this is our international, sean thomas. certainly glad to have you. witness right now, 2022 has only just begun and some of the positive expectations for the year ahead concern the economy with financial experts predicting things could be looking up american investment bank. morgan stanley has a pretty positive outlook and think for inflation in major markets will rise, but then retreat. while the global economy should grow by about 5 percent and the banks, optimism doesn't stop there either. supply chains are expected to recover boosting commerce and driving down inflation throughout the world. emerging markets are predicted to grow faster than the global average, especially in asia. although china's economy may slow down compared with last year . unless they won, the government uses up on certain regulations, including on carbon emissions. now if those forecasts do come true, they will bring much needed relief to the many who have suffered in economic squeeze after to cover the blighted years during which prices have swor

this is our international, sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. right now, the contact president has given a shoot to kill order against riders spreading them terrorists after days of anti government unrest. dozens of protesters and at least 18 police officers are dead since the chaos erupt. after a new year, fuel price hike, president took high of claims. $20000.00 extremists have attacked, contacts, tons, largest city on monte no more as a stand will completed anti terrorist operation will destroy those who do not surrender. i have given the order to open fire and kill terrorists without warning . hundreds of civilians and military personnel have been injured and killed anonymity due to the actions of terrorists. these were well coordinated actions. the terrorists exhibited combat readiness and best cruelty. it looks like they were trained all the demands of the people expressed in a peaceful manner were heard to produce any democratic. the president is now waging an anti terror campaign against the writers. police in the country's biggest city

this is our international name, sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us as we recap and weak stop stories. now at least 19 people have died in a huge blaze at a high rise, a bronx apartment in new york city. 9 children are among the dead. 63. others were injured with 13 remaining in a critical condition. in the hospital, new york mayor eric adams talked of the tremendous suffering the fire had brought to the city. this is a horrific of with the painful moment for the city of new york. and the impact of this fire is going to really bring a level of just pain and despair in all city ortiz correspondent kellum up and gave us details from the scene. so i'm walking around here near where this fire happened, this, this building behind me that you can see that it's just been totally burned out. 19 people, dad, 9 of them children. and this is, this is a serious situation. we have the mayor of new york city, eric adams, calling this the most serious fire in modern new york city history. now there was a huge mobilization of the ne

this is art international, and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now. high stakes talks between russia and the us have been held in geneva. monday's discussions opened a week of crucial negotiations on security issues. as the west accuses rush of plans to invade ukraine, moscow has also laid down red lines on nato's eastward expansion and ukraine. never joining the military alliance along with missiles in russia. if now, nato proceeds towards deployment of capabilities that are being developed very rapidly in the u. s. somewhere in europe, it would require immediate to response on the russian 4th through means that the our discretion with will, that will inevitably unavoidably damage. security of the u. s. and these european allies are lots to say from the russian delegation in regards to what was discussed today in the inflexibility from the americans on certain issues that red line for russia, which is ukraine joining the nato alliance, not just ukraine, but ga, to, for russia. also asking for roll back of military and weapon deployment in countries t

this is rti international, sean thomas, glad to have you with us as we celebrate the new year. 2022. in fact, russia is now completely in the new year. it's vast territories from the far east to clinton. grad in the west have welcomed in 2020 to ortiz. danny armstrong was one of only a few in moscow's red square, where traditional celebrations have been curved because of coven. ah. the warmest of wishes and war, mister well comes from me on red square to everybody watching everybody back in the studio all over the world and all over russia. and i am, of course, one of only a few on red square. the authority, the senior fits, are actually close. and the venue entirely to the public care, of course, because of coven regulations. but about plenty to keep me company here as a just seen the fantastic firework salute light single. there must go sky over red square as the main clock on the main tower of the kremlin county down those last seconds at 2021 in china does in to 2022. now, there wasn't a 1st place in russia, a country of 11 time zones to welcome in the new year. of course places

i'm sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now, russia's foreign minister has said that the country is ready for serious talks with the united states, have to washington delivered a written response to moscow's security demands. however sergey lab rav expressed. a disappointment that rushes primary concern halting. nato's expansion in eastern europe was dismissed. suca suits seduce sonya the cumulative. as for the contents of the reply, there are grounds for the beginning of a serious conversation. only about secondary issues regarding the main issue that has been no positive reaction. and the main issue, i remind you is a clear position on the in admissibility of nato's further expansion, eastwood's and on the deployment of strike weapons that could threaten the territory of the russian federation. the 2 key proposals that russia put forward as lever off said there were just flat out rejected in america's response to them. those 2 key proposals are concerning, the stopping of deployment of offensive weapons in europe that cou

