the world anti-doping agency recommends a 4 year ban for russia from major sporting events all the international olympic committee says any punishment will focus on the country's authorities not athletes . 2 months after a disaster people in the french city of lyon gathered to protest against the handling of a huge fire that ripped through a chemical plant. wants. the people who can. see my garden. and missed its cues. to me and my funny to. be 3 chords bad parents from protesting l g b t equality classes dismissing claims that the lessons are not age appropriate and

go against some people's religious beliefs. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international on john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. the international olympic committee has stated that russia's sports movement is clear of any wrongdoing in the latest anti doping scandal the i.o.c. however says it will support tough sanctions on russian authorities which have been accused of manipulating anti-doping data bases this comes after a world anti-doping agency committee recommended a 4 year ban be applied to russia for all major sporting events and he's really trying to give us more. so just a day after the world anti-doping agency came out with their accommodation for a 4 year ban on the russian side consisting of many elements the international

olympic committee said that it would support the toughest measures against those responsible for the manipulations with the databases but they pointed out that they believe the russian athletes and also the russian national olympic committee had nothing to do with these manipulations we note that the report proves that any manipulation of the data is the sole responsibility of the russian authorities at the same time we also know that the report finds that the sports movement has not been involved in any of this manipulation and that the report does not indicate any wrongdoing by the sports movement in this regard in particular the russian olympic committee or its members at that seems to be a word that's repeated manipulation manipulations what are the i.o.c. and wada talking about when they're saying manipulations they're talking about this

long process of russia getting its house in order after the infamous doping scandal and allegations of state sponsored doping in order for the russian national anti-doping agency to regain its international status to get back its international recognition the russian authorities had to meet certain requirements and a very important requirement was that they were supposed to hand over the database of the moscow anti-doping laborde tree from the previous years. the handover did happen with a slight delay although initially the international authorities were happy with that but then they decided to investigate and a team of forensic experts hired by the world anti-doping agency found that this database was somehow manipulated some. the elements of the database were either raced or modified and as a result of this a group of water officials came out with this were commendation for the main world

anti-doping agency decision makers what they want is the toughest punishment for russia and we do remember how as a result of the doping scandal for instance during the winter olympic games and $20000.00 in south korea the russian team had to compete under a neutral flag they weren't allowed to be called team russia so now these sanctions are in place the same story will happen in tokyo during the summer olympic games but that is not it because that ban could be extended to 4 years and other 4 year sanctions could fall for instance a ban on all russian officials to be present at major sporting events possibly russia will be barred from hosting top class competitions and ice hockey world championships volleyball world championships the way for champions league final and so on and so forth so all that is now in jeopardy the reaction from the russian

side has been coming in the minister of sports is saying that russia has been fulfilling all the requirements providing all the answers his side is still ready to cooperate however they will appeal any punishment that they see as unfair because i want to say that we. provided all the necessary information and new questions. have been discussing the case with wada but unfortunately the position has not been heard if the russian anti doping agency would dispute the decision the case will go to court we will the evidence will be examined and a witness is an expert again we also heard from the russian most senior diplomats. who said that russia is ready. to play by the rules which it has done before however they want to make sure that these rules are fair and that they're the same

for everyone. there are some people who want to put russia in the position of a defendant accused of everything in this world that's why we will fight for the necessity you fear dialogue can be that only one or 2 for instance china and russia are guilty of everything and violate everything but the others follow the rules established by themselves without consulting anyone and make the governments respect these rules now i just want to go back to why the international olympic committee statement is crucial they will not be the ones will be making the final decision the i.o.c. has to accept any verdict that comes out of wada or the court of arbitration for sports if an appeal is filed by russia however the i.o.c. does still have a significant influence on the world anti-doping agency because of their way to the world's main big sports organization and also because of the many connections

in the world of sport so the final decision will be made by waters executive board which will convene on december the 9th so we'll be waiting for what comes out of that. fearing for their health and demanding transparency protesters have gathered in the french city of why exactly 2 months after a fire engulfed a chemical factory in the area of reports now from the area. right now walking with the crowd over it looks like a 100 maybe a bit more. all the way to the end of this call them through on and indeed there are concerned people from all really the whole society spectrum is here there are young people there are elderly there are eco activists there are anti capitalist. the decision point is this march took a real left turn figuratively speaking speaking and there are simply concerned citizens and all of them are indeed demanding transparency from the government and

