A look here this point my son has already been knocked out is that selfdefense selfdefense. The Smart Phone Software designed to track criminals has been discovered in phones in countries around the world critics say unscrupulous governments therefore using it to snoop on civilians. In the headlines to this lunch. Issues a lengthy special report on russias alleged interference in americas twenty six the president ial election but the articles being slammed for poor ethics and journalists because. I get off in two pm friday afternoon here in moscow this is the Us International meet cavanagh and first then china fear is lead to new sanctions imposed washed. For buying Russian Military hardware its one or more of americas allies are considering similar purchases from moscow to lets get the details on what reaction this has been from r. T. Is it goes down of a there what exactly is beijing said because most responses are normally pretty muted early well indeed kevin but to analyze what beating has said we have to see we have to look at what washingtons doing and essentially its playing a double game it is targeting russia mostly with its new round of sanctions but also launching a blow that is well which intention is to damage beijing everything revolves around the russias weapons russias heavy weapons like the su thirty five fighter jet on the earths four hundred surface to air Missile Defense system and so china bought some of those units and now it is also coming under fire for that and while beijing let me tell you was not impressed when it found out that it is being dictated some new rules on this arena of arms trade other than fair competition have a listen we strongly call on the u. S. To remedy the mystique and cancel the sanctions otherwise the u. S. Has to bear the consequences so some strong words coming out of beijing russias also reacted to this new round of sanctions russias top diplomat Sergei Lavrov has said that while there is nothing new in that russia is learning how to live with that and how to reduce and will eventually get rid of its dependency on the United States and especially on exchanges in dollar and but also what is what is happening here is washington is saying that it is mostly russia that it is being that it is targeting it is it denying that china is a significant target for it it is saying that beijing simply happened to be in the splash zone in this blast damaging zone so have a listen. Will continue to vigorously implement countering americas adversaries through. Sanctions act and urge all countries to curtail relationships with russians defense and intelligence sectors both of which to malign activities worldwide. But theres a whole other twist to this story because russias c thirty five fighter jet and the s four hundred Missile Defense system is the most advanced are the most advanced pieces of weaponry in the clause that russia has to offer they were designed with the intention of them being sold abroad russia intended to make money out of these weapons and russia is also washingtons one of washingtons biggest competitors when it comes to the arms trade market so by targeting these two world products while increasingly looks like something that washington is just trying to get rid of one of its main contenders just to try and push it out of the market especially if you take into consideration what state department had said previously. You know it goes against our policy to have a nato ally such as turkey use an asse four hundred system part of the problem with that it is that it is not in iraq robel with other nato systems and so we are against the having some of our partners and allies around the world potentially purchase us for hundreds trigger cats is not going to get into that but we have made very clear what could trigger sanctions for other countries and entities around the world. This if this was a game of chess this move by washington targeting at the same time russia and china would have been classified as a fork probably. Wouldnt this cause this always effect and here weve seen weve heard some very strong words from beijing it did not mince any words indeed and it has promised consequences so it is indeed interesting to see now will be interesting to see how washington mend these its relations with china. If it indeed has this intention and what these consequences that china has promised will be yet ok lets get an expert through where this might go from joseph cheneys political analyst joining us live on the line you know so saying well talk to our correspondent there generally whenever china gives a political response no matter what it might be about its generally in muted tones this is a little more than that beijing obviously particularly angry about this year you know although the tensions are not primarily targeted against the game nonetheless there is a concern among the chinese authorities that the trade war between the United States and china mean that the trade can be konami and we know who the diplomatic and security field you know i have china the military the sales are quite ordinary in the sense that they were many didnt sue for the pie. For hundreds of his. Send weapons although. Fairly at mons the sentient beings the Peoples Liberation army you come and development. Is military power is symbolic of the probe aka. Of the time party however the intention im not going to rail. Agree with but do you also do you go by what washington says on the face of it here washington claims that the sanctions are retargeting russia or in the end. Do you think there is more to it than this bearing in mind the you know the trade war except for this going on as well at the moment and this tit for tat spot thats come from the trump side to feel theres more to it. Well to me that meant a. New Action Campaign the next and in november as well penned on the power of the dont know on the part of president on the song to the. Agent. That his Campaign Team had russian contact during the chant and sixteen election obviously. An element of the mess that politics. And symbolic with a little bit of element to a new cold war mentality so do you think well see you know the media response from beijing or are they going to wait to the midterms over eccentric central improbable to what might happen. I think the war is a big issue much will depend on what. Kind of will continue to send deputy premier or a little rang him up issue to the United States who have to. Move which has been correct and to some extent extent by the second wrong. Terabits it seems exalted beings two hundred billion dollars worth of time hes exposed to the polls. Monday so probably much would depend on the. Taking place of such negotiations because after all all parties understand that the trade that these trade deals will not be affected is that i think this president some of the more escalation of this theres bad feeling. I dont. Know. Why my on this for the killing of their son peter all of a r. T. Rittenberg. An israeli Surveillance Software till capable of accessing microphones cameras know the date has been trucked to forty five