still search for grown children. hope for their parents. i rest of crossposting over there. has been handed a 9 month sentence for insulting the royal family and glorifying independent terrorism in his tweets and there it is. the world's largest producers face accusations of child trafficking and forced labor we hear some disturbing testimony . he says were not given any future both have visible scars from machete accidents. adults court declares the country's illegal ruling ministers miscues to merge with the powers. and israel's prime minister proposes

giving the local authorities a listserv on vaccinated people last part of its coronavirus inoculation campaign and critics though say to violate privacy rights. convince the people but not like you forced them to do that just by a late one right to protect those people. from moscow thanks for joining us tonight here on r.t. international and daniel hawkins welcome to the program. on rest has erupted in spain following the journey of catherine wrap up problem. people in barcelona madrid and violence syria demanding his release has been handed a 9 month sentence over insults directed at the spanish royal family and glorified glorifying terror groups in his tweets and lyrics. with protests erupting in cities across catalonia around 2000 people rallied in barcelona alone where they

were met with a strong police presence there was traitors held by i was reading free. local journalists sent us this report. people are starting to like they already started to practice yesterday going out on the streets of mar so long and they want public hustle to be released she basically was criticizing the spanish crowd and she's in his songs in his rap there are lots of teenagers a protest think mostly young people and not just in barcelona but also in other states in catalonia especially a lay down where. in the end he's a new person thinking basically barricaded himself and now he says that she just wanted the truth to come out and he's very happy happy about it they just put it like the streets on fire and the plus a couple is the main square in the in barcelona and so the police are getting quite

angry because it's like the 1st process since many months in the barcelona because of it of course yesterday there was a woman who was injured who was there she's only 19 years old and she got basically like a bullet in hair in her face and now it seems like there are for the star even. bigger than yesterday and they might continue for the next couple things famous for protesting and demand back. there in the iris of salt might have just been an excuse because it's been months since the cuts along were protesting this actually among a whole spain like you said happened and others other big and. because people are actually also tired of all the restrictions. of coverage so they

are using you know different excuses such as the iris of pablo as basically also protesting that they want to you know have a normal life again well back to work and to go to restaurants and and and they are just tired and and at the. well 32 year old has sal was taken to prison earlier this week after barricading himself and catherine university alongside his supporters police in riot gear entered a leading university and removed the barricades this all comes after last weekend's historic showing of pro independence parties in local catalan elections moving above a 50 percent presence in parliament for the 1st time. back in 2018 public so was convicted by a spanish court for glorifying terrorism and insulting state institutions he'd been given until last friday night to turn himself in and begin serving his sentence a member of the cast of our national assembly told us suppressing free speech is

inexcusable. this bunny over many is their secret being the fundamental rights artists have their right to free speech and create 3 creation through government is they call themselves the most progressive government in the history for spain and so for them the case of trouble has been problem because is a clear sign that this is not true this is one of the reasons why we only independence not because we want to build. a new contract with a more open and free loaders we want to know more open system the system which accept. the killed your creation like the one i sell or others like. so of course we need this

this change so we are fighting for this for a more free. 3. village the shady business practices of some of the world's biggest chocolate producers are in the spotlight international rights advocates are far the more through claiming industry giants including nestlé on mars use children as young as 11 to make their products if a trunk or has more. 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 cold war and floors to work. they came to cote d'ivoire 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 activist heard from kids who escaped after years of misery ease of he 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. mess they. get to respond. for comment on the allegations. a close to 3000000 homes are still without power in the u.s. state of texas following a fierce winter storm the power outages have seen production grinds to a halt in some high tech plants while ordinary texans are being left to their own devices as temperatures in their homes drop severely roofs of caved in on some houses under the weight of the snow. so this is. where some texans left without power overnight reportedly put up tents inside their

homes in a bid to keep warm in recent days temperatures have dropped to minus 18 degrees celsius the cause of the spell seen there in more than 30 years on sunday president biden declared a state of emergency while the mayor of a small texas city had to resign after telling locals in a facebook post to sink or swim and not wait for a handout the stormers also intensified the debate over a new wall energy as many winter winds froze to a halt and solar panels were covered with ice. a court in the hague has ruled the dutch government's controversial covert curfew is illegal it said that authorize these had misused emergency powers the curfew will however remain in place until the government's appeal on friday but all of our reports. 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 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 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 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. 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 inside if the students go somewhere before 9 pm only go out again in the

morning and that's fine too the curfew it was no use to have to ground those planes so that people can't travel all goes 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 if you're called complaints also because people have less contact and stick to the rules in a better manner so i think the responsibility should lie with every individual that's at 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 at a 9 while this is all very messy legally it may well have huge repercussions for

the more than 50000 people who've already being 100 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 4. sociologists we spoke to will use this clash between the government on the courts is a result of deeper issues. i think it's a serious political crisis but it's a political crisis that started many months ago when the government was forced to resign after the so-called benefits scandal when they share a few measures were announced back in january who got some of the wall street riots we have seen in the netherlands for many years that was not exactly for that you're a few sites there were by yorks against the government for many many decades he's dismantling. much of the health care infrastructure in the kountry and now

the meds and see a pandemic the government basically doesn't have an effective enormous health care system to go. with the situation and even that only been able to fix in a fast enough the population so alter gives or. i think of the courts echoing the look of disappointment of many people with the government and this doesn't have to do only with the care through very. welcoming but conflict for the seas and how it impacts on large parts of the population negative is still to come support for a political force in the united states which is an all time high gas tax but if that's the also to the current political tensions in the country that story got more of a break. seemed

wrong. but all wrong just don't call. me old enough to say proud just being an advocate and in danger but it was betrayed. when somebody find themselves worlds apart. just on the common ground. as the coby vaccine is being rolled out. necessary to take stock of the economic data stations left in the pandemics week we use the fate of the working middle class will income inequality continue to decrease will government intervention change the economy and finally does the phrase the new normal.

