and discussion of understanding of history is really about 2 things reverend warning the culture side we are witnessing rejects. this monday morning on our 2 international the new york times gets criticism from all sides over an anonymous source based article claiming russia paid bounties in afghanistan to kill american troops. number of victims of female genital mutilation rises steeply in germany thousands of girls are still thought to be at risk one victim vividly recalls what she as a child. my mom committed not to try. to sell sell us bunch of me i remember that. one was holding my hand. and there was one. of the star spangled banner hits a sour note with calls to replace the u.s.

national anthem in the country's racism. by their morning just 10 10 am here in moscow this 29th of june i'm kevin 0 in the world news center with this latest update for you and we're starting with this one the new york times is facing widespread criticism after publishing an article claiming russia offered bounties to taliban militants in afghanistan to kill u.s. troops it's also claimed donald trump was briefed on the matter however the director of national intelligence denies that either the president all the vice president were ever briefed on that and trump himself labeled the piece fake news. the freak news new york times must reveal its anonymous source but they can do it this person probably does not even exist. further the articles being slandered by

the russian foreign ministry which called the peace deliberate dissin from ation saturday also saw the taliban denying the new york times article 2 egos down of takes a closer look at the piece in question and asks who then 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 outgoing 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 elsberry poisoning western intelligence official say the unit which has operated for more than a decade has been charged by the kremlin with care in the complaint to destabilize the west through subversion sabotage and the source the nation. the west 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 this is beyond the pale it's a betrayal of most sacred duty we bear as a nation to protect and equip our troops and restrain them in the harms 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 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 but left trump unfazed by hey maybe at least robert mueller will have a 2nd shot around 2021. from the quincy institute for responsible state craft in the us told us anonymous intelligence data is always questionable. when i 1st broke this story in the new york times i pointed out the twitter that it was weekly source a number of people replied and they said yeah but we're you know it's been corroborated by you know the wall street journal what section of c.n.n. and so the more mainstream media empire will stop on a story like this the more it takes on the impression of being true but again we

can't really know that well without knowing more about this how is the intel generated out who is providing this into hope and is it pure or is it largely partisan trick begin telling each of us how very largely trial and so it's not hard mainstream media to get in touch with sort of not we're not going to tell the person to verify the veracity of these stories even if they're not necessarily true well even if we're hearing all the you know a partial truth about it it's certainly trying to be spun in the way in a way that implicates trot in the worst manner to help push by going across the finish line. the number of women and girls in germany who've undergone the dangerous circumcision procedure of female genital mutilation has risen

significantly over the past 3 years a new report suggests the number of victims is increase a 68000 that's a 44 percent rise this is the last estimate in 2017 the rise is being attributed to greater immigration from countries where if g.m. is widely practiced up to 15000 girls in germany are thought now to be at risk one f.p.m. victim told us of the experience. i probably was there on 4 or 5 years all in the go s.g.m. because there where i called from i can say 100 percent of the girls and they go after remember how my mom asked me it must try. to be so serious me i remember that the ladies one was holding my hand and the other one my leg and there was a 3rd one were did something quite painful i do not know what she did to me but when i went into college and i started learning about this woman it was when i

discovered that it was that day that they met did it my about. it's estimated that 200000000 girls and women have undergone of g.m. in countries where it's practice mostly in africa but also some middle east countries too in most cases it's carried out on girls who are under 15 some are still babies when it's carried out. again says it is a problem countries like germany also needs to tackle. people were thinking this is african issue but it's not kids who are german with their papers born here in germany they are also in the risks and most of the god that doesn't even know what's happened to them that i didn't know that mothers will bring them explained that this is a part of our culture a lot of people living in germany in that as what are living in germany there was a good the language of the know what is forbidden and what is not the thing is for me it's have something to do and so was integration we have different project where we can really get the communities involved or let them know about the consequences of f g m's i think in germany this would not say like all you. who only resistant

just was there refugees or were just like was that as botha we are anyhow out of the german a minute speech and i think if that is something issue like it's still going on in 2020 in germany i think a big action needs to be take. the mississippi state flag the last u.s. state flag featuring a confederate album has been a pull down from the capitol building lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to redesign the said flag as the country tackles its past in the wake of the anti racism movement triggered by the george floyd protests and there was applause after the motion was passed governor of a different. 34000000. and one of america's oldest universities has decided to remove

a former president's name from a campus building over his segregationist views woodrow wilson was a president a century ago no put no protestants having a change of heart of his public policy school other historical monuments posts old name brands and classic t.v. series are also getting reassessed even the us national anthems in an all could spot or that value hawkins. 2020 is a year of change and i'm not talking about coronavirus popular t.v. shows axed statues torn down even food brands updated to meet 21st century criteria of inclusive u.-t. equality justice and tolerance but is it enough can more be done while in the united states protests during the national anthem have been a bone of contention for quite a few years but what about the national anthem itself well now some people are saying enough is enough.

