i. israel's prime minister orders the country's withdrawal from unesco. having several recognized world heritage sites in the country. also this hour a u.s. olympic gold medalist reveals years. as well as accusing. silence we speak one of. the first to publicly come forward. i wish i could say that i was surprised that the reality with the usa to have

a decades long policy of covering up sexual abuse. having the opposite effect even more views. thanks so much for joining us on the program this hour. now the israeli prime minister has ordered the country to withdraw from. the un's culture and heritage organization that follows a similar move announced by the united states back in october over perceived against israel here's how that country's envoy to the explained the decision. unesco has broken records of people chrissie incitement and lies against israel and the jewish people well polluting it's noble core principles with politicisation and

diplomatic terrorism that sometimes bordered on and to semitism with israel's move his auntie's capable. comes on the heels of quite a bit of criticism from the united states and israel of you know ask those activities now you nasco is the un's cultural agency now the israeli foreign ministry spokesperson specifically cited what he called attempts to disconnect the history of jewish history from the land of israel now unesco has angered israel over the past year they passed resolutions in which they said that israel has no right to jerusalem they said that the temple mount and the old city are both muslim the holy sites now as far back as twenty eleven go actually granted palestine full membership in its organization now this is danny the israeli ambassador to the united nations this is him touching on the recent decision no unesco declaration.

no empty speech you. know didn't want to be revolution. about. recently we saw that the usa had withdrawn from the nasco that happened in october and when the united states pulled out of the nasco they specifically cited what they called an anti israel bias now when that happened israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it a courageous and moral decision and praised the united states for doing that it stands for the united nations educational scientific and cultural organization it has a number of tasks it fights violent extremism around the world it promotes female education it promotes media freedom it also protects certain cultural sites around the world now what is in question at the moment is what will happen to certain cultural sites now that both the united states and israel are no longer participants in this very important international body. lists

a dozen world heritage sites across israel that represent three thousand years of history israeli newspaper columnist believes the organization is also a platform for diplomatic action and that israel may eventually reverse its decision. every u.n. agency. a battlefield in the foreign policy and diplomacy arena and unesco is no different than the human rights council and others but whether or not israel issued with dro from it is another matter altogether because just wiese rowing just leaving the field to others is not acceptable to many israelis we have been through such cycles of un bashing. eventually israel and presumably the united

states too would come back having symbolized. dead displeasure. is just a gesture one shouldn't read too much into it. meanwhile both gaza and the west bank have seen more clashes in the third straight week of unrest in the region demonstrations on friday left two palestinians dead and more than sixty injured. the palestinian party has called for christmas celebrations to be canceled valen more days of rage instead the ongoing unrest in the region comes in the wake of u.s. president donald trump this is to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. in the palestinian administered city of ramallah israeli soldiers were filmed pushing back paramedics who were trying to reach the injured troops use weapons and other forceful measures preventing emergency crews from reaching the wounded. one

thursday the united nations general assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn donald trump's you lateral decision they're concerned that the dispute over the city status should only be resolved by talks only nine member states including the u.s. voted against the resolution even so the countries u.n. ambassador remain under turds but in the focus on the few friends backing the jerusalem decision. this will make a difference on how americans look at the us and on how we look at countries who do respect that in the way and this will be remembered.

it's. a jewish communities in germany say they're facing a growing it is a many say they've been the target of discrimination all harassment on a daily basis they believe the problem has been made worse by the u.s. president's controversial decision to recognize as israel's capital is all europe correspondent peter one of the. yeah.

