it all in way funny. how does it all home on the democratic republic of the trump administration has fired 2000 employees of the us age agency. hundreds of foreign service. west lock is on. sorry, it's hired symbols. they've been push on leave. the move comes off for a fed from judge rules that the us government could go ahead with funds to fire employees at us age. put francis remains in critical condition in hospital and ryan don't just say the 8 year old pontiff has not had any further breathing difficulties, but is also having signs of kidney failure. he was admitted to hospital on february the 14th and was diagnosed with pneumonia and both longs funded smith reports from the boss to get the room on sunday evening. a special mess for poke frances the catholics visiting the city. it was an

opportunity to pray for the 88 year old pontiff who's been in hospital since february 14th after experiencing difficulty breathing. francis has been pope since 2013, but in recent years has been suffering balance of poor health. doctor say he now has pneumonia in both loans. it's really mostly for the everyone, the things, all the things like that. he was thinking that he might have made him this. he's very, very nice. excellent. but i'm a, another leasing office, so he is a very good person and i respect him a lot. yeah. well, i hope that he recovers and gets back to his work soon. even though it looks difficult, but i'm going to, it's really painful to know. he's sick, but the whole piece of suffering and recovers fast outside the hospital where the pope is being treated. people prayed near the statue of the late john pool. the 2nd inside front is to punch in the sunday morning. mess with those involved in his cat

. he says he's continuing confidently with these treatments. and a sunday evening update of isaac and spokesman said that the holy father continues to be in a critical condition. he's not had any further problems with his breathing though, and they say the pope frances continues to be vigilant. and well oriented and he took part in a mass on sunday morning in the hospital with those who are treating him. he is an 88 year old mom who has had a series of severe health crises over the last 2 years. and despite that, the pope is kept up. a grueling shingle is docked to say his tide himself out. bernard smith, i will just era a domestic and well that is age from may, louisa building the site with us, but listening posts to solve the in nature or 9 made catastrophes. ali rates who was by severe weather events or

resulting an adult was think devastation. the variety of human factors needs or intensity and impact. is it purely natural and the politics behind normalizing climate change as was to fact, if i was supposed to be seen as normal, but you said something that shouldn't be happening to anyone. is it really a natural disaster? oh, hell. the permits on al jazeera, the number of countries offended by the trump administrations, pronouncements keeps growing at germany to the list. the issue there is election interference. it's effect on the far right. it's a similar story in ukraine. so let's keep the move fast, are not going to have a country left for media outlets are in shock over what trump is saying about the war, while news channels in moscow are celebrating criteria. women start and i'm a sleepy issue and populism, salvador yourself, kelly government gets real life and journalist partner

the germans vote in a national election this sunday, february 23rd one in which their political system is being put to the test. the polls have a far right party alternative for germany or a f d sitting in 2nd place once considered a per riah organization and apologised for the countries nazi past. the a. f d is now at around 20 percent of the vote. germany's mainstream parties have long shot and the a f d through the building of a so called firewall refusing to include the party in the coalition building that is so central to politics there. this is where the trump administration comes in a case of outside interference. b us vice president j. d. vance has taken a at that firewall saying the time is come to take it down. and you on mosque has been boosting the a f d on x and backing it in

a german newspaper. at the heart of this debate, the question does engage with extremist views risk legit. promising from and is if german folders don't have enough to think about. there's another international player in the next russia, it's contribution consists of this information to take barely 2 months after taking power. the trump administration has turned its motor software rand, planting the seeds of chaos in the democracy, into an american export. i'm really cuss pizza president head. i'm a auntie over p show. david pops mid foster gnostics or did the vice president j. the vance went to germany one week before a national election there and scolded its leaders for a reckoning, a political fire wash between their parties and the far right alternative for germany and refusing to consider sharing power with the a f d. p said that in the country where the world war 2 holocaust got it started. and

vance refuse to meet with the german chancellor. hold off shore. instead he got together behind closed doors with the f d 's lead alice by the bible has described germany's memorialize ation of the holocaust as a guilty co and recently re branded the architect of that generous clinical norman onto a onto such cut off the side of it and i didn't come on to shop it in the meantime, you was ok. judy vance was representing the new face of us diplomacy, interfering in the politics of america's biggest, most important european, our estimation on the phone and on something to despise and get cheating. so the idea of the 2nd from administration is to, to run into a room, throw a couple of sting farms, charlotte and yellow, this place is

a mass. and then while everyone is still wondering what's happening, yoga and counts and actually smashes all the windows and says, okay, we are in control of this place. it's unheard of. it's a simply unheard of for us, vice president at to, into fit in german elections. this piece was time to make an impression on coaches in there's no other way of explaining that to us, vice president would call for a breakdown of the firewall towards the right just over a week ahead of elections in europe's biggest countries. when is the rise of populism? it is not unique to germany, even the country's history, however, the risk of it repeating so low as the implications are scary. are there been in other democracies like to walk? the show up? office is open up the german word for their political firewall is brand modeling.

