the materials barely know who filed that report joins us now from beijing material given that beijing has not been severely affected by the virus why are people taking such extreme precautions. i think one reason is that people are afraid of this virus because it's new and people don't really know what it means another reason is that authorities tell people to take these measures people are reminded constantly off the danger we we know that only just less than 200 people are registered as infected in this city but given the long incubation period the real number might of course be a little high and then the 3rd reason is that people here in beijing remember very well the outbreak of sauce a very similar disease some. 17 years ago where a similar tactics voiding contact was in the end able to break the cycle of new infections that is are people in china satisfied with how their government is dealing with this crisis. these very strict measures and these discriminatory measures and to separate who bay people from other people for example on not to met with a lot of resistance. people as

in the 1950 s. a development boom began in the urban areas of beijing. with the cold war dividing europe and the west the communist party actively recruited experts from around the world for their professional and technical skills. just you know my name is money. i was born in mostly a 945. my father was an architect you know in 1951 he decided to go to china to help with the country's development. father laon while i was born in beijing in 1912 to a chinese father and a polish mother. studied in paris and married here than a french woman during the 2nd world war he joined the resistance and fought against the german occupation. after the war laon worked as an architect and more say he had a good life in france but the opportunity to build up a new country appealed to him. something my brothers saw china as his home and felt that socialism was going well there. my parents were both members of the french communist party. but decided to go to china to give the full support of the country. in 1051 the family boarded a cruise ship and moved to china. leone's

was born in beijing in 1912 to a chinese father and a polish mother. studied in paris and married here than a french woman during the 2nd world war he joined the resistance and fought against the german occupation. after the war leone worked as an architect in marsay he had a good life in france but the opportunity to build up a new country appealed to him. my brothers saw china as his homeless and felt that socialism was going well but. my parents were both members of the french communist party and. they decided to go to china to give the full support of the country. in 1051 the family boarded a cruise ship and moved to china. leone's experience as an architect in france was valued highly he played a central role in beijing's urban planning designing a hospital highway bridges and many other structures. my mother worked at china radio international and became a pioneer of the french broadcasting establishment. the family's happy life soon came to an end in 1957 months father was caught up in an unforeseen development. that you're the vehicle which we

accuses some countries of causing panic over the coronavirus as it demands everyone returning to beijing quarantine themselves 14 days or face punishment. hello welcome to al-jazeera live from doha i'm martin there is also coming up the u.s. and the taliban agree a deal that would reduce far that's in afghanistan and could lead to the withdrawal of u.s. troops. on patrol with un peacekeepers in the congolese army in eastern deal see if they try to stop rebel attacks that have already cost a $1000.00 villagers their lives. and what started a fire at a haitian open age killing more than a dozen children and investigation is underway. there's been a big drop in the number of new coronavirus infections in china more than 2600 were recorded on friday that's about half the number reported the previous day but the government has extended its quarantine restrictions to beijing ordering people who are coming back to the capital from the extended lunar new year holidays to isolate themselves for 2 weeks meanwhile the foreign minister wang ye admits the outbreak is a big challenge to china but crit

my father pointed out that beijing city hall was to look at your yes. in addition he submitted his opinion to the beijing institute of architectural design. all he did was provide advice on technical issues but it resulted in him being put before a kangaroo court. so you know you think where you go. at the time china was engaged in an anti rightist movement scholars and intellectuals who criticized the communists were branded as members of the right wing. they were denounced and forced to undergo reeducation and state sponsored manual labor programs. the roots of the movement can be traced back to the soviet union following the death of stalin in 1053 his successor nikita khrushchev launched a series of political reforms in 1956 he condemned some of those crimes committed under stalin and the cult of personality that had surrounded him. seizing the opportunity and electros in hungary poland and other communist countries in eastern europe encouraged uprisings in hope of bringing about reforms the soviet union responded by dispatching its military to crus

