me ah, the in the stories that shaped the weak mass rallies flare across europe against coven restrictions, police, fire water, cannons, and tear gas. amid thousands of angry protesters. also still become a chilling effect on media freedom. and that is the reaction to a draft of british law, which could threaten investigative journalists with prison if they expose the state secret and the devastation in china from what has been called the worst flooding in a 1000 years, dozens are dead amid widespread destruction. meanwhile,

the german government is planned for not doing enough to prevent last week's record of flooding just by the previous morning. the extreme weather is claiming almost $200.00 lives and causing $1000000000.00 of damage ah, broadcasting live direct from studios in moscow. recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program, this is our to international. a wave of protest has been seen across europe this weekend with thousands of people in the several countries clashing with police while rallying against coven restrictions, people are angry about losing their freedoms. even as the new delta, very and considered to be the most contagious strain of the

the who's works in ages. i will lose my job. i've been threatened to get him why i'm here today. and tables the freedom to choose it to like the french people being blackmail, the we say no to the green because it creates an, a and b category citizen. citizens who have rights and citizens who have no rights . freedom can't be restrict. it's against the constitutional or crushing our rights . we must be strong rebel, and when the

the the and while the anti backs movement is growing, as well as the outrage over coven passports, health care workers continued to support the measures and british doctor told us that vaccinations are still crucial to prevent the spread the virus i think we will get different strains and different variance of these fires going forward. i need to be with us for a long time box. vaccines will be a really important factor in a rabbit virus or pushing back against people can refuse

medical treatment. any medical treatment, and that's really what the vaccines. certainly people must be given the opportunity back today if they want it. but it will only come to the question, will be asked. mandatory vaccinations if once we see everybody you voluntarily vaccinated, whether that's not enough. if there are still real problems back in the past, in order to prevent people mixing with people who haven't being back or have a chance or picking up the virus, i'm possum, you don't other people while the back seat eliminate that, they'd be reduced. and chances are they locked up for reporting. that's the fate facing journalists in britain. if a new draft law goes through reporters and their sources could be treated like

spice and publishing government secrets could see them jailed for up to 14 years. but i got the of comments a journalist can do as much harm to britain as a foreign spot. so 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 unauthorized disclosure offences. there are cases where an unauthorized disclosure maybe as or more serious in terms of intent and or damage. but more the legislation seeks to remove with her blue protections, even if what they leaked is in the public interest. and stead it 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 their 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'd obliged millions to abide by his own 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 secrecy. little 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 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 the obtaining sensitive information, as well as pass it on journalists, whom are simply working on or 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 spies. if the government doesn't have enough evidence to jail them, there may be a strong intelligence case to suggest as an individual is engage in hostile activity, but for 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 associated with certain people or from visiting specified sensitive locations. currently, these proposals were being polished off at the foreign office but could soon be in

parliament make no mistake. these, these new secret law would give the most authorized area and regimes in the world a run for their money as past whistle blowing and investigative journalism, as we know within the u. k. dead. this is one of the biggest wide ranging attacks on grants. freedom, perhaps, since since democracy came to britain, the definitions in the report. very old indeed, in fact were journalism didn't come up once in the 66 page report itself fundamental to the 36 major poured into journalists can be more dangerous. this. obviously the us as prosecuting st julian assigned to be as jack this secretary of secretary is backing a consultation document that suggest that journalists that much worse than spies spies 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 seriously 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 before looks to be. china's largest city is bracing for a powerful storm which has already made landfall in the countries se some 360000 people in shanghai have been evacuated to safety. after typhoon in far earlier hit j young with winds reaching more than 100 kilometers per hour. shanghai is already experiencing heavy rainfall and strong winds, with hundreds of trees uprooted and some property damaged off life have been grounded at the cities to international airport and subway and trained services are

also suspended. there are similar measures in several nearby cities as well. china is already struggling with the aftermath of record flooding. claims to be the worst in a 1000 years, doesn't have been killed amid widespread destruction in central region and authorities. here, this latest typhoon could hinder rescue and recovery efforts that are still ongoing . the news news now, while some of the flooding has receded a whole streets in some cities have been turned into rivers, the authorities are ramping up. rescue and recovery operations, and many people are still missing. meanwhile dudley floods in western europe have

