thinks. we are to ask. facebook's oversight board a polish network ban on donald trump at least for now critics to question the rulings impact on free speech but also to common r.t. this debate rages in france as it marks the death of a man accused of genocide and all cost millions of lives we look at whether 2 centuries on the podium actually merits today's fanfare and celebrations. you still hear oh he did a lot for the evolution of france but it cost a lot of freedom a lot of sacrifice at the human level to obviously his big mistake may be to have reestablished slavery in new york's governor touches or on earth by suggesting unvaccinated people should avoid their grandparents made allegations his own mismanagement is to blame for nursing home deaths during the pandemic and the

kansas governor wins her battle to allow transgender athletes to compete in women's sports and we put up. this is a serious story to. propagate the view that women are anything other than women who want to see transitioned into being able to. transform the aggressors coincidence. oh they're welcome you're watching r.t. international now not today facebook's oversight board has ruled on donald trump's return to the platform and instagram it upheld the ban placed on the former president after the capitol riots in a move that does reopen the debate about free speech online so let's get more on

this now and cross to work and he joins from united states hello again callup just run through then exactly what the over oversight board is set. well today's ruling from the facebook oversight board presents more questions than it does answers for the moment donald trump remains banned from facebook the oversight board has upheld his ban but it'll be another 6 months before they officially decide whether this ban is permanent or whether it will be lifted at some point some look at today's ruling almost like some kind of good cop bad cop routine take a listen to the boards for the 2 posed by mr trump on general with the 6th city leave it to thies books community standards and instagram's community guidelines given the seriousness of the violations and the ongoing risk of violence facebook was justified in suspending mr trump's accounts on jenner of the 6 and extent of

the suspension on generally the 7th however it was not appropriate for facebook to impose an indefinite suspension. so who is this oversight board that made the decision well the facebook oversight board was created at the suggestion of the facebook chief mark zuckerberg and it's funded by the facebook corporation but according to the reports it is independent of the facebook corporation and the board of directors do not exercise any oversight over the decisions that this board makes and now from what we understand this decision to remove donald trump was actually the biggest decision that the facebook oversight board commonly referred to as facebook's supreme court it was the biggest decision that they had yet made and at this point of the decision it remains in effect from 4 months ago it was implemented after the capitol riots on january 6th that at that point mark zuckerberg said that facebook would keep donald trump banned for the following 2

weeks to make sure that there was a peaceful transition of power and at that point it would be unclear whether or not that ban would continue and now that peaceful transition of power did happen joe biden assumed the presidency donald trump left the white house but that ban remained in effect nothing changed for donald trump at that point he remained banned from facebook and that has been last for months now today's ruling has sparked a lot of outrage among trump's supporters they are not happy about this mark meadows who was a former white house chief of staff under donald trump he spoke up on fox news saying this is a sad day for america here's what he said. this is a sad day for america but a saturday for. the facebook's of the world who have actually enjoyed a very wild wild west kind of regulatory environment. now it's important to note that back in 2019 before all of this happened mr zucker berg

actually said that private companies should not be censoring politicians in what i believe is that in a democracy it's really important that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying it's that they can make their own judgments and you know i don't think that a private company should be censoring politicians or news now at this point donald trump who is widely banned from every major social media outlet he has created a website in which he can communicate with his supporters and in this way he will no longer be reliant on the social media outlets that have removed him here's some of what is on donald trump's new web site.

now donald trump has referred to today's decision by the facebook oversight board as a disgrace and expressed his displeasure with it but overall he doesn't seem to be that disturbed by it as he now has his own web site with which to communicate with his supporters his supporters who were you know kind of shocked by the long silence that took place where they were used to hearing his tweets and his regular updates now can get that from the website but many others are looking at the situation and saying it is quite disturbing if today it is donald trump a former president of the united states who is removed removed even while he was still the president who could be next and this says a lot about the power of these corporations to influence politics furthermore who is this oversight board that had the ability to remove him facebook's top court will be telling us in 6 months whether or not this ban is permanent but this top

court buy facebook it's not elected it's not a body that has been created but it seems to have quite a bit of power so many will be waiting for the next 6 months to see what ultimately is decided when it comes to the fate of the former president and his social media activity sure ken of the kind of reporting from the hill. france's most famous general is waging beyond the grave as the country pulls actual the stops to celebrate 200 years since the death debate is raging about whether it's time to actually cancel the empress many see him as a genocidal tyrants who killed millions of low his fans do you believe he's the nation's greatest f a hero child had been skiing and since the friday night in paris. napoleon bonaparte it's a name that everyone you know is a french emperor colegrove nations 200 years after his death and his ideals

