Balance our border with all media. They come specifically for the official you know carville. Feasting and cantars water is why its the perfect time for the seas gentle giants. Now the British Government is blaming hackers associated with russias Intelligence Agency of targeting Corona Virus Vaccine Research as well as its democratic process now britain the United States and canada all say russian actors have attempted to steal information on private 1000 Vaccine Research in all 3 countries Canada Spy Agency has warned Health Organizations to take action to protect themselves from hackers or britain also says russia attempted to interfere and last years general election by publicizing leaks documents related to a planned free trade. Agreement with the u. S. They were interned used by jeremy quinns campaign against Boris Johnson now the kremlin is denying both allegations britains government is also expected to release a long delayed report next week on alleged russian interference both in the brics that referendum 4 years ago and also the general election and 2017 but our correspondent paul brennan is in london and he has more on the Russian Group thats being accused of being behind these attacks. What this advisory says is that a p t 29 is targeted various organizations diplomatic governmental or Energy Organizations but during 2020 it has specifically targeted Health Care Organizations that are involved in trying to develop a vaccine for corona virus from for covert 19 y. Well the conclusion of the united kingdoms Cybersecurity Center is that it is highly likely that the reason why these specific organizations were targeted was with the intention of stealing information and intellectual property relating to the development of that vaccine its surely no coincidence that weve got a report a long overdue long anticipated report to next week from the u. K. s Intelligence Committee a Parliamentary Committee into allegations that there was russian interference in the 2016 grex it vote on the 2017 general election that is now going to happen next week it was it could have happened last autumn but it wasnt published for a whole variety of reasons accusations whether the government sat on it it will now finally be published next week russia is denying this because of the way that the advisory has turned to no highly likely there is that glimmer of not totally are 100 percent certain that has to be true peskov lot of it putins spokesperson the chance to say this weve got no information on who could be involved in these hacks we only say this russia has nothing to do with it we do not accept such accusations nor groundless allegations of interference in the 21000 election so an outright denial from the russians that they were directly involved or indeed that this Hacking Group is in any way connected with the russian state. Well speaking of hacking and twist is investigating a major breach of its systems which allowed the posting of fake messages from some of its most famous uses they include u. S. President ial contender joe biden former president barack obama and amazon boss jeff bezos the social Media Company says hackers targeted employees to gain access to tory gate and he has the details. The fake tweets were only on screen for a few minutes but long enough for people to capture screenshots of several before they were removed which is confirmed and identified hackers broke into the accounts of high profile politicians tech company 1000000000 as and celebrities in a scam apparently designed tell yo people into sending money to an anonymous bitcoin account twitter followers will offer 2000. 00 for every 1000. 00 they sent this was an account all about opportunity and what youre seeing is you know very high profile people reach a lot of people very quickly bitcoin is something that can be turned into cash very quickly anonymously so i think somebody found a very clever way to extract a lot of money from people in a very quick amount of talent that might also be a demonstration of twitters weak Security Control as campaigning steps up for the president ial election in november a contest in which twitter is likely to play an influential role u. S. President Donald Trumps account which has more than 83000000. 00 followers was not among those hacked chief executive jet doocy said tough day for us at twitter we all feel terrible this happened we diagnosing and well share everything we can when we have a more complete understanding of exactly what happened i think were probably very lucky that people who took it over and chose to use it as a crude scam really i think it could have been very much more impactful. I cant really imagine different ways it could have turned out i think we were quite lucky responsibilities been surfaced in why it was relatively benign the bitcoin account mentioned in the fake tweets received 12. 9 bitcoins by the end of wednesday equivalent to around 114000. 