Their welcome to weekend round up from international in moscow by name calling bright 1st then top officials from around the world are converging on munich this saturday for day 2 of the annual security conference its the biggest event of its kind and among the talking points is the wests a losing its role on the world stage the situation in syria and iran tensions our europe correspondent peter all of a look at what to expect. Its day 2 of this years Munich Security Conference and theres plenty for World Leaders to be discussing here at the bavarian capital what this is the overarching theme of this years conference described as the declaiming role of western nations on the world stage and the shaking up of International Relations in defense but choice for a theme theyd catch some by surprise but when you listen to the participants at the conference its clear that it struck a chord with those here in munich. In the era of American Global police and it is over think of syria africa afghanistan not because of the lack of military or economic power but because the commitment of those responsible in the white house has changed when it comes to the world older open a new different relationship between the e. U. And russia and russia and the European Union the security conference always draws an a list crowd lets have a look at work expect coming up on saturday the. French president a manual micro is understood to be set to make a big statement on the way he sees the future of European Defense last year mr crumb was scathing in his criticism of nato and while his position has softened somewhat he still adamant that europe shouldnt rely too heavily on the in 98 states when it comes to defense shook you supposin with on the troys before us is in fact that of taking control of our destiny or that of renouncing any strategy for lyme and any power whatsoever that this is why a jump is necessary and the rif our nation of the world order and the service of peace must be our corps. Later on saturday the Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is expected to address the conference its still unknown exactly what the focus of his address will be. But you get short odds on him talking about syria hes also expected to hold talks with his counterpart from turkey as they try to find a compromise following a standoff between russia and turkey in syria coming after angry words from the turkish president instead on the Syrian Regime as well as the Russian Forces and the iran backed militants acting with them and are continuously attacking civilians committing massacres and causing bloodshed important libya talks are also on mr love for us to do list for sunday. To the conference will also be looking to tackle the tensions in the persian gulf and the worsening of relations between washington and tehran in fact theres a much anticipated address set to come up later on saturday from the rainy and foreign minister but away from that were also expecting talks on the role of social media in democracies and the attempts that are being made to contain the coronavirus whatever happens ill be keeping you abreast of all of the latest developments that come out of the by a hotel here in munich at this years security conference peter all over r. T. Munich. One of the biggest digital defense contracts in American History has been put on ice Online Retail giant amazon is taking on the pentagon in court after washington gave the 10000000000. 00 deal to rival microsoft of the lawsuit argues that donald trump was biased in his decision against amazon supremos jeff bezos the project called the joint enterprise defense infrastructure or jet i its a Cloud Computing or storage contract and back when amazon seemed confident of being handed the mega deal base also argue the big tech shouldnt turn its back on the military. More been reports that was until the job went to someone else. Remember when jeff bezos called out his tech rivals for not stepping up to the plate when the country needs protecting my view is this big tech is going to turn their backs on the department of defense this country is in trouble this is how were going to do it we are going to support the department of foods this country is important the Silicon Valley tech giants love to walk hand in hand with the pentagon but their employees not so much google workers protested a Program UsingArtificial Intelligence for drones and microsoft employees have voiced their concerns about a 10000000000. 00 contract with the pentagon to offer Cloud Services but lucky enough for the department of defense amazon led by jeff bezos americas richest man has stepped up to the plate they say amazon is happy to do business with the pentagon were going to continue support to do but this is this is a great country and it does need to be defended so it turns out that when amazon didnt get that contract and microsoft got it instead they as owes was angry he took it to court citing bias from donald trump the preservation of Public Confidence in the nations procurement process requires discovery and supplementation of the administrative record particularly in light of President Trumps order to screw amazon the question is whether the president of the United States should be allowed to use the budget of the department of defense to pursue his own personal and political and now to be fair donald trump has never tried to hide his dislike for jeff bezos using the Washington Post for power so that the politicians in washington dont tax amazon like they should be taxed if i become president oh do they have problems theyre going to have such raw giving a subsidy. And were talking about billions of dollars a year and his own is going to have to pay much more money into the post office is no doubt about the. So sorry to hear about the news about jeff bowser being taken down by compared to reporting i understand is far more accurate than the reports in his lobbyist newspaper the amazon Washington Post hopefully the paper will soon be placed in better and more responsible hands but the irony is that jeff bezos with his legal action as double crossed the very same entity he swore to protect as a result of the lawsuit the entire program which the pentagon says is necessary for National Security has been put on a hold the military brass is unhappy were disappointed in the ruling and believe the actions taken in this litigation have unnecessarily delayed implementing department of defenses modernization strategy and deprived our war fighters of a set of capabilities in the Us Department of defense says it will lose 5. 