the. sanctions as a form of information warfare. the website. on the. treasury. received death threats over her. social media. and. the british prime minister warns about carbon emissions. striking energy deals entirely centered on fossil fuel.

international my names you know neal your company. fars news agency say's its international website has been taken down after a partly falling fall of u.s. sentients it comes as tensions continue to build between the 2 countries and it appears the us treasury department had a major role in the. 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 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 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 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 forest news agencies english version he explained how ordinary people are reacting to washington's pressure on the country. that journalists and reporters though 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 you know fairies we are not state officials you know fox news agency was established back in 2002 or 3 and it's the 1st iranian nonnes they news agency so it's not even state run 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 willacy human rights and so on so forth are for nothing and they are hollow and when the time arrives they see no difference between saw for for media warfare or military wofford they just assassinate anyone standing on their way. another headline stories today a 16 year old french girl has been told to go into hiding now after she received death threats for posting anti islam videos on instagram and miller who is from leo said she was responding to homophobic and racist piece 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 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 while the instance garnered widespread attention and 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 sued should jari chair of the u.k. islamic human rights commission and andrea 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 something a very christian sort of centric. and it's got no room in between islam 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. 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 battened 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 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 christian. of the views expressed that is something that. i'm not saying that you can criticize islam and say. no problem let's get together or a couple of. words as you want and i will discourse of that you. prime minister boris johnson has been joining the climate change chorus at the u.k. africa investment summit but was calling out the dangers of carbon emissions more

than 90 percent of the energy deal signed up the event in fall fossil fuels shadi at which daschle 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 white kids see it turns 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 coal burning it for electricity because well you know we all breathe the same we live beneath the same sky we all suffer when carbon emissions rise of the planet. seems like it right wrong it's been don't cover 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 6th of britain's total annual carbon emissions but don't worry the government says there's $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 greater income. it was 90 percent of the $2000000000.00 pounds worth of energy deal struck at the u.k. africa summit for you guessed it. but of course the united kingdom's official statement on the summit failed to mention that teeny tiny 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 is 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 but. we spoke to a political analyst and lawyer who thinks there's too much money at stake for london to worry about emissions enough. 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 for it is

a conflict of interest for britain itself but 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 countries are investing in the hydrocarbon or in the tree for food and this other thing would change for a very long time purely because there's too much money here stick purely because there are more important issue for these companies to be dealing with i.e. the extraction of minerals and will well from africa. climate issues are also fast becoming a key issue ahead of irish parliamentary elections farmers there say they face constant attacks on their livelihoods by activists one farming 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 stating 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 clean must be reverse. certain enough aaron obviously you know we're a tool producing island and that's what we are stock and 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 it beef and dairy and they're far more harmful to the environment and teratomas down what production is so if the food was to be produced in other parts of the goal that would have a far greater environmental impact obviously we've climatic conditions time at tara

gets 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 mccarran point of view of producing dairy product in it in the european 20 years and there are environmentalist out there who are and tree huggers who are bashing the reputation of our culture and making it extremely challenging to have a sustainable income from agricultural. summing up their baby seat 6 up in the fight against fake news with a show to help youngsters tell the good from the bad what is the team feet really listens to we find out. what politicians do. you put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected.

so when you want to be president. or some want to listen. to the right to be press this is what the 3 of them or 10 people that i'm interested in the waters in the. city. operations understand that a cost of doing business is buying and building support in washington d.c. and that includes stuffing up with former members of congress put them on your payroll you want to hire a chief of staff from a powerful senator or committee. member get their chief of staff put them on your payroll as a lobbyist this is what washington does on a bipartisan basis in fact i think it's the only point of true bipartisanship in d.c. is corporate influence over government. 16

minutes into the program welcome back britain's national broadcaster is to launch a new educational series to help young children detect fake news with american actress and julie no julie as a star producer of ortiz double quarter looks now at whether the b.b.c. should be taking a critical look at its own coverage to. 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 accused russian television channels of into fear an internal protest movements and politics and call them propagandists i think it's humiliate and 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 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. 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 coup plotters 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 we also spoke to former b.b.c. journalist other breeze who sees the broadcasters attempting to rebuild homes. the level of trust serves the b.b.c. who the general public is doing lately daily weekly and i would say really possibly 2 years ago they could have turned things around but it just got worse and worse really over the last 2 years or been led to a panorama programs that a lot of people who credibly disappointed the b.b.c. in how they handled the went up to the election i think they do what they can you

know they that thinking certain celebrities a roomful of insists attach themselves to increase their reputational brand but. it's a case of is it is it is it possible to rescue that i'm not quite sure this will not discuss 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 not very and the b.b.c. have not been able to take control of that situation and they also are in. washington ses it's ready to provide up to $35000000.00 to bring about what it calls an independent media in syria however the list of america's the cleared purposes has raised questions over the true nature of its intentions the purpose is to advance the following u.s. government policy objectives in syria ensure the enduring defeat of isis achieve a political solution to the syrian conflict under the auspices of the united nations security council resolution and and the presence of iranian forces in

