Good evening and welcome this is. A shooting in new jersey is now being investigated as an act of domestic terrorism motivated by anti semitism and hatred towards Police Police officer and 3 civilians were killed at a kosher market based on what we have collected so far however including based on recent witness interviews we believe that the suspects held views that reflected hatred of the jewish people. As well as their hatred of law enforcement. Those killed were Police Officer 3 bystanders and the 2 suspected attackers themselves 2 assailants targeted a Kosher Grocery store on tuesday the gun battle lasted for around 4 hours police say that they recovered numerous firearms a pipe bomb from the scene and a manifesto style note it was reported that one of the suspects had connections for a possible hate group and had published anti semitic posts online. Ok im joined on the line now by Dan Kovalchuk human labor rights sloth could speak to get down the you know the city mayor is now calling this a premeditated act of terror directed at the jewish community. What an earth would motivate such an attack would you say. Well it appears its not certain but it appears that there may have been. A group. In Extremist Group that was. Responsible for this so it seems like it was trying to do it. In in particular against jews it was an interaction its pretty clear. Do you think the police are acting responsibly now as i understand theyre monitoring dozens of synagogues they consider them to be at risk to think this a credible threat of potential tax elsewhere. I think its possible remember me i live in pittsburgh where the tree of life senate was packed 11 people were killed. Over a year ago you know and i semitism is real and these antisemitic attacks are real and i think frankly it would be irresponsible of the police were not monitoring these synagogues at this point per potential at once now the one of the shooters has been linked to a group called the black hebrew israelites the described as an anti semitic a group not known how many people have heard of this movement before but do you think enough attention is paid to the Fringe Groups out there. No i dont think so you know the biggest problem in the u. S. We know in terms of terrorism are homegrown domestic terrorism. But instead the u. S. Constantly is spending incredible amounts of resources on a stance of player allegedly fighting terrorist groups of broad when we ignore or you know people who are engaged in nashua things in schools and again in particular rightly. Racist terrorist groups. You know these are being ignored or sadly you talked about the attack last october 11 people shot that at the synagogue in pittsburgh do you think coupled with this incident today think it suggests theres a rise in antisemitism in america. I think yes i think that is a fair assumption i think there is rising and i said it isnt in europe as well you know i think you have a rise in right wing extremism. Throughout the west if you look at donald trump you look at other right wing governments in europe particularly and you cry way of the on nazis that are part of the. Government and you question you are openly sematic obviously there is a problem with the rise and then i semitism and racism throughout the world at this point. Dan appreciate it thank you alex my guest human rights thank you think. Thats creating diplomatic row has stepped up another level russia has expelled 2 german diplomats comes a response to a similar move by berlin all amid a spat over a murder probe aunties down a quarter picks of the story. The Russian Foreign minister has given the diplomats in question 7 days to leave the country in a tit for tat response to the German Governments decision when they themselves decided to expel 2 Russian Diplomats the german ambassador has received a note of protest over the ground was decision to expel 2 Russian Diplomats from berlin as a mere response to german diplomats must leave russia within the next 7 days now it was just last week that the German Government made this decision to expel 2 Russian Diplomats for the cut from the country and the official report said that russia was not being active enough in cooperating within vesta geisha into the murder of a Georgian National named still in can congress feeley now the german prosecutors even say that russia moscow may have ordered the murder itself but russia denies these claims and even warned that there would be a mere response the federal Foreign Office today declared to employees of the Russian Embassy in berlin to be persona nongrata with this step the federal government reacts the fight to the russian authorities despite repeated high level and in fact requests to no sufficiently participate in the investigation of the murder of tony k. K. In berlin zoo. Is it correct to expel the 2 Russian Diplomats who had nothing to do with the murder thats put reciprocal measures as you know there are underage rules you expel our diplomats we expel yours thats that. Now president putin has said that russia has asked for the extradition of Congress Really many times which the German Government is now saying never happened but to bring our viewers up to speed to Congress Really was killed back in august and the media immediately blamed russia for this he was living in germany since 2017 and had connections not only had ties to chechen terrorists but also fought against russia in the 2nd chechen war so its not hard to imagine why the russian government would be interested in arresting him on charges of terrorism. Middle of the month who was killed in berlin was not your average georgian he was a militant he fought on behalf of separatists from the caucuses he was on russias wanted list he was a very cruel man once he killed 98 people he was one of the organizers of bombings of moscow metro i dont know what happened to him as a criminal since everything can happen there so