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thanks for joining us. welcome to the program. the u.s. president joe biden has delivered his 1st big foreign policy speech since taking office diplomacy is back towards the tagline he used throughout the address. to make that work. it was his 1st speech on foreign policy u.s. president joe biden speaking at the u.s. state department his message was america is back diplomacy is back however from there he went into some rather hostile sounding rhetoric regarding russia i made it clear to president putin in a manner very different from my predecessor that the days of the united states rolling over in the face of russia's aggressive actions interfering with our elections cyberattacks poisoning its citizens are over we will not hesitate

to raise the cost on russia and defend our vital interest on our people all those examples given of so-called aggression lack concrete evidence whether it comes to supposed election interference or a cyber attacks or poisoning there are widespread concerns about the accuracy of these claims joe biden did not acknowledge any of that and repeated these allegations as if they are the undisputed truth now it's also important to note that joe biden spoke about the conflict taking place in yemen he said the united states would end this ongoing war raso stepping up our diplomacy did and the war in yemen a war which is creating a humanitarian is to teach the catastrophe this war has to end. and to underscore commitment we are in need all american support for offensive operations in the war in yemen including relevant arms sales he did say that the united states would

continue helping saudi arabia to quote defend itself but simply it would withdraw from ofen of operations and ofan sit weapons while the damage is already done us weapons contractors have made billions of dollars supplying the kingdom of saudi arabia with weapons and the united states has offered support to the kingdom of saudi arabia with pentagon advisors and others now in yemen the situation is that this point being described by the un as one of the worst manmade humanitarian crises there is widespread malnutrition in the country civilians have been targeted so at this point it's not exactly clear how joe biden and his administration intend to end the conflict though 'd these are significant words coming from the u.s. president now by the also used his remarks to say that the united states would step up in the fight against climate change and that he wants to repair u.s. relations with nato countries and longtime allies that is what we heard from joe

biden in his 1st foreign policy speech as president we discussed the matter with former pennsylvania senator breaux smocks son former senior u.s. security policy analysts michael maloof. he needs an adversary and as caleb quoted that he didn't really names aciphex he's just one of the act tough and that's actually playing to his democrat base they are very very anti russian these are no entities to moscow and they know how to deal with them and i think they're not surprised that and as far as russia moscow's concern was nothing more to sanction probably where biden will stay will stay when it comes to russia initially are these international agreements and not get into any close close association with moscow for now a less over time we see a change in attitudes toward both countries but that may be programmatic because of people who will be guiding him who are much more anti russian within his

administration let's be real about this the democratic party has been engaged in an entirely russia. attack since donald trump was elected they perpetrated the russian hoax idea for 2 years that russians somehow supported president trump when he was elected there was absolutely no evidence of that it was a complete falsehood and it was based on you know a dossier that was paid for by hillary clinton's campaign as well as the democratic national committee but this red baiting well it's not really red baiting because russia is no longer a communist country but attacking russia has been you know a playing card of the democrats and i suspect that sooner than later in the new biden in this direction that there's going to be new sanctions on russia meanwhile the united states will also halt its planned withdrawal of 12000 troops from germany while the pentagon cannot through a view of the trump hero plans the news came just ahead of joe biden's foreign policy speech. getting our global force posture right making sure that our global

force posture is consistent with our national security and diplomatic priorities secretary austin will lead a global force posture review and during the pendency of that review will freeze any troop redeployments from germany well it was not trump who ordered the removal of american troops from germany you accused a fellow nato member of making a fortune off u.s. soldiers and also not contributing enough to the alliance plans were slammed by germany which said they weakened europe's security meanwhile this week military officials announced the arrival of over 200 u.s. air force personnel in norway the 1st ever deployment of the country will also include a b. one bomber squadron which is reportedly to assist training flights in the region brian becker from the anti war coalition believes u.s. military's ation only benefits big corporations. the u.s. unlike earlier empires that had colonies all over the world united states has

military bases in installations as a way to guarantee american power the extension of american power in all of these countries and so the quid pro quo with the nato allies that the resuscitate it both ways in defeated and risk there is at the end of world war 2 was that they would agree that their countries would be occupied supplemented basically under the control of the united states and the quid pro quo was the united states would grant them access to different parts of the world market so for the elites in europe it was fine but what's the point what's the point of american troops in germany in a big new areas of military competition between the united states and russia or the united states and china or both is the arctic and of course the ultimate high ground outer space again the american people don't gain anything from this militarization it's very good for corporations it's good for big business but it's a drain on the national treasury at