00 roughly half that in bitcoin was withdrawn from the account the same day the story a gay to be aljazeera. Well picking up on the issue of hacking specifically to do with russia we can now speak to victor all of it shes the lead expert at the center for actual politics thats a moscow based think tank and he joins us now live pictures thank you for being with us i mean russia is surprised and surprisingly im sorry denying all of the allegations that weve been hearing about but the report that were seeing isnt just a report from the u. K. Its the National Security services of the u. S. And canada also saying the same thing so the fact that other countries have noticed the same activity here around Vaccine Research that surely strengthen the seas claims. Well as far as russian meddling in. The British Elections askins here and of course those reports are not being weighed fired by a. P. Theyre wracked solid evidence provided there in the court of Public Opinion so the british Security Services are making a statement about that but of the same time theyre not providing card evidence that would boost their case. Domestically in britain and that internationally and there is quiet expected the blodgett call that moscow denies any involvement then that now in the past few years as you know russia has been accused of meddling in the number of elections both in the United States in the 2016 president ial election and in numerous elections in europe and other that egypt of the world russia has consistently denied taking in part or meddling in those elections at the same time moscow has offered to hold the talks on Cyber Security and talks on not meddling in each others internal affairs now the United States the American Government cares if used to making a public official pledges of not meddling in russias internal affairs and so at this point its a its at the standstill now as far as the case of the vaccines the court with nines in their actions and the statement by the american Security Services that russia has been somehow involved in trying to cap american programs. And get information about or steal information about the design or the creation of the vaccines well economic yes. Binoche has been. Has been there for a mean years and decades we can remember that the soviet government had been engaged in espionage of the month and project in the style as years dimes and here the received information from americans on that helped the soviet union create its own Nuclear Weapons you can also you member that there were american spies american agents that tempted to gain information on the russians submarine design so economic espionage ship has been with us for years has been with us for decades and will be with us for years to come you mentioned no evidence has been provided here what would be the rationale that let me ask you for these 3 countries to falsify Something Like this. Well its not a question of. You to force a fight you know in by the kind of the years ago in 1024 there was the socalled you know view of the law in the u. K. Where forces fired just just. Now coming election in britain there was a freak letter distributed that point to. The plot to. Subvert the government that in britain and that plea that against labor the labor Party Efforts to win that election they lost and then they blamed the freak for their loss so there could be various the mystical commissions and other other calculations for leaks like that to be policed just ahead of the election but at the same time if there was hard evidence that was provided by those Security Services to bolster their case then it would be looked at quite differently and it would be much farther much more difficult for us should the united some of them they to on of there the need expert at the center of actual politics in moscow thank you for joining us out of there thank you. On our facebook the e. U. And the u. S. All say theyre studying a ruling by europes top court which scraps a data sharing privacy agreement the ruling prevents Tech Companies from transferring european citizens material to the u. S. Alexey obrien reports the case was called facebook arland and shrooms 4 words that could have major Global Implications sram says author and previously activist met shrooms so were really really happy with his judgment he launched legal action against facebook and its European Headquarters in ireland arguing his data wasnt protected when it was transferred to the social media giant servers in the us. The case went from ireland to europes top cotton oxenberg where judges agreed with him 5 Commission Implementing decision e. U. 20161 of 150 is invalid. The court has ordered the scrapping of an agreement called the previously shield which was supposed to keep the diameter of european customers safe when it was transmitted across the atlantic not because many u. S. Tech companies are obliged to give some access to government surveillance the court found that safety cant be ensured this has been seen as the way in which the European Commission has bowed down to us employer ends and the court of justice claims that this is not enough so what happens now with the Privacy Shield is that a lot of data transfers are going to have to be stopped. Max rahms has been here before this is the 2nd major data deal thats been spiked because of him the 1st was previously shields pretty serious and called safe harbor the case is steam from revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden that the u. S. Government was snooping on peoples online data and communications i think the only solution we can possibly see is serious surveillance reform in the u. S. Because that now becomes a business interest the Silicon Valley will simply realize that either in the us laws are going to be changed to a certain extent or they will literally have to move a lot of their operation to europe and even split their systems into 2 parts the u. S. Government says its deeply disappointed by the latest decision on facebook in the European Union a study in the ruling i know such as and businesses seeking surance today on both sides of the atlantic