the struggle on r.t. . as the us congress members debate an unprecedented 2nd impeachment of donald trump exhausted national guard troops are pictured at the capitol building in the wake of last week's storming by trump supported. him footage from a german crime a tory and highlights the extent of a resurgent pandemic in europe that has been and is accused of stockpiling vaccines at the expense of other e.u. member states also this hour. you don't put your feet down in the restroom safely service only a little bit. for a leader in the u.k. police crackdown on lockdown violators but are caught on camera pounding breaking

the very worlds they're supposed to be enforcing. a very warm welcome to you it's 10 pm here in moscow and you're watching r t international with me gary well right now representatives of the u.s. congress they're debating whether to plow ahead with another impeachment of president trump this time for inciting his supporters to storm the capitol last week. he must go he is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all know tripping all over themselves in their rush to impeach the president late in this regard to the rule of law by the tyrant president the house's action today will only extend the division longer than necessary i can't think of anything that would unify this country more if there was a big bipartisan vote in favor of impeachment with just days left in office for us

president donald trump it appears he is now facing his 2nd impeachment the charge is seen inciting insurrection that is the charge being leveled in the article of impeachment drawn up and being voted on as we speak by the u.s. house of representatives and this is what donald trump has to say in response to his accusers on the impeachment it's really a continuation of the greatest which is their politics is ridiculous i think it's a good thing the minute they get to our country and it goes in the amended sangar emotions are running high in the aftermath of what happened just a week ago on capitol hill and trump supporters stormed into the halls of the u.s. congress and damaged property there were deaths it was quite an incident folks are referring to it is the capitol hill riots and in light of that we have at this point even some republicans that favor removing donald trump the impeachment this

is what we heard from liz cheney a republican representative of wyoming there has never been agreed to be trailed by a president of the united states of his office and his oath to the constitution i will vote to impeach the president 15000 national guard troops have been deployed to washington d.c. they have been sleeping in the halls of congress on the stone floors and they will remain in washington d.c. until the ratification and inauguration of joe biden on january 20. at this point it looks like donald trump could very well be facing his 2nd impeachment trial very soon the goal of democrats with impeaching trump just just days before he is set to leave office anyway is to make sure he can never run for office again trump is the 3rd president in u.s. history to be impeached andrew johnson was impeached bill clinton was impeached and has already been impeached once over his phone call with ukrainian leaders alinsky

and this would be his 2nd impeachment proceedings so all eyes on capitol hill we've got the military we've got the whole country watching it's quite a tense moment as as it appears that the final moments of donald trump's leadership in the united states may be upon us with the whole country watching to see if he goes out via impeachment as lawmakers attempts to remove trump from the white house tech giants have already told us who raised the president's online presence you chip has now joined the likes of amazon facebook and twitter and suspending donald trump social media pages as well as poaching thousands of his fellow is claiming they could incite violence and it follows last week's storming of the capitol building in washington d.c. which some leading politicians and mainstream media have branded as domestic terrorism allows the social media giants continue to crack down on the president i spoke to legal internet and politics that experts about whether the platforms are

indeed too powerful. they just won an election they're going to see how far they can push this this is a stress test to see how far the law will go how long how much people will tolerate and are going to go as far as they can because drunk with power of they know which way the wind is blowing donald trump is no longer going to be in the white house almost all of these companies face antitrust suits that are going to be decided by the biden department of justice and so now there is going to be less of a priority to maybe make these arguments internally that donald trump and his account should be protected but these are self interested actors it is over years that they are now controlling pretty much the the entire communications system all over the wall that it will be a matter of time before censorship will be move on to other parts of our problems that will credit bardi companies like twitter facebook and on us and can do this to their own president if they do it anywhere in the well it's to any government they

don't like oh certainly so. they that the largest problems within these companies is that there really is no actual basis for which they are operating there is no bible there is no constitution there is no their terms of service are often edited and malleable and even then subject to vague enough to be subject to the whims of internal discussions within the company this it means that we have to rewrite the 1st amendment in this country because this is a quote private company that 99 percent of all the people on the planet use our laws are outdated and unless that is changed nothing will change at least in this country now the question who should be more the rating perhaps the thirty's this should be a form of duration but it needs to be transparent so the state of affairs at the moment they don't know who makes those were the rationed do you think they're creative they intended to end like this with

a massive bans and censorship. of course absolutely look there was so much involvement in not only private equity but in government sponsored this was never intended to be good those dean going to giants of being exposed to all they actually are this is a mission statement to give everyone the power to create and share ideas and the information age the glee without barriers now people used to believe this does anyone believe that anymore i don't think so the question that i have is are we now bifurcating the internet are we going to totally solve select from the point of adolescence or before or to be handed down by our parents to our children that we now only go on social networks and only interact with people and they're only hosted on servers that either are liberal or conservative or possibly even more extreme versions of that that to me is

