prime minister scott morrison rushes to play down talk of a new trade row. on the markets, shares in asia flat following a fall on wall street, with a deteriorating global economic outlook outweighing more signs of progress in trade talks between china and the united states. we start in washington where us and chinese officials are trying to reach a deal to end the trade war between the world's two biggest economies. according to reports — president trump is planning to hold one—on—one talks later today with china's chief negotiator — vice premier liu huh — which could be a sign progress is being made. a truce between the two sides expires a week today on march 1st. if there's no deal by then, washington has threatened to more than double import tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods — from 10% to 25%. so are they any closer to a deal? well — possibly. it's being reported the two sides have drawn up documents — memoranda of understanding — on six of the most controversial areas. forced technology transfer — where us firms are made to share their know

now scott morrison says the impact of it will be twofold.his government has talked about the ability of now rapists and murderers, paedophiles even, who are refugees or asylum seekers, being allowed into australia for mental treatment. —— medical treatment. that is what they claim is a risk for the passing of this vote. but a second risk they say is that people smuggling operations may now resume from outside of australia. he says it has sent a signal to people who wa nt to it has sent a signal to people who want to come into australia to come and therefore he has sanctioned eerie reopening of the christmas island detention centre in preparation for potentially more people trying to get in and land on australian soil. that said there is of course no evidence yet that this suddenly is... thousands people suddenly is... thousands people suddenly trying to land here given that happened in only the last 2a hours. now this vote, the has-been a controversial lead up. there is then so controversial lead up. there is then so much discussion on it. w

two men to the deaths and submerged many homes in eastern australia by mr scott morrison has been to townsville in queensland to comfort the victims of the world weather forecasters are describing as once in a sentry brain. the u.s. special envoy on north korea will travel to pyongyang on wednesday to prepare for a second summit between president and kim jong even begun is expected to meet his north korean counterparts. trump and kim last met in singapore in june when the north korean leader pledged to work towards denuclearization but a new report by un sanctions monitors accuses pyongyang of doing the opposite the three hundred page confidential documents seen by the way it is news agency alleges pyongyang is taking steps to protect its nuclear and ballistic missiles from military strikes they're doing so by storing weapons in civilian facilities such as airports and the government is using separate sites to assemble and test their missiles so they're harder to trace says that north korea violated sanctions by trading in coal and petroleum products and thereby undermining efforts t

the prime minister scott morrison didn't name any particular country when he talked about a sophisticated state actor being behind this cyber attack but most people think the security service is most suspect china although russia is another possibility as indeed the united states or even is right now this all started ten days ago when the prime minister said the security services detected a cyber attack on the parliamentary computer system including the email accounts of some m.p.'s and it's been during the investigation into that cyber attack ten days ago that has revealed that political parties computer systems have also been attacked not significant because the major political parties here hold huge amounts of personal information about voters they use that of course when it comes to targeting votes is in the run up to elections and there's a national election here jew probably in may now the prime minister said there's no evidence yet that there's been any electoral interference by states but the concern of course is that that could come. well health organization says the anti-vaccina

scott morrison thousand to strengthen australia's borders following a debate on asylum-seekers last week. shery: let's get you started with a quick check of the market close in the u.s. on the friday session. there was brought optimism over the state of the u.s. economy, not to mention the market became more constructive on the u.s. china trade talks. we saw the s&p 500 at a 10 week i. closing at session highs. every sector in the green, being led by financials and energy stocks. wti rising to the highest level of this year. money managers turning bullish. that's increasing them by 10% last week. the highest level since august. you can see brought optimism across markets being held by u.s. consumer sentiment rebounding from a two-year low. let's see how we are shaping up for the a's a session. as the u.s. trading is on holiday for monday. >> that is the case as we set up for the trade here and asia. after rising for a fifth week in six, asian stocks are set to decline on trade optimism, yet some caution does remain given that we are waiting on the u.s. auto tariffs and the u.s.-china tra

the australian prime minister scott morrison says the government will reopen its christmas island detentioning doctors the power to recommend transfers for refugees. mr morrison argues that the new law will undermine border security. now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament.

