you know one of the that was one of the. speculation is mounting that a u.s. spy satellites make a phone missing despite the rockets launched being hailed as a success. the b.b.c. finds itself at the center of its own story for some of its journalist accuse the company of censorship. and anti austerity protests sweeping across the chain is here the global attention remains focused on government demonstrations and you. this is an anti international coming to you live from moscow and take them for joining us. a rocket has safely returned to earth after a mission to launch a u.s.

government socialize but questions are being noticed about what happened to the top secret condo. charon in the studio with more details well the intriguing or mysterious thing about this is that the head 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 a mosque space six 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 but based sense it 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 you and musk's 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 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 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 you in mosques where to do more space business with the u.s. government will 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 a ledge salary discrimination artie'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 at least fifty percent more than the two women these revelations damaged the trust of b.b.c. stuff gary gracie said 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 eat 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 for 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 mist with a lot more transparency about what people are paid in general in scandinavian

countries everybody's pay 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 the way it's almost embarrassing to ask people what's the other for that you know they are 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 the company basically the b.b.c. is off and it's often throughout the on closed doors along 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 at the b.b.c. but in general. cheeriness here has been engulfed in violent protests with thousands rallying against rising prices unemployment and tax hikes police used tear gas to disperse protesters who'd 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 porous lear has more. well these protests intern is here started after the new year and they came in reaction to that in asean 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 it in is in street was one of anger and what we've seen is protests taking place in several dozen cities around the country with the result of one person has been killed and several people have been injured now it is familiar as you mentioned to protest. 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 returns to the original prices of goods and hire one member from every poor family these are in short see a. rise in petrol prices this time is huge we have a lot of problems you have to pay a lot of fines it's only acceptable that we pay for this government's mistakes. 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 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 turmoil in society western leaders for example the french president and the e.u. highway present me were quick to condemn the waning protests even have the american president donald trump calling for regime change in iran is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the bammer minister. asian 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 tunis it while here they have kept mum and now it might be that two lives here 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 the democratic change but since then there have been no less then governments in place intern as they are 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 course for machine change and condemnation and criticism against tunis here like we've seen for example against when sociology professor saeed sadiq told us instability in iran is always exaggerated by the us government media who is on the small country not many people know about the inside america and our society

in iran who many in america are. i mean i mean. the american policy says it's a month of if we mind. the purpose it is more important to include to look as if this is. the. port this. russian bases in syria have been attacked by drones that story and more after the break. so this is an amazing story because there were say real geo political impact of it going on a g. twenty country g seven countries japan actually the spending power of the culture the rise of big going in the millions of people who are buying it in japan and the

multi billion dollars that they've appreciated in value is causing a genuine effect in their economy and this is going to be the year twenty eighteen twenty cryptocurrency to have this geo political influence. politicians to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want. to go on to be pretty much what was before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested in the waters of. course should.

come back north and south korea have held their first official talks the most and to me is the negotiations took place in the demilitarized zone between the two countries 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 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 shorts but it's a start with number one i think we should be engaged in these talks in an earnest sincere moment to give a new year's gift namely the results of the talks to the korean nation so. that as you mentioned earlier we hope to bring a precious gift to your people but matches the expectations of our people it is 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 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 his boast that he has his own button and his desk is part of who is button is big contest with trump which is why these talks were so important they allow for a pause for hotheads to cool off and for titan fingers to ease off on the triggers for the latest talks following months of saber rattling between north korea and the u.s. however don't trunk claims it was his aggressive attitude towards peace that made the diplomatic breakthrough possible.

totally destroying north korea that's called the military option the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of that regime require a determined response. the rocket man is a sick puppy. a lot of people said a lot of people in that 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. before when u.s. diplomat jim jacques trust believes 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 israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu after a controversial recording involving his son was leaked to the press. and i will forgive me if it. was not i was. coming over because. i was in the private lives of others the others yes incidentally. i was. going to go one more second you know in that recording yes and you know who could

be heard chatting to the son of israeli gas tycoon code outside a strip club yet appeared to suggest that the prime minister helped the tycoon secure a twenty billion dollars business dale the conversation took place in twenty fifteen and was 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 after without water i believe 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 for the israel is its may lead to the woodrow will of confidence and that's the main threat for billiam in it 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 be retaliated against netanyahu 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 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. states and governments miscoded the meeting they are trying to use especially the west they are trying. geopolitical objectives but they believe that this could

backfire. on them and also those concerns about security in the west in general. these groups have. one point the backing of certain western states. which made them. evil of the techniques and that's why it is of big concern for every. government to coordinate and cooperate with other governments to count terrorism and he austerity protesters have stormed the greek labor ministry in athens. after breaking down the door around five hundred demonstrators entered the building to voice their anger over pay cuts and labor reforms the greek labor minister briefly met the activists one of the key demands was to scrap new rules against

workers strikes no one was injured in the honest. well for more on these and plenty of other stories that don't come otherwise i'll be back with the headlines in just over half an hour say that. i had a great education a good job and a family that loved me. i never had to worry about how i would be some where i would sleep. i'm facing christmas alone out on the streets of london. well you look to be. a cut above employee like you. you know to slip in the still give up food for the love that. you

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greetings and salutation who knocked me over with a chainsaw hawk watchers because despite all the ranting raving and twitter tough guy talk that we've had to endure since kim jong un and us president trump first started their biggest bully on the block routine the a lympics evolved things may just bring us a first step closer to peace on the korean peninsula since the reopening of a d.m.z. crossing hotline between the governments of north and south korea just after the new year the new york times is now reporting that in talks held at the border village negotiators quickly accepted south korea's request to send

a large delegation to the winter olympics and that south korea also suggested that the two korean teams marched together during the opening ceremony of the olympics and and with that simplest of geo political maneuvers you know actually talking with their neighbor north and south korea's new diplomacy can only be considered a a blow to the trumpet neo liberal foreign policy agenda of fear war profits and empire and i kid you not as bizarre as this sounds this break in the usual war rhetoric has even brought whispers that trump could turn this into his very own version of the historic nixon china reapproach. so hawk watchers is this indeed a breakthrough for peace on the korean peninsula or just an olympic pause in the beating drums towards another world war. let's find out by watching the hawks. what. the big. deal with this would be glad to

get the ball out of it if you. like you know that i got. this. week so. welcome everybody to watching the hawks i am i robot to run joining us today to discuss all things from the north korea's conservative commentator author radio show host a man of many trades and talent steve malzberg thank you steve for coming. thanks for had me tear up the sheet it so steve what is your take on north korea's talks with south korea over the upcoming winter olympics is this actually going to cool down tensions in that part of the world. no not in the long run i think this is very calculated by kim joan i think we should look at the statement today

that came out of the talks the south korean representative said that denuclearization of the region was discussed when the north korean representative heard that he said he shouldn't have said that and then he made it perfectly clear we have no none of our major weapons nuclear weapons atomic weapons i c b s nothing aimed at japan or south korea only aimed at the united states and i think that's what this is all about that was the message and that's a very telling message and that's what's very interesting because it seems to me the you know kim jong room in his government you know kind of making these inroads into south korea you know releasing a spate of saying look we're only really concerned about the united states our weapons are only pointed in that direction does not help him kind of paint the united states you know as.