Been described as crude offensive and right in paris. Good morning to them welcome to the program just turned 11 am here in moscow this friday the 16th of all this month kevin how will it take your life will be as update for 30 minutes 1st those 2 russian pilots hailed as heroes that after they averted potential disaster on thursday morning as they their plane lost the use of both engines after striking a flock of birds while taking off from Moscow International airport forcing them to make an Emergency Landing really quickly all 226 passengers on board that crimea bound Ural Airlines flight. A huge drop a good luck yes but sc so much skill to it all happened so quickly the pilots were unable to return to the airport because it barely got airborne reaching altitude just roughly 260 meters but they acted so decisively opting to land the plane on its belly in a cornfield with the wheels up just over a kilometer from the runway and without having time to empty the fuel tags the pilot in charge let me tell you about them for a bit 41 year old damn it you suppose for hed previously been a lawyer before having a Career Change then training as a pilot hed been flying with Ural Airlines since 2030 becoming a captain last year and his copilot young guy 23 year old mirza and he obtained his license just 2 years ago russias Health Ministry is talk but the passengers now said 76 people in the end sought medical assistance after the incident one woman is still in hospital her condition isnt though believed to be life threatening next roman culture for ports for us from the crash site just southeast of moscow. 226 passengers and 7 crew members of Ural Airlines flight bound for crimea from moscow are celebrating their 2nd birthday the air bus a 321 collided with a flock of birds just shortly after takeoff from the capitals zuckoff ski airports the captain mir yusupov had just seconds to make the right decision when he discovered the strike caused engine failure with 16 tons of fuel on board no ability to make it back to the runway he knew that an Emergency Landing could result in a catastrophe to show you a little but all after we to call the engines became unstable 1st the left one and then the right one we usually simulate the situations when one or 2 engines are off despite all our efforts the plane was going down we realized that we didnt have much time just one or 2 minutes to make a decision in a blink of an eye this man with nerves of steel decided still land the aircraft in a nearby cornfield without using the landing gear and shutting off all power to prevent an explosion and various officials praised the crew for their professionalism during the spine chilling landing as well as for a well organized evacuation it is something we acted in line with our training with similar situations like this before so there were no surprises the passengers were disciplined listen to our instructions and evacuated very quickly they did as we expected calm down but the cabin crew they told us that everything was spying we were given medical assistance everything was done quickly and i would like to express my gratitude to the pilot who was flying the plane i think we are all a life thanks to him as to cook tell us please how do you feel now did you hurt your leg. This is you know its better than if i was there lying on the field so everything is rather good the landing was good the pilots did a great job lead. The plane on the belly everything is fine the media was quick to make connections with another such incidents when loss of life was a virgin thanks to pilot the miracle on the hudson involving a u. S. Airways an aircraft flown by captain Chesley Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles hit a flock of geese after takeoff from new york citys La Guardia Airport and lost all engine power im able to land at any available airport they had to ditch the jet in the hudson river just outside of manhattan with all of the 155 passengers rescued by nearby ferries and bolts thanks to the heroic solve for the captain and his crew their relatives and loved ones self all the people involved will get to see them again. Amazing wasnt it else around the world today to rons top diplomat the reefer sharply criticize the u. S. For attempting to block the release of underwriting old tank it was seized by british more roll marines of the coast last month having failed to accomplish its objectives through its economic terrorism including depriving Cancer Patients of medicine the us attempted to abuse the legal system to steal our property and the high seas this piracy attempt is indicative of trumpet ministrations contempt for the law well the u. S. Justice department did make a last minute up location to gibraltar own furs they are asking to extend the grace was detention but after considering the request the British Overseas Territory Supreme Court decided no they were going to release the vessel which had been accused of shipping oil to syria in violation of e. U. Sanctions is expected to sell really soon to voters 1st minister further says hes received a written commitment from to run the ship wont be used to trade with the government of bashar assad. The grace one is therefore now released from detention under the sanctions act by operational law on the 30th of august i received assurances from the republic of iran that if released the destination of the grace one would not be an entity that is subject to European Union sanctions i welcome that assurance or background here the iranian authorities denied all the way along but the grace one was going to be shipping all to syria in breach of those e. U. Sanctions 2 weeks of the vessel was impounded apparently in retaliation then seized a