companies want us to feel good about products while the damage is being done far away this is just going to. insist. on disc. in the headlines this 21st of september the personal data of thousands of police officers has been leaked in bellerose as unrest shows no sign of easing 6 weeks on from the disputed presidential vote. european countries are introducing your district. coronavirus cases with both france and spain no saying record numbers over the weekend. on the trump administration readies fresh measures against iran after unilaterally reimposing international sanctions on the country prompting world powers including washington's closest allies to slam the movie legally boy.

good afternoon just 1 pm here in moscow when i was kevin owen here for the next half hour with you from his world news h.q. . the 1st opposition supporters have published the personal detail of thousands of belorussian police officers who they claim took part in violent crackdowns on protesters senior correspondent. with the latest developments as the confrontations there continue to boil over. as with any zation operation the goal is sheer terror even and the better russian opposition makes no secret of what it is doing join us they say or we will ruin your life. the main goals of this channel are to track down every criminal that has committed

a crime against his own nation to collect as much information as possible about that individual and also to create a special database which anyone in free bellerose can use to check whether they potential worker partner or anyone they meet has committed a crime against humanity next to pullen based and public ganda outlets recently dumped the names and personal details of the russian policeman into the public domain police are not without fault suppression of protests arrests and physical violence towards demonstrators unorganised were brutal and the public was outraged but the opposition feeds on that outrage stoking anger with fake news and hysterical nonsense armed russian special forces and dragon our fellow citizens by the hair is this normal are you willing to tolerate this nectar apologized for that saying it is impossible to verify every message that they get such as the actual

guilt of the policeman whose names and addresses and telephone numbers and even relatives they published next to and other opposition outlets do all the proving their guilt as was the case with nikita marching co he was falsely accused of being an agent of the state after someone saw a photo of him in military uniform it turned out he was a construct in his service had ended last year but they aren't acting without support from foreign donations to the blessings of state latifa not scare a former candidate for president during the election in august to this since fled to lithuania she says anyone in uniform who supports her rival current president you can do is fair game law enforcement officers should remember the people of belarus who revealed the identity of those who carry out criminal orders you will have to look you people in the eyes. the same people you're supposed to protect and she doesn't seem to mind that these vigilantes are often wrong going after innocent

people she doesn't seem to mind that not just them but also their families become the victims of cyber bullying and harassment and abuse and even attacks and it doesn't seem to concern her that it isn't just police or law enforcement that are targeted but also rescuers teachers and even journalists. in the midst of this episode i have been forced to record this video because of harassment threats and insults towards me and my family as a result of false information on the internet and please help me share this so that

lies don't spread further and don't harm me and my family. to be. journalists to one of our road constantine but had to buy low for example who has faced a tsunami of death threats at the behest of all position media just us that of course it is frightening i don't know what's going through their heads someone from the opposition texted me and telegram saying look after yourself or a brick will find your head but at least he's just texting there could be someone else who will actually pick up a brick if they want me to go away then yes i will leave someday but not because of them not because of a text or a phone call another journalist had his car torched off the activists posted the picture of the vehicle on telegram with government insignia lose behind the pictures the veiled threats the fia campaign damed if anyone who disagrees with the

aim to tens of thousands of better russians don't suffer from sleepless nights doesn't both of them know they'd laugh it off the coast all the logic behind this is that they are afraid of revealing who they really are that is what would hurt them the most of these like 21st century bullets yes information bullets these blacklists and terror cab pains all doing the open. shouldn't any favors lose thousands already in the least only more determined to prevent the vigilantes and bullies from coming to power if they do things like these such horrific things now and laugh about it what will they do when they come to power and ordinary belorussians to they didn't sign up for this they don't want the nation divided into leasts and costs the unclean and the blessid opposition and it shows the more radical and hateful the opposition's message the fewer turn up to their protests.

