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  • - From Comedy Central's world news headquarters

  • in New York, "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" presents...

  • [dramatic music]

  • ♪ ♪

  • - If you think Donald Trump has problems with Muslim women,

  • wait until you hear what British politician

  • Boris Johnson said this week.

  • - Boris Johnson set out to criticize Denmark

  • for banning burqas in a recent column for "The Telegraph,"

  • but instead, he became the subject of scrutiny himself

  • after insulting the women who wear them.

  • Johnson said, among other things...

  • - What?

  • You know what's crazy about this story?

  • It's that he said that while criticizing Denmark

  • for banning the burqa.

  • Like, he was, like, "How dare you target

  • "these mailbox-looking people?

  • "You guys need to work on your tolerance, you--

  • what, what, now I'm in trouble? Oh, I see what happened."

  • Damn, Boris. Like, the guy probably

  • had one bad experience putting a letter

  • inside a woman with a burqa, and now he's trying

  • to play it off like we all get them confused.

  • And also, just--by the way, maybe Boris Johnson

  • isn't the best person to be criticizing

  • the way other people look. All right?

  • Like, maybe he should be wearing a burqa.

  • Like, what's going on over there?

  • Look at this guy! He looks like he just

  • got out of the shower, but somehow,

  • it made him dirtier. That's what he looks like.

  • Like, Boris Johnson looks like if Donald Trump drank.

  • That's what he looks like. He looks like if Owen Wilson

  • was addicted to meth and chocolate.

  • That's what he looks like.

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  • - Nearly three years after voting

  • to leave the European Union,

  • the UK still can't figure out how to actually do it.

  • Right now, Brexit is the world's

  • biggest "escape the room." That's all this is.

  • Everyone's just confused, like,

  • [British accent] "Have you tried writing

  • a new trade agreement?"

  • "Doesn't work, it's not working."

  • "What about the Irish border?" "It's stuck, it's stuck."

  • "Expelliarmus!" "That's not a real thing."

  • "Well, it was worth a try."

  • [Scottish accent] "Ah, or we could just

  • "stay in the room. I like the room.

  • I don't want to leave the room."

  • [British accent] "Well, bloody hell, it wouldn't

  • be an 'escape the room' if we didn't escape, did it?"

  • "Well, I know this seems complicated,

  • but let me break it down for you."

  • "John Oliver!

  • John Oliver, you're here to save us."

  • "No, actually, I live in America now,

  • "so this is your [bleep] problem.

  • "But I do have a very funny way to explain

  • "how totally [bleep] screwed you are.

  • So bloody [bleep] screwed."

  • "Oh, my God!" So that's basically Brexit.

  • Uh--

  • [cheers and applause]

  • Thank you. Thank you very much.

  • [soft string music]

  • ♪ ♪

  • The British parliament, this week,

  • has been working on a vote for their upcoming Brexit deal,

  • and it has been a complete shitshow.

  • Or as the British call it, a parade of poo.

  • And yesterday, one MP snapped.

  • - A liberal member of the House of Commons did this.

  • He took matters into his own hands

  • by attempting to remove the mace from the chamber.

  • Now, the mace is basically a gold crown

  • on a five foot gold stick.

  • It represents the authority of the Queen in Parliament,

  • and without the mace in the room,

  • they can't meet or pass laws.

  • - Put it down, put it back. No, no, no, no, no.

  • Order, order. No, no, no.

  • - Okay.

  • [laughter]

  • First of all, they can still make the laws.

  • It's just a stick.

  • And secondly, that was the most British heist

  • I've ever seen in my life.

  • It was like, "Pardon me, I'll be stealing this now.

  • Pardon me, pardon me."

  • And the other guy is like, "Actually, sir,

  • please refrain from that."

  • "You're right, there you are. Good day, good day."

  • And I also like that the Queen got so sick

  • of showing up in Parliament meetings,

  • she was just, like, "You know what?

  • "From now on, this stick is in charge.

  • "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to

  • spend some tax money on my 14th corgi."

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  • Just look at the British healthcare system.

