justice secretary surrounded by a. visit to london. was pushed to the ground and left badly shaken. a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine claims she has become a target for the president and his allies testifies that the trump impeachment inquiry. is the failing to protect vulnerable migrant children from abusive practices including witchcraft due to concerns over political correctness. from moscow thanks for joining us on r.t. international. police in london have launched an investigation into an

attack on the just the secretary of hong kong the reason chang was knocked to the ground after being surrounded by protesters during a visit to the british capital the chinese government has condemned the incident. was. was very well the video that we just saw shows hong kong's justice secretary terry's a change 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 orest at this stage one of a constant. you know we've seen since the protests broke out in the hong kong protesters themselves the clearing strenuously that there are protests are peaceful but we've been seeing them. lots of blockades can we bring in that 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 are even building watchtowers and even using catapults to stand off police for instance the daily

mail put and it's 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 a 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. the. other time.

you heard from shanghai based professor benjamin show who believes there is a clear bias in the coverage of the protests. i'll try to call i don't worry too much about long as the nation. and the violence there matches the local violence of some of the protests of the police is to constrain expression because the protestors as collating violence to this position of power the more i was such a point to hunger for the a long 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 the polish to fight against the protesters yet you see what . some of this boston media are covering the story i think it gets the post and it

often but the media not only china needs what we call the whole world i think will come because. the my to hong kong will be one example of how high the civil rights and peace process. opened. i was type forces. the number of children in the u.k. known to have suffered abuse a link to witchcraft is rising that's according to local government figures since most of those who practice it come from abroad the british government was being accused of turning a blind eye for fears it could face accusations of racism to study at was actually 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 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 harley 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.d.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 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 where you have the political correctness is going to go at it when it reaches 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 is even a remotely suspicion children need to be looked at medically but much doesn't happen either for so long abuses like f.p.m. have been hidden doused in sticker or into but it seems like calling a tower for what it is maybe the only way to protect vulnerable children. a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine who is a key witness in the trump impeachment inquiry has said she's got no evidence that the president engaged in criminal activity in ukraine where you are one of its

shores question during the 2nd open impeachment era. do you have any information regarding the president ited states accepting any gripes. now do you have any information regarding any criminal activity that the president of the united states has been involved with at all. now during that hearing that will trump took to twitter to attack the former ambassador to ukraine and really do want to claim she felt threatened by the president's kind of open has more in the case been hearing the testimony of marie other now that now 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 a certainly not thrilled about her testimony referring to her as the woman and furthermore saying that she's the bad news this is what donald trump tweeted out as

the hearings continued every women in the of each when turned bad she started off in somalia how did that go then fast forward to ukraine with the 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 unflattering or putin's interest. well

i mean president putin must've 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 comey give his testimony and 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. hundreds of people have turned out in gaza for the funeral of 8 people from the same family who were killed in an israeli airstrike 5 children were among those victims their attack targeted an apartment building in the early hours of thursday burying residents under the rubble i'm israeli military spokesman confirmed the strike noting that the head of the family was a senior islamic jihad. reporter live member of the so-called p u a the palestinian islamic jihad group local media say 34 palestinians have been

killed in. various strikes just over the past 2 days claiming all other of the most civilians and here's how local health official described the office of all of the strike. a certain bodies were disfigured as a result of heavy bombardment from israeli f. 16 s who think the us to go under the rubble of. deliberately targeted saloons on with the works 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 a wave of retaliation with 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 heard from human rights and political commentators spaced 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 when they are of course mosque to be got must be neutralized down here's the real needs to protect protect our peace for all and civil cities. sad to mans in the south we want to leave there if we had attacked by this logic jihad or by the hamas armies duty to protect a legitimate target does not give the israeli authorities did our civilian problem at these civilian houses they can distinguish the. and they are supposed to

according to international law to discriminate between civilian and months a 1000000000 targets between combatants and noncombatants and in this case even claiming their authority if it proved to be a legitimate target cannot be an excuse to justify and i think on a number of residents over places or the areas where. civilians are there even according to the martial law in case of doubt they're brilliant at the end the opinion with the go go in for a civilian rather than military so in all cases that it has been no excuse to at this building. 5 people have reportedly been killed during a protest in bolivia according to supporters of the ousted president security forces opened fire on the demonstration.