so let me be clear we will continue our work to ensure the continuity of safe data flows. The cooler did up hold another global data sharing mechanism used by thousands of companies for things like Cloud Storage payroll and finance while the e. U. And the u. S. Must now work out a new way to share data the courts trace that all previously watchdogs must do more to keep uses material safe alexia brian al jazeera. Still ahead here on aljazeera a matter of life or death in iran how how shy campaign could help pull the kitchens and antigovernment protests and bouncing back from the coronavirus slump its better news for chinas economy but whats the problem with Consumer Spending. Hello theyre mostly hot and dry throughout much of the middle east the winds fairly strong as well so quite a bit of sand and dust over the next few days though what you will notice is this huge massive cloud here streaming off the west coast of india that has got an air of a pressure within it that will bring the rain towards the coast of oman not making much progress on friday is that is good about the heat the strong winds up blowing sand and dust it is the temperatures generally in the mid to high fortys celsius and to the north of there in turkey still want to show that are of course a scene from recent flooding with some very heavy rain on friday pushing into Western Areas of georgia that should die away as we go through the 1st day of the weekend but youll notice there is a system bringing the rain across into these coastal areas of amman and we could have some heavy downpours at times this could actually lead to some localized flooding but in terms of the sand in the dust not as much of that certainly on saturday then down into Southern Africa plenty of activity through Central Regions out towards the gulf of guinea but we are now enjoying a rest by those recent storms into south africa so through friday it is fine and dry is a warm day for to those of us 23. 00 degrees celsius plenty of showers quite a strong chill flow into mozambican those showers will continue at those coastal areas all the way up tool somalia similar story today and more showers into eastern areas of madagascar. What is the price of luxury. An Undercover Team travels deep into the illegal cocoa plantations of the ivory coast Simple Solutions are very hard to find for something as complicated as the child labor chocolates heart of darkness and counters unpatrolled labor is working in a 100000000000. 00 industry were overhaul of the countrys cocoa produces live below the poverty line. Coming soon. The. The in. And out and im the stars here today and thats remind you of our top stories this hour britains government says russian state sponsored hackers have been attempting to steal that 1000 Vaccine Research from the u. K. U. S. And canada britain also says russia attempted to interfere in last years general election russia denies those allegations. Europes top court has scrapped a data sharing agreement with the u. S. In a ruling that prevents Tech Companies from transferring data of european citizens to america the court says the Privacy Shield deal is no longer valid because of u. S. Surveillance rules. Now the British Court of appeal has ruled that a schoolgirl who travel to syria to join eisel should be allowed to return to the u. K. A bag of who is now 20 years old had her citizenship revoked and 29000 and she wants to return to challenge that decision tells me mckenzie is her lawyer he believes that the u. K. Will have a hard time arguing that she poses a real threat. Think its for the government to convince the court that shes such a Security Threat that. She mustnt be allowed into the u. K. And laws without losing her citizenship and thats going to be somewhat difficult when the u. K. Government accepted 400. 00 her knees some of which were male fighters and who salvage a bed in itself in parliament accepted some of which were not in significant risks themselves so when you compare the people the type of people who are governments admitted have come back already 1st as a 15 Year Old Girl who went out from school to isis and by all accounts spent her time as a housewife if 3 children. Then one has to wonder what is the Security Risk that that person poses and some of the leaders feeding the issue is well which country would take somebody in these circumstances where home country the u. K. Government has expressed this strong desire not to have back the all been about this is whether its even legal or more than potentially quite innocently be burdened with somebody who is not their problem so unfortunately s. D. F. And the Kurdish People find themselves having been allies of the u. K. Or america burdened with u. K. Citizens and foreign citizens whove got nothing to do with them. Azerbaijans foreign minister has been sacked for what the president calls meaningless negotiations with neighboring on media thats more fighting broke out on the border despite both sides saying theyre trying to find a peaceful solution both countries say their villages are being shelled by Opposition Forces at least 16 people have been killed now since sunday tension between the former soviet republics has been escalating now for over 2 decades over the disputed region of new gonna care about Robin Forrester walker has covered the conflict extensively and is across developments for us from to b. C. In neighboring georgia he has all the latest on the Foreign Ministers sacking. Hes being replaced of course so there will be another foreign