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who controls at least one house of the us congress. facebook has removed nearly three dozen accounts and pages. it has not publicly identified russia as behind this campaign. in a moment we will hear from our technology correspondent dave lee. but first, here is what the director of homeland security said about russia's role in the 2016 presidential election. our democracy itself is in the crosshairs. let me take just a moment to touch on this, because i think it's very important to do so. two years ago, as we all know, a foreign power launched a brazen, multifaceted influence campaign to undermine public faith in our democratic process and to distort our presidential election. that campaign was multifaceted. it involved cyber espionage, leaks of stolen data, cyber intrusions into voter registration systems,
who controls at least one house of the us congress. facebook has removed nearly three dozen accounts and pages. it has not publicly identified russia as behind this campaign. in a moment we will hear from our technology correspondent dave lee. but first, here is what the director of homeland security said about russia's role in the 2016 presidential election. our democracy itself is in the crosshairs. let me take just a moment to touch on this, because i think it's very important to do so. two...
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say the odds are extremely unlikely lauren it would take a change of parties in control of the us congress under the system of course there are two branches there are two houses of congress certainly both of them would have to be in the hands of the opposition democratic party in order for any meaningful gun legislation to be passed and that in itself is not a sure thing because many democrats also represent states where gun sports and gun rights are popular and then of course as long as president trump is in the white house he has brought a strongly come out in support of the second amendment that's the right to bear arms in the u.s. constitution so he would certainly the to any restrictive gun legislation but it will take a lot of political change in this country for the sway of the national rifle association and its membership to no longer be the deciding voice in the debate over gun violence. thank you very much. the spanish authorities say they've rescued two hundred twenty three refugees trying to cross the mediterranean for
say the odds are extremely unlikely lauren it would take a change of parties in control of the us congress under the system of course there are two branches there are two houses of congress certainly both of them would have to be in the hands of the opposition democratic party in order for any meaningful gun legislation to be passed and that in itself is not a sure thing because many democrats also represent states where gun sports and gun rights are popular and then of course as long as...
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that said, any deal would have to be approved by the us congress, and many leaders have said this has to be a trilateral agreement. that is nada tawfik, part of the tea m that is nada tawfik, part of the team in new york. toyota is investing $500 million in uber to jointly work on developing self—driving cars. it's a chance for both companies to catch up to rivals in the hotly competitive business. let's go to our asia business hub where shara njit leyl is following the story. they really want to work together, talk through what they have for each other. that is right, they both have a lot to gain from this deal. it is a lot to gain from this deal. it is a chance to play catch up with rivals. they both seem to be lagging behind in developing self driving ca i’s behind in developing self driving cars compared with other firms, and a chance to show the r&d costs, you will recall uber lost millions of dollars in the last quarter as it tries to expand and sink money into research and development. more than
that said, any deal would have to be approved by the us congress, and many leaders have said this has to be a trilateral agreement. that is nada tawfik, part of the tea m that is nada tawfik, part of the team in new york. toyota is investing $500 million in uber to jointly work on developing self—driving cars. it's a chance for both companies to catch up to rivals in the hotly competitive business. let's go to our asia business hub where shara njit leyl is following the story. they really...
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he'll now lie in state at the us congress, before burial in annapolis. after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. brazil's president again refuses to close the border to venezuelans fleeing the country's economic crisis, saying it would be "unthinkable." and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs.
he'll now lie in state at the us congress, before burial in annapolis. after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. brazil's president again refuses to close the border to venezuelans fleeing the country's economic crisis, saying it would be "unthinkable." and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs.
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us congress had asked the trumpet ministration within two months time to determine if russia violated international law all and no it took the trumpet administration or the us government more than two months actually two and a half months plus to determine and to make this determination and this is why those sanctions are following suit right now they will be rolled out into trenches and are expected to implement to be implemented around twenty second of august ok now twenty second of august is the date for these sanctions but there are more even tougher sanctions in the works right now can you tell us what they look like. right those so there's sanctions package comes into trenchers the first one is what we're talking about now and that targets so-called dual use technologies those are technologies which could be used in civil to civil purposes and military purposes by russia which just sold by the u.s.
us congress had asked the trumpet ministration within two months time to determine if russia violated international law all and no it took the trumpet administration or the us government more than two months actually two and a half months plus to determine and to make this determination and this is why those sanctions are following suit right now they will be rolled out into trenches and are expected to implement to be implemented around twenty second of august ok now twenty second of august is...
