we're discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers flo philips flow vietnam has just passed a new cyber security law how will that affect what is already a difficult climate for free speech their internet censorship isn't new to vietnam and should of the past year there be multiple arrests with bloggers jailed over discussions of politics environmental issues among other things but this new cyber security law is yet another tool the government can potentially use to limit dissent the law forbids anyone online from organizing anything with an anti state purpose spreading false information or undermining the nation's achievements according to amnesty international the sweeping powers it grants the government to monitor online activity means there is now no safe place left in vietnam for people to speak freely in the critics of this law are just talking about freedom of expression are there they're also talking about the economic implications why

because another requirement of this law is its effect on global tech firms and we're talking here about the major players google facebook twitter all of whom will now be required to store the personal data of their bit me as users locally so much like them having to open up servers in hong kong to store the data of the chinese uses tech companies now have to do the same vietnam for the estimated fifty five million bit emmy's who are on social media and that according to the asia internet coalition will stifle the growth of vietnam's digital economy the new cyber law takes effect on january first next year and in india there have been more cases of fear mongering over the messaging service what's leading to people actually getting killed what's the latest case as we've reported before richard india is what saps biggest market more than two hundred million users the spreading of false messages and fake news is common and it spreads very very quickly making it difficult if not impossible for the. authorities to debunk recently there's been

a rash of child kidnapping stories and when two men ask for directions in a small village in the state of assam they were attacked beaten to death by a mob who reportedly believed they were indeed the kidnappers they'd been warned about on whatsapp they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time and v is what's our proves what specifically do they consist of what's actually being assured here people are citing messages that have been circulating about men disguising themselves as women to abduct children and remember one of the men killed did have long hair and then there have been various videos like this one that shows a child being kidnapped in it two men on a motorcycle pull up to a group of children one of them grabs a child and then they write off but the video isn't even real it may not even if the originated from india now at least eighteen people have been arrested in connection with the two killings and local mobile internet services were suspended for a day to try and stem what's up messaging for

a while ok thanks love. we're going to take a look now at the story behind the bylaws when a news article is published from a foreign country the byline tells us who wrote the television equivalent of that is the on air sign however few news organizations credit the fix the local hires secures that critical interview gets access to that all important location who helps navigate a story right with regional complexities fixers know the local news to reign and open doors few foreign correspondents ever catch on their own they're also part security specialist part editorial consultant they fact check stories and they do all of that sometimes putting themselves at risk but seldom get the recognition they deserve the listening post will young now on fixers so often the on song uncredited story behind the story.

picks more often than not it's someone from the country who guides you who leads you to this story which turns out to be a hoax or an exclusive. one suspect. the person is going to. gain access to interviews gain access to space in the pixel are going to have to leave down that way to. his position because he or she is from this country and they don't whether or not the situation is it is their language and their culture their contacts without the fixers you're not going to actually be able to how the story. watching journalists reporting from the field if you're probably a customs to seems like the. locals. will finally be happy. by what you see all the people behind the scenes the cameraman produces drivers but especially the fixin's. for twenty five

years. bill has been a fixture in the philippines helping journalists navigate everything from filipino culture to natural disasters and political events the most important the trade. no it's not an option so that means he'll have to exhaust. all possibilities to make something happen the fixer should also be like. how much these people will let you in their lives. how much these people are willing to share with you or how much these people are willing to help you fix it i consider him as the eye of the inside. as we say in arabic the stranger is even he has. is a trained nurse and paramedic he's also been helping journalists cover stories in gaza for nearly two decades each culture has had bits.

different attitude and different behavior it's not a matter of a language only even a big journalist will come to the area and he's not aware of what's going on. he need a fix or. the word fixer can sometimes carry negative connotations and it lacks the prestige of a job title like reporter or correspondent so when a fixer dies on the job they sometimes receive a posthumous promotion like iraqi fixer bakhtiar haidar who died in an explosion was covering attempts by iraqi forces to recapture the city of mosul from islamic state in death became a journalist. on the rare occasions when fixers do gain a public profile it's usually when they're arrested kidnapped or killed according to a report published by the international federation of journalists twenty four syrian

yemeni and iraqi so called media professionals were killed during two thousand and seventeen alone and in two thousand and fifteen in turkey vice reporters jake hammerhead and philip pendlebury were jailed by turkish authorities covering unrest in the predominantly kurdish city of. pendlebury and hanrahan were released in a matter of days but their fixer mohamed russell spent more than four and a half months in a high security prison on trumped up charges of allegedly assisting the outlawed p.k. k. most of them is the front line that this murder took it back from their islamic state. when it comes to reporting complex conflict ridden news stories it's not just the fixers who find themselves in the front lines whenever any journalist camera man local producer or other media worker loses their life in a hostile environment it serves to highlight just how much fixers are relied upon

