there is a form of environmental research going on in hawaii whether these companies feel they can get away with this because the people have less political power. the trumpet ministration urges congress to permanently reauthorize a suspended must serve valence program prompting it i'd cry for the rights groups. coming off as the bait continues in the us over to the democratic party to lawmakers in their desire to visit israel the west bank we look at america's own laws that target critics of the middle eastern nation. and a 9 year old german girl is told by a court in berlin that she can join the country's best known boy used wire.

just after 3 pm here in moscow today august this thank you for choosing r.t. for your news update this hour only. a wide reaching domestic surveillance program could be back on the cards stateside the trumpet ministration house called on u.s. lawmakers to permanently. the national security agency the request was made in a letter sent to congress on thursday signed by former national intelligence director dan coats additionally his appeal through feel about the controversial call detail records program had actually been suspended after collecting more information than was legally allowed the spying program falls under a section of the usa freedom act which is set to expire in december with more of what we know that. the trump white house is speaking up about a high profile n.s.a. program that allows the recording of americans phone. calls and personal messages

dan coats the outgoing director of national intelligence is urging congress to reauthorize the law before it expires at the end of the year now dan coats has confirmed that the n.s.a. has put the program on hold however he says it's necessary to have the ability to get the program going again if needed as technology changes our adversaries trade craft and communications habits will continue to evolve and adapt in light of these dynamic environments the administration supports reauthorization of this provision as well a coalition of privacy and civil liberties advocates sent a letter of their own to the u.s. house judiciary committee and said of renewing the program they called for meaningful surveillance reform the government's implementation of the program further demonstrates both the privacy threats posed by the program and its lack of efficacy it is highly concerning that it took almost 3 years to detect the fact that the n.s.a. was collecting records even beyond the broad authorization provided under the

program the n.s.a. should not be permitted to resume this program now the freedom act gives the n.s.a. the ability to build a network with the telecommunications companies to record the phone calls and personal messages not just of the suspects but of anyone that they are in contact with. voted to allow it to proceed for debate i will vote against that it is better than the usa patriot act but it doesn't go far enough in my mind in protecting all civil liberties. we find that we're spending resources for no benefit in terms of public

safety and real just in terms of freedom and liberty and this is why i voted against the freedom act when they said it would fix the problems inherent in the patriot act just stop spying on innocent americans instead of trying to make it legal when the freedom act came down it was a way to try to ease americans and say no no we're going to make sure we work out the kinks but i think americans know better than that because and that's what dan coats is saying here is that anything the n.s.a. and sometimes the n.s.a. just gets surveillance information that's just hundreds and pages of nothing and they've actually come out saying that it doesn't really help resolve or solve any terrorism or investigate terrorism activities so because of this though now they can send that or they can decimate that disseminate that information out to the cia to other players to the f.b.i. and to people who might not have the knowledge of who really is a threat which is going to put a lot of americans at risk certainly of these privacy violations so yes you're

allowed to surveil you're allowed to keep your country safe from terrorism from these kinds of acts but at the rate that it infringes on the privacy rights of people who have absolutely no known ties to terrorism that's where it gets a little bit tricky. or i'm moving on now a u.s. congresswoman who say she was planning to visit her grandmother in the west stated she will no longer be making the trip. to israel granting rashida to leave a visa on humanitarian grounds overturning earlier decision to deny her entry the democratic party representative who has the courage support for the controversial boy taught to israel movement of this to say about her fight for palestinian rights . but never mind only you're talking about 30 to. 30. all of the work i need to know if. you. israel's original decision to leave as well as representative iran no more came

immediately after president donald trump tweeted that the person will be allowed access israel then reiterated that foreigners who publicly call for a boycott of the country will be stopped from entering the netanyahu government streetman to all of the 2 muslim lawmakers who provoked reaction in washington to. israel doesn't advance its case as a taller and democracy or and they vary in a u.s. ally by barring elected members of congress from a visit in because of their political views i strongly condemn this decision by the israeli government which undermines the ability for our 2 allied countries to have the frank open and it times difficult discussions that we must have in order to ensure israel remains secure and democratic nation israel's analysis and treaty congresswoman and omar is beneath the dignity of the great state of israel it's perhaps worth noting that critics of israel also face penalties within america it's

