journalists who do not cooperate are denounced as traitors reporters without borders says this affects not only hungary and journalists scapa nets. in recent years there have been several so-called blacklists in various media or on websites in which specific hungary and reporters or even foreign journalists as well were accused of being liars accused of being foreign mercenaries who want to destroy the country. according to reporters without borders animosity towards the media leads to violence dora fears that this could also happen in hungary. where the european parliament has held its final plenary session of this term and one member of parliament from slovenia chose to send his colleagues off with a message and a bit of a song. and peace that's. going to get a cup of coffee. that was owed to joy from beethoven's ninth symphony we'll see at the top of the hour with more news if. it's crunch time the european elections are just around the corner of the shooting in asia you might ask a simple why should i care what the european market is one of the biggest in the once every month and b

the reporters without borders has just published its latest press freedom index it's based on access to information at legal restrictions and the rights of violence against the media whether committed by the state or by others eritrea north korea and turkmenistan are at the bottom of these tables and these the countries where reporters without borders say the situation is very serious now at the top of the index we find the northern european countries of norway finland and sweden where the picture is not so positive in other parts of europe a u. member hungry for instance that dropped fourteen places to eighty seven d w has been speaking with a hunger in journalist who left the country and now lives here in germany. barely nine hundred kilometers separate berlin in budapest but for a journalist dora to share his work the two cities are worlds apart since viktor orban became prime minister nine years ago hungary's media landscape has changed radically and had habits there i got her desk when i was a child i always heard that hungry was one of the most liberal countries in what was the

journalists who do not cooperate are denounced as traitors reporters without borders says this effects not only hungary and journalists scrap and let's. in recent years there have been several so-called blacklists in various media or on websites in which specific hungary in reporters or even foreign journalists as well were accused of being liars accused of being foreign mercenaries who want to destroy the country i mean. according to reporters without borders animosity towards the media leads to violence dora fears that this could also happen in hungary. when football champions league quarter finals tottenham edged out manchester city on the away goals rule and one of the most dramatic ties in the competitions history spurs held a one goal advantage heading into the second leg which proved crucial at the end of a breathless ninety minutes. the pre-game atmosphere in manchester suggested a memorable match awaited and it didn't disappoint his right hand stirling put city ahead after just four minutes a quick fire double from shaun min sun soon put spurs back in the driver's seat but cit

journalists who do not cooperate are denounced as traitors reporters without borders says this effects not only hungary and journalists skype and let's. in recent years there have been several so-called blacklists in various media or on websites in which specific hungary and reporters or even foreign journalists as well were accused of being liars accused of being foreign mercenaries who want to destroy the country. according to reporters without borders animosity towards the media leads to violence dora fears that this could also happen in hungary. the european parliament has held its final play the recession of his term one member of parliament from slovenia chose to send his colleagues off with a message and a song tickets. and the stuff. of the joys of a civil rights or do you have to be the official end of the european i would have my colleague ginnell will sing a song for me she's up next with your business maybe szell's think of a song for us thank you. so much of it. doing link to news from africa and the world your link to exceptional stories and discussion from the news of th

intimidate the whole profession there christopher dreier from reporters without borders thank you so much for joining us you're welcome one of the german chancellor angela merkel has expressed her shock and sadness for the victims of a tour bus crash on the portuguese island of madeira portugal's foreign ministry told reporters that all twenty nine people killed in the crash were german the bus plunged down a hillside east of the capital in the area on wednesday night. a holiday turned tragedy portuguese authorities worked into the night to clear the wreckage the bus plunged into a house after the driver lost control on an embankment rescuers were able to pull some people out alive but for many it was too late the bus was full of german holidaymakers with families waiting for them at home. going to sleep. the german government is doing everything in its power to ensure that the relatives are well informed. the german ambassador and consular staff have already arrived on the oil and to provide the necessary care. for the unofficial in charge of identifying the victims is already in pl

journalists who do not cooperate are denounced as traitors reporters without borders says this effects not only hungary and journalists skop and let. in recent years there have been several so-called blacklists in various media or on websites in which specific hungary and reporters or even foreign journalists as well were accused of being liars accused of being foreign mercenaries who want to destroy the country. according to reporters without borders animosity towards the media leads to violence dora fears that this could also happen in hungary. german chancellor angela merkel has expressed her shock and sadness for the victims of a tour bus crash on the portuguese island of madeira twenty nine people killed in the crash with. a bus plunged down a hillside east of the madeira capital for a wednesday night. a holiday turned tragedy portuguese authorities words into the night to clear the wreckage. the bus plunged into a house after the driver lost control on an embankment. rescuers were able to pull some people out alive but for many it was too late the driver has reportedly survived a

