the ah, it's breaking news, the dollar here went off, is an optional protest to regroup and conflict on the largest city. our massive report really blocking access to local hospital of the central agent nations. been a rock twice, days of deadly unrest, ultimately triggered by a fuel priced. meantime, an anti terror operation is underway and automatic with reports of shootouts. now, according to be 40, they say dozens of rises and 13 police officers of di. 3 police officers reported having been beheaded. well here on the we did speak to a local john. now everything is broken. the money was taken to the windows military helmets relying on the ground. there's lots of rubbish for through the program. france report really allows cove with infected medic, with no use symptoms to work,

to limit a major hospital staff shortage. that they made a heated debate in parliament over whether to roll out vaccines. the birthday and 4 pm here at moscow and 7 pm in our massey context on where we continue to keep our primary focus for now, it is at breaking news from a context on where protesters are. once again, gathering of the country's largest city, police have detained around 2000 people. the country has been in gulf by days of unrest at originally started over a fuel price hike and spiraled into deadly rights against the government. as we understand right now, more than a 1000 people have been injured. our best video, hopefully showing protests on thursday blocking access to our hospital in our local media. so they want to prevent injured security for system receiving any treatment that how according to local sources,

13 officers have been killed in the city with 3 disturbingly set. having been headed, the government has launch. what a cold a now i counter terror operation. i'll now he residents were informed about it by text message they're being asked to stay in a safe place. and according to various reports, early on thursday, security forces in so called the main square, and not he, near where the mayor's office was stormed and torched the day before. apparently there was a shoot out. meanwhile, dozens of protesters were killed over night while attacking police stations on government buildings. we spoke with a journalist, another shanele, who worked on that he, he described the past 24 and the protesters ransack banks and charles. now everything is broken, the money was taken, the windows marian military helmets are lying on the ground. there is lots of rubbish. at night the internet was turned on for several hours to inform people about the anti terrorist operation. there are no police officers on the streets. we

are very few people about the traffic lights going war c, p for our last. the trigger was the gas prices, but now only political demands are being hurt. the risk in people's hat and you know, they don't know the latest developments. they have no access to the internet. and yet, some of the latest developments, including the police now they've set up cordons around some of the government buildings in the capital notices con. as we also understand large cues of people have been seeing, forming the cash machines as buying suspended operations across campus on. meanwhile, officials have been asking for assistance from a mutual military bluff that of the collective security treaty organization, which is sending these people also now with russia among those making deployments. now, reporting from the catholic capital c correspondent egos. daniel, this is eve, 2nd wave of violence that's happening all across kazakhstan, all across the country, according to the official information are more than a 1000 people have been injured during the protests. and some 400 of them are in

hospitals, mainly the most may. hm. we've seen it did happen in the city of al marty basically right there we are getting reports over protesters clashing with police outside one of the hospitals. basically they're saying that those injured policemen that they should not receive any treatment. this has been their argument. and this is what they're fighting for right now. so the behavior is really flying high than now. this, as the hundreds of people have been gathering on the main square there as well, despite all attempts of the law enforcement to break up the protest and to disperse the crowds. here's just a bit of a taste of some of some of the action that the city has seen in the past 24 hours or so. ah ah

ah well there you have it and among just what happened there basically there, right? as they managed to disarm certain policeman, they got access to firearms with live ammunition. they said a blaze, a media center completely burning down several bureaus of media outlets including mir, for example, are the studio of which we are using right now to wealth to go live for you are also also they have burned down to for residence of the president and they basically looted shopping malls, bank sir, axioms and swan, they effectively managed to completely drive out the police of from the city from

the premises. so it was completely, well, absolutely lawless. it was lawless there, as well. mobs were allowed to run a mock rampantly armed again with guns and with a live ammunition, as well. even as journalists, we have to live in an absolute information vacuum because it's a state of emergency, a country wide, state of emergency and the internet is down completely. there's no way to access the web or not why or why not via anything. so our communications have be reduced to text messages and occasional calls. so it's very hard to verify any sort of information that we're getting beat from the government or from the sources on the ground. so every bit of information has to be treated very cautiously while the response definitely has changed in the past 24 hours. basically, in the, initially the government seemed very understanding and try to make steps to woods or the towards the demands of the demonstrators back when these demands were centered around world economy. and the initial causes of the protest like

