i. guess saturday stories here on police in france are angered by plans to arm private security officers as the country wrestles with improving its security situation. there is a real risk with these agents not having enough training having a weapon in your hand means the possibility of taking a life is because of the question. of a supreme court nomination which has divided america shows no sign of dying down but some supporters of his candidacy even being made to apologize. also brazil go to the polls on sunday but the current frontrunner being compared to donald trump over his remarks on the women the media.

late on saturday morning here in moscow you're watching the international kind of you to join us today we have to stop. so not the rule of law but the law of the strongest that was the damning assessment of french national security by the country's outgoing interior minister before his resignation earlier this week with some of the measures that have been tabled to improve the situation have been slammed by france's police force our europe correspondent shot a dupe in ski takes a closer. aspirant says interior minister resigned this week has shown a spotlight on the state of the country's security and it was. i went to all these neighborhoods the situation there is very bad it's time to restore the rule of law because today's roll of the lure of the strongest the rule of narco traffickers radical islamists who have taken the place of the repub.

france has been on a high terror alert since a wave of islam missed attacks in two thousand and fifteen which killed more than a hundred and forty people and the atrocities kept coming. in a bid to keep france safe two hundred and fifty thousand security personnel are deployed every day but forces say they're being stretched too thin and have reached a breaking point they've worked on most twenty two million hours in overtime

without any extra pay but m.p.'s from my own party have a simple solution to the problem private security forces are a component which we must know take into cone's everyone recognizes that there are no key partner there report suggests guards in places like supermarkets and shops should essentially become another arm of the security services it suggests that they could all be equipped with tasers have the right to carry concealed weapons and even get a distinct uniform police unions off furious to give its privatizing security there's a real problem with the risk of private security agents being more the risk to our citizens than an advantage right now few private security agents can carry firearms but that could also change up to three thousand could be granted the right to carry guns and rifles a situation which could cause

a small revolution in the homeland security again making police unions uneasy is a real risk with these agents not having enough training having a weapon in your hand means the possibility of taking your life is out of the question and he says the changes could also lead to a clear divide between the protection of vailable to those who can afford it and those who can't. see well bridge people have an equal right to security we want the public service missions to effectively protect people from the privatized. curiously because if it's privatized security will depend on the purchasing power of the french to defend themselves and protect themselves while also the office is a worried it will move fronts closer to the u.s. model a country all too familiar with gun violence so far this year there have been more than two hundred and seventy mass shootings in the us mass shootings mass shooting

in florida another mass shooting in a year of mass shootings the shootings continued unabated people are dying more people have been killed at schools this year and have been killed while serving in the military where the mass shooting generation while france understandably wants to make tragedies on its streets a thing of the past police have slammed the new plans and say there is a far simpler solution just give better back up to existing officers who are accountable to the very people they are meant to protect. the united states now tensions remain high over bread kavanagh's nomination to become a u.s. supreme court judge a final floor vote is expected on saturday which is now all but certain to go his way that is after the f.b.i. failed to find convincing evidence that covered all committed sexual assault that

by no means has stopped the protests. a. morning you're going to jail inside the radio. show us what's the. matter is. there's even been an internal revolt among facebook employees they found out that one of the company's top executives is one of company was closest friends and attended his sexual assault hearing last week or so american picks up the story it may be the number one news story in the u.s. right now but weighing in on the cabin or case can prove fatal in today's political climate facebook's vice president joe kaplan a close friend of kavanagh's made the grave mistake of attending the hearing to support his friend and kaplan's crime was caught on camera facebook employees were

furious complaining about it on a private message board he knew that this would cause outreach internally but he knew that he couldn't get fired for it this was a protest against our culture and a slap in the face to his fellow employees according to kaplan they'd been friends for over two decades he attended his wedding their kids grew up together but friendships no excuse when confronted by liberal outrage so kaplan groveled apology i want to apologize i recognize this moment is a deeply painful one internally and externally given the level of hysteria facebook went even further apologizing on behalf of the whole company our leadership team recognizes that we've made mistakes handling the events of the last week and we're grateful for the feedback from our employees believe it or not all this was nothing compared to what an american pastor said in one of his sermons if he dare to mention the capital case regardless of where you stand politically.

