he became his drug dealer so who's to blame patients doctors manufacturers. the u.s. sees its biggest black lives matter rallies and weeks we've heard from a reporter who got caught up in the police crackdown in seattle they get closer and closer to me and i'm saying a peaceful time packing up and you can see a police officer from seattle show me where i start filming him and the pepper spray directly. and in the stories that shaped the week the u.k. is opposition labor party pushes for artie's broadcast license to be revoked after a report on alleged russian influence we got reactions from londoners. going to asia i don't believe. it was just more we saw the more destruction it was really go it alone i just take the cake so why should the need to. plus several

countries see a spike in coronavirus cases just weeks after reopening their doors to tourists. was that. and israel is gripped by public outrage over the prime minister's handling of the pandemic amid corruption allegations. you're watching the weekly here on r t a recap of the biggest stories from the past 7 days thanks for joining us. a wave of street unrest grips major american cities on saturday people rallied in cities including seattle portland and chicago.

and on identified device exploded next to the seattle police department's east precinct tearing a hole in the side of the building a total of $21.00 officers were injured during clashes throughout saturday.

in central seattle police use pepper spray to force back the crowd and some were seen beating activists with sticks one reporter film the moment he was pepper sprayed. that's right going to break the mold. tell you hey i'm. gone i just got shot. that's right i just got shot to trade in the boat. we spoke with joey wiser the independent journalist you just saw being pepper sprayed as well as to max country by of a seattle resident about the protests in the city. we get to a point where the police vents on the protesters they get closer and closer to saying. peaceful backing up and you can see

a police officer from seattle show backward into a crowd of people and then i obviously drawn from myself around and try to get. start filming him pepper sprayed me directly and i know at that point i cannot breathe and i cannot see or hear a helicopter flying a little. in the middle of the protests. the police. earlier this week more than a dozen u.s. mayors most of them democrats voice alarm over the federal crackdown president trump refused to back down saying more troops would be sent to u.s. cities i think in their own way they want us to go and they'll be a time when they're going to want us to go in full blast but right now we're sending extra people to help not happening in chicago we don't need federal troops when i spoke with the director of the department of homeland security last week i

told him to go home and to take his federal troops with him we are not going to hesitate to take the president to court and stop any unconstitutional actions meanwhile the chaos has hit retailers in portland several stores have been vandalized and looted over the past 2 months one of the targets was a jewelry store that's been operating there for 30 years and may looters broke into the process and stole numerous items the owner no one told us clients are afraid to go downtown. and not only ones many businesses in downtown portland are hurt it's not the portland we know it's not the city that we've been doing business in for over 30 years it's just boarded up streets. you know lot of graffiti just destruction everywhere and we're very disappointed with the studio i don't consider what they're doing is due to ship when you feel businesses like that when

your city looks like a war zone and failed leadership and we're very disappointed we're very angry and at this time we just don't know what the future of downtown portland will look like and you allow lawlessness when you allow looting and when you don't hold people accountable this stuff is going to continue and if their leadership failed the businesses the residents of downtown portland big time and ask why this is happening there is no accountability being held right now against looters. the u.k. government says it's drawn up a 30 year strategy for dealing with the suppose a threat posed by the kremlin or poet report on alleged russian meddling was released on tuesday and it is the u.k. are failing to take the threat seriously. who is protecting the british public from interference in our democratic process well in a nutshell we found no one is the u.k. government took its eye off the ball because of its focus on counter-terrorism we

found the defense of the u.k. democratic process is a hot potato the government had badly underestimated the response required to the russian threat and is still playing catch up the outrage isn't that there was interference the outrage is that no one does want to know if there was what is the worst example you can give of the russian interference well that's the question which we want to have unsub the british prime minister is reportedly planning to boost funding for the security services and introduce a new espionage act in response to the russian report that documents publication was delayed by the government for a year and a half before it was finally released this week artist and a hug and has been looking at what's inside. to get a very brief summary of the long awaited russia reports we can go straight to page 13 of the document the written evidence provided to us appear to suggest that

