this ours headline stories on our u.s. national security and intelligence chiefs double down on trying to tackle alleged foreign interference. for the upcoming midterm elections. refugees in jordan are being required to do for a biometric data in order to gain access to a. journalist from the redfish group investigate the ethical concerns around the. fundamental principle of equal by isn't. in the loop and. also ahead nato develops a game to teach clears how to spot fake news but critics say it's simply a propaganda tool. on german sports where. it will no

longer work with fear really in football federation just a month after rival nike did the same. wherever you're tuning in from around the world this hour welcome to our to international could the op your company our top story u.s. security and intelligence chiefs of been putting only a united front up the white house to reassert their suspicions that russia is currently meddling in the upcoming midterm elections let's go live now to correspondent for more on this hi there carol was it a case of simply more of the same today talk us through it. well one by one the various security chiefs took to the podium at the white house we heard from

general paul neka son of the u.s. cyber command christopher ray the head of the f.b.i. dan coats the director of national intelligence michael rogers the n.s.a. had as well as kirsten nielsen who is the secretary of homeland security now one by one they spoke with they all kind of seem to repeat the same kind of message this is the security chiefs making their allegations. our democracy itself is in the crosshairs paid by russia to try to weaken and divide united states threat is not going away to prevent foreign interference in our elections to prevent of russian and other foreign influence and the russians try to hack into and steal information candidates and government officials alike cyber attacks against voting infrastructure along with computer intrusions malicious cyber actors

targeting elected officials that goes beyond the elections and goes to russia's intent to undermine our democratic values. now the election is more than two months away but regardless according to what they were saying the cording to their report they say russia is already meddling in the upcoming vote now the terms that were used the allegation seem to revolve around pervasive messaging campaigns the idea that somehow through social media american minds are being influenced and we actually had the n.s.a. director go as far as saying that the u.s. government is prepared to conduct special operations in response to russia's alleged behavior now later as the briefing went on now we heard from dan coats is the dan coats is the director of national intelligence and he was pressed for specifics specifically around some allegations that were made about u.s. senators and hacking and such he was pressed for

a specific stand he couldn't really provide any evidence or information this is dan coats. you give us a better sense of who specifically targeted release centers have said that they. targeted hacking people person a. numbers of the senate members of the house is a democratic republic. but we follow procedure this pedigree that. some time ago in terms of when we. receive this type of information it is processed through the leadership of the respective house or. senate chamber and then disseminated down to the individual member who was who was targeted so we have taken that actions that it's in place but i'm not in a position right now to release those things now a lot of allegations here a lot of allegations but not

a lot of evidence it seems that russia is accused of trying to corrupt american minds that somehow people are going to be looking at facebook means or groups on facebook or social media twitter and somehow be influenced in how they're going to vote that's the allegation it comes on the heel of previous statements that were made before the senate intelligence committee and other bodies in the united states this is very similar to allegations that have gone on for the past few months khalid thanks for the up and live in new york or let's get some more information all of this some analysis from political commentator lou rockwell more news on his views can be found on lou rockwell dot com your welcome to the program lou what do you make of the joint statement by the u.s. heads of intelligence that moscow is right no still interfering in the u.s. mid terms on the deed beyond. i think it's baloney i mean first of all we have these people who are who are proven liars all of them and we have dan coats with

who's a proven boob and they you know they have nothing to say except sort of scare tactics i guess halloween must be coming up to i think these people can't be trusted there's no evidence whatsoever that russia's doing this but how about the fact that there's a piles of evidence about the u.s. interfering in russian elections european elections latin american elections asian elections and has been doing so since at least the late one nine hundred forty s. when the cia was formed so the u.s. is the biggest intervene or another country's elections how come nobody talks about that how come the question is never even raised because of course you can't you can't talk about the us doing those sorts of things that would make you a bad guy but we have to tell the truth you have to tell the truth about what the u.s. is doing the u.s. is intervening in other countries election and russia as you know the the prove the proven russian intervention consists of about two hundred dollars in facebook messages so it's the thing that just is ridiculous and it's of course warmongering

it's intended to cause international troubles and these people are to be despised and i would say kicked in the pants and kicked out of washington what transpired today it opens up other avenues for question as well it seems because america has been talking about foreign interference for almost two years now and therefore what prevents its intelligence services to stop if they know the threat on where it actually comes from. well of course there's no nothing to prevent them but they can't prevent it because it's not happening so these people are wanting to bring on war they're very upset about the trump. the helsinki summit they're upset about possible peace in afghanistan they're upset about possible peace in north korea they want to prevent this kind of thing so this is why this is going on and i'm sure next we'll hear that kim il sung is interfering in american elections too this

