intelligence agencies and also from researchers who have verified this information. there was a targeted attack, carried out by the russian government, with the russian intelligent agencies in 2016. that consisted of this information campaign in social media.a. also the leak of information from the dnc and the clinton campaign. the colors also write what we don't have proof of his individual voters change their minds and decided not to vote for clinton or someone else or vice versa. that kind of information is very difficult to get our hands on but there is a reality that very, very, very real russiansd attacked our democracy and all of these various ways.f again, think if we don't pay attention and we leave the door open for others to do the same. >> host: rick council bluffs republican. >> caller: good morning, i think there are two people, democrats and the news media that are -- i think the ones who really have to worry about are the ones we can see are the mexican neighbors, they are bringing them all in and bring these illegals in voting in the local elections

intelligence agency you need to be on the lookout for. >>> we are watching temperatures warm up. here's a live look at the san jose camera. currently downtown san joseow 70s. we will continue to watch our temperatures rise and changes as we head through the end of the week. details on that coming up. >>> we are streaming now on cbsn bay area. you can find is at kpix.com , or your favorite platform. this is an extraordinary man with an extraordinary career in public service. he revitalized american manufacturing middl he led our efforts to combat gun violence. he fought to make college more affordable, championed landmark legislation to protect our women from violence. joe's candid, honest, counsel made me a better president and a better commander in chief. and, all of this makes him the finest vice president we have ever seen. the best part is, he's nowhere close to finished. i'm joe biden and i approve this message. >>> we are following breaking news right now a wildfire in riverside county in the town of norco. it's being called the man by her. you can see the flames in the pal

and who uses it and also says that it only sells to government agencies intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies so the fact that you have it so widespread or or the allegation that it is so widespread across the world suggests that for this company at least you've got a whole range of government clients across africa the middle east asia europe and indeed latin america so that does give you some hint of the ubiquity of this kind of spyware turn you in london to go back to the point that you were talking about you know when it comes to how this stuff is governed. by quote it's harmonizing its governance structure i'm not sure what that means but there is something of an international disconnect here surely because the f.b.i. out of the states their official line is we're going to take a very very very hard line on this and yet few months back there was a very high profile off the radar security summit slashed. conference slash sales pitch in london hosted by the british government and their so had a presence there so how do you get governments to draw the balance between sel

catherine herridge reports he's a controversial choice to lead the nation's 17 intelligence agencies.rter: in his first television interview since the announcement, texas congressman republican john ratcliffe pushed back against charges he's not qualified to lead the intelligence agencies. >> i've been handling national security issues as far back as 2005. >> reporter: but critics say you've never held a job in the intelligence community. >> i think what we've seen is that some of our most experienced intelligence officials have gotten it wrong with respect to important issues. >> reporter: i want you to respond to critics who say president trump puts loyalty ahead of experience. >> my experience as a u.s. attorney on national security issues, as a legislator, almost exclusively in these areas-- that was important to him. loyalty, what we've talked about is my loyalty to the constitution. >> reporter: ratcliffe was a passionate defender of the president during the russia probe and more recently the impeachment. he was among the first to flag irregularities of the surveillance of a tru

intelligence agencies warning president trump of how dangerous this could be. that slow down the u.s. reaction. there's also part of that report that says specifically that aides inside of the white house were having a hard time getting through to president trump that this was very serious. so big question there. now the other thing we're following very closely is what is going on with the defense production act? president trump essentially invoked this war powers act that gives him a broad authority over the entire supply chain. key force companies to create certain products that they think are critical at a time of national security. he invoked that on wednesday only to be followed bay tweet he invoked it but wasn't going use it in case in a worse case scenario. then yesterday he said he already activated it. take a listen to why he said he was doing this. >> we need certain equipment that the states are unable to get by themselves. so we're invoking it to use the powers of the federal government to help the states get things that they need like the masks, li

