it has affected many us officials, and it was on the scene in havana, that is why it is called havanae. some officials, this has been a mystery for the us and foreign governments going, what is happening here? why do all these officials suddenly feel these officials suddenly feel these symptoms and what is the cause? that is what the intelligence community is trying to get to the bottom of. they give some aspects which they think it might be, but it didn't sound definitive to me. what do you think they have concluded so far? how would you describe what they said is remark if i'm being honest, i think we are somewhere at square one where we were five years ago. we square one where we were five years age-— years ago. we know that the ma'ori years ago. we know that the majority of _ years ago. we know that the majority of cases _ years ago. we know that the majority of cases they - years ago. we know that the majority of cases they found | majority of cases they found some underlying medical cause or environmental cause that has led to these suffered symptoms. as to a small subset of cas

it was first on the scene in havana, cuba, hence the name havana syndrome, but witnessed elsewhere aroundeen a mystery for the us and foreign governments going, well, what is happening here? why do all these officials suddenly feel these symptoms, and what is the cause? and that's what the intelligence community is trying to get to the bottom of. yeah, and, i mean, they give some aspects there, right, which they think it might be, but it didn't sound definitive to me. what do you think that they have concluded so far? how would you describe what they've said? well, if i'm being honest, i think we're somewhat at square one that we were five years ago. what we know is that in the majority of cases, they found some underlying medical cause or some environmental cause that has led to the suffered symptoms. as to a small subset of cases that they have yet to solve, what we learned in today's intelligence report is basically, well, it could be, it's scientifically feasible, it is, therefore, technically possible that it is some sort of electromagnetic or ultrasonic pulse, so in other words, a d

since 2016 hundreds of officials have reported suspected cases of havana syndrome.ing. >> reporter: hey, hallie. this is coming from a panel of scientific experts working for u.s. intelligence agencies, and they found this mysterious and sudden set of brain injuries suffered by a small group of american diplomats and spies overseas was most plausibly caused by pulsed electromagnetic energy delivered by an external device. the panel's findings are full of caveats and didn't look into the question of who might be to blame, but the findings are consistent of what had been a long-standing advarsary most likely russia is responsible for at least some of the symptoms suffered by the victims commonly known as havana syndrome. the panel's conclusion is also winter with last month's assessment that most of the people have symptoms that can be explained by other factors. but the emphasis in today's report is very different. now the assessment doesn't rule out what it calls a sustained global campaign by hostile foreign powers to injure americans which led a lot of people to b

it is called havana din droem but nobody knows who or what is behind it. may not necessarily just be happening in foreign countries. there are now firsthand reports, very disturbing reports of the syndrome happening here at home as one former official shared with 60 minutes. listen. that line being crossed into the united states takes this in some ways just shy of the realm of warfare. >> joining us now to discuss her personal story of what happened to her, olivia troy, she served as homeland security and counter-terrorism adviser to then vice president mike pence. olivia, thanks for joining us. i know you experienced havana syndrome in the summer of 2019 again in 2020. tell us what happened to you. how did it feel? >> hi, wolf. thanks for having me on. this is something that obvious will you very personal to me. it's been hard for me to make the decision to talk about this publicly. i think it's really important because it is impacting a number of intelligence officers. and so for me, it was something that happened completely struck me just completely out

drum ) >> pelley: with the first public reports coming from cuba, the affliction became known as "havana syndrome." more than two dozen embassy officials reported injury, but an early f.b.i. report speculated it was all mass hysteria. his brain injuries left him disabled, essentially retired, at the age of 36. a weighted vest helps him balance. his service dog helps with walking and his loss of vision. legally blind in one eye? >> unidentified person: correct. yeah. >> pelley: what have the doctors told you? >> unidentified person: it's not the eye, it's the wiring. >> pelley: what do you mean? >> unidentified person: the eye function, as itself, is completely correct and appropriate. it's the signal that comes out the back of the eye into the brain, is where the problems are, and no one really knows how to fix that. >> pelley: he is speaking tonight, for the first time, to put an end to doubt. you have not wanted to do this interview. >> unidentified person: no. this is probably one of my worst nightmares. >> pelley: why is that? >> unidentified person: i didn't do my job because i want

