Stop the white house despite donald trump for accusing to lack of the presidency. Quite yet, we have allies, some of the old guard being primed for those top positions on hostile foreign policies. Open past 247 live from the russian capital. This is all, its an international. Thanks for joining us this monday. The 16th of november, a very warm welcome to the program. Well, we start in the meaning top to all of you are a fun way. Crowds have again been rallying against the countrys Prime Minister, calling for his resignation. It marks a week since amin assigned to ceasefire agreement with us by john over the disputed newborn a carpet enclave. A deal the armenian public has deemed humiliating liquids on this job. And was it fun for us . So this marks 7th day of protest really in the cup or so. And today we started off at Freedom Square once again mr. Minnesotas purchased from from last week about for about 4003000 people for about 2 hours. There is a speech is the slogan of the burgess continues to be a newco question. Your son is a traitor because you know the Prime Minister who signed the agreement with azerbaijan and russia last week over the kind of on the go to kind of a heavy police presence. I havent seen any riot police who were very prominent in dealing with the protesters and the protests that were going to blow the opposition parties. And theyre calling for mr. Pushing him to resign and peace to go to parliament today. However, was just an piece from the most part, you know, and so those in power with the opposition and these are refusing to sort of turn parliament and saying that we dont need to really meet any suppression. You want to discuss his resignation. Nothing else. People who very much a short close we can probably feel are in i think some people without, by coming out to purchase it, seeing the footage from you know, going to cut about and then the regions and seeing people burning the houses and, and the emotions are really are still in the meantime, russia has started said peacekeepers to monitor the cease fire between armenia and azerbaijan. Its off to moscow broke about very deal a week ago to stop the bloodshed in nagornokarabakh. Well, these are just some of the latest pictures of russian equipment, hundreds of vehicles on personnel in armenia. The patrol is currently monitoring the cease fire and assisting with the exchange of foreign soldiers from the conflict. The mining and clearing the territory is also part of the peacekeeping mission. In total, it will last 5 years with an automatic extension. If all quiet of the truce is already allowing some refugees to return home overnight, almost 500. 00 armenia came back from the capital on to the disputed regions. Largest city of the panic cut and russian peacekeepers oversaw a convoy of 1000 buses, full of people. Wideouts to have is on the way to the peacekeeping mission in the region. And some tough. As for the peacekeeping force that is supposed to be stationed in the garden, it has almost been brought up to full strength. We witnessed this morning get another very large convoy of russian peacekeepers making their way into the garden. A kind of back with, aside from their 2000 about 2000 peacekeepers, the russian side has also published a detailed map of what the area in the garden will look like. The operations of the Russian Peacekeeping mission will be the observation post sees fog monitoring stations in the northern area, 9 in the Southern Area and 7 in the achaeans key corridor, a thin strip of land connecting it to the pru armenian. You know, theres, theres a lot of anger with the way the war turned out. There is a lot of sadness with how many people have died. And ultimately, people are just thankful that it is concluded already. Hopeless with russians. They are all saviors need. The us, no, europe helped us. The International Community was signed in throughout these times. In our Prime Minister sold this land. It was only the russians who came to save us. But our nation has lost everything. Nothings left. Had that russia to help us to let the rest leave well, in our lands, its painful, of course, but we see Russian Troops are coming. Hopefully they will keep the peace. The Russian Peacekeeping mission, instead by the carrot, is axing as a sort of mediation headquarters that is organize a communication between the 2 sides if it directly between the media and is it a budget they have already organized through example in exchange of the remains of the soldiers whod been killed and whose bodies both sides were unable to collect. Things are being very differently in the, by john, the side out of the, there isnt quite the sadness that the reason the armenian side, they made tremendous gains areas that they believe are historically. Theres the recognized internationally, as i said by john in people who had been forced to evacuate 30 years ago. And now overjoyed that theyre heading back to whom the been unable to return to for 30 years in peace. Im so grateful to our soldiers and our president who will return there with craig, pleasure as this is our last and then use about the liberation and prospect to return has put behind all the hardship weve had for all this years winner. Heck, you me now, im so happy that our lands are liberated and grateful to all who made this country. Im so joyful to return to my land well waiting for a signal from the government to return. Were already packing up our stuff. Over the course of the 6 week conflict that had been many attempts to establish a ceasefire. International attempts by russia by the United States could also pressure from all over the world. And nothing seemed to hold until the 10th of november when russian president Vladimir Putin help mediate this latest ceasefire, which was signed by the president of as you know, by john the Prime Minister of armenia and which is held there is however, an enormous amount of work to be done, there is an enormous amount of uncertainty about the, the 10s of thousands of refugees that have been displaced from their homes, from their villages over the