in mainstream media now i am hurt embarrassed and disappointed the racist and distasteful comments from rosie and inexcusable a.b.c. and disney do the right thing there is still boundaries in the age of trump that cannot be crossed thank you for putting values above money roseanne herself has picked up on it i'm disgusted to read all the support for james guns paedophile jokes as the same people supported blackly sue me for a joke they didn't even understand digging up dirt is one thing but it looks like it's more likely to stick if you're on the right side of the political spectrum. in the u.k. the question of what to do about british citizens who went to fight for she hardest groups in the middle east but now want to return is back in the spotlight that's after the appointment of a new director of public prosecutions mr max hill who was once slammed by an m.p. as a quote politically correct snowflake but mr hill came into the spotlight when he was

working as an independent review of u.k. terror laws some of which he argued should be scrapped it was slammed for meeting with the organization kage group which is widely seen as advocating is the best but hill's own stance on jihadists has been branded quote scandalously feeble by some of the u.k. media here's one of his more recent controversial remarks really we should be looking towards reintegration and moving away from a notion that we're going to lose a generation due to this travel those who travelled out of the sands of navy possibly with some brainwashing on the way possibly in their need teams we have to leave space for those individuals to be diverted away from the criminal courts. earlier my colleague neil harvey debated the issue with a panel of guests there has to be holistic approach through a balance of using the judicial system for people who have committed a crime by joining prescribed organization. a rehabilitation program and i think

mike who recognizes that and his review of the terrorism strategy is bringing holistic piece together our counter radicalization and i counter terrorist has been absolutely a joke we have had the government listen to the stream. of what it is that it was anyone else anyone else finished doing i'll finish doing my bit so we have a situation we've got british kids in syria being radicalized now we don't know who's committed what crimes now i do we bring them back home all we are going to take them out with. air strikes which are about twenty percent accurate or drone strikes which ten years of use in afghanistan or pakistan show up out there very accurate indeed and no drones are two percent accurate about ten twenty percent accurate you're lucky you're you're going wrong and. i'm going to get analysis from doing alternative facts. i just want to listen to a sound bite of boris johnson of course we legally justify those drone strike

assess nations as preventative to stop future acts of terror in syria but that's because the mosques the reality that killing them is also a ritual beauty of payback for the film the executions of innocent people is that the right motive for what was the foreign secretary talking about basically an official. government stance a vengeance is not appropriate what we are doing if we follow mr barr is john's the strategies that we are really franchising our justice system to the usa because usa has a death penalty but the reality is that we are using our sovereignty and telling the world that britain is not competent enough to really. of put through criminals through the criminal justice system they are british citizens we need to deal with our rubbish we've got to bring them home if they are capable of being to be radicalized and we can deal with them like they do in some of the nordic countries or some the scandinavian countries and we integrate them into british

society great how do you go in and arrest these people bring them back in a most little police car to be put in a cozy so to go through a judicial system there in a conflict zone they're a threat to this country so the legitimate military targets we do not record we do not count civilian casualties we do not count collateral damage if there is believed to be very aggressive on the ability they respond no no no no no no no no no on the first series in parliament it was absolutely clear the m.p.'s came forward said we have no records we have no evidence and the reason is we do not count them i just want to sort of move on to a little bit different as you know in the last few days over four hundred white helmets activist in syria has been taken out under escort by israel to jordan and there is some expectation that they would be given british nationality are they european nationalities these white helmets were working hand in hand with ice and terrorists in syria at the end of the day on the one hand we are saying

that terrorists should be taken out by drones then and are the sort of firepower but on and at the same time we let go of over four hundred white head miss terrorist who are operating in syria to come back to the u.k. not only. to sort of do it to be radicalized but to be given nice nullity and to roam freely as some humanitarian workers while some members of the white helmets group are being given asylum in europe and elsewhere many are still in syria and their future there is far from certain the syrian president has branded them quote a mosque for terrorists and issued them with an ultimatum to surrender bashar al assad says they are currently operating in the last militant stronghold in syria which is currently surrounded by government forces. the fate of the white helmets will be the same is that any terrorist they have to pass on to lay down their arms

and take advantage of the amnesty will be wiped out like other terrorists well the syrian president bashar al assad has reiterated his position on the white house it's being a controversial group now in the past he's regarded the white house mrs agents of western powers that have links to jihad is great for them he said that the world has been warned of the groups dangerous now this comes as the syrian government has condemned the evacuation of the white house minutes from the south of the country and damascus has described the move as a criminal operation by israel and its tools but the israel defense forces said that they were acting on a request by the u.s. the u.k. and other european nations as well but the evacuees were taken to jordan by the i.d.f. on washington's request and it's thought that the plan was to evacuate around eight hundred white helmets and their families but the number now seems to be about hoffa's that and the number of them are expected to resettle in western countries

