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no day or. week here to ask. so every morning the 20th of june in the headlines underlining the meaning of freedom this year is it us holiday to mark the end of slavery in the united states sees mass turnouts across the country we got reports coming in this morning. donald trump close ahead nonetheless with his 1st campaign rally since the start of the pandemic despite a legal challenge over the risks of contagion he says its double standards though in the wake of the race protests. are still becomes the 2nd country to surpass 1000000 known coronavirus infections public swelling over the government's handling of the outbreak particularly among the hard hit poor and indigenous populations also.
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this week's deadly border clash between india and china sets off a chain of anti beijing protests with infuriated communities burning effigies of the chinese president. good morning arts international the weekend live from our world news studio here in moscow it's kevin owen here for the next hour with those stories in more detail for you than and friday's public holiday in the u.s. took on an extra layer of promotion this year known as juneteenth it marks the day to emancipation in $865.00 and freedom for the enslaved tens of thousands turned out in nationwide commemoration in seems similar to the weeks of rallies in the wake of the george floyd killing there were mixed emotions then with most marches passing without incident as well as chance of black lie. there was dancing we were
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singing to celebrate the historical milestone moment following a hug for journey over the years against racial injustice to america's correspondents in washington watched across it all for you. can see how behind we. had gathered in freedom plaza all the celebration watching her walk out on situation avenue and seeing about how crowded everyone could try to get in front of the capitol. this is not the only place where this all happened. casting a natural. history to get rallies in front of the capitol gathering the only. right to the white house while the annual holiday has long been celebrated by black americans as a symbol of their long awaited emancipation a slew of racially charged killings how do they. carry a. day every day including the one of george floyd and the protests that
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followed has sparked a renewed interest in the day more than a dozen rallies taking place in new york city alone following the more than 3 weeks of racial inequality and police brutality protests across the state a history professor joining from and the believes that the legacy of slavery still needs big discussion and reevaluation the united states has not come to terms with its past with the history of slavery what was it and how did it. contribute to the emergence of the nation but also to the emergence of capitalism slavery is an economic system with an economic system. that was huge responsible for the mass distribution around the world of rights to pack 0 sugar and other cash crops and up on that.
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institution emerges the institution of the system of capitalism and so all the united states hasn't really discussed this i don't haven't discussed this and it but dulls haven't come to terms with this and engaged in some kind of truth and reconciliation process our students and young people certainly are not going to be educated about it or donald trump meantime reshow jeweled his 1st rally since the start of the pandemic to avoid a clash with juneteenth it's now set to take place later this saturday in oklahoma the big problem though is holding a big public gathering in the hardest hit country with infections still rising in that state but from state to fire over the whole citing double standards given the weeks of anti-racism protests with more mother caleb maupin. 2nd wave of headlines code 'd 19 is once again back in the us media spotlight
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a big trump rally is set to take place on saturday in tulsa oklahoma that the worst possible public health threat is an indoor mass gathering in the time of a pandemic rally time the worst thing you could do in the middle of this pandemic trump is pretending the coronavirus has disappeared showing up to his is precious rallies like it say i mean they're not they might get sick and die with trump's approval ratings slipping trump is looking to reenergize his supporters with one of these epic rallies but seems to also reenergized his critics donald trump has been accused of recklessness and in danger in his supporters trouble already has a good name if it turns into an outdoor festival he's going to call it a coven chela campaign says that hand sanitizer and face masks will be offered to all attendees though not necessarily required then they're not going to wear them just like trump doesn't wear them which puts trump in danger to there been plenty
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of rallies and protests going on across the country these days a massive crowd and i mean massive tens of thousands of protesters thousands and thousands up to 200000 i didn't have you know cold you know a whole lot of i love hearing a moment of perspective and love the wonderful reminder that we are all in this together what more 1200 healthcare professionals and community stakeholders and actually signed a letter supporting these demonstrations saying that racism is a national health issue we do not condemn demonstrations as a risky for kobe 1900 mission we supported them as vital to the national public health protests against racism and election campaign rallies are certainly not morally equivalent however the virus really can't tell the difference donald trump is calling out what he sees as an obvious double stand. the far left figures media which had no coded problem with the rioters and looters destroying democrat run
