it was am. hong kong's justice secretary is surrounded by a mob of anti paging out to bits joining a visit to london to raise the child was pushed to the ground and left badly shaken . former u.s. ambassador to ukraine claims she has become a target for the president and his allies as she testifies of the trial impeachment inquiry. and u.k. all star teams are accused of failing to protect the vulnerable migrant children from abusive practices including witchcraft due to concerns over political correctness it's. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r t international with me nicky arun it's great to have you with us now 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 have attacked a hong kong official who was visiting london. was. it was very 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 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 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 violent and more was perpetrated organized on one communication committed the fragrance assault on the senior official 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. the 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 that has been norris at this stage one of the constant. you know we've seen since the protests broke out in the hong kong the protesters themselves the clearing strenuously that there are protests are peaceful but 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 protests 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're even building watchtowers and even using catapults to found off police for instance the daily mail put and it's had lined

the story of how protesters are using the swimming pools to tast patra bombs so it does seem that the mainstream media in general is not criticizing the methods that they're using but more somehow sort of romantic their struggle while the protesters transform hong kong university is into a weapons factories and armed 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 is focusing so far very little on the danger posed to those caught in the cross-fire. what are the. headlines.

that. we heard from shanghai based professor. benjamin child he believes there's a case of bias in the coverage of the protests outside on call i don't worry too much about prolonged as collation violence and the violence there that matches the local violence of some poll of polls as to how the police is to constrain the question because the protesters in that as great a violence to this position of power the more i was such a point to hunger for this alone it's really hard to can think about it but i know a large part of the general public is hugely unsatisfied with the protestors 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 are covering the story i think it gets another post and that often but the media only trying to nice one called the whole

world i think will come because. it's a phone call will be one example of how one highly civilized and peaceful says they could turn into hell open knighted by some i was type forces. former us ambassador to ukraine his claims he feels threatened by donald trump and his allies the allegations are made public during the 2nd hearing into the president's impeachment inquiry of alleged collusion with ukraine's leader the ex diplomats marie ivanovna it has been accused of hampering a corruption investigation into the ukrainian energy company like democratic presidential hopeful joe biden's son held a top position kenneth walton has these house. we've been hearing the testimony of marie of a novel now and she is the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine she was dismissed from her post in may of 2019 now she did come up in the conversation the phone call between donald trump and the linsky and

the trump is certainly not thrilled about her testimony referring to her as the woman and furthermore saying that she is the bad news this is what donald trump tweeted out as the hearings continued every whim or even though that when turned bad she started off in somalia how did that go then fast forward to ukraine with a new ukrainian president spoke on favorably about her in my 2nd phone call with him it is a u.s. president's absolute right to appoint ambassadors now from the former ambassadors testimony we heard her say that donald trump was intimidating or we also heard her alleged and maintain that she is not part of the joe biden family scandal involving hunter biden the son of the former vice president she also says that she was not part of any effort to leak data from ukraine in 2016 to use against donald trump during the elections she wasn't part of any ukrainian effort to meddle against u.s.

president donald trump now what's also important to note is she seems to be blaming everything on u.s. president donald trump but not just him how would this theory of ukraine interference in the 2016 election be in light of your putin's interest. well i mean president putin must have been aware that there were concerns in the u.s. about russian meddling in the 2016 elections and what the potential was for russian meddling in the future. you know classic for intelligence officers to try to throw off the scent and create an alternative narrative that maybe might get picked up and get some credence the name of russian president vladimir putin seems to come up quite a lot in these hearings despite the fact that there regarding u.s. president trump and his dealings with ukraine the name of the russian president seems to slip in it's also important to note that the u.s. public is seeming to be a little bit less interested in these ongoing impeachment hearings the 1st round of

