RT — News 20261105 210000 UTC 449 transcript segments Google Speech-to-Text API Automatic Transcription (Chirp) Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:10] a [00:00:23] a [00:00:24] of [00:00:28] France is on high. alert as hundreds [00:00:31] a of thousands take to the streets [00:00:32] in a fresh wave of protest against President Emmanuel Macron's [00:00:36] government. Let us see Olashki [00:00:40] as a spark [00:00:42] in a world of darkness capable of [00:00:45] illuminating the bass into humanity. First [00:00:49] Lady Melania Trump praises the cooperation shown by Moscow and [00:00:53] Kiev during humanitarian operation she brokered for the [00:00:56] embattled city of Alioshki. Russia is on. will pass a [00:01:00] letter from her to [00:01:02] of Vladimir Putin. I apologize for being there [00:01:06] and for speaking on [00:01:06] impulse. And [00:01:10] Ukrainian to protested against a [00:01:13] of torture house that was run by the military are targeted by authorities with [00:01:17] some already detained and forced to apologize on [00:01:22] of camera. [00:01:37] are once again turning the heat up on authorities in France. Some [00:01:41] of the nationwide protests are turning increasingly violent with [00:01:44] 450 reportedly arrested. In Strasburg, [00:01:48] protesters burned effagy of a police officer. The [00:01:51] country's interior ministry says around 600,00 people [00:01:55] of have taken part in the public action on [00:01:57] a Thursday. The French Trade Union association. up to 1.6 [00:02:01] million people are [00:02:02] of participating in the strike it called today. RT corresponding Eneken has [00:02:06] been keeping up with the unrest in Paris. [00:02:10] hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the [00:02:12] a streets in Paris alone as Thursday mark [00:02:16] one way moment there there's police intervention. protesters are running away [00:02:19] from police chasing them across [00:02:22] Plus de la [00:02:22] of nation. this has been a scene that uh that seems all too [00:02:26] familiar with the weeks of protests that have been ongoing since October. 17 [00:02:30] now the question was, are we going to see or [00:02:33] of scenes that would [00:02:34] of resemble of the scenes of October 17, the violence, the looting [00:02:37] uh, in short, to answer that question, the [00:02:40] of answer is no, but that doesn't mean that the police have not ramped [00:02:44] up their security measures and their defenses across the [00:02:47] capital. now one thing that is [00:02:49] of certain to say is that these protests have been ongoing for number of different [00:02:53] reasons for the increased cost of living for education reasons as well [00:02:57] as working conditions. there are many reasons as to why. That's why on [00:03:00] Thursday trade unions, student unions and other unions across the country have [00:03:04] gathered and unified in solidarity to protest the government and [00:03:08] its policies and now in placeon 7 pm marks the end [00:03:12] of protest which means anything after 7 pm local time means it [00:03:16] is illegal that it is banned, you can hear acoustic weapons being used [00:03:20] in the square, and this is not new, this is nothing foreign to those people that [00:03:24] have been taken, apposed weapons [00:03:26] and cheergas has been deployed as [00:03:28] of a defense measure by [00:03:30] of police '. and security details across the [00:03:33] of country. [00:03:42] of of [00:03:42] of [00:03:43] of [00:04:01] "now the trade union CGT says that uh up to [00:04:04] 350,000 if not more people have taken to the streets on Thursday in Paris [00:04:08] alone, however the interior ministry puts that [00:04:10] of number uh close to 600 thousand. [00:04:12] a The one thing I can say for certain is that there have been a lot of people that have [00:04:16] taken to these streets and keep take into [00:04:18] of consideration that Thursday is a weekday, it's not a weekend where people have the time and the [00:04:23] a space to protest. On Thursday, workers such as those in the energy [00:04:26] sector and the private sectors uh in health and education. essentially [00:04:30] of said that they would not be going to work that they would be taking to the streets to demand uh well an [00:04:34] improvement [00:04:35] of their current conditions uh just [00:04:37] the uh fact that energy workers were off the grid for [00:04:40] well the early hours of thursday morning it resulted [00:04:43] in a