Are forced to retreat from the violent revellers illegal block party in london. And moscow this is R T International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. Now in the shadow of his president ial predecessors had Mount Rushmore and took aim at people wanting to tear down monuments in an address on the eve of Independence Day he also decried the rise of the quote far left fascism this years 4th of july celebrations come against the backdrop of weeks of anti racism protests and riots which have seen the demonstrators seek to remove or destroy statues they consider linked to slavery. Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history to fame our heroes a race of values and indoctrinate our children angry mobs trying to tear down statues of our founders to face our most sacred memorials and to unleash a wave of Violent Crime in our cities if you hours before that address there was a standoff between the National Guard and the protesters led by native american activists more than 100 block of the road leading to the event riot police fired smoke shells at their feet and they used pepper spray 15 protesters were arrested as the deadline set for them to leave. So this year there are likely to be a few mixed emotions as americans mark very history and it could mean new questions over traditional symbols more of that from our shes done quarter. The 4th of july is a time for barbecues fireworks and of course the American Flag a time when americans are exceptionally proud to be well american and for decades leaders have used the occasion to proclaim that theyre part of the greatest country around america is the greatest country in Human History great country on earth that america is the greatest country on the face of the earth but this year people apparently are not buying it recent polls suggest only 17 percent of americans can confidently say that theyre proud of the current state of their homeland and who can blame them this years 4th of july falls on a day when economic recession a Global Pandemic and nationwide protests against institutionalized racism all plague the country the us desperately need solutions and the people desperately need a holiday but for some criticizing july 4th symbols of patriotism seems to be on the top of the agenda. Many are calling to switch the national. Anthem from the starspangled banner to america the beautiful supporters of the change say that the current anthem is racist since its composer own slaves and some of its original lyrics were no doubt outrageously bigoted but most americans rarely ever made that association in the 1st place. Flying the flag on Independence Day has been as american as apple pie for as long as memory serves but this summer the stars and stripes are feeling the heat thank you. Thank you. Over a 1000000 me even signed a petition to replace the flag with this version of americas most patriotic symbol of course it was likely not intended to be taken seriously but the sentiment remains. The Founding Fathers another icon americans can easily identify with they declared that all men are created equal and endowed with inalienable rights but in 2020 many have been more concerned with their slave owning past and the statues built in their name have come under assault because of it washington parks a monument to its namesake is just the latest in the city to get painted over there in baltimore at the George Washington memorial and. You can see how its been vandalized with red paint in the words the story raises another statue in portland has been taken down by protesters this time George Washington video and social media also shows them lighting it on fire americas latest on rest against Police Brutality is not the 1st time weve seen how a countrys past can influence the president in a negative way but will attacking National Symbols that serve to unite americans on Independence Day fix those problems. Or will they serve to further divide a nation that seems to be ripping apart at the seams it very well could end up being dangerous i mean we could see us going back to things that we dont want to go back to it could see us forgetting about things that we dont want to forget about there may be statues and and different types of symbols that might need to be removed but if we leave it up to the left it will go basically it will go crazy i mean because weve got people on the left who are trying to tear down Abraham Lincoln and other members of the union so its not just the confederacy some of them are just seeking to to to cause damage and destruction our nation has been very divided over the past 3 or 4 or 5 years or so its been a lot of us that are next its been a lot of the fringes fighting in the loudest on each side you know excoriating one another so it has caused a deep divide and i think it will take some time to get back to a sense of normalcy and to mend the rips thats been formed. For the 2nd night in the 3 days police in portland in the state of oregon declared protests there to be a riot. The latest one solid violence break out when a group of protesters set fire to some wood outside the Justice Center police say several people started fires threw rocks and launched projectiles with sling shots at officers the reputation of American Police has been under siege during the past month with calls to defund or disbanded departments it is hitting that morale as well a recent survey of officers found that a staggering 80 percent would not encourage their children to enter a career in Law Enforcement only 7 and a half percent said that they would some of the main reasons listed for that include a lack of support from bosses also and overall a lack of respect for the profession and concerns of for officer safety however ray