me good evening. central pac support gong a problem. i know they stopped and i got a disgrace to repair lawmakers, condemn spain, and the you over the arrest of cap land separately. the call is poach them on in italy after almost 4 years on the run. hundreds taking to the streets about simona tomorrow thing is release and confusion this evening as well. about what the actual state of play is. is the arrested, the not will let you know the latest this to quote back outlaws cove. it related protests new schools, a medical facility, the critiques called the band and infringement of civil liberties. less than a year after coming to office jo biden's approval rating solemn following

a raft of questionable policies with you as president now less popular than his predecessor and likely future arrival to donald trump speak. we can come up in germany of elections the country set to choose his next job. after 16 years of anglo merkel at the helm, we got special coverage for you. those countries elections coming out. ah, good evening from russia just had 6 pm in his art international with me, kevin line from a will des h q this friday. i'm 1st reports claim that the catalog separatists lead to kali's put them on has been released. no just lost our we broke. this however is lawyer. now in another twist says he remains in custody and a court ruling is still pending. so still some confusion that it comes off of the form president of the catholic autonomy was arrested on thursday in italy that

arrest coming off to put him on with strep to be immunity. his mammy pay, he's wanted on a range of charges sailing, including tradition, and has been sold by spanish authorities for nearly 4 years. we've been covering the story along the way here on this channel to protest the detention hundreds gather didn't barcelona last year at the appellate consulate demonstrate this wave in capital and flags and jumping slogan, news release, no, barely to correspond, any patrol, so down to farm or about the latest and we also got a reaction to from europe about it. the spanish disgrace just doesn't stop. neither does the european disgrace solidarity with carlos put more the spanish state is abusing the us 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 puts them 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 in a meeting that's about capital one, full court, just cultural stuff. nothing to do with independent on friday. and italian court is deciding the next steps in the case of mister, put him on. and one of the very likely scenarios is extradition 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 feeder. 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 were 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 intense day in that parliament building. he should be at these dates of europe in parliament and long story unity but the europe in parliament lot more than that. he can get the results. it is also long to your marketing. research goes on. well, we may be opening the door to other member states to prosecute any piece from representing minority. this for probably to go not easy, his would be a tremendous expressive and the government should not open quite as we heard him. we that put him on his be monitored by the spanish authorities for several years now. and all this stemming from capital and you 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 on 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 gimme flashbacks of dick tutorial, spain of the middle of the 20th century. and

i remember how it all ended so now catalonia and never became independent and even it's autonomy was taken away. 5 madrid, some of the independent leaders were jailed, but calls pushed him on was able to flee spain. however, the spanish thought he's decided to change their tactics, 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. let's put on our spokesperson, international commission of european citizens who thinks no dialogue between the 2 parties as possible until the spanish government reckons with the catalans will

yeah, we need to, we need to the point that the catalog pre titian day agreed to the strategy that is to try to dialogue with the state. that doesn't mean i'm imply that the catalan movement that move my niece in favor of a strategy. because actually many of us, we think that does not much to talk with somebody that doesn't recognize the nation that doesn't bribes. since 2017, when the one acceptance to stop the netherlands of colonial, i tried to stick with the same if nothing has been achieved, as i was saying, a country is 4000. she deserves this. no, chuck is a wretched dissertation i. mission and repression is a reality. is a concept that it's happening, a colombia and european citizens at the moment. the canadian province, a co back is outlawed. covey related rallies in the schools medical vaccination

facilities. bill claims to protect children and health workers from when it cause the dangerous impact of demonstrations, but critiques war it denies people's right to protest. the law battens demonstrations all their incitement within 50 meters of schools and clinics. offenders face thousands of dollars in fines. medical school stuff though are still allowed to protest in their respective work places. covet the law follows a number of anti vaccine protest side schools in quebec. larger city, montreal, the head of the province that his patients drinks the limit to some of the rallies that of erupt nationwide turned violent. i think contributed lower, and chen and lawyer julius gray look at the reactions to the bill. variously, 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 law is 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 b and he can give me too late. and if that's the case, then it's a very serious, controversial contravention of the charge. 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 alleged that certain code restrictions violate

