this is headline story thank you kay investigates. the trumpet ministration to the press britain's tabloids. coming up on the program a detroit music festival organized by members of a black community sparked controversy by charging people double for tickets we'll get reaction. black person to person.

government fights a block on arms sales to saudi arabia a quarter earlier. could be used. around the clock across the world this is our t.v. international from the team myself you know me well hello and welcome to the u.k. government is looking into the possibility of a hostile state the dumbing secret memos sent back to london by britain's ambassador in the us the embarrassing revelations expose what he really thought about the american president and his administration just couldn't resist getting back the way the u.k. forced it upon the united states is not someone we're thrilled with a very stupid guy who should speak to his country in

a. negotiation and not be upset with my criticism of how badly it was. well with the probe into the case still ongoing it seems the british media have already made up their mind who is to blame let's find out all about it from polly boyd live in london for us this hour. pretty damning verdict from the u.k.'s man in washington we know that but is there a sense london start trying to deflect from a take us through it. while the relationship between london and washington is really falling victim to this mystery of who leaked these excruciatingly embarrassing diplomatic cables and the attention now is really on who did it take a listen to what jeremy hunt the foreign secretary here had to say about who might be behind these leaks. of course it would be massively concerning if it was the act of a foreign hostile states i've seen no evidence that that's the case but we look at

the leaked inquiry very carefully. did you hear russia that he didn't utter was about russia and yet the headlines are all about russia it would be massively concerning jeremy hunt said but he's seen no evidence those headlines that quote has generated the daily mail's russia in capitals did russia leak the bombshell memos that headline asks the sun says from russia with the bugs question mark the mirror also features one saying hall style states and adding light to russia to the headline should read as forget the whole style states all in this world this is all how the media here in the u.k. covers the story of the foreign secretary confirming without mentioning russia the possibility that this was an external leak is being looked into by the inquiry into

who was behind it there seems to be a very strong desire to get to the bottom of who was behind this because of how embarrassing it is and how damaging it has been for u.k. u.s. relations it all started on sunday when these leaked diplomatic e-mails between darrick who's the u.k. ambassador in washington and the foreign office. came to light were revealed in a sunday paper and it's pretty standard practice for ambassadors to send a very frank assessment of what's going on in the countries that. they were never meant for public consumption and yet thanks to this leak they are take a listen to some of the extracts from these e-mails. we don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less some predictable less faction reuben less

diplomatically clumsy. small likely that he was never fully on board and that he was worried about how this apparent reversal of his 2016 campaign promises would look calm 2020 at the next presidential election. well the british government has tried to be as tactful as possible about all of this jeremy hunt the foreign secretary has apologized for the leak but not for the content of the leaks to reason may has said that she's got full confidence in her ambassador in washington and of course donald trump isn't famous for having a thick skin when it comes to things like this she's not big into forgiving and forgetting either that hence that tweet about calling him derek a. and saying that he's not going to be dealing with him anymore and all this leaves the foreign office in quite

a pickle sikkim darrick is one of the most esteemed diplomats he's had quite a career behind him he was due to step down from this post in washington in a few months time but if he is called back to london early the foreign office have risks looking like it was trump's refusal to deal with him that may have influenced that decision which they don't want to talk about on the other hand they might be left with a lame duck of an ambassador one of the most important ambassadorial posts in the service a lame duck on bass day in washington secondary so ready been disinvited from an event at the white house this taking place this evening so he might have to choose to resign a lot of speculation about what he does next but all because of these diplom. attic leaks where really he was simply doing his job in the mean time they can be in it office is in charge of leading the full inquiry into who was behind all

this thanks for taking us through all valid pauli boyko live in london. living on a music festival in the us city of detroit has been forced to change its ticketing policy after a buck lush over charging white people double the price organizers said it reflected the white communities wealth and privilege. vantage to block people not as the spike they are for a future fest logan sitting equality means treating everyone the same. festival charging different prices bees don't race well done intersectional radicals you've become the very racist you claim to stand against so walk so very walk for a future 1st equality means treating everyone the same also for a future fest we're going to charge people different prices based on their race i wonder how often future music festival will charge asians do we pay $15.00 because

we're non white but privileged if the festival is now a current sold out pricing policy following widespread complaints and even threats against the organizers instead there is no a suggested donation option for quote non people of color it said half the proceeds will go to a program that supports young black people in detroit however the organizers have continued to defend their initial take an entire. article structure was built to ensure that the most marginalized communities people of color are provided with an equitable chance at enjoying events in their own community black detroit affording joint pleasure is unfortunately still a privilege in our society for people of color and we believe everyone should have access to receiving such. well it wasn't only concert goers who were angered one busy of the artists on the bill polled out of the festival in protest. i was immediately enraged just because i am bi racial i have family members that

