russia slams the u.s. for undermining free trade in fact competition the washington post about european companies pulling out of the pipeline project in the face of u.s. sanctions. u.s. democrats demand cable and satellite providers justify hosting right wing media outlets a move republicans say is an attack on freedom of speech. israelis face being banned from public places and even jobs unless they've been vaccinated against covert 19 of the so-called green policies are raising concerns over human rights. of choice has a consequence and it shouldn't be that everybody. because some people make a bad choice i think it's absurd i think it's ridiculous basic human rights. you can or feel.

angry french farmers fertilizer and. government buildings to protest against the removal of meat from school menus. and here in moscow my name's column right welcome to world news for the international. rush is accusing washington of undermining free trade and putting its geopolitical interests above fair competition so off the report on u.s. sanctions against the north to gas pipeline project revealed that a total of 18 european companies and dropped out because of u.s. pressure across developments. from the very outset the u.s. has been hell burned on do you really ignored stream 2 so this time the u.s. state department has compiled and submitted

a report to us congress kind of detailing the measures they have taken so far in this direction and how effective these measures have been this report by the way also comes at a very sensitive timing because the biden administration has been accused of in the action of not being keen enough on preventing nordstrom too from coming to fruition this report is not yet available to the public but ned price the spokesman for the u.s. state department has revealed that some 18 companies european companies have decided to pull out of nordstrom to amid u.s. pressure and when i say pressure i mean sanctions so far the united states have been sanctioning the russians while the u.s. for excuse me the e.u. firms have remained sort of in the clear but that's only so far this constant threat of sanctions coming from washington while it has always been and is still hanging over european firms so well 18 of them have decided that better safe than

sorry and while they decided to cut ties with the project now when it comes to russia moscow has always been saying that the north that north stream too has nothing to do with with the united states that it is strictly a matter of relations between russia and europe and germany in particular because that's where the pipeline is going and all these efforts that the u.s. that the u.s. has been taking russia views it as world geo political warfare here is the latest reaction that we have on this the u.s. state department has acknowledged that america is undermining the principles of free trade and competition subjugating market laws to its own geopolitical interests and acting inspired of the wheel of silver nations but there's an added layer of irony to this story because remember how. they said that well 18 companies have decided to cut ties with nordstrom to the right and the way this information was delivered to the media by price the spokesman for the state department one

might you might be misled into thinking that all of that was achieved under the biden administration which turns out is not the case and it only came to light when price was confronted by a piece of matley over the issue of how to listen. strategy including the legislative strategy of the strategy of course congress is has been behind has been working to good effect the. credit for the winding down all of this work was done the previous administration out of all the been months all the month. are you telling me that i am all we. really is all of a sudden of all while the. only thing i am speaking for is. the man. i am not oh i also being for the department of state the people who have been working miss the people who are working this now or the same people

a month ago or the same people. 3 months ago. so essentially what happened there could easily be interpreted as the state department kind of trying and taking credit for what was achieved when donald trump was still president here price effectively confirming just that and again quite ironically because this is something that happened with the trumpet ministration at the very start of his presidency when basically the democrat leaning media they were just trying to pin all successes of his administration on the legacy of obama and his cabinet and so on and so forth but basically now this is all is revolver now around the nordstrom to project which is by the way 97 percent complete out of the total of the. all of 100 kilometers of the pipeline only if you doesn't are left to be well laid on the seabed so there is that and basically this whole thing germany for instance is very

keen on finishing this project it has repeatedly said that they are very much interested in well flicking the on switch on the on the north stream to pipeline so effectively it pitches the u.s. against its ally in europe germany and we'll see who will come out of this victorious. us democrats are calling on cable and satellite t.v. providers to justify hosting channels labeled by their members spreading this information some purport to news outlets of longer misinformation rumor mill some conspiracy theory hold but that produce can't and that leads to real harm yet to our knowledge the cable satellite and over the top companies that disseminate these media outlets to american viewers have done nothing in response to the misinformation by these. among the channels mentioned of fox news the one american news network and newsmax t.v.

