the, the, the, the, the millions of cash strapped american space been kicked out of their homes in congress and the by the administration. failed to extend a coven, lincoln moratorium on evictions. the protesters furious had tightened coded measures and mandatory health passes rally across western europe, where the number of infections is still on the rise. plus europe ranges against restrictions, cobra cases in us, increased and fixed cold. in july, 12 politicians have been sending mixed messages about how to deal with the pandemic, leaving many confuse very much for the political situation. and i just

wish you would come around and get the politics because it's not too little. and the former british ambassador turned blogger has surrendered to police to serve a prison sentence for contempt of court. it is a case that has sent shock waves to the journalist community. ah, broadcasting live direct from our studios and moscow. this is our 2 international. i'm sean thomas, certainly glad to have you with us. now, millions of americans risk immune homelessness after the cobra linked ban on residential evictions expired on july 31st. the ban or eviction moratorium came into effect in september. it aimed to stop the spread of the virus and keep people at home, including those unable to pay rent after losing their jobs. in the pandemic, the exact number of people who may soon be forced from their homes is not known.

but a survey suggests more than 3600000, fear that fade within 2 months. and that's something that is triggering protests. jones, a james williams organizing director at vocal the new york believes there will be more honestly for me and organize the person that understand building power are the only thing that really transform a country and move, especially congress. and whenever we create the conditions for millions more people to be honest and how could charity that the other related to life increased risk to the delta various like increase with the physical or psychological byron. and all of the things that happened you create the conditions organized so fully occupied. congress is just the president of a bigger call that happened because people are set up and we're continuing to see our efforts to demand that our government overwhelmingly,

actually since or vulnerable people working people for people. yet, even with the democratic majority, after the fact so hard to get here, we're still have gaps that have all lead me. so of course a mass protest master of action. and i think that because of the rest of those of us who are conscientious about waiting to do things and the ways that we engage them in democracy, activists have also organized a temporary camp outside washington's capital building, calling for the bands reinstatement where they were joined by democratic party, lawmakers, i know what that like, i have been evicted before myself. i have had to sleep in my car myself. and so as a sitting congresswoman, there is no way that i could just allow congress to recess and go on vacation. and for me to, to go on with my life and not care about the 7000000 people. you know, i had people around me, so i feel safe,

which i didn't feel safe when i was on housed. i had people, i had food sitting here, you know, i didn't always have food. i had enough blanket to keep me warm because it didn't get to cool at night. but that's not the reality of what happens. you know, on many nights when you are on house, congress failed to extend the ban on friday and is now in recess, which lasts for over a month. speaker nancy pelosi has once again called on president biden to step in and renew the eviction moratorium. but the white house says there is a problem likes, the supreme court said it, it could only be extended with congressional authorization. that was their decision . that's how they were able to strike it down and that's what they needed to happen . so what's next now to get another extension, congress must vote, and apparently the u. s. administration has done too little too late, reportedly having requested an extension just 2 days before it expired. earlier we

discussed the developments with travis sheridan, a senior vice president of real estate investment firm, wexford, science, and technology. he fears that the failure to extend the eviction moratorium will almost certainly exacerbate to health crisis. why see, i see 2 different types of impact. one if, if the united states does face another lockdown or returning to working from home, that only works if you have a home, right? it's quite impossible to do locked down if you are on house. and so you know, high numbers of evictions, potential addictions, and basically the lockdown would not be would not be ideal. secondly, when you are an house you are, you're facing so many more elements and environmental factors, not just the weather, but being in large spaces and crowded spaces. not able to pop properly, social distance. and so i fear that there could be an increase spread of the delta variance and increase cases as a result of potentially increase homelessness. the un special rep,

