so one has to ask the question whether there is a form of environmental research going on in hawaii or whether these companies feel they can get away with this because the people have less political power. to russian pilots praise for saving the lives of their passengers off the executed up perfect emergency landing yesterday morning when both the plane's engines failed . and would like to express my gratitude to the pilot flying the plane i think we are all alive thanks to him pilots did a great job landed the plane down. to the sludge time to run accuses the u.s. of a piracy attempt the justice department tried to block the release of other radio impounded bringing the latest on. the u.k.'s attempts to tackle a knife epidemic by printing warnings on chicken takeaway books is an initiative

that's already been described as proved offensive and downright embarrassing. for a good afternoon welcome to the program just turned 1 pm here in moscow this friday afternoon the 16th of august money if the next 30 minutes with a live news update for you and 1st talk about those 2 russian pilots that hailed as heroes now after they averted potential disaster yes they mourning their plane lost both engines after striking a flock of birds while taking off from moscow international airport forcing them to really quickly make an emergency landing all 226 passengers on board and airlines flight survived is the good news.

it was. the thing was it all happened so quickly the pilots weren't able to return to the airport as that barely got airborne reaching altitude just about 260 metres but they acted so decisively opting to land that plane on its belly in a cornfield with the wheels up just over a kilometer from the end of the runway they just come off not having time either to empty the fuel tanks now let me tell you about the pilot in command the details of come out there he's a 41 year old a damn near you so paul previously partly been

a lawyer before changing career and becoming a pilot he's been flying with the airline since 2013 become a captain just last year his copilot young guy 23 year old called murders and he obtained his pilot's license just 2 years ago as for the passengers an update there russia's health ministry said 76 people initially sought medical assistance after what happened one woman is still in hospital but her condition isn't believed to be life threatening next to a roman culture of reports for us from that crash site just southeast of moscow. 226 passengers and 7 crew members of ural airlines flight bound for crimea from moscow are celebrating their 2nd birthday the air bus a 321 collided with a flock of birds just shortly after takeoff from the capital's zuckoff ski airport's the captain semir yusupov had just seconds to make the right decision when he discovered the strike caused engine failure with 16 tons of fuel on board

no ability to make it back to the runway he knew that an emergency landing could result in a catastrophe to show you a bit of after we had to call them the engines became unstable 1st the left one and then the right one we usually simulate the situations when one or 2 engines are off despite all i want to hurt the plane was going down we realized that we didn't have much time just one or 2 minutes to make a decision in a blink of an eye this man with nerves of steel decided still land the aircraft in a nearby cornfield without using the landing gear and shutting off all power to prevent an explosion and various officials praised the crew for their professionalism during the spine chilling landing as well as for a well organized evacuation that is just a constant we acted in line with our training with similar situations like this before so there were no surprises the passengers were disciplined listen to our

instructions and evacuated very quickly as they did as we expected calm down but the cabin crew they told us that as if it was spying we were given medical assistance everything was done quickly and would like to express my gratitude to the pilot who was flying the plane i think we are only life thanks to him to cook with tell us please how do you feel now did you quit your leg. you know it's better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the pilots did a great job less. the plane on the down everything is fine the media was quick to make connections with another such incidents when the loss of life was a virgin thanks to a pilot the miracle on the hudson involving a u.s. airways the aircraft flown by captain chesley sullenberger and jeffrey skiles hit a flock of geese after takeoff from new york city's la guardia airport and lost all engine power i'm able to land at any available airport they had to ditch the jet in

the hudson river just outside of manhattan with all of the 155 passengers a risk used by nearby ferries and boats thanks to the heroic solve for the captain and his crew their relatives and loved ones self all the people involved will get to see them again. zarif has sharply criticized the u.s. for attempting to block the release of an iranian alternative that was seized by british royal marines off the coast last month. having field to accomplish its objectives through its economic terrorism including depriving cancer patients of medicine the us attempted to abuse the legal system to steal our property and the high seas this piracy attempt is indicative of trumpet ministrations contempt for the law on thursday the u.s. justice department made a last minute up location to gibraltar asking it not to release the grace one which

