r t correspondent steve sweeney is in belgrade. today is it falls day of protests in this are being capital. well, great over at elections at the opposition site. we're fraudulent. we have outside the foreign ministry. west students have a set top. com as part of a 24 hour sleep pilot. so as part of the protest movement, they said that they chose this venue deliberately. they is thinking for an intervention, some phone support, they say. but i also about this that they wanted international functions on president alexander richards and seeing if it goes within the government. now you can probably see behind me the flags are being float of the european union. i'm viewed, i might, on a course, these were flags that were very prominent on color revelations across europe. and of course, if you'd, i might on to and ukraine in 2014. now, the police have sailed off the roads, the happy to let the protest, mulch and carry on him to. this has been characteristic of the demonstrations the previous phase, where police have allowed marches to p

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steve sweeney, who is in belgrade, the capital there, steve and i spoke to in the last hour, there was quite a turn out in the capital. what's the situation like now where the crowds have moved from the central pa, belgrade shopping center, and they've got it now outside the constitutional court that protesting about the election results. on december, december, the 17 election results that the opposition sites were for to and now some of those holding stations all rerunning at their elections today. some 20 i up to 8000 no enough to materiality change the outcome of, of that poll. but we've just heard in the last few minutes, so the electro commission has amounts that that will be a partial re run of some of those electrons again, on january. the 2nd, this is on verified at the moment. we don't know exactly how many posting stations will be costing that bought us again in not contested election that we heard in the fitness center. just to want to go speak is from opposition. politicians from academic from students we heard from a position leader mounted in could separate cheese being o

on a short honeymoon period, steve sweeney taking us through. that's while it is a new year's eve visit next to the world is a part studio. find out who i exam is engaging in conversation is december 31st. right to this is the, [000:00:00;00] the, [000:00:00;00] the hello and welcome to worlds of parts manager last, the 1st claim that we are what we eat. but as my guest to day argues, we are also what's eating us our parasites shape for more than our immune systems. they may well determine where we stand on the nature of policy base, or how we navigate our friendships and love affairs. can we even know ourselves without 1st accounting for our parasites? both to discuss that i'm now joined by around just thornhill and never illusionary biologist and professor emeritus of the university of new mexico, professor, stones, hill. it's a great pleasure for me to talk to you, especially because you are not afraid to look into socially or emotionally precarious topics which may not be fully in line with contemporary morals. and this is what i want to sta

steve sweeney who is currently in the fall grade. steve, uh, good to see you. i mean, i know that you have them being that for too long, but i imagine that you bought your bearings. you've managed to get a sense of the atmosphere of how people are feeling. can you just kind of pull past through how events that have been on folding? yes. okay, well, so at the moment this mouldings things are very but calm, but very peaceful. a weird and i'm just outside the building where on sunday some, 2000 people had gathered a small element of those people have tried to force i way into that building, which is home to the country's electro commission. now that i agree, they were protesting about the results of the elections on december, the 17th elections that will one overwhelmingly by the routing policy of. 2 president outage on the route so, so it'd be in progressive policy like post on 47 percent of the vote, but the opposition, which had filed in the 2nd place on the 23 percent of the surveyor against violence coalition made obligations of electro irregularities. now th

see, steve sweeney explains, as well, has come on the 5 of ponds to expand this illegal settlement program in the occupied, westbound, in the middle of its bombardments of gauze on tuesday. the wall cabinet approve that controversial $1300000000.00 will budget. it's includes money for new settlements. i moves the fall right. policies in the competition government will be in for in the face of state. false position is why the finance minister best law smart change denied the budget will be used for expanding settlements. he insisted the funds will be used for necessary security measures. there are 2000000 nothise injury. and so maria, who hate us exactly as do the analysis of how much isis and gaza in the budget that's being approved to date. there is no funding for new construction engineer and some area there is funding for security needs to move to a shop forbid from the european union, which often criticizes as well as expansion is policies yet takes missile concrete action to stop them. the blocks foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, said that he was a pulled at the funds. i am a poll

