this is d w news wire from berlin battling president prepares to sue his former chief strategist for a white woman slander in a controversial tell all book on the trump white house steve bannon implies the trump campaign with russians and he savages the intelligence of trump's children

the president firing back saying quote he lost his mom also coming up the chips are down tech firms scramble to thinks of major security flaws that could allow hackers to steal the entire memory of computers undetected and counting down to the russian elections president vladimir putin is tipped to win in march but there are several candidates in the field ls the supporter of one of the contenders about her chances of snatching victory. it's good to have you with us we begin with that now a very public feud in the u.s. trump versus bannan the warrior for u.s. president trump is threatening legal action tonight against former white house strategist steve bannon over what he calls disparaging statements and outright

defamatory statements made in a new book a cease and desist letter has also been said to the author and the publisher trying to halt the book's release the president launched a scathing attack on big. and as a result saying steve has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind now it's emerged that bannon attacked donald trump jr for a twenty six team meeting with a group of russians in the book by journalist michael wolff bannon is quoted as saying even if you thought this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad and i happen to think it's all of that you should have called the f.b.i. immediately or trump's lawyer has also sent a cease and desist letter to ban him accusing him of violating a non-disclosure agreement by speaking to wall so a spectacular falling out between two former allies more about that in just

a moment but first a look at how the band in trump rift unfold with friends like these who needs enemies it may feel like ages ago but it hasn't been that long since president donald trump and his former chief strategist steve benen were thick as thieves. toward the end of the two thousand and sixteen presidential campaign ben and left his post as executive chairman of the right wing web site breitbart news to join the trump campaign he was the embodiment of all the issues that energized the trump base nationalism and time a gracious and economic deregulation despite accusations of racism and xenophobia than and helped build the wave of populism that trumpet unleashed trump became president and bannon became a kingmaker. bannon took on the role as chief strategist and senior counselor to the president he was seen as a primary architect of trump's nationalist agenda the president was not shy about celebrating their closeness is very committed he's a friend of mine and he's very committed to getting things passed we'll have

a very good relationship as you know with the bennett steve's been a friend of mine for a long time i like steve a lot man and also helped push both the president's populism and his attacks on news organizations there corporatist globalist media that are adamantly opposed adamantly opposed. to an economic nationalist agenda like donald trump. but after a series of staff shake ups and public embarrassment trump brought an instant in the white house to an end after a mere seven months is now following the publication of an incendiary book bannan trump have suddenly become sworn enemies trading barbs over the media. given how fervently readers of breitbart have supported trump the cracks in this relationship could screw i don't. care. that's just a destroyer of. our let's try to make some sense out of this or corresponding cost

of a nominee is almost or forced to not in washington can even do you course and so beyond this being an obvious broken little boy remains why does this public falling out between truong in-band and why does it matter. it met us because even though a lot of conservatives on now trying to distance themselves from steve benen siding with the president steve benen still reprints the ideology of at least parts of donald trump's base so as long as bannon is the head of the right wing conservative news platform he can still do some harm with the things he knows with the followers that he still has and of course donald trump has survived the worst scandals than this one but ultimately i think this will have neither trump

nor ben and this is set definitely demagoging for both of them and according to this new book donald trump was shocked and when he won even he didn't want to win that's what we're being told i mean what does this mean if trump wants to maintain his base support as we move towards those november midterm elections. well to be honest i'm not quite sure about this particular statement of the book because seeing donald trump to me it seems that at least part of an always wants to win out of principle but what seems possible or likely is that he didn't really expect to win and this is not only in the book but it's also what we've heard from reports about the final phase of his campaign up to the day of the election he didn't really seem to think that he could do it well basically most people didn't

think that was possible and still it happens the problem for donald trump with all this is that for the for the past year he has been playing to his base most of the time he hasn't tried to woo democrats or independents or moderates so in all opinion polls his approval ratings are pretty low and historic low compared to other presidents after a year in office and so this could mean trouble for him in the midterm elections in november because if the democrats win one or both chambers of congress his presidency might be effectively over and there is speculation that there could be a bloodbath in november for republicans in those elections i mean how realistic is that it does point well there is no guarantee for that obviously it's still eleven months to go and eleven months is an eternity in politics especially in the age of trump where there's