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and in washington members of the us congress gather to commemorate the late senatorjohn mccain. the bbc investigates evidence that china has imprisoned up to1 million muslim workers and re—education camps. china denies the cans even exist. a leader of probe russian separatists in eastern ukraine has been killed in an explosion in a cafe. president putin called it a despicable murder aimed at destabilising the region. at ten o'clock, she will be here with a full round up of today's news. first a look at the most ambitious project
and in washington members of the us congress gather to commemorate the late senatorjohn mccain. the bbc investigates evidence that china has imprisoned up to1 million muslim workers and re—education camps. china denies the cans even exist. a leader of probe russian separatists in eastern ukraine has been killed in an explosion in a cafe. president putin called it a despicable murder aimed at destabilising the region. at ten o'clock, she will be here with a full round up of today's news. first...
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he'll now lie in state at the us congress, before burial in annapolis. after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. more venezuelan migrants cross into brazil, but the brazilian president now says that closing the border would be "unthinkable". and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs. family, friends, and political rivals have been remembering senatorjohn mccain at his memorial service in arizona. the republican presidential candidate, vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war died from brain cancer last saturday. he will now lie in state at the us congress, in washington, this weekend, before burial at the us naval academy in annapolis, maryland. former vice president, joe biden, a democrat of course, was prominent among those leading the tributes. from washington, laura trevelyan. the streets were lined in phoenix, arizona as people turned out to bid farewell to the man who served his adopt
he'll now lie in state at the us congress, before burial in annapolis. after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. more venezuelan migrants cross into brazil, but the brazilian president now says that closing the border would be "unthinkable". and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs. family, friends, and political rivals...
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in washington, members of the us congress gather to commemorate the late senatorjohn mccain.o today. a bbc investigation uncovers evidence of the mass—detention of members of china's uighur community. a prominent leader of pro—russia separatists in eastern ukraine has been killed in an explosion in donetsk. hello and welcome to world news today. over the past few hours, the funeral has been taking place of the legendary american singer aretha franklin. the performer — often described as ‘the queen of soul‘ — passed away earlier this month. in a glittering career, aretha franklin won 18 grammys awards. her most popular songs included ‘respect‘, ‘i say a little prayer‘, and ‘chain of fools‘. it's been a star—studded event, attended by musicians such as stevie wonder and ariana grande and also former president bill clinton. this is what i think... ..you should remember in this time about this magnificent woman. she worked her can off to get where she was. she took the gifts god gave her and she kept getting a little bigger every day. so... music. that's the best i can do. # you
in washington, members of the us congress gather to commemorate the late senatorjohn mccain.o today. a bbc investigation uncovers evidence of the mass—detention of members of china's uighur community. a prominent leader of pro—russia separatists in eastern ukraine has been killed in an explosion in donetsk. hello and welcome to world news today. over the past few hours, the funeral has been taking place of the legendary american singer aretha franklin. the performer — often described as...
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he'll now lie in state at the us congress, before burial in annapolis. after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. more venezuelan migrants cross into brazil, but the brazilian president now says that closing the border would be "unthinkable". and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs.
he'll now lie in state at the us congress, before burial in annapolis. after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. more venezuelan migrants cross into brazil, but the brazilian president now says that closing the border would be "unthinkable". and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs.
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united states things got even worse this is the worst crisis and us turkish relations since the us congress imposed a total arms embargo on turkey right in the at the height of the cold war. on friday u.s. president donald trump tweeted that he was doubling steel and aluminum tariffs on turkey saying our relations with turkey are not good at this time the latest move comes during a diplomatic route over this man an american pastor named andrew bronson he was accused of spying for the united states arrested and jailed in the aftermath of the twenty sixteen coup the u.s. denies the charges defended by even jellicoe christians like vice president mike pence pastor andrew bronson is an innocent man. there is no credible evidence against him after july nato meeting trump thought he had a deal to secure brunson's release instead brunson was placed under house arrest while his trial continued outraging trump the u.s.
united states things got even worse this is the worst crisis and us turkish relations since the us congress imposed a total arms embargo on turkey right in the at the height of the cold war. on friday u.s. president donald trump tweeted that he was doubling steel and aluminum tariffs on turkey saying our relations with turkey are not good at this time the latest move comes during a diplomatic route over this man an american pastor named andrew bronson he was accused of spying for the united...
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on the first muslim woman set to be elected to the us congress. 42—year—old rashida tlaib, who is a fiercetic of president trump, has been selected to run for a safe congressional seat in michigan. now, kasia, what is trending in your part of the world? the transfer window for the english premier league has been dominating social media. if you are football fan, do just check out our website. and i'm going to ta ke check out our website. and i'm going to take you to pakistan now. imran khan generated controversy on the campaign trail for his comments about feminism. it's expected he will be sworn in next week as the country's new prime minister. so what do women want for their new leader? maybe those comments were taken out of context, maybe he did not mean to say those. i want to assume that he was trying to play to the right, which is what a lot of politicians in pakistan have to do. i say his views could have been better well rounded and better
on the first muslim woman set to be elected to the us congress. 42—year—old rashida tlaib, who is a fiercetic of president trump, has been selected to run for a safe congressional seat in michigan. now, kasia, what is trending in your part of the world? the transfer window for the english premier league has been dominating social media. if you are football fan, do just check out our website. and i'm going to ta ke check out our website. and i'm going to take you to pakistan now. imran khan...
