finds joy. at the. headline stories this hour new video emerges of the killing of george floyd showing people pleading with. officer to intervene. but across the atlantic from there a campaigners target europe's colonial. humans they say. racism. on the french president heals the country's 1st victory over. but criticism of his handling of the pandemic season money will muck up approval ratings drop.

you're tuned in to our teacher national live from moscow my names you know neal and you're welcome to the program. new video has been released by the family attorney for george floyd whose death sparked weeks of on rest a run the world it shows horrified bystanders pleading with an officer to intervene . derek show presses his knee floyd's. word of warning the video we're about to show you is the stress. bro you have now moved not 1003 meaning you know you do you. know you're not even moving you know. bro you know. meantime the autopsy of a black man fatally shot by police in the u.s.

city of atlanta on friday has confirmed his death was homicide 27 year old bruce feel the roadside breath test officers say he then resisted arrest continually grabbing an officers taser before attempting to flee after pointing it out one of the officers he was shot twice in the buck died later in hospital the stress and video of that incident which we're about to show you was captured on police body cameras. are you. are not rare or few words let's see what kind of drinks did yeah. i'm not sure from see orders on i think you pretty much the trying to be dry that's approach as one of our point. but you're going to have. i don't know god or not bother her. the death of mr brooks further inflame the country already riven by civil strife following the murder of george floyd

protesters set fire to the restaurant near where brooks was killed the atlanta later said the officer who pulled the trigger the city's police chief has also stepped up a decision that will be made later in the week on whether to bring charges against ole officers present an attorney in the case told us what he expects to happen next . people don't try to argue on both sides but georgia law is quite clear you cannot use lethal force in response to non-lethal force 'd so i think it will be charged with murder and we've had conversations with the district 'd attorney in this case and he's opened an independent investigation separate and apart from the georgia bureau of investigation and people need to understand that law enforcement is not alone in georgia the law in georgia happens in courtrooms you cannot use. you cannot use lethal force to match force there is a case of tennessee versus gardner united states supreme court case stands for

proposition so i think that this case is going to end up in the superior court of johnny with murder charges against those officers. will the race riots may be rooted in the problems of 2020 but it's also forcing the united states to face up to its history with protesters targeting statues to prominent american civil war figures many have leading to slavery and. a century and a half later those better ones are refusing to. the u.s. civil war ended over 150 years ago at least officially but the confederacy went on to fight another day on the cultural front its flag and historical figures have become an essential part of many americans identity but it seems the time has come for its last stand can you imagine jefferson davis alexander stephens. treason if they can even against united in their stead i still have their stake

like him here robert e. lee jefferson davis and alexander stevens actually have statues within the u.s. capitol building but now the call is coming for those statues to finally be removed 150 years later the possibility has never been so real confederate statues in monuments to pay tribute to white supremacy and slavery and public spaces it is time to tell the truth about what these statues are hateful symbols that have no place in our society and certainly should not be enshrined in the u.s. capitol the confederate flag is a symbol that many southerners as well as even low income whites in other parts of the country have come to identify with now the declaration is coming from the halls of power saying that it's time for this to come to an end the u.s. military with the backing of the u.s. senate is talking about changing the name of bases named after confederates this

does not sit well with the president it has been suggested that we should rename as many as 10 of our legendary military bases my ministration even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military installations as the most diverse and integrated part of american society it is only right that installations bear the names of military heroes who represent the best ideals of our republic all across the country confederate monuments are being beheaded toppled and there's a friendly map to help you plan your next target nascar has banned the displaying of confederate flags at the racetrack the presence of the confederate flag at nascar events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all our fans our competitors and our industry the display of the confederate flag will be prohibited from all nascar events and properties a film that has long been considered to be a classic of american cinema but is no. no longer available on h.b.o.

