hi, speak. it took song being hung just under 26 hours to scale mount everest. she beat the previous record by 13 hours. the 44 year old teacher has returned safely from the mountain. i'm not looking for freaking reca. i just want to challenge myself and i always tell my team, my working team, my friends, when you aim high, high, you can achieve high. so i feel relieved because i can prove my work to my friends, to my students. ah. i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera west african leaders are meeting in ghana capital in response to the political crisis. in molly, the colonel who are said civilian leaders last week has become the new entering president. and he's been invited to the meeting in crop this year,

the political uncertainty molly could worse and its security situation in the side of the country. 5 people have been killed and shooting a gun. men attack to police checkpoint. nicholas hark has more from by michel think he wants to get the trust of the west african heads of state that he's actually going to follow through on the promises that he had made when he took over power in august. and the reason why there is a lack of trust trust is because he had promised back in august that he would ensure that its civilian would lead the transition this period of transition. and last week he fired the president of transition and the prime minister over government position is rather a scramble of political deal making after 4 inconclusive connections in 2 years. a final deadline to form coalition government is on wednesday and rightly politician natalie bennett is in talks for centuries, party leaders, leader. rather if he succeeds, he could replace prime minister netanyahu at least 2 people have been killed in 20, injured, in a shooting in the us state of florida. police in miami, say 3 people,

shot indiscriminately into a crowd outside, a concert venue where people were gathering. the president of democratic republic of congo says the situation is serious, but under control, days after the reduction of africa is most active volcano, at least 400000 people have abandoned their homes near the eastern city of coma. the leaders of australia and new zealand are holding talks in queenstown discussing their approach to relations with china as well as ross truly is the for taishan policies which largely affect new zealand. indonesia has released tankers from iran and panama seized on suspicion of illegally transferring oil. iran empty horse and his crew have now been escorted out of invasion waters, autonomy and tank at the same time was also released on friday. those are the headlines on al jazeera, rob madison, have one useful you after the listening post on august, here to stay with our coverage of africa is what i'm most proud of.

every time i traveled, whether it be still west africa, people stop me and tell me how much we appreciate coverage. and our focus is not just on their suffering, but also on the more realistic and inspiring story. people trust to tell them what's happening in their communities at clear and i'm biased and as an african, i couldn't be more proud to be autumn. this is part when she went very hard to make it really well. you better than anything. while young journalist for 5 years we believe is right, that makes us complicit it as ongoing crime against humanity. hello, i'm richard gilbert in europe. the listening post where we dig into the news and examined the coverage. here are the media stories we're looking at this week. the inflection point, is there a breakthrough in the us,

in the coverage of palestine and israel hard jack, bella, russian airspace is now a no go zone for many airlines. after authorities there plucked a dissident out of the sky. another european leader shows his authoritarian slovenia. the prime minister says he's a war with the media and making excuses for race. and sometimes things don't go to a generator that's built for the job. the ceasefire in gaza has been in place for more than a week now. and the after effects of the bombings there are reverberating a long way from the holy. nowhere is that more evident than in the united states where every year, billions of dollars in military aid flows from washington to telephone for decades that close bilateral relationship has skewed the news coverage in the us of the palestine. israel conflict in favor of america, ally,

that is clearly starting to shift. the question is to what extent and will at last, this is a story about an illegal occupation, an apartheid system of government. and forces of change that are now tapping into american social justice movements like black lives matter in order to get their messages out. the us media outlets are starting to reflect that in the way they cover the story, the people they interview and the terminology they employ our starting point this week, the american mainstream media and where the coverage of the palestine. israel story goes from here. we're really telling thing, mean, my, why americans are what americans are seen in the coverage of the palestine. israel story finally is a dominant news narrative. under result, we don't share the same, right? they turn on us news channels and here terminology they seldom heard attached to

this country. the idea that it's even remotely controversial to call what israel has imposed on palestinians a form of apartheid is laughable. they seem more palestinian faces than the networks usually serve on something approaching of bowers. this is a movement against colonialism which seeks to remove palestinians and placed jewish settlers in their place when they check out the new york times. they see often and images that paper had rarely found fit to print until now. the discourse is substantially different this time around. it remains deeply problematic, but nonetheless, the massive improvements over what it was like in previous massive israeli assaults on god. everything changed on that. israeli attack social media playing a large role in shaping american discourse. and as one scientist, organization that we israel could do nothing right on social media. israel has