the anti boycott which was passed 2 years ago allows us to cut ties with contractors who support sanctions against israel it was designed to combat boycott divestment and sanctions efforts that b.d.s. group targeting israel over its building of settlements in the palestinian territories critics of the legislation argue that it violates the u.s. constitution which states that political boycotts are protected by the 1st amendment we've got the thoughts of the green party candidate for new york city council on this. it is a double standard but actually what's interesting about this is that the fact that there is sort of this retaliation is tarnished meant for individuals businesses that are joining the boycott campaign the thoughts of the violation of the men i mean every american i mean we're allowed to point any any or get involved politically with issues that are evil and i think what you see is you how israeli

government and also elements in our own us that france. and some in the us it's not . a 9 year old german girl has been told by a burden court that she can't join the country's most prestigious boys' choir breaking down the case of the debates it has triggered here sensitive. nobody likes rejection and no one wants to hear that not good enough but it seems for one family in germany no just isn't option picture a 9 year old girl who just wanted to sing her mother says she's got the voice of an angel and that the best place in the city for her training is the berlin state and cathedral choir set up in the 15th century it's one of the oldest and most renowned choirs in the country and it's pretty much just got 2 rules you have to be over 5 to addition czech and you've got to be a male ah undeterred the god apply twice and was rejected both times but try

try try again 3rd time lucky for an old dition before the door was once again slammed in her face but the choir is adamant gender has got nothing to do with the acoustic pattern of a choir is part of its artistic freedom the rejection was not predominantly about her gender and she would have been successful had her voice matched the desired sound characteristics of a boys' choir out unsurprisingly of the decision struck a wrong chord with the girl's mother who is now taking the choir to court over gender inequality she says she's got a letter from the dean of berlin's university of the arts which the choir is affiliated to and which it's written that aggarwal never sing in a boys' choir also argue that as an institution receiving state funds rejecting female singers contravenes germany's gender discrimination laws now many have weighed in on the side of the choir saying that mixing it would bring an end to its traditional sound nobody has said girls can sing as well but the tumble is

different and judging that should be left to the musicians and musicologists anyone who wants to misunderstood gender equality here is a cultural essence this standoff between gender equality and autistic freedom isn't exactly new music professionals and academics alike have been debating the. anatomical differences of boys' and girls' voices for years saying the former has a purity the latter just can't attain and just last year the famous british soprano signal lesley garrett called out all boys choirs for being stuck in the past backward looking traditionalist argue that there's an exclusive purity in the boy's voice but i think that's just nonsense it's an excuse to hand on male privilege and perpetuate a dominant male gender stereotype and male power but not ready to dump the carrot secure in his choir rolled out a very diplomatic aren't we recognise different tasks to contribute to the tower female singers make to the choral scene here at cambridge we're especially proud to

follow mixed voice quiet king's voices which was formed 20 years ago precisely to give women students depart you need to sing choral music in the chapel we all know parents will do anything for that children but trying to shake up an institution that hasn't changed in over half a millennia now that dedication. 2028 democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders has been forced to clarify comments he made about the washington post on monday after they senator from vermont also accused of pedal conspiracy theories by suggesting the paper's editorial position reflects the interests of its owner billionaire jeff bezos or you tube users is on the phone call you're watching because what you do absolutely. doesn't work what i think is. there is a framework you go through the divorce also c.e.o.

fritz i think anybody you know how more can i move on. then i talk about all the time and then i wonder why but washington which is owned by jumping through on top of thought on the right we've got articles about i don't know what. senator sanders is a member of a large club of politicians of every ideology who complain about their coverage contrary to the conspiracy theory the senator seems to favor jeff bezos allows our newsroom to operate with full independence as our reporters and editors can attest . well bernie sanders has long been a vocal critic of corporate media arguing that they mis represent his views and ultimately act in the interests of fame money to elite.

