Her and yelled im right and they start shooting you know. I have. I might i dont know this is a clear targeting of journalists. Emergency in the Russian Arctic. Turns a river red the Authorities Say they were not alerted. With their stories not shape the past 7 days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on R T International hello and welcome i mean i know you. From washington to l. A. From philadelphia to chicago will suffer they saw americas big cities filled with protesters against. Police brutality nearly 2 weeks after the death of george floyd mostly peaceful scenes throughout the unlike earlier this week when crowds felt the full force of riot police and military vehicles patrolled u. S. Streets at least 11 have died during the protests and all 4 former officers present when george floyd was killed will face murder charges. I. I. Coast to coast on from small groups to streets filled with fury there have been protests throughout the week in all 50 states the National Guard was the ploy dinner and half of them curfews were imposed in at least 29 locations with demonstrators describing continued heavy handed policing as rioting and looting spread. From the days that ive been out the only time that violence erupts or gresham is shown is when the police have come out and shown force was struck and as i was trying to walk away. From the protests they began openly shooting rounds of tear gas rubber bullets into the crowd. There was violence by the police a culmination in the streets of jacksonville they resulted in the necessary use of tear gas we saw 1st from tear gas and all types of rubber oppression and arrests in the ones that i witnessed were unjustifiable the violence was coming from the state from the police. Is that enough. That they feel that no one cares. This is the only way to lash out at the system. They come from neighborhoods that its you know economically deprived that you know its like you know you got to keep me know you going to. You know basically this system is put near me on around it. The ugly side of the weeks rallies has forced businesses to take precautions wooden hoardings smashed windows lined the streets of even the most prestigious shopping districts some looters went to extreme measures this forklift was used to rahman Electronics Retailer in california the owners are really even further with their security measures stuff have been arming themselves up and takes us through why the looting risks erupting into something more dangerous. Heres one thing of the protests against Police Brutality. However by night the protests take a much more violent for. Lyndall ism moving and a tax on Business Owners many see this as an extreme expression of economic inequality obert. By looting bothers people so much more than knowing that across the country black men and women are dying the looting of america has been going on for over 40 years and the copra saw the ultra rich though some Business Owners are unwilling to stand with the looters also properties are always can be replace but loss of life so no definitely upset with the looting i dont think that looting is necessary. But i definitely feel like something needs to be done you know to count up or to everybody says large scale looting 250 buildings have been damaged in minnesota alone prompted members of george boyds family home destroyed stuff. 100 they dont know nobody i dont know why i could have not passed off as i was stuck trying to get up to this point also. Call. Her is enough of the biomes breeds violence and the riots keep going the Police Response has gone as far as ramming cars and crowds amid this hey us Business Owners that decided to take their own security into their own hands in the most american way ok ok. You run my. Wrong you think im going to i would you know no no no no no no the authorities have been openly suggesting store owners protect themselves with guns and if you try to break into their homes to still to set fires. Highly recommending they blow you back out of the house with their guns armed vigilante groups are now patrolling the streets this is how you take your neighborhood back here thank you sir you know were ready for the rest of you police and we are all 15 we are protecting our neighborhood. All of this arrested for civil conflict across america when its clear some communities are very much at odds with each other over the street rallies this is a peaceful march in the state of indiana on monday no sign of aggression but the route was lined with locals armed with rifles as you can see there are watching us the protests its been happening elsewhere to. Come according to a state senator who is right. It stands for yeah. You guys are already mad they play you know what were doing here is were protecting them trolling our neighborhood after the riots started out in south minneapolis we have a conscious decision while the police were hammering out over there that we were going to come together and protect our buildings here and protect our families on joe i came out here because its about damn time. You know guys like me guys that you know would be viewed as just a heavily armed redneck and stuff like that good with fellow citizens regardless of race regardless of whether we were in the same local community or not its time we stand together. And this picture was taken outside a russian restaurant in sunday go california where locals lined up with weapons to defend the premises the owner is among those who felt the need to be armed in the current circumstances he spoke to r. T. About what its been like there. Heavy looting in the city of san diego it wasnt in our neighborhood but it was a member of loomis which is pretty close to us just maybe 6 miles outside of the down town city limits where you know the the the protests started peacefully and then they started burning buildings i am a little city and it pains me to see this you see. Young american young young black lives being lost or something stupid like this could have been awarded and the fact that you know going to help the cause thats thats just my personal experience my person would be in the know there could be. Could be better ways to go about this and then robbing Small Businesses because these people have nothing to do with it all aside from businesses protecting themselves during the violence another group has been facing a threat in their line of work a number of journalists have been left injured by police while covering the countrywide protests the press Freedom Watchdog the committee to protect journalists as there have been at least 300 violations against new stuff since the 26th of may from both police and rioters it also states that dozens of journalists have been arrested astray is calling for an investigation by the way into the rough handling