this saturday morning the u.k. registers a massive rise in attacks on asians reflecting a refeed global trend of scapegoating the community for the pandemic. if you like asian racism has been such a common thing for so long just. when. we're just also humans you know we also feel. the top french minister price foreign interference over the turkish but building of europe's largest mosque deepening toxic rhetoric over the role of radical islam an art of europe. is concerned it's brought in to deal with growing global rules criminalizing intercourse without explicit approval. we're trying to use technology to protect women instead of teaching men that they need to

respect the right of a woman's body because it's unintended consequences open for predatory litigation. there are 2 that weekend live from our world view center moscow got the latest for them for the next 30 minutes checking in 1st as you heard on th an attack some hate crimes have shot up an astonishing 300 percent in the u.k. with the supposed chinese origins a coronavirus being used as a justification for it are reports 1st that on disturbing global trend. the racism against asians has increased dramatically in recent months across america there's been a spate of violent attacks particularly against elderly asians and there's a fake shootings in atlanta it's old pull the topic into much sharper focus on

the issue of violence against asians is becoming a bigger problem in britain as well according to one statistic attacks against asians have increased by 300 percent ever since the coronavirus pandemic began and now more people are willing to talk about it i feel it asian racism has been such a common thing for so long though like in school for example it was just so it was so easy to just tell a case big racist asian comments whatever and everyone know everyone what sort of stuff to they say if i can. or legs said that out loud it's if you care so much i like genuinely leg it gets you so riled up when you're so offended so it's easier to just nod that's such a shame that's so sad what you're saying that you just hate that people are saying so much sometimes that you have to just something to require though sometimes you can try to say as much as you want but if they don't going to listen you can't convince some of them pinning you just really angry because of so-called 19 you

know some people on the subway are you asian bring the just one time in my campus and i carried to riding a bike and. you know maybe stole some people things of viruses come from china but everyone in china will suffer too so i don't think that is our fault do you hear about these stories does it make you feel more vulnerable you know in london or in the u.k. given what's happening in america. to be honest a 1st. time of people really like every time we hear. expression right i have definitely experienced racism throughout my life. i think it's well something it's an important conversation to be having with people just to raise awareness and it's something that i think a lot of asians have always put up with and we just brush aside. so i think it's it's because they were talking about it now i think what's been happening in the

u.s. and even the things that have been happening in the u.k. you know that that was 300 times more incidents happening now is scary and it does make me think twice of going somewhere because i work in health care. there have been cases where patients. don't want to be treated by asian doctors because of the link with the virus. high up when the coronavirus happened so it becomes more worse in my opinion it's it's been always there. and for me i just had to be careful every day do you think it's good that people are taking notice now of it as a problem that the asian community is speaking out about it yeah i think it's better because before they're just focused on white and black lives matter where in fact they should be everyone is matter and lives matter to you in my opinion i

think this is the right time to tell everyone that asians should be also be respected we're just also humans you know we also feel scared or hurt a lot of asians argue that these racist attitudes have always existed either through microaggression and so casual comments here and there it's always sort of been bubbling underneath the surface it's just that it's taken. in a way to shops defy that racism so the big it is however mistakenly feel that that unsavory views of now we legitimize. foreign interference are so we're told paris ministers branded turkish link from the you have a french mosque set to become the biggest on the continent. reports on a row sparking poisonous claims about radical islam. the city of stress could soon be home to the largest mosque in europe it's being constructed right here but

before the roof is even on its mind in controversy that's off to a grant with 2500000 euros was approved by the local authorities to a muslim group behind the mosque the brooming then began the interior minister hate out at strasburg officials saying that they were assisting with foreign interference the green city hall of strasbourg finances a mosque supported by a federation which refused to sign the charter of principles of islam and france and which defends a political islam everyone should open their eyes so that the separation law will soon be voted on and adopt it. he's ordered the state to prefect to oppose that multi-million euro subsidy to the league or its islamic confederation the group but pan-european movement for the turkish diaspora says it's dumb founded by the right

now. because i think that it is a control over city that is totally political and it's hard for us to understand the why and the how how a french association or european one which works here in france by the laws of friends that makes it difficult to understand the theory that has erupted the organization which is said to have close ties to ankara has become a better new offer president macron it was amongst 3 of the 9 branches of the french islam council that refused to sign a charter we're not seeing political islam and committing to french values. it's a charter that was not discussed not by the federation not by the mosques and not by muslims it's a chance of that directly concerns muslims and unfortunately muslims and most didn't give their opinions and that's not acceptable. the issue at hand though isn't perhaps so much this mosque but the wider current tensions between france and

