as i talked to you, the outside source screen is as i talked to you, the outside source screen is blank so i m going to try and present the programme from here, and i m going to begin with what the american director of national intelligence has said about russian involvement in the us presidential election. this was a multifaceted campaign. so the hacking was only a part of it. it also entailed classical propaganda, disinformation, fake news. does that continue? yes. these activities are ongoing now in europe, as europe prepares for elections, is that a fair assumption? it is. yesterday the wall street journal indicated that the president elect is considering changes to the intelligence community. have you, as the experts in this field, been engaged in these deliberations, and vice?: no, we have not. that was at a senate hearing. to reinforce the point, we have a joint statement from us intelligence chiefs. it reads russia is a full scope cyber actor that poses a major threa
how living near major roads could put you at higher risk of developing dementia. and six letters from princess diana to a buckingham palace steward are sold at auction for more than £15,000. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, sir andy murray s through to the qatar 0pen semi finals after beating spain s nicolas almagro. he ll face eitherjo wilfried tsonga or tomas berdych in the last four. good evening. american intelligence officials have given a stark warning about the threat posed by russian cyber attacks. the outgoing us national intelligence director, james clapper, told a senate hearing he hasn t come across a more aggressive campaign to interfere with an american election than russia s actions in last year s race for the white house. mr clapper who will brief donald trump about his findings tomorrow said the hacking of democratic party emails had been ordered by the kremlin. washington is investigating what could be the biggest political break in since waterga
given their most explicit warning yet about the threat, as they see it, from russian cyber attacks to the united states and beyond. they insist there s no doubt russia tried to interfere with the us presidential election, although they ve stopped short of calling it an act of war. they will brief donald trump on friday. the president elect is unconvinced, so far, about moscow s involvement, and the kremlin denies it. nick bryant reports. washington is investigating what could be the biggest political break in since watergate. in the ‘70s, it was the building belonging to the democratic national committee that was burgled. in 2016, it was the computer system at the party s present headquarters. a robbery in cyberspace, rather than in person. and us intelligence believes it was orchestrated by vladimir putin, from the kremlin, to help donald trump win the election. i want to welcome all our members back to the committee. today, those allegations were aired publicly on capitol