join me every thursday on the alex simon short and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. we are all dying to hear the migrants are leaving because they are left alone tonight from goodison is enough for. the residents protest over the arrival of hundreds more migrants for the local mayor saying the italian island can no longer cope. europe has done nothing for lampedusa on the problem of migrants no one listens and there is a deafening silence from the european and italian these jews should. also this hour president emmanuel mccrone visit lebanon for the 2nd time in less than a month to press for political reform amid criticism that france is acting like a paul o'neill power. and china unveils new tack export

restrictions that could prevent the sale of tick tocks business in the us. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow it started with a live news update residents of lampedusa have staged a protest against the arrival of new migrants officials on the italian island are saying the situation is unsustainable and some locals are taking matters into their own hands by trying to stop newcomers from disembarking. we are not understanding anything here in one producer we are all dying here the migrants aren't leaving because they are left alone we are all together in this tonight lumbered is the 3rd in. the early hours of sunday morning around 370 people arrived in the port

of lampedusa on board a fishing boat now they received an angry reception from locals. we are here for peace just when the legal migrants to go back because we are tired to night long produce a thorough enough. well local government officials and lampedusa are saying the island can cope no more with the sheer number of people that are arriving on their shores in fact the mayor of lampedusa spoke to r.t. saying this he wants to see a strike a general strike on the island to try and draw attention to what's going on in a situation he describes as overloaded and as you go through. the situation in lampedusa is disastrous in the sense that we have a full reception center in addition to the norm because we have 1260 people and then tonight there was a landing of 300 $67.00 more people who can no longer be taken in here they've been brought to a facility made available by the church we always carry out our job even with the

total indifference of the italian government but here the problem is objective we're not in a position to host more people all on saturday around 50 people were processed by the italian coast guard those migrants have been rescued from the mediterranean sea by the boat the luis michel that is the vessel that's funded financed by the street artist banksy it skip it by the german captain klempner now she is credited with rescuing it least a 1000 people from the mediterranean sea between 20112017 but she was also. with colluding with people smugglers by the authorities in italy and 2019 charges that she strongly denies however you look at the situation in the mediterranean though regarding migrants it doesn't look good we're saying calls from the united nations and n.g.o.s operating in the area for the european union to do more and

from member states to share the burden of migrants that are currently arriving on the shores of lampedusa other italian islands what we are saying though is the situation in lampedusa is really our breaking point. the mayor of the tiny mediterranean island has said he fails abundant and the island feels abandoned by both the governments of italy and the european union if you will going to sort of to whom i say that nothing has been done to solve the problem of migrants because in italy we speak only and exclusively from the point

of view of differing factions but this moment is more of electoral campaign than a solution to the problem we have 2 factions one that shouts yes and the other that shouts no but they never set out on paper how to solve the problem and therefore the problem both in easily and in europe is very serious we need to face up to it in a radical way or will continue to witness everything that is happening on the island i don't understand why transfers are not carried out with military ships what are these military ships for given that italy is not at war with anyone europe has done nothing for lampedusa on the problem of migrants no one listens and there is a deafening silence from the europeans and to tell. in the institutions even those who tossed with taking an interest in the phenomenon of basically left it alone well numbers of migrants crossing the mediterranean is continuing steadily it's a perilous crossing at the best of times as we head in to the autumn and winter months it's only going to become more and more dangerous and require more and more

people to that lee being rescued from the waters of the mediterranean this latest surge of sea crossings to italy comes 5 years after a landmark speech by german chancellor angela merkel back then she responded to concerns over the influx of migrants to europe with a message of optimism issues are going to enforce this and i say very simply germany is a strong country the attitude with which we approach these things must be we have achieved so much we can do it we can do it and when something stands in our way it has to be overcome it has to be worked on. according to official data almost 5000000 people have applied for asylum in the e.u. and the past 5 years italy france sweden and germany have taken in the largest number germany has accepted more asylum seekers than any other country in the past decade that's according to the un refugee agency and many politicians in germany have said the government took the wrong approach. we go live now to peter by storm

