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Pipeline project with russia calling the restrictions on. This is R T International my names you know neil welcome to the program. We start 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 support hospitals but as the day progressed the peaceful protests took a darker turn. I. Think this is video showing a nurse being injured during a Violent Arrest at the rally in paris on the house sparked a furious reaction online its been reported that she was the tane for throwing projectiles for her daughter whos a journalist leapt to her defense on twitter. This woman is my mother shes 50 years old and nurse she worked for 3 months between 12 and 14 hours a day she had to call the 19 she was demonstration so that would be erased that who work would be recognized shes this matic she has her uniform on shes on the one meter 55 toll. To camera operators from r t france were injured while filming some of the unrest when people began throwing stones at police both receive treatment for medical workers who were out there for. A while when it comes to policing officers in france will still be able to use controversial restraining methods because the government try to turn completely bombing chokeholds after opposition from officers more enough from charlotte devinsky. Frances interior minister promised 0 tolerance or racism among the forces a promise that came on the pa in mass protests over allegations of racism and Police Brutality unleashed following the death of george floyd giving us great stuff casting they even double down during his speech. I mean the choke hold 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 protesters hailed aston is moved to a chokehold but the reaction from the police was theory unions despite the technique was 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 unionist demand they talk so this is turned out to protest through bringing back handcuffs. On that but i also were not allowed 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 refused to be arrested were under the effect of narcotics alcohol if they take away our working methods there will be possible anymore it all proved too much for the interior ministry its now made a u. Turn on the choke hold ban suspending it until a socalled alternative cant be found now human rights organizations have stepped. It is unfortunate that interior minister custom there reconsider his decision to abandon the practice of chalk cauldron the danger of which he himself had recalled 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. Stun guns or in limited but increasing use in france up almost 70 percent between 2017 and 2019 last year the use of stun guns proved fatal once while others suffered severe injuries while stun guns or increasingly becoming the weapon of choice across europe enforced even the Police Concern us. We must understand that when the police use force its 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 force is in but told in a row over whether or not the force is all racist too 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 theres a certain cover up of the problems is there a 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 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 public. Police reform also on the cards in the us a president has signed an executive order to overhaul Law Enforcement departments nationwide means in minot. North koreas threatening to send troops into the demilitarized border zone all but wiping out a deal to reduce tensions with the so i think reed burley 2 years ago on choose the north blew up the only negotiation i posed between the 2 countries sending their heavily strained relationship to a dangerous new low they artillery units deployed at the level of the from guard duty to top class combat duty system throughout the front line and will resume all kind of regular military exercises in the areas close to the boundary in the north actually take such a move it will certainly be the price for. The demolition of the mt i post in the border town of k. Song was shown on north korean t. V. There have been weeks of the speed with the site which pyongyang blames for stalled peace talks and failing to stop defectors distributing cross border propaganda but the north ultimate aim could be about attracting attention from much further afield as igor shit on the brakes there. Is 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 talks 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 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 seoul 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 desperate distributed over to the border in north korea so i definitely believe that this is their kind of the 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 now they are otherwise maybe wouldnt have done in their eyes theyre probably thinking well we tried diplomacy we tried talking to tromp 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 these 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 gotten 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 gas pipeline project with russia the head of the economic and Energy Affairs committee wants the government to consider contra measures with more heres our europe correspondent peter all over. Well this latest move by the United States has caused hopes across the political divide here in germany but earlier in the week. We had the German Foreign minister saying that relations between washington and at the moment. Well difficult is how he described it 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 not project that is straight to police according to the chairman of the buddhist. Committee for Economic Affairs and energy. And weve got work to do against companies but also gives governments it is an unlawful its a friends in the legal system immunity and theres also a german and you observe. 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 should it in the United States does not change anything in our position or its true to the sanctions 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 you is the name suggest the 2nd face in that this underwater gas pipeline project it takes russian gas directly from russia into germany a multi 1000000000 euro project and involves companies from a number of different nations it had been supposed to be open running by 2019 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. 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 relations 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 the 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 there they say the German Energy policy is to germany buys its energy from its 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. Police reform in america is in motion President Trump an executive order to overhaul Police Departments across the country it is the strongest federal level auction year after weeks of often violent on wrist against Police Brutality following the death of george floyd rival democrats have their own ideas about how to improve policing criticising the trumpet ministrations handling 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 from my heart for real prosecutions and difficult convictions have characterized the experiences of families like both you joe. 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 in many conversations was there no registration there was not logical is there any legislation and no knock warrants. Not to my knowledge was any legislation created 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. Trops a handful but were not here because of the failings of one administration or because of failing a society where we can remember from the outset that public protests have demanded Police Reform on lot of anger has since widened into colds in some quarters to despondent higher Law Enforcement departments defend the police has become a rallying cry of some black lives matter rallies one from some democratic politicians to heres our take it up and. 