Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our chief International John thomas glad to have you with us and countries across the globe have welcomed in the new year two thousand and eighteen cities and worldwide have spectacular fireworks shows to celebrate here some of the highlights for you. I. I. Moscows vibrant landscape was illuminated as fireworks a lit up the sky over st basils cathedral in the quiet kremlin with the Holiday Season underway large numbers of tourists are enjoying the festivities. Whos. Come for money not apparently all you can probably delete it from italy i cant pass a kid my mom comes to new jersey im. Young its a first time yeah its the first time that im here in new year and theres so many things to see if you went to see the kremlin and it was so. Fantastic this is the safest city has ever been and that weve been all over the world for so a lot of all police so this feeling of being the full safety of life everywhere the people are the nice everybody was trying to help us so clean here i like the food here it will come back for sure because we find the city to be amazing. Dont you how do you say happy new year in russia and us known what snow you got it. Off the. Two thousand and seventeen saw iraq of new faces in the war. Political arena with plenty of opportunities to get up close and personal with the old guard although things did not always go so smoothly take a look. I was at full speed i was. Told china and this was her. Future. Its one of the most anticipated events of two thousand and seventeen it was the start of term in the white house and the president took to twitter overnight to congratulate americans on the new year and stressed that together theyre making the country great again here is a quick look back at the man who has turned u. S. Politics on its head. Could you be. Like a smart person. Being fully how my doing my job ok ambrosia president do you believe that. As donald trump celebrates his second christmas after being elected u. S. President were going to go over his top twenty seventeen Stocking Stuffers memorable moments from his first year in the white house. Thank you everybody thank you very much. Im. Going to go to. Work. For you mike. This isnt the kind of behavior that youd normally expect from a u. S. President during an official meeting you also wouldnt expect twitter to be turned into an official white house channel but as commander in chief donald trump has actually given americas teenagers a run for their money with over two thousand five hundred tweets. Much like Charles Dickens fictional real estate owner manhattans favorite scrooge has his very own ghost of christmas past the russia collusion story just doesnt seem to go away as the probes and investigations continue despite the lack of any sustainable evidence now Donald Trumps twenty seventeen holiday wish list includes a Second Special counsel to investigate bob muller the First Special counsel who was appointed to investigate donald trump now this could be a slippery slope next there could be a Third Special counsel appointed by congress to investigate down from second this could just go on and on and on and. You can see for me i see and hear everything you do because youre a ghost. So donald trump decided to make good on one of his election promises and bring peace to the middle east oh wait it was his other election promise to recognize jerusalem as israels capital so far no peace we wish you a very happy hanukkah. And i think this one will go down as especially special. Right now and thinking about whats going on and the love thats all over is you know and all about jerusalem the president has had plenty to boast about in twenty seventeen especially his range of very dangerous toys we are so proud of our military and it was another successful event. To what happens as i said we Just Launched a. Missile. Heading to iraq. Headed to syria. Heading towards syria now this time of year a lot of us enjoy word games with our family and friends well donald trump doesnt care what time of year it is or how dangerous the game might get take his challenger kim jong un the north korean crisis left us all breathless wondering if the next word might be World War Three we are totally prepared for the second option totally destroy north korea these are sick puppy rockets men is on a Suicide Mission from so what are you curious to see the strong message youd want which is you know youre going to the north korean regime is calling the president trumps words a load of nonsense north koreas Supreme Leader fired back at trump accusing the president of being a mentally deranged u. S. Dotard a korean insult roughly meaning senile idiot obviously hes a pretty smart cookie well whether you support him or not twenty seventeen was quite a spectacular year for donald trump theres been explosions late nights on twitter and a regional shake ups twenty eighteen is now here and it seems like the potest has plenty more up his sleeve up and artsy new york the standoff between washington and pyongyang is set to continue in two thousand and eighteen with north koreas leader targeting the u. S. In his new years speech kim jong un made it clear he had of the Nuclear Button close at hand. The entire u. S. Mainland is within the range of a Nuclear Strike and the button is always on the table in my office space you clearly know that this is certainly not a threat but rather a reality but the remark by the leader of is highly irresponsible and is to be stopped all discouraged by old things why has the right to defend itself. About threats from the United States in terms of regime change all assassination of its leader all simply invasion into its territory right now the situation is in a stalemate. He has time to develop the super weapon in a more and more sophisticated way and the United States has not yet reached the point of deciding to use military means to solve the