this is your news live from berlin no straining i'm just cyberattack prime minister scott morrison says a strike by his doctor is targeting public services governments and businesses is not naming the culprit suspicions are falling on china also coming up explosive allegations against donald trump a new book by former national security advisor john bolton claims the us president asked china to help him win reelection in november. german prosecutors say it was the russian government that ordered the contract killing of a georgian man in a building pocket last year moscow threatens to retaliate if germany moves to punish russia for the murder. and sending them messages by sea and by air campaigns by north koreans if it does in the south of angered pyongyang causing tensions on the peninsula to spike me one defector who says no not at the risk he won't be start. a great welcome a malicious cyber attack by a sophisticated stay. astride the as prime minister has held a briefing to warn the country of specific risks as a broad ongoing attack gathers pace scott morrison says all levels of gove

morrison is not giving too much away but what more do we know about the scenario. he's not giving much away that's right but it was an urgent press conference that the prime minister did cole and brought i morning to tell the australian public that several organizations around the country being hacked or state based sophisticated and state is trying to hack into these organizations and it's across the board on levels of government scott morrison says from health and education through to critical infrastructure organize ations and this is something that the prime minister says is happening more frequently and on a lot just what a lot just he said that the reason why he was announcing it to the public wasn't you can so concerned them but to stifle all of those organizations they should be making sure that they have the critical infrastructure in place to thwart an attack but of course the big question here is who is behind this and already many analysts are pointing to the potential of china being the likely source all these threats interesting lee much of the rhetor

morrison stopped short of saying exactly who's behind it he wouldn't be drawn on whether the attacks are part of australia's increasingly hostile rift with china what i simply can confirm is there are not a large number of state by state actors that can engage in this type of activity and it is created by strongly advise that we have received that this has been done by i started by step with very very significant type abilities little gauge our correspondent is in canberra she says a cyber attacks that hit all levels of government. from health and education through to critical infrastructure organize ations and this is something that the prime minister says is happening more frequently and on a lot just scale he said that the reason why he was announcing it to the public wasn't to concern them but to say for all of those organizations they should be making sure that they have the critical infrastructure in place to thwart an attack but of course the big question here is who is behind this and already many analysts are pointing to the potential of china being the watch source all thes

is reporting that federal agencies believe china is to blame here some of what scott morrison had to say. we know he does a sophisticated study by saw the actor because of the sky will and nature of the targeting and the try craft used there are not a lodge number of state by state actors the can engage in this type of activity and it is created by strongly advise that we have received that this has been done by i started by stacked with very very significant type abilities. or earlier we spoke with josh keller he's a technology and politics reporter with the guardian australia and melbourne he says that a range of cyber attacks have been going on for a while against australia we want to know why the government has chosen this particular time to make the statement. this is an ongoing issue we businesses and government targets particularly not keeping up state with we making sure that they're on top of this our securities are not vulnerabilities not making sure that the cheaper authentication not making sure that their systems are secure and that makes them want to attacks like these

the australian prime minister scott morrison says major cyber attacks are taking place targeting government institutions and agencies involved in the country's critical infrastructure. he's just been holding a news conference. and we hope to speak to our correspondence to bring us up—to—date but first they want to renew a couple more details from that press conference. he has not said who is carrying out this cyber attack but saying it is a sophisticated state—based actor, so a country but declined to name any specific country, said the cyber attack itself is affecting all levels of government, industry, political organisations, education, health, essential service providers, and operators of other critical infrastructure. soa other critical infrastructure. so a major cyber attack taking place across a wide range of institutions there in australia and as we get more details of that cyber attack we will bring it to you here on abc world news. —— bbc world news. in the us, the supreme court has ruled against the trump administration. at the heart of the case is the fate of hundreds

morrison says a sophisticated state based actor is behind the campaign but stopped short of identifying the culprits there's speculation the attacks may be part of a growing rift with china but morrison did not confirm that. simply confirm is there not a large number of state by state as they can engage in this type of activity and it is created by strongly advise that we have received that this has been done by i started by stichter with very very significant type abilities taken to gauges in the australian capital camber and she says the attack is widespread. from health and education through to critical infrastructure organize ations and this is something that the prime minister says is happening more frequently and on a lot just scale and he said the reason why he was announcing it to the public wasn't to concern them but to say for all of those organizations they should be making sure that they have the critical infrastructure in place to thwart an attack but of course the big question here is who is behind this and already many analysts are pointing to the potential of china being

