that was journalist keith mccollough speaking to us from malta capital k. thank you for your reporting. let's turn now to some of the other stories making news this hour authorities in ecuador say at least 50 people have died in riot seen 3 of the country's prisons in a statement on twitter president lyndon marino blank the riots on criminal organizations engaged in civil tiniest acts of violence in several prisons giles in acquittal i asked the vili overcrowded and often seen violence between rival gangs . thousands have been protesting in the georgian capital tbilisi against the detention of the country's main opposition leader the demonstration began a few hours after police stormed the headquarters of the united national movement and detained. he faces charges of inciting violence during protests in 2019 denies all wrongdoing. linda thomas greenfield is to become the united states ambassador to the united nations u.s. senators voted $7220.00 to confirm president joe biden's pick for the job which will be a cabinet position a vote reflected the by minist

art for more now let's go to journalist keith micallef in valetta malta he has been covering this story since it 1st broke keep this going to have you with us we really can't say though that this murder click case is close to being solved with today's prison sentence can we. no definitely not i mean the will solve today passion is all of this we now know for sure who committed the and showed us as a nation but what the people are asking he's who has commissioned the ground who wanted the current and it's young mannered and let's not forget as you said those on your introduction she used to investigate corruption of businessmen and politicians to fight to have been. no one in the shoes charged over demanded maybe they would be there to day one but people here in d.c. it's hard to believe there was absolutely not any political involvement. government of the da in relation to this case we do keith that deftly was murdered because her reporting exposed corruption at the highest levels in malta which happens to be where you also work as a journalist what has it done to the profession of jour

art for more now let's go to journalist keith micallef in valetta malta he has been covering this story since it 1st broke this good to have you with us we really can't say though that this murder click case is close to being solved with today's prison sentence can we. no definitely not i mean the world will solve today passion is all of this we now know for certain for sure who committed the and should us as a nation but want the people are asking he's who has commissioned the crime who want a different kind of current marriage and let's not forget as you said those on your introduction she used to investigate corruption involving businessmen and politicians so far there have been. no politicians charged over demanded maybe there would be there today one but people are going to be serious hard to believe there was absolutely not any political involvement. government of the day in relation to this case we do keith that deftly was murdered because her reporting exposed corruption at the highest levels in malta which happens to be where you also work as a journalist what has it done to th

. ♪ >> now in malta, a major development in a murder case.ist was killed by a car bomb in 2017. today, one of the three men accused of h murder put guilty in court. these are pictures from the aftermath of the explosion four years ago. she had written a popular blog exposing corruption and the investigation saw a number of arrest. then, the resignation of the countries prime minister when some of his closestrime minister's were accused of a plot against her. foreman -- fortman standing trial -- one admitted he was involved. >> we were member three years ago that the killing someone who was such a prominent journalist and someone who shone a light on the shadowy finances of some of the wealthiest people on the island, that was a crime that shocked many people and lead to the resignation of the then prime minister. what we have seen today is one man admitting his part in the killing of the journalist. the man convicted today was given 15 years in prison. he had previously said he had nothing to do with it. he has changed his plea. we think ther

keith joining us from malta tonight. we appreciate your time and your reporting. thank you.et's turn now to some of the other stories that are making headlines this hour. thousands are protesting in georgia's capital against the detention of the main opposition leader. the demonstration began a few hours after police stormed the headquarters of the united national movement and attained -- and detained -- he denies all wrongdoing. hong kong's chief executive has backed a bill that will bar anyone seen as being the loyal -- seen as being disloyal to beijing from elected office. it will require counselors to pledge allegiance to hong kong as a special region of china. opposition voices in hong kong have increasingly been silenced following last year's mass protests. ure three weeks after it seized power. e european union has warned it is preparing sanctions and the u.s. has penalized two generals. protests have continued to swell despite the protest -- despite the killing of three demonstrators. astrazeneca will reportedly deliver less than half of the vaccines it promised the

diana cacciottolo is news editor of the times of malta.ion when you heard about this guilty plea? it reaction when you heard about this guilty plea?— guilty plea? it was something that we were expecting, _ guilty plea? it was something that we were expecting, because - guilty plea? it was something that l we were expecting, because vincent muscat for many years now has been trying to broker some sort of pardon or plea deal in exchange for his information on the murder. a pardon was rejected previously, but it appears now that a plea deal has been reached. so there was an expectation of this happening today. do we think there's a possibility he may now talk further about his involvement and the involvement of others? , ., , , ., others? yes, that is the expectation and some of— others? yes, that is the expectation and some of those _ others? yes, that is the expectation and some of those conversations . others? yes, that is the expectation l and some of those conversations have already happened. as far —— a further develop and today has bee

