it is neck and neck the first results in israel's general election show incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu bleeding over his opponent benny gantz exit polls put both candidates in a dead heat with both men claiming victory. president bush and dismisses the investigation into the alleged collusion between russia and two thousand and sixteen calling it total nonsense. and with the two thousand and twenty presidential race already gathering steam the issue of reparations for slavery becomes a hot button topic with many democrat candidates expressing their support for the idea we put the issue up for debate. it would have been plenty on me.

which is at the end to slavery right now it makes. me. this is our team international thomas certainly glad to have you with us accounting is under way in israel general election for now first results show incumbent prime minister benjamin netanyahu is leading by about one and a half percent over his opponent benny gantz netanyahu himself claims he has already started coalition talks while gans is also not giving up and is promising his supporters that he will be the country's new leader looking over the exit polls in tel aviv here's our middle east correspondent paula. well the polls are really ties with the incumbent israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu claiming victory while at the same time his main content it for israeli defense forces chief baby

guns also claiming victory guns is a relative newcomer to politics and has set up a party called blue and white the exit polls change almost by the minute earlier on they were suggesting their guns was in the lead then they suggested that netanyahu was in the lead and essentially would have to wait until around midday when state for the final results to be put in the oval since one gets from these elections is certain that they are every for random if you like on the turn yahoo i spent a lot of election day visiting various polling stations and talking to people about why they were there and of course issues like security and social issues came up but the overriding issue that saw people turn out in huge numbers and voter turnout reached more than eighty percent was the question of whether or not to vote netanyahu back into power he is seeking a fourth consecutive term in office and an overall but the term in office and if

indeed he comes in again he will be israel's longest serving prime minister ever it's not just a question of who is the leader with the most number of votes come the day wednesday but it is the question of who can form the majority coalition now the leader with the most votes will be tossed by the israeli president to seek out coalition partners if he can't it's been forced on the leader who is the leader of the second largest party to do so and he needs to get a coalition that will see sixty one out of one hundred and twenty parliamentary seats minimum to be the next israeli prime minister that coalition process could indeed takes weeks so we still in the the gray area as to who will be israel's next prime minister be. certainly one of the closest contested elections in recent history this elections would not cause any major change in the israeli policies

because guns the party of blue and white party has not made it easy for you sure they might be just part of the problem is. this is. part of what is the make of it well we should. go. so i can see it he feels good so we need to change. who is the shake party lead to months ago. he is believed he will go. no nobody. wants. he's bought his people from the right side of the political map. so nobody. wants except to kick in the you know out from the government but it does seem like

has got more seats than the last time gonski came from really out of nowhere to get maybe thirty five thirty seven seats and we right now have in israel two major parties who will have an effect on any government and it could be whether it's a right of center left of center national unity it will it will change the way israel looks at this point well fact the palestinians as well but i don't think a lot of israelis right now are really concerned with palestinian reaction they're concerned about what is israel going to look like tomorrow morning but next and you know under clouds of indictment and corruption and a divisive election and all sorts of other things that he's been accused of having been in office now for ten years still seems to have gotten more seats than the last time what's interesting is that you know one hour after the exit polls are out both people are claiming victory and it's an. has already started negotiating for coalition partners and actually says he even has a coalition ready which is almost impossible because we don't know the results. but

a mere putin has brushed off the entire investigation into russian meddling in the us presidential election is total nonsense and aimed to add a domestic audience the russian president told the international arctic forum in st petersburg that it was clear from the beginning there had been no collusion between the kremlin and donald trump comments. international arctic forum where first of all the journalists and the audience on the other hand at the main discussion event wanted to hear answers to questions that had nothing to do with the arctic the journalist that was leading the way of the discussion actually made it clear at one point that he wants to stay away from climate change melting ice is c o two emissions and talked to vladimir putin for some time about international relations and specifically how moscow is getting along with

washington and indeed ever since the robert miller investigation was done and dusted and any kind of collusion between russia and donald trump was ruled out we never heard a word from vladimir putin on that specifically well that's up until today. we were saying from the beginning this month a commission would not find anything russia did not interfere in the u.s. elections and there was none of the collusion that money was looking for between trump and russia we did not know when he came to moscow he came as a businessman this is complete nonsense designed exclusively for a domestic audience so he started with a mountain which in the end of a mouse there's nothing really to add here it was very clear what the russian president wanted to say here and the next turn in that conversation was rather predictable as well if the robert miller probe is over and if

