completely the economy of the economy is getting more starved for credit and the people are getting more rest. the e.u. turns down trees amaze request for three months brags of delay offering the twenty second of may as an absolute deadline with strings attached. president says he is ready to recognize israeli sovereignty over the occupied golan heights a disputed area captured from syria in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven. western powers question is willingness to join beijing's. road infrastructure project calling it a tool for. broadcasting live directing our studios in moscow this is our international thomas.

so the european union has rejected teresa mayes request for a three month delay to bragg's it after a summit in brussels the e.u. is offering a shorter postponement and only on the condition that the british parliament approves the unpopular withdrawal deal painstakingly negotiated by the british prime minister and the e.u. and he's done your hawkins is in berlin with more. it was a very long night of chopping and changing plans draft documents they have been surely though those twenty seven eager council leaders managed to come up with a decision a final offer to to reason may and the u.k. for its bricks of plans for spurring that their line article fifty until the twenty second of may conditional on to resume a passing up plan in parliament of course it's already been rejected twice by big majorities humiliating defeat for the conservative government and it's probably for that reason that the e.u.

council added these conditions at the condition that you pass is that through if not they've added the option of a second extension up until the twelfth of april now if the u.k. chooses to go for that second extension of the reason may fails to put how plowed through parliament as is widely expected the u.k. will have to come up with some sort of plan was some sort of offer to continue that process in which case they will have to agree to participate in the european parliamentary elections but of course that would be rather silly and rather pointless because the u.k. is of course leaving the european union as threes and may stated in her press conference the atmosphere in the meeting was better than expected that it was positive and that the discussions had been very constructive is a long extension police. radio. on to the very end. i think to our poll.

and there's still empty and it means the lot of spaces and. i and somebody showing signs of strain was of course the prime minister herself to resume a she came out to give a speech at the end of that conference as well and some questions from journalists really not giving much away there from her previous speech last night which was. so badly slated by m.p.'s by pundits by journalists all over stating that the british public had voted for brics that it was now her job on the job of the house of commons to deliver that and she would be getting on with that job i hope we can all agree we are now at the moment of decision and i will make every effort to ensure that we are able to leave with a deal to move our country forward will a deal of leaving with the option rather leaving with no deal next week seems to be

off the table for now to resign my house got a breathing space this thursday for though with four options the deal option of leaving with a deal should parliament accept our plan next week leaving with no deal which is a scenario that both a reason may and all the e.u. leaders unanimously have agreed is a worst case scenario for the u.k. it will be highly damaging politically and economically for the u.k. and for the e.u. getting a longer extension or revoke article fifteen i'll do something to resume my has said she will not consider so someone else moves today that were obviously expected the extension with conditions attached what could happen next week of course it's anybody's guess so the saga assuming you does continue. president trump has weighed in on a fifty two year dispute between israel and syria saying the us is ready to recognise the occupied golan heights as part of israel turkey has condemned the announcement accusing the us of supporting israel's so-called occupation policy and he's

kilmartin has more. donald trump's support for israel has taken some new heights and that would be the golan heights and it now seems that despite the un and syria and others recognizing this territory as belonging to syria donald trump wants it to be recognized as part of israel let's take a listen to what he tweeted out of the fifty two year time for the united states to fully recognize israel so vincy over the golan heights which is of critical strategic and security importance the state of israel and regional stability now this announcement on twitter came as mike pompei o the top diplomat of the united states secretary of state was meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he expressed a huge amount of gratitude for this gift of recognizing golan heights. and it's time when the run cease to syria as a platform to destroy israel trump boldly recognize israel is sovereignty in the

golan heights thank you president trump now in its annual human rights report the usa described palestinian territories not as israeli occupied but rather as israeli control and we recently saw mike pump aoe take the unprecedented move as u.s. secretary of state and actually visit the western wall in jerusalem now at this point the world is well aware that benjamin netanyahu is facing an election that will determine whether or not he remains the prime minister of israel and some have interpreted donald trump's moves as essential trying to help netanyahu showing u.s. support for netanyahu taking unprecedented steps in pro israeli stances by the united states as a whole and people wonder if this could lead to an escalation in the region all right journalist reg sterling who is a member of the syria solidarity movement says trump's move could send shock waves across the middle east. what this decision and this group from the trumpet

ministration is going to do is instead of increasing regional stability it's going to undermine it it's going to prolong the conflict in syria it's going to d.c. stabilize the region. and then hoping it basically seems to do take moves that or in line with what benjamin netanyahu wants in the casino mogul show that they also want so this is just a continuation where they move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem where they have the u.s. to stop funding of the nations relief and works agency where the united states would through unilaterally from the iran agreement and this is continuing a very dangerous trend under not undermining international law and agreements. the chinese president is in italy to discuss rome's participation in the belt and