british flag tanker in the strait of hormuz claiming in advice to the International Law the us then later announced its intention to create a Naval Coalition to combat the reigning aggression in the strait but political analysts Shabbir Razvi told us americas Pressure Campaign against surrounding things is now faltering. Really its very clear that the policy that the hawks or what mr zarif calls the b. Team appears to be losing on all fronts mr pompei our recently wrote an op pad on the 8th of august saying that you know the extreme pressure thats being applied on tehran Economic Warfare that is taking place is bearing fruit but the reality is that all of the 12 points that mr pompey are listed in his speech earlier this year iran is not abiding by any of those and has no intention of really succumbing to the pressure from washington and it is continuing to operate quite effectively albeit with lots of pressure and the Economic Situation becoming very difficult in iran just a 2nd to to propose later from our part of the world as one of the program look at home voice of americas Persian Service has been taking an increasingly pro line is the accusation well examine further ahead in the program. Next though the talk in chicken boxes in the u. K. The u. K. Home office has launched a new initiative aimed at tackling soaring rates of knife crime its a notice its going to be painting warnings on real life stories too on takeaway chicken boxes the movies draw much criticism over the public and politicians alike so skewed taylors got the story today. Hed be forgiven for thinking the u. K. s only current battle is with brussels but on the streets of britain doesnt move bloody fight unfolding rising knife crime has of rapidly become a plague with 86. 00 fatalities in london alone since january and in the past 12 months there have been over 43000 knife related offenses across the u. K. And with no sign of the violence abating the home office is getting creative to try to tackle the problem we have rolling out our night free chicken boxes in over 210 chicken chops in england and wales including morleys Dixie Chicken and chicken cottage he is real life stories to show people how they can go nigh free thats right when you pay is going to wing it when it comes to fight tonight cried the hash tag night 3. 00 campaigning pits digital posters as well as outreach programs where people focus at local communities to talk about the risks of carrying weapons it will also see over 300000 boxes and Fried Chicken shop is just like this across the country redesigned now the campaigns hash tag night free and when you open it up on the inside youll be able to read the stories of young people who shunned a life of crime in favor of school or music Nothing Better than a snap and a good read write low teens not everyone agrees other than accusations of mismanaging fun the choice of chicken shops for the campaigns target space has hit us to vote with some people is this some kind of joke what have you chosen she can shops whats next my free watermelons instead of investing in a public house approach to Violent Crime the home office have opted for yet another crude offensive and probably expensive complain they would do better to invest in our communities not demonize them critics the labeling the campaign for too long racist saying it no i need a few. That Fried Chicken is the black communitys choice of food but that knife of the black community is choice of what put the Marketing Company behind the campaign is confident it will bring results and has defended its choice of location saying its a democratic space what the message will reach a wide range of people it was already kind of like its kind of a new kind of opportunity really just a 2 screens where youre talking to young 100000016 to 34 year olds. Trying to make these talks and this just especially mr part of the green light people dont have much free to think if it has an effect on one person one person can see this message and you know if you have that Ripple Effect and it can change many peoples lives so for us it has an impact to one person is doing the job that reason they took action scared over something my phrase because there was an unfortunate incident outside one of the boards inviting him but it was a stop and if you got the opportunity to raise awareness and spread the message then of course were going to truth and now that where you all reaching that kind of those kind of people so its not just people that are involved not quite in itself again its people that been affected by celebrities friends people within your community so we decided to see if the campaign has ruffled any of those hair and i think is sort of the group idea you know because most of the people are using the my for the young people so that i was talking about white off because it only took a book deal. To do anything different is a great idea because you need to educate people. To afford to crime special nights right i think is really really good because it is home to the kids to say i was going to go to the chicken shop at night but you keep going to live. To think that it may be. You know public money into more important things yeah i think so because everybody every word is going to come to eat chicken then theyre going to sit see this one do you think they sent it into shock is an embrace. I dont think so i dont believe. If so i spy racist idea that night in my in my house my people its not racists its my show yeah people go for chicken chops theyve been chicken chops theres no evidence about its not about climb not climate everyone. Exulted its not surely its a cover for 2 minutes past 11 moscow time coming up censorship blacklisting and writing systems will tell you about the latest allegations of political bias the novel against google after the break. