that was. the week's biggest stories from r t russia's refresh the constitution comes into effect after getting solid backing from voters in a challenging weeklong vote. out that handle history's contentious moments with growing moved to take don't start choosing to racism we ask has germany found a solution to protecting the past that tormenting the present. enough is enough seattle police clear the self-proclaimed autonomous protests following deadly shootings and repeated while it's.

good morning i'm kevin. world news h.q. in moscow this sunday is the weekly the big stories have brought you over the last 7 days great to be company 1st then russia over russia's overhauled constitution came into effect on saturday following a weeklong vote which wrapped up on wednesday the majority of voters indorse the changes in some 78 percent in favor from a turnout of around 68 percent so it could tailor followed the final day of polling . now this really was a vote of us the fos time people were in mosques and gloves that they were using disposable patents will can through temperature sconce focusing on law and facade as for the voting process itself while there was a situation west security footage allegedly caught a woman stuffing the ballots now but counting in that area of moscow has been suspended pending an investigation otherwise the central editorial commission says that it found no irregularities that was so many amendments on the table $147.00 in total that it's difficult to decide what it was that ultimately secured public

backing but undoubtedly it's the package of social amendments that house particularly white appeal i'm talking about things like adjusting pensions and laws with inflation and showing that the minimum wage never ever fools below the cost of living as well as giving additional financial support to low income families these proof because they have such a tangible impact on people's day to day lives but that is not to say that this was an easy decision for anyone old that it was without control to see a few amendments proved to be particularly polarizing and one that taint a lot of media traction was considering the so-called zeroing out of president putin's previous tubs paving the way for him potentially if he wanted to do so run again twice as president on top of the some of the more conservative amendments proved to be divisive such as defining marriage so many as a union between a man and a woman reiterating traditional family values as well as mentioning goal despite

the fact that russia is officially a sector the nation but that's him the people themselves and what they have to say i think that it's needed because the current constitution is out of date it is a modern time and even the view of the life is new. why have i come here to vote because i'm a citizen of russia and a green with all of them men means i am not a. ok with them then about 0 in out the presidential term absolutely do not agree with. i became familiar with all of the amendments in the constitutional amendment that's the most important to me is the prevalence of russian row over international the head of the central election commission of says something about voting being like a meal deals you either take everything or you do not take it at all and i already do not like one dish in this meal deal so i will not take everything else i think it is nonsense according to all legal logical and ethical norms i love my country

and you think everything that has been done is right a bit of a mixed bag in terms of reaction and people decide to show that disapproval not just at the polls but also protests peaceful ones in the capital and also in the us and petersburg but true to 2024 it was safety fast. and ultimately though many who put a tick in the yes box would argue that the russia of $9293.00 when this current constitution was born was full of political and economic instability it was still finding its feet after the collapse of the soviet union and that russia is not the same as the russia of 2020 that almost entirely different countries so i think this is just to the changes was born from a desire for the country's top document to move with the times to set russia on a new course and shape its future as envisaged by russians now today and not as

envisaged by russians almost 30 years ago here and organizing a nationwide vote in the biggest country in the world spending 11 time zones and during a pandemic posed more than a few logistical challenges to lead to some creative solutions them. please. please please. please. please please please. please. please. please please please please.

please her. mum. while there was a long list of amendments in the package on offer but it was just one element the got much of the foreign media fired up. russia's parliament basically paving the way for vladimir putin to potentially stay on as russian president he's the longest

serving russian leader since joseph stalin but a lot of your computer wants to stay in power even longer addressing lawmakers afterwards putin said he backed the amendment allowing him to seek another term in office but there are dozens of interesting traditions that should also be discussed and the one that caught my eye was on children the role of children and all phones i explicitly mentioned in one of the constitutional monarch moments which i think is worse while reflecting the russian federation of the year 2020 is in many regards i would say in a different situation than was the country in 1903 when we compare. international circumstances but also of course the national economic and political situation the early ninety's were marked by the implosion of the soviet union marked by the down communists and. it was more about being a fax s.

