hello. i was top stories, russia, brands claims it's 70 percent ready to invade ukraine, as us propaganda saying it's based on unnamed officials. undisclosed source is a no evidence in the latest. and a series of accusations of alleged russian aggression being held on a daily basis. a canadian capital declares a state of emergency with the authorities there, claiming the cities under siege as thousands of truck drivers peacefully protest against vaccine mandates claim the governments tried to portray them as extremists . ah, rules are not for every one of the testing positive, the coven and australian athlete is allowed to compete in the winter olympics. instead of being put in isolation, i'll take report from beijing and american cybersecurity firm, cloud fair, is accused of facilitating piracy. the company still gets you a state contract, despite accusations that protects vice, posting child abuse, images,

and hate speech. i could have the weather sets monday morning at 9 were heading into a new week here on our tea international. i'm calling bry welcome 1st for you than unnamed officials, undisclosed sources, and no evidence rushes rounded on reports that moscow's mast 70 percent of the military power needed to invade ukraine. as us propaganda, as the daily part of store is about an alleged invasion pile up nato's ratcheting up power close to russia's border. a plane carry g u. s. troops and equipment was seen landing in poland on sunday, near the border with ukraine. ortiz, daniel hawkins, looks at how the media and western politicians can't shake their russia invasion crane mantra. even for those who don't watch the news, reports of a coming russian invasion of ukraine would be hard to miss. we believe that there is a very distinct possibility that vladimir putin will order an attack on ukraine. it could take a number of different for, it could happen as soon as tomorrow,

or it could take some weeks yet. we do have information that it is that the russians are likely to want to fabricate a pretext for an invasion, which again, is right out of their playbook. present will welcome the chancellor of germany to the white house and discuss their share commitment to ongoing diplomacy and joint efforts to deter further russian aggression against ukraine. it's been like groundhog day, 3 months of reports, analysis and countdowns of just when moscow will be ready to launch its attack. with me, a daily news stories, it's almost like news headline. bingo reports have ballooned in intensity and in depth. initial claims focused on the number of troops most good move to the border . as a weeks went by outlets cited analysts and source is mainly anonymous, of course, in more detail, claiming special forces and equipment, fuel hospitals,

and even blood bags had been deployed in preparation for an attack. back in january, russian troop below was apparently nearly complete. 3 weeks later us officials say moscow is 70 percent ready for an attack. no longer imminent, at least. what in the world does 70 percent? ah, i mean, i mean it's simply pulled out of the air. there is no possibility that there is anything. there's no mathematical calculation for these things. they just invent the numbers. oh, most people believe whatever they are told. most people have absolutely 0 skills of, of skepticism. when it comes to us military announcements, military songs, waving flags. so anything that is said and said repeatedly, is the problem. outlets are falling over in shop to get the most memorable florey,

some even having so apologize for jumping, the gun reposing on a non existent war. we prepared headlines for many scenarios on the headline rusher invade ukraine was inadvertently published around 4 pm today on our website. we deeply regret the error. the headline has been removed and we are estimating the cause. it's safe to say things are pretty hated. lot a day goes by without western leaders threatening russia with dire consequences or pledging to deploy extra troops to eastern europe. and what we would see is we would see rushes economy suffer if they were to take an action to invade ukraine. devastating package of sanctions, economic sanctions that would have enormous impact on the russian economy. let's take a step back. so also headlines, really new. apparently the russians have been flexing the muscles since last year. holdings not drew since 2020, massive forces on the border since 29 team building up weaponry things a year earlier, and threatening nato's border on russia's own territory the year before that. the

list goes on. only rarely g b. c. news about may. so, forces deployed halfway around the world to russia's own borders and how that might affect relations with moscow, or the bottles of power in europe. to be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace, said george washington. and as the most high level talks in years between nato and moscow breakdown and troops support on alert calls for the escalation, food on death is as the media continue to beat the drums of war on the matter of canada, the capital city has declared a state of emergency, citing a serious threat to the safety of residence. it says truck drivers protest for 10 consecutive day over vaccine mandates. in also with the members of the country, the ruling party branding the current situation. an insurrection, our city is under siege. this group is terrorizing our residents,

