next 30 years. the victims say they still live with the consequences to a. child trafficking and forced labor those are the allegations filed in a little suit against some of the wilds largest * chocolate producers we head to stopping testimonies. were not given any. visible machete york city it's such cool to quest the government's covert cuff you to be a legal ruling that ministers misused a much the power of. french lawmakers approved an anti separatism bill which critics say would unfairly target most of the opponents to the legislation have been running for days in paris. and us democrats announced plans for a $911.00 style commission into the capitol riots we are seeing it from the coffee

era which is on the horizon. hello and welcome you are watching out international live from moscow a welcome to our program. well thought stop this hour the unsavory business practices of some of the world's biggest chocolate producers have been placed under the spotlight on soft international rights advocates fall to north suit alleging that's not giants including nestlé mas on call go full still driven as young as 11 to make the products it trying next looks into the not so sweet story behind your favorite chocolate bar. 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 trial of 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 in 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 activist heard from kids who escaped after years of misery he's 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 year he was not paid repeated stories of disastrous safety food work and living conditions all to end up being fooled with pay. whose main tara 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's claim to be 0 monitoring so even if the food giants efforts are indeed and at the right thing the reality of the cocoa business is darker than the darkest chocolate bar you've ever tasted. nestlé masand called the law yet to respond to our requests for comment on the allegations but we'll of course let you know what they say. up next a court in the hague has ruled that the dutch government's controversial coverts is in fact illegal and after it said the authorities had misused emergency powers the

curfew will however remain in place until the government's appeal on friday artie's peter bring to 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 mark 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 that's the reason the curfew was introduced and it's not changed. well mr it is government working on ways to put in place 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 needs to be got rid of 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 those 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 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 to me i

didn't like the curfew myself but they 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 after 9 while 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 all 'd 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 for. his radius refusing to get a coronavirus job may soon find that things being given to the authorities only starts what the israeli prime minister has suggested raising concerns over possible privacy violations and of course discrimination is there al has a world leading 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 now these include launching a campaign against this information introducing new legislation and giving immunity passports to those inoculated. the reason to go and get vaccinated is that we are now launching the green passport plan where various been vaccinated will be able to go enjoy the stats of the cinema sports events flights abroad restaurants and more . was you can see that the new mass has sparked protests outside the prime minister's residence in jerusalem with hundreds demanding his resignation the key is to move mishandling the pandemic out of corruption the proposal to sad the names of unvaccinated people with authorities has raised concerns as i said over privacy violations of possible discrimination and it subtly been met with a mixed reaction among the population. the government should. convince the people

but not like you forced 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 health of all the people who are violating one right to protect those people well as israeli authorities are using a carrot as well as a stick to encourage people to get vaccinated quite literally with a food truck outside the facts and sent in tel aviv which is giving out free pastries to sweeten that experience for those who are getting into it.

well of 2 weeks of heated debate the french national assembly has voted in favor of a bill against separatism it was proposed to curb radical islam after a series of killings including the brutal beheading of a history teacher last october but critics say it on friday 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. citizen art it is absolute silence and absence in other words the existing separate as they call it is not the same for everyone to detect it 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 a tightening of rules around things such as religious teaching ringback to all like hate and it will also see chance sentences doctors who perform genesee tests know the idea of this was to stop islam ists from creating communities that reject the country's 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 an 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 imv also going through every section of it more than 100 hours was spent on that in fact and there were $300.00 amendments made that despite all of that talking this is seen by some as being kin to

a witch hunt against muslims are secular actually in each presidential election particularly when muslims are the focus of debates leave us alone leave islam alone effect over them or think what to do 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 in 57 minute it scares me it scares me for the youth because the problem is yes we wear a veil yes we are most. i'm somewhat because we are muslims it doesn't mean that we're islam it's it is necessary to make the distinction now the bill has also sparked it can lead to 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 of person into the ins that he was unhappy about x. and it's also starting ties with countries such as pakistan and turkey don't forget there were protests held across the muslim world they were even effigies of

president map all novel for them 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 with this you didn't include a ban on women wearing these are making a headscarf in areas such as university so it does seem that nobody was really happy with that spike in fact this bill passed or that this 1st reading this bill had being in the works spoke very long time over a 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 there 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 falls 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. still had support for a thaw political party in the us reaches an all time high we ask ex-pats of this is the answer to the us political crisis will tell been in just a moment. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe.

