r.t. america. paulette let's go to you 1st the protests there they show little signs of relenting what do we know about today's over full circle at this stage they show no sign of dissipating we know and we've received reports that the american embassy staff including the ambassador have been evacuated from the compound but these reports come as we continue to hear that iraqi security forces are firing tear gas on the crowds to try and get them to disperse now many of the people there who are attending one of several syllables that was organized on tuesday for some of the victims of sunday's american airstrikes and it does as you mentioned the situation at the moment is far from being under control earlier the american ambassador was summoned for an explanation of the american strikes that targeted some 5 sites belonging to the cutter hizbullah armed group now this is a group that emerged after the american invasion of iraq in recent times it has repeatedly been involved in attacks against american

r.t. america correspondent dan cohen was on the ground out the concerts and brought us this story. over to my right is the t.n.t. to this bridge crossing where this concert is going on on this side on the colombian side of the border and on the other side the venezuelan government is holding its own concert and it's all about what the u.s. government and richard branson are calling should manage tarion aid now there's a lot of questions about this you know about this so-called humanitarian aid 1st of all the red cross has said this is quote not humanitarian aid and there's just one of many international aid organizations to refuse to participate in this so i'm also that elliott abrams the convicted criminal who during his time in the reagan administration the 1980 s. actually ordered his humanitarian aid officers to deliver weapons to the contras. who were basically death squads he's involved in this and he is said to be here today one guy joe the so-called no insurance. president of venezuela is here he just met with a fine duke a the colombian president was so that's basically wh

r.t. america sports correspondent steve christakis thank you all for joining us today well so.

r.t. america sports producer extraordinary joins us now with this story which totally made my hair turned white and gone on the lot of us like it's just one of those things it was released last friday and in the sports world i think the friday news dump you know so the things that you hope go under the radar so the catholic church has been facing this sex abuse clergy scandal for years now gail benson is the owner of the new in the new orleans saints very catholic louisiana everybody know that very strong policies and she's very good friends of the archdiocese of new orleans and she's supposedly here and the executive in the saints provided sort of like a p.r. * help for the clergy that were suspected of child sex abuse in the catholic church in new orleans so they were so essentially the archdiocese was reaching out to this n.f.l. team to say hey can you help us out with some p.r. because of the scandal that we're involved in with the abuse it to children that why this i mean that's what's being alleged right is the alleged the end if you know the saints are saying it was minimal we and

r.t. america's foreign friends that joins us from across the pond with all the stateside reaction farm many thanks indeed for joining us so what is the view that from the white house. well right now guys coming in and we have optimistic tweets in from 2 big players here in the u.s. we have u.s. secretary of state tweeting moments ago i'm pleased that the u.k. and e.u. have agreed on a deal that honors the will of the british people we will continue building upon our strong productive and prosperous relationship with the u.k. as they enter this next chapter and u.s. ambassador to the u.k. woody johnson tweeting this my message to the united kingdom is a simple one you have no greater friend ally and partner than the united states now mr bracks it himself president saying now that the u.s. and the u.k. can focus on strengthening their trans-atlantic ties for trump has always been progress back in 2017 trump was already talking trade deals with the u.k. and boasted his excitement in april 29th in trump fashion blasted the e.u. for being so tough on the u.k. and that the e.u. is a brutal tradin

r.t. america's own john he took to the streets of miami to put political findings to the test and here is his report. a new survey by the research for morning consult a new site politico finds that quote fewer than 3 in 10 registered voters can identify the islamic republic on an unlabeled map the poll was conducted january 4th and 5th after the u.s. killed iranian general qassam sulu money and just days before iran bombed a us air base in iraq 28 percent of the 1995 registered voters surveyed in the poll were able to accurately locate iran on an on label map of the middle east region only 23 percent could identify iran on a larger also unlabeled map well we printed out our own unlabeled world map and hit the streets of miami to see if people here had any better luck pointing out iran i'm doing a poll talking to people can you point out iran on this map. you help me with that . i think is in this general area here you're absolutely correct yes point out iran on the map iran. here right yeah yeah you got it right around here. pretty much tell you what value iran you've got the middle east

r.t. . it appears america is getting the new year off to a confrontational start now after sending fresh warnings to around the us defense secretary claims there is evidence to iran is planning attacks against american troops and the us military is gearing up for a preemptive strike or to scale up and has more on what mark esper had to say on the matter in his statement on behalf of the us military and department of defense he basically cited a recent attacks on u.s. personnel and said that another strike against iran or against iranian aligned forces could be in the works this is what he said the game has changed we're prepared to do what is necessary to defend our personnel in our interests and our partners in the region now on to. used a crowd of protesters stormed the u.s. embassy in baghdad in response the usa said it would deploy $750.00 more u.s. troops to the middle east furthermore $100.00 u.s. marines were moved from kuwait to protect the embassy in a show of force we had the united states helicopters flying over the compound firing flares as kind of a warning at protesters the embassy

