in the headlines this morning polls show former u.s. vice president joe biden leading against bernie sanders in the race for the twenty twenty democratic presidential nomination evoking memories of that twenty sixteen contest. coming up to send packing up market berlin restaurant refuses to serve the leaders of germany's a day party because of their politics. russia celebrates victory day marking the seventy fourth anniversary of nazi germany's capitulation with military parades and somber memorial ceremonies. still sorties in

a folder in the northern israel refused to allow palestinian no one residence access to a local park as part of an apparent attempt to preserve the city's character. good morning live from russia broadcasting around the world this is art international with me kevin no it's just an a.t.m. here now this ninth of may in a special day here we'll bring you the start of our coverage of the victory day celebrations and commemorations later in the program but first of all where those news headlines in detail to start with seems joe biden they are a u.s. vice president is pulling away from the pack in the contest for the twenty twenty democratic presidents nomination according to the latest polls it seems much of the media and democratic leadership are already throwing their weight behind the former senator as they once did with hillary clinton the core scale of open explains more . a new poll shows that joe biden has surged ahead in the race for the democratic

nomination in two thousand and twenty the poll shows that forty six percent of democrats are backing joe biden as the potential nominee with only fourteen percent backing bernie sanders and despite a lot of other polls telling a very different story the media has jumped on this one voices are now telling us why he's the best choice for the democrats and this is a guy who doesn't hate republicans like you see some of the folks on the website you mean for joe biden is that he's the most electable candidate for democrats to beat donald trump i think joe biden best chance of success is this sudden coronation remind you of anything hillary clinton is the best candidate democrats can put forward a take on donald trump voters in wisconsin think hillary clinton is the best candidate hillary clinton is the best candidate the media tells us that joe biden is the most experienced candidate biden is certainly the most experienced candidate i think hillary clinton is the single most experienced and prepared person who has

ever run for president of the united states furthermore it stresses the point that biden is a centrist he's actually kind of a centrist which is one of the reasons why i think republicans fear him more than the others hillary clinton is not threatened in terms of the nomination because she is a pretty moderate centrist democrat and in fact biden's first campaign fundraiser happened at the home of the exact same guy his name is david cohen he's the chief lobbyist for the media conglomerate known as comcast now both biden and clinton voted for the iraq war both biden and clinton have lots of wall street donors and both biden and clinton screamed to lock him up in the one nine hundred ninety s. driving america's incarceration rate sky high for those who may have forgotten hillary clinton was trump's victory in the twenty sixteen election was interpreted largely as a rebuke of a failing political establishment now hillary clinton's husband got some interesting advice years ago. well my wife gave me

a psychology book several months ago in which the author defined insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting a different result perhaps it's time to revisit that book polls are often a reflection of media coverage and the corporate media in the united states low suman gives him lots of coverage and that can give him support in polls and they often poll likely democratic voters which is not the same thing as who actually ends up voting in a general election even jest who answers polls is not the same thing as who votes clinton she was the most experienced and the most right wing of the democrats and the media loved her but it didn't mean she could get elected in fact the polls were overwhelmingly clear time and time again appreciate that if there are massive purchases of advertised as joe biden two thousand and twenty has already engaged in of what their media like someone and telling everyone they are the leading

candidate as they did overwhelmingly with hillary clinton does not you know anyway obvious mean that that is a candidate who is going to win the election. also this morning the leaders of the un to my group will turn to germany party party been turned away from a top restaurant who said they would not serve politicians who are hostile towards ethnic and religious minorities peter all of his got more on the controversy. what's not to love about a spot of fine dining at the end of the day we're getting a table can always be a bit of a pain of course but it seems for some opposition politicians here in berlin that it's got a bit more difficult members of the anti immigration alternative for germany party including the national figure head gallon and alison vital had hoped to be sitting down for dinner at the swanky go italian restaurant just behind me however the owner said no way artie reached out to the restaurant and asked them why i think

that was this message since two thousand and one our team is welcome guests from all over the world there are different sex descent and race and speak different languages belong to different religions and have different political opinions in our opinion if he does not share this cosmopolitanism tolerance and acceptance that we live by it without guests every day this is why we've exercised our right to refuse service you know welcome guests whose attitude is not shared by our establishment a response was sent out on social media by a party spokesman who called the move undemocratic and stupid perhaps as an act of revenge and if the campaign poster currently stands front and center outside of the restaurant. the response from the supporters was to flood the restaurant tripled by the page with battering comments some criticize the pricing some the portions others said well should we bring along the membership cards to the parties we

support every time we go for dinner the website trip advisor actually suspended comments on that page because there were so many messages it's currently trying to work out which ones are genuine one of the reasons given by the restaurant is that they have staff and guests from all over the world and it pushes hard on an antique multiculturalism agenda but should have business be able to deny service based on political persuasion i asked people. on the streets of berlin what they thought to spear own business they should have the right to. turn away anybody should respect the opinions of people cafes and restaurants should stay neutral there shouldn't be any political restrictions it is not. part of something who works in a two for. a political statement or should be independent from the body system these places should be for everyone at the end of

