the keys off the boot, she's wearing a huge switch called up, took a puzzle. was little young on the shore. so please please. ah, ah, the website says gemini and raining media, including trans flagship press the the c by the u. s. government, at least according to statements that have a paid on their pages or so to come, campaign is lashaun. so hold on, fare, inclusion, 1st, transgender athletes and a female event. elim takes branding it a portrayal of women and another stop in the face of president macro park. he's brought in the french regional election also to come this world must. gigi, decision and hatred says president, posing on the 18th anniversary of the start of the great pat fiarty board,

russia ah, hello, good evening, welcome. just gone 11 o'clock a moscow you watching arte international. now the u. s. government has apparently see the website. so if a year many broadcaster and to rainy united, let's including his k international channel press tv, that's according to his statement that now a page on those pages with more his keller poppy. at the moment we do not yet have clarification from the u. s. government about whether in fact they did take this action. the state department has indicated that the department of justice will give information later regarding this situation. but if one goes to the website, one will find a statement from the department of justice and the f. b. i with their official seals saying that the website was seized. now, it,

what's interesting to note is that while iran is a country that speaks the language of farsi, this statement is on the website in english and arabic, but not far as the the iranian language. it's important to take the context into account now we have joe biden and his administration that have been in office since earlier this year that have talked about reopening the iran nuclear deal of criticize the trump administration handling of us relations with iran. but we have just had an election in iran itself in which we have a new president who is quite critical of his predecessor romani, and his negotiations with the united states. so we have a new administration set to come into office in iran. we have a new administration united states and the contacts in the moment of this is quite interesting. now, one of the websites that was seized is run by the who sees that is fighting against saudi arabia and has long been accused by the united states being iranian proxies.

the other website that was seized is of iranian origin, and the other website press tv is that is iran's official english language news outlets, the primary voice of iran to the english speaking world. now their website is available at press t, v dot i are, but it is press t v dot com that has this message about being seized. so we are waiting for clarification from the u. s. department of justice. we're also waiting to hear any statement from the islamic republic of iran at the moment. these 3 websites bear this. notice, it's not clear yet what has gone on. could this be the work of hackers? could this actually be an official move from the u. s. government could this indeed have been ordered directly from joe biden, as the statement of the website seems to have. we don't yet know. well, how may we solve a professor of political science at university of toronto, say that washington can have no justification if it is indeed behind the maze. we

have to remember that even if the laws that are being cited in the actual announcement on the web page, even if the reason cited would be in the gym in which actually isn't. we have to remember that the, these are us internal laws and what you would be ridiculous to see is an international new size based on domestic us thought. it like the other situation would be, i pathetically, if iran would come in, he's the c n n news website based on internal uranium laws. it doesn't really make sense. and i think it's a clear violation of hugh freedom of expression. the 1st have a transgender athlete. which goes to the lympics this year, or hubbard who's a weightlifter will join use elian's team in tokyo. but it has sparked anger from campaign is calling to save women sports. and they say that her superior muscle

mass is, in fact, unfair competition. however, the olympic committee to say that she has met all the necessary criteria in preferring care, there's more in the story. its official new zealand laurel hubbard, 43. hu transition to female in 2012 is heading to the olympics this summer. no. transgender asked the have ever done it before for laurel, there's absolutely no doubt it is a dream come troop. when the camera zoom in on her and her team at the olympics, opening ceremony in tokyo, it will be a touching moment for the whole community of transgender athletes. i am grateful and humbled by the kindness and support that has been given to me by so many new zealanders. just before the previous summer games kicked off, the international committee revamped its guideline for male born transgender athletes. they were allowed to compete without 1st having to undergo gender reassignment surgery as long as they provide tests showing cause fester own levels

within a set limit for 12 months. 5 years on news of laurel joining, the ranks of the n v t may be joy for some, but it stands out as shockingly unfair to others. we've heard noises in the media that the, i say are going to be revising that transgender inclusion guidelines and possibly even removing the testosterone requirement. so obviously that will then allow men to compete in the same category are nothing more than a self declaration. and i don't think, you know, anyone could say that that would be grossly unfair and set a completely unfair competition playing field for women. and perhaps it wouldn't have been so controversial if it wasn't for the nature of the sport. she's competing in the

right. in weight lifting every gram of muscle mass matters, maybe, and this sport more than in any other last year. a study by you can sweetest scientists found that when it comes to lifting barbells, the male performance advantage over woman was 30 percent. however, even when transgender women suppress this test her own, for a year, the loss of lean body, mass, muscle, and strength, was only 5 percent. it's also a fact that laurel hubbard hadn't competed internationally before transitioning, but has already won a number of battles as a female athlete. and so some critics of the new olympic reality have gone as far as blaming the i o. c for betraying women. the i o. c betrayed women. women are not a hormone level. know, are we self declaration of a female gender identity? shame on them. and speaking of those whose desired podium finishes could be lost or