meanwhile opposition leaders for learn taken off sky has now met a u. foreign ministers early today in brussels she asked them to sanction belarus officials and not recognize the schenker as head of state nor financially support his government if foreign ministers said they will review recent developments in belarus at their council meeting techno scuzz move to meet with european politicians as the ready being condemned by both the better russian and the russian government. over news europe is standing ready to bring in new restrictions amid a surge in coronavirus cases both france and spain said daily records of infections this weekend with the top british scientists now warning his country is at a critical point in the pandemic our europe correspondent shalah do bensky reports . more than half of the departments here in france are now considered to be red zones which means that there is an active circulation of the 19 virus the country

also recorded its highest daily record for the number of covert positive test cases around 13 and a half 1000 people in 24 hours those were the figures released on saturday now there is a huge rate of testing going on in france more than a 1000000 tests a week and overall the rate of positivity is around 5.7 percent what's a really concerning are the number of hospital admissions which are now going up quite rapidly we saw $227.00 additional admissions on saturday meaning that there are around 3800 people currently in hospital now all of those almost 600 are in intensive care now in parts of the country already intensive care units are at capacity so that is what is worrying officials in those parts of france in paris in the region which is the area around paris it is only at about 20 percent capacity but there are warnings that there will be

a high tension particularly in the next 2 to 3 weeks for the past 10 days we've seen a significant daily increase in cases the 2nd wave is here and it's time to deal with it it's not the tidal wave that we experienced march in the intensive care units overall not overloaded but we feel that we're at a tipping point where there has been a huge demand for those covert 900 tests so much so that in either france 20 new testing centers are opening or monday and they will give results within 24 hours for priority cases so people have got symptoms of 19 or perhaps have been referred there by a doctor now in other parts of france there are new restrictions coming into force particularly nice where groups of no more than 10. will be allowed in areas such as parks beaches or gardens and those are restrictions that are similar to other cities such as mar say and bordeaux let's take stock now of what's happening across

the english channel in the u.k. where the chief medical officer there is warning that the country is at a critical point and is heading in the wrong direction this comes as the u.k. government is now considering apparently a chew week locked down in in glint the u.k.'s health secretary has said that nothing is being ruled out it will be increasingly stringent on the people who are not following the rules if everybody follows the rules then we can avoid. national lockdowns well they're already fines of up 210000 pounds for people who defied 1000 regulations such as the requirement to self isolate if they have symptoms and of course the government is encouraging people to snoop on others including on their neighbors if they breach the rules of no more than 6 now matt hancock not only defended that idea of people snooping on their neighbors but said that he would

call the police himself if he saw more than 6 adults conjugating to gether so much so that some people have described him now as being a tinpot dictator now some areas of the u.k. are of course already on the mini lockdowns parts of the north of england and also parts of wales but despite that protests against the big 19 restrictions continue over the weekend in london more than a 1000 demonstrators headed out to the street to show that they were unhappy with those restrictions there were dozens of arrests. i. am.

but back here on the continent there are also news directions coming into force in parts of spain in madrid and the region around the spanish capital some 850000 people now facing restrictive movement as the country is trying to what it says stem the idea of a 2nd wave of kopechne 1000 from monday people will not be able to leave their neighborhoods in those regions for all but essential reasons this comes as the world health organization is also concerned about what it describes as a worryingly high rate of transmission of $1000.00 and saying that the situation here in europe it considered still be very serious on a daily basis now as those transmission rates are going up and up governments across europe are having to make some very difficult decisions you know keep across

it now this is a big stories the world leaders are slamming the u.s. decision to unilaterally really pose un sanctions on iran lifted as part of the 2050 nuclear deal so produced. cited concerns over iran's alleged weapons programs are being that the u.n. agree with you said was silly. pepperton the work that needs to be done they have no option no alternative to what we've done there wedded to this silly nuclear deal well the message coming out of washington seems to be there will be sanctions in all not with us or against us and then face the prospect of being sanctioned in turn will these measures that the united states is looking to bring back in involved what they target on iranian your rainy and enrichment and the reintroduction of a conventional weapons embargo on the islamic state now 5 years ago under barack obama when he was then president these were removed as part of the g c p o

a the joint comprehensive plan of action more commonly known as the iran nuclear deal in may of 2018 though donald trump unilaterally pulled the u.s. out of that deal now this is a multifaceted international agreement it involves a rob as you would imagine also china russia germany france the u.k. and the overall blessing of the european union in brussels now what we've heard from the likes of germany and france is that they're far from happy with the u.s. deciding to put the sanctions back in place you know laterally and france and germany are the only ones the fact is that the u.n. security council has not taken any action that would lead to a restoration of sanctions against iran everything washington is doing is just a theater performance aimed at subordinate in the security council to pressure paul a-c. entering the organization into 2 of the united states france germany and the united

