the only. news agency says its international website was shut down on the orders of the us treasury. british government is accused of. lucrative oil and gas deals with african nations despite promising to help them transition to clean energy. and the u.s. pledges of millions of dollars to establish what it calls an independent media in syria but critics question washington's motives. are broadcasting live studios in moscow this is our team international. something

cooked up with. a leading media outlet in iran says its international website has been taken down after falling foul of u.s. sanctions according to fars news the block was ordered by the us treasury. 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 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 8 and is blaming this on the

us treasury seems to fit it on standing a long standing pattern for example earlier this month press t.v. the english language t.v. network based in the islamic republic of iran was removed from you tube however google backed down from that decision but regardless that was a moment where we saw a news outlet from iran have its access to the internet and social media cut off or tampered with now we can recall in recent months the escalation between the 2 countries qassam solomonic the top iranian general was killed in a u.s. airstrike near baghdad the iraqi capital and then we saw iran respond with a barrage of missiles directed at u.s. bases in iraq this feud between the leaders of the usa and the islamic republic of iran wasn't even put on hold during the whole cost commemorations in jerusalem take a listen we must also stand strong against the leading state purveyor of anti-semitism. against the one government in the world that denies the holocaust as

a matter of state policy and threatens to wipe israel off the map against the islam 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 we heard from the editor in chief of fars news agency english version he explained how people are reacting to washington's pressure on the country that journalists and reporters though were really and are going to mean they were feeling lots of hatred 40 and out as states because we are not been a war we are not you know mela 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 as they try and media people here are feeling the brunt of the and out of the 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 received 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 softball or fair media warfare or military wofford they just as oscillate anyone standing on their way. british government has pledged to support african countries in their transition to cleaner energy but

it's now been revealed that more than 90 percent of deals signed at this week's u.k. african vestment summit were for oil and gas are to shania edwards daschle story. initial 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 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. burning it for electricity because well you know we all breathe the same the same. carbon emissions rise in the. same circuit right 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 and 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 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-heirs 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 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 couldn't do nothing with it except. catastrophic conditions i mean there's certainly better things to do with the dollars right charles but come on down everybody in the government says some of this is going to renewable projects we are committed to working with countries across the world to unlock their renewable energy percent and support their transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner alternatives or maybe we should believe it but. chad as. we heard from african affairs analyst. he says western countries are only interested in cashing in on africa's natural resources politics and the game itself is one based on investment. 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 mineral wealth from africa. washington says it is ready to provide up to $35000000000.00 to bring about what it calls an independent media in syria however the list of america's declared 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 proxies in syria. 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 on several occasions there are some examples here they are an injured boy whose image is spread worldwide becoming a propaganda tool for local rebel groups and some parts of the media his father told r.t. back in 2017 that is 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 of duma in 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 al 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 they have they have been over the course of the war in syria but the thing is like if they want to promote honest if you can't be dictating to journalists of the can or cannot report it's russia russian media russian journalists russians spokespeople who have been telling the truth on syria in my opinion and this is based on actually in syria and seeing what they've been saying worsen 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 in the amount it was here in russia the 1st request of the e.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 broadcasters to launch a new educational series to help young children detect a fake news with american actress angelina jolie as its star producer artie's dumb

a quarter looks at how the b.b.c. or whether the b.b.c. rather should be taking a critical look at its own coverage as well. 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 a cook the british government used b.b.c. persian radio to advance its propaganda against most attack on see most of it 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 former b.b.c. journalist and a breeze says the broadcaster is desperately attempting to rebuild faith in the organisation. the level of trust serves the b.b.c. who the general public is doing laying daily weekly and i would say really possibly 2 years ago they could add 10 things around but it just got worse and worse really over the last 2 years of being let in but to lead to a number of b.b.c. panorama programs that a lot of people incredibly disappointed the b.b.c. in how they handled the run up to the election but they do what they can you know they that picking certain celebrities or 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 is if you're not discuss it with the public that is 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

very important that the b.b.c. have not been able to take control of the situation and they all suffering. or going california struggling to contain a homeless crisis that's why much more of a short break this is our international. thank. you know world of big. 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 smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the 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. in.

