mr. putin's policies. i always remember some of the most human rights activists who continuously tell us russians that the passage by the united states congress of the law was the most pro-russia we could have passed because it spoke in favor of the russian people. russia and the united states are members of the osce. we made a commitment to respect the rights of our citizens and we have a right to challenge when our country is not complying with the commitments. that's our responsibility. the united states must work on our allies to build defenses and strengthens international norms of values to deter such maligned behavior by russia or any other country. that's the essence of what we're recommending in this report. it's now time for the united states to exercise leadership. thank you. [ applause ] >>> thank you for your leadership and getting at this report. i think what we'll do now is maybe i'll ask a couple questions and throw it to the audience. i know you have a hard stop to leave five minutes befor

mr. putin's policies. i always remember human rights activists continuously tell us that russians the passage by the united states congress was the best law we could have passed it is in favor of the russian people. as pointed out with the helsinki commission russia and the united states are members we made a mutual commitment to respect the rights of citizens and it is a challenge if the country is not complying with the helsinki agreement. we must work with our allies a to build the defense against mr. putin's arsenal and then to deter such behavior by russia or any other country. that is the essence of what we are recommending in this report now it is time for the united states to exercise leadership. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for those remarks and for your leadership to get at this comprehensive report. now i will ask a couple of questions i know you have a hard stop five minutes before the hour. what is interesting is much of the public dialogue in this country is russian interference were of

mr. putin has cumulated $10 billion of stolen wealth he has an active propaganda machine and has tried to splinter the eu including the u.k. and slowing talks with european union and has unable to solve progress in georgia and ukraine through aggressive military incursions and occupations. to acknowledge the effectiveness that brought mr. into power. they were first developed at home against the russian people now putin is using them globally. many countries have stepped up to the challenge the 2016 elections was was a wake-up call leading to political resolve and action but for others the threat has been present for decades that they have organized accordingly. the arsenal can be countered with political will and events to degree success that political leadership that said enough is enough to mobilize their democracies. mr. hans in sharp contrast president have rallied the country to address the challenges facing the nation yet today they acknowledge the threat posed of his repeated attacks th

mr. putin employs an asymmetric arsenal that employs not just invasions, and they do use their military, but cyber attacks, disinformation and propaganda, support for fringe political groups. they have employed the weaponization of energy resources. we have a network of organized crime. and they have a system that is fueled by corruption. this threat existed long before trump and will remain following his tenure unless he takes steps and we take steps to address it. our report examines how the russian government has sought to interfere in 19 countries across europe. many lessons are to be learned from our allies in europe who have shown that this -- his behavior can be deterred. while many in the executive branch understand the threat and have taken steps to address mr. putin's asymmetric arsenal, presidential leadership has been absent. never before has a u.s. president so clearly ignored such a grave and growing threat to our national security, and without presidential leadership, the u.s. wi

purposes and our relations will continue to deteriorate well let's wait and see it's not up to us mr putin to have a question about the korean peninsula. during new year we've heard some good news but on the other hand we heard a lot of bad news people comparing their nuclear buttons. so how do you come in you assess the situation what can you say about this right now. i think and emerge the winner out of the situation and he has a nuclear charge and then. global strike a missile with a range of up to thirteen hundred kilometers capable of reaching almost any spot. in. the u.s. and now of course he's he wants to calm down and he acts very smart he's smart and mature politician. and all of these he's here but we have to consider. there are real facts and based on the actual situation and we have to act very cautiously. and since. we have set the goal of. nuclear rising the korean peninsula we should only do this through talks and negotiations as difficult as it may seem eventually this is. well as long as all the stakeholders including north korea you feel certain that the their security ca

here in the united states we must respond with urgency to this right mr putin's design to try to compromise democratic institutions the republican controlled house continues to plot democrats' efforts to investigate the attack the countries that have achieved a degree of success all have one thing in common. political leadership who publicly said an officer is a not never before has a u.s. president so clearly ignored such a grave threat and a growing threat to u.s. national security. also coming up a new warning for our children and their mental health and the smartphones that seem to be addicted to. the once you miss periods of social development you can't come back and make them up and these phones are causing there to be a change in regards to social development of children. oh we begin the day with plans to take america first to the swiss alps today the white house confirmed that u.s. president donald trump will attend the world economic forum in davos later this month the conference is considered the the event for the world's who's who of business in politics or will it be the next st