max with the way it has captured the imagination and acclaim of the entire world. the confederacy was defeated in 865 us constitution outlaws the practice of slavery due to an amendment furthermore robert e. lee's ranch has been converted into arlington national cemetery so why are americans still clashing over a war that ended over 150 years ago i understand what many people or pessimistic about the future of the united states of america because this civil war is not with him it is continuing through a different guise and it would not be outlandish to suggest that the opponents of tearing down these statues objective or pushing who are kind of 2nd class 3rd class citizenship if that were

black americans in for any people not defined as white and as long as that kind of permission is idiology persist there will be a simmering civil war in the united states of america as we saw in charlottesville 2 years ago and elsewhere in other parts of the country many americans have a strong emotional attachment to these confederate symbol and they're willing to fight that with one side being branded as nazis and the other side being branded as domestic terrorists civil tensions are high at this point they're set to flare up even further as the war against honoring the confederacy rolls on caleb mopp and r.t. new york. a little later in the program a controversial moneyman search also proving to be a divisive and in europe where they're being recently. targeted by protesters for

symbolizing. many country. the french president tells the clear the country's 1st victory over coronavirus in a televised address on the money will mark the scribe from the green zone meaning the authorities have the virus under control but he emphasized that the fight is not over more now from correspondent sean to. another address from president marc korn many claimed it's an attempt to gain momentum as we head into the presidential elections in 2 years' time i mean 2022 but this was the 1st time that he addressed the divisiveness in the nation at the moment is these protests of the week of july the united states have also been hitting hard fronts with racism protests and anti police tallaght still michael said that divisiveness was rife in the country but he said the front stands up to racism anti-semitism but he said in the wake of fools

across the world that used to be with the streets to be renamed that france would not be rewriting its history. the republic any trace or any name from its history she will not forget any of its muster pieces will not demolish any statues we must look together at all our history our relationship with africa and never revisit or deny who we are all this of course comes on the back of an unprecedented health crisis with 19 and the feet ship president said can't be built unless the country moves on from the shambles that it is in at the moment and that's largely in reference to the protests we've seen which may for the large part to be violent but they have to send imports into clashes between the police and. the test is particularly again over the weekend

when police don't protest is for marching down the street with a. thief. if you. think that the president faculty there is. a only does he face a presidential elections wishing she knew years time but in see week's time they're all simply this apology elections here in france which would delay just result of the code that 19 and then make these calls lections we also know the present macaroons party has lost its absolute majority in the parliament with defections over the past few weeks and he himself who saw his opinion polls to stop at the beginning of the crisis with how he was handling it have seen them come back down to earth with a bump more recently and despite pledging new tax increases as

a result of this crisis under reevaluation over the pay of medical stuff we know that the government is facing many questions in the way that it handles a crisis with dozens and dozens of the receipts at best using the government all negligence said would stick using its old man's fronts is also looking forward to many say to the worst recession with 6368 the 2nd or so maqbool single season hiding up and the fact is boy sickness here fronts continues that his words last night that france was about to experience this summer like rather maybe exactly what we will see. the colonial era monuments of recently become a mother of public scrutiny in europe what were supposed to be lasting tributes to history's. good and great now are seen by the term mental symbols of

a racial past on saturday a statue of right wing italian journalist in dro mountain nelly was the faced in the milan park the monument was smeared with red paint and tied with the words racist and rapist in the 1930 s. mountain alley brought unmarried a 12 year old girl from or a tria which she later justified as a local tradition there's now a chorus of calls to get his statue removed saying it serves only to represent colonial abuses with more on europe's soul searching years later over. the killing of george floyd by u.s. police has sparked outrage around the world with some of the anger being vented at statues and monuments deemed to be symbols of reassess them.

while in germany large black lives massive demonstrations have being peaceful affairs here on didn't neighboring switzerland there are calls for the renaming of streets pharmacies and even cakes to racially insensitive names swiss supermarkets a currently reviewing whether to stock more in kopf and more in cancun dock chocolate sweet treats that take the name from the would mourn. in english it's used in the past for people from north west africa if the mirror and cold food such a big problem then we've forgotten something much more important i look at africa and see continent with the most natural resources but which is poor because we choose africa every day everything that is bad we have. done that goes back

