this thursday morning 2nd of july here without international or for a week long vote on changes to the russian constitution early results show almost 80 percent of voters back the amendment. enough is enough police clear the self-proclaimed economist protests in seattle for a series of shootings and repeated by a. popular pro trump forum is pulled from the discussion website read it over claims of hate speech coming up to then we look at how the social networks being pulled between public and political scrutiny. and is yes racist because the white pieces move 1st well the strategy is national broadcasters accused of trying to stoke conflict with the debate over it

a former leading player says the networks exploiting the racial debate. between western democracies there is an agenda to push for increased racial tension and the a.b.c. tried to jump on the bandwagon by including. good morning from russia for me on the t.v. heard artie's world news center today i'm kevin i'm with this hour's update for you at 1st then a week of voting across russia has seen the nation decide on a raft of wide ranging amendments to the constitution with nearly all ballots now counted 78 percent voted in favor with around 21 percent against overall turnout appears to have been around 65 percent 1st of their correspondent sounds good tara let me go down off across the final day of polling along with you neal in the studio. while all 100000 polling stations across russia's vast

11 time zones have officially closed meaning that the vote on the changes to the russian constitution has come to an end and what an unconventional vote it has beena meant to take place in april it was perspire and due to the coronavirus than for security reasons it was made into this mammoth week long voting process that stretched from the 25th of june until the fust of july it's still people mostyn gloved up voting in polling stations voting online voting on either you're there or where there have been some protests i believe in moscow also sent petersburg as well while this is the main protest against the amendments proposed in the russian constitution behind me are those people who have come here to the sort of a traditional plays to the traditional venue for the russian opposition to vent their anger it has been a completely peaceful rally no detentions no arrests no scuffles or anything of the

sort in fact initially there were there were more journalists than those who have come to genuinely protests also a police presence of course and that perhaps was some of the most interesting things about this particular rally because here is the very 1st encounter between the police and the protesters here are honoring. 9 or a player so indeed this was the only action the police the russian police have taken they were giving out masks like these to anyone who left there's that old who just decided to come without one also an order 100 of people showed up in st petersburg to show their opposition to the amendments as world so again a very peaceful rally here where people show that anger. the results of the vote

just bringing all some of those points that eager was going through the sun is there a feeling among those who've been hitting the polls to the overwhelming issue that voters are getting behind or it's a generally this is the constitution this is the package this is what we want to have or say all this purpose white house really engage people not is of course reflected in the tun out 60 percent which might not sound like a lot but actually it is much higher than we have historically seen hey and rush out with similar votes but it was not an easy decision for the people at all and i think that was in great part due to the oil nothing the 13th scheme the fact that people had to verify the fuel or against the entire package of amendments and that was of course an astonishing 147 of the what they do if they loved 145 of them but really disliked 2 of the that was a real conundrum and i think really left people to liberating internally but i think what could have swayed it in the yes direction was the fact that the package

of social amendments found incredibly white to appeal things like adjusting the pension in line with inflation providing financial support for low income families and ensuring that the that the minimum wage never what the know the cost of living so these are the kinds of things that affect everyone's day to day life since really would have pulled people out to the polling stations that's not to say that this vote has been without its control to seize the one amendment proved to be particularly polarizing and that was the one potentially concerting applied to make the current rules state that a russian president can solve 2 times in a row that means he could take a break and then come back an amendment would change that to 2 tubs full stop much like in america but what proved to be the most controversial was the so-called zeroing out or a flight to make putin's previous tabs meaning that he gets a clean slate and so could potentially run in the future. and that was what left

a lot of people decided as to how to vote so a big day here for russian politics as a constitution that has been in place since 1993 really shows its ability to adapt and take on new and challenging geopolitical realities here peculiar poll one of the moment you mentioned the reset of the current presidential terms it means for them of putin could potentially run for another 12 years of his current men's something that's been bothering western media more than any other proposed a moment. vladimir putin run for office again and that could leave him in the kremlin until 2036 should he want to try his critics say it's just a blatant power grab main issue resetting presidential term limits potentially allowing putin to remain in power up until 2036 he wanted the sort of the gloss the veneer of popular approval to legitimize their sphere of which is pretty brazen media are attracted by the easiest message the extracted message is

all the president want to stay here for 2036 and sometimes they are not so many any. starting complex framework legal framework like a constitution to find what really is important for the future of the country and for the society the normal people living in russia i found many many points where you still show reforms that he's the rule all women and also the new balance of power would have deserved more attention but that the it's you know the good news is no news that some used to say i reject these i started your project 'd our constitution then i found something very

interesting. also the small in place of clear the celtic later thomas protests though in seattle that to this occupied the area which became known as chop after police moved out of the precinct building the campaign a saying they'd hoped to create a peaceful police free utopia but that peace didn't last long in the 3 weeks of protests the zone saw 4 shootings 2 of them fatal the been reports of assaults burglaries and even rape the protesters some armed were all they could face. arrest if they didn't leave over 30 have been detained seattle police released videos of some of the violence. oh my god. this moves. well at 1st the man wanted to leave the activist to protest but then she was later

forced to take action. how long do you think seattle in those few blocks looks like this. i knew we could have the summer globes the deteriorating conditions and repeated gun violence required us to immediately address public safety concerns it was clear that many individuals would not leave and public safety could not be improved until they did leave the maze decision then came up to protesters marched on her home demanding police funding be cut off low clouds massage words in ski watch the police move protesters all. outside of the pine street entrance of chop right now where a bunch of police have set up a barricade and the protesters are now beginning to gather not just. their block in the street trying to cause a little bit more awareness and the officers took that as an opportunity to simply enforce their version of law. oh yeah i want.

