International now the longest transport workers strike in france for decades has now entered its 6th day it was called over planned Pension Reforms and today paris and other cities are witnessing another major mobilization supported by people of different classes and occupations in the french capital crowds gathered to call on the government withdrew its plans according to the local unions 370000 protesters descended on the capital although the interior ministry claimed was actually a fraction of that size shall have been ski reports from the center of the protests. Well weve already seen tear gas deployed on several occasions by the police as they were trying to control the crowd see paris and the crowds are huge i just want to get you to go up and get a sense of looking down this street just delivered to mission and push you much all the way down to the beach it is show. Block with people people whove come out to support this strike now in its 36 day this is the full state of nationwide protests and as you can see it doesnt seem as if this supposed to 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 their forms that the government wants to make it wants to put 42 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 sometimes but work is said to in either be destroying get the strike moving to try and get the in past say to cross that the other big issue is raising the retirement age up to 64. 00 its currently 62. 00 a with 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 3 years but people are furious here theyre saying you know they dont want to sell out their children speeches that run childrens features and thats why they determined to come out into the streets to keep protesting tensions are rising here. Towards the end of the protest just want to get you to have a look back down there thats 2 Wood Sun Lazard in the center of paris you can see those crowds of tear gas into i still do tear gas still raining down on the protesters as the police try and control the situation here you can hear the people in the crowd sound shouting everyone hates the police thats a chant we take quite often now but you can really feel that tension right shooting up a parish at the end of the protests that has been largely peaceful a tear gas has been deployed throughout it and we have seen some individuals arrested individuals who apparently throwing objects to the police that sounds like some grenades but it could also be tear gas coming down this but you might be able to see the lights coming up on the fly as it sounds like that was a sound grenades going off that people saying that they wont get even live to enjoy their retirements and theyre determined to stay out in the streets and to make sure people know they were happy this is a protest now 36 days this is the 4th day of nationwide protests across france i know as you can see it doesnt look like its about to be broke. Now runs u. N. Envoy claims that his country is not planning any more attacks against the u. S. So long as washington refrains from further aggression he added that wednesdays missile strikes on 2 u. S. Bases in iraq were sufficient revenge for the pentagons killing of its top general President Trump has limited his response to pledging new sanctions although he has just now announced additional restrictions on top of the ones that he did reveal yesterday. As we continue to evaluate options in response to a rein in aggression the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the iranian regime. These powerful saying shoes will remain until or and changes its behavior. From suspicion to take out the money creating political aftershocks is home to some members of congress. Information provided by Trumps Administration prior to the strike so lets talk about all of this without his kind of walk in and joins us from the state senate could even see kellett 1st us just to quickly start with the new sanctions that were announced any clarity on those or what. Or are we still in the dark at the moment well the new sanctions are certainly being imposed it looks like the trumpet ministration is trying to take things to yet another level but now that the possibility of an all out war seems to be off the table at least for the moment were now hearing some widespread criticism and the trumpet ministration is struggling to defend itself amid allegations that perhaps their attack on qassam solomonic was completely necessary now we have my palm pale coming forward and insisting that the killing of qassam solomonic was necessary because he was in the process of planning attacks this was a matter of National Security this is mike pompei o the u. S. Secretary of state. Intelligence assessment made clear that no action allowing me to continue his plotting and his planning his Terror Campaign created more risk than taking the action that we took last week. Now members of the u. S. Congress both democrats and republicans who have looked at the classified information that is available to members of congress do not seem to agree with mike pompei as assessment they say they simply dont have information provided to them that matches these claims that the killing of qassam solomonic was a matter of National Security that attacks on the United States were evident this is what members of congress who have seen a classified reports have to say. Heres the unclassified version of what trump said congress after the hits on some the money from old weve seen including the redacted ponce here and the briefing the facts do not show an imminent threat it is not acceptable for officials within the executive branch of government i dont care whether theyre with the cia with the department of defense or otherwise to come in and tell us that we cant debate and discuss the appropriateness of military intervention against iran its unamerican its unconstitutional its room. Now figures within the trumpet ministration continue to insist that the notion that trump should have gotten congressional approval to carry out the strike against qassam solomonic is essentially absurd and they argue that not all the information that was necessary in order to make the decision can be shared with congress that that it could be perhaps a risk to give congress all the information that the administration had before making this decision this is what Vice President mike pence said regarding the fact that not all the information is been given to members of congress. When it comes to intelligence we have to protect sources and methods and so theres only a certain amount that we can share with every member of congress but those of us who have seen all the evidence know that there was a compelling case of an imminent threat against american personnel and. This seems to fit an ongoing pattern this is not the 1st time that congress has not been provided with information to back up the claims of administrations for example there was