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no there's. your thirst for action. this year. slavery in the united states. across the country. head 1st campaign rally since the start. of the risks of contagion many are calling the proposed 'd. protests continue at the same time. brazil becomes the 2nd country. with public anger swelling over the government's handling of the outbreak particularly among the hard hit. populations . unfortunately the teams of doctors who came from the virus with them to our community.
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this week's deadly border clash between india and china chain of. communities burning effigies of the chinese president. news from around the world on views that get you talking this is r t international with me you know me well hello and welcome. friday's public holiday in the us took on an extra layer of emotion this year juneteenth marks the date of a months of patients in $865.00 on freedom for the enslaved tens of thousands turn died in nationwide commemoration and similar scenes to the weeks of rallies in the wake of george floyd's killing as well as chance of black lives mother that was done sing and singing to celebrate the historical milestone moment following
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a hard fought journey for racial equality there were numerous to stir princes too though including in the capitol where a stout she was toppled. was . was. the portraits of historical u.s. house of representatives speakers who served in the civil war confederacy were taken dahlan from congress on the eve of june 18th for the speaker nancy pelosi remarked there is no place on capitol hill for symbols of racism. history professor joe fernandez believes that the legacy of slavery in the u.s. still needs must discussion on reevaluation. the united states has not
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come to terms with its past and 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 hugely responsible for the mass distribution around the world of rice to pack oh sugar and other cash crops and upon that institution emerges the institution of the system of capitalism and so the united states hasn't really discussed this i don't haven't discussed this and it dulls haven't come to terms with this and engage in some kind of truth and reconciliation process our students and young
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people certainly are not going to be educated about it. well told trump rescheduled his 1st campaign rally since the start of the krona virus pantomimic to avoid a close with juneteenth that will now take place later this saturday in oklahoma concerns have been raised about holding a big public gathering in the hardest hit country especially with infections still rising in the state but team trump are staying defiant citing double standards given the weeks of anti racism protests flooding the streets authorities kill up and reports a 2nd wave of headlines code 19 is once again back in the u.s. media spotlight 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
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trump is pretending the coronavirus has just appear showing up to his is precious rallies might get sick i mean they're not they might get sick and die which trumps approval ratings slipping trump is looking to reenergize you 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. trump 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 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 hold you know a lot of i love hearing a moment of perspective and love the wonderful reminder that we are all in this
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together what more 1200 health care. professionals and community stakeholders actually signed a letter supporting these demonstrations saying that racism is a national health issue we do not condemn demonstrations as a risky for kovi 1900 mission with the poor of them as vital to the national public health protests against racism and election campaign rallies are certainly not morally equivalent however iris really can't tell the difference donald trump is calling out what he sees as an obvious double standard the far left fake news media which had no covert problems with the rioters and looters destroying democrat run cities is trying to cope with seamus on a 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 caleb mop an artsy new york or covert dangerous not going away in the
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u.s. new spikes are being registered in several states worldwide not a great picture either a record weekly rai's 1000000 people testing positive the world health organization reaction to that up warns that the pun demick is accelerating in various areas. the world is in a new and dangerous phase but the virus is spreading fast it is still deadly and most people are just too susceptible. we call on all countries and all people to exercise extreme big dillon's let's focus on the states again and one area in particular because our to america's children hubby is in florida which has just logged a record deal a rise he's they're looking into other people are complying with the safety rules. this is downtown brickell and it's a very busy part of miami and there's
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a lot of bars as are a lot of restaurants there's a big mall here and what we're noticing as we walk around is that there's really more people who aren't wearing a mask then there are at this point. there are plenty of reminders about social distancing and mask rules for businesses but that doesn't mean everyone is following the rules well most people at this mall were wearing masks as required at a nearby coffee shop not one customer inside was wearing one item found this discarded mask on my way to work well we're not trying to be the coded 1000 mask police i point all this out because that's florida continues to see a surge in new coven 1000 cases with miami consistently posting the highest numbers in the state a seemingly lax attitude among some is raising concerns about florida becoming the next epicenter for the virus people are getting way too comfortable with the warning. stores and restaurants also not following social distance. even there it's earlier this week some theme parks movie theaters and even strip clubs are allowed to reopen they're all part of the latest phase allowing entertain venues to restart
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their businesses on thursday june 18th the state of florida reported 3300 new cases setting a single day record since the pandemic began here in florida local and state officials say more aggressive testing of more people is one reason for the higher numbers expected anyway once the states started reopening florida governor rhonda santas also recently blame seasonal migrant farm workers for a surge in new cases there have also been new clusters of cases at nursing homes and state prisons in florida but the florida department of agriculture is pushing back against governor to santas his assertions saying farm workers left the state several weeks ago after the season ended and there's been some contention about whether or not testing is really the main reason for the surge in cases whatever the reason as of now there are no plans to shut the state down once again despite the upward trend. brazil those are in the tragic position. becoming the 2nd country to register more than 1000000 corona virus infections the health ministry
