point of true bipartisanship in d.c. is corporate influence over government. sanctions running to alleged information warfare as iran's fast news agency says it's a national website is shut down on the orders of the us treasury. told to go into hiding amid a furious debate on free speech teenage girl received death threats over. social media discussed whether there should be a line between hatred and revenge. and could this be the tables turned for biggest head of a key poll in northern italy this sunday the anti establishment 5 star movement is seeing a major shift following its leaders resignation. live

from moscow thanks for joining us in r.t. international and welcome to the program. following a recent trend against iranian media fasts news agency says its international website has been taken down so after apparently falling foul of u.s. sanctions this comes as tensions continue to build between the 2 countries and it seems the u.s. treasury department had a major role to play. the photos news dot com websites is being blocked on us treasuries orders and emails sent to followers newsagency by the provider clearly stated that the treasury's office of foreign assets control has argued the agency to the sdn specially designated nationals list if you visit the website fars news dot com it is unavailable the web page does not load now it's important to note there is a website fars news dot i r that i are standing for islamic republic that has just been created but that is

only in farsi the language of iran not other languages even though far as news generally publishes in different languages those are not available fars news calls itself an independent news source generally it has been labelled by western media outlets as being a mouthpiece for the iranian government it's one of the primary sources for breaking news within the borders of the islamic republic the fact that it has been taken down and does not appear to have its website up and is blaming this on the us treasury seems to fit it on standing a long standing pattern for example earlier this month press t.v. the english language t.v. network based in the islamic republic of iran was removed from you tube however google backed down from that decision but regardless that was a moment where we saw a news outlet from iran have its access to the internet and social media cut off or tampered with now we can recall in recent months the escalation between the 2 countries qassam solomonic the top iranian general was killed in a u.s.

airstrike near baghdad the iraqi capital and then we saw iran respond with a barrage of missiles directed at u.s. bases in iraq this feud between the leaders of the usa and the islamic republic of iran wasn't even put on hold during the whole cost commemorations in jerusalem take a listen we must also stand strong against the leading state purveyor of anti-semitism. against the one government in the world that denies. the holocaust as a matter of state policy and threatens to wipe israel off the map against the islamic republic of iran. now sanctions have been imposed on the islamic republic by the united states and there has been constant threats of military action and it seems that this effort to silence news agencies and remove them from social media and from the internet itself fits into a longstanding pattern of efforts by leaders of the united states to covertly

undermine the islamic republic of iran we heard from a growing copely editor of the website defense and foreign affairs who told us information warfare is becoming a major part of the us than the. the reality years that the great proportion of the war between iran and the united states and iran and other countries is informational information dominance is the key to success and the u.s. has immense powers in this regard because it does and can control a lot of the internet sourcing and therefore the ability of of the agencies are out there to use the internet we're seeing news being increasingly manipulated a either willingly or unwillingly look at the domestic us situation right now where the majority of the news outlets are being manipulated by one political side of the spectrum so you don't have a free press anywhere in reality having the freedom to distort begs the

question as to how valid the free press is and it also raises the issue of how the internet itself through blogs through twitter and so on is used to counterbalance what should be a free and fair press. a 16 year old french girl has been told to go into hiding after she received death threats for posting anti islamic videos on instagram miller who's from leon so she was responding to homophobic and racist abuse from muslims on the platform are investigating the case. the viral posting spread on social media networks of a video posted by a young girl expressing during a personal discussion violent and horsetail comments about the muslim religion has provoked a multiplication of reactions taking the form of death threats and threats to commit crimes are the french law which guarantees freedom of expression and could argue she was just giving views on islam the incidents gathered widespread

attention and even support from some politicians. the speech of this young girl is the voice description of charlus caricatures no more no less we can find it vulgar but we cannot accept that some people condemn her to death for that in france in the 21st century let us support me look a 16 year old high school student insulted and threatened with death by thousands of fanatics for having given her opinion on islam. well we got some reaction to the story from my soon to show jarrett share of these live and human rights commission and under walker a columnist for the new york observer. my concern is that time and time again we're seeing blasphemy laws reinstituted across europe remember back in the middle ages europe was plagued by blustery laws inflicted by the christian community and i think that we've got a lot better as a society since a disappeared my gives blasphemy law blasphemy is is something a very christian sort of centric. and it's got no room in within islam or

in the slam we actually encourage any sort of criticism the idea that insulting the prophet mohammed should be something you should die for is completely unacceptable and always remember you or it got better when we walked away from these blasphemy rules ourselves and i think it would be great if the islamic world was to follow that example. you know at least i don't know i don't know i don't know why you keep on being in blasphemy laws no one is actually talking about bringing in blasphemy laws we are saying that you should not be able to abuse muslims under the pretense that this is. well look what you've just laid out it should be it should be patent to be abusive towards islam even if that stress to pursue congratulations you're describing a blasphemy law and that is something that we need to get away from let's sit down

