military is fighting to reclaim the country's a last rebel enclave in a weeklong ground offensive in the province government forces have displaced islamist fighters from around 40 different villages but the campaign is causing concern in western capitals as are your comments. made headline news it's been everyone but him america selling out its allies and pilfering syrian oil. bullying claims of bias that the u.p.c. w. but no last until now. thousands of syrians forced to abandon their homes and flee for their lives as hundreds of ground and air strikes hit the region of it late overnight some day part of a new ground offensive by syrian government forces. russian backed government forces up intensified their bombing campaign while of all out i will go to the camps near the turkish border to escape from search and rockets the syrian military has been in a bit of a role capturing a slew of villages and towns and media days of course whenever that happens the media his opponents exploded an outrage same thing every time we want a peaceful resolution we want talks we want. we want we want we want with do with al qaida. it libya is ruled by a high at the sharm an offshoot of al qaida h.g.'s feeds on war and drinks violence it turned deadly into a cesspool of zealots and fanatics mercenaries and foreign jihadists on a world tour i mean the fact that it was where they found the founder of isis it's the safest place you could find kind of gives it away and h.t.s. refuses any negotiation with the syrian government are you seeing the issue here how do you get a peaceful resolution when one of the biliteral is a homicidal maniac that just wants to cut your head off in the name of god or interest lies in killing the terrorist in order to protect the civilians not leaving those civilians you know. under the supervision of the terrorist and being killed. the issue here is refugees for now civilians have fled from the immediate wars whom but they have to do somewhere in the safest place for now is north. look 50000 people are once again coming from live to our lands we already have 4000000 people and now another 50000 are coming and this main crease even further russian and turkish diplomats are in overdrive trying to manage what's happening and prepare for what's to come it is absolutely clear that the status quo is over america selling out its allies and camping out in oil fields turkey diluting kurdish territories with arab refugees and now the last islamist stronghold if it falls it will mean the end of the syrian civil war it will mean as sad wins. the military operation in neatly province is in line with the policy goal set by bashar al assad if we aim is to liberate the entire territory of the syrian arab republic that. it is their right to clear and to extend the. sovereign the fear of the state. is what they're doing at present sooner or later i believe that the syrian army will expose these people from from being flippant from been part of the syrian territory and i don't think that it is this topical from mali it may be difficult it may take some time but sooner or later they are going to be expelled from from the syrian territory understandably those who spent billions fled in syria with weapons and ammo with fighters and propaganda they don't want that to happen so certainly logical for them to insist on impossible talks so long as he's wasting his time waiting for the other side to pick up the phone the turks can continue colonizing northern syria the americans can continue pumping out its oil we're now at the last domino and it's. already fully. french government is preparing to introduce a tax hike on vehicles with high fuel consumption to meet the latest you emissions targets and the plans are already proving highly unpopular artist road to be in ski reports now from paris. as pricing saw being wrapped from under the christmas tree is the french government has given its citizens a gift that they mate want to return it's passed a new law to increase taxes on s.u.v.s and trucks meaning that vehicles that pollute the most will pay you more than 2020 the new pollution tax will come with a $20000.00 euro price tag that's up from the current $12.00 and a half 1000 you raise it's no doubt that s.u.v.s are heavy polluters but despite that they are still popular in france making up some 30 percent of sales in the 1st 11 months and 2019 so want to drive us in paris make of the tax hike even a. it's true that those vehicles consume a lot but people have to get around people who work every day when they need those types of vehicles for warmth it's be true there is no other way to earn money. everything's increasing in price nowadays and we've seen the whole country on strike because the government can tax the citizens and eventually they will have no choice but to protest something they're in france you have to pay and pay and pay taxes are rising while salaries a stay in the same new tax comes on top of already tough new measures are to european level to lower car emissions many governments are pushing people in the direction of boy electric cars which is seen as being greener and better for the environment but at the same time the french government is actually considering reducing cash incentives for new electric cause perhaps not great news for those who are thinking of buying one also plans to ban fossil fuel cars within the next 20 years in paris they could be banned in the next 10 years to do people here feel that they are being pushed by higher taxes vehicles that use traditional fuel towards electric cars. it's a natural progression that was seen one which will. more and more electric cars. and actually cast work why not it's a good we can use them in our country if the government helps us to buy electric cars why not but otherwise it's referred to drive my car for even if it pollutes it's not that bad and there are other concerns was many people say they want to be green charging point spread like