a common ground with the fringe present, it sweeps aside nationwide, protest and gulping the country over pension, or for calling the public voice illegitimate. but while the demonstrations in other countries half as full support also ahead years ago, i do not expect transparency in these investigations, nor the general public to get acquainted with its results. russia is foreign minister says he doesn't expect the western investigation and to nordstrom sabotaged to expose the truth after award winning. journalist seymour hersh reveals this the i a scripted a narrative to cover up washington's role in the attack on the pipeline with

new deli scales down security at british diplomatic offices after the u. k. failed to provide adequate protection of an indian office in london. that was attacked by separate testing for pakistani prime minister and rand caught reveals details assassination times against him, pointing to the culprits and interview with our she's going underground. was all done by people in both the prime minister, the minister and one senior intelligence agency, guy, a coming to live in the russian capital. this is our t international. i'm rachel evans here with the top stories of the our welcome to the program. violence classes are fully savvy, directed,

and paris eyes nationwide protest her hold against controversial pension reform plants. as the french president bowed to implement the change, no matter what, ah french president emanuel not crop has brushed aside those concerns, calling the public voice illegitimate. that's while protest in other countries have his full support. archie contributed rachel mars it gives her take on the story. so the increase of frances retirement age from 62 to 64 years has been rammed through the french national assembly, not by democratic vote, but by french president,

emmanuel michaels prime minister elizabeth bon evoking clause 49.3, the french constitution. now that clause permits the government to push through new laws and very limited circumstances without any vote. and also cutting short any debate or discussion on the issue. listening to my call trying to defend his decision to push through this particular law without a vote. you think that the french actually had a chance to express themselves through democratic charles, the crowd. whatever form it takes, has no legitimacy in the face of the people who express themselves through their elected representatives in parliament. so in the absence of the vote on the reform itself, protesters have continued to take to the street to express their upset and how the whole thing has been handled. so parents right now is basically a giant health scape of trash from the sanitation workers joining this strike, which makes for convenient tenure for protesters. so there are trash fires pretty

much everywhere. tourists are getting a complimentary dose of tear gas to go with their fresh bye. yes. and also a free french revolution experienced tour of the french capital. now remember that several yellow vast protesters had lost eyes as a result of french police action. we're talking here about france, whose recent leaders have been quick to back protests elsewhere. remember that former french president, nicola, whose e praise the arab spring protesters a decade ago and back to the resulting regime change of leaders like low haul by go of the blah. and mom are gadhafi of libya and lights are posey, mac hall has also cheered on hotels, stores. in other countries, the coming from adobe revolution cannot be achieved on its own. it can be only ducted by the people in europe in you must continue to support the hundreds of thousands of bella russians who peacefully protest for their rights their freedom.

while in their sovereignty, i salute the courage of the hundreds of thousands of venezuelans marching for their freedom. so apparently popular protests are only legitimate if they aren't challenging the policies and action of mac home and is western bodies. macro was positioning himself as the defender of democracy, but all he's really defending is the increasingly on democratic establishment. russia's foreign minister sergey laudrup says he doesn't expect to western investigations into the nordstrom attacks. to me thorough or objective, he suggest the u. s. will fall back on the narrative to blame russia. yesterday, i do not expect transparency in these investigations, nor the general public to get acquainted with its results. so most likely they will end up with something like that, it's highly likely to as london 1st did in 2007 in connection with the poison, the income of lit, clinical. and then in 2018 in connection with the poison in,

in salisbury, that's when the formula highly likely russia did. it was invented with no evidence that russia was involved was ever provided less. and i have no reason to believe that in the situation with the north streams, the current german leaders will find the strength to do something else. souls do rob rob message came after the latest revelations from investigative journalist, seymour hersh on the north stream pipeline sabotaged hersh, reveals the cia invented a cover story to divert attention away from the u. s. involvement in the explosions, and then olaf shoals help joe biden. the leaders met in washington in early march and as hersch reveals, discuss the sabotage and plan to create an alternative narrative to the one that the q c u. s. and having a hand in the attack by i was told by someone with access to diplomatic intelligence that there was a discussion of the pipeline expos, a. as a result, certain elements in the central intelligence agency were asked to prepare a cover story in collaboration with german intelligence that would provide the