>> i think the idea of politicizing something that is like the cia and intelligence agencies that have done such amazing work for america and democratic and republican administrations whether it's hw bush, ronald reagan or w bush, whether it's clinton or carter or obama, respected the integrity of these agencies that they could speak truth to power. donald trump is destroying and that will have a great effect on the security of the american people . that's enough. one at a time. [inaudible] i just mentioned it a few times . >> are you comfortable with them? >> i haven't seen what governor cuomo is doing on that specific issue. i heardabout it so i couldn't comment on it . again, i don't know the medical details. i'm sure he relied on a lot of medical people, i wouldn't go to them. thank you everybody . >>. [inaudible conversation] >> i understand you all had an opportunity to hear from the president after our lunch . it was a good discussion and it dominated a whole hour. where we go from here it seems to me with regard to any kind of package, the secretary of the treasury is going ove

we were told by our intelligence agencies this would turn into something very severe. for too long this administration has been very easy street. this package will help. i don't think it will be the only package. we will have to come back on at least another occasion, may be multiple occasions, to deal with multiple packages. we will have to make sure we have a process in place that will allow everyone to dissipate and vote. i think we can work with republicans on this, or alternatives that make sense. then we have to figure out, once we get through this crisis in the long term, how we deal with this in the future so we aren't dealing with it in the middle of a crisis. back if you have to come and vote again, and you want to make changes, as we were discussing from the report you put out, that would allow members to vote remotely or proxy vote, what are the constitutional questions with that? know, one it is a major change. the constitution talks about congress gathering together, people gathering together. check with constitutional experts. there are a lot of constitu

on all of us, because we know from clear reporting that as early as january he was getting intelligence agencyng that there was a big problem coming out of china, and that it had actionable intelligence that needed to be acted on. he's chosen to ignore it and this is par for the course. he's chosen to ignore intelligence community reporting that the saudi crown prince was involved in the murder of journalist from washington post. he's chosen to ignore that vladimir putin was to blame for the hacking and the interruption of our and messing with our presidential campaign in 2016. he's ignoring intelligence that north korea continues to develop a nuclear program. and now it's impacting all of us and he had a pandemic playbook on the shelf. it was pandemic for dummies. he's refused to pull that off the shelf and we're all suffering from it. >> katrina, ebola wasn't that long ago and it was highly contagious. i would say we executed quite well around ebola. there was a way of -- there were protocols around ebola patients and how to deal with things. was the playbook -- we use that term in the indus

because of his counter al qaida successes we know that western intelligence agencies don't like mama been psalm on they think that he was either behind or had been for knowledge of the killing of dissidents saudi journalist jamal show t.v. . so i think he's simply removing somebody who's an oak a credible alternative now lebanon's prime minister says his government want to be able to make a debt payment of more than a $1000000000.00 due on monday dab says lebanon's current theories areas are dangerous no and people's basic needs must be prioritized then a hunter has more from people. businesses are closing unemployment is rising inflation is soaring and the local currency depreciated by at least 50 percent and now for the 1st time in its history lebanon is defaulting on paying its debt 1200000000 dollars is due on monday the country is facing its worst economic crisis in decades prime minister has sandia who took office in january after massive protests toppled the previous government told the nation his administration will work on restructuring the debt which has become too much for

>> i think the idea of politicizing something like the cia and intelligence agencies workhave done such amazing for america in different , respected the integrity of these agencies that they could speak truth to power. donald trump is destroying that and that will have great effect on security of the american people. about theyou feel payroll tax policies? >> i just mentioned it a few times. that's how i feel. i have not seen what governor cuomo is doing on that specific issue. i could not comment on it. again, i don't know the medical details. i'm sure he has relied on a lot of medical people and i would defer to them. >> c-span, your unfiltered view of government. created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. on tuesday, joe biden extended his delegate lead over senator bernie sanders after winning primaries in mississippi, missouri, and michigan. ,s the results were coming in the vice president spoke to campaign staff after canceling the campaign -- a campaign event in cleveland. bernie sanders also canceled a rally in ohio for the same reason, but de