from lubrizol the company the chemical plant that while of that released all these chemicals into into the atmosphere some 2 months ago. now this rally started with an installation it featured mannequins wearing gas masks and the with the bags of money now all of these are just a metaphor as to what people what people reported what they felt right after the fire because they many of them many of the locals complained about the burning sensation in the throat for instance or about feeling nauseous after the release of the chemicals just simply because of breathing the contaminated and they're accusing the government of failing to release the air samples they which were taken

right after the fire and the government's position and look results position has been that while there was no immediate health threat that all of those effects would cause and that there was no environmental impact but people here are not buying this. really really angry about the low i want. the people who can put that in my garden must pay and must excuse. to me and my family to. move through the strategy to switch rates so we want the truth to be revealed about what happened in the libretto accident because now everyone's just passing the buck no one wants to take responsibility and the truth about the accident has not been established today we should have health monitoring this which we currently don't. we are denied more extensive blood tests we expect resignations over this people are concerned about their health but it

wasn't just about that local businesses local farmers suffered immensely for instance some 1800 farmers who were were banned from harvesting their own crop by the french government because all of that well because because of the fears of contamination now lubrizol which is by the way owned by the american billionaire warren buffet has promised to reimburse to help financially those farmers but again very few people at least here you won't find find anyone who's at this rally i mean who is satisfied by that response and i should also mention that this plant it has been problematic before in 2013 and the most notable the most notable case there was an accident and the cam with the plant leaked some chemicals into the year as well and that those chemicals they produced a very foul stench which could be felt as far as at the shores of britain this is

somewhat of a finishing support for the rally because here is this is the look brazil plant this is the chemical plant that released all those chemicals into the air and all these people around me there would really like to have a very good look what's going on behind these walls. on the view kaye now where parents have been banned from protesting against bt equality classes being taught at a primary school in the city of birmingham a court dismissed concerns that the lessons were inappropriate for young children are too shiny edwards dashti has more. well this has been an ongoing case for quite some time now concerning parents who are fundamentally in opposition to l g b t classes being taught at schools and of course those teaching them now often months of months of poor an outrage from petitions to protest today the high court has ruled a permanent ban on protests outside the school and they have suggested the school is promoting homosexuality when it is not parents misunderstood and misrepresented

to it is being taught in the school so what is making these parents so angry well a majority of the parents are from the muslim community and for them these classes are a step too far not to mention of course the kids that are being taught these such lessons are of quite a young age even at times as young as 4 or 5 and as a result the parents have taken them out of the schools but it's not just this school in question that's at the forefront of the protests other schools across bernie and have also seen parents in uproar and outrage saying that the classes go against their religious beliefs they should learn about the after old age not right now because if you get your parents teach your kids to stick with boys and boys who doesn't agree. with a like you because you have to obviously. you can't scream if you're going to religion and whatnot and that's what they're doing it's 99 percent muslim it's not about removing the jewish community the other communities the christian communities

they're all have issues around the way things have been going but the no outsiders program merely promotes equality it includes discussions about diverse relationships saying it's ok to be gay and showing and displaying same sex couples showing they do exist now it's been particularly portrayed 3rd children's books where we see cartoons displaying to moms or 2 dads even fairy tales or love stories between love between a king falling in love with another king but for many parents they say that a ban on the protests is a step. in the wrong direction for them it's against their freedom of expression to go against the program but for the teachers involved in the program they say it's in the right direction a step for inclusion and diversity but interestingly as of next year in september these sex ed classes that also include diversity of relationships and so on they will become compulsory so of course the debate is far from over. we heard from 2 of

the people campaigning against the equality classes in birmingham. question i was asking today is is the judgment fair no it's not it's absolutely one sided it's absolutely based on probability and all the facts that we have given haven't been even regarded and parents are now seriously considering taking this to the supreme court they said that based on probability the parents may have they done this or based on probability the protests were not good but the fact was not a single arrest was made not a single followed allegation we have to safeguard what we think is in the best interest and this is being dictated by the state you know the state is not giving us no right or the school is not giving us no right that we understand that you need to explain diversity but when you say in the words of it's all k. to be gay these children from a jewish muslim and christian background have been taught opposite it's just

a very unfair very extreme propaganda that's being done here to dare i say brainwash our children parents who are in despair and this is why they protested the spoke to the room letters to the to the school the signed petitions but they simply were not heard and the local government city council should've engaged with the parents and tried to resolve the conflict so that it was a win win situation which is become an ideological battle not one of equality. we respect. as human beings they deserve respect and tolerance for their sakes you ality but what they can't what the state can do is force that 6 year ality and that belief on or on children who come from.