a new sensation every day or every hour and so we don't know how it goes but if this trend continues that his approval ratings are so low that democratic base energized moderates independents staying away from trump then yes that could happen you might say this is wishful thinking by the democrats but actually a number of conservative strategists and analysts also think that this could be a democratic tsunami really. our correspondent carson phenomenal the story for us tonight in washington karsten thank you. here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in kabul that left at least eleven people dead and many more injured afghanistan officials say the attacker bloom's a crowd of police and protesters at least six policemen were among those killed the death toll in a south african train crash has risen to eighteen that's according to the head of the state owned rail service fire engulfed several of the express passenger trains

carriages after it smashed into a truck about two hundred kilometers south of johannesburg the country's transport minister says more than two hundred sixty people were injured. well tonight the race is on to find a fix for computer chips around the world big defects could affect billions of computers another device is fitted with chips which were made by the manufacturers intel a.m.d. and our him now security researchers discovered the problem some time ago but the news has only just been made public and intel is still being about it here's what we know so far. the intel security fool could allow cars to obtain access to passwords encryption keys and the sensitive data the newly announced vulnerability could affect every processor released since one thousand nine hundred ninety five of the moment there's no way for users to detect

a breach which leaves no trace in traditional log files some security experts are calling it the worst floor of a phone by the computer industry. it's probably not a problem with security gaps is that the processor is the core of the computer it's what the operating system runs on that means when the process there is affected and the hacker takes advantage of that flow they have access to everything. desktops notebooks tablets smartphones they all run on intel chips and they're all affected the problem may be even bigger than initially reported in a statement intel's recent reports that these exploits are caused by a bug or a flaw and are unique to intel products are incorrect based on the analysis to date many types of computing devices with many different vendors processors and operating systems are susceptible to these exploits. researches who discovered the security gaps a computer is powered by and also effected the claim that he has denied

software updates will be released to help protect against security gaps these could cause computers to run more slowly with some estimates indicating a dip of up to thirty percent but intel says that ordinary users are likely to see a performance hit of no more than two percent. let's try to make some sense of this and to do that walker from the tech magazine motherboard dortch lang joins me now here at the big table it's good to see you happy new year so how big of a threat is this and affecting all of us it is affecting all of us the threat this the actual attack probably won't be but we're talking about a hardware block here that enables two different type of types of attack one is what the research is done meltdown which can and able malicious hackers to read your memory well in your computer the other is where most serious and also much harder to patch than the first one it's called specter and it's means that

perfectly fine epa cations are being used to exchange data and read out each other's data without as if you know when that happening right exactly and it's completely invisible in the locked data and that means that this particular attack is not actually it's like you know with as has been exploited we can under attack not even know it. exactly so ok if that's the case then what will it take to get rid of the problem and protect or are in of our systems and computers yeah so the first patches are already out at least for meltdown and big cloud computing services like apple amazon google have already patched form meltdown for that first and lighter of attacks for the second one it will take a lot of time to catch this when you see. consumers that doesn't know they have to do anything sometimes you don't notice sometimes it's a background for example on for android of systems they have already installed

without even knowing. been so quiet about this well intel has also has a disclosure agreement with other companies and because first reports came out the security researchers from google made a premature disclosure that is actually not really i mean implicit super happy about it because it's a business model and of course the stocks plunge but in the end the chips that enable these spectra techs the harder it techs will eventually have to be replaced because it's a major design flaw the attacks can be fixed and repaired by several software updates but in the end not every type of attack can be prevented you know we've said here many times talking about stories very similar to this is a new year the risk assessments for twenty eight teen include cyber attacks as being in the top five. it's only january fourth we're talking about this again is

