so as i said before here in russia oh no there's no officer reaction to that but i went to the duma of spoke with some members of the duma and they basically see repeat what they said before we have meddled in the us elections we have done we have not done this in the past and we will do this in the future so this is for me a sign that the relations between russia and the us a really bad and i don't think that this is going to change anytime soon we just search reporting from moscow russia thank you. all right now we're to some of the other stories making news around the world. catalonia as parliament has perspire on a vote to formally real like the separatist leader carlos but you marked as the region's president the speaker said the vote would be postponed until they had legal guarantees for pretty ones immunity if this is arrest if he returns to spain and is currently in self-imposed exile in brussels belgium. romania has sworn in its first female prime minister amid a wave of anti corruption protests. becomes the third head of government within a year the european union has critici

the people without any specific reason renowned russian chess grandmaster and state duma member not only car was another victim of the headline war the legendary player was about to open a chess school in sochi on may the tenth twenty sixteen but the day didn't begin with festivities. under russian law state duma members are not allowed to own a business a single press article could have put an end to the famous chessplayers political korea. but who was the real target of that gambit among the hundreds of people whose names were found in the panama papers a hollywood stars famous sportsmen and politicians actors jackie chan and emma watson film director. and former president michel platini none of them in their worst nightmares could have imagined that their names would ever feature alongside that of the bloodthirsty drug lords. and the scandal ridden ukrainian president petro poroshenko as a result there were transactions for instance with piers that there were transactions with trump transactions with the i think it was the king or the premier prime minister of iceland you got revealed

the people with any specific reason renowned russian chess grandmaster and state duma member are not only card off was another victim of the headline war the legendary player was about to open a chess school in sochi on may the tenth twenty sixteen but the day didn't begin with festivities. a couple of. under russian law state duma members are not allowed to own a business a single press article could have put an end to the famous chessplayers political career. but who was the real target of that gambit among the hundreds of people whose names were found in the panama papers a hollywood stars famous sportsmen and politicians actors jackie chan and emma watson film director. and former president michel platini none of them in their worst nightmares could have imagined that their names would ever feature alongside that of the bloodthirsty drug lords. and the scandal ridden ukrainian president petro poroshenko as a result there were transactions for instance with piers that there were transactions with trump transactions with the i think it was. the premier prime minister of iceland. ye

a similar attack was reported there on january the thirteenth causing seven cases of suffocation duma is in eastern guta which has been besieged by government forces since twenty seen four hundred thousand people. only yesterday more than twenty civilians most of them children were victims of the purge chlorine gas attack. the recent attacks and the really serious concerns that bashar the syrian regime may be continuing its use of chemical weapons against its own people . whoever conducted the. rusher ultimately burrs responsibility for the victims of this and countless other serious targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria. the u.s. justice department has confirmed that attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia sessions was interviewed for an inquiry led by former f.b.i. director robert mueller is believed to be the first time a prayer member of president chavez cabinet has been questioned in the choir it chum past described the accusations of collusion as fake new

security council over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria's rebel on klav of duma. the first member of donald trump's cabinet is questioned over a possible collusion between the u.s. president's campaign and russia. and the love story of a cleaning woman and an amphibian humanoid lead to the oscar nominations. egyptian military has detained its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in an election this march sami on and had been seen as the main challenger to president of the father of sisi but he's now called off his campaign muhammad has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level o

security council over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria's rebel enclave of duma. remembering hugh masekela the man known as the follows south african jazz who has died from prostate cancer. thank you for joining us i mean he's always outbreak is feared to have killed hundreds of man people in indonesia's eastern pa province officials say sixty nine children have died but church leaders estimate the death toll to be much higher a correspondent stepped bos'n and her team gains rare access to some of those forgotten villages in one of the most remote regions of the world they took a commercial flight from the capital jakarta to get through to me in poplar province from to make the team took a small plane to get to a guy that's they then travelled by boat through the river inlet and into the jungle to get from i gots to the tot and that's now speak to stand in who joins us live from my god she's in a church that is now being used as a makeshift hospital set a pretty challenging and long journey that you made to get to this remote region of indonesia tell us about what

the release of this non sanctions list which the chairman of the foreign relations committee in the duma called basically the phone book at the kremlin which didn't impose any new sanctions right and then of course we have this five day time limit to release this memo which the g.o.p. in the house actually drafted which is currently classified which he has to make the call on but i don't think that russia will get much mention in this speech because you know it will put the president himself on the defensive and if it does get a mention it'll probably get mentioned in the context of two areas one the need to build up the u.s. military which is clearly a point that he wants to make and to the need to liberalize energy exports which is another agenda item that he wants to really push so those are the two places i think you could meet you could see russia mentioned but i don't think he's going to respond defensively to allegations that he colluded during the campaign and what about north korea so if you look at the foreign policy agenda you have four issues that he's going to really hit and

