as an equal partner until this changes the bilateral relationship appears to be on hold. thousands of women in the british army reported violence and hostility but from within their own ranks not the front line. germany's largest opposition party accuses the government of political foul play placed under surveillance for alleged links to extremists. and so texans lash out to joe biden after he labels the decision to relax coronavirus restrictions in the states the under full thinking. of democrats and.

the people in this country telling them what to do. the texas governor hits back at the president calling his new immigration policy neanderthal a study shows biden's plans could lead to a drastic increase in the in the good population. very good morning and thanks for joining us here. bullying harassment and sexual abuse this is what thousands of women have been subjected to in the british army testimonies given an inquiry. very hostile environment. you do find themselves in a position and it starts going wrong that's where and when you're vulnerable this is when the problem really starts women are paying an unnecessarily high price for serving join the army be the best it's the height of serving your country but it

turns out some women are facing horrific battles of their own imagine $4000.00 people a brigade that can be deployed anywhere without very same number of women both surfing and veterans have now come forward with shocking experiences in the army from voting and harassment to serious sexual assault when it's to meet a complaint often to appear to treat somebody here simply a must and makes out woman feel like she's just lame like she was asking for each everywhere else in the world to military sexual trauma is recognized in euston to tell us that parents should be able to identify that the subject trauma. people can access help in this couldn't really it just didn't recognize the sexual trauma or the issue has long been swept under the carpet among the ranks according to the ministry of defense figures in the 5 years to 2019 almost 130 sexual violence cases

were heard at military court martials just 10 percent resulted in conviction many of course fail to even reach this stage. the number is increasing year on year with the majority of alleged sexual predators

still among the ranks according to women's testimonies within the current military system it is extremely hard to report a sexual crime and receive support help and justice but ask that women with you teach me a service company. is a criminal act. the feeling. best in the school was stunned existant so i think the investigation was brilliant gees i think that women in which feel more support i mean on. being the worst brought stories to change their evidence and to generally be. almost gaslighted to draw a story and not take it all and it's only since 2018 that women have been able to apply for military positions within the british armed forces.

you see a lot of a different side to the world here in this job and i wouldn't ever want to see something else that the layman happy where i am to make friends feel like you are just people that you know that's got your back you've got. nice atmosphere it while women on the frontline fight to protect their country it seems like their country is failing to protect fan shot edward stashing r.t. in london. germany's largest opposition party has hit back at what it sees as a purely political effort to undermine it ahead of the country's elections this is after local media reported that alternative for germany had been placed under surveillance by the country's intelligence agency. pseudosphere france the aim of the federal office for the protection of the constitution and counterterrorism is obviously in the short term to weaken us until the elections and in the long term to destroy the elderly opposition party in parliament that opposes the dissolution of the nation state and unlimited immigration from foreign cultures. and the

party's been accused of having ties with far right extremists contributing to anti-semitism and of trying to undermine germany's constitution the federal intelligence body has reportedly been monitoring regional branches for some time but now its activities will also be observed nationwide. so far the authorities have not commented on the move the german federal elections are slated for late september in the meantime hundreds of anti for supporters rally against the f d party at a campaign in the city of often back scuffles with police that broke out when protesters tried to reach the stage where party officials were speaking and christian hansell a member of the a.f.p. in the berlin city parliament denied that the party had any links to extremists. they have the political mandate in order to get us rid of the competitor is a political competitor we have the strongest opposition party and what we have to

do is a position is to criticize the government and that's what we do we do it respectively to the euro rescue police huge favor that we do it with the migration policy which is very dangerous for us in germany and the population doesn't want it we do it in the energy crisis we will face so we actually have an opposition which really harms the government and that's why they want to get rid of us using this central intelligence civilians and you have to see that there is in no other western democracy there is an institution like the cia for internal reasons or to to check the opposition regarding constitute constitutional ideas of constitutional rights i can issue a. everybody we do not want to overthrow this we do not want to overthrow the government we are really trying to renew democracy we want to get more people into the parliament to read discussion. less than 2 months in the white house and

