are you want to take a closer look now at the state of press freedom around the world the international press watchdog reporters without borders says that hostility towards the press is on the rise all around the world often encouraged by political leaders even in democratic countries now we classify the situation in seventy out of one hundred eighty countries as bad or very bad you see that right there in red now china and iran remain among the world's worst countries for journalists in china all media are subject to strict censorship and foreign journalists can be closely monitored it's estimated at least fifteen journalists and around forty bloggers are currently in custody there iranian media are also strictly controlled by the state journalists can face harsh even violent reprisals if they step out of line of one hundred eighty countries iran ranks one hundred sixty fourth on the press freedom list and then there is turkey now while the state there does it completely control all media there are very few remaining independent outlets some thirty five journalists are reportedly in pr

as myanmar prosecutes two reuters journalists, we look at pressures facing the media on world press freedomve from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join as. it's 6am in singapore, ”pm in london and 6pm in washington, where america's new top diplomat has formally taken office. mike pompeo was accompanied by president donald trump, who said he was sure the new secretary of state would make america proud. mr pompeo — who recently met with the north korean leader — insisted pyongyang must immediately dismantle its nuclear programme. it came as china's foreign minister, who's in north korea, voiced beijing's hopes for progress. jane o'brien reports. mike pompeo became the 70th secretary of state in a ceremony of political theatre, a shot of pomp for a beleaguered department that for a beleaguered department that for the past ye have struggled with morale and direction.” for the past ye have struggled with morale and direction. i want the state department to get its way back. we need our men and women out at the front lines, executing ameri

hello and welcome to it is world press freedom day and we're devoting this episode of quadriga to assessing how well journalists the world over are able to do their job which of course is nothing less than telling the truth and let me start out by saying the news isn't good right here at d w our colleagues are calling attention to rising repression they're posting images of the turkish publicists and brothers on the.

today marks world press freedom day n d w is taking a closer look at the seed of press freedom around the world the international watchdog reporters without borders says that hostility toward the press is on the rise worldwide often encouraged by political leaders even in democratic countries it classify the situation in seventy out of one hundred eighty countries as bad or very bad they are the colored regions of our map now we're going to drill down and have a closer look at china and iran now because they remain among the world's worst countries for journalists first to china where all media are subject to strict censorship and foreign journalists can be closely monitored it is estimated that at least fifteen journalists and around forty bloggers are currently in custody meantime in iran media are also strictly controlled by the states journalists can face harsh and even violent reprisals if they step out a line of one hundred eighty countries abroad ranks one hundred and sixty fourth on the for us on the press freedom list and there's turkey as well while the state there doesn't c

right is fiercer than ever on this world press freedom day a show of solidarity from all of us to our fellow journalist punished for pursuing the truth and recognition of those who will not be silenced this year's d.w. press freedom award goes to a professor in iran since to prison for simply talking to us i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. i am the day on it he said it. right the time the time is that there is not the best on as this but then it's like that evolutionary quarrel if you get up eating it's all trying to beat up. on the pills and also to hear back from the head on the fuel such as the one that i . know. there are many men and women. with the senate much more than i'm going to see this price of freedom of speech. also coming up tonight donald trump now with midst of paying hush money to keep an alleged affair with a porn star a secret the u.s. president changing his story thinks to his new attorney. having having having something to do with paying some stormy daniels woman one hundred thirty thousand i mean which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal from a th

thursday much world press freedom day just days ago two suicide bombers and a band found killed at least twenty nine people including several journalists it's one of the most lethal attacks ever on the press worldwide so why are journalists and we simply becoming a target this is inside story. and welcome to the program on elizabeth purana it is becoming ever more risky to be a journalist and today's world two attacks in afghanistan earlier this week killed at least mine journalists the u.n. has documented the killing of fourteen journalists there since last year alone but the issue is not unique to that country reporters from north korea to syria turkey and eritrea face threats every day according to the world press freedom index north korea ranks for the bottom while norway sweden and the netherlands round up the top three but he europe passing the state this decline in the regional rankings malta is now ranked sixty fifth. down by eighteen points and slovakia twenty seventh down by ten and both countries high profile journalists were recently murdered the u.s. has slipped two places t

