down protest income. to thank you very much for being with us the president of the united states has said that he hopes. they are not heading towards a war with iran. the us is ordered nonessential personnel of course t to leave neighboring iraq. us aircrcraft carrierss heading towards the persian gulf these moves followed the iranian ultimatum over the nuclear deal to around looking for help from the european. sick the trees all that france britain germany to get round the sanctions the president trump slapped on iran india that's elapsed since he pulled out of

the twenty fifteen to colds. meanwhile back in washington the leader of the e house nanancy pi says the democrats would veto any move towards war. but let's bring in that everybody is professor of international relations at lehigh university stock thank approach me with the sale fronts to before we would appreciate your time -- i'd like to start by asking you sir how do you read this current situation. well this is a situation that nobody wanted and i think -- the escalation is almost accidident. i i think in some wayays the adadministration wanted to the american administration wants to put more pressure. on iran. once once he has just pulled out of the nuclear agreement with iran and t then went ahahead ans eight in look back old sanctions on or an iranian.

are. in economics e explore e exchans the problem was what to do next. and what happened i think is that the carrier group. the act has carrier that wasas going to the middle east anyway- was they made a big story out of the fact that this character was going was going to what's in the gulf of r russian girls. and therefore it was kind of seen as a credit to europe but the fact that pushing that after your group was going back anywa. usually the pentagon plans these thingsgs months in advance swees isn't that supplement administration decided to send. the aircraft carrier but the problem is once you make a big deal out of state then you're going to an escalation bad there and this is what you're seeing now. because you know the the iraq iran and i since i've been at odds now since. nineteen seventy nine and the two countries have or seen each other as not as enemieies. so if iran just scenes that

there is this big flotilla coming to wasn't easy it is going to take certain measures however this. small however. nine to just send the signal generic states that don't call. don't interfere with us on the interview with us that we will retaliate. and then the masses use these roles as part of this escalatio. and you see that the full dots at nine sensual close now from iraq --- they're gonna probably show tomorrow every day instead of you going in -- suspicious activity -- cruise missiles o on slow moving both in the persian gulf that can easily be here then. so they will show some some evidence but that's the problem. i don't think some once the war in the middle eaeast this is the last thing he e wants because yu get criticized previous. governments for being true militarily involved in the mimideast you actctually once at

of them in thehe system i just n bebecause he sees that as a wase of money. and any conflict witith iran is going to happen. impactct on on the american economy the stock market is going to go down -- and tom is going into an election yeaear nt year i'm baffled he'ss h he do quote for him the most important issues for the amerirican econoy to be in good s shape. any confnflict at t this stage especially w with a compmpany le iran. will pushh o oil prices up. we'll create u uncertainty and would have an impact on the americanan economy and therefor. ii don't t think he wants to but the p pblems that ththere i ino ststrategy in a warehohouse so y doing things haphazardly. think the i kind of carrier was going t to the persian gulf so they made a big deal out of i i. and that's only to find themselves in so in in a on on i'm expected unwanted escalation either and they don't know what

to do. and you have all these the hard liners and more moderate peoeope in the white house i presume on on this issue [inaudible] but at this comp i think finds himself trapped this is why he came out and told to eat. the press that he doesn't want a war with iran. but on the other hand. it is. it is a possibility all things getting out of control mistakes are happening -- somebody shooting of somebody else by mistake all the old an uncocontrolled elements we only sold. it for tankers weaearing her w y here. in the persian gulf whose only by who's your apples yeah human who'ss your apples was s suppord by inn. eight and a high plains saudi a arabia was damageded b a drawn to some of the i actually know who these claims that it's for it's not who do you have the long proroblems whichch decided maybe because of the war in yemen. so youou can i get that that tht i actually got inside the gate yet using the kinds of gun but i suspectt it's n not because i dt think you're goining.

your hands will be pretty angry. if the hokies did something withouout ttt withoutut that. acknowledgment of mission trip to that song i'm j just saying thisis conversatation with couny will i'm afraid d so thank you very much and be there for that analysis detailed opposite walls i thank you so very much indeed everybody that professor of international relations. at the high university without lots to say and very interesting to about the situation regarding the us and iran the risk as everybody has that described it as a sort of it was almost happenstance which is that is that the situation. and the still no real telling you how it's gonna go but he's convinced trump doesn't actually wantnt war because it wouldn't e in his interest whatsoever let's face it. but everybody thank you so very much indeed. that's a move on abstracts of being carried out on sana rebel held capital of yemen. acacross to the side like coalition cararried out the attacks it comess off the d droe strikekes on pipelinines exportg saudi oil maththeson frontiere the medical charity reported at least for dad and its hospital in the capital men women children