president biden is already facing a growing migrant crisis on the southern border and attempt to reverse trumps remain in mexico policy he promised amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants already living in the u.s. which according to one study could lead to a dramatic increase in the country's foreign born population on the scale of more pain has more. thousands are at the u.s. border wearing joe biden t. shirts begging the u.s. president to let them in they are among millions currently headed for the same border. joe biden doesn't see a crisis brewing his whole plan to deal with the border issue boils down to hope

and a prayer you can see even if you have. yes i do will you lack a lot. of the 1st order to. visit ministration doesn't see a problem either just a challenge and they're ready to welcome more migrants to leave right prices at the border i see. the answer is no i think there is a challenge at the border that we are managing and we have our resources dedicated to to manage and we are not saying don't come we are saying don't come now because we will be able to deliver safe and orderly process to them as quickly as possible biden moved to undo the trumpet ministrations migration policies one of the 1st moves was to set up a juvenile detention facility but he insists this is not kids in cages it's

prompted the we're. trying to survive this is not kids being kept in cages this is this is this is a facility that was opened that's going to follow the same standards as other h.h.s. facilities the migrant crisis spawns a lot of crime and just 3 days 1600 migrants were arrested with. criminals reportedly among them and criminal organizations have certainly flourished the monk community is there are afraid to call the police out of fear of deportation there are people coming across a large number that are criminals a lot of people just looking for a better way of life unfortunately it could create a situation where they may be vulnerable to criminal organizations trying to abuse the minor children coming in that open the door there and i'm sure they're looking for opportunities there. you've got people trying to get jobs. any type of jobs and they're basically there are undocumented illegal jobs and so you've got criminal

activities will probably feed off of that as well human trafficking aspect of this is another whole area the critics say the white house is just not being realistic about the potential dangers of its policy the green light is on now we're open for business again it isn't even worse message should be sending to the traffickers who were smuggling these kids across the border polls show that trump's border wall remains very popular despite that congress is moving forward on what the democrats call sweeping immigration legislation presenting an 8 year path to citizenship for 11000000 people in the country without papers such an amnesty would be adding a new layer of u.s. citizenship roughly the size of california this is a very dangerous approach and if you live overseas and especially in despair. and i know now and. the united states so i'm going to

go do it and i'm not going to be thought and i going to welcome it of course i'm going to come because if i went away to the legal system it might think and i don't think the government the u.s. government is ready and capable of doing and with all of these illegal immigration they already. a lot of them have to do today and that nick and a lot of business is going to close 1000000 people. and now the legal process allows people to come in without by. the judge is going to be a major that to handle the crowds at the border are getting larger and the country is becoming more polarized while trump may be gone the immigration debate is getting more intense it's becoming the most polarizing issue in a country that is already quite divided up and artsy new york. turns out

that neanderthal is becoming the new insult of choice among u.s. politicians as the texas governor thought the term back in joe biden over his immigration policy. divide the administration was releasing illegal immigrants in legal immigrants into our communities who had cove it that is neanderthal type approach to dealing with the coves situation. the texans also hit back at president biden after he criticized the government's decision to relax musk rules. in the last the last thing before we thank you very. much for taking us forget still. absolutely should not be saying those kind of things that's very insulting he. criticized everybody else. the democrats and they drove my hair in their boots on the on the mix of the people

in this country telling them what to do oh i don't think there's anything account for the name calling and i don't think you should be calling us neanderthals he wants to talk about you need we can list his 1st thing i think you cannot call people names you just have to respect. despite the decline in infections and deaths in recent weeks texas is still registering more than 7 and a half 1000 you coronavirus cases per day it is the 3rd highest death toll in the us after california new york approaching $45000.00 despite the figures texans support the decision to relax restrictions. to go into things we wanted to we're glad to get our masks go live life again that's how i feel about it i think it's time. to open up the restaurants and everybody go different places and forget. going to my character for the 1st time

a new year opening up the business is great if you have to go out your risk anyway so why not just get it over with and get back to normal i think it's a good thing to get the economy back making sure we don't have any problems with. our work with the public so i don't have any problem with. politics. the texas governor justified the decision citing economic reasons in the start of vaccinations in the state he also said covert hospitalizations were at their lowest level since october but critics of the move believe the state should be published and vaccine supplies halted texas we hear you you didn't want to be part of our electrical grid and now you've removed your mask mandate and there are large crowds together we hear you code it is a hoax so you don't need our precious vaccine we'll send it to people who are saving lives by wearing masks why are we wasting vaccinations on texas if texas has

