a with indian tax authorities ready to b. b. c. offices in new delhi had to move by indian over allegations of tax evasion back according to r t sources. iran and china sign agreements to further expand bilateral cooperation at a meeting of both nations, leaders in beijing plus today marks 20 years since the un report on the absence of weapons of mass destruction in iraq, which was insufficient to stop us from starting the war. actively justified by what's your media? one reporter shares. her memories of the events. part of my job was to control the media narrative, help control the media narrative that was coming out of iraq. we completely

stabilized it's political system so that we can control it with broadcasting live, direct my studios in moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. all right, now tax officials in india have rated a to b, b. c. offices in the cities of new delhi and moved by the raids tuesday morning came as part of a tax evasion, investigation just weeks after the news broadcast our area. documentary critical of the countries, the current prime minister, and is alleged to role in the good job at riots in 2002, which claimed allies of nearly a 1000 or 2 correspondent roon joined. sharma brings us details from new tele in. come to us all should have landed in bbc offices in new delhi. and in mon, by i speak, they are conducting a so we're calling the 8th a. so in order to read or thoughts are the points,

what we've been given to understand is that phones, laptops, all several, john lives have been sees, and y'all renew daily where i am right now. around 11 am taxman went inside the bdc, also they are to there's nobody is allowed to go out or even of from the office, insisting that this comes almost a month off to a b b c documentary on 5 minutes from there in the movie. the role in of the why lives in the community. right. and good job of 2002 was released by bbc london office. remember, it was banned in india. it was removed from several social media accounts as well. now the, what the opposition is saying is the government is using agencies when data again b c are bought off. what we've been given to one to sound from our sources and the income tax department is that this has been done allegedly, because of tax manipulation, financial misappropriation,

and also that several notices were sent to be seen the false and that they have failed to reform to bill was now school season, so we are on currently as the talk in the new tele and in my office is in fact there's a statement that has been released by the bbc's saying that they conduct authorities are currently at vc offices in new delhi mon bye. and we are fully cooperating. we hope to have a solution resolved as soon as possible at a meeting of the iranian and chinese presidents in beijing. both leaders have signed agreements to further expand bilateral cooperation in various fields. now that deals include areas such as crisis management, international trade, export and many other key spheres. chinese leadership ping has welcomed iranian president abraham, racy as he makes his 1st ever state visit to china. with

a large delegation of senior cabinet members accompanying him during his 3 day trip . this comes as both countries refused to give in to strong western pressure, praising their bilateral relations prior to the visit. cross live now to see g t n correspondent, you say, shall. thank you for being with us here on our international. so what else can we expect from the talk because they get under way? well, there is so many things happening with their meeting here in the afternoon and the sizes are signed. cooperation documents in many fields, including the, our recall to our trade tourism, environmental protection, public health, disaster relief, culture and sports. so presidency says the 2 sides should be, let's see, the relationship in a very strategic level. and then both countries to play an active role in the world piece. and then he says that many of the cooperation plans should be implemented. racy said that he's looking forward to the cooperation in trade in infrastructure.

and you're running courage is chinese investments and also welcomes chinese tories . so we know that we're looking forward and we're looking to the future for these talk. how would you describe the current state of relations between china and iran? have they been good so far? what this relationship but this kind of meeting is very significant. first of all, the visit, it's a race is 1st visit your china after you take off it in 2021. and this state visit is at the invitation of chinese presidency and of aging expect raises visit, can consolidate traditional friendship, and beijing service president. races 3 day visit can further boost the comprehensive, strategic partnership between the 2 sites. so the 2 that it is also exchange, very significant, important topics on international students sees that, that china supports. iran stands in protecting its all righty and territorial integrity. and that any confrontation should be resolved the dialogue negotiation.

racy also says both nations are against germany and unilateralism. it says the run is willing to strengthen communication with china on regional affairs as well as international affairs. so if we get more down to the details, are there any more specific areas of cooperation that are set for iran and china to develop well, there are many, few of the cooperation between the 2 countries, but also they have the 2 countries. there's also share a very common concerns as well as interest, including many topics such as afghanistan, regional stability, development, climate change, you know, regional security. and there are so many things that need to be discuss. so china, foreign ministry says that the relationship between the 2 countries that may sound development momentum in recent years. so the 2 countries have consistently consolidated very effective communication and coordination in the international

regional there. now you touch on something a bit ago. i want to go back to that if you don't mind, given the current pressure by the west on both china and iran. do you expect any, what's your reaction to this meeting? i mean, do you think that the china iran alliance can help reduce the damage done by sanctions for example? well, in fact, in today's or daily briefing of the chinese foreign ministry, son, preston did ask about whether it was change. in fact, the relationship between china and other countries, chinese foreign ministry, said that this is the co option that is not relevant to the 3rd party. and the 2 countries, china, iran has incurred enhance really long term comprehensive corporation in already in the range of fuels. and china has been repeatedly saying in general, never seeking germany or engage an expansion of them. so china is such a cooperation does not target any 3rd parties and the relationship between the 2 is

