Weight to the campaign. Its 9 oclock here in moscow and youre watching our International Live from our studio with mina dear tita welcome to the program a leading name in the Hong Kong Protest Movement has appealed to u. S. Lawmakers as a congressional hearing on future ties between washington and the chinese autonomy territory josh has been pushing them to pass the hong kong human rights and democracy act which would monitor the region status with beijing in return for ongoing special economic favors. Hong kong special status under american law that bans on the city being treated as a separate customs area beijing should not have it both ways reading all the economy benefit of hong kong standing in the world while erosion of our freedom there is the most important reason why the hong kong human rights and democracy act and just the thought sup rose of Hong Kong Civil Society joshua wang is a prominent Student Activist who organized protests against the Chinese Government in support of hong kongs independence the 22 year old is also a leader of the pro Democratic Party demo system hes already served several jail terms for his activities mr morgans visit to new york over the weekend drew huge attention from the media the Reuters News Agency the New York Times and bloomberg are among those who are asked for an interview or in fighting him to their offices he also gave a speech to students at the Prestigious Columbia University wala has long supported the hong kong human rights and democracy act and recently said he expects it to be passed easily the bill proposes support for hong kong from the u. S. So long as it remains governed at arms length from beijing if not that could trigger washington to revoke the citys special status as eagle shit on off reports. They are many theyve won the fight with the authorities by early submission but they are anything but done the American Flag waving taskforce among the hong kong protesters are sending their poster boy to convince us legislators to do Something Big on autonomy. Well for those of you having difficulty making out the absence of this boilerplate script its that human rights and democracy. The act and its meant to show beijing that the u. S. Is serious about fighting for hong kongs rights the United States must make clear to china that its interference in home comes affairs will have consequences this month we must possibly cameraman bipartisan on Consumer Rights and democracy act the bill was devised in response to what the u. S. Has been calling a chinese infringement on the regions autonomy and requires for america to review own homes special status annually and if that status is ever revoked the regions autonomy would not so much been friendly to but rather new to dust since the early ninetys hong kong has been enjoying huge advantages for wearing washingtons special status badge. And some believe that a small yet vocal group of protesters is laying an explosive tripwire for the whole region which will not enjoy the konami Chain Reaction if its ever triggered taking away this leverage is. To get hold of the ready biggest economy in the World Without a state and city hall is just ordered was going to hold a great deal but its not just the whole bali there are all the thousands of dollars they still believe in ready all of it would likewise be affected of course its a political war because. Its only or percent of chinas economy he was saying about tale of the deal years ago in the occult to all moral as far as equality is also. But isnt on the other hand of course we like we wish the one country that says. See so its do with the interest of the us is that really. All american legislators see the bill is designed to punish Mainland China specifically as protesters would not but while the end goal may very well be punishing beijing in pursuit of a geo political supremacy washington my just overall look at the collateral damage. Fighting racism is a touchstone topic for us democrat joe bidens push for the white house on sunday he gave an impassioned speech at a black church but if you date earlier during a president ial debate when pressed on a segregation and the legacy of slavery he switched to lecture African Americans on how they should bring up the children caleb more than explains how binds been caught up before in the crossing a line from empathy to condescension. Joe biden formally the Vice President is now running in the democratic primary enjoys a huge amount of support from the africanamerican voters and he wants them to know he really cares about them what responsibility do you think that americans need to take to repair the legacy of slavery in our country make sure that we bring into the help to this to the teachers deal with the problems that come from home we bring social workers into homes and parents to help them deal with how to raise their children its not that they dont want to help they dont want they dont know quite what to do play the radio make sure the television the scrutiny make sure you have the record player on the phone make sure the kids hear words a kid coming from a very poor school or a very poor background who hear 4000000 words fewer spoken by the time they get there the record player now he seems a couple decades behind on modern technology but its also a tad bit condescending dont you think now some are calling it parent shaming biden is a liberal racist why downs better start calling this out because black women are watching if joe biden isnt forced out of the running now i give up 1st he looks into the camera and laughs at the mention of racial inequality in us schools and we could racists that he describes black homelite and parenting in a way that is stunningly ignorant and insulting drew bidens son on how to address the literacy of slavery was appalling and discord now this isnt the 1st time that joe is flubbed an answer when it comes to a racial issue he made some remarks when barack obama was selected as the Democratic Party candidate in 2008 that he probably meant to sound like a compliment i mean you get the 1st mainstream africanamerican whos are to cool it and bright and clean and a nice looking guy joe bidens comments point to an increasing phenomenon in us society being referred to as liberal racism. Joe biden is not burning a cross or arguing that nonwhites are inferior but he does seem to have a touch of a white savior complex he comes across as condescending to those he thinks hes