that industry has been influencing very deeply. the medical and scientific establishment, ah, what's driving the reason for them is corporate. me . ah, a sporting hero or weak willed in the face of adversity. opinion is divided or a top us jim. this who quits to olympic finals or mental health concerns, while female german competitors in tokyo make a stand against sexism. we debate there what's already been done. the walk games are becoming increasingly dominated by politics. lympics should represented social roles as they change, but i need to prevent it. doesn't central brand need to keep, continue, or think that you, any, it's tackling an influx of illegal migrants authority. there are,

will are measures to stem the flow. they use fall silent on the issue while at the same time plumbing other states for similar action. also i had this are and you may find the following footage disturb across. 6 the u. s. he's another act of police brutality on camera with 2 officers in colorado charges after the violent risk of a suspected ah . around the clock across the world. this is the news are in our secret you with us. my name's you no, no me. there's been more drama of the took you lympics store us gymnast simone, bio sensationally pulled out from or final per 2nd in

a matter of days considered one of the sports sold time. great spies said she was making the move to quote, focus on her mental health. unless some observers say the move is her greatest achievement, yet others came the athlete let her teammates down when they needed her most. i say put mental health 1st, because if you don't then you're not going to enjoy your sport and you're not going to succeed as much as you want to. so it's okay sometimes to even set out the big competition to focus on yourself on tuesday doing the talk, your lympics individual around competition and women's gymnastics sim on bias. one of the greatest athletes to ever grace the sport a for time on the big champion, quite surprisingly for many decided to withdraw from the, from the round and eventually the russian team or r o c f. you may want gold in that discipline. first, it was cited us simone biles decided to withdraw to medical reasons. then it became

clear as cited by the teams entourage, and by, by ourselves that this was a mental health issue. it has created quite a whirlwind of reactions. there are those who are strongly accusing and abusing simone bias for withdrawing that i would say spearheaded by pierce morgan, a famous u. k. tv host, who well just fell short of accusing some on violence of being a chicken and checking out on her team. and i saw something that serial winners do a mental health issues. now the go to excuse for any poor performance in elite sport. what a joke just admits you did badly made mistakes and was trying to do better next time. kids need strong role models, not best nonsense. obviously that has created huge responds online and even some mainstream media jumped in. and if you look at the language that some of these mainstream media, like washington post a many out of used, you would think that simone biles actually won

a gold medal rather than pulling out from the competition. whenever biles pulls on her leotard, it's as though she's tighten in a cape round her neck. she's the hero task to save in a solid sport embodying some tried believe in american dominance, and also carry an agenda and an entire race. that's a heavy cape and it chokes. but it's one that exceptional black women and women of color are tall to wear because simply being great isn't good enough. for some reason, many of those media and bonded and commentators also decided to bring in her agenda her race into the story which is already creating another type of backlash because people cannot understand what is her decision to withdraw from one particular competition. something she has been preparing for for quite a while, because the lympics is quite important for any athlete in the world has to do with who she has, her skin color and things like that. so it's definitely creating

a major rift, and we have to wait and see where the simone biles decides to continue in this lympics. she's at a 4 time champion in the olympics already. and obviously all eyes are on her in the u. s. thinking that she could win more, she went on instagram recently just saying how much of that weight on her shoulder is being hard on her. and may be this rift with such reactions coming from both sides would create even more pressure for the 24 year old gymnast with a very difficult boss. and earlier, my colleague rory, she se, discussed those developments with a puddle of guest mental health issue of simone biles. she withdrew. i mean, this must be very difficult decision for gigi think perhaps she's set an example by doing this is a topic has had such as the years and only recently that people have mental health