around the cup of tea let us criticize one another's believe but respect one another and i don't see why this should be confusing for anyone but there is a problem with fundamentalism in our society and most of fundamentalists of muslims they're not all muslims but most of them are eastern attempt to say that in practice you can criticize as are you cults insult the prophet mohammed you can't be critical of the views. that he expressed that is something that is dangerous for our society i'm not saying that you can criticize islam and say go ahead no problem let's get together over a cup of tea you can criticize those images you want and i will discuss it with you but also i mean the fact of the mother is that we need to recognize that freedom of speech is something that we all these are here to. on sunday is a key vote in northern italy could trigger a major shake up in the country its biggest parties been left reeling after the

leader foreign minister luigi to my resigned with support all in rapidly it could have the door open for salvini as anti immigrant northern league party and win for them would like to see fresh elections and a hard shift to the right shot to deal with he explains. as a tell you go to the polls in the northern region of the me here among this weekend there is a lot at stake not just for the current shaky coalition government but also potentially for the future of one of its members the 5 star movement the empty establishment's party was founded 11 years ago with a promise to rid italy of a corrupt ruling elite a champion of digital to look or see it start to send it quickly and brightly taking a good of the folks in 2018 election and joining to form not one but 2 governments but as we all know what goes up at some point must come down off that

big election turnout five-star set about signing up to a brand new italian government with the league though the league was supposed to be a junior partner the headline grabbing lead them to use the need pushed it into the forefront then it state you know good times for the illegals are over get ready to pack your bags. and money while mccraw on has not been very nice lately he's a polite man but he probably drinks too much. you'll not find any extremists or veterans at this table the only nostalgics are those in power in brussels today she stated we're ready to build a new future this is the path to save europe because we're seeing the new the european dreamer but the bureaucrats the bankers the dudish of big government for too long by the time italians headed back to the polls this time for the e.u.

elections for ching's had been reversed it was clear the league was now in the droid ing seat if we see at the at the numbers i'm in the last of the polls that the. maintains leadership in the polling stations and the intentions are votes and so these. the continuation of the government's would have not proved to move to the lead so he decided to cut it off and run out of the government to be much freer in pursuing his letter rate without the ties of the governments necessarily implies he has been running up the no need really gaining ground and especially defeating decline of the 5 star bickering paul has started to turn on each other and when salvini took a gamble to pull out of the coalition 5 star looked elsewhere months of infighting within 5 star the scene dozens of its parliament true representatives defect be

expelled and the cold digital support base has also been hemorrhaging with many unclear about the party's future certainly dismaying risk to become. a deal especially for the 5 stars if they stayed this foolish and after defeats in the region of the nations we have already seen this kind of take. kind of for governments and. people of like tired of it they want to see the political leadership of the kountry. elections haven't been particularly coing to the current italian it ministration in october a coalition of right wing parties spearheaded by the league one in the traditional heartland of the left now the government faces an even tougher test in the media the region's biggest city is a bit lonia and its been center left to 75 years but polls indicate that that could

be about to change with the race neck and neck between the league and the democratic party 5 star is trading so far behind it's not even considered worth a punt. today i'm here to hyundai my resignation as leader of the 5 star movement more to me status prevent any. writing and calling telling me not to give up i'm not giving up this is just the end of a face i'm currently without a leader 5 stars future looks more burned out than bright if it does come crashing down the view is it could bring the italian government down with it opening up a way for salvini to seize these national elections he's been waiting for since last summer charlotte even ski ati paris. a diplomatic row between the u.s. and the u.k. is threatening to escalate that's after washington refused an extradition request for an american intelligence officers wife he was charged with causing the death of

a teenager a redone was hit by the woman's car near a u.s. airbase in the 1st and last month at the time the accident occurred and for generation of her stay in the u.k. the u.s. citizen driver in this case had immunity from criminal jurisdiction if the united states were to grant the u.k.'s extradition request it would set an extraordinary troubling precedent i called the us ambassador to express the government's disappointment about this decision we feel this amounts to a denial of justice and we believe answer coolers should return to the u.k. we are now urgently considering our options she has to come back i don't i still don't understand how she can even if with her cell phone carry on with her life and drive. i don't i don't understand that she must be made of different stuff to us i don't know that. she has to come back one way or the other. well here's a reminder of what happened in august last year of 19 year old harry dunn was on

