democratic values. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. there were moments today when moscow resembled a battlefield. russian riot police broke up an anti—government protest, on what was a day of demonstrations across russia. in moscow, they detained more than 500 people. earlier, police had poured into the city centre, warning that the protest was illegal. still, thousands of people packed into pushkin square, to accuse the russian government of corruption. the level of corruption is too high in russia right now, and every single citizen understands it. it's hard to live in corruption atmosphere. i have children, grandchildren, and i can't breathe in this. these people have come out to protest against government corruption, but the message which this is sending to the crowd is that fighting corruption is not a priority of the russian authorities. among those arrested, russian opposition leader alexei navalny. he says he intends to run for president next year. whether he'll be allowed to isn't clear. it was alexei navalny who had called for today's nationwide protests. people took to t

. russian police say they have detained 500 people in moscow alone as anti—corruption detained 500 people in moscow alone as anti—corru ption protests detained 500 people in moscow alone as anti—corruption protests take place across the country. in germany a bruised foot chancellor angler michael as her party looks set to keep our. —— angela merkel. a special report on yemen's humanitarian catastrophe, two years into the conflict the story of little boy whose life has been to inspect ever and england beat lithuania at wembley in their world cup qualifier, thanks to a second—half goal from jamie vardy. hello and welcome to the programme, thousands of people have been taking pa rt thousands of people have been taking part in anti—crushed chin —— antique oi’ part in anti—crushed chin —— antique or rough chin protests across russia. after a call from the opposition leader. pictures from moscow show people being detained and scuttles breaking out. the police say that nearly 500 people have been arrested in the capital alone including the opposition leader. they a

college in california, 1994, he graduated from spy college in moscow. he went to the fsb academy. after that he went to work at the oil company right up to when the government seized that oil company. he didn't have all that much of an impressive resume, but he was really well connected so he went from spy school to yukos to being deputy chairman of the biggest government-run bank in russia. it's a bank i think it's called spur bank. i don't know how else to say it. he was deputy chairman of the largest state run bank in russia from 2008 until last year. if the name of that bank is familiar to you from recent news, if you'll like you've seen that name recently, it's because on friday we learned that sper sbang in trouble in the united states. the federal prosecutor's office in new york that until recently was run by preet bharara. that prosecutor's office brought charges against sper bank, they brought criminal charges against them in conjunction with granite mining firm. you don't need to know all the details, but basically the bank is charged with helping to destroy an industry in rus

the trump campaign and moscow. part of that will be pushing director comey to publicly say, yes, the fbi is investigating this or, no, we are not. i think the chances of him doing that our next to zero, but they will be pushing him for that. host: and a sense, you are looking for some type of smoking gun. hate to use the word, but there it is. guest: exactly it whether or not they get it, i think they're probably realistic about that. they will be making a case to the american people that there is substantial enough evidence here to justify this investigation. host: if you want to ask questions, you can do so. fors& 202-748-8000 democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. independents, it is 202-748-8002 . you can comment on our twitter page, @cspanwj. will the director meet with members of the intelligence committee in private to discuss this information? guest: certainly. i think you'll see a lot of behind the scenes, behind closed doors, classified information between him and the committee appeared the director has briefed the leaders of the khamenei already, and i expect that w

philosophical of what is from moscow. it is not so much a territory y'all of ukraine. it is a traction as to what you get out there for the people to believe and at the same time do as much of the unfortunate as possible. it is a matter of principal. it is a matter of the of democratic principals versus a matter of authoritarianism, dictato dictatorship and how you wield power. there was some associated with it. there was traction associated with it. members of congress, presidents of the united states issued their particular statements. frankly speaking it culminated with a statement by george w. bush that said it was a crime against humanity. so the soviets having denied it for so long and only after a lot of the information started trickling out did they even knowledge that ka s what happens. it is the same thing fast forward 85 years from what is happening on eastern ukraine and crimea. nearly three years to the date the russians started invading crimea with quote unquote little green men. obviously no notion it was being done in terms of illegal annexation in ukraine. so

