we will have a lot of shootings that we certainly wouldn't have the number that i the the, the, the 2 o'clock moscow time. let me tell you it's in the headlight, is a live pictures. now you're looking at disgrace european lawmakers, condemn spain, and the you over the rest of capital and separately, the colors put them on in italy after almost 4 years on the run is support. is there a bus loading to say live hundreds, taking to the streets? they're demanding is release, so we're going to follow that all afternoon. elsewhere, quote back laws code with related protest, smith schools and medical facilities, but critics call the vine infringement of civil liberties. they say less than a year after coming to office jo biden's approval ratings slump following

a raft of questionable policies with the us president, no less popular is predecessor and likely future arrival. donald trump, bus 2 with germany said to choose its next chancellor. this coming weekend, after 16 years of anglo merkel at the helm, we begin our special coverage for you of the country's elections. ah, good afternoon for russia. this is art international live with me, kevin, in from a world these h q, this friday. first, a disgrace, that's how europe and politicians have described the rest of the catholic separate . his leader colors pushed him all in italy after he was stripped of his immunity. as an emmy pe, he's wanted on a range of charges including sedition and has been sought by spanish authorities finale for years. well, these are just the headlines,

some more of the latest pictures in from boss alone, where hundreds have gathered outside the tally comes to protest for attention. at least direct coming through, demonstrated waving capital and flags and jumping slogans, dividing its release. i think correspond for trend could told our andrew pharma, the latest and also bit more about the reaction from europe. the spanish disgrace just doesn't stop. neither does the european disgrace. solidarity was call us put more, the spanish state is abusing the you arrest war. and by using it in this way, allow people to exercise their democrats right to vote is not a crime. there is only one way to still be insistent repression of the states. amnesty self determination and independence total supports mr. president, there's definitely could be the turning point in the fate of catalan independence theater calls pushed him on and it could be the end of freedom for him. he was arrested upon arrival on the italian island of sardinia,

where he was supposed to take part and a meeting that's about capital one, full corp, just cultural stuff. nothing to do with independent on friday. and italian court is deciding the next steps in the case of mister, put them on. and one of the very likely scenarios is expedition to spain, where he's wanted on several charges, including misuse of funds and sedition, which could mean 25 years behind bars for the former cadillac independence leader. and you may wonder, how is that possible if he was supposed to be protected by parliamentary immunity as a member of the european parliament? well, earlier this year in march, in fact mister put them on and his allies worse stripped of that parliamentary immunity by other m. p. 's. even though a 3rd of them were firmly against it. and that was

a very tense day and that parliament building isn't it? these dates of europe and parliament for the last, already unity, but the europe in parliament has a lot more than that. but he didn't get the results. it is also launching the lottery goes on. well, we may be opening the door to other member states to secure any peace from representing minorities for body to govern. and you know, these is, these would be a tremendous expressive and the government should not open quite as we heard him leave exposure. mom has been wanted by the spanish authorities for several years now, and all this stemming from capital loan is paid for independence. let's ride back to the event that were happening exactly 4 years ago in september 2017. when the catalan regional parliament led by calls put them on, initiated a referendum, all the regions independence it went on despite the constitutional court in madrid,

declaring it illegal. i remember how a vast majority of voters back then supported independence. even though the unionists decided to boycott that referendum and it all resulted in a very brutal crack down on the independence movement, with voters being severely beaten by police politicians being jailed at that time. some people were even saying that these events were giving flashbacks of victim toil spain of the middle of the 20th century. i remember how there were floods. the streets were flooded with people carrying capital and flags, but it looks like the police at that time were given orders by madrid, not to show any mercy to the voters or protesters. the

the i don't remember how it all ended so now catalonia never became independent and even its autonomy. busy was taken away by madrid, some of the independent theatres were jailed, but calls pushed him on was able to flee spain. however, the spanish thought he decided to change their tactics and further charges were brought against mister pushed him on like i said, they. ready included, misuse of funds and sedition. and now there you have it. he's been arrested by italian police and let's see what the italian court has to say about that. yeah,

pull right direct to the human rights defense center spoke to says predictable is detention will only strengthen count loading, push for independence. now should i go to spain? he faced the possibility of criminal prosecution on charges raging from sedition. and also, if the spanish number is also charged with the funds, which seems to be a cloak for the political charges against him. and if he is convicted, he would be sent to the very harsh or regime of the spanish prison system, which holds hundreds of political prisoners from the basque them the catalog and independence catalogue has been colonized and conquered by the spanish government. first, for hundreds of years now, and at every step, the catalog movement has not been crush, it has not been silenced. and if anything it seems beginning steam in recent years, especially in the last 10 or 15 years. so i think that there's a good chance that far from losing far from losing momentum. if anything we get along in movement will be further, catalyzed by this i was in stain,

