although r t d e says that's incorrect productions department does create some content for the r t t e channel. but the studio is right here in moscow are sees nikki ara now takes a look back at the turbo didn't start for this chunk. the r t d e launch date was an exciting day, but within hours it wasn't just reporting the news. it was the news with the channels live stream deleted from youtube, just a short time off. it went on and then just days later was a finding increasing interference. and the channel signal also was taken off. one of its 2 south lines off the juvenile authorities, claimed and didn't have the license needed to operate in the country. but the thing is it doesn't need one having obtained its broadcasting license in serbia, which just like germany is a signatory to the european convention of transferring to a television. the member states of the council of europe and the other states party to the european cultural convention, or reaffirming their commitment to the principles of the free flow of information and ideas in the independence of broadcasters which constit

russia shut down the moscow office of joy. cheer valet that day after germany's media regulator bond r t history channel r t d live reaction on that story. coming up on the new zealand catholic church admits that 14 percent of clergy. how being accused of various forms of abuse since 1951 survivor told us what we went for. not only was i abused as a young boy in middle school here in new zealand. i went on to a catholic school. secondary level was abused sexually and physically again with career counseling the program from today. welcome to moscow on to the news our here on our let's get into our top story today. the pentagon has acknowledged down at least 3 civilians were killed in a raid on terrorists in northwest soviet. while unicef has said at least 6 children died in wants to appears to be the same incidents earlier. president joe biden healed a successful operation targeting the leader of islamic state. ortiz, senior correspondent, murat gas div, told me more earlier, half a dozen children killed as well as 4 woman locals have described these speech battle that took place at 1 am

one might say russia overreacted, but r t d e was entirely banned from broadcasting in germany. and that is no small step in the wrong direction. we spoke with film director morton traffic. he says that the ban on r t d ames silent, sing any challenge to the western narrative in the western hemisphere so much or what comes up the russia is viewed with such suspicion. because that, that creates a worldview where a lot of people are missing out on potentially valuable corrections or, or alternative viewpoints. look at the big tech giants who are already censoring, sometimes in very bizarre ways statements. so viewpoints are supposedly unacceptable, is just a part of a general trend towards a curated or controlled media world. this is obviously, i think, connected to the prevailing political situation not least connected to your grade. i was expecting the 2020 to beijing winter olympic games. sub officially kicked off with the opening ceremony on friday, marking the start of the event that rather than celebrate a global sporting spectacle, that brings together some of the best athle

r t d was licensed in serbia under the european convention of trans frontier television, r t t e can book cost as programs in 33 european countries, including germany. or you can still appeal the decision, but how much good will that do at this point? almost immediately after r t d e created a youtube account, the platform deleted it. when it tried to broadcast over satellite, the signal was so poor, people couldn't even to an in german officials have even labeled our german language channel. an irritant. it's not difficult to imagine that these problems were deliberately set up to impede our t d. e 's success, which i know about the closure of bank accounts and so on. there's a large number of tactics they using. so r t d cons operate, they're infringing on freedom of speech. and that's very bad. and yet berlin's acting like moscow took these measures out of the blue r t d e z. kindly broadcasting without license and the trauma has not applied for license. the german state media officers decision was based on this. this is a completely different situation to deutsch velez. his licens

my name's megan, and only germany's media regulator this week. bond r t sr channel r t d. across all platforms. in retaliation, russia shut down the moscow bureau of german broadcaster deutsch. avella with the foreign ministry. also warning of further measures, ortiz don quarter house, the story. it was this week, the biggest violation of freedom of the press in germany. the country's top media regulator took r. t. d. e's broadcast off the air on the internet via satellite social media. absolutely everywhere. the required media low license was not available. the organisation and distribution of the tv program by a live stream on the internet for the mobile and smart tv up archie, news, and via satellite miss death will be discontinued. what was russia left to do, but to respond and kind. deutsch avella was told, its offices in russia will be shut down. it's journalists press accreditation, revoked, and it's russian language broadcasts. taken off the air on top of all that a blacklist was declared to include everyone complicit in this enormous censorship campaign against r t. russia i

sr channel r t d. in germany. this trillion curling team member is allowed to compete on that beijing winter olympics. this spike testing positive for cove. and we ask if the rules are for some country, but not for others, none. at least 6 children in north west syria. as an american commandos claim to have taken off the leader of us law mac states at the same time and place with bringing you the top stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment developments as well. this is the weekly and archie, welcome. germany's media regulator this week, benz ortiz, sister channel r t d. across all platforms. in retaliation, russia shut down the moscow bureau of german broadcaster deutsch avella with the foreign ministry. also warning of further measures picking up the story for his ortiz don quarter. it was this week, the biggest violation of freedom of the press in germany. the country's top media regulator took r. t. d. e's broadcast off the air on the internet via satellite social media, absolutely e

