fbi has stepped down andrew medicaid leaving weeks before his planned retirement scheduled for march he's wrong criticism from the us president donald trump. and has been at the center of tensions between ththe white house and the f. the president's authority to take a stepp yes i'd say the president wasn't part of this decision making process and we would refer you to the fbi workers for racers is the director which as i said last week. now repeat again today the president has full confidence in him and has put. the decisions at the fbi in his hands. the sun is giving the white house's response not early i spoke to a washington correspondent for the proud to announce in about the timing of this announcement.

what is very interesting timing it might be very very innocuous indeed but of course in the context off te russian investigation that is rather hard to believe the innocuous explanation for this is that andrew mccain? was ready to retire and march and had accrued enough vacation days navy decided to just leave the post as early as today. the white house has confirmed this by now we do know that andrew mccabe but will be leaving his post today and that i will be an fbi statements a little bit later. today at the white house so he says that the us president almost from was not involved in this decision now the crack question is importance because. anany conontact tht that has been between andrew became the deputy fbi director and the us president has lost three column from donald trump via

twitter criticism all the andrew mccabe criticism for his. lack of impartiality there's been lots of criticism. pointed at andrew mccabe on not just this white house but also republicans they will be more than happy that he is now gone they'd see him maybe even as responsible a full partly this russian investigation now coming to a head. andrew mccabe by the way walls the acting director of the fbi for a very shohort the departure h whether this has something to do with the pressure from the white house. that is something that the administration is not doing and is not admitting to at this point.

philip rather pushing that idea from washington. now the u. and special envoy for syria has arrived in the black sea resort town of sochi. seven emisoras taking part in peace talks spearheaded by moscow aimed at ending the war in syria. last week you and back talks in austria ended without the warring sides even meeting face to face. syria's main opposition meanwhile say they will be boycotting the event. more on this story we can cross now to tommaso in sochi for us at thomas is russia hoping for any sort ofof breakthrough from these talkss. well if you look at what the the spokesperson forthe motion prededent of the scope has has said today shouldn't exexpect any he referred t to in this shortrt term breakthroughs that this is going to take a lot of hard work to get any kind o. results that that is no doubt that i in the russian government's mind the kremlin's mind. this will

only be the first of perhaps a number of meetings on even in socochi trying to. resolve come toto some kindf a resolution. in the syriaian. cicil c cl war now this onn hototel ate momont way. cerertain delegations a staying these delegations. it's's a national delegatios are witith different syrian platforms and also platform the us the not platform for example and a very very systems outut decide what ty expect is going g to happen tomorrow this certainly. a little b bit of skepticism a little bit of hope but i have to say i haven't seen very m much of that some one person. he wanted to get. up on sending me that on behalf ofof the halall. of the peoe who were invited. have turned up today we're hearing thatt there has been a certain amount of chaos in the organization of this event. invivitations apparently going out a very very nice in some cases as

late as yesterday. thomas w watson rushes engagement syria what outcome would please moscow. momost has been involved i n this is you know for a very lolong time it't's been inid militarily and of course financially as well as a lot of money. on the fight will those missiles and so over those more than two years thatat it's been involved is built up a huge amount influences place itself very much in the sense that. all a a peace broker. in the syrian civil war that'ss why we in sochi that's why. i'm here in boss's day in these. by half thousand delegates. here is well suck. buses home remade concrete dispsposition in n syria ann thesee peace. negotiations whatat it wantnt now is very much a attention to howow t. that the warar is mostly ovr of course russia wants peace

up on its terms and the more that the accents place despite moscow's rhetoric the mall that the accent is placed on. these sought she talks. on the less on the geneva talks the better from russia not all were arrestea most of a moves up they got party says he will run for the country's top job. the just last week the party in bills presidency seat for a second term engagement reports. as one challenge after another drops out of the running egypt's upcoming election is almost a one horse race. on sunday the head of the islamist on no party was the final candidates stepped down backing president cc. other that that is easy go up the current president's

identified house cc is the only one can carry out the serious tasks. a chief cooperation between all state institutions the armed forces police parliaments and the administration of the state. of. russia had mounted on the left policy to feel the face savining. before the nationon's closed. but after two days of deliberations its members voted against move on saturday. as his rivals for by the wayside cc seems have dropped any pretense of holy a truly democratic vote. in the france24 now university professor timothy called us cool the election illegitimate. the integrity of the elections are completely compromise in this is very much transparent a farce. so consequently. the opposition candidates or members of their campaigns of. begun to call for a boycott a recognition of that society sent someone to legitimize your credibility too others to take placace.