the world is driven by a dream shaped by. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. our welcome back you're watching international live from moscow now a city in california has banned property owners from conducting criminal background checks on potential tenants the measure was passed by the oakland city council

earlier this week to tackle the homeless crisis under the fair chance housing ordinance landlords can be fined up to $1000.00 for breaking the rules until now background checks were routine making it almost impossible for people with criminal records to rent accommodations now oakland has the fastest growing homeless rate in california this according to official data it surged 47 percent between 2017 and 2019 overtaking nearby san francisco and berkeley. there are now more than $4000.00 homeless people in oakland estimated which is roughly one percent of the city's population and that number only 28 percent have access to temporary shelter. for more on this we can now bring in t.v. and radio host karen turk and paul wright editor of prison legal news thank you both for being with us here on our national and for the viewers that just have a bit of a warning there is a little bit of a delay on. some of this because we do have some satellite issues so that might

lead to some delays in the conversation. but karen let's start with you 1st should it landlords have the right to check what kind of a person is living in their property. of course they shout i can't even believe that this is an actual conversation and a real thing this is not going to even help with the homeless population i think this is very irresponsible on behalf of the government i behalf of city officials on behalf of everybody who's taking part in this you know there's a there's a rate of re offenders that's as high as 40 percent for people who've been in prison and the bottom line is that owners need to be informed they need to protect their property owners that's what the city is about and this is extremely irresponsible for every reason you know owner should be able to make informed decisions about who they're renting to this is a safety concern and civil liberties should not trump people safety we have freedom

in america but you know what we can't just bend into p.c. culture and worry about offending people and this is not a solution to the city's problem now paul you know navigating the homeless crisis in california open specifically is a landmine do you think though that this is violating landlords rights i mean surely there are valid security concerns for people conducting checks. you know i think that part of the problem those there's not really a correlation between people's criminal history and also there's there are levels of relief of re-offense of all so many public safety issues one things that we know is that not having a job and not having a place to live increases research of his or rates and in fact endangers public safety and having actually been a landlord myself and a renter myself over the years i would say that as a landlord the main thing i've been concerned about is tenant can they pay the rent

and are they going to tear the place up and if the answer is no to both of those questions then i think you probably want them as a tenant and the reality is we have 70000000 convicted felons of the united states that's almost a 3rd of the population. so i think that if you start excluding people just on the bee. as of the past criminal history which isn't happening as we don't have 70000000 homeless felons in america. then i think the you need to be looking at what the actual basis is and i think the city of oakland did the right thing here is by removing the background check they're removing a basis for denying people housing based on bigotry and discrimination rather than actual facts and i think that if you're actually going to deny people housing based on something they may have done 203040 years ago. that's a far cry from denying them a place to rent based on whether or not say for example they can pay the rent or are they currently engaged in criminal activity and i'd say as a landlord those are 2 concerns as someone who gauge criminal activity are they doing so is going to damage the property and can they pay the rent and i think

those are legitimate concerns so this has nothing to do with political correctness or anything like that i think the public safety is too important of an issue to be to fall victim to political demagoguery karen would say you do that. now i totally disagree and this is all about the p.c. culture we live in this is all about you know just an agenda that we're so worried about offending everybody that we're putting our own safety at risk as americans and it's something we have to take a good hard look at you know there are plenty of people that have blemishes on their record i happen to be one of them and i'll take responsibility for that in our own not here right now but if i was going to be renting a property i would have absolutely no problem explaining that to an owner that i was going to have a relationship and rent from and i really think that that needs to be something that's looked at you know if there's a reason that we need to keep these histories hidden there is probably something to hide and i don't see no reason why if someone couldn't be transparent about their

history and be able to you know explain something in less that something really serious and i think it does raise major safety concerns for family is you know we have sex offenders. a sex offender registry i don't know how oakland is planning on using that and you know what does this mean that we're going to let sex offenders rent from people with families and children i mean i'm just very concerned about the entire thing and i am very surprised to hear that my colleague over here can defend this in any way shape or form and i think this is really something that the city has been incredibly irresponsible on and this scares me for california and it scares me for everybody in america because this is going to open up a can of worms that we can't come back from and it's all about p.c. culture. well paul the fine for breaking this new rule is $1000.00 will that be enough to stop people from doing background checks given that an average one

bedroom apartment costs more than 2150 dollars a month. i don't think going to deter them but i think that this also thing to again to disagree with karen that i think this is anything to do with political correctness because i think you know we have laws that also prohibit discrimination based on race based on gender some cases based on sexual orientation and religion and things like that i think that it's one thing to say that you know property or have a right to rent to whom they wish to and another one that if they're going to be renting they have to comply with laws that prohibit discrimination and i think there's a difference between. between having laws that allow for bonafide or legitimate concerns or says those that are just the basis for the lab or bigotry or prejudices and i have and one thing soon i'll note that the open law does contain exemption exceptions for sex offenders people on the california sex offender registry and it