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times the original official death toll for government made the new estimate in a report to the us congressare can marry or struck puerto rico last september do so with us around here my cuba is up next hour more news for you after that. but. let me know. that's in the place here now is in a way that one other day to day the. novel by a young. man . and leaving home and never downloaded but about oh basically how it must i don't understand that after the active play to sell it on the end there's a dog a settlement on the level of a good. passing day temple some here tell me why isn't it enough. to eat. with downs in the whole world is one of the why did you read the classical ballet when you got a contemporary but we're trying to do it could do everything i think this is important for the nation because i was in there is any company quite like. catalonia is home by letting us as united take want to go down to us and i'm coming to us and i meant it the best that this inquiry into and you. can say about. a big the same bendigo. i don't blame the. blacks. out of you know this young man equal k
times the original official death toll for government made the new estimate in a report to the us congressare can marry or struck puerto rico last september do so with us around here my cuba is up next hour more news for you after that. but. let me know. that's in the place here now is in a way that one other day to day the. novel by a young. man . and leaving home and never downloaded but about oh basically how it must i don't understand that after the active play to sell it on the end there's...
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they discovered not only could they use it to give to other members of congress to help them rise in leadership, they could use it for just about anything because there are no rules about what it could be spent on other than it could not be for their yard signs or bumper stickers or paying their campaign staff. any other use, the federal election commission allowed them to do it. until 2008, they did not even exist in law. they existed in reality but the law did not recognize them until then. host: are there now restrictions on who they can raise money from or how much they can raise? there is plenty of those kinds of restrictions on the usual campaign committees. guest: on the campaign committees they do still have the limits on how much these leadership pacs can accept and there are limits on how much an individual can give and one another -- and what another pac can give. there are no limits on what the leadership pac can give out and spend. there are reporting requirements. you can see all the money that is coming in. $5,000 or $10,000 or $2700 from an individual -- those get repo
they discovered not only could they use it to give to other members of congress to help them rise in leadership, they could use it for just about anything because there are no rules about what it could be spent on other than it could not be for their yard signs or bumper stickers or paying their campaign staff. any other use, the federal election commission allowed them to do it. until 2008, they did not even exist in law. they existed in reality but the law did not recognize them until then....
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in washington, members of the us congress gather to commemorate the late senatorjohn mccain.gation uncovers evidence of the mass—detention of members of china's uighur community. a prominent leader of pro—russia separatists in eastern ukraine has been killed in an explosion in donetsk.
in washington, members of the us congress gather to commemorate the late senatorjohn mccain.gation uncovers evidence of the mass—detention of members of china's uighur community. a prominent leader of pro—russia separatists in eastern ukraine has been killed in an explosion in donetsk.
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the us territory is asking congress for $139 billion in aid. lovenian—born parents of the us first lady, melania trump, has confirmed that they have become us citizens. they took part in a naturalisation ceremony in new york on thursday. viktor and amalija knavs had attained their citizenship through chain migration. that is the process by which us citizens can sponsor relatives for permanent residency. that is also something that president trump has criticised as a pathway for terrorists to enter the country. the us vice president has laid out plans to create a sixth branch of the military, a so—called space force. mike pence suggested russian and chinese threats justify the military expansion, and he promised a space force department will be ready by 2020. there is already a logo, and he will be asking congress for about $8 billion to fund it. now, the time has come to write the next great chapter in the history of our armed forces, to prepare for the next battlefield, where america's best and bravest will be called to deter and defeat a new g
the us territory is asking congress for $139 billion in aid. lovenian—born parents of the us first lady, melania trump, has confirmed that they have become us citizens. they took part in a naturalisation ceremony in new york on thursday. viktor and amalija knavs had attained their citizenship through chain migration. that is the process by which us citizens can sponsor relatives for permanent residency. that is also something that president trump has criticised as a pathway for terrorists to...
