Youre watching R T International coming to you live from the russian capital where its just turned 2 pm welcome to the program. U. N. Officials have denounced saudi arabias punishment of those involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi calling it a mockery of justice 5 people have been sentenced to death and 3 others to jail time and u. N. Appointed writes investigator believes the people actually behind the journalist coolmore murder have been left untouched while the spokesperson for the un security general has also stressed the importance of a further probe. The secretary general continues to stress the need for an independent and impartial investigation into the murder to ensure full examination of any accountability for Human Rights Violations committed in the case Jamal Khashoggi it was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul in turkey and october 2018 where he was that murdered a un report suggests his death was a state planned execution but the saudis insist it was the result of a rogue operation and looks at how the death of the journalist who lived and worked in the u. S. Affected washingtons relations with its top arms customer. The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi shocked the world and drew massive condemnation a saudi court recently sentenced 5 people to death and 3 more to jail over that killing however if you thought that this ruling would draw a line under the case think again this is what the Washington Post workers showed you work had to say the complete lack of transparency on the saudi governments refuses cooperate with independent investigate says suggests that this was merely a sham trying to now immediately after the killing last october many pointed a finger directly at the saudi monarchy among them are u. S. Senators austria the netherlands denmark and finland immediately banned the sales of weapons to the saudi monarchy however donald trump immediately ruled out any such ban in the United States and he made no secret about his reasons but as to whether or not we should stop 110000000000. 00 from being spent in this country knowing they have 4 of 5 alternatives 2 very good alternatives that would not be acceptable to pay for the past 2 years democrats and republicans have called for the u. S. Flow of arms to saudi arabia to stop those same arms have been used to lay waste to yemen sense 2015. But now it seems the battle to stop those arms exports is over on friday donald trump was presented with a congressional defense spending bill by the u. S. Congress and that bill contained no anti saudi measures some democrats are furious votes this would be a pool to know that instead of seizing the opportunity to and illegal u. S. Participation in the horrific saudi led bombings of Yemen Congress will continue to fund trumps unconstitutional will the blame game is now in full swing with congressman denying that they capitulated by letting the bill pass i wasnt caving i was fighting to the last conceivable minute the u. S. Can talk all it wants about human rights and condemn the pointless slaughter of civilians abroad however when it comes to the u. S. Relationship with saudi arabia the deep financial and military interests are just too important to sidestep and its almost musing that the saudi regime thinks that it would be a good Public Relations move to send inspired low level participants to death in a secretive process that just continues to make them look like a very backwards state where justice is not served you know the house and senate have now repeatedly voted in multiple votes on amendments to end in bipartisan fashion to end the u. S. Involvement in this horrific horrific war d in yemen democrats could have very easily had to go. Harder and said if this provision was not in that they would have voted it down and they chose not to do that i think trumps covering for the saudi regime is starting to look very peculiar i think even to you number of his supporters some of his more very far right wing. Republican supporters in congress have have arm together with progressive democrats on this issue. From festive markets with armed guards to claims of sanitizing santa to avoid offense it seems that in some western countries christmas just isnt quite the same anymore as art has paid all over with more. Christmas in europe what a wonderful time of the year Christmas Markets in full swing perfect for those last minute gifts the smell of sweet treats teasing you nostrils and on an evening walking in a movie in the list streets perhaps knuckled with a special someone to keep you from the wind to chill not a care in the world but goodwill to all thought in recent times thats also come with increased security travel warnings and with some traditions now deemed woke what could be called the whole whole whole marginalization of the Christmas Period the terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in germany you should be vigilant and follow the advice of local authorities security is of course power amounts at all major of the sun Christmas Markets on different tara at times the market in strands last year and here in berlin in 2016 are still fresh in the memory. You can run them opus festively as you like but these below the bar is there to try and stop the Christmas Markets becoming a target again. This also beat a number of questions raised over the inclusive or to have some christmas traditions with one person being publicly shamed for saying father christmas instead of sunset. Ive just been shamed on a Facebook Group for using the name father christmas and told that santa is now seen as gender neutral its a common trope in the press to say christmas is being done away with