in a modern way democratic choice over trump corporate law joining us as we try to find out on r.t. . the trial of 14 men accused of involvement in the 2015 terrorist attacks in paris gets underway 5 years after the french capital has ties some of the victims say justice is long overdue. we want to move to truth because we don't know anything we haven't had anything for the past 5 years its. own country struggle to find a common approach to travel restrictions during pandemic is hungry unilaterally slaps an entry ban on all foreigners. and with the u.s. deeply divided end of the presidential election in november thousands of americans are desperate for not turn it into the 2 main banners and the country's 2 party system.

good morning this is r.t. international thanks for joining us. a trial relating to the 2015 paris terrorist attacks gets underway wednesday 14 people stand accused of involvement in the wave of terror that shook the french capital 5 years ago the attacks killed 17 people including 12 staff members of the satirical magazine charlie or dog of the trial it reprinted the controversial cartoons of the prophet muhammad that made them the target of the terrorists the french president of. the magazine's right to do so. there isn't a freedom to blast fim which is attached to freedom of conscience i'm here to protect all these freedoms. takes a look back at how the attacks unfolded 5 years ago. it started here back in

january of 2015 when your harvests forced their way into the offices of the satirical magazine surely 12 was saluted days later came another strike when hostages were taken during the siege at a kosher supermarket for one murder that these attacks herald it in a wave of terrorism of islam is to financing france wonder to seeing hundreds killed in cold blood. the man who carried out those horrific crimes in 2015 may long be dead but now 14

alleged accomplice is set to face the french justice system this trial is important not just for those who are still in jail the noise my of terror attacks in prose but because it focuses on those accused of being part of a larger network that aided her reflect on so what. it is about individuals who are involved in the logistics the preparation of the events who provided means of financing of weapons all this is essential to the terrorist action mode you know from i don't want to consider them a secondary they're not secondary and therefore complex you know when you provide a weapon it's not to go and party providing a weapon to someone who is known by the police and intelligence services who has a background who is radicalized you don't give a weapon to that type of person that for some who survived is vital and i hope it's because it is in some accomplices have been arrest. and we want to know what they

did exactly what help they provided to the terrorists we want to know what really happened even if the terrorist won't be there at the trial i hope that those who worked with them to prepare the attacks help them financially will be punished for what they did that's the only thing we expect when we want to know the truth because we don't know anything we haven't heard anything for the past 5 years or so the trial comes as france's interior minister warns the risks of terror attacks remains extremely high mr it is the internal threats within our wools which has become the most significant in the strongest one which mobilizes the most attention of the intelligence services here how dumb i know that more than 8000 people remain on france's database of suspected islam is radicals who are considered to be a potential security threat he said the threat must continue to be the subject of

full attention pointing to the resilience of networks such as islamic state his caution comes as surely this is a terrible magazine his controversial cartoons of the muslim prophet mohammed provoked the initial attack release is a special edition marking the start of the trial the cover will show a montage of its most critical depictions of mohammed a move in defense of freedom of speech to one of those slain or will this only incite even more islam is strange charlotte devinsky r.t. paris we spoke with the former head of france's elite tactical police unit rate he told us the trial should have started much sooner. some calls and going this case has lasted more than 5 years even 5 and a half affecting only the accomplices not those who carried out the attack because they are alive and can testify if for example we draw parallels with the terrorist

attacks in christchurch new zealand which happened a year and a half ago the process there has ended the punishment already determined the year and a half it took there and in france 5 and a half years this is a real problem and i can't explain it or rather i can see there are reasons for this but that's not the point there is a serious problem here in france regarding the speed of the judicial system and the process for imposing criminal sentences i was ahead in the r.a. id an elite tactical unit and experienced the attack in real time these events left a horrific imprint on france and historically our memory of it needs to be preserved. saying and countries are struggling to come up with a common approach to travel restrictions come with a different european states are using different strategies to battle the spread of coronavirus hunger for example is just unilaterally reintroduced travel restrictions on all foreigners germany which holds the presidency of the european

council is convening a meeting on wednesday to address the lack of cooperation between states on to correspondent peter. coronaviruses providing some of the biggest challenges ever seen to the european free travel area known as the shang in zone as member states cast an eye on what their neighbors are doing to stop the spread of the virus and see whether they want to close down or remain open to travel germany says there needs to be a unified response a coherent response is crucial to avoid an fragmented approach as we saw early in the year and to preserve the integrity of the schengen area will vast sounds great but that unified response is needed because the current situation is really rather chaotic brussels center of e.u. power capital of belgium and an absolute nightmare when it comes to travel to corona those who want to come from brussels to germany which currently holds the

e.u. presidency need a negative corona test all 2 weeks of quarantine on arrival that includes all new and diplomatic staff who have quite a lot of business going on right now what with developing a united covert strategy attempting to stave off a crippling recession and break this which is still only resolved in raises more questions than answers the netherlands has pretty much the same rules france is a bit more laissez faire in its approach though belcher bans all parisians from entering denmark doesn't allow belgians in us all unless they have what's called a worthy purpose hungry isn't singling anyone out budapest says if you're not a resident in not getting in there is a risk of bringing the disease into the country most infections originate in other countries solidarity means common success you cannot be successful together if you