at the highest levels in multi society how does this make you and other journalist walk working in malta today feel. initially there was a surge of comprehension and fear because as ruben to fear that if you. don't people too much. face challenging times and you might be repercussions. 3 years. presents. for journalism in london because what we're. after. an entire government and exposed huge huge corruption dealings in a sense even the definite foundation and disturbing work is doing from a sense of a move to something to to do a journalist who people look up to even the new generation you journalists young journalists they look up to her and they see her as. that was journalist keith mccollough speaking to us from capitol hill. to some of the other stories making news this hour authorities in ecuador say at least 50 people have died in riots in 3 all of the country's prisons in a stipend on twitter president lenin merino blamed the riots on criminal organizations engaged in simple tiniest acts of violence in several prisons jails in ecuador feeley overcrowded and often see filings betw

her determination to shine a light on the world of the rich and powerful in malta made her name as a13 years after pursuing the corrupt brought accolades and also enemies was up vincent muscat changed his plea and finally admitted he was part of a plot to assassinate her. two other men are on trial. figs a plot to assassinate her. two other men are on trial.- other men are on trial. as a result of — other men are on trial. as a result of vincent _ other men are on trial. as a result of vincent bon - other men are on trial. as a | result of vincent bon scott's admission, the police could now rearrest three people —— vincent muscat. —— three people who detonated the bomb that killed stephanie caruana killed stephanie ca ruana galizia. killed stephanie caruana galizia. —— dafny. we need to see the institutions get busy dealing with this. —— daphne caruana galizia. dealing with this. -- daphne caruana galizia.— dealing with this. -- daphne caruana galizia. the shock and anuer caruana galizia. the shock and anger surrounding _ caruana galizia. the shock and anger surrounding her - anger su

we know that deftly was murdered because her reporting exposed corruption at the highest levels in malta where you also work as a journalist how does that make you feel when you're out pursuing a story trying to get to the truth. there is a degree over one has to say that with respect to corruption planes death and he was mine is ahead of the rest of the janitors because 1st of all she had she didn't have to us permission from the end there and she had no strings attached social she would publish and often verifying and she had a very good network of contacts but yes i mean it doesn't take you 2 to break a huge solar to start getting tense if you for example start following certain individuals who start getting loads of contract standards and being in the limelight of a sudden or becoming breach overnight then there is yes there is the risk that you might get some grants not to be as you said in every news or certain bus with respect to your investigations ok journalist keith miccolis joining us tonight from in malta keith we appreciate your time and your reporting tonight thank you. the

she had been exposing corruption among malta's political and business elite when she was killed in a car bomb attack in 20173 other defendants are still awaiting trial. authorities in ecuador say that over 60 and mates have died in riots in 3 of the country's prisons the military was deployed to help police quell the uprisings which authorities blame on a criminal organizations jails in ecuador are severely overcrowded and often see violence between rival gangs. thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied in the georgian capital tbilisi following the detention of the country's main opposition leader melia is was detained excuse me on tuesday at his party headquarters he's facing charges of inciting violence during protests and 2019 because the charges politically motivated. well european union sources say that astra zeneca will deliver less than half of the vaccines that it promised to member states in the 2nd quarter of this year the drug maker is supposed to provide 118000000 doses by the end of june it has already missed its 1st quarter commitments due to production issue

saying that his was very happy with what happened in the sense that the rule of law is working in malta saying that somebody no has been jailed for 15 years but at the same time his remarks that there are no indications that the politicians are involved did they raise some eyebrows because to well do you compilation of this into world court proceedings we heard very prominent people. government who had close links to one of the suspects is businessman you're going so me yes and this did the case is definitely not closed there are so many questions that remain unanswered as you say are we closer to knowing he was behind the mega. yes this is a potential breakthrough today because not one of the suspects who did the actual commissions to do it actually pleaded guilty and there is new renowned hope annealed hope that he might be so willing to spill the beans let's not forget he was given a presidential pardon over an other murder because it is suspect who was involved in kuwait's. was going through so we understand that this presidential pardon wasn't given through if it is not but it was

