the top stories of the week on r c. china dismisses as political hype, president, find in this probe into the origins of cove. it the law plague theory is now gaining traction in the media which had rejected it when the trump administration made the same claims oscillation of a nation spell every faces a barrel of criticism as close as face. when the e u softer passenger jets is supposed to make an emergency diversion min over a hoax form. right. but then in a position activist on board was arrested cities in the us back truck on the decisions to cut the police funding off the crime rate surge on the white house a close. and that could make a gun violent. ah,

i will welcome you're watching the weekly hang on all the international bringing you all the native headlines along with around the stories that shape the week. the 1st china is once again refuted, came the corona virus originated from one of the country's labs. it comes off of the us that it's doubling down on s as to track down the source of the pandemic sky . taylor reports rambler, donald trump, and his administration's take on the corona virus. the chinese virus comes lou, the china virus calling flu, chinese flu. the china flu, there's enormous evidence that that's where this beget, 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 ferry about the virus escaping from alive 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 have this year fresh in the oval office biden and actually shut down a trump para 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 lab leak as one of the top 2 fairies, which is much more valid because fight and are 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 natal summit and in the interests of public safety. so, when fidel lee 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 tech, which month has been binding. any coven conspiracy theories had coincidentally decided to give the delete 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 origin, tracy of covered 19 in the world smear campaign and blame shifting. i'm making a come back,

and the conspiracy theory of love league is resurfacing as cool that more transparency from basic got them momentum as the woo hon week theory begins to enter the mainstream. and people pick aside the w h o has decided to sit on the fence bony recent e, 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 at 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 that maybe 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 show 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 fall, the version of a passenger plane could bella roost. the country's president alexander lucas jenko has been defending them. or if claiming no loss were broken. the brian, a plane was intercepted by a fight a jet and ordered to make an emergency landing hoax bomb threat. however, an opposition activist on board and his girlfriend would then arrested the event sparked protests in some european city of russians living in amsterdam, and also rallied alongside locals and supportive political prisoners. rusito insist says no political persecution in the country. the us and the e. u. r, during coordinated sanctions against members of lucas and coast government,

and advise against flying through by the russian as space. however, critics question whether the west is in a position to lecture by bruce as to the coast on of explain this week. it seems there was no bigger scoundrel in the world than this man. alexander lucas shinkel, the president of bella ross, that's after a ryan a 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 choking 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 know the passages is something that was completed and checked. 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 air 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 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 of 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 presidents claim was once for the 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 a shooting war. this is particularly dangerous in the sense that if europe, europe in its allies in the 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? what's 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. who? 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 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 air space. and also your apprehension somebody from a commercial flight that's, that's the legitimate point of the bank. 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 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 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 properly rising crime rates in the us are forcing some officials to rethink plans to defend the police. on wednesday, a whitehouse spokesperson said gun violence was spiraling out of control. comments came off, the 8 people were killed in a mass shooting 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. because to cut funding and even abolish whole

police department started last year following the death of george floyd an officer has since been convicted of his murder more than 20 major us cities have not reduced their police budgets. i the the 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 b 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 have 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's refund the police, big overarching statements that we're going to d fund or abolish and dismantle the police department and get rid of all the officers. there's an impact that needs to stop. it's unacceptable. we should be holding those perpetrators accountable for 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 the 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 arising. outrage about police brutality and killings is also sky. hi, caleb martin, r t new york. a growing number of asian americans, a buying firearms for the very 1st time after

a surgeon hate crimes. they're also joining law. be group to resist the push, restrict the gun laws 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 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. is it when administer group is folks that showed up in a pickup truck and yelled a bunch of racial borders that us them that as alpha 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 the see to me that you really do have to take personal attraction into your own hands, especially in its own little group like the asian american community,

which historically isn't known for gun ownership or things of that nature. and i called kane has since co founded the asian american and pacific islander gun owners group has thousands of followers on social media. and encourage is responsible ownership of firearms as well as resistance to policy seen as to restrictive attacks. so the asian americans have jumped 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 continuing to spike the

quote cain against us, gun culture has 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 in a mega had its minorities and people of color, you know, divide administration. but some of the proposals on the table would turn many of its constituents into criminals. overnight i you, our mission as educating policy maker is more or less to let them realize that gun ownership is changed. it's not the stereotypical letter a member anymore. we're coming from the perspective of liberal biden's supporters. i personally voted democrat and every election since 2004. and i think there's just the role need for this kind of a group in the, in the world that has a different perspective that we're used to hearing to from israel could be in for

