in today's headlines the british government's accused of selling spy ware to more than a dozen countries with questionable human rights records and has apparently been doing so for years. plus the mixed messages that have got the english public scratching their heads of all wearing masks will be mandatory in shops starting next week despite contradictory comments from the government we discuss whether it's time to force people to cover up. i don't think that it should be compulsory especially when the evidence is not particularly strong the united kingdom has gone along we need to bring this down we don't want a single extra day we need to do everything we can. also this hour

german police hyundai suspect to disarm before officers and fled into the forest armed with a crossbow. and the sunshine state becomes america's code red hot spot after florida's record breaking daily infection rate outstripped all of europe over the weekend anger is increasingly aimed at the governor. but even what you ordered very hard to get. every day you are coming up. here watching our 2 international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 1 pm welcome to the program. it's being claimed that for the past 5 years the british government has been selling security goods like wiretap spyware and other interception equipment to more than a dozen countries that are considered as repressive regimes reporting from

westminster here sharia edwards. the british government has a reputation for prioritizing profits over human rights this time it's been revealed that the united kingdom has sold millions of pounds worth of interception equipment to dozens of countries worldwide that present itself even to use as repressive now there are calls for the government to explain itself yet again the government needs to show how those risks were assessed in this case and how this equipment was ultimately used the exports include wiretap spyware and other telecommunications interception equipment that could be used to spy on so-called dissidents and it doesn't come cheap in fact the u.k. the u.k. even appears to be breaching its own rules here as the u.k. has banned the so security codes to countries that might use them for internal repression and among the list of countries even the u.k. itself has accused of human rights violations including saudi arabia the u.a.e. and china.

make good on my pledge bringing to force behind taking gives 1st thomas human rights sanctions regime which gives us the power to impose sanctions on the on those involved in the very worst human rights abuses right around the world. one of the days when i try to again tell the truth to the to the interrogators their reaction was to make me stand today what. did you feel that you were being tortured. psychologically correct.

people of hong kong do support. speak up to the. every inch like. even though many countries on the list are officially rated not free the government claims that any export licenses the issues are in accordance with the highest and strict criteria but many human rights groups are simply not buying it it's not clear whether the u.k. officials are making any effort to track the equipment is used in 12 or 3 years' time these figures yet another reminder of why we need to complete. the whole case for security equipment export control system comes as the united kingdom prepares to resume the sale of arms to saudi arabia that could be used in the yemen conflict manmade humanitarian crisis in the world according to the united nations and

a breakthrough moment just over a year ago the court of appeal ruled that the arms trade was no full because the government had not adequately addressed the risk of civilian casualties in these bombing missions but the government simply says if they were just isolated incidents and are now upping the ante the government will now begin the process of clearing the backlog of license implications for saudi arabia and its coalition partners that has built up since 20 as of june last year considering the u.k.'s sold 15000000000 pounds worth of bombs to the gulf kingdom in the past 5 years it seems that the profits britain for a kid over weapons and now intercepts of equipment are too great to give up even at the cost of human lives to start. wearing masks in shops and supermarkets in england will become cults compulsory from july the 24th people who don't cover up risk in 100 pounds fine but not everyone is exactly clear on what they should be doing that's because prime minister boris johnson's government is

accused of locking clarity. cabinet minister michael gove previously described wearing masks in shops as showing good manners and just a few days ago said he didn't think it would become mandatory public opinion on whether it's the right thing to do or not is proving divisive as we discuss with infectious disease expert barbara honey and journalist fraser myers from spike online. oh people have got the message somehow that they are. against the disease or they protect other people the evidence is actually quite weak around this certainly what the government has published whilst the masks may not be 100 percent protective we have to think this from 1st principles so the infecting dose comes from drug plates released from somebodies miles if they are infectious and when you cannot award it your social distancing from them you have to have an additional mitigating measure now i have no problem with people wearing masks i wear

a mask myself sometimes but i don't think that it should be compulsory is specially when the evidence is not a particularly strong we need to have a strong messages and the united kingdom has got a lot of debts we need to bring this down we don't want a single extra death we need to do everything we can encouraging is good compulsion is. i think that you know it may not seem like much to have to wear masks that we have to remember that this comes in addition to all of the other infringements on our civil liberties that people have experienced over the past few months there's never been so much you know reduction in freedoms ever in any democrats you either measure it on the scales with your civil liberties or do you wish to continue to have a number of cases and number of deaths which one would you like to have the case numbers have come down not because the virus has gone on holiday but because of the

lockdown measures we took so come on think about it you are a product trained cheek by jowl close proximity within 6 inches sometimes 8 inches a foot of each other you need to wear a mask yes let's have mask wearing in confined spaces but not in general not for all shots not for every time you leave the house or every time you want to go into a building. florida is taking on the mantle of the united states' coronavirus redzone infections broke national daily records over the weekend outstripping the whole of europe's combined single day rate they dipped a little on monday but still top 12000 at sea in the state governor at a news conference in miami over his handling of the outbreak. but you know if you are a target area you are getting. every day you got paid like ok you got me into the public florida's kovac numbers continue to surge

