as in the investigation shows russian agents trained in chemical weapons followed kremlin critic alexina for years leading up to his poisoning with the nerve agent this. time sarah kelly walked into the program rights monitors have called it a 21st century genocide china locking up and so-called reeducating more than 1. 1000000 weekers and other muslim minorities in camps in the shin jiang region now exiled leaders have been dealt a blow by the international criminal court it has rejected calls to investigate beijing for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity because china is not party to the tribunals china for its part maintains its goal is to be educate people and steer them away from islamist extremism but muslim minorities say beijing is trying to wipe out every trace of their identity correspondent ts bolinger and julie hunt report. scenes of a family outing with 000-0000 harm her husband to us when john and the little daughter by are in turkey a safe location for naught. but for 0 a normal life is still far away she says she does not feel safe anywhere. the month that the co

so the kremlin letters. let's see -- i'll get my clicker out. let's just think about this relationship between these three men. it was one of the most important alliances in history yet they only had two weeks together as a big three in nearly four years. churchill, roosevelt and stalin met as a threesome for the first time at teheran in november 1943. they also met at yalta in february 1945. and you can see the difference there, particularly in franklin roosevelt to many people who were at the alter a dying president. now churchill had another couple of weeks in moscow. he visited in august 1942. there he is with stalin. and then he went again in october 1944 and that's the famous agreement that he signed with stalin. so two more weeks, churchill traveled around a great deal. he was the intermediary between a soviet leader that didn't travel much, didn't like to travel and an american president for whom traveling was extremely difficult because he was a paraplegic. so churchill -- i think the churchill museum in london estimates that churchill

held the kremlin responsible for his poisoning accusations moscow has repeatedly denied. let's get a reminder now of our top story. the u.s. electoral college has formally confirmed joe biden as winner of last month's election in a televised address president elect biden told americans it was time to turn the page on the trump era and that democracy prevails. coming up next pope and hitler earlier this year the vatican opened it once.

published a recorded phone call with a russian agent alleged to be involved in the poisoning the kremlinhas dismissed the recording as a fake but an associate of the valise try to confront the alleged assassin and was detained by police. he was going to confront an alleged would be assassin either way alexina bounty's lawyer lubow soup all arrived at an apartment block in moscow according to know valmy a man who lives on this street he's one of the security service agents who tried to kill him if you want to see yes i've seen you see the shell. after waiting many hours outside his home police arrive and take all the way. you know it's you know i don't really want you it wasn't a good job of me actually on. the prominent critic of the russian government an anti corruption investigator fell ill while on a plane in russia back in august he was treated at a berlin hospital and recovered. laboratories in europe confirmed that he'd been poisoned with a soviet era military nerve agent nabil chuck. who now an avanti says he's uncovered new details on the plot to kill him. on a video of a phone c

after all next year is an important year for the kremlin as well with parliamentary elections comingup so they may want to keep things under control with it when it comes to the opposition and really what about the you tube video that only posted how do we do that that is not fake. absolutely sumi we just simply don't know that it's not fake in the video itself not via me at the beginning he gives a little bit of an introduction and he says that he is absolutely willing to face any audio analysis any forensic speech and audio analysis of the voice of this alleged assassin and i guess one thing that you could point out is that what we see in the video certainly confirms the information that we we were told or that we read about in the in the previously published investigation led by belling cat and the insider that was published earlier last week but ultimately we don't have any official confirmation of the city of that video and of of the recording of that voice and how are russian authorities responding to the recording . well the f.s.b. released a statement yesterday calling the vi

and back to moscow far more how has the kremlin responded there you know how has the kremlin responded to this interview recorded by me. well the main russian line over these poisoning accusations throughout this whole ordeal has been to deny russia's connection to the poisoning russian officials connection to the poisoning and today we heard a statement from the kremlin spokesman. who said that non-binding had delusions of grandeur or delusions of being persecuted and he also said that there should be freud in analysis into why viney is so obsessed with his own underwear he also said that. the he confirmed what the f.s.b. had earlier said. they released a statement yesterday saying that this video was an absolute fake that it was a provocation that was meant to discredit the f.s.b. on the whole and f.s.b. agents working for the security agency so certainly i think though this video which already has millions and millions of views on you tube will be a worry for the kremlin going forward because it's already made so many waves. that associate of nirvana is that we heard about has now b

