and microsoft accuses russia china and iran of trying to meddle in the u.s. election through cyber attacks on both the trump and biden campaigns all 3 countries deny the allegation. they live on worldwide with headline news 247 this is r.t. international one calling broke the big stories and reaction that we're across here in the moscow newsroom 1st within the past couple of hours the german parliament wraps up a session dedicated to the alleged poisoning of. the russian opposition activist has been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks and recently emerged from a coma and several german politicians are calling for action to be taken against moscow let's get a handle on this now with our europe correspondent peter oliver. take us through what happened in the bundestag this friday. fiery debate in the bundestag in this special session on friday evening the majority of german lawmakers pointing a finger of blame at russia for what they say was an alleged poisoning of alexei. there was some voices in the chamber questioning the german government's version of

on microsoft accuses russia china and iran of trying to matalin the us election through cyber attacks on both the trial i'm fighting campaign all 3 countries denied the allocation. making sure you never miss a story this is artsy international glad you could join up this. story for you the german parliament has held a session dedicated to the allowed to poisoning of alec's involve me the russian opposition activist has been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks and recently a coma and several java politicians according to action to be taken against moscow while our europe correspondent peter all of us has been across this. fiery debate in the in the stack on friday night with the majority of lawmakers pointing a finger of blame firmly at russia and the russian government for what happened to alexa development there was some voices questioning the official german government line but there weren't many and. if the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from a security s

mention several countries, russian, china and iran, why is russian, china and iran, why is russia thethe reason for thatis opinion? i think the reason for that is kind of the nature of the hikers from these different countries. china and iran have capable hackers, especially china, russia is distinguished by fa ct china, russia is distinguished by fact it is willing to do disruptive things that no other country is willing to do with its hackers so in 2016, russia did not nearly spy on these political campaigns in the united states, they stole their e—mails and leaked them onto the internet in this incredibly chaotic chaos— inducing wave for the 2016 election and we have to expect, or at least be wary, but russia's playbook again that they are willing to do these kind of extremely disruptive activities, not really intelligence gathering espionage, they are planning to interrupt and interfere with the 2020 election, most likely. we spoke about these attacks in people —— from people on groups and infrastructure, anything to do with the infrastructure of the election? we are unclear on th

and microsoft accuses russia china and iran of trying to imagine the us elections for cyber attacks on the trump. campaigns all 3 countries denied the allocation. hello and welcome from the whole team here at all th to moscow glad you could join us to see what's been happening around the wall well let's start with this one the job of parliament tell'd a session dedicated to the alleged poisoning of alex in a follow me the russian opposition activist has been in hospital in but then for miss 3 weeks on recently. and several job politicians are calling for action to be taken against. our europe correspondent peter all of the eyes across this for us. fiery debate in the in the stack on friday night with the majority of lawmakers pointing a finger of blame firmly at russia and the russian government for what happened to alexis there was some voices questioning the official german government line but there weren't many and. if the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from a

the microsoft accused russia china and iran of trying to meddle in the us elections through cyber attacks on the trump and by campaigns all 3 countries denied the allocation. 25 from the russian capital this is also the international welcome program. a frost story for you the job the parliament has held a session dedicated to the alleged poisoning of alex you know vall me the russian opposition activist has been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks i'm recently emerged from a coma and several jump politicians are calling for action to be taken against mosco our europe correspondent peta out of a husband across this. fiery debate in the in the strike on friday night with the majority of lawmakers pointing a finger of blame firmly at russia and the russian government for what happened to alexis there was some voices questioning the official german government line that there weren't many and that really if the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from our security service

microsoft excuses russia china and iran of trying to metal in the us election through tax on the child under 5 campaigns all 3 countries denied the allocation. bringing you your news every hour of the day this is all the international very welcome from myself the whole team here. while stops and us off the job in parliament has held a session dedicated to theologic poisoning bollix in a file name the rush not opposition activist has been in hospital for almost 3 weeks and recently emerged from a coma and several job and politicians according for action to be taken against moscow our europe correspondent peter all of our was across this for us. fiery debate in the in the stack on friday night with the majority of lawmakers pointing a finger of blame firmly at russia and the russian government for what happened to alexa there was some voices questioning the official german government line but there weren't many and. if the kremlin really regrets the assassination attempt on alex in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from a secur