torturing them with incessant honking, threatening them, and preventing them from leading their lives. this group is a threat to our democracy. what we're seeing is bigger than just a city of ottawa problem. this is a nation wide insurrection, around 5000 people with a 1000 vehicles flooded downtown or to work on sunday. protests were st. dancing and singing in the straits. although no trouble was reported. the demonstrators say the movement is entirely peaceful, and they accuse the government of smearing them with allegations extremism. yesterday i visited otto to witness freedom convoy 2022 with my own eyes. everything is peaceful. families with children play around music, free food, and drinks. this felt like a festal rosen approach. us be honest. i saw family with children enjoying the peaceful demonstration or freedom convoy. a few bad elements were present,

but they could be plants to discredit the freedom convoy. the bad elements were kicked out, simple throwing accusations around to and cut it. he has to have physical peers beyond reasonable doubt to be accusing them of terrorism. this is name calling the kids generally do and truck protests have also been held across canada. hundreds rallied in toronto. this sunday, healthcare workers and supporters chanted, proud to be vaccinated and held up signs. reading hate has no home here. police were deployed though to try and keep the rival protests apart. what about protests broke out of the canadian government, introduced vaccine mandates for truck drivers. crossing the border with the united states. health officials defended that move, citing the writing number of covert infection, a little so hospitalizations in the country. around 15 percent of canadian truckers, on fact political analyst alessandra bruno thinks the government faces an uphill task in curbing the protest movement. i don't know what recourse to have to they

could call a nuisance in the sense, perhaps noise and disruption to business. but that is the point. and they, they didn't choose these intersections by accident. if the sort of emergency means that they're going to be driven out, that implies the use of some kind of hers. i'm not sure how this is going to be playing out because her just from a physical point of view, they have made big trucks in, in the streets. we could see some hostility for sure. if the authorities use a means other than a verbal of persuasion or we just days into the winter olympics in the event is already provoked. claims that double standards are being applied by the events organizers, australia wanted to 1st ever olympic curling event on sunday. despite a team member testing positive for cobit, and still being allowed to take part in the competition, alexi irish ascii reports from bitching when to lympics are continuing in the

chinese capital beijing. and we may have a 1st scandal of big proportions here involving australian curling team. now on saturday night, one of the team members tactfully gill, was tested positive for corporate. however, on sunday morning, the chinese authority said that she was clear to participate in the competition while observing close contact rules while looking at curling and the way this game is played. you cannot imagine any way that this is free of any calls contacts. jill herself was probably very surprised to hear the news already admitting she was heart broken. and the official explanation from the chinese authorities was that her copied readings were too low. and that's why she was allowed to participate. i had a look at how this was actually happening. and obviously gill had no mask on whatsoever . and move like that would seem as

a very heart warming gesture from the health authorities to allow athletes with low symptoms. of course, 19 to participate in the games had its not being for multiple heartbreaking stories involving many athletes from across the planet who had been preparing for the games for, for yes. tested positive up on arrival and were forced to miss out on the lympics. here in beijing, such as the case of a russian by athlete was salva, who was immediately taken into isolation upon arrival, having tested positive for corporate. and just a few days back, she put a post on instagram describing horrible conditions as she described it. she has been kept in on top of that, there are many cases involving colleagues of mine, journalists who have also tested positive. i'm been locked away and even more so those who were on the same plane with them and was sat next to them despite testing negative, are also put into moderate self isolation. just to remind you that all of us here are living in a bubble. we are allows to be inside the hotels and at olympic venues. we are not

allowed to go into the city. but with all these new regulations and rules imposed by the chinese authorities, all this seems like an unnecessary a requirement for us here. why are we supposed to be in a bubble when are people like gil are allowed to participate despite having tested positive for cove? it lexer shasky, rti reporting from beijing and china. on the bright side, though, russia's figure skating team claimed gold at the games. on monday with the history making free skate of camilla valley ava, who became the 1st woman to land, to quadruple jumps at the olympics. ah, providing safety for every one, even if it's for criminals. american cybersecurity firm, cloud that is said to be sued by several m. a major japanese publishers who accused the firm of allowing piracy sites to use it services. and as saskia taylor report is on the 1st time the companies come into fire for dodgy activity on its platform