located about 85 miles and worlds away from havana the vast zapata peninsula houses species as old as the brontosaurus and the pterodactyls. reads rise up from a vast expansive thick water underneath which lies a dense tangled forest of hardwood. timber many thousands of years old. in the rivers and lakes of the peninsula still swims the cuban gar. a species so old and unchanged that scientists category categorize it as a living fossil. a rare species of cuban nightingale sings the same melody its predecessor saying eons ago. much of the swamp extends into the caribbean sea but in a few places it gives way to a strip of solid sandy ground. a long parts of the coast is a large shelf of dog's teeth rock. so named for the hard jagged limestone that made the area inhospitable even after humans had begun to put shoes on draft animals. near the eastern end of the vast wetlands is an inlet like the swamp this bay boasts ancient species among them the reef dweller that probably gave the bay its name. the queen triggerfish known in cuba as cochinos or pigs. humans arrived much later to give an

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i would like to fight for the afro-cuban women on the streets of havana. human rights are human rights across the board. and i haven't had much victory, much success. i'm still waiting. i do believe that the american system, it embraces everyone, from cori bush to maria salazar. i believe it. i'm not sure they do. but i believe it because we are all products of the american exceptionality. and we're all serving in the most important body of democracy, the seat of power for the world. olivia: that's interesting that you bring them up. i know when you were coming in, there was the progressive squad, and they're both members of that group. you came in talking about i think the freedom force, supposed to be the republicans counterweight, it seems. why do you think this was important and has this come together? rep. salazar: because the fact that i don't believe in democratic socialism ideas that they are embracing does not mean that we could find common ground in one area, which is to defend the afro-cuban's and the african-american rights. one thing has nothi

say they may have uncovered the cause of a mysterious illness affecting us diplomatic staff called havanaome. hello and welcome. checks on goods arriving into northern ireland from the rest of the uk are to stop from this morning. the change has been ordered by the democratic unionist party — dup — minister, edwin poots, and appears to breach a section of the post—brexit agreement. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. it's the most defiant step yet from the dup to frustrate the brexit arrangements in northern ireland. since the uk left the eu, goods from britain have had to undergo new checks when they reach northern ireland's ports. tonight, the dup department responsible for operating these checks has ordered civil servants to stop carrying them out. i have now issued a formal instruction to my permanent secretary to halt all checks that were not in place on the 31st of december 2020 from midnight tonight. i will prepare a paper for executive consideration in the near future to seek a way forward. thank you. the new checks on goods crossing the irish sea were part of the brexit

and can a made i can't believe officials in havana. in 2018 report from had more u.s.na, across asia and then in south america and europe. in january the cia released a report claiming it was unlikely a foreign adversary is behind the bulk of these attacks and medical stress were many cases. intelligence and cia released a report acknowledging quote the signs and symptoms are genuine and compelling and a subset cannot be easily explained by known environmental or medical condition. >> i do believe the u.s. government knows a lot more than it's revealing russia, china iran no doubt have the technology. >> academy engineering and medicine found the attacks are most likely from post radio frequency energy. that includes microwaves. bret? >> bret: rich, thanks. we will continue to follow this story. we have staggering new numbers tonight on how many illegal immigrants are able to allude u.s. border patrol agents. a source with the homeland security department tells fox news approximately 220,000 so-called got-aways have been recorded at the u.s. border nationwide since las

sara is from havana, cuba's capital city. we have changed her name for her safety.e to find calm, ever since she found out that a nude photo she had taken and shared with one other person had been posted on telegram. she doesn't know for sure how it ended up in a group with 18,000 followers, many of whom are from her neighbourhood, and they all have seen her naked. suddenly she was being contacted by strangers who knew her only from her naked picture. sara fears her pictures are still on the app. telegram now has more uses than twitter globally. the platform works like a combination of facebook and whatsapp, users can be totally anonymous and can post publicly and privately. groups can have up to 200,000 members, and channels can broadcast to an unlimited audience. telegram was created by a russian businessman in 2013, and it has become a powerful tool for pro—democracy movements in places like hong kong, belarus, and iran. but its focus on anonymity also makes it popular with criminals. the identity of administrators of channels are often hidden by default, and it

