On the citizens a terrorist act against the police did take place illegitimate seizure of power occurred the government offices were taken over. By the thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. Night by clashes beijing rally is under way in hong kong this new years day and have been signs of more rest with riot police there firing tear gas at petrol bomb hurling demonstrators. Was. Particular aspect of the a mess to violence and brutality one perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the west. Asks why. Hong kong has gone from being the economic pall of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy and boy does that fight file. An amendment to a preexisting law that would allow the extradition of criminal suspects from hong kong to Mainland China has brought the financial haven to its knees as a protest accent into the 7th month violence on both sides has escalated but all the wild over politicians and john so like continue to held the peaceful aspirations of those fighting to rest themselves from beijing all the while coming down hard on those aggressive does spots in china you have a Chinese Government thats getting increasingly aggressive increasingly repressive its disgusting what theyre doing in hong kong theyre taking away basic rights trying to seem trampling the most basic human rights of its own citizens it is increased its interventions in hong kong and engaged in actions to curtail the rights. And liberties. Of its people but it seems so many incidents have managed to escape the scrutiny of western media oh my god oh i am. I think. That. Seems like that combined with the discovery of 10000 petrol bombs packed with high explosives and shrapnel make it harder to see is peaceful what appears to be a slippery slope into the territory of terrorists methods you can all fight for freedom of speech by silencing people. Disagree with you. You cannot fight for democracy by terrorizing the public to force other support you. You cannot condemn brutality by brutalizing people who hold different views to yours deval and acts are one step closer to the acts of terrorism china is treading kathleen refusing to send in troops to shut down the protests and local elections were held in which pro democracy candidates won in a landslide hong kong authorities conceded defeat the extradition built has been withdrawn but still the barricades on signing the flames according to china washington. China urges the us to correct its mistakes and stop interfering in our internal affairs we will take further steps if necessary to uphold hong kong stability and prosperity as well as chinas sovereignty. Some have chalked down beijings words to paranoia but lets take a look joshua was widely billed as the face of the protest movement was snapped speaking to an official at the u. S. Consulate oh when i forgot to mention hes not big on compromise so theres no end game theres the internet to war at home people are willing to engage it theres also an Organization Funded by the u. S. Congress which has been distributing money to groups it claims are preserving democratic rights then of course theres the incendiary legislation washingtons past the human rights and democracy out that includes amnesty for those arrested at protests and will monitor hong kong to ensure that in the eyes of the u. S. Of course an appropriate level of autonomy from Mainland China is. These 2 bills the noblest intervention of hong kong some turn north further than necessary and without grounds they will also harm the relationship in the interests between hong kong and the u. S. All of this on top of the protest as mass waving of the starspangled banner have sparked concern that the u. S. Might be lending more than just a supportive hand leading many to ask the question if the protest as a calling for selfdetermination is appealing to a foreign power to shape the future the best way to go about it especially when that foreign power might want to contain a rising star theyre reaching. For and using methods that have created challenges for the United States and for the world. And we collectively of us need to confront these challenges from the p. R. C. Head on and on each of the many facets of the fallout of all this has a little impact on washington of course its the average hong kong who find his pocket that little bit lighter on his home that little less popular the violence in hong kong has spooked Foreign Investors shoppers appetite has also soured in the wake of all the violence with the retail sales in freefall and hong kong facing its 1st recession in a decade bombed apparently being caught in the middle of tear gas and rubber bullets isnt topping any tourists the wish lists because hong kong saw its lowest number of visitors since 2003 the major. Is really the truth. Because. Nobody is coming to. My 50 per. Week. Its dropped by 50 percent as far as as fear rises and as prosperity fades it seems this fight for freedom is costing hong kong more dearly than many could have imagined. Iraqi forces have regained control over the u. S. Embassy in baghdad after 2 days of violent clashes reports say protesters tried to set a building in the compound on fire yesterday crowded tried to storm the embassy and also tossed parts of a mystery as according to the full withdrawal of American Forces from the country. The United States says that it will deploy 750. 00 troops to iraq in response to the threat posed to the President Donald Trump accused iran of orchestrating the a turk and vowed that it will pay a big price to run for its part says it doesnt want war but wont hesitate to strike back if president. 100. 00 marines already being redeployed from kuwait to reinforce the embassy and the show strength u. S. Army helicopters flew over the compound firing flares as a warning to protest us embassy unrest comes after American Bombing raids in iraq and syria at the weekend in which 25 people were killed on t. Scalable in a small. Iraq is in flames the u. S. Embassy in baghdad has been seized by crowds of people chanting death to america. Was. A good night. Now you might think that iraq has plenty of reason to be outraged with the United States you might recall that whole invading destroying and killing thousands of people in the country thing however trump doesnt see it that way this is his assessment of it that iran killed an American Contract when too many we strongly respond and always will and iran is orchestration in the attack on the us embassy in iraq they will be held fully responsible in addition we expect iraq to use forces to protect embassy and so north of heart its all about iran one of the things we want to emphasize is that this was a defensive action that was designed to protect American Forces and american citizens in iraq were also working on the mission city of restoring deterrence against in rimi an aggression that the United States recently conducted airstrikes against iranian backed militias in iraq in syria