the government decline our request for an interview. some experts say in time, the animal's wild instincts may kick in and these pads could soon become impossible for their owners to handle. the best option would be for them to live out their days in an animal sanctuary like this. why natasha name l. jazeera johannesburg. ah, exactly how fast they are here in al jazeera. these are the top stories. the saudi led coalition in yemen, says it's kill at least a $160.00 who the fight. as in mary province, dozens of air strikes were launched in support of government forces to push back the rebels. after last month, when the host is renew their offensive in the province, murray is the internationally recognized governments last stronghold in northern yemen. now the news, at least 16 christian missionaries from the u. s. and one from canada and their

family members have been kidnapped in haiti are on their way to the airport in the capitol porter prince, when they were taken by the armed men in the area of dampier. 80 as endured years of economic and political upheaval and the situation only worse and in july after the assassination. the president, the afghan interior ministry says girls will soon return to secondary schools have only been permitted to attend primary schools. since the taliban takeover access to education has been a major demand put forward by the international community and stephanie deck, as more in what the afghan interior ministries spokesperson told her, he indicated that it was imminent. re that girls in secondary school and universities and their teachers, female teachers would be returning very soon. this is something that we've been hearing from the talib on since they took power. that yes, they would return, but it's going to take time. and of course, i'm taking a toll on a lot of the girls. they want to go back to school. they want to continue their

studies. and it's also, you know, one of the demands of the international community for the taliban to protect and safeguard the rights of girls and women to go to school and to work ceremonies in march. has it been taking place in paris to recall the massacre of algerian protested by french police back in 161. thousands attended a rally organized by a human rights group, earlier emmanuel macro, and became the 1st french president to attend such consideration. a representative has volara called thursday, the violence in the lebanese capital a massacre and insisted the perpetrators should be held accountable. 7 people were killed and a gun battle after a protest called by has below. and at least 19 people been killed by land slides and floods in india, careless state, rescue team to trying to reach people stranded by the flood waters. these are the worst floods since 2018 i was in more than 500 people were killed. emily anger will take you to the next few hours of news. here are now to 0. the listening post is next of the you again, tomorrow from 10100 hours,

gmc frank assessments. what's the point of the un? if multilateralism isn't part of indiana, we need somewhere where sovereign states can exchange views. informed opinions is focus likely to change biking behavioral. it's not going to change their behavior. they're going to continue to do what they do and it's gonna be more in trade and less in terms of trying to match with this more games mentality. in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on out jazeera nobel prize has been awarded to jealous, i guess yet, as journalists have long exposed time, a world without an active song, a world without m trunk days. no doubt committee says press freedoms when necessary . for the democracy empties. hello, i'm richard. yes, burton, you're at the las me post where we don't cover the news. we cover the way the news is covered. here are the media stories we're examining this week. the war against

journalism results in nobel peace prize. us for 2 journalists and there's plenty to read into this story. in singapore, the authorities raised the spectre of foreign interference to pass a new law that reporters don't like the look of the games people play, the pentagon included the video game industry is proving to be a useful ally for the american military. and my, and that is one of the i've been to help out with the journalist turned comedian, who has become the go to guy for iraqis looking for political commentary with a little bite. the awarding of the nobel peace prize for 2021 is a sign of the times and not a promising one. the 2 winners were both journalists, filipino american, maria, reza, and russian. dmitri moore act off. it has been 85 years since the peace prize was last awarded to a journalist. it was back in the 1900 thirty's. europe was tilting towards fascism

and a german news editor wanted for his reporting on ad, off hitler's nazi movement. so the nobel committee decision to recognize ressa and water act off amounts to a wakeup call over the state of global journalism. rest as news site rattler. and what i toss newspaper no via guess, yet, have stood up to harassment repression, even death threats to expose corruption, the abuse of power and state sponsored disinformation, which is why when the offices of president detective and president putin congratulate the new nobel laureates, it rang more than just a little hollow, given that there is the kind of reporting that those leaders tried to find. we have to starting points this week in manila and moscow, ah, 2 journalists covering different countries defying different forms of authority. both of them now nobel lawrence maria rash,

co founder and ceo of the filipino new site wrangler. when she's not in court fighting off the chair, take government's efforts to throw her in jail. and dmitri moran, the editor of moscow based no fire because of paper that still dares to be critical of those in power. even after having 6 of its reporters killed over a 10 year period. they are the 1st journalist to receive the nobel peace prize since 1936. a warranty that amount to a shop in the arm for journalism. and walk in the face for government focused on committing crimes against ensure that the importance of price, freedom in iraq. the fact that the noble committee wanted to acknowledge that importance and the role that the media plays in iraq. and you know, that is confronting unprecedented challenges of an existence. sure. least nature