former f. was general and mubarak's lost prime minister ahmed shafiq was the first to quit the race. than and now egypt's assassinated leader analysts at at and human rights lawyer how to alley also gave up on that presidential ambitions. while ministry men added consulado and semi and faced criminal charges. knocking them out of the running. last minute challenger museum was stuff in this a will be the only contested presidency but as his liberal and hide parties into back cc. his candidacy poses no real threat to the incumbent. for more on this story we can saying the integrity ofe election has been compromised you agree.

i would agree i mean that election indicates. . that s preceded by a sererious campmpaign that there is freedom of political activity freedom of the press freedodom a campapaigd none of that. was present in the run up. to add to the day to day which was the closure of people presenting their candidacies. as so it's going to looook m more likea govevernment organized referendum on the incumbebet president residencies year rather than ann a actual. election actct now i think it's true that president she's the remains may be still. the most popular politician or leader there aren't any major figures that could easily run and and beat him. but certainly this is s not a an electionn the democratic senense of te term i think that's very worrisome. for the future of egypt not to have a return to politics and proper political contestation in order for people to express

their preferences to hold the government accountable. and to ensure now or in the future peaceful transfers of power rather than violent ones now if he's so popular whats other p photos he so scared off. as well as its it's possible that he is afraiaid or those around him also. are afraid of conde stations from people who have a foothold in the military and in the state that to maybe major figures that may it may have caused concern. the latest one. sammy and. who was the chief of the military chief of staff was certainly before declaring his cacandidacy m must have? sed that there was some sympathy may be for an even. among you know some in the in the governmentnt also i. imagine if he. ever formemer airfore officer also noted every man former prime m ministers. ad civil right.

yeah that't's what i'm indicating and even before. that the issue of candidates being pressured to leave therere's been a number r of very high level reshuffles among that t presidentt cz instituted removing the head of general intelligence. and otother key figurur thihis t indicate that what the the president maybe is most concerned about is challenges from within that each state as it were. that could then run for office and get a public following as the the politicicians really from the civil society and from thererto cicivilian society. that are not w well organized they woululdn't havee presentedeh of a challenenge but. at president she's you m mighte worried that that a challenge might emerge from within the deep state as a word clearly wants to have that all. the objections given up on the idea of a fully functional democracy because that's our forget hoceima bark was overthrown for holding on to power get the one person to be democratically elected was

ousted. by the army back in twenty thirteen. i thihink a lot of egyptians that havave not given u uon anand i still. yoyou know working foror it and hopopig for it and thinking about i. both in egyptpt and all over the arab world all public opinion polls. at one finds that most arabs including egyptians have believe that and accountable elected political system is the best one. . i would say that most egyptians realize that at this point this government headed by president sees sh. is priororitizing certainly securirity and some econonoc issusues and does not c conr as. liberalizing asian or democratatic transition uppo put it lightly a priority and is really not implementing it so i t thina lot off people. still would like it to happen but cucuently have no high hopes

that it's gonna happen. anytime soon all seven thank you very much for your analysis on program from washington. thank you next afghanistan has been hit by violence yet again the latest attack on the capital comes just days after the taliban said of an ambulance cop on the city center. and attack the intercontinental hotel this monday the islamic state group says i it killed at least eleven soldiers and injured fifteen others. this off the five gunmen attacked a military academy in the capital kabul. illnesses reports. an explosion in the dead of night. followed by a gunbattle that dragged on until daybreak. afghan security forces fought off the insurgents for several hours. before they could regain control of the area. what we use force to defeat the enemies and kill them we confiscated their weapons and evacuated are wounded and martyred soldiers?