are not success but successful one by one this is being seen by home gary and prime minister victor all bands. not inconsiderable number of critics as another example of the use political and phone table or just not wanting to play well with others there which we underline very much is the need to replace blanket restrictions to free movement by more targeted measures which are limited in time or in geographical scope and meaning for example that you have a certain restrictions to visitors from specific areas and maybe the border closure i don't know is just another provocation of the european union and i think mr or bunch of really really consider if he wants to be a member of the european union if you're a member of the team you play by the rules the problem there is that the rules weren't drawn up with corona in mind and the virus has no regard for national

boundaries governments of member states are put into a quandary whether to shut down and put freedom of movement on the back burner or to stick with one of the founding principles of the union and risk it becoming a vector of infection as we head towards an almost inevitable rise in covert cases in the autumn and winter months peter all of our r.t. . donald trump has ignored calls to stay away from the violence stricken city of kenosha arriving on tuesday he praised the police is visit a great attentions between trump supporters and black gloves matter protesters know she was the latest us hot spot for rallies against racism and police brutality and so after a black man was shot several times in the back by officers there last month 2 people were killed in the protests the followed the shooting with the city suffering massive damage the personal property and businesses but when i asked the u.s. president heard police violence is not systemic. i think the police do an incredible

job. and i think you do have some bad apples i think you'd agree every once in a while you'll see something and you do have the other situation to they're under this tremendous pressure and they they don't hear a little world. but from spain rival joe biden for his part has posted a video of himself and his running mate to cover the harris having a socially distance chant but they discuss trump's alleged inability to deal with the covert crisis. meanwhile many americans are getting fed up with their 2 party system and are looking around for alternatives on burgeoning movement is the new people's party which is attracting thousands of americans to its virtual convention at the weekend kellam open expects. deep divisions in america and dissatisfaction with centuries of 2 party rule have forced many americans so look for alternatives on the heels of the democratic and republican conventions 8

people's convention was held gathering hundreds of thousands of disappointed left wingers the people must have a. president we don't need. ready for major party. tandy's of the people's convention feel that neither candidate really represents a choice for the working class instead they want political leaders who will stand up to wall street and the political elites. if you. want. to can. the criteria of integrity wall street was certainly delighted when joe biden was nominated as the democratic candidate perhaps this is because joe biden has admitted that not much is really going to change when speaking to his wealthy donors. i mean we may not want to demonize anybody has made money no $1.00 standard of living will change nothing would fundamentally change another theme at the

people's convention was the constant expansion of u.s. wars and the expanding presence of u.s. military forces overseas as soon as i take office i will ask congress to fully eliminate the defense sequester and will submit a new budget to rebuild our military it is so depleted we will prevail. we're going to have the strongest military we've ever had by far we're increasing arsenals of virtually every weapon we're making our military stronger and more powerful than ever before attendees of the people's convention called for free college for all a green new deal and an end to mass incarceration they slammed joe biden for not supporting medicare for all even during the pandemic with all due respect to medicare for all you have a single payer system in italy it doesn't work there and has nothing to do with medicare for all that would not solve the problem at all protests against systemic

racism and police brutality that have been gulf the country now have both candidates throwing gasoline on the fire this president long ago forfeited a moral leadership in this country he can't stop the violence because for years he's fought management here supporters here supporters and they are your supporters and did shut a young gentleman ho and killed him now with paint over the bullet. and i think it's disgraceful people's convention attendees voted at the end of their convention to form a people's party that would sweep the us elections in 2021 and hopefully take control of the white house and the us congress by 2024 3rd parties have always existed in america but they generally get marginalized and pushed aside while the 2 major parties dominate the political stage however the people's party is hoping to

reverse that trend and become a new force in american politics seizing the spotlight it will mop and artsy new york. community. snobs of the 2 main parties truly reflect the views of the majority of americans but it's it's been a very very very long time since there was a new viable political party in the united states but if you kind of look at what's going on right now contemporarily now seems like the time for history to repeat itself and the bigger issue at hand here is just how far the. pandemic has shown that we have a corporate coup for a government we have a banana republic we have a government that not only doesn't give a hoot about public opinion but works actively against it and this is by design republicans are only able to be as horrific as they are because of how ineffective democrats are similarly democrats are only able to be as ineffective as they are

because of how rich republicans are and it does not reflect the people who live here the largest voting bloc in the united states are people who don't vote and people who don't associate with either political party and staying with more news after this break. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. is your media a reflection of reality. in

