sanctions running to an information warfare reza wrongs fars news agency says its international 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. videos on social media to discuss whether there should be a line between hatreds and freedoms. british prime minister gives a warning of a carbon emissions at the u.k. africa summit striking energy deals that almost entirely centered around fossil fuels. and could the tables be turning for italy's biggest party the head of a key poll in the north of the country this sunday the n.t.

stylish 15 star movement seeing a major shift following its leaders resignation. live from moscow thanks for joining us here at r.t. international and daniel hawkins welcome to the program. following a recent trend against the reigning in media fasts news agency says its international website has been taken down after apparently falling foul of u.s. sanctions this comes as tensions continue to build between the 2 countries it seems the u.s. treasury department had a major role to play. the photos news dot com websites is being blocked on u.s. treasuries orders and emails sent to followers newsagency by the provider clearly stated that the treasury's office of foreign assets control as i did the agency to the sdn specially designated nationals list if you visit the web site fars news dot

com it is unavailable the web page does not load now it's important to note there is a web site 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 accost 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. said how to run the a professor at the university of toronto joining us good to have you on the program today do you think this action of taking down the fost news agency website was a specific punishment against the role or attempt in general to stifle iranian media given the patterns we've seen over the last few months. i think it's obviously a sign that the us empire is crumbling. that the americans assassinate senior government officials in iraq and iran carry out acts of war against iranians and iranians this is unprecedented in contemporary human history yet the western media is not outraged at all because they consider themselves to be

supreme to be exceptional it is very racist to be frank and it's very 19th century mentality the political correctness of the past is now all gone and the gloves are off so when they block farce news they will say it's a link to a terrorist organization or or they will say it's a mouthpiece of whoever but it really doesn't make a difference this is their way of silencing critique silencing the opposition they murder they silence yet they consider themselves the standard bearers of freedom and democracy but people really don't believe this anymore this of course has wider implications doesn't it about the general discussions on on for on freedom of speech as you said on democracy cetera do you think this could somehow

but follow in washington i mean given that any p.r. is good p.r. people might want to find out the radian sort of the story and perhaps use the farsi language version more could this do more harm than good and actually benefit the news agency. well i would encourage people to go to you ronnie and news agencies like forest news and other outlets to see an alternative viewpoint and to see that what was said during that holocaust commemoration was simply a lie that iranians this is not official iranian policy to deny the holocaust all the crimes committed in world war 2 were committed by europeans not only against jews christians and jews gypsies but against people in our part of the world people in our part of the world suffered because of the war the 2nd world war

and the head gemini that these european regimes imposed upon the rest of the world . or people in the west by silencing iranian media people in the west do not know that you ron has has a jewish population we have synagogues we have a restaurants in iran that are kosher this is something that is nonexistent in countries that are allied to the united states in this region like saudi arabia it's under it's something that you cannot even imagine in these countries yet they can rant and rave about iran because there is no alternative voice and i think that in future this pattern will just simply continue people and students are now have now are now being expelled from the united states because of the likes that they do on facebook forget the fact that my own account gets suspended repeatedly in facebook or that people like my many of my friends have had their accounts deleted

on twitter simply because they are of pictures or because they express opinions that are that are different and that are all an alternative to what we hear in the mainstream us media. washington's repeatedly said it's got no issue with the iranian people it fact it said it supports them it stands alongside them in their in their quest for democracy as as it says we saw or obviously a big outpouring of anger after the killing of general saddam on a do you think this might have an impact on rating public opinion that's going to be really quite damaging for the united states. well this is something very important obama imposed what he said were crippling sanctions so he was trying to cripple iran to cripple the iranian people to cripple the iranian economy to create suffering and trump calls them brutal sanctions so he was has been trying

to brutalize the iranian people there's really no difference no substantial difference between different regimes that are in the white house they're all the same when it comes to foreign policy they all subjugate the people of venezuela and try to starve them and try to hurt them in order to get the outcome that they want they will do the same thing across the board they'll engage in imposing sanctions on russia engage in economic warfare with china it will do battle with anyone that is not obedience to them and i think that this is become becoming clearer by the day to the international community so so whether even if they do silence the iranians people see it because their their racism and their head gemini and their ugliness is more open and more clear for people to see so they are they are losing this battle simply by being so crude in their behavior and obvious that you minus

despite the united states they dislike the regime in washington they dislike all of the regimes in europe and the united states that have helped to create suffering in this part of the world but the problem is that when millions of people come to the streets in tehran to the funeral of general salim money they will try to sideline this when millions of people in back of the like yesterday go to the streets and say that the united states must leave they will try to be as subtle as quiet about this as possible but if 100 people in back to iraq 200 people in teheran comments come out on the streets and riot and you have pro-west from slogans they will focus on this for days and weeks. and say that you're rhyming and once regime change the iranians want to have a pro western government be iraqis want the united states the western media media is firmly ally whether it's state media or whether it's so-called 5 it media are owned by major populations they're firmly aligned with with the interests of

