and of this prime minister justin trudeau calls an emergency meeting as accurate shutdown major rail lines throughout the country plan gas pipeline on indigenous land. also this hour a court order to stop clearing forest land for its 1st european r. and battery plants with critics warning that modern supposedly green companies are nothing of the kind. and the u.s. secretary of state takes a rare trip to africa and the bid to dislodge china's economic dominance but his warm words stand and marked contrast to washington's actions on the continent.

you're watching r.t. international bring you your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. canada's premier has some in an emergency meeting with ministers as protester shut down key rail routes across the country the rapidly escalating rallies hope to stop a vast proposed gas pipeline over indigenous territory are to us all a quarter explains. railways out of commission ports a backlog marches on the streets transportation across canada has been shut down by protests over a near 700 kilometer long gas pipeline and judging by the most recent actions there seems to be little hope for a swift resolution. i

. at 1st a number of indigenous councils came to an agreement with the company coastal gas link to build a $6600000000.00 gas pipeline that would run through indigenous lands but the chiefs of a small 1st nation called the what sue wetton tribe came out against its construction and for that they were raided by the police the wet sweat movement not long after spread like wildfire across the country their blockades of canada's railways have begun to shut down trans national freight movement prime minister justin trudeau knows he's got a problem on his hands one that he thinks will be solved through dialogue we are a country that recognizes the right to protest but we own the country of the rule

of law and we will ensure that everything is done to resolve this through dialogue and constructive outcomes it doesn't take much for a problem like this to become a crisis though and trudeau probably knows that since he recently canceled a visit with caribbean leaders to convene an emergency meeting about the protests instead but this is just one page in canada. as difficult history dealing with 1st nation reservations the gas company says the pipeline is safe and environmentally friendly but much of the native population and their supporters aren't buying it when they're saying as they have agreements with 20 indian i am council and 5 of the 6 which suit graham councils have signed onto agreements the which they wouldn't have never signed a treaty with canada. they have aboriginal tyo edition as title to their land and they don't operate under the indian actor there are

a relatively traditional government system there salmon bearing streams and other pristine force and that this pipeline would go through that they're objecting to it which is why they proposed an alternative route really it is in an issue about corporate interest trumping indigenous rights in canada i mean coastal gas link the west so it and as i understand it had proposed an alternative route for the pipeline the company said no because of the economic issues associated with changing the route but i think it's going to cost them more money if they continue the conflict and don't do that. well or i'm journalist a metre or less kyra says shutting down the pipeline is the only way for the canadian establishment to respect indigenous rights as it claims to do. these protests this is actually quite unusual by canadian standards when they begin to have an impact on the economic interests of large businesses in this country then that's an escalation of the fight that the prime minister is forced to deal with it's very hard to see where there's

a resolution here because frankly the only resolution that respects truly respects the rights of indigenous people is to put a stop to that pipeline project this is unseated territory the hereditary chiefs of the what's working people have not consented to this project and that is rightly given the historical abuses that have been horrible abuses that have been visited upon indigenous peoples in this country and i think you know we're hearing a lot of lip service as we have for many years from the corporate community in this country about their commitment to human rights environment but the reality is radically inconsistent with their rhetoric and it's time for us to recognize that at the governmental level. and it's not just fossil fuel companies that are facing increased scrutiny over their environmental impact a german court has ordered tests to stop clearing forest land for its 1st european production site that's despite the electric car giant promising to quote replant an area 3 times the factory plots near berlin it's

a victory for protesters who warn that modern supposedly green companies are far from what they claim to be. i feel to anyone who's considering those seats a good song you know carlos jr and sometimes true location.