the movie scene as an attempt to counter the country's energy project and promote america's own economic interests r.t. only a shot of all of our reports from moscow on tuesday the us senate approved the national defense authorization act for next year it's a record $768000000000.00 military budget more than $700000000.00 has been allocated to contain russia among other things it's obliges that ministration to impose sanctions on russia's north stream to stream gas pipelines and approves military aid to ukraine the white house opposes the construction of north stream to believing that the project will give russia leverage over the foreign policy of european countries plus it promotes its liquefied natural gas in the pipeline if completed would make europe even more dependent on russian energy would generate billions of dollars for putin billions of dollars that would follow on russian military aggression but even in the u.s. then to stand that the sanctions will not be able to stop north streams construction as it's already near completion germany is already preparing to tell a true measures top offic

america. for what is r.t. is professor of world studies at the university of tehran and joins us by skype from tehran professor it's nice to have you with us the 1st of a speech of this type in 8 years very anti western sentiment as we would expect particularly given the events of recent weeks but is this an attempt to try to bind iranian people to a very virulent vitriolic sense of their own nationalism. i think that's part of it i think is trying to show the united states that maximum pressure campaign is not really working out that they don't and people are more defiant than they go before that policy i. think you know i mean. backfires and u.s. government needs to understand that i think he is trying to create this. that people are going to be behind the government if more pressure has existed on iran so that's the basic message professor he may be sending a message that the policy of maximum pressure is not working but in reality when you see the impact of the sanctions the impact on the iranian economy t

r.t. paris economics professor steve keen believes america's push for its own national interests is having a detrimental factor everyone else. since trump is in charge he'll do whatever he sees as being a win situation for america and a loss for the rest of the world i think of the cost of the because these companies are mainly american and he's going to impose taxes on them and they'll continue without english axis and he could easily threaten to cut access to the guts of the countries if that is just the company's services that they are if they're required to pay taxes in national jurisdictions like europe probably think they have to pay taxes in america from income and globally and of course that undermines the whole idea of having national succession systems. coming off back packing plot between while the richest lot of the fountain queen crown prince has bought everyone rights at spotswood fault not someone like stories that still have this out. we've also discovered that there are genes in our bodies that protect us from a gene we call these longevity genes and there's a set of genes

r.t. paris economics professor steve keen believes america's push for its own national interests is having a detrimental effect on everyone else. since trump is in charge he'll do whatever he sees as being a win situation for america and a loss for the rest of the world i think of the cost of the because these companies are mainly american and he's going to impose taxes on them and they'll continue without english access and he could easily threaten to cut accessed so the guts of the countries if they are the companies such as they were if they were quantify taxes in national jurisdictions like europe he would probably think they have to pay taxes in america from common globally and of course that undermines the whole lot having national succession systems all about so rob poor now but if the car racing things that tight because of that the focus of one of our award winning documentary. is you'll be via reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation and fulfill your duty. are you going the right way or are you being that. direct. what is true for his

r.t. paris while economics professor steve keen believes that america's push for its own national interests is having a detrimental effect on everyone else. since trump is in charge he'll do whatever he sees as being a win situation for america and a loss for the rest of the world i think of the cost of the because these companies are mainly american and he's going to impose taxes on them and they'll continue without english axis and he could easily threaten to cut access to the guts of the countries if it's just a company services there if they're required to pay taxes in national jurisdictions like europe probably think they have to pay taxes in america from incoming globally and of course that undermines the whole idea of having national succession systems still to come a knockin cloth between the walls richest man in the saudi queen probably prince has bought one white sox pad from vault thoughts among all stories in just 90 seconds. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race on the spear in dramatic development only really exists i d

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r.t. paris while we spoke economics professor steve keen he believes that america's push for its own national interests is actually having a detrimental effect on everyone else. since trump is in charge he'll do whatever he sees as being a win situation for america and a loss for the rest of the world i think of the cost of the because these companies are mainly american and he's going to oppose taxes on them and they'll continue with that english axis and he could easily threaten to cut access to the guts of the countries if they are the company's services there or if they're required to pay taxes in national jurisdictions like europe probably think they have to pay taxes in america from a common global way and of course that undermines the whole idea of having national succession systems. came along between the law of the actions not of the founding crowd of principles but one right sexpot some fault. line to. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. and spearing dramatic development only. i don't see how that strategy will be successf

r.t. international being assured that our newsroom is staying atop of it. free speech in america by guest dennis prager says it's under attack and eroding daily what's behind his claims on this edition of politic. welcome to politicking i'm larry king a thought provoking new documentary no safe spaces claims the 1st amendment is being eroded on american college campuses closing minds and putting free speech at risk dennis prager radio host best selling author is a key figure in the film he joins us here in los angeles what led. to this this whole document well hit show yeah and so the reason it's important is safe space is what colleges have created i don't even know if you know this larry because it amiss i know you will i will see because liberals and conservatives both treasure free speech that's one thing we have and one thing that separates us from the world exactly you know and that no no that suggests why we got the statue of liberty and nobody else did and the bill of rights yes.

