So assad bombing in northern afghanistan the taliban has claimed responsibility and accused of war crimes cause of all surprises and touchy is interviewed by a special prosecutor at the hague. And on the wings of the sports news as munches the citys european bond is overturned and washingtons on a full turn drop for a controversial redskins mon after pressure from sponsors and social justice campaigns. Thank you for joining us the World Health Organization is warning that the world want to be returning to normal life for the foreseeable future it says a Global Coronavirus Fund demick is only going to get worse if basic health care precautions are not followed nearly 13000000 people worldwide have now to. Said positive and have been more than half a 1000000 deaths globally many governments which had begun easing lockdown measures are now being forced to bring them back and the head of the w. H. O. Says too many countries are seeing their infection numbers heading in the wrong direction
Growing number of iconic brands are pulling their ad dollars from face but only to think its going to lead them to rising patagonia just sound on the companys doing stuff for Profit Campaign thats incredibly strong and advertisers to be quite a focus for allowing whole range system violent and verifiable its kind of rooted into a long term boycott. Hello im Richard Geres person youre watching the listening post working from home here are the media stories were covering this week facebook gets hit by a big brand advertising boycott designed to get hate speech off the site will anything really change. China passes a new law in hong kong that has journalists there running scared well read talking heads and the bookshelves the just credibility plus with all those racist statues getting taken down who or what will take their place the 2 biggest news stories of 2020 the pandemic and the racial inequality protests have triggered what the United Nations calls a tsunami of hate speech a surge i
Orders banks to block business with officials connected to hong kongs new security law. And residents on the remote Easter Island celebrate 100 days without a case of corona virus. The trial of 20 saudi nationals accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi has begun in turkey his fiance had teach agendas has been giving her testimony shes been vocal over the past 18 months about bringing his killers to justice because of the saudi consulate in istanbul drew widespread condemnation including from the un special rapporteur who spend months investigating the case to this day his remains have never been found but has more. This is the last moment jamal who shows he was seen alive its october the 2nd 2018 the journalist who wrote for the Washington Post newspaper had gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to get documents he needed for his wedding his turkish fiance had e. G. Ching is waited for him outside turkish prosecutors say he was murdered his body dismembered and the remains neve
Countries will have a live report from Heathrow Airport also a warning from the United Nations that beijings new security law for hong kong could be used to punish activists and. Residents on the remote Easter Island mark 100. 00 days without a single case of coronavirus. And support for months later than expected the after one season is officially underway there was Hamiltons Mercedes team are using an all black car in a show of support for the fight against for a show in just. 21 months after journalist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the saudi consulates in istanbul and was never seen again and the trial of the 20 saudi nationals accused of killing him has begun in turkey among those giving testimony this friday his fiance had teach agendas who has been so vocal about bringing his killers to justice i should g. s murder at the consulate very widespread condemnation including from the United Nations special rapporteur they spent months investigating the case to this day his remains have
A new law in hong kong that has journalists there running scared well read talking heads and the bookshelves the just lose credibility plus with all those racist statues getting taken down who or what will take their place the 2 biggest news stories of 2020 the pandemic in the racial inequality protests have triggered what the United Nations calls a tsunami of hate speech a surge in phobia online the social media platforms involved now find themselves the focus of an advertising boycott a campaign called stop hate for profit that is designed to get them to clean up their act by hitting them where it hurts the primary target has been facebook for years Mark Zuckerberg and company have resisted demands to take a more active approach a harder line on moderating hateful content 909 percent of facebooks revenues 70000000000 dollars last year reportedly comes from advertising however given facebooks size. This boycott is unlikely to seriously damage its bottom line at least in the short term