Good evening welcome this is our teen international the longest transport workers strike in france in decades is now and to day 36 it was called over plan Pension Reforms today parece under the citys been witnessing another major mobilization supported by people different classes and occupation easton this is the same the live now in french capital you crowds gathering earth so you call on the government to with george plans according to the local unions their around 350000. 00 protesters although the interior ministry claims it is a fraction of outsized shar devious give reports from the center of the protests pull weve already seen t. A gas deployed on several occasions by the police as they were trying to control the crowd seem paris and the crowds are huge just want to get you to go up and get a sense is looking down the street this is believe or do mission and put you much all the way down to the last of the publique it is chock a block with people people whove come out to support the strike now in its 36 day this is the full day of nationwide protests and as you can see it doesnt seem as if the support is abating a tool many people thought this strike could only go on for maybe 2 weeks but hey we are not 36 they are going into the 6 week and it still looks like its getting huge amount to support in terms of have the strike is going there is more public transport that is operational at the moment in paris are we seeing trains operating fairly normally metros operating fairly normally in the mornings and in the evenings but during the large parts of the day little is operating apart from the automated lines thats 140 now in terms of the general support for this strike the polls in france show that most people are still supporting the strike people very unhappy from across the board about these changes to the Pension System to the reforms that the government wants to make it wants to put 42. 00 different Pension Systems down into one universal system to end many of the special regimes it says that yes actually its still offering many special regimes to the police to some transport work is set to in a rather be destroying get a strike moving to try and get in past say to cross that the other big issue is raising the retirement age up to 64. 00 its currently 62. 00 a week in front so they want to add another 2 years on to that but of course that wont affect anybody whos retiring in the next 17 years say the government they say will only affect those who turn 18 in the next few years but people are furious here theyre saying you know they dont want to sell outs their children speeches they. Grandchildrens features and thats why they determined to come out into the streets to keep protesting if feels like its a little bit of a party at the moment i we have people sort of dancing in the street it looks like were being blocked here at the moment not clear whats happening up ahead but often this will be the case weve seen in the protests that the police will form a barrier a lot of people to move stop them and allow them to move again for the moment that Party Atmosphere is what it feels like but the reality is on the ground there we know tear gas has already been deployed to trying to spin this protest is we know that when the police are within the vicinity of the protesters they are blooming in g. U. And sometimes even throwing things in their direction so there is a lot of tension here on the streets 30 days going strong and it just looked like this strike is over yet. Irans u. N. Envoy claims his country is not planning any more attacks against the u. S. So long as washington refrains from further aggression the added wednesdays missile strikes on 2 u. S. Bases in iraq were sufficient revenge for the pentagons killing of its top general President Trump is limited his response to pledging new sanctions. As we continue to evaluate options in response to a rain in aggression the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime. Is powerful saying is will remain until around changes its behavior. The u. S. Assassination of general salim on the on iraqi territory last week triggered waves of protests across the middle east and beyond prompted directs parliament to call for the expulsion of all foreign troops from the country although the decision must still be approved by the government and it seems the lingering consequences of the u. S. Invasion of iraq may now be focusing white house minds when it comes to iran askew taylor has no. He calls a rally as good as the originals many characters dont sign on for a p. A pair of them they often end up losing money but apparently theres nothing washington likes more than dusting off an old script and adding a new line or 2 sometimes it badly even needs to change the name both countries that have been confusing americas attention for a while now the threat comes from iraq. And pretext terrorists the Coalition Forces did not come to colonize iraq we came to. Overthrow a despotic regime everywhere we go in the middle east its a rare or ran around major destabilizing in influence in the middle east spread death destruction and chaos the leaders of iran are record hears behind every problem is array and so the scene is that we have a visible villain in our story and in case you are in any doubt as to who our hero is while who else but the one his ambition has only ever