thinks. we dare to ask. where your mark mosque has become a political statement in the us will look at how our country's division for deepening could do to protective face coverings. quarantines brits are craving pints though so while some business us that has reopened soon some pubs fear they'll struggle to comply with a new post quarantine regulations images like this 1 may make you wish you were here for many problems lord of the future is bitter as for many they won't be able to reopen again. with the european countries poised to lift some travel restrictions the world health organization warns that a 2nd peak in the pandemic could be round the corner. and while many children are getting their education online during the pandemic kids in

a remote village in peru are having to climb and nearby hill for radio lessons. and those at the level of the old problem of students is that there is no communication for mobile phones nor is there any communication through the year or the internet. alone welcome from our team here in moscow this is r.t. international great to have you with us. to where or not so where that's the question this dividing ever more americans especially after president donald trump showed a tweet mocking his democratic rival joe biden spoke to a mosque. no but i'm going to wear a mask but he was standing outside with his wife perfect conditions perfect weather there inside they don't wear masks and so i thought it was very unusual that he had one on but i thought that was fine i was in criticizing him at all why would i ever

do a thing like that he's a fool. an absolute fool to talk that way i mean every leading doc in the world is saying we should wear a mask when you're in a crowd meanwhile the u.s. remains the world's worst hit country the number of fatalities has passed 100000 caleb maupin in new york takes a closer look at us the attitudes towards face coverings. as if americans weren't already divided enough we now have a new trend called mass shaming the centers for disease control recommends that americans wear a mask in order to avoid getting infected and and now whether some people have decided that if you do that you're big sis it also got store owners refuse to allow their customers to wear a mask the governor of north dakota seemed like he was on the verge of tears as he urged state residents to have empathy for those who have to wear a mask because of my wrists somebody wants to wear

a mask there should be no mouse shaming you should look at them and say a person's wearing a mask because for them there's additional risk in their life apparently to some people wearing a mask is a political statement however in other parts of the country you can be chased out of a grocery store or not wearing a mask. but it was. ok polls show that the decision of whether or not to wear a mask is linked to one's political ideology this is in the context of republicans and from supporters who desperately want the economy to open up once again despite health warnings to the contrary you know i'm right or you know. something oh yeah i was a bad guy and blue states with democratic administrators are opening up more slowly than red states governed by republicans and democrats are more likely to wear

a mask then republicans are and it's playing out in the media at this point you've got divisions between the networks take a look at liberal and this and you see bigot say here. nobody is where no nobody's ever going to go. to. striking images cowper ery cow thank you very much conservative fox network has a different. call people out for not wearing a mask when one of their own team is not where i want either what we need to ask our friends on the press to be responsible how bloomberg news and fox news had quite different interpretations of the vents and statements by president donald trump and his democratic contenders and their decisions about whether or not to wear a mask in public this is not about politics this is not about whether you're liberal or conservative left or right republican democrat we were the mask and it's been very clear what the studies are showing you where the mass not to protect yourself

so much as to protect others in the middle of a crisis which $100000.00 americans have already died you would think that the country would pretty much be on the same page but the american elites have gotten so good at blaming each other and the public has become so divided that it seems amid a public health crisis the finger pointing casting of suspicion and polarization and not be turned off it will mop and our new york. after you came to reopen some of it sought some sectors of the economy looked like that have to wait that little longer i think it's going to be very very difficult for us to return to any of us standing at the bar or any of us mingling in a cafe indoors in a way we have in the past so he had with gusto and london explained how pups will operate post confinement. as the u.k. enters its 9th week of lockdown the thought of a pint in a packet of crisps seems to be but

a drunken distant hazy memory forrestal's in the prime minister's seem to think it's safe enough to get the economy back on track but for pubs and bars they won't be opening for at least another few months now many businesses have had to think outside the box to adapt. so as britain adjusts to this new hangover free reality government official suggested trying to spell last month's sparking fears for the future of many of the u.k.'s near 50000 local pubs ministers have begun to draw up plans though to relax outdoor seating licenses so the pubs can reopen in july in theory but big bosses say it will be impossible to make sure those on the fringe groups maintain social distance i'm also trying to support only have to deal with a one meter distance rule spain in the u.k.

