for. the american city of portland turns into a war zone this donald trump sends in federal agents to quash the unrest. by previous presidents overseas to improve their reelection chances also paying for storage of damages to cities in the us to initiate reparations for minority communities that has been question. who is going to pay for it all you gotta pay for a reason. probably out of all the tax money be trillions of dollars to come up with that payment for people who couldn't come up with the same amount of money restore

african-americans in this country wearing masks to the indoor venue says now bigotry in france after pleading with the government to bring forward the measure i made a spike in coronavirus cases in some regions. water cannon deployed in israel where the public is frustrated the government's response to the pandemic as well as a corruption scandal involving the prime minister. good afternoon just 3 o'clock here in moscow you watching r.t. international begin in the u.s. city of portland which has seen protesters against police brutality racial inequality set fire to the police association building accuse local authorities of

failing to contain the armrest while. the president's decision to deploy federal agents to the city. has been looking at the bigger picture surrounding the recent escalation. for 15 nights protests and riots have raged in the city of portland what began as a stand against racism is morphing into something else into wellness the scale version of the civil war except this time it isn't there north against the south these top it's the right versus the left.

and for a certain someone currently in the white house had to keen to stay that that could play right into his allegedly small hands over the past decade american presidents have fancied military jools wars to drum up support for reelection bush with iraq a bomber with libya but trump current caddy he campaigned promising to end foreign wars foreign wars so why not imitate one of whom authoritarian governments not democratic republic send unmocked of thirty's after protesters these trumped ban tactics designed to eliminate any accountability absolutely unacceptable in america and must stand the senator had a point this is like something out of iraq that again trump did threaten to use the military to stamp out these protests he's already used the national god.

trump has an election to win and trump's campaign plan doesn't seem to involve getting in his knees he will be hot he will be hosh that's what his voters expect and the authorities in portland fear that trump has begun an invasion this is an attack on our democracy president trump has used our city as a staging ground to further his political agenda igniting his base to cause further divisiveness let's be clear this is not political theater this is far more dangerous than not we have federal officers on our streets further escalating tensions and causing harm to portlanders right now dog trump the president of the

sec i mean the right has an exact he kept his plans a secret his speech had now and rushmore the one with military jets flying overhead that was almost a textbook declaration of war there is a new far left fascism that demands absolute allegiance if you do not speak its language perform its rituals reset its mantras and follow its commandments then you will be censored banished blacklists persecuted and punished it's not going to happen to us. and as with any war you need a main bad guy so saddam's dead gadhafi is gone bin laden's been well killed so what about that other fella what does they do biden. you won't be super jumbos joe

biden would be nothing more than an auto pen president. the trojan horse for a radical agenda. so radical so all encompassing that it would transform this country. into something totally out of. it is ironic isn't it that the country that prides itself on being the freest in the world the only country with absolute free speech they tell us all day every day how those same people can't stand free speech when it's coming from someone they don't like both the right and the left are guilty of this there's no new give no understanding no compromise in either of them it's either their way or go to hell. or ghastly of their what a democratic mayor in the us city of providence has promised he will seek to right the wrongs of the past through a reparations process for minority communities the mayor says the process is

a major step forward and it will see meetings held over historically contentious issues and a review to floor specific to discriminate against black and indigenous communities although not everybody is in favor. while acknowledging that the liberal left agenda has failed black in minority communities in contemporary times by forcing their children to attend failed schools and by enacting policies that make it easy to become dependent on the government it would be a nun precedented and immoral act of government to seek reparations he for the horrible wrongs that were committed generations ago or reparations router approved in the u.s. city of asheville to where money will be invested into poor black communities the authorities in both cities say that these initiatives are just the beginning of wider changes. a lot of folks are going to jump straight to the reparations question how much what form for how long who's eligible those are all

