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just a minute. pleasure to have your company on r.t. international. in the shadow of his presidential predecessors that moment rushmore donald trump took aim at people wanting to terror dawn monuments in an address on the eve of independence day he also decried the rise of quote far left fascism this year's 4th of july celebrations come with the backdrop of weeks of racism protests and riots which have seen demonstrators seek to remove or destroy statues only to

slavery. our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history to fame our heroes a race of values and indoctrinate our children angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders to face our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave 'd of violent crime in our cities. a few hours before the address there was a standoff between the national guard on protesters led by native american activists more than 100 block the road leading to the trumpet riot police shelled smoke shells on their feet every road 15 protesters were arrested as the deadline set for them to leave the hospital. so this year there are likely to be a few mixed emotions as americans mark their history on

a perhaps means you questions over traditional symbols more enough known from quarter. the 4th of july is a time for barbecues fireworks and of course the american flag a time when americans are exceptionally proud to be well american and for decades leaders have used the occasion to proclaim that their part of the greatest country around america is the greatest country in human history great country on earth that america is the greatest country on the face of the earth but this year people apparently are not buying it recent polls suggest only 17 percent of americans can confidently say that they're proud of the current state of their homeland and who can blame them this year's 4th of july falls on a day when economic recession a global pandemic and nationwide protests against institutionalized racism all plague the country the us desperately need solutions and the people desperately need a holiday but for some criticizing july 4th symbols of patriotism seems to be on

the top of the agenda. many are calling to switch the national anthem from the star spangled banner to america the beautiful supporters of the change say that the current anthem is racist since its composer own slaves and some of its original lyrics were no doubt outrageously bigoted but most americans rarely ever made that association in the 1st place. flying the flag on independence day has been as american as apple pie for as long as memory serves but this summer the stars and stripes are feeling the heat thank you. thank you.

over a 1000000 means even signed a petition to replace the flag with this version of america's most patriotic symbol of course it was slow. clee not intended to be taken seriously but the sentiment remains. the founding fathers another icon americans can easily identify with they declared that all men are created equal and endowed with inalienable rights but in 2020 many have been more concerned with their slave owning past and the statues built in their name have come under assault because of it washington parks a monument to its namesake is just the latest in the city to get painted over there in baltimore at the george washington memorial and statue in drill park you can see how it's been built allies with red paint on the words destroyed races another statue in portland has been taken down by protesters this time george washington video and social media also shows them lighting it on fire america's latest on rest against police brutality is not the 1st time we've seen how

a country's past can influence the president in a negative way but will attacking national symbols that serve to unite americans on independence day fix those problems or will they serve to further divide a nation that seems to be ripping apart at the seams it very well could end up being dangerous and you could see us going back to things that we don't want to go back to you could see as forgetting about things that we don't want to forget about you know maybe statues and in different types of symbols that might need to be removed but if we leave it up to the looks of it will go basically it will go crazy i mean because we've got people on the left who are trying to tear down abraham lincoln and other members of the union so it's not just the confederacy some of them are just seeking to to cause damage and destruction our nation has been very divided over the past 3 or 4 or 5 years or so it's been a lot of those that are next it's been a lot of the fringes fighting in the loudest on each side of you know story so it

has caused a divide and i think it will take some time to get back to a sense of normalcy and to mend the rift that's the. case that side for the 2nd night in 3 days police in portland in the state of oregon the cleared protest there to be a riot. yeah the latest night soul violence break out when a group of protesters set fire to some wood outside the justice police say several people started fires as well as its side the center of the streets or rocks were through and projectiles with sling shots at officers well. well the reputation of american police now has taken a major blow really over the past month with calls to defy or despond forces it's heading to a recent survey of officers find that a staggering 80 per cent of officers would not encourage their children to enter