no signs of collusion between washington and mr trump were filed what's next for the between the u.s. and moscow what's next and terms of how specifically the two presidents get along will lattimer putin accept donald trump's invitation. that's dated back to the helsinki summit to washington and could at least these ties between these two countries could they start getting back to normal the russian president said that he wasn't really expecting that to happen and then he went on to say that he believes there is some deep trouble in america internal politics he actually called it a real crisis that never happened in the history of the country. is part of a wider crisis in the u.s. political groups illegitimately elected president they don't accept the choice of

the american people they want to have a say in the result is a political crisis unlike anything we've seen in u.s. history so we'll leave it there with all the stuff that has to do with america there was something else very special about the specific international arctic for the participants in fact the leaders from two countries sweden and norway the prime ministers who back in two thousand and fourteen decided to join the chorus of western nations who wanted to isolate russia as a result of the crisis in ukraine now i can remind you that ever since then pretty much all contacts on the highest level work cut well now they are in st petersburg and they are talking directly to president vladimir putin but they decided at least in that particular room to avoid the sharp angles everything they said sounded rather diplomatic and they chose to stick to things like carbon

emissions climate change and those melting ice is in the arctic which are very important issues and deed as well this is actually the reason why everyone is gathered here but i can tell you that in the minds of journalists they want to hear about that molar probe again and again. while many serious issues were discussed at the forum there were also some lighter moments. so. i was swedish friends again best if i'd been in the russian economy. because of this and you want to. come forth to school with me. that. one day i know you are expecting an invitation to the white house this year and that you're most used to we have a good book is called twelve chairs is a phrase in there come a visit to the old mother will be happy but she's not left the address you are many

russian tourists come to finland and you should be full of that you hope they behave well on how to finish tourist behave well. they behave well they eat snacks while they're drinking. it crippling shortage of skilled workers in romania has prompted it had to join other small you nations to condemn the blocks freedom of movement policy as professionals leave their nations for better pay checks within the e.u. they're hitting at the growth of their home countries are. reports. fierce aspiring e.u. members the idea of joining the board is dream need european union membership of what they have in european states would also be present in macedonia can embrace a completely new agenda today in order to meet deadlines catch up with their neighbors and join the group of countries still be the first or not last in line to join the union or weeks take on this new. vision

because we are the most europe music nation in europe but first some of the union's new comers the dream didn't quite materialize. and adding to their wu's there is the crippling brain drain part of the so-called prize of being a member state is freedom of movement you can move and work with ever you won't see but according to remain here that comes at a price and when you know if you are the least one medium the service you keep the only one. with people who disagree you know it's not the same we think you. can see

this the procedure of higher paid work is just too much it's not just romania that's suffering either hungry has also warned it's facing an exodus of well educated people to take in the higher paying jobs elsewhere in the e.u. it seems the brain drain is actually one of the biggest worries that some countries have it's a problem that needs solutions according to hungry second largest parliamentary party he'll pick our talented. young people who are skilled who are educated in our country believe after they reset receive their university degrees and go to western europe to to search for better jobs and i i think it is unacceptable that a doctor in hungary receives ten times less than a doctor in the in the u.k. if that you want to have a future and if it wants to be a stable economy and competitive on the global stage it has to eliminate those

structural differences but as the e.u. expands further some countries might be asking whether they can really have forwards to be part of the club so it's even ski out c s. u k could be said for a lengthy bragg's a delay diplomats have been locked in talks ahead of wednesday's emergency summit in brussels and have signaled that they do not believe a short extension to the withdrawal period will help break the current to deadlock earlier on tuesday the british prime minister met with german chancellor angela merkel in berlin to try and secure support for a short delay until the thirtieth of june theresa may then jetted off to paris where she met the french president the diplomatic dash comes after m.p.'s in westminster passed a bill requiring that the pm to seek yet another extension to the deadline to leave the european union. it's been almost three years since the briggs and referendum

and many in the u.k. have changed their mind on whether they should leave the union after all the town of boston which is about one hundred kilometers north of london is home to thousands of migrants from eastern european countries back then it voted overwhelmingly to leave the e.u. we went to see where the pendulum is now. the people. we have to vote we do so much stick to it. and let's get out. of this price. menu today the wife has this take it the job is now we have no tradition today so we're not even set up right still for case offends pay paul. respect this town you know to drink from the. time if you integrate in the community it's your work you pay your taxes so you try