russia china and iran of trying to. deny the allegation. here in moscow i'm calling brain these are the headline stories were across at r.t. right now the german parliament has just held a session dedicated to the alleged poisoning of. the russian opposition activist has been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks now and recently emerged from a coma several german politicians are calling for action to be taken against moscow let's go live to europe correspondent. tell us about what's been said in the. it was a fiery session on friday afternoon into early evening here in berlin in the german bund the stock the majority of those who spoke with pointing a finger of blame directly at russia and the russian government for what they say was the poisoning of alexei novelli christophe martin shoes a senior figure within the social democratic party saying that the future of the relationship between russia and germany would have to be completely rethought following what he described as this attack on mr novelli there were some voices that question

microsoft accuses russia china and iran of trying to meddle in the u.s. election through cyber attacks on both. campaigns all 3 countries deny the allegations. on friday evening here in moscow and call them bright welcome to this i was world news for international 1st the german parliament held a session dedicated to the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy the russian opposition activists been in hospital in berlin for almost 3 weeks and recently emerged from a coma and several german politicians are calling for action to be taken against moscow our europe correspondent peter all of us across developments. fiery debate the strike on friday night with the majority of pointing a finger of blame firmly at russia and the russian government for what happened to alexis there was some voices questioning the official german government line but there weren't many. if the kremlin really regrets this sasa nation intent on alec's in the valley and really wants to clear things up why does novell need such a level of protection from our security services political murde

china and iran have very capable hackers, especially china, but russia is distinguished by fact thatptive things that no other country is willing to do with its hackers. so in 2016, russia did not merely spy on, you know, these political campaigns in the united states. they stole their e—mails and, you know, leaked them onto the internet in this incredibly chaotic, chaos—inducing wave for the 2016 election. and we have to expect, or at least be wary, of the — of russia's playbook, again, that they are willing to do these kind of extremely disruptive activities. not merely intelligence—gathering espionage, they are trying to disrupt and interfere with the 2020 election, most likely. we talked about these attacks on from people and groups and individuals. anything impact on actual government infrastructure to do with the election? we're not really unclear on that — i mean, microsoft did not mention that — but there are, you know, 200 organisations mentioned here. and also, you know, we don't know — this is actually in some ways just the kind of warning sign that, as we expected, russia

microsoft says it's thwarted a series of cyberattacks from china, russia and iran, targeting the us presidential election in november. thousands of migrants are spending a second night sleeping out in the open on the greek island of lesbos. the european union has given the uk until the end of the month to ditch plans to modify the brexit divorce deal orface legal action. at least seven people are dead after a hundred wildfires rip through the us west coast. we report from one fire ground. record high temperatures last weekend led to this series of fires on the outskirts of los angeles. they've already burned more than 20,000 acres of land, despite the best efforts of hundreds of firefighters. hackers linked to russia, china and iran are targeting people and organisations involved in the upcoming us presidential election, including the campaigns of both donald trump and joe biden. that is according to a report from the tech giant microsoft. the report suggests that ‘strontium', a group also known as ‘fancy bear‘ that is thought to be responsible for the hacking of the 2016 democratic campaign, ha

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hackers linked to russia, china and iran are targeting people and organisations

indeed now the microsoft report uses russia china and iran of attempting to interfere in the us elections computer hacking now all 3 countries have made clear that these allegations are false furthermore russia has actually emphasized that they have offered to cooperate with the united states in order to ensure cyber security and stop these kind of hacks from taking place take a listen but got caught up in the myth of luggage in the us on numerous occasions we propose the americans different ways of handling these unfounded assertions of the american civil she has to work with us on these proposals but continue to just to end illegal interference in their internal affairs or those are going to move without him and that we don't have any interest in interfering in the united states elections microsoft should make such beast with accuse ations and direct china into this. now this has not stopped us media from were running wild with these allegations take a listen to that the election we're getting closer with hackers who were eyeing harder now escalating their attacks tied to the presidenti

