Stand off in its final hours . Amid the debris, only a few dispirited protesters remain. More senior officials have appeared before the impeachment hearings, investigating whether donald trump has abused his president ial power, and the white house has attacked its own most senior ukraine official, even as he was giving public testimony. As Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman told congress that a phone call made by the president was improper and left him in shock, the official white house twitter account was questioning hisjudgement. In his evidence, the iraq veteran, who serves on the Us National Security council, said mr trump did make inappropriate demands of the ukrainian leader, to help him, politically, in next years us president ial election. Aleem maqbool was there for us. Many are taking huge risks to testify against their president. For Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a military hero and National Security aid still working for the white house, those risks felt acute. D
Now on bbc news, click. This week, microsoft boss Satya Nadella uncovering state led internet manipulation. And abominable animation. Look at him. Hes a yeti. Some call it fake news. Some call it disinformation, online manipulation. Or even information warfare. The tech giants call it coordinated inauthentic activity. False news articles on facebook bots amplifying questionable opinions on twitter. What we now know is that nation states have and are weaponized. These techniques to their own ends. Russia to interfere with elections china to spread disinformation. But there is one place which hasnt been associated with deliberate disinformation recently. And thats wikipedia. Its the largest collection of Human Knowledge ever created, arguably the First Digital wonder of the world the font of all internet knowledge. It has nearly six million pages with a staggering 18 billion page views every month and it was created in the best spirit of the internet. Transparent, nonprofit making and op
Those are the latest headlines. In about ten minutes well have this weeks edition of newswatch, but first on bbc news, click. Some call it fake news, some call it disinformation, online manipulation or even information warfare. The tech giants call it coordinated inauthentic activity. False news articles on facebook, bots putting questionable opinions on twitter. What we now know is that nation states have and are weaponised in these techniques to their own ends. Russia to interfere with elections, china to spread disinformation. But there is one place which hasnt been associated with deliberate disinformation recently and that is wikipedia. It is the largest collection of Human Knowledge ever created, arguably the First Digital wonder of the world, the font of all internet knowledge. It has nearly 6 million pages with a staggering 18 billion page views every month. And it was created in the best spirit of the internet, transparent, non profit making and open for eve ryo ne non profit
I have done for the last 18 months. Isaid my i have done for the last 18 months. I said my social media i am a com pletely i said my social media i am a completely different athlete to three years ago. Unfortunately, if you get disqualified you dont get your name and the result sheet to prove it so i will do Anything Possible to learn from these m ista kes possible to learn from these mistakes made and make sure that i got to finish these races and sadly, it isa got to finish these races and sadly, it is a hazard for as race walkers. A former coach was banned for four yea rs a former coach was banned for four years on tuesday for doping offences. He is part of the oregon project but has not been trained by salazar directly. I would like to see more about it too. There are some people in the group that have been with us since 2007. 2008 coaches and staff and i would love to see that investigated because they have all the answers and they have all the right things to say and the media ar
With the eu is not one, from a trade point of view that britain, i think, would want. What do you make of the australian style option of not having a free trade deal with the eu . Get in touch about that or any of this mornings other stories. Im Annita Mcveigh on twitter, or use the hashtag bbcyourquestions. Mass coronavirus testing is to be rolled out to secondary schools in parts of london, kent and essex in an attempt to curb rising infections. Scotland and Northern Ireland ease coronavirus restrictions with non essential retail able to re open for the first time in weeks. The Canary Islands are removed from the travel corridor list meaning from saturday, anyone returning to the uk from the islands will have to self isolate for two weeks. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Dame Barbara Windsor, one of the countrys best loved actresses, has died at the age of 83. Her husband, scott mitchell, said she passed away peacefully from alzheimers at a care home in london last night. He sp