azlan will be joining us i'm a link of the law and i'll be bringing reza your comments and questions keep those coming to me with hash tag stream and of course we're live on you tube there's a chat after one side one of our producers is moderating typewriting there what you want us reza and i'll bring not to and now for those of you who aren't familiar with reza aslan here he is on our front but mike he hasn't in november what conclusions have you arrived over your life and your career dare i say over whether religion is a force for good or evil a positive or a negative it's both i mean religion is both a force of good and evil because religion is a manmade institution and human beings are both good and evil and so i don't know why it would come as a surprise to learn that the religious institutions that we create can also be responsible for profound acts of good and compassion and positivity and for equally profound acts of violence and bigotry and hatred two very different versions of religion there are lots to talk about with the acid and joins us from the u.s. city of houston rez

special we'll debate faith reason islam and science with physicist and atheist lawrence krauss and reza aslan author of the new book god a human history. is religion a force for good or evil a controversial question i know but one you just can't avoid in the modern world from violence and terror to gender equality to science reason and education the faithful and the faithless tend to repeatedly clash over whether religion is a net positive or negative whether it helps humanity more than it said joining me today to debate all this on a special edition of the show are reza aslan a scholar of religion and bestselling author he just released his latest book god in human history and from chicago lawrence krauss a theoretical physicist atheist and bestselling author of numerous books on science including his latest offering the greatest story ever told so far thank you both for joining me from reza let's start with you you've got a new book out god in human history you're a muslim you're an academic someone who studies religions up close and personal what conclusions have you arrived at over

so far thank you both for joining me up front reza let's start with you you've got a new book out god in human history you're a muslim you're an academic someone who studies religions up close and personal what conclusions have you arrived at over your life and your career dare i say over whether religion is a force for good or evil a positive or a negative it's both i mean religion is both a force of good and evil because religion is a manmade institution and human beings are both good and evil and so i don't know why it would come as a surprise to learn that the religious institutions that we create can also be responsible for found acts of good and compassion and positivity and for equally profound acts of violence and bigotry and hatred but you're a believer you as a private as a. belief a world without belief a world without faith religion. would be a better world as well people a safer world if that were the religion the world would be a better place it's our view whether it's a it would be a better or a worse place is in some ways irrelevant because of the fact that faith is de

than iran in this situation reza. is there any indication right now that the u.s. would really want to renegotiate this deal i mean do they want this trump actually want some kind of a deal or is this an indication that the hawks are winning out and that confrontation or possible confrontation is looming i think trump and the people that he surrounded himself with in senior leadership positions in the white house with the possible exception of jim mattis aren't really interested in negotiating a new deal what they're interested in is capitulation and that's not going to happen from the iranian side i can promise you that so really what we have now is a situation where if we hearken back to the days of two thousand and five to two thousand and thirteen iran's former president mahmoud ahmadinejad was so politically toxic in washington that he essentially rendered the viability of sustained diplomacy between the u.s. and iran impossible and i think donald trump has essentially become the amen version inside of iran's politics now where it is going to be borderline imp

hundred london every single time that we put anything to do with monica with reza shah with. with reza pahlavi the clicks go up high there is a demand it's not as if we are just providing them with the sanitized version people wanted because they look at back at history and they see in those days they were proud a proud nation monotones funding is a mystery the channel won't speak about its large budget be unanswered questions have spawned numerous theories that the b.b.c. the cia the family the saudi government or even the islamic republic itself are all possible sources of the funding. we did quested an interview with money at all to discuss the channel's finances and programming they don't back saying they have a strict policy of not speaking with other media outlets this is one thing that journalists do one word has managed to get funding for us and then a lot of iranians provide us with funds but they don't want their names to be no mandatory as well and certainly if you come and ask me who are my funders i would not tell you it's a very tough market and why should monit

hundred london every single time that we put anything to do with monica with reza shah with in on one with reza pahlavi the clicks go up high there is a demand it's not as if we are providing them with a sanitized version people are wanted because they look at back at history and they see in those days they were proud a proud nation monotones funding is a mystery the channel will speak about its large budget the unanswered questions have spawned numerous theories that the b.b.c. the cia the family the saudi government or even the islamic republic itself are all possible sources of the funding. we did quested an interview with money talk to discuss the channels finances and programming they don't back saying they have a strict policy of not speaking with other media outlets this is one thing that journalists do one word does manage to get its funding for us and then a lot of iranians provide us with funds but they don't want their names to be no mandatory as well and certainly if you come and ask me who are my funders i would not tell you it's a very tough market and why should monitor

