most go for him to be $21.00, the largest international congress on make. it said he development headlines are off to you as a national big investigation reveals that a host of america's riches billionaires are avoiding taxes though the u. s. revenue service team is much more concerned with finding out who actually leaks the information back and tracks on a previous pull approval of ukraine's controversial 2020 kit thing. the slogan of glory. heroes must now be removed from the place. shut off university students remove an image of queen elizabeth the 2nd from that college is common room fighting. it's linked to the colonial. it's a move that been condemned by the countries education minister as absurd. so we put the issue up for debate. the queen is the head of our country. and so i think it's a great, really, really great shame. it's come to this,

they haven't being disrespectful to creating that a major vote. they took the poetry jobs. i think that people need to just that i was headlines like from moscow. of course, this is the international mall about theory. very well. we'll continue. so it helps me to reveal that a host of billionaires on america is rich list have been avoiding taxes despite a huge surge in their wealth. and the export comes from a us independent journalist organization which received a leak from a whistleblower at the revenue service. as body has now launched an investigation, though, perhaps not the kind you might expect. as eager as don off now investigates, there has been generations of american politicians repeating one mantra about how they should tax the rich. we will demand that the wealthy and large cooperation

thought paying their fair share of taxes. it's time for a well in america. america's tax code is a total dysfunctional mess. it is riddled with loopholes that lead some special interests, including myself in all fairness is going to cost me a fortune this they believe me. i think you should be able to become a billionaire and a millionaire, but pay your fair share, repeated over and over again. it's almost like every bit here was taken out of some secret tax spell book like any spell these failed to conjure a real well result. take heal and mosque between 20142018. his wealth balloon, by almost $14000000000.00. guess how much he paid in taxes, a whooping 3.27 percent. and if you think that slow, no, that's actually pretty average. that's how much america's 25 fattest cats gave up

to the i r. s. and if you want low look no further than jeff basis, and warren buffet, who's true tax rate barely hovered above 0. i continue to believe that the tax code should be changed substantially. huge dynastic wealth is not desirable for our society. yeah, that moment when your taxes are so low, even you can't help but feel like a bit of a crock. and all of this was lead to journalists at pro public, and the rest is investigating spoiler alert, not the billionaires. there is an investigation with respect to the allegations that the source of the information in the article came from the internal revenue service and remote this dude. he sounded so concerned about the upper crust of american society, not paying their fair share. well, that was before the league, he is what his office is concerned with. now. any unauthorized disclosure of

confidential government information by a person has access is illegal. and we take this very seriously. and the i r. s. are referring the matter to the office of the inspector general, the treasury inspector general for tax administration, the f b. i and the us attorney's office for the district of columbia, all of whom have independent authority to investigate all the talk about is how the persecution machine is in full bounty hand mode off to whoever league the figures and completely ignoring the substance. i think there's a few reasons why authorities you're focusing on the data relation, not the content. what explanation is that, you know, they're concerned about the possibility that they're complete tax return, as of politicians will be released next to many members of congress are very rich landers. i don't know the possibilities. they're not saying anything is because there's nothing to say. i mean, there's numerous tax advantages for the super wealthy. they're intentionally within

the tax code. they're perfectly legal and yeah, some of them are known by and used by the political leads as well as just for business. and yes, most of those hundreds of billions in equity. it's not like jeff basis has a scrooge mcduck style dungeon with mountains of dollars. but with an average us household paying sometimes 10 times more than they do in taxes, the system just doesn't look so good. european footballs governing body has back tracked on its previous full approval of ukraine's controversial 2020 kit and a statement to r t. u. a for said, the slogan, glory to the heroes must now be removed from the play of shots. are t is a concept in a rush, car explains why. first of all, this is quite unexpected. move from new way for the band. the use of this particular slogan on a newly unveiled kid of team ukraine for year 2020. because at 1st they approve that, and they changed their mind only after public outcry and rti sans request the way

the asking for clarification, why the main ruling body of european football let this happen and here's the response you a for then carefully considered the recently added slogan on the inside of the color, glory to our heroes. following further analysis, this specific combination of the 2 slogans is deemed to be clearly political in nature, having historic and militaristic significance. this specific slogan on the inside of the shirt must therefore be removed for use in you. a for competition matches. currently, ukrainian football shirts have to captions on them glory to ukraine and glory to the heroes. the problem is that these phrases have dark history, dating back to world war 2, when it was used by ukrainian nazi collaborators, degreed each other. the slogan on the inside, the one that now has to be removed is glory to the heroes. because as they explain, the combination of that with the other phrase can be deemed to be politically

