she. was a. mob of hong kong anti-government activists around the territory the justice minister in london pushing to raise the chunk to the ground and leaving her badly shaken. 2 teenagers are dead and 3 others injured following a high school shooting in los angeles it occurred on the very morning just prospects turned 16. and child abuse in the u.k. linked to believe that including witchcraft is on the rise with many saying political correctness is becoming a barrier to protecting them from mobile children.

very well welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me. our top story this hour following months of protests fallout from the unrest in hong kong is now being felt much further afield for the 1st time since anti-government demonstrations began on the chinese territory activists of a top the hong kong official who was visiting london. it. was. 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 as they also chase her down the street to put it show of the

incidents the one that we just saw shows a chain being swamped and screamed ad 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 stories the chain is actually quite a key figure in the drafting of the now with drone acts tradition bill that sparked all the protests and the 1st place now china hong kong special administrative region it has once again proved that the rule intention is to destabilize hong kong now but taking such violence abroad and into the u.k. that action deserves to be condemned not always by the entire chinese people including the hong kong compatriots but also by the british public and the international community unanimously there was a very formal response to this violent incidents from the u.k.

police and woman was taken to hospital by london ambulance service suffering an injury to her arm inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances there has been norris at this stage one of the constant things we know we've seen since the protests broke out in hong kong the protesters themselves the clearing strenuously about 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 called has been crippled by protest since march 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 stand off police for instance the daily mail put in is 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 thing their struggle while the professor is transform hong kong university is into a weapons factories and arm themselves with the patch rolled bombs and the media is still impressed but what they call novel methods of taking on riot police so it does seem that the coverage has focusing so far very little on the danger posed to those caught in the cross-fire the of. the.

we heard from shanghai based professor benjamin china who believes there's clear bias in the coverage of the protests. outside on call like you don't worry too much about a creation of a divided fear their betters. islands of some of the protesters to hold the police is to constrain the question because the protesters as going to violence into this position of power the more i was such a point to hunger for this alone it's really hard to con think about it but i know not to point out the general public is hugely unsatisfied with the protesters right now there is no effective way to unite their powers to fight against the protesters yet you see what. some of this boston media covering the story i think it gets and the post and it often but the media not only trying to nice what we call the whole

world i think the call because. it's a phone call be one example of how one high the civil rights and peace process. did hell open knighted by some outside force. so you can get a high school in suburban los angeles has left 2 teenagers dead and 3 others injured the gunfire began at around 7 30 am on thursday local time the suspect who saw himself in the head and is not expected to survive his injuries is under police custody in hospital he had just turned 16 on the morning of the incident. it was one and then 4 quick ones so ben and then bang bang bang bang.

it was almost as if it were to happen at like a brunch or lunch but there were slots people like people were just waiting for that buses start. i just heard the lot of kids crying we were scared we're never really thought this would happen in our school. she burst out crying like crazy but i felt better because i knew the danger was gone i just phonics the whole time until i heard from him again and he's sad she was ok. meanwhile a wide ranging report by u.s. intelligence says that many school shootings during the last decade could have been prevented recommendations of the document will be used in training sessions for schools across the country or the us democrats oppose the idea of drills saying

they could traumatize children my son's school is holding 4 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 on 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 the stirring to me now more than 4000000 students underwent a lockdown or drill at their school in the 221-7218 school year that included more than a 1000000 aged between 4 and 11 while thousands of even younger children also had the same experience the number of school shootings in the united states has been

overwhelmingly high more than 250 since the infamous columbine high school massacre in 1999 in which 13 people died truly i opening figures here recent research suggests that the majority of american teenagers are worried about the possibility of a shooting at their school here's what people in new york think about gun attack training school children it does excite the little ones and then they can't focus i concentrate and they're just too nervous just living so you know it's something that we should share with them at home you know sort of make them aware but don't just drive them nuts and. unfortunately it's necessary my girlfriend didn't seem to be truck traumatized by it i think they should tape. and they remember the atom bomb drills doodles and it's the same thing i think it's the reality we're facing today and fortunately i grew up doing 2 little drills are my kids are growing up doing lots of sugar drills i think life could be traumatic for kids but without

a doubt i think that's why parents and teachers and psychologists a psychologist to be involved in doing this girl reaction to this from iraq war veterans again and for experts to allow them. 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 to do that kind of stuff and they might if

it's got to it's got to say during the cold war they should of dropped bombs or they should've exploded. missions next to schools to make sure that kids get underneath the tables to get ready for a nuclear. attack it's creating a culture of fear were you basically indoctrinating kids to be afraid of everything creates a normalization of these behaviors which is stressed which is nervousness which is exotic. number of children in the u.k. known to have suffered abuse linked to witchcraft is rising according to local government figures but since most of those who practice it come from abroad the british government has been accused of turning a blind eye to fears it could raise accusations of racism saudi at the takes up 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 research 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 1st conviction for s.g.m. back in february.