i was in catalonia barcelona for independence day. a couple years ago, i think was 2017 and the crowds were enormous. there's obviously massive support for the idea of independence. and i think the catalog and people themselves want to be free and want to be independent of a, basically the colonial regime in madrid. so i think that no matter how hard the spanish government tries, i think the trend is clearly that the catalonia people wanting dependence and they want to be free from central rule, from a dread. okay, we'll continue to follow that this afternoon, this snag. so the canadian province of quebec has outlawed coven related rallies in the schools and medical and vaccination facilities. the bill claims to protect children and health workers from what it calls the dangerous impact of demonstrations that critics warn. instead, it denies people's rights to protest. the law bands, demonstrations that all their incitement within 50 meters of schools and clinics. offend this phase thousands of dollars in fines if they do. medical and school

staff are still allowed to protest in their work places, respect simply the law follows a number of anti vaccine protest outside schools in quebec's largest city, montreal, the head of the province said his patients had reached his limit after some of the rallies of the reps, it turned violent across the country. he contributed lauren chen and lawyer julius grey look at the reactions to the bill for us next. then. according to premier le go, this bill is necessary because he alleges that protesters could be intimidating or preventing access to students and patients. not everybody is in favor of this proposal though, and some are claiming that it would be a violation of free speech and freedom of assembly. the problem is that i cannot see why central laws not. because if the demonstration is violent or tim ultra was loud, it can already be disbursed under the criminal code and under

various wellness law. so there's absolutely no reason for it because i think they want to stop the message from being late. and if that's the case, then it's a very serious constitution contravention of the trust. and for anyone who does believe that such a law would infringe on the canadian charter of rights and freedoms, which does guarantee freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. remember that any and all of the freedoms outlined in the charter are subject to what it called reasonable limitations by the government. and as we have seen time and time again, when different court cases have a lead that certain code restrictions violates human rights in canada, such as the canadian florentine hotels. it does seem that canadian judges are of the opinion that if something is done supposedly in the name of stopping the spread of co bid, than any, and all limitations on canadian rights and freedoms are in fact reasonable. well,

meantime, anti vaccine protests have also gripped straightly into these pictures in the with a 5th day of rallies and mel. but you know, being covenant for last couple of days, we watch in protesting event against mandatory jobs for all construction workers. the 3rd is a single out building sites because of a spy to follow the various casey. right police, arrested hundreds of demonstrators over the we can 5 pepper spray and rubber bullets can. we'll hot point. there will keep an eye on it for the year after coming to office, joe biden, his popularity is already slumped to below that of his predecessor possible rival, a course at the next election. donald trump, in just 3 months, biden's ratings have collapsed by more than 10 percent. total court has got more than it. pandemic spiraling out of control, a historic military defeat and a border crisis to boot. americans are starting to think things weren't as bad as they thought under former president, donald trump,

the mounting issues on all fronts of lead to the surprise conclusion that trump is now seen as being as good a president as biden suggesting the honeymoon is being replaced with buyer's remorse. first on the list, afghanistan, the washington shameful defeat, that concluded its 20 year long war was the last straw. for many americans, the disastrous withdrawal of us troops and surrendering of millions of dollars of military tax to the taliban. had republicans and democrats alike demanding the biden administration, be held accountable. ah, the

ap ganeth stand might feel like a world away from america, but there is no shortage of problems at home under biden's administration. the earlier this month biden announced a number of vaccine testing and mask mandates, which is proving to be the latest american political spac connected to the pandemic effecting around 2 thirds of the us workforce. it wasn't long before the cries that biden is violating people's freedom of choice, were heard. 24 republican state attorney generals, or even threatening lawsuits really disrupt and divides country. it increases the division in terms of vaccination when we should all be together along the campaign trail biden promised to make the country southern border

a more humane place. instead, thousands of migrants are living in horrific condition. like under the del rio international bridge, the immigration crisis is getting worse as thousands more asylum seekers come knocking at the us his door. and to top it all off. biden's approach hasn't changed much from that of the trump administrations. kids are still being put in cages and despite biden's many promises to would be green card holders, many migrants are being deported back home without getting their chance at asylum. ah . ready with a track record like biden's and not even a whole year in office. it's no wonder over half of america thinks the country is

