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now that the problem is not about the means of production the problem is the money and they're taking. this hour's headlines stories the chinese parliament. hong kong security despite political threat. also ahead. one of the most challenging in this collection. to. face the world we examine whether germany has fallen the properly preserving the. racism rallies. still underpinning many of the marches to protect their.
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distressing you video emerging of police. coming from moscow this is your r.t. international my name's you know 30 minutes of news and views start. china the controversial hong kong security law which has drawn western nations on within the region itself while leaders in beijing. foreign interference. this is purely china's internal affairs and no foreign force has the right to means or fear the chinese government unswervingly determined to safeguard the sovereignty
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security and development interests of the country simply amend the principle of one country 2 systems and supposed an external interference in hong kong affairs. there was a new wave on demonstrations in hong kong as news of the law being passed filtered through dozens of probation demonstrators rally near hong kong government headquarters to support the law while more than 100 opponents gathered in a shopping mall chanting slogans including free hong kong european union leaders are warning that the law puts hong kong's autonomy under threat. the slow seriously undermining to the high degree of photos of your phone current into a detrimental effect on the independence of the tradition and the rule of flow and we troll this decision so what's actually in it while the draft law published earlier this month obliges china and hong kong to establish 2 national security
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bodies both accountable to. 4 types of crimes are listed on or the new law those are secession subversion terrorism and collusion with external forces which could endanger national security ok let's delve a little bit further into this i'm happy to say professor wang when from china's renmin university joins us live now good to see you the law has been passed on the other verse sri wang of the british handover of hong kong to china is beijing sending a signal with that. yes as you know tomorrow is a july 1st and why china want to pass the law before the july 1st just to want to want their china determination to save god its sovereignty and get into greedy and also china is to tell the water that hong kong has returned to
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china on july 1st or 997 and china also has a national. preparedness a cutie or hong kong to hong kong as a part of the china so it's a very natural for china to to end a national office hong kong so the hong kong people are very well in there so are there 1400000000 chinese people so i'm very i'm wondering why the u.s. who want to stop it why i thought many. people want to stop it and so are they have no basis for us to be hones acuteness thank you so for many chinese if the. many so where are you from congress you know what one of the main aspects of this wiring is that china's justification is that it's safe guards national security but is that actually valid because hong kong it was hardly a lawless i post in the 1st place was it. yeah i think
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it's a mis very. misperception between china and the western societies. the. whole is to protect one country 2 system. of hong kong so i think i think the western society as well as. government should trust to trying to trust a future under the background of the law you know you mentioned one country 2 systems principle there are going to be questions about that because the details are yet to be published but how can that principle be possible if this if this is an act an across the board measure being implemented. i'm sorry i mean you don't know where we are but i can get i'm going to keep it 11
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country 2 systems and always be by don't b.c. you can all hong kong and also the home concert putu. i would just difficulty their. voice heard over there a little bit of a delay in the line you're going to want to know more than me in light way. yes yes just just to finish off just will try because the line isn't great that washington began the limiting hong kong special status which it has under us law for trade another business what other retaliatory actions do you think the us could impose here you have a line not great there we've been speaking to whine when from china's renmin
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university we'll just leave it there as the line isn't exactly great. let's move on with the program they come paid to topple statues of figures link with historical racism has landed a 20 year old american student in courts on vandalism charges he's one of 4 accused of trying to tear down the statue in washington 19th century president jackson over his role in forcing indigenous tribes off their land donald trump since promised to issue a special order to protect monuments let's not you to another american president theodore roosevelt's also saw a protest on sunday little different though this time around it was a gathering to protect it after new york's national history museum decided to use a controversial monument its entrance the broadens of roosevelt is flanked by a native american enough or can munch on this criticized by some for glorifying
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colonialism the questions are being asked worldwide on how best to remember our past and whether hiding history good or bad is the best solution germany believes it may have the answer to god as peter olcott of course. when it comes to assessing and dealing with difficult periods of history germany has more experience than most but we haven't seen the type of scenes here that have played out in the united states britain belgium.
