reduced to mystically because always international actors need to be in the country 24 seventh's to make a sustainable show so any country in the world that's just a stable democracy has to mystic sometimes of its national health mystically. to turn all the restrictions countries in europe think into limits liberty cope with infections make an unwelcome payer in. the us another battle between the 2 main parties or rather to the death of a supreme court judge with arguments over who gets to choose their replacements. and so will trump lashes out at quotes left wing propaganda being taught in classrooms claiming it's fanning the flames of anger being seen on us streets we debate the issue all idea of critical race theory the only thing that it does is it

gives people of color an excuse to try to not drive hard this idea of color blind liz it's in the here at least it's. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r t international with me in a chair and. british prime minister boris johnson claims a 2nd covert wave is now inevitable in the u.k. i could mean another national lockdown on the way the announcement book protesters into central london where they made their feelings clear about any new restrictions . i. demonstration 6 place despite a ban on large social gatherings some skirmishes with police were seen with activists forming human barricades to prevent officers from making arrests of the

30 arrests have been reported by police so far. meanwhile elsewhere in europe countries are witnessing record infection rates spain is currently the worst affected its reimposing a partial lockdown in madrid from monday that news was greeted with fury on friday with hundreds demanding the resignation of the regional chief is the early looks now at how european nations are trying to cope. or hopeful guys asians latest coronavirus claims make for grim reading it reports that weekly cases across europe in are higher than during the pandemic speak this is them but gauge numbers however should serve as a rake a call for all of us. old dog these numbers reflect more comprehensive this thing it also shows a lot of ingrates of the information across the region european center for disease prevention and control agrees that while more testing played a part in these high figures it's not the only reason why the increase testing

contributes to better awareness of all ongoing transmission it is not the only reason for the increase of covert $1000.00 cases which is also linked to the relaxation of physical distancing and other preventive measures while e.u. nations while the prospect of reintroducing tough new measures here in the u.k. localizes frictions have been put in place in different regions of the country meaning more than 10000000 brits are now effectively in a new form of lock down the north east of england is the latest to have restrictions we face residents should not socialize with other people outside their own households all supportable. fatality for food and drink would be restricted to table service only and late night restrictions of operating hours will be introduced so the leisure and entertainment venues must close between 10 pm and 5 how we can tell our system is a joke the whites were keen to get tested everything they got but i spoke with the inside much but they do read that you know everyone's under strain right now

because of the crisis but there should be more support. but in the communities put up people really are struggling i love the time able to come out of their houses to get test prep might be swayed into government you need to be well organized and do need to provide more testing centers without doubt it was a going up the economy was that going out you shouldn't popping up on the wall the u.k. government has spent the last couple of months focusing on more localized measures reports of consistently been lurking that a nationwide law could be reinforced once more britain's health secretary hadn't done anything to back away those rumors the last line of defense is full national action and i don't want to see that but we will do whatever is necessary to keep people safe in a very difficult pandemic across the channel france has broken its own record for cases in one day with over 10 and a half 1000 rights up in a single 24 hour period and the country's prime minister has been criticised in some quarters for suggesting that everyone would just have to live with the virus

he's also now being sued by covert survivors and relatives of the victims for the way the government handled the crisis which is striking since his arrival is that there is no strategy whatsoever in fighting the pandemic this country is being managed not governed. meanwhile in spain another european country devastated in the 1st wave lockdowns are on their way back in madrid the world health organization has said that different nations can have different approaches depending on their own unique circumstances but one thing must remain consistent and that's the quarantine period lasting 14 days knowing the immense individual and societal impact even a slight reduction in the link of current time can have and giving the figures i have just mentioned the concept of current time must be protected initially adopted clarified and bill communicated gold any ambiguity to the people

a month ago the prospect of 2nd lockdown seemed only a remote possibility but today it's looking like a question of when and not if countries bring them back shuttering already suffering businesses and inflicting more social and economic pain on people already worn down by restrictions on the lives. of 2 london. us democrats and republicans are currently battling over hold at the case to the white house come november and our parties are also set to lock horns over the supremes court as after death was announced of judge ruth bader ginsburg at the age of $87.00 with ginsburg had been the oldest sitting judge on the supreme court having served there since 1903 she was only the 2nd ever woman to be appointed to america's highest court and is regarded as a liberal and feminist icon and supreme court judges can sit well for life or until they choose to retire there is only 9 is a time it could be a real game changer if the democrats or republicans can secure a majority. we will put in this position of power and importance to make