a tour on torture, has questioned the use of force by berlin, police against protesters and the weekend after officers and riot deer violently dispersed crowds demonstrating against tightened coven restrictions. one incident in particular, the un officials attention the me this is just been brought to my attention. can anyone provide my office with the specifics witness statements of this incident and whether an official investigation has been launched? the official meals meltzer says that he is going to reach out to the german authorities before making any comments the press. we also ask berlin's police force for comment that they say that the probes are bound to take some time. meanwhile, a 49 year old man died in police custody after being detained at a demonstration in berlin. authorities say he probably suffered a heart attack beyond germany. similar chaotic,

c have played out in france and italy. the the we've seen these protests across western europe be particularly in france and italy, and here in germany as well as people are unhappy with coven restrictions that have been put in place. and typically when it comes to requirements or potential requirements for what's being called, the u green, digital pass,

a digital vaccine certificate, if you will. now those demonstrations across western europe, they turn nasty at times over the weekend. we are civilian, we just want our basic rights back and they are the ones arm 2 are taking action against peaceful civilians. the geneva convention was passed in 1949 and they are negating it. i am here to defend freedom of speech because the manual microphone is trying to stifle any kind of public speech interest. you the privilege called a sanitary pass, which is in fact, a way to control people for the you green pass house cause much of for particularly in front swear over 200000 people across the country, came out on to the streets to vent their own happiness. it was a much smaller affair here in laying around. 5000 people coming out. that's after the court. in germany said that the demonstration couldn't go ahead as it was the potential to be a super spread there event for coven. 19 those that did come out onto the streets

of the german capital were met with well met by riot police, who were back so with was economy was carried out around $500.00 arrest in relation to, among other things, violations of the band on assembly, but also to violations of the infection protection measures, as well as acts of resistance and physical assault on emergency. what in front healthy union bosses a calling on a manual micron to make vaccination mandatory? they say that a digital health pass isn't going to cause it when it comes to trying to stop cases rising in the country. and they want the french president to go as far as making sure that everybody must have a job. that's not the message that's coming out from here in germany does talk of mandatory vaccination. what we've heard from mark as though to the leader of the states and for very, or senior politicians in the ruling coalition. here he's been saying that you don't have to get a vaccination, but if you don't,

you won't have access to many things. anyone who has fully vaccinated will get back there, right? what is needed now are clear lines so that we don't blunder into autumn. those who have been offered vaccination and consciously rejected, it will no longer be tested for free will compared to countries like the united states and the united kingdom cases of covert 19 across western europe remain low, however they are rising. and here in germany, the rather cock institute, the federal institute that looks after public health and disease control, is already warning that we may be on the coast of a 4th wave of coven. 19 german political analysts told us the authorities are only cracking down on opposition rallies in a shocking show of double standards. some of the most well, most tracked down on this is in germany, the received and rating memory trace and they're not. they are not to go

forward and even how the organized by government clinician to be released today, only the opposing the government were taking today many were arrested. the german government, berlin, regional government allow much time over a 1000 people last weekend for one of your largest re, to be held on the street, the berlin classification of the mayor. and of course, lisa not cracked out on that and, and you know, they were kissing and the 3 is there right under the german. so in the same way the protocol today shouldn't have the ability to take their rider really badly. and focus in the b. b is there in the jungle. right?

while europe raises against coven rules, the number of cases has risen sharply crossed in america with a 6 fold increase just last month. now people there say that they are confused by mixed messages from politicians on how to deal with the pandemic, even on basics, like math guidelines, or just to meet your park comments science statistics. apparently none of those things really matter when dealing with cove it because the whole thing seems to become more about politics than anything else. take florida just recently reported a record breaking 21000 new daily cases. the state literally accounts for about a 5th of all new cases in the us. but nevertheless, florida's governor ron defenses continues to refuse, imposing restrictions to prevent the spread of the disease. in florida, there will be no look downs. there will be no school closures. there will be no restrictions and no mandates, no mask mandates,