a time when millions of americans don't have jobs millions have lost their health care why spend money deploying troops elsewhere occupying the arctic or planning to end outer space this is crazy. fun as flagship english news channel has been kicked off air in the u.k. do you t.n.a. has had its license revoked by media regulator ofcom i have a concern of the company was ultimately controlled by the chinese communist party the network expressed his disappointment at the decision that it was that he has the details. well city t.n. has found itself in deep trouble and its future is incredibly unclear as china's state owned broadcaster has had its license revoked by the british regulator the media watchdog of commodore follows an investigation by the founder of the license used by trying to global television network had been wrongfully held and therefore doesn't meet the legal requirements here in britain now essentially the company that owns the u.k. license for c t

n which is star china media ltd doesn't have day to day control over the channel essentially it doesn't oversee any of the output of the channel again that is totally against the rules now often released a statement shortly after the move and said that the company that owns the license didn't have this editorial responsibility we are only able to approve the application to transfer the license to the china global television network corporation because it's alternately controlled by the chinese communist party which is not permitted in the u.k. broadcasting law we provide a c.d.n. with numerous opportunities to come into compliance but this is not done so we now consider it appropriate to withdraw the license for c.d.t and to broadcast in the u.k. so while this all may read as a technicality the regulated does explain that any company needs to have that editorial control and it cannot be controlled by a political body the revocation though isn't necessarily political in essence but it does read it as such in the technicalities but looking deeper into all of what

this means city and is a division from china central television which is controlled by the chinese communist party obviously that is a political body and obviously that is why the company and the channel is now there for disqualified by off and it's not a simple aseptic transferring the license on to a suitable body because again of found the crucial information was missing from the initial application so therefore that wasn't an option on the table for c.t.t. and either of them though did accept that the start. china media ltd was found to be the distributor but not the producer and that none of studio key stakeholders all senior editorial personnel were found to be employed by the company either so as a result the broadcaster will essentially likely face separate sanctions on this matter there is interesting timing in all of this many people would look to the international relations between the united kingdom and china you only have to look at last year to see the numerous mip mishaps from wall way to the hong kong

protests and uprisings there so the move is likely to meet with some sort of retaliation and will certainly stoke the tensions between the 2 countries and superpowers once again but just finally there's also a key question here about the freedom of press in the united kingdom as well and what could happen to other media outlets. we heard from analysts who believe politics lay at the heart of the decision these are critical these young and in many facets of a leader of news users will be a huge impact on the image of. people now in china we can't hear the news from b.b.c. from c.n.n. but. it's very very difficult to hear the voice of. it as a why many people us and do not understand and china it's a very it's very unfair we should have its isolation of media regulation generally

so we are more of those what he is many channels as we can possibly have and have a proper view of you know different cultures from different perspectives that short of what a democratic media landscape looks like that's why or why worry about and and how it operates and the pressures that are put on. the u.k. he is no longer as independent in asian as before it has to come to the pressure of the united states in fact there are also many broadcasters in the u.k. with very strong inference from those entities and they were not prosecuted c.t.m. is becoming so in through the debris torn afraid of it it is very important to hear different voices does the essence of free speech beyond just a pro causing license is a fairly issues. more than 5000 deaths in portugal last month have been put down to a 3rd wave of the corona virus and with the country's health system at breaking

point germany sentiment 3 medics a hospital equipment to help around 20 doctors and nurses along with ventilators and hospital beds were flown in from germany medics will spend 3 weeks treating critically ill patients in the capital lisbon before reinforcements are sent. well the europe's mass vaccination program still plagued by shortages italy is now urging the e.u. drugs regulator to fast track the assessment of russia's support me vaccine we must not be afraid of the origins of vaccines what's important for us is the transition to the european medicines agency we have urged the e.u. to scientifically evaluate the russian vaccine and those from other countries alyssa in the country has been exacerbated by madonna saying it would believe a few were doses than expected in february italian governments already said it's planning to take legal action against both pfizer and astra zeneca over a vaccine that. on the lancet medical journal this week published data showing

sputnik view was more if it was more than 90 percent effective and was also safe for the elderly we heard from the president of an italian enzio which is urging the e.u. to approve the russians shot. in november my whole family received sputnik the jobs back in november and now we have a high level of antibodies my family and i trust science science has no borders we know that russia has great scientific traditions so we had no doubts about taking the russian job as of today many european countries including germany france italy would like to receive the russian vaccine numerous requests have already been sent these days it is particularly clear as we see pfizer has to seneca and other companies delaying vaccine supplies and fortunately the virus has no limits as well so these countries have been forced to opt for the russian vaccine whether they want it or not in italy for example despite an unfolding governmental crisis news

