Oh youre watching the International Im Rosana Lockwood thank you for joining us. We start with this the head of nato says the alliance was not so informed of u. S. Plans to assassinate irans most powerful general solomonic stoltenberg says it was a unilateral act by america but he stopped short of criticizing washington for the killing. This is a u. S. Decision it is not a decision taken by neither do Global Coalition nor nato but all allies are concerned about irans destabilizing or 2 beauties in the region iran support 2 different terrorist groups a young stoltenberg didnt have too much time to talk to the press on monday afternoon in brussels what he did say though was that the nato military Training Mission that was operating in iraq will be suspended with immediate effect then well deescalation more than once was the words uttered by the nato secretary general he said that this was the message that had come out of the meeting from the passages of the allies that make up nato saying every single one of them had been putting forward well basically the same words and that word deescalation at the meeting today. Called for restraint and deescalation a new conflict would be in no ones interest. So we are on must refrain from further violence and provocations well this latest from the nato secretary general comes as the Prime Minister of iraq. Hardy discuss doubts over the claims by the us that he was in baghdad in order to plan attacks against u. S. Diplomats the iraqi Prime Minister says that solomon he was there as part of a diplomatic reports more in the least an attempt to to create a diplomatic reports more talks in which the iraqi Prime Minister was intending to be out well as all of this news comes out the words coming from european capitals and also capitals of other nato Member States as being one that echoes that word again we heard from the secretary general deescalation and calming things down we are looking to deescalate and stabilize the situation while the u. S. Will take the operational judgment call but theyve got the right of selfdefense if you look at what general sort of man he was doing he wasnt is not victim in this scenario he was a regional menace they were saying that we had a conversation with trump about developments in the region and we were shocked the news at that point was i especially had suggested to him that tensions with iran and its should not be heightened those along. The canvas forgiveness and the American Action is a reaction to a whole series of military provocations through which iran bears responsibility we are in a dangerous escalation point now we have to contribute to deescalation with prudence and restraint while our nations are calling for a calming down of events and a deescalation the what were hearing coming out of the state department is that they did the right thing in targeting a solemn army with mike pompei you know the secretary of state saying the region is safer because hes no longer there American People should know the president trumps decision to remove qassam somebody from the battlefield saved. American lives theres no doubt about that we made the right decision to take out this terrorist america people should know the present trouble never shy away from protecting and defending america what weve done over these past weeks president made the decision this was the time to stop this reign of terror from this guy who was the globe it certainly wasnt the longest of press conferences from u. N. Stoltenberg the nato secretary general in brussels general didnt see were. Taking time that hes questioning the journalists on the subject wanted to get out there was soon as possible deescalation the watchword throughout his press conference but he was also very keen to stress that the targeting of saddam army was a u. S. Decision not a nato decision or meanwhile in iran the millions of mourners are turning out for the funeral of kassam solomonic theres been a huge outpouring of grief across the middle east and beyond irans Supreme Leader earlier wept as he said prayers over the slain commanders coffin in tehran and some mourners carried red flags associated with the unjust bloodshed and revenge by the irans foreign minister stated the u. S. Cannot break the will of his nation. Yet have you ever seen such a sea of humanity in your life donald trump do you still want to listen to the clowns advising you want our region do you still imagine you can break the will of this great nation and its people and of malign us presence in west asia has begun well the u. S. Strike also killed abu mahdi al 100 if he was the Deputy Commander of Iraqs Popular Mobilization forces and one of the most important military figures in the country r. T. Spoke to mohandas back in 2017 and heres what he had to say at the time. This is curious here for ages countries is a unified system and it is in our interests that iran remains say that iraq remains say the new administration is trying to start a war in the region and this is madness our whole region will go out against it by using every means we have we are in charge of our lives we resist it saddam who was supported by the americans we fought against the u. S. Invasion in iraq and we will oppose any kind of american aggression in the region. But one of the 1st repercussions for the United States came from iraq m. P. s who voted on sunday to expel Foreign Forces for conducting the killing the less oil in iraq lawmakers resolution also only calls on u. S. Troops to leave the country it also asks the government to pull back from military systems for the u. S. Led coalition placide urge for a formal complaint to be raised at the u. N. Against washington for violating iraqi serenity which as we heard there has already been filed while donald trump is now warning iraq to brace itself the heavy sanctions if baghdad kicks the troops out. We have a very extraordinarily expensive very