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For their good even just gone 5 oclock here in the russian capital youre watching r. T. International hundreds of protesters in the u. S. Cities have to fight a curfew designed to bring an end to the recent im rested demonstrators are up demonstrations erupted after police shot a black man multiple times in the back on sunday 2 people were killed overnight in a gun fight and a 3rd victim with serious injuries was taken to hospital media reports claim a young white male armed with an Assault Rifle was behind the shooting low that has not been officially confirmed is more now on what took place overnight. Feel. Cool sounds that majority of. Always. Call. Thank you. Thank. You the list. Theres thousands of protesters out 2 here. From all over the place. Cincinnati and minnesota everywhere. Really chaotic down there i was down there. I got yes i got yes. I had a couple friends that guy nice rubber bullets down here. Ok with that then it has the unrest in wisconsin actually began on sunday. That would have warned you might find this video disturbing police. From behind his family say the 29 year old is now paralyzed from the. Seventys watching the whole. Hes not surprised by the protests. And the only people would be surprised at the people who believe the issues of institutional racism in this country i mean i remember back originally when black lives matter 1st started were Trayvon Martin and then you know you had mike brown or gardner and you had case after case of these shootings of young black men and women across the country were officers were never really held accountable for that and you had protests throughout these kind of false you know. Dog and pony show styled fixes of the institutionalism without really addressing it without really. Taking it to task and really changing the culture in the major in this country but that allows these things to happen so no it doesnt surprise me that were seeing once again george floyd now this man in wisconsin its a pattern thats not going to change until there is real actual honest change in this country and that doesnt come from just politicians getting on t. V. And promising reforms would never happen but theres also anger to it why can i ship police still dont have body cameras which would have shed more light on exactly what happened despite city authorities approving body cams way back in 2017 supplies is said to be delayed and still wont be ready for another 2 years when he can lose me. In wisconsin consistent wow can i use your offices dont have them in other parts of the state they not only web them but must keep the footage for months in case an investigation is needed he has been sworn says about would have made a big difference in the case of jacob but. It is institutional failure and by the way there it is not true that there are not clear regulations in fact the governor of wisconsin has set out very clear guidelines for how body cameras are to be used how long footage from those body cameras is to be kept in Public Record when thats all been laid out so that the problem is when you have a situation like what we exactly what what we had in this Community Just the other night this is why body cameras are so badly needed over and over we see it because an officer tells one story the person who it is in confrontation with police tells a different story witnesses tell a different story and then you have the story of those who manage it in some cases certainly not at all but in some cases get to use their cell phones to capture any. Version of what happened right because the still camera video that we see from a distance is not the whole story its a snippet the moment of it but body cameras are supposed to protect the officer and the person whos being confronted but theres been such a push to not use body cameras to run away from that technology that it becomes disingenuous when there is a situation like this and now the mayor says oh its a budget issue its not a budget issue its a lack of will issue. While issues relating to the black lives Matter Movement are also making headlines in the u. K. At the moment after the b. B. C. There announced it is dropping the lyrics from a performance of 2 iconic pop songs which have links to slavery and we put the issue up for debate and you can catch it a bit later on in the program. Now the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson has joined the growing chorus of International Voices demanding an investigation into the alleged poisoning of russian opposition activist alexina valmy with a before and he has been carried axes already stating as fact that no valley was deliberately targeted. The poisoning of alexander short the world the u. K. Stands in solidarity with him and his family we need a full transparent investigation into what happened the perpetrators must be held accountable and the u. K. Will join International Efforts to ensure justice is done Boris Johnson the british Prime Minister saying that the u. K. Backs an independent investigation into what happened to Alexei Novell me it would seem he supported in that by the German Government there was a press briefing on wednesday here in berlin not a lot mentioned about mr no violence but they did say that they stressed the importance of an investigation taking place over the atlantic in the United States u. 