A certain period of time you wont have access for the rest of the day its very very strict and in fact on monday last week the 1st day of the core proceedings there were 40 and. They were initially granted access to cover the court case and then once they went to visit the video link they found out they were actually granted Remote Access on accident so the judge revoked their access and these were and shield servers and people part of professional organizations who were seeking to monitor this court case as well as to report on it. You know iran its going to los angeles you know it wasnt many years ago that julian assad was the fan in his last year alongside the the guardian in the New York Times so why isnt the guardian the New York Times in that doc too because it one time he was considered the greatest journalist alive now hes even given that privilege of that title and you know can you explain journalism just a banding one of its own go ahead ron. Those are all the questions that
Oh and welcome to crossfire where all Things Considered im hearing go will justice be done in a london court not only is joining us on trial but so is freedom of speech and the profession of journalism what explains the sparse Media Coverage of this trial why havent more journalists spoken out and is a zoologist being used as a target a big example for those who challenge the powers that be. This and more im joined by my guests they were doc in london she is a journalist with i do does the munich and los angeles we cross the run well home he is a comedian and host of the you tube show get your news on was run as well as a writer and a regular on the jimmy dora show or across the girls in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i was appreciative ok lets go to taylor and london you have the fortunate experience of being a witness to whats going on in this trial i dont know how much you can see because i know that the authorities have made it very difficult for the public to
Havent bought a newspaper for years but i get all untruthfully on social media gemma says newspapers have brought on their own demise by reporting biased news and finally scott says there is no way to run a pandemic government just save lives and live right a lot of the better part of the World Economy as an event without precedent in the world has strained never before has a world recession been engineered as a deliberate policy to tackle our Health Crisis vicky pryce is the chief Economic Advisor of the center for economic and Business Research shes also former head of the Economic Service and the United Kingdom who better to assess the prospects for economic recovery vicky pryce now joins me from london. Vicky pryce what of the 4th quarter economic figures tell us about the impact of the. World economy basically were seeing anything traction to spread across the world and be one of the interesting issues is 1st of all how much. To do contractionary and his activity to stop because w
Different to one business show you cant afford to stay open in washington coming up u. S. China relations strained over the course of the pandemic we have the latest for you plus Goldman Sachs predicts india will suffer in the worst recession since 1989 and finally john johnson announced it will discontinue sales of it. In canada and the u. S. We have a hot show for you today so lets dive right in. Tensions between the United States and china continue to increase as china condemned the u. S. Following u. S. Secretary of state my pompei this tweet congratulating taiwans newly inaugurated leader. We warn the United States that taiwans independence is a road that leads to death and even some more support for Taiwan Independence is doomed to failure in the immediate chinas core interest in any interviewer in china is internal affairs so it will be rigorously counterattacks. The spokesperson also urged the u. S. To lift the newly impose sanctions on Telecom Giant wall way as relations betwe
To him and the other prisoners with stephen sackur. He is being held with. Is there any avenue you can get information through about jack . Can you contact, for example, British Government officials welcome to hardtalk, or canadian government officials, becausejohn, you are a canadian im stephen sackur. Citizen and jack has dual citizenship, or at least he did alongside the humanitarian until the british fallout from turkeys invasion of northern syria, citizenship was revoked . There are grave security concerns. We get a little bit of consular not least, what will happen access in syria and we know nothing. To the thousands of so called Islamic State militants imprisoned thats all they say, and same with the british side, so no one informs us of anything. By Syrian Kurdish forces . The only thing we can rely on is social media orjournalists on the ground. My guests today, john letts there have been reports he has been and sally lane, are the parents of one such prisoner taken by the am