at least five attackers stormed the military academy in the pool at four am local time on monday. detonating a suicide vests and opening fire on security forces patrolling the area. one insurgent was arrested and the rest were killed according to an afghan government official. several soldiers also lost their lives. the islamic state group later claimed responsibility for the attack the third to head table in just over a week. and if called eventually returned us police placed the area on lockdown. residents remain on edge. look at what's happening to this nation. when you're not able to control the situation it's better to resign. kind of government is this. both the taliban and the islamic state group have stepped up attacks in afghanistan in recent months in an attempt to destabilize the country and undermine confidence in the u. s. backed governments. the military academy which was attacked on monday he

had already been targeted in october last year. when a suicide bomber blew up a bus outside the facility. killing fifteen people. heavy fighting has led up again in yemen twelve people have been killed and over a hundred and thirty others injured after clashes erupted between separatist and pro government fighters. in the port city of eightee. agagency oxfam is calling fr a ceasefire and says violence as also escalated in other parts of the country. china's ambassador to the african union denounce reports in the french daily le monde. kuangwei lane said the allegation beijing spies on the board he was absurd according to the article technicians at the african union headquarters discovered that the content. on their computers had been regularly copy to servers in shanghai since twenty twelv. the soaring conference hall was built by the chinese in two thousand twelve as a

symbol of the friendship between africa and china. but beijing may have had other intentions in mind. according to a reports by a french newspaper le monde chinese engineers purposely installed flawed security systems in the building. and use them to spy on the continental body for several years. generate two thousand seventnteen african union technicians noticed that confidential data was systematically being sends to mystery servers based in shanghai. and a few months later security experts allegedly found several microphones hidden inside the buildings offices and walls. china's ambassador to the african union denied t the findings. and slammed what he said were preposterous allegations i think this is ridiculous i think it's a.. sensatational story hall caa series french newspaper legroom to do this is absolute. far from triggering a diplomatic rifts the accusations have so far

largely been ignored by african officials. don't say i don't have any information. reserve a map up into the final have all the info so i can't really comment. or most of us. according through means the afrirican union installed is own servers and brought in its own engineers after discovered the leak. a also declinines china's offer to help set up the new system. little heat map which tracks the activities of people who use fitness devices is raising security concerns about soldiers and people at us military bases in sensitive areas on the map shows a great deal of activity. in the united states and here in europe locals dark in countries like iraq and syria except for scattered activity take a look. this is john his label he to map. the fitness tracking application calls it a direct visualization of its global network of athletes. the most athletes are much

as he did his military personnel around the world also using this app. twenty year old international security student manages the potential security breach. it looks very pretty but not amazing for operational security. us bases are clearly identifiable and novel. the app has unwittingly reveal the location of military training route and bases in corporate signs such as ira. and afghanistan. to certain extent it's an operational security fate up in the fact that soldiers working that well at idle cruising some way through classes information about that organisation. he should not have been possible a space de application itself is not to blame that. rather created the map using data from its own uses. the you can opt out from sharing a localization many are aware of the risks of keeping the settings on. the us department of defense says officials are reviewing the situation buttering

treats. recent data releases emphasize the need for situational awareness when members of the ministry ship hospital information. the department of defense takes matters like these very seriously. aside from entry secrets week privacy controls can also lead to theft or unwanted appetizing affecting the daily lives of civilians. to tackle potential risks the european union has overhauled its general data protection regulation. the data privacy reforms will come into force this may. tom hanks over business on the prograram and i'm joined by you could write in the studio even you can. now it german automakers are in hot water once again it is off to revelations about animal and human testing has more of volkswagen danaa and bmw around the fire. a falling media repeports abot expeperiments carried oututa research group they could fund is. it has comee to light that t it's in the grp sunset testing which monkeys

were full secreting dieiesel exhaust gas while humans are subjecected to tests o on te facts of nitrogen dioxide. in the league has more. another diesel gate for the german auto industry. he's a busy dirigentes discusses item reported that a research group funded by volkswagen bmw and dina carried out experiments on humans. this an effort to defend diesel following reports. of people schemes for coffins genic. government was quick to react. automobile industry is supposed to be reducing dangerous emissions levels that is supposed to be sticking to the limits. they are not supposed to be using monkeys and even people to prove the so called harmlessness admissions. fun up guys in supervising it was at this university hospital where local media thing that a research group called edg t. carry out experiments on twenty five healthy humans.