hundreds of years and now we have the delusion that changing the name of the chocolate will solve the problem that's beyond my comprehension the largest supermarket chain in switzerland has already decided to pull the product. we decided to remove the product from the range the current to be here has prompted astoria says the situation we are aware that this decision will also lead to discussions pharmacies being cold more an appetite being a target for until racism camping is in german speaking countries for a while now it used to mean that the pharmacy stopped alternative medicines from the east and slap bang in the center of berlin is more in the strasser renaming this street is a priority for some who say the word morning should be struck from the lexicon that's why i immediately said m. street it's just like the n. word it's just as bad only there are 2 different names but they're the same last week the underground station here was temporarily renamed george floyd strasser

a permanent name change though may not be forthcoming the street names are always associated with personal memories with a feeling of home the street name can be as creepy as it wants the emotional connection to a place predominates street names are not the property of the residents george floyd's killing happened over 7000 kilometers away in minnesota but the aftershocks and implications for how to deal with a past that doesn't live up to today's standards are being felt far and wide peter all over r.t. . meanwhile m.p.'s in britain are reportedly planning to impose tough 10 year prison terms for desecrating war memorials a number of statues are being targeted including one of winston churchill which is now a box stall for protection the government's run they condemn the vandalism. they will face the full force of the law it is not acceptable in this country to attack

a police officer it is not acceptable to do damage to a public property let alone a statue of winston churchill's. ok time for countries to have a blunt conversation about how they remember history's key figures with us on the program not author of sociology professor frank freddy political activist linda bell us who is a former chair of the institute of a quality and diversity in the u.k. welcome to you both linda can we kick off with you how much of a difference does removing statues really make in the battle against racism. well it's about symbolism. i don't know the make of the men but they're all getting us talking about us that's a good thing he's joined the yes i. know. it in the past. oh well breaking the law or not it once or twice

for symbolic reasons but we're having a discussion in britain in europe about europe's past that's a good thing. frank one of the points of the protesters have been making is that these statues represent moments in british history that perhaps many were not aware of and would have been repulsed by if they knew this this this mean that many monuments i thought there on british streets right now frank have become obsolete. i don't think so i think it is a danger because. i'm not against people 'd reacting to symbols even that demanding that should be any change to the. street names or calling into question the nation spot something that's all quite legitimate and i've written 3 or 4 books on british imperialism 'd and its richest spouse myself some i don't look problems

with that what i am worried about is the manner in which this is taking place which is it's going to cause a religious unrestrained quality to it to the point at which you know stuff like the stuff you linked in. who was instrumental in the ball with seamlessly 'd when america gets the face just as much as a slave owner and it's almost as if there's this kind of other respect momentum going on where the impact of it is this critical rewriting of the past it's not a discussion about what really happened what was the positive and negative qualities. of the british kind of experience of what really did when done right it's a kind of attempt to create a year 0 where we separate ourselves from us to reach out to get try to get rid of as many of the old symbol that's also blocking that i think is a big warning linda the argument for warts and all history is history is it not the

statues monuments they've been a part of britain's history for generations centuries doesn't remove them take away alter from the story of the nation it doesn't just tell a story that was a prophet and of course it tells those who whose relatives were directly affected. well i mean where he's working so point it does house. britain's history in recent years since the beginning of capitalism has been checking and we say she told 'd m remain a sense. stupid when i see the exploitation of history the isolation of white working class people i am pained when i know as i do much of the history of britain's colonial past whether it's in taking human beings men women and children from parts of africa west africa to the caribbean and to the

united states of america these are bad things and are not i don't think. we should brush it under the carpet lots of people haven't heard you may be aware but i was the. politician who started black history month in the united kingdom back in 1987. the history of britain and the history of the caribbean and most of africa. has a lot of students racism and we do need in this country to be over larry bill not just not just you know world in india wants but there are consequences there are consequences. for africa. to some of the i know you come from relations my country my father came from nigeria they. were

the way to get not have remembered for that they have contracts the contract that's shell has coal mining all. over the world who signed the 95393 was 7 years before the so-called independence of nigeria so let's not says things that go well belgium has continued to have contact joined other crew amulya rule and this is to the detriment of africa this is part of the it was part of the thinking that somehow africans now are not equal human beings so while you take you 1st take out some best to mean to you know to africa sorry to to the caribbean to united states of america to exploit their it products