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bullet germany isn't without its own controversial statues on. von bismarck has been dogged with red paint in hamburg while as an ongoing campaign to block the renovation of another monument to the iron chancellor in the port city bismarck wasn't just crucial in german unification he was also a driving force in colonialism and by today's standards an anti semite here in berlin zeland of district anime as hassam in 1920 s. depiction of a needling black woman was decapitated last week hasim and remains controversial in germany he was a committed nazi and despite that fact his works continue to be displayed across the german capital this particular monument had been slated for removal by city authorities who'd already deemed it earlier this year on suitable for display in the city of belin. and if it had no birth society cannot exist with this kind of
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bigotry and prejudice you cannot live together if you do not treat each other equally people shouldn't be discriminated against based on the color of their skin so what happens to start choosing germany that no longer justify exhibition well here in berlin they've got just the place for them the spandau citadel although the 16th century fortress has its own troubled past it was used as a chemical weapon storage by the nazis but i suppose it was to bring those that you to a museum to show it is an example of racism these mistakes are not repeated this racial stereotype should not be demonstrated on the streets but in a museum where we could demonstrate it to people within context as we move through the exhibition we see hundreds of years of prussian military strongman into monuments of naziism the 3rd reich didn't really do sculpture but this castle which was one of few described by hitler is irreplaceable the nazis preferred buildings
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as their monuments to time and there's plenty of those still visible in modern belin. one of the most high catching in this collection of discarded start juice is this gigantic granite head of blood to me at lennon it's all that remains of a 19 monument that was built in 1970 to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth. in the united states and also in great britain there are discussions in the moment about what to do with dismantle memorials but here we have already found a possible solutions for memorials that are so to speak toxic if you put them in a museum that doesn't mean it's over we put them here so that people can continue to pay attention to them but in a different context germany is often cited as the example to follow when it comes to assessing periods of history troubling to modern sensibilities even if there are
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2 named after nazi field marshall when rubble that the german military calls home to this day they glossed over as they don't fit the particular narrative because history has a tendency not to be as neat as we might like it when it's really examined peter all over r.t. berlin. much of the u.k. is starting to emerge from months of lockdown but the brakes have been put on in the english city of leicester people there are facing renewed restrictions after a troubling spike in infections health secretary. told m.p.'s how serious he believes the problem still is. having taken clinical advice on the actions necessary and discuss them with the local team in leicester and leicestershire we've made some difficult but important decisions but more people follow the rules the faster we'll get control of this virus and get us to back to normal we'll keep
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all of these local measures on the review and we will not keep them in place any longer than is necessary we'll review whether we can release any measures in 2 weeks' time. well what is known is the non-essential shops on schools will be closed on travel is this courage to extra cash is being sent to support people in self isolation the restrictions will be legally enforced it means the people of leicester one of the u.k.'s most ethnically diverse cities will have to watch behind closed doors as the rest of britain opens up on social distancing is relaxed we talked to people in leicester about how the longer locked on might affect. the group with respects open the street the street and. we love all hope we're really excited to get christmas blockade we don't want to get christmas it's not going to be safe to do so try to block supplies the outside area follow a group of guidelines because we want people to think we want people to feel safe
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and know that we care about a woman's dream. who are in a boat people. when they feel safe. and have all right please because we were being careless so we want people safe way to follow were good but. just what the government is trying to do. being a mixed message not completely. just doing. perhaps the british the national go to sort of course you know how. it's going to be dreadful for businesses. trying to save the lives of one. this is a long president just simply never happened he mocks up a lot so. this is. trying to keep the wheels turning in the us presidential election during a pandemic the democrats push for postal voting in the primary polls object to
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having the republicans who claim it is open to voting for want to be bricked are not story after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. ah no no crow. no shots. actually felt. well it's true
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no 1st. point show your thirst for action. the primary purpose of history is to understand the past as a guide to understanding the present and future history should not be deemed as feeling goodness now is it because a lot of history is faithful and changed so how should we find the right balance is not a true sign of life it's. a look at a high end shopping center as being a evacuated in the business district in the west of piracy off reports that an armani has been spotted inside these are live pictures now from outside the shopping center as you can see quite a number of police vehicles but people also seemingly moving around quite freely the area had been swiftly cordoned off r.t.
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sharla dubin ski is in the french capital forest just outside the shopping center indeed charlie how big a police operation is under way there right now on what details are emerging about the morning's incident. when it seems that the police operation over there now in. was a large operation that took place over the last few hours here outside this shopping center in loud to full switches in the west it sounds side to the ring around paris that was because a few hours ago they received a call from a member of the public who said that they had seen an individual what appeared to be a gun and a kalashnikov it was described to us when not information came through and as well operational soldiers in the area of vacua eating at the shopping center behind me and also at the train station which is just underneath the side where i am standing
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at the moment we saw armed police offices which videos were going viral on social media advancing along the coast as they were looking for this individual they had been alluding to about the operation last year around 2 hours where they part by part dissected this area looking for this individual that they were alerted to however it seems nobody has been found and as a result of that the operation has now ended and as you can see things are getting slowly back to normal here very busy area like the falls it has this massive shopping center here it's also where there is a lot of industry and buildings around and a huge train station as well so a huge operation to evacuate everybody to make sure that people were safe but it seems that that alert this morning to the police was a false alarm and that operation is now. charles thanks very much for bringing us
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right up to date our tea party correspondent charlotte. motor march in detroit turned violent after a police vehicle sped away through a crowd of protesters who had surrounded the car and smashed the window for police chiefs launched an investigation stating that the officers will remain on duty we're about to show graphic video of the incident as officers forcibly tried to get away in their s.u.v. . and there is still deep seated anger towards officers in some cases it's preventing them from doing their job on record early retirements have been seen to in the last number of months this video shows new york police having glass bottles thrown at them while responding to a call of shots being fired the city's largest police union said the murder city
