we're discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers john hannah who's joe there's a tasty little julian assange and wiki leaks angle in the release of the only redacted version of the mother a report into the trumpet ministration and allegations of russian collusion in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. elections we'll get to a sense in a minute but first walk us through the way the u.s. media have been covering this story well three weeks ago when trump's picked attorney general william barr first released his four page summary of the four hundred forty eight page report the president insisted that he was pretty much cleared of any wrongdoing so it looks like the media had some reckoning to do after a few years of relentlessly pushing the collusion story but as it turns out our summary was selective at best but misleading at worst the report is actually far more damaging to trump than barr initially let the public to believe especially

when it comes to the issue of obstruction of justice which mother said trump tried repeatedly and it's worth remembering that back in one thousand nine hundred seventy four during that watergate investigation obstruction of justice actually enough to lead to president richard nixon's resignation so the us media are understandably all over this story ok now walk us through the julian assange role in this well miller's report accuses the wiki leaks founder of lying about the sources of those thousands of democratic national committee e-mails that his side published in two thousand and sixteen the report provides some pretty compelling evidence that a son in trying to hide the identity of the russian sources who gave him. d.n.c. e-mails openly implied his source was seth rich a d.n.c. staffer was murdered in washington in two thousand and sixteen now the miller report also provides evidence a songe was in touch with his contacts in russia even after rich's death so he definitely has some explaining to. ok thanks joe we're turning to poland now and

the story of a catholic priest and his radio station that lie at the heart of the country's politics for nearly thirty years today has been preaching and broadcasting from the pulpit his station does not attract particularly large audiences and the content can be inflammatory however politically and ideal but he punches far above its weight anyone running for office in poland knows that the current populist government included today is such a divisive figure his many media empire is so polarizing that one journalist has written a stage play about this story it opened a few weeks back and much like read sick and self it's getting mixed reviews the listening posts flow phillips now from poland on the tangled web of politics power the priesthood and the press. december twenty fifth the twenty fourth anniversary of rodeo maria best. job you

know it to do it does a year bill because they just fucking. december twenty sixth the twenty fifth anniversary of ready. for them to try to show you president a. job it projects over. december twenty eighth the twenty seventh anniversary of ravi and the risk of the moments just. after scott's at the post he. surveyed the ship by sources that was assured them that. the prime minister the president the leader of the ruling party. paying their respects to one . tasveer with. the bulk of it is degrading that

leaders the prime minister ministers of the polish government drive like crazy to the other side of poland all because it's what father it's a question. there they are all holding hands dancing and singing celebrating grab your marias i'm very sorry it's unacceptable in the twenty first century that one of the video a monk can hold such power it's incredible. time to overemphasise the world today are sure to place in polish society according to a recent survey just seven percent of poles do not recognise his name and that's in large part thanks to the media conglomerate he created what started as a single radio station in the small mediæval town of torrent a three hour drive from the capital warsaw has since grown into an empire ready or maria was followed on to the airwaves by t.v. trump a daily newspaper nash genya a media college a mobile network as well as

a publishing outfit in part set up through his foundations in part through his religious order the order of redemptorist. when the station made its first broadcast in one thousand nine hundred one it found fertile ground coming just two years after the fall of the anti clerical communist regime for some the catholic church served as a rallying point for others it was their saving grace. for the case to go for many people father read office a haven and creates a community if you've interviewed an ambitious should because what is but among his listeners are a lot of elderly people looking to find their way in the modern world sometimes the speed of today's world terrifies them. i just as they oppressed vogl would say give simple answers to all their. hallelujah and let's move on. or

give them a sense of security. on the right. to this problem the main reason why he is so well known and so relevant is because he provokes a very contradictory emotions his fear logical program which is also political creates a sort of sect in the polish church. i if i'm read your mother your listener i know straight away what my views are from i will vote for who my enemy is. there is a myth around father rejects wealth that has been propagated for many years even by public t.v. supposedly drives a luxurious car apparently he was buying a helicopter all of this gossip conjures up an image of a media mogul behaving in luxury in reality yes father is a media moguls because he owns a multimedia operation but he is in fact