base thats there it costs billions of dollars to build long before my time were not living unless they pay us back for it if they do ask us to leave if we dont do it in a very friendly basis will charge them sanctions like theyve never seen before ever on their rainy and late as a valid point to avenge saddam on his death our Senior Correspondent there i guess he has been looking at how it might be better moved to play the long game. On the face of it trump and iran they always wanted the same thing iran knew secret always wanted the us to get the hell away from it out of iraq out of the middle east and trump well he won the election promising to end americas wars we want to bring our troops back home and i got elected on that if you go back and look at our speeches i would say we want to bring our troops back home from these endless wars what a man wouldnt say to get elected in reality he escalated conflict if the conflict where there was a scratch trumps policies would tear it open into a wound on the trump of america went from a fool with iran having a nuclear deal to assassinating irans 2nd most powerful official i dont think trump expected this not merely in mourning a man that the u. S. Claimed was a terrorist and i highly doubt he expected to have all his embassies go in lockdown with crowds demanding death at the gates. I was due to meet a general solution 8 30 am on the morning he was killed as he left Baghdad International airport mr abdul mahdi said the general saloon money was carrying iran some response to a message iraq has conveyed on behalf of saudi arabia aimed at easing tensions between the 2 countries in the region so the money was apparently on a Peace Mission carrying proposals on how to reduce tensions in the region this is from the mouth of the u. S. Backed iraqi Prime Minister versus him we have the state department its sure and says that he was actually evil and take our word for it he was. Organizing imminent attacks on u. S. Bases take our word for it is there any surprise that iraqis voted to remove american soldiers from their country the iraqis dont want foreign troops murdering who they will when they will the parliament has decided to ask the us to leave once a Prime Minister signs off iraq will withdraw its request for assistance which they followed with the Us Led Coalition when isis was ascendant if the us refuses to pull out if it keeps its troops it will no longer be a friend it will be an occupier essentially in death sulaimani achieved exactly what he wanted for iraqis to expel america and if parliament doesnt do it we will take greater action the white house is in panic trying to justify what it did the Vice President telling fairy tales trying to tie sulaimani to 911. 00 of all things trump threatening to bomb iranian cultural targets which would be a textbook example of a war crime that again i doubt he cares much in iran millions burn the American Flag in america theyre burning the book on International Law and order if the americans think about putting iraq under sanctions definitely iraq will look into other sources into either selling its oil. Projects and finding more suitable partners than partner who comes to iraq iraq he citizen use iraqi airspace iraqi ground to kill iraqi officials and that is definitely not the way that we are looking in to our allies. In other news thousands of worshipers have filled central moscows christ the savior cathedral this Tuesday Morning and eastern Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate Christmas Carol reports mount syon the iconic church. Its been almost 2 weeks since the west liberated christmas but the big day has finally arrived for Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Day on january the 7 so we started starting here on Christmas Eve and now its Christmas Day and its a pretty big deal for people here in russia thats because russia is home to a whopping 39 percent of over docs kristie and its not just people here in russia theyre going to be marking this day of course people all around the world will be people in macedonia it is rarely ethiopia thats just naming a few places but to people here in moscow is only one place to be on Christmas Eve going into Christmas Day and thats right here at tryst the state of year 50 jewel its not only majestic on the outside it is also beautiful on the inside too and heres a fact for you its the tallest in Eastern Orthodox Church in the entire world so last year we saw several thousands of people attend the services here on Christmas Eve this year might be even more it is fairly mild for this time of the year old although i have to say im fairly sure least on the outside here without further ado savors just form crystal ball all Merry Christmas from here in central moscow. The race is on to evacuate stricken residents of the most ferocious wildfires in decades ravaged sways of the southeast at least 25 people are now known to have died and many thousands of had to abandon their homes and be relocated theres been a brief response from the record breaking heat wave barge Emergency Services a brace for has did consider it conditions to return in a few days the fires have been better with such intensity the plains of smoke have even reportedly made their way across the Pacific Ocean to chile. Well angry australians a directing the Prime Minister Scott Morrison over his handling of the crisis and suggesting theres no direct link between the fires and Climate Change despite many seeing it as a root cause of the unprecedented destruction. Its become hard the process and so long the rival lepping between states this is driven by Climate Change scientists the pain very clear that the 10 or 20 years now that Climate Change is leading to more frequent and more severe bush 5 and droughts and hate whites were already seeing catastrophic impacts you can imagine how much worse it will be if we allow the planet