Referendum and fake news what the definition of a conversion was going to say that had these institutions not sheeted you could send the outcome of the referendum might have been different i think it is completely reasonable to say that there could be a difference in the wrestling. You know had there not being in my view. There needs to be a deeper investigation of the of fake accounts and a group of facebook groups being used to propagate information conservative m. P. Damian collins is the chairman of the British Parliamentary Committee weve had evidence from facebook but we feel that we should hear from Mark Zuckerberg because he buys into mr hes the person who decides what happens at facebook there are still big concerns are faced with not enough to investigate the role of fake accounts theyve not been transparent on the issue of data breaches in user data and make up in the hands of people who shouldnt have it. Fake accounts russian trolls data mine. Complicated stuff and none of it doing much to quell my fears that there was something unpleasant lurking in the brakes it undergrowth but i barely scratched the surface next up was another whistle blower this time someone whod worked for the official vote lead campaign i was working with the some of the top advisors in the country you know constantly seeing Boris Johnson michael gove you know some of the most influential politicians in britain. Recent graduate sharmas join vote leave in early 2016 and was asked to engage with ethnic minorities but weve understood that they couldnt just win on white votes they understood that they couldnt win on like people that hate immigrants. He was tasked with working with one of the official campaigns Outreach Groups called believe it was led by a Young Fashion student i met Darren Grimes in the 1st week that i joined there was one of the one of the few Outreach Groups that was very focused on the liberal progressive message but some he says he later realised the official Vote Leave Campaign and another purpose in mind for their young volunteers to circumvent the legally binding Electoral Commission spending limits of understood that they had a spending cap so they needed to find a way affectively to breach that spending cap its also a good idea was told that vocally had found a way of getting the believe Outreach Group some new Campaign Money but there were Strings Attached effectively vote leave advisors to create ourselves into a separate Campaign Group so that they could give us almost 700000 pounds to spend but they gave it on a condition they gave on a condition saying the only way that they can give it to us is if we give it to a i q which was a Digital Company working at. A i q i q as its sometimes known. Its a canadian based data business it works on u. S. President ial primaries in 2015 with best elections cambridge ality because Parent Company literally a week before the referendum date we were spending hundreds of 1000 pounds a day on a q. Yep a day the money was sent directly from vote leave to a queue it never touched be back accounts sunnys this quiet at these events later turned him into a whistle blower he passed his evidence to the Electoral Commission and in july 28th they find a vote leave 61000 pounds for among other things breaching the spending rules the founder of believe down crimes was fined 20000 pounds is now appealing that decision. But theres other stories involving strange sums of Campaign Funding that havent yet been as adequately explained. Belfast Northern Ireland one of the poorest parts of the u. K. Which has benefited the most from e. U. Investment for many here theres long been concern that breaks its effects on cross border relations with the Irish Republic could mean a return to the dark days of the troubles so when a small local Political Party received 8435000 pound donation to the brics it campaign the largest in the partys history eyebrows would raise why he was a Northern IrishPolitical Party being so involved you know in the referendum in Great Britain in england and scotland back in 2016 investigative journalist peter keegan was shocked when he saw a proto leave 1st assignment in a local english newspaper the ad was sponsored by else the Democratic Unionist Party do you pete. For them is a huge sum of money so theyre spending it on a on a piece of material thats not going to circulate norden in ordinary little im at all the single efforts isman cost the day you paid 282000 pounds almost 5 times as much as they had spent on their participation in the u. K. As general election the Previous Year but no one knew from where the money had come to pay for it. Ordinarily these unusual laws there are secrecy of political donations when ordinarily and you didnt reveal the names of political donors and the reason for this was kind of a hangover from the troubles of violence and ordinarily. The loophole was used by the dea u. P. S. Shadowy benefactor to hide their identity finally after intense media pressure the d. C. U. Revealed the money had come from a body called the Constitutional Research council or c r c but exactly who or what lies behind the c. R. C. Remains to be seen do you know where the constitutional search came to get its money from you not asked the Constitutional Research here saying you dont know any other i believe that they have released their money legitimately under we were delighted to receive the donation from that you say you believe that it really meant you have to know that legally l m we did you know their incessant and say only in the colonies but usual Research Council would publish where they do their fundraising not as a matter for them