she says of the common ground. this is a disaster for the migrants who aren't leaving because they're left alone to. us. president. protests. no longer. europe has done nothing for the problem of migrants no one listens and there is a deafening silence from the european and italian institutions also coming up on the program. for the 2nd time in less than a month to press for political reform and make criticism that from. colonial power

. new export restrictions that could prevent the sale of business in the u.s. we look at how spying allegations turned into a bidding war for the popular. around the clock across the world this is our team international from the team and myself you know me hello and welcome to the program. residence of. staged a protest against the arrival of new migrants officials on the southern italian island are also stating that the situation is on sustainable some locals start taking matters into their own hands too by trying to stop the newcomers from disembarking. think of it we're doing it like a little bit we don't understand what's going on here in london do so this is a disaster for us the migrants aren't leaving because they're left alone we're all

in this together 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. here we're here for peace we just want the illegal migrants to go back because we're fed up tonight when produce assess enough while 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 lump of the suspect 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. this 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 with the total indifference of the italian government but here the problem is objective we not in a position to host small people well on saturday around 50 people were processed by the italian coast guard those migrants had been rescued from the mediterranean sea by the boat the luis michel. is the vessel it's funded financed by the street artist banksy skip it by the german captain clem. she is credited with rescuing least a 1000 people from the mediterranean sea between 20112017 but she was also charged with colluding with people smile. by the authorities and it's only in 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 seeing 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 seeing though is the situation in lampedusa is really 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 will

give them a sort of 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 an 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 and 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 european and italian institutions even those who a task. with taking an interest in the phenomenon of basically left. well numbers of migrants crossing the mediterranean 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 muttley being rescued from the waters of the mediterranean only lead to a surge in sea crossings to italy from north africa comes 5 years after a long mark speech by german chancellor angela merkel on this exact date in 2015 she responded to concerns over the influx of migrants to europe with a message of optimism if you are going to enforce the action on this then 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. let's go through the figures according to official data almost 5000000 people have applied for asylum in the e.u. in the past 5 years it's really france sweden and germany have taken in the largest

numbers officially and germany has accepted more asylum seekers than any other nation in the past decade according to the un refugee agency we spoke with petter from the alternative for germany party he believes the inflow of migrants has been devastating for the country. everybody knows that the policy wasn't. if the target was not to destroy the german society we are facing a very massive rise of criminality. committed by didn't. look at the board breaks it was cost from a big part because of this migration prizes and because of the migrants. european union saw and breaks it is the beginning of the end of the you so does this was a big big problem and you see also the pensions now between the countries

in the european union between on one side and germany on the other side. between the countries up to the sugar are the group on one side and germany on the other side so this this problem is making european union falling apart. to another very headline stories french president and money is paying his 2nd official visit this month to lebanon he's pushing for reform now the time of political turmoil in beirut following the recent deadly explosion here sartin sure . well this is president mark on 2nd visit to lebanon in a month will it be another photo opportunity all will he be able to achieve something concrete his visit tired already planned to celebrate a 100 years since the creation of the lebanese state of course it comes under the cloud of those explosions that ripped through this city. all this when he was just

a few days after that blast his visit was equally nor did i criticize some saying he was still acting as if france was a protector lebannon president not quite as outlined what he thinks needs to happen in the country and he's talked about reform and we construction he says an interim government needs to be put in place that. it's to be an audit of the country's central bank and he's called for fresh elections otherwise he sees the worst of the country if we let lebanon 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 that lebanon has had issues politically economically socially those explosions back in august exposed that the rest of the the 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 states and she 150000000 pledged from says foreign minister has said that 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 a political emergency if we want this country to hold together the risk today is the disappearance of lebannon politics in there but 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 just welcome from some political factions or not. well national. we god willing as regards to name the prime minister forming the government so we

will be co-operative and contribute to pulling the country out of the power of vacuum we have always rejected and always warned against. what has and its allies hold a majority in the parliament and gives you a sense of how we encourage one. this particular party and these remarks suggest that it is open to dialogue what president michel is doing by pleading has been 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 movable 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 among reaction we go to the developments there was with french attorney. he says external calls for reform in lebanon are likely to be success. french presidents like to show that word its population that france is still a superpower that's why people called the. long but for people that are against france are against the western point of view. france as. a superpower welcomes and wants to say he worked for western countries foreign countries like. let's. say no it's france trying to help. a country that has a lot of problems as usual as the people of lebanon and not the government look at them while it's the same because they go there for a day on interest not for the people of lebanon i'm not sure but i don't think it's

going to change a lot. of quality and the economy. moving on china introduced new restrictions on tech exports in a move that could block the sale of talks operations in the us r t. why companies are vying to buy an up until recently was the focus of spying allegations lying snooping and 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 to america's national security as well the theft of american jobs and wealth. has 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 such an 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 synchronized jig to celebrate this news byte daunts take talks parent company because all day rough couple of months involving volume in legal disputes talk about of an executive order we're looking at a tech stock we may be betting big to bear but the use of tic talk by all federal employees i don't mind if there is microsoft or somebody else a big company has secured a company very very american company by the chinese company has to sell off its u.s. operations because donald trump said so on because there's 100000000 users new u.s. company bond into that dominance of the lip sinking for a while but i mean from us and given it's basically a direct line to millions of young people right for odds research and data

