Small judgment but traction line with the russian. Constitution does not apply and if theres russian back home of the governments expense again its the role of moral judgments. Just said 9 am here in moscow the 29th of june a very good morning for me kevin how in the World News Center with this update for you 1st the New York Times is facing widespread criticism this morning after publishing an article claiming russia offered bounties to taliban militants in afghanistan to kill u. S. Troops it also claimed donald trump was briefed on the matter however the director of National Intelligence denies that either the president or the Vice President were ever briefed on that and trump himself labeled a piece fake news. The free news New York Times must reveal its anonymous source but they can do it this person probably does not even exist the articles been slammed by the Russian Foreign ministry then which called the peace deliberate decision from ation south they also saw the taliban denying the New York Times article 2 he goes down off next morning takes a closer look at the piece in question and asks who might benefit them from its publication. Its time to blow off the dust that circled around any smear tactics guide books since the last us election but as democrats are looking to wash away the humiliation of 2016 by trying to bring down trump this time they are resorting to the same auld narrative that failed them in the 1st place russia gate american intelligence officials have concluded that the Russian MilitaryIntelligence Unit secretly offered bounties to taliban linked militants for killing Coalition Forces in afghanistan the peace rests on the familiar pillars of pulitzer winning journalism Anonymous Sources that believed concluded and desist the claims are said to be based on interrogations of captured afghan militants at least in part the article says well because less than in part well would be nothing at all really the alleged culprits is the same russian Intelligence Unit that is accused of this elsberry poisoning western intelligence official say the unit which has operated for more than a decade has been charged by the kremlin with care enough to complain to destabilize the west through subversion sabotage and this is a nation. The west by bribing the taliban into something they are doing anyway comic book villains have more logic and motivation than russia in this article but as evil and sleazy as russia may be portrayed in this story its still just Collateral Damage and not the actual target president trying to get briefed in march that russia is paying bounty money for dead american soldiers right now. And his response to that is nothing his entire presidency has been a gift. But this is beyond the pale its a betrayal of most sacred duty we bear as a nation to protect and equip our troops and restrain them in the harms way. If trump refuses to hold putin accountable for funding terrorism against u. S. Troops in afghanistan then Congress Must again step up i expect the trumpet ministration to take such allegations seriously and inform congress immediately as to the reliability of these news reports the stories taking jabs at trump amid reports hes about to take another step towards anding the catastrophic 2 decades long invasion russias Foreign Ministry has dismissed the allegations as fake pointing out that moscow has all along been trying to mediate the conflict and have the United States and the taliban in fact sign a peace deal the simple this information clearly illustrates the intellectual abilities propagandists among american intelligence who have to come up with such nonsense instead of inventing something more reliable however what else can we expect from intelligence which miserably failed in the 20 year war in afghanistan its russia collusion 2. 0 as if that has ever been worth anything more but a house impeachment that left trump unfazed by hey maybe at least Robert Mueller will have a 2nd shot around 2021. In the Quincy Institute for responsible stay crafter the us told us anonymous Intelligence Data is always questionable. When i 1st broke this story in the New York Times i pointed out the twitter that it was weekly source a number of people replied to me said yeah were you know its been corroborated by you know the wall street journal section of c. N. N. And so the more Mainstream Media. Story like this the more it takes on the impression of being true but again we cant really know there are without knowing more about this how is the intel general who is providing this how in is it pure or is it largely partisan. Begin telling egypt how largely you get into trouble and so its not hard for Mainstream Media to get in touch with sort of it or not were not going to tell the person to verify the veracity of these stories even if theyre not necessarily true where even if were hearing all the you know a partial truth about it its certainly trying to be spun in the way in a way that implicates trot in the worst manner to help push by going across the finish line. From one to the polls on sunday and local elections delayed for months because of the lockdown turnout was low though which has left many politicians concerned not much for president to celebrate either his party was left trailing in several cities theres a gap speed on this a smallish occupancies in paris small in charlotte so the 2nd round of these elections not a great showing how did it go for everybody. Well president matt brown and his party on the move are waking up on monday morning and smelling the coffee after waters been nationwide local election theres not seen any significant gains for the party it was the 1st time the on the move would actually gone to the ballot box at the National Local elections and it hasnt gone down well this is the 1st time since they were formed 3 years ago when government Spokes Person described the results as being disappointing. Yet this one was there are places where our own internal divisions brought us to results twixt from the disappointing. So who didnt do well well green parties