is all just warmongering nonsense i urge everybody to pay no attention to it because there's no evidence is just it's just blather it's one sided as well lou is there a point when moscow do you think will decide to take serious measures growing i suppose weary of constant accusations against it well i don't i mean what is russia done about all the american interventions to elect yeltsin and you know so many other. people who would do the u.s. is bidding that's not happening since putin is in there and they're upset about it but i can't see putin responding except in one of maybe one of his great press conferences i hope russia does not take any action unless of course the u.s. acts against them and they have to respond but i hope that doesn't happen lou rockwell political commentator thank you so much for coming the program and sharing your views. russia's alleged interference in american

politics was also discussed by the u.s. senate intelligence committee on which state it met for a hearing on the changing nature of online influence campaigns by foreign powers one issue of particular concern seem to be the spread of means on social media that can be traced back to moscow where we asked the russian foreign minister for his thoughts on the talks. when you look it's just hilarious when i hear that funny pictures can undermine american democracy i think that it's just paranoia that goes off the scale it's not respectable for american lawmakers to make a sensation out of nothing when all the ones who invented social media and when all the ones who insisted on making social media open to everybody so those who are sitting there and d.c. talking russian meddling over and over are certain that the russians are carrying on with their attempts to undermine u.s. democracy and they're saying now they have

a new target the midterm elections in america in twenty and we're also hearing that moscow is not only using the traditional ways through facebook or twitter but also all kinds of other platforms the likes of reddit or pinterest where they post more and more russian made main. cyber attacks were made that's made up or part of moscow's arsenal content is created tested and hosted on top form such as you tube reddit and frist it's pushed to twitter and facebook with their standing audiences in the hundreds of millions and it's targeted at the most receptive this is a problem of the entire information ecosystem this is cross-platform reddit came from hundreds of ira created accounts tumblr did. a lot of pride pride related content less news more means this isn't just a couple of platforms this is music apps this is video games this is me it's much

broader than twitter and google more conclusions from the experts they are saying that russia is inspiring contriver see across the u.s. on various issues like immigration gun control democrats versus republicans to cut the long story short every issue that the americans have divisions about what's really lacking at these hearings though is as. as usual i should say solid evidence that there is a system that it is controlled and backed by the russian government and that the scale of it is large enough to really take this mean meddling menace seriously. you can know get help learning how to navigate through online fake news from an unlikely source nato has launched a face book game to teach people how to sort fact from fiction and unless they see a church in a have a go at it. welcome to nato's new online weapon against misinformation it's the

news here oh i promised myself to report only the truth join me on my quest to filter the news some of the headlines about the game might imply that its developers have a bone to pick with russia but on closer inspection it seems it doesn't have that much russian fake news to decipher you might have thought that needle's lot fear based strategic communications center of excellence could dig up something better especially given the lengths it went to last year trying to prove that russian t.v. comedy was really an undercover propaganda machine and of course there is nato's deep seated suspicion of all things russian we don't accept cyber. we will not counter. we more. we have to be able to counter this information with facts but it made those new virtual reality world passion seem slightly more subdued you enter a rather suspiciously empty and slow paced news room where you are the news editor

in charge of deciding which reports are real and which are not but clicking on a folder with news stories in it accompanied by repetitive elevator music. it's not yet clear how successful the game is and fighting fake news since you have to collect enough likes to be considered a viral success and so far it's had mixed reviews getting an a for effort from some users but dismissed as a propaganda tool by others all you need to enjoy the game is a facebook account and sign off your facebook info to the alliance in the process i see in turkey now r.t. london. concerts are being raised over the use of i risk getting technology as a means of unlocking aid for refugees in jordan it's feared that should there be biometric data get into the wrong the refugees may find themselves the targets of foreign governments and intelligence agencies the redfish group went to investigate

