releasing people who took to the streets after sunday's disputed presidential election made claims of widespread police brutality towards detainees coming up this half hour we hear from adoptive who was jailed. as it was the girls were lying there and voiceprint blacks out constantly beaten so badly that the guys just how it was a terrible how. also in the headlines for you palestine denounces a u.s. brokered peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates under which tell of eve will shelve for now its west bank and they say should plan. tensions spike in

the mediterranean as france announces it's going to bolster its military presence there to monitor turkey's activities in disputed waters. in our morning live from russia this is our international h.q. here with the take this out you can stay with me too for the next 30 minutes to take you through the headlines and our top story then as mentioned by the us the latest started releasing protesters who were detained during the unrest that followed sunday's disputed presidential election these are about to see the 1st images of the russians walking free from detention some people have been helpful for days there the interior ministry has pledged to release all detainee's friday later today around 6000 were arrested. in the 1st 3 days of the rest and i'm still

to released overnight describes what she witnessed inside. of them when my girls were lying there and boys were in their necks out constantly beaten so badly that the guys just how old it was a terrible how. the blood frozen my brains just for what we heard every night it was terrible. what's wrong is your life so bad deciding to play a little more here because of some nonsense what kind of doctors are you you're not a doctor i don't know what you are. that sort of thing and a lot of swear words i don't want to say it was while we were sitting on the street everyone driving by was shocked that doctors and white robes were in our meetings with a machine gun by our had. however a better russian interior ministry representative insist there was no mistreatment of protesters in detention. i think that you're going to come up with are you

with us here but he didn't use the buses do you feel that you have let him be there forever. the official line the protests against the russian police brutality have been held across europe including outside the by the russian embassy here in moscow where we've been reporting the last few days that's where our culture is this morning as well warning tone calm and quiet again by the looks of it pretty much like it seems to have been over the last 24 hours a quiet of it has the wind of change diminished lost its force in the last few days on no. good morning kevin well it's still actually quite early here in moscow and over the last couple days protests have been taking place in the evening so we're probably going to be seeing some more on rest while protests peaceful protests in front of the bell or a russian embassy here but by the looks of things the abnormal brutality with which the police have been treating the protesters and valorous actually seems only to be

strengthening the opposition forces there yesterday we saw in valorous so-called lines of solidarity that were that were women walking in the streets dressed in white holding flowers and portraits of their loved ones who have been arrested since the beginning of the on rest there we've also seen that workers in several of the country's major factories have gone on strike against the police brutality and just the sheer scale of this on rest has grown massively since the beginning. so.

it was. yesterday. there is a. very. good god. we've also seen protests in front of belorussian embassies in a number of different countries in kiev for example we saw protesters throwing orange smoke bombs at the building and here at the protest in front of the by the russian embassy we've seen belorussians as well as native muscovites who were formed to protest against the police brutality and president alexander lukashenko is a legit election raking now let's not forget that russian journalists were among the many who have been arrested in these protests including our correspondent in miss me in minsk and a number of roughly workers now we did hear from the belorussian minister of

internal affairs who apologized to those who were injured and were not violently protesting let's take a listen to what he had to say. some took to the streets when the voting wasn't over yet they decided beforehand that they would protest on the 11th they put up barricades pulled benches from bus stops and flipped families stands to create those structures was a peaceful act of protest in any mass confrontation while dealing with widespread violations of public order and there's always a situation where not only people who deliberately went for it gets affected but also those who appear to be close to the action and didn't manage to leave as a command i take responsibility and apologize for the injuries of people who received them for no reason so what these protests intensifying and no sign of the government really looking to give in to them will definitely keep watching this story and give our viewers the latest developments as they become available. thanks