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often encouraged by political leaders even in democratic countries and so on this world press day press freedom day and we want to take a look in his latest report the watchdog classifies the situation in seventy out of one hundred eighty countries as bad or very bad you can see on both sides of me behind me china and iran they remain among the world's worst countries for journalists in china all media subject to strict censorship foreign journalists can be closely monitored is estimated at least fifteen journalists and forty bloggers are currently imprisoned there let's take it to iran the media there strictly controlled by the state journalists can face harsh even violent reprisals if they step out of line of one hundred eighty countries iran wrings one hundred sixty fourth on that list and then there is turkey while the state there does not completely control all media there are very few remaining independent outlets thirty five journalists are reportedly imprisoned in turkey turkey has more journalists in jail than any other country on the planet and now to the united stat

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program today marks world press freedom day and d.-w. is taking a closer look at the state of freedom around the world the international press watchdog reporters without borders says that hostility toward the press is on the rise worldwide often encouraged by political leaders even in democratic countries it classified the situation in seventy out of the world's one hundred eighty countries as either bad or very bad and you can see the ones with those that are very bad situations that they are in the regions that are colored. in our map china and iran remain among the world's countries that are worst for journalists in china in particular all media are subject to strict censorship and foreign journalists can be closely monitored it's estimated that at least fifteen journalists and around forty bloggers are currently in custody meantime to iran now which you see pictured there in orange iranian media are also strictly controlled by the state we have the wrong country highlighted there but i think you can see where it does on the map journ

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reporters from north korea to syria turkey and eritrea face threats every day according to the world press freedom index north korea ranks of the bottom while norway sweden and the netherlands round up the top three but a europe passing the state this decline in the regional rankings munter is now ranked sixty fifth down by eighteen points and slovakia twenty seventh down by ten and both countries high profile journalists were recently murdered the us has slipped two places to forty fifth the report partly blames what it calls violent rhetoric from president trump myanmar which is full stop hundreds of thousands of the hunger has also slipped it's now ranked one hundred thirty seventh with the government's intensifying. breasts and prosecutions of journalists the middle east and north africa has been the worst region for journalists rights groups have reported and crackdown on egypt's media and among those in jail al jazeera journalist hussein has been in prison for nearly five hundred days without charge and the the bottom of the list syria and yemen will bring in our guests in a moment b

it is fiercer than ever on this world press freedom day a show of solidarity from all of us to our fellow journalist punished for pursuing the truth and recognition of those who will not be silenced this year's d.w. press freedom award goes to a professor in iran since to prison for simply talking to us i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. of the day on it. is. not on the top of this is that there is stuff that's on top of the in this sentence but it's like that of the war i mean get up eating itself beat up. the pills and also to me about. the ink if you will such as the one that i bet on that now i'll get it there are many men and women. who will ease it national that i have a seat beside. each. also coming up tonight donald trump now would midst of paying hush money to keep an alleged affair with a porn star a secret the u.s. president changing his story thinks to his new attorney. having having having something to do with paying some stormy daniels woman one hundred thirty thousand i mean which is going to turn out to be perfectly legal funneled through over the present repaid. w

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saw the country ranks as one of the most dangerous in reporters without borders twenty eighteen world press freedom and x. these are just three of the faces in the latest attack on press freedom in afghanistan. to ronni the only woman among the journalists killed this week she was a producer of woman a program on the radio station as. a reporter for michel t.v. sent a text to his friends warning them away from the scene of the earlier bombing he died when the second bomb exploded thirty minutes later michel t.v.'s ugly salimi accompanied talaash he joined the station a week before the explosion took his life tragically they weren't alone afghan t.v. network told the news confirmed the death of its long time camera man toki one t.v. news afghanistan mourn the loss of their reporter. it was silly and cameramen no rules. and the radio station shared the photos of their journalists car and the law . and the a.f.p. news agency shared a collection of photos from their chief or target for. also killed in the blast. the kabul attack received widespread condemnation afghanistan's national security a

