clearly. the u.s. state of alabama looks into whether a pro democratic party operation involving thousands of fake russian violated campaign laws and last year's election result. syrian forces entered the northern city of. the request of civilians and kurds in the area. and france plans to expand its a riot control arsenal despite a number of serious injuries among the yellow best protesters caused by. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our. thomas. i know the

attorney general of alabama is looking into a campaign in the run up to last year's state of election the operation involved more than a thousand of fake russian language twitter accounts designed to appear as if they were backing the 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. are those behind the alabama scheme were meant to be tracking fake russian accounts but was artie's came up in the comments 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 stuff is supporting more they both have a deep love of country the countries russia but still run through to. use for you know it's pretty alarming when a guy's lips in

a fluent russian or speaks fluent russian and it's russian it's 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 turned to hamilton sixty eight which works with new knowledge in order to report on the activity of russian trolls and bots. the. boot.

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 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 and this is a cynical as as politics could possibly get you have the democratic party that is say that is running all these voter registration drives and every vote counts and they want to get more and more people out to vote and then at the same time they're

taking these new and low information voters and trying to trick them into voting against their own self interest this is a huge scandal democrats that are calling for mueller to continue to get to the bottom of this russian collusion and they were employing what appear to be the exact same tactics in alabama so they've got egg on their face and and i don't see . this fizzling out this looks like it's going to be way bigger and i suspect this is not the only place i've used this tactic it's just alabama is going after it. syrian government says its forces have entered the northern city of mont b.j. at the request of civilians and kurdish fighters in the area the kurds are trying to strengthen the city's defenses amid fears of a turkish offensive a middle east correspondent possibly or has more. 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 and the freeze of turkish threats. 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 bitch 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 monday's 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 the mammas over the past couple of years americans give the best safety and stability for the north of syria this region and all 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 too as i said all men because residents are 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. well we spoke to a security and political analyst omar national being who believes that the kurdish crisis can only be resolved with a political solution the syrian army is you know 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 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 affect the security in turkey and this matter would 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 planning to boost its riot control arsenal purchasing more weapons that fired rubber bullets as despite a number of serious injuries among the yellow this process of protesters caused by the non-lethal ammunition and numerous warnings from human rights groups over their use are to show would've been skiing as more. 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 of 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 compete a life changing around them either we're going to come or are. going to do it. why would the french government want to pull states off still all these flash rules they can as i 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 having gulf biden's violent protests for some people describing them as being who post riots in half a century. and they've actually been some 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 moving. seeing the 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 pools which have been proven in some cases to be deadly and still wanting to spend more than two million euros on its version of protecting the state. common server types on terrorists are being challenged by a study in the united states. after nine eleven the so called average terrorist was often portrayed as being a muslim typically of middle eastern descent with arabic as the language of choice and they were also commonly thought to have beards but a study by a global policy think tank the rand corporation has found that the reality may be very different they claim that the majority of terrorists recruited in the us are caucasian or from african american backgrounds the study also indicates that young males are more likely to be radicalized but said those being recruited had nothing

distinctive about them the findings come in contrast to the stereotypes that we are familiar with sociology professor dana believes this has led to some dangerous assumptions but tribute inc annie annie annie issued to erase basically is intended primarily to result and blanket condemnation and blanket condemnation of the people of the middle east are up some muslims and all the people of the middle east was actually necessary for the for the u.s. 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 setting up political strategy and a political strategy to quiet a blanket condemnation on a mass generalization of the notion of to apply to any person coming from the region all of the middle east region north africa and southeast asia and the study that uses race as

a primary body of will to explain or to just default to. find out facts about crime or about terrorism is actually highly misleading let alone actually is about a basis. for people who have been killed after a tourist bus hit a roadside bomb outside cairo two tourists from vietnam died in the blast one with two egyptians a dozen other people are injured including chinese now. well the incident happened to close to the great pyramids these. so-called golden era and british chinese relations is being put to the test again over a smart phone giant we'll tell you all about that after this short break international.

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 day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to the rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred trade 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. welcome to unique edition of crossfire we answer questions from you the viewers some of the sentiment very interesting question.

welcome back this is our team international now the british defense secretary has voiced concerns about a possible spying threat from chinese tech giant wall way this comes amid a confrontation between the company and the united states or its polyploid go 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 about the relations between britain and china very good. in the past i think we've come to an understanding over. 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 are 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 when 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 by the way has raise serious concerns among u.s. officials for a potential role in cyber espionage given their reported links to china's state security services and while way 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 ones you now faces extradition to the u.s. over possible violations of sank. sins against iran but the case appears more than a little politicized the us 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 kayne of security hope something it can. russia for real and american only 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 to the tires of the have been shown but i don't think for one second that britain following 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 will be a tough choice between wa way and the us way. two thousand and eighteen was a tough year for crypto currency bitcoin experts called it the year its bubble burst and predicted its complete demise at least ninety times. thanks. thanks to our

thanks to the to our. feet touch. coin was the first mass decentralized to digital currency had created more comfortable conditions for trade and transactions and gained wide popularity but quite enthusiastic and boss ak told us what he expects from the cryptocurrency

after its 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 blockade itself had twenty eight years actually been a really good year for big and maybe again not so much for the price but if you're looking at the technological aspect of the blotchy and underlining because great year. i think that was more like 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 a incorporate 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 at banks would benefit from banks using open ledgers and giving that you know trust listeners specht 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 that doesn't from melbourne back to the top of the hour with more news you're watching to your financial.

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hello and welcome to crossfire or all things are considered i'm peter lavelle welcome to unique edition of crossfire we answer questions from you the viewers some of you sent some very interesting questions. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst and we have dmitri bobbitt he's a political analyst and sputnik international hi gentlemen crosstalk rules in

effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it we're going to do with q. and a all of these questions here were sent by viewers over the last couple of days or so first question for more than a decade of preparations for the so-called arab spring western institutions organizations and research centers where the tool to sabotage the middle east and other areas now are we on the verge of a failure of western projects for syria and ukraine will we see a european spring soon. well i think that indeed there is a real crisis in europe because. the czech republic cotten go to he would romania they didn't join the european union as it is now they expected something else they expected to live in a civilized community you know all prosperous when i lived in europe and it was all being debated in that what they wanted was more stuff that's usually and now

they're living in their politically correct dictatorship where i basically. you know poland is almost on the sanctions because they have their own way or elected judges to the supreme court or because these female judges i leave in five years. and people don't understand where are we at the usual scapegoat is russia you know just dry she's influencing in a bad way politics in brussels in europe in poland in the u.k. but little by little people stopping to buy it so i don't know about the european spring but i'm sure people will be a vote and more for their turn to to find it maybe instead of saying europeans spring market maybe it's the european winter that we're facing here because we haven't even mentioned brigs it here and we could end essentially here is that the status quo that's what people are not satisfied with and we. have in terms of

ideology but the status quo is is not tenable something better and i think you're going to see a long crumbling with the e.u. rather than any type of quick revolutionary moment and i think taking a look at the arab spring and its aftermath and what lay the ground for it is a very interesting case study for examining what is happening in europe which is really a quite a different beast entirely now the arab spring such as it was there is absolutely no question that the u.s. and other was western countries did a lot of the facilitating work on the ground that created the conditions for it to occur i mean one example in egypt alone is the april sixth movement which was financed out of the u.s. .