even though this video has now gone viral so it's certainly a worry for the kremlin i think briefly is there any chance that the details revealed in these you tube video could lead russian authorities to hopefully investigate his poisoning well i think it's hard to know at the moment but we have seen some movement on that front last week viney himself said that he was questioned by german public prosecutors he's at the moment he's in berlin and that was on the request of russian authorities so some movement there but it's kind of hard to see there being a full scale investigation into this to be honest. as always thank you very much that was really sure when. in american sports professional basketball makes its return as the n.b.a. season's resumes on tuesday night featuring a must see double header defending league champion le bron james and the los angeles lakers will face cross-town rivals the clippers james won his 4th and be a championship last season and in new york kevin durant's will make his debut with the brooklyn nets he takes on his former team the golden state warriors the

correspondent is in moscow for us hi emily how is the kremlin responding to this interview that involve the recorded. well of course the russian authorities have repeatedly denied any connection between russian officials and this poisoning we've just heard a statement from the kremlin spokesperson made to his cough who said that he hadn't watched the video but that now viney seems to have delusions of grandeur delusions also of being persecuted and he also commented on the fact that the video goes into great detail about where the poison could have been placed and perhaps well it seems it was placed on these underwear he said that there should be a friday and analysis about why he is so obsessed with his own across the area those were the words of the kremlin spokesperson he also referred back to a statement that we heard earlier from the f.s.b. yesterday they said that this video is a fake that it's a provocation aimed at discrediting the f.s.b. and agents of the f.s.b. so again firmly denying that but it's clear that this video which now has millions and millions of views on you tube

he has long held the kremlin responsible for his poisoning accusations moscow has repeatedly denied. straight to a moscow that it would join d.w. correspondent or until to welcome what's the kremlin saying about this at this investigation well actually rather surprisingly they seem to be keeping mum when it comes to the specific investigation we have seen pushback from them in recent days regarding the international attention surrounding this alleged poisoning of alexian of all me but when it comes to these specific allegations they haven't said anything thus far it seems to have caught them a little bit on the back foot president vladimir putin speaker mr peskov actually canceled 2 press conferences he was scheduled to hold both today and tomorrow and said he was going to comment on the allegations thus far and also we haven't really seen the media take of the allegations so far so it seems like these allegations brought back buildings that seem to have caught a little bit unawares and they're kind of struggling to find a cohesive response thus far let's see there's a russian citize

activists in kremlin critic felt dangerously ill on a flight from siberia to moscow. he was later flying to germany's capital berlin for treatment and was in an induced coma for 2 weeks. german french and swedish laboratories have determined he was poisoned with the soviet era nerve agent the chalk. has long held the kremlin responsible for his plays any accusations moscow has repeatedly denied. straight to a moscow than where we join d w correspondent our until today well what's the kremlin saying about this at this investigation . well actually rather surprisingly they seem to be keeping mum when it comes to the specific investigation we have seen pushback from them in recent days regarding the international attention surrounding this alleged poisoning alexina all the but when it comes to these specific allegations they haven't said anything thus far it seems to have caught them a little bit on the back foot president vladimir putin speaker dmitri peskov actually canceled 2 press conferences he was scheduled to hold both today and tomorrow and said he was going to c

the kremlin activist, releasing a recording of what he says is an agent trying to poison him. thank you for joining us. we start in france. prime minister has announced borders with the u.k. will reopen at midnight, meaning thousands of people stranded on either side of the english channel will be able to travel, providing proof of a negative pcr tests dating back less than 72 hours. the decision comes the same day the european commission of eyes to all states to lift travel restrictions with the u.k. france had not waited for any use dissensio decision. for more on this story, let's cross over to london. i imagine a lot of relief for the british government in terms of trade, also allowing french and english citizens to travel. reporter: the announcement of the end of that closure that people can travel now will be welcome news. we need to look at what the definition is that those people who can in the trouble. were talking about air travel. -- who can travel at the moment. were talking about -- we are talking out air travel. we are talking about train travel. if people have a

fred, the kremlin has just responded. what did they say? certainly have, and of course one of the things we have been talking is of course the kremlin, laura is watching all of this very very closely, and they have now responded for the first time. this is the spokesperson for vladimir putin, dmitry. this discussion definitely has nothing to do with us because russia has nothing to do with such attacks and this attack in particular. we say that officially and decisively. any accusations against russia in this regard are baseless and probably the continuation of blind russophobia, so the kind of denials we have heard from the kremlin in the past. one of the other things we asked as well is whether or not they believe the u.s. is going to retaliate and how. the kremlin said they believe the white house has become very unpredictable. they say they simply don't know. it seems in the u.s. there's not many who believe president trump will respond in a strong way especially after he tried to cast doubt on whether or not the russians were behind th