out of one hundred eighty countries in the world press an index because that's a country where as you said the president uses the words that even at the births like it. used in moscow dozens of years ago and that's really worrying that's the word such insults against john these are used by the presence of the united states because for many people in the world this country set up an example for press freedom. it does does being a pervert the of gravity to expand press freedom even if of course in some countries for diplomatic reasons it wasn't such a case but what we have to notice is that that the cinema in the united states is not limited to trump of course the reason some reasons to be obsessed with the drum but if we go and investigate in moore city let's just watch washington d.c. or new york city if you go into the country and ask people as journeys that we say to you that there is a position of the company spirit. in situations that many journalists face problems to investigate that the freedom of of information act that was renamed zabul for the rest of the world is not now alr

hello and welcome it is world press freedom day and we're devoting this episode of quadriga to assessing how well journalists the world over are able to do their job which of course is nothing less than telling the truth and let me start out by saying the news isn't good right here at d w our colleagues are calling attention to rising repression they're posting images of the turkish publicists and brothers on the.

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reporting the facts the battle for and against that right is fiercer than ever on this world press freedom day a show of solidarity from all of us to our fellow journalist punished for pursuing the truth and recognition of those who will not be silenced this year's d.w. press freedom award goes to a professor in iran since to prison for simply talking to us i'm burning off in berlin this is the day. they wanted to see that it is said by. the time the time says that that is not. as being in this instance but that it's likely that the quarrel the back end up eating meat is still trying to beat up. people and also to hear back from the head on that big think if you will such as the one that i'm betting on that he's not getting to believe that there are any men and women. rule he said it much more than i have even a seat beside. each. also coming up tonight donald trump now would midst of paying hush money to keep an alleged affair with a porn star a secret the u.s. president changing his story thinks to his new attorney. having having having something to do with pain some stormy daniels woman

security adviser tweets my sincere condolences to the families the victims and the press family and afghanistan and around the world terrorists can't show press freedom and people's voices with such attacks in the same day one more journalist was killed in the eastern province of course before the attacks on monday an afghan journalist was shot dead in the city of kandahar on thursday as we commemorate world press freedom we remember the loss of these journalists as the u.n. special representative for its mission in afghanistan to eats the pain of your losses exceeded only by the determination to continue your work. afghanistan mourns let me thank you so much really care we have now to hungary where press freedom is becoming increasingly challenge to the country drop two spots two seventy three in the reporters without borders press freedom index prime minister viktor all bad's ongoing crackdown on independent press has reshaped hungary's media landscape his government has been accused of systematically targeting opposition voices through economic pressure and intimidation it is taking repeated warnings from the eu

the country's north our correspondent is live with the latest from delhi also coming up on the world's press freedom day d.w. asks journalists what makes honest an accurate reporting so crucial we take the pulse of the media around the globe and example at the mexican border as a caravan of asylum seekers tried to enter the united states we'll learn why transgender people in particular fear for their lives in central america. welcome to the program we begin in india where a powerful dust storm has left more than ninety people dead extreme winds and rains brought down trees and destroyed temporary structures throughout the northwest causing many of the deaths officials confirm that more than one hundred other people have been injured and warn that the death toll could rise. as the storm rolled in the dust and winds were only a portent of the violence to come. it wasn't until nightfall that the storm or viewed its full fury. battering residents with rain hail in unusually fast winds. the storm caught many by surprise as india's end will monsoon season is still weeks away. as the winds begin to

to cause for celebration world press freedom day on t w. hello and welcome to it is world press freedom day and we're devoting this episode of quadriga to assessing how well journalists the world over are able to do their job which of course is nothing less than telling the truth and let me start out by saying the news isn't good right here at d w our colleagues are calling attention to rising repression they're posting images of the turkish publicists and brothers ahmed and measurement i'll tell you of the chinese editor doing the genny of the saudi blogger. names and faces that stand for hundreds more journalists worldwide who face detention and torture for critical reporting and putting the lie to the notion that europe is an island of press freedom journalists are being murdered here as well so that is deeply disturbing of course to all of us who work in the media business but what does it mean to you dear viewers in the age of social media and citizen journalists as a free press really matter journalists under fire who cares that's our