parties with a strong ecological mandate swept up in cities such as budo big cities such as leon and even in strasburg while here in paris the socialist incumbent and delgo retained her crown she will be the paris man for the next 6 years and also there was a significant gain for pence National Rally party down in the Southern City of the norm this is the 1st time a party from the hard right has been able to win in a city that has been a 100000 people so pretty significant seat for that party to win and in fact its the 1st time that happened since 995 now there was an incredibly low turnout some soon 5 people went to cast their ballots that has been described as being a record low for the local elections here in france so not good news president back on himself has apparently said this is not very good news while other political leaders have been saying that this is now a time for Political Parties to reflect on why people didnt vote. I do too hope that this abstention isnt exclusively to the Health Crisis but if you that this is not necessarily the case and we will therefore have to ask ourselves some questions about all the Political Parties. Well of course this 2nd round of these local elections should have been taken place some time ago that was delayed due to the qubit 19 pandemic and voters were asked if that Health Crisis paps played into that low voter turnout. No worries at all i went for the 1st round and noticed the social distancing measures were enforced there is no more room is going to vote than taking part in any other collective activity i didnt go the 1st time because. I got scared but ive always voted soy came to vote this morning and i feel more relaxed now as say overall its been cold there is more than 3 or 4 months between the 2 rounds we want to push you will be able to will i think we worried people too much about the dangerous and appalling stations because in the match for the train which i often take its 100. 00 times more dangerous. For many weeks now weve been hearing rumors that president matt corn is going to have a big reshuffle will the results from sunday night sort of prompt that to happen even quicker many people suggesting that his Prime MinisterEdward Felipe could be the one whos for the chopper now interesting enough Edward Felipe actually won his mayoral race in the city of large port city in the north of the country but during code 19 crisis his popularity has been soaring at the same time as president popularity has been diminishing and some say that the fact that he won that race in a race that many thought he wouldnt win might actually seal his fate and lose him that job as the Prime Minister it is less than 2 years before france goes to wards its next president ial election and it seems clear of than ever that this is going to be a rerun of 2017 so much versus martin penn so if it is a rerun of 2017 some people are asking given declining popularity will next time the tables be turned. Paris will follow thanks for bringing some speech this morning but what happened over the weekend. Next hundreds of protesters have been camping. Out in front of New York City Hall for most a week now they value occupy it until mayor bill de blasio agrees to cuts at least a 1000000000. 00 from the Police Budget and use that money instead on social services for the black Community Local journalist ever more showed us what its like there right now. Thank heaven. For these protesters they are not from the left theyre not from the right of course the believe in another kind of left different left the one the Democratic Party represents and proposes so they dont see the reprise and. They feel that its time to change the conversation with me these protests something concrete is Something Real right here in new york city right here negotiating tactic with me that will happen in our favor and i think we are here because he believe in the abolition of prisons and police because we believe that everyone should have shelter because we believe that every week everything. Or 2 of activity i dont know if you work around here i remember that i did art and art for the movement we believe art is an important part of the revolution we are a space that supports clean education. People are free to come and speak or we both entered freely thank you but think you know were not going to. Thank. City council and the me are going to discuss the budget and it will take decisions over for the new York City Police department. Was apartments by. Organizers told us that its going to be probably the last day of all to buy the old bus if the result of the discussion of the city council on that day is not going to be satisfying for protesters theory to stay longer. Let me tell the mist city state flag the last u. S. State flag featuring a confederate emblem has been pulled down from the Capitol Building filmmakers voted overwhelmingly to redesign the flag as the country tackles its past in the wake of the Anti Racism Movement triggered by the George Floyd Protests there was applause after the motion was passed them. To. Go. And one of americas oldest universities to use decided to remove a former president s name from a campus building over his says segregationist views Woodrow Wilson was president a century ago but now princeton is having a change of heart at its Public Policy school other restorer cmon who wants household name brands and classic t. V. Series are also getting reassessed if the u. S. National anthem is an awkward spot of the moment or another from dial hawkins. 