. millions of websites rely on the u. s. space network to deliver traffic quickly and protect them from threats. but while cloud flows equally fighting off $70000000000.00 cyber attacks every day, it seems to be less fussy when it comes to well, principles. all the profits made from those manga piracy sites. go straight to the illegal operators with nothing going to the bookstores publishes and manner artists who have dedicated their lives to creating these works with cloud flat handing out a needle copies for free. those who walk tirelessly on the graphic novels are left millions of dollars out of pocket. so the text joint insist, it's not really to blame, but cow flat is a repeat offender. 82 percent of the legal traffic in the wild goes through it solvers, and it's not only as innocent as stolen among the drawings. no cloud flat has proved an oasis from the most hateful in the world. who did it knowing how was

customers for years? terror groups, web pages with images of child abuse, stolen payment card details, and new nazi and pro match shooting material. some of the services were only banned by the ceo because, and i quote, he was in a bad mood because otherwise he'd have to see the home and having hate speech hanging round a website, his speech is not bon, we do not believe the investigating the speech that flows through our network is appropriate. in fact, we think doing that would be creepy. yes. better not take down, but i thought propaganda in case the terrorist got creeped out. never mind you say that's what the young arm of government is for. surely the white house, the champion of peace and tolerance, will step in, while the us authority told us to terminate any of them as a customer. we would, when we have a customer who we think might be engaged in a legal act, we consult with law enforcement organizations. in some cases, we've been specifically ordered not to terminate customers that may from an outside

perspective objectionable. so not only is washington clearly not taking action, it's actively choosing to keep shady content alive and kicking as extra reward for a cloud flash, turning a blind eye, a giant contract. today we're excited to share that clerk flesh and accenture, federal services have been selected by the department of homeland security to develop a joint solution to help the federal government defend itself against cyberattacks the platform. and now both the f. b, i the state department, the department of interior and the library of congress as its clients. so just to be clear, the white house will encourage spotify to monetize jo, rope and podcast. our hope is that all major tech platforms and all major new sources for that matter, be responsible and be vigilant to ensure the american people have access to accurate information on something as significant as cobit 19. that certainly includes spot, apply the f

b. i will get facebook to hand over the private messages. i. p addresses, phone numbers and email accounts of john you the sick writers. and i say will press telecom companies for data to track uses. washington will ban federal employees from accessing wikileaks on. now one computers and congressmen investigated the parlor cloud flash. well, it gets a free pass on it. c o hits net was of $3700000000.00. it seems for washington, not all enemies the equal with some in fact, it's even willing to rub shoulders without c for moscow, we're going to hit the road and a couple of minutes. we'll dig deep into crypto currency mining in rural russia revealing something of a hidden world among our stories after this. the brothers,

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ah ah, hello again now crypto currencies, whether you're investing in them or not, they are conquering markets around the globe, becoming a heavy hitter in economic affairs. but as the digital currency market develops, regulators have to deal with the thriving problem of illegal mining. and while russia debates the legitimacy of the crypto market on its territory out, he's been to visit the heart of the countries digital mining industry. ah, well, 3 of you, golden in recent years, it could cause become the unofficial capsule of crypt, a courtesy mining and russia. the city owes its high profile status, you to low towers for electricity and hydro electric power stationed with it. being

