As attended dont safeguard users from sex offenders our guests debated whether responsibility to protect women lies. We need the companies to take a moral stand or at least have some sort of responsibility you cant trust its got me to tell you lose good news you need to take that into your own hands. A very warm welcome to you youre watching the weekly here on r. T. International story this hour in france one of the biggest strikes in years which was supposed to last one day has turned into consecutive days of protests on saturday tensions were high as workers once again took to the streets across the country they were venting their anger against the governments plans to overhaul the pensions system and on sunday more protests are expected with public transport disrupted amid fears of violence. I. Know massive demonstrations were held right across the country on thursday on most a long poles also clashes between riot police and protesters one of the largest trade unions say 1500000 people marched in support of the protests while the interior ministry as mr stay wachowski out to applause the officers used tear gas to disperse the crowds with the most violent rallies occurring in the french capital well it depends key witness that unfold. This strike has been planned for many months now and this is against a proposed changes by the french government to the Pension System here in france the idea here is that they want to amalgamate number of different systems around 42 different systems into a universal system but people say that i will have a massive impact on their pensions because it will mean that their pensions perhaps could be lower in the future or in fact that they might have to work even longer and not as caused huge fury here in france the crimes go all the way back more than a call to god do nor which is where this process was originally due to start off with what was coming for many hours is turned to a huge tensions with clashes between the police and the protesters we saw a van that was certainly on fire and they got tear gas really coming quite close to us and you might get a sense of it just down that you can see there more tear gas come into the protesters shariah and move people away incredible as famous just saying and as you can hear you know were seeing protests this crushing shops in front of us tear gas is bringing down and those crews are actually im going up are battling to half contain this fire ive also been tensions elsewhere in front nor just tensions in places like. Other cities the suggestion now. How is that this one strike that was initially planned by transport workers and is now encompassed Teachers Health work is the firefighters and even the police could now start a ruling strike in the lead up to christmas in going on until the new year as the strike is attempt to make the french government rethink these Pension Reforms for the moment here in france people are adamant that they want to have their voices heard its come to the streets to make sure thats happening. Early this week nato leaders gathered in the u. K. To celebrate the military alliance his 70th anniversary but it turns out people in the host country have little knowledge of its relevance. What they think are the main 3 achievements of nato. But. In terms of achieving no very little i dont know what its about have no idea. What youre i honestly dont know anything about it and so the flag still a day and only my husband recognise what it was who its a good question but let me think of a little bit. So its probably yeah to be honest i dont have i dont have even one they does use the occasion to claim that nato is the most successful alliance in history some of the members disagree as to what the main threats to the block are they did agree though to share its running costs more evenly something the u. S. Has long been urging simon right from the political satire show in case you missed it gives an alternative take on the. Nato 29. 00 Nation Alliance which makes up one of the hall of the worlds military spending yet still calls itself defensive has turned 7 c. Congratulations nato leaders are lovely. In london but some drinks spread some. President trump accused the president of france and anyone michael of being nasty bullied the least popular guests at video from being laughed at by trudeau micron and even Boris Johnson has been seen around the world today wouldnt say exactly plain sailing for this nato meeting but here come all the leaders now coming in with the family photo many of us the president of somewhere oh yes i know that one i know that one. Called him together last. Next to. The leader of turkey thats the least popular to keep this christmas. In that happy day. I suppose they are having to listen to this guys trying in the scottish. You know one. Of the main festivities started a select group of leaders have the tools to meet at the u. S. Ambassadors residence like kids going to. Play ball the orange one sat on a Golden Throne i suppose he does pay for nato presence after all something the head of the alliance u. N. Stoltenberg knows very well but again this critical need was the spine. To get america to pay the bills you know ive always thought that being the head of nato must be the least powerful powerful job in the world so despite their recent differences Frances Emanuel did meet trump and his. To put on a frankly all some display of man spreading. And passive aggression this is where we. Were. Because of them so. You could have something to shoot from the u. S. But. Also water. So. Not well with nato which has become like any interest 70 year old its waistline has expanded since its probably become a bit of a financial burden to the family we cant work out who it is like small the russians the chinese all the middle easterns Anniversary Party was marred by protests in the british capital some demonstrators vented their anger against certain attendees while others objected to nato is pressuring its members to raise defense spending. The americas rick sanchez asked his guests about the current purpose of nato and if it really is obsolete as donald trump once put it before