this circle line then some of beijing's most patient shopping area is the railway station. paging has reported less than $300.00 cases so far but fear here has spread much faster than the virus ever could. now as a practice that causes lifelong physical and psychological damage female genital mutilation or g.m. the united nations has said today they seek the slavery as an ideal day to draw attention to the problem which is more wide spread than he might think that f.e.m.a. is carried out in communities around the world but it is particularly prevalent in these regions in africa in the arab world as well as in asia now the practice consists of the partial or total removal of a girl's external genitalia and it's thought that up to $200000000.00 women and girls have undergone some form of a g.m. now egypt ethiopia and indymedia have the most cases by far in a fact in egypt 87 percent of women between the ages of $15.49 a thought to be affected but the problem is not limited to just that these countries here in the european union for example is thought that about 600000 women a

also coming up the fallout from the coronavirus in beijing a busy capitol that now looks like a ghost town this is usually a bustling commercial street lots of souvenir shops mock shops tourists who visit usually come to spend time here today i'm the only one. plus german politics is rocked by a backlash involving the far right the preemie of the east instead of the range of steps down into a after being elected with the hill both the populist alternatives to germany. it's good to have you with us us president donald trump has addressed the nation a day after he was acquitted at his impeachment trial speaking from the white house trump said he was the victim of a long and corrupt process the trial may be over but deep divisions remain between the president and the most powerful democrat in washington u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi. at. the national prayer breakfast in washington traditionally it's a nonpartisan gathering designed to promote unity and reconciliation the day after his then acquittal president trump was a no mood for forgiveness. as everybody knows my family our great c

this circle i think some of beijing's most patients shopping area is the railway station. beijing has reported less than $300.00 cases so far but fear here has spread much faster than the virus ever could be. a scandal over the involvement of the far right in a normally obscure region regional election has shaken german politics to the core yesterday the right wing extremist alternative for germany party helped mainstream parties elect a new premier in the eastern state. well now that premier says that he will resign after nationwide outrage his resignation cannot change the fact however that a taboo has been broken a taboo against cooperating with the far right in government. just 24 hours off to becoming state premier thomas keneally announced his resignation. we will be requesting new elections and i would hazard to stain of a if the support from the office of state. this mr president so. the pressure that brazen 2 great candidates found himself on the front page of almost every german newspaper the election of the free democrats want to titian with the help of the far

emergencies programs is calling on nations around the world to work with beijing more than 2600 cases were recorded in china on friday that's a 50 percent drop on the previous day. different trials underage trying to right now everything from traditional medicine all the way troops and drugs. and that's done in collaboration with trying to expand sciences besting interest. that's an incredible advances just basic knowledge of the next 2 to 3 weeks so all these trials will have been to 3 weeks. all right up to date those are the very latest headlines counting the cost is next. progress. or a serious mistake. fishel intelligence is slowly invading every aspect of our lives . but very few of us really understand its capabilities for better or worse. in a new documentary al-jazeera explores the impact of a are accessing vast amounts of our personal data. data land coming soon. they're on the clock this is counting the cost on al-jazeera if you look at the world of business and economics this week as the death toll rises the economic cost of the coronavirus is being felt in every market in

this circle i met some of beijing's most patient in the shopping area as the railway station. they. wouldn't believe it. beijing has reported less than $300.00 cases so far but fear here has spread much faster than the virus ever could. when a scandal over the involvement of a fall right in a normally obscure regional election has shaken german politics to the core now the right wing extremist alternative germany party helped install a liberal premier in eastern state of state or in jail he's now been forced to stand down after widespread condemnation for the affair is seen as having broken a to do against mainstream german parties cooperating with the far right in government. just 24 hours after becoming state premier thomas keneally announced his resignation. we will be requesting new elections in order to rid the stain of a hefty support from the office of state primary this mr president. to pressure the proven 2 great candidates found himself on the front page of almost every german newspaper the election of the free democrat politician with the help of the far right a hefty had

