to make the chilean economy scream. making the economy of venezuela reach. a new study reveals that hundreds of widely sold the e.u. products from clothes and makeup to children's toys may contain harmful chemicals. and jarvis. positions in using tanks and vehicles filled with explosives used a simple rebranding exercise has apparently absolved them in the west side. and it's revealed democrats in the united states have been spending twice as much as donald trump on digital campaigning for the 2020 race for the white house and that's despite making a show of wanting big money out of politics. from

moscow you're watching our national i'm daniel hawkins review our thanks for joining us our program this hour people across europe could unwittingly be harming their health by using any of hundreds of popular everyday products as according to germany's largest environmental charity which claims european companies are breaking the law by flooding the market with items containing potentially harmful chemicals among the products singled out of certain brands of furniture toys and clothes or alleged to put unborn children risk certain cosmetic and personal products are also claimed to cause serious business while with some industrial substances the dangers include genetic defects and cancer 5654 companies were named as culpable most of them german british or dutch big names like exxon mobil

merck. are on the list charlotte picks up the story. when it comes to using our vigorous chemicals at home. we're told to wear gloves and to rinse immediately if your skin comes into contact with the products but according to a new report by environmental lobby group and european consumers a face exposes your own as a basis and we don't even know about it chemical companies have been disregarding the law for years and getting away with it selling substances that might cause hormonal cancers brain disorders and other severe health problems as consumers we are kept in the dark not knowing if everyday products are safe or not those products he's talking about range from clothes shoes and makeup even children's toys borne says these potentially harmful chemicals of widely being sold

to manufacturers of household goods without having being properly vetted it says some of these chemicals could cause a range of health problems from cancer to bring disorders were still with your pink chemical agency we see a.j. is accused of trying to sweep this scandal under the rug. has said in this problem for years we see the agency moving in the right direction by why all the secrecy the very foundation of e.u. chemical safety rules are being ignored bund revealed the top of the iceberg now it's on the to tell us the rest of this investigation shows around $650.00 companies and many households brands of breaking the law by failing to perform the required safety checks that are mandated by the e.c. ha's main safety regulation this includes some brands which are already making the headlines amidst major health scandals we have done and i'm

a lot of work but that work i clearly and totally subscribe to is not sufficient and not enough. but we have looked at $700.00 substances up until now of those $702.00 thirds and up needing further data. but it says that's not enough and is the morning that the e.u. and national authorities will raise their game in a bid to ensure the products we use are simply just safe feeds. some of the companies accused of wrongdoing to comment on claims including b a s f dow chemicals and henkel no comments just as yet you're going maya who has an environmental n.g.o.s told us the study only scratching the surface of the problem . i think there is a big possibility that behalf now can you close on the market who have not sufficiently been checked we house no clear intimation wish chemicals we have no

clear information which ones have been sufficiently checked the only thing to be that can know for sure is that the system doesn't work properly we have to can because. apparently not sufficiently controlled and that is a potentially a big danger so all the information because it must. basically sureness deficit's it's far from complete. and this is playing with the lives of people. and meanwhile activists have stormed the paris h.q. a pharmaceutical giant bio which was mentioned in that study the protest against the health and environmental venger posed by some of the products of buyers daughter company monsanto the risks surrounding the monsanto weed killer round up of water into the spotlight recently went to california court order the firm to pay a record $2000000000.00 in damages that sum to a couple suffering from cancer which they successfully argued had been caused by

the herbicide back in france a court there are all the company was liable for the sickness of a farmer could also use them all scientists weed killer despite the rulings and insist their products are safe adding that health regulators across the world agree with that. terrorist group islamic state may have been all but routed from syria the hardest there was still wrecking havoc in the country the latest incarnation of what was the al nusra front has attacked syrian army positions in more than a province that's the last rebel stronghold in the country but they've rebranded now the extremists appear by doing this to fall some in the west as the earth has more. this late in the civil war by any measure this offensive was huge he had to do that shower more h.g.'s widely viewed as al qaeda is winning in syria nusra front fielded hundreds of jihad for this offensive according to russian

