Workers are being infected. A number of doctors and nurses have been putting messages on social media complaining about the fact that they dont have adequate protective clothing so i think its fair to assume that those who have become infected those who have died have so because they havent had the correct protective gear now chinas government concedes there is a shortage of this protective clothing and of course it underscores just how vulnerable frontline medical workers are in china right now the World Health Organization has got more experts arriving at the epicenter today and over the weekend to supplement the team that arrived there a few days ago the w. H. O. Is also saying and this is i guess a grain of good news that the rate of infections outside of who by province dont appear to be rising as dramatically as they were during the past few weeks when president xi jinping urged transparency in mid january suddenly it was gangbusters with the state controlled media they were all
Does not mean the end of the war or the end of plots or terrorism either this liberation does not mean the enemys will surrender this liberation means that we put our enemies pride and nose in the dirt as a primary step to defeat them completely sooner or later. Our batteries on the turkey syria border with more on Bashar Al Assads comments. This is a delicate moment for the Syrian Opposition but also for the Syrian Government at this explains why president bashar assad has been celebrating in his speech the new major gains made by the syrian army particularly on the outskirts of aleppo and also the southern parts of it live saying basically that this is just about a matter of time before the opposition is defeated this explains why he has been saying that the fight will continue until the terrorists of this is the term that he uses. Most of the time to describe the Syrian Opposition would no longer in 2014 or 13 when the Syrian Government was on the verge of collapse and when the Syri
Says is the aftermath sounded it was strikes in the area full of which the who these claim will retaliate to at this hour the quality released the statement saying there was a possibility of what it calls Collateral Damage to civilians this show you that the us and our forces has been able after they have shut down. Several of the. American drones over the skies of yemen in the last 15 months now it seems to me that they are able to slow down despite that get on they can say that if they start at this stage this means that we are going to end that a new stage of the war the who these claimed the plane was downed with then missile some another say that if thats true it would be a very Significant Development in yemens long running war this is a big deal knowing that already their partners the iraqis you know have for all practical purposes withdrawn left and now the saudis are there and incapable of finishing the war and settling cable of winning the war and now perhaps with this game c
The stories that matter to those is there a. Doctor whose sound the only one of ours that is the way that trash can tell us. What our couple times are tight show a show on. Friday every friday. Hello im Richard Gilbert and youre at the listening post among the media stories that were covering this week transparency the manage time beijings approach to controlling the narrative on the corona virus remains a work in progress and trying to keep fear of the pandemic contained. In places like germany theyre loud they can bully they call themselves nationalists and they are some of indias most watched news actors plus the New Territory government in manila having gone after news websites it doesnt like now targeting the countrys biggest broadcast. 2 weeks ago when we 1st examined the official chinese response to the corona Virus Outbreak beijing was in damage control mode the government had been slow to respond its Media Outlets had downplayed the seriousness of the threat and lives were los
Distinguished investigate testify journalists in russia, cofounders of authors of the red web previously a history of russia razz internet and governance of the internet and then also the excellent book the new noblity which is looking at Russian Security services. So, this i guess is the third part of the trilogy. And were so excited that youre here with us today. I think just a couple of issues. One is we are filming this, so just a note to the audience, as you engage and ask questions, well ask you to identify yourself, and everything here is on the record in terms of the discussion. And then, two, just in terms of formality, well start off with some general questions ill ask or coauthors and then segment into more of a q a format and there are copies of the book available here which irina and andrei will happily sign for you. So welcome back. Welcome to new york. I feel like this is the scene for so much of what is going on, irina can talk but what motivated you to write this book