gaza with it truly does feel different and it feels like it has the potential to significantly change how the world use this ongoing israeli palestinian crisis. why now? israel has sent settlers in default to expel palestinians from their homes, as it's preparing to do and shake, shut out east jerusalem. it's waged war on god 5 times since 2005 each time inflicting far more civilian casualties than it suffered. resulting in accusations of war, dr. israel has targeted news outlets as a just did when it destroyed the offices of the associated press and al jazeera in god. none of that is me. what has changed is the mobilizing our fact that all the video coming out on this story has had on people thousands of miles from the holy land. and there are new communities on social media carrying that content. informal

networks built by americans to demand social justice at home. that have proven to be adaptable. just as the progressive media have shape the american response to the george lloyd murder and led the way toward our real reckoning in the american public opinion about our treatment of people of color in the united states . the same effect happened on the mainstream media and public opinion, i believe with respect to palestinians. this social media has played a great role in educating people around the word world about palestinians. when it comes to the united states with the media could not deny the video that were coming out of god. the of children crying over their parents are parents bringing their children, even the more sentimental videos of kids looking for their toys or finding a little gold fish that was still alive. it really spoke to the heart,

the people around the world on the coverage of this long term conflict terminology is yet another battle ground. one word that american journalists have long had an aversion to when describing israel. systemic treatment of palestinian is a term that originated in south africa and its history of racial oppression. a part of 15 years ago when former president jimmy carter dared to use apartheid in a book title, he was deemed to have gone to fuck me the only american president to ever win a nobel peace prize for their work in the middle east. carter was effectively blackbelt excellent by both the u. s. political and media establishment. it's only one word, but the fact that american journalists and commentators are now able to authorize to call israel and apartheid state and news outlets are allowing mass is

significant. there are a number of liberals who use the word apartheid to describe israel's treatment of the palestinians, accusing israel of a pop. parkside is a word that has been used by human rights watch by amnesty international. it's even been used by been tell them which is the largest israeli lead human rights organizations in israel apartheid is when you separate people based on ethnic video refund, nationality where one group has more rights than the other, just based on who they are. and that is fundamentally exactly what is happening in palestine, israel at this moment. and so the usage of the word apartheid is not just something that is controversial. it's necessary. the fact that we're having a conversation, journalists, and news rooms or writing articles about the question of, do you call it a part of the call mcclendon? i think this enormous positive that so the shift in people not really being willing to rethink their functions, but being capable of re thinking that people have to recognize what gods with

repairs and sort of the men of the us. mainstream media are slowly moving in the right direction on the store. sometimes though with a case of 2 steps forward, one step back. take the example of 22 year old emily wild, recently hired by the associated press to work in arizona. 4 days after the israelis blew up the eighty's offices in garza wilder was fired pro israel elements online had publicized some of wilders, pro palestinian social media posts from her college days. the best defense for those who want to defend israel for bombing a p. i is in effect accused of being in bed. uh huh. and then you just start searching for dirt and he decided to throw a young journalist who by the way, jewish, just to throw or under the bus it's pretty breathtaking. the suggestion is

that if you are an activist as a part of all right, i mean, you can't be a journalist, reports objectively. the truth at the end of the day is that everybody has biases. and all you can do is be honest about these biases. so that we understand where the reporting is coming from, what shape that this idea that you must exclude anybody who has a history of advocating for policy and human rights. while people who have much more nefarious histories of being participants in an illegal occupation and a system of apartheid, that's a double standard that's just simply absurd. 2 0, journalists like canadian born mattie friedman, now based injuries the a p employed him in israel until 2014. after he had done a student in the israeli army. last week, filed a story for another us new the atlantic, whose editor in chief, american jeffrey told, moved to israel in his 20 volunteer for the army and was

a guard and a prison tanius for its treatment of powers. permit new york times political columnist, david brooks and former jerusalem bureau chief, ethan bronner. both of them american have had sons in the israeli army. and on the broadcast side, there's news anchor splits. his bio on cnn site is sick with details on the stories. he's covered, the interviews. he's conducted the honorary degrees. he's received. not one mention though, of his former journal, secure at the biggest, the most influential pro israel lobby group of them all. 8 times. there's a strong israel today, a vibrant israel that is not going to disappear for a pack of destroy the 2 state solution back in the eighty's and story, i always wanted to know this guy forgiven his resume. i think that let's understand that his job is not his job

