corporate influence over government. sanctions as a form of information warfare the rounds fars news agency says its international website has been shut down on the orders of the us treasury. coming up on the program the british prime minister warns of carbon emissions of a u.k. for the summits striking energy deals are almost entirely centered around also fueled. by washington so he said he wants an independent heat in syria and is ready to give it 10 millions of dollars in support there are concerns just how free any media can be the u.s. has people. live from our international news center right here in moscow this is good to have

your company my name's unit only. a runs fars news agency sais its international website has been taken down after a partly falling foul of u.s. sanctions it comes as tensions continue to build between the 2 countries and it seems the u.s. treasury department have a major role in the move. the firm's news dot com website 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 do the agency to the s d n specially designated nationals list if you live is it the website fars news dot com it is unavailable web page does not load now it's important to know 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 at how. has been labeled 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 but we heard here from the editor in chief of fars news agency 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 out as 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 non est 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. british prime minister barak's chants and house being joining the climate change chorus at the u.k. africa investment summit but whilst calling out the dangers of carbon emissions more than 90 percent of the energy deal signed at the event involved fossil fuels picking up the story shania edwards dusting. initials bass of time the forest johnsons being prime minister we already know he isn't always one to stick to his wet especially when it comes to striking deals but this could be one of his white kids he attends yes 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 will be directly invested in digging up. all burning it for

electricity because well you know we all breathe the same we live beneath the same sky we also. when carbon emissions rise in the plot it. seems that you're right wrong it's been uncovered that in fact the united kingdom spend billions of pounds of broad supporting fossil fuel projects that were met 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 this $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 being 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 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 to we are committed to working with countries across the world to look at every nuclear energy percent and support the transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner alternatives or maybe we

should believe it but. we're just continuing with this story we spoke to political analyst. who thinks there's too much money at stake for london 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 was also a conflict of gravity a conflict of business if you look at the investment portfolio in africa fadi 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 will well from africa. climate issues are also fast

becoming a key talking point ahead of irish parliamentary elections farmers there say they face constant attacks on their livelihoods by activists who are of the view that farms are a major contributing factor to global warming one farming union says that while they accept the reality of climate change they reject the idea that only rural communities have to alter their we have light. 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 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 claimed must be reversed we got our response there are. so often enough air around obviously you know we're

a tool producing island and that's what we are stuck on 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 parts of the go to a far greater environmental impact obviously we've climatic conditions terabits these as we approach the middle of this century but equally we need to meet them as soon as possible but you know we are the most efficient point of view of producing dairy product in within 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 us extremely challenging to have a sustainable income from agriculture. 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 is that 3rd purpose it has raised questions over the true nature of its intentions. the purpose is to advance the following us 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 proces in syria or washington is also raising the alarm by descent from ation spreading through syria but the us media itself has been caught red handed on the issue and not just once there are some examples of boy whose bloodied image spread worldwide became a propaganda tool for local rebel groups some parts of the media his father told r.t. back in 2017 not his soul being exported to the us media has also been pressing the

few that it was the syrian government that used chemical weapons against civilians in the city of duma in 28 days 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. but we spoke to journalist eva bartlett who believes western media outlets are losing credibility when it comes to syria. i think that more people are becoming disenchanted with western media given how transparently a bold 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 it's russian russian media russian journalists russians spokespeople who have been telling the truth on syria and my opinion and this is based on actually in syria and seeing what they've been saying for some spokesperson army and what they've been saying reporting i can corroborate that with what i've been hearing and

serious well and let's remind people that after the allegations about alleged to come close happened in the mouth it was here in russia 1st request you come to syria and investigate and it was the u.s. u.k. and france on syria for that investigation that actually for. britain's national broadcaster is to launch a new educational series to help. but young children the fake news with american actress angelina jolie as its star producer artie's double quarter has been looking at whether the b.b.c. though should be taking a critical look at its own efforts 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 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 a cook the british government used b.b.c. persian radio to advance is probably. 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 also it was staged no fatalities occurred in the host but look for a network with a history of having it strings pulled by british intelligence services and affinities for a certain line of political agendas it's no wonder viewers are struggling to see the b.b.c. as impartial we've been getting reaction to this story including from former b.b.c. journalist the breeze who believes the broadcasters attempting to rebuild trust. the level of trust suits the b.b.c. who the general public is doing lately daily weekly and i would say really possibly 2 years ago they could send things around but it just got worse and worse really over the last 2 years i've been in this in bits to lead to the b.b.c.

panorama programmes that a lot of people who credibly disappointed the b.b.c. in how they handled the run up to the election i think they do what they can you know they that thinking certain celebrities are influences to touch themselves to use or increase their reputational brand but. it's a case of is it is it is it possible to rescue that and i'm not quite sure it's not discuss it with the public they're just going to come they just can feel more and more alienated and 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 also for an. 18 year french girl received death threats over her islam videos on social media in brick don that story is full of occasions to you after the short.