instructions. >> reporter: desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow, over and over again. finally, one official told him, simply, moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. >> reporter: vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in the basement, at a furnace, shoveling documents, as he hears demonstrations out on the street. >> they are burning the secret files so fast that the furnace is blowing up. >> reporter: putin torched thousands of pages of kgb documents and secrets, as the crowd closed in. with the fire still raging, putin went outside and faced the mob -- by himself. there are armed guards inside, he told them. they will shoot you. >> and he's able to bluff his way out of it and tell the crowd, don't try it here. you're going to get hurt. >> reporter: putin's threat worked. the mob dispersed. >> this is the drama that stays with putin all the time. the fear of popular uprising. ♪ >> reporter: vladimir putin quells that fear with absolute control. thi

, was withdrawn from washington on short notice because moscow feared his heavy involvement in the u.s. election operation, including the so-called veterans pensions ruse reported previouy. his heavy involvement in the u.s. election operation would be exposed in the media. so this senior russian diplomat working at the russian embassy, he gets taken out of the embassy. he gets fwraun the embassy in washington. he gets recalled to moscow. allegedly on account of him being exposable. him being exposed for his role if in n the russian operation against our presidential election. that reference to the bengs ruse. that's the reference by which the russian government paid for this operation. they did have to pay for it, right? it's about the way they got cash to pay hackers and other operatives to do the grount labor of this russian election attack. what we know about russian efforts to elect donald trump president it did not seem to be a super labor intensive process. it wasn't like an industrial process but you need people to do the work. you need, for example, people building and running

headquarters in moscow, over and over again. finally, one official told him, simply, moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. >> vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in the basement, at a furnace, shoveling documents, as he hears demonstrations out on the street. >> they are burning the secret files so fast that the furnace is blowing up. >> putin torched thousands of pages of kgb documents and secrets, as the crowd closed in. with the fire still raging, putin went outside and faced the mob. by himself. there are armed guards inside, he told them. they will shoot you. and he's able to bluff his way out and tell the crowd, don't try it here. you're going to get hurt. >> putin's threat worked. the mob dispersed. >> this is the drama that stays with putin all the time. the fear of popular uprising. ♪ ♪ >> vladimir putin quelled that fear with absolute control. this is what control looks like. in one of the world's busiest cities, the streets are emptied for vladimi

in defiance of the kremlin. the biggest protests were in moscow, where police say 500 people have been detained. bejing's favourite candidate, carrie lam, has become hong kong's new leader. but pro—democracy activists are angry over how the poll was conducted, denouncing it as a sham. and this video is trending on bbc.com. it was a very warm and energetic welcome for the chinese premier in new zealand, marking the 45th year of diplomatic relations between the two countries. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now it's time for reporters. welcome to reporters. i'm philippa thomas. from here in the world's newsroom, we send our correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the world. in this week's programme... football on the front line. richard conway reports on syria's world cup dreams, and asks whether soccer can help to unite a country at war. football coming back to syria provides the people with a chance to forget about their worries. at least for 90 minutes. the plight of the people of western mosul. orla guerin reports from the camps in iraq, stru

washington with a nuke just as we could destroy moscow with a nuke, just as we had destroyed two japanese cities already. it changed everything. we were not a monopoly power in terms of nuclear weapons from that point forward. russia went nuclear in the fall of 1949 and incidentally, very soon thereafter, by the spring of 1950, one of the scientists who worked on america's manhattan project confessed and was convicted of passing america's nuclear secrets to the soviets. so, yeah, that weapon that the soviets developed four years after us, that weapon that they developed and tested in 1949, it was a great equalizer between russia and the united states and changed everything in terms of the international balance of power. they had help from the united states in getting there. he was sentenced to 14 years in prison for that betrayal, for giving the soviets our nuclear secrets. last year, in february, in moscow, the russian government hosted something that they called info forum 2016. david ignatius, the national security columnist with the park ton post wrote about this earlier this year but

