like uzbekistan. in 2007, telia worked with the daughter of the then president of uzbekistan.for corruption. in order to gain access to the golden goose there was a gatekeeper and the gatekeeper was the eldest daughter of the president. she ran a racket in uzbekistan. organised crime racket. if you want to make a load of money you have to be a business partner. telia became her partner by giving shares to a shell company she secretly controlled. three years later telia bought most of the shares back for $220 million. the american authorities say this was a $220 million bribe. we have now obtained documents that show how mr amersi was involved in the deal. in one e—mail, the telia boss writes... and he is his invoice for his part in project uzbekistan. he got a success fee of $500,000 for his work. the problem that mr amersi faces is that he has received money for being in the middle of a structure between the swedish telecoms company and the shell company, in which the president of uzbekistan�*s daughter had a full role. mr amersi's lawyers said the offshore company had been v

and here is his part in project uzbekistan. he got a successful $500,000 fo his work.rs said the offshore company had been vetted and approved by talia, and its involvement did not raise red flags. have also seen evidence about how he was involved in other deals. this is a consultant referred as mr. xy and paid more than $65 million. expenses for lavish corporate entertainment are usually between $1000 and to hunt a thousand dollars a month, without evidence like copies of receipts. the internal report recommended the relationship be terminated. >> who is mr. xy? >> he has been involved in one of the biggest corruption scandals we have seen in sweden. it is important that peoe around him that trust him and listen to him understand the whole context of his career. >> lawyers said the fees and exnses were entirely in keeping with industry practice and did not require receipt of receipts. they say it is false to suggest his contract was terminated. all of this matters because he has given more than half a million pounds to the conservative party. this morning, boris johns

and here's mr amersi's invoice for his part in project uzbekistan.company had been vetted and approved by telia and its involvement did not raise any red flags to mr amersi. all of these matters because he has given more than half a million to the conservative party. this morning borisjohnson gave his reaction. i see that story today but all i can say on that one is that all these donations are vetted in the normal way in accordance with rules that were set up under the labour government. so we vetted them the whole time. a conservative spokesman said government policy is in no way influenced by the donations the party receives. they are entirely separate. "we are motivated by the priorities of the british public acting in the national interest." richard bilton, bbc news. richard is here with me now. we have had major document leaks like this before. has anything ever changed as a result? ~ ., , before. has anything ever changed as a result? ~ ., , ., , a result? well, it has a bit. i think there _ a result? well, it has a bit. i think there have _ a

and here is mr amer5i'5 invoice for his part in project uzbekistan. offshore company had been vetted and approved by telia. and that its involvement did not raise any red flags to mr amer5i. we have also seen evidence about how he was involved in other telia deal5. we've got details of an internal report about a consultant referred to as mr xy, who was paid in excess of $65 million by telia. the payment5 included expenses for lavi5h corporate entertainment. they were usually between $100,000 and $200,000 a month but they were not evidenced by copies of receipts. the internal report recommended that telia's relationship with mr amer5i be terminated. who is mrxy? that is mr amer5i. he has been involved in one of the biggest corruption scandal is that we have seen in sweden in modern times. it is important that people around them that trust him and listen to him understand the whole context of his career and wealth. lawyers for mohamed amer5i said that his fees and expenses were entirely in keeping with industry practice and that telia did not require re

they have tried to work with neighboring countries such as pakistan, uzbekistan to see if they can potentiallyir countries for bases as part of president biden's counterterrorism strategy over the horizon, as he described it. some critics are saying it is more like over the rainbow because they don't have access to get over to do that counterterrorism operations. they are worrying that terrorists will exploit it. anchor: thank you for your time today. a prominent film actor from southern india has died at the age of 46. there has been an outpouring of grief among his fans as you can see in these pictures. thousands have gathered outside the hospital and his home. shops in the city have closed due to fears that the gatherings could turn violent. the actor was described as a superstar over the film industry. we can talk now to a london film critic. thank you for talking to us. despite this difficult time, you knew the family. how is everyone dealing with this tragic news? >> i had met his brother, was a huge star. i think everybody is in a state of shock, myself included, because just yesterday,

an earthquake in south uzbekistan has killed at least 20 injured 200 others.lapsed. in south pakistan. plans have been announced for president biden and president xijinping to meet via video link before the end of the year. senior us and chinese officials met for six hours. relationships between the countries have been acrimonious since biden took office amid tensions in a number of issues, including an increase of pressure on taiwan. the defence minister of taiwan says the tensions with china are at their worst in 40 years. now, a teenager in finland has spent the day as president as part of a global push to empower girls. every year, hundreds of girls from around the world step into leadership roles in media, business and politics to demand better representation. courtney bembridge reports. in the classroom one day, presidential palace the next. 16—year—old nella salminen got into step in the shoes of the finnish president for the day as part of a global intitiative to mark the international day of the girl. this whole day is like the best day i've experienc

