russia in the twenty six thousand election was released the public assumed it already knew what was inside thanks in part to a summary of the report written by this man the us attorney general we have barred now if you read the report you know that mr barr summary was off the mark and you're not alone tonight the u.s. congress questioning the attorney general did he purposely mislead the public did he lie to congress to protect the president i'm bringing off in berlin this is the day. ptolemy psalms for here's the muller and. can't say i've read it all but i've read most of it. but he was very clear with me that he was not suggesting that we had misrepresented his report why did you test i need a night that you didn't know the concerns being expressed mahler's from

a shirt you're i feel. it's purposely misleading. and the sad about obstruction you did is that correct that's right you feel could affect your decision absolutely his work concluded when he sent his report to the attorney general. at that point it was my baby i have requested this to our chairman to authorize a hearing with special counsel and i hope they will consider. which of our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome what we begin the day with the question did he have sume no one would read the report today u.s. attorney general william barr was called before a u.s. congressional committee to answer questions about the summary of the report on the russian meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election and before bar release to the. the report he published

a summary the message in that summary no evidence of collusion between russia and the trump campaign and no obstruction of justice by president trump when people read the report they realize that its author robert muller had reached conclusions that were not identical to those listed in mr barr's summary in fact robert muller himself sent mr barr a letter calling him out for misrepresenting the facts in the report on march twenty seventh robert mueller wrote the summary letter the department sent to congress did not fully capture the context nature and substance of this office his work and conclusions there is now public confusion about the results of our investigation this threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the department appointed the special counsel to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations in a nutshell that is one lawyer telling another lawyer you lied we caught you lying

and now the public is misinformed or today members of congress grilled mr barr about why he wrote what he wrote it's a binary decision is there enough evidence to show a crime and do we believe a crime has been committed we don't conduct criminal investigations just to collect information and put it out to the public we do so to make a decision and here we thought there was an additional reason which is this was a very public investigation. and we had made clear that the results of the investigation were going to be made public and the deputy and i felt that the evidence developed by the special counsel was not sufficient to establish that the president committed a crime and therefore it would be irresponsible and unfair for the department to release a report without stating the department's conclusions and thus leave it hanging as to whether the department considered there had been criminal conduct and joining me

now is our correspondent in washington oliver sally good evening to you oliver so bring us up to date this story this is a saga if you will what are the the stakes at the moment for donald trump. donald trump has been wildly defending himself in the last weeks and days and especially today in the last hour as he's been writing countless tweets over and over repeating his stance and that is that he's exonerated that he's free from all charges if you will that the investigations are over the report is out and he's not even questioning the legitimacy of the report himself the democrats however they say that this is basically just the beginning that this report some of them say that this could be a road map to impeachment in fact and that is a debate that has been more open discussed every day right now within the democratic party for all of the presidential candidates are already openly calling

for the president to be impeached we have to take into consideration here that we still haven't seen the underlying documents of the report all the blacked out material is still held secretly and it's a political fight right now between the department of justice and congress and a fight that is only just begun. i'm sure you like all of his you've read the letter that robert mobile wrote to you that was just released to go in in that letter basically moeller is saying to bore you hey you lied about my report are there no calls for you barred to be fired if you do that a possibility could he lose his job. well some democrats are in fact calling for him to resign. william barge understand this we do all remember the four pages summary that he wrote about them on the reports before the report was published and in this report he summarized and concluded that donald trump is

exonerated from all accusations and that is something that the moller team reportedly was very frustrated about and now the letter you mentioned actually summarizes that and puts it into the mouth of the special counsel robert mala as well the accusations here are that the us president of struck to justice but it's unlikely that william will resign for this at this point whether correspondent overselling of the story for us tonight in washington over thank you. in the village where you live two major demonstrations are under way a pro-government protest and a protest in support of opposition leader won both men claim to be president of venezuela and it remains to be seen who will be president tomorrow or the next day yesterday self-proclaimed in the room president one trying to jumpstart an uprising

against president nicolas maduro for a moment it looked like a transition of power was emitted but by the end of the day there had been major military defections the u.s. claims that maduro was prepared to leave the country and fly to cuba but says that russia convinced him to stay but euro denies that what is certain tonight the shock effect of yesterday's opposition uprising that has been lost a standoff a stalemate or more violence where they seem to be the one cleanest ways for. what we have sacrificed will not be in vain it has not been in vain it has been for our families for our future it has been at every turn to achieve our objective which has been to unite the country. and we have seen how we've been pushing back and recovering space and we continue to be in the streets the government thought yesterday that the protests have ended they will not achieve that we will continue to be in the streets until we have achieved the liberation of the venezuelan people

i had there was one white i'm speaking earlier today we want to take the story now to caracas our correspondent oscar schleicher joins me on the line good evening to you so we are now in day two if you will of this attempted rising and we've got these demonstrations going on talk to me a little bit just about how the demonstrations are looking what's happening at both of them. what we've seen from classes where government officials in some areas of these protest the atmosphere and others but current people went out and protested and planned that there were some clashes where waiting to see the final countdown of people injured or detained however it was much less than yesterday when we saw much more of the violence least two days of