are the only european countries to apply the 2 bits of the voice provided to. save distance daubed that is what we have done and i'm not aware of any plans to change it at the height of the pandemic xpress warned that the new normal of social distancing could linger on indefinitely like a really bad climate and is backed by some pretty staggering stocks the government's advisory board for emergencies or sage estimates that 6 seconds of exposure at one meter produces exactly the same risk as a minute or 2 and a call from 2 metres is as dangerous as talking for 30 minutes at the same distance over one minute at one meter but the science is brewing up a storm along the specialists sage is supposed to focus on some things which does not support the to me i do see a problem with changing the message. well that there is necessarily a likely confusion and while many are dealing with this pandemic with

a glass half full approach business owners are drowning this sars in fact the current virus crisis has called last orders on the u.k.'s hospitality trade with industry experts predicting more than 30000 pops bars and restaurants may remain permanently closed and while keeping 2 meats apart may be doable in office went on to the influence keeping that distance may be hard to balance. if it's 2 meters without any additional government support you're probably looking at only 20 percent of bob's being able to operate while images like this 1 may make you wish you were here for many pop landlords the future is bitter as for many they won't be able to reopen again on a busy friday this is a costly 64 but across the course of a service we'd probably see 120 people come through i think with social distancing is measures in place that would be cut to about 20 or 30 patrons. that obviously be sort of time constraint on each table. because i'm not in the month or the tables

would be quite high as obviously we've seen not quite a high level of local support. but i think you know that sort of. the main thing for. me there is that is just not going to generate enough revenue in order to me are sort of monetary requirements and this is an industry that operates on very very small profit margins as it is. so i mean you're beating into the immediately. and i think most businesses like this for cross that they'll be operating at a loss if there were 3 of them with social distancing measures in place it seems as though there's a glimmer of hope for those gossiping for a bath as britain's boozes could see a big audience reopen for the summer but all in all for brits it seems this pandemic has really been the last straw cheers corona shot head start. aarti london . education joining the pandemic has mostly moved on line about many poor

children all from learning as they simply don't have access to the internet one remote village in peru is relying on radio and classes are held where the best signal is up on a nearby hill. but how to teach our children our children can learn there's no internet signal no cell phone signal we have nothing left of the number that doesn't see the end of problem as students is that there is no communication for mobile phones nor is there any communication through the radio or the internet. but as all of us we have to be for 2 or 3 hours because the children don't. so we never arrive at the same time but. it exacts times.

to. listen but almost all of us forgotten by the authorities and we are worried because the jury's communication channels don't exist the radio signal barely reaches. european countries are gradually relaxing belloc down restrictions with cross border travel bans to be lifted the world health organization though warns that they could be a 2nd peak in the pandemic if quarantine ended too early to all of a look at how states are having to decide between stopping the spread and saving

the tourism industry. as we head into the summer the european tourism industry is crying out for coronavirus travel restrictions to be lifted they being given a boost by and deliver. cabinet they backing a decision that would see germans able to travel to 31 different european nations from the 15th of june italy for its part isn't waiting around to open up to travelers june the 3rd is the day it is set aside senior figures in the rome government see the possibility of visitors heading to their shores as much needed relief for the tourism industry after some really dark times a level below working so as altering 15 we can all start a new together in europe for tourism june 15th is a bit of a european. however there are serious concerns coronavirus hasn't gone anywhere and the lifting of lockdown last weekend between milan and naples showed

people aren't all that keen on social distancing after having being locked down at home for 2 months but i don't know if i would like to avoid close and dump leases to protect those who are working but it's equally clear that this weekend has not been peaceful and a repeat of that. criticism as things happen which can't be ignored never in the local police went to the beaches to sanction the rule breakers who are not respecting the measures designed to stop the spread of the virus spann wants to see a set of rules for travel and checks set up across the e.u. to stop holiday america's becoming the catalyst for a 2nd we of course at 19. i announced that starting from july there will be the opening for him to resume to spain in safe conditions this will now resume foreign tourists therefore can now plan their holidays in our country we have already said