a background. the german government minister has angered washington by comparing chinese spying to the n.s.a. story much more after the break stay with us. you look at your dollar bill it says federal reserve. note if you look that up in best a p.d.f. it'll tell you it's debt debt is a no right they're not creating this has nothing to do with money it's created is formaldehyde it's monetary formaldehyde and they're trying to and they're complaining that the corpses and and they just are failing to acknowledge that the global economy died in 2008 stop. you know world of big. and conspiracy it's time.

to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. 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. welcome back this is our t. international now a new poll has revealed a stark contrast between the way americans and germans view each other while most people in the us think the countries have a good relationship just a 3rd of germans see it that way and right now a key sticking point between the 2 countries is over 5 g. mobile communications the german economy minister is resisting washington's calls

to ban the chinese tech giant wall way from building infrastructure he says such a ban would be unfair considering that no action was taken against. u.s. firms over the n.s.a. snooping scandal back in 2013 vangelis leaves us takes a closer look. while way a thorn in the side of the e.u. u.s. relations since the beginning of the year the chinese tech giant has triggered a global power play over the rolled out of its 5 g. network washington once it out of the european markets and after some heavy influencing sometimes not so friendly pressure and the spice agha germany's economic minister has added fuel to the fire by saying there is no reason to boycott while we beg then in the n.s.a. affair we imposed no boycott the u.s. also requires from its companies that they provide certain information which is

necessary to fight terrorism. meyer also mention that there is no link between why wait and the chinese state little did he know though that this statement would come back to bite him not only here in germany but on the other side of the atlantic too it doesn't seem to bother the united states if you call them out for east drop in but compare them to the chinese that is a definite no no. the recent statements made by senior german government officials that the united states is comparable to the chinese communist party are an insult to thousands of american soldiers who hope to ensure germany security as well as to millions of americans committed to a strong western alliance these statements have also offended millions of chinese citizens who are denied fundamental freedoms on a room for the imprisoned by the chinese communist party although meyer claims as words were misinterpreted about us them ocracy his stance on while we house and changed for years now the united states has been warning its allies about chinese

spying through its tech companies claiming companies like well wait and see t. have the back door open which allows the communist party to go in and collect information america even send out its big guns with mike pence and mike bell to europe warning them about chinese tech threat the united states has also been very clear with our security partners on the threat posed by. another chinese telecom companies the chinese government can rightfully demand access to data flowing through one way and z. visa systems. why would anyone grant such power to regime that has already grossly violated cyberspace but when they're asked the boat evidence they cannot provide any of the other had germany and the us have a little bit of a recent history when it comes to spying after that and this a scandal over the alleged happening of chelsea or ankle of merkel's phone even though relations between the 2 countries were a little bit intense in 2013 u.s.

companies were not banned or sanctioned in germany it seems plain the good regime battery card is kind of working out for washington as it tries the distance beijing from the european market apparently some are willing to put morals over facts and comparing the u.s. to china is morally wrong there is no moral equivalence between china and the united states and one who claims otherwise ignores history i would never to be repeated here or ask themselves who is more likely to be listening on the other side of the line. as for the next stage of the german parliament will be holding a vote on whether to let while they work on germany's of 5 g. network chancellor angela merkel wants an open bidding process which would include a chinese firm but members of her c.d.u. party are more skeptical this is good or it isn't right that we discussed the

question of 5 g. development and the participation of foreign companies and a drastic question a few rypien data sovereignty with confidence we want to build in our own sovereignty and we have a conscious skepticism towards china and the communist regime in china. we heard from investment analyst folk or hell meyer he believes 5 g. 5 g. technology and the role of huawei are crucial for germany's economy. but in the city you would like also was a social democrats receive that there are some voices which favor much the transatlantic. exposure all the chinese exposure and this technology. regards this decision as. likely to turn out in favor of the chinese that they can compete with the u.s. companies that they are excluded by a policy decision 5 g. is the extremely important it will be the standard of the future in the telecommunications and if you want to be along as