protests that we covering. earlier today to talk to people on the streets what did they told you have been obviously it has to be a stark difference to the way people were feeling just twenty four hours ago. one american a lot of confusion in the streets of course yesterday the surprise element of seeing there were going opus out and about gave people a lot of hope that there would be a fracture in the military and there was indeed there is indeed fractures in the military there is discontent against another in the military that does not mean there is support for one way though and we did see. freedom therefore don't open it is a stark. fissure in the military but there is a lot of confusion in the street but however people do see one way though as the

only option to recover democracy in venezuela and it's interesting too we saw after the release yesterday of lopez he was seen standing with one why do but later in the day we understand a move has in his family went to the chilean ambassador's residence seeking asylum which speaks to the fact that lopez did not think that his safety could be guaranteed that speaks against one why do in this uprising doesn't. why he wasn't specified what he was doing in the chilean embassy and he is now in and the spanish embassy because he says he has and the sentence of the spanish descent but why those messages of resistance and resilience and therefore the law. are companies that where we do not know as of now what he's doing in any of these

embassies there were talks that he was negotiating with the government and today. the newly appointed ambassador for the oas representing venezuela why i don't know has said that those mutations negotiations went sour they did not go as planned so we could be seeing that yes he is seeking a family though officials have not disclosed that from now ok what about the whereabouts of quiet and the nicolas maduro oscar do we know were both of those men are at the moment. well we did see one brave on peter in two of the concentration here and good actors and his people say that he is in a safe place my daughter we have not heard from today as of now we've heard from a number two in the. region which is just down from a donor and he seems to be gaining a lot of more leadership within chevy's more and the government than my daughter

and even so we're expecting to hear from other little mater today as we did late last night but. there were about undisclosed and what it was about. the report that came from washington last night from the u.s. secretary of state saying that nicolas maduro had been prepared and ready to leave the country and to white to cuba yesterday and that the russians had convinced him to stay put as what was the reaction from a few words of that. woman who would have said those were ridiculous accusations he says that they have never seen a government as crazy as the one that is governing us right now those were his words and they. said that was impossible. however we are seeing that he is not appearing that much and it is these are tense times in

venezuela so we don't know what how much truth there is to those accusations but they do seem to be taking a toll on chevy small as well our correspondent oscars later but the latest tonight from caracas a couple of minutes we'll as always oscar thank you. all right now to africa nother case of the people demanding change at the top in sudan protesters are calling for a mass rally to protest what they say is the army's reluctance to hand over power to civilians it comes three weeks after the military alstad all the credit president omar al bashir sudan's military rulers are warning protesters against any further unrest the w.'s mill in the cure of the ball in i.e. brahim have this report on how the hopes for revolution are affecting family time. just a few weeks ago this family was deeply divided now most of the nasty in his mothers

who kind can enjoy coffee together again with ease but to get here dictate to have to be ousted bridging a rift between two generations since the beginning of the sudanese uprising nearly four months ago nineteen year old mousavi has been protesting on the streets of. he did so against his mother's will show us around to go behind the sudanese people are passionate especially the young people respect ruled by this president for thirty years for thirty years we were humiliated the generations before us didn't do anything we realized we had to change something. for shock but i get that he is in the struggle to achieve this change dozens of people have been killed on the back to him to stay at home was own safety. of course. i would be very afraid because i did not know what would happen to him i

never knew if he would come back safe or as a dead body so i can't describe it to those of us i think with negotiations between protest leaders and the military council on the way and violence on the streets subsiding so kind as released and has given her blessing from must have to join the protests. what the young people have done and their determination and their will power this was completely unexpected as the people believe they were just an aimless generation. the years leading the protest have in fact never known any other reality than life and that our share they have been bold and that held us and since the dictators for generations old and young have come together in celebration but to some of the people here these revolutionary dreams have come at a past price. one of them is going to stem this is not his real name he travelled from the distant province of four to join. uprising and asked us to hide

his face because he fears retribution from his father that was what i did. when he found out i was protesting he stopped speaking to me. and i think my parents are loyal to the old regime because they are from a different generation they are slightly fanatical just like the old regime so much the same says the kids killed for going against his parents wishes that his sense of duty towards the revolution is stronger both he and the steps he signs if they can change the mindset of their opponents through the actions of a i saw it with my own eyes an older man crying to a younger man and saying you were able to do what we could not. the two young men may have different homes to go to but tant the sit in protest and. similar vision of what they want the homeland to become democratic free and inclusive sometimes. the way. it is may first may day

what started centuries ago as a folk festival to welcome the spring is now a twenty first century. eruption of political demonstrations at least for europe in some places it has been a day of protest tear gas and arrests were take a look now at how the day played out in a few of europe's hotspots. parasol violent demonstrations as police used tear gas to disperse mass demonstrators. yellow vests protesters opposed to the government's economic policies joints trade unionists in what's traditionally a day to honor organized labor it's been seen as another marker of the unrest sweeping france in recent months i. suppose with the violence the government has inflicted on us and everything that follows what little violence we can inflate does absolutely nothing and it's just a warning sign if we have to get to that level it's because it's