after a warning from its jolly spy agencies prime minister scott morrison addressed the nation based on advice provided to me by now cyber experts astray and organizations are currently being targeted by sophisticated state by state sought after sophisticated continuing and widespread targeting everything from all levels of government and political organizations to health education and critical infrastructure the government says cyber experts identified it as a state by stop because of the technique and scale of the. you could describe it as malicious and that is why now. when its leaders need to be right but morrison reassured saying they didn't appear to be any large scale breaches of people's posts no information it's a form of ice maciek warfare. information wolf and the. scouts ran the usual declarations of hostilities in the a dedication of who's doing the attack and a lot of it is about denials cyber attacks but the government says they are increasing in frequency and scale it won't say which state it believes was behind the attack but it comes at a time of heightened tensions

help to keep the issues at the forefront of people's minds and that's something that scott morrison probably doesn't want he doesn't want the treatment of indigenous peoples to attract from the other things he wrote i'm talking about so the black lives matter really exactly hopeful in that respect well scott morrison as you say is not keen to have this conversation he's also now advising people to avoid these anti-racism rallies that we've been saying he's saying out of concern for corona virus spread whereas public sentiment and movement now well the there are some very. last week an australia which took place against public health advice so i guess it's a sign of the depth of public figure and. one can only imagine how big those really smart have been and taken place at a time where that public health concern wasn't present dominic isola been there an associate professor of political science at charles that university great to get your insights a hand out of there thanks for joining us thank you. venezuela's opposition leader says he doesn't recognize the appointment of a team that will ov

morrison's press conference seem to be more aimed at the international community rather than the astray in public he was saying that needs to protect its soul for and its national interest and he stopped short of bringing china into this he said that he wouldn't be saying who the government thought was behind this but of course this comes at a time of heightened tensions between cound and beijing there have been trade issues in the agricultural sector where the beijing and chinese government have been putting trade sanctions on bali imports so interesting way this is really raising the focus on beijing and it's. a relationship even though we don't know who was behind this attack. david. protection specialist. unlikely. that it's aimed at the moment to have been preparatory a sort of a probing a tech trying to identify public facing web services there's a particular to. being identified called tarryl teller rick at the front end of certain sorts of websites this is so it's not really designed to do anything in particular at the moment it's designed to get into to find where the chinks in

morrison says a sophisticated state based actor is behind the campaign but stopped short of identifying the culprit the speculation the attacks may be part of a growing rift with china but morrison did not confirm that what i simply can confirm is there are not a large number of state by state actors that can engage in this type of activity and it is clear by strongly advised that we have received that this has been done by i started by stick to with very very significant type abilities make a gauge is in camera and she explains just how widespread the attack is. from health and education through to critical infrastructure organize ations and this is something that the prime minister says is happening more frequently and on a lot just scale and he said the reason why he was announcing it to the public wasn't to concern them but to say for all of those organizations they should be making sure that they have the critical infrastructure in place to thwart an attack but of course the big question here is who is behind this and already many analysts are pointing to the potential of china bei

after warning from its jolly spy agencies prime minister scott morrison addressed the nation by stern advice provided to me by now cyber experts astray and organizations are currently being targeted by sophisticated state by state sought after sophisticated continuing and widespread targeting everything from all levels of government and political organizations to health education and critical infrastructure the government says cyber experts identified it as a state by stop because of the technique and scale of the attack you could describe it as malicious and that is why now. awareness leaders need to be right but morrison reassured astroland saying they didn't appear to be any large scale breaches of people's posts no information it's a form of ice maciek wolf. information wolf and the. scouts ran the usual declarations of hostilities and the identification of who's doing the attack and a lot of it is about denials cyber attacks but the government says they are increasing in frequency and scale it won't say which state it believes was behind the attack but it comes at a time of heigh

morrison says a sophisticated state based actor is behind the campaign but didn't say who he thought is a culprit is speculation the attacks may be part of a growing rift with china but morrison did not confirm that what are simply confirm is there are not a large number of state by state actors that can engage in this type of activity and it is created by strongly advise that we have received that this has been done by i started by step with very very significant type abilities nicola gauges in the australian capital camera she says the attack is widespread. from health and education through to critical infrastructure organize ations and this is something that the prime minister says is happening more frequently and on a lot just scale and he said the reason why he was announcing it to the public wasn't to concern them but to say for all of those organizations they should be making sure that they have the critical infrastructure in place to thwart an attack but of course the big question here is who is behind this and already many analysts are pointing to the potential of china bein

and prime minister scott morrison says the country is under attack from the foreign state. he says all levels of government critical infrastructure and essential services are being targeted australia's public broadcaster reports that federal agencies believe china is behind the attack. and russia's ambassador to germany says moscow will react just barely and takes punitive action. against russia over the killing of a former chechen rebel in berlin last year on thursday german prosecutors accused moscow of having zelin can can cause a feeling murdered in broad daylight in a park in the german capital. this is d w news from berlin there's more on our website d.w. dot com you can follow us on instagram and twitter our handle there is news i'm sarah green thanks for watching. i'm scared that my work hard and in the end this is a me you're not allowed to steal any more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers we're alliance of. what's your story ready. i mean when i was in women especially in victims of violence. take part.