journalists who don't want to cooperate or do known as the street us reporters without borders says this affects not only hungary and journalists got them lead. in recent years there have been several so-called blacklists in various media or on websites in which specific hungary and reporters or even foreign journalists as well were accused of being liars accused of being foreign mercenaries who want to destroy the country i mean. according to reporters without borders and mostly towards the media leads to violence dora fears that would also happen in hungary. to last night's champions league football now two thrilling matches took place in the second leg of the quarter finals manchester city hosted tottenham after having lost the first game one nail in a frantic opening period both teams scored twice in the first eleven minutes a champions league record city won the match four three resulting in a four four aggregate score meaning tottenham go through on the away goals rule and face i.x. amsterdam in the semifinals and in portugal porto were knocked out by liverpool the english team had

journalists who do not cooperate are denounced as traitors reporters without borders says this effects not only hungary and journalists up and lets. in recent years there have been several so-called blacklists in various media or on websites in which specific hungary and reporters or even foreign journalists as well were accused of being liars accused of being foreign mercenaries who want to destroy the country i mean. according to reporters without borders animosity towards the media leads to violence dora fears that this could also happen in hungary. for the city of paris today paid tribute to the brave men and women who saved notre dame cathedral from being completely destroyed by monday's fire they were on the road in ceremonies at the elysee palace and at city hall today investigators said that they now believe an electrical short circuit triggered the blaze for. francis grieving yet grateful despite one of its most treasured national monuments being seriously damaged it could have been much worse were it not for hundreds of heroic parisian firefighters on thursday many of the fir

reporters without borders warns press freedom is under threat in hungary. that means many hundred garion journalists are forced to go into exile. barely nine hundred kilometers separate berlin in budapest but for a journalist or a dish areas work the two cities are worlds apart since viktor orban became prime minister nine years ago hungary's media landscape has changed radically the entire tab is there i got her desk when i was a child i always heard that hungry was one of the most liberal countries in what was the eastern bloc and i grew up with this idea that it's depressing that specifically this democracy in hungary is slowly being deconstructed and that press freedom is being restricted. during the experience first hand how new regulations turn the broadcaster where she worked into state controlled media critical colleagues were fired she herself quit and went to germany in twenty twelve. bagnall is from back home two hundred journalists including doris former colleague were recently laid off at here t.v. a station once critical of the hungary and gov

reporters without borders mourns press freedom is under threat in hungary. that means many hundred garion journalists are forced to go into exile. barely nine hundred kilometers separated berlin in budapest but for a journalist or a dish areas work the two cities are worlds apart since viktor orban became prime minister nine years ago hungary's media landscape has changed radically. i had have heard that when i was a child i always heard that hungry was one of the most liberal countries in what was the eastern bloc and i grew up with this idea that it's depressing that specifically this democracy in hungary is slowly being deconstructed and that press freedom is being restricted. during the experience first hand how new regulations turn the broadcaster where she worked into state controlled media critical colleagues were fired she herself quit and went to germany in twenty twelve. bagnall is from back home two hundred journalists including doris former colleague were recently laid off and here t.v. station once critical of the hungary and government he repor

also coming up tonight reporters without borders new press freedom index is out never before have journalists been hated so much never before have political leaders been so vehement in denying that fact of course we have to also work in order to protect freedom of expression freedom of as and to. do that but we do not see that there is a problem with that in our country. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around them. world welcome we begin the day reading the mother reports and the more we read the more we ask does this lead to impeachment of the u.s. president today the much anticipated mobile report into russian interference in the twenty six thousand presidential election was finally released an infamous is on the word finally before today we did not know if the public would ever see the results of the special council's two year investigation u.s. attorney general barton made it clear today that he was sharing the report solely at his discretion now the four hundred page report that i have right here is also free directed in places you can see parts blacked out for nati

this original score which measures the level of constraints and violated as according to reporters without borders report tell us about the kind of threats faced by journalists in malta well definitely i want to get it's an investigative journalist who was assassinated and will turn sixteen talk to about twenty seven thousand. there is no real serious investigation going on three known criminals were accused of the of the assassination but you have absolutely no idea who commissioned the murder they side in single of an investigative journalist in north a country where more than ninety percent of the media is own directly by political parties these are very little for criticism of the government. there is continued impunity and discontinues to make the rest of the journalists working on the ground more and more vulnerable the threats and cycle of hate that investigations have revealed are directly linked to online government porto's closed and secret groups that were used to whip up hate to get stuffed i want to call it sam i know being used to target and isolate activists and journalists who are

