one success story. to. start to turn to so. this is deja vu news live from berlin hacked and hijacked scammers access a series of high profile twitter accounts in an apparent a cryptocurrency scale bill gates of barack obama and the long lost are among a number of public figures whose accounts were broken into by fraudsters opposed to tweets asking people to make a big point transfers also coming up. a setback for european efforts to crack down

on tax avoidance a court over rules a decision requiring the tech giant apple to pay $13.00 a 1000000000 euros in on a toxic tire that is a major blow to e.u. efforts to rein in sweetheart deals for big business. and berlin's pro tennis tournament with fans in attendance could be a blueprint for global stores there are fewer checks and face masks and even a virus killing and disinfection tunnel. i'm kyra jets and welcome to the show the twitter accounts of several major global figures have been hacked in our script 0 currency scam barack obama joe biden and moscow were among those hijacked by scammers posting tweets to juba people and to making big donation. it's weitz told the users of the social media platform they

had 30 minutes to send $1000.00 and bitcoin donations in order order to double their money twitter stopped many verified accounts from tweeting and said it was looking into the incidents. well our reporter our parred so as he has been following this story for us are about how did this happen well it's believed that a hacker or group of hackers and very adept ones at that were able to get past the cyber security system of twitter and then from there they were able to get into the individual accounts of some very well off people the names of which you have mentioned already just for an example and then they made a bogus post saying you know what limited time offer you can double your money and so a number of people fell for it and you know it it's a blow to to it to twitter frankly and what has been his reaction been at to this incident where they looked into it very quickly but it took them a few hours to finally post on their website that they've limited access now to

a number of accounts they've also made it impossible to change passwords for a while and that's because when some people saw that they had a problem with their twitter account they would change the password get rid of the post and then would come up again and that's probably because the hackers were able to see the change happening and the history post is so this went back and forth and so now twitter has stopped that are and how much damage can we say it was done well we know through the bitcoin accounting system that these hackers made more than 100000 u.s. and bitcoin and that came from about 300 so-called donors but i think the biggest hemorrhage right now is to twitter's reputation and they're going to have to revamp their system all right i pads there's a thank you very much for that analysis. well it's a win for the irish government the tech giant apple and companies looking to do business in europe on wednesday a court struck down a decision by the european union that ordered apple to pay the irish government's

$13000000000.00 euros in unpaid taxes ireland has a long denied that its tax arrangements with apple amount to a legal state the european commission is expected to appeal the ruling to the european court of justice. the ruling hands a big legal victory to apple the e.u. general court said the e.u. commission did not succeed in showing that the tech giant had received an illegal economic advantage in ireland over its low taxes. the decision is a major blow to competition commission immigrates a vest there is efforts to crack down on low tax regimes in the block the commission hooley behind the objective that all companies should pay their fair share of tax if members this gives says an mo to national companies tax advantages not available to their rivals this harms fair competition in the e.u. the e.u. commission has 2 months time to decide if it wants to challenge the ruling in need

use highest court the core of the problem is that the e.u. does not have one common tax code at the moment firms officially pay 12.5 percent corporate tax in ireland that's compared with the e.u. average of 21.3 percent officially companies in germany have to cough up at least 30 percent that alone has attracted many companies to ireland and in fact apple paid far less tax at times for example as little as 0.005 percent in 2014 when the tech giant paid just 50 euros tax on every 1000000 euros in profit. it's the 2nd ruling that the e.u. commission has lost last year the institution lost a case against starbucks which was accused of owing $30000000.00 euros in back taxes to the netherlands it all shows how difficult it is to crackdown on cases of alleged corporate tax avoidance. well let's go now to some other stories making news around the world armenians have rallied in the capital yerevan amid escalating

tensions with neighboring azerbaijan the protesters gathered outside the ukrainian embassy and accused of siding with their adversary recent days have seen the worst outbreak of cross border hostilities in years over the disputed territory. iran says at least 7 ships have been damaged in a blaze that broke out at a shipyard in the southern port of pushchair there have been a string of unexplained fires and explosions at military nuclear and industrial sites across the country since late june. german police and customs officers have discovered 31 my friends hidden inside a refrigerated truck reports say the migrants came from turkey syria iran and iraq the vehicle stops near the czech border had a turkish license and a turkish driver who is now in custody. well it is africa's

a most disputed dam project and it is fueling tensions along the nile river between ethiopia and its neighbors new satellite images appear to show that ethiopia has started filling its grand renaissance dam on the nile the move is likely to spark protests from egypt and sudan which both of depend on water from the nile talks among the 3 countries ended in deadlock on tuesday egypt has now asked ethiopia for urgent clarification on whether it has begun to fill the dam. it is these images that are likely to anger ethiopia's neighbors downstream water has started filling up at the grand renaissance dam along the river nile here and earlier image and now this both egypt and sudan depend on water from the nile and against the dam project here is ethiopia is going to be released in this continue this with this 1st year of filling and. presumably reach an

