it is a call to dream which it is true. it's a problem in the. new york times and is criticised for war sides mentioned in its anonymous source based article claiming russia paid banty that afghanistan killed u.s. troops. for a delay due to curb it 19 finally holds its world war 2 victory parade marking the 75th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany. russia begins voting on constitutional reform with 2 regions making people cast their ballots online because of concerns over coronavirus.

are you watching are to international thanks for joining us. the new york times is facing widespread criticism after it published an article saying russia had offered bounties in afghanistan to kill u.s. troops and also claimed that donald trump had been briefed on the matter however the director of national intelligence as deny that either the president all the vice president were never briefed on this trump himself has labeled the piece fake news. new york times must release anonymous source they can do it this person probably does not even exist the article is being slammed by russia's foreign ministry which called the piece deliberate disinform ation saturday also saw the taliban denying the new york times article. takes a closer look at the piece in question and asks who might benefit from its publication. it's time to blow off the dust that circled around any smear tactics

guide book since the last us election but as democrats are looking to wash away the humiliation of 2016 by trying to bring down trump this time they are resorting to the same auld narrative that failed them in the 1st place russia gate american intelligence officials have concluded that the russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to taliban linked militants for killing coalition forces in afghanistan the peace rests on the familiar pillars of pulitzer winning journalism anonymous sources that believed concluded and desist the claims are said to be based on interrogations of captured afghan militants at least in part the article says well because less than in part well would be nothing at all really the alleged culprits is the same russian intelligence unit that is accused of this ellsbury poisoning western intelligence official say the unit which has operated for more than a decade has been charged by the kremlin with kerry knows

a complaint to destabilize the west through subversion and the source of nation. the west in the middle east by bribing the taliban into something they are doing anyway comic book villains have more logic and motivation than russia in this article but as evil and sleazy as russia may be portrayed in this story it's still just collateral damage and not the actual target president trying to get briefed in march that russia is paying bounty money for dead american soldiers right now. and his response to that is nothing his entire presidency has been a gift. but it this is beyond the pale it's betrayal of most sacred duty we bear as a nation to protect and equip our troops and resign them into harm's way if trump refuses to hold putin accountable for funding terrorism against u.s. troops in afghanistan then congress must again step up i expect the trumpet

ministration to take such allegations seriously and inform congress immediately as to the reliability of these news reports the stories taking jabs at trump amid reports he's about to take another step towards ending the catastrophic 2 decades long invasion russia's foreign ministry has dismissed the allegations as fake pointing out that more school has all along been trying to mediate the conflict and have the united states and the taliban in fact sign a peace deal the simple this information clearly illustrates the low intellectual abilities propagandists among american intelligence who have to come up with such nonsense instead of inventing something more reliable however what else can we expect from intelligence which miserably failed in the 20 year war in afghanistan it's russia collusion 2.0 as if that has ever been worth anything more but a house impeachment that left trump unfazed by hey maybe at least robert mueller

will have a 2nd shot around 2021. as to being delayed by the global pandemic moscow finally held its huge military parade on wednesday marking the 75th anniversary of victory over nazi germany red square record to the sound of thousands of marching figures from those tasked with protecting the mother felt on the heels literally came a procession of military vehicles and equipment the whole thing was topped off with a spectacular flight. leg. length. leg. length

. hit. from correspondents us to tell it was down the red square and summed up the emotions of that. to me actually the most moving part of the day it's all to the present spoken and they say in unison. and that's because i hit the streets and that sound there are echoes of these people 75 years ago on the red square x. 6 she was celebrated but more importantly so with the people who had fought tooth and nail to bring it up out my grandmother was shot she fought in the a 1000000 thoughts independent women and it was an all female unit that was part of the sauce and that was part of the city get full says and actually they flew out

a bottle in london which is in outside of russia and they actually managed to break through to jump into france says take and hold. the strategic area of the bridge that proved to be crucial and not the battle later on i could go up to any single person on the street asked them what did you write it tips to join the war each would give me a detail from a story someone who fought and died starving cried someone who survived the blockade of leningrad so many fall with the partisans and someone who on the 24th of june 1945 walked into that very splat right behind me. well traditionally the events held on my nights but the coronavirus prevented that the ship so wednesday was chosen instead not just any random date back in 94501st ever victory parade was held on june 24th that was when many soviet soldiers made it back from the frontlines of mail to share the celebrations with the whole country. in commemoration of victory over germany and the great patrick war for june 24th 945

i'm scheduling a parade of the active army the navy and moscow garrison the victory parade in moscow's red square. it was a long anticipated and unforgettable day some people strongly believed it would come.

