attack is the best form of defense amazon holds a major pentagon project over planes the multi-billion dollar contracts that went to rival microsoft was biased. toward france's equivalent of the oscars quits on mass sober director roman polanski sweeping the nominations despite still being wanted in the us for statutory rape we find out of actions speak louder than. did figures as united artists and man sees an adult so he should assume the consequences of his actions i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous it's existed for 30 or 40 years don't they have anything to do except protest. top officials gear up for a pivotal day one of the biggest global security conferences where the focus is on

the west's waning role in the world stage. moscow saturday welcome to world news from r.t. international the battle of the billionaires 1st one of the biggest a digital defense contracts in american history has been put on ice online retail giant amazon is taking on the pentagon in court after washington gave the $10000000000.00 deal to rival microsoft but also to argues that donald trump was biased in his decision against amazon supremos jeff bezos in a feud between them stretching back to trump's 1st presidential campaign he wants political influence so that. will benefit from it if i become president oh do they have problems they're going to have such my view is that an appropriate way for a presidential candidates. behave or using the washington post for power so that

the politicians in washington don't tax amazon like they should be taxed finally tracked by donald trump so sorry to hear about the news about jeff bowser being taken down by competitors reporting i understand is far more accurate than the reporting in his lobbyist newspaper the amazon washington post. but the end of last year all stressed the importance of the military project with the pentagon but as caleb maupin now reports now he's hindering the deal that was eventually won by microsoft. remember when jeff bezos called out his tech rivals for not stepping up to the plate when the country needs protecting in my view is this big tech is going to turn their backs on the department of defense this country is in trouble this is how we're going to do it we are going to support the department of foods this country is important the silicon valley tech giants love to walk hand in hand with the pentagon but their employees not so much google workers protested

a program using artificial intelligence for drones and microsoft employees have voiced their concerns about a $10000000000.00 contract with the pentagon to offer cloud services but lucky enough for the department of defense amazon led by jeff bezos america's richest man has stepped up to the plate they say amazon is happy to do business with the pentagon we're going to continue support to do this is a great country and it does need to be defended so it turns out that when amazon didn't get that contract and microsoft got it instead they as ows was angry he took it to court citing bias from donald trump the preservation of public confidence in the nation's procurement process requires discovery and supplementation of the administrative record particularly in light of president trump's order to screw amazon the question is whether the president of the united states should be allowed

to use the budget of the department of defense to pursue his own personal and political and but the irony is that jeff bezos with his legal action has double crossed the very same entity he swore to protect as a result of the lawsuit the entire program which the pentagon says is necessary for national security has been put on a hold. the military brass is unhappy we're disappointed in the ruling and believe the actions taken in this litigation have unnecessarily delayed implementing department of defense's modernization strategy and deprived our war fighters of a set of keep abilities in the u.s. department of defense says it will lose $5.00 to $7000000.00 every month the program is the late is us changing as a pin in a way that serves as pocketbook is not necessarily or may serve as pocket book is not particularly a surprise i think there's a debate to be had on the degree to which these social media tech companies and search companies are able to sway the assuaged opinion change public opinion

restrict debate these are big issues that i think are the balance when people think about it or there's going to be a drive by i believe a populist drive to lessen the power of big tech the cuts across the political spectrum well apparently for the world's richest man the country only needs national security protection when he's getting a share of the defense budget caleb mop and r.t. new york. officials from around the world have converged on munich this saturday for day 2 of the annual security conference there it's the biggest event of its kind and among the talking points of the west losing its role of the world stage the situation in syria and tensions with iran our europe correspondent peter all of the notes of what to expect. it's day 2 of this year's munich security conference and there's plenty for world leaders to be discussing here in the bavarian capital west this is the overarching theme of this year's conference described as the

declaiming role of western nations on the world stage and the shaking up of international relations in defense but choice for a theme they'd catch some by surprise but when you listen to the participants at the conference it's clear that it struck a chord with those here in munich. in the era of american global police and it is over think of syria africa afghanistan not because of the lack of military or economic power but because the commitment of those responsible in the white house has changed when it comes to the world order overnight only different relationship between the e.u. and russia and russia in the european union the security conference always draws an a list crowd let's have a look at work expect coming up on saturday the. french president emmanuel micro is understood to be set to make a big statement on the way he sees the future of european defense last year mr with

scathing in his criticism of nato and while his position has softened somewhat he still adamant that europe shouldn't rely too heavily on begin night it states when it comes to defense. france is convinced that long term security in europe is possible through a strong alliance with the united states but our security is also achieved inevitably through a larger capacity for autonomy a section in europe. the conference will also be looking to tackle the tensions in the persian gulf and the worsening of relations between washington and tehran in fact there's a much anticipated address set to come up later on saturday from the arraign. foreign minister but away from that we're also expecting talks on the role of social media in democracies and the attempts that are being made to contain the