demand for kovan 1000 tests has been so high there's been numerous reports of people waiting for hours in line stretching at least a mile long and test results in some cases taking several weeks in miami dade county where the number of cases is now close to 68000 the highest in florida one in 3 people who reportedly took over 1000 last week tested positive the census has argued that local municipalities and not the state should decide for themselves if stricter levels of protection are needed adding to the debate and consternation about florida's kovan surge disney world reopened some of its parks in orlando over the weekend raising concerns of the place where dreams come true who quickly descended to a nightmare and stand as guest don their mickey mouse ears and face masks despite the trump administration insisting that the show will go on and there are now serious concerns being raised among g.o.p. officials about whether the republican national convention will go on to ask edge will it in august in jacksonville or whether or not it will shift to an entirely

virtual event instead for our t.v. john honey. the pandemic is probing to be no obstacle for electioneering there's not a day to be wasted for america's presidential candidates 20 over the hearts and minds of voters and while donald trump is up against it with his handling of the health crisis his democratic rival joe biden is mobilizing his family to tell explains. you'll remember joe biden's wife don't you very sure very. very. well jill's back this time not as a husband's sister but as cool thought over a children's book about joe's life which i'll tell my 78 years fills a full 27 pages well i gave it a read obviously the reviews in joey that's what they all cool to have ready sounds

like a little round good guy a wizardly ability to catch a ball jules what's not mine standing up to bullies president of his freshman cost really his only weakness and he himself admits it is talking was sometimes really difficult but you know what i think we can all agree he grew out of that let's not even bring it up to where you sort of. recovered. from the beginning it's clear that joe was really close with his parents and his siblings he often said quote the absolute most important thing is your family but do you think also for the defense of marriage act back in the ninety's you know the one that said that a marriage is only between a man and a woman and that really became the reason that many same sex married couples never got the same rights or the same privileges as petras sexual couples where is that but actually you know what never mind because it's since been brought up by john ellis and joe gave

a really convincing defense in 1906 you voted for the defense of marriage act. and a lovely person i am then there are a couple of pages about his college is where they are quote he spent one summer as the only white lifeguard at a pool and in all black neighborhood the reward thing to point out is an ant well but barely it was then that joe learned foster about the struggles. of black america you know i wonder if it was so in those he is the one she decided he wasn't big on the whole integration of races in schools saying that based on controlled they could cause real problems unless we do something about this my children are going to grow up in a jungle the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions bills are high that is going to explode at some point but when he does that mocks up he did offer to roll defender of black last may when he was refused service in a joint hit they off you think this this is what really counts not using your power

as a u.s. senate such trial and segregation possibly the biggest racial injustice in modern history anyway moving on hold up here's a cute picture of him with the little guy commuting to washington while some things never change. as a politician joe wanted to quote make people's lives better you know i think that's what the real motivation was behind his backing of the iraq invasion saddam is dangerous the world would be a better place without him and of course the welfare of nippy and was at the forefront of his mind when he said a ok to bombing not homeland can give the people of libya for the 1st chance in 4 decades to actually put together their own government have

a little bit afraid of the upturn but hung on not chop dismissiveness whoa how strange oh but this is my favorite my favorite part of the entire book and it's this treasure trove of uncle joe's most famous catchphrases so called biting as i say you can be inspired to go around saying things like your kids are just as brainy just as challenge work use hot ones nor hear well how about. we choose truth over facts well these are not included ok well but definitely you cannot go to look a little lovely. thing you don't worship of what you do next you know they possible might want to swallow ok final chance this what you're lying dog for his pony shows you know while maybe that keeping it for the sequel which fingers crossed will face off in the new york times bestseller list well fiction with a book written by men narnia trump telling a story of a young tony who in need of

a drug reaching out and tearing down walls. still to come this hour spain's rest of catalonia region is again at odds with madrid this time for enforcing local lockdowns to control a covert cluster the one leader is pressing on despite a judge ruling it's illegal we'll get into that among our stories after the break. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person and those with. the cares thinks. we dare to ask.

no shots. actually gulch. please try. to. switch your thirst for. welcome back to the program german police are on the hunt for an armed man who held up 4 officers before running off into the forest with their weapons here's our

europe correspondent you're all over with the details. he's been dubbed the black forest rambo but in reality it is a major police operation involving special forces and thermal imaging cameras that's being deployed across that vast region right now. the man at the center of this manhunt has been named as eve a 31 year old man has been described as being in an unstable mental state by a former landlord who had evicted him after you hadn't paid his rent we also know