israeli flags burning in the center of. the aftermath of the u.s. decision on jerusalem but apart from protests it's feared the backlash would overstepped the line into attacks against jewish people a police investigation is underway here in berlin following a shocking display of anti semitism outside of a jewish restaurant but what you know from your i six me you wouldn't mention the possible need much of. it because. the owner of the restaurant says he expects these type of attacks considering the current climate it was a typical latest incident against jews the typical. israelis bed story is a bit and go to the gas chamber in five years. we have unfortunately

a lot of cases different and it's similar to do mostly it's an anemic we get a lot of phone calls with. in fact leaders in the jewish community say the peace type of incidents a far more common than we may think think it's a horrible incident but i think it's something what happens sometimes on a daily basis here in germany i wouldn't say that it's that it's a bad feeling is living in germany but on the other side there are things happening and if you're a member of a community or an institution you get confronted with those kinds of incidents. like really every day the u.s. position on jerusalem has certainly added fuel to a backlash against israel but if you look at a study that was carried out just this year over sixty percent of the youths who were surveyed were from a jewish background said that they had faced until semitism. on a daily basis with almost thirty percent saying that they've been targeted or

harassed in the last year just this last month in the venting district of a schoolboy was attacked by a group of classmates who told him that hitler was good because he killed the jews from the government side we heard a strong response from the german justice minister us. any kind of anti semitism is an attack on everyone and sivits is a must never be allowed to have a place in society again but looking at an optic attacks in germany targeting jews may seem easier said than done peter all over. the u.s. olympic committee and the country's gymnastics governing body of being accused of helping cover up years of sex abuse and child molestation and a lawsuit filed by championship mckayla maroney she alleges to have been abused by u.s. team doctor for years and then paid to keep silent she also accuses other sports

institutions of preventing her from publicly coming forward more details now from some miracle. mckayla maroney america's elliptic darling one of the world's most famous gymnast's u.s. household name and victim of childhood sex abuse that apparently took place over years and when she wanted to speak out both usa gymnastics plus the u.s. olympic committee made her keep quiet rhody claims she was paid hush money and is now suing them for silencing her she hired a lawyer and asked for a settlement conference or mediation to get justice to what she didn't ask for was a draconian confidentiality agreement that prevented her from telling even her brother and sister about this and then i think even worse it said that you can't ever say anything bad about us if your masters ever for your whole life she's come forward with a horrific story of abuse by team u.s.a.'s former doctor larry nasser it started when i was thirteen years old and it didn't end until i left the sport it seemed

when ever and wherever this man could find a chance i was treated this carries night of my leg happened when i was fifteen years old i had flown all day and night with the team to get to tokyo he'd given me a sleeping pill for the flight and the next thing i know i was alone with him in his hotel room getting treatment i thought i was going to die that night but one would naturally have expected usa gymnastics to support its crown jewel but the organization claims that she herself chose to settle this all quietly into in sixty mchale as attorney at the time gloria allred approached usa gymnastics requesting that the organization participate in a confidential mediation the process culminated in a settlement agreements that included a mutual disclosure and a mutual disparagement moronis case is just the start over one hundred and fifty women have now accused the same doctor of sexual abuse i don't want to be in

a courtroom telling about how a man you know pandered to me. front of my mother when i was eleven the fact that he just thinks i flew to guilty and now you guys can start healing is ridiculous to me i don't think. i don't think he truly understands how many people are hurting and how bad people are hurting over this now dr nasser admits to exploiting his position to abuse his patients and he was recently convicted and sentenced to sixty years in jail but his victims believe justice has still not been served and it's not just nassar who they insist must be punished but the sports officials who failed to protect child athletes lympics are something that brings people hope and joy sure from the outside looking in it's an amazing story i did it i got there but not without a price and we discussed moronis claims with former gymnasts right children all of this she was actually the first to publicly accused former u.s. team doctor laurie nazzaro of sexual assault it is true so she's not surprised about claims of a big cover up. you know i wish i could say that i was surprised

but the reality with usa gymnastics is they have a decades long policy of covering up sexual abuse and of and of silencing victims some of the most prominent coaches in the usa gee who have trained olympians those those coaches have been found guilty of sexual abuse too and again like like their member coaches they were allowed to continue preying on little girls and even their elite athletes for decades and usa jews response to that was to defend in under a testimony to defend their policy saying they wanted to avoid a witch hunt so when you have an organization that has a decades long policy of supporting sexual predators a decades long policy of silencing victims by literally shoving reports in a file cabinet and then they can defend their actions by saying they want to avoid a witch hunt it shouldn't come as any surprise to us that they're treating their elite athletes the same way they're treating the youngest gymnast in their member gyms. well you know mckayla said that she had signed her agreement in two thousand

