we'll which will is dedicated to increasing virtue of just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. along this morning sri lanka toughens its immigration controls expelling around six hundred foreign nationals including two hundred islamic religious leaders whose visas have expired critics though fear is part of a broader crackdown on the muslim community there following the atrocities on easter sunday get reaction. of individuals who orchestrated attacks within a very short visit which killed so many many doing business east are more sophisticated in their suggests they have. to do with east terror attacks coming up to a landmark trial against the french telecoms joined orange and the number of current and former executives gets underway in paris the company stands accused of moral

harassment which prosecutors say triggered a spate of suicides. pressure tactics an alleged state department report outlines washington strategy for toppling venezuela's embattled president nicolas maduro. on a video showing muslim children talking about beheading the enemies of the palestinian people causes uproar in the u.s. city of philadelphia. on this wednesday the eighth of may here in moscow when i was kevin owen with the world news update to all those stories in more detail here at the international just a moment but first we got some breaking news coming in from overnight local media quoting police officials that reporting four people killed and eighteen more injured in an explosion in the pakistani city of lahore the blast is said to taken place outside of major muslim shrine a wednesday morning it was apparent. targeting security forces guarding that holy

site it's unclear whether or not the attack was a suicide bombing emergency services occur at the scene no word on who may have been responsible at this stage as we get more on that one we'll let you know. elsewhere in the wake of sri lanka's devastating easter sunday bombings the government expelled now around six hundred foreign nationals including two hundred muslim clerics found to have overstayed their visas the country's home affairs minister says it comes as part of a broader push to tighten immigration controls considering the current situation in the country we have reviewed the visa system and taken a decision to tighten visa restrictions for religious teachers of those who were sent out about two hundred were islamic preaches there are religious institutions which have been getting in foreign preachers for decades we have no issues with them but there are some which mushrooms recently we will pay more attention to them is to sunday's coordinated bomb attacks in sri lanka left over two hundred fifty

people dead eight explosions tore through churches and luxury hotels a state of emergency was imposed shortly after and security forces were given sweeping powers to arrest those birds. that wasn't anything we heard a loud bang and we fainted that's all i remember. i wish to express my heart little solace dart's christian. affected one soprano with all the victims of such cruelty.

on sunday dozens of shops vehicles and homes owned by members of the muslim community were touched in the western coastal cities of gumbo at least three people were injured several arrests were subsequently made security has been bolstered in a curfew no the sri lankan government's renewing calls for unity meantime does offer compensation to infected by the latest violence social commentator mo and sara politics expert rajiv kiska give us their thoughts on the volatile situation in that country right now. the claims were that twelve days before the the attacks the government was sent detailed warnings the intelligence service of said details warnings they were told they were going to be attacking churches that a. radical group home grown natives who were going to terrorize and attack people on easter morning she said it really didn't have much choice other than to expel six hundred six hundred foreigners and two hundred to slum it clerics to cover his own shortcomings so i think when you have

a state of emergency that is a direct result of you know coordinated terrorist attacks in forcing the law for those of overstayed their visa. as a minimum you can do because that's the bottom line here we need to stop terror we need to stop radicalization if there are one hundred terrorists there expanding foreigners doesn't help somebody clamping down on foreigners and listings and asking women to reduce their that make up the face veil is actually a disproportionate action and is specifically targeting the sims not the condom assented to the attack on this and kneejerk reaction i think is minimizing a very coordinated attack done by radical muslims now how this done been done by a christian for example i would be the first condemning them so i think that moderate muslims shouldn't have to fear what's happening you know if you are involved in a story hatred in planning terrorist attacks and anything of that nature then you should be concerned you should be expelled and again if this is an issue of

a government simply expelling people who have overstayed their visa then i don't see this is a kneejerk reaction they're just executing their laws. i'm sure out of the six hundred people not all of them or muslim who are expelled i think this is this is a tactic whenever anyone speaks up against rising islam but there are labeled as islamophobia and i do believe in religious freedom i think religious freedom is going to resonate lebanese it's good for modernizing everyone's if it's not just some fake why haven't the sri lankans been behaving why did they allow these things to go ahead and these a big questions answered that is not remove the face files exclude six hundred foreign as and two hundred islamic clerics they would never the problem this is about a proportionate response all your years you could barely see or expelling six hundred million for little or nothing because there needs are many action two three hundred fifty dead five hundred injured this isn't just about one or two homegrown islamic terrorists this is about a chain of individuals who orchestrated a attacks within a very short period of. many many doing this and east are more sophisticated

