facebook for a bombing news posts on its platform in the country. of abusing its power. spain is wrong. after he was handed a 9 month sentence for slandering the horrifying terrorism. millions of texans are left with. so far as he struggled to cope with the deadly winter storm sweeping the southern states of america this is this is.

around the clock across the world this is our to international from the team and myself you know neal hello and welcome to the program. government has accused facebook. of power after the social media block people publishers in the country from sharing news posts by colleagues. taylor earlier talked through the story. rough start to the day if you are a news junkie or a millennial and facebook is the open in the morning because on sunday all of a stray a wake up to find that it's go to news platform had pulled the plug on any and all roekel and international stories not obviously sparked shock but also outrage now

this is all because mogs are not a fan of proposed legislation in the country which would force attack and social media companies to pay news publishers to repose content facebook says this is unfair i'm not willing to negotiate and so on this really bold blanket ban a move which has infuriated the australian government facebook. sections were unnecessary they're way heavy handed and they will damage it's reputation here in australia their decision to block the strains access to government sites were completely unrelated to the media code which is yet to pass through the senate facebook's actions to unfriend australia today cutting off essential information services on health and emergency services. as they were disappointing i am in regular contact with the leaders of other nations on these issues we will not be intimidated by big seeking to pressure our parliaments as he votes on our important

news media bargaining code so what we just heard that and this is what's really got people tugging on facebook now the proposed legislation is about news but facebook has gone beyond the meta and it's blocked pages that really can and do affect people's lives so the bureau of meteorology blocked far and a much as the saga says which post updates about deadly bushfires they've been taken down to charities including women's shelters or legal services for aboriginal people as well as very crucially state health departments which pay a really big role of course in the ongoing pandemic now some of those pages have been restored but it's too little too late straight to like ah this is preparing it's code that 19 faxing rollout and now hospitals are worried that they will not be able to get out information to the people extremely concerning to find this morning that since vincent's melbourne's facebook page has been blocked these

during the pandemic and on the eve of crucial covert vaccine distribution we hope this situation can be rectified very shortly now a facebook spokesperson said that the banning of no news organizations was a mistake but some would argue that the reputational damage has been done already this is just one example we've seen recently over the past few months governments and big tech facing off again and again but is this just sort. adding fuel to the fire well absolutely particularly stateside how many times have we seen mark zuckerberg being pulled into those endless hearings and facing accusations that his platform doesn't tackle harmful content enough that it's in gaijin censorship that it doesn't react quickly to allegations of abuse facebook in these circumstances often raises its hands or says you know what it's easier said than done it's a very difficult almost impossible task well the astray and situation now shows that actually it is that easy whereas apparently removing the live stream of the

christ church massacre in new zealand wasn't for many this wasn't the icing on top of the cake for a long time big tech face says allegations that it wields too much power the banning of course of the democratically elected president of the united states donald trump being the latest case in point so this latest situation just another example of silicon valley overreach and these actions will only confirm the concerns that an increasing number of countries are expressing about the behavior of big tech companies who think they are bigger than governments and that the rules should not apply to them they may be changing the world but that doesn't mean they run it but what today's events do confirm for australians is the immense market power. of these media digital giants these digital giants loom very very large. in our economy. and on the digital landscape the hash tag delete facebook trending people are

asking is it compatible with to crissy some thought that facebook was too big to fail but looking at the anchor reactions it might well have triggered its own downfall here. deadly winter storm sweeping across the southern united states has left millions of americans without electricity for days texas has seen a record seasonal freeze with temperatures dropping as low as minus 18 degrees celsius for the 1st time in over 30 years it's led to rolling blackouts with many houses destroyed. so this is a very. very they split it. like it is the other imbra oh it's good to go to regular pay and be here for the

birth of. you all photos circulating online claim to show texas senator ted cruz flying to cancun during the disaster cruise hasn't commented on the pictures yet but they've caused a massive backlash on social media he's not the only politician in hot water a local mera was forced to step down after his response to pleas for help from residents no one knows you or your family anything nor is it the local government's responsibility to support you trying times like this sink or swim it's your choice the city and county along with power providers or any other service owes you nothing it's pretty bad that you know us texans just came here for a whole other part of the country this would have been an issue any leak we'd see much for the section i like. to call.

