the whole, the headlines that shape the weak, china dismisses as political heights, president biden's probe into the origins of covert de la bleak there is now gaining traction in the media which previously rejected it when the temp administration made the same claim. isolation of a nation, bella race faces that project criticism enclosed space from the after passenger jet was supposed to make an emergency diversion to minsk over host form threatened and opposition activists. both in the u. s. back truck on their decisions to cut police funding to try and re surge the white house because an epidemic.

ah . good morning and welcome you watching the weekly on to john is once again refuted claims that corona virus originated from one of the countries lumps. it comes up to the u. s. said that it's doubling down on efforts to find the source of the pandemic sky. taylor has more rambler. donald trump and his administration's take on the corona virus. the chinese virus comes lu, the china, a virus con. janie's flew to china flu. there's enormous evidence that that's where the big yet, remember, 10 has a history of infecting the world. and they have a history of running sub standard laboratories. these are not the 1st times that we've had a world exposed to virus as a result of failures in a chinese lab. remember how his theory about the virus escaping from

a lab with labeled racist and mad. a wall won't stop a virus, racism won't stop a virus. do your job? well, turns out now it's not racist, but a totally rational ferry. why? because it's not trump peddling it earlier this year. fresh and the oval office bite and actually shut down a trump para top secret operation to look into the origins of the pandemic. and specifically, whether the virus leaked from the woo hon institute of fi, rolla, g, q, his own altering off a report into the origins of the pandemic. with the lab leak of one of the top 2 theories, which is much more valid because fight and not trump wanted at. i've no off the intelligence community to redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion and report back to me in 90 days. and just as quickly as

biden decided that it's not racist or not, but they did some of the interests of public safety. so, coincidentally, did others a new york times drawn a thought, i decided pro, incidentally to delete a previous tweet about the problematic nature of the lab. meek theory and big peck, which month has been finding any coven conspiracy theories has coincidentally, decided to give the to meet button, a bit of a break in light of ongoing investigations into the origin of covered 19, and in consultation with public health experts. we will no longer remove the claim that covered 19 is men made or manufactured from our apps. in fact, the only one who's actually stuck to its guns is china. lately, some people have played the old trick of political high on the origins ration of covered 19 in the world smear campaign and blame shift. and i'm making a come back. and the conspiracy theory of love league is resurfacing as cool,

but more transparency from basic counsel momentum, as the woo hon meek theory begins to enter the mainstream. and people pick aside the w h. o has decided to sit on the fence. only recently determining that the hypothesis was highly unlikely, but at the same time can't be entirely ruled out where the virus originated remains to be determined. but one thing is for sure, a theory can todd from conspiracy to credible as quickly as the establishment decides which on trump would probably tweak about if you know you thought twitter. but then again, we're talking about trump. he always finds a way. now everybody's agreeing that i was right when i very early on code one as the source of covey 19, sometimes referred to as the china virus. to me was obvious from the beginning, but i was badly criticized as usual. now they are all saying he was right,

thank you absolutely vindicated. now remember facebook and others still won't allow people in my country to even contest suggest there may be an election might not be on the up and up. so they're very slow to issue a reprieve. so there must be a lot of evidence for them to go this far. this is a trump victory, and as was stated to bad, he can't speak as to social media as reprieve because they have not allowed him a reprieve from his prohibition on the platform. in the 1st place, a former president, i sure that this is another example of the in seen world that we're living in. and instead of people going to joe biden and say, wait a minute, or whoever is running to show today. why are you changing your mind? oh no, no. we're going to have an investigation into this. you just realize this. now,

this is just come to you. you just, you're just been made aware of this. dear god, what else have you just become aware of? i mean it's, it's really frightening. following a huge diplomatic storm over the false diversion of a passenger plane to bela reduce, the country's president, alexander shank has been defending them exclaiming, the laws were broken. the wrong play was intercepted by a fighter jet in order to make an emergency landing over a hoax. bomb threat, but an opposition activist on board was then arrested event sparks protests in some european cities. none of the bela russians diaspora rallied alongside locals in support of political prisoners. re so insist that there's no political persecution in the country. the u. s. and you are drawing a coordinated sanctions against members of lucas shank as government and both advise against flying through belarus. and s space the critics question whether the