it is world press read him day and we are devoting this episode of "quadriga" to assessing how journalists the world over are able to do their job, which of course is nothing less than the truth. let me start by saying the news is not good. our colleagues are calling attention to rising repression, turkishimages of publicists and brothers, the chinese editor, a saudi blogger. names and faces the stand for hundreds more journalists worlidwho face detention and torture for critical reporting, including the notion that europe is an island of press freedom. journalists are being murdered here as well. that is deeply disturbing, of course, to all of us who work in the media business, but what does it mean to you, dear viewers? in the age of social media and citizenoualists, does the free press really matter? here are our guests. it is a pleasure to welcome antje bauer, a freelance journalist who travels to regions like the middle east. she says not only are killed, truthing is killed in times of alternative facts. what remains our attitudes and prudes. and we are pleased to have with us on the

of freedom of the press around the world people in power the top u.s. general in afghanistan about his plans for defeating by the taliban and an isis insurgency. struggling with security issues and economic uncertainty iraq is finally set to hold elections as an unseen global battle rages for resources beneath our oceans we all skip the seabed is a territory still to be claimed commemorating seventy years from now but al-jazeera examines what has changed in the past seven decades on both sides of this conflict made on al-jazeera.

ox for celebration world press freedom day may third on t w. this week conflict zone is indeed a strong capital. jolt shipley in who sits in the u. . parliament for hunger is governing feed this party on april eighth prime minister viktor orban was reelected using rhetoric described as intimidating angsty in a phobic will that kind of nationalist vision decide the future of europe.

as for celebration world press freedom day may third on d. w. . this is the daily news live from but then vote for b. or face the consequences the leader of antigovernment protests in all media urges filmmakers there to give him the job of prime minister to fight in parliament today if they don't he warns weeks of peaceful protests could turn violent but also on this program a judge in australia orders cardinal george pell to stand trial on charges of sexual abuse well it is the third most senior figure in the catholic church he is pleading not guilty. is or.

as for celebration world press freedom day may third on d w. i mean ian opposition leader nicole position has called on his supporters to suspend anti-government protests that's all to the ruling party hinted it would support bush union's bid to become prime minister will make his initially rejected his candidacy triggering mass protests that both parts of the country to a standstill. the days of him at the same top facebook's privacy brawl is declaring bankruptcy and shutting down cambridge analytic has said it had lost custom is off to being vilified.

i wish i could, i wish there was a happier message on world press freedom day but i am afraid it is not have a real sense of mission and a desire to serve the public. stay with us on bbc news. still to come. we meet a troop of girl scouts. they're young, they are determined, and they‘ re homeless. nothing, it seems, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactive levels started to increase outside russia were they forced to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war for them. they've taken the capital, which they have fighting for for so long. it was 7:00am in the morning, the day when power began to pass from the minority to the majority, when africa, after 300 years, reclaimed its last white colony. this is bbc news. the latest he

as for celebration world press freedom day may third on t.w. . this is news coming to you live from the political crisis in armenia david. cutler. cut costs for opposition leader nico causing young girls for a general strike to protest against parliament's failure to elect him as prime minister can he keep the demonstrations peaceful all.

state department mocked world press freedom day by touching on a number of issues and avoiding we've got more on that after the show break stay with us. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy from day shouldn't let it be an arms race is on off and spearing dramatic development is only going to exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. with more make its manufacture consent to stick to public wealth. when the ruling classes project themselves. with the famous. be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. welcome back speaking on world press freedom day the us state department spokeswoman highlighted journalists who had lost their lives while working but seemingly ignored palestinians covering the protests on the gaza border and it raised a few questions. we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in malta mexico russia and slovakia and the apparent assassination of a b.b.c. passionate reporter in afghanistan on monday would you also condemn the recent deaths of journalists and a

no cause for celebration world press freedom day may third on t.w. . place. good. luck.this is you know you news line from girl and shrinking the not ready to scale down you're supposed to bring checkbook strips to fill the gap after britain leaves the block the european commission for clients made sure. on a musical tribute more to its budget and it says it's ready to cut funding to states who violate democratic freedoms also coming up after a day of strike action and mass protest signs of a possible breakthrough in armenia's political crisis the ruling party says it will back this map nicole pashtun for prime minister.