to continue to warm if we allow the continent of australia to continue to dry out this is just a taste of whats to come if we dont act theres no argument about the links between in my view in the governments view and any government in this country about the links between broader issues of global Climate Change and and weather events around the world but im sure people are equally to acknowledge that the direct connection to any single farmer event its not a credible suggestion to make that link. Now we bring in the least 30 people are reported to have been killed and dozens more injured in a bomb blast in northeastern nigeria the explosion took place on a busy bridge in the town of gambro close to the border with cameroon and its believed to have been caused by an improvised explosive device no one has claimed responsibility for the attack yet although local Islamic State affiliates are very active across the region and have committed a string of atrocities in recent weeks. Over coffee and im back over 2019 after this break including the people power that filled the streets of nations worldwide and how fares grew of a global new arms race after washington walked away from a landmark arms treaty. But esquus its physics is nothing but the harmony who can create on vibrating strings what is chemistry chemistry is the melodies the melodies you can play on strings what is the universe the universe is is a symphony of strings. You know world big partisan new things a lot of things and conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that Mainstream Media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. Welcome back now the new year in scotland is a much celebrated event with the capital drawing thousands of his tis for hope monday but the residents who live there full time say theyre increasingly being shot out of their own city to make way for tourists tourist numbers have grown rapidly in recent years but its proving to be a double edged sword for Edinburgh City Council says the near celebration influx causes an increase in Noise Pollution overcrowding on the streets residents who live in the center even have to wear id response to enter and exit their own streets and they also have to get permits for visitors to their own homes during the hope minae festivities there recently is event organizers have worked with Edinburgh City Council to try and make the most of the rising number of visitors to the citys german themed Christmas Market also cause upset recently when it was revealed that it hadnt received Planning Commission for the last 2 years but went ahead anyway heres what people in edinburgh have been telling us. Saying its becoming about that issue because firstly its building close to the same people so the sort of workers there. Go the difficulty its just going to become the work were difficult service i think we would have plenty and i think they need to seeing that the people also want to listen to the city the people need to live here and not have to be pushed out if theyre still in. The stores look this if you that they disagree that that means the people of the this i mean that is going to be like any of them would city. Well taking stock of 2019 hours reflect on more the events that marked the end just gone. Or. Well we did see a fair bit of political maneuvering and what could be called we live the link over weaponry so lets take a look at what power games has for us as the Iran Nuclear Deal on ravel nations boosted their Defense Budgets to get tooled up the new arms race waited in the wings so the u. S. Withdrew from the i. N. F. Treaty on limiting Ballistic Missiles in 2018 russia then took what it described as a sim metrical response in 2019 he goes down or takes a closer look at how it all developed. An arms race cold war a Nuclear Crisis it seemed all these things both sparked and faded out of historical relevance in the past millennium but 2019 saw all of them make a comeback the United States is officially withdrawing from the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty or i. N. F. Treaty the us unilaterally demolished a pillar of International Stability crushing its i. N. F. Treaty with russia. Fears of the past century resurrected immediately the u. S. Is pulling out of a decades long Nuclear Treaty with russia sparking fears of a new arms race we thought was confined to the cold war now theres concern a pullout could lead to a new arms race its clear that the threat of a new arms race is real we go into a Nuclear Arms Race like we saw in the 1960 s. Only more expensive and more dangerous it seemed the 2 countries were again trying to outpace each other on the military speed track with a Nuclear Winter right past the finishing line washington no longer bound by the iron of shackles started the messala tests right away 2 weeks after the pullout and then again in december this in turn kicked russias military into action too as it accused the us of premeditating their withdrawal and thats when the u. S. Pounds had to be only east and street food with us. They should not have used trumped up accusations and allegations to unilaterally withdraw from it like they did in 2002 they violate everything and find excuses to put the blame on someone russia does not pose a threat to anyone any actions we take are retaliatory that is to say in defense we never seek confrontation we do not want it is specially with a global power like the us both sides have been accusing each other of violating the i never deal but more school has also insisted that it has been unprecedentedly transparent in attempts to demonstrate compliance paraded the very message washington claims violated the i. M. F. Russia invited International Experts to come and be judge and jury what the rocket could and couldnt do the americans didnt come despite an almost personal invitation. For many years weve proposed to some talks but our initiatives have