his motorbike when a vehicle hit him head on outside the u.s. military base in england the driver was the wife of an american intelligence officer working there and secure she later admitted to driving on the wrong side of the road she was officially charged with dunn's death in december but had already claimed diplomatic immunity and fled the u.k. months earlier. officer was charged her lawyers said she would not return to the u.k. a man described as death as a terrible unintentional accident is a legal representative for the don family seize it. we are in precedented waters as far as we're aware this is never happened before this is the 1st time the united states of refused an extradition request from the u.k. the long history of the extradition treaty to say that it would set a trap troubling precedent if she were to retire the family would simply argue that

to allow somebody who's accused of a very serious crime in a country so e-bay justice that is what would be setting a troubled person framework was brought in 1960 is to protect diplomats who are opposed 'd to hotspot countries and to keep them safe for instance if they were killed by a lawless regime it is not intended and that that the be at a convention makes it absolutely clear that if you commit a crime in a country that you stay in your host country and face the consequences this is actually just a request will i have for every where as 'd we know the president trump and michael kay will not be around forever and if necessary dismantle a who i represent will happily. wait patiently until the next administration comes along who perhaps believes in the whole of the the rule of law a little more than this one and it's one step along the road but i can assure your

viewers tonight that we are more competent than ever the answer to this will be coming back to place just as the u.k. . and the sea will launch a new educational series to help young children to detect fake news to be produced by star actress angelina jolie and the british national board cost has questions to answer about its own coverage to donald quantum of this report. it's a crusade against fake news and the b.b.c. has elected itself to lead the charge its latest show is aimed at protecting youthful eyes and ears from poisonous propaganda there's a gap in provision for young people who want to understand how the news is made and the values that stand behind it they need the tools to distinguish the real from the fools online and the skills to think critically about information wherever they encounter it and the new programs producer is none other than angelina jolie as a parent i'm happy to be able to give my support to a program that aims to help children learn more about the lives of other young

people around the world i hope it will help children find information and tools they need to make a difference on the issues that matter to them it's a noble pursuit and all but the b.b.c. might not be the most qualified to act as the authority on fighting fake news b.b.c. russia correspondent olga was caught in the act asking a local journalist to help her find evidence of russian meddling connected to protests in paris naturally moscow wasn't very happy with the attempt to pull an anti russian narrative out of thin air authorities all the time accused russian television channels of an internal protest movements and politics and call them propagandists i think it's humiliating when the british media disseminate such information and the b.b.c.'s track record of pursuing a political agenda goes much farther back than that in 1953 it was used covertly as a pawn in a joint m i 6 cia operation to support

a coup against the democratically elected prime minister of iran mohammad mossad it the british government used b.b.c. persian radio to advance its propaganda against most attack on material was repeatedly aired on the radio channel to the extent that iranian stuff at the b.b.c. persian radio service went on strike in protest britain's national broadcaster was even accused of sending coded messages to the coupon. orders through the specific wording of their broadcasts during the cold war london once again used the b.b.c. as a front to fund anti soviet propaganda in the middle east and latin america fast forward to 2018 and the b.b.c. covered the duma chemical attack from aboard the anti assad bandwagon citing u.s. officials who confidently claimed that the syrian government had deployed sarin gas against civilians the narrative was used as justification for washington's bombing of syrian government installations although b.b.c. syria's own producer said the attack was staged after almost 6 months of this to go

sions i can prove without a doubt that the duma hospital soon was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital for a network with a history of having it strings pulled by british intelligence services and affinities for a certain line of political agendas it's no wonder viewers are struggling to see the b.b.c. as impartial i think they do what they can you know the that thinking that seems a little. touch themselves to increase their attention. and it's a case of is it possible to rest and i am not quite sure it is it's very difficult to get an idea but a very large falloon onto a serin whenever anything out about the b.b.c. as i used to with them generally gets is that people are just completely given up the account. and i know the individual john sweeney has written to the pool to say he was at the b.b.c. and he's come forward to accuse them of having an agenda or not reporting things in

a way. british prime minister boris johnson has been joining the climate change chorus at the u.k. africa investment summit but while calling out the dangers of carbon emissions while the 90 percent of the major deals signed at the event for fossil fuels it was dusty picks up the story. in a short space of time the poorest johnson has been prime minister we already know he isn't always one to stick to his word especially when it comes to striking deals but this could be one of his. remember those comments at the beginning of the week all about supporting clean energy in africa to put it simply not another penny of u.k. taxpayers' money would be directly invested in. burning it for electricity because well you know we all breathe the same the same. carbon emissions rise in the. same circuit right wrong it's been uncovered that in