this comes after washington blamed iran for the recent rocket attack that killed an American Contractor american Officials Say the airstrikes are completely justified but iraq disagrees cost. What happened yesterday was a clear aggression it was not right and we tried to stop it but the us insisted and very unfortunately this thing happened to him i said this was a very dangerous matter and asked to discuss it in face to face with the responsible parties and not only by phone he said that the decision has been made and i am informing you of this iran also disagrees wonderful rudeness of the u. S. Officials is to such an extent that after the massacre of 25 people and weeding a large number of iraqis and violating iraqi territorial integrity and National Sovereignty it is now in a flagrant brain graeme attributing the rockies purposes to islamic public of iran the United States has long been working to crush iranian influence in the region this is been a long time talking point of the us Foreign Policy hawks iran is the major destabilizing in influence in the middle east and we aim to fix that one of the greatest security threats facing peace loving nations today. Is the repressive regime in iran ready to think twice about that. But why is iranian influence on the rise in the middle east lets not forget that the United States long propped up the rons greatest enemy Saddam Hussein and even provided him with chemical weapons however the usa invaded iraq in 2003 and toppled the Iraqi Government since that time iran has stepped up its support for different factions in the country hoping to stabilize its. Iranian influence in iraq is massive especially among the shia majority of the population now this isnt because of some sinister plot from the ayatollah critics note that washingtons actions simply left a power vacuum. Well spoken to the cryptography by the us. Heres what a spokesperson had to say. And without them with the herd the americans striking this. Particular force in iraq want to present their actions as a fight against iranian influence but that is not after being attacked by the gangs of eisel it was the iraqi people who were the rebuff and resistance not the iranians as the concluded strategic Framework Agreement between the usa and iraq does not allow the americans to create military bases in iraq but this agreement is not being implemented today the americans are occupying iraq in military bases against the backdrop of protests in iraq the United States is trying to intervene in this process and establish its leadership which will lead to a complete anarky of the country the show and the american presence in iraq will be supposedly justified traditionally the u. S. Uses made a pretext to attack in this case the attacks on american bases are just a cover for defeating the militia. Ukrainian former riot Police Charged with being part of the group of officers who shot civilians in the mind and protesting kiran 2014 spoken to journalists for the 1st sign of this as were exchanged on sunday in the prisoner swap between kiev and the selfproclaimed donetsk and lugansk republics more than 50 protesters lost their lives in shootings blamed by ukraine on the broad police however they released opposite say that they have evidence disproving not giving further weight to claims that the attacks were in fact carried out by pro coos not course. Because. The evidence shows that the police acted lawfully there was no order to open fire on the citizens a terrorist act against the police did take place an illegitimate seizure of power occurred the government offices were taken over we are determined to prove to the ukrainian people that the Ukrainian Police work to protect them. But we were beaten in the Ukrainian SecurityService Office that offices even came to a pretrial detention facility. Sent in to be lawyers mask Security Officers beat us in a cell i needed heart surgery i read this in a court but they forced me to plead guilty in order to receive treatment it would be human we were tortured for the 1st 2 weeks we were almost killed they did not try to get any information from us as they knew we didnt have any they just wanted to pin the blame for the crimes that were committed on us. To lead to more from our review of the year that while safe theres a chance he missed any of last years big moments weve got them covered for you. Join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. Guys report the 1st episode of 2020. Days here and i are going to have some really special guests dr Michael Hudson you know back in the seventys 970 s. There is a movie called death wish with Charles Bronson to remember that remember that the now we can do a remake and you are the star you play the Charles Bronson role as called dead when. I hear a vigilante banker economist that goes around new york blowing away bags yet we think i love it ok ill send that out. Of the bank now is 2900. 00 done and dusted lets take a look back at more of the events that defined the. Ok so lets delve into our bag of highlights and lets choose the miracles happen and lets give a dont believe. Now this is about stories about a lot of people talking in 29000. 00 including in particular took social media an hour to talk shock thats because i wanted to be trying to take a look for it at the rise of a new application called hugely popular but everyone likes it but. Own. Now. Ill be honest with you up until last week i had no idea this thing even exist it take tock tick tock for me simply the sound i associate with the clock well if you feel the same ill have to tell you either youre getting old like me or its just that your Online Habits need an urgent update take talk a platform to share short videos is now the most downloaded app the king of all apps and twitter and co youve been dethroned just so you know ever heard the song. If it wasnt for his app store majesty the song wouldnt have become a hit you can hear on the radio anywhere in the world but heres something that may surprise Old School Folks like me even more the king belongs to an asian dynasty tick tock is that chinese app. So thats why the top democrat senator in his late sixtys is more up to speed than me 110000000 americans who have information with and the Chinese Government could be grabbing every one of them guess what the u. S. Government is already up to reports say theyve launched a National Security probe into tick talk and the worries are the Chinese Government could spy through take talk influence through take talk and censor whats on tape talk good god how come the rest of the world hasnt given up american born facebook speaking of the man who introduced the blue f to us all its only natural he is keen to have a go at his competitors or Services Like whats up are used by protesters and activists everywhere due to strong encryption privacy protections on tick tock the chinese are quickly around the world mentions of these same protests. Censored now just let me show you