politicians built it in the aftermath of world war 2, to guard against any possible resurgence of the far right. you know, multi party system rules by coalitions refusing to share power with the a f d effectively isolates the party politically. but that firewall is now being put to the test by the a f b and it's new backers in the wash, including donald trump's in house hours on provocative. are you on most most cars waited into the german media space, writing a pro, a f d up and for the newspaper dfcs. then the platforms, alice vitamins are interviewing her on x and people really needs get behind therapy . and otherwise things are going to get very, very much worse than germany. yes, because with practice in germany's firewall 3 days on this topic, ministration, the main shift was in 2015 when uncle america doing the big refugee crisis and

you're all set. okay. we need to open the borders references from syria, where actually too much of a burden for neighboring countries hungry all 3 and others. but that created the basis for the new off the very enzyme. the gratian party, with very races, attitudes and also some of them. and types of medic bronk mower is a matter for to define red lines. mine is that parties or politicians do not want to cross. if now a party is questioning the history of this country by turning the hollow cost experience and taking a relative. it stands on everything that let's do this, then this might be perfectly ok in countries with a different history. but in germany, this is a line that

a lot of people that feel that shouldn't be crossed. get to what became quite said that we're jumping to installation fees as it's natural pop is not just in so many but also in europe, which is shifting to the rights of these right wing populous policies. that explains why not just eat on mosque, but also us vice president 80 vans to the political weight behind the fall, right? if the policy in germany that can safely be called direct election interference because it cools on them and to vote for a particular policy. there's another angle to this story with implications that stretch across the european union. g d, advanced accused comments are working at the european commission of having too much power, saying they can shut down social media during times of civil unrest over what they deemed to be hateful content. the e u has been farm, are willing to regulate the technology sector. then the usaa and silicon valley has

been lobbying hard against legislation in the past in 2022. the digital services, or the say, which requires tech platforms to stop the spread of a legal or dangerous card. the dsa is the use firewall against the dangers of big tech. no american administration would approve of it and certainly not one with a tech pro. apparently sharing a white house of workspace with donald trump. the european union are currently investigating. to what extent the digital service act is ignored by the big media platforms from silicon valley or even manipulating the algorithm to widen what's viable is posting or what they are the is doing. so there might be a law sued from the european commission against platforms like meta or

x. but the bottom line of that speech is, these are a big companies alone. and if you step on anyone's colors and mosque in particular, we will give you a hard time. the vans before he came to europe had already made very clear that us defense commitment towards european partners is conditional upon non regulation of the digital sphere here. your opinion already has regulation in place. and the big question now is whether this you, as administration will seek to be successful at time to start that regulation from going ahead. as for germany, voters there also have to whether political interference blowing you and from the in the form of a russian. this information an operation known as doppelganger 1st detected in

germany in 2022. it's worked re surface last month. doppelganger clones, well known german mainstream, new sites by duplicating their look layout and style, and spreading it on social platforms like whatsapp and telegraph. the us and russia bring different agendas to german, ranging from influence in color, fix their to the stabilizing the governor. but in both cases of outside interference, the beneficiary happens to be the same party, the a f b. so where russian outlets just may make traditionally established big news outlets like this figure or the side and others and passed their own content to it. so therefore, for many readers, it looks like a traditional news paper just covering or sharing them opinions. you already share

a someone who believes and maybe a party like the do an order of a sudden you get a confirmed bias covered and falsely by, by one of the major news outlets. what is happening with social media tends the algorithms selection mechanism, is that the opinion forms for people and not the people forming opinions, reflect them with tie the fake news for us with stylized narratives that doesn't necessarily need to be wrong. but if someone starts looking into something painful, like this form of terrorist attacks of crimes, then you will get more and more information about it. and the general sentiment becomes germany isn't safe anymore, even if it's the 26 tell you a different story. and it's been a rough week for ukraine and presidents, a lot, the mentors, a lensky,

