the morning news headlines tearing that country in half that's what donald trump the finest team is calling his impeachment trial in its 1st day in the senate proceeding looks set to deepen u.s. divides them after an emotionally charged debate so far. they tell us that we have to have this impeachment trial such as it is to bring about unity but they don't want unity and they know this so-called trial will tear the country in half elsewhere to brief you on twitter as another raft of conservative voices breaking its rules not to mention fraud in november's u.s. election. protests break out across france calling for tougher laws to protect children as the country's top court is the case of a 13 year old girl who was allegedly raped by 25 i.

know what moscow time good morning for me kevin oh and then from all of us here in russia if you didn't run the world this is r.t. international 1st in our headlines as you heard there are more details impeaching a former president is constitutional rules the u.s. senate on the 1st day of donald trump's 2nd trial there however his legal team warns the proceedings may push the nation to the brink of civil war along the way caleb maupin has been listening in. well it's a very serious situation on capitol hill where we've got an impeachment trial underway donald trump's lawyers they call it absurd and unconstitutional meanwhile we've got the prosecution saying this is the comeuppance for treacherous donald trump and the backdrop for all of this is

a country that is deeply deeply divided take a listen they tell us that we have to have this impeachment trial such as it is to bring about unity but they don't want unity and they know this so-called trial will tear the country in half leaving tens of millions of americans feeling left out of the nation's agenda. as dictated by one political party that now holds the power in the white house and in our national legislature this trial will tear this country apart perhaps like we have only seen once before in our history now the charge against donald trump in the impeachment proceedings is inciting in surat action and they are arguing that under the 14th amendment of the us constitution trump is ineligible for office because he and gauged in inciting insurrection and this follows from the events of january 6th we've heard testimony from what happened at this point people are recapping of the situation where there were 5 deaths there

were many injuries on capitol hill as trump supporters stormed in and penetrated the u.s. capitol congressional staffers were very afraid for their lives there was violence that unfolded and all of this has got the prosecution at the impeachment trial appealing to people's emotions if that's not an impeachable offense then there is no such thing what our country experienced that day. is the framers worst nightmare come to life as one senator said they could have killed all of us with this trial you will open up new and bigger wounds across the nation we are really here because the majority in the house of representatives does not want to face donald trump as our political rival in the future this cannot be the future of america. we cannot have presidents inciting and mobilizing mob violence against our government and our institutions the constitution is

a document designed to protect the rights of the minority not the rights of the majority and i told my daughter tabitha. i told her how sorry i was and i promised her that it would not be like this again the next time she came back to the capitol with me. and you know what she said she said dad. i don't want to come back to camp. but you're looking on it seems like a rather theatrical and strange performance you've got the recitation of poetry you've got witnesses crying and breaking down into tears you've got the waving around of mao tse tung's little red book in order to make political points it's all very theatrical very explosive meanwhile all across the country millions of americans remain quite divided in the aftermath of an election they seem to be watching with lots of anger gun sales are up throughout the united states here's

some of what we've heard from americans if you keep heading down the same way. they're going to push people into another civil war i'm very worried about this country where it's going. it's a bad thing he's out of office we'll be sure pieces for to remove him from office he's already been removed they could get worse and it seems like every day you do good work that's not good for this conflict country the size or start going on democrats. you know. i don't want to be the victim you know and like honestly i never thought about that means. that those choices at some point there will be a final vote on whether or not donald trump is indeed convicted regardless of the outcome donald trump has certainly made history he's the only president in u.s. history to have been impeached on 2 different occasions so quite dramatic goings on we've got the military all over washington d.c. we've got the country watching on television we've got

a lot of division 74000000 americans voted for trump despite a pretty solid number boating against him impeachment proceedings continue even though donald trump has left office already and it is not the president the impeachment vote marches on words. yeah and those heavy security presence around the capitol building where the hearings were taking place the areas sealed off by the. 2.5 meters but it's the national guard troops from patrol there as well it's part of a major security operation that's been running since the storming of the capital by trump supporters back all generally the 6 the pentagon saying those troops are likely to stay there until at least made march and the entire operation is likely to cost almost half a $1000000000.00. as a senior adviser for the 2016 trump presidential campaign told us democrats put so much energy into the process that a trial now was inevitable. well i think it's also understand it which i think most americans really want is that it is political theater it's

a political trial it's not a criminal trial and so this is this is about the politics of the individual they have in front of them which is happens to be the former president of united 6 we're here because the lens is clearly political which is we don't like donald trump. and we don't like what he did we don't like what he did well the president probably was in artful and should probably not have said some things instead doesn't really ringback rise. to the incitement of violence the democrats are claiming this is this is all about whether or not the majority party which has never really liked donald trump as we can all admit to that there's not any democrat that's going to come out and say i liked. tom ministration so there's a lot that they need to you. join pac through this this hearing but i do think it