lowered because of lorell hubbard's performance. belgium's anna vamp lincoln 27 called the transgender athlete inclusion in tokyo, weightlifting light up. a bad joke with all due respect to trans genders. olympic officials, though, have defended the decision. we do know that there are many questions about fairness of transient athletes competing in the limpid games. but i would like to take this opportunity to remind us all that are all has mit all of their quite criteria. and she's not the only one lawyer and trans woman, stephanie hayden says the, you'll see decision as well rooted in science. you've got support, you got governing body. they have access to science, they have access to data. they know what work for them. now, where a lot of people go wrong, if they just to shoot him that somebody in this case who was male born now transgender female doesn't change doesn't. why did he,

they forget to take into account hormone levels reduction in muscle mass over many years. now, what do we do here? do we make evidence based decisions, or do we make prejudiced based decisions? but it's the simple question. oh, well, probably there's never going to be an easy solution to this and do expect more debate. the closer we get to the metal run off, you know, trying to that will if you do want to share your opinion on this story, you can let us know what you think at r t dot com. the french president has received another slap in the face this time to his reputation off for a shocking performance and regional elections monument, crohn's party, and he got around 10 percent of the vote. in the 1st round, charlotte davinsky explains seen as

a dress for her. so the next day is presidential election from seas regional voters illustrated just how tough that battle ahead is going to be both manual macaroni and marine la pens. policies failed to show that they with a heavy hitters for my calls republic on the move coffee, the results were particularly bruising. even party inside is can't deny how bad they sees, not going to minimize what has happened. it's a slap in the face. this is a democratic slap in the face, and it's due to a very low election turn out. all t doesn't condone violence, but what happened to my policy has been particularly brutal in several regions. that policy was eliminated from the 2nd round of voting offer fail to reach the 10

percent threshold needed the vote, even saw government ministers being knocked out. it's something of a surprise blue for my call and that's his personal popularity. the theme, the surgeon recent month, it also shows that his tooth bronze, which just took place, which was seen as him trying to sure up the boat to have the election didn't succeed. so roy has his policy failed to connect with voters. it shows it's even he is even not much more unpopular that it was supposed to because he's, results are, are, does strategic. it's a vote against him for last year and a lot of misconduct. and that was shown by the yellow as movement on by the fact that the government didn't react to do all the situation is going worse than the worst. and the only way to government behave with our organ. and you

know, i mean people don't like our own goods. so day it shows the government is complete and macro and basically completely disconnected with the whole society who all record the tension levels off sending premises through the political landscape more than 2 in 3 people didn't cost a ballot that shows b. b, i don't believe any more in political class, you have striking workers who birds collectively there and an extra cars. so now you have a lot of people showing. they don't vote, they don't want to vote. they don't believe in any political party in any political liter. people don't vote, not because they are de politicized, but because they don't believe in the existing institution. we're also the point

thing for marine la pen party had been hoping to show that they were the urea can tended. while over all the national riley took just on the face of the boat, if need talk, the polls in one region. these results look at significant drop in support from 2015. the big win is from the 1st round of voting would the republican party that is not good news for president mccall who has increasingly shifted his politics to the right. and essentially has been basing his strategy for reelection next year or more thing up. there is a revival of the republican party, throws that up in the air and shows that michael has failed to read his policy in the french. so i key, while many may see this is being a contest next year between mccolan pen, there is always a chance and outside i could punch seriously above weight one perhaps increased by

the fact that the current president's policy just doesn't seem to cut it with voters charlotte, even sky policy, paris not for russia. it is exactly 80 years since the beginning of its bloody steerer. great patsy. arctic war, tens of millions of lives were lost in what was then the soviet union in the conflict with nazi germany and which is known in the west, the 2nd world war. the german newspaper in to be president putin has highlighted how people find reconciliation after the horrors of battle, and that their supreme sacrifice should be acknowledged accurately. despite attempts today to revive the pages of the past, the truth is that soviet soldiers came to germany not to take revenge on the gym and people with a noble and great mission of liberation. having lived through the horrors of the world war, the peoples of europe would nevertheless able to overcome alienation and restore

mutual trust and respect. what burden began, bob again emphasizing the, the unfathomable, terror, savagery and devastation of the 2nd world war operation. bob russo, the invasion of the u. s. a sob, but by not to germany, but booths prudent peach, was that despite the terror, the horror of the 2nd world war, the europeans learned to respect each other. they learn to forgive each other, france, germany stablished, and the, the, the common steel market. then the, the common market, the european market. eventually that european union, they learned to cooperate rather than compete for resources for business, for economic prosperity. and this is something that it was who would happen when the u, as a saw collapse, that the east and west would forgive each other than they would lead past wrongs rest. and there would be progress that would be prosperity. but it wasn't to be,