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confirming the grim statistic with a record number of new cases on friday the total number of deaths is now approaching 50000 there is widespread public anger to the president both sonora and his government over their hunting of the brick. is a brazilian i feel bad we should not have reached such a number if the politicians want it they could have avoided it but nobody can it's with. 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. your president has been heavily criticized over his response to the crisis for months he initially the scribe the disease a little flu well not no national lockdown was needed both clash with state governors and mayors who tried to bring in restrictions on shutdown and major
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cities the government's approach has also led to the resignation of 2 health ministers let's focus on one death a high profile victim who died from was one of brazil's best known indigenous the fenders of the amazon rain forest polio publican who was the chief of brazil's. people he came to prominence in the $980.00 s. for fighting against the construction of all of the world's largest helping lead a campaign for the creation of large reserves in the amazon for indigenous populations and to expel illegal mining and logging from those areas but in 1980 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. well brazil's amazon region has been hit hard by the pandemic more than 4 and a half 1000 indigenous people are known to have been infected amidst underfunded
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hospitals and access difficult in remote areas leading to 275 beds troublingly mortality among our originally communities is twice the national rate and for many is growing against the government and its measures to help those struggling with coronavirus brazil now ses it is planning to spend over 9 $100000000.00 to better protect traditional communities we've been hearing about the specific problems those citizens face. we do not have high quality and 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 64 residents have been infected it's
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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 an r o 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 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. more promising news from britain where medical chiefs are advising lowering the country's call of virus alert level from 4 to 3 it means there could be a further gradual relaxation of restrictions of transmission of the virus is no longer thought to be high or rising exponentially
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a survey alongside those suggest doctors' confidence in the government's handling of the outbreak is still slipping let's go through the earth in april 35 percent of general practitioners in england thought negatively of the government's response but this month but number surged to around 6 in 10 doctors the government itself all of the opinion that the right measures were taken to handle the disease g.p. . give us his thoughts. overall my feeling is that the response has not been very good at school and. there's been very little interest in the welfare frontline clinicians it's my feeling that there was a manipulation of various guidelines it's we stand for example and i was very disappointed about how the government and creates a sense brianna made me risk. black asian minority an ethnic group b. it's also clear that. comments about watching that kind of language to
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a clinician challenging him in parliament summarizes in my view what the government wants which is essentially a kind of blind. which can effectively cost you your life. i'm not alone in having lost to a great deal of faith in them. weekly magazine on seal in the czech republic has caused quite the stir by putting an image of a black on its front page with the headline black live matter there with than in century sub headline to which read shall we kneel before all criminals who claim they want to improve society human rights activists head and facebook slapped a temporary ban on the magazine's editor in chief meanwhile in the netherlands. scenes of my anger north. removed the 15th century colonialist demonstrators were
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pushed back by police of the approach the monument some then threw stones on blocks at officers a smaller group also gathered waving dutch flags in front of the statue to peter's tune cohen who has long been considered a national hero but his reputation has since been questioned by so. and in berlin hundreds of trucks and tractors used here in a protest near the fabled brandenburg gate drivers and freight prices being undercut as well as low wages and poor working conditions they want politicians to step in to repair the damage 'd caused to small businesses by the pun demick. china protests in india after a deadly skirmish ignited decades of simmering tension over a disputed. is
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me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. minutes past 9 pm here in moscow this saturday evening welcome back we're seeing another weekend of major races and rallies right across europe authorities are on the continent helping urging the thousands in the tendons to respect social distancing rules law really helping no one such rally has gone ahead in the french capital protesters and partners have been marching through the city holding signs saying let us brief reference to the death of george lloyd similar scenes across the channel as well let's look 1st in the scottish cup demonstrators gathered near a statue that they say is the slave trade they were met by a country
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a protest which has been happening there for a number of weeks or to u.k. correspondent. has been gauging the situation for us further south in london. is the full weekend and of our web protesters have come out in force to show that some of our lawyers plus an unarmed black man who died at the hands of police in custody nearly a month ago when the white police officer now down on his the navy 9 minutes as a result of george floyd the movement began as the movement so as you can see it's very peaceful scenes head throughout the day in central london and many protester coming out in force making some racism what they call institutional discrimination and indeed prejudice it's a good. thing i think this is. going to get the message across it's global it's a big net but now we know how long it's going to take. to be out. just.