problem but i dont think everything has been exhausted to a student need to try their best even though all the likelihood of a diplomatic solution is becoming remote and that remote another new political leader in two thousand and seventeen was french president. Many a saw him as a man of the people but he began with a controversial labor reforms that triggered massive protests across wants to make it easier for companies to hire and fire people and reduce the power of collective bargaining that has angered french workers by president thinks that theyre just being lazy. I will be absolutely determined to do that i will not yield in any way not to slackers who flock to cynics not to extremists. Well crawlin was the king of the slackers and of the king of the rich he was compared to napoleon which was not helped when news leaked out about his lavish fortieth birthday party. Two thousand and seventeen saw the fall of Islamic State in syria and iraq but leaving behind heartache and devastation for civilians is a recap of the battle against of the deadly terror group. Thousands of women and children have been left widowed and orphaned after i saw militants died during the fighting arts he launched a campaign in two thousand and seventeen to bring back abandoned russian and children from iraq among them our two sisters heidi john and of thema heres their story. So close up again one of the schools was ready to start. This was a mom i knew only a mom or dad of each. Other not only the family says. It all me out. On me as. She. Was. My. First they are a world thats were living in mind. Coming up more casualties at massive protests in iran that we have the details after a short break you are watching international. Only one day to go before the millionth birthday because i just think about that in my ears and went from absolutely unknown piece of software to world shaking wall street transforming society. In court. Seemed wrong. Just dont hold. Any gold to get to shape out these days to come out ahead and in again from an equal betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. I. Welcome back this is a R T International now man opened fire in the iranian city of. Killing one and wounding three others according to state media there earlier reported that ten people had been killed overnight during protests across the country have now been twelve deaths as the unrest continues through a fifth day what caused the deaths is still unclear however several protesters were portably trying to take over police stations and military bases and world repelled by Security Forces on saturday state t. V. Reported two out of fatalities government officials stress that police did not open fire at the rally. Now imagine. The protesters were originally against the rising cost of living but turned a political and spread across the country they have been met by mass counter gun stations in support of iraqs leadership president Hassan Rowhani then held a ministerial meeting to solve the economic problems causing public discontent earlier he reaffirmed that people are free to rally as long as there is no. You know. In recent days we have witnessed protests everyone must be aware of this point that we are a free nation and according to the constitution and human rights the people are absolutely free to criticize the government and even protest with their protests should be in such a way as to aim to improve the situation in the country the government will tolerate some protesters who want to destroy public property will disrupt public discipline and create turmoil in Society People will not tolerate it. Now donald trump has posted his sixth a tweet in just three days on the protests in iran he wrote that iranian people are hungry for food and freedom he accused the countrys government of Human Rights Violations and claimed its time for change political analyst me says it was the us itself it sparked the Economic Situation leading to these protests. The problem started with with the policy of the United States the United States using economic leverage against countries around the world the policy of the United States actually the stuff of life in iran theyre not happy with the regime they want to change the regime they love that very clearly in their strategy for two thousand and four two thousand and seventeen eighteen they think mr bill meddling inside the politics of iran and basically that statement that has been coming from the white house from. A story if a lot of suspicion specially the claim by the rain and some of those people who were shot there was without having that every Indian Police opened fire so this is called for a lot of questions whos meddling and every Indian Security issues. More than a thousand people have gathered in ukraines capital for a torch lit march commemorating a controversial nationalist leader january the first marks one hundred nine years since the birth of step on a symbol of ukrainian nationalism and a nazi collaborator and there are sided with hitler and World War Two militants loyal to him waged an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign and killed tens of thousands of polish civilians mostly women and children his popularity surged after nationalist backed protests over three you create a government in two thousand and fourteen people at the rally chanted the nationalist slogans carrying red and black flags of the nationalist Movement Similar rallies were held across ukraine as well. More than a dozen incidents of Sexual Assault have been reported at new years celebrations in the german it capital berlin. There were thirteen incidents of six year harassment in the event area around Brandenburg Gate we have detained seven suspects the suspects were predominantly young men from syria or afghans. That is despite safe zones for women being set up there for the first time special tents were meant to help those seeking physical and psychological