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a barrier to protecting children. 247 news live from moscow this is r.t. international from the team myself union o'neill and welcome following months of protests fold from the rest in hong kong is now being felt much further afield for the 1st time since antigovernment demonstrations began on the chinese territory activists have attacked a hong kong official who was visiting london. well for more on what happened to join. coast some of the pictures there quite dark was

helping and i couldn't quite follow what more do we know about this incident we know for sure emotions are running high well the video that we just saw shows hong kong's justice secretary to resign chang who was actually at the time in the u.k. giving a speech about successful dispute resolution how she was targeted by dozens of protesters who pretty much mobbed her as she left the car now the activists were yelling murderer and they also chased her down the street to put it show of the incidents the one that we just saw shows a chain being swamped and screamed ads and at some point she was even pushed to the ground and she injured her arm and she was taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment now an interesting detail is that hong kong's justice secretary kerry's the chain is actually quite a key figure in the drafting of now with drone acts tradition bill that sparked all

the protests and the 1st place now china has of course already commented on this incident with hong kong justice secretary. the boy into moves perpetrators who organized one on one communication committed the fragrance assault on the scene of the poem called special administrative region it has once again proved that the rule intention is to destabilize hong kong now the taking such violence abroad went into the u.k. that action deserves to be condemned not only by the entire chinese people including the hong kong compatriots but also by the british public and the international community unanimously and here is how police reacted on what happened . and woman was taken to hospital by london ambulance service suffering an injury to her arm inquiries are ongoing to stop the full circumstances that has been norris at this stage one of the constant things we've seen since the protests broke

out in hong kong the protesters themselves the clearing strenuously their protests are peaceful but yet we've been seeing them. lots of blockades can we bring in the kind of difference what's happening there well they do not seem to be asked species will as they claim to be wrong has been crippled by protest since march was so far 10 dad and over 1000 people injured and those classes but practically all over the place the media continues to call them peaceful however they have been seen to be quite familiar with medieval style weaponry they are even building watchtowers and even using catapults to found off police for instance the daily mail put in it had lined the story of how protesters are using swimming pools to tast patra bombs so it does seem that the mainstream media in general is not really criticizing the

methods that they're using but more somehow sort of romantic their struggle while the protesters transform hong kong university is into weapons factories and armed themselves with patra bombs the media is still impressed but what they call novel methods of taking on riot police so it does seem that the coverage is focusing so far very little on the danger posed to those caught in the crossfire thanks for result the data on the question of the. moving on to more world news a shooting at a high school in suburban los angeles has left 2 teenagers dead and 3 others injured the gun fire began at around 7 30 am on thursday local time of the suspect who shot himself in the head and there's not expected to survive his injuries is under police custody we believe right now in hospital he had just turned 16 on the

morning of the incident. it was one and then for quick minds and then bang bang bang. it was almost as if it were to happen at like a brunch or lunch but there was less people but like people were just waiting for the cops to start. i just heard the lot of kids crying words kiri were never really thought this would happen now with her.

she burst out crying like crazy but i feel better because i knew the danger was gone i just wanted the whole time until i heard her him again and. he was there. on the aftermath of the tragic incident a wide ranging report by u.s. intelligence saves that many school shootings during the last decade could of been prevented recommendations in the document will be used in training sessions for schools across the country however u.s. democrats oppose the idea of drill saying they could traumatize children. my son's school is holding for active shooter drills this year the only clear impact of these drills is stress anxiety and confusion on the part of children and families i would end the drills will make them optional that our kids learn the right things active shooter drills are traumatizing a generation of american children you are not expressing the urgency of

ending trauma. that our kids are exposed to every single day as they go through these drills in every single school in this country is this being to me or more than 4000000 students on or went to lock down or drill their school in the 2017 it during school year the included more than a 1000000 tween for 11 while thousands of even younger children also had the same experience now the number of school shootings in the united states has been overwhelmingly high more than 250 since the infamous colombine high school massacre in 1909 in which 13 people died not truly opening figures here recent research suggests that the majority look at more than half of american teenagers are worried about the possibility of a shooting at their school well here's what people in new york think about going to

training for school children. it does excites the little ones and then they can't focus and concentrate and they're just too nervous just living so you know it's something that we share with them at home you know sort of make them aware but don't just drive them nuts and school unfortunately it's necessary my girlfriend didn't seem to be truck traumatized by it i think they should taper down a lot and they remember to atom bomb drills little doodles and it's the same thing i think it's the reality we're facing today unfortunately i grew up doing 2 little drools and my kids are growing up doing lots of sugar drills i think life could be traumatic for kids you know but without a doubt i think that's why parents and teachers and psychologists a psychologist to be involved in doing this yes very much an old going discussion this and we got reaction to it from the iraq war veteran sergio culture again psychology expert 1st do you know load. i don't think there's anything wrong with doing periodic drills i think the danger is when you have children who are away

