as you would see officers going undercover as 6 workers and customers to fight 6 trade. headlines tearing the country in a huff that's what donald trump's defense teams calling his impeachment trial on his 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 battles another rough to 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 like 25 fights is.

there thanks to cheating 2 out international life from a world news center this hour here in moscow with me kevin. first and donald trump's legal team swarmed 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 unfolds. 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 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 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 the 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 to remove him from office he's already been removed it 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. you know. i don't want to be the victim you know and like honestly i never thought about that have meaning to a lot of 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. that outside there's a heavy security presence around the capitol building where those hearings are taking place the areas sealed off by a $2.00 mi to feds the national guard troops on patrol all part of a major security operation that's been running since the storming of the capitol by those support. back on january the 6 republican says the troops are going to stay that least mid march and the entire operation is set to cost almost half a $1000000000.00 something that may not impress taxpayers and what it calls suffering big time with the covert economy millions needing government financial support. so is a senior adviser for the 26 team trying presidential campaign told us 2 democrats

have put so much energy into this process a trial 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 one of her own child and so this is this is about the politics 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 he did the president probably was an artful 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. so there's

a lot that they need to you. pack through this hearing but i do think it might actually lead to a trial only because they've spent this much time and energy and effort and publicity and confidante so if you'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. other news to tell you today twitter is stepping up its crackdown on conservative commentators then accused of spreading false information about the us electoral process to the latest examples jim hoffa founder of the web site gateway pundit and radio host wayne allen root now they've both been blocked by twitter for what he called repeated violations of civic integrity policy seems to fell foul of the 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 more than $70000.00 accounts for similar reasons including most famously that of the former president himself we spoke with wayne allen root 1st often about this and what he thinks about it he says alternative voices in his view being silenced. this is a joe mccarthy which prides against conservative voices they're tried 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 chav list 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 'd activists is sol in ski 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 joe mccarthy for

which i now there are 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 like sweet how do you ban someone's opinions when 74000000 people have the waters agree with them. as i mentioned the founder of the gateway pundit it was also by and by the social media giant after a site posted this video you can nip see the screen shots on screen then jim hoffa claims it shows the delivery of absentee ballots to a polling station in detroit this off the deadline for deliveries and passed the sites pledged to release more such videos in the coming days we'll keep an eye on it bringing to you forget it u.s. election officials meantime of said there is no evidence of significant fraud in the 2020 presidential vote which they called the most secure in the country's history but jim hoffa of the a gateway pundit thinks there's no justification for shutting out those who may

disagree with that. twitter does not want is to release any more of this information they're citing as as spreading and violating their ethics clause that they just put in for each and not 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. the paris court is set to rule on wednesday but the case of a french girl allegedly raped by $25.00 fight is the case of sparked protests across the country with demonstrators demanding legal challenges to introduce a minimum age of consent media states there's currently no official age of consent

shall i do bends he reports. on wednesday this court is going to be center stage for a case that's provoked outrage here in france it 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 her real name had been assisted by a firefighter following a severe anxiety seizure at 13 in 2008 now it's claimed to change her number from 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 to 2 not for she's a child who was facing 20 firefighters so caution is obvious when we are talking. child. to realize that we are not in the fair balance of power and that when julie was raped by 20 firefighters she was right under duress and she could not consent

she could not accept the rape and should. 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 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 the rapists were justified given the success they enjoy with women moreover they stated verbal and in writing that the firefighters should be exonerated quote

given the rampant sexual interest shown and. campaigners hope that the decision reached this court will lou to an age of sexual consent being in troy and in french and all calls for a minimum age of consent have been cruising in recent years and in january the senate backed a bill to make the age of consent 13 but child protection associations say that that is insufficient charlotte even ski r.t. paris 15 past the hour hi there thanks for watching today it's kevin owen here for a bit i want to tell you about some more news coming up this is one of the stories we're across relatives of a young black man who died just a day after his arrest by british police are calling for justice we've got more of their story after this break.

internet censorship is happy at an accelerated pace conservatives and progressives are being demoted and he plots more times than not the censorship is never really explained we are left to assume that the phrase community standards is invoked we somehow we're threatening oh but that's what you said to give is all about. the world is driven by shaped by one person. who dares thinks. we dare to ask.