violations of international conventions we'd love to know more about what that entailed reporters without borders also spoken out slamming us launches the rest of the wiki leaks activity as dangerous assessing a dangerous precedent that the u.s. may put you we understand that as a staunch was trying to get out of bed and if he was down to the u.k. must resist and also shouting things about the u.s. president said donald trump was wow so we'll be looking further into what was meant by his comments as well as keeping abreast of all the latest developments on this story throughout the day. what we just received reaction coming from the european union as the police said andrew the ecuadorian embassy in london and arrested julian and sons now the european union says that it will cool the case of the league's founder who was arrested just our word. earlier in the day and you just saw some of the pictures that were a film crew filmed exclusively right at the door and busy. ok we can now cross live to our correspondent in london our season issues that there has been keeping on top of all of the latest ov

reporters without borders washington post cohosted the 2019 oral press freedom index, a report that examines press freedom around the world and journalists and foreign diplomats trust the findings during the hour-long event. >> in morning. welcome to "the washington post". i'm fred ryan publisher and it's my pleasure to welcome you to thank you for joining us this morning to this important discussion on press freedom around the world. every year reporters without borders the world's largest nongovernmental organization devoted to protecting the rights of journalists compiles the world press freedom index. as you know, this is reported the massive undertaking that presents exhaustive research into the media environment of 180 different countries. among the index and many valuable features is its indication of important changes and trends raising alarm about places where press freedom is in decline and acknowledging areas of improvement. sadly, as we all know too well, this is a time of growing danger for journalism. as the report indicates journalists around the world are encountering censors

this original score which measures the level of constraints and violated as according to reporters without borders report tell us about the kind of threats faced by journalists in malta well definitely i want to get it's an investigative journalist who was assassinated and will turn sixteen talked to about twenty seventeen. there is no real serious investigation going on three known criminals but accused of the of the assassination but you have absolutely no idea who commissioned the murder they side and single of an investigative journalist in north a country where more than ninety percent of the media is own directly by political parties these are very little room for criticism of the government. there is continued impunity and discontinues to make the rest of the journalists working on the ground more and more vulnerable to the threats and cycle of hate that such investigations have revealed are directly linked to online government portals closed and secret groups that are used to whip up hate to get stuffed i want to collect them i know being used to target and isolate activists and journalist

reporters without borders they as i just said they've slammed us songes the rest over the wiki leaks activity as setting a dangerous precedent that the u.s. may proceed. they went indeed now we know that a standard there is what he was shouting at me with been forcibly removed on the ecuadorian embassy he was day in the u.k. must resist and also make a moment about sarah i want to get well i want to because he just smiles and no idea but because you call it the u.s. side into this because it was crucial along off the after the sweden side of it was knocked out of those sexual assault charges expired it was always the thought that maybe as soon as he got into british police custody despite more ecuador saying here he'll go to a safe place because there were other britain at all that he could well be extradited to the u.s. to face whatever he has to face there were a lot of anger in the u.s. of course. eight ten years ago before he took cover but as you say nikki the world changed a lot now wiki leaks under a sun to publish that huge trove of documents revealing war crimes mass surveil

number one danger zone for journalists to work and we'll be looking at press freedom from reporters without borders. and i was running again in southern china not in hong kong you are spared at the time being but you see a little bright white top plaids moving slowly east as they do go across hong kong on the satellite picture but in the forecast the majority is going to be a little bit further inland still in guangdong but to the north as well catching one hand maybe catching shanghai but i think probably not the focus is moving eastwards towards for john as you could see and choking too joins in with snow of course but higher ground so humid time now the rains i think proper rains have started we've had some significant rain further west of course pakistan afghanistan and northern india and that still remains of it now mostly by the tibetan plateau but the potential of big showers exist in bangladesh in northeast india more especially since a pretty big dam poisonous franker recently i think they'll be back with us on friday maybe a little bit less i was just of course the majority and i was just