at one point that it was claimed that iran was planning an attack against the United States members of congress were not given the intelligence about how that assessment was made allegations about russia hacking the Democratic National committee again members of congress have not been provided information to back up these claims from the u. S. Intelligence community similar allegations regarding russia and the shelling in east ukraine and such things again members of congress requested the information and were simply not provided them and this latest incident with the Trump Administration insisting that they do not need to aggression all authority to carry out the strike and they do not need to provide this intelligence to members of Congress Seems to fit an ongoing pattern where the white house and the Intelligence Community simply says take our word for it and members of congress are told to simply trust the executive branch of the u. S. Government. Ok thanks. From the United States well get more reaction now to with brahms hes a fellow at the queens. Responsible state craft the u. S. Think tank and he joins us now good evening t. What are your thoughts on this one members of congress unhappy that they keep hearing this from mike pence from the u. S. Administration would love to tell you more but sorry its classified. Im going to sort of the federal. Constitution its clear ones the power to declare war. System of checks and problems who are paul students not suppose you dont we do just to give you all of. Them for the president to go ahead and authorize this but talk of doing. The right moves to be. So thats why you keep hearing this word because its proof to burn 200. Breakdown of power between congress and the executive. Of course the president ok ill theyve been saying. What is meant and you know when they meet with congress and they present the evidence in general the Congress People are have not been satisfied they have not been persuaded Nothing Specific has been shown to them at all. And so it looks like this was just a play and the had been in the works for a while you will the high r. G. C. Have been designated a foreign terrorist organization. And that they have they had to get their sites in so they took him out and out there are real questions about the legality of donna tartt but even more importantly from my perspective is the wisdom behind. It when we talk about imminent threats i mean ive read a few asses about this if you opinion places people say well look it depends what you mean by imminent. Right i mean i think there are 2 questions there is the debate sort of appear to be a pretty important one over what do we mean by imminent you know was there are really going to tap in the works that require to witness guy well sort of body just meeting with other you know militia groups and perhaps you know down the road going to commit an attack on u. S. Forces there but theres also been attacked but theres also a question about what is u. S. National security you know goal is an attack against troops in iraq does that raise the level of us National Security i suspect Many Americans would say yes but theres also a sizable segment who would say no and they want to argue that i actually we shouldnt be in iraq in the 1st place that the reason why were in iraq at least in theory but you know officially is to combat Islamic State need a tremendous amount of progress against isis including with the russians hope its a truck and so now its time to bring the u. S. Troops hall furthermore iraq iraq was also quite helpful against islamic including iraq and so now you have this bizarre situation where the u. S. Is in iraq to fight isis but weve made tremendous progress against the group iran was our allies they are against isis and now the u. S. And iran are going at each other and if thats the case then perhaps its time just to bring the troops home and iran would like u. S. Troops to go home trying to source i said hasnt just recently hed like to see a greater role for nato in the middle east what are your thoughts on that is that a good idea. Well i think it is a good idea in the sense that i think that the United States is overextended in the world its also a good idea in the sense that the u. S. Is less better to be dependent on the middle east europeans and frankly our europe has a history of free riding you would have so you know going back to the part of the cold war on the other hand its not as if you simply you know see decisions to nato and that here is a team is good Foreign Policy making and i think that we saw that must be open with a decision to cure of khadafi in libya Many Americans think that if their mission is more thought labrador and then that somehow guarantee success but thats also not true. Max we could talk a lot longer but going to have to get leave it for now that was a thought i would concede cheap for responsible stay craft a us think tank thank you george. Now the u. S. Assassination of general for the money on iraqi territory last week to trigger waves of protests across the middle east and beyond is prompted Iraqs Parliament to call for the expulsion of all foreign troops is that mention from the country although the decision still needs government approval 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 Saskia Taylor reports. He calls a rally as good as the originals many characters dont sign on for repeat apparent 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 which have been confusing americas attention for a while now the threat comes from iraq to the. 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. Major destabilizing in influence in the middle east spread death destruction and chaos the leaders of iran are record tears behind every problem is are a 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 in the 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 here 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 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 asked anything concrete 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 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 the geographic base of the terrorists who have had his interest so 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 but as a hit 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 thought through would be best for evidence fast forward and now not everyones willing to back the hero who tore up a nuclear deal uses sanctions as a default Foreign Policy tool and made the hash tag wild all 3 trend on twitter this is us. Its 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 leader 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. Get action just start a war 17 years 3 president s and hundreds of thousands of casualties later im sure the faces have changed in 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. Can i use these marking a day of mourning after one of