hearings had 13000000 viewers roughly 5 percent of the u.s. population but if you look just a couple of years ago there were 19000000 people who watched fired f.b.i. director james komi give his testimony now there are 20000000 people who watched brett kavanaugh as congressional testimony when he was being confirmed as a supreme court nominee and accused of an attempted sexual assault it would seem that the u.s. public is just becoming less and less interested in these ongoing anti trump congressional hearings and testimonies however the impeachment hearings will continue to proceed on capitol hill with more witnesses being called against the current president. number of children in the u.k. known to have suffered abuse linked to witchcraft is rising according to local government think it is but since most of those who practice it come from abroad the british government is being accused of turning a blind eye to face it could face accusations of racism saudia it with dusty 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 council 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 fast conviction for f.d.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 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 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 is down to cultural practices it's down to ideologies and he's damned political correctness i want to know where the feminists out on this issue there is not enough we mean speech 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 where you have the political correctness has got to go where we 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 anyone anybody who is involved in this practice if there is even a remote 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 calling a tower for what is maybe the only way to protect vulnerable children. speaking from mexico bolivia's ousted president evo morales says he wants to return to his homeland as soon as possible and pacify the nation 1st while the country reels of political chaos with new rather supporters protesting what they're calling a coup r.t. spanish correspondent francisco greater is covering events in the nation's capitol . elizabeth on us it was of people are protesting against what they believe is a coup they gathered here in the center of the past but they came here from one of the best chance of ever more alice brother stars do not recognize the self-proclaimed acting president and yes 2nd they want to restore constitutional order and finally they want to gain respect for indigenous symbols on tuesday the jeannine and yes announcer self interim president that on wednesday appointed her

ministers and military commanders the interim government said that the country's problem was in the reading of election results on october 20th and then ever resign thereby creating a very difficult situation which they took advantage of that even though our lives fled to mexico along with many office party members he was forced to step down on monday after weeks of violets triggered by claims that last month's election victory was rigged and violence looting and vandalism followed and some of his supporters now say they fear for their lives morales himself stays bolivia needs help from abroad to restore pace. but there were people who still have plenty of confidence in the united nations we have had extensive talks with u.n. secretary general antonio good turners and he has a lot of social conscience plenty of commitment to the poor he should be the mediator not just the facilitator in the institution perhaps accompanied by the catholic church and of pope francis is needed we should add him to. it what we

know so far the bolivian assembly hasn't approved or rejected my resignation they haven't approved or rejected it and i can say that i'm still the president the moment they approve my resignation then i am no longer president. because. we must recover democracy with a lot of patience and peaceful fights ago we must pacify bolivia and then if i am useful in anything but can bring peace to believe you we will do it. bullets. meanwhile bolivia's self-proclaimed interim president janina as is being accused of racism ever tweet she wrote 6 years ago but later deleted. i dream of i believe you are free of satanic addictions free chills the city is not for the indians who should stay in the highlands or the chaco. we want the gracious lady who is automatically proclaimed to show president to resign that is why we

have say to resign. that so-called president even usurping our country we want to respect what is coming our way off this very short break stay with us. last. because my. point is not going to be good let them. walk up and sing the last. of the so-called individual i suppose in this. strong belief democratic society and the freedom of the individual. west in the western mindset is in decline the us is in relative decline china is rising your up some people say it is rising other people see this as declining it's

likely that the sort of western mindset western culture will decline relative to eastern culture that's that's probably what's going to happen although you called say for certain i think anyone that says something will or won't happen is pushing it a bit. welcome back hundreds of people have turned out in garza 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 confirmed 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 half of them were civilians here's how a local health official described the aftermath of the strike overnight. bodies were disputed as a result of heavy bombardment from israeli f. 16 aircraft. in the rubble of. the world this latest escalation flared up at the beginning of the week when an israeli strike is believed to have killed another high ranking terrorist islamic militants then responded with away the retaliatory rockets over the next 48 hours the hostilities were put on hold on thursday after a cease fire was agreed which the militants have broken and israel has responded to earlier we heard from human rights and political commentators based in the region.

