Autonomy. A moment is of good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump is dismissing allegations that russia paid bounties to taliban linked fighters to kill u. S. Troops in afghanistan and claims that his administration failed to act on the intelligence its not clear how many u. S. Casualties in afghanistan are under suspicion but the white house is coming under increasing pressure from lawmakers of both parties to provide answers. 3 American Marines killed by a car bomb in afghanistan planted by the taliban the radical Islamist Group allegedly received a bounty for the i. P. O. 2019 attack thats according to a report by the New York Times which details a Money Transfer from russian. Intelligence services to a bank account linked to the taliban the American Secret Services have reportedly known about the transfer for months the allegations have set the white house on the defensive did President Trump know about the alleged russian bounty as the New York Times article suggests. Trump hit back at the allegations on twitter claiming that the report was just one of the story concocted by the Fake News Media an attempt to hurt the republican party. The white house defended trumps handling of the issue saying that he couldnt have been told about the intelligence reports point one to be a source or an asset to the president does it ring and he also consumes intelligence virtually this president ill tell you the most informed person on planet earth when it comes to the threats that we face is the white house said trump was not informed of the alleged bounty plot because different intelligence agencies had reached different conclusions on the credibility of the information you want nevertheless the information was considered important enough to register according to the u. S. National security adviser we distribute this raw intelligence even though it wasnt verified because we were concerned about it we gave it to u. S. Forces and we gave it to kolisch and forces to make sure they could have force protection that means u. S. Forces in afghanistan would most likely full blown up a possible russian bounty attack if trump was privy to the information why did he not confront russia with it political analysts say trumps approach to russian president Vladimir Putin could be characterized as being sort of a and maybe saying his days of doing business in russia could even make trump susceptible to blackmail there must be some financial connection there that is made president scared of taking any action against labor in resistant to do so and hence oftentimes when the president is interacting with. You its more like a supplicant like a person who is wanting to keep an investor out as opposed to someone that is standing up for u. S. Interests. President ial candidate joe biden took the opportunity to take a swipe at trump. And so the idea that somehow he didnt know earth is being briefed it is a dereliction of duty if thats the case then if he was briefed and nothing was done about this thats a dereliction of duty u. S. Marines killed in action by the. Taliban have now become embroiled in the controversy as the president ial Election Campaign heats up. Were joined now by our correspondent in washington oliver salih oliver thanks for joining us so the president called these claims a hoax but is ministration hes been briefed and theyve been briefing the members of congress about this so even if trump didnt know about the intelligence could we see that at least others in the administration did. We can assume so yes and that since quiet some time because reportedly the wide health was 1st informed of all these russian biologys an early 2019 already at the time this information appears to be unconfirmed then later this year in february this year some more information reached the National Security council in the wide halls that was that was collected from internal geisha and spy captured afghan militants also the International Community into the excuse me also the Intelligence Community learned about suspicious militant cash flows so the big question here is who knew about it and why has there been no action as of now some of the most senior cabinet members it seems were informed like secretary of state mike pompeo who openly talked about that in a press conference he said that his administration receives intelligence off that scale every single day and that each one is addressed the official line of defense though that were getting from the white tells is that the accusations are unverified until today thats what kailey meccan and he says the spokesperson of President TrumpPresident Trump as youve already mentioned by the way goes by a line of defense that hes been using very often in his presidency by calling this a hoax and the Drug Administration has been in talks to pull troops out of afghanistan and this has Popular Support in the u. S. Do you think of these revelations could change Public Opinion on that. Well the americans are generally tired of wars and president tom has been getting a lot of support for pulling out troops International Conflict so the revelations were hearing here rather sounds like another reason for the American Public to say we should not expose our soldiers to these dangerous waiting for them in afghanistan in particular if it happens if its true that russia is paying bounties on american soldiers about what we could also see is that this leads to a sort of public call for retaliations in the form of sanctions for example against russia in the u. S. Election is also coming up its still a ways off do you think that this would affect his chances at all what were seeing what were looking at right now is just another unflattering revelation really for President Trump and weve just gotten the new book former National Security advisor john bolton whos accusing president trouble putting his personal interests before the National Interest but lets be very clear on this this these types of revelations never hurt the president just think of the mahler investigation for instance what does hurt him right now is the handling of the penn demick his National Infectious disease expert is warning that we could reach 100000. 