and germany is that domestic intelligence agency is placing extremist the weighing of the country's far right targeted for germany under surveillance that wing is led by a beer. who has been accused of using rhetoric from germany's nazi past. setting not to the corona virus pandemic and fears that it could affect this summer's olympic games in tokyo with the games shadow to start in less than 4 months there are concerns that it might have to be canceled or postponed despite the uncertainty ulip explained did leave greece for japan today but without the usual crowds of onlookers. the torch lighting ceremony at the site of the original olympics in ancient greece went ahead as planned. but instead of thousands of spectators only a small crowd of officials and invited guests witnessed the torches departure for japan safe journey back to the host beatable c.t.o. thought feel. but it's not certain exactly how hospitable tokyo will be this summer and few days ago officials announced the torch as arrival ceremony next week will be downsized. and now we're going my users and the government are t

technology cell phones of quarantined citizens and virus carious can be tracked by israel's domestic intelligence agency. the public understands that the public realizes that he says for their own and national hate health. services and for their own safety if an individual is walking around in jerusalem and he's fled the isolation we have to find the best quick as possible a video showing a man being detained by special forces he allegedly fled quarantine the police is also tasked to break up gatherings of more than 10 people which are now back and at police headquarters in jerusalem operations are closely monitored the tracking technology can also be used to identify those who are unknowingly in contact with a person carrying the virus and anyone who has had close contact with the covert 900 case will be notified by a text message to go into isolation 'd acting prime minister binyamin netanyahu announced the measures this week and when i should it was removed we will authorize the use of digital tools for a limited period of time of 30 days but israel is a democracy and we must maintain the balance bet

media reports say germany's domestic intelligence agency is placing an extremist group in within the far right alternative for germany party under surveillance the group is led by firebrand your own parka who's been accused of using rhetoric harking back to germany's nazi pants. and former movie mogul harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault the sentence was close to the maximum sturm salt by prosecutors the announcement was greeted with a loud cheers by women outside the new york court. and in football in the champions league holders liverpool have been knocked out of the competition liverpool squandered a 2 goal advantage to lose 32 at home against of that they go madrid elsewhere how the sun should man beat german side dortmund to nail to advance to the quarterfinals. in the bonus league beat cologne by 2 goals to one in the match made history off the pitch because it's the 1st german league clash to be held behind closed doors fans were excluded in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus. blinis league of fans have dubbed match

hand you mentioned it these group has been placed under civilians by the germans the mystic intelligence agency last week and also on the other hand yesterday on friday a group. of a group of leaders of the a.v. including maraton including alice. gathered in delhi and they discussed future action and they decided it was a vast majority that disco hard into this thirty's of they have to dissolve so it wasn't a voluntary was a decision that has been taken. and this is something that the main party federal party in goes to its most extreme this week. all right so if this faction is being dissolved what kind of an impact is this going to have on germany's far right movement overall. well what's important to see there is that it shows that the far right party in all of the it was believed to be brought to power as suspicions a suspicion as well as its most extremist when so it shows they were intending to dissensions between man burns it's also shows a change of tactics because ultimately it is these groups within the party had been sheltered had these protected and here and now and now we see dead

germany's domestic intelligence agency says the right spirit are all right citizens movement has about 900000 members including almost a 1000 known extremists police also carried out raids on the rice burger last september part of a growing focus by the government on right wing groups city hall for make clear in parliament earlier this month that he was ready to act. we have to have a lot of weapons and we continue to face a serious threat from islam is terrorism but the greatest threat to this country comes from right wing extremism extremist muslims. for now banned bric a landmark listed criticisms of the german state and the e.u. on its website but also cited anti semitic literature it was taken down on thursday . rights groups frequently question the legitimacy of the federal republic of germany and often challenge police or dorothy some members are known to hoard weapons which means that far from being mere eccentrics they are now seen as a terror threat one which the german government is taking tough action against. the olympic flame has arrived in japan ahead of the games of the

germany's domestic intelligence agency is placing an extremist wing of the country's far right alternative for germany party under surveillance that wing of the party is led by. who has been accused of using the rhetoric of germany's nazi past. in sports as 2nd footballer from its of his domestic league syria has tested positive for the coronavirus but no load gobby ideally from some doro some doria is also said to have a slight fever his club is following isolation procedures the news comes a day after you events as reported that defended daniela to god he tested positive he is reported not to be showing any symptoms as a precaution events as will have to spend 2 weeks in quarantine meaning they will not now face a next champions league opponents on the 17th of march old syria are gabe's and i suspect that until the 3rd of april. the pandemics also looming large over this summer's olympic games in tokyo with the games less than 4 months away there are concerns that it could be canceled or postponed despite the uncertainty and then pick flame set off a fortune upon from greece today but wi