every single time that we put anything to do with monica with reza shah with in on one with reza pahlavi the clicks go up high there is a demand it's not as if we are providing them with a sanitized version people want it because they look at back at history and they see in those days they were proud a proud nation the source of monitors funding is a mystery and the channel itself won't talk about its large budget the unanswered questions have spawned numerous theories that the cia the b.b.c. the saudi government the pile of the family or the islamic republic itself are all possible backers of the channel. or told to question an interview regarding its finances and programming back saying they have a strict policy of not speaking with other media outlets this is one thing that journalists do one word does manage to get its funding for us london a lot of iranians provide us with fonts but they don't want their names to be no mandatory as well and certainly if you come and ask me who are my funders i will not tell you it's a very tough market and why should manito tell people who which ira

, maria ressa is currently facing so there are a total of 7 active cases in court against the re a reza and wrap her right now. so for a v 7 cases are the past cases that are the subject of a verdict. today at the court of tax appeals, there is one other past case with well more than the other cases. more important cases. one is pending at the court for appeals wrapper is appealing a final decision by the securities and exchange commission to revolt it license to operate. this has also to do with issuing of philippine depository receipts. ah, bill, the 3rd, the government saying that by issuing philippine depository receipts wrapper gave control to a foreign entity. and so if wrap their news is that case where they're likely to revolt, but that could still be appeal at this feed court. this other case of cyber libel, this is the most important case because this is doubt at the supreme court. this is the fido remedy for maria ross us and wrapped her. she has been sentenced up to 6 years in jail if she loses that case, that she goes to jail for up to 6 years human rights organizations and

the philippine journalist maria reza, raising her arms in victory to day fax. when truce, when justice wins. it's a stark contrast from years of defeat in the court of law, and at times in the court of public opinion, reza and her news outlet. grappler had been the subject of attacks online and by former president would be good to 30. but on wednesday, she was acquitted on port counts of tax evasion and filing inaccurate returns. these charges, as you know, were politically motivated. so this accredo, if not just for rattler, it is for every filipino who has ever been unjustly accused reza sites french. you may coop, you a journalist who has been detained for nearly 3 years for possession of firearms and tara financing and layla dilemma. the former senator who insists to turn their fabricated drug charges against her winning 4 cases at once, offers both vindication and relief for maria reza and grappler. after losing consecutive legal battles of indication for them. and for all other filipino journalists, but the media landscaping, the philippines from east fol

every single time that we put anything to do with monica with reza shah with in. with reza pahlavi the clicks go up high there is a demand it's not as if we are just providing them with a sanitized version people wanted because they look at back at history and they see in those days they were proud a proud nation the source of monitors funding is a mystery and the channel itself won't talk about its large budget the unanswered questions have spoiled numerous theories that the cia the b.b.c. the saudi government the pile of the family all the islamic republic itself are all possible backers of the channel. told requesting an interview regarding its finances and programming back saying they have a strict policy of not speaking with other media outlets this is one thing that journalists do one word does manage to get its funding for us and then a lot of iranians provide us with funds but they don't want their names to be no mandatory as well and certainly if you come and ask me who are my funders i will not tell you it's a very tough market and why should matter to.

lawrence, maria, reza and dmitri monitor van of risk everything to uphold the principles of truth and trust. and freedom of expression were resar is co founder of the philippines news website wrapper. working in a country ranked 138 in freedom of the press. and where more than 20 journalists have been murdered for their work. since rodrigo de tirty became president 5 years ago. her acceptance speech was powerful and passionate railing against the digital giants, which she said are twisting democracy with what she described as their surveillance capitalism. going back without facts, you can't have truth. without truth, you can't have trust without trust. we have no shared reality, no democracy. her co laureate dmitri murder tough has been one of russia's most prominent, independent journalists since 1993. when he established the newspaper and avaya ozetta, fearlessly criticizing the kremlin and exposing human rights abuses and corruptions, emer, 6 of its journalists have been killed since the year 2000 at this meeting. there were tears in the audience as he list of the names of the dea