bilateral speech being care in moscow being done directly it's being done in the full view of the world's press and the world and you know world politics on the floor of the united nations in new york the russian saying that this example of ukraine being a failed state it's basically unable to guarantee security in its own country that ukraine is a dangerous place for journalists the ukrainian side point the thing to think a straight back must go saying this is the long moscow and its secret services so i think this is definitely something that is not going to go away because both ukraine and russia have already staked so much on this in the public realm in the past twenty four hours. an economy in kiev thank you very much for that update. let me bring you up to date in some other stories making news around the. official security forces had a militant attack on the afghan interior ministry spokesman said seven. a sing off did. have killed and wounded hundreds of. the israeli military has released video it says shows missile strikes against dozens of militant sites in the gaza strip overnight it

we mark world press freedom day after a recent suicide bombing in afghanistan claiming the lives of ateast 10 journalists. many journalist around the globe do their jobs at great risk everyday. the united states stands in solidarity with these men and women who work for free and open societies. and with that, i will take your questions. quicker: first a question. [indiscernible] iran would not -- [indiscernible] ms. sanders: we do not have any announcements at that time. when the president has a final decision on what he will do in terms of the jcpoa, we will let you know. reporter: and secondly on the other topic today can you , explain why the president a few weeks ago when he was talking about the $130,000 payment from michael cohen to stormy daniels, why the president was not truthful with the american people. ms. sanders: as mayor giuliani stated, and i will refer you back to his comment this was , information that the president did not know at the time but eventually learned. john? reporter: to take a broader view on this, you cannot talk about the details, but can i ask you when

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mourning his workmates a call for more protection on the world press freedom. but at the united states has announced the first release of a prisoner from the guantanamo bay detention center under the trumpet administration admittedly as been transferred to saudi arabia to serve out the rest of his sentence he habitats he has more. this is the first prisoner to leave guantanamo bay since donald trump took office at its height the facility held seven hundred eighty detainees now forty remain ahmed mohammed ahmed al darby has been in u.s. custody since two thousand and two he says he was tortured at the tories u.s. facility in bob graham afghanistan before arriving at guantanamo he admitted to aiding a suicide attack on a french oil tanker near yemen in two thousand and two but under the terms of a plea deal he reached he was supposed to have been released into saudi custody by february the twentieth of this year that did not happen which raises questions as to whether donald trump would refuse to reduce guantanamo as population having vowed repeatedly to repopula

the talking has been taking place not for nothing is china number one hundred seventy six on the world press freedom freedom index and of course now we know why this is another example of how on these occasions the chinese always like to keep the media in the dark i would imagine the once the u.s. trade delegation gets back to the united states they'll be perhaps a more detailed briefing but certainly it's being reported here in china but not in any great detail and what have been china's red lines in these talks. well i think you know they they've had a number of red lines but that the number one red line is that you know china does not want to be bullied by foreign powers china wants to resist anything that seeks to contain their economy and the problem is at the moment we are seeing friction on a number of levels between china and the united states and really what is underpinning i think all of this of the moment is a recognition by washington that while in the past china has been a partner it is now a strategic rival and we're seeing that played out in so many areas over taiwan north kor

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morning his workmates a call for more protection on world press freedom. hello there we're expecting more severe weather across parts of north america so thanks to this weather system hey you can see the cloud really billowing there on the satellite picture is this that is giving us our severe thunderstorms with very large hail some flooding downpours and also it's a very gusty winds to in fact there's also be some tornadoes spotted within this as well and there's likely to be more of the system gradually edges its way eastwards as we head through the next day or so ahead of it is quiet to hear but it's not completely weather list we've got winds coming up from the south tracking in some very warm weather so twenty eight will still be the maximum in new york there on friday despite the increase of clouds and for washington d.c. will be up to thirty three further west to here with a maximum just of seventeen in seattle for the central americas we've had lots of showers here recently you can see the clouds on the satellite picture over parts of cuba they'll

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