get to the bottom of who and what is responsible. >> began in 2016 when personnel at the embassy in havanaeported sensations including ringing and pressure in the ears, headaches and dizziness. personnel in china later experienced similar symptoms and reported in hundreds of other officials. >> intelligence community is going to hold another hearing on the subject later this week. at the moment to conclusion of evidence of who may be behind it john? >> john: it remains as always a mystery. benjamin hall at the state department. thanks. >> thank you. >> john: now to america's crime crisis and the war on law enforcement and first responders once again this evening. new york city is mourning one of its finest. funeral was held today for officer mora just days after a similar ceremony for partner jason rivera. the two were ambushed during a domestic violence call in harlem. today's event comes just hours after two security personnel were gunned down, this time at a small college in virginia. correspondent bryan llenas in new york for us tonight. hi, brian. >> john, good evening, the nypd commi

says some sort of external device likely caused some havana syndrome cases officials tell nbc news theost exhaustive study to date on the possible cause of the condition. they say a device likely sent out pulsed electromagnetic energy that caused sudden brain injuries the findings are consistent with what intelligence officials have long thought a foreigne ea adversary, most likely russia is behind some of the cases symptoms include hearing loud noises, experiencing headaches, nausea and brain injuries. the researchers also found that with most of the people who came forward about the syndrome, something else could have caused their symptoms nbc news' ken delaney with us now. ken, it really sounds like there is no definitive answer here >> no definitive answers, shepp, but some significant progress. this panel of experts reviewed more than 1,000 classified documents, interviewed victims and explored every possible scenario they found in a core group of cases, the only possible cause is directed microwave energy from an external source and found it could have penetrated walls and could

reports of a mysterious illness among diplomatic staff known as havana syndrome say they may have identified the cause. a us intelligence community assessment concludes some cases could have been caused by pulsed electromagnetic energy. it didn't say who might be behind it. russia has condemned the announcement by the united states that it will deploy 3,000 troops to support nato allies in europe. the russian foreign ministry called it an unjustified and destructive move. it's the first major movement of us forces since the russian military began massing on the ukrainian border. new zealand has announced a five—stage process to reopen its international borders, which have largely been closed for almost two years because of the pandemic. vaccinated new zealand citizens and some others from australia will be granted entry without spending two weeks at an official quarantine centre. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: swinging satellites! and fruit. sensors to keep the city that never sleeps lit up. and using tech to get better at football. . .apparently. why are we throwing an app

you can be sure that the officials in moscow, beijing and havana, or contacted directly by our ambassadors and my direct phone calls to make sure that they had not been involved. and once i was asked or change, and that was quite quickly, you can be sure. and then they came to realize very, very fast that this was a domestic price. this was the assassination of president is not by foreign powers, but by people here in america. and it was then the overthrow, the government. it was cool to talk in america and they were not going to be able to handle that then. and they don't want to try to deal with that now. okay, let's try and unravel the next story. the world's biggest social media network is threatening to pull out of the e. u over demands from regulators. brussels wants to stop mete, which on facebook instagram, and what's up from transferring the personal data of european users to us based servicing. it is a risk to privacy. you're sorry, europe correspond, peter oliver. social media was supposed to bring our soul closer together on line. but now the biggest fish and the internet pond

but for the caribbean, there's plenty of sunshine, the scattering of showers, but $29.00 degrees in havana. that to weather update. oh, the weather sponsored by cataract ways. ah 7 light last night after consistency and he investments, ah, this is al jazeera ah, it's 1300 hours g m t on come all santa maria, we are beginning this news hour with breaking news on the russia ukraine situation on a day that has been dominated actually, by suggestions of a possible summit between the us and russia, we are now getting reports of a significant escalation on that russia ukraine border effect. russia's army says it has killed what it is calling saboteurs.