course of this conflict. Uncertainty about their future, where theyll return to if, if theyll return to their homes. A tool with theres also a huge amount of problems with the humanitarian situation in the gold they care about. There is a lack of the basic medicine. There is lack of services. Heating in very cold temperatures. Will boost of this is now the priority. Stablish in livable conditions, a baking. Sure. Sure people have somewhere to return to. Well, just a reminder, last week, amin, out as a by john signed a peace deal ending 6 weeks of fighting over the nagornokarabakh enclave. Both sides will hold on to that current military position, so that gives armenia control of the disputed regions. Capitals, toponica, while azerbaijan gets the 2nd largest city of which it took just before the fighting. And armenia will also have to handover 3 of the districts in the region. Well, pacu has extended the deadline for media to pull out its troops and civilians from those 3 districts, thousands of residents, offering their homes and even buying them down, so as not to leave them to these they see as the enemy. They explained the painful decision that theyve taken. We had a good life. And now we have what we have. Now we are tearing down the houses. We built ourselves. I dont know what will happen next. And i dont know what to say. What can i see . Its hard to speak about it. I know one thing for sure. I wouldnt even want my enemy to find himself in a situation like this. Ive lived here for 20 years, and now im a refugee. We are taking down our houses. I dont know where we are going. I have little build in my house for 12 years. Now im taking a dont. It is very hard, very hard, but we do not have any other choice. Well, washington has threatened far the sanctions on tehran to mark the anniversary of irans 2019 antigovernment protests. The u. S. State Department Says it will take action against the countrys quote agents of repression. The reigning regime tried to hide the evidence of his brutal crackdown through censorship, intimidation, and still refuses to allow independent investigations into the killings that perpetrated. The United States will continue to promote accountability by announcing further actions against the agents of repression. Later this week to bring a measure of justice to the iranian people, the longest suffering victims of the Islamic Republic of iran. Meanwhile, the outcome of the us president ial election remains contested nearly 2 weeks on from the vote. Donald trump has repeatedly claimed that he was the winner, while joe biden has declared himself president elect saying he is ready to take over the white house. Come january. But im told that something at the trouble use these final months to toughen his foreign policy. As in the trunk, oh, explains americas in for a chilling thriller called lame duck president , ready to bite, and its getting worse and worse every day. Were hearing stories that are horror stories, but itll probably go through the legal presses away conducts bite. Certainly if the ducks last name is trump, what if the man whos been slagged off as the worst president is america now has something in mind that would make the same folks call him the most disastrous, lame duck president and u. S. History. Those easy, good old times when the incoming george w. Bush administration only had to deal with a few pranks after the clinton people left be yanked off the w. s of the white house keyboards. It cost a few 1000. 00 to repair that. If only in 2020, the dems could get away with such harmless banter. Donald trumps opponents are in fear. The media are showing the story over and over. Theyre loving it. Maybe its their last chance to get a piece of the trump hating pie. But hey, seriously, people as important as the former head of the cia are super worried. Hes like a cornered cat tiger. And he is going to lash out mr. Brennan, even once mike pence to suddenly turn his back on pows and save america from the wild, lame duck. I think they would seriously consider booking the 25th amendment and pushing donald trump out. All right, well after the obama administration, heres some of them in november 4 years ago ahead of trumps move to d. C. Began doing everything to turn his white house, stay into misery after they planted the russia gate bomb under the oval office chair, to play on his nerves throughout the whole term, what should you expect if not revenge, contacts between president elect Donald Trumps advisors and russian officials. Hes alone in being unwilling to accept the view that this was done by the russians. Trump is already act like a russian with one phrase on their mind. That is, hes got nothing to lose. Pundits are trying to calculate the likelihood of spoiler moves. After all, the lame ducks already caused a stir at the pentagon. President trump is purging the top ranks of the pentagon. 48 hours after the election was called for joe biden. President trump is just fired his defense secretary sell his big news when the secretary of defense is fired. And that is what president obama says. He has just done to the now outgoing secretary of defense. So what now to try to pull out of ghana stand all of a sudden or start operations against a rare and even without triggering world war 3. What if the angry doc, the final hopes for the revival of the nuclear deal with a win by throwing new sanctions at them . Could he stunned the dems by pardoning julia . So it was him who helped shine the light on the d. N. C. Emails 4 years ago. Right. What if another Trump Twitter rant causes a new wave of street unrest . What if you reveal something classified and dodgy that would hurt america . Although some would say hes the kind of president who has more to hide them to reveal. Anyway, lame duck thriller, bring it on. Well with the fallout from november, thought still unraveling joe biden isnt wasting much time. His new administration is already taking shape as the democrats look to fill the top ranks of the white house, but its on who can snow explains some of the names might be from india