net loss [00:04:44] in of 2.4 gigawts [00:04:45] in nuclear energy uh just that fact alone is a [00:04:49] concerning matter for the French government but to answer the question as to whether or not [00:04:53] the French government hears the protest there is another interesting [00:04:56] question how about just before I get there there's another move there's more movement on [00:05:00] of here in the square as the protesters have been dispersed, [00:05:04] it seems that the numbers uh have essentially decreased as [00:05:07] well, they decreased [00:05:09] of and [00:05:10] of the they got them olders to charge into the... where [00:05:13] forcing protesters outside the square, again I'm just going to get a little bit [00:05:17] closer so we can better understand and identify what's [00:05:20] happening and perhaps even get different vantage [00:05:23] point. now the square in the early hour earlier [00:05:27] hours was actually full of people, the fact that I can move [00:05:30] around so freely is testament to just how many [00:05:34] people were pushed outside the [00:05:37] square, but again coming back to the demands, [00:05:41] what we understand at this... what we understand at this given [00:05:44] moment is there's [00:05:47] been a great deal of demand for reform, a great [00:05:50] deal of demand for a change in [00:05:53] the government's policies, the increase in its trade deficit, the [00:05:56] increase in payments for the national debt, the interest payments alone is a significant [00:06:00] factor that deals that we can deal into the [00:06:03] ongoing crisis, but the one thing that we can say about the macron [00:06:07] government is that well macron himself, not necessarily the government, macron [00:06:11] himself sucessal and unifying not just the people, but [00:06:14] unifying i see movements again very briefly, just want to [00:06:18] show you what's happening over here, you see police rushing the [00:06:22] protesters into the [00:06:24] square, i can see projectiles [00:06:27] being thrown, i can even hear it [00:06:30] again, macron was successful in unifying [00:06:34] not just the people but french policy makers as well, on [00:06:38] wednesday the french assembly essentially wanted to vote on [00:06:42] his his bill for 2027 and the budget was opposed [00:06:46] by well an outstanding majority, only two policy [00:06:49] makers abstained from the vote, and every other single [00:06:53] policy maker from the right, the left, the center, whatever it may be, [00:06:57] voted against that bill against his budget and more importantly [00:07:01] against his vision for the French people, which is [00:07:04] why they've come out in forced today, that's also another reason as to why they [00:07:08] bow to come out to the streets again this weekend. [00:07:13] In the latest episode of Sanchez Effect, Rick discussed the French protest [00:07:17] with a former member of Donald Trump's foreign policy advisory panel, he [00:07:21] highlighted the access western populations now have to alternative media [00:07:25] voices as a driving force of government criticism. [00:07:29] You can watch the whole discussion on our website RT.com, but for now here's a quick [00:07:33] preview. What do you make the situation we're seeing not [00:07:36] just in France, but by the way in places like Switzerland and Spain [00:07:40] and Italy and Germany. [00:07:42] etc. well, the will the people is [00:07:46] paramount globally, and I think that's becoming more and more [00:07:50] evidence as the people become far [00:07:53] more educated on various [00:07:57] policy issues and have access to [00:08:00] diverse sources of information that a [00:08:04] generation ago they did not, the advent of [00:08:08] social media and other channels [00:08:12] uh... basically has given the [00:08:15] people uh an outreach to real [00:08:18] facts uh that for years had been suppressed, so it's no [00:08:22] surprise to see this new enlightened uh [00:08:26] movement around the world that are revolting [00:08:29] against um issues and totalitarian [00:08:33] systems that have suppressed their will. well it's funny you call them enlighten, [00:08:37] but macron calls them thugs and [00:08:40] muslims. "It's [00:08:43] always about othering descent, right, and that's [00:08:47] something that just doesn't fly anymore, Rick, [00:08:50] because societies have evolved, societies are getting far [00:08:54] younger and many these countries, especially in [00:08:57] France, they're becoming