here. are. some of the stories that shaped this week's news a stark admission of failures in the handling of the covert crisis by france's president as the country imposes a 3rd national lockdown. of a nursing exodus in the united kingdom is a poll that reveals warning for n.h.s. workers are more likely to quit now than they were in 202020 citing exhaustion from the pandemic we speak to one british nurse we've had to leave the. increased. cost of. the wait is have. so much stress on the nurses and after the government needs help an increase. the purge of donald trump off social media continues with

facebook deleting an interview with the former president from his true page. how do you care. be held responsible for the actions of some individuals if muslims are treated with more respect this is after a teacher showed his class cartoons of the prophet mohammed debate the issues raised. cultural the brain is he ok to be. racist against muslims what's moved along here is that. with police protection. great to have you with us thanks so much watching. the french president admit mistakes have been made at every stage of the pandemic this was in a televised address he made to the nation micron announcing

a 3rd nation wide lockdown as covert cases saw intensive care beds filling up in the country's death toll approaches 100000 he said that the situation has left him with no other choice. this it did i know that at every stage of this epidemic we might say to ourselves that we could have done better that we made mistakes all this is true we all need to make an additional effort over the coming months this is what i ask of us collectively tonight since saturday lockdown measures have been extended from 19 areas to all of mainland france that means a nationwide curfew starting at 7 pm and a ban on travel between regions schools have also been closed for at least 3 weeks an additional policing has been introduced to ensure that no more than 6 people can gather at any time the measures introduced by the french leader come as to his previous decision not to lock down that was in january a chronos faced increasing criticism from m.p.'s scientists and hospital bosses. i

say to the government do it now do it now or do it for a shorter time but do it to concede their right not to implement a lockdown in france at the end of january because we didn't have the explosion of cases that every model predicted france's president is without doubt an educated man emmanuel macro and through through the country's top institutions before making a mark in both the private or public sector he then reporting from cesar youngest ever president i mean it's a pretty impressive resume and people traded in selfless and learned he knew when to take advice needed it is important at this time by following the advice of scientists as we've just done to ensure the continuity of democratic life and our institutions but now it seems being top dog isn't quite enough not grown his throwing himself into an entirely new discipline the president has acquired real

expertise in health issues it is not an inaccessible subject for an intelligent person like him considering the important time he has dedicated to it for several months not cause aids if he wouldn't be declared that he has become an epidemiologist despite not having a scientific background in these claims over. seas on health issues have also rubbed the wrong way. because you don't let mr mccollum is president of the republic and in the framework of the pandemic just like all heads of states he has become interested in epidemiological data yes to put his nose to the grindstone he's obliged to take notice of trends but that doesn't make him an epidemiologist of course for all those that talk about epidemiology and among them we can find heads of states like president mccrone who talks about epidemiology just like we talk about politics when we talk about sculpture or bots music but they're not

necessarily sculpture artists. for musicians. meanwhile there are fears of a nursing exodus in britain after a survey that revealed n.h.s. staff and now more likely to quit their jobs than in previous c.s. exhaustion from the pandemic was cited as the overriding reason according to that poll one in 4 and it just workers are more inclined to leave than during the previous 12 months almost 30 percent of them a nurse is a midwives to occupations that face major shortages and 70 percent of those surveyed said to pay rises a deciding factor or those working for free student nurses say that they are struggling to make ends meet one of them gave us her reaction to the survey findings it doesn't surprise me it's what we've had to use it needs increased. the cost of living has gone up the wages have increased but it's so much stress on the nurses that midwives everyone involved in that question and i think to be honest with

a pandemic i think everyone has now had enough and they need help and i feel the government need to help and increase the weight to get a good environment for one british health authorities have promised to provide the national health service with an extra 29000000000 pounds but the nurse we spoke to says that that money isn't making any difference when it comes to student medics. we get the 5000 pounds and some people get a 2000 pound grant depending if it were children or what feels like i mean tape but in reality it isn't so in the i should say that the increase in childcare costs you know the increase in council tax increase in fuel into placement in my fish to arrive it's a defeat by twice. and that should even as states that were actually retired nurses at the bank they couldn't believe that if they should i go into this position because i have a rabbit they are 2 children and that's what i'm like with 5 required what was quite a full time childcare and the other one it just started sco the funds come for you

all to we've already so i got the calls today for you. if you leave the coals and it does add to the mental so that the sorry sorry dr. so this week the long awaited report on the origins of covert 19 has faced shop criticism will wide for leaving many questions unanswered even the organizations are too general a school for the research yesterday russian member of the we found mission why getting to the bottom of the outbreak is proving so difficult. which will close on a mission started off under phase one why was it called that it was clear from the beginning nobody expected us to find on sr all the questions right away in fact he was prepared to rework aimed at analyzing the data we had accumulated and establishing hypotheses in general it's hard to predict how long this investigation will take and how it will end but it should be done that's for sure.