instructions. >> desperate for help, putin dialed kgb headquarters in moscow, over and over again. finally, one official told him, simply, moscow is silent. >> and i think it felt like a deep betrayal to him. >> vladimir putin was on his own. he went down into the bowels of the building and fired up the furnace. >> he finds himself in the basement, at a furnace, shoveling documents, as he hears demonstrations out on the street. >> they are burning the secret files so fast that the furnace is blowing up. >> putin torched thousands of pages of kgb documents and secrets, as the crowd closed in. with the fire still raging, putin went outside and faced the mob. by himself. there are armed guards inside, he told them. they will shoot you. and he's able to bluff his way out and tell the crowd, don't try it here. you're going to get hurt. >> putin's threat worked. the mob dispersed. >> this is the drama that stays with putin all the time. the fear of popular uprising. >> vladimir putin quelled that fear with absolute control. this is what control looks like. in one of the world's busiest

out how people feel about russian rule and sanctions. moscow insists that most of the people who live here are happy to be in russia. but not everyone is. and from the greatest show on earth — to a ghost town. six months after the rio 0lympics, the organisers tell wyre davies they were a missed opportunity. i feel that olympic games in brazil was not so successful, because legacy was not the number one. you might not think football was syria's biggest priority at the moment, but you would be surprised to hear the country still has a national football team, and it's competing for a place in next year's world cup. with the country at war, they can't play on home soil, but the national team is still giving many syrians a reason to come together. they played their first qualifying match against uzbekistan on thursday, and richard conway joined them as they trained for the game in malaysia. they are the nomads of world football. but syria's players are making friends on their travels. with their country at war, they must play home games on neutral ground. here in malaysia, the playe

moscow's man in washington will clarify what that was about. first latest from jim acosta. >> reporter: when then candidate donald trump delivered a foreign policy speech in washington last april, russian ambassador to the u.s. sergey kislyak was in the audience listening in as the real estate tycoon calld for better relations with the kremlin. >> i believe an easing of tensions, improved relss with russia from a position of strength only is possible, absolutely possible. >> reporter: three months later -- former campaign adviser j.d. gordon tells cnn he and foreign affairs correspondent, jill dougherty policy adviser carter page discussed u.s. russia relations with the ambassador. jared kush merer in and michael flynn also sat down with the ambassador at a previously undisclosed meeting at trump tower in december. now republicans are saying it's time for bhiswhite house offici to tell all. >> i think everybody ooh who's had any contact with the russians need to be in the practice of oversharing. >> reporter: the president pushed back about his campaign's contacts with the russians. >>

more from fred from moscow. the russian press trump ted trump, if you would like, what are they saying now? >> well, wasn't just the russian press, there were a lot of people here according to public opinion who felt at the time that donald trump would be a good president to -- for u.s. russia relations, at least from the perspective from the russians. it seems many russian politicians have, somewhat, cooled off i wouldn't say they make the president himself responsible for that. it was interesting because last week you had the prime minister of this country come forward and say they don't believe the lifting of sanctions against russia that were levied in the wake of the ukraine crisis with this new administration that the sanctions could disappear any time soon. it doesn't look as though people here believe that there can be a very quick positive diplomatic momentum between the u.s. and russia any more. at the same time you had one of the main pun dents is a good measure on what kremlin is thinking as well. he came forward and said, that he believes that donald trump, president trump