sumer media have named the man as part of an elite team that followed a volley for years the kremlin has dismissed the recording as a fake but an associate of the valise tried to confront the would be assassin and was detained by police. he was going to confront an alleged would be assassin the way lexi nobel news lawyer lubow souple arrived at an apartment block in moscow according to novell me a man who lives on this street he's one of the security service agents who tried to kill him if you want to see yes of thing you see the shell. after waiting many hours outside his home police arrive and take all the way. you know it's you know whatever it was it wasn't a good job of actually. the prominent critic of the russian government an anti corruption investigator fell ill while on a plane in russia back in august he was treated at a berlijn hospital and recovered. laboratories in europe confirmed that he'd been poisoned with a soviet era military nerve agent nabil chalk. now in a bar and he says he's uncovered new details on the plot to kill him. on a video of a phone call he says he

vehement denial from the kremlin, some of the first comments we have seen from the kremlin since allis came to light. certainly we are hearing from the russians. they are denying it. one of the other things that dmitry peskov says is he wasn't sure whether or not the u.s. will retaliate, and what the retaliation could be. he's saying the russians believe that the white house has been unpredictable in this regard over the past couple of months, so clearly the russians right now very much in a wait and see m modus, at the same time, commenting as little as possible as discussions continue in the united states. >> fred, what might this mean for future relations between russia and the biden administration? >> reporter: it's a really tricky issue, isn't it. the past couple of years, we have had president trump who had very good relations with vladimir putin. at the same time, you had the u.s. relations with russia at one of the low points with the u.s. leveeing sanctions for actions by russia over the past years. if you look at the incoming biden administration, it's going to be probably

the growing discontent became more more focused on those in power in the kremlin. one after another selfie at socialist republics declared independence. the days of communism and the soviet union were numbered. most it gathered good story i get that these are the afghanistan war was the catalyst for the fall of the u.s.s.r. it played an important role. for one thing it exposed the military weakness of the red army. which wasn't able to control the situation on the ground. also. the war showed that the soviet economy was no longer strong enough to finance such a conflict. it shone a light on the structural problems of the regime. and it undermined the myth of proletarian internationalism and put in the idea that the powerful soviet union should help developing countries. beyond develop more one small country was able to defy a superpower. that us had gone it to so that led the u.s.s.r. to question its identity including its capacity to go toe to toe with the united states as the war in afghanistan raised some very painful questions in the soviet union. again. februa

also coming up a new report ties russian intelligence agents to the poisoning of kremlin critic alexei no bombing investigation shows how operatives trail to follow me for years clouding the day this summer was foisted with a nerve agent. and as clubs learned their fate in the last 16 of football's champions league look at 2 of the german teams hoping to shake up the established quarter. richardson welcome to the show 6 weeks after the us presidential election the electoral college has confirmed democrat joe biden as the winner of last month's election by and now has a majority of the 538 electors gathered in states across the country as well as in the capital washington to formally vote for the next president and a televised address after the announcement biden told americans their democracy still works to spite accusations of voter fraud from president. there's marcion cyr hope we never again see any was subjected to the kind of threats and abuse we saw in this election you know this battle for the soul of america democracy prevail we the people voted faith in our institutions help t

has a long held the kremlin responsible for his poisoning accusations moscow has repeatedly denied. the islamist militia of boko haram has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of over 300 schoolchildren in northern nigeria in a voice recording sent to a nigerian newspaper the head of the group. say coul justify the abduction of the schoolboy saying that poke a hole rom rejected western education and according cannot be independently verified gunmen attacked a secondary school in the city of kankar on friday night many of the 600 boys present at the school were able to escape local authorities say that they have entered negotiations with the kidnappers. very influenced a koran who joins us now from lagos do we have any idea of how the boys are doing and whether there is any chance that they will be a release. well we don't have any information about how the boys are doing however what we do know of all the boys is that. the ones that were able to escape some of them were able to run into the bushes and they were able to find a few of them but the ones that have been kidnapped we

so the kremlin clearly today trying to send a message to the world that it is swinging back.s, though, how will the u.s. respond? we really haven't heard anything substantive from the white house on how it intends and if it intends to condemn this frankly outrageous behavior. >> it's such an excellent point and we will -- we will be waiting right along with you to see if there is any reaction at all. clarissa, excellent reporting. thank you again. "new day" continues right now. >>> concerns are growing about a new variant covid-19 in the uk that reportedly spreads faster than others. >> it does mean we have to work a little bit harder about preventing the spread. >> the crisis throwing travel and trade into a nightmare before christmas. >> after months of partisan haggling, stalemate, gridlock, finally the two sides have come together. >> it is to get it on president trump's desk that is the final signature. >> all indication right side that donald trump has decided to walk away from his day job of running the country. >> there are other things that he should be doing and ins