hold our to steve sweeney reports to today wouldn't be on down to the a very disappointing day for the office. they shouldn't. hey, in the serbian capital bell, grades are being 2 demonstrations cooled on wednesday. the 1st uh this afternoon uh, cooled by the students from the university of bell, great, a gathering outside the philosophy, faculty, the media fall out numbers. the pro test is there were some tensions between the students, the use of the o position, movement on the offices from politicians who arrived. there was some kind of hate to discussion around a lack of strategy or lack of tactics instead of wisconsin coding for the elections to be rerun, we did have the students coding for a 24 hour cam pounds, which will start on friday. now, this evening's demonstration a game, a 100 people no more than a few 100, gather the game and central bell grades. and they most of the local television station, which has been characteristic of the protest movement since sunday's a demonstration which sol, 2000 people gathered here and at an attempt by the opposition to smashing to the elec

holding party hold onto power protest as to the streets in sunday evening in belgrade, archie steve sweeney has the story with now just outside the building, where on sunday, some 2000 people had gathered a smaller element of various people have tried to force. i way into that building which is home to the countries electro commission of angry. they were protesting about the results of the elections on december, the 17th elections that will one overwhelmingly by the routing policy of. 2 president outage on the route to so, so it'd be in progressing policy like post on 47 percent of the vote, but the opposition which uh try it. within the 2nd place, on 23 percent of the vote, the serbia organs violence coalition made obligations of elect sol irregularities the president booted has denied any obligations of elect to fold or irregularities . he said that these allies perpetuate by the opposition police were able to contain that demonstration. uh, some 30 people. uh it will just over 13 people were arrested for these active audits, which included smashing the windows that you can see behind me.

earlier my colleague more od him i me spoke with auntie correspondent, steve sweeney, about the ongoing protest in serbia and the reasons behind them. a protest is all attempting to storm. a city council building in the serbian capital fell great. this is the building, the host, the intellectual commission that we about the results of the election on december the 17th. so you can to have those results over to and now police are covered in the book, how you doing the tools that preventing the processes from entering that building. the situation as president boot teacher said is under control. he said that forward intelligent services wanted him all over the attempted crew of potential my down to revolution to over throw these election results, which is why the police were prepared. and he's also, he's been a very for the rights. and he said that the writers will be arrested, as we can see from the pictures as around or just over 2000 people that have maybe perhaps not quite as big a protest as being, as is being made down to in the western media route. it also sent russia, he said that t

lots of these shell depends under steve sweeney. the meanwhile, 2 palestinians have been sent to gus and after being detained by the is really military for several weeks. the bang claim that were beaten by the idea of on numerous occasions, despite pleading with accounts as a warning, you may find some of the following images of distress. the lady took me and beat me . i told them i was injured, but they still beat me in the chest. they didn't even listen to me. a little more involved you saw i did not know the faith or the number of lee on the nice they took my disabled brother and i don't know what happened to me here. and in southern gaza at least 12 people have reportedly being killed and dozens more injured. and then these really strikes it's are destroyed, the residential building on a mosque located near a city hospital. the locals can be seen searching. the mobile devices, according to god's in all sorts is thank place that sole is now coaching. 20000. those figures don't include the many people who would never recovered fro

steve sweeney taking us through that from bella . all right, dr. lot, from the news studios here. a on an r t, but it's a weekend visit to the whistle blowers shoes right ahead. find out who hosts john, cunning alco house for company today. that's right off of the shortest of rates. it says 247. the the have getting stand has attracted conquerors attention from time immemorial, in the 19th century, the british empire decided to subjugate that century. the british view, the afghan lands as the northern gateway to india, and wanted to turn them into an obedient province, trying to predict the independence fee a mere of a dentist in the us blue homage turned for help the russia rate. the rate is considered their deal political adversary. this was the last straw for london. britain declared war on the half gans in august 18, 39. the invaders occupied couple and brought their henchmen to bower. the invaders brutally suppressed. any resistance thus being is telly. they slaughtered all ask in man who had reached the delta and raped hundreds of women seeking to humiliate the muslims to 18

