he's the founder of little others compromised m.s.p. clients in at least a dozen countries the united states and eleven other countries the victims included companies in banking and finance telecommunications and computer consumer electronics medical equipment packaging manufacturing consulting healthcare biotechnology automotive oil and gas exploration and mining the defense allegedly committed these crimes in association with a chinese intelligence agency known as the ministry of state security well let's get more on this now from patty culhane in washington and of course crucially patsy the these individuals have been linked with the chinese government tell us more about who has been indicted. well these are two chinese nationals i think it's important to point out they are we believe still in china and unlikely going to be

arrested or extradited to the united states but this is more the justice department and allies in western capitals basically trying to send a message to china that there will be repercussions so we don't really know the extent or exactly who they targeted the only government agencies that were identified were nasa the department of energy and the u.s. navy they say that about one hundred thousand u.s. sailors had their personal information taken by these hackers and as for the which companies they basically the justice department is saying we're not going to name them but we're working with them to shore up their security so the way they explain this is that these hackers they allege were able to get into these managed service providers and i want to get too technical but i think the way the f.b.i. director summed it up it's probably the best way to explain it he said it's not like breaking into a person's house it's like breaking into the manager of an apartment building getting the master key they'll get you into every apartment hundreds and hundreds of apartments so it seems that the this was uncovered these two now have been charged unlikely to have actual real world repercussions for them in loss of course

they decide to leave china and go to a country that has an extradition treaty with the united states and that's one thing that's clear as you say the chinese government is unlikely to take any action against these acas. might not be any we put caution these two individuals but what action might the u.s. take against the chinese government potentially. well i think this is just going to further concern the financial markets if you think about this the dow industrial average this stock market has had its worst drop this year than since the great recession so what we've seen is a lot of uncertainty in the financial sector within companies because of the growing trade war with china so we've now seen a chinese tech executive arrested at the request of the united states and canada it looked like there was going to be sort of a toning down of the trade talks they were going to give each other ninety days try and come up with something this is probably further going to inflame those tensions

and that is going to worry the financial markets this trade war is having real life implications there are many farmers who cannot sell their crops in the american midwest and they're just counting on the president being able to negotiate something over the next ninety days this puts that further in doubt thanks very much patty going with the latest on that story from washington. candidates in the democratic republic of congo's long delayed election say it's likely to be postponed as the election boards told them it called goldeneye sunday's vote on time the ebola outbreak security and that just tickle issues have been a concern in the run up to the fiercely contested vote more than eighty percent of the electronic voting machines meant to be used on sunday we destroyed in a fire last week and the commission says it does not have enough ballot papers so let's get more on this now from in kinshasa so some serious logistical challenges

that are now and obstacle to this election taking place it's likely to be delayed for at least a week but how long might it might it take to resolve these problems malcolm. we don't know when the electoral commission saying that those are the reasons that there's a lot of skepticism from among many congolese to see either the electoral commission as being on the side of the ruling party or too weak to resist the scenes of the ruling party that this commission or the president the electoral commission called a meeting to a while ago and spoke to presidential candidates and their representatives and said it wouldn't be possible for that poll to go ahead and we're waiting to find out firstly to get an official announcement at the electoral commission just then to confirm the expected postponement and to tell us how long it is that we're also keen to find out what the reaction is of the political opposition to this election

is already being delayed for two years now there are two key opposition candidates in this election one is martin the other fire lou the other is felix to security both of them have a lot of support here in the capital which is a key spokesman is here with me now abraham like a banger thank you for joining us so i'm sure you've heard about the postponement we're waiting for it to be concerned but what's your position on this thing all together when she in the world what happened in the congo because we knew we were going to head up with this kind of situation. long time ago we've asked our world for the senior or even the government to a request for each a national house that could be a financial side or organization aside because what he's the main reason to do two days before or three days before the elections. guys telling us about the