beijing was prepared for more of an international outcry.they felt that they didn't receive it, so it was full steam ahead. now. we did eventually wake up to the threats, and we started tightening relations with the filipinos. with others in the region. negotiating the enhanced offense agreement of 2014 under the a administration. obama pulled a nuclear summit that build on scarborough shoal, and by all accounts the chinese turn barges around and chose not to build. we do take steps late in the game, that prevented things from being worse. he clearly did not do enough. is there someone that can be done? of course. we have to be realistic about our goals. there is not a military terrorizing in the south china sea. what is on it is on it. there is nothing that we can do. at a cost, that our partners, or us would be willing to accept. our goal should be to convince a chinese not to use those facilities to get around their neighbors. there is no putting the same back in the ocean. but we can dissuaded chinese from using them, the rep of internat

forces coming up the fallout from the coronavirus in beijing a busy capital that now looks like a ghost town this is usually a bustling commercial street but so souvenir shops mark shops tourists who visit beijing usually come to spend time here today i'm the only one. and exposing a practice which has caused untold misery 10 millions of women around the world victims of female genital mutilation tell us their stories. and growing support for julian assange are public figures in germany had their voices to calls for the wiki leaks founder to be released from prison. and have a home free glad you could join me a scandal over the involvement of the far right in a normally obscure regional election has shaken german politics to the call now the extremist alternative for germany party has helped install a liberal crimea in the eastern state of 3 and now has now been forced to stand down off to widespread condemnation effect is seen as having broken a to b. which has kept the far right and also government. state premier for just 24 hours thomas announced his resignation a day after being swo

to being elected with the help of extremist forces coming up the fallout from the coronavirus in beijing a busy capital that now looks like a ghost town. this is usually a bustling commercial street not so souvenir shops mark shops tourists who visit to beijing usually come to spend time here today i'm the only one. down growing support for julian assange public figures in germany add their voices to calls for the wiki leaks founder to be released from prison. on helena humphrey glad you could join me a german state provia is stepping down just a day off to being controversially elected with the help of far right extremists thomas kenniff a from the business friendly free democrats won a vote in the eastern state of terror india with the backing of the far right alternative for germany and chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. party the chancellor has described the election as unfair give a go can have a he says his resignation was inevitable to remove the state of the far right involvement. and joining me now from frankfurt is michelle freedman a lawyer journalist and political

beijing has reported less than $300.00 cases so far. but fear here has spread much faster than the virus ever could. anti semitism is getting traction around the world in the united states attacks on jews are on the rise especially hard hit are forced to box communities like the one in for a place. this is a tense time for the city g.'s of crown heights a neighborhood in new york spiraled brooklyn. you community has become the target of an increased number of attacks in recent months. now there's more police on the streets protecting synagogues and other jewish institutions. firestone and his friends were students at a local yeshiva a jewish religious school. anti semitism has always been an issue in this ethnically diverse neighborhood but the recent string of attacks has hit uncomfortably close to home. attacks worse on someone threw a chair at someone else or screaming kill jews there's different attacks that have a someone that pointed a gun out so in that put out i have friend they got punched by the middle center of crown heights

a rare sight in the dry winters of beijing the gate to the forbidden city covered in snow a few people have come out to take in the spectacle but getting inside is out of the question just like almost all public facilities beijing's most famous historic site remains closed i think it's good that the government took these measures we support them we do appreciate even strength to measure is your. business activity has largely come to a halt across much of the capital this is usually a bustling commercial street lots of souvenir shops knock shops tourists who visit beijing usually come to spend time here today i'm the only one. every day human interaction has become suspicious this shop asked its customers to stay outside and communicate their needs from the outside. some pharmacies take this same approach everyone is wary. because the younger it's a national emergency we stand together. standing together should not be taken literally residential complexes keep strangers out in this compound visitors have to register with their id the guards look for the place of birth who are overweight