. really. using a body part is extremely basic in two thousand and thirteen the un announced its partnership with british jordanian ira spying metrics company ira scarred they began rolling out and i respect ignition and payment system that meant refugees could withdraw money and shop with a blink of an eye refugees jordan's two biggest camps. have to biometrically register their irises in order to receive eight fundamental principle that we go by is informed consent. for iris guard to deal meant access to millions of refugees huge market to try lots

technology and while it gives the technology to the u.s. for free iris garri make a cool one percent from every transaction made via its ip system which could explain why bankers goldman sachs recently invested an undisclosed sum in iris card companies like goldman sachs making on this close deals with iris cord who are in charge of both the three refugees transaction. was called founded by one of jordan's wealthier families including actually with a master. on their advisory board you've got none other than ex national security advisor to george w. bush. former head of m i six richard dear love both of whom are advocates of the war in iraq when i think of what it's like they are guinea pigs. this is just. the fact that the boys are kind of relation with people from the u.s. team that took part in the war and is more than.

a speaker. i had a heated exchange about this with the c.e.o. of iris guard with dealing with a highly secure technologies we would be idiots if we do not ask people who are professionals in the field are there professionals i don't want to warn you you are asking me about a political question from town some understandable fuck we involved in any political statements we are not making any statements for you to use these are great to do you. because you are a man political company we have it work at the margin political i understand but they are not nonpolitical do you understand you do understand that they understand security or do to my that basically the creators of the software and hardware iris guard are the only ones who know how it works and we just have to take their word for. it the collection of iris scans and biometric data isn't new but using refugees that have no real choice but to hand over their information in

exchange for receiving aid on this scale is unprecedented and as yet there remain many unanswered questions is the tech safe is it secure who has access to it and who benefit could it be that's what started as a forced experiment on refugees injured dainian camps could soon be coming to an eye or a.t.m. near you. ok just in addition to this story the u.n. refugee agency senior field coordinator in amman say he's he's confident the refugees data is secure and that the biometric system ensures aid goes to the intended recipients he added only the u.n.h.c.r. has the second half of the encryption key that will be needed to few individuals data no we asked the irish guard advisory board to comment on the findings of the

red fish reports they have and others here. it got back to us while the goldman sachs to list it had nothing to hide. lengthy litigation a seemingly unilateral decision by the us justice department sold blueprints for three d. principle guns made briefly available on the web and in the short time they were online it is thought the files were done loaded thousands of times on wednesday i texas based gun rights group published blueprints for three d. printed guns openly on the web but eight states went to court on a seattle judge then ordered the plans be taken down the battle is not over though with the man behind the blueprints comparing his mission to anti establishment activism like wiki leaks. you could cause digital radicals we believe that the internet more perfectly preserve the second and help to be its expansion what is weak you weeks for guns this was our idea

a kind of see you know like our immediate purpose like wow could we be wiki leaks for guns what would that look like we found a three d. printer we said what if you could three d. printing and then share a file on the internet that would be like wiki leaks. cody wilson and he started his quest back in twenty thirteen at first developing a weapon that could be printed tome all until recently the federal government especially the state department made sure those blueprints didn't make it onto the web but earlier this year the justice department decided to drop litigation against three d. gun plans from being posted online putting it out all this with the state department the reason that the state department got involved are only act would be in this is because of our role in controlling foreign access to u.s. defense technology in simpler words the state department wants to prevent the wrong people from acquiring weapons overseas. well legal analyst and commentator lionel

totalist he's not surprised by the apparent lack of cohesion between various branches of the u.s. government we have right now a department of justice and its subsidiary the f.b.i. that is acting completely independent of the president and is in a parallel universe there are what is referred to often times some may say too much is this thing called the deep state i'm not suggesting that's here but this dissociation this this kid saw a connection between the president and the department of justice is is typical. journalists in belgium have a tough big government they're after the stuff they are going to have to pay fifty euro for a security vetting if they want to cover the next leader summit they first became aware of the new law after the european council issued accreditation guidance for the event both the belgian european journalists associations as well as the

european commission have said the measure on media freedom. day european commission does not like the fact that entered into force on the first of june the commission will not introduce such a feat well the belgian foreign ministry say it will assess the effectiveness of the measure on a just in the future if necessary we spoke to the general secretary of the european federation of journalists about the controversy he says the state should be paying for security out summits not those attending. you believe that. it's not respect the. international laws regarding access to information that's a simple mission fundamental right to europe and this decision against it's right we are not against you know that. policy

you don't do to your state to ensure. security. journalists we also benefit from that security what we don't understand is why should we pay for it as journalists. sportswear giants seem to be losing their upper title for the year really in market with germany's other dell snow saying it will no longer work with the country's football federation the decision is thought to stem from u.s. sanctions against iran all quarter has more on the story. one by one business giants are cutting ties with iran and the latest is german sportswear company id to us the company said it's no longer going to do business with the iranian national football team and that didn't exactly go down well with tehran. given the improper and in the core a step taken by added s.a.g. with regards the sacred name of deer around on its website it is necessary to take