prime minister scott morrison says a sophisticated state—based actor is behind the attack, but didn't say which country was responsible. mr morrison told a news conference in canberra that the intrusions had been intensifying in recent months. this activity is targeting a range of sectors, including government, industry, political organisations, education, health, essential service providers and operators of other critical infrastructure. it is a sophisticated state—based cyber actor because of the scale and nature of the targeting and the tradecraft used. those who are engaged in this are not doing this to help us — that's certainly not their intention — and so, you could describe it as malicious. 0ur correspondent in sydney, phil mercer, has more details on the attacks. well, the prime minister, scott morrison, giving a fairly lengthy press conference about these cyberattacks that apparently stretched back many months. —— apparently stretch back many months. the prime minister, though, not giving details on who he thinks may be responsible — he was asked in this press co

morrison stopped short of saying exactly who was behind it he wouldn't be drawn on whether the attacks are part of australia's increasingly hostile rift we have china what i simply can confirm is there are not a large number of state by state actors that can engage in this type of activity and it is created by strongly advise that we have received that this has been done by i started by stacked up with very very significant type abilities let's bring it down to 0 as nicola gage who is live from canberra of via skype the strain is capital nicola what more do we know about this cyber attack well this was brought to the attention of a strangely and by the prime minister's morrison in an urgent press conference which is quite chilling in it so some analysts are already saying well maybe this press conference was more directed at the international community robert than a strike against well this is going to hades but in that press conference he did say that right now several organizations are being targeted by what he called a sophisticated state based. to act and this is to tackle and go m

the prime minister scott morrison giving a fairly lengthy press conference about these cyber attacks that a p pa re ntly these cyber attacks that apparently stretch back many months. the prime minister, though, not giving specific details on who he thinks may have been responsible. was asked in this press conference if he thought china, whose relationship with australia has been fairly testy and recent times, could have been responsible. in response to the prime minister saying that there are many other state—based actors, what he means there is foreign governments and other foreign institutions who have the capabilities to carry out these sort of attacks that, as we say, have been going back many, many months, targeting all levels of australian government, political parties and also the health and education sectors as well as the business community as well. so the prime minister speaking out today, in his words, to raise awareness of what he says has been an intensification of these cyber attacks in recent times. so what about people's personal data? according to the pm there has

morrison stopped short of saying exactly who's behind it he wouldn't be drawn on whether the attacks are part of australia's increasingly hostile rift with china. new president over easter day is he me has been sworn in saying he'll work to reunite a country isolated after years of violent repression he was declared the winner of last month's election and had to take power earlier than planned after the sudden death of his predecessor. malcolm where possible. during these new president at a recent die she may have been sworn in 2 months earlier than expected. you know who his predecessor own currencies are died last week and had we ready been declared the winner of an election last month. today i want to announce that we are entering a new change and what we have started today it's a win against those who want to destabilize. a fight that was also fought by the late president. is 15 year rule ended with his sudden death the government said he had a heart attack many suspect he died from covert 19 he had no policies to slow the spread of the virus. crowds of thousands gathered at camp

australia's prime minister scott morrison has apologized for comments he made denying the country has a history of slavery is remarks on good indigenous australians as well as descendants of pacific islanders who say their ancestors work for little or no pay on sugar plantations morris says he did not mean to cause offense i've always said we need to look at our history one of the comments i was referring to was to how the new south wales settlement was 1st established and the views that were communicated to tom informing the new south wales colony and you go back to people like william wilberforce and others that were very involved in that 1st fleet expedition and one of the principles was to be the destroyer in that case new south wales was was not to have slavery dominico sullivan is associate professor of political science at university he says many australians are not aware of their pasts. many countries in the world australia doesn't know that history terribly well and it has a habit of. think using nice bit of a history of history that doesn't want to cause it could cause tensi

scott morrison stopped short of saying exactly who's behind it he says the attacks are targeting all levels of government as well as industry that argentina is expected to extend restrictions around its capital as corona virus infections the rise latin america is currently the epicenter but so far as whether the pandemic better than many of its neighbors those are the headlines here on al-jazeera after inside story next. once again the korean peninsula is on the edge north korea says it will send troops to the demilitarized border and resume military drills after it blew up a liaison office meant to facilitate talks just how bad is it this time and can the tension be contained this is inside story. hello i'm come all sons of maria it was just 2 years ago when the leaders of north korea and south korea agreed to work towards peace they signed a pact to stop crossbow to haul stay.