in 2003 beijing suppressed coverage of the sars outbreak for even longer than it did this time nearly 6 months back then the chinese media played a large part in pressuring the government to come clean but it was a different time china still new to capitalism was experimenting with other reforms gradually giving journalists more freedom from censorship but those days are gone the regional newspapers that provided some of the best service related journalism have since had their wings clipped along with most chinese news outlets and while beijing has spent less time in denial mode than it did in 2003 while it's been quicker to call this story what it is a potential pandemic it wasn't a journalism at least not in china that got it there. are 2 large transfers of sense to 3 in terms of mation people have a lot more access to information than back in 2003 but at the same time they say it's become much more restrictive and repressive it's really crackdown on civil society groups and media activists on intellectuals and for that reason alone i think we're going to see much less questioning f

a rare sight in the dry winters of beijing the gate to the forbidden city covered in snow a few people have come out to take in the spectacle but getting inside is out of the question just like almost all public facilities beijing's most famous historic site remains closed i think it's good that the government took these measures we support them we'd appreciate even stricter measures. business activity has largely come to a halt across much of the capital this is usually a bustling commercial street lots of souvenir shops knock shops tourists who visit beijing usually come to spend time here today i'm the only one. every day human interaction has become suspicious this shop ask its customers to stay outside.

placed under quarantine all right we can speak to chorus want to katrina you she is live for us in beijing and katrina what do we know that is accounting for this extraordinary rise in one day in the number of new cases recorded. or we're still assessing for new information but we're hearing from a press conference now that the government has said that this they see this week as a key stage a pivotal stage in the fight against us outbreak and it seems they're changing things up a little bit one of those things that they have changes the way this coronavirus is being diagnosed now we know before that medical staff or lying on a single type of testing kit in order to confirm whether a container did have a new let out and let me jump in let me jump in the mid or up to we're going to go to that daily health commission briefing to find out what the authorities say about the coronavirus to don't always use operational control frequent hand washing standardized use of hand to say there's can reduce the risk of infection in epidemic heat areas restaurants hospitals and a shopping mall we need to s

this week we're pointing our lens at china hong kong and taiwan starting with the coronavirus and beijing's efforts to keep the outbreak and the coverage contain. the talking heads who gave up their anchor chairs to serenade chinese audiences about the violence plus contraband books a forced confession and a life in exile the bookseller who fled hong kong for taipei and the death of kobe bryant the tweet the washington post found institutionally damaging about a week and a half ago on january 23rd the chinese authorities shut down the city of one hot population 11000000 and ground 0 for the outbreak of the corona virus in short order 17 more cities were quarantined the total number of people affected nearly 60000000 the orders issued by beijing were significant but late in coming because the 1st official case of this virus was confirmed almost 2 months ago on the 8th of december 2019 it took that long before china's state controlled news media stopped downplaying the seriousness of the outbreak and started providing the kind of information that can save lives by that stage however millions

cities were quarantined the total number of people affected nearly 60000000 the orders issued by beijing were significant but late in coming because the 1st official case of this virus was confirmed almost 2 months ago on the 8th of december 2019 it took that long before china's state controlled news media stopped downplaying the seriousness of the outbreak and started providing the kind of information. that can save lives by that stage however millions of chinese citizens had passed through the affected region unaware of the risks involved the death toll is now in the hundreds the number infected in the thousands and the coronavirus like the coverage of this story has gone global our starting point this week is the city of. no one can control the timing of a viral outbreak a potential pandemic but in a country like china they can control or at least try to control what people know about. january 18th the city of china's 7th largest hosted a part like dinner attended by about 40000 families the participants would not have known that 2 weeks earlier in hong kong the media were already com

