Imposing additional sanctions hardline measures are included in americas on your defense bill now approved by the u. S. House of representatives by a veto proof majority. Good morning great to have you with us this is r. T. International. Divisions in france a deepening tensions between the public the police and the president escalate among your micron is now calling for urgent reforms to Law Enforcement the public mistrust of the police force mounts while officers complain about a lack of government support. Explains. Its being described as a crisis of Public Confidence in the Security Forces amidst a violent protest against the Global Security law that was aimed at strengthening measures to protect the police theres been a renewed focus on Police Violence. President corn though while acknowledging issues refused to politicize the subject yet live your lives in a society there is violence in society there is racism in French Society today this is a fact and as the Police Reflect socie
Countrys defense secretary nominating a retired general responsible for a half a 1000000000. 00 Training Program in syria which was deemed a complete failure. Hi there thanks so much for joining as youre watching international. 6 people have died during pfizers cove in 19 vaccine trials 4 of them had taken a placebo the 2 did have the. 55 the revelation was made by the u. S. Food and Drug Administration which is responsible for approving the vaccine. So the deaths are nothing to worry about as they are statistically in line with participants of that age group. A total of 6 of unrolled participants died during the reporting period old deaths represent advance that occur in the general population of the age groups where they occurred at this similar rate earlier donald trump and signed an executive order aimed at ensuring americans have priority when it comes to access to vaccines produced in the u. S. Both the outgoing and incoming president s are a bit about the prospects of mass vacci
Broadcaster in the philippines is facing a shutdown. Also this president cited the i. S. O. Fia after a court in turkey rules in favor of turning this popular heritage site into a mosque from a museum. Before we get to top story lets just get you some breaking news this just dropped literally in the past 90 seconds or so the u. S. President donald trump has decided to commute the sentence for his longtime friend and adviser roger stone mr stone of course you remember probably sentenced to a prison sentence for lying to congress as part of the probe into allegations of rushing russian meddling in the 2016 u. S. President ial Election Campaign alan fischer joins us live now from falls church in virginia alan what do we know. We know that theyre saying that this was done because he was risk he was due to start his sentence on tuesday the white house in a statement just issued you see peter just in the last 90 seconds or so said that roger stone is a victim of the russian hoax which is bei
A statement adam schiff called it selfserving and destructive to the countrys democracy he went on to say that commuting the sentence of roger stone a crony who lied and obstructed our investigation to protect trump himself is among the most offensive to the rule of law and the principles of justice i spoke earlier to our correspondent alan fischer for more. The white house in a statement just issued that roger stone is a victim of the russian hoax which is being perpetrated by the left and the media insist there was never any collusion with russia and because of the serious medical risks the president has taken the decision to commute the sentence this is not the same as a pardon or clearing the conviction it also makes the point that roger stone has appeal his conviction and wants to go through the judicial system which he believes will exonerate him just to remind you it was back in november last year that roger stone was convicted on a number of offenses including lying to congress
They losing interest in me and. Just after 7 am in new york 9 pm and so on 3 in the afternoon right here in moscow this saturday november the 16 welcome to our international we will get to those headlines stories in just a moment but breaking news 1st on the program from syria reports stating 15 people have been killed a dozen more injured in a car bomb explosion in the countrys north just close to the border as you can see here with turkey local sources claim the incident happened in a residential area in the city of bob which is currently controlled by pro turkish forces. Kurdish forces for the attack. Although also no official confirmation has come from the mosque is just to reiterate 15 people reported killed in a car bomb explosion close to the border with turkey and syria. Police used tear gas to Disperse Protesters in france braces for a tense weekend live pictures in fact right now from the french capital youre seeing a lot of barak aides being. Erected and police trying to pus