i. i well that's that's you that just came off the plinth was francis scott key the man behind the lyrics that the star-spangled banner and former slave owner and anti abolitionist so what's the deal with the anthem itself. to do so warm these walls. what you can sing the 3rd verse all right of course the rarely performed that 3rd verse was directed by key black slaves who'd been freed or escaped and fought alongside the british in the war of 1812 his message to them was clear your fight for freedom will bring you nothing but death and downfall little wonder then the anthems attracted increasing scandal across the united states with both soccer teams and high school students refusing to play or sing at keys that only profited from slavery he apparently also harbored some pretty backward views on race and

nationality and this widely attributed quote certainly has no place in this day and age. oh you don't want to hear me sing in french. but that was the morsi years familiar to all around the world for centuries truly a symbol of french national identity both in times of joy and tragedy and. did. you knew that you know that is the who or who. 'd you so well some of those lyrics furious soldiers coming to cut throats grabbing weapons impure blood may seem to some at least to be appropriated by the far right and certainly having no place in the modern republic calls for change remain there's even a movement for a new master yes and while they're still far off their goal they're not alone

various french figures throughout history have had issues with them from the right of victor hugo to socialist leaders. even seeing a surge gains ball who wrote his own reggae version back in 1979 have called for a mossie you make over. the seeing all not to sing that is the question well former u.k. labor leader jeremy corbyn found himself at the center of a media storm when he really got the wrong answer are you saying that you will sing the national anthem i'm going to be many of the take part fully in those events so i don't see a problem but this is the issue surely is that we had a member of the for the battle of britain i was there and despite his explanation the press was merciless branding him all but a traitor but what would they say in 2020 beyond the 1st verse which we all know the lyrics do get a little strange especially in a secular society talk of a day theorizing to scatter enemies and punish those rebellious scots hardly makes

any friends up north and whatever his reasons corbin isn't alone for example indigenous members of parliament in all taria recently announced they won't be taking part in any of them singing. god save the queen is an archaic tribute to the british colonial period and the centuries of violence oppression and discrimination the british empire carried out against the nations and peoples are considered inferior indigenous peoples in canada a glaring example among them perhaps called one was just ahead of his time as was canada they officially passed the motion back in 2018 making their national anthem gender neutral through. was this was god debates around symbols such as anthem statues or brands don't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon but as the calls for transformation grow louder many may question what fundamentals they really change

beyond just up symbolism. yes so many elements of life under the microscope right now coast american t.v. producers not tis are also taking a stand on the use of white performers playing characters of people of color a case in point a long running animated. took an early lead there back in january. from voicing the indian character that already is a criticism that the characters portrayal was racist and offensive. yet i must. know which way. to hear this new eddie murphy.

moving forward to the simpsons movie no longer have white actors voice non white characters. nobody really cares what he used. to be the case now.

the actual 1st choices. sleeveless show i had no idea that the actor was actually white i didn't you know i didn't really care it was all about the show as i look well do i enjoy family guy do i enjoy decisions on it really matters but now all of us and there's a heightened level of scrutiny own choices i think people are just going to focus beyond to just say hey i'm not racist please don't sue me please don't cancel me so rather than having the ramp to let last matter any kind of rights you don't want to say you know what i'll back away it doesn't really do anything it doesn't help anything i mean it's just a way for them to protect them so and then also the companies that they work for they want to protect themselves as well they want to be seen as a very inclusive company not racist in that racially segregated or racially you know preferential towards certain people so they do things don't wait wait it won't actually help anything on the ground as far as any kind of her or racial problems we're talking about cartoons superficial things you know animation and television

entertainment that will help with actually police brutality i'm not sure how we get from george floyd in cambridge to were canceling cartoon characters are not really sure how the 2 things are linked and going to actually be linked in reality it may have to concede some to do it right now as some sort of victory but it's a shallow victory at best it won't do anything for the actual issues that are existing on the ground with real human beings. for the news or the whole public good day coming up off the bright this is among the stories the french president gets his 1st part and then they collect that in a delayed said the local elections but few turned out after the break we'll tell you the message voters ascending.

you can be both with yeah you like. the world is driven by a dreamer shaped by thinker senator. kerry thinks. we dare to ask.

a good morning exactly 20 minutes past the hour now from the swing to the polls and as mentioned on sunday a local election was delayed for months because of the locked turnout was low though which has left many politicians concerned no much for president mccrum to wake up to celebrate this morning a the his party was left trailing in several cities show dubinsky talk me through the overnight developments. president matt brown and his party on the move are waking up on monday morning and smelling the coffee after water has been nationwide local election there's not seeing any significant gains for the party it was the 1st time the on the move would actually gone to the ballot box at the national local elections and it hasn't gone down well one government spokes person described the results as being disappointing yet this one was there are places where our own

internal divisions brought us to results the twigs from the disappointing who didn't do well well green parties parties with a strong ecological mandate swept up in cities such as budo big cities such as leon and even in strasburg while here in paris the socialist incumbent and it delgo retained her crown she would leave paris where for the next 6 years and also there was a significant gain former independent national rally party down in the southern city of the norm this is the 1st time a party from the hard right has been able to win in a city that has been a 100000 people now there was an incredibly low turnout some soon 5 people went to cast their ballots that has been described as being a record low for the local elections here in france so not good news president back