kingdom knew that the u.s. ceased to be a participant of the a following their withdrawal from the deal on the 8th of may 2018 consequently the purported notification is incapable of having legal effect we remain guided by the objective of upholding the authority and integrity of the united nations security council. well the the arabians are saying that this is tantamount to bullying from the united states but because of the power the sway the financial clout that washington has on the international markets it can get away with this however tehran is also warning that by doing so against the wishes of the u.s. as international partners it risks cutting itself off or maybe. the international community must decide by itself whether to stand up to the bullying unfortunately due to the u.s. influence on financial markets they could apply pressure with financial sanctions of course those applying the sanctions say we did that even though we know they're

illegal since they're powerful but it's they haven't noticed that the same principles will work for them to pay homage to washington on turnarounds message to washington is clear return to the global community return to your obligations stop the rebellion and then the global community will accept you or talk of embargo sanctions on your radio enrichment and weapon sales a very high faluting matters of state but the sanctions do trickle down and have a overall effect on the everyday lives of a rainy and r.t. spoke to some on the streets of tehran to find out what they think. and i think shrimpers in a weak position he's failed in his foreign policy iran should keep up the negotiations is true that the u.s. is left to talks but we shouldn't leave that would just help them impose more sanctions and form a coalition against us. it doesn't matter if the u.s. reinstates the sanctions on as or not we are already under sanctions what

difference does it make them. think sions not only on iran but on any country an act of cruelty against the people we've seen the economic damage in iran it affects everything and it's been especially bad for young people as a young person i want to say that the think sions are an injustice. that's the view from tehran but donald trump pos both eyes firmly on the u.s. election in november and he'll be thinking this will play well with the electorate chosen to be tough on iran while not having to resort to military action. covered a lot more few had to stick around the now after the break kid from out international moscow political stret some fury over the next u.s. supreme court nomination after the death of justice ginsburg just one of the stories we've got lined up.

on this edition of the program we discussed the prosecutor towering figures supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg and america's preeminent russian expert steven cohen do you remember there's a reason they're like this to assure. the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the

world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. i gather the debate around the replacement of the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg's heating up in the u.s. as donald trump's saying he's determined to announce his nomination is early as this week democrats in turn are demanding that no nominees are put food until the presidential election and house speaker nancy pelosi even not ruling out impeaching trump to stop him from advancing what is a lifetime appointment end of the day. some of mention the possibility if they try to push through a nominee in a lame duck session that you in the house can move to impeach we're not ruling anything out of protecting our democracy requires us to use every arrow inadequate

ruth bader ginsburg died of cancer at the age of $87.00 on friday she'd served as an associate justice for $27.00 these and was a renowned defender of gender equality and women's rights it definitely triggered a nationwide reaction with people holding vigils to pay their last respects to her krystle so shaken the u.s. political system so soon before the big election coming up to a still more quarter explains. riots the coronavirus pandemic fierce political campaigning the u.s. has already seen its share of divisions but there's more on the way the death of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has just turned the country's highest judiciary body into america's latest political battleground what. does not i'm just stand is fight has just begun and that's what we're going to do we're going to fill this series. was. i.

i i. so what's the big deal while the supreme court's always had the last word on disputes between state and federal governments and controversial laws same sex marriage obamacare the trump travel ban all these policies needed the court seal of approval back in 2000 the nation's highest justices even determines the presidential election outcome. fear radically the supreme court is supposed to be an unbiased check on the country's political system but it's pretty clear the partisanship of 2 party politics almost always influences appointments there can only be 9 judges inevitably each one of them either liberal or conservative and critical kate. says are often decided by that one odd vote at the same time they're all appointed by the president for life after being okayed by the senate and the process often has its share of political drama take the latest case conservative judge brett

