the chairman of parliament's intelligence and security committee, dominic grieve, told the bbc it wasare sent away on tuesday for britain's five—week election campaign. i cannot think of a reason why he should wish to prevent this report being published. this report is germane, because we do know, i think it is widely accepted, that the russians have sought to interfere in countries' democratic processes in the past. i asked our security correspondent gordon corera why the report's release is being delayed. that's the question. the report was completed in march this year, the actual inquiry. it then goes through actual inquiry. it then goes through a security clearance process ready check there is nothing classified in it. that was completed last month and given to the prime minister and downing street. and then the question is when does it come out? the reason why this has become an urgent issue is because, if it doesn't come out by tuesday, parliament rises and the chance of seeing at this side of the general election in the uk is gone. and i think that's why there's a particular is

clinton has told the bbc she's dumb—founded that the uk government won't release an intelligence and security committeeidate is in london with her daughter chelsea to promote their co—authored work, ‘the book of gutsy women'. she spoke to the bbc‘s mishal husain. i'm dumbfounded that this government won't release the report about russian influence because everyone who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens. why do you think they won't release it? i don't know the answer that. i think reporters like you and others should be absolutely relentless in trying to get to the bottom of it. we know from even this current trump administration's intelligence officials that the russians are still in our electoral system. there is no doubt of the role that russia played in our 2016 election and is continuing to play. there is a lot of evidence that russia played a part in the brexit election. i'm not in your country, i don't have a say about any of that, but the fact that the current government won't release this report by your own government should raise some questions. in t

whether it interfered in british politics, particularly the brexit referendum and this intelligence and security committeetion. it completed its work in march and went through a security clearance process to check before it was published, there was nothing sensitive on it. that concluded last month and it has been sitting in downing street awaiting release. the crucial thing that has led to the row is if it is not released by tuesday we will not see it the side of the election because parliament will rise. ministers have said the delay is entirely normal but today, the chair of the committee, dominic grieve, has had back hard saying that the claims this is a normal process are "lies" and he said it is important people get to see this ahead of going to vote so we will find out in the next few days if they do. a woman in her 60s has been killed after her car was struck by a falling tree in dorset. high winds of up to 100 mph and heavy rain have brought down trees onto roads and railway lines. the bad weather has battered large parts of southern england and wales. the headlines on bbc news: south africa have

but borisjohnson‘s refusal to release a report from the intelligence and security committee has led tond. you are not a kremlin agent? no, absolutely not. it is ridiculous. some people say, "we are against putin", but never say publicly about that. i say that publicly. would you like to see this report released, then? for democracy, this report should be released. the report should be released because if there is real russian influence, people and the country should know about that. surely you should know? last week, the prime minister told the bbc report could not be published before the election because the normal process had to be followed. but critics say it‘s because of what might be in it. russian money has flooded into the uk in recent years, especially here in the city. but has the arm of the kremlin also reached into political life? i am told the report may well allege that there have been attempts by russia to interfere in politics, although it is not always clear how successful they have been, for instance, in the use of social media in the brexit campaign. but the question

know more if they've seen the whole thing, but this is a report by the cross—party intelligence and security committeeection, and apparently according to the sunday times, russian interference may have had an impact on the brexit referendum. if it's unquantifiable, published a report. we have always suspected that the referendum was why that hasn‘t been published. we do know that the russians actually interfere with the referendum stopping the view has been that although they did it didn‘t actually make any difference. this takes it slightly further, by saying it is unquantifiable by saying it is unquantifiable by saying it is unquantifiable by saying it did make a different, we just don‘t know how much. i think that what you need to do to understand this is either report in full, but of course if it turns out that russian interference may have changed the result, then this whole election is a sham anyway, so it‘s pointless actually having at. that has or has been the suspicion, that is the key reason why they don‘t wa nt is the key reason why they don‘t want it published. i suppose it raises question

this is a report by the intelligence and security committee which looks into these matters in this report is not going to be released until after the election and dominic g reve until after the election and dominic greve who is chair of the all the different stages which can take up to six weeks there's no time to do that. parliament will shut down tomorrow and that's it before the election. of course a lot of conservative people who are worried about russian interference particularly when you look back to the 2016 eu referendum where there were links between the russian embassy and leave campaigners, but you know i think it looks a bit odd from the government and on the other hand the explanation does sort of seem hand the explanation does sort of seem to make hand the explanation does sort of seem to make sense hand the explanation does sort of seem to make sense they don't want to push this thing out there in the middle of an election campaign without properly adjusting it because on the whole russia thing there's a whole lot of stuff that's sad and not a whole lot of facts about it. a

