in depression, you tend to go into the store and buy those thoughts and take them home as if they're years. in mindfulness, you walk down the street, you still see the sort storefront with the negative thoughts, but you don't go in and buy those, gosh, ah, this is all the international in today's headlines, a chilling effect on press freedom. that's the reaction when you law proposed, why do you pay government? which could see john? this is lexi prison times if say to close state. the rule, the devastation in china amid would have to be the, was plugging in a 1000 years, has called death white out transport infrastructure and reached and h for

a while to cover up new ways re channels. he was buying for wire installed watson, bikini bottoms during the kind of gas to build with texas. and should we get to choose what they want? well done to the grave. we men, it was such a precedent for other schools. she said full stomach that those funds may be didn't. this is a sexualization of women. ah . whereas the catching going to come from today, welcome to moscow, untouched, and national consultant. i took 3 which today's the locked up for reporting the truth. that's the fate that could be away from john. this is a proposed law in the u. k. gets passed through reporters on the sources would be

treated like spies and publishing government secrets could result in imprisonment for up to 14 years pops. i'm surprised and even uses cost aprile ortiz mod godaddy takes a look. a journalists can do as much harm to britain as a foreign spot threw argues the british government in this 66 page proposal, which erases the line between investigative journalism whistle. blowing and spies are all the same under the proposed new secret law. although there are differences in the mechanics of and motivations behind espionage and authorize disclosure offenses, there are cases where an authorized disclosure maybe as or more serious in terms of intent and or damage. what's more, the legislation seeks to remove without blow protections, even if what they leaked is in the public interest. and stead it's advisors would be whistleblowers to, to go and talk to their boss if they have a moral issue with something that they're doing rather than reveal it to the public

that the government is engaged in something immoral or illegal trays is an interesting question. what if it's their boss that's doing something immoral like the health secretary and leaks video kissing a coworker after he obliged millions to abide by his soon strict social distancing measures? i understand the enormous sacrifices that everybody in this country has made that you have made. and those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them. and that's why i've got to resign officially. this new beefed up version of the secret. lou has nothing to do with the resignation of hancock officially, but it would have made the scandal very nearly impossible. see any journalist who shared this video or shared anything that they received problem with blue, couldn't face a sentence of more than

a decade behind bars. due to the new way of defining espionage, including obtaining sensitive information, as well as pass it on journalists, whom are simply working. their stories can potentially face up to 14 years in prison by receiving some secret information. there's much more to it. aside from the harsh sentences and the least than the databases of potential threats, there are special powers that the government wants to give itself the power to punish and restrict individuals, be the journalists or foreign spas. if the government doesn't have enough evidence to jail, but there may be a strong intelligence case to suggest as an individual is engaging hostile activity, but to limited evidence that could be openly used to support criminal prosecution. the civil order could include a range of restrictive and preventative measures, including measures to prevent an individual associating with certain people or from visiting specified sensitive locations. currently,

these proposals are being polished off at the foreign office but could soon be in parliament make no mistake. these, these new secrets he would give the most authoriz area and regimes in the world a run for their money. in the past, we feel blowing and investigative journalism, as we know within the u. k. dead. this is one of the biggest wide ranging attacks on breaths. freedom perhaps since since democracy came to britain, the definitions in the report are very old indeed. in fact, with journalism doesn't come up once in the 66 page report itself fundamental to the 56 page report is that journalists can be more dangerous than spun life. obviously, the u. s. is prosecuting fe juanita sons on the b, as in jack, this own secretary of secretary is backing a consultation document. it's against the journalist that much worse than spies

supplies. after all, can work for one government or another government or one actor jones. if they publish the material, everyone can see it. so journalists have to be done. that is me the level of logical deduction that is being used here by the british government in a raising freedoms and rights of the free press here in this country that have been that have been created and modified over centuries. so that's, that's quite how dangerous the official secrets act reform looks to be. in the meantime, us active stayed until the blanket has been inundated with criticism over his pledge of on wavering support for independent john the fool around the world. many critics, when disbelief accusing us of double standards. the upshot of the ongoing trump by the prosecution of julian sons in the united states believes old jordan race, whatever their nationality, wherever they are, have

a legal duty to keep the u. s. government durgy secrets. now i'm sorry, but that's not support. enjoy unless every us media outlets at landber's this comment and reference assange, but they won't, because they suck messiah alina. john has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from u. s. government propaganda, oregon voice of america to agitate for regime change in iran, in the bazaar logic of us empire. she's an independent journalist, andrew and assange is a criminal. lincoln was came in support of massa lin, charge and radiant american john this on the voice of america host, who as an outspoken critic oberon's government last week, she claimed she was a target of the kidnapping plot, organized by iranian intelligence that was foiled by the f b, i, as i mentioned earlier, the critics couldn't help but point out the hypocrisy of blanket statement, especially given washington's attitude towards julian psalms. while just to remind to the john the sandwich, nick found a husband more than 2 years in