h m g had not seen or sought evidence of successful interference in u.k. democratic processes seems to be enough so if you're short on time or don't want to read heavily redacted intelligence and political spiel scott what signal otherwise let's go on open source studies have pointed to the preponderance of pro breaks it all and he used tories on r.t. in sputnik and the use of bots in trolls as evidence of russian attempts to influence the process we've sought to establish whether there is secret intelligence which supported or builds on these studies in response to my 5 initially provided just 6 lines of text the report's authors were seemingly surprised by the limited response of the. intelligence services but not because those agencies may have more important priorities such as protecting lives by tackling international domestic terrorism or serious crime apparently more resources are needed to keep track of social media and artie's editorial policies

and coverage breaks it polarized millions with several broadcasters coming under fire but it's still russia that poses the risk and the security services that are doing their job this is about the protection of the u.k.'s democratic process and mechanism from hostile state interference which should fall to our intelligence and security agencies after all moscow has been waging influence campaigns targeting u.k. politics through digital media wealthy individuals organizations and almost any other means the report warns the threat of russian influence is a hot potato with intelligence and other agencies shirking the responsibility of taking the lead in tackling it and reassuring the public amid widespread allegations that again the impact of such influence remains elusive. the impact of any such attempts would be difficult if not impossible to assess and we've not

sought to do so state agencies haven't looked closely enough for open source information according to the report they lacked a retrospective assessment and intelligence agencies in particular need a more important role in future the committee was struck by the relatively small proportion of work that is carried out by the agencies in relation to russia in any case should they consider other threats to be a higher priority they can always fall back on trusted russian experts to lead the way christopher steele author of the infamous anonymous golden shower dossier and contributors that the institute for state craft and integrity initiative a project founded to tackle the russian threat receiving state funding to advise the states that russia is a threat and moscow's response was swift and predictable as was the final conclusion of the long awaited russia report showing yet again that any reproach went with the u.k. however small is still beyond the horizon. we've got reaction on the streets of

london to the claims made and the report the nation i don't believe. the position more showers or more destruction will really go in the world. and the photo was shot of russia or is that just by i mean i just think we can take you so why should they need to be. based on nothing to do with that lately and that if they would take a lead in this and that way to make a list at the beginning where the. you know of the country's ruling the with the politics of other people who try to influence government. in chief as part of the fallout from the russia report the u.k.'s opposition labor party is also pushing for artie's broadcast license to be revoked and a letter to the country's t.v. regulator off calm and watchdog a supposed to be independent and immune from political pressure i am writing to request it off calm urgently refuse artie's license in light of this report into

request a meeting with you as soon as possible to discuss my concerns about the broadcaster the office of communications was created in 2003 by an act of parliament it regulates britain's t.v. and radio broadcasts and promotes fair competition of com blocks harmful or offensive content if there are complaints as well it did not leave r.t.e. out in the past. our investigation from the arts he failed to preserve june partiality in 7 news and current affairs programs between the 17th of march and 26 very pull 2018 taken together these breaches represented serious and repeated failures of compliance with the rules artie's latest response to the allegations from the u.k. says they're worth no misinformation or falsehood in any of our reporting that off com has assessed our u.k. host afshin rattansi says this is a case of political interference. we now have the words of sick in

a storm is shadow department of culture media and sport secretary in a private letter sent to this independent regulator saying almost telling the urgently i need to see you to see her to do what to politically interfere with an independent regulator devastated by the fact that sick star seems obsessed by wanting to destroy a free press in britain puts the british labor party in in the spotlight because that would have implications for a free press in this country for article 19 of the united nations charter human rights charter it would have implications for the human rights act and presumably just as when he was banned for a defend media freedom summit here he would get help from amnesty international index on censorship obviously because yes jammer has crossed a line here he is attempting perhaps to interfere with an independent.

independent media regulator politically. still had its role is in the grip of protests what people there are expressing their difficult time to have the handling of the pandemic at all and that corruption allegations against the prime minister han that after the break. ah no team no crowd. no shots. actually felt. a strong no 1st. point should your thirst for action.