she expose corruption within malta as political and business elites killing rock the island nation of sparked protests that forced the country's prime minister to step down also coming up israel. reopens rather this economy with the extra freedoms for the already banks needed anyone with a green past can slight abroad go to restaurants britons give support to the critics of course for certain that it's unfair and facebook and australia's government struck a deal to end a blackout on news feeds but all the social media giant now before truth was them on its digital platform. the book . on they are thank you so much for your company everyone where we started malta the assassination of maltese. investigative journalist daphne carr want to 2017 sparked international outrage now one of 3 men accused of her murder has been sentenced to 15 years in jail all came after he unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty and admitted all the charges against him i want to go to this had been exposing corruption in the country's political and business elite when she died in the car bomb attack her murder

her determination to shine a light on the shadowy world of rich and powerful in malta made her name asphne caruana galizia her life. 30 years pursuing the corrupt brought accolades and also enemies. a vincent muscat changed his plea and finally admitted he was part of a plot to assassinate her. two other men are on trial. has to assassinate her. two other men are on trial.— men are on trial. as a result of vincent — men are on trial. as a result of vincent muscat's - men are on trial. as a result i of vincent muscat's admission, the police could now rearrest three people, who supplied the bomb that killed her. this would be a breakthrough in the fight against organised crime, but we still need to see the institutions get dizzy dealing with this. , ~ ., ., with this. the shock and anger surrounding — with this. the shock and anger surrounding her _ with this. the shock and anger surrounding her assassination | surrounding her assassination in a car bombing in a remote village in the north of the country in 2017 was felt beyond the shores of the small mediterranean island. its prime mini

a court in malta has handed a 15 year jail sentence to a man who pleaded guilty to murdering investigative journalist stephanie carr one of the lead siya she had been exposing corruption among multiple political and business elite when she was killed in a car bomb attack 20173 other defendants are still awaiting trial. authorities in ecuador say over 60 inmates have died in riots in 3 of the country's prisons the military was deployed to help police quell the uprisings which authorities blame on a criminal organizations jails in ecuador are severely overcrowded and often see gang violence between rival gangs. astra zeneca will reportedly deliver less than half of the vaccines that it promised the european union in the 2nd quarter of this year the drug maker is supposed to provide $180000000.00 doses to the e.u. by the end of june it has already missed its 1st quarter commitments due to production issues. well german authorities have given emergency approval for rapid coronavirus tests that can be used at home through products have been approved until now rapid tests could only be carried o

but the plan to ground the german air force failed in the convoy in malta failed as a result.cause of one leaked piece of information? >> the amount of information people head of foreshadowing about better knowledge about that it ignored it and didn't pay attention to it. i want a reminder listeners where talking to gorshom gorenberg talking about his book "war of shadows" which i highly recommend. we are getting close to the end but can you talk a little bit, i don't know if you thought about this but the use of intelligence in today's world the question from an audience member and how it's either obtained and the differences are there lessons from world war ii in the early technologies around what i will call espionage and the social media and social networks how social networks have used the analogies today are not? >> a think the left is incredibly strong to cause its true that the technology, in terms terms of the technology we have today enigma is stone age but the crucial breakthroughs to enigma, the perfect coating machines were based on the fact that the flaws are hum

in malta, a man has pleaded guilty in the 2017 car bomb assassination of anti-corruption reporter daphne caruana galizia and will receive a 15-year prison sentence. vincent muscat is one of three men charged with planning and executing her murder. malta police arrested three other men this week suspected of supplying the bomb that killed caruana galizia. in algeria, thousands took to the streets monday despite heavy police presence to mark the second anniversary of mass demonstrations which led to the resignation of president abdelaziz bouteflika in 2019. >> we stopped protesting due to the coronavirus pandemic, but we have returned february 22 protest and continue until our goals are achieved, god willing. the students will not stop and will return to the streets. long live algeria. amy: a group of democratic senators has introduced legislation proposing sanctions for honduran president juan orlando hernÁndez and blocking financial aid and ammunition sales to honduran law enforcement over human rights violations and corruption. hernÁndez has been linked to drug trafficking in at least t

