america. child trafficking and forced labor those are the allegations filed in a lawsuit against some of the walls of the largest chocolate producers we have disturbing testimonies. and. were not given any both are visible scars from machete oxidants. court declares the government's covert curfew to be illegal the ruling that ministers have misused a much see power as. french lawmakers approved an anti separatism bill which critics say would unfairly target muslims opponents to the legislation happening rallying said days in paris. and us democrats announced plans for

a $911.00 style commission into the capital riots we'll see if the macof the area which is on the horizon. bring new york news every hour of the day this is all to international as always we are very happy it shows us good to see you. well let's start with how the unsavory business practices of some of the wilds biggest chocolate producers have been placed on to the spotlight to international rights advocates filed a lawsuit alleging that snack giants including nestlé malls one called kill forced children as young as 11 to make their products it looks into the not so sweet story behind you'll say for a chocolate. one chocolate cannot get more dark i'm not talking about the percentage of milk but rather how much child labor is used in production human

rights activists are suing a number of food giants on the u.s. market including the likes of mars the reason claims of knowingly benefiting from selling cheap cocoa harvested by child slaves these companies are working together through the world cocoa federation these companies are profiting handsomely from the very cheap cocoa that they get from using child slaves children who were kidnapped from mali and brought to go to war and floors to work. they came to duvall are between the ages of 11 and 14 and each of them ended up working for several years before they managed to escape so the activist are sounding the alarm over ivory coast a fact to think of the country exports more cocoa than anyone else on the planet now providing about 2 thirds of the world's supply which makes it very likely that

the regular chocolate bar you eat tastes of illegal child labor while you're chilling just picture what slavery is like here's what the activists heard from kids who escaped after years of misery ease of was told he would be fed and paid his wages at the end of the season he cleared brush with a machete apply pesticides and herbicides without any safety instructions or protective gear he slept on the plantation alone and a ragged top he was exposed to in 6 in snakes he was given very little food and was often hungry at the end of the yeah he was not paid repeated stories of disastrous safety food work and living conditions all to end up being fooled with pay. whose main atara and his suv baguio co was about 6 to 7 hours to the small isolated village of sour duca they were not given any food and they were only able to drink water down to the river they did everything on the plantation without any

protective gear but have visible scars from machete accidents an american government study found the number of children harvesting cocoa in west africa has gone up year on year and is now about $1600000.00 war then 95 per cent are engaged in hazardous work companies in the big chocolate business admit there's an issue with child labor and pretty much all claim they're doing their best to tackle it but in their defense they're trying to tell the critics how hard it is to monitor such a massive industry some businesses have built schools in africa many have come up with programs to avoid child abuse the activists however claim the programs could actually be used as schemes to create a positive image but hide the scale of slavery horrors good arrests and they roll out these fake programs that sound good on paper the cocoa action plan the nestle

cocoa plan and it's all just a lie what they're actually doing is continuing to change nothing except they create a small model program that monitors a tiny fraction of their supply chain so they can convince some consumers at least that they're making progress according to the lawsuit only 30 percent of the plantations are subject to scrutiny the rest are the so-called free zones where there is claimed to be 0 monitoring so even if the food giants efforts are indeed aimed at the right thing the reality of the cocoa business is darker than the darkest chocolate bar you've ever tasted. well nestlé mars and called go are yet to respond to our request for comment on the allegations we'll let you know. of some european news a court in the hague has ruled that the doctor government's controversial covert

few is illegal after its sorties had misused emergency powers the cars he will however remain in place until the government's appeal on friday. brings us the details. well this 9 pm curfew that's been in place in the netherlands to try and stop the spread of covert nineteen's been one of the most controversial measures that's been put in across the european continent on tuesday a court in the hague said it was illegal the curfew is a far reaching violation of the right to freedom of movement and previously and indirectly limits among other things the right to freedom of assembly and demonstration the curfew is based on a law for emergency situations where there's no time for debate with parliament there was no such pressing need in this case no such pressing need seems to be one of the key phrases in the ruling it relates directly to the fact that the number of covert cases in the netherlands has been declining steadily since mid december we