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cities is trying to cool the cima so in our big rallies despite public health concerns america's deepening political crisis and growing divisions are not ready for a lock down and certainly not ready to take a break to look martin r.t. new york can tell you too on the way just a bit the big social networks say they've not noticed any suspicious activity on their platforms during the plot lives matter campaigning despite u.s. politicians claiming foreign actors a bit inflaming the country's turmoil much more not just a bit. but let's cover this next week li magazine on sale in the czech republic has caused a widespread offense by putting an image of a black hitler on its front page with the headline black lives matter there was an incendiary subhead line to saying so we kneel before all criminals who claim they want to improve society well human rights activists quickly hit out and facebook slapped a temporary ban on the magazine's editor in chief. then
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angered north of amsterdam at a rally to remove the statue of the 15th century colonialist demonstrators were pushed back by police as they approach said monument some then threw stones at the officers a smaller group also gathered waving dutch flags in front of a statue of cohen who'd long been considered a national hero but his reputation has been questioned. in berlin hundreds of trucks and tractors were used in a protest at the brandenburg gate drivers are angry about freight prices being undercut as well as low wages and poor working conditions they want politicians to step in to repair the damage caused by small businesses of course 2 rather small businesses by the pandemic. brazil has talking of the pandemic is in the tragic position of becoming the 2nd the country to register more than
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1000000 corona virus infections now the health ministry confirming the grim statistic with a record number of new cases on friday of more than $54000.00 the total number of deaths is nearly $49000.00 the widespread public anger to it president both n.r.o. and his government over their handling of the break there. is a brazil in a field that we should not have reached such a number if the politicians want it they could have avoided it but nobody cares it's your political will the president shows a lack of commitment to combat it he was going out without a mask greeting people meeting crowds i think he is the main person responsible for this situation. will present both scenarios been heavily criticized for months now responding of the crisis in the square the disease is a little flu you may recall in that no national lockdown was needed well snorers clashed with state governors and mayors who tried to bring in restrictions and try
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to shut down major cities the government's approach has also led to the resignation of 2 health ministers along the way. now one high profile victim who's died from corona virus one of brazil's best known indigenous defenders of the amazon rain forest pollini you can that was the chief of brazil's indigenous people he came to fame and back in the 1980 s. for fighting back then against the construction of one of the world's largest dams he helps lead a campaign for the creation of large reserves in the embers and for indigenous populations and to expel illegal mining and logging from those areas it's been such a huge problem there but in 1902 he was convicted of the rape of a white student and sentenced to 6 years in prison he strongly denied the allegation and his allies insist the claim was fabricated to undermine his growing political influence them. brazil's amazon regions been hit hard by the pandemic now with underfunded hospitals and access difficult in remote areas more than 280
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indigenous people have died from corona virus so far we've been hearing about the specific problems indigenous communities face. well why is not it was we do not have high quality an adequate assistance that takes into account the cultural and geographical features of our communities there are health authorities to which all structures are subordinates but they do not have the conditions to get access to communities and they cannot meet existing needs unfortunately the teams of doctors who came from the city brought this virus with them to our community and as of now our 64 residents have been infected it's necessary to carry out preventative work and for this we need equipment and materials for example we need handjob disinfectant soap and masks since the beginning of the presidential term of jaya in our oh he's always tried to infringe on the rights of the indigenous population he wanted to push the country's elites to seize territories inhabited by
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indigenous peoples develop mining in oil industries in our small villages and build electric dams during the pandemic he used a number of opportunities to conduct this grab and see it's believed that the amazon is the lungs of the planet if the amazon disappears we will also disappear humanity will disappear. in a grim news from try to turn the corner a little bit slightly better news from britain reeker on a virus british medical chiefs are advising lowering the country's coronavirus alert level from 4 to 3 now it means there could there for be a further gradual relaxation of restrictions as transmission of the virus is no longer thought to be high or rising exponentially as it was a survey alongside that those suggest doctors' confidence in the government's handling of the break is still slipping in april 35 percent of g p's in england thought negatively of the government's response but this month the number of surged to 60 percent. gave us his view. overall my feeling is that the