intelligence 30 pick up trucks equipped with various guns 7 tanks for a.p.c.'s to jihad move beals or vehicles packed with explosives then driven by suicide bombers as i said a huge offensive aimed at taking a government held town and the border. according to the russian command the syrians held out against 3 waves the jihad the stews in more than 100 fighters for tanks most of their pickup trucks also

reportedly launched missiles at the russian airbase in may mean you know those that got close were shot down un security council is none too pleased russia and the regimes decision to launch air strikes sends a terrible signal of disregard toward the u.n. political process russia has claimed its so-called return it she strikes surgical i quote surgical in their precision i hope i do not need medical treatment in moscow if surgical accuracy means what we've seen. we refuse to consider terrorists as untouchable and we'll continue to fight them despite the objections of some of our partners united states reader it's that any escalation in violence in northwest syria would destabilize the region we must do it we have our own view on who is destabilizing the region. both sides blame each other for this latest escalation fighting had been building up escalating for days now and as often happens in the

rebels' jihad this crying foul saying ass adds gassing them we continue to see signs that the assad regime may be renewing its use of chemical weapons the regime's attacks against the communities of northwest syria must end remarkably nowhere in their press statement does the us mention al qaida no age c.s. denies any affiliation they were branded change their name from nusra front but that is seen as a rule to avoid harsh as scrutiny nothing is changed in their behavior still executing infidels fielding suicide bombers so imagine our surprise when we did some digging and found that the initial source of these chemical attack allegations which so concerned the us the initial source was h.t.s. looser front al qaida worth noting though is that the u.s.

is saying they can't verify anything bombing attacks which have been indiscriminate in very vicious have sent some 152200000 people in it most of whom are already internally displaced people to move again to temporary housing and create a huge burden on our very broad humanitarian effort that we in the internet rest of the international community are making sure we're watching this very closely also the reports of chemical weapons use so far we cannot confirm it but we are watching it it's an interesting situation the u.s. europe allies spending billions infiltrating bombing fighting isis al qaida in afghanistan in iraq in somalia all over the middle east in africa yet in. syria's. biggest stronghold taking the side if in directly demanding that the syrian government leave them alone taking

seriously the claims and statements about chemical weapons say remarkable terrorism specialist jennifer breeden says the massacres should go on the offensive . it's not going to be possible to to fight terrorism without going to the terrorist strongholds and that's absolutely necessary we're talking about a group h.t.s. which is an offshoot of l. ners there are links to al qaeda so this is a very serious terrorist organization and it's also a terrorist organization that's in a place with a very large civilian population most of these civilians have been displaced or internally displaced because of the war because of other terrorist organizations and so it's crucial that this area be targeted to to undermine these terrorists i think that the concern is whether chemical weapons have been used or whether there have been any said she is of chemical weapons because of the large civilian population that has also been terrorized by the stronghold that is or offshoot

h.t.s. has on this area. and the news is needy reelected president sworn he will not tolerate further deadly unrest which erupted in the wake of his disputed victory on tuesday 6 people were killed and hundreds injured in the violence which spilled over into rioting on wednesday night. i think i was sick of. god be god be with you was. the u.s. embassy in jakarta rashid i think you know good citizens to avoid the protests

these broke out shortly after the central election committee confirm the victory of current president so called we don't know several thousands of orders of his opponent retired military general beyond so took to the streets with origins used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the protesters who were armed with rocks and molotov cocktails the opposition leader claims there was widespread cheating and is going to chime in as the result of terra specialist under mirage says radicalism is so infiltrating political groups in and in indonesia to propagate their ideas. the situation now in indonesia is getting a little bit here is due to the fact that political islam has been evolving for us in the southeast asian countries especially in indonesia so we see extreme ase and radicals gaining popularity in political parties or positions parties such as what for inspiring knowing in the media the radical islamist. extremist groups