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council speaker should be held responsible for surrendering this city. in missouri this armed couple emerged in front of their munchen locked and loaded pointing their weapons at b.l.m. protesters who had entered a private street they were believed to be marching towards the home of st louis vera cruz certain congress wants her to quit she publicly read all of the names and addresses of people calling for police before. the antiwar activists are a florida is from the international action center believes the current violence in the u.s. is no surprise it's rooted in the history of the nation. while the violence has gone on from the founding of the very beginning of the united states i mean this is a country built on slavery and the genocide of the indigenous people so violence is the me wounded how long this upsurge will go on. i think everyone
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who is taking part in it can only hope that it continues and goes on and on and goes deeper and see how widespread it is and the see what the confrontation is this growing complication is extremely serious. now the u.s. democratic primary elections are into a key stage 3 states are about to hold. there are ballots with 2 of them fully geared up for postal voting to reduce footfall in polling stations during the demick meal in boats of the rival republicans worry the big think it will ultimately cost them presidential votes come november because of the potential for fraud kill up opens being looking at the political division over what should simply be a safer way to vote. the pandemic turned democratic primary of the united states into a mass many new yorkers say that voting was a nightmare today some people never got their absentee ballots and others waited in
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line for hours long lines missing ballots and locked doors as election officials struggled to keep up with turnout new york and 4 other states faced a challenging day of voting on tuesday long lines delays and confusion across new york city voters were given incomplete and incorrect balance confusion in voting stations and fears that the elderly may not risk going out in order to vote has caused the democrats to push mail in ballots as an alternative this becomes a health issue local mail is that more democratic tickets people more options that removes obstacles and barriers to voting which is what we want to do voting by at home but there appear to be some pretty big problems with this magical solution. mail in voting on the other hand will lead to the most corrupt election in usa history bad things happen with mail ins just look at the special election in paterson new jersey 1000 percent of ballots
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a fraud donald trump never hesitates to take a swing at the democrats but if you look into the facts he may be on to something and last week 4 democrats in new jersey were arrested for illegal possession of mail in ballots video has already surfaced a campaign materials being dumped into the garbage in texas and the postal workers union is not shy about where it will stand when it comes in november. donald trump's policies have made it abundantly clear that he is a serious threat to our decent postal jobs oh unions and to the rights of the people to a public postal service joe biden has committed to support the postal service and its dedicated postal workers our union will continue to help build the movement to defend the public postal service and win a more just society meanwhile trump supporters are concerns that the mail in ballots may be used to freak the vote against them come november militia groups are
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already floating ideas about what to do if they don't like the election results if there's evidence that the vote was rigged to manipulate it i consider that grounds for open rebellion we'll take our arms and our counsel and reclaim this country and all rights if you try to do this at the ballot box and it doesn't work you go to the bullets thank the united states loves to go around the world criticizing countries claiming that their electoral system and voting process is illegitimate however many look at the democratic primary in the voting so far in 2020 and say it's a bit of a disaster and many are quite worried about what might happen in november at the heart of the debate is really is that the democrats. made it easier on and you open up the ad and there's more people bill and ashley that's better than the democrats . the republicans on the other hand the that there's so much other fraud going on
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on. a small number of people she. was and that actually is in the interest so you want your vote counts on coal in curse you know to i think that that most ups are like the sultry way that you know what american citizens are obviously a country it's complete. the best way it's going to be all he said and funny. from north to south america where brazil injured its worst ever week for new coronavirus cases public pressure on president bush to quit as seen more protests in major cities and beyond there have been more than 1300000 infections and over 58000 deaths that are on the local level mirrors and governors have taken quarantine measures but the president continues to tell people to ignore the advice
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saying the economy cannot handle it the protesters say he said threat to democracy . the. european league. leaders decoded 19 is a risk to his own to our lives and our since the both sonora government and he must be stopped. with. the. things. we. do. not say. in our in office in leading the government it's not.
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easy. to. go on. when seen interest from several sectors of what you saw that pulls this was doesn't seem wise to me as everyone who is including the protocol and even before the ball is the one who was doing that we'll tell you no good plus kept us thinking on of themselves while the people get done over it will be difficult to guess who model for office but not impossible. some news for us here at our to the monkey who's being the voice of the network since launch a former translator to solve leader nikita krushchev george what's he passed away earlier this morning born in canada in the 1930 s.
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to russian immigrant parents he grew up during the great depression before moving to his parents'. after the 2nd world war from there he led a remarkable life mixing in senior salvi a town post salvi it circles and rubbing shoulders with presidents diplomats and history makers from right across society to us here at r.t. he was the on mistake about voice at the network on a much loved friend and colleague some pumice mischievous but always happy to help anyone here with a few kind wise words 'd 'd 'd. george what's the legendary voice of authority who died
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earlier this choose they and this video is from a tribute to george's long legacy which we broadcast last year including hearing his remarkable life story in his own words there will be another chance to see 2 whole months the life of george what's in a few hours time here on r t international or you can watch it on you tube i for one. when else shows seem wrong. why don't we all just don't call. me ali yet to see how this day comes to advocate and engagement equals betrayal. went on many find themselves worlds apart when just of the for common ground.
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and in economics you know people talk about socialism what is socialism business idea that labor as a value and that people want to take part in the means of production. starting in the 1980 s. that became obsolete because all wealth was tied to money printing today 2020 so that would be 40 years later this phenomenon 1st so called activists labor rights activists and workers are getting out that the problem is not the means of production the problem is the money printers and they're taking action .
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