got on the blanket sowed would try to all sleep together to keep us warm and then today when we got up there was no water we have no real update of when it's going to come on our phones barely work. while authorities in texas struggle to keep power grids up and running some are blaming wind turbines for the disaster they are frozen. in a bowl to operate all those who ever are laying the blame squarely on the local government's doorstep kill up and takes up the story. without electricity texas residents are resorting to some rather desperate measures in the hopes of staying warm they are firing up the grill and the generators and some of the even tried to use their cars to heat their homes resulting in several deaths and over 300 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning people are dying from carbon monoxide poisoning we have had so many calls in so many incidents that we can't even track them all the major oil refineries of the state has shut down due to freezing weather that bright new future of green energy isn't working out so well in the present the wind

turbines that accounted for almost a quarter of texas is energy last year have frozen to a standstill every source of power that the state of texas has has been compromised whether it be renewable power such as wind or solar but also as i mentioned today. access to coal generated power access to gas generator power also have been compromised alternative energy sources have been a key aspect of the democrats' push for ecofriendly policies a key plank of our build back better recovery plan is building a modern resilient climate infrastructure and clean energy future that will create millions of good paid union jobs critics are blaming joe biden and the democrats saying they pushed climate friendly policies a bit too hard and branding the outcome catastrophic shows how the green new deal would be a deadly deal for the united states of america in the last few days have proven

anything it's that we need oil and gas relying solely on renewable energy would be catastrophic many of these sources have proven to be unreliable the united states may be a global superpower but at home it's a lacking power quite literally all of this critics say are symptoms of america in decline caleb are seeing new york. well another suggested indication all of a decline the protracted military presence on capitol hill in washington d.c. around $5000.00 national guard troops are expected to remain there until the middle of next month the decision was reportedly made over lingering concerns of violence here start to america's foreign friends uk with more. one of the places that i actually lived in was a news anchor was an el paso texas where you had fort bliss that is the 2nd largest army post in the country when we pulled up to the gates here this morning it looks

like i was walking into fort bliss there is a there's a whole street that's blocked off here that goes right into a checkpoint you'll see that these cars they go in they get checked pointed by police by national guard and you see this is all happening literally just you know maybe 2 football fields away from our u.s. capitol you can also see to the left of the capitol here in our life we have almost like these little trailers that have been put on we have a lot of these members where they're actually staying there was 26000 troops here during the inauguration the numbers starting to go down but they want to have 5000 troops here scheduled again like you said till march 4th because you have a lot of cuban members talking underground and in sub right it's in you know you have a lot of these different you know social media other outlets and they're going to talking about possibly coming back again on march 4th believing that trump will be reinstated as the president again the fence looks like it goes down for miles now it goes all the way to the reflection pool in front of the capitol you know this is

the people's house kids come here on their snow days to slide down the hill and now it's completely occupied by the national guard here i want you to look at the fencing right now normally you'd have barbed wire fencing you have barbed wire fencing outside of federal prisons this is razor wire this will kill you if you try to breach this fence here ok that fence that goes all the way around the perimeter of the capital $50000000.00 now again there's talks of having the national guard stay here until the early fall it's it's going to cost american taxpayers $2650000.00 per day to have $5000.00 troops here. large protests have broken out in spain over the jailing of a catalan rougher public house so was the tane for slumbering the crawling glorifying terrorism hundreds of celebrities have spoken out in support of the artist while the international described this risk of excessive restriction on this freedom of expression.

a. heavy clashes erupted in catalonia as his cell was arrested in his hometown of later on choose their around 2000 people rallied in barcelona where they were met with a strong police presence a handful of protesters built barricades said bins on fire and threw projectiles at officers regional police said several people were arrested local journalist evelyn kaczynski spoke to me from the scene. people are starting to like they already started yesterday going out on the streets of bar so long and they want. to be released he basically was criticizing the spanish crowd and in his songs in