postponement all along is going to be taking we've been waiting for more than two years we were in downing street we had protests and we have lots and lots of lives so heading up with this this is really ridiculous and i'm. tell you the position of for extra security or do you d.p.s. it's going to be no way for this rule said strongly no because this is kind of a test they have been trying to know if we are going what will be the move of the your position are we going to go on the streets to protest against this because as you know and i mean i ask you were would cause to go all over just so you will see that we have more military positions has been you know put in place so did they know that we're going to hand up with violence looks like they've been looking for this and if it is as expected if we get an announcement in the coming hours will you protest will you call your supporters to the street yes for sure because of

they didn't listen to us we know for sure we said no to what you were too ashamed that was out there but we also give some proposals up was a was let's stop with international community if we do have a financial issue they can help us organizational issue they can help us bring in you know planes helicopters you know to move around what is you know is going to be used for the elections so i don't know what is going to be the main reason. is going to be telling to international community and. again this is putting the country into jeopardize. for example just the kabila as minded old real december twenty third what will be its position we live remain in position to judge the president or we have to sit down for the dialogue and find out what's going to be the next move so this is really something that should not twenty first century

some cultures enough because we just can you know if i could name them or not geria they were able you know to you know to go for this why the congo is you know missing you know keyboard the moment you got this one so i have some fear about what will be the next move and i know that for sure you will view words that today at university students are already in the streets and this may hand up with a big struggle thank you like a banker who is the spokes person for felix the security was one of the main opposition candidates here in the democratic republic of congo's upcoming presidential election which is scheduled for sunday but now we're expecting an announcement here at the electoral commission very soon about is expected postponement all right well thank you very much malcolm webb keeping an eye on developments there in kinshasa as we learn on that election which was you take place on sunday being delayed right well now to another vote that is taking place

in togo security is tight there is voters sent out to legislative elections which have been overshadowed by months of protests and an opposition boycott at least military police and troops roll out in force as polling stations opened although the mood in the capital alone may was calm voters are casting their ballots in these elections to pick the members of parliament all the tiny west african country has seen a wave of all physicians protest since last year earlier this month six opposition supporters were killed after clashing with security forces in line one thing they were calling for president massing day to step down he's been in power since two thousand and five he succeeded his. general lessing bay oedema who ruled the country with an iron fist for thirty eight years a coalition of fourteen opposition parties have said they are boycotting thursday's vote they want a limit imposed on the number of presidential terms as well as a two round voting system. well to see don west thousands of people have been

rallying across the country in protest rising living costs especially high of bread prices a state of emergency has been declared and at least one person is reported to have died the protests broke out in the city of at to borrow where a mob torched the headquarters of president omar bashir is national congress party they've now spread to the red sea city of port sudan berber in the north and the hood in the western core defined region and have now which the capital cartoon where riot police dispersed hundreds of protesters calling for the downfall of the government charlotte bella's has more. outraged over rising food prices sudanese march to the base of the slogan freedom purchase of a ruptured emotional susie's the largest store in the city of. sudan is a flashpoint over rising inflation now at nearly seventy percent it's one of the world's highest i. purchased his chant people want the government down

echoing the calls heard in the arab spring revolution seven years ago this has been sudan's long ago if you die out of spring because. the government has not been listening for quite a while but in the last few months they have also the economy has just gone downhill in the very bad way i mean the situation that you just explode they have been on explosion point for a while now. a state of emergency was in forced an app or a after the headquarters of the ruling party was it on fire the curfews in force and schools are closed. a few hundred kilometers south down the river nile this long queues and growing concern a lot of officer bon marché the living conditions in sudan is deteriorating we have cures everywhere for fuel and at a.t.m.'s you can't even pull your money out of the bank you can't get your salary everything has. becomes so expensive and we don't