and here's mr amersi's invoice for his part in project uzbekistan.hore company had been vetted and approved by telia and its involvement did not raise any red flags to mr amersi. all of this matters because he has given more than half a million to the conservative party. this morning, borisjohnson gave his reaction. i see that story today but all i can say on that one is that all these donations are vetted in the normal way in accordance with rules that were set up under the labour government. so we vetted them the whole time. a conservative spokesman said government policy is in no way influenced by the donations the party receives. they are entirely separate. "we are motivated by the priorities of the british public acting in the national interest." richard bilton, bbc news. 0ur correspondent andy verity is with me. this afternoon we have heard about another businessmen link to conservative party donations called victor fed secretive russian whose businesses have backed 3a conservatives mps, he was involved in a russian corruption scandal. that is

and here is mr amersi's invoice for his part in project uzbekistan.0,000 for his work. mr amersi's lawyers said that the offshore company had been vetted and approved by telia. and that its involvement did not raise any red flags to mr amersi. we have also seen evidence about how he was involved in other telia deals. we've got details of an internal report about a consultant referred to as mr xy, who was paid more than $65 million by telia. the payments included expenses for lavish corporate entertainment. they were usually between $100,000 and $200,000 a month, and were not evidenced by copies of receipts. the internal report recommended that telia's relationship with mr amersi be terminated. who is mrxy? that is mr amersi. he has been involved in one of the biggest corruption scandal is that we have seen in sweden in modern times. it is important that people around him that trust him and listen to him understand the whole context of his career and wealth. lawyers for mr amersi said that his fees and expenses were entirely in keeping with industry pr

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served if they were allowed to be placed in communities that were culturally much more similar, like uzbekistang level of ignorance there from montana congressman matt rosendale. and this this week on full display in the senate, senator tom cotton proposed an amendment to the government funding bill that would have curtailed assistance to refugees and more difficult to obtain driver's licenses. a new poll from the kaiser family foundation shows over half of republicans believe that immigrants and tourists are responsible for current pandemic conditions. this despite a senior military official saying that 84% of afghan refugees on military bases received coronavirus vaccinations but there's another powerful force driving the attacks on refugees in this country, islamophobia. a gop senate who i will not name because we don't want to give him a platform tweeted this "84% of afghan refugees are unsetted. let that sink in more a moment. and then discuss with your family whether you want child brides and sharia law brought to your neighborhood." neighborhoo. ! who's got the bird legs now? only pay fo

also in yuma, journalists julio rosa encountered three men from uzbekistan who had just crossed into showed him their uzbek passports. in his exclusive interview on "special report," former u.s. border patrol chief rodney scott said immigrants from over 150 countries have crossed illegally at our southern border and there are more than 400,000 known got-aways so far this year who were never caught. >> who is in that 400,000? i can't tell you but i can tell you statistically it always includes rapists, murderers, potential terrorists, every single year if you look at cpb statistics. those exist who we actually catch. think there is not just as bad or worse those getting away would be naive. >> and, bret, tomorrow u.s. secretary of state antony blinken, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas and merrick garland will all be traveling to mexico together to hold some high level security talks between the u.s. government and the mexican government. as for the state of texas today, governor abbott sent a letter to president biden officially requesting an appeal of fema's decision to not declare a

we have conversations with oou beck stan and -- uzbekistan and at that jeek stan which we can talk about in the closed session. senator fischer: general mingus, with the taliban in control of the afghan government and absence of reliable on-the-ground partners, is it more challenging or less challenging to collect intelligence on isis-k and al qaeda in afghanistan? and that's particularly looking at the intelligence that's needed to identify and also to locate targets for counterterrorism operations. general mingus: yes, ma'am, it's a fair characterization. it's more challenging to collect. in the closed session we'll lay out the percentages, specialties in terms of what that degradation looks like. senator fischer: thank you. secretary kahl, prior to august, were you aware of reports of extremely low morale among afghan forces or of reports they have not been paid in months? secretary kahl: broadly aware but i think our visibility onto the exact conditions was highly degraded. senator fischer: were you concerned in june when the taliban took control of 21 districts across nine provinces

