we go to work. straight home. the u.s. and china feud escalates as american agents break into the former chinese consulate in houston hours after its fake ated on washington's orders follows the u.s. secretary of state calling on of the nations to join forces against john prompting fears a new cold war has begun. orthodox protesters burned turkish flags in the greek city of saloniki outbreak decision to turn fear back into a mosque. is a totally barbaric civilized turning heise of fear into

a mosque but this is not right from the turkish because they have the your churches to pray to. also a u.s. ban on the fictions during the pandemic expires despite the soaring infection rate . we're looking at just about the sins of thousands of families in households facing homelessness many for the 1st time in their lives in there has been a response in chimes of how we will try to. back the people feasting i think she's . very good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r.t. and. first this hour the feud between the world's 2 largest economies china and the united states is ratcheting up in a cold war style standoff less than an hour after chinese officials left their consulate in houston following trump's orders to close the facility american author

it is an official forcibly entering the building there was cordoned off a group of men were spotted trying to break into the facility using tools where they managed to enter officials were seen trying 3 separate entrances but without success cleaners were seen taking out the rubbish at the u.s. consulate general in the chinese city of chengdu beijing has told america to fake it. those promises in a tit for tat measure. and all comes as a chinese researcher is arrested by u.s. authorities in beijing sconce alyson some francisco she's accused of allegedly hiding her military affiliations during her visa application she's one of 4 visiting researches you've recently been accused of visa fraud beijing strongly condemns the crackdown urging the u.s. to stop harassing chinese students and research its artie's done quarter looks at the recent escalation of tensions between the 2 foes and the latest cold war style rhetoric coming from america's sect of state. since the 1970 s. u.s.

foreign policy has used more honey than vinegar and its dealings with beijing china has definitely changed as a result but not exactly the way washington wanted it to you know the world was much different than we imagine think you shouldn't which and it would produce a future with bright promise of comedy and cooperation. but today today we're all still wearing masks and watching the pandemics body count rise because the c.c.p. failed in its promises to the world. we're reading every morning new headlines of repression in hong kong and we're watching a chinese military the grow stronger and stronger and indeed more menacing that if we want to have a free 21st century and not the chinese century of which dreams. the old paradigm of blinding gauge with china simply won't get it done pompei of speech seems to have a lot in common with that of winston churchill's when he declared an iron curtain had descended across europe dividing it into soviet and western spheres it was the

beginning of the cold war and with pump ails us against them rhetoric another cold war between the u.s. and china may be brewing this isn't about containment don't buy that. it's about a complex new challenge that we've never faced before. the u.s.s.r. was closed off from the free world communist china is already within our borders washington's hostile stance is no doubt part of a recent pitfall in sino u.s. relations while waistband in the u.s. accusations of tech that disputes in the south china sea it's all reminding experts of a warning former president richard nixon made decades ago we must cultivate jointed during the next few decades want it is learning to develop its national strength and potential otherwise we will one day be confronted with the most of the middle enemy that has ever existed in the history of the world unfortunately for washington nixon was right when he was president china. still an economically backwards country with its eyes on rapid development fast forward to the present

and the communist parties accomplished much of what it set out to do it's lifted millions out of abject poverty it led the country to what looks like a quick recovery from the cove in 1000 pandemic and it doesn't seem willing to stop in the face of washington statements. remarks which ignore facts in darfur of ideological bias and cold woman tells you are a hodgepodge of political lies intensively made recently by senior u.s. officials accusations of human rights abuses authoritarian name calling pompei was even labeled china's system a new tyranny does all sound a bit crusading but then again it's not anything new in america's foreign policy playbook the tree of tyranny in this hemisphere cuba venezuela and nicaragua has finally met its match pressers regimes an ideology the forces of oppression to tallaght terror an ism and domination while despite the trumpet