would have under those circumstances been subjected to something that i would not ever want them to be in it's non-progressive and it's not solution focused in my eyes it's a good point isn't that what we heard from attorney and or thorough research everson who supports the organizers while conservative social commentator brian levin says by any metric it's racism. well came early to what's going on here it seems like on one hand they don't want white people to come but on the other hand they want to tax them they want to charge do more money they let people for this is me so you don't want to be here but you want your money i don't really understand what you have are people who are local to the detroit community who may have been under server economic minorities and they're seeing an influx of money and wealth into their community that they're not necessarily always able to participate in and so when you have this organizer seeking to put together and

a vent to benefit these under-served communities what she's saying is this is for the native people of this community what if it were and hispanic event let's say it was an hispanic music festival and they say hey anybody to c.-span and you're able to pay x. amount of dollars if you're not hispanic including black folks you got to pay more so to make you use a black person pay more to go to their view with the races yes or no so if they say that you can't come ratings are going to be an ability to exclude people if they say it is say it is you can't come and all because you blake would be racist is that he is i mean i'm trying to figure out yes you know what did he write his definition is so you say yes ok that would be raised. now if a black person do to a white person how would it be would at the races well if it were white people and the shoe was on the other foot then it doesn't really make sense because we know in our house that if you spend your energy in a stadium when black people actually have that type of control again it's

discriminatory it's a it's a practice where you are setting a bad about andrea barrier but is it preventing someone from receiving an economic benefit now but if it were the other way around if it were a white it was a coach music festival in a.z. anyway it is not why you go to pay double to brace went with the reaction to be your a c s u neo nazi you k.k.k. obvious a name what we're looking at right now is a young lady looking through the lens of history and deciding that it's important for us as a people to began to fix the issue from the lens of equity versus equality. i want to talk about a story no but possibly a lot of ramifications the british government is challenging a lot more legal rulings suspending new arms sales to saudi arabia a court fund last month ministers have failed to assess whether the weapons might be used to commit war crimes in yemen the spite having promised to review the licensing process following the judgment london seems eager to get its exports to

flowing again since korea launched its devastating intervention in yemen civil war in 2015 the u.k. has licensed almost 5000000000 pounds worth of arms sales to the saudis that makes britain the 2nd largest weapons export are to the gulf through the united states with more on the story here is a partridge. the u.k.'s government is fighting the court of appeal ruling that arms sales to saudi arabia are norful in the latest challenge and the long running legal battle over weapons used in the yemen war ministers are trying to stay the judgment which means they could carry on licensing arms sales to the. hardy's until the outcome of its appeal last month the court said the u.k. export licensing process was wrong in law in one significant respect the government made no concluded assessments on whether the saudi led coalition had committed violations of international community area law in the past during the yemen

conflict and may not to do so trade secretary liam fox was forced to hold an immediate review of almost 5000000000 pounds worth of weapons deals while this latest appeal seems to contradict fox's assurances to m.p.'s that saudi arms sales would be halted handing a review as i said earlier we disagree with the judgment and will seek permission to appeal alongside this we are carefully considering the implications of the judgment for decision making while we do this we will not grant any new licenses for export to saudi arabia and its coalition partners which might be used in the conflict in yemen opposition leader jeremy corbyn says the latest efforts to halt the ruling ridicule the government's position that human rights take priority over profit despite clear legal warnings that the sale of arms to saudi arabia has contributed to the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world the conservatives are determined to allow sales to carry on regardless this makes

a mockery of their own commitment to hold all new sales while the review takes place into civilian casualties human rights watch has documented the use of u.k. made weapons in apparently are lawful airstrikes foreign secretary jeremy hunt says suspending british exports would diminish the ukase influence over the course of the conflict but the campaign against arms trade argues the sales have meant british bombs have been used to kill civilians what the government has applied for is estee which would mean that if it is granted that their arms exports can continue under the present under the present process and this is the same process which the court of appeal has phoned was illegal. and if that happens been that means that there will be more arms sales and that means for with what atrocities committed because for 4 years now you u.k. made fighter jets u.k. made bombs and u.k. made missiles have played a devastating role in creating the worst humanitarian crisis in the world and yemen

it is no surprise that the government is appealing this paradox because it will do everything it can to maximize arm sales to him because for decades and decades to stage a dictatorship has been the largest buyer in the wilds of u.k. weapons the saudi led coalition says it wasn't deliberately targeting civilians but thousands have been killed the united nations says 3300000 yemenis are displaced and at least 2 thirds of the population need help in the long running lethal battle is no end in sight. coming up a play a televised link between people from ukraine and russia infuriates kiev we'll tell you why after this.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy foundation let it be an arms race in this on all sides very dramatic development the only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

