a ah anger hits a roof as over a 1000000 protesters against controversial pension reform clash with police across france. this is the french president defend his hated bill. washington fledge is support for creating a coast of a national army as for b, a marks 24 years since nato led horses bond belgrade. no evidence that the chinese government has access to that data. they have never asked us. we have not provided tick tock, c, e o testifies in u. s. congress that the chinese government has no access to users. private data. as washington claims the app is

a threat to national security. ah, good morning for martine or national studios in moscow, and welcome to the hour's top stories across the globe. i'm fear, allies about out of control. that's how french citizens describe violent clashes with police that ever ruptured across the country. with some news outlets. lightning the demonstrations to award zone over a 1000000 protesters took to the streets against the controversial punch and reform heavily armored police have been using cure, gas, water, cannon, stand, grenades, and baton against protesters. ah

present, micron has brushed aside concerns about police tactics. calling the protestors voices illegitimate, while pressing on with plans to raise the pension age, inflaming public anger. but he apparently takes a different stance when it comes to protest and other countries. the crowd, whatever form it takes, has no legitimacy in the face of the people who express themselves through their elected representatives in parliament. revolution cannot be achieved on its own. it can be only conducted by the people in europe in the you must continue to support the hundreds of thousands of bell russians who peacefully protest for their rights, their freedom and their sovereignty. i salute the courage of the hundreds of

thousands of venezuelans marching for their freedom in a very clear way, france condemns the repressions carried out today by the iranian regime. and we stand by these women. they are a sovereign people fighting for their freedom. listening to luck hall, 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. now remember the several yellow s 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 nicholas acquisition praise the arabs, spring protesters a decade ago. and back to the resulting regime change of leaders like low haul back bo, of could be blah, and mom are gadhafi of libya and lights are cosy. michael has also cheered on protestors in other countries. 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's been handled. so parents right now is basically a giant health scape of trash from the sanitation workers joining this strike, which makes for convenience 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. so the increase of frances retirement age from to, to 64 years has been rammed through the french national assembly, not by democratic vote, by, by french president emmanuel michaels prime minister elizabeth bone 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. so apparently popular protests are only

legitimate if they aren't challenging the policies and action of not home and is western bodies. michael was positioning himself as the defender of democracy, but all he's really defending is the increasingly on democratic establishment. washington, as promised, the self proclaimed republic of kosovo, its full support in creating an army that will work closely with nato. that's according to the u. s. ambassador to the nation as serbia prepares to mark 24 years since nato led forced his bond belgrade the u. s, fullest supports, coastal secure to forces, comprehensive transition into a multi ethnic professional nato. interoperable territorial defense force proud of her continuous and excellent cooperation. following the bombing of serbia, the un gave permission for a nato led international peacekeeping force to be formed in pristina, with the goal of providing stability to the war torn region. the mission consisted

of both nato and non nato members, which organized several joint exercises with local security forces tasked with non military functions. however, in 2018, christina announcements plans to change and transform the kosovo security forces into a fully fledged army. despite objections from local serbian residents, moscow's long question kosovo claimed independence and criticize the western bombing campaign. in 1999 on the eve of the anniversary of nato's attack. russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman has cast dow on the humanist reputation of the us and its allies under the cynical guise of humanitarian intervention for $78.00 days. nato aircraft and navy struck the peaceful cities of this country. more than 2000 missiles were fired, 14000 bombs and other munitions were dropped, including those containing depleted uranium. the same one that britain considers

its standard for use the reputation of the collective west as some kind of peacemaker humanist, some kind of righteous man, was forever buried in yugoslavia. they were saying they were concerned about the human rights issues. i think for many in the region also probably of serbia and part of what was once former yugoslavia was battling. and i'm just seeing also by the so called corso abrasion, army or kaylee, and us present bombs to be done. my fellow americans. today our armed forces joined our nato allies and airstrikes against serbian forces, responsible for the brutality and coastal expenses. the proverbial shore to thought this war last 2 or 3 weeks. but it will go on for 70 days operation and i force that's what they call it. and the war brains get it out. 900