a political way to keep parties are closing in on a deal to remove the long serving prime minister benjamin netanyahu will bring you the details off the break. ah, i so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy plantation, 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, a very critical time. time to sit down and talk i

me i use the one come back with some news now from russia's euros region. a gun man has been arrested in the city of a catherine burg, off the injuring to people, including a child. the shooter is believe to be a retired police officer. he opened fire from his balcony, indiscriminately hitting pedestrians and cars in

a residential area. police then stormed his apartment, detaining him, a young girl, and a national guard officer injured the child was shot in the stomach and is now in a critical condition. we are following the developments and will keep you updated the 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've come face to face as presents, as preparations gets on the way for the summit. let's take a look at some of the key moments of their relationship over the past couple of months. me you know, let him 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. and present by regret calling bottom killer. i know that the president gave a direct answer to a direct question, but i want to invite president biden to continue our discussion, but on the condition that's going to be live on line. we want to stable, predict the relationship velocity talks on a boy who has more details about the so my tell me 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, a nickel, publisher from russia. jake follow the national security adviser to joe biden on the american side. and i think that is actually

a demonstration of the 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 remember of biting calling who tin a killer. and i think in an interesting detail about this whole thing is that the preparation for this meeting had started long before that comment. and in russia, they weren't. that comments was interpreted as, as an effort by while camp within the, by the administration. john de 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 keeps it from deteriorating even during the cold war. time there were many agreements dog prevented the both sides from sort of piling up all onto one another. off 12 consecutive years at the helm of

israeli politics. benjamin netanyahu could be on the way out. right wing opposition lead and natalie bennett has just announced that he's ready to form a new government or their netanyahu himself is refusing to budge. the latest from our policy and television are poorly get to see you. so who of the opposition parties now that close to forming a coalition deal? could you tell us what happened and how the prime minister has reacted while we had heard from not to be bennett, as you correctly said, who is deleda? i'll be right when you mean a party. i mean, it is the hebrew word, meaning right now he has announced that he is joining with the opposition needed in the pit. together. they had the one mandate, they mean john 61 to be able to perform the next majority correlation because these really parliament comprises of a 120 c. the next step now is for them to approach the president of the country move in brooklyn. they essentially left pit as they should meet at if talk

with doing this by wednesday and one p and forms the president that he is able to form the next majority coalition. they are 8 days in which the canal who remains prime minister and in which the new coalition comes into being. so we're still looking at another 11 days, which is really politics in hell of a long time, so nothing is closed just yet. now, bennett said that the reason he was doing that was because you had here for election in the face of to your is wally. politics are just not moving forward. you have a situation that is incredibly unstable and been saying that he was really coming forward with a surprise me because he worked with in parties on the right. and he's joining now with parties in the same tech and on the left and era parties. they don't have a lot in common, it's going to be a very fragile clinician, but been making the point that he was doing this to try and ensure some kind of

debility on the way the political spectrum mission over the last 4 rounds of elections. we've seen our country weakening, so that's damaging itself and losing its ability to function. i think we see ministers who are fighting with each other. well, if we do not manage anything, we have seen right along the burning of synagogue and load and alcohol instead of managing and leading the methodist to spread hatred and polarization between the people of our country to conceal failure all. now the idea of this new majority coalition, assuming that it comes into being, we'll see bennett as the next is ready, prime minister for period of 2 years, followed by the kid for period of 2 years. now, these ready prime minister courses while they're distraught about this a short time ago, he did, given an address in which, although he was talking to the nation. these things between those $61.00 politician that a homing part of this majority combination and saying that your, your, your, your, your coming together is so fragile,

you're not going to be able to make any kind of decisions on real issues. why don't one of you at least come enjoy me any just one of them to decide that they're not as long becto alicia, and then that whole coalition failed. so nathan, yahoo, of course concerned because you've been in power for 12 years, a longer period. we've seen and is waiting climbing to the hill and this could essentially spell the end for his political career. but on the other hand, 11 days the long time, it's really politics and a lot can change. and all of this is happening at a particularly delicate time. for israel, we saw recently a 11th, a conflict between israel and gaza is holding for both sides of taking talk of, of what a loft doing that violence. at the same time, israel has been witnessing some of the worst riot, particularly between jewish wally and eric is really that it's witness in yet. so you have a very delicate situation that over the political wrangling is coming again,

perfect of anything to keep it updated. paula thought he's paul asleep and television. thank you for joining us here and i'll see international. we're back in 30 minutes with the latest. see then. oh the the the the ah,

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