Theyre welcome to weekend news update from r. T. International this saturday with me 1st to the battle of the billionaires the 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 but the lawsuit argues that donald trump was biased in his decision against. Jeff bezos in a feud between them stretching back to trumps 1st president ial campaign. He wants political influence so that amazon will benefit from it if i become president oh do they have problems take it outside of my view is thats not an appropriate way for a president ial candidate to behave or using the Washington Post for power so that the politicians in washington dont tax amazon like they should be taxed finally tracked by donald trump will still reserve him a seat on the blue origin rocket send donald to space so sorry to hear about the news about jeff bozo being taken down by competitors reporting i understand is far more accurate than the reporting in his lobbyist newspaper the amazon Washington Post at the end of last year baseball stressed the importance of the military project with the pentagon but as kind of open reports hes now hindering the deal that was eventually won by microsoft. Remember when jeff bezos called out his tech rivals for not stepping up to the plate when the country needs protecting and 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 to support the duty this is a great country and it does need to be defended so it turns out that when amazon didnt get that contract 8 and microsoft got it instead they as ows 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 ends 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 so instead of keep abilities we need the u. S. Department of defense says it will lose 5. 00 to 7000000. 00 every month the program is the late is us changing is a pinion in a way that serves his pocketbook is not necessarily or may serve a spark of 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 kayleigh poppen r. T. New york. Thanks theres been a major plot twist to the french equivalent of the oscars the entire canopy has quits just 2 weeks before this years glittering sentiment in a paris correspondent shelter do bensky explains why. 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 top board has resigned to honor those men and women cinema happened in 29 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 complete renewal of the board this is a. Here in front of come under fire off it was revealed the 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. And. If you still see. Some of the composers. The film has received rave reviews from the critics and even had a standing ovation for its premiere at the Venice Film Festival the feminist groups have picketed some of those prime is after they found out that it this is up and 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 and movie producers and personalities demanded profound changes the same academy they were unhappy off to a female director and the field writer was snubbed in an open letter to the academy they did not state it as being disposed with just gruesome 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 because some very good t. V. 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. More so. In my opinion the 2 figures are United Artists and men shes an adult so he should assume the consequences of his actions. This is are 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 from to human point of view its not good what he did but his past and we cant make the aspects. University of virginia in the us as coming for sharp criticism online after one of its students claim that too many white people were using a Multicultural Community center on campus but it was posted on social media where its garnered nearly 4000000 views. Partly theres just too many white people in here this is a space for people of color so lets be really harm is the other space that youre taking because it does make some of us feel speed up comfortable with easy to anyway good one here 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 the make other white people uncomfortable how is this not considered racism 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 or marginalized communities but conservative students say the video document a clear case of racial intolerance forcing the university to terrify 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 is those to me is that multicultural it just means go to 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 seemed 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 area or an expanding area you see a b. Star and so exclude certain people everybody should be welcome in these particular spaces of cuckoos will say because if youre not welcome them are going back to time and pass of segregation and jim crow and separation and i dont think you want to go backwards in time you want to go forwards in time if you want to have a place where people learn to be more tolerant one of the key aims 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 uva is a taxpayer funded institution it not only must adhere to that it ought to be championing that. Public officials have kicked off day 2 of the annual Munich Security Conference this saturday its the biggest event of its kind the dozen diplomats were already getting stuck into the key talking points of the west is losing its role of the world stage the situation in syria and tensions with iran our europe correspondent peter all of it across the event. 