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Secretary of state mike pompei o said that he was concerned by reports that its come out from germany that stay should they prove accurate the United States supports a full investigation now what weve heard coming out from moscow is the meeting prescott of the kremlin spokesperson saying that moscow also wants to know what happened but the findings of the german clinic alone arent grounds to launch an investigation as far as theyre concerned mr peskov also sent out a warning against jumping to conclusions we repeat that were also interested in finding whats happened to the victim numerous analyses by our doctors have been no help in detecting the substance that causes current state were not aware of the german medics found a substance numerous wordings about poisoning that are widely used now we treat them with patients but do not agree with such a version at the current stage for us we should find the poisonous substance as with the statements of discontent they should come officially and not from the mass media of the hospital in skin russia that 1st treated alexei and carried out tests to see if they could find any toxins in his system 1st offered to share all of their information we. The hospital here in berlin theyre now calling on the shot at a hospital in the german capital to share information with them to try and determine exactly what they found in alexina valmy system as it stands at the moment though when it comes to the condition of alexina valmy what we know for the latest is that he remains stable but in an induced coma theres been no further updates from medics here in germany. Human rights advocates are furious the social media giant facebook is blocking access to a 1000000 strong protest group in thailand it is criticizing the countrys king of thailand is witnessing mass prodemocracy rallies with some calling for reform of the monarchy Facebook Says it would rather not shut down a group that is being pressured by thai authorities and is filing a legal challenge against officials however in other countries basically she has no qualms whatsoever about Challenging Authority our Senior Correspondent looks at the apparent double standards. This is an entirely new paradigm were witnessing the birth of a new type of censorship customized tailored censorship what you say no longer matters it no longer matters where youre from what matters is who you say it against. Thailand has a very specific law its called the less majestic and what it does is criminalize any negative speech towards the king all the queen all the air all the 2nd there and so on so the rule really cannot be criticised by anyone if you dare criticize the queens dress for example or the kings haircut you face 15 years in jail 15 years this now apparently includes International Criticism so on facebook for example which just banned uprooted more crecy group of 1000000 people. For hurting the kings feelings after careful review facebook has determined that we are compelled to restrict access to content which the Thai Government has deemed to be illegal 23rd century you cant criticize a person because his father gave him a shiny crown and told him he was special having said that there are many many people in thailand who almost worship the rule family which is their right among their fans too in fact is the u. S. Secretary of state you know this is a long shares relationship church a set of 200 years and i know we will remain great and good friends for the next 2 centuries as well we could report mr pompei stark raving duplicity and hypocrisy after all mr pump arrows happy to cozy up to the saudi king for example it is of dictators who regimes that mr pompei will facebook have a problem with its where those autocrats are from. Remember the United States government shouting itself all server what was happening in Hong Kong Freedom Justice Liberty they shouted over and over again their facebook promoted proved to more prosy groups and cracked down bad procida groups a slew of them we causally working to detect and stop this type of activity because we dont want our services to be used to manipulate people the United States and other free nations will continue to protect our peoples from the long arm of beijings authoritarianism i mentioned earlier customized censorship this is the result censorship tailored to a time and a place no one rule for all so you can fight for freedom so long as you are fighting for freedom from someone that the United States doesnt play. If youre fighting for freedom from othello whos prepared to ruin your and your familys life because you wrote it mean comment about him well you cant do that see he is pompous powell. And here we are europes last dictator they call him lucia same story really a part of the population loves him a part of the population hates him and pump ale has a picture of them hugging each other really does have a collection not one theyre still trying to decide by the way washington facebook is this an autocrat who is good for america and should be through the prove democracy groups under the bus and label them haters. Who is at a disadvantage though his daddy see he didnt give them a crowd and say that it protects against rowdy peasants of the us secretary of state probably does have more news minded moment and what friends he has after the Democratic Party did pledge to probe his appearance by video link at the Republican National convention where he rooted for trump. This president has led bold initiatives in nearly every corner of the world today because of the president s determination and leadership that isis caliphate is wiped out its gone just 2 weeks ago the president broke pretty good store a peace deal between israel and the United Arab Emirates this is the deal that our grandchildren will read about in their history books President Trump has put his america 1st vision into action it may not have made him popular in every foreign capital but its worked however in doing that has apparently broken the very rules he made for employees at the state Department Memorandum does ban officials from endorsing a candidate at a convention rally or similar gathering political analyst Alexandra Bruno believes that on this occasion they had no choice. Is violating. American called the hutch which prevents officials of an administration to speak in favor of that administration or himself i believe wrote a letter. To his diplomatic staff about a month ago saying they should refrain from political activity of this kind this is not a diplomatic move but what about what is diplomatic about the trumpet ministration they risk by leading the charge act because the potential benefits in voting terms are greater. Debate about britains colonial past is making news again in the u. K. That is after the b. B. C. Confirmed it is removing the lyrics of 2 patrick songs that its flagship concert the proms 18th century song rupert tenure has been criticised for its links to slavery while land of hope and glory penned in 1000. 