now the report from microsoft accuses russia china and iran of somehow interfering in the us elections via alleged computer hacks that are said to have taken place all 3 countries have emphasized that these allegations are simply false they are not engaging in cyber hacking to try and hurt the u.s. elections now russia emphasized that they have actually offered to cooperate with the united states regarding cyber security and the need to stop hacking and other threats to the country this is the response of both russia and china to claims of interference with them a bit of my goodness on numerous occasions we propose the americans different ways of handling these unfounded assertions the american civil she has to work with us on these proposals but continue to just to end illegal interference in their internal affairs. without him and we don't have any interest in interfering in the united states elections microsoft should make such baseless accusations and direct china into this this has not stopped us media from we're running wild with these allegations that the election we're getting

russia, china, and iran, which is the most aggressive in this area? >> i believe it's china. >> which one? >> china more than russia? >> yes. >> why do you say that? >> because i've seen the intelligence. that's what i've concluded. >> what are they trying to do? >> i'm not going to discuss that. >> but they're trying to help who win? >> i want not going to get into that. >> more aggressive than russia? >> yes. >> because the u.s. intelligence community -- >> trying to influence the united states? yes. >> i'm just trying to be precise on that area. and one of the most explosive revelations from the recently submitted senate intelligence committee, which is bipartisan, republicans and democrats, they report on russian interference in the 2016 election, and they say that they had confirmation that the russians did interfere. they cite the case of paul manafort who was the trump campaign chairman, was working directly with someone the u.s. intelligence community considered to be a russian intelligence officer. do you accept that? >> i accept that russia m

how can we reproach russia or china oi’ can we reproach russia or china or iran when their conduct fallsnationally accepted standards when we are showing such scant regard for oui’ showing such scant regard for our treaty obligations? some tory mps share some of the eu's concerns. the chance of the government backing down? right now seems zero. trust and confidence are and will be key. and confidence he calls for. that is in short supply. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. rio tinto's chief executive jean—sebastien jacques has announced he is leaving the firm after a scandal in australia. in may, the world's biggest iron ore miner destroyed the sacred aboriginal sites in pilbara, western australia. they were among the oldest historic sites in australia. let's get more from our correspondent in sydney, shaimaa khalil. there will be some who will think that beggars belief that they ever got this far in any case. but he has had to fall on his sword with a couple of senior executives? that's absolutely true and i think this controversy has been rumbling on for months now. there are two main element

there is a new alert about cyber attacks from russia, china and iran and it's interfering with the election. >> reporter: the election getting closer with hackers working harder, now escalating their attacks tied to the presidential race, according to a new warning from microsoft. the company in a blog post says russia, china and iran from recently targeted parties, political consultants and people linked to both the biden and trump campaigns. spokes people say they take cyber security seriously and are working against these thefts. most of the attacks were detected and stop, and the nation's cyber security agency described no identifiable impasse on the election system. >> it is not shocking at all that foreign intelligence services are hacking the campaign. it is a reminder that foreign governments have never stop interfering in our politics. >> reporter: microsoft's revelations come one day after a whistleblower warning saying those three countries were prioritizing the president's political interest over accurate assessments of foreign election threats. senior dhs official brian murphy

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of those they have pointed to russia, china, and iran. of those three, which is the most assertive, aggressive in this area. >> china. >> which one? >> china. >> china more than russia? >> because i hachina. >> they're going to help who win? >> i'm not going to get into that. >> more aggressive than russia? >> yes. >> cnn's kristie lu stout joins us from hong kong with more. kristie, what did you find? >> reporter: first off, rosemary, they just wrapped in beijing and so far no official response yet to that explosive claim made by the u.s. attorney general claiming that china is a greater election threat than russia as we heard in that exchange with cnn's wolf blitzer, attorney general barr said the intelligence exists, he has seen the intelligence, but he didn't present any evidence of it. if the intelligence exists, but they have yet to produce it. the intelligence said that china prefers to see u.s. president donald trump not win the election but that report did not indicate any evidence that china is actively interfering to undermine t