turkey the turkish president has repeatedly lashed out at my corn accusing him of anti muslim policies in return mark corners openly accuse turkey of getting ready to meddle in next year's elections you are there will be attempts at interference in the next french presidential election i consider this to be unacceptable it's written down the threats are not veiled of course for most people here in strasburg the row has moved a political edge and concerns about interference seemed secondary to the mayor of strasbourg said if the government had information they should give it to us. for me this is logical otherwise how are we supposed to know if it's true or not. oh yeah everyone has the right to their beliefs whatever the christians muslims or jews i think that we should also think about building

churches instead of criticizing thinks. and want to double or i think as a muslim 1st of all to finance a turkish association to finance a mosque in the city i think it is contradictory i think it is a political decision more than anything else. it was a problem that has never posed a problem for churches and so why does it pose a problem for one mosque so i think it is rather political because it came without any warning. you. know there were also big problems between micro and gun recently i wouldn't be surprised if there were some social. and with the presidential elections only a year away you some have suggested that the controversy over this mosque is being used as a bit of a diversion tactic over the government's handling of the couvade crisis meanwhile the authorities in strasbourg say the funding is contingent on the merely gora's

islamic confederation reaffirming its commitment to the values of the french republic they've also complained directly to the elite say about the route. the minister of the interior did not issue any warning on this subject the risk of foreign interference should be addressed with precision and seriousness look was local officials can know the reduced to this informal exchanges but it wasn't just the interior minister who hate out at the decision to help fund the mosque the minister for citizenship was also scathing suggesting the green party was on a very slippery slope and was flirting with radical islamists that was a step too far for some. it is not possible today for the minister to take advantage of his position to demonize his opponents because because they are dynamic it is in mediation of the democratic debate we're still he said the mare of

strides burke has received death threats since the controversy was unleashed what this polemic highlights is how heightened tensions are in france particularly over islam and islamic extremism as the government tightens the screw on any group project that it thinks could threaten french values the more it's opening itself up to allegations of being anti muslim shola do you can ski r.t. strasberg. controversial or sexual consent being created to deal with growing numbers of countries criminalizing intercourse without explicit approval and it's just the latest example of reality marian hollywood. god consent that's. that's. why stars are. while the eye consent application requires users to give approval via their phones it stores the digital document as proof and place in

a straight level ready proposed using the app to address growing concerns over rate cases but critics say it's not going to solve the problem in fact it could even make things worse. we're wanting to use technology to allow women to make their voice heard and that sounds like it's a great idea on its face right fight unfortunately because it is consistent and consistent can be withdrawn at any given time what we run into is the fact well what happens if a person does consent on the apple then decides she no longer can since the issue that we want to use technology to keep up with the times but unfortunately it doesn't do enough to actually protect a woman's right to choose and have autonomy over her body intimate relationships i think technology should be completely and totally removed because it's unintended consequences and opens the gates for predatory litigation it causes so many problems that you would not even want to even start to think about heaven and what

we're trying to use technology to protect women instead of teaching men that they need to respect the right of a woman's body to make a decision we're just teaching men try to go out try to cover yourself in and protect yourself as best as possible so that this can come back to bite you in the future and while the app to be helpful if you were just for research purposes in a sense you know before the sexual encounters did you can stick after the sexual can encounter do you continue to give consent that's one thing but at the same time wanting to take this app into a court a court of law and say oh well i guess i didn't write her because she gave me a fit that doesn't work because the can stick to literally the rich changed within 2 minutes after giving it on the app or you could call larson once a gift and stay on the apps so it's not you know a clear cut solution at all to educate people is one thing but to have a culture that promotes you know relationships and you know healthy ones

is another we have a culture right now where we have carty basing in a song that brings a huge confusion to the message. what are we teaching our children and it's specially because of social media children are especially vulnerable to raising the bar of thinking why it is appropriate in order to be accepted in society it's really causing a lot of confusion it's specially for the younger generation. well elsewhere around the globe this weekend let me tell you there's hundreds of protesters chanting kill the bail again and faced off with offices in front of a police station in the southern u.k. city of bristol is the latest pictures in. i hear most arrests were made on the latest day of protests against proposed bill to let law enforcement say time and noise penalties on rallies police deployed dogs

and pepper spray to disperse the crowd as the demonstration again turned violent with people are linked projectiles at officers keep a close eye on that egypt next what's happening there will this at least 32 people have died what a mess there and more than 100 injured after 2 trains collided in egypt authorities say it happened when the emergency brakes were used on one of the trains the country's rail network has been plagued by accidents over the years often down to poor maintenance and management also. i. lease of fired rubber bullets and tear gas has hundreds in bangladesh protested the visit of india's prime minister he is accused of heightening religious tensions in discriminating against india's muslims demonstrators in muslim majority bangladesh way of choosing protests and attacked

