you know what if. sanctions running into alleged information warfare as iran's fast news agency says its international website is shut down. treasury. told to go into hiding amid a few free speech a teenage girl received death threats. videos on social media to discuss what the should be a line between hatred and freedoms. the british prime minister gives a warning of a carbon emissions at the u.k. . drug deals that almost entirely centered around fossil fuel. head of a key poll in the north of the country this sunday. to see

a major shift following its leaders resignation. thanks for joining us. welcome to the program or following a recent escalation of tension fast news agency says its international website has been taken down after apparently falling foul of u.s. sanctions. that tensions rise between the 2 countries and it seems the u.s. treasury department had a major role to play. the photos news took home 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 has argued the agency to the s d n 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 the editor in chief of fast news agencies english fashion he explained how ordinary people are reacting to washington's pressure on the country. that journalists and reporters there were really antagonized i mean they were feeling lots of hatred for the and that is states because we are not mina war we are not you know militaries we are not state officials you know fox news agency was established back in 2002 or 3 and it's the 1st iranian nonis they news agency so it's not even a state run media people here are feeling the brunt of the united states hostile actions it's not just the reporters and journalists but also average citizens trump

has done a lot of good to iran i believe because he has been the one that has shown that all these slogans and chance that they have about the mark willacy human rights and so on and so forth are for nothing and they are hollow and when the time arrives they see no difference between saw for fair media warfare or military wofford they just assassinate anyone standing on their way. 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 mina 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 violin 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 and we could argue she was just giving her views on islam the incident has garnered wives but 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 like a 16 year old high school student insulted and threatened with death by thousands of fanatics for having given her opinion on islam i got some reaction to the story from my soon showed 0 chair of the islamic cuban 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 they disappeared against blasphemy law blasphemy is is something a very christian sort of centric concept and it's got no room in between islam in the slum we actually in carriage 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 believing 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 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 the 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 conquers those islam and say go ahead no problem. let's get together over a cup of tea you can criticize those wonders you want and i will discuss a bit you. 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 more than 90 percent of the energy deal signed at the event were for fossil fuels showed it was dashed he picks up the story. initial 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 we live beneath the same sky we. carbon emissions rise of the planet. seems like it 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 host 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 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 goodies all the extra. if you couldn't do nothing with it except what should be catastrophic. i mean there's certainly better things to do with the dark right child will come down everybody in the government says some of it's going to renewable projects we're committed to working with countries across the world to unlock their renewable energy percent and support their transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner alternatives or maybe we should believe it when we see ed's shot dead in. london and we spoke to africa political analyst and lawyer who thinks there's too much money at stake for london to worry about emissions in africa 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 morality 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 and. climate issues are also fast becoming a key debate ahead of the irish parliamentary election farmers there have complained of constant attacks against their livelihoods by arrogant activists one union says that while they 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 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 claimed must be reversed certainly enough aaron obviously you know we're a tool producing island and that's what we are stuck in barrel 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 a 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 gore. 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 point of view of producing dairy product in the 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 this hour the b.b.c.'s reading to a lot of fake news sporting show for children here for 4 employee of the british broadcaster about concerns over bias that's coming up after the break. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected

. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go on to be press this is what the 3 of them or can't be good. interested always in the waters in the. operations understand that the cost of doing business is buying and building support in washington d.c. and that includes staffing up with former members of congress put them on your payroll you want to hire a chief of staff from a powerful senator or a committee. member get their chief of staff put them on your payroll as a lobbyist this is what washington does partisan basis in fact i think it's the only point of true bipartisanship in d.c. is corporate influence over government.

welcome back to the program the b.b.c. will see new educational series to help young children detect fake news producer that it's only a little quarter looks at whether the british national 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 attempts to pull an anti russian narrative out of thin air authorities all the time accuse 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 see most of it material was repeatedly aired on the radio channel to the extent it's a very new 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 but. 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 former b.b.c. journalist on a breeze the broadcast is attempting to rebuild trust with the public. the level of trust sorbs the b.b.c. who general public is doing daily weekly and i would say really possibly 2 years ago they could turn things around but it just got worse and worse really over the last 2 years of the military but to lead to the soprano on the programs that on one of people incredibly disappointing the b.b.c. and how they handled the run up to the election i think they do what they can you know they that picking certain celebrities or influences to touch 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 is going to come they just can feel more and more alienated and and feel they're not not being listened to and that's right and that the b.b.c. have not been able to take control of that situation and they are suffering. to some news for all the world to brief else thought in south america and chile where police have used tear gas on want to go out and against a mass government running. those pictures were from protests that turn violent on friday as one officer stood trial for badly injuring a demonstrator is the 1st police brutality hearing since october back when the current wave of social unrest gripped the country. while rescue operations are underway in eastern turkey after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region on friday evening at least 22 people have

been killed and over a 1000 injured according to emergency officials 200 aftershocks were recorded with tremors felt in neighboring countries death toll is expected to rise as the wreckage is removed. and thousands of anti abortion activists have gathered in washington for the march of the so-called march of life the annual event takes a stand against the legalization of abortions across the country donald trump gave a speech there becoming the 1st u.s. president to do so in 7 years. and sunday's key vote in northern italy could trigger a major shake up in the country its biggest party scene been left reeling after leader foreign minister loser demaio resigned would support falling rapidly it could leave the door open for my tears for immigration northern league party a win for them would likely see fresh elections and a hard shift to the right shot at doing scheme 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 look or see it start to send it quickly and broadly taking a few 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 5 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 any pushed it into the forefront then it state you know good times for the illegals are over get ready

to pack your bag. and money 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 of to save europe because i knew the european dream or because it is bankers. being 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 it to the numbers of the last page that. maintains leadership in the polling stations in the intentions are votes. these view the continuation of the government would have not proved to the leak so he

decided to cut it off and run out of the government to be much freer in pursuing his lead to great without the ties that the government is necessarily glad he has been running up to now neatly 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 after defeats in the region and the

nation so we have already seen this kind of take. kind of for government. by tired of it they want to see political leadership of the country. elections haven't been particularly coing to the current italian it ministration in october a coalition of right wing party 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 bit lonia and it's being 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 a punt. today i'm here to hyundai my resignation as leader of the 5 star movement more to miss the most. if any are writing in calling telling me not to give up i'm

not giving up this is just the end of a face. currently without a leader 5 stars featured 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 the national elections he's been waiting for since last summer charlotte even ski out paris. investment bank goldman sachs has said it will stop helping startup companies who like 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 unproductive 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 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 their merits. this follows a recent global media storm over the lack of diversity at film awards ceremonies including the oscars and the batf there's the debate is also high tech giant google with its hiring practices under scrutiny swipe to magazines allude get us believe

goldman sachs is the person who 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 they're actually instantly patronizing to the women who do make their way up through these companies and on to these boards independently inevitably goldman sachs's 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 nell from these companies any woman who receives

a place on that board based on merit well be forced to believe that it's me because the way the company wants to go public i think it's wrong. up next boom bust coming up your way and for u.k. views it's the cause the reports ask if they all bring in the afternoons headlines in half an hour's time. you could. 7 be in.

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