this year it does seem quite difficult to do christmas without upsetting someone a good chunk of people polled say they boxed agenda neutral santa christianity is pretty central to the Christmas Celebration christ after all is in the name the one school in the u. K. Decided to change the words to the carol away in a manger from little lord jesus to baby boy jesus prompting a pro from parents and National Newspapers alike saying this was inclusive its gone too far in france theres a ban on the tiffany scenes under their religious imagery laws the mayor of bessie is rebels and faced backlash while thats the go to seasonal salutation only really in north america happy holidays is the right way to wish people well were told with Merry Christmas deemed inappropriate by some even if you avoid the causing offense minefield you can still fall down on the Environmental Impact of christmas 57 percent of those polled here in germany said they would i the limit they use solve all abundant entirely Christmas Lights over Environmental Concerns if you prefer a Real Christmas tree good luck finding one in some parts of the usa where over the last 5 years Christmas Tree shortages have been reported with changes in temperature and rainfall cited among the reasons theres even been advice published over how to correctly argue with your Climate Change denying relatives over the Christmas Period what do people in europe those think of christmas 29 teens. Do and. I want to tell you. Each other so often just a spirit of christmas the question is whether tradition this is not the same as why it wouldnt tradition be inclusive he writes and i think santa should just be what hes always been and thats a big. Think that would be wonderful just to have a female presence as a father christmas im big on tradition so i think theres always been santa i dont think theres any real issue with it for some population Merry Christmas means something religious. Can do with the matter of christmas for me i think happy holidays is fine i think everybody should celebrate his own hold of it but he read it to accept friends relatives so horrible it was their own and wishing you all a very happy holidays in the hope that gender neutral sun brings you a sense of Security Control of a building. France is the largest Telecoms Company and its former chief executive has been found guilty of moral harassment following a series of staff suicides during the 2000 France Telecom which has since been renamed orange had recently been privatized and was being restructured at the time that process caused thousands of job cuts and thousands more employees were placed in different roles which were often described as degrading as a result of the stress caused by the overhaul 19 workers took their own lives a court has now ordered orange to pay a 75000 euro fine and sentence the former c. E. O. And 2 other former executives to time in prison some of the victims relatives were in court to hear the ruling. Since satisfied and happy 1st and foremost because according to the extracts from the letter that were read out to us by the court what happened has been recognized as wrong as a reprehensible ira. Im glad that this has been delayed. It was a decision we expected it was very important for the victims to im very grateful to my lawyers and to everyone who supported us it is highly significant thats open to moral harassment has not been recognized as a crime and punished at the judicial level for days ruling was significant and that it was the 1st time a french court had found a corporation guilty of institutional harassment but a lawyer for the companys former chief executive says he intends to appeal. Says. Were talking about interpersonal harris meant by a boss in relation to an employee i believe that this decision is completely and reasonable it has no legal basis for. A group of Police Officers and the russian republic of targets have been fired after using secondary School Pupils for crowd control training and a video published on social media you can see that the teenagers and marching towards the officers within stop them. Report say that the parents were not consulted about the plans and the students were not warned in advance that they would have to take part in the mock riot in tear minister of the republic is also facing disciplinary action over the incident. The climate debate has been in the headlines for most of the year and it seems christmas is not off the hook either activists are now at odds with a favorite seasonal pastime ice skating and more specifically the ice rinks which pop up at this time of the year charlotte and ski explains. With the Festive Season in full swing what could be more typical of a Winter Wonderland than an ice skating rink across the world to thousands of temporary ones are wrecked it every year and for many skittering across the ice is a Magical Experience but it seems not everyone is in all and the future of rinks could be on thin ice as a traditional ice rink has become the latest battleground for Climate Change french city wren has canceled its one citing concerns over the Carbon Footprint needed to maintain it in a few years it is not certain that there will still be snow at christmas but it is certain that there will no longer be an open air ice rink this is good news for the planets meanwhile in bordeaux rising costs financially and environmentally mean the outdoor skating rink was cancelled for the 3rd year running the outdoor skating rink is absolutely not in sheen with the times keeping an outdoor ice rink cold consumes a lot of electricity open for a little over a month the city hall skating rink cost 70000. 