civilians caught in the crossfire. digging through the rubble to look for survivors. residents say deadly as strikes. me in an amazed that started at around eight pm local time. people were sleeping when the air strikeses targeted a residential building in the neighborhood of my name. women and children were targeted two houses as well. where are the weapons i wonder where are the weapons? the saudi led coaoalition launcd multiple strikes on rebel held sign up province on thursday. they sayay they targeted militay bases and weapons storage sites the deadly raids come off to heat the insurgents claimed responsibility for drone attacks on a saudi oil pipipeline. two days before. an attack the international alliance q qualified as a war crime. the kingdom is a vice minister of defense directly accused iran

saying the terrorist attacks ordered by the regime in tehran and carried out by the heat these are tightening the noose around the ongoing political affects. riyadh backs yemeni president abd jobert maunsel heidi andnd s forces behind them is an international coalition including weapons f from the e . the us and france. on the other side the rebels are lined with tehran. the more than four year long conflict is largely seen as a proxy war between saudi arabiaa and irann. meanwhwhile the humanitarian disaster in yemen continues. time is running out we won't get another chance. fifteen million children in yemen are asking you to save their lives. please help them they need peac. the uniteded nations describes e conflict as the world's worst humanitarian crisis two thirds of the population is in need of aid. and what you'll developments of course on the situation in the yemen.

next speaking of border security rethinking the green card. isis it to the ideas of presidet donald trump's latesest attempto revise the immigigration systetn the u. s. b. led by trump son in law jared kushner. it was five people with high levevel skills degrees and job offers instead of those with rerelatives s already in the us. the present 66% agree council allocated on a family basis. every job did our plan will transform america's immigigratin system. into the pride of our nation. and thehe envy off t the modernd democrats are proposing open borders lower wages. and frankly lawless chaos. we are proposing an immigration plan thahat puts the jobss wages and safety. of american workers first. president trump putting a spin on the his ideas -- on immigration let's get more from the white house of course on the ground.

when it comes to the border between the united states and mexico t the president's proposl anand his promisese from the campaigngn trail remaiains the e hehe wants that board that too d to be built? on the entire border between the united states and mexico and he made that part of his proposal that he made in the rose garden of the white house just a short while ago. now that's one of the many reasons why d democrats simplple nott there t to sides with this deal they low don't want to give a single dollar a to board a bold i i i will being built. on the border with mexico now the president said this is a plan that will sececure the borr that will stop illegal immigration and that will put the american peoeople first. and whenn it comes to the detais wewell it's what you'd call a merit based immigration system meaning those with qualifications with high qualifications with highs skill- will have a bigger chance to enter the united states he wants a largrger percecentage of immigrants to be based on their

merits he alslso once. immigrants to o learn engnglisho take civics lessons and exams before being able to enter the unitited states all o of these reasonons why. this can be essentially called a merit based immigration system now what that means is that family ties will be less important thahan they are right now another reason why democrats are saying. a big no t to this i immigration proposal that was presented by donald trump today. crowther w without the analysis that. nenext alabama's's republilican governor has signed a bill into law criminalizing abortion in nearly all cases with no exceptions for rape or incest. the mollen online campaign against this has gone viral. pulling to keep controlol of thr bodies. this protest wasn't enough to stop the stricictest abortion bn in the us being signed into state law by alabama's

republican governor kay ivey. with an anti abortion majority now sitting on the supreme court some politicians have made no secrets of the desire to overturn the landmark nineteen seventy three roe versus wade ruling. it used to be -- that many people who opposed abortion thought that they should talk about this in a way that at least seemed as if they supported roe v. wade or that was the law off the land. now we s see thahat with an anti choice majority on the supreme court with brett kavanaugh how the neil gorsuch coming to the court under trump administratat- that they feel really emboldened and they are being really explicit about their attempts. did you alabama legislation is set to come into effect across thee state inn sixix months tim. the pro choice activists have found to find his in courts. is performing the procedure wowould be punishable by up to ninety nine years in jail. it bans all abortions except when thehe mother's hehealth ist risk. with no exception for rape or

incest was to address the issue that reverses right there was just added on which is is that by being the one person. in alabamama allow its persosonr peopople in alabamama very lastl that now law iss cononstitutionl until the supreme court actually reduces. white brothers as well. legislation restricting abortion rights has been introduced in sixteen us states this year with four of them banning abortion if an embryonic heart beat can be found. often as early as six weeks for many woman wouldn't yet no they were pregnant. kathy cliff without t the row oa wowoman's right to choose. and alabama changing laws which basically criminanalize abortion in almlmost every possible case. next the tension persists in sudan talks between the militia council on the opposition been called off we want to sit down protest is s say they will continue to defy orderers to disbsburse. still blocking roads in central