not the deed the constitution Research Council is jargony term its called noncorporate association it means they dont have to follow Company Accounts they dont have time to address them because of the donor secrecy laws in order and we dont they dont have to tell us who they are they dont have to tell us where they got the money from but the Democratic Unionist Party is supposed to be completely sure it has checked out where this money came from of the money is that just us we also asked the do you pay what do diligence it had on the true source of the money Spokes Person told us the Electoral Commission has raised no issues in relation to the d u p Campaign Including to donation which came from a permissible donor who in turn are themselves regulated by the Electoral Commission. Interesting lay the do you piece spent another slice of the mysterious donation on the services of agric i q the same data company to which boat leave sent money when illegally circumventing the u. K. s strict referendum spend in law. Was the d. P. To not declare that they were working with anybody to say that they were working poorly on their own yet they spent money with the exact same companies of for at least part money which despite these curious circumstances the u. K. s Electoral Commission has said that it does not have sufficient grounds to open an investigation the d u p had broken the lord had committed a criminal offense q. C. Joe mole is a director of the Good Law Project a body now challenging the commissions decision not to investigate the law is very very clear to protect out of mark received from foreign interference those him except our nations have a clear positive obligation to look at and to understand who is giving them money so its the faintly story all over again. Since the breaks that referendum questions about the mysterious donors and the socalled dark money have continued to surface. Journalist peter jukes focused his attention on the biggest political donor in you case history insurance mogul banks. Allegedly he transferred more than 8000000 pounds in loans and donations to leave you and other breaks in campaigns the been face questions about how banks can afford this because theres no visible means of support is not a wealthy man has a big house but has 8500000 pound mortgage on a summer house donated 9000000 pounds at least to leaving the e. U. Whenever questioned banks has been evasive about the true source of his wealth his reticence troubles m. P. Damian collins chairman of the British Parliamentary Select Committee investigating disinform ation and fake news the reason these questions around our backs and money persisted we keep being told different stories we keeping told well he sold this business and the money came from that sale but it turns out there was no real profit made on that sale or it came from these mines or it came from somewhere else and it never makes sense but what really concerns investigators are the multiple meetings mr banks is known to have held with russian officials in london in the months running up to the referendum why would he be meeting in the break since so many meetings make turned out if youre talking about levy u. S. Officials and russian you know Embassy Staff 11 or 12. And im up to press one earth why are the russians dangling lucrative oftenest a british businessman bankrolling braxtons you have to ask the question did for money make into the Rights Campaign in june 28th aaron banks and his Business Partner and 2 more appear before a Parliamentary Committee but he left before the m. P. s were able to fully question him hes misled parliament and the public not only about his own financial activities but also the frequency of his contacts with the Russian Embassy here in london in november 28th the Electoral Commission referred our own banks to the National Crime agency on suspicion that there is criminal offenses may have been committed banks declined to answer questions but he has consistently denied receiving money from russia and dismisses other claims as ludicrous the case is ongoing in the form of government minister bradshaw believes a full inquiry into the referendum is long overdue he wants an investigation similar to the miller probe into alleged collusion between russia and the trump president ial campaign is its very embarrassing for our government Fran Townsend services to look flat footed like this and to leave it to an american political and congressional process to reveal the truth about what happened in britain. Over in brussels de facto capital of the union reps it is want to leave many think the truth is already out there i went to meet sajid kerim a leading u. K. Conservative member of the European Parliament he lays responsibility for the brics it mess squarely at the feet of russian president Vladimir Putin a weakening of the European Union is in his interests it is aimed it is his goal and im afraid we are on the verge of. Delivering that for him today i dont think brits and certainly many of the europeans have actually understood to what extent their lives are about to change. Unless our governments including my government in the United Kingdom take the step of investigating in protecting our democracy today. It wasnt the only warning about russian meddling i heard in brussels russia is responsible for 80 percent of the information actually says. 80 percent thats a European Commission conference on electoral interference former nato secretary general Anders Rasmussen was giving a stark warning of the threat europe faces over the past 2 years foreign interference has been detected in at least 10 divisions and referendums on