no vaccine requirements. many fear the whole thing might become a repeat of last year's cold crisis in new york. back then that liberal states delayed response, which led to numerous death was blamed on political resistance to then president donald trump. but with democrat, joe biden. now in charge and calling the shots. it seems that florida's republican governor is just doing the exact same thing and regular people feel like they're caught in the middle of it. there was a political situation involved in it and they supposed to be a fighter and ministration, also helped fuel more of the political sense of where i met before. maybe wait for the well being a very disrespectful to run when i didn't feel like that he's not doing enough people here and i just wish you would come around and get the politics. this is not a little notes about,

i know that's about our children. it's about going on as i feel safe for using my muscle because we are still in upon demick. my wife died of coven, a month ago, and this is a choice i'm making. i don't get into politics. people have their opinions, but i don't get into that political rivalry seem to be the root cause of all the confusion surrounding cove. it officials across the us canyon seemed to decide whether wearing mask should be a requirement 1st that jose don't wear a mask where a mask where to mask the nic and golf, wandering around here, the speaker come down here at 10 o'clock in the morning thing we got to wear mass, i hate these things. we're absolutely sick and tired of it. and so the american people, you think at least the president would have a consistent approach to the whole thing, but no, besides needing a teleprompter to remind him what his opinion even is. why didn't can't seem to stick to a single stance on anything masks vaccines or locked down. we're going.

you no longer need to where where you maybe like the losing true biden's own staff members apparently don't know what the official stance is supposed to be. first though whitehouse deputy press secretary says that locked downs are out of the question, and soon thereafter, biden completely contradicts her. we have the tools in our to built to fight this. this is very to fight this vaccine. and we, we are not, we're not going to head towards a lockdown. why not? we'll do infection rates hospitalizations, deaths employment numbers, whether they're on the rise or declining. none of it seems to actually matter to the people in charge. the war against cove it has turned into yet another political

battlefield and regular americans are just caught in between left to fend for themselves. nothing has been done with the sole purpose of setting the american people for. ready ask them not in my lifetime, and most likely not in my parents wait time either. i think everything is done with how they can those at the top, how they can best benefit the banks, how they can back benefit their shareholders or their campaign contributors. it's very convenient for the government to say that it's all on individual, on people who are, if you get back to me or on people who are aware of another lockdown, the pan down, it has weight. bear the contradictions that on the system and just how vulnerable is finding ways to say that he's leading us out of the demo. but clearly, not the cases, we still have to talk about things like locked out and we're seeing on america the united states diverse into political circus. circus. there's that

nice way of saying it. and the people who are much better meanwhile, while some are confused by co contradictions for others, the party goes on, check this out, photos of massive crowds, the lollapalooza music festival, and chicago, many on social media. curious that the event is taking place at full capacity during the pandemic. more than that and other stories that we're covering for you today over on our website, r t dot com this week march at the one year anniversary of the huge, devastating blast and lebanon's capital that killed more than 200 people and turn swaths of the city into rubble and drone footage from just this last week and shows that the blast site remains a wasteland of debris and destruction. despite the devastation though, the f b, i has now concluded that only a 5th of the chemical stored there exploded. but other key questions remain what

triggered the blast, where, where the chemicals from and why were they there for years? report has also brought up another question. where is the rest of the potentially deadly chemical shipment seems? most of it arrived in beirut in 2013 and stayed there because of legal disputes. and no one ever came forward to claim it. the former british ambassador turned blogger has handed himself into police in scotland to serve in 8 month prison sentence for contempt of court. greg murray arrived with family and supporters and a bottle of champagne. nothing to celebrate though, but still it has been 70 years since someone in scotland was last imprisoned on a charge of contempt by the media. scottish pan express his grave concern over the imprisonment of craig murray and calls for his release. the writer is the 1st person to be imprisoned in scotland for media contempt for over 70 years. we fear