lewis a retired Philadelphia Police captain says the force still needs a few new recruits. Officers that are not encouraging young people to go into Law Enforcement are those officers who are afraid of accountability. They fear being held to the high standards of the job and so far theyve had free reign and been able to do what they want when they want and now thats and it right there is no respect and there should not be until its earned ice or of 19 of my years in the belly of the beast in the ghetto socio economically depressed black areas and that historically these people have seen and heard a Police Brutality be there in them their family their names weve heard their relatives it was a late night theres been Police Brutality since day one but net and now what i consider one of the greatest inventions ever is the video cell phone White America is waking up because now all that they heard all their life is being contradicted by what they see i would absolutely encourage anybody to join the police force because its a changing police force now the new police force forces are going to be held much more accountable to be responsible to their communities and there is no. More rewarding job then a police officer. To england now where police and revelers had an illegal block party clash as the government began lifting some of the coronavirus lockdown restrictions at least 7 officers were injured as authorities attempted to break up with the unlicensed music event in west london on friday night police had to run for it after crowds including suspected gang members began pelting them with bricks and bottles gatherings in england are Still Limited to 6 people despite the latest easing of the lockdown that has seen pubs and restaurants reopen so long that restaurants cinemas and other Public Places were allowed to open as well at midnight but bars had to wait until 6 am and a few customers took advantage to get well lets say a boozy breakfast all the newly reopened to businesses must adhere to the rules on masks and physical distancing which is reduced from 2 metres to one metre plus Prime MinisterBoris Johnson encouraged people to start getting out to support the Hospitality Industry but also to be careful. Looked on only succeeded in controlling the virus because everyone worked together and we would only succeed in really if everyone works together again because were not out of the woods yet but i will certainly buy and drink a pint but not a yard and i really do is repeat the message to everybody this is a big turning point for us weve got to get it right lets lets Work Together and enjoy some safety is it the right time to all on the house a little early. You know there are certain areas. Yes the Community Spirit is a little. Different my concern is. Also on the fact. The decision to. On a saturday to. Go to any thought given to hold the Emergency Services to look. Things on saturday. What could we not have tried to have a pilot one of the few of us to see how things were reacting with the already for opening of the social distancing measures but looking a 2nd has always been on the cards and the recent below it is that even with the best estimates we suspect anything between 80 to 90 percent got pollution of the united kingdom. Not being exposed to cook that we cant just what were getting. But ill go back to all of. This is normal but not that its. An area of spains catalonia has been put back under lockdown after a surge in corona virus cases authorities in sagrera say the decision to keep over 200000 people at home just weeks after the nation began easing restrictions was a difficult one. In the last hours in the day weve seen an exponential growth in the number of infections and thats prompted us to take action its a difficult decision the government must prioritize lives in the health of peoples and will take all the necessary measures. To catalonia has been one of the worst affected regions by covert 19 with more than 12000 dead the area now being placed back under lockdown saw new cases more than double in the past week some 200 Police Officers are being deployed to help in force checkpoints locals say that the move was expected. I guess and the fact i feel this is right because we have too many spikes too many infections and eventually they would have to close off the region and more will come it seems this is necessary because were seen once of cases this is a good decision spain has europes 4th highest death toll from chronic coronavirus 28000 and a quarter of a 1000000 confirmed cases the move to reimpose restrictions in california comes as spain has been a real putting its borders and welcoming tourists for the Summer Holidays a spanish doctor we spoke to believes a selective strategy is needed but worries the tourism boom may lead to a bigger problem. Ensure i believe that given the current circumstances this is the only option going back to its. Suppliers to a whole country is not the way to go the other issues here is that the e. U. Countries have acted on their own since the stance of the look no the 27 countries have opened their borders except to americans brazilians and russians but theres still a load the brits used to visit Spanish Islands with little or no screaming its very important to either debate the need for a biological passport or to at least require a virus to 3 days before any trip within europe. Going around the world now for some news making headlines this hour will start in seattle which has seen a hit and run incident involving 2 black lives matter protesters after a driver sped through a freeway closed for demonstrations but a warning were going to show you some footage not of the incident itself but actually leading up to it now the vehicle struck down 2 women in the road who flew into the air before landing on the ground one has life threatening injuries and the other is also in serious condition the car was stopped and the driver taken into custody. At least 166. 