the tables be turning for the biggest party head of the keep north of the country this sunday. a major shift following its leaders resignation. here in moscow thanks for joining us and. welcome to the program. following a recent trend against the reigning media fost news agency says its intention website has been taken down soft apparently falling foul of u.s. sanctions this comes as tensions continue to build between the 2 countries and it seems the u.s. treasury department had a major role to play. the photos news dot com websites is being blocked on u.s. treasuries orders and emails sent to followers newsagency by the provider clearly stated that the treasury's office of foreign assets control as i did the agency to the sdn specially designated nationals list if you visit the web site fars news dot com it is unavailable the web page does not load now it's important to note there is a web site fars news dot i r that i are standing for islamic republic that has just been created but that is only in farsi the language of iran not other languages even though far as news generally publishes in different languages those are not available fars news calls itself an independent news source generally it has been labelled by western media outlets as being a mouthpiece for the iranian government it's one of the primary sources for breaking news within the borders of the islamic republic the fact that it has been taken down and does not appear to have its website up and is blaming this on the us treasury seems to fit it on standing a long standing pattern for example earlier this month press t.v. the english language t.v. network based in the islamic republic of iran was removed from you tube however google backed down from that decision but regardless that was a moment where we saw a news outlet from iran have its access to the internet and social media cut off or tampered with now we can recall in recent months the escalation between the 2 countries qassam solomonic the top iranian general was killed in a u.s. airstrike near baghdad the iraqi capital and then we saw iran respond with a barrage of missiles directed at u.s. bases in iraq this feud between the leaders of the usa and the islamic republic of iran wasn't even put on hold during the whole cost commemorations in jerusalem take a listen we must also stand strong against the leading state purveyor of anti-semitism. against the one government in the world that denies. the holocaust as a matter of state policy and threatens to wipe israel off the map against the islamic republic of iran. now sanctions have been imposed on the islamic republic by the united states and there has been constant threats of military action and it seems that this effort to silence news agencies and remove them from social media and from the internet itself fits into a longstanding pattern of efforts by leaders of the united states to covertly undermine the islamic republic of iran and we heard earlier from the editor in chief of news agencies english and he explained how ordinary people reacting to washington's pressure on the country. the journalists and reporters there were really antagonized i mean they were feeling lots of hatred for the and that is states because we are not been a war we are not you know militaries we are not state officials you know boston's agency was established back in 2002 or 3 and it's the 1st iranian non est news agency so it's not even as they try and media people here are feeling the brunt of the united states hostile actions it's not just the reporters and journalists but also average citizens trump has done a lot of good to iran i believe because he has been the one that has shown that all these slogans and chance that they have about the mark rissi human rights and so on and so forth are for nothing and they are hollow and when the time arrives they see no difference between softball or for media warfare or military wofford they just assassinate anyone standing on their way. a teenage french girl has been told to go into hiding off to she received death threats for posting anti islamic videos on instagram mina who's from leon says she was responding to homophobic and racist abuse from muslims on the platform police are now investigating the case the viral posting spread on social media networks of a video posted by a young girl expressing during a personal discussion violin and horsetail comments about the muslim religion has provoked a multiplication of reactions to in the form of death threats and threats to commit crimes and all would scare and teens freedom of expression amelia could argue she was just giving her views on islam the incidents gone and widespread attention and even support from some politicians. the speech of this young girl is the voice description of charles caricatures no more no less we can find evolve but we cannot accept that some people condemn her to death for that in france in the 21st century let us support me like a 16 year old high school student insulted and threatened with death by thousands of fanatics for having given her opinion on islam or we got some reaction to the story from us or the show jarrah chair of the islamic human rights commission and andre walker a columnist for the new york observer. my concern is that time and time again we're seeing blasphemy laws 'd reinstituted across europe remember back in the middle ages europe was plagued by blustery laws inflicted by the christian community and i think that we've got a lot better as a society since they disappeared against blasphemy law blasphemy is is something a very christian sort of centric concept and it's got no room in between islam and the slam we actually encourage any sort of criticism the idea that insulting the prophet mohammed should be something you should die for is completely unacceptable and always remember you or it got better when we walked away from these blasphemy rules ourselves and i think it would be great if the islamic world was to follow that example. you know at least i don't know i don't know i don't know why you keep on being in blasphemy laws no one is actually talking about bringing in blasphemy laws we are saying that you should not be able to abuse muslims under the pretense that this is. well look what you've just laid out it should be it should be patent to be abusive towards islam even if that stress to pursue congratulations you're describing a blasphemy law and that