flood stricken north eastern city of townsville and was swept away by floodwaters prime minister scott morrison has visited the city where thousands of homes have been inundated in what's being described as a once in a century brain events jurors in the trial of mexico's most notorious drug lord will resume deliberations on choose day the first day ended without a verdict walk in el chapo guzman is being tried in new york is accused of leading this in a lower drug cartel in mexico sixty one year old also faces charges of importing large quantities of cocaine heroin marijuana and methamphetamine into the united states faces life in prison if convicted. now with all the headlines more news of the inside story. thank you stan the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world. yes al-jazeera. will trial and the deporter refugee football little box brain is plight spanning three countries and sparked an international campaign involving government activists and the football world or demanding his immediate release this is inside story. it would. mean. hello and welcome to the program

the flood stricken northeastern city of townsville that was swept away by floodwaters from as a scott morrison has visited the city where thousands of homes have been inundated and what's being described as a once in a sentry rain event but a smith reports. opening the floodgates of the ross river dam in queensland created what australia's weather bureau called dangerous and high velocity flows with the damage three hundred percent capacity engineers said they had no option downstream homes in the coastal city of townsville a flooded more than a thousand people have been moved to safety we've never seen a year's worth of rhine in less than seven dies. not exactly what we've claimed and it really is the new parameters that we are moving into northern australia is tropical and typically experiences heavy monsoon rains but recent downpours are far in excess of the norm in some parts of townsville salt water crocodiles displaced by the flood waters have been spotted and there's more heavy rain on the way this monsoonal trough just doesn't want to seem to move much at all there's going to be heavy

have swept two men to their deaths and submerged many homes in eastern australia prime minister scott morrison has visited townsville in queensland to comfort victims the floods follow what weather forecasters are describing as once in a century rain. a new report says the himalayan glass is a melting at an alarming rate due to climate change and study warns that two thirds will be gone by the end of the century and less carbon emissions are drastically cut those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story. will thailand to deport a refugee footballer to box grain his plight spanning three countries and spot an international campaign involving governments activists and the football world or demanding its immediate release this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm martin dennis on the future of a refugee football player is hanging in the balance as his extradition case plays out between three countries how came he is crying for help to stop his deportation from thailand to bahrain because he fears he'll be taught at their banks all that this was g

and in the strain it two people have died in the city of townsville prime minister scott morrison has visited the city where thousands of homes have been inundated in what's being described as a once in a century rain event. headlines more news after the street. the week began with use of ninety days in the to protect us china trade. the world's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas is the biggest one. we bring you the story economic world we live in. zero. for the ok today i check in on three stories we're following right here on the screen a new investigation has found that journalists and activists were spied on and a hacking operation led by the u.a.e. and stop me for my u.s. national security agency intelligence analysts explore the implications and then hash tag where it shouldn't human rights lawyer then was arrested by egyptian security forces in november. and i'll be looking for your comments on twitter and of course in our live here too.

have swept two men to their deaths and submerged many homes in eastern australia prime minister scott morrisonhas visited townsville in queensland to comfort food gyms the floods follow what weather forecasters are describing as a once in a century rain. the new report says the himalayan glaciers are melting at an alarming rate due to climate change the study warns that two thirds will be gone by the end of the century unless carbon emissions are drastically cut more than one and a half billion people rely on rivers flowing from the mountains. of course you can follow all of those stories by logging onto our web site at zero dot com we'll have the al-jazeera news group of half an hour to stay with us the stream is next. talk to al-jazeera. we ask you personally one of the main beneficiaries is that the case listen if you want it in new york that's not exactly my point we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter. for the ok today i check in on three stories we're following right here on the screen a new investigation has found that journalists and activists were spied

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australian prime minister scott morrison says that he has written to thailand calling for the release of a footballer who is fighting extradition to bahrain football player hakeem al-arabiya is a former bahraini national who now has refugee status in australia he's being held in thailand. and the former coast to reckon president. has said that a criminal complaint of scott sexual assault has been filed against him according to the new york times the paper reports that his accuser who is a doctor said that arias salted her in his own home the former nobel peace prize winner has denied the allegations. so francis has acknowledged for the first time that catholic priests and bishops have sexually abused nuns francis' admitted having suspended priests for abusing women and promised to continue fighting to eradicate the problem. nuns throughout the world abused and even held as sexual slaves by priests and bishops faced with a growing international outcry about the latest scandal to rock the catholic church the pope could no longer remain silent. they don't know the mistreatment of women i