its passenger planes crashed just after takeoff from toronto on wednesday killing or 176 people on board for more on the investigation with the latest were joined in the studio by arties dong dong good evening what do we know so far than about the possible causes because the room many potential scenarios are all the latest thing is that donald trump chimed in with his apparent expertise in aeronautical engineering he said that he doubted that this crash was an accident at all and thats despite the fact that earlier today the ukrainian president said that because we dont have all the facts yet people should refrain from jumping to conclusions. Im asking everyone to refrain from speculation conspiracy theories hasty conclusions and unverified versions its not a topic for. Another topic so i dont yeah what the ukrainian authorities have done is basically the exact opposite theyve been speculating a lot about what was the cause of this crash theyve said maybe it was a drone drone strike perhaps it was a terrorist attack and theyve even brought up the idea that it was a russian made missile that brought down the plane ok im not so whats been the Media Coverage then have things been covered well theyve immediately jumped on the speculation from ukraine c. N. N. Has basically trimmed the investigation down to a choice between a bomb and or a missile that took down the plane there was also a photo circulating around twitter that has formed the basis of a Conspiracy Theory that basically russia is somehow to blame for this plane crash the account that posted it was suspended perhaps for spreading fake news because again we dont know by whom this picture was taken where when it was taken but that hasnt stopped the b. B. C. For example from giving this baseless idea air time. Well the 1st one is the possibility that that plane was hit by a Russian Mission just off the takeoff now the independent even published an article citing an Organization Called the ops group and this Organization Says that we should assume that this crash was like that the plane was shot down just like m. H. 17 unless we have evidence to suggest otherwise basically russia is guilty until proven innocent sky news and telegraph also reported this ukrainian speculation and newsweek even interviewed u. S. Officials who said iran is believed to have shot down this plane with a russian made missile again we dont have any information to connect or any evidence to connect russia to this downing of the plane or to even suggest that it wasnt an accident in the 1st place the investigation is still going on and the families and friends of the victims are still waiting for new information to see what what was the cause of this ok thank you. With the latest. Which in this broadcast and you told us earlier what drives all the speculation. Unfortunately the sun your politics are coming before the evidence some people are on social media coming out now that theyre geopolitical bias that your political agendas are basically driving their line of this rather than wait going for the evidence 1st there are. 4 or 5 it relates to why this tragedy took place and one of them is quite simply that it was an accident and yet thats all been discounted in peoples by this fact to try to pull 11 possibility are more than the others yes it is possible that it could have the. Its perfectly possible it could have been a bomb placed on the plane tear out again it was that we need obviously that brings other questions to place that bob that was a missile strike how did that happen etc but people shouldnt be getting ahead of themselves here unfortunately thats what theyre doing and i think geopolitics is driving it. Hundreds of Mental Health patients reportedly being sexually assaulted in mixed sex wards in Englands National Health Service single sex wards see 3 times fewer reports of abuse yet despite ministers pledging to scrap mixed wards guidelines to still allow shared spaces there of were 1019 complaints of Sexual Assault in mixed water between april 2017 and october 29000 thats a rate of one attack a day. Political ground one of the victims told us her story. There i was on a mental outward or my depression and anxiety there is very very low i was in this particular hospital. And in the past. I met a blast became a stranger it was a start remember he worked nights he comes on time to talk to me i didnt really think much of it. But over time he just became more friendly close to me joking to me always in my gut your know wasnt shared it was the best but you. Should have no chips event im used and you might. Even just touching my head and my own was it was wrong and i didnt. Think it was a part of. The ads. He slowly became closer to me. Not extend enough. Specialist ben egypt. Knowing seems to me that. The department of health and social care has responded by saying i will not tolerate sexual abuse in the n. H. S. But this collectivist in the battle says it is disgraceful that the decision to axe makes forwards has 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 there 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. Watching r. T. That i things looking so far today more from us in half and. What holds its institutions a little. They put themselves on the laws. They get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president or injury. Or some want to be. Considered right to be cross with what looks like 3 of them or cant be good. Im interested always in the water as it. Should. Seem wrong when old rolls just dont all. Get to shape out just they become educated and engaged because betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart. Just to look for Common Ground the. Reality has mandates of its own that go beyond what our wishes and preferences are. And our utopian visions maybe were going to get a new deal but it may not be the Green New Deal that people are expecting will get the Green New Deal that we have we deserve rather think we are going to get a Green New Deal because the green youre dealing compas is things beyond just straight infrastructure healthcares in that new deal there are other elements if you go back 20 started in 2006 that we are going to get and that are popular in this country. Greetings in the salyut ation. The end is here hawk watchers of the year i mean its the end of the year and as we sit down with family and friends for annual season of holidays and good cheer waiting to ring in the new year it is important to take a moment or 2 take a moment or 2 well look back at what was the year that came before this day what took place around the world in our nation and our lives during those 300 some odd days that brought us to this very moment well today on the show we will do just that we will take some time to examine just a sampling from some of the biggest stories we covered all year long i mean weve got
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