headlines in r.t. questions are raised over the future of the us presidential hopeful joe biden after g.b.'s promises he gave to the trains ex president and any leak of their alleged phone call also to come remaining migrants in lockdown clashed with police in the german city of gottingen over the continuation of their strict quarantine following an outbreak of virus in their community. the e.u. and china hold talks in me to increasing tensions over the coronavirus crisis and beijing's actions in hong kong both sides pledged to improve their relations but he wants china to fulfill previous investment promises.

that are there good morning it search you say the 23rd of june the watching r.t. international where it's just gone 9 o'clock here in moscow now the spotlight has turned back on the previous conduct of the u.s. democratic presidential hopeful joe biden that after a member of the ukrainian parliament released new recordings of an alleged phone conversation between biden and the country's ex president petro poroshenko with all the details his. another wave of edited recordings of phone calls between uncle joe and then president of ukraine petro poroshenko have surfaced so the saga continues is there no clever name for it yet shall we just call it ukraine gate to the gift that just keeps on giving again the 2 are alleged to be discussing foreign and domestic policies but how much can be classified as every day diplomacy and where's the line that pushes things over into meddling territory like this snippet

that seems to show biden objecting to the head of a major ukrainian gas company losing his position from their talk about you know going after the chairman of not to get us again that's going to be viewed in your. eyes a problem i hope you told the prime minister to slow down the politician behind the leaks under a dark conchs things that biden wanted to keep that guy around in order to use him as a tool against russia's energy influence of course tickets been pushing for a corruption case to be launched against the bidens for a while now and this chummy with trump's personal lawyer but there's no ignoring the fact that that reported recommendation was made while biden's son was working for another major gas company in the country you remember the one person go apparently wasn't above asking for a dose of good old american pressure either as an on his own prime minister to make him play nice with par shango would be if you critical of your current marriage to

new york city will. be fully supportive of your governor david including barker grocers. who are starting coordination not only even general me but go in detail if you support. me as a broker now the recordings have not been verified when the last batch hit the news cycle a month ago the biden campaign called them a nothing burger and said they were high. edited and parsing of himself said the recordings were fabricated adding he was never pressured to do anything near. the president about no president vice president no. president no vice president. never. still the current ukrainian president was ruffled enough to launch an investigation into them and there is

a probe going on in the u.s. senate into affiliations of joe biden's son hunter with ukraine much to the democrats' displeasure but edited or not if these recordings are verified they should be raising eyebrows at the very least i mean trump was full out in peached over a 2nd hand reports you know for allegedly pressuring ukraine into investigating the bidens ever going to keep going around in circles on this one shouldn't everyone at least be held to the same standards while the founder of the new site this can't be happening david lindorff does believe that the us currently has more important domestic issues to pay attention to. u.s. politics all politics is local and it's true that people really care about like local and national issues and americans are here cuellar early isolationist in their. concern about what's going on in the world is just generally don't care and

most americans are involved with regard to biden. it's late there the only people who would care about it are republicans and they can't get an impeachment because the democrats control the house they're not going to cry so it's not going to go anywhere and that. leader and some people are looking at the big issues in the united states right now which are domestic the uprising seriously have people's attention the coronavirus is getting worse and worse and the. unease this morning one person has been left dead and 7 police officers injured after violent clashes broke out between remaining migrants and the authorities trouble fled the continuing coronavirus quarantine in the gym city of golfing and about 700 remaining migrants were locked down in a tower block after more than 100 contracted 19 and it's not the only case to you when jim and he has attempted to isolate migrant workers with more his peter all of