you're not allowed to cut trees you know that scale until you have a mission to turn this forest to industrial factory use and that seems to be what's what's you know what's happening here with these trees will come big companies love to talk about being environmentally friendly because it's very good p.r. because they know that's what ordinary people and their customers like to hear and it's instances like this where you can find out what's behind those great words you know when the deeds are quite different that it turns out that oh that company perhaps is not really so if it's a friend who steps not really interested in these issues. the u.s. secretary of state is in africa and

a bid to win back business from china whose companies dominate the continent my company has kind speeches stand in stark contrast to washington's recent actions in the region are reports. mike pompei o is on a goodwill tour of the african continent trying to convince nations that they have no better friend than the good old us of a shift in american history that we will be by your side get a good relationship with $2000000000.00 it's with natural gas. you get the benefit of american businesses for sure for the sure as well during our meeting i congratulated both the president and the foreign minister on the newly discovered energy reserves off the coast american firms like cosmos energy hell britain baker hughes are all helping to develop these resources so that they benefit the senate good senegalese people not foreign actors that my palm peo has been the u.s. secretary of state for some time however his interest in africa seems to be quite

new but perhaps that's because his trip to africa isn't really about africa it's about competing with china it's tempting to accept easy money from places like china. but what good is it if it feeds corruption and undermines your rule of law but that ship has sailed china is already very well in bedded in africa it's the continent's largest trading partner not to mention the fact that beijing has been splashing cash on to development.

furthermore might pompei it was timing seems to be a little bit off the travel ban has just been expanded to include several african countries so you're not welcome in america but me sure to give u.s. officials a hearty welcome not the most winning message. the government expresses its dismay at this unfriendly acts which runs counter to the administration's pronounced policy of constructive engagement to address past wrongs with west africa struggling to protect itself from terrorist groups the usa may have sealed its alliance with military aid however that military aid is being scaled back the usa is also reducing other support in the region. we have spoken with the us about the need for their presence in the area we hope that the americans will continue to help us in security training and intelligence. also do you remember a certain leader who referred to african countries with some rather profane words

well there's still no apology on that there are 34 countries that make up the continent of africa 54 places president from considers to be countries as opposed to describe some immigrants coming from africa and he is coming from countries tom denies using such derogatory language and democratic senator who sat next to mr trump in the meetings insists that the president repeatedly used the word to describe the countries now behind all the lights cameras handshakes and photo ops mike pompei oh really wants africans to believe that america is their best friend especially if they're trying to get close to china but i think. clearly quite concerned just like the united states are concerned that the chinese have taken a massive lead across the african continent for now as far as i know the chinese have already got hold in africa i think of mistrust the chinese worked with the chinese if you read the chinese and only told access these access levels it was not

because i because we're fearful of the chinese or of the dross there is because of because believe that they wanted to choose their own destiny and chose. which was not the united states for once the us was the you. he's trying to counter that for the u.s. to want to compete with that right now i'm afraid they're 10 years too late. the death toll from the corona virus has now reached more than $1700.00 people including 3 victims outside of china but beijing has condemned the rise of conspiracy theories over the outbreak some u.s. politicians including senator tom cotton suggested the fire started and the chinese biological weapons lab we also know that just a few miles away from the food market is china's only bio safety level 4 super laboratory that research as human infectious diseases we have lied consistently

about this virus to me so we should not take their words at face value it's very harmful it's very dangerous to stir up suspicion rumors and spread them among the people for one thing and this will create panic another says that it will offend a racial discrimination as you know for all of this in china's handling of the corona virus has been widely criticized in the western media some outlets have accused beijing of falsifying data and covering up the scale of the crisis meanwhile the world health organization has said unfounded rumors are making it harder to deal with the outbreak the 2900. responses being accompanied by a massive info demick an overabundance of information some accurate and some knowledge that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it we got reaction from human rights lawyer daniel koblick and political scientists packing the wrong. dr wong can i just start with you what

do you make of these latest claims particularly from the us senator cotton that this virus may have emanated originated from a laboratory in woo hand is he right to suggest this is one possibility i think was peace all occasions and suggestion in the making is basically trying to break the outbreak of the corn the virus to chinese people in china and if you look at these claims and these articles from carefully up to now in the scientific circle we still do not have 100 percent of the to suggest that that these why rose is indeed coming from any wildlife any more number one and number 2 we still don't have and if the evidence to substantiate that these spyros is a leak from. the or viral down i noticed 2 particular with this story which been following very closely at the start the narrative is very positive towards china look they've come out they've taken to coney measures this is what is needed but i