not only to open doors but also to be aware of what dangers might lurk behind them the fares they're mentioned. the security of the team is coming from abroad it's to be one of his priority. that is sensitive and very important not only for them but also for the crew that he's working with especially if there is a conflict because to be. with conflict your mistakes will be the first. and only the life of the fix that will be but also the life of the other usually you are foreigners so sometimes it's even the first time you actually visit the country they're going to have to tell you what you can face where where are the danger and. for example they understand the language so there's a crowd in the crowd become aggressive. war over their pension in the air the picture will know when to pull out their responsibilities have been varied but as

budgets for international reporting a squeeze throughout the industry local journalists and fixes are increasingly picking up the slack and while recognition of their work is growing so too is the debate. as a research manager of the global reporting center. focuses on the collected news stories around the world in two thousand and sixteen she coauthored a study which aimed to bring clarity to the grey area between the role of the. of the reporter i actually find that quite problematic and it's something that our research also showed because many of the fixers are actually local journalists they prefer to be called local journalists as well but then when foreign correspondent comes to a particular country then this local journalist assumes the role of the fixer the fixer recognizes the different roles and components into putting a story together the journalist is often blind to this terminology i think it is an

adequate word why because their job is to fix things. not really have a lot. of input when it comes to editorial issues unlike a producer the picture will not come and say to you this is the way you're going to structure this story this is the way we have to interview this person and that person in order to balance the story we have to make sure that you know these two sides are represented the or they're given a voice in a certain report that is the job of a producer there is a very big difference between a picture and the producer a shared by line for the work that we do. important allies and much appreciate but there are times when you operate on very delicate subject matter so. it is also good to have your name left out. the fixer who made the initial in this the fixer left behind long after the foreign journalist has their own country. on the whole has really received the recognition

they deserve for ruling on down to bring to the story seems to be one of the few things to themselves cannot change. i'm really happy that this conversation is actually starting to take place i think that it's a conversation that has been taking place between fixers is a conversation that has been taking place with journalists as well but it's not a conversation that's been taking place between journalists and fixers nor between those who are producing the news and those who are consuming the news this is a situation where somehow we think that this news is just magically appearing and if we can have a better understanding of how news is created we're going to have a better understanding of what news is many people just know the international correspondent the news the byzantines you know but for. those who are working in the media you know that behind this is. people who are debating

making this easy for him god that. you got that article to make a good story and to make a good reputation for the job. and finally we touched on that video that the white house played at the summit in singapore but really didn't do it justice it was four minutes long and not remotely subtle it talked of two leaders one destiny and the light of prosperity pictures of trump and kim were intercut with footage of galloping white horses waterfalls and bullet trains it was one part propaganda one part movie trailer or the type of video a real estate developer shows his prospective clients but this could have been a case of trump knowing his audience remember the north korean leader's father kim jong il was a movie buff hated america but was a fan of hollywood maybe it runs in the family trump says kim jong un watched it on an i pad and loved it will see you next time at the listening post.

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greek prime minister faces a no confidence vote in parliament over a deal to end a decades long dispute with macedonia. donald trump's former campaign chief is in jail pending trial for interfering with the investigation into lots of meddling by russia. i am. but first the world's two largest economies are inching closer to an all out trade war but the u.s. china tyra's dispute will be just one of the battles as the trumpet ministration is also targeting canada mexico the e.u. and japan but in these latest u.s. measures they cover fifty billion dollars worth of chinese products and they target sectors at the core of beijing's economy like the aerospace industry robotics machinery and common you fracturing and in response china has vowed to retaliate

has the same scale and intensity with tariffs on american products and it's published a list of more than six hundred goods that it plans to head to many of them from the agricultural halls of the u.s. economy and those are in particularly rural states that form the basis of president the president trumps political support for the trump administration says the steps will make the trade relationship between the two countries fairer florence louis ripple. tit for tat that's one way to describe the first shot in what's brewing to be a tariff war between the world's two largest economies the us struck first with a twenty five percent tax on certain chinese imports worth fifty billion dollars china's counterpunch and announcement that six hundred fifty nine types of u.s. goods also worth fifty billion dollars will be subject to tariffs the first round comes into effect on the sixth of july and affects products ranging from soybean to

seafood to cause their china feels like it's been the strong it's at the strongest point that it's been in hundreds of years it feels like it's ascendant and so it's not likely to back out some of the terrorists will likely bite chinese consumers the high a tax on soybean imported from the us some of which is used for pig feed could ultimately drive up the price of domestic pork. but the tariffs could also hurt american farmers if china the u.s. is largest buyer of soybeans find substitutes elsewhere u.s. president donald trump has been hammering china on trade for months. protection everybody take. a look at some of the we help these countries militarily and. what point to stop the u.s. tariffs target industries tied to china's made in china twenty twenty five

a blueprint to dominate high technology industries they're also intended to punish the chinese for what the u.s. calls intellectual property theft and unfair trade practices one trade expert says a u.s. trade battle with china will impact global markets it creates instability. reduces particularly investor uncertainty for long term investors private business capital expenses and these types of things trumps summit in singapore may have strengthened his determination to act for years the u.s. looked to china to help restrain north korea but convinced he has built a relationship with north korean leader kim jong trump perhaps feels he's in a stronger position to be tougher on trade with china the trade war seems to have only just begun trump has threatened to slap taxes on more goods if china goes ahead with the tariffs chinese state media meanwhile says china has taken note of