swept two men to their deaths when homes in townsville in queensland are submerged prime minister scott morrison has visited the city to comfort victims the floods follow what weather forecasters are describing as a once in a century rain under thomas has the latest from townsville. i know i look pretty wet but this rain is actually some of the likes it's that it's been a day that's been the problem in townsville well over a year's worth of right in the fall and in a week and that has led to this there is a reservoir further upstream about ten kilometers that way it's normally used to consign drinking water for townsville but because of the risk of the down rule breaking if the volume of water in that reservoir got too why they've opened the gates and it's become a tourist attraction here volume of water pouring out of that reservoir is quite incredible what it is over a million liters of water a second down the roughs river now here the river banks are high enough to cope with that but that's not the case further down straight in the suburbs in the heart of townsville and that's where we're see

have swept to mend deaths many homes in townsville in queensland are submerged prime minister scott morrison has visited the city to comfort victims the floods follow weather forecasters are describing as a once in a century rain and a small. opening the floodgates of the ross river dam in queensland created what australia's weather bureau called dangerous and high velocity flows with a dam and more than three hundred percent capacity engineers said they had no option downstream homes in the coastal city of townsville a flooded more than a thousand people have been moved to safety we've never seen a year's worth of rain in less than seven guys you know did not exactly what we've claimed all and it really is the new parameters that we are moving into northern australia is tropical and typically experiences heavy monsoon rains but recent downpours are far in excess of the norm in some parts of townsville salt water crocodiles displaced by the flood waters have been spotted and there's more heavy rain on the way this monsoonal trough just doesn't want to seem to move much at all it's going to b

the prime minister scott morrison didn't name any particular country when he talked about a sophisticated state actor being behind this cyber attack but most people think the security service is most suspect china although russia is another possibility as indeed the united states or even israel now this all started ten days ago when the prime minister said the security services detected a cyber attack on the parliamentary computer system including the e-mail accounts of some m.p.'s and it's been doing investigation into that cyber attack ten days ago that has revealed political parties computer systems of also be attacked non-significant because the major political parties here hold huge amounts of personal information about voters they use that of course when it comes to targeting votes is in the run up to elections and there's a national election here jew probably in may now the prime minister said there's no evidence yet that there's been any electoral interference by states but the concern of course is that that could come. i was once a model of integration in italy but the small town

prime minister scott morrison argues this vote will encourage more migrants to try and reach australias" and the prime minister saying "hopefully this sends a message to the people smugglers." melbourne—based blogger @theuncledaily. .. it's the old australia tourist board slogan, this time addressed to people smugglers, "so where the bloody hell are you?" go back five years and scott morrison became very well known as the minister responsible for australia's so called "zero tolerance" immigration policy. he's long been aware of the political potency of the issue. here's the analysis of one abc news reporter. christmas island in some ways is not as bad as some of the places where asylum seekers are at the moment. you mentioned manus island and nairu and they can be pretty terrible as well. essentially there are two ways to look at this. one of them is that the government is genuinely concerned that the legislation, or the amendments that went through parliament over the last 24 hours, will trigger a new wave of boats coming particularly from indonesia and want to make sure that they've

the australian prime minister scott morrison says the government will reopen its christmas island detentionentre after the lower house defied the government and passed a landmark bill giving doctors the power to recommend transfers for refugees. mr morrison argues that the new law will undermine border security. now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. hello, and welcome to tuesday in parliament. as the prime minister offers mps more time before asking them to back her brexit plan. the only way to solve a problem of having no deal is agree to a deal. she and jeremy corbyn are still talking, but are they listening to each other? she is playing with time, jobs and the future of our industries. and cross—party tributes to a sporting legend. a kind and generous man off the field. all that to come and more. but first... the prime minister has told mps to "hold their nerve" as britain's departure from the european union looms without a deal. she promised them another decisive vote on 27 february if she's not secured a deal by then. and she said she'd use a fast—track procedure to ensure the uk is

