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absolutely, keep the registering and keep the slot machines doing in vegas is a money machine is a huge cash register that is ran by people who don't care about people's lives being lost in the headlines of this our, this saturday as americans celebrate the end of slavery. in the us supreme court blocks a lawsuit against chocolate giant big using child labor on african fond indigenous people in canada. granted the right to use their traditional names and official document. but our rights activists tell us off is not enough to make up for decades of cultural genocide because the government poses, oh my, you know, it was the government who made the decision to take the kids to take her languages to take her cultures to take her the u. k. government ministers and say they feel
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deeply ashamed off review, reveal to thousands of rape victims, never thought just victims the whole group, so say too little too late. no, i don't. the apology alone is enough to heal, to her as the victim survivors who have been so terribly let down. i think flood, leave one person dead and scored injured in southern russia is crimea province, as authorities declare a state of emergency. ah, well, the new thing has been lining up all your top stories for this saturday afternoon live here on out the international welcome to america's celebrating it's june 10th holiday marking the end of slavery. but the supreme court has also just rule that forced child labor in africa is not something us food giants are culpable for. if
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a trunk of explains question is slavery still something that troubles america today? well, here comes the answer from the president. remember, the moral stain, the terrible toll. this slavery took on the country and continued to take. so what's there to be done about that? as an athlete, you can take the knee and the name of black lives matter. as an activist, you can campaign for the reparations, for the ancestors of those who suffered or were killed as president, you can declare, june the 19th, or june pings as federal holiday. that's exactly what the president did earlier this week. as the supreme court, you know, what else happened at the same time? the u. s. supreme court ruled american food giants best play usa and car gill can't be food for child slavery. this ruling has disturbing implications for future victims of human rights abuses,
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seeking justice against business of the us courts. the ruling also says a dangerous precedence, giving corporations impunity of a profiting from human rights abuses. it's an old and disturbing story that we've already reported on a group of african men demanded compensation from us corporations that get their cocoa in africa. they claimed they've been trafficked from one country to another as children, and forced to work as slaves and horrendous conditions on coca farms. the activists are sounding the alarm over the ivory coast effect, to think of the country exports more cocoa than anyone else on the planet now providing about 2 thirds of the world's supply, which makes it very likely that the regular chocolate bar you eat tastes of illegal child labor, but what if these accounts are fake? well, only recently the u. s. department of labor funded a report which found that the cocoa industry in west africa was exploiting
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$1600000.00 charged laborers. e slaves without going into too many legalistic details, the nation's highest court, pulled the brakes on the case pretty much because companies outside the us bear the responsibility for mass abuse. you might want to ask why not at least look into the case? well that's how things are. that's how the law works. the big businesses will probably keep repeating things like, or i'm 99 percent. sure they will. child labor isn't acceptable. that is why we are working so hard to prevent it. cargoes work to keep child labor out of the cocoa supply chain isn't wavering. we do not tolerate the use of child labor in our operations or supply chains and we're working every day to prevent it expects even more emotional words from them, from the athlete. the activists and the president on june 13th, but those who have been following this particular case won't stand the hypocrisy.
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we are celebrate in the end of slavery, but american companies are still profiting off of slave labor. so it's up to you to celebrate or to reflect on the toll that joe biden mentioned. it needs to be illegal for american corporations to do business with anyone who uses child labor because they always say, well, they didn't work for us. it was in our farm. you can't blame us. this has to be tackled legislatively, other corporations to do great harm to people. they will, especially in the past year, they'll say black lives matter or someone will take a need, or they claim that they have an anti racist workplace when they don't. and this is one of many ways in which the u. s. is hypocritical on the issue of human rights by allowing corporations to have carte blanche to practise
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all kinds of terrible things all over the world. but money talks and the big corporations get the ear of politicians. so they're never held to account the way they should be. indigenous canadians have been given the right to use that traditional names on official documents it as part of a government effort to atone for decades of forced assimilation. we spoke to indigenous human rights activists. laura lay williams who told us in no way makes up for the atrocities the government has committed. i've been trying to get my own inventions name, but yeah, it hasn't happened yet. i was supposed to get when my mom passed away. but you know, in that moment it was just too hard for me. i had to leave my moms as or when the kids were taken to residential school. they actually were numbered. they, they had to go by numbers just why