the allegations are over their coverage of the 2020 presidential election and also the coronavirus pandemic the republicans for their part condemn the democrats for attacking free speech the democrats are sending a message that is as clear as it is troubling these regulated entities will pay a price if the targeted newsrooms do not conform to democrats preferred political narratives this is a chilling transgression of the free speech rights that every media outlet in this country enjoys legal media and leslye all says it's all nonsense and it's not up to the democrats to decide what should be broadcast. since when is this a country serving who like. what if they say something that throwing the letter with it on there's always something wrong who says it's wrong who says it's misinformation the next time you are a spouse or a partner or a lover or relative if they say listen i want to talk to you say no i don't want to

talk to you why because you spout misinformation when you listen to that so why the name of god do we put up with this nonsense we are looking at it complete and total disintegration of the 1st amendment and freedom of speech because now we're saying oh no no no we want you to speak we just don't want to hear misinformation disinformation and bad information conspiracy theories unfounded. decides that since one is had a disqualifier on the dissemination of information my god i'm telling you right now you're not going to believe this but i'll bet you somewhere someplace somebody might think that what you and i are saying is dissent from a should surely be to shut us down if you don't like it go someplace else or clarify it this is the most frightening i have ever seen ever.

refused to vaccinate against be banned from jobs and most public places that in regulations are facing face criticism as in our reports. this is why a cohen street in tel aviv which runs parallel to the coastline it's where many of the city's hotels are located but right now things could not be quieter there are no tourists and the airport is closed this is one of the few hotels that is open but this is the closest we can go assuming you want to enter it you have to have what is called a green possible it's issued off to persons received to facts summations 21 days a pos and in a month's time just opposite the hotel you won't be able to into shops like this you won't be able to enter supermarkets gym shopping same to synagogues in fact you won't be able to go just about anywhere in israel and least you have a green possible but it comes as the government steps up if it's to vaccinate the

population it's being met with mixed reaction on the street i think it's necessary i think it's a good idea and we can't force everyone to vaccinate but always a choice has a consequence and it shouldn't be that everybody in israel suffers because some people make a bad choice i think it's absurd i think it's ridiculous basic human rights are being ignored here if i choose what to put into my body and i choose not to put a box in myself i'm going to be. banished from getting into a soccer game getting into a mall taking my boy to a day trip it's ridiculous and so you know human rights are even more than and it's very easy to slide when you start even with the good intentions to do things like. too much government. and foresman so juiced in plans to ban and vaccinated people from certain jobs and as won't get anyone found

forging vaccine certificates will be jailed a black market for counterfeit certificates it's having on telegram already 100000 uses have joined groups. that promote forgeries i think that the government should not be bad people from having jobs i think that the government should most definitely ban. people who put others at risk from jobs in which they can put others at risk more important than my job is my life and in my life is at stake if i don't take the vaccination so i would take the vaccination and if i get to keep my job because of it that it's an extra bonus. i understand if people take this this road in for just a certain document i wouldn't do it personally but i can and completely understand this is a growing right thing that the ever so lives gobies or make them or buy them should

be punished vaccine has a tendency and skepticism have become a growing concern in recent weeks as israel's a world leading inoculation program slows down just under 2000000 israelis have not received either of the 2 shots and many say they don't plan to it's forcing the government to come up with new and same tips to encourage people to receive shots thank. you ladies and gentlemen we are very happy to host you in the world's 1st ever thanks to make sure. i do yeah i think there are a lot of people that are just. crazy. but

the more people come because of kind of faith and i hope everyone will come and will keep themselves safe. we spoke about the new measures with israeli political analyst have a door ask a wall so warns that they breach fundamental freedoms green passport is not a good idea we should leave the people in their freedom of choice as long as they don't harm others it's really begins to basic. of freedom of choice if somebody wants to get vaccinated i mean it's a good idea to do it i did and most of my family members also but if someone chooses not to do it it's his rights not to be discriminated not to