. and i think they limited to the past examples. why not expect i really feel that, especially in lincoln they, they, they, they really try to years and years and they carry their contra shoulders is okay. have to be okay. i have mental health. i'm not going to be able to call the fact that she has withdrawn has both further attention to her. i mean, if she's sort of quietly underperformed and perhaps explained to the media that, you know, this is just one of those events, yukon, be at her peak all the time. and then quietly slipped away. fine. but she really has made an announcement him put mental health health back on the map again. so the importance of mental health issue obviously shouldn't be underestimated about perhaps putting the lot on lympics as well as perhaps too much is a sporting event should be kept as a sporting event. if one is not ready for it, when really shouldn't, shouldn't be there. you can only find out sometimes, but you're not ready for it. when you're there already. a reminder,

we have plenty more a few on the line, including this piece, questioning the meaning of brave in modern sports, a big talking point sales we were just seeing over the last few days. you can read all about it on our website, r t dot com is how the games do not. and there are another story that bring your german jim this sure was to wear full body unit towards the to the, the more traditional bikini cut, leo charge decision was made to protest is supposed to sexualization of athletes and well, some fund the move in important step towards equality other say that is just another case of trying to exports, political return to the panel allow for their views about the increasing attention being paid at the games to non supporting this whole issue of uniform and the sexualization of women has to go quite soon. and it can be so very simply,

you just say, here are the uniformed men and women, no different, any sport that tries to segregate male and female on the basis of uniform is really back in the 20th century. one of the biggest things about the atlantic pattern and your skills and the, and that's what you're judging, not charging the uniform and what, what people don't realize the sexualization of women. we may can be very self conscious when wearing, we're beating clothing, which my actually performance. so really we really care about the school and the need to miss gills. we should allow them to feel confident and what they're wearing, doing a bit of a problem be on the one hand the olympics is designed to extol, abuse in the perfection of the human body operating at peak efficiency. so it's there to be admired. while the other hand, we have contributed lympics, who may feel uncomfortable with that being live in particular, maybe there's a case for some element of choice, but at the same time, we don't want to lose the essence of what they're lympics is. are you afraid

perhaps that non sport issues or political wants in particular for example, could become main talking points in the future olympics? no, i'm not worried. i think it's a great on the we've seen so many changes already. i'm not worried. i still feel like eventually it will kind of not live down, but you respect respect and i'm happy with it to different hillen picks. let's put it that way. it's an a everyone watching on tv and watching, you know, 68 tests and see the stadium with everything they can come, pretend i'm enjoying it as much as i do. other olympics i have to say, well it should be confirmed because we don't want it to be just a vehicle for the late 5 that comes along. the olympic should represent social moles as they change, but in eastern prevent its own century old brand. it needs to keep, continue to keep that wow fight so that we have when we see the olympics of that with their own specific procedures and, and, and habits and ways. and that's the beauty olympics. that's what we want to say. we

don't want to make it to the temporary to trans units and just this way, following statement. while the new york times has been accused of meddling with the results of the gains that place the us on top of the podium based on the total number of metals, not the traditional. and that's just say it official total number of goals that's on line few as well. and interesting read is how can, let's move the program on the almost 200 a legal border crossings in a single day. that's what let you any is currently facing with the total number of detained migrants dramatically dramatically spiking to 3000 the sermon, the european nation, a big rise. and while of illness has been denied for bringing and drastic measures to try and stem the flow ortiz, charlotte dubin ski tells be looking at how to use position on the issue. has traumatically changed?

you opinion say that all supposed to be cool. however, for some countries being in the gang seems of more benefits done. but others take the current situation in a way which is going at the moment with an influx of migrant difficult times call for difficult decisions. this will drastically change the way new immigration policy. it includes math, the tension of migrants, a bond on the release of those who are in detention for 6 months. they will be new, right to a translator, to obtain information about the toilet process. they will also curb the right to appeal decisions and to allow for deportation while lose appeals at being examined . do whatever it takes to absolutely ensure that only people who are persecuted for political reasons and have a good ground to look for

a political shelter stay here. has been created specifically to deal with my goodness, coming over from neighboring batteries, lithuania, and you accuse minutes of using them as a political to as relations continue to sour. critics say the law is a step to fall. the law is a potential human rights violation. and it doesn't correspond to you directives, it and tries the current bad situation in lithia and in detention centers in law and lives vulnerable people and even more vulnerable situation than we even criticism from the way news form a chair of the constitutional court. the proposals which are unconstitutional are based on the promise that all foreigners who cross the border are 2nd class human beings not entitled to constitutional rights conditions in the must detention centers have also been denounced with allegations,