decided to join the side of the virus earlier we spoke to wayne allen root a former libertarian vice presidential nominee about the situation. texas has this image of now for ics and rebels and conservatives that have voted it big for donald trump and it's the symbol that democrats and liberals and communists and socialists in america ate and so they're using texas as the whipping boy texas is a symbol of freedom and if it ever comes to an if there's ever a division of our country and there's a session or what i like to call a divorce you go our way we go our way everyone separates text this would be the leading state that would just say look we're not going to follow biden's rules anymore because this is start to be ridiculous and so i think they've always aimed their guns at census because it represents freedom and it scares the big government big brother bureaucrats it's ridiculous overreaction makes no sense of course there

are cases of course people get the infection it's highly contagious nobody can say oh i have the key to what i will never get sick you have to weigh risk versus reward let everyone live their lives who's under the age of 75 and be very careful and spend a lot of money for checked in the people who are over 75. so to come for us shops with security forces that parents reuniting with their kidnapped soldiers in nigeria we ask if the international community should be doing more to solve the country's security crisis coming up after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

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welcome back shots were fired in nigeria during a reunion ceremony between parents and their kidnapped daughters security forces opened fire went for straighted parents began to throw stones at officials 3 people were reportedly injured in what is the latest example of the ongoing instability in the region and he's making erin examines whether the international community should be doing more. from gangs kidnapping for ransom the 2 armed groups over running and tire towns the nigerian government faces a minefield of security challenges. and there really seems to be no end to nigeria's problems the most recent case thought

to hardest slinks to the islamic state attacked a u.n. base trapping 25 aid workers the attack started last night and as information is still coming through i'm outraged to hear the promises of several aid agencies and a hospital reportedly set ablaze or sustained damage this violence attackable the fact the support provided to nearly 100000 people who are desperately in need of humanitarian assistance and protection the long running instability has sparks concern among the international community which has been vocal about the need to tackle the issues in this our whole region as you get a security guarantee in the protection of our fellow citizens makes the fight against islamic terrorism the 1st priority of our foreign policy. that yearly of course we need international corporation above all in the fight against international islamist terrorism cooperation with the usa and cohesion within the e.u. and this international corporation must be improved. the sale is

a microcosm of cascading global risks converging in one region. it is a warning sign for requiring urgent attention and resolution so what's being done well france has had troops on the ground since 2014 and there's currently no plan for there patrick ation but the numbers are me a little over $5000.00 with just over a 1000 more to arise and it's not nigeria as a whole that's the focus significant changes will undoubtedly be made to our military system in the saddle in jew course but they were not take place immediately and while less it's in the region have felt to raise any hope they have raised eyebrows here's what about the stark think tank had to say the reason germany and france is unsuccessful we've been counterproductive strategies in both crisis states is that stabilization is a goal usually plays a subordinate role nigeria is africa's most populous region its biggest economy

a large just oil producer but many of its people live in poverty and it's now overrun with the worrying a ray of intelligent security threats alarm bells should be ringing and loudly so what will it take before relief is brought to nigeria. counter-terror experts to me to payloaders as a combined efforts needed to bring an end to the crisis in nigeria. one of the biggest challenge then i say since there is the. plan to reduce extremism so no gas' limits us wish i didn't need to what would translate into what we all got caught our it was tough we got to make sure we was to make sure that the issue of our lives it's through music is dealt with collectively and not individually help materia help don't build a delegate structure because help them look for safire structural flaws means on

the ground because if not induct course it goes into yours. to do all the will. to appear medicines agency has started a rolling review into the safety and efficacy of a spinning vaccine the regulator said that it may break a decision on the job more quickly following a preliminary analysis of the job comes amid fears of a 3rd wave in europe in all but good to see if there are a great many examples in europe of a dramatic 3rd wave and we don't have to kid ourselves this risk also exists for us and we must always be aware of that image of a. developer say they can provide doses for $50000000.00 europeans starting from june russian job as an efficacy of above 90 percent can be stored at normal fridge temperatures and will cost less than a regular breakfast we discussed the ease approval process with the c.e.o. of the fund behind splitting 50. russia is more insisting