much clearer picture ok al jazeera reza sayah reporting live from istanbul reza on that i thanks indeed. to russia now there looks to have been another setback for kremlin critic alexina valmy the prosecutor's office there has asked the russian courts to suspend the activities of the foundation for competent corruption which he sets up the valley was jailed for a parole violation of the earlier this year and recently ended a hunger strike in prison he says the charges against him are politically motivated let's go live to moscow or to serious but smith is there what more can you tell us at this stage but it. adrian later this week there's going to be a secret court hearing where prosecutors are going to ask the court to rule in the valleys corruption foundation extremist putting it on the same level in russia as al qaida and that the associated political groups with the anticorruption organization operate across across russia these groups have been helping people russians who want to vote out against putin's united russia party they've been telling people where to cast their vote as the

maria reza, and to me, treat more a tough. i'm going to start at a moment in october. i love these. my was, i love it when the laureates find out that they won the nobel prize because they kind of lose it. so this is maria risa in october, finding out when she was on that chill panel, that she had one. let's take a look and then fully and james, you pick up immediately and tell us more about why maria reza is different, unusual, special, and about these 2 particular laureates. let's take a look at maria. and mrs. for all of us. oh, my god. you know, the why i am in shock, but i actually see what i mean. i am sorry. i think it's a recognition of how tough it is. see i don't cry and says, oh wait, wait 2 seconds. so this is a recognition of how hard it is to be a journalist today, how hard it is to keep doing what we do right. so then thank you to the nobel prize committee and i share it the russian journalist and it's a recognition of a difficult piece, but also hopefully we're going to of how we're going to win about the battle for folks we hold the line. oh melanie amazing. yeah. r

every single time that we put anything to do with monica with reza shah with in on one with reza pahlavithe clicks go up high there is a demand it's not as if we are providing them with the sanitized version people wanted because they look at back at history and they see in those days they were proud a proud nation the source of monitors funding is a mystery and the channel itself won't talk about its large budget the unanswered questions have spoiled numerous theories that the cia the b.b.c. the saudi government the pile of the family or the islamic republic itself are all possible backers of the channel we wrote to mother to requesting an interview regarding its finances and programming back saying they have a strict policy of not speaking with other media outlets this is one thing that journalists do one word does manage to get its funding for us and then a lot of iranians provide us with funds but they don't want their names to be no mandatory as well as certainly if you come and ask me who are my funders i will not tell you it's a very tough market and why should manito tell people

leaders who could capitalize on the anti-government sentiment the last heir to the iranian moniker reza pahlavi. so what my message to the outside world is don't let the iranian people gone down yet again don't make the same mistakes as some of his regime before have done today the people are risking their lives for what they want is to know that you stand there starving. and the president elect of the national council of resistance of iran who some say a controversial iranian cult shared a video praising their protest this activist linda sus or wrote in a facebook post we must also remember as we watch what some forty on social media activity that iranians are not a monolith so what's really fueling the protests in iran with hundreds of arrested more than twenty killed and a leaderless movement to we know what's behind the recent arrest here with us to discuss in iran i made him a savvy is a professor of political science at the university of tehran of said we have who signed that auction is a media analyst and also nygaard sabi is a journalist and commentator who also be bringing us p

every single time that we put anything to do with monica with reza shah with in on one with reza pahlavi they clicks go up high there is a demand it's not as if we are just providing them with a sanitized version people are wanted because they look at back at history and they see in those days they were proud a proud nation monotones funding is a mystery the channel won't speak about its large budget be unanswered questions have spawned numerous theories that the b.b.c. the cia the family the saudi government or even the islamic republic itself are all possible sources of the funding. we did quested an interview with money at all to discuss the channels finances and programming they don't back saying they have a strict policy of not speaking with other media outlets this is one thing that journalists do one word does manage to get its funding for us london a lot of iranians provide us with funds but they don't want their names to be no mandatory as well and certainly if you come and ask me who are my funders i will not tell you it's a very tough market and why should monitor tell people