was accused of illegally shipping oil to syria but nonetheless a court on the british overseas territory decided to release the vessel and 4 of its crew members return is expected to set sail soon gibraltar 1st minister further says the detention was lifted after receiving formal written assurances from. the grace one is therefore now released from detention under the sanctions act by operational law on the 30th of august i received assurances from the republic of iran that if released the destination of the grace one would not be an entity that is subject to european union sanctions i welcome that assurance raney authorities to deny the charge of the grace one was shipping all to syria in breach of e.u. sanctions then 2 weeks after the vessel was impounded another instance they ran the seizing the british flag tanker in the strait of hormuz claiming it'd violated international law the us then later announced its intention to create a naval coalition to combat

a raid in aggression in the strait but regarding the political analysts shabbir razvi told us right now he thinks america's pressure campaign against iran is faltering. really it's very clear that the policy that the hawks all what mr zarif calls the between appears to be losing on all fronts. mr pompei our recently wrote an op pad on the 8th of all guest saying that you know the extreme pressure that's being applied on tehran economic warfare that is taking place is bearing fruit but the reality is that all of the 12 points that mr pompei listed in his speech earlier this year iran is not abiding by any of those and has no intention of really succumbing to the pressure from washington and it is continuing to operate quite effectively albeit with lots of pressure and the economic situation becoming very difficult in iran quick news to poll for you

relations for the country not some story but coming up later in the program a look at how the voice of america's persian service has been taking an increasingly pro line it's ahead. and. next we'll talk in the takeaway chicken in the u.k. the u.k. his home office has launched a new initiative aimed at tackling soaring rates of knife crime will tell about the connection it's unknown since going to be printing warnings and real life stories on takeaway chicken boxes the movie strong criticism from the public and politicians alike though so you can tell it's got more. he'd be forgiven for thinking the u.k.'s only current battle is with brussels but on the streets of britain doesn't move bloody fight unfolding rising knife crime has of rapidly become a plague with $86.00 fatalities in london alone since january and in the past 12 months there have been over 43000 knife related offenses across the u.k. and with no sign of the violence abating the home office is getting creative to try

to tackle the problem we're rolling out our knife free chicken boxes in over 210 chicken chops in england and wales including morley's dixie chicken and chicken cottage he is real life stories to show people how they can go nigh free that's right when you pay is going to wing it when it comes to fight tonight cried the hash tag night 3 campaigning creates digital posters as well as outreach programs where people focus at local communities to talk about the risks of carrying weapons it will also see over 300000 boxes and fried chicken shop is just like this across the country redesigned now that the campaign's hash tag night free and when you open it up on the inside you'll be able to read the stories of young people who shunned a life of crime in favor of school or music nothing better than a snap and a good read write oh it seems not everyone agrees other than accusations of

mismanaging fun the choice of chicken chops for the campaign's target space has hit us full but with some people is this some kind of joke why have you chosen chicken shops what's next ny free watermelons instead of investing in a public house approach to violent crime the home office have opted for yet another crude offensive and probably expensive complain they would do better to invest in our communities not demonize them because it's a degree idea you know because most of the people are using the my for are you young people with so little. talking about why don't those who don't take a book will. be doing anything different is a great idea because we need to educate people. to afford to provide special night right i think they could maybe. you know public money into more important cities critics that may blame the campaign for too long gray said saying it no irony assumes that fried chicken is the black community's choice of food but that noise

of the black community is choice of what put the marketing company behind the campaign is confident it will bring results and has defended its choice of location saying it's a democratic space what the message will reach a wide range of people it was already kind of like it's kind of a new kind of opportunity really if you stick to screens where you're talking about young 100000016 to 34 year olds who want to make these talks and this just especially mr part of the people don't have much free to think if it has an effect on one person one person can see this message and you. can have that ripple effect and it can change many people's lives so for us it has an impact to one person is doing a job the reason they took actions against overstuffing my freeze because there was an unfortunate incident outside one of the boards inviting him but it was a stop and if you got the opportunity to raise awareness and spread the message then of course we're going to choose an outlet where you're all reaching that kind of those kind of people so it's not just people. again it's people that been

affected by celebrities friends people within your community. come on 30 minutes past what we have to moscow time high that you without international law ahead censorship listing on rating systems we'll tell you about the latest allegations of political bias levelled against google that after the break. in a world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks.