up penetrating political parties now and into political limelight where we can actually probably see and propagate the ideology go belief or be a political needs in these countries. so merge that since january us democrats have splashed twice the cash donald trump hours on online ads yet at the same time they're making a big song and dance about rejecting big bucks from lobbyists when it comes to funding their 2020 presidential campaigns killer warp and delves deeper. from left wingers like bernie sanders to centrists like joe biden and tamala harris democrats are expressing a unified message of discussed about money and politics i mean i sat with bernie i'm the guy that told them you should accept any money from a super pac because people can't possibly trust you how are middle class guy except

if you except so i've actually made a decision since i had that conversation that i'm not going to accept corporate pac checks and i think most americans actually agree that we need to get money out of politics pete buddha jesus has promised to give back the money you received from corporations kemal harris has made similar statements but here's the thing perhaps they don't get direct funding from corporations but they have a cozy relationship with super pacs those are political action committees that are not legally required to disclose their donors let's not forget joe biden's wisdom from a few years back lobbyist are bad people special interest groups are not bad people but guess what we're corrosive. people who accept money from them or bad people but it's human nature while it may not be being broadcast on prime time television but many top democrats have a very close relationship with big financial interests take amala harris for

example she has a super pac of her own that is very close with the bank known as citigroup and get tamlyn the banks managing director even hosted a fundraiser for camilla harris at his apartment as a gesture of friendship kamali even shook hands with his dog pete booed as she she has been hanging out with charles meyer the wall street banking exactly 2 of them have been munching on deli sandwiches kirsten gillibrand seems to be particularly close to big pharma she's already had a fundraiser at the home of a pfizer exec and at this point mark last read the wall street money manager is boasting that he's already met with 10 different democratic candidates at the end of the day candidates need money in. the past there was no candidates who didn't come to new york chicago l.a. for money today there are 2 candidates who aren't doing that elizabeth warren and bernie some does yes when the cameras are rolling the democrats want to fight against wall street and stand up for that forgotten american middle class however

behind closed doors they want to get particularly cozy with the big daddies of american finance capital and in the age of social media that's a lot harder to conceal well this goes to show you yet again the breathtaking incoherence of the democratic message keep in mind that many of these boats many if not are are very very wealthy and when you hear people who decry you and rail against big money and we're finding out how they're tapping into silicon valley wall street banks the big money. that did the big money people it goes to show you that they are just like everybody else i'm just a just a lovable progressive liberal trying to get by with a paucity of funds and end if you can help me as we as we fight corporate industrial greed while behind the scenes on the phone say the same thing you can

accuse him with you 1xw5w and 20000000 help me anybody else take your money they're no better or no worse than anybody else to politicians counseling is on the way in the world's largest election will look at who exit polls predict will be india's next prime minister in a few moments time. after

the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next about different clubs on one hand it is logical to go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and the fresh perspective i'm used to surprising. you. i'm going to talk about football not the or else you can think i was going to do. by the way what is that that's like here. in the program. counting task is underway in india which is just held the world's

biggest election. polls suggest the current prime minister tells it as a man of the people is on course for a landslide victory. looks at why his rival dubbed the candidates of the elites has apparently failed to make inroads. an election in a country that is home to at least $1300000000.00 people takes a while certainly after more than a month it's. finally done and dusted and here is an exit poll and this political bloc is the team behind the man who's already been charge of india for 5 years and the write and draw modi but despite that is still seen as someone who was up against the good old elite maybe that's still the root of his popularity how to look at this simple guy modi as a child the prime minister helped his dad sell tea at a railway station ever heard of the caste system in india well his was officially

classed as backwards there was even a t.v. show called the journey of the common man showing his tough life path. now let's compare that to opposition leader rahul gandhi's bag around his father was a prime minister preceded by guess who his grandmother his great grandfather was the founder of modern india and what matter the ukase super the cambridge university how's that for a contrast surely there are plenty of otherwise in how's that must be behind mr