we've continued to see russia with actors, including a joint exercise afghan border with uzbekistan thismer and similarly china had a joint exercise in august. from an operational standpoint, are we doing enough militarily to train, equip and prepare our south and central asia partners? >> senator, thank you. and that's one of the things that dr. kahl kind of alluded to that we like to talk about in closed session in terms of the recent trips just made in terms of the outcomes of that. but we are looking alt ways to expand our training opportunities and those things in central asian states. >> all right. i'm looking forward to hearing more about that in the closed session. dr. kahl, i want to come back to you for a second here and talk it a little more about china and how -- well, actually let's switch and talk a little about the taliban for a second. in media interviews and in public discourse, the taliban have attempted to downplay the threat posed by isis, including the recent attack on worshippers in kanduz. and they pointed to several arrests and suggesting that they've averted isis

that we had people in uzbekistan, the state department ignored them as well. said they would get to them when they got to them. but we have a lady interject stan who is five months pregnant, one of our pilots. we need help removing them. we also need to make it clear to uzbekistan and tajikistan that that is u.s. military equipment. and it is not to be returned to afghanistan. and so i would appreciate it if we could put that in writing to both of those countries that the equipment belongs to the u.s., not to afghanistan. . what with that said, i appreciate your commitment. i do want to mention one thing, secretary. the state department, when you hear the number 124, 000, 124,000 is u.s. and nato allies, correct? >> that's correct. >> we had provided a list of names of people who were sivs, he won and pete to, to central command, to everyone we needed to get it to. and our people were not allowed into hkia. they were at the gates. but they were not allowed into hkia. even though they were on the manifest. and so many people came out of the country that appeare

we also need to make it clear to uzbekistan and tajikistan that that is u.s. military equipment, and it is not to be returned to afghanistan. and so i would appreciate if we could put that in writing to both of those countries, that the equipment belongs to the u.s., not to afghanistan. and, you know, with that said, i appreciate your commitment to help. i do want to mention one thing, secretary. you and the state department were using the number of 124,000. the 124,000 is u.s. and nato allies, correct? >> that's correct. >> we had provided a list of names of people who were p-1, p-2, sivs, to central command, to everybody we knew to get it to. and yet our people were not allowed into hkia. they were at the gates but they were not allowed into hkia even though they were not manifest. yet so many people came out of the country that appeared not to be on the manifest. so -- so how was the determination made and who got on the plane and who didn't get on the plane? >> i can't speak to the exact processes that were -- that existed inside of hkia at the time in ter

we have people in uzbekistan. the state department ignored them as well and said they would get to them when they got to them. but we have a lady in tajikistan that's nine months pregnant that's one of our pilots. and we need help removing them. we also need to make it clear to uzbekistan and tajikistan that that is u.s. military equipment, and it is not to be returned to afghanistan. and so i would appreciate it if we could put that in writing to both of those countries that the equipment belongs to the u.s. not to afghanistan. and, you know, with that said i appreciate your commitment to help. i do want to mention one thing, secretary. the state department were using the number 124,000, and that 124,000 were u.s. and nato allies, correct? >> that's correct. >> we had provided a list of names of people who were p1, p2 sivs to central command, to everybody we knew to get it to. and yet our people were not allowed into hcia. they were at the gates but not allowed in even though they were on the manifest. and yet so

arrests from people from armenia, bangladesh brazil egypt georgia, niger ro main wra rish ukraine uzbekistancosting as low as 4,000, next to 50,000. >> per head they charge you want to get over. >> numbers important people 200,000212,000 -- 220,000 a month plus ones not mask a list him terrorists coming to our country where embedded when will that affect you've got drug issue, fentanyl directly, chinese harming us directly cartels through country harming us through spread of covid, and we are going to have tremendous opportunities of terrorists to mover all over our country when that is going to be a problem. >> i think 93,000 overdoses in america last year largely due to fentanyl, the drug coming through border quick, after i send back when to you dagen there are six or seven stations stations here del rio where border agents begin their day, that is where surveillance video is that is -- and they have to close down stations when flooded with people, because they have got to apprehend the people so that is what cartels know shut down station, leave the 220-mile border wide-open that is thei

why can't we put pressure on tajikistan, uzbekistan or pakistan and say let them cross? why is it that i was told if i fly them out which we'll have to raise money to do if you fly them out we'll help get them to america. if they were serious about it, why can't they get them out? i can get them to the border and get them across, i can do that work. when you say you're willing -- that you're working as hard as you can, why can be the we move them? >> congressman, we're absolutely determined, the president has made clear, all of us, not just on this this panel but state and elsewhere, to ensure that americans get out and i'm glad to follow up with you. i know my colleagues are, to help ensure that that happens. we're determined to do that. mr. mullin: please do. i have 124 ready to come home. i yield back. mr. schiff: mr. castro. mr. castro: thank you, all of you, for your testimony today on the important issue of diversity in the intelligence community. thank you for showing up. i think we probably went four years, the last four years without any of the folks in your pos