is something that we need to get away from let's sit down around the cup of tea let us criticize one another's belief but respect one another and i don't see why this should be confusing for anyone but there is a problem with fundamentalism in our society and most of fundamentalists of muslims they're not all muslims but most of them are eastern attempt to say that in practice you can criticize as are you cults insult the prophet mohammed you can't be critical of the views that he expressed that is something that is dangerous for our society i'm not saying that you can criticize islam and say go ahead no problem . let's get together over a cup of tea you can criticize those words you want and i will discuss the bit you . the british prime minister boris johnson's been joining the climate change chorus at the u.k. africa investment summit but while calling out the dangers of carbon emissions more than 90 percent of the energy deal signed at that event were for fossil fuels shadi edwards dashti picks up the story. in a short space of time the poorest johnson has been prime minister we already know he isn't always one to stick to his word especially when it comes to striking deals but this could be one of his. remember those comments at the beginning of the week all about supporting clean energy in africa to put it simply not another penny of u.k. taxpayers' money would be directly invested in. burning it for electricity because well you know we all breathe the same. the same. carbon emissions rise in the. same circuit right or wrong it's been uncovered that in fact the united kingdom spend billions of pounds of broad supporting fossil fuel projects that will emit an estimated $69000000.00 tons of carbon a year that's the same as the country the size of portugal nearly a 6th of britain's total annual carbon emissions but don't worry the government says this $70000000.00 tonnes is just a worst case scenario even so the darker shade of green deals doesn't seem to be going down too well with the hypocrisy of the government's position is breathtaking it boasts of his green credentials one minute and then hosts an investment summit which sees billions been invested in carbon intensive industries in africa this government's promises on climate action are completely hollow but things could go from bad to worse for gretchen coeds 90 percent of the 2000000000 pounds worth of energy deal struck at the u.k. africa summit well for you guessed it fossil fuels but of course the united kingdom's official statement on the summit failed to mention that teeny tiny detail that the agreements were dominated by oil and gas and not coal well as in fuel to the fire over the last decade the united kingdom has financed $6000000000.00 pounds worth of fossil fuel projects alone including funding some of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world seems like a right royal mess up goodies all the extra. if you couldn't do nothing with it except what should try to structure it. i mean there's certainly better things to do with the dark right child will come down everybody in the government says some of it's going to renewable projects we're committed to working with countries across the world to unlock their renewable energy pretentious and support the transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner alternatives or maybe we should believe it when we see ed's shot dead in. london and we spoke to africa a political analyst. who thinks there's too much money at stake for london to worry about emissions in africa politics and the game itself is one based on investment based on influence based on business and at the same time obviously climate change is a really big deal so it is a conflict of interest for britain itself it's also a conflict of morality a conflict of business if you look at the investment portfolio in africa fadel it still remains that many european 1st world countries are investing in the hydrocarbon or in natural resources and this other thing would change for a very long time purely because there's too much money to stick purely because there are more important issue for these companies to be dealing with i.e. the extraction of minerals and will wealth africa. will plummet issues are also fast becoming a key issue ahead of the irish parliamentary elections farmers in the country have complained of constant attacks against their livelihoods by oregon activists one union says that while they accept the reality of global warming they reject the idea that only rural communities have to change their way of life. all sectors must contribute to learning carbon emissions and farming cannot be singled out for reasons of ideology or political expediency last year the irish parliament struck committee on climate action issued a report calling for a reduction in agricultural activity they said the sector was the country's largest emitter of greenhouse gases one area in focus was an increasing demand for high carbon foodstuffs such as meat and dairy which it planed must be reversed certainly enough aaron obviously you know we're after all producing island and that's what we are stock and barrel and we're very very efficient at that and you know all the issue is a job an issue and as you mentioned china there are many other countries out there but equally there are many countries out there in food production be it beef and dairy and they're far more harmful to the environment and teratomas down production is so if the food was to be produced in other parts of the goal to an affair a far greater environmental impact obviously we've climatic conditions tara gets the lead as we approach the middle of this century but equally we need to meet and as soon as possible but you know we are the most efficient mccarran point of view of producing dairy product in the european 20 years and there are environmentalist out there who are and tree huggers who are bashing the reputation of our culture and making it extremely challenging to have a sustainable income from agriculture still ahead the b.b.c.'s readings a lot of fake new sporting show for children we hear from a former employee of the british broadcaster about concerns over bias that's coming up after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon sure and i'll be speaking to guest of the world the politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. live all of the government. promotes. governmental