french lawmakers approved an anti separatism bill which critics say would unfairly target muslims potence the legislation has been running for days in paris. russian scientists develop the world's 1st test for the deadly strain of growth that's led many countries to close their borders we hear from the russian lab. while developing the new testing system we kept in mind that we need to detect other strains we could do it in short if you are. concerned grows over the economic impact facing germany passphrase traffic backs up its borders. to contain the spread of.

live from moscow thanks for joining us tonight here on our to international i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the program and after weeks of heated debate the french national assembly has voted in favor of a bill against the separatism it was proposed to radical islam after a series of killings including the brutal beheading of a history teacher last october critics though say it unfairly targets the country's $5700000.00 muslims lawmakers adopted more than 300 amendments to the bill and many m.p.'s are still unhappy with the finished product. citizen art it is absolute silence an absence now the word the existing separate as they call it is not the same for everyone we have to discuss the issue of the territorial separatism through separatism and the vaccination campaign and separatism of the rich one i want to take it to the aim of this bill is precisely to reinforce our legislative

arsenal to combat separatism and to allow the republic to act within the rule of law in this sense it's a battle plan not a group or gore clip to defend the principles of the republic leave verjuice religious extremism and its dramatic consequences is a serious challenge of our time it's a law that examines us and we have the means to respond to the different holiday profit good ip our group regrets the repressive character of the tax as well as the absence of the social and economic aspects that serves the interest of integration of our fellow citizens. well this law is a thing did in trying to found the use of the french for public it includes a tightening of rules around things such as religious teaching to all like hate and it will also see chance sentences for doctors who perform genesee tests now the idea of this was to stop islam ists from creating communities that reject the country's secular density and also values of equality between men and women this is

how the country's interior minister put it the bill provides concrete responses to the development of radical islam an ideology hostile to the principles and values on which the republic is founded this was debated for 7 hours in the national assembly we have claimed peace and false going through every section a bit more than a 100 hours was spent on that in fact and there were $300.00 amendments made that despite all of that talking this rumor is seen by some as being king to a witch hunt again. muslims are secular stupid in each presidential election particularly muslims are the focus of debates leave us alone leave islam alone the job of them only think we're going to do it if we really want to fight against terrorism what's going on today has nothing to do with this white on the contrary it will only make it worse and 50 have

a minute it scares me it scares me for the youth because the problem is yes we wear a veil and yes we are muslim so what because we are muslims it doesn't mean that where is limits it is necessary to make the distinction. now the bill has also start collecting problems and tensions with other countries you might remember that there was critical coverage in the english language media at the lead to present my point towsley intervenes that he was unhappy about the past and it's also staying tight countries such as yourself and turkey don't forget there were protests held across those in the book there was even an effigy of president macro level for them such as the district tend to end with this crackdown and the suggestions that happen sooner or later let's say it doesn't go far enough in this dissatisfaction and this really didn't include a ban on women wearing these are making a headscarf in areas such as university so it does seem that nudity was really

really happy with it spike the fact this bill passed all that this 1st reading this bill had being in the works spoke very long time over a year ringback ago president it talks about creating a bill like this but it really came at shop focus following a spate of islamist terror attacks in france last year there was of course the brutal beheading of history teacher samuel patty and then 3 people being slaying as a church in new school really a total falls to reflect decide how it was going to target this issue that keeps rearing its head time and time again it's in be really interested to see. this plays out now let's not forget this is just the 1st yes it's been well spent by the deputies in the national assembly getting their house to senate where there is a suggestion that the strength even. russian scientists have developed the world's 1st test for the new corona virus strain that

was 1st detected in the u.k. the deadly a variant has led to many countries closing their borders because that off picks up the story what this particular mutation more commonly known as the british strain has caused some alarm all over the world essentially one thing to understand about it while more aggressive as any other strain of the virus for the hosts body it is much more contagious and therefore it poses an increased risk of hospitalization and death and that's why russian scientists decided to single out this particular strain 1st you could almost well develop in the new test in system we use the same approach as we did for the main test it is the same express method where you need about an hour to receive test results which is much faster than the classic p.c.r. testing we don't try to replace our main test it is not a method for mass diagnostics it's a tool for e.p.d. milage ical surveillance to control the spread of new strains however well

