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the 1st shell. lifted. ship. wherever you're catching the program from today welcome to. the names you know no need of your company. the australian government facebook all of. the social media giant block people publishers in the country from sharing news posts my colleagues. 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 thursday all of a stray a wake up to find that had to go to news platform had pulled the plug on any and

all roekel and international stories not obviously sparked shop but also outrage now this is all because mogs not a fan of proposed legislation in the country which would force tech and social media companies to pay news publishes to repose that 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 that way. and they will damage its reputation here in australia their decision to block the strains 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 seeking to pressure parliament 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 media and it's blocked pages that really can and do affect people's lives so the bureau of meteorology blocked far and a much and see services 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 play a really big role of course in the ongoing pot. demick now some of those pages have been restored but it's too little too late straight to like others is preparing its codes $900.00 francs in roll out 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 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 of 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 engaged in censorship that it doesn't react quickly to allegations of abuse facebook in these circumstances often raises its hands and 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 was the icing on top of the cape for a long time big tech faces allegations that it wields too much power at 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 increasing number of countries are expressing about the behavior of big companies who think they are bigger than governments and that the rules should not apply it's them they may be changing the world but that doesn't mean they run it but what today's events do. confirm for all australians is the immense market power. of these media digital giants these digital giants lou very very large in our economy. and on the digital landscape

that hash tag delete facebook trending people are asking is it compatible with to more chrissy some thought that facebook was too big to fail but in looking at the angle reactions it might well have triggered its own downfall here. let's bring in now to the southern united states where deadly winter storms have 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 that's led to rolling blackouts an extensive damage to homes this is this is a very. very days where do you.

think it is the other bro oh it's very good you 2 to wriggle appears to be here for birds. meanwhile photos circulating online claim to show texas senator ted cruz flying to the mexican resort city of can the disaster crews hasn't commented on the pictures yet but they have caused a massive backlash on social media he's not the only politician in hot water a local mirror was forced to step down after his response to pleas for help from residents. no one owes 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 you just came here for told every other part of the country this would have been a huge issue in the late weeks in march for

a distraction so 60. 2 fold hope. you got all the blankets out 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're frozen and on able to operate others however are laying the blame squarely on the local government's doorstep kill up and ticks up the story. without electricity texas residents are resorting to some rather desperate measures in the hopes of staying warm they're 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' energy last year have frozen to a standstill every source of power 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 that 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 if 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 artsy new york well another suggested indication of a decline in the. truck did military presence on capitol hill around 5000 national guard troops are expected to remain in washington d.c. until the middle of next month the decision was reportedly made over the lingering concerns of violence here's our t. 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 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. the 1st of russia's sputniks coronavirus fight scene in israel earlier stole the shipment from getting to medical facilities there but the blockade since being lifted the initial 2000 shots are intended for people in poor health medical personnel working in intensive care units in the emergency services the following is

a translated report from our 2. 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. today the birth badge of the russian vaccine 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 had a lot of extreme programming 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. 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. former

goldman sachs banker richard sharpe officially being confirmed as the new chairman of the b.b.c. he's known as an ambitious man with an impressive list of contacts sharp has a background in finance son has worked for some notable institutions in the sector he's also known for backing the conservatives then leaving hefty sums to the ruling u.k. party besides that he's also been an unpaid adviser to the finance minister during the pandemic and worked for current prime minister boris johnson when he was mayor of london the chairman of the b.b.c. is appointed by the queen on the recommendation of the government mr sharp all take home a $160000.00 pounds a year that's around 2 $120000.00 for 3 or 4 working days per week journalist and author francis beckett gave us his thoughts on the appointment position you see is the long. long. time to maintain some clean and

price it's. it has to. do its relationship. continually compromise its independence and tries to pretend on no new former prime minister has used the power of control. of control of the. inquiry the overtly political way they. just used it the trouble with the appointment i think is not that it is a plant but that it is a banker with close ties to the conservative party i'm the bank. can at least be a jew it's all of having a political agenda that she is in. the point of. this is are to. italy's poorest of meeting a stark choice we are to treat. this. seems

wrong. to shape out just to educate and gain from it equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. we are now at a point where we cannot manufacture the basic foundational components of the 21st century economy we are literally taking ourselves out of the

game by throwing the keys to the economy to private equity groups wall street. financier's and money pressures and now it's too late. to look in large protests have broken out in spain over the. public was the tane for slandering the glorifying terrorism hundreds of public figures have spoken out in support of the artist while i missed the international described his arrest as an excessive restriction on his freedom of expression.