this time on the horizon in july we will begin working with our european partners to find these common rules that will ours to resume freedom of movement on european territory sparked by the world health organization which was. against accomplishment see those areas seeing a decline in the virus the disease can jump up at any time we can make assumptions that just because the disease is on the way down that it's on a it's going to keep going down and we're going to get a number of months to get ready for a 2nd when we may get a 2nd ph in this with all of this leaves european nations in a quandary to open up and face a potential 2nd wave of the corona virus or remain locked down and see the tourism industry so crucial to many economies facing potentially terminal decline peter all over r.t. . sweden has pursued a no lockdown strategy during the pandemic in

a bid to keep its economy going but is paid a heavy price all the time all the same at $1.00 point registering the highest kovac mortality rate in europe the country's former chief epidemiologist who supported no lockdown at 1st now say sweden should have imposed greater restrictions to save lives i think that we needed more time for preparedness if we had shut down very early we would have been able during that time to make sure that we had what was necessary to protect the vulnerable so we didn't have lost over $4000.00 lives to covert 19 per 1000000 the death rate is higher than in neighboring countries and the weak starting may 12th sweden recorded the highest number of deaths per capita in europe as we discover mentor peers and concerns though saying that strategy is a long term one sweden did not quickly get higher mortality rates as some other countries did nor will we get quickly ready carefully low numbers. our

strategy is not based on a week by a meet week measurement of mortality. it is based on a long term perspective while sweden has the least restrictions among developed countries citizens were advised against social gatherings but businesses and public places have not been allowed closed paul franks professor of epidemiology at lund university thinks the all parties should pay more attention to the existing data you can look to our neighbors in the way for example and see how their actions that were very different from the swedish health agencies intervention. kept the access mortality rates very very limited the way the same is true in the mice and so from that point of view i don't think it's near anyone can really argue credibly that a more assertive containment strategy in sweden would have saved lives in

a situation like that it's all very little credible data is used by decision makers to make decisions. that is not the case currently in sweden or existing very large states baseball wants 6000000 they french received. but the public health authority said that they're not interested in that you know look here they say say that i'm surprised about i hope that this is a change just. to to turn away from available data that is different from one that. surprises me. day's top stories coming up after this short break. cold war $2.00 targeting china is off the ground gaining momentum some say china

must paper that while others claim beijing is an existential security threat to the washington centric world still others say washington can see we live in a paper world.

welcome back the u.s. congress is debating an amendment to the freedom act which would prohibit to warrantless access to web browsing data early it failed to pass the senate by one vote r.t. senior correspondent mark gassier takes a look at what powers are currently in the hands of america's intelligence agencies . what have you been looking at lately what have you visited maybe google you said something embarrassing on the for whatever you did wherever you are it is now all but certainly recorded with no expiring date and you wouldn't believe how easy it is for someone to scroll through everything that you've looked at. the n.s.a. specifically targets the communications of everyone in just some vital for it

collects the minute sustainment it filters them and analyzes them and measures them and stores them for periods of time section $215.00 of the infamous patriot act basically allows anyone with a badge in america to look up everything you've done online whoever you are and wherever you are from without a search warrant the only condition is that the f.b.i. agent 2 or even a policeman must have probable cause how flimsy or even laughable that probable cause is doesn't really matter because you'll never be told and they can look at anything you've ever done. search and bruising history can provide a detail portrayed by the private lives in the revealed medical conditions religious beliefs and personal relationships and it should be protected by fictive legal safeguards we have to explicitly prohibits the warrantless collection of

internet search and bruising history when you consider the usa freedom real 3 zeeshan act the patriot act was intended to identify and to catch foreign spies and terrorists it led to new and forstmann patients do all sorts of crazy and sinful things legally speaking to catch those people so what the n.s.a. for example did is they came out and they said any american could be potentially a spy or a terrorist so we should spy on everyone remember that the snowden revelations about how every american schools were being monitored and browsing history the f.b.i. should not be allowed to use the patriot act to surveil americans on line activity without a warrant internet search and browsing history is extremely revealing in nature and the 4th amendment requires a warrant to obtain this information said it has failed by one vote to limit the

sheer scope of these powers so the f.b.i. for example would have had to get a search warrant go through a court before spying on someone as i said that they failed 59 senators voted in favor but 60 votes were needed to pass in the meantime your browsing history is fair game for any f.b.i. agent to even police officer that who have access to f.b.i. data all they need to look at it is a hunch that you did something wrong hunch that seat mr president collecting this information is as close to reading minds as survey length can get. unfortunately the question is not where the you did anything wrong on the question is whether a government agent believes they have the right to look at your web searches it's all especially worrying now in

