you. know going to. speculation maps that a u.s. spy satellite may have gone missing despite the rockets not being held as a success. the b.b.c. finds itself at the center of its own storm for some of its journalistic use the company of censorship. and anti austerity protests sweeping across china z.-a and global attention remains focused on anti-government demonstrations and you're wrong.

thank you for watching the headlines here tonight international broadcasting live from moscow and. a rocket has safely returned to earth after a mission to launch a u.s. government satellite the questions are being asked about what happened to the top secret condo. joined nicky aaron in the studio with 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 mosques 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 state issued.

we have had successful liftoff of falcon nine carrying though then the satellites deployment into orbit wasn't shown or reported on at all now if the mission is so secrecy it isn't any fad at some stage is all to live stream based sense that well 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 us 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 they'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 before md nominally so why did these come and so 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. i was there

know obviate in the us 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 feeler 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 with space x. has again commented on the launch saying the full kanigher rocket did everything as expected however in her statement the company's president refused to discuss the fate of the some site saying it was classified. the b.b.c. is being accused of censorship by its own staff some claim they have been prevented from talking about equal pay following the resignation of their china editor kerry

gracey over alleged salary discrimination artie's only boyko as the story. 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 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. or reporting 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 to 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 where independent journalist 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 least with a lot more transparency about what people are paid in general in scandinavian countries everybody's pay is is public knowledge because everybody's tax returns or 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 what's there and therefore that you know and therefore people don't discuss it is also questions of commercial confidentiality when somebody is being given to do you know doing a deal with that with the company basically 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 who was those senior positions always filled by men and i think that this this kind of question is going to be asked not just of the b.b.c. but in general. to news here has been engulfed in violent protests where thousands rallying against rising prices unemployment and tax hikes police

used tear gas to disperse protesters who have been burning tires and hurling stones the unrest erupted around the same time as the demonstrations in iran but has largely gone unnoticed artie's middle east correspondent paula sneer has more. 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 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 saying 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 of the following to spend the twenty eighteen film in slow return to the original prices of goods and hire 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 how 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 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 are aimed 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. 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. high represent me were quick to condemn the ukrainian 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 world 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 have kept mum and now it might be that to near zero was the first country back in two thousand and eleven let us 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 regime change and condemnation and criticism against tunisia like we've seen for example against when sociology professor saeed saadiq told us instability in iran is always exaggerated by the us government and media. tunisia is on the move to me and it's a small country not many people know about the inside the american society clear in iran to many in america had been an evil me i mean a major enemy in

a measure of the can for american policy the good news is that it's a boost in one hundred seventy nine in the coups altie along the agunah happy to look at anything more deeply when that happens at least one point has to include the need to look as if this is the end of the regime to stupid to run a pool in covering tunisia and the only reason and put this. north in science careers held the first official talks for two years that story after the break. perhaps of absolute power corrupts absolutely and they fell of the metal 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 ok well ok already there actually are in the process of reform but that's allowed evil. a

cursory glance at the media environment could easily give you the impression that the vast majority of journalist studied psychology at university so many are convinced donald trump is not mentally fit to be president or the same journalist suffering from the arrangement syndrome. 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. welcome back north and south korea have held their first official talks in more

than two years the negotiations took place in the demilitarized zone between the two countries artie's more advanced if has been 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 so. that 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 send nuclear bombers to the north's 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 joe 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 pause for hotheads to cool off and for titan 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 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. 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 u.s. however donald trump claims it was his aggressive attitude towards peace that made the diplomatic breakthrough possible. totally destroying not very that's called the military the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of that regime require a determined response. the rocket man

is a sick puppy. a lot of people have said a lot of people have written that without my rhetoric and without my tough stance and such 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. now to discuss this further are now joined by jim gentry's former u.s. diplomat jim thank you very much indeed for joining us well as we've just heard there are some key breakthroughs on upcoming military talks on the big attendance and family reunions but how significant is this a north and south korea. kate i think it's hugely significant and maybe we will have a happy new year i think this is a very very welcome news that there is a constructive dialogue going on between the two koreas and i hope something comes of it i mean that when all said and done the political arrangements on the peninsula between the two countries are paramount here and if they're talking i

think that leaves a lot less room for other countries notably the united states to complain about things well as you mentioned that the u.s. i mean the government welcome the negotiations but do you think washington is happy about being sidelined in these talks. you know that's a real question here again president trump is taking keep taking credit for this because of his hard rhetoric now was there some element of choreography here that the more belligerent we sounded the more to encourage some kind of a side dialogue between the two koreas i suspect that at least in the president's mind this is a welcome development whether it is around some of the people who are advised him that's another story well let's look at the north korean delegation they made it clear they will not stay nuclear eyes they are saying our weapons i'm only aimed at the united states i should say not sound president nor china and russia well do you think then that seoul will feel reassured by them. i think maybe somewhat reassured

but not very much remember there are almost thirty thousand americans in south korea american forces and no doubt they will still be targeted there are many more americans in japan and i didn't you notice he did say he wouldn't target the japanese of whom the koreans are not particularly fond i do think would be a huge mistake though for the united states to say that we will only talk if the object of the negotiation is denuclearization if the u.s. wants to go into that position fine but you cannot expect the other side to agree before talks take place on what the outcome should be right now the object should be to extend that what is now a kind of a mirror moratorium between our exercises with the south koreans and the north korean tests that's pretty much what the russians and chinese have been proposing they're not calling it double freeze but maybe we can get to a double freeze and finally jim a south korea will temporarily lift sanctions to allow the north to attend the games that was put that was actually the preamble for