we were looking at the pile of dirty clothes and thinking that the long expected victory had come and we the war is it's. how are people to free the mother bring back peace is my contribution. going to get around to reading the troops i can see rain trickling from their camps

but this periods were too high to even notice it was a gloomy sunday red squares cobblestones were wet the bunches of flowers that we got after the parade were away but years on my heart doesn't believe in those memories the 24th of june 1945 has become a part of my life it was the most cheerful and sunny day. it was time marches on from those will changing events is seems that history is not always being remembered in the same way in may the white house pay tribute to the u.s. and the u.k. for delivering victory in the 2nd world war completely ignoring the soviet effort and it's not the only example of airbrushing the past auntie's daniel hawkins reports from victory park in moscow planners then 945 american great britain had victory over the nazi the us president came under fire for ignoring the part played

by other allied nations in defeating fascism not least the soviet union which suffered over 25000000 casualties but recent events go beyond just one tweet. on the 23rd of august $939.00 the soviet union and nazi germany signed a treaty of nonaggression known as the molotov ribbentrop pact and its secret protocols dividing europe and the territories of independent states between the 2 totalitarian regimes and grouping them into spheres of interest which paved the way for the outbreak of the 2nd world war history is a set of lies agreed upon according to the podium but were informal liberators are officially relabeled as occupants and victims as aggressors just with a few strokes of a pen then both truth and agreement become allusive rewriting history revisionism altering the past to fit with present political paradigms multiple states at the center of those tragic events have been mired in controversy but when

it comes to russia controversy turned to something and forgivable all but equating the soviet union's role in world war 2 with that of nazi germany dear president putin heatherton stalin colluded to start world war 2 that is a fact part of was a victim of this horrible conflict from the munich pact and partition of czechoslovakia to western business interests in nazi germany many countries at the center of the wars outbreak of skeletons in the closet the key aim is to learn lessons what can be done today to maintain bulleted peace the russian president has his own thoughts the historical revisionism where witnessing in the west particularly with regard to the subject of the 2nd world war and its outcome is dangerous because it grossly cynically distorts the understanding of the principles of peaceful development laid down in 1945 by the conferences in yalta and san francisco. the main historic achievement to few and other decisions of the time was

the agreement to establish a mechanism that would allow the major powers to stay within a diplomatic framework when resolving their differences the response to russia's position such as passing its own historical laws is telling rather than a debate accusations of deliberate false if occasion and deceit to divide and conquer in pursuit of nefarious motives historians and politicians may argue for years about blame and responsibility but as the memory of conflict fades so does the fear of such tragedy repeating itself they say history is the sum of all things that could have been avoided a vast early warning system and the response to the president's peace may have missed the main point the way we understand history shapes the way we understand the present and shapes how we're going to act in the future if we have a distorted or corrupt titian of history then we're not going to be able to 1st of

all know that a different future is possible but we see history being deployed for nationalistic propaganda distinct from mythological for militaristically purposes all over the world and i mean russia is certainly guilty of that too to some extent i'm not saying that russia is outside of that but on the issues of world war 2 russia is much closer to the truth and to a vision of the world based upon collaboration between the united states russia britain the french resistance forces china back to allow us to begin to reinvention more of them which we can begin to work together and get. a week of voting is underway in russia on amendments to the country's constitution we'll have details a lot after the break. is

your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true. is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or a maybe in the shallows. join

me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back the voting process to reform the russian constitution began on thursday polls are open nationwide till july 1st the votes have been originally planned for able to in the 2nd but it was delayed by coronavirus to alleviate concerns about crowds polling stations are open for a whole week instead of a single day there are around $200.00 proposed amendments to the constitution one of the changes allows a would allow that in a putin to run for president for another 2 terms the critics have argued about the all or nothing approach of this vote where people have to say yes or no to the whole package and can't just pick and choose which amendments they want in