developed in the new testing system we kept in mind that if we need to detect other strains we could do it in a short period of time. well one thing to understand about covert 19 is that it's a virus that well it mutates very easily adapting to different environments and so on that's why it is potentially very concerning because what if it develops and evolves into a version that kills people quicker so that's why europe is still on lockdown at least of some degree some countries of closed outside of the e.u. travel's some countries closed borders even with some of its e.u. neighbors and the move the virus exists and by the way there are no signs that it is going anywhere the movie versions of itself it will create but the russians are saying that that with this new technology they will be able to quickly identify and single out whatever new strain comes up. our justice system aims to detect

a mutation in a protein that was 1st found in this strain in britain but later it was also found in south africa and brazil and strains as well initially we planned to use to test for surveillance now i do not exclude the possibility that the test can be used for differential diagnosis after coronavirus has been diagnosed in order to understand what kind of virus that person is infected with so the more scientists know about covert 19 the more information doctors have so they will be able to potentially at least tailor their treatment in accordance as to which strain a patient has and well make it more personal make it more individual and hopefully prevent more deaths. traffic crossings between germany and the czech republic as well as parts of austria has ground to hold a softer bottom shut its borders fearing the spread of the highly contagious u.k. variant of covert it all over takes a closer look at the repercussions of the move. huge traffic jams tailing back from

germany's borders with both the czech republic and austria this is after early and introduced border checks on sunday evening following outbreaks of mutant coronavirus trains in both the czech republic and in parts of austria in the tirol region in particular they put in place these blocks at seeing the huge traffic jams isn't the only areas that could be happening as well stephens i bear to angola merkel spokes person the german government spokes person has said that they government a current li reviewing doing the same thing at the borders with france due to outbreaks in that country as well no movement on that decision just yet to close the borders between germany and france it has happened between austria at the czech republic and germany and so far the interior ministry here in berlin have acknowledged that situation is far from ideal skipped truly of course that our

traffic jams and waits in times have increased at the borders at least that's what it was like when the federal police checked about 10000 people and turned away about 5000 on the rival well these traffic jams aren't just in convience they pose real problems for the german economy take the car industry for example that operates on just in time deliveries of supplies in order to work on the construction of automobiles just the shortest amount of delay well that can have a potentially huge knock on effect many parts for automobile production german locations to deliver just in time or just in sequence directly to the some blue line from austria and the czech republic if the testing and controls at the border that result in long traffic jams many car plants in germany will have a breakdown of the supply chains and the subsequent production standstill on their hands the 1st assembly line. will come to a stop within a few hours in the absence of material supplies there's also diplomatic fallout

from these border controls both vienna and brussels aren't happy with that they've been put in place there's been some particularly spicy language coming out of parts of austria germany though says it stands by the decision to put these checks in place for weeks but various minister president marcus sorta hasn't missed a single opportunity to take a pot shot at the role these constant push europe's of remarks of disgraceful and don't do fits a minister president that's not the way to treat neighbors the truth is that the virus cannot be stopped by close borders i think it's wrong to return to europe with close boris' like we had in march 2020 we're battling the mutated virus on the borders with the czech republican or strip the e.u. commission should support us and not throw a spanner in the works with their cheap suggestions it seems relentless for germany at the moment not only dealing with the diplomatic fallout that comes from putting

in place these checks they're also dealing with an outbreak of the virus in the west of the country as well at an ice cream factory and also pretty quick 210 out of 600 workers there have tested positive for covert 19 at least 2 of those it's been confirmed have tested positive for that mutated british variant of the corona virus so a lot going on a lot of stress is placed on the east those borders and in the west with a new outbreak as well and i mean he feels scientific germany party says that you use approach to the pandemic has laid bare its limitations. the european union showed that it is incapable to react to. an forseeable situation it begin last began last year or when member states started to act requests to union was unable for proper reaction. and then member states tried to give

money and more competences to do european union because they wanted to stabilize the union to show to citizens haiti union is able to do it but the more money and more power we transferred from the national capitals to brussels. the bigger where the the mistakes made in brussels the biggest mistake you have seen is that the member states gave power to organized over keane's to brussels and to the european commission and the result is now that we have. a disaster in almost all developed countries more people work seen and then in europe and germany is on the level of a developing country in terms of percentage of people who already got a white got lexan ated and. you see it from the early and 2020 until now the european union is unable to handle death pandemic it is just able to spend money

