Good evening and welcome to the program this is our to International Coming to you live from the russian capital bring you your live news update. Teachers and friends are speaking out in the wake of a colleagues murder last week many say theyre facing an acceptable daily risks while at work we heard from english teacher gabriel tons. Tragedy that happened last week that theyre such a colleague of mine is many many things its a tale of terror teachers in france are expected to do a locks and it sounds like we will be expected to do even more to prevent many ills in society and i know my colleagues and i are ready to take on many challenges that ish teachers are really under the threats of islamic terrorism and we should not ask ourselves heres how you will teach kids should ask ourselves serious how we will protect the school itself and the surrounding some of the School History teacher samuel a party who was beheaded by a terrorist on october the 16th outside a school and a suburb of paris have received online Death Threats after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his class is a suspected killer an 18 year old refugee of chechen origin was later shot dead by police and the french people see it as an attack on the entire nation when opposition is not i told myself that it could have been me and beyond that he was just going to work doing his job and he was killed for unacceptable reasons for me to vote on that if you do the values of the republican on the east and its also a tribute not only to this person who died today but to all the teachers who taught us those values and it is sometimes haunt but it was important for us to be here when the discipline the french Teachers Union has stressed that staff should be able to organize their work as they see fit free from fear and the aftermath of the killing present mccrone about to crack down on islamist extremism. Again says that his profession is better protection yes of sentiment but he also tells the story of how as a slow sites you weep you teachers we are i believe my profession needs to be respected my profession needs to be protected if the question is how do we protect the professional not just the profession well then. Lets start by policing sure when they say that something is wrong im not sure that we still understand how important this is im not sure the french state will put enough money and people into said she huge challenge. After the death of some real party at the french Government Shutdown a mosque accused of inciting the killing thats also proposed some legal changes. To Defense Council has already decided to add 2 new provisions to the draft law against extremism firstly to reinforce protection for Public Servants by penalizing those who exert pressure on them for those who put pressure on Public Institutions through words or actions as happened in the case of samuel petty and the schools principal secondly the possibility of sanctioning those who post personal Information Online that in danger someones life as they did in the teachers case. With the issue of integration now in the spotlight the in terror minister weighed in on ethnic foods in french shops but his comments did not go down well artichoke devinsky has a story radicalization and how it happens is now once again Headline News in france now while most questions are focusing on the impact of social media poverty and foreign influence the countrys interior minister has come up with this suggestion as one root of the problem and what about the actual goes on that has always shocked me to go into a supermarket and see that there would be one type of ethnic food selection here and another one next to it domino went on to say this is how could mean a terrorism begins its a term loosely translates as identity and its also used to describe those who dont comply with spec the idea of secularism here in france thats a separation of religion and state and even though the interior minister says he doesnt want to put it ethnic food dollars in supermarkets its comments have caused a stir weve seen many mocking him. Dont know and also thinks is to big Business Owners to do their bit in fighting separatism so what restaurants streets like this one here in paris offer a plethora of selection from turkish to chinese italian to see all the way to long with supermarket oils setting people on the pole that become french citizens. I think its important to respect their very city and that should be reflected in supermarkets this should be everything for everyone including. There is a demand for something it should be there. Thats one of the things thats so great about france is that we do have people from lots of Different Countries and im. American and i lived in france for about 5 years and i really think for me normal if i go in the supermarket i dont really think about that so i dont really see the harm behind this despite the pushback the interior minister says he doesnt want to put food on supermarkets but who tells think its up to big Business Owners to do their bit in fighting separatism so move though do you think dominos comments have merit should be treated. The minister is right. Is the beginning of communitarianism. Should be available in the general aisles along with other food but having a dedicated doll is the beginning of communitarianism because we know that everyone who is muslim or jewish interior minister says he doesnt have one word to take back but given that perhaps his badly phrased thoughts have been made in the off the more brutal terror attack french teacher said. And while the terror trial is underway over the 2015 attack on this supermarket many incensed it seems is not so much cooking up a storm with his words but wading into some very cool to show that. Paris. The polish government is facing a growing backlash after the countrys top court imposed an almost total ban on abortions nationwide protests are now reaching for a 3rd day. Earlier