changing his mind. Youre a diplomat youve had a lot of experience in this field what is it that nato either must do today to stay viable or does do we even need it anymore you know its a bureaucracy in search of a mission i was right in 2016 when he said it was obsolete and so afraid was the establishment that he meant what he said on the very day he was inaugurated and they tried to ram through the addition of a new country montenegro thankfully they got it through because it turned out they didnt have to worry about trumps intentions once he filled his administration with a bunch of bushies and retreads of the Heritage Foundation theyve simply adopted the policies weve had the last few decades and somehow turned into nato as obsolete into lets make nato great again which are strong on these countries to pay more for their defense against nobody in particular you think you know has in fact outlived its usefulness i thought so in 1909 and i think so today its been as a loser from a standpoint of being a naturalized american and having read the. Founding fathers warning you cant seem to angling alliances i mean what is this but in entangling alliances are all Foreign Policy did reason nato is being kept around by the Foreign Policy hawks in washington is not because its necessary for the actual military operations and nato itself doesnt really contribute a whole hell of a lot there are very few countries with the notable exception i want to say france and turkey but it put a bit in as if this is not a good idea for the United States and its very close allies to have an association a military economic class size thats what i was trying to say france and turkey could theoretically mount independent military operations everybody else is just a hanger on and theyre just window dressing for us military operations but the are literally like roman exactly erisa want to do what ive been hearing go bad what word the word of the destruction world or what that is what it seems to be a dismissive alliance and 991 when the soviet union and the warsaw pact with out of business nato should have as well as why didnt they let russia in i mean that literally that time ive read on many occasions buddha himself has said why dont you get is that. Oh youre going to say you know it was but one of the youre a bit of a european they thought that if we did that the nato would be like the un just to talk shop it couldnt take action by which theyve been military action. Listen to what you just so youre saying it doesnt work if we dont have enemies exactly if we have to. Ability to inflict military force that i dared to say aggression in places like serbia libya whatever we want to using nato as a platform but i mean it could change by the way russia could be s. O. B. s at one time like the 1950s but not so much now right but better why dont you have a system that allows that ability because because whos interest has. Had all these all these are the over the military companies and this bureaucrats who have the nice small rice balls at the expense of their taxpayers because there is a threat out there is a bear in the woods. Poppy to free dating apps that are not protecting their users from sex offenders on their platforms thats according to a new investigation by american Nonprofit Organization pro publica the probe took a look at more than 150 incidents of Sexual Assault of the past decade and found that the majority of victims were women who met their wives harkers through much apps and 10 percent of cases they were paired with men who had already been accused or convicted of sex crime. Watch group which turns over 40 of the most popular apps ase they do can doubt background checks on their members but only for paid accounts further the company says it disputes the investigations findings. The implication that we norberg such offenders on our side and dont fight to keep them off is as outrageous as it is falls and stick knowledge evolves we will continue to aggressively deploy new tools to eradicate bad actors including users of our Free Products where we are not able to obtain sufficient and reliable information to make meaningful bang ground checks possible target more generalist a spectator magazine and resurface in a womens rights advocate gave us their thoughts on dating platforms and their screening policies. The match group is a 1000000000. 00 company there is no reason why they couldnt allocate just a small portion of their revenue to screen the people on their ab just so that theres just a smaller since of increased safety its a precaution its a measure but its deserved if they if theyre suddenly saying that we want in order to join the service we want to perform background checks on everyone who joins 1st of all that would kill the business and they know it theres a moral responsibility on these companies that are making billions of dollars 1700000000 dollars from women looking for love to say oh you know what its too expensive for us to do a little bit to protect you nobodys going to want to join these apps with these kind of if theyre doing that theyre being this invasive of background checks with that said people maybe shouldnt be on them especially women and not only are these dangerous for women but its destroying women so just give up the dating apps if you dont perform your own background checks in your own time with your own money get off were not going to restrict women from using the internet because there are predators we do desire for these companies to at least take the step into the right direction why do you want to put that kind of power on these monolithic Tech Companies and up saying that you know band women for dating apps im simply saying you should rely on this and you cant trust these companies to tell you whos good and whos bad you need to take that into your own hands so if you meet someone do a background check before you did for you go out on a date if they work in tandem with the courts to get the names at least of the 1st and last names in the location of where these people are and perhaps create some type of monitor of their internet thats a step in the right direction its going to be a mess i think no matter what and theres always going to be people who perhaps squeak through or dont get picked up who then commit assaults and crimes get a gun ladies. Protect yourselves and we dont win and by the way these incidences are obviously extremely rare and you know by and large the vast majority of men are not sexual predators one woman is enough we need the companies to take a moral stance or at least have some sort of responsibility to protect the women that utilize their ad and then what happens you know its its never going to be a perfect system. In the program us 2020 preelection rivalry sees an unexpected turn with the baby yoga character from the latest star wars saga spin off trending the Democratic Front runners on spec on social media found some of the stories that said the week after this short break. