to a state of alabama looks into whether or not a pro democratic party operation involving thousands of fake russian bots violated campaign laws and indeed if it cost a republican candidate his seat. syrian forces say they vented the northern city of man bridge developing story potentially the move comes at the request of civilians and kurds in the area while turkey massa's troops for an offensive it's thought live comment coming up and friends plans a boost in its riot control arsenal despite a number of serious injuries among the yellow vest protesters caused by rubber bullets.

even just past nine pm this friday night the twenty eighth of january moscow life from art international's news h.q. it's kevin owen with you for the next thirty minutes we're going to stay with me for this bulletin and there's breaking news to start with as well we just aired this but half an hour ago some updates now we're hearing tonight at least two people have been killed after a tourist bus it's a roadside bomb near gazer authorities say the deceased from vietnam seems ten other people have been injured as well chinese nationals are among some of them according to early reports the blast some very close to the famous case of pyramids an area on the outskirts of the capital cairo authorities are at the scene we'll keep you posted of course as they provide more information about what's going on there. the u.s. state of alabama is looking into a discredited pro democratic party operation and whether it illegally impacted on the senate race there back in twenty said. the operation involving more than

a thousand fake russian language twitter accounts designed to appear as if they were backing a republican candidate. the information is concerning the impact it had on the election is something that's significant for us to explore and we'll go from there . seems those behind the scheme were meant to be tracking fake russian accounts but next is kind of mopin reports they in fact created their own some of the activity pointed to as alleged russian meddling in the united states was actually being carried out by the cyber security form new knowledge that this new knowledge outfit was carrying out activity designed to look like russian meddling in order to hurt roy moore the republican candidate democrat jones who won the race against roy moore he has come forward and said he supports a federal investigation into these new revelations i'd like to see the federal election commission and the justice department look at these to see if there were any laws being violated and if they would prosecute those responsible linked in's

co-founder reid hoffman has come forward and actually apologized to the republican candidate roy moore for the fact that he contributed money to an outfit that apparently worked to discredit roy moore during the election hofmann contributed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to american engagement technologies of which one hundred thousand dollars went to a cyber security firm known as new knowledge and now new knowledge during the election created over a thousand russian language accounts on twitter and then had those accounts follow roy moore this created then the impression that roy moore was getting russian support it's no surprise that choppa supporting more they both have a deep love of country the countries russia but still run through to push united has forward you know it's pretty alarming when a guy's slips into fluent russian or speaks fluent russian and his russian is everywhere year later it's moving closer to the oval office new knowledge. it is

tied to hamilton sixty eight which is a web site that apparently purports to be tracking the activity of russian bots and trolls on the internet and apparently new knowledge this entity is tied with hamilton sixty eight which is widely quoted in u.s. mainstream media the new york times the washington post c.n.n. and other outlets turn to hamilton sixty eight which works with new knowledge in order to report on the activity of russian trolls and bots. the.

d n n apparently has not chosen to run with this story the revelations were revealed they came out they became public on december nineteenth but it was only on december twenty seventh that c.n.n. chose to report on this this information and they only did so after there had been some outcry the daily caller and others had written articles about cnn's ignoring of this story and their reporting on it was very short now we've reached out to c.n.n. to see why they haven't jumped on this story and we are waiting for a response now at this point the twenty seventeen senate scheme just surfaced last week so we're waiting to see what else will surface american journalist have lindelof believes the cove bought operate reflects broader problems of the u.s. electoral system in time. early tricks are not illegal they're. you know they're part of our. corrupt electoral system you can you can lie and

you can make up stories so you can live all people all these things are. allowed in us the us electoral system and then what what compounds it makes it so corrupting is the vast amount of money that can be poured into these campaigns that allows them to pay for this kind of corruption and then on top of that we have a population that's really not capable of critical thought and so people will buy into the stupidest claims about candidates. the syrian military says government forces eventa the northern city of mumbai the quest of civilians and kurdish fighters in the area it comes as the kurds try to strengthen the city's defense amid an upcoming turkish offensive unkrich considers kurdish fighters to be terrorists is our middle east correspondent paul asleep what we see happening is that the conflict in the northern syrian city of monday's continues to

