miss me yet you have no problem you know. i. say. sanctions as a form of information warfare far as music agency say's its interest. in the orders of the us treasury. the british prime minister warns of carbon emissions . while striking energy. entirely centered around fossil fuel. washington saying. it is ready to give it tens of millions of dollars in support but there are concerns just how free media can be with the u.s. .

just a few moments inter brand new day here in moscow. agency sees its international website has been taken down partly falling foul of u.s. sanctions it comes tensions continue to build between the 2 countries it seems the u.s. treasury department had a major role in the. the photos news dot com websites is being blocked on us treasuries orders and emails sent to fall as news agency 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 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. or we heard from the editor in chief of

news agencies english version he explained 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 united states because we are not man 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 as state run media people here are feeling the brunt of the end of as 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 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 oscillate anyone standing on their way. british prime minister barak's johnson was being joining the climate change chorus at the u.k. african vestment summit but whilst calling on the dangers of carbon emissions more than 90 percent of the energy deal signed up the event involve fossil fuels picking up the story this hour a shot at edwards dashed. 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. 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 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 nearly a 6th of britain's total annual carbon emissions but don't worry the government says nist $70000000.00 tonnes is just a worst case scenario even so the darker shade of green dills doesn't seem to be going down too well with the hypocrisy of the government's position is breathtaking it boasts of his green credentials one minute and then hosts an investment summit which sees billions been invested in carbon intensive industries in africa this government's promises on climate action are completely hollow but things could go

from bad to worse for grettir and co as 90 percent of the 2000000000 pounds worth of energy deal struck at the u.k. africa summit were full you guessed it fossil fuels but of course the united kingdom's official statement on the summit failed to mention that teeny tiny detail that the agreements were dominated by oil and gas and not coal well 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. how to structure it. 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 present and

support the transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner alternatives or maybe we should believe it but. just continuing with this story we spoke to political analysts like i can lawyer 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 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 will well for. the climate issues are also fast becoming a key talking point of head 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 contribution 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 way of life. all sectors must contribute to learning carbon emissions and farming cannot be singled out for reasons of ideology or political expediency will allow. 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 claimed must be reversed we got

a response to the. certainly enough aaron obviously you know we're a tool producing island and that's what we are stuck unbearable and we're very very efficient and you know all the issue is that your belief so if the food was to be produced you're not apparent sort of go to a far greater environmental impact obviously we've climatic conditions climate terabits these as we approach the middle of this century but legally we need to meet them as soon as possible but you know we are the most efficient point of view of producing jerry product 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 a culture in. washington say 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 3rd purposes 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 end the presence of iranian forces in proxies in syria while they are also raising the alarm about this information spreading through syria but the us media itself has been caught red handed on that issue not just once either there are some examples you remember this little boy bloodied image spread worldwide became a propaganda tool for local media groups of some parts of the media his father told r.t. back in 2017 that his son had been exploited the u.s. media has also been pressing if you thought it was the syrian government that used chemical weapons against civilians in the city of duma in 28 to leave. video

purporting to show where the children suffering from the aftermath of the attack turned out to be fabricated to be used as leverage against bashar assad's government. we spoke to journalist eva bartlett who believes western media outlets are losing credibility when it comes to syria. i think that more and more people are becoming disenchanted with western media given how transparently a bold faced lie may have they have been over the course of their own war in syria and but the thing is like if they want to promote autists if you can't be dictating to journalists of the can or cannot report it's russian russian media russian journalist emotions 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 accomplice happened to my mouth 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 syria for that investigation could actually for. britain's national broadcaster is to launch a new educational series to help young children to tech fake news with american actress angelina jolie of star producer artie's dole quarter looks now 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 attempt to pull an anti russian narrative out of thin air authorities all the time accused russian television channels of into fear an internal protest movements and politics and call them propagandists i think it's humiliating when the british media disseminate such information and the b.b.c.'s track record of pursuing a political agenda goes much farther back than that in 1953 it was used covertly as

a pawn in a joint m i 6 cia operation to support a coup against the democratically elected prime minister of iran mohammad mossad it the british government used b.b.c. persian radio to advance its propaganda against most attack on 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 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. before a b.b.c. journalist ought to bring these sayings the broadcaster is attempting to rebuild faith in the organization amongst the public level of trust since the b.b.c. who the general public is due in late and daily weekly and i would say really possibly 2 years ago they could send things around but it just got worse and worse really ever the last 2 years of being lifted in bits to lead to the b.b.c. panorama programmes and i don't want of people who credibly disappointed the b.b.c. in how they handled the run up to the election i think they're doing what they can

you know they that 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 i am not i'm not quite sure it is you know not 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 very important that the b.b.c. have not been able to take control of that situation and they also threw in. a teenager french girl who received death threats over her until it is well the video is on social breakdown the story he offered her wish.