a career in law enforcement at the other sites 7 and a half percent a paltry amount said that they would some of the main reasons listed for that include a lack of support from bosses but it's not only that let's go through some of the other reasons to an overall lack of respect for the profession something we've been hearing more and more whenever we've got guests on the program concerns for officer safety however ray lewis is a retired philadelphia police captain who would recommend joining the police why let's take a listen. officers that are not encouraging young people to go into law enforcement are those officers who are afraid of accountability. they fear being held to the high standards of the job and so far they've had free reign and been able to do what they want when they want and now that's and it right there is no respect and

there should not be until it's earned ice there are 19 of my years in the belly of the beast in the ghetto so sooner or economically depressed black areas and that historically these people have seen and heard a police brutality be there in them their family their names we've heard their relative that it was only their spend police brutality since day one but net and now what i consider one of the greatest inventions ever is those videos sell from white america is waking up because now all that they heard all their life is being contradicted by what they see i would absolutely encourage anybody to join the police force because it's a changing police force now the new police force forces are going to be held much

more accountable to be responsible to their communities and there is no more rewarding job then a police officer. across the atlantic to him in where police and revelers an illegal block party class just as they government began lifting some of the coronavirus locked on restrictions at least 7 officers were injured thora te's attempted to break the on licensed music here rave in west london on friday night police had to run for it after crowds said valving suspected gang members began helping them with bricks and bottles gatherings in england are still limited to 6 people despite the latest easing up a lockdown not seen pubs and restaurants reopen psalms restaurants cinemas other public places to were allowed to open at midnight but bars have to wait until 6 am

a few customers take advantage to get a boozy breakfast all the newly reopened businesses must adhere to the rules on masks on physical distancing which is reduced from 2 metres to one metre prime minister boris johnson encouraged people to start getting the right to support the hospitality industry but to also be curfew. dr only succeeded in controlling the virus because everyone worked together. and we will only succeed in releasing if everyone works together again because we're not out of the woods yet but i will certainly buy and drink a pint but not a yard and i really do need to repeat the message to everybody and this is a big turning point for us we've got to get it right let's let's work together and enjoy some safety is at the right time to all for how to look people early. you know there are certain areas you got to hold us to communities from as little.

different my concern. on the fact. that decision to what. has been done on a saturday. without any thought given to the emergency services to look. out at. what could we not have tried to have a pilot one of the few of us to see how things were reacting with the already or welcoming both of the social distancing majors but looking 2nd has always been on the cards and the recent below it is that even with the best estimates we suspect that anything between 80 to 90 percent got pollution of the united kingdom has not been exposed to cook that we can't just well but not enough. but it will go back and all of. this is normal but you know there's a big risk. area of spain's care saloni or has been part back on her

lockdown after a surge in coronavirus case says authorities in say the decision to keep over 200000 people at home just weeks after the nation began easing restrictions was a difficult one. i guess this will do in the last hours and day we've seen an exponential growth in the number of infections and that's prompted us to take action it's a difficult decision the government must prioritize lives and the health of peoples and will take all the necessary measures. are slowly her scream all of the worst affected regions by covert 19 with more than $12.00 and. now is being placed back on her lockdown saw a new cases more than doubled in the past week some 200 police officers are being deployed to help enforce checkpoints local save the move was it's. a fair bet that i thought this is right because we have too many spikes too many infractions and

eventually they would have to close off the region and more will come it seems this is necessary because we're seeing what's of kill says this is a good decision spain has europe's 4th highest death toll itself from across the virus 28000 and a quarter of a 1000000 confirmed cases the move to reimpose restrictions in cast lonia comes as spain has been reopening its borders and welcoming tourists for the summer holidays a spanish doctor we spoke to believes a selective strategy is needed but worries the tourism lead to a bigger issue. ensure i believe that given the current circumstances this is the only option going back to a talk with supplies the whole country is not going to go the other issues here is that the e.u. countries are about to go on their own since the start of the look now the $27.00 countries have opened. except to americans. but there's still the brits used to