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, then any and all limitations on canadian rights and freedoms are in fact, reasonable me while anti vaccine protest gripped his trailer with a 5th stay of rallies in melbourne against mandatory jobs for construction work is, authority is a single out building sites because they say they spike in corona virus cases that them riot police, arrested hunters to demonstrate his over the week and 5 pepper spray and rubber bullets. this is great news for joe biden, in less than a year up to coming to office. his popularity is already slumps to below that of his predecessor controversial predecessor and possible rival to coming up at the next election course. donald trump is we're who we're talking about that in just 3 months. biden's ratings have collapsed by more than 10 percent. total court has got

more on it. 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. ah ah ah

ah ah ah, ah ah, ah, ah, the afghanistan 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 affecting 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 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. right. with the german elections just days away, the countries gearing up to and so the big question who is going to replace jumps wrangler buckled when she leaves office? after 16 years empower the on thursday candidates held the final debate, but at a rally shortly before the event who is bu merkel was booed for a back in one of the candidates unless shed as his successor. meantime, gems have found some pretty creative ways, like these little fellows to say good bye to the chancellor, whether it should be impressed by that or not remains to be seen,

but they're cute till may can produce hu, $500.00 special edition. teddy bears, with a bulb on a diamond shaped hand gesture in the capital berlin people gathering to pay the colorful portraits of the outgoing leader to well merkel careers. being full of ups and downs, as has been well documented. and she's tackled a raft of major problems along the way from the pandemic to being spied on by the united states or europe correspondent looked 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, whether 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. sor, i'm the local, reelected in 2009. then came the collapse of grease and the fee is it could never pay any of it to lawful debts. that 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, spying among friends is not acceptable. 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 risk geez, 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 whenever there is something sending you know, way will need to cross that bridge, which is need to work in it, is 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 present rule. this

is merkle. repeat constantly, we will cope with it, but she is not offered a structured solution yet. on talk to the chancellor medical actions in regard to refugees change the makeup of the german parliament is opposition to have policies on asylum allowed be empty. migrant alternative for germany party to win seats in the bottom. the stag, becoming the largest opposition party to her government, and making things difficult to her when addressing the chamber. i me there being no easy route to the finish line for angle american. the government's policies on the coven pandemic sets off a small but vocal opposition, that at one point threatened to storm the bottom, the stomach, the

me the me, me, me, the retreat from afghanistan provided the chancellor with more problems in her final weeks with accusations rifts within her cabinets over how best to evacuate people from cobble and then issues over who had been able to get home german playing because of the it 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. she prepares to vacate the chancellor's office just behind me. alarm bells ringing loudly and angular, miracles, 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 c d. u candidate arm and lush, it her successor, ended in a barrage of hackles. god isn't, it's not just about foreign policy and nato in europe. my thought is, what if i have been with this german boon descent for with he is, here is the heart of 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 u. into nationally, 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 we've seen under her reign, feature all of her r, t, berlin, and miracles are big political shoes to fail to come to the snapshot of what she stared, one of the power houses of all it is the power of the you through over the last decade in a half during her reign. merkel is works ways for american president is for friends leaders and 5 british prime ministers from george w bush to joe biden. chuck chirac to my new macross. tony blair to boris johnson. multiple was, have dominated headlines 2. during the time i've got to stand syria,

