a knife attack in a park which killed 3 in southern england is declared a terror incident by police the sole suspect is reported to be a libyan asylum seeker also ahead. one person is killed in an overnight shooting in seattle's no police protest zone campaigners resisted officers as they arrived preventing them from reaching the victims plus this hour in our look at the week's main news. supporters rallied behind a french nurse released from custody after video of her aggravated arrest to drew further angry protests her daughter later hit out at the government's treatment of

front line workers. who longtime medical personnel have. been not been here. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international glad to have you with us as we recap the week's top stories with our weekly program now british police have confirmed that a deadly knife attack in a park in southern england on saturday evening is being treated as terrorism 3 people were killed in the incident in reading which is about 60 kilometers west of london one victim has been named as a secondary school teacher shoddy edwards with what else is known so far. 25 year old man from reading last night was arrested at the scene around 7 o'clock local time which also left 3 people seriously injured now the british media and

press are widely reporting that the 25 year old man is believed to be of a libyan descent though that's totally unconfirmed at this stage by any officials however one of the patients that was meant to tear hospital in the initial stage after those things has now been discharged and another remains in stable condition but is currently under observation the counterterrorism piece has now taken over the investigation from the thames valley police meaning that they've declared a terror incident meaning that the severity level has now been seriously ramped up to the highest level now the head of the u.k. counterterrorism piece he said that the suspect ran into the parking of an area and attacked members of the public with a knife however the police have no reason to believe that he was acting with anybody else i can form reconfirm. that this was declared a terrorist. as a result of. clear that it was not associated in any way with the black lives

matter protest which took place peacefully earlier on in the day there is no specific intelligence to suggest that attending credit places is at risk but i would ask the public please continue with your lives. when you're out in public now around 40 witnesses have come forward assisting the peace in their lines of investigation at this point it's also understood that place has carried out an operation in the block of flats where the suspect is believed to have lived allegedly neighbors have even heard a controlled explosion in the premises now the total number of injured is unconfirmed indicating there could be a few more injuries today though we have got a comment from boris johnson the prime minister he says he's appalled and sickened by the attack and that lessons need to be learned one of these lessons obviously is the matter of security obviously the. i did kingdom is in the elementary stages of lifting the lockdown procedures head due to the corona virus and many people are

taking to hanging out in parks during the lockdown is no where else is open pubs bars restaurants they all remain closed at this point so parks all run fortunately not surveyed they're not let most of them don't even have any security and last night's events have really shaken the public in not marta. pretty quick. it sounds pretty tragic and it's the kind of thing that's happening and maybe next time thank. you. so. loud the mayor of writing has announced a minute's silence is to be held tomorrow at 10 o'clock and the long running behind closed doors due to of course social distancing measures that are put in place due to the knock down boris johnson by himself the prime minister is now in contact with the police need in the investigation earlier today though he did meet with security officials place and senior ministers at downing street all of this later this latest incident is hiding decorative other incidents across the united kingdom

because as we know britain has been home to terror incidents in previous years. former london police detective peter kirkwood commended the response in reading

a but says officers there are likely to be working with fewer resources then forces in the big cities it's something that's been of concern for some time. whilst the response to terrorist incidents in places like central london are central manchester it's often held up as being fantastic and really quick and lots of offices and there are rapidly brought to a conclusion that wouldn't be the case in smaller cities and towns throughout the u.k. the police in those areas they have far fewer resources there are far fewer officers cover for covering far larger areas and so by definition the response to an incident is going to be slower there's going to be fewer officers getting to the scene in this particular instance it seems like the attacker heard. a number of people in the park and then made his way out of the park and was arrested by officers arriving at the scene a short time later so it was brought to wrap

a conclusion in any event. to germany now where a night of rioting has left parts of the southwestern city of stuttgart in turmoil some $1000.00 police officers were injured as the authorities tried to get a grip on the situation which they described as totally out of control it is believed the riots broke out due to officers conducting random checks in the city center related to a drug bust of their shops were broken into and cars smashed including police vehicles germany's federal relief team have been called in to assist with a clean up operation stood guard police confirmed 20 people were arrested in the chaos. in the u.s. now seattle's police free occupation protest saw a shooting late saturday one man is dead and another injured officers say they had trouble trying to get into the area and got

a violent reaction from the crowd the initial shots were fired in a park in the so-called autonomous zone. or suspects are still at large seattle police retreated from the zone after protesters started throwing projectiles causing officers to use crowd control weapons the capitol hill organized protest or chop also known as chaz has been occupying a district in central seattle for 2 weeks now president trump slammed the situation during a campaign rally on saturday having this to say to the city's democrat leaders. and i have it off or rather say that each time you won will come in wall street did in one hour or less. now i may be wrong. but