countries around the Globe Research has figured out tool designed to try criminals is being misused now by governments to snoop on innocent civilians paula slee is got the story this lunchtime im here in head city or just north of the israeli city of tel aviv and this building is home to an Israeli Company called it is so crude which develops and sells one of the most invasive spy ways in the world the software is called pegasus and it doesnt matter whether youre an i o. S. Or android person your phone could become a target a phone becomes a spy. Camera michael Text Messages anything else on the for those who are susceptible to monitor this is how pegasus works the target perceives a text message with a special nick one click on it and the spyware is secretly downloaded to your smartphone from then on all your private data personal messages passwords just about everything is being sent back to the operator so who are the targets according to emma so group its software is designed to track criminals are products of say the lives of thousands of people prevented suicide terror attacks help convict drug cartel lords facilitated complex crime investigations and return kidnapped children to their parents but Internet Research has from citizen lab embarked on a hunt for pegasus and according to them it does not serve only a good cause instead it may be breaching innocent peoples privacy and some countries laws against cross border hackers citizen lab tracked the malware. As many as forty five countries among them six states with a history of abusing spyware to target civilian society. Citizen lab says at least ten pegasus operators are involved in cross border surveillance israels friend and ally the United States they say is no exception this despite the fact that the firm says its software was not designed to work in the u. S. We have identified several possible pegasus customers not linked to the United States but with infections in the u. S. It is possible that several countries may be actively violating United States law by penetrating devices located within the u. S. Any so group is a pretty secretive firm youll hardly find any ads for its products according to the New York Times who obtained papers from people who had dealings with the group its proposal says you can remotely and covertly collect information about your targets relationships location phone calls plans and activities whenever and wherever they are as we can see the last part doesnt appear to be quite true and the risk is a little scary we approached the company for comment and are still waiting to see r. T. Hits india where we got coming from one security expert we spoke to says its no surprise the governments misuse software for snooping. If youre telling him to all who government i think there should be no effect that theyre using it purely for all constructive court even globally needle purposes many people have been using hacking tools for a very long time to do legal acts all over the world and why would it be different when using this particular software the governments one to use software to do legal and illegal acts in their own country and in other countries theyll always be able to do without the souths International Live from moscow coming out the New York Times is under fire for its hefty reporters put out on russias alleged interference in the us election in two thousand and sixteen we break down that article for you. Most people think just stand out in this is this you need to be the first woman on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest dream in truth to stand losing distance just the dance the right questions demand the right answer. Hour. I get ninety minutes past two here moscow now this friday afternoon day is going good so next today the president of ukraine is preparing to take on the b. B. C. It seems but poroshenko is suing Britains National broadcaster for libel over allegations he paid a hefty sum to meet donald trump in june last year with more on this one daniel holcombs guessing that one on one meeting with the leader of the free world himself is a priority for many World Leaders as it was for ukraines president poroshenko last summer russia and ukraine remain firmly in global headlines so get in that chats handshake and photo opportunity with trump early some say before Vladimir Putin was crucial. As new sanctions against russia were announced and the president spoke of how productive discussions had been some officials behind the scenes may have breathed a sigh of Relief Mission accomplished but reports emerged at the meeting that may have been arranged unconventionally according to the b. B. C. Diplomatic routes would have given poroshenko little more than a photo opportunity so ukrainian officials opened a back channel through a chain of contacts including trumps lawyer Michael Cohen now facing numerous federal charges to secure that tete a tete and the latter would take a handsome cut for penciling a meeting into trumps story allegedly around four hundred thousand dollars another story citing top official sources in ukraine featured on the b. B. C. Back in may this year but it seems the ukrainian president s office wasnt happy with the revelations the head of States Office is apparently suing the broadcast the for libel since low correction or apology was issued the allegation that the claimant was guilty of serious corruption is self evidently an extremely grave and serious one it has also caused him considerable distress an embarrassment since yeah the geishas strikes at the core of his personal dignity and integrity. Understandably all parties involved have denied any such shady dealings ever took place the b. B. C. Couldnt offer any more details on the allegations although the ukrainian side has confirmed the High Court Case whatever the outcome its sure to add to a cocktail of intrigue gray areas and speculation already surrounding trumps first in office. The New York Times published a murmur a special report describing russias alleged interference in the twenty sixteen us president ial election out of the ten thousand words in the article the word alleged is only used twice with the story instead apparently portraying many and provan accusations as facts jaclyn virga delved into the report. Away to unravel the russia story so far the New York Times special report into the saga looks impressive masters of subsections fancy photo shopping and multiple timelines and they all lead back to a kremlin conspiracy to get its man in the white house as mr trump emerged in spring twenty sixteen as the improbable favorite for the republican nomination the russian operation accelerated on three fronts the hacking and leaking of democratic documents massive fraud on facebook and twitter and outreach to Trump Campaign associates its two thousand and sixteen an anonymous banners hung from a bridge are the suspected work of moscow the link russian bought sharing images online this is russias way of bragging to the world that donald trump was their man but what seems strange here is that a sincere conclusion and the unraveling