r.t. international. ukraine's president. has spoken with the u.s. secretary of state by phone with mike pompei offering america's support in the investigation into the crash of ukrainian passenger plane in around on wednesday had a phone call with secretary pump am grateful for the condolences of the american people and valuable support of the u.s. in investigating the causes of the plane crash information obtained from the us will assist in the investigation. earlier washington passed quote important data relating to the incident to ukraine's leader the u.s. canada and u.k. of all say that they have evidence suggesting a rocket from iran itself brought down ukrainian international airline jet killing or 176 people on board iran denies any missile was involved and as invited international experts to monitor its investigation this image in the home of the photons will allow the americans the french the canadians and the swedish to come here and see how we investigate this crash draw special is bodies from canada and america that investigate crashes we trust those bodies what we can say with absolute certainty is

r.t. . it's. just so it. was. the pentagon ranks the accusation that washington has routinely lied about america's longest war made by the top u.s. official overseeing afghanistan's reconstruction. russian programmer alexander be making a rest of it in grease on washington for press rights a plea for help saying he has been tortured and refused the most basic right. to. close and dramatic scenes the french president is rushed out of a paris they were under a hail of boos as furious protesters chanting resign tried to confront.

r.t. international good to have your company as always i mean and. the u.s. secretary of state defended america's assassination of iran's top military commander. money in a drone strike in iraq on friday mike pompei oh he said the attack at baghdad international airport saved american lives and was designed to send a strong message to tehran. i think the arabian leadership understands that president trump will take action we made very clear that these responses would be swift and decisive i hope that the iranian leadership will see that we'll see american resolve and that their decision will be to deescalate the early morning air raid also reportedly killed 9 others including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia they are believed to be leaving the airport into vehicles in the strikes that place. the lead the powerful could force branch of the iranian revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign operations the units has been heavily involved in the conflicts in iraq and in syria and was instrumental in the territorial defeat of isel artie's keep up and has more now on the dro

r.t. internet. the pentagon insists that it. to washington's own watchdog for afghan reconstruction accuse the military leadership of routine law of the progress of america's longest war. and has details common cynicism aside most people would prefer that those responsible for leading the country tell the truth and this is most especially true when it comes to situations like war where the lives of the men and women in the armed forces are on the line well according to the special inspector for afghan reconstruction the pentagon has been lying for years the problem is there's a disincentive for. really to tell the truth we have created an incentive to almost require or for people to la there's an odor of mendacity throughout the afghanistan issue and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity and who bruce now the department of defense was quick to chime in and dispute this congressional testimony here is the response the idea that there was some efforts to hide the truth the reality on the ground just doesn't hold water this idea that they were somehow missed statements i don't think that really joe's it has been roughly

america this is how high ranking call. and so my money was my was my political commentator thank you for joining us here on r.t. international. well the u.s. federal aviation agency has banned the u.s. flights over the persian gulf over security concerns previously trying to threaten to strike 52 iranian sites if it retaliated in any way but so far washington's response has been somewhat muted with donald trump tweeting so far so good. all is well missiles launched from iran a 2 military bases located in iraq assessment of casualties and damage is taking place now so far so good we have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world by far i will be making a statement to morrow morning well we have a tweet from donald trump it begins with the phrase all is well followed by a statement that there is an assessment going on of the casualties and the damage done to u.s. bases as a result of the attack by the iranian missiles furthermore we do have the white house saying that trump has been briefed on the situation and it we have this point it's expected that down trump will speak to the media re

assassination of iran's top general america's top diplomat says it's all part of a new to terrorists strategy with warnings for russia and china to. either live for the r.t. world view center wednesday the 15th of january just turned 6 pm well welcome to the program this update with me kevin i mean you can see on the screens are breaking news as just mentioned russia's prime minister dmitry medvedev has announced that the government has resigned that comes after president vladimir putin earlier suggested changes to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers for point a prime minister so it's all wills emotional ready very quickly more if not in the studio here it was a surprise announcement for mere mortals like us i suppose but. as we discussed before no doubt long been talked about in the past and the and there is a hand over here if you like the key. take a government will continue until the new one comes in but it takes true for any of us is joining us the 6 o'clock what's happened to the well of course cavities with no doubt a very big news and a question i believe many know is what does that mean for more than russia and i think the

