Just after 10 am and. Pm. In the afternoon right here in the 1st day of the year welcome to our 2 international we begin in hong kong where after a night marred by clashes a major protest is under way this new years day already signs of more on rest with riot Police Firing tear gas at demonstrators. It was was. Just one particular aspect of this violence brutality when perpetrated by the hong kong protesters has gone largely without comment really from the west or to taylor asks why hong kong has gone from being the economic power of the orient to the face of the fight for democracy and boy does that fight fire. An amendment to a preexisting north that would allow for the extradition of criminal suspects from hong kong to Mainland China has brought the financial haven to its knees as a protest accent into the 7th month violence on both sides has escalated but all the wild over politicians and john the same like continue to hail the peaceful aspirations of those fighting to wrest themselves from beijing all the while coming down hard on those aggressive dust spots in china you have a Chinese Government thats getting increasingly aggressive increasingly repressive its disgusting what theyre doing in hong kong theyre taking away basic rights trying to seem trampling the most basic human rights of its own citizens beijing is increased its interventions in hong kong and engaged in actions to curtail the rights. And liberties. Of its people but it seems so many incidents have managed to escape the scrutiny of western media all over the lot of. Scenes like that combined with the discovery of 10000 petrol bombs packed with high explosives and shrapnel make it harder to see is peaceful what appears to be a slippery slope into the territory of terrorists methods you cannot fight for freedom of speech by silencing people who disagree with you. You cannot fight for democracy by terrorizing the public to force others to support you. You cannot condemn brutality by brutalizing people who hold different views to yours deval and acts are one step closer to the actual terrorism china is treading kathleen refusing to send in troops to shut down the protests the local elections were held in which pro democracy candidates won in a landslide hong kong authorities conceded defeat the extradition built has been withdrawn but still the barricades are signing the flames according to china washington she jumps all the china urges the us to correct its mistakes and stop interfering in our internal affairs we will take further steps if necessary to uphold hong kong stability and prosperity as well as chinas sovereignty. Some have chalked down beijings words to paranoia but lets take a look joshua was widely billed as the face of the protest movement was snapped speaking to an official at the u. S. Consulate oh and i forgot to mention hes not big on compromise so theres no end game there is to Infinity Ward at home people are willing to engage you theres also an Organization Funded by the u. S. Congress which has been distributing money to groups it claims are preserving democratic rights then of course as the incendiary legislation washingtons passed the human rights and democracy act includes im going to stay for those arrested up protests and well monitor hong kong to ensure that in the eyes of the u. S. Of course an appropriate level of autonomy from Mainland China is. These 2 bills the noblest intervention of hong kong some turn north then necessary and without groans they will also harm the relationship and interests between hong kong and the u. S. All of this on top of the protest as mass waving of the starspangled banner have sparked concern that the u. S. Might be lending more than just a supportive hand leading many to ask the question if the protest as a calling for selfdetermination is appealing to a foreign power to shape the future the best way to go about it especially when that foreign power might want to contain a rising star theyre reaching. For and using methods that have created challenges for the United States and for the world. And we collectively all of us need to confront these challenges from the p. R. C. Head on and on each of the many facets the fallout of all this has a little impact on washington of course its the average hong kong who find his pocket that little bit lighter on his home but little less popular the violence in hong kong has spooked Foreign Investors shoppers appetite has also soured in the wake of all the violence with the retail sales in freefall and hong kong facing its 1st recession in a decade bombed apparently being caught in the middle of take acid and rubber bullets isnt top paying any tourists the wish lists because hong kong saw its no worse number of visitors since 2003 the major. Is on the. End. Because. Nobody is coming to. The. 50 more. By 50 per se as far as as fear rises and as prosperity fades it seems this fight for freedom is costing hong kong more dearly than many could have imagined. Living on the u. S. Forces have reportedly fired tear gas of protesters in the iraqi capital who gathered outside the American Embassy there for a 2nd day reports say protesters tried to set a building in the compound on fire yesterday or try to storm the embassy and also torch or other demonstrators are calling for the full withdrawal of American Forces from the country. The u. S. Says it will deploy 750. 00 troops to. Iraq in response to the threat posed to its embassy President Donald Trump was accused iran of orchestrating the attack thought it will pay a big price to run for its part says it doesnt want war but wont hesitate to strike back if threatened 100 marines have already been redeployed from kuwait to reinforce the embassy in a show of force u. S. Army helicopters flew over the compound firing flares as a warning to the protesters the embassy on rest comes out for american following raids in iraq and syria which killed 25 at the weekend and its opposite. Iraq is in flames the u. S. Embassy in baghdad has been seized by crowds of people chanting death to america. Was. A good good i. Was. Now you might think that iraq has plenty of reason to be outraged with the United States you might recall that whole invading destroying and killing thousands of people in the country thing however trunk doesnt see it that way this is his assessment of it that iran killed an American Contract when many we strongly