what the people behind ticktock have to say about all that our data centers are located entirely outside of china and none of our data is subject to chinese law were not influenced by any Foreign Government including the Chinese Government to talk does not operate in china nor do we have any intention of doing so in the future oh someone here is either being really does honest or outright paranoid or a bit of both its time to stick in tag us china trade wars ill tell you what this year has shown these has still it could easily spill over into modern tech slash online territory remember how america once went after i phone killer want to be while way. Want to be still the right word washington even saw jail time for one of wall ways top executives and held google to the wall over android updates anyway for now clocks in teen minds and quite a few older ones even in america will be taking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royal after party. So i now know. You. Know some stories that we thought were extraordinary over the last 12 months weve labeled the miracles happen to choose from i want to go full field of dreams and thats the story of the russian passenger plane crash landed in a cornfield it was just on the side of most cable remember this was back in august ive got into trouble when i had a flock of birds shortly after type for the mazing like everybody on board survived. And i mean i. Was. Sure that the teacher still sell it. There was no panic on board even though the engine was rough the pilot did a great job she landed the plane really cant. Tell us please how do you feel now did you her child let. You know its better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the file is did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine. Up to me to call the engines became unstable the 1st left one and then the right one usually simulate the situations when one or 2 and yourself despite what i want to approach the plane was going down realize that you didnt have much time just one or 2 minutes to make a decision. Well 2019 in terms of news was a year of extraordinary variety both good and bad and by the way just a ruptly was able to collect some quite incredible moments. It doesnt really feel like were being impeached. I just feel like with more on the off the top story in just over half an hour. On this edition of crossfire we answer questions was for you with the viewers we received quite a few questions here we do our best to answer some of them. A lot of it here is the economy where china has caught up or surpassed us you know the mobile Payments Market 50 times the size of the u. S. Or over here still writing checks our Banking System is not innovated 5 g. Weve kind of recently woken up the last couple years and go wow we dont even have a company that can make 5 g. Equipment its been a win win for china and its been a lose lose for the u. S. But if she warned you and i do the dishes at the balls more than those jeans near the speech and you see me. Blue truth. In the news i mean that is where that inference involved. A lot of. Fuzz if i had 2 kids each other both sides. Of the. Cabinet 5 days doing. People who simply knew. Little. Time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability its very important. Transition to sustainable transport sustainability. More equitable and sustainable well. They claim their production is completely hamas. Because. Companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away this is a this. And. So when in. The business boom bust broadcasting around the world and covering all aspects of our Global Economy in the 21st century ive been sworn and im christiane washington we have a special shout focusing on crypto currency has what we have. As political turmoil rocked government and creates currency crisis our citizens trying to cut down while dig into the details but while in singapore we have a chance to catch up with legendary investor and catch up hiding out there bear to discuss the fate of the worlds most popular. And well we didnt look at the positive growth of cryptocurrency not everyone is on board well as singapore chrissys both of the best are in author jim rogers to discuss his skepticism over the growing clubs thanks for being with us today a lot to get through so we begin here. Over the span of the past few years we have seen turmoil grip several parts of the globe from hong kong where months of unrest have shaken what was a previously financial haven in east asia to iran and venezuela worse asians have taken a toll on the economies of those nations and because of the rise of the upheaval in those countries weve also seen. A boom in the queen mining and the use of crypto currencies in order to circumvent Financial IssuesJeffrey Tucker of the American Institute of Economic Research and christy i recently joined bridgeboro in ceremony as they all got to analyze how global unrest may have been beneficial for a growing cryptocurrency sector. We have to remember that krypto was born in this exactly this kind of unrest it was 2008 when the white papers were these 2009 january 2009 when the big point was released to the world theres a lot of incredulity of the time but smart people got in on it and 5 years later started looking pretty awesome now here is 11 years later later yes it is now a safe haven for the world and you need you need that you know weve needed it for a 100 years ever since the governments around the world took over the Banking System and put in question whether or not we really owner of a posits we need some independence or of wealth and i think big calling is becoming the decline another crypto currency is also you mentioned venezuela there are many many different cryptocurrency that are being used there are now thousands of them and theyre all fungible one with another each other its a Wonderful Technology and and i personally believe Something Like a private crypto currency a global basis is good with the future of medium of exchange and stores of value around the world. You know as well as a doctor living in Interesting Times someone once called it the age of rage because we have global unrest and global protests that are all stemming from bad years and years of bad Monetary Policy collapsing currency and financial inequality as actually summarized earlier so this created the perfect storm for just a huge disruptor like big client to emerge as an equalizer for all the citizens who are being affected so when theres unrest when there is uncertainty people want to regain some lengths of control and crypto. It is the big equalizer here and something that happened really recently was malaysia last week the us told malaysia that any iranian citizens cannot have a bank go out and close all the Bank Accounts well how is that fair this isnt a targeted theyre not targeting any Government Entities this isnt targeting any terrorist financing ordinary citizens are now being affected whether youre a student youre