american and german press with an alternative version for the destruction of north stream to in the words of the intelligence community. the agency was to pulse the system in an effort to discount the claim that biden had ordered the pipelines destruction. following that report then resume attack was once again brought up in a white house press conference on wednesday. as senior u. s. official reaffirmed washington's position at the u. s. was not involved in any way that those german officials doubt it would ever be possible to find out who is behind the sabotage. according to the country's media. the perpetrators of the explosions will probably never be able to be clarified without a doubt. according to security circles. the chances of being able to provide factual evidence or lo, if only because there is little experience with criminal investigations on the c bed. besides commenting on the latest hersch revelations, survey, love roth, and has burned in counterpart disgust, strengthening relations, and push back on

a world order where a select group of states seek to dominate earlier. my colleague, worry sushi spoke with archie's correspondent donald quarter. about what was said at the press conference, i was able to personally ask survey lab for what he thought about these new revelations that seymour hersh put forward. and he said it was funny, but all the west could all the west could do was ignore. he, seymour hersh in the hopes that most people wouldn't really pay attention to the kind of revelation he was bringing forward lab. rob also said that we shouldn't really look to the european investigation for answers because, and that a broader international investigation should really be launched that doesn't just include countries from the west library. also said that a proposal was launched to the united nations calling on its organization to remember their obligation to combat international terrorism. when considering the fact that a lot of information points to washington in terms of who carried out this north

stream sabotaged all of the coal mines. darnell were given by law for office during a press conference with his brother indian counter pod there in such a way. now they covered many, many, 3 years. they're going to be talking what they're going to be agreeing to contracts and nuclear energy security bilateral business. what else, what are some of the highlights you can give to us to? well, one thing that both foreign minister said is that a cooperation needs to be increased essentially across all spheres. and one of the main ones that you mentioned is the peaceful development of barone, these atomic energy sector, the burgundy, foreign minister said that atomic energy needs to become essential in lighting the countries roads as well as a tom, it's holmes and its buildings. and we also heard more talk about cooperation, further cooperation in the sphere of health care. russia wants to help, but randi combat the spread of infectious diseases, specifically called 19 and this is really building upon cooperation that's already existed. we also did here at the burgundy and foreign minister say that he brought

up the united nations and the fact that the african continent is not represented on the security council. he called this a historic injustice that needs to be corrected. you know that africa is the only continent in the world that has no representation among the permanent members of the security council. we are under represented among regular members of the security council, and i think it's unfair. it is a historical injustice. we are excluded. and one bill in 300000000 people hands are under represented to the security council for the african continent. it is unacceptable. now both foreign ministers also said that defense cooperation is developing in a positive way as well to specifically both countries working together to combat terrorism in the region as well as help or protect its national sovereignty at a time where many countries, specifically western countries are trying to metal in the internal affairs of

countries on the african continent. there was also a little talk about the ukraine conflict. the perone and more minister said that his country stands for peace and resolving conflicts and negotiations. and you said that that can be extended to the ukraine conflicts as well, and that's obviously long been the position of russia. so this is another area where both both countries, the id i and essentially that is a general round up of the main topics that were discussed at this meeting on india has scaled down security at british diplomatic offices and remove safety barriers outside the u. k. hi, commission in new delhi, the measures followed protests by separate just got out of control. i didn't indian diplomatic office in london, new delhi said british authority should be held accountable. are you into your correspond we're doing sharma, reports. hello, ms. toby unfolding jordan, new delhi is that the british high commission yeah,