. germany has received international praise for the way in which it's handled the corona crisis but a developing situation in the city of good 2nd where hundreds of people have being corralled in and forced quarantine into an apartment complex it's becoming increasingly shocking on monday it was announced that a 42 year old man had died in the building over the weekend his death was related to an underlying medical condition not coronavirus but it is sure to rising tensions that have fled in so violent. i ever was. i don't know. around 700 residents remain in the building latest figures suggest at least 120 people have tested positive for covert 19 some of those confined to flats a small as 19 square metres families with small children are also being forced to

remain in their homes the mayor of goods again said they're doing their best to get people tested and out of these confines and those who tested negative for grown the virus twice can leave the building in a group of 3 with chickens in check outs however critics of the local government say not enough is being done and that the blame for any further deaths will fall squarely on city officials mr cole and miss brewster did not want to be responsible for the deaths they now have to change their poses massively these are the scenes on saturday were born out of pure desperation violence involving fences bottles and fireworks was met with pepper spray 8 police were injured in the fighting with one resident later arrested the corona break in go sit in isn't the only one in germany in the state of north rhine-westphalia a meat packing plant is at the heart of a code that spike authorities there of called in consular assistance from poland

bulgaria and romania to convince migrant workers to accept a new lockdown after over a 1000 cases were detected and that is no easy task there are 1300 properties where staff and their families live and where we need to observe the quarantine rules germany's track tracing test program is still regarded as one of the best ways to deal with the spread of corona but localized spikes in covert 19 serve as a visceral reminder that the virus is still very much an ongoing concern peter. r.t. . now italian business owners are increasingly facing the heartbreaking decision over whether to cut their losses and close their doors for good 3 month coronavirus lockdown carse a devastating blow to the country small medium enterprises and particularly the

hospitality sector italy has been one of the hardest hit countries in the code 19 pandemic in this year's losses could amount to 170000000000 euro many thousands of companies are at risk and considering closure the hardest hit are small and medium sized businesses which are usually family owned and all this could leave about a 1000000 people out of work. 2 days of closure killed us cause us more than one kind of them 2000 euro damage and today due to go. we will find those only 2 stores with. the current situation is sad this restaurant began in 1910 thanks to my father i have been managing it for 58 years and i can tell you that i have never really seen such a desperate moment. serious you old old it is unthinkable that human beings can experience all this i believe that it is basically

a punishment from heaven perhaps we have always thought of being marshall the earth but instead we are nothing but grains of sand he called a lockdown a very very sound the consequent lockdown has created many problems for us we have lost 3 months of revenue and if we remain closed throughout the summer we would lose even more money the consequences unfortunately the choice is inevitable i spoke to my brother and after 59 years we decided to close the family restaurant. in response to the situation italian government made attempts to offer lifelines of support however business owners complained these measures have had little effect while many say that they've received no financial help whatsoever companies continue to incur losses as they are still expected to uphold their social obligations to employees and pay taxes all the while in force to remain close. to that there are certainly something more could be done. and did not understand

that we needed immediate help of the companies that have requested the money from the state absolutely nothing but the many reservations have been cancelled i'm thinking of closing everything because i have many employees in if i don't i resist getting into a lot of debt if things go wrong for 2 months your risk failing so it's a very bad situation. this is an area where there was an ideological militia came in anyway they didn't stop them and although i know you will still apply for subsidies but i don't know if they've received them yet because we too have not received anything for 3 months this was our only job media for 3 months we've been continuing with the money we had but you and i cannot continue because we would risk going into more tangible with this. being you and china have discussed existing tensions during a video summit on monday trade relations and the fallout from the coronavirus as well as beijing's increasing control over hong kong are on the agenda officials

press china to open the country's markets to european companies and step back from the brink in hong kong the president of the council struck a tougher tone the new. the e.u. is china's 1st through the partner but progress is needed in many areas through rebirth and this relationship really it's clear the true need to resolve to create problems groove. both the proposed national security low for home and we call it and showing the work to follow the promises made to the people of her own current into the international community with god in hong kong's high degree of autonomy and their interests freedoms however the chinese premier expressed optimism about the relationship according to state media he kind of china and the e.u. are more partners than competitors beijing expressed his willingness to push for

more stable and mature relations in the post pandemic era so let's discuss all of this same with benjamin chad he's a professor at the paris school of business in southwestern university in france and economics in china and you're very welcome thank you time this morning benjamin . the e.u. and china they're due at pay came to make progress but do you think that those talks on monday will actually lead to any major breakthroughs. i think there are 2 key messages 1st to mutual interests and we start by led to a collaboration in the supply chain and investment 2nd to restore a practical operation affected by the affected by mutual trust due to depend them but as usual it is very hard to strike deals in national security. economic cooperation so especially on the e.u. china agreement on geographic indication that is expected to be signed in the coming week meaning that 200 more important commodities such as painting.