a hike in prices on a liquid gas on the fuel. so they brought the prices down when they demanded political changes. president took, i have disbanded the government and her well, but that wasn't enough of the protesters. and so when will this violence happened? basically according to the president, that was the red line. so he changed his rhetoric quite drastically. and he promised a much more hard line response to any violence. have a lesson, was there, she carries their season buildings and infrastructure, including sites, housing, firearms. they've also captured the airports and 5 planes, including foreign ones, ebelin forces, and are fighting them outside al my t, these terrorist gangs are essentially international. they've undergone serious training abroad. their attack and cassock, son must be viewed as an active aggression. therefore, on the basis of the collective security treaty i have today appealed to the heads of the c s t o states to assist kazakhstan and overcoming this terrorist threat. in

fact, this is no longer threat, it is undermining the integrity of the states. is an attack on our citizens who us me is the head of state urgently health? am i considered the appeal to the c s. j states to be absolutely appropriate, untimely? well, so you heard the president, so the fact that the protest is that the armed themselves with military grade weapons and that they have been killing people. this is what tip the balance enough for the president to announce a much more hard line approach. in fact, the, the very, the very thing that he reached out to the collective security treaty organization, a military block between cassock, stan and 5 other posts of youth nations including russia, is already a huge development. and apparently, a lead peacekeeping units of this block are already here. they have already arrived to kazakhstan and the, well, their mission is to help load the local law enforcement well to restore law and order something that they have frankly failed to do in the past 24 hours because it

has appeared to me, does appear to me that the situation has been spiraling a well, a vehemently out of control, especially in the city of al marty. but basically, so the conflict here in kazakhstan, it's no longer local and it has already in a way spilled over the borders and is not looking good man. time for those trying to flee the country. the airport in our matter, which is the busiest one of the country, was over run by protestors last night. security forces managed to retake it, however, it did sustain damage. flights remain grounded, leaving lots of travelers, stranded for. meanwhile, the capital north south turn is also in a number of flights cancelled or delayed due to the violence. and we spoke to one woman whose parents are stuck at the hub and with whom she's lost contact with. right, and you can, if children go yesterday, my parents were going to leave no sultan for saint petersburg and arrive the same day and evening because they were told their flight had been delayed. then around

10 p. m. local time, they were allowed to board the plane when they were older, to leave the aircraft until to leave the airport as well that the flight had been cancelled by this time. he had passed through customs and that's where they are currently. currently 8 russians, they're already the rest managed to leave, they get to know further information and they can't reach to them. they arrived and kind of extending me december to celebrate new year with our grandparents for leaving a small seat in the capital. they managed to get to know some time as far as i know, some acquaintances gave them a lift. they weren't able to stay because they had to get back to their work and st . petersburg. they have been trying to reach the russian consulate in catholic stone. but so far to no avail, the last time the kathrina topple, spoke to her father was on wednesday evening. she actually recorded the conversation in the chat a honda he described the plight that he and his wife were going through. what to do . there are 8 of us sitting here, they don't say anything to us. they just tell us to leave, remember, but where we go, if there is an emergency here,

they don't give us water. they don't provide us with a hotel room, nothing. and there is no mobile connection. luckily, we were given a chance to make a call from a contact number, but there is no internet and no connection at all. please. text on has confirm that the internet is down, but officials say they're doing all they can to help russians caught up in the unrest, including those stuck at the airports. now of the days of chaos supply chains have been hit. you can see right here mt. supermarket shelves, and thus in the capital notices a ton. and these are the latest pictures from the city of town on context on caspian sea shore. it's where the unrest started off of the government removed a fuel priced cap a new year. since then, the protest of snowballed into a broader angle over inequality, unemployment, and claims of government corruption. and well, earlier people tried to storm government buildings in october. but the situation there now which we understand is relatively calm. the president has tried to

appease the protesters by reinstating fuels subsidies. a price of petrol, diesel, and liquid petroleum gas will remain kept for 6 months. that has not stopped the tide of unrest. his a quick recap of all these things unfolded. ah, ah, ah. with

a group of unidentified people attack the mere tv and radio studios and l monte the attackers destroy the tv production complex and workplaces of journals. ah, quite a said, bring up a map on the program here. give you an idea of where all this is going down because it's dawn is basically central asia. it's got a large border with both russia and china is considered one of the key parts of china's belt and rhode initiative. and one of the main drivers are we can all make

integration among post soviet countries. as we just saw cause exxon can easily be found on the map. it is the wells, 9th largest country. it also has the 2nd largest economy among former soviet states off the russia and holds vast natural resources from metals to uranium is also one of the wells leading oil producers. not russia has stood by the government saying the ongoing riots will orchestrated from abroad. we consider the recent events in the friendly country as an externally inspired attempt by force using, trained and organized arm groups to undermine the security and integrity of the country. so they come here on the program on r t one the year on from the capitol hill, breach the lion's share of americans, apparently fear that democracy is in deep trouble. it's according to a brand new poll that story and more back. and i

