sanctions are also a form of international warfare far as news agency says its website has been shut down on the orders of the us treasury. coming up this hour the british prime minister warns about carbon emissions a u.k. africa summit striking energy are almost entirely centered around fossil fuel. and washington says it wants an independent media in syria ready to give it tens of millions of dollars in supports there are concerns just are free any media can be with the u.s. . just

after at 9 am in melbourne 5 am and noyon 1 in the morning right here in moscow this sunday january 25th welcome to our international. iran's far as news agency ses its international website has been taken down after a partly falling fall of u.s. sanctions comes as tensions continue to build between the 2 countries and it seems the u.s. treasury department out 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 know there is a website fars news dot i r that i are standing for islamic republic that has just been created fars news

calls itself an independent news source generally it 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 islam and 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 kill them open it with the report we heard from the editor in chief of fars news agency saying the shia version he explains

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 40 and out as states because we are not men a war we are not you know male of faeries 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 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 so forth are for nothing and they are hollow and when the time arrives they see

no difference between softball or fair media warfare or military wofford be just as soft an 8 anyone standing on their way. living the program on not british prime minister barak's johnson has been joining the climate change chorus of the u.k. africa investment summit but while it's calling on the dangers of carbon emissions more than 90 percent of the energy deal signed out the event involved fossil fuels shoddy edwards daschle picks up the story for us. 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. 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 and nearly a 6 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 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 this is going to renewable projects we're committed to working with countries across the world to unlock their renewable energy potential and support the transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner alternatives or maybe

we should believe it but. we also got the thoughts of political analysts like lawyer who thinks there's too much money at stake for london to worry about a mission's enough for. 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 family 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 will well for africa. tell you our climate issues are

also fast becoming a key talking point out of irish parliamentary elections farmers there say they face constant attacks on 'd their livelihoods by activists who are of the view that farms are a major contributing factor to global warming one farming union sais 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 last year the irish parliament's joint committee on climate action issued a report calling for a reduction in agricultural activity stating their sector was the country's largest emitter of greenhouse gases one area in focus was on increasing demand for high carbon foodstuffs such as meat and dairy which it claimed must be reverse that we got a response to that. certain enough air and obviously you know we're a tool producing island and that's what we are. and we're very very efficient at

that and you know all the issue is that your belief so if the food was to be produced in other parts of the go to an affair a far greater environmental impact obviously we've climatic conditions climate terabits these as we approach the middle of this century but equally we need to meet as soon as possible but you know we are the most efficient point of view of producing dairy product in we didn't do your repeated 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 agriculture. washington says 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 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 proces in syria a washington is also raising the alarm by this information spreading through syria but the us media itself has been caught red handed on that issue and not just wants 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 27 a not a soul not being exploited another example the us media has been pressing the few that it was the syrian government that used chemical weapons against civilians in the city of duma in 28 dean later a video purporting to show women and children suffering from the aftermath of the attack turned out to be fabricated at the news this leverage against bashar assad's government we spoke to journalist eva barkley's 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 they have they have been over the course of the war in syria and but the thing is like if they want to promote autists if you can't be dictating to journalists what they 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 bibi and syrian see that what they've been saying russians spokesperson our media 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 amount it was syria and russia 1st request of the obese if you come to syria and investigate and it was the u.s. u.k. and france which syria for that investigation could actually or. britain's national broadcaster is to launch a new educational series to help young children detect fake news with american

actress julie stark producer ortiz double quarter looks not 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 most sadik the british government used b.b.c. persian radio to advance its propaganda against most attack on see most of the 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. orders 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 without a doubt that the duma hospital so it was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital 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 a former b.b.c. journalist on a breeze sees the broadcaster as desperately attempting to rebuild faith in the organisation the level of trust since the b.b.c. to the general public is due in late in daily plea and i would say really possibly 2 years ago they could attend things around but it's just go with some words really are the last he is a meaningless in but 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 when it's the election i think they do what they can you know they that thinking certain celebrities are. themselves to increase their reputational brand but. it's a case of is it's is it is it possible to rescue that 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 feel they're not not being listened to and not very and the

b.b.c. have not been able to take control of the situation and they also threw in the news keeps rolling in 90 seconds or. you know world a big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday shouldn't let it be an arms race is on spearing dramatic development is only going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. a look at 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 it was from leo 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. garnered widespread attention and lead to support formula from some politicians. the speech of this young girl is the voice description of charlie's caricatures no more no less who 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 or we got some reaction to the story from should giora chair of the u.k.'s islamic human rights commission firstly from under walker columnist for the new york observer. my concern is that time and

time again we're seeing blasphemy laws reinstituted across europe remember back in the middle ages europe was plagued by blustery laws inflicted by the christian community and i think that we've got a lot better as a society since they disappeared against blasphemy law blasphemy is is something a very christian sort of centric concept and it's got no room in between islam in the 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. 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 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 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 the you can criticize islam and say go ahead no problem . let's get together or

a couple of. 100 you won't and i will discourse of that you. sunday's 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 demaio resigned with support falling rapidly material salvini mass immigration the league party may now reap the benefits a win for them would likely see fresh elections on a hard shift to the right charlotte. as a tell you go to the polls in the northern region of the me here among those 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 democracy its star send it quickly and brightly taking

a good of the folks in 2018 election and joining to form not one but 2 governments but as we all know what goes up at some point must come down off that big election turnout 5 star set about signing up to a brand new italian government with the league though the league was supposed to be a junior partner the headline grabbing lead to use any pushed it into the forefront then it state you know good times for the illegals are over get ready to pack your 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 instead we're ready to build a new future this is the path. to save europe because those who are saying can you

the european dream or the bureaucrats or 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 league maintains leadership in the polling stations and the intentions are votes and so these view the continuation of the governance of 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 government necessarily implies he has been running up the no need to 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 still seen 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. ill especially for the 5 stars if they stay in this coalition after defeats in the region of the nations we have already seen this kind of taken to go official kind of for of governments and a good laugh 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 a trip to. no heartland of the left now the government faces an even tougher test

in the media the region's biggest city is a bit lonia 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. many are once again calling telling me not say give up i'm not giving up this is the end of a phase i'm 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 the asian national elections he's been waiting for since last summer. do you can ski otty paris all right sean will be here in 30

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i'm afshin rattansi welcome to going underground inside the indian high commission in london on a special day for the world's largest democracy with me is india's current high commissioner to britain thanks so. hi commissioner for inviting us him to this building what does it mean this day 70 years since he became a republic that's right and before i say anything else thank you so much option for coming here and give us this opportunity to speak to you and through you to your audience it is a very special day for us it's the 71st republic day 70 years of our republic in there became independent in 1947 august 15th 947 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 10 years as it was august of 1947 and january of 1950 and it 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 understand you had to meet the home secretary pretty patel here in britain over security in this building after it was vandalize back in september are you confident you're safe in the building well the bill building was vandalized on talk asia last year on. independence day celebrations were going on on 15th of august. that that day there was a very violent protest which caused damage to buildings.