a country to the 1st year world economically you have to adopt these systems way has really become a very big competitor to u.s. companies but the even have advantages and comparison to us competitors meanwhile and i think the u.s. tries to fight back. it's taking a swing around the globe to look at some other news making headlines around the world colombia is in the grip of its biggest protests in decades in bogota riders hurled rocks at police who fought back tear gas it started last week as a labor union strike with $250000.00 people taking to the streets and the movement has since snowballed into mass protests against the right wing government the latest a flare up that came after talks between the president and protest leaders collapsed 3 police officers and one teenage protester have been killed since the start of the unrest. the shift of u.s. policy on settlements has angered palestinians in the west bank protesters burned

effigies of u.s. president in the latest escalation tensions that have flared up since u.s. secretary of state my pumpin mounts that israeli settlements would no longer be considered illegal. and thousands of people have marched through chile's capital in . a call for women's rights to be protected the bra in santiago was held on the international day for the elimination of violence against women but also joined a wider protest against the country's president sebastian pinera a movement was triggered a month ago by a proposed hike in metro fare. that does it for me this hour in about 35 minutes and 30 seconds i'll be back for another look to stay with us as are 2 international . young elephants have come to us off to. myspace really brutal budging incidents

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in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a make of the show. below and welcome to cross talk for all things considered i'm peter lavelle it's an understatement to say america is a very divided country many have even spoken openly about the possibility of civil

war what is scaring the country apart what is keeping it together it cannot only be about donald trump what will it take to start a sustained social and political dialogue before it's too late. in the political divide i'm joined by my guest jen kearns in new york she is a g.o.p. strategist contributor to the daily caller as well as the founder of women for a great america also in new york we have britchka style though he is a political strategist and tech c.e.o. and in washington cross to arvind bora he is a libertarian party presidential candidate as well as author of the book pull out men modern life and mutiny right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in in the time you want and i always appreciate armin let me go to you 1st i love the title of your book by the way i think it's fascinating it makes me want to read

it you're kind of the odd person out on this panel so i'm going to go to you 1st here and reflect upon what i said in my introduction if you could quite in a short way i asked the questions what is tearing the country apart but what's keeping it together and that's the tension here what is keeping it together and what is dividing the country go ahead in washington. what's dividing the country right now is a deep level of in my opinion partisan intrenchments and what we have is you have some people who are going to side with trump no matter what even when he acts against basic conservative principles you know when trump does a gun restriction a gun bad a silencer ban a bum stock ban that's something that enraged conservatives but having dug in on bad side there just sticking to it no matter what on the other side you have progressives that no matter what somebody on the other side says or does they are reacting in just crazy and exaggerated ways so on one side i think we have a high level over level of loyalty on the other side you have people who will not

tolerate any view that disagrees with their view with their core value system that they're not open to discussing it well i think that's what's keeping what you are then what the ok let me go to jenna. this is an age of irrationality because you're against your. ear against your opponent and you going to take a position you respected but irrespective of your own values it's not about values then it's about something else jan what is it go ahead. well i do believe we are already in the midst of a civil war and i think the 1st shot in the civil war was actually was actually fired by the obama administration the day they filed that 1st pfizer request to eavesdrop on their political opponent donald trump in trump tower in the 2016 elections and ever since that time we have been in a civil war and the democrats can't believe that the american people actually

elected a reality t.v. star donald trump and they just haven't gotten over it and so there you see the their rhetoric being ratcheted up and what our friend just said it is amazing you look at the poll numbers 1015 years ago as a political strategist you had about 10 to 15 percent of n. dependents to work with now that number is down to around 5 or 6 percent if you look at the impeachment proceedings and the independent views on those 47 percent of republicans feel they should you know he should be impeached and 47 percent of democrats say no yes he should and then there's only really 6 percent in the middle that are open minded and those people according to a poll out this week aren't even paying attention so you have the right versus the left and not very many people in between rich same question to you in new york go ahead well i happen to agree i think we're in a cold civil war i believe what's happening in.