trump believes that he has a good relationship with mr. putin. he says when mr. our elections, the president believes him. sit somewhat real he is allowing him to do these activities. >> the state department siding with the president said they think russia has gotten the message. russia has gotten the message. no new sanctions necessary. your legislations spoke loud and clear. >> that's absolutely false. our intelligence community tells us mr. putin is still very, very active in the united states. we see that in the interference in our social media trying to get news at a higher level. we see that in activities as already mentioned in some european countries. with see that in syria. more and more cases where russia and mr. putin is doing things against our interest. no, russia has not gotten the message. >> is the u.s. prepared today to defend itself against any future russian meddling? >> no. with the president of the united states not taking the leadership the way our reelection system works, the way it is so open, you need to be sophisticated in your defense. w

mr. putin has received me on the eve of my departure to the united states, and what message i have from him is that we need pragmatic, equal relations between the united states and the russian federation. one should not forget that russia and the united states, as permanent members of the un security council and the largest nuclear powers, there a special responsibility for maintaining global peace and security. therefore, despite all negativity, we should not shut off from one another. not look back at the past, but rather follow the strategic vision of our common goals. it is clear the russian and united states interests intertwine when it comes to the fight against global terrorism. there is a context within the russian and united states presidents on the sidelines of the asia-pacific summit in vietnam, in a joint statement of syria that our countries need each other. they are coordinating their efforts to defeat isis and achieve a stable political settlement in syria. we are united in neces

we know mr. putin uses criminal elements to try to care ey out his designs.d our woman the administration was very slow to even try to get that started and to this day they still have not fully engaged with the tools that have been provided by congress. so there has been -- i use the term negligence. the president has been negligent in dealing with this problem. russia is trying to compromise our democratic institutions. it not just free elections. we want to bring down our way of government. they want corruption to. >> we've got to take action and this administration is not following through. >> senator, one last question for you on this. this is a comprehensive report, a 200-page report. it's from the committee on foreign relations, which means it's the kren, did you report others not working. >> very early in 2017 i made a decision based on the democratic members of the senate foreign relations committee that the people had to understand what mr. putin is doing. it deals with an overall game plan to try to dominate democratic institutions in europe and in

that's the wrong message to mr. putin work -- >> they're not implemented yet. >> that sounds like delay. >> that's not a delay. >> what it was, i think as you know, our sanctions are based upon an enormous amount of intel work. now we will take basis of that report and look at kind of, as we do in the normal course, where it is the appropriate to put sanctions. >> do you buy it? >> no. it has been six months. the sanctions not the just against the military and intelligence sector. there are sanctions authorized for cyber activities. russia has been very active in cyber. arms embargo violations. all that russia has been engaged with. he talks to mr. putin andes plibl putin when he says he didn't interfere in the elections. if the president of the united states is not convinced russia is involved, it is understandable that he is soft on these issues. >> but you saw the cia director said he is not only concerned that russia will interfere but they'll do it again. >> he said of course, will they be engaged. obviously they're

mr. putin's attempts in that election. same thing in germany.sia attempted a coup in montenegro to block it entering nato. they've taken steps to protect themselves because they recognize that russia is trying to bring down their democratic institutions. in the united states our president has not taken this seriously. basically said he's not sure that russia was involved in our elections when we know for sure they were. we don't have presidential leadership, a national game plan that recognizes the risk that russia presents to our national security. >> one of the things that i found distressing on institutional level, you highlight the state department's global engagement center as a key part of the state department that congress has identified as a place, a resource within our government that could be very helpful, useful in terms of combatting russian influence operations. and you say that congress identified that office, basically ordered that office be used for that purpose, particularly given what russia did in the 2016 election. but under