west is in a position to lecture malory's autistic is dawn of explain this week. it seems there was no bigger scoundrel in the world than this man. alexander lucas shinkel, the president of bella, ros. that's after a ryan flight had to make an emergency landing in minsk because of a bomb threat according to the bill of russian authorities. but there was no bomb. instead, quite conveniently for blood shall go. one of the most outspoken opposition activists, roman pro, to savage. just so happened to be on board, and when he got arrested, the collective west didn't like it. not one bit. we strongly condemn the lucca shanker regimes, brazen and shocking acts to divert a commercial flight in the rest. the journalist, look at saint luke's sancho has done as a disgrace. that's hard to suppose. here the lights of more than $170.00 passengers were endangered in order to arrest

a journalist. the height of the plane on the attention of the passage is it's something that was completed in the room. and we really started discussing the implementation of the secretary over there. but i'm extensions now along with proto savage, his girlfriend was arrested as well. accused of dog, st. bella, russian security officers essentially calling on lynch mobs to go get them. and one by one e, you, nations began to close the air space to barrows, national airline, while europe based areas, in turn, refused to fly over the country to russia, england received. we have to understand that this will have severe consequences. and we are looking into sanctions against the ation sector in, but i was on the cd. we have decided to prohibit the bell russian airline from accessing european airports to invite europe and airlines not to fly over bel

russian territory force landing a jet simply. so you can extract a political thorn on the heard of, except it really isn't. because back in 2013, several countries closed off there as space to the jet of bolivian president evil morality. which was grounded in vienna. simply because the us suspected edward snowden was on board, which he wasn't by the way, but america wanted him arrested so badly. it was willing to ground a president's personal plane. the bolivian president's plane was once forced to land. the president was taken out of the plain, but nothing was said about that silence in 2016 ukraine ground at a but a russian commercial jet. also arresting an opposition activist who was on board. but of course, this time it's all different. so the e u has frozen its investment into bellows, the whole 3000000000 euros of it. there is a tendency in the west,

unfortunately not to regard sanctions as inactive war when in fact it is inactive war. it's just a lower level of warfare before shooting war. this is particularly dangerous in the sense that if, if you're europe in its allies of the us, britain and get together in the rapid reaction, g 7 mechanism and put sanctions on beller ruse for instance. then you have a problem because this, this is really standing between russia and the european union and who's gonna, who's going to be the victim of this is going to be the people of bella roost. one been a russian opposition figure in exile. took the idea of financial incentive if you like to a whole new level offering 11000000 euros to anyone who arrests. luca sion go just get clint eastwood on the case already. oh

and yes. perhaps the grounding of the ryan a jet wasn't exactly the sort of thing you'd expect to see in a democracy. remember, though, we are still talking about the man, the media, branded europe's last dictator. and who can blame him if he can play the game as well as his big and very democratic brother the us? that's an obvious point of hypocrisy in how this story is being framed. that's not to say that there is a debate regarding international law, whether a government scrambling its air force to ground commercial airliner over its airspace. and also your apprehension somebody from a commercial flight that's, that's a legitimate point of debate. however, to say that this is unprecedented, or to say that of this never happens in the west is a ridiculous proposition. and so we,

this is time and time again. we see this every time, the western media governments, they don't look at the wider context of what's going on. and if you look at the internal affairs of bell ruse and how much pressure is also being put to bear on the country from the outside, from these very powers that are condemning this act is a very different story. and it's a much wider discussion that needs to be had rapidly rising crime rates in america are a forcing some officials to rethink plans to defend the police. on wednesday whitehouse spokesperson said the gun violence was spiraling out of control and straight people were killed in the latest mass shooting this time in san jose. in california. we are suffering from an epidemic of gun violence in this country, both in mass shootings and in the lives that are being taken in daily gun violence that doesn't make national headlines. goals to cut funding and even a bullish whole police department started last year following the death of george

floyd, an officer has since been convicted of his murder when 20 major us cities of now reduced the police budgets. i me i am for massive structural and transformational reform. we will not be increasing our police budget. we will be moving funding from the n y p be to youth initiatives and social services. many democratic party politicians around the country heard the cry of the protesters, but now as crime surges, many of them are back tracking fatal shootings in minneapolis in 2021 of nearly doubled from last year. there have been 3 times as many carjackings. this is the very same city where george floyd killing last year sparked protests, crying defun,

the police all over the country. but now in minneapolis, that refund to police big overarching statements that were going to be fonder abolished to dismantle the police department to get rid of all the officers, there's an impact that needs to stop. it's unacceptable. we should be holding those perpetrators accountable to include safety, the policing, and it includes police. now the city council is increasing the police department budget by $6400000.00 after cutting it by 8000000 last year. in april of this year, there had been 166 percent more shootings in new york city than there were in april of 2020 new york city mayor bill de blasio who once pledged to cut the police budget by $1000000000.00. as now promise to build an entirely new police precinct in queens. this is something that for decades that community asked for, it was one or the other, which was the choice in 2020. we leaned into the investments in the young people.