this was just the 1st stage of measures that it was willing to take after all this r t d e ban is only the latest episode and a drawn out pressure campaign that's been aimed at obstructing r t from broadcasting in germany. sure, the government denies playing any role in all this, but it's done nothing about the fact that a number of banks won't do business with our channel or that the country's top media regulator seems unwilling to even reach a compromise. that's all despite r t holding a legal european broadcast license o t d e was licensed in serbia under the european convention of trans frontier television, r t t e can book cost as programs in 33 european countries, including germany. or you can still appeal the decision, but how much good will that do at this point? almost immediately after r t d created a youtube account, the platform deleted it. when it tried to broadcast over satellite, the signal was so poor, people couldn't even to an in german officials have even labeled our german language channel. an irritant. it's not difficult to imagine that these problems were delibera

, hurdles that are see his face as have been put there and worked with bags of youtube, deleted the r t g deutsch account. when the chapel launched the it's broadcast. there was also trouble with the signal via satellite. the viewers couldn't june in because of again, trouble with the satellite r t was described as an irritant by officials, an irritant, to be taken care of. now this, this scandal had reach you the highest levels. every one is well aware of what is happening. people pointing out the irony, the european union union, which pilots prides itself on on its freedoms and liberties. mounting these, this huge campaign to prevent a russian voice from reaching german audiences. and this is something that even the president of russia had remarked on which i know about the closure of bank accounts and so on. there's a large number of tactics they're using. so r t d can't operate there infringing on freedom of speech and that's very bad was as response of course made may seem strong at 1st, but again, this is only the 1st stage, the foreign ministry, as the described. this is the 1st

and this is all the while as r t has a legal broadcasting license in the european union. there's generally absolutely no broadcasting happening from berlin at all r t d e. the tv channel is oh, broadcasting right here from pasco, via a license that was obtained that absolutely all according european rules and regulations, according to the european convention on transferred to your television. and we are free to broadcast via that license in 30 plus territories across europe. now, going back over the past several months, what we mean by pressure campaign, of course, is for example, the fact that our te set up an account on youtube and it was almost immediately taken down by the platform when it started attempting to broadcast over satellite the signal was so poor that people weren't able to tune in. and on top of that, german government officials have described r t, d e as a quote, irritant. so it's not too difficult to imagine that these setbacks could have been set up on purpose to stop r t d e from being successful in germany. and this is something that even the russian

t d is in germany, which means it lacks a german broadcasting license. r t d would need to cease it's broadcasting with immediate effect. and if it doesn't, then it could face a further penalties. so what's the reaction from the german government? what it seems they've decided to stay out of the route and now although you don't have to dig tufa to find the kind of tone being set by some in the ruling coalition, the media authority and youtube rightly pulled to plug on the pirates station of the enemies of democracy and lateral thinkers. this repeated attempt to circumvent european and national laws, underscores the danger of this self proclaimed tv broadcast. it requires action at all levels. so could this be the end of the road for the short live channel? well, our t, d e is already preparing to fight on. we spoke with a current can i? so the former foreign minister of austria, she seized a crackdown and r t. d e as punishment for its early successes. think we all have been observing at development that is more political than facts based. it's really hard

launched a r t nikki, are and takes a look back now at the turbulent events surrounding the channel. the r t. d low in states was an exciting day, but within hours it wasn't just reporting the news. it was the news with the channels live stream deleted from you chip, just a short time off. it went on air, then just days later, there was a finding increasing interference in the channel signal after it was taken off one of its 2 satellites. after germany authorities claimed it didn't have the license needed to operate in the country. but the thing is it doesn't need one having obtained its broadcasting license in serbia, which just like germany is a signatory to the european convention of trans frontier television. the member states of the council of europe and the other states party to the european cultural convention, or reaffirming their commitment to the principles of the free flow of information and ideas in the independence of broadcasters which constitute an indispensable basis for their broadcasting policy. most of them, which i know about the closure of bank accounts and so on

now for germany, use media regulators slops are broadcast bomb r t 's sister channel r t. d. also ad on the program today that you asked nato response to russia's proposed security guarantees is the link and published by a spanish newspaper. the document rejects russia is key to mom, including keeping neighboring ukraine out of the military. and the you could soon put the green label on the gulf nuclear power paving the way for subsidies on tax cuts as members states clash over the switch to renewables. in the midst of an energy crisis, with one minute past 9 in the evening here in the russian capital list wednesday, i'm, you know, with your mid week news update, the russian foreign ministry has said it will take action against german media outlets operating in the country. that announcement coming just hours after our sister channel, our t d was blocked by germany's media regulator. this step deprives us of any choice but to start implementing retaliatory measures against german media accredited in russia as well as internet intermediaries who have all betrayed early and unr