decisions for the people who so proudly elected us the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of united states supreme court justices we have this obligation without delay. president trumps nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the united states senate voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice for the senate to consider 4 and a half years ago republicans invented the principle that the senate shouldn't feel an open seat on the supreme court before a new president was sworn in a basic principle of the law is that we apply rules with consistency and not based on what's convenient or advantages and the moment and 2016 barack obama was blocked from appointing a new judge by the senators both houses of congress were held at the top at the time by the republican party in contradiction 4 years on and donald trump has

announced he's ready to make his nomination public quite quite soon right now the republicans control the senate so will be able to confirm that pick however political analyst max abrams says there will be consequences if the appointment is made before november. in terms of trump's powers not knowledge of romance but it's powers who does have the power to nominate somebody to replace ginsburg there is some question procedurally about whether he can cut quick enough to get the appointments through in such a short period of time and there are questions about politics is it worth it to do so it appears that the democrats are very fired up about it if you want to go ahead there are all sorts of retaliatory steps that the democrats could think i think that it's very likely that of trump goes ahead and tries to nominate somebody

during his term there will be more protests and frankly more violent ones the reality you know the united states is highly polarized wrote you know. donald trump has claimed the recent anarchy seen on u.s. streets is partly because students are being indoctrinated in hard left ideology critical race theory. the $1619.00 project and the crusade against american history toxic propaganda the left wing writing in may. the direct result of decades of leftwing indoctrination in our schools the subjects mentioned by mr trump are rooted in radical socialist thinking they examine society's primarily through the lens of race identity and power supporters say it's about righting the wrongs of the past we put the issue up for debate to see if that's really became. we do want

people to be judged by the content of their character but this idea of colorblind list is inherently racist and i'm a black man and that is what people are going to see in this society 1st and foremost so i don't want to be judged just because i am black this whole idea of critical race theory the only thing that it does is it gives people of color an excuse to try to not try hard and we have things like affirmative action and they talk about white privilege when there's 15000000 white people living in america right now below the poverty line that's almost double the 8000000 black people that are living below the poverty line so you go talk to the old white people about their white privilege and cerys this country was stolen from indigenous people through brutal land theft and genocide from the lands of white supremacy and it was bill it's off of the backs of stolen people from africa including forced rape and to come to tea of african women to create more property for a white man nothing that happened you know what anthony is referring to that

happened hundreds of years ago is not applicable today we have a constitution that applies to a couple eyes to every man woman and child today it regardless of sex race creed religion jack everybody is protected with the same rights under the constitution in fact people of color get special deference because of programs like affirmative action what listen you're going to pass and and i'm a hispanic american and i don't have these issues and i don't believe that i'm being that i need to fight for liberation and i'm a free man can you tell me which amendment gives black granite indigenous people special treatment in the constitution if you're going to reference this document back it up with facts other than there's been a lot of things even trump has done it trump putting but i'm not for hannity zones so predominately black and hispanic neighborhoods get special tax breaks to the middle of the country doesn't get you know 2 we don't you don't know what's going on and you're misrepresenting history and you have to endure you're living in the past you're literally living in the past anthony. i have no problem with people who

are actually trained and skilled in racism to train people and being into races because we know there is no such thing as not reason you're either rhesus or you're into rhesus people who say that all lives matter resist and try to put one group above the other that the def in the definition the appeared to me of what racism actually years. now to pull a verse where antigovernment protesters continue to vent their anger over august disputed election rallies have now been going on for 6 weeks on saturday protesters mostly female gathered in the capital minsk demanding president lukashenko step down police arrested some of those rallying on the streets the exact number detained is not known the rights groups claim it was more than $300.00. meanwhile opposition candidates are taken off sky is expected to take part in a meeting with e.u. foreign ministers in brussels next week she's already addressed the european

