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doctors manufacturers the government. according to even fox news trying is like going to the polls this is because joe biden is such a brilliant an idiot or because the heartbeat consensus but tend to make has been badly handled by the president still another beer trump ran as a populist in 2006 feet as he is no longer. newquay releases his highly anticipated russian report into moscow's alleged interference in britain's political system it concludes that russia influence in the u.k. is the new normal. i fear in the us city of portland where federal forces have been sent into anti racism protests without the consent of local authorities leading to claims of
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illegality and the vaccine the loathing waiting for russia does announces coronavirus chad is ready to successfully passing the trials but the western media the system raising. police in the u.k. won't put a stop to referring to certain acts of terrorism is mr john how this fearing it creates negative perceptions of muslims and islam phobia i guess. when we give these labels to them we. should. release people who are doing the specific reason because they believe in this extreme islamic viewpoint. but i could often just go to a call here in moscow you watching the international start with breaking news today because the. intelligence and security committee has finally released
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a highly anticipated report on alleged russian interference in britain's political system the government had been sitting on it for a year and a half so let's get more details now from the surrounding forest cover in story good afternoon again just run through then the main complains of these documents well this is the report by parliament's intelligence committee which 'd had been completed a year and a half ago but is only being published and now it's unclear why exactly it took so long for it to be published and it alleges russian interference in the u.k. political process based on material obtained a secret evidence given by u.k. spies of course a lot of these accusations are based on claims that russia sought to influence for example the scottish independence referendum 2014 of the breaks the referendum in
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2016 through a variety of social media campaigns even singling out r.t. spot nick as having a bias with regards to their political coverage of their output and the announcement of that report in the release of that report being put forward at a press conference earlier this morning in london what we do know about russian influence in the u.k. is that is the new normal russia promotes dissin from ation and attempts to influence overseas whether us through social media can leak or usually state own traditional media has been widely reported u.k. is clearly a target a must acquit yourself to counter search effort. now of course there have been that accusations for many years that all countries the u.k.
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the us themselves engage in similar public interest campaigns but there isn't this kind of history of course or some supporters of the former labor leader germy corgan questioning why certain countries they say were able to run campaigns against jeremy corbyn they say israel and india and other countries in fit in the election and yet again there is no focus on that for what it's worth we've seen a response by the russian government and they have said that these accusations of russian meddling are groundless there of course those who point to for example one russian alleged russian social media campaign where around 70 pence that's around the dollar was spent on that campaign saying that this is an indication of any kind of mass interference campaign we've been hearing from dominic rob the u.k.'s foreign minister but despite all that he says he has reasonable confidence that
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russia has been interfering in the u.k.'s politics. people leave we know with reasonable confidence that russian actors were involved in trying to interfere with 29 t. lection principally through trying to spread amplify on why at any given obtain the documents relating to the u.k. u.s. free trade negotiations. now there have also been accusations leveled at the u.k. authorities themselves of course the media here in the u.k. have jumped on this story but there's been criticism not intelligence agencies and other government agencies didn't do enough to counter this alleged threat and so perhaps that's the reason why this report took so long to publish and also perhaps why many parts of it remain redacted and been censored from public viewing. thanks ali there for us in london only we can get more reaction now from neil clark
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is a journalist and broadcaster based in the u.k. to you very welcome thanks for coming on the or. you've had a chance to look at the details i know of this report in the press conference do you think it's right to say that russian influence in the u.k. is now the new normal give more you've read in the report. isn't it interesting andrew that they use this hideous phrase the new normal this is what we this phrase we've been hearing ad nauseum the last few months it in the context of the cold it is a situation we've been told we have to get used to a new norm or own for social distancing in face masks mandatory face masks and that our lives must change the actually the very 1st thing the guy reading out the report says is this is the new normal it's not interesting that used to be the standard catchphrase now where the establishment try to impose something on the rest of us the new normal no i've actually gone through the report much ado about nothing i think william shakespeare's plays the best way to describe this it's it's
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absolutely silo lacking in any kind of evidence but it is quite remarkable and all those people who spent the last 2 years tweeting hashtags release the russian report well is this really what what you were getting so excited about this nothing what it is is a mother a lot of conjecture a lot of anti russian bile a lot of nonsense but what we're lacking is actually hard core evidence which course conveniently is redacted so that solves that one that we can't possibly tell you what this evidence is it's redacted it's what are the secret but just believers we've been down this road before iran iraq and we were indeed been at it a lot of times so anybody who actually reads this report actually believes the case has been proven i think i think i'd be very wrong to lida what do you make of the accusations that the r.c. it's sort of singled out and i think sputnik to do that you know they're guilty of disinform ation and that's wrong and we can't allow this sort of thing to happen and it might upset or certainly threaten britain's national security. it's
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interesting isn't it every time we hear this claim r.t. and sputnik spread misinformation and you are somebody ok give us some input give us an evidence of this if you give us a case or a number of cases where this is happened and they go silent and they say or they say well of course it's loads of cases you can actually single one out in particular that just tells you everything you need to know don't you look i was on r.t. and writing for sport nick and i've been writing for r.t. 2 during the scottish independence referendum during the referendum if you look at our coverage they had an extraordinary wide range of people from crow remain a progress it and to scotch a case of scotland her independence and independence wide range of voices and you looked at the website during the scottish in the rescue had people there writing really strong pieces saying that to vote no to keep u.k. together and you have people writing our arguments for independence so the