shery: scott morrison will be speaking in a moment. what are we expecting him to address? paul: he is unlikely to address this matter. that is not to say he won't. do with parts to of an annual event for the committee of economic development in australia, called the state of the nation. he is going to announce an infrastructure project, $1 billion of infrastructure building. this is all aimed at kickstarting the economy post coronavirus lockdown. and it is likely a list of other projects will be fast-track, aiming to support more than 60,000 jobs. this conference, normally happens in person. this year, it will be entirely online. shery: paul allen there in sydney with the latest. let's get a check of the latest headlines.ash the richest man in asia has added more backers to his ever-increasing roster of investors. tpg will take a $600 million stake in the geo platforms. around 1% of the company. it is a digital arm of reliance industries and has whole -- has sold 22% in stakes to buyers including facebook and silverlake, valuing the company at around $65 billion. then stat

morrison says the country is being targeted by a sophisticated cyber attack he wouldn't say who's behind it but there are suspicions it's part of a growing rift with china what i simply can confirm is there are not a large number of state by state actors that can engage in this type of activity and it is created by strongly advise that we have received that this has been done by i start by stacked with very very significant type abilities the clear gauges in the australian capital of camber and she says the attack is widespread. from health and education through to critical infrastructure organize ations and this is something that the prime minister says is happening more frequently and on a lot just scale and he said that was the reason why he was announcing it to the public wasn't to concern them but to say for all of those organizations they should be making sure that they have the critical infrastructure in place to thwart an attack but of course the big question here is who is behind this and already many analysts are pointing to the potential of china being the watch source all the

that is not with the prime minister, scott morrison, has said but that is clearly what is being implied. because of the sophistication of the attack and the fa ct sophistication of the attack and the fact the ft reports that has been over many months and targeted governments and political organisations, business, education, so organisations, business, education, so given the sophistication and the range of the attack, they believe china is the culprit. it does make sense because this is at a time of ratcheting tensions between china and australia, after australia called for an investigation to the origins of coronavirus in wuhan and china has started a mini tariff war with the australians, retaliating for their support of taiwan. there is been sabre rattling between australia and china, so i think that probably explains why some of the experts have referred —— inferred that. -- inferred that. let's have a look at the indian paper the weekend business standard. the clash between chinese and indian soldiers, killed 20. prime minister modi says no one entered the territory. what we thi

a strain is prime minister scott morrison has apologized for comments he made denying the country has a history of slavery as calm and sang at the civic islanders whose ancestors worked on the sugar plantations for little or no pay those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera it's a.j. selects by june 1976 days they redrew the map of the middle east america to victoria of the me and it was one of the greatest tragedy in the history of islam 50 years later al-jazeera expose the events leading to the war and its consequences which is still felt today we tried everything we went to the united nations and tried mediation is contacts through different countries and it was clear that all this was she knew of the rule in june. that all of us led the islam has in never. missed it.

after a warning from its jolly spy agencies prime minister scott morrison addressed the nation based on advice provided to me by now cyber experts astray and organizations are currently being targeted by sophisticated state by state saw the act of sophisticated continuing and widespread targeting everything from all levels of government and political organizations to health education and critical infrastructure the government says cyber experts identified it as a state by stop because of the technique and scale of the attack you could describe it as malicious and that is why now. when its leaders need to be right but morrison reassured saying they didn't appear to be any large scale breaches of people's posts no information it's a form of ice maciek warfare. information wolf and the. scouts ran the usual declarations of hostilities and the identification of who's doing the attack and a lot of it is about denials cyber attacks but the government says they are increasing in frequency and scale it won't say which state it believes was behind the attack but it comes at a time of heighten

dictated cyberattack scott morrison stopped short of saying who's behind it the fact is having all levels of government central services and critical infrastructure. the nigerian military says it's killed several boko haram leaders in a series of airstrikes on a village in the northeast of the country itself and it was reportedly being used as a training ground for fighters. all right let's get more on our top story the spying charges against those 2 canadians and china because we now to steve simon who's the director of the china institute at soas university of london joins us on skype from not him steve welcome to the program seems pretty evident this is a tit for tat situation. it is very much tact situation but i will go a bit further i think it is really demonstrating how important wall boy actually company. to the chinese government they are prepared to go shall bar to support. right and so what is the process now in terms of the legal proceedings and how long will it take and what chance is there of things developing the being any kind of a political exchange. well the chinese gove