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us military. it is hoped the force will be up and running by 2020, but the plan still needs approvalfrom congress.state department and cia concluded on wednesday that russia was behind the nerve agent attack on former spy sergei
us military. it is hoped the force will be up and running by 2020, but the plan still needs approvalfrom congress.state department and cia concluded on wednesday that russia was behind the nerve agent attack on former spy sergei
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and the gulf news reports on the first muslim woman set to be elected to the us congress. 42—year—old has been selected to run for a safe congressional seat in michigan. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? the transfer window for the english premier league has been dominating social media. well it is now shut. but many of the major signings that had been speculated over actually failed to materialise. however, everton did buy colombia world cup star, yerry mina, for $35 million. festival organisers in malaysia have removed two portraits of lgbt activists from a public photo exhibition, on the orders of a government minister. the exhibition at the george town festival featured a series of portraits with different malaysians posing with the country's flag. but mujahid yusof rawa, malaysia's minister of islamic affairs, said the promotion of lgbt culture was not supported in the country. the photos were taken last year to commemorate 60 years of malaysian independence. this woman is an activist, talking about his removal. first of all, it started from a viral page that sta
and the gulf news reports on the first muslim woman set to be elected to the us congress. 42—year—old has been selected to run for a safe congressional seat in michigan. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? the transfer window for the english premier league has been dominating social media. well it is now shut. but many of the major signings that had been speculated over actually failed to materialise. however, everton did buy colombia world cup star, yerry mina, for $35...
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scientists are a rare breed in the us congress.n the house of representatives. but that might change come november's midterm elections. enraged by what they see as the trump administration's lack of respect for science and denial of climate change, more scientists are running for elected office than ever before. laura trevelyan reports. the administration, it is broken, just like when we wound skin. i have an interest in healing both tissues and our nation. the united states government, they are not making sound policy because they are not using science to make policy. i feel very much lonely and overloaded, as the only scientist in congress. very few of our elected leaders are scientists but, this year, more scientists are running for office than ever before. truth is lacking in the national politics and at the state level, but also i think there is a concern about the support for science in our nation. i believe in climate change. that's like asking me do i believe in gravity, right? it is something that is observable, it is ther
scientists are a rare breed in the us congress.n the house of representatives. but that might change come november's midterm elections. enraged by what they see as the trump administration's lack of respect for science and denial of climate change, more scientists are running for elected office than ever before. laura trevelyan reports. the administration, it is broken, just like when we wound skin. i have an interest in healing both tissues and our nation. the united states government, they...
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and in washington members of the us congress gather to commemorate the late senatorjohn mccain. the bbc investigates evidence that china has imprisoned up to1 million muslim workers and re—education camps. china denies the cans even exist. a leader of probe russian separatists in eastern ukraine has been killed in an explosion in a cafe. president putin called it a despicable murder aimed at destabilising the region. at ten o'clock, she will be here with a full round up of today's news. first a look at the most ambitious project ofan a look at the most ambitious project of an artist that had the load. (music: god save the queen) you know what we call the war in our language? it means ‘the ugly thing'. in african culture, when a man goes war, you don't go to war and come back to your house and sleep with your wife. you do spend some time... (continues in native language.) you can't say that in english. you go through a ritual and prepare to cleanse yourself from the ugly one. because someone else's blood is not good for your own blood. the vast majority of africans in the first w
and in washington members of the us congress gather to commemorate the late senatorjohn mccain. the bbc investigates evidence that china has imprisoned up to1 million muslim workers and re—education camps. china denies the cans even exist. a leader of probe russian separatists in eastern ukraine has been killed in an explosion in a cafe. president putin called it a despicable murder aimed at destabilising the region. at ten o'clock, she will be here with a full round up of today's news. first...
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the us territory has raised the number of victims from 64 to more than 1,400. the puerto rican authorities are asking congress aid. this couple are the slovenian—born parents of the us first lady, melania trump. their lawer has confirmed that they have become us citizens. they took part in a naturalisation ceremony in new york on thursday. viktor and amalija knavs had attained their citizenship through ‘chain migration‘, that's the process by which us citizens can sponsor relatives for permanent residency. that's also something that president trump has criticised, as a pathway for terrorists to enter the country. taiwan's government has flatly rejected a proposal by china to build an undersea railway tunnel connecting the two sides. the proposal has been floated for years and chinese scientists are now reportedly close to reaching a consensus on the design. the proposed tunnel would link pingtan county in china's fujian province with hsinchu city, taiwan, stretching a total of approximately 135 kilometres, or 68 nautical miles. this would make it the world's longest undersea railway tunnel and 3.5 times longe
the us territory has raised the number of victims from 64 to more than 1,400. the puerto rican authorities are asking congress aid. this couple are the slovenian—born parents of the us first lady, melania trump. their lawer has confirmed that they have become us citizens. they took part in a naturalisation ceremony in new york on thursday. viktor and amalija knavs had attained their citizenship through ‘chain migration‘, that's the process by which us citizens can sponsor relatives for...