a maximum security prison in london state side. the justice department has charged him under the espionage act, accusing him of leaking classified information in 2010, if extradited to the us songs could face up to 175 years behind bars. we discussed this with journalist and also daniel lazar who thinks that no one in his profession is safe. every american journalist will be under threat. i mean, it's a, it's a, the prosecution of a sizes, a dagger aimed at the heart of us journalism. and that's what the, by the ministration is doing. and that's what antony blake and stands for. if the prosecution goes forward, the every journalist will be threatened with a similar legal charges. and espionage is a very dangerous thing. espionage scott could land you a life sentence and a maximum security prison. so that will definitely have a most serious shilling effect america as

a country that has completely lost the ability to engage in any kind of self criticism whatsoever. it's a, it's a global viewpoint, is distorted by a narcissistic person. national personality on the part of the political lead which sees everything through a pro u. s. lens. the u. s. is always. busy right, everybody else is always wrong. so the u. s. never persecutes journalists on the other countries to do. but the reality is quite different. devastating floods in central china with at least 33 people killed in another 250000, evacuated from their homes. what a said to be the heaviest rains in a millennium. ah, me.

well let's break down exactly what's happening all across the country. so here in red is just, you can see the was hit region that's trying to central cannot province and its largest city. jung, joe is notated on the yellow river. the banks of which have bossed full cost is predict a grim few days to come with more heavy rain and strong winds. it's a tie thing that's cool. thing always have a can actually it's expected to hit the nearby coastal regions and the yellow among them, the city of shanghai. why won't, we'll take a closer look at joe itself, which has seen some of the most dramatic events. so we're going to see right now, your screens is unbelievably a waterfall pouring through the roof of the cities. port. the hub was obviously unable to accept incoming flights for 26 hours. and part of the local subway system was completely sub much anything terrified to computers trapped on the ground. you continue the way in which the top of the roof, how the network has to be complete,

shot down at the same time and is 10 train carrying about 10000 passengers will hold it with some travellers report to the start and stranded for 40 hours. cause we're also seen floating down flooded streets while sections of more than 2 dozen highways were closed by some estimates. 1.2000000 people have been effective by the floods so far. a local correspondence gave us a glimpse into the situation on the ground. i'm here, i want to say that it has been made by the to actual re gain a capital city on central time as a whole, not probing where the rescue was due, all the way has a re for in a capital state. central role has left. it's called the one se ring. you have the funds as right now. the weather forecast say it will last until tomorrow, late. it's a from a local authority and say the way for a capital c, c o, resource hungry. i'm time the past 3 days. why it's for year rainfall remains

around $640.00 millimeters, which means the lady has with me today. whoa, yeah, ring for each of the 3 days. the central theatre people's liberation army said on wednesday morning. it has sent more than 3000 men and 8 defects of equipment to fly to the flood and to carry out the rest, your walk in a sleepy emergency response level, a flat being raised to level one. the railway operator has to have carried out to ensure safety, such as the stopping services and lowering the operation at the residential area. so you must have to be caught off of water supply and electricity. the providential flow control and a drug really had a quarter reported up more than 140000, and the residence has been effected by torrential rains. and who and i seems to like 16 and 10000 has been relocated safely. so fall

controlled with, you know, in the sports world off to a new ways to be count. we'll team was fine for opting for schultz instead of bikini bottoms in a recent championship much. the disciplinary mash provoked an angry reaction. occupations of sexism. this is completely ridiculous. how many attitude changes are needed in the old fashioned matcher? world of international sport. oh my god. the worst thing is that they just do not understand the quality point once. is that even possible? can you please stop the 4th beginning onset said, your beach henberg games. it's embarrassing. disgraceful and sexist. your ruining birth, this port, and your own reputation. make the international handball, federation. officials where bikini bottoms for a week. the rules will be changed quickly. why do you force women to play beach hands borne outfits that sexual objectify and expose them? come back to the 21st century and immediately bullish to this outdated rules. the

rules allow male players to wash, so it's not the feel athletes. a federation spokesperson admitted she herself didn't know the reason for this, but stressed that this issue wasn't a priority ahead of the olympics. no way has campaigned against the rule for 15 years on the teams. short wiring is obviously a deliberate protest, but it's also not the 1st time sport white house calls control the seam earlier this year at a beach volleyball tournament in capital play is what infuriated went off to swap the keys for shots and trousers, though, hauled them back down and said it wasn't a requirement at the upcoming tokyo olympics swimmers happening, bound wearing special caps, designed for people with afro half styles and after a back class, not decisions being reviewed and only last week, a double paralympic, while champion express, discussed after an official complaint that has sprint, reese was too short. my colleague, roy shay, discuss the rights of athletes for the panelist guest. they should give them the