coronavirus whatever happens i'll be keeping you a breast of all of the latest developments that come out of the hotel here in new york at this year's security conference over munich. the university of virginia in the us is coming for sharp criticism online after one of its students claimed that too many white people were getting a multicultural community center on campus video was posted on social media where it's garnered nearly 4000000 views. finally there's just too many white people in here this is a space for people of color so let's be really harmless they are the space that you're taking because it does make some of us feel seem comfortable and easy to anyway get one here the whole point of multiculturalism is for diversity that includes all cultures but the university of virginia's new multicultural student center is apparently just for people of color that's not multiculturalism that's racism imagine if the white person stood up and announced there were too many black

people in the room and they make other white people uncomfortable how is this not considered racism to many white people so this is why so many of our ancestors fought and died for freedom and equality just so we can have a blacks only area really. the center was opened in late 2016 with a view to supporting under represented and marginalized communities but conservative students say the video document a clear case of racial intolerance forcing the university to clarify that everyone is welcome at the facility here's some of the reaction from legal and social commentators the video is crazy but what it is is those to me is the most he goes through just means quote unquote people of color now why is it doesn't really mean . i would think. everybody in college is it is not really seem to be that way at least to some students that were right there in this inner even if you were not a multicultural center and it were let's say

a black area or an asian near you or an expanding area you see a b. star and so exclude certain people everybody should be welcome in these particulars basics of cuckoos with say because if you're not welcome them are going to minute pass of segregation and jim crow and separation and i don't think we want to go backwards in time we want to go forward since. if you want to have a place where people learn to be more tolerant one of the key aims of such a place is supposed to be explaining everyone can come here and everyone is going to be tolerated it apparently is the case that not just this center but the university communicated that there are places that are preferred for some racial groups over other racial groups and that is in fact not a marketing problem not only which problem but

a fundamental rejection of what our country stands for every american is local regardless of their racial group and as long as the uva is a taxpayer funded institution it not only must adhere to that it ought to be championing that. this is a major plot twist of the french equivalent of the also because the entire says our academy has quits just 2 weeks before this year's glittering ceremony a paris correspondent chela do bensky explains why. criticisms a may have been like water off a duck's back of the boards of the british and american academies but here in france they take it it's hot 2 weeks before the french oscars are due to take place in top board has resigned to honor those men and women cinema happened in 29 to find call and ensure that the festival film remains just that a festival the board has and then must we decided to resign this collective

decision complete renewal of the board this is a known here in france of come under fire off it was revealed that convicted child rapist and fugitive from the us justice system polanski topped the nominations list the director who fled to france in the 1970 s. received the nords for his historical drama. and bowley. if you still see. the composer. the film has received rave reviews from the critics and even had a standing ovation to its premiere at the venice film festival the feminist groups have picketed some of those premises after they found out that it this is up and they would feel just to celebrating the abuser like polanski is to support the system of a punitive for male violence and silence the voices of the victims the rye was then deepened when hundreds of actors directors and movie producers and personalities

demanded profound changes all the same academy they were unhappy off to a female director and the female writer was snubbed in an open letter to the academy they did not state it as being to special with the screws tightening the board took the decision to disband but even that decision has come under fire. imagine what happens next new college of voters with all male self-esteem opacity and sexism who will eventually stop cheering rapists peter criminals on the run so how has it gone down here in paris but is a film more important than those who make it it's the 1st time was very good if i believe the story of polanski is ridiculous it's existed for 30 or 40 years don't they have anything to do except protest is there nothing else in france now really . have more songs in my opinion the 2 figures are united artists and men

she's an adult so he should assume the consequences of his actions let you know it's true and this is to me this is a board resigned rate for them and maybe these resignations can fix the issues and this is what i'm hoping for the actors the artists the directors for everyone. but i think he has an artistic side beyond comparison with other artists from to human point of view it's not good what he did but it's past and we can't make the aspects . of as a saturday china cries foul accusing washington of playing dirty that's better battle against telecom giant wall way with a whole new set of criminal allegations as are the reports after this.

what politicians do. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or some want. to go right to be close this is what i'm up for 3 in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the. first city. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy for him to let it be an arms race in his own spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

i can show you my face but i'm going to teach you must store in 9093 this man was sentenced to death. they could charged with capital murder even though he didn't have the gun didn't pull the trigger didn't intend to kill anybody imagine living in your bathroom for that week with just under $23.00. i felt that i deserved to be . confined within 4 grey walls the front seat was in. turn all to help him to leave this room. welcome back china is accusing the united states of deliberately forcing its

companies out of the global market as washington ramps up the pressure on telecoms giant wall way with 16 new charges including conspiracy to steal trade secrets. the u.s. has been misusing its national power to oppress chinese companies with no proof of any wrongdoing such practice is disgraceful and immoral and it is beneath the status of the u.s. as a major country u.s. prosecutors now allege that while waiting gauged in a systematic campaign to steal intellectual property from its own tech firms since 1909 they also claim that staff were encouraged to actively obtain sensitive information from competitors including codes and manuals the fresh charges were made under a federal law which has historically been used to prosecute mafia members one way has for a long time now been under pressure from the trumpet ministration this goes for years being accused along the way of spying on behalf of beijing however why he's repeatedly denied any wrongdoing throughout and also says that the latest charges

