Airstrikes in iraq and syria which killed 25 people and acts of terrorism and. I i think. As the year draws to a close we begin our review of the key events that shaped 2019 including the violent street protests that seem to grip every corner of the clock. Hello there is may day here in moscow you with the international Russias Federal Security Service is released a video showing the arrest of 2 terror suspects accused of plotting an attack in sympathy to spur on new years eve they were seized after a tip off from u. S. Intelligence. Personally thank donald trump for that in a phone call. Is more on the story. Russias federal Security Service that is the f. S. B. Announced on friday 2 russian citizens who were planning on committing terrorist attacks on home soil was arrested it is said that the incident was going to take place in St Petersburg widely called the countrys 2nd capital often called the venice of the north because of it and it was going to take place in the new year which is of course now just one day away at this point in time we dont have anything details on the individuals apprehended but what i can say of course is that a new hair in russia is one of the biggest holidays in the night of the descent this is tens if not hundreds of thousands of people in every single city stream out on to the streets meaning that if this had not been stopped the consequences could have been truly tragic now it is absolutely vital to know this attack was foiled in no small part thanks to a tip off from the American Intelligence Services marking a very positive very encouraging moment of cooperation between the u. S. And russia the kremlin in fact has released a statement confirming that the russian president spoke to his american counterpart donald trump over the phone on sunday and thanked him for passing on crucial information that led to these arrests jury not cool death in fact since july when they discussed the devastating fires in siberia both theaters also reiterated that commitment to the fight against terrorism and in this the 2 countries really have shown considerable cooperation for example strongly echoing these latest events back in december 27th teen washington warned moscow about an attack that was planned. Cathedral that tip off led to the arrest of 5 suspects simply as far back as 20 and 11 russian authorities told the f. B. I. About an individual who was. Found partially responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings and now of course we know that terrorism has become one of the grave Global Threats that we face today in fact just within the past 24 hours a 45 year old who was suspected of being a propagandist and a recruiter for an International Terrorist organization was arrested in russia far east and just over a week ago on the day that is dedicated to the Security Services right here in Russia Vladimir Putin announced that 33 terrorist attacks had been foiled in russia in 2019 a lone and quite right he said that this was a testament to the dedication and to the professionalism of the Counter Terrorism units in the country but with specific regards to this latest story it seems that thankfully the fight against terrorism continues tonight countries across the world even ones which sometimes struggle to find Common Ground and this call between president s putin and trump really going to show that when people are in danger when lives are at stake differences can very successfully be set aside. We spoke to Chris Phillips hes a former head of the u. K. Counterterrorism Security Office and he says the case does highlight the need for cross Border Intelligence sharing. What it does point out as well is that we live in such an interconnected world now with intelligent sources that the us of obviously gone are also dealing with people and that are running incidents in peterborough. And i think were going to see more of this because because of the use of its use telephones these interconnected groups. To strike anywhere across well you can only hope countries Work Together not only against terrorism but the bigger thing actually possibly even bigger than terrorism is organized crime because organized criminals are wreaking havoc across the world at the moment weve seen people murdered in london and other countries recently a lot to do with drugs and of course this is this is a big problem for all countries. Iran has branded deadly american air strikes in iraq and syria as an act of terrorism the raids killed 25 people and injured dozens u. S. Officials they called it a defensive operation against iranian backed Medicine Group hezbollah. What we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what the president has said for months and months and months which is that we will not stand for this long. To guarantee the full of american men and women in jeopardy i would add that in our discussion today with the president we discussed with the other options that are available and i would note also that we will take additional actions as necessary to ensure that we act in our own selfdefense and we deter further bad behavior from militia groups or from iran according to the u. S. The bombing raids were tallied in fridays rocket strike on the kook base in iraq which killed one American Contractor no group has claimed responsibility for that attack but the pentagon has blamed the type is below an armed group that emerged after the u. S. Invasion of iraq and has repeatedly targeted