join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics. i'm showbusiness. this is a disaster for the migrants are leaving because they're left alone tonight. president . protest over the arrival of hundreds of migrants with the locals saying the region 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. also ahead on the program. visits lebanon for the 2nd time in less than a month to press for a political reform amid criticism. like a lonely old power. on china unveils new export restrictions that could prevent the

sale of tech tell its business in the u.s. we look at spying allegations turned into a bidding war for the popular. broadcasting live from moscow this is your r.t. international my names you know neal you're very welcome to the program residents of lump of staged a protest against the arrival of new migrants officials on the southern italian island state that the situation is sustainable some locals are taking matters into their own hands by trying to stop the newcomers from disembarking. government don't like alibek 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 $370.00 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 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. 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 all 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 that's funded financed by the street artist banksy skip it by the german captain. she is credited with rescuing at least a 1000 people from the mediterranean sea between 20112017 but she was also charged with colluding with people smile. as 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 for membership 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 are

going to struggle for 2 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 but 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 if 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 and 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 and just to continue with what peter was saying the latest surge in sea crossings to a plea from north africa comes 5 years after a landmark speech by german chancellor angela merkel on this exact date in 2015 she responded to concerns over the influx of migrants to europe with this message 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. and according to official data almost 5000000 people have applied for asylum in the e.u. in those past 5 years italy france sweden germany have taken in the largest numbers

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

in the european union between entirely on one side and germany on the other side. between the countries of the sugar our group on one side and germany on the other side so this this problem is making european union falling apart. too another headline stories this hour french president and money is paying his 2nd official visit this month to lebanon he's pushing for reform at a time of political turmoil in beirut following the recent deadly explosion with more in tears r.t. charlotte tippett yeah. 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 taj 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 through this city in august when he was just

a few days off the top last his visit was equally nor did criticize but some saying he was still acting as if france was a protectorate of lebanon on president carter's outlined what he thinks needs to happen in the country he's talked about reform and we construction 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 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 on loan has had issues politically economically and socially those exclusions back in august exposed to the rest of the the $190.00 people killed thousands injured and tens of thousands of people displaced them not gone 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 will come only with strings attached signed a blank check for a government that does not implement reforms that everyone knows are needed everyone knows what has to be dealt with humanitarian and senator emergency for a population that is deeply wounded and in. this country to hold together the risks today is the disappearance of lebanese 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 just welcome from some political factions for my peace when. we. regards to naming the prime minister forming the government so we will be.

contributing to pulling the country out of the. we have always reaching a suit against. hezbollah and its allies hold a majority in the parliament in lebanon gives you a sense of how important encouraged this particular party and these remarks suggest that it is open to dialogue what president is doing by including has been in these talks is something that essentially new with the west has done that is open to the party politics in lebanon is a moveable feast though so if it seems that france is demanding too much it's taking too much of the role as a previous colonial power these 2 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 interfering in the internal politics of the country. we've got the thoughts with french attorney. external calls for reform in lebanon are unlikely to be successful. french president like to show the world and its population that france is still a superpower that's why people call people. along but for people that are against france are against the western point of view. france as. a superpower all kinds and wants to say he worked for western countries foreign countries like great britain let's. say no it's a france trying to help. a country that has a lot of problems as usual as we said 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 lebanon's of politics and the economy. china has introduced new restrictions on tech exports in a move that could block the sale of tick tocks operations in the us. why companies are vying to buy an ar 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 beijing 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 6 we may be betting 6 to bear that the use of tiktaalik by all federal employees so i don't mind if there's microsoft or somebody else a big company the security company very very american company by 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 the slip sinking free wild mess and given its 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 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 an 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 below 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 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 to the former as their identity either way it must be sad for a naing snooping and stealing app to talk sure how the knot of soup says and the 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. well the 2020 race for the white house is heating up on winning over a black voters is becoming a top priority we look into that story and more besides and around 90 seconds uncut .

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race is very dramatic to follow only closely. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by shaped by. the day or thinks. we ask.

