The National Live from moscow. Thanks so much for joining us on the program. Our space x. Rocket has already safely returned to earth after a mission to launch u. S. Government satellite questions are being asked over what happened to the top secret payloads has the details. Well the intriguing or mysterious thing about this is that ahead of the launch and during it and the media there were so many stories about the top secret Spy Satellite which belongs to the u. S. Government being launched by illinois mosques Basics Company it was called zoom but now almost two days after the launch everyone is pretty much in the dark about its fate sunday nights launch was lifestream to body space six but only until a certain stage. We have had successful lift off of falcon nine carrying those then the satellites deployment into orbit wasnt shown or reported on at all now if the mission a site of secrecy it isnt any fad at some stage is all to live stream but a sense that while on the one hand it is true and we know that the usual practice for this kind of limited access to the stream is like that for missions of that secretive nature but then neither space x. Nor the manufacture of the satellite confirmed that the launch was successful and this led to the first doubts appearing other any other reasons to think that something posted the math going wrong then to respected news organizations in the us wall street journal and bloomberg reported that zuma may have fallen back to earth or burned in the planets when they get that classified information from Anonymous Sources within the Us Government and also the industry what they did as they were questioned comment from the pentagon from the satellites manufacturer and of course from you and musks company as. Well and this is what weve got we have nothing to add to the satellite cadillac at this time we cannot comment on classified missions we do not comment on missions of this nature but as of right now reviews of the data indicate full can nine performed nominally so where did these comments or rather no comment replies leave us so lets put all the doubts aside and assume that the satellite Delivery Mission was a success does that mean that there is so much secrecy behind the payload that no one is entitled to know even about whether it reached orbit or not why was there no obviate in the u. S. Satellite catalog and what kind of spying is it out there for the questions are going to be there to stay on the other hand if its confirmed that the mission was a fail or its not going to be a refutation disaster for space six but we know that elon musks next step was going to be to start sending humans into space and in this case it could prove to be an image problem and we will see whether thats going to affect elon musks plans to do more Space Business with the u. S. Government space x. Has again commented on the launch saying the falcon nine rocket that everything is expected however in her statement the companys president refused to give further comment on the fate of a satellite being carried citing its classified nature. And the b. B. C. Is being accused of censorship by its own staff some claim theyve been prevented from talking about equal pay follows the resignation of a Senior Editor over alleged salary discrimination as the story. Carrie gracie has resigned as the b. B. C. s china editor and shes penned this open letter where she explains that last summer when the b. B. C. Revealed the salaries of its highest paid staff she discovered that the two men who do the same job as her essentially as International Editors but in all the regions get paid much more than the two women who do those jobs as well take a listen to what she had to say master law i learned that in the previous Financial Year the two men at least fifty percent more than the two women these revelations damaged the trust of b. B. C. Staff gary gracie said that the only solution that she had for her b. B. C. Bosses would be for all four International Editors at the b. B. C. To be paid the same amount and crucially she wasnt after a pay rise she simply wanted equal pay however her bosses at the b. B. C. Instead offered her a substantial pay rise but one that was nowhere near equal pay and she says the b. B. C. Told her that quite simply the mens jobs were worth more and those two mens jobs are north america editor and middle east editor by the way so on top of this original conflict with the b. B. C. There is now another issue and that is that often news of this story broke the head of news at the b. B. C. Center polite reminder to all the staff saying that because of impartiality rules no one would be able to report on the story if they had expressed a view on it but the problem is that plenty of women at the b. B. C. Have to treat it that solidarity with carry gracey over this issue and they are now accusing the b. B. C. Of trying to keep them quiet and of trying to censor them the rules of also resulted in a situation whereby effectively because of this youve got the story be. Reported almost exclusively by men now the b. B. C. Wont comment on the controversy however they have referred us back to that guidelines take a listen to what they have to say when dealing with controversial subjects concerning the b. B. C. Or reports must remain julie impulsion as well as accurate we need to ensure the b. B. C. s impartiality is not brought into question and presenters all reporters are not exposed to potential conflicts of interest the b. B. C. Might have to get used to reporting on itself or she referring us back to those guidelines because this looks like an issue that isnt going away and there are likely to be more high profile resignations over this issue of gender pay inequality undependable journalist and commentator martin summers told us transparency is vital to overcoming pay discrimination well the fact of the matter is that a lot of the time we dont really know what people are paid what and i think the least with a lot more transparency about what people are paid in general in scandinavian