Guest this week here in london is live mohammed the countrys information minister how does he defend against the countrys many critics when the evidence of wrongdoing is so compelling. Like mohammed welcome to conflict zone thank you for the human rights record of your administration has been widely condemned by the un western countries your own Lawyers International human rights bodies for brutality and the stunning lack of accountability why do you see this go on and why didnt you get a grip on this i think theres been a lot of. Misrepresentation. By all these groups absolutely really working concert well i already know theyre working constant theyre working you know a little but i know for a fact that dissension in particular as the very sensitive to the issue of human rights most sometimes terrorists politicians activities are confused with human rights so you put it all down to confusion i would do that because i do not know as a fact and ive been minister for almost 5 years that
The truth and erode our ability to fight, creating a set of it that no narrative or use source can be trusted at all. Some of the ttts in this space wont necessarily come as as a surprise to you but we talked about intrusion and u. S. Government networks and medical organizations, hack and leak operations related to compromise or embarrassing situations, Cyber Attacks against our eroding infrastructure, the targeting of u. S. Persons or elected officials by social media and disinformation, suppression of voter turnout by spreading misinformation regarding polling and voting, manipulation of media through the injection of false stories, and news reporting. And then subsequent application of the disinformation to shape of the discourse. Shape Public Discourse. There are a few overarching similarities regarding the manner in which our two principal adversaries, china and russia, execute these objectives. Both countries use a whole of government approach. And use sophisticated and aggressi
Mornings hearing on the federal judiciary in the 21st century for promoting, accountable, ethics and trips. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Today we begin the first in a series of hearings on the state of the federal judiciary in the 21st century. In this hearing we will investigate ideas for promoting ethics, accountability an transparency in the federal courts. We focus on these ideas in our first hearing on the judiciary because they flow from two foundational principles of due process. First, that no one can be a judge in his own case. Second, to quart felix frankfurter, quote, justice must satisfy the appearance of justice, end quote. Justice must satisfy the appearance of justice. Both rules embody the understanding that the constitutions implicit promise of equal justice under law depends on at least two things that our court must be fair, independent and impartial, and that we must also believe that our courts are fair, independent and impartial. Justice must satis
Jet powered flyboard. Hello and welcome. Im Christian Fraser in london and jane obrien is in washington. A day after clearing out the old cabinet, Boris Johnson appeared at the commons dispatch box today with a new team behind him and a bold plan in front of him. With energy and enthusiasm, the new Prime Minister painted a picture of a better Brexit Britain the beginning, he said, of a new golden age. The confident style of leadership reflects the settled decision of his new cabinet, and it is recognised in brussels. In an e mail to officials, the eus chief negotiatior, Michel Barnier, wrote, pm johnson has stated that, if an agreement is to be reached, it goes by way of eliminating the backstop. This is of course unacceptable and not within the mandate of the european council. As suggested by his rather combative speech, we have to be ready for a situation where he gives priority to the planning for no deal partly to heap pressure on the eu. Today, the conservative benches lapped it u
On the bbc news website. You can also download the bbc news app to personalise your experience and receive the latest news alerts. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Getting robot ready. Glamazons 700 million plan to future proof its workforce in the face of new technology. Mission to delhi. The us and india are said to restart negotiations in a bid to resolve their trade conflict. Good morning asia, hello world. It is friday thank you forjoining us for an exciting addition of Asia Business report. We kick off the programme with amazon because it is unveiling plans to retrain one third of its us employees or 100,000 people by 2025. The programme is among the biggest corporate retraining initiatives ever announced at a cost of around 700 million us dollars. The Online Retail giants announcement comes as companies around the world grapple with the impact of robots and Artificial Intelligence on their workforces. Earlier dave lee told me why the firm is under kate