did see demonstrations against this curfew demonstrations that turned violent clashes between protesters and police bordering on full blown riot in cities like amsterdam and rotterdam earlier this year but despite the court ruling on tuesday that curfew remains in place the reason for that is markedly to the dutch prime minister and his government they applied for an emergency injunction against the court ruling to allow the the curfew to remain in place so it could be debated further that injunction was granted marc routers says the curfew is necessary to get covert numbers down and keep them down a little the curfew is a means not a girl i can't emphasize that often enough the aim is to bring the virus under control so we can regain all our freedoms the reason the curfew was introduced and that's not changed. or mr it is government are working on ways to put in place

a new laws that would essentially allow the curfew to be rendered legal what we are seeing though when it comes to people on the streets in the netherlands is there's a fairly mixed opinion right now to whether this curfew. to be got rid off or whether it needs to stay. like a few makes absolutely no sense what they've done now they try to keep those students in but if their students go somewhere before 9 pm and only go out again in the morning that's fine too the curfew it was no use they have to ground those planes so that people can't travel because as long as people continue to travel they will continue to travel. i notice that people who don't have much to do with it have less trouble with karana i've had chronic myself so i know how bad it can be my mother died of it recently we also noticed that there are fewer flu symptoms fewer cold complaints also because people have less contact and stick to the rules in

a better manner i think the responsibility should lie with every individual i mean i didn't like the curfew myself but i didn't think they had to protest against it either it doesn't bother me personally because i'm not coming out of work after 9 pm anyway but i mean it matters for people like my brother who come back from work at a 9 well this is all very messy legally it may well have huge repercussions for the more than 50000 people who've already been 100 fines for breaching the curfew by the police we are expecting more to come on this it's up for debate on friday in the netherlands will see whether that curfew remains whether it goes or the route comes back in some different type of 4. i'll stick with cove it israelis are refusing to get a coronavirus job may soon find their names being given to your forties at least that's what the israeli prime minister has suggested raising concerns over possible privacy violations and discrimination now israel has

a wall to needing vaccination program but its recent loss of momentum has worried prime minister benjamin netanyahu the government is now considering taking a series of measures to boost uptake among the population they include launching a campaign against this information introducing new legislation and giving immunity passports to those inoculated. with the reason to go and get vaccinated is that we are now launching the green passport plan wherever it's been vaccinated will be able to go enjoy the theatre the cinema sports events flights abroad restaurants and more. well as you can see the new matches sparked protests outside the prime minister's residence in jerusalem with hundreds demanding this news resignation kucing him of mishandling the pandemic and of corruption now the proposal to share the names of unvaccinated people with authorities has raised concerns understandably of

a privacy violations and possible discrimination it's been met with a mixed reaction among israelis. the government should. convince the people but not like you force them to do that this matter you have to be very vigilant for the. privacy of the citizens but over public health all measures should be taken of course you can't force someone to be vaccinated but you can. forbid him to enter into to enter into closed places close areas where he can infect other people it's ok to do it to protect the safety and. all the people around violating one right to protect all the people while israel forty's are using a parrot as well as a stick to encourage people to get vaccinated with

a food truck quite literally outside of vaccines and to intel is eve like giving out free pastries to sweeten experience of those getting 8. and after weeks of heated debate the french national assembly has voted in favor of a bill against separatism it was proposed to curb radical islam alter a series of killings including the brutal beheading of a history teacher last october but critics say it unfairly targets the country's 5700000 muslims lawmakers adopted more than 300 amendments to the bill and many m.p.'s are still unhappy with the finished product. sit is not it is absolute silence and absence in other words the existing separate as they call it is not the same for everyone if you take it put 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 not to a group or court to defend the principles of the republic verjuice religious

extremism and its dramatic consequences is a serious challenge of our time well this law is aimed at in trying and found the use of the french for public includes at tightening the rules around things such as religious teaching ringback to all like hate and it will also see chance sentences that doctors who perform genesee tests know the idea of this was to stop islam ists from creating communities that reject the country secular identity 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 and ideology hostile to the principles and values on which the republic is founded this in law was debated for hours and hours in the national assembly with m.p.'s and false and going through every section of it more than