has lost extra security. security also has been reduced at the residence of the british envoy in new delhi. it seems like india has had enough. now, don't get me wrong in the as not trying to be responsible. here it is just the sentiment barricades that will put here that have been removed. the security personnel still stay port inside. but why is india taken this measure off? which is seen as a retaliatory one, it's essentially because last week on sunday. in fact, there was a group of college funny savages that stage to protest outside the indian high commission in london. casanya separate, this are essentially group all the men who is seek indians and job to be a separate country. now this call is tony separatist wall, not only staged a protest outside the indian high commission in london,

but they all saw and turned inside. and as they remove the indian flag they pull down the indian tribe of flag, of course india futures and it has launched a product has stopped with the british government. yuki deputy commissioner was tom and was one demanding an explanation to us to be off the culprits on the perpetrators of what happened at london yesterday to be off weekly, arrested, and prosecuted. we launched a strong protest and also clearly indicated to the british authorities for the need for them to put up a good security b, b, u k. hi michelle. i do all of this happening on the watch or, or prime minister of indian origin. what was the british police saw doing? that's a question mark on to doing it, friends to,

to off all of that from happening. but of course, saw british government also has come out with a reply, but a bare minimum diplomatic reply. so to say, will always take the security of the high commission and all for admission. cindy u. k. extremely seriously and prevent and robustly respond to incidents such as this. now india is not okay with only what, what india wants is action. i'm not asking too much, it's basic, isn't it for a country to protect itself, foreign missions on its soil. so that's what endows asking for this response really at which is coming in. all the barricades being removed from the british high commission in new delhi is seen as a tit for tat, a retaliatory one for a pakistani prime minister in man cons spoke with going underground host action were tom z con. claim that the current pakistani government was responsible for the

assassination attempt on his life last year and now hampers an investigation in order to conceal their involvement. you can watch the full episode on saturday, but here is a teaser. you've been overthrown, you've been shot and injured. your family is being targeted. our real are the assassination plot against you. right now as we speak. a solution broad sir. unfortunately, i ran the john, me when i was very lucky, i'm lucky to be alive where people in my legs. i was wanting for almost 2 months before the i didn't i did the exact manner in which they were going to try. and as i said it be, then other i blame it on a religious fanatic, but it was all done by people in bol, the prime minister, the minister, and one senior intelligence agency, guy, and then blandest murder,

assassination. and i was lucky to rely, and unfortunately they're still in a position of power. and so therefore, even though the investigation started by the scholarly investigation, because it was pointing in the direction of a proper goes through a c on the lines which i'm predicted. and therefore, they just, they sabotaged the investigation. so the threat israel, because these people are sitting and bol, the verify that if i win the elections, there would be in trouble are held accountable. ah, he was secretary of state as urge denisia to strike an agreement with the international monetary fund, claiming it's the only way for the country to get out of its current crisis. and message occurred by the e. u foreign policy chief. the most critical thing they can build

economic site is actually get an i m f agreement. we would strongly encourage them to do that because the economy risks falling off the deep and the situation in tunisia is very dangerous. if tunisia collapses, this risks causing migratory flows towards the e, u, and causing instability in the middle east and north african region. we want to avoid the situation. president case said, must sign with the i, m f and implement the agreement. otherwise, the situation will be very serious for tunisia. back in october, the i m f reported a tentative agreement for a $1900000000.00 loan. having reached with tunisia, but negotiations on its implementation happens stalled ever since. in order to hand the cash over the funds demanding that the countries government carry out reforms including fuel subsidy reduction, cutting transfers to state own companies and greater transparency for foreign