still with us, charles dumas.nnd september, do automatically raise interest rates, or do you wait? >> if i was the ecb, i would not be doing the stimulus they are doing already. francine: yes, but that is the old story. >> they should stop it sooner rather than later. are in a -- they difficult position. economystay easy, the will age it up even more, which means there will be tremendous inflows of cash, meaning the euro goes up. but if they tighten, the euro goes up anyway. they might as well do what is right for the economy, to tighten a little bit and get back to the more natural economic policy. francine: if they do tighten the rate unexpectedly and the market listen?ly starteing to what does this mean for german bonds. the economy is growing at 2.5%. there is an inflation rate %.proaching -- about 2 that is a fantastically cheap rate. you are liable to get a buildup of investment. in fact, there is a buildup of investment back in germany and on top of that, there is plenty of growth with jobs and wages. .ou g

security council over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria's rebel enclave of duma. venezuela's president nicolas maduro says he will seek reelection in april if he's selected as a candidate by the ruling socialist. and fantasy drama the shape of water leaves the oscar race with thirteen nominations. egyptian military has detained its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in an election this march sami on has been seen as a significant rival to president. but he's now called off his campaign homage on june has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami annan. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has wi

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damascus so in observatory for human rights is accusing government forces of using chlorine gas in duma on one day the attack prompted warnings from the international community diplomats from twenty nine countries met in paris to push for sanctions and criminal charges against anyone responsible for some of the attacks. a regional government and yemen says one point five billion dollars worth of aid from saudi arabia has not arrived at the border as promised the saudi led military coalition launched a new who mattered tarion program and gehman on monday and response to mountain criticism over the humanitarian crisis or the coalition is supporting yemen's government against the rebels. we only heard announcements on t.v. that the humanitarian aid reached and was distributed that's not true nothing reached. yemen still faces oppression stemming from king solomon circle what is published about yemen is not true it was published that it has come but it did not arrive. a missile but it can a remote food of indonesia's fear to have killed hundreds of malnourished people. the crisis in the eas

hold into syrian observatory for human rights three people including one child were killed on monday duma and also reported to have been targeted a spokesman for the u.n. secretary general says civilians are being forced to flee into areas already overcrowded with displaced families the un is deeply concerned for the safety and protection of tens of cells and of people in southern italy in rural hama in northern syria northeastern syria where ongoing hostilities have reportedly cause hundreds of deaths and injuries of civilians tens of thousands of civilians already in dire circumstances have been recorded is displaced since the first of december due to the fighting with the ansett of winter save shelters among the biggest concerns as many families are fleeing into areas that are already at full capacity into communities with depleted resources for displaced syrians the dangers of war extended far beyond bombs and bullets an increasing number of falling victim to preventable diseases and northern homs province a lack of basic services and clean water is causing a rise in water borne disea

says white smoke was released after syrian forces fired a barrage of rockets into the neighborhood of duma it prompted warning sign the international community diplomats from twenty nine countries have met in paris to push for sanctions and criminal charges against those responsible for similar attacks and the un security council has met to discuss chemical weapons and the situation in syria christian salome reports from new york. russia called this last minute security council meeting on the issue of chemical weapons in syria to defend itself against attacks coming from the united states alleging that russia was ultimately responsible for ongoing chemical attacks in syria because it had failed to authorize ongoing investigations by the u.n. into those attacks the u.s. and russian ambassador were quite friendly on their way into the meeting but once the meeting took off into formal statements they went on the attack the russians said they are all for accountability in syria when it comes to chemical weapons but past investigations they say. unscientific and politically motivated those past

to the syrian observatory for human reports three people including one child were killed on monday duma an ottoman are also reports that have been targeted as well natasha game reports now on developments in the province . a sound all too familiar to many syrians as the war enters its eighth year the concern in the province is just how large the scale of the death and devastation could be. syrians here remember what happened in two thousand and sixteen when government forces regained control of aleppo once syria's biggest city. then the mole i was tempted you bashar we will look leave we will die in syria we are all civilians why do they do this then america then the arab league then the security council. it is the largest remaining rebel stronghold in syria during peace negotiations it was designated a deescalation zone or safe haven for civilians. has been anything but since the government began its offensive in october to recapture the province civilians have been killed in increasing numbers one of the latest attacks was a car bomb explosion killing at least thirty people in the las