australian prime minister scott morrison says that he has written to thailand calling for the release of a footballer who is fighting extradition to bahrain football player hakim. is a former bahraini national who is now has refugee status in australia is being held in time. well now it causes permanent damage trauma even death so why is female genital mutilation still being performed the practice is common in around thirty countries worldwide now the reasons vary but female genital mutilation is seen as a way to suppress female sexuality and preserve family honor our next report comes from guinea where over ninety percent of women and girls undergo some form of cutting often against their will. kenyan activist who. will never forget the day it happened to have. a full physical siesta when i think about the day my parents took me and gave me to those women who had tools that i have never seen before so that they could do this to. prove that. it was to be honest i was mostly anger with my parents because they have betrayed me they didn't really tell me where i was going in war in the w

that and we know that the tarp i mean it's that hasn't responded to any that is the way that scott morrison is or fatima simmers or thomas box so they have had no response to to anyone around the world they expect already in this case which is their biggest worry just a few days after the victory at the asian cup the countries i mean a shake time him being a model funny as president of the emir of kuwait with a gift on monday shake. receives a special cuts on national team jersey from qatar as head of state the jersey features the number ten traditionally worn by a team's best player many kuwaitis were in the stands at the asian cup in the united arab emirates to support kutta team otherwise had very little support as a result of an ongoing blockade by the u.a.e. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt where the next world cup in qatar in just three years expectations are high for the team they've got plenty of experience behind the scenes for a minute in of it she has made five different countries that will gabs most notably taking mexico to the quarter finals of the tournament they hosted in one n

up and it didn't name any individuals who deserve to be charged with any crimes prime minister scott morrison may be able for now to cite his responsibilities to manage responses to environmental catastrophes in queensland and tasmania to avoid taking hold of this potato right out of the oven but perhaps not for long stages. and today we look at some of the biggest of the big global companies and check in to see how they are doing we call it our aaa analysis and we'll look at amazon ali baba and alphabet to lend us a hand we're joined by conservative commentators steve malzberg an r.t. correspondent alex mahela vege from toronto as steve let's start with you amazon which reported earnings the other day they beat expectations that it seems largely based upon some really huge holiday sales right. yeah they had they had a much better than expected fourth quarter report they beat on earnings per share coming in at six dollars and four cents the street was expecting five sixty eight they beat on revenue coming in at seventy two point four billion dollars the street was expecting seventy one point

australia's prime minister scott morrison has heralded the move as part of the government's hardlinebut a coalition of lawyers and human rights advocates have hit back — saying the transfers are long overdue. a man has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud in the us state of newjersey after allegedly pretending to slip and fall on ice cubes. let's see that cctv footage again. prosecutors say this is alexander goldinsky, deliberately throwing ice on the floor before faking a fall. he's accused of filing a false insurance claim for hospital treatment. and this might look like the president of the philippines rodrigo duterte and north korea's kimjong—un walking together, but, on closer inspection, it turns out the pair are in fact a couple of impersonators, who were out on the streets of hong kong posing with people for selfies and having a chicken dinner together. the car maker nissan has confirmed that its scrapping plans to manufacture its x—trail 4x4 in the north—east of england — reversing a decision announced two years ago. the x—trail will now continue to be made in japa

and in a stray a two people have died in the city of townsville prime minister scott morrison has visited the city where thousands of homes have been inundated in what's being described as a once in a century rain event as i had lines more news knowledge there after the stream. the week began with use of a ninety day truce in the us china trade. the world's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas is leaving the biggest. we bring you the stories the economic world we live in. the cost zero. for the ok today i check in on three stories we're following right here on the street a new investigation has found that journalists and activists were spied on in a hacking operation led by the u.a.e. and stuff we form a u.s. national security agency intelligence analysts explore the implications and then hash tag. egyptian human rights lawyer then was arrested by egyptian security forces in november. and i'll be looking for your comments on twitter and of course in our live you tube chop there will be lots to talk about today so we want to hear from you on all of them start with a very controversial

the announcement by the prime minister, scott morrison, came after the government was defeated on immigration the former yugoslav republic of macedonia has begun using its new name of north macedonia, ending three decades of dispute with greece. it confirmed the name change in the official gazette, and the benefits are already being felt, with the nato flag flying outside the government building in skopje to mark the country's impending accession. venezuela's opposition leader, juan guaido, has told tens of thousands of his supporters that humanitarian aid will be brought in, despite opposition from president nicolas maduro. mr maduro earlier told the bbc he would not allow aid in, as it was a way for the us to justify an intervention. there have been mass rallies in russia calling for the release of a woman who is being held under house arrest for alleged links to protest groups. anastasia shevchenko is facing up to six years in prison for attending political debates and protests. human rights groups have condemned the treatment of the activist, and public anger over her case has been growin