helping a study refers to it as a competence downshift and joe biden is not the only one what liberals may unwittingly draw negative stereotypes demean themselves down in a largely well meaning folksy but ultimately patronizing attempt to connect with the outgroup Democratic Party is pretty put on a list economy you can look you see all their policies from the welfare state it is put into place to live think legs generally arent as smart. And really would point to the democrats projecting a lot of their own insecurity as a point everyone knows d. C. Everyone is races everyone sees everyone is all those days and if theyre when its really them they feel that way and in china to say that is the other side actually feels that way for decades the Democratic Party has been promising to help minorities in the United States but do Party Leaders actually see them as it will members of society well joe bidens recent comments have got plenty of people asking that question. R. T. New york. There are now 2 hours left of voting as israel decides the fate of incumbent Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu an unprecedented repeat of aprils parliamentary election hes at locked in a tight contest with rival bank accounts. From jerusalem. Well known Political Parties are expected to be part of the next Israeli Parliament all the Israeli Knesset and the competition here really boils down to 2 men the incumbent Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu and his right Wing Likud Party and his former defense chief benny guns and his small same to lift blue and white party not as the same scenario 6 months ago when we had the previous elections which netanyahu won but despite winning them he was unable to form a majority 61. 00 mandates out of 120. 00 Parliament Seats many suspect that the same scenario could unfold and so regardless of whether its guns or whether its the time we are who we might have a son arya and its increasingly likely that neither was able to form a majority government or so give me some more ideas than a very minute you know as were doing to boost the support base of like well like any politician thats fighting for his political survival netanyahu has been making a lot of promises the most recent of which is that he said should he be reelected he will and makes west Bank Settlements and the dog in valley and for anyone who thought that the Peace Process between israelis and palestinians wasnt already did this certainly was the last nail in the coffin he has also started negotiating a u. S. Israel defense treaty i had a call with Prime Minister netanyahu to discuss the possibility of moving forward with a mutual defense treaty between the United States and israel they would further the tremendous alliance between our 2 countries thank you my dear friend President Trump the jewish state has never had a greater friend in the white house the american President Donald Trump has been playing an enormous role in the israeli elections that in april just before the previous elections he made the bold statement that the americans recognize the israeli hold over the Golan Heights and this is despite the fact that a contravenes International Law and has remained a contentious issue ever since the heights were taken over by israel from syria back in 1967 in a moment i will sign a president ial proclamation recognizing. Israels sovereign right over the Golan Heights netanyahu has been using trump in his Election Campaign you just need to drive down any street in this country and you see both leaders beaming from election posters on any of the main streets in israel a political analyst earns on average around 180000. 00 salary a year and yet the support that netanyahu gets from trump which is so much bigger is essentially priceless should this country headed to a 30 lection which is what many here suspect and fear the question is just what else is trump going to promise in the term yahoo. Israels parliament the knesset dissolved itself in may after netanyahu his failure to form a coalition and the dispute and the growing influence of the Ultra Orthodox Jewish minority the military draft privileges handed out to the minority has become a stumbling block turning into a bar for netanyahu his chances of forming a coalition with the nations former defense and foreign minister while the income and pay him has quite heavily relied on the endorsement of the ultra Orthodox Community having Dora Liberman has been an outspoken opponent of the advantages theyve been receiving. The ultra orthodox establishment have a very strong hold of the israeli politics in Israeli Government i think it affects our lives. That the orthodox make their own rules. They want to make themselves different from the other people i dont think theyre affected too much of stuff from probably things like. Public transportation in israel in in saturday i dont have buses instead on certain days i want to go to the beach the laws that they tried to pass have not. According to my opinions but we should accept them as well as much as we accept other laws from other communities i truly believe in diversity but still i think they should live their lives and wishes we supposed to live our lives. The u. S. Ambassador to serbia is calling on people that look at the quote a broader perspective and put the nato bombings in 1990 hind them echoing similar comments he made a week ago. We dont ask the serbs to forget the recent history but we are asking you to look at the Bigger Picture 2 decades ago nato launched a ferocious bombing operation against federal republic of yugoslavia during the kosovo conflict the Alliance Leadership claimed it was carried out to prevent the genocide of the albanian population in kosovo the operation lasted a devastating 78 days we all people in what they thought about the ambassadors columns. The Bombing Campaign was not justified in any words it was a terrible crime our government should sue for compensation. But the Un Security Council never approved the nato bombing can only be considered acts of aggression it is impossible for serbia and america to be on good terms because the Us Government will always view serbia as a little version of russia. For the americans everything they do is justified vietnam hiroshima and nagasaki the native american genocide and so on they did not just bomb us they took part of our territory that you cannot justify what they did how can you defend the involvement