such as canada germany and france tells a bit more about this evacuation was needed well at the moment the syrian army is currently advancing on one of the last rebel and centers in syria but this aside for the year is the white house myth groups have advertise themselves as a volunteer force and they get a huge funding from western countries and the groups also being praised by the west as well they've even received an offer for a documentary but the group's been repeatedly accused of cooperated closely with the hardest groups and effectively serving as that media branch as well stage and rescue operations the social media as well so that all this all adds up to the controversy surrounding the great.

so with no they would bring cameras and explosives something to destroy for example this building here they'd find people in the streets and promise the money or food just say whatever they needed. to syrian first responders who risked their lives to save others in war torn aleppo the face of on relenting brutality heroes have emerged. to tumble and yet whenever food aid was brought into the white helmets and the rebels would take it all for themselves they give us nothing not even bread. they have all chosen to risk their lives to save others. when you see the thought of the child when we go out to buy food we'd see them if there was a collapsed building after a shilling they cordoned off the area and save rebel fighters or people they cared

about they would leave the civilians same happened not far from here a building was destroyed in shelling and they came just to pull their own out as usual they lift civilians. we've been able to get these brave people and their families out of syria after the extraordinary work they've done saving lives why helmets people to help the rebels only did in save civilians the locals out for rebels. we spoke with antiwar activist ken stone who says western powers are being disingenuous in patrolling the white helmets as heroes. i don't think they're naive the people in the establishment they know exactly what they're doing the establishment knows full well that this group is part of the

arsenal of weaponry that is being used against illegally against the government of syria and they continue to give out money they are attached to i don't cry that they are terrorists and they are telling them that they are conducting and they are saving syrian civilians well there are a lot of testimony from syrian civilians that their white helmet is never help them so these people are not heroes but they are portrayed as heroes in the west someone put it here one of my colleagues in the peace movement says they are the sugar coating on an ugly and illegal war twenty past the hour here in moscow now still to come in this program around six hundred migrants have breached the spain morocco border throwing rocks and feces border gods more on that off to the break.

everywhere in the world my guess is that probably just about everywhere women expect men to make that first move and here we are in an age where men a scared to make the first move don't know how to make the first move don't know what the right to make the first low. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter to us is over one trillion dollars and. more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global will be long to the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent just last year some with four hundred to five hundred trees per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a i industrial. but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only

number you need to remember is one one business shows you can't afford to miss the one and only. could have you with us today for the program the last day of the brics summit of major economies brazil russia india china and south africa is on the way the participating countries have already agreed to cooperate more closely in a number of sphere as well it's easy goes down off now in the host city of course it's john his book and south africa. broady is expected to have a much more relaxed churchill compared to. the world leaders to have a business breakfast to hold a few meeting sessions and the pinnacle of the day is of lattimer police media the only prince that is said to take place at around lunchtime here in johannesburg now

such children genda compared to yesterday to the main day of the summit is quite understandable vitamin putin for example he's meetings he's a tete a tete talks wrapped up way past midnight way into the night so technically on friday and that was the meeting with the indian prime minister wasn't the only one the final meeting with vladimir putin he met with his chinese with his argentina and counterparts with his south african counterparts as well so what you really have to understand it's not just bricks leaders here it's also presidents and you know big shots of other countries of smaller economies who have come here lord by the economic prospects by the economic potential of doing business with the breaks nations among the people who've lattimer putin met yesterday a face to face was the president of turkey recipe and the way that meeting went. at the potential bromance between the two leaders we have noticed that our cooperation has led to jealousy from others. who

promised to ask me out to a restaurant i already asked you. to look we have a deal but only when you stuck in your restaurants and we'll go to be waiting for you will be a huge pleasure now not overwhelmingly but still the focus of this year's bric summit was trade and especially trade wars which u.s. president donald trump has proven to be such a fan of and well since all drugs nations would in a way he heads to buy the tariffs imposed by the united states. well this is what they focused on this is what they talked about most i guess well every cloud has a silver lining in here it's the fact that now brics nations are more inclined to work together to work inside the block to sort out trade problems inside the block without looking elsewhere. around six hundred migrants have breached