both sides of the atlantic. Rasmussen says was surely one of russias targets but i have no doubt and i think we have evidence that they interfere so i think the lesson. Is that we should focus on preventing this from happening in the future. Back in britain the endless political rally over bricks it was rolling on but always about half implemented rather than the legitimacy of the referendum that got it going. Up again this fill with questions about the brics a referendum that urgently needed answers what ive heard has only increased those concerns. As britains departure from the e. U. Draws ever closer im left with one chilling thought were we here in britain jute into making one of the worst political decisions in our history if you win our campaign or a referendum or an election based on breaking the law then it isnt democratic to lie its a scam to cheat. In september 2900. 00 Londons Metropolitan Police announced they will be taking no. No further action against the leave e. U. Campaign for spending offenses in the backseat referendum despite accepting that it broke the law the National Crime agency has also said it will be taking no further action on these matters against leave e. U. Foreign banks and others. As governments fail to cut emissions scientists are proposing drastic measures to save the planet. People in power ways technological endeavors to counter humanitys pollutants against the risks of further meddling with the environment feel like this is playing god is actually quite unsettling unpressed frankly makes me quite anxious. Klein attack is on aljazeera. This is the opportunity to understand. The point where there is little we dont leave. The rebels in yemen say thousands of enemy forces including several saw the officers have surrendered during a cross Border Military campaign. When im Kemal Santamaria with the world news from aljazeera syrias foreign minister is used his address to the u. N. To demand the immediate withdrawal of all Foreign Forces a series of explosions target voters in afghanistan after the taliban warn people not to take part in elections and a direct message to china as protesters in Hong Kong Mark the 5 Year Anniversary of the umbrella movement. So you havent heard the rebels say thousands of enemy troops have surrendered during a months long military campaign but who have been targeting the the region of knowledge a Spokesman Says theyve captured several saudi Army Officers along with weapons and military vehicles because the saudi and u. A. E. Coalition and yemen has been fighting that these for more than 4 years now. Were are largely men were outlawed thousands of the enemy forces have been captured as prisoners others were here from among the president s aides and a large number of high ranking officers and soldiers from the saudi citizenship more than 72 hours from the launch of the operation our forces late a total c to the enemy forces around totally 338 along with one regiment of this how their forces were destroyed and imprison and capture. From muhammad a lot of now in. The hour ensuring the families of these of those prisoners of war that they will be kept in secret place in order to keep them safe from any harm the military spokesperson also reveal that the this this operation reveals also to the saudi arabia that the yemeni fighters are capable to to father penetrate into the saudi territorys in case it continued its what they say its aggression against yemen. So cannot be hurting our former United States diplomat and deputy chief of mission to yemen hes on skype from beirut mr corey 1st of all what do you make of the claims by the who it is a huge number theyre saying thousands including some of the officers and their hardware well look im not surprised because they have the motivation but also because you know. They. Are strong on the ground and they have done. In 2009 in november where they sell these 1st snarkier against them they went inside saudi border is here. And they captured the boat a 100 little guns then they use them for water so i imagine after this i would be this is not unconditionally accept their insults them that they once again one can show. Theyre not capable of inflicting harm. And then again invite the prisoner swap and peace talks i wonder if actually the way that we did we describe. Is almost an accurate in a way we often say to hurt the rebels as if theres some sort of disparate group but this shows i guess how or potentially how strong they can be while i mean the occupying you know some of the capital of yemen and so they describe themselves as. A government of yemen right now in competition of course with the president of the who is in solidarity again militarily they have to also arm 100000. Men to the heart of the soldiers and they have demonstrated in their apollo or elsewhere now the significance of this move is there are. The forces in this sounds. Well Saudia Arabia under generally wasin they have been going into yemen from the North Western border of yemen. Should that be successful and if the saudis if used to seize fire in that area that is very threatening to the airport the heartland in the north so i imagine they are trying to insert those 2 and take the military for them so. Joining us on skype from beirut thank you so much for that too appreciate it. To other news and syrias foreign minister has used his address to the United Nations to demand the immediate withdrawal of all Foreign Forces while he told World Leaders his country is open to International Dialogue but never at the expense of its National Integrity he said any agreement without syrian involvement would be condemned as. The United