ah. the launch of a state of the art space x. rocket carrying a classified u.s. government satellite leads to speculation about whether it made it into space with none of the usual information released. also this hour north and south korea hold high level talks for the first time in two years raising hopes of a possible diplomatic breakthrough. and the b.b.c. finds itself at the center of a storm off to some of its journalists accuse the company of censorship. thanks for joining us here in r.t. international live from moscow with me daniel hawkins whoever you are today you're

very welcome on the program. now a space mission already started in secrecy is now grown even more mysterious that some had rumors about the fates of a top secret u.s. government satellite the reusable space x. rocket which launched it if you were worth questions remain though over being over what exactly happened to the payload has the details of the cryptic launch well the intriguing or mysterious thing about this is that ahead of the launch and during it and the media there were so many stories about the top secret spy satellite which belongs to the u.s. government being launched by elan mosques space x. company it was called zoom but now almost two days after the launch everyone is pretty much in the dark about its fate sunday night's launch was life strained by space six but only until a certain stage is sure. we

have had successful liftoff of falcon nine. though then the satellites deployment into orbit wasn't shown or reported on at all now if the mission is so secret isn't any fat at some stage is all the live stream what a sense that while on the one hand it is true and we know that the usual practice for this kind of limited access to the stream is like that for missions of that secretive nature but then neither space x. nor the manufacture of the satellite confirmed that the launch was successful and this led to the first doubts appearing other any other reasons to think that something possibly may have gone wrong then too respected news organizations in the u.s.

wall street journal and bloomberg reported. that zuma may have fallen back to earth or burned in the planet's atmosphere and when they get that classified information from anonymous sources within the u.s. government and also the industry what they did is they were question or comment from the pentagon from the satellites manufacturer and of course from you and musk's company as well and this is what we've got we have nothing to add to the satellite catalog at this time we cannot comment on classified missions we do not comment on missions of this nature but as of right now reviews of the data indicate full can nine performed nominally so why did these comments all rather no comment replies so let's put all the doubts aside and assume that the satellite delivery mission was a success does that mean that there is so much secrecy behind the payload that no one is entitled to know even about whether it reached orbit or not why was there no

obviate in the us satellite catalog and what kind of spying is it out there for the questions are going to be there to stay on the other hand if it's confirmed that the mission was a fail or it's not going to be a refutation disaster for space six but we know that elon musk's next step was going to be to start sending humans into space and in this case it could prove to be an image problem and we will see whether that's going to affect elon musk's plans to do more space business with the u.s. government space x. has again commented on the launch saying the falcon nine rocket did everything as expected whoever was a statement the company's president refused to give further comment on the fate of a satellite being carried to sizing it's classified nature. a north and south korea have held their first official talks in more than two years

the negotiations were held in the demilitarized zone between the two countries here's what preceded the negotiations january saw the reopening of a cross border telephone line the following day donald trump agreed to delay military drills with seoul until after next month's winter olympics they'll take place in south korea of course art is what i've got to see of these following the developments. it went well which is rare to hear these days when it comes to the korea's one north korea agreed to send a delegation to the winter olympics in pyongyang chang sportspeople performance for the cultural events it's simple if the north attends the olympics it's much less likely to stage a provocation launch another missile to family reunions relatives separated by the war that haven't seen each other for decades could be allowed reunions the extra month and three perhaps most importantly south korea has

proposed to face meetings between the north's and the south's military officials in order to deescalate tensions at long last alternately to denuclearize the peninsula it's a long short but it's a start with number one i think we should be engaged in these talks in an earnest sincere mammal to give a new year's gift namely the results of the talks to the korean nations. as you mentioned earlier we hope to bring a precious gift to your people but matches the expectations of our people it has been a chaotic year from escalation to escalation saber rattling and childish rhetoric near enough every month the u.s. and south korea would stage war games on the north's borders and send a message. they

even sent nuclear bombers to the north borders north korea was no less provocative and it tested increasingly advanced ballistic missiles stage suspected nuclear weapons tests and. it now reportedly has the capacity to hate mainland united states and kim jong moon has boasted he has his own button and his desk is part of who is button big contest with trump which is why these talks was so important they allow for a poor choice for hot heads to cool off and for tightened fingers to ease off on the triggers i think it's a step back from a military solution because there is no military solution it other than death and destruction of hundreds of thousands or