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the incidents in the capital were instigated by southern western act, as se steve sweeney now explained things a very calm, but very peaceful with now just outside the building, where on sunday, some 2000 people had gathered a silver element of those people had tried to force i way into that building which is home to the countries electro commission of angry. they were protesting about the results of the elections on december. the seventy's elections that will one overwhelmingly by the routing policy of. 2 president alexander lucy's asserted being progressing policy by post from 47 percent of the vote, but the opposition which had filed in the 2nd place on 23 percent of the vote. the surveyor against violence coalition made obligations of electoral irregularities. the president who judge has denied any obligations of electro fraud or irregularities. he said that these allies perpetuate by the opposition. a police were able to contain that demonstration. uh, some 13 people. uh, it will just over 13 people were arrested for these active bodies which included smashing the windows that you

my colleagues, steve sweeney and rachel ripples talking through don earlier. well, mr. zalinski is visit to washington coincided with a republican push to formalize and impeachment inquiry into ju biden's presidency. congresswoman marjorie taylor green is among those who want the 81 year old house, a comfortable our department of defense is obsessed with 4 and worse. they can't get enough of them. so that's why we're in this war. and ukraine. washington loves the 4 and worse. you're is very profitable, it always has been, i'm not talking about just this more, but all wars or immensely profitable force, various people. so there are people who have a great incentive to continue the war in the bloodshed, but actually from reaching a point where they're just are not the more waves of ukrainians who can be drafted and thrown into the fraud. there is not a reason for optimism on the part of ukraine at this time. what has happened now? is that, you know, so, so lensky came here a year ago. aaron, a great deal has changed since that fact. and he was treated as a, as a

t correspondence, steve sweeney in our studio. nice to see you, steve. so let us know what is behind this new aid allocation to ukraine? well, we just heard that from the speaker of the house, who was less than impressed with the lens keys pitch for more cash. president joe biden has said that he is authorized to $100000000.00. this is part of a presidential droll down with ortiz, and it means that a aid funds and minutes the equipment can be released very quickly to the front line. but in reality is not really very much money on the helping warnings that this to be the last of these such packages that can be issued now compared to previous i packages. now we're starting to see this lack of enthusiasm on this waiting support for ukraine. certainly from the united states congress now the us has given more than a $111000000000.00 in the packages of various phones to ukraine. those are the cost for 2 years and we should know that it was just last week. the senate has voted down this package, which would have included $16000000000.00 us dollars going to ukra

earlier my colleague more ride him out, we spoke with our teacher, responded steve sweeney about the ongoing protest is be a and the reasons behind them. a protest is attempting to storm a city council building of the serbian capital bell. great. this is the building, the host c intellectual commission that we about the results of the election on december the 17th. so you can to have those results over to now police are covered in the book, how you doing the tools that preventing the processes from entering the building. the situation as president boot teacher said is under control. he said that forward intelligent services wanted him or when attempted coup, uh, potential my down to revolution, to over throw these election results, which is why the police were prepared. and he's also, he's been a very for the rights. and he said that the writers will be arrested, as we can see from the pictures as around or just over 2000 people. that's of maybe perhaps not quite as big a protest as being, as he's being made out in the western media route. it also started russia, he said that they ga

steve sweeney examines how south america 2nd largest economy is coping radical reforms. files ins on the streets. the my break pro us president. it's a step back in time for origin tina, as washington seeks to explore the country's resources. let the president change his mind and force the rich to pay the costs rather than the working people are able to take to the streets because it's impossible to answer the counts. read 10 days, you set down with cost adjustment is paid full by cost, but we pay for it. this is the sale of the country. i won't be able to pay for electricity. i won't be able to pay for gas. i won't be able to travel. i won't be able to do anything. it's appears to be a classic case of shop therapy with neo liberal policies imposed as origin team is . economic crisis deepens. the conclusion you present have a life is so determined to rush through hundreds of sweeping changes that he's cold for the origin to the in parliament decision emergency session to pos legislation. soon although he was elected. but the problem is solved, intent is his own brand to freedom, sayi

