the difficulties the united states is done. >> i do think what snowden has done has been very, very damaging to us in a lot of ways, because a lot of foreign diplomatic negotiations are a lot of things -- a lot of foreign policy is gossip and picking up what somebody has said about somebody else that is useful in the long-term of trying to figure out how you deal with a particular country and i think that it creates huge difficulties in that way. >> difficulties that france and germany want to fix. the u.s. have a lot of explaining to do to keep its friends on its side. >> katy watson, "bbc news," washington. >> our correspondent ian watts season in brussels. ian, in these european courts, they thought it was to be done but what's the latest there? >> we're still waiting for the national press conference to get under way. at the end of this summit we will get more details then but

we got quite a lot of details from the president of the european council and the commission and of course press conferences from francois and angela merkle. what is likely to happen over the next few months is that france and germany will try to negotiate a new framework for cooperation on intelligence with the united states. there was that sponing press conferences overnight. angela merkle of course believes her own phone was monitored by the americans and her view the relationship with america has to change radically and she wants to see deep changes and assurances there will be a fresh relationship and in short she wants to make sure america sticks to the promise she had from president obama not to monitor her phone calls, this is reading between the loins but not that far between the lines, frankly that she doesn't want the united states to indulge in espionage

because there's an expliss it threat from her and implicit threat that intelligence gathering next to terrorism is dent on the mutual trust and respect so in other words they may not get the help they need keep their borders safe unless they show toronto the european nations and one thing i've been told in the past few minutes is some of the other european countries not just france and germany were saying everyone around the table for the leaders to come out and say what they knew about this spying scandal. including great britain they kept very silent indeed and the president said it's not time just to build trust with america again but to rebuild trust between european partners, so i think it's scanned louse has gotten way

more ramifications than simple thirty relationship between america, germany and france. >> yes. briefly i want to ask you, we understand overnight there was a rescue operation to get ahold of 700 migrant refugees off the coast of italy. that is very much going to be on the table regarding talks. anything being said about that at the moment? >> yes. officially on the table for the discussions in the european summit this morning. hear claly this is very timely but not quite as disastrous as the debate which was sparked by the deaths of many. but there are reports from reporters to try to beef up the european frontier agency and proposals to try and get the burden of migration shared throughout e.u. something northern countries including germany are

resisting, but more importantly they say overall they take more refugees into the e.u. than anywhere else. >> shane watson reporting from brussels. and other news, the international criminal court ruled william reduceo will not be allowed to be absent most of his trial for crimes against humanity. it follows an appeal from prosecutors against an earlier ruling to stay home and deal with the aftermath of the west gate shopping mall attack. and two pre-columbian mummies more than 1,000 years old in the suburbs of a capital of lima. the child was believed to have human ied alive as a sacrifice after the death of the adults. >> and in no rush to become king because he feels the monarch position will be a

prison. that was quoted from someone in much zine but he supports in charities before he becomes king. >> now the disgraced chinese politician has lost his appeal for his conviction of corruption and abuse of power. it means he should now serve the rest of the life sentence he was originally given. the bbc's david gramatica reports. >> early this morning in entire city blocks sealed off by chinese police. this is china's most politically sensitive case in decades. >> the high court, deserted then in swept the convoy carrying him. he looked like he was being deliberately put on show in his moment of disgrace. >> but still smiling as he did

throughout his trial, he remained defind. the judges dismissed his appeal. they said the evidence was clear. his family had received millions in bribes and he had tried to impede investigations of the murder by his wife of the businessman, his downfall is above all a political purge by china's communist leaders. the party installed a new generation of lead ears year ago. brought in contention for a slot but his rivals saw him as ambitious and brought him down. the new president has seen an unprecedented crackdown on corruption which is widespread and can a roading public faith but the target has been the political enemies of the powerful. he is now headed here, a maximum security jail built to hold china's purged leaders.

the numbers in prison for corruption is growing. jailing one senior official every month on average and his government is also talking about cushing powerful state-owned enterprises but is he will serve a life sentence. the court said he cannot make any further appeals. >> his conviction is the most eye-camping of the measures while the new president is in power. the new president is cleansing the communist party but not bringing deep-seeded change to china. "bbc news," guest non. >> to the bush fires still burning in the premiere of the south of new whales as he wants to discuss compensation from the army who admitted to starting one of the fires 69

whether the bush fires are linked to climate change. here's john -- don jonathon. >> the fires in new south wales have been burning for over a week so now the threat level has been downgraded but there's question over who would pay for the damage after it was found the biggest fire this past week was caused by an army training exercise using explosives. now the premiere of new south wales stays military may have to foot the bill. >> property has been damaged. we need to set the compensation issues. that's what we are discussing. >> fire in question is still burning not far fr the town of lit gow. it's destroyed more than 40,000 and homes have been lost. many will question the wisdom f having soldiers working with exposure after unseasonably hot weather and the australian department of defense

apologized but said it is too early to say whether it will pay compensation. meanwhile, the fires and linked to -- the prime minister resquected the idea describing it as hogwash. his environment minister accused mr. abbott's opponents as playing politics. >> we always accept the signs. and some will have differing views either way, we accept the science, but to misuse suffering and hardship of you know what i mean new south wales to try make a political point, i would respectfully say it's inappropriate. >> but today a leading climate research group that recently had its funding cut by the government said the link was clear. if the bush fire season continues as it has just started, the argument over the causes will only intense phi. >> "bbc news" in new south wales.