this ruling will have a chilling effect on reporting and free expression. while murray was convicted over details published in his blog during the sexual misconduct trial of former scottish 1st minister alex element in which the identities of the women alleged to be victims could have been revealed through the so called jigsaw effect. solomon was acquitted of all 13 charges, but strict laws in the u. k. allow alleged sex assault victims to remain anonymous even so journalists fear that craig, marie's imprisonment sets a worrying precedent proposed without borders. r. s f. considered the prison sentence. disproportionate and the journalist must ensure that he had the court orders with regard to witness protection. imprisonment in connection with any journalistic activity should only ever be a measure of absolute last resort. if a sold some of craig murray's supporters have compared his case to that of julian sanchez. as the diplomat turned to blogger reported extensively on the wiki leaks, founders,

us extradition proceedings. we discussed this story with the coordinator of the craig marie justice campaign, who says the punishment is substantially unfair. i would agree that this case has a chilling effect on journalism in this country, specifically in scotland. scott's law and u. k. law differ quite significantly in many ways, but especially in scotland. we've seen that there in that in the last few years, that's been an increase in crackdown on democracy on transparency on what can and can't be reported. and this, this judgement is a very clear sign that there is an effort to put fear into the heart of journalists and public commentators reporting what can be reported by mainstream media. and the difference that is being made in the judgement of craig murray as a very interesting one. the difference between journalists and public commentators, the bloggers and the judges assertion that public commentators and blog as should

receive a different type of sentence for the same offense. as journalist because started list the supposed to it here to journalistic codecs isn't and standards is an unusual one for the same sentence, the codecs which somebody has broken in advance should not master. it should lead to the same sort of penalty. and in this case, the penalty does not match the crime that is claimed to have been committed. some other stories making headlines this. our wildfires are raging across southern europe with 800 recorded in italy alone. over the weekend, panicked tourist and locals have fled affected areas. in sicily, i have we have fed by hot air from africa has brought scorching temperatures to the region in recent days. staying on the theme of fire homes have been destroyed by wildfires in greece. 5 people have been rushed to the hospital. the blazes broke out on saturday, forcing the evacuation of 4 villages. people also had to be rescued from a beach,

a plains, and helicopters, and more than $140.00 firefighters have been sent to the area. in asia theory at the thai government handling of the corona virus crisis has spurred to thousands to protest in bangkok, demanding the prime ministers resignation. fierce clashes erupted between demonstrators and police as the capital entered its 3rd locked down july, march, the highest daily cobra. the death toll since the start of the pandemic. a former us ambassador moscow who has since become one of russia's biggest critics, has revealed that the move to info warrior has been a lucrative one after the boast was posted online. however, michael mcfall was forced to eat his own words or to constantine raj golf comments . as soon as he quit as us envoy to russia in 2014 michael mcfaul became perhaps moscow was most poisonous hater. and the former diplomat

admit it's worked out just fabulous for him. when queried on whether the envoy, her and the keyboard warrior could ever be allowed into the country again. after all these years of his non stop ritual, he pan was quickly became a lead candidate for the most on diplomatic brag. ever. i have a job for life, the best universe in the world. i live in a giant house in paradise. i made close to a $1000000.00 a year. i have adoring fan since even half a 1000000 follows and with 99 percent. also, my, me, i'm turn just fine without the dam visit from russia, and i'm not afraid to wait on my own name. i feel sorry for people like you who are brave enough to do so. the twitter user who had managed mcfall a trigger in him to boast about his lavish lifestyle, publish the entire exchange, noting all of that perfectly exemplifies the fact that american meritocracy is just

a myth. a crown adviser reacted to me of false his words by noting we always knew that he was fantastically stupid, but we didn't realize to what extent for a ministry spokeswoman maria's harvey had previously simply described him as inapt my forces 2 years in moscow were mired in gaps and worth prosecutors in 2018 even announced they were came to speak with him in connection with claims against an american british fine answer. and $14000000.00 tax evasion in russia. but instead of using, he suppose russia expertise to build bridges, he used his statements like form glories to become an american media star paddling even the most debunked russia, gate conspiracy theories. we are seeking to deter russia from what they're doing and ukraine. i think he has been the most revisionist leader in the world today. i disruptive, not paying attention to any of the kind of rules of the liberal international system, and then use tactics that he had used in russia against us here in the united