also excludes federal federally subsidized housing which allows for the exclusion of people certain drug offenses so it's not quite exactly a blanket thing and i and i agree with care when she says about you know wanting landlords to have a relationship or know who their tenants are but the reality is a lot of landlords are corporations they're not individuals and these are policies that are being set up by corporate offices who ran hundreds or thousands of units around the country and i think those are going to be the entities that are most impacted by by a law like this and again you know why are people being deprived of housing and i think it gives if the landlord can find a legitimate reason to deny someone a property to rent to them they're still able to do that they just can't use a blanket issue like a felony conviction or the background check to itself as the basis to deny how. so i don't think it's really as far reaching as i think so some people may think it is if i can jump in here there is a homeless crisis in california and there also is rising costs and there are

a lot of corporations doesn't the government have a responsibility to try and mitigate this to some degree and set some laws to make it easier for these people. yeah i mean but i think this is backwards that would be exactly the reason why some of this might be federally subsidized housing which is exactly what's being excluded from this how does that make any sense this is the most backwards thing i've ever heard and to call this bigotry is completely wrong there's a really big difference about excluding somebody based on a race or religion or sexual you know preference which are not choices you know people who have committed a crime have made a choice maybe a bad choice maybe something that they're sorry for maybe something that they go back and they live a great life afterwards but again this is totally irresponsible to call this bigotry this is not bigotry it's not the same thing discriminating against someone because of a choice that they made to commit

a crime is entirely different than excluding somebody based on race how can we make that comparison and this is not going to solve this crisis and i think that's why i'm so upset about this this is really backwards the federally subsidized housing maybe would be somewhat of a solution for this because these people who are homeless are going to have a hard time renting no matter what a lot of them are not working they are not employed they do not have the income to substantiate these rentals and it's irresponsible to the owners that are paying taxes and supporting this city it's just completely the world gone mad at paul under the fair chance housing ordinance brought up a point earlier i want to point out that landlords can still check whether a tenant is on the sex offenders register or has a conviction. for producing methamphetamines should those people be treated differently. i really don't think they should and i think that

again what people did in the past is one thing what they're doing at the moment or now is another thing and i think that you know in the again everyone needs a place to live i think if you believe the housing is a basic human right then how are you going to accommodate that and by excluding people from the rental market space on prior criminal convictions you know i think that that's that's part of the problem and in fact what's one of things that we see right now when california as an example since out so we're talking about tens of thousands of people were convicted of possessing marijuana and over the decades until recently when marijuana was legalized are you going to use. those criminal convictions for marijuana possession or marijuana production or distribution when it was a crime are you going to use that as the basis to exclude people from housing today when that same activity is legal and i think that's what you're talking about is what's the relevance and again if you're excluding people based on past conduct how

is that past conduct relevant to who the person is today and whether or not they should be getting an apartment rented to them. today and i think in some respects the biggest form of discrimination for so much of this of course is the rents themselves as you noted rents in the bay area in general in oakland i have to join 05 that acts as its own form of discrimination have to jump in here because this is live t.v. and we do have a time constraint i'm going to give each 30 seconds to make a case karen go. i think that this is that most backward thing i've ever heard as i've mentioned about 3 times i think the city's being irresponsible i think we need to look at this we need to look at the fact that people do worry if and and this is irresponsible to the homeowners in this community there is a 40 percent rate of read. offending and going back to jail i would love for the other guest to answer that because he's acting like that doesn't exist and i think we need to be very concerned about the direction california is taking this is not

the right direction paul. are is a good 1st step in the right direction and i think that by ensuring access to affordable housing i think us with those steps that will be take that can be taken that will reduce recidivism and also enhance public safety and also equality for disadvantaged populations all right t.v. and radio host karen turk and editor of prison legal news paul wright wish we could talk about this longer thanks for being with us here in our 2 international. alright i will be with you with more news of top the hour stay with us. this is a story about what happens auster a stray bullet kills a young girl in the streets. what happens to her family and daughters in florida you know the mother daughter is buried in a cemetery in healing messes with your head what happens to the community the

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