now thankfully, we have resources to address both these issues. in the 1st month of this year, the city of los angeles has an increase in huge to the same time frame last year. now that democrat mayor, the same one who jumped on the de fund the police bandwagon, is calling for an increase in the police budget. the city council wants $250.00 more officers to be hired if you want to abolish the police. you're talking to the wrong there. now the mayor of st. louis is sticking to her gun despite having one of the highest murder rates in the country. not only does she want to defend the police, she also wants to shut down the jail. no human being should be cased for weeks and months on end with little certainty of when and if they'll ever see their family again, we share a commitment to reducing harm in our communities and ending the cycles of trauma that have caused far too many of our neighbors to be locked up in our cities jails . the number one reason why crime keeps going up is because of politicians.

politicians keep doing everything they can to weaken the system to make the public more happy. and you're not asking the right questions which are, what is the point, what is the public doing in criminal aspects, which is calling the police lawfully act the way they do and then the public is in there. they're on educated, ignorant, misguided eyes. seeing this as police brutality. so the public really needs to step up to the plate. they need to come to the table. they need to be educated on why the police do what they do. they need to understand laws. they need to understand department policies a year after the killing of george floyd and joe biden's police reform bill is not exactly a hit in congress. americans do not see eye to eye while crime is rising. outrage about police brutality and killings is also sky. hi, caleb martin, r t new york. a growing number of asian americans of buying firearms for the very 1st time after surgeon hake drive. they're also joining lobby groups to resist the push for strict to get lost by the democratic party. there is

a real and imminent threat and we need to defend ourselves and our loved ones. we refuse to be silent and we refuse to be victims. again, re copays for me last year. i'm the father of the next asian family. my wife is 100 percent chinese american. and so my daughter and we were just walking down the street as we normally do to go to simple park. it went to a menacing group as folks that showed up in a pickup truck and yelled a bunch of racial borders that us them, that out us out the window. and that just really got me thinking, you know, what, what would have happened if i hadn't been there? would they've been more aggressive, would they have followed my wife home and done something even worse? and so that really just kinda wanted to see to me that you know, you really do have to take personal detraction into your own hands, especially group like the asian american community, which historically isn't known for you know, gun ownership or things of that nature. scott keener since co founded the asian

american and pacific islander gunner in this group, it's got thousands of followers on social media and encourages responsible ownership of farms as well as resistance to policy seen as to restrictive tax on asian americans have jumped 164 percent he made us city since the pandemic compared with the same period last year. new york san francisco, and i lay sure the biggest increases with hate crimes continuing to spike. the scott kane again says us gun coaches changed and the current administration needs to take that into account. i think that today's gun ownership is not you know,

the traditional, conservative beer to dude and tactical gear with tattoos and a mega had its minorities and people of color. you know, the by the administration and some of the proposals on the table would turn many of his constituents into criminals over night i view our mission as educating policy maker is more or less to what the realize that gun ownership is changed. it's not the stereotypical letter a member anymore. we're coming from the perspective of, you know, liberal biden's supporters. i personally voted democrat and every election since 2004. and i think they're just the role need for this kind of a group in the, in the world that has a different perspective than not we're used to hearing 2 from shot conferred the 2 races. shakespeare's shown for linking whiteness to beauty, seen in the plays at the same, was called into question london pit launching anti racist seminars about the balance work story after the break

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join me every thursday on the alex salmon show and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politic sport business. i'm show business. i'll see you then me the the, the shoes. ah, welcome back. let's take a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. this sunday, sunday, with the us military being left red faced after soldiers mistakenly stormed part of a factory located close to the military base in a small bulgarian village. the incident occurred during nato drill swenson just were patrolling the base territory, searching for perceived enemies. no violence of any use of force towards civilians