agreement within the next few weeks when it started this road would. not be able to continue to negotiation process ethiopia says the giant hydroelectric project is critical for the country to pull its nearly 100 m. 10000000 citizens out of poverty and become a major power exporter in the region. egypt already battling huge water shortages relies on the nile for more than 90 percent of its water supply. ethiopia and its neighbors have for years been engaged in tense negotiations over the dam earlier this week a new round of talks ended without an agreement though some observers are still optimistic. the people in keeping the table the rule in tokyo who likened the art to agreement ethiopia insist it's not actively filling up the

dam but that the recent high water levels are just a result of the heavy seasonal rainfall. many in the region fear that filling up the dam without an agreement could push the countries involved to the brink of military conflict. well the british city of bristol has a new sculpture to replace the statue of a slave trader pulled down last month a sculpture of a black protester who helps topple him now stands in his place the artwork was installed without permission early on wednesday morning. if. if the moment that sparked a nationwide to pay suppliers had to deal with britain's colonial past. the 17th century slave trader at word colston was pulled down by black lives matter protesters in bristol than june. and tackling the face of many of his victims

thrown into the sea. the print he once looked down from now has a new occupant local resident chen read. the artworks inspired by a viral instagram post but return spend picturing her shortly after the colston statue was toppled you know for me getting on my plane you know i raise my fist and i raise my face to give power back to the people back to the slaves who died at the hands of pollsters and titled a surge of power at the sculpture was installed without the local councils approval and intervention dreamed up by artists mark quinn you know we had to keep it secret because this is a debate to be really clear this is a temporary installation it's not saying this is what should be on the plate forever they say this conversation is in the public realm and i want this girl through part of the conversation. they hope the structure will inspire more action to talk all racism it's definitely cold snooze no more and it's time to change it's

time to move on it's time for people to keep talking educate themselves and i just think that's really important. bristol's mayor has not confirmed if and when the statue will be removed but he says the future of the plan must be decided in a process that includes everyone in the city even those who would have preferred that were colston to remain. well for the 1st time since the coronavirus pandemic began spectators will be able to attend a major sporting event in germany the exhibition tennis tournament in berlin features some of the world's best players and while the main tennis tours have been suspended since mid march organizers hope the berlin tournaments will provide a blueprint for others to follow. this is what going to watch sport looks like at the moment temperature checks face masks and even this disinfection tunnel the

tunnel sprays a mist that is said to kill the virus on clothes and shoes it's the 1st time since the start of the pandemic that more than a handful of fans have been allowed into a sporting event in germany is a little bit strange is of course but we are used to it from the last 4 months ago so everything is all right with a mouse one good point with tennis is that you most of the time outside. inside the stadium fans a c.t. and away from each other a maximum of 800 people are allowed into this 5000 capacity arena on course the ball boys and ball girls wear masks and gloves and there are no line judges with the umpire helps by electronic line calls we are trying our best that everything is safe for the players and for the organizers and so far so good austria's dominant

team is the top ranked male player here he and others were tested for coronavirus at the weekend they can staying in a hygiene bubble shuttle from their hotel to the stadium some matches and practice . from the safety point of view or think all. own measures are perfect here. it's a far cry from these pictures players including team partying at the recent andrea tour organized by world number one novak djokovic each some participants called coronavirus at the event we all did mistakes that's clear but it's no walk in than all the others i mean we didn't commit any crimes so that also we have to we have to say that point really learn from the mistakes we definitely did. it's a good thing and we have to be careful for tournament director barbara written it's

a chance for tennis to restore its reputation we have to give the proof for the tennis family that we can do it that we are able to take responsibility that that we found out the way that it is possible to play with a couple of spectators as well we could be a role model in future even even for the u.s. tournament's you know this word we're maybe the hygene show would be a key for spectators. representatives and public ornaments here this week to see what they can and with many players still unsure about participating in the u.s. open next month crops what's happening here in berlin can convince them it's safe to do so. i'm sure many will be watching closely to see whether those measures can be implemented elsewhere don't forget you can always get g.w. news on the go just download our outlook from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as

push notifications out for any breaking news and if you are part of a new story yourself you can also use the new app to send us photos and videos of what's happening where you are. here watching data and play richardson in berlin from me and the entire team here thanks so much for joining us. on a meal and i'm going to go complete the 2nd season of only. on the planet on the brink of disaster we did a long in-depth interview with experts about one question how do you change.