i know. other. top stories here on a b.b.c. reporter says her editors are quote bloody she asks another journalist and to establish any possible links between the kremlin and the yellow vest movement. china state's history picking

a fight with each of them is going to have. unintended consequences on killing you he worried about that and that his prime minister expressed his concern over the arrest of two canadian nationals and china right off to why detain the c.f.o. of chinese smartphone maker away at america's request. luxury fashion giant prada is accused of racism after selling figurines with lips while they victoria's secret model is accused of shaving off the working out outside a fast food chain our guests debate the issues raised. how can such a big brand nowadays when divesting such a big get it completely well when you let people determine what's offensive to the masses you're looking for. it is monday morning in moscow. up to eight am here news team hard at work rounding

up this hour's top stories welcome to. the hunt for russian medal is not abating leaked messages sent by a b.b.c. correspondent suggest that the broadcasters news team is in search of any leads connecting moscow and the yellow vest movement in france and one of my messengers the correspondent said her editors were quote out for blood. well maybe some russian businesses capitalizing greatly on the protests maybe the protesters eating cutlass mass maybe the far right to ring leaders that i'm looking for angles yes the editors to months and blood over the last five weeks we've seen france engulfed by violence as people come out on to the streets to say they simply can't afford to live on the french president's money when michael. text messages between a b.b.c. russian journalist and another reporter apparently show who to point the finger of

blame marked not the french government not french taxes but the kremlin all of the problems here in france taxes people can't really manage to to pay everything life is so expensive must be the russians behind it right we asked the b.b.c. to respond to these potentially embarrassing revelations this is all they have to say as the french foreign ministry had spoken publicly about media reports of a possible russian influence in the protests it was perfectly reasonable for a correspondent to raise the subject however in the end he reports made no mention of a possible connection with russia at all we stand by our impartial independent journalism i spoke to some people here on the streets of paris and asked them if they saw the shadowy hand of the kremlin behind these demonstrations everything's possible nowadays. yeah. ok i want to know of course they are not behind on the man they say the russians are behind the us

presidency as well so you know. of course but. if france we never happy about everything. we asked the b.b.c. russia if they're still looking for connections between moscow and the french protests also whether the correspondent was under pressure to pursue that particular angle but people say russia declined to comment in time of the russian. foreign ministry has criticised the b.b.c. accusing it of acting in a cynical not. the cynicism of journalists is amazing we're talking about a company that has propagated all its life and then bias an independent approach and its professionalism. of the media world i have a question for this very british regulators of the media space and the public how do they evaluate this kind of compilation of facts that employees of their television and radio companies are doing journalist brian macdonald told us he's not surprised by the b.b.c.'s take on the story it's quite clear here that you know

they've gone for a very very tenuous link between entirely homegrown french protests which have seen nothing to do with russia in a desperate attempt to find some kremlin angle to kind of you know fulfill the agenda that they they feel they must do at the moment which is to get as much money as they can i suppose you know for the idea of fighting some him for war with russia i mean just off the top of my head i can mention things like you know montenegro's you know nato vote recently was russia was supposed to be interfered and some idiot says the only word i can use in britain are actually trying to say that russia was responsible for brics that now come on you know i mean brics it has been on the table well i mean your skepticism in england's been on the table for them particularly for you know twenty five or thirty years you see now you know in america they've tried to make it look like russia was somehow responsible for electing donald trump so this is just the latest in a litany of you know. reaching like this. i'm going to justin trudeau has expressed concern over two canadians detained in china last week saying his

government is taking the situation very seriously. on sunday kind of as ambassador to china was finally caught had access to one of the detainees six days after his arrest trudeau says the arrests are politically motivated resulting from kind of being caught up in the ongoing trade war between beijing and washington. when the two largest economies of the world china and the united states start picking a fight with each other the escalating trade war between them is going to have all sorts of unintended consequences on canada and potentially on the entire global economy so we're very worried about that the arrested canadians are michael cole very diplomatic used to breaking china's ngo door and michael spade and entrepreneur with senior contacts in north korea reportedly including kim jong un. china arrested them citing alleged activities harmful to national security and the arrests come off the b.f. c.e.o.