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remain deadlocked over the terms of britain's exit from the block australian prime minister scott morrison says that he has written to thailand calling for the release of a footballer who is fighting extradition to bahrain football player hakeem al-arabiya is a former bahraini national who has now refugee status in australia he is being held in thailand. on now to some other news and pope francis has acknowledged for the first time that catholic priests and bishops have sexually abused nuns francis admitted having suspended priests for abusing women and promised to continue fighting to eradicate the problem. nuns throughout the world abused and even held as sexual slaves by priests and bishops faced with a growing international outcry about the latest scandal to rock the catholic church the pope could no longer remain silent. they don't know the mistreatment of women is a problem. i would dare to say that humanity has not yet matured. women are second class citizens that's where. it is a cultural problem. probably. a cultural problem that the holy see itself isn't immune to the vatican has

swept two men to their deaths many homes in townsville in queensland submerged prime minister scott morrison has visited the city to comfort victims the floods follow what weather forecast says and scribing as a once in a century rain. has more. jurors in new york to resume their deliberations for a second day in the trial of mexico's most notorious drug boss chapo guzman but let the cartel before he was extradited sixty one year old denies smuggling billions of dollars worth of cocaine and other narcotics into the u.s. . those are your headlines more news on al-jazeera after a.j. so lex this. from sunrise to sunset cross asia. pacific explorer. fascinating story one on one on al-jazeera. michael. you can. see. in this way when populist president nicolas maduro is sworn in for a second consecutive term following elections deemed fraudulent by his opponents and much of the international community. under his presidency the country with the world's largest oil reserves has plunged into acute poverty hunger is widespread hospitals a crumbling the most basic medicine is impossible to find and chi

have swept two men to their deaths and submerged many homes in eastern australia prime minister scott morrison has visited townsville in queensland to comfort food gyms the floods follow what weather forecasters are describing as a once in a century rain. the new report says the himalayan glaciers are melting at an alarming rate due to climate change the study warns that two thirds will be gone by the end of the century unless carbon emissions are drastically cut more than one and a half billion people rely on rivers flowing from the mountains. of course you can follow all of those stories by logging on to our website at zero dot com we'll have the al-jazeera news group of half an hour to stay with us the stream is no. talk to . you personally one of the main beneficiaries is that the case listen if you want to be a solution of it in new york that's not exactly my point we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. for the ok today i check in on three stories we're following right here on the screen a new reuters investigation has found that journalists and activists

that and we know that the tarp i mean it's there hasn't responded to any that is the way that scott morrison is or fact my simmers or thomas box they have had no response to to anyone around the world to expedite in this case which is their biggest worry. wreckage from the plane carrying cot of city football emily on a solace been found in the english channel the scientists in charge of a private search has confirmed it was found on the sea bed and the families of his pilot david it's and have been notified by police the twenty eight year old argentine had just completed a nineteen million dollar move from french club months and was on his way to cardiff when the plane disappeared from radar as close to the channel islands on january the twenty second. so his tenth primarily can't trick as much as city close the gap only does liverpool shaking off the defeats to newcastle the time schooled all city's goals in a three one win over all snow it means that seconds two points off liverpool who travel to west ham later on monday. i prefer to be in the position from leave it. to said many times i'v

australia's prime minister, scott morrison, says all children detained as asylum seekers on the islande being moved to other countries. just four remain, and they and their families have now been cleared to move to the united states. six months ago there had been more than 100 children in the camps where there have been reports of abuse and suicide. australia sends all asylum seekers to detention camps on pacific islands until their applications have been processed. a privately—funded search to try to find the missing footballer emiliano sala is beginning on sunday off the island of guernsey in the english channel. the argentine striker and his pilot went missing last month when their plane from nantes in france to cardiff disappeared. an official search was called off last week. president vladimir putin has responded to a decision by the united states to suspend its involvement in the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty, by saying russia will do the same. he said russia would also start to develop new mid—range hypersonic missiles, but insisted the door remained open for negotiat

