and the story is that shake the we pay counting to boycott facebook has launched in a strange blokes it's news feed in the country the tech giant made the move over a proposed rule to make social networks pay the news content we debate the issue should facebook profit on someone else's work without giving them some of the biggest problem facebook is that they're utterly wrong to merit i think this whole social media i guess ecosystem is really spun out of control in terms of how it is monetize dozens are left millions without power. in the southern united states struggle to cope with crippling went to school. and to black lives not to activists are arrested for attacks and

a conservative john list who was covering the rowdy we hear from the reporter i feel that being conservative media is now very physically threatening to journalists america is descending into something that you know i would never have imagined to be experiencing in my lifetime. some day it's all teens so it's the weekend where we had lines that grab attention of the past 7 days welcome to the program. starting off with how a campaign to boycott facebook launched in australia this week it's off to the tech giant blocked its news feed in the country over a proposed goal to make social networks pay publishes for content congress has called it an abuse of power simon's right brings us his take. australia's government is fully coming to terms with the fact that facebook has told it where

to go and there's nothing you can do about it might use what happened social media giant facebook has followed through on a script restricting people in australia from viewing news content or desire streaming you know it's better to someone with an australian accent explain that so this morning if you visit a nice science and astronomy side by the social media platform you'll find there are no posts you can't view washington news articles. we know it is australia so could just be there wasn't any news that day so the australian government wants facebook to pay for content which is shared on its platform but made by other media organizations those media organizations make the point and is a good one that they pay to produce the stuff but big tech like facebook benefits for free facebook gave a completely b.s. response that making it pay for that stuff would be penalizing him for taking content that it didn't take or ask for which is a bit like finding a bag of cash on the floor and then saying well officer i didn't ask for it or take

it from the bank so i thought i'd keep it finished and carry on yeah so about that carry on on the other hand media companies do start their own pages and upload their own content of their own accord and as mark zuckerberg says every time his company is accused of ruining life on this planet it's a private company so that's what i believe but the future is private. this whole news blackout thing i'm absolutely i mean who cares almost leave you've got a computer just go on through twitter or google instead. or auntie dot com. news australia ministers are angry because they say facebook is among other things restricting access to health information during a pandemic. to which i say don't get your health information from facebook what's wrong with you it's a not for time not dr quinn medicine woman. australia's prime minister seems

so close to grasping the reality of what's happened here scott morrison said that facebook. thinks they're bigger than governments and that the rules should not apply to them i promise that they don't think they're big or they know it governments have little to no power over these companies anymore australia's treasury gets today's events to confirm for all strings is the immense market power. of the media digital giants these digital giants loom very very large. in our economy. and on the digital landscape well let's not get carried away here i mean it's only facebook and the only people that use facebook now is your mom and her friends but the bigger issue is what happens when big tech decides to get together and define governments i mean even the protest about this stand to meet facebook is on another social media platform. or murdoch just can't deal with google that will see his

media outlets get paid for their content that's one australian he's really cool and the mark in the brainwashing going you know what there is always. bigger and. why in addition to news posts facebook also blocked a number of key a strange government pages including health departments and margins in services and trade unions the company later said those accounts have been inadvertently impacted amnesty international waiting though claiming facebook's move on information was concerning and in. statement to said facebook's willingness to block credible news sources stands in sharp distinction to the company's poor track record in addressing the spread of hateful content on the powerful. and canada's back to straight here and it spat ulta was considering apparently similar legislation to make facebook page news publishes and says it will not be intimidated we put the whole issue up for debate although i don't like facebook by any means i also don't

blame them for trying to put a stop to what i think is a very bad policy that in the end well only end up hurting smaller independent and perhaps even dissident sources in favor of a larger more establishment media sources these news organizations are disappearing that's really what's at stake and they really don't have any choice because they're not generating the kind of revenues necessary to run these news this content of which facebook reliance on we have seen a whole cloth disruption of paid you know professional journalists guys that spent 30 years cutting their teeth and there are a lot of jobs because who's going to pay him 80 grand plus benefits to write a story when you can get to me on his you know no unfair if i know real credentials in journalism typing out something and make more money on those clicks so the question is for democracy is what is the threshold where people deserve to

have real information and should they have to pay for it should facebook profit on someone else's work without giving them some look you can understand facebook's desire not to give in and start paying for news stories like google did once the box opens there's $200.00 other countries surely saying we want some to facebook but you do to their shareholders right if we start saying all right facebook will have to pay to feature news articles and news links what's stopping other forms of content from doing the same this whole social media i guess ecosystem has really spun out of control and. terms of how it is monetize and actually a i think more equitable if i can use that word solution to this would be to start talking about ways to break up the monopoly that facebook does have on advertising and also on user data basically the biggest problem with facebook is that they're utterly controlling the narrative and they're clearly shutting out news that doesn't obey the narrative and this and this goes for almost every issue down the