sr channel r t d. i'm the new zealand catholic church to admit that the 14 percent of clergy how been accused of various forms of abuse since 1951 survivor told us what he when proof not only was i abused as a young boy in middle school here in museum and i went on to a catholic school, the secondary level was abused sexually and physically again with from moscow to the world. this is our t pleasure to have your company today. my name's, you know, neil, the pentagon has acknowledged down to at least 3 civilians were killed and a raid on terrorists in north west syria. unicef has said at least 6 children died in watts, appears to be this same incident. earlier president joe biden hailed a successful operation targeting the leader all of islam mc state. r t senior correspondent iraq, as dia told me more earlier. half a dozen children killed as well as for women. locals have described these speech battle that took place at 1 am just after midnight syrian thought in the lasted for hours and in which, presu

there's a large number of tactics they using c r t d cons operate. they're infringing on freedom of speech, and that's very bad. and yet berlin's acting like moscow took these measures out of the blue r t d e z. kindly broadcasting without the license. and the channel has not applied for license. the german state media officers decision was based on this. this is a completely different situation to deutsch velez. his license has been revoked. profit, this was the 1st time or even maybe the 2nd time r t was obstructed from broadcasting. one might say rush overreacted, but r t d e was entirely banned from broadcasting in germany, and that is no small step in the wrong direction. we spoke to film director morton traffic, who says the ban on r t d is aimed at silencing those who challenge mainstream narratives in the western hemisphere. so much of what comes up to russia is viewed with such suspicion. because that, that creates a worldview where a lot of people are missing out on potentially valuable corrections or, or alternative viewpoints to look at th

shuts down the moscow office of deutsch avella day after germany's media regulator. bon dar t's sister journal r t. d also coming out to london. police chief is under fire. and after a report exposes how officers, some of whom are still in the job, shared jokes about rate on violence. on the new zealand catholic church. myths that 14 percent of clergy are being accused of various forms of abuse since 1951 survivor till the swab with not only was i abused as a young boy in middle school here in museum. i went on to catholic school. secretary level was abused sexually and physically again with evening here in moscow this thursday, february, the 3rd i'm you know, neil, this is the news our on our at least 6 children been killed in heavy violence over nights in northwest syria. baths announcement came from unicef rights after president biden hailed a successful raid targeting the leader of islamic state in the exact same location . and not the same time or senior correspond. murat gas div joins me live in the shim ross, syria war zone, sorry, as an area. you know, well you've reported extensively fr

it comes a day after the german media regular blocked her sister tunnel r t d. my colleague raised the shade, discuss the latest developments with r t correspondence, charlotte to ben sky in paris, the 1st don quarter deutsch avella, its offices are going to be closed throughout russia. its journalists are going to have their press accreditations taken away, and all of their russian language broadcasts are going to be taken off the air. now, darcia bella has since responded to this, they put out a media statement. they said that they're not going to take any action until they get official confirmation from moscow of these measures. and when they do, they are going to appeal them. but this isn't where the rushes retaliation stops. actually a blacklist is being set up of german government officials, media regulators, basically anyone who is possibly involved in this enormous censorship campaign of rtp brochure is drawing up a list of representatives of state and public structures in germany involved in restricting the broadcast of r t. d and putting pressure on the

and r t d e. now, and this also just comes one day after germany's top regulator said that our t v has to stop all broadcast in germany. that means via satellite via social media internet, everywhere the required media well license was not available. the organisation and distribution of the tv program by a live stream on the internet via mobile and smart tv parking news and via satellite must therefore be discontinued. of course, rti d. you can still appeal that decision, but this is just one episode in this, drawn out censorship campaign against r t that's been aimed at obstructing the channel from broadcasting in germany. that's while berlin continues to deny that it has any role. the berlin government, with german government denies having any role in obstructing r t s broadcast, but banks are refusing to do business with our channel when it 1st started trying to broadcast the satellite signal was so weak was so obstructed that people were unable to you know, to an into our broadcast. and german

