way 1st you cross the world but classroom life is a whole lot different before i made tough new rules. also ahead of the program authorities in berlin in the wording of. public protests following a series of demonstrations against germany's coronavirus measures. over the appointment of a new prime minister it's happening during a visit by the french president who's promising aid but also warning of possible sanction.

just after 10 30 pm in delhi and 8 in the evening right here in moscow this choose they september the 1st welcome to our international schools reopened after the break through most of the world but classrooms are taking on a very different look with 19 measures in place let's see what some countries are doing in germany the rules vary from state to state but include the use of mosques regular disinfection of the premises and smaller class sizes spain is rolling i temperature checks schools face being quarantined if there is and i break in from the schools are focusing on ensuring people's wash their hands mosques are munda treat both for students and for teachers here's what people in parties think about the new reality. the only good is

a fault we're happy that the children are going back to school it's important for them to go back people are nervous but that's life will find solutions leave us alone open to this oh my child is deaf so we're in the compulsory mask creates inconvenience because it's impossible to leap read the teacher or the other classmates but i think the teachers will come up with a solution for example where and transparent mask or advisor. the moment when the teachers have have their faces covered it's not clear how well the teachers can observe the reactions of students these a difficult conditions. people are scared because of a very thing we've been hearing but no one really knows what's going on i know we have to be careful but the children have to get on with their life so we need to somehow deal with it. our teens don't know quarter paid a visit to a russian school to take a closer look at the new measures against infection while it's that time of the

year again time for students all over the world to go back to school and many of them won't be sitting in virtual classrooms just because of the coronavirus in russia september 1st is a very important holiday everybody usually gets dressed up parents and grandparents personally see off students to their 1st day of school but this year the celebrations have been canceled because of the normally large crowds that gather around this time and on top of that students not all of them will be going back to physical classrooms parents are be being given the option to keep their kids learning remotely because of the fact that many are still afraid that schools are going to be closed down after the 1st cough or sneeze there the new measures that have been inactive here in russia don't allow parents to enter the premises of schools classes will be starting at abnormal times to keep the sizes down and masks will be mandatory even the authorities have said that it's possible that the entire country will return to a ridge. of of remote learning now in the u.k.

it's a different situation measures have already been implemented to keep 6 students at home although the masks are not mandatory in schools right now minimizing contact has become a top priority there now these are only a couple of the long list of measures that the u.k. government has implemented but for months they've been trying to convince parents that schools are safe instead of putting together a plan to make sure that they can be safely reopened in fact it was just several days before the beginning of school in the u.k. that the government began recommending that students over the age of 11 wear masks in hallways and public areas and that secondary students be able to stay home every other fortnight in the event of a local lockdown now this could these kind of last minute guidelines have really upset a lot of teachers in the u.k. we've been asking for months and months and months was the schools in to close down because of all that's been seen as

a kind of act of heresy and yet here we'll be for a bank holiday weekend school it really isn't it comes from the start and then there's france where the education minister has said there shouldn't be any hesitation in sending back the country's 13000000 students back to school although he did admit that not all classrooms could be guaranteed to be safe by the time students return to those schools and even president said that the country could be facing another lock down soon because of the fact that the country still facing an exponential rise in the amount of coronavirus cases there and as you could probably imagine teachers in france weren't too happy either as soon as they'll be in contact with one another re going to try and get them to our stair hands but let's not fool ourselves we know that with 25 pupils we won't always be able to keep an eye on them so it seems like here in russia the 1st of september is just as important for the authorities as it is for the students. their parents will life

returned to normal or will another wave of the coronavirus cause another lock down only time will tell and that is the question a lot of people are asking well we spoke with the world health organization's representative to russia who say yes you can never eliminate all risk. we have to say that the schools are part of the by the community and they have to be seen so so if there is good control in the wider community that ensures quite a lot for the schools and we have to take that into consideration however there is no 0 risk we have to think about that but with the knowledge we have about college over the last practically 8 months and with all the efforts that are being put into place we do believe that this is the right moment to discuss it to move on to return children to schooling but in a safe mode in the beginning of this year then a number of measures have already been announced by various countries and maybe

