sanctions as a form of information to fire has iran's fox news agency says its international web site is shut down on the orders of the us treasury. told to go into hiding amid a furious debate on free speech a teenage french call received death threats they've got until it's gone videos on social media we discuss whether that should be annoying between hatred and freedom . the british prime minister gives a warning over carbon emissions of the u.k. this summer while striking energy deals with entirely scented around for fuel so. could the tables be turning to its knees because the party ahead of a key poll in the north of the country this sunday to stop the 5 star movement is

seeing a major shift following its lead this resignation. bringing you the biggest global stories 247 this is our international thanks for choosing us this afternoon. let's get started iran's a faas news agency says its international website has been taken down after a party forming foul of u.s. sanctions it comes as tensions continue to build between the 2 countries and it seems the u.s. treasury department had a major role in the move. 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 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 know 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 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 islam 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 had from the editor in chief of fox news agency. he explained how ordinary people are reacting to washington's pressure on the country. the 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 been a war we are not military so we are not state officials you know fox news agency was established back in 2002 or 3 and it's the 1st iranian none a state news agency so it's not even as they try and media people here are feeling the brunt of the united states 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 we see human rights and so on so forth are for nothing and they are hollow and when the time arrives they see no difference between softball or for media warfare or military wofford they just as fascinating anyone standing on their way. well let's delve into a story from europe because a 16 year old french call has been told to go into hiding after she received death threats for posting videos on instagram mena who is from nearly all said she was responding to homophobic and racist abuse from muslims on the platform police 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 violin and horsetail comments about the muslim religion has

provoked a multiplication of reactions to conform death threats and threats to commit crimes under french law which guarantees a freedom of expression media could argue she was just giving her views on islam the incident has gone had widespread attention though and even support from such and politicians. young girl is the voice description of charlus caricatures no more no less you can find it 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 insults and threats and with death by thousands of fanatics for having given her opinion on islam we got some reaction to the story from masood should charge chowed the islamic human rights commission as well as on jay walker columnist 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 something a very christian sort of centric. and it's got no room in within the sort of in the psalm 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 i think it would be great if the islamic world was to follow that example. you know 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 bad and to be abusive towards islam even if that stress to pursue such are 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 forgery of muslims they're not all muslims but most of them are ease and attempt to say that in practice you can criticize as are 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 hey no problem let's get together or a cup of tea you can criticize the engines you won't and i will discuss with you.

not too far away in the u.k. british prime minister boris johnson has been joining the climate change chorus at the u.k. africa investment summit but while putting out the dangers of carbon emissions will the 90 percent of the until signed up up very offend one for fossil fuels so he had stashed he 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 quite yet 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 or 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 the next $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 well for 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. catastrophic condition i mean there's certainly better things to do with the dollars 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 by mrs aird shadow. london africa political analysts like you and i can lawyer believes there is just too much money at stake

for longdon to worry about emissions in africa politics and the game itself is one 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 it's also a conflict of gravity a conflict of business if you look at the investment portfolio in africa sadly it still remains that many european 1st world countries are investing in the hydrocarbons or in natural resources and this other thing would change for a very long time purely because there's too much money to stick to it because there are more important issue for these companies to be dealing with i.e. the extraction of minerals and will well for. climate issues are also fast becoming a key issue ahead of the irish parliament elections farmers that say they face constant attacks on their livelihoods by our good 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 joint committee on climate action issued a report quoting for a reduction in aquaculture activity saying the sector was the country's largest emitter of greenhouse gases one area in particular focus was an increasing demand for high carbon food stuff such as meat and dairy which it claimed must be robust certainly enough fair and obviously you know we're a food producing island and that's what we are stuck on bar and we're very very efficient 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 to our time production is so if the food was to be produced in

other parent sort of go to a far greater environmental impact obviously we've climatic conditions time and climate terrets needs as we approach you know 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 our kara point of view of producing dairy product in the european 20 years and there are environmentalist out there who are. tree huggers who are bashing the reputation of our culture and making us extremely challenging to have a sustainable income from agriculture still to come the b.b.c. is readying to launch a fake news spotting show for youngsters aged between $7.12 we have from a former employee of the push for cost to about concerns over bias in just 90 seconds.

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corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or remain in the shallowness. welcome back britain's national broadcaster is to launch a new educational series to help young children detect fake news with american actress. that star produce up is donald cotton looks at whether the b.b.c. should maybe be taking a critical look at some of its own coverage. 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 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 most sadik 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 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. others 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 full of b.b.c. jonathan a brief says the full cost isn't attempting to rebuild trust a month to thea's. level of trust since the b.b.c. who publish his is dwindling daily weekly and i would say really possibly 2 years ago they could add to things around but it just got worse and worse really over the last 2 years of being the lead to the b.b.c.

panorama programmes that a lot of people who credibly to do the b.b.c. and how they handled the went up to the election i think they do what they can even that thinking certain celebrities are rude for the rinses to touch themselves to increase their reputation but. it's a case of is it is it is it possible to rescue that so i'm not quite sure it is you know discuss it with the public they're just going to come they're just going to feel more and more alienated in the end 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 also through. now let's look at some other stories from around the world in brief starting in south america and in chile where police have used tear gas and water cannons against mass anti-government rallies. pat. the pictures that you're seeing now was from protests that turn violent on friday

as one officer stood trial for by ensuring a demonstrator it's the 1st please protest is hearing from folks on the current wave of social unrest and gripped the country. meanwhile rescue operations are underway in eastern tuckey a 6.8 magnitude quake hit the region on friday evening at least 22 people have been killed and over a 1000 injured according to emergency officials 200 off the shelves were reported with tremors felt in neighboring countries as well the death toll is expected to rise as the wreckage is real. and thousands of antti abortion activists have gathered in washington for the so-called march of life the annual event takes. the legalization of abortions all across the country donald trump gave a speech there in fact becoming the far east u.s. president to do so in 7 years. and finally for this hour sunday's a key vote in northern italy could trigger

a major shakeup in the country its biggest party has been left reeling off the leader of foreign minister luigi tomorrow resigned with support falling rapidly and it could leave the door open for salvini zante immigration was the need to party a win for them would likely see fresh elections and a hard shift to the right to do 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 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 after 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 any 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 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 going to build a new future this is the path of to save europe because i don't use words in a dream or because. bankers do you know there's been 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 seat if we see it the if the numbers of the last polls that the. maintains leadership in the polling stations and the intentions of. 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 bloody he has been running up the no need to lead gaining ground and especially defeating decline over time start 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 c.c. deal especially for the 5 stars if they stay disposition after defeats in the region of the nations we have already seen this kind of take an equal. kind of for all governments and. people of like tired of it they want to see the political leadership of the kountry. elections haven't been particularly calling 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 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 worth a punt. today i'm here to hand in my resignation as leader of the 5 star movement more to mr musgrave in any. once again callings telling me not to give up i'm not giving up this is just the end of a little i'm 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 the asian national elections he's been waiting for since last summer shellac even ski. paris while our time goes up for now but if you still want more head on over 12 website kong or sutton for going

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your audience it is a very special day for us it's the 71st public day 70 years of our republic in their became independent in 1947 august 5947 and we adopted our constitution on 26th of january 1050 and it is this constitution that we celebrate it is this formation of our republic a free independent republic democratic. is one tangle itself from britain well it's not as it was august of 1947 and january of 1950 and during this period there were a lot of discussions you know it's a written constitution it's a long document so it took it was adopted on on 26 january 950 i understand you had to meet the home secretary pretty protests.