Is a great look at our main stories is our now and 2 days after his mothers death came charles, the 3rd has been proclaimed the new sovereign of the united kingdom. Ancient ceremony held at saint jamess palace was broadcast, live on television for the 1st time. During our poignant and somber meeting of the accession council, then you can pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth the 2nd, what he called her unequal reign. In taking up these responsibilities, i shall strive to follow the inspiring example. I have been set in upholding Constitutional Government and to seek the peace, harmony, and prosperity of the peoples of these islands and of the common rose rooms and territories throughout the world. Prince harry and his wife megan joined the prince and princess of wales. To look at attributes and flowers left for their grandmother outside windsor castle. Other senior members of britains royal family thanked the crowds outside Balmoral Castle where Queen Elizabeth died. The date for state funeral has been confirmed for september 19th. In our are the headlines this, our rushes grip on ne and ukraine appears to be collapsing as Ukrainian Forces claim rapid gains in a counter attack. The eastern town of coupons, near harkey, has been retaken and forces at closing in on the nearby town of idiom cranes presence as its troops of liberates of 2000 square kilometers of territory. Since they started a counter offensive earlier this month. Moscow says its forces of regrouping, but a pro russian separates his leader admits fighting has been difficult in a danny at screeching. And the Inspector General has completed a 2 day visit to pakistan to see the damage caused by devastating floods. And had a good terrace toward cindy province, accompanied by Prime Minister chabarise sharif. It or is described the devastation. There is climate. Carnage said the rest of the world should help as it contributed to the disaster. Nearly 1400 people have been killed around 2000000 homes. And businesses also destroyed from you much more in all of our stories a bit later on in the evening that you stay with us for listening post. That is a program coming up next with richard kiss. But news, news, news, fragile feet, a partisan press, and a social media demo goal. It looked at the other side, it shows the impact of his messaging. These really military admits the probably king journalist shanina blacklist and from outer space to your screen, satellite images in the news. Ah, hello, im actually, and this is the listening post where we cover global events through the prism of the media in what been a yard of mounting crises in iraq. The night of august 29th was a terrifying flashpoint violence and bug god between rival political factions brought back on dieties about a possible civil war in the country. At the heart of this month of struggling to form a government, a key player is influential cleric and politician, mark that outsiders. His party won the most seats in last years election. But the fractured nature of iraqi politics prevented his coalition from taking power. Ill sat there is a big figure in iraq. He has a fiercely loyal base that he massages and manages through a clever communication strategy that spans summons to social media for it. Archies who have endured more than 2 decades of overlapping disasters, faith and their dysfunctional democracy, is vanishing. This latest crisis has marked yet another instance where the deeply partisan political skill one that is reflected across other institutions. The Judicial Security Services im the media has brought the country dangerously close to calamity. Our starting point to speak. Its about god, me, it isnt easy to get your head around. What happening in it, all right, now, fighting between rivals box, 31. 00, fighting the cap sort of in International News is starting it traffic every configuration exploding with caution in iraq and capital clerical. Not as that. He was leaving politics. However, it is minimum coverage of the submitting tension in between big events. So it can be handling but lemme, and we didnt get that much on india and ended up much of the journalism is dictating and rife with granular and often conflicting details that obscure the big picture. Many times that i can cut through with journalism cannot. I know as a dark count, its 10 months without a form of government needs and document online. Give a glimpse of just how it see the situation in their country. Iraq, you know, for, for all the been through for decades and decades of conflict. One thing they certainly have is a sense of humour. And yeah, you see a lot of these means, right . So were talking about a massive crisis where the political system is on the brain. Can people are suffering every day and yet they do still have the ability to poke fun, especially at someone like mac, the father, who is most of the follow . What is the thunderous move . Can anyone make sense of the leader and the movement . He is the leader of a religious movement and its one of the largest she is lowest movements in the region, and its primarily made up of, or urban iraqis. Again, this is a movement thats run by clerics is formed by religious leaders, but he sees himself as potentially a bridge from the religious to the politics. There is much mockery of them after the so therefore has constant flip flopping on. Issues on people miss. Spell the word and say it, which means the sir, like the one with the black turban, the descendants, a prophet mohammed, and they would miss. Type it as a form of mockery. And when you see that spelling, you know, theyre talking about markets at the center of all people. And so its always used and sarcastic tones. Well, my dear, this means the porters are different from any other parties. Supporters in iraq, theyre deeply ideological and are ready to become martyrs from dr. The sudden he, when he resigned last week, spontaneous anger rock to the movies, followers. And honestly, weve seen how theres no control over the southern race. There was fear of complete and utter fall of the state or a descent into an internal war, a civil war between arm she a group near manager. Marcia here was allow the night of violence on the 29th of august