has been massive, so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are together. in the, the story that shaped the weak mass rally is clear across europe, against coven restrictions police, fire water. cannon tend to tear gas amid thousands of angry protesters. also to come a chilling effect on media freedom. that is the reaction to a draft british law, which could threaten investigative journalists with prison. they expose the state secrets and to the devastation in china from what we are not doing enough to prevent last we record flooding despite previous warning, the extreme weather claiming almost $200.00 life causing billions of dollars in

damage. ah, what testing live direct from studios in moscow? recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program, this is our fee and traditional wave of protest has been seen across europe this weekend with thousands of people in several countries clashing with police. while rallying against coven restrictions, people are angry about losing their freedoms, even as the new delta variant is considered to be the most contagious strain of the virus. the me.

in ages i will lose my job. i've been threatened to get inquired. i'm here today and fables of to choose. it feels like the french people being blackmail the we say no to the green because it creates an, a b category citizen, citizen who have rights and citizens who have no rights. freedom call be restrict. it's against the constitution or they are crushing, right? we must be strong rebel. and when the the the

the while the anti vax movement is growing, as well as the outrage over coded passports, health care workers continue to support the measures. and british doctor told us that the vaccinations are still crucial to prevent the spread the virus. i think different strains and different variance of these fires going forward. i used to be with us for a long time, but vaccines will be a really important factor in gravitating the virus or pushing back against people can refuse medical treatment, any medical treatment. and that's really what the vaccine. certainly people must be given the opportunity to get back today if they want,

but it will only come to the question will be asked of mandatory vaccinations if once we see everybody you momentarily back today. whether that's not enough. if there are still real problems back in gees in order to prevent people mixing with people who haven't being back or have a chance or picking up the virus and pass from you don't other people so well the back seat eliminate that they do reduce the chances of locked up for reporting, that is 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 or so. but i guess you have comments a journalists 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 offenses. 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 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 least 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 or shared anything that they received problem with blue, could 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 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 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 authorized area and regimes in the world, a run for their money, a pass 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 are very old indeed. in fact, were journalism doesn't come up once in the 60 fix page report itself fundamental to the $36.00 major poured into journalists can be more dangerous than spotlight. obviously the u. s. as prosecuting st. julia sergeant as jack this secretary of secretary is backing a consultation document that suggests that journalist that much worse than spies supplies after all, can work for one government or another government, or one actor journals. if they publish the material, everyone can see it. some journalists have to be done. that is seriously the level of logic and 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. some 360000 people in shanghai have been evacuated to safety. as typhoon in far continues to batter, the countries se wins reaching over 100 kilometers per hour. earlier battered the hit j shank region and the storm continues to bring strong rainstorms to jang sue and ray provinces. heavy rainfall and strong winds have led hundreds of trees uprooted property, damaged flights, grounded facilities to main airports and subway train services suspended. china is already struggling with the aftermath of record flooding, claimed to be the worst in a 1000 years. doesn't have been killed and widespread destruction in central

regions and authorities fear the latest typhoon could hinder ongoing rescue in recovery efforts. the news now, while some of the flooding has receded whole streets in some cities have been turned into rivers, the authorities are ramping up a 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 $300.00 or an accounted for amid torrential rains that have caused widespread damage. their last week's events in germany have led to calls for the interior minister to quit. the opposition blaming

him personally for the country being unprepared for the dangers. 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 and climate experts claimed the government knew that the floods were coming, but failed to one citizens. although officials insist the worst hit areas were alerted. either way, many are asking why it went so badly wrong with more. here's our europe corresponded, peer oliver is before the floods struck west in germany, belgium looks in bergen benevolence, the copernicus, satellites that make 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 can do that. no one was expecting that 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. 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 history. what happened with the opinions of experts analyze what happened to this 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 sent out messages instead of targeting people on the spot and perhaps getting people out of their homes in particularly hot places. visiting the thing of utter devastation caused by the flooding and west in germany, chance langler merkel pledged more efforts to tackle the challenge is posed by climate change. quickly chavez, which is the germany, is a country that can overcome this financially. germany is a strong country. when will oppose this force of nature in the short term,

but also in the medium and long term to a policy that takes nature and climate into accounts more than we have done in recent years. there had been warning from the weather in 2016 the river, our 1st at bank 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 in bridges and all these dams are not in a good condition and nobody's investing in it. and they're just like waiting to something happens again, 5 years ago, we had a duration similar to this one and a bridge in the near broke and they just repaired it like 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 them this time? and we'll lessons be learned from this tragedy piece role of a tea in cologne,

germany, london has also been hit by heavy rain and thunder this weekend, turning keith through waves into canals. 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, the 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 a men who should be allowed to wear them. however, it did land them with a very big fine or cheese poly. wickham takes a candid look 2021 this summer or show or lack

