i was with i'm go spills on to the street as over a 1000000 people protest against nationwide pension reforms. and the 1st president called the voice of the demonstrators legitimate, in stark contrast to his opinion on similar events abroad. us turns a blind eye to china is wanting not to cross it spread lines pledging further weapons deliveries to tie one sections on iran have failed to achieve the intended goal. according to the us treasury, secretary of the us from existing before restrictions with

the amount of 24 years since nato led forces palm to belgrade. as this rise in the west may by the creation of a cost of the national army with welcome to our international monies peter scott, and i'm here with the top stories at 5 pm moscow time this friday. thanks very much for joining us over. no out of controls does how french people have described a violent cautious with police. that's a bit upset across the country. there's some use outlets, likening the demonstration. so was zone over $1000000.00 protesters took the streets against a controversial pension reform bill that would raise the retirement age to $64.00. from 62, every ahmed police have been using tear gas, water, cannon, stone grenades, and buttons to disperse protesters. ah

. well the french president monro micron has brushed aside concerns about police tactics, calling the protest as voices illegitimate, while all the time pressing on with plans to raise the pension age. but he apparently takes a very different stance when it comes to processing 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 bella 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 la 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. now remember the several yellow vest 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 protest elsewhere. remember that former french president nicholas apathy praised the arabs spring protesters a decade ago and back to the resulting regime change of leaders like low hall bag bo, of could de la and lamar, 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 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 baguettes, and also a free french revolution experienced tour of the french capital. so the increase of france's retirement age from is due to the 64 years has been rammed through the french national assembly, not by democratic vote by, 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. 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. washington plans to ignore china's warning that supplying weapons to taiwan is a red line that's according to the u. s. secretary states antony buncombe whether the p r c is said to you or to anybody that works. the state department. any of our diplomats that there are some sort of red line involved with us stepping up our foreign military for now? no one to the cynthia. ever tried to say anything like, like that of, that's not something that we would obviously take into account or despite washington wanting about its own red lines. it's seemly bruce, off beijing's consent to provide lethal support to the russians and their brutal

attack against ukraine that that is unacceptable. again, that would be a red line. what i want to do with him when we talk is lay out what the what, what kind of what each of our red lines are or redwine for us is we start saying a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around for being utilized. the lady a we spoke to also journalists and activists, thomas fuzzy, who says that the u. s. is approach is out of date on washington's had gemini, is being confronted by other powers. it just shows how delusional the u. s. has become the u. s. seems to think that it's still lives in the well of the ninety's as world war 2, the u. s. has pretty much been running the world as you would a mafia style racket, you know, resorting to exactly the same techniques that matthew results to control. a city extortion, bullying, blackmail violence. what it hasn't realized is that that world has changed to now

what used to be fed very powerful kingpin that controlled the entire city has now turned into an old, slightly seen our man that doesn't control much of the city. i am much of the world any more, in fact controls only a few small neighborhoods in that city. namely, you know what the so called collective west. that's because now you have countries that have stood up that are standing up against the u. s. power. i will knows that the so called rules based order was always a u. s. or west based order that's clear to everyone now. and so, you know, it is idea that us still thinks that it can make the rules that it can make everyone else abide by those rules as it has done for a very long time. just shows that the u. s. leadership at least is completely out of touch. with reality. the u. s. has criticized human rights in india, i think challenges to the freedom of expression. and so praising the democratic

values, the bind washington anew, telling us upon the, the path that the newly appointed us and void to india ledges to follow. ortiz, india correspondence winter sama has more. biden administration's. india's track of g honestly seems a bit confusing. on one hand, the u. s. slams india for human rights violation in the country. and the other hand had said that had values, it's strategic partnership with the india appointment off 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 disappointment took place after a gas off to we're as 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,

in to 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, or that will get direct engagement from me. for me. these will not be afterthoughts, 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 did bring it up, but it would not be something at the end as an obligation. it'll be a core piece of what i'll be engaging. my indian counterparts of confirmed way so far. he kinda doesn't need, does anybody interfering in a personal matter and secondly, not from a man who is on years has been marked by a series of scandals. he was the mayor of los angeles. there were number of daughters organized against him. i cite his residence as well. now, honestly,

biden speak of the u. s. ambassador to india is a bit of a question mark and the appointment diplomatic appointments usually do to make headlines. this one did just because of the choice of biden's administration. and the news washington has promised the self proclaimed of a big cost. oh, it's full support in creating an army that will work closely with nate. so that's according to the are some buses to the nation of serbia, past remark 24 years since then until it forces bombed belgrade. the us fully support the course of security forces, comprehensive transition into multi ethnic professional need to interoperable territorial defense force proud of our continuous and excellent cooperation of following the bombing of serbia, the u. n. gave permission for a nate to lead international peacekeeping force to be formed in pristina, with the goal of providing stability to the water and region. the mission consisted