a road initiative it is an ambitious trillion dollar infrastructure projects spanning three continents and italy's role has drawn criticism from western allies artie's million a question of a report the bad boy or the godfather of euro skepticism it's really it's once again tough thing relations with the e.u. with rome now pushing to join trying this road and ballot initiative that's reportedly setting off alarm bells and brussels and getting backs up in washington to. italy's a major global economy and great investment destination no need for italian government to lend legitimacy to china's infrastructure vanity project and dosing boat initiative lends legitimacy to china's predatory approach to investments a moving no benefits the italian people it's really could become the first member of the so-called group of seven the most powerful nations to join in trying to some bush this plan to boost connectivity between asia europe and africa.

local businesses will likely view the project as a positive with major ports being referred to an investment into the millions of dollars it's got the italian press already speculating over a once forgotten port becoming trying as gateway to europe the pulitzer tree estas returning to the logistical world for europe that had for the old austria-hungary an empire business opportunity as the site of the italian prime minister will be forced to explain his decision. of the belton road memorandum between italy and china is primarily economic and commercial it does not put into question our european and atlantic position it does not put our national interests at risk and

it is on the same page as european strategy his cabinet alcoves those words saying that the deal would be non-binding and would just represents the initial framework for everything to come their european partners who have labeled as beijing a systemic rival especially allies on the other side of the atlantic it's called one bill one road it's global and if you look at the spots where there are who are there there are gauging in you see some geo political and military aspects we will not allow china to develop its so-called one belt one road strategy even china's cutesy promus haven't helped change americans' minds. breaking barriers when making history and. after its leave the chinese leader is planning his next stop in paris but here the

expectations of talks going wow are not as promising all right italian historian paulo bernardine believes rome has plenty to gain from strengthening its ties with china. well i think peter is going to achieve that i mean when you go to a nation even. back to a large part of the colony i mean that we. put the export relation which i not a lot all the major states and you were happy about that but i think. you know. in the relations. we are stocking or now own well now or the nation we have a biggest chinese immediately and i think it's a positive i think. and the united states. that. the major conflict the war.

thinking to. walk to. the center. and say. american men are apparently less convinced now that sexual harassment in the workplace is such a big issue as compared to two thousand and seventeen when the need to movement started a survey by gallup found that fifty three percent of men see workplace harassment as a problem that is down from sixty six percent when the me too movement exploded after a series of sexual assault allegations against powerful men however it does appear people today are more aware of the issue gallup suggested that the way the story has been covered in the media may have altered men's out of it's. doing that time a torrent of sexual misconduct allegations have been leveled against well known men and widely covered in the media this preponderance of news coverage may have put men on the defensive. we asked our guests whether they think me too is pretty

helpful or has been politically hijacked. what they said in their in their study was simply that there is a discrepancy between men who are democratic as well as men who are republican and it seems as though that drop is more heavy leaning towards the republican man maybe it has something to do with the hearing on brett kavanaugh i think that a lot of men right now are a little concerned that this situation could happen to them and it's got them women deepens cavanagh hearings brought to light how false accusations going back years and years that have zero evidence can actually be used against someone later in their career and i think we've seen so many false accusations that many americans especially constitution loving americans fear rightly so perhaps that due process could be undermined if it's a if it's

a she said it and we have to believe it scenario dating back to when women first entered the workplace the forty two fifty s. and sixty's the seventy's there have been women who have not said a word why because the culture and the temperature in the climate was never an acceptable place in time for them to present their issues and so the old boys club or old boys network was allowed to function in this in this way were four million were able to do what they wanted to do and women weren't respected in the workplace and they were able to take advantage of women the rules have changed and we're not playing that game anymore and that's what's happening men are getting caught and they want to go back to hell things used to be and so they don't want to acknowledge the fact that. sexual harassment is still a very pervasive issue and since twenty seventeen you know i hear it there were engaged are actually the gross platitudes that your guest is using i take i take real exception with categorizing our castigating men as

a one whole massive violent group while casting women as some sort of one whole massive group of victims that is just not true that there is a gradient area that you're not at all where ideas were having a rational earthiness placement if we're going to have if we're going to have a rational conversation you have to read me we're having a contract i'm good or bad and yes some women have made false and yes some because you were going on yes some women have made false accusations it is an absolute provable fact and so until you're ready to have a conversation like that we're going to be caught up in all the same hypocrisy that many on this side of the me too movement that has become so radicalized that they think all men are evil and all women are victims my life experience has taught me that when you speak in black and white like that you make a big mistake and it's been its bigotry frankly to talk that way about men or about what. after weeks of intense fighting us parents kurdish forces say they have taken