germany's domestic intelligence agency is placing an extremist wing of the country's far right alternative for germany party under surveillance that which is led by your hitter who has been accused of using rhetoric from germany's nazi past . an exhibition at london's national gallery has reunited a series of paintings by the venetian master titian for the 1st time in 4 centuries the 6 works depicts scenes from mythology they were commissioned by spain's philip the 2nd in the 16th century before being dispersed throughout europe. as return now to the corona virus story and fears that the pandemic could affect this summer's olympic games in tokyo with a game scheduled to start in less than 4 months there are concerns that it might have to be canceled or postponed despite the uncertainty the olympic flame did leave greece for japan today but without the usual crowds of spectators it's. the torch lighting ceremony at the site of the original olympics in ancient greece went ahead as planned. but instead of thousands of spectators only a small crowd of officials and invited guests witnessed the

and intelligence agencies that have done such amazing work for america, and democratic and republican administrations, whether it's h.w. bush, ronald reagan, or w. bush, whether it's clinton or carter or obama, respected the integrity of these agencies that they could speak truth to power. ng ld trump is destroyi that.ng that. and that will have great effect on the security of the american people. reporter: how do you feel about the payroll tax -- senator schumer: i just mentioned it a few times. reporter: are you comfortable with prisoners in new york state make just pensies -- senator schumer: i haven't seen what governor cuomo is doing on that specific issue. i heard about t i couldn't comment on it. reporter: governor cuomo is proposing a quarantine on city officials -- senator schumer: i don't know the medical details. i'm sure he relied on a lot of medical people. i defer to them. thank you, everybody. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. sit

and intelligence agencies that have done such amazing work for america, and democratic and republican administrations, whether it's h.w. bush, ronald reagan, or w. bush, whether it's clinton or carter or obama, respected the integrity of these agencies that they could speak truth to power. donald trump is destroying that. and that will have great effect on the security of the american eople. reporter: how do you feel about the payroll tax -- senator schumer: i just mentioned it a few times. reporter: are you comfortable with prisoners in new york state make just pennies -- senator schumer: i haven't seen what governor cuomo is doing on that specific issue. i heard about t i couldn't comment on it. >> you can see this on c-span/ coronavirus.

>> well, if you look at the most important issue today that we have within the intelligence agencies we took out soleimani and taking outer risks in yemen. they are doing a really good job. where do we have a problem? the american people are losing trust in the department and the fbi. so the most important issue at the highest level is building back that trust and who better than john ratcliffe who actually was one of our lead investigators, who go to the bottom of russiagate hoax. he's the one that really knows the issue and makes a lot of sense to put john ratcliffe in there. the senate should quickly approve him because he's a man that really knows what he's doing and get to the bottom of a very serious problem which is, you know, how are we going to continue to go after terrorists and others if the american people don't trust the department of justice and the fbi? maria: and if the agencies are using the tools we use against terrorists against donald trump which is what happened in 2016. stay with us, congressman. i want to get your take on the president's efforts for peace in afg

. >> i think they did politicizing something that is like the cia and intelligent agencies that have done such amazing work for america. and democrat and republican administrations, weathers h.w. bush, ronald reagan or w bush, whether it's clinton, carter, or obama, respected the integrity of these agencies they could speak truth to power. donald trump is destroying that and that will have a great affect on on the security of the american people. that's enough one at a time. [inaudible] payroll tax. >> i just mentioned it a few times, that's how i feel. two are you comfortable with with them being the ones customer. >> i haven't seen, i haven't seen, i haven't seen what governor cuomo is doing on that specific issue. i heard about it but i couldn't comment on it. [inaudible] again, i don't know the medical details but i'm sure he relied on a lot of medical people i would refer to them. thank everybody. [background noises] [background noises] : :