a poor man he lives in a cell in your. behind me is the heartland a father of six media empire the sign he reads which means well turns out if you're a journalist not so much we tried to talk to by the red sox all of our requests were rejected according to a spokesman with sick when he speaks to media other than his own outlets and due to years of bad experiences with the media neither he nor anyone associated with this organization was made available as ridiculous self as said if you want to learn about us follow our media we don't need to speak to others it. became evident when our producer tried to talk to parishioners leaving great example to a church if you think. this sort of hostility can also be seen and heard in retakes media. by all spotted cheers or hold. you're one of these kids you know that you know we start out of the father

with six contempt towards the european union is well known and i remember his statement in december two thousand and eighteen that the european union is actually the soviet union and he regularly makes comparisons between the two in that same month he also said the european union is like a gas chamber it is a commodity. there is a huge show on both read you maria and t.v. it's run called unfinished conversations the guests on the show are openly and semitic homophobic xenophobic. spotted. the priest on the show recently he said the satan possesses homosexuals and fights against us meaning that homosexuals are on satan side if someone isn't saved themselves it's natural to ask what is their right to lutheran.

father riddick and the priests in his order do come across as having a disrespectful attitude when it comes to gay culture but it's actually the listeners that are outraged you get listeners calling in incensed by this so-called homo culture and it's often the fathers that are then trying to tone down the statements. some of the output has sparked so much control see the journalist martin college has written a play about ready america and the potentially dangerous impact it could be having on some of the station's most avid listeners as well as on polish society and culture more generally its title. is a play on words of a traditional polish christmas carol god is ball has become enemy and sport. roger maria's most important symbol for building an identity you searching for an enemy that can be blamed for all misfortune.

for the roots it is not just roger maria's leader he's the face of the operation today might even describe him as a trademark has become so powerful that no one in the roman catholic church can reprimand him no one can say hey stop this is not avenge elysium and he's too strong on the symmetry. one of the elements the play touches on is this close relationship between pulpit patrick has him power and politics in the past poland elders within the catholic church did express their discomfort with with zigs involvement in politics though it did little to stop them and when the conservative lore and justice party returned to power in twenty fifteen a new honeymoon period began. or joe without father rejects participation in helping to build a unified strong electorate and i looked at her things just like him thanks to the ideology he pushes on the airwaves the kind of endorsement the leader of the law

and justice party received would not have been possible if reshape preclude one of the. christian believes they know. a couple is for mired in a two thousand and eighteen press collected data on government spending and it showed that since october two thousand and fifteen father red six initiatives have received at least eighty million polish lotty twenty one million dollars from various ministries and companies it's a huge amount of money it's all gone the building was his followers this is money well spent for his critics would say is less priest more businessman profiting off his loyal audience and the politicians who crave his support the very same politicians who go to great lengths to make life difficult for news outlets they don't like better for others it is to see that in. so should you be so.

controversial king of the people that proselytizing politics not just. finally back to the julian assange and wiki leaks story one media outfit that has come to his senses defense is in the land of his birth a stray it's not the state owned broadcaster a.b.c. or any of the papers owned by the murdoch clan it's the juice media production company based in sydney whose satirical material we have featured before the juice has a series it calls on us government this one looks at the collaboration of four governments in the case australia ecuador the us and the u.k. it was created and written by giordano nonny the language is as they say colorful we did a lot of bleeping but you'll figure it out we'll see you next time here at the listening post hello i am from the british government with the fabulous announcement no i'm sorry we still haven't thought about this show but we have

finally managed to arrest almost wanted criminals know the other one the wiki leaks founder julian assange because we're america's. baby i'm from the ecuadorian government and i'm here to confirm that our new president is america to set up most of greater lever mayo it up out of all of us mr scientist and we feel compelled to state in the strongest possible terms that where america is we're grateful to all out for handing over david letterman i mean julian a fan she was wanted on charges of making us look like war criminal which of course we are we have indicted the cues for the crime of helping you source to anonymously act the document in the public interest otherwise known as good journalism we ask all of you to cooperate with us and fed in this dangerous precedent by focusing on how the to use the bit of an end of our attempt to destroy your press freedom

