u. s. department of justice has seized control of 33 websites linked to iran, citing a violation of sanctions. now this is the message greeting anyone trying to look at around english language press, tv science, all the arabic alarm channel us senate republicans have blocked a key voting rights bill backed by democrats. the election reform package contained measures to counteract laws passed in republican lead states, which restrict voting access. but republicans argue the bel infringes on states rights and call it a partisan power. grab. the 1st person in hong kong to be charged and debating new security law is on trial tonguing. kate is accused of terrorism and inciting secession, driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers while flying a protest flag last july. the government has denied him a jury citing concerns over the safety of the jurors to view the pollen has moved from hong kong and she says tongues trial will set a precedent. and those details on the most recent arrest made under the national security law. this is definitely seen as a landmark case here and set the tone

u. s. department of justice and the u. s. federal bureau of investigation, the f b, i saying that the websites have been seized by the u. s. government. now at the moment, we do not yet have clarification from the u. s. government about whether in fact they did take this action. the state department has indicated that the department of justice will give information later today regarding this situation. but if one goes to the website, one will find a statement from the department of justice and the f. b, i with their official seals saying that the website was seized due to laws allowing for the trafficking and nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological weapons, technology or material, or the manufacturer and importation of sale or distribution of a controlled substance to be criminal forfeiture property. furthermore, it invokes an unusual and extraordinary threat and a declaration of a national emergency indicating that may have been the president himself that ordered the seizing of the website. again, still no clarificati

u. s. senate just published a big report on the riots. here is some of what they found needed the f b. i know the u. s. department of homeland security deemed online posts calling for violence of the capital is credible in testimony before the committee's representatives from both agencies noted that much of the rhetoric online prior to january. the 6th was 1st amendments, protected speech of limits of credibility and acknowledge areas for improvement in handling and dissemination of threat information from social media and online message boards to enhance law enforcement and intelligence agencies abilities to counter the threats. now we find out they did indeed have lots of information. they just didn't think it was relevant. the report goes on the united states, capital police, again, gathering information about the events plan for jenny, the 6 in mid december 2020, through open source collection tips from the public and other sources. the u. s. c . p. intelligence and in the agency coordination division. knew about social media posts calling for violence at the capital on july, the 6th, including a plot to bre

u. s. department of justice says it sees control of 33 websites linked to iran, citing violations of american sanctions. this is the message reaching, anyone trying to look at iran, english language, prestige, the site, or the arabic alarm channel. the u. s. s. accused media outlets connected to iran's revolution regard of spreading misinformation like canada has moved from washington d. c. the justice department says that the iranian television and radio union had been designated a special entity back in october last year because of what it alleged was election interference. this requires all of its bodies to get special permission to operate in the united states, which the justice department said it did not do so. as a result, some 33 entities have been shut down. all the websites have been shut down by the department of justice. and now that is the situation that us senate republicans have blocked the key voting rights bill, backed by democrats. democrats say the election reform package contained measures to counteract laws passed and republican lead states, which restrict voting access. b

u. s. department of justice and the f b i. now it's important to note the context as the biden administration that has taken off as in united states earlier this year has appeared to be open to renegotiating the iran nuclear deal. however, more recently we just had the elections in iran, where the candidate who was victorious was a candidate who is far more critical of the united states than his predecessor ro, honie. so the context may be interesting, but at the moment we're waiting for clarification about what exactly this move means. if, in fact this did come from the united states, if in fact it was ordered by joe biden. and what this means were also waiting for an official response from the islamic republic of iran. okay, well thanks for the update caleb zante keller. boffin reporting to his live there from new york. now the 1st have a transgender athletes will go to the olympics this year. several hubbard who's a white lift they will join us in stephen take here, but it has sparked anger from campaign is calling to save