twenty eighteen hour presidential elections of two thousand and twenty make no mistake about it mr putin will push as far as he's allowed to push if we don't push back never before has a u.s. president so clearly ignored such a grave threat and a growing threat to u.s. national security card so what's going on here let me pull in chris faulkner he's a republican strategist with majority strategies in los angeles which describes itself as america's premier influence marketing services firm chris good to have you on the show welcome to the date let me ask you about north and south korea first of all they're talking again but they're talking right now about the olympics not about north korea's nuclear weapons is this eight true sign of trumps foreign policy leadership but up front the progress there is more than just you know it's actually one of the most emotional issues emotional issues for most koreans is reunification between sam's will obviously a lot of families were separated there in the. separation of the two koreas indy's on motional ice to live it so about three half years and th

be rich mr putin strong i'm right here. you more question has something to do with the previous one. the kremlin the songs. board for us publisher dates has nothing to do with sanctions is not goes together with sanctions but still it's made on the basis of the act against the enemies of the usa means that these people who are on the list they are enemies of the united states but it's unprecedented it includes everyone on the when you strain of the press then the government of russia had of the state carper a. major businesses. that used to kaspersky mr wallace they are on that list that's incredible unprecedented because they say that these people are the enemies of united states the whole government except for you probably the they're just not allowed to make you were an enemy of their country oh well maybe i should hold the grudge maybe i should. find that a fantasy. let's say. so i have a feeling that they had a half a years to compile the document but judging by the words in the wording it seems as if a student was wor

cuckoo land if you believe that was going to happen just a couple of days ago mr erdogan pleaded to mr putin through the press that he wanted the government forces to stop bombing his own forces in italy breaching which is just adjacent to that so the whole situation is becoming incredibly tense and i think the of the problem is really edward he's he's he's starting to behave like a super regional superpower in the region and i think he's suffering from delusions of adequacy you know i think he's got himself into a situation where you can no longer continue playing this double role of having a geopolitical foot in washington all of the same time having the same the other foot in putin's camp in russia he's made a very big effort since august two thousand and sixteen to improve relations dramatically with russia he needs turkey needs russia for its future for its trade for its development for its tourism but i think is a real danger now where that relationship may well come off the rails because it seems increasingly unlikely that the russians or iran or the syrian government are going to con

i think it's just a reverse of mr. putin. i think he likes having a proxy of iran and syria. >> i think the focus has been right now from the russian point of view on stabilization on syria, securing the success, victory of the regime and putting an end to the chaos and violence there. the question is at what price over the long term and an enhancement and a permanent sense for iran's role there cannot serve any regional or transregional security interest, but you ask what we're doing about this challenge. the first step was the defeat of isis. as long as isis remained a potent, fighting force in syria, the bandwidth, the space to deal with these broader strategic challenges including iran, and of course, assad and the regime simply wasn't there. that bandwidth is being freed up now. with the u.n. process and with international support for a credible, electoral and constitutional reform process, we see political transition in syria as a potentially achievable goal. we don't underestimate the challenges ahead. this is going to

mr. putin's hands. they are unfairly, dishonestly clouding a crucial investigation into russia's interference in our elections, a matter of most serious concern for every american. it's abhorrent. it must stop. i yield the floor.

and mr putin enjoys far more airtime than any of the other candidates. lin still needs people to come out and vote for vladimir putin. that is why calls to boycott the elections are making the russian authorities nervous. steve rosenberg, bbc news. earlier i spoke to leonid ragozin, a russian journalist who's covered alexei navalny‘s political movement in depth. i began by asking him why the authorities want to arrest mr navalny. navalny has created the best network of headquarters in different regions of headquarters in different regions of russia, and he has made an unprecedented breakthrough into the russian regions, he really expanded the geography of the protests, and he has discovered and brought these younger people who are manning his protests. it will take a long time in russia before it will end up with a transition to another kind of government. but putin is entering his lame—duck period of presidency. the six years will be manifested by a lot of infighting in the kremlin and the growing movement led by navalny will be a factor in the equation.

