Texas will raise money for by hurricane harvey. Tens of thousands of people were displaced and billions of dollars worth of property destroyed after the storms hit the u. S. And the caribbean. President donald trump has sent a video recording to consequence well those were the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after counting the things of watching. Documentaries. On aljazeera. Hello and hasnt taken this is counting the cost on engineer your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week china two point zero why president xi jinping wants a future based on things like Artificial Intelligence. Also this week hydro economics why its pitting egypt against ethiopia and stirring up tension along the Knowledge Base plus confusion over what the u. K. Wants from its e. U. Divorce is braggs it failing. Chinas president xi jinping is looking to the future and it is one built on things like electric cars an Artificial Intelligence of the next five years he wants to creat
Than less control lets talk a little bit more about that flipside the tight control. Over the internet and what people can access and so on because china has made it very clear that it wants to do this on its own terms but if if you want to become a Technology Powerhouse when it went when innovation thrives on the Free Exchange of ideas is that sort of policy helpful. Well it is this is like. A story that is in process because as you know when you go to the digital Digital Technology this is both ways is in and out so you have to allow information to come in and also for your own people to communicate outside so this is a kind of war that is still happening because in the middle is as i said the security interests that china thinks it is it has to take control of so its going to be that story is going to be like that still for the years to come. Digital technology is part of the globalization that china is is doing but globalization in measured terms in chinas terms and as it continues
A syrian town witnesses say fighters killed more than a hundred people before Government Troops took over. On saturday i still accuse the civilians of collaborating with Syrian Forces the suit observatory for human rights says the killings took place over a three week period but those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after counting the cost thats watching. But the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife listening provides a critical counterpoint challenging Mainstream Media narrative at this time on aljazeera. Hello im hasnt sick of this is counting the cost of an engineer your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week china two point zero and why president xi jinping wants a future based on things like Artificial Intelligence. Also this week hydro economics why its pitting egypt against ethiopia and stirring up tension along the now river basin plus confusion over what the u. K. Wants from its e. U. Divorce is braggs it failing. Chinas
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Forced to back down over plans to overhaul the house ethics committee. Laura thats where we begin this hour in the united states, when what shouldve been a day of triumph for republicans, today the party took control of both house of representatives and the senate, and in 17 days, Republican Donald Trump will of course take the white house. But instead of celebrating, Senior Republicans were left redfaced. Here to tell us why is are reported from washington. A really debacle for republicans today. Tell us a bit about what happened. Reporter a complete turnaround, some 24 hours after members of the house, republican members basically got to out and ethics committee, in doing so behind closed doors. So secretly that the president elect himself blasted that move and forced the rankandfile in congress to basically withdraw and quickly back down from that desire to do away with a very unpopular committee in Congress Whose task as its name indicates into ethical matters, forcing their dirtys