to all crucial we can come up as well the see even in south of the evening as you say when it gets dark that's when people come out in the streets make their. more loudly isn't it for now thanks very much come back to us if you get more throughout the day we got some thoughts too from economists jaroslav roman chuuk he told us that while the 4th day of protests in belarus indeed were relatively calm people they says are far from done. was true he said peace for people. but the joy of all but their gender change because the last drop that broke the camel's back was the mass join you the protestant state and the phrase dozens of different big commercial entities joined the protest saying that if we demand not to purchase from the government we need fair both can't play elections look at himself put in the position when he did not deliver on any dialogue with any meaningful social group and the way that election commissioners deliberate fraud in

the election and vote now definitely ignited that kind of protest and anger because nobody believes in ballarat litigation got 80 percent of. this is big news this morning the united arab emirates and israel have agreed to normalize relations the deal brokered by washington includes a promise by israel to delay the annexation of palestinian lands in the west bank the palestinians though have reacted angrily with the israeli prime minister saying eventually an extension is still on the cards. should should not there is no change in my plan to implement our sovereignty in judea and samaria in full coordination with the united states i'm committed to it it is still on the table. the palestinian leadership strongly rejects and condemns the surprise american israeli emma rotty tripartite a declaration on the full normalization of relations in exchange for an allegedly

temporary suspension of the plan to annex palestinian lands and extend israeli sovereignty over the palestinian leadership rejects what the united arab emirates has done and considers it a betrayal of jerusalem al aksa and the palestinian cause however some suspect the deal between the u.s. and israel actually targets another regional player as caleb maupin explains. israel and the united arab emirates have formally agreed to establish diplomatic ties now many see this as a historic move as for many years arab states have not recognized israel as a country this is a monumental step to forging ties of cooperation in the middle east donald trump's supporters say he deserves the nobel peace prize for arranging this but the palestinians aren't exactly thrilled with duce new arrangement the deal between united arab emirates and israel is a betrayal of the palestinians given the historical. relationship that

israel has had with the arab states in other words no peace. according to the old formula no peace was possible until the palestinian issue was resolved and the palestinian issue is not resolved the palestinian authority is now formally withdrawing its envoy from the united arab emirates they say recognizing a country that is occupying them is simply unacceptable now in the diplomatic fallout of this deal we're starting to see what this is really all about aside from the u.a.e. israel and the united states there is a 4th country that is now showing up in a lot of the conversations surrounding the deal iran peace between the arabs and the israelis is rome's worst nightmare and no one has done more to intensify the conflict between the arabs and the israelis of iran what we see today is a new middle east the trend lines are very different today and we see the future is very much in the gulf and with israel and the post is with the iranian regime it

clings to power on the basis of brute force iran often labeled as israel's largest regional opponent has denounced the deal you used new approach for normalization ties with fake criminal israel doesn't mean team peace and security but serves on going south. the scribes i would judge his behavior has noticed if occasion cheered him back on the steam course with the strategic mistake you you will be engulfed is . when donald trump visited saudi arabia he spoke of building an arab nato that would work as a coalition in the region opposing iran and fighting terrorism and it seems now this you story deal is being revealed not so much to be about getting recognition for israel or protecting palestinians from annexation but about targeting one of washington's most longstanding opponents in the region there is definitely the pattern isn't toward iran and i think the timing is ideal given what's happening in

beirut and the fact that hezbollah is now under pressure in lebanon with the government having resigned there so we have a coalition building a disagreement rather than easing tensions in the gulf within the arab states will . harden stances or at least continue to maintain the antagonism that we have. truck in this next tensions are escalating in the eastern mediterranean where france is building up its military presence itself to turkey started oil and gas exploration in disputed waters there in raging greece and cyprus in the process now paris says its deployment is a temporary measure for now designed to monitor the situation but relations with ankara had already been strained bensky picks up the story for you. president mike