a vision that i think is something that is closer today than i've ever known it my left in. the u.s. secretary of state's last big foreign diplomatic trip as foreign flat the plant has been pulled on my pump as a visit to europe apparently because officials that are refusing to meet with him. correspondent sell it to penske. well the trump era is coming to a close not only with the social media blackout for trouble things such as you tube and twitter but also it seems the cold shoulder for many of the cabinet take mike is the u.s. secretary of state who is due to be in europe on wednesday for some high level meetings including with the general secretary of nato he said in a tweet just a few hours ago that he was reading looking forward to those meetings essentially his sworn song for his counterparts in europe but at the very last minute the plug 8 was pulled on the trip more you will the u.s.

state department says the player who was a man who didn't recognize the victory over biting the u.s. election last year is now the man who wants to make sure that there is a smooth transition we are fully committed to the completion of a smooth and orderly transition process to be finalized over the next 8 days as a result we counseling all planned travel this week including the sixty's trip to europe it's a very different take in the e.u. with apparently pomfret you being pursued. and the european commission saying that officials didn't want to meet him they didn't elaborate on that but we've also heard from diplomatic sources there was a sense of embarrassment around the idea of being in europe given that although he had condemned the violence of those crowds who stormed the capitol building in washington last week he hasn't said whether president from being a cause of back to him however the luxemburg foreign minister he said the trouble

egg them on the trumpets a criminal a political pyromaniac who should be sent to the criminal court he's a person who was elected democratically but who isn't interested in democracy in the slightest and it also seems that there were other reasons to save face and to cancel those meetings because had meetings gone ahead with officials in the it was a problem that would have. to be addressed and this is the compensation with the jewish families whose artifacts were stolen during the holocaust in the 2nd world war a dispute between washington and luxembourg now for a very long time and you feel that some have suggested that there is a storm the capitol building in washington last week were neo nazi sympathizers this could have put pompei you in a bit of a pickle it seems the trump administration will come to an end not in a blaze of glory but in a coup from some very lax way. well former british diplomats dr william mallinson

told me he thinks declining such meetings shows a failure of diplomacy. it is very rare that meeting in the camp that short notice . it does show but currently relations or buyout between the european union as a whole and united states policy making a little trump administration in normal diplomatic practice meetings should never be cancelled what has happened is a failure at any rate in diplomacy my suspect in this case more than u.s. diplomacy because they want you know what's to come he was needed by to at the last minute because of i'm sorry to say blatant showmanship. from pigs showed themselves you're going to be stuck using workout and i think they've cut off his head. it's cruel to say that. europe is suffering a new surge in covert cases with france germany and spain registering some of the highest daily rates and furtive share merging from one of germany's west affected

regions is highlighting just how bad the situation has become some 300 bodies are piling up in a queue for a quote from a toria and saxony the coffin stacks one on top of the other are often simply labeled with words like coded and infectious risk. it comes as the european union struggles to maintain unity over covert vaccine purchases brussels is urging member states to keep to the block that a centralized distribution scheme but not all seem to be keeping to the agreement as artie's peace all over ports. the european union's one for all and all for one vaccine plan is called to against the problem of members self interest when it comes to obtaining the jobs germany has snapped up an extra 13000000 doses of the pfizer vaccines being criticized by its partners for doing so it is selfish behavior to buy medicine by yourself disrespecting common decisions is another

example of the german policy of respecting their own interests above the interests of other e.u. countries berlin insists it is playing by the rules and that those extra doses would be sent out until the vaccine is being dispatched across the rest of the european union germany says the real problem lies with problems when it comes to production it's not correct to see the germany secure vaccines at the expense of other countries europe would see it we have ordered enough vaccines and the question is how can they be produced how fast they can be produced and if we would have ordered more it would not have been possible to produce it quicker the shortage is due to the lack of production capacity it isn't just germany that's being accused of looking out for itself cyprus is courting israel for vaccine delivery saying that the european union isn't forthcoming with the new doses to

provide a mass switch to rollout the initial indications were very encouraging but at some point there was a setback in its effectiveness 2 companies came up with the vaccine 1st phase a buy into can be done but the number of vaccines is not enough for rapid mass vaccination e.u. commission president has live on the line is telling member states to cut it out into it hey get to the plan that they all agreed on we have all agreed legally binding that there will be no parallel negotiations no parallel contracts so the framework we are all working. in is a framework of 27 together we are negotiating together we are procuring and together we are bringing forward this vaccination process brussels is calling on member states to come clean about any side deals they may have going on the president has asked commissioner this to send a letter to all health ministers asking them to provide us with all the necessary