the migrants have been stripped to fetch telephones that they can only got signed for one hour a day, pressure that some say has led to people attempting to take the law. everyone detained in this building is suffering psychologically. i already ran away from iraq, since it's a prison, it is the same here. meanwhile lithuania is embarking on a massive project. the key would be migrant out a plan to cover almost the entirety of its food with batteries, with a breeze wire. so what do you think? let you and use border is an external you border which is currently experiencing an unprecedented influx of migrants and asylum seekers. these people, many of them vulnerable need urgent support, such as food and shelter. the european union and other member states will not leave with you and you're alone in this difficult situation. so very supportive doesn't

accept one another in human hungry took a similar action. only use external border with serbia following a wave of migration in 2015. the tone from brussels couldn't be any more different. we cannot accept the basic values of the european union, a being so seriously breached as one like hungry who built fences against war, refugees, or breaches. press freedom and the independence of the justice system should be temporarily or permanently excluded from the you. last year's top court found hungry, guilty of breaking, assign the rules. it says it mashed up the lose or protecting vulnerable migrant by denying them the right to apply for asylum and by forcibly to putting them. meanwhile, as other states, such as greece also look, build rules only use external border to keep migrant out. brussels hasn't so much

as batted and eyelid leading some to feel that in the, you know, partnerships are indeed equal. another act of police brutality has been caught on camera in the us. 2 officers in colorado have been charged over the violent arrest of an are mixed race. mon, wondering you may find the following video disturbing. oh, what did i did i do put your hands on for you. okay. don't stop it. oh, oh. 6 0, i don't police officers how identify the suspect? kyla vinson, who was wantin by authorities for several offences after 2 other men fled vincent appeared to initially comply with their commands during the arrest, but resisted while being hancock. he was subsequently choked, hoarse faced out on the ground on hitting the head and face with an officer's gun.

vincent was then taken to hospital needing treatment. the officers in question have since been charged with use of excessive force. the aurora police chief, i strongly condemn. lar, come to joe, does not police work. we don't train this, not acceptable. the definition of police were jelly is itself is a problem. you are you, you use the force necessary to effect in a rust. you keep yourself safe to keep the citizen safe and you actually keep the person that you're arresting safe. the job of the police officer, the street cop is not to punish. that's the job of the courts to wind up dishing out a punishment for conviction. if so, if a police officer was aware, as was in the case of derek shelven, that he was being video camera right. your body cameras recording you and they were this comfortable with their actions. there is a serious epidemic and a serious problem. and then police officers, history needs to be looked into. we need to look at how many other times is that person been accused, or have they taken excessive force beyond the level of what they were lawfully

around the allowed the youth? because if somebody's feels this comfortable to get this out of control on video camera guarantee, it's not the 1st time they've done this. as an incident like us defined, the police movement is not properly communicated to the public de, from the police movement is a political card. it's what the politicians are using to wind up bolstering your base for more voting. it really just removes programs funding for certain areas for police officers. and we discuss the issue of policing in the us with or non american evangelists, franklin graham, who's given counsel to several american president. he also assured his thoughts on a range of other issues, including the current state of relations between washington and moscow. if you take in my country the funding the police. okay. seattle. they found the police department and the mayor would not support the police department. and this few days ago they had a number of shootings and murders and,

and the marriage is now asking for more police. okay. well, that's a little late. but yes, this is woke. culture is gone too far. when like with george floyd and my heart was broken when i, when i watched them and when he said i came breathed and the police officer just ignoring it, just broke my heart. but there are tens of thousands of policemen that are wonderful men and women that do their job every day that risk their lives to protect the men and women of the streets and toms of the way the youth saying how the u. s. act when you came in 2015, i think you were supposed in front of a map of russia, which nowadays counts as collusion. you are very brave man, but you also during the visit, met with russian politicians at least one that i know is under us. sanctions did

not have any repercussions. how was that received? i don't believe in the sanctions. i think the sanctions heard. i don't think the sanctions do anything, so make people more mad. and i look at sanctions that were put on other countries around the world and it's usually other people that get hurt. the smaller people get hurt and i would, i would lift those sanctions and let's get on with business. the relations between our 2 countries is the lowest has been, maybe since the cold war. and i find this very troubling. we have so much in common with russia, with the russian people. and we need to find ways to work together. it doesn't mean that we have to agree on everything. but we need to be working together and talking together and listening to one another is so important. there's, when you look at the needs of the world with american russia working together,

i think we can help solve so many of the problems. i think, i think starting relationships with people themselves is extremely important. encourage the president, trump, every time us with him to try to work with russia. the problem we had is the media turned on president trump. they gave out false information on president trump accused russia interfering with elections and these types of things. and it just divided our country and made it almost possible impossible for president trump to do anything. so i had in the program, the top threatened to run dry level with the un morning, millions of lives are at risk because of water shortages more on the after the short break