line that of the importance today let's remember back in around 2007 i happen to be one of those lucky ones who interviewed this guy who started facebook he was a nobody was still on my space my space everywhere and he said that he wanted to create an ecosystem similar to a a well at the time if we all remembered dial up you know well it closed circuit environment were all your dating your shopping your opinions and basically people who weren't able to have real friends in life could have thousands of friends make believe friends and call them their friends and you would never have to leave that world and it would do everything for you well that dream has come true and now all of us are sitting in the middle of it going well wait a minute it's either all capitalism where anything goes and we can all charge for everything or it's part capitalism or it's something but we're at that time of growth now we actually have to make the grown up decisions. deadly winter storm sweeping across the southern united states have now claimed the lives of 58 people

have left millions of americans without power clean water 3 days texas has seen temperatures plunge as low as minus 18 degrees celsius for the phos time in more than 3 decades and had to rolling blackouts an extensive damage to homes this is this is it. thank. you. so very they split it. and that is the other imbra oh then again you through the 2 to wriggle the parent being here for the birds right. meanwhile texas senator ted cruz has come on to file have to he's new to the mexican resort city of cancun jurong the disaster he described the decision as a mistake when he returned the next day but that didn't about the twit to storm

that followed and he's not the only official and hope a local mayor was forced to step down off to his response to residents plea for help 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 provide his or any other service. nothing it's pretty bad you know texans just came here for old every other part of the country this would have been a huge issue in the lake we've seen mark for the search term so it's likely. to fold when the water got all the blankets out we 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. why don't tax a struggle to keep power cords up and running some playing to when top winds are

completely frozen for the disaster others however i lay the blame squarely on the no government. 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 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 go friendly policies a key plank of our bill 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 this shows how the green new deal would be a deadly deal for the united states of america in the last few days if proven and the thing is 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. artsy new york also in the us it was confounding this week that around 5000 national guard troops are expected to remain in washington until the middle of next month the decision was reportedly made to if i lingering concerns of violence his ati america's for. with all the details 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 checkpoint 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 could 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 read 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 fence and 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 capitol $50000000.00. now again there's talks of having the national guard stay here until the early fall it's tough it's going to cost american taxpayers

$2650000.00 per day to have $5000.00 troops here. a black lives not to have been arrested after talking to john let's have a demonstration we've spoken exclusively to the victim her reaction on much more off this film break stick with us. join me every thursday on the alex i'm i'm sure and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics. i'm sure i'll see you then. is your media a reflection of reality. in

a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation or community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. for a mate in the shallowness. i'll come back to black lives mass activists have reportedly been charged with harassment on attempted assault footage appears to show them attacking a conservative john list who is covering the rally. her i didn't agree there was

something going on that these people rose to the floor with her drug remark or gurdjieff accord was a pleasurable or your very truly she's a pushover you regarding the trauma of her that's right it is like that as you can see with what had happened to me it is very trying times initially when i saw they were harassing other journalists there and videographers and i went to stand with them as well and they they wanted everybody to be turning off their cameras with our 1st amendment rights which is freedom to the press and also being a public space i kept my camera on and i said now this is public space and i'm reporting the news so my camera will stay on and that's when they started attacking initially or being media and then the 2nd time they came around to attack me when they identified which media i was i feel that being conservative media is is just because now they're physically threatening to journalists. was covering the rally

when demonstrators identified as a conservative reporter they can be. a trump supporter and a nazi the john in the street was independent also claims to fight police it couldn't have. one point of protest to even appears to not be enough it's now in order for true peace to occur you need to have people to have that civil discourse it's not it's not true peace when the other side is voices are shut off and so is it may give the saga of unity or its act the detriment of you know $75.00 plus 1000000 americans who had voted and do support donald trump at the expense of basically shutting their voices out so that is not true unity when you're taking out your opponent it's not a fair fight america is descending into something that you know i would never have imagined to really experience in my lifetime i don't condone the violence that happened at the capitol and i can condemn them along with other republican