regardless of how you read the situation just step back from all that the twitter already were so incensed there was talk of not only boycotting his church but all churches the pastor apologize explaining that he wanted nothing but he's on no way intended to make any kind of statements about his guilt or innocence it was assuming to do with the incivility in our society this time if pain was invoked i'm sorry and i hope you can forgive me when the new york times ran a poll calling into question the validity of the statements coming from kavanagh accuser christine forte twitter slipped out yet again which prompted the company to remove the pole and convey it's in serious apologies. we're sorry for this tweet in the great respect twitter poll is insensitive in light of the gravity of this hearing we've deleted it it's hysteria mixed with hysteria misinformation and

you also have and this is the most important you have a sockpuppet bumper sticker media that feels this gives all of these people all of the time they were no matter what no matter what the allegation. and if you dare dare to question the legitimacy the veracity the factual basis the the evidence that contradicts from other witnesses as well your anti-woman anti-female you are you're in favor of rape and rapist and you are shut down if you show any social media and in your own workplace if you're an academic you even question this dare question every aspect of this. brazil is getting ready for elections.

during one of his recent rallies he's known for. his support of military dictatorships. explains why he's been the brazilian. if you're a fan of drama and soap operas on a national scale you should be following brazilian politics it's got impeachments corruption scandals betrayals raging passions it even comes with an r rating for violence it's a guilty pleasure addictive but it's twists and turns and the season finale is just around the corner the country goes to the polls in a general election at this sunday is not want to miss if only to see the fate of the main protagonist meet. labelled the trump of the tropics like his blonde counterparts his relationship with women is complicated but. just for the problem. he shoots from the hip and is

a fan of firearms. which is going as well. is still there both of you if you thought get above your growth as well as the bible apparently just look at his slogan process. his supporters like trump fans admire someone who says it how it is. also now says what everybody wants to say the does not have the courage to say that's why i'm voting. numbers game and i believe what he says in his in honest person he's patriotic. he's made it this far because he is not corrupt he's like family because he is ethical he is our only hope and that is why i'm here even those who love to hate can't stand him because obvious similarities to trump i think of the person world like car wrecks and even

the never troubled protest movement is comparable to hash tag resistance in the usa . although the anti trump backlash never quite reach such fever pitch levels possibly because nobody managed to get the trump anyhow both sinatra has suffered for his straight talking even getting stabs at a campaign rally. both is like trump upgraded he takes things to a whole new level and a couple felt like it was the dauphine with bush. that if i was there. i think of the no no no no i did it who was this is my kid go to school. think. it was

a pretty good one but even those out haven't shaken his lead in the polls his trump like promises are playing their part no will government red tape put brazil fust privatized state on farms get real tough on crime at all costs and in a country that has a history of rampant crime and corruption his cool stuff found an audience population is fed up with corruption population is fed up with going on the crisis and in a crisis of representative each of the traditional parties so it's a very effective is leading the race as a front runner is a sign of the times here people really don't care what he actually thing about gay people or minorities or or human rights they're really really one the change that he involved is just change one can argue with that he's not serious about being the change he's not prepared for being the change this is a good argument he was really a fringe figure in brazil in politics someone who's always been there but it was

all very important to change parties all the time but the point is he's contenders that they failed to present themselves as better options even though technically they might be better off. three palestinians have been shot dead including a thirteen year old boy during a protest at the gaza border with israel another three hundred seventy six protesters were injured around twenty thousand palestinians gathered at the border on friday as part of a weekly demonstration that's now been staged for six months i think.

the israeli military defense of the actions saying that protesters threw in explosives and that some of them even broke through the border fence and also responded with. we understand no casualties reported. every friday protesters demand the right to return to a. part of israel. two hundred palestinians killed during these protests are still to come here on the program. today a french president has told his public to stop whining on explain why after the break.

watching americans work other taxes stalling out obamacare stalling that up through the central bank that money transferred into the pockets of a few cartel members to create wealth and income gap social unrest social cohesion risk and wide scale poverty and wash that up it. seems wrong. but old rules just don't hold. any old belief yet to shape out these days comes to agitate and in games from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see if they're.

going to join us today the french president emanuel macron has urged citizens to complain less saying they should follow the example of water time leader shall the goal a softer a pensioner expressed anger to the president about his small pension take seven fifty she's just a grandson of general shoulder told me you can spin and now with currently more than twenty two million people in dire need of help the situation has been dubbed the worst humanitarian crisis since the second world war. the world.

