this is a disaster for the migrants who aren't leaving because they're left alone to 90 s. enough president telling an island of lampedusa protest over the arrival of hundreds of migrants with the local region. 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. china feels 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. former

national security advisor michael flynn loses his bid for the criminal case against him to be dropped. from the russian capital this is r t international my names you know neil good to have your company. residence of lampedusa staged a protest against the arrival of new migrants officials on the southern italian island stay the situation is unsustainable and some locals are taking matters into their own hands by trying to stop the newcomers from disembarking. callup if 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 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 desire stress 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 3 $167.00 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 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. is the vessel it's funded financed by the street artist banksy it 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. 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 saying 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 him his total 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 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 time . 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 in another significant aspect to this the latest surge and see crossings to italy from north africa comes 5 years after a london mark speech by german chancellor angela merkel. exacted in 2015 she responded to concerns over the influx of migrants to europe by saying this 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. according to official data almost 5000000 people have applied for asylum in the e.u. in the past 5 years italy france sweden and germany have taken in the largest

numbers oficial 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 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 to european union so 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 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. serving all night china has introduced new restrictions on tech exports in a move that could block the sale of tick tocks operations in the us r t saskia taylor looks at why companies are vying to buy and up until recently was the focus of spying allegations. linesmen thing on stealing if you believe the u.s. 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. 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 now be showing he's getting touchy about its attack sites and technologies will not be subject to export bans over strict since 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 volume in legal disputes talk about of an executive order we're looking at a certain we may be betting 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 whose security company very very american company via the chinese company has to sell off its u.s. operations because donald trump said so on because there's 100000000 users in the u.s. can't be bought and into that dominance of the lip sinking free wild mess and given

its 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 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 has washed its weight in gold tight juggernauts microsoft and oracle said to be leading the race in

a potential deal i don't want him to take out a room a $20.00 to $30000000.00 bill to daunce the way to ownership of the outrageously successful op i need not gas he was also eyeing up a piece of this pot are you or is 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 chumps teaming take top 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 bat for me was their identity either way it must be sad for a naing snooping and stealing up to talk show and tell us how the knot of supes was and that 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 about 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 based. force of fire sale of cutting edge attack that undercuts the value of the chinese companies but also gives chinese are u.s. companies access to technology they don't have. another chapter in a long running saga donald trump's former national security advisor michael flynn has lost an appeal for the criminal case against him to be dismissed flynn was

convicted of lying under oath during the russia gate probe the charges were dropped on orders from the justice department but the latest ruling means that the case still has to go through the district courts federal judges ruled 8 to 2 against flynn his attorney sidney powell called the decision to stir up a. split as expected a long line 7 from the tone and tenor of the judges said oral argument it is a disturbing blow to the rule of law while some background to the case michael flynn was questioned by the f.b.i. as part of the mueller investigation into alleged russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. election he resigned and after initially pleading guilty to misleading the f.b.i. but later claimed prosecutorial misconduct at that stage his new lawyer produce documents revealing that the f.b.i. had set out to entrap flynn and no valid cause to interview him in the 1st place

well let's dig a little bit deeper into this story i'm happy to say jennifer to muster legal. commentator on u.s. national security joins us live on the program always good to see you for viewers jennifer perhaps not so familiar with all the various legal disputes and people involved in russia kate this latest ruling and flynn might in consequential how significant or otherwise is it. it's a very significant thing and i understand i mean i am an attorney i'm a licensed attorney and even for me i have to sometimes get caught up on the facts so for those that might just between you and i want to know why this actually matters here's the bottom line the bedrock sound ation of the american legal system which is been seen as a sort of shining light on the hill of the rule of law and justice in america here is the separation of powers pacifically when it comes to the courts the separation of powers between the prosecution of the government the executive branch and the

judiciary which is where the judges in so when it comes to a criminal case like this it is the executive branch that brings that here prosecutors your district attorneys u.s. attorneys things like that those are the ones that bring the case and the judge can decide on the case when the actual prosecution does not have a criminal case anymore and withdraw that but the judge decides no no these charges need to stick here and the judge even decides maybe we're going to add this new one because of this line a line on your on your plea or whatever else to says then the judge has made himself not a member of the jewish area but he's not trying to usurp the executive branch the prosecution i mean the sentiment behind the perv a sickness. case being dismissed once the prosecution executive branch the prosecution has dropped all charges we know that in t.v. shows american crime dramas legal dramas every courtroom scene prosecution comes in and says your honor we decided to dismiss all charges and the judge says what case

dismissed that's the president that we know and so this very very obscure or tiny little loophole that's not been used in a case like this ever has been used by the judge to say i don't care if you're bringing charges anymore i think he needs to i think we need to argue this out that's why this is so important yes very interesting. district court in washington do you expect this process to drag november's election to be an issue in the build up to it. i think that's the intent i think that's the intent of those that are in charge of that specifically of judge sullivan who is on the district court and so the whole ruling by the by the court of appeals here the whole ruling was that hey the judge didn't say that you can't dismiss that because again remember when we're talking about this example of the t.v. kind drama the prosecution says we're dropping all charges and the judge says case dismissed well in this case the judge said i want to hear some arguments again so i don't want to dismiss it just yet so what this court of appeals it was they sent it