vehicles are still not widespread while still in paris there are plenty of around the city elsewhere that's not always the case for the world don't we need to have enough places to recharge them in addition to service center is the same 6 like lanes in germany are a long way behind we have to develop cycle lanes and we have to develop charging stations. because the front seem to be developed but that's not the case these are there are on throngs even the president doesn't set a good example travels by car while we travel by food by bicycle by scooter so it seems there are still many mental barriers for people even thinking about buying electric cars but as the cost of taxes on fossil fuel vehicles is set to steeply roys they may feel that there is no other choice. altie paris. meanwhile the u.k. is trying to cut the vehicle emissions by introducing electric cars for the police force that story in the program. donald trump seems to be enjoying his christmas claiming he is in a very good position ahead of a trial in the senate speaking to reporters in florida on tuesday the u.s. president said we have the majority so while the process gathers pace to tailor invites you to a rather cheeky and interesting impeachment drinking beer. this claim up if you're not 18 change channels and those 18 plus is out but drink responsibly 3 months ago 3 long months ago be impeached. but inquiry against donald trump was announced and now the house of representatives this am i go for a double whammy and impeach trump for a 2nd time if more evidence comes to light so since wic pity and it for a while yet and it's christmas off to rule we've come up with a little bit of a libation based game pick a drink and settle it. so let's lay down the rules if ok when trump takes a swipe at knott's palosi all says that it's all a witch hunt bottoms up but slow and steady wins the race let's make it a half he does that a lot after war then if politicians uncharacteristically locate their moral compass and decide no one is above the law center in no one is above the law president trumps continued actions with the rule of law. in america no one is above the law we vote to defend the constitution and our democracy so that the president trump and every future president would know that they are not above the law now and the stakes if a republican admits the troubles maybe probably protect you just a little bit naughty drain that just joking that's never going to happen but for any republican who steps forward to defend his needa chair is because if that has been one moment of clarity in this whole saga it's about our own 2 camps if you blew your about the memory impeachment hashtag if you'll read you'll probably be reporting the hash tag and seeing red ok so if a journalist got a bit tipsy at the christmas party and betrayed the oath of objectivity sally looked and said journalist is better and thinks that writing trump equals bad articles is a good cover for his bias so i'm take a and before i forget if anything to do with mother russia sneaks a mention. that might be the one to tip you over the. letter you know trumps friend primary objectives within the united states or so as to foment unrest for their nation or t. is putin's propaganda machine here in the united states i think you've got the gist but in case you were in any doubt any mention of a quid pro quo it's a simple question yes or no i don't recall bribery business i did not have sexual relations or. long speech meant but seriously i wasn't joking about the dems gunning for a 2nd impeachment if that is. they managed to wring out evidence suggesting that trump somehow obstructed the investigation but we all know it's unlikely to lead to any i mean even donalds that he broke a sweat i don't feel like i'm being impeached why would he sure the democrat controlled house of representatives composite as many impeachment articles as they want but the senate also needs to sign off on booting the president from the white house and the senate is carney controlled by the republicans making not a bit of a long shot maybe not need to finally recognize that shouting impeachment what trump the election quite the opposite in fact it seems america actually quite nights this particular dog probably why they chose him and the fast pace goodness that was exhausting my need to drink. there has been a sharp rise in u.k. weapons sales to saudi arabia over the past 5 years this is despite britain having signed up to a treaty banning arms exports to countries that abuse human rights increase has been calculated by oxfam which says it is deeply concerned over the way the weapons have been used in the conflict in yemen according to the charity in the 5 years since the arms trade treaty came into force u.k.'s license sales worth nearly 6 and a half 1000000000 pounds to members of the saudi coalition 5 years before the agreement took effect britain sold 4400000000 pounds worth of weapons to those countries the arms of trade treaty or was adopted on christmas eve in 2014 total of $105.00 states have ratified the accord and a further $33.00 have signed up the treaty aims to regulate the arms traded to prevent humans suffering back in 2014 the british government was keen to stress its importance. the a.t.t. is the only legally binding treaty regulating on promoting legitimate and responsible trading conventional arms he remains a unique and valuable instrument. well ruth tanner from oxfam told us that the u.k. is in clear violation of the arms pact. when the arms trade treaty came into effect and the u.k. was a real champion of that treaty unfortunately sales to countries that we in yemen know party to not war in yemen actually increased and i think there's just been a sake know that this year yemen world's worst humanitarian crisis right now and the u.k. and far from kind of living up to treaty in and the way it is that treaty has has continued to so countries involvement country where we know i am international