was reported. gary's defense minister said incident was an obvious misunderstanding . covey skeptics stays rallies and several years in cities, thousands gathered in london running an end to nationwide restriction and sofa banners denouncing covey vaccines and voicing anger warnings. some lockdown rules could be extended in brussels, thousands, march to protest against pandemic restrictions. police moved in there to disperse the crowd with at least one person detained. a fairy has caught far in indonesia with almost 200 people on board. passengers and crew had to jump into the sea to escape the place. all of them were rescued. everyone survived is not yet known. what started the font the highly anticipated summit between vadim it's hootin and joe biden has finally been confirmed. the meeting will take place in the city of geneva, on 16th of june. it'll be the 1st time they come face to face as presidents

preparations get away for the summit. let's take a look at some of the key moments of the relationship over the past couple of months. you know, veteran report, you think he's a killer, i do what price must he pay? oppression are going to pay. well you will see shortly when i was a child and we had arguments in the courtyard. we were saying benches of me and sticks to you, and it's not just the children saying the meaning is very present. bible regret calling, you know, the president gave a direct answer to a direct question, but you paid less. i want to invite president biden to continue our discussion, but on the condition, it's going to be live on line. and we want to stable, predict the relationship on

a boy can give us more details about the summit and what it could means for global politics. this meeting comes at a time when the relationship between the 2 countries are rather strained. and it's not so much the diplomatic bodies that have been preparing this meeting. but rather the security body's the half of the security council's on both sides and projects are from russia. jake solomon national security adviser to joe biden, on the american side, and i think that is actually a demonstration of the other degradation of public policy and diplomacy between russia and the united states. the sort of commons at the american side has allowed itself to make and reason times to remember biting, calling who tin a killer. and i think an interesting detail about this whole thing is that the preparations for this meeting had started long before that comment. and in russia, they were in that comment was interpreted as,

as an effort by why i'm camp within the bite and administration john to mind this meeting, both sides understand very well that that relationship is indeed the worst time in its bilateral history. it's worse than it used to be in the cold war, simply because there is no framework that you know, keeps it from deteriorating even during the cold war times there were many agreements dog prevented the both sides from sort of piling up all onto one another . his words had been taught to generations, but it seems there are still lessons to be learned about shakespeare, london, theater, and plans to de colonize his place, claiming the racist for linking whiteness to beauty. the globe fears his last anti racist shakespeare seminars to teach students. and 3rd professionals, they're designed to address problematic gendered and racialized dynamics. activists claim the playwright promoted white's as positive and black as negative. we put the issue for debate that the colonizing traits there. maybe they ought to de colonize

the bible. i think that doing is deliberate. they misunderstanding the use of the word, demean, beautiful. it doesn't have to mean it doesn't have to mean blonde. it doesn't have to mean white and suddenly a scribe racial value to it is just meaningless and sensitive and really going mad with a holistic shakespeare. yes, he wrote in time and one can view it as being political correctness. but on the other hand, they are loaded words these days and you know that the, the, either of it's the fairies or whatever it was was always a light character. darkness is always a sign. certainly, euro centric view of wickedness and evil. one has to have some balance, keep the historical perspective, but also be sensitive to the needs of young people who are listening and watching

this and may make that connection whether or not this is c gender. i don't, i'm complex to draw conclusions based on color is just over sensitivity run med. but the other point is that the whole of history of mine changed there. but the whole history with you go back to just chill with dor when they've been having and go at in those days attitude would different. now we're not defending those attitudes. i think we have a better approach to all these issues and we, we recognize the underlying quality of people in a way the case earlier. but we often say, well, we will abandon all literature and all poetry. the visa much majority must again be with a sensitivity and needs of the minorities in those audiences. and it is about changing the landscape and not having a narrative, simply because it's 600 years old. that will change full wits rate. that was the norm. 600 years ago, we're not suggesting that that, that is in a sense pos,

all the experience today. so what has to be actually senses is to everybody in the audience and not just have a view of the traditionalists that are always right. again the bridge, rather up to date, i'll return with more often than me. i me in 10 years of covering the war in syria, i've seen many tragedies, 1st 10 the voices of the smallest, or perhaps the loudest. one story in particular struck me the most. the help out, i just made them

a full new my i met later in 2016 just weeks after he lost his family for the other of them went on like i know it was a bloody massacre and only 2 survived. ah 5 years all and i came back to syria to check on late. i have to leave. how did you life change? did it change all the time one and i

who want to make sure, you know board is blind to please virus has emerged. we don't have a therapy, we don't vaccine the whole world needs to take action and be ready and not a joke. people are judge governors crisis. we can do better, we should be better. everyone is contributing each in their own way. but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever. the challenge is to response has been massive. so many good people are helping us. it makes it feel very proud that we need together in

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