A welcome the latest developments and a look back at events over the last 7 days to you what we can here and. Now after being delayed by the Global Pandemic finally held its huge military parade on wednesday marking the 75th anniversary of the soviet victory over nazi germany red square echo the sound of thousands of marching feet from those tasked with protecting the motherland and hot on their heels quite literally was a procession of military vehicles and equipment before the whole thing was topped off with a spectacular flop. Well correspondent he goes down off to have the chance to travel to red square with some of the troops taking part. In the russian capital about 20 or so kilometers away from the red square its about 5 oclock in the morning and this is where it all begins this is where all the military hardware will all military machines park station before they rule towards the very heart of moscow and this beast is the one that we are actually going to be riding in. This tank support unit actually has a catchy name and thats terminator 3 and these machines including this one were tested the hard way in 2017 that was sent to syria to take part in the war and that was how they and their permanent place in the Russian Armed forces. Well when it comes to weaponry this machine is very tough for instance to carry. The tank missile you can see them over there for instance painted red the park. From that it has 33 millimeter machine guns and you can see them from over there like over here and over they had street was a massacre in a village and all of this makes the terminator world live up to its name and its reputation because you can hear the sorts of things from infancy to tanks Armored Vehicles and people helicopters and other low flying talk its. Well one of the downsides of this particular machine is that it is very very expensive even by the military standards for instance somebody would suggest that to produce a think tank might be actually cheaper to produce this tank support unit but well right now it is in the best shape it can be because thats what it takes to roll through the red square on a parade. You could have done a farewell this year we did launch the victory mail project offering you the chance to deliver your messages of thanks to world war 2 veterans letters to derive from all over the world to say thanks to those who contributed to the victory over now see germany and once they arrived at our offices we then sent them on to the war heroes to remind them of their acts of bravery had not been forgotten and its nothing more touching to you than seeing some of these letters saying i can. Put this. Good morning to. You would steve nash who dont know if. These thing work when youre putting. Words in there that way you got good yes in the woods. With their new guinea where i mean where. Do you put a where game big where you will meet one. Was. Moved it was. Still wonderful but were really good reading for. The boys were good when you have but you must be. Very worthy project now as time does march on life from these world events so it does seem that history is not always being remembered the same way in may the white house paid tribute to the u. S. And the u. K. For delivering victory in the 2nd world war but completely ignored the soviet effort and its not be any example of airbrushing the past either is done hawkins now reports from victory park in moscow. Parlors then 145 american Great Britain had victory over the nazi the us president came under fire for ignoring the part played by other allied nations in defeating fascism not least the soviet union which suffered over 25000000. 00 casualties but recent events go beyond just one tweet on the 23rd of august 1939 the soviet union a nazi germany signed a treaty of nonaggression known as the molotov ribbentrop pact and its secret protocols dividing europe and the territories of independent states between the 2 totalitarian regimes and grouping them into spheres of interest which paved the way for the outbreak of the 2nd world war history is a set of lies agreed upon according to napoleon but when former liberators are officially relabeled this occupants and victims as aggressors just with a few strokes of a pen then both truth and agreement become allusive rewriting history revisionism altering the past to fit with present political paradigms multiple states at the center of those tragic events have been mired in controversy but when it comes to russia controversy turned to something and forgivable all but equating the soviet unions role in world war 2 with that of nazi germany do you president putin heed her and stalin colluded to start world war 2 that is a fact poor and was a victim of this horrible conflict from the munich pact and partition of czechoslovakia to western business interests in nazi germany many countries at the center of the wars outbreak have skeletons in the closet the key aim is to learn lessons what can be done today to maintain violet of peace the russian president has his own thoughts the historical revisionism where witnessing in the west particularly with regard to the subject of the 2nd world war and its outcome is dangerous because it grossly cynically distorts the understanding of the principles of Peaceful Development laid down in 1945 by the conferences in yalta and san francisco. The main historic achievement a few and other decisions of the time was the agreement to establish a mechanism that would allow the major powers to stay within a diplomatic framework when resolving their differences the response to russias position