again moscow has always expressed its willingness to cooperate in this investigation but the initial expulsion of Russian Diplomats on germanys part doesnt exactly mark good faith from berlin. And p. For delinquent party and. Bronson from the alternative for Germany Party shared their views with us. Dont think that the expelling of Russian Diplomats from burden from the foreign minister a year and the count or expelling is a Good Development i think we should avoid diplomatic escalation a lot of german people want better relations to russia and now to have this garden issue all starting point of a new escalation i think its a wrong signal in these times its easy to go 3rd from your own security failings and from your own optimal police work by blaming somebody else and looking for a scapegoat and i believe this has happened here it was a mistake to jump to conclusions and instantly to blame russia without actually knowing what has actually happened this is not the way Serious Police work should be done 3 years ago we had a radical islamist here in berlin who took a truck as a weapon and killed 12 people it Christmas Fair now these are the real threats we are facing and not a diplomatic spat. Time magazine has unveiled its choice for person of the year 16 year old climate activists committed to and there are some viewers model of determination and praised her for efforts to combat Climate Change others find her posts unscientific and accused her of so in worldwide panic at least on hawkins looks into the to bear phenomena. Last year she was just the regular swedish schoolgirl 12 months on and shes times person of the year rarely does a discussion on Climate Change today take place without her name being mentioned growth of the work has become a global sensation not just a prominent figure among climate activists but almost a messianic symbol to pulls no punches in schooling politicians about what they must do to save the planet the real danger is when politicians and c. E. O. s are making it look like real action is happening when in fact almost nothing is being done apart from clever accounting and creative p. R. She certainly does have a point but what about the growth of film book phenomenon itself its on the noise quickly and loudly drawn attention to Climate Change shes got people talking and even been credited with influencing european and National Elections but wants more than just talking she wants action from politicians or the critics question what useful action grettir inspired movements have actually taken from strikes and protests which she herself says are unsustainable we cant go on like this it is not Sustainable Solutions that children skip school we cant go on like that so now we dont want to continue so we would we would love some action from people in power her speech is resonated across the world it wasnt long before her fiery indictment of World Leaders at the un Assembly Became a meme now they followed a clear structure grave danger bad government and a need for immediate action she soon became a target for opponents who said her ideas it lacks substance and slated her style but that was quickly knocked on the head criticism was often swiftly silenced with those critiquing her justifiably or no. Not labeled as massage honest hysterical or being triggered the climate hysteria movement is not about science if it were about science it would be led by scientists rather than by politicians and the mentally ill swedish child who is being exploited by her parents and by the international lair you. Markku knows of daily want to just call get a phone by get a mentally ill swedish child she is mad and dangerous and she is causing the Young Children sleepless noise and with the idiocy i was in she said she needs to go to school and show that i was fascinated by this school girl starting this strike for Climate Change awareness and i thought wow thats pretty gutsy it was all a little melodramatic it was all in the world of succulent tick i dont want millions if not believes of young people watching great to do that kind of speech and genuinely think the plan is literally about the way she is daring to express what so many young people are feeling and actually i find it remarkable that she can speak in such an honest way its truth to cow theodicy speaking some of her actions are ridiculed like her transatlantic boat trip having sailed through storms to avoid Carbon Emissions from air travel she sailed into a storm of criticism when a fellow companions joined her flying in by plane not to mention the impracticality of adopting such measures on a wider scale this brings us back to growth as words about politicians creative p. R. World leaders from merkel to micron among others were happy to humor the latest global trend with a photo opportunity while rebuking some of our ideas so what does this leave the person of the year at 2019 which is certainly sent a message taken center stage and brought people into the streets with a call it is now time for civil disobedience its time to rebel but will this have the desired effect the only thing you want to see is real action and reaction has not been happening so of course we have to see. A lot but it sounds. That if you look at it from. From from a certain point of view we have achieved nothing like her all over she has created a stir it may be difficult to understand the method behind a person of the year awards one of good as runner ups was donald trump maybe we can agree to hope that this years award isnt just symbolic isnt Just Creative p. R. But will lead to the real change the grettir seeks to create. One person has been killed another is missing after a fire on russias only act traffic area thats according to the countrys Emergency Service is now more Business Office stationed in western russias more months region the fire broke out during repair work on the craft Russias Investigative Committee