spain did so with projects which are not realized has been plants. the problem i see is they have these government is in my view much more people bold to be more effective in doing what it's ordered to do the problem is that it will move in illegal bit wrong direction so it will be a stated goal and then me and the idea is to make street investment more more effective said sports but it would be better to hear the president of. the program the b.b.c. will launch a new educational series to help young children detect fake news would stop producing angelina jolie little quarter looks at whether the british national broadcast a should be asking questions about its own coverage as well. it's a crusade against fake news and the b.b.c. has elected itself to lead the charge its latest show is aimed at protecting youthful eyes and ears from poisonous propaganda there's a gap in provision for young people who want to understand how the news is made and the values that stand behind it they need the tools to distinguish the real from the fools online and the skills to think critically about information wherever they encounter it and the new programs producer is none other than angelina jolie as a parent i'm happy to be able to give my support to a program that aims to help children learn more about the lives of other young people around the world i hope it will help children find information and tools they need to make a difference on the issues that matter to them it's a noble pursuit and all but the b.b.c. might not be the most qualified to act as the authority on fighting fake news b.b.c. russia correspondent olga was caught in the act asking a local journalist to help her find evidence of russian meddling connected to protests in paris naturally moscow wasn't very happy with the attempts to pull an anti russian narrative out of thin air authorities all the time accused russian television channels of into fear an internal protest movements and politics and call them propagandists i think it's humiliating when the british media dissimulate such information and the b.b.c.'s track record of pursuing a political agenda goes much farther back than that in 1953 it was used covertly as a pawn in a joint m i 6 cia operation to support a coup against the democratically elected prime minister of iran mohammad mossad it the british government used b.b.c. persian radio to advance its propaganda against most attack on material was repeatedly aired on the radio channel to the extent that iranian stuff at the b.b.c. persian radio service went on strike in protest britain's national broadcaster was even accused of sending coded messages to the coupon. waters through the specific wording of their broadcasts during the cold war london once again used the b.b.c. as a front to fund anti soviet propaganda in the middle east and latin america fast forward to 2018 and the b.b.c. covered the duma chemical attack from aboard the anti assad bandwagon citing u.s. officials who confidently claimed that the syrian government had deployed sarin gas against civilians the narrative was used as justification for washington's bombing of syrian government installations although b.b.c. syria's own producer said the attack was staged after almost 6 months of this to go i can prove with the most producing was staged no fatalities occurred in the host but look for a network with a history of having its strings pulled by british intelligence services and affinities for a certain line of political agendas it's no wonder viewers are struggling to see the b.b.c. as impartial. b.b.c. journalists on a breeze as the world grows as attempting to rebuild trust. the level of trust since the b.b.c. to the general public is due in late daily weekly and i would say really possibly 2 years ago they could turn things around but it just got worse and worse really over the last 2 years a billet in particular to the b.b.c. panorama programs that are not of people who credibly disappointed the b.b.c. in how they handled the went up to the election i think they do what they can you know the thinking certain celebrities and ruefully rinses to touch themselves to increase their reputational brand but. it's a case of is it is it is it possible to rescue that and i'm not quite sure you're not discuss the republic they're just going to come they just can feel more and more alienated and and and feel they're not not being listened to and that's very and that the b.b.c. have not been able to take control of that situation and they are suffering. some news from around the world in brief they are starting in south america and chile police have used tear gas and water counted against the mass and to go. oh. i hate. those pictures were from protests that turned violent on friday as one officers the trial for injuring a demonstrator is the 1st police brutality hearing since october back when the current wave of social unrest gripped the country. meanwhile rescue operations underway in eastern turkey after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the region on friday evening at least 20 people have been killed and almost 1000 injured according to emergency officials 200 aftershocks were recorded with tremors felt in neighboring countries as well the death toll is expected to rise as the wreckage is removed. and thousands of antiabortion activists have gathered in washington for the so-called march of life the annual event takes a stand against the legalization of abortions across the country. donald trump gave a speech there becoming the 1st u.s. president to do so in 7 years. sunday's key vote in northern italy could trigger a major shake up in the country its biggest party's been left reeling after the leader foreign minister louis resigned with support falling rapidly you could leave the door open for much and to immigration northern league party when for them of course would like to see fresh elections at the hard shift to the right shot at the explains. as a tell you go to the polls in the northern region of the me here among this weekend there is a lot at stake not just for the current shaky coalition government but also potentially for the future of one of its members the 5 star movement the empty establishment party was founded 11 years ago with a promise to rid italy of a corrupt ruling elite a champion of digital democracy its star send it quickly and brightly taking a few of the folks in 2018 election and