i give the example of the national geo spatial intelligence agency, or nba angie a. you only get three letters in the intelligence. many of their products are now available on google for free. their specialized imagery that is interesting but they faced the challenge if people can get our stuff for free, how do we add value? they have been at the forefront of thinking about this problem. my experience -- i had won a hot moment when i was there -- vice chairman of the and i see. we thought our products were national intelligence estimates, but they were really national intelligence officers. it was really the people. not the paper. the paper was our homework and calling card. the real payoff was the people because they could be in meetings, and elevators and have quick conversations. did not have to be too careful about what was intelligence and what was policy. they could just be policy. i did a study of the president's daily brief before going back into the government. all of the cia had collected a history of oral histories from policymakers. this thing that is prob

officials tell "the post" intelligence agencies warned starting in january about the spread of the virus in china and later other countries, but the president and lawmakers publicly downplayed or dismissed the threat and didn't take action then that might have slowed the spread of the virus. >> according to "the post "the intelligence agency reports, quote, warned chinese officials appeared to be minimizing the severity of the outbreak. >> the president was saying something remarkably different from what these intelligence reports were indicating, and to be clear, these reports were not saying the coronavirus is going to break on u.s. shores but from people who have seen these, the volume of this, it was coming every day. by early february the majority of reports that get disseminated out to key people throughout the government was looking at coronavirus. it was sort of overtaking everything. >>> now the white house released a statement to "the post" that says in part it's more than despicable for cowardly unnamed sources to attempt to rewrite history. it's a clear threat to this great c

intelligence agencies were issuing ominous classified warnings in january and february about the global danger posed by the coronavirus while president trump and lawmakers played down the threat and failed to take action that might have slowed the threat of the pathogen -- slowed the spread of the pathogen. the intelligence reports did not predict when the virus might land on u.s. shores or recommend particular steps as public health officials should take. the spread of the that in china and warned chinese officials seem to be minimizing the severity of the outbreak. a virus that showed the characteristics of globally circling -- globally circling pandemic. despite the constant flow of reporting, trump continued publicly and privately playing down the threat of the virus posed to americans. lawmakers too did not grapple with the virus in earnest until this month as officials scramble to keep citizens in their homes and hospitals bracing for a surge in patients suffering from covid-19. this reporting, blaming both congress and the president. guest: i think there was certainly an enormous

intelligence agencies were issuing reports, disseminated across the congressional committees as wellthe administration, that was giving analysis, what was happening in china with the virus looked like it had all of the makings of a pandemic. these would have been available to people in the administration and lawmakers. who serve in an intelligence position. essentially building this picture through january and february of an outbreak that was not only characteristic of of something that was going to have global spread but importantly including from classified sources i understand indicating that the chinese government was not being forth coming about how bad the situation really was. that's important because experts have said in those early days of the outbreak in wuhan, the chinese government didn't move quickly enough and didn't tell the world enough about what it understood about the virus. that is information that at least in the classified channel was available to key u.s. policy makers as early as january. >> is it known how much of this, you know, would end up in briefings tha

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the post quotes officials as saying intelligence agencies warned president trump in both january and february about the serious threat of coronavirus and what it could pose. cnn has also learned that congressional intelligence committees were also briefed during that time. all of these developments will likely come up at the white house coronavirus task force briefing, which happens in the next hour. other big questions that the task force will be facing, the warning from experts and officials that critical medical supplies are in short supply. and the economic fallout of this pandemic. >>> right now senators on capitol hill are working to give americans some financial relief. they are negotiating a massive stimulus package after a week of huge losses on wall street and an unemployment rate the treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, said could hit 20%. all this as we stand by for a briefing from the president and the coronavirus task force on the latest efforts to fight the outbreak. let me bring in dr. sarah madad, a special pathogens experts. also with me is david stanger, a cnn politic