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he'll now lie in state at the us congress before burial in annapolis. more venezuelan migrants cross into brazil, but the brazilian president now says that closing the border would be "unthinkable". and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs.
he'll now lie in state at the us congress before burial in annapolis. more venezuelan migrants cross into brazil, but the brazilian president now says that closing the border would be "unthinkable". and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs.
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all these laws that restrict how you can actually do your work who's responsible for those laws us congress is responsible for for any of the. particularly the federal gun laws and it would be literally an act of congress if that were to be changed. washington the place to find out who really shapes us gun laws a group of congressmen is bringing a bill which could further limit the a.t.f. the ability to investigate trafficking. our interview requests to them have gone unanswered so we try to find them in person congressman evan jenkins is the sponsor of the proposed new law. hi. i'm not from al-jazeera i'm actually looking for congressman jenkins his staff say they haven't received our e-mails and we ascend to way. we go in search of the co-sponsors of the bill sorry are you working with congressman massie. so you can question to you know if congressman hyde says around today ready right now. we have records of our e-mails but it's the same answer everywhere i didn't get it because we are mistreated as directed by ok we've put in a few requests we don't always get you know sometimes they do
all these laws that restrict how you can actually do your work who's responsible for those laws us congress is responsible for for any of the. particularly the federal gun laws and it would be literally an act of congress if that were to be changed. washington the place to find out who really shapes us gun laws a group of congressmen is bringing a bill which could further limit the a.t.f. the ability to investigate trafficking. our interview requests to them have gone unanswered so we try to...
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he'll now lie in state at the us congress before being laid to rest. after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs. in business, he called it the worst deal in history. now president trump is closing in on a new north america free trade agreement, as talks with canada approach a deadline today. also coming up in the business briefing. desperate measures. argentina says it will talk to the imf on monday, after it raises interest rates to 60%, only to see the peso plunge further. a warm welcome to the programme. briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think, just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the casket carrying the late senator john mccain has arrived in washington where he will lie in state ahead of a funeral service at washington's national cathedral on saturd
he'll now lie in state at the us congress before being laid to rest. after two days of violence, more far—right protests stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs. in business, he called it the worst deal in history. now president trump is closing in on a new north america free trade agreement, as talks with canada approach a deadline...
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elections, this coming november, which crucially could change who controls at least one house of the us congress has removed nearly three dozen accounts and pages. it's not publicly identified russia as behind this campaign. in a moment we'll hear from our technology correspondent dave lee but first here's what the director of homeland security said about russia's role in the 2016 presidential election. democracy in itself is in the crosshairs. let me take a moment to touch on this because i think it is very important to do so. two years ago, as we all know, a foreign power launched a brazen, multifaceted influence campaign to undermine public faith in our democratic process and to distort our presidential election. that campaign was multifaceted, it involved cyber espionage, leaks of stolen data, cyber intrusions into voting systems, online propaganda and more. let me be clear, our intelligence community has it right. it was the russians, we know that, they know that, it was directed at the highest levels and we cannot and will not allow that to happen again. although no actual votes were chang
elections, this coming november, which crucially could change who controls at least one house of the us congress has removed nearly three dozen accounts and pages. it's not publicly identified russia as behind this campaign. in a moment we'll hear from our technology correspondent dave lee but first here's what the director of homeland security said about russia's role in the 2016 presidential election. democracy in itself is in the crosshairs. let me take a moment to touch on this because i...
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he'll now lie in state at the us congress before being laid to rest. stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs. in business, he called it the worst deal in history. now president trump is closing in on a new north america free trade agreement, as talks with canada approach a deadline today.
he'll now lie in state at the us congress before being laid to rest. stoke fears in eastern germany. migrants say racism is on the rise. and new hope for children with a severe muscle wasting condition. researchers discover that gene editing will correct it in dogs. in business, he called it the worst deal in history. now president trump is closing in on a new north america free trade agreement, as talks with canada approach a deadline today.
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wrong there are no charges against him in the us he did nothing wrong there are no charges against us congress which wales as much authority is the executive branch at least on paper may see things differently impeachment becomes a possibility when this evidence of what the us constitution calls high crimes and misdemeanors but no make is a treading carefully prepared i just don't think that engaging in speculation is the way to go and certainly i think impeachment talk is something that is not something we should be engaging in right now i don't think i've witnessed anything like witness over the last year and. probably the american people haven't in modern times if there weren't people in our view of your show you wouldn't expect me to. to make it be sitting on impeachment and do you hear what the house of representatives very do that's because it's the house that votes to open an impeachment trial which then takes place in the senate republicans control both houses of congress that might be of some comfort to trump but by no means office total security. we want to talk now for some of the o
wrong there are no charges against him in the us he did nothing wrong there are no charges against us congress which wales as much authority is the executive branch at least on paper may see things differently impeachment becomes a possibility when this evidence of what the us constitution calls high crimes and misdemeanors but no make is a treading carefully prepared i just don't think that engaging in speculation is the way to go and certainly i think impeachment talk is something that is not...