fact the united kingdom spend billions of pounds of broad supporting fossil fuel projects that will emit an estimated $69000000.00 tons of carbon a year that's the same as the country the size of portugal nearly a 6th of britain's total annual carbon emissions but don't worry the government says miss $70000000.00 tonnes is just a worst case scenario even so the darker shade of green deals doesn't seem to be going down too well with the hypocrisy of the government's position is breathtaking it boasts of his green credentials one minute and then hosts an investment summit which sees billions been invested in carbon intensive industries in africa this government's promises on climate action are completely hollow but things could go from bad to worse for grettir and co-heirs 90 percent of the 2000000000 pounds worth of energy deal struck at the u.k. africa summit were full you guessed it fossil fuels but of course the united kingdom's official statement on the summit failed to mention that teeny tiny detail

that the agreements were dominated by oil and gas and not coal well adding fuel to the fire over the last decade the united kingdom has financed $6000000000.00 pounds worth of fossil fuel projects alone including funding some of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world seems like a right royal mess up. the extra. if you couldn't do nothing with it except what should. i mean there's certainly better things to do with the dark right charles will come down everybody and the government says some of it is going to renewable projects we are committed to working with countries across the world to unlock their renewable energy percent and support the transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner alternatives or maybe we should believe it when we see ed's shot dead in. london we spoke to africa political analyst and lawyer who thinks there's too much money at stake for london

to worry about emissions on the continent politics and the game itself is $1.00 based on investment based on influence based on business and at the same time obviously climate change is a really big deal so it is a conflict of interest for britain itself was also a conflict of gravity a conflict of business if you look at the investment portfolio in africa fadel it still remains that many european 1st world countries are investing in the hydrocarbon or in natural resources and this other thing would change for a very long time purely because there's too much money to stick purely because there are more important issue for these companies to be dealing with i.e. the extraction of minerals will wealth africa. climate issues are also fast becoming a key issue ahead of the irish parliamentary elections farmers in the country have complained of constant attacks against their livelihoods by activists one union says that while accept the reality of global warming they reject the idea that only

rural communities have to change their way of life. all sectors must contribute to learning carbon emissions and farming cannot be singled out for reasons of ideology or political expediency last year the irish parliament's georgia committee on climate action issued a report calling for a reduction in agricultural activity said the sector was the country's largest emitter of greenhouse gases while area in focus was an increasing demand for high carbon foodstuffs such as meat and dairy which it claimed must be reversed. certainly enough aaron obviously you know we're a tool producing island and that's what we are. and we're very very efficient at that and you know all the issue is that your belief and as you mentioned china there are many other countries out there but equally there are many countries out there in food production be it beef and dairy and they're far more harmful to the environment and paratime production is so if the food was to be produced in other

parts of the go to a far greater environmental impact obviously we've climatic conditions terabits these as we approach the middle of this century but equally we need to meet as soon as possible but you know we are the most efficient from a carom point of view of producing dairy product in the european 20 years and there are environmentalist out there who are and tree huggers who are bashing the reputation of irish culture and making it extremely challenging to have a sustainable income from agriculture. investment bank goldman sachs has said it will stop helping start up companies who lack diversity in their boardrooms in order to go public in europe and the united states. we realize that this is a small step but it's a step in the direction of saying you know what we think this is right we think it's the right advice and we're in

a position also because of our network to help our clients if they need help placing women on boards and so this is an example our saying how can we do something that we think you know is right help move the market that these political correctness culture may just kill me just have the best people possible on the board no matter what the race or gender i'm tired of people get in positions of power just so things can be diversified this is dangerous and moronic goldman sachs' tokenism is productive for diversity no one should attain a position of power based on an arbitrary characteristic positions of power need to be based on performance having token women minorities on boards to meet quotas isn't diversity the better solution is to get more women minorities into college and graduate m.b.a. schools so they can filter into those positions on the merits of this follows

a recent global media storm over the lack of diversity it phil awards ceremonies including the oscars and the buff there's the debate has also hit tech giant google with its hiring practices under scrutiny spiked magazines and get us believe goldman sachs has the versity drive could actually backfire on the company. well it's a mad announcement you know goldman sachs have made this announcement a time when you know they are part of a major bidding process to be part of the saudi arabian oil conglomerate. i don't think that board is going to be particularly diverse and for their business reasons they've actually excluded this policy from all of asia because they know that most chinese japanese most companies across asia will not have diverse boards so i think it's completely hypocritical completely banal completely pointless and i think that actually it's deeply patronizing to the women who do make their way up through these companies and on to these boards independently inevitably goldman sachs is

announcement will now mean the allegations of tokenism will simply go up you know the idea will be that you can't get you can't be taken public if you don't have a woman on your board so anyone from these companies any woman who receives a place on that board based on merit will be forced to believe that it's merely because the company wants to go public i think it's wrong. up next that our documentary channel it's one country we're back next in 30 minutes with the latest . for you.

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