respond and always will now iran is orchestration an attack on the us embassy in iraq they will be held fully responsible in addition we expect iraq to use forces to protect embassy and so no to fight its all about iran one of the 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 city of restoring deterrence against irina. Integration the United States recently conducted airstrikes against iranian backed militias in iraq in syria this comes after washington blamed iran for the recent rocket attack that killed an American Contractor american Officials Say the airstrikes are completely justified but iraq disagrees with what happened yesterday was a clear aggression it was not right and we tried to stop it but the u. S. Insisted and very unfortunately this thing happened i said that this was a very dangerous matter and asked to discuss it face to face with the responsible parties not only by phone he said that the decision has been made and i am informing you of this iran also disagrees wonderful rudeness of the u. S. Officials is to such an extent the off to the must the co of 25 people and we number of iraqis and violating iraqi territorial integrity and National Sovereignty it is now in a flagrant brain graeme attributing the rockies purposes to islamic public over iran the United States has long been working to crush iranian influence in the region this is been a long time talking point of the us Foreign Policy hawks iran is 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. But why is iranian influence on the rise in the middle east lets not forget that the United States long propped up the rons greatest enemy Saddam Hussein and even provided him with chemical weapons however the usa invaded iraq in 2003 and toppled the Iraqi Government since that time iran has stepped up its support for different factions in the country to stabilize order iranian influence in iraq is massive especially among the shia majority of the poppy. Lation now this is because of some sinister plot from the ayatollah critics note that washingtons actions simply left a power vacuum i dont know whats iran got to do with this this iraqi soldiers iraqi personnel were killed a rocky people walked into the. With anger. For the loss of their brothers the loss of their soldiers so i dont know why the americans assisting to move the battlefield into iraq. Creating a proxy war in iraq a soil which has no reason and no need for it if there is a problem between the United States of america between the United States and iran they might as well take between themselves why involving iraq why attack iraq soldiers in retaliation. Policy this is something that there is no need for it it will definitely lead to deterioration of diplomatic relationship between iraq and iran to states and would definitely effect the presence of american soldiers American Fighting forces here in iraq we managed to speak to the group targeted by. Your swat spokesperson to say. The americans striking at this particular force in iraq want to present their actions as a fight against iranian influence but that is not after being attacked by the gangs of eisel it was the iraqi people who were often resistance not the iranians. Concluded strategic Framework Agreement between the usa and iraq does not allow the americans to create military bases in iraq but this agreement is not being implemented today the americans are occupying iraq in military bases against the backdrop of protests in iraq that the United States is trying to. Intervene in this process and establish its leadership which will lead to complete anarchy in the country and the american presence in iraq will be supposedly justified the traditionally the us uses made a pretext to attack in this case the attacks on american bases are just a cover for defeating the shiite militia. The new year begun in spectacular fashion around the world with many cities a lighting up the skies with huge fireworks displays. In the last year of the last decade really well as a year of extraordinary variety both good. Video agency ruptly was able to capture some incredible moments. It was. This is really feel like being impeached. Join me every thursday on the alex im im sure and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics. Im showbusiness ill see you. Guys report the 1st episode of 2020. Going to really special guest dr Michael Hudson you know back in the seventys 970 s. There is a movie called death wish with Charles Bronson to remember that remember the we could do a remake you are the star you play the Charles Bronson role as called when. Vigilante banker economists that goes around new york blowing the way. We think i love it ok. Hello again now at 29. Dusted its time to take a look back at more of the events but the find here. Well this particular topic got a lot of people talking there was a lot of hype about a lot of things in 2113 including about the power of social media to influence people. Who look at the rise of a new application called talk its become hugely popular although its not liked by everyone. This is. The sound of the song now look at may not. Yet. Ill be honest with you up until last week i had no idea this thing even existed take tock tick tock for me simply the sound i associate with the clock well if you feel the same ill have to tell you either youre getting old like me or its just that your Online Habits need an urgent update take talk a platform to share short videos is now the most downloaded app the king of all apps and Instagram Twitter and co youve been dethroned just so you know ever heard the song. If it wasnt for his app store majesty the song wouldnt have become a hit you can hear on the radio anywhere in the world but heres something that may surprise Old School Folks like me even more the king belongs to an asian dynasty tick tock is that chinese app. So thats why the top democrat senator in his late sixtys is more up to speed than me 110000000 americans who have information with and the Chinese Government could be grabbing every one of them guess what the u. S. Government is already up to reports say theyve launched a National Security probe into tick talk and the worries are the Chinese Government could spy through take talk influence through take talk and censor whats on tape talk good god how come the rest of the world hasnt given up american born facebook speaking of the man who introduced