various schools but the most important thing is what to do if a child test positive or basically if a child develops symptoms or to start as well most likely that class who go on learning it bending on the number of cases in the school who tested positive we have of course learned a lot about the virus but not everything and the issue of i said to my person and asked him to have children and spreading and how much and how more remain very very topical it will however require quite a lot of discipline by the lot of strong capacities for detection and for speed reaction but as i said there is no. anyone thinking of protesting in berlin will now have to wear a mask if at least 100 people show up that's the decision of the state senate that comes after

a number of rallies occurred in the german capital over nationwide restrictions to to the pandemic for sure europe correspondent peter all of our protests and demonstrations of more than $100.00 people in it and now on the list of events that require those in attendance to wear a. ask the berlin senators voted this through their protests it means joins the list of public transport shops and supermarkets and school buildings though not necessarily inside classrooms the berlin senator for the interior and their skies has welcomed this move saying it's an important measure to stop the spread of the corona virus and also to show public health responsibility it's the responsibility that certainly was not on display on saturday authorities say 38000 people were on the streets of berlin protesting against government and t. corona measures in fact they were some times quite openly scenes in the

demonstrations at one point try to enter the reichstag building. thank. you. thank. god thank you. it seems almost certain that the scenes we saw on saturday were behind this measure being pushed through requiring masks to be worn at future demonstrations but those scenes were also behind some condemnation from politicians about the actions of those who took part on saturday the extremists disapprove of violence on the screen raised during last saturday's demonstration in berlin rightly frightened and outreached many people will not tolerate such excesses jesus of aged of people should have the right to demonstrate

peacefully it is of course a very valuable asset even during a pandemic this right was clearly violated at the weekend the result was shameful unacceptable scenes at the race target and the democrats trying to make themselves heard on the steps of our democratic harlem is its own law. clepe that anybody taking part in further protests of this kind will pay a lot of attention to this new ruling about mask wearing some of those who have turned out to these demonstrations don't believe the coronavirus is actually a thing that exists in the 1st place still numbers out these demonstrations has been growing a similar protest at the beginning of august didn't draw me as many people as the almost 40000 who took pass on saturday just go on we are expecting another demonstration to take place at the beginning of october be having to keep an eye out to see if people will wear masks. the french president is in

lebannon on an official visit speaking on choose the he offered to host an aid conference for the country's devastated economy but also warned of sanctions against officials if urgent reforms are not carried aren't lebanese president michel you greeted her money out his residence on choose the day with an aerial display jets releasing smoke in the colors of the lebanese flag there but despite the warm welcome that french leaders visit her has drawn allegations of interference in the country's politics france has been leading call spur reform in lebannon since they'd be reported explosion last month the tragedy was blamed on corruption triggered the collapse of the government is now demanding credible commitments from officials including a new election meanwhile fresh antigovernment protests have on for that in beirut.

as you can just about hear an intense confrontation between protesters and security forces in beirut activists hurl rocks the parliament building tried to storm the gates here gas was used to disperse the crowd many demonstrators voiced their anger over the newly designated prime minister saying he represents the same ruling class as the previous government. let's get some reaction to all those developments with journalist hussein but our heem who is in beirut good to see you it's a money well mccrone 2nd visit since the explosion in a matter of weeks as we mentioned he's demanding reforms a new election as well but of course france is no longer a colonial power and can't control what happens in lebanon so what do you think is

mccraw goal here is it is it only philanthropic or is there something else at play . no i think. trying to move. is trying. you know. western ones. 'd so you know. that's not. too big. so if. there's no action. taken from the worst. slow. start to you. it's. i think.