know what is happening it feels like there's a ticking bomb and we don't know when it'll explode sudanese feel the inflation through the price of brit the cost of a loaf has tripled in some areas and there are brit and fuel shortages nationwide in the capital khartoum some queue for hours outside bakeries government leaders announced their twenty nine hundred budget this week including one point four billion dollars of subsidies for fuel and brayed but shopkeeper who sign osmonds says people need help now they're what they're gonna be when the situation used to be good in the purchasing power people had was reasonable but conditions are bad now the goods are expensive and so people are unable to buy them the sudanese economy has struggled since the succession of south sudan in twenty eleven sudan lost three quarters of its oil output accounting for ninety percent of export revenues as a crucial source of foreign currency the crisis is deeper into this year after a subsidy cuts and the devaluation of the sudanese pound now it's an anxious white

to see the true cost of this crisis charlotte ballasts al-jazeera so i have for you on the program a yemeni mother finally given a waiver from trans muslim travel ban arrives in the u.s. to say goodbye to her dying son. and drones shut down britain's second busiest airport and nineteen hours. hello it's still a surprise maybe that there is rain falling and forecast through this part of china shouldn't really exist this time the it should be in a steady cold but it's not in the chance of it break not particularly heavy is there much of southern china next there's a suspect on bit more substantial that comes northwards across the yangtze towards

the cultural which is further north so twenty five in hong kong bit more humid a bit cloudy and the possibility of a spot of rain in shanghai at fourteen now it is sensibly quiet over almost all of india bangladesh and pakistan but again that bay of bengal with this northeasterly breeze this chance of a circulation turning into something more substantial is there once more we had one or two days ago so wet weather at least for possibility of it becoming a bit more substantial doesn't look like at the moment it looks like it stay down here but we will of course watch just in case the weather in northern injury is quite cold it is through iran too and temperatures have been on the larry side in the gulf states were up to middle twenty's to the northerly breeze during friday almost cloud for you throughout the arabian peninsula but the chances are a shower to possibly iran and the week goes through cata also joins up potential down in the red sea.

when the shots came from the holiday and really heard critics we heard some noise. this was no no sniper ali one of the most dangerous intersections in saudi but. he didn't come in through the front entrance that was what happened to the people who were shot they came into the wrong and the monthly part of took pics of the furniture to. show the school a lot of sarajevo holiday and hotels on al-jazeera. welcome back to put look at top stories now the u.s.

justice department has announced charges against chinese nationals accused of conducting a global hacking campaign the hackers have been charged with stealing government data intellectual property and confidential business information. candidates in the democratic republic of congo's a long delayed election say it's likely to be postponed as the election board has told them it called organize sunday's vote on time. and thousands of people have been rallying across sudan in protest rising living costs especially high abroad prices a state of emergency has been declared in at least one person is reported to have died. in other news the us president has been defending his decision to withdraw all u.s. troops from syria it's a campaign against isis fighters that will also and you know as much as along with both washington's western allies and kurdish fighters in syria which say the move will allow eisel to gain more ground there but trump says it's time for other

countries to step in they know holder has more now from ankara. when iran's president began his visit to turkey there was an unexpected announcement from the white house donald trump ordered u.s. troops stationed in northeast syria to leave. neither haasan were hiding or turkey's president's residence or the gun commented on the u.s. president's tweets instead they stressed their cooperation in the so-called astronaut negotiating track talks led by russia. was. there are many steps that turkey and iran can take together to stop the fighting in the region and to establish peace will deepen our cooperation and consultations with iran on regional issues in this direction sudhir about. syria is very important to us and its destiny is in the hands of the syrian people and syria's territorial integrity should be respected by everyone and we two countries fully

agree in that regard we will continue cooperation for regional peace and stability . iran and turkey don't stand on the same side in syria's war but have been working together in recent days the u.s. and turkey have worked on improving their strained relationship which some believe was the reason why rouhani made the surprise visit here an isolated iran has always been concerned about keeping turkey close and knowing where its leaders stand. whenever turkey approaches the united states or the units as it approaches to turkey we know that one of the losers of this. of this report will be the iranian state since besides turkey there is one continent in the region which may cooperate with iran so for them it's quite. the u.s. decision to leave syria was seen as a concession to turkey which has been angered by washington's alliance with the