clash at the un security council over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria's rebel enclave of duma and the love story of a cleaning woman and then to be in prison at least the oscar nominee just. amaze olds outbreak is feared to have killed hundreds of malnourished people in indonesia's eastern pop up province officials say sixty nine children have died but church leaders estimate the death toll to be much higher our correspondent said boss and her team gained rare access to some of those forgotten villages in one of the world's most remote regions. they took a commercial flight from the capital jakarta to get to timika in a province from to macau the team took a small plane to get to a gats then they travelled by boat through the river inlet and into the jungle to get from a gas to a tart neistat is now at a church in a gas that's being used as an emergency clinic from where she explained what she saw what we found heartbreaking scenes in the village where many children had died one of the hardest hit villages twenty seven children were reported that because of malnutrition of cou

damascus the syrian observatory for human rights is accusing the government of using chlorine gas in duma on monday the attack prompted warnings from the international community diplomats from twenty nine countries met in paris to push for sanctions and criminal charges against anyone responsible for similar chemical attacks. four libyans have been arrested accused of torturing sudanese workers the army freed the refugees who were being held captive and tortured by human trafficking gangs they're now in hospital and will be deported to saddam's. amazing break in a remote region of indonesia is feared to have killed hundreds of malnourished people government health workers say the crisis in the eastern province of papa has killed sixty nine children pakistani police have taken matching d.n.a. evidence from a man suspected of raping and killing a seven year old girl zainab on salaries the murder trial the mass protests against investigators have been accused of incompetence in handling the case german chancellor angela merkel and the presidents of brazil and france are among the seventy hea

attack they say white smoke was released officer and government forces fired a barrel ger rockets into duma a similar attack was reported there were in general the thirteenth causing seven cases of suffocation is in eastern guta which has been besieged by government forces since two thousand and thirteen four hundred thousand people trapped. you know to say it's vice president my parents has visited the western wall in occupied east jerusalem during the second and final day of his visit to israel the wall in the old city is one of the holiest sites in judaism hence was shown around the site by a rabbi earlier in the day he met the israeli president ruben rivlin and to the well of course memorial aid workers in the democratic republic of congo warning of mass starvation because of continuing conflict they say three million people in the castle region do not have enough to eat including four hundred thousand children fighting between the army and rebels means that farmers have been unable to plant crops for several years as catherine soy now reports. the year old couple go to his mother more

syrian government forces fired a white slave was released after the forces fired at barge rockets into duma a similar attack was reported there on generator thirteenth causing seven cases of suffocation. well aid workers in the democratic republic of congo warning of mass starvation because of continuing conflict they say three million people in the region do not have enough to eat including four hundred thousand children fighting between the army and rebels means farmers have been unable to plant crops for several years as katherine soy now reports. a year old couple go to his mother more baca and three siblings spent two months on the road from their village to. capital kananga with little to eat they had fled the fighting between government forces and the combine and supper rebels which was adding to communal conflict that already existed it's been a month since they arrived and both mother and son still have symptoms of malnutrition. it was very hard walking so long with my children at some point i couldn't walk at all if it wasn't for the help of the people we were with in the forest i

least twelve people in eastern go to near the capital damascus shelling is thought of hit a market in duma strikes also targeted the tons of hostile and urban which are under rebel control. republicans and democrats are trading blame for the us government shutdown non-essential agencies are closed until the senate agrees on a funding bill if no deal is reached by monday hundreds of thousands of employees will not return to work kimberly hall could has the latest a frustrated white house marking one year in office not with the celebration but instead with government confusion at a hastily called press briefing republican white house officials accuse their democratic rivals in congress of refusing to agree to a short term deal on the government we have now agreed to reduce that to three weeks we think that that is a concession are part of social media president trub posted multiple tweets pointing at democrats holding our military hostage over their desire to have unchecked illegal immigration this is the one year anniversary of my presidency and the democrats wanted to give me a nice presen

i just recall the raising glasses of champagne in the duma when the election results came out. they are elected members. amb. anatov: that was you also, raising glasses of champagne. mr. holloway: let me put it in a broader context. this is -- your denials have not stopped the process going on. it is going to play itself out. in what way, i don't know. there is a general problem, and this perhaps should be a topic for mutual discussion. what impact do social media have on what we see as fundamentals of democracy? namely the possibility of open discussion. the possibility of transparency and access to facts when we discuss the policies we want our governments to pursue or when we are electing people to parliaments or congress. i think the big issue, whether what is important here is the particular scandal or the more general issue of what is changing. i'm wondering if that is the kind of area in which it would be fruitful to have cooperation, not only in relation to social media but also artificial intelligence for example. amb. anatov: it seems to me it is high time for our int