loaded. gore to ukraine, which is seen on the outside of the shirt, can state the whole story around the ukranian football uniform has kicked up some controversy with the russian football union along with the russian foreign ministry among those. i've raged by the design. this is another hand by key of state propaganda to consolidate in the public consciousness. a slogan that many korean brought associate with the ukranian insurgent army lead based upon bundy era and their crimes during the 2nd world war. there is another thing about this. sure. it worth mentioning there is a map of ukraine on it, which shows crimea as part of the country. you creating football authorities defend their decisions saying this will strengthen the players. they will quote unquote, fight for the whole of ukraine. now the thing is at the, but insula became a part of russia back in 2014 after referendum, which saw over 95 percent of the population voting in favor of the reunion. but the russia, ukraine as well as western countries, said that they don't recognize,

developed, but given the context put in an image of a can tap to region on a football jersey can be also seen as to have some political message to it. that's according to several russian football officials and even russian president spokesman dmitri passed off, who insisted that sports must stay out of politics. but you wave has said that they have nothing against the map. well, it's not just your friends football show that rushes objected to. vladimir putin had explained why he thinks a new draft nationality law could endanger millions. this was mentioned in a wide ranging interview, which also lashed out of the continued nato expansion. we'll have to highlights a bit later in bits progress. but for now the, you case education secretary has slammed the behavior of some of the oxford university students as simply absurd. it's after they took down a portrait of queen elizabeth the 2nd from the colleges, common room, claiming they find it offensive since it represents the countries colonial past.

the president of the college and questions says the pitcher was removed off for a vote, which itself was actually the initiative of the students. these days. british educational institutions typically don't display the queen's portrait. there was some cambridge on the oxford college is still due. the protest removal comes as the queen prepared to mock 7 decades on the throne next year. so here on our team, we put the whole issue up for debate. the queen is the figurehead of our country. so i think it's a great, really, really great shames, come to this about the queen and also wherever the stuff that you know, everybody feel that the queen. but that's something that they just don't believe in their colonialism. inherited well, systems lack of memory, talked to so if they don't want that they happen being disrespectful to the queen. i think there's a lot of this kind of talk of disrespect and i even know what you respect. that's

not a 2nd piece. we only do the comment that is what has caused a prince was not that they making to make them feel welcome. it is the fact that it was the slides to come. the queen the saying that she represents the colonial pass and that's why they remove the picture. the portrait. there was no reason for them to causes fuss. they could just remove portrayed, but instead of going public and making this new pretty vile insult to up to the queen, they made their vote. they took the portrait down. i think that people need to just respect that. and if it hadn't been blown up in the news, the way it was, that wouldn't be the great thing about it. i don't believe it's so much. so any comments about a portrait, whereas the outrage being about the queen, who and prince charles looked over 1000 laws if will that be passed and been able to to change some of them. i think we're going talk about mark receive. let's start with that. i didn't think the but those extreme culture extremism in the,

in the universities. but they should be freedom of speech and respect for different views. that's important. there shouldn't be in my, in my humble opinion sent to ship, imposed by by stopping some speakers just because they don't like they're not liked with some of their views. as long as they're not extremist views that i'll never encourage us. congressmen has been sending different messages to different voters, of course though, depending on their stones this time on the palestinian israeli conflict. democratic brad at schneider described hum us as terrorists and emails sent out to the pro israel cam. but he removed this description from those sent to palestine supporting recipients to them. he also wrote about his heartache for civilian lives, lost on both sides. whereas to israel supporters, he said he condemned hamas rocket attacks in the strongest possible terms. of the 2 versions of his campaign. emails came to light after the pro palestinian letter was

sent to a pro. israel correspondent we spoke to ivan vulgar, a former libertarian party presidential candidate. he says, efforts to please both sides only undermine vote a trust. it's fairly common for people in american politics, unfortunately, to try to pander to both sides of one issue. it's well known that the israel palestine conflict is a contentious issue. and officially, the american government is supporting israel by taking american tax money and using it to either just give israel direct aid, military aid weapon support. you name it, the number of pro palestine and pro israel voters is much smaller than the number of people who just want to end for an aid entirely. when you play both sides offense, the way he did, you're going to basically seem like a pander, or you're going to seem like you don't have any moral principles any moral conviction. now this is not just a problem for one individual who's the problem for the entire party. because

democratic representatives and republican representative from the state, local and federal level have been doing this for a while. they've been trying to play both sides of the issue, realizing they want to leave, alienate anybody arsenal. to come here on the program on see the you and germany on locking horns over whose laws have supremacy. and now brussels is threatening legal action against that story. and much more, we're back in about 60. ah, oh, i me. ah

ah, i use we're here in saint petersburg at the international economic form. and the topic of our program is the global economy. how is it changed since coven, for the winter, for the loses? what are the challenges and what are the opportunities the moon ah, i just don't quarter past the hour here at moscow. now let's get to some of the

headlines for you in brief, from all around the world. that of the russian navy is carrying out operational exercises in the pacific ocean. some 20 warships, submarines on support vessels as well as a number of crop are all taking part. the vessels of travel up to 4000 kilometers from their home bases. the main purpose of these exercises is coordinating a diverse task force, a considerable distance classes from the peruvian capital 4 days after the presidential run off with the vote to close to cold. it's a mid allegations of ballad fraud. now, as it stands, the left were in canada, petro castillo is leading by less than a percent. unrest also in the colombian capital, my thousands came out the boys, their anger at the government. people have a host of gripes from new tax reforms on poverty to police brutality and health care. a 6 weeks of similar unrest. 1521 people died.