based on really multiple areas of common interest as well as the interest of the world piece of the some speculation, of course, asking you to go down the rabbit hole just a little bit, but do you believe that this meeting at such a crucial moment in time sends a signal to the west that possibly a new world order is for me. i would say that this is certainly a, a meeting between the 2 country that further personable, further develop on the cooperation between the 2 countries and also, i mean, it correlates with the iran's looking to the east, the policy. and this is the way a strategy. but how china worked with other countries all the time in the sake of protecting the territorial integrity and security on china has been a long sought to resolving any kind of confrontation through dialogue and negotiation. so it's, it's not a kind of, it's not alliance,

it's something that really a common ground that the philosophy, the of chinese foreign policy. or i appreciate your thoughts, see, dtn corresponded, say, shall, thank you for being here with us on our international. thank you. right exaggerated, false, and misleading. that's how echo scientists have summed up the real results of 24 companies. moving towards net 0 emissions. as it turns out, companies that consider themselves leaders in the fight against climate change are not quite as green as they make themselves out. to be the $24.00 companies net 0 pledges amount on average to a reduction commitment of just 36 percent. this demonstrates a huge chasm between what the companies are currently committing to and what is needed to avert the most damaging impacts of climate change. the goal of global net 0 emissions requires deep emission reductions in all economic sectors. met 0 targets that do not reflect deep emission reductions of at least 90 to 90. 5

percent are misleading. the researchers accused the companies of relying on most of the carbon to be removed from the air, either by offsets or by just striking the emissions off from the total swiss face nestle, the food and beverage company, which has a whole page on its website marketing its climate action plan, like all these companies do plans to have net 0 emissions by 2050. at the latest. so as german car maker, volkswagen french grocery retailer cal who'll aims to be carbon neutral by 2040. so little bit earlier. so be sure to make a little note right now in your agenda for 20 or 30 years from now to follow up and make sure the you hold them accountable. if they fall short. by the way, if they don't make it, they might just be your fault. nestle tweeted last month that quote, the past to net 0 needs all of us. oh, in that case,

if they don't make the target, maybe they're not to blame. maybe we all are. we already saw what happened when countries failed to meet their emission reduction pledges. nothing happened to the countries. the company cited in this new report disagree with their per trail. no, nothing, for example says that it will quote, continue reducing our emissions and removing carbon from the atmosphere. that sounds like a good one to try the next time you're invited out somewhere, but really don't want to go. sorry, can't join you tonight. i'm busy removing carbon from the atmosphere and yeah, who can possibly argue with that? so there's a lot of marketing going on here with questionable benefits and results. and at the same time, oil companies have also been talking up that he to speed up the green energy revolution. there are 2 things that need to happen in this world. number one, when he took celebrate the energy transition. and number 2, the transition needs to be orderly needs to be orderly because if it's not supply

and demands, get out of whack, you get what happened last year. prices will skyrocket, and people around the world will be dealing with a cost of living crisis. we're doing both accelerating the energy transition and ensuring the transition is an orderly one. but now that europe is actually facing an existential crisis and needs energy in large supply right now. big oil is shifting its focus back to fossil fuels, and last year's profits for shareholders didn't come from green energy renewables. they came from oil and gas and money talks. it's also disappointing to a group of $27.00 climate minded investors, representing $1.00 trillion dollars in assets who have now just written a letter to big european banks. pleading for them to please stop financing new oil and gas fields and projects by the end of this year. they must stop directly financing new oil and gas fields. second,

banks must urgently turn their attention to the companies that are enabling new oil and gas feels from being discovered undeveloped, and not only is oil and gas making come back. but the trend in europe, amid the ongoing energy crisis has been reversion to call germany austria, france, the netherlands, italy all have fire, whole plants back up. it's only cool can be considered green to right. well, australia claimed that it was entirely possible. it had been peddling so called clean coal on the global market and selling it at a higher cost, claiming that it's clean burning would mean lower carbon offset cost for its buyers . turns out their whistleblower came forward last year saying that it was all just a big scam and that the clean aspect of the coal had been falsified in quality control tests. it's just a good thing that all that hot air being viewed by dodgy green marketing doesn't have a carbon footprint and a price tag. well,

at least it doesn't yet. researchers are sounding the alarm over lack of financing for renewable energy in africa, despite persistent calls to jump on the green energy bandwagon. such projects only received 3 percent of global investments into renewables. even another regence of the world where and she access is still a challenge like in the southeast asia. we don't see funding gaps of this magnitude . why africa this comes as the continent still struggles to provide its people with energy supplies, 600000000 africans, more than 40 percent of the continents population lack access to electricity, while almost a 1000000000 cannot use clean cooking fuels. but as the continent faces fuel shortages and the lack of investment into energy generation, the, you views the situation as a way to boost its own energy transition. africa is probably going to be the most important partner for europe in terms of developing the renewable energy sector.