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you know, we recorded this episode in the past and this was our future when we recorded in an hour ago to predict what's gonna happen in 2022. so it's a real time war. ah, i could have you with us for this or thursday program here on our t. so with france heatedly debating the vaccine policy is being pushed for by the macro government. it's now been reported that the country is resorting to rather desperate measures to deal with a shortage of doctors and nurses amid covered, apparently allowing infected medics showing fee was no symptoms to carry on working with patients. if the system becomes very strained and 50 percent of 1st off a positive, the less symptomatic will come to work because the patients will still need to be careful. this new idea from the government comes as france is facing new

records levels of cove. it 19 positive cases, some 330000 registered in the last 24 hours. what this will mean, especially exemption is that those who have a covey 19, but with very mild symptoms, would be able to care for patients even though they had the virus. and now what's really interesting about this is the, until now there has been a 3 line whip from the government that the key to catching or when you get coven 19 is isolation, isolation, isolation. so this is a huge deviation from what we've been told in the past. and there are health workers that are concerned about what that would mean in terms of, at whether they would then be transmitting potentially coping 19 to the patients. this comes at the same time as parliamentarians have approved this controversial vaccine pass. it's been a debate that's been ongoing now in the national assembly for the last few days.

suspended not once, but twice the 2nd time after an exclusive interview by president mack on that a shocked many people here in france via vaccinated. i really want them off. and so we're going to continue doing so until the end. that's the strategy. the budget club club, it is not appropriate for a president of the republic to say this. the fact that he says such words which seem to be disrespectful of his own nation gives a bad impression on france. illness should not be st. i want to. people who are on vaccinated to not be vaccinated is a choice. i was obligated to have the vaccine because i'm a health worker. but if i had had the choice, i would have not been vaccinated. let's go to 2nd. so body and number one should make their own decision on whether they want to take the jap. it can not speak like that. he cannot make people do it. however, the national assembly has now decided to pass this law, which means it will go to the senate with the government looking to bring it into force by january 15th. so what will a vaccine passport mean?

well, it will essentially by anybody who's not vaccinated from accessing venues like cinemas, cafes, bars, restaurants, even long distance strains. and there is a sense for many people, but this will create a tier of 2nd class citizen. now, during the heated debates of the last few days, there were also accusations that the government just hadn't done enough in the face of knowing about the omnicom variant months ago. now, to be able to stop the current issues that france is facing, a senior one more signal of his inability to anticipate organizing control events. we have known since around mid november that the armor convert into circulating. now the majority of people all vaccinated in france, but there remained around 5000000 individuals who haven't gone to have any form of vaccine. so fall, possibly bad news for those who decided now's the time to get the vaccine. with

this passport, it will mean that you have to be fully vaccinated and to be fully vaccinated in france form at the end of next week. that will mean having the original doses of the vaccine plus a booster. that could mean even those. now who decide that getting vaccination is the thing for them to do? they could spend months without being able to access those venues, like cafes and restaurants, meaning for them that they are potentially uns, citizens, for at least the next few months, which is apparently how present micron already. if use them, we got the views from one french lawyer who told us about the government's treatment of the unvaccinated. what i think you see is senior responsible. it's so the brutality of the government to, to check the people who are not back connected is bad because you are making aggression between the fact that the people on the people i have to remind you that it's a, it's a right it's, it's in the low that you have to choose the way if you want to be vaccinated or not

by step that has part was already something difficult to use, but i don't think vaccination press part will be useful against contamination on most of the people that are back united. this is not the fault on not, not the vaccine that the people is the fault of the virus. i not against the nation, but i am against the fight to check people who are not vaccinated. ah, apparently, most americans think that democracy is in danger. it's all according to a brand new poll that puts the figure at 83 percent. it was conducted a year on from the capitol hill riot, more than 700 people have been charged with ab questions do remain. so correspondent kellum up and picks a good close look. over the past year, the rhetoric surrounding the infamous january 6th capital riot has become more and more exaggerated. the protesters who heart dissipated are now being referred to as

domestic terrorists. there were a riotous mob. ensure rec shoes, domestic terrors, they were domestic terrorist extremist storm the united states capital. he thought you were going to be right. yeah. yeah. i thought it was the foaming at the mouth from the democrats has gotten so intense and the public has gotten so divided that some are saying that not only the protestors themselves, but any one who might agree with them is an enemy of the state. work to combat legitimate national security threats now entails calling a politician support his enemies of the state. the fact is that getting rid of trump is the easy cart cleansing the movement, he commands, or getting rid of what he represents to. so many americans is going to be something else. now, many of the more extreme statements that have been made have been retracted or gotten somebody fired. however, it still reveals how extreme the divisions are beneath the surface.

