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well the of the world of. israel suspends an agreement with the un to relocate african refugees to some european countries italy and germany say they were never made aware of the deal in the first place. and u.s. media company is under fire after telling t.v. anchors to read a prepared script against fake news critics say it bears a politically motivated message. a museum in new york is facing backlash after a white candidate was appointed as curator with the african art exhibit the move has rekindled something of a race debate. we. should not be trying to say. should be quote prioritized.
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with your tuesday morning headlines i'm making aaron and this is our international good to have you with us this hour. now our top story israel has suspended a controversial migrant deal to send thousands of african refugees to western countries the israeli prime minister reached the agreement with the un's refugee agency on monday but it turns out some of the countries had no idea about the deal german and italian representatives told local media that there was no request from either israel or the u.n. . it's a unique agreement with the states of israel which are sixteen thousand two hundred fifty people. who developed countries such as canada germany and italy. well
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there's way prime minister benjamin netanyahu certainly seems to be buckling under pressure late on monday in a facebook post here announced in a dramatic about face that he was not canceling an earlier announcement that he'd made just a few hours before where he said that a new agreement had been reached between the israeli government and the united nations refugee agency and according to that announcement there would be some sixteen thousand african migrants who would be resettled in a western country the countries he mentioned were canada germany and italy and in addition there would be some eighteen thousand others who would receive temporary status here in israel we heard from the german embassy here in israel that they had not had any consultations with either the israeli government or with the united nations so they knew nothing about this and the same kind of sentiments expressed by the italian foreign minister don't forget germany and italy are two of the countries that prime minister netanyahu mentioned as receiving migrants the latest information came from the israeli prime minister in
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a facebook post late on monday in which he said and i'm quoting there i hear you and especially the residents of south television and that is where many of the migrants live and he's talking there to the right wing critics that he relies on for his coalition government and for his supporters who have spoken out against his policies on the migrant issue so for the time being he certainly is suspending the agreement but would have to keep an eye on developments as it becomes clearer and clearer that israeli prime minister is facing mounting pressure. lottie has tried to contact the canadian embassy in israel that is among the countries that are supposed to receive refugees from israel and we are yet to receive a reply that also applies to the italian and german delegations middle east analyst jim miles that says that there's no sense in reaching deals on migrants without discussing it with the countries involved. under the customary and conventional human rights agreements that exist today that countries are responsible they have
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an obligation to help refugees and to work with them within their own countries seems to be mainly of either going up to the domestic audience it doesn't make sense to say that you're sending people here or there or them contacting those governments you know can only believe that he did that because it's just trying to see where the best options for him might be politically you know who operates on his own will and. israel has always done more or less what they want to do when they want to do it soon it's a very complex situation for him because i know there are a lot of it's really just from what i've read as well and heard on the news that are objecting to his plans and they want these people to be able to stay in israel and through. hundreds of people on the gaza strip turned out on monday to mourn the death of a victim of clashes with israeli soldiers the liar loans which started last friday has resulted in at least sixteen deaths and nearly three hundred injuries that's
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according to un figures on saturday the israeli defense forces tweeted that none of their actions were uncontrolled and they knew where every bullet learned it however that statement was later deleted from their social media page. one incident that sparked outrage is seen on this video it purports to show an i.d.f. soldier detaining a palestinian toddler in hebron israel says the incident was a provocation intended to patrolling its forces in a bad light they said the boy was sent to throw stones and had a screwdriver in his hand when he spoke to the relatives of the boy involved. really what i deserve. was playing with other children when i assaulted him and then sold that his mother there is no justification for arresting the child and against the wall the child was carrying a. young child could not anyone. of years old cannot
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follow it my brother was playing and the soldiers just took him he's only two and a half years old he can't even talk yet i went and pulled him from the hands of the soldier and gave him to my father. now a t.v. company is under fire for reportedly forcing its presenters to read out of scripts for a promotional video that apparently warn viewers of the dangers of fake news the think broadcasting group which is known for its conservative stance owns over one hundred seventy stations across the us is those the project no political agenda critics say the message spreads donald trump's narrative on the mainstream media spreading fake news telling news organizations what's to say is an accusation we've heard before. explains russian media as a beacon of honesty truth and integrity we work hard to maintain our outstanding
