you know before i go. away for a movie i was usually. russia slams the us undermining free trade in fact competition of the washington post about european companies pulling out of the nordstrom to pipeline project in the face of u.s. sanctions. u.s. the democrats did launch a cable and satellite providers justify hosting right wing media outlets a move republicans say is an attack on the freedom speech. israelis face being banned from public places and even jobs unless they've been vaccinated against the 19 but the so-called green classes are raising concerns over human rights. of choice has a consequence and it shouldn't be that everybody in israel suffers because some

people make a bad choice i think it's absurd i think it's ridiculous basic human rights. ignored. angry french farmers dump an old toy is outside government buildings to protest against the removal of me from school menus. this says r t international for myself and the whole team here at our age who hello on a very room while come to our program. well 1st off this hour russia is accused in washington of undermining free trade and putting its due political interests above competition and it's off to report on u.s. sanctions against the will stream to gas pipeline project revealed to total of 18

european companies have dropped out due to u.s. pressure across developments for us it's equal stonily. from the very outset the us has been hell burned on do you really ignored stream to me so this time the u.s. state department has compiled and submitted a report to us congress kind of detailing the measures they have taken so far in this direction and how effective these measures have been this report by the way also comes at a very sensitive timing because the biden administration has been accused of well in the action of not being keen enough on preventing nordstrom too from coming to fruition this report is not yet available to the public but ned price the spokesman for the u.s. state department has revealed or that some 18 companies european companies have decided to pull out of north stream 2 amid u.s. pressure and when i say pressure i mean sanctions so far the united states have been sanctioning the russians while the u.s. for excuse me the e.u.

firms have remained sort of in the clear but that's only so far this constant threat of sanctions coming from washington while it has always been and is still hanging over european firms so well 18 of them have decided that better safe than sorry and while they decided to cut ties with the project now when it comes to russia moscow has always been saying that the north that north stream too has nothing to do with with the united states that it is strictly a matter of relations between russia and europe and germany in particular because that's where the pipeline is going and all these efforts that the u.s. that the u.s. has been taking russia views it as world geopolitical warfare here is the latest reaction that we have on this the u.s. state department has acknowledged that america is undermining the principles of free trade and competition subjugating market laws to its own geopolitical interests and acting inspired of the wheel of silver nations but there's an added

layer of irony to this story because remember how. they said that well 18 companies have decided to cut ties with nordstrom to the right and the way this information was delivered to the media by price the spokesman for the state department one might you might be misled into thinking that all of that was achieved under the under the biden administration which turns out is not the case and it only came to light when price was confronted by a piece of matley over the issue of how to listen. strategy including the legislative strategy of the strategy of course congress is has been behind has been working to good effect the. credit for the winding down all of this work was done of the previous administration and out of all the. all the months. are you telling me that i am all we. really is all of

a sudden of all while. i am speaking for. the man. i am not all being for the department of state ok the people who have been working miss the people who are working this now were the same people a month ago or the same people. 3 months ago so so essentially what happened there could easily be interpreted as the state department kind of trying and taking credit for what was achieved when donald trump was still president here price effectively confirming just that and again quite ironically because this is something that happened with the trumpet ministration at the very start of his presidency when basically the democrat leaning media they were just trying to pin all successes of his administration on the legacy of obama and his cabinet and so on and so forth but basically now this is all is revolver now around the nordstrom

to project which is by the way 97 percent complete out of the total of the. all of 100 kilometers of the pipeline only if you doesn't are left to be well laid on the seabed so there is that and basically this whole thing germany for instance is very keen on finishing this project it has repeatedly said that they are very much interested in well flicking the on switch on the on the north stream to pipeline so effectively it pitches the u.s. against its ally in europe germany and we'll see who will come out of this victorious. us democrats are calling on cable and satellite t.v. providers to justify hosting channels labeled by them as spreading misinformation some to put to news outlets of longer misinformation rumor mill some conspiracy theory hot birds that produce content that leads to real harm to our knowledge the