00 infections per day soon and also there is sponsor the killing off george floyd and that is very much reflected in polling right now and the president is losing support in his key battleground states. In washington thank you. China has appointed a new head for hong kongs National Security committee a day after tougher laws imposed by beijing came into effect Chinese State media said eric chen was chosen for the post on the recommendation of hong kongs chief executive terry lam more than 300 people were arrested on wednesday during an unauthorized demonstration prodemocracy activists worry the new Security Guard could spell the end of hong kongs autonomy. Despite the new law and a ban on holding marches during the corona pandemic hundreds of protesters showed up. After a short warning it just took minutes for the police to roll into action. One protester was arrested for holding the hong kong independence flag dozens more were arrested later at a News Conference prodemocracy lawmakers found themselves in a peace sign a situation now not allowed to speak english or address the media. I usually say a few words of english today the National Community and the media but not by car. Because of this law. If i say anything to you. Ill be arrested when i walk out 2. At aflac ceremony earlier in the day the territories leaders mark the 23rd anniversary of its return to chinese control after british rule. Chief executive carol lam hailed the new law as the most Important Development since the handover. The purpose of this piece of legislation is not just to punish it is also to the target to deter people from committing such serious off insists as cessation some 30 in his state power terrorist a to the t. S. And so on and so on. After same time chinese troops stationed in hong kong held a joint military exercise showing off their military might. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world. Gunmen in mexico have killed 24 people in whats being described as a massacre in the north of the Country Police said the attackers burst into a Drug Rehabilitation Center in the city of europe and shot everyone inside the areas home to rival drug gangs and is currently the most violent in mexico. Uganda has temporarily open its borders to thousands of people fleeing violence in the eastern democratic republic of congo border crossings had stopped because of a pandemic leaving refugees stuck in a remote area the u. N. Says violence in the eastern sea has displaced over a 1000000 people since january. Mississippi the last u. S. State with the confederate symbol in its flag has lowered the banner for the last time and retired it to a museum a ceremony was held the day after the governor approved changes to the flag in the wake of Racial Justice protests commission is to come up with a new design. And here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic. Johns Hopkins University says the u. S. Has seen its largest single daily increase of new infections since the Global Pandemic began a rise of 52000. 00 cases california is among the u. S. States re imposing restrictions authorities there have suspended Indoor Dining and restaurants in los angeles and several counties new Zealands Health minister david clarke has resigned following a series of personal blunders including defying the countrys strict coronavirus lockdown measures in april britain and germany say they have sufficient stock some of red rum dess of years gives me the 1st drug shown to be relatively effective in threat treating treating covert 19 the u. S. Has bought almost all the worlds supplies of the drugs. President Vladimir Putin looks set to extend his hold on power into the next decade with 90 percent of the votes counted in a weeklong constitutional referendum Election Officials say nearly 80 percent voted in favor of putins proposed changes theyll allow him to run for 2 more terms as president. President Vladimir Putin is probably the only person who came to this moscow polling station without a mask. Today is the last day of the russian wind vote the kremlin even declared a bank holiday so that as many people as possible could take part. The constitutional reform has already been legally approved by the countrys national and Regional Parliament put into a public vote to validate the move they have made mens provide for many popular social changes including regular pension increases and a minimum wage but theyll also allows a lot of your putin to continue running for president theoretically he could remain in the kremlin till 2036 this man voted no he says i dont need a new czar i like it because im afraid of change and whenever things change in russia we end up worse off than before. You started staying at some polling stations voters were only required to show their passports election observers were not allowed complete access and while voting was still in progress the 1st results were published. The procedure is highly questionable the vote itself the whole process was invented solely for this purpose a referendum like this is not even provided for in the constitution and its going by already published preliminary results it looks like a big majority favors the amendments. To soccer now and record european champions rael madrid will finally have their own female Team Next Season they previously agreed to buy a local womens club in the spanish capital and theyve now been given the go ahead to rebrand the team as real madrid along with germanys brucia dortmund and the spanish the spanish giants were the only major european mens club without a female team. By an munich have confirmed signing a french teenager tongue he quasi from paris. And the defender joins biron on a free transfer and could soon be followed by Manchester City winger leave roys sunday quasi is a product of the p. S. G. Youth academy and has signed a 4 year deal with the bundesliga champions the 80. 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