a million people or more in the long run both sides would benefit from peace whether there are people within each government that have an objective to maintain this conflict to maintain the battle state the probably our however you know so it's hard to say put north korea into one camp however i see what can come from the talks is a type of peace act treaty and a type of situation where these countries can learn to live in peace and that's only going to come from building relationships of the latest talks followed months of escalation in rhetoric and saber rattling which we north korea and the us however claims it's his aggressive attitude towards going young that made the diplomatic breakthrough possible. totally destroying north korea that's called the military option the nuclear and

ballistic missile programs of that regime require a determined response. little rocket man is a sick puppy. a lot of people said a lot of people written that without my rhetoric and without my tough stance and said just as. i mean this is this is what has to be done if it has to be done that they wouldn't be talking about olympics that they wouldn't be talking right. the b.b.c. found itself accused of censorship by its own journalists but softer some claim they've been prevented from talking about equal pay that follows the resignation of a journalist who claims she wasn't paid the same as her male counterparts. with all the details. carrie gracie has resigned as the b.b.c.'s china editor and she's penned this open letter where she explains that last summer when the b.b.c.

revealed the salaries of its highest paid staff she discovered that the two men who do the same job as her essentially as international editors but in all the regions get paid much more than the two women who do those jobs as well take a listen to what she had to say master law i learned that in the previous financial year the two men and at least fifty percent more than the two women these revelations damaged the trust of b.b.c. staff gary gracie said that the only solution that she had for her b.b.c. bosses would be for all four international editors at the b.b.c. to be paid the same amount and crucially she wasn't after a pay rise she simply wanted equal pay however her bosses at the b.b.c. instead offered her a substantial pay rise but one that was nowhere near equal pay and she says that

the b.b.c. told her that quite simply the men's jobs were worth more and those two men's jobs are north america editor and middle east editor by the way so on top of this original conflict with the b.b.c. there is now another issue and that is that often news of this story broke the head of news at the b.b.c. center polite reminder to all the staff saying that because of impartiality rules no one would be able to report on the story if they had expressed a view on it but the problem is that plenty of women at the b.b.c. have to treat it that solidarity with carry gracey over this issue and they are now accusing the b.b.c. of trying to keep them quiet and of trying to censor them the rules of also resulted in a situation whereby effectively because of this you've got the story be. reported almost exclusively by men now the b.b.c.

won't comment on the controversy however they have referred us back to their guidelines take a listen to what they have to say when dealing with controversial subjects concerning the b.b.c. or reports must remain julie impose sure as well as accurate we need to ensure the b.b.c. is impartiality is not brought into question and presenters all reporters are not exposed to potential conflicts of interest and the b.b.c. might have to get used to reporting on itself or she referring us back to those guidelines because this looks like an issue that isn't going away and there are likely to be more high profile resignations over this issue of gender pay inequality. russia's the fence ministry has revealed details of two attempt to drone attacks on two of its bases in syria both were repelled and there were no casualties or damage caused to those two bases let's take a look at the main toll of the attacks themselves it's a g.p.s. guided home drone able to operate from

a distance of up to one hundred kilometers away it carries a range of homemade explosives as you can see here on the photo now russia's defense ministry said thirteen such devices were used in those attacks all of them were intercepted by defense systems now the fact terrorists in syria operate such technology has raised concerns at the pentagon as well a spokesman said they were worried such devices are freely available on the open market of a professor of history and international relations at lebanese university in beirut jamal wakim believes terrorists in syria are receiving support from certain foreign governments. we see that. states and governments misquoted the meeting and they are trying to use especially the west out thank you is that those groups want geopolitical objectives but they believe that this could backfire on them and it could also base concerns about security in the west in general and in the united states these groups have

a joy at one point the backing of certain western states. which made them. give an update of the techniques and that's why it is a big concern for every state every government to coordinate and cooperate with other governments to count the federalism refugees in europe are house them in jail activists say they're treated worse than prison as we've got more about story after this short break. what else truths seem wrong. i don't really see just don't call. me. yet to seep out just to come out. and indeed treat equals betrayal. when suddenly find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground.