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond short and ill be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. Journalists at voice of americas persian Language Service have been accused of violating the networks editorial policy by adopting a staunchly pro trump line a number of u. S. Government funded outlets employees have even taken to publicly attacking supporters of the Iranian Regime most recently v. O. A. Journalist launched a blistering online attack on one of the Services Former employees despite the fact she complained to the Network Services though seems the tweets have not been deleted mopin picks up the story. Iranian american journalist who covers u. S. Iran relations has found herself being targeted online this woman who lives in comfort in the us and enjoys all the privileges of free society affords her has misused her privilege of freedom of expression by supporting the corrupt terrorist supporting the Islamic Republic of iran that oppresses and murders its own citizens particularly its women she was terminated when her true mission became known freedom loving people of iran look at this treasonous criminal type of a person as a spy and an enemy of the people now the person calling her a treasonous criminal works for voice of America Persia thats a u. S. Government funded outlet directed at iranians its overseen by the broadcast board of governors shrill words for a u. S. Government employee right now the irony is that mortaza the is herself a former voice of America Persian reporter but this points to a bigger issue which is that in recent years the voice of America Persian has shifted its tone very dramatically to the point that its hosts are now attacking those who dont support current policy toward iran and 2017 the broadcast Board Chairman asked the conservative think tank Foreign Policy council to review the government funded programs directed at iran they concluded that u. S. Government broadcasts were overly sympathetic to the Iran Nuclear Deal and the proceeding negotiations that took place in 2015 significant coverage of the state of u. S. Iranian relations reflected the mistaken notion that the reunion regime is now friendlier to the United States later the Senate Appropriations committee passed legislation giving the broadcasting board a green light to counter iranian influence the secretary of state in consultation with the heads of other relevant federal agencies including broadcasting board of governors show coordinate eram car influence programs funded by the act such programs shoot. Out of the polls assertions made by the government of iran against the United States and other democratic countries described the support such government provides to terrorist proxies and assess and describe the impact this support to such proxies causes to the people of syria yemen and other areas where the operate since that time voice of America Persian has shifted from being a vehicle for presenting an American Perspective to iranians and perhaps a somewhat even handed way apparently being a vehicle for straight up antigovernment agitation iran is another example its a country that never really made the key decision the Iranian Regime was spending a ton of money on its Nuclear Program and wanted to halt that a noble objective a good goal worthy one but the threat that iran presents is so much greater than that well lets not forget iran too or china has been a major purchaser of iranian oil avoided america insists that it is not highly partisan and describes itself as free and open all voices american journalists the federal Government Employees or contractors are expected to adhere to voice of americas social media policy as do we need to clearly in its best practice is guide voice of america pursues its mission by produce an accurate balanced and comprehensive reporting program and as well as all mine and social media content for a global audience particularly for those who are denied access to open and free media while the journalist with v. O. A. Persian whos been accused is smearing his former colleagues describe the coverage of the story 1st published by the intercept as biased because the mean time political analyst said moustapha coast shows should give us his thoughts on the controversy. Most. Journalists are so sanctions against you radiance why is it more or donald trump and bolts almost by a look which is against the islamic. Hierarchy in your way persia. Another story her the investigative journalist site project veritas claims to have obtained further evidence of political bias a google it goes down of scott that one project veritas the love download Whistleblowing Initiative says it has published documents proving google can boost or d. Rank new sources based on a biased set of internal rules the face of projects varied as admits the source of alleged leaked files a google insider is not perfect he has a track record of supporting conspiracy theories but forget about him whats in the documents this presentation slide is the one that suggests that google has been working on a ranking system for media credibility now we dont know whether or not it has ever gone live but this screen short purports to show that it was in the works on the right side is an example of the ranking system the wall street journal tops the chart followed by the major mainstream outlets and r t is there too you know with barely half the rating of the wall street journal it is hardly a match for its competitors now again theres no way of telling if the rating was calculated or an employees invention but even so it could indicate a personal bias against