been to throw off the shackles of injustice and make democratic dreams come true i think things have gotten so bad inside iraq from the some point of the iraqi people my belief is we will in fact be greeted as liberators there was dancing. Streets in parts of iraq we we have every expectation the people not only in iraq but in iran will view the American Action last night as giving them freedom but i hear knows better than to go around attacking people without some kind of justification its not particularly diplomatic so he gets trusted advisors to dig up something anything really that will make it sound like humanity is being saved this is a blockbuster off to roll that have to be an apocalypse Saddam Hussein and his regime are concealing their efforts to produce more weapons of mass destruction iran will not get a Nuclear Weapon and as we came into Office Around was on a pathway provided by the nuclear deal which clearly gave them the opportunity to have those Nuclear Weapons and all the while he hopes that no one actually are spending think concreate because then hes just a man with a grudge us scrambling to establish a link between iraq and al qaeda is so far frankly unconvincing regime change does not stick out it sounds like a grudge between bush and saddam but we need to know what the evidence is what led the administration to make the president to make this decision but i think this claim that its his concern was to avoid war i think most people would say this is made war more likely so just to be on the safe side he adds a Little Something extra something he knows will appeal to the patriotism and emotions of the average folk if were successful in iraq we will have struck a major blow to russia the geographic base of the terrorists who have hunters and resort for many years but most especially on 911. Soleimani assisted in the clandestine travel to afghanistan of 10 of the 12 terrorists who carried out the september 11th terrorist attacks in the United States does it every film has to have a moment when things arent going to heroes the way back in 2003 and john politicians and the public alike might have been beating the drums of war but as time passed questions were raised and people increasingly saw through. Best circumstantial evidence fast forward and now not everyone is willing to back the hero who. Uses sanctions as a default Foreign Policy tool and made the hash tag wild will 3 trend on twitter this is a u. S. Decision it is not a decision taken by the do Global Coalition nor. We have woken up to more dangerous world the us action did not make it any easier to reduce tensions parties to deescalate for the conflict is in none of our interest more worryingly for the hero has an election coming up the average voter is being a bit more cautious this time around but despite all this there is sure hes unbeatable and why wouldnt he be hes had ample experience off to roll from guatemala to the congo from the Dominican Republic to South Vietnam from brazil to chile and libya from iraq to iran you get the point this heros got good it shifting of regimes around in his favor of course in some ways this is even a sequel within a sequel because back in 1953 the cia helped topple the democratically elected rain and lead to protect you guessed it us Oil Interests but despite all this despite the sending of troops the killing of civilians the assassination of foreign officials there and maintains that hes not off to blood hes a man of peace were doing everything we can to avoid war in iraq our goal is peace we took action last just stop a war. We did not take action just start a war 17 years 3 president s and hundreds of thousands of casualties later sure the faces have changed and the rhetoric a little bit different as will be hopefully the final outcome but either way youve got to admit washington could do with some variety and storylines after all no one likes a dodgy sequel. And tensions suddenly spiked between the u. S. And iran last week china weighed in slamming the killing of the rain in general or money. And that americas recent military adventurism violated the basic norms of International Relations and exacerbated tensions and unrest in the region or we urged the United States not to abuse military force the killing of the money came just a week after iran china and russia began joint navy drills and indian ocean iranian officials at the time described the military exercise as a signal relations between the 3 states have reached a meaningful level to discuss what needs china could make in light of the latest escalation lets bring in joseph hony who is a professor of politics at east china normal user fee shanghai great to have you on chinas condemned what its called a military adventure a stand by the United States do you think that condemnation will translate to a change in policy from beijing in the region. I dont think we will see an immediate or dramatic shift i think theres been changes ongoing for many years i think we see increasingly persian gulf leaders looking to beijing we see of course beijing has a very close relationship with israel now and they have been keeping an eye on syria since the early 1980 s. And i think all of these things will continue because thats the general trend but i dont think youll see a dramatic shift and i dont think aging wants us to see a dramatic shift. I