Disputed waters. By their just turned one of the afternoon here so good afternoon from russia live from r. T. Internationals World News Center here in moscow my name is kevin know it if the next 30 minutes and hope you can maybe stick with me too as we go through the headlines today. Started to release protesters who were detained during the unrest that followed sundays disputed president ial election weve got images for you the 1st one by the russians walking free from detention some of those people have been held for 4 days the interior ministrys pledged to release all detainees on friday around 6000. 00 have been arrested during the 1st 3 days of what happened there all that unrest and ambulance stops are released overnight describe direct to us what she witnessed inside. There. So there was there women were lying on the floor and the men who were in the next out they were constantly so badly that they just how long it was a terrible how all the blood froze in my veins just from what we heard every night it was terrible the Prison Guards were saying whats wrong is your life thats bad i decided to act out and we live work here because of some nonsense what kind of doctors are you youre not doctors i dont know what you are werewolves thats the sort of thing they shout it and a lot of swear words that i dont want to repeat they were also saying this when you were 1st held on the street everyone driving by was shocked person white ropes on their knees with a machine gun to the head of the. Ministry representative gave the official line insisting there was no mistreatment of protesters in detention. I think i have the you they provide you with this interview but she did she says is that you are there for the few who are lets be careful here. The same time as protests against Police Brutality being held across europe including outside the better which the embassy here in moscow for what double call to. Support the earlier on this morning. Well its still early in the day here in moscow on the protests in front of the bella Russian Embassy behind me have typically been taking place in the evening but by the looks of things the abnormal brutality with which the Ballarat Police is using to handle the protesters seems only actually to be strengthening develop russian opposition yesterday we saw protests called lines of solidarity of women dressed in white Holding Flowers and portraits of loved ones that were arrested since the beginning of the on rest we also saw workers from some of the countrys several major factories going on strike so the sheer scale of this protest sat and valorous has definitely grown massively since the beginning. Of the. Blue note so. I dont. Believe so but for most of what it was. Was that. It was going to. Be. Very. Serious. As weve also seen protests in front of belorussian embassies in a number of Different Countries in kiev for example we saw protesters throwing our and smoke bombs at the building and here are the protests in front of the beloRussian Embassy weve seen belorussians as well as native muscovites to a form to protest against the Police Brutality and president Alexander Lukashenko is a legit election raking now lets not forget that russian journalists were among the many who have been arrested in these protests including r. T. F. Responded in minsk and a number of roughly workers now we did hear from the belorussian minister of internal affairs who apologized to those who were injured and were not violently protesting lets take a listen to what he had to say. Some took to the streets before the voting had even finished they decided beforehand that they would protest on the 11th they put up barricades using ripped up benches from bus stops and flipped over flower stands was that a peaceful act of protest in any mass confrontation when dealing with widespread violations of public order bystanders would inevitably get caught up in the action as commander i take responsibility and apologize for the injuries to people who receive them for no reason so what these protests intensifying and no sign of the government really looking to give in to them will definitely keep watching this story and give our viewers the latest developments as they become available here specially to this weekend will further what was said there commenting on claims of violence against journalists pelosi has ministry of internal affairs is no pledge to investigate every allegation earlier we spoke to economists Jaroslav Roman chookie told us that while the 4th day of protests had better was when relatively calmly people there are far from. Close to it said peace for people. But theres a lot of joy. But they engender change because the last drop that broke the camels back was the mass joining the problems of the state enterprise dozens of different big commercial entity enjoy the prada saying that we demand not perks from the government we need fair. Elections to look at himself put in the position when he did not deliver on any dialogue with any meaningful social group and the way that election commissioners are or the election and vote now definitely ignited that kind of protest and anger because nobody believes in butler that location got 80 percent of the. Other use today the United Arab Emirates and israel have agreed to normalize relations the deal brokered by washington includes a promise by israel to delay the annexation of palestinian lands in the west bank the palestinians serve reacted angrily with the israeli Prime Minister saying eventual an extension is still on the cards. Shoot sure there is no change in my plan to implement our sovereignty in today and somalia in full coordination with the United States im committed