kavanaugh who was given the job by trump and 2018 a woman is the president's u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh assaulted her an additional anonymous allegation of physical assault against brad having a new sexual misconduct allegations president trump coming to his defense they're going to be dealing with credibility issues around judge cavanagh this was a candidate that was a bad choice even before the allegations came out and they're still really over the brett kavanaugh nomination i didn't trump has appointed more federal judges supreme court judges then anyone almost in history but this is going to be the most rancorous the most i mean you're going to see her and anger president said he wants to appoint a woman good luck for her good good luck for her her family what they're going to put her through i can only imagine. but with ginsburg seat

open we're seeing the exact same situation as when antonin scalia died back in 2016 but the sides are reversed eventually trump was able to appoint a conservative to fill scalia's position but that was only after a long struggle between former president barack obama and the republican dominated senate now the democrats are preparing for payback 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 boaters should pick the president the president should pick the justice for the senate to. consider before ginsberg's death conservatives already had a 54 majority over liberals in the supreme court on the one hand trump's got a small window to form a conservative supermajority of 6 to 3 with the senate's help on the other the

democrats are already trying to stall the appointment until the presidential election no matter which presidential candidate wins be a trump or biden there's no doubt this decision will seriously influence the amount of power they come to office with when you consider that you have lifetime tenure the supreme court justices appointed for life the impact that they have is average so loosely in comprehensible on every particular issue that you can imagine because remember the way our system works is we have 3 different we have 3 different levels of governance the executive is a president the legislative is congress but the judiciary in each of them share power but what a supreme court judge justice excuse me can do is is inexplicable

in comprehensible so yes it truly matters. talks are ongoing between 2 of america's biggest companies and take took over a stake in the chinese own video sharing giant president trying to deal with major oracle and retailer warm it would protect american uses. i have given the deal my blessing if they get it done that's great if they don't that's ok to do but it's a great deal for america. very. very very. i approved the deal encourage it so the crew is expected to create a u.s. based entity called tick tock global they would still be majority owned by china's bike dance but 20 percent would go to oracle and wal-mart the chief executive though the security experts there and most directors would be from the us contrary to expectations tick-tock won't be transferring its main algorithm or key

technology to america after months of uncertainty and political attacks seems both sides are upbeat we are pleased that the proposals were ticked up oracle and wal-mart will resolve the security concerns of the u.s. administration and certain questions around tick tocks future in the u.s. we are pleased that the proposal by tick-tock oracle and wal-mart will resolve the security concerns of the u.s. administration and settle questions around tick tocks future in the us. the deal still needs the approval of regulators in beijing political professor joseph gregory mahoney told us strum created a crisis here over the situation to end the day get what he wants. this may be a good thing for tech talk it may be a way for tech talk not only to survive this danger but to to bridge its business into an even larger global global arena i think that it's a new form of business something that we haven't seen in this country since the

banana republic years john foster dulles but on the other hand i think it's i think it's the type of logic that we would see from the type of businessman that trump is he tends to play pretend ship both in foreign policy and his business dealings wherever he thinks he has a strength he tries to leverage that create a crisis and then went on terms and you know i think that's what we're seeing here but i don't think that he got everything that he wanted in this deal and i don't think that this strategy will work broadly whether foreign policy or u.s. commercial relations with companies in other countries affect i think that it's sends a very dangerous signal to countries around the world that that you may be next. as all the best reporters say only time will tell we'll continue to follow it 27 pulse one moscow time thanks for watching this monday jackie's here in house and i'll be back again tomorrow maybe catch you at the same times then for now the reporting

from moscow kevin ollie wishing you a great day. time after time called parisian to repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important it's accelerating the transition to sustainable transport sustainability explainable amana a more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely hamas. has

got it into something companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done in far away this is a canal this must be going to an even and i mean look. this is the move and musing we didn't even an einstein seem to me understood to going in the. same wrong. role just don't all. get to shape out just to. add to it and in gains from an equal betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just a look for common ground. a

low in well from the crosstalk were all things are considered i'm peter lavelle on this edition of the program we discussed the passing of the 2 towering figures so breme court justice ruth bader ginsburg and america's preeminent russian expert steven cohen both will be remembered for good reasons their legacies assured. you discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest glenn he's in oslo he is an associate professor at the university of south used her norway as well as author of russia's geo economic strategy for a greater eurasia.