2020 is a year of change and im not talking about coronavirus popular t. V. Shows axed statues torn down even food brands updated to meet 21st century criteria of inclusive u. T. Equality justice and tolerance but is it enough can more be done while in the United States protests during the National Anthem have been a bone of contention for quite a few years but what about the National Anthem itself well now some people are saying enough is enough. I. I well thats thats you that just came off the plinth was Francis Scott key the man behind the lyrics that the starspangled banner and former slave owner and and he abolitionist so whats the deal with the anthem itself. Andrew sure warms these walls. What you can sing the 3rd verse all right of course the rarely performed that 3rd verse was directed by key black slaves whod been freed or escaped and fought alongside the british in the war of 1812 his message to them was clear your fight for freedom will bring you nothing but death and downfall Little Wonder then that was attracted increasing scandal across the United States with both soccer teams and High School Students refusing to play or sing at keys that only profited from slavery he apparently also harbored some pretty backward views on race and nationality and this widely attributed quote certainly has no place in this day and age. You dont want to hear me sing in french. That was the mossy years familiar to all around the world for centuries truly a symbol of French National identity both in times of joy and tragedy and i mean well did. You knew that you know that is who or who. You so well some of those lyrics furious soldiers coming to cut throats grabbing weapons impure blood may seem to some at least to be appropriated by the far right and certainly having no place in the modern republic course which aims remain theres even a movement for a new master yes and while theyre still far off their goal theyre not alone various french figures throughout history have had issues with them from the right of victor hugo to socialist leader. Even seeing a surge gains ball who wrote his own reggae version back in 1979 have called for a mossie you make over. The seeing or not to see that is the question well former u. K. Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn found himself at the center of a media storm when he really got the wrong answer hes saying that you will sing the National Anthem im going to be many of them ill take part fully in those events so i dont see a problem but this is the issue surely is that we had a memorial for the birth of britain i was there and despite his explanation the press was merciless branding him all but a traitor but what would they say in 2020 beyond the 1st verse which we all know the lyrics do get a little strange especially in a Secular Society talk of a day theorizing to scatter enemies and punish those rebellious scots hardly makes any friends up north and whatever his reasons corbin isnt alone for example indigenous members of parliament in ontario recently announced they wont be taking part in any of them singing. God save the queen is an archaic tribute to the British Colonial period and the centuries of violence oppression and discrimination the British Empire carried out against nations and peoples are considered inferior Indigenous Peoples in canada a glaring example among them perhaps corben was just ahead of his time as was canada they officially passed the motion back in 2018 making their National Anthem gender neutral through. Was this was the debates around symbols such as anthem statues or brands dont seem to be going anywhere anytime soon but as the calls for transformation grow louder many may question what fundamentals they really change beyond just that symbolism. You know also its life in focus pop culture is not immune from the anti racism rethink with t. V. Producers and actors taking a stand against using white performers to play characters of people of color long running on the mated comedy then the simpsons took an early lead back in january to hunker down for voicing the indian character up to the ready bringing years of criticism that the characters portrayal was racist and was offensive. Yet i must not know which way they went bad all of it what came over their message. For. You gary hear this new eddie murphy said. Did you ever have a barbecue. Moving forward to the simpsons movie no longer have white actors voice non white characters. At the start of the show i reasoned with myself that it was permissible for me to play missy because her mom is jewish and white. Missys also black and black characters on an animated show should be played by black people its been another to play cleveland and family guy for 20 years i love this character but persons of color should play characters of color therefore i will be stepping down from the row i wont be doing the voice any more unless there is some way to transition it or something. Nobody really cares what do you say to the kids now like terrence. The center had characters who were the actual person used by places and let me sample the cleveland show i had no idea that the act was actually white i didnt know i didnt really care it was all about the show is all a quote do i enjoy family guy do i introduce him to sort of really matters been now let me say theres a heightened level of scrutiny own voice i think people are just going to. Say theyre im not racist or you dont sue me please dont cancel me so write me and they have been that way i have to let lies matter any kind of rights you dont want to say you know way ill back away it doesnt really do anything it doesnt help anything i mean its just a way for them to protect them so and then also the companies that they work for they want to protect themselves as well they want to be seen as a very inclusive kind of beneath not races did not racially segregated or a should be you know preferential towards certain people so they just do things dont wait wait it wont actually help anything on the ground as far as any kind of her or racial problems were talking about cartoons superficial things you know Animation Television entertainment it will help with actually Police Brutality im not sure i would get from george floor again i came to were canceling cartoon characters im not really sure how the 2 things are linked and going to actually be linked in reality i mean if you could see some to do right now some sort of victory but its a shallow victory at best it wont do anything for the actual issues that are existing on the ground with real human beings. The number of women and girls in