perhaps if this was the 1st time or even maybe the 2nd time r t was obstructed from broadcasting. one might say russia overreacted, but r t d e was entirely banned from broadcasting in germany, and that is no small step in the wrong direction. we spoke to the film director of molten traffic. he says, the ban on our tv is aimed at silencing those who challenge mainstream narratives in the western hemisphere. so much, or what comes up the russia is viewed with such suspicion. because that, that creates a worldview where a lot of people are missing out on potentially valuable corrections or, or alternative viewpoints to look at the big tech giants who are already censoring, sometimes in very bizarre ways, statements or viewpoints that are supposedly unacceptable. it's just a part of a general trend toward a q rated or controlled media world, or this is obviously, i think, connected to the prevailing political situation not least connected to ukraine. i would suspect it's day 2 of the beijing winter games and australia has one is 1st of a little bit curling event despite a team member

if berlin refused to seek a constructive solution to the problem, it had created with r t d earlier r t accused. the german regulator of suppressing free speech after r t d was hit with a full bomb that full bon includes online news as well. now the networks production arm is taking the regulator to court after it is wrongly named as the channels broadcaster ortiz, deputy editor in chief on belk. and i gave my colleague maurice to share a breakdown of the dispute via a license that was obtained with absolutely all courting european rules and regulations, according to the european convention on transferred to your television. and we are free to broadcast via that license in 30 plus territory across europe. they are saying that our tv productions, which is an entirely independent production company, is actually the tv channel of that broadcast from germany. and there's generally absolutely no broadcasting happening from berlin at all or to d e. the tv channel is oh, broadcasting right here for moscow in, in fact, there studios are essentially next door to where we're sitting here. and w

one of a number of retaliatory measures up to germany's media regulator, blocked to assist the tunnel r t d. russia is drawing up a list of representatives, estates, and public structures in germany involved in restricting the broadcast of r t d. and putting pressure on the russian media outlets who will be denied entry to the russian federation. in addition to which of l has been ordered to close its moscow bureau, while as journalists are going to be stripped of their accreditation, the channel will also be placed on russia's list of foreign agents while german officials involved in the decision to shut down r t d, a will be blacklisted by russia. the decisions about r t d was made a few days ago. german officials saying that it lacked the right broadcasting license to operate in the states under european law amount. disputes that saying the permanent obtained in serbia meets or requirements. in the meantime, r t france may also have a headache to do with the french media regulators reportedly investigating our sister channel, the broadcast. the says that if true, that amounts to censor

r t d e. the tv channel is oh broadcasting right here for moscow in, in fact, there studios are essentially next door to where we're sitting here. and we're here all launching the channel mid december. yet nevertheless, the regulator is asking the production company to stop broadcasting, which they are not even doing, and to do it not just on television, but to do it on the all the online platforms, apps, etc, etc, which again, the production has absolutely no control over all of this is centered right here in moscow and the tv broadcasting as well is done from here with you think they were afraid of something that we do here at our team. i mean, it definitely seems that there is quite a lot of apprehension about a different voice, like r t is, or it's being present there, you know, and they are under fire not just under, from authorities. in, in germany, the youtube channel was taken down within hours of the, of the beginning of the broadcast. that is obviously an american company. and then i

the general media regulator says that it blocked r t. d for not having the right broadcasting license for operating in the country am the european law, but r t to speed sat saying the permit it obtained in serbia made so requirements on his deputy deputy editor in chief, annabel can have joined my colleague barissi shade to discuss the situation via a license that was obtained with absolutely all courting european rules and regulations, according to the european convention on transferred to your television. and we are free to broadcast via that license in 30 plus territory across europe. they are saying that our tv productions, which is an entirely independent production company, is actually the tv channel of that broadcast from germany. and there's generally absolutely no broadcasting happening from berlin at all r t d e. the tv channel is oh broadcasting right here for moscow. in, in fact, there studios are essentially next door to where we're sitting here and we were here all launching the channel mid december. yet, nevertheless, the r

media regulators, basically anyone who is possibly involved in this enormous censorship campaign of r t d. russia is drawing up a list of representatives of state and public structures in germany involved in restricting the broadcast of r t d, and putting pressure on the russian media outlet, who will be denied entry to the russian federation. now this development comes just one day after germany's top media regulator rules that our tv must stop all of its broadcast. that means via satellite via internet, social media, basically everywhere. the required media, low license was not available. the organisation and distribution of the tv program by a live stream on the internet via mobile and smart tv parking news and via satellite must therefore be discontinued. of course, r t d e can still appeal this decision, but this is just one episode in a drawn out pressure campaign aimed at obstructing r t from broadcasting in germany. i mean, the german government says it does. it's not playing a part in this campaign, but banks have not been doing business with our channel. and germany's top regu