this circle i think some of beijing's most patient shopping area is the railway station. beijing has reported less than $300.00 cases so far but fear here has spread much frost of him the virus ever cool. you're watching the news still to come the man who is spartacus we look back on the life and movies of hollywood legend kirk douglas who has died gage of 103. now it's a practice that usually causes lifelong physical and psychological damage female genital mutilation if g.m. the united nations has set today february 6th as an annual day to draw attention to the problem which is more widespread than you might think. is carried out in communities around the world but it's particularly prevalent in these regions in africa the arab world and in asia it's thought up to 200000000 women and girls have undergone some form of female genital mutilation egypt ethiopia and indonesia have the most cases by far in egypt 87 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 49 are thought to be affected but the problem is not limited to these countries here in the european union it's thought

the ghost town that is beijing normally busy streets and metro trains are deserted as the city fights the coronavirus. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us here in germany a regional election as set off what's being called a political earthquake for the 1st time 2 mainstream parties have worked with a far right alternative for germany or a.s.d. until now other parties have refuse. to cooperate with the far right and the development in the eastern state of turin jia has sparked widespread protests one of the parties cooperating with the a.s.d. is chancellor angela merkel's conservatives and the tremors are being felt thousands of kilometers away in south africa where the chancellor is on an official visit of the situation back home was the 1st topic that merkel addressed when she spoke to the media there. but this is an extraordinary election result which undermines the long held values of both the c.d.u. and myself namely that we do not except majorities achieved with help from the a.f.p. . that has always been clear. this is an inexcusable situation and a result that mu

in their trade terms because beijing is obviously busy fighting the buyers. police the trade truce intact which is very important for china right now the last thing we need is to be back in a trade war with the united states this does help boost the chinese economy it's obviously helped market confidence today but it's also an important symbol on. his behalf because they might not be able to keep all of the promises they made to the u.s. last month particularly of this pledge they made to buy $200000000000.00 worth of u.s. goods over the next 2 years that was already seen as highly ambitious by a lot of economists and now with the chinese economy basically at a standstill it's seen as highly improbable so they need goodwill from the united states right now they need flexibility on that pledge and this is seen as as really an olive branch on that end but is there much goodwill going real josie delaney correspondent thank you very much. california officials have given a permit to restock tests on self driving cars on public roads one of its vehicles killed a pe

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john sudworth, bbc news, beijing.tims of a mass shooting by a junior army officer in the thai city of nakhon ratchasima. at least twenty— nine people are now known to have died in the attack. richard galpin reports. chanting. just a few hours after the gunman was shot dead by the security forces, thousands of people gathered here in the heart of nakhon ratchasima city for a vigil in memory of all those killed. the buddhist monks leading prayers as the people of this city absorb the enormity of what's happened — a mass shooting of unprecedented scale in this country. and before finally filing away to head home, they laid flowers and wrote messages, pledging never to forget those whose lives have been cut short. in the aftermath of the attack, the police have been gathering forensic evidence, including from these cars next to the shopping mall targeted by the gunman. who was this man — sergeant major jakrapanth thomma. he'd armed himself not only with rifles stolen from his barracks, but also a machinegun. his motive, a

for more we go to my ts berlinger our correspondent in beijing but here thanks for joining us we just saw in that report it seems like ordinary chinese people stepping up to help out but as cases of fatalities go up how concerned are people there. yeah we see cases go up let's just take a look at these numbers if we if we think that the incubation period is about 7 to 14 days these are the cases that have been infected around the time chinese authorities started taking action when this chaos in one hand erupted as the city was on lockdown we might see a lot more cases in the next few days these cases are mostly from province the province that has been locked down of course these numbers have people worried here people try to still try to avoid contact with other people this treats are still quite empty here in beijing although today it feels today it has no doubt how doesn't happen very often in this city and people are taking the opportunity to go out i see a little a few more people than usually but still not as many as you would usually see around this time of the year on the stree