participants were exposed to different levels of nitrogen dioxide a toxic substance commonly found in diesel fumes. the hospital says the study was about what a safety not the rest of diesel emissions. please revelations came just a day out of new york times reported that t the same organization carried out tests on monkeys and the u. s. in twenty fourteen. the times says ten animals may to breathe in diesel from of old slogan beetle whe watchi cartoons. the three industry giants are distancing themselves from the now defunct research group. and a caged in which internal investigations. thee cocountry's transport minisr sedated scandal has once again. damage trust in the auto industry. german colleague is had been embroiled in emissions cheating scandal. twenty fifteen. european u union has offered to that britain keepp itsts membership benefits the twenty one mononths off it needs the block t to help

businesssses about. mrmrs fm the twtwenty seven m member states were quick singles new guidelines for the nation. body aches the spokesman for the british prime minister welcomes the year green and there's some differences remain. unisys rejected the idea of putting having evita as a new year rolls during the transition is about a speaking at. during television. uk resultant to take off in a single market. paul lukas from unions. and older union policies. golden trial or. benefits. therefore he must also abroad or do youou. e single m market. gonna be*. mistaking the stock markets now. unsanitary deliver this monday on wall street the dow weighed down by apple

it's desperately more than two percent media pulled. that said the company was possible action pocket of i thinkk ten t the s school tt facecebook and other such as was itself. us treasasury yields meaean while has hit ththe h highest s since thiy fortyy. he now the band inin a west africa wherere the governmet is looking for newew solutis to improve the country's economy. that in history forcrces with a nonprofitit organizatition to restore ot once wildlife park and train dozens of of ranges to protect. the protect about it it to be a consideration erring again he has no. it's one of west africa's last wildlife reserves it may transform the ecoconomyf one of the continent's poorest countries. home to dozens of species including bababoons elephans and hippos. pandering national park spans over four thousand eight hundred square kilometers thoughh te park o opens fifty years ago decades of elephant poaoachg illegal huntingng tree fellg and economically collect left the park in a state of decay. now african parks and

non profit conservation organization has assumed management of the refuge hoping to turn it into an ecoo friendly for is hot sp. he says you because of us says you existed throughout conservation as about revitalization reforestatio. and then of course ganizationon of this space to make it a touourist resource bothth for billionons econoy but also for the local economy. in order to successfully bring the parkack to life the country had to secucu twtwenty six million dollars in investments over a decad. the government has said it will provide up to six million. president bush's hello as made for is of a key priority of his presidential mandate. only twowo hundred thohousad course travel to be mean between twenty fourteen and twenty fifteen. tell aims to see that number rise to one million by twenty twenty one and create one hundred thousand jobs over the next ten years. the need is just the latest and drama confident to use green tourism to boost its

economy. guerrilla conservation programs in rwanda brought four hundred million dollars in revenue in two thousand and sixteen. according to the world wildlife fund elephant poaching alone cost african countries around twenty five million dollars in lost touourism revenue pr year. and finally eazy-e's nissi year has decided to take a pay cut as the best about it minor pledges to fight against the ten the pay gap. there on the ground has also companies pulls to reduce his salary from seven hundred foforty thousanand pounds seven hundred and six thousand it's not set pay of his predecessor county merkel. any salary will be about thirty percent lower than the amount he was paid in his last job at tribal groups gq out to you live. easy that says on average male employees and twice as much as female stuff the north because that's how the reason those the same job that because ninety four percent of its pilots. rule

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01/29/18 01/29/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! ofevery day there is fear attacks and living has become dangerous to everyone. it is not safe to live in afghanistan anymore. amy: afghanistan marks a national day of mourning after an ambulance suicide attack killed 100 people saturday. the taliban claim responsibility. early this morning isis claimed responsibility for an attack that killed five. we will ge