punitive measures against such conduct the violates human rights and signed a contract with an alternative prior to the start of the asian football confederation asian cup we took to the streets of tehran to find out what iranians think about us as decision the slogan is nothing is impossible what they did is prove that they contradict their own slogan i believe what they did belittle the football federation first of all i believe there is no need for us to introduce politics into sport it is a nasty thing to do there is no sense in a country like the us or any other country trying to enforce this so quite the contrary it is they who should worry that they have lost their very good market we asked us to comment on the reasons for the decision but they declined to give any details the company's move comes hot on the heels of nike's decision not to sell football boots to the iranian world cup team but the iranians played admirably at the world cup and its supporters took to ridiculing nike's model.

unlike without it nike has motives for leaving the iranian national team without any gear were quite clear they just couldn't do it and they fell in line with us sanctions without much of a fight. u.s. sanctions mean that as a u.s. company knight cannot supply shoes to players in the iranian national team at this time sanctions applicable to have been in place for many years and are enforceable by along with the us threatening further sanctions even more american and european companies appear unwilling to deal with iran and that's despite the fact that since the trump administration sanctions announcement e.u. officials pledge to support and protect european businesses. as the european

commission we have the juicy to protect european companies so we know me to act the law. we are determined to fight so that the decisions taken by the united states have no repercussions for the french businesses that invest and have invested in iran top e.u. officials even wrote a letter pleading with the u.s. to exclude european companies from the penalties in the state department's response it's our way or the highway we are asking every nation every nation who is sick and tired of islamic republics destructive behavior to join our pressure campaign this is especially those who are allies in the middle east and europe easy for him to say especially when many are saying the e.u. will bear the economic brunt of cutting off ties with iran but for now it remains to be seen whether impossible is truly nothing for the block. an estimated thirty five thousand people marched through jerusalem thursday in the city's largest ever

and you will pride parade participants chanted slogans carried rainbow colored banners on an event that also took all of political dimension due to the netanyahu government's refusal to extend surrogacy rights to gay men two thousand police officers were there to provide security for those following the truth a lot better route the parade is often the source of tension in the historically conservative city this year it was met with until. protests which worked. well rested well in twenty fifteen it ended in tragedy after an ultra orthodox jewish man stabbed six people in getting at the killing of. two troy in the may be in a scythe west africa are attempting to sue germany they're seeking compensation on official apologies for the genocide committed by german loney lists over one hundred years ago misha city is the story. to many still shows signs of

a stark imperial cost this is looted it's to us are named after adults knew that it's. the very first colony german south west africa also known as the maybe a in the early one nine hundred stim insets less finally sees land from local citizens leading to one of the centuries west genocides. the heroes nation must now leave the country if it refuses i shall compile it to do so with a long queue and a hero found inside the german frontier with or without a gun or can oh will be executed i shall spare me the women not children.

today as hereright unama communities still mourn the deaths of the eighty thousand people were slaughtered is that data length of the german government to pay for the crimes committed you know with people. and then you simply claim sixty eight on the. and you apologized and then you beat them to the traditions. but because we happened to be of a different skin color if we could. the german government you see for us. it's only an apology. and that's it. even the apology came

a century later with the german economic cooperation and development minister close to tears when she spoke about it in two thousand and four. we germans acknowledge our historical political moral and ethical responsibility and the guilt the germans brought upon themselves but the government stepped in saying the minister was speaking as a private citizen and not representing jamie's position it took over a decade more for beilin to officially acknowledged the crimes of the past the war of extermination in the media from one hundred forty nine when i was a war crime and genocide the movie has received hundreds of thousands of euros from germany perhaps a sort of entire right way of compensation but that's not enough for the tribes last year america and now my representatives father lawsuit in new york saying they want to be part of the official talks between germany and the maybe i'm saying it was the only way to ensure justice what happened in south africa was a genocide not while ation

a violation of the law and germany is not. really. completely held accountable it is unique in the sense that you can find a region extermination order that was issued by germany. to extend its that means there will be historians to say just look at the mix they will make a difference of this case history will delete him even if they win it might encourage other indigenous groups to take action against format european colonial overlords which could see the likes of britain france on the netherlands pay a high price to posturings finishes at the r.t. . lie from moscow every hour of every day is r t international programs right ahead i'll see you in thirty.