steve sweeney. thank you very much. thanks for joining us here on archie international. the ronnie and the president is here in moscow already meeting with his russian counterpart. when the details get to us, we will get them straight to you the there's no end in sight over how you're going to continue to destroy the earth. is the case for the methods of the people. i tried to go to the gym, but i'm certainly not ready to fight russia. this is also of soon. this is the 3rd world lunacy re washing press for so the funder line likes to say we have the tools while we just start with stability and business deal. some of the living will not have very good propaganda. you know, price here in new york. i think we don't know the aftermath any time that you're not allowed to ask questions, you should ask all of the questions. some more questions, ask a better. the answer is will be the the types just for the funeral war and the possibility of for that semester class. and like i said, the last will probably that's up to me. i've been in the school the state in the goals, and i'm g

under steve sweeney, the mean ball to palestinians have retentive garza after being detained by these really minute treat phone number of weeks. now they've been claimed that they were beaten by the adf on numerous occasions, despite pleading with that comes as a quick one. and you may find the following images distressing. the took me ends be nice. i told them i was injured, but they still beat me. human chest, they didn't even listen to me. a little more involved just saw. i did not know the faith or the number of the under the day. nice. they took my disabled brother and i did not know what happened until we got a southern gauze, at least 12 people over both of the been killed and dozens more injured. and in these rarely striking the attack destroyed residential building and a mosque located near city hospital. the locals can be seen searching. durable survivors, according to god's northstar, tuesday enclaves. death is always now approaching $20000.00. and those figures don't include the many people who will never recovered from the causes ruins. awareness of this latest to strike

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r t correspondent steve sweeney. a report from belgrade. today is the 12 styles protests in the serbian capital. well, great over elections that the opposition side were fraudulent. we have outside the foreign ministry, west students have the set top. com as part of a 24 hour sleep pilots. so as part of the protest movement, they said that they chose this venue deliberately. they is thinking forward intervention, some of phone support, they say. but i also about this that they want to international sanctions on president alex on the voltage and seeing if it goes within the government. now you can probably see behind me the flags of a in front of the european union. i'm viewed, oh, my god. of course, these were flags that were very prominent on colored revolutions across europe. and of course they viewed i might on to and ukraine in 2014. now the police have said, what else? the roads, the happy to let the protest, mulch and carry on him to this has been characteristic of the demonstrations the previous phase where police have allowed marche

for the enrollment of the results, the, the, all to correspondence, steve sweeney took us through this recent tamora as one of the potential consequences. the protests of making all sorts of obligations or position policies have made allegations of electro irregularities and electro fraud. again, we're seeing the protesting started soon off to the initial election results were announcing earlier the leader of the we owe the voice of the people paul, he raised his consent. he says that he's now expecting to see the park called written in a forward languages that say what you said about some of the check when i'm just expecting to see banners and english. because that looks good on cnn. you know, when you were banners and stripping those into westcan, read them so they'll be some batteries and english and probably some flex, american german enter your opinion as well. so he's given these warnings about posters, imply called written in foreign languages. the predominantly i am dots for the media organizations like cnn and the bbc because of course, the people in those countries was necess

from the idea of, oh, you are mad, i'm sure you'll be back here to give us more details on say, steve sweeney, thanks very much. well meanwhile, 2 palestinians have her turn to gauze uh off to being detained by these ready military for several weeks, and then claimed that they would be sitting by the idea of numerous times despite pleading with that captive. a warning though, you may find some of the following images to be distressing. the they took me and beat me. i told them i was injured, but they still beat me in the chest. they didn't even listen to me. a little more involved you saw, i did not know, did faith or the number only on the nice they took my disabled brother and i did not know what happened to your so well. meanwhile, in central gauze or at least 13 civilians have been killed and many more injured in these rarity spying on a residential building, housing displaced, palestinians, the total number of desks. now since the beginning of the conflict is search to almost 20000 e mails to find the following images distressing for the full victims of the strength of being taken to ale