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that said, any deal would have to be approved by the us congress, and many leaders have said this haslist ana gabriela rojas is in mexico for the reaction there. here in mexico, the message is actually very clear. it has been seen as a big success for the mexican government and all the official sectors. actually, mexico is pleased to have reached an agreement with the us because it its main, principal, commercial partner, so officially what they say is they wish canada comes back into the agreement, but at the moment it is very positive. you may remember, since 1994, when nafta came into existence, mexico's economy has been shaped by the treaty, so mexico has become one of the main producers of automobiles and most of them are exported to the us. also, mexico depends in the us for many agricultural products. and there are very good signs here, that the stock market and the exchange rate hasn't been affected at all, so it has been seen as a big victory here in mexico. more now on the un investigation report accusing myanmar of war crimes against rohingya. in many ways, this report, whi
that said, any deal would have to be approved by the us congress, and many leaders have said this haslist ana gabriela rojas is in mexico for the reaction there. here in mexico, the message is actually very clear. it has been seen as a big success for the mexican government and all the official sectors. actually, mexico is pleased to have reached an agreement with the us because it its main, principal, commercial partner, so officially what they say is they wish canada comes back into the...
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the poor and also us congress people as well and us citizens eventually we are doing this work with the us citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's explicitly dedicated to meddling in other countries affairs interfering in elections toppling often democratically elected leaders and spreading public relations campaigns to sow chaos against countries that resist washington's agenda but here you have kind of open acknowledgement from this korean activist who is behind the transitional justice working group which is responsible for a lot of what congress states and knows about north korea's suppose it human rights violations so basically the united states is paying for its own findings to ramp up sanctions and hostility against north korea and what's really interesting about this event that i attended in capitol hill is that it was timed to coincide with the trump him summit it was essentially a u.s. government backed event undermining a u.s. government initiative to foster peace between north and south korea and that to me seems like almost and then a
the poor and also us congress people as well and us citizens eventually we are doing this work with the us citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's explicitly dedicated to meddling in other countries affairs interfering in elections toppling often democratically elected leaders and spreading public relations campaigns to sow chaos against countries that resist washington's agenda but here you have kind of open acknowledgement from this korean activist who...
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go it alone if canada is not involved, but that said, any deal would have to be approved by the us congress a trilateral agreement. pa rt part of our team in new york. joining us now tom stevenson, investment director at fidelity international. good morning. you were listening to that. she was making the point canada is not involved at the moment but the foreign minister is going to washington today she will talk to officials in washington, very interesting, this development? yeah, i think it is very important canada to ta ke i think it is very important canada to take part in this because at the moment, it isjust to take part in this because at the moment, it is just a to take part in this because at the moment, it isjust a deal with mexico. it was welcomed by the markets and i think that is probably not surprising when you think there two clouds over the markets, trade tensions and the tightening of us monetary policy, rising interest rates. good news on that on friday whenj powell was pretty relaxed about the pace of interest rate rises. i think this adds to the general feeling of well—b
go it alone if canada is not involved, but that said, any deal would have to be approved by the us congress a trilateral agreement. pa rt part of our team in new york. joining us now tom stevenson, investment director at fidelity international. good morning. you were listening to that. she was making the point canada is not involved at the moment but the foreign minister is going to washington today she will talk to officials in washington, very interesting, this development? yeah, i think it...
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congress. her exacting lectures have a purpose to train us, members of staff so that congress functions better so the democracy functions better. this is the gift she has given us. for more than four decades she has worked and we calculate her cumulative impact we ask what good have we brought this world. judy has done so much good it's impossible to calculate. therefore, this is why the congressional foundation is honored to bestow the first democracy award for lifetime achievement to a congressional staff member to judy schneider. [applause] [applause] >> sit down. everly sent me an e-mail at 5:00 a.m. to tell me that c-span was going to film so don't do judy schneider. [laughter] i've been thinking, for two hours, how do i not do judy schneider so i'm going to go somewhere in between. i must say several things. i feel like meryl streep. any of the four other people should be standing up your and accepting this award and, as far as chairwoman makowski, i was in alaska with several friends two years ago, i would move there tomorrow. can i come right now? for those of you who have never been, i
congress. her exacting lectures have a purpose to train us, members of staff so that congress functions better so the democracy functions better. this is the gift she has given us. for more than four decades she has worked and we calculate her cumulative impact we ask what good have we brought this world. judy has done so much good it's impossible to calculate. therefore, this is why the congressional foundation is honored to bestow the first democracy award for lifetime achievement to a...