the sean thomas will be right here in the hot seats in 30 minutes to bring you the nightly global use update to join us again than here on our team. and asked to join me every thursday on the alex salmon. sure. and i'll be speaking to guess in the world politics sport business, i'm show business. i'll see you then. mm. so called enhanced interrogation techniques used by the u. s. officials were basically designed as techniques to break down the human mind. if you force a human being to stay in a certain position doesn't take very long to the pain involved to become absolutely excruciating, but nobody's lean finger on you. you are doing it to yourself. we started adopting those techniques when i was stationed in mosul. among them were stress, possession, sleep deprivation, and using hypothermia. there's already beginning to be evidence that these old techniques are now being used on immigrants and children, whatever you do or more comes home. nobody has been held accountable for the torture that happened in the past and the moral authority, the made america awarded or sacrifice the shi

i'm sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. all right, we start with breaking news from houston, texas, where 3 police officers have been shot in broad daylight. this happened on thursday, if video reportedly from the incident shows, officers in a phonetic garden battle firing multiple rounds before being clipped to themselves . please say they are after a suspect, who fled in a white mercedes initial reports say that they were responding to a disturbance call when a chase ensued. that is breaking news. of course, we will be keeping you up to date on the latest as we get that information coming in here on our international. our news team is across it. hello. russia's foreign minister has said the country is ready for a serious talk with the u. s. after washington delivered a written response to moscow's security advance, however, sir lab expressed disappointment that russia's primary concern halting. nato's expansion in eastern europe was dismissed. lucas, it's suzanne. you. the call me on that. as for the contents of the reply

this is art international, and i'm sean thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. now, u. s. president joe biden says he wants american troops in eastern europe in the near future in a show of force against russia. despite nato having just backtracked on its months, long narrative of russia as an imminent aggressor with nato's head yonce stillberg . admitting there's quote, no certainty that russia would invade ukraine. am that time? as long as she does not, once again decide to use military force, you don't do that as well. there's no certainty about the russian plans. maybe they have not made any final decision. well, it means we're seeing more and more of a public message shifting regarding what was previously referred to as a russian invasion of ukraine being immediate, just after yen stalsen berg. we've had floating me as a lindsey the ukranian president speaking saying that he also doesn't particularly see an immediate risk of a russian invasion. and if you take the comments from lindsay from stolen berg and put them alongside briefings that have been given to the me

i'm sean thomas, certainly glad to have with us. by now italy's new clamp down against the unvaccinated about to discrimination. that is what human rights group, amnesty international says demanding that the government to rethink its tough anti cove and policies. recently approved, reinforce green pass must be a time limited arrangement, and the government must continue to ensure that the entire population can enjoy their fund. a mental rights amnesty international italian asked for alternative measures to allow the non vaccinated population to continue to carry out their work . auntie's means of transport without discrimination. the amnesty statement comes in the wake of thousands of people taking to the streets in protest . italy's government has made it mandatory for everyone over 50 years old to get the job, and it's essentially banned the unvaccinated from using public transport or entering a bar or restaurant even with a negative coverage us. and across the atlantic. a recent poll shows that 59 percent of democratic voters wou

this is our to international, sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. as we recap the week stop story. now canadian prime minister just in the trudeau has reportedly been rushed to a secret secure location for protection. as more than 10000 truckers and their freedom convoy, supporters defend on parliament hill in the capital over the nation national food supply crisis. after drivers were told no job, no job, crowds and vehicles have been blocking t roads around the parliament building. those protesters rave, extreme cold warnings to vent their opposition to vaccine mandate and other pandemic restrictions. here's a quick look and how the protests have unfolded. it's not about the vaccine itself. it's about the man and the freedom to choose. that is what these ordinary hardworking canadians are here for. they want to, they want their freedoms from store, ah, the small fringe minority of people who are on their way to ottawa for holding unacceptable views that they are expressing do not represent the views of canadians who have been there for each other.