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president spoke hold up in effect why there's no evidence he can look at the report you'll see that cited in the evidence is all r.t. and support nick spreading use of misinformation is another government it is another report by another part of a tree committee and also ed lucas now i like because personally we follow each other on twitter i don't think i think ed would disagree with me when he went how would say he is known to be very hostile towards the russian government and without getting a counterview i don't think the report really is that credible and that there is an issue when i look at the summary of the report here and they do talk about we have to be more careful of where russian money influences british society where the money has come from the haps its money laundering i mean that is a fair point isn't it countries should be concerned about foreign investment and be sure that it is you know. well it is but this is what we've got to separate these 2 issues what's happening is that there's been a conflation of russian so-called russian oligarchs now many of these are actually
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opposed to the russian government that's why they're in britain that's why they've come to live in britain they're not fans of the russian government issue of these people pumping lots of money into political parties or nations this is a wider issue there's a lot of revery well very rich people do andrew is the next principle party struck by interests whether they're russians whether they're saudi arabians whether they're americans whether they're for all that's what they do and this focus on just russian billionaires or millionaires living in london getting money to basically parties and no other type of billionaire as a whole the bigger question is the way money power by splitting into it we see this at the moment very clearly with the covert situation which with a certain billionaire is pumping lots of money to the genders so it's not just about russia after all but i'm fortunate to have been prevented is like the only problem we have in our politics and in british politics is the rich russians giving money to some tories or the people that's nonsense and and also they try to link
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this to the russian government where as i said before quite a few of these people at least are actually critical of the russian government they're not part of the russian government they're russian individuals who live in britain and have decided to deny the obvious which at the moment is current legal what will this do you think this latest report rest your relations that are in quite a bad spot as it is. well i think it depends on what measures the government takes next in look this is classic diversionary tactics at least the alley was saying that there was quite a bit of i'm sure that your views and why this report comes out right now at the moment we're actually focused of course there's a big issue this week about government trying to force people to wear a mask when they go shopping there's a lot of opposition to that there's a lot of opposition to this imposition of a new i call it the new abnormal over the corona virus and so it's a perfect time for the government to put this happy as it were on the table and to
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focus as all a lot of british establishment would have done down the years russia russia russia russia russia to get us focus aggressively on russia's and bent really what the british government doesn't yet whether they follow this up with aggressive moves against russia where the report just comes out and it's a 2440 hour and then just we will get back to actually more important things because as i said if you look at the report there ain't much in it it's a lot of much ado about nothing and we have got far far more important things as british citizens to worry about at the moment which is about the biggest threat to our liberties and freedoms in this country which we faced probably since the days of cornwall so i think i think it really that's what we should be focusing on ok near look we're going to leave it there we've run out of time but so good to talk to this afternoon that was neil clark journalist and broadcaster thank you thank you. i mean the ongoing protests in america president on trump has announced that he will send federal forces to all violence ravaged cities across the nation democrat governors to suspect their states are being targeted for political reasons
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. well i'm going to do something that i can tell you because we're not going to get new york and chicago and philadelphia detroit and baltimore and all of these oh and there is a mess we're not going to let this happen or our country all run by liberal democrats . were from that has already sent in troops to portland to quash almost 2 months of anti racism protests that the order was not approved at the local level though and led to fresh clashes in the city with infuriated residents. was god. but. i have 2 weeks of protests against police brutality and systematic racism in the us
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unrest reached a new level on the streets of portland oregon a crackdown by u.s. federal officers deployed by the department of homeland security increased tensions the feds who arrived in unmarked cars dressed in military style gear with identification brought things to new heights when protesters knocked down sections of a large steel fence around the courthouse this weekend federal agents reacted with flash bangs followed by tear gas according to portland police they did not engage the protesters but some say the local police force has now been sandwiched between the demonstrators on one side and federal law enforcement on the other at the government level the bridge between local and state and the feds has become just as pronounced portland smear has demanded that the federal agents leave he told c.n.n. that their presence here is actually leading to more violence and more vandalism. mayor ted wheeler is being flanked by the state organs gov kate brown asked the
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federal government to remove its troops nearly a week ago and the state's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the federal government accusing it of unlawfully detaining protesters meanwhile president on trump has defended the deployment saying democrats run cities have lost control of the races and demonstrations in addition trump bolstered the power of federal law enforcement officers with new executive orders aimed at protecting monuments adding to the chaos seen from top to bottom protesters are also experiencing a divide while continuing to support the movement some are criticizing the methods right we're going to stop on all the responsible adults are going to come down here take back our streets make you want to measure the state clear right to get this movement back on track. while the protesters about to stay on the streets the feds say they are not pulling back for anyone making some fear that the growing divides could lead to more trouble not only amongst protesters but also between different