all of a t. V. News team while they were reporting live on the washington riots. There was talk of i dont think. I was. Going to take. It one of the law shots you may have just about made out there was an american journalist saying press she was working for the Russian News Agency sputnik near the white house in the evening describes how the officers reacted knowing she was there to report on if it. Was all democrats actually just like this and said. Im crass and crass and i was holding it right or and its after and yelled im press and that they start shooting me with a barrage of stinger and i have 7 in a right on my side on my torso and on my back and i also got hit with a rubber bullet in my path and then these did not hesitate to use their right shields to push us down to the ground so they may also question into the ground and i slid along after all and had a lot of abrasions on my side they were very well aware that i was pressed and this is a clear targeting of journalists many administrations United States governments have you know said about other countries that other countries dont have free press we are also concerned about the threats of violence against journalists which have a Chilling Effect on press freedom especially when they are not investigated or prosecuted we call for an immediate end to threats and for violence against journalists i hope the rest of the world will follow our press freedoms in the great things we do in the United States what i physically experience from yesterday is that the u. S. Is all too willing to be willing to visit violence upon journalists here and to try to silence journalists here now and i saw again i saw other members of the press experiencing the same thing. Aggression live on air against the press there are social media too with footage of officers reacting with force and in some cases beyond the law people have been injured by tear gas teachers rubber bullets and even vehicles being driven into crowds there are multiple lawsuits and investigations into Police Conduct a new York Police Department vehicle was filmed attempting to drive through a crowd last saturday this was live streamed on facebook and pepper sprayed by an officer in michigan before having a tear gas canister fired at him from burning meter away and in the city of atlanta 2 officers were sacked after a forcibly arresting 2 students. New york state saw the latest big case to grab headlines this week 2 officers pleaded not guilty to assault after they were filmed illegally protester who fell off a head injury in the Police Departments version of events initially said the man tripped and fell on his own similarly the initial report on George Floyds death which sparked the global protest against Police Brutality looks certain details. From his car after he got out he physically resisted offices officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs to noted he appeared to be suffering medical distress officers called for an ambulance he was transported to Hennepin CountyMedical Center by ambulance where he died a short time later. Removed. But you have gone but. Dont you know stop drop. This story sort of culture where a lot of the public have been trained and encouraged to not believe play people. Despite the tension chaos certainty on the streets there have been some glimmers of rice along one protester in California Run up to a Police Officer and give him a hug there were similar scenes in kentucky. All the way from u. S. Shores solidarity demonstrations were witnessed throughout the week from australia to argentina while in europe there were large scale rallies in britain france italy sweden greece and the netherlands. Over in Central London this sunday protesters have taken a stand outside the u. S. Embassy r. T. E. Sally is following the demonstration. This is the day of protests in london in the wake of the killing of georgia floored there are still people arriving to this protest thousands of them outside the u. S. Embassy its a lot calmer than it was yesterday of course those images outside downing street the police today taking a much more hands off approach what it comes to policing this incident we saw yesterday Police Forces charging into the crowd to try to break them up outside downing street leading to some quite strong images of clashes. That we have seen attempts by the government to discourage these types of protests the health secretary. Making reference to of course the fact that we still do have the coronavirus pandemic going on claiming that there will be a spike as a result of these protests but of course all this will point to the fact that last week a week before the u. K. Still some hope people going to the park going to the beach is really ignoring most of the social distancing the device and so for that reason people saying that these protests take priority far more important and thats why these thousands of people have come out in spite of the fact that there is of course a crowd of virus stranger still lacking in the background. And. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe from. Isolation or community. Are you going the right way or are you being led somewhere. Please direct. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. For a mate in the shallowness. Join me every thursday on the alex simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. A major cleanup operation is underway in the Russian Arctic following a muscle fuel leak near the city of there is now a state of emergency after 20000 tons of diesel seeped into a river in what environmentalist are calling the arctic regions worst ever a catastrophe its about it can be seen from space the satellite images from the Russian Space agency roscoff must give you an idea of the extent of the pollution containment device is known as boom barriers are in place to try and stop the fuel reaching the sea more than a 1000 tons of diesel have been recovered but the cleanup could take years to complete the authorities are furious that they were only alerted to the leak 2 days after it happened. Why did the authorities only come to know about this after 2 days and were now going to find out about emergencies like these from social media are you feeling all right. If you saw on twitter your solution to sort of a rescue team intervene very quickly the fuel spill was localized to them by now river and the rescuers have already started working intensively to collect ill be boiled. Rushes Investigative Committee has launched 3 investigations into what happened and have arrested the director of the power plant where the fuel tank field. Now when europe shut down to stem coronavirus sweden kept going most businesses stayed open in what was seen from abroad as a risky move but the swedish state epidemiologist behind the strategy told a newspaper and whedons the other although it caused too many deaths he doesnt think it was wholly wrong if we were to encounter the same disease with exactly what we know about it today i think we would learn midway between sweden dude and what the rest of the world good. So even has suffered more than 4 and a half 1000 deaths out of a population of around 10000000. 