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level of work unlike foreign outlets who lie i love putting. my money. or spicy with irish that's the assumption many in the west make about russian media fully controlled broadcast with angers and correspondent forced to read a pre-prepared scripts no details left to chance so much of it is state funded after all but in the us where so many channels are corporate owned it must be different right the sinclair broadcast group which owns almost two hundred television stations and broadcast on around six hundred channels proudly proclaims its mission statement that it provides stories that make a difference. well and it's recent promos there's not much of a choice or a difference it seems the sharing of biased and false news you can call to comment on the. recently or through with
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the first unfortunately sometimes i'm reserving. judgment. for you and this is really dangerous towards marcy as you can see anchors from different channels reading the same script there which was by the way leaked to some media outlets and it looks like they only had to fill in their names like. cook and if you look closely you'll notice an absence of certain colors in their wardrobes that's no accident they were given specific instructions on how to dress in order to look neutral. kick kick it because everyone knows that magenta is the color that gives you and your bias away apart from these promo sinclair also distributes what's known as must run
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segments to their stations so all the propaganda finger is so often pointed at russia it looks like we actually have quite a bit to learn starting with my wardrobe. i mean see i'm in new york is facing backlash after a white candidate was appointed as curator african art exhibit even though the woman has a ph d. in african art history and previously had experience in similar projects many have questioned why the brooklyn museum didn't hire a person of color for the job the museum has defended its choices saying it is continuing to work on a quality issues and will take all concerns into account wealth legal commentator horace cooper and jani need to go and activists for best thoughts on the issue. there have yet to be any any coverage that suggests that there's anything wrong with this person's skill or talent or capabilities the only thing anyone has been
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looking at or race or skin color and that's shameful we're talking about things where there is their issues around sensitivities that will be missed by people who are not part of certain communities that is balderdash that is completely. unfounded assertion we cannot look at this one woman's gender or her race and have any clue as to whether or not she possesses the appropriate cultural or experience will sensitivity the point is that there are very few outside of the taser very very small you have you have people who have people in our community have it's not have to happen for these arenas where they are where there are very few opportunities for those young people to be able to even be a to even have the courage to study in these arenas because they know that they're not even going to be considered for these opportunities we absolutely should not be
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trying to say. should be quote prioritized the opportunities are too small for when you to when you have a very different in a certain injury comes this certain that that community will not be prioritized in the cultivating of our own arts we're not going to be excited or even withholding are discussed around the around people forgetting to give us the opportunities that at least make the most sense to fall towards us that is not equal access and have salivating never embrace the idea the reality of that all and saying this is what they did in the nineteen fifties and the ninety eight is it down i say balance racial segregation circa one thousand nine hundred fifty five said certain positions certain duties certain functions could be assigned on the basis of race if we're doing that in two thousand and eighteen we might as well for get a national holiday for martin luther king. there's another race controversy making
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headlines in the u.s. a video of a school performance in the u.s. city of atlanta has gone viral showing children reading a poem to mark black history month some viewers may find the following video offensive. children are shown wearing black face masks were reciting a poem by a nineteenth century african-american or about racial oppression it has sparked outrage among parents and online the school has issued an apology saying the decision was wrong on their promise to make sure that teachers were educated on cultural issues we got the opinion of our guests once again the idea that the only way to stop an idiot from recommending the children put on blackface is to place black people in positions of supervisory authority fails to appreciate the
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significance of the error that occurred here but is. there actually know what people are going through in these communities and can represent that perspective so that you don't have just one supremacy perspective that is overseeing this process but you have a diversity of perspectives and that includes the people who you are expecting to be honoring or teaching or developing. the presidents of turkey and russia to meet an anchor on tuesday it comes ahead of a trilateral summit so when they will be joined by iran the main focus of the talks is expected to be the peaceful settlement of the conflict in syria it was trying to have the details. we are in the turkish capital ankara it is the first destination abroad for vladimir putin after reelection choose day as the time for all kinds of discussions between vladimir putin and the turkish president typed on and