u. s. department of health says all than a 130 americans die every day from opioid related overdoses. that's $48000.00 a year. well, let's get more from rosalind jordan in washington. so rather than seeing from some the statistics and this has obviously had a devastating effect on families and communities in the us. how of people reacting to the fact that johnson and johnson will avoid trial? there hasn't been any public reaction to this news and to be put it in perspective . johnson and johnson is a very small player in the o. b o, a crisis. in fact, it stopped marketing, the 2 drugs that it was selling in the united states, back until in 2015. and it has a sense of pulled up the remaining inventory out of circulation. and the main company that has been perhaps most responsible for the opioid crisis here in the united states is, per you for about a reportedly paid out more than a $1000000000.00 a couple of years ago in a private settlement because of its role in the panoramic it's also worth pointing out that file johnson and johnson will not be going on trial in new york state. this

u. s. department of defense. he now works as a security consultant in new zealand. he assisted deal, sorry, in the aftermath of the christ church attack, western security agencies have been late to the party. they've spent so much time and effort in the last, almost 20 years now looking at extremist islam that they haven't paid enough attention that was going behind the internet walls. where white supremacist perhaps is a dialogue dialectical opposition to the islamic. his have organized very thoroughly their way ahead of the security authorities up until the last 3 years. the issue white supremacist was considered a local law enforcement problem. it was not a national security problem, and this is for the entire western liberal democratic world. now we know that that in fact is false. it's an international phenomena and it needs to be combat it as an international phenomenon with the same rigor that the fight against archive and dash were undertaken. and that for my community is considerable in scope and scale . operating behind the scenes of these loan rules, ther

u. s. department has issued a special trouble alerts warning. it citizens not to head to russia under any circumstances. it sites a whole host of reasons for the decision do not travel to russia due to terrorism, harassment, by russian government, security officials, the emphasis limited ability to assist us citizens in russia and the arbitrary enforcement of local law. your citizens may become victims of harassment, mis treatment, and extortion. all u. s. government personnel should carefully consider their need to travel to russia . basically what the state department has done. it's declared russia level for threat to be fair though. several countries have recently received this bump up to the threat level for including many in europe, but many of the most of those countries receive that level due to current covered 1900 concerns. in russia's case, however, the main threat, according to the state department, is terrorism and potential abuse by government officials. apparently, according to this, the state department terrorists are literally ar

u. s. department of defense says it's targeted operational and weapon storage facility is used by several groups including tape has paula and could take us to honda. this is the 2nd strike in the region authorized by president joe biden, since he took office 5 months ago. now, let's take a look at other stories make headlines around the world. a curfew has been imposed in the city of benny in the democratic republic of congo after 3 bomb attacks. over the weekend. a bomb exploded in the catholic church on sunday entering 2 women. and i was laid to a ball with the site of the suicide bombing. authorities are blaming intimate militant for the vine. and so the africa has imposed corona virus restrictions to combat a surge in the highly contagious delta vary and presidents. they're not remote band all gathering except funeral and order travel restrictions, as well as the ban on alcohol failed. because the vaccine burnout has been though with less than 5 percent of the population having received a job at the 7 people were killed and a dozens of others injured in an explosion in the front of it

u. s. department of defense. he now works as the security consultant in new zealand. he has this to deal, sorry. he's in the aftermath of the christ church attack. western security agencies have been late to the party. they've spent so much time and effort in the last, almost 20 years now looking at extremist islam that they haven't paid enough attention that was going behind the internet walls. where white supremacist perhaps is a dialogue. dialectical opposition to the as armistice have organized very thoroughly their way ahead of the security authorities of until the last 3 years. the issue white supremacist was considered a local law enforcement problem. it was not a national security problem, and this is for the entire western liberal democratic world. now we know that that in fact is false. it's an international phenomena and it needs to be combat it as an international phenomenon with the same rigor that the fight against archive dash were undertaken. and that for my community is considerable scale net operating behind the scenes of these loan rules. there were

u. s. department of defense fed. the targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by iran backed militias that engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against us personnel and facilities in iraq. the iraqi military spokesman issued a strong statement. we condemn the usa attack that targeted a site last night on the rocky syrian border, which represents a blatant and unacceptable violation of rocky serenity and a rocky national security. in accordance with all international conventions to groups, backed by iran, were targeted to type has buller and could type said i shot a reaction from the groups was swift that i've as a fire, i shall harder have actually reacted very strongly promising an open war against us targets with in iraq itself. now the real concern here is one simply of escalation . the iranians also reacted to us still continues to the wrong path from the region . what we see today is not only the sanctions, but also following the wrong policies and previous administrations in regard with