unfortunately it appears that once people learn that you've reported a sexual assault or may have been involved in an incident that they become scared of you instead of being scared of the perpetrator. power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely and the shell of the matter over their heads up saudi arabia these days is as corrupt as the day is long and he's just stealing money from folks and with us right to be had but america is like that's reform meanwhile ok already there actually are in the process of reform but that's allowed evil. welcome back to our teens

a national now hundreds have been protesting across spain claiming gross mistreatment to refugees in the country the outcry was sparked by the government's decision to temporarily house new comers in a jail in the town of q donna. and. it's not a question not to do so jail but could have been treated better. the government has used this prison for five hundred seventy eight male migrants from algeria since november this is totally illegal second the conditions under which the migrants live there are illegal they guarded by riot police have been unable to see their relatives they couldn't even embrace each other. now the prisons in the mountains in the southern province of monaco in a town with a population of almost nine thousand a whole excuse me hold. last year around buildings bullfight son has been declared a historic artistic site for its unique architectural heritage if you don't is now

gaining global attention for all the wrong reasons just over a week ago one margaret was found dead in his cell on the prison site of a spanish authorities claim the facilities brand new and serves as a convenient shelter. we feel it is better that the migrants be held in the center with the latest technology sanitary facilities share was heating beds sports areas then to put them in camps like in other countries now it's not just one spanish region that has been facing difficulties with the moderate influx recent figures show more than twenty thousand refugees have crossed into spain via the mediterranean just in the past year that's more than double the number in twenty sixty we spoke to maria vigor from the united nations human rights council in spain she compares the spanish crisis the similar cases in other european countries and claims or thirty's can and should do more un a.t.r. has been always saying refugees and asylum seekers should not be kept in detention

are killing is just the top of the iceberg after to two ation that is not properly handled and if we can there has been a high level of improvisation for a long time the figure came two thousand and seventeen having crease over one hundred percent compared to the previous years but still we are talking about really manageable numbers there is no war then twenty seven thousand people breaking in one year when in the past week with one million what you believe receiving over one hundred thousand people want to hear any basis so we therefore believe that they should and could be doing much more in this regard. there have been calls to boycott clothing giant h. and m. or to advertise they black child modeling a hoodie with the words coolest monkey in the jungle after

a huge backlash h m m took down the image however that doesn't stop the social media storm people are being branded the label as racist and insensitive. marketing fail him down puts a black child in a hoodie that reads and the coolest monkey in the jungle and the white child is the survival expert and now fox has pretending like they don't know the black children have long been racially characterized as monkeys the h. and m. is just irony i highly doubt they will like let's put the monkey hoodie on a bill like al make and see if there's a white supremacist who works for h. and thought it was funny to make a black boy model who did that set coolest monkey in the drug issue nam is not an american company not needed brands do not have to be familiar with usas or other countries historical conflicts on how to do background research for advertising a simple hoodie you're all going to feel how you all feel about the nation and who just situation by folks who do it was cute see you me that got

a little black boy in a monkey hoodie of course it's offensive but it's so obvious i'm hysterical over the lack of awareness by each unit if. i were discussed whether the ads is racially insensitive with luke at all slow or the sort of spike magazine ready for their from models of diversity. the whole issue is with this advertising campaign it's an advertising campaign that past its international is an international campaign and it's so obvious that if you're going to use a connotation like monkey whether a child is a monkey you're going to choose a black child for the campaign and the white child as a survivor of the jungle there is not going to have connotations it's ridiculous to think it's not going to have any contagions whatsoever i think is a really sad day i think what has happened is the word monkey has been used because this boy is a child and the word monkey is used to describe children of all races because they're cheeky in mischief verse and you can see this across children's clothes for

children of all races and this was part of a jungle themed clothing line the idea that this was somehow racially malevolent i think is utterly ludicrous i'm so disappointed by this campaign i've seen them do they always use a mix of models but this is really not you know it's ill timed to say the least is what this campaign is it's really badly thought out all by a board of white. because even if it was even if there's that opinion it's just like badly thought it might be parents that are negatively thinking about this you cannot deny the connotations that it held i don't think this has that connotation for the vast majority of people the vast majority of people think this is a perfectly innocent campaign involving children of all races involved in the jungle and i think it's really sad when adults pre conceptions about racism and race get

read into childhood interactions i think that is potentially extremely corrosive if this kind of thinking gets into our school environment for example what are we going to end up saying that black children can't be involved in games that might involve jungle animals children are going to get involved in games involve jungle animals if you're going out specifically choose a campaign where the. lap child is chosen as the monkey and the white child is chosen as the jungle survivor in a climate of racial tension you know that's going to have connotations especially for their parents i was bullied by a whole class called a monkey by the by a whole class of when i was going into a class and then really had an effect and if that's going to have an effect on me that's going to have an effect on generations to come because you're the parent of that child you can't get away from the strongest way we can deal with this is by moving children beyond race that should be the goal for everyone in society is making children not think about their race that's the way we should be proceeding