for the. worse then. once we diminish. the substituting. life. sharing on. something like that so much wrong i think maybe. that's the thing he seems to be offering the french president both current unstick promising aid but threatening sanctions if reforms don't happen. however lebanese people viewing the approach from a foreign leader as interference where you are. you

know level. where interfering or. not i'm a fortunate you know everyone. 'd would love a. body so no they don't see it like i just . micro and americans from the behind. to back with you know. 'd 2 times. one in. the west in their. own good no loyal. officiating crew about the. run of the. other countries like china russia and he's.

trying to. come up. with another more fire. because you know they have their differences and suddenly become the country by the way most of them allies of us so there are no plans to. make them. put up or to. do. to. make. election too. embarrassed to action. and the us all i can think control. over how it see in the county. you know the stakes are pretty hot. that. is going to go

so we'll just have to we just have to leave ever running right out of time hussein but thank you very much for your insight journalist hussein ebrahim live on the program. let's move to the u.s. where protesters gathered in southern lists on monday after a black man was shot dead by law enforcement it's alleged the man assaulted a deputy sheriff who was trying to arrest them officers also say he was in possession of a handgun it comes amid brutal scenes in cities across america deadly shootings have left some parts of the country starting to look like a war zone the situation has fed into the 2020 presidential campaign with joe biden blasting donald trump for refusing to contend kyler rittenhouse the 17 year old is facing murder charges after shooting dead 2 people who were chasing him during a black lives matter protest in wisconsin last week. that was an interesting

situation you saw the same tape as i saw and he was trying to get away from them i guess it looks like and he fell and then they very violently attacked him and it was something that we're looking at right now and it's under investigation but. i guess he was in very big trouble he would have been i probably would have been killed tonight president trump declines to rebuke violence he wouldn't even repudiate one of his support is he was charged with mudda he's too weak to scared of the hatred he has stead to put an end to it the elections that take place every 4 years in the united states generally polarized the country to some degree or other bought 2020 is taking things to a much higher level clashes on the streets between black lives matter activists praised by democrats and from supporters are starting to look almost like civil war .

a member of the right wing patriot prayer group was shot dead in oregon and that's just days after a 17 year old was charged for shooting 2 anti-police brutality protesters in can no show wisconsin now some on the right have hailed the shooter in can osha as a hero meanwhile some on the left have celebrated the death of the trump supporter . i could have come. up. i don't trump has taken a heavy handed approach to the protesters with 0 tolerance and joe biden has also

denounced the violence but early on you had a different message i said in the right to be fact angry and frustrated and more violence for any more people is the kind of answer the question but are totally correct the deadly violence we saw were of a night in portland is unacceptable shooting in the streets of a great american city is unacceptable i condemn violence of every kind by anyone whether on the left or the right and i challenge donald trump to do the same both candidates feel the situation has gone too far and both candidates now blame each other for the chaos. here gas was used to remove these protesters. it is happening under donald trump's watch we are not safe and donald trump america the hard truth is. you won't be safe when joe biden or donald trump is

running as the quote law and order candidate now that's an unpopular position in some circles meanwhile biden is on the defensive as conservatives label the unrest the biting riots with the election just 2 months away and the country spiraling out of control it's unclear if either candidate really has any idea how to fix the situation it will mop and artsy new york. turn other story getting a lot of people talking today facebook has announced a rather cold change to its terms of service users you may be one have started receiving notification saying the social media giant will start removing or blocking any content that could expose the company to legal action. we can also remove or restrict access to content services or information if we determine that doing so is reasonably necessary to avoid or mitigate adverse legal regulatory

impacts to facebook disturbing near addition to facebook terms of service that could be used to justify online censorship but to what the government's using restrictive national laws to order social media platforms to censor information critical of the government or more narky in violation of online freedom facebook's terms of service of day drones slated to plain english will remove content not because it is incorrect misleading illegal or spreads dangerous misinformation but because removing it might help prevent us from getting caught allowing it did you see the new facebook terms of said this smells like election interference and censorship to me. and it all happens in a month's time the new tougher rules taking effect on the 1st of october on facebook is already being floored messages fight rage from users calling it an attack on the free speech it all comes to spite c.e.o.

