Freedom is elusive. The Reuters Institute for the study Ofjournalism Talks of democratic backsliding in some parts of the world, and The Economist calculates that more than 39 of the worlds population lives under authoritarian rule. Well, across this edition of the media show, were going to discuss how states are now major sources of disinformation, how technology is changing the threats to freedom of speech, and how major Media Organisations such as the bbc see their role in responding to this. Its a lot to get through, and were going to start by understanding how restrictions on the press affect the information that people are able to access. And well begin with the situation in three countries that have a long history of muzzling the media russia, china and iran. And with us, weve got three experts from bbc monitoring. It, as the name suggests, monitors Media Activity Around The World. Kia atri follows the iranian media and, kia, just describe first a regular. A normal person, if yo
It happened near the disputed scarborough shoal, an area that has been a flashpoint between the two countries in recent years. Take a look at these pictures. The filipino authorities said its boats had been involved in a mission to deliver fuel and food to fishermen in the area. It Accused Beijing of once again installing a floating barrier across the entrance to ther shoal. Chinese state media reports its coastguard as saying it had expelled a Philippine Coast guard ship and other vessels from the area. Lets get more from our South East Asia correspondentjonathan head, who was on the filipino vessel. Im on board the philippines coastguard ship the Chinese Media are saying be expelled. We are being shadowed, you can see over there one chinese coastguard ship on that side, three orfour binders, so many chinese ships in this area. They dominate it, they kick to the Philippines Out of here 12 years ago. This is part of a mission to re establish the philippines presents. I would not say th
Under this proposal the Israeli Media has put the figure at 33 in return for the release of an unspecified number of palestinian prisoners. Us President Joe Biden has been speaking with the leaders of egypt and qatar who have been mediators. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is in saudi arabia, said he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. Hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel and in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. They have to decide and they have to decide quickly. With me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. How close are we to a breakthrough . The information from cairo shows every Party Looks Like very close. There is a massive amount of taxability from each side but this flexibility is coming with lots of complexities and challenges. I will give you a brief about the challenges if you may allow me from both sides
Camilla. They are raising awareness of early diagnosis. We have seen some lovely pictures. He is engaging with staff at the facility. He is really taking his time. Our royal correspondent sarah campbell, whojoins us from University College hospital where the king hasjust visited king charles is at his best. He is so engaged with everyone he is meeting. He is really taking his time inside watson report are you hearing from inside the facility . I saw him as he went in and as he came out. He was looking very animated. Those pictures, though they were slightly shaky, they were from our team from inside. There were some stable shops that were filmed. They will be sent into the building very soon. We will have some less jumpy shots. They do take this same story. He seemed in a very positive frame of mind. People will be greatly cheered by that. 5 of mind. People will be greatly cheered by that. Of mind. People will be greatly cheered by that. Of mind. People will be greatly cheeredb that. A
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