might actually ringback lead to a try all only because they've spent this much time and energy and effort and publicity and propaganda so if i'm going to go to a trial that like with the american public through this one we already know the outcome is going to be that he doesn't get impeached. twitter is stepping up its crackdown on conservative commentators accused of spreading false information about the u.s. electoral process to the latest examples and jim hoff the founder of the web site gateway pundit and radio host wayne allard route now they've both been blocked by twitter for what it called repeated violations of civic content gritty policy seems to fall foul of the platforms rules by promoting his claim that the november election was mobbed by fraud since the storming of the u.s. capitol last month twitter has more than $70000.00 accounts for similar reasons including that of the former president we spoke with wayne allard route 1st often

about his he says alternative voices of being silenced. this is the joe mccarthy which fights against conservative voices there try to eliminate dissent they're trying to eliminate diversity while they talk all day about diversity if you're black it's great if you're let's you know it's great if you're gay it's great if you're a woman it's great if you're transsexual it's great god forbid in the united states of america you'd be a catalyst conservative they want to destroy your life and silence you censor you ban you burn your books this is the irony you know the big hero of liberals all the liberal activist esol inskeep he wrote a book called rules for radicals and he always said look at that mera whatever you see blame the other guy democrats have spent 50 years attacking job accorsi for which rights now they're very good ads i don't even know why i was suspended if you showed me the tweet i do will of bet you that 74000000 americans that voted for trump agree with every word about sweet how do you ban someone's opinions when

74000000 people have the waters agree with them. as we mentioned the founder of the gateway pundit was also banned by the social media giant off to his side posted this video you can see the screen shots from it now on a heya jim health claims it shows the delivery of absentee ballots at a polling station in detroit than ours is the accusation out of the deadline for deliveries and pasta the sides pledged to release more such videos in the coming days. it was election officials have said there is no evidence though of significant fraud in the 2020 presidential vote which they've called the most secure in the country's history but jim hoffa of the gateway pundit thinks there's no justification for shutting out those who disagree with. twitter does not want is to release any more of this information they're citing us as spreading and violating their ethics clause that they just put in where he cannot challenge

anything about the 2020 alexion and yet there are still individuals who are challenging the 2016 election that's still allowed on twitter there are so secure with their position why are they cracking down and eliminating eliminating. sites like myself from the social media platforms it doesn't make sense and this is what we've fought against for several months now. paris court is set to rule on wednesday but the case of a french girl allegedly raped by $25.00 fight is the case has sparked protests across the country with demonstrators demanding legal changes to introduce a minimum age of consent been ski report. on wednesday this court is going to be center stage for a case that's provoked outrage here in france involves a woman known as julie who says she was raped by 20 firefighters between the ages of 13 and 15. it all

began when julie not real name had been assisted by a firefighter following a severe anxiety seizure 13 in 2008 now it's claimed he obtained her number for medical records and then grew before asking her to undress via webcam it's then claimed he passed it details on to other firefighters who did the same now in 2009 it's alleged a firefighter then raped julie says she was later taken to an apartment where she was gang raped in 2010 julie disclosed what it happened to her mother and a complaint was filed 3 firefighters were placed under investigation but no action was taken against another 17 men also accused 2 of the men have admitted that they had sex with julie whilst on duty and whilst wearing their uniforms a 3rd admitted a sexual act in a toilet cubicle in

a prison hospital where julie had been admitted in march 20th definite judge was appointed to investigate but after 8 years the rape charges were dropped instead it was replaced by consensual penetrative sex with a minor under 15 this means the maximum sentence that they could receive is 7 years compared with 20 for rape. who were $25.00 partners so the corrosion the service when we're talking about a 30 year old child justice is still unable to realize that we're not in the fair balance of power and that when julie was raised by 20 firefighters she was rate under duress and she couldn't consent she couldn't accept the rape since she was a child that outcome is said to julie. howard and she attempted to take her own life her family though is determined to keep fighting julie's mother is still gulps marked by that decision. the facts are simple julie was 1314 and 15 at the time she was in

a very vulnerable state taking medication and trying to kill herself and 20 firefighters came to her all of them admit that they performed a sexual act on her with penetration and yet in france in the 21st century the court decides that the innocent julie's case has caused consternation in france. for almost a decade we have trusted the justice system to make its ruling the court of appeals ruled that the foreign rapists were justified given the success they enjoyed with women moreover they stated verbal and in writing that the firefighters should be exonerated quote given the rampant sexual interest shown and by women campaigners hope that the decision reached this court will lead to an age of sexual consent being in troy and in french law calls for a minimum age of consent have been cruising in recent years and in january the senate but a bill to make the age of consent 13 but child protection associations say that

that is insufficient charlotte even ski r.t. paris it's exactly 50 minutes past the hour of have to watch thomas what are you heading off to work probably stay with us for least the next 15 minutes as it take you through more news like this relatives of a young black man who died just a day after his arrest by british police calling for justice we've got this story.