about sputnik the covers the front pages of virtually all the italian newspapers giorgio paul who the chairman of the italian medicines agency which grants permission for the use of vaccines in italy praised sputnik v in one of his latest interviews. or. the e.u. has been determined to participate in the handling of the pandemic the block has demonstrated it however unfortunately this political will has not been successfully put into practice furthermore there is an issue of vaccines they turned out to be a very expensive trading commodity he gave rise to huge competition germany signed a bilateral contract with pfizer for 300000000 doses it certainly did not go down well with other e.u. countries the deals which the e.u. made with various suppliers are still being kept secret we still don't know their terms and why there are delays in the last few days supplies hit the gas though

apparently they are trying to overcome these delays related to the deadline which have partly been caused by virus own confusion. your government's been accused of neglecting vulnerable groups by not giving them enough help during the pandemic benefits for many disabled people in the u.k. haven't increased in line with other welfare payments they had alan is one such person who's been left out of pocket he says he felt abandoned after multiple sclerosis led him to being bedridden sometimes we hear a really bad new storm and somebody who lives alone has been found dead in the home for several days. potentially that could have happened to me and nobody would have checked up on even if i did have a carer who would cut we could come in and how they would be allowed to unless it was formally recognize a social care as a result of the pandemic of the lockdown but really we've had to rely on of giving

our food shopping delivered to us my shopping will normally comes to between $25.35 pounds per week if you're shopping mordor is less than 40 pounds you get whacked with a 7 pound delivery that's not going to certain pounds i've not budgeted and bearing in mind i have no increase in my income i have to find it from someone so i have to give something else up in order to get my food in the end the reality is for decades people living with long term conditions the abbey lincoln is a benefit social to have not kept pace with a rise in the cost of living. and that was even before the pandemic his friends and has been compounded even more now we have a 2 tier system so 100 people who get the universal credit being given the additional support but those of us with legacy benefits have been

given nothing. the majority of disabled people in the u.k. say they spent more than usual on shopping and utility bills during the pandemic nearly 70 percent have gone without essential is almost half of old and behind on financial commitments david told us he's even sat in the dark to save electricity and believes it's the most vulnerable groups who've been hit hardest by the pandemic i've left feeling abandoned and forgotten about. and it seems quite convenient for the government to forget people like us and what i find really hard to understand is the mixed messages that we get from government that have been statements about it's cheaper to look after people with long term conditions in their own home rather the putting them into care but we don't get in support to the small we actually need to remain around homes there are those people that really

struggle has been documented people have taken their own lives as a result of this too many people have been left behind there's too many people really really struggling to make him a hard decision nor do you have the how are the lights on do i have a me who do i have the heating the home country i believe we're somewhere around the 5th 6th richest country in the world it's outrageous i'm sorry i think our government should be ashamed of themselves. crowds gathered in paris on thursday as part of a nationwide strike against the government's economic policies the protesters are demanding changes through a stimulus plan which they say will impact wages and working conditions shot at their whiskey has this report. from the protests in paris. the protests as you can hear they're very noisy behind minutes when you get a sense of what's going on these are. our anger here are about the

situation here from just a little bit away from collapse that around 3 to 4000 to have come out in france in paris indeed this is one of around 70 or 80 protests of the taking place across the country many people are unhappy continuously about issues over wage over working conditions in france but particularly there is this new context also of issues surrounding the health situation here in france with many of the unions who've called for today's protests saying that they're unhappy about the fact that they don't think enough is being done to prevent the situation like it was above you didn't have enough medical equipment you didn't have enough mosques when the start of the pandemic hits now they demanding that the government does something in feature to ensure that things like that see products medical products are made him fronts in the future and the fronts doesn't have to rely on other nations now this

is a nationwide strike and this is one of many protests that we've seen in the last few weeks people fed up with the conditions of some she conditions in france they still fear that we may go down into the local time that's nor inevitable according to the government but many people just say they are suffering and they call and take any more we've spoken to restaurant in recent weeks or speaking to students we've spoken to teachers say that they are feeling impacted by what's going on we also spoke to health workers who say that just not enough is being done to help them cope with the situation they're saying that you know they badly paid so this is sort of what seems to be like a multitude of issues coming together not swine the c.d.c. one of france's biggest unions in all the unions. have come today to cool for this nation why did they have strikes here is a huge police presence here in paris but for the moment things have been very cold as you can see though it does seem like people want to make

