The year draws to a close we begin a review of the key events not shape 29. 00 during the protests that seem to grip practically every corner of the globe. One minute past 9 am in houston at 9 pm and 6 in the evening right here in moscow welcome to our 2 international i mean and oneil. We begin the program in the russian. Foreign minister zarif is working as he earlier met russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov who stated that the west must return to compliance with the iranian youre. Thats because its the u. S. Is forcing the countries not to fulfill their obligations despite irans compliance with the reach degree. Ments we demand that the u. S. And the e. U. Both return to full implementation with the legations voluntarily and then iran would do the same but if our western partners do not want to confirm their respect for International Law then the. Must be recognized as dead. The United States is trying to impose its will on other countries and make them violate International Norms and standards as for the european position on the g 20 politically they support it but in practice they do not do enough to counter the u. S. Sanctions we think the europeans should stick to their commitments well apart from the scale seeing the prospects for the nuclear deal the top diplomats touched on bilateral relations with iran its foreign minister saying theyre up an historical 8. 00 will later visit china about significant because this trip there will come china iran and russia conduct their 1st joint drills include antiterrorism and antipiracy training being held in the northern part of the indian ocean as well as in the gulf of oman the region includes key shipping and Energy Supply routes and is a source of tension between tehran and washington. Mohammad marandi from the university of tehran believes the drills are a message to washington that it can no longer dictate global terms unilaterally. The United States. Still sees itself as the head of you know all of world. Or wants to see itself as the head of the appalled world and the europeans of course are. Will abide by the United States no matter whos in charge of the country whether its who they most your uterus just like or anyone else but the reality is that weve moved beyond that stage the United States is on the relative decline countries like iran russia and china are on the rise. The United States is going to have to accept and recognize the new situation and i think that the fact that these 3 countries actually carried out these maneuvers together jointly all 3 together is a major significance and it sends a message to the United States that they can no longer dictate terms well its been a turbulent year for iran and indeed the region as a whole mark by tough sanctions on the seizure of tankers looking back years from monocultural. For terror on the year 2019 was thrilling to say the least it narrowly avoided an open military conflict with the United States got hammered by new stifling sanctions took part in a socalled oil tanker crisis and had to deal with the worst domestic processed in 40 years lets go through it one step at a time. Following its withdrawal from the Iranian Nuclear deal the us continued its sanctions against the Islamic Republic the countrys uncompromising stance swiftly led to an American Military buildup in the region the United States is deploying the u. S. S. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike group and boma task force to the u. S. Central command region sent a clear and unmistakable message to the arabian regime that any attack on United States interests on those of our allies will be minutes with unrelenting force in may and june of 2019 some oil tankers were damaged and some caught fire in the gulf of oman washington immediately blamed terror on in may the rebels in yemen carried out multiple drone strikes on a Saudi Oil Pipeline the u. S. Again stated that it believes iran was behind the attack and continued deploying a different troops over the next 2 months the pentagon said the buildup was in response to heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations these assets would join the u. S. S. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike group and a u. S. Air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u. S. Forces and our interests President Trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of 8000000000. 00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u. S. Surveillance drone was shot down by the Iranian Military trump had ordered out is every military. Strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. Pressure on terror on continued in early july when British Royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following mutual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil markets all ended well as both tankers were eventually released. Despite irans resilience to the u. S. Sanctions their effect has taken its toll the last months of 2019 or more by protests across the country when gasoline prices skyrocketed due to the governments decision to cut fuel subsidies though the plan was to direct the additional funds to supporting over 60000000. 00 people in need crowds it still took to the streets it was initially at peaceful rally but it quickly turned violent in some places and resulted in several deaths including Law Enforcement officers now that story its easy even put the country on its old School Internet shut down to prevent the protests from spreading now lets guess who was the 1st to capitalize on irans civil unrest people enjoy a Better Future when their government begins to respect basic human rights abandons its revolutionary. Posture and its destabilizing Foreign Policy in the region and behave simply like a normal nation hes arabian can a poor jobs or eve dismiss that kind of support saying that it was the u. S. Sanctions that caused so much suffering to his people. A regime that bans food and medicine for ordinary people including elderly and sick iranians by economic terrorism can never show its disgraceful support for the iranian people despise and the other year under serious pressure life here in tehran continues the internet is back online with all Major Social Networks available and i checked that myself but hardly anyone in iran has any ads out with an adversary Like Washington theyre in for still more thrilling moments in the coming year. Ramon cost of r. T. To iran. Russias federal Security Service has released a video showing the arrest of 2 terror suspects accused of plotting a petersburg on new years eve they were seized after a tip off from u. S. Intelligence or putin personally for donald trump for a vote in a telephone call picking up the story. Russias federal Security Service that is the f. S. B. Announced on friday 2 russian citizens who were planning on committing terrorist attacks on home soil was arrested it is said that the incident was going to take place in St Petersburg widely called the countrys 2nd kept often called the venice of the north because of it now and that was going to take