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police over the death of a black man the day after his arrest shouted was dashed he spoke to his family about the case you might be looking at. he was. always know. we'll let my actual go i mean we all are going to learn i mean he was known by the whole family and he. told now lie 24 year old mahmoud mohammad has son was arrested at home in cardiff on friday the 8th of january he was suspected of breaching the peace but was released early the next morning without charge then after arriving back at his house in newport rhode he passed away in his sleep his family and lawyers allege it was due to serious injuries from the time spent in custody why did he die. because of you know because i'm bill who doesn't know the injuries they all we know. that.

you know he look you know get a pretty bad way and he went home to rat me when i woke up again not to. go on how are following mohammed's death hundreds took part in protests over successive nights in cardiff they demanded the release of c.c.t.v. and party of on footage from officers at cardiff bay police station many held black lives matter banas and compared the case to that of george floyd the 46 year old black man killed while being arrested in minneapolis in the usa back in may he came out with bruises are and cuts to his body and to his face this is a death of a young healthy lack who was arrested by the police during his detention he came into contact with 52 police officers and within hours he died it

is absolutely right so it should be good in the same context as george floyd this is not unusual in black communities the forces say that early findings indicate no misconduct issues and no excessive force but have referred themselves to the independent office to police conduct as part of an investigation c.c.t.v. and body one video has already been and will continue to be examined this will assist in establishing an understanding the events that took place early findings by the force indicate no misconduct issues and no excessive force we are aware of the extensive reporting on social media but due to the ongoing investigation and referral we are unable to comment any further at this stage one month on the questions surrounding mohammed's death remain on answered. the trust between the police and the community appears to be at an all time low the official report when

it comes could change all that but until then this family's campaign for justice continues shotty edwards dusty r.t. u.k. . russia has criticized the reaction to last week's moscow visit by the brussels foreign policy chief joseph borrow foreign ministry spokeswoman marie as a her of us said the reactions were part of a coordinated attack and reveal a secret about our western partners when they fail to carry out a flogging and throw a tantrum the aim was to carry out that public flogging which i think has been planned very thorough only 50 lawmakers have back to motion to force powell over his trip he defended himself by also attacking russia over the visit which has sparked divisions in the e.u. parliament recent deep disappointment and growing mistrust between the to be union and russia i also wanted to test to 2 russian sorry g.'s our interest it in

a serious attempt to reverse the deterioration of our relations and seized the opportunity to have a more constructive dialogue the answer has been clear. you know more scout abuse that the visit of high representative bordello to you mediate and offend the european union mr burrell and the on the other hand made a fool of himself last week in moscow by his actions he made a mockery of the ambition of the e.u. to play a major role in the world stage imus happy as anybody else to stand up for anybody's rights including not found nice but let's be honest of banks and he's officious and see immigrants racist and maybe 4 percent of the support and we wouldn't be discussing him after all if he'd been arrested anywhere else other than in russia the catalan leaders have been sentence from 9 to 13 years in prison for aggression

our friend. we have a worm that the double standard applied by do you undermined its global credibility as a defender of freedoms do you cannot go around the world recruit mending receipts that does not apply to chelles some in the block while the representative to lean more on moscow to release the child out of a selection of ali barrels towards me but influenced by the pressure as he'd been much more diplomatic to the kremlin right after his talks there former australian foreign minister karen kessel told us efforts by some to ratchet up tensions with russia no one's interests. pushed out by such an action that will put a dangerous precedent and you never know whether there will be some strangers inside the commission from what i cannot saw from the file the way the always will it is not true well in the commission but that has little to do with mr borroughs was it

to moscow dep has much more to do with the failure in their distribution of mexicans ever since 2014 for the past to 7 years now we have seen a decrease deshaun of our relations. and there are many issues that have to be tackled and sometimes you can disconnect the one issue from the other that you shouldn't. such a kind of great books all on on all the just friends topics and here i staked out. certain urgency to. rebuilt some sources of trust and and not go into confrontation. brazil is one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic still in the amazonian region of the north and the worst affected their medical staff in the capital city are grappling with severe shortages of oxygen for covert patients as we've been reporting were volunteers now

trying to their best to fill the void in what's going on there. that it is. we cannot continue to live in this can we like a new war but we don't see the enemy this is the virus there are not enough beds in the hospital so many people are being treated at home and this is a big problem i have many friends who suffer from a lack of oxygen every day were received so many messages from people asking how and where talk to an oxygen. main channel. at the beginning the goal of all complain was to collect water and

supplies for the hospitals but suddenly we have to change our goal and collect money to buy oxygen because there was a lack of it in our state but most important is that many people started to help famous people artists football players where doing all we can to support the people in need. it like a kid is a video i think the local and national government should work in a preemptive way and not only when we start to face can with so many people dying they should have acted earlier and not only now when this situation is so difficult . to really tough to i was the right now let's hope it gets better sometime soon for all of us but that's the way the news is looking so for this what if you doing

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