and other goods from both sides will be granted better as sets and protection did in this market is up over $75000000000.00 euros 15 percent of your foot and exports and you'll also be a level playing field and a symmetry in market as i think is consistent with some new development in china such as a massive free trade port in the highland province which you often do to free treatment for most goods which are allowed to end the rest of the china duty free provided for the percent of their value added on their. un through that benjamin a lot of sort of economic progress but herring the latest speak particularly from the e.u. it's clear the still strained relationship particularly when it comes to politics how much of a problem will be a speedy think i think you know no deep seated security conflicts currently between the be in china and europe some of these concerns raised related to the pressure of the states. the e.u. actually already welcome confirmation by china that the reason china us face one

trade deal will be implemented in full compatibility with the organization over it asians and without discrimination against you operators so the you recall expectation that the european experience exporters would immediately benefit from this trade facility measures. on the side we have yes no go ahead continue. we have yet to see if europe we also sincerely work on a number of market regulatory issues such as. 5 sets to our way for example one interesting thing that was said that i noted to the chinese premier said that china and the e.u. are more partners than competitors is he talking about just economic investments there or do you think he means it in a broader sense yes of course is broader now that the u.s.

gave up its role as a responsible leader in fighting depend then that china and you have to step up to support the world health organization to speed up the scene and medicine development and contain the spread of the virus they also plan to a strengthen cooperation in emerging areas such as doing development and the teacher economy so that we can celebrate this ship of the growth model and to enhance the quality of the about ok benjamin really good to talk to you this morning it was benjamin chavez professor at the paris school of business and southwestern university of finance and economics in china thank you. now the plaque lives matter movement has caused a split in us journalism we'll have a look at that plus of the stories just after the break.

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welcome back now the rise of the black lives matter movement in the wake of george floyd's death has seemingly brought confusion to journalism in the us don't cotton i has been taking a look at where a culture of political correctness is proving to be problematic. u.s. protests over the killing of george floyd have sent shock waves across the globe the call for equality has been heard by many in the media but with new ideas emerging on how to combat racism you have to wonder how much of an effect they're really going to have like the associated press's new policy of capitalizing the b. and black people i would discussions on style and language consider many points including the need to be inclusive and respectful in our storytelling in the

evolution of language we believe this changes those ends a.p. hopes this new policy will make it storytelling more respectful to the black community and the company will decide whether or not to do the same with the term white people within the month but some outlets have gone farther than just make changes to their style guides national public radio came under severe criticism after it published an article about right wing extremists attacking protesters with vehicles the original photo featured a protester being hit by a car but it failed to inform its readers that the driver was actually attacked by those protesters beforehand so n.p.r. took it down the previous version of this post and story included a photo of protest of being struck by a car in louisville kentucky the photo chosen by editors does not appear to be an example of the assaults described in this story and has been replaced one could also say that the new york post was guilty of lazy journalism it published an article about a black american who brutally beat

a macy's worker he was accused of using the n. word and the post seems quite quick to jump to the assailant's defense although the security footage later showed that the attack was completely unprovoked butlins in the workplace of any kind is unacceptable all of the materials from the evening have been reviewed and it's clear that the attack was unprovoked we are working closely with local authorities in this investigation and will defer any further comments about the case to them proposed a c so what's the real problem with modern journalism if you ask some in the mainstream media they'll tell you that news. rooms are not diverse enough a lot of black journalists who are having to experience the trauma of what is happening in generally to black people in this country are also having to deal with newsrooms who are inadequate when it comes to diversity and inclusion based on which newsroom was an early target of the violence though i wouldn't be so sure the protestors really agree with c.n.n. and the media continues to try to report this because one of their choice that they have because the narrative of left wing biologist so prevalent and so on it's so