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often experience Dramatic Development only really im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. Nato the defensive alliance that has shaken several countries its the union of the supposedly like minded the country do you and what the main threats are its the appeared to me of military might but said to be both in great shape and brain dead at the same time as the organization celebrates its 70th anniversary is it fine just think about whats on. Welcome back russia has denied its been unwilling to cooperate with German Authorities over an investigation into the murder of a Georgian National then burning in august its off to berlin expelled 2 Russian Diplomats on wednesday claiming that moscow and isnt being forthcoming in the us Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told r. T. On thursday that it appears moscow will again be blamed for a crime it was never involved there. The federal Foreign Office today declared to employees of the Russian Embassy in berlin to be persona non grata with this the federal government reacts the fact that the russian authorities despite repeated high level and in fact it requests did not sufficiently participate in the investigation of the murder of tony k. K. In berlin zoo. They said we did not cooperate enough this is groundless some countries today recalled the tragedy of m. H. 17 my dutch counterpart said we didnt do enough then we supplied them with all the necessary information with data from our radars and so on we gave them everything where are the satellite images the us promised nobody answered that we asked them what kind of cooperation they want from us and they responded by saying you have to confess you did it that would be corporative if germany wants to follow suit nothing good will come of it thats not a good way to deal with anyone and with russia in particular. The murder in question happened in late august in 1 of berlins parks a 14 year old victim was shot and killed while on his way to a mosque and what use is there cyclists shot the man in the back of the head and then fled the scene the slain mother is ill in carla congo severely also known as tony k. K. Was a georgian citizen who since 2017 had lived in germany as an Asylum Seeker he had ties to a high profile chechen terrorist in russia and fought against Russian Troops and police during the 2nd chechen war the man was wanted by russian authorities on terrorism charges ok so its seized on up by the controversial controversial beilin cas Investigative Group which along with a german newspaper to speak were quick to point the finger at moscow with allegations that russian authorities to help the assassin create his fake identity economist ike harlow told is the evidence presented so far has been inconclusive. You can definitely see that there are certain interests who want to poison the relationship between russia and germany it seems that there is some cleaning up were going on with isis and everything around and this high profile terrorist who might be related to all these happenings in there with isis and syria and so on so i think there can be many more reasons why this was done and who did this apart from russia the problem is that we cannot trust any of those explanations from german governments at all it was already with the script it was with iraq all these socalled big evidences turned out to be just nothing and in this case to make such a big thing send it to people whole is without any proven fact it is just a disgrace and im feeling very ashamed of the federal bureau of foreign affairs. Iraqi started some u. S. President ial election campaigns with several run has already stumbling at the 1st hurdle and dropping out but it seems that baby yoda character from a star will spin off could be quite successful candidate if it through its name into the 2020 president ial race itself according to a recent poll baby yoga is out trending all democratic hopefuls on social media including front runners joe biden and Bernie Sanders but thats not going to stop these 2 on the many at this still at the consideration striving to be called the perfect candidate why does he have has the story. In is imperfect world of ours the who really this finding something perfect it is of course impossible but goodness do they really try every 4 years in america well. Actions the eternal search for the perfect candidate a smallish chink in their holier than thou armor is enough to sink him or her and i really mean the smallest chink for example pete booted judge currently ranked 4th in the democrat candidate polls hes a darling a mayor a family guy openly gay and he even has a disabled dog i mean what an angel but then i see he went too far he helped the homeless participated in Salvation ArmyCharity Events and thats a Christian Organization which is sometimes accused of homophobia you know hard core christians and all apparently race issues are the only thing. Is slow to grasp what is his excuse for not realizing the Salvation Army is homophobic hard to imagine a more succinct visual metaphor for i will gleefully work for the act of destruction of my people if it makes me seem in a yacht or more electable than booted shorter within a seriously antique with Salvation Army these activists are literally accusing an openly gay man of supporting homophobia just just let it sink in you havent dropped out of the race yet unlike camelot harris and one of her crimes as a half black half tamil indian woman was that she just wasnt black enough skin pigmentation seems to really really matter for a president ial candidate then you have Bernie Sanders who spent his life trying to power the poor and for his troubles had the d. N. C. Election rigged against him last time around but bernie is doesnt get it. America doesnt want someone who cares so much for the poor sanders just does not understand that a 15. 