States and turkey maintain an illegal military presence in Northern Syria theyve been so arrogant to the point of Holding Discussions and reaching agreements on the creation of a socalled safe zone inside syria if they were planning to establish this on american or turkish soil this is a violation of International Law and the un charter any agreement about any part of syria without the consent of the Syrian Government is condemned and rejected in form and in substance any Foreign Forces operating in our territories without an authorization Occupying Forces and Must Withdraw immediately if they refuse we have the right to take any and all Counter Measures authorized under International Law more without diplomatic editor james bays at the United Nations in new york can you put this into some context for us i guess the well context of 8 years of war but also political movements more recent political movements. Slightly imp good news that they believe here at the u. N. Is that theyve finally got a Constitutional Committee that theyve been working on for 18 months together and it should meet at the un headquarters the European Headquarters in geneva the end of october 150. 00 delegates trying to come up for a new constitution for syria why i think this is potentially interesting is because the authorization for that Committee Comes from a Security Council resolution from a few years ago 2015 that also calls for a free and Fair Elections in syria something that hasnt happened for 50 years since half of the current president bashar father seized power in a coup that ever since theres just been sham elections so is it possible now that there could be democracy in syria its a point that i put to the u. N. Special envoy get pettersen. What i can guarantee is the virtue of the constitution will be based on the aspirations of the Syrian People you know this is syrians sitting together for the 1st time update on the whole of years working on their own constitution and as you rightly pointed out the Security Council has to reason and. Pursuant to the new constitution there should be free and Fair Elections where all syrians should participate including there on the u. N. Supervision so this is my mandate ive already of course discussed this both with the government and with the opposition s. N. C. I have of course im electoral expert all ready berthing on this for me of preparing ourselves and of course preparing hopefully then the syrian parties can i guarantee that this will take place no but as the right to stated this is part of my mandate its very clear to stamp that stated and its also International Consensus estimates for take place. So there is potentially a pathway to democracy why cant he guarantee that well i can tell you some members of the u. N. Security council some diplomats i spoke into a very cynical about this they see that the syrians yes theyre agreeing to this Constitutional Committee but at the same time that bombardment of it lead continues and the fear is that syria and their russian allies will keep the Constitutional Committee busy in geneva while they continue their military on the slaughter and then declare a military victory and then pull out of the Constitutional Committee is a later date that is the worry about this but there is a potential path to democracy. Thank you james by in new york. Still ahead on aljazeera laid to rest at last Robert Mugabe buried in his own village after his familys wishes prevail. And daring or death wish the base jumpers taking a leap of faith from one of malaysias best known landmarks. Hello their most acclaimed picture across much of the middle east we have got some rain showers to the north are working their way through the eastern end of the black sea on tools the caspian sea and we have had some torrential downpours across into southern pakistan look at this in karachi it was the one Day International between pakistan and sri lanka on friday this is a result of those rains the match was completely re not one single ball was bowled it can see why with that amount of rain on the ground as we go through sunday it should be mostly dry again those showers actually clearing out of the way across sections to the north and temperatures a little bit cooler starting to back out with the high there are 21 of monday meanwhile warm state in baghdad with a high of 42 and very warm across much of the Arabian Peninsula want to see more showers into the south and the southwest of yemen but clearing away that clouds along that coast of oman and how much is in the new thirtys for muscat and weve got 39 celsius in doha on monday but still really feeling quite humid and then down into Southern Africa weve got some high temperatures here as well rain showers not really where we need them weve got some indicate time which is good news a few showers across madagascar but dry and hot into durban and johannesburg over the next couple of days 26 when john is back on monday. With the climate. Article imagine saying the worlds leading scientists are warning of an existential crisis in the face of it reversible changes to the squad all be with you throughout as well on vomit correspondent makes well have reports from the front lines of the crisis and Showcase New Solutions to help through aljazeera brings you a new weekly planet s. O. S. What sets up the facts on the Science Behind the issues affecting our planets. Says al jazeera these are the top stories yemens who the rebels say thousands of enemy forces have surrendered after a cross Border MilitaryCampaign Said the target of the southern saudi region of knowledge of the captured several saudi Army Officers and whether