the australian prime minister scott morrison says the country's major political parties were the subjectncies believe a "sophisticated state actor" was responsible for the hack earlier this month, which also breached pa rliament‘s computer systems. mr morrison says australia has acted decisively to protect its national interests, and there's no evidence of electoral interference. the venezuelan opposition leader, juan guaido, says he hopes to enlist a million volunteers by next saturday to distribute the humanitarian aid supplied by the us and other countries which is currently stuck in colombia. food and medicine has been arriving in us military transport planes at the border town of cucuta. mr guaido says he wants a "humanitarian avalanche" and "caravans" to deliver the aid, but president nicolas maduro is refusing to allow it in, saying the operation is a cover for a us invasion. the family of a british teenager who ran away from home when she was 15 to join the islamic state group, have asked the british government to help bring her home, after hearing that she's given birth to a boy

australian prime minister scott morrison says a cyber attack on the parliament's computer networks last month was carried out by those he caught a sophisticated state actor morris and revealed the country's three main political parties had been affected but said there was no evidence of interference in the australian elections which are expected in may one voice. a new fiction has emerged in transatlantic relations over the fate of european nationals captured fighting for islamic state in syria jim lee says it was that france and britain in response to u.s. demands to leave back treat some eight hundred european extremists that's after a tweet from president donald trump threatening to release captured fights is under seal or puts them on trial. jihad on the march in syria these images from the fall of rock in twenty fourteen. islamic state has since been defeated here and across nearly the entire country many fighters are dead and more have been taken prisoner recently the u.s. backed kurdish led syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. besieged the city of backcross the last remaining iowa

so, scott morrison, who was himself the immigration minister at one stage saying he needs to reopen thehich was the scene of protests and hunger strikes, that in anticipation, he says, of more people smuggling efforts coming into australia. he's also claimed in service as his ministers, that this new law in australia that doctors will be able to decide which asylum seekers and refugees need to come here for medical treatment, that will open the door for rapists and murderers and child molesters, says the government. claiming that these people will come into australia taking advantage of the doctors being in charge of the policy, and not ministers. so, i think we need to see all this in the context of the forthcoming election in may where the government trailing in the polls at the moment, wants to look tough on immigration and accuse the opposition, which is ahead in the polls, of being a soft touch. and i think that's what led to this announcement on christmas island. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the malaysian villagers dealing with piles of plastic and mountains of rubbish

australia's prime minister scott morrison has heralded the move as part of the government's hardlinecoalition of lawyers and human rights advocates have hit back — saying the transfers are long overdue. and here's an extremely rare weather phenomenon — a snow roller, created entirely by nature. scientists say that a combination of wind and the right sort of snow led to it rolling across a field in wiltshire here in the uk, gathering size as it went. the key thing here is that there are no footsteps or any other sign of human involvement in making it. and this might look like the president of the philippines rodrigo duterte and north korea's kimjong—un walking together, but, on closer inspection, it turns out the pair are in fact a couple of impersonators, who were out on the streets of hong kong posing with people for selfies and having a chicken dinner together. the car maker nissan has confirmed that its scrapping plans to manufacture its x trail 4 by 4 in the north east of england — reversing a decision announced two years ago. the x—trail will now continue to be made in japan ins

news we told you about new zealand earlier well jumping over the sea to australia prime minister scott morrison says the major australian political parties have ben target of cyber attack and the evidence suggests a sophisticated state actor is the culprit australia is scheduled to go to the polls for a federal election in may but mr morrison said there's no evidence of an attempt to produce any specific outcome sources told the sydney morning herald the attack was very specific aid which seems a narrow the list of possible suspects to the world's best cyber spies who are believed to operate on behalf of china israel russia and the united states. and finally there's been an electronic intrigue afloat of foot in the united kingdom where legislators say regulators must step in because facebook is incapable of regulating itself that finding has been published in a report of digital cultural media and sport select committee of parliament after eighteen months of official investigation the latest u.k. committee report toughens the findings and recommendations from a preliminary version from last sum