towards the end on page 142 quote, there is a russian banker slash duma member/mafia leader named alexander torshin well-known to the ira and you probably seen the press articles. i think the spanish files on him should be available to you. he's one of the more important figures but another woman with whom he was working was also a big trump fan in russia. she suddenly showed up and started hanging around the trump transition and went to an apartment and enrolled herself at a.u. which i assume gets you a visa. question, she rented an apartment here? answer, went to american university and rented an apartment up there. we just started seeing this when the russia stuff started bubbling up. and the thing i found absurd, vladimir putin is not in favor of universal gun ownership by russians. it's a big charade basically. that excerpt about torshin and money laundering and russian government and links to the nra got neatly knitted up today in a big scoop. here is the headline, fbi investigating whether russian money went to nra to help trump. quoting from the article, the fbi is investigating whe

in simpson's testimony, he identifies aleksandr torshin as, quote, a russian banker/duma member/mafiaho is a life member of the nra. joining us now, natasha bertrand and barbara mcquad. and natasha, this russia connection to the nra, what was it that the russians believed they could accomplish, other than just funding for the trump campaign? >> well, it's interesting. this is just another example of how the russians were really trying to exploit the divisions that existed in american society in order to ingratiate themselves in the political culture. it happened with facebook, when they were trying to sow division based on race. they were infiltrating these organizations, such as the nra to cozy up to the political leaders during the campaign. and one of the assist tenants to aleksandr torshin, she wrote back in 2015 what we need now, the united states needs in order to have better ties with russia is a republican president. she then went on to pursue him and, you know, she went to a few of his rallies, asked him questions. this was a long term effort that lasted on behalf of the russ

the rocket was carrying a secret payload called duma for the u.s. government. the mission is classified so we don't have a lot of details about what that payload was but we know that zuma didn't separate from the rocket and experts say it probably burned up in the atmosphere. industry analysts speculate it could have been worth billions of dollars. >>> yesterday morning on "today in the bay," we told you about 27 people younger than 65 dying in california so far this year from the flu. later today, we're expecting to hear more about the flu and its impact from state health officials as they hold a news conference. 27 deaths is alarming, considering only three died during the same time period last year. >>> a flu case is creating a shortage of flu medicine at some bay area drugstores. some walgreens stores have limited tamiflu supplies. walgreens is recommending people who need the drug to call ahead of time to confirm vaelkt. cvs says its bay area stores are still relatively well-stocked. >>> health loaders will gather in sacramento to push for more options for

least twelve people in eastern guta near the capital damascus shelling is thought of hit a market in duma strikes also targeted the towns of. been which are under rebel control. the lebanese army has found five more bodies of syrian refugees who have frozen to death while trying to cross the border into lebanon nine bodies were found on friday after a snowstorm hit the area several other refugees were rescued two syrians have been arrested on smuggling charges. but more ahead on the news hour including pope francis condemns violence against women in latin america. we take you to northern kenya and a project working to protect young elephants while helping the community. i did sports will be at the finish line of the world's toughest off road in during this races. republicans and democrats are trading blame for the u.s. government shutdown nonessential agencies are closed until the senate agrees on a funding bill if no deal is reached by monday hundreds of thousands of employees will not attend work can be halted as the latest a frustrated white house marking one year in office not with th

while a small crew was released after syrian forces fired a bottle of rockets into the neighborhood of duma the attack prompted warnings from the international community diplomats from twenty nine countries have met in paris to push for sanctions and criminal charges against those responsible for similar attacks meanwhile the united nations security council has met to discuss chemical weapons and the situation in syria as kristen salumi reports. russia called this last minute security council meeting on the issue of chemical weapons in syria to defend itself against attacks coming from the united states alleging that russia was ultimately responsible for ongoing chemical attacks in syria because it had failed to authorize ongoing investigations by the u.n. into those attacks the u.s. and russian ambassador were quite friendly on their way into the meeting but once the meeting took off into formal statements they went on the attack the russians said they are all for accountability in syria when. comes to chemical weapons but past investigations they said were unscientific and politically mot

