and moscow police tracking down on a protest against constitutional amendments that could give president putin another 16 years in power. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today spain has been paying his respects to those who've died during the coronavirus and demick spain is one of the hardest hit countries worldwide with at least 28000 people dying of covert 19 thankfully pay the prime minister no other guests including relatives of those who died laying flowers at the royal palace in madrid in remembrance of short while ago the ceremony was broadcast live on t.v. and online. along with the grief there is anger at the way the government's handled the pandemic did only as young philip schultz met one woman who lost her mother and is determined to bring to account those she believes are responsible. rose unlike a studio always found peace of mind in caring for houseplants but not anymore thoughts keep circling around the 7th of march the day she learned of a corona virus outbreak in her mother's retirement home her mother had a loss for life even in old age even if dementia had w

president vladimir putin was probably the only person who came to this moscow polling station without a mask it was the last day of the nationwide vote the kremlin even declared a bank holiday so that as many people as possible could take part in the constitutional reform had already been formally approved by the country's national and regional parliament puton turn to a public vote to validate the move the amendments and shrine many popular social changes including regular pension increases and a minimum wage but they'll also allow putin to keep running for president directly he could remain in office till 2036 this man voted no he says i don't need a new tsar. i like it because i'm afraid of change whenever things change in russia we end up worse off than before you start saying some voters only had to show their passports as proof of identity election observers were not allowed complete access and while voting was still in progress the 1st results were published. the procedure is highly questionable the vote itself the whole process was invented solely for this purpose a referendum

i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today antiproton protests in the russian capital moscow have ended with more than 100 arrests demonstrators have gathered to collect signatures against changes to the constitution passed earlier this month police moved in quickly and put an end to the gathering. dozens of arrests follow anti-government protests in the russian capital where officers in riot gear forcefully rounded up protesters people took to the streets to protest the outcome of a recent referendum on constitutional reforms that allowed president putin to govern for another 16 years. we do not accept the results of the constitutional reforms vote we believe it was all raked we are against the crackdown on independent journalists we are for a rotation in government and we want our country to have an opportunity to live well. it's going to. be controversial votes that amended the constitution earlier this month also included populist measures such as an effective ban on gay marriage as part of their campaign protesters also collected signatures against persons new measures $5000.

in moscow for us thank you evan. the british city of bristol has a new skull and paste a statue. pulled down last month a sculpture of black players who helped topple him now stands in his place the all clear was installed without permission and the on wednesday. if. if the moment that sparked a nationwide to pay supposed head to deal with britain's colonial past. the 17th century slave trader at work colston was pulled down by black lives matter protesters in bristol and june. and tackling the face of many of his victims thrown into the sea. the print he once looked down from now has a new occupant local resident chen read. the artworks inspired by a viral instagram post but read the and picturing her shortly after the coast and statue was toppled you know for me it will not play you know i raise my fist and i raise my fist to give power back to the people back to the slaves who died at the hands of pollsters and titled a surge of power at the sculpture was installed without the local councils approval and intervention dreamed up by our says mark quinn you know we had to keep it

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earlier i spoke to our correspondent in the show there in moscow and asked her what was happening where she was. well i'm in the center of moscow at pushkin square where opponents of the these constitutional amendments have called on people to kind of gather for what they say is a public discussion people here have said that these amendments essentially will mean that they hope that russia will have an eternal putin and they said that this whole vote is a farce that's what people here have been telling me that's what the people who called for people to gather here have said as well there aren't that many people here as you might be able to see behind me and that's because the opposition here in russia is very divided and including on this vote some people have said that you should stay home that you should boycott the vote some people have said you should come out and be counted to kind of say that you are against this vote now the situation here is pretty calm there is a lot of police at this where they were preparing i guess for more people to come out but the police even have been ha