ministrations best efforts the so-called troika of tyranny is still around even where u.s. backed regime change was successful it's still no walk in the park in iraq the government is basically powerless to combat militias that see it as a us puppet and in countries where the u.s. failed like venezuela it's a huge waste of taxpayer money china though is a lot more powerful and with u.s. allies unwilling to get behind this new strategy paul might need to rethink his approach. angry protests across greece of full of the reopening of highest fear as a mosque yesterday the form of museum held its 1st muslim prayers for almost 90 years in tests of the new key orthodox protesters burned turkish blanks demonstrators the moment on the country's come to that chanted and interests logans condemning the reconversion is what some of them had to say. this is a totally barbaric and on civilized. turning highest of fear into

a mosque is nice erick goes against all our to the exit people this is not right from the turkish because they have been your churches to create a dear god. fridays muslim prayers to crowds of worshippers who filled the nearby square his president richard typepad well was also in attendance surrounded by senior officials the turkish leader participated in the service and we cited verses from the qur'an he then expressed his delight at the reconversion. to live in them . this is been a yearning since our youth we used to say let the chains break in high as the fear open as a mosque we've ended an 86 year period high as the fear has now returned to its essence it was a mosque and it's a mosque a game. there's been some back and forth in the history of severe originally it was built by the roman empire as a cathedral then it became a mosque after the ottoman conquest in 135 it was converted in to a museum but earlier this month he transformed it back into

a mosque. ok and he joined on the line now by the former greek ambassador to canada the in a discreet on topless welcome this we've seen angry protests so it's pretty clear emotions are high at this reconversion even turkish flags being burned just how far do you think this is going to go. well it's it's quite serious i would say 1st of all this is. an affront to their cultural heritage of humanity what the han did and it's not the 1st time we must remember that during that they had once put into the parthenon into a into a into a mosque during the time of the ottoman empire. and it's and today we had a big big reaction from from ankara that considers us living

in the in the past that we are we have a racist way of thinking which i find not a very nice thing to save his every greece and that the thing is that turkey is behaving it's like if we were in 1453 and not today in the 21st century another very important issue about this is that we must not forget that turkey and spain founded the alliance of civilizations at the united nations one of the aims of this alliance of civilizations was to defuse tensions between the west and the islamic world so i think that this alliance of civilization which is a united nations initiative should be shouldn't actually fall

apart it has no use anymore and we see how arab the honeys is is taking back its promises to promote good relations between islam and the western world so i think that this is something that the u.n. united nations general assembly should deal with and do away with with this initiative that no longer has any. has any sense but the situation is getting worse because there is also a big problem of greek turkish relations concerning that. the agent seen and turkey is now on the verge of making states says mick researches on the greek territorial on the greek continental shelf and this may lead to an armed conflict in the next few days this is an issue that has not been defused yet in spite of interventions by the german presidency of the of the

e.u. so when we are living in a very difficult time in this part of the world and i hope at the end that peace may prevail given those tensions that you just talked about and the issue of border control between the countries. which you until we construe this move by president to reconvert something back from what was you know just a museum it was secular back to a mosque was it almost an antagonistic maybe most of know what he was doing that it was going to further and flare problems between the countries. well i think that he was doing it out maybe also for internal reasons because his popularity is dropping now in that turkey because of the economic crisis there are many people that don't have the means to finance their their their living so and also

my pressured is that he is trying to put down. that work with the founder of modern turkey because it is the 1st time it is the 1st time that the cream signed by at that or as president of the turkish republic has been cancelled has been has been declared null and void so this is an attack also against the demolished regime in turkey so basically it's an it's an internal problem that has international ramifications. there's been quite strong condemnation coming from western leaders on this may do you think the one chasm we share in the past is quite happy to upset the fellow nato members does he really care if people condemn him i don't i don't think that he cares anything about statements being done the only thing that she might care would be if concrete measures were taken like the

e.u. taking sanctions against against turkey who are. violating. for violating international law and violating the tariff tauriel integrity of 2 of its member states which is greece and cyprus we must not forget that the e.u. has taken sanctions against russia for reasons much less. buy and which which i personally don't don't agree with them and yet it refuses for the moment to think sanctions against turkey and that's the only language that their language understand. many thanks to my guests this hour leonidas christiane populous former greek ambassador to canada thanks so much going. to need to england now face coverings are mandatory as of now in all public spaces this however has raised the question of who should be monitoring compliance with that some shop owners are saying that they will not force the new rule u.k.