visit special moments with little or no screaming it's very important to even debate the need for a biological passport or to at least require a virus to 3 days before any trip within europe. around the world for some use in brief starting in seattle which has seen a hit and run incident involving 2 block lives protesters after a driver sped through a freeway close for demonstrations we must warn you you may find the images leading up to the instant the being the vehicle struck. 2 women in the road who flew into the air before landing on the ground one has life threatening injuries the other is in a serious condition the car was stopped and the driver taken into custody. absolutely tragically in me unmarked least $162.00 people killed after a landslide headed jade mine there it's all known at this stage how many more could be missing is a tsunami of mud swept over workers at the site rescue services were seen

transporting victims aren't at the flooded pit officials say dozens of people have also been hospitalized. just as a battle against severe flooding and mudslides at least 2 people are known to be dead as a result in the south of the country and more than a dozen remain missing many citizens were left stranded on rooftops waiting to be rescued all around 75000 people were asked to evacuate homes as the heavy storms set in. still ahead on the program facebook admits letting 3rd party developers improperly access personal data on it's not the 1st time we break down what that means for users after the break.

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it in minutes past the hour you're back with r.t. international. saying it's something that 2 sculptures it say's belong to the country's igbo community have been auctioned off in part us the country maintains they were stolen during the 1960 civil war but the auction has christie's insists the sale was legitimate. objects to being lawfully sold having been publicly debated and previously sold over the last decades prior to christie's involvement the curator of nigeria's national museum says the work should be repatriated and compensation paid to he also appealed to other auction houses to stop sales of artifacts suspected of being looted during the war evoking the block lives a modern movement

a petition to try and stop the christie's auction said that racial injustice applies not only to the black body but to black culture and identity the sale went ahead anyway with the 2 wooden figures selling for nearly a quarter of a $1000000.00 a member of nigeria's national commission for museums told us there's no doubt that dealers pocketed trophies of war. these cultures that i was particularly interested in were taken in they did 6869 while there was a civil war going on in a chair and these were stolen. from down original owners and shipped across the border. where the european dealers well we didn't for them and pretty much what christie's was saying is that it was not european dealers that stole the objects from the original owners and they are free to sell

them in other words it's all ok to sell the west only by someone else this is basically what that clearly and i think that is rum i don't think that that can be sustained in any legal proceeding. to a story we're closely following facebook has admitted letting 3rd party developers and properly access users personal data again the companies repeatedly promised to clean up its act but thousands of apps have continued gathering user data long after they stop using them checking to get looks into why the social media giant are partly is not learning from past mistakes. facebook might want to go ahead and make their motto sorry about that just to save us all some time it'll come as a surprise to no one but there's once again that been a privacy breach of the book this time it's nothing earth shattering but the company does estimate around $5000.00 developers were able to gather information on

users long after they were meant to in 2018 we now said we would automatically expire and apps ability to receive any updates to this information if our systems didn't recognize the person as having used the app within the last 90 days the recently we discovered that in some instances apps continue to receive the data we fix the issue to day after we found it that was also mentioned multiple times in the blog post that users did initially give permission for their info to be collected so it's not only the company's fault that they didn't cut it off like they promised right and you do have to get facebook credit for trying to be more proactive about these issues but how many more apologies are people meant to accept this was a major breach of trust we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake it was my mistake and i'm sorry and i'm sorry for it but i'm sorry and i'm really sorry that this happened apparently sorry doesn't seem to be the

hardest work plus there were these ads bought in major u.s. and u.k. newspapers that said things like we have a responsibility to protect your information if we can't we don't deserve it the irony about that was all among the cambridge analytical scandal when there was an estimated 50000000 users that had their information a good word up for profit now after that about a year later a sucker bird tried to turn things around by announcing his vision for a privacy focused social media experience i believe we should be working towards a world where people can speak privately and live freely knowing that their information will only be seen by who they want to see it and won't all stick around for ever. if we can help move the world in this direction i will be proud of the difference we have made and yet the issues keep on coming which means trust will keep on falling i want to stop the question of 3rd party advertisers or developers then it's an issue of features that the company itself made and has to apologize

