Regulator devastated. China has ordered us to shut its consulate general in the country southwestern city of chengdu in retaliation of the closure of its own consulate in houston while the u. S. Secretary of state is calling on the world to join forces against this new. President trump. Has made very clear we need a strategy to protect the American Economy and a way of life through free world. Over this new tyranny. So protests continue in the u. S. City of portland president sent in troops to stamp out nearly 2 months of antiracism protests. While in the city of hamburg a 2 year suspended prison sentence is given to a former concentration camp guard to believe to be possibly the last child concerning sick. For good morning to you this is r t international. A league slow to suggest the u. K. s opposition labor partys pushing for all to use broadcast license to be revoked despite of call the independent regulator in britain supposedly being immune from political pressure. Hawkins discussed the development. A leaked and i will say unverified letter has come to light allegedly from stevens who is the shadow cultural secretary so high up in the labor party no doubt that it was a party sent to off calm which is of course the independent u. K. Media regulator which essentially just follows all news outlets and makes sure that every single time that impartiality is our power now in that left joe you stevens requests that arties right to broadcast in the u. K. Be reconsidered. Im writing to you in the light of the troubling revelations in the russia report about the role of r. T. And spike nick in spreading kremlin back this information. I am writing to request it off calm urgently refuse arties license in light of this report in to request a meeting with you as soon as possible to discuss my concerns about the broadcaster he has featured before has an agenda based in discussions in the house of commons probably nothing of such a high level of the so directly. In this case how is all he responded while this has not been verified of course undoubtedly for the child the main concern is the side to that a politician is actively interfering in the business of an independent organization that should be immune to such pressure it is wholly inappropriate for the leader of the labor party to make such request of the government and indeed a minister is like jay stevens to directly place political pressure on of com it isnt for the government to interfere in the role of an independent regulator nor is it appropriate for the labor party to seek to play on due pressure on an independent regulator we are concerned about the politicians not about of calm and of course this is not just about all we need to look at the white a picture what else will suddenly be deemed worthy of being shot down and it is incredibly of course worrying that politics and independent media bodies are being dangerously untangled no altie was in this fall as earlier this week in the house of commons as well was that yes i mean unfortunately its beginning to look a bit like policy from the labor party on wednesday we saw that maybe a need to us a kiss on the face off with the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson and really that he echoed this letter he kind of requested atis license to potentially be revoked and set up with jeremy quote been gone hes now at the helm of the labor partys eyes. That you told r. T. Has changed now no longer be giving and so lets look at that exchange between those 2 distortions in the coverage provided by russian state and International Broadcasters such as russia today the high court has ruled that russia today broadcasts actually potential harm just the Prime Minister agree with me that its time to look at good but the licensing for russia today operates in the u. K. Its a very good this is because i think this would come more credibly from the leader of the opposition id be cool guy. The former leader of the opposition when he took money hearing russia today i mean this is big protest this is biggie protested now theyre against the form of your position stand on nor against his willingness to take money from russia today he flip flops from day to day that has become the trigger if you like for the debate in parliament for this letter if you like was the long awaited russian report just sort of boy what exactly was published while the socalled russian report had been in the works for 18 months there was so much hype around it people thought that after all of this time that would be some sort of bombshell revelation but it really failed to deliver in that regard a bit like the middle report if you will came to the sensational conclusion that it was quote the new normal and that the kremlin was masterminding key decisions from brecks it to the Scottish Referendum to the general election and 29000. 00 but it gave up sunni no evidence to substantiate those claims it was a highly redacted document and that was a key section that was said to contain crucial information that proved russia had been meddling in britains democratic process is now that section was missing it wasnt included so really the whole report was a knot of unsubstantiated allegations that left people with a lot more questions than answers and this latest development with the latter will undoubtedly in its own right raise a number of concerns. Its not just of course about the future of the freedom of press in the u. K. But far more crucially about undue influence. Who are to stop com for comment on the story of her no reply as yet in the meantime some of our guests will have quite puzzled by the recent developments. We now have the woods sickness damas Shadow Department of Culture Media and sport secretary in a private letter sent to this independent regulator saying almost telling the urgently i need to see you to see her to do what to politically interfere with