for nothing in a bid to jumpstart his economy denmark is mulling plans to roll out controversial covert vaccine passports while the practicalities are still under consideration rafi as it will mean vaccinations becoming compulsory in the country one of our instagram bloggers has been pondering the questions many are asking about the move . but it was pretty hard to get. well i read that a is going to introduce a vaccine possible for the cause of aids and that other countries might do. well it's not effectively making the vaccine compulsory tool to those who want to leave your country who want to turn off most things over to thaw. never pain ugh i like to go by economic here but i like to travel sleuthing. not sung songs no no i don't. want to. be

different countries. because. yes. very. facts nations to visit certain countries but not to leave their own country to use every trick because this is a place you would fix one target which vaccine would you even name one which ones that. depends on where you live where he's not just travel you know some companies talking about making vaccines compulsory for their employees to people just get closer to. oh i will most people will and that's a good thing but some people don't want. to introduction not to those who think that the mother. who has their truth is right to not nod to the risk. of their lives to. ship. out fair enough but not all of them are like that.

well yet some paper skeptical from the standard will reasons but that's not the polling. well it doesn't matter what their reason me is they should have a choice if we go down the path of making medical procedures effectively compulsory where does that lead us or for you want to know. a lot more news coming your way just after this break join us in just a few moments time. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe.

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city decided to defunct law enforcement over since then crime has surged and council chiefs have now been forced into a major u. turn it off voted to spend a whopping $6000000.00 in a bid to regain law and order a recent data suggest that the number of gunshot victims is up 250 percent compared to the same period last year additionally rate cases of increased by more than a 5th and robbery by almost 60 percent the city currently has around $200.00 few officers than usual many left the force or went on leave amidst the scenes of protests riots and looting that followed the death of mr floyd last may. i.

i want i want change from we are watching. this is what you get when you call the cops when you let them kill other people when you let them kill us when you don't hold your partner accountable this is this this is. following the months long scenes of unrest and violence the president of minneapolis city council announced plans to replace the police with what she called a transformative new model of public safety and she wasn't alone in calling for such radical changes. i will never call sign off on funding a police department that continues to brutalize also and i will never ever stop saying not only do we need to invest for in police but we need to completely dismantle the minneapolis police department. remember they voted

a few months ago to take $8000000.00 away from the police department which they did and what happened there there are some businesses in the city of minneapolis who are getting hit by the same person who and 3 times in a week and now for the city council to say well we're going to spend money to hire new police officers so you know you almost have to laugh at it it's ridiculous what's going to happen is you are going to see a shortage of police officers in larger urban centers like minneapolis new york chicago los angeles most if not all of these cities are run by the democrats and the democrats tend to not support their police officers you can't support your criminals and consider them victims and not support your police and

not expect crime to rise in all of those city as i mentioned most of them have skyrocketing homicide rates skyrocketing violent crime rates you vilify your police officers you better make friends with criminals because that's all you're going to have left. clashes erupted in catalonia between protesters and riot police as thousands of people took to the streets protesting the arrest of raw problem so it was detained for calling the former spanish king. and boss a lot of police you should probably know it's going to cross. the robber was arrested early on tuesday off the barricade himself. the university with his supporters is being charged with insulting the world family state institutions and glorifying terrorism in his song lyrics and tweets protesters believe his imprisonment amounts to the persecution of freedom of expression. an unprecedented snowstorm is claimed at least 4 lives in the u.s.

state of texas freezing temperatures also led to a massive power outage leaving more than $4000000.00 households without power the blizzard forced flights to be cancelled while thousands of motorists were stuck in traffic jams on state i always in recent days temperatures have dropped to minus 18 degrees celsius that's the coldest seen over 30 years on sunday president biden declared a state of emergency in texas stormers also intensify the debate over a nubile energy as many wind turbines frozen to hold while solar panels are covered in ice. europe's most active volcano is spewing giant fountains of lava and sending ash more than a kilometer into the airport on the italian island of sicily household and flights because of the eruption which began on monday scientists claiming there is no threat to me by villages. in the caucasus mountain range in russia's south much of the services were forced to trigger