  • Yes, you guys might have universal coverage

  • for all your citizens, but for one patient,

  • you done [bleep] up.

  • - A man has been mistakenly circumcised

  • while under the care of Leicester's Hospital,

  • according to a new report.

  • The patient was meant to be having a procedure

  • to look inside his bladder using a thin camera.

  • The error was revealed by the clinical commissioning group

  • in compiling so-called "never events"

  • because they should never happen.

  • - Oh, my word.

  • A patient was accidentally circumcised.

  • That is messed up.

  • Have you ever gone to the barber,

  • and then, they took a little too much off your hair?

  • Remember how you freaked out, yeah?

  • Now imagine if that happened to your dick.

  • Huh? Imagine.

  • Because you can't wear a hat on your dick to cover it up.

  • Yeah, you can't be, like,

  • "Sorry, it's just so bright out today.

  • The sun gets in my dick's eyes, yeah."

  • Accidentally circumcised?

  • Now I'm worried that they switched other charts.

  • Like, so someone else in the hospital

  • went home with an extra foreskin.

  • The friend was, like,

  • "I thought you were just getting Botox."

  • It's like, "That's what I thought, too!"

  • [laughter]

  • [applause]

  • And it's not just Britain's health service having issues.

  • It's also one of their airline companies.

  • Because British Airways-- you guys can say it with me.

  • all: You done [bleep] up!

  • - A British Airways flight headed for Germany

  • mistakenly ended up in Scotland.

  • - BA3271's supposed to fly from London

  • straight over the English channel and onto Germany.

  • Instead, the plane took off to the north,

  • flew over most of England before crossing

  • into Scotland and landing in Edinburgh.

  • The problem: A ground stamper typed the wrong airport code

  • into the flight plan and no one noticed.

  • The pilots assumed they were supposed to go to Edinburgh.

  • - No, no, no, no, no, no. British Airways

  • was trying to fly to Germany and flew to Scotland instead?

  • Man, Brexit is screwed.

  • I don't know how Britain is going to leave Europe

  • if they can't even find their way out of their own country.

  • Brexit will probably end up, like,

  • "We did it, we're out of the EU!"

  • We're inde--no, no, no, no.

  • Wait, wait, we're still in the EU.

  • And now, somehow, we've also joined the WNBA.

  • [laughter]

  • ♪ ♪

  • - Moving onto my favorite story of the year,

  • and possibly my favorite story in my entire life.

  • - The concertina wire, or the razor wire

  • used to reinforce the US/Mexico border

  • is being stolen and sold by Tijuana residents

  • for protection due to the city's high crime rate,

  • according to officials.

  • Some homes in the area were also seen

  • with the same razor wire added

  • for an extra layer of protection,

  • but residents refused to say where they got the material.

  • [laughter]

  • [cheers and applause]

  • - Oh, no, I'm sorry, guys. This is insane.

  • You heard that right. Mexico is stealing the wall.

  • [laughter]

  • Oh, man, oh, man, I wish I could have been there

  • when Donald Trump saw this story on the news.

  • Knowing him, he'd probably be, like,

  • "They did what? Nancy, I'm going to need

  • "you to spot me another $8 billion.

  • We're going to need another wall to protect the first one."

  • And I mean, now, if they're stealing

  • razor wire for their houses,

  • they might as well just steal the whole wall next, right?

  • Because no one's ever thought of that.

  • It was, like, "America will build a wall."

  • No one ever thought Mexico will steal it.

  • Like, Mexicans will be showing off

  • their new home security system, like--

  • "I built a wall around my house,

  • and Donald Trump paid for it."

  • [cheers and applause]

  • Oh, man.

  • Oh, wow.

  • Like, at this rate, at this rate,

  • Trump is just going to end up building all of Tijuana up.

  • They're going to start putting in requests from Mexico.

  • They'll be, like, "You know what's really good

  • "for keeping us out, Señor Trump?

  • "Yeah, garage doors, man.

  • "You should put those at the border.

  • "The ones that fold. Yeah, they scare us.

