In the run up to next months winter games the issue of doping has taken the main stage once again seeing the majority of russian athletes banned and those eligible to participate forced to compete under a neutral flag and frankly at this point when you hear doping you think russia but is the problem really reserved just the one country im afraid the answer is a resoundingly no an investigation conducted by a group of International Researchers at two separate sporting events back in two thousand and eleven produced a rather shocking conclusion where more than two thousand and eight athletes were surveyed anonymously to encourage honest answers doping appears remarkably widespread among elite athletes and remains largely unchecked despite logical testing the report revealed that at the thirteenth athletics World Championships in south korea over forty percent of those competing and made it to doping in the past year and almost sixty percent at the pan arab games in doha whereas want to only came back with point five percent of test positive in south korea and three point six percent at the pan arab games needless to say that is a massive discrepancy and the other surprising thing is that the research was actually funded by water and yet no one heard a peep out of them about the result which theyve known about for years we would note that there was a delay of nearly six years between the completion of the Data Collection and the publication of this paper due to negotiations between wanna and i w f and subsequently between us and the authors regarding the authority to publish the results now it goes on to say that neither of the organizations impose restrictions on the writing of the report although im not sure how he thinks here delay isnt considered a restriction the president of germanys Athletics Federation for one was infuriated by the hold up but i think that publication has impaired the possibility of taking important measures in the n. T. Deal being complain much earlier this is more than annoying you could also call this condo and guess what the report was actually released months ago but id bet good money that you havent heard a thing about it because for some or. It wasnt made into nonstop breaking news no probes were conducted and no bands were seen this was a study which of course would raise alarms with the World Antidoping Agency instead of pursuing it and doing further tests the determine the accuracy to try to verify or disprove the results of that study they simply blocked the publication so in my mind its an example of the lack of transparency and the bias and the efforts to censor. Studies and news that is problematic from their standpoint and still to come on the program here on t. V. Some of the most well known makers in germany a facing a scandal of a questionable testing methods carried out on animals more on that after a short break. And when ellen chose seemed wrong. Wrong just dont call. Me. Yet to say proud to still come out to get an injunction equals betrayal. When something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Weve seen that market failure many times we saw in two thousand and nineteen ninety seven in one nine hundred eighty seven and were going to see it again probably in the very near future because the underlying design. Has not been modified to town for changes in technology over the past fifty sixty seventy years and we keep having these catastrophic failures. For joining us here on. Several major. Over controversial testing methods its been revealed that they were involved in potentially howzat of experiments on both humans and animals. As details. Causing humans inhaled toxic fumes is apparently. In the street carried out its. Research its emerged in the media that the giants of the german industry allegedly sanctioned experiments on both humans and animals the experiments were carried out by a no defunct Research Group that was funded by volkswagen. And be m. W. In the experiments twenty five were volunteers inhaled nitrogen. Three. University hospital the experiments were given the ok by the university i think. Its understood that there was no Health Effects who took part in the study however this doesnt stop people being outraged and shocked that this was given the green light to place. According to what is known to the public the discuss that many people are feeling is absolutely understandable these tests on monkeys or even humans can in no way be ethically justified they raise many critical questions for those who are behind these tests and those questions must urgently beyond said the same organization it previously found itself in the hope water for experiments on animals including forcing ten monkeys to inhale the exhaust fumes of the w. P. Cell while watching cartoons the Car Manufacturers for their part of being quick to distance themselves from these experiments. We believe that the Scientific Method chosen that the time was wrong the b. M. W. Group is in no way influenced by the design or methodology of studies carried out on behalf of the e. U. G. T. The animal experiments in the study are superfluous and repulsive generating around four hundred billion euros yearly the german also industry has come in for criticism in recent years as well as legal action over attempts to cheat on emissions tests for diesel vehicles allegations of carrying out experiments on people and animals so unlikely to improve the industrys reputation piece for all of a party. Animal rights attorney James Schuster says the industry has managed to dodge laws protecting animals with governments complicit. We cant trust these companies to be able to give any kind of meaningful assessment of whether this was the correct option we can expect these industries to be able to give any kind of meaningful cost benefit analysis given that they shown time and time again that theyre willing to use and kill animals for frivolous reasons these Major Industries have colluded together and have successfully lobbied governments around the world including the Us Government to basically rarely enforce and the few laws that exist to protect animals at all and so its extremely rare that any kind of enforcement will take action even against what is in this case extreme violence against animals. Islamic state as a military power may have been defeated in syria but the countrys political crisis has yet to be resolved representatives over the Syrian Government and various opposition groups have gathered in the russian city of soft cheek for a new round of peace talks. But ive got now looking at whether they are any closer to a breakthrough. Dialogue has been sorely lacking in the Syrian Civil War in two thousand and twelve the geneva Peace Process was initially founded in the six years since it is achieved nothing one side or the other would go to these talks without preconditions sometimes extreme preconditions and that has to paedo good those talks this process on the other hand is designed to be more frank more open. There have already been eight or nine rounds of talks since we first came to geneva the end of twenty thirteen unfortunately the geneva process yielded no results for now theres no progress the sides have just run back into their stances we blame the Syrian Government for that and its stubbornness over the political transition issue so we need a breakthrough we need an impulse that would push the geneva process further we think that this congress can pave the way for the future progress in geneva unfortunately not everyone is on board the Syrian Negotiation