00 to 7000000. 00 every month the program is delayed changing is a pin in a way that serves his pocketbook is not necessarily or may serve his pocket book is not particularly a surprise i think theres a debate to be had on the degree to which these social media Tech Companies and Search Companies are able to sway the assuaged opinion change Public Opinion restrict debate these are big issues that i think are the balance when people think about it or theres going to be a drive i believe a populist drive to lessen the power of big tech the cuts across the political spectrum well apparently for the worlds richest man the country only needs National Security protection when hes getting a share of the Defense Budget kaleb up and r. T. New york. Legal bid to ban Transgender Athletes from girl sports has been filed in the us state of connecticut by the families of 33 Mile High School run as. Both deserve to compete on a level Playing Field and the policy that they play in connecticut allows males to infiltrate the female athletics category which has had the result of depriving girls of championship titles of opportunities to advance to the next level of competition and the potential to even compete for a scholarship biology is what matters in athletics not identity. The plaintiffs 3 High School Students all participating in state championships the lawsuit directly targets 2 transgender sprinters who have consistently outperformed their pay is since 2017 recently one of those bringing the case forward finished 3rd behind the 2 athletes in question at an indoor track event heres how those for and against the lawsuits have reacted. The complaint is a dangerous distortion of both law and science in the service of excluding trans youth from public life the language of the complaint is an assault on the basic dignity and humanity of transgender people and a threat to the privacy and equality of all students so it comes down to basic biology males have inherent physiological advantages over females i mean both science and commonsense tell us that males are generally bigger faster and stronger and thats the entire reason that we have womens athletics as a separate category in the 1st place i also want to underscore the policy in connecticut does not require anything outside of simple identification with the female sex in order to compete in the female category i do think that the lawsuit filed by Alliance Defending freedom to protect womens sports could be precedent setting we certainly hope to restore fairness in a level Playing Field not just for connecticut but for young women and female athletes across the country. Has been a major plot twist at the french equivalent of the also because the entire since our academy has quits just 2 weeks before this years glittering ceremony power is correspondent shot to dubai and ski explains why. This years award season has been plagued by allegations from a lack of diversity in the candidates was i guess the level nations yet they really do a lack of the fairer sex im not sure if everyone here is a crusty conscious seed but this year there has been a distinct lack of nominations to feed lines. To criticisms a may have been like water off a ducks back of the boards of the british and american academies but here in france they take it its hot 2 weeks before the french oscars are due to take place in toilet bowl it has resigned to honor those men and women who made cinema happen in 2019 to find call and ensure that the festival film remains just that a festival the board has an animist we decided to resign this collective decision will complete renewal of the board this is as the new year in france have come under fire off it was revealed that convicted child rapist and fugitive from the us Justice System polanski had topped the nominations list the director who fled to france in the 1970 s. Received the nords for his historical drama but. Its useless its only. Because. The film has received rave reviews from the critics and it even had a standing ovation as its premiere at the Venice Film Festival the feminist groups have picketed sit with those premiers after they found out that if this is up they would feel this to celebrate an abuser like polanski is to support the system of a punitive for male violence and silence the voices of the victims the riaa would then deepened when hundreds of actors directors movie produces and personalities demanded profound changes this is a. To me they were unhappy off to a female director and the writer was snubbed in an open letter to the academy they denounced it as being dysfunctional with the screws tightening the board took the decision to disband but even that decision has come under fire. Imagine what happens next new college of voters with all male selfesteem opacity and sexism who will eventually stop cheering the rapist peter criminals on the run so how has it gone down here in paris but is a film more important than those who make it its for something very good if i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous its existed for 30 or 40 years dont they have anything