to it its still on the table. Palestinian leadership rejects what the United Arab Emirates has done and considers it a betrayal of jerusalem and the palestinian cause and some suspect the deal between the u. S. In israel actually targets another regional player 2 is caleb maupin explains. Israel and the United Arab Emirates have formally agreed to establish diplomatic ties now many see this as a historic move as for many years arab states have not recognized israel as a country this is a monumental step to forging ties of cooperation in the middle east Donald Trumps supporters say he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for arranging this but the palestinians arent exactly thrilled with this new arrangement the deal between United Arab Emirates and israel is a betrayal of the palestinians given the historical. Relationship that israel has had with the arab states in other words no peace. According to the old formula no peace was possible until the palestinian issue was resolved in the past the mission is not resolved the Palestinian Authority is now formally withdrawing its envoy from the United Arab Emirates they say recognizing a country that is occupying them is simply unacceptable now in the diplomatic fallout of this deal were starting to see what this is really all about aside from the u. A. E. Israel and the United States there is a 4th country that is now showing up in a lot of the conversation surrounding the deal iran peace between the arabs and the israelis is romes Worst Nightmare and no one has done more to intensify the conflict between the arabs and the israelis of iran what we see today is a new middle east the trend lines a very different today and we see the future is very much in the gulf and with israel and the post is that the Iranian Regime it clings to power on the basis of brute force. Iran often labeled as israels largest regional opponent has denounced the deal the Islamic Republic of iran is confident that history will show that this was a mistake made by israel and this dagger that has been unjustly thrust by the United Arab Emirates into the backs of the Palestinian People and all muslims will lead to strengthening resistance and the unity of the muslim people against israel as well as fuel confrontation in the region when donald trump visited saudi arabia he spoke of building an arab nato that would work as a coalition in the region opposing iran and fighting terrorism and it seems now this you story deal is being revealed not so much to be about getting recognition for israel or protecting palestinians from an accession but about targeting one of washingtons most longstanding opponents in the region there is definitely the pattern isnt toward iran and i think the timing is ideal given whats happening in beirut and the fact that hezbollah is now under pressure in lebanon with the government having. Resigned there so we have a Coalition Building disagreement rather than easing tensions in the gulf within the arab states will. Harden stances or at least continue to maintain the antagonism that we have. This is were keeping a close eye on tensions are escalating in the Eastern Mediterranean with france is building up its military presence in the south to turkey started and Gas Exploration in disputed waters and raging at the same time greece and cyprus so paris for the moment says is to plummet as a temporary measure designed to monitor the situation but relations with ankara had already been strained to do prince he picks up a story for you. President matt corn has signalled that the along tensions continue to rise between greece and turkey the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean is worrying tookey is unilateral decisions on Oil Exploration are causing tensions these must stop in order for a peaceful dialogue between neighboring and nato allies to take place but this seemingly didnt stop the french president from reinforcing frances military presence in the mediterranean its confirmed paris will send to referee and fighter jets and the naval frigate lafayette a move welcomed by the greek Prime Minister i think president mccraw on for his cell a dirty emanuel necron is a true friend of greece but also a fervent defender of European Values and International Law the greek pm bill this as an act of solidarity but you only have to scratch the surface to see that there is more going on here in recent months cross also found itself clashing with turkey in the mediterranean. These past few days we have seen turkish warships deliver syrian mercenaries to libyan soil this is a serious and explicit in french meant of what was agreed upon in berlin i must reiterate the prerequisite for any political solution in libya is the cancellation of this document but with that incident still rushing from his mind it appears to have been keen to show solidarity with a fellow member in this case greece last month macko an even cooler for sanctions against turkey over these purported violations in the Eastern Mediterranean now the arrival of turkeys new seismic civvy vessel this caught the attention of the e. U. The latest developments rick stream the worrying what is needed to be done is to engage in solving all the open issue. With principles of good neighborly relations International Law and positive engagement with fronts now bolstering its military might to aid greeces plight greece is perhaps our feeling in boulder and its place its military on high alert recalling naval and air force personnel from the holidays turkey for its part says it will protect its rights toys and interests in coastal areas and with france now wading into this pact turkeys president is accused of provoking regional