despite that life threatening and dangerous practices like f.d.m. put as many as 60000 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 holy 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 convection 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 is down to cultural practices it's down to only all ages and he's damned political correctness i want to know when a feminist song on this issue there is not enough we mean speaking up about this and it's because when women like me speak up we are told we are racist and he has to stop that's when you have the political correctness has got to go at it when it 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 a stand up and say that anyone anybody who is involved in this practice if there is even a remotely suspicion children need to be looked at medically but much doesn't happen either for so long abuses like f.e.m.

have been hidden doused in sticker or into but it seems like callie a towel for what it is maybe the only way to protect vulnerable children. ahead in the program the ousted president old bolivia who fled to mexico speaks about hopes of making a return to his homeland us off the break. seemed wrong. to shape our. culture. and engagement. trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. to look for common ground. the. you know world big part of newton's laws and conspiracies it's time to wake up

to dig deeper to get the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. welcome back now hundreds of people have turned out in gaza for the funeral of 8 people all from the same family who were killed in an israeli airstrike 5 children

were among the victims the attack targeted an apartment building in the early hours of thursday burying residents under the rubble and israeli military spokesman confirms the strike noting though that the head of the family was a senior islamic jihad commander reportedly a member of the so-called p i j or the palestinian islamic jihad group local media say 34 palestinians have been killed in israeli airstrikes over the past 2 days claiming a half of them were civilians here's how a local health official described the aftermath of the strike over night. bodies were disfigured as a result of heavy bombardment from israeli f. 16 and. think the us to go under the rubble. deliberately targeted swoons on with the work this latest escalation flared up at the beginning of the week when it israeli strike is believed to have killed another high ranking terrorist islamic militants then responded with a wave of retaliatory rockets over the next 48 hours the hostilities were put on

hold on thursday after a cease fire was agreed to which the militants have broken and israel has responded to earlier we spoke to the door and skinner publicist and political commentator who says israel will do whatever it feels necessary to protect its people. if israel responds to defending israeli citizens and anybody got hurt in gaza who is to be blamed the terrorists who attack is 0 not so when you hit the target with the terrorists who hide behind women and children who wish to be blame the terrorists are to be blamed who actually have their families then they birds they have them as hostages they target our civilians and they know they are of course must to be got must be neutralized down is a real needs to protect protect our peace for all and civil

serious. settlements in the south we want to live there if we are attacked by this live in the jihad or by the hamas army duty is to protect. we're joined now by hound aisha curry the deputy director of the gaza base palestinian center for human rights welcome to the program it's good to have you with us now the israeli strike followed on from those by the palestinian armed group it was israel simply we tally a sing to a breach of the cease fire. in the middle of legal issues for. how a taser early on he taught is the terrorists who should be blamed for hiding behind civilians and in the latest strike of course children. between china and the us we've been talking about this for months now but now the

report is that china and the u.s. are holding in-depth discussions on phase one of those trade talks but to get that done china says there has to be there must be a cancellation of tariffs as recently as tuesday president trump said that it deal was close but didn't give specifics right now everything is hinged on terror of the president trying to threaten tariffs of 15 percent and about $156000000000.00 worth of chinese goods those tariffs in theory would take effect on december 15th and yes they would hit video game consoles computer monitors christmas decorations all the stuff you care about plus thousands of other items so let's talk about this for a 2nd because kristie in december 15th is when these tariffs take effect and when the big question for a lot of people is isn't that too late to really affect christmas we're talking about black friday has already passed by then cyber monday is already passed by then. with this kind of squeeze in everything for christmas or we still get hit by

it you can actually still get hit by because while got a lot of shopping does take place during black friday and cyber monday now increasingly more as more sales go online 30 percent of annual sales actually take place between black friday and christmas and almost over half of the shoppers don't even finish their christmas shopping until late in december so this will actually be a huge chunk out of the retailers are things that they need this holiday spending in order to make their year and numbers and furthermore this year's going to be particularly bad because there's 6 less days than there were in 2018 plus one last weekend altogether so this is going to impact the entire shopping season for all of these retailers and take a huge chunk out of there aren't because we haven't seen this since 2013 that we had 6 plus days and $20000.00 was one of the worst years for retailers.