00 minimum wage will hurt the job market and theres no way we can afford to make education free for everyone and on top of bernies you know principles and decency hes just ancient. Get on much like former Vice President and controller see magnet joe biden ease neck deep in just the weirdest stuff begin getting really close and taking the nice sniff of peoples hair now embroiled in ukraine gate he got his little boy a nice cushy job that pays a standing amounts in ukraine the poorest nation in europe and modern civil war to boot im sure he can remember all that stuff them ages getting the better of him to his memory isnt what it was then we have Elizabeth Warren who hasnt quite yet figured out who she is in case you missed that she tried to pass yourself off as part native american which was an exaggeration by which i mean it was entirely made up bashing. No one it seems is good enough homosexual homophobe a black woman who isnt black enough an old man thats obsessed with helping the people that need help biden in his head sniffing and seriously what the hell then again perhaps people wouldnt need pics so much if you know they had Something Else to talk about if these people had a plan beyond beating trump a clear plan for america and americans but hey maybe not i mean seriously and. Living stuff. Massive fire has toned through that paint the front 3 in the center of the indian capital of new delhi leaving 43 people dead as according to officials the fine has not been close out but the rescue operation is still underway margins the services say 50 people have been rescued dozens of workers was sleeping inside the building when the 5 broke out a factory is located near a large mob case which made the work of 5 more difficult is those a short circuit starts at the fire. Thanks for joining us here at r. T. International were back at the top of the out with the laces. To globalization the dollars a share you know its happening as the world of time adjusting aparna lot of different ways we look at it because theres an Economic Force behind it as always. Facebook and google started with a great idea and great ideals unfortunately it was also a very dark so. They are constructing a profile of you and that profile is real its detailed and it never goes away turns out that google is manipulating your opinions from the very 1st character that you type into the search bar it will always favor one dog food over another one comparative Shopping Service over another and one candidate over another they can suppress certain types of results deiced on what they think you should be see if they have this kind of power then democracy is an illusion the free and Fair Election doesnt exist the more growth we give them the sooner we are all. Free. Come on and welcome to world apart its a defensive alliance that destroyed several countries a union of the like minded to come to agree on what the main threats are and then the b. To me off military mindset to be both in great shape and brain at the same time as nato celebrates its 70th anniversary isnt it finally time to think its not about retirement done at least a change of course to discuss that im now joined by yusuf political analyst for turkey state broadcaster tara tara world is to everymans good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you now turkey has been a member of nato since 900 52. 00 its the 2nd Largest Military in deadlines its taken part in many of its operations including the one in libya which triggered the largest gratian crisis of did take it with a profound effect on turkey and south as nato celebrates its anniversary is it more of a reason for celebration or perhaps contemplation in turkey. Well i definitely think its a time for contemplation because nato right now is lacking a Strategic Vision many of the allies inside nato right now have very did different threat perceptions inside of their own Domestic NationalSecurity Apparatus and when nato comes together as the 29 members it has a problem agreeing on who the threat is now we saw the french president mccrum the couple days ago before the nato summit called nato braindead he wasnt exactly correct nato still has value but nato definitely needs to be diagnosed i like to call nato is problem a midlife crisis its 70 years old its still thinks its 40 years old and its still things the enemies the soviet union when there is no soviet union there is no communist china and there are much more imminent threats right now in the globe nonstate actors terrorist organizations i agree with you there are lots of disagreements internal disagreements but in balance and yet at the same time to turkish officials continue extolling the value of neda and how substantial turkeys role within they to has been if we look specifically at the last 3 decades what did he get out the nato for all its contributions frankly i over the last 3 decades i dont think turkey has gotten much out of nato besides a couple air bases inside the country at times the limited deployment of some air defenses turkey hasnt got much but when you look at what turkey has given nato whether it be supporting the afghanistan operation whether it be supporting kosovo or bosnia and when you look at the Turkish Military nato 2nd largest army you see a army with a very high operational capacity and a heavy experience when it comes to hot conflicts geopolitically turkey is the long arm of nato that extends deep into these hot conflict zones and gives need to a border where it can operate militarily in these areas very very comfortable