yemen, she's also played a key role to help say the year, a currency of the 2008 financial collapse on the aftermath of the lockdown to spearheading an unprecedented trillion euro e y pandemic recovery fund. so how's the gone down with your average german on the streets? we went out with our cameras to find out it's been a long time. i've experienced 3 chancellors. i called schmidt and merkel. it's strange when you're $54.00 and you've only had 3 chancellor. 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 parties, 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 mrs. miracle has done a good job, very charismatic. she's accepted everywhere in the world, not to city you border. you 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. ok, well here's how the election process for work over the weekend. tad complicated, so put some graphics on it, voters doug directly choose a chance live, but they've got 2 votes to decide the next parliament. the 1st ballot is for a candidate in their constituency. there are $299.00 constituencies across the country. the 2nd ballot is for a political party and the $47.00 of them running to see. but only part he says more than 5 percent of the boat nationwide can enter the end of the day. no one front runner, another for the chancellor ship, his ola sholtes, who's currently the finance minister. he's a member of the social democrats who formed part of the ruling coalition at the moment and raising the minimum wage is one of his election pledges. although he's been tainted by the fraud scandal surrounding the financial, multinational why

a cod something that happened on his watch. we discussed how the election might pan out bit more with yoga told. and how phase and ortho journalist and for a politician for medicals, christine democratic party, the violence when he tried to get it con, go on like this. we have total stagnation in german politics. we can't get any problem solved anymore. we have a failed cobra policy. no solution when the flood happened problems everywhere, the country is stagnant and frozen, and the big parties are also stagnant guns. there's no more progress to that is the cool problem that don't do anything any more. i was in the talk myself for 18 years . it's completely wrong about that. we no longer want the professional politicians who go into the bundle and then stay there for 50 years and whose only goal is to be reelected. they get elected whether they are chancello or presidents. the same was in america or france. they date, they are elected,

they only think about reelection, not about the fate of the country. we want people who for the good of the country above their own interest, and of course that is not easy to achieve. but there is a way, don't allow more than 2 terms. then you get a completely different type of person who doesn't run after the mainstream. do as i bumped into, we have to leave the to the next generation so that it is still beautiful. but the methods are different than the green c climate policy as a religion, as a belief. and that's what you do once you've decided. but if it is decided they will be electric cause then they will only be electric cause that is wrong. you have to approach a big problem with an open mind. new things will be invented. it's a mistake to focus on the electric car because 90 percent of the world's population cannot afford an electric car for countries don't have that. we need

a solution for these countries. face been known for they take now nothing is happening, nothing more is coming. they no longer have any solutions. when a problem up, please phantom looking at each other and don't know what to do. as i've talked to leaders for years, politicians in the federal government telling them that these was wrong and that they are misinformed. people are not, but are often going to stone. still as badly off as they were 20 years ago under marco, you were in danger of being kicked out of the christian democratic union party because you were against was mrs. mark like others has given for far too long. nothing has happened in the last 8 years from mrs. marco's point of view, there is nothing more to be achieved. she was never a real cd. you leader, a can tell us a lot more intense coverage of that coming out. what's happening in germany over the weekend, we want to replace it to be to keep up to speed with who might take over from

angular merkel in the coming days. but for now, what's the wrapper of a snapshot of what we're talking about this friday so much more and so many ways for you to get involved to an r t dot com, the comments section or any of our social media. but so, reporting for moscow for now, kevin. oh, in the great team with me here. signing off and thanking you for watching off international, the global broadcast from russia. ah, ah, ah,

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i think we saw it on the thing the faculty it's a man made tragedy. ah, earlier my life, i thought that my weight was all my fault. i felt like a failure and frankly unworthy. and it took me awhile to really start question of believe and challenging those thoughts like well, are you really a failure? me answer is no, i'm not i'm not but it took a while to get to that point. ah, obesity. a blob of our arrows fantasies caught in a web of prejudice. it prompts scolding for poor choices and accusations of laziness. omnipotent genes provide an alibi. what it will be city were collected,

failure, not an individual symptom of the free market that hates, that, that produces fax, those and a be for genic society, the news, the global phenomenon, not one country to talk today. ah, the right now there are 2000000000 people adults and children who are overweight or. busy obese, this only happen by magic, it takes work and you need to look at who it is, is driving that process. well, otherwise we live in, in societies in which, you know, one on of every 3 people has diabetes where everybody's obese, where people are dying of stroke and heart attack and age 40. i mean the choice is an obvious one. if we don't do something,