and sixteen but just a few months ago in august the o.c. register which is a local california newspaper did publish that they had been able to confirm that another case had been settled in twenty fifteen with another victim of larry nasser in the lead gymnast so yes i think it's i think it's likely that there are others that have been silenced. i think there needs to be an investigation into whether illegal activities occurred there are very legitimate questions about whether or not this nondisclosure agreement was even legal under california law because it did involve felony sex offense crimes and i think there needs to be a complete board change from the top down because these board members have have made it very clear that that the safety of little children is not their priority that they see nothing wrong with how they have handled not just the larry nassar situation but with how they've handled sexual predators in the organization for decades when you have an organization like u.s.c.g. that is in charge of our libyans that is in charge of the entire sport from the top

down and they can't handle something like sexual abuse against little children yes i think it is time for the u.s.o.c. to look at simply removing their authority to run our gymnastics program in the united states because they have proven that they care about something more than the safety of their athletes and that's inexcusable. red faces facebook relegations that it's fake news flags and explain why after this short break.

remains controversial. and more important. to get. back to our facebook fight against fake news has resulted in a boomerang effect the site's been trying to read flag articles that contain false information. though takes the sweetest has more. facebook sees itself on the

frontlines of the fight against fake news there's a huge amount of misinformation out there on the internet it's a problem we've been working hard on it for this book and we're committed to fighting it after all people want to see accurate information and so did we. that battle heated up in december two thousand and sixteen when facebook teamed up with fact checkers to flag stories it determined to contain so-called disputed content but when you're on the social media titans forced to admit not only is the method ineffective it may actually inspire the opposite of the desired reaction academic research on correcting misinformation has shown that putting a strong image like a red flag next to an article may actually entrenched deeply held beliefs the opposite of fact to what we intended apparently a fake news label actually makes people more interested for example facebook red flag this story by the newport buzz which claimed hundreds of thousands of irish people were brought to the u.s.

as slaves but the little red sign didn't stop its spread on the contrary traffic skyrocketed but facebook isn't daunted by the discovery that flagging stories has backfired coming up with a new plan to provide alternative articles on long side possibly false stories to give people more context but the question remains are those alternative stories definitely relevant and balanced and who's actually making that call the choice of the articles the choice of the outlets is going to reflect human bias he would bias is inevitable whenever human beings are involved there's always going to be a social political cultural and so on bias and the selection of those related articles is going to reflect that facebook obviously has an agenda the people who work at facebook have individual agendas and biases they might not even be aware of their own biases as facebook and others struggle to contain fabricates a new story in a science the u.s. ambassador to the netherlands isn't exactly helping you described his own remarks as fake news. you mentioned in

debate. that there are no go zones in the netherlands. we would call it fake because i never said. yes there. goes the netherlands. there are no gold no zongo snows no goes. out if you have a problem with your second language ok. fake news obviously i didn't call that fake news i didn't use the word today no no . i think it has to do with. said these words in the beginning from his stance as an politician and when he was the second

time he was already elected as ambassador as an investor and just sense the words words that's kind of weird of course i don't think there will be any problems i think he will be sitting just like all the other. people on the sea. u.s. intelligence chiefs are urging congress three authorize the national security agency's far reaching spy program that expires at the end of the year they say if lawmakers that renew it the country's security will be undermined if congress fails to reauthorize this or forty the intelligence community will lose valuable foreign intelligence information and the resulting intelligence gaps will make it easier for terrorists weapons proliferated malicious cyber actors and other foreign adverse reste to plan attacks against our citizens and allies without detection. the internet spying program was established in two thousand and eight sit permits intelligence organizations to collect data from foreign targets it also allows for in deception of americans communications in certain cases well critics and social