think youd have to see the United States i develop all that in the middle east but i think you can predict ability of the of the current us president might see countries turning multi china instead in the future. Well i think what we see is if we look at a broader trend and i think this is a little we can be a little misled by trumps rhetoric and his attempt to sort of separate himself from the Obama Administration but i think i think its clear and this is something thats talked a lot about in a number of circles in europe as well as in the United States that the United States is effectively engaged in a tactical retreat in iraq the middle east. And that has been ongoing since obama and i think its continuing now. So with this in mind i think what were going to see. Is that the United States will attack whenever it thinks it needs to to protect. This retreat but its overall in objective this disengagement and this is of course going to. Create some power vacuums that will be. You know theyll be a rush and a lot of confusion in the meantime and it could have some affects on on oil prices there are some conservatives in the i think that think that. The. And interest in the fracking industry going to enslave us from this i dont think thats a very sound judgement nevertheless china is more vulnerable to loyal price ships at this point and they may they may take a more active role but i think itll be very subtle. The chinese less premier should choose to visit the u. S. Next week do you think you take any particular message of its double trouble battling u. S. Actions in the middle east. I dont think so i think that the key issue for i mean there may be a little bit of public posturing but i think the key issue at this point between china us is clearly the trade war i think thats i think thats been the main driver of one of the main drivers at least of. China. Adhering to the sanctions against to a large extent against iran. Im not particularly optimistic i think that this is i think this interim agreement is not really leading to a genuine conclusion or resolution of the trade war i think its a tactful adjustment by both sides at this point. So you know but i think i think i think the sides are going to let that play out and see where it goes and then maybe china will take a more active approach but i think clearly from the chinese perspective this type of activity this assassination is is really a clear reminder of the type of Foreign Policy that china pours we just saw the joint naval drills with china looking inside russia and france just today you know an improvement in relations closer relations seen those countries does the assassination of the iranian general effect in any way with china may be. Further strengthening relations with iran or maybe pull back because of it. To be honest with you i think that you know all 3 capitals will probably think a little more carefully about the optics of it and how much publicity they push. But i think there are 2 major things to consider and i dont think theyre directly related is on the money at all the 1st is the extent to which these exercises correlate with the mob are the us and all of our exercises of japan and india as well as the simple fact that these types of exercises are actually disciplining in a way you know its much more much less likely that any one of these countries would take action unilaterally because they have to consider the possible consequences for their allies so i think ultimately we might find that despite a lot of handwringing in washington or public and running that these types of exercises would actually be welcomed. Confidentially and not only because it disciplines unilateralism but because it also provides continued justification for them all of our exercises josephs appreciate your time i guess just going through mahoney progressive politics in east china normal need invest in shanghai. On to the news now ukraine is marking a day of mourning after one of its passenger planes crashed just after takeoff from tehran on wednesday all 176 people on board were killed this get an update on the investigation a situation in general for montes total quarter so its been in the studio at this point so not very far into the investigation but what do we know is a fact. Well president vladimir selenski has spent the day of mourning paying his respects to the families of those victims who died in the crash yesterday but he also mentioned earlier that because we dont have all the facts about what happened people should refrain from jumping to conclusions quickly. Im asking everyone to refrain from speculation conspiracy theories hasty conclusions and unverified versions its not a topic for you. And one of the ukrainian authorities doing well theyre doing the exact opposite theyre actually now investigating and speculating about the causes of the crash that it could be possibly a missile strike a drone strike or even terrorism but an accident it seems like has been taking a backseat. We know how weve been covering story here and i dont see what about the other major Media Channels what are they saying while theyve been basically theyve jumped on this ukrainian on the speculation of the ukrainian authorities in giving the idea that it was an accident perhaps backseat now c. N. N. Has trimmed the investigation down to basically a choice between a bomb or a