states. president of the united states, despite all of that escalation, continues to have one consistent foreign policy. and that is, he wants to be friends with food and whether these are a genuine abuse that just happened to feed what have talking points or whether he is simply caching in on anti russian rhetoric turns out even his claim to have half a 1000000 tutor, followers is suspect, was even more amusing is that nearly 40 percent of his twitter followers are fake glen dab, investigative journalist, gland, and greenville. also mark mac forces attempt to play the victim card. heels and flight is critical for protein and said he would assume he was a kremlin agent unless he immediately provided his real name. but that probably goes without saying, everyone is a criminal agent to the elite conspiratorial loons. ok, right to man email then. so i know you are not about putting pace people to say

stupid about me here. and despite mcfall admitting his boastful exchange was real, his still try to blame quote, a swarm of russian trolls. i wrote that message in the private channel. i did not expect it to be published, but it was still a mistake. i apologize. it was arrogant and a d. arctic swarm of russian trolls was accused me of failure. and i responded in the most unprofessional way, explanation, not excuse. still stanford students who pay a small fortune to be lectured by me must be delighted to know that cash is going on. what he does. he is a giant house in paradise. yes, he admitted a mistake. he said, we describe it as an arrogant, mistaken, certainly was astonished, only crass and vulgar statement. what he tweeted was bad to brag about his, his luxurious lifestyle is his great job. his $1000000.00 mansion, his,

his $1000000.00 a year, salary, et cetera, et cetera. it was very crass and vulgar and the only thing it shows is that is that war mongering paid students at stanford university. they get a very distorted picture of russia from people like michael mcfaul to get a picture of russia, which is as a source of evil throughout the world. america is the exceptional country, exceptionally good, and russia is seen as the exceptional country, exceptionally bad. and both views are ridiculous. 32 and a half minutes. that's when i'll be back with a look at your headlines. this is our to international. glad to have you with the we are witnessing a significant and irreversible shift in the international system is undeniable. we live in a multi polar world example survived,

the bike administration is inability to hold the north stream to the recent china us meeting great power politics back me. the new gold rushes underway, and gunner thousands of ill equipped workers are flocking to the goldfields, hoping to strike it. rich children are torn between gold and education. my family was very poor. i thought i would do my best to get back to school, which still will have the strongest appeal in the old days before frank said, because the u. k. was attached to you, they could do it. other countries do, which is to take all their debts and dump it into this giant shadow banking system that covers the world's largest trading block. and you could kind of buy some time there because the tv is printing and buying and monetizing debt by the trillion.

christine the garden, literally just buying trillions and trying to the garbage debt, but now post bracket, they don't have that way to wash the debts into the greater you laundromat. and so that is going to for the 1st time post bracket. debts are going to start to cause a lot of pain. the. everybody on john, how do you fill in for scott e mail hughes? we begin today with the latest on that tanker ship attack in the gulf of oman. van v mercer street operated by an israeli company was hit by a suspected drone attack off the coast of oman. a british, national and romanian citizen were, were both killed israeli prime minister. natalie bennett blamed her on. shall i feel sure, i have now heard that i ran and a cowardly manner is trying to evade responsibility for the event there tonight. so

i said here absolutely i ran is the one that carried out the attacking the ship. i ran to aggressive behavior is dangerous, not only for israel, but also hard international interests, the freedom of navigation and the international. luckily for he also said that they have the intelligence evidence proving iran was indeed behind this latest drone attack. however, on foreign ministry spokesman denied any or any involvement as is usually the case . resumes call yet. it's not the 1st time design is regime occupying the currency has made such boyd accusations against the islamic republic of iran. wherever this regime has got, it has taken instability, gene terror and violence. and he went on to say that quote, whoever sows the wind shall reap the whirlwind. and that around will not hesitate. one moment he said to protect the interests of its people and it's national security. we've heard this type of rhetoric before, but what stands out about this particular incident is the use of attack drones leading to the question.