a 100 hours was spent on that in fact and there were $300.00 amendments made that despite all ringback of that talking this year is seen by some as being kin to a witch hunt against muslims secular in each presidential election particularly muslims are the focus of debates leave us alone leave islam alone. over them or 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 quite on the contrary it will only make it worse and people have a minute it's scares me it scares me for the youth because the problem is yes we wear a veil yes we are mostly. and so what because we are muslims it doesn't mean that we're islamicists it is necessary to make the distinction now the bill has also sparked diplomatic problems and tensions with other countries you might remember that it was critical coverage in the english language media the lead to present my point of personally intervened said he was unhappy about the past and it's also

starting ties with countries such as pakistan and turkey don't forget there were protests held across the muslim world there were even effigies of president map on that will burn such as the discontentment with this crackdown and the suggestions about this rule but analysts say it doesn't go far enough there is dissatisfaction and this you didn't include a ban on women wearing these are make head scarves in areas such as university so it does seem that nobody was really happy with that spike the fact this bill passed or that this 1st reading this bill had been in the works spoke very long time over year ago president it talks about creating a bill like this but it really came it shop focused following a spate of islam at a terror attacks in france last year it was of course the brutal beheading of history teacher samuel patty and then 3 people being slain as a church in nice really

a total farce to reflect and decide how it was going to target this issue that keeps rearing its head time and time again so it'd be really interesting to see how this plays out larry let's not forget though this is just the 1st hurdle yes it's been represented by the deputies in the national assembly but it now has to go to the senate where there is a suggestion that it will be strengthened even more. are still to come the forefront fired political party in the u.s. weeks as a full time high we asked experts if this is the answer to the u.s. political process and about that and much more after a short break. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by phone personally those with.

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welcome back now russian president vladimir putin has promised to protect the country's upcoming parliamentary elections from foreign interference he made the comment while addressing the state party lead well let's go now to our correspondent constantine roscoff can see new we're listening and listening into what was being said what details can you bring us. so touched on a number of topics both in foreign and domestic politics but of course since it was a meeting with members of the russian parliament one issue was front and center at the integrity of the upcoming election in russia's lower chambre that are scheduled for september this year though the russian president specifically. mentioned that it's important to make sure there is no foreign interference in the electoral

process. and he. people will decide the outcome of the vote and this choice must be protected from any attempts of foreign interference russia will not allow any blues to its sovereignty or its people's right to be the musters of the only. latymer putin also referred to the latest developments involving us social media giants meaning donald trump's removal from twitter and silencing boyce's of a conservative commentators saying that they the i-t. jains sometimes disregard the law and impose their own policies in such a sensitive issue as freedom of speach. talking about so-called i.t. platforms i.t. companies this is a serious challenge not only for us as we've seen what's happened in the u.s. this division is happening around the world it's an ideological division this is clear if that's the way they behave in their own country how will they treat others

seen as they consider themselves to be exceptional. the russian president and members of parliament also discussed several foreign policy topics including the ricin shutdown of 3 russian speaking t.v. channels in ukraine that was done simply under the direct order of the ukrainian president but instead the this was another example of a double standard approach because the west that otherwise likes to drum over freedom of speech issues in russia was for some reason pretty much silent this time . also touched on the north stream to gas pipeline that is still facing enormous opposition from the u.s. and washington relentlessly pushing germany the country that is supposed to receive natural resources over that pipeline to back away from the project. which would. why is everything revolving around nord stream to they want to force russia to pay for this so-called ukraine geo political project that sits in fact it's all quite

simple so. after the meeting lattimer putin also plans to see each of the parliamentary party leaders in person well sucks and looks like elections are beginning to look a bit like a new battlefield in foreign policy that was our correspondent constantine washcloth giving us all the details there. well let's head over to the u.s. where a new poll shows that support for a 3rd american political party has reached an all time high according to the studies significantly more than harf of americans now support the idea it's actually the highest rate since the question fostered to being asked nationally by the gallup polling group 18 years ago now while 46 percent of democrats say a 3rd party is needed which is actually down from 52 percent in september interesting iraq war tired republicans favor a 3rd party but still trump supporters are willing to help him unite the ranks

