the the standards of the fsb do not have a direct force in any member jurisdiction.ecisions are ultimately a matter for national authorities who act i in the own self-intert and recognition of the benefits of the open financial global system. that's what guys and disciplines this reform process. actually the reforms agreed at the fsb would amount to little if they didn't represent the best collective judgment of our members on how to get the job done. but because they are the product of the authority expertise and shared objective of its membership in the fsb reforms can create the foundation for an open global financial system. we have now agreed all the common minimum standards and they are now being consistently and transparently implemented. the playing field for cross-border activity is being leveled. opportunities for regulatory arbitrage are being reduced. in short, platform is being created for deference to each others' approaches when we achieve similar outcomes. and to seize this opportunity, authorities need to share relevant information and work together

took during the presidential transition with the chairman of that bank, with the putin hand picked fsb chairman of the spy bank who apparently met in person with jared kushner in december. jared kushner never closed that meeting despite all the other troubles that have playground this young administration about their undisclosed contacts with russian officials. for whatever reason, jared kushner did not disclose that meeting until it was reported in the "new york times" today. that alone is sort o problematic enough when it comes to someone with a portfolio with a desk and international portfolio that he's been assigned by his father-in-law in the new administration. troubling enough. but now buzzfeed adds their new scoop tonight. as i mentioned, this spy ring that got busted by the fbi, three russian guys, one guy who had what they call nonofficial cover who worked at this bank. the other two guys, their cover jobs were official government positions. one was a trade representative for russia. one of them worked at the russian mission to the u.n. when it came time for at home feed thei

the fsb named him as 27—year—old abror asimov.e suicide bomber, akbarzhona jalilov, whose bomb killed 14 people and injured around 100. donald trump has congratulated turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, on winning a referendum which will give him sweeping new powers. international observers have criticised the poll, calling it unequal, and opponents in turkey want to challenge the result in court. but at a rally in ankara mr erdogan said the vote ended all debate. translation: know your limits. turkey will neither listen to, look at, or acknowledge this political report we will continue in our own way and we will continue to walk our path. this country has had the most democratic election, the likes of which has never happened in any western country. a short time ago, i asked jamesjeffrey, a former us ambassador to turkey and iraq, if the referendum result is a step forward for the country. that depends on what kind of turkey you want. roughly half of the population wanted to see a strong man rule like the one we have. this

the latter is where the focus of the f x —— fsb's attentions have been focused.esses of the kgb for that they had been looking at the evidence and parental residue, examining the bomb and questioning suspects and looking at cctv. they have been commendably reticent, and name the suspect that those are the areas they are looking at. the prime minister has dismissed suggestions of a possible military conflict between britain and spain, over the future of gibraltar. yesterday, the former conservative leader michael howard drew parallels with the battle over the falklands in 1982. it follows a suggestion by the eu that any brexit deal will apply to gibraltar only if spain agrees. theresa may was speaking on a visit to the middle east. our deputy political editor john pienaar is travelling with her. theresa may is out to show britain will still be a big, global player after brexit. standing by friends, old allies like jordan, and confronting enemies. she came here with promises of military training but today she also had to scotch any suggestion those enemies might in

well, this is what the fsb, the su ccesso i’s well, this is what the fsb, the successors to the sovietooking out all afternoon, they have gone through cctv footage, looked at the friends at residue. essentially suspicions fall on two areas, one inspired by so—called islamic state, remember that around 7000 russian marginals, most from the north caucasus, have gone to join extremist groups in syria. some have been killed, some have stayed, some comeback. the second group ones who have had form in attacking russia before, which is the chechen and north caucus they killed over 30 people in an attack in moscow in 2010 on the underground. it could even be a combination of both. no one has yet claimed responsibility, the russians say they are keeping an open mind on it but that is a suspicions life. thank you. theresa may has laughed off suggestions of a military conflict between the uk and spain over gibraltar. yesterday the former tory leader lord howard suggested the prime minister would defend gibraltar during brexit negotiations in the same way the falklands were defended in 1982. in a

potential systemic risk within the insurance sector so there again, that would be consistent with the fsb os co and approach to potential systemic risk within the asset management industry so there's a lot here to work with but again, as wascommented on previously, it's all within the administration authorities . and certainly consistent with the executive order and the core principles that have been laid out. you can work on legislation but that's obviously a much longer path. it may need legislation to get certainty going forward and to a new administration in the future but there's a lot of executive and regulatory authority that dot frank frankly conferred to other bodies that really allow them to make some pretty remarkable changes without the need for the long haul of legislative change. >> so let's review that list jennifer. >> i was building off of those comments. i absolutely agree that c car is on our wish list but i don't think it's as simple as hard nosing, living wills or no living well, that was one of the things i would ask. it's much more about you we need a qualitative re