back to say you guys brought it to you soon the judge didn't say he doesn't want to dismiss it he just wants to hear all the arguments against why they can't do that so that's what this comes back to i think their plan is to pass about november but it's certainly important hopefully they're going to be ways or methods where they can go that doing this to make this go through faster this is an absolute travesty of justice clinton's lawyer earlier produced documents alleging and. usually be enough for a case to be dropped. oh my goodness there are many things in this case that would be enough for a case to be dropped but look at it this way not only the exculpatory documents that sidney powell did provide that show that this case should never have been brought not just that but the entire reason that the judge is holding this case out is because glenn pled guilty to a document that he has never seen so we have to think about that a document he has never seen that the public has never seen that the court has never seen that his original interview what they called the original 3 which sidney

powell has been asking for so in most legal cases there's a process of discovery need to see all of these documents stuck just an edited version they have never even produce that original interview so the entire thing flynn was told that he lied on something he hasn't seen the document neither has it or neither has the public so that's why this is very important not only the documents exculpatory documents that she got but also the documents that we still have never seen. a former lawyer in the obama administration has hailed the decision as quote an important step in defending the rule of law republicans clearly different view is there a danger though that statements like this is for the politicize the case. here's a problem when you spend our entire time drafty narratives telling the people what to believe rather than showing them how how to learn the information for themselves we run the risk of telling everybody what to think about the rule of law so what we know so far is

a kevin kleinsmith you as an attorney under the obama administration just pled guilty to actually falsifying documents and falsifying a 5 the application to spy on an american citizen so i don't take a lot of stock in what a lawyers within the obama administration actually say because it was however the obama administration that actually came together in the white house to plan to continue the investigation and the entrapment unlawfully of general flynn thank you for your time in breaking down all the pretty legally. legal. and u.s. national security. still ahead an hour to international a huge relief package for ecuador as it strikes a deal with the international monetary fund we'll look into whether it really is a relief after the break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic developments only mostly exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and

talk. 21 minutes into the program welcome back let's start back inside america where ecuador has struck a deal with the international monetary fund on a $6500000000.00 relief package the lifeline comes with strings attached including spending cuts tax reform ecuador is in the grip of a long running economic crisis on the i.m.f. has already provided several loans to secure them. slush funding for vital public services including health care and critics say bounce left the country defenseless in the face of the coronavirus ecuador in fact is among the hardest hit nations by 1000 in latin america.

and i think the everyone in the entire population had this corona virus but we did not have medical help because the doctors did not come here you know they are only in the city and we had to go and look for them so people use home remedies. like. in the hope you 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 kill me but 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 on this or not these imposed by the i.m.f. which continues to promote these asteroids the story. these policies are raping 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 whether your constitution and the national effect or public anger over a stereotype has seen people take to the streets even during the pandemic students civil servants and police officers are

a. voicing their anger over budget cuts. as again sees the i.m.f. say intervention needs reassessing. their you may have really wanted to support it but. they've got these. following measures 1st it's probably us says this human rights of the conditions of its loans and policies that impose a cost on that must be said sectors including indigenous peoples must be absolutely . second it should respect democratic processes for economic decision making agreements must be negotiated. and this means refraining from any influence over fiscal policy decisions in the country. let's move from site to north american our double trump us cut into joe biden's lead in the polls in the wake of last week's republican party convention the latest survey gives the

democratic nominee a 6 percentage point lead to and from 10 a week earlier both candidates are hoping to really an african american voters ahead of november's election because i have a great vice president at my side. senator carl iris she knows about all the obstacles thrown in the way of so many in our country women black women black america south asian american experiment groups the left out of the left behind and i have done more in 3 years for the black community than joe biden has done in 47 years. when i'm reelected the best is yet to come i was. biden's efforts to win black votes include choosing. his running mate she's 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

a site stepping other media requests and some of his remarks about black people of being widely ridiculed to. your moral question vibes you're worried 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 latino communities are incredibly diverse communities with incredibly different attitudes about different things. that are aspect biden's approach to criminal justice has also alienated some in the movement who want the police defunded in general and 50 liberal groups sent a letter to biden disappointed were his pledge to help fund a federal community policing program his policies would all to see an increased police presence in some black communities we heard from a human rights activist who say this all gives the impression the bible doesn't really understand black voters. it 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 a donald trump 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 are in venice in 2060 minute reason is that to support a draw if you have a black person the bits of your life of a member of the working class but they also minute reason is 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 of what blake people need in particular the black working class is never reflected in his policies. and

his positions over the course of his 47 years in congress well that wraps up our new stories for now but do stay close as more great r.t. programs get going in moments find out what's showing where you are after the short is the break. seemed wrong. to me. to shape our disdain. and engage. the trail. find themselves. choose to look for common ground. insider trading and the. definitely.

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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 what i want to 1st of all your out here no indeed indeed the 1st i just want. the mention you force. the 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 once the trigger but you know.