and now direct europe is still. ok. this is about ok frank there's been much criticism of the way the monuments have been removed yet in the example in bristol edward colston many seem to agree that he had to go it's been a discussion for many decades are these recent incidents a result of the public in a way not having the effect of legal way of removing things that they find a part. well i'm not really sure what because these discussions that have been going on have been taking place amongst the relatively small number of people the vast majority of the people of bristol 'd. you know never participated in this and you know in a sense of sort of what has happened in that denies there always in relation to this development so 'd it seems to me that that could have been much better ways 'd of dealing with this issue because it's all very it's quite important to discuss

the history of slavery within the bristol context given its role in the. transatlantic slave trade that's a very important but at the same time those monuments been constructed with the thoughts of their support of bristol sister the end and they could have basically said here is a statue of olsen 'd here with a racist slave owner who did this and that nobody else and it seems to me that's a much better. way of raising awareness busy of what that about the people of problems rather than just simply letting go of letting red. and having these things occur i think what really worries me a split small point is that while the police were standing beside them not really it doing anything to protect the statue but it forgot that was what is the impact of their best and with you on the rest of the people in this the what do they think about their property and about their place in the world that we have

a by 1030 seconds if you if you would like just to get your final thoughts perhaps linda can we start with you we have a 1015 seconds. might my thoughts are written in a can or needs to be aware of its history and that may also people today are not maybe that recipients for mix of people white people in britain synagogues i mean they're oppressed i don't see them personally responsible for the pos. all of the current situation. great great depression society the things that we we were good at are all recipients all of. the blood sweat and tears. africa and african peoples frankly we have a few seconds i think i think you suggest through to a date from the present and it seems to me that what appears as a very powerful historical that's that actually represents an evasion from tackling

the problems that are in the ear and. even down to the story about trade i wish we had a much more present awareness of the problems confronting us sociology professor frank furedi political activist linda bell us former chair of the institute of quality university in the u.k. thank you both. and how does the way the start of the week news stories are shaping up i'll be back with the mourner on 30 minute stay close not only from work great programs right ahead. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see of an.

aa no team no crowd. no shots. factions cults because. well it's true no arrests. points your thirst for action. in the troubled 19 seventies a group of killers rampage through parts of northern ireland that was coordinated loyalist attacks protect the only catholic population in belfast tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes and what was striking about these attacks was a p.r. you see the police actually took part in the attacks so instead of preventing it they were active participants in the burning of full streets in belfast at the time more than a 100 innocent civilians were murdered as the review can seniors and we found out

more i was surprised about the extent and integrates which the collusion was involved in some of those cases that killers would later be named into then and we're getting i think it went to the very very top i think it is crossed the water where politicians you thought was going on and gave the go ahead. time after time we're going on the ground as further demonstrations against apparent racial capitalism take place in london alongside those continuing in the united states that some see as the beginning of a revolution coming up in the show with all but civil war raging in the united

states what now for the global movement for justice and equality sparked by the police murder of george floyd we ask one of the most important activists of all time former black panther angela davis about organizing in the face of armored vehicles and tear gas hand if anything is changed since she was one of the f.b.i.'s most wanted plus when the options of the 2020 presidential ballot box are you man using military style force against protesters or a man who was instrumental in policies that resulted in the u.s. having the highest prison population in the world is it time for a new political party all the small coming up in today's going on the ground but 1st as protests continue today around the world in the wake of the murder of george floyd many are now asking how the political movement it catalyzed conformant true change and perhaps even revolution one woman who knows exactly how hard the struggle against systematic oppression and racial capitalism is the legendary black panther activist professor angela davis who's fight for equality in the sixty's and

seventy's led then president richard nixon to refer to her as a dangerous terrorist she joins me by skype from oakland in california thank you so much professor davis coming on going underground can i just ask you right at the beginning there's a lot of quoting of the great writer james baldwin at the moment he actually wrote an open letter to you what did he mean when he said our bodies must render impossible the corridor to the gas chamber well of course james baldwin was. no only mr cent writer but also he was involved in a whole range of social justice issues and he took up my case wrote an open letter to me and. argued that if they did not protect my life the same.