cable satellite and over the top companies that disseminate these media outlets to american viewers have done nothing in response to the misinformation by these outlets while among the channels mentioned are fox news the one america news network and news max the allegations are over that coverage of the 2020 presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic republicans for their part condemned the democrats for attacking free speech the democrats are sending a message that is as clear as it is troubling these regulated entities will pay a price if the targeted newsrooms do not conform to democrats preferred political narratives this is a chilling transgression of the free speech rights that every media outlet in this country enjoys legal and need to unless lionel claims it's nonsense and it's not up to the democrats to decide what should and should not be broadcast. since when is

this a cunt shirted who like. what if they say something that thrower you live with it move on there's always something wrong who says it's wrong who says it's misinformation the next time you are a spouse or a partner or a lover or relative if they say listen i want to talk to you say no i don't want to talk to you why because you spout misinformation wouldn't listen to that so why the name of god do we put up with this nonsense we are looking at it complete and total disintegration of the 1st amendment and freedom of speech because now we're saying oh no no no we want you to speak we just don't want to hear misinformation disinformation and bad information conspiracy theories unfounded. decides that since one is had a disqualifier on the dissemination of information my god i'm telling you right now

you're not going to believe this but i'll bet you somewhere someplace somebody might think that what you and i are saying is dissent from a should surely be to shut us down if you don't like it go someplace else or clarify it this is the most frightening i have ever seen ever. as ray has he refused to get vaccinated against it could be banned from jobs on most public places but the new regulations are facing fair critique of fair criticism reports. this is high a corn street in tel aviv which runs parallel to the coastline it's where many of the city's hotels are located but right now things could not be quieter there are no tourists and the airport is closed this is one of the few hotels that is open but this is the closest we can go assuming you want to enter it you have to have

what is called a green possible it's issued off to persons received 2 facts summations 21 days a pos and in a month's time just opposite the hotel you won't be able to into shops like this you won't be able to enter supermarkets gym shopping same to synagogues in fact you won't be able to go just about anywhere in israel and least you have a green passport it comes as the government steps up if it's to vaccinate the population it's being met with mixed reaction on the street i think it's necessary i think it's a good idea and we can't force everyone to vaccinate but always a choice has a consequence and it shouldn't be that everybody in israel suffers because some people make a bad choice i think it's absurd i think it's ridiculous basic human rights so being ignored here if i choose what to put into my body and i choose not to put a vaccine in myself i'm going to be. banished from getting into a soccer game getting into a mall taking my boy to

a day trip it's ridiculous and so you know human rights are even more than and it's very easy to slide when you start even with the good intentions to do things like. too much government. and foresman so she was doing plans to ban and vaccinated people from certain jobs and as woman that anyone found forging vaccine certificates will be jailed a black market for counterfeit certificates it's having on telegram already 100000 uses have joined groups. that promote forgeries i think that the government should not be bad people from having jobs i think that the government should most definitely ban. people who put others at risk from jobs in which they can put others at risk more important than my job is my life and

in my life is at stake if i don't take the vaccination so i would take the vaccination and if i get to keep my job because of it that it's an extra bonus. i understand if people take this this road in for just a certain document i wouldn't do it personally but i can and completely understand this is a growing right thing that the ever so lives gobies or make them or buy them should be punished vaccine has a tendency and skepticism have become a growing concern in recent weeks as israel's a world leading inoculation program slows down just under 2000000 israelis have not received either of the 2 shots and many say they don't plan to it's forcing the government to come up with new and same tips to encourage people to receive shots thank you ladies and gentlemen we are very happy to host you in the world's 1st ever thank you nation bar. thank you

thank you thank you. thank. you thank you i think it's a good idea i think there are a lot of people that are just. lazy. thank. you thank you. for putting up more people come because of kind of faith and i hope everyone will come and will keep themselves safe. thank you. we spoke about the new matches with israeli political analyst salvador eschaton who also warns that they do breach fundamental freedoms. green passport route is not a good idea we should leave the people of their freedom of choice as long as they

don't harm others it's really gets to the basic idea of freedom of choice if somebody wants to get vaccinated i mean it's a good idea to do it i did most of my family members also but if someone chooses not to do it but it's his rights not to be discriminated not to abuse victim of. public duty for that which it should get back on normal lives keeping in mind there are certain groups of people whose house should be especially protected. and not to harm everybody not to harm our children not to harm our future not to harm my common. french farmers have dumped fertilizer and old tires outside government buildings in the city of neo oh it's all over the removal of the me from school menus.