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sean hannity show is color-blind. but what gives behar at the right to question clarence thomas blackness. this is nothing more than pandering and it is insulting to black americans. what they are telling us is, if you are black, you have to be a democrat. tell that the herschel walker, tell that to condoleezza rice, candace owens, larry elder, and leo terrel. it is insulting. it is insulting because it makes the mind-set that we all think alike. black people have different views. and the comment to pick a black female is racist. it is the number one reason why i left the democratic party. two years ago joe biden said, if you vote for trump, you are not black. the democrats, the left wing have divided this country, sean. he said they played in every election cycle, they are playing at 24/7. one final point, this is not going to convince black people to vote for joe biden or the democrats. we hate crime. we want crime eliminated. we hate these federal mandates. we want the homeless problem done. we want school choice pair that is what black people want. >> sean: pete, let me go to you. pete

thomas alumnus. like many of his predecessors there bexla and ja sean riley car. the change was quite radical because mister, i'd say comes from so far away. i think there are 2 very different philosophies. by mister, lighter sets, a very fast pace. at rehearsals, he always tries to be one or 2 steps ahead, which means every one is forced to follow suit quickly. i for to false design them it, and other ingots phones and shame it sitting on. does it work? clapped, and yar? yes, he was chaotic at 1st because we had to get used to it, but it's slowly coming along. now this choir practice? yes, it's time over. or can this conductor is a stickler? the punctuality. oh. and a group rehearsal involving all the choristers, isn't important to any event. the owens in vicky saw now close your eyes tightly, finger and move the tips of your fingers. that supervision often at the same time, move your jaw with your eyes closed. keep your hands at your sides and move the tips of your toes on the tips bitten. so andreas, i say it's not enough for the boys to simply hit the right no

sean, from h the beginning. i've said that biological boys s should not play in women'ss sports . just not fair. we have to protect women's sports from something like this . leah thomas first of all, h i respect her right to live her life authentically suffering from gender dysphoria is a horrible lifelong strugglen struggle and every story is different. letd me tell you, sean, i know that one and i respect her right to do that . but with that comes some responsibility and integrity's in what you're doing and i don't know why she's doing it. we live in this world right now. that's driving me crazy. i feel sorry for the girls on the penn team because they have to be so woke and say, oh , this is great w worke down deep inside they say they're saying this is wrong and a couple of them anonymously because they can't comeon out and parents have now come out but they have to do it anonymous t and say this is wrog and it is wrong and i'm veryi' disappointed in the ncaam . they didan kick the can down the road and we have to deal with this issue. we have to protect women's sports . they've worked so hard foror equality. look at title nine for years. they got there and final

a lot of a kind of hollywood personality in there — sean penn pops up — so it's got an unusual structure, but it's a very light touch for paul thomasterfilms. it's one of his lighter films, but i feel really mixed about this. 0k. because that central premise of 15—year—old boy, 25—year—old woman — it just doesn't work! that doesn't work! and that central conceit doesn't work, even though there are lots of other things about the film that are terrific, particularly just the way it feels and you feel like you're... i mean, i was very, very young in the time when it was set, but you feel, from everything you see and read about the �*70s, that you're totally back in that period. it's very vivid, but i agree. to me, it is set up as a romantic comedy, but it's not romantic to me because i didn't really believe in the central relationship... yes — you can't believe in it. ..or didn't want it to happen. and this, to me, plays into what they call the stalker trope as well, you know, because this boy who is so persistent and he's constantly calling her, she's telling him that she's not at all interested. he persists, he persists — he even ph

there is a kind of hollywood personality in this, sean penn pops up, so it's got an unusual structure but it's a very light touch for paul thomaster films. one of his letter feels but i feel really mixed about this because that central premise of 15—year—old boy chemically five—year limit, that this does not work. that central conceit does not work even though there are lots of other things about there are lots of other things about the film that are terrific, particularly just the way the film that are terrific, particularlyjust the way it the film that are terrific, particularly just the way it feels in the way you feel like i was very young and the time it was sent to you feel for everything you see and read about the 97 is that you're totally back in that period. it’s totally back in that period. it's very vivid _ totally back in that period. it's very vivid but _ totally back in that period. it�*s very vivid but i agree it is set up his room romantic comedy but is not a minute to me because i did not really believe in this relationship. you cannot believe in that. this -la s you cannot believe in that. this plays into _ yo

. >> sean: the "new york times" is facing more mockery tonight after publishing a column from thomasedman promoting a joe biden ticket showing how he's so disconnected from the people in this country and all across the country prompting scorn from both the left and the right. of course, it comes as liz chaney continues to align herself with the very same democrats that called her father a war criminal. a murderer, a crook and worse. by the way, all of which was not true. at the time i was actually very fond of the former vice president, and liz, if you really care about getting to the bottom of what happened on january 6, instead of your stern lectures call on speaker pelosi, d.c. mayor bowser, to testify about why they decided not to go along with the lawful order of donald trump for 20,000 troops on january 6. he did that on january 4. if you want to prevent this from ever happening again that's what you need to do and why requests from the capitol police chief, the national guard, support went under heeded and why after donald trump signed off on the guards, why did they refuse an