17 minutes into the program welcome leading us democratic presidential candidate joe biden has defended himself after coming under a barrage of friendly fire from his own party they claim he's been too sympathetic towards racial segregation in the past the issue was raised late last month during the 1st democratic party debates ahead of next year's presidential election hailed days gone by saying back then he was able to reach a compromise even with his biggest rivals like pro segregation congressman during the debates party diehards criticized him for even having dialogue with such people after apologizing for his remarks biden said the words were taken out of context did you see the questions about your past positions from the perspective of race

being as relevant as they are no no i think the role of the taking out of context is so easy to go back and go back 304050 years and take a context and take it completely out of context. none the less throughout american history the democrats haven't always been proven to gratian up and explains. joe biden the current front runner in the democratic presidential race has come forward to apologize about statements he made about working with advocates of racial segregation i regret it. and i'm sorry for any of the pain or misconception i may have caused him but. i don't think you have to be touting personal relations with people who will very brutal. as it was hurtful. to hear you talk about the reputations of 2 united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country now joe biden is

still in the lead despite the scandal however it seems to have unearthed a strange reality in american politics the democratic party the party that brought us the 1st african-american president has a rather strange record when it comes to the issue of racism when senator robert byrd of west virginia died barack obama gave him a stirring eulogy he was a senate icon he was a party leader he was an elder statesman and he was my friend. that's all remember him prior to becoming a u.s. senator robert byrd had been a high ranking member of the ku klux klan afterwards he reputed the views of the hate group but prior to that he had some strong views when it came to the issue of race of a fight in the armed forces with a negro bomb i saw it rather i should die a 1000 times and see old glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again and to see

this beloved lund of oz become degraded by race mongrels and through parts of the blocky specimen from the wilds bill clinton who is wildly popular among african-americans gave a eulogy when he was president for jay william fulbright another democrat we come to celebrate a good fight. for the remarkable life of j. william fulbright. a life that changed our country. and our world for ever and for the better well the glowing words left out the fact that fulbright was a big advocate of keeping black and white children in separate schools back in the 1960 s. when john f. kennedy and the northern democratic party organizations located in urban areas were pushing for racial integration the biggest push back didn't come from republicans it came from the dicks occur. as a splinter group within their own party in 1968 george wallace the democratic governor of alabama was so outraged to see anti racism become the dominant view

within his own party that he ran as a 3rd party candidate then you ought to come on down to alabama we did keep you some low down there. but now it would seem that a democrat having such an agenda would be almost unbelievable in fact m s n b c mislabeled george wallace as a republican check it out governor george wallace stood outside the university of alabama personally blocking 2 black students from unrolling their. sure joe biden has come forward and apologized for his statements on racial matters but it seems like the country has forgotten that not so long ago his entire party had the same issue after the civil war was the democratic party that was the races it was the republican party that was different then republicans ran the slavery.

lincoln was republican and had the slavery it shane's the dixiecrat after segregation after the civil war they were there races everything was a mess we've had presidents supreme court justices who were members of that class and then some of them had to do that to join the ku klux klan for political reasons i don't understand why this now with biden this is an inside baseball inside the bubble issue. with relations between kiev and moscow under enormous strain ukraine's new president vladimir selinski has said he wants a face to face meeting with lot of putin but in an indication of just how fraught the situation is ukrainian authorities are accusing the country's news one channel of treason over a proposed link up show with a bound russian t.v. station there the program which had been dropped was called we need to talk it's

announcement led to an immediate outcry both from politicians and some segments of the public triggering protests outside so you can see this is news one is hitched you hear even ukraine's leader weighed in on the proposed teleconference. with me really missed the teleconference is just a cheap but dangerous p.r. move before the elections the google which is to divide us again into 2 camps. where news wall itself sees the intention was to provide a platform for ordinary people from ukraine and russia to discuss the challenges facing their countries on the war in eastern ukraine a recent survey suggests that as many as 75 percent of ukrainians would support such an initiative the presenter who was supposed to host the linkup says the goal was never political. yeah you know that let's say when i agreed to work on this teleconference i wanted to show what we had been reading or listening watching

wearing on decent during the 5 years when we didn't communicate with each other well martin mccauley a historian and russian expert suspects stuff the authorities in kiev are anxious about ukraine's upcoming parliamentary elections. that sounds very strange because treason is betraying your country and giving away secrets. from evolving your country to another country which your country feels is to his disadvantage so it's very difficult understand that word extreme word to use because this journalist was in fact trying to put forward and i'm trying to work on an exchange between moscow and kiev i think it has to do with the upcoming right elections. so insecure the president is very nervous because he wants a majority in parliament and he may not get it therefore he wants to get as many votes as possible and he doesn't want an exchange if you have an exchange between

moscow and kiev. in russian they may in fact influence the election because various questions will come up how do you see the situation. how do you see the situation. all right that is our last for now i hope you're having a fine cheese they were ever your chiming in from today join me in just over 30 for all your latest local news updates this is 247 r.t. international. i don't want to talk to a communist use agency forgive me we'll have to find someone.

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