a real problem and we don't have any other solution. there were clashes in turkey as well as police detained demonstrators taking part in may day protests in istanbul this came after protesters tried to march towards the city's main square the site hold symbolic value for the country's labor movement. series in russia the traditional international workers day saw a trade union marches in moscow. pretty at the doorstep of police detained dozens of opposition activists in st petersburg. and in germany's capital berlin the mood was distinctly more relaxed. families gathered for an officially sponsored a may fest and there were no molotov cocktails in view i think it's very nice for just for their family and also to teach their kids about what is the first off my.

he had injured money at least embezzling pride spared. they way how people celebrate these. very nice if we compare it with crime so we thought spain i came here to meet my friends and enjoy the atmosphere. as the sun was setting however protesters lived up to a berlin tradition hurling bottles at police it seems that for some may they celebrants old habits die hard. for she is an olympic champion but today the court of arbitration for sport told custer's the men you know she'll have to change what's inside if she wants to compete again so when you lost a legal challenge against the international association of athletics federations regulations on testosterone levels for female athletes the court ruling that it will have to take drugs to suppress her testosterone levels but the court also expressed its concerns about the regulations that today. caster

semenya became a sensation often if leslie's world championships in berlin in two thousand and nine she was only a teenager when she won the eight hundred meter is the name well champion had been a virtual unknown. she was hailed as a golden girl back in south africa even meeting then president jacob zuma. i don't know what to say. but a storm was brewing in the sporting world the i.w. f. the athletics governing body ordered her to take a gender test. servers worldwide speculated about whether the shyster manuf was into sex she was initially suspended but was eventually allowed to keep her gold medal and returned to women's races. but the debate about her agenda rumbled on.

in twenty eleven the idea introduced a testosterone limit it wanted athletes like semenya to take drugs to lower their natural level of the hormones to be able to compete with women but in twenty fifteen the court of arbitration for sport ordered it to suspend the practice and less it could cruise higher levels created an unfair advantage in twenty eighteen citing a study it commissioned the i.w. introduced even stricter testosterone limits. the current value for the idea is the empowerment of girls and women through athletics the regulations that we are introducing are there to protect the sanctity. of fair and open competition so many appealed to cas arguing that a sports federation should not have the right to force athletes to control their hormone levels. in announcing the verdict today cas expressed their own concerns about the effects of the i.w.

rules and suggested delaying the implementation of the rules to allow time to gather more evidence. the panel found that the regulations discriminatory but the majority of the panel found that on the basis of the evidence submitted by the parties in the procedure such discrimination is a necessary result of proportionate means of. having the idea beliefs objective of preserving the integrity of female athletics so many of herself has responded on twitter saying simply sometimes it's better to react with no reaction. the outcome of the case will have major repercussions on the future of sports and on society's understanding and interpretation of what defines gender. warriors for the wiki leaks founder julian assange say that they will focus on preventing him from being extradited to the united states but first he is facing

a fifty week prison sentence in the u.k. for skipping bail. today in a soldier's wished from the courthouse back to prison to begin his sentence. the wiki leaks founder had cleaned himself up since british police tracked him from the ecuadorian embassy last month and caught his lawyer write a letter in which is songe apologized quote unreservedly but the judge appeared on moved she said the sound had used his privilege to evade justice and that his seven years in the embassy cost british taxpayers sixteen million pounds. out side the court supporters were vocal in their anger at the sentence many see a soldier as a hero for exposing abuses of power and championing free speech. that. it is by view as editor of wiki leaks so this sentencing here today. is not how

drage. and there's a vindictive in nature. but it doesn't give us a lot of faith in the u.k. justice system. or the fights that. the case against disowned in britain rose went to swedish women accused him of sexual assault and rape in twenty ten a so in short refuge in the ecuadorian embassy afraid that sweep. could actually tied him to the u.s. he fears prosecution that over wiki leaks release of millions of classified documents. a song his lawyers to night turning their attention to a u.s. extradition request. that have charged him with conspiring to break into a pentagon computer system the first hearing is on thursday of. this case is and has always been about the risk of extradition to the united states but we've been saying since two thousand and ten that that risk is real and we now have

a provisional extradition request from united states. the focus of our energies will now be on fighting that extradition request and that fight starts tomorrow that. it's a battle the songs will be fighting from prison at least for the next fifty weeks but the legal tussle over extradition is likely to last much longer than that. that's it for the day.

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inevitably sea levels rise by at least one metre in a century that's really frightening well. why aren't people more concerned. little yellow bird starts me thirty first on t.w. . hello and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin in northern ireland where tensions have been stoked by the ongoing uncertainty over brags the looming british exit from the european union and people have been mourning the death of young journalist lira mckeith shots while reporting on the clashes in the city of derry.