the launch state of the art space sex rocket carrying a classified u.s. government leads to speculation about whether it made it into space but none of the usual information. also this hour the b.b.c. finds itself. after some of its journalists accuse the company ship. little attention with the focus from a government demonstrations in iran. you

are tonight thanks so much for joining us here on our to international now a space mission already shrouded in secrecy has now grown even more mysterious but some of rumors about the fate of a top secret u.s. government satellite the reusable space x. rocket which launched it has safely returned to earth questions are being asked over what happened to the payload you know 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 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 lifestream to body

space six but only until a certain stage oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh. please. we have had successful lift off of falcon nine carrying though then the satellites deployment into orbit wasn't shown or reported on at all now if the mission is sort of secrecy it isn't any fad at some stages all of the live stream based 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 doubts of hearing other any other reasons to think that something

posted the math going 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 quested to comment from the pentagon from the satellites manufacturer and of course from you and me. asks company as well and this is what we've got we have nothing to add to the satellite cadillac 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 normally so why did these comments or rather no comment replies leave us 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 u.s. 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. has again commented on the launch they've said the falcon nine rocket did everything as expected however in her statement the company's president refused to give further comment on the fate of the south about being carried citing its

classified nature. and the b.b.c. has found itself accused of censorship by its own journalists after some claim they've been prevented from talking about equal pay that follows of course the resignation of a senior journalist who claims she wasn't paid the same as a male counterparts is ati's police work with 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 other 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 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 retain their 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. all reporting must remain julie impose short as well as a curate we need to ensure the b.b.c.'s impartiality is not brought into question and presenters or 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. north and south korea have held their first official talks and more than two years the negotiations were held in the demilitarized zone between the two countries artie's what does if is following 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 shorts but it's a start with number one i think we should be engaged in these talks in an earnest sincere manner 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 they'd 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 joe moon has boasted he has his own button and his desk is part of who is button is 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 the type of situation where these countries can learn to live in peace and that's only going to come from building relationships with the latest talks follow months of escalation in rhetoric and saber rattling between north korea and the united states however claims it's his aggressive attitude towards pyongyang about swap made the diplomatic breakthrough possible to start with. 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 have written that without my rhetoric and without my tough set. just distance 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. across live to security analyst former u.k. counter-terror intelligence officer bridge thanks for joining us. as always these talks are going to be held. without the united states what sort of reaction do you think we're going to get from washington i mean some are saying they're being sidelined here in these very important. well yes to some extent i certainly are in

fact to a very large extent and some will certainly argue that contrary to what donald trump is claimed that it's his tough stance that is porous on somewhere state so it goes in the north for sure which state and probably russia and china and others urging caution over very many months over this issue they would possibly say that it's actually the united states and south korea agreeing to postpone their very major military exercises that would you to be taking place very shortly that has allowed the north korean government to save face in this way and come to at least some kind of negotiations although not on the key issues that are bothering united states but certainly i think in respect of donald trump himself if not his. aggressive assertive rhetoric i think that's probably only serve to wind the north korean leadership up but perhaps indeed his widely perceived not just of course by

the north korean leadership but widely perceived shall we say rationality perhaps as unpredictability perhaps has given some pause for thought on top of which of course north korea and the leadership would very much like to take part in a meaningful way in the winter olympics and of course this allows two stones should we say to be killed with the same stone if that's what takes place i mean donald trump has been at the forefront has an ear of saber rattling over the past few months fire and fury destroying north korea you probably heard it in the clip just then but he's going to hadn't said exactly that which was unable these talks to take place take place he's effectively you know playing credit for all this do you think he's he's right he had a thing as a point a whole. there may well be the case because after all we don't know the mechanisms of the workings if you like of decision making in the north korean government or the individuals concerned and also we need to bring into the mix the attitude of south korean government but on the one hand they taken

a very hard no stance but recently and wisely it would now seem as indeed many caution should be the case the south korean government has if you like in a way been the first to step up by agreeing to. these very major military exercises which as your clip earlier stated should we say a major irritant if not indeed a major threat perceived by the north koreans to north korea and so with this in place and let's not forget as well that almost certainly there have been back channel talks going on for some months behind the scenes perhaps even involve the united states but certainly it's now clear and we should have expected this all along between the south and north koreans but certainly looking to the issue about whether the u.s. is being sidelined again and again we're seeing perhaps around the world situations where and this is just one example where when. united states and its foreign policy is put to one side then solutions peaceful solutions can be found by the local

players and that seems to be what might be happening here is that again we need to be careful about running away with optimism here after all these are talks at the moment although other issues have been touched upon today and possibly will be in the future these are major maney talks about sports and about participation in the olympics and not much at the present time anyway beyond that but of course it's a very encouraging step on the trump himself as acknowledged good news for the good start to the new year certainly i mean both sides north and south of expressed optimism as you say the live pictures just one of the topics up for discussion here do we expect any breakthrough here at all you know perhaps on other wider issues here that have been you know the concern for the world community. yes and here we're talking specifically of course about. the so-called nuclear threat certainly korea's north korea's nuclear program but it's interesting today where a comment i think was made after the talks by

a south korean government official that alluded to the denuclearization is a quarter of the whole korean peninsula and i think that seems to have earned a very quick and sharp rebuke from the north that these talks were about that know what they be allowed to stray into that it's interesting of course that the north koreans reaffirmed their claim their belief that their program their nuclear weapons program is not aimed at south korea indeed they would have no need to aim an nuclear program at south korea because of course they have massive conventional forces in order to carry out any action against south korea anyway but noice it aimed against russia or china or others it is gay and against united states and they would say and have them many times said that the reason they have that nuclear and creasing nuclear threat to united states is precisely to counter the threat that comes from the united states from the comments of. american presidents not just this one but once in the past and of course when we look at the experience