of chinese smartphone maker who our way was detained in kind of a merit his request why should i think picks up the story reach a bail pequot on the high flying chinese think that to arrest her income is an outrage her home nations claim it's at the request of the u.s. grant her an eye watering bail throw in a threat of extradition see china then arrest to canadians and metallic nation and all that was potentially the biggest trade deal the world at the scene is being hammered out by two of the vested parties washington and beijing complicated isn't it well let's try and break it down starting with those two canadian nationals german citizens michael cove rick and michael spousal are expected of engaging in activities that endanger the national security of the people's republic of china china had to warned of the coming retaliation with beijing grave consequences that come into if the wall way c.f.i. was not released but as count as big brother has rushed to its defense the i'm off

of the tension of two canadian citizens is unacceptable that they ought to be returned the united states is good for that whether there are citizens or citizens of other countries whether this washington fits in the picture man one show it was arrested not because of something she did personally but because the u.s. thinks the company was trying to evade the american embargo against iran extradition to the u.s. is on the menu mung and others are alleged to have put financial institutions at risk of criminal and civil liability in the united states by deceiving those institutions as to the nature and extent of while these business in iran but it is the snag many major financial companies including america's own j.p. morgan have had to pay hefty fines for violating u.s. sanctions in the path. yes we've never seen their execs being thrown into custody making mental case a wild card but it's trying to seem to suggest the rule of law come be put to the

side when it comes to making money. if i think it's good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made i would certainly intervene if i thought it was necessary but it seems the man in the oval office is getting the concessions he wanted because beijing has now announced the suspension of tariff hikes on the u.s. in fees when the two world's biggest economies face a tech tug of war it seems the nice guy finishes last. a former u.s. government adviser on asia told r.t. sophie co that the arrest of who always c.f.o. is part of a larger plan and you can see that in full a bit later here on on to. the fact trump didn't even know she was arrested at the time it was having dinner with she had the g. twenty this is part of a long broader u.s. attempt. to push back on chinese technology stealing i.p.r. steel and so on chinese big is not that different from american big if you're ali

by do or ten cent you want access to global markets trend is only fourteen percent a year or so of the world market they want access to the other eighty six percent. temples they are here in moscow there are reports of fierce fighting and as strikes in the yemeni port city of hard data and despite the warring sides recently reaching a cease fire agreement the un has again joint attention to the diet humanitarian situation in the region calling it the world's worst of voidable crisis a terrible tragedy is unfolding in yemen and it's getting worse millions of people are starving sake desperate they have one message for the world this will needs to stop. a cease fire agreement was reached after u.n. sponsored peace talks in sweden on december the sixth they were the first such

talks in two and a half years meanwhile a recent report by the armed conflict location and event data project claims the number of yemenis killed since twenty sixteen has reached roughly sixty thousand that figure is six times larger than the normally cited ten thousand reported by the un and one of the researchers behind the report feels the crisis in yemen has gone largely under-reported despite its huge scale. from what we could see in reporting at least there has been a very kind of a general lazy. using for instance that ten thousand figure provided by the un this whole official figure seems twenty sixteen field many newspapers and media outlets are still using that has you know which significantly downplay the devastation collecting fatality numbers he's usually the single most difficult piece of information you can get on the phone because of course there are reported by years

that because there is a limited access the bottom. of course behind those figures are the tragedies of individual families is one story. you can hope it's just it was my dues oh never forget my two cents. on how it's happening to us who was suffering from diarrhea which we didn't have the money to afford to transportation and treatments we couldn't even afford to have to have a trip you see we say. i have no money that's why my daughter starve to death i pray to god that all of the

children survive. more than five thousand people came to the streets of the belgian capital on sunday to rally against a united nations pact on migration. was eating. the protesters try to enter key e.u. buildings police used water cannon and tear gas to push them back the demonstration comes on the same week that belgium signed up to a un migration the document was just read upon by more than one hundred sixteen un member states in a summit not a cash last monday it aims to find

a common global approach to migration critics say it will limit the ability of countries to shape their own migration policies the former deputy speaker of the. belgian parliament load of the newest things the problem is far more complicated than what just appears on the surface. this is something has been going on for the last eight years already basically what you see people who are indeed ringing but who have been told that there are also societal subsequently on jobs is to be migrants and not only be crisco in the companies who get away with murder. trade in your taxes and so on the money there so security. is the main reason why people then focus on these issues i mean the problem is there nobody is going to deny that the group exists but among other things it's not even the big the biggest problem that people face from the moment so what you have is really the

story of stirring up people so that they don't focus on the real issues that really affect their daily life. banning rap concerts is not the way to tackle the potentially bad influence of lyrics that's what a lot of my putin said reacting to a recent spate of hip hop gigs being shut down by authorities in russia. looks at how life rap music has been focusing minds across the country. question what's going on in this video. to do list. but. yes i know this guy's called husky his gig got canceled he got on top of the car and started rapping his rhymes out no mike needed the fans were loving it ok i guess what happened next.