capitalism in the united states abandon the united states the leading capitalists in this country are now global capitalist grant that believe that leads them to their middle class without jobs without a future it's a disaster here covered over with endless either but the reality is a disaster and if mr trump or you would see other people emerging trying to make a political career by looking for their. own back to the program 5000 people flooded the streets of jerusalem on saturday night demanding the israeli prime minister's resignation by newman that yahoo has

been indicted on graft charges and crowds have been rowing in the city center throughout the week. so let's take a look at what's been causing the anger protesters are unhappy with the government's handling of the coronavirus and they're resisting the return of some lockdown measures due to a spike in infections they also say the prime minister and his cabinet have failed to manage the economic fallout of the penn demick on top of all of that there is simmering anger over corruption charges against netanyahu the prime minister's trial resumes next year with with no witness testimonies he's accused of fraud

breach of trust and accepting bribes and yahoo has denied all charges calling them part of a political witch hunt and he's condemned the ongoing protest goutam do not drag the state into anarchy violence vandalism and the spreading of disease through terrible sanitary practices like you're an aging in the street do not be dragged into attacking police officers they're doing their job. at least 12 people were arrested in jerusalem on saturday clashes were reported between rival groups with some people speaking out in support of the prime minister political analyst michel barrett and former advisor to the president's office jason perlow and share their thoughts on the 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 trial 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 debates around how to handle both the

economic sides of the pandemic and the medical side as well. the world health organization is sounding the alarm over corona virus infections in europe calling them worrying spain belgium and france have seemed recent spikes in cases where european countries have now moved to making people mandatory in all public spaces with more on the fears of a european 2nd wave here's our t.s.p. are all over. the summer sun has encouraged a return to normal in europe when it comes to covert 19 but ask coronavirus restrictions that be lifted or loosened the world health organization is warning about a potential spike in the virus with eastern europe and the polk and is deemed to be particularly at risk. we still have some worrying trends in southern europe in the balkans so we're not out of the woods just yet in the european environment it requires sustained vigilance just 2 months ago montenegro was declaring itself

corona free not anymore it seems 2000 cases of the virus have seen social distancing and lock down measures reintroduced but. you may be forgiven for thinking that western europe would force off the worst the pandemic count to offer but there's also been spikes there as well in spain for example the number of new infections has tripled recently but you know this when measures have been relaxed is where outbreaks happen is not only family reunions or other types of gatherings where we've had a good number of new outbreaks but also in places where there's been evening entertainment they have also generated some new outbreaks some countries are already reimposing measures in belgium which was ravaged by the 1st wave of the virus pressure is being placed upon the health care system local mayors will be given powers to impose lock downs and curfews in the areas hardest hit we think

that this is not really the time to have to face 5 restrictions they will be reinforcements taken to counter this part of the coronavirus instead. germany has been very successful at keeping cases low but this time of year is the peak time for holidays and unfortunately mingling with strangers when traveling is . a very good way to spread this virus then that's the differences in the precautions taken from country to country here in berlin it's strictly for boat to ride public transport without a mosque while in norway it's optional but there is nothing stopping me popping off the all slow for a few days taking in the sights of the taiga city by tram and bring it back to germany europe like everywhere else is desperate to get back to normality not least of all for economic reasons but steps taken to quickly can end up being steps taken

backwards that comb with tragic consequences coronavirus today is no less infectious and no less deadly than it was a few months back it would have political but mostly economy in europe is more concerned with the economy in the health of its citizens and people the relaxation of the self isolation regime happened too early we do not know much about this virus but it spreads extremely quickly now there have been repeated outbreaks of the virus in many places in spain in terms of the rate of infection the country's approaching the figure of a 1000 people a day due to summer vacations that there are not enough doctors and nurses we need to act quickly in order to find the source of infections and try to immediately isolate and quarantine the people who are nearby in europe borders have been practically opened some places are being visited by tourists i don't think that the

control over visitors is very strict if europe does not act together then frankly it will be difficult at the beginning of the epidemic the government made the wrong decisions by the end of february a quarantine should have been already declared but this is in the past today it is a global problem i see that infections are not only occurring in spain the balkans will be a big source of increased corona virus infection. in europe. some people are more prone to come in $1000.00 than others and need to take additional precautions rather than getting down about that one couple in rio de janeiro saw an opportunity to have a bit of fun all while also indulging a lifelong fascination with space pick pick pick. pick. pick. pick pick pick from the same 66 part of the code good risk group finding corn chain

at home i got really anxious feeling that i had to go out and do things but could not see the infection rate was really high hit a. shot at what you can report on t.v. i saw an interview with a doctor he went for more than 40 days without seeing his family because he was in the cosey task force he then created a dinosaur caused you to visit his family he was very touching so i thought about doing something similar to go out. the russian city of st petersburg has staged its annual maybe day parade or 40 warships naval aviation and more than $4000.00 personnel took part in the event and more parades are taking place at naval bases around the country here are the highlights from st petersburg.

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