with mr putin i have to use this opportunity. i would imagine it is a difficult time and. even though we are. they calling me is written in the crisis is over but we're still awaiting for the. you know. sorry to interrupt but you know what we need to maintain our growth rates in the economy but we have one point six percent. growth in g.d.p. agriculture grew by two point five percent. and gently the budget deficit is only one point five percent and the year before it was fifty percent. inflation is at two point five percent which is an all time low. which from the coal this indicates that our situation looks very very good. and that direct investment grew by four point four percent. what this means with one point six g.d.p. growth is that direct investment grows above above. the konami growth which means that we have a strong foundation for further growth. so unemployment is also. quite low so we should be quite optimistic but of course. this doesn't mean that we should relax we still have our work cut out for us and we are not happy with our growth rates in this sense you

by the way, it was said by my president, mr. putin. mr. holloway: thank you very much. let me now turn to the question of the election, which is, well, must dominate the headlines. which is the source of a great deal of distrust, because the sense -- partly because the election was so close. partly because of the evidence of the statements made by our intelligence agencies that there was an influence campaign that the u.s. -- sorry the russian , federation engaged in different kinds of trolling, different kinds of advertising and someone, -- and so on hacking and releasing documents to wikileaks. that playing itself out, or at least going through a whole procedure, a process of dealing with that in one way or another. what is your response? your president has denied you engaged in those. amb. anatov: you would like for me that i agree? i will go to moscow. [laughter] mr. holloway: i'm not asking you to challenge that, but i'm asking you how you think then that she mentioned this at the beginning how it affects the relationship. how is this going to play out? amb. anatov

making less money in the months to come they will blame somebody for that and this is going to be mr putin all right magic storage reporting there for us from moscow thank you very much turkey's president roger tab everyone has vowed to quote clean its entire border with syria of terrorists ankara's nine day offensive against the kurdish one p.g. militia in syria is showing no sign of letting up turkey has demanded that the u.s. pull its troops out of the northern syrian town of nine beds turkish forces and y p g clashed again over the weekend. say saturday's fighting concentrated in the northwest of the african region in this video kurdish fighters target turkish helicopters with small arms fire activists say turkey is making slow progress on the ground. president richard sipe added to supporters just over a week into the campaign he claims turkey has inflicted heavy casualties on it telling me. three hundred ninety four terrorists have been neutralized. and we have twenty martyrs from the free syrian army and our military is full of books. you did. the figures are disputed and cannot be

even less money in the months to come they will blame somebody for that and this is going to be mr putin all right me objects are transporting them for us from moscow thank you very much. turkey's president roger ted heir to one has vowed to quote clean its entire border with syria of terrorist ankara's nine day offensive against the kurdish y p j militia in syria shows no sign of letting up turkey has demanded the u.s. pull its troops out of the northern syrian town of non bitch turkish forces n.y.p.d. clashed again over the weekend. turkish troops are advancing with their heavy equipment because it's militia white b.g. which controls the area south of the turkish syrian border and which ankara calls terrorists to put up strong resistance but turkish troops have now getting their first military success. i spoke with the commander this morning and as of now four hundred and eighty four terrorists have been neutralized that the operation continues. parser is about to fall after that place is taken will advance with even more determination turkish backed troops have been trying to capture

even less money in the months to come they will blame somebody for that and this is going to be mr putin all right now jack starts reporting now for us from moscow thank you very much. turkey's president russia temporarily one has vowed to quote clean its entire border with syria of terrorists on cora's nine day offensive against a kurdish why p.g. militia in syria shows no sign of letting up turkey's demanded that the us pull its troops out of the northern syrian town of man bitch turkish forces and want p.g. clashed again over the weekend. edition other activists say saturday's fighting concentrated in the north west of the african region in this video could his fighters target turkish helicopters with small arms fire activists say turkey is making slow progress on the ground. president richard type rather one ready to support is just over a week into the campaign he claims turkey has inflicted heavy casualties on the attorneys. three hundred ninety four terrorists have been neutralized. there and we have twenty martyrs from the free syrian army and our military the lives. of. the figu

mr. putin's involvement in the use of the tools to try to undermine democratic institutions. involved in o involvement in our election was just a small part of it. we've had strong bipartisan support from the senate and congress on much of what's in this report. many of the recommendations are moving forward on a bipartisan manner. i commented yesterday that bipartisan under senator corker and myself have had meetings on this. no, i understand this is a report issued by the democratic members, but it truly represents, i think, a nonpartisan-bipartisan effort to alert the international community of the maligned attacks by president putin. >> why did you call the president uncontrolled? >> he still hasn't acknowledged russia's engagement in our elections. he's failed to contact the nsa group in this attack. he doesn't acknowledge russia's propaganda, russia's -- mr. putin's corruption in support of corrupt regimes, his use of cyber tax against us, his interference not only in the u.s. election but in the european elections. the president has been missing providing the serious a