working families that should not have to subsidize the wealthiest people jeff bezos made a leben 1000000000 dollars last year they didn't pay a nickel in federal income taxes wealthy people should stop paying their fair share of taxes etc. bernie sanders makes like skin crawl and i can't even identify for you what exactly it is because i see him as sort of a pro woman candidate or he could seriously bashers billionaires flaming which many of the problems many americans most americans have suffered just missed most is he just man the world or something just of course he is you know. because he's threatening the class interests and working on it trying to keep him through being elected president we will be even more static we're the billionaire class and

. it's definitely an obstacle because they have mormons and conforms and they can reach almost all americans the influence all americans think about but who clearly has a discrete message flung you that is resonating with his voters and supporters in the den already you could get the nomination he could be true if you gets the general election but they are the washington post on here in the south it would be great to offer who think we're looking at all voting just democratic but with independents and even some republicans he would have to decide to send it up to him for the media who are against him and a good. required to meet i think both candidates. let's head to hong kong where another weekend of demonstrations is in full swing this time rallies have been held in support of all as well as in opposition to the

authorities in the chinese semi autonomous territory the pro democracy protesting promises of teachers turned out to show support for the meaning behind the move but they were originally calling for the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill but have since adopted a much broader set of the months those include the resignation of hong kong's leader during long term democratic elections on the inquiry into alleged police brutality concerns are growing however that the ongoing campaign is putting the city special status in jeopardy and risking intervention from china. still ahead raising a glass to a better future the homemade chernobyl vodka which is aiming to raise money for those inside the exclusion zone but just how easy will it be to swallow we find out . when else should seem wrong when all along just don't hold. any cue ball

to get to shape out these days become educated and engaged equals betrayal. when something you find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected . so when you want to be president. some want to. let you go right to the press this is why before 3 of them or you could get. interested always in the waters in the. first.

70 minutes into the program welcome back the u.s. justice department has issued a warrant calling for the seizure of an iranian oil supertanker really spike your brought her on thursday the documents say the ship the oil it's carting a nearly $1000000.00 in cash are subject to forfeiture for violating u.s. sanctions all around the war and also cites bank fraud money laundering and terrorism related stuff it's it alleges additionally about iran's revolutionary guards a lawfully attempted to make use of the u.s. financial systems who supports illicit shipments of oil to syria previously iran's top diplomat sharply criticized the u.s. for attempting to block thursday's release of the ship which was 1st seized by british royal marines off the coast of japan after last. having failed to

accomplish its objectives through its economic terrorism including depriving cancer patients of medicine the us attempted to abuse the legal system to steal our property and the eye sees this piracy attempt is indicative of trumpet ministrations contempt for the law. yeah having performed small maneuvers on friday the vessel remain. stationed in general to waters as the captain no longer wants to keep control of the ship gibraltar's chief minister sees to the tension was lifted after the british overseas territory received formal written assurances from around aid would not ship oil to syria in violation of the sentients. the grace one is that for now released from detention under the sanctions act by operation of law on the 30th of august i received assurances from the republic of iran that if released the destination of the grace one would not be an entity that is subject to european union sanctions i welcome that assurance. the

arena and authorities denied that the grace one was ever shipping oil to syria in breach of e.u. surgeons 2 weeks after the vessel was impounded to run seize the british flag tanker in the strait of hormuz claiming it violated international law the us then later announced its intention to create a naval correlation to combat so named to reign in aggression in the strict middle east analyst company after somebody thinks the u.s. may have overplayed its hand with its british. very skeptical that the u.k. and gibraltar of the will heed the call by the us car meant a continuing pounding day and tank air and you know despite the legal fight thought it is this safe bet that given the fact that iran is also holding a british tank this is part of a proc war whereby the release of the iranian tank it will be followed shortly

immediate future release of the british tank held by iran we know that. garmin and their boys john saw that as well as those in gibraltar are. you know annoyed by this lingering crisis and they want to wash their hands off of it and the u.s. is trying every trick in the book to linger deuce crisis and to keep you as part of this so called my time. escort for their oil tankers passage through this state of foremost and they use those worries that once this crisis we've been in iran and day you'll care is resolved then do you. pull out and yours will be a coalition are one. ok let's bring you some images now from the russian capital where in a move to garner support ahead of local elections in moscow the communist party held a rally earlier this sunday in the center of the city 4000 people reportedly turned