  • Almost as much as patio furniture, man."

  • [bright music]

  • We have to talk about the big news of the day.

  • And I mean big news.

  • - A man in Australia believes he owns

  • the largest steer in the country.

  • So this is the herd. Wait for it.

  • Look at this thing.

  • We're going to see it in just a second.

  • Oh, my goodness. - Oh, my gosh.

  • - Whoa, his name is Knickers.

  • - He is 6'4'' tall, and weighs almost 3,000 pounds.

  • That's almost as tall as Michael Jordan,

  • and as heavy as a Mini Cooper.

  • - Sweet Jesus.

  • [laughter]

  • I know there's tons of news

  • happening in the world right now.

  • I know there's Trump. I know there's things in Brexit

  • with Britain, I know. But look at that thing!

  • What is going on in Australia?

  • Why is every animal down under so weird?

  • Every animal. Their ducks have fur.

  • The kangaroos have a built-in tummy purse.

  • Like, I feel like Australia's

  • doping all their animals like they're Russian athletes.

  • There's just some crazy guy in Australia who's, like,

  • "Oh, yeah, I'm finished with my super spiders.

  • Now I'll make a cow the size of Michael Jordan."

  • What are you guys doing down there?

  • And honestly, like, that cow is so glorious, right?

  • I bet it's so glorious that last night,

  • the Pope converted to Hinduism.

  • He was, like, "You know what, they're right.

  • "Cows, man.

  • I've been rolling with Jesus for too long."

  • Now, when I saw this giant cow,

  • the first thing I thought was "this is some dope weed."

  • But a lot of other people saw that cow

  • and they took it to a really dark place.

  • - His massive size is also what saved him.

  • Knickers is too big for the meat processing facility,

  • so he will live out the rest of his life with his herd.

  • - He's too heavy for the abattoir,

  • so he'll leave out his days in the paddock.

  • - Unfortunately, some bad news if you like

  • an extra big T-bone steak.

  • - Why are you trying to eat the giant cow?

  • [laughter]

  • The world only has one giant cow,

  • and your only thought is "Supersize me!"

  • Just eat two normal cows. It tastes the same.

  • Why are people trying to kill the cow?

  • You know what, luckily,

  • even if they want to, they can't kill him.

  • He cannot fit inside the abattoir.

  • Which, by the way, is such a white people problem to have.

  • Because in Africa, they'd be, like,

  • "No, we can kill that cow. We can find a way."

  • Don't worry about the machine. We can kill that cow."

  • But luckily, in Australia, they can't kill him, yeah.

  • So Knickers the cow can do whatever he wants.

  • Like, what are you going to do about it?

  • He's unkillable, yeah. Like, I'm hoping that one day

  • the farmer's going to come home,

  • he's going to find the cow sitting on his couch

  • watching his TV with his arm around his wife.

  • And the farmer's going to be, like,

  • [Australian accent] "Bloody hell, cow!

  • What are you doing in my house?"

  • And cow's going to be, like, "Look at me, look at me!

  • I am the farmer now."

  • [bright music]

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  • It's back to school all over the world,

  • and in China, one principal made sure

  • that this year was extra memorable.

  • - When you drop your kid off at kindergarten this morning,

  • you probably aren't expecting to be met

  • with a pole-dancing display,

  • but that's exactly what happened in China,

  • and now, a principal is, well, out of a job.

  • Hundreds of parents and children watched

  • as a pole dancer performed on a flag pole

  • with the Chinese flag on top.

  • - Wow, wow.

  • The principal brought a pole dancer

  • to a kindergarten. That is hilarious.

  • It's also funny how they said hundreds of children

  • and parents watched that pole dancer, right?

  • Because you realize the parents could have

  • stopped it immediately, but clearly, they were, like--

  • "This is outrageous! Let's see where it goes.

  • Let's see where it goes."

  • ♪ ♪

  • - If you think you're addicted to Postmates,

  • it's nothing compared to what's happening in Nigeria.

  • - The government in Nigeria is trying to cut down

  • on imported food, saying that the imports

  • are hurting the local economy,

  • and apparently, British pizza is on the list.