players into taking wrongful steps there is concern that this action by fronts rather than defeating the situation could in fact escalate it jollity risky r. T. Paris. People in beirut are still of course reeling from last weeks devastating explosion it was a riff it was an 8 killed over 200 people injured thousands and left up 2300000 homeless buildings as far as 10 kilometers from the blast site percent of were flattened destroyed hes the story next of one lebanese design of the news having to rebuild his whole lifes work from scratch. Like i was always so happy we were facing the put it is very artistic and inspiring because its industrial enriching details now everything is ricks look at the destruction the wreckage i dont know how much time it would take to be rebuilt. There are no words to describe what my team and i are feeling but we cant but thank god that were all alive and well no one was hurt the left this building 10 minutes before the blast hit and thank god no one was hurt thats the most important thing. Both of the hard work of 20 years was destroyed in mere seconds it was because of this tuesday explosion which went off just across the street. This is another challenge for us how we can get our hands on funds to rebuild they say there will be compensation but thats not certain and this isnt something we used to 11 and i hope we can get compensation to rebuild. This and i dont think we have coming out with a new collection inspired by this very heartbreaking incident my team and i are really picking up the pieces i really want to come out with a collection inspired by beirut the suffering of beirut. Keep strong i think your Church International today with me kevin 0 in plenty more ahead students in germany have inadvertently been funding the radical and to Activism Group that she wish and feed saying they didnt know about it some of them. Well its silly were on the trail of. Same wrong were all just dont. Get to shape our. Attic. And engage with equals betrayal. When something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Ah no. No shots. Actually theres. No. Point should your thirst for action. Again face a time we were watching today so as we said before the break students in germany have been funding the Movement Without knowing it its transpired that some of that she wished in fees paid to Cologne University of ended up in the controversial activist groups hands for years is r t 0 correspondent peter oliver on the money trail. The anti fascist organization have received a lot of press in 2020 with even the president of the United States china in the United States of america will be designating and as a terrorist organization here in germany they havent received that type of criticism but there is a controversy surrounding the use of University Students fees from cologne to go towards a contribution to the group for the 2020 to 21. 00 winter semester each student at the university of cologne taste 280. 00 euro and 0. 95 for 205. 00 euro and 0. 95 goes to the Student Council and is meant to pay the transport discounting workers salary and for the departments work out of the 10000000 euro the council will take in around 8 and a half 1000 will be paid to the Student Branch and to take its delicate because while auntie far on demonised here the way they are in the us a report by germanys internal Security Service the beer file has some pretty strong things to say about a k. And the groups its associated with conservative student groups in turn and not so happy that they have to contribute to a case without choice it shouldnt be that every student has to subsidize a group that has been classified as extremist by the office for the protection of the constitution we regularly demand that the funding of n. T. For a k. Be cut the majority of students who spoke to our t. Said they had absolutely no problem paying a contribution to our k. I dont know how much the payment is but im sure it is not enough and it should be higher i think its good because its important to support the social organisation and is dealing with many board and social issues and then let you know we ended. Well being. I think its a good idea to support though and. I think it does make sense and i think it is important and why political spectrum is represented and i see no problem that it is fine and from the student piece a k. Has received funding from students at the university of cologne since it was set up 15 years ago neither the student body that doles out the funding nor the students themselves see any reason why that should change any time soon but while the name until far continues to be mentioned in trembling tones by those in power the group may find themselves coming under more scrutiny peter all over r. T. Another story now but also under scrutiny facebook is being accused of illegally harvesting the facial recognition data of users of its social media platform instagram a class action against the tech giant could cost the company up to half a trillion dollars. Once facebook captures instagram users protected by metrics it uses them to boast or its facial recognition abilities across all of its products including the facebook application and shares this information among various entities facebook does all of this without providing any of their acquired notices or disclosures required by illinois law its claim facebook violated the privacy rights of 100000000. 00 of its users under the current Law Companies can be fined up to 5000. 00 for each individual reckless saw intentional violation lived there for means if you total up a total foreign it could potentially reach 500000000000. 00 just last month facebook offered to pay 650. 