of many nations whatever you did or didnt do. So being canadian filmmaker ski says the onslaught of bombings back then still affects to this day. You know it used to plead you radio in bombing serbia and we are feeling the effects to date there is a Parliamentary Commission that. Released its findings in serbia claiming that the uranium that was used in the body is still affecting the cancerous serviette that is iraq it is since 1991 they did in 99 is attacking us to date and i was even searching for get out the special because u. S. Policy toward serbia has not changed from 1958 yes theyre not dropping bombs but the whole reason for the leader bombing was to illegally take over a part serbia that is the province of course vote to this the United States recognizes the independence of course what they are pushing serbia to recognize its a balance so if the United States really wanted to get over the past and everything troubles thats for them then they will be the ones to change its policy. Now the british are renowned as a nation of dog lovers and theyre very fond of their cats too so the thought of eating dog or cat mate is enough to pretty much tell anyone stomach and u. K. As opposed to doing so has reportedly been blocked by the government apparently out of fear of being culturally insensitive towards Southeast Asian nations we currently have some of the strongest Animal Welfare laws in the world the government is currently considering whether any changes are needed in this area in the u. K. And will set out any plans in due course dogs are our companion animals we do not eat them and thats a very Important Message to send to the rest of the world its not culturally insensitive because were not telling them what to do were just telling them what we do we shouldnt be worrying about that so i was surprised that the justice ministries objection dogmeat as he did in many cultures as a delicacy and a health tonic as many consumed in Southeast Asia with china and south korea being the biggest markets some 30000000. 00 they thought to be killed for their meat every year as the catmint again chinas by. For the biggest consumer although its also reportedly occasionally eaten and and full of other countries around the world well to discuss this further whether its down to ethics politics or hypocrisy were going to bring in lisa allen director of the Animal Rights group peta u. K. And social activist leigh just former deputy mayor of london thank you both for coming on to the program i can see that this is quite could be quite a controversial subject physically in the u. K. A nation of pet lovers has been mentioned before a question to both of you. Start with you lead to one straight one cultures pet is another cultures craziness we lined here today this goes for all sorts of creatures doesnt it so why should a dog or cat be considered any different to to a cow or a chicken. And it has a problem is that. Were scribing human attributes to animals and distinguish she knows that. Its ok to kill to eat and those that it isnt and of course britain now hes probably one of the most diverse nations. The european hemisphere if not in europe depending on which way that goes but nevertheless as a sort of multicultural nation we cant be making taking cultural tradition here in the United Kingdom and transposing not into law i would a dog myself particularly law im sure if im hungry enough i may be persuaded. Certainly the cultures of other people as long as on emails are killed in a humane and respectful way in accordance with the law then whos to say which animal is too should be known which shouldnt be. The same question to you you know should we be judging should we be telling people what to eat if its part of their culture. Well these are all really important. And of course most of us are. Are rightly repulsed at the images that have been circulating on social media in the news showing panicked dogs in wire cages before theyre bludgeoned for their flash its the stuff of nightmares and of course stock should be illegal the entire meat trade regardless of species should be illegal and i think while the law might take a while to catch up in the meantime anyone who is repulsed at the idea of eating dog meat i would encourage them to extend that compassion to the entire Animal Kingdom because logically there isnt a difference between eating a dog and eating a pig all animals feel pain and they suffer and none of them want to be eaten fortunately we live in a world of abundant choice says we no longer have to eat meat to survive there are so many beacon options that the meat trade is redundant but its irrelevant we no longer need to consume these products we no longer need to wear products that come from animals i mean the strangely of both agreeing on the fact that the shouldnt really be a differentiation between whats on the mills or rita and in your case in the know on the movies and thats whole nevertheless this is the subject were talking about its cats and dogs and britain is a pretty broad multicultural country so do you think that the government finds it difficult to his her having difficulty in trying a certain line when it comes to an issue like this. And of course were talking about animals that were eating would it go further into looking at a kosher meat ill ask you that 1st elisa. Well you know its easy to point the finger at the dog meat trade most britons dont consume wouldnt dream of consuming dog meat this isnt an industry that even exists here but equally we need not look towards asia to find animal cruelty right. Here in this country billions of lambs chickens pigs cows are being bred and slaughtered her rif equates these animals are factory farmed or kept in tiny. Crates think cages somewhere to the dog meat trade for most of these animals the 1st time theyll see a sunlight breathe fresh air is when there are loaded onto the trucks bound for slaughter there isnt any moral any ethical any logical difference and between a dog and a pagan if we decry the dog meat trade then naturally we also need to decry the pork industry and all of the Meat Industries because theyre all cruel they all cost suffering and ultimately they all kill animals needlessly for a fleeting moment of taste yeah i mean really if we look at the reality of the situation in eating dogs or cats it is quite a to be subject in britain and im sure if people have watched and listened to the figures we mentioned say 