the blue f to us all its only natural he is keen to have a go at his competitors or Services Like whats up are used by protesters and activists everywhere due to strong encryption privacy protections on tick tock the chinese are quickly around the world mentions of these same protests. Censored now just let me show you what the people behind ticktock have to say about all that our data centers are located entirely outside of china and none of our data is subject to chinese law we are not influenced by any Foreign Government including the Chinese Government to talk does not operate in china nor do we have any intention of doing so in the future oh someone here is either being really does honest or outright paranoid or a bit of both its time to stick in tag us china trade wars ill tell you what this year has shown these has still it is can easily spill over into modern tech slash online territory remember how america once went after i phone killer one of the wall way if you want to be still the right word washington even sought jail time for one of wall ways top executives and held google to the wall over android updates anyway for now clocks in teen minds and quite a few older ones even in america will be taking the chinese take talk way mr schumer do you have the guts to keep up with the times and join the royal after party. So. Now look at me. Thats fit and another extraordinary story from the past 12 months we have labeled it miracles happen its the russian passenger plane which crashed landed in a cornfield just outside moscow in august they are craft got into trouble when it hit a flock of birds shortly after takeoff rocked leslie everybody on board survived. See. If i made a. Oh. Shit oh sure shell sell it was. Shut up. There was no panic on board even though the engine was rough the pilot did a great job he landed the plane really kept just tell us please how do you feel now did you hurt to well. You know its better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the pilots did a great job landed the plane on its belly everything is fine. Up to reach to call the engines became unstable 1st the left one and then the right one we usually simulate these situations when one or 2 engines out wolf despite all i want to for its the plane was going down we realized that we didnt have much time just one or 2 minutes to make a decision. A lot of us how the worlds news looks on the 1st day of a new decade well bring you right up to date again and 30 more programs right ahead here though at our 2 international they close. The world is driven by a shape. No dave. Thinks. We dare to ask. On this edition of crossfire wed answer questions sent to us by you the viewers we received quite a few questions here we do our best to answer some of them. But this is broadcast around the world and covering all aspects of our Global Economy in the 21st century ive been sworn and im christiane washington we have a special shout focusing on cryptocurrency heres what we have such as political turmoil rocked government and creates currency crisis our citizens trying to dig into the details plus while in singapore we have a chance to catch up with legendary investor and. Bear to discuss the fate of the worlds most popular. And well we didnt look at the positive growth of cryptocurrency not everyone is on board well as singapore christie spoke of the bus tour and author jim rogers to discuss his skepticism over the growing clubs. Thanks for being with us today a lot to get to so we begin here. Over the span. The past 2 years we have seen turmoil gripped several parts of the globe from hong kong where months of unrest have shaken what was a previously financial haven in east asia to iran and venezuela worse ancients have taken a toll on the economies of those nations and because of the rise of the upheaval in those countries weve also seen a boom in between mining and the use of crypto currencies in order to circumvent Financial IssuesJeffrey Tucker of the American Institute of Economic Research and christy i recently joined bridgeboro in ceremony as they are going to analyze how global unrest may have been beneficial for a growing cryptocurrency sector. We have to remember that krypto was born in this exactly this kind of unrest it was 2008 when the white papers were these 2009 january 2009 when the big client was released to the world theres a lot of incredulity of the time but smart people got in on it and you know 5 years later started looking pretty awesome now here is 11 years later later yes it is now a safe haven for the world and you need you need that you know weve needed it for a 100 years ever since the governments around the world took over the Banking System and put in question whether or not we really owner of a posits we need some independence throve wealth and i think because. As we come in the decline another crypto currency is also you mentioned venezuela there are many many different cryptocurrency that are being used there are now thousands of them and theyre all fungible one with another each other its a Wonderful Technology and and i personally believe Something Like a private cryptocurrency a global basis is good with the future of medium of exchange as far as value around the world. As well as a doctor living in Interesting Times someone once called it the age of rage because we have global unrest and global protests that are all stemming from bad years and years of bad Monetary Policy collapsing currency and fine. Angel inequality as carousel actually summarized earlier so this created the perfect storm for just a huge disruptor like bitcoin to emerge as an equalizer for all the citizens who are being affected so when theres unrest when there is uncertainty people want to regain some semblance of control and crypto is the big equalizer here and something that happened really recently was malaysia last week the us told malaysia that any iranian citizen cannot have a bank to go out and close all the Bank Accounts well how is that fair this isnt targeted theyre not targeting any Government Entities this isnt targeting any terrorist financing ordinary citizens are now being affected whether youre a student youre a farmer youre a construction worker every Single Person every single iranian citizen living in malaysia not even living in iran is being affected and now they have no access to Capital Markets they have no access to banks