seem wrong why don't we all just don't. let me. get to shape out these days become educated and engage with equals betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. i get next genocide voice for america's persian language service have been accused of violating the network's editorial policy by adopting a staunchly pro trumpet law in

a number of the us government funded outlets employees privately have even taken to publicly attacking supporters of the iranian regime most recently to a v.o.a. journalists launched a blistering online attack on one of the services former employees despite the fact she complained to the network's editors the tweets have not been deleted complicated story i wanted to get caleb maupin. iranian american journalist who covers u.s. iran relations has found herself being targeted online this woman who lives in comfort in the us and enjoys all the privileges of free society affords her has misused her privilege of freedom of expression by supporting the corrupt terrorist supporting the islamic republic of iran that oppresses and murders its own citizens particularly its women she was terminated when her true mission became known freedom loving people of iran look at this treasonous criminal type of a person as a spy and an enemy of the people now the person calling her a treasonous criminal works for voice of america persia that's a u.s.

government funded outlet directed at iranians it's overseen by the broadcast board of governors shrill words for a u.s. government employee right now the irony is that mortaza the is herself a former voice of america persian reporter but this points to a bigger issue which is that in recent years that voice of america persian has shifted its tone very dramatically to the point that it's hosts are now attacking those who don't support current policy toward iran and 2017 the broadcast board chairman asked the conservative think tank foreign policy council to review the government funded programs directed at iran they concluded that u.s. government broadcasts were overly sympathetic to the iran nuclear deal and the proceeding negotiations that took place in 2015 significant coverage of the state of u.s. iranian relations reflected the mistaken notion that the reunion regime is now friendlier to the united states later the senate appropriations committee passed

legislation giving the broadcasting board a green light to counter iranian influence the secretary of state in consultation with the heads of other relevant federal agencies including broadcasting board of governors show coordinate iran car influence programs funded by the act such programs shoot. what are the false assertions made by the government of iran against the united states and other democratic countries described to support such government provides to terrorist proxies and assess and describe the impact this support to such proxies causes to the people of syria yemen and other areas where the operate since that time voice of america persian has shifted from being a vehicle for presenting an american perspective to iranians and perhaps a somewhat even handed way apparently being a vehicle for straight up anti-government agitation iran is another example it's a country that never really made the key decision the iranian regime was spending

a ton of money on its nuclear program and wanted to halt that a noble objective a good goal worthy one but the threat that iran presents is so much greater than that well let's not forget iran too or china has been a major purchaser of iranian oil a voice of america insists that it is not highly partisan and describes itself as free and open all voices american journalists be federal government employees or contractors are expected to adhere to voice of america's social media policy as do we need to clearly in its best practices guide voice of america pursues its mission by produce an accurate balanced and comprehensive reporting program and as well as all mine and social media content for a global audience particularly for those who are denied access to open and free media the journalist who v.o.a. persian who's been accused of smearing his former colleague has described the coverage of the story meantime 1st published by the intercept as biased because it was tough a question give us his thoughts on the controversy. most of their journalists

they all are supporting sanctions against you radians why because the more they support donald trump and bolt films by limit is against the islamic they find. the hierarchy in v.o.a. version. next investigative journalist web site project veritas claims to further evidence of political bias a google and attempts by the tech giant to alter america's political landscape he goes down of course project veritas the love download whistleblowing initiative says it has published documents proving google can boost or d. rank new sources based on a biased set of internal rules the face of projects varied as admits the source of alleged leaked files a google insider is not perfect here's a track record of supporting conspiracy theories but forget about him what's in the

documents this presentation slide is the one that suggests that google has been working on a ranking system for media credibility now we don't know whether or not it has ever gone live but this screen short purports to show that it was in the works on the right side is an example of the ranking system the wall street journal tops the chart followed by the major mainstream outlets and r.t. is there too you know with barely half the rating of the wall street journal it is hardly a match for its competitors now again there's no way of telling if the rating was calculated or an employee's invention but even so it could indicate a personal bias against our team google has been here before when it comes to accusations of behind the scenes algorithms for instance conservative pundit paul joseph watson has repeatedly attacked google saying the company shadow banned him.