on the wrong track. well, as to mentioned, there are americans disastrous. have gotten a stan pull out, has been a major reasons for vitamin sliding support right now. t spoken exclusively to the header, rushes foreign intelligence service, the f. i s so gate nourish kit and told us the white toes only as itself to blame for the african chaos you can watch the full thing on sunday me. time is just a little exit from it. what would that cost whiskey, what would happen in afghanistan? with the rush, withdrawal and flaying a puppet government is a consequence of american destructive policy as it tried to impose its social development model on afghanistan. there are many guilty parties in the situation is not just the cia and the blame should be shared by the defense department of military intelligence agencies, the state department, and the office of the national security advisor. but again, this is part of this larger mechanism and therefore shares to blame. i'm convinced

that the u. s. leadership had all the intelligence about the situation on the ground. and the potential developments they didn't take into account one thing. their own capabilities were that they didn't want to face the truth if you will. and the truth is that the u. s. is no longer capable of playing the role of the global hedge on which it has assigned itself. we look into the look after the us and its allies invaded afghanistan. the prevalent thinking in the international community was that the americans had everything under control and the situation was getting better. the u. s. a. nato military presence was viewed as a solid barrier against the terrorist threat, preventing it from spreading further into eurasia. unfortunately, that wasn't true. the americans withdrew, fled from afghanistan, and now we see the ruins they left behind, a devastated economy to terrorists, roaming free, deepening, interesting conflicts, and increased drug and gun trafficking. of course, security and intelligence agencies of the neighboring states pay special attention

to afghanistan because this is a matter of their own national security when you might still please us law. we're going to stand there is active dialogue between the countries of this region with the shanghai cooperation organization being the best platform for these talks to show bay has host to the join f e o and c s t o summit attended by the leaders of the member states, of course afghan a stand was one of the issues the summit focused on naturally will have to include western countries in the dialogue as well. i do think that their participation will make sense. they have to realize that it's because of their actions that have can a stand, suffered significant losses and is their responsibility to provide financial assistance so that the country can return to a normal way of life. and we story stability and security. can you see me about other these russia center election commissions officially signed off on the final results of the weekends? parliamentary polls confirming that united russia 1324 of the 450 seats for the

part he got above the 5 percent threshold nationwide. required to get into the duma, the commission chief added the elections went smoothly with only minor violations reported. turn that was 52 percent ups around 5 percent higher than the last time. this all happened back in 2016. and from the russian box to germany, come up, germany's heading to the poles for an historic grow to spangler looks, after all the she is steps down who's going to replace it? but we look at the chancellor's legacy. and more off to this break. ah, join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport, business and show business. i'll see you then in

the ah the ah ah. so with the german elections his days away,

the country's gearing up to enter the big question. who is going to replace chancellor anglo merkel or she leaves office up to 16 years. empower ah ah, on thursday kind of is how the final debate about it. but at a rally, shortly before the event mickel's booed for backing one of the candidates and last shed as her successor. meantime, germany found some pretty creative way to say good bye to the chancellor. what we got there, i told him i can even produce $25.00 and a special edition, teddy bears, and her image. but she'd be delighted about that. not it features, merkel, trademark bob and signature, diamond shave hand gesture in the capital berlin. meantime, people gather to pay colorful portraits of the outgoing leader, hercules being full of ups and downs as she's tackled a raft to major problems for the pan demik to being spied on by the united states.

you may recall all that you correspond. it looks back at the merkel era after almost 16 years in charge, the time has come for angle merkel to step down as german chancellor, drawing the curtain on a political korea of over 3 decades. coming to office in 2005. she's the 3rd longest serving german chancellor of old time, only her mentor helmet co held a position longer in postwar, germany, anglo myrtle have achieved something that most politicians haven't at their time of leaving office. she has remained popular with a large chunk of the voters. no small achievement. when you look at the challenges she's had to face me, germany weathered the financial storm that began with the collapse of layman brothers back in 2008 better than most countries. a 480000000 euro bailout for the

banks and managing to keep on employment figures from spiking to high saw the local reelected in 2009. but then came the collapse of grief and the fear that could never pay any of it off. and that pushed the single currency close to the brink and a tidal wave of criticism crushing down a miracle and heard government's view. 2013. so whistleblower. edward snowden reveal that the united states had kept detailed tubs on senior german officials, including chancellor merkel, her phone being tapped by washington. protests on the streets of germany were followed up with more diplomatic comment from the chancellor. have always made it clear to the u. s. president, buying amongst friends is not acceptable to me. one of the biggest moments of angle america tenure came in 2015 with the refugee crisis. her statement