in more air strikes during every day of 72 bombing and bay, which officially claimed at least 58000000 life. probably the more but sort of been sources in the actual death was as if, twice the month and to can he was depleted uranium and it's in it says air strikes on this by this i was showing that she's there and born after it can suffer severe consequences of this, especially in the cancer related illnesses very little or so has been done to all those responsible to be accountable for this position. so that's what we're talking about. several types of cancer leukemia, throat cancer, thyroid gland, cancer, brain tumors, bone cancer, and several other types of cancer which are caused by depleted uranium. the world health organization based in leone has proved this claim. they found the cause and

effect relationship between cancer and uranium. more one or 2. i am not suing nato because of the financial gain. i'm suing them because i want to prove to the world that a crime against serbian people has been committed. the crime was committed by criminals in the nato alliance. i hope i will live long enough to see the success of this lawsuit. i am waiting to see the confirmation that the depleted uranium is responsible for what's happened to us. any more, i love you more. we will never trust them again, and we will never forgive them for the children. the civilian casualties in the uranium novel isn't osha and they conducted the biggest ethnic cleansing of the serbian population and creation, kosovo. the whole world kept silent about it and i'm here because it hurts me. my father is a wu veteran and i'm and violet, his sacrifice. everything for this state. marking the anniversary of nato's bombing of yugoslavia, you can head over to r t dot com towards our documentary on the events of those years. shutting ly on

the lives of people who came face to face with war. today our armed forces joined our nato allies and air strikes against the serbian forces. ah. ready the white glove at the time of visit. okay. this is going from bad to worse. great night. skyline again, it's by flames. nato insisted it strikes against the slob would go off me. me personally call stunning me. yes.

you know your bushes for most of it is a give me . ringback me ah, let's cross live now to do, shon, pro rock independent journalist joining us from bell grade. welcome to shon, what do you make of washington support for coastal moves armed forces?

is this likely to occur and what exact role will nato play? well, 1st of all, thank you for the invitation. a 2nd. it is not a new idea about kosovo army about the creation of course of army. they are thinking about it the last 2 to 3 years. simply they do not have had the cause. it is the path to the, the so called the consumer independence recognition commissioner, organizations is closed. so this is the, this is the alternative path. how do are legit demise position? of course of all in international relations for us and nato. to create a, in that sense, army forces of so called a public, the public of course. so it is a 1st interest of the united states of america and the 2nd and in that is used to

secure to position of the nato about so one bruce out of me one bruce ali in the balkans is in the best interest of the united states and benito will an important question is, what will this mean for the serbian population in the region? and what response could we expect from belgrade? stuff it's. it's a tough question in this. in this moment, it is not in the serbian interest, of course is. so i think that serbia master take march, march, care about it. sally's about some other countries, none less than countries. none named the countries in international relations. the course of a state disease determined i elated a solution from 44 on the security council of the united nation. so

those, the things that they're not the fact that these agree being by washington is not in accordance with the international law. it's 100 percent true. so a serbia must, is seized on international law in this moment. and about this or washington support comes as serbia marks 24 years since the nato bombing campaign looking back . why do you think the u. s. and its allies decided to take military action in the region. you say yes, i think they deliberately wanted a dog. oh, why only to do. i'm charter for the u. s. which was the global hagaman at the time that you m frame, or it became too narrow to narrow organizationally. and politically. the u. s. did not want to seek approval from russia, china, or european countries,

or it's either dimensions all around the world. in this context, context that the can you go slowly and present that our president net could then be used anywhere else. and based on that president, they could claim that the un is done out debated outmoded organization instead of the u. n, there was the u. s. with the nato and with the so called coalition of billing. so that was the reason for a debt step in 1999 while the u. s. and his allies use depleted uranium and cluster bombs and their attack on yugoslavia. how was this move justified, and how grave are the consequences for the people that what they experienced? but i'm not the dog started, but i know that the consequences of your j a think that the bonding was simply unjustified. the data for the use of the plan deploy, did you,

daniel men, cluster bombs, for example, was also unjustified. the consequences at a better. but although they have not yet been fully explored, especially when it comes to go, you're a new home as you i mentioned, certainly i can see with the continuous increase in the number of concepts in the number of my league and diseases. the research on that topic is being done, although it should be also said and undermined that natalie is the same with asian that he said, well, we have a little bit of data lou here, because western officials are now justifying supplying munition with depleted uranium to cab claiming it's safe and has been used for decades. what do you make of that decision giving the harm to the past? well, you know, in the case of aggression against yugoslavia definition was used

