Secretary of state mike pompei oh calls for a blow bill rejection of what he says is Irans Nuclear extortion. And its only becomes the 1st country in the world to make it mandatory to study Climate Change in Public Schools. And in schools some of the biggest stars in athletics its been excluded from its premier competition world athletics announced a Major Overhaul of the Diamond League and many high profile events have been dropped. The International Criminal court has sentenced a former congolese rebel leader to 30 years in prison Bosco Ntaganda was convicted of 18 war crimes that including murder rape and using child soldiers to serious Catherine Sawyer reports now from one judge in the eastern democratic republic of congo. Mada rape and conscripting children a soldiers offenses committed by. That along with other war crimes have led to him being sentenced to 3 decades in prison he ordered fighters to carry out attacks in the tora province over to yes in 200220032 drive out one Ethn
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. The gentleman from colorado is recognized for five minutes. The other coloradan. Thank you for repeating today. Thanks for your testimony today. I just want to lock one thing down where i i heard to make answers from your earlier. Ms. Maloney was kind of going through a list of regulators, and wanted to know if you would wait for their approval, and she went to a whole laundry list of them and your answer was, for the parts that apply yes, yes,e going to go and seek their approval. Her used the word seek their approval. Other times you said we will get their approval. So just from facebooks standpoint, are you willing to seek the approval or are you going to wait for the approval before anything is launched . Congressman, it is the latter. Thank you for the opportunity to clarify that. We are not going to launch anything until we get the approval. I also, if its okay, want to
Without objection the chair is authorized today declare a recess of the committee at any time. This hearing is entitled an examination of facebook and its impact on the Financial Services and housing sectors. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today, were here to examine the impact of facebook on the Financial Services and housing sectors. Our sole witness is facebooks chairman and ceo, Mark Zuckerberg. Facebooks plans to create a Digital Currency, libra, and a digital wallet raise many concerns relating to privacy, trading risk, discrimination, opportunities for diverse owned financial firms, National Security, Monetary Policy, and the stability of the Global Financial system. I and other democrats have called for a moratorium on facebooks development of this Digital Currency, libra, and digital wallet until congress can examine the issues associated with a Big Tech Company developing these Digital Products and take action. As i have examined faceboo
Of the panorama journalists who investigated the claims by carl beech thats at n9 15. And also before ten oclock well take a closer look at one of the nominees for britains most prestigious prize for architecture London Bridge station. And fans celebrate as Katarina Johnson thompson scoops britains second goal and breaks the british heptathlon record at the world athletics championships. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The uk and us governments have called on facebook to rethink its plans to use encryption for messages on all of its platforms. In an open letter to the companys chief executive, mark zuckerberg, the home secretary priti patel said the firms policy could Hamper International efforts to grant law enforcers faster access to private messages on social media. Facebook argues that it is working closely with child Safety Experts and governments to keep people safe. Encryption is creating those spaces, those spaces for terrorist individuals, terrorist organisation
The brexit deadlock. The financial watchdog, the fca, says millions of customers are overpaying for car and Home Insurance because industry competition isnt strong enough. And fans celebrate as Katarina Johnson thompson scoops britains second gold and breaks the british heptathlon record at the world athletics championships in qatar. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A report has severely criticised Scotland Yard for its handling of its investigation into an alleged vip paedophile ring which turned out not to exist. The police inquiry, codenamed operation midland, was launched to look into allegations made by carl beech, who was laterjailed for lying. Retired High Court Judge sir Richard Henriques said that searches of the homes of the former home secretary, lord brittan, the former chief of the defence staff, lord bramall and the ex conservative mp, Harvey Proctor was unlawful. In a statement, Deputy Commissioner of the metropolitan police, sir Stephen House said the force w