undeniable look we sold black lives matter attack c.n.n. c.n.n. is a massively leftwing anti child network 'd and they're still going to attack by the mob or c.n.n. the same network that says these are peaceful protesters meanwhile they're building walls around their head office the land about those peaceful protesters but they are scared they don't want to upset the mob they're brave that they're going to be the next victims and the sad thing is that of course nearly to the mob never works if they only snow blood in the water and it does not protect these people from being the next target or whatever the case is this most recent wave of unrest is undoubtedly having a profound effect on modern journalism the final product however remains to be seen . the course that now u.s. protests against racism have pushed new york's mayor to order the removal of a statue theodore roosevelt the former president is depicted on horseback friends

by a native american man and an african man symbolizing the 2 continents but critics are now arguing it fades into stereotypes the american museum of natural history has asked to remove the theodore roosevelt statue because it explicitly depicts a black and indigenous people subjugated and racially inferior the city supports the museum's request. well unlike with many other political monuments the toppling of this one has nothing to do with theodore roosevelt personally but rather who's alongside him that's why instead the american museum of natural history will now name one of its horns after the former leader donald trump though has branded the idea to remove the statue ridiculous although not everybody agrees with him even reserve else great grandson is in favor of it going statue does not reflect theodore roosevelt's legacy it is time to move the statue and move

forward if they are removing it it should be placed in the museum it's our history our goal your fanciful or otherwise this is pretty obviously colonialist a reasonable statue like maybe just replace it with any other statue of data roosevelt the thing about set she says that just as we are all different we see things differently when i look at this i see 3 strong men from different backgrounds coming together it doesn't mean my view is the right one but it creates dialogue and helps us grow media hand legal analysts lionel believes the push for the removal of monuments is serving a political agenda walk i don't want to seem crass and what does seem mean spirited but nobody cares about the daily roosevelt statue nobody nobody even knew all was there you got it we explain it to people the rule today is if you are offended you went. even if i'm offended by that would

you've removed because you're offended. because being offended. when whoever is offended 1st wins no question that we do whatever you want and we will come up with because it makes us feel through virtue signaling little look how great i am this conspicuous display of understanding i'm going to go ahead and i'm going to remove this it never ends because it makes people feel good look at me look how feet high i'm i've got rid of all i've gotten rid of that which is possibly offensive it's disingenuous and you know what happens it hurts the car as it dilutes it makes people feel like you don't really care about this and the next time somebody does say something regarding something which is really offensive you're going to say you're doing it again aren't you you doing this for political or so to reach for all of that all this time i'm afraid none of this would you said last time who is it this time who's bothering you now pretty soon our our history

our cultures will be filled with nothing because it was just. offensive the united states of offended as we've become. now with millions of workers around the world unemployed because of the pandemic some companies are being accused of throwing fuel on the flames by using the outbreak is an excuse to make savings french car giant run oh is pushing ahead with its plans to restructure some plants and close others dozens of angry workers they protested outside one of the company's facilities around 4000 people work just one plant alone many of them have devoted their entire careers to the company we talk to any car or who took part in the protest after being made redundant. i have been working at the factory since it opened 23 years ago when we found out about the job cuts and the

closure we were outraged this group raises billions and is moreover a getting help from the government last week 1700 of our small belies to protest against this plan to close the factory. well there are no plan consists of slashing fixed costs by more than $2000000000.00 euros they also want $15000.00 job cuts around the world including more than $4000.00 in france and kyra again believe the company though or the company owners only think about profits and not people. i think we are in a period where profit will be pursued aggressively that means another 1000 job cuts as well as deteriorating conditions and lower salaries it's an attack on workers and we have to deal with it not factory by factory or group by group but at the international level clearly there were no management isn't responding to that problem because for a factory owners the only goal is to maintain shareholder profits during the crisis and to achieve that they become more explicit we have no trust in result we think

that there needs to be a reaction. when i was in any company currently downsizing its work force air france has also announced it will offer redundancy packages to almost 10000 staff and in sweden carmaker volvo does plan to cut more than 4000 workers and these just some of the latest examples so that brings you to the end of the news for this hour you're watching our international was to have a company more from us at the top of the. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the

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