i was doing my best to get back to school which side will have the strongest appeal . i am here now this wednesday morning's headlines tearing the country in half that's what donald trump's defense team is calling his impeachment trial on its 1st day in the senate. 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 twitter as another raft of conservative voices breaking its rules not to mention fraud in november's election. approaches breakout across france calling for tougher laws to protect children as the country's top court hears the case of a 13 year old girl who was allegedly raped by 25 fight.

for good morning to you thanks for watching us live from russia my name is kevin irwin this is art international i'm here for the next hour the latest on all those headlines you've heard so much more too but this 1st donald trump's legal team then has warned that continued proceedings towards his 2nd impeachment could push the country to civil war it says the u.s. senate ruled that impeaching the former us president is constitutional here's how day one of trump's trial unfolded 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 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 this trial will tear this country apart perhaps like we have only seen once before in our history we are really here because the majority in the house of representatives does not want to face donald trump as a political rival in the future with this trial you will open up new and bigger wounds across the nation the constitution is a document designed to protect the rights of the minority not the rights of the majority 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 engaged in inciting

insurrection and this flows 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 and saying there must be harsh consequences for trump 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 this cannot be the future of america. we cannot have presidents inciting and mobilizing mob violence against our

government and our institutions now these are very serious proceedings with a very big implications for the country however if you're looking on it seems like a rather theatrical and strange performance you've got the recitation of poetry and you've got witnesses crying and breaking down into tears and i told my daughter tabitha. or 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 capital with me. and you know what she said. she said dad i don't want to come back to camp. that 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 pleased to remove him from office he's already been removed he could get worse and it seems like every day you do good work that's not good for this. country the size the start going on and democrats oh you know. i don't want to be a victim you know like honestly i never thought about that mean. that those choices 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 well there's a heavy security presence around the capitol building with a hearing to take in place that area sealed off by a 2.5 meter high fence the national guard troops are on patrol as well as part of a major security operation has been running since the storming all. the capitol by those trump supporters back on january the 6th the pentagon saying the troops are going to stay there and all the security around until at least mid march the entire operation set to cost almost half a $1000000000.00. as a senior adviser for the 2016 trump presidential campaign told us democrats have put so much energy into the process now that a trial indeed 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 states 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. the president probably was in our full and should probably not have said some things instead does it really 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 trump in the top administration so there's a lot that they need to. pack through this hearing but i do think it

might actually lead to a try all only because they've spent this much time and energy and effort and publicity and propaganda so if we're 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. which is stepping up its crackdown on conservative commentators accused of spreading false information about the u.s. electoral process than to the laces examples jim hoffa founder of the web site a gateway pundit and radio host wayne allen root now they've both been blocked by twitter for what it called repeated violations of civic integrity policy that fell foul of the platform rules by promoting donald trump's claim that the november election was marred by fraud since the storming of the u.s. capitol last month twitter has banned more than $70000.00 accounts for similar

reasons including that of the former president himself of course very famously we spoke with wayne allen root about 1st off he says alternative voices are being silenced it is for you. 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 childless conservative they want to destroy your light 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 after his site posted this video saying the screams right now on the screen shots jim hoffa claims it shows the delivery of absentee ballots to a polling station in detroit hours after the deadline for deliveries of pasta the sites pledged to release more such videos in the coming days will be across the u.s. election officials have said there's no evidence of significant fraud though in the 2020 presidential vote which they called the most secure in the country's history but jim hoffa of the gateway pundit thinks there's no justification anyway for shutting out those who disagree. 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 in a limited 80 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 . the subsetting story a paris court set to rule on wednesday by the case of a french girl allegedly raped by 25 fight is the case of sparked protests across the country with demonstrators demanding legal changes the no to introduce a minimum age of consent media reports that there is currently no official age of consent shelagh to penske reports. 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 at 13 in 2008 now it's claimed she 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 rape 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 system unable to realize that we're not in a fair balance of power and that when julie was raised by 20 firefighters she was raped under duress and she couldn't consent she couldn't accept the rape since she was a child that outcome is said to have hit julie hard. and she attempted to take her own life her family though is determined to keep fighting julie's mother is still

globes 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 fire rapists were justified given the success they enjoy with women moreover they stated to verbal and in writing that the firefighters should be exonerated quote given the rampant sexual interest shown in them 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 r.t. paris. it's quarter past 11 in the morning moscow time whatever time it is with you thank you for taking the time to watch us this is international and this is ahead. of a young black man who died just after his arrest by british police according to justice we got that story a much more of the day's news for you lined up to. join me every day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to

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campaigners are demanding answers from u.k. police over the death of a black man the day after his arrest r.t. sharjah edwidge dusty's spoke to the family of muhammad to say about his case use my let me know. he was me you would always know if you will let us by my actual crime he was the older cousin and you know he was you know i don't hold firmly and he asked not to hold now like 24 year old muhammad mohammad 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 that will who was the go in you. all we know. you know he look you look at a pretty bad way and you went home to write when i woke up again not to. go on how your 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 offices at cardiff bay police station many health black lives matter banas and compare 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 and 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 the 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 this fades one month on the questions surrounding mohammed's death remain unanswered. the trust between the police and the community appears to be at an all time now the official report when it comes to change all of that but until then this family's campaign for justice continues shadi edwards dashti r.t. u.k. . new in now israel's prime minister has insisted that the disputed golan heights will always stay part of the country after the new u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken failed to fully confirm its claim to the region . the golan heights was and will remain part of the state of israel we are without an agreement we're not withdrawing from the gone heights this will remain a sovereign part of the state of israel the go on is very important to israel's security as legal questions or something else and over time if the situation it were to change in syria that's something we look at but we are nowhere near is that