and having no is being disregarded and with pressure mounting the british government has had to put arms sales to saudi arabia on control on hold in june the court of appeal said that they were unlawful and made without assessing if the gulf state had a violated humanitarian law in yemen the government is expected to appeal the decision in the supreme court saudi arabia's intervention in yemen started in 2015 to fight who the rebels who they see as terrorists however the level of civilian casualties in the conflict have caused global alarm. ruth tanner went on to tell us that there is clear evidence riyadh has committed human rights violations in yemen and that the u.k. must stop selling arms to the saudis. the evidence is really i have a well meaning and that there's been consistent violations of international law and and as you say the case was really clear that. the government needed to you know if it was going to continue to license weapons had to be clear about what that there was a pattern of violation in that violation and it was clear that so i find that tight that that system will be upheld and i think it's. you know very sad that the government have had to try and chosen to appeal this decision and wish to continue to sell weapons to of a nice to know what that is causing so untold poverty and hunger and destruction fed the people of yemen. the u.k. police force is trying to go green by switching to electric cars but the plans have had some obstacles as you saw he explains. imagine being a criminal in london and you have c.c.t.v. numberplate detectors police patrols and more to keep the peace if you need to escape the police it might not be the easiest thing to do but one thing might be working in criminals favor increasingly police forces are adopting the use of electric cars and that means they may not be able to keep up with. vehicles that are less damaging to the environment are struggling to cope with the arduous needs of emergency service autonomous driving and safety systems are not conducive to pursuit or response driving and even if the electric police cars could keep up they might not last very long because the batteries they use would soon run out plug in electric cars do not have adequate range and they take too long to charge up which is a significant challenge the motivation behind the deployment of these cars is desired by the police to be more eco friendly figures from 30 police forces across the country show that 448 green vehicles have been leased or bought by the police at a cost of around a $1000000.00 and a half pounds but now it's being reported that the vehicles are only being used for not of agencies and for police officials to travel around before they were being used in a patrol situations and the metropolitan police have set themselves and i'm bishop target to cut all of their vehicle emissions to 0 by 2050 a politician should be checking always. ensure the public has body for money because truly the money is very much needed are in place also has across the country to. share with all all sorts of crime she just always had to improve and. credential or start to be a strange not suitable for heights. cherries will probably action clearly they call junior high speed so if there is a sudden actual cause of prove they're in effect in this in other countries in september police in the u.s. were forced to give up a chase with suspected crooks when the battery in their tesla police vehicle went dead british police are making a noble effort in the war on climate change but the cost could be a price to pay in the war on crime if sally r.t. . britain's guardian newspaper has been forced to to amend an article published last year about russia's role in an alleged plot to extract a joiner songs from the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's more if an ocean takes of the story. the crime and the punishment the guardian newspaper gave and misleading pression to readers and was forced to clarify that its article was well something that you might be tempted to call fake news the piece in question published in september last year claimed that russia had a secret christmas plot to smuggle julian assange out of the ecuadorian embassy in london to moscow a tentative plan was devised that would have seen that we kill expounder taken out of ecuador's london embassy in a diplomatic biko and transported to another country one ultimate destination multiple sources have said was russian the involvement of russian officials in hatching what was described as a basic plan raises new questions about a san just ties to the kremlin but they investigate which was led by a high profile panel of academics and journalists and last 13 months found that the authors got carried away with some of their claims the plan in relation to mr sanders ability to be able to leave they could door an embassy was not devised instigated by russia there was nothing illicit about the plan as described in the article the investigation was triggered by a formal complaint from the former consul of ecuador 3 they'll not of what describes several of the papers assertions as falls and defamatory r.t. talked to him they talk about secret talks of russian diplomats in london and they have trained me us this past contact me in. the kremlin in order to execute some kind of plot that's why i feel 'd. their articles needed to be challenge. and i myself. need to help an apology from the guardian apology there happen but their review panel has. decided. and has ruled that the article was indeed misleading breaching the heart of conduct of the press in the united kingdom but i'm not completely satisfied with the correction the other thing is that they have not being. amend it but as the article still says that russian diplomats. secret talks in london in order to help julian assange chiefly the embassy that's not true finally enough one of the journalists who penned the piece luke harding was behind another controversial