yes, we do have that clip and here's her talking about the report from the intelligence and security committeeouse of commons or the old house of commons and the old committee because it doesn't exist any more and she got it slightly wrong because she said it was a government report, which it isn't, strictly speaking. although it is now in the hands of the government. i am dumbfounded that this government will not release the report of our russian influence because every person who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens. that should be an absolute condition because there is no doubt, we know it in our country, we have seen it in europe, we have seen it here that russia in particular is determined to try and shape the politics of western democracies, not to our benefit, but to theirs. there is no doubt of the role that russia played in our 2016 election in this continuing to play. there is a lot of evidence that russia played in the brexit election. i am not in your country, i do not have a say about any of that. but the fact that the current government w

134000000 times so would appear journalism equals interference now the cross party intelligence and security committee they're the ones who have been investigating the so-called alleged russian interference and they're the ones who of drawn up this report but the government led by boris johnson vaguely accused of sitting on this record and not releasing it earlier this month and that's led to heavy criticism from members of the opposition by secretary tell me that it is unprecedented but we should have had no response o'toole explaining why any further delay is required in this case this is nothing less than an attempt to suppress the truth from the public and from the parliament and it is an affront to our democracy if the report is being called for and written and should be in the public domain then what is it got to hide people will be justified in drawing the conclusion that the reporters findings are compromising or worse for the governments and the 2. now the opposition say that there could be information in that report which is damaging to the conservative party and that's why they haven't rele

i would like to answer the question regarding the publication of the intelligence and security committeence there reports always contain sensitive information. it is entirely right that report such as these go through an intensive security review before publication. this report is one of the number of isc reports that the government is currently considering. the current length of time that this report has been with the government is not unusual as this has averaged around six weeks for reports published in recent years and three to four weeks for a response to be forthcoming from the government. for example the details of the city a tax review and the 2017—2018 annual report were sent together on the 12th of october 2018. we were asked to respond ten days later on the 26th of october and responded on the 8th of november and then the checked proof read report was published on the 22nd of november 2018. similarly the 22nd of november 2018. similarly the details of the detainees report we re the details of the detainees report were sent to number 10 on the 10th of may 2018. again the isc as

way of exactly what that report contains now this is protecting to the cross party intelligence and security committee in the u.k. parliament the i s c and they've been looking into alleged russian interference in particular with regard to the bribes and referendum of 26 scene and as far as the times goes they point to the social media activity of a number of russian outlets. social media analysis revealed that articles published by the russian sites had 4 times more social media impact before the brakes a vote than the official leave campaigns. now the sputnik agency and ourselves out get special mention in this article and it points out that's more than $260.00 articles pointed posted by the 2 outlets on social media got up to 134000000 impressions that doesn't mean shares or likes just that it could have potentially been viewed by that many people they compare them to the number of tweets or ots calls sent out by vote leave and leave the e.u. they were the 2 biggest proly evil pro beggs that campaign groups who only generates a potential impressions of 33000000 and 11000000 so the implication being

widely on twitter that they could have been seen up to 134000000 times now across party intelligence and security committee who have been looking into this alleged russian interference into u.k. politics it seems is come to the conclusion that journalism equals ference now the the there is some background to this report there were calls for the prime minister boris johnson to release it that was before we hold in this current election period he negated to do so and negated to release that report and has been accused of suppressing it by members of the opposition. my secretary tells me that it is unprecedented but we should have had no response o'toole explaining why any further delay is required in this case this is nothing less than an attempt to suppress the truth from the public and from parliament and it is an affront to our democracy if the report is being called for and written and should be in the public domain then what is it got to hide people will be justified in drawing the conclusion that the reporters findings are compromising or worse for the government and the tory party now the opposition s