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levels of law enforcement of south america correspondent alex the hell of it now we did put. the debates with. same old spurred from the press problem is that when you hear the feds come in you expect them to come in with a strategy but wait to try to bridge the gap between the protest there isn't a very system that they're fighting against imagine if you know you were there you got to have a dinner which a family and i just walked up at a restaurant with a p. going it's that you and i'm making progress but i'm back. and i'm not telling you why you know you're going to be freaked out and you're going to get up there and you'll probably say you know good now they're going to paid more throwing it at me as you should because i'm probably like crazy well when you're mixed up with people who are bird. and looting and you know they're doing it and you stick around there and you know there are federal troops there you're looking for trouble i mean i
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wouldn't be in a place like that and nobody's been arrested nobody's coming into restaurants these people have been burning and looting and rioting for now 52 straight nights the president finally said about a week ago a nuff is enough because the local authorities refused to do anything and customs and border patrol agents made up this force to go protect federal buildings and federal landmarks in that city and that's what they're doing and they have every right to do it if they are going to come in and they're going to match people we should identify them so you can't just grab people went after people because everybody you know burning buildings everybody kind of bought their protest for a laugh if you will their group of wild and crazy stuff well no but the park up there have been people who you care to snatch because you're pretty good for this because you don't really know because it's not right people aren't being snatched off the streets who are peaceful i've heard the police make the announcements we're
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going to start arresting people if you decide to stay please leave the ones who stay are leaving themselves wide open for arrest and they know when the night gets the ball and the violence starts and the burning starts and the looting starts in the police saying go home if you choose to stay you know darn well you're risking arrest and if you don't you need your head examined. with the world crips by the kind of our spawn demick russia has successfully completed trials of the 19 vaccine the 1st of its kind but the western media. in raising legal and ethical concerns over the jap. explains loosed reasonable people would see a vaccine for what it is a panacea a solution to the. this this awful pandemic scourge that has decimated so many
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lives and livelihoods around the world in just a few months such progress should serve achievement joy and hope but we live in an unreasonable world so they sued jealousy and resentment top executives at companies as well as believed in tycoons and government officials began getting shots developed by the state run gammill a institute in moscow as early as april all based on anonymous sources of course and recipients of the vaccine some of whom bloomberg claims to have identified well unfortunately there are anonymous to. confirm dozens who have had the shots but none would allow their names to be published so bloomberg well known for bashing russia amid the names of russian oligarchs and kremlin officials who got a vaccine shot before anyone else out of concern for their privacy and well being that sounds incredibly plausible and speaking of plausible what are you learning
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about the serious questions being raised about how russia has come so far so quickly with its potential vaccine there are a lot of serious legal and ethical questions about what mr chance does is he doesn't mention a single ethical or legal question that says so many he doesn't know where to start 1st off prominent russians have been hit by the virus countless celebrities politicians they've all gone down with it including the prime minister the president's spokesperson so if we're sure already has a vaccine it clearly doesn't work and if russian government officials and billionaires had already taken the shot in april why would they need to force soldiers and that is what c.n.n. appears to be hinting at to be guinea pigs it makes less and less sense as you go. long especially these next part russia desperately needs to develop and wants to
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develop a vaccine isn't that one reason why the kremlin would try and get ahead by stealing other nation's secrets you may remember recently the brits the us canada they all claim that russian hackers yes yes they get around has been trying to steal vaccine secrets from the west russia has been trying to do this they claim the same russia that apparently already has a secret vaccine since april the same russia that was already across the finishing line because apparently it cut corners the same russia is trying to steal secrets from countries that are behind it that's like trying to copy someone else's arms as an exam you've already passed and anyway russia has already agreed to abide from the u.k. the very vaccine that it is apparently now trying to steal if russia has been behaving so badly why we helping them out because this is
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a global pandemic and this is not a case where we protect the u.k. everything else goes away why are we helping russia out in dealing with a global health crisis a virus that knows neither the nation nor race nor sex no believes that is a question being asked by journalists why are we helping someone else and have softer kate being a who seems to be one of the few reasonable people left in this world unlike the b.b.c. journalist as a matter of fact kate i think you've deserved a secret invitation to get a secret jab of a secret vaccine that russia has kept secret the world needs more people like you. northwest of there we discussed the story too with ultimate have many of are only just at lancaster university he says that the bees that have to be no point in hacking any vaccine information as this isn't hidden anyway i think general
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procedure for vaccine development are pretty standard most of the vaccine dollars or being developed now they are not on a hidden technology or in the scientific community we do know every technology how it has been developed and how it can be used for different trials so therefore i don't think there is any hidden formation and the technology and the vaccine development itself don't lead in probably that is not available is what is the outcome of the research or the trials which would ultimately become available therefore i don't really see any particular reason for attacking any information to be honest in the scientific community we do collaborate if anyone need any information they can contact the researcher and they will be happy to provide the information they need it how the vaccine has been constructed for example if someone needed an information from any researcher to simply do email add we've got to give the information this is an order issue of a single country this is a global pandemic and on less everybody is not safe no one is safe watching r.t.