via shuffle. so we can do it. she did a policy which saw hundreds of thousands of refuge fleeing the conflict and syria coming here to germany. something which saw anglo merkel revealed by some reviled by others. each daughter guns, i simply say that germany is a strong country. we have already managed so many things we can do it. and whenever there is something sending you know, way, if you will need to cross that bridge, which is neat to work and see if these are going to invite the indoor. so we have not migrant lows and since before. and what we are seeing right now has no relevant to the present. that's when this is merkel repeat constantly. we work with it, but she is not offered. a structured solution is on to the chancellor medical actions in regard to refugees changed the makeup of the german parliament is opposition to her policies on asylum allowed the anti migrant alternative for germany party to win seats in the bottom. the stag, becoming the largest opposition party to her government,

making things difficult to her when addressing the chamber. yeah. me there's being no easy run to the finish line for angle american. the government's policies on the coven pandemic set off a small but vocal opposition that it was point threatened to storm the bottom to stuck. the me me me, me. the retreat from afghanistan provided the chancellor with more

problems in her final weeks with accusations of rifts within her cabinets over how best to evacuate people from cobble and then issues over who had been able to get on german planes. is that the if we will continue the evacuation operation for as long as possible in order to help afghans who worked with us for security, freedom for the rule of law and development to leave the country. we currently have a very pragmatic procedure. we only carry out the security check upon entry to the country. we have now identified 4 cases of people who had already been deported. border now in germany with, as she prepared to vacate the chancellor's office just behind me. alarm bells ringing loudly. an angle of merkle, christiy, and democratic union party, as they slump to record lows in the polls. the chancellor's final address to the bone, the stag, which became a attempt to promote the d. u. candidate arm and lush,

it as her successor ended in a barrage of hackles. why not just about foreign policy and nato in europe? and what if i have been with this jim and been dissatisfied with he is, here is the democracy and this is exactly what will be discussed me. despite the obvious challenges, the merkel years will go down as a time of relative stability for most germans. her policies have made it easier for families to balance. children with korea's employment figures have remained steady while the economy is enviable in the you. internationally, germany has taken a far more prominent role under miracles leadership than it is had in modern times . one of the big concerns right now though, is that with no clear successor to angle america in terms of policy or certainly

international clout, what will become of those years of stability that was seen under her rein fees, role of her r, t, berlin. we wanted to know more, so we took the streets of germany to get people's views on the calendar policies. but like it's been a long time. i've experienced 3 chances i call schmidt and merkel. it's strange when you're $54.00 and you've only had 3. chancellor general, i think she did a lot of good things for the country and also made a lot of strange decision who's gonna see to you is not my party was but i think she can happily retire. i will miss mrs. mccullough, because i'm not satisfied with the current candidates, i would have preferred her. i think mister miracle has done a good job, very charismatic. she's accepted everywhere in the world, not proceeding you voter. you can admire the woman for long, too long. mrs. merkel should have gone 4 years ago now. she has lost her way. she did a lot of good in the 12 years before, but now you can see that she's out of steam. so let's look ahead his the election

process is set to work over the weekend. voters don't directly choose the chancellor, but they have to vote to decide the next parliament. the 1st ballot is for a candidate in the constituency, and there are $299.00 constituencies across the country. the 2nd ballot is for a political party and there are $47.00 of them running for seeds, but only parties with more than 5 percent of the vote nationwide can enter the boat . the stag, unless you mentioned just now, favors to take over. the chancellor ship is arm and lash at merkel success as head to the kristi and democrats. and he defends merkel immigration policies which have tightened asylum rules and recent is and wants germany to maintain a strong and independent foreign policy. but all but said, he suffered a number of gas lately during his pre election campaign. as a lot more coverage of what's going on in germany over the weekend than from us to

in the coming days. but for now that's the wrap of just a snapshot of what we're across here. this friday slow, great new stories around check it r t dot com. if you want to get involved in any of the conversation about them as well, or any of the socials. but for now, we're reporting from moscow, kevin, over in the team, signing off and stand by for the dennis miller show. great program coming up with great guests from us state side studios here were not seen to national the global broadcast from russia. oh i i, i don't know, i mean there's some steps in there were rescuing the food that they were scabbing or where were rescuing resources that are still good. this is best by march 21st which is in 2 days. all of these potatoes, power panels, onions,

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