on just the secretary's. visit to london the reason. left badly shaken. former u.s. ambassador to ukraine claims she's become a target for the president. as she testifies about impeachment inquiry. and. failing to protect. children from abusive practices including witchcraft. over political correctness.

thanks for joining us and our team is here with you today and we've got some breaking news coming in for you this hour as well at least 2 people have been injured in a shooting in the u.s. state of new jersey according to police shots were fired from a high school football game in the town of pleasantville no information so far on arrests or possible suspects we'll keep you updated of course as any information does come in. police in london have launched an investigation into an attack on a just. to the ground after being surrounded by protesters during a visit to the british capital the chinese government condemned the incident. well the video that we just shows hong kong just. a 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 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is that hong kong's justice secretary kerry's the chain is actually quite a key figure in the drafting of the now withdrawn x. tradition bill that sparked all the protests and the 1st place now china has of course already commented on this incident with hong kong justice secretary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 but the droid to organized one on one communication committed the

fragrance assault on the scene of hong kong special administrative region it has once again prove that their rule intention was to destabilize hong kong now but taking such violence abroad and into the u.k. their 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 minute we've seen since the protests broke out in hong kong the protesters themselves they're 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 polls 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 arm themselves with the patch rolled bombs 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. road from shanghai by professor benjamin show who believes there's a clear voice of the coverage of the protests. i'll try that on call i don't worry too much about long as the nation. and the violence there matches the local violence of some from the protests of the police as to clinching expression because

the protestors as collating violence to this position of power does more i was such a point to hunger for the along it's really hard to come think about it but i know not to point out the general public is hugely unsatisfied with the protestors 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 the call because. the might of hong kong would be one example of how high the civil rights and peace process. i was type forces. 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 it come from abroad

the british government is being accused of turning a blind eye of the fears it could find such as oceans of racism on t.v. shut it was 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. or 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 while it's more common incessant african communities the u.k. did have its 1st conviction for f.d.m. back in february.

despite that life threatening and dangerous practices like f.d.m. put as many as 60000 girls 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 indorsed 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 experts say there's a fear of being called racist i'm so good by these figures for so long the political power that black people have his being dismissed people are scared to talk of 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 fast f g m conviction earlier this year. measures have been put in place to help put an end to the epidemic of abuse including extra guidance for prosecutors and police it's down to cultural practices it's down to ideologies and he's damned political correctness i want to know where the feminists 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 has got to go out and 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 anybody anybody who is involved in this practice if there was 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 stick where and to 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's a q witness in the trump presidential impeachment inquiry has said she's got no evidence that the president engaged in criminal activity in ukraine but are you out of it with question during a 2nd open impeachment hearing do you have any information regarding the president tonight is state accepting any grapes. now do you have any information regarding any criminal activity that the president of the united states has been involved with out of you know. during that hearing donald trump took to twitter attacking the former ambassador to ukraine were you about its claims you felt threatened by

the president caleb often has more on the case. 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 a bitch 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 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 an intelligence officer 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 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. 5 people have reportedly been killed during

a protest in bolivia going to supporters of the ousted president evo morales security forces opened fire on the demonstration. thousands of mostly indigenous people took to the streets in the region is the political process so rough that off to go back to where the action of these people have been killed in clashes to control. the president who's in my. xico said he wants to return to his homeland as soon as possible and pacify the nation he was forced to step down on monday after weeks of violence triggered by claims that last month's election was rigged violence looting and vandalism followed and some of his supporters now say they fear for their lives while as himself says bolivia needs help from abroad to restore peace. but i would have all here till

i 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 when we are by law and so far the bolivian assembly hasn't approved or rejected my resignation they haven't approved or rejected it i can say that i'm still the president the moment they approve my resignation then i am no longer president. because of all the we must recover democracy with a lot of patience and peaceful fights we must pass if i believe and then if i am useful in anything but can bring peace to believe you we will do it quite well found bullets. or news coming up in just a few moments time stating that arthur ashe.

the last. point is not individualism you see. i often see the west. the so-called the individual i suppose in this. strong belief. society and the freedom of the individual. 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.

the west in the western mindset is in decline the us is in relative decline china is rising europe some people see it as rising other people see it is declining it's likely that the sort of western mindset and western culture will decline relative to eastern culture that's probably what's going to happen although you. know i think anyone that says something will happen is pushing it a bit. china wants to trade russia wants to trump wants to trade the enemies of our conflict then war as they love war this seems like the opposition parties in america are the .

program hundreds of people have turned out in gaza for the funeral of 8 victims all from the same fate. when he was killed in an israeli airstrike 5 children were among those killed 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 j or the palestinian islamic jihad group local media say 34 palestinians have been killed in israeli strikes over the past 2 days alone claiming half of those were civilians here's how a local health official described the aftermath of the overnight strike. was a little bodies were discovered as a result of heavy bombardment from israeli f. 16 aircraft. thing the rose to go on the rubble of. deliberately targeted su in the works now 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 a tell a 3 rockets over the next 48 hours. 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 their neighborhoods they have them as hostages they target our civilians and they know in there of course mosques to be got must be neutralized

down years rail needs to protect protect our peace for all and civil. it is our settlements in the south we want to leave there if we had attacked by they slimy jihad or by the hamas army duty to protect a legitimate target does not give the israeli authorities did right to attack civilian probert these civilian houses they can't. distinguish 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 that a targeted person if it proved to be a legitimate target cannot be an excuse to just sit by and on a number of residents over places or the areas where. civilians are that

even according to the martial law in case of doubt their prayer at the end the opinion with the go go in for a civilian rather than military so in all cases that it has been more excuse to a building. far more protests in germany showed no signs of the latest events in 2000 descended on hamburg to vent their anger at the government's new cultural policies traffic was brought to a halt as the city played host to a conference of the country's federal regional environment ministers were discussing among other things imposing restrictions on the use of pesticides and many farmers say the new stricter regulations would stifle the sector among the measures that have provoked outcry or some pesticides and regulations to protect groundwater from our friends. with the farmers convoy as it set out for.

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 rock on our farms we cannot have made good crops. have followed our foes

and 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 but 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 to dissipate in the decision making process and that's that's what we're here who'll be hurtful. to 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. them supporting them financially what is important is

that we together with our european partners directly humans is an instrument to support small and medium size farms and this is a very important and signal for many farmers 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 wrought in the process evangelise obsessed for r.t. . this reminder of breaking news coming in this hour from the u.s.

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the same country because to my son telling. son one thing my mother. had been a bust with. the monkey clue the whole thing as opposed. to the. us so we don't know mayor giuliani they have. too much small percent. still so not to sing on. something such. as. this week's show turkey leftovers last week we wondered if recent developments

would cause president trump's meeting with president air to want of turkey not to happen they met and it was a scene what next also this week t.v. is changing channels with netflix under attack from less and more expensive new competitors will sort out your new options but 1st the ukraine was. well blower story let's separate the noise from the news i'm holland cook in washington this is the big picture on r.t. america. during the main.