A christmas phone call. Rang me because he spend christmas with me and my family in 2010. He said to me but im slowly. Broadcasting live. This is R T International im john thomas really glad to have you with us as we recap the weeks top stories 1st lets start in iraq where 6 people have been reportedly wounded after several rockets hit in baghdad including an area near the u. S. Embassy the heavily fortified green zone which houses government buildings and Foreign Missions the developments follow the United States assassination of irans most powerful general in an air raid in Baghdad International airport on friday President Trump has tweeted that if iran strikes u. S. Military personnel or bases the response could come in a disproportionate manner. These media posts will serve as notification to the United States congress that should iran strike any u. S. Person or target the United States would quickly and fully strike back and perhaps in a disproportionate manner such legal notice i
Exemplary judicial process has concluded but at the same time confirms the sinking of a political project has failed in its attempt to obtain internal support and International Recognition leaving behind pain and confrontation on the front of coexistence in catalonia about the within hours of the sentencing protesters came out onto the streets and gathered here at the main square in the city center they say they are part of what is being called the democratic tsunami warning but if they waited on the bus i think what is happening is shameful but i think the conviction is really unfair and i dont understand how this can happen in the 21st century and you were here once you know. Im here because i think the trial has been a complete fraud has been a trial that Human Rights International organizations of was having a lot of regularities i think we have to denounce it and this may compare to. But not everyone sees it like this the castle a nationalist movement has itself become more divide
A neighbor. Dies with iran go along way back from saudi arabia. Has been one of our closest friends saudi arabias whole process when we have needed well when we have been in need and so the reason for the strip that we do not want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that its a complex issue we recognize that but we feel. That this can be resolved through dialogue. President rouhani was speaking alongside him on khan and he said that iran while comes talks with regional countries but this is a country thought that they could sew instability in the region without a response they were terribly mistaken. We discussed recent developments related to the middle east region particularly to the persian gulf and the sea of oman as we believe they are very critical regions for the gulf and the whole region we also him to side on the strengthening of stability and more peace in the region. Tensions have been high in the region since the attack on the Saudi Aramco Oil facilities o
Confidence in the national government. As the unrest continued to intensify on the streets leaders of indigenous communities from across the country met with the ecuadorian president for talks moderated by representatives from the United Nations after hours of dialogue ecuadors president lenin moreno announced the negotiations had finally reached a resolution. An agreement doesnt mean to win it all and agreement means to concede something thats why i say there is not much left to say its great that the word that has been used more in these talks has been the word of the peace process. Indigenous representatives celebrated the announcement but also condemned the violent crackdown by police that has left at least 10 people dead and sent more than 1000 others to jail see if. We insist that the state take responsibility of all those who have been imprisoned or injured. The ministers who are in charge of Public Security cannot guarantee safety participated in demonstrations since 1908 and h
Still plenty of people who remain defiant for most the hope is that an Upcoming National dialogue will finally return peace to the country. And as he damn. Well got a weather update next here on out sara still to come im going to talk reporting from iceland on a very brutal demonstration of the effects of Climate Change the slow disappearance of the nations black youth. And well tell you why a couple a proposal and kill a guest on as many Religious Schools that werent. Small fighting fire weather into central and southern parts of you have a foot of the northeast very very distant big area. Here rolling across northern parts all the way into that western side of russia and then we got these banks of weather systems just ganging up to push in across northern and western parts is be go on through the next couple of days attorney decide the on settle here more cloud and right across the good parts of england wells east and there is a lot of seeing some of that wet weather as well and even