Tech giants in the us today pushed back against the idea that their platforms were used by russia to meddle in the brexit referendum. In the first ever hearing of a Parliamentary Select Committee outside the uk, british mps grilled the us companies about outside interference in the Brexit Campaign. The Tech Companies said they did have evidence of interference in the us 2016 president ial election but very little in the uks referendum on europe. The chair of the the digital, culture, media and sport committee, damien collins, has struggled to get information from the companies which is why they came to washington. Heres what the Committee Refers to as interference. Would you be prepared to conduct the same analysis which he did in the United States for the uk looking at potential russian interference in about the referendum 7 we are willing to cooperate into the investigation into whether there was any interference in the elections in the uk. We have conducted a thorough investigation
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Over 5,000 hospitals in India, the highest number in any country, are at high risk of shutdowns due to extreme weather events if fossil fuels are not phased out by the end of the century, according to a study by XDI. Worldwide, one in 12 hospitals face a similar risk. The study analysed the impact of climate hazards on over 200,000 hospitals globally and found that 71% of the hospitals at risk were in low- and middle-income countries. The report called for a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels to mitigate the risks to global health. | World News