yes it's totally normal then when you search paul jews if want some you tube channel and google my youtube channel doesn't even appear on the 1st page of results there is no bias situ all they literally broke their own search engine to sense to me and many others that's as eric schmidt the executive chairman of google's parent company alphabet previously revealed that google would try to deal rank r.t. we are working on detecting this kind of scenario you're describing and again the ranking the ranking those kinds of sites it's basically are put nick are the 2 and there's a whole bunch of coverage about what we're doing there but we're well aware of it we're trying to engineer the systems to prevent it we don't want to ban the sites eventually google responded that it doesn't have an insider ranking system search is no use to set a political agenda and we don't bias our results to with any political ideology but the latest revelation from project veritas could make these promises less

reassuring google and twitter and facebook and other in the social media and big tech and arena have the ability to filter news and filter content for a generation that does is accustomed to doing less thinking for itself than let's say the generations of 10 and 20 and 40 years ago so i think google has way too much power remember in our country in theory we have strict laws about disguised corporate contributions in favor of a candidate and you know you think about how much it costs to get a mass google ad campaign or facebook campaign if what they're doing is providing massive disguise support to what they believe to be progressive candidates and not disclosing that that's a violation a serious violation of american campaign finance laws and they should be strenuously punished for it i think it's good that people across the political spectrum in congress in the senate are studying this now closely. knew in fear now

antigovernment protests. continuing to rock honduras as calls grow for the poverty stricken countries president one in london and this to step down he's accused of corruption out of working with drug traffickers to gain and consolidate power on 1st day thousands of university students gathered in the capital to seek help demanding an end to what they call these narco dictatorship they were dispersed by police have fired tear gas and water cannon and this is categorically denied claims of having ties to criminal gangs but it's not only those allegations that have been fueling public anger dire economic conditions a lack of public services and widespread human rights abuses of also being causing his popularity to plummet the situation in the central american countries prompted many to flee northwards towards the us mexico border so often the news these days are jurors has been experiencing instability since the ousting of manuals a layer who in what is considered to have been a u.s. backed military coup 10 years ago and now we talk to delay or direct he told us he

received threats from the u.s. before he was deposed and warned not to get too close to left is latin american politicians. and i wanted to look at me as i got to work i got to ask the people who took me out why they took me out they entered my home one early morning and there were only 7 months left in my term of course i had joined the boulevard in alliance for the americas and people from the united states threaten me including president bush they asked why i was a friend of chavez and other causes outside of honduras which is what pushed the military to violently overthrow me the united states warned me if you sign the ball of an alternative to the americas alba you're going to have problems with the united states i signed it and 6 months later i had problems they kicked me out they imposed their rules and they waved their flags of human rights abroad but they only apply those concepts to those that they consider to be adversaries during the 3 and a half years in which i governed i had the best economic growth indicators in wonder and history of poverty reduction hunder in history the best indicators of

human development in history and of course they said that i was a communist i don't look i went to cuba to meet fidel to being president and they said mel castro communist mel is my new obama went to cuba and they said obama the statesman that's the international press that with rare exceptions lends itself to that type of coverage and let me clarify this i don't have problems with the united states and what they simply didn't accept the competition brought by the oil of p.b.s. say in venezuela the oil of p. mix in mexico they don't accept competition because these transnational companies live off monopoly they live off the concessions and when you give them competition on the free market then they stop being capitalist and they become retrograde authoritarian and they play in coups wars and all these things that you know about invasions and all these things that we know about from the lips of the next president of honduras himself who no single source recovers a check out of sight out of code twitter or facebook let me tell you but the line

of the rest of the units in the south to call him by the say thing for me kevin i maybe see again tomorrow morning right here around the world thank you for watching us international. could move through the streets of those 2 syllables. i built for sunday and this is their. roles going to say the board of business with the most into it with. this isn't with. a lot of fellows a lot of trouble but it's not all because i am. so.

much on. the cases that i've got to go in that deal but you also look at them out on the funniest diplo it's most that it's home from the show such as the flu of souls the . moon you know when you must. move. joined me everything on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to get us out of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see that. in this community there are people who believe that it's ok to sell practically

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a lady friend at the moment she was in california i live in the. distance there we need to know each other. it's not easy making new friends after something like this. what do you do before you came here where did you work before you came here when you live. well death row they don't know what to do with that you know that. it's just one of those situations where you have to realize that not everyone out here is out to ruin your life there are some who are actually interested in knowing you and helping you. the state of ohio says the new drug combo used to execute dennis mcguire in january worked properly but is increasing the dosage of the pain killers for future

executions his family claims the state used as an experiment the state says mcguire was killed humanely. their official position is that nothing went wrong. basically everything was constitutional. was unconscious. medically qualified to be able to. i don't know yet what we're going to have to do if anything. it's not clear when that's going to be. this afternoon the legislature can actually push through legislation that would try to pull the curtain over any information about who was involved in a this stuff. the idea that we could just lawlessness regardless of how people

feel about that.