bits of say the least these are essentially allegations that have come about from the intelligence and security committee that's what established to investigate foreign influence in truth trying to 16 referendum particularly focusing on the role of russia according to that investigation they identified that there was a stream of money that was being delivered through different figures either within the wooden conservative part 2 or 3 goes through were the forefront of the leave campaign so although they were these donations came through legitimate means in the sense that for example one of them was. a payment of almost $200000.00 by the wife of the deputy finance minister of russia troops played tennis with then. prime minister cameron as well as boris johnson at a fund raising event but the fact that there was so many of these similar donations that were being made by figures close to the kremlin truth senior conservative party figures as well as as i say those pushing for. that says that through the investigation or at least the committee that was investigating this issue to believe that there was some

committee report investigating alleged attempts by russian agents to interfere in british domestic politics, in particular the 2016 eu referendum and the general election a year later. the chair of the intelligence and securityp dominic grieve, has called for the report to be published before the general election, saying it contains knowledge ? germane? to voters. borisjohnson had been expected to approve publication of the 50—page dossier last week. his refusal to do so sparked speculation that it could potentially be damaging to the government. a former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation wanted to know why the prime minister hadn't provided confirmation within the usual ten days so that the report could be published. he dismissed the idea that a number of processes still had to be gone through before publication. the minister's response echoes two unsatisfactory explanations that have been aired in recent days for this irregular state of affairs. the first is that redaction remains to be completed. but this report has already been through the full redaction process with the agencies and cabinet office. prime ministerial confirmation in the isc‘s past experience has always been a formality. the s

clinton has told the bbc she is dumbfounded that the uk government won't release an intelligence and security committeean covert actions in the uk. the 2016 us presidential candidate is in london with her daughter chelsea to promote their co—authored work the book of gutsy women. she spoke to the bbc‘s mishal husain. i'm dumbfounded that this government won't release the report about russian influence, because everyone who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens. why do you think they're not releasing it? i don't know the answer that. i would think a reporter like you and others should be absolutely relentless in trying to get to the bottom of it. because, look, we know from even this current trump administration's intelligence officials that the russians are still in our electoral system. there's no doubt of the role that russia played in our 2016 election, and is continuing to play. there's a lot of evidence that russia played in the brexit election. now, i'm not in your country. i don't have a say about any of that. but the fact that the current government won'

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the document, from parliament's intelligence and security committee, the isc, is currently with the primef it wasn't published before parliament ended it wouldn't become public until well into next year. the chair of the committee said the security agencies had all agreed the report could be released. could he confirm the prime minister does not have carte blanche to alter our reports or remove material from them and if he wishes to exercise a veto to publication he must give the committee a credible explanation as to why he is doing this. the current length of time that this report has been with the government is not unusual and this has averaged around six weeks for reports published in recent years and 3—4 weeks for a response to be forthcoming from the government. published the report and let us see for ourselves otherwise there is only one question, what have you got to hide? if he were on the other foot and he was at opposition despatch box as he denying that he would be asking for a publication of the report as we are? it would be a dangerous precedent to establish that the committ

the chairman of parliament's intelligence and security committee, dominic grieve, has told the bbc ite mps are sent away on tuesday for the start of britain's five—week election campaign. i cannot think of a reason why he should wish to prevent this report being published. this report is germane, because we do know, i think it is widely accepted, that the russians have sought to interfere in countries‘ democratic processes in the past. 0ur security correspondent — gordon corera — says the amount of information about what's actually in the report is limited. what we know is that the report is called russia, so it is pretty broad. one part is this issue of electoral interference. we've had a lot of evidence and inquiry to the us issue of electoral interference, particularly the miller report in 2016 and so on. nothing like that has ever been done in the uk in terms of the level of investigation. no one is sure whether there has been the same scale of potential interference in the uk but this report would be the closest thing to a mueller report to find that out. it will set russian espi

the intelligence and security committee which is quite closed doors, it's produced this 50- quite closeded in the guardian about potential russian interference into the democratic process in britain and particularly some sort of influence within the conservatives. this report is not going to be published down until way after the election. making sure it's all clever public consumption and there is no unsubstantiated claims but obviously there are big concerns about it, we know that russia does want to influence democratic processes. we sought on the 2016 election, many people involved with the russian government have close links to the regime, did try and influence the leave campaign saw a lot of people on the remain side are very concerned this might happen again. there might be a pro rush influence to help, and dominate grief. former conservative, of course. standing again, saying there is no reason for this refusal and listing should not be published but the fact is, it's in the government's hands to decide on this because it is a national security issue. the question is, once this th