a border fence separating spain's north african territory and morocco. i was punished police say the migrants mostly from sub-saharan africa turned violent throwing molotov cocktails and excrement one hundred thirty people were injured. two spanish outposts in north africa and every year hundreds of migrants try to jump the fence is that this incident comes just hours off to spain raise the alarm over the situation. this is more serious than the euro crisis the migration problem must be solved on the ground and the countries of origin otherwise we're just shifting pressure from one place to another since twenty fifteen the migrant flow into spain has been increasing dramatically almost thirty thousand migrants entered the country last year well

more than twenty thousand have already reached spain in twenty eighteen and we spoke to keith best the former head of the immigration advisory service he thinks that the e.u. has failed to find a way to share the burden of the migrant crisis. people now see space as a better bet than italy who's trying to close its borders come completely this again as always and this is been going on for years and years and years without a successful resolution and it is because the e.u. collectively in the member states have been on a bill to come to a proper equitable burden sharing of how to deal with migrants coming into europe a lot of these states are not pulling their weight this is r.t. international wrapping up the program just for this hour though keeping in mind that is the thought and final day of the brics summit in johannesburg we'll keep you posted on that and the rest of your worldwide headlines and i'm.

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is democratic socialism the future of the democratic party the future of america is moving. to the left a winning strategy to take on donald trump's vision of conservative populism one thing is undeniable mainstream politics in both parties for under pressure to evolve and become more account. welcome to sophie and colmes sophie shevardnadze women push back against sexual harassment has been a revolution in america is going to change the way will date marry well we asked

helen fisher biological anthropologist and human behavior researcher. the drone campaign against sexual harassment is gaining more momentum across the world with high profile scandals and major changes happening to what's acceptable with the movement lead to permanent shifts in our perception of relationships with the abuse of power and harassment be stamped out by this wave of outrage and could also inadvertently damage to the traditions of courtship. dr helen fisher biological anthropologist human behavior researcher and author of why we love the nature and chemistry of romantic love welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us now on the way of sexual harassment allegations to start with the winds to an affair has perhaps changed away with saying about male female interaction in general so is romantic courtship going to change irrevocably from now long will we

be constantly asking permission to touch someone's hand or kissed him. i think in some ways it's going to be exactly the same and in some ways it's going to be very different i think strangely powerful men are going to think twice about using their power to get a woman to do something i think the days of the casting couch where women have to give out sex in order to get a good job are probably over those are the people at the top but there's an awful lot of the rest of us who. just go out on dates and don't want to ask permission the brain is not well built for this give and take of do you can you kiss me can you touch my breast can you give me a hug you know courtship was supposed to be a much more natural process and i do think that it's going to be very difficult to change that i don't think that this constant consent is going to end up working what we've really got to do is train women to say no to because so that they never get into this situation where they've got to give this constant give and take so

then probably you have to agree with the french actress catherine don't know among others because she voiced opposition at the wave of harassment accusation saying rape is a crime but insistent or clumsy if learning is not a crime nor is gallantry just aggression do you think there's a point here. i do think she has a point one of the problems is you know i'm an anthropologist and i study love men are not as good your regular man on the street is not as good at picking up all of the little messages that women send they will miss renie what women are sending and they tend to over evaluate a woman signal so they will think that there is some sort of come on that a woman is giving when in fact she is not giving it and this comes from millions of years of men needing to see it was not adaptive for a man to miss an honest sexual cue so men will over interpret over really great many women's cues because for millions of years those that didn't didn't have the

partnerships didn't send their d.n.a. into tomorrow so men can be very. clumsy about it and men have to learn to read women's cues better but women have to learn to send very clear cues so that men know what they're doing so what's the distinction between sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior can we count on a cultural difference i mean should we approach russia with an american standard for instance yeah this is a problem and we've got all kinds of international standards even within america even within the same social set i mean some men don't know now when i walk towards the door with an open the door for me and be sort of a traditional gentleman or whether they let me open the door because they don't want to offend me as a feminist so it's a time of tremendous transition not only between cultures but within cultures even in the same city even people of the same age group so as we redefine

what is appropriate and what isn't appropriate and what is sexual harassment i think we're going to create a new group of taboos and rules and we're in the middle of that transition now some people have compared me to with a witch hunt do you feel it might be getting out of hand i mean actually preventing relationships from forming are man just going to be so scared. to do anything at all. well there certainly are people who do feel that it is a witch hunt i mean as apologist i just look at these things and study them but some people are beginning to see all men as predators and all women as victims and it's a real shame because not all men are predators by any stretch of the imagination and certainly women are not victims all the time you know it's interesting one person wrote well pretty soon women are going to be the chaperone again we're going backwards if we want to be constantly protected by others so i do think that this