for more on this he's the alternative for germany party as a foreign policy speaker in the now it's been 5 years since chancellor merkel opened germany's doors to migrants saying we can do it do you think that policy has been a success. everybody knows that the policy was. if the target was not to destroy the german society we are facing a very massive rise of criminality. committed by the morans we have just last year 95000 over 95000 crimes committed by the migrants. you know i am now talking from munich from and we have here a case just a few weeks ago 20 years old woman was stabbed by by her ex boyfriend who was an afghan in front of his one. child and this is

something else such a crime 10 years ago it would be a big blow in the media now it becomes a kind of normality in germany and this is thanks to the mattress policy so we have. a really big tension in the society in germany because such things if you express them if you if you criticize it you are called a racist so we have racism discussion instead of security discussions so there is a division in the society inside of germany and germany become very very isolated in europe because of this policy because other european countries are not following in this case. now people would argue that those incidents those crimes those are outliers of the migrants that are coming to the e.u. and the e.u. is supposed to stand for humanitarian principles how can it then we look on as

people risk their lives trying to find safety in the. well what about the we are all saying yes. people need salem asylum in europe or we can have them but no more than 90 percent of those immigrants are just economical make grants. and they have no rights they have absolutely no right to participate on the battle fair of europe they have no right on participate on the welfare of our fathers and their mothers and we build up you know they have their own countries they should take care for their country surround well at this point there's no rewinding the clock the people are there what in your view is the right approach to the crisis as it is now. well we don't need less discussion about

racism and we need to just. do of law again because we had a lot of. problems which are caused because of the last broken even by the government back to the right of law. what has the migrant crisis been to the european union as a political project what sort of influence has that had. i mean look at the both the bricks it was cost from a big part because of this migration krises and because of the migrants policy of the european union saw and breaks it is the beginning of the end of the euro so does this was a big big problem and you see also the tensions now between the countries in the european union between entirely on one side and germany on the other side. between the countries of the group on one side and germany on the other

side said this this problem is making european union falling apart that some european countries have been hit harder than others by this crisis with the likes of italy complaining about the lack of help from brussels what should be done to ease these countries burden you know at 1st that we should look to our strategy and the very successful i was trained in policy which said no way if you're coming illegally you are not going to europe you can stay in europe and we should we should stop this illegal migration to europe and then we can look at how we will fix our internal problems in within europe. peter by strong a.f.d. is foreign policy speaker and the one assad thank you for your time and your comments thank you very much. the french president emmanuel micron

is now in lebanon and his 2nd official visit this month it comes at a time a political turmoil in the wake of the deadly explosion in beirut on august 4th lebanon's president has just appointed the country's former ambassador to germany as the new prime minister charlotte n.c. has more on the grounds visit. well this is president marcos 2nd visit to lebanon in a month will it be another photo opportunity or will he be able to achieve something concrete his visit hard already to celebrate a 100 years since the creation of the lebanese state of course it comes under the cloud of those explosions that through this city. when he was just a few days lost his visit was equally. criticized but some saying he was still acting as if france was a protectorate of levon on president who he thinks needs to happen in the country he's talking about reform and reconstruction he says an interim government needs to

be put in place that needs to be an audit of the country's central bank and he's called for fresh elections otherwise he is the worst of the country if we let go and if we somehow leave it in the hands of the depravity of regional power was it will be civil war as well as the defeat of what is the very identity of lebanon now lebanon alone that has had issues politically economically and socially those exclusions back in august exposed to the rest of the with a 190 people killed thousands injured and tens of thousands of people displaced after that visit spearheaded a video conference to raise money for the stricken state with some 250000000 euros being pledged but front says foreign minister has said that the 8 come only with strings attached we will not sign a blank check for