for really mass does one up somehow we missed this point with news feed in many feet and we didn't build in the proper privacy controls right away this was a big mistake when our part and i'm sort of for it. we have made a lot of mistakes building this feature but we have made even more with how we have handled them we simply did a bad job with this release and i apologize for it broken record much and yet the list goes on and on and on this article actually breaks it all down from the very beginning before the company was even called facebook and yet here we are again but really what else can you expect from a company that works on an advertising based business model meaning those companies need your private information in order to properly target you and they're willing to pay anything for that and honestly do we really get to be mad anymore for me once shame on you fool me every other week well at least some things in life are predictable. and measures in germany now i've seen some sex workers

in protest in berlin among. these being lifted the rally was organized by the sex workers union and brothel operators association demonstrators were holding signs open the brothel to let us work the ban was imposed back in march as part of the measures to fight the crew of the virus pandemic now the rally comes those restrictions on sex work in neighboring countries are actually being gradually lifted in the netherlands for wall brothels reopened on july the 1st with some restrictions that was 2 months earlier than originally planned when the bomb was introduced though in mid march there are many in the sex trade struggled as an activist at the prostitution information center in amsterdam explained to. a lot of sex or. who are constructing in. this company is doing

sex but it's also. legal s.s.i. i know from level sex or are those who've been from their homes a little shack circus who decided it's too late to get in one of our friends like 6 or 8 sex workers to get our involvement our month because they could have paid our reds any more for it and fish particular sector far. too much she couldn't pay her rent. could have profound for her children any more. she didn't see a way out basically just why she killer so i think that's just. it's such a pity because. she could've been helped by the dutch government but the dutch government still decides through to help them mind multinationals doing stuff and

yes lots of sex workers should be for what they are. many within the erotic industry have lost the intelligence during the cold at 19 and although the dutch government did provide financial support many sex workers were actually not eligible for it foxy angel again tells us how this system where. if there are any kind of contracts are they come by step to paris hearing how long. they can get some funding from the fund only governments in during this fire but when you're working from that with the up thing into a stone you go to work places like the brothels the sex clubs and the escorts. r us i'm going to give you some said you know they were not acknowledged by their governments as being part of. opting in so yeah those people do have to write my me. well obvious how

the world of news is shaping up on this the 1st sunday of july the newsroom just behind the camera there are busy putting together all the latest updates. i'll bring them to you in 30 hope you can join me to see some. before. all of club became a household now states and other world over. washington ceased to be a city that. tended toward the compromised by what is a sure national interest people talk about gridlock in congress hear people talk about. their rights. radicals in both bodies. this. is solid bipartisan

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afshin rattansi we're going underground is u.k. prime minister boris johnson allows pubs to pull pints for the british public while still under the influence of the worst per capita g 8 coronavirus death count in the world coming up on the show as u.k. prime minister barak johnson installs another arguable yes man into the heart of british politics his biography matters favorite t.v. show yes minister still writing the rule book about the british civil service from coronavirus to the economy we speak to the co-creator of yes minister is the humphrey appleby jonathan lynn about whether politicians have given up speaking truth to power and in the week of that may have putin's fundamental constitutional

referendum victory across a 65 percent positon out in the russian federation is russia really a democracy at all we speak you know i'm trying to keep raised author of the peter environ orcus professor richard stockwell all this is all coming up in today's going underground at 1st the most famous publisher in the world julian assange and wiki leaks turned 49 in a london high security prison yesterday despite having been convicted of no crime and the united nations accusing the british government of torturing him and its global demonstrations against the u.k. government's human rights record prime minister boris johnson chose this week to attack china over human rights we stand for groups and obligations and that is the sound of space bases for our international relations and be an absolute position of this national security law constitutes a clear and serious breach of the sign of british joint declaration so what is the coronavirus recovering british prime minister going to do about a new ongoing national security law that arguably.