the european union will need more green hydrogen than we can produce ourselves. so we're looking for countries where green hydrogen can be produced. i think if you look at each country from the perspective of his own development and taking into account the energy situation, it will assist conscious develop like for africa, i guess a lot of investment costs in industrialization. but in general, it's minerals and oil and gas for just the most in terms of investment. so many cases where african countries have got more minerals which are fired in inputs into the new technologies of the future. i mean, like better, we live down and so forth. so they use the risk that most of the work could be extract the minerals which will assist the world in terms of building technologies was and vision. but that may not benefit africa

a to the expression of african resources for the benefit of the rest of the world, but not as the grim anniversary of the us invasion of iraq approaches the 20 year mark here on our team, we will bring you our special coverage of one of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century. at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people. and to defend the world from gray. with food and medicine. and sleep with

to day march the 20th anniversary of the un security council meeting when the head of the united nations monitoring mission at the time stated that there were no traces of weapons of mass destruction in iraq. however, this did not stop the west, which used the false presence of w. m. d 's as a pretext for attacking the middle eastern country in 2003. back then the secretary of state flatly rejected the idea of peace regulation proposed by the french foreign minister in this temple of the united nations. we are the guardians of an ideal, the guardians of a conscience. the owner is responsibility and immense honor. we have must lead us to give priority to disarmament through peace. ah,

we are facing a difficult situation. more inspectors. sorry. not the answer. top us officials were not the only ones justifying the invasion. western media actively followed their lead, closely observing and supporting in the us bombing of baghdad and on the ground. american reporters also worked around the facts, just find the us led invasion. one more journalist who was in the ranks of the u. s . army at the time, shared her memories with us. so 20052006. i went to iraq, 2072008. by the time i got out, i just realized that it was much different from how it had been painted. and i didn't want to be a journalist, any more, per se, part of my job was to sort of control the media narrative, help control the media narrative, those coming out of iraq. ah,

i went out with a unit though is doing and night read in a village where there were supposedly some high value targets t. my was with their knocked on, knocked me kicked in a few doors scared people. and you know, did a lot of a lot of, you know, intimidating of people and entering of buildings. but i did not come back with anyone, but the other teams did. and so the next day night rates are in the morning, i went out to the place where they were detaining people. they had all the detainees, and they had him all lined up. i'm just wind folded. zip tide,

just neely on the ground and, and the other is know, these people's identities were not given. it was, it just seemed to me like it was just, it was a lot of random people to me or when we detain them anyway. so the story i had to write was, you know, that this mission had been largely successful and we had detain 90 insurgence. i always kind of go back to that as like all we were ever really trying to do is provide the illusion of control and of winning. but what we were doing was terrorizing communities the us was fully realized. it's dream of

becoming the largest terrorist organization. i see it is a tragedy on every level. i see it as a central loss of life. you know, the achievements are all very dark and negative and terrible. nothing having to do with anyone's liberation, destroyed the infrastructure in iraq. we destroyed, you know, basically chased the entire professional class out of iraq. we completely destabilized its political system so that we could control it. so, you know, we essentially privatized iraq and enjoy dummy on his story is just the tip of the iceberg. given that most western outlets at the time turned out war cheering, slogans. ortiz, don quarter dig deeper into how the war coverage looked 20 years ago. what we have

seen on television, though, is indeed the 1st phase of a day. we a campaign called shock and awe by the u. s. military attacking wave. cruise missiles followed by the f, 117 still farmer, with so called bunker russian golf, america's crusade to shock and all a rack and the world into us dominated democracy had begun. no cost was too high. if it meant accomplishing the goal shut and the country down would entail both the physical destruction of appropriate infrastructure and the shut down and control of the flow of old vital information and associated commerce. so rapidly as to achieve a level of national shock. i came to the fact that japan, nuclear weapons on hiroshima and nagasaki had on the japanese this term shock and all quickly became a household name, appearing on everything from energy drinks and coffee to video games and condoms. kind of morbid, considering thousands of people were killed in the 1st several weeks of this

doctrines application. but back then the mainstream media did everything it could to justify the u. s. invasion. there were no strangers to censorship either in their mission to win over average american hearts and minds for a hunt to find non existent weapons of mass destruction. my stories, raising questions about the administration's claims over link between iraq and al qaeda were being cut, buried or held out of the paper altogether. i grew so sick of this that when the washington post reported that a rock had turned over its nerve gas to terrorists, i refused to try to match the story. one mid level editor in the washington bureau yelled at me for my refusal. he came to my desk carrying a golf club while they're eating me after i told him that the story and i wasn't going to make any calls on it later on. the same media outlets even admitted much of what they published was not based on a shred of evidence. we have found a number of instances of coverage. there was not as rigorous as it should have been

. in some cases information that was controversial then, and seems questionable now was insufficiently quantified, are allowed to stand unchallenged. looking back, we wish we had been more aggressive in re examining the claims as new evidence emerged, all fe to emerge, we should have warned to reduce, we had information that the basis for this will shakia. those are exactly the kind of statements that should be published on the front page. so many lie, so many people sent to fight a brutal war based on those lies. and for those responsible for it, all, the lack of any sort of accountability allowed them to wipe their hands clean and move on with their political careers as if nothing happened. we will continue our special coverage of the iraq war, and it's tragic legacy throughout the month. you can always visit our website r t dot com, to get more on the reservations. grim anniversary. ah

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