the idea that the fsb just focused on carter page is absolutely ridiculous.his is an organization that's very sophisticated. they were trying different -- carter page appears to be, just from what we have seen about him, sort of an interesting character, a weak link, i would say. the fact that we know this doesn't surprise me. the idea that they would have stopped, the fsb would have known exactly the kind of character that carter page is and likely would have also tried other entry points. that's why manafort, roger stone and mike flynn are all still interesting. then the final piece is you can still have out there this issue that so many people related to the trump campaign denied their involvement with russians or seeing russians or meeting with russians. that piece of it is something of relevance for any investigation. >> okay. we heard shimon say he asked u.s. officials if they warned page that russians were targeting him, and u.s. officials said no. that's not something they would do. why? >> oh, because basically since they were clearly following the r

he offered his condolences and working with the fsb. what we can expect to see in the hours and days ahead is a very strong crackdown on anyone who is suspected of being involved in this. of course it underlines this issue if it is found to be terrorism and of course it's almost unavoidable to reach that conclusion at this point, it underlines what russia says about the need for the world, for the united states and russia, for instance, to cooperate on the issue of international terrorism, but donald trump made a big thing of this during his election campaign. he wanted to cooperate with russia on international terrorism. of course he's not been able to do that because of the political situation in the united states right now. russia has become a toxic issue and a poisonous issue in american politics. but you know, is it possible and this is a question many people are asking is it possible this could change that and brings moscow and washington closer together on international terrorism? >> we bring in paul crook shank here with us in n

you know, when the fsb was discovered to be behind the attempted bombing after the first four bombings and they were using the same materials. and 293 russians were killed there. nobody knew who putin was before that. how do you get somebody going from 2% popularity, nobody knew who he was and really representing the fsb to becoming known by everybody as a savior against, you know, chechen terrorism, which is how they portrayed the apartment bombings. and that's what it was. and he became, you know, the war -- the second war in chechnya started the day after the bombing was discovered. so people didn't pay attention to it. then they eliminated all of the people who were trying to write about it. so i mean, we're up against something really very very serious here. and you know, people in the west have to get over the illusion that, you know, that we're dealing with a normal country. we're not. and we have to protect ourselves more. we also have to deal with our own internal problems. we have sere yours internal problems and a regime like putin using the information space, the resources,

he is sort of goofy and he wouldn't be an ideal agent of the fsb. but yet, the fsb needs any source it can get and probably susceptible to their whispering. he spent a lot of time there. they knew him. they had his rooms tapped when he went to moscow. he was naive and he's the kind of guy you try to recruit. the weak lirvnk. if he's a dud, you move on to the next one. i did this as a career and i know exactly what they're doing and the question is who else in the trump administration was involved with the russians and to what degree and we still go back to the hacking which was evidenced all over the board that there was collusion when they were predicting podesta's e-mail would be hacked and it was. that's a red flag for me, don. >> matthew, i have to run. do you think he's going to testify because he's offered to testify? if so, when do you think that will happen? >> i think they'll probably want him up very soon and to get him out of the way in a sense because they need to get on to the people who were making decisions. they need to get on to the

ae fsb says he was preparing suicide bomber to carry out the attack which killed 15 people. in iraq, the message to retake postal from the so-called islamic state has become a building by building, block by block battle. u.s. commander assisting iraqi forces says it is the most significant urban combat the second world war. our correspondent is embedded with iraqi forces. he sent this report. reporter: even at night, you can clearly see the scars on the streets of the city and how brutal the battle for mosul has become. we joined the iraqi security forces about to mount yet another assault. these are the same troops who have already been fighting here for months. even under the cover of darkness, they know the so-called islamic state will be ready and waiting. as they move into position for what is supposed to be a wn attack, they are already coming under fire. [gunshots] the commander sets up his headquarters in an abandoned house. soon interrupted by a panic call on the radio. it's his first casualty. dawn breaks and the iraqi forces are still pinned down. this battle has

the official agencies, the fsb, the prosecutor ‘s office, the police, they are being more cautious andsible theories. president putin said he spoke to heads of security services. all eyes will now be on him and how he reacts. we only have a reaction from his spokesperson and he only says as much as the president has been informed. many people speculate that this incident could be a message to putin because it is his home city and he was there, farfrom it is his home city and he was there, far from the spot, it is his home city and he was there, farfrom the spot, in it is his home city and he was there, far from the spot, in the outskirts, none the less he was there. the speculate whether it was a message or not, you first need to establish who sent the message, if it was a message. you pick a busy time only busy metro station and there are a lot of casualties. yes. the latest figures, ten people killed and up to 50 injured. as a result of all of that, the heightened security, the metro is closed down now. the traffic has been sealed off around the station. as people report from st pete