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still to come through this our place in the u.k. concerned about branding terrorists is jihadists fearing it leads to islamophobia and advocating new labels for religiously motivated extremists we'll have a look at that news just after the break. in order to justify all the money printing the fed has to claim that they're fighting deflation. if the wages go up that would be inflation and therefore they'd have the stop printing money which means i'd have to stop yelling out back in solving the zombie banks so by claiming that they're fighting deflation i think gives them cover to keep this continuous rolling bail out of the zombie. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy
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confrontation let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic development the only move really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. again i mean ukraine a man has taken 20 people hostage on a bus in the center of the city of lutes which is in the northwest of the country the perpetrators said he's armed and has explosives police have cordoned off the area and are trying to secure the release of the hostages though the man is refusing to negotiate groups or reports of gunshots being fired officers say the
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hijacker hasn't made any clear demands yet suspect is thought to have published a manifesto one twitter according to day to day against the system he also tweeted to demands that ukraine's top officials publish videos of themselves in which they call themselves terrorists we'll bring you more on this developing situation as it unfolds. police in the u.k. want to drop the use of terms like jihadists when describing terrorists motivated by islam fearing it could steer up negative perceptions of muslims and their fate. i propose a change in culture by moving away from using terms which have a direct link to islam and jihad these do not help community relations and public confidence the muslim police organization says the same question the 2 islamophobia is advocating a number of alternatives including faith claimed terrorism and terrorists abusing
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religious motivations another proposal is appearance of islam of bin laden's ideology the u.k. has suffered a string of terror attacks in recent years claiming dozens of lives and injuring hundreds. we put the issue of the debate. well it makes
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a big difference to people in the community it's them is them. have been hijacked they've hijacked their faith of islam and when we give these labels to them we legitimize their actions and their terrorism and so i think it's absolutely right that we have an honest to know and transparent debate with the authorities to look at terminology so that it doesn't tarnish the whole community the military percent of. people wouldn't want to be having any involvement or walk in and the league to this time for terrorism however you know we're just telling ourselves a bunch of lies here it is political correctness gone mad and unfortunately these people are doing it specifically for that reason because they believe in this extreme islamic view point while i look i'd be very clear that we've got a problem when there are people within the muslim community who engage in terrorism it's not about political correctness it's about making sure that we don't buy the
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message or d. agenda of terrorists and this and this is not about divide and rule this is actually much more about the reality is that these people are extreme everyone knows that there are extreme part of society but they are shouting allahu akbar are invariably before they commit one of these crimes the jewel crops terrorists who killed the former liberal m.p. joe cox you shouted out britain 1st are we going to britain are we are going to stop using the term britain no we're not so you know terminology is important and gauge what is important and reporting these responsibly i think is the best way in having an open dialogue and fortunately there are a significant number of people in this country and across the world that are extreme and yes there are extreme christians and and over the centuries if you look back over the centuries that each truly. has engaged in terrorism at some time so
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so this is not something new but to change the name to try and pretend that this is not. based is just 10 minutes it was a book that was. just coming up half past 2 in the afternoon here in moscow that brings you up to date here on r.t. don't forget there are plenty of stories too as usual on our website and you can find that. problem drugs don't always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in every state in the united states we see a very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids opioids and voted america under the banner of medicine persisted with a pay.

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