A. Pipeline project with russia calling the restrictions on lawful. International my names you know me 30 minutes of news on views start. We begin in france where nationwide rallies by Health Care Workers over the past 24 hours saw some ugly scenes tens of thousands turned to remind the government about its pledge to help medical stuff and support hospitals but as the day progressed the peaceful protests took a darker turn. Video showing a nurse being injured during a violent terrorist at the rally in part this has sparked a furious reaction on the its being reported thought she was the tane for throwing it. To camera operated from r t france were injured whilst filming some of the unrest when people began throwing stones at police both receive treatment from medical workers who are out there running. And when it comes to policing officers in france will still be able to use controversial restraining methods the governments trying dont completely bombing chokehold softer opposition from officers more and from charlotte dubin ski. But says interior minister promised 0 tolerance on racism among the forces a promise that came all the mass protests over allegations of racism and Police Brutality unleashed following the death of george floyd in the us free stuff yesterday even. During his speech. The chokehold method known as the strangulation method will be abandoned and will no longer be taught in Police Schools it was a method that had its dangers in addition if a Police Officer has to keep someone on the ground during their arrest they will now be prohibited from leaning on their head or neck to protest is hailed asked in this move to ban the chokehold but the reaction from the police was theory unions described the technique as essential. My colleagues who used the choke hold which we call the takedown technique dont do it for the fun of it they do it because theyre dealing with a very individual who doesnt want to be taken down as unions demanding to work so this is turned out to protest throwing their handcuffs. On the butt of what i will also not allow to intervene in certain neighborhoods because we dont want the young people to rebel so we have to let a certain amount of delinquency go in certain neighborhoods and then were told that if we control them then we are racist. How do we proceed with individuals who refuse to be arrested were under the effect of narcotics alcohol if they take away our working methods there wont be possible anymore it all proved too much for the interior ministry its now made a u. Turn on the chokehold ban suspending it until a socalled alternative can be found now human rights organizations have stepped in. It is unfortunate that interior minister custom there reconsider his decision to abandon the practice of chokehold and the danger of which he himself could recall that when the ban was briefly in place it was announced the French Police would start to test stun guns for wide use and there seems to be no backtracking on this as that decision was being taken across the atlantic this happened which is one of. Those of the stuff. That was stung so in a limited but increasing use in france up almost 70 percent between 2017 and 2019 last year the use of stun guns proved fatal ones while others suffered severe injuries while stun guns or increasingly becoming the weapon of choice of course europe enforced even the Police Concern use. We must understand that when the police use force because there is someone who doesnt want to obey the law when that certainly has banned from the police must be given a solution and we agree that a stun gun is not the solution and what forces him buckled in a row over whether or not the force is all racist to brutal or just doing their jobs offices all seeing their methods to control friends suspects being severely beefed up. Just in your past theres a real problem of racism theres a document check principle based on appearance there is a certain cover up of the problems their denial is institutional in nature the republican not exist without the police which means it is necessary to act and it is necessary to act quickly to trust in the police in france is necessary condition for National Unity as long as hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens are afraid to meet the police. When they go out into the street this indicates a serious problem a significant function in our republican. Race for formal 2 on the cards in the u. S. President trumps just signed an executive order to overhaul Law Enforcement departments nation wide more than birds later in the program. North koreas threatening to send troops into the demilitarized border zone all but wiping out a deal to reduce tensions with the south agreed broadly 2 years ago on tuesday the north blew up the only negotiation i post between the 2 countries sending their heavily strained relationship to a dangerous new low they artillery units deployed to the level of the from guard duty to top class combat duty system through the front line and will resume all kind of regular military exercises in the areas close to the boundary of the north actually take such a move it will certainly be the price for it or the demolition of the m. T. I. Post in the border town of case song was shown all north korean t. V. Yeah followed we solve this with this which pyongyang lanes for still peace talks and healing to stop the factors distributing cross border propaganda but the north ultimate aim could be about attracting attention from much further afield. No brakes are. Theres nothing easy in the relationship between north and south from an all out war 2 decades of indecision and now even this tentative peace might be falling apart a Liaison Office right on the border was meant to incentivise toolbox between the neighbors well instead it is literally being blown away now here is a very unequivocal message from kim jong un sr the for law and the tragic scene of the useless north south joint Liaison Office completely collapsed would be seen corresponding to the mindset of the enraged people to surely force human scum and those who have sheltered the scum to pay dearly for their crimes in office was tragically ruined with a terrific explosion it comes amid an escalation between the 2 neighbors pyongyang for instance has been ramping up threats to move in the army into the now Demilitarized Zone skeptics though saying that all of this is just diversion tactics and really kim wants the attention of washington never again will we provide the us chief executive with another package to be used for achievements without receiving any returns nothing is more hypocritical than an empty promise and think its just because of those leaflets those anti north korea propaganda. Which they say thats why they did it but its highly unlikely that that is the only reason because for them to risk alienating so and really. Getting back on the bad side of potentially of the United States because of this aggressive act its very difficult to believe that its simply because of some fliers that were you know disparate distributed over to the border in north korea so i definitely believe that this is there are a kind of a last