syrian kurdish armed group known as the y p g a turkey's president has threatened to cross the border of. offensive to target why peachey fighters inside syria. we know of moment in the east of the euphrates in front of us they can do if they want they can go on the ground if they want when the time and place calm they will be buried in the ditches that dog no one should doubt this any turkish military move into syria will likely have to be coordinated with russia they will also have to discuss and decide if the syrian government or the turkish bacteria and rebels will fill the vacuum the u.s. presence in syria was militarily insignificant but it was a deterrent now will the wipe e.g. fight to maintain territory or reengage with damascus to reach some sort of an arrangement to avert military action either by the turkish russian iranian and or syrian army's who controls thirty five percent of syria's territory which is rich

in oil and agriculture is in question but the message from serious power brokers iran russia and turkey is that they will hope to find common ground. zero. and i diplomatic editor james bays joins us live now from the united nations in new york where the u.n. special envoy on syria has been giving his final briefing in the child what did stuff on the mr a say. staff and in the store a stepping down after four and a half years his final briefing his final assessment of the situation and unusual scenes in the security council because breach of normal protocol we saw him go around the security council table shaking the hands of each of the ambassadors one by one it looked a little bit like a victory lap but of course there is no victory at all for u.n. diplomacy the only people that can perhaps declare a partial victory of the assad government and the russians who backed them with

their bombing campaign in recent years where does the diplomacy stand with mr de mistura well for the last year he's been focusing on one small part of what he's been trying to do which is to get some negotiated settlement in syria and that's trying to get a new constitution efforts that really have been going nowhere on coming up with this constitutional committee because the syrian government has been quibbling about the names for the civil society element of the committee that should meet in geneva just a couple of days ago in geneva the russians were there along with the turks and the iranians with mr de mistura they came up with a new list of seventy names to add to that civil society list the u.n. rejected those names having worked out that most of the names were pro regime rather than pro opposition and that it would sway the list in favor of the government i'm told that as a result of that while in geneva there was

a blazing around on the flood zone between the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists despite all this backdrop mr de mistura was putting a brave face on things there is being and there is real progress we really have a live their rule their procedure become a little bit clear where we need to go that it. well as we were saying james the diplomacy hasn't progressed much on syria militarily on the ground a significant announcement from president trump about u.s. troop withdrawal from syria dead at the mistery share his thoughts on that until this is in my view the most significant development with regard to syria this year and yet absolutely no mention of it by the special envoy he didn't touch it in a long speech he didn't discuss that announcement to withdraw the troops which

potentially gives his successor much less diplomatic leverage it seems the u.n. has been wrong footed by this as have some of the u.s. is closest allies as have members of president trump's own administration i can tell you his special envoy from syria was talking about the importance of keeping those troops there until a couple of days ago and i can tell you that jim jeffrey that special envoy was supposed to be here today in the security council he clearly now that a key part of his strategy has been dismantled decided better of coming to new york in a state away from this meeting also worth telling you on that withdrawal of u.s. troops a comment from someone who used to sit in the u.s. seat here at the security council the former ambassador samantha power said of president trump after making that decision on twitter she said he was a dangerous ignorant simpleton. thank you very much from the united nations our

diplomatic editor james bay is or we now want to take you to seek out where the president of the national independent electoral commission is giving a news conference we understand that is now underway. let's listen in. as the democrat. we are engaged. in. moving the final stage toward the. presidential legislative. and provincial election of the interests of florida i would like to find on behalf of. the electoral commission that all the parties which take place in the political accrual democratic process of our country

where we are now we. gone along the way. i would like to only a few friends. professional road so. to be very much appreciated. in terms of the press provide reader information in a word of fake news but for your i would also like to speak. it like it's. the. the who have put their names on the electra. to exercise their right to vote and return the future of the contrary and now it's a mess not just the candidates who not only have thrown themselves in the water so to speak but have also. by their engagement.

how they commit it to war. successful process about only being appearing for. us. in all our communications. of. the. i would like to speak about the latest developments in the electoral process since all my last press conference of season thirteen of this. at that time. i took out a pretty little carried out a preliminary evaluation. with the determination to carry out the process.