well, this morning, the kremlin just responded. investigation uncovered evidence that russia's security service, the fsb, formed an elite team, specializing in nerve agents that trailed opposition leader alexei navalny for years. navalny was poisoned with novichok in august and nearly died. cnn's chief international correspondent, clarissa ward joins us now with all of the breaking details. what's happened in the past 24 hours, clarissa? >> reporter: hi, alisyn. well, it had been absolute radio silence. two days and not a word from the kremlin, not a word from security services. now we're starting to get the first samplings of what kind of reaction we might expect. and essentially, it's sarcastic. sergey lavrov, the foreign minister of russia, talking to journalists in croatia, saying that the report was, quote, funny to me. also saying, "we're used to this coming from the west," implying that it was unethical and possibly in contravention of international legal norms, though not clear exactly what he means by that. he also lashed

moldova is one of the europe's poorest countries, but the kremlin still wants it in russia's orbit.a has accused america of plotting revolution here. our objective is to get closer to the eu, and hopefully one day to become a member of the european union. but would russia let that happen, will russia let your country join the eu? it's our... it's our choice. in the end, it's the sovereign decision of our country. it's the decision of the republic of moldova. moscow can still find ways of slowing down change in its own backyard, and yet russia, too, is changing. it's having to. it's on a journey from empire to nation state. for a country with a superpower past, that is a painful transition. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. there has been a fourth day of protest by farmworkers in peru. 0ne protest by farmworkers in peru. one person was killed in clashes between demonstrators and police trying to clear road blocks on the pan—american highway. the workers complained of lowjob highway. the workers complained of low job security and highway. the workers complained of lowjob security and

steve rosenberg, went along and spoke to the kremlin leader. this was something new.for his annual end of year news conference, russia's president took social distancing to the extreme and stayed at home. forfour and a half hours, journalists competed for a chance to ask the kremlin leader a question. he speaks russian. mr president, i ask, after 20 years in power, don't you accept at least some responsibility for the new cold war between russia and the west? or are the russian authorities squea ky—clean? translation: i feel responsible for what is going on in russia, for its people, and i will do everything in the interests of russia. as for being squeaky—clean, we are, compared to you. you promised that nato wouldn't expand into the east, but you didn't keep your word. shouting. i asked, too, about mr putin's most vocal critic, alexei navalny. experts in sweden, france and germany, confirm he was poisoned by novichok. can you explain to me, steven, president putin says, why can't they provide us with an official report about the use of this novichok? you're asking m

a vocal critic of the kremlin and someone who has for many years, expressed criticisms of russian policy main threat to america. angela stent is an expert on us—russia relations and author of ‘putin's world: russia against the west and with the rest‘. i asked her what we should make in this delay from the kremlin, and the decision to congratulate mr biden now. i think the russians were sitting back and enjoying the spectacle of all the polarisation in this country and the chaos. the official line was they were waiting until the wind was officially confirmed, which was yesterday when the electoral college voted and at that point they wrote that it voted that they needed to recognise thatjoe biden would be the next president if they wanted to develop any workable relationship with him. waiting longer would have been bad. russian media really have been enjoying the stolen election theories and one host even offered donald trump asylum! something which some americans would also think was a good idea! and all the official media, many of them have been parroting conspiracy theories here, that

an anti corruption activist in kremlin critic felt dangerously ill on a flight from siberia to moscow organist he was later flying to germany's capital berlin for treatment and was in an induced coma for 2 weeks. german french and swedish laboratories have determined he was poisoned with the soviet era nerve agent the chalk. only has long held the kremlin responsible for his poisoning accusations moscow has repeatedly denied. now the little scaly animal on the screen behind me got a lot of unwarranted negative press at the start of a pandemic but that pangolin is one of the most trafficked and in danger of mammals on the planet and now a group of volunteers is out to save their skin or scales. a sting operation stops these men in their tracks purchase about to meet a potential buyer in a parking lot in africa the backseat of their car plastic bag which police find a pangolin for sale. which animal is good. rescue quickly take it to a vet you see penguins in a variety of different and physical states some are very messy ated their skin little they've got injuries that. it's pitiful is

moldova is one of the europe's poorest countries, but the kremlin still wants it in russia's orbit.for east—west rivalry. russia has accused america of plotting revolution here. our objective is to get closer to the eu, and hopefully one day to become a member of the european union. but would russia let that happen, will russia let your country join the eu? it's our... it's our choice. in the end, it's the sovereign decision of our country. it's the decision of the republic of moldova. moscow can still find ways of slowing down change in its own backyard, and yet russia, too, is changing. it's having to. it's on a journey from empire to nation state. for a country with a superpower past, that is a painful transition. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. china bbc news, moscow. is well under way to a full china is well under way to a full recovery year—round from its first coronavirus case. there are now fewer infections reported and restrictions on daily life have lessened significantly. two people with a very different journey and different things on their mind going forward. one is