money back and say, to get the whole thing. we're going to exercise a bit of common sense flexibility and get in sync with desired god. it's only just over 1516 years ago that then president of thief, soccer's governing organization. ready set black with encouraging female football as to our time skimpy clothes because he felt that it would make them more marketable. ready this is almost unthinkable to ask a women, a serious women sport contests to abide by laws. the rules that were drawn up some time ago when they weren't offensive, it's 2021 isn't it time that women were allowed to wear shorts instead. if a key needs in sport insurance at this competition were well aware of the rules, you call them have a duration where one of the same obese is the role is because remember, a precedent for all other schools. if you're going to data sort of thing you got to

cooperation with seems it seems as are the for women, this change should come highly perverse challenge. we need scenarios how many opportunities actually won't change as well room when they're stupid, like this role that can be not abide and actually well done to this brave women that finally they showed the sexism in there for duration. you have to stop the thinking that women's bodies are for the show and they have something sexual with them. so of course, it's a problem to have a bikini, you know how much you have to move when you play football. the kid can with wow, you can show more than you want to show. what do you think is but you should definitely not because you'll suffer past and you'll setup for other sports teams, state, post tons, and then pines, funds. they may be stunned. maybe it's not a standard, i don't think it's

a stunt. i just think it's some bureaucrat is laying the law down and why they offered to the fine print. they've got to read. the news is a sexualization of women. whether they say it is or not is irrelevant, is if you demand of a woman that she is in a bikini rather than sport scare, then that is only one way to interpret that. and it's almost what it is preposterous now. almost. it actually is preposterous to try to impose this perverse dress code on women in the 21st century was concerned that is all for the pool. women's chains of complain. does that mean? but the rest of the famous are quite happy where i became the bathrooms baby and the sun the atmosphere. and by applying in that they find it more comfortable to where i became the boss. or did we ever thought, you know,

maybe other women and we watch more, you know, football players, if they play with a tight, you know, shorts of they show their chest. no, of course not. we want the eclipse to be comfortable with their plane. we want them to perform at their best. still ahead of threatened sanctions. finally lays down. it's all over the old stream through the pipeline. we'll see what turns about your turn off and join me every thursday on the alex simon show. and i'll be speaking to guess in the world, the politics sport, business. i'm show business. i'll see you then me in a democratic society with free speech rights, words are spoken freely in those words that catch attention and result in

something that is beneficial to all have a place in the market in the marketplace of ideas. and those words and ideas that don't benefit society as a whole tend to get discredited or weaned out of the conversation off through the magic of coping dialogue through the magic of free free. so what you saying is that they no longer have the confidence to respect the 1st amendment. they are not a competent nation, they see the rise of china, and they've lost all their confidence and they're going to repeal that delay the 1st amendment. the news ah, welcome back. now south africa, still reeling from it most devastation,

riots in decades, sparked by the recent trailing, a former president jacob summa. and while the chaos has led to more than $200.00 deaths, thousands of arrests and an estimated $2000000000.00 damage, local fear, the situation could father deteriorate. let's take a look back. what's exactly been happening in the country in recent weeks? the hallway of death go for that's what it looks like down. yeah. if you carry on further down the road because burnt out, recalls in the road due to everything. factory, the burning of the burning the you know, ah,

at the moment you have this one, your favorite. and this is the only say that now we're getting food from, we just stood out there to protect all families. well, for president j consumer was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court after he refused to appear before traditional inquiry, investigate and corruption. during his 9 year rule, we spoke to my son, he's been accused of instigating the recent violence. an allegation he denies, it's unacceptable what has happened and i'm talking about the level of devastation and destruction, vandalism, to, to property. and just the wanton looting is something that should not be celebrated, should be denounced, which i have done, and i'll continue to do so. being

labeled as is one of the people, one of the instigators and not officially so much as making that other circle around social media commentary and some of them use networks, which is the 1st thing from the truth. if you look at the basis of those allegations, that's completely baseless, you have certain video clips that have my voice and image which, which are you. but i'm taking taken out of context in relation to the video in its entirety and the message that i was trying to, to put across. so if you look at what i was saying, and i was saying if that was done at a time with the beginnings of it, had, it happened. this was 3 days into, into what had happened. we understand our country. so it was my way of trying to deal with the situation by 1st denouncing offense that can lead denying my involvement in the real issue. the issue is the, the high levels of poverty. and then secondly, the lockdown,

exacerbating the level because now you've got more people falling into the bracket of unemployed and, and desperate and hungry. he's been charged in a restaurant with, out of a federal and i find that very, very, very suspicious. and the reason i say that is let him out, let him go through the rigmarole in the processes of a child, whether you like him or not. who knows? you might end up getting 15 years or not 15 months, but you know, you need to go through that process conscious. the process has ignored the years of contention. b, u. s. has finally ended its fight against the russia to germany gas pipeline wall street to with the construction nearly finished, washington managed to chow, a compromise with germany. meanwhile, russian president putin, on german chancellor markelle,