such as passing its own historical laws is telling rather than a debate accusations of deliberate fortification and deceit to divide and conquer in pursuit of nefarious motives historians and politicians may argue for years about blame and responsibility but as the memory of conflict fades so does the fear of such tragedy repeating itself they say history is the sum of all things that could have been avoided a vast Early Warning system and the response to the president s peace may have missed the main point. The way we understand history shapes the way we understand the present and shapes how were going to act in the future if we have a distorted a corrupt titian of history then were not going to be able to 1st of all know that a different future is possible but we see history being deployed for nationalistic propaganda stick for mythological for militaristic purposes all over the world and i mean russias certainly guilty of that too to some extent im not saying that russia is outside of that but on the issues world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to have a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the United StatesRussia Britain the French Resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvention a world in which we can begin to Work Together again. Another niece the u. S. Secretary of state as a key to the u. N. Human Rights Council of hypocrisy after release the resolution through not in the wake of the killing of george floyd last month. Also pointed his finger to keep china and iran where he thinks Racial Disparities disparities are truly systemic however the un document itself is also being criticised by activists creeps for being too soft when it counts the it has more. When the entire world gets these agri this few reus something must be done Rights Groups and Civil Society have mobilized armies of activists and lawyers to make sure that it does its now or never he is that to get rid of xenophobia and make this world a better place the undersigned family members of victims of Police Killings and Civil Society organizations from around the world call in Member States of the un human Rights Council to urgently convene a special session on the situation of human rights in the United States in order to respond to the unfolding Group Human Rights crisis born out of the repression of nationwide protests the a. C. L. U. When 600. 00 organizations have written to the un human Rights Council to take action to do something new that the United States gets mentioned specifically for obvious reasons you watch my brother down there could have been me i hear people you are but youre not in a sense are your brother the 1st lets keep on air america and you have the power to help get very far by. The un human Rights Council hears that it gets to work on un draft statements and says what the people wanted to say strongly condemns racism against africanamericans and the Structural Racism built into the American Government it says it will investigate abuses against africanamericans in the United States this is far and stuff powerful and why its us we believe the situation in the United States warrants and country specific intervention and that a thematic global investigation is also an idea what happened was a too harsh maybe an unacceptably strong stance against racism they call racism bad names because those righteous. Words didnt make it into the final report they were moved here is the watered down blub blub version that they agreed on the draft resolution now before the Council Requests the high commissioner for human rights with the assistance of resident relevant special mandate holders to prepare a report on systematic racism violations of International Human rights law against africans and and people of african descent by Law Enforcement agencies especially as those incidents that resulted in the death of george floyd and other africans and of people of african descent here some of the parts that washington convinced them to remove no longer does america have a problem with a race is just a system now its a common problem see no longer will the Us Government be shamed and called out for the murder of george florida now its a google murder we all black and white and asian and arab were all potentially responsible for American Police murdering a black man the a. C. L. U. Said it best what a circus it is absurd that the final resolution passed by the United Nations strips mention of the United States where Police Kill People particularly black people and alarmingly higher rates compared to other developed countries the United Nations needs to do its job not get bullied out of doing it and hold the United States accountable the country must face independent global scrutiny for its oppression of black people witness the power of american diplomacy the ability to bully the African Group predominantly made up of blacks into watering down a statement against racism the United States which itself pulled out of the human Rights Council asked its friends apparently to do a little arm twisting it looks like a back room arm twisting is going down the us which queer the human Rights Council was successful in. The u. N. Missions of the u. K. France and australia to Work Together and undermine this important text the efforts of the us to void consular attention only highlights why such security is needed and how far there is still to go to dismantle the pernicious structures of institutionalized racism just one thing if George Floyds murder had happened in syria or in iraq it would have been a war crime Police Officer knelt on a defenseless handcuffed mans neck as he slowly suffocated begging for his mother and all those american diplomats they would have been in the front ranks pretending to care screaming and frothing for justice only to deny that very same justice to anyone else were aghast if than that still to come the week of voting is underway in russia on amendments to the countrys constitution well have a look at the details on this plus of the stories just tough to. A minimum wage doesnt guarantee you a job guarantee news you that if you get a job youll be paid that wage but its precisely that guarantee that means youre less likely to get the job and so i would predict. The opera 1000000 people would lose their jobs if the minimum wage were doubled to 50 now they want to phase it in so maybe 800000. 