out for the event which was sanctioned by the russian government coming as party leader gennady zyuganov also addressed the crowds he urged voters to back his party's candidates in the moscow kinds of elections which are set to take place in september. the head of germany's federal police has voiced concern over rising levels of far right hate speech he warned it could lead to the formation of new extremist groups terrorist cells in the country for several years now with fluctuations we have seen an increase in violent politically motivated crimes coming from the far right we are also seeing a risk of terrorist groups forming. asked some figures few german authorities registered over $8600.00 right wing extremist offense it is in the 1st half of $29000.00 that's a close to a 1000 more than jury in the same period last year but the spike the increase the

number of violent crimes stayed roughly the same here's a brief look at the scale of the country's problem with far right extremism. one case stop potentially highlights the threat from the far right was the murder of the politician walter luka he was a member of anglo-american a cd you party in the us a strong supporter of migrant rights you received death threats and was killed with a gunshot to the head day beginning of june at his home his suspected killers believed to harbor extreme right wing needs a low the police have said they're working hard to tackle extremism martin told her

from the left party in germany doesn't believe enough is being done. and a problem is that the right wing extreme right wing they are open for violence they do lists as well of any nice. busy group caught in all cloyd such is the extreme right wing group and they had a list of 25000 people who do politics christians who do activism for refugees we have a saying in germany who say that the authorities blind on the right eye that means they don't really know what the right wing of the review extreme right wing doing and during the last years they did a lot of movies asian organisation specially be extremists. militarist and so we are the increase of 4. crimes of the right we we as well we. know are you people of color. green people.

dangers or abused people in the last you. know a few people would be willing to visit the site of a nuclear disaster if you were still you'd think would want to buy products made in the exclusion zone but a group of british scientists is looking to change that they have been working on producing a vodka and made with grain from churn opal we spoke to professor jim smith from portsmouth university he says the atomic spirit is completely safe and has been tested in world trees. but what we did we set up an experimental sailcloth in the main exclusion zone about 20 kilometers south of the power station and it is not one of the most radioactive parts of the exclusion zone but obviously there's some contamination there and so we looked 1st at the transfer of radioactivity and crops and we grew raw and so then when we amended the grain and distilled it to produce

alcohol we as we expected because any chemist knows that when you to still something you leave a lot of the impurities in the waste product and not in the distillate alcohol so what we found was that when we measured the distillate alcohol we couldn't with very sophisticated equipment we couldn't find any radioactivity except a natural carbon 14 which would get in any spirit during. the noble disaster shot the soviet union on the world 33 years ago almost 600000 people were affected by the catastrophe of the nuclear plant according to the world health organization jim smith sees the vodka project is not about grabbing headlines but promoting recovery. the economically depressed area. all we want to do is make make money in order to help develop that area and support the communities that have been affected it's a long road you know 30 years after the chernobyl accident and there are still issues

particularly around the perception of radiation risk and people worried about the radiation perhaps when we scientists think the shouldn't they insert things in forms from that point of view to show that we can make a consumer product that hopefully people will want to drink so i have to say that this is technically this is not of it's more like a 30 high quality moonshine than what we're producing is something using the more traditional way that's been done in ukraine belarus russia poland for many centuries to our distil that he thinks and i agree the good way of doing it because it keeps more of the flavor of the original grain and we've had a expert tasting and they like the flavor. all right we are crossing to some great programs in moments then i'll be back at the top with all your latest global news updates this is r.t. interest.

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perspective than 10 month gives us continuing coverage in china with an exclusive interview with the vice president strategy at all way. plus we discuss the implications for britain's economy of boris johnson polls a rumor early august gregg's that we have a packed show today so let's go and. after a violent week where we saw losses worldwide following the 210 year old inversion we're now seeing a sharp rebound as equities recover this is part of the market capitulation we spoke about on wednesday where the vix theory gauge on the one to 4 month futures had inverted indicating that we were too far extended so now u.s. equities are quickly rebounding european and asian stocks are also posted modest gains on friday while treasuries paired some of their advances expectations for further stimulus by the central banks are now growing and the markets got a lift today when the e.c.b. all the rand came out calling for an impactful and significant stimulus package in the new.