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response has not been very good at all and there has been very little interest in the well line clinicians. it's my feeling that there was a manipulation of various guidelines so that it's we stand for example and i was very disappointed about is how the government simply it's a sense but i am a. risk. that occasion minority an ethnic group the. it's also clear that. comments about watching it's kind of language to a clinician challenging him in parliament summarizes in my view what the government wants which is essentially a kind of blind obedience which can effectively cost you your life. not alone in having lost to a great deal of faith in him. will keep you posted on the situation there i will
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keep posting the rest the day's news too after the break on r.t. and protests in india are on the rise after a deadly skirmish in the week ignited decades of simmering tension over a big long disputed border is one of the stories were across as we vote for you. this is all about bailing out the banks on wall street and why because they are the biggest contributors and owners of the fed the fed is bailing itself out the fed owns all the stocks the fed has all these loans the fed owns all these bonds when a prince money and keep zombie companies alive it's to keep itself alive it printing money for itself and by the way who's a huge shareholder in all this nightmare jay powell 1000000000000 self out why can't people who are underwater on their mortgages or just been laid off in america
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simply print money to bail themselves out like a pal is printing money to bail themselves out that's not right is it. you can't be both with the yeah you're. not of the morning here moscow now there's growing resentment in india following a deadly skirmish between indian and chinese soldiers over a contested border himalayan region 20 induced soldiers died there in the week now and to china protests springing up in several areas.
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on friday demonstrators in the kashmir valley bird effigies of the chinese president bill so called for a boycott of chinese goods to try and wounded chinese economy the border dispute is a decades old fall in the side of the 2 countries relations as taylor explains next . judgment day across the great britain monuments 20 pies most faithful servants are being torn down while the rule of brittania is still being felt on the other side of the globe more than a century or 2 nuclear powers pushed to the brink battling it out with the bad hands india wants peace but when provoked it is capable of giving if it's in replying any kind of situation the indian side would best not make an incorrect judgement of the situation would best not underestimate china's strong
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determination to keep safe its sovereign territory high up in the remote areas 2 of the most populous countries in the world are once again locked in battle over 2100 mile long border but monday marked the fuss deadly clash in decades into last 20 soldiers while china's losses remain unclear so how did it come to this well in 1914 with india still under british rule chief negotiator said we must come on to a line on a map and named it after himself endure except to china didn't those who indiscriminately took to him up with a ruler never gave it a 2nd thought leaving these 2 countries to grapple with a conflict that continues to this day monday's events will undoubtedly be with interest by the pool which is also looking to write a historical wrong at the hands of the brits just days ago and 5 it updated its mop
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laying claim to 3 new previously indian territories every tour in which surprisingly hasn't gone down well in new delhi. this artificial enlargement of claims is not based on historical facts or evidence and is not tenable it is also violative of our current understanding to hold talks on outstanding boundary issues and 816 a poolside a humiliating treaty with the british east india company and handed over the lands which were that inherited by india off to the brits last and now is a 200 years later and wants them back if india regards and the policy good neighbor it should return jailing in the east and can god in the west which were confiscated by the british government which was then ruling india the british government had seized 1800 square kilometers of nepali territory through that unfair treaty. territorial disputes are a recurring theme in form up british colonies take kashmir by region that indian
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pakistani relations crashed to new lows over last year renewed tensions caused india to refer to kashmir special status telling off the phones cut the internet and send in thousands of troops. while when the brits finally what's true and $947.00 british india became 2 nations india and pakistan and it was decided that cash make could pick for itself whether it wants to be a part of the form out with the latter a decision made by people who had even set foot i was not even aware of kashmir or
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heard about it long after i returned to london the radcliffe line was only revealed to the people the day before independence and scenes of celebration were replaced with fear and confusion as millions woke up on the wrong side of the border the partition and the radcliffe line led to unprecedented violence resulting in up to a 1000000 deaths so how did it all go wrong many areas had equal numbers of muslims and hindus radcliff also you didn't take the sikhs into account and he'd never even heard of kashmir the list goes on the infamous scramble for africa the disputed line separating afghan the start of pakistan causing up the middle east the israel palestine conflict they used to say that the sun never set on the british empire well it turns out that while it's sunset has well and truly come unfortunately its legacy of conflict and violence. continues to rise each and every day.