of the then the russian federation that we have today i think there is a need for. meeting this new circumstances because a constitution is almost a reflection of a society and also of the circumstances of the country it is in so the future of the legislature the parliament in order to respond to this new it's huge and it's. big news too is this the campaign to take start choosing to racism keeping up the pace of the week and while some of the links are a few to pull the vandalism of denmark's little mermaid was heart of the comprehend it was dogged with racist fish although i could see what could be racially insensitive about the homes christian and the some fairy tale still big questions are no being asked worldwide about how best to remember our history the good the

bad people all over explains how germany may just have the answer. 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. ah. ah i. was. but germany isn't without its own controversial statues otto von bismarck has been dogged with red paint in hamburg while as an ongoing campaign to block the

renovation of another monument to the high end 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 and antti see might here in berlin selland off district anomie as hassam in 1920 s. depiction of a needling a black woman was decapitated last week kasem and remains controversial in germany he was a committed nazi and despite the fact his works continue to be displayed across the german capital this particular monument had been slated for removal by city authorities who do already deemed it earlier this year on suitable for display in the city of belin. if it had diverse society cannot exist with this kind of 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 the proposal was to bring news that you to a museum to show it was an example of racism these mistakes are not repeated this racial stereotypes 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 the castle it was one of few described by hitler is irreplaceable the nazis preferred buildings as their monuments to time there's plenty of those still visible in

modern berlin. one of the most i can't change in this collection of discarded start to see is this gigantic granite head of blood to me a lenin it's all that remains of a 19 meet monument that was built in 1970 to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth. in the united states and also in great britain the red discussions of 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 you seem 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 trouble. to modern sensibilities even if there are 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 of r.t. early. part of spain's catalonia region is back on the lockdown after a surge in corona virus cases there the authorities in segro say it was a difficult decision to keep over 200000 people at home just weeks after the nation began easing restrictions. 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 in the health of people and will take all the necessary measures you. lonely has been one of spain's worst affected regions with more than 12000 the area now back under restrictions to see new cases more than double over the past week or 0 to 100 police officers being deployed trying to help in force checkpoints locals say they were braced for the

move. i thought this is right because we had too many spikes too many infractions and eventually they would have to close out of the region in more will come it seems this is necessary because we're seeing what's of cases this is a good decision right now spade ranks 4th in europe for the number of corona virus related deaths at over 28000 the countries logged nearly 300000 cases in total spain had been moving to reopen its borders to attract much needed to wristing income during the peak of the summer season while spanish doctor we spoke to believes that selective strategy is needed now but worries to a tourism boom could lead to a bigger problem. ensure my belief that given the current circumstances this is the only option going back to a total lockdown that supplies the whole country is not the way to go the other issues here is that the e.u.

countries have acted on their own since the start of the lock down now the $27.00 countries have opened their borders except to americans brazilians and russians but there's still allowed the british to enter and visit spanish islands with little or no screening it's very important to either debate the need for a biological passport so to at least require a virus test 3 days before any trip within europe. put a lot of the morning here in moscow this sunday good morning wherever your chosen dana i'm kevin know ignore the week's top stories to come including this one chess is it racist because the white pieces move 1st we asked in the wake of straightly as national broadcaster thought it was going to make a radio talking point instead it's accused of inflaming racial tension we've got the story and more with the weekly but. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the

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i get morning chess may be a game of strategy skill and patience but frustration as national broadcaster this week it became another poll in the global racism debate the a.b.c. plan to ask radio audiences is chess racist because white pieces moved 1st well it didn't go down well for a start with a former australian chess federation rep who was asked to take part in the debates john adams refused and took to twitter instead to rebuke the a.b.c. saying the taxpayer funded national broadcaster is raising relevant topics during a pandemic is anger was echoed by world class players like russian grandmaster anatoly karpov to. the period of total insanity has become what does it have

in common with the centuries old game john adams who said tweet propelled the round to the open on choose even says the order of who goes 1st has got nothing to do with race and called out the a.b.c. from flaming racial tension. i was on the phone call the a.b.c. wanted 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 is that we should in the late eighty's i think in 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 chance the fact that the a.b.c. decided to pick chess as a topic i think is 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 games that have nothing to do with race to the full size for its part the a.b.c.

later said it's a bit misunderstood the radio host whose show planned to hold the discussion insists they were looking for people to say chess' racist instead james valentine says they were looking to create quote fresh conversation about our world. police finally moved in to clear out the celtic later ptolemy's protests there in seattle on wednesday or the pockets of protests are ongoing in neighboring districts activists occupy the city's capitol hill which became known as chop about a month ago after police moved out of the precinct building the campaigners had said they hoped to create a peaceful police free utopia but that didn't last long in the 3 weeks of protests the zone saw 4 shootings 2 of them fatal they'd also been reports of assaults burglaries and rape the protesters some armed who warned that they could face arrest if they didn't leave now in the end over 30 were detained seattle police released video of some of the violence. thanks.

for 4. 0 i'm going to go. to the she moves. well at 1st the man wanted to leave the activist to the takeover hoping for a summer of love but she was later forced to take action and the decision came off to protest has marched on her home demanding police funding be slashed an activist at the site watched the police move these protesters on. 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. got 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 nothing yet you know.