that else other triggered when, who tweeted what he called his final resignation from politics, was a show of force and indication of his anger at having his efforts to form a government quoted despite his movement winning big in last years elections. The face off between us, other and opposing politicians, has been one the most serious peters of paralysis, in a political system that has been deeply dysfunctional for the nearly 2 decades since the us invasion of iraq. Eventually the riots by the saddest was subdued by their leader. And annette, they are more built one will player while you drive. I also got the answer, her grandmother, a mamas bar lamont for an album hut dominant. They are not in and out of that as other like we know most of the solder has influence over a large number of people. It was proven by the effect on the streets. After his speech, the armed men and protestors withdrew and the violence was over. There is a certain aspect of the thunderous communication with his followers. Thats distinct. And thats in his use of social media. There are a number of accounts that are officially in a sub that his name, and then there are others disguised with other names are run by lloyd. So he uses these different accounts and platforms to mobilize or mislead when made up of later harder. So when you listen to more than the sunset, im in video interviews are in any more val, recordings of him talking with his peers. He doesnt sound very eloquent. However, on social media, everythings written. So he sounds very different and there are many references to a versus from the koran and islamic tradition. And he uses that to legitimize his leadership. Political legitimacy is a scarce commodity in iraq. Since the end of saddam husseins dictatorship and the invasion by the United States in 2000 feet, governments have come and gotten 5 of them. But the fortunes of iraqis have only worsened Public Services are in tatters. The economy is as broken as the countries politics and the proliferation of malicious has evaporated the possibility of security and stability for citizens. Democracy hangs by a tenuous pled with the rockies, deeply mistrustful of all its institutions. The judiciary, the security services, the media, the purpose of the media is that its an important tool to hold, to account the political system. And the leaders, whats happened instead is that leads of captured the media. And theyre now using it for their own purposes, right . Most of the tv channels, the mainstream tv channels are linked to one or on the other Political Parties, which really means that the media has become a space for political competition. And i think its one of the biggest reasons why iraq is not yet a democracy. Theres no accountability to the in the through independent media. Some people may flip through t v and watch it, but they will not go to it for objective news. So more people are going online for their news. And theyre both positives and negatives to this ups and downs. On one hand, youre getting news that may not be covered and traditional Media Outlets. On the other hand, how do you weed through all the misinformation and how do you determine what is disinformation fiduciary, tonia, walkable electronic armies, hate speech and fake news, or the weapons Political Parties used to mislead public opinion, to smear the opposition and promote their candidates. So i think we have a responsibility of Civil Society to make sure people are alert about what they read on social media and that they are able to scrutinize, not simply to accept it at face value of the michigan more washer. This is where the networks of young iraqis, tech, literate, media, literate and politically engaged, come into play across the country and even amongst the diaspora groups like the Iraqi Network for social media, our sifting through material online, verifying and debunked, as be cool. Another glue, tactful piece, worked extensively with images, footage, and audio. Why didnt 5, whats real . And whats the deep fix . What these groups find much more challenging to problems it online is abuse. And like most recently, those who shared some of the mean about us, others have had his loyalists come after them 1st over social media and then in person. These kinds of threats are not new. Iraqi politicians, activists and journalists have dealt with it offline for years. And they struggle with it online as well, in a country where freedom of speech is in serious jeopardy, highly, and was off. Today the situation with regard to freedom of breath is fridge. In the rock, you cannot criticize any of the heads where the crown you cannot cross the red line. The weakness of our government has meant that the Political Parties and militias and section i stronger than the state. And therefore, it is not the government which besides the limit of freedom of expression, but these random groups. And if you value your life, its better that you avoid engaging in Harsh Criticism of any political act. 04 months since the killing of al jazeera journalist shooting blackly. These really military has finally admitted that it was, quote, highly possible and israeli soldier shot her product. Nelfa has been tracking the case. I mean, this is really just a confirmation of what palestinian eye witnesses were saying from the start. That should ina block la was shot dead by an is ready soldier while doing her job. A number of media investigations by c n n dissociated pref. Im the New York Times of all reach the same conclusion. What these radio means report doesnt do, is take responsibility for the kidding. A block less family said will criminal cannot investigate their own crimes. The jury from them based right. Group phenom. Cool. Thats a whitewash. No charges will be filed against the soldiers who opened fire on a black la is worth reviewing just how many times is radio authorities have changed their narrative on the kidding initially, as is often the case, the perpetrators were said to be palestinian piano to the militia name should be a demo. You should seek, we shake tonight, gab me, uriah philistine in my humble shim, the next day, the tactics shifted to deflection, condemning accusations against israel without any concrete