We begin with Breaking News. The biden administration taking a series of actions to target what they allege are attempts by russianbacked actors to manipulate Public Opinion here in the u. S. Ahead of the president ial election. According to two senior u. S. Joining officials. Joining us now is nbcs ken ken, dilanian. Ken, what more have we learned . Jose this is being described by our sources as a whole of Government Action designed to target russian Propaganda And Disinformation aimed at interfering in the 2024 it election. It is said to include sanctions by the treasury department, Law Enforcement Action by the Justice Department, and one of the focuses on rt, formerly known as russia today, that network of russian government funded English Language websites and Television Platforms that was flagged all The Way back in 2017 by the u. S. Intelligence community as a vehicle for russian Disinformation And Election interference. At that time, the Justice Department required rt to regist
And the show goes on despite the coronavirus pandemic for a major Film Festival in qatar. A long awaited inquiry into the conduct of a study in special forces in afghanistan has found credible evidence of multiple war crimes. The report contains details of 39. 00 unlawful killings of civilians, all prisoners, and the cruel treatment of a foe. The 2 other allegations include weapons being planted on bodies to conceal crimes, just aspersion, conceded in detail. 57. 00 allegations of incidents and issues. He found there to be credible information, to substantiate 23 incidents, of alleged unlawful killing of 39 people by 25, a strong special forces personnel predominantly from the special air service regiment. Nicola gauges in congress with more on the investigation. This is been a very long running inquiry, and it has been extremely critical of the culture within a strongly as special forces unit in afghanistan, the inquiry looked at allegations and incidents that occurred between 2520168
Settlements and forced from their homes. We need the feel p. And so fled to sudan and are now desperate for help. Im joining us though with Sports Major League Baseball star Robinson Camaro has been banned for a whole season for doping and must fulfill his 24000000. 00 salary. Thank you for joining us. We start this news hour with the coronavirus funday make and the race to find a vaccine. British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2 trials show, promise in protecting the most at risk groups. A strong immune response was shown in those age over 70. The vaccine is being developed in partnership with Oxford University and is now in the final stage of human testing to confirm those findings. The positive news on the vaccine front comes as cases continue to mount. More than 2000000. 00 cases have now been reported in africa, but low rates of testing means the caseload is sought to be much higher across the 54. 00 country, continent globally cases have surpassed 56000000. 00.
Supporting the occupation and pakistans Prime Minister visits afghanistan for the 1st Time Since Taking Office and pledges to help promote peace there. And joining us go with sports, as leno messi returns to spain and says hes tired of always being blamed for the problems of oslo. No thank you very much for joining as we start this news hour with the coronavirus pandemic and the race to find a vaccine. British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2 trials show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. A strong immune response was shown in those aged over 70. The vaccine is being developed in partnership with oxford university, and its now in the final stage of human testing to confirm those findings that a positive news on the vaccine front comes as cases continue to rise. More than 2000000. 00 cases have been before today in africa, but low rates of testing means the caseload is thought to be much higher across the continent. In the past cases of increased compared to
Proud to be american. President elect joe biden. Unveils his new team and pledges to restore the United States position as a world leader. And the perils of protesting in cuba activists go on a Hunger Strike in protest against an increase in government detentions well over one after nearly 3 weeks of fighting the deadline, imposed by the Ethiopian Government for to Ground Forces to surrender is going to expire later on. Wednesday the federal armies and circle to go its capital mackellar and its threatening the use of artillery on the city of 500000. People to train leaders deny the claims that they have actually begun surrendering well here appears that Prime Minister abu ahmed is asking the International Community not to interfere in this conflict. He says, while he appreciate its the interest to assist involvement in the conflict must be done in accordance with international law. And that means countries should stand by until the government submit a request for assistance to the Inte