am sensing perhaps things are changing now and people are accusing china of covering things up without actually explicitly showing any evidence and also suggesting you know they could have been the ones responsible for this virus i just wonder from your perspective she think that this is now being politicized quite a lot i do think it's being politicized it's not only politicized in the sense that there's criticisms of the chinese government but the chinese people themselves which makes absolutely no sense but it's part of this yellow scare that is you know frankly has been underneath the surface in the u.s. for a long time but now is really bubbling to the surface because of this crisis and i think that the government of the u.s. in the media have some responsibility for their economically. or in the one china's economy. is going to war. for a slowdown and one more tool it brings far more uncertainty to grow bored. he

called on me in the coming months and since we do not know when this all brick who eventually disappear and then the it also a. fact of i'm so 22 to go by economy i mean china's economy is so big that you know this could really impact. the world economy could affect the gross domestic product of many countries certainly it will affect china's but certainly many others that trade with china you know it could even have an impact on the u.s. on the u.s. stock market and again on the u.s. gross domestic product we'll have to see you know how that turns out. and while some politicians promote conspiracies on the virus some businesses are making a pleasurable profit on the i'm breaking details on that after this short break.

following a study union said these companies to protect workers' wages but they got rid of all they don't need workers they keep printing money and say ok well these are the products without boeing you saying we don't make products either we will make bad products will fall out of the sky and kill people but we still get the bailout money every single day because to put it into our corrupt crony capitalist shareholders of course we've got. to put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want. to going to be pro-choice which is what the $43.00 of the 4 can be good. i'm interested always in the waters of.

course. welcome back as hysteria over the corona virus outbreak continues online realtors are hoping to make money from the crisis and shoddy edwards reports. as the world runs out of face masks hand sanitizer sells like hot cakes and antibacterial wipes fly off the shelves online retailers even amazon are finding other ways to cash in on the deadly coronavirus not by upping the price of those essential oh no but by floating in a time a new line of coronavirus inspired products topping the list of these t. shirts both retailers have an extensive selection such as i survived corona 2020

and straight out of one hand back off and also coronavirus made in china as a little subtle end though both sites also have mugs to sell complete with the scientific molecular makeup of the virus presumably so you'll know what to account for and know very just complete without a few miscellaneous items like a framed poster warning of the infection zone while making the link with the bearer of a similar name abroad which also thought it was necessary to state the obvious that there's no link between the virus and the beverage in response to the sale of t. shirts breeches disaster in charge of the policy despite the merchandise still being on sale while amazon has so far declined to comment to be fair though neither company makes the products but both do take a sizeable cut of the sales and it also begs the question who's buying them but as companies rake in the cash the virus continues to spread it could be they use the money for charitable ventures like helping contain it or funding research into the

outbreak but don't bank on it. palestinians have dismissed an invitation to attend an art event on israeli settlement as qana stick and insulting so they come to occupied territory too in the area with negates palestinian development through a network of checkpoints road blocks and closed military zone. and then they tell us you can attend in a closed military area. the israeli military has already approved up to $15000.00 people attending the gathering in the disputed parts of the west bank organizers say politics have nothing to do with it it's an unofficial version of the burning man event in the u.s. which prioritises quote radical inclusion among its guiding principles meaning anyone can attend however palestinians who want to go to the west bank version are furious that they 1st need approval from the israeli army. as palestinian citizens we are all against this except those who cooperate with the occupation i don't

agree with or support this this normalise is the occupation and we want these really still leave our lands just like i said i will never take part because i'm not a traitor to my country of course i'm against it they made this festival to provoke us it would be dishonest for me to persist a place alongside such people this is an occupied holy land i reject this festival i cannot participate in the jet amazing the occupation interim so-called day of the century which for me i will never go and i don't advise anyone to go. we've asked event organizers as well as the israeli army to comment on why west bank palestinians need permission to attend and i'll let you know their response. now for some world news in brief 10 people are now confirmed dead and scores have been injured in a suicide attack in the pakistani city of quetta attacker blew himself up when stopped by police authorities say he was attempting to target

a religious rally 2 officers are among those killed group has yet claimed responsibility. thousands of supporters of the anti islamic he'd a movement faced off against pro immigration demonstrators on monday police in the eastern german city of dress and tried to keep the 2 sides from clashing. and thousands have come out in the french capital against pension reforms which have now moved to the national assembly for debate there were numerous arrests as demonstrators clashed with riot police. in switzerland a carnival costume idea has sparked outrage and web site selling carnival attire has offered its customers to don i think rather look i'm an activist weren't too fond of the idea.