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a 5th lawyer in 2015 on malta and so now he gets away relatively lightly was this 15 year jail term and he finally admitted yes it's me and those 2 other people beside me here in court to have actually killed the journalist what have we actually definitively learned now who exactly was behind the murder of. absolutely not and that is the main problem because there is another man still in court the organ fenech he is a businessman who was involved in a lot of the shady dealings that it took place on multiple for many years particularly during the time and government of joseph muska the prime minister who had to step down at the end of $2900.00 after those huge protests that we don't we witness stand and you're going fanning says no it wasn't me it was the chief of staff of the prime minister who did know he of course says no it was me and the 2 are pointing the fingers against each other and so far there has not really prove there's not really been any proof of which one of the 2 all may be in the person whom we don't know yet or did the murder and paid the money for it because the 3 kil

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the us to give them back something china has invested in germany holland belgium france spain malta istanbul in greece and u.k. all portals in europe have the chinese all the shit. out of the city is a psychologist and author lived in china for 6 years and observed the events around the new silk road development with a critical eye. she thinks the italian government was trying to create an economic advantage for itself but underestimated the plant's political dimensions a lot of the theory could he acknowledged months of this political project by a member of the g 7 had a great propaganda value also in china itself. that an offer of the new silk road is quite clearly and you know make project and like projects in history in.

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now to some more stories from around the world a court in malta has handed a 15 year jail sentence to a man who pleaded guilty to murdering investigative journalist daphne cut. she had been working to expose corruption among multiple a tickle in business elite when she was killed in a car bomb attack in 2073 other defendants are still awaiting trial. authorities in ecuador say over 60 inmates have died in riots in 3 prisons the military was deployed to help police quality uprisings which authorities blame on criminal organizations jails in ecuador are severely overcrowded and often see violence between rival gangs. and thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied in the georgian capital tbilisi following the detention of the main opposition leader make a 1000000 was detained tuesday at his party headquarters he faces charges of inciting violence during protests in 2019 1000000 cars calls the charges politically motivated. gulfstar tiger woods has undergone surgery for multiple leg injuries after a car accident in the u.s. city of los angeles woods had to be pulled from his s.u

poorly done everywhere and so if you look at least of countries or banks tash attacked bangladesh malta mexico indonesia pakistan most of them are in less developed countries where the standards of cyber security are a bit lower so the killings have been easier they've also done a lot of theft from crypto currency exchanges where it's really like the wild west out there so there's lots of opportunities to steal cryptic currencies so they really. they do a good job don't get me wrong but they also have the whole world of banks so they're not banks in a rich country they pay off the banks way security is poor and if the whole world is your estate you will find many banks way security is poor so it's that combination of a lot of effort combined with the fact that in general cybersecurity around the world is poor tom if you're and from the australian strategic policy institute in canberra thank you so much pleasure talking to you thank you. for the recent arrest of a 22 year old climate activist in india for sharing a document in support of ongoing protests by farmers made global headlines

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funny char reporting there from vienna now it's more headlines from around the world a court in malta has handed a 15 year jail sentence to a man who pleaded guilty to murdering investigative journalist daphne cutter one of the lead cia she had been working to expose corruption among political and business elite when she was killed in a car bomb attack in 20173 other defendants are still awaiting trial. iran has officially started limiting international inspections of its nuclear facilities it will no longer share video footage of the sites with the u.n. nuclear watchdog and it will also restrict in person inspections of the facilities tehran is calling for the united states to lift economic sanctions imposed by former president trump. authorities in ecuador say over 60 inmates have died in riots and 3 prisons the military was deployed to help police quil quell the uprisings which authorities blame on criminal organizations jails in ecuador are severely overcrowded and often see violence between rival gangs. and thousands of anti-government protesters have rallied in the georgian capi

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court in malta has handed a 15 year jail sentence to a man who pleaded guilty to murdering investigative journalist stephanie caro on a good lead c.-a she had been exposing corruption among multiple political and business elite when she was killed in a car bomb attack in 20173 other defendants are still awaiting trial. or european union sources say that astra zeneca will deliver less than half of the vaccines that it promised to member states in the 2nd quarter of this year the drug maker is supposed to provide 180000000 doses by the end of june it has already missed its 1st quarter commitments to to production issues the more than 90000000 doses shortfall could hit the e.u.'s ability to meet its target a vaccination 70 percent of adults by summer. and earlier we spoke with correspondent barbara vessel in brussels and asked her for her take on the supply shortfall politically of course this is a disaster the european governments promised their citizens their population we will get these vaccinations to you there will be light at the end often so corona crisis tunnel and now this might co