his rap there are lots of teenagers a protest think and mostly young people and not just in barcelona but also in others in catalonia especially a lay down where. in the end we continue basically barricaded himself and now he said that she just wanted the truth to come out and he's very happy happy about it they just looked like the streets on fire and the plus a couple is the main square in the in barcelona and so the police are getting quite angry because it's like the 1st process since many months in the barcelona because of the of course yesterday there was a woman who was injured who were there only 19 years old and she got basically like a bullet spawn in hair in her face and. now it seems like there are some of us are even. bigger than yesterday and they might continue for the next couple of things

famous or something and demand back there and there in the iris of well might have just been and that he was because it's been months since a cut the lungs were protesting. among whole thing like you said. and others other big. bank people are actually also tired of all the restrictions. so they are using you know different excuses such as the iris of pablo basically also they want to you know have a normal life again and go back to work just some buckra and in 2018 public was convicted by a spotless court over tweets calling former king juan carlos the 1st a mafia boss he also accused police of torturing and killing demonstrators migrants

herself fell foul of legislation covering spawn your tried to freedom of expression . by critics the court ruled that spanish law prohibited such expressions of pena well a member of the national assembly told a suppressing free speech is inexcusable. spanish over many are sick with being the fundamental rights activist their right to free speech and free free creation croom government is they call themselves the most progressive government in the history from spain and so for them the case of hospital has been wrong because isn't a clear sign that this is not true this is one of the reasons why we want the independence not because we want to build a new a new contract with a more open and free lowell's we want to know more open system the

system which accept. the kilt your creation like the one i sell or others like. so of course we need this this change so we are fighting for this for a more free. 3. the 1st batch of russia's sputnik v. corona virus vaccine arrived in gasser israel earlier stop that shipment from getting to medical facilities there but the blockade has now been lifted the initial 2000 shots are intended for people in poor health and medical personnel working in intensive care units and also the emergency services. after coming under international criticism israel has allowed the shipment of the 1st batch of the russian vaccine sputnik v into the gaza strip through the qur'an border crossing

and almost. today the 1st batch of the russian black sea has arrived it will be great help for all citizens certainly all of us will take the shot we hope other badges will arrive in gaza as well otherwise the street will simply crack under the pressure of the granddad. according to the health ministry the 2000 doses which have been shipped are intended for individuals in poor health and medical personnel dealing with coronavirus infected patients in intensive care units and emergency services staff but you have had a lot of extreme program will get underway on sunday morning in 2 centers in order to cover all the provinces of gaza the vaccination campaign will go on until we run out of jobs the health ministry affirms that the russian vaccine is one of the best and most effective among international analogs the russian vaccine will help cope with the consequences of the pandemic affecting medical facilities due to a lack of capacity. to see further batches of the vaccine in the near future which

will allow us to inoculate the whole population express our deepest gratitude to russia to its president government and people what they did for palestine the shipment comes after israel prohibited vaccine supplies to medical facilities in gaza the reversal of the ban opens up the prospect for future shipments of the facts into gaza yes the 4 more. people in gaza call israel's decision to hamper the delivery of sputnik vivax into gaza blackmail that's amid thousands of sick people including children who need to be vaccinated urgently. the coronavirus pandemic has pushed italy's most vulnerable to the brink many face a daily dilemma of whether to feed themselves or to care of their medical needs in 2020 the number of people on the breadline grew by 173000 well just under a 3rd of ateliers are no risk of poverty according to the organization for economic

cooperation and development we asked people there they are coping with the pandemic on several. calls and on the we are my situation has worsened due to the pandemic i'm a small grass man who worked in fairs and since everything is now closed due to the curb it i don't know how to go on i have to pay for some medicines but without anyone's help i often can't afford them between eating and treating myself i choose the former you don't know what you have to pay for 1st between pain the house bills in medicines you don't really know what to prioritize so i decide not to treat myself. i'm also finding it difficult to purchase drugs that always cost a lot i can't buy medicines the price of which is increasing more and more women are talking about different variants there saying that could be a new look down so we don't have a better future to look forward so there is no hope. the new italian government is facing growing calls to change its strategy for dealing with the pun

