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Checked. The reach and system of the modern world. Liberal. Disaster. And social media giants go on a purge of icons promoting the pro trump anti only its q a Conspiracy Theory and a move critics say will only bolster its supporters by confirming their fears. Good afternoon and welcome to the program this is R T International coming to you live from the russian capital bring you your live news update. We start with lebanon whose capital beirut is trying to get back on its feet after the devastating explosion on tuesday 154 people lost their lives in the. And thousands more were injured now we can bring you these live pictures from beirut where large crowds are gathering calling on the government to step down protesters claim that corruption and official incompetence led directly to the disaster now as you can see right police are out in force among those crowds its an escalation of civil unrest that has been simmering since last october are soaring poverty levels and an economy in free
The november election going underground especially the difficult choices facing American Voters with foster and political activists for the west. Doors. Which are just mass incarceration system modern world chile which we live. Disaster. And in germany parents to a Primary School after their daughter was punished by teachers for speaking her native turkish on the playground. A very warm welcome to the program this friday at 6 pm here and the russian capital lets get started with a lot of news update. Massive protests are taking place in lebanon in the wake of tuesdays devastating explosion 154 people lost their lives in that tragedy and thousands more were injured these are the latest pictures from beirut or public anger is building against the government. 6 now we can bring you live pictures from the lebanese capital thousands of people are gathering on martyr square calling on the government to step down protesters claim that corruption and official incompetence led directly to the d
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Off with coronavirus. The only thing living its best life in 2020. Over the past 24 hours, multiple states including texas and florida reported record covid 19 fatalities, and for everyone whos asking what america is doing wrong, well, one viral photo might offer a clue. A tale of two countries, this picture is going viral for high lighting the differences in covid 19 responses between the United States and canada. At the top of your screen, a packed american tour boat. At Niagara Falls carrying hundreds of people, you can see them in blue pompgos. The bottom one, carrying a half dozen tourist, a canadian one in red vests. The image shows two boats passing each other earlier this month. Trevor canadian boats have six people, americans are packed together on the boat. Im not sure thats mist from the waterfall. That could be everyone coughing. Im joking. The people could be safe because theyre outdoors in the mist and the wind. I dont know. This photo is a metaphor for how differently th