it was the books movement eastwards which by the way, begun when the soviet leadership was actually persuaded to accept the united germany sessions. and nato attended the main reason for the rapid increase in mutual mistrust in europe. many countries were put before the artificial choice of either being with a collective west or with russia in fights. it was an ultimatum product in $999.00 that have been $55.00 native expansions east of all of them. eastwards towards russia, more natal rockets troops, me 1000 jets moving closer and closer to russia's buddhist. given the devastation and the terror of the 2nd world war, tens of millions of people dead in the us. your memories is still fresh. nobody lives armed forces moving closer to the russian federation that you can, you can ask all manner of experts whose fault current situation is the disagreement between a need to and russia. but russia, it says that it was need to miss out,

but moving close to it, not the other way around. and he says that the security framework of the european union has now afraid the whole system of european security is not degraded. significantly tensions are rising and the risks of a new arms race are becoming real. we are missing out from the tremendous opportunities that cooperation offers are common and indisputable goal is to ensure security on the continent without dividing lines. we hadn't heard about the dream of europe from lisbon to vladivostok in a while, but remarked on it again. he said, we can't let pass, grievances pass, disputes govern, dictates our future. otherwise we give up. all hope of prosperity says, look, look at the past in your prosperity as always come out of cooperation, of friendship. when people learn to work together rather than fights rather than struggling against each other. and here, let me put in again, called out saying that russia as it was, is ready to participate in

a joint european security framework. water cast, the, there will hundreds, have attended memorial events held across russia. they gathered a 4 o'clock in the morning actually the time when the war broke out. another early morning event took place in berlin to where an orchestra performed in front of the russian house of science and culture bullying symbolizing the victims were also released into the sky. and washington also commemorated day with a memorial service, rushes envoy to the u. s. he recently returned to his post was among those who came to pay respect. now in the special project here. darcy, we have restored and colorized archive footage of peaceful life here in moscow, back in 1941. and then contrasted that to the stock images when war began. ah, ah, ah,

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or other automated method to distinguishing human. she was in public taken into account extremely high risk, supposed by remote biometric identification of individuals and public leg sensible spaces. the european data protection board and the european data protection supervisor called for a general ban on any use of a for automated recognition of human features. and public leg sensible spaces, such as recognition of faces, gate fingerprints, d, n, a voice keystrokes, and other biometric and behavioral signals in any context or both. watch dogs do add to that such technology violate fundamental rights and freedoms statement joins driving e grocery spades to stop face recognition, including a, reclaim your face petition as already received more than $55.00 sized and signatures. and the case information commissioner has recently voiced her own

warning. i'm deeply concerned about the potential for life facial recognition technology to be used inappropriately, excessively, or even recklessly when sensitive personnel data is collected on moscow without people's knowledge choice or control. the impacts could be significant. okay, so there's plenty to talk about and we've got to get it to the just that a year code. he's an internet lower expert and social media solicitor and also philip ingram 2 joins us. he's a former senior military intelligence and security officer, and you both very welcome. yeah, if i could start with you the counter argument to this because we've heard people's concerns that you know, potentially a, i can be very useful. it can make the streets safer. and surely that ways, you know yog humans against it, and what concerns we may have about her own personal freedoms. clearly, you can support these by, by another argument at the streets of,

of britain packed. we'd see see tv in people are being being filmed, monitored effectively whenever they go so. so the question is, i mean, what is the real difference between having a camera a following you? whenever you go over there you'll, you'll visit our street or shopping mall and having something which is a little bit more commercialize. i think the, the concern here is the, the use of artificial intelligence by private companies. and then the possible abuse of those of the data gathered, sometimes in real time to do to trace people to track them down to perhaps embarrass them. at one point in the lives in the tape is to completely remove any possibility of having a private space other than your own home. i think this is the,

the real concern here. philip, let's bring you in here because as he says, that seems to be the major argument. how the strike this balance of protecting people's freedoms. when you have a technology like artificial intelligence that can just the things that we just couldn't imagine. even 2 or 3 years ago where it is, and this is where you're getting the rules to catch up with the technology is always a difficult thing. there's a couple of things that come out with this, from the statement from europe in regulatory body. the 1st is they talk about publicly accessible spaces. no publicly accessible spaces are defined in different ways in different countries. for example, inside some of the big in the u. k. inside some of the big shopping center areas, it doesn't cause a publicly accessible space or inside shops amounts where some of this a i enabled facial recognition technology is potentially been used. it is governed