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a century in age bonded through blood and displacement they now all live in a single hut located in the world's largest refugee camp in many ways what's happened to this particular extended family really mirrors what's happened to so many other rohinton who face decades of repression and abuse the range of aren't just the world's largest group of stateless people they're also among the world's most persecuted minorities. anti fascist anti establishment and pro violence. despite the recent official disbanding of its militarized wing of basque separatist movement is found alive and well on the terraces of the buildout stadia. a place where political revolutionaries share a platform an ideology with violent football hooligans. can read old death on al-jazeera.

newsstand. differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. al-jazeera. a blast and a gunfight in a high security zone in the afghan capital kabul. i'm sorry say that this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. gyptian is voting in a referendum on constitutional changes that would allow president sisi to stay in office

until twenty thirty. libyans vent their anger against president trump over his apparent support for wolf really for half the. denied a legacy in lebanese women challenging generations old law preventing them from passing on their right to citizenship. and start with some breaking news coming out of afghanistan an explosion followed by gunfire has been reported in the capital police spokesman says it happened close to one of the city's main hotels and the communications ministry let's go straight to charlotte he joins us on the line from kabul what's the situation now. lynage even terry has confirmed. three suicide bombers attacked the ministry of communication and information technology this happened nearly two hours ago so i

heard the initial explosion and i was kind of as the crow flies about a half kilometers from this attack when it happened. after the explosion there was just released a kind of whole minutes of heavy gunfire i mean when the in the subsequent hours with her. who were kind of her explosions and then. me i was also clipping a smell of gunfire walking across central central kabul at the moment we understand it is ongoing and and the center of kabul has been cordoned off for specifically around this area but the roads are very congested people are likely to going to a special forces arise and in trying to. contain this attack. the area dissipate your picture the minute you communication information technology it leaks to another ministry i understand the other ministry military culture good stuff we

have been evacuated and they look like if you disagree hotels that one of the main hotel we've seen is going to diplomats going where journalists go there and that is about one hundred two hundred images from the site of the subjects that is also on lockdown. we did actually get intelligence off the record on tuesday saying that they want some kind of clear against syria hotel and government buildings in the area and that was that there was maybe just maybe just say stay clear of your own personal security so whether or not that is connected to those intelligence reports from line spacing. but we understand the explosion took place inside that ministry there are some local media saying gunfire happened on. the building is very difficult to get information to close chief saying he cannot speak on this at this time he cannot get any kind of reports of casualties and anything

has to come for the mistreatment ceria and they're simply saying that that's true for the texas minister. charlotte the the timing is curious given what's happening with peace talks do we have any indication of who is responsible for this and whether it's linked to what's happening on the political process. there is no indication no one is taking with sponsibility this time. the two main threats. the taliban. in kabul. the taliban. historically responsible for attacks on government buildings defense forces general but i have been putting out statements in the last few hours. that i haven't taken responsibility for this whatsoever in saying that they did launch. what we could. and today have a. doubling down on attacks against security forces nationwide. over

the last week or so all right charlotte melissa thanks for that now egyptians are voting in a referendum that could grant president of the fatah a longer term if they're in favor says he could stay as leader until twenty thirty but also deciding whether to allow the president to appoint top judges to expand the role of the military sixty five million egyptians are eligible to take part but rights groups are concerned the vote we vote won't be free or fair. and what led to this poll the proposals were put forward by a parliamentary bloc called support egypt to gain support from other groups arguing sisi needed more time to complete economic reforms the amendments were approved on tuesday in parliament and sent to a referendum that vote is happening over three days starting on saturday and it's expected to pass if it does the amendments will go to the upper house of parliament

