy doing that you'll never have to walk a day in your life are going to have a bad day but it will not affect me when i have a light goes on a metal i goes on. there man it's like home to me nauruans harry's viger was born into a poor family of jewish immigrants in brooklyn the sudden death of his father left the family in dire financial straits under raja leslie laurie badly finishing high

school but he had a plan to use the voice that had been given to him and make her i don't know why most of her. a good voice pre-puberty people kept telling me you got to be honorary so i would imitate radio with less than $20.00 in his pocket a 24 year old larry set off for the sunshine state in such of golden opportunities that he said goodbye to lawrence vida and became larry king he took a gig as a d.j. all the while freelancing writing columns and trying to get on the air waves and from those humble beginnings he started he walked his way towards his big break came in 1978 when king landed the upon a miss the late night radio larry king show t.v.'s fast life world wide phone and program it started in 28 cities 5 years later it was in 118 larry king became a household name radio's number one interviewer larry king thank you very much good

evening everybody on this tuesday night wednesday morning across the united states this is larry king's show 10 years at peabody award on an emulator king decided it was time to move on and larry king life was born a smash hit from start to finish the longest running most watched show on c.n.n. pulling in a 1000000 viewers nightly for 25 years king with his trademark baritone sat down with presidents of rappers ballerinas even preachers and even killers mark where you really live with us those terrible moments for you for the world for a lot of people around and circles close to john lennon some said king was too soft on his guests but his interview style made him a man of the people talk show host his uniqueness will simplicity no gimmicks no skits no long sentences and king insisted no preparation and i use that as questions i never thought about a question of a plan b.

question i had questions written ever not to be outdone by that that professional life king's possible one. was also full of flat a brief fall from grace after accusations of grand larceny saw him walk as an announcer at a horse racing truck he was married 8 times to 7 women he went to the same bagel shop with his childhood friends every morning he reluctantly gave up smoking and red meat and even more reluctantly took up walking 4 miles a day he left voice mails for his assistance with what to post on his twitter and he had a flip phone until the very end. of your order that you have a flip phone. but with phenomenal success also came miss fortune king overcame a series of health scares and was stalked by enormous personal grief including the passing of 2 of his children within weeks of each other the very next day king sort

solace in the place he called home the studio where he stayed until the very last because the mohammed ali of broadcast interviews brought his unwavering voice and curiosity right here to r.t. and did what he always done best questioned more on the larry king question being listening learning you know our sever i never learned anything where i was talking it's important to listen to question more the more than 6 decades of success over 60000 interviews numerous awards countless suspenders and one inimitable voice a legend an icon a king is dead i don't know what to say except to you. my audience. thank you and instead of good bye. about soul. the amazing career there of larry king has died at the age of $87.00.

my paper across russia right on the streets protesting in for the release of the opposition activists alexina found he was detained on sunday upon his return home from germany for violating the terms of his paralysis let's get more details now from our correspondent you centered at one of the protests in the center of moscow the softening you go you've been there for a couple of hours now just bring us up to date with what's been happening. well essentially these special police forces they have managed to clear out the push of the pushkin's guys square which is right in the heart of moscow behind me you can see where the line of policemen of wall in full riot gear special forces they are right now several people quite a number of people have been detained as of the crowds basically they've refused to disperse so in a certain point we saw

a standoff between the police and the protesters when protesters were trying to push against a law you know of a policeman so they had to break up essentially they had to break up the crowds the crowds who are probably protesting here in the center of the russian capital now some people have been the injured here we saw at least one woman with no blood on her head and you can see behind me police excuse me ambulance workers and doctors medics they have been able to arrive here and they in fact of this woman this doctor she came from the pushkin square so possibly quite likely treating somebody injured in the course of the scuffles and the clashes now when it comes to the police response has been somewhat heavy at compared to what these you should be towards the. protests like this one. but at the same time the authorities they have

been pointing out that this protest. the north arrived and also pointing out the situation they were pointing to the pandemic to the situation around the coronavirus here in russia calling on the people are to wear masks and other protective equipment but well some people were weren't quite happy with that so have a listen for instance. if. you. if you get me baby mama you going to climb up i know rob i. was. just a few. 100 cerebrum out. of that. well

again but there's still a very large crowd to the on the opposite side of the street because basically those who have been who have been pushed out of the square they are now being dispersed rural side streets so we'll see how it fares will save more people will be arrested we are here we'll be bringing you all the latest. ok thanks there you go that was dan of reporting from the center of moscow and i was we said protests have been happening across russia an earlier hundreds turn that for an unsanctioned rally in friday for stock in russia's far east bring the city center there to a standstill police use force to disperse the crowd detaining dozens of protesters some of those taking part or appear to have been schoolchildren to well under the age of 18 rushes on it's meant for children has to nantes what she described as opposition activists using children as a human shield against the placed similar scenes played out saying in the city of

chita on a. smaller scale with a few 100 demonstrators attending all marches are expected later in the day to work across the country he said with the main focus on more scope of the planned events have been authorized and at a protest in class and he asked me police to try to reason with some of the younger attendees. who move history. appears from your parents to know if you. consider to be. a school for the paralympics for. you your boys will do for you look. almost like i was. watching r.t. still ahead here the sad reality of breck's it is starting to sink in for brits abroad after the break we hear from a british ex-pat who had his price received at the spanish border.