00 people have been killed after a landslide hit a jade mine in myanmar it is unknown at this stage how many more could still be missing as a tsunami of mud swept over workers at the site rescue services were seen transporting victims out of the flooded pit Officials Say dozens of people have also been hospitalized. Japan is battling against a severe flooding and mudslides and at least 15 people there are known to have been killed in the south of the country and more than a dozen remain missing many citizens were left stranded on rooftops waiting to be rescued while around 75000 people were asked to evacuate homes as heavy storms set in. And here you have some images from a huge fire in azerbaijani capital baku it is believed to have started after an explosion or a series of blasts went off at a paint factory the cause is yet to be established the flames engulfed a huge area of around 700. 00 square metres it is reported that the firefighters were able to localize the blaze 6 people were injured during the fire 5 of which were firefighters. Still have on the International Facebook admits to letting 3rd Party Developers improperly access personal data and it is not the 1st time we break down what this means for users after a short break stay with us. Americans start growing at propitious rates because america empire right because its easy for the top 2 feet everything and leave nothing for everyone else america will be better off if it was not an empire so the collapse of the us dollar will be painful for a period of time but what comes on the other side will be i think a lot more amenable to. The world is driven by shaped by one person of. The day or thinks. We dare to ask. This is our t. International now nigeria says it has saddened that had 2 sculptures it says belongs to the countrys Igbo Community have been auctioned off in paris the country maintains that they were stolen during the 1960 civil war but the auction house christies insists the sale was legitimate. These objects have been lawfully sold having been publicly exhibited and previously sold over the last decades prior to christies involvement. Now the curator of Nigerias National museum says the words should it be repatriated and a compensation paid he also appealed to other auction houses to stop sales of artifacts suspected of being looted during the war evoking the black lines Matter Movement a petition to try and stop the christies auction said that Racial Injustice applies not only to the black body but also to black culture and identity the sale went ahead anyway with the 2 wooden figures selling for nearly a quarter of a 1000000. 00 a member of Nigerias National commission for museums told us that there is no doubt that art dealers pocketed trophies of war these sculptures that i was particularly interested it were taking in 6869. 00 while there was a civil war going on in a chair and these were stolen from their original owners and shipped across the border. Where the european. Well waiting for there and pretty much what christies was saying is that it was not european dealers stole the objects from the original owners and they are theyre free to sell them you know other words its all ok to sell the west only by someone else. This is basically what theyre claiming and i think that is wrong and i dont think that that can be a source in any legal proceeding. Facebook has admitted to letting a 3rd Party Developers improperly access users personal data again the company has repeatedly promised to clean up its act but thousands of absentee continued gathering users data along after they stopped using them Jacqueline Vogel looks into why the social media giant apparently is not learning from past mistakes. Facebook might want to go ahead and make their motto sorry about that just to save us all some time itll come as a surprise to no one but there is once again that been a privacy breach of the book this time its nothing earth shattering but the company does estimate around 5000 developers were able to gather information on users long after they were meant to in 2018 we announced it would automatically expire and apps ability to receive any updates to this information if our systems didnt recognize the person as having used the app within the last 90 days the recently we discovered that in some instances apps continue to receive the data we fix the issue to day after we found it that was also mentioned at multiple times in the blog post that users did initially give permission for their info to be collected so its not only the companys fault that they didnt cut it off like they promised right i mean you do have to get facebook credit for trying to be more proactive about these issues but how many more apologies are people meant to except this was a major breach of trust we didnt take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake it was my mistake and im sorry and im sorry for it but im sorry and im really sorry that this happened apparently sorry doesnt seem to be the hardest work plus there were these ads bought in major u. S. And u. K. Newspapers that said things like we have a responsibility to protect your information if we cant we dont deserve it the irony about that was all among the cambridge analytical scandal when there was an estimated 50000000 users that had their information that we werent up for profit now after that about a year later as dr bird tried to turn things around by announcing his vision for a privacy focused social media experience i believe we should be working towards a world