the shura council for approval earlier i spoke to one hundred three associate professor at the dar institute for graduate studies he says with no independent election monitors the vote could be easily rigged. i think you have to take votes that are held in military dictatorships with several grains of salt egypt has completely eliminated opposition it's an environment of repression and fear people are terrified to to to vote to express dissent just in this in the lead up to this vote more than one hundred twenty people have been arrested for campaigning for the for the no vote so i think we'll have to take these results with a grain of salt or several grains of salt as it were we also have to remember that there are no independent independent election monitors so the government is free to rig the results as they've done as they've done in the past if sisi were you know a genuinely interested in a sort of referendum on his popularity he'd hold

a free and a truly free and fair vote or he'd open the country up to scientific opinion polling which he has banned how did we get here while we got here because the egyptian military and the rest of the deep state learned a very important lesson from the arab spring from the revolutionary revolutionary protest movement and that is that they actually had to be considerably more repressive and then the previous mubarak regime they don't want to allow even a small chance for another kind of popular uprising and that's why all the direct connie and legislation that's why the complete elimination of opposition that's why the shutting down of opposition media just this week the egyptian government has shut down thirty four thousand web site domains. owned by people who were advocating the no vote in this in this amendment this referendum. in an apparent reversal of u.s. policy president donald trump has offered support to libyan warlords that he's been leading a military offensive against the un recognized government in tripoli after fighting

what he called terrorism and securing libya's oil earlier this month secretary of state demanded an immediate halt in the capital. led to protests in tripoli they're angry about foreign interference in libya. trying to stay out of the country's affairs many wearing yellow vests like those worn in france by people protesting against the government. there is no value to this telephone conversation between trump and hafter the revolutionaries are in every street and we respond to them from here in the street and not three press releases the powers that support terrorism in libya are france russia egypt saudi arabia and the emirates we condemn the criminal acts against the libyan people. the libyan people are again and again you want. science and culture you want to live as

other people. joins us now live from tripoli how much of a shock was this to people there. well. people were very shocked especially yesterday in the main square in the capital tripoli and also in the city of misrata thousands of protesters took to the streets and many squares first of all condemning the military escalation by forces loyal to the will of the city for have to on the capital tripoli and they're calling on the international community especially the united nations and the european union to put pressure on have to to end the military escalation in tripoli especially after the . civilians including women and children were killed by random rockets launched by have those forces yesterday the protesters say that they are a point i'm disappointed at. the speech by president trump to have to.

have to live for his. operation on the ground and here it was ended up as like president trump is taking the side of the wall a lot of the have to alongside egypt or the united arab emirates and saudi arabia they also say that there is some kind of contradiction in the u.s. situation too was libya especially after the. head of a state might compu in a television interview said that have to stand down and he must stop the military escalation and go back to the political path of negotiation table so the protesters say that the american situation towards libya has changed and they have they have been very shocked and disappointed. the president trumps the

situation towards the situation in libya concerning the confrontations on the ground sami. it has been sporadic fighting during the past twenty four hours and government sources say that eight fighters from the government from the government side were killed and twenty one did during the past forty eight hours. thanks so much mahmoud the. police in northern ireland have arrested two men in connection with the murder of a journalist a vigil has been held for lyra mckee she was killed on thursday just days before the anniversary of the east uprising of irish republicans against british rule in one nine hundred sixteen politicians from all sides in the region which is part of the u.k. have condemned the killing malise president is due to meet opposition groups after the prime minister and the entire government resigned on friday that follows weeks

of mass protests over ethnic violence more than one hundred sixty people in a full army village were killed last month by suspected gunman from the rival doggone ethnic group demonstrators are angry at the government for failing to stop such killings and also want something done about the poor economy and presence of foreign troops nicholas hart has the latest from bamako he's under pressure to try to build a government of national unity because since his reelection back in august this country has been rocked by political instability because the outcome of that election back in august was contested by both members of the opposition and so at stake here isn't just the political stability of this country but also the security situation my guess was really put under pressure we've seen massive protests here on the streets of barker on april third there.