far more multi-thnic, multi-religious and [00:09:01] the old orthodoxy that has [00:09:05] attempted to basically quelm descents and [00:09:08] to other them no longer prevails, and that's really..." [00:09:12] you're seeing with these manifestations, and it's all being [00:09:16] exacerbated because of failed [00:09:19] policies that don't address the needs the [00:09:23] people. [00:09:33] the temporary cease fire in the Carson region town of [00:09:37] Aliosski can be used as a model for a wider peace agreement. [00:09:41] That's a message from U.S. Lady Milania Trump who brokered the October [00:09:45] Truce, well she just hosted Russian and Ukrainian officials at the White [00:09:48] House praising the cooperation shown by both [00:09:51] sides. Let us see Olashki as a [00:09:55] spark a world of darkness [00:09:59] capable of illuminating the best in [00:10:02] humanity. Build a powerful flame of [00:10:06] peace, visible to the world, [00:10:09] ignite hope, foster corporation. [00:10:13] and brighten path toward lasting [00:10:17] peace. I became [00:10:21] aware the severity the humanitarian crisis in. [00:10:25] in September, recognizing the [00:10:28] urgency, I acted immediately and directed my [00:10:32] representative Mark Bachman to engage with Russia and [00:10:35] Ukraine on my behalf, to pursue peace in [00:10:39] Olashi. Both nations welcome my [00:10:43] participation, acknowledging that previous [00:10:47] efforts to establish sissfire in the [00:10:50] region had not succeed. [00:10:54] Russia and honor our relationship [00:10:58] and agree to work with me in the capacity of [00:11:01] exclusive intermediary to establish [00:11:05] sess fire in Olashi and the surrounding [00:11:09] Kirsan region. Our [00:11:12] share objective was to deliver critical [00:11:16] humanitarian aid to Alashki presidents [00:11:19] and establish safe evacuation root for [00:11:23] civilians. Today is truly a historical day as the [00:11:27] ceasefire in the town of Veloshi was brokered by the United States first [00:11:30] lady Molania Trump and lasted from October 27th to [00:11:34] November 1st, 2026. Now the truth allowed hundreds the [00:11:38] remaining 2,0 residents in the town, mainly elderly to be [00:11:42] able to decide whether they wanted to go to Ukraine or Russia, [00:11:46] with the majority them having suffered severe humanitarian [00:11:49] blockades since the beginning the conflict. Now they safely evacuated the [00:11:53] town and both Ukraine. and Russian humanitarian [00:11:57] officials have confirmed that there were zero violations by either [00:12:01] side during the six-day period, making it the longest known [00:12:04] truce uh and cease fire that has happened on the frontlines since [00:12:07] 2022. Now Russian presidential envoy were the [00:12:11] first to take the stage um at the request of U.S. first lady, [00:12:15] presidential first lady Molania Trump. On behalf of President [00:12:18] Putin, on behalf of people the Russian Federation, we would like to [00:12:22] thank first lady Milania Trump. for her [00:12:25] distinguished humanitarian role in [00:12:29] resolving aleshki uh situation [00:12:33] and resolving this humanitarian issue, she [00:12:36] played crucial leadership role in coordinating [00:12:40] humanitarian operation in Aleshki and reunifying [00:12:43] Russian and Ukrainian families in ensuring [00:12:47] that agreements become actions and actions save [00:12:51] lives. President Putin personally, gave all the [00:12:55] necessary instructions to ensure the successful implementation the [00:12:59] local cisfire in Aleshki. Ukrainian site abided by [00:13:03] ce fire. Dear Milania, you saved and touched [00:13:07] so many lives. As token of appreciation, would like to [00:13:11] give you a small gift, which is [00:13:14] painting by 11 year old gold Lidia from [00:13:18] Aleshki who chose to be living with her [00:13:21] family in Russia in Tuabsa. [00:13:25] and this beautiful drawing says just three [00:13:28] words, i love milania, [00:13:32] and this message from children frankly overshadows [00:13:35] any diplomatic statement anybody can make, so [00:13:39] thank you so much first lady, thank you for your incredible humanitarian [00:13:43] work, thank you so [00:13:46] much, she is there, [00:13:49] yes, thank you so much, thank [00:13:53] you. Russian representatives also expressed hope [00:13:57] that this is just the beginning the peacemaking process between all three groups and that this [00:14:01] is just