mark zuckerberg repeated pledge not to censor political content you know we've tried to distinguish ourselves as. probably being one of the tech companies that is the most protective of giving people a voice and free expression over all content is newsworthy we also won't take it down even if it would otherwise conflict with some of our standards what i believe is that in a democracy it's really important that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying that they can make their own judgments i don't think it's right for a private company to censor politicians or the news in a democracy. well i'm delighted to welcome onto the program knowledge dr michael rect unwalled author of the google archipelago the digital gulag the simulation of freedom welcome as we just heard michael mark zuckerberg say yes he wants to our paul free speech how does facebook's newly declared power to delete anything really

fit in with goal. it doesn't it doesn't fit in with both books practices in general which have been censoring and biased and completely draconian in terms of how they treat content and it's very prejudicial as well they have member been really for free speech and they have now with facebook news they intend to basically not only control knows but own it and that's very scary will just all point just to expound on it do you expect facebook to be even handed or attempt to be in the way that it deals with potentially dangerous content from the extreme left and right because we've started to hear murmurings from the left it's as if you know. speech is not starting to affect them the freedom or otherwise that it's starting to hit them where is that used to only be the conservative side of things it appears. yes

that's right i think that they'll finally feel the effects of what the conservatives been saying for a long time that facebook differentially is. biased against anything right of center and has been utterly permissive of any think of the left such that violent content all kinds of threats. you know there's right now there's a page up for seizing washington d.c. that's been allowed to stay on the facebook without any interruption and this is the last claiming that they are going to take over the white house on september 7th scenes so we're facing serious things here and facebook is not helping whatsoever just to point out again that the changes take effect at the start of towbar that's essentially a month before the u.s. election on the right timing how significant is it that it's happening not is this what it's all about or coincidence well it's just so happens to align with the last

30 days before the election and i think it is going to differentially prejudice. biased towards the let you know in favor of the left because facebook twitter and others but facebook themselves have have been very. they have been prejudicial against anything trump or pro trump and including trump own statements and advertisements they have banned advertisements from trump on the basis of supposedly fake news that their fake news bias is just late and some of the evidence isn't even in on many of these issues and yet they determine what is fake and what is not before people even know what's happening in terms of their code for example the cope and crisis the pandemic and and other types of issues like this they have not even let the facts come in before they've determined what whether something is news where they are not. just looking at the innocent michael and it's

reminiscent i have to say over the last few months we've done a lot of interviews a lot of stories about twitter it's clamping down i'll read it in fact just one of the lines facebook is saying content can be removed quote if we determine that doing so is reasonably necessary rather vague doesn't it does it basically give them a heart blanche to delete anything and anything at all because they can only say that somebody is threatening to sue them for a search for such and such a contract so basically it is a car license to remove any content whatsoever without explanation and the users are now you know they're a captive audience it's very hard to move from one social network to another you have a whole network of friends and followers that you have you are counting on communicating to and now they know that they're virtual monopoly so they can basically they're suggesting they can do whatever they want high powerful are they we know that just

some of the latest stats 43 percent of american adults are partly get their news from facebook that's a pew research poll and 28 dean if a spook were to take a side in this election could they potentially swing the result one way or the other. absolutely they could swing it tore it up by them and that's likely what they're going to attempt to do you know in a recent article by the. f e z which is the foundation for economic education they suggest that 2 thirds of all internet users are on facebook so that's a huge proportion of the population of internet users. yes going to be a big month ahead to see how this transpires thanks for giving your time on your thoughts on that we've been speaking to dr michael wrecked and wold google archipelago author the digital on the simulation of freedom to check it out. thank you well that is our news stories for not but do not go too far because in

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