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a small small staff that the government taking the government. oh, oh, much, you know, it was the government who made the decision to take the kids to take her languages to take our culture, to take our name, to try to kill our candidates genocide against her people. what the discovery of the 215 children class, they can't hide the truth any more. so i guess they're trying to make up for what they did. but this is a wall wall step. you know, a lot of our language is, are actually dying. on monday, the canadian government announced that indigenous names can be used in the original spelling for identity and immigration documents. that's 6 years after a report by the truth and reconciliation commission condemned cultural genocide at schools where they are. the move also comes off the grim discovery of hundreds of
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unmarked graves at the side of a former residential school. those institutions were part of a country wide network aimed at assimilating 1st nations children by removing them from their communities. 2 8 8 8 8 the. 8 do you mean sincere? did you have was it wasn't you today? it was going to be the target, the victim. you know, you weren't going to have to suffer anything humiliation he learned to cry anymore . get harder. and yet you learn to shut down. oh, the i couldn't talk a word of english. i tucked cree and i was abused for that hit and made to try to talk english. i lost my language. they threatened us with a strapping. you spoke it. within a year,
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i lost all of it. i. 8 used to him i tried to trying a night. 2 the principal to take him to the hospital. he didn't, after about 2 weeks, my brother was in so much pain. he was going out of his mind. i pleaded with the principal for days to take him to the doctor. ah, they started to sexually take advantage of me and abuse me. not one. not too many, many people for a very long time until i was 16. i held everything in and didn't tell anybody for 20 years. laura williams again says little has changed. in fact, with indigenous people still exposed to systemic racism today. this one school has definitely caught a lot of attention around the world. there's so many vision leaders that pass, woke up about this. i find when we,
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we speak up about their we have to repeat herself over and over and over again. and it gets tiring. it's hard, work grateful that these children are being bound. we always knew that they were there and it's not just those children. so this is yolanda, can we start to see creates, is there so much systemic racism against dell to be and this is exactly why our women and girls are indigenous women and girls to hear it are going cmt murdered at a high rate. you know, i went in business woman, we're still at the bottom here in canada, and these are our own lands. so the systemic racism has to stop british government administrative describe the decline in rape conviction rates as shameful. after review,
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found that thousands of victims have been denied. justice officials have apologized, but actively say that's not enough. and it's unusual for government to express this kind of shame and admit and recognize the deep failings in the criminal justice system. but no, i don't think an apology alone is enough to heal the hurt of the victims and survivors who have been so terribly let down. and i think that the real proof of the pudding will be in the eating, you know, the real difference to 5 as will come if and when the proper measures are taken to improve the situation for the future. the long awaited review revealed more than half of rape victims drop their cases, many out of fear, and only 1.5 percent of them actually see that a suspected attack charged the prob, blamed intrusive police questioning, and then excessively long court process. but the government's now introduced a scorecard system to assess the speed with which cases get to court and that
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a victim satisfaction the 1st results will be published by december. however, katie russell, again says short term measures are not going to solve the problem. or the victims and survivors are likely to feel quite angry actually is if an apology is too little too late, because for them, of course, they haven't got criminal justice. they can't potentially been re traumatized by the system. we know we talking about a long term systemic structural issue, a wholesale issue so, so small individual measures aren't going to, on their own. be able to solve the situation. nobody doubts that very, very many lives have been seriously impacted negatively, impacted by sexual violence and abuse. in recent years and, and the apology in this recognition and this review comes after very many years of campaigning for districts in crimea had declared
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a state of emergency i made severe flooding which is left at least one person dead and many more injured. understand roughly 2000 people have been evacuated from the the, with me we do to some of the people who had fled the affected areas as well. each and every one of them has told me that they do not recall anything of this scale. not even close in facts in the lifetime, the things that we have seen coming out of towns of casual yell to us for some towns. in fact small towns around them. they have been well quite apocalyptic. just told districts of towns submerged under water, cars floating around as if they were just, you know,
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motor boat and so on and so forth. so it has been quite unprecedented that people have been very severely affected by this. they weren't ready, of course, because he just con, you know, prepare for something like that. there are homes ruined, some lives completely going down the drain, excuse the pun, and well, right now, thousands of emergency work is working, in fact, trying to restore, to bring back to life, to bring back to some stability these areas. the governance of crimea has visited both of the major towns affected worst by the flooding. he is what he had to say to the left for peace care. the situation is disastrous in many homes. those that are on the low lands have been flooded by water from almost the entire city of touch, and unfortunately, the water is still up to the waist. now our goal is to help everyone to that no one is left to face this crisis alone. so no under statements,