the public security intelligence agency says the successor groups of aum shinrikyo still following asahara's teachings. authorities are warning that the number of followers is son the rise especially among young people. some followers have been spotted at bookstores soliciting young people who seem interested in books on religion. they have been approaching young people without revealing the name of their group and enticing them through activities such as yoga classes and study sessions. >> translator: today i'm deeplp concerned that the young people could easily be drawn into the cult and have their lives completely overturned. i urge young people to be aware of the danger and not to join cult groups. >>> now here's your three-day world weather forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm yoshi ogasawara in tokyo. thanks for watching and we'll have more for you soon. >>> welcome to "newsline in depth." in the current situation, foreign travel has become difficult for most of us due t thee growing number of restrictions. so please join us as we revisit three destinati

where there are intelligence agencies, and there are justice system as well as there law enforcement, is filled with corruption. where the government would fight itself. and when i saw that, starting to happen here. i said why how could this be happening in the united states. i had to take a step back and say i believe the system is going to work. the fact that attorney general william barr is in place, the fact he appointed, very reputable, very credible prosecutor john durham from connecticut, and the fact that i know, he has been in the pentagon, he's been overseas in italy, in england everywhere to all of the major players were. like our famous helper the spy, the other spy in italy, the fact that he is gathering intelligence, and gathering information from those parts of the world, and has been time here actually questioning the cia, tells me that he is on the right track, and that he is doing his job. so yes i do have faith, that william barr and john durham, will do their job, i have to, but if they don't we have to hold them accountable. and we can't be afraid to speak out. >>

intelligence agencies were sounding the alarms. ominous warnings, president trump failed to take action, that would have mitigated the spread of the virus in the united states. "politico" is reporting that the administration opted not to use a pandemic playbook created by the national security council, after the ebola outbreak. it's a manual that lays out a step by step plan to ensure proper government response during the next pricrisis. joining me is former fbi director and katrina mulligan former director of response at the justice department and that play book sat on my shelf at the department of justice and in 2018 i joined a group of civil service experts in emergency preparedness to push for a national level exercise on pandemic response and we were overruled by the white house. why, katrina? why would they over rule you? pandemic preparedness is not the kind of thing that the donald trump fake news, lame stream media is trying to target him on so why wouldn't you be able to go ahead with that? >> one of the reasons is the ou

germany's domestic intelligence agency is placing an extremist wing of the countries far-right alternativeourney party under surveillance. that wing is led by a person who has been accused of using rhetoric from germany's nazi pastst. ththe coronavirus pandememic has forced the eu commission president to postpone a visit to greece. she was do to hold talks about the situation on the land border between greece and turury, where there have been crashes with police. ththousands of f migrants h have attempted to cross the border and into the eu. there have also been clashes at overcrowded migrant caps on greek islands. now up to 100 children from those camps are being offered refuge in berlin. they have been chosen because they are ill and have no parents or because they are less than 14 years old. here is more now on how the german capital is prereparing fr ththe new childrdren. >> thousands of refugees, among the many children, stuck in mamakeshift t camps in greece. clothing and food are in short supply, and nobody knows what will bececome of these people. this city government here in berli

our federal health and intelligence agencies are the best in the world. let's show the world that america can stop the spread of this virus. my tweet for the morning is thie just received the bill from the house called the families first coronavirus response act. what business do democrats have blaming mcconnell all weekend for not calling a vote when we can't do anything until the house sends it over? they know better. stop the politics. this is in response to 172 calls my office got yesterday wondering why we have not voted on this important bill, so it's important for me to remind everybody that the senate can't pass this bill or even debate this bill until the house sends it over. we have now received it, and i assume that we will soon do that. mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: as the global outbreak of the new coronavirus continues to grow, its impact on american families and small businesses is continuing to scale up. school closures are challenging both parents and teachers. child care closur

because of his counter al qaida successes we know that western intelligence agencies don't like mama been samana they think that he was either behind or had been for knowledge of the killing of dissidents saudi journalist jamal shoji. and so i think he's he's simply removing somebody who's an oak a credible alternative and how will this latest move be seen by the west to and washington in particular. but i think the troop administration is somewhat close to mohammed bin salma and as a ledge to have run interference for him and kind of deep sixing the shoji story and so i think it really means nothing to them they'll go on as they were but there is a severe or problem brewing between the saudi government and the democratic party where the democrats to win the presidency and the senate next fall i expect relations with saudi arabia to become very bad between the united states and that country over the yemen war which the senate has condemned and indeed even the republicans in the senate some of them joined in the condemnation that over this extreme repression in saudi arabia of disside