it up from a story mentioning into the break campaigners are demanding from u.k. police over the death of a black man the day after his arrest altie shouted was dashed he spoke to the family of mohammad to say about his case he was my nephew not. he was me. you always know. we'll let my actual go i mean we all are going i mean you know he was you know by the whole family i mean you have whole now life 24 year old mahmoud 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 i'm bill who doesn't go in you. all we know. you know he looks you know that way and he went home to write when i woke up again not to. go on how 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 for 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 low the official report when it comes could change all that but until then this family's campaign for justice continues shadi edwards r t u k. russia's criticize the reaction to last week's moscow visit by brussels foreign policy chief joseph barrel foreign ministry spokesperson that maria's or her of said the reactions were part of a coordinated attack and reveal a secret about our western partners when they failed 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 so 50 lawmakers about the motion to force 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 do russian sorry jews are interested in issues attempt to reverse the deterioration of our relations and seized the opportunity to have a more constructive dialogue. the answer has been clear. no more scout abuse that the visit of high representative bordello to you merely ate and offend the european union mr burrell and the on the other hand made a fool of himself last week he must go 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 no foul nice but let's be honest about this and he's got fish yes i'm seeing immigrants racist and maybe 4 percent of the supports 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 undermine its global credibility as a defender of freedoms do you cannot go around the world recruitment being received that does not apply to chelsea so when the block while the representatives more of moscow to release jailed activists alexina valmy calling for even tougher sanctions against russia and they say borel's visit came at the wrong time for austrian

foreign minister current castle told us to the efforts by some to ratchet up tensions and lean more on russia serve no one's interest. pushed by such an action that will put a dangerous president out and you never know whether there will be some strangers inside the commission from what i cannot saw from wave. as there always will it is not truly well in the commission but that has little to do with mr burrell's was it to moscow dep has much more to do with the failure in their distribution of mexicans 2014 for the past 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 should you shouldn't. the chair kind of walks all on on all the just friends

topics and here i think there are. certain urgency to. rebuilt some sources of trust and and not go into confrontation. israel's prime minister's insisted that the disputed golan heights will always stay part of the country after the new u.s. secretary of state under the blanket 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 golan heights this will remain a sovereign parts of the state of israel the go on is very important to israel's security is legal questions are something else and over time if the situation were to change in syria that's something we look at but we are nowhere near is that in 2019 president recognized the disputed territory as israeli 8 captured the

strategic area from syria in a war way back in 1967 and annex the golan in a move not recognized but much of the rest of the international community and away but the president lincoln's comments contrast with those of my poem posa recently who even visited the territory just last november in a show of support political analyst michel barak spoke to me about it he says close cooperation between the 2 countries may have to wait for the moment as domestic u.s. events a dominating the headlines 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 it also is a good thing it means that israel is not on the front right now in iran and the biden and ministration is not occupied with israel or the palestinian authority or the region there's 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 president biden different from president graham

who invested a lot of time in. when the president biden came in and he has a real real set of challenges in the domestic united states. the hunt for the start of covert preliminary findings by the world health organization of debunks the popular conspiracy theory may be that the coronavirus was created in a lab the w.h.o. statement coming off for a months long probe in china on the origins of the disease. all the work that has been done on the virus and trying to identify it's all region continue to point towards natural. reserve war of the virus and similar viruses in bad population however scientists have yet to specify the exact origin still of the disease i spoke to me a skirt a month for august at the u.k.'s university of oxford to explain a bit more about why that is it is very hard because that's natural as it were from

from wild animal and even a month 2 months after that it will be hard especially with the pandemic still going on investigators where they seen the data and i believe that they say true what they're saying that can be ruled out especially that a lot of evidence before also ruled out love or eating a lot of evidence pointed at why outsource of the of the tireless and i think that's the most most probable answer you can see where really these spiders says what is their natural reservoir so we can prevent future pandemic. and we will be hopefully more successful than with this one. yes so many questions about where this all started and still. say well let's hope it gets better soon

fingers crossed for were talking about it so far check it out so you know cover so much more what were bringing you way today reporting from moscow kevin i was signing off and have a right wednesday. knowing through the woods that there could be. good though. i know you don't buy that in a can matter a canard while nice and about national. should have not been a. full

on them a little hazy. and the national show him the national association. of said he could be. but out of it all small. but it was one of those and it was that all of you in the nose you know me get a good. shot and know it and when i'm. in my name a few of the. hello

and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter really well internet censorship is happening at an accelerated pace conservatives and progressives are being to monetized and the platforms more up more times than not the censorship is never really explained we are left to assume when the phrase community standards is invoked we somehow are threatening power but that's what dissent is all about. discussing internet censorship i'm joined by my guest in los angeles kim iverson she's the host of the kim iverson show we also have elwyn he is a regular on the jimmy door show as well as host of the political vigilante on you tube and in baltimore we have wayne you break he is host of the award winning pod cast all right cross couples in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated ok.