u. s. department of justice has ceased control of 33 websites linked to iran, floating a violation of sanctions. this is the message greeting anyone trying to look at iran's english language press t v site or arabic alarm channel. the u. s. as acute media outlets connected to iran's revolution regard of spreading false mis information. the 1st person in hong kong to be charged and debating national security law has gone on trial tonguing kit is accused of terrorism and inciting secession for driving his motorcycle into a group of police officers while flying a protest. like last july, there'll be no jury due to what the government says, our safety concerns. india's health officials are warning about imitated strain of coded 19 that's mutated again. they've declared the delta plus a variant of concern. elizabeth moran has moved new deli, they've identified 3 characteristics of the delta plus for, for the 1st is increased transmitter to the 2nd is that it is bind more to the receptor of lung cells, receptors of long cells. and also there's a potential reduction in antibody response as well. now t

u. s department of labor released data showing consumer prices increased 5% over one year ago.mists say the causes pent up demand as people emerged from pandemic restrictions. and face supply shortages as companies tried to ramp back up after shutdowns. i've got off roading jeeps at the sigma auto group. lot in concord. they've seen a 35% increase in business prices and demand for used vehicles surged a record 10% last month as a shortage of semiconductor ships decreased supplies of new cars. there have been a shortage of new cars out there. recently due to the chips, which has driven the prion market up, i would say, uh, pretty significant amount and as more people travel airline fares have increased 7% gas prices hit a seven year high and restaurants such as chipotle are increasing prices to offset higher wages and costs. i look at a £40 case of chicken went from about $40 to $130 in two weeks. that's food cost is you can't deal with. the treasury secretary janet yellen, however, says she expects the inflation will be temporary as the economy readjust from the past year. we'r

u. s. the u. k. in germany, france. yet somehow, none of these countries have been designated as level for threats. apparently, according to the state department of the mythical threat. terrorists and russia is far greater than everything that's been happening in europe over the past few years . here's just a few examples of open to terrorism investigation after a police employee was stamped to death at the police station near paris. a terror attack in vienna, austria leave. 2 people dead, including one of the gunmen 15 others are wounded 7, seriously. this is the 3rd terror attack in just over a month in france, becky, and the 1st 2 were connected to the republication and friends of cartoons news tonight about the deadly terror attack outside of paris. perhaps we should point out that it's not that long ago that we're hearing it by term stable, unpredictable relations to bite administration saying that's what they wanted with and from russia. how does that fit with these developments? well, basically it just flies in the face of everything. the, by the ministration has been saying the stuff we heard during the bite and put in some it. but it'

u. s. department of justice. we're also waiting to hear any statement from the islamic republic of iran at the moment. these 3 websites bear this. notice, it's not clear yet what has gone on. could this be the work of hackers? could this actually be an official move from the u. s. government could this indeed have been ordered directly from joe biden, as the statement of the website seems to hand, we don't yet know. had most aven professor of political science at the university of t. ron says, washington can have no justification if it is ne, indeed behind these moves. or we have to remember that even if the laws that are being cited in the actual announcement on the web page, even if the reason cited would be in the gym in which i should be, isn't we have to remember that the, these are u. s. internal laws and assets, it would be ridiculous to seize an international, new size based on domestic us thought it like the other situation would be i pathetically, if iran would come and see the c n n news website, based

u. s. c's control of them. the justice department says that blocked them because they violate sanctions. now this is the message greeting anyone trying to look at iran's english language press t b side or the arabic alarm channel. the u. s. s accused media outlets connected to rounds revolution regard of spreading disinformation. mike, hannah has more from washington d. c. the justice department says that the iranian television and radio union had been designated a special entity back in october last year because of what it alleged was election interference. this requires all of its bodies to get special permission to operate in the united states, which the justice department said it did not do so. as a result, some 33 entities have been shut down. all the websites have been shut down by the department of justice. and now that is the situation there. but at the same time, what you have is these entities moving almost immediately within a matter of hours to radiant controlled website. so they are now continuing to operate, but the tim