cacartoon reporter not a massive but this. well you know despite the violence that took place last night at the system is back to a party atmosphere at tonight people i don think -- and singing as they dimond the full at all the ministry of the people here have been telling us that they don't intend to leave this is inside and tail sudan get civilian rule and for the most. hard core among them that means staying here in theory for another three years. so which points down as far as to how the transition towards formal as civilian rule and all of that of course runs in shop contrast to what the military of size. they shoot issued an ultimatum yesterday telling protesters here you have three days that is until saturday evening to break down the barriers around the station otherwise there is to be no transition. and no deal but the problem really is that trust has broken down the people who simply. fear that if they remove the barricades around the station they will lose the only bits of leverage they have with the military which is physical

control of the center of the capital. they brought to the number of roads in the very center of the city an area that takes on a number of key ministries -- and so it's unlikely they going to want to leave this area without a bit of a fight now with the expectation is that the majorit. all of the era of that a and the majority of the issue should be agreed between the opposition. and the ministry council they say they know that saddam will have an executive body in the future will have a parliament starting as soon as the steelers been agreed that will have a majority of members from the opposition is currently negotiating that steel. but what we don't know who is who is to sit on the country's top forty in the coming is until elections are held in three years time. the big question also worries people here in the streets because they say it'll be the old god the regime of the possible continue to have a majority. on that council i don't expect that to be any news on that until these barricades come down saturday at the very earliest if you listen to people who. they say was staying put.

no agreements toll for quite sometime. ninety acea reported thank god soon with the tension persists the protest continues. and the issue of the year transition of power yet to be resolved and of course watching every step of the way. time to business and for that we have cake moody. alleluia deceive now france's unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level in a decade yes nice news for manual macro has to be said. eight point 7% in the first three months of the year it is a significant boost for his economic reforms. data suggests the companies in fronts plan to continue their hiring spree for the rest of the year that's missing corn explains. french companies are recruiting once again and that has led the unemployment rate to fall to a ten year low. the current rate stands at eight point 7%. this cutlery factory near paris is overwhelmed with orders and demand is up by 20%. in order to deal with these numbers the company is hiring and offering much sought after

permanent contracts. yeah the i applied for dozens of jobs and i never got any replie. i kept telling myself i wouldn't find a job but then it was called and told i was hired. we've hired five new employees over the past three months w who we have six open positions at the moment. since the beginning of the yeaer threree industries have e hirede than oththers personal assistane services corporate services and retail. but the spike in hiring means fewer qualified people on the market. this electronic circuit provider would like to hire a new employee is to deal with an increase in trade with china. qualified candidates are nowhere to b be found. winning the agency did win having a really hard time finding young talented and qualified people whether that operate is technicians -- engineers could you to consume these every year hiring should continue for the rest of the year according to the national jobs agency french companies are

expected to hire two point seven million people in. twenty nineteen as you can on the day's trading action now green across the board as the major european indices recovered from a rather rocky start to the session. that's something about one and three quarters percent in frankfort by the close you can see the figures there well streets also up stocks raising most of their gate losses off fr the week -- dedespite ongoing uncertainty ovever trade issues shares of walmart ended up two and a half percent on stronger than expected earnings. ththis despite t the world's lat retailer warning that terrorists would lead to higher prices for its shoppers. well the tech industry is in the spotlight this week the viva tech conferences opened here in paris just a day after a summit brought together political leaders and c. e. o.'s. as they tried to charge more responsible future for social media. among those attending was mitchell baker co founder and chairman of the mozilla foundation. she was my guess some people in profit this week and told me about the progrgress that's been made so far.

a range of issues are being tackled overall i'd say it's a real marker and trying to move the discussision with tech companies ford about what needs to be done what's the rightful place. i also don't't see muscle in the same category as otheher tech companies were essentially a non profit. a but glad to be involved and i would say the progress from the first year last year to this year is quite remarkable. in -- dialogue and so last year- president michael was very clear about tech compapanies taking a role in resolving issues and that the problems that resolves you know technology industry has to be engaged in and and you s e some change in ththat. and in the dialogue this year. no in the wake of the terrorist attack in christ church new zealand which was a live streamed on facebook -- there was a particular focus on trying toto contain h hate speech but o broadcasast of those kinds of violent events -- it resulted in what's being called the christ chururch call. mozilla did not sign on to that