a mainly to eliminate our thinks and are more vehicles. i guess that will be a feature feature now doing ukraine and there is some similarity. however, on the other hand, a dead amunition was also used for the psychological affair. we simply had nothing glass with the red, absolutely have it, that the consequences could remain permanent. the best is the difference compared to our bore a she's a great military power. it has something to answer a week or so psychologically these really have many, many different effect if these aren't compatible with yugoslavia and kosovo. j. c, our country, they used the munition that resulted in the escalation. it forced our leadership to think more intensively about negotiations and

agreements in the case of the ukrainian crisis. it will of rather than leave the 2 escalations since it will not force the russian leadership to negotiate. on the contrary, it will leave the possibility for the process, the order one that is broken, answer do shampoo brockovich independent journalist from belgrade, serbia, thank you. thank you. ah, the chinese government has no access to private data on take talk users. that's the position of the company, c, e o. as he was forced to defend the platform before us congress, while officials grilled him over fears, the popular app could be a way for china to spy on us citizens despite no tangible evidence presented to back up the claim. the chinese government has that data. wow. how can you promise that that will move into the,

into the united states of american be protected here a congressman? i have seen no evidence that the chinese government has access to that data. they have never asked us. we have not provided, let you know i've asked that i find that actually preposterous. i have hooked in. i have seen no evidence of this happening. and in order to assure everybody here and although 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. so we have the ceo of tick tock testifying before a u. s. congressional committee and explaining the great length, the tick tock goes to in order to protect the data of its users. however, these answers are not satisfying for many in the u. s. congress. i, in addition to that, there are concerns about problematic videos on tick tock depicting violence, suicide, drug use, and other harmful issues that a similar app which operates on the chinese mainland sensors. at this point in the

testimony, we heard a rather harsh questioning of u. s. officials are where they pressed the seo of the tick tock corporation about why a similar censorship measure was not being used for content directed at the united states as was done with contact directed at the chinese mainland. now tick tock has faced a wave of the allegations that it is somehow a mechanism for spreading chinese influence or spying on americans for the chinese government. in 2020, it hired a u. s. citizen. as it's c e o, and the company has set up privacy protection centers, a transparency centers in both the united states and in europe in order to ensure the privacy and protection of its users in order to make clear that their data not being used for some nefarious purpose, however, these answers have not been satisfactory to the u. s. government. us officials continue to hurl allegations against chick talk as we saw in today's congressional

hearings. it's also worth noting that a 150000000 people use tick tock around the world, and that number continues to rise despite the heated allegations leveled from voices in the united states. however, a poll did indicate that 40 percent of americans would favor a ban on tick tock. now there have been a number of us states that have passed a law forbidding tick tock from being used on government devices. we saw the scenes today in congress, the heated exchanges that went on. so the controversy continues surrounding this social media app. legal media analysts line all believes all social media platforms are equally vulnerable to data breaches, including those based in the us protect talks just being picked on because it's chinese and this c e o of acquitted himself splendidly better than anything i and i as a lawyer i'm watching the way,

he answered the questions. very, very well. may i ask you a question? i wish he would have said, madam congress, a person make me. i see your phone for a 2nd. do you mind if i see it? oh, you've got facebook. instagram, twitter, you may have this in that. do you know where this data go collectively? do you know where the servers are? do you know how no, you don't. there is, i don't want to say somebody, but there's a scrum is going on. rachel, there's a, there's this idea where tick tock is the embodiment of all eve. why is tick tock in this was? i think the gravamen of this whole story. why is it substantially and significantly more dangerous than any other application? why is it? and there are 2 issues, content and the actual data capture. 2 completely different issues, concomitant issues, important issues, but separate. i think it was blurred,

i think ultimately the tick tock, seal one former pakistani prime minister and wrong con has claimed washington's foreign policy is dividing countries into blocks. he made the claims while speaking with african retard the ongoing underground. you can watch the full episode on saturday. in the meantime, here's a teaser. how is it to view? she jin ping visiting moscow and both putin and she, heralding almost a new well daughter. which seems to be very different at 1st sight to that that we've seen since 1945. i see, you know, great change is taking place. i mean, of course john on russia is one because it seems that the u. s. this policy is just pushing countries in the last is wrong jain. i