a court in malta has handed a 15 year jail sentence to a man who pleaded guilty to murdering investigative journalist. she had been working to expose corruption among political and business elite when she was killed in a car bomb attack in 20173 other defendants are still awaiting trial. and astra zeneca will reportedly deliver less than half of the vaccines and promised the european union in the 2nd quarter of this year the drug maker is supposed to provide $180000000.00 doses to the e.u. by the end of june it has already missed its 1st quarter commitments due to production issues. for the 1st time german authorities have given approved a rapid code 19 tests for home use 3 products have been cleared by germany's medicines regulator until now rapid test could only be carried out by trained professionals in the country the health minister and spawn hopes the kits will play a central role in curbing the pandemic as lock down restrictions are eased she says more home test kits will be approved next week. course with a mass testing plan for germany has already been rolled out in australia it i

germany holland belgium france spain malta. and. all ports in europe have the chinese on a ship. right in the city is a psychologist and author lived in china for 6 years and observed the abend surround the new silk road development with the critical. she thinks the italian government was trying to create an economic advantage for itself but underestimated the plant's political dimensions. but a lot of thought there you recall he acknowledgment of this political project by a member of the g 7 had a great propaganda value also in china itself i think a propagandist figuring that an offer of this the new silk road is quite clearly an economic project and like growth projects in history in china and the usa it's not it's an act of charity they are pursuing their own interests which are embark on the end there.

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well you can expect climate change in general to make winters malta. just a company.suggesting that it's actually going to have some impact on the severity of winter storms could be impacting the polar vortex here in north america and other systems. you know given that most of what is trying to cut emissions we still have set about of climate change already kind of baked in governments to businesses across the globe really can have to stop paying for these he creasing physical threats you know while they too will suggest that the countries in central america and sub-saharan africa are probably most threatened by its hoopla maris i think events like this in in greece to go to show that you know businesses in europe in america in the middle east going to come away on sky is going to be significant costs tens of damages unless we start investing in resilience measures which you know may seem expensive now more likely save money in the long run and you know given that they'll be looking vestments in assets that will be around $45060.00 is in king was because if you think

details of the time or place but we are keeping a close watch for any new developments well a judge in malta has sentenced one man to 15 years in prison for the murder of a high profile investigative journalist who exposed corruption in the government there then some muscat david guilty to the 27000 car bomb killing of death and. the scots 2 brothers are also on trial the prime minister resigned last year after an investigation revealed many of his supporters were implicated in hama. pakistan's prime minister has arrived in sri lanka his 1st visit that since taking office imran khan was welcomed by prime minister mahinda rajapaksa and the leaders are expected to discuss bilateral trade and elsewhere and as has more now from sri lanka's capital colombo. for the muslims of this country the minority numbering a little over 10 percent their hopes are riding on imran khan to sort out a burning issue they've been dealing with that is the government's policy of force cremations of corbett 19 victims the muslim sort of minority has engaged with the government at multiple levels a centrally what they

that your sphere of influence is you concentrate on libya and tying the british down and maybe take malta and and this is what you do and then the japanese you attack russia from one side we attack it if we're to do that or better yet. let's not tack russia at all. you take indian come up from suez will do none of that existed. part of it's because when you have an ideology that says that japanese are asian supermen and ties and koreans and vietnamese and china. there's subhuman and when you have an ideology that says arians in germany are better than nordics and scandinavian a lot better than southern europeans and a lot lot better than slaves and jews etc then each of these people have this exalted view of themselves. that makes it very hard to have. relations with other people that they're not prone to it and then autocracy and dictatorship by nature seems to a very suspicious system. learn more about world war ii leadership tonight at eight eastern five-pacific here here on american history tv. every saturday at 8pm eastern on american history tv on c-span 3 go inside a different coll

hungary with orbán or cyprus or malta i'm to completely watered down the entire e.u.oreign policy towards russia and so now i fear that that whatever reaction there will be and there will be a reaction but i'm sure that the reaction certainly be watered down by putin's very clever ways of forming his way into and diluting foreign policy the bill browder with his views on what's happening in russia at the moment thank you for joining us we do appreciate it. thank you. now flows before perves main starts wall street bets if you know what any of those main then well done you a younger and far more in touch than i am what you might have heard though is a lot of fuss about stocks in something cold game stop now with those sorts of phrases which are now part of the stock market lexicon we have to say a new generation has taken many of the old hands by surprise and seen the market go to new highs they make bets using new trading apps which of democratized trading the show but their biggest fads actually laid waste to the multi-billion dollar hedge funds who've been short sel