the fsb, the successors to the kgb are working flat out looking to see what the explosive rest due isesidue. there are really only two, possibly three likely suspects for this. chechen militants because they've struck three times in moscow. unusual for them to they've struck three times in moscow. unusualfor them to hit they've struck three times in moscow. unusual for them to hit st petersburg but they've got form when it comes to moscow. so—called islamic state, isis, you know, big possibility because of russian air strikes in syria. and criminal underworld. unlikely to be the latter because this is innocent people targeted. but, you know, the target here isn't just people targeted. but, you know, the target here isn'tjust the innocent who've been — well everyone is innocent when it comes to terrorism — but somebody looking to embarrass the russian state. someone looking to get at the government would do this. reports of a second device found and disarmed, unconfirmed at this stage, but this is pointing to a huge operation now looking through surveillance cameras. what will they be

that is where the fsb will focus their research.o people over the attack on the metro in st petersburg. search warrants have been issued for two people. they are looking at cctv which suggests that. there are suggestions that someone involved in the attack has been identified from cctv. rather confusingly they called the organiser. organisers don't go near the scene of the crime, they sit back and direct, that is what they do. it is possible, if this islamic state, that it was directed from as far back as syria, but it is hard to say it not confirmed. it is more likely something done locally and the fewer people involved, the harder it is to detect. there are reports in russian media that a man was seen leaving a briefcase containing possibly the bomb, the ied, and that person has been identified, but we do not yet know the name for what the image looks like. many thanks. are you travelling in credit cloud debt, the financial services regulator is proposing new transfer credit cloud companies killed millions of customers can have lo

the russian federal security service the fsb says it has arrested a suspected organiser of the suicider this month. a major manhunt is under way in the united states, after a man shot dead a grandfather, apparently at random, then posted footage of the killing on social media. facebook has said it is reviewing the way it deals with violent videos like this one, which remained on the site for over two hours before being taken down. well, for more, the bbc‘s peter bowes is in los angeles. the manhunt is still going on. yes, it is. a huge manhunt. notjust in 0hio it is. a huge manhunt. notjust in ohio where this happened, but clevela nd, ohio where this happened, but cleveland, right across the united states. from the police are saying, they have no idea where this man is. they have had a few reports of possible sightings, but nothing especially substantial. it is a huge manhunt. many, many resources, people, they are working on this across the country. and the police are describing this man as, of course, potentially dangerous and armed. first of all, these story seems to be the murder w

open source reporting in russia he crossed over from russia from being a hacker to working for the fsb, the successor agency to the kbg. he was making the pitch to other hackers asking other hackers to do work on behalf of the russian spy service. also, his own online criminal activity was complicated in a pro-putin russian government operation. i'll quote this part from today's "new york times." peter severa ran a family of computer viruses. a sophisticated evolving family of computers called waledec and kelihos. the kelihos virus has been designed to spread spam, but during the election in 2012 it was used to send political messages to e-mail accounts on computers with russian e-mail accounts that led to fake news stories that vladimir putin came out as gay. these viruss made him fabulously wealthy. when buzzfeed wrote up this story today, they quoted a fellow russian hacker is describing peter love shove living a lifestyle it would have been embarrassed an oligarch. he's a top ten internationally listed criminal spam kingpin. he's reported to have recruited other hackers online to w

part of this whole story because he was working for ved bank the head of which trained or was at the fsb school internal intelligence school in russia so that bank tie interests me more. >> so laura go ahead. >> this reminds me of watching a episode from "the americans" it feels like a conspiracy that's been written somehow but the real thing is while you have a congressional investigation going on and an fbi investigation going on in possible ties between russia and those in the trump campaign and russian administration you have either negates to know what we know to be perhaps fact and when you have taken somebody and deported them to russia can with who we do not have extrad iks treaty ask no longer testify and has no incentive to do so. so either by creating a dead end because this person has no relevance in this initial investigation or they can't have an impact on the investigation we are left with a dead end we can't undo because of our ongoing relationship with russia and failure to have extradition. >> all right thank you all i appreciate it. when we come back big change in the

on the internet and google that attack and you'll see these fake news stories generated by russian fsbgime that it was the rebels that did it. completely. false. it was the regime. as noted, president obama's failure to enforce the red line emboldened them. now i fear that our administration basically accepting the future of assad. i agree the syrian people should determine it. that's why they're fighting against a regime that won't go away. this is meant as a warning sign to the syrian people that it's only going to get worse. that's their view. the more collective pain they can inflict on the syrian people, assad thinks that it his key to victory. >> in february, china and russia vetoes a united nations resolution to punish syria for chemical attacks, chemical weapons use against civilians. you say that played a role in this latest apparent gas attack that killed and injured so many people. why do you say that? >> well, look, it's obvious that the world is sending a message that they're not united behind this. here's the really scary thing, wolf. we've not accepted the use of chemica