  • While complaining about trade imports,

  • a politician in Nigeria claimed that his fellow citizens

  • are importing pizza from the UK.

  • - Okay, okay, okay, first of all, first of all.

  • British pizza?

  • [laughter]

  • You're telling me Nigerians are flying past Italy

  • to get British pizza?

  • While you're at it, why not fly past Amsterdam

  • to get weed in Romania? Like, what are you doing?

  • This is so extra. So the story is rich Nigerians

  • send people to Britain to buy them pizza.

  • Yeah, which is such a waste of money and time.

  • And also, I can't imagine what

  • the plots in Nigerian porn movies are like, you know?

  • It's, like, "Oh, no, it seems like I don't have any money

  • for this pizza. How will I pay?"

  • He's, like, "You don't have money?

  • "I just took a $4,000 flight to pick up this, lady.

  • "I'm going to need you to put on some clothes

  • "and get some cash, huh?

  • "Boobs don't pay for pepperoni, okay?

  • Get some money, get some money."

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  • ♪ ♪

  • This is a weird story. Uh, the lightsaber.

  • It's the second-most stroked wand by "Star Wars" fans.

  • And you may mock them, but soon,

  • you can mock them at the Olympics.

  • - It's now easier for "Star Wars" fans

  • to act out their fantasies if they're in France.

  • The French Fencing Federation originally and officially

  • recognizing lightsaber dueling as a competitive sport.

  • - That means LED-lit,

  • polycarbonate "Star Wars" replicas

  • have the same status as blades used by Olympic fencers.

  • - Oh, hell yeah.

  • This is so dope. Are you kidding me?

  • This is fun.

  • Lightsaber battles at the Olympics.

  • They're fighting competitively, and to make it more exciting

  • for these professional lightsaber fighters,

  • the winner of the tournament

  • gets to see a boob for the first time.

  • Yeah!

  • [imitates lightsaber whooshing]

  • And now, I know there's a lot of haters out there

  • that are, like, "Oh, this isn't a real sport.

  • It's just some made up nonsense."

  • Yeah, and you know what?

  • All sports are made up nonsense, all right?

  • I don't know if you've seen the Olympics,

  • but it's all made-up nonsense.

  • A guy pushes a ball off of his shoulder

  • and they give him a gold medal. What is that, huh?

  • That's not a sport. Then another guy is, like,

  • "What if we put a ball on the end of a chain?

  • Just swing that around."

  • Yeah, you can have a gold medal, too.

  • It's just as ridiculous as lightsabers.

  • I mean, there's that ribbon sport.

  • What is that? Where someone just was probably

  • playing with their cat.

  • They were just, like, doing that thing,

  • and they're, like, "Gold medal."

  • It's all ridiculous!

  • [bright music]

  • ♪ ♪

  • You know sometimes, we spend so much covering

  • America's history of racial injustice,

  • we forget where it all began.

  • Europe: The OG of racism.

  • Yeah, if America is Jacquees, Europe is the real king of R&B.

  • [laughter]

  • White people, ask your black friend what that joke means.

  • They'll explain it to you.

  • And right now in Europe, when they're not

  • flipping cars over and setting them on fire,

  • they're having a major debate about what to do

  • with all the art that they borrowed

  • permanently by force from Africa.

  • And according to the president of France,

  • it should all be returned.

  • - President Emmanuel Macron argues it's unacceptable

  • that around 90% of Africa's artistic heritage

  • is outside Africa, and says French law

  • should be changed to make restitution possible.

  • - Speaking in Burkina Faso, he said it was wrong

  • for only Europeans and Americans

  • to have access to African art.

  • In five years, he wanted to start the process

  • of temporary or definitive restitution.

  • - [speaking French]

  • [cheers and applause]

  • - Yeah, that's pretty amazing.

  • Yeah, I think that's pretty amazing.

  • And it's very nice of the French president.

  • Although--although, it is going to be weird

  • when Africa gets all the sculptures back,

  • and Africans are, like, "Wait a second.

