was. speculation is mounting that a u.s. spy satellite make a bomb missing despite the rockets launched being hailed as a success. the b.b.c. finds itself at the center its own storm up to some of its journalists accuse the company of censorship. and and you austerity protests sweep across the chain is here but global attention remains focused on anti-government demonstrations in the zone. i'm kate major and you're watching the latest headlines here totty international thank you for joining us. a rocket has safely returned after a mission to launch

a us government socialize but questions are being asked about what happened to the top secret congo. join nikki aaron in the studio with more 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 those 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 but a 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 quested to comment from the pentagon from the satellites manufacturer and of course from u.n. musk's company as well and this is what they've done 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 was there no update in the us satellite catalog and what kind of spying is it our. therefore 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 where to do more space business with the u.s. government or space x. has again commented on the launch saying the falcon nine rocket did everything as expected however in her statement the company's president refused to discuss the fate of the satellite 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 over alleged salary discrimination auntie's polly 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. stuff 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 that 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 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 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 the there for that you know they're there for people to discuss it is also questions of commercial confidentiality when somebody is being given to do you know doing a deal with that with a company particularly the b.b.c. is off and it's often turned out beyond 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. chinese here has been engulfed in violent protests with thousands rallying against rising prices unemployment and tax hikes police use tear gas to disperse protesters who have been burning tires and hurling stones the other

restaurant today around the same time as the demonstrations in iran 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 the tennesseean 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 chin is in street was one of anger and what we've seen is protests taking place in several dozen cities around the country with a 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 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

a lot of the demands the following suspend the twenty eighteen famine and slow return to the original prices of goods and high of one member from every poor family these are in short. the 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. 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 tunas been 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 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 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 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 sociology professor saeed sodiq told us instability in iran is always exaggerated by the us government and media. tunisia is on the military me and it's a small country not many people know about that and five american society in your own pool many in america have been and the enemy i mean i mean enemy in a maze of obstacle course american policy but they did he says if there was a mike in seventy nine and the kids all to you on the are very happy to look at

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beautiful guy my great so will more chance for. the base point eight. zero. zero zero zero welcome back north and south korea have held the first official talks in malls and today is the negotiations took place in the demilitarized zone between the two countries on what i guess day of 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. 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 sends 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 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 titan fingers to ease off on the triggers well the latest talks followed 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. its called the military nuclear and ballistic missile programs that require a determined response. to rocket is a sick. lot of people said a lot of people 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. to get

you talking about olympics that they would be talking. former u.s. diplomat jim jatra spare leaves the korea talks are a vital step forward for both sides. i think this is 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 this i think really everyone benefits here it's very hard to say who benefits most i suppose in one sense it is north korea because if there were a new war on the korean peninsula it is true north korea that it would be entirely destroyed i suppose in that sense the north has gained more.

pressure is mounting on the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu after a controversial recording involving his son was leaked to the press. and i will forgive me if i'm wrong i was. coming over because. it was unified those are the other there's the others yes incidentally. i'm going to doubt that most are going to hear you know well in that recording yeah netanyahu could be heard chatting to the son of israeli gas tycoon coby in one long outside a strip club yet appear to suggest that the prime minister helps the time i can secure a twenty billion dollars business deal the conversation took place in twenty fifteen and it was ed on national t.v. on monday night 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 could allow him to avoid prosecution middle east expert. believes the scandal is unlikely to die down. this is not the first case that we're speaking about corruption in the family of binyamin netanyahu as the prime minister of israel told the israel is it's mainly. the woodrow will of confidence and that's the main threat for really a minute anyhow 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. 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. angry and you could feel the sentiment of anger and fury inside the social media of israel

and that could retaliate 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 . russia's defense ministry has revealed the details of two attempted train attacks on two of its bases in syria both were repelled and there were no casualties or damage course. the main tool of the attack in syria was a g.p.s. guided drone that was homemade it's able to operate from a distance of up to one hundred kilometers it's also able to carry a range of homemade explosives well russia's defense ministry said thirteen such devices were used in the attacks and all of them were intercepted by the fact terrorists in syria use such technology has also raised concerns at the pentagon