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facebook and twitter have told u.s. lawmakers that they have not seen any evidence of suspicious activities on their platforms in relation to george floyd protests it came up to tell us how security hearing on thursday where democrat members accused the social media giants of doing too little to fight this information. are you seeing yet efforts by foreign powers to exploit divisions as they did in 2016 around black lives matter. conservatives will manipulation by foreigner we have not seen foreign actors engage in coordinated in authentic behavior around the protests yet and we have teams that are proactively hunting for that the protests following the death of george floyd ended up as world wide unrest against police brutality and racial injustice however the allegations of using social media buy for an act is in order to inflame further turmoil in the u.s. been circulating for quite some time with russia and china often being called the
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main suspects there based on my experience this is right out of the russian playbook as well there are foreign adversaries going to take advantage of this crisis to to so discord and to try and damage our democracy we're not to let that happen we have evidence that some of the foreign hackers and groups that are associated with foreign governments are focusing in on this particular situation we have here and trying to exacerbate it in every way they can we want to bring in more and we talk to presidential hopeful the libertarian party vice chairman of involved he suspects the real public manipulator is much closer to home. it's always easier to find a scapegoat no matter how insane it sounds rather than face the actual problem that home is not russians or chinese or anybody else that's eating minorities it is the american that's not highly advanced or an intelligence doing something that isn't
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a democrat of government abuse to words civilians today you still have some people that believe that what the cops did with the police when they killed an unarmed immobilized civilian is totally right now in order to manipulate that small group of people they're going to point to just about the dumbest thing they confide a foreign governments for you know foreign agents doing this sharing this information is going to be essential for the news media to do but it's also going to allow various people people who are politically entrenched roles to point fingers and say yeah it's their fault they are somehow doing this not recognizing the problems are and to them. well us who are things looking for martin to nationals these were so far this weekend reporting from moscow kevin owen thanks for watching and have a super day. international
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fastest growing messaging companies in the world as russia has now officially lifted the ban on the private messaging service telegram russian officials say the ban was lifted after the company showed willingness to help with counterterrorism efforts telegram is a messaging company with over 400000000 active monthly users and it had been banned in russia since 20 teen communications watchdog odd source said in a statement. the war is dropping its demands to restrict access to telegram messenger in agreement with russia's general prosecutor's office now for more we are joined by bus. juan and christi i ben let's start with you why was this ban lifted at this time and was a truly over telegrams founder saying that what he would do or he would do more actually to combat extremism. i think it hadn't. very little to do with combating extremism it had much more to do with the fact that this ban on telegram was
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completely ineffective and all about 15800000 i p addresses were being blocked that included 8 counts on amazon and google clouds it was severely affecting russian businesses but here's the most interesting part of it even though this ban has been in effect for 2 years sara 2 years that the russian government has said you cannot use telegram because it is a dangerous system to be used even though that was happening russian government had accounts on telegram including the russian foreign ministry and the coronavirus task force in russia they all have official telegram channels so when you know when you're losing this thing by by attrition when you place a ban on using a certain service and then government entities are forced to use that service because so many people are on it that's a very interesting you say that. being a little well have a critical would you that banning people from using it yet the government using themselves could sound a little for.

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