of both need so a non nato members which organized several joint exercises with local security forces tossed with non military functions. however, in 2018 pristina announced his funds to change on transform the cost of security forces into a fully fledged army. despite objections from local serbian residence, but moscow doesn't recognize cost of those independence and has criticized the western bombing campaign in 1999. on the eve of the anniversary of nato's attack versus foreign ministry spokesman cast doubts on the humanist reputation of the us and this 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 for u. s. lead allied force operations conducted by nate. so in 99, we are experts to and dr. 3 weeks, but instead lasted for over 10. over 3500 people were killed during the yugoslavia bombing snoozer forces use bombs with depleted uranium, with the repercussions still been felt a day. as many victims continued to suffer. various illnesses, without responsible for the suffering are still not been held accountable. this is to this fidelity. 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. we're, we're not. 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. am on a lucky port, we will never trust them again, and we will never forgive them for the children, the civilian casualties and the uranium nob. melissa. no, sir, they conducted the biggest ethnic cleansing of the serbian population and corporation call survey. oh, well, it kept silent about it and i'm head because it hurts me. my father is a wu veteran and i'm and violet, his sacrifice. everything for the state will, according to to sung pearl, kevin, a soviet journalist, the bombing of yugoslavia representative precedence for nato. the patch to the, the so called the kosovo independent recognition dimensional organizations is closed. so this is the, this is the alternative path. how do

a legit demise position of kosovo in international relations for us and nato for the u. s, which was the global hagaman at the debt, the time that you m frame, or it became too narrow. do that. oh, organizationally and politically at the u. s. did not want to seek approval from russia, china, or european countries for it seems the dimensions all around the world in this context. context that the can you was larry at it presented a president that could then be used anywhere else in the case of the ukrainian kinds is it will have added that the leave, the to escalation cease since it will not force the russian a leadership to negotiate on the contrary, it will leave the possibility for up, but i see across it the for one that is broken transfer. mocking the anniversary of nato's bombing of yugoslavia. you can head over to

r t dot com to watch our documentary on the events of those years. shutting lights on the lives of people who came face to face with wall. today, our armed forces joined our nato allies and air strikes against the serbian forces . ah, the white glove with them, a port butternut visible cube is located. it's going from bad to worse spell grades, night sky line again, lit by flames. nato insisted it strikes against the lava would go off me. me. s dash was leslie call stunning me.

yes. and your bush is the most desirable to give me. ready ringback me 44 years since the us 1st imposed sanctions on iran and washington has finally a method that they haven't achieved the results. they hopeful our sanctions on iran has created a real economic crisis in the country. and iran is greatly suffering economically

because of the sanctions. has that forced to change in behavior? the answer is much less than we would ideally like. has also impose sanctions on officials and organisations in iran for supporting ongoing crackdowns on protesters . demonstrations in the country broke out last september, following the death of the trends to your muscle. i mean need, while in police custody for allegedly improperly wearing the mandatory head golf bus as lonnie general director of the fox news agencies, international departments. so the west supports of iranians contradicts its functions. policy. the united states has excessively use the sanctions against many countries, including iran. this access, diffuse from time to time has backfired because the most sanctions are supposed to change. sometimes a system somewhere or sometimes at least that behavior of that system. none of these let the goals have happened. v. iran. i can refer to 2 kinds of

contradictions when it comes to rest. on the one on the one side, they're talking about the longer the and talking to you wrong. but that the same time they are imposing sanctions, applying pressure against the country. this indicates economy in contradiction. the 2nd point is that they claim to be supporting. you raymond, people, how can you support, let's say, ordinary people by imposing sanctions on the country. if they really want to support the people they can lift the sanctions. but because the primary goal of the sanctions are ordinary people and this quite indicates that they are somehow their claims and their wards do not meet their actions practices over to east palestine in ohio. now where locals are still still going to cope with the cars, it's traffic consequences falling a chemical train derailments as the some western media outlets tend to divert

attention to russia. as r t kellum open explains with a huge derailments with possibly devastating consequences for the environment. a trained carrying hazardous materials went off the tracks in east palestine. ohio hazardous materials were spilled and burst into flames. some of the fires burned for 2 days straight, billowing toxic chemical clouds into the skies. but within 2 days we saw russian trolls and boss circling the carnage and spreading dis information. this is what the associated press reports. the accounts which barrows as criminal token boys, immediate suspects, claimed without evidence that authorities in ohio were lying about the true impact of the chemical spill. regulus, pune, answer us propaganda. the accounts show how easily affords and states and americans willing to spread their propaganda can explode. social media platforms like twitter in an effort to steal domestic discourse. that is pro russia accounts were

