A year ago. You know there good morning just gone 10 oclock here in moscow youre watching International Baghdad has some in the u. S. Ambassador over the latest american airstrikes on iraq and syria which killed 25 people rocky Officials Say they were unable to prevent the attack with their objections being ignored by washington the u. S. Special representative for iran brian hook has defended the operation and insists they targeted a rainin backed militants to deter iranian aggression. One of things we want to emphasize is that this was a defensive action that was designed to protect American Forces and american citizens in iraq were also working on the mission of restoring deterrence against me and aggression on sunday the United States hit 5 targets belonging to type hezbollah is an armed group that emerged after the u. S. Invasion of iraq and has repeatedly targeted American Forces is also one of the main she groups fighting against Islamic State in both iraq and syria according to the u. S. The bombing raids were in retaliation for fridays rocket strike on the kook base in iraq which killed one American Contractor no group has claimed responsibility for the attack but the pentagon blames khateeb as well after the attack hundreds of protesters gathered on the streets of the iraqi capital a condemning u. S. Airstrikes to express support for the militia who were bombed the protesters burned the u. S. And israeli flags chanting no to america it was done after takes a look now at how iraqs got caught up in the standoff between the u. S. And iran. They come they say they leave a barren wasteland american airstrikes on foreign soil have become a normality the whole world is their militaries sandbox and this time theyve been playing in iraqs corner where we did was dick a decisive response that makes clear what president has said for months and months and months which is that we stand for this long. To get the full of american men 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 the u. S. Bombing pro Iranian Forces in iraq unilaterally. If theres one Country Living in the borderless world of tomorrow thats america and what happened yesterday was clear aggression it was not right and we tried to stop it but the us insisted very unfortunately this thing happened and i said this was a very dangerous matter and asked to discuss it face to face with the responsible parties not only by from what he said the decision has been made and i am informing you of this but for baghdad and in seoul the bigger than the airstrikes themselves is the fact that the bombing of bullets land wasnt even about it it had nothing to do with iraq instead washington was after iran and its power grip on the middle east part of americas great again plan of weakening tehran irony is america that complains so much about iran now who was the one to inadvertently elevate iran into a powerhouse it is now in iraq in particular Saddam Hussein once pampered by the us was irans greatest enemy and the cia even aided his brutal Chemical Attacks against the rayney an army but then hussein himself became a problem fell from grace and ended his reign on the gallows the us invasion created a power vacuum which you run didnt hesitate to fill iran as the major destabilizing in influence in the middle east and we aim to fix that one of the greatest security threats facing peace loving nations today. Is the repressive regime in iran really think twice about that. The u. S. Has been after tehran on so many levels from sanctions to declaring irans elite military force a terrorist organization but they are not stopping there and the u. S. Has been particularly aggressive in trying to push to irans influence out of iraq this alone shows just. How much free will the u. S. Has left its ally iraq in being the master of its own Foreign Policy and theres no indication washingtons going to stop in fact the exact opposite were not though this is a long process process right now you know we are observing what is called a shadow war or proxy war whatever you want to call it but this is getting to be a dangerous gambit on us part that engages in this unilateral Economic Warfare against iran that is also impacting negatively iraqs economy and good deal of what is wrong in iraqs Economy Today can be traced to us is erroneous have pushed the region. Pursuing a misguided policy not just toward iran but also iraq saw in chaos and instability and this will d inflate anti americanism in iraq and in the region it will make it harder for the us to sustain its military bases in iraq and the u. S. Government is simply not assisting the. Best interest of iraq is in stability and turn clytie by pursuing this unilateral war mongering policies. Wiki leaks founder Julian Assange he is slowly dying in the u. K. Jail and is often tranquilized and kept in solitary confinement 23 hours a day he made the disturbing revelations in a phone call to his friend a phone smith on christmas eve. And he sounded awful and it was very upsetting to hear him the idea of him being sedated has come from several people who have visited him who clearly been told and the British Government have been asked about it and they refuse to address that matter what they say is theyre not mistreating him but clearly hes being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day he sounded awful and he said to me that im slowly dying here and he said that almost sort of from my own why not of course my children his father keeps telling us that his father is telling us this too you know we must stop this what i find so depressing as a country is clearly we harbor Political Prisoners we have Political Prisoners because thats exactly what he is i didnt think that we were the sort of country that mistreated them in this way. Songe was arrested in april and since then medics and un observers have warned about his declining physical and Mental Health hearing in february will decide on his extradition to the us hes accused of publishing classified documents and could face 175 year jail sentence politicians activists and celebrities are also trying to draw attention to his plight. Was not the word. He had been exposed to psychological torture for a prolonged period of time and thats a medical assessment and we asked for in all states to investigate this case. 15 killings right. Here same things in. The medical situation is that by urgent there is no time to lose. The. Its coming