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a place that us and the countries racism urge. of the world this is our t. international my names you don't know me and you're welcome to the program. the new york times is facing widespread criticism publishing an article claiming russia offered to taliban militants in afghanistan to kill u.s. troops it also claimed donald trump was briefed on the matter however the director of national intelligence to either the president or the vice president wherever briefed on this mr trump himself labeled a piece. the free news new york times must release anonymous source but

they can do it this person probably does not even exist well the articles have been slammed by russian foreign ministry which called the peace deliberate decision from ation saturday all to solve the taleban denying the new york times article as well you pushed it off takes a closer look now at the piece in question and asks who could benefit from its publication. it's time to blow off the dust that circled around any smear tactics guide books 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 all 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 the sest 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 elsberry 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 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 into 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 this 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. well the allegation is triggered another way of the russian hysteria with democrat senator chuck schumer instantly demanding new sanctions against moscow. from the quincy institute for responsible state craft in the u.s. the anonymous intelligence data is all is questionable. when i 1st read this story in the new york times i pointed out on twitter that it was weekly source

a number of people replied to me said yeah but you know it's been corroborated by you know the wall street journal with section on 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 general who is providing this home and is it pure or is it largely a partisan trick begin telling each and sees how very largely trump and so it's not hard for mainstream media to get in touch with the 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 where even if we're hearing 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. and moving the program on the number of women and girls in germany who have undergone the dangerous circumcision procedure a female genital mutilation has risen significantly over the past 3 years a new report suggests the number of f g m victims has increased to 68000 adults 44 percent rise since the last estimate and 2017 the rise is being attributed to greater emigration from countries who are deaf g.m. is widely practiced up to 15000 girls in germany are thought to be at risk one victim told us of her heart experience. i probably was there on for 5 years all in the go s.t.m. because there when i called from i can say 100 percent of the girls and they go after a member how my mom asked me try. this so serious me i remember

that ladies one was holding my hand and the other one my legs and there was a turtle on 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 but. yes some staggering figures it's estimated the 200000000 girls and women have undergone a chairman countries where it is practiced that's mostly africa but also the middle east as well in most cases it's carried out in girls who are under 15 some are still babies when it's carried out. to say that's 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're also in the risk and most of the got they didn't even know what's happened to them it's the i don't know that mothers will bring them explained that

this is a part of our culture if a lot of people living in germany in the diaspora living in germany those big old 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 is integration we have a different project where we can really get to communities involved or let them know about the consequences of f g m's i think in germany they should not say like all you. who are living distant just who the refugees are would just like was that as botha we are anyhow out of the german community each and i think if that is something issue like it's still going on in 2020 in germany i think a big action to retake. the mississippi state flag beloved us they flying featuring a confederate emblem has been poll done from the capitol building lawmakers 'd voted overwhelmingly to redesign the floods as the country tackles its past in the

wake of the anti racism movement triggered by the george floyd to protest there was applause after the motion was passed. i've already found $34.00 now. one of america's oldest universities has decided to remove a former u.s. president's name from a campus building over his say graciousness use woodrow wilson was president a century ago but princeton's having a change of heart its public policy school other historical monuments high soul name brands and classic t.v. series also getting reassessed those we speak even the u.s. national anthems being targeted were not from the new hawking's 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 well 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. with the of the of the well that's that's you that just came off the plinth was francis scott key the man behind the lyrics to the star-spangled banner and foremost slave owner and anti abolitionist so was the deal with the album itself. to do so warm these walls. are what you can sing with 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. 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 i mean well did. he. you knew that you know that is 0.

000 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 to victor hugo to socialist leaders. even seeing a surge gains ball who wrote his own reggae version back in 1979 have called for a make over. to seeing or not to see 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 hints i'll take part fully in those

events i don't see a problem but this is the issue surely is that we had a memorial for. back to 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 ontario recently announced they won't be taking part in any of them singing. god save the queen is now ok tribute to the british colonial period and the centuries of violence oppression and discrimination the british empire carried out against nations and peoples are considered inferior indigenous peoples in canada a glaring example among them perhaps corbin was just ahead of his time as well as

canada they officially passed the motion back in 2018 making their national anthem gender neutral. i debates around symbols such as statues or bronze don't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon but as the calls for transformation grows louder many may question what fundamentals they really change beyond just up symbolism. down the hawkins well so many elements of life and they're under the microscope right now including mixed reaction to american t.v. producers and actors deciding that white performers should not be playing or even voicing caracter of color long running on a minute comedy the simpsons took an early lead back in january after. stuff from voicing the indian character for years previous to that criticism had come from

certain quarters not the cartoon characters portrayed it was race fans. i must. know which way they went but what came over there is. really good. to hear this new eddie murphy. a new. move in forward the simpsons movie no longer have white actors voice non white characters.