going to be the first one, not only brokered by the first lady, but more importantly by [00:14:12] residents of Aliusski have gained respite, the population of Ukraine's [00:14:15] capital have been casted into darkness. Kiev [00:14:19] is experiencing another major blackout due to lack of [00:14:23] functioning energy plants. Vladimir Zelinsky says continued Russian [00:14:27] strikes and inadequate preparations have worsened to the crisis, while [00:14:30] damaged power grids prevent electricity from reaching the [00:14:34] capital. Blockouts have been reported all across Ukraine on regular [00:14:38] basis as officials say there are undamaged power plants [00:14:42] left in the [00:14:43] country. [00:14:46] Ukrainian police have launched crackdown on people who protested a makeshift [00:14:50] detention center where men were tortured and held for ransom by military [00:14:54] forces. Officials say they've identified 130 citizens [00:14:58] who may [00:14:58] have been involved in the demonstration outside the building. Police [00:15:01] have [00:15:03] shown [00:15:07] footage of suspects being arrested over the unrest outside the scene [00:15:11] on Tuesday. Authorities say 27 people took [00:15:15] an active part in illegal actions and another 24 behaved [00:15:18] aggressively, provoking conflicts with law enforcement officers [00:15:22] and military personnel. the [00:15:25] some detained have already been forced to say sorry on [00:15:28] camera, i [00:15:32] apologize for being there and for speaking on [00:15:34] impulse, go there and [00:15:38] later I blocked the bus's movement. I deeply regret that I didn't understand the [00:15:41] situation before I went. The protest outside the [00:15:45] private house near Kiev where people were held against their will by [00:15:49] Ukraine's neonazi Azof formation has led [00:15:53] to arrest and a growing dispute over what was actually [00:15:57] happening inside. Protesters said the forcibly [00:16:00] mobilized men were being held there and were denied [00:16:04] medical care. Officials later described to that [00:16:07] building simply a temporary center for mobilized [00:16:11] servicemen. now the police and the Ukraine's [00:16:14] security service say they have identified at least [00:16:18] 130 people who gathered outside uh [00:16:22] that uh house described as a torture center. now the [00:16:26] confrontation began on relatives and other protesters [00:16:30] demanding access to men they said were being held [00:16:33] there uh at the house. take a look at how the situation unfolded. [00:16:45] a video from the scene showed clashes at the gates [00:16:49] and medic bleeding with officers to let her [00:16:53] inside her name Valentina Mold and she [00:16:57] she was called there by local resident who said that a relative [00:17:01] was seriously ill at that address now the medic [00:17:04] who arrived an ambulance was [00:18:37] systematic abuse and saying that action would follow if [00:18:41] unlawful violence was established. now the full number [00:18:45] of people who who may have been held there and what happened [00:18:48] inside still remains unclear. report said at least 40 [00:18:52] people were held against their will as investigation [00:18:56] is underway to determine whether the site was legitimate [00:19:00] processing center or indeed a place where [00:19:04] people were unlawfully detained and abused. [00:19:23] They grabbed me by the hair, you can't see it in the footage, but I have lumps [00:19:27] on my head, they just beat me, [00:19:29] I don't know, they used everything to hit [00:19:31] me, [00:19:37] everything. face down on the floor and started interrogating me. I don't know, they [00:19:41] hit me so hard on the head that I couldn't hear or see anything. They [00:19:45] just started the interrogation, then they grabbed me by the hair again [00:19:49] and threw me against another wall, because I didn't land on my stomach when [00:19:53] they threw me. They started slamming my head against the floor, [00:19:56] punishing me for not looking the right way, smashing my head right [00:20:00] into the floor. My nose started bleeding, but everything is [00:20:04] fine. Now, a small piece of one of my teeth chipped off. the front [00:20:08] part, now this [00:20:10] 14-year-old boy's account is part of a wider debate [00:20:14] over allegations of abuse linked to force mobilization. [00:20:18] authorities have now moved to arrest people who [00:20:22] protested outside that's a