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microsoft says that it is detecting new cyber attacks from russia, china, and iran.ttacks targeting american voters and both campaigns in the leadup to the presidential election. nbc's keir simmons reports from london. >> reporter: microsoft warning that several foreign countries are trying to interfere with american elections, saying hackers in russia, china, and iran are actively targeting 2020 campaigns and u.s. thinktanks. >> we have been targeted and we expect to be targeted in the future. >> reporter: microsoft says russian state hackers have attacked more than 200 u.s. political organizations. while china's targeted high-profile political organizers. this morning a department of justice official telling nbc news the report broadly fits with what they have been seeing. in 2016 russian military intelligence hacked the clinton campaign. >> 2016 was just the opening. other countries saw what russia did and they're following suit. >> reporter: this london journalist says she was tricked by a russian propaganda operation into writing an article for a fake russian ne

tensions at center like that of those 3 countries that the intelligence community has pointed to russia china and iran which is the most assertive the most aggressive in this area. i believe it's china. china china more than russia right now, yes, no that's just a plain false statement by the attorney general a flat-out false statement. >>democratic representative adam schiff is accusing attorney general bill barr of lying about foreign interference in the november election at issue is an interview with bar and cnn's wolf blitzer that you just saw you just heard the attorney general downplay russia's attempts to help president trump win the election. in claim china was the one interviewing more than russia. congressman schiff who is also the house intelligence committee chair says the trump administration is trying to mislead the public. >>by saying that china is the bigger threat to the country. in speaking in global terms because of the rising power china and they are using that answer in response to questions about the election. but there are at least careful in their misleading the public by not s

the microsoft accuses russia china iran of trying to meddle in the us through cyprus.

of those three countries, russia, china and iran, which is the most assertive, most aggressive in this area? >> i believe its china. >> it's what? >> it's china. >> china more than russia? >> yes. >> why do you say that? >> because i've seen the intelligence. >> what have they concluded? >> i'm not going to say that. >> evan perez is "outfront." evan, we were listening to that interview. we heard that. what do you think? is there any intelligence or evidence you are aware of to back up trying to be being a bigger election interference threat than russia? >> if there is that intelligence, the intelligence community has not shared that with the public. what we have seen is what the top intelligence official in charge of election security said if had just the last couple of weeks. he said of the three countries of concern, russia, china and iran, there is one country that is actively interfering and trying to damage the biden campaign. and that is the russians. the chinese, according to bill eastbound nina, have a preference for president trump to lose re-election. but what the attorney g

china wins. russia wins, iran wins. north korea wins. and they all know it. i want to redo this quick quote if i may. this was done by a general from russia. a perfectly frightening state can, in a matter of months or even days be transformed into an ,rena of fierce, armed conflict become a victim of foreign intervention and sink into a web of chaos. humanitarian catastrophe and civil war. the role of nonmilitary means and -- of achieving political goals has grown. he is talking about cybersecurity and cyber influence operations and disruption of cyber activities for the public to lose trust. and in many cases, these tools have exceeded the power and force of weapons in their effectiveness. that was 2013. fast-forward with what has happened since 2013. we watched the russians engaged in aggressive information operation including the attempts to penetrate networks which -- to disrupt things. was determinedid to be penetrated. they tried to penetrate our start -- stock market. disruption leads to chaos which leads to distrust in the american institution. this i

they mentioned russia, china, iran, can you adjust that? >> absolutely. when we talk about nationstates and our elected -- our election systems, we talk about russia, china, and iran, and it all comes about differently, but all three are a threat. i have been consistent about that. the intelligence assessment put out in early august was very consistent about that. the microsoft report that you mentioned also talks about all three of those nationstates being a threat. i know that there continues to be a lot of focus on russia and there should be. you cannot do that at the exclusion of making sure that we continue to address threats that are from both china and iran. report says is not consistent with what you are saying about the infrastructure not being intact? >> that is correct. they are not focused. we do not have specific intelligence that they are not focusing on political infrastructure. that is not saying that they can't or won't, but influencing campaigns -- we see them -- >> let me change the subject. with youro do disaster relief fund. $600 feder

>> yeah, i don't think there's any doubt russia, iran, china, particularly iran and russia are constantlyarch of what our fractures, what are things to get americans fighting against each other? it helps them by weakening as internally. the more we're at each other's throats in this country the less capably art of governance internally or around the world. but it also helps russia and some extent i ran domestically where they see these of the people that are lecturing us about democracy and freedom, and they are chaos, they are destroying each other. this is what so-called democracy at least the version of the western version of it looks like. it's a twofer. it helps them by weakening as and then helps them geopolitically but it also helps him domestically by going to people and say this is our system of governance, but it didn't be the american system because look what's happening over there, they write, they are incapable of doing anything, fighting with each other all the time and so there's no doubt if there's anything that is deeply divisive in america, they don't create but they wil