corn has signaled that the along as tensions continue to rise between cory's and turkey the situation in the eastern mediterranean is worrying 2 keys unilateral decisions on oil exploration are causing tensions these must stop in order for a peaceful dialogue between neighboring and nato allies to take place but this seemingly didn't stop the french president from reinforcing france's military presence in the mediterranean it's confirmed paris will send to ref a and fighter jets and the naval frigate lafayette a move welcomed by the greek prime minister i think president mccraw on for his cell a dirty emmanuel mccraw on is a true friend of greece but also a fervent defender of european values and international law the greek pm bill this as an act of solidarity but you do need her to scratch the surface to see that

there is more going on here in recent months process also found itself clashing with turkey in the mediterranean. these past few days we have seen turkish warships deliver syrian mercenaries to libyan soil this is a serious and explicit in french amount of what was agreed upon in berlin i must reiterate the prerequisite for any political solution in libya is the cancellation of this document but with that incident still rushing from his mind it appears to have been keen to show solidarity with a fellow member in this case greece last month makan even cool for sanctions against turkey over these purported violations in the eastern mediterranean now the arrival of turkey's new seismic civvy vessel that's caught the attention of the e.u. the latest developments rick stream the worrying what is needed to be done is to engage in solving all the open issue. with principles of good neighborly relations

international law and positive engagement with fronts now bolstering its military might to aid greece's plight greece is perhaps there feeling in bold and its place its military on high alert recalling naval and air force personnel from their holidays turkey for its part says it will protect its rights toys and interests in coastal areas and with france now wading into this pact turkey's president is accused of provoking regional players into taking wrongful steps there is concern that this action by fronts rather than just seizing the situation could in fact escalate it charlotte deviancy r.t. paris. people in beirut is still reeling from last week's devastating explosion of course it killed over 200 people injured thousands and left up 230-0000 homeless buildings as far as 10 kilometers from the blast epicenter were

destroyed now it's this morning the story of one lebanese design of the who's having to rebuild his life's work from scratch. like i was always so happy we were facing the put it is very artistic and inspiring because it's industrially reaching details now everything is rick's look at the destruction the wreckage i don't know how much time it would take to be rebuilt. there are no words to describe what my team and i are feeling but we can't but thank god that we're all alive and well no one was hurt we left this building 10 minutes before the blast hit and thank god there one was hurt that's the most

important thing. of the hard work of 20 years was destroyed in mere seconds it was because of this doomsday explosion which went off just across the street. this is another challenge for us how we can get our hands on funds to rebuild they say there will be compensation but that's not certain and this isn't something we used to 11 and i hope we can get compensation to rebuild. this in thinking of coming out with a new collection inspired by this very heartbreaking incident my team and i are really picking up the pieces i really want to come out with a collection inspired by beirut the suffering of beirut. just a slap shot are some of the horrors i wanted to wear their biggest but

a from so it's coming up to 80 minutes past the hour if you're watching the clock this friday morning from moscow this is our head students in germany have inadvertently it seems been funding the radical thing for us. group with. we're on the trail of it after this break.

join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. ok good morning well as mentioned before the break there seem students in germany have been funding the anti food movement without knowing it it's transpired that some of the chew we should fees paid to cologne university of ended up in the

controversial activist groups hands for years is r t 0 correspondent peter all of a on the money trail. the anti fascist organization have received a lot of press in 2020 with even the president of the united states chime in the united states of america will be designating and as a terrorist organization here in germany they haven't received that type of criticism but there is a controversy surrounding the gifts of university students fees from cologne to go towards a contribution to the group for the 2020 to $21.00 winter semester each student at the university of cologne face $280.00 euro and $0.95 from $205.00 euro and $0.95 goes to the student council and is meant to pay the transport counting workers salary and for the department's work out of the $10000000.00 euro