because he was working for ved bank, the head of which trained or was at the fsb school, the internal russian intelligence service school and clearly has ties to intelligence. so the kushner veb bank tie is the one that interests me more than mr. buryakov. >> this reminds me i feel like i'm watching an a episode from "the americans" here. it sounds like conspiracy and almost has been written somehow. but the real thing for me as the prosecutor look at this is while you have a congressional investigation going on in an fbi investigation going on into the possible ties between russia and people among the trump campaign and/or administration, you have somebody who is no longer under the subpoena power of the united states to provide any testimony whatsoever. they either corroborates or negates what we already know to be perhaps fact. and when you have taken somebody and deported them to russia with whom we do not have an extradition treaty, you akin that person to an edward snowden, a julian asanctions, can no longer testify and has no incentive to do so. so either by creating a dead-end

whole chapter in my book about how wikileaks was nonstate intelligence company and a subsidiary of the fsb. that being said, it's going to be fascinating for anyone who has now been found to cooperate with wikileaks. because this is essentially him verbalizing in an unclassified setting an intelligence finding that they were in league, not only with russian intelligence perhaps by extension, but now a designated nonstate hostile intelligence agency. it's going to make for some very, very interesting congressional investigations and trials. there. >> are people in the trump administration, pompeo and tillerson who are trying to go legit, as activists who move from one country to another kind of work. and they are trying to hem the president in. one of the interesting questions, and we'll be studying this in political science for a long time, can you hem in the president? can you remove the president's agency and authority? because there is this group of now pomp, now tillerson, before that mattis, before that mcmaster who want to encourage the president to golf more and watch more televisio

and that propelled him into the russian fsb and intelligence agency. so to follow him as he's having a meeting with the president of belarus in st. petersburg and prepare an attack there, that's a level of sophistication we haven't seen. terrorists generally strike where they can when they can. and moscow would have been much easier. but to do this symbolic attack in st. petersburg while he's there, it's almost like giving him a hammer, right? it allows -- it gives the publicity but for the chechnyan and dagestan and russian state supporters it's almost like asking russia to come after them everything they have. >> it puts into context what dangerous times we're living in. malcolm, thank you so much. carlo, be safe in moscow. we have to take a turn and take you to home, a news here. it's a showdown of course of epic proportions and it could forever change the way supreme court justice nominees are confirmed. the senate judiciary committee is set to start voting on neil gorsuch in less than one hour. we have a stellar team of reporters to break it down.

, he met with security people, or at least people who had graduated from the security school of the fsb to the kgb, and he omits that. now, what is that, absent-mindedness? i doubt that. now, can he change that after the fact? perhaps. but the fact that he submitted a materially false statement to the fbi for security clearance is a very bad thing, and it's potentially a criminal act with a five-year penalty, and pending straightening this up, we're saying his security clearance should be revoked. if he was in a normal administration, i would say if he weren't the president's son-in-law, this wouldn't be tolerated. i'd say in a normal administration, because the administration's had a pattern of people, whether it's attorney general sessions in his testimony before the senate or mike flynn -- >> all says intention, it's hard to get to motivation. do you think he intentionally misled? >> i think he intentionally omitted. when you've had dozens of meetings with foreign officials, and they specifically ask you about that and you don't put it down, yes, that's intentional. >> but when they

this in front of tv cameras with a smile on his face, he said, i can report to you that the group of fsb officers sent to work undercover in the government of the russian frags is fulfilling its mission, and there was still some at the time who thought this was a joke. of course every single thing mr. putin and his regime has done since then has been fully in line with that promise and that mission. the suppression and sile lengs lensing of independent media, consistent and continue russ rigtion of elections, the crack downs on the freedom of assembly, the blacklisting of ngos, the revival the politically motivated imprisonment. we now have 100 political prisoners in our nation. and by the way, just to compare, in 1975 when the noeb know bell peace prize acceptance speech, he listed by name 126 political prisoners. that wasn't an exhaustive list, that was just the ones he knew of but probably this one is not exhaustive either. these political prisoners of today include activists and their family members, they include regular citizens jailed for participating in peaceful demonstrations. t

this in front of tv cameras with a smile on his face, he said, i can report to you that the group of fsb officers sent to work undercover in the government of the russian frags is fulfilling its mission, and there was still some at the time who thought this was a joke. of course every single thing mr. putin and his regime has done since then has been fully in line with that promise and that mission. the suppression and sile lengs lensing of independent media, consistent and continue russ rigtion of elections, the crack downs on the freedom of assembly, the blacklisting of ngos, the revival the politically motivated imprisonment. we now have 100 political prisoners in our nation. and by the way, just to compare, in 1975 when the noeb know bell peace prize acceptance speech, he listed by name 126 political prisoners. that wasn't an exhaustive list, that was just the ones he knew of but probably this one is not exhaustive either. these political prisoners of today include activists and their family members, they include regular citizens jailed for participating in peaceful demonstrations. t