germany whove undergone the dangerous circumcision procedure of female genital mutilation this risen significantly over the past 3 years is our next report a new report suggests the number of f. P. M. Victims is increased to 68000 thats a 44 percent rise since the last estimate back in 27 take the rise i think its a bid to greater immigration from countries where g. M. Is widely practiced of the 15000 girls in germany are thought to now be at risk one f. P. M. Victim told us of her harrowing experience. Well you were there on 4 or 5 years all in the go s. G. M. Because there where i come from i can say 100 percent of the girls and they go after a remember how my mom asked me not try. To be so serious me i remember that ladys one was holding my hand and the other one my leg and there was a 3rd one who did something quite painful i do not know what she did to me but when i went into college and i started learning about this woman it was when i discovered that it was that day that they met did it my but its estimated that 200000000 girls who women have undergone f. P. M. In countries where its practiced mostly in africa but also some middle east countries too in most cases its carried out on girls who are under 15 some are still babies when its carried out for today or to says its a problem countries like germany also needs to tackle. People were thinking this is african issue but its not kids who are german with their papers born here in germany theyre also in the risk and most of the got there doesnt even know whats happened to them that i dont know that mothers will bring them explained them because a part of our culture is a lot of People Living in germany in the diaspora living in germany that has big old the language you dont know what is forbidden and what is not the thing is for me its have something to do and so was integration we have a different project where we can really get the communities involved or let them know about the consequences of f g ms i think in germany they should not say like all you. Who are living distant just with their refuges or were just like was that as burra we are anyhow out of the German Community church and i think if that is something issue like its still going on in 2020 in germany i think a big action. Fine if another member corona virus infections around the world now top 10000000 and lead to more than half a 1000000 deaths although travel restrictions are slowly saying there are still plenty of people stuck in other countries unable to get home thousands of russians are in that predicament and foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has been talking to us about have a countries helping its citizens return home with a moment well have a full interview later but heres a taste of whats to come. Does the government think lean the Foreign Ministry pass any judgment these russians acted recklessly when they went on vacation abroad didnt they as russias foreign minister my job is not to possible judgment but to act in line with the russian constitution the constitution does not apply to any of those russians back home of the governments expense again it is the realm of moral judgments as a private individual i could have an opinion on whether it is reckless or not to go to see results in the 2nd half of march despite multiple media reports on the pandemic and i also have my own attitude to those who helped the pentagon as tourists out of mercy rather than by the force of the constitution places the fishes hes a traitor are you aware that people are going abroad through batteries now turkey has opened its borders and behavior flies there we cant forbid people to use this option but of course the decision should be taken based on common sense and caution where did you expect such person involvement by our embassy and consulate staff have some experience working abroad or know people at different but as a rule of thumb an average diplomat with an open heart would be willing to help people who ended up in a challenging situation did you expect to see so many people apply you know you frankly i wasnt surprised i can even tell you that there could have been even more there was some confusion with those who have long left russia to reside permanently elsewhere and then suddenly thought it would be safer to come back certainly pass something i really dont understand these people decided to live permanently abroad and i can the us for example and yet the Foreign Ministry the state is helping them to come back russians are an expense these people are free to make their own choice its their life after all we want double check here for Russian National wants to return thats their right. So we dont really care no we do care we want to make it as comfortable for everyone as possible again it doesnt matter what choice a person made but if they think they now need to come back home and how can anyone stand in the way and their approach is the same to everyone even if they also have other passports like us citizenship there is one higher mind its saying we leave no one behind its time to prove that of course there were some shortcomings but no plan is without a flaw. You know look more of that later but this way things look in so far this monday reporting from moscow im kevin i were in thanks for watching and of a great day. You can be dealt with yet you like. The world is driven by dream shaped and personal. Dares thinks. We are here to ask. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to heal some air force base in alaska where is that to say come on ill show you whats the reason for any type of enhanced u. S. Military presence in this area russia. What is it suddenly about the South China Sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. Take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have Nuclear Weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so thats why were going to drill down on the story for you today right here on the news of her chance as where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly its time to do news again. The boy