are without merit suggesting that the u.s. is simply trying to remove a serious competitor despite that u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi doubled down on the american allegations. china is seeking to exploit its digital autocracy through its telecommunications telephone giants while a threatening economic would tell the nation against those who deny a gun their technologies this is the most insidious form of the question this is a major development that's going to have far reaching implications it's very clear that trump administration the department of justice wants to implicate huawei broadly as a criminal organization and one has to ask what what are the what are the broader implications does that mean if it's part of the chinese government as the as the u.s. claims that the chinese government is a criminal organization or the if you do business with wall way that you are doing business with a criminal organization what we're looking at here is there is

a new step forward in terms of great power competition or cold war 2.0 or decoupling what are the implications for these major global companies that are doing business in china right in other words the united states costly makes allegations that the chinese tradition here is highly politicized what happens if it becomes tit for tat. it could have a very compelling. outcome for both you know at the international level but at the at the economic level in terms of the specific industries. little bit to ban transgender athletes from girls sports has been filed in the u.s. state of connecticut by the families of 3 female high school run as we spoke to the lawyer christiane halakhah who told us that identity has nothing to do with sports girls deserve to compete on a level playing field and a policy that's at play in connecticut allows males to infiltrate the female athletics category which is how the result of depriving girls of championship

titles of opportunities to advance to the next level of competition and the potential to even compete for scholarships biology is what matters in athletics not identity the playing to. 3 high school students participating in state championships that also directly targets 2 transgender sprinters who have consistently outperformed their pay is since 2017 recently one of those bringing the case forward finished 3rd behind to the 2 athletes in question at an indoor track event a connecticut by stuff that's exercising action has backs transgender competitors saying it follows an anti discrimination policy here's how those that gives the lawsuit have reacted. the complaint is a dangerous distortion of both law and science in the service of excluding trans youth from public life the language of the complaint is an assault on the basic dignity and humanity of transgender people and a threat to the privacy and equality of all students so it comes down to basic biology males have inherent physiological advantages over females i mean both

science and commonsense tell us that males are generally bigger faster and stronger and that's the entire reason that we have women's athletics as a separate category in the 1st place i also want to underscore the policy in connecticut does not require anything outside of simple identification with the female sex in order to compete in the female category why do you think that the lawsuit filed by alliance defending freedom to protect women's sport could be precedent setting we certainly hope to restore fairness in a level playing field not just for connecticut but for young women and female athletes across the country. israeli police have been filmed pushing the worshipers off the storming jerusalem's al aksa moscow early on friday. 7 they also reportedly prevented a palestinian activist from hunting out food calls have been widely circulated for a solidarity campaign in response to the actions of his ready forces during morning

prep. schools as a former lebanese prime minister saad hariri future movement faced off with anti-government protesters in downtown beirut on friday the scuffles broke out between the groups the authorities were forced to step it is just the latest round in a series of protests at a time that the country's been had by its western on the crisis in decades and the current government winning a vote of confidence in earlier this week. pictures now from the iraqi capital where thousands of women have been rallying against the u.s. military presence in the country comes after an influential cleric called for social rules to be observed following mixed sex demonstrations and ordered separate male and female protests. that's how it looks so father saturday february 15th moscow thanks for watching we've got you all next altie international world news in about 37 minutes from now i will see that.

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would be a danger to the society is all but what's remarkable is that this idea has bled over into other industries so now boeing has a major scandal on a stand that is claiming that a systemic lay important law doesn't apply to us other agricultural companies are saying now we're systemically important we're above the law now. that is leading to . this becoming i think it's. the right word it's ruled by the least qualified are now in charge of running the economy and the results are obviously catastrophic . in this community there are people who believe that it's ok. it's really hard there are no jobs and you see that i've got kids that ask and as a parent. i can come up with arguments and there's a lot of conflict within the game and between the 2 teams most of the conflicts i

would say are over the homes around money and most of their money is made. close one on the children's clothes he knows each other is good business the state of california alone makes $6000000000.00 a year of to prison complex just to get some point to a life where. you don't care anymore so you don't care might anything. i don't trust medical authority at all ever and the reason for that is i had this horrible autoimmune disorder growing up and it turns out it was completely alleviated with very drastic dietary measures and i went to a number of doctors to discuss what happened to me and i was basically laughed at like diet has nothing to do with autoimmune disorders so my suggestion to people who have health issues they can't figure out if they're going to see a medical professional and they've been going for 10 years and they're still in the

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the naval base in crimea has a legacy of historical pride for the russian black sea fleet as well as being of huge strategic importance. those of us alive back then remember when there were soviet missiles put into cuba how frightened americans were and how angry and how we almost went to a nuclear confrontation over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the united states. just so if the united states considers cuba to be in its backyard. then crimea lays at russia's doorstep. the consequences of a u.s. seizure of the face or a nato base which international.