legitimate questions but they're questions for another day and there are questions that will be answered through the process it's important to go step by step with this resolution is the 1st step in that it names the list of historic. occasion weighted against the black community of into this very day where we did discuss the controversy surrounding the reparations process with reese evison an author and political analyst and also with anthony bryan legan a political and social issues commentator. just kind of the same thing they always do during elections i'm already in a time where so kind of so far in a race to give promises or we're going to do a study ruin to figure it out i mean how are we not figured out yet slavery ended $865.00 this is the year 2020 what are we really going to study what are we going to try to figure out is trying to calculate i mean you should know about now never has the government ever taken one step towards understanding and calculating and

studying the effects and the impact of slavery on african-american people now it allows people like a.b.l. to come in and make statements out oh it's not necessary oh there's no need for this or even to do it right now who's going to pay for our you go pay for a reason to your own tax money how about me out of my own tax money because the government only makes money from us when there needed to be a $1200.00 stimulus checks and out no one was saying oh well that comes from the taxpayer that's a refund we should do that now and so why is it that they could find money to come up with to pay $12.00 trillions of dollars to come up with a payment for people who need food when and they couldn't come up with the same amount of money to restore african americans in this country who they actually affirmatively took actions to harm that's ridiculous. to me so i appreciate you know who is baby who is right now be more then who is very this does need to be

more than lip service and right now atlanta asheville city is doing a resolution but here's the issue asheville needs to do more than a resolution they need to come up with the actual dollar figure how much they won't black people were harmed by their actual city who knows how much money going to be . former owner be to you say some light 14 trillion dollars i mean where is it going to come from the value is money it was bad enough it's often about $6.00 to again and the reason why that was given reese's point is because the government say that we came out work and we can go out here and make money the actual you know mechanism upon which the money will be delivered and who do you see is not going to be defined nor will it ever be because all they ever done for to pay a $100.00 or so years is say we promise you do this we promise you with no promises ever deliver you can't provide reparations by definition until you know what you need to repair there needs to be an assessment of what has been done what black

people have suffered specifically and so that's why it's not the solution it needs to be but we end we don't want organizations to keep or communities to start slapping reparations on top of every community redevelopment effort and calling it reparations if it's not if it was going to happen it should have been. identified as slave master in a slave fair transaction and now it's only $28.00 of the me pain to be rescreened it makes no sense at all. not in france that wearing a face mask has become a bigotry you know in public spaces previously only compulsory on public transport and in some shops the rule came into force today initially it was to be introduced only in august french told the government to bring it in. starting this monday wearing masks will be mandatory in enclosed places as announced by prime minister john key sticks this includes shops public buildings covered markets

banks protective measures and testing remain essential in tackling the virus effectively a correspondent in power charlotte bins explains why the pros and cons of the new rule. well what's really interesting is just a few months ago the french government was saying that masks were not essential in the fight against the transmission of 19 this is at a point when france didn't have mass to go to and they were saying only needed to wear a mask if you were somebody who had been 19 or you were a health care professional and dealing with people but now it's deemed that wearing a mask is in this central tool in the fight against transmission of course france has plenty of masks at the moment but some newspapers have been talking about the cost here of wearing a mask and wearing them every day one calculate the cost for a family of $4.00 individuals who have both the children being over the age of 11

it was saying if you buy masks that you can walk again this would be a cost of around $96.00 euros a month but if you decided to wear the single use masks that you discard after every use that would cost a family more like $228.00 euros so quite a lot of money every month to find where those masks however this ruling has been welcomed by many. lately i've been noticing a lot of people coming in without masks i don't want to be rude but the either stay outside or they come in and i put their glasses on and then they go away but i don't actually get close at all so for me the mask is very important and it's very good in this if necessary it should be put on we protect others and we protect ourselves and then there you are it's an hour for that we all have to make so we do it. ulick sometimes it has gone back to the weird was before people have kind of

