well. you like. carnage on american streets as black lives matter protesters and authorities face off we hear from a reporter who is caught up in a police crackdown and. they get closer to saying. peaceful i'm packing and then you see these officers. back where i started filming him and the. other stories that shaped the week the opposition labor party pushes for artie's broadcast lessons to be revoked after a report on alleged russian influence we ask londoners what they think. the only issue i don't believe. because you should have a more destruction what's really going on. so what should be.

is a 2nd wave a minute several e.u. countries see a spike in corona virus cases just weeks after reopening their doors to tourists also ahead. israel is gripped by public outrage over the prime minister's handling of the pandemic amid an ongoing corruption probe against him. right away but of broadcasting hunter across studios in moscow is r t international and john thomas glad to have you with us as we capture the week's top news jump the gun a little bit there all right a wave of street unrest gripped a major american cities on saturday some of the worst riots were in seattle and

portland. me and. in one incident an unidentified 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 the day. in central seattle police used pepper spray to force crowds back and to some were seen beating activists with sticks one reporter filmed a moment he was prepping spring. break will. tell you hey. i'm. gone i just got shot. that's crazy i just got shot it's raining about 2. among the people we spoke to in the city on saturday was joey wiser the journalist you just saw there being pepper sprayed. we get to a point where the police vents on the protesters they get closer and closer to me

and i'm saying hey i'm peaceful i'm backing up and you can see a police officer from seattle show backwards into a crowd of people and then i obviously drop off i turn myself around and try to get . i 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. in the middle of the protests. the police. earlier this week more than a dozen u.s. mayors mainly democrats voiced alarm over the federal crackdown but president trump refused to buckle stating more troops will be sent to trouble spots 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 that 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 has been operating for 30 years in may looters broke into the premises and ransacked the store the owner know who told us clients are afraid to go downtown. dolly 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 a lot of graffiti just destruction everywhere and we're very disappointed with the

city officials who 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 about 7 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 we don't hold people accountable this stuff is going to continue and their leadership field of business is the residence of downtown portland big time and despite this is happening there is no accountability being held right now against looters. the government says it has drawn up and 30 year strategy for dealing with of these suppose a threat posed by the kremlin a report on the alleged russian meddling was released on tuesday the inquiry accused london of failing to take the threat seriously. who is protecting the british public from interference in our democratic process when

a no show we found no one is b. u.k. government took its eye off the ball because of its focus on counterterrorism 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 would want to know if there was what is the worst example you can give all the russian interfere in 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 russia report report's publication was delayed by the government for a year and a half before it was finally released on tuesday artie's daniel hawkins run through it. to get a very brief summary of the long awaited russia report 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 saw evidence of successful interference in the u.k. democratic process is seems to be enough so if you're short on time or don't want to read heavily redacted intelligence and political spiel stop watching now 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 and trolls as evidence of russian attempts to influence the process we've sought to establish whether there is secret intelligence which supported or built 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. impact of

any such attempts would be difficult if not impossible to was serious 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 be on the horizon. we got the chance of londoners about the claims made in the russian report here's what they had to say. the only nation i don't believe. the position more saddam or destruction was really go in the world. and the photo was shot of washers. just by the mood i just think the pack a day so why should they need to be having this kind of thing to do with them lately and that they would take a listen that way to take a listen to get me where. you know other countries ruined the politics of other people who try to influence government interests as part of the fallout of the russia report the u.k.'s opposition labor party is also pushing for artie's broadcast license to be revoked that came through a letter to the country's t.v. regulator off come the watchdog is independent and supposed to be 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 to give it its full name 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 any complaints and r.t.d. has been in the dark previously our investigation from the arts he failed to preserve june partiality in 7 news and current affairs programs between the 17th of march and 26th of april 28th taken together these breaches represented serious and repeated failures of compliance with the rules in response to the latest allegations from the u.k. r.t. points out that there has been no misinformation or false words in any of our

reporting that of com has assessed r t u k host afshin rattansi says it boils down to an issue of political interference. we now have the woods sakia stallman's shadow because when you culture media and sport secretary in a private letter sent to this independent regulator saying. telling the urgently i need to see you to see that you want to politically interfere with an independent regulator devastated the fact that sick. 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 he s comment is crossed the line he's attempting perhaps to interfere with an independent. independent media regulated politically. go ahead this hour on our team to national european nations scramble to prevent a 2nd wave of covert 19 but the world health organization is concerned it might not be enough plenty more still ahead as well after a short break this is the week we are to international. media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe.