thomas n o t. it's not just the players who are familiar with each other head coach is kyle shanahan and sean mcveighe on the same staff and washington today is mcveigh's 36th birthday. shanahan asked if he shared any birthday wishes. no we're not big birthday guys. he never communicated with me, so i held a grudge over it. this joking we don't do birthday things, but i didn't know about that. i don't even know what date it is some veteran quarterbacks have decisions to make in the next few days, namely aaron rodgers and tom brady, bloodied brady almost pulled off one of the great comebacks in playoff history yesterday down 27 to 3 in the third quarter. brady led tampa to 24 unanswered points and a tie game before the rams one on a walk off field goal. now 44 years old brady's under contract for one more season on a talk show today, brady discussed what #### take into consideration to determine whether to retire or come back for a 23rd season. biggest difference now that i'm older is i have kids now, too, you know, and i care about them a lot as well. you know, i'm going to spend some time with them

thomas in o t. it's not just the players who are familiar with each other head coach is kyle shanahan and sean mcveighaff in washington. today is mcveigh's 36th birthday, and shanahan was asked if he shared any birthday wishes. no we're not big birthday guys. he never communicated with me, so i held a grudge over it. this job, and we don't do birthday things. but i didn't know about that. i don't even know what date it is the ticket situation for sunday's nfc championship game has taken a couple of interesting twists. two weeks ago, 49ers fans took over so fi stating, which felt more like the 49ers with the home team than the rams in an effort to prevent a repeat of that dynamic ticketmaster last night. said it was restricting tickets this week to only fans with greater los angeles area zip codes. that plan was mysteriously rescinded today, probably because they still want to sell tickets. after the game two weeks ago. matthew stafford's wife certainly noticed i'm not going to lie. i've never seen so many. of the opposing team's fans. but again, like matthew is on a silent count. and then for those, y

thomas n. o t. it's not just the players who are familiar with each other head coach is kyle shanahan and sean mcveighon the same staff in washington today as mcveigh's 36th birthday, and shanahan was asked if he shared any birthday wishes. no. we're not big birthday guys. he never communicated with me, so i held a grudge over it. this joking we don't do birthday things, but i didn't know about that. i don't even know what date it is pull the ticket situation for sunday's nfc championship game has taken a couple of interesting twists. two weeks ago, 49ers fans took over. so if i stadium which felt more like the 40 niners with the home team than the rams in an effort to prevent a repeat of that dynamic ticketmaster last night said it was restricting tickets this week to only fans with greater los angeles zip codes. that plan was mysteriously rescinded today , probably because they still wanted to sell tickets. after the game two weeks ago, matthew stafford's wife certainly noticed not going to lie. i've never seen so many. of the opposing team's fans. but again , like matthew is on a silent count. and

, thomas jefferson, all of them with tears in their eyes with the departure from our democracy that is happening right now. unless the truth of the acknowledged and this legislation is passed. >> sean: if you think nancy pelosi's' theatrics were -- some openly accusing fellow democrats, that would be chris and cinnamon joe manchin, now they're calling their fellow democrats racist and gated. take a look. >> people like joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, these are the white people that martin luther king jr. warned us about. speak i submit that members of the senate, regardless of the senate dominic party, no longer have to ask what we would have done then. we are doing what ever what we would have done then, right now. this is a moral moment. this is a 1965 moment. >> they have sent a signal. they have been very clear about her. they don't care about minorities, they don't care about blacks, they don't care about people in their own districts who they are going to deny their voting rights and undermine their voting rights. >> i know the former senator, the late senator, i know what he did in the latter part of his life. yes, he was an infamous ku klux klan, but in the latter part of h

there is a kind of hollywood personality in this, sean penn pops up, so it's got an unusual structure but it's a very light touch for paul thomaseels and the way you feel. like, i was very young in the time it was set, but you feel everything you see and read about the '70s is that you're totally back in that period. it's very vivid, but i agree it is set up as a romantic comedy but it's not romantic to me because i didn't really believe in this relationship. you can't believe in it. this plays into stalker tropes as well because this boy who is a persistent and he is causally calling her and she tells him she is not at all interested and he persists and persists, and he even phones up and does not speak on the end of the phone which is kind of stalker behaviour but often in these kind of male—skewed romantic comedies, this was seen as quaint and appealing and cute whereas there inverse is rarely true in film. i did have a problem with that. yes, and enjoyed it but halfway through, i loved the first a5 minutes and then i started doing this and that's never a good sign. and you talked about an episodic structure, but it dragged