in 2019 president trump recognized the disputed territory as israeli you may recall it captured the strategic area from syria in a war way back in 1967 and annex the golan in a move not recognized by much of the international community well now blinken is comments contrasts very much with those have criticism might pompei oh we've visited the territory in november in the show support so what's happening here let's talk to mitchell political analyst in jerusalem thanks making the time for us morning so do netanyahu as words reflect fears then that the u.s. is maybe questioning the status of the golan heights what's going on do you think. you know i don't i don't think there's anything relevant even from the statement i mean the golan heights has been part of israel by israeli law for the past 40 years or so i mean it was menachem begin that extended israeli law to the golan heights israelis agree that it should be part of the golan heights that the arab population

that live there was offered citizenship and we've gone through many administrations that have not recognized that until the trump ministration recognize that so the fact that they recognize that was considered a gravy foreign policy prize let's say it was not vital that they recognize it but it certainly great along with the other things that they did for israel the trumpet ministration including recognizing jerusalem as the capital. moving the embassy to jerusalem stopping to call the settlement and west bank area occupied territories so this was a number of things the fact that they the by the administration has an embrace that it's really not a big deal but they would have been hoping for more indorsement them from biden yet israel well i don't well i think israel is where at the beginning stages of the biden administration i mean president biden has not called prime minister netanyahu

this is quite rare because every president calls the israeli prime minister within the 1st few days in office so already we're a few weeks in and by then and then you know have not spoken which is fine because they probably have some what is it really low ship yeah it's got the site what's it what is it may now we were just going into this new administration that as far as israel is concerned israel hope that things would get off to a better stop given everything you just said. well i think israel hoped that it wouldn't get off to a worse start and so now it's kind of like lukewarm the fact that he hasn't called it all it also is a good thing it means israel is not on the front right now and and the biden administration is not occupied with israel or the palestinian authority or the region there been some tremendous gains over the last few months between israel and many of the arab countries in the region and you know biden has to find his way out but but the thing about both the president by then different from president truman

who invested a lot of time in foreign policy and the president by then came in and he has a real real set of challenges in the domestic united states and that's the pandemic that's the economy and that's where his focus is right now now he also according to what he says has to do you know bring america's brand back to the world met america has to be a positive influence or and that israel ought he was a negative one under trump israel and america have such strong ties both ways what's your prognosis such you think is going to go for the next 4 years them. well it's going to go really well because the reason that israel the united states have such ties is because the people of israel the united states have a very very strong unshakable bond and that bond is expressed itself in the congress of the united states and of course the way the congress deals with foreign policy in israel and aid to israel and the relations that we have israel has always

'd relied on congress even when we've had ministrations that have been less friendly even when we have administrations that are pressuring israel to make concessions that are unrealistic according to israel to the palestinians we've always relied on congress and the american people and that will continue and the fact of the matter is joe biden was a senator for 36 years he was vice president under obama israel is part of who he is israel supporting israel is part of his his ideology it's part of his policies and his entire political career now he's got to navigate what his administration is going to do given the realities on the ground not only in the region but in the rest of the world michel but he will do that analyst we'll leave it there let's see will just have to see what the next 4 years 4 years bring thank you for your input this morning of a good day. now before i leave you let me take you around the world in brief see what's happening this dramatic scenes with a. bit of ice huge piece of ice crushed into what rescuers continuing to search for

survivors 2 days after that avalanche in the open in india part of a himalayan glass dramatically hitting the way causing a huge severe flood to surrounding areas that worry people are trapped in the tunnel as well will try to get up they don't know dozens of more than a 170 still missing. demonstrators have defied a ban on large gatherings to denounce last week's military takeover of. police of major highways in response the army seized power after accusing the government of election fraud and arrested the country's de facto leader. elsewhere place a fired water color made multiple arrests of ultra-orthodox jews rioting against co with instructions as protesters blocking traffic burning trash bins damaging vehicles hurling stones another objects and offices there opposing the law and in particular the closure of religious schools from the dramatist celebration live

pictures this is in from iran right ok mass rallies across iran this is a snapshot of it commemorating the 42nd anniversary of the victory of the islamic revolution in 1979 health officials asking people to celebrate inside their cars because a car with restrictions but that place normally locked down with cars today is people on bikes has to be said look closely at those pictures wearing masks taking care of themselves as everyone is out there to celebrate that big big anniversary to wrap it there that's the way things look in so far thanks for watching us international i'm kevin i will have a great day. new gold rush is underway in ghana thousands of ill equipped workers are flocking to

the gold fields hoping to strike it rich. as. children are torn between galled. my family was very poor i thought i was doing my best to get back to school which side will have the strongest appeal. seems wrong but all just all. let me. get to shape out this day. that's it. and it should be close to trail. when someone find themselves the part we choose to look for common ground. internet censorship is happening at an accelerated pace conservatives and

progressives are. plotting more times than not the censorship is never really explained we are left to assume when the phrase community standards is invoked we somehow we're threatening to but that's what you said to give. this is the one business show you can't afford the man. in washington coming up the world health organization with traits of the pandemic origin that it takes dreamily unlikely coven in the lab we have the latest straight ahead you have to break from their rally earlier today before picking back up to reach

a new record high point and other crypto and to me the 3rd dr pepper person 1500000000 worth of point on monday have a lot to get to a lot but. we begin today with the latest out of one china where members of the world health organization they're continuing to investigate the origins of the corona virus as a group wrapped up its investigation w.h.o. mission team head and food safety specialist he suggested the fire virus likely came from an animal our initial findings suggest the introduction to an intermediary host is. the most likely busways and one that will. require more studies and more specific targeted research the findings suggest the laboratory incidents i put disease. is extremely unlikely.