the statement and reserves its right to take corresponding measures torrence three hour jazeera beijing. the yemeni government says its forces backed by a saudi m. or r.t. coalition have kept at the airport in her data from the rebels the enemy army is also published these first images from the location they publish them on twitter the u.n. and other aid agencies have urged both sides to avoid them. battle because the port city is the main gateway for humanitarian deliveries. the reports. of billions injured in the battle for yemen's hard data port are being rushed to hospital as the offensive closes in on the rebel controlled city it's people bracing for an all out war. one resident says his home south of the city was surrounded by fighting between saudi that coalition forces back in yemen's government and who see rebels his family was trapped starving and terrified.

we spent three days without being able to go out to go anywhere the fighting was above us and from all science we did not have any food or drink or anything not even water even the red cross was only allowed in today this is my son i treated him on a bus after he was injured in an airstrike our kids women and elderly are stuck starving for three days without any food or drink. much of the latest fighting has been taking place around the whole day to international airport in god's will we will celebrate the feast of egypt and her date or it will be a double feast on our knowledge of the grandest of feats of heroism accomplished but the enemy in the three year war is hitting back the who posted this video of missiles targeting saudi backed forces. saudi that advance comes amid warnings that

as many as half a million people may lose everything including their lives even more could be forced from their homes into the desert if there is the closure of the port even or just as. many people will suffer we are also greatly concerned about the possibility that civilians may be hurt by airstrikes by shelling. the u.n. security council has rejected a move to demand an immediate end to the fighting the council instead urged all sides to practice restraint saudi arabia says it can seize the city quickly enough to avoid interrupting flows of aid to millions facing starvation. parties proposed new humanitarian aid plans aiming to make sure the external humanitarian assistance can access through her data about seventy percent of yemen's aid and commercial imports rely on the ports of her data and the nearby

salif and it's needed the un says twenty two million people or three quarters of the population are in desperate need of aid laura bowden manley al-jazeera government leaders and opposition activists in nicaragua have agreed to allow an international investigation into the killing of at least one hundred seventy people there in two months of protests the catholic church is mediating and wants president daniel ortega to call early elections more talks on saturday. the government is facing a new confidence fate over a deal to solve a decades old dispute with the former yugoslav republic of macedonia prime minister alexis tsipras cosi agreement and historic victory for greece under the deal greece's neighbor would change its name to the republic of north macedonia but nationalists on both sides see this as a human humiliating defeat to go live now to the greek capital athens and talk to

our correspondent there listen john so clearly not everybody is as enthusiastic about this deal which is not yet been signed up to everyone's happy with it as the prime minister himself. know and i'm standing outside the greek parliament for the third day there is an extremely acrimonious debate going on inside we expect a vote about eight or nine hours from now which i think if it goes as expected will fall along party lines the government voting for itself and surviving the vote of confidence and the opposition unanimously against it in the meantime there is a protest here outside and if the camera swings to my right you can see that small numbers of people still gathering with lots of greek flags among them. a spar as we've been able to see at the moment followers of golden dawn the far right party and some members of the clergy possibly old calendar is the more traditional

clergyman here in greece who are most vehemently against the the sharing of the name macedonia between greece and the former yugoslav republic of macedonia and that we expect that that protest will grow as the debate in parliament continues and if mr suppress wins the no confidence vote in parliament the next stage in the process is for the foreign ministers to effectively sign a deal which would just sign that compromise name. to greece's northern neighbor. that's right i think the government wants to use the impetus of the no confidence vote survival to then go to the border between greece and former yugoslav macedonia tomorrow sunday and the two prime ministers would initial at least initial the agreement that they have spent the last six months reaching and i think

that all of that positive energy surrounding the agreement generated by the two governments would be in aid of. the northern macedonian prime minister to then go and do the difficult things that he has to do he's got to hold a referendum and he's got to pass constitutional amendments in his parliament all right for now thank you very much for this live in the us. is describing the decision to daly's from a campaign manager as tough and. a judge over the detention of poor man a fourth until his trial in september prosecutors accuse him of trying to tamper with witnesses in the investigation into russian meddling in trump's election. reports from washington. paul metaphor begin his day a free man and ended it in handcuffs by man the judge had told him he could stay

under house arrest until his trial but then the government accused metaphor of trying to tamper with two witnesses and alter their testimony the judge said metaphor it was treating his trial like a marketing campaign abused her trust undermined the credibility of the court so she said he'll stay in a jail cell until his trial here in september metaphor's expression didn't change when he heard the news he simply stood up and started to walk towards the door turning around just once to wave goodbye to his family before the verdict u.s. president donald trump once again tried to distance himself he works for me what france forty nine days or something a very short period of time that is not true manna for actually worked for the charm campaign for almost five months at one point he ran it manna for it was clearly going to fight the charges against him now he'll be under increased pressure to cooperate with investigators to a.