call it the trumpet fact. it was on full display, as the us made clear where it stands on what donald trump calls a war that ukraine started with russia. mean, obviously, robbie has been tracking this story. donnie trump has never made any secret of a, his frustration a been ruled united states has had to play in supporting ukraine's waterford. i will have the horrible war between russia and ukraine. settled and be his willingness to engage with vladimir putin in russia. i'll be dealing with president boot and largely on the phone this past week amounted to way politically. train rec for you came in mid february. tom caught on the phone with put him and zalinski individually. we've been days us and russian officials met in the saudi capital. we had to discuss how to end the board. ukraine was not invited. then came an unprecedented exchange of under prologic barbs between trump zalinski who refuses of elections is low and the real ukrainian paused. and i'm by so,

so this and for much and letters in your mission, when i that i read the receipt as long as you away from this and from what you know and post it dictated without elections. so let's keep better move fast or he's not going to have a country left. you claim has been under martial law since the war began 3 years ago. and action should use for the 2024 did not happen due at least partly to safety concerns. why both shows that ends key is not nearly as unpopular as trumps . as he is. the board has eroded ukrainian goodwill for the president. you premium media outlets which would be enticing controlled for 3 years now. in a state of shock, bar score recommend carpet sam extras that they're, you lost the whole system was trying to lift the service. but what are the options 0 sir. no worries in russia. user enters could not contain themselves to create, to be smart and it wasn't more than that women site and then the slip issue, the fireworks over this past week. also had unity and government scrambling,

one way or another. the war appears to be heading for the confusion and given what you can has to news in the way of territories control, the outcome is unlikely to go down well and kids. thanks me. are you ever go this month's el salvador held an election night, but boot kelly and his party knew web us. they asked one, a landslide victory, $54.00 of the 60 congressional seats, cementing bouquets, grip on power. in his 6 years in office, the country has seen a dramatic dropping gang violence and homicides. thanks to somebody compromising policies and mass arrest. but that has come at a price. constitutional rights have been suspended under an extended state of emergency, and journalists now face harassment, surveillance, and censorship. despite concerns over a creeping form of authoritarianism, lou kelly remains wildly popular among salvatore and bolstered by his savvy social

media presence and a growing alliance with the american. far right. but let's me post electric scribble now with producer really, i've got back to on i. e book kelly salvatore and brand of populism and its effect on press freedom. the the d. salvatore and journalist victoria. but who knows? life and ronald, started with an open the door. it was the police from the customer as we were walking down the steps of my house. one of the officers had come to me and said, you're under arrest under the provisions of the state of emergency. i was 1st taken to us, but on somebody on a chair, there were 230 of us in a space fit for 7080 people max, which was down to basic survival. their muscle, the one that they'd give us a single glass of water for the whole day. we drink cough in the morning and a half in the afternoon. we began falling and we'd get fungal infection. the skin

source boils fever was then move to a maximum security prison, a circle where we slept on the floor. the guards would punish us, call us rats, or worse. they said we were going to die, their k, i don't us or deal lasted almost a year. by the time he was released, the circumstances of his arrest were no clear. he received no official release letter, and the police, such as ation against him, remained unchanged. collaborating with kings, also known as a new yes. yeah, that's the my look, my arrest was due to me being a journalist. there's no doubt about that. i hosted the tv show where we talk about the communities needs, lack of employment prospect challenges with education and access to public health resources. wonderful. and then have to close the existing blue like the ceiling is a problem i can live with. the government didn't like these kinds of programs.

we've also discussed the state of emergency and the innocent people being taken away to prison. the state of emergency didn't just put the stop to the guns. it was to neutralize us the independent press that along with the president, but the, and it has the, it has a commissioner for human rights and freedom of speech. and this was mine. he denies, but a homeless case had anything to do with his profession. and the way from casually, it was taking me in to pay to at least up photo shoes based on your thoughts on this. i mean, this is not a case about a journalist and he's statements or opinions. his mind was never a political journalist, you know, even if he was the fact that he is a journalist, does not accept him from having meddled with gangs when someone is placed under arrest. this order is carried out by state prosecutors who have evidence of incontestable facts. in reality, the evidence being used against salvadorans is anything but incontestable. prison in the state of emergency was declared in 2022. it sounds as though it has had the

highest rate of incarceration in the world. out of a population of roughly 6500000 people. more than 80000 or currently behind bars. menu are held without evidence of integrating conditions with no contact with the outside world. journalists, especially community reporters who shine a light on social issues, have been subject to because his iron fist or mental due to the sweeping crack, dunham games has also led to the restriction of constitutional rights and press freedom. in 2024 alone. the journalist association always has the recorded 467 attacks. these include arbitrary detentions, intimidation, phone tapping, and seizing up equipment. no, i so located. it's not just the fact we're under constant attack from the government. we also have no mechanism to protect our rights, because here the supreme court,