if israel responds to defending israeli citizens and anybody got hurt in gaza who is to be blamed the terrorists who attack israel 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 they have them as hostages they target our civilians and they know they are of course mosque to be got must be neutralized god down is a real needs to protect protect our peaceful and civil cities our settlements in the south we want to leave there if we had attacked by they slimey jihad or by the hamas army duty is to protect

a legitimate target does not give the israeli authorities that are to attack civilian probert these civilian houses they can distinguish and they are supposed to according to international law to discriminate between civilian and months of 1000000000 targets between combatants and noncombatants and in this case even claiming that a targeted person if it proves to be a legitimate target cannot be an excuse to justify and on a number of presidents over places or areas where. civilians are there even according to the mission law in case of doubt that prayer at the and the opinion with the go go in for a civilian rather than military so in all cases that it has been no excuse to a building. on the protests in germany show no signs of freelancing the latest event thing thousands descend on hamburg. vent their anger at the

government's new agricultural policies traffic was brought to a halt as the city played host to a conference of the country's federal and regional environment ministers who were discussing among other things imposing restrictions on the use of pesticides many farmers say the new stricter regulations would stifle the sector among the measures that have provoked outcry are a ban on some pesticide found regulations to protect groundwater from nitrates artie's evangelos tips us was with the farmers convoy and they set up the hamburg. 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 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 cannot have scored to follow deficit for the dairies at the root of the 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 offer on this today we are staying here and spend your shoulder chose a minister for environment here in germany and we invited him to come here but she

is staying involved and she don't speak to us and we needs a communication that's good simply miss 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 would hurt. the government insists that germany's farmers are not abandoned no i expect to hear from farmers yes they do and that is change but i don't do. to them supporting them financially or it is important is that we together with our european partners have directly mintz is an instrument to support small and medium sized farms and this is a very important 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 in the process eventually success for our to. disney's brand new streaming service has had a rocky start to live since launching this week a technical glitch caused it to briefly crash meaning it was unavailable to some customers and it's also run into trouble from viewers after pinned warnings to classic cartoon such as dumbo the jungle book and fantaisie it because they contain allegedly racially charged elements.

the. role of. the what i don't want you to. be. a. little correctness is on top stupidity disney plus not squinted ruining for cultural depictions and classic animated movies. how did we get by all these decades without warnings. disney is making disclaimers about all of the depictions in them but do people really get hurt that easy.

why are we explaining jim crow laws to a child the child sees a car true it doesn't understand that but when you tell somebody you see what this is this is racism what racism this is racism why are they were racist because people hate people because of color why you actually can do more harm so is this a good idea no it's the wrong message so what have you done have you made me smarter or have you shown me the diversity and the perhaps even the splendor of of racial symbolism sometimes we just explain too much sometimes it's best just to shut up play the movie and let kids watch it after all just a movie schist a cartoon that simple coming off of the top of the hour daniel hawkins has all the latest headlines.

you know world of big movies. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit 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 back and 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. happen and in another one of. the ways or both the food. itself to see if i. was in this way got to dog so hard not to think i know how disappointed this moment then look like they are right and i know please tell us

then if. this is the only thing that we do is music because everybody fights his way. through our luke and the feet down it is worthless woody allen grabbing hold of it at the outset that. what i think is this is the fund that is a complete. thought. the trump impeachment hearings have begun for all the public to see analysis from all the angles on this edition of politic.

politicking on larry king the impeachment inquiry of donald trump has moved into the public phase voters now have an opportunity a big of their own mind on the president's actions based on the steady stream of testimony from diplomatic and defense experts for analysis on this what we've seen so far and for just some idea of how we've gotten to this point in the 1st place i'm joined by ken adelman he formally citizen best of united nations and on his control director under president reagan he accompanied him on several summits between reagan and the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev it's a pleasure to have his expertise on all of this he joins us from washington thank you for doing this can it's good to see a larry you're doing great and you look great too you voight on diplomacy in

defense positions throughout your career anything close to as happening today well i think what's close to what's happening today is the integrity of those who serve in the foreign service and who serve our country in uniform even if the uniforms is true a striped suit because these are people who are dedicated their lives to service who sign up to help the united states who don't avoid the draft or avoid service in any way and they're there to serve and it's just sparkling to see them come forward tell the truth not try to get involved in the politics of it all but tell it like it is so i think that's the same i saw that in my most 20 years 1820 years in government and it's inspiring to see larry do you think they are being in some ways.