all right, r t correspondence, steve sweeney. steve, thank you for that. in south america, then as well. and president nicholas venturo has ordered more than 5000 military personnel to take part in defensive exercises. it comes after the u. k. deployed a war ship to the coast of diona in a show of support for its former calling in mid original territorial disputes. we believe in diplomacy in dialogue in peace, but no one should threaten venezuela. no one should mess with venezuela. we are men of peace. we are a people of peace, but we are warriors. and this threat is unacceptable for any sovereign country. of threats by the decadent fam or british empire is unacceptable. r t corresponding jessica sosa, is in the venezuelan capital on file this brief report. probably i did go and pay the british ship, pitching most trans arrive, dumped the cost on grant. and venezuela responded with a statement in which it showed that this was an actual post the provocation. and also that it violated the agreement signed in a jar and the president of venezuela and guy and a

earlier my colleagues of steve sweeney and rachel ruble, discuss those issues here in the studio, 1st off his house mika. i have asked the white house since the day that i was handed the gabble, a speaker for clarity. we need a clear articulation of the strategy to allow ukraine to win, and thus far their responses have been insufficiently have not provided us the clarity and the detail that we requested over and over since literally 24 hours after i was handed, the gamble speaker, the house and so what the, by the ministration seems to be asking for is billions of additional dollars with no appropriate oversight, no clear strategy to win. and, and none of the answers that i think the american people are owed. well, as you've just heard, the speaker was less than impressed with his 11 skis page for more funds. for the press conference, folders, nothing much that we haven't heard before. why didn't said that the united states stands firmly with ukraine. he supports its sovereignty and its rights to defend it . so he said, america should be proud of the support that is given when questi

hold on to steve sweeney as the details. this is a time sale for testing the survey uncomfortable guy since the elections of december 17th. as you can see, the protest him at lunch time on wednesday is pretty small. and this has been characteristic of the move up with a fewer and fewer people attending the demonstration. since i take on sunday, we saw probably testers led by opposition. politicians tying to a smart flyway into the electoral commission building costing with police setting fires and breaking windows on monday students and young people attempted to brocade, the roads and the highways and the all fees into the. so it'd be uncomfortable, however they plan to really have the desired impact on tuesday evening. a demonstration of no more than a few 100 people march from the safety settings uh to the high cold weather item onto the guide. the re, one of the elections and the release of the use of being held in custody since sunday's prototypes. now, for many, only people have fell grades as a big oh, no problem. this

israel burst done on gals, a width renewed force abruptly ending 7 days of relative come ortiz, steve sweeney has been looking up the extent of the damage. the policy need enclave is suffering as well as bombardment of garza as being one of the most brutal assaults in recent time. with the un cool want to get the dock is chopped to impala sydney and history. according to satellite image analysis, over 200000 homes have been destroyed, may need northern cause or in gall the city. and that's just the tip of the iceberg . the mold in 25000 tons of explosives have been dropped on the besieged. i'm place since october the 7th that's according to the year i made human rights money to to put this into perspective is the equivalent of 2 nuclear bones. little boy, the bottom of the us dropped on the japanese city of ho rossimer at the end of world war 2, yielded $15000.00 tons of explosives, wiping out everything within a one mile radius. of course, the only country 2 of use atomic weapons is the united states, which has a long history of bombing other countries. according to a report compiled using u

earlier i spoke with bob, st correspondent, and steve sweeney about the ongoing protest, and so there and the reasons behind a protest is all attempting to storm a city council building of the serbian capital bell. great. this is the building, the host c intellectual commission that i'm, we about the results of the election on december the 17th. so you can to have those results over to now police are covered in the book, how you doing the tools that preventing the processes from entering the building. the situation of the president boot teacher said is under control. he said that forward intelligent services wanted him or one attempted cool, potential my down to revolution to over throw these election results, which is why the police were prepared. and he's also, he's been a very for the rights and he said that the writers will be arrested, as we can see from the pictures as around or just over 2000 people that have maybe perhaps not quite as big a protest as being, as he's being made out in the western media route, it also started russia. he said that they gave him a heads up about i