is to get a range of opinion and that he feels a responsibility to stop and wait a minute on the scene for he's now in gaza. you're there. you're and i witnessed to get to emily wilder, the very young person who had done good work in college. i'm sure it was going to be strenuously trying to do her job as a double standard isn't not. we're not doing the media outlet to be pro palestine. i don't need emily can be pro proud fine. i don't need journalist to be pre qualified. i need you to be objected to tell us what the facts are on the ground and the facts are very committed. there is an occupation that is illegal and funded by the us government. the apartheid is to your, hey john, god is clear. and unfortunately, the double standard is because if the american people truly knew what was happening in palestine and knowing that it's funded by their tax payer dollars,

i think they would be a resurgence of a resistance that the government of the united states america would not be able to, ah, a passenger plan was forced to land in minsk beller roost last weekend in what initially appeared to be a bomb scare. but turned out to be a ploy by the lucas shackle government to arrest a journalist, romano pro percentage monopoly rob. he's been following the story mean, why did the beller russian authorities go to such great lengths to get this guy for the say, which is a 26 year old, who co founded an edited a channel called next on the messaging platform, telecom that channel played a big role in documenting and organizing some of the protest that broke out last year against the election of president alexander shinkel. now put the savage, who no longer works with next, was able to do his journalism in relatives safety from lithuania, where he's been in exile since last year. late last year in november,

he was charged in absentia with organizing rights and inciting social hatred. last sunday, put the savage was on a reiner flight, heading back to lithuania from a conference in greece. now the plane was over bel ocean airspace when the crew received orders to land in minutes because of the possibility of explosives on board. as soon as the flight landed, put, the savage and his girlfriend was arrested by lucian authorities, unsurprisingly, no bombs were found on the flight. and the state own beller, should news agency has reported that lucas and himself issued the order for the flight to land in minsk. so protest savage is behind bars. where has the story gone since there? well, the bell edition government has released a video for the salvage, but it bad all the hallmark of a false confession suggests typically if it wasn't getting lots and lots of fish says he's being treated lawfully, but the bruises on his face tell a different story. meanwhile, western governments are professing outraged some have imposed sanctions. they say

more coming, but there is an element of hypocrisy in the reaction to this story is there not? how quickly they forget be supported. in the case of edward snowden, the former us intelligence employee who leaked classified documents to journalists back in 2013, at that time a plane carrying the former oblivion president, even morales was forced to land in austria because the obama administration mistakenly thought edward snowden was on board, the united states received a lot of criticism for that, but nothing like what bella luce is facing right now. ok, thanks. hungary, poland, and serbia. what do they have in common? they're all ex soviet bloc. countries that since shedding their communist ideologies have turned into a liberal democracies with some authoritarian habits such as controlling their news media. you can now add another country to that list, slovenia. the ex yugoslavs state of just 2000000 people has in the past year

suffered a drastic decline in press freedom. that coincided with the re election of prime minister yanis yankee, a one time anti communist campaigner, turned right winger, whose now into with 3rd stint as prime minister. his 1st week, back in office, in march of 2020, was the same week that slovenia confirmed its 1st case of covert 19. and the pandemic has turned out to be a handy little pretext for the prime minister to clamp down on the press. listening posts. flo phillips now on the n s young shot, and his self proclaimed war with the media. oh, mom who used to me girls and i have a lot of experience with serious threats. and i've been placed on the police protection many times. but the threats i received last march, when nothing like anything i've experienced before you should call it a 30 march 2020, to virginia,

like the rest of europe is going into lockdown. and like journalists across the continent like got scrutinizing his government's response. the pandemic, he publishes an investigation into something called crisis h q, a secretive, seemingly unconstitutional government body set up by the libyan prime minister to coordinate the countries of virus strategies, pieces and ceramic on the very same evening that i published my investigation. prime minister janish accuse me of doing a liar on twitter simulation. he this the after the pro young, she media outlets like nova $24.00 tv started publishing news about me on a daily basis. the last guy got the problem. i began receiving a lot of threats saying that i should be beaten up, shot, kill,

told me what i was talking to. someone even broke into my house. like any journalist, i can handle criticism. but it's different when it's the prime minister yankee himself is the chief agitator in this war with the murray or in his me, ah, saying that the prime minister devine a is that quote, war with the media might sound like high public. but those are the words that the prime minister, just weeks after a steaming, often faced with a covert crisis. young township published an open letter, not on how to deal with the pandemic, but rather how to deal with the press. his suggestion use twitter as an antidote to the country media monopoly. i would say that i was not surprised in a way by dislike or of course one can always hope that someone will come to the senses and focus on the health crisis. but unfortunately, as soon as he became prime minister, he's to defeat,