brought together iran in saudi arabia. i think that's one of the best developments as far as my son is concerned, because iran is a neighbor and somebody is one of our closest friends for years. so them together, easy tensions for us. we feel that is a greater step over it. but what i do not want these last developing countries like us, you choose either one side or the other because india has, i mustn't mind years for the policy. their ideal non alignment when they were gone . warren countries when rocks india standards in the making itself a country which is non aligned and, and then when intent relationship with everyone. and that's what i want my son to be near has again slammed human rights in india, citing challenges to freedom of expression,

appraising the democratic values that bind washington and new delhi artes. india corresponded ruge and sharma has more details. biden administration's indian strategy honestly seems a bit confusing on one hand, the u. s. slams india for human rights violation in the country. and the other had said that had values it strategic partnership with the india appointment of the top you as diplomat in your day. the man and a garcia t he stand your has been marked by a series of scandal and he has been appointed at the u. s. envoy in new delhi. now this appointment took bass after a gap off to we're, that's been the longest gap ever, that india did not have a u. s. ambassador, but as far as this man and before we, before he got appointed done, he basically said that he wants to, into fair, in india's matter. never mind that his own tenure has been marked by

a series of scandals. but i intend to engage directly with civil society. there are groups that are actively fighting for the human rights of people on the ground in india that will get direct engagement from me. for me, these will not be after thoughts, my master's degrees and human rights international law. i've fought for human rights on 4 different continents. do we have your commitment that you will be a voice in regards to any discrimination against minority groups such as the muslim population within india? i would not only just bring it up, but it would not be something at the end as an obligation. it would be a core piece of what all the engaging my indian counterparts of confirmed with savoy india doesn't need. does anybody interfering in a personal matter? and secondly, i'm from a man who was on years has been marked by os cds. a scam like he was the mayor of los angeles, there were number of daughters organized against him outside his residence as well . now honestly, by don't speak of the u. s. ambassador to india is a bit of

a question mark and the appointment diplomatic appointments usually don't won't make headlines. this one did just because of the choice of biden's administration rights. his deputy foreign minister has confirmed that fox news host tucker carlson, had made an official request for an interview with water mere putin, something carlson claims us intelligence discovered by spying on him. yamaha, victor, i can confirm that this journalist made such a request some time ago. our system is designed so that this kind of request is automatically reported to the presidential administration where it's considered in terms of the messages. i wouldn't be surprised if the national security agency or the federal bureau of investigation, just collecting data from your small phone breakdown tucker carlson claims the an essay topped as phone messages in order to sabotage his attempt to interview

vladimir putin in july 2021. the host says he's contacted russia's deputy foreign minister, but later received a call from a source you knew confidential information about the proposed interview. where are you gonna do interview? put me, why wouldn't had it set up? i was working on it and the broken to my text messages, the adding of an essay broken to your signal because they admitted it really. the u . s. national security agency dismiss tucker carlson's claims thing. he has never been an intelligence target. the agency. however, one person accused of being a kremlin intermediary by the ana se, raise own journalist. anya param pill says otherwise the legal for the and as they to by, on the communications of us citizens. and pretty much as a result of the sweeping, domestic spying powers that were ushered in as a result of president george w bush's war on terror. those national security regulations were slowly

walked back to the point that us authorities could claim it was okay to spy on the communications of a us citizen as long it was part of their overall effort to monitor the communications of foreign government officials. and so in this case, it's possible that the essay was monitoring the communications of russian deputy foreign minister. rog cause but the fact that an as an an essay whistleblower came forward and told tucker that the u. s. government was actually planning on leaking his tax essentially unmasking his identity as a us citizen, a journalist who was in contact with rob cobb in order to embarrass him and, and do this for political reasons. this shows the length to which these powers are getting abused us authorities are of using these buying powers. they weren't

actually interested in leaking this information because they believe that i or tucker, had in some way violated the law and had an inappropriate relationship with the russian government. they were c simply seeking to embarrass tucker carlson to discredit him by implying that he was communicating with a russian or kremlin agent. me a us citizen who has no formal relationship with the russian government or financially or otherwise my and all that i work for the gray zone is completely independent. we don't get money from states or even state funded organizations. and so they were using me in order to imply through innuendo that tucker was somehow speaking with russian agents in a way that was inappropriate. and then by extension, they were trying to de la jeremiah any views that he takes regarding russia or the current war in ukraine. that's our up on the, our soft.