an independent regulator devastated by the fact that sick e. S. Dhamma seems obsessed by wanting to destroy a free press in britain puts the British Labor party in in the spotlight because that would have implications for a free press in this country for article 19 of the United Nations charter. Human rights charter it would have implications for human rights act and presumably just as when he was banned for a defend Media Freedom summit here he would get help from Amnesty International index on censorship obviously because the estimate has crossed the line here he is attempting perhaps to interfere with an independent. Independent media regulator politically. This is a really a move by the labor party. Engineered by secures nama theyve decided to be more people who want to this is a very significant letter from a labor party view that theyve declared that theyre now on the russian side and theyre going to become patriots and defending the values of britain whom im drawn of come as independent and can take its own decisions and shouldnt be pressured by either the labor party or the conservative blog and. Heres my problem with all of this were seen propagandists information from multiple Media Outlets and r. T. Its not like theres been any hidden. Hidden meaning behind what that is that letter in science for russia today and so theres no theres no kind of cool virtue ideology which is not what weve seen for example from the chinese and from others which the us is obviously going after so what my question is is how dumb do politicians think the average public is how done do these politicians think people are that we cannot choose where we get our news from that we cannot choose where we get our information from. China has ordered the us to close its consulate in the city of chengdu its a tough measure earlier washington had ordered beijing to close up shop in houston as tensions escalate between the 2 political foes the u. S. Secretary of state has called on other nations to form an alliance against china. Present trump. Has made very clear we need a strategy to protect the American Economy and indeed our way of life through free world must try to over this new tyranny we cant face this challenge alone the United Nations nato. The 7 countries the g. 20 our combined economic diplomatic and military is surely enough to meet this challenge if we directed clearly and with great courage if the free world doesnt change doesnt change communist china will surely change. The trumpet ministration ordered china to shut its houston consulates on tuesday by pomp o. Defended the move claiming beijing was stealing intellectual property president from blamed china for the coronavirus pandemic revoked Hong Kong Special economic status and sanction chinese businesses and officials we heard from china expert who says that america is acting out of fear. Many people in the United States are extremely upset with the very. Or terry and way that the trumpet ministration is dealing with the protesters and basically trying to. Not only norms and violating human rights a lot of people it probably cried. Oh you sound like youre being a hypocrite here with us for all of the folks basically are worried that china would include the us economically and then therefore politically be. A militarily over time and thats their biggest fear i dont think its because it into human rights. Tensions remain high in the us city of portland over the deployment of federal forces i was sent in earlier this week by president trying to quell racism protests and you can see the scene right now in Portland Oregon the white house claims that the mayor of portland has lost control of the city for more than a dozen u. S. Mayors most of them democrats a voice their concern about the federal crackdown what details his correspondent alex mahal of each. A protester beaten with a metal pole tear gas and rubber bullets shot into a crowd after nearly 2 months of mostly peaceful protests tensions have reached new heights and for president Donald Trumps administration ordered federal police onto the streets of port its largest city just a few days ago and spirted wheeler was not speared by the u. S. Government forces weaver was tear gassed by the agents as he stood near a fence guarding a federal courthouse although at times by protesters the mayor showed solidarity with the crowd shouting black lives matter. Wheeler has opposed the deployment of federal agents of his city from the start and the state has how does barack let me be very clear with oregonians when i spoke with the director of the department of homeland secure. Last week i told him to go home and to take his federal troops with him. This is a democracy not a dictatorship however critics say the portland mayor is to blame for local police using tear gas and other methods to disperse crowds prior to the arrival of the feds some local Business Leaders also believe the mirror should have brought the night we protest under control weeks ago. Meanwhile the ongoing protest time affected portlands shop owners with stores in the area vandalized and looted one of the targets was a Jewelry Store thats been operating in the area for 30 years and many protesters broke into the premises and stole numerous items the owner. Says the concert afraid to go downtown because of the ongoing protests. Ok thanks stay with Us International laws more news on the way for you up if i can about it. Seems wrong. Just dont. Get to see. This day. And it. Equals betrayal. When so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. You cant be both with the yeah you like. Welcome back french charities all race and theyll all over a surge in people needing to use food banks the spike has been aggravated by the corona virus pandemic details resulting shall the devinsky. A hive of activity food being sauteed apostles of being packed all as the queues are waiting