what is happening today in the and r t has helped a lot. and if r t today is in the cross hairs, is because it's damaging the agenda. it's damaging the narrative of the, of the warmongers of people in the west to want everybody condition and who don't want people think. unfortunately, this is the truth. i think we're much better off today discussing the subjects thanks to media like r t and others and, and a lot of information we're getting on the internet. i remember when i was personally in 1909 in belgrade under the needle bombs, we didn't have access to alternative media, alternate id information with a high quality, no spring, you know, being the alternative meter, as, as, as, as many of you will do call us because we do push back on the mainstream narrative, but it, but it's become really hard days that are to international essentially, you know, ever since we had the sultry olympics and then the 2014 my dad and occurred in 2016 syria. occurred at, you know, russia has been on, on the, on the end of the whipping stick. now for quite so

and on top of that, german government officials have described r t, d e as a quote, irritant. so it's not too difficult to imagine that these setbacks could have been set up on purpose to stop r t d e from being successful in germany. and this is something that even the russian president vladimir putin has commented on before. i know about the closure of bank accounts and so on. there's a large number of tactics they're using. so all t d cons operate, they're infringing on freedom of speech and that's very bad. now, like i said before, russia's foreign ministry takes this violation of freedom of the press very seriously. and it says this is only the 1st stage of retaliation that it's willing to dish out. so you know, we could see couple of things play out in the future. perhaps a back and forth between german and russian media authorities, or maybe everyone will come to a compromise a lot to see, you know, or on, as you say, r t d e taking flat from the german authorities. but it's not just confined to germany over to france, standing by live in paris, charlotte dubin ski. appa

of course, r t d e can still appeal this decision, but this is just one episode in a drawn out pressure campaign aimed at obstructing r t from broadcasting in germany. i mean, the german government says it does. it's not playing a part in this campaign, but banks have not been doing business with our channel. and germany's top regulator seems unwilling to compromise on this issue. and this is all the while as r t has a legal broadcasting license in the european union. there's generally absolutely no broadcasting happening from berlin at all or to d. e. the tv channel is broadcasting right here for moscow via a license that was obtained with absolutely all according european rules and regulations, according to the european convention on transferred to your television. and we are free to broadcast via that license in 30 plus territories across europe. now, going back over the past several months, what we mean by pressure campaign, of course, is for example, the fact that our tv set up an account on youtube and it was almost immediately taken down by the platform when it started attempting

the decision to ban r t d. that was made a few days ago. german official saying that it lacked the right broadcasting license. walk right in the state under european law, but accounting disputes that saying the permit is obtained in serbia meets or requirements. while r t, france might also have a headache to deal with. the french media regulator is reportedly investigating our system channel that the broadcast though, says if that's true, that amounts to censorship. auntie charlotte dubious, gave reports from the french capital arte from caesar in the cross hairs of the audio visual and digital communications regulator hearing, fraud spaces, all come now. this was something that was put out in a magazine article, the magazines called challenges, halem, france, and in it, it alleges it all come is about to start looking at how r t pharmacist, a channel here, has treated several subjects since it started broadcasting. the subjects include the yellow, vast protests, also stories from syria, and stories from centr

and they 2 rejected that equivalence between r t and d w. and you know, the german foreign minister, and then a bare buck pointed this out directly to russian foreign minister lathrop, when she visited moscow in january, saying german history, which involves a nazi control of the media german history, has led to the fact that german licensee authorities simply do not give licenses to state broadcasters. well, this fall comes out of time when the german russian relationships are pretty fold. right? absolutely, you know, going all the way back to 2015 when there was a major cyber attack on the german parliament, one to talk, which was later definitively proven to have come from russian hackers. and then we've also seen cyber attacks on leading german politicians, especially from the c to u chancellor macros party. we've seen the poisoning of a former chechen commander right here in berlin, in the middle of the day time in a city park again attributed to russia. and then of course, the treatment of alex in the bomb the after he returned from be

current military crisis erupted ortiz, a german language system channel, the brand new city journal r t g e r t deutsch was basically blocked in germany, basically since the 1st day of broadcast. well let's, let's learn more now from benjamin child, professor of the power school of technology and business on the sound of a china in globalization. good to see you today to see is taking an awful lot of flack right now. more than we've ever really seen before. we're trying our best to cover all angles of this military crisis in ukraine, but we are looking at being shot down now in any number of countries at the moment, is our t doing something wrong. at dainties classic double standard and select keep prosecution . china also faces the same problem siege it here in china has been been in several countries in the last 2 years. we must ask, this question is so free speech that when he was denied the choice between different outlets and points of view, this indeed heard the debated surrounding free speech. how can viewers have an informal opinion when they don't have access to all sides of th