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. On the era of American Global policing 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 order overnight when you do different the relationship between the e. U. And russia and russia in 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 with scathing in his criticism of nato and while his position has softened somewhat hes still adamant that europe shouldnt rely too heavily on begin night it states when it comes to defense. France is convinced that long term security in europe is possible through a Strong Alliance with the United States but our security is also achieved inevitably through a larger capacity for autonomy a section in europe. The conference will also be looking to tackle the tensions in the persian gulf or the worsening of relations between washington and tehran in fact theres a much anticipated address set to come up later on saturday. In the arabian foreign minister away for a month were also expecting talks on the role of social media in democracies and the attempts to be made to contain the corrosion fire risks whatever happens ill be keeping you abreast of all of the latest developments that come out of the bias your health hotel here in new nick at this years security conference these roll of music. And we should get a lot of that from people next hour coming up here next china cries foul accusing washington of playing dirty in its bitter battle against telecoms giant wall way with a whole new set of criminal allegations as we reported after this. Lovely girl in mexico on the big of the palm trees swaying in the monkeys chattering special guest with us today alex petroff see i. Bit fury there rocking it out in the mining but. I dont trust medical authority at all never and the reason for that is i had this horrible autoimmune disorder growing up and it turns out it was completely alleviated with very drastic dietary measures and i went to a number of doctors to discuss what happened to me and i was basically laughed at like diet has nothing to do with our meanest orders so my suggestion to people who have Health Issues they cant figure out if theyre going to see a medical professional and theyve been going for 10 years and theyre still in the same place and they should probably take it upon themselves to Start Testing things out testing out diet testing out exercise and try and figure out things on their own. Hello again china is accusing the United States of deliberately forcing its companies out of the Global Market as washington ramps up the pressure on telecoms giant waterway with 16 new charges including conspiracy to steal trade secrets the u. S. Has been misusing its National Power to approach 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 u. S. Prosecutors now 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 the fresh charges were made under a federal law which has been historically used to prosecute mafia members that were way as youll know it was long been under the trumpet ministrations cough which has been accused of spying on u. S. Companies on behalf of beijing but while ways long denied any wrongdoing all along the way it also says that these latest charges are without merit suggesting that the u. S. 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 Telecommunications Telephone giants while a threatening economic would tell the nation against those who deny a gun their technologies this is the most insidious form of the question this is a Major Development thats going to have far reaching implications its very clear that Trump Administration the department of justice wants to implicate huawei 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 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 organization what were looking at here is that is a new step forward in terms of Great Power Competition or cold war 2. 0 or decoupling what are you up occasions 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 here 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. Legal bid to ban Transgender Athletes from girls sports has been filed in the u. S. State of connecticut by the families of 3 female high school run as we spoke to the lawyer christiane halakhah who told us that identity has nothing to do with sports but also is there to compete on a level Playing Field and a policy thats at play in connecticut allows males to infiltrate the female athletics category which is how 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 scholarships biology is what matters in athletics not identity. The plaintiffs 3 High School Students participating in state championships the lawsuit directly targets 2 transgender sprinters who have consistently outperformed their peers since 2017 recently one of those bringing the case forward finished 3rd behind the 2 athletes in question at an indoor track of and the connecticut based Athletics Association has backed transgender competitors saying it follows an anti didnt discrimination policy heres how some of those against the lawsuit 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 sport 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. Is ready soldiers have been filmed attacking worshippers in occupied East Jerusalem on friday as palestinians attempted to make their way to the al aqsa mosque. But. No. Idea of offices also reportedly prevented an activist from handing out food calls have been widely circulated for a Solidarity Campaign in response to the actions of Israeli Forces during morning prayers. Supporters of lebanese Prime MinisterSaad Hariri Future Movement faced off with antigovernment protesters in downtown beirut on friday and scuffles broke out between the groups the authorities were forced to step in its just the latest round in a series of protests is a time for the countrys be hit by the worst economic crisis in decades and the current government winning a vote of confidence earlier this week. Pictures now from the iraqi capital where thousands of women have been rallying against the u. S. Military presence in the country it comes after an influential cleric called for social rules to be observed following mixed sex then. Stray sions noted separate male and female protest. Ok thats it for me thanks for watching kevin i was going to be covered in the coming hours with all weekend world news for now though from a column by in moscow have a great weekend. In the United States president ial candidates debate the future of the u. S. And the world. Max kaiser and Stacy Herbert dig into the burning questions of this election cycle one self big every week. Tax student debt trade was corporate money universal basic income and more catch up with whats front running this sunday exclusively on r. T. This is not pretty you would know the moon through but it circles modestly. And you can move into the much for clues a little would mean its going to do more it will do. The white in good order to produce. The instruments. You know it seems the trees. Did he did. That stand. 