of other countries around the world that have got rid of their nuclear or other programs such as libya such as iraq and then the perception is that in north korea and other places that they paid the consequences they paid the price of that they were attacked and destabilized by the west particularly ninety states and the argument goes of course would they have been attacked in that way if they kept hold of their weapons of mass destruction that's the prevailing thought process in the north and elsewhere indeed it's only been the last saw you went well for good news for those negotiations shall surely security analyst former u.k. counter terror intelligence officer thanks so much for your take on that today here on r.t. . altar newsier has been engulfed in violent protests with thousands running against the rising prices unemployment and tax hikes police used tear gas to disperse protesters who had been burning tires and hurling stones at officers there dressed up to almost simultaneously with the iranian demonstrations but i've

got a lot of your noticed a middle east correspondent paula joins us live now with some more on that story paula thanks for tuning in what exactly is going on in the country right now. well these protests intern is here started after the new year and they came in reaction to that a new zealand government introducing a new budget plan for two thousand and eight that included amongst other things a rise in fuel prices and tax hikes the response from the street was one of anger and what we've seen is protests taking place in several dozen cities around the country with the result that one person has been killed and several people have been injured now it is for many as you mentioned to protests happening in another country namely iran what you see we have here are two countries with protests taking place on the street by people who are unhappy with the economic situation. the root of it is just

a canard it's the problem of youth unemployment i personally haven't been able to find a job for a long time but if people have a job they don't have any problem with the government about the demands of the following to spend the twenty eighteen four minutes law returned to the original prices of goods and hire one member from every poor family in short i didn't see a. rise in petrol prices this time is huge we have a lot of privilege and have to pay a lot of fines it's only acceptable that we pay for this government's mistakes. now that is a prime minister has said that there is no place for violence and the sentiments echo the words that were used by iran's leader. what happened yesterday is a violation of the law since a state of emergency has been declared in tunisia these protests are the result of operations that aim to review social unrest that we are a free nation and according to the constitution and human rights the people are

absolutely free to criticize the government and even protest that their protests should be in such a way as to aim to improve the situation in the country we the government will definitely not tolerate some protesters who want to destroy. public property will disrupt public discipline and create tumult in society. now western leaders for example the french president and the e.u. high represent me were quick to condemn the iranian protests even have the american president donald trump calling for regime change but when it comes to the current protests that are taking place in tunisia well here they've kept now it might be their to near zero was the first country back in two thousand and eleven at the start of the arab spring to ask a dictator in a move that was widely approved by the western world as being one of democratic change but since then there have been no less than nine governments in place into his ear all of whom have been unable to get

a handle on the economic situation the question of course is whether or not we'll see these cause for regime change and condemnation and criticism against tunisia like we've seen for example against when. interesting to see what coverage that gets and if we do hear those calls eventually paula slither reports from jerusalem on rest and soon as you. now they've been calls to boycott clothing joy they should i am offered advertise the black child modeling a hoodie with the words cost monkey in the jungle of the huge backlash took down the image however that doesn't stop the social media storm with the brown being labeled 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 apprehending 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 the thought it was funny to make a blackboard model who did that said coolest monkey in the drug issue nam is not an american company 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 i am new to situation by folks who do 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 of them. or discussed whether the ad is racially insensitive with luke it's all slow or a bit of spiked magazine as well as ready for death from models of diversity. the whole issue is with this advertising campaign it's an advertising company that passed its international it's 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 and mischief first 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 real time to say the least is what this campaign is it's really badly thought by a board of white. because even if it was even if there's that opinion that it's

just like badly thought it might be parents that are negatively thinking about this you cannot deny the connotation 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 don't know 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 it'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 affair 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 clothing giant has apologized in a statement added the controversial has been scrapped both from its online

platforms and stores across the globe that the garment in question will no longer be on sale. as the headlines for the south for myself on the team it all to you can of course i get more all stories on our website. want to check out our social media as well of course we're back in about thirty five minutes with more news. on. the two thousand and eight economic crisis turn some countries into pigs these are the countries with we can recall them is 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 the whole most a decade how good are the results you saw all of it in new york city's will by the

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when so many find themselves worlds apart when you choose to look for common ground . greetings and salyut asians all right january nineteenth marg your calendars talk watch your because that is the date the united states congress will face its the next deadlines and september fourth deadlines and september thirtieth to pass the twenty eight two budget for united states of america is the whole budget january nineteenth twenty eighteen years they still haven't still haven't gotten around to giving us a budget you see unlike the rest of us who face real world consequences for missed deadlines and unbalanced budgets the us congress gets to pass the old continuing

resolution in order to continue to dodge their important responsibilities like say keeping the government funded and running properly and january nineteenth marks the sunset of now their fourth continuing resolution but passing budgets on time isn't the only important responsibility congress has been ignoring now on a regular pretty regular basis. according to a recent survey by gov spend dot com congressional members and the us voting public are incredibly far apart on spending priorities for example gov spend discovered that when it comes to just the discretionary funding budget americans thought military spending should be cut in half and education science and energy and environment deserved to be roughly doubled or more but congress on the other hand decided that allocating six hundred thirty nine billion to the pentagon while giving just fifty nine billion for education was a was a much better you.