tensions at center like that of those 3 countries that the intelligence community has pointed to russia china and iran which is the most assertive the most aggressive in this area. i believe it's china. china china more than russia right now, yes, no that's just a plain false statement by the attorney general a flat-out false statement. >>democratic representative adam schiff is accusing attorney general william barr of lying about foreign interference in the november election at issue is that interview with bar and cnn's wolf blitzer. you just heard the attorney general downplay russia's attempts to help president trump win election and claim china was interfering more than russia. congressman schiff who is also the house intelligence committee chair says the trump administration is trying to mislead the public. >>by saying that china is the bigger threat to the country. in speaking in global terms because of the rising power china and they are using that answer in response to questions about the election. but there are at least careful in their misleading the public by not saying that they're great

>> yeah, i don't think there's any doubt that russia, iran, china, particularly iran and russia in this case, are constantly in search of what are fractures? what are things that get americans to fight against each other. it helps them on two fronts. it helps them by weakening us internally. they figure the more we're at each others' throat in this country, the less capable we are of governance around the world. it also helps russia and iran domestically where they say these are the people that are lecturing about democracy and freedom, they're chaos. they're destroying each other. this is what so-called democracy -- at least their version of it, western version of it, looks like. so, it's a twofer. it helps them by weakening us and helping them geopolitically. but it also helps them domestically by saying our system of government is better than the american system because look what's happening over there. they have riots. they're incapable of doing anything. they're fighting with each other all the time. there's no doubt if there's anything that's deeply divisive in america, they don't

the headlines: microsoft says it has detected and thwarted a series of cyberattacks from china, russia and iran, which have targeted november's us presidential election. amongst those responsible are the group accused of hacking the 2016 us presidential election. all three countries have previously denied allegations of cyber—espionage. thousands of migrants are spending a third night sleeping out in the open, on the greek island of lesbos after a fire destroyed their makeshift camp. authorities are investigating whether tuesday night's fires were started deliberately after covid—19 tests led to the isolation of 35 refugees the uk says it will not withdraw controversial legislation that the european commission has urged it to scrap. the eu is now threatening to take legal action over the new brexit bill, which includes a re—write on issues concerning northern ireland. now on bbc news: newscast. adam fleming, laura kuenssberg and chris mason chew over the latest political news. so there i was, adam, this morning, waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting some more and i kept thinking, you are

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in a blog, microsoft identified russia, china and iran.vocacy groups and political consultants. it's thought to be the same one which targeted hillary clinton's campaign in 2016. elsewhere, a chinese based group known as zirconium has attacked high—profile individuals involved in the election, including those linked to thejoe biden for president campaign. and a group operating out of iran, known as phosphorus, is thought to be targeting personal accounts of the people close to donald trump's presidential campaign. microsoft also said the same cyber attack has also targeted british political parties, but the us has been here before. there was no collusion between us and russia. intelligence agencies concluded that russia had interfered in the 2016 election, though it was never determined whether mr trump's victory was influenced by it. facebook had testified that russian—backed content reached more than 126 million americans. microsoft says most of these attacks have been unsuccessful, and that nontargeted voting infrastructure or election

it says these hackers are specifically working for russia, china, and iran. now, microsoft says that this cyberactivity, quote, makes clear that foreign activity groups have stepped up their efforts targeting the 2020 election, as has been anticipated. the report is the largest public warning, to date. and it puts all involved in the democratic process on high alert for, yet another, similar situation to 2016. went on to say russian government hackers have targeted at least 200 organizations tied to the 2020 election, including national and state political parties and political consultants working for both republicans and democrats. now, this all comes on the heels of a whistle-blower complaint against the department of homeland security, which alleges that the whistle-blower and other officials were directed to hold back intelligence on russian election interference to better align with trump's public remarks. both, russia and china have denied they're behind these hacking efforts and as far as we know, the iranian government has, yet, to respond. i know jus