a new polls found that the pandemic has battered trust in the e u. the survey was commissioned by that of the european council. it found that citizens are unhappy with the blocks early responds to the pandemic, and with the use sluggish vaccination campaign. and a number of member states, over half of those surveyed said they had low confidence in the union. but many respondents also said they were even more disappointed in their national politics. well, demetrius constant a couple as a former great government adviser on east west relations says there's a fundamental disconnect between the thinking in brussels and citizens across the block from there is john. so this fall and this is again, do a divorce, mighty edge without live without passion. here an impressive discrepancy between european shed believing in word to the appreciate ideology and paul, and she will remain european institutions. they do policies which are

against the rule of the people system occupant. but unfortunately, we don't have a project in our political projects for adequate or different european union because of this one is not, is not a union engine or working and it is not also corresponding to the word european would like to to. meanwhile, there's more trouble brewing for the block as a spot about the priority of e. you over a national law tons ugly brussels threatening legal action against germany. last year, the country's constitutional court rubbed the you up the wrong way by ruling that is debt purchasing scheme might be illegal though it later reversed that decision. i know it sounds pretty complicated. peter oliver now tries to clarify this story. government fund buying or put it much simpler the buying of, of debt. here in europe, we're talking about trillions of euro worth of it to prop fiscally,

we kick countries at the expense of low, so you perform better economically. here in germany, they've never been a big fund over it. and now the european commission in brussels is issue to legal wrap on the nose to berlin, after germany is constitutional court dare to challenge the european central banks . money printing plans. after having conducted the detailed analysis and following an informal dial appears to german forties. the commission is therefore decided today to send a letter form a notice to terminate for violation of fundamental principles of you law by the federal constitutional court. to get to the bottom of this, we have to go way back to the e. c. be purchasing some 2.6 trillion euro worth of bonds, and all the securities between 20152018 with the intention of providing stimulus to the economies of the 19 e. u. member states that use the euro. this is where that conflict arises because

the european court of justice in luxembourg describe the bond buying program is legit and legal that was then questioned by a group of german conservatives and euro skeptics. they weren't sure about where and how german taxpayer money was being spent. eventually, the 16 judges of the federal constitutional court said b. c. b plans could go ahead. that's what has shocked some m. p. 's about b e u commission decision to push the matter further and publicly, while others see it as needed. i admit the case is very complicated, but it is fundamentally very, very simple. a central bank buys bonds with money printed by created by here ex needle. so they enlarge the monetary ad space and that by they create great risk for inflation. prizes have been rising for real estate everywhere. the fact is

very much reflected in the example of american italy, italy can place its, had longer and better conditions than the united states. is america, there must be something wrong. yeah, this is a distortion of competition, which does not pay tribute to the real risks of italian bonds and american bands. i think that the main challenge of that ruling is that the european cation commission, which considers itself as the guardian of the treaty, cannot accept the national constitutional courts challenge of the european court of justice. for the you commission. the problem is, any court from any members state questioning, the primacy of a new law ought to be more accurate the precedent, the doing so would create this could threaten the integrity of union law and could open the way to europe. i look at your union is and remains a community based on law and the last throw it on new law is always spoken in

luxembourg. it does seem as though the german government side are willing to take then knock on this one for the great good of team you. however, with you commission president ursula, for the lines set to hand a legal picking off to her former boss, chancellor angle america. there are some suggesting it's the you commission president stepping out from under claim she may be still somehow beholden to berlin patrol of a r t in the german capital house of line with basic international human law. that's how the russian president has described a draft ukrainian law on indigenous people as provides protection. and so the common domination rights to some of ukraine's ethnic groups, so not to others, including millions of russians in a major interview on russian state tv. let me put and explain why the law could

pose a threat to them. nice thing that i've seen this draft and one of the articles and it said that native admitted cannot be discriminated against the general legal principle that whatever is not prohibited illegal. does that mean non native ethnicities can be discriminated against? that includes russians, but also romanians polls from gary and so it's absolutely unacceptable. and he's out of line with basic international human law. it's bad for everyone, but promotions. it has a special significance. the thing is, millions of people living in ukraine identifies russian. that's according to the sense of conduct during the soviet era. and i don't think much has changed since then. a no more want to be a 2nd class citizen that will lead to hundreds of thousands, or maybe even millions of people leaving ukraine or changing their national in legal documents. it will be a huge blow to russian people in general. and we certainly cannot just ignore that to other key topics that came up during that wide raging interview. that continued expansion of nato and russia relations with ukraine. and ed ahead of

