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 the usual information released. also this hour the b.b.c. finds itself at the center of it. after some of its journalists accuse the company of censorship. and protests but fails to draw global attention with a focus on anti government demonstrations in iran. thanks

for joining us here on the program. our space x. rocket safely returned to earth after a mission to launch a u.s. government satellite but questions are being lost over what happened to the top secret payload has the details. 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 musk's spacex 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.

we have had successful lift off of falcon nine carrying those then the satellites deployment into orbit wasn't shown or reported on at all now if the mission a site of secrecy it isn't any fad at some stage is all to live stream but 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 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 question a comment from the pentagon from the satellites manufacturer and of course from you and me. six 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 nominally so where 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 space x. game commented on the launch they've said the falcon nine rocket booster did everything as expected however in her statement the company's president refused to give further comment on the fate of the subs light itself being carried citing its classified nature. and other news the b.b.c. is being accused of censorship by its own staff some claim they've been prevented from talking about equal pay that follows of course the resignation of a journalist over alleged salary discrimination part of 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 i learned that in the previous financial year the two men 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 the 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 that 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 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 independent journalist and commentator martin summers told us transparency is vital to overcoming pay discrimination well the fact of the matter is that a lot of the time we don't really know what people are paid what and i think the

needs to be a lot more transparency that what people are paid in general in scandinavian countries everybody's pay is public knowledge because everybody's tax returns are made public and they have been for you know for many years in britain we have a culture of secrecy around it's almost embarrassing to ask people how much they earn and therefore you know therefore people don't discuss it there's also questions of commercial confidentiality when somebody is being given to you know doing a deal with that with a company particular the b.b.c. is off and it's often turned out behind closed doors and nobody really knows what's going on but then you've got to ask yourself a why is those senior positions always filled by men and i think that this this kind of question is going to be asked not just at the b.b.c. but in general. the north and south korea have had their first official talks in more than two years the negotiations took place in the demilitarized zone between the two countries artie's more aggressive 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 deck's month and three perhaps most importantly south korea has proposed face 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 shot 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 nation so. it will 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 that 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 hit 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's for hotheads to cool off and for tightened fingers to ease off on the trigger is 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 that probably are 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. 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 the latest talks following months of saber rattling between north korea and the united states donald trump however claims his aggressive attitude towards pyongyang is exactly what 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 without my rhetoric and without my tough stance and said just

a stance 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. violent protests with thousands rioting against rising prices unemployment on tax hikes police used tear gas to disperse protesters who had been burning tires and hurling stones at officers then arrest the ruptured almost simultaneously with the iranian demonstrations but has gone largely unnoticed on middle east correspondent paula as the details. well these protests intern is here started after the new year and they came in reaction to the to 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 trinity and 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're seeing actually 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 the following suspend the twenty eighteen famine in slow return to the original prices of goods and high of one member from every poor family these are in short. realizing petrol prices this 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. but we are protesting here because of high braces and employment we were the growth in

these and we have been subjected to violence by security agents now the two mr prime minister has said that there is no place for violence and the sentiments echo the words that we use 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 but their protests should be in such a way as to aim to improve the situation. the country we the government will definitely not tolerate some protesters who want to destroy public property or disrupt public discipline and create turmoil in society western leaders for example the french president are crying and the e.u. hiway present mahoney were quick to condemn the iranian protests even have the

american president donald trump calling for regime change iran is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the bammer ministration the great iranian people have been repressed for many years they are hungry for food and for freedom along with human rights the wealth of iran is being looted time for change but when it comes to the current potest that are taking place in tunisia while here they've kept mum and now it might be that 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 mine governments in place intern israel 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 vision change and condemnation and criticism against tunisia like we've seen for example against him when we spoke earlier to

a sociology professor d.q. said instability in iran is always exaggerated by the us government and the wider media. tunisia is on the military it's a small country not many people know about the american. society in iran who many in america are. i mean i mean. for american policy that they didn't says it's one hundred seventy nine in the. blue happy to look at anything. that happens in this one point this included to look as if this is the regime to. put this good in the for. russia's defense ministry has revealed the details of to attempt to drone attacks on two of its bases in syria both were repelled there were no reported casualties or damage caused to those bases but let's take

a look now at the main top of the attack it's a g.p.s. guided homemade drone similar to the one on the slide here it's able to operate from a distance of one hundred kilometers carries a large range of homemade explosives now russia's defense ministry said thirteen such devices were used in the attack all of them were intercepted now the fact that terrorists are using such technology in syria has raised concerns that the pentagon as well as you can see a spokesman is worried such device is a freely available on the open market however professor of history and international relations at lebanese university in beirut to jamal wakim believes terrorists in syria are actually receiving support from certain foreign governments . we see the various states and governments misquoted the meeting and they are trying to use especially the west they are trying to use terrorist groups for geo political objectives but i 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 terrorist groups have a new joyed at one point the backing of certain western states. which made them. develop their techniques and that's why it is of big concern for every state every government to coordinate and cooperate with other governments to counter terrorism. a giant clothing giant has faced calls to boycott it after editor dies they black child modeling a hoodie with the words coolest monkey in the jungle it was a huge backlash i am eventually took down the image however that hasn't stopped the social media storm the brand's been 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 the 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 it say there's a white supremacist who works for h. and that we thought it was funny to make a playboy model who did that said coolest monkey in the joke h. and m. 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 i am new to the situation i thought that to 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. and we are to discuss whether that is racially insensitive with luke gets all snow it's out of spite legacy and ready for their from models of diversity. the whole issue is with this advertising campaign

it's an advertising campaign that 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 a white child as a survivor of the jungle there's 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 that 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. black 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 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 based clothing giant has apologized in a statement. to the controversial who has now been scrapped both online and from its stores across the globe the retailer says the garment in question will no longer be sold. well that's all that lines for the south for myself on the team here i'll talk to you check out more of all stories on our website dot com well of course we're back in about thirty five minutes with more global headlines we'll see that.

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