forgotten about it we've put in place a lot of procedures but it's true that on the beach people feel much more at ease than in a restaurant but just like everywhere else not everyone is happy about this new record. some people have been complaining that wearing a mask means it's quite difficult to communicate you can't see frankly gestures from people and the reality is that sometimes when somebody's speaking with a mask on they do sound a little bit muffled no public transport here in france it's already been compulsory to wear the mask for many many weeks with the risk of fine already there but despite that despite the fact that there have been security agents going through the metro stations and train stations handing out finds many people have not been wearing a mask on public transport it's a very emotive subject not just here in france but in other countries too but it seems you should have wearing a mask or not wearing a mask will remain divisive. water cannon were unleashed in the

streets of jerusalem over the weekend as police to try to disperse protests against the government's handling of the pandemic scuffles in clashes rules those seen in tel aviv to his frustration with the current israeli prime minister from fears of getting infected. wow . ok well let's have a quick look then at why people are unhappy the protesters to condemn the government's handling of the health crisis generally and in particular the recent return of restrictions amid

a spike in the infection rate there also say to the prime minister and his cabinet have failed to manage the economic fallout of the pandemic and then on top of all of that there is simmering anger over corruption charges against benyamin netanyahu now the premiers corruption trial will resume in january with witness testimony he is accused of fraud breach of trust and also excepting bribes despite that looming trial though netanyahu does say he is focused on ending the crisis while we have a common goal to stop the spread of the coronavirus by various measures i remind ministers that by thursday i have requested each ministries plan for a safe exit from the coronavirus restrictions. well at least 28 people were arrested as a result of the unrest in jerusalem and tel aviv political analyst michel barack and former advisor to the president's office and shed their thoughts on the current tensions. there was functioning and everything did seem under control until

everything was back we celebrated too soon here and that's when you know for all the good work that he did in the 1st wave really wasn't there the 2nd time around a large group of protesters are protesting that the prime minister is corrupt he's in the midst of a fraud and he should resign protesters that really are problematic for those that are out of work those that are from industries which are not picking up the tourism industry the entertainment industry there are people that are just out of work and economically are suffering so he needs to answer those people he's going to have to come out with one of our real economic plan that is going to put israel back to a strong economy as we move through different stages both politically because we had a new government sworn in and in terms of the pandemic itself with new numbers emerge there's been a sort of imbalance between those 2 things and there's a genuine feeling on the street that we could be doing things differently and we could be doing things better now we have a working government there's

a stronger position on a stronger position will voice its checks and balances on the on the prime minister and on his government's policies and that's expressed on the streets as well it's pretty much part and parcel of the democratic debate around how to handle both the economic sides of the pandemic and the medical side as well now an e.u. summit and coming up with a. package does enter its 4th day as member states again failed to reach an agreement will have a look at that person get some analysis to just off the break. is you'll be a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe from.

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welcome back without a now an e.u. summit aimed at coming up with a post recovery package has entered its 4th day in brussels the event originally meant to last thing 2 days has got bogged down in. wrangling between member states the european commission's president struck an optimistic note ahead of today's round of talks. have the impression that if european leaders really want an agreement they showed a clear will to find a solution and we need a solution the european citizens need a solution the european union needs a solution needs an agreement to overcome this crisis and to prepare europe for the future i am positive for today we are not there yet but things are moving in the right direction while the bone of contention is the total amount and form of financial aid is the spain and some other countries are calling for it to come mainly is grants while the netherlands austria sweden and denmark insist on the

loans which will have to be repaid on top of that so the dutch prime minister wants the aid to be made conditional on the country's adherence to the rule of law something which hungry in poland say is meant to target them. tonight we had a long talk about the rule of war those were discussions and we really need to push through to morrow want to get somewhere if there is a bridge because of them not because i don't like blame game but the dutchman is the real responsible man for foremost we are going to throw the phrase a stalemate it looks like it's very complicated more complicated we would expect that we don't clash quite strongly with the likes of holland for example as well as with the so-called frugal trees which do not agree on the need for such a major response. ok let's get there now karen can i saw a former austrian foreign minister she's with this new very welcome again i do