the police came in to chop and ousted the remaining people who were staying there does that have around 32 arrests from your perspective what exactly happened basically i was that far and. far and. it all started when bang bang bang screams and. you know. there were a couple individuals who were speaking loudly red megaphone were doing the crowd energized to actually bringing people in off the streets and. the cops in a little bike brigade actually charged targeted those people arresting them individually and throwing them into the back of cop cars the far end of chalk. not too long ago there were a bunch of tents in these areas there were people you know out just living but. within 5 hours. everyone has been evacuated you know like you had

a. pretty tough myself right down. my neck just burnt down and up. her friend you know i don't think anybody in seattle did not see this coming ever since the string of 45 shootings that have. recently found out that the last shooting there was a 14 of a 16 year old kid who were killed so charles has actually been relatively empty and relatively quiet past couple days but i think that this morning it was. the cops who decided that it was time to put an end to it there's a lot of demoralization right now especially in the crowd of protesters because i think a lot of people are taking this a bit of a loss because they see where. 2 this entire idea. seems to have not only but come to an

end. the social networks are under intense all around scrutiny right now on getting a handle on hate speech the discussion website reddit there's the latest to make a move it's banned a large protests for him saying it's violated the rules our senior correspondent or ghastly of takes a look at whether the axe is falling because of public offense or maybe political pressure. it's a sad state of affairs isn't it what's happening to the internet to the discussion increasingly no one month stay here an opinion that isn't theirs or that they don't agree with even recognize it specially the ed who changed by that is reddit which is just bad in the internet's largest community of donald trump's supporters group it is a place for community and belonging not through attacking people who don't old has been in violation of one could direct reddit see take a look at the hundreds of ads he trump groups

a tidal wave of bile but what's the point it isn't hate if they agree with it which is what users are now saying this ban wave that included the donald targeted mostly conservative voices read it's been a bunch of mostly irrelevant sub thread it is just a cover to ban the donald which was the largest pro-american community on the internet reddit just banned 2000 separate it's almost exclusively right leaning channels censorship is very real i do not support but the censorship he species subjective into what that's ok read it isn't public property it's a private enterprise they can do whatever they want bad whoever they want at the same time radical left sub right it's where people can organize harassment and attacks and pump out vile hate those communities thrive the way conservatives see

it what reddit and other tech companies are doing isn't about protecting minorities it's about using minorities as an excuse to shut up trump and his predominantly white american supporters you can't make this monstrous. prejudice up big tech is well out of control twitter and other social media platforms targeting their bias against president trump and conservatives on line big tax is out of control filled with hubris and flagrantly silencing those with whom they disagree from conservative media organizations to the president of the united states senator cruz by the way along with millions of conservatives of looking to paula a website that dubs itself as an unbiased alternative to leftist run bread it's an twitters and facebook's and some trump officials are ditching twitter for

a new social media platform which is called pala so paul i'm a big waves claiming to attract $2000000.00 freedom and free speech loving uses in just over 2 weeks what you think happened next that a right wing platform embrace leftist views of the pinions or immediately start banning them exactly like left wing platforms that are battling conservatives. ringback the donald on reddit was a cesspit of barely concealed prejudice it's what i've always see that that is but so is so many radical left soubrette it's like as the fascists of read it the way i

see it the right in the left they deserve each other 2 sides of the same chord both con stand hearing opposing views both con stand a chronology that there are opposing views and big day where it should moderate and help it capitalizes and money. sizes and peoples prejudice and division is a safe space they say apparently a little universe where you can move will only with people like you and be served staler to you and your browsing history and after years and years of this how can people find that surprising that the right and the left simply hate each other isn't a good thing if people running to their corners if people think a poor. public in social networks. know this is not a good little bit of an echo chamber they want to be where the action is and they

want to be able to debate the other side everyone has had it up to their necks with silicon valley we are buyers other charity of americans their attempts to. frame public discourse in this country the cold war we aren't we are and and we have been in a 2nd cold war in this country for a long time it's its internal. use of a bit different chess maybe a game of strategy skill and patients but for australia's national broadcaster it's another poll of the global racism debate the a.b.c. than plan to ask radio audience is is chess racist because white pieces move 1st will go down well with the former head of the australian chess federation for a start was asked to take part in said debate john adams refused and took to twitter to rebuke the a.b.c. saying the taxpayer funded national broadcaster is raising and relevant topics to a pandemic is i was echoed by world class players too like russian grandmaster