this going to be a year if you look in the crystal ball i mean is this just the beginning of what's going to be a very turbulent year it is yeah and that's i mean i think it's important not to scare consumers too much and to be scared to type even a letter into their computer of would be the wrong idea but what security searches always say is a month and repeatedly say is whenever there's updates available please don't be afraid of brake. can anything do install the update and please don't click on any links that look suspicious in any e-mails because for all there's a text first of all a person has to have access to a computer and this happens by something like an outgoing link that you don't trust and we just hope that those updates do not make our phones and computers run more slowly but that's a different story will only be a little just a little bit of a right there is a lock as always thank you very much like. let's take a look at the timeline of events in this case now the two flaws were discovered in

june twenty seventh intel c.e.o. sold off as many shares as he could could in november twenty seventh a move which saw him gain some twenty five million dollars in profits now of course the majority all the other shareholders did not find out about these for was in till yesterday so it certainly raises some questions that well let's put those questions to our financial correspondent yes quarter on wall street who's following this story for us could the c.e.o. of intel face charges of trading on insider knowledge here. it's certainly an interesting timing when he sold his shares because that was obviously after the company got aware of the flaws but before the news broke out to the public i can personally not really imagine that it's a case of insider trading because that would be like the the most obvious kind of insider trading because we've seen in wall street history but that doesn't mean

that the f.c.c. won't have a closer look at that and then on top of it that this see all of entailed sold all but two hundred fifty thousand office shares also does not show a lot of confidence from the c.e.o. into his own firm because those two hundred fifty thousand shares that pretty much the minimum that is c.e.o. is supposed to hold off his own company's sux. and what does this mean for intel because we're talking about chips which is just everywhere. well if we talk about the loss in general it's certainly not helpful and one of the big concerns is that maybe intel might lose market share to some of its competitors and for a second consecutive day intel is the worst performer in the doll jones industrial average by far having that said it's not that easy for customers to replace one semiconductor was another we're talking not ten fifteen years ago where

theoretically it wasn't such a big deal to a switch from intel and say to advanced micro devices to me conductors we're talking about chips or semiconductors that are pretty specialized customized and are not that easy to being replaced but it's certainly not helpful and that's why intel is the biggest loser in the dow jones and talking about the doll jones we reached a new milestone today for the first time ever new chips cross the twenty five thousand point mark it's the seventh thousand point mark that we've crossed since the presidential elections so besides intel a pretty bright trading sort of environment here on wall street. almost right thanks for that now the u.s. doesn't take second venting sanctions lightly as a top turkish bank has recently discovered a u.s. court has found a minute or two that the former deputy c.e.o. of turkish state owned bank guilty of helping iran would billions of dollars to

evade u.s. sanctions the foreign ministry branded the trial as unfair and a quote shameful. the former deputy c.e.o. of turkish bunkhouse bank mehmet attila faces several years in prison he was found guilty of helping iranians circumvent u.s. sanctions involving oil deals worth billions the ruling was partly based on the testimony of a witness allegedly turkish president. had only one signed off on the bank is illegal business will no surprise the turkish government has criticised the ruling saying in no uncertain terms that it's politically motivated it's a scandalous ruling and a scandalous process there's no other way of seeing it it was clear from the start that the court case was only there to get mixed up in turkey's internal affairs. the court ruling could have far reaching consequences for the turkish economy other

banks in the country are also suspected of doing business with iran's oil sector that means they could find themselves cut off from the u.s. financial markets something that would hurt any major bank. now oil prices all trading at a three yard you chicken says that iran's oil supply could be limited by on rest in the country unless a radiant output of over two million barrels a day is not presently under threat and it's a process added to i'm seventy on the market where we'll take comes as oil cartel opec extends production caps in an effort to lighten the market. lived right now is take a look at what will be occupying the russian electorate ahead of voting that brant this one is what room to take a look at happy new year happy new lease in his seat you know let's go to russia now where presidential elections will take place use in march observers expect president vladimir putin to easily win another term in office despite growing opposition our moscow bureau chief yuri rashad are now on the stakes for russia in