said mr president this mega movement needs to continue we need to unite the party trunk closes the way back in 2022 while we discuss the current state of u.s. politics with our panel of experts. i think that in the republican party you have 2 factions you have a conservative approach faction and then you have the establishment side yes doubtless from inside has really not been favorable to conservatives who see what's going on right now legislatively in america tantamount to basically having a you know party you basically have 2 progressive parties that are for big government they're for reckless spending and rolling the size of government and all of these things that conservatives and libertarians have traditionally been against so i think the president's trumps basically has xplosion if you want to call it that from the mainstream g.o.p. use the system is rigged against libertarians and green party and others the

democratic and republican party do collude they do share the same philosophy they're both part of the same warfare welfare state they scare the same view toward our the real problem is that government that politics has playing too big of a role in the lives of americans has become our national sport the democrats often the green new deal that's a green party policy. universal health care those are green party policies free college tuition those are great khali policies but they get co-opted by the democrats but the democrats really can't implement those policies because of their allegiance to their donors and that's the problem with both parties that whether or not a 3rd party is actually good for their cause is debatable because generally 3rd parties are seeing mostly as a spoiler in america building a movement of people who are non partisan who are beyond partisan what transpires and the best way to break up the monopoly that's held and shared by the republicans

and democrats who are completely completely corrupt state parties governor governor races even here locally city council mayor races so we're going to start from the bottom up we also have some lobbying. we have to do it i know 3rd parties don't want to do that but there's legislation that needs to be changed to make it. make us elections more clear for everybody and give voters voters more choices at their brother well. fine for this hour the former u.s. president might have been acquitted but his supporters may not be quite off the hook the democrats announced plans for a 911 style commission to investigate the capital's riots well up next artie's donald quarter also if mccarthy era which hunt is on the horizon. repression want to one you've got to know how to tell friend from foe back in the mccarthy era when people accused of being a communist were being arrested left and right cold war conservatives had

a system for how to find a red under the bed if a version of events the activity of the communist nations well consistently attacking the domestic and foreign policy of the united states she may be a communist now it seems the descendants of those hunters have become the hunted the democrats may have failed to impeach donald trump for a 2nd time but they are far from giving up their crusade against the former president and anyone who dares to support him our next step will be to establish an outside independent $911.00 type commission to investigate and report in fact and cost us relating to the january 6th 2021 domestic terrorist attack upon the united states capitol complex a $911.00 type commission what does that mean that the same torture program an arbitrary detentions that washington deployed in response to that terrible attack it's still not clear but some democrats are suggesting that a commission is just not enough and they're going to i believe in the department of justice they want nationalism or some make sure that better understand the earliest

of ages out or be radicalized because after all the democrats see no difference between the people who stormed the capitol building and members of al qaida or the islamic state the threat of domestic terrorism preceded that terrible day the biggest terror threat in this country comes from radicals on the far right primarily white men threats of violence from homegrown extremists are growing in the wake of the insurrectionist attack on the capital sound familiar when a great democracies destroyed it will not be from enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within the democrats are saying this is only the beginning this impeachment trial was just the start of holding donald trump accountable but that we need to make sure that we're doing accountability of anyone who incited encourage or committed acts of violence we haven't even gotten into the. of it and already some conservatives feel that they are in danger my children are 2 or. should. we are dorm guards. or

places with a democrat controlled government dead set on bulldozing its opposition many are having a hard time imagining a future that doesn't resemble the political paranoia of 1950 s. america that's the wrong to come out of. what happened on january 6th in front of a couple both to notice it took place in afghanistan but it was some of the ladder it was executed through these are groups to hold planes in the united states and i think over 3000 people were on. the company 11 calls one and what happened on january 6th is going to come down by everybody the public and democrats every american but do we need to notice that yes. nancy pelosi. and

impeachment of president obama with a powder was not big yeah well she didn't get impeachment through a few weeks ago. because without true investigation. well that's a wrap for this hour again always thank you for stopping by and we hope to see you have a good day. though do you. suppose the. good with you asian machine the sort of the beach will storm of the lower street

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