and intelligence panel has been investigating the cause of the symptoms known as havana syndrome. around $200.00 us on canadian diplomats have complained since 2016 of an array of psycho social illnesses including vertigo. this philippines election commissioner set inside whether to bar frontrunner for dinner, marco's junior, from may's presidential election. the son of the controversial former leader forwarded on markers as popular among many voters, but he's been accused of spreading misinformation. jemila alan token reports from manila, they really the 22 year rule of president ferdinand marcus is seen today as a brutal and divisive period in philippine history. a people power revolution forced him out of office and into exile in 1986. but decades later, his son, ferdinand mark was junior and also known as the bong wong. my is a front runner. this year's presidential election. my intention to run, it may seem surprising to many, but the political resurgence of the marcus's didn't happen in an instant. oh, experts see the martha says have spent years using social media to rewrit

electromagnetic devices than intelligence panel investigator, the cause of the symptoms known as havana syndrome. since 2016, about 200 us and canadian diplomats of complaint about a range of illnesses including vertigo, california had its gold rush almost 200 years ago. now the hunt is on for lithium. the highly prized battle is a key component of batteries to power electric vehicles and the drive to combat global warming. rob reynolds reports from a community in california looking to strike it rich. california is salt and see shimmers like a mirage in an arid land. but its waters are nearly lifeless, full of salt and agricultural chemical run off the farm and communities near the sea are among the poorest in the us, with high unemployment and nearly one and 4 people living in poverty. frank salazar is a local resident and activist, but we lack is opportunity. you know, i think opportunity is what we need here in this. in this county. the salt and see is shrinking as streams are diverted. to farming on windy days, toxic dust from the dry lake shore fowls, the air. when you look at the

but for places like cuba, it's a much toy, a picture with sunshine in havana. ah, [000:00:00;00] with hulu. ah, ah, watching all jazz, there are a reminder about top stories. this all. the u. s. continues to reinforces military bases in eastern europe, but phase of a russian invasion, if you create the kremlin denies it, it has any such plans. meanwhile, ukraine is toni down the thresh of russian troop presence along its border, and is calling for a diplomatic solution. supporters of 2 museums. gov, would it be demonstrating against the supreme judicial council? it was dissolved by president to call you sides. i need says the body has be biased and not resolved. important cases, like the assassination of a left wing politician, a confidential un report claims north korea has stolen tens of millions of dollars with a crypto currency to help fund its nuclear and ballistic missile program. the report says, be on get install more than $50000000.00 of digital assets through cyber attacks between 2020 and mid 2021. the separate study says as much as $400000000.00 may

sara is from havana, cuba's capital city.ed with one other person had been posted on the social media app telegram. we've changed her name for her safety. she doesn't know for sure how it ended up in a group with 18,000 followers, many of whom are from her neighbourhood, and may all have seen her naked. translation: i saw super vulgar comments about how hot i was, l asking if there were more photos of me. sara reported the picture of her to telegram, but got no response. our investigation has found groups with pictures like sara's in more than 20 countries shared with tens of thousands of people on telegram, and there's very little these women can do about it. nigar is from azerbaijan, but she now lives in exile. her brother has a youtube channel where he openly criticises azerbaijan's president. that made nigar a target. translation: my mum started crying and told me there - is a video, it was sent to me. i was devastated. absolutely devastated. the videos showed nigar and her husband having sex. they were posted in a telegr

say they may have uncovered the cause of a mysterious illness affecting us diplomatic staff called havana

you can be sure that the officials in moscow, beijing and havana were contacted directly by our ambassadors and my direct phone calls to make sure that they had not been involved. and once i was asked or change, and that was quite quickly, you can be sure. and then they came to realize very, very fast that this was a domestic price. this was the assassination of president is not by foreign powers, but by people here in america. and it was then the overthrow, the government. it was cool to talk in america and they were not going to be able to handle that then. and they don't want to try to deal with that. now. the world's biggest social media network is threatening to pull out of the over demands from regulators. brussels wants to stop met, which on facebook instagram, and walks up from transferring the personal data of european users to us based servicing. it's a risk to privacy there. sorry, europe correspond, peter oliver social media was supposed to bring your soul closer together online. but now the biggest fish and the internet pond meta, the parent company behind facebook, and instagr