00 euros frances 1st indoor ice skating rink opened in paris an 876 it was an immediate hit and the idea has remained popular ever since but now with concerns about Climate Change is it time for us to rethink some of our traditions we have people here in paris has this popular activity ways up against the cost to the environment since i disown that its a tradition to have an open air skating ring like this its magical it brings Christmas Spirit and theres not much snow its good to have the rain at the national depends when its cold enough and. Its possible. But when its not cold enough it doesnt have to be. You know weve seen many changes in the climate so i think its very good very good of some parts a citizen of france to do that but i agree the thais rings are not good for Global Warming but this is only for winter its not true that bad. Not they isnt on so that could keep everyone happy and its in the most unlikely of places mexico in a bid to keep a winter feel to the holidays an eco friendly the artificial ice rink has been installed and with options like that it seems that there is no longer a reason to skate around the issue. Ski. Paris still to come what christians in brazil are furious at the depiction of jesus as a humanist a gay man and a new t. V. Comedy stories right after the break. You know worlds big partisan group a lot and conspiracy its time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that Mainstream Media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. And shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now were watching closely watching the hawks. What politicians do something. They put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president im sure. Some want. To try to be for us this is like the 3 of them all cant be good. Im interested always in the lawyers in the. City. Come back a new brazilian t. V. Comedy has outraged christians and the country after putting a satirical and apparently offensive twist on the story of jesus life and that flex film depicts christ as a gay man who like to party. Dont want you. Over 2000000. 00 have signed an online petition calling for the show to be removed from netflix they also want an apology from the producers over the fence its cost but the brazilian you tube comedy group behind the production is not backing down. As the petition against his picks up steam we celebrate the success of yet another one of gods creations our Christmas Special the 1st temptation of christ remains ever more powerful weve got reaction from radio and t. V. Host karen turk and media analyst lionel. I dont know what this brazilian comedy troupe is thinking with offending the audience that theyre going after its just wrong its a scary sing christmas is to score a singer major religion for a back country and its just making a joke out of a really sacred holiday for many catholics and many christians around the world 1st and foremost what this is is the greatest marketing ploy to take some 2nd rate 2 bit comedy and now elevated internationally look if you dont like something go watch it people can talk turn off the t. V. But its another thing that the people are speaking through of this petition and they feel that its wrong and they dont want to air and on netflix and you know what let netflix polit since the beginning of time since galileo there have been people who have dared to take on certain things which proved to be most problematic and the mad here to defend the idea when it is to defend the idea of expression and thats it and i could sit there and i can write down why this is blasphemous and its true whatever you think its terrific but we not only going to have a sharlee go again do we learn from this im all for letting people see this so long as netflix and the makers of this particular Tour De Force can look me in the on and say they will consider making a joke about muhammad or abraham or any other religion i think that really what needs to happen is we need to start to have respect for religions but the reality is that the people have spoken and they want this thing taken down the best way to kill and quell than just dilute any kind of negative idea that you dont like is to be indifferent to it i think that they should have had a little more attacked and putting this thing out about christmas now should have the respect for the religion for the people that have spoken in this country and a respect for tradition you know its. I say that. The German Parliament is embroiled in a debate over migrants yet again the green party is suggesting that refugee children should be brought to germany from cramped camps in greece but its an idea that isnt widely supported in the government 1st of all get the children out around 4000 children just on the islands lots of girls lots of fungi loosely people it is a requirement of humanity to help quickly the children can and must be helped in the fastest and most effective way oh im sorry i do not understand the hopelessness of the greek and european authorities here. And the years since the start of the migrant crisis germany has received over 1800000. 00 claims for asylum half a 1000000 of those were children and figures show that only 35 percent of the adult rich refugees in the country have so far managed to find a job many relying on state benefits greece however can barely manage the stream of refugees its been forced to accept the countrys largest camps spread over locations on 5 islands or meant to house around a total of 7000 migrants but are now crammed with 40000 people Human Rights Watch says the conditions there are unsafe for women and children and calling the government to take action athens says other e. U. Countries should do more to share the burden of the migrant crisis and accept more pe