claimed the lives of almost 200 people. another 300 are unaccounted for amid torrential rains that have caused widespread damage. last week's events in germany have led to 2 calls for the interior minister to quit. the opposition blaming him personally for the country being unprepared for the damage. volunteers meanwhile, are helping to clear the devastation and debris as best they can. a job made very difficult though, as much of the infrastructure has been crippled. now on the one hand, politicians in climate experts claim, the government knew that the floods were coming, but failed to one citizen. although officials insist the worst hit areas were alerted. either way, many are asking why it went to so badly wrong with more. here's our euro correspondent peter old is before the floods struck west in germany, belgium looks in bergen, the netherlands, the copernicus, satellites that make your part of the european float awareness system detected

problems with on their way for the region. people in our viola, one of the worst effected towns in germany, have been critical of the warnings, or lack thereof that were given or done come to the case. no one was expecting it. the warning came too late. a public announcement, 5 or 6 hours in advance, would have helped to say some essential belongings. another problem is that many elderly people didn't even understand what was going on and they didn't hear anything about it. and then they're also the foreigners. everything should have been organized better. people should have gone door to door or received a warning by phone. in history of what happened with the opinions of experts analyzing what happened. today's information. you can just refer to the fact that people were informed by text message. you have to imagine how much information is being dumped on people every day already. but then they say, yes, we send out messages instead of targeting people on the spot and perhaps getting people out of their homes in particular places. visiting the scene of devastation co by the flooding in western germany champ,

langler merkel pledged more efforts to tackle the challenges posed by climate change. quickly, chavez, which is the germany, is the country that can overcome this financially. germany, the strong country will oppose this force of nature in the short term, but also the medium and long term policy that takes nature and climate into account more than we have done in recent years. there had been warning from the weather in 2016, the river ob bursted banks, causing damage to bridges and other infrastructure. they were repaired, but nothing was done to protect against future high waters. it's not a secret that streets and bridges and all these dams are not in a good condition and nobody's investing in it. and they're just like waiting till something happens again, 5 years ago we had a situation similar to this one and a bridge in the near broke and they just repaired like, yeah, it's okay for now. and nothing happened till then. and now the bridge is gone again,

this part of germany is no stranger to flooding, which banks the questions. why were the authorities not better prepared for what nature would throw out some this time? and we'll lessons be learned from this tragedy feature, all of all t and cologne, germany. london has also been hit by heavy rain and the thunder this weekend to turning key through ways into canal. the capitals fire brigade has reportedly already received more than 300 calls for help over the flooding. and there is extreme weather in the united states as well. wildfires have burned almost 200000 acres in northern california. dozens of buildings have reportedly been destroyed with more than 7000. now under threat governor has already declared a state of emergency in 4 counties nor ways. beach handball team has been taking a stand against sexism in the sport and decided to ditch their bikini bottoms for shorts, saying it's not just the men who should be allowed to wear them. however,

it did land them with a very big fine or to celebrate, takes a candid look 2021 this summer. oh sure. oh, lack thereof. in the case of the new region speech handball team, which has been fined 1700 year a for wearing shorts in a match recently instead of the regulation, teeny tiny breed. and while the old all the 3 rules mean that the norwegian beach bass are obliged to strip down, apparently the athlete called lizzie, a brain has been told that her shorts were too short a recent competition in the u. k. i just, that's how she said that, no, i didn't concern about finding her sure. 2021 is getting confusing. you got time gender weight lifted at the pick female power limby and being told to dress more

appropriately and female handle has being pun, they're trying to dress more comfortably in the case has been the region. the team actually be european handle federation for permission to play and sure, but the federation said no, they did it anyway. they were last with a fine. i have not been given a good reason. they just the telling us that this is the room and yet the man get to play like this. the man rules state that the agree, the swimming chunk like short can finish 10 centimeters above the kneecap. while the women are obliged to have them on display needlessly threat to allied while running around, doing strenuous exercise in front inspect cases, i'm being watched on tv. good. possibly have anything to do with