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market is being taken by a bit with free money and the result will be medieval as a deal feudalism it's clear as day. welcome back to the program a 16 year old french girl has been told to go into hiding after she received death threats for posting on t. islam videos on instagram miller who is from new york 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 taking the form of death threats and threats to commit crimes yet certainly has the incident has garnered widespread attention and

indeed has got some support from some politicians for miller. 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 look a 16 year old high school student insults and threats and with death for thousands of fanatics for having given her a pin an islam or we got reaction to this story from. chair of the u.k.'s islamic human rights commission also i'm very walker 100 is a columnist for the new york observer his 1st. 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 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 which in islam or in islam we actually in carriage any sort of criticism the idea that insulting the prophet muhammad should be something you should die for is completely unacceptable and always remember you or it got better when we walked away from these blasphemy rules ourselves and i think it would be great if the islamic world was to follow that example. you know at least i don't know i don't know i don't know why you keep on being in blasphemy laws no one is actually talking about bringing in blasphemy laws we are saying that you should not be able to abuse muslims under the pretense that this is. well look what you've just laid out it should be it should be patent to be abusive towards islam even if that stress to pursue congratulations you're describing

a blasphemy law and that is something that we need to get away from let's sit down around the cup of tea let us criticize one another's 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 those ones as you well know and i will discuss the beat you write for a check on other stories from across the world starting in chile where police have used tear gas and water cannon during mass government rallies. i.

protest again turned violent on friday which was when officers stood trial for bodily injury and demonstrators it is the 1st police brutality here and since october when the current wave of social unrest gripped the country. let's take you to turkey where rescue operations are underway in the east of the country after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region on friday evening at least 29 people have been killed and over a 1000 more injured according to emergency officials keep 100 aftershocks were reported tremors felt and countries the death toll is expected to rise as the wreckage is in the polls. at least 3 people have been killed and dozens injured on the iraqi government forces crocked dawn on corruption protests in the country police used you've

rawlinson gas against protesters and with camps in 2 other cities also raided including in the port of basra the demonstrators lost the support of an influential cleric on. sunday's key vote in northern italy could trigger a major shake up in the country its biggest party has been left reeling after leader foreign minister luigi dean mighell resigned with support falling rapidly salvini. immigration the league party may no reap the benefits a win for them would like to see fresh elections on the hard shift to the right. charlotte dubinsky. 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

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 ascend 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 off that big election turnout 5 star set about signing up to a brand new italian government with bullying 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 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 ready to build a new future this is the path of to save europe because i don't. dream or. bankers do. 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 droit being seat if we see it the numbers of the last of the polls that the. maintains leadership. polling stations and the intentions are votes and so these view the continuation of the governments 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 electorate without the ties of the governments necessarily

implies he has been running up the no need to lead 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 c c deal especially for the 5 stars in this stage is foolish and after defeats in the region of the nations we have already seen this kind of take an equal official kind of for us government and people of like tired of it they want to see the political leadership of the country. 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 baloney 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 . many are right signon calling telling me nazi give up i'm not giving up this is just the end of a fight. currently without a leader a 5 star show 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 shellac even ski. paris. time for another slice of the kaiser report next moxon states who are standing. after the shortest breaks season. this is a story about what happens after a stray bullet kills a young girl in the street. what happens to her family and daughters in florida no mother daughter is buried in a cemetery it really messes with your head what happens to the community the public was screaming for a scapegoat the police needed a scapegoat so why not choose a 19 year old black kid with a criminal record who better to pin this on than him and what happens in court be.

shocked shocked as far. as i feel. we don't know this is from. the end of this unfortunately you. will still not know she'll just. howdy max kaiser this is the kaiser report you know medieval islam is coming back in a big big way one of my main stacie i have no idea but i will tell you something that we do see continuing all these bubbles around the war.