in moscow for us thank you evan. and now to some other stories making news around the world the u.s. secretary of state. preparing new sanctions against a russian gas pipeline project any firms that help construct the old scheme to face penalties the trumpet ministrations phase the pipeline from russia to germany would make us more dependent on russian energy. new satellite images show that ethiopia has been filling its controversial grand when they stand on the river nile the move is likely to spot prices from both egypt and sudan which depend on water from the now talks between the 3 countries on the issue ended in deadlock this week. iran says it needs 7 ships have been damaged in a blaze that broke out at a shipyard in the 7 course. there has been a string often explained fires and explosions at military nuclear and industrial sites across the country since late june. and flooding is continuing to take its toll on north eastern india is a some stage over 2000000 people have been displaced the floods also inundate

a top target for russian interference but it says officials turned a blind eye to allegations that moscow is trying to influence king votes such as the referendum. now the british have it in black and white the kremlin interfered in the $24.00 teens nonissue independence referendum members of the intelligence and security committee also believe russia intended to. it's the bricks that referendum to help so discord in the e.u. but they say the government was not interested that no one in government knew if russia interfered in or sort influenced the referendum because they did not want to know the u.k. government of actively avoided looking for evidence that russia into field their report says that the 2014 referendum in scotland in which 55 percent of scots voted against secession from the u.k. was the 1st post soviet interference by russia in a democratic election in the west russian influence is the new normal says committee member kevin jones so the question is is who is protecting british public from interference in our democratic process when a no show we found no one is parliamentar

the latest now with to their views if joining us from moscow good danger of on a walk you tell us about the police arrests. i was quite interesting yesterday being on the square for the 1st 2 hours or so police sort of just stood by and watched and let the protesters gather it was quite quiet signatures were collected and then at the end few young teenagers started flying a gay pride parade gay pride flag against the ban on gay marriage and the crowd started getting rowdy here in about 2 hours into the protests a group of the teenagers group off the square and they started marching through the city center they collected something like 20300 people along with them and as i was following them along overheard one of the cops say we're going over you know detain them on bats and that's essentially what we saw we saw about 150 people detained and out of around the 300 and so that was you know quickly cleared out of the streets and the by the arrests as they are usually most of these protests are quite violent you see people ripped off into the police wagons and taken away most of these peopl

around the world today russian police have arrested more than 100 people at an opposition rally in moscow demonstrators had gathered wednesday in the capital to protest constitutional changes passed earlier this month the reforms could allow president vladimir putin to stay in power 16 more years. china's economy is back on the block returning to growth in the 2nd quarter the economy expanded by 3.2 percent year on year that's higher than experts predicted it raises hopes of a similar recovery elsewhere in the world. another 1300000 americans applied for unemployment benefits last week roughly the same amount as over the previous 2 weeks millions of american workers have lost their jobs since the coronavirus and the national unemployment rate stands at 11.9 percent. u.s. president donald trump as replace his campaign manager. less than 4 months before the election the man taking over his former deputy bill stepien the reshuffle comes as trump trails his democratic opponent joe biden by as much as 15 points in the polls. for social media platform twitter was hit by a massive hack dupes peo

and canada accuse moscow taggers of targeting labs working on preventing the spread of coronavirus to russia denies any involvement also coming up a turkish court sentences german turkish journalist and denis you're jealous of almost 3 years in prison for spreading a what he calls terrorist propaganda the verdict is expected to strain relations between ankara and far left. you and the children in the gaza strip and getting adults everywhere a lesson in perseverance to after a pandemic lockdown at least n.q.t. athletes are back on the pitch today. i'm going to read and welcome to the show the u.k. u.s. and canada are accusing russian agents of carrying out cyber attacks to steal information on potential covert 19 vaccines according to british and u.s. intelligence the attacks targeted coronavirus research centers and were carried out by a p t $29.00 a hacking group linked to the kremlin also known as cozy bear it's the same group that was blamed for interference in the us elections 4 years ago moscow has denied any involvement. well washington correspondent stephanie simon has been fol