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world, the politics sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. me the the me ah. hello again. chicago was mary. say she isn't sorry for her decision to grunt interviews only to non white reporters, claiming a triggered quote, much needed debate. laurie lightfoot implemented the hugely controversial move back in may. i would absolutely do it again. i'm an apologetic about it because it's per to very important conversation that conversation that needed to happen that should have happened a long time ago. the mirror also said the media conferences are dominated by white

reporter suggesting it's time outlets better reflect the makeup of american society . she's being sued by a reporter from the daily caller. who argues lightfoot is violating basic principles or freedom of the press. great to christopher horace of on hyphenated america and online news and comment site leaves the race card is being played by the democratic party to distract people from policy. feelers, pulling people off the streets of energy and effort. that agenda is nothing more than smoking mirrors is a small screen just to distract people from all the other things that are taking place. it's a poxy, we can just run on down the line, all the people out there, whether it's the elected officials like laurie lightfoot, or other people in the media who are out there trying to gin up race wars and all that is a slight of hand to try to, to do just to distract you from the things that are not working with their public policies and look at the results. the black community or somebody say the african

american community is one of the ones that suffers the most by continuing to vote for people like laurie lightfoot in for the party that she represents. because it just leads to more swirling around the toilet. that's essentially what ends up happening in the black community. what her scarcity is fast becoming a life and death matter in the middle east and north africa and not been on the situation so dire, but the children's charity. unicef is calling for immediate action as millions in the country, which indeed is a huge percentage of the population risk losing access to clean water and just a number of weeks. well, utility companies in lebanon, approximately would have between 4 to 6 weeks before they actually shut down altogether. we're extremely concerned that due to the economic crisis, which is spiraling out of control, that this is not going to affect the very essential water supplies for 4000000

people in the country. and the deterioration of the crisis have really accelerated in the past 12 months to a point where now even basic, essential, spare, spare parts, consumer. even chlorine actually make sure that the water is safe to drink, even that is often no longer available for the utility companies. unicef estimate shortages could see water fi search by 200 percent a month, meaning the most vulnerable will be unable to meet the most basic needs. local reporter linda to me and filed this report of the unfolding crisis from one of lebanon's main cities. i'm standing inside in lebanon, 2nd largest city, and according to what i was, water outages here are even worse than they are. and i'm just about to meet with a resident here all about facing with families when it comes to water outage.

most of her and his family have been suffering from severe outages throughout the summer. sometimes they go for days without a single drop of water. we have several water bills to pay water. so we need to get extra supplies. if there's no electricity of fuel for generated pump water, we can have a week long altitude. it's very difficult, especially in the summer. we already have so much to deal with. we are very tired. most extra tanks often filled up by private water companies have been springing up on roofs. all oversight and water has become so precious. in fact, that people have started locking their tanks out of fear that neighbors might steal from them. most families here inside and used to require just one water tank like those that you can see right behind me. but now there are not enough still at least 4 tanks are required for household. and it's important to note that each of those tanks needs at least 6 hours of electricity or generator in order to pump that

water, all the way up and fill up those tanks. but now with a few crisis and the power outages that live on is constantly facing. most of these tanks do not fill up. the un is already raising the alarm. seeing that the country's water system is on the brink of collapse, and that's the mid, the ongoing political and financial crisis. the one that the world bank has already described as likely to be among the top 3 most severe financial crises in the world . since $850.00 basic necessities such as medicine, fuel and electricity have been scarce in recent weeks and with water prices increasing at an alarming rate. families have been rushing to secure alternative supplies with no real solution in sight. many may soon be forced to compromise on their personal hygiene to save water, which begs the question of whether lebanon can avoid the potential public health catastrophe looming on the horizon. the chilling story next of

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