they're suggesting have overstayed visas to do with east terror attacks when it was i native homegrown him. was radicalizing people well if you have two hundred if you have two hundred clerics overstaying their welcome then being homegrown might mean that they were in one of those mosques was one of those two hundred clerics we don't know that. for the big story we're following today for the french telecoms giant to orange and several current and former top bosses are standing trial in paris they're accused of moral harassment and of creating a work environment which prosecutors say led to dozens of suicides over a decade ago shot to do been ski takes a look at the story in more detail. a decade a wave of suicide writes helped lift the lid on what was happening in one of france's biggest telephone companies now known as the global telecoms giant orange x. employees claimed they were subjected to moral and psychological harassment all in

a bid to make leave the company that was undergoing major restructuring. we will ensure that this trial is not only an opportunity to convict for institutional moral harassment which will lead to compensation for the moral prejudice of the victims but we will also fight to have the question asked again about the violence that was perpetrated not on dozens but on the thousands and thousands of employees at that time and france telecom. that climate described by some as being a brutal is said to have pushed thirty five workers to take their own lives between two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine one a thirty two year old woman threw herself from her office window at the paris h.q. another a fifty seven year old set himself alight in a company car park twelve more attempted to take their own lives including. one for

his young i have been in the state of survival for more than ten years especially after my desperate gesture on a twenty six to eleven on the. on the same day as my colleague from board who set himself on fire. alone wait a day in court has finally come and senior executives past and present and now facing charges may be related to moral harassment organized at the company's leadership level while the company doesn't don't know why the suffering of employees does deny having implemented a policy designed to destabilize teens charges if proven could result in a year in prison and a fine of fifteen thousand euros a point that is angered the victims and their loved ones were very regret that the term manslaughter has not been used in view of the damage suffered by the victims what they have experienced and also if you view the low penalty is incorrect this

also concerns that this trial could open old wounds. and what do we expect from this trial to try and understand why why they push people over the edge and it mustn't happen again somewhere else we come to the policeman the dog and dog the farmer kills himself because it's a job and people need to understand that human beings are more important. today orange points out that internal surveys show that eighty eight percent of employees say they are proud to work at the company that compares to only thirty eight percent back in two thousand and ten but for many a former employees the dog days are not yet to. see paris. one student's been killed and eight others injured in a school shooting in denver colorado the wounded have been taken to hospital the local authorities have praised the swift response of the emergency services indeed saying it helped to save lives the schools reportedly attended by nearly eight

hundred students police say two people are in custody this morning both students and investigation into the attack with bearing in mind that school shootings. only about eleven kilometers from columbine high school that made so many headlines years back the scene of one of the deadliest school shooting in american history the massacre in one thousand nine hundred nine claimed thirteen lives and left twenty one injured the perpetrators again students after the shooting both of them committed suicide in a school library. authorities in the u.s. city of philadelphia who investigating an event at an islamic center has caused alarm in the local community there after a video was posted online showing a group of muslim children talking about using extreme violence to liberate palestine as well as jerusalem's alexa mosque the third holiest site in islam. leader. louis little yes we know that the mother

was the only. think there's an eccentric christian a strongly condemned the incident he says the children are part of a program that is being run by a local school and has fired the person in charge. unfortunately the video from the school was uploaded to the chapters facebook page without verifying the content of the video for appropriateness and making sure it conforms to our hate free policy and values muslim american society is committed to condemning hate speech everywhere. despite the mosques in response the footage is being described by a leading american jewish organization that was extremely disturbing little commentator brian logan told us the u.s. government needs to be looking closely at such incidents. well at case they actually come in over here in the u.s. when i first saw the video i thought it was somewhere in a middle east i think maybe afghanistan or iraq or somewhere like there may be and i says stronghold i was surprised to learn that it was in philadelphia pennsylvania

freedom of speech is limits and this particular case it's our current obo acts of terrorism and they are really being indoctrinated by the adults apparently because i doubt the small children came up with this on them so they are probably so the elders in a particular place and or their parents about this well the government should look at things like this is pretty clear that this could be you know some extremism hidden away from the public there are many people with very good investigating you get a kind of identity groups they are different races for the privilege of different cultures in the u.s. they can to have a watchful eye of the federal government on them just to make sure they don't go too far and commit an act of terrorism. in iraq and school children apparently falling victim to the polarization of u.s. politics these days it's been reported that the curriculum in so-called swing states is being repeatedly rewritten depending on who's in power get them open explain spent more. until recently the election of state school boards to set