supported the changes in a speech in the state duma back in march. it was january when president putin stunned russia by proposing changes to the country's foundational law the constitution within hours the entire government had resigned the current constitution dates back to $993.00 to western backed president boris yeltsin built from the debut of the communist soviet era yeltsin's constitution created what would be criticized as a hyper presidential system the president called all the shots and it was forged in bloodshed as a hostile communist control parliament trying to impeach yeltsin he resorted to the military to keep in power. 187 people were killed that autumn. one of the most important proposals today is to end that hyper presidential system while keeping the fundamentals of the constitution intact so what powers does the president currently have only he alone can nominate the prime minister and other

cabinet members parliament just gives a formal green light to the candidates the proposal would flip that giving parliament the final say on who serves in government and the president would not be able to reject the m.p.'s choices powers would be redistributed between various branches of government intended to lock in more checks and balances into russia's government system another big change would limit the president's tenure to only 2 terms in total as opposed to no more than 2 terms in a row as it is now that means future leaders won't be able to serve for as long as putin has. but it isn't that a member which has got western media excited putin's perceived trick to stay in power forever the existing rules say putin must stand aside in 4 years time after his 2nd consecutive term albeit his 4th mandate in total m.p.'s are pushing a proposal to 0 out his term count a reset button for an updated constitution i propose to add to the new constitution

that the current president like any other citizen would have the right to be elected to the post of head of the state that would mean putin could run again in 2024 and in 2030 if he wants to rewind back to january and why putin said he wanted to change the constitution he says it's to develop a welfare state. the reason for these amendments is to ensure the further development of russia as a state governed by the rule of law is to increase the efficiency of institutions in our country with that in mind the room more than $140.00 amendments one guarantees that the minimum wage will not be lower than the cost of living another secures an annual adjustment to improve the real value of pensions and allowances there would also be tougher requirements for civil servants such as banning key officials from having foreign citizenship or foreign bank accounts the would also be a ban on giving away any russian territory and priority to domestic law over international there are some controversial proposals to marriage would be classified solely as

a union between a man and a woman and god gets mentioned all the constitution will still say russia is officially a secular state it's an all or nothing vote russians won't be able to pick and choose which of the amendments they want to say it's simply a yes or no to the whole package and the changes will only be enacted if the russian people give it an unequivocal mandate. if people do not vote for the amendments they will not be added to the constitution. online voting is being held for the 1st time in russia 2 regions are holding their votes electronically so another measure to help quell covert fear is online platform being used promises data encryption and privacy guarantees registration from one voting close last week now are some of the proposed reforms are proving controversial analysts are arguing that overall change is needed for russian society but i think it's very important to note that the present constitution came out of violence came out of the time of deep uncertainty

a time of very small just events after the collapse of the soviet system here we are 2027 years later and this document is a centralized power dramatically couldn't feels it needs to be changed opinion polls suggest a majority russians feel it should be changed as well while the western media is focusing on the putin term limits thing which by the way doesn't mean he has to go mention it one day anyway putin says he will respect me technically by the way he didn't have to have this national vote at all i mean it was passed by every russian region all 85 federal something passed in the state parliament the duma passed it the national parliament he didn't have to have this vote he's chosen to do it because he obviously wants a public democratic legitimacy and fairness i think if that had been that many ballot papers it would been a hell of a lot more confusing than a single ballot paper saying yes or no. of the months of lockdown people around the world have been enjoying their 1st taste of freedom in recent weeks following the easing of many coronavirus restrictions for those thinking of the fight against the

virus has been one well the world health organization is just warned it's only just begun globally the plumbum if you still accelerating it took more than 3 months for the 1st $1000000.00 cases to be reported. the last 1000000 cases were reported in just 8. among those who've already felt the 2nd wave is china a recent outbreak was traced to a local wholesale food market which supplies more than 80 percent of agricultural products to the capital beijing the government acted quickly shutting it down and firing up its testing program it was planned to test an entire area in just 3 days as well 60000 people we asked locals how that process went. i thought it would be fast to take such a test but in fact i spent 3 hours queuing up for the test but when i saw the