Committee which represents a number of rebel groups voted to boycott saatchi you think the way the war was going that that be interested in talking but perhaps there was pressure on them not to get involved the Syrian Negotiation Commission agreed not to attend the sortie conference our focus remains delivering a credible political transition for syria through the un led geneva talks putins spokesperson said it himself dont expect a breakthrough a peace treaty or re conciliation here in sochi this is not what this venue is about its just a space for the various sides in syria the various ethnicities denominations to come together and to talk about their differences not necessarily resolve them its to get the bull rolling because what has been sorely lacking in the Syrian Civil War is any sort of. Dialogue between the warring sides between the rivals and the opponents this is intended to set up to give them an opportunity to sit down and to talk about their differences as just mentioned at the sides do not agree on many points about syrias future including for example the fate of the current president bashar assad despite their differences progovernment opposition representatives do agree on one thing and that is that discussing these problems is crucial. We are here now to negotiate to sit in front of each other to fight each other to shout at each other to talk to each other to talk frankly we hope that here in sochi we can achieve what we couldnt achieve in geneva after eight rounds of talks now the Syrian Government cannot just avoid these negotiations they will have to meet all the participants of the Congress Face to face that is a step forward that was not made in geneva it will be useful for geneva and im at the head that are so regarding sort that we should remember there are many problems both on the ground and political the syrian army with its allies has liberated large areas and eliminated terrorist leaders anyway the geneva negotiations lead to nothing in order to please other parties that happens with other negotiation platforms too and thats where sochi comes in but we shouldnt expect too much maybe some expect the situation in syria will be resolved right after a declaration when announcements in tsotsi but we know how politics works these negotiations are just a stage. As crypto currency is grow in value hackers are finding new ways to steal them the new socalled crypto jacking method is fast becoming popular mechanism allows hackers to secretly mind cryptocurrency on your computer while your watching internet or using infected applications on your smartphone its been reported that google and you too were exposed to such malware recently but some hackers prefer to do it the more traditional way and simply steal the digital coins from the web wallets. Miguel francis i talked to a representative from a Crypto Currency Exchange that suffered the biggest crypto robbery so far that was just a few days ago popular japanese Crypto Currency Exchange coin check confirmed on friday that at all the victim for the largest hack in the modern cryptocurrency history over four hundred Million Dollars worth of nams axiom tokens have been stolen now we have memes foundations in this Partnership Coordinator make. To get some clarity on the situation how could a secure Trading Platform come under such an attack so it is very important to distinguish two points here from one side if you speak about number of course it is a more secure form but if we speak about the Trading Platform the exchange as a didnt use any security measures that we provide to them and this allowed hikers to easily deal this money mikhail so whats the status on the tokens and has there been any luck in locating the hackers. All the money are known on them blow chain and we track them and we die exam. As for legal matters of course hackers should be prosecuted and we give it to an f. S. A. And to a japanese authorities to find and prosecute them has this affected them scheme unity in any way whats the chatter like. 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And by the way a programming note of special coverage starting at eight thirty pm tomorrow night plus the Federal Reserve open markets Committee Meets mid week and friday is jobs day with the new employment numbers a jam packed week but for today heres what we have on tap first ashley back banks helps us take a look at the net worth and the wealth gap and extreme poverty in the United States and last David Henderson of the Hoover Institution about wealth inequality around the world the tosh of sweet looks at Border Security and those doco dreamers that still are out there needs to be a problem needs to be solved and alex mahela big trip or twenty global trade amid some recent statements by President Trump and others and before we get going heard by dr pepper creating the biggest beverage go home and on the planet that and more plus well get to the boom busting headlines right now amazon the Worlds Largest retailer has reaped tons of free publicity in its search for a Second Headquarters or h q two amazon says the facility will create fifty thousand jobs in one American City and received two hundred thirty eight formal proposals from cities and regions last october but after a round of apprentice style coverage for the selection of the twenty cities as finalist amazon once more secrecy in the bidding and the Selection Process many mayors have been eager to offer amazon special perks and incentives including tax breaks and special Infrastructure Projects new jersey for example offered a seven billion dollars package Maryland Governor larry hogan offered a one worth five billion dollars and critics have pointed out that the Public Bidding war is a race to the bottom on wages and social obligations economist dean baker tweeted to to a call of the process as a jeff bezos version of apprentice and which we get to find out who is the stupidest mayor in america now finalists say they were told on a Conference Call with amazon to keep their offer. Secret last week the Pennsylvania Office of records declared that puppet pittsburghs office or offer was a Public Record preventing attempts by local leaders to comply with amazons request amazon seems to be in no hurry to bring an end to the publicity bonanza and has not announced when the h q two location will be decided. Consumer spending in the United States rose in december as demand for goods and services increased the increased spending may be due in part to the record gains in u. S. Stock market in addition to higher prices however the increased spending came at the expense of savings which dropped to a ten year low more spending and less savings is usually a troubling sign for future consumption and Economic Growth the savings rate in the us has not been this low since december of two thousand and seven just before the economic recession. Since two thousand and six the inequality or wealth gap has been increasing all over the world on average the wealth of billionaires has risen by thirteen percent since two thousand and six and in two thousand and seventeen alone billionaires collectively saw an increase of seven hundred sixty two billion dollars which is enough money to end poverty several times over this isnt just an issue for underdeveloped countries but with the u. S. Being one of the wealthiest countries in the world more than half of its population is struggling to survive heres our teams correspondent ashley banks with more from outside bar the any quality gap is increasing now cording to oxfam fort