academic standards was not even run on party lines people didn't view them as politicians but simply as functionaries carrying out the task of how we educate our kids however like so many other things now it is deeply political here's the number one disagreement what system of government does the united states have now according to the democrats the usa is a democracy and according to the republicans the usa is you guessed it a republic however some say that there could be common ground between the two terms the debate really isn't about whether a republic or a democracy but understanding that we can be both in michigan the republicans did not like the social studies curriculum it is biased in a very left leaning way and i find that problematic so they made a few changes first of all they reduced references to the ku klux klan and the national association for the advancement of colored people they reduced gay and lesbian content and they cut out climate change completely so the democrats tried

to slip in a few changes of their own and that draft got the republicans fired when i look at the things changed between drafts after hundreds of hours of debate it's mind numbing it's not just happening in michigan the standards set by texas and california are the two biggest us states are the most influential when it comes to the printing of the us school textbooks and both states are getting pretty partisan when it comes to u.s. history and social studies in texas they have cut hillary clinton completely out of history and in california a mural depicting george washington the first us president was also a slave owner has been taken down so parents it seems are voting for which historical narrative they want their kids to learn in school when they pick the school board at this point in california the debate has gotten so heated that an empathy tent has been set up near the debating site there are some folks who have lots of opinions and these seem to be. make use of noises about it and we find that

listening is better than shouting back in one nine hundred seventy four west virginia residence at the other the school textbooks were offensive to evangelical christians got rather fired up there were bombings and shootings coal miners went out on strike for most american social studies classes a distant childhood memory not a burning political controversy however and twenty nineteen it seems like everything is getting political including the classroom it's hit the ole over the country because every school district has a school board that's democratically elected and they go back and forth if they're if it's a really conservative community or a really liberal community then it's fairly stable but it doesn't really reflect what the other you know the minority groups there that can't elect a school board not manage a national curriculum like you have in say sweden or france or germany or england it means that a kid growing up in texas learns different things and reads different books in

literature classes than it kid growing up in california or new york the publishing industry they are concerned about only two states when it's texas and the which is fairly conservative and one is california which is fairly liberal if the textbooks too conservative california school districts won't buy them we have a fairly diversified educated population it's pretty stupid to have all your kids in the country basically getting a partial education when it comes to history and literature. this one is the motive for a break a former american supreme commander thinks that the u.s. should be putting up more pressure on russia will tell exactly why when we come back. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see you there.

war in memory today marks the seventy fourth anniversary a victory over fascism in europe the end of that conflict created the modern world order and it still does. when the first century all the. elements of the day and the moment you it isn't a thing of people would like to interact which is happening to individuals are using their interactions through facebook through the two of now they're interacting with the. think it's it from those seeing the results.

i get good morning starts internationalists me kevin i had to be pretty old news day but looks a bit small breaking news in this time from a rant around informing foreign ambassadors that it will no longer implement all of its commitments under the twenty fifty nuclear deal that took a long time of pressure you may recall the countries notified the representatives now of the u.k. france germany and russia the signatories to that agreement but it won't be honoring all of its commitments in future the deals being in crisis since the us decided to withdraw claiming saran was in violation of it and allegation that international bodies have rejected and he. said it would not leave the agreement altogether but as a say it sounds like they're going to be scaling down their commitments to going to bring you more on this more not less is throughout the day but keep you posted. retired american admiral thinks that the u.s. has been too soft on russia for its alleged interference in his country's affairs

it's an opinion piece for time magazine's website and in it he calls for the ramping up of pressure again on moscow including banning that russians from traveling to the u.s. . the us should also consider sanctions on public entities sports teams international symphonies academic institutions diplomatic delegations we can impose travel restrictions more broadly on russian citizens who seek to come to the united states for any purpose or we could reduce our willingness to cooperate in other russian initiatives globally from reconstruction in syria to price support for oil prices james stavridis retired from the navy in twenty thirteen after thirty seven years of service he served as the supreme allied commander of nato forces the second highest military position within the alliance now back in twenty seven thing though following donald trump's decision to indefinitely suspend the resettlement of syrian refugees several years had a totally different view on excluding people based on nationality i do not agree