thereof. in the case of the norwegian speech handball team, which has been fined 1700 year a 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 said, just kid, she didn't know i didn't get a bad binding head. sure. 2021 is getting confusing. you got transgender weight lifted at the pick female power limby, and being told to dress more appropriately and female handle has being punished for trying to dress more comfortably. in the case of the no region, the team actually the 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 the, this is the room, i'm the man get to play like this. the man rules state that the agree, the swimming chunk like short can finish 10000 meters above the kneecap. while the women are going to have that on display maintenance effect to allies while running around doing strenuous exercise in front of spect cases, i'm being watched on tv. you could possibly have anything to do with the caliber view is watching the school way. be awesome. because it's always summer very, some people at the university of alabama actually analyze the beach volleyball at

the 2411. they found that 20 percent of the camera shot were tight shot of play is chest. wow. until the scent of that camera operations, some of you. so the recent has concluded the visual coverage of the games confirmed that sex and sexuality, we use not only to promote the me, but just tell the school to you is around the world. i love my something tells me that wouldn't be the case if the male player was mine, he needs us is to continue to bomb afghanistan, despite pledging to withdraw from the country by september. 11th this year, a top general says air strikes will deter the taliban from further advancing on

african 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 military but also civilians. according to the united nations, more than 100000 africans have fallen victim to the war since 2009, and that is not even the beginning of the war. it has also led to an ever increasing refugee crisis. michael maloof, a former pentagon senior security policy analyst believes the airstrikes will have little effect in combating the television. 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, 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 it to strategic areas that they know that they can take very, very rapidly, particularly the 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. and the inroads that they have made into the districts and the prevent capitals. after years of contention, the u. s. has finally ditched its efforts to stop the construction of the nordstrom to pipeline. the project is set to double supplies of russian 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 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 is aimed at bolstering the energy security of germany and the e. u. while the u. s. germany deal means supplies will be able to bypass ukraine, but it is 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 it 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 u. s. pledges to no longer stand in the way some american officials are still upset, concerns where the voice, once again at a recent senate hearing in washington that the nord stream to pipeline poses a threat to both us and you security. you told this committee that you believed 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 putin 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 nordstrom to violated basic international legal principles. shop. then andrew, i get the impression that it's the u. s. that's using its energy policy to further it's interesting, i don't think the russia has used his gas as a political tool or weapon and 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 stream to as a victory for international law since the measures the u. s. is using it's like the position of sanctions where america itself is not directly concerned, are completely unacceptable and thank god, common sense prevailed in the end and the pipeline will be completed. it represents a victory of sense and law rather than that of food that has been highly critical of the west sanction policy. because the west is often imposed sanctions summarily

not bothering to prove why they needed placing them on mere stations. such notion 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 his already the world's richest men. but amazon founder jeff bezos has scaled new heights after blasting off into orbit in his new rocket. the man and start to watch the. it was a quick trip into space. the entire journey lasted just 10 minutes with us landing safely back on earth. some though, had wanted the billionaire to stay in space for good, an online petition objecting to his reentry. racked up more than 160000 signatures or to kill him up and asked new yorkers whether in an ideal world would they allow

him back? we need them here, 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 extreme. but maybe it will probably never really happen. those 3 people alone can take care of the whole world's problems right now with the pandemic. but they're going to space at the end of the day. we supposed be focusing 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, where he had 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 afford to just get off to the stars for a holiday weekend. now there are many billionaires like days to actually avoid

paying taxes. many look at this and blame corrupt loophole, written tax code that allows the rich to avoid paying their due all 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 his 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 mobile with ers. i mean over to an explain it possibly. so you never know with many feeling that glory projects such as races in this 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. martin r t. new york, former employee, chris smalls had the amazon labor union and told us why ordinary workers see this kind of space adventure as disrespectful. i feel like is 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 i guess his growth is over $200000000000.00. he made a lot of money off of us. his wealth increased like 3 times them out 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 just a sad thing without your ceo, which is mentioned in that we pay for it. in eastern russia, emergency workers are engaged in an ongoing struggle. battling fierce wildfires in disastrous mix of record heat and not much rain has contributed to the extraordinary intensity of the fires. authorities have even deployed to fire service paratroopers to get the situation under control. the

news, the 1st of all, when you are one on one with point, you feel the heat seriously feel anxious. well, and then you can get injured because you're jumping onto unprepared. landing areas 1st, if 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 guess the situation is very serious. you're fine.

weather conditions do not allow us to put out fires as quickly as we would like. these wildfires are very difficult to fight as mere complicated with mountains and when, but it's possible to fight through if you persevere the that does it for me this hour. in fact, that doesn't for the weekly, but don't worry kevin, and we'll be here in about 30 minutes. maybe a little bit more than that with a full and fresh extra news. this is our international. what have you with oh, i use i use ah,

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