russia thing. the scheme did voof deutsche bank in moscow, but also in new york. interestingly also in cypress. stick a pin in that far sechlktd because of the new york connection, this giant money laundering scheme ended up in the obama justice department, when the russians looked into it, they fined deutsche $5,000 when loretta lynch looked into it. they fined $630 million. they took it slightly more seriously than the russians did. for the people at the top when these things happen though, it always seems to be sort of a soft landing, doesn't it? the offices involved in this russian scheme were in moscow and new york and cypress. when the last chairman of deutsche bank needed a new job after deutsche bank, where he landed was very softly as the chairman of the bank of cyprus. cyprus is a lovely place and a lovely part of the world. but in global finance, cypress is basically the locking black briefcase sbooch russian 'ol garks stuff their ill gotten gains before they handcuffed that briefcase to a henchman somewhere. this is where russian 'ol garks put their money. the bank chairman

cooperation between the two and syria. >> hailing closer ties between moscow and ankara, russian president vladimir putin offered a warm welcome to the turkish president. >> we are very happy connections between our countries are being reestablished quite quickly. we are actively working on solving the most acute crises in the world. first is the syrian one. >> relations between the two men weren't always so cordial. whenhit an all-time low turkey shut down a russian fighter jet after it had string to turkish airspace. thehe aftermath moscow band -- and halted agricultural imports, moves that hurt the turkish economy. moscow has yet to lift all the economic restrictions. at their meeting president erdogan urged russia to do so and restore visa free travel between the two countries. >> our expectation is to maintain reciprocal trust and expand dialogue on a political level. we expect russia to completely lift economic restrictions. way to achievey our $100 billion trade target. over thely at odds syrian war, the two countries have been core donating their military efforts against

introduce david reported for cnn, abc news and national public radio pic he's been in moscow, warsaw, rome and washington. former director of the voice of america and also our former walter roberts lecture for last year. this is another first to have last years lecture or moderating a discussion with years lecture. so a tradition we hope to continue, ambassador mcfaul. if your suggestions for next years speaker please do let us know. >> all right. >> let me tell you what the plan is. as you know we have c-span this year and we also are streaming on facebook live. in order to kind of cut down on comings and goings, ambassador mcfaul is going to speak for about 40 minutes and then followed by that there will be a moderate discussion led by trantwo and the new that we will take about 30 minutes for questions from the audience. we hope that you will feel free to tweet. the hashtag is mcfaul@gw. when you plug your phone to tweet please make sure it assignments otherwise you will be on c-span. so with no further ado, ambassador mcfaul, thank you so much. [applause] i don't know if i should've st

tomorrow's deadline in moscow, hundreds of people are arrested after the biggest opposition rallies in russia for years. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary amber rudd has increased pressure on internet companies in the wake of the westminster attack, warning them not to provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate. it's understood that khalid masood, who killed four people on wednesday, was using the secure whatsapp messaging service shortly before the attack began. our security correspondent gordon corera reports. are technology companies doing enough to combat terrorism? that was the question raised today, especially when it comes to encrypted communications. khalid masood was active on the messaging service whatsapp just before the attack. the company, part of facebook, says it is helping the authorities. but they can't pass on content of they messages, because even they do not have access to encrypted data. today, the home secretary said it was not good enough. we must make sure that organisations like whatsapp, and there are plenty of others like that

national public radio. he's been enough -- moscow, rome ,, and our former roberts lecturer from last year. we have last year's lecture moderating a discussion with this year's lecturer. a tradition we hope to continue, ambassador mcfaul. let me tell you what the plan is. you know, c-span is here, and we also -- we are streaming on facebook live. andut down on cummings goings, ambassador mcfaul is going to speak for about 40 minutes, and then followed by that there will be a moderated discussion led by david ensor, and that we believe about 30 minutes for questions from the and that we believe about 30 minutes for questions from the audience. we hope that you will feel free to tweet, theshtag is #mcfaulatgw. when youare tweeting, pull out your phone to tweet, silent,ake sure it is otherwise he will be on c-span. with no further do, ambassador mcfaul, thank you so much. -- ado, ambassador mcfaul, thank you so much. [applause] mcfaul: my thanks to janet steele and the institute for .ublic policy i first met michael mcfaul in moscow in nearly 1990's when he and a russian colleague set of the