has opened a criminal investigation into a possible breach of safety regulations. And he was getting tougher on users after unveiling new anti harassment rules that story coming up for you shortly. Join me every 1st week on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business im show business ill see you then. Welcome to max hazard financial survival guide. Looking forward to a year thats without. Yanks this is what happens to pensions in britain. You watched as a report. Each simulating civilization would be able to run using a tiny fraction of its resources. Hundreds of thousands millions of runs through all of Human History almost all. Beings with our kinds of experiences down to simulated ones rather than on simulated ones. We should think fearful of that one of the simulated ones. Getting even tougher on uses. On the basis of race gender or Sexual Orientation after unveiling you and rest rules. Our policies will not only prohibit explicit threats but also veiled or implicit threats will no longer allow content that maliciously insult someone based on protected attributes such as their race gender expression or Sexual Orientation in for a reason you became massive was you tube was having brief drama the line between criticism and horace mint is now so blurred nobody knows where they stand. Veiled or implied threats are very good language this highly subjective that allows them to effectively silence anything regardless of content predictable you tube is not allowed to censor people like a public organizations where claiming the special Legal Protections given to platforms you can have it both ways. To another media content that you know a lot of work in jena do you think these new rules the necessary could be effectively limit freedom of speech. I think that absolutely rules that were well defined could be necessary but i think the fact that these socalled rules are so very loosely defined therein lies the problem because when you dont have well defined rules what you end up with is subjectivity and thats always been the problem with you too because many people have complained for a long time that with you tube they are things get pulled down and they dont really understand why and they feel like its subjective and this just leaves more room for more of that didnt you tube already have its own fairly strict rules if they have them what was wrong with the. Well thats a great question and supposedly they did and these new rules are no more clearly defined in fact many would argue that theyre in fact more loosely defined even than the rules before and some would argue that for example the late night talk show hosts get away with saying things that are grossly offensive to some while you know perhaps commentators or are people who are just starting out in comedy or something might have their own you tube channel that they are trying to monetize and their content is being ripped down some believe that the reason behind this is politically motivated and the problem is that when you dont have well defined rules that make sense to everybody regardless of Political Party youre going to have people feeling like this was subjectively applied and thats where the problem is and thats why so many people are upset because entire entire groups of people have been deemed monetise ive had this happen on my own you tube channel where my videos have been taken down because something didnt meet their Community Standards and a lot of times i cant even tell what it is i didnt think anything was offensive it may be past the Major Network test in the United States but it doesnt pass the you tube tests what really makes you kind of wonder. We live in a world now where it seems like anyone could take offense at anything should they so choose is it becoming very difficult now to even establish broadly what is and what isnt and in so that like you said censor is certainly going to take a bunch of those. Yeah and i think thats fine i mean i think free speech you either have free speech or you dont and if you have free speech then that should be exactly that free and it should be broadly applied and just because something offends me doesnt mean that you should not have the right to say it in fact perhaps its more important that you do have the right to say it as long as perhaps or not inciting violence which i think is where we would all like to draw that line but certainly im not a person whos ever incited violence and i can assure you ive had many of my own videos removed from you tube and again these were these were videos that were fine that passed the test for major broadcasting but didnt apparently pass the test for you tube so it makes you wonder what exactly is their test is it subjective is it politically motivated and you can understand why people ask these questions now im im lucky in that you know i dont monetize anything in my life to any extent that it mattered very much to me but some people created an entire business out of you tube and then had that really pulled out from under them and many believe that this was politically motivated so if you tube is going to create new standards and rules they need to make those very clear and they need to apply them equally on both sides of the political aisle and i think that that even transfers probably into you know other departments like religion and other things where people might for whatever reason get offended if you choose to apply these rules strictly theyll be booking celebrities as well even how famous they are how much money they actually create for you if they use hate speech do you think this could backfire on you too financially could they lose a. I keep hoping honestly with a lot of these different platforms that somebody will come along and create a truly free platform that will compete with some of these people like you tube where i feel like theyre not free where i feel like they are subjective