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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 to most party leaders as well let's cross live now to our correspondent constantine rushkoff constantine so russian elections for russian nationals sounds like a good idea what else though did the president say that. sure of lattimer putin 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 is scheduled for september this year the russian president specifically mentioned that it's important to make sure there is new foreign interference in the electoral process. here in the. op 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 their own law. also refer to the latest developments involving us social media giants i mean we all remember the removing of donald trump from twitter silencing the voices of conservative commentators online and so latimer putin made a point that those i.t. giants sometimes can disregard the law of a certain nation and impose their own policies in such a sensitive issue as a freedom of speach. pushed it was political talking about so-called platforms i t companies this is a serious challenge not only for us as we've seen what's happened in the us 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 those as seen as they consider themselves to be exceptional. the russian president and

members of the parliament also discuss the several foreign policy topics including the ricin shutdown of 3 russian speaking t.v. channels in ukraine which made it harder for millions of ukrainians who speak russian to access information in their own native language and that was done simply under the direct order of the ukrainian president so putin is sad that this was another example of a double standard approach because the west that otherwise like stupid drama over freedom of speech issues in russia was for some reason pretty much silent this time lattimer putin 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 which so little why is everything revolving around nord stream too they want to force russians of pay for this so-called ukraine geo political project that sits in

fact it's all quite simple. after the meeting larry putin also plans to see each of the parliamentary party leaders in person well suddenly when it comes to elections it's become a very. hotly discussed political issue not just but of course abroad as we know that was constantine reporting for us many thanks. let's head over to the u.s. where a new poll shows that support for a suggs american political party has reached an all time high according to the study significantly more than half of americans now support the idea it's actually the highest rate since the question far started being asked not only by the gallup polling group it was 18 years ago now while 46 percent of democrats say a 3rd party is needed which by the way is down from 52 percent in september interestingly a record high of republicans favor thought party but still trump supporters are

willing to help him unite the republican ranks and i said mr president this mega movement needs to continue we need to unite the party trunk closes the way back in 2022 we discuss the current state of u.s. politics with a panel of experts. i think that in the republican party you have 2 factions you have a conservative pro-life 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 legislative lead 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 his expulsion if you want to call it that from the mainstream g.o.p.

used 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 and probably party policies but they get co-opted by the democrats but the democrats really can't implement those policies because of their allegiance to their donor base 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 fair for everybody and if voters voters more choices at their brother well. the former u.s. president might have been acquitted but his supporters may not be off the hook democrats announced plans for a 911 style commission to investigate the capitol riots on a quarter of all 6 if i'm a coffee or a witch hunt is on the horizon. repression want to one you 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 person defends 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 they are understanding that

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 of my shoulder. look.

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 true long to come out of. what happened on january 6th in front of a couple both to notice it took place in afghanistan by to summon up the ladder it was executed through all these groups to hold planes you had to sneak and think over could be found him before. he sells the company love him to call his wife and what happened on january 6th is going to come down by anybody the public and democrats every american but do we need to notice that yes. nancy pelosi.

and impeachment of president obama was in a way out was not a big yeah well she didn't get impeachment through a few weeks and no. call without true investigation. well that's all for us for the southbank sticking with us next if news and enjoy. as the covies vaccine is being rolled out is absolutely necessary to take stock of the economic devastation left in the pandemics way which is the fate of the working middle class will income inequality continue to increase will government

intervention change the economy and finally does the phrase the new normal me. in the 1920 s. and thirty's several 100 african-americans move to the soviet union and many of their descendants still live in russia. again at the risk of no no rush cross the up of stuff yes it. was one thing. back home black american suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. of the real. one by else a store on. so they decided to leave everything behind and start a new life in a country about which they knew almost nothing at all from a beer after reared. around the crowd. to moulay a golf you want to call. you. know almost

a 100 years later the history is repeating itself my great grandfather george time went to russia. on probable worst try to go anywhere why not me. why don't i come here. numbers are dropping for current patients infected with the coronavirus and well that is good news there are new calls for a double mask and mandatory vaccines and those are concerning as if we really are ready to get back to the way life used to be as the chinese are showing the power.