torture house. now a driver [00:20:26] from the ambulance uh was placed a pre-trial [00:20:29] detention for two months without bail. now he is [00:20:33] accused of uh filming the building which investigators say was [00:20:38] a military site, police and the SBU say they have [00:20:42] already identified another 130 people who [00:20:46] gathered at the site and questioned officials there. [00:20:50] woman who was the first to raise the alarm about her [00:20:53] relative being held there, has also been [00:20:56] arrested, according to latest reports. [00:21:00] Ukrainian authorities have started hunting down the [00:21:04] locals protesting the apparent torture facility exposed in the [00:21:07] country's capital. Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman [00:21:11] reacted to the scandal saying Kief sponsors would do [00:21:15] well to examine what their funding is spent [00:21:19] on. [00:21:50] women who have more courage than all the SBU, Bankovia, and of [00:21:54] course Zelensky. The Ukrainian government doesn't care about anything, [00:21:57] including the future generation, and I mean the 14-year-old boy who was [00:22:01] lured and deceived at the swimming pool. What happened once again [00:22:05] demonstrated what the billions from Ukraine's western sponsors are being [00:22:09] spent on on torture chambers like these where people disappear [00:22:13] without a trace, on intimidating people, on punitive [00:22:16] measures. They don't give a dam about anything at all, including. [00:22:20] future generations, we got [00:22:23] reaction from former Ukrainian law maker, Spiradon [00:22:27] Kilankar. He says the incumbent authorities are [00:22:31] deeply embedded with criminal groups and have no interest in [00:22:34] protecting their own [00:22:36] citizens. They are trying to [00:22:40] intimidate the population of Ukraine with the purpose of stopping them from expressing their [00:22:44] civic will if their rights are violated. It's basically [00:22:47] dictatorship that persecutes people the... [00:22:49] for fact that they were attempting to actually save the lives their fellow [00:22:53] Ukrainians who are in the hands of thugs who illegally detained them in [00:22:57] that house in that chamber, they were torturing them, and if we look [00:23:00] into what is happening, no one has answered the actual question, why would a [00:23:04] unit way beyond the front lines in the rear, have a private house to [00:23:08] detain some military people there, if the people who were detained there [00:23:12] committed a crime, some kind of a crime, in Ukraine they have [00:23:16] detention facilities where they could have been brought, so why would a you [00:23:20] the army have a property deep in the rear, and Mr. Budanov personally [00:23:24] claimed that there are a lot of houses like this, chambers like this [00:23:27] across Ukraine, so every unit the Ukrainian army seems [00:23:31] to have such torture chambers, they hunt people down, and [00:23:35] basically they blackmail them into paying money, and the relatives and the [00:23:39] family these people, they have to sell whatever they have to buy back [00:23:42] their family members from these illegal prisons. It's a criminal [00:23:46] organization that is acting in the interest of mob, mafia that is... [00:23:50] itself, its foothold in Ukraine, because there is a collusion [00:23:54] between organized crime and the law enforcement agencies and they seized [00:23:58] power in Ukraine, and they use these illegal measures against their own [00:24:01] people, the will spend as much time as the western elite would [00:24:05] allow, because the western elite is funding this outrage that is [00:24:08] happening currently in Ukraine against the people of Ukraine who are being [00:24:12] tortured, they extort financial resources from Ukrainians [00:24:16] and it is being done at the behest the Ukrainian leadership with the... [00:24:20] support the Ukrainian authorities, because the Ukrainian authorities are [00:24:24] protecting these [00:24:24] people, now it [00:24:28] appears the torture house discovered near Kiev is merely the [00:24:32] tip the iceberg, as Ukraine's military and security [00:24:36] agencies have reportedly been running such black sites for [00:24:39] years. Head to our website for more on this developing [00:24:43] story. [00:24:48] Well, the US mid-term. ended with democrats winning a [00:24:52] commanding majority in congress. the so-called blue [00:24:55] tsunami left the