a spokesperson is worried that devices like this are freely available on the open market however international relations professor jamal wakim believes terrorists in syria are receiving support from certain foreign governments. various states and governments miscoded the meeting they are trying to use especially the west they are trying to use those groups for geopolitical objectives but i believe that this could backfire on them and it could also raise concerns about security in the west in general and you might say these groups have joy at one point the backing of certain western states. which made them. evil of their of the techniques and that's why it is of big concern for every. every government to core d.n.a. and cooperate with other governments to count the terrorism. for more on these and

plenty of other stories then go to our web site. otherwise i'll be back with the latest headlines at the top of the hour. 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 if you instead of being scared of the perpetrator. in two thousand and sixteen the panama papers show 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 the panama papers exposure that's what it shows a lot of money it really is. journalism it's a fact 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 fonseka documents were examine. all the people we basically have tried to get an advantage out of this sort of newspaper. and probably other politician which were 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 good ole lot of people from the brics countries specially brazil russia and china that this special.

reveals what was missed in the media coverage. the panama chronicles. in the heart of the swiss alps this is a place probably more secretive than the pentagon more mysterious than the cia and better guarded than for knox ellis was customs are here permanently all the site is controlled by them and they impose the opening times. opposite because it is from his office the procedures in place of the strictest in all europe masterpieces by artists like pecan so and modigliani i can't boards unsold inside this warehouse that's where the report comes in it covers up deals which are naturally discreet commercially discreet felt but also discreet because they concern fraud of some of those paintings are linked to dark secrets nobody knows how many of these secrets a kept inside the geneva freeport system you'll never obtain an inventory of all

the works in the freeport who knows how many there are three hundred three thousand three hundred thousand is it a matter of confidentiality only is it the world's black box of the art business. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle 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 trump derangement syndrome. crosstalk in the media i'm joined by my guest steve malzberg in new york he is a conservative political commentator in bloomington indiana we have kevin howley he is a professor of media studies and defile university and author of drones media discourse and the public imagination i love that title and in west palm beach we cross to dr jean allowed in she is a psychology expert and host of america trends with dr gina ok crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate it kevin let me go to you first here is the media suffering from trumped arrangements and drone because i could go through the things that we have had to deal with i mean i actually made up a list here you know from push the hat marches to the comi stuff to steal dossier

and its contents we have the motor investigation we have a shady lawyer don don jr being just a shady one might say then we have these long distance experts determining the mental health of the president of the united states and we can go and there's a lot more to the media goes bonkers so are the media bunkers go ahead kevin. nothing new under the sun in many respects we've seen this before we can go back to any. instances think about the clinton impeachment and how that became a national obsession over the o.j. simpson trial what we're seeing here i think is an application and intensification of a tendency that's been part of the media part of the sort of the court or the d.n.a. of the corporate media for many years now ok steve but i do think it is different because we're trying to unseat this president without any due cause and you know you know i'm a lay person will do we'll talk to jeanne in

a second she has more expertise in this here but when i see people going on and c.n.n. an embassy in d.c. saying the president of states is insane and should be reviewed reviewed removed from office that's going too far i don't think anybody said bill clinton was insane ok he had a problem with his zipper not his mental health go ahead steve. no i mean this to me this is unprecedented it's a continuation of bush derangement syndrome noticed it skips democratic presidents they hated bush they said all kinds of disrespectful things against him but not to this extent i mean i've talked to people like you know it in the nixon white house who said they hated nixon but they've never seen anything like this what the media is doing now is more dangerous than anything they have done because they're telling the world you know they're so worried about donald trump's tweets they're telling the world every single day and of course it's not true that our president is mentally incapacitated unable.