cording to the color and the. independent electoral commission had reassured. been reassured as to the electoral process that. the commission. had taken measures to compensate. for the loss of her holding. which had been destroyed in the fire balloting machines. just equipment to replace those had been brought from the provinces to kinshasa. this is talk however did not have ballot papers so these had to be ordered from the supplier secondly all the so five million

ballot papers were ordered the first lot of one million arrived on the nineteenth of december in kinshasa and the last lot can know that he arrived on the even ing of the twenty second some not. even a. setting up these machines with the new ballot pipe a straight quires not only a an appropriate configuration but also initialization. and this has to be compatible with kinshasa this operation requires at least sixty hours and this means that this equipment can only cannot be ready before the twenty fifth of december. given this

technical technical impasse the commission is working on two hypotheses first to organize the elections on the twenty third of december in the rest of the territory and the election in keynsham would take place seven days later on the thirtieth of december twenty eighth the second hypothesis is to organize the elections in the whole national territory and to last tone the date from the twenty third of december to the thirtieth of december twenty eighth two. consultation with all the parties affected and the institutions of the republic there were talks between the say need a government and sense and the responsible people of the political parties the

religious communities and the international community and especially the candidates who are standing for the presidential elections which represents the totality of. candidates and of to construct for cooperation with the parties. and that the fact that the elections can not take place without the province of. and the elect. ten percent of the national electorate the second hypothesis has therefore been chosen. after the articles of the electoral law the vote for direct

elections will has to take place on a sunday or a holiday. the direct presidential legislative national and provincial elections will take place on the thirtieth of december twenty eighth scene the appropriate just men's will be subject of a subsequent decision which will be made public tonight by the electoral commission that is my announcement for today and i shall be pleased to take questions thank you.

we've been live for the past few minutes in kinshasa there where we've been hearing from the electoral commission we have now confirmation that the election will take place on the thirtieth of december that is the objectivists after the election which was meant to take place on sunday was perspire owned the we learned that this was because the election board was simply not prepared technically for this vote to take place report suggests that there were three reasons for this that the ethnic violence which was taking place in the northwest of the country an outbreak of ebola in the east and also mentioned here was the loss of polling equipment and balloting machines destroyed in the fire referring there to the fire which occurred last week which essentially destroyed some eighty percent of the new voting machines or most of the new voting machines and also problems with distributing

ballot papers there was a shortfall in ballot papers and they just they just couldn't distribute enough of them let's now speak to malcolm webb who's been following the story for us in kinshasa. we have here confirmation that the election will take place on december thirtieth but this is no small task is it the d r c is a country with a population of eighteen million people it's roughly the size of western europe put into context for us the logistical challenges facing an election like this. just because talent is a very big electoral commission known that this election was meant to happen seven years ago since the last election it was meant to happen at the end of twenty sixteen there were protests throughout that from opposition groups and civil rights groups saying the election should go ahead but it was delayed and most of the opposition very skeptical about president joseph kabila thought that this is

a scheme on the part of him and its supporters to keep him in power now ventura least two years late that election was meant to go ahead but it's now been postponed again for a week or so of course waiting to find out from the political opposition what their reaction is today with me i have really monday a. senior member of martin flues opposition alliance main coalition from the opposition rudy what's your reaction to this news that we've just heard the election's going to be postponed by a week but we we are not happy about this decision really shows that or mr mungo who's in charge of all they look to a commission which he has failed mission because he didn't want to listen to anybody if you want to participate want to take interest of the country first we've been telling you since he's been to you to continue. not to damage the election on the twenty first term about twenty pages you took him to you is this not adults

about this is not not about day or weeks to come that's going to come out of the loons missions why because we're going to put it up for national. at the national level or we don't need to national level i mean like i mean it's like to be slightly you want to publish them you want to listen to anybody if you want to even present the opposition was taking things where you are on him because he's in.