votes over, but not yet official. And so biden is gearing up for his move into the white house and his message to the world leaders. Big changes are afoot in washington. Im letting you know that america is back. Were going to be back again. So what does the return of the old america mean for the rest of the world . Heres how the administration could look. While its an inclusive lineup with several new faces. The candidates are heavyweights of american politics. Lets take a closer look at c. V. S. The hands down favorite for secretary of state is susan rice, who served both as National Security advisor and u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Under barack obama. A strong advocate for the intervention in libya and u. S. Involvement in other states. Rice was in the planning to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. She withdrew because ations that she misled the public over the 2012 benghazi terror attack. Explanation about how 4 americans died in libya by ambassador rice, i think does not do justice to the reality. At the time, i relied solely and squarely on the information provided to me by the intelligence community. And rice was one of those who never let go of trump kremlin collusion. Even just a few months ago, she was adamant that russia had its hands all over the election. I almost never say this can but 100 percent russia is doing much of what in 2016, and certainly a lot of confidence seems to be gone now that joe biden is projected as the winner. The likely nominee for pentagon chief is Michelle Flournoy obamas former undersecretary of defense who helped persuade the president at the time towards a military intervention in libya on humanitarian grounds. You know, i supported the intervention in libya on humanitarian grounds. I think we were right to do a supporter of the u. S. Troop surge in afghanistan of u. S. Involvement in syria. Shes also a hard liner on both russia and china. Flown oil once said that future warfare may come in many flavors, and with advocates of big bets on new weapons at the head of the pentagon, america can expect a full menu of delicacies. Its no secret. The cia has historically been a pillar of u. S. Foreign policy, and one of the picks for cia boss is michael morrell, rose to prominence during the obama years. Hes already familiar with the job serving twice as acting director, a man steeped in the cias longest standing traditions. Moral would no doubt be successful, bringing his plans to fruition in the new biden administration. We need to make the iranians pay a price in syria. We need to make the russians pay a price. The only thing i mean, you make them pay the price by killing killing russians. Yes. Nothing highlights the agencys prestige better than a director, openly plotting covert assassinations around the world. And if you expect that some adjustments to the walls, Largest Military budgets with an economy heavily this ruptured by a pandemic, those will probably only go one way. Ive met with a number of my devices and some have suggested in certain areas the military budget is going to have to be increased the advice from but his advisors is certainly clear. And with many on his pentagon Transition Team working for think tank, sponsored by nato government, such as the u. A. E. And qatar and laws, all this money factious. Why wouldnt it be fun is running mates commodity. This was also a critic of americas withdrawal from syria. Should have Blind Administration might good on her ambiguous postelection promise to make a return to standing with partners in syria. These firms could be in to make a killing. On the one hand, were looking at competence. People who are clearly competent in the job that theyre doing. Now, on the other hand, you can be competently implementing bad policy. And i think thats what were going to be looking at in the future abided ministration. If it comes to pass, it will be bad policy intervention, us policy, it will lead to more wars. Joe biden himself is an interventionist. I mean, this is a man who promoted intervention in libya, promoted in redemption in syria. Hes a man who voted for the war in iraq in the definitive vote afterwards. And so hes going to surround himself with people who are similarly inclined. You know, the world today doesnt necessarily want the United States to be the dominant power. The world wants. United states to be as a friend, a big brother, somebody who i hope them will not dominate abidin is more of the dominating school. And i dont think this bodes well for americas relationship with the rest of the world or for the United States. We simply cant afford to keep doing this kind of aggressive intervention trumps 4 years of america coming to an end, while badens intent to rejoin some International Agreements and institutions will leave many optimistic. This will be tempered with strong caution. As the hawks in his administration arrive back in town, well, new revelations consigning the trumpet ministrations. Foreign policy have come to light after a high ranking diplomat admitted to keeping the president in the dark regarding troops on the ground in syria, the senior official who is now retiring has said that the actual number is much higher than officially stated. We were always playing show games to not make clear, to our leadership. How many troops we have u. S. , military operations have been ongoing in seriousness, 2014, without the approval of damascus. The current number of american troops known to the public at least stands at roughly 600. The pentagon says their role is to fight the remnants of terror groups in the region. Donald trump ordered a full military pullout from syria several times except for a few 100, but remained to guard wheel wells in the countrys east. But according to the whistleblower diplomat, the us army remains at full strength. When the situation in northeast syria had been fairly stable, after we defeated isis, trump was inclined to pull out. In each case, we then decided to come up with 5 better arguments for why we needed to stay. And we succeeded both