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no mincing of words on behalf of the crime in the government and out the res, not a peninsula wide by the very large scale of emergency declared here. again, thousands of rescue work as well tirelessly over night trying to bring these areas back into some operational stage. and the while the, the, this is just another problem. mounting on top of the people's shoulders in crimea because previously people here had experienced a shortage of, well, they basically they lacked an access to enough portable, drinkable and safe, clean water. and now that the rains have had, this is what you brainy and official had to say. night to show you know that the crime in peninsula has been asking for water for a very long time. and there's so much water there today that they don't even know what to do with it. and yesterday encouraged him today and y'all to us,
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unfortunately, this happened there. the lord god gave them too much water in one goal so well, some very bitter sarcasm at the expense of people whose lives have been well completely washed away by the flood. now we are hoping to travel very shortly to these areas and observe the efforts of the russian emergency ministry as they are trying to help people cope with their loss and bring their lives back on track. and illegal rave in france ended in a horror amid a police raid with one regular losing their hand a several others, including law enforcers, sustained injuries. our officers swooped on a few defying party the. 7 the event took place in the field in northwest runs with some 1500 people in attendance. a police fire tick asked while party party goes through metal objects
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and petrol bonded authorities say an investigation is underway into what happened, including how a 22 year old ended up having their hands torn off. now, despite a 7 hour long operation to dispose of the crowd, there was still reports of police classes on saturday morning with a guy, hot group of revellers, apparently still partying long into the off the noon. well, still become at this hour here on our t u. s. senate pro conclude that the f b, i did actually have advanced warning of the capital riots back in january, but actually fail to act or decided not to of story more after a brake shoes. ah ah ah, with
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ah, good to have with us today. a president putin has taken the florida convention of the ruling united russia party ahead of the september parliamentary elections. and he had rather a stock message for those who are refusing to take the corona virus seriously. southgate taylor has the key takeaways while the russian president, speaking at that pre election convention, really laying out his view of web united russia party can take the country and more attention more funds that need to be directed. a broad range of topics that was covered. but real focus was on the use of course, on families. they are the very heart of russian society. they must be provided with multiple financial, emotional, or indeed, for example, housing thought and united, united russia hotspots, expanded payments are not she reduced thoughts and taxes,
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but families in need. we all think did hear a lot about modernization. everything from fools to base, like roads and hospitals to the state of the art technology. and of course, a very pressing issue, cleaning up the environment and going more green spot to what future can one talk about if one doesn't deal with the problems of the present? i am talking about the 19 something that plasma picking spoke pretty categorically about you unless you get as many of our fellow citizens suffered severe consequences from the krona virus. i'm constantly in contact with specialists and medics and i recently spoke with them again with the long term effects of the vars are yet to be fully established. it doesn't affect only the lungs. it also homes the cardiovascular system. so there's still a long way for doctors to figure out what it may lead to. so i'd like to remind you once more, it's better to get vaccinated rather than to full sick with a virus. so a clear call to get practice honey, to corny,
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only around 10 percent of the whole russian population has had to job. i really couldn't be more timely with numbers, especially in moscow, watson and daily. and the last 24 hours alone over $9000.00 new cases. and now i thought that you already have plates and restrictions and we heard that the most recent say to the 60 percent of the sub sector must get the vaccine. a boy, they might not be allowed to go to walk. a strong push to get the fax, the nation numbers up with president putin. i think his voice now to the poor thing that the faxing is the best way to get back to you monitor, which isn't everyone's interests that they can get on with building and shaping the future of this country. so really that was quite a lot to unpack in, not more than our long speech. but i would say probably the key takeaways from president putin speech on saturday, dependent on his warning terrorist groups and i've gotten his dong could expand, reach off of the u. s. pull out and pose an international threat. the issue was
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raised at a u. s. senate hearing of international terrorist organizations like l k. the and i says regenerating inside of afghanistan and presenting a threat or a homeland are allies. i would assess it as medium. i would also say center that, but it would take possibly 2 years for them to develop that capability. there enough gentlemen, i, i concur with that and i think that if certain other things happen, if there was a collapse of the government or dissociate disillusion of the afghan security forces, that risk would obviously increase. but right now, i'd say medium in a about 2 years or so. or there are already signs of the u. s. back after the government is fast losing control of the country. the taliban has reportedly captured at least $27.00 districts since the beginning of last month. and that's now less than 3 months before the biden administration's pull out deadline, september the 11th, although, and he will activists, brian becker,