but what this thinking does is that it reads into people's motivations a racist and malign motivation and the previous speaker just did exactly that they said well there's a white board of people this must be a racist thing this must be racial why can't it simply be that this is a child a child who is black or white who cares it doesn't matter the swedish space the clothing giant has apologized in a statement they've also out of the controversial who's been scrapped from both online platforms and across the globe the retailer said the garment in question will no longer be sold. that's the headlines for this hour from the team in myself here at all t. will see you back at ten pm moscow time for more headlines were all the while. the two thousand and eight economic crisis turned some countries into paix these are the countries with weaker economies that needed austerity policies if you are

in a situation of flow bloat even the recession austerity is a very bad idea it doesn't work and it makes millions of people very unhappy those who are unemployed see their wages decline almost a decade how good are the results she saw all of the new york city's will by the people gathered in which to watch her all good people with your daughter julie. who treated beautiful blue she was i mean to for legal. challenge must be more than this she did not was always think they see something and not getting paid while the same measure is still in place to one of the consequences is to weaken blue bird flu this movie will first be one of the suits the truth be considered is the consequences are actually quite acceptable to the decision makers.

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i i. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. bart shelton. coming up some apple shareholders want to test the effects of i phone and its addictive tendencies plus the new year is here but what's in store for commodities and twenty eighteen in a few minutes we will be joined by peter schiff the euro pacific capital for a look into what expect and later we'll talk about the looming government shutdown showdown and about how it could actually cause all of us money now let's get to the top stories in today's business and financial headlines. apple is being pushed by two significant shareholders to investigate the risk of i phone addiction among children and adolescents activist shareholder firm general partners and the

california state state teachers' retirement system cal stirrers wrote to apple over the weekend to suggest that apple look into the development of software that would enable the parents to place time limits on their kids' smartphone usage and research the broader effects of smartphone use on mental health two entities writing to apple controlled two billion dollars in stock and callista's as one of the biggest pension plans in the united states some resurgence of found indications of a relation between online social networking and depression among actions that they have uncovered dealing with the loss of a smartphone access to at least partially resemble a withdraw from drugs alcohol or even nicotine. meanwhile more controversy is stirring in the tech world as analyst and lawyers rakes questions about a major sale of intel stock by intel c.e.o.

brian chris an itch following revelations about a security flaw in the intel chips many are taking a look at the nov twenty seventeen sale by chris an itch of thirty nine million dollars in company stock that generated twenty five million dollars in profit intel was made aware of the security problem nearly six months before christianity has stock sale while the c.e.o. filed the required paperwork and plans about a month before the stock sale intel has so far refused to clarify when the c.e.o. was informed of the vulnerabilities in their chips the size and timing of his sale raise real questions for regulators at the us curious and exchange commission and the federal bureau of investigation although proving such cases is generally fairly difficult.

what's in store for oil silver and other commodities going into the new year let's ask peter schiff the c.e.o. of euro pacific capital who joins us from connecticut peter happy new year and thanks for being with us again we've certainly had a crazy good equity markets in the last thirteen months or more what about commodity marker markets going on so far in the last year or so and going on in the future. well i'm very bullish on commodities in fact more so than on most stock markets particularly in the united states and of commodities had been in bear markets up until i think just recently we've broken out of some rather substantial down friends that have been in place not just for commodities in general but for commodity companies many of these companies have been heading down since two thousand and eleven when a lot of clout of these peak and we've seen some down trends break there as well so as an investor in both commodities and commodity stocks i think things look very encouraging but i think you know overall a lot of the inflation that investors were happy to have manifest itself in asset

markets like stocks and bonds and real estate i think a lot of that inflation is now going to finally rear its head in places where a lot of investors aren't going to be happy especially central banks when they start to see their inflation handiwork showing up you know in producer prices and consumer prices that's going to be a lot of problems for investors in the banks yeah although we did have some people on recently peter and talking about how they're pretty bullish on the bond markets going forward what are your specific thoughts on bonds well you know you have a major bubble worldwide in bonds and obviously that bubbles been inflating for many years and so you know the graveyards are littered with corpses of people who have tried to short that bubble and i you know.