fortunately we've lost the connection that 200 reza. do we still have you had reza. oh you're back with me yes we have you thank you let's look because you are saying that the ball is in the u.s. as course of course the u.s. will say that the ball is in teheran's court that it must stop enriching uranium to new levels beyond the limits of the 2015 deal and that it must step up to the table to restart negotiations i mean who's going to blink 1st here you know the point is that that's what the americans say and that's the discussion that iran cannot accept because there are so that we have done everything and even that limitations that we are removing and the lessening of the comic most of your news taking has always been said that iran is ready to step back and accept the limitations if the americans be fierce to to remove all the sanctions that compensate the damages that we do or what has inflicted upon you and economy according to various sectors or probably it has been at least $70000000000.00. quote unquote by here in. iran the amount that the americans need to r

production was backed by iran's revolutionary guards corps released just days after protests erupted reza of the national iranian american council tweeted facts matter with little data verifiable evidence how do we even know that iranians believe based on slogans chanted in protests malani says i am skeptical of those who have more arts is than questions about the protests others noted the irony of u.s. president donald trump tweeting his support for the protests he said ministrations travel ban prevents most iranians from entering the u.s. the protests also drummed up support from leaders who could capitalize on the anti-government sentiment like the last heir to the iranian monarchy reza pahlavi. so what my message to the outside world is don't let the iranian people gone down yet again don't make the same mistakes as some of these recent before have done today the people are risking their lives what they want is to know that you stand there starving. and the president elect of the national council of resistance of iran who some say a controversial iranian cult shared a video praising t

he says his name is hamud reza jafari but he was arrested with 5 passports so the police say they're not sure who he really is. the doctor the forges forgers moved around undetected on fake passports between the years a master of deception who speaks several languages with a back story that no one has been able to verify their real business and you have to lie to everybody it's made me a. normal person i've been a normal person i want to hear more markers. the doctor says he came to thailand from iran as a stepping stone to canada where he planned to study computer science but he says bad luck stopped his onward journey leading to a criminal career that would last the next 20 years i came here in cairo i pay some by the about $6000.00. us. got another. but they took my money on it on a day. i started to learn about the phosphor by myself. they know they know all because they are a business. so i try to buy some passport 1st. i find probably have them on wrong in the market i bought. one on the net something like this. with thailand awash with stolen passports and clients plenty of. t

every single time that we put anything to do with monica with reza shah with in on one with reza pahlavithe clicks go up high there is a demand it's not as if we are providing them with a sanitized version people want it because they look at bakit history and they see in those days they were proud a proud nation the source of monitors funding is a mystery and the channel itself won't talk about its large budget the unanswered questions have spawned numerous theories that the cia the b.b.c. the saudi government the pile of the family or the islamic republic itself are all possible backers of the channel. or to requesting an interview regarding its finances and programming back saying they have a strict policy of not speaking with other media outlets this is one thing that journalists do one word does manage to get its funding for us and then a lot of iranians provide us with funds but they don't want their names to be no mandatory as well and certainly if you come and ask me who are my funders i will not tell you it's a very tough market and why should matter to. people who wish iranians

so father, why maria reza had received this prize a distinguished filipino journalist because achieving the nobel committee says she had shown herself as a fearless defender. it will freedom of expression, remote turned in terms of mr. dmitri. more auto being awarded. the prize to succeed in are called because he stood up for freedom of speech in russia despite threatened killing. let's listen back in. ha, i'm kid in the provisions outfit. no, we'll thank you very much madam chair. i don't know whether to say, congratulations or thank you maybe or and i think you can always try to accountability journalism investigations that we are whole howard account. it's just become far more difficult with the advent of technology and social media. and then when you social media has allowed, but being authoritarian dictators to be to exploit their algorithm. and let's take this now. so the challenge is live for us at that announcement in all slow. so is that a bit of a surprise? there was a lot of talk about perhaps regret that somebody call atlanta winning the prize, but it went to 2 journalist ca

