and there was this the u.s. state of alabama looks at whether or not a pro democratic party operation involving thousands of fake russian bots by a lated campaign laws and if it cost republican candidate is see. syrian forces say they've entered the northern city of move comes at the request they say of civilians and kurds in the area while turkey is reportedly massing troops for an offensive. boosted its riot control arsenal to spot a number of serious injuries among the yellow vests protesters of late caused by rubber bullets.

i just had a little thing on the front of the twenty eighth of january life for martin to nationals news h.q. to moscow is kevin i with you thanks for making the time to be with us of your children around the world first 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 seventeen operation parent involved more than a thousand fake russian language twitter accounts designed to appear as if they were being back they were backing rather a republican rival is the story. 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 well to give us more those behind the alabama scheme were meant to be tracking fake russian accounts but as khaled maupin reports next hour of fact created their own along the way. 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 more this created than the impression that roy moore was getting russian support so surprise atop a supporting more they both have a deep love of country the countries russia but still run through to code would push forward you know it's pretty alarming when a guy's lips in a fluent russian or speak fluent russian that is russian it everywhere year later it's moving closer to the oval office new knowledge 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 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.

dan 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 here first question of why hasn't this got more coverage this put it to us made around lists a done elizabeth what are your thoughts why hasn't this been covered maybe as extensively as you would have hoped it would have done one. well because the media are so heavily invested in this russia gate story which is turning out to be a non-story or actually a very misleading story but they're not willing to admit it they sort of can't process this new information because it goes counter to their narrative so they're trying to ignore it who has been running with this the. a few a few minor outlets on these banking waves on the internet but the big media the corporate media is trying to play it down people i mean hoping will just go away and the

people behind the say hey it was just an experiment maybe experiment should have been found out what conclusions going to draw from this experiment and. oh the conclusions i can draw is that the is that we have the spooks us booking themselves i mean everyone is pointing to russia they're putting out dubious information about russian influence and then they're trying to use. the specter of russian influence in order to influence american elections i mean it's like you know it's like it's media disinformation squared well let's just turn the clock i just it was two years ago and since we started hearing all these allegations that came that came of russian meddling in the u.s. election to what extent is this story undermined those allegations now. i think it undermines the tremendously but the story has been collapsing of its own weight for months i mean mueller has been looking investigating the story the question

since may of two thousand and seventeen he has not come up with one bit of evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and the kremlin. and so this whole story seems to be withering on the vine but all along it was quite evident that the story was very different the story was how the russia gate story was being a cunt cocked it in order to for order to for other purposes. well whether or not this experiment this latest thing was successful or not republican candidate roy moore ended up losing the alabama state election do you think he's bought operation actually swung that would have made a difference anyway. possible it's certainly worth looking into i mean i mean hacking an election is very serious that the democrats did it or this group did it. it's quite dangerous i mean more as

a very bad guy as far as i'm concerned but actions should be transparent and honest and if the that the democrats are democratic aligned groups. have acted this way and actually swung the election that's a very serious business u.s. leader only seasons greetings doing things by going about international. the syrian military says government forces event to the northern city of memphis at the request of civilians and kurdish fighters in the area it comes as the kurds try to strengthen the city's defense amid what's word to be an upcoming turkish offensive considers kurdish fighters to be terrorists is our middle east correspondent paula slee. 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 man beach and the freeze 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 beach 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 give the best safety and stability for the north of syria this region and north syria entirely are going to be destabilized 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 don't trump was disappointing for all to see to as i said all members residents afraid that others might come to loot just as it happened during the era 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 and i spoke earlier to political and security analyst i want to share but he told me that the kurdish crisis could only be a result of things with a political solution. this indian army is a unit can be flexible and inflexible at the same time it can be flexible if there is a situation that can create stability there is an agreement to morrow is a decisive day foreign minister lavrov will meet with his counterpart from from turkey it is important to see if agreement can be reached to control the situation if the syrian army is capable i think it is capable but with the backing of the russian army and the iranians to actually control the situation for all and create