from their parents maybe for the 1st time in their lives young children who are impressionable some of whom have maybe been through some sort of traumatic experience in their life and you put them through an active shooter situation that's where the danger comes in especially to a particularly young child who is particularly vulnerable to such a traumatic suggestion when you get up into the high school age in the college age i think you have a less impressionable brain someone who is mentally perhaps a little more prepared to distinguish you know reality from something that we're rehearsing are preparing for but with younger children i think it's particularly dangerous it's totally insane actually see you do that kind of stuff and they might if it's gonna it's kind of saying during the cold war they should of dropped bombs or they should've exploded ammunitions next to schools to make sure they kids get

underneath the tables. to get ready for a nuclear fallout or a time it's creating a culture of fear where you basically indoctrinating kids to be afraid of everything creates a normalization of these behaviors which is stress which is nervousness which is exactly. fears over what the future might hold and how to safeguard against any eventuality how seeing this survivalist industry flourish in the us later this hour our teams feature length report armageddon ready looks out the growing demand for so-called doomsday shelters in america. what are you supposed to do when you receive the flash mob. we are sitting in front of a blast proof bunker i have 575 bunkers and we are now building this

into the world's largest survival community i purchased this site in 2008 with the idea of converting it into a nuclear hardened bunker your government and our government and all the other major governments of the world know what's going to happen and when it's going to. but they haven't told you the men haven't told me they haven't announced it it's a war of words on the news media now i've never seen a country so divided as america is right now so divided that people are buying bunkers in record numbers to protect their family from the unknown because they don't know where their country is going. ok 2 story no generating increasing interest in britain the number of children in the u.k. known to have suffered abuse linked to witchcraft is rising that's according to

local government figures but since most of those who practice have come from abroad the british government is being accused of turning a blind eye over fears it could face accusations of racism r t shadi edwards dusty takes out the story. hidden under the guise of religion faith and belief witchcraft is an ever increasing threat in child abuse cases in britain the number of such incidents has risen by more than a 3rd in just 2 years as local councils say they are housing the equivalent of 38 cases every single week the shocking resets released by the u.k.'s local government association also highlights f.p.m. all female genital mutilation it puts numbers at a record high with 1000 children having already been abused or at risk of it in the last year one it's more common incessant african communities the u.k. did have its fast conviction for s.g.m. back in february.

despite that life threatening and dangerous practices like f g m put as many as $60000.00 pounds at risk every year there's a misconception that the ancient custom of s.g.m. is a religious one even though it originated some 2500 years ago meaning it predates both islam and christianity and is not mentioned in any hardy scriptures nor endorsed by religious leaders but the cultural often described as a barbaric tradition mainly occurring in africa isn't being fought as it perhaps should be as i say there's a fear of being called racist. i'm so angered by these figures for so long the political power that black people have has been dismissed people are scared to tackle s.g.m. and witchcraft is this scared of being accused of racism but it's racist to ignore

it it's more races to look away it really hurts that we still have to tell people the black kids need protecting following the 1st f g m conviction earlier this year more measures have been put in place to help put an end to the epidemic of abuse including extra guidance for prosecutors and police down to cultural practices it's down to only all ages and he's damned political correctness i want to know whether feminist song on this issue there is not enough we mean speaking up about this and it's because when women like me speak out we are told we are racist and he has to stop that's what you have to political correctness is going to go out the window each is like a cancer and he stops people from breaking the silence we need more words we need strong words we need government and politicians and prime ministers to stand up and say that anybody anybody who is involved in this practice if there

was even remotely suspicion children need to be looked at medically but much doesn't happen either for so long abuses like after you have been hit and doused in sticker and to but it seems like calling a tower what is maybe the only way to protect vulnerable children. herman farmers are once again driven to destruction over berlin sperms to go green it's among our stories it's coming right ahead after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm showbiz. i'll see you that.

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again an american war activist i was being threatened with arrest stuff for being accused of assaulting a member of congress the incident happened when she was forcibly removed from a news conference for opposing u.s. actions in venezuela medea benjamin claimed she's being treated like a terrorist. by police cars rode up to my house and motorcycles as well rounded the house as if i were some kind of charisse and said there was all the bulletin for my arrest and i refused to go with them i said where is the warrant they didn't have a warrant and i killed them and we stayed outside my house and in the end. they didn't arrest me you know i don't know if that is the end of this or they will get a warrant and try to arrest me but the fact is that i am a peace activist i don't assault anyone and it's

a travesty that they came to my house in such numbers and so intimidating. benjamin earlier denounced the creation of a so-called venice will of democracy caucus it's a bipartisan group in the u.s. congress created to support the opposition in venezuela she held up a sign saying no coups in venezuela or bolivia democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz was speaking to the media when things turned nasty was not you know i don't mind waving a flag. on the stump you're. ready to say she was shoved to the groan and threatened while congresswoman of us from insurance claims that she was the one time. to be physically assaulted by opponents of freedom is really mind blowing but this why i anthracis to the do we