and i and i think that a lot of people have had them weaponized against them for political reasons and so certainly i do think that it could backfire for those reasons a year people when you make enough people angry and you to monetize people and put people out of i know people that have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars or more based on these practices at you tube and so when you consider that there are a lot of those people certainly it could backfire alternately on someone like you tube which could result in a created competitor which i dont think would be a bad thing or it could result in legislation that would then in some way regulate you tube as a form of utility and so i think those are the 2 ways that it could ultimately backfire not just on you tube we see this across the board with other social media as well you know good speech my guest media commentator gina loudon thank you. Germany has slammed washington sanctions threat over the massive nord stream to natural gas pipeline for a minister insisted the rejects muddling. European policy is decided in europe not in the u. S. We crucially reject external interference and sanctions with extra territorial effect on stream to is a gas pipeline running from russia to europe via the baltic sea covering more than a 1000 kilometers that means that moscow doesnt have to transit gas to the e. U. Through ukraine washingtons not a from no claiming it leaves europe to energy dependent on russia economists like hama believes that the e. U. Has to push back against washingtons attempts to dominate. The problem with not really to proclaim is that germany who cares for europe could get to Energy Independence on blackmail from poland and the ukraine or other american puppets and i think this is the main problem and so for un security measures the e. U. Test of pushback against the sanctions and they have to make clear that companies in europe have a little bit of safety when they do projects which you are absolutely within within the law but the u. S. Is just declaring sanctions on your bill so it would be far too im secure for europe to rely on us Energy Supply so this is the only thing of benefit for them for them to do what they are searching for and russia or is here doing opening markets which are very favorable for both europe and russia of course doesnt want to see that. Steam too small the only stumbling block between germany and america are a president a major german telecoms provider chose the chinese tech giant one way to build its 5 g. Network in the country calling the Company Extra t. J. A partner telefonica is set to launch a 5 g. Wireless network in germany next year it will cover 30 cities by 2022 germany one of the few you countries opening its doors to while away along with spain and portugal washington is strongly opposed so to the reach of the tech giant claiming it poses a huge security risk. Huawei is. A company we may not do business with at all because it is a National Security threat the United States has also been very clear with our Security Partners on the threat posed by the way the Chinese Government can rightfully demand access to data flowing through one way and c. T. E. Systems why would anyone grant such power to regime that has already grossly violated cyberspace weve not changed while way were not allowing wall way into our country were not change on that we can do business on security things with huawei. Economist like a hammer getting things to use corner in the us isnt it looking out for its own interests and slamming weiwei. Well i dont think that europe is looking for its own interests because in the past theyre showing that they are not able to look out that their only interest in this case they are at the edge of where they are they are in the corner they cant do any they saw us is looking for their own benefits and i wish that europe would start to look for their own benefits but in this case it is just this embarrassment of totally broken down economics policy of economics which we can see now in europe it is only. An economy or politics of committee to sit and nothing else and this in this case it shows it again. Finally just over half an hour left for people to vote in the United Kingdom which is holding its 3rd general election in 5 years the voters have until 10 pm local time to cast their ballots see its been pretty busy this evening even though the nice drawing in r. T. Saskia taylor will be reporting live from london well be bringing you the exit polls straight from the top of the next hour those should give some indication of which party is likely to form the next government. So plenty to stay tuned for well bring you those exit poll details and often. I. Was. I. Was. I was was. But politicians do. Put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president or injury. Or somehow want to. Have to go right to be close this is like a full screen the whole cant be good that im interested always in the waters and how. Things should. Thats in the individual i think very much i have to do what i think is right i have to friend to defend my values have to do different my principles and if i feel the state is not doing it according to what i think is the right thing that i have to stand up and say its not good enough and if i as a humanitarian feel that the next to me is not respected and treated in the dignified way then i have to also stand up in this regard so yes we have to do it despite that it is maybe a very long term fight and we are not necessarily winning. Is this a realistic prospect in 10 years and you understand why it kind of creeps people out of the us thats what i think there is there is what i call the creepy line and the policy about a lot of these things is to get right up to the creepy wind but not cross it i would argue that implanting things get in your brain is a is beyond the keep you want to. At least for the moment