hopes although police have so far left the much as in peace moscow has a habit of coming down hard on dissent. journalist i've been going to call which has been covering this story for us and he sent us this assessment of the protests in russia's far east it's truly one of most surprising protests we've seen in years in russia in all of putin's 20 years the 1st protests that took place here 3 weeks ago was 40000 people a week later last saturday we saw 50000 and today estimates around as much as 90000 and to put that in perspective there's about 600000 people who live in the city of karbala so it's like 10 percent of the city is coming out to protest the main thing that the protesters have repeated day after day is that they feel that their choice was taken away they feel that even if the governor is guilty of these crimes he should be tried here and about if they voted for him they feel that moscow the kremlin has taken him away for a political reason these alleged murders were 15 years ago so if they did take place they believe that the kremlin would have dug this up a long time ago

this is deja vu news live from berlin protests in russia calling for a future without president putin moscow police cracking down on the demonstrations more than a 100 people arrested after protesting against reforms that could give putin another 16 years in office also on our show rising waters behind the renaissance danny theo pierre threatened water shortages downstream in egypt and in sudan could the breakdown in talks over water between these countries lead to a war over the not. and many of india's migrant workers left their jobs in the cities to flee their coronavirus now back at home they risk living into crushing debt so they can just feed their founders. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today and he putin protests in the russian capital moscow have ended with more than 140 arrests demonstrators gathered to collect signatures against changes to the constitution passed earlier this month police moved in quickly and put an end to the gathering. dozens of arrests follow anti-government protests in the russian capital where officers in riot gear forcefully rounded up protesters

hopes although police have so far left the marchers in peace moscow has a habit of coming down hard on dissent. we shift now from russia to a legit russian influence in foreign democracies this week the british government published a long awaited report into alleged interference in his political system by russia or its agents the report criticized the u.k. government for failing to prepare for or fully investigate possible attempts to influence its elections and referenda the british parliament intelligence and security committee looked into the influence of bots and trolls which are fake accounts used to spread misinformation on social media. and a reporter i even him has been following the story for us and she's here with me in the studio for more and hello to you i am so firstly maybe if you could just explain to our viewers what exactly is a troll or a troll campaign so researchers at the university of princeton who have been looking at this issue have come up with this definition that a troll campaign is a cord needed group of accounts that simultaneously spread a specific mean

and britain leveled even more allegations against moscow today accusing russian actors of trying to disrupt last year's general election. the foreign secretary has said this wasn't done by illicitly acquiring sensitive documents about a planned free-trade agreement with the united states and leaking them on social media. russia says it will respond to what it calls the u.k.'s unfriendly actions. the fbi has launched an investigation after several high-profile twitter accounts were hijacked by scammers. prominent figures including barackck obama, elon musk, and e biden wewere among those target. the hack saw fake tweets sent from the accounts attempting to dupe people into donating cryptocurrency. an important agreement over how people's online data is shared between europe and the u.s. has been ruled illegal by the european court of justice. privacy activists had argued that the accord was unlawful because it gives the u.s. government access to european citizens' private data without their consent. spain today recorded its highest daily increase in coronavirus infections in almost two month

here in moscow last week dozens of people protested in individual single person protests against the arrest of a journalist many ended up detained themselves. single person protests did not require a police permit. yet human rights observers say that in the last 4 and a half weeks 270 russians have been arrested for demonstrating peacefully. this is the state's answer to the civil courage of its citizens who dare to resist restrictive and repressive measures citizens are showing their rage and the state oppressors them for it. all of this the silencing of political activists the jailing of government critics and of protesters is nothing new but what is striking is that such cases are becoming increasingly frequent again yet activists like i understand you have refused to let these repressive tactics shut them down. this is just saying it again if we don't organize ourselves to have some influence over the situation if we don't decisively say no to anything i don't want to see it then nothing will change then we'll be stuck in prison cells again after our statements our posts our like