collection which don't worry is totally acceptable what america not the chinese communist party is doing at right facebook take talks about u.s. 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 willing to take out a room at $20.00 to $30000000.00 bill to daunce the way to ownership of the

outrageously successful op i knew not what gas he was also eyeing up a piece of this pot are yours microsoft or somebody else or it was the chinese what what the prices 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 chumps teaming take talk treasury may not be such a still thing if i don't find it still roadblocks by beijing's new regulations even truman ties teenagers from new york to california straight to follow as their identity either way it must be sad for him 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. your with are to international of a 2020 race for the white house is heating up and winning over a bloc of voters is becoming at the top. priority we've got that story and more still to come.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or. i'm showbusiness i'll see you then.

19 minutes into the program welcome back. into joe biden's polling lead in the wake of last week's republican party convention the latest survey gives the democratic nominee a 6 percentage point lead done from 10 a week earlier with the election less than 2 months away both candidates are hoping to reel in african american voters. because i'll have a great vice president at my side senator kamel iris she knows about all the obstacles thrown 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 be with me when i'm reelected the best is yet to come it was the biden's efforts to win the black vote simply choosing his running mate she's the 1st black woman on a major party's presidential ticket biden also gave an interview to upper carty be not a time when he's been criticized for sidestepping other media requests and some of his remarks about black people have been lightly ridiculed. you got more question god so if you have a problem figuring out where you are for a mere drop and you a black unlike the african-american community with notable exceptions the latino community is incredibly diverse community but that credibly different attitudes

about different things another aspect to this biden's approach to criminal justice has also alienated some in the b.l.m. movement to want to see that police defunded his policies would see an increased police presence in some black communities human rights activists. say this all gives the impression that biden doesn't really understand bloc voters. it was quite clear that the. strong 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 trial and it may be successful because of the fact that the democrats don't appear to be offering anything different than the campaign that they invest in 2060 1000000 reasons that to support if you have a black person the bits of you like

a member of the working class but they also admit reasons 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 some kind of understanding you know what blake people need in particular the black working class is never flitted in his policies. and his positions over the course of his 47 years in congress. well let's bring the program scythe of the border from that there's a lot in america where ecuador has struck. deal with the international monetary fund on a $6500000000.00 relief package now the lifeline comes with strings attached including spending cuts tax reform ecuador is in the grip of a long running economic crisis and the i.m.f.

ready provided several loads to secure them quito has had to slash funding for vital public services including health care and critics say that's left the country defenseless in the face of the demick it's among the hardest hit nations by covert 19 in south america. last month the everyone in the entire population had this corona virus but we did not have medical help because the doctors did not come here they are only the city and we had to go and look for them so people use common remedies the way.

you can't imagine how bad the hospitals were 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 sounds like good news well did they believe that the tape. these agreement is not a free lunch for weather or it comes with a start and these are not imposed by the i.m.f. which continues to promote disasters those 3 people or these policies are raping how book on to contras economy as well as health care system leading to systematic

by allegiance of the economic and social rights but there are yet constitution and the national protect. public anger over us terrorists he has seen people take to the streets even during the pandemic students civil servants we saw officers are among those voicing their anger over budget cuts sergio hernandez again sees the i.m.f. intervention needs reassessing. there you may really want to support it but there are yes they've got these. following measures 1st it's probably us says this human rights impacts of the conditions attached to its loans and policies that impose a cost on that must be said bent the sectors including indigenous peoples must be absolutely. second it should respect democratic processes for economic decision

making agreements must be negotiated transport. and this means refraining from any undue influence over fiscal policy decisions in the country. a lot is how the news stories are shaping up on this the last day of august the new from just off camera busy putting together all the latest updates hope you'll join me for them at the top of the hour by foot. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by phone personally those with.

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all now is much more than about our politics it's about the way we will live for the foreseeable future are we witnessing a recovery if so what kind of. discussing the economy and more i'm joined by my guest daniela de martino booth she is an daoist she is the c.e.o. and chief strategist for quill intelligence a research and a linux firm she is also the author of fed up an insider's take on why the federal reserve is bad for america as well as they call mr bloomberg view and in new york we cross to marshall are actually is a research associate for the levy institute at our college a contributor to independent media institute as well as a member of america compass or a newly established think tank for him to restore an economic consensus that into

sizes the importance of family community and industry to the nation's liberty and prosperity crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in if you don't want and i also appreciate ok let me go to our national 1st in new york last week we came out with some new jobs numbers and it was quite surprising for a lot of people that was a row of jobs growth probably over 2000000 though there seems to be some all of the issues now which used kind of interesting in itself. which gives people a reason to believe that there is some kind of recovery and i would really would like in this program to be politicized that i don't want to talk about who whose advantage it is ok because that's it's turned into a political football and we may be dealing with something that is it came to the great depression so i think we have to take it very seriously so marshall i mean we in some kind of recovery or is it too early to say more.