a noise and the point is to make the government heard once again that there is not enough help now the government would say there's a solidarity fund and people who impost cafes restaurants and other. businesses have been able to access the funds but they were supposed to so this tract restauranteurs would start to open up in defiance of the current health regulations that was due to happen this week but many of them decided not to do that they have opened up they doing it in secret and that's because the government us threatened that any restaurant that was cool would not be able to access the solidarity fund for one month and if the 2nd time they would be denied access that so much of the funds that's who are as you can see a large 7 gathering here in paris this is one of many protests around the country is it takes part in a nation with a strikes. the world's richest man and founder of amazon jeff bezos says he's stepping down a c.e.o.

to dedicate more time to charity work among other things is the popular comes amid accusations he ignored the plot of his own workers during a pandemic is to mature. everyone likes convenience but in this weird time where the pandemic the stores are all closed and nothing is as convenient as amazon we all use it but let's face it it's becoming harder and harder to ignore the teensy fact that there really a giant soulless monopoly and who better to represent that monopoly and everything that is wrong with having too much money and power then amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos well apparently he has seen the error of his ways and decided to change bezos is officially stepping down as amazon c.e.o. so focuses attention on nobler causes like philanthropy spaceflight journalism and given his track record these ventures are bound to be a huge success i mean the guy is full of life and optimism a firm

a work meaningful and fun i get to work with the smartest most talented most ingenious teammates when times have been good you've been humble when times have been tough you've been strong and supportive and we've made each of the laugh. it is a joy to work on this team and look how happy amazon workers are. will you. be the point of false promises with the words that you haven't read before and you don't you that's just too much you trust the bible is not enough to give you. a relief for this about protections as well pete wasn't providing thanks for yeah ok maybe not all amazon workers but come on it's understandable why a basis is stepping down i mean just imagine how tired he must be from all these

workers strikes protests congressional grillings and throughout the years there's been a lot of very ungrateful amazon workers give us p p e stop treating us like robots give us bathroom breaks shut up and work right either way basis should be stepping away from all this negativity it's bad for business and morale and i'm sure his dedication to full length should be another virtuous ventures will produce a much better monopoly next time ones from the hawks with the latest on the wall street but sort of pollution against wall street's more can often all the latest to us again but.

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justice. greetings and sally you taishan as the legendary gil scott aaron declared revolution will not be televised however here in the early days of 2021 the revolution will certainly be digitised yes the new revolution is taking place online this week when users of the sub read a group wall street bad have put it all on the line in an effort to tear down the walls of wall street they're doing this by going along and buying up the one struggling stock of the. brick and mortar video game retailer game stop is the big

time wall street hedge funders like melvin capital were short selling the struggling retailers stocks essentially making piles of money betting against the company's success hoping hoping that the game stop would eventually declare bankruptcy and all those visions of dollar bills were dancing in those short sellers heads and that my friends is when the more than $2000000.00 subscribers on wall street bet stepped in and they started buying up game stop stock in droves driving the price of the stock way up forcing these short selling vultures to start bleeding money as c m b c reports a mid game stops explosive rally short sellers have accumulated losses of more than 5000000000 dollars this year to date in the stock including a loss of night $117000000.00 on monday and $1600000000.00 on friday

now naturally the wall street elites were they were little livid you know with professional investors and economic experts just crying foul and hilariously calling for government regulations and interventions to stop the action of these on line traders these these you know these rabble who who live on main street and use trading apps like robin hood those terrible people and of course the mainstream media they've jumped all in they don't protect the wall street a leaks and put out the revolutionary fire and change the narrative surrounding the wall street but subscribers a good example washington post writing quote right it's on line mob brandishes an us against them rhetoric that echoes the populism of former president donald trump supporters just painting these people with that evil trumpery and rhetoric getting the reader to think that the 2 are the same. well as one wall street you know and

let me ask this question what was this evil rhetoric that they were supposedly putting out well as one wall street bets poster wrote i can now write my mom a check and put my sister through lymes treatment this has been a very rough year but i'm so thankful for every single one of you wow that's not some trumpery and rhetoric i don't know what it is no it is i think it's time my friends to roll up the sleeves and let us dive into this game stop revolution as we start watching. on a cd. player so you can see the grass is always state. crazy suggests least systemic deception. which i would. still.