continues the line blurs between accusations and hard fact here we have the indictment of those quizzed in the mahler investigation that same den moscow march the fifteenth a veteran hacker named even your macaw of a Russian Military Intelligence Officer working for a secret outfit called unit two six one six five began probing the Computer Network of the Democratic National committee. Hitting nine states in three weeks and some a twenty fourteen and a book and alexandre crawl over was supposed to gather intelligence to help the mimic american some facebook and twitter the evidence is all their names dates and motives again all from indictments now im sure the New York Times isnt willing to accept millers word as gospel but things seem a little too dramatic perhaps even for president putin putin is angry the russian leader thought the United States and Hillary Clinton had sought to undermine his presidency and there are plenty more where that came from somehow i doubt the russian president handed over and i hate hillary diary to the New York Times but the bombshell d. N. C. Hack thanks again to those indictments allowed a special report to point fingers today there is no doubt to hack the d. N. C. And the Clinton Campaign a detailed indictment of the twelve offices of russias military Intelligence Agency felt in july that mr mullah documents the every move lets put aside the fact that the information exposed real issues in the Democratic Party not ones dreamt up or spun by trolls Something Else worth noting but the report doesnt is only a Company Called crowd strike hired by the d. N. C. Had access to their servers the f. B. I. And mueller at the mercy of their findings because those servers were wiped clean why good question there is page after page of the stuff heres some of the quick highlights. Putin may have won trump the election but who knows that meeting would trump jr and a russian lar was to get rid of anti russias think sions but was that all trump is correct when he tweets in all caps that no collusion proof has been found but we just wrote a whole article about it i think you get the picture and all fairness the New York Times does have an argument as to why there is so little Public Information to back them up its just not been made public mr mullins prosecutors only rarely go public with the evidence theyve been steadily gathering in secret interviews and closed door sessions of a grand jury as you build a picture in this russia riddle it seems the name sources have shaped it almost entirely so the take away from this two years ago donald trump won the u. S. Election and there are plenty of accusations that russia is responsible independent journalist and former correspondent for wall street journal joe lauria told us the article fails to meet basic journalistic standards one of the translations of reporting journalism one o one is there are two sides to every story and an indictment or an accusation even from government is only that an accusation and an indictment needs to be proven in a court of law and you always use the word alleged when discussing whatever the government alleges that someone else has done thats proven in the court of law then its a conviction but until that happens it is not fact it is not proven it is not the truth it is an allegation and thats all weve got from the miller indictments are allegations have to report the indictment obviously but that doesnt mean that its true and yes that is what theyve done their ethics here are abominable because they have taken and then if you only want c. N. N. Theyre all doing that theyre taking this fact when its only an accusation i think they realize theyre in trouble and their reputation is at stake so they have to stick to their stand not going to reverse themselves and begin to say well we really got some of this wrong that were destroyed their reputation their credibility in a journalist lives on the reputation of credibility of course the public suffers. Thank you for watching the news this friday from Moscow International with me kevin zero in on but with more in just by thirty four minutes time but if youre out and about mobile download as it happens itll ping straight into. Geysers financial Survival Guide stacey lets alert us out fill out lets say im the. Greece of the fight. Thank you for. The story thats right. Slavery. In the age of trump political gridlock has been taken to the next level theres a lot at stake a Supreme Court seat and president ial prerogatives in the end its all about the rule of law and equal cation of the law we are gazing into the abyss with compromise on life. Thing as Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the Supreme Court hangs in the balance will the f. B. I. Investigate a Sexual Assault accusation against him. Testified before the committee and will republicans were moved forward with the. Next week. Well take a look at that on this edition. Of the politicking. This is capitol hill on one side the republican led Senate Judiciary committee and Brett Kavanaugh president trumps nominee to the court who until very recently was on a glide path to confirmation on the other side is christine bless the ford the woman alleging that kavanagh sexually assaulted her when they were both teenagers Judiciary Committee chairman check grassley of iowa has invited dr ford to appear in d. C. On monday to revive her side of the story the doctor for his legal team say that she will not appear without an f. B. I. Investigation into a claims against kavanaugh what happens next and will vote on kavanaghs nomination to the court happen next week as talked about that was someone who knows the ins and outs of washington very well david jolley the former republican congresswoman from florida he joins us from capitol hill what do you make of wallace david. Well good to be with you larry what i make of it politically setting aside the the human story here of dr ford and the bravery that shes exhibited coming forward if you just look at the politics of it through the spectrum of american politics republicans have really found themselves in a situation where they simply cant win but they also cant afford to lose and what i mean by that is they are either going to accept testimony ignore the testimony and confirm kavanaugh or theyre going to have to vote down kavanaugh either one is a losing situation politically for republicans but they also cant afford to lose and what i mean by that larry is there is not time to confirm a justice before the november elections if kavanagh goes down or cavanaugh withdraws and in the event the democrats win the senate in november now youre in a scenario where republicans really with a straight face cant move forward with any confirmation Mitch Mcconnell knows that i think the Republican Senate is going to ultimately try to push through the cabin on nomination but i think theyre going to do so at their own peril and politically they will take a lot of hits for doing so how about the old says that grassley has me bill dworin with the staff still do word power while still do you think grassley has given a lot