shah with in on one with reza pahlavi the clicks go up high there is a demand it's not as if we are providing them with a sanitized version people are wanted because they look at back at history and they see in those days they were proud a proud nation monotones funding is a mystery the channel won't speak about its large budget be unanswered questions have spawned numerous theories that the b.b.c. the cia the family the saudi government or even the islamic republic itself are all possible sources of the funding. we did quested an interview with mano toll to discuss the channels finances and programming they don't back saying they have a strict policy of not speaking with other media outlets this is one thing that journalists do one word does manage to get its funding for us london a lot of iranians provide us with funds but they don't want their names to be no mandatory as well and certainly if you come and ask me who are my funders i will not tell you it's a very tough market and why should matter to tell people who which iranians are funding it. in december last year there were d

son reza made his international debut when he was just fourteen. morris and reza played twenty twenty cricket together from mumbai champs now they're working to make money from match fixing. our surprise and. my presumption. would be an average typical forty four lads forty five that's around seventy thousand u.s. dollars so you then have to make a lot more than that to be profitable right there what good is it. if you have a set over there you can make money in the session. big. the much fixes need a network of bookmakers to accept bets. you tend to keep them here when you go but i'm not sure we want to but. i'm going to place scores of bands with as many bookmakers as i possibly can that is important because it covers they trail the bookmakers they all talk to each other and i see a lot of bets coming from one particular individual they're going to shop and market down. al-jazeera gained rare. yes to a bookmakers operation in mumbai. in the final. yeah almost all betting is illegal in india yet there are more than one hundred thousand bookmakers

this is reza and nora cover. the 1st journalist to receive the peace prize since calvin was yet to be one in 1935 revealing germany's secret postwar rearmament program. their award consists of a diploma, a gold medal, and a cheque worth just over a $1000000.00 to be shared between them. their prize, the chance to highlight the importance of the clue for brandon al jazeera phil had on the program, struggling afghans and for lifeline as you allows. remission says for the 1st time to taliban to power and tens of thousands of common unions are forced across into chad as violence escalates of access to water. ah hello there, let certain australian it's a divided picture. we've got hot dry conditions in the west. very wet weather, particular in that southeast corner, but it is going to change those extremes are going to start to ease. now we've had wild fires, break out in western australia that thanks to hot and dry conditions that have plagued the region, but the temperature come down in per that has helped with a fi

too distant future for the moment. nills relevant, announced morris are young go in my re been up to reza amazon in nice gentlemen. thank you very much for joining me on this edition of the program and thank you for watching as well. you can watch program again any time by visiting our website al jazeera dot com for further discussion. go to while facebook page, that's facebook dot com forward slash ha inside story. you can also join the conversation on twitter handle. there is a j inside story for me to hell robin on the inside story team here in doha. thank you for your time and you can ah and under cover reporting as were 6 of it, you know what 1000000 didn't do, doug could finance or election revealing corruption? i see. busy that it exposing criminals he was hell, he just had a dedicated unit for investigative journalism. how much we have to pay for the girls. it is more than they slavery. exclusive stories explosive results, al jazeera investigations, the oldest of them, undertakers working here is that 7 days a week job that's growing with a community. my father purchased a black a

, reza, brazil. my velander, maybe my one my place is so complicated. what is staring us in the face that we don't hold the law in order which should be at least in this case. we'll find some just as a model id system, that is a problem. and b and least the screen of white with a a might movie and i'm the one of the board the let me let you know if you're talking about when you're lead processed on, on the bib rooms are going to begin to the very live i'm going the one the now most terry mcauliffe on monday for both do donald and i got it. i didn't, i don't bother up with the numbers that you know, below the, you know, and didn't either you, i think that and then i go with them because of my navy, i like the little box that i thought i did on the case on the portable the brother in eric did go down. i got the father gotten the problem that the room model of the ship said, you know what are the out. oh yeah, it will be good on my end or one of them. oh, so you're not available at the unlikely event as

the police came gents. ruth if i got cuts in my bare their he says she's name is hammad reza jafari but he was a rested with 5 passports so the police a they're not sure who he really year is the doctor the forges forgit moved around undetected on fake passports between to years a master of deception who speaks several languages with the backstory that no one has been able to verify and there were a real business and your been have to lie to everybody it's make me am not normal person i remember not normal person i want the poor more mockers the doctor says he came to thailand from a run as a stepping stone to canada where he planned to study computer science billy's just bad luck stopped his on would journey leading to a criminal career the would laugh the next 20 years a came here in kind now out i pay sung by the about 6000 a lark all make for the us or at where of got kind other but they took my money on it on a day. i started to learn about the phosphor by myself congo on the run they know they may not live here nor because they are a business. so i try to buy some. first. i find p