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welcome back with artane at 3 muslim federations in france refused to back president micron's anti extremism charter he's been touting his charter as a way to fight radical islam we regret that this charter was signed before getting the approval of all components of the french council of the muslim faith we believe that some passages and wordings of the submitted text are of a nature that will weaken the ties of trust between the muslims of france and the

nation in addition some of the declarations infringe on the honor of muslims exhibiting an accusatory and marginalizing character. however a number of other muslim federations did sign up to the charter after intense and drawn out discussions the charter in visions the settling setting up of the new national council responsible for vetting their moms practicing in the country the rejects to polarize brands of islam and reaffirms equality between men and women in this terror did rear its ugly head again in france just 3 months ago when a teacher was beheaded for showing his class cartoons of the prophet mohammed. i'm not like i'm patridge was the victim of an islamist terror attack.

stemming from islam is a religion that is in crisis today all over the world is on the we don't just see it in our country here year that don't you don't listen maliki through the will of the islamists is precisely to turn our citizens in case the republic using their religion and we cannot let that happen when the attack on sino patty triggered a crackdown against extremist mosques and islamists associations we heard from fatty saudi care he's president of the paris based islamic confederation which rejects micron's charter he tells us why. some look at that humans we disagree on a number of matters one being the group this charter was to be addressed to at the beginning it was about drafting a charter republican principles of the national council of so it was supposed to concern and at mosques here we find ourselves with the charter of principles of islam and france and if they do it's to make the proper distinctions many

paragraphs anyway asking muslims explicitly to clarify their position on subjects that are obvious subjects that they have respected for years and years those any problems for them as for the principles of the french republic the french people of the muslim face in this country and surrounded stand in respect of the values of the french republic that to gauge us all we do not have to ask them explicitly to measure their religious convictions to prove how respectful they are to the values and principles of the french republic it is certain that the rot and to muslim bags we call that islamophobia we're not going to get into semantics we have a commission called. fight against islamophobia so we call it that there isn't an increase in these acts especially in light of current events now i also don't want to say the result institutionalized islamophobia in france i really think it's all come through is doing its best to fight against the muslim acts against islamophobia but that does not mean that these kinds of acts are not increasing.

outtakes of things to come perhaps after britain left the e.u. because of britain living in spain and working in the u.k. controlled enclave of gibraltar has had a shopping bag emptied by spanish border guards and was forced to leave behind much of its contents at the border an individual case that does highlight a change of rules for britons crossing britons crossing the blocks from t. is usually you just walk straight through. check your bags out call tobacco. but this time they showed them a bag and they they took the time to look a little bit more carefully than we normally do and they started back probably this night pulling everything out after checking a few items they basically just told me that the majority of this you can't take through because the house processed vegetables on it and saying that they were going to essentially just put them in the bin where the conversation was in cape

ing with the travel guidelines which prohibit travellers from bringing meat dairy products and process vegetables from nonmember state among the things that got the brit we spoke to into trouble was processed onions in a spicy sauce he tried to make the best of a bad situation though eventually selling the prohibited products at a loss on line. i think it's reasonable i had a brief conversation with one of the guards in the office there and made my point if i can take these items it seems to me that would be more like large quantities not snow items and there was no documentation is all a fact at least my knowledge at the time that i can say these things over so if this is already happening in the 1st week after breakfast then yeah our program enters a bait a few a few other issues. as it stands going forwards i think at the moment we're still in which a boater is actually having to negotiate an agreement with spaying due to us being

left out of the brits g.'s my surroundings and some things i was going through the time for just moving around a lot i didn't get. on a really wish i had had i voted as a set of really wish i had i would have stood with the 9097 percent of gibraltar that chose to remain because that i didn't really see any benefit whatsoever for us to leave the european union the mana route has broken out after the basses are to britain mr knight full diplomatic status london insists it's not obliged to treat representatives of international bodies the same as foreign diplomats working for nation states well unless london changes takis new ambassador won't be able to get approval by the queen as head of a diplomatic mission in case decisions adults with the way the blocks representatives are treated the most other countries and london's move doesn't sit well with brussels. we are not the national religion of the ozols we are the union

i think it would be vice in my view too for do you care to find a clever solution for britain's foreign office has tried to smooth things over saying that needs representatives will receive quote the privileges and immunities necessary to carry out their work in the u.k. effectively political commentator jonathan fry believes though that london's approach could actually backfire. i think this is a really sad position that the british government has taken because after all we were members of the european union for nearly 50 years and brags that a part is not enough they now want to downgrade the status of the european union and although more than $150.00 countries around the world give full diplomatic privileges to the dunes under the vienna convention and this is the situation these landed as in now with the government surrounded by cabinet ministers who support this nationalistic break city airline which is actually not

a toe championing britain's global role as he would see it diminishing britain's role in the international stage if we want to have a good working relationship with the e.u. 27 neighbors who are our main trading partners taken as a whole we really need to have a much more. grown up and you tube jewels this. before we get a reminder of our breaking news because tributes are pouring in for the legendary us t.v. and radio host larry king who's passed away in hospital at the age of 87 he was admitted earlier this month having tested positive with k. with 19 when a career spanning 7 decades hinted many will changing figures including leaders celebrities and every day people with extraordinary stories to tell larry king became a master and here generations of journalists following in his footsteps and of

course will be much may stink hating bias here at ati so that brings you up to date with the when you say 4th age kind of the half or in moscow are back again in 30. taste awful. first then a 2nd wave coming now the virus is mutating i walked 2 blocks away from the apartment and i would get confused as to hard to guess not. meanwhile patients who had recovered from covert started to report some unusual aftereffects the symptoms were different but. my hearing has been ok i think. one of the things are at play

research is all over the world are trying to determine the many pains and other problems and then turn it all into numbers showing my hair. if you like your 1113 there this is throughout the day my hair just fish. various sources reports that didn't just leave for 35 percent of recovered patients. there have been many complaints of peril vision loss joint pain and fatigue in the us these patients are referred to as post coded long holos i talked to multiple doctors and my doctor and they said we have a feeling that you're going to have a hard time in recovery you're going to be one of those people that they consider a long haul or. amanda.