parliament that may have been condemned by both the belle of russian and russian governments our senior correspondent mark ghazi have said this report from the capital. on saturday and throughout this week there have been far fewer people attending again a few a demonstration spontaneous protests that we've seen rocking belo us over the past month or so and police feeling emboldened by the lack of at and deeds have certainly made themselves seen and known they have been many arrests dozens upon dozens of protesters and activists arrested detained taken to police station and holding cells but it is sunday that is the big day of protests here in belarus where we can expect to see thousands upon thousands of people gathered together rallies and march down the streets of minsk against the government it is the traditional day of protests we will see how the numbers out of what you know what sort of numbers turn out for that but while they have been there may have been

a lull in a few a few people coming out for protest soufan this week there has been an uptick on the geopolitical fraud on the diplomatic front with the with an escalation in the relations between the european union and better us. have been invited to attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of european states which is which is you know certainly certainly shows how high a stock has risen in the ranks of in the minds of european politicians or indeed depending on who you are how high they have elevated stud better as this come out here and said that you know the mosques all mosques are off the european union has shown its true colors that they have meddling that this is an attack on the sovereignty of belarus and the independence of belarus and russia has come out and said that the this meeting represents a u.-turn on europe's previously stated goals of staying out of it and respecting

the the independence in the will of the better russian people. we consider such contact if it takes place as more evidence of the european union's departure from statements that they made and there regarding the absence of geopolitics in the situation with. with regards to this diplomatic escalation that i mentioned the european parliament came out and voted on a non-binding resolutions a more of a recommendation but a very harsh one calling on the heads of states of the european union the leaders of the european union not to recognize president as the legitimate leader of belarus once his official term is up moreover they are calling for sanctions for pressure on bellerose and russia for example has come out and said that this is counterproductive that this flies in the face of what the european union has called for that called on previously which is deescalation which is dialogue and which is to to leave belarus to decide for itself on what path and what course to proceed

and russia said says that if these if these harsh sanctions are put in place that they will be called sequences. our position in relation to sanction instruments used by the european union is well known it is illegitimate from the point of view of international law and is an unacceptable interference in internal affairs in the context of the situation and valorous it contradicts the call of restore instability established in dialogue launching their constitutional process and these intentions of which represented have spoke so much about the rockley attempts to rock the boat and brussels should not be surprised that retaliated to remeasure will follow previously the president of the european council had come out and openly said that the protests the bellows and not about geopolitics and that the european union firmly stands behind the better russian people who have the right to decide their own future but since then opinions have apparently changed in the

chambers of the european union and the european union has taken a much more active role in deciding who has leads belarus and making sure that the european union gets a 3rd say in how things are done here on out. thousands of people are protesting in bangkok demanding the resignation of the prime minister and reform of the monarchy rallies have been steadily increasing in size since mid july the biggest a day dream more than 10000 people but organizers are expecting an even larger turnout this weekend the calls for royal reform are particularly sensitive as criticism of the time on a whole can result in jail politics professor packing on the wrong things the protesters will need to tread carefully. we have to pay particular attention to $1.00 very special subtle difference from previous protests back in 2014 when the previous. democratic elected government was to the films this time people to start

demanding the right at. front change to the system because of the nature of the moment he led by the new thing be quite different from the previous claim and then because he obviously has already sent arise a lot of powers in his own home i would say the protesters should be thoroughly mindful and careful in dealing with this new thing because he's new and the way off he's doing things for the entire meal and so the protestant need to test the water and see what is the skin off doing things. and has said russia was forced to develop advanced hypersonic weaponry because of washington's tearing up of long standing out the arms pak the president's comments come a day after his american counterpart accused moscow of stealing such technology directly

from the us alone calls are of picks up the story. washington abandoned the and to missile defense treaty with a moscow 18 years ago and that's what prompted the development of russia's and us hypersonic missile system according to vladimir putin let's have a listen so you know much that if the u.s. withdrawal from the n.t. ballistic missile treaty in 2002 made russia start its development of a hypersonic weapon going to create this weapon to respond to the u.s. move those to deploy strategic antique missile systems which could neutralize any nullify the nuclear capability as you cue the a.b.m. treaty was signed by the soviet union and the united states back in 1700 and back that it was designed in order for the 2 superpowers to have a new clear parent c but in 2002 watches and abandoned it now on friday donald trump boasted about say new weapons that have been developed by the united states saying there are no like it in the world and say he also accused russia of sealy