. >> reporters without borders has published its latest press freedom index. it measures violence against the media weather from the state or others. north korea and turkmenistan are at the bottom. these are the countries where it without borders describes the situation as very serious. at the top of the index we find the northern european countries, norway, sweden, and finland. the picture is not so positive in other parts of europe. european union member hungary dropped 14 places to 87. dw news has been speaking with a hungarian journalist who left hungary and now lives in germany in exile. >> barely 900 kilometers separate these cities what they are worlds apart. since the prime minister came in two years ago, the media landscape has changed dramatically. >> when i was a child i always heard that hungary was one o of the most liberal countries in the eastern bloc. it is depressing that this democracy in hungary is slowly being deconstructed and press freedom constricted. >> dora experienced firirsthand how a new regulations turned the broadcaster where she

every year reporters without borders, the world's largest organization to protecting the rights of compiles the world press freedom index. undertaking sive and looks at the media 180 different countries. it looks at the indication of mportant changes and trends, raising alarms in places where press freedom is in decline and areas of ing improvement. sadly, as we all know too well, is a time of growing danger journalists. we encounter harassment and iolence every day just for doing their jobs. n every region of the world tyrants are increasing their rips on the press trying to presenator reporters -- reventing reporters from holding them to account. iny areas have seen declines press p freedom -- press freedom rangings, including the united states. are not stranger to this as e have seen with many journalists. for their friends an colleagues hese attacks have been an reminder. through this freedom artnership, we have made a sustained and long-term commitment to raising awareness these.es like these abuses are unacceptable to everyone who appreciates and human values rights. free societies re

they were provided by reporters without borders. thank you rsf. austin went to syria in may of 2012 as a freelance journalist. in august 2012 as he was mapping his departure, he was taken. a a few months ago i interviewed mark and deborah about their son. when they asked if i would use this event to shed a light on his plate, it was easy to say yes. they have penned a letter to this room. "please take a moment to look around this room. you are colleagues. in his assignments, often needs your voice. austin needsence, your voice. take every opportunity to enhance the importance of a free press and to speak out for journalists. you are heard, and good things happen. the public becomes more aware of the risks you take and is motivated to speak out with you. the polls of-- the halls of power echo and become support. it will help hasten the day when we suddenly see our son walk free. we thank you for using your voices tomorrow and every day. we eagerly look forward to the date austin will be here to thank you personally. >> [applause] so here is what i

this original score which measures the level of constraints and violated as according to reporters without borders report tell us about the kind of threats faced by journalists in malta well definitely i want to get it's an investigative journalist who was assassinated and will turn sixteen talk to about twenty seven thousand. there is no real serious investigation going on three known criminals but accused of the of the assassination but you have absolutely no idea who commissioned the murder they side and single of an investigative journalist in north a country where more than ninety percent of the media is own directly by political parties these are very little room for criticism of the government. there is continued impunity and discontinues to make the rest of the journalists working on the ground more and more vulnerable the threats and cycle of hate that such investigations have revealed are directly linked to online governments porto's closed and secret groups that are used to whip up hate to get stuffed i want to collect them i know being used to target and isolate activists and journalis

bureau director of reporters without borders she says the level of press freedom in various countries to client in two thousand and sixteen has not recovered. language plays a really important role and we've seen that not just this year but really starting around two thousand and sixteen when the global scored to terry to chartley and it still hasn't recovered we saw an increase in this use of hostile language this sort of bashing language from people like donald trump but also there are others around the world i mean there's a man in the czech republic we've got to touch in the philippines both in our own now in brazil too many kind of leaders following the strongman model and they do bear responsibility when when they use hateful rhetoric actually they bear some responsibility for climate and that then actually allows for real life violence to ethiopia had a remarkable increase this year up forty places from the year before and not due to a change in government often that's the case in our index when we see remarkable improvements of countries it's due to a change at the very top of

syria remains another dangerous road for journalists but reporters without borders says journalists worldwide are up against an intense climate of fear and danger to press freedom campaigners say bahrain egypt and saudi arabia stepped up repression of the media censorship has increased in the saudi kingdom since the murder of jamal khashoggi last october journalists in egypt can't do their job without fear of imprisonment al-jazeera journalist mahmud hussein who spent two years in jail without trial al-jazeera denies egyptian government accusations of broadcasting false news to spread chaos the world's biggest jailer of journalists is turkey called the fake is the enemy of the people and they are they are the enemy of the us president donald trump has often. had a rocky relationship with the media a b.b.c. cameraman was attached to the trump support rally in texas a couple of months ago and bomb threats have been sent to media outlets for the first year the united states slipped into the orange which is the problematic category of countries it was also in two thousand and eighteen for the fir

