you know. we've. kind of this prime minister justin trudeau calls an emergency meeting as activists shut down major rail lines throughout the country for a planned gas pipeline on indigenous land. also this hour a court orders template to stop clearing forest land for its 1st european r. and battery plant critics warning that modern supposedly lean companies are nothing of the kind. and the u.s. secretary of state takes a rare trip to africa and a bid to dislodge china's economic dominance but its warm words stand in marked contrast to washington's actions on the continent.

a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. of those premier has summoned 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 is 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. that is.

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 sioux wetton tribe came out against its construction and for that they were raided by the police but the police action seems to have backfired the white 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 learn 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 and. stead but this is just one page in canada's 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 what they're saying is they have agreements with 20 indian i am council and 5 of the 6 which suit graham councils have signed on to agreements which soon 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 act there are 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. 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 get a. lawyer and you're listening to les harris 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 fire 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 but 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 social impact it german court has ordered tesla to stop playing 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 plot 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 lawsuits go back inside you know paralyze germany as an industrial location.

you're not allowed to cut trees you know that scale until you have permission to this forest land to industrial factory use and that seems to be what's what's you know what's happened here that these trees will cut down 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 environmentally friendly is perhaps not really interested in these issues. the u.s. secretary of state is in africa and a bit to win back business from china whose companies dominate the continent but my

compares kind speeches stand in stark contrast to washington's recent actions in the region are things come up in 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. that america just is we the bikers get a good relationship with $2000000000.00 it's with natural gas. to the benefit of american businesses sure. sure this will bring 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 burton baker hughes are all helping to develop these resources so that they benefit the senate good senegalese people not foreign actors 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 mike pompei 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 trigger response strong's 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 54 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 as 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 wood to describe the countries now behind all the lights cameras handshakes and photo ops mike pompei all 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 uk and for now 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 told access these access levels it was not because i because we're fearful of the chinese or of the troops there it's because of because believe that

they wanted to choose their own destiny. chose. which was not the united states for the u.s. for the u.s. . he is trying to counter that for the u.s. to want to compete with that right now i'm afraid 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 and putting senator tom cotton have suggested the virus started in a chinese biological weapons laboratory. we also know that just a few miles away from the food market is china's only bio safety level 4 super laboratory that researches human infectious diseases they 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 once and this will create panic another. friend of 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 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 my colleague andrew farmer got reaction to the story from human rights lawyer daniel koblick and political scientist packman long. 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 which is he right to suggest this is one possibility i think what piece all occasions and suggest 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 are location carefully up to now in the scientific circle we still do not have 100 percent of the to suggest 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. 3 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 draconian 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 gee 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 us for a long time but now is really bubbling to the surface because of this crisis 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 in one more tour it brings far more uncertainty to grow bored. he called

them in the coming months and since we do not know when this all break we eventually disappear and then. also. i'm so 22 to grow the economy 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 will have to see you know how that turns out. and while some politicians promote conspiracies on the virus some businesses are making a questionable profit on the outbreak. after that. so

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. and spearing dramatic probably only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. knowing. that these companies to protect workers' wages but they got rid of all they don't need workers to keep printing money and say ok well these are the products but now boeing is saying we don't make products we will make bad products will fall out of the sky and kill people but we still get the bailout money every single day we can still pay the dividend to our corrupt crony capitalist shareholders of course we've got. intentions for both the. christening. you see 40 years ago. simpy

in 5th grade to. see the principal. welcome back to the program as hysteria over the corona virus outbreak continues online retailers are trying to make money on the crisis shoddy at word sashay has the details. as the vald 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 i have

them all 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 bear of a similar name a brand 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 us 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. have dismissed an

invitation to attend an art a band on an israeli settlement as colonialist and insulting so they come to occupied territory too in the area with negates palestinian development through a network of checkpoints route 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 and disputed parts of the west bank but 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 normalise is the occupation and we want these released

to leave our land 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 will 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 deal of the century you know 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 if we get one. now for some world news in brief 10 people are confirmed dead and scores have been injured in a suicide attack in a pakistani city of quetta the attacker blew himself up when stopped by police and authorities say he was attempting to target a religious rally 2 officers are among those killed no group has yet claimed responsibility.

thousands of supporters of the anti islamic pay get a movement faced off against pro immigration and tea for demonstrators on monday police in the eastern german city of dresden worked to keep the 2 sides from clashing. and thousands have come out in the french capital once again against pension reforms which have now moved to the national assembly for debate there are numerous arrests as demonstrators clashed with riot police as you can see here. climate activists are throwing a fit over a new online carnival costume that will make you look like the environmental icon got a ton berg but the swiss for a behind the idea says critics are getting too hot under the collar.

declare war on environmental sinners and show the world she's on the brink. do you want to appears grad at the carnival for a week and dare you remarks all the natives are not quite climate neutral graduate with braids. more and more companies are trying to capitalize grads of thunder and it is tasteless because we actually have to deal with the climate crisis. if you shout that carnival fans can enjoy themselves at the expense of an autistic young person many people perceive gresson not as a person but is a figurehead as a result the market believes the search wrongdoing is legitimate but it definitely is. with i think people overreacting the carnival always has elements of imitation satire at a carnival i think you should keep your sense of humor.

that's a news break down for this hour and that's all for me as well today but we're not you know harvey will be taking over in about 30 minutes time thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. seem wrong. just don't. let me get to shape out just to come out. and in detroit because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

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this is the one business show you can't afford to mess i'm christiane and i'm bridgeboro washington coming to the coronavirus continues to infect several sectors of the global economy especially with the drop in trade for as we break down the slope an oil and where markets go from here. what the u.s. pressure campaign against while waiting seems to heat up as the trumpet ministration is threatening to withhold and i would if you break down the latest in the fight for fire. and later on this social media struggle in europe facebook c.e.o. is on the ground in brussels with you michel what effect could this meeting house on the block you regulation we have so much as a visit to his the ground running. u.s. equity markets are closed today but investors are bracing for the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreaks goldman sachs q one oil price target by $10.00 to $53.00 amid weakening chinese oil demand as the nation is on lockdown beijing is

now trying to kick start the economic activities in areas outside of the province but even the mission critical factories that have we opened are now operating well below capacity about 80 percent of u.s. factories have been unable to stop their production lines and efforts to restart china are clashing with the push to contain the virus as quarantines blocked roads checkpoints are stopping millions of workers from returning and commuting to their jobs trying to the work force of over $760000000.00 strong labor force are under various kinds of walked out impacting about $5000000.00 companies worldwide in the latest survey even so the shanghai composite rebounded and climbed 2.3 percent monday as a p.p.o. c. continued to support the market by offering $29000000000.00 a one year medium term loans and cutting interest rates to reduce by. costs so across equities investors are now relying on support of central banks to backstop the market even in the face of weaker economic growth the latest data from china

shows a decline in new cases of corona virus infection but there's also new data now confirming that the incubation period may be longer than the 14 days of what doctors previously thought there have now been 2 cases where a patient shows a symptom 34 days later and 94 daters later and infecting many around him unknowingly africa has now reported its 1st case of corona monday as a w.h.o. is launching more than 80 clinical trials to find a cure and now keep up the latest on how markets are reacting we welcome back shawn hyman editor of logical investor so shawn some analysts are saying that this outlook right now is way too pessimistic and that chinese economic stimulus measures could lead to a global recovery especially in oil demand and there's also the hope that opec will also cut supply again by $1700000.00 barrels per day though any decision made was obviously take time to implement so where do you think this equilibrium is at and have we reached a bottom or is this still more room to fall for oil prices.