that he has 4 weapons that he took from the police with around $62.00 rounds of ammunition that were taken from those guns on top of whatever he had to start with so authorities are concerned that there could be some kind of major shootout should he be cornered. what we're seeing from local authorities though is them taking this incredibly seriously in fact a huge lockdown of the area the whole area around where he was last seen has been put in place this is what the local mayor have to say the forest service is working here at the site the red cross is here and also our foresters we've closed schools and kindergartens as well as swimming pools simply due to security reasons large gatherings of children are supervised now but local people are being very disciplined and are remaining at home this isn't going to be an easy catch for thora te's the area which they're looking makes this whole operation incredibly

difficult we're talking around 6000 hectares that's around 14000 acres of forest fish dressed in camouflage if he seems to have been living there for a while seems to know the area this may prove quite difficult to track him down it's ongoing at the moment. france is celebrating its national day this july the 14th but still day is usually march was showcase events and the military parade but is having to scale back this year because of the risk of spreading coronavirus. reports from paris. bastille day like no other that frances see normally we get this huge parade of military might down the seans ailey's a really is as you can see from previous is a feast for the eyes it is europe's normally oldest and largest military display with the soldiers the army the navy taking center stage.

the different national holiday this 2020 with the backdrop of the 19 pandemic this year's best day comes against a very difficult political backdrop we have seen protests called for today protests against president marcos and also against his government and many of those who called by health workers who for months and months have been demanding higher wages be looking for more stuff to be treated and a massive injection in cash into the health system itself and that follows weeks of demonstrations.

it was. such. a hit well there has been a review of the health system taking place and that's been fraught with tough negotiations between unions and the government but on monday a deal was finally greenlit by the. unions and signed it means that there will be some $8000000000.00 euros for increasing salaries of health workers to give you an example of what that's going to mean for hospitals it will be around 218 month net for hospital dr that will be about $256.00 euros in net so that means after all tax or all social contributions have been taken out they will see that money in their

pocket has hailed the deal. i was committed to. salaries we have just done it's the careers and salaries of our health workers who gave so much during the crisis have been reevaluated also what will be different this day for president machen is that he's going to give a presidential address something he's refused to do in years gone by many say that this is an attempt by him to gain some brownie points. difficult opinion polls that have shown him sort of trailing away in those for many months and it also comes as france is facing a recession that many have likened to being the worst since the end of what will toward 2 we know thousands and thousands of jobs are expected to be culled now the government has pledged to try and minimize the impact of the 19 pandemic and as a result of that it has created stimulus packages of billions and billions of euros

but the reality is nobody knows just how wide and how deep this economic recession could be and many is saying that as maclin is pledging to plow ahead with controversial reforms such as the pension reform the next 2 years of his presidency could be even more explosive than the 1st 3 years and that would be saying something. spain's catalonia region is in legal trouble with madrid after imposing the local lock downs on 160000 households because a big spike a judge says it wasn't handled properly but the catalan president is vowing to defy the ruling and go ahead anyway to prevent corona virus from spreading further. so this money system is going to let us know we do not agree with this decision we will not accept it i will face the consequences of this refusal because i cannot put the health of people in danger or anywhere else in catalonia. the 1st

actions were imposed there earlier this month the area has been largely sealed off with police checkpoints in place residents have also been ordered to stay at home unless they are essential workers or need to visit a doctor or buy groceries in spanish court ruled that the home confinement order was disproportionate and did not go through the proper channels local residents are unsure about which decision is right. i think the council and government is right because there's a lack of control when it comes to seasonal work because street vendors bring fruit from barcelona without any medical unsanitary control without anything and in fact the region we need to rush take decisions our shop is open but it's true that sounded 5 percent of stores are closed so we're waiting to be informed what's going on on the one hand i think it is necessary decision for the government because the situation is severe on the other hand i don't know if the judge should be making this decision. catalonia accounts for

a quarter of spain's coronavirus cases and is the country's 2nd worst hit region but the catalan spokesperson for the european partnership for independence believes that just like everywhere else catalonia is trying to do its best to contain the virus. it's not the 1st time. happening and i don't know we already had. a nice relation out of all of some no cities before and the issue here is not if. the president over man is defying the spanish state because as they said today they do have the power and the competence to do so here always the issue is speaking for years to seem that catalonia kind of rule they all new territory so it's a question of saving lives and what we're talking about t.x. and i.d.'s we're told they did for an ad governments are trying to to do that to find a bear's way to stop them by use to expand. their roundup

of the day's top news for now as always thanks for tuning in i'll be back at the top the hour with more. the persuasion of the tick-tock users is pretty high because they have a huge mass right so it's about dams right and so work together and they can create incredible structures because they're totally coordinated and so the ants in this case have the ability to i think change election outcomes.

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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 rush up. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it 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's why we're going to drill down on this story for you today right here on the news or direction chaz where you know as we always like to say we do believe. by golly it's time to do news again. during the vietnam war u.s. forces. it was

a secret war. and for years the american people did not know. how much it is officially the. country per capita. millions of unexploded bombs still in danger lives in this small agricultural country. even today kids in laos full victims of bombs dropped decades ago is the u.s. making amends for the tragedy in laos built to the people need in that little.

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