the day everybody comes out of this essentially as a winner or could tobacco get some free advertising and if they get to appeal to their base as a party the mainstream ahead of coming parliamentary elections peter all of r.t. berlin. in more world news counting is underway in south africa which is held what's been described as its most crucial election in over twenty years at this stage the ruling african national congress is in the lead a record forty eight parties threw their hats into the ring with three considered front runners polls published last month suggested the african national congress would continue governing the country the centrist democratic alliance despite a strong fight is expected to fall well short while the far left economic freedom fighters are expected to double their vote since the last election the co-founder of the champions south africa movement predicts the incumbent president there will be given a second chance. it could well be the first sign of the ruling party this one in

every election since one thousand nine hundred four may well lose hold of the election that means either get below fifty and be voted out of power or get very close to that and have to form a coalition with another party to stay in power so that is the is the key significant point or if the former president of the a.n.c. or the government of south africa president zuma at the time were still in power i would actually tell you now i'm almost certain they would fall below fifty percent we've had now the deputy former deputy president as the president he was the choice ironically of nelson mandela to be the president the country all those years ago there's a sense that people are going to give him a chance to see if we could fix up the problems of the party now the point you've raised is not something being silently discussed is being openly discussed from within the a.n.c. there's an agency that needs massive reformation and the sense they selling is that . is your men. or right now the ruling parties popularity is waning over perceived

failure to address key issues is come under fire for failing to combat high unemployment currently stands at twenty seven percent also the fight against crime has been a key issue in the campaign with theft and murder rates on the rise and probably the most contentious issues been land reform seventy one percent of private farmland is in the hands of white farmers still and some parties are suggesting that they'll be removed from the land without compensation if the controversial one of those calling for such reform is julius malema he is the leader of the far right far less drive the economic freedom fighters or e.f.-s. party has previously been convicted of hate speech and inciting violence against the country's white minority we brought this story before he was also expelled from the incumbent and savor serving racial division back in twenty twelve because we're back in the spotlight of late in recent months with some fiery rhetoric. white people you will remember it. we are cowardly to seat you know.

if you are you through cigars. back to that very point where the spirit to eat. fast that's. why we don't care now. why not now. why don't you poor little time i'm saying to you we're not hold for the killing of white people at least for now. the future belongs commodified stoking racial tensions cheering his campaign again says the candidates change the slogans and charge slogans rather crossing the line here this is. of course speaks of very non racial lines on the one hand but he makes no bones about the fact that he is there to serve the black masses the black this and franchise masses and i think that's absolutely understandable but he's still very close to the wind in making certain

comments of the latest one about the seat at the front table i understand the imagery the reality is it could well drum up people to believe literally that's what he means if we don't sit with you we destroy the table and that in a racially charged environment is unacceptable more so as we know on election day. or if he's a fool or northern israel or probably making good on a promise to quote preserve the city's character and in a highly controversial step they decided to ban arabs from visiting the local park their policy is got the story. this is the northern israeli town of afula home to around fifty thousand people most of whom are jewish the town and particularly this park women used recently because of if it's by citizens to maintain what they call the character of the place and the way to do this according to the town's mayor is to shut out so-called minority members that say arab citizens of nearby villages

that's just a euphemism for keeping arabs out and in. the book is a belief in the german that if it's not a police only for jews it is for everyone not only for residents of. an increase in discrimination they do not directly say does against arabs but not a lot of arabs and even others who. feel like it is forbidden for us to. disagree they say that people who don't live in the town should not be allowed into the park the official word from the municipality is that we must safeguard. it insists that the closure of the park to nonresidents has nothing to do with jews and arabs but rather it's a way of exposing the town's residents to a host of activities that they can participate in when they wouldn't like the people all the jews come here one arabs come here they just cause problems being you care and delicious round belongs to the city and it's just in the interest of the residents to look after the place people from the outside don't have any

interest but i'm not a visit in town i'm here this matter will now fall into the lap of the interior ministry to decide later this month. r.t. for northern israel. your big day ahead here coming up after the break the start of our coverage of the victory day celebrations in commemorations bit later in the program and this is the focus of so much of what happens here today in russia where the ninth pretty quite for now for these are a big event later. while there we go yeah these are the rehearsals for a red square not. not quite even this time of day but the big parade kicking off watch the two i was taught in three quarters we will bring it to you there her skills over and it's going to be a big morning coming up here on our team for national.

politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. more somehow i want to. let you go right to be close to survival before three in the morning can't be good . i'm interested always in the waters in our. quest city.

well a good morning thanks for watching out international a fifty moscow time this thursday and today russia marks the seventy fourth anniversary of the surrender of nazi germany in the end of what is termed the great patriotic war as it's known in russia and while the years pass by and the horrors of the conflict start to become distance efforts are intensified more and more try to remember all the sacrifice and all the suffering about them. and indeed victory day holds a special place in popular culture here in russia because of the incredibly high price paid by the peoples of the soviet union then over twenty five million

perished in the conflict both servicemen and civilians that meant that almost every family lost someone so this will be a day for both celebration and for some the remembrance two of the unimaginable suffering a country experienced. in one.