is probably better for us to just watch that is just earlier in the week this video began circulating online showing a protester apparently handing out assault rifles to minors which is illegal in washington state activist zach ski walked us through the zone a few days ago he left after the deadly shooting but here is his initial take. when was the last time that you student 2 cities at once to my right is the city of seattle but typically dreary monday afternoon to. the capitol hill autonomous so it is now becoming as bad as. currently standing outside of the police departments precinct which has been abandoned now after a series of protests that devolved into riots the seattle police department decided

to be prudent to actually leave the station and so this is become the kind of epicenter for ford. this absolutely beautiful. the recent black lives of been lost in these protests this is the. presidency where the siege is over to some down a calendar some park right now which has become sort of a living center for the capitol hill and you can see in the distance quite a few tents and people have been setting up and kind of creating slowly over the last couple days a living community people are going to come here. and like testing our protest we need some sort of protection. whether that be guns or whether that be your voices we need that. kind of.

so are you worried about the police coming up in here and trying to bust us out trying to move this thing out. really. as for the anti-racism side of the ongoing protests activists have been continuing to take aim at what they say are hurtful reminders of the slavery era incidents of confederate and other historic statues being toppled carried on nationwide throughout the week the president called the situation a disgrace to the country while demonstrators say they are only getting started.

meanwhile in virginia b.l.m. supporters were carrying guns and surrounding the statue of confederate general robert e. lee they describe their armed patrols as protecting people from the ku klux klan the monument itself has been sprayed with graffiti and photos of police brutality victims placed around the statue protesters call the monument a reminder of oppression. the reason why i'm here is because of this statute that this state she was brought out of a lot of her oppression people want to see it now and you have certain confederacy people certain claim people said and so the people who don't want to see it down they want to keep it to their mind as a depression to keep us in the system when i haven't that this is a day when i have it from statues to shop shelves another major american consumer brand overhauled its packaging this week to avoid being labeled as racially

insensitive cream of wheat breakfast porridge became the 4th brand in a 24 hour period to reassess the use of images of black people to sell goods artie's killam up and looks at the levels of sincerity that went into that decision . rebellion across america it's very clear u.s. society needs to do something to address its flaws when it comes to issues of racism something must be done so corporate and political elites have decided it's time to change corporate logos and advertising and jim i'm a pancake mix made by pepsi corp is going to be changed more people have flipped over and through my mother's ban and many other and cakes in the world we recognize and origins are based on a racial stereotype while work has been done over the years to update the brand where realize those changes are not enough and your mind was based on nancy green

a beloved african-american storyteller was born in slavery but rose to become a talented entrepreneur in the post civil war years there was something about it and to my mother the call for angela my mother to be changed has been building on social media for a long time did you know the founder chris wright a white man to get the name after attending the michelle they black face did you also know we had former slave nancy grace that is very much amana where she went around took a case instead of people stories of the good ole sad and the as they did say come about sometimes i'm out in the field of them having their very own man that was mad at people. even over this some say it's far from racist to have the image of a black person on a food product list of brands changing their logos is growing.

amid all the protest and public outrage it seems the images. symbols and monuments have become the focus of so much public discussion. politicians are eager to make grand gestures for those who wish to leave one now neal for a moment of silence. just a touch. purpose to seize and to listen and heal now is the time for racial justice but will this solve the actual issue behind the protests the conditions facing african-americans symbolic gestures that the corporations and some government entities are involved it's not going to be enough to win social stability in the

united states and its coming period these are neck the issues that brought millions of people into the streets the government needs to address institutional racism in the united states it has to address the militarization of the police to demilitarize law enforcement officials the protests are not about images and symbols they're about economic injustice police chokeholds mass incarceration and much more addressing the issues that have spawned decades of racial unrest in the united states would require some very big dramatic shifts the very foundations of u.s. society might need to be altered so why is the media focused on cohen every products it will mop and artsy new york still to come in the weeks a big stories a collapse in relations in korea the north dramatically blows up a diplomatic outpost and val's to send the troops into the demilitarized zone the

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police accused some violent individuals of hijacking a peaceful protest that comes as a video of a french nurse being injured during her arrest at a rally in paris sparked a furious reaction online a free for rita campaign sprang up in response police say she was detained for throwing projectiles at officers for rita was eventually released from custody but is due in court in september charged with rebellion when police seize her the 52 year old was heard saying that she couldn't breathe and asking for her asthma

medication. i heard everyone applauded medical stuff at 8 pm for months but no one wanted to bother the health of my mother or other health care workers during these 2 month long time medical personnel have said that the s.s. the keaton but then not being heard perhaps you should ask yourself how come a 51 year old woman a mother of 2 who has worked for 20 years in the public service for 20 years has health care workers never complain network how did she come to this of our very own camera operators from r t france were also injured while filming some of the rest when people began throwing stones at police both received treatment from medical workers who were at the rally. well when it comes to policing officers in france will