well they also brought cows and goats to set up many farms and protest at the move by the city mayor however they will forty's claim that scrapping meat from school meals will actually help in the fight against the coronavirus. the new health brought a cold calls for to meet a social distancing in school canteens a single meat free menu will serve students faster and streamlined meals many parents are fuming at the move warning that families for more deprived communities in particular will suffer. in this is i think that unfortunately it's a very political decision which could have been made with more consultation and in particular with the participation of parents for some families it is the only possibility to eat to have meat in their diet at least a few times a week off and on children are growing and we're depriving them of dietary diversity for me it's

a restriction on our freedoms i don't understand how and peace can intervene in questions of diet the way they do and if we have to respect their ideology they must respect us so i'm absolutely against it. all refer milly's who relied on canteens on schools to provide meat in meals to children when i have no more so we can say that the mood of leo has absolutely no solidarity with less well off residents with working class families and their worries us farmers say their decision is just the latest assault on their ability to earn a living and farming is again targeted by what a minority of french people are saying and unfortunately for us it's another blow in our heads. we're at the city well now because they can't impose their ideas workforce in particular burning meat in schools supposedly because of coronavirus while still to come french professors want the minister of higher education out

after her calls to draw a clear line between academic research activism and opinion and university is a lot more after a short break. it .

seems wrong. just don't hold. me. to shape out. and in detroit. trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we try to look for common ground. welcome bach now i'm a stay international has changed its mind over describing jailed russian opposition forgot explain of all me as a prisoner of conscience now and how that was a human rights organization previously they had when he was arrested in moscow on his return from job meeting last month don't quote top picks up the story. well it was through a leaked email on twitter that we 1st heard of amnesty international's decision to

revoke russian opposition activist aleksei and of all the status as a prisoner of conscience and r.t. has asked for confirmation from amnesty international with regards to this move but before we go any further let's take a look at what exactly that e-mail said amnesty international is no longer able to consider the lexan of only a prisoner of conscience given the fact that he advocated violence and discrimination and he has not retracted such statements of all he was arrested last month the immediately upon his return to moscow from germany where he was receiving medical treatment to russia says that he violated a probationary sentence that was given to him back in 2014 and now he's facing 2 and a half years in a penal colony because of it now it's interesting that amnesty international decided to label the opposition activist a prisoner of conscience in the 1st place back in january because he doesn't exactly have a clean track record when it comes to conscientious acts i mean just last week a moscow court gave the man a nearly $12000.00 fine for insulting the 94 year old veteran of the 2nd world war

he called him a traitor to the country we also know that he's never never made a secret about his feelings about the caucuses for example he said that russia needs to stop quote stop feeding the caucuses and there was another video that he came out with years ago in which he compared people from the caucasus to cockroaches in the video what if the cockroach is too big and the fly is too aggressive. well in this case i recommend a gun. and that video actually is still up in of all these official you tube channels so for those who know that information they can make their own judgment as to whether or not amnesty international's decision was correct or not. hundreds of top academics have signed an open letter to demanding that a french minister quit after she called for an investigation into so-called islamic

leftism in education the child was has become rather an increasingly popular way to describe an alliance between progressives on muslims that some believe we can society i think that islam and lived his muse. is a who and universities are not immune. to well she also highlighted that the investigation aimed to determine the difference between academic research on militant activism on opinion in universities the minister's remarks come on the back of legislation that critics say is anti islamic including a new law against radicalism that allows greater oversight of mosques and religious schools in october another french minister claimed islam in leftism was wreaking havoc on the country's higher education facilities we asked people in paris what they thought about the proposed inquiry. if you can get them all. we have to i

think the government is open least lama phobic the media all say the same the bitterness towards muslims i think it's nonsense i believe that such aggression against muslims is an over reaction and it is completely incomprehensible i have a feeling that muslims have no right to live freely in france there is a confusion between the terms extremists and a person who practices his religion peacefully so some french have this image of muslims as terrorists or extremists and it is not right with one of assistance from the police once again we're talking about using a strategy that we have known for a long time distraction and polemics it's exhausting it takes away my powers it makes me sick to rebuff school cert i don't like this concept i think is the wrong word and by the want to be movement but i don't really like that confusion. one of the 600 academics who back here panetta told us the ministers outpassed is just the