come back is very easy refusing to get a coronavirus job may soon find the names on the government's watch lists that suggestion of the prime minister the move though has raised concerns over possible rights violations israel has a world leading vaccination program but a recent loss of momentum has worried the prime minister benjamin netanyahu the state is now considering rolling out a series of measures to boost uptake include launching a campaign against this information introducing new legislation as well as issuing immunity passports. the reasons to go and get vaccinated is that we are now

launching the green passport. has been lax need to be able to go enjoy the theater the cinema sports events flights abroad restaurants and we also. talk of the new measures protests outside the prime minister's residence in jerusalem with hundreds of the morning this new york who's resignation using of mishandling the pandemic as well as corruption it will pose all to share the names of on vaccinated people with authorities has raised concerns over privacy violations and possible discrimination is what israelis think. the government should. convince the people about not liking force them to do that this man or you have to be very vigilant for the. privacy of citizens but over public health all measures should be taken of course you can't force someone to be vaccinated because that you can. forbid him to enter 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 all the people around violating one right to protect all the others people. israeli authorities are using the carrots as well as a stick to encourage people to get vaccinated a food truck outside a vaccine center has been giving up free pastries to make the experience of getting inoculated or palatable. a new poll has shown support for a 3rd major american political party has a reached an all time high according to the study around 2 thirds of americans now support the idea that's the highest since the question 1st started being polled 18 years ago with the big parties themselves 46 percent of democrats say a 3rd way is needed that's down from 52 percent in september but

a record high number of republicans favor the creation of another party trump supporters however are still urging the for president to unite the ranks and i said mr president this maggot movement needs to continue we need to unite the party truck plus's the way back in 2022 you put the idea of a 3rd major party in u.s. politics up for debate. 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 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 dollars are green party policies free college tuition those are great public 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 that we have to do and i know 3rd parties don't want to do that but there's legislation that needs to be changed to make it make u.s. elections more fair for everybody and if voters more choices at their brother. the former u.s. president might have been acquitted but his supporters may not be off the hook the democrats announced plans for a 911 style commission to investigate the capitol hill riots artie's little quarter because of a mccarthy era 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 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 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 thick. it and already some conservatives feel that they are in danger. children are to

a secret location. 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 i think we're coming out of a very divisive time where the president of the united states stoked a lot of those flames liberals and conservatives that took took up those banners and their own ways and now we have to see how the dust settles and if the dust settles in squelching speech i think we really need to be really concerned that we're not overreacting and in an emotional need jerk react that silences people simply because we don't like what they have to say i think both on the right and the left there's concern about can i really express how i feel about things can i put things in my email signatures is there going to be you know pushback from my

employer i think that we have to be concerned as very moving forward how we're really going to be reacting to this and if you know you're dragging us through january event one more time through an illogical battle rather than the facts of what happened that day has if that's going to help us or not i don't know they bought administration stalls talks with german officials on the north stream to pipeline on what lies ahead plus more on boom bust up next. with the latest headlines join us again. well the pandemic no certainly no borders and is blind to nationalities. has emerged with the we don't like seeing the whole world needs to be. judged. come in every crisis at least. we can

do better we should. everyone is contributing to our own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges crave the response has been masked so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we're in it together. we are now at a point where we cannot manufacture the basic foundational components of the 21st century economy we are literally taking ourselves out of the game by throwing the keys to the economy to private equity groups wall street hedge funds finance heirs and money and now it's to.

the british and american governments have often been accused of destroying lives in their own interests or you see in this these techniques is the state devising methods to him to essentially destroy. an individual. scientific. this is how one doctor his theories were allegedly used in psychological warfare against prisoners deemed a danger to the state. was the foundation for the method of psychological interrogation psychological torture of those disseminated within the u.s. intelligence community and worldwide among our allies for the next 30 years and the victims say they still live with the consequences today.

this is boom bust no one move the show you can't afford it i'm french born washington here's what we have coming up thick coins unprecedented full run rages on but just how long can the hot streak last straight ahead we're going to bring you expert insight into this latest search plus apple has come out on top in a state legislator regarding its app store payments coming up we're going to analyze the bill and what ripple effect this could have. later we take you inside the developments in trade between china and the european union with a fracture today so let's dive right in. and we leave the program with another record for the world's most popular crypto currency because it continues to break new highs eclipsing the $52000.00 mark on wednesday but at its incredible growth rate should there be concern about the crypto currency and whether it is in fact having a quote.