on supply it's we've seen we hear fuge demand is really very significant so we are working on loose countries a lot of really want to look out for a russian vaccine. because registered mail in what you feel nations of is population of more than one thing 2000000000 so we have a major demand for oil we've seen and that is up to you to see easy ones would need just part of their strategy if so what the role of it will play there but without complaint open and that we will work very closely was in me to provide them with all of the information and we are also looking forward reserve visits and production facilities of course while. we already have several countries like hungary in slovakia are already approved as would you directly with your being approached by several other nations and it's very important that you know when luke

rules lose directly to them of violate any regulations you need you so you actually clarified for a time period slovakia really followed procedure this is you can do in peace with emergency health situations which obviously over that just. we need to make sure that people have a choice of extremes and of course different agencies need to grow their save but it's very important multiple image choice that people deserve to tell all the different technologies of different machines because you know we'll be from human though i don't think knowledge should we believe has been proven to be saved for decades and many people will choose specifically this human in the biotechnology because of. the u.s. house of representatives has passed the bill aimed at tackling police brutality that's named after george floyd the man he was choked to death by a police officer in minneapolis last year we spoke with a retired seattle police officer. a member of the national police association has

questioned the bank. in the pass a bill like this an image after somebody who's actually a convicted felon and was allegedly committing a crime at the time. i think that the good probably look for actual real victims and not somebody like that who would want to be a police officer if they knew that somebody who's just decided afterwards that something that you were taught. is illegal because it didn't look good on t.v. and you're being sued personally or you being prosecuted personally for something that either was a mistake or somebody deemed to be your wrong technique but only after you've been done even though it was only retrain because somebody who is anti police doesn't agree with the outcome of the courts or the disciplinary system it doesn't mean it was wrong it just means that they don't agree with it and says a lot of these folks just sort of this rule for bullies it's not that hard to understand that they don't agree with the decisions. police officers many states

left the full citing harassment and pressure following threats and protests to demand the dean fund law enforcement and simply states such as minneapolis atlanta and south florida with police officers saying they fit for their lives. and this could be one of the reasons behind a record increase in crime across the country homicide rates increased by 20 percent in the u.s. in 2020 the largest increase coming in new york with a spike of 40 percent and chicago with 37 percent say pompous says that policing is risky business. results are human beings we deal with human beings all the time the last thing we want to do is take another human being's life and fur somebody to be so frivolous as to say that or imply that we don't use deadly force as a last resort is an insult but beyond that officers have always used of the force as a last resort and especially when you have to. by the individual perception that person

is in a situation dealing with a person that's presumably a threat to their wives and they have to deal with that you know to keep themselves safe keep themselves alive so i think that that's just an insult to say that police officers don't already used to the force as a last resort the officer from those criticisms that can come down on split 2nd decisions that later on you may be able to say oh wow why didn't the officer do this why didn't the officer do that but when you're dealing with split seconds you have to be able to to act like that and they can't have officers then later on being pulled up on charges. ok that brings you out of date appreciate it company will return with more on all top stories in 30 minutes. by the 21st century america is exhausted it's just tired and it doesn't have

anything approach that in march but china after being on the margins for so long does that something approach and they do have the capacity and they are putting shoulder to the wheel and they are working to. hey folks next up reggie watts i know you're saying who spreadsheet reggie is the band leader on the james corden show he does a great job there i've known him from that for years but i am shocked that i did not know his comedy as well it is a very cool niche that reggie's carved out from and it involves some techno music it involves some looping it involves some sonic quotient it involves some serious observation it's a very cool boulia best that mr watts pulled together over there and he's got a new website an app called what's app to be a.t.t.'s has a nice ethos behind it will talk all things reggie watts right up to this and then

a similar plus one. folks welcome to dennis miller plus one i like when we have a improvisational artists not an expression the out of iraq because you can't so let's start the cusp of ram when you get that free associate of joyce ian rant reggie watts is on the show internationally renowned musician comedian writer actor currently stars as a bandleader on c.b.s. as the late late late late a year you showed james corden and he now has his own app this was there waiting for him. not. to be in it. and i hope he is drop of course this is that he's not and that the good of regina.