anatoly karpov. the period of total insanity has become what does it have in common with the centuries old game. former chess official john adams whose tweets started all this that says the order of who goes 1st has got nothing to do with race and called out the a.b.c. for inflaming racial tensions i was on the phone call the a b c one and to have a discussion about whether they should change the rule because of the current racial context i think it's a big scandal the fact that what goes 1st has nothing to do with race. it all comes down to a convention we should in the late eighty's i think in western democracies there in there is an agenda to push for increased racial tension and the a.b.c. tried to jump on the bandwagon by including chance the fact that the a.b.c. decided to pick chess as a topic i think it fully exposed what their agenda is we don't need more tension would only to divide people i think it's dangerous if we allow our games that have

nothing to do with race to the full size. footnote to that the a.b.c. says it's a has been misunderstood the radio host whose show planned to hold the discussion insists they weren't looking for people to say chess is racist instead james valentine says it was simply looking to create fresh conversation around the world it's 90 minutes past 9 in moscow good morning this is r t coming up as the saudi coalition launches fresh strikes against to see rebels in yemen we visit one of the city's most affected by many years of war now the capital of culture that lies in ruins.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm sure business i'll see you there.

my good morning this pattern upsurge in yemen's drawn out conflict the saudi led coalition has launched a fresh operation against the rebel hoofy movement so the state television saying it's after missiles were fired at the capital riyadh the coalition which classifies who fees as terrorists has been at war with the most is 2015 yemen's civil war's been ongoing for 6 years now and is considered to be the to the u.n. the world's worst humanitarian crisis and this is one of the worst affected cities you're about to see. we haven't had a productivity to the war i abandon my house i was afraid for my children we had to leave after shell hit a harmony play be destroyed and 'd now we have nothing not. yet on the pedals the

base. of the foot the house but they left it does mean in 5 years the war entirely eases left behind destruction on a level in a sense the specially homesick that for them for example on the eastern side of chinese it looks like he's been hit by a hurricane. that hit the damage spreads to public institutions like hospitals and other services in general sideways dozens of institutions and hundreds of 100000 that are destroyed beyond us at the. refugee camp that sprung up in paris has got

a key difference from others in the french capital it's a stand simply there to make a point as local charities played to the authorities that they're abandoning the most vulnerable shiela dubin scheme paid a visit. there is nothing unusual about seeing the new. pope up in paris what's unusual about this one though is that the occupants of these 10 2nd stated by a group of charitable organizations to be unaccompanied for and mine is this income is built it's an attempt by the charities to draw attention to what they view is being a massive problem a lack of support from the french state for well these essentially children who are in a precarious situation they all 1st rate it. enough we should not play to wrong the authorities everyone has their own responsibility we are talking about minors and they should receive social assistance from the state when

their children organizations like doctors without borders say there are around 300 on the company mine is living in the parisienne area they say the absence of state help the basics such as food and shelter means that they have to step in in front individuals who declare themselves to be mine is not the right to come under the protection of welfare services but doctors without borders say that many initial interviews conducted without a translator and identity documents are often dismissed with the youngsters failing to secure the cat from the state. we would lead these young people to be able to exercise the right presumption of minors this means for example if someone says i present myself as an incompetent minor they will be recognized as such until a judge makes

a decision about my age and not just about the need to conduct any assessment appeal process is can be borne out by the time there is a ruling some of the teenagers have. actually become legal adults and it's a just speak because beyond paris last year human rights watch reported on immigrant children being denied protection elsewhere stating this. unaccompanied children arriving in france is all pine region undergo flawed age assessment procedures that deny many access to needed protection during the look down the french child protection secretary tweeted this each young person who requests child welfare will be sheltered state and department who services are mobilized to ensure this the evidence hey at this camp the calls from n.g.o.s and charities suggest that that is simply not the case so let's even skate.

paris. person for my story so far the day our team is online the social media work around the clock of course as ever for you for now though reporting from moscow is kevin owen saying thank you for watching this update rev you're watching around the world have a great day. we

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living in the united states will wake up on july the 1st with no idea how to pay their rent or earn an income in the wake of both the us congress and the trumpet ministrations abject failure to protect and support us during the cold 19 pandemic that my friends will not be the biggest news story of the week or the day no it will not no no no that slot is reserved for yet another helping of russia gate or in this case what bountygate oh actually no you can't use about a gate because that was the new orleans saints a few years back when they put bounties on play ok so obama gets you can't use that anyway some kind of gate will eventually find its way to the end of this round of scandal involving the brand name in chief u.s. president donald trump and of course. the russians as we discussed earlier this week the new york times reported recently that american intelligence officials have

concluded that a russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bonnie's to taliban linked militants for killing callers from forces in afghanistan. including targeting american troops and that the trump white house has done nothing nothing to combat or punish russians russia or russia for these alleged bribes naturally the us mainstream corporate news media ate all this up including ringback our good buddy rachel maddow who much like alex jones talking about day luminati progs went into full fear monger mode what on earth are we supposed to do with there is this dire with with news that has these worst case scenario and locations about the president so dire it's so so dire i mean with all the dire we are facing today this is clearly to rachel maddow the most dire except that like most of the past 4 years of russia gate trump store.