joining us now is reed standish from your sultan in kazakhstan he is foreign policy correspondent there read on the sliding scale of sham elections we see around the world help us contextualize where kazakhstan stands well nursultan nazarbayev has been in charge since 1909 when this was still part of the soviet union and in that span this country's never held an election that's been deemed free and fair by the o.s.c. or any other type of western organization in the past as are but as one of the actions by i'm real margins and he's faced off against no name candidates without any type of real competition. and the last 30 years he's also eliminated all organized opposition and has dismantled independent media in the country so now survived isn't only the head of the political system in this country he effectively is the political system in this country and that he's been the only real politician in the country at the same time so we're looking ahead at sunday's vote there's very little reason to expect that things are going to end different the government has said that this is the country

standish kazakstan thanks very much for that update. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in sudan opposition supporters have begun a general strike in protest at a mount military crackdown reports from the capital can't him say many a taking passed dozens have been killed since the militia broke up pro-democracy sittin in khartoum nearly a week ago. a russian court has put a prominent journalist under house arrest i am going off known for investigating corruption among among moscow city officials was detained on thursday for alleged drug offenses earlier he was taken to hospital and close friend told the news that good enough had been beaten while in custody. she 20 leaders have agreed to come up with common rules to ensure a fair international taxation of global tech giants like facebook and google ending a 2 day meeting they also acknowledge the risk to the global economy posed by the us china trade conflict but stopped short of calling for a resolution. several people have been hurt in a stampede at washingt

joining me now from in kazakhstan is journalist reed standish read hundreds of protesters have been detained today what can you tell us about the situation. hi yeah the day was marked by these are the biggest protests the country's seen in 3 years people protesting meghann what they saw as a pre-determined vote something that was i've been unfair election process and there was protests across the country quite large the largest one on monsoon which is the financial hub down in the south and north of the capital where i. interior ministry said that around 500 people had been arrested by around the time polls closed today including several journalists who are out there before the protest. it's my understanding that the journalists are now released or most of them although i haven't confirmed all of that but many of the demonstrators are who are protesting peace peacefully are still in detention the police when i was out on the screen today you know they were very forceful you know wearing black mask squad and right here. they dragged many protesters to vans in boxes that were wager by loading

earlier we talked to journalist reed standish and here's what he had to say about today's arrests in kazakhstan it's been a wave of protests across the country there's been about $100.00 hundreds of arrests because of these protests over what people see as you know and i'm sure you vote and on 3 election. so there's been a. journalist the rest of us well including a british colleague of mine who was a hauled away earlier today and a little roughed up by police and in the scuffle. and it's part of a wider kind of protest but that's been growing in the country over the last few months that was sort of kicked off by not survives resignation you know 30 years of no surprise rule has eliminated any kind of organized opposition or driven it into exile the last few months have been interested in the country because they've seen a new wave a new type of city in danger menton activism especially coming from younger kazakhs those that are born after the collapse of the soviet union and during that span that not only held protests and showed their dissent but they tried to organize a kind of lo

joining me now from in kazakstan is journalist reed standish reed we hear about mass arrests can you tell us a bit more about that. yeah well today is election day and has extent and it's been a wave of protests across the country there's been about 100 hundreds of arrests because of these protests over what people see as you know and i'm free vote and i'm free election. so there's been a. journalist the rest of as well including a british colleague of mine who was a hauled away earlier today and got a little roughed up by police and in the scuffle. and it's part of a wider kind of protest but that's been growing in the country over the last few months that was sort of kicked off by not survives resignation well talk a if who is considered an ally to the ex-president now as is expected to win these elections what signal does that send to the population well i think the signal that it's sending is one of continuity that's the message sent both to cairo and not survive press during this transition and it's something that has officials have said to me as well they're really trying to se

earlier we spoke with journalist rate standish in kazakhstan's capital nor sultan about the situation in the country the day was marked by these are the biggest protests country seen of 3 years people protesting not yeah what they saw. you know predetermine something that would i could not bear election process and there were protests across the country quite large on the largest where nobody would see the financial dumbness so gross a promise kept but where i go. into your business 3 steps that are around 500 people had been arrested. by around the time polls close today including several journalists who are out there reporting on the protests. it's my understanding that journalists are no relief for most of them although i haven't confirmed all that but many of the demonstrators who are protesting people peacefully are still in detention the police when i was out on the screen today you know they're very forceful you know wearing black clad right here. they drag many protesters began kentucky where are we here by voting on they're waiting for them to change and i hold off to jail so

earlier we spoke with journalist rates standish in kazakhstan's capital more salt on about the situationin the country the day was marked by these are the biggest protests the country's seen in 3 years people protesting against what they saw. you know pre-determined vote something that was i've been unfair alexion process and there was protests across the country a quite large and a large just were no month you would see the financial hub down in the south and north of palm beach county where i am. interior ministry said that around $500.00 people had been arrested by around the time polls close today including several journalists who were out there reporting on the protest. it's my understanding that the journalists are no relief for most of them although i haven't confirmed rolled back but many of the demonstrators who are protesting peacefully peacefully are still in detention the police when i was out on the screen today you know they're very forceful you know wearing black clad right here. they drag many protesters again going back is that where we are by loading them on they're wai