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now to some other stories making headlines around the world today australian prime minister scott morrison has warned protesters not to attend rallies over the death of george floyd protests have already taken place in several cities in australia and more are planned for the weekend authorities say they risk spreading the coronavirus. there have been violent protests in mexico's 2nd largest city over the death of a man in police custody the man died in early may and video of his arrest has been circulating on social media human rights groups have documented numerous examples of brutality and abuse of power among the mexican police. the un has designated today world environment day as part of efforts to encourage where news of global heating and the need to stop climate change the coronavirus pandemic has led to a huge reduction in pollution in greenhouse gases in some regions says economic activity is suspended to prevent the spread of the disease but not all environmentalists are optimistic about what this could mean for the future of our planet. the tagline for this year's wild environme

in other news australia's foreign minister scott morrison has apologized for comments he made denying the country has a history of slavery is remarks on good indigenous australians as well as descendants of pacific islanders will say their ancestors worked for little or no pay on sugar plantations morrison says he did not mean to cause offense i've always said we need to look at our history one of the comments i was referring to was to how the new south wales settlement was 1st established and the views that were communicated the tom informing the new south wales colony if you go back to people like william wilberforce and others they were very involved in that 1st fleet expedition and one of the principles was to be the destroyer in that case new south wales was was not to have slavery dominico solvent is associate professor of political science at charles sturt university he says many australians are not aware of their past. many countries in the world australia doesn't know its history terribly well and it has a habit of. thinking nice bits of it history of its history that it does

now to some other stories making news around the world australian prime minister scott morrison has warned protesters not to attend rallies over the death of george floyd protests have already taken place in several cities and more are planned for the weekend authorities say they risk spreading the coronavirus. there's been violent protests in mexico's 2nd largest city over the death of a man in police custody the man died in early may and video of his arrest has been circulating on social media human rights groups have documented numerous examples of brutality and abuse of power among the mexican police. the clock is still ticking for u.k. and even negotiators trying to seal a post bragg's it trade deal by the end of this year a 4th round of talks is expected to end today with little progress for many companies in the u.k. already struggling because of the pandemic the failure to reach a deal would be a serious blow as we report the u.k. car industry could be especially hard hit. production at press markets only slowly starting again normally 90 people were in the heart of england supplyi

after warning from the spy agencies prime minister scott morrison address the nation by storm advice provided to me by now cyber experts astray and organizations are currently being targeted by sophisticated state by state sauber after. sophisticated continuing and widespread targeting everything from all levels of government and political organizations to health education and critical infrastructure the government says cyber experts identified it as a state by stock because of the technique and scale of the attack you could describe it as malicious and that is why now. when its leaders need to be right but morrison reassure destroyed saying they didn't appear to be any large scale breaches of people's personal information it's a form of ice maciek warfare. information warfare and the. scouts ran the usual declarations of hostilities and the identification of his during the attack and a lot of it is about denials cyber attacks on new but the government says they are increasing in frequency and scale it won't say which state it believes was behind the attack but it comes at a time of

morrison stopped short of saying exactly who he thinks is behind it. what i simply can confirm is there are not a large number of state by state actors that can engage in this type of activity and it is created by strongly advise that we have received that this has been done by i start by stick with very very significant type abilities mexico has reported a wreck or daily rise in the number of corona virus cases more than 5600 new infections and been confirmed in the last 24 hours that brings the total to just under 166000 official say the figure is likely much higher due to a lack of testing in nigeria is officially polio free it's been almost 6 years since it registered a case of wild polio virus in the last 30 years the number of polio cases worldwide has formed by 99 percent as the headlines. get you back to witness. the day to. bad. men which. i think. that the mere fact that. you cannot look this up. at bethel mclarty. hate that he met gun at you clodagh you have let you know who had it and also believed to have the right to get a job it may get