missile you know and now on screen theres a photo from twitter that something of a Conspiracy Theory has actually formed around that russia may be behind this downing of the plane which nobody was saying yesterday when it happened when the merge and services were on the ground. The account that posted it was suspended perhaps for spreading fake news because we dont know where or when or by whom this photo was taken and but that still that hasnt stopped outlets like the b. B. C. From giving it air time. Well the 1st one is the possibility that that plane which hate by Russian Mission just after takeoff and the independent even post published an article saying that people should assume this crash was a shoot down like the mh 17 incident which there is no evidence to suggest that it was a shoot down and they said that it should be suggested this way until proven otherwise so theres no evidence that russia was connected in any way or that it was anything other than an accident and all the while families of the victims are waiting for the investigation to come up with those answers. Will then tell the right side of the airplane and one end of it were completely on fire and i think the pilot made a great effort not to hit residential houses the plane crash landed in lawn a puck and destroyed the fence of a football pitch then it took off again and exploded and was completely incinerated when you know they didnt keep those watching the news of iranians hitting us bases with missiles on t. V. After 10 minutes i heard a massive explosion and all the houses started to shake there was fire everywhere at 1st i thought the american substructure with missiles and i went into the basement to take cover all through while i went out and saw a plane had crashed over them. Were lying around everywhere. Support for my oldest son is the steward my daughter called me from the us she told me that the ukrainian at craft crashed she asked where he go through us. Its a run and i sold a video of the plane crash. Back in a moment. Join me every thursday on the alec simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you than. Anyone else shows seem wrong. But all in all just dont call. Me old yet to stamp out just to become agitated and in game treatment because betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. But in. This exist nothing but the harmony you can create on vibrating strings but its chemistry chemistry is the melody and melodies you can play on strings but is the universe the universe is a symphony of strings. Protesters in our cars here which georgia considers a breakaway republic are attempting to storm the president ial residence demonstrators claim recent president ial elections were rigged to vote in september but. Court was due to review a lawsuit launched by the leader of the opposition 500 people surrounded the president ial residence some managing to break down the doors guards they prevented them getting further inside those still in the building have barricaded the windows local government is calling it an attempt to kill. Hundreds of Mental Health patients are reportedly being sexually assaulted in mixed sex wards in Englands NationalHealth Service single sex wards see 3 times fewer reports of abuse yet despite ministers pledging to scrap mix towards the guidelines to allow shared space. A 1019. 00 complaints of Sexual Assault a mix towards between april 2017 and october 29000. 00 as a rate of one attack a day it far grounds one of the victims told us her story. There i was on a mental outward for my depression and anxiety it is very very rare i was in this particular hospital. And in the past. I met. A stranger it was a start remember the night he comes on time to talk to me i didnt really think much of it. But over time he just became more friendly no stewie joking to me always in my gut you know wasnt shared it was the best educated. Stosh a blue chip event im used and you might. Even just touching my hand and my arm was it was wrong and i didnt. Think it was a part of. The ads. He slowly became closer to. Extend another. Specialist brain egypt. Knowing seems to me that. The department of health and social care has responded saying that it will not tolerate sexual abuse in the n. H. S. Political activist linda bello says its disgraceful the decision to axe mix towards the still not been carried out. I think its a its about 20 years certainly 15 years ago that. Hospitals made an undertaking that they would get rid of mixed wards frankly the government ought to be ashamed that allowing british hospitals to it to not carry out an agreement that they made which was that there would be wards for women and wards for men and they shouldnt be they should not be mixed wards we fought very hard to ensure that women had safety and security so. For no better reason that we could speak to each other about issues of the of of concern i mean lots of women would be in hospital because of you know reproductive issues. Of old age and you couldnt necessarily do that in a mixed ward not so men prefer to be in wards in which matters of their you know the reproductive organs can be explored with other men in a way that is not appropriate in front of most women well i certainly think that in a 1st world country that we should have wards for women and wards for men. 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