outside in areas that are controlled by local console, by government, and all the rest of it. and the rules that are always approached and should be approach with whenever looking at whether it's appropriate for this to use is, is it necessary and is it proportional for what it is that you're trying to do? and i'd argue that surveilling everyone to try and identify you one or 2 bad people is disproportionate from what you're trying to do. and this is something that the regulators are going to have to catch up with just on the security point of view. i philip, isn't it very useful if you got artificial intelligence that can process huge numbers of images in a matter of seconds? i mean, it is very useful, isn't it? just to catch all and identify those that fit the profile that you're looking for? well, if you're cutting all of the time, it's disproportionate. if you're, if you're capturing all because there's been a shoplifter has run out of a shop, you could argue is disproportionate. if you're capturing all for a period of time because of the terrorist that's running on that, saying he's got

a bowman is going to blow it up and kill hundreds of people. then for that period of time, it could be proportionate for you to capture that information, run it through databases that you've got. i'm trying to identify the individual because you're, you're saving lives. so it's a very careful balance that has to be looked and you have to how about flexibility in the way law enforcement uses it. but again, the private companies that are using it about flexibility is something that isn't properly governed in the u. k. in england and wales is the protection of freedoms act that doesn't exist in scotland on the mound. certainly the u. k as a whole is foreign. the head of most of the rest of the. that's right. yeah. i mean, talking about sort of private companies, the thing to be regulation when it targets police saying, look, you can use this sort of technology to fight serious crime. but when it comes to a i and emotional recognition, for example, determining how somebody fails,

they walk down the street with the seems to be no regulation this stage there. and you don't have to be an expert to understand that this can go a great deal further. there are 2 different aspect to this. i would say the 1st one is the, is the availability of freel time, very fast, almost almost instant surveillance by the use of the visual intelligence as opposed to the video technology where yes, you are able to rolled back hours and hours and i was of a video recording to try and reconstruct to recognize or identify a criminal or a crime being committed. this is one issue of close then when it comes to say a facial rick, facial expressions, emotional expressions, i mean these. i mean, i think the level of intrusion here is what is really concerning. the european

commission is the high degree of intrusion into now not only individuals, activities, but almost the inside of the pass on your feelings and your emotions, your facial expressions, and then matching. perhaps a product of services or, or, or of places or other people in, according to read the recognition of fuel in their emotions. which is of course highly to save and an intriguing away unfinished. it's also dangerous to, isn't it in the sense that, you know, if you have artificial intelligence, assessing you all the time, you know, you'll get with you because the machine says you're guilty. i mean, it's a leave. it's you don't go along with that because my kids know,

i wouldn't know how high, why fail, and what i'm going to do. i disagree with that completely because the machine never makes a decision that always puts a human being to whether that be a security professional or police professional and the a that's all there is theoretically possible to look at expressions numerous and there's a lot going on. there's lot of research in china going on about this surprise, surprise, that's probably one of the, the most impressed countries in the world for, for looking at this. but it's not quite right. and the datasets don't exist in the you can in europe to look it up properly. however, there are areas where it is adding real value. for example, looking at behavioral analysis, where the computers just monitoring the movement of people are on. it's been able to identify and a lot of railway stations, individuals who from examining home people commit suicide in front of trends. and to learn alarmed people to say you need to have a look at this individual because they're exhibiting those traits. i'm not saving lives. so it's, it's looking about necessity and proportionality the whole way through in every

single use case. and the rules, unfortunately haven't caught up with what the technology can do. and therefore it's making sure that those that make the decisions are applying. the ensuring that they're looking after people's freedoms of their making the decisions as to whether something should be used. yeah. do you have that confidence? do you feel there is a sort of human element here that would act as a safety net against anything that i might conclude? i think the expression you look guilty is now starting to, to, to become real a because because each each going to go by what people look like while their facial expressions are alike rather than even even the behavioral or the directions. the real concern, of course, is whether right you're only above the used by private companies of the, of the way to private companies will be using technology rather than governments.

so, so the proposals on fairly being introduced to protect us from government surveillance, but perhaps from, from, from having being intruded a by commercial organizations. just last for the running. so go ahead, go ahead for that. go ahead. i was, i was going to say, but the definition of publicly accessible locations doesn't cover most private companies. and the other thing is, i think there's a, there's a big education piece here because, you know, individuals are walking around with their phones unlocked with their face. about facial data has been put off into commercial organizations and it happens all over the place. so the public need to understand more of what it is there and make sure that they insist that area of the go into or being properly controlled. yeah, just wrap it up for us. we know these to watch dogs want to a band. you think that the commission will listen the commission, the practice is that the commission does listen.