help during the Outdoor Party you know the iconic brand of brigade we spoke to women who say the zone still dont make them feel safe. I dont feel safe. Three suspects were also detained at celebrations in cologne according to local media after nine women reported being sexually assaulted there this year special wristbands were introduced at the festivities as part of a campaign against Sexual Misconduct the head of the campaign claims the wristbands remind people not to sexually attacked others or through fireworks that individuals buildings or police this comes in the wake of the two thousand and fifteen new Year Celebrations in germany which saw more than a thousand women assaulted cloner was among the worst affected. We discussed the issue with british former Intelligence Officer enema sharma she believes safe zones for women may not be the best idea especially since the German Authorities would tackle offenders or should tackle offenders rather than the victims well i think its a Good Initiative in order to make people feel women feel safe however its perhaps targeting the wrong group you know you need to investigate people might be perpetrating attacks and stop those attacks rather than offering safe haven for women after those attacks happened i can start to understand why the general did this in berlin particularly after the assault you mentioned in cologne two years ago as well as dortmund just the door i mean it was all across the country so obviously there are legitimate concerns but it sort of implicitly states that actually women are not safe outside that area germans germany is one of the leading western liberal democracies in the world and yet women cannot feel safe to go out on the streets to celebrate a Public Holiday what does that say about equality whats that say about human rights for women in germany these days. Meanwhile in france a Group Calling itself strong women took action to prevent unrest on december thirty first twenty women undertook street patrols in a city in the countrys north most of them are mothers who live in an unsafe district of the city their main goal was to vent young people damaging Property Values you know they dont you know that talking to teens the most constructive way of stopping them from acting out during the holiday. We gathered here to have a good time and tell the youth that we dont want clashes of burnt cars in our district on the thirty first of december examples of it are not very common but there are still too many of them we dont want any such cases at all. We need people who are going to damage cars and buildings we come up to them and start a conversation i think we can settle things by talking to them this is a good undertaking particularly sense in. Such districts the thirty first of december is an especially dangerous day if we can warn children and teens not to do anything foolish and make a district safe its the right thing to do and that doesnt for me ill be back in thirty four minutes with a full look at your news you are watching our two international unshod thomas quite happy with us. I had a great education a good job and a family that loved me. I never had to worry about how i would eat and where i would sleep. Im facing christmas alone out on the streets of london. Well you know. I could love the glory like going to school you know just a lot of those still give out food for the homeless. Because you dont really feel like a human being in that. And then. The guy just came over to me saw me and gave me this book of. What politicians do something that. They put themselves on the line and they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president im sure. More something i want to. Have to do like to be press was like them before last three in the morning cant be good. Im interested always in the lawyers in the house. Back there should. In the heart of the swiss alps this is a place probably more secretive than the pentagon more mysterious than the cia and better guarded than for knox customs. And all the site is controlled by them and they impose the opening times. It is from his office the procedures in place of the strictest in all europe masterpieces by artists like pecans oh and modigliani i cant boards and sold inside this warehouse thats where the report comes in it covers up deals with naturally discreet commercially discreet but also discreet because they concern fraud. Some of those paintings are linked to dark secrets nobody knows how many of these secrets kept inside the Geneva Freeport system youll never obtain an inventory of all the works in the freeport who knows how many there are three hundred three thousand three hundred thousand is it a matter of confidentiality only is it the world like the our business. Hello and welcome across talk were all things were considered Peter Lavelle it would seem the more the anti trampers push to have the president removed from office the more we learn about the media in such places as the f. B. I. How they really work to date the investigation known as russia gate has revealed preciously little though were learning there was collusion elsewhere. Across talking real collusion im joined by my guest Richard Goodstein in washington he is a Democratic Political strategist and a former adviser to Hillary Clintons two president ial campaigns in miami we have John Carville oh he is host of off the cuff on rebel media and in phoenix we crossed to Josh Bernstein he is a t. V. Talk show host all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate josh im going to go to you first because one of my one of the crosstalk rules is always go to the person that got up early is for this program and that is you want to talk about some of the things thats coming out of the the f. B. I. In the in the special investigation into. Alleged collusion with russia during the election we have this peter stroke you know and hes written some you know with his