show that there is no such thing as calm down or taking time off. but that came with and in a way, the letter about the war with the media or the continuation of that approach. it basically said yourself as a frogs being slowly cooked and even use that metaphor. and you know, if there was one things to fear in that latter, it was that because we are kind of the frogs waiting for the water to boil. this war has been going on for at least 15 years. right now. we're in version 3 and it looks like there's no holds barred. ah, version 3. that refers to the fact that this is anxious 3rd time as prime minister and versions one and 2 all the way they ended help explain his contempt for the civilian press. his ghost government was voted out in 2008, after reported,

uncovered his role in a shady armed in his 2nd term came to an end in 2013 during a media fire store over the under reporting of his taxable asset. so she has crafted his convenient democratic parties, politics, in opposition to the mainstream media. he's been among his most frequent target. devine as national press agency, the sta, and it's national broadcast on tv. it's a for me in a tried and tested in all the x soviet bloc countries, still finding their way in the european union. yellow piano is to sabrina, walk back to rule bonus, hungry or get a chance give to poland or 3 from the political right. for the 1st elected national leaders in the 1990 mid to 1000. then we'll go to out of office learning lessons along the way. all 3 then returned to town with a plan,

bring the domestic media to heal. what said young sher, apart from kuchinski and all bon however, it's a, he knows this kind of story from both sides. he's a former journalist, maureen levine, as a young journalist, young shakes both secrets of the yugoslav army, for which he was sentenced to prison. the part at the time he was held up as a symbol of sylvia's transition to democracy. but practically overnight he became the defense minister and started going after journalists investigating the weapons strayed trevino's origin, mccardie and sha. when he returns as prime minister in 2004, he managed to take control of the public. he appointed the car salesmen, a c o r t v, and put a government p r consulting a c o s t. he got his way. this is what he wants to do. again, she needs to be donna except this time instead of just controlling the s t a,

he wants to shut it down. in february young, she suspended all state funding. and the s t i need to ship is now concerned that by july, the national press agency will be bankrupt. donna, samantha, all is going to tweak tax media organizations. angela had of alarm bell pillar in area code on the unsure to attend the hearing in march this year. we didn't go a sophie the news failed sophie and developed monitors media, freedom of the european parliament put together a live zoom hearing that he agreed to attend. however, during the hearing, he demanded to play a 16 minute long propaganda video about how he sees the media and still vimeo. i would now like to ask this video to be played input game football to 1000000 as a variable when they write denied his request, cried censorship. it seems as you don't want to play this video because of its content in the stone. all you simply disconnected and left the meeting. i've been

told that the prime minister has disconnected so i take it that the session was not liking, could new enough, sammy, the tip, assuming it's generally known. if the chairwoman, if the european parliamentary committee doesn't agree, i don't think that's reason enough to area toys. of those that i looked at me provide me with verbal and physical attacks on journalists took place in slovenia by and large during the left leaning governments. the media outlets were talking about the video. none of them actually. we are doing and we got high rating coslyn men. we spoke about that doris thomas inch, tv host and chief editor at nova 24 t b, one of a number of new right wing to be me and meteor out that that part funded by young. she was at the party and played a key role in amplifying its political agenda. and yet shes online targeting of the media. no one from the government was made available to discuss the answer,

the tax on the press, but told her she was willing to speak on behalf of not just his network, but his prime minister to be honest, hopefully isn't the honesty. i'm allowed to express his view, the living, the media landscape. doesn't the film shop have the right to state that the media is waging war on him and not the other way around his defending himself. there's the media monopoly in slovenia, which is gradually being the mortgage model. it started being torn down when number 24 and now it's been turned down by the government as well. i have to say that along the media content and statements that we have been fact checking in the past 2 years. now the 24 tv is one of the main source of information and different for me, from info on the obvious public campaign against journalists and against media . relentless. we can only hope that the aggressive behavior,

or rather the aggressive rhetoric of disco room and will not be reflected in actual physical violence. we know that in a number of european countries, they were killings and assassination of journalists in countries such as slovakia, malta and greece. recently, i know that there is a number of journalists and editors who are actually afraid that something could happen. the, the prime minister, however, seems unapologetic unashamed. and that to me cause for his impeachment in parliament and on the street. a subpoena prepared to celebrate 30 years of its independence, young young sher, it's fighting battles at home and abroad. his rule, however, is with the media. and finally, life was so much easier for a racist before mobile phones came along and the videos they captured started to go

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