u.s. officers break into the chinese consulate and houston right after vacated on washington's orders the u.s. secretary of state calls on other nations to join forces against china. portland sees another night of chaos as u.s. federal troops use tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a crowd of activists. and i face mask laws takes effect in england failure to wear them in public places can mean a hefty fine but many feel the idea is unworkable. god knows how it was done in

georgia i think it's important to validate there's a thing there's a lot of science that goes behind i think we shouldn't be thinking from the beginning. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our teach queue in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the chinese foreign ministry has accused the us of violating international law by breaking into its consulate in houston and has vowed to retaliate american agents were seen forcing their way through the back door right after chinese officials were required to vacate the building the raid happened on friday president trump ordered the closure earlier in the week accusing beijing of stealing intellectual property all the justice department claimed consular staff for obstructing an investigation meanwhile in the chinese city of chengdu the american consulate has been shut down in a tit for tat measure and a man was seen. taking trash bags out of the building. and a related development

a chinese researcher has been arrested in san francisco she is accused of not disc disclosing her military affiliations and her visa application she's going up for a visiting researchers who have recently been accused of visa fraud has condemned the crackdown and urged the united states to stop harassing chinese students and researchers are just on the quarter looks at the ongoing us collation. since the 1970 s. u.s. foreign policy is 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. it would produce a future with bright promise comedy and cooperation. but today today we're all still wearing mask and watching the pandemics bodycount rise because the c.c.p. failed in its promises to the world 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 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 was 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 covert 1900 pandemic it doesn't seem willing to stop in the face of washington statements. compare whose remarks which ignore facts in the full of ideological bias and cold woman telling our hodgepodge of political lies intensively made recently by senior u.s. officials act as a. of human rights abuses authoritarian name calling even label china's system a new tyranny it does all sound a bit crusade but then again it's nothing new in america's foreign policy playbook

the troika of tyranny in this hemisphere cuba venezuela and nicaragua has finally met its match pressers regimes and ideologies forces of oppression to tell a tear in ism and domination well 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 pompei all might need to rethink his approach because. the world has already. studied and actually in my opinion the show corners code to work between china and merica has now much talk during a positive because the united states has never spoke to you know we are thinking of

cold war took 2 wouldn't do thinking about it china who were very clear which country. is more in the world into war definitely specially issue a decision to question for many people to understand i think the united states would be really need there too and truly in interference you other countries you. there's been another standoff between protesters and federal forces and the us city of portland things got violent when people marched on the federal courthouse where they were met with tear gas and rubber bullets. to. my.

eye. i. settle for says worsened an earlier this week by president trying to quell anti racism protests some residents and business owners complain the city has been turned into a war zone but more than a dozen u.s. mayors muslim democrats have voiced alarm over the federal crackdown and the un is now voicing concern over the heavy handed security response. peaceful demonstrations that have been taking place in cities in the u.s. such as portland really must be able to continue without those produce baten in them and also the people reporting on them the journalists arbitrary address to detach and being subject to unnecessary disproportionate discriminatory use of force or suffering other violations of the your rights since the demonstrations

started in portland 18 people have been arrested on charges including arson and vandalism we heard from locals about the situation. directly to the credit card i think drum circle pretty much. just didn't really last 30. 3330 that says horrible i mean he was just hit in the right with the rubber bullet . night tonight. we just want to tell people he. was out there that. we. the rebirth of the city. in england face coverings are now mandatory in all public spaces this however has raised the question of who should monitor compliance as some shop owners are saying they will not enforce the new rule or u.k. correspondent ali reports. provide

a it's now mandatory for people in england to wear a face mask when they go to shop supermarket or 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 point. the fact that it's running one people 100 pounds. and probably money out of people's health just that that kind of public picture of government. i think we should have been implementing from the beginning. i think it's important to abide by these was busy 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 much will be left to their story to us 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 relief but as to enforcing it it's not viable there will be certain people who would be upset about it. and indeed the most controlling parts of us also as well is a weekend in short 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. compounds 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 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 for through like the side of the london. people in the far eastern russian city of kabul are protesting for a 3rd consecutive weekend in support of their former governor saturday for the girl was arrested earlier this month on allegations of ordering murders 15 years ago are to have has more. 7 tons those away in the region of the bottom of the

pacific ocean there are very different opinions on the entire affair the entire case of sergei for to go he was arrested on very serious charges and this was a high profile arrest of the suspicion of organizing the kidnapping in the mud multiple entrepreneurialism and this case is divided russians all over the country the official statistic that we've heard is 6500 people attending this demonstration unofficial reports going up 220000 people are still angry they demand the dismissal of these cases a little i went out into the streets because i could not take it anymore i'm boiling over and such support for girl would want justice to prevail did you mean i don't like the political situation in the country i am dissatisfied with our government and officials it is a simple as that society has matured to the point of expressing its indignation about what is happening in the far east sygate for god himself has maintained his

innocence throughout and says he looks forward to the investigation against the being brought to an end is also enjoyed a lot of popularity of street. reputation as a governor who cares a governor who has an ear to the concerns of constituents and. he's made a habit of dressing down very publicly officials that have either been incompetent . 'd saudi work is temporary replacement we heil dictator of hasn't been welcomed with open arms protests to say that he doesn't belong he has no ties to the region and that you know that much prefer old government nevertheless the new governor says he's there to stay and he's going to do a good job going. let's respect each other let's work together as i've been doing for food days in the governor's office. i came here all of your complaints are