a lot of people working across the full mining operations in the region, local businesses and making the most of it. companies making machines that my encrypted currency of appeared in the city, along with services for the repair, furniture production and even mining hotels of openly what that would really give us a call for this is, was a computer for mine, encrypt him and he looks like what does it consist of a hot plastics of paper? there's a power supply to run everything. and the main board in the hash board, which does the calculation for mining fish in the booklets of how she's a special code consisting of letters numbers. it is used to transfer data over the internet, which i s i c h to calculate the code, the foster it does it, the more crypto currency on his own in. for example, bitcoin brochure, we have to look at others now. but our dilemma is not rosy. though the device is frequently break down, the problem is the own is usually by 2nd on devices, and they're packed in cost. a pretty penny wiley, but ice on the bottom price is about $25.00 and it can reach $670.00,

low stores ideas that are whether with in this business there's always winners and losers on flight tricity boards. it becomes a real night maggi to the high can demand i as i see can consume up to $3.00 kilovolt per hour, which is like having to electric kettles working around the clock. but i blame with doesn't if don't, but i still probably on, according to experts. no, everyone is paying for all the electricity they use. they allege the 80 percent of mine as mine, crypto illegally. and that most mine has come from out of town. and that the number of new arrivals is skyrocketing with them. with the bush pursuing a wound in the face, each of these for them, his legal mining was detected in $1200.00 households, which is nearly 10 percent of households in the if you screeching unions to dead sort of the miss less than 5 percent of your goose creek and citizens participate, but this is not always a global operation. a lot of households have to 3 computers for mining, which isn't much, but enough to get to note that technology and have a crypt a wallet. not all problems are related to minors. sometimes you can boil a kettle,

duchess, because the power grid has to be renewed by steep intercept glenmere over there. cool sca, even when i missed it, nearly 50 kilometers from eloquence abundant factories of reinvented his minds. and through an alarmed iron door we reach the mining hotel is hardly a holiday result for the crypto manufacturer. the rented space allows people to use one or more machine on this, the sensor, something illegal happening. we see security every turn in here on the, on the street, this tight securities part, the service along with the uninterrupted internet, which is doesn't live is up asthma salbal. it's all for the safety of the equipment so that it doesn't get stolen. mining machines, a light and potable that can be easily picked up and carried away. i see scholar yesterday malo in the russian register, small, medium sized businesses, mining is not listed. although the state is fungi pena is wanted. by can i take him in a white upland? mine is pay for electricity and for a huge logistical effort, the to arrange is the accompanying infrastructure. they settle people, they pay taxes on salaries. you can't say that minus are outside the legislature

and tax if we organize this system within the state, the tax money in the budget will be huge. scores among them of japan yet, and you know, pretty well the needs to be dialogue between government and the crypto industry. despite the elements of some of the anake ism of others, there's every chance of finding a common language and cranks and the new and useful together. a spike in energy prices is threatening the future of a centuries old glass making tradition on an island near venice in italy. the business relies heavily on gas for its furnaces, but prices have rocketed, making it a strain to break even. we spoke with the head of an association that promotes murano glass, whose angry at both market speculators and the ear for putting them out of pocket jammy to dad. and we blame the european union, which is unable to come up with a logical, unified response between member states to this problem is a problem to facts, not only murano or italy, but the whole of the e. u. for almost 1000 years we've been will beating for product quality. our production system requires the ovens to be operating around the clock with

different temperatures depending if we're in production or resting. so we have enormous consumption and things are difficult for us with the price skyrocketing between september and december 2021. we had a 600 percent increase, but there are no viable alternatives. we can try to be more efficient with our consumption coats, maybe 10 or 20 percent with us, not enough gas prices in europe soard last year of course, and it's december height that was a tenfold increase year on year. although prices have called slightly since then. the price last friday was still up fivefold compared with the same date. last year and 2021. the italian government took measures to trainees. the hardships of the gas crisis, including $4000000000.00 spent on subsidizing energy companies for their capt tariffs. but murano manufacturers claimed their production still too costly in the government policies are ineffective. she thought, so now it's absurd for us. we back to pre pandemic order levels nearly. and we can't produce because the production cost is higher than what we can sell it for.