these talks i mean could this provide a lifeline for the north isolated economy that. i think it's a little too soon to talk about their economy but if we have a reopening of the so-called sunshine policy which then can branch and to economic development that's great the fact the north is sending a team to pyongyang is great it's that the previous olympics the north in the south even though they competed separately even marched in the opening ceremonies under the same flag the same unification flag and i hope they do that on this occasion as well now think has been talk of that day thank you jim jones former u.s. diplomat thank you. pressure is mounting on the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu after recording involving his son was leaked to the press. forgive me if i'm. coming over because. i was afraid of those. dollars are.

going to go marching. in that recording yes in yahoo could be heard chatting to the son of israel gas tycoon be my man outside a strip club yet appeared to suggest that the prime minister helped the to secure a twenty billion dollars business deal the conversation took place in twenty fifteen and was aired on national t.v. on monday night middle east expert believes the leak is a major blow for the prime minister this is not the first case that we are speaking about corruption in the family of binyamin netanyahu as the prime minister of israel all these were it may lead to the woodrow will of confidence and that's the main threat for binyamin netanyahu that's why they're trying as a family to play with words showing that it's not. a fact but it was just a matter of a guy who was hanging around with his friends and he was just chatting about

different things but this is not the matter of fact. well prime minister netanyahu is already being investigated in two separate corruption cases the allegations include receiving bribes and negotiating favorable media coverage in the meantime the prime minister is pushing for a special immunity law which would allow him to avoid prosecution achmet al gore i heard a moment ago believes the scandal is unlikely to die down. who i think it's going to get worse and worse what's happening that he things that he enjoys a kind of a political immunity but on the other hand this in israel are so angry you you could feel the sentiment of anger and fury inside the social media of israel and that could be retaliated against it in yahoo and i think eventually this may lead to a kind of rizieq nation or even being prosecuted and even jailed as he is his

predecessor. well we're back in just about half an hour with the latest news but for in the meantime. in two thousand and sixteen the panama papers shocked the world with a tax haven the secrets two trillion united states dollars passed through most. in the amount of time that we've been in panama papers exposure that's what it shows for a lot of money it really is. journalism it's an act of journalism looking at things that people want to keep secret and i'm asking why would they want to keep these things secret. millions of most like from documents where examine. the all the people which basically have tried to get an advantage out of this sort of newspaper. and probably other politician which was tough attacking other

politicians the media would point to find their targets such as the kings of morocco and saudi arabia the president of argentina several prime ministers. and russian president vladimir putin of course. oh my god i've had so i have sued so many newspapers for defamation some things don't just happen by chance it was very striking there were no more americans to go especially a lot of people from the brics countries specially brazil russia and china that this special project reveals what was missed in the media coverage. the panama chronicles. seemed wrong. why don't we all just don't call. me old yet to seep

out. just because to add to it and in the game because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. i'm bart chilton. coming up artie's holland cook joins us from las vegas to talk. plus walsall talk cyber crime and what to expect this year with todd shipley of various software and later we'll discuss

a big trade deal with the french airline manufacturer air bus and french president emmanuel mccrone and finally we'll discuss the economics of the new now let's get to the top stories that business and financial have. late yesterday president trump addressed the now the american farm bureau on a range of issues including nafta the north american free trade agreement the o.p.o. crisis and regulation while many listeners were hoping to hear more about the administration's plans on reading go shading the nafta the president only repeated familiar language about getting a better deal the president also touted the release of a report from a task force on rural america in the report it says that of the five key areas of concentration for rural america increasing internet connections is vital well yeah like they said in the jerry maguire movie show me the money it is unfortunately there were

a number of fact all errors in the president's farm bureau speech and here's one take a listen and we've just signed into law the most significant tax cuts reforms in american has been the it's a total of five point five trillion dollars in tax cuts. sounds super five point five trillion dollars but it's untrue the tax cut is one point five trillion not five point five trillion i mean it's still a huge deal that he got a tax cut done and surprise people like me but getting these key high level details correct you know one point five trillion or five point five trillion sort of an important deal the speech also made the president the first incumbent president of the united states to address the farm bureau since george h.w. bush in one thousand nine hundred two kudos to the president for doing that we'll spend some time on the u.s.

farm and real economy on tomorrow's show should be interesting. the technology sector was the biggest market mover in twenty seventeen in fact the s. and p. five hundred tech index jumped thirty seven percent last year and they've started off with a big bang in twenty eighteen in recent days the s. and p. five hundred index rose above twenty seven hundred for the first time and other major indexes hit record closing highs as the techs climbed amidst robust economic growth for technology stocks alphabet i.b.m. and chip makers have been the biggest drivers recently but it isn't just the big players in tech that are making moves holland cook hosts the big host of the big picture which airs at seven pm on friday joins us from the consumer electronics show in las vegas holland thanks for being with us for a consumer electronics is

a big biz.