a government that does not implement reforms that everyone knows are needed everyone knows what has to be dealt with the humanitarian and senator emergency for a population that is deeply wounded and the political emergency on this country to hold together the risks today is the disappearance of lebanon politics in. no one is a political minefield this is a country that has political representation for the 18 different sex. in the country so consensus between those is sometimes no easy task however the house because she is welcome from some political factions for much peace when. we are god willing with regards to naming the prime minister forming the government so we will be co-operative and contributed to pulling the country out of the power of vacuum we have always rejected and always will be against women. who has and its allies hold a majority in the parliament in lebanon also gives you

a sense of how important that encourage went to this particular party and these remarks suggest that it is open to dialogue what president michel is doing by including has in his talks is something that essentially new with a western leader has done that is openly to the party politics in lebanon is a moveable feast though so if it seems that france is demanding too much or if it's taking too much of the role as a previous colonial power these talks could quickly. present not go on has a very difficult path to tread it is a thin line between being seen to be in lebanon and helping the lebanese people and that interfering in the internal politics of the country. we spoke with french attorney who says french calls for reform in lebanon are unlikely to be successful . french president like to show the world and its population that france is still

the superpower that's why people call the. number they are compared to clean up along but for people that are against france are against the western point of view . france as. a superpower who comes and wants to say he's worth for western countries foreign countries like great britain let's say the e.u. they got to say no it's a france trying to help. a country that has a lot of problems as usual as they always say the people of lebanon and not the government luckily for them it's the same because they go there for their own interest and not for the people of libya not you know i'm not sure but i don't think it's going to change a lot of. even on the politics and the economy struggles it still had the 2020 race to the white house is heating up with the main candidates buying desperately for black votes details on that story and more and the 2nd half of the program.

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for common ground. welcome back china has introduced new restrictions on tax exports and a move that could block the sale of tick tocks operation in the u.s. several american firms have launched bids for the popular chinese app but under the new rules chinese tack that include speech modeling and voice recognition can only be exported if approved by beijing artists alcatel looks at why companies are vying to buy an app that until recently was the focus of spying allegations. law i am snooping on stealing if you believe the us these are china's favorite hobbies that

after years of targeting our industries and stealing our intellectual property you should know there is enormous risk risk to america's national security as well the theft of american jobs and wealth. as come to an end and deny the chinese communist party access to the private information that belongs to america but in a twist only 2020 could provide it's no be showing he's getting touchy about its tack sutton technologies will not be subject to export guns or restrictions meaning they have to be green that by the chinese government someone who would be doing a 15 2nd synchronise jig to celebrate this news byte daunts take talks parent company because almost a rough couple of months involving volatile and legal disputes talk about of an executive order we're looking at a tech stock we may be betting big to bear that the use of tech talk by all federal

employees i don't mind if there's microsoft or somebody else a big company a security company very very american company via the chinese company has to sell off its u.s. operations because donald trump said so because there is 100000000 users new u.s. company bond into that dominance this lip sinking feeling wild mess and given it's basically a direct line to millions of young people right for our ads research and data collection which don't worry is totally acceptable what america not the chinese communist party staring at right facebook take talks about us tech giants chomping at the bit i mean who wouldn't want to piece of this pie.

bizarre as it may seem right that is a gold mine and for some it really is whilst it's weight in gold. juggernauts microsoft and oracle said to be leading the race in a potential deal i don't want him to take out a room at $20.00 to $30000000.00 bill to dogs the way to ownership of the outrageously successful op and you cannot gas is also eyeing up a piece of this pot are yours microsoft or somebody else or it was the chinese what what the price is the united states could should get a very large percentage of that price and we think we deserve to have a big percentage of that price coming to america coming to the treasury while chomps teaming take talk treasury may not be such a sure thing if i don't find it still roadblocks by beijing's new regulations even