90 minutes into the program welcome back all of trump us into joe biden's polling lead in the wake of last week's republican party convention the latest survey gives the u.s. democratic nominee a 6 percentage point lead is done from 10 weeks earlier on with the election just over 2 months away you know both candidates are hoping to reel in african-american voters. because i 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 american experiment grants the left down to the left behind and i have done more in 3 years for the black community then joe biden has done in 47 years the one i'm reelected the best is yet to come with biden's efforts to win black votes seeing clued choosing. his running mate she is the 1st black woman on the major parties presidential ticket biden also gave an interview to rapper carty b. of a time when he's being criticized for sidestepping other media requests and some of his remarks about black people have been widely ridiculed your moral question vide showing if you have a problem figuring out where you're from mere trauma and you're a black unlike the african-american community with notable exceptions the latino community is a incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different

things well biden's approach to criminal justice has also eliminated some in the b.l.m. movements who want to see the police defunded his policies would see increased police presence in black communities human rights activists say this all gives the impression that biden does not really understand like voters. it was quite clear that the. strong forces. target the black voters they believe that some sectors of the black population is in fact in play that is there to be persuaded to support. and it may be successful because of the fact that the democrats don't appear to be free in the different than the campaign that they invent in 2060 there are reasons that to

support if you have a black person the bits of you like a member of the working class but they also made it reason was 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 now 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 a slave to. these policies. and his positions over the course of his 47 years in congress. let's hear from north to south america where ecuador has struck a deal with the international monetary fund a $6500000000.00 relief package the lifeline comes with strings attached including spending cuts and tax reform ecuador is in the grip of a long running economic crisis and the i.m.f.

has already provided several loans to secure them key to us how to slush funding for vital public services including health care and critics say bouts left the country defenseless in the face of the carolled of ours it's among the hardest hit in fact nations by covert 19 in latin america. everyone the entire population had this corona virus but we did not have medical help because the doctors did not come here they are only in the city and we had to go and look for them so people use home remedies for way.

in the hope you can you can't imagine how bad the hospitals were didn't want to admit anyone else so instead they took my parents to 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 the tale these agreement is not a free lunch for it whether it comes with the start conditionality imposed by the i.m.f. which continues to promote disastrous the story. or these policies are raking how book on the country's economy as well as its health care system leading to

systematic by lesions of the economic and social rights but there are yet constitution that national protect and public anger over us territory has seen people take to the streets even during the pandemic students civil servants and police officers are among those voicing their anger over budget cuts sergio hernandez again. say's the i.m.f.'s intervention need to reassess like. there you may have really wanted to support it but there are yes it's true that they've got these big following measures 1st it's probably says this human rights impacts of the conditions of its lungs and policies that impose a cost on that must these are the best sectors including indigenous peoples must be absolutely up boy that. it should respect democratic processes for economic decision making agreements must be negotiated on spark. and this means refraining

from exerting any undue influence over fiscal policy decisions in the country well if you'd like to delve deeper into that story indeed any of her stories this hour are to dot com is the place to go why not leave a comment or 2 with your thoughts as well more great program start right after the break a season. when ellen show seemed wrong when all the roles just don't hold. any real world yet to seep out these days become educated and indeed from an equal betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look

for common ground. that's geysers financial survival they say money the girl had to. close it is it this is a central plank support dying a polygamist kind of call them i know they stopped. it. from google. i've after accounting you're watching going underground the team and i will be back with a brand new season starting september the 5th but until then we'll be showing you some of your favorite shows of this past star studded season stay safe.

a very special edition when we're joined by one of the great philosophers of our time professor cornell west he joins me now from princeton in new jersey cornell thanks so much for coming on last time i spoke to earlier in the week there was a hurricane shades of climate change then we had the catastrophe in beirut i mean war what 1st of all your out here no indeed indeed the 1st i just want to salute you do you know the answer you foresee. need in deep thoughts when you heard about what happened in the middle east in beirut where normally you often spoken about war crimes this it's open to question what happened but what if what if you thought about those terrible images well let me look at least once again you trigger but just. place in the middle east

people not really wanting to tell the truth about the reasons of power and are in the middle east and we're going to find out you know who's responsible but i just i just. am of the opinion that. we've got to be bring honest and candid about the rule of the u.s. and. who are nation of the israeli defense forces and the u.s. army but we shall see we shall see it's also of course important week because it's the 75th anniversary of the united states nuclear attack on hiroshima i've got to say angela davis on this show endorsed endorsed joe biden in november no i'm chomsky is endorsed joe biden do you think that joe biden will save us from another nuclear conflagration as we commemorate the dead of hiroshima. where you know my dear brother wanted the gin julius did mon go minute because. we're all of course

now we've got it 100 military units round we're russia and china to get to have $3030.00 we've got $4800.00 military units in the whole world including the united states are they more important legacy is one in which we have to take very seriously the relation between the poverty and all that militarism at home and abroad the unbelievable a materialist i'm a spiritual decay in the empire that we're talking about and then of course the white supremacy not just the black beat but indigenous people brown people arabs muslims jews per iranians and so forth so that just and loudest as angela i am quite adventurous is coalition i could see bowling for biden in a swing state but i can never get divorced an architect of the largest mass incarceration system in the modern world that will target poor people just because it black at brown warp.