escalate now we are receiving reports from the syrian military that they soldiers have entered the city at the request of the kurdish fighters and civilians who live there and the concern from locals is that they need assistance against a possible upcoming offensive from the turkish side we invited the syrian government which we belong to to send its armed forces to take over these positions and protect month beach in the face of turkish threats. yeah i mean in response to the request of the population of man beach the syrian government and its armed forces announce it is sending in troops to man bridge however right now we are receiving reaction from the turkish side and they say that the claims from the syrian military that they have taken control of the city of members are nothing more than psychological warfare and that the situation at this point in time remains saw some definite now all of this comes as the american president donald trump made the surprise announcement that he was withdrawing american troops from syria of course the americans have been giving

a lot of support in the form of weapons and the like to the y.p. who are the syrian kurdish fighters and what we now hear happening is that what this possible upcoming turkish offensive those on the ground many locals fear and feel that they have been betrayed by the americans over the past couple of years americans get the best safety and stability for the north of syria this region and north syria entirely are going to be testable lives of people shall flee and terrorism will prevail the american withdrawal will destabilize the security we have had for a couple of years in this region. the american withdrawal from unleashed by donald trump was disappointing for all to see too as i said allman because residents are afraid that others might come to loot just as it happened during the euro we want a safe situation meanwhile the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov on saturday will be meeting with his turkish counterparts to discuss the situation in the

region and specifically in syria now lavrov has already commented on the growing tensions and he has said that he feels that the allied forces will need to bear the brunt of the american withdrawal from syria so it seems like washington wants to shift responsibility to its coalition partners in syria and put additional financial burden on its allies in the region now as the situation continues to escalate on the ground. we are bracing for potential showdown between the united states and turkey amongst others yes it was something is afoot left in the folds of a trans a lot of political analysts focusing on the can stand region and iraq a the time today yet it does seem as you say that something's afoot we've got turkey coming in to talk to russia tomorrow previously the kurdish kurds in syria had the support of the americans the american said they're pulling out in september so i suppose for the kurdish leaders there be forced to choose what they regard as the least bad option i guess by inviting the syrian forces in if that is actually

happening on the ground still to be cooperated. you know i mean it's early days to sort of call who the winners the losers after the president on trial called the withdrawal of u.s. troops and the syrian army was supposed to be in treatment because that's again has not been corroborated and there are conflicting reports but that this action by the white fijian because show forces on the ground to allow or make it clear that they're happy that the syrian army to enter the city one is a political statement that because the u.s. and behind them the betray they that they need to decide which side they will choose to be able to protect them best on one side they have this year and i mean that's you know are we seeing i mean the atrocities on the the nature of the regime this is clear to everyone but on the our other side you have the. government which is using their jihad these who have taken over various northern parts of syria and

we've seen that atrocities they commit to the democratic changes to those areas and so on so they did find it but this time it's the syria regime but. just for all of you because such a complicated story you know you haven't got their heads in the middle of me as much white man bitch why is this such an important strategically important place. because it is a defined serial you have the euphrates river from man beach to is the stuff those areas are where the wife e.g. and the kurdish groups are mainly based and itself is a mixed population but the further east you go is the kurdish. controlled and kurdish population and across the border from. turkey he wants to create a buffer zone between itself and the kurdish forces which he accuses of being.