also coming up hijacked barack obama bill gates and moscow are among the high profile figures whose twitter accounts were used by hackers to post fake tweets asking people for money how safe is your account. hundreds of thousands of india's mind migrant workers left their jobs in the cities to flee the coronavirus now back home they struck 2 feet that found. a classic german novel 21st century make up a new film based on the novel bellino that sums up plots tells the story undocumented migrant who tries to build a life and germany's capital but gets caught up in the criminal underworld. of his welcome to the program spain has been paying its respects to those who have died during the corona virus pandemic it is one of the hardest hit countries worldwide with covert 900 claiming at least 28000 lives at the royal palace in madrid. phillipa and community joins members of the government and their families of sorrow and the families of some of the victims in a solemn ceremony e.u. leaders also attended sending a sign of solidarity ahead of a summit on friday i would still discuss a controversial

protests planned for next week in moscow and st. petersburg have been banned. >> russian investigators searched the offices of and became media in moscow thursday -- mbk media. they outlet is funded by kremlin opponent but the journalists working here can only speculate for the reasons behind the red. >> and the area could be anything, some article someone did not like -- in theory it could be about anything. they seized our quitman and refused to return it. -- they seized our equipment and refused to return it. it is a way to disrupt our work. >> earlier this week and respected journalist saffron off was arrested and charged with treason. the most recent he worked as an advivisor to the h head of rus's space agency and he is accused of spying for an unspecified nato member which he denies. the 30 year old faces 20 years in jail at convicted. at a closed heaearing, a court decided he must remain in custody. >> reviewed the decision by the district court as unfair and in violation of the law. we plan to launch an appeal within the le

and packed in hijab barack obama bill gates and moscow are among the high profile figures to use twitter accounts were used by hackers to post fake tweets asking people for money how safe is your account. classic german novel as a 21st century make over a new film based on the epic book alexandre plots tells the story of an undocumented migrant who tries to build a life in germany's capital but gets caught up in the criminal on the. m gallop as well come to spain is how the state ceremony to pay tribute to corona virus victims and medical workers but the national struggle is far from over spain again faces a surge in cases and an e.u. fund that could prove a lifeline for the country's battered economy is still not certain what today's focus was not on the future. it was about remembering the 10s of thousands the nation's lost. it's been a difficult time for us country king sleeping and his wife queen the t.c. presided over the solemn and dignified ceremony for the trainee 8000 spanish victims of the coronavirus. or usually get on showed what emotion can restore memo to you today is a day

it says officials turned a blind eye to allegations that moscow was trying to influence key votes such as the brexit referendum. >> now the british have it in black and white. the kremlin interfered in the 2014 scottish independence referendum. members of the intelligence and security committee also believe russia intended to influence the brexit referendum to help sew discord in the you they say the government was not interested. >> no one in government knew of russia interfered or sought influence in the referendum because ththey did not want to know. u.k. government have actively avoided looking for evidence that russia interfered. >> the report says the 2014 referendum in scotland in which 55% of scott's and voted against secession from the u.k. was the first post-soviet interference by russia in democratic election in the west. russian influence is the new normal says committee member kevin jones. >> the question is, who is protecting the british public from interference in our democratic process? in a nutshell, we found no one is. >> parliamentarians suspect this is why prime min

it's discussing with international partners possible meshes in response german foreign minister haiku moscow has called developments in hong kong exceptionally worrying. these protest is a worry to the they've pledged to try as hard as they can to keep their voices heard. well for more i'm joined now by reinhard critical for he is the chair of the china delegation in the european parliament he's also the foreign affairs spokesperson for the german green party mr berger coverage good to see you again international reaction to to this the security law in hong kong it has been very tame almost muted and that includes the european union why hasn't brussels been able to come up with a concrete statement in reaction why don't we haven't heard anything yet. well 1st of all on this day i think we should all. say thank you for the courageous the fenders of democracy in hong kong and express our great level of solidarity with them it is a fact that the european parliament in its last session did adopt a resolution that spoke out very clearly and we identify measures that should and could be taken if b