still be able to use controversial restraining methods at the start of the week the government backtracked on completely banning chokeholds after opposition from officers more on that from. francis interior minister promised 0 tolerance on racism among the forces a promise that came all the mass protests over allegations of racism and police brutality unleashed following the death of george floyd in the us free stuff cast and they even doubled down during his speech. the chokehold method known as the strangulation method will be abandoned and will no longer be taught in police schools it was a method that had its dangers in addition if a police officer has to keep someone on the ground during their arrest they will now be prohibited from leaning on their head or neck to protest is hailed asked in this move to ban the chokehold but the reaction from the police was theory unions

described the technique as essential. my colleagues who used the choke hold which we call the takedown technique don't do it for the fun of it they do it because they are dealing with a very individual who doesn't want to be taken down as union is demanding to walk so this is turned out to protest through bringing back handcuffs. on that but i will also not allowed to intervene in certain neighborhoods because we don't want the young people to rebel so we have to let a certain amount of delinquency go in certain neighborhoods and then we're told that if we control them then we are racist but want to know how do we proceed with individuals who refuse to be arrested rounded the fact of narcotics alcohols if they take away our working methods there won't be possible anymore it all proved too much for the interior ministry it's now made a u. turn on the choke hold ban suspending it until a so-called alternative can be found now human rights organizations have stepped in

. it is unfortunate that interior minister custom there reconsider his decision to abandon the practice of chalk cauldron the danger of which he himself had recalled when the ban was briefly in place it was announced the french police would start to test stun guns for wide use and there seems to be no backtracking on this as that decision was being taken across the atlantic this happened which is one of . those of the stuff. that was stung so in limited but increasing use in france up almost 70 percent between 2017 and 2019 last year the use of stun guns proved fatal once while others suffered severe injuries while stun guns or increasingly becoming the weapon of choice of course europe enforced even the

police concern use. we must understand that when the police use force it's because there is someone who doesn't want to obey the law when the technique is banned from the police must be given a solution and we agree that a stun gun is not the solution and what force is in buckled in a row over whether or not the force is all racist too brutal or just doing their jobs offices all seeing their methods to control friends suspects being severely beefed up just in your past there's a real problem of racism there's a document check principle based on appearance there's a certain cover up of the problems there denial is institutional in nature the republican not exist without the police which means it is necessary to act and it is necessary to act quickly trust in the police in france is necessary condition for national unity as long as hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens are

afraid to meet the police. when they go out onto the streets this indicates a serious problem and significant function in our public. there was a dramatic worsening in korean relations on tuesday the north of blew up a negotiating post with the south sending a very heavily strained relationship to a dangerous new low. weeks of dispute with the south which european yang blames for stalled peace talks and failing to stop defectors distributing cross border propaganda north korea also later threatens to send troops into the demilitarized border zone all but wiping out a deal to reduce tensions with the south agreed just barely 2 years ago. they artillery units deployed will upgrade the level of the from guard to top class combat duty

system throughout the front line and will resume all kind of regular military exercises in the areas close to the boundary if the north actually takes such a move it will certainly pay the price for it. north korea has been complaining in recent weeks that propaganda leaflets have been flowing from the south claiming it is in violation of the reached agreement some defector groups have been sending fliers vibe illumine across the heavily fortified border the government in the south has taken police action against the group saying their activities were not helping efforts to achieve peace and prosperity on the korean peninsula on saturday reports emerged that north korea was going to retaliate with its own leaflets specialist gabriela byrne all believes pyongyang's ultimate aim though could be attracting attention abroad. i think it's just because of those leaflets those anti north korea propaganda let's which they say that's why they did it but

it's highly unlikely that that is the only reason because for them to risk alienating seoul and really getting back on the bad side of potentially of the united states because of this aggressive act it's very difficult to believe that it's simply because of some fliers that were you know desperate distributed over to the border in north korea so i definitely believe that this is there are a kind of a last he'll marry attempt to really get america's attention which is becoming increasingly difficult with the domestic situation in the us now so i think that's why there is order to such a aggressive act that they are otherwise maybe wouldn't have done in their eyes they're probably thinking well we tried diplomacy we tried talking to tromp we tried sitting down with the south korean president we tried taking the diplomatic peaceful road but well it's not really gotten us anything and we're still being hurt by the sanctions our economy is in shambles. everyone's ignoring us

internationally right now and nothing's really going on that's helping us really so we have really got much out of it something to consider that they might think they might have felt very desperate. or that is it for me this hour i'll be back in about 32 minutes with another full look at your weekly this is r t international. the simple things workshops hymns and petersburg are public spaces where adults with learning disabilities can engage on equal terms with creative activities like graphics sewing ceramics. cookery and joinery.

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