linked to the. in fighting within to turkey coming to russia for in the hope of getting to morrow was going to think about i mean just to go by quickly. last week when the announced made by president trump it or thought that the main when the events unfold it looks like he actually wasn't ready for the withdrawal and it doesn't have the capacity to take the other members of the instance and they syrian army are best placed and only why now to actually take control and villages with the approval of russia because russia will be controlling the has the americans withdrew so so they are trying to work out that they do with the russian flights try to either ship power or for example the border point how the crossing works and so on or to work out a deal to allow mary to holsworth what's worst case scenario for the place that by the air over the next couple of weeks as you see it depending on our play said

tomorrow cause of his meeting i think the worst case scenario would be if the syrian army comes in fact fire russian. jihadists backed by sixty come in and splash and obviously things that escalate we could see a very valid solution all right well let's hope it doesn't cost too much as one july political analyst folks in kurdistan region of iraq thank you for your. most to see in the program. little france likes the french a terrible history is playing to boost its right control arsenal purchasing more weapons that far those rubber bullets that we saw so much of late is the spot the number of serious injuries among the yellow vests protesters have been covering up for you caused by the non-lethal i mean nation a numerous warnings from human rights groups over there used to challenge rubens could get reports from paris where there are lots of dangers from these l b d forty's or more commonly known as flash for weapons that they use to launch things such as tear gas grenades sound grenades and even these rubber bullets and those

can all do significant damage if they hit people in those protests people with broken bones fractured teeth bruising internal injuries we even saw a number of our crew being injured over the last few weeks by some of the items that are being shot out of those flash balls but the injuries can be even more serious and not for some people they compete in life changing out the might they were never going to come up. with. why would the french government want to pull states off still all these flash walls they can as they say launch things such as this the rubber bullets well that's largely due to the protests that we've seen in france over the last few weeks the country has been the gulf by these violent protests for some people describing them as being the

poorest riots in half a century. and they've actually been some studies specifically into the injuries caused as a result of rubber bullets with many civil liberties groups just saying that they shouldn't be used now a group of us academics published a study in december of last year saying that fifteen percent of people who were injured by rubber bullets specifically actually ended up with permanent injuries with the majority of people losing their sight they said three percent of those injured specifically by rubber bullets actually went on to lose their lives so the question is why is the french government still deciding to go with using the flash

tools which have been proven in some cases to deadly and still wanting to spend more than two million euros on its version of protecting the state. instead reporter let's tell you the common stereotype that we sometimes hold of terrorists is being challenged by a study in the united states after nine eleven the so-called average terrorist was often portrayed them as being of muslim or arabic descent with arabic is the language of choice for terrorists they're also commonly thought to have beards but seems no that's not the case this global studies think tank from the rand corporation has found that in fact the reality may well be very different they claim that the majority of terrorist recruits in the u.s. come from a caucasian or african-american background the study also indicates that terrorists are likely to be young radicalized males while also not highlight and any particular attribute see the the fun is come as a contrast than to the stereotype i mentioned just now we're familiar with

sociology professor save donna believe this is led to some dangerous assumptions they're for. but tribute inc annie annie annie issue to race basically is intended primarily to result and blanket condemnation and blanket condemnation of the people of the middle east are up some muslims and or the people of the middle east was actually necessary for the for the us policy in the region although it was from day one understood by most social scientists to be based on a false premise but obviously it was stirring up political strategy and a political strategy required a blanket condemnation and a mass generalization or there not enough data to apply to any person coming from the region or the middle east region north africa and southeast asia and the study that uses race as a primary viable to explain or just default to. find out facts

about crime or about terrorism is actually highly misleading let alone actually is a very racist. british friends who lost his voice is deep concerns about a possible spying threat from the chinese tech giant highway it comes amid a confrontation between the company and the u.k. as close as i love the united states to reports tonight they seemed like the best of friends one side with cash to flash the other keen to court chinese investment have a golden era of u.k. china relations and what about relations between britain and china are very good issues in the past i think we've come to an understanding over know as premier league said yesterday this should be an indispensable partnership. we have cemented britain's position as china's best partner in the west with the u.k. playing bragg's it react with brussels trade ties with china seem as important is