30000000 dogs are thought to be killed for their meat every year and thats quite a large figure isnt it but the numbers in reality would be minuscule wouldnt they of those choosing to eat dogs and cats in the u. K. So is it really about sending a message targeting other cultures do you think based on pitches sensitivities do you think this is what the controversies involved. Well i mean. They cant be used this sort of you know morally superior attitude that britain is british people dont eat dogs and cats and somehow that makes them morally superior to the rest of humanity who may be forced by all sorts of economic circumstances. Not to have the same choices as britons so i think its you know. Does a sort of danger chrissie creepy game i think all animals should be treated. Respect. Their welfare and they can. And theyre comput but you know the front to this is that were m e t t species the morality that were trying to him problems on may be t. T. Nimish you had imo sympathy you know for could sing down the meets industry for its Carbon Dioxide emissions the machines and so on as a major contributor but i think not it britain where you do of a multicultural country whose to be saw eat anymore as the sanctity of life and which much on a mlle it is free for the slow to house i think sin consistent its not morally consistent its not legally consistent and i think ultimately east not ethically consistent elisi it you know and you know the not dating that is sharing it werent an accolade a lot any it is i agree within these are issues that we need to address its called specie is as a meant to the idea that some animals i usually those that were closest to a like dogs and cats are superior were as other animals like pigs and chickens are inferior well thats not based on anything other then arbitrary characteristics and it species has im not allows us to take some animals and her homes to treat them as companions has pats and then to treat a other animals Us Commodities end to kill them for a nothing more than or flash air for their fur to exploit them to put that on a cage for our entertainment and or a to experiment on them for a tube of lipstick these are hypocrisy has and that we need to address if we want to consider ourselves to be compassionate d. Sent logical people me neither i have pointed the the its a the reasons like could be seen is hypocrisy is is do you feel the same really because he seem to be agreeing with each other well i think you know we want to be seen is compassionate we want to be seen is this were of i mean dizzy theres a sort of tendency of you know you know moral superiority through the debate and im sure thats not what intend no one intended but i think that very much thats what people can you know perceive this debate to be i think there needs to be consistent standards across the board fine for reducing the amount we eat to not even to be able to stop it all together but putting that down or you know intensive production of meat production i think is something that should be banned but i think this nonsense is just sort of notion im uncomfortable with is that you know the british are ever so civilized which is why they are this hierarchy you know as portrayed in animal farm where 2 to 3 legs are good and 4 legs bad or whatever the conception is you know just makes them look silly i think we need a consistent approach that is good for the welfare of animals that allows for Cultural Diversity in the food market you know allows people to. Conduct their daily lives without interference from the law and he said isnt this a consistent approach the fact that theyve blocked about. Well you know as i say as an Animal Rights activist i think the dog meat trade should be banned should be made illegal but i think the entire me trade regardless of species should be done away with but right now what we can do is individuals for those of us who are repulsed by the images that were seeing of the dog meat trade and rightly so we should extend that compassion towards all animals because all animals feel pain and they suffer and you know and this point i agree with fully that there is no logical reason why we should the cry the dog meat trade unless we are also prepared to do that for the other meat trades because all animals feel pain none of them want to be killed for a burger or for a sandwich male or. You know and right now we dont need to and this point i think lee and i will disagree that we are seeing a vegan revolution particularly young people are turning away from eating and wearing animals its destroying the planet its the leading cause of Climate Change and its killing millions of animals for what for a piece of food that we no longer need to eat for a coat that we no longer need to where theyre allowed to disagree lay hung all mine all. All of the west. Killing the planet. You know with this industrialization commercialization consumerism the run can explode taishan of of the not to resources of the will the polluting of the atmosphere and the discipline reach for the west now to pontificate about some hierarchy of animals when hes in front contributed to the death of not only the Animal Kingdom but probably a significant contribution to threaten. But in an existential threat to humanity itself and the west is going to be careful and the organizations campaigning in the west need to be careful you know there is no morally superior plane all the complexion of empathy. You know in relation to these matters if you will stop being in the middle of subsaharan africa. May be your best source of protein. And absolutely absolutely like were talking about people im in london and i can go to the supermarket i live in a city of abundant choices it is so easy for me to choose a bean burger rather than a beef burger and you know what for anyone who is tucking into their dinner tonight and is contemplating eating an animal any animal and dog or a pig i would say please go to the peter website to see our undercover footage Paul Mccartney said of slaughterhouses had glass walls we would all be vegetarian and we have certainly found that to be true if people see what happens to chickens to pigs to cows in britain and elsewhere they will be horrified at the same as a lot of people are about the dog meat trade because its all just so bloody and its so awful and its so needless and we can do our part we cant stop all the croquet world but we can they learn by choosing not to eat animal