offices. the french president has accused russia and china of using vaccines as political weapons the money will mccrone war and the e.u. and us must fight back. we're facing a new type of world war facing especially russian and chinese attacks and destabilization efforts through the vaccines if we want to hold on we must preserve our sovereignty and today we have the ability to produce enough to do so crohn's claimed the u. fights chronic delays and shortages in vaccine deliveries this week brussels even tighten the export controls. 3 to secure more supplies for the block moscow's already reacted to the french president noting it's part of a wider campaign to discredit it shows it it's not at war with anyone and whatever micro may claim budget meantime says unity is the only way to beat the pandemic thing it wants to work with and not against other countries independent says mccraw

should focus on helping the public not on political rhetoric. it is incredible that this sham of this very young man the plainest things on television on french television but i don't think the french will really believe what he says now this is lasted long enough and european stuff up with their states you know nothing works nothing more rock or formal colney of france is twice as facts and 80 many more people there are stopped at something like 19 percent of their population vaccinated in morocco while france is at 9 percent drop all sorts of france and still consist europe is the only one to travel strategy i mean we don't want or stretching as you might call sorry we are citizens and we want to be vaccinated and russian vaccine is excellent why not mrs merkel by the way disagrees with miss you

michael she repeated that she would gladly vaccinate german people with the russian vaccine store position to give the journey many other people elsewhere so clearly there is a rift within europe between leaders just for the. it's people refusing to russian vaccine and prepare to kill hundreds of thousands of citizens of europe just to satisfy their political pride nor to rely on the russians or chinese this is ridiculous this is criminal. the taliban has warned the us against missing the 1st of may deadline for pulling its troops out of afghanistan the are militant group says washington will be fully responsible if the violence continues now on thursday joe biden reiterated that getting withdrawal done on time would be a tough. school be hard to meet me when there's much. terms

of. tactical reasons hard to get troops we will leave the question is when we leave. there are currently 2500 u.s. troops in afghanistan the lowest number since operations began there in 2001 the taliban claims there's no reason to miss the deadline as all tactical issue from the anti war coalition told us washington's reason for not pulling out has got nothing to do with logistics. the television coverage controls more territory today than it did me. october 8th 2001 so why is the us trading it's the pentagon buying they don't want to take responsibility for what might come next and what might come next is the tell of bin routing the existing afghan government in posing a full out complete taliban government so the u.s. doesn't want to take the next step but it can't really avoid taking the next step so more american soldiers and certainly more afghan civilians are about to die

unless biden recognizes the reality that the u.s. cannot win this war taking 2500 troops out of afghanistan by may 1st is. technically in logistically easier biden says otherwise it probably is that the u.s. completely sell the puppet government in afghanistan to go along with the deal because once the americans are out the existing the existing government has been put into place by the americans is very likely to be crushed so the u.s. is in iraq is it is between a rock and a hard place but so is the afghan government but the reality on the ground is if the taliban want it now they want. to drive out those last $2500.00 troops they could do it they're not doing it right now because they're hoping that the u.s. comes to its senses and leaves. when he says horning china slapped sanctions on british individuals and entities for quote spreading lies and this information it's

a retaliation then for similar moves against beijing by the e.u. u.k. u.s. and canada western leaders have accused beijing of human rights abuses against his week minority with washington even claiming genocide the u.s. says china is holding members of that ethnic minority lawfully in detention centers it's something beijing strongly denies saying the camps are for real education purposes and to combat terrorism not to someone right says nowadays this is tit for tat politics seems to work. international sanctions or in other words american launched economic weapons and it's growing over countries that washington doesn't like having something of a purple new u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken now in brussels on the heels of concerted sanctions against top officials blamed for the moslems in china's western province and we've had the u.s. president joe biden has made his 1st major move against russia has imposed

sanctions on russian officials and businesses those over the jailing in the lead poisoning of kremlin critic alexina valley we got these rumbling on to just a reported poisoning of opposition politician alex enough on the many demanded of heart to construction of the north stream to so despite the sanctions use it cause more misery to the populations of the countries they're aimed at rather than the governments just ask the venezuelans or the iraqis or the iranians or the cubans is a long list they're still normally sold as being for humanitarian reasons which is why you always get those sanctions against saudi arabia. generally speaking sanctions come in the us flag even in the e.u. in canada sanction china is still a sleepy joe biden holding their hands or sniffing their sanctions are ultimately geopolitical weapons that are equal parts flexible and hypocritical you can really