minister taking his stead and thats a michael j. One bite out of butter mr mom at the out of had a lot of experience in the role hes been in it since 2004 thats you know 16 years he knew the insides and outs of the negotiating process the technicalities of course all the personalities. The reorganizing body that conducts and holds these talks is run by the o. E. C. D. And chaired by the u. S. France and russia and then now that hes gone somebody else will have to be starting afresh of course he wasnt the policy maker that would have been president aliyev and its been mr lee as decision signaling his displeasure at the peace talks and negotiations not leading anywhere for azerbaijan not resolving the disputed territory of nagornokarabakh weve had this break out in fighting weve seen unprecedented scenes of aries. Entering the parliament in baku and calling for war and this looks like a step by mr lee of towards placating the National Mood being seen to be doing something and finding a scapegoat perhaps in his foreign minister. The house hes calling for the sides to come back to the negotiating table but weve had another confirmation now of a of another azeri serviceman losing his life and so for the time being. The fear is that therell be more of this kind of low level conflict and more more people dying in the coming in the coming hours and days unless. Its a cease fire can hold here. Iranian justice authorities are considering reexamining death sentences given to 3 protest as a mass social Media Campaign demanding a prefer the men were ordered to be executed following a rest searing antigovernment protests. More than 7000000. 00 tweets using the hash tag do not execute percent after the decision made some barrel is a political analyst at gulf state analytics and he says the government wanted to make it clear it would stand pat to send that decision to execute these 3 young people was basically why the government was basically a at. Intimidating terrorizing get everything really dissatisfied and restive population in the face of increasing Economic Security environmental and social challenges that are rooted in systemic corruption mismanagement and. Incompetence of the government so basically the government is trying to send a message that the co it the coercive force is very much at hand and available and if people take the streets to protest against certain policies they will be dealt this very group falls the 2nd point though is that this ashfaq was very much produced spontaneously and on a mass scale a by people who are activists and journalists mostly inside iran. Battle so shows how the society as opposed to the net basically collective level the policies that the government is pursuing get asshole and abroad. Another 1300000 unemployment claims have been filed in the u. S. New jobless claims have been mostly steady over the past month after falling over in may and june as many states opened up their economies but now reopening is are being paused during a surge in coronavirus cases. China is the 1st major economy to report growth since the start of this pandemic government statistics show an unexpected 3. 2 percent increase in the 2nd quarter. Of the worlds 2nd largest economy suffered its worst a slump in nearly 50 years during the downs some industries nearly back to normal but Consumer Spending remains down katrina you has more from the Capital Beijing on how the government explains this economic turnaround. Well the Chinese Government has attributed it to being able to control the corona Virus Outbreak now we did have a new cluster in beijing at the end of may beginning of june that was very concerning so many neighborhoods put back into lockdown but since then some draconian measures put in place by the government seem to worked and now were back to Single Digits in terms of no local transmissions in the last few weeks also the government has been ramping up their spending of infrastructure as well weve seen new rail projects of the building projects subway stations built in beijing and other major cities and the government has also been making it easier for businesses to borrow money from banks to invest in their businesses so these a the reasons that the government is stating that weve seen this 3. 2 percent increase in g. D. P. Growth which is quite a sharp turn around from the previous quarter where we saw 6. 8 percent in terms of a contraction the 1st in decades Chinese State media here today on those they are celebrating this saying its a success it proves that the chinese measures to contain the current a virus have worked and its also a beacon of hope for other economies that are struggling at the moment but of course we have to take this figure with a grain of salt because its impossible to verify these government figures but it is true if you walk around the major cities here in china certainly in beijing it does appear to be business as usual shops and restaurants are open many people are back to the office and even Domestic Travel is starting to resume at least 213 people across south asia have died over the past month and floods and landslides caused by the monsoon rains at least 4000000 people have been affected and a 3rd of bangladesh is under water after the rains caused widespread flooding there and more than 3600000 people have also been displaced in indias station alone. Well catalans waters host some of the largest gatherings of whale sharks in the wilds they are the planets biggest fish and research has found they come here to feed on the