it's been produced by parliament's intelligence and security committee, whose chairman says the findingsing general election. our security correspondent gordon corera is here. gordon, what's the background to this? the background to this is plenty of evidence has been produced that russia interfered in american politics, particularly the 2016 election but there has always been this question about whether it interfered in british politics, particularly the brexit referendum and this committee report was designed to answer that question. it completed its work in march and went through a security clearance process to check before it was published, there was nothing sensitive on it. that concluded last month and it has been sitting in downing street awaiting release. the crucial thing that has led to the row is if it is not released by tuesday we will not see at the side of the election because parliament will rise. ministers have said the delay is entirely normal but today, the trade of the committee, dominic grieve, has had back hard saying that the claims this is a normal process are lies

the commons intelligence and security committee report into possible russian interference in uk electionse general election. the committee chair, the former conservative, but now independent mp, dominic grieve, said number10 was being "disingenuous and misleading" by claiming there wasn't enough time to publish it. the report has received security clearance and the bbc understands there's no administrative reason for it not to be made public. the leader of the snp, nicola sturgeon, has accused boris johnson of treating scottish voters with contempt after he ruled out allowing a second referendum on independence. the snp have made another referendum a key feature of their election campaign. of the 13 conservative seats in scotland, over half are considered marginal, that means a swing of 5% or less could see a change, as our scotland editor sarah smith reports. in stirling the fight is as tight as it gets. the tories won by less than 150 votes when they took the seat from the snp in the last election. no wonder voters are fortifying themselves, ready for a campaign in which the divisive qu

clinton has told the bbc she's dumbfounded that the uk government won't release an intelligence and security committeeus presidential candidate is in london with her daughter chelsea to promote their co—authored work, the book of gutsy women. mishal husain started by asking if it would be gutsy to run as a presidential candidate again. it would be very gutsy. that's true. that's something i think about all the time. i think a lot about what's happening in our country, around the world. i try to give the best advice i can to the candidates who are running because my goal is to help retire the current incumbent, i think it's imperative that our country regain its leadership and its credibility so i'm going to do everything i can to make that happen. will you be endorsing one of them? i don't think so, i will support them, answer their questions in any way that i can but once we have a nominee to do everything i know to do to win. what do you think about what's happening in this country, the direction that we are taking on brexit? a real hope is that the uk sorts itself out. it's up to the people of this

the document from parliament's intelligence and security committee, the isc, is currently with the prime minister. well, mps feared if it wasn't published before parliament dissolved for the general election, it was unlikely to see daylight until well into next year. the chair of the committee said the security agencies had all agreed the report could be published. my secretary at tell me that it is unprecedented that we should have had no response at all explaining why any further delay is required in this case. could he confirm that the prime minister does not have two alter our reports or remove material from them. and if he wishes to exercise a veto over publication, he must give the committee a credible explanation as to why he's doing this. the minister was adamant there was nothing unusual. the current length of time that this report has been with the government is not unusual. this has averaged around six weeks for reports published in recent years, and 3—4 weeks for a response to be forthcoming from the government. this is nothing less than an attempt to suppress the truth. from

but borisjohnson's refusal to release a report from the intelligence and security committee has led to investigates russian influence in british politics. putin did not consider me and the kremlin never considered me a friend. you are not a kremlin agent? no, absolutely not. it is ridiculous. some people say, "we are against putin", but never say publicly about that. i say that publicly. would you like to see this report released, then? for democracy, this report should be released. the report should be released because if there is real russian influence, people and the country should know about that. surely you should know? last week, the prime minister told the bbc report could not be published before the election because the normal process had to be followed. but critics say it's because of what might be in it. russian money has flooded into the uk in recent years, especially here in the city. but has the arm of the kremlin also reached into political life? i am told the report may well allege that there have been attempts by russia to interfere in politics, although it is not alway

says there's nothing unusual in the timeframe the report was written by parliament's intelligence and security committee its chairman dominic grieve says it is vital for voters to be able to see it before they vote while chavez and harlow were opposition leader jeremy corbin will be speaking shortly to. tell us more about this and what is. saying about it. well the show essentially re ports came out over the past 24 hours this investigation into meddling by russian and russian officials into u.k. politics had a far reaching impact in particular they've been looking at the effects it's had not just on the exit referendum that took place a couple of years ago but particularly on the governing conservative party who can get specific key figures including come prime minister former strong son who was previously the mayor of london and then obviously the one of the proponents and the head of the leave camp pain they're looking gets one particular relationship between surgery. not have been who was a russian. someone connected to the russian intelligence service and pictured or seen frequently with senior con