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i think some senior figures in washington are looking for a pretext to stay. we see here is a tug of war between those who are insisting that the u. s. they for ever an afghan and those who feel that the war is not winnable. it's a drain. it's not going to be, it's not going to alter the outcome. and they also make a differentiation between the taliban and should the television become the new government? yes, it would be the same kind of government maybe with some slight variation from the way it was before september 11. but i think it's important not to complete that with the isis or isis is in afghanistan because of the us invasion of afghanistan. there was no isis prior to 2001. and our height is really weakened for so obviously the military again, yes, there might be a need to continue us military presence. you asked me m stay a medium warning that al qaeda or i can come back. but again, i think there is
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a tug of war here between those who want to have wherever war in afghanistan and those who say, look, it's time to end the war us police along with the f. b. i apparently had prior warning of the capital riots in january, but failed to take action. that is a diamond conclusion of a sentence inquiry as our corresponding caleb more than our reports. that's been 6 months spent, a mob storm the u. s. capital on january 6th. and while the investigation is ongoing, some politicians say they want answers and they have some interesting ways of saying it. and i certainly hope that our premier law enforcement organization is not actually working to violate federal law. so why bring the f b i into this? well, there's a theory floating around that the f, b, i infiltrated the protesters and basically arranged the whole thing and then shifted the blame on to donald trump and his supporters. is there any possible truth in this? so let's dig deeper. it's certainly worth finding out why this has become
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a popular explanation of events. earlier this week, the u. s. senate just published a big report on the riots. here is some of what they found. need of the f b. i know the u. s. department of homeland security deemed online posts calling for violence of the capital is credible in testimony before the committee's representatives from both agencies noted that much of the rhetoric online prior to january. the 6th with 1st amendments, protected speech of limited credibility and acknowledge areas for improvement. in handling and dissemination of threat information from social media and online message boards to enhance law enforcement and intelligence agencies abilities to counter that threats. now we find out they did indeed have lots of information. they just didn't think it was relevant. the report goes on. the united states capital police again, gathering information about the events plan for jenny, the 6 in mid december 2020 through open source collection tips from the public and other sources. the u. s. c. p. intelligence and in agency coordination division,
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knew about social media posts calling for violence of the capital and journey of the 6, including a plot to breach the capital, the online sharing of maps of the capital complex, this tunnel systems, and other specific threats of violence. yet the i, c, d, did not convey the full scope of known information to us. c, p, leadership rank and file offices or law enforcement partners. so the secret service and police intelligence were aware of a possible but did not do anything and did not share this information. how could one be aware of the fact that a group of people was planning on storming the u. s. capital building and do nothing. looks like this report raises more questions than answers, kaleb mop and r t new york. and any stories you missed on you can always check them out of your ledger online. the website is artsy, dot com. in the meantime, thanks for joining us. we're back in about half an hour. ah,
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a human level. so the whole lot of that of us is, was on the job. but you know, the one that gave me she lives in one of the most dangerous and patriarchal provinces of afghanistan coast lacy, which time i thought sure, no, i shall do. but i haven't set up a new kid. i'm glad you got me knows that she does her best to fight for women's rights. i am not able to get that done. as you know, what i do have the other sort of the season here by her nickname, the king was i got to reco. doesn't really go on the i
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me the news. the who's time actually, we're going under and uncovering the stories. the powerful do want you to know coming up in the show, how to be in the united states, reviewed by the rest of the world as interfering with the elections directly in other countries. and everybody knew it. does president biden not know the untold history of the united states?
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we talked to one of the writers of the seminal oliver stone documentary series about biting putin in geneva. the myths, mistakes and mystery. and as today, mark 9 years since wiki weeks found a julian time sort political asylum in london. dory, and embassy only to be tortured in england, according to the un. what is the legacy of the arguable war crimes he uncovered in a week of more u. k. u. s. a. u armed israeli strikes on the siege garza, we trace from the african war logs to columbia with independent journalist, anthony lo and all this coming up in today's going underground. but 1st global media centered this week on the geneva meeting between president putin and biden, although biden, and like putin cents a journalist from his press conference depending on where they came from. most bizarrely, maybe from what was described as a constructive meeting was biden's contention that the usa doesn't interfere with the governance of foreign countries. joining me now from washington, d. c is someone who well knows this hidden history co author of all of us jones untold history of the united states. professor peter.
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