the ghost town that is beijing normally busy streets and metro trains are deserted as the city fights the coronavirus. and with wiki leaks founder julian assange stew to appear at court and connection with an extradition request by the u.s. the u.n. reportory on torture accuses western democracies of manipulating the evidence. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us here in germany a regional election has set off what's being called a political earthquake for the 1st time 2 mainstream parties have worked with the far right alternative for germany or a.f.d. to elect a state premier until now other parties have shunned the far right and the development in the eastern state of turin jia is seen as breaking a political taboo one of the parties involved as chancellor angela merkel's conservative cd. you and the tremors are being felt thousands of kilometers away in south africa where merkel is paying an official visit it was the 1st topic that merkel addressed at a news conference there. but this is an extraordinary election result which undermines the long held values of both the

this circle line some of beijing's most patient shopping area as the railway station is. hard road to. beijing has reported less than $300.00 cases so far but fear here has spread much faster than the virus ever could. senior german politicians are launching an appeal to have wiki leaks founder julian assange released from jail in britain former foreign minister sigma gabriele is among more than $130.00 public figures who say they want the u.k. to follow the advice of the un special rapporteur on torture to release a songe on medical grounds the founder of wiki leaks which publishes news leaks and classified material is in a high security british prison awaiting extradition to the u.s. on spying charges he'd previously evaded capture by taking diplomatic refuge. the 1st few months that julian assange spent in the ecuadorian embassy in london it was all defiant and optimistic gestures 7 years later he would emerge as a broken man. when british police tracked the wiki leaks founder out of the diplomatic mission in 2019 he looked confused and was almost unrecognizable. by u.

also coming up the fallout from the coronavirus in beijing a busy capitol that now looks like a ghost town this is usually the last school commercial street also souvenir shops mark shops tourists who visit beijing usually come to spend time here today i am the only one. and with wiki leaks founder julian assange is due to appear in court today in connection with an extradition request by the u.s. the u.n. the proper tour on torture accuses western democracies of the depleting the evidence. i'm sumi so much got to thank you for joining us a german state premier is stepping down just a day after being controversially elected with the help of far right extremists thomas kemalist from the business friendly free democrats won the vote in the eastern state of turin jia with the backing of the far right alternative for germany and chancellor angela merkel's conservative c.d.u. the chancellor has described the election as on forgivable kemalist says his resignation was inevitable to remove the stain of the far right involvement and let's bring in our chief political editor michelle a coup fo

to this idea that beijing and byway are. part and parcel to that some sort of conspiracy so i think that the response has been muted but perhaps we'll see something even much stronger in the coming days staying on the topic of conspiracy obviously the new chapter in this standoff is the use of an anti massy a little to follow these latest charges what does this signal in times of the the prosecution strategy is there any way for this to be a result i guess peacefully those looks increasingly slim. i would be concerned that not not not to promote another conspiracy but i would be concerned that it's that it's that it's part of a much broader strategy that a lot of analysts who pay attention this thought might begin to on wind sometime after. the election in november assuming that trump was reelected and that was going to be on pause until then but since the domestic political situation in the is in his favor the democratic party is in disarray he won acquittal in the peach mind and with the crisis in china it may be that they

this circle i think some of beijing's most patient is a shopping area as the railway station is. road to. beijing has reported less than $300.00 cases so far but fear here has spread much faster than the virus ever could. now at some other stories making news around the world 3 people were killed and dozens injured when a plane skidded off the runway at istanbul 2nd biggest airport the boeing 737 caught fire and split into 3 pieces after landing in bad weather the flight was operated by the turkish low cost carrier pegasus. italian authorities say 2 people were killed when a high speed train derailed several others suffered serious injuries an investigation is under way to determine the cause of the 2 relevant which happened about 50 kilometers south of milan. israeli police say they are investigating a car ramming in jerusalem as a terrorist attack 14 pedestrians mostly soldiers were injured when the car sped into them police say the driver fled the scene in the vehicle the incident came as 2 palestinians were killed in clashes with israeli forces. and u.s. astronaut christina c