investors. the authorities have already been flashing food subsidies, further privatizing state assets and cutting down public spending in order to meet the requirements. however, past experience shows that i m f loans haven't always had the desired effect in africa, back in the late 1980 s b i m f agreed to help ro, wanda, on the condition that its currency was de valued, and student support performs was slashed, but that caused skyrocketing inflation and the collapse of real incomes for the local population. so malia also received i m f, loans on condition of purchasing u. s. grain and to valuing its currency. but that led to a price search and fuel and fertilizers, crippling local farmers. professor of political sociology at the american university of cairo. dr. science said deck says that in order to attract foreign investment, african countries are pushed into i m. f agreement. despite a history of fund requirements, actually damaging economy,

it's so public premium. now indonesia will be offering you can on the nbc dentist and i love the agreement with you. more cutting subsidies more to it again, i'm a patient on the daily lives. it would be not acceptable, but now the only game in town to the condition of the nation is that you must get a sample and i am. otherwise, no phone donors will come to you. and that's why the are under pressure to, to do something. if you look at very good i m f in africa, many countries. so that if they have disagreements to balance the budget and deal with the following debt. and you can get that things would be better. but what's happened is, i think even got worth more unemployment, more poverty had been expanded because of the traditional being given to everybody. it's the same medicine. everybody. we get this, you must have any way you can see your mouth subsidies and in meetings developing

countries. this would mean more the vision, more poverty, more socially and economically, and also political. the boss of tick tock has faced or grilling and congress over fear. so the popular app could be a way for china to spy on us citizens by new tangible evidence being presented. now, all local data for the app is also process solely within the us, but nevertheless, it's not reassuring officials. but the chinese government has that data. well, how can you promise that that that will move into into the united states of america can be protected here, a congressman. i have no evidence that the chinese government has access to that data. they have never asked us, we have not provided, but you know, i have asked that i find that actually preposterous. i have been,

i have seen no evidence of this happening. and in order to assure everybody here and all our uses, our commitment is to move data in into the united states to be stored on american soil by an american company overseen by american personnel. for more on this let's cross live now to our to correspondent caleb mob been who joins us from washington . d. c. caleb, it's good to see you now. what can you tell us about these concerns coming from members of congress about tick tock and china? well we have the c, e o of the social media app known as tick tock, being grilled by members of congress. and he's describing in his testimony the efforts that tick tock has taken in order to protect the data and information of tick tock user is now in some of the moments the testimony and interrogation of the ceo before congress got a bit intense. at one point they were describing how there were problematic videos

about suicide, drug use and violence that apparently were allowed to go up on chick talk about were not permitted by the, the company that operates within china. that is similar to tick tock and they were essentially asking the ceo why these things were allowed on the tick tock that was used outside of china, but not permitted in china. here's his response. the take tell us experience it should be compared to other u. s. companies because this is common, what's your parent company has the technology to prevent it because you prevented china, but you can't prevent it here. why is the difference is why i'm asking. oh, congressman, there is no technology there is perfect in doing this. we have to deal with the reality of the country they were operating in. and here in the united states, as with other companies we, we shared this challenge. we are investing a lot to address the challenge, but will, you know, it's a shared child to invest a lot to seem to be addressed in china, but not here. again you to,

i think the comparison has been within the, the single country. you know, we faced the same set of challenges here and what you like for us to work. i'm sorry, i'm out at the board. so deborah and john on here. let me give you an example. congressman in my home country, singapore. there is that it almost no illegal drop content because sample has very strict dropped loss. now in 2020, in the face of rumbling allegations from the united states about inappropriate relations with china, about protecting users privacy. we saw tick tock, hire a us citizen as their ceo. furthermore, tick tock moved ahead to set up transparency centers in both the united states and in europe in order to ensure the safety of its users. now, critics continued accuse, chip tick, tock of being some kind of vehicle for spreading chinese influence, spying, etc, tick tock has over a 150000000 users across the planet. then those numbers have been rising. despite the wave of criticism from us. officials and media outlets in the united states. it