sara is from havana, cuba's capital city.that a nude photo she'd taken and shared with one other person had been posted on the social media app telegram. we've changed her name for her safety. she doesn't know for sure how it ended up in a group with 18,000 followers, many of whom are from her neighbourhood, and may all have seen her naked. translation: i saw super-vulgar comments about how hot i was, i asking if there were more photos of me. it made me feel horrible. i didn't want to go out. i didn't want to speak to my friends. i became really anti—social. sara reported the picture of her to telegram, but got no response. she fears her nudes are still on the app. our investigation found groups with images like sara's in more than 20 countries shared with tens of thousands of people on telegram, and there's very little these women can do about it. the platform, where users can be totally anonymous, works like a combination of facebook and whatsapp. groups can have up to 200,000 people. experts say anonymity and a lack of mod

experts say they've pinpointed the cause of a mysterious illness affecting us diplomatic staff called havanaeurope. russia calls it an unjustified and destructive move. the united states stands shoulder—to—shoulder with our nato allies. the current situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato's eastern flank. new zealand begins the phased reopening of its borders. vaccinated citizens in australia can finally return home. and putting his back into it: the cuban strong man who can break records and cans

and intelligence panel investigated the cause of the symptoms known as the havana syndrome. since 2016, about $200.00 us and canadian diplomats have complained about a range of illnesses, including vertigo. the philippines election commission is set to decide whether to bar front runner further on marco's junior from a presidential election in may. the son of the controversial former leader, ferdinand marcos as popular with many voters. but he's been accused of spreading misinformation. jemila allan doug reports from manila. the really, the 22 year rule of president for the mark was, is seen today as a brutal and divisive period in philippine history. a people power revolution forced him out of office and into exile in 1986, but decades later, his son for ended in marcus junior, and also known as the bond, is the front burner in this year's presidential election. my intention to run it may seem surprising to many, but the political resurgence of the marcus's didn't happen in an instant. the expert said the market this had spent years using social media to rewrite history. on

certificates or criminal records to seth, we have all seen up a most likely if there are no extraordinary havana, they will only arrive by tomorrow mornings can, the russian delegation is already at the agrees meeting. flames is one of the state residences on the bank of america where they are waiting for their ukrainian capital. so scape we are looking forward to their arrival, the velo lucien side will provide all the conditions for negotiation and of course life all citizens are looking forward to the start of these negotiations because something needs to be done to stock this luncheon and we must all live in friendship and harmonies indians that the ball is in the ukrainian fort on this matter is justly hook ryan's kalak. there's been a lot of back and forth. huh. but it's safe to say now the peace talks are happening. the russian delegation is now in the gama region in belarus, where the negotiations are expected to take place the exact location those captain secret for security reasons. but we understand that it's going to happen right on the border between ukraine in belarus, near the tri

we had a record low temperature in havana, your temperatures are bouncing back is while a both by day and night. so 27 by thursday, that is above average for february. we've seen some pretty strong storms through the pay ruby and andes rate into the amazon basin. and those storms that were parked over sal paulo has now shifted to rio de janeiro on tuesday with a high up 31 degrees. that's it. so you sent. ah, the latest news believe it's trembling harsh provisioned for 10 years. they was the victims of night. just most people got to the monetary crisis with detailed coverage warnings that oh my brother, fractions selling power. large files are providing a polygon back here from around the world on how's the boat years of living on the street actually accelerates the aging, brought them in. the corona virus has been indiscriminate in selecting this victims. it's devastating effects of plague, every corner of the globe, transcending class creed and color. but in britain, a disproportionately high percentage of the fallen have been black or brown skins. the big picture traces the economi