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a moment just. because. you know. this is the start of something. we're going to go away i'm trying to change that perspective so that you will look at it as a criminal she was criminal. the police officer may not be racist but institution has made me a criminal just do the right thing for all of us i'm happy that loads of different people signed up now so even i'm so glad to see so many white people at these protests because it's not just. human however in the last we can what we saw was why unbelievable scenes read by a counter protest against the clock is quite unbelievable chaotic scenes which by the way the u.k. is the only country to an experience a counter protest to you was. thank. you thank you.
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thank. you thank you. thank you thank you. thank you. today then we've got this protest where i'm at in london we've also got another protest across the side of the tennessee river which the 2 sides will be meeting later on today in the house of parliament. the official line of course from the government is to stay at home essential travel is only primitive and gatherings over 6 not allowed at these protesters because if you break yes they appreciate and understand and acknowledge that we are in the height of the florida fire and then it got so many rachael kohn time it is far more deadly . there is growing resentment in india following a deadly skirmish between indian and chinese soldiers over a contested himalayan border region 20 induced soldiers lost their lives and china protests are springing up in several areas.
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on friday demonstrators in the kashmir valley burned effigies of the chinese president he also called for a boycott of chinese goods to try and quote the chinese economy in 2 countries have also started to flex their military might just after the border clashes reports emerged of chinese military drills in eastern tibet around $7000.00 soldiers simulated the removal of suppose that anime fortified positions and india has been beefing up its military presence in the area where monday's deadly encounter took place by deploying fighter jets on approach a attack helicopter saskia taylor has some background for us to the developments. judgement 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
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of the globe more than a century on 2 nuclear powers pushed to the brink battling it out with that bad hands india wants peace but when people do things capable of giving if it's in reply any kind of situation the indian side would best not make an incorrect judgement of the situation would best not underestimate china's strong determination to keep safe its sovereign territory high up in the remote areas 2 of the most populous countries in the wild a once again battle over 2100 mile long border but monday marked the fust deadly clash in decades india lost 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 might come on to a line on a map and named it off to himself. endure except that china didn't those who
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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 thought it updated its mop laying claim to 3 new previously indian territories every touring what 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 in $816.00 a pool signed a humiliating treaty with the british east india company and handed over lands which were then inherited by india off to the brits left and now over 200 years
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later it wants them back if india regards new policy good neighbor it should return their 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 dispute sorry recurring theme in form up british colonies take kashmir by region that indian pakistani relations crash 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.
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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 a pick for itself whether it wants to be a part of the form out with a lotta a decision made by people who had even set foot i was not even aware of kashmir i 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 unprecedented violence resulting in up to a 1000000 dead so how did it all go wrong many areas had equal numbers of muslims and hindus radcliffe also 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
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line separating afghanistan and pakistan causing up the middle east the israel palestine conflict they used to say that the sun never sat 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. events on a busy day i'll be here in studio right throughout the evening to keep you up to date with all the latest developments to join me again if you can in about 30 minutes this is our. international memorial awards has extended its deadline for submissions. all media professionals are eligible whether you are a freelance journalist work for alternative media of
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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 common an odd source said in a statement ross codd door 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 but 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 had very little to do with combat.

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