thousands of mostly in vision as people took to the streets in the region since the political crisis erupted after york tobar election at least 10 other people have been killed in clashes across the country. well earlier the ousted president evo morales who is in mexico said he wants to return to his homeland as soon as possible to unite the nation and he was forced to step down on monday after weeks of violence triggered by claims that last month's election victory was briggs violence looting and vandalism followed and some of his supporters now say they fear for their lives or as himself says believe you need help from abroad to restore peace. but there were people who tell him i have plenty of confidence in the united nations we have had extensive talks with u.n. secretary general antonio good tears 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 when we buy low and 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. and critical to the we must recover democracy with a lot of patience and peaceful fights ago we must pacify bolivia and then if i'm useful in anything that can bring peace to believe that we will do it. bullets more news coming away just a few moments after this short break. china

wants to trade russia trump wants to trade the enemies of our conflict in a war as they love war and this seems like the opposition parties in america are the warm.

welcome back to our international form of protests in germany show no signs of relenting latest event thousands are descending on hamburg to vent their anger at the government's. policies traffic was brought to 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 and many farmers say the new strict regulations would stifle the sector among the measures that have proven provoke that outcry or a ban on some pesticides and regulations to protect groundwater from nitrates. was with the farmers convoy. book. 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 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 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 she is staying in bali and she don't speak to us and we needs a communication that's good support lemus the biggest problem is in the closest ones 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 what is important is that we together with our european partners have directly meant as an instrument to support small and medium sized farms and this is

a very important signal and informing us that they have certain insurance and gains 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 for artsy. disney's brand new streaming service has had a rocky start to life since launching this week a technical glitch caused it to briefly crash meaning it was unavailable to some customers it's also run into trouble from viewers after pin warnings the classic

cartoon such as dumbo the jungle book and fantasia because they contain a power racially charged elements. league. play a. role of. the i don't want you to. be . political correctness is on top stupidity disney plusnet squinted ruining for cultural depictions and classic animated movies. how did we get by all these

decades without warnings to. this news 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 racist because people hate people because of color why you actually can do more harm so is this a good idea let these you know 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 it's just a movie schist a cartoon that simple tariffs and trade wars with china coming up next on boom bust we're back in 30 minutes there with another global news headline for you join us back when. time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability area of. transition sustainable prize board sustainability stay number may not be more equitable and sustainable. they claim their production is completely harmless. it. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is

being done far away this is something this must be done even as i need money. and news to me didn't. understand superman and. join me every thursday on the elec so i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to get out of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

and this is a boom box broadcasted around the globe covering the world of business and finance and the impact on us all and been swamped and i'm 50 i in washington has a lockout what i like today incredible numbers of global debt has risen to $250.00 trillion dollars and there are 2 countries responsible for more than half of the increase over the past 10 years while breaking down what tech companies want to be more than just social media and search engines they want to provide checking accounts credit card and pay. and services these companies trying to gain too much access. and finally just want to launch this weekend and present one considering album just as a streaming abstains as the coming business or branch of war would join us to talk about how it looks like changes the landscape in a show today so let's go and. we begin with what you might call a race to the bottom as the u.s. and china have led the way it is surging global debt over $250.00 trillion that's

trillion with a t dollars when we talk about numbers that high it's hard to even fathom but just in the 1st part of this year 7.5 trillion was added to global debt again just the 1st half of this year and the u.s. and china responsible for 60 percent of that the entire rest of the world more than $140.00 other countries are responsible for only 40 percent well now this is government and private debt in fact according to the institute of international finance over the past decade global dead has ballooned by more than 70 trillion dollars which again has been driven by both governments and corporations so let's break this down here because we're talking about a global debt that is really equivalent to 320 percent again these numbers are so hard to even fathom 320 percent of global gross domestic product how is that sustainable on any level is not sustainable and that's why this rising debt level that has absolutely no signs of slowing down has been flagged by economists as one

of the biggest risks for the economy and probably the next breaking point and right now as you point out this is a combination of both government debt public that as well as private debt and the private debt it's even more concerning even though government debt that's the most attention private nonfinancial day in the u.s. is at $27.00 trillion versus public debt is at 19 trillion and the reason why private debt is so much more dangerous is because it's more problematic is because public debt has more impact on the economic and economic landscape shirt right now if you look at the past the roaring twenty's the jap. these boom of the eighty's and most recently the us in the early 2000 what did all 3 of those have in common so huge levels of private debt low relatively low public debt but huge huge unsustainable levels of private debt that kind of just funded the incredible been and rise you know there's also been a study in the mouth not just of this borrowing taking place right this is really boring.