you know a certain dialogue. that turkey the kurdish problem there is a kurdish problem in the north part of syria and in the north part of it are going to it's affecting the security in turkey and this matter will have to be resolved it can only be resolved politically that is the position of the foreign minister of russia however you know the turks would have to pay a proper price for their miscalculations by delving into syria and creating this chaos and contributing to this chaos. the french interior ministry is playing to control arsenal purchasing more weapons that rubber bullets despite a number of serious injuries of late among the universe protesters caused by the initial and numerous warnings to on top of that from human rights groups of the use of ski reports from. well 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 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 that and for some people they competed life changing around them either were going to come or are. going to do it. 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 u.s. 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 lose. seeing their site 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 bulls which have been proven in some cases to be deadly and still will to spend more than two million euros on its version of protecting the state. to say you hope to learn something every day well what about this next the common stereotype that we sometimes hold of terrorists is being challenged by a study in the united states or tell you more after nine eleven the so-called average terrorist was often portrayed as being of muslim or arabic descent with arabic is the language of choice too they also commonly thought twelve beers as one of their classic terrorist look but now a study by the global policy think tank the rand corporation has found that the reality may be very different in fact they claim that the majority of terrorists recruited in the u.s. . or from an african-american background the study also indicates that young males are more likely to be radicalized well that's not new but said those being recruited nothing distinctive about them crucially the findings come in contrast the stereotypes we're familiar with that social g.

professor donna believes this is lead to some dangerous assumptions now too. but tribute ing any. any any 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 the 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 to just default to. find out facts about crime or about terrorism is actually highly misleading let alone actually is

a very racist. at least two people being killed after a tourist bus hit a roadside bomb nagy's or in egypt these pictures the lace in from the sea in the last hour or two before it is the deceased from vietnam a dozen other people have been injured two chinese nationals are said to be amongst them the blast happened very close to the famous pyramids was a huge tourist attraction in this time of year a snow on the outskirts of the capital. coming up a so-called golden era in british chinese relations has been put to the test again over a certain smart phone giant sure you can guess who will tell you more about that and the rest of the news tonight when we come back.

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the british french minister joins his voice is deep concerns about a possible spying threat from chinese tech giant while away this comes amid a confrontation between the company of the u.k.'s closest ally the united states reports. they seemed like the best of friends one side with cash to flash the other keen to court chinese investment you have a golden era of u.k. china relations and what are the relations between britain and china of very good issues in the past i think we've come to an understanding over. premier li 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 really with brussels trade ties with china seem as important as 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 doing in order to ensure that they have the maximum security of the 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 while our way 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 where the u.s. currently embroiled in a tip 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 and by the 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 to 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 i think it's good for the country if i think it's good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made which is

a very important thing which is 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 kind of security hope something that 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 or 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 tires of the husband channel but i don't think for one second that britain. america's foreign policy to dictate to the policy that britain needs to treat through the world after

broke so 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 and up until now fruitful friendship as well as slowing down the rollout of vital new technology for london it will be a tough choice between wa way and the us way. and the arrows a bit of time for reflection and twenty eighteen was a toughie if a cryptocurrency big colon experts called it the year its bubble burst indeed they predicted its complete demise no less than ninety tons. my.

was. you know what a roller coaster will because it was the first masti centralized digital currency it created more comfortable conditions for trade and transactions and gave wide popularity because enthusiasm told us what he expects now from the cryptocurrency afterwards rocky ride this year. if you look at the big

queen 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 in itself and had twenty eight years actually been a really good year for big corn maybe again not so much for the price but if you're looking at the technological aspect of the blace an 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 giving that you know trust listeners specked of a try when it comes to banking. just don't put more in than you're willing to lose and you don't have to worry too much about trading with emotional money. oh that photo so i look for this things have as much watching for me kevin and the rest the team if estimate has a cost if you celebrate this tell me all about with more live news from moscow in just about thirty minutes time. my son versus doing drugs my nephew's was still in drugs my sister just with doing

drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the united states is drug abuse he started going after the users in the prison population sewer we started treating sick people people who are addicted to these drugs like criminals while i was on the hill considerable came through the fence that the war on drugs was on the stink there are countless numbers of people who are in prison for. a long sentence in this for warren or minor offenders in the drug trade it's a lot watching your children grow up and miss you in waves and say bye daddy as you're walking out of a business it's just it doesn't get easier. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each

dish. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent just last year some with four hundred to five hundred trees per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one one doesn't show you can't afford to miss the one and only. so you will both be in. your last years does do you know that. the people most of. all what i mean.

when i make it was. really a local superman film and we can see that you know if you buy. it if you're in the form of a review. or if you move in with the very one within the model most most and you will many possibilities but what will you most will start to feel. you know one of galaad crazy things going on a lot of people help. twitter rising and somebody pops up with something really insightful really interesting.

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