nobody really cares one years ago and nobody really cares now but when you're working in charity and you know i thought you were going to you know have a voice and you had characters who were the actual person who's behind the boys is an amazing able to cleveland show i had no idea that their act was actually quite i didn't you know i didn't really care it was all about the show is all about do i enjoy family guy do i go to some sort of really matters been now all of a saying there's a heightened level of scrutiny own choices i think people are just going above and beyond to just say hey i'm not racist please don't sue me please don't cancel me so

randy and i have been that way i have to let last man or any kind of rights you don't want to say you know way 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 themselves 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 enact racially segregated or racially you know preferential towards certain people so they just do things day 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 and in a she and television entertainment it will help with actual the police brutality i'm not sure how we get from george lloyd in i came to we're canceling court. 2 characters i'm not really sure how the 2 things are linked and going to actually be linked in reality i mean if you could see some to do right now some sort of big 3 basic shelob it's really a base it won't do anything for the actual issues that are existing on the ground with real you mean games. you know with authorities from moscow on the way the

french president gets his 1st pandemic elektra will test in the delayed local elections you turned after the break we're going to what message voters the person . join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. 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 so. what is true what is. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. already made in the shallow. 20 minutes past the hour welcome back let's start in france which went to the polls on sunday and local elections they wait for months by the locked on the turnout was low which has left many politicians concerned not much for president to celebrate either his party was left trailing in several cities charlie talked us through the

overnight developments. president and his party on the move are waking up on monday morning and smelling the coffee after waters been nationwide local election there's not seen any significant gains for the party it was the 1st time the on the move would actually go on to the ballot box at the national local elections and it hasn't gone down well when government spokes person described the results as being disappointing yet this one was there are places where our rule internal divisions brought us to results the tweaks to the disappointing who didn't do well well green parties parties with a strong ecological mandate swept up in cities such as big cities such as leon and even in stroudsburg while here in paris the socialist incumbent and delgo retained crowned she will be the paris man for the next 6 years

and also there was a significant gain former 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 isn't 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 of political parties. well of course this 2nd round of these local elections should have been taken place some time ago that was did. due to the qubit 19

pandemic and voters were asked if that health crisis had perhaps 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's no more room is going to vote than taking part in any other collective activity i didn't go in the 1st time because. i got scared but i've always voted. this morning and i feel more relaxed now. i see overall it's been chaotic there's more than 3 or 4 months between the 2 rounds we weren't even sure we'd be able to vote today so i think we worried people too much about the dangerous and upon stations because in the match for the train which overtake it's a 100 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's problem that to happen even

quicker many people suggesting that his prime minister could be the one who's for the chop 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 so in the. pen so if it is a rerun of 2017 some people are asking given much declining popularity will next time the tables be turnt. elsewhere around the world militants armed with guns and grenades stormed the pakistan stock exchange in karate on monday killing at least 2 people here turkish for a grenade at the main entrance gate before opening fire police later said all 4 gunmen had been killed the separatists blotch liberation army leader said it was a turk. back to europe where dozens were arrested in the hague during

a protest against cruel. virus social distancing police used water coming to disperse crowds which turned violent restrictions are gradually being lifted there but the protesters say it's not happening fast enough. take a look at this a turning was filmed tearing through russia's western the log region twisters are on usual in one part of the world dramatic video showed it making its way across the forest ripping up trees and shrubs flee though at this stage no reported casualties among local it's. the number of coronavirus infections around the world hers now topped 10000000 led to more than half a 1000000 deaths but european conservationists are worried that the efforts to keep us safe could have huge consequences for the environment. but more than

2000000000 disposable mosques the soon there will be more mosques in the waters of the mediterranean i think it's where a lot of their us were thinking was that a french environmental group recently alarm after finding gloves mosques all their protective equipment floating in the sea during cleanup operations in recent months divers took photographs of the litter hoping it'll help highlight the risks facing the natural world experts say if we don't pay attention to the problem no it may lead to irreversible consequences in the future. well isn't just if this day we find less than 5 percent of p.p. waste ended up in the sea to morrow who's the millions of disposable kovi 1000 protection items the france has bought that 5 percent could become 80 percent people must realize that everything is a drop on the ground and as i can see due to water drainage systems there for a simple gesture like not throwing waste on the ground as

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 and will be the say. now live from moscow that is our monday afternoon rafael pub the stories affecting your world today join me again in just a word 30 for all the latest updates and lots more besides more great program let's get going in a moment here as they close. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to heal some 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 russia. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so of added 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. 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. but is the meeting in worth of history why are there are those so determined to destroy cultural artifacts and rewrite history and so the understanding of history

a true and dispassionate understanding of history is really about 2 things reverence and a warning the culture side we are witnessing rejects the idea. that's geysers financial survival they say money the balance. of jesus this is a central plank support dying a promise and a problem right now so he stopped. not after events you were going on the ground 48 hours ahead of a proposed mass an extension 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 law firm and appointed as advisor of the state to bomb a joint barack obama's presidency with the systematic inequality is killing off those descended from america's 1st in attitudes than former israeli spy are human or natural 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 polls more coming up in today's going underground the 1st the indigenous peoples of the americas and 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 shannon a citizen of the chalked our 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.