there is talk of unfurnished rumours about standish —— unfurnished rooms and standards of care.exit, but part of it is the fact that we have an ageing population, more and more people who need care, and at the same time, carers are not paid very much, and there is a huge amount of outsourcing, a huge amount of cost cutting, and there isn't enough kind of man power going in to make sure that care is a very good quality, and that people are actually looked after properly. what do you make of what is emerging here?|j after properly. what do you make of what is emerging here? i think it is worrying. a lot of this is based on the bbc panorama investigation, which has clearly had a very good effect and bringing these issues to light, but this is three years since we brexit referendum, and there have been many arguments about... but i think a more pressing issue in the longer term is why it is all of the government's band with being eased up government's band with being eased up on this subject, when really important long—term issues, but are notjust faced by important long—term issues

we discussed the development of our bilateral relations since their standish 170 years ago included they've reached an unprecedented level new possibilities have opened for us the world is changing protectionism and unilateralism a raising their heads china and russia as leading world powers will protect the international system based on international law and multilateral trade she's 3 day state visit to russia mark 70 years of diplomatic relations international affairs commentator jonathan steele told us moscow beijing ties are no better than ever. friendship is hardly ever been stronger than it is the moment there's almost never sure if you can find disagreement to trade degrees $150000000000.00 roughly trade sounds enormous and it comes at a time when russian american tensions are high in chinese american tensions even higher because of the trade war that's been imposed by donald trump on china well i think it's a kind of warning to the west. to say look russia. the united states or can china and try to get together in the cold war there was this russian china american triangle with amer

scott standish in chicago, more center-right.here are a ton that have retired or left their paper. the mccoy brothers. gary and glenn mccoy. nate beeler, probably center-right. brian: one of the most celebrated political cartoonist in my lifetime is a man named herb locke. they did a documentary of him at hbo. here he is, he appeared on book notes in 1993. he is deceased. when he died, he gave $50 million he had earned at the washington post to a foundation. here he is. [video clip] >> this is a cartoon from 1950. the headline on it is, "you mean i am supposed to stand on that?" write up here is mccarthyism. did you invent that? >> apparently so. the first use of mccarthyism that i know of. i remember how it originated because i wanted to put something on that barrel and you could not call it mccarthy himself. it could say mccarthy techniques and so on. i thought maybe use one word, mccarthyism. and you know, it caught on. [end of video clip] brian: how often has a cartoonist from your experience developed something like mccarthy

creo que todas las mujeres que estÁn ahÍ y los hombres standish mucho tambiÉn quiero lograr esta transformaciÓnlegres y muy variables -- bailables. luis: este artista no sÓlo de sus tu trabajo, quizÁs más importante. ese ser el padre de paulina, que por cierto, les dedica una canciÓn en este disco. es difÍcil o fÁcil? juan: ante todo, se hace con el testimonio. es muy importante. siempre tiene que estar encima cifra en ellos imiten todo lo que tÚ haces. siempre estÁ el amor que sobrepasa todo entendimiento. sabiendo que son el regalo de tu vida y el regalo que te han dado. luis: los padres tambiÉn cometen errores. juan: lo importante es reconocerlo y enmendarlo. luis: juan luis guerra, despuÉs de terminar su gira por europa y mÉxico, especialmente hecho para los niÑos como en su paÍs. juan: siempre quise trabajar en ese campo. pero podrÍa ser con los dibujos animados que estamos haciendo. es un personaje que no cediÓ todavÍa estos trabajadores o . serÁ un personaje que es un hÉroe. iba a contar con mis canciones ademÁs de canciones--y va a contar con mis canciones. ♪ ♪ francisca: quÉ rico tener

>> hi, i'm count standish. i travelled from california with my stir. i'm going to start by asking a question. how many people in this room have children, by show of hands. do you want your sons and daughters to be forced to fight in a war or put to jail because they opposed it? this is a dilemma that i will be faced with in three years if policy does not change. serving your country should not be defined by forced military involvement. i volunteer with programs that are important to me. i'm here representing myself, my peers and all those who will be affected by this decision. it irks me that a commission of adults is deciding my future, not those individuals who will be directly affected. now is the time to make a change that will uplift our nation. not hold it back by an out dated draft system. the question is, should we expand the draft to include women? and the answer is to abolish and disban an unconstitutional act by the u.s. government. >> number 63? number 66? 64 and 69? number 66? >>> i am the staff attorney with the conscience on war. i'm a f

my name is arianna standish. i'm a freshman at uc berkeley and i'm a quaker. i'm 19 and so i'm a young woman and i'm the exact demographic you all are talking about when you're thinking about extending the draft to women. today it was extremely hard for me to sit here and listen to the blatant sexism that some of our panelists were exhibiting and i find -- i find it insulting that a man who is decades older than me can tell me it's my fate like i'm hard-wired to sit at home and be at home and have kids when my little brother sitting behind me is hard-wired to fighting combat. i do not want my fate and the fate of young women of my generation decided by a panel of older adults who some of them think that we're -- our nature is to sit at home. and i think it's sexist that we're concerned about drafting young women who might be mothers, but that we don't have any regard for the young men who might be fathers. to assume that young women have like inherent nature to be a mom, you have to say that young men have the inherent nature to be fathers and it's wrong to dr