we since we've managed to find out that the virus supposedly emerged in the period between the middle of november and the beginning of december however we don't know the exact location of the outbreak in my view it was in china but it's not clear yet it's unlikely though that the outbreak occurred in a wet market most probably it was some market visitor who had already been infected and spread the virus this suggestion derives from the fact that there were quite a large number of patients who had nothing to do with the markets we don't know who the 1st patient was neither do we know the natural origin of covert 19 based on our common knowledge of various coronaviruses we suggest it's a but might have been a source. the issue is very much politicized everyone is trying to find someone to blame i've never considered the oblique hypothesis a theory there's so much talk about this in the media though but people don't really have an idea there is no scientific evidence or facts proving a leak as of today based on what we saw i can say that the suspected laboratory is

run properly by well trained staff there is total compliance with all the rules regarding work with viruses of this has a class or even a class above the laboratory is regularly audited and is in the constant scrutiny of competence international organizations building from that we def or can't say that a lab leak might have been the cause. we didn't feel any pressure coming from our chinese colleagues actually it wouldn't even be the case i can't think of how they could have put pressure on us we are in no way affiliated with china people from various countries were part of our team who went to carry out this investigation on behalf of the w.h.o. and what would have been the point of pressurising us we hardly liaise with officials we were largely in touch with scientists. donald trump has long been banned by social media giants but that doesn't mean that there purge of the former president is over is revealed on choose day facebook had removed an

interview with him in posted by his daughter in law morgan looks at whether social media giants and other new thought police. big tech censorship just keeps coming the latest is an interview from former u.s. president donald trump getting scrubbed from facebook in line with the bill quip placed on donald trump's facebook an instagram account says a content posted in divorce of donald trump will be removed and result in additional limitations on the account donald trump is not the president anymore he's sunning himself in florida so why exactly is it so dangerous for people to hear his interpretation of world events and just like that we are one step closer to wilson 1984 wow joe biden keeps repeating that big tack are his allies and his efforts to create a world where everyone has freedom of speech and the united states is spreading human rights across the planet but some are saying that a social media purge of

a former president sets a dangerous precedent it is an issue that we have got to be thinking about because of anybody who thinks. yesterday it was donald trump who was banned and tomorrow could be somebody else who has a different very different point of view so i don't like giving that much power to a handful of high tech people but the devil is obviously in the details and it's something we're going to think long and hard on and that is how you preserve 1st amendment rights without moving this country into a big lie a mentality and conspiracy theory all kinds of pro trump voices have been purged from social media you've got the removal of retired general michael flynn sidney power and 2008 vice presidential candidate of the libertarian party and commentator wayne allen root we've also seen big tech declare certain news stories to be off limits they have shut down discussion of the biden family and their shady business dealings they have actually scrub search results to remove conservative media

outlets but yet all kinds of inappropriate content remains on social media 40 percent of americans have faced online harassment or hate. california wants to hold big tech accountable for what they are not censoring while they're too busy playing politics instead californians are becoming increasingly alarmed about the role of social media in promoting hate disinflation conspiracy theories and extreme political polarization trost of social media has dropped to a low of 35 percent and it's not surprising either how social media originated with the idea being it would be a place for all kinds of people to be free to speak up and explore the marketplace of ideas instead it's turned into a place for playing politics and pushing some people's agenda while suppressing others they are afraid of because it would do a great for the american people who plans to set president shop up to get him out of the way so he won't be able to run for office the office again because you know

if you did run for office again that he will win we need to look back at the 1st amendment when it comes to the media because we have seen how the. coming from big tech and the media these people have too much control they have became rich in a real don't care about map you know your opinion if government want to rein in big take against they can do it tomorrow if they wanted to do that the republican party democrat party is the same on big tex democrats and republicans on the same boat it takes 2 going so bury the flag for saying the whole thing is a political gain actress and activist rose mcgowan shared her experience of being ousted by big tank. where you go pray to a little pretty much speech going against your front means i don't understand why you support evil jack dorsey and want to block.