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This is the one business show you cant afford to miss ive been sworn and im fair month and say ok here in washington coming up ali has found itself in the center of several storms this week including criminal indictments from the Justice Department are going to break down exactly whats going on plus global earth that has taken an 80000000000. 00 hit thanks to the coronavirus well look at what happens next and can you give us the biggest streaming app in the world by a long shot well tell you who it is and how far ahead they are from everyone else so much to get to on this very busy day so lets get started. And we begin with the latest on a criminal indictment handed down late thursday against walkway and this is a story that if you were not paying close attention its kind of out of control so to help you understand exactly what is happening here in fact lets get up and lets walk back to the wall to begin with the new charges coming from the department of justice they follow closely made allegations made in the past by Telecom Companies such as Cisco Technology t. Mobile and motorola prosecutors are saying that while ways of intellectual property. Resulted in the company obtaining nonpublic intellectual property about robotics cellular Antenna Technology and internet router source code you get all this well heres the problem earlier this week the big story which 1st appeared in the wall street journal was not about intellectual property theft no instead its similar to around claims that since at least 2009 wall way has been able to covertly access mobile phone networks around the world using back doors designed for use by Law Enforcement u. S. Intelligence agencies claim that while way has built equipment that secretly preserves its ability to Access Networks through these interfaces without carrier knowledge though these officials still have not provided details of where they believe while we was able to do so now this is important because these 2 stories are actually completely unrelated and yet the timing of the journal story about access to back doors and the federal indictment of intellectual property seems to have been designed to conflate the 2 into one story again it is not and thirdly these 2 stories are not the same as the claim that wall way is spying on behalf of the Chinese Government. And while we continue to insist that they do not spy for the Chinese Government for their part while way is pushing back against this new indictment they stated that this new indictment as part of the Justice Department meant attempt to err of accompli damage while ways that reputation and its business for reasons related to competition rather than Law Enforcement and that the racketeering enterprise that the government charged today is nothing more than a contrived repackaging of a handful of civil allegations that are almost 20 years old. So here we are in this moment where this week i mean you could call it a very bad week for awhile way but in some ways as a journalist when youre looking at the story and i think its a failure of our media is to challenge what the government is saying look of while way is guilty of doing what the u. S. Government says we should not. We should absolutely have the evidence put in front of us as a public as journalists we should know what wild way is doing the problem is that evidence is not being presented and the day that all this information comes out that oh well we is using these back doors theyve been doing it for 11 years with the claim that since 2009 theyve been able to covertly do this the very next day these indictments are handed down and many people whether its intentional or not and i suspect that it is intentional many people will conflate the 2 and say oh well clearly the problem here is that while way see this is the proof because now theyve been indicted in a federal court and therefore must be true and the 2 things again are not connected to there are 2 very Different Things to different stories like you said and i think its important to know people read headlines without even going into the story Digging Deeper and i think its our job as as trying to investigate whats going on you see how and where they say we now have the Justice Department says we now have proof oh i said great lets read to the story lets see what that proof it is and again we dont know what that proof is again and then bring it back to the ip theft where were going through these these next indictments where people are surprised that while way was caught doing business with north korea and iran isnt this what started all of this ruckus i guess in the 1st place with in canada over her allegations that she was working that while way was working with iran it did begin a lot of this look there is an issue of the trade war in the chinese and u. S. Trade war one way is certainly been a huge part of that story but we also know that the argument that what we has been using theyve been saying that this this claim that came out of the wall street journal now you could almost look at this story as one thats planted and the reason i say planted is because its not that the journal broke the story its that the there was information fed to the wall street journal from the u. S. Government saying heres what. Really going on with what way so they were kind of fed this information and the information they had even in the journal story the journal acknowledges that there is no evidence actually provided so statements were provided the right information was provided and some specific allegations were made against weiwei well and even now the