and would allow the kremlin to go on a counter rampage to say the whole story has been fabricated inurity services, russian security apparatus, including the russian government, bearing in mind that only days before the story was revealed vladimir putin and his government was banned from attending international 0lympic and sporting events, which obviously inferior to the russians and the russian officials. so they would probably try to look at it as a continuation of this targeted attack on the elected head of state, rather than anything else. if we take this at face value and assume it was a security agent navalny spoke to what we learn about happened to him? look, i think in terms of the target of this prank, i'd say that the person identified in the story is genuine, and his tea m the story is genuine, and his team demonstrated the capacity to extra ct team demonstrated the capacity to extract information and security details for members of the russian government or members of the russian security apparatus. the fact that the person apparently disclosed what was supposed to be cla

moldova is one of the poorest countries in europe, but the kremlin still wants it in russia's orbit.lotting revolution here. our objective is to get closer to the eu, and hopefully one day to become a member of the european union. but will russia let that happen, will russia let your country join the eu? it's our... it's our choice. in the end, it's the sovereign decision of our country. it's the decision of the republic of moldova. moscow can still find ways of slowing down change in its own backyard, and yet russia, too, is changing. it's having to. it's on a journey from empire to nation state. for a country with a superpower past, that is a painful transition. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. and finally, after months of wrangling and negotiations, the premier league and english football league have agreed a multi—million pound rescue package for clubs struggling because of the pandemic.

steve rosenberg went along and spoke to the kremlin leader. this was something new.ews conference, russia's president took social distancing to the extreme and stayed at home. forfour and a half hours, journalists competed for a chance to ask the kremlin leader a question. he speaks russian. mr president, i ask, after 20 years in power, don't you accept at least some responsibility for the new cold war between russia and the west? or are the russian authorities squea ky—clean? translation: i feel responsible for what is going on in russia, for its people, and i will do everything in the interests of russia. as for being squeaky—clean, we are, compared to you. you promised that nato wouldn't expand into the east, but you didn't keep your word. shouting. i asked, too, about mr putin's most vocal critic, alexei navalny. experts in sweden, france and germany, confirm he was poisoned by novichok. can you explain to me, steven, president putin says, why can't they provide us with an official report

the growing discontent became more more focused on those in power in the kremlin. one after another the soviet socialist republics declared independence. the days of communism and the soviet union were numbered. most it gathered good story i get that these are the afghanistan war was the catalyst for the fall of the u.s.s.r. it played an important role for one thing it exposed the military weakness of the red army. which wasn't able to control the situation on the ground. also. the war showed that the soviet economy was no longer strong enough to finance such a conflict. it shone a light on the structural problems of the regime. and it undermined the myth of proletarian internationalism put in the idea that the powerful soviet union should help developing countries. beyond the one small country was able to defy a superpower. that us had gone to source it too so that led the u.s.s.r. to question its identity including its capacity to go toe to toe with the united states as the war in afghanistan raised some very painful questions in the union. again. february 1909 m

and the result is one huge headache for the kremlin.s where russia has been the major power, for 200 years, today it has competition. from turkey. in the wire it was turkish support that helped azerbaijan defeats russia's traditional ally in the region armenia. i think what happened is truly a geopolitical catastrophe for moscow's influence. not only in south caucasus but across what remains of the soviet space. moscow's grip of the region is becoming weaker and weaker. we talked to the russian peacekeepers here, they seem wary of turkish intentions. traditionally, russia has guaranteed stability here, the peacekeeper says, while other countries, i mean turkey, try to destabilise the situation we tried to improve things. russia wants to be seen as the key player in what he views as its own backyard and having the russian military here helps to do that. but in this form a part of its empire, moscow has a rival now, as turkey seeks to boost its influence in this region. and for moscow, the geopolitical challenges extend far beyond these h

the kremlin denounces the claims as fake and insists the accusers have not produced any evidence that they were involved. phil: india aims to begin coronavirus vaccinations in early january. they look to inoculate around 300 million people by august. first in line will be elderly people and exhausted frontline health care workers. >> this 21-year-old has not taken a single day of leave from work in over five months now. he says he loves what he does but he had never thought it would put him on the frontline of finding a pandemic one day. they're working in a private pathology the bar terry in new delhi. this is to determine whether someone is covid positive. every day, they are collecting swab samples. he understands that every day, his work puts him at risk of getting infected himself. >> i used to be quite scared when doing this test. there was a lot of fear. but then they got used to this. if i let fear take over, how will i do my job? the most important thing i have to take care of is that i