press freedom, nissan to attack it is in fact in the unprecedented attack, the new has been weapon to curtail the freedom of the legion. and that is freedom to, to report all of these while the dos like dog b booth, then letting them already, well, it's an are some to see. no, i got from seen. and they shouldn't know that while they're trying to hold it since i was you, sir. one just to say you the while, notice on monday august. well, why? she wasn't the philippines and didn't see why he wasn't russia because the nobel prize is a huge, huge achievement and an update as not as of what, why it makes it a want put gymnast who are under 5 with the nobel prizes, put the spotlight squarely on to precedents who go after their journalistic critics . in contrasting ways, rodrigo do,

charity is openly contemptuous of reporters. he galvanized as his base by attacking the news media and pursues journalists like russia through the courts when they refuse to stay silent. vladimir putin's government is more subtle using its justice ministry to brand certain reporters and news organizations as foreign agents effectively putting many of them out of business. so when the nobel prizes were announced, both governments had some serious spinning to do the kremlin initially offered murat off, it's congratulations before the president reminded him that laws written in moscow take precedence over awards, panted out in awesome islam, would it be creditable? excuse me? cuz she told me that there was to put you in just a little further, assist you 2nd, my chickens, my goodness, as met in and the official filipino response was more brazen. the government tried

to take credit for rest as a warm recipe that is alive, and the proof is even the noble price at white, even the money of it. if there was a nobel prize. as for hypocrisy, rodrigo do tear tay, would be among the nominee. a couple of years ago i saw on friends of dorothy when he was talking about the media and the shortest thing. this is the mat if keep trying to call this award for my ref, i think it's going to be a great shame. there was an attempt to highlight maria races nobel prize win as evidence that everything is good in the philip pain. but the same time as this is happening. she still facing decades in jail, she could potentially spend the rest of her life in a manila prison. if she found guilty on all of the charges, she currently has a rate against the suggestion that maria's victory is the victory for the the philippines. governments of rodrigo. terse, hey, in maintaining press freedom,

that's a lie. the kremlin just the, the minimum, it was required from it on the very same day. and other bunch of journalists were called for matt jones. as a skew, the 3 media we praise the journalist, gives the novel peace prize. we say the right words, but the line, the policy is going to stay the same for both the philippine and russia, the nobel peace prize of law to their image. so the trying to pay off their way out of the perry ball. this would be a slap going to be is it something that the government can certainly that it is not a slap in the government if you really care about it till national recognition that they need to pull it, they need to pull it by repealing in rush other for an agent law, and they go to, declaimed john, east and desirable. they need to prove it in the pin by lifting and getting rid of

all those vix issues last against maria. ah, the reporters working under maria reza and dmitri moore tough are up against online forces that align with the authorities, and are sometimes paid by the state to discredit independent journalists. rest as is a case study in the kind of harassment reserved for female journalists. it's massage in istic and medicine. she's faced death scene. her home address is posted online and deep, faithful for the graphic. images of herself circulated on social media. it's a tactic designed to intimidate and it knows no borders. the online violence campaign being waged against women, general flock, maria risks really operate at the intersection of massage name and information with

them. and over 500000 social media post from twitter and facebook directed at 60 percent of those abuses were designed to trust, erode credibility and trust in her journalism. so they called her alliance align bitch often because what they wanted to do was to witness the soj as well as the anti journalism, anti free press marriage sheets, that they panel i met my address about 6 years ago. i got time, i got join me out on breaks clean pressure in my life and be made miserable, especially with multiple tactics of intimidation. my image was more done up for me to do. i did all over the country and you feel like the kaufman has what you did in front of you and i spoke to maria and she said, i feel you i've been dead ah,

one cannot take the measure of the 2021 nobel peace prize story without can during the time the last journalist to win the award was a newspaper editor. it was 1936, and carl von asi etzky was german and got the news while locked up. in a nazi concentration camp. we need to break cold climate rising that was given to the german journalist who was actually investigating in that see military activities. given the fact that she, great journalist managers and she received that price in 2021 means that we are in that kind of difficult world. in terms of the freedom of speech, you must feel too many june, and that they are all parenting in an incredibly difficult, dangerous,

and toxic environment. so the nobel prize is in many ways, an attempt to turn all of them. we've heard you, you're not alone. and we want to add your back together. we can say no to government that are using the law or x. try to go mean to silence. pretty board professional reporting together. we can stand up for press freedom and i think that's what the noble communities inviting us to do. i think this is a very strategic decision by the nobel peace prize committee signaling something very specific. and here that there has never been such convergence of threat to freedom of expression and independent journalist them to critical journalism and the safety of journalists since, well,