the council will take in around 8 and a half 1000 will be paid to the student branch and to far takes its delicate because while on too far on demonised here the way they are in the us a. by germany's internal security service that has some pretty strong things to say about a k. and the groups it's associated with conservative student groups in turn and not so happy that they have to contribute to a case without choice it shouldn't be that every student has to subsidize a group that has been classified as extremist by the office for the protection of the constitution we regularly demand that the funding of n.t. for a k. be cut the majority of students who spoke to our t. said they had absolutely no problem paying a contribution to our k. i don't know how much the payment is but i'm sure it is not enough and it should be higher i think it's good because it's important to support the social organisation

and is dealing with many board and social issues and they're less you know we ended in improving wellbeing. i think it's a good idea to support them and. i think it does make sense and i think it is important that a wide political spectrum is represented here and i see no problem that it is fine and from the student piece a k. has received funding from students at the university of cologne since it was set up 15 years ago neither the student body that doles out the funding nor the students themselves see any reason why that should change any time soon but while the name until far continues to be mentioned in trembling tones by those in power the group may find themselves coming under more scrutiny. facebook's being accused of illegally harvesting the facial recognition data of users of its social media platform instagram

a class action against the tech giant could cost the company indeed up to half a trillion dollars. once facebook captures instagram users protected by metrics it uses them to both areas facial recognition abilities across all of its products including the facebook application and shares this information among various entities facebook does all of this without providing any of their acquired notices or disclosures required by illinois law so it's claimed facebook violated the privacy rights of $100000000.00 of its users under the current law as companies can be fined up to 5000 dollars for each individual reckless or intentional violation it therefore means for top it all up the total fine could potentially reach $500000000000.00 just last month facebook offered to pay $650000000.00 to settle a similar case when the company was accused of illegally collecting biometric data you may recall through a photo tagging tool however it maintains its face recognition systems are not used

on instagram the suit is baseless instagram doesn't use face recognition technology if we introduce face recognition technology to your instagram experience we will let you know 1st and you will have control over whether we use this technology for you. privacy activists and technology expert bill new told us he believes despite the controversial nature of the lawsuit there are potentially high risk if facebook really is collecting users' biometric data this is to a large extent a claim that is being brought on a speculative basis because we don't know whether instagram used facial recognition software for sure and we don't know the extent to which it used to now many users to a large extent the law being used here is the one in illinois which is the strictest biometrics security or privacy law anywhere in the world and is being brought on behalf of us users which are a significant proportion of the. facebook is collecting facial recognition software

without any form of consent then this is of real abuse and could be equally damaging because if it loses that dates all or fails to protect as it has done with other instances then all of the people it's collective facial information from could be vulnerable to identity theft to the rest of the leaps. in the black lives matter movement gaining traction around the world since the killing of george floyd some of the biggest companies from silicon valley to wall street are publicly denounced racism their efforts may be in vain though it seems as a recent poll out has revealed that very few people actually think these statements are sincere end of the day the survey found that 7 out of 10 americans believe the n.t. racism messaging coming from corporate america was simply because of public pressure rather than actual concern for black communities it also found that people are

divided over whether or not such messaging is necessary at all is a quick look at how companies have reacted to black lives matter for a minute. the swap black american set out to make them. political commentator anthony bryan logan spoke to us about it tease that one of those 2 things companies are supporting the b.l.m. movement just to keep the profits up. these companies are just trying to be virtuous and as consumers and they don't want to have any kind of cancel culture or to cancel coming your direction they don't want to get your stories they don't want to have a negative representation so to go out there and say things i always support black labs black lab matter it's all about jayce p.r.

company relation is trying to appear virtuous and good in the ads of those that are out there protesting and also and as a of those that are out there sympathetic towards the protesters if a company had a reputation of being pro social justice and pro you know black labs and anti police for loans then it would make sense for them to have this stance now but if you're not that kind of company if there's a company that sells hamburgers and hot dogs i mean there's no reason for you to go out there and talk about anything political at all no reason whatsoever there's no reason to pick sags. sure you got your thoughts too thanks for watching us today that. many more stories we've got lined up for you with. various social media. reporting from moscow. and have a great. many

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