what happens after the election when mr. putin he has been reelected it, what would you say -- what will you save the impact of zinnia's candidacy would have been on russian politics? >> i think no matter what happens, if they reach out to people in russia, it is great. if we send one more candidate challenging couldn't, it's great. if we see a woman, the youngest candidate, it is great. at the end of the day if we have a platform for a new candidate to run, it is all great. i believe democracy is not borne out of one election. i see this election and jones link -- challenging patent as a long-term game here a. >> if people have heard about her they have heard about her being a socialite turned tv host. what would you tell the rest voter that she is qualified to be the next president? >> i don't think the question is who is the most qualified. we have seen so many apparently qualified candidates and look where the country is right now. i don't think the question is of all application. i believe it's more important to create a situ

and mr putin enjoys far more airtime than any of the other candidates. n still needs people to come out and vote for vladimir putin. that is why calls to boycott the elections are making the russian authorities nervous. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. it was very much bruno mars's night that the grammys. let's cross live to new york — where we can speak to the bbc‘s nada tawfik. quite a few political moment up on stage? absolutely. i think in music, a lot of the artists discuss the social issues through their song but we saw the date in performances and the red carpet the #me too looked at. white roses were born in solidarity with victims of sexual abuse. kesha gave a powerful performance, one i think will be talked about by a long time. she was joined by cyndi lauper, julia michaels and other female artists who sang in the chorus as she sang her song, praying. we had a diverse group of artists such as kendrick lamar, opening up the grammys at singing an array of his track from his album, damn. and that was an album that spoke about racial issues, poli

and mr putin enjoys far more airtime than any of the other candidates. ill needs people to come out and vote for vladimir putin. that is why calls to boycott the elections are making the russian authorities nervous. steve rosenberg, bbc news. there is new doubt surrounding the security of so—called cryptocurrency exchanges, which handle digital cash systems like bitcoin. 0ne ofjapan‘s biggest exchanges, coincheck, has offered to refund $500 million in currency stolen by hackers on friday. japan is one of the world's most enthusiastic traders in cryptocurrencies. this report by rhodri davies contains flash photography. as many as 10,000 businesses injapan are said to accept cryptocurrencies. this virtual heist is bound to increase concerns about their security. at the centre of this, tokyo—based coincheck, one of the largest digital currency exchanges injapan. it said on friday it had been hacked, resulting in the loss of $500 million — the biggest ever. translation: there are some troubles in one of our systems. i am sorry for causing much trouble to clie

putin's most vocal critic. he has been barred from running in the presidential election. he has now been arrested by police. this was no softly, softly. we saw mrhe ground. then, the politician vladimir putin cannot bring himself to mention by name, was dragged onto the police boss. his supporters called on voters to boycott the election. all the candidates, they believe, are hand—picked by the kremlin. they are candidates that vladimir putin approved. we do not have the candidates we want to have. there is little doubt that vladimir putin will walk this election. with the help of russian tv which maintains his macho image, portering him asa maintains his macho image, portering him as a cross between action man and father of the nation —— portraying him. and mr putin enjoys far more airtime than any of other candidates. but the kremlin still needs people to come out and vote for needs people to come out and vote foeradimir needs people to come out and vote for vladimir putin. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the father of the flat—pack, ikea's founder, dies at the age of 91. also on the programme: we'll be liv

i think mr. putinngster. >> why won't you push for the exercise of the sanctions when yesterday the white house blew off your vote in. >> no, no. i'm going to be pushing and will continue to push for not only the sanctions that were passed in congress but even stronger sanctions. i think mr. putin is a thug. >> why would you pass stronger ones if the white house didn't enact the ones you did pass. >> i remind you there wasn't this hoopla, this outrage when the previous administration did the reset after that -- the reset right after the russians had invaded our ally georgia. there was no outrage then. i will continue to push for stronger sanctions and you know i've been very consistent and will continue to be consistent. >> all right. let's talk about immigration. you were in the meeting. so here is you trying to make a deal. on the right, you have president trump who used the s-hole comment about a lot of the country's that we get our people -- >> allegedly. chris, i don't talk about what's said if pr

