in the headlines on our team tearing the country and how that's how donald trump's defense team is describing his impeachment trial on its 1st day in the sun and. 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. also this hour twitter bans another round of conservative voices breaking its rules on not mentioning fraud and november's u.s. election. and protests break out across france calling for tougher laws protecting children as the country's top court hears the case of a 13 year old girl was allegedly raped by 20 firefighters.

watching are to international coming to you live from the russian capital this and every hour welcome to the program. donald trump's legal team has warned continue proceedings towards his 2nd impeachment could push the country to civil war that's as the u.s. senate ruled that impeaching the former president is constitutional here's how day one of terms trial unfold it 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 reeling 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 our 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 you know gauged 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 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 pleased 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 decides the start going on and democrats. you know. i don't want to be a victim you know like honestly i never thought about that have meaning to the stories 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. there is a heavy security presence around the capitol building where the hearings are taking place the area is sealed off by 2.5 meter fence and national guard troops on patrol it's part of a major security operation that has been running since the storming of the capitol by trump supporters on january 6th depending on. the troops will stay there at least until mid march and the entire operation will cost almost half a $1000000000.00 something that may not impress taxpayers already suffering in the kobe economy with millions needing government financial support. as a senior adviser for the 2016 trump presidential campaign told us democrats have put so much energy into the process a trial was inevitable. well i think it's also understand it which i think most americans really don't 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 the individual they have in front of them which is happens to be the former president of the united states and we're here because the lens is clearly political which is we don't like don't try. and we don't like what he did we don't like what he said well the president probably was in our flow and should probably not have said some things instead does it really rise to 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 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. twitter is continuing its crackdown on conservative commentators accused of spreading a false information about the u.s. electoral process to the latest examples are jim hoffa founder of the website the gateway pundit and also radio host wayne allen root they have both been blocked by twitter for what it called repeated violations of civic integrity policy it fell foul of the platforms rules by promoting donald trump claims 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 of course we spoke with wayne allen root about his band he says alternative voices are 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 conservative they want to destroy your life and silence you censure you ban you burn your books this is the irony you know the big hero of liberals all the liberal 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 job of course the for which he wants now they're very good ads i don't even know why i was suspended to be 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 who have the waters agree with them as i mentioned the founder of the gateway pundit was also banned by the social media giant after his site posted a video you can see screenshots from that on the screen right now jim hoffa claims it shows the delivery of absentee ballots to a polling station and detroit hours after the deadline for deliveries had passed ascites pledged to release more such videos in the coming days now it's important to note that u.s. election officials have said there is no evidence of significant fraud and the 2020 present presidential vote which they call the must care and the country's history but jim hoffa of the gateway pundit thinks there is no justification for shutting out those who disagree. twitter does not want is to release any more of this information they're citing as as spreading by a lady in 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. a paris court is set to rule on wednesday on the case of a french girl allegedly raped by 20 firefighters the case has sparked protests across the country with demonstrators demanding legal changes to introduce a minimum age of consent which currently does not exist child to penske has more. 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 real name had been assisted by a firefighter following a severe anxiety seizure at 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 juli 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 so it's not she's a child who was facing 20 firefighters deserve this when we're talking voluntary 13 year old child. to realize that we are not in the fair balance of power and that when julie was raped by 20 firefighters she was raped on a dress and she could not consent she could not 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 go pers 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 verbal and writing that the firefighters should be exonerated quote given the rampant sexual interest shown and by we campaigners hope that the decision reached this court will lou 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. still had relatives of a young black man who died just a day after his arrest by british police are calling for justice details on that story and more after the break.

anyone else seems wrong. just don't call. me. yet to shape out just to. educate and in the game try to equal the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back don't rely on us intel that's the brother under the amount a quote from a member of the covert expert team at the world health organization which usually

stares clear a politically charged statements get a shock part of the w.h.o. team probing the origins of the virus in 100 china added this warning about the new us administration's anti beijing rhetoric well now this joe biden has to look tough on china please don't rely too much on u.s. intelligence increasingly disengaged trump and frankly wrong on many aspects. we're now joined live in the studio by r.t. is constantine for more on this so what exactly has washington done to provoke such a reaction well 1st of all you know the global scientific community right now is trying to figure out what is the cause of the un go in pandemic what is the source of the virus and that's why they sent this mission to han and chinese who the province where the virus was 1st detected in 2019 well the probe didn't give you know all the answers but the experts that they came to an important conclusion and important because it important in the light of this ongoing spat between the u.s.