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on wednesday they will be joined by the iranian leader hassan rouhani reason number one for all that is syria absolutely different things are in it for all three leaders but somehow thanks to the trio the syrian crisis is no longer a dead end the so-called calif it is all but gone and russian efforts have shifted onto conflict notes that before seem to be impossible to untie russia has almost completed its operation and east ghouta thanks to the so-called reconciliation center and the humanitarian pauses backed by moscow as many as one hundred fifty thousand civilians were able to escape the blockade. atleti the community because you. plus it was stunned that the
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rebels were never going to leave another area called duma but an agreement has been reached and the fighters are being escorted to adlib on green busses some would argue it only plays into the hands of the assad government but then why are some rebels saying yes to turkey next which is trying to find a balance between the war on kurdish militants which it considers terrorists appeasing syrian rebels and being friends with russia and her olive branch military seems to have paid off for the turks turkey has taken the city of our friend from the kurds and a massive blow for the community. that considers terrorists when it comes to sorting out the war damascus versus the rebels turkey is also actively taking part but obviously they're backing the syrian opposition it is thanks to ankara some of
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the toughest syrian rebels agreed to come to saud cheat for the syria national congress iran clearly wants to stay on top of its game as a shia powerhouse of course we've always been on a sad sight fighting a proxy war with saudi arabia and trying to put up a bit of a show against israel but perhaps surprisingly the tentative few re we align seems to be working in the meantime we're not going the hell out of isis will become another syria like very soon let the other people take care of it now to put it mildly the russians and the radians won't be so sure it was america that knocked the hell out of islamic state besides take a look back at the last few months and you'll see that lately sorting out syria is really been up to the trio and so they're back together talking again this time around. r t. meanwhile in syria syrian government forces are
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closed excuse me in syria government forces are close to taking control of eastern which has been controlled by militants for the five years a number of cities have been liberated there in recent days including being video agency reps lay visit to the area shortly after they were freed they managed to film inside a network of underground tunnels they were abandoned by militants and were used to connect militants bases in different areas the tunnels also contained a failed hospital last area struggling back towards normal life one sector has received a boost scientists have saved a gene bank of seeds which could help agriculture and the country. but. keeping these seem to be the second generation in the future for any reason couple
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still feed natural house all of whatever. you go on to access the station was that it was a bit thick with all the area they didn't want us to get inside of this dish and i think. we succeeded to bring it one hundred and twenty feet from aleppo to live on with this pressure the agreement from the government. that man had called for us to know that poland and very very optimistic got the gold but. in fact all that
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paul to feel how the estimation tools resume because those activities. are very confident of balls and overall them in the region will be back after this short break stay with us. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question by the way it's going to be our coach. guys i know you are there was a huge tournaments and a huge amount of pressure come out you have to go meet the center of the beach but probably would you. agree. you are the rock at the back nobody gets past
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you we need you to get down there we have to go. alone and it doesn't worry you and i'm really happy to join their father two thousand and three in the world cup in russia. this special one come all sorts of. needs to just say to review the artie team's latest edition to go up as we go. to jersey. welcome back council on independence supporters have been rallying in berlin demanding the ousted leader of consolo nia be released from custody in germany carlos purged amount was arrested more than a week ago while traveling from to belgium where he'd been living since consolo new year's independence but failed in last october germany now has about two months to
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decide whether to extradite him to spain where he is wanted for a billion on sedition the situation is complicated by the fact that we're barely in which carries a penalty of up to thirty years in jail in spain is not a crime in germany meanwhile two politicians from germany's left party have visited the former cancer lung leader in custody and interviewed him here's the message he had for his supporters. we'd like you twice what. you have since. well we spoke to a member of the german left party martin doul he told us that the only way to solve the standoff between barcelona and madrid is through dialogue. international states and the german government itself this research in responsibility to find a way that these different actors can negotiate instead of criminalize this
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movement as well but we don't like if one political actor in the european country is criminal at least. due to a law which is very rigid there should be a different way than criminalization of their own work and real solution of the problem like no all it's going into debt. thousands of women rallied in yemen on monday against the actions that the saudi led coalition. they came out to express that anger following the alleged rape of a local go according to several yemeni n.g.o.s a soldier fighting in the saudi led coalition is responsible for the crime the same time mr valli a coalition air strike on a porch reportedly claimed the lives of several civilians.