expressed mutual satisfaction at the project approaching completion. leaders are satisfied that the construction of the north term to pipeline is nearly finished. the russian president noted germany's consistent commitment to the implementation of the project, which is exclusively of a commercial nature and his aimed at bolstering the energy security of germany and the e. u. well, the u. s. jarman t o reached on wednesday provide support for rush me about ukraine, which is bypass by the new pipeline. you've got $175000000.00 for the development of eco friendly infrastructure on the side will also seek to ensure that the current gas transit park between russia and ukraine remains in place about provides care with annual fees for allowing russian gas supplies to pass through its territory, the u. s. and germany joined statement also contained a strong warning from moscow saying the russia may safe punishment if he uses the pipeline for political gains. now, while the us patches to no longer stand in the way, some american official looked ill unhappy about the pipeline set to double supplies

of russian natural gas to germany under the baltic sea concerns of voice. once again, a recent senate hearing and washington that the supply route poses a threat to both the u. s. and ear security. you told this committee that you believed to nordstrom to pipeline would have disastrous effects on u. s. national security. that it would have disastrous effects on european security by making them subject to economic energy blackmail from russia, and that it would enrich and in power to carry out that black male. you continue to believe that i do sen will economist cross says that the u. s. concession could be assign, the biden simply had no more cause to play. i think you got to look at the context of the recent meetings and discussions between biden and europeans, particularly jeremy, you know, the germans, the europeans,

considered us position on the global tax and not taxing us tech companies. i think this is probably a quid pro quo to some extent of biking, can feeding what as everyone knows, it's already a done deal and allowing the germans to continue and get the cheaper gas. you got to understand that this whole sanctions over a gas began nordstrom to begin under trump, when the us had a lot of natural gas and prices were falling. and you know, the industry, the o l industry, which trouble is running interference for their solution was to make the europeans forced them to buy us gas. that would cause prices arise in the us as well as more volume sales in europe. but the problem was, the gas was just too much more expensive and the europeans just waited it out. and then now you got to know the done deal. and they got to cover up somehow, you know,

buyers coming back with his tax concessions and they position a whole thing with regard to ukraine to make it look like the u. s. is still being tough and isn't considered in russia. russian calling on the european court of human rights to take action over the ukraine. and it's fast as interstate complaint mosca mentioned a wide range of violations allegedly conducted by kia, including, causing a civilian casualties, prosecuting justice and the suppression of ukraine's russian speaking population. the name of the appeal is to draw the attention of the european court and the entire will community to the blatant and systematic violations of human rights by the ukrainian authorities record the numerous crimes in the national legal field force, the ukrainian authorities to stop committing them conduct and investigation and swiftly prosecute those responsible to restore peace and order on the territory of ukraine. while the complaint itself is quiet,

lengthy as russia brings to light several issues concerning human rights violations in ukraine. well, 1st of all, it lays blame with the ukranian authorities for the death of civilians, illegal imprisonments, and ill treatments of its own citizens. now, the 7 years civil war in ukraine resulted in the death of thousands of people. and of course, an exodus of thousands more if you, jeez, and because of the countries, the proximity to the russian border. and as a result of shilling by the armed forces offer ukraine, russian territory suffered property damage as well. now the crash of a malaysian airlines flight and age 17 back in july of 2014 is also blamed on the ukraine since it failed to close its own aerospace, when its internal conflict began. now the documents also states that resident and sulfur south eastern part of the country have been denied opportunity to take part

in ukrainian elections. now moscow is also accusing key of all by suppressing freedom of speech by curbing the work of the media, various internet platforms, persecution of journalist politicians, and all ordinary citizens as well. now the russian complained to the european court for human rights also highlights the policy of discrimination against the russian speaking population, such as the ban on the use of the russian language. and that happens primarily in education and the consumer service systems. now the complaint also contains a detailed description of the unconstitutional change of power in ukraine, and the promotion of nationalists forces into various ukrainian government secretaries. now these allegations have all been dismissed by ukraine over the years was a key of blaming everything that's happening. the country on the so called russian

aggression, the russian foreign ministry added that the complaint was a result of several factors. first, a complete disregard for human rights violations in ukraine. second, the continued violation of their own law as well as their own constitution. and finally, thirdly, an inability of the ukrainian law enforcement and judicial system. so properly investigate these appalling facts. now, how author said stories are shaping up to now, but it's dorm auto comments of pe. you plenty of doors opting to run the talk. but we heard the it's like you're walking down a street in a town and in the store, windows are negative. in depression, you tend to go into the store.