Or broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our International Im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. Our millions of weapons are made in serbia have reportedly fallen into the hands of islamic fighters in yemen and syria after they were bought by the United States and its allies this is according to documents seen by a bulgarian investigative journalist. This in ca i anonymous there was a. Document about. The cleaning off serbia not actively receiving and the u. S. Soccer moms tracking oh the. War or so on those contrasts im also able to identify one particular lot lot of electrons in the sand. They hear it in their stuff again in the video a. T. M. And. If those documents prove to be genuine then weapons seen on the Islamic State video in yemen could well be serbian made after being sold to u. S. Military contractors corresponding but ive got to have explained how the weapons could have ended up interesting. Its a remarkable trail from the arms factories
We can get going. We have been looking forward to this and those on twitter, we have had a lively sort of prepublickity. So im ann marie slogger, the ceo of new america and i get to moderate this fabulous discussion today and we are here to launch david kayes book, Speech Police, the global struggle to govern the internet and to celebrate consent of the enemyworks which is 201 which was rebecca mckinnons book and a new america book and i was very struck. Ill start with this. When i was reading through the acknowledgments in Speech Police say david you actually say that rebecca and consent of the network, you say few people have had as much influence on my thinking as that book of thought thats wonderful and you have to have written that before you knew we were doing this event, so were going to have a discussion and then well turn it over to you, but i wanted to begin by framing the debate in terms of these two books because i think it says a lot about how the internet has evolved. And
Alliance with regional and Global Security challenges, this is from hosted by the International Strategic studies. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Thank you very much for coming. Its friday afternoon in august and you know, im delighted that your Summer Vacation plans include csis, but its really a testament to how important, influential and respected our panel today is. Im the senior vicepresident for asia and japan here csis at georgetown. Before we get started we always do a brief safety announcement. And we have about ten fourstar admirals and generals in the room, but this former boy scout will be in charge. If there is a need to evacuate and ill let you know, but well head out and head around the corner to National Geographic down 17th street. Out the back. We have simultaneous interpretation and there should be headsets on your chair. If you have a problem, wave and someone will help you. Please leave them on the chair, if you take them home wed send the new
A political settlement that was about to take place in libya omar sure thank you very much indeed talking to us live from london that talks are to resume between sudans opposition and the ruling military genter on transferring power to a civilian government the military has agreed to demands from the opposition to release prisoners and to restore the internet negotiations collapsed last month after Security Forces raided a sit in protest killing at least 100 people the u. N. Human rights chief michel basher let said on wednesday that he was again distressed by reports that hasse hospitals were attacked during the raids. Any negotiation has to start from the points that we cannot agree on and it is one main point the Transitional Council it is the point regarding the head of the council because both sides agreed to a civilian majority it was suggested 8. 00 to 7. 00 and it was then adjusted to 5. 00 and 5. 00 plus one and that would be 6 civilians and 5 military. We also said that there
Run away everyday lives apps gadgets and other must have technologies are there to make our lives easier and safer most of us use digital aids every day with more appearing all the time but is it all good do new apps also create new problems time for a mate to give you an update on the digital revolution and firstly what drives take engineers and entrepreneurs to come up with new ideas how many startup founders say they want to help do something good and that money isnt their primary concern to dig deeper we caught up with the founder of an Online Platform where people can donate to climate protection projects. Youre done over was just to the take open air festival here in berlin where the best and brightest of the scene come together each year to present their projects and to brainstorm some are really very techie others seek to apply the latest developments and technology to pursue social political or environmental goals like your done over. But shes not at all ashamed to show emotio