ption protests held across the country. 500 are arrested in moscow. main opposition leader alexei navalny is among those detained. at least 18 people have been injured after an escalator malfunctioned at a shopping mall in hong kong. also in the next hour: the beginning of the end for mercedes' dominance of formula one? ferrari's sebastian vettel pips lewis hamilton to the chequered flag in the opening race of the season in melbourne — his first win since 2015. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary, amber rudd, has called on technology firms to allow access to encrypted material in terrorism cases. it's understood that the westminster attacker, khalid masood, used the whatsapp messaging service seconds before he killed four people last wednesday, but it's not known what was communicated. nick beake reports. whatsapp has just issued a statement. it reads... we are horrified at the attacks carried out in london earlier this week and we are cooperating with law enforcement as they continue their investigations. nick bea ke as they continue their investigations

reported for cnn, abc news and national public radio. he is been in moscow, warsaw, rome and washington. also our former walter roberts lecture from last year. lecturerlast year's moderating a discussion with this year's lecturer. if you have suggestions for next year speaker, let us know. let me tell you what the plan is. as you know, we have c-span here and we also are streaming on facebook live said to cut down on comings and goings, ambassador mcfaul is going to speak for about 40 minutes and followed by that there will be a moderate to russian led by david and we believe about 30 minutes for questions from the audience. we hope that you will feel free to tweet. mcfaul @ gw. when you point your phone, make sure it is on islands because otherwise you will be on the span. without further do, ambassador mcfaul, thank you so much. i don't know if i should have stayed there or come. anyway, my thanks to janet deal and the institute for public diplomacy and communication for asking me to join our distinguished speaker. i first met michael mcfaul in the early 90's when he and a russian col

him. but i wanted to introduce david, who reported for cnn, abc news and npr. he has been in moscow, warsaw, rome, in washington, former director of "voice of america" and our former walter roberts mutchler from last year. -- lecturer from leicester. -- from last year. a tradition we hope to continue. if you have suggestions for next year's speaker, please let us know. c-span is here. we are also streaming on facebook with. down on comings and goings, ambassador mcfaul will speak for about 40 minutes, then a moderated discussion led by david and about 20 minutes for questions from the audience. we hope you will feel free to --at please make sure your phone is silenced, because otherwise you will be on c-span. [laughter] ado, ambassador mcfaul. thank you so much. [applause] >> my thanks to janet and the global policy mitigations for inviting me to join our distinguished today. i first met michael mcfaul in moscow in the early 1990's when he and a russian colleague set up at the moscow carnegie center. we were watching the dramatic events as boris yeltsin killed off coming as an, the

rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening. >>> in 1980, the summer olympics was held in moscow. even if you were an old person like me and you were an old enough person in the year 1980 to conceivably have memories of those olympic games, if you're an american, there's a reason why you don't have memories of those olympic games. and it's because the united states boycotted those olympics in protest of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. u.s. president jimmy carter let a boycott of the moscow olympics in 1980. it wasn't just us. it l matly the u.s. led a coalition of 65 countries that did not go to the olympics in moscow that year. and then, incidentally, it was pitiful four years later the olympics were held in los angeles four years later in 1984, moscow decided they would lead their own international boycott of the united states hosting the olympic games as retaliation for what happened to them in 1980. but the united states had, again, led a coalition of 65 countries for the boycott of moscow. the soviet union basically just got themselves and their little sphere of influenc

me now from moscow and drama playing out on capitol hill. it seems you struggled to find anyone that hasn't had a meeting with the russian ambassador. how is this playing out as for as the kremlin is concerned? >> i think that's precisely the kremlin's point that the ambassador in washington was doing what he should be doing which was getting out and having meetings particularly in an election year, meeting with people from the campaign's -- with a view to -- for help moscow better understand what may be coming from either campaign and therefore for them to -- you know, for the kremlin to formulate better. they are caught up in an intense internal political fighting within the united states. they deny, of course, any accusation that they were involved in -- in trying to interfere and influence the outcome of the election in hacking the dnc computers. they say that's not what they do. they don't interfere into the affairs of other countries. but where it impacts russia today is that you know, they feel here in russia that they're trying to sort of maintain some patience, the wait for