he was grabbed by the cops spend a few days behind bars but charges of starting an unsanctioned gathering of people were eventually dropped welcome to the world. although of russian showbiz and late twenty eight seeing the young hip hoppers corner of it. soon. as. you know. is that. some of these videos get more clicks on you tube than the number of people in this country yet russia's been chewing over how they're kept being told.

or your concert is not happening in this town gigs have been cancelled in places from here all the way to here reasons in one case a watchdog suddenly realized the venue's hygiene inc condition wasn't good enough or any of your local officials said the rejected rapper's songs may deal it improbable blow to the model and ethical values of the modern society and perm a band was reportedly told to vanish from the city all together and it all got to the point when even the busy man who's got more than ninety nine problems said that a gig ain't one spore suppose with stopping and banning these artists is the least effective way one can come up with to address certain issues because such methods would only produce the opposite effects drugs raise the most concern naturally since they're the surest way to nations to trying it don't millions of teens listen

to this kind of music probably quite a few million and drugs and all that dirty language won't be me. to the ears of their parents right ahead for you here on the monday program on r t another. with prada facing allegations of racism that story and many more of your money big stories just.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. very dramatic to follow only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very. time to sit down and talk. right now twenty past here in moscow italian fashion house prada has pulled a range of accessories featuring a featuring

a monkey like figurines well the issue is now that of allegations of racism. people online called out the fashion house for not seeing a strong resemblance to racist caricature as a black people has since apologized saying any offense was unintentional. the problem ali are fantasy charms they're imaginary creatures not intending to have any reference to the real world and certainly not blackface prada group never had the intention of offending anyone and we have who are all forms of racism embraces imagery meanwhile the model of the law if you're a fashion giant victoria's secret one of their models has been accused of fat shaming sure of course it ourself working out outside a fast food restaurant. you don't even know. me either.

who the hell does kelly gayle think she is how dare you fat change in old burger is the best then you can eat whatever you want mr gale but please don't be so pathetic and i'm kind to others never had a mean analogy but i wouldn't go out of my weight the folks who do is this the type of more know that to a secret wants to represent she's definitely now enjoy inciting people getting salty at county jail for working out outside and even though it is comical she's drawn attention to how to read and post like shame aka try to keep people from living an unhealthy lifestyle i guess all those anti smoking ads the smoke showing me being outraged all the time won't get you anywhere. well with fashion giants getting embroiled in ever more bills as people accuse them of being tone deaf to diversity racism and body image we put the issues raised up for debate. i think proud to call it completely wrong there it's quite obvious to me that to.

put art with a black face and big red lips it's pretty obvious lookin back for any any person of ethnic origin to especially a black person to see that i think prada has made it perfectly clear that they had no intention of presenting this says as any kind of racist message or or blackface says it's come to be commonly called when i first saw that image myself i didn't think straight away to the minstrel show so i think how can you how can such a big brand nowadays when divesting such a big get it completely wrong to say that or to think that a company of that size and that reputation would purposely go out and make these little figurines that would purposely affair and or mock a race of people you'd have to be out of your mind to believe in freedom of speech and freedom of creativity and however they should be done taking into consideration

people's feelings when you let people determine what's offensive to the masses you're looking for censorship you're looking for the stifling of creativity they go hand in hand totally secret i don't know what address like his finger and you know he's talking about it's a fantasy show and use fantasies it is that you will say it because it's certainly not my kind of fan to say now you know changes are happening and it's time to become more diverse for its why can't we have a company that caters to skinny thin women and and we do have companies that cater to heavier women so so should they be protested because they're not catering to women i mean the whole thing is just saying when you think about it look around one's different you know ethnicity age size just get up there and start being inclusive of everyone i mean you're selling your brand to literally everyone now on the story so come on be inclusive.

intelligence agencies are designed to protect their countries from potential threats and newly declassified cia documents show that a project from the one nine hundred sixty s. was willing to explore some fairly off the wall if not ethically dubious ways to do just that. the specific game over the research program was to examine the possibility of controlling the behavior of a dog in an open field by means of remotely triggering electrical stimulation of the brain.

the electrodes preparation itself and some special problems with a dog that is not ordinarily faced with a rat as an experimental subjects such as infection of the electrodes site due to a failure of the surgical wounds to heal. i think that joining us are not international that is here in moscow the eight

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