be a victim of. public bullying for that which it should get back on normal lives keeping in mind there are certain groups of people whose house should be especially protected. and not to harm everybody not to harm our children not to harm our future not to harm my common. french farmers have done fertilizer and old tires outside government buildings in the city of l.a. on the over the removal of meat from school menus. they also brought cows and goats to set up many farms in protest of the move by the city where however the authorities claim scrapping meat from school meals will actually help in the fight against the coronavirus. the new health brought a cold calls for to meet a social distancing in school canteens a single meat free menu will serve students faster and streamlined meals for many

parents a feeling of the move forward in the families for more deprived communities in particular will suffer. in this is what i think that unfortunately is a very political decision which could have been made with more consultation and in particular with the participation of parents for some families it is the only possibility to eat to have meat in the diet at least a few times a week and also on our children are growing and we're depriving them of dietary diversity for me it's a restriction on our freedoms i don't understand how peace can intervene in questions of diet the way they do and if we have to respect their ideology they must respect ours so i am absolutely against it. paul refer milly's who relied on canteens all schools to provide meat in meals to children will now have no more so we can say that the mayor of new york has absolutely no solidarity with less well off residents with working class families and that worries us. well as for the

farmers themselves they say the decision is just the latest assault on their ability to earn a living. farming is again targeted by what a minority of french people are saying and unfortunately for us it's another blow in our heads. there's a view of the city well now because they can't impose their ideas bush fools in particular. school supposedly because of coronavirus it with a still ahead the french professors who want the higher education minister. coles to draw a clear line between academic research activism and opinion in universities and so next story when we come back. this is really the beginning of the changing of the guard you know we're now handing the baton off to china is the number one economy in the 21st century the

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hundreds of top academics have signed an open letter demanding that a french minister quits after she called for an investigation into so-called islamic leftism in education the terms become an increasingly popular way to describe an alliance between progressives and muslims that some believe we can society. i think that islam leftism is eating away at our society as a whole and universities are not immune and a part of our society should also highlighted that the investigation aim to determine the difference between academic research and militant activism in opinion in universities the minister's remarks come on the back of legislation that critics say is anti islamic including a new law against radicalism that allows greater oversight of mosques and religious schools in october another french minister claimed islam or leftism was wreaking havoc on the country's higher education facilities where some people in paris what

they thought about the proposed inquiry. more. we have to i think the government is open least lama phobic the media all say the same the bitterness towards muslims i think it's nonsense i believe that such aggression against muslims is an overreaction and it is completely incomprehensible i have a feeling that muslims have no right to live freely in france there is a confusion between the terms extremists and the person who practices his religion peacefully so some french have this image of muslims as serious or extremist and it is not rate. of the police once again we're talking about using a strategy that we have known for a long time distraction and polemics it's exhausting it takes away my powers it makes me sick if you. don't like this concept i think is the wrong word and by the growing movement but i don't really like that confusion. one of the 600 academics

who backed the open letter told us that the minister's outburst is just the government's latest onslaught on academia. as for those who signed the letter there were over 600 at the beginning now there are over 13000 from the university sphere who demand the mr quits because we know honestly think that she must understand the consequences of such her positions and of her actions during for years all the loss of projects were aimed at limiting higher education france i think the students have the right to choose theories to study at university i'm teaching the theory of colonialism the theory of young the theory of intersexuality and to have a group of students who are absolutely capable of recessing all the information they're given and if understanding it they're also capable of seeing the reasonable things in regards to life in france particularly in regards of the phenomena of structural racism or the phenomena of discrimination are sexism this theories are very useful and there is no need at all to regulate any of this area's. i'm

listening to nationals changed its mind over describing russian opposition figure alexina valmy as a prisoner of conscience it's how the human rights organizations labelled him when he was arrested in moscow on his return from germany last month the value of course is currently serving jail time for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence for fraud across developments for us in the newsroom is calling for the double call so high that what's behind this change of heart there by their call and well it was 1st through a leaked e-mail on twitter that we heard of amnesty international's decision to revoke the status of prisoner of conscience from this russian opposition activist aleksei novell meanwhile some media outlets are already saying they've received confirmation of the organization's move but we here at r.t. haven't heard anything yet but before we go on let's take a look at what exactly the e-mail said amnesty international is no longer able to consider a lexan of only a prisoner of conscience given the fact that he advocated violence and