use them to show off your humanitarian credentials to the world we will not be silent in terms of speaking out about these human rights abuses the international pressure will only continue to grow sounds good actually do for chinese officials what organization they did sanction. britain's foreign secretary the so worried about the way years along with the e.u. that they've sanctioned for chinese people out of a population of 1400000000 dominic roberts corner secretly take last week actually supporting increased trade with china so. washington's humanitarian credentials don't exactly add up either curry linking future sanctions against russia's pipeline to germany to the fate of. even though they've been trying to sink ground pipeline 3 years before he became a cause celeb wonder why the us has argued and in fact excessively with some countries like poland for example that actually there's a lot of us gas and they're happy to look at 5 and send it to countries in europe

that sounds pretty lucrative doesn't it well germany got behind the sanctions on china but tensions are running worryingly high between germany and the united states the bone of contention is a gas pipeline. tarion dedication to novell ms well being doesn't extend to shutting down the pipeline which brings lots of lovely cheap gas international solidarity is pretty much. the reason sanctions have worked in the past is because the u.s. has spent decades as the most powerful nation on earth more importantly it prints the dollar the global business currency which means it can use it any time it wants as a. lie so much in the world and the shifting foreign minister one he has extended warm welcome to russian counterpart. china russia getting together not just for the food among other things they want to the dollar they sense that as the sanctions are coming from fading hours they don't just have to sit back and take them on the

chin any more china has now issued saying and the main foreign policy decision making body and this china has slapped sanctions on british individuals and organizations beijing retaliated china sanctioned you know our supposed to work beijing is apparently willing to sacrifice a huge trade deal is signed with europe movie thing is going to suffer more from. the times are changing sanctions may no longer be a one way street. simon right there but even america's allies now the threat of sanctions over them the us secretary of states warned german companies involved in russia's north stream to gas pipeline to europe also risk penalties got reactions of lawmaking with the german social democratic party. the european union and its member states certainly have different views when it comes to security policy ideas with nato in the e.u.

there are always joint dialogues and shared procedures i can't imagine that individual projects like north stream 2 or other projects would threaten the security policy interests of the e.u. as a whole or cause the member states to disagree the united states through its sanctions laws has ways of targeting individual companies involved in the construction and completion of north stream 2 i can't judge at the moment whether they are political decisions in the us in this regard on the other hand after the project is completed it will be a question of how the european union deals with the gas supply and not a question of how the individual companies are involved in this. as a matter of fact i don't like export bans on vaccines but it's always a question of reciprocity if the british government for its part ensures that the british companies meet their contractual obligations to the member states of the european union in that it goes without saying that vaccines goods or other services

produced in the e.u. will also go to the u.k. in principle i believe that export restrictions are not the way forward but it is a question of reciprocity at the end of the day it's about making sure that all countries around the world and in europe get and provide enough vaccines for their citizens the covert crisis will only be solved if all people worldwide are vaccinated we must do everything to ensure that enough vaccines are made available there will be no solution which is only restricted to a national level. from what i have read and heard the is a high quality vaccine comparable in its quality to other vaccines already approved in europe of course and once it is approved sputnik the can also help to fight the pandemic as quickly as possible every vaccine that is available and every person who has been vaccinated it gives society and all of us more security sputnik the can certainly also make a valuable contribution to this. in

a bid for more diversity one u.s. theater script production this cinderella we can report because the cost was too white we believe unapologetically in the changes we are making and we believe that all of our kind hearted guests will follow us on this journey well the artistic director of the minnesota production says the cause was 98 percent white breaking there for its diversity policies but eyebrows been raised because the company's based in a suburb that is overwhelmingly white making it hard to fill racial quotas it's ignited a firestorm on social media. i will screw up i have a visit chanhassen dinner theater declaring the diversity of the local dinner theater is simply bad business necessary no problem one move venue to my money for again. the rivera of the reactionary times online news site told us the faintest suspicion and his view reflects

a dangerous to the. this whole cancel culture sort of super diversity mafia that's just operating right now is basically what they're doing to me when i look at something like this from a far is that they're trying to legitimize anti white racism i mean we're not talking about the public sector this is not you know let's say a government entity that hired only white employees this is you know subjective issues this is or let's say there was a play they somehow was cast that let's say that they were in a black neighborhood where the story takes place you know when it was in black characters are we going to force them to cast white actors playing black people it just it doesn't none of this really makes any sense other than the fact that they're one trying to call attention and create controversy maybe to bring attention to their theater who knows and to it's

a another attempt to me again to legitimize this anti-white racism that we continue to see in plain sight in america in other places. so they're sort of talking about us so far this stuff that i think is take the tomatillo we can to check it it's not exactly 30 minutes past the hour whatever you do into the hope of a great weekend. welcome to you.