a pad demick when billions trapped at home with nothing but a computer our lives become digital for our own good they say we are monitored with face recognition cameras and. absent q.r. codes and drools temporary they say for our own health but there's one thing that the patriot act taught us it's that governments rarely give the superpowers up we spoke to josh byrne the co-founder of science which is a secure social networking service he told us that these days that sharing personal data online is like inviting the government into your house. it's incredibly dangerous and i think the whole notion of this is actually. 'd so the foundation of this country with 'd the 4th amendment the government if they have suspicion that a crime is in maybe it's supposed to get a search warrant with probable cause and specify what they're searching for this

allows for some shady loopholes that go on in secret courts 'd without oversight where the government can abuse power and we aren't you and. i would say it's particularly more dangerous these days since more and more particularly with foreign to me that our lives are on lot so now the internet and the information that we put 'd in. the information that we share online is very private personal information it's like allowing the government into our houses and searching for things i wouldn't even say it's a potential he supposed i think it's actually highlighting 'd the existing abuse of power again since this is for extending. the patriot act or now the usa freedom act this is power that's essentially the governments have seen. since not a lot. for minneapolis police officers who were involved in the arrest of a black man who died during the arrests have been fired a warning you may find the following video upsetting filmed by a bystander on monday it shows how the man pleaded that he could not breathe as the

office and knelt on his neck and kept his knee there for several minutes oh well. the f.b.i. and all $33.00 minnesota have launched investigations into the case on the day all the incidents police said the man much just the description of a suspect and if they would your case is a local grocery store and that he resisted arrest i mean that he was ordered to step from the car after he got out he physically resisted officers officers were able to get the suspect in the handcuffs. and officers noticed that the mail was going into medical distress demonstrators clashed with riot police late chairs they as people gathered at the site of the incident have been marched to a police station with a damaged windows and a police car riot police is take out to break up the protests earlier the maire of minneapolis to apologize to the city's black community david bike at picking from the local green party suspects the authorities would have responded differently if

they'd been no video evidence. until they knew that there was a video out there they were telling us that the officers discovered that the suspect was having a medical condition. they knew darn well because the original statement came out about 4 hours after the incident giving them plenty of time to see the officer's body cameras talk to people talk to witnesses to get an area at least very rough preliminary idea of what. it was what they thought they could get away with and that was to you know exonerate the officers by saying this guy had some sort of medical condition so yeah they were perfectly prepared to lie if they could get away with it the only difference is because the video they're already 'd getting away with it and of course as more information and video comes out there's a lot more of the war. in their explanations. in

a few hours a long musk's company space x. is to launch nasa astronauts into space on its own rocket for the very 1st time. 3210. i think we really set the future up to continue to blossom this will be the 1st time humans have ridden on the falcon i even know it's won't many many times and so just taking in that experience and the sounds and all those things that we can relate to your cruise is going to be something important to do to. launch as part of nasa as commercial collaboration with the private sector to u.s. astronauts will be sent to the international space station it will be the 1st time in 10 years the u.s. astronauts have been launched from home soil well since 2011 u.s. crew members have been hitching a lift with a russian spacecraft we had from russian cosmonauts and alexander is it can.

yes leading the nightmare. i don't think it will change the space exploration industry much if there are changes they will be minor now we just have another organization capable of making spacecraft and sending them into space i think it's wonderful this new play it will push others to move further progress is excel aerating the emergence of a new designer in the fashion business brings new clothes new styles into the industry and people benefit from it and the same happens with technologies. some of course. the biggest achievement of musk is that he didn't use all technologies but cited to start everything from scratch to build the spacecraft using completely new technologies just like tesla you can work hard to make an old car perfect but it will still remain the same vehicle with an internal combustion engine or you can create a car for the new era this is something our space program is lacking. i

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alone and welcome the crosstalk were all the things we considered on peter labelle cold war 2.0 targeting china is off the ground in gaining momentum something china must pay but the and i mean well others claim beijing is an existential security threat in the washington centric world still others say washington can't conceive we live in a mostly older world.