a huge avalanche of precautionary step was taken after a heavy snow storm forced local authorities to close every ski resort. a new report by an american think tank has cast doubt on the effectiveness of the us forces role in the fight against isis the study found there supremacies failed to significantly stem the spread of the islamist groups caliphate. you might remember not too long ago a howl bull man claiming a historic victory that red is isis when i took it over was a mess now or the bottom that's exactly and there is no red the ice is caliphate. has been decimated we have one good study says while washington so successfully defeated islamic state the reportedly it's now in the process of setting up a new military base to counter islamic state which is on the rise again so if

indeed a us how busy returning to a little triangle between iraq syria and turkey it seems a good moment to ask how effective really was the west against the terror threat us trump or the pentagon full marks but read a recent report by the think time grant corp which did a deep dive into us out against islamic state between 20142019 while does lente have room for improvement a little more aggressive in operations more just slightly accelerated the defeat of isis they're unlikely to have significantly altered the timeline the deep fighting operation inherent resolve affected ices finances but it could not affect us is main said dr gravity territory meaning the strategic attack did not play a decisive role in this operation was the probably made american taxpayers who saw

20 of the billions go towards operation inherent resolve in 2018 and 19 alone think is it really worth doing it all over again to be for the report does point to successful moments in washington's fight in iraq and syria but what stands out is that despite being much better funded than other operations in the middle east including the war in afghanistan that was a slew of errors including outdated techniques slow action uncoordinated intelligence gathering and blew most unbelievably being out of practice. after decades of flying primarily overwatch mission since september the 11th the joint community's ability and capacity to plan and develop a deliberate strike operation in the deep areas actually feed this meant that many practitioners lacks experience in applying these processes to real world operations

and the muscle memory to rapidly execute them and the conclusion the report comes to night the much as that last scene victorious tone of the pentagon nor does it exactly fill you with hope for any future campaigns deep strike operations help stress isis's finances and haste in its demise but what ultimately peripheral to the overall strategy ignoring this issue would be deeply problematic in the fight against a more capable adverse saree or in a more concise to their environment washington war hawks have historically preferred to repeat the mistakes over and over again so whether they break with tradition this time and take up the report's recommendations is unclear what is horrifyingly clear though is that villagers were bombed into oblivion thousands of civilian lives were lost along with all those taxpayers billions and it still wasn't enough something that becomes all the more horrifying when it looks like

round 2 is on the cards retired u.s. air force officer karen kotowski question is the motives behind washington's presence in syria. i think that the u.s. would spend if they wanted anything they're going to. spend at least as much as they have spent in the past bigger issues seem to be ignored when the united states makes decisions about where they want to put their military card with the united states military is proving is that we should spend more money on our defensive and offensive capabilities in many ways we use these. wars not as wars but as exercises or we can demonstrate technologies improve our coronation skills are our combat intelligence or using them kind of as our own testing ground almost a playground which of course is extremely. immoral about auto comment true tells the stories of african-americans who fled racial prejudice in the us for the soviet

union that's when i walk in off an hour with the latest headlines join us again but . as the kobe vaccine is being rolled out there's an absolutely necessary to take stock of the economic devastation left in the pandemics way we use the fate of the working middle class will income inequality continue to priest will government intervention change the economy and finally does the phrase the new normal. imagine picking up a future textbook on the early years of the 21st century what are the chapters called gun violence school shootings homelessness 1st it was my job it was my field bill it was my savings i have nothing i have nothing that is now i

don't owe it to aloof or resources i look for jobs i look for everything i can to make this house. annoying and doing this. the road to the american dream paved with did refuse to use its this very idealized image of our needs americans look hostile the deaths that happen every single day this is a modern history of the usa america monarchy. the british and american governments have often been accused of destroying lives in their own interest or you see in this these techniques is the state devising methods to him to essentially destroy the personality of an individual. by scientific means this is how one doctor's theories were allegedly used in psychological warfare against prisoners deemed

a danger to the state that was the foundation for the method of psychological interrogation psychological quarter of the cia disseminated within the u.s. intelligence community and worldwide among our allies for the next 30 years then tell the victims say they still live with the consequences today. join me every 1st day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. if. you. started my interest i should say and black americans in the soviet union in a 3rd.