what saudi arabia wants to read to me its traditional germanic control over all of you and me and that is where the problem is the big bill of union. be under the yoke of saudi arabia the whole elected monarchical dictatorship of saudi arabia they want freedom they want. and that's what they will find in falls march twenty fifth so saudi. coalition. liberation movement more than one.

were. real a certain amount of. it is on t. international thanks for joining us so far it is now less than twenty four hours to go until the most anticipated mixed martial arts fighter of the year a russian u.f.c. fighter hobby but not of michael made off will try to retain the u.f.c. lightweight world title against irish star mcgregor the account a is taking place in las vegas the fighter will see mcgregor a.k.a. the notorious return to the ring after his defeat to boxing great floyd mayweather mayweather that was in august last year a sports correspondent alexia the chef he will be bringing us all the pre-fight build up later this. adviser joining us here in our to your program returns in about half an hour.

unfortunately the united nations security council and its approach to yemen is only to this into the speech it employs it affords every month or two months and then they're presented to us when weeks of their own i mean that a minute to be presented to the security council would make their statements which are always if to. see a good bye. and it is in this is a. church secret indeed just like priests accused of sexually abusing children it can get away with it quite literally i like to call this the geographic solution so what the bishop needs to do then he finds out that the priest is is a perpetrator is simply moves him to a different spot where the previous standard is not known the highest ranks of the

catholic church conceal the accused priests from the police and justice center that it has not as the i don't think that i can fill it out it just is out in. its path. unfortunately the united nations security council and its approach to yemen is only to this into the spaceship in boise forth every month or two months and then the percentages when weeks of their own i mean that are meant to be presented to the security council would make their statements which are always if you do. i don't think the numbers mean for. they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime stamped each

day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar ai industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one one business shows you can't afford to miss the one and only. use.

time after a time where we're going on the ground as the british government announces a three million pound growth to improve quality and a country weapon haps five people die each hour because of breathing in pollution coming on the show we will not cooperate with the i.c.c. we will provide no assistance to the i.c.c. and we certainly will not join the i.c.c. we speak to one of the world's greatest human rights was geoffrey robinson and he won the battle of this year's strictly come dancing was a german gold and smooth all teresa mayes frenzy the lambs find out with me and that scent on this week's coming on the farm but first what now for international lore is something called the world court judges that this kind of all you will hate speech from president double trump is all right this is a very seriously. we're doing many things right now including a very clever one of the highest levels we some might say trumps economic warfare

is just a more subtle version of the kind of jokey talk from his political enemy the late john mccain bomber in. britain for its part is indeed even on the international court of justice which ruled against trump this week on the u.k. minority government leader drazen may britain for the first time lost its seat at the table to the in brics india partner to brazil russia china and south africa in a massive when brought in dad the united nations security council christopher greenwood of the united kingdom has withdrawn from the election. announces the u.n. as the president this means that india as. he gets elected automatically to the ports but of course some injuries amaze government may favor the views of trans national security advisor john bolton about supernational legal institutions like the i.c.j. bolton says one should welcome the murder by strangulation of the international

criminal court russia or the no longer an i.c.c. signatory says the usa is breaking post world war two legal norms joining me now is one of the world's greatest human rights lawyers geoffrey robertson q.c. jeffrey thanks for coming back on since you were on louie braun cooper the lawyer has died what would you say is his legacy around the world before we get to the salumi was a great great lawyer he was a maverick in the sense that he took on popular causes but he's legacy for free with speech in particular was great for a lot of important free speech cases in the sixty's and he was. chairman of the index on censorship he stood up for the underdog and for businesses prisoners that write a state sentences he in particular and he did it mostly for free he was an inspiration to my generation and he died at ninety two still writing

books he was a figure a think most steve paul and in taking on the establishment which was why he was never a point to do you should have been a lord he had the intellectual firepower to be one of the finest judges perhaps the greatest inquiry did he unveil to us to delete proc between israeli mercenaries and. to smuggle god to to bring. in gods for music radio to the fights to the right wing factions in south america and galileo rifles and see submachine guns. developed through the little british island of n.t. got at least british common law right and we headed an inquiry which exposed

this das to glee gun running to right wing factions in south america from israel imagine israel there of course getting on to the subject of the international criminal court in the trumpet ministration doesn't really affect israel not as not a signal to the others because part of.