the growing discontent became more more focused on those in power in the kremlin. one after another selfie at socialist republics declared independence. the days of communism and the soviet union were numbered. most it gathered good still i get that he's a. afghanistan war was the catalyst for the fall of the u.s.s.r. it played an important role. for one thing it exposed the military weakness of the red army. which wasn't able to control the situation on the ground. also the war showed that the soviet economy was no longer strong enough to finance such a conflict. it shone a light on the structural problems of the regime. and it undermined the myth of proletarian internationalism put in the idea that the powerful soviet union should help developing countries. beyond the one small country was able to defy a superpower. that us had gone it to so that led the u.s.s.r. to question its identity including its capacity to go toe to toe with the united states as the war in afghanistan raised some very painful questions in the soviet union. again. february 1909 marked the e

education towers and a new investigation showing russian agents trained in chemical weapons followed kremlin critic alexina folly for years leading up to his poisoning with a nerve agent this. time sarah kelly welcome to the program a covert 19 vaccine could be approved by a european regulators on the 23rd of december opening up the way for inoculations to start before the end of the year pressure has been growing on european regulators to fast track approval for the buy on tech pfizer vaccine that is already being used in the u.s. and the u.k. well now germany's health minister said in an immunization campaign could be rolled out here much sooner than expected and it's we lost him. so i took it it gets approved and let me repeat it is still being assessed and the assessment can always produce fresh information otherwise you would need to do it. so if it gets approved by the 21st of december then to get it with the producer we will try and allow for delivery to the federal states and the federal states can then deliver it to their vaccination centers so i am expecting vaccinations to start 2

an anti corruption activist in kremlin critic felt dangerously ill on a flight from siberia to moscow in august he was later flying to germany's capital berlin for treatment and was in an induced coma for 2 weeks. german french and swedish laboratories have determined he was poisoned with the soviet era nerve agent the chalk. only has long held the kremlin responsible for his poisoning accusations moscow has repeatedly denied. well now these little scaly animals got a lot of unwarranted negative press at the start of the pandemic but the pangolin is one of the most trafficked and endangered mammals on this planet that's partly because their skills are used in traditional asian medicine now group of volunteers is out to save their skin or rather their scales. a sting operation stops these men in their tracks coach is about to meet a potential buyer in a parking lot in rural south africa the back seat of their car plastic bag which police find a pangolin for sale. which animal is going to. rescue this quickly take it to a vet you see penguins in a variety of different and physical state

i want to put up all he's let slide by the kremlin.ed intelligence in an oval office meeting with the russian ambassador. he's denigrated nato. john bolton was thinking he thinks he would get out of the nato if he was re-elected. he fought sanctions and withdrew troops from syria and repeatedly invited putin into the g-7 and never spoke up about the bounties on the head of american soldiers. never such stark evidence in front of us of a possible reaction. we talked about it as an action, donald trump's inaction and praise of putin. do you think this is a reaction, do you think putin was clearly emboldened? >> definitely. and i would add two other items to the list, first the president tried to shake down the president of the ukraine, zelensky and slow rolled aid to ukraine they would use to fight the russians. that emboldened the kremlin and that got the president impeached. but then the original issue was that beginning if 2016 donald trump said russia if you're listening, and he invited, he welcomed, he benefited from and he rewarded

the kremlin dismisses the accusations calling them groundless and wechat. -- and a witchhunt.m joined by our guests in washington, d.c. one from the computer crime committee. at another specialist on russian foreign affairs and political analyst at the russia academy of sciences. and the director of the center for national security at the fordham university school of law , hosted the vital interest podcast. jodi, let me start with you. how grave threat is this attacked the united states federal government? and how was it accomplished? >> i think the threat is the reddest we have seen so far. so it is at the highest level. the attack was accomplished by compromising the software signature process for solar winds, their orion software and malware was sent out through solar winds as a software update. it want to 18,000 government and public sector entities. and private sector companies. so, 18,000 organizations globally, but have downloaded this al-wair in this -- this malware in the software update. >> how is this attacked different from previous attacks -- previous hacks? >> tw

. >> reporter: a spokesman for the kremlin once again denied involvement in the poisoning and that it maintains a special chemical weapons hit team but experts say today's report could set back russia's activities by forcing the kremlin to do damage control lester >> all right richard, thanks. >>> we are watching for a major winter storm that could be the strongest in years to hit the northeast al roker is tracking it al, what can we expect and when >> lester, this could be the strongest snowstorm for the northeast in over five years. 46 million people at risk with winter storm watches up from new england to the appalachians this storm system comes out of the southern plains by wednesday, reaches the east coast with a coastal low forming bringing snow and wind the impacts will lessen overnight but before it's all over we could be looking at 2 to 6 inches of snow in d.c. 6 to 10 in philadelphia upwards of 18 in harrisburg and a foot from new york to hartford with less in boston we are going to watch the track very closely. lester >> all right, al i know you will. thanks very much >>> i