brent: for more on this vote, let's go to our moscow correspondent. we know the russian parliament had already approved the constitutional amendment, so why was this vote so important for president putin? emily: the parliament had approved the amendments, and the constitution has been out for several weeks, but the vote was important for putin to show he has the backing of the public. after all, this vote and these amendments determine his political future. since he was reelected, in 2018, the debate here in russia between political observers has been how he might stay in power and if he does not stay in power, who he might hand over power to, so in a sense, this -- these amendments to the constitution and this vote kind of decide that whole question, and some observers say this vote was actually rushed through now because surveys show trust in vladimir putin is falling, and the lockdown measures over the coronavirus have hit the russian economy hard, and this vote in a sense is kind of a referendum on putting himself, so it was important to hold it n

media in moscow on thursday a multimedia news outlet is funded by self exiled kremlin opponent may hire khodorkovsky but the journalists working here can only speculate about the reasons behind the rate. in syria it could be about anything some article that someone didn't like. was a bit of a seized our equipment and are refusing to return it. you know it's a way to disrupt our work. earlier this week respected journalist eve on safronov was arrested and charged with treason he most recently worked as an advisor to the head of russia's space agency. is accused of spying for an unspecified nato member which he denies the 30 year old faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted. at a closed hearing of court decided he must remain in custody who it would. be useful to review the decision by the district court as unfair and in violation of the law we trying to lodge an appeal within the legal deadline that. other journalists and former colleagues are shocked they've protested against after nobs arrest and started a petition demanding the allegations against him be made public they fear there c

these crimes he should be tried here and come out of they believe they voted for him they feel that moscow the kremlin has now taken him away for political reasons not reasons that. they believe to be fair because these murders were if these alleged murders were 15 years ago so if they did take place they believe that the kremlin would have dug this up a long time ago and so they believe that their choice was stolen away and so at the end of the day it's about a right to a fair choice it's called a democracy it seems. journalist. now to some other stories making news around the world at this hour a heat wave in siberia has been fanning devastating wildfires bush in the north of the arctic circle the u.n. weather agency warned that temperatures in the russian region were 10 degrees celsius of the average last month the heat wave has also contributed contributed to a rapid depletion of sea ice around them is the gunmen have killed at least 20 people including children in sudan's darfur region a tribal chief said the victims were farmers visiting their homes in the war torn region for the 1st

and in fact sort of make life form but if we're looking into the future this seems to be a race to moscow right now why is it so important for us to learn something about a planet that when i would have so much trouble to live on well so one of the things that makes it hard to live on is that has a very thin atmosphere so it's not able to trap heat from the sun to keep it warm one of the things that we know about life on earth is that wherever there is liquid water within certain limits of temperature for example we find things alive in that water here on earth and so we can take lessons from studying mars that help us understand what conditions are necessary for life and what can happen to a planet when conditions and environmental factors change. so one of the questions that is on everybody's mind of course all the time when do you think that the 1st human mission to moscow will be on its way. we're working on sending people back to the moon 1st sort of as a base for getting to mars eventually and we're planning to do that by the middle of the coming decade and so after that we'll proba

and now to some news from out of this world nasa has just launched a new mission to moscow search for signs of life an atlas 5 rocket blasted off from cape canaveral florida just moments ago on orders perseverance new rover that will take rock samples and help scientists study the martian surface like never before with the most complex were bought 6 system nasa has ever developed. excitement is growing mission control let's bring in mitchell t. he is a program scientist with the mass 2020 exploration program at nasa headquarters in washington and joins us now from their midst they have been rovers on mars before what is the big difference of the spot. the very big difference is that we've finally designed instruments to really look in detail at the rock record to see on the level of microorganisms which is what we think life might be the kind of life that might have existed on mars so we'll be finally be able to see things in the detail that we need really to tease apart whether this landing site in these rocks where he was habitable and whether it left behind evidence that life might