countries everybodys pay is Public Knowledge because everybodys tax returns are made public and they have been for you know for many years in britain we have a culture of secrecy around its almost embarrassing to ask people how much they have and therefore you know therefore people dont discuss it theres also questions of commercial confidentiality when somebody is being given to you know doing a deal with that with a company particularly the b. B. C. Is often that its often turned out behind closed doors and nobody really knows whats going on but then youve got to ask yourself why is those senior positions always filled by men and i think that this this kind of question is going to be asked not just of the b. B. C. But in general. North and south korea have held their First Official talks in more than two years the negotiations took place in the Demilitarized Zone between the two countries arties morag as if it is following developments. It went well which is rare to hear these days when it comes to the koreas one north korea agreed to send a delegation to the Winter Olympics in pyongyang chang sportspeople performance for the cultural events its simple if the north attends the olympics its much less likely to stage a provocation launch another missile to family reunions relatives separated by the war that havent seen each other for decades could be allowed reunions decks month and three perhaps most importantly south korea has proposed to face meetings between the norths and the souths military officials in order to deescalate tensions at long last alternately to denuclearize the peninsula its a long shorts but its a start with numbers and i think we should be engaged in these talks in an earnest sincere manner to give a new years gift namely the results of the talks to the korean nations. As you mentioned earlier we hope to bring a precious gift to your people but matches the expectations of our people it has been a chaotic year from escalation to escalation saber rattling and childish rhetoric near enough every month the u. S. And south korea would stage war games on the norths borders and send a message. They even sent Nuclear Bombers to the north borders north korea was no less provocative and it tested increasingly advanced Ballistic Missiles stage suspected Nuclear Weapons tests and. It now reportedly has the capacity to hate mainland United States and kim jong moon has boasted he has his own button and his desk is part of who is button big contest with trump which is why these talks was so important they allow for a pause for hotheads to cool off and for tightened fingers to ease off on the trigger is i think its a step back from a military solution because there is no military solution it other than death and destruction of hundreds of thousands or a Million People or more in the long run both sides would benefit from peace whether there are people within each government that have an objective to maintain this conflict to maintain the battle state the probably our however you know so its hard to say put north korea into one camp however i see what can come from the talks is a type of peace. Treaty and the type of situation where these countries can learn to live in peace and thats only going to come from building relationships and the latest talks follow months of saber rattling between north korea and the United States claims his aggressive attitude towards pyongyang is exactly what the diplomatic breakthrough possible. Totally destroying north korea thats called the military option the nuclear and Ballistic Missile programs of that regime require a determined response. Little rocket man is a sick puppy. A lot of people said a lot of people have written that without my rhetoric and without my tough stance and said just a stance i mean this is this is what has to be done if it has to be done that they wouldnt be talking about olympics that they wouldnt be talking right. Russian bases in syria have been targeted by attack drones will have more story more information story still to come. What politicians do. They put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president and. Want to be rich. To do like to be able to work with before treat people. Interested in the water our. Friendship. Welcome back to the program to musea spinning often violent protests with thousands running against rising prices unemployment on tax hikes Police Used Tear Gas to Disperse Protesters whove been burning tires and hauling stones at offices. That almost simultaneously with the iranian demonstrations spots unnoticed middle east correspondent paula has the details. Well these protests intern is here started after the new year and they came in reaction to the tennesseean government introducing a new budget plan for two thousand and eight that included amongst other things a rise in fuel prices and tax hikes the response from the trinity and street was one of anger and what weve seen is protests taking place in several dozen cities around the country with us out there one person has been killed and several people have been injured now it is for many as you mentioned to protests happening in another country namely iran what youre saying actually have here are two countries with protests taking place on the street by people who are unhappy with the Economic Situation. The root of it is just a canard its the problem of youth unemployment i personally havent been able to find a job for a long time but if people have a job they dont have any problem with the government about the demands of the following suspend the twenty eighteen finance law returned to the original prices of goods and high of one member from every poor family these are in short. The rule is in petrol prices this time is huge we have a lot of privilege and have to pay a lot of fines its only acceptable that we pay for this governments mistakes. But we are protesting here because of how braces and employment we were the growth in these and we have been subjected to violence by security agents now the tunas been Prime Minister has said that there is