i was driving if you could be able to make it for me. the 3 pm here in moscow with headlines for you, a disgrace. european lawmakers, condemn spain today that the over the rest of catlin, separately the colors put them on in italy for almost 4 years. on the run and hundreds taken to the streets about loaner dividing is released. he's pictures coming in just this last hour. elsewhere, quebec, outlaws covey related protests, new schools, and medical facilities, put critic school the band and imprisonment of civil liberty. less than a year to come into office, jo biden's approval ratings full of following

a raft of questionable policy with the us president. no, the less popular than his previous and may be likely future rival someone from and with germany said to choose this next chancellor. this coming weekend after 16 years of anglo market, the how we begin our special coverage for you of the country selections. ah, hello there. good afternoon to my name's kevin o in low from r t international. will these h q this friday delighted to be company. so the 1st a disgrace that european politicians have described, the rest of the capital m separately to college, put them all in italy today. he was stripped of his immunity as an emmy pe, he is wanted on a range of charges including sedition, hunters being sought by spanish authorities now for nearly 4 years. but these latest pictures showed you in the headlines there in from buffalo to this afternoon,

where hundreds have gathered outside the italian consulate to protest which belongs to attention demonstrated waving capital flags, enchanting slogan this abounding his release. corresponding ill portraying care spoke to andrew farmer importing the latest reaction. the spanish disgrace just doesn't stop. neither does the european disgrace. solidarity with carlos put him on the spanish state is abusing the you arrest war. and by using it in this way, allowing people to exercise their democratic 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 cadillac 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 court, just cultural stuff. nothing to do with independent well 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 tradition, which could mean 25 years behind bars for the former cadillac independence leader. and you may wonder, how's 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 him 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 in that parliament building. he should be at these sad date of

europe in parliament and long story to unity, but the europe in parliament lot more than that. but he didn't get results, it is also launching that goes on. well, we may be opening the door to other member states. cooper, secure emmy piece from representing minority this for probably to go on. you know, these, these would be a tremendous fuzzy, but i, 7th, the government should not open quite as we heard him. me that's push him on this be mounted by the spanish authorities for several years now. and always stemming from capital i need paid for independence wide back to the event that were happening exactly 4 years ago in september 2017. when the catalan regional parliament led by calls pushed him on, initiated a referendum, other 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 dick the toil spain of the middle of the 20th century. i remember how there were blood. 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 protest or the

the and i remember how it all ended so now catalonia never became independent and even its autonomy 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. yes, he's gone so long. you know, the next chapter begins. well, paul writes,

director of the human rights defense center. he told us, put you on this detention below the strengthened cup load. the push for independence now actually had to spain, he faced the possibility of criminal prosecution on charges ranging from sedition. and also in this fashion, has also charged him 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 and the catalog and independence. catalonia has been colonized and conquered by the spanish government 1st 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 and move that will be further. catalyzed by this i was in spain,

i was in catalonia barcelona for independence day. a couple years ago, i think was 2017. and the crowds are 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 and but dread. so i think that no matter how hard to spend sherman tries, i think the trend is clearly that the catalonia people want and dependence, and they want to be free from central rule. ready from a dread. so is flared up again, we'll be covering that for the coming days. this next though, the canadian province of quebec has outlawed coven related rallies, new schools, and medical vaccination facilities. now, the pale claims to protect children and health workers from what he calls the dangerous impacts of demonstrations. but the other side of it, critics of warning it denies people's right to protest. well, that all bands, demonstrations and all their incitement within 50 meters of schools and clinics,

offenders face thousands of dollars in fines if they breach it. medical and school staff, though are still allowed to protest in their respective workplaces. the law follows a number of anti vaccine protest side schools in quebec largest city of montreal. the head of the province said his patient had reached its limits and some of those rallies interrupted across the country into a violent. that's why i think contributed lauren chen and lawyer julius gray look at the reactions to the bill in more detail. 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 such a laws not because if the demonstration is violent or culture was allowed, it can already disperse,

under the criminal code and under very law. so there's absolutely no reason because they think they want to saw the message from b and b. and that's the case, then it's a very serious 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 calls reasonable limitations by the government. and as we have seen time and time again, when different court cases have led 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 cove, it than any and all limitations on canadian rights and freedoms are in fact reasonable

. meantime, this to tell you to anti vaccine protest and gripping a strain with a 5th of riley's a melbourne against mandatory jobs for all construction work. as there's been right trouble over last week is, you know, we've been covering it authorities if single building sites for a spiking corona virus cases, them, i guess it goes with the territory. right. police arrested hundreds of demonstrators over the weekend flood pepper spray and rubber bullets less than a year after coming to office. you may or may not be surprised to hear joe biden. his popularity is already slumped to below that of his predecessor and possible rival the course of the next election. donald trump, and just 3 months biden's ratings have collapsed by more than 10 percent. demo court has got more. a pandemic spiraling out of control 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 in ah ah ah ah ah

ah, gannon stand might feel like a world away from america, but there is no shortage of problems at home under biden's administration. 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 u. s. 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 disruption 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 cardholders, many migrants are being deported back home without getting their chance at asylum. ah, 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. was don't mention the americans disastrous. i've got to stop.