discrimination and he has not retracted such statements. and of all he was arrested last month immediately after his return to moscow from germany where he was receiving medical care russia said that he violated a probationary sentence that that was given to him back in 2014 and is now facing a 2 and a half to 2 and a half years in a penal colony because of it now it's interesting that international international decided to give novell need this label of prisoner of conscience in the 1st place because back in january it was because he doesn't exactly have a clear clean track record when it comes to conscientious acts i mean just last week a moscow court gave the man a nearly $12000.00 fine for insulting a 94 year old war veteran of the 2nd world war not only had called him a traitor and we also know that he's never never made a secret about his feelings about the caucuses for example he said that russia

needs to stop quote stop feeding the caucuses and there was another video that he came out with years ago in which he compared people from the caucuses to cockroaches in the video and that video actually is still up on the aleksey of all these official you tube channels so for those who know that information they can make their own judgment as to whether or not amnesty international's decision was correct or not. and i can imagine the row over semantics is in full flight already ok for now thanks for that. kind of around the world now crowds have rallied in the caucasus country of georgia after the arrest of opposition m.p. . his detention comes i was offered a part of the name the new prime minister his predecessor opposed to maybe his arrest over fears of a political crisis in pe who's the leader of the united national movement accused of inciting violence dating back to protests in 2019 back then he was released on bail but how to have a tracking bracelet put it he refused to wear the device in the bail was increased by 12000 dollars which he refused to pay. the killing of

a 16 year old protest as the rallies in the me and my. city of yangon demonstrators worked over posters a photograph of a sniper who allegedly shot the boy last saturday police opened fire on demonstrators in mandalay bay killing 2 people and injuring more than 20 others. and italy's mount etna continues to erupt its fired law more than a kilometer into the air at a huge plume of smoke now hangs above the peak of europe's most active volcano eruption also spewed out to lava flow so well the authorities say that there's no need for an evacuation it is the 5th time about that erupted in the last 7 days. still but a view from a distance there that's it from the r.t. news room for now thanks for watching i'm calling break back with your next up to a scene just over 35 minutes from now i was a sea of it. it's

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to shape our disdain comes to advocate and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. we're more politicized than ever we're more polarized than ever the 21st century when speed is measured in megabytes per 2nd. and of course he'd seen him at a tronic mail electronic money electronic media infinite possibilities for exchanging information. freedom of speech and social media bends censorship and double standards who should judge what can be said online.

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greetings and sell you take. welcome to 2020 season 2 or 2022 k one your video game choir. yes it appears that 2021 is looking to build on the roller coaster of tragedy and brutal strangeness of 2020 with a host of new plot twists and. willems and one of those villains is wonder storm yury who decimated the majority of united states last week most notably in the great state of texas where freezing rain snow and frozen temperatures expose the citizens of the lone star state to the grim meat hook reality of u.s. infrastructure you see in texas a staggering mix of deregulation hubris and greed combined with mother nature's freezing temperatures led to the large scale failure of the state's power grid strain gas fired nuclear power plants and frozen wind turbines left more than

$4000000.00 without power in the storm's immediate aftermath including some who had been in the dark for more than 24 hours and now with pipes still bursting water gushing power fluctuating and more than 50 to 70 dead and counting many citizens of texas are now facing true insult to injury no i'm not talking about their political leaders from senators to mayors ducking out to old can coon or declaring that texans need to stop asking for bush was the handouts like well you know running water or electricity no i'm talking about that most american of insults receiving a bill for your tragedy yes the new york times vox and others are now reporting that quote some texans have been hit with power bills totaling as much as $17000.00 for only a few days of electricity but thankfully while the people of texas and the rest of the united.