activists say they fear the renewal would lead to increased levels of surveillance the proposed bill is not a reform measure on the contrary it would expand surveillance grants the government more authority and other provisions of pfizer and could be read to codify current unlawful surveillance practices we spoke to tiny michael flanagan he outlined his concerns about the program under the law they are allowed to listen for just a few seconds i mean it's regulated down to to an actual time limit i don't know exactly what it is but it's really a tiny amount of time that they're allowed to listen but they get to keep read dialing the same the same frequency you know keep listening for a few seconds and turn it off and start again to turn off and start again and we have more than a little bit of evidence that that has happened in an effort to listen in on other calls and when they're actually trying to listen to the american and so you have a ridiculous subterfuge gone through some some some crazy crazy handstands that

have gone through simply to have intelligence agencies of the united states spy on citizens of the united states which is absolute there's no one in congress who would approve such a thing but this law allows them as you have correctly observed a backdoor way to be able to do that. how would you feel if you looked up into the night sky and saw something like this this sinister looking shape was spotted above los angeles in the us on friday it freaked out quite a few people they phoned police suspecting it of being anything from a u.f.o. even to a missile attack the real explanation i was far more simple it was actually the final launch of the year from space x. the private contractor that gets satellites into orbit ok jli supply the international space station as well mystery was solved. lastly problem bodyguards are getting a lesson in mixed martial arts skills from top fighter are the charm of visited the fight is from the federal protective service whose primary aim is to

guard officials including the russian president. that's been a dream of mine since i was a kid to visit it and of course i never in general to be invited to really train our special forces so i was very excited and joined every second of this more trained professionals so one always enjoys a lot more when i get to coach people though that understand what fighting is. the main thing in the fighting is not just the skill skill can be learned it's the heart and this guys are ready to give their life for their country so they would make great fighters no doubt in my mind. homer vs the interviews and.

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legendary journalist john pilger the oscar winning director barry jenkins we look at some of our favorite interviews of the and riots this christmas we speak to jeremy call been shot a lot john so richard and the man who served seventy isn't an indefinite sentence about why the government just still not releasing thousands to have that time all the civil coming out today is going underground but first while teresa mayes commissioned inquiry into the grand catastrophe which killed at least seventy one people has already been met with skepticism by the local community it has media dominated by the effects of a financial crash nearly ten years ago and doggedly the powerful using identity politics to divide the working class barry jenkins who picked up an oscar this year for directing his film moonlight had faith in the usa saying donald trump will not be able to enforce division i don't think he will be able to if he is i think it will say more about the country and it does about trump but i refuse to believe that he will at a certain point a policy is

a policy and i think of certain things are taken from on the working class economy taken from the entire working class black white mexican asian whatever so i don't think so i have faith again i'm a glass half full person but when it comes to those this side of the pond doggedly fighting for workers' solidarity they have merely come under personal attack from a british only god going to media that according to the shadow chancellor john mcdonnell understands full well what jeremy corbin once for the u.k. i understand it all right. just what we're doing in the hands of. murder politically opposed to everything we do the same with the show that what they do is they don't actually say you know what we're doing very distraught distorted our views so much just switched off believe them. in the general election. ever have another general election where the boat. well i don't.

say the poet told us he was only getting discerning audiences for a revival of a play about the working classes jim cartwright's the road in london hopefully playwrights who are writing about now and poets who are writing about now will speak with the same kind of anger. as jim cartwright spoke in this play thirty years ago i think that's why it's find in relevance with the audience is of london and of england it's because it speaks to the place speaks to. you know there was a fire in london in a block of flats. which i'm sure you've heard. we started to ask the question why don't we know about the people who were inside that tower how how they become so invisible this play is about people who are not seen something echoed by one new labor m.p. elected britain's june general election universal credit is being rolled out in my

constituency in december and whoever has decided that clearly doesn't understand either universal credit or what happened then where in class communities over christmas you spend money. time you have nice food you get your family some gifts or whatever and to have universal credit row now in december means that they are consigning many. important me. there's must've problems with this system so sometimes people the payments are in a real in a reality so sometimes a way in a week so that means this government is prepared for people with no money in january and february and i'm going to try and use that place to stop that happen and in fairness the conservative party at its annual conference this year and men just did it via to make concessions to jeremy corbyn socialist politics which we covered after the general election where tourism a lost majority in parliament we had our first food bank in.