. >> the intelligence community says russia, china and iran are seeking to interfere in the u.s. ential election, for various reasons but mostly exacerbate racial tensions and things like that. of the three countries, they've pointed to russia, china and iran, which is the most aggressive? >> i believe it's china. >> it's what? >> china. >> china more than russia? >> yes. >> why? >> because i've seen the intelligence. >> what are they trying -- >> i'm not going to discuss that. >> but they're trying to -- >> i'm not going to get into that. trying to influence the united states, yes. >> there are certainly some things he could have said to back up his claim but he didn't because russia is considerably more active. we're hearing that on the hill from officials. so, why are officials like bill barr so focussed on china? >> i think it's clear. the president and his men don't like the narrative that russia is doing in 2020 the same thing that they did in 2016, which was to interfere in our democracy to sew chaos too, hurt the opposing candidate. now joseph biden and ultimately help pre

different foreign policy challenges that we experienced during the last 30 years, the obvious ones, russia, china, iran, iraq, afghanistan, but also did we do the right thing and not getting into syria, did we do the wrong thing in the way we went about others, so the book is really, tries to address the question you asked, how did we go from the pinnacle at the end of 1992 to where we are today. >> before i get to sort of answer which also lays out your view of where we need to go, as you mentioned, 15 major national security issues, crises, pick one or two where we did it right, where we got it right, we did the right thing and it worked out in the right way. >> the two biggest successes that i write about in the book is colombia on a bipartisan basis under three successive presidents, we were able to help colombia pull its back from the brink of becoming a state controlled by criminal syndicates. it began under president clinton and one of the lessons was we had a very strong local partner in president uribe who was determined to strengthen the institutions of colombia. he was anti-corruption. he wa

of cyberattacks from china, russia and iran, which have targeted november's us presidential election. amongst those responsible are the group accused of hacking the 2016 us presidential election. all three countries have previously denied allegations of cyber—espionage. rio tinto‘s ceo is stepping down over the mining giant's destruction of historically significant aboriginal rockshelters. jean—sebastien jacques, the chief executive of rio tinto, will step down by the end of march after failing to contain the fallout from the destruction of the ancient aboriginal site in western australia. thousands of migrants are spending a third night sleeping out in the open, on the greek island of lesbos after a fire destroyed their makeshift camp. authorities are investigating whether tuesday night's fires were started deliberately after covid—19 tests led to the isolation of 35 refugees. now on bbc news: hardtalk — stephen sackur speaks to lithuania's president, gitanus nauseda. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. the daily streets protests demanding the resignation of belarus‘s authorita

. >> russia, china, iran, which is the most assertive in the most aggressive? which one? >> china. >> china more than russia right now? speak up because i've seen the intelligence. that's what i've concluded. >> he's absolutely right. it used to be russia. their espionage program is hard to get th your head around the scale of it. every single day, penetrating the united states, every capability we have a functioning in this country, the steel intelligence, the steel technology, the director of the fbi said the majority of his counterintelligence investigations, that means against the united states, the majority is china. we shouldn't be surprised that china would have the same intent with our elections. which was pretty shocking. he said we are on open up a new case against china every ten hours in this country. it's a massive threat but it doesn't mean they're going to be successful. and i don't think they will be. the russians tried very hard in 2018 and they didn't succeed in the chinese come if they try they are not going to succeed either because we fight

the director of national intelligence says russia, china and iran's government all planning to mess witht says are still reason for american voters to panic. >> we want to talk about election security, it would be difficult for anyone. china, russia or iran to change actual vote tallies. we have a decentralized system about counting votes. >> former director of national intelligence james clapper though says, the russian threat in particular is still very, very real. >> the fact that the chinese might favor vice president biden pales in comparison to the active, aggressive effort made by the russians. the discord, distrust and exploits the division in the country. >> cyber fishing attacks that have been conducted, cybersecurity experts tell us that they are relatively overall unsophisticated in the sense that they don't really cause direct, immediate damage. they also tell fox news as far as the assessment stands right now these attacks could have been carried out by teenagers working from their parents homes or could have been carried out by cyber criminals who view this kind of things

and at the end of the day, russia, china, iran, they want to undermine americans' confidence in the process. and donald trump is playing directly into that foreign narrative about undermining confidence in our democracy. how that will strengthen our economy, i don't know. this man has never listened to his own intelligence professionals. it's pretty chilling, considering the potential, just the foreign interference in those immediate aftermath, and then added to that, as all of your guests have said, for the first time in our country's history, we've been doing this for over 200 years, for the first time in our country's history, a sitting president trying to undermine the results of an election, as votes are being cast. we're already early voting in virginia. to say somehow those votes aren't valid is just plain endem endemien democrat -- un-democratic. >> your constituents hear that covid has spread to, as you point out, the governor and his wife, and he's a doctor and is taking precautions. >> we have -- the governor has put forward i think appropriate restrictions, that says gatherings