i was just spend it by twitter for posting an internet photo of bill clinton and getting a massage and no wonder they flagged it for indeed as i was just trying to drive the point home about a disgusting human doing disgusting things i know twitter is trying to silence me and i know a lot of the powerful democrats are behind it deactivated right sharon entirely 4 days after i helped out harvey weinstein my attacker in the new york times expose a 4 years ago there was a worldwide it limited boycott twitter for 24 hour protests until they reinstated me they did and they have but i have been shadow band ever since i am tired of having these men his feet on my neck i am tired of having their hand over my mouth you guys are old pros to be tracked for rose right the little grows and you're

supposed to be the freedom to speak the rap for and that is a life. still on the way for you this hour a poll is found that most americans are anxious about losing their jobs of a something that they say on line because of council culture dig deeper after the break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in. spearing dramatic development only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. welcome back in the u.k. has warned the prime minister that troubles brewing if more respect isn't shown to muslims insinuating the country might even go the way of fronts this is after a teacher in northern england left parts of the community outraged when showing

cartoons of the prophet muhammad to his class. all we ask for is a bit of respect if one teacher can do it another teach can do it 5 years down the line and we do not want this to be the case otherwise we are not responsible for the actions of some individuals the teacher and his family are now in hiding after they received death threats he has apologized but has been suspended some local muslims are demanding the school fire him but a petition calling on the school to reinstate him is already garnered more than $65000.00 signatures and the u.k. department of education has defended the teacher it is never acceptable to threaten or intimate data teaches we encourage dialogue between parents and schools when he she has emerged schools are free to include a full range of issues ideas and materials in their curriculum included where they are challenging a controversial subject or they obligations to ensure political balance outrage over a similar case in france last the brutal murder of samuel party

a history teacher in the paris was beheaded by a terrorist after showing cartoons of the prophet mohammed to his pupils to india from christian concern mowen saw the political and social commentator forms over the issues raised. this could be very easily turning into some kind of a powder keg and you do not throw that matches into such things we've seen in france and in many european countries the rise of the far right we've seen some to tears civil rights system pushing against islam pushing against muslims marginalizing them and it's open season on muslims courage attack them on free speech places and people make themselves are to be free speech martyrs or somehow muslims become inflamed of their own 15 western values so what's most alarming here is that the teacher had to go into hiding with police protection because what he's done he's he's discussed a point of discussion about a cartoon and the why the subject of blasphemy he hasn't actually hurt anyone he

hasn't actually even threatened any violence and yet there are obviously very real threats of violence against him so much so that the police are going to protect him and take his family his wife and his children into hiding i think that is very very concerning and i think we need to recover a sense of normality and a sense of people being able to openly discuss and educate people about these things and i've been around the block a few times and had this discussion a few times every time we've had this discussion on free speech and debate we have put down do worst of the ideas racism hatred we know it's not ok to be racist against muslims to make the argument is your right to be racist or is this racist we need to learn about religion that we need to learn about what people believe and we need to openly discuss them and so people and super about it let's be very clear about this that discussing a cartoon it's got about how it has nothing to do with basis and it's not racism at all and what's happening here is people are trying to shut down discussion and

using threats of violence when people judge. people who work with the english defense league you keep anti muslim interest across europe and the rest of the what i'll do you try and demonize muslims marginalize them would have you laugh you will not win the cultural debate. or is he ok to be poked fun at and be racist against muslims out of the lot of us read what else is and you don't get to be offensive towards us this is not the way a free society should work he should definitely be defended it's all he's done is raise a discussion people should be free to discuss things in class if we're not free to discuss things we have a de facto blasphemy law in the country which is being enforced by a mob rule that threatens violence against people. and in america so that they fear being fired or reprimanded for what they say online is a chilling finding that most people in the country now are afraid they would be fired if they express their real views on social media the nearly 2000 people

surveyed more than 60 percent view growing council culture as a threat to their freedom or more than half see it as endangering job security and canvassed opinion on the issue among new yorkers. people are creative and have a different mindset some artist decide to do different things people you next door neighbors affected the different you that you might not agree on i don't feel that you should ruin their entire lives over what they think in their mind even though it is harsh and if you really like the park it sometimes i think it does scare people and it makes people think and maybe it's future you know. inappropriate. the idea of canceling counseling is bad and is not a good way of. creating difficult conversations because difficult conversations are very important to making difficult topics less difficult. that can really change

the way that a person interacts with the world or using. to also understand like fear fed up with having to respond to people who are sorry if your thought was always more complicated than it's presented. this will come to a child with more shared his thoughts on council culture and where it came from. in the past we've always sort of focused on the government and focused on protecting the constitution but of course in this in this day and age the threats are coming not really from the government they're coming from is this is from private corporations and most importantly from each other so that makes it interesting and different i think anything else that that we really experience in culture before it's you know and it's actually on its that's the climate social media mob threats to docs to get people wired and it's not a threat on many levels and most importantly it has a chilling effect on public discourse and on people being able to speak their minds