place here which is of course now just one day away at this point in time we dont have any further details on the individuals apprehended but what i can say of course is that new hair in russia is one of the biggest holidays on the night of the 31st of december since tens if not hundreds of thousands of people in every single city stream out onto the streets meaning that if this had not been stopped the consequences could have been truly tragic now it is absolutely vital to know this attack was foiled in no small part thanks to a tip off from the American Intelligence Services marking a very positive very encouraging moment of cooperation between the u. S. And russia the kremlin in fact has released a statement confirming that the russian president spoke to his american counterpart donald trump over the phone on sunday and thanked him for passing on crucial information that led to these arrests during not cool death in fact since july when they discussed the devastating fires in siberia both and it is also reiterated that commitment to the fight against terrorism and in this the 2 countries really have shown considerable cooperate. For example strongly echoing these latest events back in december 27th teen washington warned moscow about an attack that was planned on some. Cathedral that tip off led to the arrest of 5 suspects simly has fought back because 2011 of russian authorities told the f. B. I. About an individual who was later found partially responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings now of course we know that terrorism has become one of the grave Global Threats that we face today in fact just within the past 24 hours a 45 year old who was suspected of being a propagandist and a recruiter for International Terrorist organization was arrested in russia as far east and just over a week ago on the day that is dedicated to the Security Services right here in Russia Vladimir Putin announced that 33 terrorist attacks have been foiled in russia in 29000 a loan and quite right he said that this was testament to the dedication and to the professionalism of the Counter Terrorism units in the country but with specific regards to this latest story it seems that thankfully the fight against terrorism continues tonight countries across the world even ones which sometimes struggle to find Common Ground on this call between president s putin and trump really going to show that when people are in danger when lawyers are at stake differences can very successfully be set aside. So i heard we continue or if you have a person here and look at some of the key events including on risk in america thats after this short break. Seemed wrong. To me. To seep out just become active. And engaged because the trail. Went something and find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for Common Ground. In the United States president ial candidates debate the future of the us and the world. Max kaiser and Stacy Herbert dig into the burning questions of this election cycle one topic every week. Tax student debt trade was corporate money universal basic. And more catch up with whats front running this sunday exclusively on r. T. Hello again with 2020 just around the corner lets continue our look back at some of the key events of the year that was. So todays topics are. Streets of rage mysteriously titled mind games lets see what stories the 1st all of these for us violent protests were prevalent the world over from the yellow vests in paris to the anti beijing riots in hong kong and of course in latin america so lets focus on. The continent tells more about its fair share of turmoil in 2090 protests have ranged from venice way about bolivia to chile in ecuador arties the whole quarter breaks it all down for us. It started as a spark the next thing you know the inferno of revolution is all around you and cant be extinguished that is the south america of 2019. Whats crucial if thats your aim is to find just the right moment to stir up the scent. Venezuelas chaos was the epicenter right after the country reelected president Nicolas Maduro washington pounced challenging the governments legitimacy and trying to provoke a coup. By mike pence Nicolas Maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power and it gracefully and out the legitimacy to run venezuela upon the leader of the opposition i swear to formally soon the duties of the National Executive as president of venezuela President Trump officially recognize the president of the Venezuelan National assembly one goh i do is the interim president of venezuela the time is now to support the venezuelan people to recognize the new democratic government led by interim president gore though the safety and security of president and his family are of great importance to the American People why i dont try to hard to win over the military but when it became clear it stood behind a majority washington rolled out some empty threats are you hearing very well that is what i consider getting thing but all options are on the table all of these are all options are on the table all options are on the table it was. Not up to the resolve of the United States and steamrolled the country with sanctions adding to the suffering of ordinary people already living through economic collapse but is it really democracy that washington and its allies were interested in or perhaps this has something more to do with black gold not that what is Donald Trumps cases against venezuela the cases belo is the only live in his way into the riches of venezuela its going gas diamonds iron water a material riches resource grabbing hasnt only been confined to venezuela in the region. Bolivia seen its own share of unrest this year but there are right wing coup was successful the elected president abel morales forced to step down and flee the country well if he does either why am i resigning so that my opponents cannot continue to persecute myself. Brothers its my duty as an indigenous president and the president of all believe in this to seek peace after morale has got the boot senator janine anya is proclaimed herself interim president not exactly a household name before that but whats more important is who had her back and he guesses we pledge our support to the believe in people and to the Transitional Government led by president janine and yes as they prepare for these elections. We support you need 9 years in bolivia as she would to ensure a peaceful democratic transition through free elections and just like in venezuela its ordinary people who are paying the price for a regime change. That. Seeing the parallels heres another one lithium is in high demand in the United States and that valuable resource also happens to be in abundance in bolivia. Chile has also been no stranger to disorder where clashes have been deadly at times thousands have rallied since mid october demanding the president resign and the constitution be revised there have already been widespread reports of torture and unlawful killings following the militarys deployment. But on these protests the u. S. Has been silent