00 a one plugs the British Empire yet british Prime Minister Boris Johnson does insist that the country shouldnt be ashamed of its history. I think its time we stopped cringing embarrassment about our history about our traditions and our culture and we stopped this. Part of so for communication and witness i wanted to get that off my chest and say does say that the lyrics were actually dropped because with restrictions to me they cant be anything present we put the issue up for debate with the concert itself dividing opinion. Prince of multicultural country has anthems written in the. Early 18th century prefix of britains imperial past so well and good maybe this reclaiming museums where rightly belong but i think on a National Broadcast we dont want to hear that sort of stuff and certainly thats only my background if you are black or asian or from one of the commonwealth countries then the implication that britons will never be slaves doesnt hold quite true for you and neither your descendants and i think almost everybody in the country likes that and they enjoy this up in the one night a year of the last night of the problems facing going on since 8095. 00 so thats when the problem started so its a carnival culture its a part of our heritage and they should state really its not the place of people who have just started working for the b. B. C. To state that they can stop us singing britains a multicultural country is not a country. A land of hope and glory how can we pay be patriotic to a country that formally because black british citizens as we saw when ross county we want to have a real debate about the nature of citizenship among them compared to helping to try and suggest that this country treats everybody with equality before the laureus complete hogwash in fact were an Unequal Society and a deeply Racialized Society hasnt been proven by Research Time and time again so were singing songs about touching and then we need to find a new tune and you would signal with them that reflect the modern realities of britain in the 21st century in this country in the United Kingdom there is nothing going on its the same as this you know its a kingdom its one of the best places in the world the black and brown people to live its not a racist country this now there is systemic racism simply isnt true look like i got on well im a London Assembly member you. Weve got a an indian home secretary youve got in india the chancellor of the exchequer yeah no i do that you know its not all white people to say to black people this is a wonderful country no racism doesnt exist its a black people to white people actually this is what we think and the well meaning member response of black people when theyre surveyed by ipsos mori and others in the post black life much of movement is a pretty nice remains or a racist country so much like the sort of romantic. Drivel that we just said relation so this may be some sort of wonderful meritocracy of antiracism burnaby b. C. Got to reflect a changing culture of the times and we see programs removed from the b. B. C. Like Love Thy Neighbor and god knows what else and there will be more of that to come up salute he sure and this is just another element of that that was something completely different i would agree with that but were not talking about that were talking about last night of the drum so shouldnt yeah look what i did for the b. B. C. Once diversity you find it can have diversity but youve got to have tradition in that youve got a city by British Culture not every other culture of our own and thats whats so wrong about this. That the u. S. Envoy to the u. N. Has known one diplomatic tirade against americas allies accusing fellow ambassadors of backing terrorists after the u. K. France nor saying germany refused to support washingtons move to slap more sanctions on iran that prompted menace french from hans no fear in standing a remix of company on this matter and light at the unmistakable truth that our actions. I only regret that other members of this council have lost their way and now find themselves standing and the company of terrorist washington demanded the reinstatement of all prayed 2015 un sanctions but Security Council allies refused saying the white house had no right to initiate procedures in a deal that actually been through from itself and 2018 is how the Security Council president summed up the session. It is clear for me that there is one man where its at the arbiter of what is in on the issues where there are significant numbers of members who have better exists in my view there is not one sound says in the council that the president is not going the party should order extra. One Pentagon Security analyst mike wallace but hes that washington has been sent a claim message think iran is boid by the fact that the un Security Council almost unanimously shot down a u. S. Proposal to continue with the embargo on arms so they feel and i think that this is a signal that this was a signal by the allies of the members of the Security Council to say lets keep that agreement go in and i think your rama spun out of a way follow suit as a consequence and not do anything to disrupt that channel. Well with less than 3 months to go until the u. S. Election increasingly cracks are appearing in both the republican and Democratic Party platforms expects the conventions marked the final stage in the u. S. President ial election so they mark the moment when the 2 major parties come together they rally their forces select