hell marry attempt to really get americas attention which is becoming increasingly difficult with this domestic situation the u. S. Now so i think thats why theyre resorted to such a aggressive act that they are otherwise maybe wouldnt have done in their eyes theyre probably thinking well we tried diplomacy we tried talking to trump we tried sitting down with the south korean president we tried taking the diplomatic peaceful route but well its not really gotten us anything and were still being hurt by the sanctions our economy is in shambles. Everyones ignoring us internationally right now and nothings really going on thats helping us really so we havent really got much out of it but something to consider that they might think they might have felt very desperate. There is anger in the German Parliament aimed at the United States over threatened sanctions linked to the major nord stream to the gas pipeline project with russia they had a few economic and energy 1st committee wants the government to consider kuntar measures heres our europe correspondent peter over. Well this latest move by the United States has caused across the political divide here in germany earlier in the week because we had the German Foreign minister saying that relations between washington and berlin at the moment worth of well difficult is how he described it and that was over Donald Trumps decision to pull u. S. Troops out of germany well that relationship is equally as problematic when you look at the north stream to project washington is currently threatening crippling sanctions against companies that theyre involved in that project that though is straight up a legal according to the chairman of the Bundestag Committee for Economic Affairs and energy. And weve got work to do against companies but also against governments it is an unlawful in the legal system in europe and theres also a german absorbency well the u. S. Senators including texas as ted cruz have put forward a bill in the United States that would put the sanctions on any company and Insurance Firm related to those Companies Involved in the laying of undersea Gas Pipelines as part of the north stream project now the German Foreign minister the German Government saying they reject that out of hand the fact that sanctions are being considered or could possibly be nice she did in the United States does not change anything in our position and nor its true to dissension has been discussed now are extraterritorial by nature from our point of view we reject them the German Government has long had the view that sanctions with extra territorial effects are in conflict with International Law and that theyre not a contribution to advancing International Corporation not stream to is the name suggest the 2nd phase in that this underwater gas pipeline project it takes russian gas directly from russia into germany. Multibillion euro project involves companies from a number of different nations it had been supposed to be open running by 29000 but pressure from the United States has forced delays washington says this pipeline gives moscow too much of a hand in the European Energy sector however politicians here in berlin well they think there may be and altieri a motive behind the United States protests. And the aim of these actions from the United States is not from our perspective to reduce dependence on russia but rather the goal is naturally to be able to sell their own gas to europe and that is easier to do with less gas is delivered from russia i. E. The trade really sions in the Energy Sector would be susceptible to disturb it historically not a lot has changed here even in the darkest hours of the cold war west germany as it was then bought energy from the u. S. S. R. As it was then what we have here though is essentially whos going to blink 1st the German Government are insisting its not going to be them they say the German Energy policy it who germany buys its energy from is german business and that donald trump the United States and any u. S. Senators that want to get involved well they should think twice about doing that. 20 indian soldiers being killed 101. 00 clashes with Chinese Forces in the disputed himalayan border area it is the 1st deadly encounter between them in the region for at least 4 decades china and india have long disputed ownership of the territory with their patrols often coming into contact resulting in occasional skirmishes china has not said whether its troops or for any casualties both sides blame each other for starting the fighting. In china itself tighter measures in the capital to stave off a suspected 2nd wave of coronavirus 28. 00 neighborhoods are now locked on for at least the next 3 weeks flights in the council the new i brics believed to have been started in the citys biggest food market beijing reported 31 new cases on wednesday totaling 137 over the past week. In europe. Opened up for tourists from within the e. U. Months of locked on the mirror of the iconic island of santorini usually bustling with visitors at this time of year of course pitched for holiday makers by showing that there hasnt been a single case of corona virus there the rest of the country though has logged over 3000 infections on 185. On the way the colds for a quality of racism are getting high level support but are some politicians questionable actions larger than their words we look at the modern slavery thats being overlooked later in the. You cant be both with the yeah you. Seem wrong. Why dont we all just dont all. Let me. Get to shape out just they become educated and engagement equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. And. Welcome back Police Reform in america is in motion President Trump signed an executive order to overhaul Police Departments across the country its the strongest federal level action yet after weeks of often violent unrest against Police Brutality following the death of george floyd rival democrats have their own ideas about how to improve policing criticising the trump administrations humbling of the crisis during a senate hearing. People are demanding action. They are not marching in the streets for a watered down proposals that wont hold any officers accountable and there is nothing about what the president announced today that would hold Police Officers who break the rules and break the law accountable because of existing laws that basically give Carte Blanche to Law Enforcement to kill it will with the utterance of these 3 words im sorry these 5 words i feared for my life hard for rare prosecutions and difficult convictions have characterized the experiences of families like both. He was killed in his apartment complex even a bowl of ice cream during the 8 years of president obama was there never to get rid of qualified immunity for Police Officers there were conversations and many conversations was there no registration there was not legislature any legislation and no knock warrants. Not to my knowledge was any legislation create a National Registry for bolland by the police there were efforts to create a National Registry i mean was it things were included in the 21st Century Police imply i just missed a lot of that so