no place for violence and the sentiments echo the words that were used by irans leader what happened yesterday is a violation of the law since a state of emergency has been declared in tunisia these protests are the result of operations that aim to review social unrest that we are a free nation and according to the constitution and human rights the people are absolutely free to criticize the government and even protest that their protests should be in such a way as to aim to improve the situation. The country we the government will definitely not tolerate some protesters who want to destroy public property will disrupt public discipline and create turmoil in society western leaders for example the french president and the e. U. Highway present mahoney were quick to condemn the ukrainian protests even have the american President Donald Trump calling for regime change iran is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made with them by the bammer ministration the great iranian people have been repressed for many years they are hungry for food and for freedom along with human rights the wealth of iran is being looted time for change but when it comes to the current potest that are taking place in tunisia while here they have kept mum and now it might be that to near zero was the first country back in two thousand and eleven at a start of the arab spring to ask a dictator in a move that was widely approved by the western world as being one of Democratic Change but since then there have been no less governments in place intern israel all of whom have been unable to get a handle on the Economic Situation the question of course is whether or not well see these cause for vision change and condemnation and criticism against tunisia like weve seen for example against him when we spoke earlier to a sociology professor so you decided you told us since the but its you know iran is always exaggerated by the u. S. Government media. Tunisia is on the moon its a small country not many people know about the. American. Society in iran who mainly in america. I mean. In the news or the good for american policy in the middle east says its a one hundred seventy nine in. Our group happy to look at anything. That happens. To include to look as if this is the of the regime. In covering. This. From. Other headlines Russias Defense Ministry has a reveal the details of to attempt to drone attacks on two of its bases in syria both were repelled there were no reported casualties or damage caused to the bases lets take a look now at some of the details of the attack it was caused by a g. P. S. Guided homemade drone as you can see some of the what a mess slide its able to operate from a distance of up to one hundred kilometers carries a range of homemade explosives such as these on it as well now Russias Defense Ministry said thirteen such devices were used in the attacks all of them were intercepted by Defense Systems and the fact that terrorists in syria use such technology has raised some concerns at the pentagon as well a spokesman is worried such devices are freely available on the open markets are a professor of history and International Relations at Lebanese University in beirut jamal wakim least terrorists in syria are receiving support from certain foreign governments. We see the various states and governments misquoted the meeting and they are trying to use especially the west they are trying to use terrorist groups were geo political objectives but i believe that this could backfire on them and it could also base concerns about security in the west in general and in the United States these terrorist groups have a new joyed at one point the backing of certain western states. Which made them. Develop there are techniques and thats why it is of big concern for every state every government to coordinate and cooperate with other governments to counter terrorism. Now there are calls to boycott clothing joined a sham after a driver ties the black child modeling a hoodie that has the slogan coolest monkey in the jungle h. And m. Took the image down following a huge backlash over that hasnt stopped a social media storm the brands been labeled racist and insensitive. Marketing fail him down puts a black child in a hoodie that reads and the coolest monkey in the jungle and the white child is the survival expert and now fox i pretended like they dont know the black children have long been racially characterized as monkeys the h. And m. Is just irony i highly doubt they will like lets put the monkey hoodie on a bill like al make and say theres a white supremacist who works for a train down the thought it was funny to make a playboy model who did that said coolest monkey to draw h. And m. Is not an American Company not needed brands do not have to be familiar with usas or other countries historical conflicts on how to do Background Research for advertising a simple hoodie youre all going to feel how are you all feel about the nation and to just situation by folks who do was cute see you me that got a little black boy in a monkey hoodie of course its offensive but its so obvious im hysterical over the lack of awareness by each of them. And we discussed whether they are that is racially insensitive almost with luke gets all of the sort of spike magazine as well as ready for their from models of diversity. The whole issue is with this Advertising Campaign its an Advertising Campaign that plus to its international is an International Campaign and its so obvious that if youre going to use a connotation like monkey whether a child is a monkey youre going to choose a black child for the campaign and the white child as a survivor of the jungle there is not going to have connotations its ridiculous to think its not going to have any contagions whatsoever i think is a really sad day i think what has happened is the word monkey has been used because this boy is a child and the word monkey is used to describe children of all races because theyre cheeky in mischief verse and you can see this across childrens clothes for children of all races