from beijing, confidence the illness will be contained but elsewhere realisations that the impact ofo extend well beyond china. celia hatton, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news: counting is now complete in the general election in the republic of ireland. sinn fein has become the second biggest party in the irish parliament, with 37 seats — one behind fianna fail. fine gael, party of the current prime minister leo varadkar, came third. the numbers are so tight they will almost certainly mean lengthy negotiations to form a government. the turkish military is saying it's struck more than a hundred syrian government targets, in response to an attack on turkish troops in the syrian province of idlib, which killed five. the syrian army is attacking rebel and jihadist fighters there. president trump has published his election—year budget proposals. his $4.8 trillion wish list envisages big increases in military spending and deep cuts to social, health, and environmental programmes. the senior democrat, nancy pelosi, claimed the budget showed how little the president valued the

has offered to help beijing.om officials that beijing has not responded to that offer. beijing officials later came out and said they blames the u.s. for overreacting. cctv reporting that president x i and president trump have held a phone conversation. because of this outbreak, we have also seen buyers in china declare force majeure. how has this deepens the commodity chaos? beenmmodities had already under a lot of pressure. particularly in the oil space. we saw oil on its way to falling in a bear market. have peoplet you trying to estimate how much china oil demand is being taken off the table is putting more pressure on opec. we are waiting to hear from them. they held a technical meeting over the last couple of days. supposedly russia has been a little bit wary. all eyes for commodity investors is really on what opec is going to do. what the extent of further production cuts might look like and how that could bolster the oil market. oil is still deeply and correction territory. even if you are the like -- loo

the ghost town that is beijing normally busy streets and metro trains are deserted as the city fights the coronavirus and outrage here in germany as a political tap who is broken for the 1st time a mainstream party has joined ranks with paul reich alternative for germany to gain control of a state government. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us the us senate has acquitted president donald trump both charges of impeachment the senate dominated by the president's fellow republicans voted to clear him on charges of abuse of power and on obstruction of congress the result of congressional bid to oust him from office which came from democrats in the u.s. house of representatives. for more now we're joined from washington by our correspondents all over south it all or so as expected donald trump has been acquitted in the republican controlled senate from the perspective of the democrats who launched this whole impeachment process what's been accomplished. terry well it did not go how the democrats wanted it to go that's pretty clear and that's not because of the verdict because

one east investigates how beijing is infiltrating a strategy is university. one day in november and executive assistant to the stradley national university in canberra read an email. it set off a cyber highest like nom this country has experienced before. as near as we can tell the 1st thing that our hackers did is launched a spear phishing attack one where you didn't have to actually make a mistake normally have to click on something that was not the case. so this was really the 18. they were able to do things that were impressive and very hard to stop. kali i am a student in the vice chancellor as student leadership program i am currently working on a project which went to require how as a mentor. over 6 weeks the hakas same to batter raj of speed fishing the models impersonating a student and stuff to steal pos words for the universities databases. it was until 6 months after the infiltration of the i in you began at the university discovered a dos advice containing nearly 2 decades worth of records of current and former students and stuff had been hacked.

it comes to category one, the south china sea, the way i think we should be thinking about this is beijing has moved through its military process quite quickly and in a very clear order manner through a series of phases. the first was the building of artificial islands. apologies, in 18 months china constructed 3200 acres of new land starting at the end of 2013. it added hundreds of more acres to its existing basis in the [inaudible] and by the middle of 2016 that was largely dunford island building was over and there has been no new landfill work we judging in the south china sea since the middle of 2017. china then moved into phase two and i was the construction of military infrastructure and if you look at 2017 alone time. with a world largely stopped watching the south china sea closely china constructed 120 acres of purely military facility and were talking about 72 fighter jet hangers and a dozen hardened shelter for military bombers, transport aircraft, varied facilities to how weapons, ammunition and fuel and large signals intelligence and radar facilities and all the ports and har

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