least twelve people in eastern guta near the capital damascus shelling is thought of hit a market in duma strikes also targeted the towns of humble ya. and urban which are under rebel control. the lebanese army has found five more bodies of syrian refugees who froze to death while trying to cross the border into lebanon nine bodies were found on friday after a snowstorm hit the area several other refugees were rescued two syrians have been arrested on smuggling charges plenty more ahead on the news hour including fearing for their futures range of refugees say they're feeling pressure to return to me and mark too soon. and we examine the widening gap between rich and poor in iran. and in sports will be at the finish line of the world's toughest off road during strace. the anniversary of president trump's inauguration has been marked by a government shutdown after the senate failed to agree on a spending bill it will try again on monday to vote for the deal with immigration the main sticking point republicans and democrats are blaming each other for the deadlock mike hanna reports. house d

to the syrian observatory for human rights three people including one child were killed on monday duma also reported to have been targeted. now a spokesman for the u.n. secretary general say civilians are being forced to flee into areas already overcrowded with displaced families the un is deeply concerned for the safety and protection of tens of cells and of people in southern italy in rural hama in northern syria northeastern syria where ongoing hostilities have reportedly cause hundreds of deaths and injuries of civilians tens of thousands of civilians already in dire circumstances have been recorded as displaced since the first of december due to the fighting with the ansett of winter safe shelters are among the biggest concerns as many families are fleeing into areas that are already at full capacity into communities with depleted resources for displaced syrians the dangers of war extend far beyond bombs and bullets an increasing number all falling victim to preventable illnesses in northern homs province the lack of basic services and clean water is causing a rise in water borne

by government shelling in east and go to in syria the shelling is thought to have hit a market in duma airstrikes also talking to the tans of how morea and are have been which are currently under rebel control. meanwhile syrian state television says government forces have taken control of a rebel held air base in northwest syria who are based in the province was captured by rebels in twenty fifteen defense of this part of the government's ongoing efforts to regain control of the area. coming up on the news hour women marked the first anniversary of donald trump's presidency by bradley again in a drive to get more female candidates running for office. pope francis wraps up his not american tour but is facing criticism for comments he made in chile. and in sports roger federer is a step closer to defending his trillion in the title details coming up next. branded himself the art of the deal president but donald trump was unable to strike a deal with the democrats to prevent a government shutdown the first anniversary of his inauguration republicans and democrats are now trying to negotia

they show that the duma fat -- the zuma faction of the agency is holding power.een adopted by the party. he stands for party unity instead of his own personal ideologies. it is going to be a case in which the anc compromises on a lot of the ramaphosa platform in order to build unity ahead of the election. matt: you don't expect to be reduced as much as may be we would have thought previously, because he was being touted as a candidate for economic reforms, and does not seem you are going to get quite as much as we thought previously pheonix: right, and with our expectations that there is a deal behind the in a regarding zuma's exit face-saving manner, then it is not really going to root out the sources of corruption. it's central bank independence now fully established in the ru ramaphosa era? pheonix: it has not been compromised. that is done, even though there are efforts now to nationalize the central bank, that is kind of at the french. it does not impact monetary policy. guy: one of the things people talk about is the idea that it does have the mechanics of

they say that white smoke was released off to syrian government forces fired a barrel of rockets into duma a similar attack was reported there on january the thirteenth causing seven cases of suffocation to yuma is in eastern guta which has been besieged by government forces since two thousand and thirteen four hundred thousand people trapped. only yesterday more than twenty civilians most of them children were victims of an apparent chlorine gas attack the recent attacks and these are a serious concerns that bashar assad's syrian regime may be continuing its use of chemical weapons against its own people whoever conducted the attacks rochelle to lily bears responsibility for the victims and his and countless other serious targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria more work citizen was speaking at a conference in paris to launch an international partnership against impunity for the use of chemical weapons the the has this report. well the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson really set the tone at this launch of this new anti chemical weapons group here in paris

minority of the american people, dictating terms to the senate minority as if this was the soviet duma is not justifiable. and it is destroying the senate. we on our side have been rolled and we have been rolled and we have been rolled and there was no end in sight. the senate of the united states has been turned into a dead zone. the mcconnell partisan dead zone. those strategies amass power into the leader's hands, away from republican and democrat senators alike, but that breaks all the promises the majority leader made about amendments and regular order, and that is destroying this institution. this institution that we love. you simply cannot have both bipartisanship and utter dominion by the majority leader at the same time. that just can't coexist. it's impossible. you cannot have an open amendment process and utter dominion by the majority leader at the same time. if the majority leader insists on being to you, as senator sessions phrases, the master of the universe, what does that leave for everyone else? well, we have seen what it leaves on our side -- zero amendments, zero co