. >> the intelligence community has pointed to russia, china and iran.s the most assert i, most aggressive in this area? >> i believe it's china. >> why? >> because i have seen if intelligence and concluded. >> what are they trying to do? >> i won't discuss that. >> it's what he's concluded, china. if you read the published documents, never mind the private intelligence, if you read the published documents from the intelligence community they disagree with what you heard from the top law enforcement officer of the united states. those documents say that russia is actively helping, actively interfering, meddling in the election to help president trump win re-election and china has a preference and prefers joe biden and no evidence right now of a massive china trying to pull the levers. there is evidence of russia trying to move voters. how can the attorney general lie to the american people of what the intelligence says? he says i conclude. >> again, we don't know what intelligence the attorney general himself is reading but i think quibbling about whethe

tell viewers how you're treating allegations, among them russia and china, and iran, to impact the outcome. microsoft echoed those warnings. potentially could be a very serious cyber attack. >> that's a great question. so the reporting is that iran and china are not the same in terms of election interference. only one is actively engaged in election interference and that's russia. we know that russia interfered in our elections in 2016. they're doing that again in 2020 and so we have to fight back. what it also shows is that any report that will come out from john durham before november 3rd about the russian investigation needs to be looked at with a grain of salt because it's clear that russia, in fact, did tamper our elections in 2016, after doing so right now. >> they said russia, china and iran are interfering in different ways. russians are trying to help trump get reelected. chinese would prefer biden and iranians want to sew as much political dissent and chaos. all three of them wants to sew political dissent. do you buy that intelligence assessment? >> china has a preference but ru

. >> the intelligence community says russia, china, iran are seeking to interfere in the u.s.us reasons, but they want to sew dissent, exacerbate racial tensions. of those three countries, which is the most concerning? the most aggressive? >> i believe it's china. >> which one? >> china. >> china more than russia? >> yes. >> why do you say that? >> because i've seen the intelligence. >> what are they going to do? >> i'm not going to see that. >> abc news reports they withheld an intelligence bulletin warning of a russian plot to spread misinformation about joe biden's mental health. this is not the first time intel critical of russia has been marginalized by this administration. >>> joe biden's message of healing gets put to the test today. the former vice president visits kenosha, the wisconsin city where police shot 29-year-old jacob blake in the back 7 times setting off a wave of protests. they will hold a community meeting and sit down with blake's father and other family members two days after president trump visited kenosha over the objections of local leaders. >> i beli

microsoft says it has detected and thwarted a series of cyberattacks from china, russia and iran, which have targeted november's us presidential election. amongst those responsible are the group accused of hacking the 2016 us presidential election. all three countries have previously denied allegations of cyber—espionage. thousands of migrants are spending a second night sleeping out in the open, on the greek island of lesbos after a fire destroyed their makeshift camp. authorities are investigating whether tuesday night's fires were started deliberately after covid—19 tests led to the isolation of 35 refugees the uk says it will not withdraw controversial legislation that the european commission has urged it to scrap. commission has urged the eu is now threatening to take legal action over the new brexit bill, which includes a re—write on issues concerning northern ireland. now on bbc news... the acclaimed british actor dame diana rigg has died at the age of 82. in 2016 she spoke to hardtalk s stephen sackur about her long and varied career in film, theatre and television. here s anoth

the election as i recall russia, china , iran, can you address that? >> when we talk about nationstate threats to our election systems, we about three specifically , we talk about russia , china and iran and they all come about this differently but all three are a threat n. though i have been very consistent about that. the intelligence assessment put out by the dni in early august was very consistent about that and the microsoft report senator that you mentioned also talked about all three of those nationstates the threat so i know that there continues to be focus on russia as there should be. you cannot do that at the exclusion of making sure we continue to address threats that are from both china and iran. >> so what the microsoft report says is not consistent with what you're saying about infrastructure not being under attack ? >> that's correct, we don't have any intelligence they are focusing on election infrastructure. that's not to say they won't but they're not focused on infrastructure, looking at those influence campaigns that we see them. >>