the problem is speculation on the in social market domestically, it's not much could have been done. it's a political issue with a $5.00 to $6.00 vote increase in price. we can't even get close to breaking even. and the reality is a lot of the factories before the close will tell us like an energy prices was also rocked turkey, where thousands rallied across the country and protest against electricity prices will go up there between 5200 percent since the beginning of this year, alone, along with an increase in natural gas bills to on sunday, march is to place in southeast and provinces with crowds carrying very tricity bills in some foreign currency to in france, police use t a gas to disperse at jubilant crowd, celebrating santa goals. when in the africa cup of nations football championship celebrations interrupted across paris on sunday night synagogue defeated egypt full to off the penalties to win the championship. for the 1st time

at the us mexico border, the authorities there of cleared a makeshift camp where hundreds of migrants heading towards the u. s. had been holding out for more than a year. the migrant tents around the l. chaparral crossing would demolished. the inhabitants transferred to 3 local shouts. now, some migrants said to cried the move because it took place a door when the children i think i did. some of the stories were across for you this monday, the 18th from moscow. i'm calling bray. i'll be back here to update you again and around 35 minutes time to see them. ah, with ah,

bring you the very latest every out the day. this is all now snow from and everyone had with it's an open secret that private military companies have been playing a role in om, complex world wide. u. s. government doesn't track the number of contractors and uses in places iraq or afghanistan, united states army and the military in general is so reliance on the private sector . i would call that dependency, but we don't know who's the on the ground presence of these companies overseas. we just don't out west and private military companies can in their turn, use so called subcontractors from countries with trouble past the chances a quite good that they had also been child diligence. i says, i was a child as a,

as in my job, professional growth is with me when fuko is when i said that looked with no flaw, minimum own law, which i mean to be merciless killing machines. now they fight and die in other people's was people carol, lot one and a dead soldier or dead marine shows up in this country and we start asking ourselves, why did they die? why do what would a fighting for? nobody bothers asked about that contractors in. oh, is your media a reflection of reality? ah, in the world transformed what will make you feel safe?

isolation, whole community? are you going the right way? or are you being that somewhere? direct? what is true? what is faith? in the world corrupted you need to descend, have join us in the depths or remain in the shallows. ah, selina edi these asset on the wake up, it's 2027 new 20 pow deserving of a new and i've also metal in 2027. sarah takes care of everything

ah, fully put you disney. jessica. she will faithfully, although she'll go all account with daniel than he sante, jo, jose brittle diflucan the one who led to. so jeff, sarah is a virtual assistant. who knows exactly what's best for you over to barker discretion. just had a sunni image in peak was able to ne, citrusy was. it's usually not potty. what you thought. valentin yelled, intended to swallow, which is obviously still new media type. unity stuff is everywhere. you go, artificial intelligence like sarah predicts your needs, and does the work for you. ah, usually, little glossy, was told you to do with, with all of these machines working for you, isn't life wonderful in 2027 but

let's not get carried away. before sarah changes your life forever, there's another story to tell one with less special effects. this story takes place behind the scenes of those businesses who are working to invent our future with. for now, it's hardly this wonderful world where machines are working entirely for mankind. fact, you can say is exactly the opposite, and humans are involved in every step in the process when you're using anything online. but we're sold as this miracle of automation. google facebook amazon tuber these digital giants are using a completely invisible workforce to keep their applications running with technology can actually find them, pay them a tiny amount of money,

and then get rid of them when you don't need them anymore. a workforce that is disposable. and underpaid. on a very good day. i could do $5.00 now. at a really bad day. i could do $0.10 now. i mean, is it possible for you to be less than the american minimum wage? i'm not sure i want to go in this direction in both millions of men and women are training artificial intelligence for next to nothing others are being hired and hidden out of sight to clean up. social networks you must have been told by weekly can seem to cannot mention that you are working for this process. okay. we went under cover as one of these web cleaners working as a content moderator for facebook. i hope there's a few things that i saw.