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we were home having breakfast safe and sound when the coalition. on neighbor was in his car and he left. so he came to take his family the second strike kids women were running in the direction it was a huge strike. but news all the asteroid comes days after the u.s. defense secretary told reporters that the pentagon is advising saudi arabia on how to avoid civilian casualties in yemen the u.s. has a long history of supporting the coalition including weapons sales daniel hawkins explains. the yemeni civil war has been described as the worst manmade humanitarian
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crisis in decades it will surprise all parties involved want a swift effective resolution also they say they will continue to work together for the stability of the region but reinvigorate. the revolution with more in yemen. you would regard perhaps this support is part of the whole ending the war plan the peaceful resolution may come later and attempt in the u.s. senate to limit military support ultimately failed some will argue that american troops are not out there shooting and getting shot at well please tell him to the people of yemen whose homes and lives are being destroyed by weapons made in the usa on target chosen with u.s. assistance general mattis argues that sending less arms to the region could actually do more harm than good and interesting take given that amnesty international drew precisely the opposite conclusion citing
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a correlation between arms flows into the conflict hotspots and mounting civilian casualties the question though of how exactly the u.s. military ensures their support stays in line with the u.s. values remains open does sit com track the purpose of the missions that it is refueling what targets it strikes and the results of that mission senator we do not ok on the upside according to amass that are true are the saudis are making progress and learning lessons from their u.s. counterparts with provided training to the saudis and law of armed conflict how to conduct operations in a way to make absolutely certain that you're taking all necessary measures to avoid any collateral damage and we see now that the saudis are starting to slowly adopt some of the measures that we've suggested to slowly perhaps for the people of yemen with ever allowed to warnings about the ongoing catastrophe falling on deaf ears.
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well here dottie we love to hear your thoughts on all of our stories they do get in touch by following us on social media on a back to about thirty minutes with the latest headlines i'll see about. prison industry is the only industry that rich routinely and consistently provide returns on the debt that lenders try to sell to keep goldman sachs and j.p. morgan from having a clear insolvency because technically that's what they are but to keep those tanks rolling gotta go through since because it's a guaranteed income rate back there's a security selden show nice americas an apartheid state driven by wall street financier's and the jay gould's of the twenty first century. seemed wrong. but old rules just don't hold. any of these yet to shape out these days comes to attitude and in games from an equals betrayal.
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when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. oh. how much you. want.
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this is boom bust broadcasting around the world from washington d.c. i'm bart chilton and coming up there may be a problem with fear we'll have fred kaufman and alex mayhill of it here to discuss why plus line of why all media discuss the censorship in china first let's get to some headlines topping the news. a report from the rain forest action network finds that investment in what they call extreme fossil fuels has more than doubled during the first year of the trumpet ministration the annual fossil fuel finance report card says fossil fuel sources that are especially carbon intensive and environmentally harmful such as tar sands oils and arctic drilling received a massive influx of capital after president trump withdrew the united states from the paris climate agreement according to a report j.p. morgan chase increased their investment in tar sands by three hundred percent and
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coal by two thousand percent royal bank and toronto dominion were found to be the banks with the biggest tar sands investments at a combined level of three thirty eight billion dollars. b.m.w. domer are working together to me. their respective car sharing brands drive now and cars to go the joint venture should it be approved by the european union competition regulators would merge the car and ride and parking and charging services in a statement the company said they seek to become a significant international market player in innovative mobility services and to leverage the two companies synergies industry experts say that economies of scale in the card and ride sharing business are key reasons for the merger should be approved the joint car sharing operation will control in excess of thirty percent of the global car sharing market the move will not only increase competition in the car and ride sharing space but with increased transportation availability for
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consumers it's expected impact related writing ailing services such as and lift. the son japan's number two auto maker has continued efforts to revive the datsun brand after roughly thirty years in hibernation they began in india but now have their sights set on making and selling vehicles in pakistan and will invest a reported forty one million dollars over the next four years in a project that will create in excess of eight hundred pakistani jobs currently the other three japanese car manufacturers suzuki honda and toyota control the pakistani market pakistan has more than two hundred million people and in two thousand and sixteen and seventeen car makers sold one hundred eighty five thousand vehicles and increase of eighteen percent over what were sold five years ago nissan officially expects the pakistani market to increase to three hundred.

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