Tookie we listen to what these the proposal. For a couple on you know we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter how does it. Shut down crying ok thats the whole thing is how do you protect. The life of this is how i came back here fuck up by. The revolutionary guard. Hello im Richard Burton youre at the listening post here are some of the media stories that were covering this week iran the showdown with the u. S. And how the accidental downing of a passenger aircraft has changed the narrative there portugal and racism the countrys news media and the discourse of denial the Global Warming hysteria in australia the murdoch empire is taking some heat for its coverage of the wildfires there and the practical joke on a Foreign Correspondent fell for for a worthy cause weve been told that this is quite a dangerous there has been known to attack people to draw near consider what it must be like to be in charge of communications for the iranian government right now
At ten oclock, clive myrie will be here with a full roundup of the days news. First, the media show. Hello. This week im talking with michelle donelan, the Secretary Of State for digital culture, media and sport. She is the 11th Conservative in the role since the party took power, and she has a huge Remit Everything from the Tech Companies to museums and Art Galleries to broadcasters like channel 4, whose privatisation she halted last week and even eurovision. But before we get onto that, i wanted to get a sense of her news habits. How does she keep up to date through the working day . And theres a mention here right at the start to checking playbook first thing in the mornings. Thats a daily newsletter produced by the political magazine politico, in case you decide you want to mimic the ministers media habits. Yes, so i wake up and i look through playbook, or as soon as its come out, i look through playbook. I will watch a bit of sky news or bbc while im getting ready in the morning a
Be near. Well give you the latest reporting on that potential deal between the studios and the writers. And the fed is Holding Rates Steady, signaling it will keep rates higher for longer. Deal of the day, cisco agreeing to acquire splunk. Both companies cite what they call complementary capabilities in a. I. And security. Splunks gary steele is going to be part of ciscos executive leadership team, reporting to chair and Ceo Chuck Robbins and both gentlemen are going to join us exclusively at 9 15 this morning in about 15 minutes, jim. I think this is terrific, and i will tell you why. What cisco tried to do for a long time is have a lot of recurring revenue, and splunk is nothing but recurring revenue. Cisco has tried to be a major factor in cybersecurity. We know its incredibly important. Splunk will give them the opportunity. They had a Smaller Division that does cybersecurity. Its not been that much of a winner, frankly. In the meantime, gary steele has taken the company, and david
Said indian agents may have been involved in the killing of a canadian sikh activist. He was shot dead in june near vancouver. Just now, mr trudeau doubled down on that claim. India described the accusation as absurd. It also said canada can expect its number of diplomats in india to be reduced. Indias Foreign Ministry spokesman was asked how the dispute was affecting indias reputation. One, any country that needs to look at this, i think it is canada and its growing reputation as a place, as a safe haven for terrorists, for extremists and for organised crime. And i think thats a country that needs to worry about its international reputation. At the heart of this issue are calls for an independent homeland for sikhs in indias Northern State of punjab. Its known as the Khalistan Movement. Sikhs form a majority of punjab s population, but are a minority in the rest of india. There have been calls for an independent state to be formed there for some time, with the movement reaching its pe
To i mean, the administration seems to fear being pulled into will iraq, and on the other hand they have a growing sense that things are going so badly they may have to do something different. Where are we . Michael the american strategy has been to degrade and defeat the islamic state, but it has been under resourced all along. They do not have a strategy that outlines aligns with their objectives. After the fall of ramadi, they have made some course correction by sending american personnel to a new base in an bar anbar. It is an attempt to reach out to the tribes and work more effectively with the military units in anbar that at some point will have to retake ramadi. Charlie does it sound like too little too late to you . Dexter all of this is a sign of the president ambivalence. Charlie this is in ambivalence . Dexter he wants to do something, but he doesnt want to be there. What he doesnt want to be you responsible completely for the collapse of the iraqi state. You will you michae