#beyond1000ays. i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. microsoft says it has ta ken steps to stop interference in us elections. the tech giant last week shut down six internet sites it says were linked to the russian military and were targetting the us senate and us think tanks. microsoft's announcement suggests russia is stepping up attacks ahead of the important mid—term elections in november. and yet donald trump says he might lift sanctions against moscow. speaking to the reuters news agency, mr trump said he would consider it if russia "did something that would be good for us" but he added he wouldn't consider it without that. in the same interview mr trump once again raised doubts about whether russia did actually meddle in the 2016 election. even though all us intelligence agencies say they did. in regard to russian involvement in the mid—term elections, we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by