government's latest on sort on academia. as for those who signed the letter there were over $600.00 at the beginning now there are over $13000.00 from the university sphere who demand the minister quits because we think that she must understand the consequences of such her positions and of her actions during 4 years of the last project were aimed at limiting higher education friends i think the students have the right to choose theories to study at university i'm teaching the theory of colonialism the theory of young the theory of intersexuality and to have a group of students who are absolutely capable of recessing all the information they're given and if understanding it they're also capable of seeing the reasonable things in regards to life in france particularly in regards of the phenomena of structural racism or the phenomena of discrimination are saxes of this theories are very useful and there is no need at all to regulate any of the areas while crowds

have rallied to the caucuses country over after the arrest of opposition m.p. melia his detention comes i was also part of that name to a new prime minister his predecessor opposed to madea's arrest over affairs of a political crisis. that lead to all the united national movement is accused of inciting violence dating back to protests in 2019 back then he was released on bail but tracking bracelet but in november he refused to wire the device and bail was increased by $12000.00 a song he has refused to pay. and all the while the news of the killing of a 16 year old protester has sparked father rallies in the myanmar city of young go on demonstrators walk to the posters. who allegedly shot the boy last saturday a police opened fire on an antique demonstrators in monday killing 2 and injuring more than 20. 1 finally it's these round continues to erupt it's fired.

into the air and a huge plume of smoke now. things above the peak of europe's most active volcano eruption also spewed out to lava flows although fuel forty's say there was no need for any evacuation it's the 5th time mount etna has erupted in the last 7 days. that's a wrap for this hour remember check out all to dot com for the very latest updated round the clock unceasing. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe.

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i. this is the one business show you can't afford to mess i'm rachel other than washington coming out facebook pledges to remove a ban on news pages from australia ophir a battle with the country's government over whether tech giant should be forced to pay for the content on their platform led to an unprecedented blackout what they're all officials revealed what they know so far about that fiery engine that force an emergency landing in colorado and what it could mean for the future of the boeing

777 that are over there chairman your own powell give his take on the sound of the u.s. economy and what we can expect in terms of unemployment and inflation in 2021 we have a lot to get to so let's get started. facebook and the australian government our friends once again nearly one week after the social media giant took unprecedented steps to ban content from news pages within the country the battle surrounded a proposed law which would have required facebook to pay a news publishers or be forced into arbitration australia's treasurer says they have decided to back off of some of those proposals but talks are expected to continue well facebook has reached for ended a strike. and destroy you news will be restored to the facebook platform and facebook has committed to entering into good faith negotiations with the strain

news media businesses in seeking to reach agreements to pay for content. in a statement facebook said quote after further discussions we are satisfied that the australian government has agreed to a number of changes and guarantees that address our core concerns about allowing commercial deals that recognize the value our platform provides to probably shares relative to the value we receive from them so joining me now to break this down the tough and investigative journalist spencer on ok so ben what do we know about this new agreement between facebook and the australian government here yeah sounds like everything kind of points toward facebook got their way centrally facebook for about a week shut down all news on its platform and i'll show you said we're not going to have news because the government there had said for not just facebook but for all big tech companies that they would have to pay media groups and local media whether

it be t.v. channels newspapers magazines whatever it is they would have to pay them for posting their content on the platform facebook didn't like that idea because of the clause for arbitration essentially saying look if you post this content let's say from 7 news in australia or from something that is owned by news corp in australia which is those of the real big media entities there if those that content goes up you have to make similar deals with smaller publishers you can't just run their content on your site not pay them anything if facebook didn't like that idea because there was an arbitration clause that said they would have to go into arbitration instead facebook says we want to just be able to decide what we're going to pay and notice that that quote that you just read the quote that comes from facebook i'm from campbell brown former n.b.c. anchor who now works in communications for facebook the idea is facebook is essentially saying by being on our platform if you're some beazley little newspaper or you know journalism publication you.