00 willing to settle a similar case when the company was accused of illegally collecting biometric data through a photo tagging tool you may recall does maintain its face Recognition Systems are not used on instagram. The citys baseless instagram doesnt use Face Recognition Technology if we introduce Face Recognition Technology to your Instagram Experience we will let you know 1st and you will have control over whether we use this technology for you privacy activist and Technology Expert bill new believes despite the controversial nature of the lawsuit there are potentially high risks if facebook really is collecting uses biometric data. This is to a large extent a claim that is being brought on a speculative basis because we dont know whether instagram used facial Recognition Software for sure and we dont know the extent to which it used to now many users to a large extent the law being used here is the one in illinois which is the strictest biometrics security or privacy law anywhere in the world and is being brought on behalf of us users which are a significant proportion of the. Facebook is telling facial Recognition Software without any form of consent then this is of real abuse and could be equally damaging because if it loses that dates or fails to protect as it has done with other instances then all of the people its collective pleasure information from could be vulnerable to Identity Theft to the rest of the leaps. With the black lives Matter Movement getting traction around the world right now since the killing of choice lloyd some of the Biggest Companies from Silicon Valley to wall street have publicly denounced racism and they their efforts may be in vain though it seems as a recent poll out has revealed that very few people actually think these statements a sincere a survey or 7 or 10 americans believe the anti racism messaging coming from Corporate America is simply due to public pressure rather than actual concern for black communities it also found that people are divided over whether or not such messaging is even necessary at all. This white black american set out to make. A political commentator and she brian logan then is one of those who thinks Companies Supporting the b. L. M. Movement just to keep the profits up of the day these companies are just trying to be virtuous in the eyes of their consumers and they dont want to have any kind of cancel culture or to cancel coming your direction they dont want to get your stories they dont want to have a negative reputation so dont go out there is a thing as i always support black labs black cloud matters is all about just p. R. Company relation is trying to appear virtuous and good in the eyes of those that are out there protesting and also and of those that are out there sympathetic towards the protesters if a company had a reputation of being pro social justice and pro you know black labs and anti police. Then it would make sense for them to have these states now but if youre not that kind of company if theres a company that sells hamburgers or dogs i mean theres no reason for you to go out there and talk about anything political at all no reason whatsoever theres no reason to pick. Leave you with the thought thats the update so keep across so much more of what were talking about. And also if there are social media if you get many to check it out. In just about half an hours time this friday but for now reporting from moscow im kevin thank you for watching this and have a super day. Government group. Small group. When you have a tiny people who have all the power you have to have some means to. Get together. These are sacrificing. The capitalism exploited and destroyed for profit and left behind misery poverty environmental devastation and so you see things like Voter Suppression building more prisons. In democratic practices. For the democrats the. Usual joining. Up. I. This is boom bust the one business show you cant afford to miss im sorry montecito in washington coming up new unemployment claims in the United States dropped below 1000000 for the week as we look to find the bottom of the pandemic and there are a lot of headlines about trade tension between the u. S. And china dont forget the u. S. And the your team they still have trade issues there have a lot to get to so lets get started. Its thursday which means u. S. Unemployment numbers were released weekly jobless claims fell to 963000 last week now this is the 1st time the numbers are below 1000000 since mid march that was when the coronavirus was declared a pandemic in late march u. S. Filings hit nearly 6900000 in a single week well the better than expected numbers come as President Donald Trump issued an executive order that provides an extra 4 100. 00 a week of unemployment thats down from the original 600. 00 of insurance but those benefits may not show up for weeks the Unemployment Rate fell to 10. 2 percent last month this was after peaking near 15 percent in april now even though 1800000 jobs were added in july the Unemployment Rate is still well above the prepared to make level of 3. 5 percent. Numbers and the state of the u. S. Economy we are joined by the host of news with rick sanchez our team is rick sanchez himself rick lets get started thanks for being with us today lets start with this overall the numbers report here it was a pleasure a lot a lot still to be done a far from recovery here some of the biggest drops came from your home state of florida also new york and texas added to those drops is this a small step in the right direction. Yeah but you have to always weigh it against whats going on in terms of the american so because if were creating jobs. Spends and being. In places where the