the constitutional chamber and the legislative assembly o answer to me kindly. so if journalists are faced with legal proceedings and appeal to the supreme court, for instance, we know what their response is going to be. they're going to turn their backs on us . we're left on our faces. that a domain bank deals in this situation has dark and substantially since 2022 old platforms of access to public information have been shut down. journalists are operating in a boy because the government's propaganda machine hasn't gulf television, radio and social media. those journalists who are committed to holding the powerful to account through their work are like someone constantly swimming upstream inability. i said look, especially in the galaxies us, repressed as an obstacle to the absolute takeover of salvatore in our minds. they like man this. they look at about angels night, me who knows fiction and there are no restrictions whatsoever in terms of freedom. wordpress, so quite the country entirety in the 20 years i have worked for the government,

the better side of our own. there wasn't a single generally sold who has been arrested. not for a single, smashed up camera or news item that has been taken down from social media galleries, which galleries commissioner guzman distortions are not true. that isn't surprising . they're part of the penny strategy of controlling the narrative inside and outside of the sound. re branding the small, impoverished country into one of the safest countries in the world. how? by using a media and p. r, a parade us to whitewash controversial policies and a brutal track down on crime. and it's working. okay. his approval reading is 91 percent of these kind of videos of his salvatore's biggest prison, the terrorism confinement center or c cost. should the media machine, our sleep, and set to what beat music they became an instance sensation. ask the girl for funding it all normal for that. i mean when that kind of film ceiling and sent to

the company. i mean, implants that all these more such videos reinforce tennis brand keys. would many critics calling millennial code, we use a digital the fluid as times a reverend strong man. it says that they help with a need their strategy is effective because in addition to telling people we fixed are most pressing problems. it's succeeded in sewing new fears among the public. unless now you book and i gets another 5 years, gangs will be back out on the streets. yes. isn't present as, as i most one of them. but i feel like one of them will go on the story or in the video this morning. i didn't, i didn't that he left them elaine, they're going to go look but not looks at the post that or at least they're carefully curated messaging and propaganda helps them. so whatever empty constitutional decisions they take, very effective to collect, took the fight against criminal and security and made it cool. and the issue was delicate, as the safety of citizens has turned in to show bits that the general effect that

will, this won't show it was all just to show a very different prison. i'd like a video showing the cell compressor, where many people have died, where i almost died. actually interviewing inmates, asking what they've gone through. but they won't do that. they make videos that are acceptable for an international audiences. i meant that i go these to an audience in which donald trump has a front row seat. the us president made sure to remind ok left that when he sent his secretary of state my point of view on a visit this month, nothing needed much reminding he was closing up to the american rights far before trump was re elected. even trump cutting a for an a to a place to look at his advantage. since some of those american dollars helped keep independent media outlets. critical of the government in business and book is offering trump a quick pro cool in the form sequence. he's willing to make room at his mega prison

for american criminals, so he and trump can be tough on crime together. see, and then we'll kind of right now, president kelley has better access and moist way than ever, with washington. which is promoting the suppression of civil rights along with the persecution of journalists and human rights advocates. in spite of this and the current funding crisis in the media sector, we have seen a new crop of very brave journalists or shining a light on the merchant corrupt ways in which this government is using its power, i think will be at the most accurate standard for that, no, no, but they won't keep us quiet. journalists have commitments. not the government is mayor's ministers or bankers of this country. but with those who needs our reporting, the most. if i or a colleague dies, someone else will take out place. if they shut down the channel to, they will just do it from someone's living room with a phone tomorrow, but we will carry on reports. and finally,

back to germany with most new stories like this week's elections, the media, their produce pretty robust journalism. tough questions get asked. power is how to account, which is why the coverage of israel's war on gaza stands out the way it has. german news outlets dare not criticize israel for its work crimes against the palestinians . and they seem to have no issue with the crackdowns on anti zionist protesters, and free speech francesca out benet's a is the un special wrapper tour on the occupied palestinian territories. and she can speak to those crackdowns you shop for the control receive that event. last year, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. it makes me pretty scared. for aware attorneys this past week alban days, i was invited to speak, and berlin in new york, one event was forced to change menus due to pressure from politicians and police to other toxic universities were cancelled for security reasons. francesca albany is

a nose, but historical context here, german guilt over the world war 2 holocaust. but germany is also 2nd only to the us in arms exports to israel. so what's the role in this genocide ranges from complicity to enabling and it's media outlets have completely caved in to the political pressures of play. to the point where the germans are more likely to get the real story by scrolling through their phones rather than turning on their televisions. how does the team from a smaller league drove the big a crowd? why does the irish flag fly follows discoveries club? what is it about celtic that has the world over feeling them all, all of texasfootball. to find a problem with the,

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