the commons intelligence and security committee report into possible russian interference in uk electionsction. the committee chair, the former conservative but now independent mp dominic grieve, said number ten was being ‘disingenuous and misleading' by claiming there wasn't enough time to publish it. the report has received security clearance and the bbc understands there's no administrative reason for it not to be made public. the leader of the snp, nicola sturgeon, has accused boris johnson of treating scottish voters with contempt after he ruled out allowing a second referendum on independence. the snp have made another referendum a key feature of their election campaign. of the 13 conservative seats in scotland, over half are considered marginal. that means a swing of 5% or less could see a change as our scotland editor, sarah smith, reports. in stirling the fight is as tight as it gets. the tories won by less than 150 votes when they took the seat from the snp in the last election. no wonder voters are fortifying themselves, ready for a campaign in which the divisive question of in

it's a 50—pager from the intelligence and security committee — and it examines allegations that russia—sponsored the committee — and former tory mp, dominic grieve. here he is at the weekend. i cannot think of a reason why he should wish to prevent the report being published. we do know it's that the russians have sought to interfere in democratic processes in the past. the prime minister's office has had this report since october 17th. but its decision today means it won't be released until after the general election in december. mark urban, diplomatic editor for the bbc newsnight programme — has more. yeah, i mean effectively he's the author because he's the chair of the intelligence and security department which is a rather unusual set up. we have only the broadest ideas, the d rafter of have only the broadest ideas, the drafter of the report is still classified secret and downing street won't let it out and we know we understand not before this general election. rep and the start of their inquiry they were looking at things like whether the russians had tried to influence the break referendu

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effectively he is the author because he is the chair of the intelligence and security committee of parliamentroadest ideas, the draft of the report is still classified, secret in downing street and we now understand not before the general election. we know the right from the start of their inquiry, they were looking at things attached to whether or not russia try to influence the brexit referendum in 2016 and possibly 2017 election. but also whether the russians of trade through political donations or other means of influence peddling to get their teeth into the political parties here. for applying for the government and says that many select committee reports are produced in the government has to respond properly and it cannot be done in haste. despite the fact that parliament is due to be absolved in two days' time and therefore has to be shoved into parliament comes back. yes and the main downing street argument has been dominant grief tried to put this through without undue speed. it is the clea ra nce without undue speed. it is the clearance of the thing to be published and then you can

clinton has told the bbc she's ‘dumb—founded' that the uk government won't release an intelligence and security committeewomen'. mishal husain started by asking if it would be ‘gutsy‘ to run as a presidential candidate again. it would be very gutsy. that's true. that's something i think about all the time. i think a lot about what's happening in our country, around the world. i try to give the best advice i can to the candidates who are running because my goal is to help retire the current incumbent, i think it's imperative that our country regain its leadership and its credibility so i'm going to do everything i can to make that happen. will you be endorsing one of them? i don't think so, i will support them, answer their questions in any way that i can but once we have a nominee to do everything i know to do to win. what do you think about what's happening in this country, the direction that we are taking on brexit? a real hope is that the uk sorts itself out. it's up to the people of this country to decide the direction. but we need a strong uk, we need a uk with smart, sensible, forward—looking leade

committee that would conduct the impeachment trial. thank you. you're a busy lady on the intelligence and homeland security committee and running for president as well. you're a busy lady. how concerning are these two, ambassador yovanovich and mckinley? >> first, let's applaud them for their patriotism. the commander in chief has attempted to smear them and threaten them and they still have courage and love of country to come forward and let the american people know what happened. this is yet again another example of donald trump exercising his power in a way that is completely about self-service and not in the best interest of our nation and not in the best interest of truth, not in the best interest of justice and not in the best interest of our national security. >> based on everything you've heard so far, senator, if he is impeached in the house, it comes to a trial in the senate, would you wrote to convict and remove the president from office? >> wolf, we will let the process take its course but based on everything i've seen, yeah. let's be clear. i am a former prosecutor. i have handle a lot of case

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