maybe its because the president is Sebastian Pinera a harvard graduate whos free market policies have shown hes happy to do business with the u. S. A case not so different from this next country. Had last we have ecuador a country that became engulfed in protests after the government carried out i. M. F. Backed severe austerity policies. Yet again silence from the us and the reason is pretty much the same as with chile the us supported the governments newfound allegiance with the i. M. F. Washington might pick and choose the battles that benefit its interests the most but at the end of the day fire is fire it doesnt care who it burns and when a whole continent is set ablaze it becomes extremely difficult to extinguish. And in 29000 latin america wasnt the only continent when through a period we would bring you know the recap of this years protests on choose the for no though lets move to a no other topic mind games were delving into the issue of controlling the way people think and the rule of social media in the particularly facebook. Takes a look at how the tech behemoths has become the center in chief when it comes to what we can and comes. Out tell you what having this job for 6 years is maybe report on censorship quiet a few times look at this freshman giorno trying to go asking about facebook censorship at a press briefing hey young man you have no idea what awaits you in 29. By the end of the decade look at it the evolution of Online Platforms has gone all the way towards 0 tolerance for offenders even though it all one started down there with pretty much 0 regulation but who decides what exactly makes someone an offender all right lets dig into the 2900 stage of the evolution look at these one by one and check out their censorship record. You true work hard on reading their platform of harassment see the latest update to their harassment policy came out in december go on read into it youll find words like veiled threats and plod threats right there warning that whatever thats supposed to mean will be punished and youll find 0 examples and no proper details. Because it was in force these policies seemingly random or not at all so why should i trust them to do it now im skeptical why are the late night hosts allowed to roast people in you tube pick on peoples physical appearance but other you tube is current so you should press put out its new guidelines they dont set lines and they dont guide. The latest in a series of policy updates after the previous ones you tube didnt hesitate to take action the result record breaking numbers of accounts and videos taken down. In 2019 facebook really took us all by surprise by showing what it takes to put on a new face not that it looked like they were keen to do it but someone just happened to notice that while trying to dodge a defamation lawsuit facebook prefer to itself as a publisher look at this mature c. E. O. Telling congress his network is a tech company not a media one well that happened before 2019 and the new f. B. I. Gave itself the green light to censor just about anything which theyve been up to quite strenuously although in march when the new zealand shooter life streamed a massacre of 50 people everyone was like where the hell were the moderators or censors were anyone to stop this another thing i wont call anyone out for consistency but in a recent interview Mr Zuckerberg said no to censoring political ads even if they contain lies in what i believe is that in a democracy its really important that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying its that they can make their own judgments and i dont think that a private company should be censoring politicians or news this tech giants however have been blamed for screwing up a bit of campaigning like when gabbert for instance challenged google for taking down her ads this alarming trend has been growing with tech giants continuing to silence voices and restrict access to information this concentration of power and influence is a direct threat to our democracy by the way did you know about this side to it 29000 sauda list. Facebook moderators claiming to have p. T. S. D. Growing with a former employee suing the social media giant even though the company said it was offering all the required support. Well no point in digging too deep if the storys repeating itself twitter has mastered the art of new era suspensions and bans to the vagueness of the rules probably isnt so much to worry about so you can get in trouble for it can be many things from supporting joy massage to pulling a prank on the fans of the cats movie but just keep in mind what kind of folks you may find among twitters staff a british army psyops soldier war saudi arabia is tasked with digging into the counts of the kingdoms critics well well keep using all of them anyway right lets wish the industry pioneers well in wherever the volution takes them in the new year. Just some of the big stories we covered from the past year next we walk into the shadow world the Program Starts and wants. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation or community. Are you going the right way or are you being lets up. Direct. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Or in maybe in the shallows. Thousands of american men and women choose to serve in the countrys military and the decision that has shattered lives every song came to a complete. The day that i was raped ill be instructed here you know told to shut up or theyd kill me and i see how it destroyed my life any screamed at me and he made me come in and you graham my arm and he write me with his birth year if you take into account that women dont report because of the extreme retaliation and its probably somewhere near about half a 1000000 women have now been sexually assaulted in the us military rape is a very very traumatizing thing tat happen but ive never seen trauma like ive seen from women who are veterans who suffered military sexual trauma reporting rape. Mold likely to get the victim punished dont be offended and almost 10 year career which i was very invested in and i gave a sex offender who was not even going to justice or put on the registry this is simply an issue of our in violence male sexual predators for the large part of target whoever is there to prey upon whether thats men or women. Still. We are at war. Im responsible for the deployment of thousands of Young Americans to battle in a distant land. Some will kill. You some will be killed. And so i come here with imputes sense of the costs of armed conflict. Filled with difficult questions about the relationship between war and peace and our effort to replace one with the other. Weve got. Thomas the term. You know i need to make on talk. To thomas the truth is tony. I stand before you tonight in my red taj chiffon evening ga. Before. My face off limit off and my family had gently way. Of no with. The mike this extraordinary deal between the United Kingdom and saudi arabia in which Ronald Reagan wanted to sell the saudis billions and billions dollars worth of equipment that these radios dont be so