control of islamic states a final piece of territory in syria. the syrian democratic forces encircled the village of drug use in eastern syria earlier in the year and in recent weeks launched a final push to drive out the eyes of fighters around thirty seven thousand civilians have reportedly fled the area since early january. and the fall of the so-called caliphate marks an important milestone for syria but people who live under eisel rule are still recovering from the trauma here is the story of one young woman who spent three years and i still sleep. this is his had. he lives taken. one is in the clear not that.

there wasn't it couldn't look up as i got the. vision got its values couldn't demand. and this seems. despite i suppose apparent defeat of the remaining terrorists are still putting up a fight some of the group's members are said to be in hiding along the euphrates river the u.s. president though has already declared victory and not for the first time but i've got to have comments. it was only a matter of time before isis is lost on klav stronghold was destroyed liberated and it has happened isis has been cleansed from the village of but it's lost costal and syria has crumbled say some others say that that isn't true

and that they're still fighting but what the heck trump says he won. so what happens is this is all isis now on the bottom that's as of today this is isis there's none the caliphate is gone as of tonight. only. boiled what can you say mission accomplished again the strangest thing they keep beating isis destroying its last stronghold again and again and again the coalition to defeat isis has liberated very close to one hundred percent of the territory we're doing a great job with isis we have just absolutely decimated isis we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beaten a badly the isis caliphate. has been decimated in another short

period of time like hours you'll be hearing hours and days you'll be hearing about the caliphate it was one hundred percent defeated so is this it or are we going to see another epic final battle between the forces of good and isis no one seems to know my gut feeling having been in iraq in syria for so long seen what i've seen of isis is no not even close they're out in the desert they're in holes hiding underground there in baghdad in damascus licking their wounds but that's just my opinion and a whole lot of other reporters and experts for now though if we believe that the forces of good have finally won what is next question that america's allies such as france really want an answer to mrs polly francis defense minister

went to the u.s. to get answers to various questions if by chance the american military presence would be maintained what would be the consequence of its presence what would the mission be we do not have these answers yet it is on the basis of information that we don't have yet the president might crumble determine the possibility of a french contribution on top of everything else in the murderers and maniacs that made up isis even if the organization is dead those individuals are not they've apparently gone back to their roots back where they began in mosul which the u.s. led coalition for all intents and purposes carpet bombed tens of thousands of civilians dead in the crossfire the isis zealots have apparently gone back to basics extortionists assassins thugs and guns for hire. isis is using the same preety fourteen style and most threatening people to pay by

sending a message by envelope pay or die they threaten businessmen doctors etc congratulations donald you've won you've beaten isis again and bets are now on how long do you think it'll be before trump declares his next last victory over isis again he always wants to be in advance he doesn't have. a very good relation with the troof you know he likes to extend the true for r. in the light of the thought and he wants he always wants to compare himself with barack obama and think that he was the one that if he did this in a very short time but it still hasn't finished and. this is not finished is finished in the land of syria in iraq also but this period after isaac's continues i think in other places such as afghanistan. is only thinking about his reelection

. right some news just into the newsroom now a car has rammed into a crowd in central china killing seven people and injuring seven more this according to state media there it's happened in the city of young and the driver of the vehicle was reportedly shot and killed by a police our newsroom is following the story and of course we'll bring you more information as we get it in. a defiant prisoner and saudi national held in the infamous guantanamo bay detention center has surprisingly heaped praise on the u.s. and lashed out at the saudi monarchy. my faith in many u.s. politicians and media outlets has recently risen dramatically because of the courage to stand against the saudi royals the saudi royal family overtly fights terrorism to please the west while covertly supporting its a please the clerics and others they also do this so that they are always desperately needed by the united states and the west. has spent seventeen years in

guantanamo after being captured at a pakistani military camp in the us dropped initial charges against him to conspiracy to commit terrorism but still the client his release over security fears all sharply though admit to being an interpreter in the camp and receiving training to use explosives. i'm proud of what i did and there isn't any reason for hiding my force against the united states i took up arms i did what i did and i'm willing to pay the price no matter how many years you sentence me even if i spend hundreds of years in jail that would be a matter of honor for me ramsey cousin who is a lawyer representing. told us there is no justification for keeping me in prison. well mr all short he was very clear eyed about why he wanted to speak out in this moment and he's also cognizant of the possible consequences that would that might

