child trafficking and forced labor those are the allegations filed in a new suit against some of the walls of the largest chocolate produces we head to stopping testimony. since you were not given any. visible scars from machete oxygen's a tough call to play as the government's close it cost you to be a legal ruling that ministers misused and much power as. israel's prime minister proposes naming citizens not facts makes it a game coronavirus to stimulate the country's ongoing at all can a company in a move that some say violates privacy rights they're convinced the people would not like to force them to do that it's violating one right to is true to those people some french rule makers approved an anti separatism bill which critics say would

unfairly all get most of the opponents to the legislation ready to put days in paris. just gone 5 pm here in the russian capital this is r.t. international good to have you with us. let's jump in the young savory business practices of some of the walls biggest chocolate produces haue beene placed under the spotlight on soft international rights advocates filed a lawsuit alleging that snack giants including nestlé mas call gill as young as 11 to make the products it tried code 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 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 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 is claimed 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 on the 3 moslem call girl i get to respond to our request for comments on this allegations we will let you know that a reply. a court in the hague has ruled that the dutch government's controversial covert few is illegal after it's out that all 40 have misused to much

and see powers the curfew will however remain in place until the government's appeal on friday has artie's peeta all of a with details. well there's 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 rooters says the curfew is necessary to get covert numbers down and keep them down. middle 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. 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 i mean 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 4. israelis refusing to get a coronavirus job may soon find their names being given to all foreign sees at least that's what the israeli prime minister has suggested raising concerns over possible privacy violations and discrimination israel 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 these include launching a campaign against this information introducing new legislation and giving immunity passports to those inoculated. see bushnell in the sleepless the reasons to go and get vaccinated is that we are now launching the green passport plans have been vaccinated will be able to go enjoy the stats of the cinema sports events flights abroad restaurants and more of. the new measures sparked protests outside the prime minister's residence in jerusalem with hundreds demanding netanyahu is about sick nation make use time of mishandling the pandemic and of corruption the proposal to share the names of one vaccinated people with authorities has raised concerns over privacy violations and possible discrimination and 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 health of all the people around violating one right to protect those people well as radio forty's are using a carrot as well as a stick to encourage people to get vaccinated you can see that's with a food truck outside a vaccine center in tel aviv giving out free pastries to sweets not that experience of those getting and not completed. 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 ofter 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 not happy 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 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 gore clue 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 a needed 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 president 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 for also going through every section of it more than 100 hours was spent alleging facts 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 2nd actually in the presidential election particularly when muslims are the focus of debates leave us alone leave islam alone effect 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 57 minute it's scares me it scares me for the youth because the problem is he has we wear a veil and yes we are muslim. and 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 sparked it can lead to problems and tensions with other countries you might remember that there was critical coverage in the english language media that led 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 they 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 at 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 it by the fact this bill passed or that this 1st reading this bill had being in the works both very long time over a 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 total farce to reflect and decide how it was going to target this issue that keeps rearing its head it time and time again so would 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 rather spent by the deputies in the national assembly but it now has to go to the senate where there is a suggestion that it would be strengthened even more. while there had more preferred political party in the us the reaches an all time high we asked experts of this is the answer to the us political crisis stick with us what about 3. anyone else chose seemed wrong wrong just don't call. me. yet to shape our just being educated and in the game because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

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another gun while watching president vladimir putin has promised to protect the country's upcoming parliamentary elections from foreign interference he made that comment on a dressing the state duma's parties need to constantine 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 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 even the. people will decide the outcome of the vote and this choice must be protected from any attempts of foreign interference she will not allow any blues to its sovereignty or its people's right to be the musters of the only led by putin

also referred 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 freedom of speech. talking about so-called platforms 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 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 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 us 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 2 they want to force russia it's a pity for the so-called ukraine geopolitical 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. over to the u.s. now where a new poll shows the support for

a thought american political party has reached an all time high according to the study significantly more than heart of americans now support that idea it is the highest rate since the question 1st started being awesome nationally by the gallup poll in group that 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 a 3rd party but trump supporters are still willing to help him unite the 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 well there we discussed 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 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 his explanation 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 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 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 the. 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 you make us elections more fair for everybody and if voters voters more choices at their

brother well. i need the former u.s. president might have been acquitted but his supporters may not be off the hook on soft democrats announced plans for a 911 style commission to investigate the capital's riots artie's done a call to now asks if mccall think era witchhunt 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 and the white nationalism. 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. children. look. we 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 out of. what happened on january 6th in front of a couple both in a tool. place in afghanistan by sun up

the ladder and it was executed through all these groups. of planes had to sneak and take over can be found. on. 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 was in 8 out was not a big yeah well she didn't get impeachment you were a few weeks ago. called without the investigation. that's all from me on the team coming your way here on our efforts going on the ground.

as the covies vaccine is being rolled out is absolutely necessary to take stock of the economic data stations left in the pandemics way which is the fate of the working middle class will income inequality continue to priest how will the government intervention change the economy and finally does the phrase the new normal mean. 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. or going at the risk of you know no rush but us throw up most of us into wars one things. duck national scope back home black american suffered from racism and

a complete lack of prospects. is that columbus month the real. one by else a store or by door to. 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 the american reared who were through during the you know if you heard round the crowd. moulay of golf you know you're going to call. you and now almost a 100 years later the history is repeating itself my great grandfather george time went to russia. probable worst time to go anywhere why not me. why don't i come here. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to

a guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you there. i'm after a retired senior watching another log jam edition of going underground 18 years since the largest peace demonstration in history when up to 30000000 people in 600 cities worldwide protested against the nato nation war in iraq orchestrated in this country by labor prime minister tony blair in part 2 will hear from the.