here's some of the other stories making news this hour australian prime minister scott morrison says the country is under a cyber attack from a foreign state. he says all levels of government critical infrastructure and essential services are being targeted marson described the attack us sophisticated and malicious declined to name the culprits. and with brazil's covert 19 epidemic continues to spread according to the ministry of health the country will soon top 1000000 confirmed infections and 50000 deaths brazil is harm to the world's worst outbreak outside of the us. a german run ship has risky 90 people from a sinking being in the mediterranean some people aboard the sea watch 3 are being treated for chemical burns off to being contaminated by a mix of fuel and salt water on board the small boat it's unclear where the migrants will be taken. that. german federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian man suspected of gunning down a form of chechen rebel fighter in berlin last year they say that moscow ordered the killing the alleged hit job strained relations bet

scott morrison speaking in canberra. over to the first word news's. president trump rejecting an overhaul of law enforcement. , saying he is finalizing an executive order that would require quote force with compassion. woulded the government ensure police are properly trained. and attacks on the federal reserve, saying he sees a better picture than jerome powell. criticism coming after powell the president applauding the decision to hold interest rates. crude's recent rise driven by opec cuts and easing of virus lockdowns. stockpiles at a record and demand seen as weak. too many people are too optimistic that covid-19 will be a short-term issue. the u.k. and the european union accelerating trade negotiations amid fears brexit talks headed for collapse. five more rounds are kicking off at the end of the month. the prime minister has repeatedly threatened to abandon the process if he does not win an acceptable deal. out that, britain will rule an extension on friday. >> we will get more on u.s. efforts to reopen the economy. mnuchin says there is no cha

morrison says his country is under cyber attack from a foreign state based actor he says all levels of government infrastructures and essential services are being targeted under this ongoing attack australia's probably public broadcasters supporting that intelligence services believe china is behind it sic he is targeting. russia's ambassador to germany says moscow will react if berlin takes punitive action over the killing of a former chechen rebel in berlin last year german prosecutors say moscow ordered the shooting of salman khan conduct really and have filed murder charges against a russian suspect. it's the china now that country has reported $25.00 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital beijing saying that it now has the latest outbreak under control authorities activated lockdown measures after the virus was spread at a food market earlier this week but critics are increasingly questioning how beijing is dealing with the crisis and how it's further suppressing any dissent about his falls. few in china have felt the economic impact of the coronavirus as much as migrant w

scott morrison is set to give a keynote speech later on today. the government will spend 270 billion australian dollars in defense capability of the next decade. billion fromm 195 the nation's previous strategic overhaul in 2016. the spending will include a purchase of agm 158, long-range anti-ship missiles from the u.s. make -- maybe. that will triple the range of its maritime strike capability. >> is australia focusing more on its immediate border right now? what is the reasoning behind that? >> this announcement does market shift in strategic focus since the 2016 defense white paper. that document had an eye on australia joining missions around the world for what it called the rules-based order. think aerial support for the u.s. coalition in syria and iraq, for instance. this pivots back to its own backyard. the northeast indian ocean, southeast asia, pop in new guinea. australia will remain prepared to make military contributions outside of our immediate reason -- region. certainly, china's increased activity in the region, not just in the so

morrison stopped short of saying exactly who's behind it he would be drawn on whether the attacks are part of australia's increasingly hostile rift with china. mexico's reported a record rise in the number of proto virus cases more than $5600.00 new infections brings the total number to just under 166000 officials say the figure is likely to be much higher due to a lack of testing and former child soldiers are helping to stop the spread of covert 19 in central african republic the drilling wells and promoting hygiene in rural villages alongside unicef the u.n. children's agency says the project just supporting the rescued former fighters rehabilitation those are the headlines here on al-jazeera back with more news in half an hour we continue with al-jazeera world do stay with us. our women equal to men. absolutely we are all human beings and there's no difference as to what the crown prince. how can i help you know 5 years in terms of opening up saudi arabia and i think especially what you've done for women committed to empowering it's use empowering women you know your. uncle feel so

australia's prime minister says the country has been targeted by a sophisticated cyber attack that scott morrison stopped short of saying who is behind it it is hitting all levels of government essential services and critical infrastructure u.s. secretary of state michael impale has accused former national security adviser john bolton of being a traitor is reacting to bolton's new book says charm try to enlist foreign leaders to win reelection and the u.s. president has suffered a setback after the supreme court blocked his plans to end a program that protects immigrant children known as dream is from deportation the move gives young people in the country illegally a temporary way in and the nigerian military says it's killed several high ranking book coram leaders in a series of airstrikes on a village in the northeast of the country the settlement was reportedly being used as a training ground for fighters. those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming out next year it's 101 east say at this. tree of tensions could cause global economic growth point $700000000000.00 we bring you the sto