not found the support of our partners in fact they always find a pretext for dismantling the Global Security system. Russia says its still tryst with the iron of deal flatlined it suggests that arms control can be achieved through expanding another deal start and response washington talks at length about its gargantuan plans to include china and other Nuclear Powers in a new deal just some new deal even the u. S. Seems to have little idea about with you that the you will start expires february the 5th 2021 we have until then to resolve the situation proposals is still on the tables will be heard i understand that now its up to washington to decide i hope that were able to get everybody in a very big and beautiful room and we were literally that would be much better all the while as Nuclear Parity hangs in the balance purely on the good faith of a few individuals. Well 2019 also saw governments in many countries left in no doubt about just how widespread public dissatisfaction against them had become from the yellow vests in paris to the political turmoil in latin america crowds turned out regularly and in large numbers in spain for instance it was the simmering independence of the wealthy catalonia region that led to violent demonstrations protesters set roadblocks and clashed with police who weeks all to 9 separatist leaders were sentenced to jail for sedation they have pushed ahead with an independence referendum in 2014 despite a ban from madrid medina courtship of a reported from the Catalan Council boss lennon during the height of autumns unrest 2. The streets of barcelona are again on fire were standing right now between the very cases that were built by professors as you can see the violence is only growing on the streets of the castle law and capital. Protesters have built as these barricades using garbage and appliances that were standing by the cafeterias as well as some of the furniture that they could science so they built those barricades now they set them on fire and right now theyre shouting slogans and happening. And as you can see tensions our only increasing here at this is happening right in the center of barcelona and these trees so far so on there are again on fire if we remember what happened just on friday a Police Forces responded with a rubber bullets and tear gas. Go. Barcelona is protesting since monday and this saturday just showed that people are not tired this is our lens to show that theyre ready to take it to the streets. About is your day for now mars on a low quote and ill be back a with the rest of the team in about 30 minutes time with more news from around the world. What politicians do to. Put themselves on the line. To get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president. Some want to be rich. But youd like to be close to what the flag korean people. Interested in the lives of. Seem wrong but. Just dont all. Get to shape out just to. Educate and in detroit. The trail. When so many find themselves worlds apart. Just to look for common ground. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle up until recently politics were about policy preferences and ways to implement them that is not the case today your political views are now what define you as a person and there is a moral dimension bias against those who are not politically correct is the last acceptable form of discrimination this is the end of politics. Crosslinking political intolerance im joined by my guest kevin chavez in washington hes the managing partner of the chavez group as well as former president of d. C. Young democrats also in washington we have christopher and i we hes a political analyst and iraq war veteran also in raleigh we cross to ryan he is the national cochair and founder of students for trump all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ok kevin im going to go to you 1st because youre on the odd man out i want to make that clear im going to make sure that you get equal time on this program because i always welcome different opinions have any and in my introduction here i said that you know the last bias that is politically that is acceptable is this criminy against people because of their political views i mean that is on steroids right now and i think that is very its terrible for our political discourse im sure i would disagree with you on many many points but im welcoming you on this program and im i actually im very interested in what you have to say because i dont see that in the National Media much anymore go ahead kevin why is this the case where i think you know what youre referring to. Is the fact that people who are so used to consuming the media that they want to consume or theyre sort of validates their personal beliefs that theyre not really open to hearing other sides but i think when we call it discrimination i think that is probably not the right word because in what way is a stopping you from from living a certain quality of life its not like Racial Discrimination or gender based discrimination or Something Like that so i would use that term to describe the fact that people are so polarized that i have no question that dont you think kevins gotten worse how many liberals are work for it work for c. N. N. I mean thats the bias im talking about let me go to chris now in washington that is biased against people and that creates this polarization and to be fair on the other side there is a lot of conservatives that work for fox and lets be fair here go ahead chris thats thats true peter but i think fox has actually gotten a little more balanced with having liberal hosts and having a lot of liberals on the network with very strong different points of view but i think i mean i agree about the word were discrimination but lets not lose sight of the point how is it infringing on peoples life i mean kevin if youve been watching people blocking
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