taken into account so that all government bodies work smoothly i will spend the weekend on a trip around the bar of school region. still the new governor and protesters are at loggerheads because the protesters who gather in these huge crowds they say here is refuse to come out into speak with them to engage with them which is signs of weakness of fear even self says he has the time to waste that there's a lot to be done to the big show everything runs smoothly that there is a smooth transition in the years advise the protesters to stop attending the these needless and meaningless protests that instead devote their energy and enthusiasm to volunteer work for example. raleigh's have also taken place here in moscow in fall of parity with the protests and about us according to local media police have arrested between 15 and 40 people an authorised gatherings in the center of the capital the activists were on their way to the russian prosecutor general's office

to submit a petition and support for the ball. still ahead and a vixen ban brought in for the pen demick expires in the us with many fearing they will now be thrown onto the streets a story and more after the short break. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person or those with. no dares thinks. we dare to ask.

you to be with yet you look. welcome back angry protests across greece have followed the reopening of highest afia as a mosque on friday the former museum held its 1st muslim prayers and that's along here orthodox protesters burnt turkish flags turkey later rebukes the greek

authorities are allowing the burning of the national symbol demonstrators marched on the country's consulate in pencil on a key and chanted slogans condemning the reconversion here's what some of them had to say. this is a totally barbaric and on civilized turning highest of fear into a mosque this goes against all of the docs people this is not troy it's from the turkish because they have the year churches to pray to the god friday prayers drew crowds of worshippers who filled the nearby square turkey's president was also in attendance surrounded by senior officials the turkish leader participated in the service and recited verses from the koran then expressed his delight to at the reconversion. this is been a yearning since our youth we used to say let the chains break and why is the fear open as a mosque we've ended an 86 year period high is the fear has now returned to its

essence it was a mosque and it's a mosque again. there's been some back and forth and the history of highest sophia originally it was built by the eastern roman empire as a cathedral then it became a mosque after the ottoman conquest and 1935 it was converted into a museum but earlier this month turkey transformed back into a mosque when i discuss some thoughtless a former greek ambassador to canada believes the change in sofia status is a matter of turkish domestic policy. well i think that he was doing it all maybe also for internal reasons because his popularity is dropping now in that turkey because of the economic crisis and also my precious is that he is trying to put down at the. founder of modern turkey 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 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 for violating international law and violating that very real 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. and which which i personally don't don't agree with them have yet it refuses or the moment to take sanctions against turkey. the chief of a u.k. arts turkey has accused british museums of being hypocritical and their support of the black lives matter movement al francis says these institutions should 1st relinquish items in their collections taken by force from africa he spoke to r.t.

. you've got to clean up your own house before you start talking about other people and simple response to it it's contradictory really to not have dealt with the whole issue about colonial provenance and also the not complying firstly in the work force i've also said and also support but not matter that seems incompatible to me. his comments come after several high profile galleries and museums responded to the black lives matter movement with words of support the british museum's director for example wrote a blog post last month saying the institution stands in solidarity with black people throughout the world but the british museum itself has been under pressure for years to return to works of art looted from former colonies these include the ben and bronze is taken by british soldiers from nigeria the greek parthenon marbles and 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 the institution is working on changes when it comes to displaying the objects and is being open about the history of the collections francis again says it's not enough. role of newseum is used. and. then means by which they shouldn't be assembled is being questioned there's quite a lot of documentation. campaign into the possession of the museum so we need to know is whether or not it was taken with consent we're also going through a new kind of news that is more humanitarian and pays greater attention to human rights. armenia and azerbaijan are locked and i deadly border dispute and the shock waves are now being felt here in moscow which is home to large communities from both countries more than 30 people have been arrested in

a string of incidents and the latest clash a group of azerbaijani man were caught on camera smashing the windows of an armenian cafe a member of staff was reportedly assaulted just a few hours earlier a group of armenians vandalize and azerbaijani restaurant reportedly beating up staff and raiding the cash register and on thursday a car with an armenian number plate was smashed up and the driver was attacked police have issued a warning to both communities saying offenders could be deported and blacklisted for 5 years earlier this month the 2 countries saw their deadliest cross border shelling since 2016 with 12 azerbaijani and 5 armenian soldiers killed. in the us and a vision ban meant to soften the blow of the coronavirus crisis has expired putting millions of americans at risk of losing their homes it comes as the daily infection rate shows little sign of slowing down in the country artist has the details. with

the united states hit harder than any other nation by the corona virus things could 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 record trends of folks that were applying for temporary housing in the. shelter system more than what we had seen and many many missed a year 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 hope 19 was added. it was a fight trying to get our elected officials to understand that folks need to be isolated and wanted to keep them safe from cope 19 so we found that a lot of our homeless by this is. what actually avoid going into shelter knowing that they were overcrowded and were and you base for the spread of over 19 and they would have rather it stay on the street whether that been an incoming weather 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 surgery $3000000.00 americans are officially unemployed now the $600.00 per week unemployment enhanced meant 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 at it is break down for this hour and that's all

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