Be. Demonizing the successful. Saturday afternoon at 5 here in moscow my name is called the world update from r. T. International 1st to south america ecuador has been shaken by another wave of violent protests after a state of emergency was declared on thursday demonstrations began over the governments decision to end fuel subsidies which is expected to cause petrol prices to more than double. I. You can some transport workers have been leading a National Strike on the presidency using Emergency Powers to deploy troops in an attempt to maintain order but there have been scenes of chaos as Police Clashed with protesters and conducted around 350. 00 arrests the fuel subsidies have been costing the government more than a 1000000000. 00 a year and it says theres no chance theyll be reinstated its all part of the president s plan to cut public spending to meet the terms of an i. M. F. Loan that was agreed in march he goes down of takes a deeper look at the impact its having. The i. M. F. I
Minority. I dont think they should be. Demonizing the successful. 6 pm saturday here in moscow my names colleen bray with your International World is going to start with developments in france to tell you about antiterrorism prosecutors there have learned in the past hour or so said that the knife wielding man who murdered 4 people at a paris Police Station on thursday that he had to quote a radical vision of the attacker was shot dead during the assault and was also said to have been a recent convert to the face. Of worked for the forces a computer expert of some 15 years or so when investigators say that he was also in contact with salafi groups the ultra conservative islamic ideology will get across that for you and bring you more on the repercussions of that in the next. On to Headline News now ben and i could all has been shaken by another wave of violent protests after a state of emergency was declared on thursday demonstrations began over the governments decision to end fuel sub
A rich source of money scandal and political intrigue for the United States. Life worldwide this is International Want to bring in moscow where its now 7 pm on saturday evening at 6 pm in france thats where our top story is this hour french antiterrorism prosecutors have in the past couple of i was said they suspect the perpetrator of thursdays deadly knife rampage the paris Police Station of a hearing to a radical vision of islam across this force correspondence course i dont know at this stage will call in this case has been a complicated one antiterrorism prosecutors handling the case have come up with a couple of ideas as to what was motivating the killer they just revealed that the assailant had become actually an islamic convert only 18 months prior to the attack and. Of course just being muslim obviously doesnt make you a terrorist and the author already have been saying that but they have also revealed that he has been said to have radical views radical islamic views and have b
Just after 8 pm here in moscow this sunday october the 5th a warm welcome to our 2 International Meal our top story french t. V. Terrorism prosecutors have said they suspect the perpetrator of thursdays deadly night from page. Police station of adhering to an extreme mentor protege of islam. What the investigation has revealed that the perpetrator was in contact with several individuals likely to belong to the salafist an islamist movements in addition testimony indicates that he did hear to a radical vision of islam. Double quarter joins me now in the studio with more its been a few days since this happened don what do we know at this stage well you know this knife attack was a catastrophe that shook paris to its core saillant was 45 year old michael harp and who had worked at a Police Station for 15 years and all that time the police who are tasked with preventing such attacks had no suspicions that haarp and would kill 4 of his colleagues with a knife he smuggled in. This is done wh
On the u. S. State Department Approves the sale of millions of dollars worth of missiles to ukraine but the country proving to be a rich source of money scandal and political intrigue for washington. 24 news live from moscow this is r. T. International from the team myself you know neal hello and welcome to the program we will get to those headlines stories in just a moment but some news just coming in to us on our Team International north koreas top Nuclear Negotiator said that talks with the u. S. Have broken down just hours after they started in stockholm. We are disappointed that the United States has not put anything on the negotiating table now the responsibility for the continuation of the talks lies with the u. S. It was the 1st meeting between delegations from the 2 countries since donald trump and kim jong un met in the militarized zone between the 2 koreas in june ahead of this weekends field talks u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei said there was still quote a lot of work