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19 minutes into the hour welcome back a 16 year old french girl has been told to go into hiding after she received death threats for posting anti islam videos on instagram miller who is from leone 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 the incident really has garnered widespread attention has also led to support for me laugh from some politicians. the speech of this young girl is

the voice description of charlus caricatures no more no less we can find the volga but we cannot accept that some people condemn her to death for that in france in the 21st century let us support mean 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 or we got some reaction to the story from us sued should jar a chair of the u.k.'s islamic human rights commission but 1st let's hear from walker a columnist for the new york observer. my concern is that time and time again we're seeing blasphemy laws reinstituted across europe remember back in the middle ages europe was plagued by plus the 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 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. 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 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 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 ahead no problem let's get together over a cup of tea you can criticize other than just you won't and i will discuss the beach you ok we'll bring you some news from around the world now starting in chile where police used tear gas and water calendaring mass antti government rallies. i. protest once again turning violent on friday marking the trial of

a police officer for oddly injuring a demonstrator during an earlier rally it's the 1st police brutality hearing since october which was when the current wave of social unrest gripped the country. in the rescue operations are underway in eastern turkey after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region on friday evening at least 29 people have been killed and over a 1000 injured according to emergency officials 200 aftershocks were reported with tremors felt in neighboring countries the death toll is expected to rise of the wreckage. on that least 3 people have been killed and dozens injured as a rocky government forces crack dahlan on the option protests in the country police used. tear gas against protesters and with camps and 2 other cities also raided including in the port of the demonstrators lost the support of an influential

cleric on friday. some days to in northern italy could trigger a major shakeup in the country its biggest party has been left reeling after leader foreign minister luigi the mio resigned with support falling rapidly. immigration the party may no reap the benefits a win for them would likely see fresh elections on a hard shift to the right shoulder. as italians go to the polls in the new rule the region of the media 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 stablish loop. 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 still ascended quickly and brightly taking

a 3rd 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 off to 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 you so the need pushed it into the forefront that it state you know keep the 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 champaign. you'll not find any extremists or veterans at this table the only nostalgics are those in power in brussels today she stayed where ready to build a new future this is the path to save europe because those who are sinking into the

european dream are the bureaucrats the bankers the do gooders who have 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 ing seat if we see at the at the numbers i'm in the last polls that have been made the leader maintains leadership in the polling stations and the intentions of votes and so these view the continuation of the governance of would have not proved to move to the elite so he decided to cut it off and run out of the government to be much fear or in pursuing his lead to rate without the ties that the government is necessarily blah. he has been running up the no need really gaining ground and especially defeating decline of the 5 star becoming 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 that's seen dozens of its parliament through representatives defect be expelled and the coach digital support base has also been hemorrhaging with many unclear about the party's future certainly a risk to become. ill especially for the 5 stars if they stayed after defeats in the region in the nation so we have already seen this kind of take legal . kind of for of governments and. people of like tired of it they want to see the political leadership of the kountry. elections haven't been particularly coing to the current italian it ministration in october a coalition of right wing parties spearheaded by the league won in the traditional

heartland of the left now the government faces an even tougher test in the media among the region's biggest city is a bologna and it's been center left for 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 trailing 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 vivid many are once again calling telling me not say give up i'm not giving up this is the end of a face. currently without a leader 5 stars future looks more down 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 beijing national elections he's been waiting for since last summer a challenge you can ski all t.

paris. well if you're in the mood to delve into any of those stories a little bit deeper and have your say why not leave a comment on our tease facebook page always lively there of an evening so yes ma'am . higher stock market and bond market is being taken right it with free money and the result will be medieval feel feudalism it's clear as. you. well remember jack the comedy show where americans in america covering american news are called foreign agents every year martin luther king day rolls

around in our corrupt hypocritical diseased but did little to discuss during politicians' fight over who can claim martin luther king the most this year even the f.b.i. tweeted today the our briana is the life and work of martin luther king jr a quote by dr king is edged in stone at the f.b.i. academy's reflection garden in quantico as a reminder to all students and f.b.i. employees the time is always right to do what is right. now that there's a single funniest goddam tweet i've ever seen. anyone actually yes we are i have never reflected on something.