want to just think about that i turning to singapore. now where do you forties are taking a page out of moscow's playbook by passing a new foreign interference law? that has some troubling implications for the news media? nick moore has been following the story. nick, what are the journalists seeing in this new law? what's the concern and you know, it's called fica, the foreign interference county measures act and it has gender worried because in a country where the flow of information is already tightly controlled, the government now can make things a lot harder fight. it gives the authorities the power to block or censor online content. it can demand user information from internet companies that can band apps based on nothing more than a suspicion, a suspicion of foreign interference. furthermore, the government can designate an individual or an organization as politically significant, meaning that they are very closely monitored. and once you go onto that list, it's very difficult to come off. the only way to do it is not to the courts,

but through the government. not unless that you want your name on that. so what is the criteria for being deemed politically significant? well, that's the other troubling aspect of it should. the wording of fica is vague and therefore we can change a protection, and that is by design. the countries minister of home affairs said that foreign med lives often hide behind, seemingly legitimate friends. he said the language has got to be broad enough to cover that. that body is apparently normal, but is actually not normal. and they are severe punishments for falling a fall of fica. if an individual is found guilty of publishing information, political information for a foreign principle, they can face fines of up to $75000.00 us dollars. and for organizations it's $750000.00. so what a journal is saying about the law, or are they watching their worth? it sounds like it's come out and belie. he works for a website called the independent singapore. he told al jazeera that whether

intentional or not the government is getting a barriers to entry in the media landscape in singapore, which speaks to the larger problems for the media in singapore has been a virtual drop in singapore press holdings that dominates for prince side and over in broad costs, it's a company called media coach. both companies claim to have a total independence, but they have very close ties to the company. so it is unlikely that they were for the fall of fica, but the same cannot be said for the genesis and use organizations in singapore. okay. actually anyone familiar with the term, the military entertainment complex knows, it was coined for hollywood and the symbiotic relationship. but movie studios have long had with the pentagon, the blockbuster films that glorify american soldiers subsidized by us tax payers, who all the military hardware that the pentagon makes available at no cost, as long as the producers make them look at. however,

the military entertainment complex encompasses more than just film and television. video games now re can far more money than the film industry to us. and the pandemic has given the gaming industry a boost. all those people stuck at home with idle font. given the demographics that play the legions of young players at the controls, the us military is in on that action as well. the gaming world is now a prime recruiting ground. it's a trend that many americans from the gaming community to the halls of congress, or to stop the listening post daniel touring now on the military gaming complex. and the messages it is beaming into american home. the. we cannot wait for a military service with this kind of team of 5 format. and with that, july 2020. the u. s. congress is debating annual military spending. the issue in

question depends against deployment, into competitive online gaming sport. in order to recruit young american right now, currently children on platforms such as twitch, are boarded with banner add link to recruitment sign a form that can be submitted by children as young as 12 years old. if again, back in 2018 off the spending, the better part of 2 decades meyer in iraq and afghanistan, the army missed this recruitment target by a distance brought them rely on the methods of old, the american airways tv ads. the pentagon tend to a platform called twitch, estimated number of data uses 15000000, which is like a digital version of hanging out on the couch with your friends watching them play video games. so there's one person that's kind of in control of the stream. they're playing a video game, there's a chat room running on the side and talk to them this new social media that's

really taken over the last few years. so in order to get into that space and talk to kids, the army, the navy, the air force and the national guard have all started e sports teams. the sports people might be really surprised to realize is one of the fast growing sectors in the world, in terms of and time. the young people watching the sports, of course, in the area of the electronic battlefield. the idea of having technological literacy and technologically savvy, recreate is obviously really, really important. so that's exactly why you would go that the idea that this is all about recruitment has been met with military denials like this one from a member of the navy sport. we're not here to retrieve that. that is not the point of this. that's not what the navy official twitch manual. it states that quote, everything done, social media should be aimed at making connections between prospects and recruiters