abundance of fish eggs in the waters Stephanie Decker got exclusive access to head out to sea and to swim with these gentle sea giants. For scanning the waters but not for these playful visitors. This is incredible there whether we ought to have more with the element of it. Weve travelled almost 2 hours off the qatari coast to find these majestic animals the whale shark the biggest fish in the world and they gather here in huge numbers Mohammed Al Jaida the head of the Whale Shark Research project here explains the biggest emitter we recorded by a drone is a 350 with one shot but in our database we have more than 600 record the. World record. A bucket list moment as they say our 1st glimpse of these enormous gentle giants. Its hard to describe the feeling of swimming alongside them watching them feed feeling like tiny insignificant yet privileged guests in their world. Camera man nick porter and i surface after swimming with them for the 1st time. In a critical. Week for a lot of. The scale of what we are witnessing only really becomes apparent once you take to the sky. And why do they come here the main thing in this area is the temperature the well you see if you go 5 or 6 kilometers out of this area the water temperature is about between 32 to 34 average 32 degrees centigrade in this area here. About 2728. 00 its the best or the ideal temperature for fish to bring in so when they breed or spawn here the shark comes with a broken you know they come specifically for the fish you know the caviar you know. Part of the shark family they are filter feeders and they are categorized as endangered unsurprisingly mostly due to mans activities. Research had been going on into this population since 2010 together with some of the Major Energy Companies but has been put on hold in the last few years the local teams are keen to get things moving again back on the boat so how was it just unbelievable to see how many will sharks. And this area here also eager to join us on our trip. A qatari world traveler he has never seen such a gathering before and the maldives we were to go in and spend 4 hours to spot one will show one will sharks and the mother and the chef and the it is like everywhere everywhere only miss will shock. The doctors as though there were the other one is coming that theyre not going i mean saying its not you know something you know you see it now in the hurt them but its still 50 maybe bigger and here the water is you know 30 feet im looking were going to be you know we get back into the water its hard to end such a unique and special experience for now there is no way for the public to come here but were told its being looked into raising awareness could also be a way to ensure more protection and more research into this whale shark population. It is a privilege to host these graceful sea giants and we all have a g. G. To play our part in protecting them Stephanie Decker aljazeera of the qatari coast. Hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines britains government says russian state sponsored hackers have been attempting to steal craven 1000 Vaccine Research data from the u. K. U. S. And canada but it also says russia attempted to interfere in last years general election moscow denies the allegations paul brennan has moved from london. Among the organizations that have been targeted by this group according to this advisory or organizations that are involved in developing a vaccine for full coronavirus for covert 19 what it says in the advisory is that 21. Organizations responsible for Vaccine Development in both the u. K. The United States and in canada why well they say its highly likely with the intention of stealing information on intellectual property relating to the development and testing or vaccines twitter is investigating a major breach of its systems which allowed the posting of fake messages from some of its very famous uses the social Media Company says hackers targeted employees to gain access followers were asked to donate to a bit quaint account with the promise that their amount would be matched among those hacked former u. S. President barack obama president ial candidate joe biden and amazon boss jeff bezos europes top court has scrapped a days or sharing agreement with the u. S. In a ruling that prevents Tech Companies from transferring data of european citizens to america the court says the Privacy Shield deals no longer valid because of u. S. Surveillance tools a British Court of appeal has ruled that a schoolgirl who traveled to syria to join eisel should be allowed to return to the u. K. Some even beg him had her citizenship revoked in 2019 and she wants to return to challenge that decision. Azerbaijans foreign minister has been sacked for what the president calls meaningless negotiations with neighboring armenia both countries say villages are being shelled by Opposition Forces at least 16 people have been killed since sunday another 1300000 unemployment claims have been filed in the u. S. New jobless claims have been mostly steady over the past month after forming over in may and june as many states opened up their economies. Well those are the headlines ill have more news for you hit on aljazeera the inside story. Well of media knows about his own go to war again both sides blame each other for the fighting on the border come that decades of the animosity the result is its us. Hello and welcome to the program on iran come on its a conflict with roots dating back to the collapse of the soviet Union Armenia and azerbaijan