assassination of iran's top general america's top diplomat says it's all part of a new terror and strategy with warnings for russia which. lie from moscow to the world this is 247 r.t. international my names you know neal hello and welcome to the program. top story this hour the russian president has nominated the head of the federal tax service for the post all of prime minister it is the latest move in a day of major in russian politics earlier russia's are going prime minister dmitri medvedev announced that his government had. resigned it came after president putin suggested amendments to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers well i'm delighted to say that picking up the muscle to explain all that for me this hour is maria it really has been all go today how to 1st of all this nominee who do who is what do we know about them to be honest not a lot of them saying i mean he was born in 1900 to 6 here in moscow he's married had 3 sons and he's a good hockey player right we know that he has been the head of the russian federal tax service as you mentioned for actually many years since 2010 but even before that he has been almost like since $9098

r.t. dot com to find out more here's a preview of that 3 day virtual reality project. 'd 'd and the u.s. state department alleges russian trolls all creating instability in the latin america through the source of the troubles the diesel's its troubles could be closer to home in fact last story of all after this break. i am. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics. i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. bolivia's washington backed interim government cuts diplomatic ties with cuba with the nation blaming the white house and it comes as the u.s. blames russian trolls for damaging stability in latin america complicated explains . the u.s. is ringing the russian alarm bells once again this time for latin america state department analysts from the russian link twitter accounts to sow confusion in south american nations that oppose the moscow backed government in venezuela in bolivia immediately after president evo morales resigned on november 10th the number of tweets associated with those type of accounts spiked to more than 1000 today up from fewer than 5 now amid their unproven claims about a russian descent from a

r.t. thank you so much slower the chairwoman of the jewish forum for democracy and against anti semitism. ok. in other news the u.s. state department alleges russian trolls are creating instability in latin america though the source of the troubles could be closer to home a story in full coming up. you know world a big part of the law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. the world is driven by shaped by. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. france's interior ministers announced the withdrawal from police forces of the notorious glee f 4 grenades which is being responsible to seriously injuring you must protest as. you said this you are taking this decision because they don't have any specific color or description of what happened months ago with the police to use them to remove the threats and protest is terribly pick them up and was seriously injured and that's why i think we mus

america's top official responsible for afghanistan's reconstruction told the u.s. congress that washington was routinely lied about has routinely lied about the war by exaggerated reports on successes in the country r.t. with caleb more pain has more on the story. washington's top official overseeing afghan reconstruction has revealed that the u.s. operations in afghanistan have been surrounded by lies about its progress here's what he said the problem is there is a disincentive really to tell the truth we have created an incentive to almost require or for people to lie there's an odor of mendacity throughout the afghanistan issue and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity and who bruce now the pentagon has disputed some of what was said in the testimony of the special inspector here's their response the idea that there was some efforts to hide the truth the reality on the ground just doesn't hold water to this idea that they were somehow missed statements i don't think that really joel's now the public was kept in the dark about these realities and instead of being told the truth about the situation fed reports about alleged progress to getting the impression th

r.t. international and sean thomas really good to have you with us. in one of his latest tweets president commented on the assassination of iranian general saying that whether he was an imminent threat to america or not by his administration his fate was pretty determined anyway. the fake news media and the democrat potence are working hard to determine whether or not the future touched by terrorists and the money was imminent was my team in agreement the owns and to bush is a strong yes but it doesn't really matter because of his horrible possed well the implications of donald trump statement are quite large essentially it's being argued that for the united states to kill someone not just someone but a top foreign leader a leader of the foreign country top military leader it's not necessary that they actually represent a threat as long as they had a history of bad deeds or a bad past that's essentially what donald trump is saying now folks will recall that it's been about 10 days since qassam solomonic was killed by the united states and sense then the united states has been emphasizing that qassam solomonic was bad that he represented an eminent threat to the united states it seems like he's

r.t. h.q. with the world news update if you stay with me for the next half hour or so so the big story into the middle east this morning the u.s. secretary of state has defended america's assassination of iran's top military commander same sum of money in a drone strike on baghdad international airport on friday might claim the attacks saved american lives she said and further said that washington remains committed to deescalating tensions with tehran. that was the time to take this action so that we could disrupt this plot deter further aggression from chaos and salami in the iranian regime as well as to attempt to deescalate the situation. the early morning raid then also reportedly killed 9 others including influential iraqi and lebanese shia militia leaders there believed to be leaving the airport there in 2 vehicles when the strikes took place some sort of money let the powerful could force which is an elite branch of the iran revolutionary guard corps charged with spearheading foreign operations the unit's been heavily involved in the conflicts in iraq and syria and instrumental in the territorial defeat of now in the u.s. the general was listed though as a terro