is dramatically changing what we call harassment. you're going to not know whether this boy is a receiver with this guy is just really in the mix signal or a bad signal or something so each one of us is going to make clear what we need. so that our partners understand so we hear a lot of heartbreaking stories about sexual assault or harassment towards women but the fact is that in a lot of places in the world women like the way things are i mean they like being pursued conquered their knowledge doesn't always mean you know and so on i mean i can tell you for myself i don't usually just say yes but i expect the guy to perceive i mean there is a question of this joke that i heard that i thought was genius when a general says a yes that means yes when general says no it means no when he says maybe he's not a general and then when a diplomat says a yes they mean yes and one of diplomat says maybe they don't know

and if a diplomat says no that he's not a diplomat but when a young lady says maybe she means yes and when she says no it means maybe and if she says yes she's not a you. how does that fit into the idea of changing our behavior when it comes to romance you can tell man to stop harassment but how do you know the woman to stop enjoying it. right well you know women expect men to make the first move you know i do a national study in america i've got data on thirty five thousand single americans from every walk of life every age group every background etc and we ask men it's called singles in america and i do it with the dating site match dot com and we ask men you know would you like women to make the first move would you like women to be the first to kiss would you like to have women be the first to. invite you into the

bedroom and ninety one percent of men say yes they would love to have women take over some of this role but women don't do it. everywhere in the world my guess is that probably just about everywhere women expect men to make that first move and here we are in an age where men are scared to make the first move don't know how to make the first move don't know what's right to make the first move and women are really sitting around waiting for them to make the first move so in this time of tremendous transition. men are going to have to sort of dope it out and women are going to be clear or women are going to get it gone in the first. one doesn't feel it and man want it because they're afraid it can be seen as harassment who is going to do that first move. i think we're going to go back to having men make the first move and i think you know women are beginning to invite men out they'll invite them out in the group they'll say well i've got one extra theater ticket come along with me that are the beginning to figure out ways to to make the first move to make some

indication that they are interested you know runs on messages they have to be returned the men may make the first move but the women will put herself in a position to say in a restaurant or. in a party a woman will go and stand near a bed and she'll ask a question to casually tap him on the shoulder still smiling at him but there's something called initiative transfer and it's some point. she's made yourself clear she's made herself available but he has to make the first move to put his arm around her to cancer etc these are very primitive courtship rituals i don't think there's been a change it's just that women have to be a little bit clearer about what they want and what they don't want is they could wake or woman stronger men dynamic something that's just in us biologically and we can't fight it i don't think that women are weak or women are very clever you know a lot of them and there are they really. mean well they're physically but you know

women are very clever at flirting women read posture gesture and tone of voice better than men do they are more complex rules holistic long term thinkers than men are they tend to be nurturing and emotionally expressive so you know you can see a man who's it might be bigger but these days we're not you know size is not what's the issue it's a play of power play of of who is interested and who's not interested and that's psychological that's that's that's can textual and women are very good at reading context very good at reading tone of voice posture just your facial expression and they can run circles around a man just by being charming but you know beginning here by suggesting that cetera . and i think they will continue to do it women are extremely powerful we just don't advertise. so canadian clinical psychologist john peterson claims that women

really prefer a strong partner over a weak one and when they end up with a soft man they end up dominating and being miserable is dominating in a relationship just not a female thing generally speaking i mean probably are exceptions i don't like city . i don't know really what you mean by dominating i mean. you can dominate by having much more money but you know you will be the president of the bank but you can come home and be dominated by the wife in the living room. you know what will die you think you terry. once you're at home you are the one who's in charge taking all the decisions and making all this is just for the two of you. well the data really show that the finest relationships are where there's a real balance in the relationship is soon as it begins to get skewed you begin to have real problems i mean the woman might dominate in many ways and so the man is going to object to that and go elsewhere men might dominate in the women is going

to object or. go elsewhere so the finest relationships are in which there is a balance of power and each person respects the other when i asked singles what they're looking for in a partner the number one thing i ask that year after year in this massive study is respect and when you really respect somebody when you feel you can confide in them when they make you laugh when you find them physically attractive and when they make enough time for you you're going to have a good relationship is a matter of fact you know i studied the brain i put people in brain scanners and studied the brain circuitry of romantic love and attachment and i did one study of long married people and these are the three brain regions that are linked with long term happiness psychologists will say all kinds of things about what makes you happy but this is what the brain says these are the three brain regions that become active in a long.