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frankly that's being done here is that against russia as far as i can tell mid-term elections for the us congress are coming up in all around november time the campaign season is already underway essentially could allege meddling by russia be accompanied issue for democrats hoping to win back control of congress it is the republicans who looks set the currently control it looks set up this stage to continue the. i think. i think it will be an issue sorry i can tell there are here that i think it will be an issue because the democrats have nothing else thought you know caracal comment was quoted today as saying that the reason you know that trump won and the reason we're in the situation we are is because of economic inequality but one of the democrats done to deal with that issue nothing you know so yeah they're going to rely on russia but the polls show that americans are not interested in this issue. in fact trump's poll numbers went up a little out who so i think it's a losing strategy but i'm certain the democrats will rely on to try to win this a go beyond. you know are their interests there
frankly that's being done here is that against russia as far as i can tell mid-term elections for the us congress are coming up in all around november time the campaign season is already underway essentially could allege meddling by russia be accompanied issue for democrats hoping to win back control of congress it is the republicans who looks set the currently control it looks set up this stage to continue the. i think. i think it will be an issue sorry i can tell there are here that i think...
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united states things got even worse this is the worst crisis and us turkish relations since the us congress imposed a total arms embargo on turkey right in the at the height of the cold war. on friday u.s. president donald trump tweeted that he was doubling steel in aluminum tariffs on turkey saying our relations with turkey are not good at this time the latest move comes during a diplomatic route over this man an american pastor named andrew bronson he was accused of spying for the united states arrested and jailed in the aftermath of the twenty sixteen coup the u.s. denies the charges defended by even jellicoe christians like vice president mike pence pastor andrew bronson is an innocent man. there is no credible evidence against him after july nato meeting trump thought he had a deal to secure brunson's release instead brunson was placed under house arrest when his trial continued outraging trump the u.s. responded leveling sanctions against the turkish interior and justice ministers the dispute over the pastor is just part of an escalating feud between trump and air to one last year ame
united states things got even worse this is the worst crisis and us turkish relations since the us congress imposed a total arms embargo on turkey right in the at the height of the cold war. on friday u.s. president donald trump tweeted that he was doubling steel in aluminum tariffs on turkey saying our relations with turkey are not good at this time the latest move comes during a diplomatic route over this man an american pastor named andrew bronson he was accused of spying for the united...
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six years now right and how did their listener can affect everyone's lives it actually helped us because congress was not hit too bad by the hurricane we've been busy ever just a hurricane hit and i see a lot of migrants coming from beaumont in areas from brockport corner just past or hit. coming up a unique situation a response mile or in the coming months to take ability to think and that's because they really so they come to corpus christi for the sticks they stay for the love yes i'm ready here we go now it's time for fan photos calls one style. this is the pilgrimage. is to pilgrim. another pretty girl oh my life is so sure for coach my job is so. plan to meet you look a little smile and get it. i thought it was cause me. pleasure to enjoy you guys i. was just putting on a campaign just to. make sure you support him because he's a forty six year or you know we're traveling around a bit yes. you know. you are ok so you're a local guy just. been here since two thousand and ten all right but they're ok they are normal. people we're talking. oh well this is all. this is french t.v. . i'm just go
six years now right and how did their listener can affect everyone's lives it actually helped us because congress was not hit too bad by the hurricane we've been busy ever just a hurricane hit and i see a lot of migrants coming from beaumont in areas from brockport corner just past or hit. coming up a unique situation a response mile or in the coming months to take ability to think and that's because they really so they come to corpus christi for the sticks they stay for the love yes i'm ready...
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the poor and also us congress people as well and us citizens eventually we are doing this work with the us citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's explicitly dedicated to meddling in other countries affairs interfering in elections toppling often democratically elected leaders and spreading public relations campaigns to sow chaos against countries that resist washington's agenda but here you have kind of open acknowledgement from this korean activist who is behind the transitional justice working group which is responsible for a lot of what congress states and knows about north korea's suppose it human rights violations so basically the united states is paying for its own findings to ramp up sanctions and hostility against north korea and what's really interesting about this event that i attended in capitol hill is that it was timed to coincide with the trump him summit it was essentially a u.s. government backed event undermining a u.s. government initiative to foster peace between north and south korea and that to me seems like almost and then a
the poor and also us congress people as well and us citizens eventually we are doing this work with the us citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's explicitly dedicated to meddling in other countries affairs interfering in elections toppling often democratically elected leaders and spreading public relations campaigns to sow chaos against countries that resist washington's agenda but here you have kind of open acknowledgement from this korean activist who...