and china over who is to blame for the ngo and dummy for the spread of the virus and that conclusion is that the virus did not originate in the chinese lab. or do work that has been done on the virus and trying to identify all region continue to point to what's. risible. voters and similar viruses in but the pollution didn't take long for washington officials to voice their skepticism over the a preliminary results and that prices are from the u.s. the u.s. state department spokes person he said they will not accept the findings of the w h o before they can verified using its own intelligence let's have a listen. broadly speaking we have expressed our concerns regarding the need

for full transparency and access from china. and the w.h.o. access from china and the w.h.o. to all information regarding the earliest days of the pen demick. and that speaks volumes about how the current us administration. how do they treat the world health organization and that is itself is an interesting turn of events because as you remember when joe biden came to power he explicitly claimed that he's going to reverse some of his predecessors paul this is including one about pulling out of the world health organization but as you can see now the new administration is all but following into the footsteps of the old one in this particular case. the reason we left the world health organization was because we came to believe that it was corrupt it had been politicized it was bending in the general secretary in china i continue to doubt that there was significant evidence

bill that this may well have come from that laboratory. well the latest mission to hind didn't give all the answers we're still far from understanding the roots of the current pandemic but i guess what it showed is that the issue itself is highly politicized and clearly science scientists are going to be under immense pressure from both american and chinese politicians so will that make it more hard more difficult to find out the causes of the pandemic will almost certainly. are it is constant thank you for bringing us that report. campaigners are demanding answers from u.k. police over the death of a black man the day after his arrest artist saudia edwards spoke to the family of mohammed hussein about his case. and he was he. you always know. we'll learn by my actual

going he was going to let me know he was you know by the whole family i mean you have whole now life 24 year old mahmoud mohamed her 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 that will who was the go in you. all we know. that. you know he looked. away and you 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 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 mable to common 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 over it but until then this family's campaign for justice continues shouting edward stuff r t u k. russia's criticize iraq's into last week's moscow visit by brussels foreign policy chief justice parole foreign ministry spokeswoman maria

hard about said the reactions were part of a court made that attack. i'll 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 backed a motion to force out we're all over his trip he defended himself by also attacking russia over the visit which has sparked a visions in the e.u. parliament riza deep disappointment and growing mistrust between the to be union and russia. wanted to test to do russian sorry jews are interested in issues attempts to reverse did did. relations and seized the opportunity to have a more constructive dialogue. dancer. has been clear no more scouting the use that the visit of high representative bordello to you merely

8 and offend the european union mr borrero and the on the other hand made a fool of himself last week you must go by his actions you 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 the foul nice but let's be honest about this and he's officious and see immigrants racist on 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 sentenced from 9 to 13 years in prison for international referendum we have that the double standard applied by do you undermine its global credibility as a defender of freedom. do you cannot go around the world mending received that does not apply to. some of the block when

a representative to lean more on moscow to release jailed activists are calling for even tougher sanctions against russia and saying burrell's diplomatic visit came at the wrong time former austrian foreign minister current lysol told us efforts by some to ratchet up tensions with russia serves no one's interest. doral were pushed out via such an act and absolutely put a dangerous precedent out and you never know whether there will be some changes inside to commission from what i cannot saw from the trial the way that there always will it is not true well in the commission but that has little to do with mr borroughs was it to moscow depth has much more to do with the failure in their distribution of mexico and some. 2014 for the past the 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 issues you shouldn't. such a kind of greek vocal on on all the just friends topics and here i sneaked out. certain urgency to lelie rebuilt some sort of trust and and not go into confrontation that's not our wrap up of the day's top news for now but don't forget you can always find us on many of your favorite social media platforms like twitter and instagram for up to the minute reports. for. the new gold rush is underway and gonna thousands of ill equipped workers are flocking to the gold fields hoping to strike it rich years ago oh yeah the present

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greetings and sell you take yes season is here my friends the now 2nd impeachment trial of former u.s. president donald trump is underway here in washington d.c. and while democrats need one really isn't impossible to attain 17 republicans to jump ship and join them in order to successfully impeach the plumber brand name and cheap that doesn't mean this ordeal was all for naught you see it's going to be great ratings for mainstream corporate media because the political grandstanding and pearl clutching will truly be must see t.v. for the political.