to do except protest is there nothing else in france now really. Saw it in my opinion the 2 figures are United Artists and men season indulge so he should assume the consequences of his actions. This is to me this is a board resigned rate for them and maybe these resignations can fix the issues and this is what im hoping for the actors the artists for the directors for everyone. But you think he has an artistic side beyond comparison with other artists to human point of view its not good what he did but its past and we cant mix the aspects. China is accusing the United States of deliberately force against companies out of the Global Market as washington ramps up the pressure on the consequent giant war way with 60 new charges including conspiracy to steal trade secrets. The u. S. Has been misusing its National Power to oppress Chinese Companies with no proof of any wrongdoing such practice is disgraceful and immoral and it is beneath the status of the u. S. As a major country the latest salvo then u. S. Prosecutors allege that while ways engaged in a Systematic Campaign to steal intellectual property from its own tech firms since 1999 they also claim that staff were encouraged to actively obtain Sensitive Information from competitors including codes and manuals these fresh charges were made to under a federal law which has been historically used to prosecute maffia members as you know what ways long been under pressure from the trumpet ministration this goes back years its accused of spying on behalf of beijing thats at the heart of it all however while way has repeatedly along the way denied any wrongdoing at all and its also said that the latest charges are without merit suggesting that the United States is simply trying to remove a serious competitor despite that u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doubled down on the american allegations. China is seeking to exploit its digital autocracy to its Telecom Telephone giant while threatening economic retaliation against those who deny. Their technology this is the most insidious form of the question is a Major Development thats going to have far reaching implications its very clear that Trump Administration the department of justice wants to implicate. Broadly as a criminal organization and one has to ask what what are the what are the broader implications does that mean if its part of the Chinese Government as the u. S. Claims that the Chinese Government is a criminal organization or the if you do business with wall way that you are doing business with a criminal organizations what were looking at here is this is a new step forward in terms of Great Power Competition or cold war 2. 0 or decoupling what are you up occasionally for these major. Global companies that are doing business in china right in other words the United States costly makes allegations that the chinese tradition area is highly politicized what happens if it becomes tit for tat it could have a very compelling. Outcome for both you know at the International Level but at the at the economic level in terms of the specific industries. British Prime Ministers reportedly perspired the trip to see donald trump in the u. S. As tensions increase between london and washington now believe theyre not going to meet until june the g. 7 summit is alie reports next from westminster. Much has been made for many decades about the special relationship between the u. K. And the u. S. However in recent months it has become increasingly strained on issues such as the involvement of the Chinese Tech Firm why weigh in rolling out the u. K. s 5 g. 2 tensions in iran following the murder of gen so they money and now he is of unity in the house of commons did the outgoing to reach the opposition corby and the Prime Minister post johnson agree that the extradition treaty between it is u. K. And the us a simply too one sided in americas favor while the us continues to deny justice to harry dunn will the Prime Minister commit today to seek an equal and balanced extradition relationship with the United StatesPrime Minister mr speaker i to be frank i think the honorable gentleman has a point in his characterization of our extradition arrangements with the United States and i do think that there is a there are elements of that relationship that are unbalanced why certain i certainly think that it is worth looking at now all of this comes in the background of the ongoing rao over and secure last who is the wife of a u. S. Intelligence agent who has been accused of killing a 19 year old man harry done in a hit and run driving accident she was said to be driving on the wrong side of the road when the incident took place a report since coming out that she herself is also the cia agent as well now she used Diplomatic Community especially that of a husband to flee the country and hasnt returned since and police have charged her with death by dangerous driving however as far as the u. S. State department are concerned they have no intention of sending her back here to face those accusations it is the position of the United States governments that a request to extradite an individual under these circumstances would be an abuse the use of an extradition treaty to attempt to. Turned the spouse of a former diplomats by force would establish an extraordinarily troubling precedent so with President Trump seemingly angry at johnson to the point that hes slamming the phone down on the british Prime Minister who himself will be desperate to strike some kind of trade deal between the u. K. And u. S. Post brags that it would appear ever clearer that that special relationship is just a one sided one we spoke to the dunn familys lawyer rod siegel and also keith best whos a former chief executive of the u. K. S ImmigrationAdvisory Service on the nature of british u. S. Relations right now. There