still shape france but wasn't a polian a hero or a villain i'm pretty good a bit of both because he did good things he did a lot for the evolution of france but he also destroyed countries during his conquests in fact so it is a bit of a. yeah but i would say he did a lot for france but obviously he made mistakes too from a foreign policy point of view this is one detail his career in fact he invented everything the civil so indeed like all great man he did things that are good and the other side of the bat and i think he didn't want to bat for me is to hero in the 121st century napoleon's legacy seems to be on shaky ground critics have described the french leader as a racist sexist desperate and there is plenty of evidence to show that napoleon wouldn't cut the mustard in today's world for the 1st time in history we

systematically used a racial criteria for gassing exterminating the civil population in a manner that was the most economical most rational at the end there were several 1000 dead maybe some tens of thousands of civilians dead murdered in this way simply because of the color of their skin because of the fact that the polian had reintroduced slavery in the main french colony. despite the mounting case against new polian events all planned in france and belgium to mark the anniversary of his death there is no question of allowing this anniversary to be stolen from us people know perfectly well that he risked habbush slavery but you can't reduce him to that know what the figure has marked history like him while some former french presidents have shied away from comment. orating napoleon president matt corner will know what he's due to lay a wreath at napoleon's to me in paris and to make an address to mark the anniversary trance is in fact the only country in the world where slavery was as we

established after it's was abolished nobody has ever since such a thing and i were president the president of the so called country dimon rights would like to celebrate somebody who was associated with so many crimes that isn't acceptable is a day of shame mr merkel is not only making more word mistakes but also it's a good one that's going to be. 'd even for the elections he also says that it's ludicrous that france continues to celebrate a loser but it was a disaster. because even if you don't care about black people in the corridors even if you do that if you don't care about europe and people sense who lost one of the german soldiers which is a lot and for nothing. because of the good of the day he lost everything for

example or friends or leaders of. which was at this time 20 percent of the united states that's was lost because if not for france had many irons in the indian ocean like sedition muster and all of that was lost if a racist or nationalist person should say he's a boozer so does that change people's opinion of napoleon they get weak in these cases yes because in a way he helped france with sudden things but it cost a lot of freedom a lot of sacrifice at the human level to them also it's obviously his big mistake maybe to have reestablished slavery but also he brought a lot to france who though his initiatives especially at all levels of administration and their. he may have helped make some progress in certain countries me. well we heard from university history electric not clint about this and he does claim that many of those seeking to cancel the emperor are actually

glorying certain values they have in common the fact is that he is a product of the french revolution and so the left if you like which would want to cancel him and dethrone him for being a racist or whatever. unfortunately is in a rather paradoxical position because of course the left supports the french revolution of which napoleon is a product domestically it is undeniable that his influence is immense but everybody knows that the napoleonic code is still more or less in force that he invented or at least codify all kinds of other things including the administrative structure of france and obviously influence the army and the school system and so on and so on so yes he was a loser on the on the international stage because he was defeated. but he in a way he's not a loser really i would say domestically on the contrary his his influence for good

or ill is undeniable throughout the centuries. the new york governor andrew cuomo he's in the news again this time to suggesting that unvaccinated people could kill their relatives and after he himself was accused of allowing kavi to spreading care homes with the state's high death toll now revealed maybe you will get a long haul syndrome that we're not really sure what it is yet but a lingering consequence of cold it or maybe you go home and future grandmother and wind up killing your grandmother. that is if you were grandmother survived comas nursing home do you think the moment after he said that he was internally regressing setting himself up like that or is he just clueless i'll never forget this mom for making my friend die alone in a nursing home don't like won't get me a grandma but in march 2020 cuomo ordered nursing homes to accept positive patients

because local hospitals were overwhelmed critics say that that decision increased the death toll among residents new york state has one of the highest cope with mortality rates in the u.s. with care home deaths at around 14000 the governor is also been accused of hiding the truth figures although he has repeatedly insisted he won't resign as he does not see the miscount as a cover up. q years 3320 years he died in a hospital died in a nursing home they died while tracey elvin an advocate for those in nursing homes and whose father died in a care facility in long island think that quote most comments do ignore the reality of the situation. our seniors trusted us to protect them and what do we can we get a governor that failed us that's arrogant and makes these tone deaf remarks that