doctors my heart sank because their protective googles were all folks and their sweat was running all down their faces. the wall in germany new cases of the coronavirus of continued popping up in various regions leading local authorities to impose counter measures which of differed from city to city after our breaks at meat processing plants the german food and agriculture minister has called for price increases to help create a safer working environment heater all of the reports. dealing with corona virus here in germany has moved away from sweeping national measures with restrictions being lifted or imposed based on regional factors. here in berlin authorities have lifted restrictions that had limited get togethers to a maximum of 5 people from 2 different households earlier the same move it being made in the states of brandenburg. it's a very different picture in north rhine-westphalia an outbreak centered around

a meat packing plant in the city of newton's law the scene over $1500.00 people test positive and a strict lockdown until the end of the month has been imposed on the area. undoes we will order a lockdown for the whole district of killer slow the purpose is to calm the situation to expand testing to establish whether or not the virus has spread beyond the employees of tony and we will get a better picture of the situation there intensive testing and can then see more clearly within 7 days what the situation is we want to bring about this lockdown which will stay in place until june 30th and bring us more cleared of all those long queues have formed as tests of being made available to everyone in the affected regions the military being drafted in to help with the large scale testing operation health professionals suggest that a large number of symptomless code would carry is a behind the spike the largest localized outbreak in germany. it is already the

idea of these tests because we know that there are symptoms people who don't have a high fever who carry the virus and then unfortunately spread it today we've counted around 400 to 600 people waiting and we would also be setting up a hotline in the next few days to help with the registration. local skewing to test science at all happy with the slaughterhouse at the center of this spike all the state authorities they say should have done more. akin to 40 found that don't want to be careful and take the test i don't have symptoms and what should i say i'm a bit angry with the slaughterhouse that they didn't react sooner and now our region is headed into another log down we have to go through it. often find definitely the politicians in their thirty's should have reacted to you know and then completely convinced that the 1st kind of those infected were faked and then not taking any responsibility. away from north rhine-westphalia there's also

a localized lockdown in the city of my. workers and is being seen bringing water and supplies to some of the 800 also families who are being taught. to quarantine. around 700 people remain in an apartment complex and get again a forced quarantine which turned violent last weekend. and remember i said restrictions were being lifted in berlin well not for old berlin as in the friedrich schein area of the german capital almost 40 households of being put on lockdown those living nearby a concerned about the risk posed a not too happy with those who faulted social distancing the policy in the summer. and see if i have a feeling of fear can you explain why because i belong to the risk group and i have medical conditions. we are doing this for weeks and months we don't do visits anymore mostly we sit on the balcony apart from grocery shopping or

a walk pharmacy or the doctor that's it. if push it we don't understand why some have in the box and in the compounds we don't understand this. off the back of those regional covert 19 spikes authorities here in berlin have said that they will be enforcing fines against those law wearing face coverings on public transport or in shops as we try to get back to his normal a life as possible while still remembering that corona virus is infectious today as it was a few months ago things are all over all see. just thing without internationally right up to date about with. secret prisons and usually what comes to mind when thinking about europe he even

the most prosperous can be deceived we've been busy roads on the way to view the houses where a. prison was located and only cia people had access to the story. investigators l.z. uncovered the darkest dealings of the secret services but i mean. i think for justice. for their.

own balkan 2 worlds apart we often hear in that human life is priceless we may sound virtuous as a political statement but it's simply not true in economic terms economists have at a price tag to human life like everything else in the market is the sound to go into fluctuations but what is the cost of putting human lives above everything else while to discuss that i'm now joined by david handers and a research fellow with the hoover institution at stanford university professor henderson it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time. now one of the things that has been possible in me is that all of the call that 19 pandemic is that in many countries it's economists primarily liberally minded economists who are very much in favor of the strictest lowdown possible while many it could mean

all interest and other public health professionals are a forum or are reserved about such. matters how do you explain that. what i think it what economists did early on starting in march there was a university of chicago study was they took the most extreme. model which was the imperial college of london model which has been shown to be fundamentally flawed and they said ok let's take that as given and then let's look at let's kind of see what policies will save how many lives and they came up with us an astounding measure 1760000 wives which now by the way birch really no one believes but i mean that's what they said and then they took this value of a statistical life that economists talk about i can explain that a little more if you want multiplied one by the other and got almost a trillion dollar.