up to 10 past 10 in the morning here in moscow now when you think of germany you might think of Technological Prowess and efficiency but humans are getting increasingly frustrated with their internet as europes economic powerhouse does seem to be woefully behind when it comes to speed in coverage and obsess went to find. Likes to present itself as a industrial and technological powerhouse and country very much in the fast lane but those who run the internet here havent really got the memo because life on line pretty much wrong at the snails pace we are in the heart of berlin so lets check the connection. Not exactly impressive but it might be that all of these guys here are glued on you tube and are stealing all the bad with. So lets head old side maybe well get more like he with mobile internet. Like almost every world on the planet these days people are addicted to their phones they just cant stop staring at them but the question is whether germans get the service they pay for and a recent study shows that they certainly do not and less than 2 percent of smartphone users get the speeds they were promised for but were out here on a Fact Finding Mission so its time to do a test. Not the result i was hoping for but wait until we get outside of the city youll be unpleasantly surprised. We are 40 minutes away from berlin so lets see if we can actually make a phone call. Seems like i have bad signal more like no signal actually so imagine i had to actually information on lying superhighway well good luck with that i would actually have to get on the actual highway and off to find signal and International Comparison germany ranks 70th according to recent. Of course all the nation has fully because all the European Countries with only 65 percent of its territory being covered this cold loss of a seat this is impossible to understand that 7 years ago i was driving through estonia the baltic republics and poland and i always had a stable connection over the phone from stephen said i dont have that quality of connection in germany more than angry and that is to put it very mildly many have complained that this makes it hard to do business in the area and every slow internet use toilet and as we know time is money so its important for the economy so we have a good mobile coverage if we can achieve that will continue to damage the economy. Now a story that started with tragedy but has ended with hope because a year ago a baby was rescued from the rubble of his collapsed house in russias might need to course but after treatment and care this venue is now taking his 1st steps. I. I. I. I i. I. Used. 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You know world big part of the 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 on the back and shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now were watching closely watching the hawks. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy to confront a shouldnt let it be an arms race. Spearing Dramatic Development the only really im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. Again now with 2020 just hours away lets look back at some more of the major events that shaped the last 12 months. Ok well lets look at the topics for today dont believe the hype and also streets of rage will 29000 was characterized by bouts of political history from angry debates about climate train change to the weather doping scandal and of course emotions running high over bricks it too well Boris Johnsons victory in the u. K. General election did give hope to leavers and left some remain is in despair taylor looks at the whole saga the Festive Season is upon us mulled wine christmassy smells and sounds the promise of snow but the time to come together and to tell stories and wow do i have a good one of the past one queued morning over 3 years ago the british people woke up and decided they just had enough of those bureaucrats in brussels and all 60000000 mourn the loss of their red passports 17400000 rejoiced off with those european shackles make britain great again after all they promised it would be easy getting out of the e. U. Can be quick and easy the u. K. Holds most of the cards. The. Old. Can choose the path we want an optimism a part not shared by David Cameron because he made peace to accept but to reason may be founded to the rescue on her lap at kitten heels and she meant it breaks it means bricks it breaks it. Breaks it breaks it means breaks it and were going to make a success of it so she clapped and triggered article 50 starting the whole to force process and to have credit she did manage to wrangle a deal from the e. U. So the pressure was the only one thought it was any good but desperate times Desperate Measures and off to parliament she went and it was a botched the deal was flattened not once not even twice but 3 times 2 years on m. P. s have been unable to agree on a way to implement the u. K. s withdrawal. As a result we will now not leave on time with the deal eventually she ran out i think that said the policy son so down to the problem to number 10 was quite door she of course i chair i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love and Boris Johnson but that wont but maybe hed be the one to get. Most of all what are we going to do to really. Get direction dab is really good once youve got it can you make a promise today to the British Public that you will not go back to brussels and ask for another delay to tax it yet and so young and revealing that. Youd find it was just too much power for to get invited by part about so suspended it but that did not go down well so he said ok fine back to brussels more negotiations and he returned to london with a deal even Portland Police to walk on a saturday but alas knows that his people jump like crazy was rejected and he was forced to beg you to get him out that delay some of his m. P. s you can go to him new troops on the ship yards to the right 328 the notion that 301. Be. Not a good start forests so suspending parliament havent watch an awesome new deal also what. It does no one can do is going to the opposition into a general election by putting jeremy coogan. Is desperate absolutely desperate to avoid scrutiny. On the eve of the election the polls were both turned on the charm and when we when people door to door. For the reader. Nothing like a good movie reference to win you an election because on december 12th boris was popping champagne and dining on his new parliamentary majority he got his wish of a korban free christmas and now he might well get his wish for january breck set the question is will we finally get our wish for just a bit of. Code to. 6 crow now another key events of the year a street protests have been gripping cities all over the world chief among them those in paris in fact the whole of france it seems has been gripped by a kind of yellow fever are reports now on the high visit protest movement that has been shaking things up every weekend this year. As 29000. 