for through date. Many of those now using food banks like this are doing so well the very 1st time bangs its be a lifeline. To the gesture to mention i am in a precarious situation and coded 9000 has me things tough there is a moment when there was nothing else to do but come here with our restaurants you core i would be able to survive i had a normal life food an apartment and when i lost everything it was very difficult to ask for help but i had no choice so here i am is turning cesspit he said this is it is i need to come here because i am alone with my children and i need help the center was closed at one point and we had difficulties because of that but now they are open so things are better know your but the limits to what with we didnt go out because we didnt know the rest of the crew were working with when we knew they were we came with respect to the Safety Measures presto stick or a charity providing food parcels to those in need says its been feeding between 20 and 30 Percent People since march at this Food Distribution center its been even higher usually the senator said that that people believe. This time theyre going to say 50 percent or get a force that some of them lost their job when instances employment you know that you have. In your city. You both into the job we expect that the situation the last 234 years this is not just an issue in france across europe food banks have been going for well its the European Food bank spend a racial fee but says that more than 90 percent. Distribution centers have still been increased demand for in the agency through to the picture has been particularly bad in western europe it says demand up in some countries by 50 percent this is according to the feedback an unprecedented situation we feel ashamed to ask for help but i think degrade vision of illegal you should in happen to anybody to get this social crisis is not comparable to the 2008 social crisis that follow the financial crash is a measure more profound and deep crisis that will last full measure longer the World Program for how to go and does it basically that the number of people who are requiring food. Who are including security we increased by 50 percent. Worldwide. For now food banks are said to be coping with the numerous strain they are under but government officials are already concerned about a 2nd wave of kopechne 19 which could mean by the end of this year in france alone around 8000000 people may be left in need of food and 8 that combined with higher rates of unemployment could be an explosive me jollity even ski party paris. Ok weve been telling you about the protests have been taking place in portland in oregon in the United States we told you about a family Jewelry Store that was robbed by may well you can now speak to the owner of that Jewelry Store now joins me live on the line. From. Great to have you on face coming on r. T. International so lets just take you back we can to may well not to attack on your familys Jewelry Store took place looted by protesters how did you feel about a particular moment in time let me clarify that the looting was not done by protesters we as a Family Business and business in portland exist to have existed and for over 30 years we support peaceful protesting we believe that people should be heard we do not support looting we do not support business destruction property destruction that is completely different and protesting. And when people use looting in the name of protesting thats wonder hurting businesses and theyre hurting good cause of you know people who are Testing Program to be heard. Is it easy to distinguish who is who at this point of the people who are losing shops are they in amongst the protesters are there they are you know to one side and clearly distinguishable. You know we dont know we know there are many Peaceful Protesters who are not. In favor of what happened and looting and theyre very supportive of our business their support of the community is beyond us right now you know people are very supportive of what took place for our store. Its very unfortunate were not only ones many businesses in Downtown Portland are hurt its not the point and we know its not the city that weve been doing business in for over 30 years its just boarded up streets. You know a lot of graffiti its just destruction everywhere and its just not the portland we know did you get any assistance when you were insured for this kind of incident was there any help from the city or the state. Were very disappointed with the studio officials. We have not they have not even reached out to us. Its a shame its so i consider it failed leadership if there is even what you call leadership i dont consider what theyre doing its leadership when you feel businesses like when your city looks like a war zone that suffield leadership and were very disappointed were very angry and at this time we just dont know what the future of Downtown Portland will look like it sounds like a strange situation you support the protesters understand the murder of the city supports the protesters that leave you feeling vulnerable. To support the protesters does it make us feel. Everybody supporting the protesters but nobody seems to be doing anything to stop the looting. Exactly yeah the looting is not part of low protesting and looting should not be happening in downtown port and when you allow when you allow lawlessness when you allow looting and we dont hold people accountable this stuff is going to continue and if their leadership here old the businesses the residents of Downtown Portland big time and just wait this is happening there is no accountability being held right now against looters the problem the 1st question that strikes me is how if you cant distinguish between the looters and the protestors how can anything be done to protect businesses like yours doesnt it need to be theres nobody out on the stre