poisoning and what is happening in moldova. gray zone warfare is a really big part of the future of the way warfare would be conducted. so, i wonder how we are dealing with that as a concept. what is the future of that in europe? >> so, the u.s. army has developed the concept of of a domain operations and a fundamental aspect of multi-domain operations is active competition short a bomb of armed conflict. penetrate,ompete, compete, exploit, re-compete. i see the army as the competition as an ongoing state of affairs and it is necessary to do so. obvious leave their a questions of debate on which domain or which modality you're talking about, questions about authorities, etc. there are things that we do everyday, some of them could be as simple as where we move our forces, how publicly we do so. they can be as simple as combating misinformation that we see emerge in the public domain. >> nato has an entire new stratcom outreach thing that is very active in helping to thisify and fight information but in a democracy within a coac

he tookjust 62 minutes to thrash radu albot from moldova. to seal his place in the last eight, where he could face fellow swiss stan wawrinka. earlier, wawrinka who's the number—seven seed, made it through to round two with a straight sets victory over uruguay‘s pablo cuevas. wawrinka won 6—3, 6—4 and now plays frances tiafoe of the usa. the winner of that will play federer in the quarterfinals. wednesday's winners also included david goffin. the number—six seed from belgium beat the 2016 champion marin cilic in straight sets. goffin who reached the final back in 2014 now plays the 6'11" american reilly 0pelka. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. i think it's fair to say many of us will be glad to see the back of october and we've still got another week to come and there is more rain in the forecast for the next few days. some of it quite heavy as well. however, as we do close out the month, it does look as though we are likely to

more to the effort in germany and france led that led the effort to satisfy demands by italy and moldova other countries take some miles. i did germany's chancellor really tell britain's prime minister that it breaks the deal is overwhelmingly likely well as for the close a souls close to boris johnson has told british media following a phone call this morning between the prime minister and i'm going to map the leak has prompted a new council president don't have to ask towards the job center bret's it should not become a blame game the u.k. is due to leave the european union at the end of this month. the w.'s have breaks it honest alex forrest whiting can break this down for us welcome alex that's what do we know about who said what to who or what we officially know is that boris johnson spokesperson has said that this conversation between angela merkel and boris johnson this morning was challenging but on that officially a source close to boris johnson top. told a british political journalist that angle americal allegedly said that a brics a deal is overwhelmingly unlikely and less lon

there is a fascinating subject for those of you that are not familiar with it is a region of moldova nestled in between ukraine, romania and essentially been separate territory as a part of what they call frozen conflict since the early post cold war period. one of the things i learned in writing the book i knew a lot about it, but i realized how much of the history of the russian perceptions about our policy goals and how much of a breakdown in all of the rules that were once opposed during the cold war and all of these arms control agreements and other confidence in the security measures will disappear in. how much of that was tied into moldova in all of the places of the world you would think us americans couldn't find it on a map. a lot of it was in some way connected so it's one of these issues in a land blog out-of-the-way place. you would think that it would be an area that we would be able to find a compromise solution, and yet it has proven so elusive, i think that it's one i would look to if i were to say you know, is there a place where we might be able to have some tracti

there was already mention of the gru and moldova -- what keeps you up at night? patrick: i wish i asked that question. >> it remains complicated, obviously. it remains something we have to keep an eye on as a country. europe has to as a continent and a union and nato has to as an alliance. we maintain forces in kosovo. from my perspective, those forces are a essential to the stability and the area. there are internal tensions that have existed there and have not been resolved despite the fact that 20 years have gone by since open warfare in the balkans. and there are external influences at work there. they do not help. they exacerbate the natural frictions in the area. i don't think the balkans is a place that we can stop paying attention to yet. i think -- and i will be there in a couple of weeks. i believe greece and north macedonia have displayed great courage in overcoming the naming dispute. north amasa dona is now in my mind doing everything it can to be the nato aspirant it desires to be. it remains a complicated area. patrick: ok. with that, ladies and ge

through moldova exits to the square thing. so when they move forward that is going to be a bit of a problem the hotels in the businesses have led to is they've sucked up put up the sauces and put a lot of the windows have been smashed and bear in mind this is a weak areas. these protests and we're joined by thousands more basically i'm afraid you said that while they had started a protest against those sentences handed down to the codependents council and leaders on monday they were now very concerned about the police brutality that they had seen on friday 20 suspended to protest with rubber bullets and tear gas engine 150 protesters 3 of me now in critical condition. and a curfew has just come into effect in chile as capital following protests about planned price rises for public transport president sebastian pinera has backed down on the increased fares but crowds are still out on the streets or they were at least the decision provoked nearly 2 weeks of violent demonstrations and led to a state of emergency being called on f