is, however, worth noting that a recent poll showed that roughly 40 percent of the american public would favor outlining the tick tock. ap, a number of us states have outlawed the use of kicked out, talk on government devices, the federal government, talking about moving ahead with a similar similar policy. so this is the controversy surrounding this social media app known as tick tock that is wildly popular across the planet. yeah, it'll certainly be interesting to see if the u. s. government actually does try to go all the way to ban it and what that kind of responses are cheese caleb mop and thanks so much for that update. according to his rally state television channel, as senior government official in the u. a he says, israel is risking relations with arab states with the direction the country is going the direction of this government goes completely against the abraham accords . these railey governments actions endanger any potential advance and relations

with the u. a. e and other arab countries. some israeli politicians are even supporting violence. this goes against the spirit of the abraham accords and the current practice in endangers regional stability. the advisor added that avo darby's investments in israel may be impacted student instability in the region. during a tv interview, he said the u a has instructed it's a master and tell the be not to meet any israeli official lawmaker or a minister, as well as to skip any official events where israeli ministers or politicians are in attendance. this reaction comes after the israeli finance minister claim the palestinian nation does not exist. this comes as saudi arabia and iran agreed to restore diplomatic relations and reopened their embassies following talks brokered in beijing earlier this month. they've also agreed to re establish cooperation and economic and security issues. the agreement was

a booth for middle east relations. television has been trying to build ties with countries, dr. signing the abraham accords in 2020, which were aimed at improving relations with our rank and saudi arabia. we spoke to geo political analysts in bahrain who says that it's time for israel to decide if it's going to continue with its current policy or change course. i believe the outrage is not just regional, much international, i think by the israelis have all their a piece the on the far right. religious and secular party. and unfortunately they are where they are. now. we see the processes on a daily basis for the whole what 9 weeks now means soto geological parties will never represent national national interest. and contrary to that, to that,

it is of the present time, you know, like a small church declaring out so, you know. ready from paris that there is nothing as a steamy nation or a pollution in people. i mean, this is all totally control. everything that was agreed with the international community with regard to the 2 state solution. and also it was a, you know, i called all the brian mccorda with his right. so it's up to these, right? he's now a be, i mean, can you person to step up and take charge of this government, or else? i mean, there was a lot at risk at the present time. the philippines chief presidential legal council has suggested overturning the countries ban on nuclear weapons, calling at the most unwanted provision of the constitution in the modern world

today, a small country can protect itself against the super powers. if they have nuclear weapon, if we can afford it, we should also have nuclear weapons. so people will not be tremble. the bone let alone made a poppy of slave of other countries. when i was concert here shall adopt and pursue a new free policy. and it signed the nuclear weapons to ban treaty in 2017. the agreement prohibits a development testing, production acquisition, possession and stockpiling of nuclear weapons. the same time the philippines has several u. s. military bases on his territory, and is in the middle of a territorial dispute. with china over the spartley islands, we folk to political activists. we are not re, to says that the philippines does not have the capacity for developing these weapons. and that help will likely come from a long term allied, the us raising tensions in the region. it's a very dangerous proposition right now,

especially considering with tensions in the region. the ongoing conflicts here in this part of the world. sturgeon, b, the proposition was not mean having the philippine government. it's only nuclear weapons because we don't have the capacity to produce such my suspicion is that it will be the us. we should be positioning in nuclear weapons in the philippines once the constitutional band is removed. and this will result in greater attentions and could potentially trigger a newly with arms race between the u. s. and china. once that happens, the philippines should look after its own interest. it shouldn't sheet to align itself with the interest of the american station because our national

interest is not the same as the u. s. we have an outstanding being an issue in china and relation to the west philippine see we hope to be able to resolve that to get to a matic and political means. certainly not through the u. s. b s. and us troops on our shores because i think that would all the, made the problem and will not lead to any meaningful resolution that has been official to the philippine people. and that's all for now. be sure to check out our t dot com for all the latest breaking news and updates. was he right back here at the top of the hour? the title for me see, is believed in men inside it with them. oh, he stole fire from the cruel gods.