to get along with the others i think there shouldn't be any problems because we have people of the world that we all could we belong to each other we should help each other instead of like there's that. britain is lining up the toughest internet laws in the world so says a government plan called online harms which suggests penalizing or even blocking websites that fail to take down potentially harmful content covering everything from child abuse to discrimination but explains there are fears that where there is a regulation there is also censorship. too much freedom can be dangerous that's the message from the u.k. government which has unveiled ambitious new plans to oversee the safest corner of the internet the country that's famous for bringing you mary poppins around these companies to keep users safe and if they fail to do so tossed punishments will be imposed. the era of social media firms regulating themselves is over it's time to

do things differently it's time to keep our children safe so how is the british government going to make the u.k. the safest place to enjoy the net well for starters there are going to be some strict new rules any company that allows online interaction will be responsible for their users safety as well as the content that appears on their services in the most obvious examples that will mean purging illegal material related to terrorist and child sexual exploitation and abuse and if companies fail to clean up their act the likes of facebook and twitter will be put on the naughty step by a new independent regulator for the internet companies will face substantial fines for failing to pull down dangerous or extremist materials if the fines don't work bosses of the offending firms could be liable to criminal prosecution and if that

fails to web sites could be blocked entirely for u.k. internet users and that regulator should have teeth so we're going to consult not just on remedial notices on fines and that can be up to four percent of global turnover at the moment none of this is law yet they'll be twelve weeks of public consultation only after that draft legislation will be drawn are up but there are already concerns over the prospect of tough new regulations there's so much come to know that the can just influence. well really anybody but especially maybe younger generation kids i would slightly maybe disagree i think the internet is something which is open and it was a good thing that it was always open and not any form of government or whatever i think it's probably a good idea i think this is enough regulate that i think it's. a pretty good idea i think it's a good idea to have some protection in that but it depends how stringent and how

close they are to every day stuff internet needs better regulation most definitely why. two three four. and then the government says it wants to remove what it calls harmful content but who will be the arbiter of what stays out up and what goes down so those social media companies will have to do two things first is to set out filters. to see just to show that they are doing whatever they can and you know to to prevent material that could potentially cause serious harm to young children a lot of people in the second they will have to act in a speedy manner to any requests to remove such material at the moment the government is still deciding whether the job of regulating should fall on the shoulders of a new independent body or an existing one like broadcast regulator off kong and

when it comes to the big social media fams well like students craving more stringent discipline facebook has tentatively welcomed the plan for greater and government oversight with a caveat or to. these are complex issues to get right and we look forward to working with the government and parliament to ensure the new regulations are effective the u.k. government says it wants to be a trailblazer but the question is how to implement strictest safety measures without restricting freedom of the internet. the foreign ministry of venezuela has announced that the country will leave the organization of american states the government of the blue varian republic of venezuela reaffirms its revokable decision to leave the organization of american states on april twenty seventh twenty nineteen given that venezuela cannot remain in an organization that means

before the imperial interests of the us administration. came in response to the oas deciding to award venezuela's seat to a representative of opposition leader won by dell according to the organization's twitter the vote was eighteen to nine in favor of seating gustavo tar a on tuesday tory had been named by venezuela's oppositions are held journalist will check says the outcome of the vote was not a surprise. the organization of american states. actually. everybody knows that we're going to go in there is that they. want to go along. well a place that is going to. bring nato troops for signs of the american legion because they're with the existing ones being president who you know she says well we are third who of constitutional cool. go through some of. our older started to fill in the wall so i mean this is the sort of clearly that is the.

capital is there i don't need to be allies of that was i'm thinking real estate so it's already in motion or is the left leaning company when it's look you know what's also on fortunately. believe it or. presidential elections are being go into its own whilst another. as the twenty twenty presidential race starts picking up pace in the u.s. a number of leading democrat contender is have made the issue of reparations for slavery a top campaign indorsement it would entail an official acknowledgment of the legacy of american slavery and compensation payments to those still affected by discrimination as a result. we have to recognize that everybody did not start out on an equal footing in this country and in particular black people have not. and so we have got

