Media's Condescending Tone about Trump Is "a Major Mistake"

Germany: Ex-Neo Nazi Rising Stars Help Those Who Want Out of Far-right Extremist Ideology

BBC: Question Time from Maidenhead | December 8, 2016

On the panel are Conservative chair of the Health Select Committee Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, Labour's shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon MP, former leader of UKIP Nigel Farage MEP, novelist Will Self and author and commentator Louise Mensch.

Geert Wilders Convicted in Hate Speech Case, Says 'Half of Netherlands' Convicted with Him

Far-right politician Geert Wilders has been convicted of discrimination and inciting hatred by a Dutch court. However, he received no penalty or punishment for his conviction.

Geert Wilders Found Guilty of Inciting Discrimination

THE GUARDIAN: Court declines to sentence Dutch far-right leader over comments that were ‘demeaning towards Moroccan population’

The Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders has been found guilty of inciting discrimination against Dutch Moroccans in a verdict that is expected to intensify the debate about migration in the Netherlands.

A panel of three judges ruled that the Freedom party (PVV) leader’s comments in a post-election speech in 2014 were “demeaning and thereby insulting towards the Moroccan population”. Hendrik Steenhuis, chairman of the judges, said the remarks were clearly aimed at an ethnic population group and delivered in a televised speech for maximum effect.

However, the court cleared Wilders of the charge of inciting hatred and imposed no fine or sentence, ruling that a criminal conviction was sufficient punishment for a politician in Wilders’ position. » | Gordon Darroch in The Hague | Friday, December 9, 2016

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French Christmas: So.Much.Food!

Taiwan On the Line: Trump Phone Call Alarms China

A congratulatory phone call. Why not answer? What's the worst that can happen? Donald Trump answered the call from Taiwan's nationalist president, a first since Washington switched diplomatic allegiances from Taipei to Beijing in 1979. Official media on the mainland called it "rookie diplomacy" but that might be giving The Donald the benefit of the doubt. What US policy now for the region? How will Beijing react?

Boris Johnson: 'Saudi Arabia and Iran Puppeteering in Middle East'

Boris Johnson speaks at the Rome Mediterranean Dialogues 2016 Forum on 1 December. Sitting on a panel entitled Shared Security: Mediterranean’s Path to a New Order, the foreign secretary accuses Saudi Arabia and Iran of ‘puppeteering’. Johnson says many countries in the region lack ‘strong leaders’, ‘big characters’ to tell a ‘national story’
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Hundreds Protest Speech By White Nationalist Richard Spencer At Texas A&M University | MSNBC

Around 400 protesters gathered against the controversial white nationalist Richard Spencer's speech at Texas A&M. Two protesters were arrested.

Can France Resist the Far Right?

Now that François Fillon has become the French right’s presidential candidate, it is possible that he will face Marine Le Pen of the Front National in the final round. Guardian columnist Natalie Nougayrède asks whether it is likely that France will have a far right president, and what the consequences would be for the country and for the rest of the world

Midwest Temperatures Plunge Amid Arctic Blast

CBS News' Omar Villafranca is in Bismarck, North Dakota, where a cold front from the Arctic has sent temperatures plunging close to zero degrees Fahrenheit.

Islam & The News: Was Hitler a Christian?

The Sunday Talk: Is Canadian Multiculturalism a Myth?

After the American election, many Canadians found themselves looking inward, wondering if the divisions that have appeared in the US, could happen in Canada.

Jewish View on the Trinity - Is God One?

Is the Trinity found in the Old Testament?

Farage Warns Trump: Don't Let America Become Like Brussels

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Calls for Burqa Ban

'We’re Leaving the Single Market and the Customs Union': Oliver Letwin - BBC Newsnight

Sir Oliver Letwin, the former cabinet office minister who was briefly in charge of Brexit negotiations, is interviewed by Evan Davis about Theresa May's plans for Brexit.

US - TIME Magazine Names Donald Trump "Person of 2016"

College Students Protest White Supremacist On Their Campus

Texas A&M students protested against "alt right" leader Richard Spencer speaking on campus. Spencer was invited to speak at an event organised by a member of the community.