with the seasons that simply close off any migration here from a particular nation no matter the situation or background of the individual plying for a visa or refugee status comedian employs a commentator jimmy door believes that anti russian feelings become all too normal again in the us. right now it's ok to be xenophobia gk. it's ok to be xenophobic against russia. it's just if you look at like for instance if you just used instituted a different nationality with you said mexicans where he put russians in that article people would be screaming about it the corporate media in the united states has been totally discredited through russia gate but now they're just doing that thing where they hop on another horse and just keep writing it as hard as they can so that's why you're seeing articles like this that's why you see him being so wildly inconsistent it's because these are actual opinions about security of the united states or who's meddling in our elections we know that meddling in our elections this is about ramping up the security state this is about another cold

war this is about trillions of dollars. the u.s. state department allegedly published and quickly deleted again a report detailing washington strategy for bringing down the venezuelan president nicolas maduro the document reportedly outlines a number of u.s. tactics that washington believes will help to effect a change in government in caracas they include potential economic penalties and freezing over three billion dollars worth of venezuelan assets and the u.s. government allegedly highlights a presence of the presidency as a key outcome at the end of it all further the publication does apparently suggest that the united states wanted to get the latin american country back up on its feet again and also stresses america's commitment to bringing prosperity to vote as well but that comes as the trump of ministration continues to mull over a possible military intervention in the country anyway what would make you use the u.s. military in venezuela it's an option we continue to say and we always will on the day of all options are on the table all options are on the table all options are on

the table all options are on the table because they always are like no mistake that we have a full range of options that we're preparing for that we are serious state department comments on their reports they give us a response we did speak to two marks blumenfeld an investigative journalist and the editor of grey zone dot com the web site the publish the deleted report full. really reveals the pride in the state department and harming venezuela's economy and the contradiction. it contradicts the public messaging of the state department through. spokespeople like kimberly brier who tweeted several days ago that one. and his fake government is administration have delivered tangible results for the people of venezuela and she mentioned the delivery of seven thousand two hundred packets of toilet paper to venezuelan families compare that to preventing three point two billion dollars of assets that could be used to buy food from being

accessed by the government and it's just unbelievable the contradiction is extreme and that's one reason why they deleted this document that our reporter on your part until obtained they are trying to create the impression among the american public that the sanctions are only targeting the duros inner circle but this state department document that we have tain makes it clear that they are targeting the civilian population in venezuela just as they're doing in iran and that is their clear intention to cause pain on people regardless of their political leanings to achieve a political goal of regime change. moscow said to commemorate the end of the second world war with a massive military display thursday at his morgue as dave went to see how the final rehearsals for victory there were shaping up. your view of why does reduce. the final practice right for the parade on may not

mar your what a sight more than one hundred military vehicles gathered here tags armored personnel carriers multiple rocket launchers even nuclear weapons we've been invited for a ride and hopes were high would be get the team fourteen armed robot tagged right. infantry vehicle with the typhoon. they said you get the record translated as. i mean it's it's kind of nice if you like stuff with small guns and loki shapes that. i just can't help shake the feeling that there is cooler stuff here. and we went there every day you get the. streets and the. road sides and traffic lights big downed but as good as it was there's

a puppet's to it. all fun and games are such these practice. it's incredibly cool this. is important. it is it about. russia past that's a. nice day it's a bad memory. but. these days it's about. the standpoint everything has to be. objective this was an honor to be part of something so great living memorial even the weather the sun played along one of the warmest days this year but. we derived at the gates of the kremlin well we've made it to the center of moscow

almost to the kremlin but to be poor people. here. the fun that was over from here on it's serious everything on the red square must be perfect formation alignment speed even the soldiers expressions and the last thing they need is. hoover excited journalists babbling at their backs. now will be going out the studio tomorrow i can tell you about twenty five i was time going to bring it up full array to bring you all the lender of it except for except to see exactly what's going on there will be here with a team of others covering it for you so maybe make an appointment to join us than before now twenty seven minutes past eight o'clock in the morning here in moscow is kevin owen signing off reminding you of course if you download are up you can get all the latest from us quite a bit of breaking news already this morning a straight to mobile device this wednesday morning to me saying and the rest of team of course have a great day. what

politicians do. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want. to go right to the press this is what before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters about how. this should. make its manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is protect themselves. when the final merry go round be the one percent. we can all middle of the room

sick. leave. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next. different clubs on one hand it is logical to. the home field where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and the fresh perspective i'm used to suppressing and i saw why not . i'm going to talk about football narvi or else you can think i was going to go. by the way ways of the fly here. and twenty forty you know bloody revolution here to put the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests

to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know were here to put it put him in your list put me in the new bill is that i'm new school in need of the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen and those who took part had invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other calls that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. the future.