to openly. discuss an advocate for things that they are the things that they truly believe in and the criticism that maybe what's going on in culture and in government and even if you have to hold yourself to see just criticize example coulter 'd can get you cancel. this move on some of the news in briefly an hour and a heated exchange in eastern switzerland as a group of protesters have clashed with police at one point even throwing the mullet of a night of unrest officers responded with rubber bullets and tear gas 2 young people were injured $21.00 more arrested for questioning but all have since been released comes just a week of the similar clashes on police broke up an illegal policy in the city although the reason behind the latest old cation is unclear media to be to get to frustration with coronavirus destructions. and of the several top ranking figures including members of the royal family have been arrested in jordan of an alleged

plot to gain king abdullah the 2nd jordanian officials have denied that prince been assigned was among those detained the form a crown prince says that he has been placed under house arrest and as accuse the country's leaders of corruption incompetence and harassment. police officers have been injured in $26.00 people arrested or they're killed the bill protest in london clashes broke out during a rally of thousands of protesters outside parliament the bill if passed into law would and police the right to limit demonstrations which the activists season encroachments on their civil rights similar rallies have been held in other major cities across the u.k. . and that historic procession of egypt's ancient rulers has passed through the center of cairo the mummies comprising of 18 kings and 4 queens transported from the country's national museum to their new resting place at the museum of egyptian civilization the ceremony called the golden parade

of the pharaohs started just after sunset some of the mummies being transported in climate controlled cases were more than 3000 years old. the u.s. is using all the tools at its disposal to counter the ever growing global influence of china and with that goal in mind washington is reaching out to allies across asia with mixed success is the take of artists i've been right. rise of china and subsequent tantrum in the west is heading the way these things always do the great powers and some not so great ones are getting together and holding hands and forming alliances so anything really bad happens we can all suffer together in the blue corner we have record for the 1st try we're convening this group. yet that meeting was a few weeks ago a meeting of the quadrilateral security guard court for short because no one can remember the real name who comes out with those names anyway it's made up of the

united states india japan and australia some might suggest that more clues than quads the aim of the gang is a free and open indo-pacific that was the promise after the 1st summit between the leaders of the us india japan and australia so they're really mean are the words is to keep china in its place brilliantly about every using the word china i show you want me you will take a look at their p.r. video often in a few words as we go. to be china free and open and close it and help that unless you china. to be china i think straight course power china committing to addressing the world's defining challenge the rise of china moment of crisis something. to be china. and china. about the threat of climate change and combat the threat of china i'll save

you the pain of watching you basically goes on like that some of the quarter the asian nato we say 50 denied because it is not a minute to your lines for the 1st time canada is participating in a joint exercise in the pacific ocean with the nations to rise the. sea definitely not a military alliance as ever though self-interest is likely to be the main enemy of this group they 1st got together back in 2004 to respond to the booking day tsunami when they tried to go steady off towards. make it all a bit more official they realized it wasn't going to work because none of them really wanted to annoy china. now almost 15 years after they gave up on the cord in the 1st place they're back and they realize they do want to annoy china now because the us is scared of being used as the global bully indios just have a border clash with china literally with sticks and australia is facing economic sanctions from beijing so yeah return of the cord we know that our allies have complex relationships with china that always aligned perfectly into a key u.s.

ally south korea which is doing all it can to stay out of the cord after realizing that while it relies on the us for its security it does most of its shopping in china australia doesn't seem to have noticed it in the same position hence those sanctions from beijing china has called the quad an excuse to form clique's and openly incite discord between regional countries with that in mind is building is own clique to incite discord your reaction to china making a big push into the mid east with a new 25 year deal with china and iran. is really struggling to señors queues and she so yes china and iran have signed a 25 year cooperation deal among other things beijing will be buying iranian oil in defiance of u.s. sanctions i mean just like the quote never says the c word china and iran didn't exactly say at the signing but this is one big middle finger games where near

washington the big geopolitical beasts then are picking their teams and taking sides. to worry about i'm sure. ok abridged by that thanks so much don't forget you can always check out more stories that we have covered for you at r.t. dot com. is you'll be a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation full community. are you going the right way or are you being led. away. what is true what is faith.

in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. aura made in the shallows. what started my interest i should say and black americans in the soviet union in the 30s was finding this portrait even though i had gone to grad school of the master's degree in russian literature i speak russian and i had lived over there in the late eighties finding this portrait was was a stunning development for me how did i not know about this. i didn't know that this was a phenomenon that there were many. african-americans who went to russia and meet in the thirty's. in the 1920 s. and thirty's several 100 african-americans moved to pursue.