  • "Why do these sculptures smell

  • "like cigarettes and threesomes, huh?

  • What's going on here?"

  • Although, honestly, I do think if after profiting

  • off of all of this art of all these years,

  • they're just going to give it back.

  • I don't think that's enough. I think France

  • should give the art back with interest, yeah.

  • They should.

  • [cheers and applause]

  • I think Africa should choose some European art.

  • They should be like, "Okay, thank you for

  • "giving us that art back.

  • "We will also take that creepy white lady

  • and the guy with the tiny penis, eh?"

  • [laughter]

  • But it's kudos. Kudos to Macron.

  • He's doing something. And unfortunately,

  • not everyone in Europe is as remorseful as Macron.

  • In fact, some Europeans in the art world

  • believe that they did Africa a favor by stealing our shit.

  • - It was meant to disappear? It was meant to disappear?

  • That is some next-level shade.

  • This asshole is saying that when Africans

  • made stuff like this,

  • they didn't know that they were making art.

  • So if this wasn't art,

  • what did Africans think they were making?

  • The world's most uncomfortable butt plug?

  • What were they making?

  • And then, you have the Europeans who say

  • they wish they could return the art for Africa, they really do.

  • But they just don't think Africa is ready

  • for that kind of responsibility.

  • - Western museums have often resisted

  • repatriating art, arguing that they

  • can take better care of it.

  • - It's one of these that looks like, morally,

  • on its face, give it back to who it belongs.

  • Well, who does it belong to? And it hasn't been

  • in that country for over a hundred years,

  • and you know, look.

  • France build the whole Museé le Baule

  • to respect these objects.

  • To preserve them. To show them.

  • - Yeah, yeah, what, how is Africa going to--

  • you know, this is some sneaky-ass

  • logic if you think about it.

  • Because their argument is basically

  • "You Africans cannot protect your art.

  • We know that because we stole it from you, huh?

  • We took it all.

  • ♪ ♪

  • - "USA Today" reports the NBA

  • and the International Basketball Federation

  • plan to launch a 12-team league in Africa.

  • Former president Barack Obama is expected

  • to play a key role in that league.

  • Scheduled for launch in January 2020,

  • the basketball Africa league

  • will be the NBA's first collaboration

  • to run a pro sports league outside of North America.

  • - That's right, the NBA is launching

  • a 12-team basketball league in Africa,

  • which is bound to be awkward

  • when they're trying to recruit players.

  • And they'll get there, like, "Hey, Africa.

  • "So, America is searching

  • "for the biggest, strongest people you have.

  • "There's going to be a draft.

  • "The owners are going to pick who they like best.

  • So what do you guys say?"

  • Africans would be, like, "Ah, white man,

  • "we are not falling for that again, ah?

  • "Not this time, not this time, eh?

  • "Enslave me once, shame on you.

  • Enslave me twice, shame on me, eh?"

  • [laughter]

  • [bright music]

  • ♪ ♪

  • Some news from South Africa

  • about a guy who did the Circle Of Life Challenge.

  • - And a disturbing story out of South Africa.

  • Park authorities from Kruger National Park

  • say a skull and this pair of pants

  • was all that was left behind of a suspected poacher

  • who was killed by an elephant, and then eaten by lions.

  • - Wow, killed by an elephant, and then eaten by lions.

  • This story has all the jungle A-listers.

  • It's a South African Tarantino film.

  • That's what this is.

  • And I know--I know a lot of people are celebrating

  • this story because it feels like karma or whatever.

  • But I'll be honest, I feel sad for the elephants.

  • All right, because lions kill every day,

  • but an elephant never forgets. Yeah.

  • It's going to wake up in the middle of the night, like--

  • "I can still see his face, Margaret!"

  • [cries]

  • [imitates elephant trumpeting]

  • [laughter]

  • Oh, and here's a weird detail.

  • My favorite detail in the story

  • is after the elephant killed the poacher,

  • and the lions ate him, all they found

  • was a skull and pants.

  • Which means somewhere out there is a lion with a new shirt.

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