>> stay with us on "bbc world news." still to come, we're live at the 100 women conference the first of its kind on e bbc as we look at women's lives around the world. >> the heavyweight boxing champion vitaly klitschko says he will run in the presidential election. the announcement seems to be prompted bay new tax law that could prevent him from running as head of state. >> when this world heavyweight champion boxer fell under attack, he normally hits right back so when parliament passed a lew that would prevent vitaly klitschko from running he pulled no punches. >> taking into consideration all these dirty manipulations that have been taking place in parliament, we texted laws, i want to declare that this does not intimidate me and will not

stop me. to head off these bogus schemes as an attempt to get even with me as a possible candidate, i will declare that i will run for president. but he may not be eligible. mr. klitschko has resident as i in germany. under new law people who have permanent resident as i in other countries no longer count as ukrainian residents, his fighting talk prompted this reaction from the opposition party. >> he didn't pay taxes in ukraine. he is paying taxes in germany so germans will have high pensions. this is what you will have to explain during the election campaign. >> mr. klitschko is the first declared challenger to the president who is widely expected to seek a second term during elections in march of 20

14 and the boxer has already been packing a political punch. his anti-corruption claimed third place in parliamentary elections and he has led recent opinion polls and could be a serious contender. >> the business world is just one area of life where wimp often struggle to get to the top, but some of those who have succeeded are part of our special 100 women conference here in london here to debate women's livels around the world and today new figures have been released on the global gender gap by the world economic forum, coming in at 18th place is the united kingdom. it's been years since margaret thatcher rose to be the first and only so far female prime minister. but vicky young has been taking

a look at how much progress has been made since then. >> it's an historic moment, margaret thatcher become britain's first female prime minister. >> where there is discord, may we bring harmony. >> for more than a decade she remained at the top but few women were there to keep her company. some women have held some of the highest offices but more needs to be done. >> there's much more importance over whether we go to war or what we teach in schools are being made the a room where the only women present serving the tea. it's whether or not they are being enabled to do it. >> elected men still far outnumber the women who make up just 23% of m.p.'s in the house of commons and 40% of -- and in scottish parliament 357 of m.p.'s are women and in the

northern ireland it's only 19! . therapy often violent struggle for the right to vote and after fancy became the first m.p. to take her seat in the commons. memorabilia is a reminder of the battle that women have to fight to gain representation but in the intervening years just 35 years have been give an job in the cabinet and campaigners believe unless political parties take action progress could stall. >> it was the election of tony blair's that really bostonned the number of female m.p.'s, he used all tpwhim many of his winnable seats. of male dominated world dublin dubbed them blair's babes but in believe it's time to change things. >> i'm not willing to wait while good intentions bring about very, very slow progress.

i want to see change more quickly than that. >> in scotland they have a good record of getting women elected but they say they still face pressures male politicians don't. >> women bring something acceptstive and special to the political debate and the more of us there are the more people will stop focusing on what we wear and how we look. the critical mass is really important. >> a statue of successful rajeth keeps a watchful eye. much has been made since her fight for the right for women to vote. >> live now to the bbc radio where the conference is taking place. lucy hockings is there for us. it's looking pretty busy. >> it's incredibly busy, and can you imagine 100 women in a room, it's literally buzzing with creativity and incredible

ideas but i've got a few words for us all to consider, that word creativity, passion, self-expression. why do these words have a gender bias some would say? >> it's interesting but the world of performing address is still considered to be dominated by pen. here as a costume and stage designer and another who is a lebanese british composer, thank you for being with us. how hard is it for women? >> i work in various fields in the world of theater women are greatly encouraged but then when off child how do you pay for child care? theater is notoriously ever in paid. how can you make economics work? when it comes to rock and roll i design for kanye west and jay-z and the olympic closing but it's a male-dominated

world. it's heavy and organized around lifting up huge stages, transporting them around the globe. it's a profession. men 4rif6 together on a bus touring equipment around the planet. how could you take a child with you on the bus? engineering and lighting are very male-dominated industries. >> were you encouraged when you were younger to become a composer and a musician? >> i think my family was not so much pressuring me but encouraging me to have kids and family so i was kind of pushing really hard for that as a composite to have a creative career. >> and how as a woman does it change your music or influence it in any way? >> off lot to say coming from a lebanese background and living in the west and particularly in london, it's a lot of it has