a. heavy clashes erupted in council on ios hersel was arrested in his hometown of later on tuesday around 2000 people rallied in barcelona where they were met with a strong police presence a handful of protesters built barricades set pins on fire and threw projectiles at officers regional police said several people were arrested and local journalist evelyn kaczynski spoke to me from this. people are starting to like they already upset yesterday going out on the streets of mar so long and they want. to be released he basically was criticizing the spanish crowd and she's in his songs in his rap there are lots of teenagers

a protest think i must see young people and not just in barcelona but also in other sneakiness in catalonia especially a lay down where. in the end we continue versity he 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. 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 2 of us are even. bigger than yesterday and they might continue for the next couple of things

famous or something and then months back there in the iris of well might have just been and that and it's been months since a couple lungs were protesting. among whole thing like you said. and others other big. banks. actually also tired of all the restrictions. so they are using you know different excuses such as the rest of pablo basically also they want who you know have a normal life again and go back to work just some background in 2018 public hostile was convicted by a spanish court over tweets calling former king juan carlos the 1st a mafia boss he also accused police of torturing and killing demonstrators and migrants himself fell foul of legislation covering spaniards right to freedom of

expression the gag law by critics the court ruled that spanish law prohibited such expressions of opinion with a member of the national assembly told a suppressing free speech is inexcusable. this bunny over many is their secret being the fundamental rights act is their right to free speech and free free creation through government is they call themselves the most progressive government in the history of the spain on so for them the case of the high salary is a big problem because isn't a clear sign that this is not true or not this is one of the reasons why we only need and it's not because we want to build a new a new contract with a more open and free loaders we want one more open system no

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 coronavirus pandemic has pushed italy's most vulnerable to the brink many face a daily dilemma of whether to feed themselves or take care of their medical needs 2020 the number of people on the breadline grew by 173000 well just under a 3rd of a tele internet risk of poverty according to the organization for economic cooperation and development we asked people there how they are coping with the pandemic. on several troll boy picture articles that are on there we are my situation has worsened due to the pandemic i'm a small cross man who worked in fairs and since everything is now closed due to the

curve 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 in treating myself i choose the former you don't know what you have to pay for 1st between pain the house bills and 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 we're now talking about different covert variants there saying that could be a new lock 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 pandemic leading health experts insists the current tiered system of regional restrictions is in effect the government scientific committee this week urged ministers to follow other european countries in implementing stricter measures here's what local pharmacist told us a buy the situation. if you go out there with. 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 they're all up and they mean they've been damage has increased poverty and 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 mad since 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. following the defeat of nazi germany in

$1045.00 it was hoped that deadly nationalistic extremism would be consigned to the dustbin of history but with far right movements gaining ground in firstly every european country in recent years that 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 on you tube and you can watch it throughout the day on r.t. international as well for now here's a preview. also . finished it. left rear in the spring. avoided trying to

move the. we spoke to run a rough 1st chairman of the populist alternative for germany party and linda he say's the f.t. has been demonized by political rivals in the media. it has become quite common to misuse the term of not citizen to fight against political enemies and it's not only the f.t. 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 a.f.d. 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 tak the a.f.d. as a real opposition and 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 democratic 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 programme off the green party for example which is to consider to be a left wing party just for a minor to give us a full on line or every scene they are to local is just a click away and all this fresh content lively debate to be find i mean a nail life or not.

the british and american governments have often been accused of destroying lives in their own interests or you see in this these techniques is the state devising methods to end to essentially destroy the personality of an individual. by scientific means this is how one doctor's theories were allegedly used in psychological warfare against prisoners deemed a danger to the state that was the foundation of the method of psychological interrogation psychological corporate. disseminated within the us intelligence community and worldwide among allies for the next 30 years. the victims say they still live with the consequences today. nations human beings to change reach absorbing the notables who yes i think is what is lost there is the 1st going to make people uneasy but really why.