correspondent isa explains. provide a it's now mandatory for people in england to wear a face mask when they go to shop the supermarket so they go to pick up a delivery now we're going to go on to the streets of london to try to see what the public think they should done this before coronavirus went into lockdown the fact that on the one people 100 pounds. and probably money other people's health just that that makes perfect picture of government. i think we should have been implemented from the beginning. i think it's important to abide by these was busy i think there's a lot of science that goes behind coming up with these rules most of the shops that i went into weren't really forcing the rules those that were just said that they would recommending people to where mosques to cover their faces now many of those shop workers don't want to be enforcing those rules because they fear aggression and backlash from certain members of the public if they were to try to make people

wear masks with hundreds of incidents of violence and abuse directed at retail stuff every day we welcome then ousmane that in force meant to be left to their thoughts rather than potentially put in hard working retail colleagues in harms way if. someone refuses to wear a face mask probably we can kindly asked him to leave but as to enforcing it it's not viable it will be certain people would be upset about it. and they did the most controlling boss for us also as well is a weekend in force if we don't always encourage people to have it but. god knows how we've done and sort of the government of said that those who refused to wear face masks when going into shops could be fined up to $100.00 pounds should an individual without an exemption refuse to wear a face covering a shop can refuse them entry and can call the police if people refuse to comply the

police have full him. powers and can issue a fine and the police don't seem to be too keen either saying that making them in force that is both unrealistic and unfair policing the wearing of face coverings in shops can't be a priority because we simply don't have the resources to expect my colleagues to be policing the supermarket aisles looking for those shoppers not wearing a face covering is unrealistic and unfair the police on the only ones who've been left frustrated with the british medical association saying that these measures have come in far too late for months doctors at the british medical association have called on the government to ask people to wear face coverings up until now the government has refused so this step is long overdue the u.k. has had one of the worst coronavirus death tolls of any country around the world there are some who say that these measures are better late than never but many others who feel that it's far too little far too late is highly r.t.

london. the chief of the u.k. our charity has accused british museums of being hypocritical in their support of the black lives matter movement ever francis says that these institutions should 1st relinquish items in their collections taken by force from africa he explained his position to us. you've got to clean up your own house before you start talking about other people the simple response to it it's contradictory really to not have dealt with the whole issue of colonial problem and also the lack of go-go's italy in the workforce and also and also support those matters that seem incompatible to me now the comments come after several high profile galleries and museums responded to the black lives about a movement with words of support the british museum's director for example wrote a blog post last month it said that the museum stands in solidarity with the black

community throughout the worlds but the british museum itself has been under pressure for years to return works of art looted from former colonies that include the bronze is taken by british soldiers from nigeria the greeks parthenon marbles and an easter island statue u.k. legislation currently prevents national institutions from returning looted items in their collections except in the case of art stolen during the nazi era but a british museum spokesperson said that these students working on changes when it comes to displaying the objects and he's being open about the history of the collections are francis again says museums need to change. role of new c.m.c. is being called into question and also the means by which they shouldn't have been assembled is being questioned there's quite a lot of documentation about how these objects came into the possession of the museum so all we need to know is whether or not it was taken with consent we're

also going for a new kind of music that is more humanitarian and pays greater attention to human rights. brought in for the pandemic expires in the u.s. with money fearing they will now be thrown out onto the streets that story more after the break. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race is on spearing dramatic development only personally and. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.

welcome back in the u.s. an eviction bun meant to soften the blow of the coronavirus crisis exposed today and puts millions of americans at risk of losing their homes comes as the daily infection right is showing little sign of slowing down on the scale of open reports

with the united states hit harder than any other nation by the coronavirus things to be getting worse with many americans becoming a lot more vulnerable very soon after the eviction ban is lifted millions of americans who are renters who live in buildings with mortgages backed by the government could soon be out on the streets here in new york we saw a record trends of folks that were applying for temporary housing in the. shelter system more than what we had seen and many many recent years and there has not been a response in terms of how we will address of course opening back up with people facing eviction so we're looking at just about thousands tens of thousands of families in households facing homelessness many for the 1st time in their lives now aside from the huge social shock this is also a public health emergency all of those who've been turned out of their homes will