their candidates and then go all in for a big win in november the conventions are expected to be a moment of unity however divisions are pretty clearly there beneath the surface for example 25 percent of the Democratic Partys delegates voted against the plan for governance known as the Sanders Biden unity platform we need a platform that works to read our society for pression and greed and fortunately in my view these platforms doesnt do enough republicans decided to not even have a platform and to just focus their convention on renominating donald trump and interestingly the list of republicans who are supporting joe biden is growing now many big name conservatives as well as former elected officials are on the list im a lifelong republican in normal times Something Like this would probably never happen but these are not normal times and these are certainly not normal times a pandemic. It is sweeping the country with many parts of the nation still on lockdown protests against racism are on the rise and poverty is increasing donald trump is now hoping to win over voters with you show our r. D. F. You want to really read them crazy you say well for years. A man who cares a man who loves america and all americans a man who is tired. Even tonight during this nomination president means you need a leader who will rebuild the promise of america and ensure that every citizen can realize there are American Dream democrats are not really offering much of an alternative just a list of some rather vague promises ill be an ally of the light not the darkness the end of this chapter of american darkness began here tonight. As love and hope and light joined in the battle for the soul of the nation neither candidate is really offering any solutions for how to get the country out of the big economic social and Health Care Crisis and meanwhile National Unity is not very high on the list either many are speculating that donald trump wont accept the results if he loses and we clinton has just advised joe biden not to concede to donald trump under any circumstances joe biden should not concede under any circumstances eventual a i dont believe people when they wait ill get it right after the elections it looks like well be back to square one the big problems underlying these divisions and on rest are not going to be elected away it will mop and artsy new york. Finally this added Burden International Film Festival to scrapping separate awards for activism that crosses in the bid to remove discrimination well though it does seem that not everybody thinks it is a winning policy. And. We believe the no separating the awards in the acting field according to gender comprise a signal for a more gender sensitive awareness in the film industry. I love film director morton traffic actually phase of the move will lead to more discrimination not less. With those as well reports this is the most recent poll its just. Us so many and some ball it just drives. My actually be counterproductive to its its all its goals in the stands if you know how male and female. You are in the sense. Then you will necessarily have to start some kind of patients to them or. Even out the. Discrepancy being female and male. So. I think actually what you do is just removing the problem into were not. Actually. Going to pass 5 in the afternoon here in moscow at that brings you up to date the back again with more stories at the top of the. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics Small Business im show business ill see you then. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy one from day shouldnt let it be an arms race is often scaring Dramatic Development only closely im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. If you go to the symphony orchestras warming up any musician is is tuning his or her instrument so you hear this now youre all these sounds of noise about it but its its a constant a its disorganized and then the the band the orchestra plays and you get music so what the brain does and what the maker tubules do is organize or orchestrate these one collapses. Has changed american lives but pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. Based drugs the people who are chronic pain believe that their opiate prescription is working for them in the remedy be certain to. Price at the. Close of dependency and addiction to opiates the long term use that really isnt scientifically justified and ill study actually suggested that the long term effects may not just be the absence of benefit but actually the long term. Ive Afshin Rattansi youre watching going underground the team and i will be back with a brand new season starting september the 5th but until then well be showing you some of your favorite shows of this past star studded season stay safe. Because Boris Johnsons u. K. Government faces questions of pm queues over a misstep after misstep in regards to the launch of a Contact Tracing strategy that allows westminster to track the movement of millions without any guarantee their data will be deleted once the coronavirus pandemic is over but 1st as it dawns on people around the world the extent to which covert 1000. 00 will continue to affect their lives long into the future especially those in the worst hit countries like the u. S. And the u. K. One of the worlds most famous philosophers has written what is arguably the 1st philosophical interrogation into what the pandemic is doing to all our lives deals with communism surveillance and state control of our minds and bodies in pandemic covert 19 shakes the world he joins me now via skype from the briana thank you so much for coming on im going to get to the book right in a moment but and they said it could be the 1st stir book on coronavirus ive got to ask you for some practical advice 1st for any of us who are Health Care Workers key workers or workers furloughed or home or billionaires on private islands what films should people be watching right now during this period when