us technologies during the barack obama administration let's have a listen you know they have the missile the super duper hydrocyanic i call it the super duper because 5 times faster than a normal missile right we have one goes much faster than that but russia got that information from the obama administration russia stole that information you know that you know that russia got the information and they built it but we have no one that much fish much faster than that that's like a slow missile that's like considered a slow motion over russian president said that the development of the country's most advanced a weapon system began long before barack obama's administration had let me put in said that on saturday while speaking with the developer of the oven guardsmen that hypersonic missile system he said that for the 1st time in history russia possesses the most advanced weapons and there are no like them in the world she just. now for the 1st time in

a bold in history russia possesses the most advanced weaponry which is many times stronger and more powerful fall. faster and more precise than all models that have ever existed no one in the world has this kind of weapon at least for now. so once again the u.s. abandoned the a.b.m. treaty back in 2000 through last year the i.n.f. treaty was also abandoned by or washington the i.m.f. was of course intermediate range nuclear forces now this time the americans accused russia of not following that i.n.f. treaty and the kremlin denied all those allegations and accused the us of trying to dismantle security pact in order to gain dominance now the only weapons agreement that's alive between the 2 countries at the moment is the new start treaty which has only 6 months left on it and russia said that it's willing to extend the new start treaty automatically without any preconditions by 5 years however the e.u.

has put forth conditions that china must now also join this treaty so this will become a new trial after all arms control deal. earlier this month in barkway surprised the world when it announced it would be compensating white farmers who lost their livelihoods in controversial longer afford policies in the early 2000 and many had their farms simply ceased and handed to the black population the move played a significant role in the country as a ruinous collapse however hopes the problems we're now in the past have been dealt a fresh blow. from the year 2000 it was living on a knife each all the time. we

were actually taught. that land. reform is finished and we will congratulate tick that we started on the land. and i really didn't feel secure. i was just about to go into town to do some i'm sure our farm shopping luckily i was still 8 otherwise my wife would have been day by itself. and suddenly just trip. police arrive to. what has happened just multiple often lead to sara subsequently being adequate to

destroying property this is a total surprise to us because sharkey. from what everything that he promised and. the way forward for stingrays and encourage commercial farmers to come back but really in reality work just changed nothing has changed i've just gone through what 4000 other farmers are gone through according to the regime. thanks for joining us here and now we're back with the latest headlines at the top of the yeah.

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a long while from 2 worlds apart it's hard to find a more loaded subject in dominance in international relations and democracy on the national level it's supposed to be s. a way off ensuring that governments are sensible and responsive to their people but internationally it is often a source of insecurity and instability and one that is driven by be maneuverings foreign powers is it possible. domestic governance be for geopolitical games well to discuss that i'm now joined by meat cheese man professor of democracy at the university has been shocked and call there all how to meet an election president she's not it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time. a pleasure to be here now your goal how to rig an election came out in 2018 and i have to know

that russia and other countries of the former soviet union fish are very prominently there and for a good reason of this part of the world is a recognized source ringback of electoral trickery let's put it mildly to my question is this our failure it's you measure absent democratic standards how it should be taken as some natural growing pains or as a permanent and deliberate handicap. perhaps there would have been a concert as i have to say the kind of is that is the option that some less let me in between those 2 extremes i think you know we go back to the seventy's or eighty's if we were talking then about exactly this question these countries going through growing pains and i think by the time we've got 2020 we need to recognize that countries that are stuck in this kind of middle ground between terrorism on the one hand and democracy in the other they hold elections but they rig the

elections the same government a leader is in power for very long it's i'm these countries aren't simply having growing pains that are on their way to some wonderful democratic future need for a day you know complete talk receives that have no ability to have any criticism whatsoever they seem to be reasonably stable countries that are stuck in between these 2 extremes so. it would be i think we should expect countries like russia to look roughly the same intensity in 20 years' time and it's going to take quite a lot to shift russia even to a complete or a terran state that doesn't hold elections rule or to a much more democratic state where we could genuinely talk about some of the tweets and losing power i was writing of eights to the soviet union and i remember very vividly this transition from infuse the absent any and if you haven't for democracy to see a lot of cynicism not only among the people but also among the leaders and when it comes to the latter as. it was primarily driven by a realisation.