proxies in syria or washington is also raising the alarm about dissin for a mission spreading through syria but the us media itself has been caught red handed on the theme and not just bald you're some examples a boy whose bloodied image spread worldwide became a propaganda tool for local rebel groups on some parts of the media his father told r.t. back in 2017 that his son had been exploited u.s. media has also been pressing the view that it was the syrian government that used chemical weapons against civilians in the city. and 2018 later a video purporting to show women and children suffering from the aftermath of the attack turned out to be fabricated to be used as leverage against bashar assad's government. i'm happy to say we live now to eva barclay to eva is a journalist who spent years covering syria and has written an opinion piece on the

story for r.t. dot com welcome so the u.s. is to provide support for an independent media in syria what's washington government here. i mean when i saw that i thought how absurd it is the idea that western media at any point or object of the on syria given their their litany of of war propaganda you mentioned. i also interviewed oil and i'm aware that his father was very angry about how his son was exploited how his how they were put into training in blood and you mentioned some of the b.b.c.'s lies and of course this grant is pertaining to the us media but i think we have to look at all the western media as well the b.b.c. has actually also in april 24th. terrorist that we're going to shelled an elementary school the. minute our schools over 60 kids were injured one child was

killed and the b.b.c.'s you are the same went on to write an article saying that locals locals in damascus believed that it was the government that is the shelling this is absolutely false anybody who spent any significant time in damascus knows that until the stand was liberated terrorists were raining down missiles and mortars on and on a near daily basis on to damascus but clearly it's the ground itself i mean it's the grad's it's to promote u.s. policies and in syria anybody who's been observing us with regard to syria you know step all seaside into. not to defeat isis that's precisely what syria what the this is a brush and our allies have been doing and that's precisely why generals for that matter who was assassinated by the us was a highly regarded region because it was largely a view this is one of the reasons that isis was defeated so clearly the grant doesn't have to do with that it has to do in my opinion just trying trying but i

think they will fail to control the narrative on syria but i think as we've said they've been caught out lying the west and media of whether it's british or american are canadian to what degree do you think they'll do god even money we know generally doesn't come with strings attached there are concerns the u.s. will dictate directly how stories are covered your view. well absolutely but i think that more people are becoming disenchanted with western media given how transparently a bald faced lie may have they have been over the course of the war in syria and but the thing is like if they want to promote a lot of you can't be dictating to journalists of the can or cannot report. is there any benefits from this do you think has the potential to do some good and keep the population informed at all. i don't see how it could given that they stipulated that they're one of their prime goals is to quote unquote count on counter russian descent from ations but i have to say again it's russian russian

media russian journalist and russians spokespeople who have been telling the truth on syria and my opinion and this is based on actually need in syria and seeing what they've been saying russian spokesperson army and what they've been saying her part and i can corroborate that with what i've been hearing and serious well and let's remind people that after the allegations about alleged accomplice happened in the amount it was syria and russia 1st request of the o.p.c. that you come to syria and investigate and it was the u.s. u.k. and france which on syria for that investigation could actually for 3 key points just to expound on something you said earlier were mentioned by the u.s. one of them is to in the presence of a reunion forces and proxies in syria it begs the question is it really been media's job to deal with things like. it's neither the media's job nor the u.s. this job because syria has invited iranian forces or russian forces or whomever to fight terrorists in syria that's right to do so i just when you're. you mention so

many cruel reports an article is applied to syria is washington really the one who should talk about fake news here. only if they're going to reflect on their own fake news reporting and quite honestly i mean if i'm going to take the issue of them around me then i forget the name of the reporter but she was crying crocodile tears for all round the commission she used putting forth the notion that either russia or syria had struck the house with an airstrike neither of which happened and you know i don't believe it's christian or also the man who had. to take a photo of him on the beach and during and the interview with sergei lavrov trust the photo ops and basically imply that russia was guilty of this choice injury which incidentally was a very mild injury so i don't believe that c.n.n. has apologized for indicating gross and this airstrike did not happen so no i don't see the u.s. is not have any position is not in any position i should say to talk about fake

news outlets they're going to talk about how there are entities their bodies like the atlantic council the state of feeling it isn't a counselor all these other bodies they fund or support how they are guilty you think news and at the same time how they are guilty of trying to character assassinate those people whether they are independent journalists and researchers or russian media they're trying to character assassinate those people who are actually doing the honest reporting even we appreciate your time especially coming on the program that we can thank you eva barclay a journalist focusing on syria speaking to us from account of that today. and without the news hours don't but our programs are just starting for this hour stay close they begin in moments. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have been crazy going from day shouldn't let it be an arms race of his own often scary dramatic development

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