on himself has apparently said this is not very good news while other political leaders have been saying that this is now a time for political parties to reflect on why people didn't vote i do to hope that this abstention is not exclusively to the health crisis but if you that this is not necessarily the case and we will therefore have to ask ourselves some questions about a little party. well of course this 2nd round of these local elections should have been taken place some time ago that was the. they do to the qubit 19 pandemic and voters were asked if that health crisis had pap's played into that low voter turnout. no worries at all i went for the 1st round and noticed the social distancing measures were enforced there is no more is going to vote than taking part in any other collective activity i didn't go the 1st time because. i got scared but i've always voted so i came to vote this morning and i feel more relaxed

now. a little more overall it's been chaotic there's more than 3 or 4 months between the 2 rounds we won't even sure be able to vote today so i think we worried people too much about the dangerously upon stations because in the match for the train which i often take it's $100.00 times more dangerous. for many weeks now we've been hearing rumors that president matt corn is going to have a big reshuffle will the results from sunday night prompt that to happen even quicker many people suggesting that his prime minister edward could be the one who's up for the chop it is less than 2 years before france goes to wards its next presidential election and it seems clear of than ever that this is going to be a rerun of 2017. versus 19 left penn so if it is a rerun of 2017 some people are asking given much cause declining popularity will

next time the tables be turned. the number of corona virus infections around the world is now top 10000000 and lead to more than half a 1000000 deaths but european conservationists are worried too that the efforts to keep a source safe could have huge consequences for the environment. but more than 2000000000 disposable mosques a bit more that soon there will be more than joe and fish in the waters of the mediterranean. well the french environmental group raised the alarm after finding dozens of gloves masks and other protective equipment floating in the sea during cleanup operations in recent months divers took photographs of the letter hoping will help highlight the risks facing the natural world experts say if we don't pay attention to the problem now it may lead to irreversible consequences in the future . it wasn't just if today refined less than 5 percent of p.p. waste ended up in the sea to morrow is the millions of disposable coated $1000.00

production items that france has bought that 5 percent could become 80 percent people must realize that everything they drop on the ground ends up in c. due to water drainage systems therefore a simple gesture like not throwing waste on the ground is a gesture for nature the government has ordered massive amounts of disposable people without worrying about the disastrous consequences for nature we must protect ourselves from the coronavirus in a responsible manner if we do not do that we're just shifting the problem will be killing ourselves more slowly but there is a little bit the say. the 2nd few more stories around the world of the netherlands now dozens there arrested in the hague in a protest against coronavirus social distancing pleas shoes watercolor to disperse crowds which in turn violent destructions are gradually being lifted but the protesters say it's not happening fast enough as far as they're concerned. people lie on poland's presidential election it looks like it's heading for

a 2nd round exit polls show the incumbent is leading but he's now falling short of the 50 percent lead for right when the votes being keenly watched across europe polish leaders of increasingly clashed with brussels of late over equal rights and control of the courts. and you will see this to offer the tornado filmed tearing through rushes western vologda region twisters are unusual in that part of the world dramatic video showing up making its way across the forest there rip it up trees and shrubs luckily though no reports of casualties among the locals who would want. well that's it for these are 2 so far this way things look in so far this monday reporting from moscow as kevin know it here thank you for the company and have a great day. 54

jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area rush up. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have nuclear weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so that's why we're going to drill down on the story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as

we always like to say we do believe by golly it's time to do news again. is the meeting in worth of history why are there are those so determined to destroy cultural artifacts and rewrite history and so still understand english history a true and dispassionate understanding of history is really about 2 things reverence warning the culture side here which is things which jakes like the. that afterwards as you were going on the ground 48 hours ahead of a proposed mass an explosion of old settlements in the illegally occupied west bank by u.k. armed israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu defacto backed by u.s.

president trump coming up on the show why have native americans been excluded from the u.s. demographic data on coronavirus we asked the association of american indian affairs is shannon a lawful and appointed as advisor of the state to bomb a joint barack obama's presidency with a systematic inequality is killing off those descended from america's 1st in attitudes and former israeli spy argument imagine attempts to demolish conspiracy theories about the queen's repeated favorite son prince andrew and alleges that jeffrey epstein was a useful idiot of the israeli state all of them all coming up in today's going i'm going to 1st the indigenous peoples of the americas have arguably suffered not only genocide of thousands of white settlers but also generations of inequality and poverty now the association of american indian affairs is shot in a lawful and appointed as a state department advisor during barack obama's presidency says this is increase native americans is a vulnerability to coronavirus something seemingly being swept under the rug in the face of allegations they are being left out of the demographic data shalen

a citizen of the truck the nation of oklahoma joins me now via skype from clarksville in maryland usa thanks so much and of coming on we know that in britain which has a much worse because of their growing of ours official rate in the us a covert it's the vulnerable how is it indigenous peoples of the usa thank you for having me it has been devastating in any infantry here in the united states unfortunately we don't have all the data we need to truly assess the damage that the coronavirus is during the native american population there are 574 federally recognized tribes that means there's 574 tribes in the united states has a government to government relationship with and most public health care facilities are not checking.