continues to twist denies that he placed in the hearts of us the grieving family members we had our leaders in health department the head of the and i each out in february telling us citizens that we knew that it was most deadly to the elderly back then in february so when you sign an executive order that puts a virus that is known to be the most evil to elderly people even with elderly people i don't want to sound dramatic but that sounds a lot like murder and we need to know why he did it was there a monetary reason that he did it all of this needs to be investigated and every time they think he might get away with it he opens his mouth and he buries unsubtle little bit deeper plus the fact that we have over $15000.00 angels on our side to never discount be angels. the european commission says it plans to tighten foreign investment rules in the broke with a particular eye on reducing at unfair competition from china when you open your

home to guests then of course i think you as i expect your guest to treat your belongings your furniture. as as as you would do just sell with the same sense of care because they are at your guests and this is the same without seeing the markets we want every company that operates in europe no matter where it comes from to respect our house rules and one of the oldest rules that we have is that we don't allow subsidies which homes fair competition. well the president of the european commission pointed out that the proposed measures are to ensure a level playing field within the block it's been prompted by a recent surge to foreign takeovers of the u. companies and fears of a further buying spree of firms who shares his share prices have dropped during the pandemic where the commission says it wants to investigate takeovers worth

250000000 euros or more and also wants to examine deals that involve foreign subsidies however the obvious is yet to be agreed by any member states and companies are expected to lobby hard against it it comes to you as a massive investment deal is suspended over concerns about human rights issues in china so let's get more on this night and talk with patton won the political analyst a very welcome thanks for coming on thanks waiting their look the goal here the e.u. says is that it wants to ensure that the you are colony remain strong therefore it has to protect itself against china do you think this sort of positioning in these sort of policies will actually do that for. i think look the e.u. is intending to do is they truly trying to screw her own strategic autonomy. not just because china but also.

shifting to political landscape in which we seem china actually was already norm 2 months ago all she has already surpassed that you notice this to be the biggest trigger off the european union. and against these run and because of the joe biden's administration are trying to court the you and the european allies to. look. to cater and to deal with a more assertive china and a you seen duded is kind of north problematic because she's trying to. resist the pressures from getting drawn into this kind of us china rivalry and we can start to see china in the us are the 2 biggest trading partner of the e.u. . in order to receive these pressures the euro would naturally need

to strengthen and to protect her own competitive match or comparative advantage in terms of her technology. grantee of advantage in the health sector and also other service industries and also manufacturing industries and to do so you're going to actually need to protect your own ministries so that you would not be entitled to an offer by a foreign countries do you think then sorry to interrupt but do you think then that china will actually be sympathetic sympathetic or at least understanding of the u.s. position here because you know it will see itself as a large country with a lot of power and money and europe as somebody who needs to protect its own industry particularly at this time with the pandemic. well i think the chinese government actually on a similar. reform or i will say in line north palsy in general it is

to further try multilateral trading system across the world and so you know the worst i believe the chinese despite that. would obviously continue to resist the kind of human rights of patients you see john as always or thought of coming from anywhere not just your yeah but i would say that the chinese would like to talk in more details brussels so in what particular earth specific details and what kind of 1st sectors you would like us to invest more and do good and not just to take over and i'm sure there's some rooms for discussion on that because you see. a rock there's some sectors still beat investments obviously some sectors they would not like to have too much sure ok you don't pack really niceto if you're going to leave

it at i was packing on one political analyst thanks for your thoughts on this. and other news here today transgender females can keep paying women sports in the u.s. state of kansas it is after the state governor there won her battle with local politicians who wanted her banned vetoed their bill that would have stopped biological males taking part in women's sports but it didn't stop those born female from participating in men's kansas governor or kelly explained her position. i just play shannon sounds a devastating message that kansas is not welcoming to all children and their families including those who are transgender while already at a high risk of bullying discrimination and suicide kansas is an inclusive state and our laws defacto are values this law doesn't do that since republicans couldn't stop abortions there aren't too transgender rights big win for the family and those athletes i am annoyed by this they have grown up as men there's transfer physical

ability not a level playing field it's really stupid kansas should frank governor for saving them from the stupid why the decision does come as 5 states bring such bans into law and 34 others are considering one we'll talk to lawyers stephanie hayden and also radio sports host alan moore about whether the issue is being fueled by transphobia and who should decide if such athletes are allowed to participate. what with the rights of women and it's open to your number crunching couple sports on our radio show we spoke with female athletes seem to be that they have concerns for day themselves fear less is arguments going on the board their heads will hear it's they who have to suffer there is a dangerous well the saloon who will take advantage of this is a virus of good will both a lot of the society will lose a situation where there are no deadly consequences what this is a battle to in my view is using the arguments about access to school to