white house questioning why support for the republican [00:24:59] party has declined? vice president suggests a failure [00:25:03] to put America first is to [00:25:04] blame. one the [00:25:08] things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was composition, [00:25:12] whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to [00:25:16] win, and despite polls that showed democrat blowout, the date. kept [00:25:20] on telling us the same story, in some states turnout was merely [00:25:24] okay, in other states it was downr amazing, and in no state was it [00:25:28] catastrophic, there was a genuine sense of optimism on our team, our [00:25:32] people were showing up, the reason we lost is the war, the [00:25:35] president himself said so last night, if you'd like to argue it was [00:25:39] worth it, that losing the senate for the next six years was worth it, [00:25:43] then do so, argue it was a worthwile cost to pay, agree or [00:25:47] disagree, that's at least honest, but everyone knows why we [00:25:50] lost, and any honest conversation about where [00:25:53] we go from here must start there, just [00:25:57] under half of eligible voters cast their ballots in the midterm [00:26:01] elections, nearly... 20% less than [00:26:04] in the 2024 presidential race, and while numerous [00:26:08] states have majority of registered republicans or have consistently [00:26:11] voted red for decades, democrats managed to flip [00:26:15] seats. Kansas, for example, elected democrat senator for the first [00:26:19] time since [00:26:20] 1932. The [00:26:23] rift in the Republican Party is evident, though alienated members, such as [00:26:27] congressman Thomas Massy, thanked the vice president for acknowledging the [00:26:31] administration's mistake. He also laid out the issues he believes led to [00:26:35] a GOP defeat. [00:26:38] Tonight's outcome isn't about placing faith in democrats or socialist [00:26:42] principles. It's about holding republicans accountable for betraying their [00:26:45] promises. All Republicans had to do was put Americans first, [00:26:49] not start another war, prosecute sex traffickers. I think it's [00:26:53] a complete referendum on Donald Trump, his [00:26:57] betrayal, where he promised no more foreign wars and to bring [00:27:01] world peace. He. can't even relate to the American people, contrary to [00:27:05] what he promised and contrary to the idea that your leaders should put [00:27:09] your interest before those of forners, period, we put Israel's interest before [00:27:12] ours, trump did that. journalist and author [00:27:16] Daniel Lazar suggests the war on Iran and its impact on taxpayers played a [00:27:20] key role in the GoP's defeats. The war in [00:27:23] Iran, a war against Iran is really the [00:27:27] chief factor here, I mean it's driven up uh fuel [00:27:31] prices, it's added to... inflation uh, it has really hurt the [00:27:34] pocketbook the average American person, so [00:27:38] uh [00:27:39] so essentially Trump paid the price for that awesome blunder [00:27:43] on Tuesday uh [00:27:45] and Trump uh clearly uh got reckless, I [00:27:49] mean [00:27:50] uh uh uh the Venezuelan operation uh [00:27:54] last January was a uh was a triumph from his [00:27:58] point of view uh so was the uh the bombing operation [00:28:02] against ran uh uh last June in June of [00:28:05] 2025 uh and um and so [00:28:09] Trump was therefore you know bowied [00:28:13] by those actions he was uh filled with self-confidence he got [00:28:16] reckless uh he uh blundered into a war with [00:28:20] Iran he chose a war that he couldn't win and now he [00:28:24] is uh he's uh he's in a quagmy he has no way [00:28:27] out uh and Iran senses that [00:28:31] um that it's has the advantage that even though Trump can [00:28:35] throw more punishment Iran's way uh [00:28:39] Iran can wait Trump out and expect him to [00:28:42] yield at some [00:29:22] October 2023, a surprise attack launched against [00:29:25] Israel by Hamas militants shock the [00:29:28] world. [00:29:34] "No one had expected the Palestinian radicals to have so many [00:29:38] cutting edge [00:29:39] weapons. [00:29:44] In the aftermath the attack, militants openly and mockingly thanked the [00:29:47] US in Ukraine for the rockets and missiles that rain down on [00:29:51] Israeli [00:29:52] cities. [00:29:59] How can it be that arms a ship to the middle east from a country?" [00:30:32] has been one the biggest supermarkets of smuggled weapons for almost 30 [00:30:36] years.