the, the, the, the top stories of the week here on fi. china dismisses as political hype and president widens probe into the origins of cove. it, the lab leak theory is now gaining traction in the media, which had rejected when the trump administration made the very same the isolation of a nation and ben at rosie faith, the biology of criticism and closed as space from the new adopter, a passenger jet was forced to make an emergency, a diversion to minutes over a hope threat. but then an opposition activist on board was arrested cities in america back track on their decisions to cut the police funding off the crime rates

and so on. the white house declared an epidemic of gun violence. ah, the top stories of the day and of the week, welcome to the weekly here were not in. china is once again refuting claims. the corona virus originated from one of the country's labs. it comes off to the us that is doubling down on efforts to track down the source of the pandemic. saskia taylor now reports. remember donald trump and his administration's take on the corona virus. the chinese virus comes loose. the china virus calling flu chinese flu. the china flu, there's enormous evidence that that's where the beget, remember, turn 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 viruses, 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 all you this year. fresh and the full office bite and actually shut down a trump era top secret operation to log in to 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 lovely one of the top 2 fairies, which is much more valid because fightin are not trump, or to that 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 natal summit and in the interest of public safety. so when fidel lee did others a new york times, jonathan also decided, coincidentally to delete a previous tweet about the problematic nature of the lab, meek theory, and big peck which month has been binding. any covert conspiracy theories has coincidentally decided to give the to meet button a bit of a break in light of ongoing investigation since the origin of course 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 origin,

tracy of covered 19 in the world smear campaign and blame shifting, making a come back. and the conspiracy theory of love league is resurfacing as cool that more transparency from basic counsel momentum as the woo, how meek theory begins to enter the mainstream. and people pick aside the w h. i has decided to sit on the fence bony, recent need, 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 just, you're just 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 forest diversion of a passenger planes, bella roofs of the country's precedent. alexander lucretia unco has been defending the move, claiming no laws were broken. the ryan plane was intercepted by a fighter jet and ordered to make an emergency landing over a hoax. bomb threat. however, an opposition activist on board and his girlfriend with an arrested. now the event spot protests in some european cities, russians living in amsterdam, and was still riley alongside locals and supportive political prisoners a belly row. so it says there's no political persecution in the country. the u. s.

and the u. a drawing up coordinated sanctions against members of lucas shank was government and both to advise against flying through bella, russia, ass base. our critics question whether the west is actually in a position to lecture bella roofs as eco's down off now explains 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 book 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 lives of more than 170 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 and said to me 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. bell, russian security officers essentially calling on lynch mobs to go get them. and one by one e, you, nations began to close the ad space to barrows, national airline, while europe based carriers in turn refused to fly over the country. to russia, england, rashid, we have to understand that this will have severe consequences. and we are looking

into sanctions against the ation sector in but i was want to see this cd. we have decided to prohibit the bell russian airline from accessing european airports to invite europe and airlines and you not to fly over bell 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 the 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 claim was once forced 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 europe, europe in its allies of us, britain and get together in the rapid reaction, g 7 mechanism and put sanctions on beller roof, for instance. then you have a problem because 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. ruth, 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 location go. just get clint eastwood on the case already. oh and yes. perhaps the grounding of the ryan 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, dictate him, and who can blame him if he can play the game as well as his big and a 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 air space. and also in apprehending somebody from a commercial flight that's, that's the legitimate point of debate. however,

to say that this is some crested on it, or to say that of this never happens in the west is a ridiculous proposition. and so this is time and time again. we see that 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 bella 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, it's a very different story and it's a much wider discussion that needs to be had rapidly rising crime rates in america and are forcing some officials to rethink plans to defund the police. on wednesday, a white house folks post said gun violence was just spiraling out of control. the comments came off, the 8 people were killed in a mass shooting in san jose, 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. the call to cut funding and even abolish entire police department started last year. of course, following the death of george floyd, now an officer has since been convicted of his motor. though more than 20 major us cities have already reduced the police budgets. on the year, 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 the police, big overarching statements that we're going to defined or abolish and dismantle the police department to get rid of all the officers. move an impact to that ios needs to stop. it's unacceptable. we should be holding those perpetrators accountable to include safety beyond 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 promised 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. and the 1st month of this year, the city of los angeles has seen an increase in shooting paired to the same timeframe last year. now that democrat mare, 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 cause far too many of our neighbors to be locked up in our city's 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 does 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 bobbin artsy new york. well,

meantime 2 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in a mass shooting outside a banquet hole in the city of miami, florida. according to police, the incident took place at around midnight local time. we understand a white. com pulled up the location. 3 people got out armed with the sold weapons and hand guns. and they saw the firing indiscriminately at a crowd outside who had been attending a private concert at the venue. a police describe the shooting as a cowardly act and say they believe it was a targeted and coordinated attack. and a growing number of asian americans are buying firearms for the very 1st time off to search and hate crimes. they're also joining lobby group to resist the push for strict gun laws by the democratic party. there is a real and imminent threat, and we need to defend ourselves and our loved ones. we refused to be silent, and we refused to be victims. again,