. while the pentagon was new to e sports and switch in 2018, it was already a video game veteran in 2002, one year into the bush administration, so called war on terror and advanced recruitment drive the military release the game of its own americas army. now when it's full edition, i spend $7000000.00 in its setup, and they produce that game as a strategic communication. so with a very high quality development team, now in terms of it's rich estimation is all about 18000000 people about an account . the u. s. military itself have gone evaluations of the guy and regarded as, quote, and one of the most successful recruitment to themselves is ever devised. most importantly, america's army is freedom. so in an era where, you know, video games cost $50.00 and $60.00, you can get something like america's army. that's comparable to the best shooters

out there for free. then you're going to get it. especially if you're 16 and you don't have a whole lot of disposable income. ah, america's army is an anomaly in the gaming world. most games that produced independently, and they have never been more popular in terms of revenue, but video is industry is now larger than the movie and music sexes, combined with 2 and a half 1000000000 players around the world. that includes 2 in every 3 americans and franchises, where you play a u. s. soul joe spied like call of duty or battlefield racheal in total charge. i know you won't fail us with elevating target, making sure like hard, which leads game developers to work closely with military consultants who also contribute to the story lines. and it's here that the u. s. military and

intelligence agencies score and now the win depictions of american history. that air brush their action now and demonize their enemies. this is call of duty black or one of the best selling gains of all time. i'm playing as a cia officer during the bay of pigs invasion, the real life attempts by the us to overthrow the cuban government in the 960. my mission is to kill fidel castro, just as the real see i tried and failed to do. but the game adds a fictional motive to the mud. here, the virtual castro is involved in a plot to ship a chemical weapon to the vietnamese, which conveniently gives the u. s. a pretext for the next thing you do in the game . in bait, vietnam, a new cold duty comes out every year in 2019 we've got modern warfare. and in this game, there is a mission called the highway of death, where you are in a fictional, middle eastern country. in the universe of the video game of russia had invaded

this country to try to go to the mouth. it is a wonderful weekend the highway of death, the russians bomb did during the invasion, killing the people tried to escape. now that happened in real life. but america did it during the 1st gulf war. after saddam's army was defeated, it was retreating out of kuwait. the american military, that bombs the army as it's retreating, they were hit where they stood birth by u. s. bond, then by tag. but because this is a call of duty game, and because america can't do any wrong, that atrocity has to be pulled out and re attributed to russia. i grew up dutch that she gyptian. and that meant that at some point in my life, i started realizing that in most of these games i was playing as people that looked

like my dutch friends. and with we know you speak that i was always been shooting people that looked like my air friends and over time of kind of come to realize that the only way you can trace something like the u. s. military as an absolute good is if you slaton everything else into an absolute evil. so the arabs, the russians, the south american sort of get flattened into this nest of evil with terrorism. that the u. s. military goes and, and straightens out and they have been exceptions. spec ops, the line released in 2012 highlights the human cost of wool. it even shows us soldiers using the deadly chemical white phosphorus as they did in the real iraq through the game. the player is bike, figuratively and psychologically destroyed by the violence that i commit. you don't mind me asking, what was it like at you survival. this?

who said i did that? what is really interesting as well as that this is a game made by german developer. so it raises some quite interesting issues about, about perspective there, about whether it took a germ developer to make that gain. and it also is interesting because not very many games like that being made since it's important to realize that video games are obviously this mix of art and technology and commerce and that in the end, a lot of these games cost tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars to make so for every game that gets to play a little bit more risky with their narrative, the rules to be a number of games that tell the same old story that gamers recognize and that they have come to be comfortable in over the past. 2 decades tend to goodness proven itself to be more decked at public relations than it has been fighting wars. despite the calamitous failures in iraq and afghanistan support for the military

has stated consistently, hi. there is no way to quantify how much video games have to do with the before the money. the pentagon clearly thinks that was the best it hasn't you, game and production. america's army 5. as the east for this amendment is specifically to block recruitment practices and funding for recruitment practices on platforms such as twitch, dance. to mean when you're in congress, voted that amendment down, leaving the military free to continue its virtual offensive. but now at the military gaming complex is here to stay. and finally, iraq is just held a general election where one of the issues was apathy, low voter turnout, just 41 percent of those eligible to cast a ballot. did so, for many iraqis,

a popular source of information on the elections was the alba here show. it's a satirical program that goes out on the arabic language service of the german public broadcaster deutsch avella created in 2014 by iraqi journalist, turned comedian on, had alba, sheer, the show racks up millions of views, primarily on youtube, which is where most iraqis catch it, we're closing with a clip of alba shears election commentary on iraq's female candidates. some of the bazaar campaign videos that they put out was the next time here at the listening post, whether you're part of georgia, carla took me in fact over the tobacco at oak up. and i helped them enough, is it? and house that i just oscar, feel i dub a sit for them and he had an smile and a body and within the trenton, i say allow me, i can't even a happy it. i and i her summer a little shit. the softening off, he, i told him that i'm at the subpoena in felt no harm that in my lineage. and i said much value, i'm with them,

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