traditionally military parades are a key component of course of victory day celebrations some of the country's state of the art military hardware will be on display and rolling through moscow again which is seeing by many russians as conveying a sense of fortitude and security the first victory parade was held on the twenty

fourth of june nineteenth forty five over a month after nazi germany's capitulation during the soviet era the next celebrations were held on the twentieth and fortieth anniversary of the victory but since ninety ninety five military parades have been held annually with each one generally having some special features is a taste of what's in store to come in about an hour and a half's time from now. well away from the pumps but a gosh look at that that's clever as i said almost every victory day parade in the special feature in this is no exception because of that brand new russian made executive named orus will be carrying russia's defense minister sergei show hugo is

going to be the first parents in the car in this capacity although you modified to see in a different version of it before that's the. full president putin used enormous limo during his meeting with the little trump in helsinki last summer enjoying his no gracious well we're going to bring you rolling coverage of the parade as mentioned as it gets under way a moscow's red square if you don't call it is currently on a rooftop overlooking the iconic. and those old voting. first parade if that is actually that was the atmosphere like there though i guess quiet but the bill because well twenty minutes to go. yeah definitely it's not exactly d.-o. weather we hoped for but nonetheless we have a beautiful view behind us of the kremlin and the parade grounds now the streets you see behind me are the same streets through which the true heroes march through and may nine hundred forty five the soviet men and women who brought one of human

history's most horrific ideologies to its knees naziism and in just two hours the end how readers of that victory are going to march in their ancestors' footsteps. was. as you can see that was a clip from the leningrad blockade in which over one and a half million people mostly civilians died of starvation against

a nazi blockade of the city and that's that's only a small fraction of the the over twenty five million people who died it's said that if victory day parade were to consist of all of those who died they would be marching through red square for months and like you said before yes indeed this is my first victory day and you know in the back in the states i studied the war i learned about soviet losses but it's certainly it's certainly a new and unique experience to be here on victory day seeing the people who had family members who died nearly every single family in the former soviet union had at least one relative who perished in the second world war and that just is reflected in the how many millions of people will be participating in the so-called immortal regiment marches all over the world today and moscow's no exception last year there were

a million participants and we're expecting about that many as well and another thing is that you know this this military parade should not be interpreted as a threat to the world the right way russians see it is as an assurance that nothing that the military will protect the borders and that nothing like the second world war the kind of devastation it wrought will ever to. place again dogs interesting you say that for viewers around the world and i'm british obviously you're american it's interesting when you're here and you see it that way you see the feeling the strong feeling almost from from birth the people of you see the kids coming up bringing the veterans flowers eccentric cetera and the way that they view the military parade here that it's something that. it's a splendid thing that protects them if you like but as i was going to happen it was about an hour and a half's time you'll be covering it for us one of the rescue team down there i guess year will see a bit later this year artie's launch a special project to talking of the memories as a vote is called letters of victory we asked the descendants of world war two

veterans to read to us letters so personal that was sent home from the front line by their relatives the clip you about see next features a man from crimea whose great grandfather fought in the war. president reagan it was sawyer quaintly even martian actually going to. even to me a skinny guy davis but a deal of national routinely the bus money said miss the video it said but as no it embodied the response to president putin doing there was ok so i'm. going right it's cementing you see which was over the shoulder when it's just you so sort of it all. stood there what he meant to sell these selby's and british to questioning it you know what i did there's a handle subsides to here with the noise be sympathetic on the trivial cause or unison management give the rest to you assume establish this edition of empty of people shoot at every mosque and they proceed to many of the executives there are you watching which is a was not a would be moved out of

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rights and it just sends mixed messages that it just by means of the week exhibited by any of the three d. the voyage here politically by media that appears to show that bush. exactly eight twenty seven the morning of the says they are moscow thanks for watching us of things looking so far this may be the ninth and the start of a special day of annual celebrations as you heard in commemorations of victory day here in russia is much more to come late sort of course that big military parade i've been talking about in about an hour and a half will bring it out live bring some commentary over it enjoy it then the immortal regiment marches where family members have so many agave so much in russian will want to show their solidarity their respect and their life.

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april fifteenth here in the united states everyone this week is buzzing about. taxes why because on wednesday the new york times by hook or crook published some of us president donald trump's most protected of secret information information on his taxes using printouts from mr trump's official internal revenue service tax transcripts the times is reporting that from one nine hundred eighty five to one nine hundred ninety four the numbers show that president trump then real estate developer and icon of the one nine hundred eighty s. yuppies decade of greed claimed out of taxes claims of taxes losses every year totaling one point seventeen billion in losses for the entire decade one point seventeen billion. that is a big number in fact there was so much lose at the times reports that trump appears to have lost more money than.