the caliber view is watching the school way. be awesome. because it's always a summer very can people at the university of alabama actually analyze the beach volleyball at the 2004 a little they found that 20 percent of the cameras shot were tight shot of play is chat. wow. have until the end of that camera, braces, some of you. so the research has concluded that the visual coverage of the game confirm that sex and sexuality, we use not only to promote the me, but to sell the court to he was around the world. i love my something tells me that wouldn't be the case if the male players war, man, he needs us

to continue to bomb afghanistan, despite pledging to withdraw from the country by september 11th this year, it top general says air strikes will deter the taliban from further advancing on africa and government positions, the united states has increased air strikes in the support of afghan forces over the last several days. and were prepared to continue this high level support in the coming weeks. if the taliban continue their attacks. is comes amid a massive offensive by the taliban, which now controls around 80 percent of the country. the conflict has not only claimed the lives of no carry but also civilians. according to the united nations, within 100000 afghans have fallen victim to the war since 2009, that's not even the beginning of the war. it has also leaded to an ever increasing refugee crisis. michael maloof, a former pentagon senior security policy analyst, believe the air strikes will have little effect in combating the telephone. well,

i think it's a little too little to leave. the tele bomb was, has really been on the move. and you have, you have a lot of african forces that have already deserted they, in fact they've gone into other countries. and this, this kind of support, i think, is a last ditch effort to try and support what's left of the cabal government. if you recall, the defense secretary initially announced that there would be no such air support for afghan forces. now that's been reversed after they saw the lightning speed in which the taliban has taken over. and they're just, they're just moving, moving, and they're, and they're going into strategic areas that they know that they can take very, very rapidly, particularly district capitals, biden from the very, very start, had advocated removing troops altogether. busy from afghanistan and, and if you recall,

he was also the vice president under obama when obama moved all troops out of, out of iraq. and we only had to go back in again. and so this is just history repeating itself. and it probably will become worse because it's the bombing will probably hit limited areas, but i don't think it's going to be effective against the widespread infiltration that the telephone has now made in the inroads that they have made into the districts and the provincial capitals. he's already the world's richest man, but as on the founder, jeff bezos has scaled new heights after blasting off into orbit and his new rocket . the managers start to watch the was a quick trip in the space, the entire journey, lots of just 10 minutes with us landing safely back on earth. some though had wanted the billionaire to stay in place for good and online petition objecting to his reentry. racked up more than 160000 signatures

a truth. caleb martin asked new yorkers whether in an ideal world would they allow him back and we need them. yeah, but i'm saying a lot of things happen in the world. you don't need to be flying to the space that seems a little bit extra human. but maybe it will probably never really happen. those 3 people alone can take care of the whole world problems right now with the pandemic . but they're going to space at the end of the day, we supposed be focused on our population. not up there down here jeff days. those is not the only billionaire to have gotten space fever. he actually lost the space race to another, alter richman, richard branson. and ilan mosque is set to be 3rd on the podium. they all claim that it's for the common good way here to make space more accessible to all welcome to the dawn of a new space age. recent studies showed that a minimum wage worker cannot afford a one bedroom apartment in 93 percent of the counties in the united states. this is

not a situation where people can't afford to just get off to the stars for a holiday weekend. now there are many billionaires like days, those who actually avoid paying taxes. many look at this and blame a corrupt loophole. written tax code that allows the rich to avoid paying their due or backwards and corrupt tax system has allowed the same person who pays next to know federal income tax to blow $7500000000.00 on his own. private aerospace company, while hard work in american families pay an average of 14 percent income tax each year, basis on the other, billionaires in it's obscene race to space, should be required to pay their fair share. while working families were struggling to pay their bills and the infrastructure of the united states is crumbling, the billionaires are having their own little space race and seeing who can reach the stars faster. do you think you'll ever be able to afford to go to space? i can't afford to live in new york, the average person can barely afford starbucks. these travels never going to be