the kremlin has vehemently denied any involvement in the poisoning. but this week the investigative group telling cash released a report alleging the russian secret service agents had been tracking the leak in the days leading up to the attack a 15 year old girl is believed to be the youngest hong kong protester seeking asylum in the united kingdom the teenager joins a growing list of pro-democracy activists who have fled the territory after beijing stepped up its crackdown on dissidents earlier this year you have your correspondent he kong met the young exile before she left for the u.k. we're not using her real name to protect their identity. aged 15 junior high school student aurora is packing for a trip of no return. it will be her 1st times hovering alone this frock plushy the icon of last year protest and a gift from her boyfriend will be her only companion on her journey to the u.k. where she is taking political asylum. once a shelter for political dissidents from mainland china hong kong no longer seems safe even for locals a role is among the

what happened after that the entire russian interference saga and so on and so forth so this time kremlin have to tweak the format now it's going to. b. a video conference with several location is the most important location where i'm at is the world trade center and moscow this is where most journalists are going to be clearly the kremlin couldn't afford to what the same number of people into one room so there are going to be other locations in different regions of russia but perhaps most importantly some journalists will be allowed into the residence of lattimer putin where he's working during the times of covert and one of my colleagues igor's dawn of is going to be there too hopefully he will get his chance to ask his question but we don't know yet what that's going to be that's something we are going to find out when the annual press conference starts in a bit of a different format but that's going to happen in about 3 hours and 40 minutes below i thought a bit of a tip off for me then. there will be covering it you in the team thank you. gender stereotypes behind a mental health cri

the latest accusation against the kremlin will now be even more difficult to deny last week journalists released names and pictures of russian f.s.b. domestic security agents whom they allege could have carried out the poisoning of alexina of all me. now and of all me himself has released a recording of a phone call of him talking to one of the operatives allegedly involved in the attack of all they had posed as a colleague in the conversation he asked why the operation failed. the plane made an emergency landing the situation didn't develop to our advantage or had the plane been able to fly for longer everything would have turned out differently. on the collapse on board the plane after the aircraft landed an emergency doctor suspected poisoning and injected him with an antidote several days later the volley was allowed to be flown to germany dismissing the phone call as a fake president putin alleged of all me is supported by u.s. intelligence services he said in cases like that it's only natural for the f.s.b. to track him but joked that didn't mean he needed to be poisoned with what

siberia and moscow german doctors who treated him later said he ingested the nerve agent novacek the kremlin has denied any involvement accusing the west of mounting russophobia i guess this week for most go is richest modern economics a member of president putin's party united russia and the lawmaker in the lower house of parliament the duma why is it that those who speak louder for the russian opposition run the risk of mortal danger. you choose to have any kind of welcome to conflict zone. let's talk a good we may 1st of all about the opposition figurehead alexy vile need who fell ill in organized on an internal russian flight germany which ended up treating him said it was beyond doubt he was poisoned with one of the novacek class of nerve agents developed in the soviet union the kremlin denies any role in this if it wasn't them who do you think it was. well many questions about that actually i don't think much about now well in any way. do you remember angela davis she was one of the leaders of the american communist party back in the old soviet days and she was the most important ameri

siberia and moscow german doctors who treated him later said he ingested the nerve agent novacek the kremlin those denied any involvement accusing the west of mounting russophobia i guess this week for most go is richest love nikonov a member of president putin's party united russia and the lawmaker in the lower house of parliament the duma why is it that those who speak louder for the russian opposition run the risk of mortal danger. if you choose to have any kind of welcome to conflict zone. let's talk a bit we may 1st of all about the opposition figurehead alexy vile need who fell ill in organized on an internal russian flight germany which ended up treating him said it was beyond doubt he was poisoned with one of the novacek class of nerve agents developed in the soviet union the kremlin denies any role in this if it wasn't them who do you think it was. well many questions about that actually i don't think much about now wildly anyway. do you remember angela davis she was one of the leaders of the american communist party back in the old soviet days and she was the most important america

citing unnamed intelligence sources as saying the would be assassins tried to finish off the top kremlin critic while he was in a coma but failed. german security sources have told their associates in the u.k. that the attackers struck again as the valley lay in an induced coma before being put on a medical flight to germany this was with a view to him being dead by the time he arrived in berlin one source said alexina vanny fell severely ill during a domestic flight on the 28th of august the pilot made an emergency landing in siberia where the politician was then put into an induced coma 2 days after that he was flown to berlin where a military lab concluded that he had been poisoned with a nerve agent from the group western governments were quick to point the finger at the kremlin which has denied any involvement moscow's also repeatedly asked for access to the lab results but to no avail indeed president putin himself said all attempts to cooperate have gone unanswered. are specialists are pretty to go abroad to those specialists who claim that poisonous warheads have been found nobod