riot police were out in force in the capital using crowd control weapons and further iranians are now being held in warsaw and other major cities the protesters are focusing their anger on the ruling law and Justice Party which has long been pushing for tougher abortion laws and its been accused of packing the Constitutional Court with loyalists. Pullen already had some of the toughest antiabortion laws in the europe until now almost all terminations 98 percent were done on the grounds of severe fetal abnormalities but even those will now be outlawed abortions due to rape incest or a threat to the mothers life are still legal we discuss the issue with our guests. Well i think the thing with human rights in general especially the right to life is that they shouldnt be dependent on what other people think slavery back in the day used to be a democratic option that didnt make it morally justified in the same goes for abortion every child deserves to be allowed to child and every mother deserves to be well and mother and as we see countries like poland and as was recently for the same reasons in Northern Ireland that we on the one hand hear these conservatives saying that they want to protect life on the other hand as if exacting governments on the exact same administrations that supports for disabled people supports for single mothers cut support for special Education Services for people with seem disabilities well i would like to clarify that no one in the prolife camp is wanting anyone to be an unwilling mother right saying that you should have the right to abort your fetus is not the same thing as saying you must be a parent for the rest of your life adoption is always an option and i strongly encourage if someone is finding themselves that on time pregnancy and does not want to be a mother was unprepared to be a mother but to say that because the person who conceived you doesnt want to be a parent therefore your right to life is 4th that that is completely ridiculous there are many many children out there who grew up with parents that were at the bass and perhaps maybe didnt want them im sure many of them would take issue with the idea that just because their parents werent necessarily the most willing supporters of them that they should have been aborted or that would have been all right to do its its just something thats fair to say what this is run by the people who make the laws because theyre not preventing these abortions from happening what theyre saying is were ok with these abortions as long as they happen in a different legislative education you know theyre not saying and we disapprove of portions we just disapprove of them and well hold our noses against you have them in this country who reject you is a citizen i think you travel to a different country and then your life. Once it happens it is complete. Christine im sure that if the polish had government had implemented any measures to prevent women from traveling to Different Countries in order to get abortions then these prochoice advocates would be up in arms even further of these supposedly restriction of these freedoms you know the International Conversation about abortion is very interesting as well abortion is often touted as a womans right but we dont really hear prochoice advocates talk about the issue of sex selective abortion right there are countless numbers of female fetuses around the world who are at risk of being aborted on the basis of their biological sex where are the feminist protectors standing up for these fetuses our lives and their lives as women matter as well and what we had a noise in ireland when we made it illegal was people who were arrested for have an abortion so if you want to go and arrest every single woman in poland or every single woman in america he had an abortion go ahead but that will be one 3rd of the adult woman population and nobody can support that. Theres no let up to the fighting between armenia and azerbaijan the spike International Peace efforts on saturday authorities and the disputed mccormack region reported an aerial bombardment by azerbaijani warplanes earlier this week women and children were evacuated from several cities after the shelling of surrounding villages many civilians have been caught in the crossfire 5 as of yet and as this next story shows even the youngest have found courage. Political not to be able to go out to a little consolation of pain the promise that in. All of this heidi couples the lady has seen the actual sports. Illustrated. Fighting scene tangata means that until today. Well what i thought. It would fun call. Me tom maybe. I had to make. Can you would not. Could i just. Not special not for you does trust i mean if i get it but i asked him 1st you got to tell me you could. Make. Over to me on the phone with your own mess but they dont show knocking me down. Meanwhile 2nd largest city has come under repeated missile attacks last week at least 13 civilians were killed and over 50 injured a war correspondent reports a few days soft as a terrible tragedy people still call the police he did by one of the we still see croucher used to be in the fall of the building just a couple of the single locals in the fields come here every day to commemorate those who died as a result of the tragedy we can see flowers photographs of the victims here a. Couple young man described. The school children. The stock market or source for your. Country is currently at war and if there is no unity of one common thing to free our territories we will never win and this daily heroism is very important for each of us this is our homeland this is our future and we cant stand this anymore look for it because this is where the steward bookie. There certainly are a few things to say this is one kilometers distance of the spot of several finals in total over 10 saw wounds broken and ultimately shells were fired only president ial everyones doing to conflict. Home to do you can. I woke up as a herd terribly loud rumble there was dancing black smoke with stories suffocating everything around was destroyed we dont understand why the target a civilian town we are far from the battlefield we all one piece we dont want war. My parents are in hospital now they were injured because of the artillery strike everything they gained throughout the years everything was destroyed in a few minutes their houses are nothing but dust now and the key thing is that civilians were injured we dont want to live like this we want to live peacefully. Still to come in the program a lockdown order has been met by anger and defiance in southern italy that story and more when we come back. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe from. Isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being led. By. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Or a maybe in the shallows. A lot of people talking about is this the beginning china as the worlds superpower but theyre not thinking about another end of an era and that would be the central banks. Come back some drastic new coronavirus measures in the italian city of naples have infuriated some locals virgil already has announced a new lockdown on friday. Oh. Hundreds of protesters marched through the city and there were some tense encounters with police the rules were tightened after the number of daily infractions doubled in naples and the surrounding region and a similar picture is playing out across europe as peter all reports. While the european continent creaks under increasing cases of covert 19 germany comparatively well however as cases here past 10000 today for the 1st time those in charge of Public Health in germany are preparing for the worst. The situation has become very serious we can slow down the spread of the virus you can take precautions and systematic ways although we have to expect that the virus will continue to be transmitted in some regions of germany and the spread may be uncontrolled from saturday musks will have to be warned outside in any way you call and to maintain a 1. 5 mi to distance from another person and that includes some of the german capitals most famous shopping districts while the infection rates have gone to have the number of germans willing to go to parties back in the spring 90 percent of people said this would have been the highest order now thats dropped to 60 percent with almost saying they had been to a gathering with more than 10 people in the last 4 weeks its a much different picture in france where infections cross the 1000000 mark this week making them the 2nd nation after spaying to cross the map threshold seeing a curfew to be extended. Over the last few days the whole situation in our country has continued to deteriorate collation level of the forest is extremely high the coming weeks will be tough. The number of deaths will continue through roads and the Hospital Services will be put to the test so if we do not succeed collectively in whole thing we have for them it will be faced with a dramatic situation i will have to impose more severe measures on. The new has promised extra phones and testing capabilities to be rolled out across the block to slow down the virus we need to test as much as possible and therefore the European Commission is making available 100000000 euros from our Emergency Support instrument with this money we can buy between 15 and 22000000 rapid antigen tests for the European Union to spying power to those charged with tracking the pandemic for brussels are far from confident about the situation. We are clearly into a 2nd wave we are waiting and we are expecting to see the cases rise even more with over a 1000000 cases in france and spain things seem relatively controlled here in germany however the fear is that this is akin to being in the attic of a building we can feel the flames yes we can smell the smoke these are all over r. T. Thats the outlook in europe for the moment but in china infection rates have remained low since the peak of the pandemic earlier in the year from the Imperial College london gave us his views on the differing approaches to the crisis. It was in 100. 00 that are locked down over there was completely different and believe me its still very different and i would just say that its all down all those very street not just shows but also to the people but back to the u. K. About 4 months ago when i just lending being a request to the South Koreans in 14 days i would state as the de South Koreans in has to be used to the entirety. Most of the Chinese People dont really realize that its a day full of the ruse and then day through the street measures and then they get everything back in london for example when they say people dont when asked to do they receive fines on the tube right and. Then do you can. Find those people who one by one. These Community Countries very different in europe whose people do themselves not like in china its more like you Community Society people take. To the u. S. Now our Democratic Senators are calling on the f. B. I. Not to investigate joe biden and his son right before the election saying the ongoing allegations over the familys business dealings are just a Smear Campaign by dull trumps team thats more. Who can forget the russia gate hysterics and the demand from u. S. