News. Views. Hughes - December 12, 2019 (17:00 ET)

Europe opens door to China's giant Huawei

Huawei Technologies Inc. has reached a deal to build part of Germany’s 5G Infrastructure, even as the US continues to pressure its allies to ban the Chinese company or risk losing access to intelligence, citing national security concerns. Other European countries are defying US warning as well, with Portugal and Spain the latest to announce they will not ban Huawei. Meanwhile, Japan and Australia have effectively banned the Chinese vendor from their 5G networks. Sara Montes de Oca joins Scottie Nell Hughes to discuss the future of Huawei in Europe and if the company will get the search engine Google back on their phones.

Selective but unwanted US list: Russia "sponsor of terrorism"?

Russia could be put on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, along with Iran, North Korea, Syria and Sudan, if a new bill moving through Congress is passed and signed by the White House. The State Department would be given 90 days to report back to Congress whether Russia is providing support for acts of terrorism. For more, RT America's Rachel Blevins joins Scottie Nell Hughes.