truman ties teenagers from new york to california straight took that photo as their identity either way it must be sad for a not i'm sleeping and stealing app to talk sure does help a lot of supes was and i willing to splash all kinds of casts to get it into bad you know there are many laws that are that have already been passed and so several more there are that are working their way through congress and certainly will be signed by the president that are banning chinese apps and chinese tech products but i think in one sense china wants to get ahead of that it's embarrassing and so you know by passing their own ban on cells. it's a way of regaining some of their national face what we're seeing now from the chinese side might prevent tech talk from selling to an american company like microsoft or wal-mart they see this as an attempt by the u.s. to basically force a fire sale of cutting edge attack that undercuts the value of the chinese

companies but also gives chinese our u.s. companies access to technology that they don't have. the us presidential election is looming and with both the republicans and the democrats having now held their conventions the latest polls show donald trump gaining a little grown on joe biden this lead though still looks comfortable but comet's have lately been actively trying to woo the black community. but i'll have a great vice president at my side senator kamel iris she knows about all the obstacles shown in the way of so many in our country women black women black americans south asian americans government grants the left down to the left behind and i have done more in 3 years for the black community than joe biden has done in 47 years the one i'm reelected the best is yet to

come forward binds efforts to win black votes include picking kamel harris as his running mate she is the 1st black woman on a major party's presidential ticket by now also gave an interview to rapper carney me however some of the things he's been saying have decidedly missed the mark. you got more question about joe if you have a problem figuring out where you are for mayor drama and you a black unlike the african-american community was notable exceptions a latino community is incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different settings by means approach to criminal justice has also unaided some in the black lives matter movement who want to see the police to funded his policies would see an increased police presence in some black communities human rights activists says this all gives the impression that biden just doesn't really get black voters. was quite clear that the. troll forces. targeting black voters they believe that some

sectors of the black population is in fact in play that is that they can be persuaded to support. and they may be successful because of the fact that the democrats don't appear to be free in the dating different than the campaign that they invent in 2060 their reason is that to support a trial is you have a black person the bits of your black member of the working class but they also that it raises that use give you a vote to the democrats if you are a black person and in particular a member of the black working class so you know this notion that by and understand is black folks that he. has a kind of understanding you know what blake people need in particular the black working class is never a slave to him is policy. and his positions over the course of his

47 years in congress. the ecuadorian government and the international monetary fund have struck a new $6500000000.00 economic relief deal over the lifeline. has prompted fears of more painful austerity measures there i could or has been in the grip of an economic crisis for years and the i.m.f. has helped prop it up financially with loans to secure them quito has funding for the public and healthcare sectors that critics say has left the country vulnerable during the pandemic it is among the hardest hit by coping $1011.00 america.

i think the everyone in the entire population had this grown the virus but we did not have medical help because the doctors did not come here they are only in the city and we have to go and look for them so people use common remedies. like. in the can you can't imagine how bad the hospitals were they didn't want to admit anyone else so instead they took my parents to go kill me because my father and my mother both died there. in principle receiving that sum of money for

a country in crisis sounds like good news well did they believe that detail these agreement is not a free lunch for i whether it comes with the start on this or not imposed by the i.m.f. which continues to promote these astra's the story could always use. these policies are raking how book on the country's economy as well as its health care system leading to systematic by all the shots of the economic and social rights that the other your constitution and the national affect public anger over austerity has seen people take to the streets even during the pen demick students civil servants and police officers are my. those who took part in anti-government actions there go shop are going on this again says the i.m.f. intervention needs reassessing. there you may have really wanted to support it but the organs they've got these. following we measure it's 1st it's sort of properly says this human rights impacts of the conditions of its lungs and policies

that impose a cost on them must these are the best sectors including indigenous peoples must be absolutely. it should respect democratic process for economic decision making agreements must be negotiated on spark. and this means refraining from exerting any influence over fiscal policy decisions in the country that's been our breakdown of the day's top headlines here on our team as always thanks for tuning in. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us on the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you have.

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