is caesar steve sweeney whitmore as well, has come on to 5 of ponds to expand its illegal settlement program in the occupied west fund. in the middle of its bombardments of garza on tuesday, the wall cabinet approve that controversial $1300000000.00 will budget. it's includes money for new settlements. i moves the fall right, policies in the competition. government low being for in the face of state. false position is why the finance minister best at law smart rich, denied the budget will be used for expanding settlements. he insisted the funds will be used for the necessary security measures. there are 2000000 nothise in judea and samaria, who hate us exactly as do the analysis of how much isis in gaza in the budget that is being approved to date. there is no funding for new construction engineer and some area there is funding for security needs. the move to a shop forbid from the european union, which often criticizes as well as expansion is policies yet takes missile concrete action to stop them. the blocks foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, said that he was a pulled at the fun

well, that spring and t correspondence sais sweeney and have a chat. steve, sol, breaking news, christmas eve for some not for others. other than that over the summer, but at this time me yeah, but it is also really kicking off isn't in in belgrade, quite surprisingly. we told we'd been tilting by for the last hour or so, but what was really going on right now is let's be find it some guess some said that this is smaller than most western media reporting. that was, i think it's a big issue, but is it really well we can, we can have a look at it and see what happened last week. that was similar kind of protest just off to the election results which sold the president's a routing policy suite to power in those a snap elections. he posed incredibly heidi and they didn't. we didn't like the outcome of the results. now they were getting taken to the street, so as we can say, this is unfolding right now. they were a towel, who in the subbing top to bell ray, they're trying to gain entry, that this is a building that house is the uh, the election commission. so the

all right, quite the turn out today's day of sweeney reporting for us from belgrade. steve, thank you. the, the crane has sell to russia's boarder regence of build the rod and brands killing 2 civilians, including a 9 year old child. several other locals were wounded and are now being treated in the hospital. our teeth remind customer have told us more about the attack. the key of use the multiple loans, rocket systems and drones against these regions that share border with ukraine. now, according to bill gord governor, at least 10, the houses and the 2 vehicles were also damaged during that attack. prussian defense industry said that the, the armies air defenses also managed to intercept 13 projectiles. in this guy's over builder. on, on saturday morning, the military added that the air defense forces also destroyed and intercepted. and now there is $32.00 ukrainian drones over bronze or roll, of course, and moscow regions. now the lights, se training and attack came after most co confirmed that it's conducted at least 50 groups strikes and one massive strike against admin

with our t correspondents, the sweeney joining me in the shoes. good to see you, steve. yeah. pretty har statement from someone, quote unquote. were on the same side here to that. what mistakes is he referring to? their 1st of all, when of course he said that these 2 men on the same side, which is of course true, but they probably spring pretty much and we'll go ahead since the started the special ministry operation named february 2022. not glitch coast become a form of vocal in recent days when his criticisms of is it lensky and he's, i'm will people during the opening days of the conflict, he was saying, well, why wasn't ukraine prepared for the, for the conflict. he's criticized as a lensky for denying reality until the very end, really. and pretty much until the russian tongue started what, what again. and he queried how the, the russian forces were able to reach the capital key of so quickly. and he said, well, there's a lot of information that we know didn't really match up with reality. now he's also given another interview to the german magazine, the spiegel where he s

applause ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests - hugh grant sydney sweeneyusical guest tate mcrae and featuring the legendary roots crew >> questlove: 1889 >> steve: and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: oh, my goodness. you didn't have to do that thank you very much. please, enjoy yourself [ laughter ] welcome, everybody welcome, welcome, welcome to "the tonight show. you're here. [ cheers and applause thank you for -- thank you for watching well, guys, some big news from washington today president biden hosted ukrainian president zelensky at the white house. when he asked for money and support, zelensky said, "sorry, joe, i got my own problem. [ light laughter ] at this point the u.s. hasn't agreed to give ukraine anymore funding. then zelensky saw the white house's 98 christmas trees and was like, "yeah, i can tell money's tight, but --" [ light laughter ] some more big news, i read that in former president trump's election interference trial, the special counsel jack smith plans to use trump's cel