states who have been investigating reports of a mysterious illness among diplomatic staff known as havanargy. last month, a study by the cia found no evidence of a campaign by a foreign government. officials in argentina say at least twelve people have died and another fifty are in hospital after taking adulterated cocaine. police have raided a house and made ten arrests in a poor neighbourhood of buenos aires, where they believe the cocaine was sold. four men have been charged in connection with the overdose death of actor michael k williams in september last year. the men are alleged to have been involved in the distribution of fentanyl—laced heroin that resulted in the death of williams, who was best known for playing 0mar little in �*the wire'. for the first time since the taliban seized power in afghanistan — some public universities have reopened — allowing female students to return to the classroom. girls remain barred from secondary schools, even though boys were allowed to go back last september. there are conditions for the university return though. female students — must wear t

it is involved in russian sonic attacks against diplomates initially called the havana syndrome and other sorts of criminal related activities, to providing support to terrorists. for the last 60 years, the cuban regime has been portrayed as the innocent victim of the united states. as david versus goliath, but the real goliath is the cuban regime and the real david is the cuban people. and that people have resolved. last july hundreds of cubans went into the streets province by province and asked for the liberty. the regime reacted by militarizing the country and they increased over 1,000 peaceful protesters. many of them have been tortured and are being sentenced in trials to prisons. but this repression of the dictators is also a measure of their fear. the dictatorship had never before been so vulnerable and so exposed, however, the cuban people still need the support of the international community. we need you because you do play in role in our liberty, which is off your liberty. your support in this crucial moment wouldn't just help the cuban people, it would make you stronger and sa

across the yucatan peninsula, but for places like cuba, it's a much t y, a picture with sunshine in havana, blue weather sponsored by katara ways. i'm just in den storytelling around the biggest issues we've done with ah ah, people have come to spect lawson al jazeera over the years. it's, they're reporting the commitment to under reported places, the commitment to the human story. but it's also the idea of challenging those. ah, welcome back. you're watching al jazeera line from though how your top story so far today. the u. s. is reinforcing military bases in eastern europe senior u. s. defense officials are accusing russia of planning an invasion of ukraine and allegation moscow denies. the pakistani army has strongly condemned an attack on its soldiers which killed at least 5 troops. they were shot out from across the border in afghanistan by pakistani taliban fighters. a human report claims north korea, you cyberattacks to fund it's nuclear and ballistic missile program. the report says pyongyang still $50000000.00 of crypto currency in the last 2 years. now, the chinese tennis star p

mexico . scattered showers here and scattered showers for much of the caribbean with 30 degrees in havana and santo domingo on tuesday. that's the weather update. ah, ah, inculcate a culture of knowledge, openness, imperialism, world wide. i've to reward merit and excellence and encourage creativity. the shake ahmad award for translation and international understanding was found to promote translation and honor translators, and acknowledged that road and strengthening the bonds of friendship and co operation between arab islamic and wild coaches. lou lou, the me again, you're watching, i just need a reminder of our top stories this out. the claim president is appealing for a c spy in the following 2 days of sustain shelling on the front line. one of the malesky is calling on russia's president to choose a place where the 2 leaders could meet bella ruth, has announced that russia has extended its military deployment. they're fighting, growing tension near the ukraine border around 30000 russian soldiers have been carrying out exercises in bellenger's britons. queen elizabeth has tested pos

it could be causing havana syndrome. a panel convened by the government has been investigating unexplained brain injuries, suffered by more than 1000 diplomats and intelligence offices. they say the combination of symptoms can be easily explained by environmental factors, bomb explosions and kidnappings, in columbia during the past month of killed at least 50 people. rebel groups are battling for control of cocaine smuggling in the oil rich region of a cool guy. and his alessandra pierre, to report the attacks are terrifying communities. workers are busy reconstructing the actor martinez building in the center of san vienna. last month, a car bomb exploded, destroying much of this block. the students have former fight grab both are being blamed for the attack, which killed one person, the buildings house, human rights groups, social organizations and unions lay nomic us if we were holding a security meeting because of the way the conflict with evolving with direct attacks against social organizations and community leader