modi success but there's barely a doubt the elitist glare of the whole gandhi and his one sold indian national congress party really pulled the opposition strong men down and 29000 poll. not seated as a serious challenger to use to another. because dynasty is not. it doesn't appeal to the young people in the country anymore if you contrast the dynasty off. gandhi who let's see is that the prime minister not in the who actually has risen from the bottom he comes from the very poor section of society he comes from a cost which is all in all go back what the costs will be see so given the fact that there is a lot of appeal for people coming from the very bottom and rising i think died on cross with you know that dynasty of congress on the lead did for the last almost 70

years he just completely lost it's of the. year on year it's becoming clear politicians all around the world should have realised being a part of the elite is now out of fashion shall i remind you of what's been going on with the people's voting habits everywhere lately. i want you to imagine how much better our future can be if we did claire independent strum the elites who lead us from one financial and foreign policy disaster to another. 800 people what. do you have heard me talking of all the people of beauty.

taking advantage of days of good going. and he main task is to bring into the politics in our country a completely new people fresh decent people who actually care. what if soon the government hopefuls will begin misplacing their backgrounds stressed like some do with parts of their tax returns. american infrastructure projects are in limbo dance off the president trump pulled the plug on funding talks with democrats but decision was apparently from that by a spat with white house speaker nancy pelosi who used him of a cover up. we believe that no one is above the law including the president of the united states and we believe that the president of united states is engaged in a cover up i do cover ups you people know they're probably better than anybody and

i told. senator schumer speaker pelosi i want to do infrastructure. i want to do it more than you want to do it but you know what you can't do it under these circumstances here us federal infrastructure investment refers to the funds earmarked for construction renovation as well as maintenance of highways. utilities railways and aviation among other key sectors as well and us politicians in d.c. keep on bickering the country's infrastructure is said to be falling into disrepair the american society of civil engineers warned about a spike in 2017 civil engineer amir for ruth tolliver infrastructure is not struck it will affect millions of americans. and the import in delhi for instance you cannot even compare it to. the most updated and most new worse. the ports in asia in the middle east in turkey for instance or dubai.

these a port so been there for for many many decades and they are used the same thing applies to the bridges simply applies to roads. dams. just name it so all of them are in desperate need. of huge investment. of if i'm not mistaken over for him to have trillion dollars needs to be spent on america's infrastructure by 2025 if the deal is not destroyed it will be american citizens who will suffer most it will be the aviation sector the tourism. you know transportation sector and it's a change that will affect everyone. about $600.00 seamen myself for this hour join us at midday moscow time for all the latest global headlines.

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 development only really. i don't see how. you sit down and talk. as a tense situation in venezuela is still all over the news the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been

praised only temperament from the inside venezuela things move different we're going to announce sanctions against the venezuela associated. famously have a son of the moment who flew down person. data to move the people of the moment the focus of the who story isn't new makes him cold in henry kissinger to tell him that it would not be tolerated in latin america. an alternative economic and social system could take hold and therefore the policy would be to make. the chilean economy scream so want snowmaking the economy of venezuela school.

hello and welcome to worlds apart one of the most cited chinese fables these the seas the wonder biology tigers classing and a monkey i treat waiting to reap the benefits asked promising as it may be for those watching china and the united states jostle over the technological head gemini is it realistic to expect that the standoff between the worlds largest economies will not everybody will to discuss that i'm now joined by salvatore a bonus associate professor in sociology and social policy at the university of sydney but i suppose it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time oh

thank you for having me on the program i really appreciate it now i mention this rather optimistic tigers and monkey outlook in my introduction but another animal drover of that is very popular in this part of the world is about to allophones and it says that it doesn't matter whether elephants are fighting or making lots of the big grass underneath gets trampled anyway which of the these 2 wisdoms do you think is more relevant this people around the world are trying to understand how this side of the american spat is going to affect them oh i don't think these kind of metaphors are really very useful you know really there's there's not much happening in the global economy as a result of the u.s. china so-called trade war you know tariffs are not the end of the world and supply chains are not being destructive because of these these conflicts i mean just to put things in perspective you know.