needed to come together on a bipartisan basis to make sure we can bring freedom and democracy once again to the vinous our own people we were at the press conference there were about 6 of us and the rest of the group was people who support the venezuelan opposition and when we held up our signs every single one of them was grabbed from our hands by these. even somebody had their phone grabbed from his hand and i was just standing there and then all of a sudden i was being dragged down pushed out choked and thrown to the ground. well the incident comes less than a month after another activists was arrested mux blumenthal was detained for allegedly assaulting a supporter of venice will a self declared leader warned why do during demonstrations at the country's embassy in washington d. benjamin say this sets a very dangerous precedent there's another journalist max blumenthal who 5 months

after the embassy incident they came up to his nose just like they did mine and arrested him with the war and 5 months later so they could come to my house at any time i think this is meant to leave us in a state of uncertainty worrying looking behind our back all the time and it hasn't just happened max like partner tighe barry was falsely arrested and accused of assaulting a police officer it took him 6 months to get the charges dropped this is selective prosecution and it's bogus they make up things against us again as a way to intimidate not only us but other people who want to join us. former protests in germany show no signs of relenting they live as the fent saw the 7 humbert to vent their anger the government's new cultural policies traffic was brought to a halt once the city played host to a conference of the country's federal and regional environment ministers who are

discussing among other things imposing restrictions on the use of pesticides you know many farmers say the new stricter regulations would stifle this sector among the measures that have provoked cryer a bomb on some past this regulations to protect water from nitrates or to us was with the farmers convoy thought for home burka. it is early and the morning 'd that they should be working on their lands but instead of these german farmers have hopped on their tractors and will be rolling into amber to make a big point. as the country's regional and environmental ministers are meeting here in hamburg the

farmers want to make it clear that the shifting balance between ecology and arkie culture is putting them out of business as the ever tightening e.u. and national regulations on the use of chemicals from wheat killers and fertilizers to roots now we've become from the german government is so hard for us that we cannot drag on our farms we cannot have made good crops. have scored to follow deficit for the dairies at the root of their rigorous restrictions is the protection of wildlife and habitat the farmers agree that looking after nature is the core to the job but what infuriates them more is how they were shut out of the conversation of how to go about implementing fundamental changes in their life would fall from this today we are staying here and spending a shoulder childes a ministerial environment here in germany and we invited here to come here she

is staying involved and she don't speak to us and we needs a communication that's good support lemus the biggest problem is in the politicians don't talk to us and we want to have a dialogue with them and participate in the decision making process and that's that's what we're here who'll hertl. the government insists that germany's farmers are not abandoned no i expect something from farmers yes they do and that is change but i don't do. to them supports in them financially what is important is that we together with our european partners have directly humans as an instrument to support small and medium sized farms and this is a very important and signal for many farmers that they have certain insurance against fluctuations but the german government is under pressure itself by the european commission over its sluggish and environmental protection record there is even the prospect of huge fines and legal actions if they do not do more having tried time and again to quietly highlight their problems germany's farmers are now

having to be more tough with ever public protests while they might be outflanked by the increasingly influential green lobby and the e.u. pushing the government for more reforms they're determined not to lead generations of farming families watch in the process evangelists obsess for artsy. the market for dooms day shelters is booming in the u.s. right now but what's or who is it that the latest generation of survivalists truly fear the store that starts. those who consume corporate media will believe the bolivian army rightfully overthrew the democratically elected president of bolivia the word coup is not

mentioned but this is exactly what happened the tried and tested color revolution playbook was on display for anyone paying attention to libya's democracy is in retreat. time after time called her ration to repeat the same mantra sustainability very important. transition to sustainable price board sustainability stay in her manner a more equitable and sustainable well. they claim that production is completely harmless. it does not the companies want us to feel good about products while the damage is being done far away and this is something else this must be done to anyone and i mean look. this is the move we didn't do any minute einstein seemed to be understood. in an.

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come on you can come we're going to protect you in your they're not going to do that. cold i think if people realize that the government is not going to protect you is not going this leave you if something were to happen it kind of like changes your your mindset your like only because i was in the theory i know how the government works and i don't want to put money into that i don't believe they're going to protect me when the time comes so the only way you can protect yourself is by protecting yourself. here sitting in front of a blast proof bunker made by the u.s. or during world war 2. it is 2200 square feet. is very large but it's not the only one. there's $575.00 of them

around me. stretching out 6 miles it leaves directions at 3 miles in these directions. nobody was able to figure out what to do with the empty bunkers. but finally one of the ranchers that owns this section called me and said would you be interested i have 575 bunkers we are now building this into the world's largest survival community with as many bunkers as we have we will eventually have 5 to 10000 people here ringback ringback. it's.