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these pictures are from tuesday several people were reportedly injured during the confrontation and israeli forces are in the area to protect heavy equipment and bulldozers being used to lay the groundwork for the new settlements near the city of qom meanwhile this year the israeli authorities of intensified demolition of homes in east jerusalem despite the covert pandemic ongoing economic crisis in many cases it is residents who have to demolish their own elss since the cost of the destruction work is so high that israeli municipality in jerusalem insists palestinians homes are only torn down if built illegally without a special permit human rights groups believe there's little real chance to attain this permission for palestinian residents who in turn say that they won't give up. as you can see i was forced to demolish my own home because of the fines i worked day and night to build this house for my family and then the israeli authorities surprised those by calling on the 2nd day of aide telling us that the house had to

come down they didn't even care about the holiday all the coronavirus situation the actions of the israeli government try to make is leave this land but no matter what but we won't go. we saw what happened with and we've seen this happen time and time again the municipality destroyed my shop income i needed to feed my family the municipality won't allow us to build houses which forces the palestinian people to do it without a permit. when using brief now angry parents burned face masks outside the ministry of education in saffir idea of their kids having to wear them in school and even claim that it's harmful for the children's health. firefighters of a forest fire brazil's punter now region are the worst in the world's largest drop . well what that means for 15 years it's feared the fires can damage the region's biodiversity. and artists in jakarta have painted

a river on the streets of the city it took months to complete and it's $300.00 metres long a team of artists worked on that. violent protests have once again erupted in the capital of lebanon over the appointment of the country's burden envoys the new prime minister the demonstrations also coincided with the french president's visit to the country in one year micron's 2nd trip since the deadly port explosion in beirut back in early august. the.

lebanese president of a shallow greeted marker all of his residence on change day with an aerial display surrealism slogan the colors of the lebanese flag despite the warm welcome the french latest visit has drawn allegations of interference in the country's politics and says been leading the cause for reform in love at all since the bear report blast last month the tragedy was blamed on corruption and triggered the collapse of the government the crown is now demanding credible commitments from officials including a new election political commentator mosman gave us her views on the french role unloveable. strong interest is a very really short and small word to express the absolute engagement the french impeachment in that it leaves politics if we are celebrating levanon and 70 years 100 years of founding levanon 70 years of being free and independent from good

friends mandate we are here having the french president with his planes telling us what to do i'm not saying that's bad we're not bad i'm just saying that this is not an interest this is another mandate in the meeking maybe a mild one with a visit with the constance visits of manuel monk wrong because he's dealing with the same political elite we're not talking about officials when he said sanctioning officials i don't think that this is the right way to see who should be saying sanctioning neat because the governing body in lebanon is not. might the warlords that have been governing from my new office is the official us of the government for the past 32 years this. devastation of a country because when you really sanction the people who are in the government you're doing nothing because the people of both the government controlling everything from institutions to public and private ones to the point to the airport

etc you name it then what are you doing if you're not targeting these people but at the same time who are you to darken the spiegel if anyone should target them it should be us the people specially after the tragedy that happened the explosion the devastation that took over being in our midst or because of corruption and it might be because of other cause russian is the main cause and by seeing what michael has been doing for the past 2 visits you can see that france is just diving more and more into the lebanese politics under a certain point when the lebanese public will maybe not not take it in. place because it has the radical change the terms of service use of 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 strict access to content services or information if we determine the 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 kill it with 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 update translated 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. but i just heard there's already been a strong negative reaction to the new rules which take effect on october 1st it all comes despite facebook's months of the book's repeated pledge not to censor political content. you know we've tried to distinguish ourselves out as.

probably being one of the tech companies that is the most protective of giving people a voice and free expression overall 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 doesn't fit in with facebook 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 never been really for free speech and they have now with facebook news they intend to basically not only control news but own it it only say that somebody is threatening to sue them for a search for such and such a content so basically it is a car launch 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 that you are counting on communicating to and now they know that their virtual monopoly so they can basically they're suggesting they can do whatever they want. with the top stories in half an hour's time so you know.

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the. greetings and sell you to. united states president john f. kennedy famously stated ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country what makes this message this this mantra so vital is that it is true not just for us serfs working outside the halls of government but for those working inside those halls as well but quite frankly my friends as we have seen over and over and over and over again our elected leaders and government officials are no longer asking themselves what they can do for the country and they are instead asking what the country can do for them their party and their corporate lobbyists because. if they did serve the country and not themselves then the epic water crisis that took place in flint michigan back in april 2014 would never and should never have ever happened only now after more than 6 long years the people of

flint michigan are finally getting some restitution for having their drinking water poisoned by the negligence and greed of their own state government in a settlement announced on august 20th n.b.c. news reports that the state of michigan has agreed to pay $600000000.00 to residents whose health was afflicted by lead tainted drinking water and that under that deal the state has agreed to devoting 80 percent of the money to people who were younger than 18 during the period when flint was using river water. and while 600000000 may sound like this massive number for many in flint that doesn't even begin to compensate for the losses and anguish they have suffered as flint resident nicky awakes who since 2014 has faced $22.00 miscarriages of 2 separate sets of twins she told the daily.