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welcome back this is the weekly right here on r t international now around 5000 people flooded the streets of jerusalem on saturday night demanding the resignation of the israeli prime minister who was earlier into indicted on graft charges police made at least a dozen arrests crushes were reported between rival groups with some speaking out in support of binyamin netanyahu crowds have been rallying in the city center throughout the entire route. let's look at what is causing the anger protesters are unhappy with the

government's handling of coven 1000 and they are resisting the return of a number of lockdown measures due to a spike in infections they also say that the prime minister and his cabinet have failed to manage the economic fallout of the pandemic on top of all that there is simmering anger over corruption charges against mr netanyahu the prime minister's trial resumes next year with witness testimonies he is accused of fraud breach of trust and accepting bribes netanyahu has denied all charges calling them part of a political witch hunt and he has condemned the ongoing protests. to do with them do not drag the state into anarchy violence vandalism and the spreading of disease through terrible sanitary practice like you're in a thing in the street do not be dragged into attacking police officers they're doing their job. former advisor to the israeli president's office jason perlman and political analyst mitchell barak give us their views on the civil unrest and anger in the nation. 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 this 2nd time around a large group of protesters are protesting that the prime minister is. in the midst of a fraud and he should resign protesters that really are problematic for those that are out of work those that are from industries which are not picking up the tourism industry the entertainment industry there are people that are just out of work and economically are suffering so he needs to answer those people he's going to have to come out with one of our really economic plan that is going to put israel back on 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 new prime minister and on his government's policies and that's expressed on the streets as well it's pretty much pot impossible 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 a spike did corona virus infections across europe calling them worrying spain belgium and france well they have seen in some of the largest new outbreaks it has led to several european countries making personal protective equipment to mandatory in all public spaces with more on the fears of a 2nd wave here is our correspondent from europe peter all of. 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 and 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 could 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 in this peaceful use of the ozone the swim issues 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 faced 5 restrictions there will be reinforcements taken to come to 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. it's a very good way to spread this virus they miss the differences in the precautions taken from country to country here in berlin it's strictly for boat to ride public transport without a mask 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 a 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 pour in to the people who are nearby in europe the waters have been practically open some places are being visited by tourists i don't think that the control over of 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 coronavirus and. sections in europe. covered 1000 has of course been a fatal reality for many people around the world hand there is barely a minute in the day that it is not mentioned but rather than getting down about all of the terrifying headlines one couple in rio de janeiro saw an opportunity to have

a little bit of fun all while indulging a lifelong fascination with space travel because space is cool you get at. it and. you get. it and. the film 66 part of the code good risk group and the in quarantine at home i get really anxious feeling that i had to go out and do things but could not sing the instruction rate was really high. that what you report on t.v. i saw an interview the doctor who went from the in 40 days without seeing his family because he was in the code be all schools getting created dinosaur costume to visit his family he was very touching so we thought about doing something similar to go in.

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there. are a. ton welcome to worlds apart after decades of telling other nations how to live their lives and build their societies that marriage can so all of a sudden walk up to the realisation that their own house is not in order in a big way so much so that it warrants the full denounce the nation or their history who can make america great again and how well to discover that i'm now joined by

richard walter professor emeritus of economics at the university of massachusetts professor wolf it's great to talk to you thank you very much for a time i close you thank you for inviting me now i know that you've been a harsh critic of capital in wide a long time blaming you for everything from systemic racism to the adequate response to the pandemic but i think you would probably agree with me in that just like there is no one single america there is also no uniform version of capitalism your own country had a system back in the sixty's that it was very very different from the one that you have right now so is the problem really with capitalism as an organizational principle or rather what people do with it. well i think it's a little bit of both you're absolutely right capitalism comes in a variety of different understandings interpretations different concrete forms the american system is special in the way that it limits the government very extremely

you know you have a country like that is the britain and even britain doesn't do it as much as the united states so what we have here is a capitalism that is more or less a fair is more private spoke as then anything else which is what the united states has tried to push around the world privatization privatization well now we've come full circle we see how private capitalism works and and i'm not alone in this it is a disaster the private capitalism does not prepare for the pandemic private capitalism is not able to contain the pandemic we are desperate as we compare ourselves to new zealand to vietnam to japan all these countries with this state is given an important role they were able to prepare and contain in a way that american capitalism could number what sound would argue that it's not

the job of private capital in our private enterprises to prepare for the pandemic. that i mean goal is making profit i know that you have. some concerns about profit making as a motive but some people would say this is a very natural human motivator the humans i guarantee increase their resources they they want to increase their chances of survival it's just that the profit should not be defined in very narrow morny terry turns as it is defined in the united states she really be calling for the ad to capitalism rather than let's say redefining the notion of profit while you could be defined the notion of profit and you could have the government come in and the private sector say we make profit and you the government do important things like prepare for viruses that threaten bubbly tell.