u. s. can work with the president from doris and mr. martin, this has alleged as a concert or in drug trafficking. and he is actually under investigation by the u. s. department of justice. and it's one of our president keller has most recently been criticized for firing the attorney general. i'm several supreme court judges who you see corruption and non democratic behavior is a problem not only for their residents of these countries, but also for the binding, harrison ministration when it comes to cooperating with this countries. i see w carina, 2 more reporting from washington. d. c, well, let's take a look at the stories that headlines around the world full of both the and the commander bar code mon adage will hear the decision on his appeal against his genocide conviction. on tuesday, he was found guilty at the un tribunal in the hague, for his role in the 99 by 70. if the only crime in europe will, to that has been declared a genocide cleanup efforts on the way and passed on to a train collision that killed at least $51.00 people. the disaster took place in the southern provinces and one an express train hit another train that had the rails more than 10

u. s. department of justice. and it's how about president taylor has most recently been criticized for firing the attorney general . i'm several supreme court judges. so you see corruption and non democratic behavior is a problem, not only for the residents of these countries, but also for the biden harrison administration when it comes to cooperating with these countries. i. c, w, 's, tardiness reporting from washington. well, let's take a look at other stories making headlines around the world. nato secretary general, again, social has said that china's leaders quotes don't share our values after a meeting with us president joe biden. nathan leaders will discuss china and russia lions summit in brussel next week. it's years authorities have recovered most of the ransom paid to russian based hackers who lost a cyber attack on the country's largest fuel pipeline. the crypto currency was recovered by a task force. that's how it responds to ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure worldwide ition into the dark

u. s department of labor released data showing consumer prices increased 5% over one year ago. economists say the causes pent up demand as people emerge from pandemic restrictions and face supply shortages as companies tried to ramp back up after shutdowns. i've got off roading jeeps at the sigma auto group lot and conquered. they've seen a 35% increase in business prices and demand for used vehicles surged a record 10% last month as a shortage of semiconductor ships decreased supplies of new cars. there have been a shortage of new cars out there recently due to the chips, which has driven the prion market up, i would say, uh, pretty significant amount and as more people travel airline fares have increased 7% gas prices hit a seven year high. treasurys the economy readjust from the past year, we're making progress and what we're seeing some inflation. i don't believe it's permanent, but we will watch this very carefully. one thing that does not appear to be rising is interest rates. the fed has indicated that even with the rising prices they don't anticipate putting anytime soo

u. s. department of defense says that targeted operational and weapons storage facilities used by several groups including tape has below and ca, tapes. honda. this is the 2nd strike in the region authorized by president joe biden, since he took office 5 months ago. well, let's take a look at the other stories that he had lines around the world. a few has been imposed in the eastern city of benny and the democratic republic of congo after 3 bomb attacks over the weekend. a bomb exploded in a catholic church on sunday, injuring to women. i was later a ball was the science of a suicide. bombing. authorities are blaming islamist, militant for the violence. south africa has reimpose corona virus restrictions to combat a search in the highly contagious delta berry and president rama post band all gatherings accept funerals and order travel restrictions, as well as the ban on alcohol sales for africa. vaccine. viola has been slow with less than 5 percent of the population. having received the jap, at least 7 people were killed and dozens of others injured in an explosion in the phone with she c

u. s . department of state. he served as us ambassador kenya from 2013 the 2019 before. now robi ambassador, go to was the principal deputy coordinator for counter terrorism. us ambassador to denisia from 20 o 629, and proctor that deputy assistant secretary in the near eastern affairs bureau deputy coordinator for the transition of wrap and acting deputy chief of mission administer the counselor for economic affairs at the u. s. embassy and south africa assistant to the administrator. sarah charles is the assistant administrative of u. s. a. i d 's bureau of humanitarian assistance. prior to her time at usa id is charles with a senior director for policy and advocacy for the international rescue committee. she also worked at the national security council and led the usa, i. d, 's, post our spring efforts to strengthen democracy, promote space for the democratic dialogue, and support stabilisation and encourage civic participation in the middle east. so without objection, all the witnesses prepared testimony will be made part of the record and now recognize the witnesses