00. And that would be differentially in communities are a lot of black helping out of mississippi lower wage states. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Confrontation let it be an arms race is often spearing Dramatic Development that only really im going to resist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. Welcome back to the weekly now or photon reforming the russian constitution kicked off on thursday and polls are open nationwide until the 1st of july the vote had been originally planned day for april the 22nd but that was delayed because of a coronavirus pandemic or to alleviate concerns about crowds polling stations are open for a whole week instead of a single day and there are there are around 200 amendments proposed to the constitution one of the changes would allow potentially fatema putin to run for president for another 2 terms critics have argued over the all or nothing approach though to the vote because people can pick and choose which amendments they back and which they dont pay to support the changes in the speech in the state duma back in early march. It was january when president putin stunned russia by proposing changes to the countrys foundational law the constitution within hours the entire government had resigned the current constitution dates back to 993. 00 to western backed president Boris Yeltsin built from the debut of the communist soviet era since constitution created what would be criticized as a hyper president ial system the president called all the shots. And it was forged in bloodshed as a hostile communist control parliament tried to impeach yeltsin he resorted to the military to keep in power. 187 people were killed that autumn. One of the most important proposals today is to end that hyper president ial system while keeping the fundamentals of the constitution intact so what powers does the president currently have only he alone can nominate the Prime Minister and other cabinet Members Parliament just gives a formal green light to the candidates the proposal would flip that giving parliament the final say on who serves in government and the president would not be able to reject the m. P. s choices powers would be redistributed between various branches of government intended to lock in more checks and balances into russias government system another big change would limit the president s tenure to only 2 terms in total as opposed to no more than 2 terms in a row as it is now. That means future leaders wont be able to serve for as long as putin has but its not a member which has got western media excited putins perceived trick to stay in power forever the existing rules say putin must stand aside in 4 years time after his 2nd consecutive term albeit his 4th mandate in total m. P. s are pushing a proposal to 0 out his term count a reset button for an updated constitution i propose to add to the new constitution that the current president like any other citizen would have the right to be elected to the post of head of the state that would mean putin could run again in 2024 and in 2030 if he wants to rewind back to january and why putin said he wanted to change the constitution he says its to develop a welfare state and the reason for these amendments is to ensure the further development of russia as a state governed by the rule of law is to increase the efficiency of institutions in our country with that in mind the room more than 140. 00 amendments one guarantees that the minimum wage will not be lower than the cost of living another secures an annual adjustment to improve the real value of pensions and allowances that would also be tougher requirements for Civil Servants such as banning key officials from having foreign citizenship or Foreign Bank Accounts the would also be a ban on giving away any russian territory and a priority to domestic law over international there are some controversial proposals to marriage would be classified solely as a union between a man and a woman and god gets mentioned all the constitution will still say russia is officially a secular state its an all or nothing vote russians wont be able to pick and choose which of the amendments they want to say its simply a yes or no to the whole package and the changes will only be enacted if the russian people give it an unequivocal mandate. If people do not vote for the amendments they will not be added to the constitution. But online voting is being held for the 1st time in rushers he said regions are holding their vote electronically and it is another measure there to help quell fear is the Online Platform being used as promised as promised data encryption and also gives privacy guarantees and Registration Form line voting last week now while some of the proposed reforms are proving to be c