joining to form not one but 2 governments but as we all know what goes up at some point must come down off that big election turnout 5 star set about signing up to a brand new italian government with bullying though the league was supposed to be a junior partner the headline grabbing lead them to use any pushed it into the forefront and then it state you know good times for the illegals are over get ready to pack your bag. man and we'll mccraw on has not been very nice lately he's a polite man but he probably drinks too much. you'll not find any extremists or veterans at this table the only nostalgics are those in power in brussels today she stated we're ready to build a new future this is the path to save europe because i knew the european dreamer but good bureaucrats bankers do. government for too long by the time italians headed back to the polls this time for the e.u. elections for ching's had been reversed it was clear the league was now in the droid ing seat if we see it to the numbers of the last a page that. maintains leadership in the polling stations and the intentions of votes and so the. his view the continuation of the government would have not brute to delete so he decided to cut it off and run out of the government to be much freer in pursuing his electorate without the ties of the governments necessarily blood he has been running up to now neatly gaining ground and especially defeating decline of the 5 star bickering paul has started to turn on each other and when salvini took a gamble to pull out of the coalition 5 star looked elsewhere months of infighting within 5 star that seemed dozens of its parliament true representatives defect be expelled and the code digital support base has also been hemorrhaging with many unclear about the party's future certainly dismaying risk to become. a deal especially for the 5 stars if they stayed this foolish and after defeats in the region the next since we have already seen this kind of take an equal official kind of for government and people of like tired of it they want to see the political leadership of the country. elections haven't been particularly coing to the current italian it ministration in october a coalition of right wing parties spearheaded by the league one in the traditional heartland of the left now the government faces an even tougher test in the media among the region's biggest city is a bologna and it's been center left for 75 years but polls indicate that that could be about to change with the race neck and neck between the league and the democratic party 5 star is trading so far behind it's not even considered worth a punt. today i'm here to hyundai my resignation as leader of the 5 star movement more to miss the most people. and your writing in calling telling me nazi give up i'm not giving up this is just the end of a face. currently without a leader 5 stars future looks more burned out than bright if it does come crashing down the view is it could bring the italian government down with it opening up a way for salvini to seize these national elections he's been waiting for since last summer charlotte even ski r.t. paris. a diplomatic row between the u.s. and the u.k. he's threatening to escalate starts after washington refused an extradition request for an american intelligence officers wife who was charged with causing the death of a teenager or redone was hit by the woman's car near a u.s. base in britain last summer. at the time the accident occurred and for generation of her stay in the u.k. the u.s. citizen driver in this case had immunity from criminal jurisdiction if the united states were to grant the u.k.'s extradition request it would certain extraordinary troubling precedent. i called the u.s. ambassador to express the government's disappointment about this decision we feel this amounts to a denial of justice and we believe and sue coolers should return to the u.k. we are now urgently considering our options she has to come back i don't i still don't understand how she can even if with her cell phone carry on with her life and drive. i don't i don't understand that she must be made of different stuff to us i don't know that. she has to come back one way or the other. but here's a reminder of what happened in august last year 19 year old terry dunn was on his motorbike when a vehicle hit him head on outside a united states base in england the driver was the wife of an american intelligence officer working there and circuitous she later admitted to driving on the wrong side of the road she was officially charged with guns death in december but she's already claimed diplomatic immunity and fled the u.k. months earlier. now after seclude us was charged her lawyers said she would not be coming back to the u.k. and described dunn's there as a terrible but unintentional accident here's how a legal representative for the dunn family sees the situation. precedented waters as far as we're aware this is never happened before this is the 1st time the united states of refused an extradition request from the u.k. and a long history of the extradition treaty to say that it would set a trap troubling precedent if she were to retire the family would simply argue that to allow somebody who's accused of a very serious crime in a country so e-bay justice that is what would be setting a troubled 'd person framework was brought in the 1960 s. to protect diplomats who were opposed 'd to hotspot countries and to keep them safe for instance if they were kid napped by a lawless regime it is not intended and it back to be a convention makes it absolutely clear that if you commit a crime in any country that you stay in your host country and face the consequences this is actually just a request will i have for every where as 'd we know the president trump and my co-pay will not be around forever and if necessary this family who i represent will happily. wait patiently until the next administration comes along who perhaps believes in the whole of the the rule of law a little more than this one and it's one step along the road but i can assure your viewers tonight that we are more competent than have or that answer to this will be coming back to a place just to see you today. one country coming up next on the comanche channel and for u.k. views of sport mick was yours got away back in half an hour with the left. he. was 7 7 7. this is a story about what happens austria stray bullet kills a young.