American Forces it is also one of the main shia forces fighting against islamic states in place around and syria according to the Iraqi News Agency the countrys president has condemned the u. S. Strikes calling them harmful to iraq and the countrys Prime Minister described the operation as a violation of iraqi sovereignty and also a dangerous escalation for the region yes strikes come as china iran and russia held joint 1st joint drills saying clearly antiterrorism and antipiracy training and being held in the northern part of the indian ocean and also in the gulf of oman region cleans key shipping and Energy Supply routes and has been a source of tensions between iran and the u. S. This past year however political analysts side mustapha believes that russia and chinas presence does actually help to reduce tensions in the region. The u. S. Has been escalating the tensions its been increasing its military buildup in this part of the world the presence of the russians as well as the chinese is doing very much the escalating role as they are playing a balancing act against the u. S. And its socalled coalition of the sentinel this would you know preempt the United States threat to the Islamic Republic of iran and to the free flow of you know shipping in the persian gulf but it has been a turbulent year for iran and the region as a whole marred by tough sanctions and also the seizure of tankers looking back is that. For terror on the year 2019 was thrilling to say the least it narrowly avoided an open military conflict with the United States got hammered by new stifling sanctions to port in a socalled oil tanker crisis and had to deal with the worst domestic processed in 40 years lets go through it one step at a time. Following its withdrawal from the Iranian Nuclear deal the us continued its sanctions against the Islamic Republic the countrys uncompromising stance swiftly led to an American Military buildup in the region the United States is deploying the u. S. S. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike group and bomb a task force to the u. S. Central command region sent a clear and unmistakable message to the arabian regime that any attack on United States interests on those of our allies will be minutes with unrelenting force in may and june of 2019 some oil tankers were damaged and some caught fire in the gulf of oman washington immediately blamed terror on in may the rebels in yemen carried out multiple drone strikes on a Saudi Oil Pipeline the u. S. Again stated that it believes iran was behind the attack and continued deploying a different troops over the next 2 months the pentagon said the buildup was in response to heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations these assets would join the u. S. S. Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike group and a u. S. Air force bomb a task force in the middle east region in response to indications of heightened iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against u. S. Forces and our interests President Trump even said that should there be a conflict it will be the official and of iran washington saber rattling seemingly ended when trump approved the sale of 8000000000. 00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia but tensions reached a new high when a u. S. Surveillance drone was shot down by the Iranian Military trump had ordered out is very military. A strike on iran but withdrew his decision minutes before the operation began so avoid the loss of life. Pressure on tear on continued in early july when British Royal marines seize its super tanker off the coast of gibraltar iran responded by capturing british flag tanker that stand in peril as it passed through the strait of hormuz following usual accusations of piracy threats by iran to close the strait of hormuz and the ensuing panic in the oil markets all ended well as both tankers were eventually released. Despite irans resilience to the u. S. Sanctions their effect is taking its toll the last months of 2019 or more by protests across the country when gasoline prices skyrocketed due to the governments decision to cut fuel subsidies so the plan was to direct the additional funds to supporting over 60000000. 00 people in need crowds it still took to the streets it was initially a peaceful rally but it quickly turned violent in some places and resulted in several deaths including Law Enforcement officers how that story is hes even put the country on its old School Internet shut down to prevent the protests from spreading now lets guess who was the 1st to capitalize on irans civil unrest people enjoy a Better Future when their government begins to respect basic human rights abandons its revolutionary. Posture and its destabilizing Foreign Policy in the region and behave simply like a normal nation hes arabian can a poor jobs or eve dismiss that kind of support saying that it was the u. S. Sanctions that caused so much suffering to his people. A regime that bans food and medicine for ordinary people including elderly and sick iranians by economic terrorism can never show its disgraceful support for the iranian people despise and the other year under serious pressure life here in tehran continues the internet is back on line with all Major Social Networks available and i checked that myself but hardly anyone in iran has any ads out with an adversary Like Washington they are in for still more thrilling moments in the coming year remark offer of