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer that the f. B. I. Investigate allegations against trump regarding collusion thats a serious issue and needs a thorough thorough investigation we know director komi was leading an investigation and whether the Trump Campaign colluded with the russians a serious offense where those investigations getting too close to home for the president the dismissal of director komi establishes a very troubling pattern for the chinese out there senator Chuck Schumer is far less interested in looking into the shady dealings of the biden family in ukraine surprise surprise. We therefore urge you to resist pressure from President Trump and other poets as an act is to take any actions intended to benefit President Trump politically on the eve of the election succumbing to such pressure would deeply undermine our National Security interests and could have devastating consequences for the resiliency of our democracy the democrats seem quite nervous about opening this can of worms remember Hillary Clinton using a private server for her emails similar story whats interesting this time however is that the democrats message of nothing to see here folks just move on that message is being echoed by Media Outlets we dont want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories and we dont want to waste the listeners and readers time on stories that are just pure distractions and quite frankly thats where we ended up this was a politically driven event and we decided to treated that way now that was National Public radio the Media Research center a media watchdog that leans conservative said the biden family scandal has gotten a little almost no coverage in the aftermath of the recent trump and biden town hall event a. B. C. Spend 0 seconds on hunts a bargain and d. C. Spend just 6 minutes 9 seconds on hundreds of scandals c. B. S. Led the brule Coast Networks with a still measly 10 minutes and 33 seconds print media as well usa today has dropped op eds on the subject usa today didnt want to run my hunter biden column this week my regular editor is in vacation and i guess everyone else was afraid to touch it. It seems like the party line of the american elite is do not discuss the biden family emails and the socalled free press is in full compliance once again american Mainstream Media shows us what its all about. Archie new york. Lastly we turn to some world news in brea starting with the u. K. Where theres been a large anti lockdown rally thousands marched through Central London on saturday denouncing a series of regional shutdowns and posed by the government after a surge in covert cases at least 4 arrests were made and there were banners on display calling the pandemic a hoax and rejecting the use of face masks and vaccine. 7 garion students are making their voices heard after the government effectively took direct control of a top Arts University the right wing of the ruling party stripped the college of its autonomy last month and protesters called an attack on academic freedom. And agricultural fires in india have caused a pollution spike in the capital kabul burning is a widespread in parts of the country to clear land after the harvest the government has so far resisted calls to ban the practice despite air quality concerns. Thats a roundup of the days top news for now as always thanks for tuning in. Americans love. This was a fundamental part of how our Political Leadership and our country at large understood the bargain you get a hope and then you know rebel right as the things you dont revolt if you have a stake in the system. And think about the longer deeper history housings men in the United States not just that question of the American Dream but the bigger question of who the dream is for. Were going underground as unverified reports suggest hundreds have been killed or injured in africas most populous nation nigeria whose weaponry comes from its old colonial muster britain coming up in a show of notation 30 years after legendary afrobeat pioneer colonial activist. Called current nigerian president mohammad who bihari an animal in a mad mans body we speak to his son femi kuti about continuing the fight and struggling for justice in the face of state violence hand while nigerians stand up to their beliefs in government how can they stand up to Corporate Power we ask Award Winning nigerian playwright and poet in you and about the legacy of cancer we were and his new book the actual which records with the reality of speaking truth to power all the more coming up in todays going underground at 1st nigerias largest city lagos has been the central hub of 2 weeks of mass protests that have turned global after a viral video allegedly showed a man being killed at the hands of an officer from the Nigerian Police force units the special anti robbery squad joining me now from ogun state in the area is 4 times Grammy Nominated artist and political activist femi kuti son of afro beat by an ear and colonial firebrand fela kuti thank you so much for me for coming on i know the situation is moving quite quickly different figures being given for the violence in lagos i know you were protesting the salas Police Squads way you are what is the situation been in recent days. In my areas been very well i stay very calm water them the reason i can was the protests passed in front of my house and then i had gone shots and i was i was like wow this will erupt into a war in this area so i quickly got dressed and ran to the ice and medical tests and so i went to meet the d. P. Or told him that it was impossible for him to kill anybody you have to stop shooting. And so i was like the intermediary between the protests as im equally so he put as i said to an accusing police. And i rested some of the some of the protesters and says they are cowards and things saw as its difficult to release this things blighs as well the Police Accuse them of storming the Police Station thats why the state shooting they denied it so well i like discount issue told them that its a peaceful protest they have to be peaceful very peaceful and police you must not shoot because if you shoot them were talking about a completely different issue right now some of them some of them are sisters in ogun said they feared for their lives in your presence save their lives i dont know whether you think thats true and whether. You think its quite interesting i think during your fathers life during your fathers life nigerian authorities imprisoned him constantly harassed him and yet now the cootie name can sum has saved lives