00 makes it the most affected all of the scandinavian countries the others enforced harsher restrictions the swedish government though ses it was ready to take on wider measures against the virus if advised to by the Health Agency residents arent so sure though a poll out on thursday echoed others suggesting that confidence among sweetest citizens in the states ability to deal with the outbreak has dropped significantly since april another swedish epidemiologist we spoke to didnt hold back from criticizing either. We only started we entered on the why didnt matter then we forced the nation us how to do washington in their. Way which agree there it was centered the experiences of other countries around us it was started by normally i didnt buy that and there is. Another countrys if he was there today cannot see when we would not know then dont. Know then they were trying to save you or me they were trying to save system just mine said ask and not only student alternated countries but were were being i think much more around fortunately europes internal open borders are still some way off being a 2 way street in their week the italian Prime Minister austria and greece for maintaining travel restrictions on the telly and so the sense call the barriers the scrivener tauriel totally unacceptable italy reopened its borders to e. U. Citizens and weapons to try and breathe life into what is a stall Tourism Industry but are all averse been looking at how getting around europe these days is not as clear cut as it used to be. Some a is here and its good news for germans were enduring if theyre going to get a sunshine break this year the government here in berlin is lifting warnings against travel to european nations from the middle of this month the foreign minister heiko mohsin making the announcement though was keen to stress this isnt a green light for travel with wild abandon. Travel warnings or not travel bans and travel guidelines are not invitations we want to make it clear in our travel guidelines the travelers are urged not to go to the u. K. Were not essential and as long as theres a 14 day corentin in place getting ahead of everyone else in europe they opened their borders on wednesday the lockdown is brought upon this lead the worst recession since world war 2 and the governor. Is looking to holiday make is to revive the economy Prime Minister conte says the crowds of travelers they hope will be flocking into the country is a risk italy is willing to take. We are facing a calculated risk knowing also and i say this sincerely but the epidermal logical curve may rise again however there are fears the terrorists will skip visits to the coliseum and go on the rides this year its early is still reporting dozens of covert 19 cases daily a claim by a well known italian doctor that corona virus is losing potency so the World Health Organization stepped in with International Experts warning against a false sense of security you know the reality is a virus practically no longer exists from a clinical standpoint it has got to return to being a normal country because theres evidence we can go back to having a normal life there are still thousands of people every day die from this where so we need to be exceptionally careful not to create a sense that all of a sudden the virus by its old felician is no decided to be less pathogenic nevertheless the Italian Foreign minister is doing the rounds trying to convince everyone that its really safe for tourists to visit while local mayors are doing their part to try and draw people in to beaches restaurants and cafes that have been empty for too long. Surest will be able to consequence or not safe and we are ready to reopen with Great Success we can accommodate many tourists the risk of contracting the virus is extremely. No we have to accept people however it seems silly well still have to wait for its neighbors to open up as the reopening has already caused some troubles on the border. But we can go there but we cant go back to france so if were going to get start there its not worth it those european nations that rely heavily on tourism cash are desperate for holiday makers to come to them the question now weighs how many will be willing to travel while coronavirus continues to infect people. Barely lazzaro some of the stories that ship the week are looking this hour ill be back with more on all of sundays developments to iraq 30 minutes in the meantime sit tight because were about to delve into the latest worlds apart episode in moments. I think it was Government Official of president a lefty see the system are sort of god its over until the broken system designed for people like me. As long as there are. Different people here for Different Reasons we also job we also have. To. Most people in philadelphia are only a ballot 2 paychecks away from homelessness. Their. Own welcome to well to part of a state here although many other tasks resent drivers americans goods to date while send them to. The media about how do you eat grass and loving the people who are doing their prostate is it even possible to made that distinction in todays america well its just that im now joined by hani joseph a professor ill get back to. Austin and the author all the sword and shield their revolution or realize it. And. Your new york Professor Joseph its good to talk to you thank you very much wears im your parent and congratulations on the your book which was released just last month from my Commercial Point of view i guess you wish for more should really say but as an american citizen as a goal or how do you feel about whats happening around. Well i think i take great hope and inspiration in the fact that so many people have gone to the streets and to demonstrate most of the protests in over 100 cities actually have been peaceful you know the media is focused on the violence and theres been a huge amount why protesters alongside of latin x. And asian and indigenous so its not just black people protesting Racial Justice so i think its a great generational opportunity for the United States of america to finally get rid of White Supremacy and institutional racism inequality weve seen Racial Disparities because of kobe 19. We seem Racial Disparities and the criminal Justice System education housing every single aspect of the United States now let me start listening least if possible take me as a result of really your book well now guess and dr king