lives for the 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 world's largest chocolate producers we hear a disturbing testimony. but you were not given any for those are visible scars from machete accidents a dutch court to cleanse the government's covert cuff you to be illegal would not ministers misuse emergency powers. israel's prime minister proposes a law to disclose the names of citizens not frogs native against coronavirus wants to stimulate that ongoing inoculation campaign a move that some say violates privacy rights to. convince the people but not like

you force them to do the spy only one right to protect those people. and french lawmakers approved an anti somewhere to separatism bill which critics say would unfairly target muslims opponents to the legislation roddy's days in paris. 247 live from the russian capital of the says r.t. international hello welcome good to have you with us. while of story this. the unsavory business practices of some of the world's biggest producers have been placed under the spotlight it's off to international rights advocates filed a lawsuit alleging that snack giants imputing nestlé was called in as well with a force children as young as 11 to make the products and it trenchard now looks

into the not so sweet story behind your favorite 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 trial of slaves children who were kidnapped from mali and brought you cold war and floors to work. they came to duvall are between the ages of 11 in 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 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 tara and is suv

baguio co was about 6 to 7 hours to the small isolated village of samara 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 monson called the law yet to respond to our

requests for comment on the allegations but we will bring them as soon as they. a court in the hague has ruled that the dutch government's controversial code that curfew is in fact illegal after it said that it is had misused emergency powers because if you will however remain in place until the government appeal on friday to all of that 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 to be 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 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 after. 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 thus. not changed. or mystery it is government working on ways to put in place a new laws that would essentially allow the few 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 gotten 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 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 or i notice that people who don't have much to do with it have less trouble with karana i've had khurana myself so i know how bad it can be my

mother died of it recently we also noticed that there are fewer flu symptoms if you're 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 that's 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 after 9 while this is all very messy legally it may well have huge repercussions for the more than 50000 people who've already being handed fines for breaching the curfew by the police we are expecting more to come on 'd this it's up for debate on friday in the netherlands we'll see whether that curfew remains whether it goes or whether it comes back in some different type of for. israelis refusing to get a crew of ours child may soon find that names been given to the authorities least

that's what the israeli prime minister has suggested raising concerns over possible privacy violations and discrimination while israel has a wall greeting 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 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 1st been vaccinated will be able to go enjoy the still to the cinema sports events flights abroad restaurants and more. while those new measures sparked protests outside the prime minister's residence in jerusalem with hundreds demanding nessie off his resignation accusing him of both

mishandling the pandemic of corruption the proposal to share the names of one vaccinated people with authorities has raised concerns over privacy violations and possible discriminations ice at the rats us me with mixed reaction amongst his reins. 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. all the people around violating one right to protect all the people what israeli authorities have decided to use

a carrot as well as a stick to encourage people to get vaccinated quite literally with a food truck outside a vaccine center in tel aviv giving out free pastries to sweeten up that experience for those getting you know. after weeks of heated debate the french national assembly has voted in favor of a bill against separatism now 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 unfairly targets the country's 5700000 muslims lawmakers adopted more than 300 amendments to the bill but still many m.p.'s are unhappy with the finished product. you know what it is upset silence an absence in other words the existing separate as they call it is not the same for everyone to detect it pretty 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 to found the use of the french for public includes a tightening of rules around things such as religious teaching to all like hate and it will also see chance sentences to doctors who perform genesee tests now the idea of this war 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

national assembly with m.p.'s i'm 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 ringback of that talking this year is seen by some as being kin to a witch hunt against muslims are secular in each presidential election particularly when muslims are the focus of debates leave us alone leave islam alone. over the more you 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 50 have a limit it scares me it scares me for the youth because the problem is yes we wear a veil yes we are muslim so. 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 diplomatic 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 personally intervened said he was unhappy about 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 it 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 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 been in the works spoke very long time over year ringback ago president it talks about creating a bill like this but it really came and sharp focus 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 a nice school really a time before it's 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 now 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. while still ahead support for a fired political party in the us reaches an all time high we are experts have of this is the on sir to the ongoing us political crisis we'll talk about that in just a moment.

join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world the politics sports business i'm sure i'll see you then.

welcome back well russian president vladimir putin has promised to protect the country's upcoming parliamentary elections for foreign interference he made the comment the state. constantino rushkoff picks up the story 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 no foreign interference in the electoral process

here in the. 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 and 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 lattimer 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 freedom of speech. 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 the scene.

they consider themselves to be exceptional the russian president and members of the parliament also discussed 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 said that this was another example of a double standard approach because the west that otherwise life 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 will. why is everything revolving around the world stream 2 they want to force russia to

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. so let's head over to the u.s. where a new poll shows that support for a thought american political party has reached an all time high according to the study significantly more than half of americans now support the idea it is the highest rate since the question being aust nationally by the gallup polling group that was 18 years ago while 46 percent of democrats say a 3rd party is needed which is down from 52 percent by the way in september interestingly a record high of republicans favor a thought party but trump supporters all still willing to help him unite the ranks and i said mr president this maggot movement needs to continue we need to unite the

party trunk plus is the way back in 2022 well earlier we discussed 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 pro-life faction and then you have the establishment side yes stablish 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 growing 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. 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 oft in 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 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 some of 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. make us elections more fair for everybody and give voters voters more choices at their brother. and find me the former u.s. president might have been acquitted but his supporters may not be off the hook as often democrats announced plans for a 911 style commission to investigate the capital riots artie's donald quarter asks if mccall thing era which 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 be i believe in the department of justice and the white nationalism or so make sure that they are understanding that the earliest of ages out there 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 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. make of it and already some conservatives feel that they are in danger my children. look. we are are armed guards. are 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 here. what happened on january 6th in front of a couple both a tool and it was a place in afghanistan by the sound of a ladder it was executed through all these groups. of planes had to sneak and take over can be found. on. the company 11 calls one 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 to be

a yeah well she didn't get impeachment through a few weeks ago. called without the investigation. well that's all from me for the south thanks for sticking with us from them but i'll too dot com is filled with stories and. i have a great. seemed wrong. but old rules just don't. mean the world to get to shape out just because get educated and engaged with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground.

in the 1920 s. and thirty's several 100 african-americans moved to the soviet union and many of their descendants still live in russia. looking at the risk of knowing no rush but us though up it's tough to get sick with a cyclone things on their way to set their child. back home but i can merican suffered from racism and a complete lack of prospects. to deal and i would be a losing show one by elsa still on her by doing. so they decided to leave everything behind and start a new life in a country about which they knew almost nothing at all some of beer after. through during the night. around great crowds. through the moon they all go if you are going to go along. you. know almost a 100 years later history is repeating itself my great grandfather george time went

to russia. probable worst time to go anywhere why not me. when i come here. this is a boom bust for the one business show you care for them it brings a bore in washington there's a we have coming up the baidu ministration has started talks with german officials about the north stream to pipeline up a report out a.