declare war on environmental and show the world this is on the brink. do you want to appears grabbed at the carnival for the dare you remarks are not quite neutral ground a break with braids. more and more companies are trying to capitalize on it is tasteless because we actually have to deal with the climate crisis. that carnival fans can enjoy themselves at the expense of an autistic person many people perceive as a person which is a figurehead as a result the market believes this is wrong doing is the gist of us but it definitely is. i think people overreact to the carnival always has elements imitation. of the

carnival i think you should keep your sense of humor. of all the stories haven't quite sure thirst for news head on over to our web site r.t. dot com for countless articles and interviews thanks for tuning in this hour. i 1st heard about wiki leaks. from the helicopter folks in iraq. i seem to down actually people who knew the u.s. military who have never forgiven for this guy's a traitor a treasonous and and he has broken every law united states illegally shoot some of

them he was really historic to have. independent journalist a guy with his puter exposing sue is a lot of crimes and to a global audience. the idea of developing an anonymous digital truck parts and applying it to a media organization is because he hates that was the 1st. and didn't the toy interests are right that he would be for a short while right and wrong and one of the world's most powerful news organizations curiousness and except for founder julian assange you assume loyalists and there was a great deal of jealous in the mainstream towards him particularly why won't he be more like off that you seem. mean feces on the walls. smile except let me have julian assange in

solitary confinement in the prison for terrorists a way to keep the house alive person. i don't see him dying me i pressed him. and i think that's what he's facing. we're still in an era of resource colonialism again this is a big risk and the one big thing that could really inhibit the kind of electric vehicle revolution that a lot of us want to see is if we can't resource the battery components in a sustainable ethical way then it's not going to be a successful revolution. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront a shouldn't let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic development only

closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. just enough to you know to move through it in a circle as much as you. need to move forward to do much for the group was a little with 3 minutes to do it with a. look. at. the white in good sort of community already in the eastern seaboard you made it seem to treat. cities. that than.

anyone else seemed wrong when all roads just don't hold. anything that you get to shape out these days to come to advocate and indeed from an equal trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. greetings and sal you taishan. in the world of international politics and big business my friends information is king especially for intelligence agencies like the cia and the n.s.a. and it's the cia's ravenous thirst for intelligence and control no matter the cost and what lines are crossed that is at the heart of the recent revelations coming

out of switzerland regarding the cold war's biggest manufacturer of encryption devices a joint investigation by the washington post and german public broadcasters e.d.f. has revealed that crypto a.g.t. the world's leading manufacturer or crip to logical equipment during the cold war whose clients including included over $120.00 governments around the world was a front company owned by the united states central intelligence agency whoa discovered through a secret 2004 cia historical document and in a 2000 a oral history by german intelligence the operation was considered to be the intelligence coup of the century by taking over the manufacture of the devices this allowed the cia and n.s.a. to rig the crypto agee's products so they could easily break the codes and have access to a client's encrypted messages and guess what the cia wasn't just some silent donor

either according to the post under nouns to most employees except executives at the highest levels the agency controlled nearly every aspect of kryptos operations presiding residing with their german partners over hiring decisions designing its technology sabotaging its algorithms and directing its sales targets. the cia's own historical documents even bragged they've been braiding about the extent of the in the ugliness involved saying quote foreign governments were paying good money to the us and western germany for the privilege of having their most secret communications read by a least 2 and possibly as many as 5 or 6 foreign countries so if the cia owned the top and crips and company in the world up until 2018 it makes you wonder what other companies do they secretly have their hands in and that my.