our team google has been here before when it comes to accusations of behind the scenes algorithms for instance conservative pundit Paul Joseph Watson has repeatedly attacked google saying the Company Shadow banned him. Yes its totally normal then when you search paul jews if what some you tube channel and google my Youtube Channel doesnt even appear on the 1st place of results there is no bias situ all they literally broke their own Search Engine to sense to me and many others thats as eric schmidt the executive chairman of googles Parent Company alphabet previously revealed that google would try to deal rank r. T. We are working on detecting this kind of scenario youre describing and again the ranking the ranking those kinds of sites its basically our car the 2 and theres a whole bunch of coverage about what were doing there but were well aware of it were trying to engineer the systems to prevent it we dont want to ban the sites eventually google responded that it doesnt have an insider ranking system synergies no use to set a political agenda and we dont bias our results to with any political ideology but the latest revelation from project veritas could make these promises less reassuring google and twitter and facebook and other in the social media and big tech and arena have the ability to filter news and filter content for a generation that does is accustomed to doing less thinking for itself than lets say the generations of 10 and 20 and 40 years ago so i think google has way too much power remember in our country in theory we have strict laws about disguised corporate contributions in favor of a candidate and you know you think about how much it costs to get a mass Google Ad Campaign or Facebook Campaign if what theyre doing is providing massive disguise support to what they believe to be progressive candidates and not disclosing that thats a violation a serious violation of American Campaign finance laws and they should be strenuously punished for it i think its good that people across the political spectrum in congress in the senate are studying this now closely. 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Blow 1st somewhat me for trying to the environment seems these kind of reusable coffee cups to do more harm to the environment than disposable ones as according to a study by Caroline Wood a research in Food Security at the university of sheffield she told us that people are not using said reusable cups for long enough crucially to make them a viable greener alternative think companies are under immense pressure to be seen to be doing just something anything against waste problem that they dont want to risk being its in their customers and risk them shopping elsewhere reasonable cups are more resource intensive but use they were primal material and the 1st this is to make them more durable projects typically require more energy so they only have the benefit of the disposable single use cups people can make to using them as a habit so they can offset these great costs with pride for their production and also the Energy Required to wash them out seems when it comes to disposable paper cups 16000000000. 00 are used around the world every year it takes them over 20 years decomposed maybe surprised to hear in the u. K. Only one percent of such cups are actually being recycled collinwood again told us more about the problems posed by reusable cups in modern society especially in busy cities that the long run it often isnt convenient 8 which remember their own car carry it around and clean it out but without proper thought we can end up just leaping straight from our problem into another there isnt enough dialogue between the people who make the packaging do businesses and the companies that deal with the waste at the end and when all these people are working together and we need to be develop solutions that actually work and use materials that we know being recycled. So many more a great so many will Great Stories great clips too on our site if you get a minute check it out one or. Checks out on twitter on facebook as well want to follow us there you know moscow this friday its coming to you saying have a great day. 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Fellow again welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle describing the trump administrations iran policy is confusing contradictory and even incoherent would be an understatement as members of his administration beat the drums of war the president suddenly inject themselves into the conversation with words to the contrary what is the world to think. Across talking around im joined by my guest Mohammad Marandi and put on he is a professor at the university of tehran in beirut we have become ill was me he is a professor and political analyst and in florida we cross to robert rebel he is a professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic university all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate mohamed let me go to you 1st and to ron give me your side or how irans sees this whole thing playing out because irans point of view is virtually silent in western media so western audiences dont know the other side of this story or as i would put it a artificially generated impending conflict go ahead mohamed. The most important thing in this story is that the United States is waging Economic Warfare against iranian women and children the United States is exercising what our foreign minister said Economic Economic terrorism and that they are trying to make the running people suffer and to force the iranian people to suffer so much that the government will submit to the United States and basically raise the white flag and this is based in my opinion on can