transparency on the way in which they are complying with the provisions of our vaccine strategy in terms of contacts or lack of contacts rather with. those pharmaceutical companies that we have been or are negotiating with the commission on doing themselves any favors demanding transparency from member states when it comes to vaccine procurement when they are being all that clear on who will get what when the 27 agree that brussels would negotiate on their behalf the accusation is that that is being undermined by member states looking out for number one as we see the e.u. were very slow compared to other countries both in their regulation approvals both in their backs in asian campaigns and. again no surprise that there

is unset disaffection we we indeed have an across the across the whole front we have a very poor performance by the european union here but the central administration of the european union all they managed was to secure so we $100000000.00 doses for a population of $450.00 so taking into account that you need 2 doses per person this was one 3rd of the population for which the vaccine was secured because of some budget constraints. it is officially said so no wonder the population is not very happy with the performance in brussels. police in the u.k. are increasingly finding people who break the lock down restrictions moving home without a reasonable excuse could mean a 200 pounds fine rising to 6400 pounds for repeat offenders but ashanti added study found out enforcement is very inconsistent and officers are

sometimes forced to back down and have even appeared to have broken the rules themselves. despite the u.k. being in a full scale national lockdown kovac 1000 cases a soaring and death rates are constantly hitting records the public has been ordered to stay at home once again but it seems not everyone is sticking to the rules and with rule breakers rule makers have given the police more power to clamp down on the law if you do not play your part our selfless police officers who are out there risking their own lives every day to keep us safe they will inforce the regulations and i will back them to do so to protect our n.h.s. and to save lives and england and wales police of issued 8000 penalties since november but leading by example isn't exactly the strong point you know where you sit down in a restroom very coy service firmly on. the what you doing right now. some

officers are not as eager to abide by the rules as they are to enforce them to women who drive 8 kilometers to meet up for a walk in darbyshire found themselves surrounded by police their offense carrying coffee that made to the picnic so they were fined $200.00 pounds each in fact they were strictly following the rules as beef later admitted receiving the fines and giving a half hearted apology. martin do you know. it's wrong. racial marker and if it's not takeout coffee is brought in coded it snowballs trip shipley's of starch and throws with $200.00 pounds fines there have been 2 reports of snow balls being thrown last night between 11 and 11 30 pm this is obviously not a justifiable reason to be out of your house this behavior is likely to result in a 200 pounds fixed penalty notice for breaking the lockdown rules the tweet has

since been deleted after dozens of angry complaints but still the message is stay at home we're going to keep the rules on the course review we have to tighten them we will but we have in place now is the moment to put some of the juice to move observation observance of the groups although the prime minister himself was spotted cycling 11 kilometers away from downing street so is it a case of one rule for me and another for you to. london. a leading british screenwriter and producer behind some of the u.k.'s most acclaimed dramas says heterosexual action heterosexual actors should not be cause to engage roles but even actors best known for playing groundbreaking gay characters have hit back at russell t. davies for overreaching on the quality strongly that if i cast someone in

a story i'm coasting them to act as a lover or an enemy or someone on drugs or a criminal or a saint they're not there to act gay because acting gay is a bunch of codes for a performance it's about authenticity the taste of 2020. i'm not completely convinced he understands what acting actually involves the head was in a totally different character back in the late eighty's and early ninety's during the aids crisis the homophobia the secrecy and the quality shows etc i was always dreaming of the day when being gay was no longer an issue when we were no longer defined as gay activists or give people just people. or discussing it where there's now is british actor james templeton and stephanie haden who is a lawyer and transgender rights campaign i thank you both for joining us on the program 1st question to you james please as an actor yourself how much do audiences expect that extra layer of reality that a gay character is being played by

a genuinely gay actor i don't think. what the sexuality. when i. call. any one we. you know i would. check of course you know. i've played a lot of characters outside my experience. on. stephanie so you think there's a risk here that this might pigeonhole gay actors into only being given gay roles and if you exclude them from ever playing them all why give a little heterosexual roles. saloon not what i think will still t. davis and dark you can call it in the productions that he writes he's now walking into city times moved on. you know to

replicate the gay life has already tranch trends in the us now i would suggest that it's necessary to have not lived x. variance so you can probably can read that to the or whatever. i do believe it's possible to replicate as a practice that sure in terms of the gay lifestyle and give you an example one of the most famous of the gay. dramas if you like were spoken back over 20 years ago now the main characters in but program a played by heterosexual man i was a massively successful adoption and it was transferred to the united states how much facts about being hasn't been created by all friends hit people gay people