to make leading health experts insists the current tiered system of regional restrictions is ineffective the government scientific committee this week urged ministers to follow other european countries in implementing stricter measures here's what local pharmacist told us about this situation. if you go and that was done this year has definitely been a strange one the global pandemic has brought a number of sectors to their knees and among these is certainly the poorest people who are having the greatest difficulties finding drugs and buying medicine many people can't even afford to buy drugs at a reduced price donating medicines brings a smile to the faces of people who can be treated the crisis is devastating and there are people who even have to make a choice between eating and treating themselves and their own up and they're going to live in damage has increased poverty and in palermo it's quite high in the year before the pandemic were open 3 days a week but now due to comit we have to open 5 days

a week people don't work and can't even pay for math sense we collect medicines and then we give them to people who can't afford them people can't pay for them so we do what we want we distribute food for children too we are missing many things and we're also struggling with. another story we're closely following today 9 new york state assembly members are pushing for governor andrew cuomo to be stripped of his emergency powers as he faces allegations of breaking the law by concealing deaths in nursing homes the scandal erupted 2 weeks ago when the new york attorney general accused the cuomo administration of under counting krone virus fatalities and nursing homes by some 50 percent the state health department then this goes over 6000 previously on reported victims despite widespread criticism governor cuomo stopped short of offering an apology. apologize look our you've said repeatedly we made

a mistake when we didn't provide information it allowed press people cynics politicians to fill the void i just want to be sure people know these are the facts these are the facts. everything that could have been done was done it's also been reported that the f.b.i. and federal prosecutors are investigating cuomo as coronavirus task force with a particular focus on his administration's humbling of nursing homes we spoke to vivian zionists who lost her mother to covert in a new york her home and went on to set up the voices for seniors of the cacique rip every single time he has a press conference he always says it's conspiracy theory or he's blaming someone else but what he doesn't understand is that families are not just our broken we have questions and what he's given so far is the question my sister and i were the

ones trying to find out really what was going on in my mother's facility we had no idea that this was a state wide mission why nissho so the steps we're taking right now is against the nursing home directly they were the ones in charge of my mom they were the ones who failed to treat her they're the ones who were not prepared for the pandemic they're the ones who. had a duty to my mother and to the other now 69 residents to keep them safe so what we're going to keep going in raising our voices and crying out for a statewide in the pending investigation and a federal investigation into cuomo and his and his administration's. following the defeat of nazi germany in 1905 it was hoped that deadly stripes of right wing extremism would be consigned to the pages of history but with certain movements gaining ground in virtually every european country in recent years there are fears it's back with a vengeance artie's redfish project has been focusing on its rise in germany the

documentary is now showing a new trip you can watch it throughout the day on r.t. international as well your supreme. ruler. also. from france i'm sure it's finished it. at. the. under for. our border problem because of the. well we also spoke to run a rough 1st runner as chairman of alternative for germany in lindau he says his

party has been demonized by political rivals on the media. it has become quite common to misuse the term of not system to fight against political enemies and it's not only the f.d.a. which has become the whip him of this we have a very long and complete list of all right extremist parties and also organizations n.g.o.s etc of which it you cannot come and enter the f.d.a. as a member as to now really concerted campaign of the political parties and the media is running to demonize the a.f.d. for things they are not really responsible for if you look at the programmatic. aims of the party it is the conservative party which even has

a strong elements of a left wing party it is quite obvious that the other parties at tack at the a.f.d. as a real opposition an opposition which is feared by everyone because also the other opposition parties of course see that the a.f.d. comes in with a totally new concept the democrates system it will only be complete if you allow also citizens to decide in. a referendum on basic issues concerning the government and the country and this was for many years the basic point in the program off the green party for example which is to consider to be a left wing party or that is it for now from moscow but scouting elf will be back on your screen in moments with another fresh lice of news news eclipse.

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deal with members of their own state party and their own family publicly upset with their vote on last week's impeachment we're going to take a $360.00 view on why is there an obsession with donald trump and more importantly is it justified but we also. to focus on the 1st major appearance of president biden at a town hall which consisted of several did he really just say that moment we're going to bring you all of the details and the legend and media has passed we're going to reflect on just how much of an influence rush limbaugh had on politics and what this means for a movement for the future i'm scotty now hughes and you're watching a news used to use it right here on our to america. we open today show with the news of the passing of a talk radio host rush limbaugh now he's been battling lung cancer for over a year and was honored by president trump just last year at the state of the union with the.