evidence. Hasty accusations against israel that have being made right now are misleading and irresponsible. Later the story changed again, the government admitted that a block may have in fact, been killed by an israeli soldier. It said with aiming at the gunman nearby on july, 4th, a u. S. Investigation found that walker was indeed killed by an israeli soldier, but that there was no evidence she was deliberately targeted. That line was adopted by the israeli military. The assertion that blocked as death with just the mistake is difficult to believe. These rating military operates an open fire policy in the territory it occupies. This allows soldiers to use lethal force with impunity. Israels Prime Minister dismissed the recent call by the us to change israel, open fire policy, saying the military never deliberately shoots innocent people. More than 140 palestinians have been killed by israeli forces. Since the start of the air tank static from ukraine to have conason to send young and china, satellite imaging has increasingly become a central part of how conflicts and human rights abuses are uncovered, tracked and reported. It has empowered journalists and researchers to conduct vital investigations and debunk misinformation in real time, all without risking lives on the ground. Satellite imaging is a booming industry with shares in the because geo spatial Imaging Companies like macs, are black sky and time at labs spiking with the onset of russia invasion of ukraine. But as with any emerging technology, theres an important back story. And in this case, an implicit bias, american and other western governments are the primary times of these companies. Which means they have a c overweight in the world, they can and cannot take pictures. Listening, post med, muddy on the big picture. And the final details of the Satellite Companies bringing on the ground News Coverage from space from the build up forces along the border. Russian military convoy getting closer to rush near the Ukraine Border in the outbreak of interest to see if the russians move from this allegation. Is human rights abuses, war crimes, bodies lying industry before . Rationally, bodies were left line dead to the weeks. Audiences around the world have seen the russian ukraine unfold almost in real time. Not seeing the ground, but from space. Satellite imagery firstly, provide a different angle. Youre looking at it from above. So youre seeing something very different to what you would see from street level or from a human height. But more importantly, gathering data over such a large area that would just be practically possible for a traditional journalist, enables you to have access to your imagery that is taken up every day or every week of everywhere on us. And that is hugely powerful for telling stories. Satellite imagery has been used historically to document a variety of atrocities and human rights abuses. We saw an important example of this when secretary of state, Madeleine Albright and released satellite in that alleged mass grave during the war, in bosnia, there was the Un Security Council presentation by colin powell before the the u. S. Went war against iraq and the use of satellite images of alleged weapons of mass destruction were and there are all kinds of controversies, of course, related to that. So this is not a new practice. But because were seeing so many news Media Outlets use these images. Now, there isnt, seems to be a novelty associated with it. Ah, one of the companies that have benefited the most from a novelty us satellite company, not song technologies. The american intelligence company, monks x, are satellite images, which were printing by Microsoft Technology on the 19th of march. Whether its natural disasters, mass demonstrations, or collaborating with the b, b. C. On an investigation to human rights abuse in cameroon. Maps off of lead the way in introducing the satellite image to the news media. Thats all came in handy when the ukraine war broke out. And the company was poised to take advantage of the media. Interest backs are common stock. Turnaround stories up, some 175 percent over the past year. Snacks are somewhat become a household name, an earlier image for max. Our technologies shows one of those same russian ships in the past. Much of the imagery that they provided was done on a fairly ad hoc basis. But in recent years, they actually formalize their news bureau to more coherently share, not only imagery, but in depth analytics with the news media that is all pro bono work for them. There is no revenue model around working with the media. The earth observation industry in general, whether youre talking about macs, are here in the u. S. Air bus. In france, in europe. And image that international in israel, generates about 80 percent of its revenues from government defense and intelligence customers. Most of the worlds major Satellite Companies actually begun life in the military and Intelligence Services wasnt too long ago, satellites, imaging was the soul preserve states under the cold war, stored many began to offload the huge expense and financial risk of operating the satellites to the private sector in the u. S. For example, president clinton has to law in early ninetys, opening up the use of the private industry. And out of that many of todays talk g o Space ImagingCompany Names like audit logic, black guy, and of course, mac saw. And to this day, the apple hasnt fallen far from the tree, the department of defense and intelligence agencies in the United States. Theyre the primary contractors and they get up to 80 percent of their satellite image data from these private companies. The federal government has also subsidized a lot of the development and there they are hand in glove, in a sense, in the case of a situation like the russia, ukraine conflict. Its pretty common to see russian troop movements. But i have yet to seen a single image of ukrainian truth that is, that a conscious decision on the part of these companies to withhold that or is there a government requirement to withhold what could be damaging tactical information on u. S. Allies . And its probably a combination of both. We need to always be asking every time we see a satellite image and