but the police came and chopped and ousted the remaining people who were staying there there's been a brown 32 arrests they've been spraying people pepper spray them in addresses from your perspective what exactly happened basically i was at the bar and. bar and and it all started when bang bang bang screams and my. back there were a couple individuals who were speaking loudly where the megaphone were doing the crowd energized to actually bringing people in off the streets and the cops in a little bike brigade actually charging targeted those people arresting them individually and throwing them into the back of the cop cars far end of chalk. not too long ago there were a bunch of tents in these areas there were people hanging out just living but within 5 hours everyone has been evacuated you know like you had a right. to do what i still can't tell. my message right

now and her friend you know i don't think anybody in seattle did not see this coming ever since the string of 4 to 5 shootings that have shot. recently found out that the last shooting was a 14 or 16 year old kid who were killed so i think that it was. because of the size that it was time to prevent there's a lot of the moralization right especially in the crowd of protesters because i think a lot of people are taking this is a bit of a loss is very where i was. told. this entire idea. seems to have. come to an end. else where donald trump at a hurdle on wednesday in his efforts to bring american troops back from afghanistan the congress armed services committee put a block on the withdrawal by approving

a new amendment to the national defense bill the amendment then targets the planned pullout of more than 4000 troops from afghanistan by this autumn according to 2 administration officials the move would reduce the number of troops to the lowest number since the very beginning of the war in afghanistan back in 2001 the panel also wants an assessment as to whether any state actors provide incentives to the taliban to attack u.s. troops or its allies over the last 2 years now part of that was driven by claims reported in the new york times that russia paid bounties to militants to kill american soldiers in afghanistan and that donald trump was told about it months ago but there's been flat out denials all round from russia to trump to even the pentagon but the paper sticking to its story even if its sources are in the shadows caleb maupin reports. what makes a bombshell news story outrageous accusations unnamed sources throw rush's name

into the headline and you've got all the ingredients necessary to drive us media and political elites why out the bombshell report tonight outbreak one official told n.b.c. that quote american service members died as a result of russian payments to the taliban it doesn't matter that u.s. president donald trump says that based on the other times he's seen this story is just a hoax the intelligence people didn't even many of them didn't believe it happened at all i think it's a hoax and i think it's a hoax by the newspapers and the democrats that russia has made clear that these claims are simply not true what is russia's word compared to anonymous sources lack of evidence aside democrats have pounced at the opportunity to roll out their long discredited narrative of trump russia collusion and helsinki time to put in his word over our own intelligence agencies because of putin strong denial now the kremlin is once again denying reports russia offered a bounty to kill americans in afghanistan if these reports are true would trump

side with putin yet again now there's many people who won't believe trump or russia but will insist that the new york times is a credible source well what about u.s. intelligence officials not only will they not confirm the reports but they've issued harsh criticism of how the report was presented it makes compromise and disrupt a critical interagency work to collect assess and describe comparability never heard this and it's disgusting how you continue to politicize intelligence you clearly don't understand how a role intel gets verified leaks of partial information to reporters from anonymous sources is dying just because people like you're manipulated for political guy trump says it's fake news russia says it's fake news the u.s. intelligence community will not back it up it's just an unsourced claim. came from an anti trump anti russian newspaper with a record of getting things wrong on both topics but that has not stopped the

democrats from treating it like it's undisputed fact seems clear from what the intelligence's real so are they providing any evidence to back up their claims no they're rolling out images of soldiers killed in afghanistan and grieving families this is serious so something should be done. that is shawn gregg why are her son was 24 years old when he was killed in afghanistan last summer families grieving in our country tonight the times also reporting that officials are looking at an april 2019 taliban attack that killed 3 marines now c.n.n. cannot confirm that any deaths in combat in afghanistan can definitively be traced back to this alleged russian plot cranking up the emotional lol you know and blame doesn't make the story true at this point the new york times is now saying that they have evidence that criminal elements in afghanistan not the taliban received some kind of financial payment not

a bounty so this somehow proves they're probably correct well nope that's a technique called moving the goalposts it's often used by people back pedaling away from unproven allegations this speaks to an ugly reality of mainstream american media propaganda declare that trump is bad and russia is also bad and then you can accuse them of almost anything and many people will believe that no evidence necessary listen to this language it referred to analysts kuku did from other intelligence that the transfers were most likely part of the bounty program if there was a law that was provided if there was a law against bad journalism. these people would be arrested if you read this or any story regarding this and you ask yourself what do i know what do i know now

what twice is back out not what what hunch is or he didn't but what do i know you know nothing that's the part of this which is just phenomenal to me. lionel roughing up a show that's a snapshot of the stories he brought you over the last 7 days thanks a bunch of the weekly one r.t. international reporting from moscow i'm kevin i would buy from now on the joy of the rescue week.

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