as i moldova which words to say today, i heard a song playing on the radio that embodied the same spirit. eminem -- s of [laughter] you own it.t you only get one shot to not miss your chance. the opportunity only comes once in a lifetime. my father his moment and because of that we -- my father seized his moment and because of that we are all gathered here today. [applause] and to all of you, when the time comes, i hope that you seize yours as well. thank you. i love you back. [applause] >> god is good. i come before you this morning with a very heavy heart. elijah was my older brother by three years. that atn tell you now times it was easy and at other times it was not. i followed him into middle school and the teachers expected so much of me. the seventh grade social studies class -- the teacher said -- you are elijah cummings' brother? said said, yes, sir and he i expect a lot from you. him bobby and the family called him bobby. weple have asked me why called him that and it was because his godmother did not like the name of elisha. if you don't mind, i will refer to him as bobby from

in november 2013, ukraine along with georgia and moldova and armenia, planned to sign agreements with the european union. russia pressured the armenians to back out of these agreements and armenia agreed. it has subsequently signed them. .t also pressured mr. yanakovic summit tok before a sign them, he agreed not to sign them. after treating the european union as a much lesser evil than nato, mr. putin got into his mind that the european union was bad news for moscow, that signing agreements with the european union meant that these countries were moving in a more westward direction towards deeper integration with the community and he wanted to stop that. he pressured him into not signing these agreements, reneging on these agreements. the result was a social media movement that led a few months later to him fleeing power, going to russia and a new government coming in. there were more than 100 people killed during the violence. unlike 2004 with the orange revolution, there was terrible violence this time. in downtown ukraine. ovic has the blood of those people on his hands. we then se

in november 2013, ukraine, along with georgia, moldova, and armenia, planned to sign agreements withthe european union. russia pressured the armenians to back out of these agreements, and our media agreed, and has since signed them. but it also pressured mr. yanukovych. just a week before a summit before these agreements were to be signed, he agreed not to sign them. after treating the european union as a much lesser evil than nato, mr. putin got into his mind that the european union was bad news for moscow. that signing agreements with the european union meant that these countries, along russia's borders, were moving in a more westward direction, towards deeper integration with the euro atlanta community, and he wanted to stop that. so he pressured mr. yanukovych into not signing these agreements, or reneging on these agreements, and the result was a social media moment, that led a few months later, to mr. yanukovych fleeing power, going to russia, and a new government coming. and there were more than 100 people killed during the violence. unlike in 2004, with the orange revolution,

they'd lost each and every one of their 56 european qualifiers before beating moldova 2—1 last night.the media of treating him unfairly as he faced questions over the ban handed out to his former coach. alberto salazar‘s been given a 4—year ban from athletics for doping violations. farah is in chicago to defend his marathon title, he's neverfailed a drugs test and says there is an "agenda" against him. there's a clear agenda to this. i've seen this many, many times. and i know where you're going with it. i've seen it with raheem sterling, i've seen it with lewis hamilton. i can't win, whatever i do. as i said, there's no allegation against me. i've not done anything wrong. this allegation is about, let's be clear here, it's about alberto salazar and oregon project. we've spoken a lot about the super typhoon hitting japan. it means there's just one game going ahead at the rugby world cup today. england against france and new zealand versus italy both cancelled, but ireland's final pool game against samoa goes ahead, despite concerns over the pitch, which has been relaid leading to worr

they'd lost each and every one of their 56 european qualifiers before beating moldova 2—1 last night.kenyan distance runner eliud kipchoge, who won the london marathon for a fourth time this year, is going to try to become the first man to run a marathon in less than two hours. he tried it once before, a couple of years ago, and missed out byjust 26 seconds. he goes off at around 7:15 this morning in vienna. of course, we will keep a close eye on how he gets on. mo farah has accused the media of treating him unfairly as he faced questions over the ban handed out to his former coach. alberto salazar‘s been given a 4—year ban from athletics for doping violations. farah is in chicago to defend his marathon title, he's neverfailed a drugs test, and says there is an "agenda" against him. there is a clear agenda to this, i've seen this many, many times. i don't know where you are going with it and don't know where you are going with itandi don't know where you are going with it and i have seen it with raheem sterling and lewis hamilton. i cannot win, whatever i do. as i said, there is no al

he is also occupying georgia and moldova. he has violated human rights of his own citizens, leading to the enactment of the magnitsky law not only in the united states but around the world. mr. chairman, we need a confirmed ambassador who will support our democratic principles and give hope to the voices in russia that stand up to the repressive regime of mr. putin. conclude with the nomination hearing that senator sullivan referred to, when the nominee told us that our greatest asset is the commitment toward the fundamental values expressed with our nation, the pursuit of happiness. at the heart of leadership in the world. i am grateful that mr. sullivan will step forward to take this challenge. sen. risch: i understand you have a commitment. >> i have a commitment also. >> you do. again, i want to thank all of you for coming. john, welcome. we will contemplate the nomination today of the honorable john sullivan. we welcome you back to the committee. thank you for your willingness to continue serving in what is a challenging