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because in the report i understood that right twenty fourteen that congress basically us congress has had a report a lot of your journalism is the basis and cited within it although you're not alone in that but researching this sort of the notion that china reports there are about ten thousand organ donors in transplants per year but meanwhile the real numbers are in the tens of thousands may be enough as high as one hundred thousand. organs being transplanted and the question then becomes is that just all voluntary and obviously your allegation is no that's not what is the basis of saying that we know that this is definitely coming from political prisoners who are either alive or killed in the problem. that the chinese have bounced around from different arguments for many years they said they didn't even say where these organs were coming from or how they were doing transplants and they sort of just led people to assume that maybe it was voluntary or something of course there was no history of voluntary donation china at all and then they said ok well we're doing prisoners they coppe
because in the report i understood that right twenty fourteen that congress basically us congress has had a report a lot of your journalism is the basis and cited within it although you're not alone in that but researching this sort of the notion that china reports there are about ten thousand organ donors in transplants per year but meanwhile the real numbers are in the tens of thousands may be enough as high as one hundred thousand. organs being transplanted and the question then becomes is...
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it is possible these multiple scandals could now lead to the us congress considering impeaching the presidentoutcome is far from certain. the senate will convene... bill clinton is one of only two us presidents to have been impeached the country's history. he was acquitted in a vote in the senate and came out with record approval ratings. already, the united states is gearing up for mid—term elections in november, in which all the seats in the lower house are up for grabs and some in the senate. democrats need to make significant gains in the senate to ensure a successful impeachment. but analysts believe the president has been. there will be a political cost to the court battles and proceedings and guilty pleas and verdicts. we don't know how much that is. but if i were betting, i would say the odds are significantly higher that president trump will not finish his term than they were two days ago. for the president, there is possibly one option to make his tenure in the white house more secure. that is to pardon both michael cohen and paul manafort. it would be highly controversial and even
it is possible these multiple scandals could now lead to the us congress considering impeaching the presidentoutcome is far from certain. the senate will convene... bill clinton is one of only two us presidents to have been impeached the country's history. he was acquitted in a vote in the senate and came out with record approval ratings. already, the united states is gearing up for mid—term elections in november, in which all the seats in the lower house are up for grabs and some in the...
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than twenty times efficient death toll the government made the new estimates in a report to the us congresswhere it's asking for one hundred thirty nine billion dollars to rebuild the island hurrican maria struck question rico last september causing widespread damage loss of power and flooding first of the deaths did not occur in the initial storm but in the weeks that followed as emergency services found it difficult to access parts of the island indonesian island of lombok has been shaken by a third big off the shop following sunday's earthquake a strong five point nine magnitude aftershock hit the northwest of the island on thursday sparking panic among survivors and evacuees or to say they've been three hundred fifty five aftershocks since sunday the number of people killed as now going up to three hundred nineteen. video has emerged from switzerland of an explosive mudslide spattering modern rocks onto the streets of a village it happened. after a storm caused a river bed to expand and burst its banks so you're going to force. a terrifying rumble. a sudden deluge of. as the cascades cr
than twenty times efficient death toll the government made the new estimates in a report to the us congresswhere it's asking for one hundred thirty nine billion dollars to rebuild the island hurrican maria struck question rico last september causing widespread damage loss of power and flooding first of the deaths did not occur in the initial storm but in the weeks that followed as emergency services found it difficult to access parts of the island indonesian island of lombok has been shaken by...
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congress to us is congress is extremely unhappy with various developments in turkey including not just the pastor now but also the as four hundred turkish the situation of children rights in turkey the situation of journalists in turkey so there is a lot of package in the u.s. congress that tore turkey but turkey has the diet as the absolute right to purchase as five hundred missiles from russia have been objections from the next including to us that this put the create problems for over. its nato partners but i think at the end of the day at the end of the day turkey has the type to beef up its or didn't depend system including that she has the plan system and that the deal get this one hundred says is in place and it's going up i missed it overnight if i if i can ask you what the full by turkish ambassador to the united states from two thousand i want to two thousand and five what would you recommend for the american and turkish leadership to do to mend that high and get over this current relationship crisis. to come down on number one. and act i feel cool if you like and the first o
congress to us is congress is extremely unhappy with various developments in turkey including not just the pastor now but also the as four hundred turkish the situation of children rights in turkey the situation of journalists in turkey so there is a lot of package in the u.s. congress that tore turkey but turkey has the diet as the absolute right to purchase as five hundred missiles from russia have been objections from the next including to us that this put the create problems for over. its...