carry for himself but for him it's more important to speak the truth in this moment to cast a critical light on on his home government and to let the chips fall where they may he is hopeful that you know the truth will set him free and that he will eventually regain his freedom and remain safe but but he also understands that you know the saudi government does not take too well to criticism it's really an extraordinary situation because when you think about it here in the united states if he had been charged with the most common terrorism related offense material support for terrorism he would be a free man by now the sentence for that is usually ten to fifteen years and so the question really is why is the united states continuing to hold on to these men and the answer unfortunately is that it's politics it's just the perception of having a place like guantanamo and what that represents symbolically to a certain portion of the electorate and to a certain part of the political class in the united states it's far too convenient a political football unfortunately there are no charges pending against mr shaw to

be at one point he was charged before a military commission with a crime of conspiracy that crime was subsequently found by u.s. courts not to constitute a war crime so. that charge was dismissed he like many of the forty remaining prisoners at guantanamo basically since there are guantanamo without charge or a fair process. and the school bus driver has been arrested near milan in italy after he high jacked and set fire to his own vehicle with fifty one children on board the driver has been quoted as shouting no one will survive police managed to smash the windows at the back of the vehicle and pull students to safety before the bus was engulfed in flames no one was badly hurt but around a dozen youngsters were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation or bruising some appeared to be tied up at the time. the rescue it is thought that the suspect was acting in revenge for the deaths of migrants at sea and wrote to italy. but in this

. letter the suspect made no reference to want to propaganda in favor of islam he said it was his personal choice because he couldn't bear to see children torn by sharks and drowned pregnant women. the driver has been identified as a forty seven year old man of senegalese origin in two thousand and four he received italian citizenship he is already known to police over previous convictions for drinking and driving and sexual misconduct one of the pupils on the bus told reporters the suspect lost his three children after they drowned in the mediterranean sea while trying to reach italy but it has not been verified. nearly twenty three hundred migrants trying to reach european shores died or went missing in the mediterranean last year alone according to un estimates for many italy has been and still is the first destination of choice even despite the current government pushing hard to prevent an influx of refugees arriving by closing ports to rescue ships former u.k.

counter-terror chief chris phillips told us the screening process for the suspects employment has clearly failed. really important and incumbent upon all businesses to make sure that they're there they're dealing and they know who they're dealing with i mean this guy already appears has a background in crime and also convictions so should he have been driving children in the first place but but this is a big problem because of course these people that want to do harm can come out of the blue and something like this could have been so much worse of course terrorism usually means about. politicians and the politicians and the people to change the laws now of course you could say that what he's trying to do is bring bring the focus of this attack through what's happening on the seas of the mediterranean but of course it does appear that he's alone actor someone that already got a bit of a checkered past and has. done this horrendous act to these children.

ukraine's that general prosecutor has called out the u.s. ambassador in the country on allegations of corruption kids top lawyer says he was provided a list of untouchable people in the country after his appointment in the spring of two thousand and sixteen u.s. embassy has called the claims total fabrication. unfortunately from the first meeting with the u.s. embassy doing with your vantage gave me a list of people whom we should not prosecute my response of that is that is inadmissible nobody in this country neither our president nor our parliament nor our ambassador will stop me from prosecuting whether there is a crime the statements of the prosecutor general of ukraine are not true and are intended to weaken the reputation of embassador you have an overreach such attacks deepen our determination to help ukraine achieve victory in the fight against corruption. the u.s. state department back to their ambassador in tears saying no support is currently being given to ukraine's prosecutor office however it did admit supporting reforms

in the wake of the two thousand and fourteen revolution in ukraine journalist and political commentator martin summers says the timing of the claims is significant the us has played a big role in the creation of the new regime in kiev going back to twenty fourteen and you know that the us has hardly made a secret of its goals in ukraine so in a sense it's not unlikely that such things malta been said and done to get that u.s. ambassadors of all political appointees they're not professional ambassadors like british ambassador's or russian ambassadors there's going to be questions about what motivations the law be on both sides don't forget there's a presidential election coming up in ukraine and poland entry election in october and therefore the might be some pressure on the ukrainian side to stop which independence from you know outside forces on the other hand the americans may very well have made such threats as it were to the prosecutor because they've got their

their own process j.s that they're looking after are arrived that doesn't for me i'll be back with headlines and say exactly thirty minutes there with us this is our attention. and. with more in. what is happening here it would seem if you can't win on the merit of ideas you need to do is to radically change the system.