times. Thats the story we spoke to professor, im middle east unless Joshua Landis who believes it would be naive to think the president wasnt in the loop. Well, somebody like jeffrey probably thinks the president is a fool and that itll do his own reputation. Good. If he makes it clear that you know he suffers fools, he doesnt suffer fools lightly. Well, im sure the white house wasnt really in the dark. You know, most of us who watch syria pretty carefully understood that there were a lot more than a few hundreds of soldiers there. On the other hand, it is quite clear that the president made his wishes clear about withdrawing from syria on 2 different occasions. And he ran into a ton of opposition from the state Department Defense department, and his entire National Security establishment. They are trying to roll back russia and iran maximum pressure on iran. And they didnt want the president to muck up their policy. And so they fought back vigorously, they came up with the oil excuse that they, they knew he might latch on to, but i might have my hunch is the president was aware of what was going on, and it just wasnt worth his fight to clear out syria well still ahead on the program, we had to pull it off this short break has johnny not sat for a Christmas Tree instead and knocked out more on that story and just im lying. Is your media a reflection of reality . In a world transformed what will make you feel safe, isolation or community . Are you going the right way or are you being that direct . What is true . What is faith . In the world corrupted, you need to descend to join us in the depths or inmate in the shallowness to be ceasing probably in his last battle as president to keep trying over the general and good bye to his foreign policy. Pick up where we were neo cons again, be back in control. Welcome back. Not germany could be on the all day, 2nd National Lockdown as nations across europe. Mollen roll out tougher restrictions. Well, for more on that, thats possibly live to our europe, part funded team to all of us. Who is that . While the pizza looks like, maybe that wont be so much christmas cheer. Whats the latest from the job and capital . Well, the latest from berlin is the sound of a can being kicked further down the road when it comes to water restrictions and how those restrictions will be strengthened. Angela merkel, the german chancellor, went into a meeting on monday with the heads of the 16 german states. Wanting to put in place stronger restrictions that would be in shrine didnt law. The heads of the local governments, though they wanted to see advice and its advice. Thats where it stays, the vice is. Dont meet any more people than you really have to try and stay away from making unnecessary contacts. Really, this was the result of a long meeting that went on the press conference was 3 and a half hours delayed from when it was 1st advertised. It would be, it seems that after all of that talking, theyve said theyre going to come back next wednesday, the 25th of november with a Long Term Plan for how restrictions are going to be in play. That the message coming from angela merkel. Yes, sat there alongside the mayor of burley in michael miller, the head of the state of the various markets. They all said the same thing really, that the restrictions that were in place were working, but they werent working and nuff and that they needed to see more measures put in place. The reason they need to see more measures put in place, or at least those 3 politicians want to see more measures put in place, is because the number of covert cases in europe is rising. And weve actually heard on monday from the head of the world health organization, saying they are particularly concerned about the number of cases and medical staff being overwhelmed. Juta the rise in cases both in europe and the United States. Right now, we are extremely concerned by the surging cases we are seeing in some countries, particularly in europe and the americas fieldworkers. A new systems are being pushed to the breaking point. One country that is heading into Strict Lockdown from cheese day is austria. The alpine nation putting in place some of the strictest coronavirus measures of all european nations pretty much a blanket curfew on leaving your house will be in place across australia, 24 hours a day. Youll only be able to leave, to go and get food to take some exercise by yourself. Or if you need to go and care for somebody else, schools also kinda gardens all nonessential shops. They are all going to be closed down. So thats the and could the austrian chancellor said that these measures were needed if there was to be any hope of easing them somewhat over the christmas period. My urgent appeal is for the next 4 weeks. Dont meet anyones. Every social contact is one too many. Only then can we reopen our country, step by step in december and save the christmas season. 5 or frances found itself ravaged by the coronavirus. Olivia, on the French Health minister, has said that he understands that theyve reached the peak. However, when he looks at the number of people who are dying still of coronavirus in france, he says those numbers are still far too high. Everything points to france having passed the peak of the cold, 19 epidemic, but we are not beaten. The virus clearly is soorley to say weve won and drop our guard. Also news coming out of sweden on monday. Sweden of course, held up by some as the example of how to handle covert without putting in place strict rules. Well, the news is theyre going to be putting in place strict rules because allowing, leaving that up to people hasnt worked. Stef i love and the Prime Minister of sweden saying that there would be a cap of 8 people being allowed to mix outside of their homes. Previously, that had been a suggestion of anywhere between 50 and 300 people. In announcing this saying that these measures were necessary as the country tries to get a grasp on rising covert cases, while 2020 apparently, and how it started not anyones favorite. 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