and this was part of a jungle themed clothing line the idea that this was somehow racially malevolent i think is utterly ludicrous im so disappointed by this campaign ive seen them do they always use a mix of models but this is really not you know its ill timed to say the least is what this campaign is its really badly thought by a board of white. Because even if it was even if theres that opinion that its just like badly thought it might be parents that are negatively thinking about this you cannot deny the connotations that it held i dont think this has that connotation for the vast majority of people the vast majority of people think this is a perfectly innocent campaign involving children of all races involved in the jungle and i think its really sad when adults pre conceptions about racism and race get read into childhood interactions i think that is potentially extremely corrosive if this kind of thinking gets into our School Environment for example what are we going to end up saying that black children cant be involved in games that might involve jungle animals children are going to get involved in games involve jungle animals if you dont know specifically choose a campaign where the. Lap child is chosen as the monkey and the white child is chosen as the jungle survivor in a climate of racial tension you know thats going to have connotations especially for their parents i was bullied by a whole class called a monkey by the by a whole class when i was going into a class and then really had an affair and if thats going to have an effect on me thats going to have an effect on generations to come because youre the parent of that child you cant get away from the strongest way we can deal with this is by moving children beyond race that should be the goal for everyone in society is making children not think about their race thats the way we should be proceeding but what this thinking does is that it reads into peoples motivations a racist and malign motivation and the previous speaker just did exactly that they said well theres a white board of people this must be a racist thing this must be racial why cant it simply be that this is a child a child who is black or white who cares it doesnt matter the swedish space the Clothing Companies issued a statement theyve apologized and added the controversial who has been scrapped both from its Online Platforms and Stores Across the globe or the retailer said the garment will no longer be sold. Well that set from me for so much on the team here at all t. As well thanks for staying tuned. Will be with you throughout the nights giving you latest updates on world news. All see we have a great team we need to strengthen before the freefall world cold and youre better than a legend to keep it so i took it back. In ninety ninety two thats my part of five of the european championships at the very last moment no one believed in us but we won and im hoping to bring some of that waiting spirit to the r. C. T. Recently ive had a lot of practice so i can guarantee you that Peter Schmeichel will be on the best form since my last world cup i think that steroids are asleep. Thousand zero zero zero zero you hear i call russia. Strike. Left left left more or less ok stuff thats really good that. Young children have worked in bolivia for generations almost three quarters of a million doing so today. This culture led to the development of bolivias new liberal and highly controversial childrens code in two thousand and fourteen which gave children as young as ten the right to work under certain circumstances but theres a new thing this. Is all new its. Not. Easy but without the end all. The things years. But there are hundreds of thousands of children in bolivia operating completely outside the local. Mining work is strictly forbidden by the children but its never in force and that means the school boy minus here continue risking their lives for the money they need to survive. Well when the guys report im max kaiser you know trillion dollars of new wealth popped into the wealth of fair last year the question is is that a good thing or a bad thing you know if its all an evenly distributed it just goes into an ever smaller concentration of a few kleptocrats and cock a stock or nincompoops i mean its not a good thing. Yes max in fact in twenty seventeen the worlds wealthiest became one trillion dollars richer thats just the five hundred richest people in the world on the forbes list so thats one trillion dollars thats puts into context by the way the crypto currency market which is not yet a trillion dollars. You also have the u. S. Housing market added two trillion dollars last year again a lot of that is owned by the likes of blackstone and all these other private equity groups. So just putting into context this trillion dollars five hundred people all right two thousand a financial crisis when sub prime became the buzzword of the year and many people lost their homes they vulture capitalist a private equity groups Warren Buffett they swooped in and they bought hundreds of thousands of units for pennies on the dollar and now they have become america slumlord and yes theyre making a nother two trillion dollar hit but the black community was completely disenfranchised and now theyre on the streets of course because theyve been made homeless by Warren Buffett and his elk the biggest gain in the number of billionaires was thirty eight chinese billionaires on the Bloomberg Index added one hundred seventy seven billion dollars and twenty seven thousand a sixty five percent gain that was the biggest of the forty Nine Countries represented a lot of it to do with the likes of ten cent. And ali baba and all these sort of Tech Companies you saw the same in the United States its jeff bezos and Mark Zuckerberg were the two biggest adders the gainers in terms of their wealth i think jeff bezos is now over her hundred billion dollars and that wealth the biggest loser on the list was prince i will lead to bin tell all hes not tech investor that has done very well in the past year and in fact