artsy terror on. Still have t. V. Savvy continue i refuse game one look at some of the key events including the unrest in latin america that has come to sophocles. You know world of big. Lot and conspiracies 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. Theres a lot of here is an economy where china has caught up or surpassed us you know the mobile payments markets 50 times the size of the us or over here still writing checks our Banking System is not innovated 5 g. Weve kind of recently woken up the last couple years and go wow we dont even have a company that can make 5 g. Equipment its been a win win for china and its been a lose lose for the us. Now were 2020 just around the corner lets continue our look back at some of the key events of the past year. Well todays topics are streets of rage and also the mysterious entitle their mind games lets see what stories are included in the thirst of these well funded protests were prevalent the world over from the other vests in paris to the anti beijing rights in hong kong and of course in latin america so lets focus on that the continent has had more than its fair share of turmoil in 2019 protests of rage from venezuela and bolivia to chile and also ecuador one quarter breaks it that it started as a spark the next thing you know the inferno of revolution is all around you and cant be extinguished that is the south america of 2019. Whats crucial if thats your aim is to find just the right moment to stir up dissent. Venezuelas chaos was the epicenter right after the country reelected president Nicolas Maduro washington pounced challenging the governments legitimacy and trying to provoke a coup. Im mike pence Nicolas Maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power and it gracefully in doubt the legitimacy to run venezuela upon the leader of the opposition i threw me i swear to formally assume the duties of the National Executive as president of venezuela President Trump officially recognize the president of the Venezuelan National assembly one goh i do is the interim president of venezuela the time is now to support the venezuelan people to recognize the new democratic government led by interim president gore though the safety and security of president and his family are of great importance to the American People why dont tried hard to win over the military but when it became clear it stood behind a majority washington rolled out some empty threats are you hearing very well that is what i consider getting thing but all d options are on the table all of these are all options are on the table all options are on the table because. Not to do this as a result of the United States and steamrolled the country with sanctions adding to the suffering of ordinary people already living through economic collapse but is it really democracy that washington and its allies were interested in or perhaps this has something more to do with black gold not at all what is Donald Trumps cases against venezuela the cases bellowing is the only live in his way now the riches of venezuela its gold gas diamonds iron water a material riches resource grabbing hasnt only been confined to venezuela in the region. Bolivia seen its own share of unrest this year but theyre a right wing coup was successful the elected president abel morales forced to step down and flee the country theres either why am i resigning so that my opponents cannot continue to myself. As brothers its my duty as an indigenous president and the president of all believe in this to see peace after morale has got the boot senator janine anya is proclaimed herself interim president not exactly a household name before that but whats more important is who had her back and he guesses we pledge our support to the believe in people and to the Transitional Government led by president janine and yes as they prepare for these elections. We support you need 9 years in bolivia as you would to ensure a peaceful democratic transition through free elections and just like in venezuela its ordinary people who are paying the price for regime change. Seeing the parallels heres another one lithium is in high demand in the United States and that valuable resource also happens to be in abundance in bolivia. Chile has also been no stranger to disorder where clashes have been deadly a times thousands have rallied since mid october demanding the president resign and the constitution be revised there have already been widespread reports of torture and unlawful killings following the militarys deployment. But on these protests the u. S. Has been silent maybe its because the president is Sebastian Pinera a harvard graduate whos free market policies have shown hes happy to do business with the u. S. A case not so different from this next country. At last we have ecuador a country that became engulfed in protests after the government carried out i. M. F. Backed severe austerity policies. Yet again silence from the us and the reason is pretty much the same as with chile the us supported the governments newfound allegiance with the i. M. F. Washington might pick and choose the battles that benefit its interests the most but at the end of the day fire is fire it doesnt care who it burns and when a whole continent is set ablaze it becomes extremely difficult to extinguish. Ok well lets move to the other topic here at the bottom there is mind games this seems to be about controlling the way people think and we can start with the row of