conservatives because because terrorism and and and destruction and what is going on that has no place in america and i do feel that we are seeing more attacks and violence actually occurring from the left onto the right we see censorship that's going on and it's not even. occur. meanwhile over in the u.k. a quarantine much is introduced this week may might make some travelers think twice before heading the anger now requires travelers from such a 3 red list of countries to pay 1750 pounds thoughts around $2400.00 to quarantine for 10 days in specially designated hotels there are tough penalties for anyone who flouts the rules fines of up to $10000.00 pounds for those failing to quarantine a maximum prison sentence of 10 yeah it is the people who lie about why they've come from. reports from outside one of the facilities. foreign travelers and

brits returning home from $33.00 reckless countries are now forced to isolate and government mandated hotels in the u.k. for 10 days it's all part of measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus variants but not only are rivals like elaine and wagner are confined to the 4 walls of a small hotel room they've also got a thought they have to build themselves because. they want to know what we're going to be a 2000 on about our i don't know i don't know yet but this couple what a loan many flights being canceled and departure dates change due to complications of the cave at 19 pandemic and it's not just the financial burden that's weighing heavily other rivals tell me the current in policy is no safer than isolating a home. buyer. i mean i like. being in the future.

i want one. currently the government has almost 5000 rooms available across 16 airport hotels with another 58000 on standby but as has been throughout the entire pandemic scotland has gone one step further by enforcing hotel currently measures on any international arrivals regardless of which country they arrive from even in exceptional circumstances we were to. us we know almost in. its went. moments. chancel just automatically wants the 16th and that's. what you would be if. you can already have someone want you if you were going to england or if you were willing to and really in. it's just if you want.

a remote you know you go oh you just you know feeling like captives thousands of arrivals have to wait before getting home to their families are to ever more anxiety it's already testing times. are to you k. . the rage pandemic has pushed it in these most vulnerable to the brink when some facing a day to die lamb or of whether to feed themselves or take care of their medical needs in 2020 a loan the number of people on the breadline grew by 173000 while just on to a 3rd of a tally and are now at risk of poverty that's according to the organization for economic co-operation and development we asked people how bad coping. 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

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 the house bills in medicines you don't really know what to prioritize so i decide not to treat myself . to finding it difficult to purchase drugs cost a lot i can't buy medicines the price of which is increasing more and more we're not talking about a different congress very much they're saying this could be a new look so we don't have a better future. there is no hope with. the new italian government is facing growing calls to change its strategy for dealing with leading health that the current system of regional respect this is in effect the government scientific committee of ministers to follow up in europe and implementing stricter measures here's what local pharmacist told us about the situation if you weren't there was.

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 and many people can't even afford to buy drugs at a reduced price donating medicines brings a smile to the faces of political who can be treated the crisis is devastating and there are people who even have to make a choice between eating treating them so. i don't know where my 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 in 5 days people don't work and can't even pay for medicines 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. children too we're missing many things and we're also struggling. good news the russian sputnik the coronavirus vaccine has arrived in gaza israel have been stopping the shipment

from getting to medical facilities out but late to relented the initial 2000 shots are intended for people in poor health and medical personnel watching in intensive care units as well as the emergency services the following is a report that we translated from arabic. 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. day those badge 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 condemned. 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 a lot of it is the program will get underway on sunday morning in 2 senses in order to cover all the provinces of girls the vaccination campaign will go on until a lot of jabs 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 in. receipt of other batches something facts in the near future which will allow us to inoculate the whole population express our deepest gratitude to russia to its president governments and people what they did for palestine and. 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. it's all from last coming away now in our national it's my america enjoy. but the pandemic no certainly no borders and doesn't buy into nationalities. as america. we don't look like the whole world to. judge a. commentary classist least. we can do better we should be. everyone is contributing way but we also know that this

crisis will not go on forever the challenges create the response has been massive so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. there's any truth issue in the last 4 years it was the fact there we had this transformational president with really grand aspirations that were broadly supported by the american people in the most populous present in the country's recent history were matched by the appointments that were made in the administration i think maybe with his background in business he might have underestimated the importance of personnel. having worked

in the white house in the executive branch of government so much rests on personnel . it's been decades since the fall of spain's fascist regime but old wounds still haven't healed. into the. so go to me on the bus at the source me that i wish that i think. of newborn babies were torn from their mothers and given away and forced adoption but only. to this day mothers still search for grown children. and hope for their birth parents. up.

when they start crossing for this area and the desert this is where they most of the fatalities happen and it's different reasons they heat or cold like it's very cold at night and it was very hot that the day nobody can carry enough water to survive. the trip. to me it's so easy to connect because i'm coming from there but it's also so hard to see like. to see that people don't understand and it's hard every day is. the struggle because this. isn't easy.