There was no just opened fire on the citizens a terrorist act against the police did take place and illegitimate seizure of power of Good Government offices were taken over. By broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is R T International and thomas certainly glad to have you with us. Right after a night marred by clashes a major new anti beijing rally has been taking place in hong kong and there have already been signs of more unrest with riot Police Firing tear gas and petrol bomb hurling demonstrators. Was. It particularly aspect of the unrest violence and brutality when perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment from the west arties taylor comments. Hong kong has gone from being the economic pole of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy and boy does that fight fire. 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 continue to hail the peaceful aspirations of those fighting to rest themselves from beijing all the while coming down hard on those aggressive dust spots in china you have a Chinese Government thats getting increasingly aggressive increasingly repressive its discussing 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 but only because i was. Glad. I was. Scenes 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. Who disagree with you. You cannot fight for democracy by terrorizing the public to force others to 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 talked down beijings words to paranoia but lets take a look joshua wong why did he build 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 theres also an Organization Funded by the u. S. Congress which has been distributing money to groups it claims of preserving democratic rights then of course theres the incendiary legislation washingtons past the human rights and democracy out it includes im going to stay for those arrested up 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 groans they will also harm the relationship and interests between hong kong and the u. S. All of this on top of the protest as musts 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 all 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 or who find his pocket that little bit lighter on his home thought little less popular the violence in hong kong has spooked Foreign Investors shoppers appetite has also soured in the wake of all the via. Lance with the retail sales in sri fall 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 tourists in the region. Because. Nobody is coming to call. For the gold. Tolbert tourism. 50 per. Week. Is dropped by 50 per se 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 grounds in baghdad after 2 days of violent clashes reports say protesters tried to set a building in the compound on fire on tuesday a crowd tried to storm the embassy and also torched parts of it demonstrators are calling for the for withdrawal of American Forces from the country. Of u. S. Says it will deploy 750. 00 troops to iraq in response to the threat posed to its embassy President Donald Trump has accused iran of orchestrating the attack and valid that it will pay a big price tehran for its part says it does not want war but will not hesitate to strike back if threat. 100 marines have already been redeployed from kuwait to reinforce the embassy in a show of strength u. S. Army helicopters flew over the compound firing flares as a warning to the protesters the embassy unrest comes after American Bombing raids in iraq and syria at the end at the weekend 25 people were killed arties came up and as more. Iraq is in flames the u. S. Embassy in baghdad has been seized by crowds of people chanting death to america. Was was. A good god and i. Was. God. 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 trunk 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 now iran is orchestration an 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 no to part 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 integration now the United States recently conducted air strikes 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 a rock. Disagrees with what happened yesterday was clear aggression it was not right and we tried to stop it but the us insisted and very unfortunately this thing happened i said that this was a very dangerous matter and asked to discuss it face to face with the responsible parties and not only by phone he said 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 off to the massacre of 25 people and we 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 really 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 own borders 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 but arent see me york party has spoken to the group targeted by the u. S. Hezbollah here is what its about person 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 complete anarchy in the country and the american presence in iraq will be supposedly justified traditionally the us uses made a pretext to attack in this case the attacks on american bases are just a cover for defeating the shiite militia. Ukrainian former riot police are charged with being part of the group of officers who shot civilians in the maidana protests in kiev in 2014 have spoken to journalists for the 1st time the officers were exchanged on sunday in a prisoner swap between the selfproclaimed. Republics more than 50 protesters lost their lives in shootings blamed by ukraine on riot police however the released officers say they have evidence disproving that giving further weight to claims that the attacks were in fact carried out by pro coos neighbors. 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 crimean. Its a Service Office the offices even came to a pretrial detention facility presented to be lawyers mask Security Officers beat us in a cell i needed heart surgery i raised this in the court but they forced me to plead guilty in order to receive treatment it would be used and 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. Right still to head still ahead more from our review of the year that was if there is a chance he missed any of the 2100 big moments we have you covered stay with us. On this edition of crossfire we answer questions sent to us fire you with the viewers we received quite a few questions here we do our best to answer some of them. Because the report the 1st episode of 2020. Days you ever 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 remember that remember that we could do a remake of the you are the star you play the Charles Bronson or all as called debt way up and youre a vigilante banker economist that goes around new york blowing away bag yet we think i love it ok ill set that up. Join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. And welcome back this is our t. International now with 2950 behind us lets take a look back at more of the events that defined of a year. Now we have the big board here its kind of a fancy piece of equipment lets take a look at what we got. See where we go there we go so we have dont believe the hype and miracles happen will reserve miracles happen for a little bit later there was a lot of hype about things in 2001000 including about the power of social media to influence people some of the other topics that we have are the final braggs and water and the doping scandal but lets take a look at tick tock shock. Looks at the rise of a new application called doc and it has become hugely popular although its not liked by everyone take a look. See so now you know. Ill be honest with you up until last week i had no idea this thing even existed 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 someone here is either being really does honest or outright paranoid or a bit of both its time to stick in. 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 one of the wall way. Want to be still the right word washington even sought jail time for one of wall ways top executives and held google to the wall over android updates anyway for now clocks 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 royle after party. So. Well there you have it lets fit in another extraordinary story from the past 12 months we have labeled it miracles happen youve heard of the miracle on the hudson well we have here the field of dreams its the story of a russian passenger plane which crash landed in a cornfield just south of the side of moscow in august the aircraft got into trouble when it hit a flock of birds shortly after takeoff miraculously though everyone on board survived. Just say. It i mean it. Was. Such a sure shell sell it was. The tough. Time. There was no panic on board even though the london was rough the pilot did a great job she landed the plane really casts good tell us please how do you feel now did you her child well. 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 we to call the engines became unstable 1st the next one and then the right one would usually simulate the situations when one or 2 engine itself despite all i want for that the plane was going down realized that we didnt have much time just one or 2 minutes to make a decision. For. 2010 it was a year of extraordinary variety both good and bad and our video agency ruptly was able to collect some incredible moments take a look. It took me a little nervous going to get over. It doesnt really feel like were being impeached but as a for me i will be back with more news at the top the hour this is R T International thanks once. Seemed wrong why dont we all just dont all. Get to shape out just they become educated and indeed equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. The was the but if she warned you can i do the dishes at the bazemore in those jeans nudist beach and see me. That when you die. You mean yes i mean that is without infants involved. A lot of you will see slowing your in present parts of 2 kids each other both. As the adults through. These. 5 days doing it so that. You can listen. To what including. This is broadcast 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 cryptocurrency has what we have. As political turmoil rocked government and creates currency crisis our citizens trying to dig into the details plus while in singapore we had the chance to catch up with legendary about start and stop hiding out there 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 will. But investor and author jim rogers to discuss his skepticism over the growing class. Thanks for being with us today a lot to get to so we begin. 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 between 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 bridge aboard ceremony as they are going 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 crime was released to the world theres a lot of incredulity of the time that smart people got in on it and you know 5 years later started looking pretty awesome now here is levin 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 100 years ever since the governments around the world took over the Banking System and put in question whether or not we really own our deposits we need some independence throve wealth and i think because. It is becoming that that in 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 that Something Like a private crypto currency a global basis is good with the future of a medium of exchange and stores of value around the world. You know i thought that reading in Interesting Times some. And 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 carrousel actually summarized earlier so this created the perfect storm versus a huge disruptor like bitcoin 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 semblance of control and crypto 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 by