australian prime minister scott morrison says the country is under cyberattack, a foreign state-based actor, and all levels of government infrastructure and essential services are targeted. austro is public service broadcast reported intelligence agencies believe china is behind the attack. china has reported 25 new credit mice cases in the capital of beijing but says it -- new coronavirus cases in beijing but says it has the outbreak under control. stretch lotto measures after the virus emerged at a food market this week but critics -- strict lockdown measures after the virus emerged this week critics are criticizing. >> few half of the impact is much as migrant workers. a day laborer usually works on construction sites, but the building sector took a hit from the coronavirus oututbreak. >> finding a job is harder now than it was. there are more protective regulations, like social distancing rules. but we have survived the worst months of the pandemic. >> at private job centers, postings on the windows show how the job market has taken a hit. wages are declining the equivalent of $20

after warning from its jolly spy agencies prime minister scott morrison addressed the nation based on advice provided to me by now cyber experts astray and organizations are currently being targeted by sophisticated state by state sauber after sophisticated continuing and widespread targeting everything from all levels of government and political organizations to health education and critical infrastructure the government says cyber experts identified it is a state based hard because of the technique and scale. you could describe it is malicious and that is why now. when its leaders need to be right but morrison reassured saying they didn't appear to be any large scale breaches of people's posts no inflammation it's a form of ice maciek warfare or information warfare and the. scouts ran the usual declarations of hostilities and the a dedication of who's doing the attack and a lot of it is about denials cyberattacks knew but the government says they're increasing in frequency and scale it won't say which state it believes was behind the attack but it comes at a time of heightened tensi

until scott morrison actually comes out and says china it is hard to say 100% that this is behind it but we do know that australia has chosen this moment where its relationship with its very powerful trading partner is tense, to say that it is under cyber attack by a powerful country. thank you very much indeed. president trump could be forgiven for thinking "thank god it's friday", after a week full of political setbacks. the us supreme court has ruled against his administration in two inportant cases. his former national security adviserjohn bolton has written a memoir which lambast him as incompetant. add this to sinking poll numbers and covid—i9 spreading again throughtout parts of the country. it has been a challenging old week. for more on this, i'm joined from los angeles by our north america correspondent, david willis. a challenging week is possibly an understatement, not least with the resignation now of another relatively senior official in his administration. that's right, yes, mary elizabeth taylor was one of the trump administration's highest ranking african—america

this is detailed in your news live from berlin no straining i'm just cyberattack prime minister scott morrison says a state based doctor is targeting public services governments and businesses he's not naming the culprit but suspicions are falling on china also coming up explosive allegations against donald trump a new book by a former national security advisor john bolton claims the u.s. president asked china to help him win reelection in november. german prosecutors say it was the russian government that old.

. >> scott morrison was clear about two things in his statement. one was the scale of the attack and the fact thatd it targe political, educational, economic , and health organizations in australia. two, that this was done by a state actor with significant abities. >> we know it is a sophisticated cyber actor because of the scale and nature the targeting and the tradecraft used. >> wt he was not clear about was which country was behind those attacks and why he chose to make this announcement at this particular momt. mentioned in his snt was china. the one country he was ked about dirtly with china. he declined to make a comment. aand he declined to make public attribution about who is responsibl ♪ nada: in an exclusive interview, the head of russi's foreign intelligence service has told the bbc that america has been trying to rule the world and this could lead to disaster. he also said that russia does not trust what the british government says about t 2018 salisbury poisoning. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. steve: he runs one of russia's

this is d w news and these are our top stories a strategy in prime minister scott morrison says the country is on to cyber attack from a foreign state. he says all levels of government critical infrastructure and essential services are being targeted a public broadcast of the i.p.c.c. reports that federal agencies below.

. >> scott morrison was clea about two things in his statement. one was the scale of the attack and the fact that it targeted political, educational, economic , and health organizations in australia. two, that this was done by a state actor with itgnificant abs. >> we know it is a sophisticated cyber actor because of the scale and t nature targeting and the tradecraft used. >> what he was not clear about was which country was behind those attacks and why he chose to make this announcement at this particular moment. thone word he has not mentioned in his statement was china. the one country he was asked abouttl dirwith china. he declined to make a comment. d he declined to make any public attribution about who is responsible for this. ♪ nada: in an exclusive interview, the head of russia's foreign intelligence service hd the bbc that america has been trying to rule the world and this could lead to disaster. he also said that russia does not trust whatve the british ment says about the 2018 salisbury poisoning. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports

barbara: australian prime minister scott morrison have asked for an investigation after cameraman was punched and officer during a live broadcast. police across the u.s. have been criticized for pepperr spray attacking and arresting accredited members of the press. it is just after 6:00 p.m. in washington dc, that means there is less than one hour before the curfew in the u.s. capitol comes into effect. this is the scene now. take a look. crowds have been building in the area around the white house and the capital precinct for some hours. and yet the protests have been without incidents. our reporter joins us now. people are just standing up now. tell us what is going on. it is amazing. thousands and thousands and thousands have appeared on the streets of washington today to theemorate and protest death and the murder of george floyd. as you say, we are one hour from the curfew. there are so many more people here today than there were yesterday. thousands. and not just here. we keep seeing other groups of protesters who were here for a little while but then they go off marching could

morrison agency announced that several sensitive institutions had been hit. this activity is targeting the stride in organizations across a range of sectors including all levels of government. industry political organizations education health essential service providers and operatorors of o oer c critical infrastructure destroying government iss not making any public attribution about t these matters- we- that we are very confident that this is the- actions of a stock based actor. mister morrison meanwhile said it was unclear what the motivation of the cyber attacks were. also refusing to put a time frame on when they began. however he did say that no personal data had been compromised declaring t the hack unsuccessful. while a s select few countries are capable of attacks like these major australian publications have been quick to suspect hackers from china. australia had previously in rates china by calling for an investigation into thehe origins of the corona virus pandemic. as well as leveling accusationsns against the asian nation of economic coercion. a

from spreading australia's prime minister has apologized for denying the country's history of slavery scott morrison says he was referring to the settlement of the 1st colony his remarks have angered some indigenous australians and descendants south pacific island is and defend his weight as opposition leader one guy do is refusing to recognise the appointment of a team to oversee the next farm entry election the supreme court names new leaders for the electoral council opponents boycott of the presidential election one by my dear old 2 years ago because they said the vote was great. those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera rewind stay with us. how would you say. hello welcome to rewind i'm richelle carey since al jazeera english launched more than a decade ago we have built up an extraordinary archive of award winning documentaries here on rewind returning to some of the best of them finding out what's happened in the years sense back in 2009 millions of americans were celebrating a new president in the white house promising radical change and a better future president obama in

australia's prime minister scott morrison says the country is under cyber attack from a foreign state based actor in says all levels of government infrastructure and essential services are being targeted by hackers strayer's public broadcaster is reporting that intelligence agencies believe china is behind it is targeting. in rome a cleanup is underway after anti-racism protesters poured paint over a bust of an italian colonial era general also pasted over a street sign in support of the black lives matter movement in the us. 19 has been able to cause the entire world to grind to a halt but it has not been able to stop wars conflicts violence or discrimination those are the words of the head of the un high commission for refugees he was highlighting concern for millions of displaced people whose plight as been compounded by the global pandemic we'll hear from the un high commission in just a few moments 1st this report without a home to return to 80000000 people around the world are living in forced displacement. escaping the war in syria the war in yemen persecution in myanmar starva

morrison says that the country is under cyber attack from a foreign state based actor he said all levels of government infrastructure and essential services are targeted under the ongoing hacking australia's public broadcaster is reporting that intelligence agencies believe china is behind the attack the search to be russia's ambassador to germany says that moscow will react in berlin takes punitive action over the killing of a former chechen rebel in berlin last year german prosecutors say that moscow order to his shooting and have filed murder charges against the russian suspect. brazil's pope in 1000 at the demick continues to spread according to the health ministry of the country will soon top 1000000 confirmed infections and 50000 deaths brazil is home to the world's worst outbreak outside of the united states. well china has reported $25.00 new cases of the coronavirus in the capital beijing but it says that now as the latest outbreak under control authorities imposed partial lockdown measures after the virus we had emerged at a sprawling food market earlier this week the movement

prime minister scott morrison warned that protests risked undoing the progress made in fighting coronavirus. a warning: shaimaa khalil‘s report contains some distressing images. black lives matter! a day of high tempers and high spirits for protesters in central sydney. politicians had urged them to stay away, fearing another wave of covid—19. i say to them, don't go. not because you shouldn't express your view. find another way to express your view. but that didn't stop them. i'm an aboriginal woman so it's a subject very close to my heart, and just so nice to see people from all creeds come together for this. i don't want to be a white person who sits by and does nothing so that's why i'm here today. in the past three decades, more than 400 indigenous australians have died in police custody, an issue many here say has long been ignored. but with the very public killing of george floyd in the united states, the aboriginal community is using the international outcry to express their own anger. i can't breathe! stop resisting. this seems all too familiar. a black man restrained by office