Welcome to the program a longtime ally of u. S. A President Donald Trump has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison for lying to congress and witness tampering or just stone was facing a much longer sentence until the president tweeted about his case lets bring in john hendren not correspondent in washington d. C. Whos been following what has been really a very eventful day. It has indeed President Trump is preparing right now as we speak to address a rally in nevada thats where voters will pick the republican and democratic president ial nominees on saturday for that state and the president is a likely to mention roger stone just as he did earlier in the day stone is a legendary figure loyal to 2 president s he was a dirty tricks or his own words who did the bidding of president Richard Nixon and now he is loyal to President Donald Trump and he was convicted for lying about trumps connections and his administrations connections with russia and about leaked democratic emails
Europes digital ambitions the e. U. Has just revealed its vision for the continents tech future hearing competition from abroad it wants to grow its own sector but there are concerns over just how it will protect privacy this is inside story. Hello there and welcome to the program im the stasi attain now that is a global race for Technology Leadership with the United States and china out front europe now says it wants to catch up and reinforce its position on the digital scene its leaders are concerned about the reliance on Foreign Tech Companies including microsoft apple and chua way they say they want to develop europes own tech sector now to do that theyve come up with a strategy that aims to find solutions that prioritize peoples lives the economy and an open society the e. U. Outlined its approach for days and Artificial Intelligence on wednesday the proposal seek tougher regulation of the worlds biggest tech platforms and increased spending for the tech sector but critics say mor
South koreas announced emergency measures to try to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak there 156 confirmed cases make it now the worst affected country outside china within the past 24 hours one persons died theres been a surge of 52 new cases most of them linked to a church in the Southern City of daraa give you the citys mayor has urged millions to stay home and wear face masks meanwhile in the capital seoul Mass Gatherings and rallies have been banned and in japan the last of the passengers deemed healthy on board a korean teen ship are now being allowed to go home theyve been more than 500. 00 cases of infections on the vessel and theres been criticism about whether quarantine measures have actually been effective meanwhile in china a 118 more deaths were reported on thursday along with over 1100 new infections well go live to asia and brown in hong kong about the developments on the mainland in a while 1st so heres rob mcbride with the latest from south korea. This all happene
A global race for Technology Leadership with the United States and china out from europe now says it wants to catch up and reinforce its position on the digital scene its leaders are concerned about the reliance on Foreign Tech Companies including microsoft apple and chua way they say they want to develop europes own tech sector now to do that theyve come up with a strategy that aims to find solutions that prioritize peoples lives the economy and an open society the e. U. Outlined its approach for days and Artificial Intelligence on wednesday the proposal seek tougher regulation of the worlds biggest tech platforms and increased spending for the tech sector but critics say more needs to be done to protect private data will bring in a guest in a moment but 1st lets hear what the European Commission had to say. We want to boost european Artificial Intelligence by attracting more than 20000000000. 00 euros per year for the next decade. Artificial intelligence is about big data data data a
By a billionaire who challenge the ministry back government. Very rainy and survey saying in parliamentary elections in the shadow of extended sanctions a months after the government put down mass protests that were triggered by Economic Hardship thousands of candidates most of them reformists a moderates were barred from running by the Guardian Council surrounds constitutional watchdog those prevented from sounding include dozens of members of the outgoing column and the u. S. Responded by imposing new sanctions or members of that council accusing them of rigging the election but irans leaders are calling for a high turnout so it is an attack levy said hes voting is a religious duty which we have said in the past and the truth is that elections guarantee the National Interests of iran anyone who believes in the national. Trust of this country should participate my advice is that everyone should vote with whatever opinions they have formed to do so early and do not leave this last minu