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for europe. russia. germany's new foreign minister is on his first official visit to moscow. despite ongoing disagreements on subjects like ukraine, it looks as though the two countries are preparing, at least, for a fresh start. russian president vladimir putin invited foreign minister sigma got real -- sigmar gabriel for talks in moscow. we want to go now to our correspondent, following the visit. he joins us tonight in moscow. hello to you. what more do we know about this visit? we are hearing a lot about the need for straightforward and constructive relationships. >> good evening. this was meant to be essentially a photo op. this is the kremlin advising got real -- gabriel beyond his talks with the foreign minister. after keeping him for over one hour, they spoke for nearly two hours, way more than the half-hour scheduled. we heard from putin that he wants the full normalization of relations and he invited angela merkel to moscow. brent: those things sound nice, but they do not wipe away the problem areas. that is the conflict with ukraine and the situation with nato. did we hear

moscow next. >>> the state department is condemning the kremlin for arrests of hundreds. thousands of people hit the streets in moscow and nearly 100 russian cities and towns. alexey navalny opposition leader detained after a well known critic was shot and killed. let's get to fred for the very latest. fred you yourself were caught up in these protests, huh? >> reporter: yeah, absolute lichly. we walked along with the crowds in central moscow and could see how many people were being arrested in that demonstration. it seemed as though the police had what i would call was a no tolerance or zero tolerance policy. anybody who chanted against the government or a sign got arrested. we got pushed around while we were trying to do some reporting from the scene and that was really one of the things we did see a lot of. turnout was a lot bigger, but a lot of folks hauled into the vans and detained, many not released yesterday. >> speaking out against vladimir putin has become a deadly thing. what's the latest on alexey navalny who led the protests? >> he was taken into detention before he could

including a noted critic of president vladimir putin. live in moscow next. >>> the state department claiming the kremlin for protesters including a key proponent. the detention of opposition leader alexi valni coming less than a week after a shooting of another -- let's bring in, we understand you got caught up in this as well. >> reporter: yes, it was certainly a lot bigger than anticipated. when the rally got underway there were a lot of cops on the street to keep that from getting started. police dogs were all there, a lot of people were detained and we actually did get caught up in some of that scrum as well. here is what happened. >> reporter: there's a massive p presence at these protests and time and again we are seeing this protesters pushing back with the police making arrests. >> reporter: as you can see there a lot of scrum going on and indead dea lot of people crested around 500, the numbers are saying around 700 detained. the opposition leader has not yet been released from detention. he apparently has his court date today. this comes when the safety of the opposition i

moscow bureau chief. we keep learning new details about the russian ambassador meeting with top aides to trump. he keeps denying there's any -- but don't you want to know why so many contacts and what were the meetings about. >> weren't you intrigued about who this donald trump guy was and whether or not he could win? the russians, he was just as much of a puzzle to them. how many asked me, is he for real, what is he going to do? could he win? is he a caricature, he's not a normal american politician and explain same thing in russian so they could get confirmation. some of this goes on -- getting secret instructions, i doubt it. >> explains the russian side about it. just because they want to learn about it doesn't mean they must meet with them. doesn't explain why the folks on the trump side wanted to meet as well. >> this is the black box. still not had a serious explanation from donald trump about his intrigue with russia. what does he want to do? does he want to do it? does he like russian souls? want to do it because it's contrary? like putin because everyone in american es