and moscow german doctors who treated him later said you'd ingested the nerve agent not a check the kremlin has denied any involvement accusing the west of mounting russophobia i guess this week for most go is virtuous love me come off a member of president putin's party united russia and the lawmaker in the lower house of parliament the duma why is it that those who speak louder for the russian opposition run the risk of mortal danger. you choose to have and you can offer welcome to conflict zone. let's talk a good we may 1st of all about the opposition figurehead alexei vile need who fell ill in organized on an internal russian flight germany which ended up treating him said it was beyond doubt he was poisoned with one of the novacek class of nerve agents developed in the soviet union the kremlin denies any role in this if it wasn't them who do you think it was. well many questions about that actually i don't think much about now wildly anyway. i do remember angela davis she was one of the leaders of the american communist party back in the old soviet days and she was the most important a

russia increased again over the poisoning of russian opposition leader likes in the wall near the kremlin hits back at european sanctions with travel because of its 0. plus a vision of hope at the end of a tough year a flock of paper doves take flight through the washington national cathedral. america welcome to the program. german drug maker biotech says it's confident that it's widely approved back scene will work against the new variant corona virus identified in britain the company says that if needed a version of that vaccine that specifically targets a mutation could be ready within weeks. the vaccine is about to be rolled out across the european union but the rapid spread of a new variant of the corona virus and person has sparked concerns though by on tech and pfizer researchers are confident their vaccine will also prove effective against the new variant. mottling the taisha it's only been percent of this protein is changed and that means 99 percent is still the same and they know that. that is induced by c. and this is attacking this protein on multiple sites so that the likelih

this is a very dire situation for this kremlin critic, for this ally of alexey navalny. see where this goes next as the 48 hours, those run out early tomorrow morning. we'll see what happens then, boris. >> yeah, just another unbelievable chapter in this navalny saga. we know you've been following it. frederick pleitgen reporting from moscow. >>> 2020 so you seismic global changes from the coronavirus pandemic to the economic crisis and the huge social justice movement. when we come back, we'll look at a year like no other in the business world. want to sell the best burger in every zip code? add an employee. or ten... then easily and automatically pay your team and file payroll taxes. that means... world domination! or just the west side. run payroll in less than five minutes with intuit quickbooks. (burk(customer) deep-something like that... (burke) well, here's something else: with your farmer's policy perk, new car replacement, you can get a new one. (customer) that is something else. (burke) get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. ♪ we are farmers. b

the latest accusation against the kremlin will now be even more difficult to deny.last week journalists released names and pictures of russian f.s.b. domestic security agents whom they allege could have carried out the poisoning of alexina ball in the. now in of all me himself has released a recording of a phone call of him talking to one of the operatives allegedly involved in the attack. had posed as a colleague in the conversation he asked why the operation failed for her the plane made an emergency landing the situation didn't develop to our advantage or had the plane been able to fly for longer everything would have turned out differently. on the collapse on board the plane after the aircraft landed an emergency doctor suspected poisoning and injected him with an antidote several days later of all he was allowed to be flown to germany. dismissing the phone call as a fake president putin alleged of all me is supported by u.s. intelligence services he said in cases like that it's only natural for the f.s.b. to track him but joked that didn't mean he needed to be

cnn has reached out to the kremlin for comment.far we have not heard back, but russia's state security services, the fsb has called the conversation a fake. they have said it was designed to make the state's security services look bad and that it could only have been done with the help of foreign special services. this is something they often accuse navalny of doing, of working with western intelligence services, but one has the suspicion that this story is not going away for them. there will be more questions asked. clarissa ward, cnn, london. >> and thanks so much for your company. i'm rosemary church. "early start" is up next. you're watching cnn. have yourselves a great day. ros the time to do money. without the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. every minute. understanding how to talk to your doctor about treatment options is key. today, we are redefining how we do things. we find

the kremlin dismisses the allegations calling them groundless and a witch hunt. all right for more on this i'm joined by our guests in washington d.c. jodi westby chief executive of global cyber risk and chair of the american bar association privacy and computer crime committee in moscow flat amir something called the specialist on russian foreign affairs and political analyst at the russian academy of sciences and the new york karen greenberg director at the center on national security at fordham university school of law she's also host of the vital interest podcast jody let me start with you today how grave a threat is this attack to the united states federal government and how exactly was it accomplished i think that threat is the greatest we've seen so far so it's at the highest level the attack was a combination by compromising the software signature process or solar winds. there ryan software and malware was sent out through a riot through solar winds as a software update it went to about 800000 government and public sector and of these and private sector c