a much anticipated summit between putin and bite. and that happens next week. my colleagues, you'd and neil and motor garcia discuss the interview. one of the chief concerns a glad report and has with, with this new draft law, is that it is reminiscent of the practices and methods of nazi germany, which is dividing people based on that genetic makeup, the atlanta city. affording some groups, protection and perhaps prosecuting others. and let me putin here said the what's, what's a kid of mixed heritage with mixed pads. what is, what is he to choose as he's got a russian father and the ukranian mother? does he choose russia who ukrainian? because he'll be afforded protections with one and with the other you will be discriminated again. so the, the, the entire thing is of tremendous concern to russia, especially given the millions of russians live in ukraine, nato expansion mer to expanded on as well. both of them are putting in the integrated vladimir putin says that now the argument for data expansion,

strengthening nasal, which is russia's aggressive behavior. but like i said, look at the, the decades gone the last few decades. they were 2 cycles of nato expansion. wow. russia and the west wild, russia, and nato were friends while they were friendly with each other. and here, let me put to remember cuba. because cuba, when the soviet union station nuclear weapons, there was a huge red line for the united states. russia was eventually remove those nuclear weapons, but somehow, when the united states and they to encroach on russia closer and closer and closer to russia's borders, somehow, they don't see that as being of concern to russia. vladimir putin says that a diesel union, as nato's expansion and his infrastructure getting close to his borders, is an extremely important issue for the security of all russians and for country. it has a practical significance for us. why is that?

when poland romania became nato member states, they quickly agreed to americans, missile defense systems been stationed on their territory. but the launch pads used for those systems could also be used for offensive weaponry, which can reach central russia, including moscow within a very short timeframe. 15 minutes. imagine if ukraine was to become a nato member, it would then take 7 to 10 minutes. if such missiles were stations they knew articles ordinarily withdraws to reach moscow. is that a red line for us or not? no, russia has been attack enough times to either for nuclear weapons m. f of odds of an international coalition. encroaching, moving closer and closer to russia to start bringing alarm bells and on the smooth . let me know, 2 talks about ukraine's prospect of joining nato obsession. really objectively speaking in last several years here he remarked on one incident, several days ago when barton and the president spoke by phone, they issued very different press statements at the end. biden said that they talked

about corruption and guaranteeing you credit territory integrity and the ukrainians claim that they also jo button also said that he would, he was in support of offering the ukraine a roadmap to join, to join naval the americans press the gradient to remove that and said we said nothing of the sort. and that incident caused a lot of jokes in russia and experts, circles in the press. vladimir putin said that he for one wasn't laughing because we don't know what was in that pool. and the behavior of ukraine and nato is such that it suggests that ukraine potentially will, could be offered neighbor membership in native. so let me put and says that those, those are red line for russia that need to infrastructure and perhaps even nuclear weapons moving into ukraine for russia. that is an absolute red lot. and you can learn more from that wide range. and if you were the russian president vladimir, put in online at r t dot com for the meantime though,

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the one of the persian gulf, the wealthiest country is, has spend billions of dollars on state of the art stadiums. well, look at the stadium is really taking shape. you can see the bowl and most of the stands now, when we were here a little bit over a year ago, at the same construction site, it was just a foundation and a few metal structures. so it seems that time why this idea to use shipping containers as building blocks has definitely paid off. i mean, they're easy to assemble and easy to dismantle, just like playing with lego the for the 1st time and world cup have 3. 15 will be billed from shipping containers and what's more, it will be completely dismantled after the tournament.

me. the 3rd boom bus one business show you can't afford that. i'm going to bore in washington coming up the u. s. congress has cleared a bill to boost the nations tech development particular in the field of semiconductor. straight ahead. we analyze the details of the bill and how it could impact the supply chain in the years to come. plus a new report shows records of how the wealthiest citizens in the nation have dodged paying taxes for years later, we take a deep dive into these stunning figures, plus, is the lucrative business of travel coming back? well, we're going to the details with the rti corresponded sites after we have

a pack show today to dive right in. and we begin, as the u. s. senate has passed a bill that attempts to crack down on china threat to western technology. the us senate voted 682321 tuesday to approve a sweeping package of legislation intended to boost the country's ability to compete with china. senate majority leader, chuck schumer says that the bill will help lay the foundation for another century of american leadership. as a percentage of g d p, we spend less than half as much as the chinese communist party on basic research. we rely on foreign nations to surprise credit supply critical technologies that we invented like semiconductors, that sunny american optimism, has flickered as well. the world is more competitive now than in any.