end of another week here, there are certainly more questions being raised about moscow and they are not just about from democrats. from republicans as well. that's what donald trump is facing as he heads off to florida later today. christina and dave? >> all right, jeff zeleny, another busy day and night for jeff. so, with the attorney general recused what happens next? for now the acting attorney general deputy attorney general will over see any investigations or prosecutions related to the trump campaign. but he may choose to appoint a special prosecutor to probe the trump campaign and its ties with russia. for that, three conditions must be met. that a criminal investigation is warranted, that the current probe presents a conflict of interest, and that an outside investigator is in the public interest. who would determine if these conditions have been met? attorney general jeff sessions. >> so, another option is being floated by some democrats reviving the old independent counsel law under which the attorney general asks a three-judge panel to name an independent counsel. that la

than he will respect me. >> i with us in moscow a couple months ago. you know, i own the miss universe pageant. they treated me so great. putin even sent me a president. beautifupresent with a beautiful note. >> i got to know him very well. we were on "60 minutes." >> we did "60 minutes" together. by the way, not together, together. meaning he was probably shot in moscow and i was shot in new york. >> i spoke directly and indirectly with president putin who could not have been nicer. >> i don't know putin. i never met putin. this is not my best friend. >> just some of the questions and answers over the last few years. two weeks ago "the new york times" reported there are four people, trump associates who the fbi is closely examined over potential contacts with russian intelligence officials during the campaign season. all four men have strongly denied improper contact with russian officials. although they aren't telling all of them the same story. tonight our own chris hayes introduces us to those four, starting with former trump campaign adviser roger stone. >> i'm wondering how you w

in moscow. among those detained is the country's main opposition leader. sinn fein says it's the "end of the road" on power—sharing in northern ireland, as talks break down ahead of tomorrow's deadline. and england take the lead over lithuania at wembley in their world cup qualifier thanks to a second half goal from jamie vardy. they have beaten lithuania. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary, amber rudd, has increased pressure on internet companies in the wake of the westminster attack, warning them not to provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate. it's understood that khalid masood, who killed four people on wednesday, was using the secure whatsapp messaging service shortly before he began his murderous rampage. it is not known what was communicated. whatsapp says it is cooperating with the authorities. 0ur correspondent jonny dymond reports. has the freedom to say what you want online and keep it private run into our need for security in an age of terror? khalid masood was active on the messaging network whatsapp just before he started his murderou

london and 2am in moscow where thousands of russians have been taking part in anti—corruption rallies across the country in defiance of the kremlin. the biggest protests were in the russian capital, where police say 500 people have been detained. they included the opposition leader, alexei navalny, who'd called for the demonstrations. the rallies are the biggest seen in russia for at least five years. from moscow here's our correspondent steve rosenberg. there were moments today when moscow resembled a battlefield. russian riot police broke up an anti—government protest, on what was a day of demonstrations across russia. in moscow, they detained more than 500 people. earlier, police had poured into the city centre, warning that the protest was illegal. still, thousands of people packed into pushkin square, to accuse the russian government of corruption. the level of corruption is too high in russia right now, and every single citizen understands it. it's hard to live in corruption atmosphere. i have children, grandchildren, and i can't breathe in this. these people have come out to

magazine, david remnick. we are live in moscow with a closer look at the kgb background of one vladimir putin and we'll have the latest on what is happening on the investigative front in washington but first some breaking news on this front just in from the "new york times" this evening. new reporting tonight about what the obama administration learned in its final days about russian interference in the presidential election and the remarkable steps it took to protect the evidence from the incoming administration. this piece again just out in the last hour, the "new york times" reporting that as the obama administration learned more about these possible contacts between russia and close associates of donald trump during the campaign the white house tried to spread the investigation it was gathering to as many government agencies as possible in part to prevent the incoming trump administration from finding, covering up, or destroying the evidence. joining us now, one of the reporters who broke the story tonight, it's a triple byline piece in the "times," matthew rosenberg is wit

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