you know this is a tough time for the country. And. Trumps a handful but were not here because of the failings of one administration or because of failing that society or from the outset the public protests have demanded Police Reform and that i think since widened into calls in some quarters to despond entire Law Enforcement department to following the police has become a rallying cry and some black lives matter rallies from some democratic politicians or not aspect heres killer plot but. Its been 3 weeks of almost nonstop protesting since the death of george florida. The president has now signed an executive order banning the use of the chokehold unless the Police Officers life is in danger however protesters say that doesnt go far enough they want donald trump to defund the police but the president says hes not willing to do that i strongly oppose the radical and dangerous efforts to defend dismantle them dissolve our Police Departments without police there is chaos without law there is an arche and without safety there is catastrophe so what is in this executive order well it provides federal funding for deescalation training furthermore it encourages the police to be accompanied by social workers when dealing with drug addicts the homeless or the mentally ill it creates a federal database of complaints so Police Officers cant go from job to job to job after being fired for brutality now trump clearly hopes these moves will appease the growing unrest however the protesters seem satisfied with his moves trumps executive order is toothless and meaningless we dont need studies when he believes that commit crimes to be punished all police that use chokeholds claimed their lives were threatened whats new this is. Temped to calm things down from u. S. President donald trump comes after he promised a crackdown on seattle where protesters have set up what they call an autonomy zone after the local government vacated a Police Precinct of a governor that doesnt do a damn thing about it and you have a mayor that doesnt know shes alive shes talking about its going to be a love fest this summer you know if they dont do the job ill do the job but ive already spoken to the attorney general about it but if they dont do the job we will do the job. About 10 Different Things either any one of which will solve the problem quickly crack down in seattle would certainly fit Donald Trumps desired image as a law and order president but if the local government in seattle including the mayor is not willing to go along with it itll be pretty hard for the president to pull it off now the protesters at this point are not exactly running for cover and with a lackluster executive order there are unlikely to be off the streets anytime soon. Are new york. With a resurgent black lives Matter Movement hitting its stride worldwide politicians on both sides of the atlantic have been offering their solidarity perhaps a few should check their own truck records when it comes to modern slavery in north africa thats our Senior Correspondent rafael steve has been telling. For the enterprise in politician on income but by the way to the more outlets he and principles and empathy every crisis is an opportunity a free ride to relevance on the backs of the rejected and they did jack to watch them and learn barack obama and to whom the occupy wall street protest with brutally suppressed with battens and rubber bullets and tear gas hes now applauding the protesters Hillary Clinton whose phone us for football ming things has led to a new black slave industry in libya and shes now tweeting high stagg black lives not. This chart tells an incredible story of the power of black lifes matter as a Mass Movement your fellow american sahara and you keep marching over the past few weeks weve seen young people in every corner of the country step up and become leaders through organization and mobilization they are showing us that we can sustain this momentum to bring about real change at the end of the day this is a cruel and unjust world so most war is war and politics is politics take libya as an example a decade ago it was well a state it had law it was ruled by an autocrat but there was one of the richest states in africa people didnt need to see to europe to find peace but then came european and american jets and bombs and the people rather supporting the people of libya build a future that is free and democratic and prosperous attacks by Regime Forces for the libyan citizens. That. We came we saw them to die. See how can you complain about migrants and having to pay for them when you yourself made life hell for them in their own country will region look at libya now there is no law its chaos multiplied by civil war to the power of slave markets in 2020 where a black slave can be bought for 200. 00 human life for 200. 00. Migrants are being sold in the market as a commodity some in human beings is becoming a trend among smugglers because the Smuggling Networks in libya are becoming stronger and stronger if you go to the market you can pay between 2500. 00 to get a migrant heres an idea why dont you the enterprise and politician go to libya go to slave market theyre outdoors in the sweltering heat walk up to the slave live past the auctioneers and tell them to their faces that its not your fault that theyre there how they should stay there in that live and not try to escape to europe and then add to how you think that their lives matter throw in a beer lemme hash tag see what they think about that. Or how to handle monuments linked to slavery is still causing angry division in the us lets focus on new mexico or a former local politicians been arrested for shooting at protesters trying to topple a statue of a 16th century polish hes now in custody after one of the demonstrators was injured later local authorities took. Summer movies all swerves seen media commentators her to balance history for the 21st century. Should you happen to find yourself near a statue that you decide you no longer like we asked scientists for the best safest ways to bring it to the ground without anyone getting hurt example cause for the unanimous racist whos been dead for a century anyway. Every you were introduced to the bobby lation means by which you can topple statues its going to happen but heres a bigger issue should there be any liability to anybody who provides information on how to destroy personal property what if in addition to that somebody were to show ways to get any bombs ways to use poison ways to leave a destructive terroristic this means should it be against the law for science to provide information data on how to position a harness and what angle and what chemicals might be used to soften metals whenever you have something that is in the public eye and that is also all plotted youre going to see more of it. And when you have somebody who says let me show you how easy it is to topple a statue youre going to get this is well. Armed left wing activists have taken over a sizable section of central seattle and President Trump is getting out to meet at the bottom what. Crosstalk delves into an extraordinary story. 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