transgendered women and bells as a dog whistle for transpose be at lest the real heya does not sick of what people call biological man i would say trans women killing all the joy in female sports as a way of securing metals that they otherwise would not secure if they were competing against biological men in early sports i don't think this you know there's just not transform be in this and either editor that wants to bring in trance all the druggies or dog was just saying that my argument saying there i don't want to see a man who's transitioned into your female that's a greener and placed my daughter in the ring that's not transfer all the addresses common sense this is just a scare story which is brought town waltz again too. propagate the

view that trans women are anything all the ball other than women you know women sports of women's sports and i'm not saying that it's appropriate in every sport that somebody who was formerly male should be allowed to compete in some spots that would be ridiculous however if the governing body office or take the view that trans women trans girls can compete safely and thoroughly then guys in lots of the day and every look at the rules are bigger rebroadcasts probably got in the states it's not a transition in marrow compiz high schools universities have to letter people who present themselves or 2 who approved feel themselves female today should be given the same rights and be there to be if you're a sports is still in the news right now and a lot bigger that's flying into lesser in the states and in the senate floor under the golden rule rule in the end. it is so so messy and so dangerous politics should

be kept down to sports it is not the business in my opinion of a state legislature to start passing legislation restricting our express to sport for any group in money feeling the way the should be tempered with is that each individual sport vive its governing party east should make a decision on what is best for the last the some sports for example where it can be argued that the same call biological differences are not going to make a difference to how severe their 3rd way around of the one of the poles or the would be their separate category male female. and an extraordinary are that we have to caucasus solutions that are. looking for a sporting point of view or unfortunately a lot of people who are not allowed to know interested or want to get involved in it because it suits their agenda or. just is not going.

female athletes people see sports administrators what is best for their people and they're still going to be the year. now almost 400000 cases of cave it have been registered in india with over 3000 people are dying every single day he's in and it is none wanted global raechel a hospital shortages of oxygen and has prompted some residents to launch their own medical services to help their communities. i am happy to help others during a medical emergency i myself tested positive for cover 19 and at that time the situation was very critical when i was discharged from the hospital i decided to

create a water ambulance to benefit the people who are living in da lake i ask people to call me during the covert emergency i will definitely help them even if it's night . it is good for the people even then it is around delhi we really need this ambulance because you are a medical emergencies it could be beneficial for us in kashmir there is also a surge in infections and deaths and these ambulance could be used during an emergency related to coronavirus. when we find homeless people on the streets check their needs and help them live a dignified life. received information that this homeless man has been here for the

last 3 days he's not well we're going to conduct a covert test for him and if he is negative he will be sent to a shelter her. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has missed his chance to form a new coalition government the deadline expiring at midnight on cheese day but his failure to reach an agreement could push easily could party into opposition for the 1st time in well over a decade israel has been in political deadlock for the past 2 years and during that time for parliamentary elections have failed to produce a stable government despite reaching out to rivals to including the leader of a small is the next hour of party netanyahu was unable to seal a deal within the 4 week window granted by the country's president well our sister channel r.t. arabic spoke to the former israeli prime minister olmert and he believes netanyahu

could be nearing the end of his career. speaks to worth while everyone goes well you know using in very very bad situation he is at the very end of his career he's going to be kicked out of the government he's not going to really explode when the. really really 2 years ago and i was right in our last interview i told you he will not win any elections in the election so you was when we went to 4 different election complaints in 2 years because netanyahu couldn't win the elections and therefore when you don't really elections when you're in bed when you have troubles when you were to stand in the court when you have political rivals from all sides what is left for you to do is to use to shout to to show off. before we go mexico is promising severe punishment for those responsible

for the collapse of an overpass which killed $24.00 people the instance or pack train carriages plunge onto a busy road smashing on survey course below dozens of people were pulled from the wreckage with more than 70 taken to hospital in mexico city mayor says there will be a deep investigation. but i'm not going without a fight these things are from east jerusalem where things got violent outside the house of a family that faces a vixen by the properties being reclaimed under the law making this possible as it was owned by jews before 948 the family there and their supporters do say that the fiction is unlawful and conservatives have been celebrating in madrid as they stormed to victory in local elections there the people's party more than doubled its share of seats after advocating anti lockdown policies during the pandemic he got more seats than 3 left wing parties.