infiltrated into my music and into my creative practice. >> and does having children affected your create initiative any way? >> yes. the stakes are higher. i have to achieve something really worthwhile if i'm going to leave my children for an hour, and my husband feels same way, i want to talk about the fact that my husband is a costume designer. if he leaves the children for an hour he feels wrench as strongly as i do, so the division between us working and us caring for the children is very equal. >> does it worry you because you don't have children yet but i know you want to? >> yes. big-time. i am worried and i have role models like here, too, to look up to and it's difficult. to think that i can have a very -- a good career and be a mother, which also is 100%, you

have to give 100% to being a mother as well. and i think -- like we were talking about earlier that it's advisable for a woman to be at a certain stage in her career at 10,000 hours of practice or whatever they say. >> that's glad welle, 10,000 hours of achievement before you could be in that position to say i should have children now and i can have them without being discriminated against. >> and you must be ruthless with time management. >> i am completely ruthless with my time, and that disappoint well made that in order to call the shots with your time and say you know what? you're still rehearsing in new york but i'm coming home because i have to see my kids, you have to reach a certain status to be empowered to say i will be leaving now. and that comes with delaying having your children.

>> it comes with a huge amount of confidence as well. i imagine. bush ray, how are you feeling in your career? right now are you at appoint where you are feeling confident inform that. >> i wonder if any type of woman feels confident. we're always feeling we need to do more. even though manyos have accomplish do so so much. >> i read that if you were offered buckingham palace as a re-design you wouldn't do it. so there's always tough choices. how has that changed? >> i would certainly design buckingham palace were it not clashing with the children's talents. to say whatever comes out and my husband has to do the same thing. >> final question in terms of management of the performing arts women making progress will? because it still feels dominated by men.

>> i think the level you have to commit and the dedication. you have to show that you will give every ounce of your blood every hour. if there's even if tiniest sthaugs you have to leave at 5:00 tpick up the kids, you will see the people's eyes gloss over and they will move on to the next candidate. >> women at senior management running big music companies. yes, it would make a big difference. already there's been some change and it's going be even better in the future. thank you both very much for joining us. that's it for the conference of 100 women, join me later for impact. >> lucy, thank you very much. we will be back inside the 100 women conference. don't forget you can keep up to date with the whole of the events. details on line on the bbc website and you can watch the 1

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welcome to "newsline." here are some of the stories we are following this hour. officials on an island south of tokyo have advised hundreds of residents to flee as another storm approaches. european leaders trying to fix their economic problems have been distracted by allegations u.s. agents have been spying on them. a chinese court has rejected the appeal of a former

politician once destined for big things and upheld his life sentence. residents of an island south of tokyo are getting ready for a severe tropical storm that is heading their way. they have been advised to leave while residents were still cleaning up from a typhoon. the typhoon set off landslides last week that destroyed dozens of homes. it killed at least 31 people. 13 others are still missing. now authorities have turned their attention to the latest forecasts. they've asked about 2,300 people who live in areas hit by the storm last week to move to somewhere safe before the nest one arrives. they've had rain throughout the last week, and they fear they could see more landslides. so officials are considering whether to send out an advisory for island-wide evacuation.

people in parts of western japan are dealing with terror edges downpours. meteorologist sayaka mori gives us the latest. >> hello there. francisco is no longer a typhoon, it's a severe tropical storm. it will remain south of japan, but it's moisture to the area. that's why we're see drenching rain. the heaviest rain was found at 632 millimeters. record amounts of rain fell in parts of kyushu. the front will remain. so the risk of heavy rein is shifting towards the east across central and eastern japan. we are expecting more than 200 millimeters of rain to fall in some locations. the heaviest rain is going to be

found in the yoesh ma islands. the risk of flooding and landslides will ten for the next couple of days i'm afraid. >> we'll be back later with more updates in world weather. nuclear regulators in japan have simplified things for the people in charge of fukushima daiichi. they've allowed workers at the nuclear plant to change the way they release water from barriers around the storage tanks. the tanks hold radioactive water. they're surrounded by barriers. and rein wainwater builds up in. they have to test it to make sure it is safe. then they could release it into the compound. but in the last few weeks they've seen a number of storms, and they have not been able to keep up. water with unsafe levels of contamination has overflowed the

barriers. so officials with tokyo electric power company asked if they could stop transferring the rainwater into other tanks. they want to test the water inside the barriers, then if it's safe release it. the regulators approved. tepco managers say they'll follow the new procedures until the end of this year. they're planning to add more pumps to transfer the rainwater. and they want to build higher barriers around the tanks. european union leaders have had their trust shaken in people they've long relied on as allies. they're discussing allegations that the americans have been spying on them. leaders from across the eu are meeting in brussels, shoring up the economic recovery had been at the top of their