paula is but a major reason for vitamin flooding support. we spoke exclusively to the head of russia's foreign intelligence service, the f. i s no risk and told us the white house itself is only going to sell to blame for the gun calles you most full thing on sunday. was clear. well then you can ski whisky what would happen in afghanistan with the rush withdrawal and playing the puppet government though, is a consequence of americans destructive policy as it tried to impose its social development model on afghanistan. there are many guilty parties in the situation is not just a cia to us, 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, that is part of this larger mechanism and therefore share the 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 him on which it has assigned itself. yes. yeah, look and see me joe. 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 from 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

please a lot of good standing. there is active dialogue between the countries of this region with the shanghai cooperation organization being the best platform for these talks to sham bay has host to the join f c o and c s t o summit, attended by the leaders of the member states. of course afghans fan was one of the issues that summer focused on naturally will have to include western countries in the dialogue as wellness. 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. you can use the media so about run, use russia. next few russia, central election commissions officially signed off on the final result of the weekends. parliamentary polls confirming the united russia $1324.00 of the $450.00 seats for other parties, got above a 5 percent threshold. nationwide,

required to get into the duma, the commission chief added the elections went smoothly with only minor violations reported. and the day turn out was 52 percent less around 5 percent higher than the last time. it happened back in 2016 on from the russian by the bogs to germany, which headed to the polls for an historic vote. this weekend is angular merkel steps to make it look at the chance. little legacy then often break. ah, ah, is your media a reflection of reality? in a world transformed what will make you feel safe? tyson lation community?

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power? ah ah, we're going to be given plenty of focus to this. so the next couple of days then on thursday, candidates held the final debate, but at a rally, shortly before the event, america was booed for backing one of the candidates on unless shed as her successor . meantime, jim, to find some pretty creative ways to say good bye to the chancellor, whether she'd be proud of this or not. well, i'm not sure. i told him i can even produce 5 under special edition teddy bears and her image complete with her trademark. bob, and they said, you should diamond shaped gesture, cute though i guess. and in the capital berlin, people gathering to pay careful portraits of the outgoing leader as well. for a nice merkel, korea's been full of ups and downs, says she's tackled a raft of major problems from the pandemic to being spied on by the united states.

your curse on 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 helmut kohl held the position longer in postwar, germany angler. myrtle has 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 480000000000 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 grease and the fee is it could never pay any of it. to lawful debts pushed the single currency close to the brink and a tidal wave of criticism crushing down on merkel and her government. me do 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. she is 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 no way need to cross that bridge, which is need to work with these are going to invite the indoor so we have not migrant glows in such forms before. and what we are seeing right now has no relevance to the presence room. that's when this is merkle. repeat constantly, we will cope with it, but she is not offered a structured solution on the chancellor medical actions in regard to refugees change the makeup of the german parliament is opposition to her policies on asylum allowed be 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. i me, there's been no easy route to the finish line for angle american government policies on the coven pandemic, set off a small but vocal opposition that it was point threatened to storm the bottom. the stock. i 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, for 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 miracles, christiy and democratic union party as they slump to record lows in the polls. the chancellors final address to the bone, the stag, which became a 10 to promote c d. u. candidate arm and lush, it her successor, ended in

a barrage of hackles. rod isn't, it's not just about foreign policy and nato in europe. my thought is, what if i have been with this gym and boone de sac for with he is here is out of the democracy and this is exactly what will be discussed me. despite the obvious challenges, the miracle 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 medical 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 we've seen to her reign fees roll over our t. berlin? well yeah, touched on their merkel saw big political shoes to fill what he considered just a snapshot of what anglo merkel is still one of the of the through over the last decade enough as she had was sharing a reign for instance. so, merkel with for american president, for french leaders, 5 british prime ministers from george w bush to joe biden, from shak chirac to africanist on syria and yemen. he also played a key role in the headlines in time to get this done, syria and yemen. he also played a key role to help say the euro currency of the 2008 financial collapse. and the aftermath of lockdown spearheaded then an unprecedented trillion euro e wide pandemic recovery fund. so what is her legacy?

as far as germans on the street are concerned, we went to check it out. it's been a long time. i've experienced 3 chances. i called schmidt and merkel. it's strange when you're $54.00 and you've only had 3 chancellor. and i think she did a lot of good things for the country and also made a lot of strange decisions with c. d. u is not my pardon was, but i think she can happily retire. i will miss mrs. mccullough, because i'm not satisfied with the current candidate. 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, but he can admire the woman for longer than 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 proven. you can please everyone all the time. well, here's how the election process will work out. big complicated voters don't directly choose a chancellor. they have 2 votes to decide the next parliament. the 1st ballot sees

for a candidates in the constituency, and there are 20909 constituencies across the country. the 2nd ballad is for a political party and there are $47.00 of them running to seats, but only parties with more than 5 percent of the vote nationwide could answer the board described. as we mentioned, a favor to take over the chancellor ship, his arm in la shed, merkel successor as head of the christian democrats. he defends medical's immigration policy which have tightened asylum rules in recent years. are the ones certainly to maintain a strong and independent foreign policy, but all of us said he's suffered a number of gaps. who during his recent pre election campaign, i can tell you there's a lot more that coverage to come over the coming days across the weekend. we'll be going, covering fully what's happening in germany from us to but wraps so far of a snapshot of what we're across this friday is what you've just seen for last. you

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