one on because the the we were involved in the discussion of it but that the most powerful signatories are the companies are the platforms where that content is. and the set of commitments of those companies are making and so while we are related in our interest in the industry we don't run a platform like that. and so i think you find that civil society groups in general feel like those are commitments of the of the big platforms. so we're very much engaged in trying to get to the good balances. more with mitchelll baker mark n people profit this week including why she thinks the attic come to me is like an addiction. mmhm profit what time. it's online now online now fantastic people in profit online now kate's into view that get more on that one thank you k. great to see can we do the business. scores of shia. james creed mamede what's getting closer now than -- coach he was in the u. s. reignited over the issue of abortioion whn

running in ththe use alabama of course declaring abortion basically now legal in almost every circumstance. the three three just kind of fever pitch online a lot of people chipping chiming in to this debate -- market not least of all. the instigator of the me too conversation debate at lisa milano and she was pointing out that the senators in alabama one of the states that it hasn't introduced restrictive. and only and even abortion legislation love them for menen the world something to us right stood and she points out that. you know. biological fact that they don't have you have you received. no it is worth pointing out as the washington post did that actually little. a lot of women are actually voting. for this legislation as well one of the you know they're in the minority but with women tend to vote along party lines on issues such as this. so you can see here votes for abortion restrictions in alabama this is one graphphic the circls are indicating. with women voters -- in in in -- at the at the the the

legislatures and so you can see that said they didn't talk and fox sports at top legislation. you did have a quite a few at mando coming out against. this thing for any woman out there tonight was afraid angry in disbelief for feeling disenfranchised to know this. i am with you andnd i will fight for r you that is t that dog jos who is a senator for alabama at dedemocrats and also you had. the minority leader -- bobby singleton also democrat he said you just said to my daughter you don't matter. it's very very emotive topic this is so people coming up with very emotional -- contributions to this debate i and i think this is people's christian beliefs coming into the realms of politics laws in france of course religion and laws and and politics are separate and that is by law they need to be separate little threat secular idea. because those people who've impose this alabama if you look at it happening in say. a muslim country but show real little baby up in arms about the whole thing but in the sense that two parts of the same

spectrum what they're doing. so is wrong and it should be i think a separation between. what people do with their own beliefs religious whatever that's fine that's fine they could do that? but women should have the right to choose and that's called the secular low that's what i think that's right and you will be given that. one would have thought that debate was settled in the u. s. but you know we we see it re emerging at now and indeed. to come back to lisa milano over me to fame. this was one of the more a striking aspects of the debaters bill she said look you know if it's come if it's come to this if it's come. to you know our bodies we we we don't have control of the month and that's just you know take back. i have that that the sort of carnal pleasures if you like she called for sex right thousandd itselflf. a lot of actions are in the world including france's minister for equality between men and women marlin shop is saying well actually women whose i was not as well. as so she didn't necessarily

think that was the right at way of of of of introducing activism in that regard another suggestion. bite this actress tara strong over the bill to force mentor of his activities until they're ready to excite the sings anything that involves blokes have anything done to them wouldn't get through racist plugs made lord. that's that's the sad fact of the matter i'm not too long as nestling completely certainly the fact that men were the majority of those legislation on this issue. and that their knowledge directly concerned bush that's been pointed out by a lot of people on that on that issue the victim is a dead simple meaning of just to let you know when i find one it's that. simple it doesn't sort of ended it with the life i think but if a woman has a hysterectomy it's a massive change and i didn't realize that -- victims can be reversed. in fact well some perhaps never tried to let you know but apparently they come be. getting into the nitty gritty no another statistic here mark 73% of americans this is really getting down to the nuts and bolts of this they do not want to see real versus wade overturned if you talk about. a national per 73% they don't want to see a person of course this is going for the state by state which makes it a lot more complicated. roe versus wade that the famous case that -- introduced -- to abortion rights in the us out of on a federal basis.

it's in danger now according to the set headline in the daily beast and but actually is this something that serves trumps interests. it could be if if roe versus wade goes down trump could go down with us if you go by the statistics even fox news polls which would perhaps come up with a more. conservative results still had a 50% percent. of people not wanting to see roe versus wade touched so we are looking towards thiss issue becoming a key issue in the run up to twenty twenty the culture what or is. re ignited but it's not at all clear that this is actually going to serve one party or the other it's just going to re ignites. perhaps the bases of both parties. and indeed it might work against on from centrist will have to wait. and see hey i am anyway i does lots morore to send out more bui think we've we were of time greta time something we go we can go on all night and started

taking a part of your old -- part of your time but my a little less. which might may or may not be there but i think i'm not sure about that you go. at least the people that he thinks about it james -- i'm i posted in this is that up to this that my personal view it's it's a disgrace and we should have the right to choose that's what i'm saying so they go and i agree that they would get. a group but what if you think about religion or whatever that's one thing but it's going to be second floor that's my opinion james brilliant thank you much of a gentleman to watch okay the business as of a great to see you. thank you for watc

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