described as such by reset. this is a non profit based in london. reset describes itself as researching the impact of social media on democracy. let's look into this interesting group cited as experts by mainstream media. reset is a group we're looking at. this is the same game we've been writing about for months . think tank x claims to have a magic machine linking an account to russia. shares findings with reports. why he writes article, if platform said, doesn't zap the account rinse repeat. the groove was started by a former hillary clinton adviser members of the world economic forum as well as the ahmed yar network. these are voices that mainstream media is keen to defend and urge us to trust care, ahmed yar, who owns the intercept funds reset directly. jimmy. dora found out that many of the accounts described by alma yars network and organization as being part of some have

russian conspiracy or just plain fake. we're in fact, real people. this is in the news right now. it says pro moscow voices tried to steer ohio trained disaster debate. so now if you talk about this, they're going to say you're doing russian propaganda. that's what the next thing to happened to you is alex, is you're going to be called a russian propagandist or a dupe of putin nero that's coming, right? yeah, i saw that and i'll say is i think it's bold of them to call air air brockovich. it a russian plant. they call the president of the united states that for 4 straight years buddy. so u. s. media blamed russia without any real evidence. it jumped on that old trope about russian propaganda to shut down the voices of real americans with real concerns. this sounds like hamilton's 68 all over again, shall we review. in the early trump years, there was a, an organization called hamilton,

68. that was the source of probably hundreds of new stories over the course of a period of years that was allegedly tracking russian bots. their secret sauce was a list of 600 accounts. they said were linked to russian influence. well, in the twitter files, which on the list and the list of what you say is mostly bereft of russians, but is full of real americans. and what they basically did as a fraud. these accounts, they concluded, and neither strongly russia nor stromey boats, no evidence to support the statement that the dashboard is a finger on the pulse of russian information ops, hotly illuminating a massive influence operation. so once again, you ass mainstream media has been caught playing the russia card, trying to protect the american establishment from legitimate criticism. but the real question is, does this even work any more? does anyone still buy it? caleb martin, our t washington d. c. brushes,

deputy foreign minister has confirmed that fox news host took acosta, and had made an official request for an interview with ladyman putin. thus something there, calcined claims us intelligence discovered by spying on him. yamaha with details, i can confirm that this journalist may sent your 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 is collecting data from your smartphone right now. let's look at coulson claims in a say topped his phone in order to sabotage his attempt to interview boots in july 21 though, says he concerts at russia's deputy for minister, but later received a call from a source who knew confidential information about the proposed interview where are you gonna do interview putin? why wouldn't had it set up?

i was working on it and they had broken to my text messages and adding of an essay, broken dear signal, cuz they admitted it really? oh yeah. the us national security agency dismissed carlson's claims and that had never been an intelligent sockets of the agency. but one person accused of being a kremlin intermediary by the an essay group of journalists on your part on pill. while she says otherwise, the legal for the and as they to spy 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 u. s. citizen, a journalist who was in contact with rob cobb in order to embarrass him and, and do this for political reasons. as it shows the length to which these powers are getting abused us authorities are abusing 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 the russian or kremlin

agent, ne, a u. s. citizen who has no formal relationship with the russian government or financially or otherwise. my and alice 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, legitimize any views that he takes regarding russia or the current war. and ukraine, and finally fall apart. sunny prime minister american house claim that washington's a foreign policy is divided in countries into blogs. we made the claims while speaking with option with tansy, ongoing underground. you can watch the full episode on saturday, but his equip teaser in the meantime. how is it to view she gin being visiting moscow and a boat for pigeon?

and she, heralding almost a new world order, which seems to be very different at 1st sight to that, that we've seen since 1945. i see, you know, great changes taking place. i mean, oh, goes to join and russia is one because it seems as if the u. s. this policy is just a pushing godrays into last is your home jain. i was brought together iran and saudi arabia. i think that's one of the best developments as far as buckeye son is concerned, because iran is a neighbor and saudi arabia is one of our closest friends for years. so them together eases tensions for us. we feel that it's a great a step forward. but what i do not want these blocks developing the countries like us should choose either one side or the other. because india has,

i must have mine in the us for the policy that i deal with non alignment when they were going war. when countries, when rocks in the us and a standard in the, in making itself a country which is non aligned and, and their voice intent relationship with everyone. and that's what i won't bug you on to be of from on any of those stories as well as on the latest updates r t dot com is your place to go. i'm pizza. scott will be back in just over 30 minutes time with all of today's home stories be great to see them. ah ah. the claims of the king of the belgians leopold the 2nd to the congo were finally

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