there ever but there's a bone of contention coming between london and. beijing or rather a phone of contention we've got to look at what partners such as australia in the us are doing in order to ensure that they have the maximum security of that five g. network and we've got to recognise the fact there's been recently exposed the chinese state does sometimes aren't in the maligned way weiwei is one of china's most important tech companies that the world's second largest mobile phone producer and it makes the laptops and tablets gadgets that rival apple and samsung but crucially weiwei also sells some of the communications hardware that allows mobile phone and wireless networks to operate and when the u.s. currently embroiled in a tit for tat trade war with beijing the chinese tech giant has come into the spotlight washington says it's concerned that using weiwei hardware will give

beijing the ability to spy on foreign countries and exert too much control over western infrastructure by way has raised serious concerns among u.s. officials for a potential role in cyber espionage given their reported links to china's state security services and huawei threaten the security of our networks due to their close ties to the chinese government and now the u.s. is pursuing well ways chief financial officer who was arrested in vancouver at washington's request main one jew now faces extradition to the u.s. over possible violations of sanctions against iran but the case appears more than a little politicised the u.s. president suggested he might use china's tech princess as a bargaining chip with beijing if anything is good for the country if i think it's good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever meet which is a very important thing was good for national security i would certainly intervene

if i thought it was necessary australia or new zealand have followed the u.s. is lead and. banned huawei from providing tech for its five g. rollout citing security risks the u.k. has yet to follow although there are murmurs in that direction what we're witnessing is more kayne of security hope something it can. russia for real other word you know sees itself in a vulnerable position where it doesn't have secure access to this particular market over the margin having talks in the back room between the american state department and the british foreign office trying to pressure raise or put leverage on the british government to come out and support the years sanctions true tires of the haven't shown but i don't think for one second that britain followed america's foreign policy to dictate to the policy that britain needs to treat through the world after bret's that there's little hard evidence of why our way ever having

engaged in any spying or handing over of data the company denies any ties to the chinese government beyond paying its taxes for the u.k. following washington's lead and banning way risk souring up until now fruitful friendship as well as slowing down the rollout of vital new technology for london it'll be a tough choice between weiwei and the us way. to eighteen was a tough year for crypto currency because experts called it the year is bubble burst and indeed predicted its complete demise no less than ninety times. wow. wow. wow. wow.

was the first masti centralise digital currency created more comfortable conditions for trading transactions and gave wide popularity because of the themes he has can both tell us what he expects from cryptocurrency after its rocky ride that she is. if you look at the big coin you know price bubble as you would say yeah you could say that that maybe is has happened but the user adoption merchant adoption

advances in the technology of the block chain itself had twenty eight years actually been a really good year for big corning maybe again not so much for the price but if you're looking at the technological aspect of the blotching underlining because great year. i think that was more like the mainstream media's portrayal of the big point as like you know the get rich quick aspect of it during the boron of twenty team but i think that's kind of segue to into the mainstream more so moving into the the interest in the technology like how to block chain work where does the price come from other than speculation the actual technological advancements so i guess for that i could think that mainstream media. i don't think it's much more of a risk than it was when they incorporated the internet into their business model what i think is it provides in credibility it may overpower any kind of security

falls there's a lot of things that happened behind the scenes in banks i think that you know a lot of end users and customers of banks would benefit from banks using open ledgers and getting that you know trust listening specht of a try when it comes to banking. just don't put more in than you're willing to lose and you won't have to worry too much about trading with emotional money has some good advice there is a knows what the new year is going to bring meantime so is happening right now just before i go an update on the breaking news story from egypt which is coming in the last hearing at least two people have been killed after a tourist bus hit a roadside bomb in ag said near those pyramids authorities say the deceased or from vietnam as far as i know at the moment also ten other people have been injured i think the chinese nationals are said to be among them at least the last time very close to this famous pyramids an area on the outskirts of the capital cairo authorities still the same very much we'll keep you up to date as they provide more

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