bureau director for reporters without borders rebecca thank you so much for joining us so your report says that the biggest deterioration is in supposedly better regions what do you mean by that. well in terms of the score from year to year we saw the regional score deteriorate the most in the americas this year followed by the e.u. and balkans and that's that's disturbing because europe is has long been the region that respects press freedom the most last year as a region deteriorated the sharpest and it's not far behind the americans this year and in fact north america the north america the united states and free in the press being in this breach is actually part of the constitution when you say that it's deteriorating in what way well in the united states we've seen quite a serious deterioration this year three spots down our index to forty eight out of one hundred eighty countries but actually if you look at the color coding that goes with our index as well for the first year the united states slipped into the orange which is the problematic category of countries it was also in tw

every year reporters without borders the world's largest nongovernmental organization devoted to protecting the rights of journalists compiles the world press freedom index. as you know, this is reported the massive undertaking that presents exhaustive research into the media environment of 180 different countries. among the index and many valuable features is its

every year, reporters without borders, the world's largest nongovernmental organization devoted to protecting the rights of journalists compiles the world press freedom index. this is reported as a massive undertaking. presents exhaustive research into 180 different countries. among the index's many valuable features is its indication of important changes and trends, raising alarm where press freedom is in decline and acknowledging areas of improvement. sadly, as we know too well, this is a growing time for danger for journalism. as the report indicates, journalists around the world are encountering censorship, harassment, violence every day just for doing their jobs. and every reason of the world, tyrants are increasing their grip on the press, trying to prevent reporters from holding the powerful to account. this year's index highlights a particularly disturbing trend in the americas, many countries have seen declines in the press freedom rankings, including the united states. at "the washington post," we take the cause of press freedom seriously. we are no strangers to assault on journalis

syria remains another danger zone for journalists but reporters without borders says journalists worldwide up against an intense climate of fear and danger to press freedom campaigners say bahrain egypt and saudi arabia stepped up repression of the media censorship has increased in the saudi kingdom since the murder of jamal khashoggi last october journalists in egypt can't do their job without fear of imprisonment al-jazeera journalist mahmud hussein. have spent more than two years in jail without trial al-jazeera denied the gyptian government accusations of broadcasting false news to spread chaos the world's biggest jailer of journalists is turkey i called the fake is the enemy of the people and they are they are the enemy of the us president donald trump has often had a rocky relationship with the media a b.b.c. cameraman was attached to the trump support rally in texas a couple of months ago and bomb threats have been sent to media outlets for the first year the united states slipped into the orange which is the problematic category of countries it was also in two thousand and eighteen

new number one danger zone for journalists to work and we're looking at press freedom with reporters without borders. so the sensitive version of special counsel robert mellows report on russian interference in the twenty sixteen u.s. election has been released four hundred forty eight pages detailing the entire two year investigation it has found among other things numerous contacts between individuals tied to the russian government and members of president trump's campaign but it says the evidence did not reach the level of a crime report says donald trump jr had direct contact with wiki leaks before it released the hacked democrat e-mails and when trump was told the special counsel had been appointed the president told the van attorney general jeff sessions this is the end of my presidency gone from later on to the white house lawyer don began to fire robert mala. refuse so here is just some of what the attorney general had to say. as you will see the special counsel's report states that his quote investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the

syria remains another dangerous zone for journalists but reporters without borders says journalists worldwide are up against an intense climate of fear and danger to press freedom campaigners say bahrain egypt and saudi arabia stepped up repression of the media censorship has increased in the saudi kingdom since the murder of jamal khashoggi last october journalists in egypt can't do their job without fear of imprisonment al-jazeera journalist mahmoud hussein has spent more than two years in jail without trial al-jazeera denies addiction government accusations of broadcasting false news to spread chaos the world's biggest jailer of journalists is turkey i called the fake is the enemy of the people and they are they are the enemy of the us president donald trump has often had a rocky relationship with the media a b.b.c. cameraman was attached to the trump support rally in texas a couple of months ago and bomb threats have been sent to media outlets for the first year the united states slipped into the orange which is the problematic category of countries it was also in two thousand and eightee

bureau director from reporters without borders who spoke to us early and says the level of press freedom in various countries declined in twenty sixteen and hasn't recovered. language plays a really important role and we've seen that not just this year but really starting around two thousand and sixteen when the global scored to terry to chartley and it still hasn't recovered we saw an increase in this use of hostile language this sort of bashing language from people like donald trump but also there are others around the world i mean there's a man in the czech republic we've got to touch in the philippines both in our own now in brazil too many kind of leaders following the strongman model and they do bear responsibility when when they use hateful rhetoric actually they bear some responsibility for climate and that then actually allows for real life violence to ethiopia had a remarkable increase this year up forty places from the year before and not due to a change in government often that's the case in our index when we see remarkable improvements of countries it's due to a change at th