article published by the garding that piece also published last year claimed that the old transcom pain manager paul mann a forward had held secret talks with a son to an ecuadorian embassy somehow one of the most surveyed places on earth didn't manage to capture any evidence of that alleged high profile visit the guardian didn't retract the story but detained the headline shift in the responsibility to its sources mr no rise has called the latest corrections he story journalistic fiasco for the guardian for again publishing false information that's not the only article does a pattern and by the same mouth those that the same out that there's a pattern they have accused of buying into the embassy they have. several articles which i mentioning in my complaint. as a pattern from the same journalese which have disgraced the newspaper and his complaint mr not a virus accuses journalists of hiding behind confidential sources the article indeed cited various sources and it seems by sources they probably meant their imagination. meanwhile in germany a youth environmental group has caused outrage with. on social media directed at older people. now fridays for future germany posted a tweet saying why do our grandparents keep lecturing us every year they will soon be gone german politicians including the environment ministry were quick to fire back. i don't think you are doing yourself any favors with this tweet you can't get crazy every time you get any criticism and constantly demand more respect then throw a tantrum it undermines your legitimate concerns climate protection is everyone's concern and as a social g.t. for every generation tasteless i'm glad that the majority of young people in germany do not think this way we must be respectful to other generations and that only during christmas well after the backlash the activists issued an apology saying it was meant as a joke or that as a female back with more news at the. top the hour your headlines in fact is that international. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront cation let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic development only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. i'm absolutely nancy welcome to going underground we will be back with a brand new seasons arriving on january the 8th but until then we will be showing some of your favorite shows from the last season of the decade coming up in this show is israel trying to destroy the birthplace of jesus we are the 1st female mayor of bethlehem dear aboon about the israeli occupation and accusations of the ethnic cleansing of christians from palestine. and fighting for justice in the middle east and one of britain's most celebrated composers howard blake on his legendary music for the snowman and composing for everyone from princess diana to the united nations his performance. to morrow with welsh reds as a brother of katherine jenkins at the royal albert hall forcible coming out today is going on there of a 1st of tomorrow's u.k. general election let alone the fallout from the u.s. inspector general's report into obama era corruption in the usa will come christmas when millions of people of the book all around the world look to bethlehem in palestine to celebrate the birth of jesus christ but is what is happening in bethlehem arguably just as political as the major international stories we have covered on this program this year we can go now to bethlehem in palestine joining me is bethlehem former mayor vera baba and thanks so much vera for you coming on to if you could just pages a picture of what beth them is like there this year because obviously there's a wall as the aida refugee camp bank sees o'dell the woman in black the woman in black jewish women's organization protesting israeli occupation tell me what it's like this year christmas this christmas despite all the challenges and christmas this here was a very beautiful very light and the christmas tree at the end of me that bird in huge number of atlantis where there the tree of badly ham looked gorgeous the motor was the joy of christmas and the joy of christmas is this year all over the place in every city in the west bank in a class major love it for who would you know i'm a large area go everywhere people are celebrating their joy of christmas the last time around we spoke to the mayor and to anselm and he described christmas celebrations in bethlehem as almost an act of defiance against the defacto u.k. u.s. backed israeli occupation do you think that occupation is still on the minds of all the pilgrims that will be there celebrating this year well actually the wall speaks for itself the wall by itself is and a good patient so when you look at when you're at the city you enter the city definitely there are abnormal. additions however our persistence to conduct the celebration of christmas in the city of the nativity in the city of birth of peace it is yes a determination that we are there to celebrate christmas despite all the playing good actions despite all the american policy we have the right to live joy to live peace and this is what we express in our celebrations and through our message of peace not only to us for do not live repeat is but to the whole world as well you mentioned the war what exactly has happened to rev liam's christians over certain 86 percent. of christians of have left the wall is being blamed for that as well as illegal knew or could patients around bethlehem when we talk about the christian presence in palestine and in general and the christian presence in bethlehem in particular the political situation since 967 enhanced and then forced and encouraged the degrees of the christian presence and migration of christians from bethlehem in specific many of the christian bethlehem ites before 967 immigrated seeking the job opportunities seeking better conditions other parts of the world including latin america.

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