re co bid for me last year. i'm the father of a mixed asian family. my wife is 100 percent chinese american. and so it's my daughter and we were just walking down the street as we normally do to go to simple park. when a group is 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 planted his feet in the that's what you really do, have to take personal detraction into your own hands, especially in its own little group like the asian american community, which historically isn't known for don ownership or things of that nature. scott cane has since co founder, the asian american and pacific island gun owners group. it has thousands of followers on social media and encourages responsible ownership of firearms as well

as resistance to policy as soon as quote, to restrictive well attacks on asian americans have jumped a 164 percent and major us cities since the pandemic in comparison to the same period last year, new york san francisco and los angeles showed the biggest increases with hate crimes spiking as well. the scott kane again says us gun culture has changed and the current administration that 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 mag, a, had its minorities and people of color divide administration with some of the proposals

on the table would turn many of his constituents into criminals overnight, i view our mission as educating policymaker 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 borders. 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 from are still to come here on the program on our tea, shakespeare is apparently a racist with all as we're going back approximately 500 years, will bring that into question with the rest of your top stories of the we can just them on the

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy foundation, let it be an arms race is on often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very political time. time to sit down and talk with the united states. it's very clear that the united states has aligned itself with war lords and drug lords war criminals, basically, while the afghan people suffer. so as united states has been about $150000000000.00 us dollars trying to rebuild afghanistan, there is almost nothing to be seen from that. when the united states government special inspector general has gone out to look for the schools and the health care centers. when journalists have gone to look out,

look for these things at the united states supposedly built, they can't be found. ah, the top stories of the week here on our tea, at a highly anticipated summit between vladimir putin and joe biden, has finally been confirmed. the meeting will take place in the city of geneva, on the 16th of june. it will be the 1st time they have come face to face as precedence and as preparations get underway for the summit. let's take a look back at some of the key moments of the cozy friendship over the last couple of months. you know, veteran report, you think he's a killer. i do what price must he pay? the price is going to pay, well, you'll 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 deep present by regret calling father. i know that the president gave a direct answer to a direct question. could you please listen? i want to invite president biden to continue our discussion, but on the condition it's going to be live on line. we want to stable, predict the relationship. ah, i'll tell you on a boy who now has more details about the summit and what it could mean for geo 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.

nikolai 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 killer. and i think in an interesting detail about this whole thing is that the preparation for this meeting has started long before that comment, then in russia, they weren't, that common was interpreted as, as an effort by why camp within the biden administration. john did 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 . it is all the international. his works have been taught to generations for centuries. there seems are still lessons to be learned from shakespeare. the one that london theatre now plans to de colonize his plays, claiming they are racist for linking whiteness to beauty and the globe theater. has launched the anti racist shakespeare seminars for teachers, students and theater professionals designed to address problematic gender and a racialized dynamics. activists claim the play right promoted white as being positive and black as negative. we put it all up for debate. the colonizing traits there, maybe they ought to decala and i the bible, i think that doing is deliberate, the misunderstanding the use of the word and to mean beautiful. it doesn't have to mean it doesn't have to mean blonde. it doesn't have to mean white under suddenly

a scribe racial value to it is just meaningless and sensitive and really going mad. holistic shakespeare. yes, he wrote in time and one can view it as being politically correct. but on the other hand, they are loaded word these days and you know that the, the, either of it's the fairies or whatever it was was always a light character. document 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. and complex to draw conclusions based on color is just over sensitivity run med. but the other point is that the whole of history never mind change that, but the whole history with you go back to just jill with dor when they've been

having and go in those days, attitude with 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 that was the case earlier. but if we often say, well, we will abandon all literature and all poetry. the visa, much majority must again be balanced with the sensitivity and needs of the minorities in those audiences. and it is about changing the landscape and not having a narrative because it's 600 years old. that would change full wits rate. that was the norm. 600 years ago, we're not that that, that is in a sense pos on the experience today. what has to be on the sensors is to everybody in the audience and not just the view of the traditionalists that are always rice. that wraps up the weekly for this hour here on the international. thank you for

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military to back up and go home. living to taliban more empowers and before have the americans finally accepted. that's what comes the cures must being dirt to discuss that. i'm now joined by matthew polt, marine comment veteran and senior fellow with a center or international policy. matthew is great to talk to thank you very much for finding the time. thank you for having me on the phone. now, to start with, this is not the 1st year of ministration to promise to bring the american troops back home from a very bama and don't trump watch to do the same, but for various reasons. weren't able to pull that off. do you think the bottom team has what it takes to see through? i think they do. i think there is a commitment by the, by an administration to at least remove the conventional or acknowledged us forces in afghanistan. however, there will be a large force remaining of.