with the lived experience who knew about them on chance to see and to try a match in their professional life. you see believe it because i think at the end of the day the best actor should be cast in the role i think it's important to have his ability it's important to have exclusive it's easy when it comes to talent i think yes invites and they are the root of the ones that the room he you know let others have that opportunity just like any other actor but i think the best. to play that role and it's always now that it is ok. and in many. it's truly. a class or instance and how well a peril. i think she. really said that she will be the death and the lead and it will be on every period because that is what we are taught to

the actors and i think it's important that as a gay man i as we have been fighting for a long time quite a bit in. the beginning not you could i think of a little bit. but yeah it's not it's excuse of a team in my opinion i mean let's take for example am a long summer comes to mind is scholar johansson she was cast to play a transgender man and then he was a writer who harmed she pulled out a roll and she argues what james starred in that she should have the right to play any role in an ideal world maybe but i would say how to perth can start your answer oh fun to creek convey the experiences and life of a transgendered man when i would suggest she hasn't got the 1st clue about how there's a real almighty hours in the world and then should be allowed to shine through and

play in the rules l g b t people you know. lifestyle dreams just relations they come across that in mind you from those people well stephanie what about the gay actors who are not comfortable about being defined by their sexuality who are not ready to come out to the public what does that leave them. well they can close the roles they can play you know what we're talking about here is particular drama so in the russell t. davis situation we talked about the it's a sin which is true only a few weeks time but cooper's the long thin gay scene in the 1980 s. no one saying for example a gay actor who's not interval expressing their sexuality without contrast roles decompress and when we'll see what we're talking about here is specifically how do you need to roles i mean davis' new production it's a city of very specific experience what london was like in 1980 s.

now saying only people really experienced in this case the gay scene would be able to convey to the viewer what i'm alternately that's who we're here for all right just to hear from the viewer. who is also bent on q. and a leader drug addict who play a drug addict or only a royal can pay a royal curse because that's a very specific experience and i don't know what you're saying i've been buying into all. i've been up you know have you got any kind of experiences because. you're writing to would like someone and. think that all that they are open to all. of you. that there is that balance sheet no economic fact whether it's a very small village and we all have one hell and every single gay person in

all. and the one i feel very differently. he is a complete he argued. stephanie at the at david his critics they say it's missing the fundamental point of acting i mean inhabiting a character that is not that of the act which is more important here the actor's real life experience or the ability to convincingly play a role in money if you alternate. saying here is to be are and it's it's about they and the x. perience if you like to end user. you know in an ideal world everybody could be cast for all sorts of roles all in this specific instance we're trying to convey an experience of the gay scene or whatever it might be i believe all friends his

city is best and i'm you know times have moved on if we were having this argument 20 years ago it would've even got hospital space but i believe now the consumer the viewer is really not all friends you can experience tremendous themselves in story one to 2 not i would suggest the best way isn't sven every specific roles like the gay scene but we're possible you'd have stern g.b.t. activists. who disagree i think any job in steve you where you are asked what is your sexuality is not the kind of job interview that should exist even if you want and that will be syria as actors we are trained to deal with the how and ask questions they find out. the. facts. 'd and get out great rolled over or you or then.

characters i don't think that your bike is stephanie i'm sorry thank you both have thought a lively debate i'm afraid that's all we've got time for dames templeton actor and stephanie haden lawyer and transgender rights campaigner thank you very much nothing a tribute. i thank you for joining us here in our national debt to get you can have your say on any of our stories by following us on social media and maybe your comments that read back that's when it. actually returns your welcome to all. down season premiere of going underground while we've been away coronavirus levels here in britain have reached the highest per capita rates in the world we've seen an attempted insurrection in washington d.c. and of course the world's most famous journalist and publisher julian assange does

not mean extradited to have it ginia courts who thanks to judge for that separates that is nevertheless kept him in a maximum security prison here in london where according to the un special rapporteur he has been tortured by u.k. authorities who are joining me now is one of joining us on just media partners the former editor of the guardian newspaper alan rusbridger his new book is called news and how to use it what to believe in a fake news world alan welcome to the show what's sad about the new book arguably is the fact you begin by saying you're writing it at the peak of the pandemic we now know that isn't the case what's it like writing a book on journalism during log well i wish i'd had foresight that was written in the spring and i think we all saw that was the worst but of course we're now in a much graver situation. but i still think the seams of. journalism. people believe and have people know what to believe.