so what might the f b i ask you to do snitch on your relatives. family members and peers are often best position to witness signs of mobilization to violence, help prevent homegrown violent extremist visit. go dot usa dot. gov to learn how to spot suspicious behaviors and report them to the f b i. now the capitol police who are excluded from the freedom of information act due to a loop all have expanded their surveillance operations and upgraded to military great equipment. this technology will be integrated with existing u. s. c. p camera infrastructure, providing greater high definition surveillance capacity to meet steady state mission requirements and help identify emerging threats. now you can recall how after the january 6th events tromped and many of his supporters were banned from social media outlets, including facebook and twitter. european voices spoke up about the increasing power

of big tax and how it can be used to serve partisan agendas. the fundamental right to freedom of opinion is fundamental, right? a fellow mentor importance. and this fundamental right can be interfered with, but through the law and within the framework defined by the legislature, not according to the decision of the management of social media platforms. the fact that a c o can pull the plug on president of the united states loud speaker without any checks and balances is perplexing. digital regulation should not be done by the digital oligarchy itself. regulation of the digital sphere is a massive for sovereign people, governments and the judiciary that more than $700.00 people have been charged with offenses stemming from the riot. however, some people seem to be immune. for example, this individual who can be seen in video urging people to enter the capital has faced no charges. he's been identified as arizona resident re apps, or do you like me to be arrested with us and we need. we need to know how soon we

need to go in the gap with let go. apps was listed as suspect, 16 on the f, b i's most wanted list following the riots. but now he has disappeared from the list. if re apps had been arrested, his image would still be up on the f. b i's website, just with arrested listed next to it. however, instead he's just vanished. you have to go to the archive dot org way back machine . to find out that aps was even ever on the list, the department of justice is refusing to give answers about what's really going on here. this individual has not been charged with anything. can you tell us without talking about particular incidents or particular videos? how many agents or assets of the federal government were present on january 6, whether they agitated to go into the capital, and if any of them did a. so i'm not going to violate this normal of the rule of law. i'm not going to comment on an investigation that's ongoing. now,

despite the democrats promises to bring healing and unity to the country, there are still partisan attempts to investigate the january 6th events. and furthermore, to prosecute donald trump and his allies plus jo biden's, popularity numbers are sinking. all of this is raising fear among democrats, that a possible attempt to run by donald trump in 2024 could lead to even further discord in the united states or possibly civil war. 30000000 people right now who are ready to take up arms. you put that together with what the president, the former president i should say. and his allies are doing the political realm. state houses, state legislatures, good. and the party apparatus to be able to engineer a situation where they are in a stronger position to pull off a coup in 2024 than they were in 2020. and that's not hyperbolic. it all, those are all facts. i think that could be the end of our democracy, not to be to, you know, pointed about it, but i want people to understand that this is

a make or break point. the events of january 6. there's certainly worth investigating. the countries deserves to know the whole story, but that is not what is taking place on capitol hill. key questions are not being asked the actual facts of what took place on the ground, remain somewhat a mystery. however, the rhetoric from democrats regarding trump supporters has just gotten more and more shrill. if the goal is to bring the country together and make sure events like what happened on january 6, never happen again. over the past year we've seen anything but that i think any time that we see a riot or any kind of massive disturbance or anything like that in american society, authoritarians in government use it as an excuse for more control, more laws, more enforcement powers. basically more government, i think that anytime that something happens that one party can use against another to the other political party. i think that they're going to, to do that. they're going to exploited as much as they can. anytime that

republicans can find an incident or an issue or something that they can use as a wedge against the democratic party, they will do so. and anytime that the democrats can find something like they've done with january 6 that they can use against the republicans, they will, that's the endless good cop bad cop routine that they play against the american public in order to distract those from the fact that they're working together to rob, all of us, why i that i states, i story wrapping up this, our news coughed here from moscow. want to art he international. thank you for sharing your time with us here on the russian capital. keeping a very close watch on context, on the more updates from that part of the world when we return the ah, look forward to talking to you all. that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the wind and just in case we should be very careful about artificial intelligence. and the point obviously is to great trust rather than fear

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mm. welcome to the alex, i'm sure and a very happy new year to you. oh, yes, happy new year. but before we bid a final form for well to 2021, we thought we'd take a look at some of the show highlights from a turbulent year. corporate still dominated in 2021. and they shall feel that leading international expertise to help understand. and we'll see this pandemic for 100 years. they're protecting young people from something with a.