western regimes and european regimes despite the pretty words there for the allying with trump and washington. professor said mabyn more and university of to ron thanks for joining us on the program today good to have your. 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 early on said she was responding to homophobic and racist abuse from muslims on the platform and police are now investigating the case. the viral posting spread on social media networks of a video posted by a young girl expressing during a personal discussion virally and horsetail comments about the muslim religion has provoked a multiplication of reactions to in the form of death threats and threats to commit crimes under french law which guarantees freedom of expression miller could argue she was just giving her views on islam incidents garnered 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 the volga but we cannot accept that some people condemn her to death for that in france in the 21st century let us support me like a 16 year old high school student insulted and threatened with death by thousands of fanatics for having given her opinion on islam we got some reaction to the story from a certain showed 0 chair of islamic 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 plus the loss inflicted by the christian community and i think that we've got a lot better as a society since they disappeared against blasphemy law blasphemy is something a very christian sort of centric. and it's got no room in between islam

and 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. i don't know i don't know i don't know why you keep on living 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 blast me 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 belief but respect one another and i don't see why this should be a 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't criticize a sob you cults insult the prophet muhammad 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 the wonders you want and i will discuss a bit you. the british prime minister abbas johnson's been joining the climate change chorus at the u.k. africa investment summit but while calling out the dangers of carbon emissions more than 90 percent of the energy deal signed at that event were for fossil fuels that it was dashed he picks up the story. in

a short space of time the forest 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 and nearly a 6 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 as 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 as in 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 goodies all the extra. if you

could do nothing with it except. catastrophic. i mean there's certainly better things to do with the dark right charles will come down everybody in the government says some of it's going to renewable projects we are committed to working with countries across the world to unlock their renewable energy present and support the transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner alternatives or maybe we should believe it. climate change issues are also becoming a key debate ahead of the irish parliamentary elections farmers there have complained of constant attacks against their livelihoods by the activists one union says that while they accept the reality of global warming if 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 joint

committee on climate action issued a report calling for a reduction in agricultural activity saying the sector was the country's largest emitter of greenhouse gases one area in focus was an increasing demand for high carbon foodstuffs such as meat and dairy which it claims must be reversed. so often enough aaron obviously you know we're after all producing island and that's what we are. and we're very very efficient at that and you know all the issue is a job an issue 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 tera time production is so if the food was to be produced in other parts of the go to an affair a far greater environmental impact obviously we've climatic conditions climate climate terabits these as we approach the middle of this century but equally we

need to meet them 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 still ahead the b.b.c. is readying to launch a fake news sporting show for kids we hear from a former employee of the british board cos the concerns of a bias after the break. there's a survival guide. at the start. of this.

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welcome back to the program the b.b.c. will launch a new educational series to help young children detect fake news that would stop producing a little closer looks at whether the british national broadcast the should be asking questions about its own coverage as well. 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 into fear 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 see most of it 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. waters 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 with the host producing was staged no fatalities occurred in the

host but look for a network with a history of having its 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 and we spoke to former b.b.c. journalist of greece she said the networks trying to clear is for appreciation in any way possible. level of trust serves the b.b.c. who the general public is due in late daily weekly and i would say really possibly 2 years ago they could turn things around but it's just got worse and worse really over the last 2 years i've been alerted in particular to the b.b.c. panorama programmes that a lot of people incredibly disappointed the b.b.c. in how they handled the run up to the election i think they're doing what they can you know they that picking certain celebrities or influences to attach themselves to increase their reputation brand but. it's a case of is it is it is it possible to rescue that and i'm not quite sure it is

you know not discuss it with the public that it's going to come they just can feel more and more alienated and and feel they're not not being listened to and that's very and that the b.b.c. have not been able to take control of that situation and they are suffering. sunday's key vote in northern italy could trigger a major shake up in the country its biggest party has been left reeling after the leader foreign minister luigi resigned with support for an rapidly it could leave the door open for my tears over immigration northern league party a win for the very of course would likely see fresh elections and a hard shift to the right shoulder lewinsky has more. 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 mock or see its star ascended 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. well micron 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 a 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 being seat if we see it the numbers i'm in the last poll is that the. maintains leadership in the polling stations in the intentions of 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 lead to rate without the ties of the governments

necessarily blood he has been running up to now neatly gaining ground and especially defeating of 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 the c.c. deal especially for the 5 stars if they stayed after defeats in the region the nations we have already seen this kind of take an equal official kind of for us government. should look 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 among the region's biggest city is a bologna and it's been sent to 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 mr imus prevent any. once again calling telling me nazi give up i'm not giving up this is just the end of a face. currently without a leader 5 stars future looks more doubt 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 in national elections he's been waiting for since last summer challenged even ski all t. paris so from the team on a cellphone now up next is the cause a report for you could use it's boom bust we're back in 30 minutes with more news headlines. how many americans are this is the kaiser report you know medievalism is coming back in a big big way one of why i mean. i have no idea but i will tell you something now we do see.