it is an incorrect assumption that mr. putin, president putin, will be helping republicans in the future. his intention is very different. it's to disrupt our democratic process, and whatever he can do to do that, he will seek to do so. and you are exactly right, collusion is one aspect of what they did. they reached out to various members of the trump campaign. that was one instrument to try to influence what happened here. but there were many others. and the two that are getting no attention whatsoever right now is the cybersecurity threat, the fact that they stole data and published it and that influenced our election, and the media campaign they launched. we are just not focusing on that as a nation. i think we will regret that in the future. >> let me play devil's advocate. we got a good sense of how the president operates, of what he takes personally. by focusing on obstruction, collusion, coordination, are we in effect hurting ourselves because we are making it so this president, because he is who he is and that's the way

and mr putin enjoys far more airtime than any of the other candidates. le to come out and vote for vladimir putin. that is why calls to boycott the elections are making the russian authorities nervous. steve rosenberg, bbc news. more than 100 people are now confirmed dead — and two hundred and thirty injured — from yesterday's bombing in the afghan capital, kabul. the country has been observing a day of national mourning after one of the worst attacks in years. our correspondent secunder kermani, is in kabul, and sent this report the authorities have been working throughout the night and into the morning, to clear up the scene of the explosion. they're not allowing us past this cordon at the moment, but you can still see some of the damage that was caused. the suicide attacker was driving an ambulance packed with explosives. he managed to get past this first checkpoint, but then when he reached a second one, and was apparently questioned, he blew himself up. it's not exactly clear what his target was. a police building is right opposite the scene of the b

they are it's not necessary to to actually implement want to make it happen and put a crimp into mr putin's plans that i think everyone understands of lattimer putin would enjoy a would be fond of reconstructed soviet union type russian empire so that he can be the world power that he sees historically that russia should be and i think it's incumbent upon us to resist that in a civilized and quiet manner and i think at this point the idea of potential sanctions in existing legislation that can be triggered very easy is all donald trump has to do all the same trump has to satisfy congress because everything is always about domestic politics here in america he's got to satisfy congress that he's ready to do that and willing to act against russia so that they won't continue to believe and continue to construct a media narrative that somehow he colluded with putin to steal the election in two thousand and sixteen so it's a multiple levels sort of game that's being played here well as you alluded to that yourself i mean there are already allegations that russia's influence on trump is the reason

belligerent continuously and i just like to remind your viewers that there was a speech ten years ago by mr putin back in munich when he predicted that u.s. power which was becoming uni polar is going to be diminished from internally because and we have seen that particularly with reference to the vote that was taken at the united nations when america stood up against a hundred twenty eight nations should we are we just thirty seconds left but i want to get your views on this last thing donald trump said that the arena people will receive support from the u.s. at the appropriate time your thoughts on what that could mean. well appropriate time meaning that they already have some agents on the ground as you see the fire at their police stations and you know one of the commentators from the state department was saying that it's going to be an organic development but i think it's going to be a genetically modified development that's going to take place on the streets of tehran if usa has anything to do with it political an economy. runs free always good to have you on the program thank you for your

kremlin you know it isn't it's a sovereign states and it doesn't take its orders every single day from mr putin i mean mr assad is free to go about as he pleases despite the fact that i'm sure his government is very grateful to the russians coming into the soon theater from september two thousand and fifteen onward you know we shouldn't we shouldn't never forget that it's a sovereign country and so the assumption that russia sort of controls on daily basis is rather silly but i think this statement is to listen is is best i think you propose for us in that worst disingenuous i mean he you know this idea of that since in recent years that it's been russia's responsibility whether assad can can carry out such attacks we should we should remember that russia only came into the war in two thousand and fifteen and the americans were blaming the assad government since two thousand and thirteen and this constant shifting of the goalposts and creating a new narrative every time the facts on the ground don't suit washington is rather tedious i mean you we have to remember that some the o.p.c. w. came to