because of his counter al qaida successes we know that western intelligence agencies don't like mama been samana they think that he was either behind or had been for knowledge of the killing of dissidents saudi journalist jamal shoji. and so i think he's simply removing somebody who's an ok a credible alternative the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen has carried out as strikes against the rebels in the port district of salif there's also renewed fighting in on joffe in the north the u.n. has called for an immediate end to the military action international committee of the red cross as its response efforts have been hampered since last month around $70000.00 people have been displaced leaving families without food shelter and access to medical kak. yemen is in my view at a critical juncture. we will either silence the guns and resume the political process. we will slip back. into a large scale conflict and suffering that you have all ready seen here in my area. turkey's defense minister says a ceasefire in syria's italy province is holding the pause in fighting was agreed by turki

else is going on in the world outside your window we'll start in germany where the domestic intelligence agency is placing an extremist wing of the country's far right alternative for germany party under surveillance that one of the parties led by. who has been accused of using a rhetoric from germany's nazi past. the u.s. military has repatriated what is suspects to be the remains of an airman who were lost in action in central me in modern world war 2 u.s. officials are still searching for some $500.00 service members who are still unaccounted for nearby was a key battleground between the allies in japan. students in chile have clashed with police during anti-government protests the students were taking part in a day of civil disobedience the 2nd anniversary of president sebastian pinera taking office whence they also marked the 30 years since you and of today's dictatorship. the coronavirus pandemic has forced the e.u. commission president to pursue a visit to greece as it were found alive and was due to hold talks about the situation on the land border with turkey where the clashes with pol

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media reports here say germany's domestic intelligence agency is placing an extremist wing of the far right alternative for germany party under surveillance and that group is led by firebrand who's been accused of using rhetoric from germany's nazi past european commission president was enough underlined has postponed a visit to greece because of the corona virus pandemic she was due to hold talks about the situation on the border with turkey where they have been clashes with police as thousands of migrants attempt to cross in to be. there but also been clashes at overcrowded migrant camps on greek islands now as many as $100.00 children from those camps are being offered refuge in berlin the children have been chosen because they are ill unaccompanied or younger than 14 years old more now and how the german capital's preparing for the young arrivals. thousands of refugees among the many children are stuck in makeshift camps in greece clothing and food are in short supply and nobody knows what will become of these people. the city government here in berlin says it wants to welcome 200

intelligence agencies and an independent u.n. report on the murder. right let's get started and bring in our panel here in the studio in london we've got roxanne farman pharma and electra on middle east politics at the university of cambridge joining us on skype also from london david hurst editor in chief of the online publication middle east i and in washington d.c. alley. director of the gulf affairs institute under former saudi political prisoner welcome to all of you thank you for being with us now the full extent of what's going on here may not yet be clear of course but let's begin by delving into what's behind this latest wave of arrests and i'll turn 1st to you david hurst if i may is mohamed bin selman n.b.s. as he's more commonly known of course on the verge of seizing full power in saudi arabia. i think he is yes. there are indications. that he is. i think that. he wants to finish the job that was started when he ousted the cousin mohammed bin nayef. from from the post of crown prince i think things have been going badly for him ever since

troops and intelligence agencies mainly between 20032004 that afghan security forces are suspected of torturing prisoners at government attention sentence she also says the taliban and other groups have killed more than $70000.00 civilians since 2009 toby cadman is an international human rights lawyer who also specializes in the criminal courts he says those being accused cannot act with impunity. you have from from the u.s. side a blanket refusal to cooperate and we've already seen president trump's position that he's taken with those that have already been convicted. and military they're being convicted of war crimes way he has shown that he's willing to overturn those convictions and protect the military regardless of what they've been charged with you have the afghanistan position that they say that they are are ready and willing to to prosecute these cases in the national courts which is. i have to say regrettably an unrealistic. statement to make because they are not prepared you also have the the the recent peace talks that the u.s. a very good with the taliban and so the argum