remember we spoke a few weeks ago about this very story hey we are still my progress stuck into the 4th day of negotiations what do you think the chances are of them finding a compromise on this. well they are condemned to have a compromise i did today or as chancellor merkel has there there's the option to meet again at the end of this month but personally i don't see why people should be more flexible or more friendly to each other in 10 days if we have such harsh confrontations right now are you surprised it's become so personal and political because before it just seemed to be about finances and who could afford what but now suddenly there are all these political links that are coming into the equation has that surprised you. know unfortunately not because it's some part inherent to the fact that the monopoly of decision making and decision shaping either is or was

in the circle of the 27 heads of state and government and meeting like this one should have been somehow i would say better prepared by the ministers of finance by the council of the ministers of finance and here there were meetings late december last year and general reduce here when it comes to the might end you know framework to budget or such a 7 year budget plus in between the. $1000.00 crisis and we need an additional funding but on both topics i. may it would have been up to the council of ministers of finance to prepare that because those put issuance who have to face the mastic elections etc they can't handle it all or each and every topic on such a level and what happens if no agreement is reached i know people are saying they're optimistic something will happen but say no nothing happens what will be the consequences. well the consequences what's. fairly

difficult i mean that the one i would see in the immediate would be a speculation against the euro because it would and up in some sort of euro crisis given that. it's all about saving the common currency once again and even if say now carry in there is an agreement do you think there's been long lasting damage here because other countries who do need this money obviously will seem to think where's the unity here you know we're going to have to we fought tooth and nail to reach a compromise is it going to be worth it in the future do you think there's a danger that some countries might think actually we're better off on our own. well the fact that we have a tremendous fragmentation was in the european union and the fact that we use terms like renationalisation not on in political science and an academic debate but it's a common term i mean and this hasn't started because of the current bad law because

of their extraordinary pandemic situation we have it's tried to 7 members which are on various topics seemingly attracting apart. and just last weeks running out of time but i was looking at the figures and the difference they seem to be arguing about is $25000000000.00 euros which in the grand scheme of things when you look at the trillions they're being printed around the world is it really not is it really worth it want to just print this 25000000 or go on the international markets and borrow it and solve the problem. well i think if you is left about how much money will be given to the issue is the conditionality is. what kind of conditions would be linked to demand. why they're given by grant or by law. direct. things like the bridal center in brussels have recently it's all about the server and it's yours because countries on the receiving line might have

to face there is conditions which they will consider at the entrenchment of. and then we are in a completely different chapter and we have seen how. the e.u. mechanisms dealt with greece i don't expect in a role to accept the same conditions that were imposed on greece about 10 years ago and it is a very individual situation isn't it ok look we're going to have to leave it there kerry nice to talk to again there is karen can i saw former austrian foreign minister thank you. and other news this is a mortar regiment march in russia commemorating the heroes of the 2nd world war will now be held in 2021 that may putin confirm the decision blaming the pandemic so let's get more on this now and go to work on quarter he's following the story for us. don hello there just run through there the thought the thinking behind this decision because it's not entirely surprising is

it. well yeah it was on monday that the executive committee of the immortal regiment movement decided to make this decision the official statement cited the pandemic of course as the reason since there would be no way to keep the participants absolutely safe from infection their the movement's co-chairs stated that social distancing would create a situation that's completely contrary to the spirit of the march when people of all generations usually marched shoulder to shoulder to honor the country's veterans now the immortal regiment march is an annual procession that takes place in cities all over the world to commemorate world war 2 veterans and in russia the parade is often associated with victory day on may 9th during which there is a big military procession on red square now that was also postponed this year but the organizers did manage to go through with the celebration on june 24th now as of

now we don't have any concrete date for when the immortal regiment march will be next year but let's just hope that we want have a pandemic to deal with by then. thanks. to the with the details. just coming up to 3 here in moscow in the afternoon from us at the top of the. we go to work so straight home.

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