however mr putin also urged him to defuse international tensions. on the ritz in paris, worth $3.5 millionof five used axes to smash the windows of the luxury hotel to gain access to display cases. three were arrested fleeing the scene. thai police have arrested a japanese gang boss, who'd been on the run for 15 years, after pictures of his tattoos went viral on facebook. 7a year old shig—aru shirai is accused of murdering a gang rival in 2003. pictures of his elaborate tattoos were taken by someone in thailand, unaware of his identity. a japanese footballer who could be the world's oldest professional player has just signed an extension to his contract, at the age of 50. striker kazu—yoshi miura, who's starting the thirty—third year of his career, has also played in brazil, italy and croatia. two french campaign groups have filed a legal case against samsung, over the company's alleged use of child labour in chinese factories making its products. the groups accuse the company of misleading commercial practices by claiming to be one of the most ethical companies in the world. samsung says

him as a cross between action man and father of the nation. portraying him as a cross between and mr putin than any of the other candidates. but the kremlin still needs people to come out and vote for vladimir putin. to come out and vote for that is why calls to boycott the elections are making the russian authorities nervous. the elections are making the russian steve rosenberg, bbc news. the elections are making the russian more than 100 people are now confirmed dead — and 230 injured — from yesterday's bombing in the afghan capital, kabul. from yesterday's bombing the country has been observing a day of national mourning after one of the worst attacks in years. of national mourning after one live now to our correspondent, secunder kermani, who's in kabul. just secunder kermani, who's in kabul. bring us up—to- funerals just bring us up-to-date? today, funerals were held for those killed in yesterday's attack. it is a day of national mourning in afghanistan. relatives of the victims had been waiting anxiously outside hospitals oi’ waiting anxiously outside hospitals or grimly visiting dif

treasury document and in his first reaction to this list mr putin said that american officials weren't doing us russia any favors with it. shows muscle to get used to union human i don't understand the logic behind this move but it's definitely a hostile one and further complicates u.s. russian relations and our security services share intelligence that helps prevent terrorist attacks do they need this or not will we start working together or not we can do without that but i think it's in everyone's interests it would be absurd to reduce our relations to zero so i should mention that when you get a. lot of our potent also say that u.s. officials were basically putting the end tire russian population on that. just in a sense that there you can find many of the country's richest entrepreneurs that are also job creators here in this country once again what the u.s. treasury came up with was a list of the russian politicians in fact there were one hundred fourteen including the prime minister dmitry medvedev and the minister of foreign affairs surrogate plus there were also almost a hundre

well i mean that is certainly an admirable position to have what happens after the election when mr putin if he has been reelected what will you say what was what were you say the impact of zinnias. kinda dizzy will have been on russian politics. look i think no matter what happens. if they reach all the two hundred thousands or millions of people in russia it's great if we send one more candidates challenging putin is great if the sense of woman the youngest candidate in the history of russia in the election is great i believe if they have an end of the day a result plot form for a new candidate to run more they'd more volunteers in that a base it's all great i believe the marcos he is not born odd want to lection so it's a long process and i see this election and i see it as attempt to run for office and shelly's putin as a part of a long term game let's talk a little bit about any kind of russia is she if people have heard about her they've heard about her being a socialite turned t.v. host what are her political credential i mean why would you tell the russian voter that she is qualif

. >> mr. putin has an arsenal of weapons.hese weapons including the use of corruption, cyber attacks, the use of his own military, the use of energy as a weapon, misinformation, propaganda in order to try to compromise democratic institutions and we outline his efforts in 19 european countries in addition to the united states. this is not a partisan report. this is a represent -- this represents the work of many members of congress including republicans. clearly when you have a country that interferes in your own institutions, sometimes we call that war. we call that an attack and what is done by traditional militaries is very well understood but when we have cyber attack or attempts to influence domestic politics, that's just dangerous and we got to take steps to protect ourselves. >> the new report makes dozens of recommendations for reigning in russia including a closer partnership with european allies to defend against cyber attacks tracking and freezing dirty money laundered by the kremlin. >> i think it's interesting th