morris is with us and reza. reza played twenty three times the pakistan. interested person would you play the. rest. of. the following day morris tells me his tormentors will be on international betting sites. imagine delayed if the slope we can get all its on that little demonstrable to. succeed here. i guess for everything over to the mob and there's no i don't want to look good once i'm. morris says the place he controls will fix sessions and even throw a match. and then be happy to lose the game boy it doesn't matter that all of this began your world you don't. want to help you out there. isn't one of them now thanks out here although you don't mean as long as you're getting the money. morris claims that he has plays in the u.a.e. national team who will fix their country's international matches were. you have five clear why should. you want only five or you know all of the jobs the leaders of our social historical review of they are very smart. or should look at this dollar from a quick to speak it was a quick administrative spin you know you do look a

all right, let's go ahead and bring in our guests in a surgery italy, abdul, reza obasi, in a senior food market analyst and a former senior economist with the you and food and agriculture organization. in johannesburg, marvin galler, a development and humanitarian specialist and a regional director at oxfam for horn east and central africa. in london, chris, we for a specialist in emerging markets and chief executive officer of macro advisory, a strategic consultancy focused on russia and eurasia. a warm welcome to you all, and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. pardon, let me start with you today. oxfam published a report this week saying over a quarter of a 1000000000 more people could crash into extreme levels of poverty in 2022 because of covered 19 rising global inequality. and the shock of food price rises, supercharged by the war in ukraine. just how much more dire could this situation get the situation as we see it really indeed is becoming more di and what i can reference. and i want to appreciate the opportunity to be able to reflect on this, especially c

it is for every filipino who has ever been unjustly accused reza sites french. he may coop you a journalist who has been detained for nearly 3 years for possession of firearms and tara financing and light dilemma. the former senator who insists to turn their fabricated drug charges against her winning 4 cases at once, offers both vindication and relief for maria, theresa and grappler, after losing consecutive legal battles of indication for them. and for all other filipino journalists, but the media landscaping, the philippines from east follow til rattler still faces closure after the security and exchange commission revolt. it's operating license. and reza could end up in prison if the supreme court upholds her cyber libel conviction. the country's largest news network, a, b s c b, n, can't broadcast on free to air tv. i have a chilling effect, but always me, there it goes. i mean, it took a lot of time for that to set in. so it, it won't go away with just one day. are we the, is just one case on. definitely knowing that i'm missing. if you find a case if you,

this is reza and nordics over the 1st journalist to receive the peace prize since calvin was yet to be one in 1935 for revealing germany's secret postwar rearmament program . their award consists of a diploma, a gold medal, and a cheque worth just over a $1000000.00 to be shared between them. their prize with a chance to highlight the importance of the truth, all brennan, al jazeera and out. his ear is folly body bow and diplomatic editor james bay spoke exclusively with both award recipients in a special nobel interview. maria, what do you think the international community should be doing about this? not only to protect journalists and to ensure that they're not killed, but when there is a crime to ensure that the real perpetrators to masterminds are brought to justice . it, one of the things i said is that when states target journalists, they should be held accountable. we have a mechanism in place to do that, the united nations. and yet what we've seen in some instances is that, um it's faltered ray m. and again, we've seen, i guess most part of what we're looking at is really power

and in the french city of niece is up the reza at the san a food market, and less than former senior economist that the food and agriculture organization of i will welcome to you gentlemen, on this edition of inside story nelson. i just begin with you in amsterdam. i mean, we see reports and press releases about food, poverty, and food, hunger all the time. what so different about this report coming out at this particular moment in time? i think the simple answer is that there's an increase that's just astronomical. we've seen that countries haven't been able to recover from cove it and then conflicts have come along. and we're also starting to see the genuine impacts of climate on the food systems. it's exposing just how vulnerable bud, the global food systems are to ah, to the shocks, to the system that we simply aren't able to remedy with, with our current food system. or as a addison in nice me, what do you think can come out of this particular report on this? and this press conference for it, because some eminent names are actually on the list. in terms of the presentations, you