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 he is 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 these moves trumps executive order used to thing this 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 attempt 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 it will happen our new york. High profile sporting events a month for as long being to keep politics all right but a growing campaign say thats id update the global athlete to movement is calling its olympics and paralympics chiefs over enforcing political neutrality saying its a violation of human rights now the time when leading sports people can use their high profile to drive change. The you see in the aipcs recent statement that athletes who take a knee will fix bams its a clear breach of human rights its blatantly hypocritical to tell athletes to stick to their sports and stay out of politics while the i. O. C. And i. P. C. Consistently leverage politics to their advantage it is time for change every athlete must be empowered to use their platforms gestures and voice. Right now though the rules are clear the olympic charter specifically mentions ensuring new trial at sea or barred from any kind of the splay of political religious or racial propaganda inside all olympic venues they face penalties if they do with sanctions considered on a case by case basis that could change though the International Olympic Committee President stays hes considering dialogue with awfully on potentially easing the restrictions discussing all this next on the life of the say a number of guests we have sociology professor Ellis Cashmore whos also a former sports and media lecturer and also a veteran Sports Writer John Goodbody a former long time correspondent for britains times sunday Times Newspapers welcome both ellis come kick off with you politicizing the Olympic Games in any way it just sounds wrong doesnt that isnt the point of the limpid games its very essence its spirit that. Know that theyre competing in a fair or transparent a neutral environment away from politics. 20 years ago but practically going to 36 that was in berlin has been. Im not going to so politicized some have been of virtually infiltrated by political Interest Groups but of for the most part its difficult to find a limpid games that havent been affected in some way by surrounding events that those events may be social that may be political that maybe cultural but the i. O. C. Doesnt live in a vacuum and nor does the game so it does always reflect whats going on in the world that side so the short answer to your question is that it is not possible to have a completely politics free limpid games john the point being made by those pushing for change is that freedom of expression is a human right and that should extend to sporting events as well is not wrong. But. I think in the case of the Olympic Games and the paralympics one thing should be made absolutely clear a matter they i. O. C. And the p. C. Allow their competitor to voice any political views in an interview after they have competed all in fact on social media before or during or after they have competed where the i. O. C. And the r. P. C. Drawn the line is actually jury and the fame to sell the problem will be created if the. Stance continues into next year when the games are taking place in tokyo is that it then opens up. A huge number of issues which you could say but human rights issues and really you going to have a shiri of cases where athletes. Will be protesting about some issue or an alpha ls just to pick up on one point joan said there are search the lives very much so these days to express political opinions and official media settings on their social media accounts its hardly fer men to say theyre being repressed. I dont think they will be. Whether we use repression or not i dont know the word itself suggests some kind of force some kind of coercion into shutting up do not say thats not possible with social media as you say so if an athlete wants to make a point he or she will make it if not on the rostrum. In the twitter account or Something Like that. Everything that john sir is i agree with by the way but i think there will be a change i think thomas spock who is the head of the International Olympic committee is the kind of guy who understands whats going on in the world hes not an idiot and hes not going to stick to. This. Rule number 50 which stipulates that the Olympic Games cant be used for any one car member the exact wording but its politics racial propaganda come into it but will understand that the winds of change are in the air there are Gathering Forces at the moment there is this incredible momentum that has got behind the black lives matter following the floyd to death now this could dissipate over the next 12 months in which case the olympics will not be in trouble but my guess is that it will probably gain impetus and who knows the maybe another incident in the United States between now and then if it does again impetus then the pressure will be on the i. O. C. To im in either amend rule 50 or make some accommodation and i think bach will make the accommodation i think he will say theyre actually taking in the isnt an overt political gesture but it is testimony of fact that the athlete has views thoughts beliefs that are consistent with the olympic charter in other words and to discrimination given the global reach of the Olympic Games you know it takes a unique platform to raise Awareness Towards important issues such as battling racism as well as pointed out that the games and 36 in germany political they were racist they were overtaken by hitler why shouldnt they be used for a powerful good purpose instead. Well enough. Sense they have and before we just continue i think we just get kayo what rule 50 says no point of demonstration or political ruin or just or racial propaganda is permitted in any olympic site venues or other areas. That is what the rule is its in the olympic charter and of course what the i. O. C. Have done over the years is that may have had occasions when they have for instance between 1964 games and the 1988 games not permitted south africa to take part because of its apartheid policy which was then in virtue in the country resentment after 990 way and multi racial government was beginning to start in south africa that black South Africans were allowed to compete alongside want South Africans in a South African team not asperin barcelona or 99 to do it was a great moment. But you have to remember that the i. O. C. Has quite often done this for particular reasons for it since 1972 is number example i was in munich in 1972 when roti shah was. Kicked out of the games literally at the last moment i mean they were in the Olympic Village and they said 2 examples when the i. O. C. Held some. Particular. Stance on human rights ok were just running out of time heard it just so we could get your final points on this issue if you would just to kick off with you what do you think will happen and should happen i think of the next 12 months thomas park will consider all of these options and decide that he will allow. If they wish to take the knee. If if they wish on the podium and who knows maybe elsewhere donna final words would allow. I think. I agree with that alicia i think but much depends on what happens in the next 12 months whether momentum continues or whether in fact the issue goes away and you can imagine the ramifications could be quite large this thank you both for a spirited debate learning quite a lot there as well sociology professor Ellis Cashmore former sports and media lecture veteran Sports Writer John Goodbody a former long time correspondent for britains times on sunday Times Newspaper thank you both. My pleasure. 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