has been a special relationship between the 2 countries for a long long time and we all enjoyed that relationship and are glad for it but there is really only one country that is behaving like an ally at the moment and thats the United Kingdom because it complies with the extradition treaty. Almost all the time at the moment the the way the treaty is written is that the United Kingdom must extradite people to the United States when its requested but the treaty reserves the americans right to have discretion so the americans may send somebody back to United Kingdom must im afraid the family feel that america is putting itself 1st and is trying to bully the United Kingdom into ignoring this attack catastrophic collision which i didnt carry guns like weve moved into an era of hardball rather than softball in dealing with the United States and thats partly the character of the present president of the United States soon if hes prepared to slam the phone down on our Prime Minister clearly shows that he can let his own personal anger get in the way of good relations and thats not particularly helpful so i think we have to go into that continued relationship with the United States with very wide open and very great kefir iroh national interests. University of virginia and the u. S. Is coming to shop criticism online off of one of its students claim that too many white people would be using a Multicultural Community center on campus video was posted on social media where its gonna do any 4000000 views. Probably there is just too many white people in here this is a space for people of color so lets be really harmless they are the space that youre taking because it does make some of us feel seem comfortable with easy to anyway one hears the whole point of multiculturalism is for diversity that includes all cultures but the university of virginias new Multicultural Student Center is apparently just for people of color thats not multiculturalism thats racism imagine if a white person stood up and announced there were too many black people in the room and they make other white people uncomfortable how is this not considered traces. To many white people so this is why so many of our ancestors fought and died for freedom and equality just so we can have a blacks only area really the center was opened in late 2016 with a view to supporting under represented and marginalized communities conservative students say the video document a clear case of racial intolerance forcing the university to clarify that everyone is welcome at the facility heres some of the reaction from legal and social commentators. The video is crazy but what it is it shows to me is that multicultural just means quote unquote people of color now why is it doesnt really mean cultures which is what i would think that it means it should be a space for everybody in college but it is not really seem to be that way at least to some students that were right there in the center even if we were not a Multicultural Center and it were lets say a black area or an asian near you or an expanding area you see a b. Star and so exclude certain people everybody should be welcome in these particular spaces of cuckoos we say because if youre not welcomed them are going back to time and it has of segregation and jim crow and separation and i dont think we want to go backwards in time we want to go forwards in south if you want to have a place where people learn to be more tolerant one of the key chains of such a place is supposed to be explaining everyone can come here and everyone is going to be tolerated it apparently is the case that not just this center but the university communicated that there are places that are preferred for some racial groups over other racial groups and that is in fact not a marketing problem not only which problem but a fundamental rejection of what our country stands for every american is local regardless of their racial group and as long as the u. P. A. Is a taxpayer funded institution it not only must adhere to that it ought to be championing that. Is ready for these have been filmed pushing worship a softer stone in jerusalem selects a mosque in the early hours of friday. Ha 7. Ha. They also reportedly prevented a palestinian activist from. Thing out food polls have been widely circulated for a Solidarity Campaign in response to the action itself is ready forces during morning press. Supporters of former lebanese Prime MinisterSaad Hariri Future Movement faced off with antigovernment protesters in downtown beirut on friday a scuffles broke out between the groups the authorities were forced to step in its just the latest round in a series of protests after the current government won a vote of confidence earlier this week. Pictures now from the iraqi capital where thousands of women have been rallying against u. S. Military presence in the country becomes often influential cleric in the country call for separate male and female demonstrations or a protest movement on grass began last october made anger over corruption and economic inequality more than 400 protesters have been killed and thousands more injured in clashes with security forces. Or thats saturday news that for this hour thanks for watching insight into the roots of ukraines decade of disruption next only on r. T. International. Just a pity your cold problem would not annoy you but in your circles modesty. And you dont move for the do much for the group of little adrift in the medieval doom. Whiting good bit of the new year already in the series. You know what it seems the trees. To be. Back down. What politicians do something to. Put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president or injury. Or somehow want to. Have to go on to be press thats what im up for 3 in the morning cant be good. 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