the new year. twenty eighteen it will be a special year. first is his predictable victory in the presidential election then the food bowl world cup in russia. but it also involves risks especially in foreign affairs. the middle east and syria. prominent example of russia attempt to reposition itself on the build stage just a few weeks ago putin announced russia's withdrawal from syria but even if the military mission was successful achieving a political solution with partners whose individual goals are often radically different might prove to be a more difficult task the so-called syria peace congress planned for the end of january in such is the best example of this syrian opposition groups have canceled

their but dissipation because of a cold russian aggressor committed to war crimes. and here how do people in russia see putin syria policy it was a great victory for russia good though why not the war lasted too long it was time to pull out now we don't have to pay as much in tax. most of those who we asked to were in favor of withdrawing russian troops over they called of the withdrawal the most important foreign policy event of the past year russians are tire it and say pump and brands are all well and good but it wouldn't be bad for the government to turn it down russia's economic problems coast in part by western sanctions will remain largely unresolved even in twenty eighteen. nevertheless is and to will remain as the country's most popular politician in twenty eighteen and he expects a victory in march why because the kremlin promises stability and muzzles anyone who questions is their promises the only serious challenge off and alex seen of ali

was not allowed to run for president he has. already announced his plans to appeal the decision. politically russia is already starting to heat up and it probably won't cool down after the election is a camel and can only hope that this iteration in the country will remain stable until june so that russia can finally score some political press as the host of the don't stop. and there was a very rich other reporting from moscow well as we just heard putin's main challenger alexina of all the has been barred from running in the election but several other candidates are standing including a well known t.v. host zinnia zope chaat now her candidacy is expected to increase voter turnout and her advisor vitale sclera rolls joins me tonight from moscow

there you are to tell the welcome to the show thank you for taking the time to talk with the this evening i want to start with the big picture about elections and politics in russia is it possible to even expect a fair and free presidential election in russia in march i don't think it's possible quite frankly nobody can lead you to my eyes this election and i believe there's election is it's a big farce so i wouldn't be helping a lot of excitement or a lot of change and political future in russia so if it's a big political fars then explain to us the role of zenia zob jock why is she decided basically to run knowing she's going to lose. well look i believe in a situation in political landscape belief or in political situation we are here in

russia you don't have that much of a choice what would be the difference just to skip the action and just stay as as it is i believe every attempt every chance to try to reach out to voters try to push their agenda try to pull the kremlin and every single attempt to talk to the waters and explain why this government is failing president putin cannot stay in power for eighteen years and not not developing the country i believe we should take any ability to seriously and take this opportunity and try to do the best so it doesn't mean that we go away and it doesn't mean though that we have to stay home and do nothing ok well i mean that is certainly an admirable position to have what happens after the election when mr putin if he has been reelected what will you say what was what were you say the impact of

zinnias kanda dizzy will have been on russian politics. look i think no matter what happens. if they reach out to one hundred thousands or millions of people in russia it's great if we send one more candidates challenging putin is great if the scent of woman the youngest candidate in the history of russia in the election is great i believe if we have an end of the day a result plot form for a new candidate to run more they'd more of volunteers in that a base it's all great i believe the micro see is not born odd want to lection so it's a long process and i see this election and i say this attempt to run for office and shell has put in as a part of a long term game let's talk a little bit about any kind of rush is she if people have heard about her they've heard about her being a socialite turned t.v.

host what are her political credential i mean why would you tell the russian voter that she is qualified to be the next president. well i don't think it's the question is who is the most qualified to be seen in this country so many apparently qualified candidates and look at this country great is that right no i don't think the question is of qualification i believe what is more important to create. a situation or environment where everybody can run where qualified people can be heard when people can can take part in elections and we are so far away from it and i believe the kremlin is trying on purpose created this bacon this is the situation where nobody can run for office and and i don't think we are able to talk about qualification in the election where is everything far so we trying to do the best of course we would be great if not only could run for office but but we don't have this situation and i believe we have to work with what we have. definitely

going to stay on this story and we're going to follow this india and please come back on the show as we get closer to the election and let's see what happens the tele the campaign advisor for so joining us tonight from russia thank you for telling your watching news of the record.

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