knows what is being shown. What does the caption say . Who put the arrows and the circles into the graphic field of that image . And what is being argued on the basis of that image, who generated the satellite image . Ah, the answer is, whoever has the money personally, you have to launch the satellite in space and then you have to position it, overwhelm the world, you want to image. Thats called tasking, and its expensive, very expensive. Something only the seriously big players like governments and mega corporations can afford. But once a satellite in position, the market opened up. And some of the images it takes me bought and sold for a more reasonable price or even share for free. And that helps open source. Generally. People who investigate stories based on publicly available data to take advantage of satellites, imagery, power reporting, thinking back to january, to all of these reports in the media about russia, building up on the border with ukraine. So speculated that if the invasion was imminent, these trips would assemble in smaller staging areas, closer to the border in order to work out whether this was happening. I created maps or images, lets say all data taken from European Space agency, subtle what their teacher is generally all freely available. However, this imagery was in very low resolution. All legacy was effectively just a series of blobs then was we went ahead and did was order hydro solution, imagery, all of that location that was suspicious. And it turned out the impact. Yes, there was a russian base that was being built up relatively closer to the portal with ukraine. At the same time. There were many other people who were tracking, picked up posts are very much similar things. And it all just sort of builds together and forms on more concrete proof of what is going on. The far as the news media is concerned, satellite imagery is still an emerging technology. And like most new tech, drones, social media internet, it can often hide and implicit bias illuminating audio. Some stories was quietly diverting our attention away from others on its origins, the means of state sponsored surveillance should really make us questions. Not only about what the satellite sees, but what it overlooks. Satellite imagery is often classified as a survey with technology. I think that is a misconception, just because it so happens that it was 1st born out of the military. Industrial complex doesnt necessarily mean that it cant have massive positive impacts, cross a whole number of fields, whether its predicting or monitoring, the impact of drought and Climate Change, whether its monitoring infrastructure for damage and very quickly responding whether its disaster response. There are many, many different kinds of applications outside of defense. And i think what were seeing right now is that theres a growing recognition of this. Its being integrated more and more into our news media landscape. And it is having impacts on us as consumers, as citizens. It can involve us in a sense of having the power to patrol and monitor events across the planet. This satellite has an effect a that makes us feel like we can see and know anything at the push of a button. And its just that not a reality gets really important, that we have journalists and the public trained to use and read satellite images and be able to have critical Media Literacy around and finally to pockets done which after 2 most was years. Politically and economically is now drowning quite literally in a crisis bigger than any that have come before. After 2 weeks of torrential monsoon rainfall and glacial melt, an entire 3rd of the country is now under water baluchistan. The largest region of the country is almost entirely damaged at last count, at least 1200 pakistan. These have died in these floods. If you want to understand why the floods have been so devastating this year, you should check out. The 3rd poll website focused on producing journalism about a specific region of the world called the family and watershed. The state of the rivers in place, years in this mountainous region, have a direct impact on multiple countries including focused on and the 3rd bullet specialist coverage, which is published in 5 languages is on point right now. Inside pocket on don, the countrys oldest english language newspaper has a dedicated flood emergency section on its website, which provides daily update and analysis. While the floods are the latest crisis to hit pakistan, theres also a lot happening in the arena of politics and society. To pot costs that covered a range of topics are the pakistan pivot. Today were going to be talking about energy prices, about Climate Change, and particularly under this and the focused on experience by stand up comedian and content creator, shazad chaos shake. Today i have a very special guest after standup comic the host and creator of this part got if you prefer to watch what youre listening to, you can find you 2 versions of his podcast to on twitter check out and vitamin t journalist off your salon and might a high as an assistant professor at the university of notre dame who researches, water and land test. Theres also whom i use of a pockets on the columnist to also host climate. My whole a pot cast on Climate Change and focused on maybe keeping an eye on developments, especially in the media in pakistan. And well see you next time here to the listening post. Ah ah. What is the ocean witnessed plainness . What is different . Says witness change. Witness happiness. Witness, lodge, witness. Sunlight. Witness the flood, which is lost. Witness charity, witness, confusion, witness, clarity, witness, family and witness. Friends. Witness the beginning. Witness, the end. Witness. Life. Witness. An algebra, hulu. Ah. Safe going home and then International Anti corruption, Excellence Award boat. Now for your hero, on counting because the Energy Battle between russia and the west is escalating, but the whos winning is europe prepared to leave the challenge of going without russian gas of soaring fuel prices and pushing up the cost of living globally. When will inflation peak charging the cost on al jazeera ah hello, im mary m m i z and london a quick look at the main stories now and