affordable for everybody. by the fact we might be because you know what, as this economy is coming down to order technology and everything is being upgraded to the fact that how we bought the movie with earth, i mean over to explain it possibly. so you never know with many feeling that glory projects such as races into space and make a mockery of the hard work carried out by the majority. it shouldn't be a surprise that many are wondering if we shouldn't just dump the ultra rich into outer space as the latest piece of space, junk, mop and r t new york. former employee, chris smalls heads the amazon labor union and told us why ordinary workers, she was kind of space adventure as disrespectful. i feel like it's a slap in the face, obviously being a worker for almost 5 years with the company. and i can tell you now the work is that i'm organizing way outside of staten island are they didn't take it well as either guessing. growth is over $200000000000.00. he made

a lot of money off of us. his wealth increased like 3 times the amount within one year air. you don't do that without exploiting your workers. and the fact that, you know, we're still struggling to have a decent living wage in and to fight for health care and benefits that benefit workers. we know people to have died last year just from colby 19 in you know, we know people that are brain dead from catching corona virus inside the facilities . so it's use a sad thing without your ceo, which is mentioned in that we pay for it. after years of contention, the u. s. has finally ditched its efforts to stop the construction of nord stream to pipeline. the project is set to double supplies of russia natural gas to germany under the baltic sea. and on wednesday, it was announced that washington had managed to eke out a compromise with berlin. separately, the russian president and german chancellor both expressed their satisfaction that

the pipeline is approaching completion. leaders are satisfied that the construction of the north turn 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 is aimed at bolstering the energy security of germany and the e. u. the u. s. german deal means supplies will be able to bypass ukraine, but it's not entirely out of pocket. key of gets $175000000.00 for infrastructure development. and the current trends deal must stay in place. and that means that can still collect fees. moscow has also been warned that there will be punishment if it uses the new pipeline for political game. while the us pleasure is no longer to stand in the way some american officials are still upset. concerns were voiced once again at a recent senate hearing in washington that the north stream 2 pipeline poses a threat to both us and you security. you told this committee that you believed at

the north stream to pipeline would have disastrous effects on us national security . that it would have disastrous effects on european security by making them subject to economic and energy blackmail from russia. and that it would enrich and power to carry out that blackmail. do you continue to believe that i do sen? german economists, we spoke to say america's attempts to stop nord stream to violated basic international legal principles. each of the, i get the impression that it's the u. s. diffusing its energy policy to further its interest. i don't think russia had to use his gas that will political tool or weapon in the gas conflict around ukraine boils down to the fact that he was stealing gas and failed to pay bills. i see this agreement on north streams who was a victory for international law. so some measures the u. s. a user in it's like the position of sanctions where america itself is not directly concerned. you are

completely unacceptable and thank god, common sense prevails in the end and the pipeline will be completed that represents a victory of sense and loss rather than that of food light. it's been highly critical of the way, thanks and policy because the west is often imposed sanctions summarily. not bothering to prove why they needed placing them on me. accumulations such notions that america's national security on the basis of which sanctions are being imposed has no legal definition whatsoever. in the end, we're doing something that's diametrically opposite to the system of values that we prefer to adhere to. in eastern russia, emergency workers are engaged in an ongoing struggle battling fierce wildfires a disastrous mix of record heat and not much rain has contributed to the extraordinary intensity of the fires. authorities have even deployed fire service paratroopers to get the situation under control. her. the

news, the 1st of all, when you're one on one with you, feel the heat, the seriously feel anxious while and then you can get injured because you're jumping on to on prepared learning areas. first, it's dangerous, as trees come for. that's what we try not to work separately. when somebody's patrolling an area, they always go with a companion, we parachute, or a pell, from the helicopter to a site. the most important thing is that you save nature or i was. the situation is very serious. you find this where

the conditions do not allow us to put out the fires as quickly as we would like. these wildfires are very difficult to fight as mere complicated with mountains and women, but as possible to fight through. if you persevere the i'll be back in 31 minutes with another look at your weekly search international. ah, the who's

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