huddle together with relatives or seek shelter when coping $1000.00 was added. it was a fight trying to get our elected officials to understand that folks need to be isolated and that it's a keep them safe from cope 19 so we found that a lot of our homeless by this is. would actually avoid going into shelter knowing that they were overcrowded and cubase and for the spread of over 19 and they would have rather it stay on the street whether that been an incoming weather know whether that would have been without the proper resources on the street the pandemic has. brought the u.s. economy to a standstill it appeared that the surge in job losses was subsiding but this past week job loss numbers have been rising once again many fear that the u.s. economy is too weak to swiftly recover $33000000.00 americans are officially

unemployed now the $600.00 per week unemployment enhanced ment is currently set to expire it could be extended if congress chooses to do that but it appears that's unlikely at the moment unfortunately by all accounts the senate republicans are drafting legislation that comes up short in a number of vital areas such as extending unemployment benefits or funding for rental assistance has a premium pay for front line workers or investments in communities of color being ravaged by the virus and many other necessary provisions the u.s. senate is currently deadlocked over the economic stimulus bill with many hoping that it will pass in august meanwhile the infection rates in a number of u.s. states are rising and as it appears that a number of americans are on the brink of losing their incomes and their homes the situation in the united states regarding the pandemic is starting to look pretty bleak cable martin artsy new york.

britain's b.b.c.'s facing pushback of the decision to preen t.v. licenses for most of the u.k.'s senior citizens u.k. media minister though thinks he has. those on low income will take up into groups and so continue to be able to watch television but of course rob that meets your interest to obtain information you can listen to any number of b.b.c. radio dramas and you do not require to have a t.v. license. b.b.c. will stop providing free t.v. licenses for most people older than 75 the decision comes into effect next month 2 months later than initially planned because of the pandemic means more than 3000000 households will need to pay the fee and the movie sharply criticized even the prime minister's spokesperson called it the wrong decision the b.b.c. though says it was made under financial pressure which would otherwise impact on its programming. well the charity case called the move

a kick in the teeth pointing out that many old people live alone says that 2 out of 5 people over 75 see t.v. is their main form of company now they will only get a free license if they have a low income and claim pension credit but the charity says that almost $600000.00 of those who are entitled to this don't claim it got reaction to the decision in london. pension at 65 now it's gone up to what 60 or something one of the good t.v. license to give you free travel on the buses so why not free t.v. license the b.b.c. is a monolith it's quite wealthy which manages mega bucks cut those give it to pensioners most of us is not that long to live off to 75 give back a little pay some people then they worked all their life and they paid. taxes and they are entitled to at the end of their life to enjoy a pretty view and i think some of them don't see anybody for time you know the only person they see is the person on the telly

a lot of people live alone and the television is their only form of entertainment and comfort. coronavirus strictures have been reintroduced in australia's most populous state new south wales authorities are battling to control a new outbreak of covert cases in more doctors in australia raising concerns over the aged care system in the neighboring state of victoria federal government's announced aged care workers will be banned from working across multiple facilities to help contain the spread of covert 19 you're still in medical association says that this will worsen the situation in care homes hit hard by the pandemic tickle correspondent norman swan believes the entire health care system in australia is in danger. it's a serious problem it's not just in the chair in pretoria it's also in hospitals where i think over 300 or more health care workers have been furloughed because they've been contacts of people interacting with quite a lot of health care workers and treated and that's true in aged care homes the

other problem is that the border is closed because in new south wales and victoria and and there's a big turnaround in northern victoria where a lot of their staff comes from new south wales and we're not going to live across the border and it shows how fragile the system can be there's a book boarding school new school kids are feted you'd see a very different response the boarding schools will be shut down people kids will be transferred to other places until reclean and safe that's not happening live aged care homes hasn't happened in the united states that sweden is the classic example where they let the virus rip and it really devastated the aged care homes around the world we do not respect our elderly particularly our frail elderly and history is no exception. great to have you with us so i will return with updates on our top stories in about 30 minutes time and meanwhile you can always check out plenty more new stories head to our website.

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