00 winds up in france since that time move reflection was a good year what gifts did it bring well there were plenty from the government but many seemed to go down like a lead balloon and people took to the streets time and time again. Yes we all know the french are famous for striking and for protesting but in 29000. 00 it felt like that there was something re picking out all. Its been a bump a year with on going protests and into professional strikes throughout the year one protest movement stood out every saturday without fail the yellow vests took to the streets. A Movement Born in 2018 but it left that small cone 2019 the yellow vests home to change in the social fabric and fronts theyve charged to the streets in anger of what they see as being a hugely unequal country with a growing divide between the rich and the poor not corn had given them concessions but they were rejected week after week the yellow vests and the Police Clashed thousands on both sides injured. Then there was a climate strikes led by phone says youths they took to the streets to decry the country mostly doing enough to join the fridays 50 just strikes president michael was incensed and demanded that they take that action elsewhere. Every friday to save the planet is burning thats nice but that is not a problem people should go protest in poland help me move those i cannot push forward. And of course ending the year has been the big one the nationwide strike against pension reform. The public transport strike has brought most of the country to a standstill under was sparked over the plans to merge 42 different pension schemes into a universal points based system and if you know anything about the french you dont mess with that were toying mint so as 2100 draws to a close there was only one question to ask those who take into the streets would not call after all the Unwanted Gifts he presented to the french this year below folbre christmas is naughty or nice list he is a naughty child thats for sure and i hope he will not have any presents from father christmas i think that its father with 3 who is coming to see him i know i think someone should tell my craw on that father christmas doesnt exist at all as if he was a child i am not sure that he would have a lot of presents this year because he has not been very wise he did not listen to his people but you still see. No t. V. No t. V. Its not nice to see you i think that he will be deprived of gifts this year and also next year. Charlotte basically with that report youve been watching our review of the air here on our table back again and its. Was. The errors were. Wow i feel that 2020 should be a whopper. Thanks. To. The United StatesAgriculture Sector contributed over a trillion dollars to the Gross Domestic Product in 2017 along with 21000000. 00 jobs making up over 10 percent of all u. S. Employment and with over 2000000. 00 farms running currently youd think that would equate into jobs market profits but it hasnt at least not for some was it was in the 1930 s. The us posted on the 7000000. 00 farms and in the mid 800. 00 hundreds farm workers responsible for over 70 percent of the total u. S. Workforce now farmers only make up about 1. 5 percent of the u. S. Labor force and according to the u. S. D. A. 70 percent of farmers make less than a quarter of their income from farming relying on off farm jobs and subsidies for the rest 20 nineteens median farm income is projected to be negative 1449. 00 per year so why are the people responsible for growing our food having to go without. For 34 years the folks that are made have come together all year long to help those farmers and the industry they work in to better provide for everyone and for one day a year they bring together the biggest names in country and rock music to celebrate the american farmer. The 1st took place in september 22nd 1985 and since then farm aid has raised over 53000000. 00 to support of the writing of programs to help farming thrive in the world corner to the tops of buildings and city centers here is farming president Willie Nelson back in 1993 addressing the farm income policy Forum Sponsored by the department of agriculture for the past few years the u. S. D. A. Has been reporting that farm income is at record high levels. And from traveling around the country talking with family farmers i had a hard time understanding how so many farmers could be losing money if farm income was rising. And then in may of this year the u. S. D. A. Changed the way it figured out farm income to include the average income for farmer households the u. S. D. A. Reported that in 1900 when that farm income was 50 1000000000. 00 the average farm family earned less than 6000. 00 from farm operations. Now here we are some 29 years later and according to the u. S. D. A. Economic Research Service in 2918. 00 net farm income fell to a 12 year low at just over 59000000000. 00 with a median foreign income of negative 1216. 00 negative. Which is why farm aid keeps going strong. This year the festival was held at the alpine valley music theater in east tri wisconsin deep in the heart of dairy country farm aid showcase some of the most innovative family farmers. From around higher nation Whiskey River nondrug. Army president 34 years Country Music icon really nelson opened the festival well 1st of all im glad to see us all here today were in the dairy lead were i think a lot of help is needed and were glad to be here to offer our support what are those challenges as well one is pricing take Dairy Farmers for instance according to the u. S. D. A. Since 2015 the price of milk paid to farmers has not only been going down but its also unpredictable from month to month making it hard for farmers to absorb that extra cost farm aid presented 1. 00 of the Many Solutions for the Small Farmers and old traditions on a sense of community through grazing we created