to recognize that and do something about that and give folks a lift up i believe it's time to start the national conversation about reparations so that we can as a nation do what's right and begin to heal there are massive disparities that must be addressed so we're going to do everything we can to put resources into distressed communities and improve lives for those people who have been hurt from the legacy of slavery invited we invited conservative commentator anthony bryan logan and attorney and author reese everson to debate the merits of this issue. you could have identified the former slave master and a former slave or at a moment but we're now winds are every two years past a particular point in time who's going to pay people who did not have slaves nobody i left a day in twenty nineteen was a slave back then so what do we gain pay for who's going to pay we're again pay

it's no more than a campaign promise from democratic hopefuls trying to get some kind of attention now you're ok with a.b.l. listen that's the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard they provide economic restitution to those people now if i came into your house mr a.b.l. and i stole a thousand dollars from you and then i died or if i fall a million dollars from you and then i die would you say oh well reason died so that money doesn't matter anymore no he would go talk to my children and children are still living off the benefits of that million dollars just because somebody is grand days though it doesn't mean i'm responsible for it if somebody is granddad was so you know a killer and then they found out one hundred years later you go after the kids and say ok you get to go to jail now or you get to pay back the money because of what your grandfather makes no. you know who did it you should have been able to catch him why they were alive punished him why they were alive we want to focus on is the economic harm that was done to black people if we really break down with slavery

was people were brought from across the water to work and that was free labor so what we have is here to ration years hundreds of years of systematic distant discrimination and shutting out of x. economic access the black people and that has to be repaid if you're going to blame the government you as a party is a laugh right even no nobody's allowed right now it's only nineteen that was a lot of bathing and it's been a thing about it is who's going to pay you're talking about a government that government is funded by the people that means me that means you will pay for it so how does it make any sense like i see it would have been more let me raise you know how many times that you are mostly slave women parisians would have been do which is at the end to slavery not right now it makes no sense to so argue me it is no logic here america's never even study the effects of slavery on black people they never think down they said we know that as the

government we thank him with this this experience but we don't even know how far that experience reaches because no one's ever study it how much do we owe black people no one's ever studied it why because the government has literally buried it had it paid out everybody else and turned it back on the black people in america who hate anyone i do too long to just drive eighty eight aren't they handed three hundred and one example fighter out in tears. the european court in strasbourg has ruled that russia violated the human rights of prominent opposition figure alexina vali when he was put under house arrest in two thousand and fourteen there's artie's down the quarter with commentary. lawyer and political activist alex involving is the leader of the progressive party one of russia's major unregistered opposition parties now the russian government did put him under house arrest in two thousand and fourteen after he and his brother were accused suspected of theft and laundering money from

a russian company called eve now the european court of human rights is saying that the government was actually trying to curtail novell needs political activities by confining him to his house and according to his lawyer the strausberg court is demanding that the russian government pain of only over twenty thousand euros in reparations and he's already gone on social media to say that this was a victory for him. victory the european court of human rights has just acknowledged my house arrest in twenty fourteen was illegal falso fired back against the court's decision against the russian government kremlin spokes person dmitri peskov gave an official statement saying that the decision was certainly an anticipated. the decision is quite surprising i can see we expected it it's hard to grieve with its narrative this isn't the first time deval news had a run in with russian authorities now he was barred from running for president back in two thousand and eighteen because of a previous conviction of fraud and back in two thousand and sixteen the the e.c. h.

r. ordered the russian government to pain of only fifty six thousand euros in damages because of another prison sentence for embezzlement so rushed that the russian government actually stuck to its guns on that one but although not all need continues to state that all the charges and sentences made against him were politically motivated so with the e.c. h.r. again making a ruling against the russian government moscow's course of action has yet to be seen. as a female back in thirty one and a half minutes more news you're watching at international. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the book different clubs on one hand it is logical to sort of go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and

a fresh perspective i'm used to surprising us all. i'm going to talk about football not the or else you can think i was going to do. by the way ways that the line here. greetings and sally you take. to day my friends the word of the day is extremists yes extremists is our word of the day according to oxford dictionary is the definition of extremist as quote a person who holds extreme political or religious views especially one who advocates illegal violent or other extreme action looking around the world today

one could say that both here in the united states and in many other countries around the world we are surrounded and even led by extremists just take a gander at our headlines for example an extremist as someone who believes poor people trying to cross a border for a better life are animals that my friend would be an extremist who holds that you extremists are folks who would push us into world war three just to prove themselves right about a political bury tale as those are extremists they even have their own television shows on them as any way an extremist as someone who would set fire to a sacred place of worship because they don't like the parishioners skin color.