of the new e.u. data rules have chamber of crafts president stumped as this one part of course is heavy stuff and e.u. commission a very euro vote tells us to keep cool the flood of information is more confusing than helpful the law wasn't really aimed at trades people. for brussels to create here that applies equally to social media giants as it does to small workshops and it's two hundred fifty six pages thick that's one page for every working day of the year and it takes you all your time just to work out what they're after our members are completely overwhelmed. i rose because it was. the law was passed some time ago and in theory trades people have had two years to work out if they needed data protection manager but there are special cases such as the chambers president himself he's a professional chimneysweep with only four employees he thought he'd be exempt from the new regulations but as an official district chimneysweep he's classed as a kind of local authority. they told us the data protect

of this briefly. the key is that the e.u. exports most of its of its plastic in fact half of the plastic trash only a third is recycled half of it is exported abroad most of it to china but china now decided from this year onwards to stop the import of plastic trash now a lot of member states are looking for new places to dump their trash the u.k. for instance is looking at southeast asia but for the european union or rather in the eyes of the european union of course only a sustainable solution can be put on the table right garrick matters for us in brussels plastic fantastic thank you. now italy remains in limbo the country's political stalemate is nearing three months and it's driving financial markets that they cheered on the president's refusal to appoint a euro skeptic as finance minister you would think that naming an economist qatar elite to lead the country until new elections would the sentiment even further not say. italian drama might be good in the movies but the market is not a fan of it after initial gains in th

e.u. . a sigh of relief for the european steel industry at least for now the next four weeks the e.u. can continue to south deal and aluminum to the u.s. with that additional tariff. back in march donald trump signed off on plans to impose tariffs of twenty five percent on steel imports and ten percent on all you many and two weeks later he granted the e.u. and several countries a temporary waiver that exemption ended on may first washington accuses the e.u. of unfair trade practices trump says if no deal is reached within the next four weeks tariffs will be back on the table analysts say now is the time for the european union to take decisive action the guy sent out of the e.u. should do three things first it has to admit that there's a problem i think it's important to be honest second it needs to send a clear signal that it's not going to run away from a trade conflict in other words send the americans a statement the third thing is to offer a concrete proposal at light but be a smart one the german government said simply that it had duly noted the extension that it expects a perman

has recognised that data is private and personal and belongs to the individual so as of today every e.u. citizen can demand that companies like facebook google or amazon tell us what kind of personal data they hold on us what they do with it and have it corrected or even deleted. whether you use the internet to search for information connect with friends or simply to do your shopping going online means sharing personal information but in many cases it's unclear exactly what happens to that data. who has access to it what can companies do with it. the new e.u. legislation aims to address some of these issues. under the new rules companies will only be allowed to collect data relevant to their services so weather app for example won't be allowed to access your address book of photographs the new regulations also afford individuals the right to launch a complaint with the supervisory authority in their own country instead of potentially having to challenge a foreign company abroad those violating data protection rules will face harsher fines instead of the maximum three hundred thousand eu

all of member states of the e.u. of of two security council a members it drew to convince the u.s. that dropping this deal is the wrong option has let's do nothing but it would be much worse if we match in a scenario where a counter sanctions are put in place against a key european ally from the u.s. so clearly it's a threat that creates big concerns here in europe because a lot of concerns out there this morning derek madison brussels and eric randolph and tehran thanks very much. we have some breaking news coming at this hour several huge explosions have gone off in kabul gunfire is also been reported afghan police are saying at least one of the explosions targeted a police station there fearing casualties the afghan capital israel recently seen an upsurge in violence after the taliban began a spring offensive against the government no one's claimed responsibility at this point we'll bring you more information as it comes in it's to moscow now where victory day celebrations are taking place right now to commemorate the defeat of nazi germany in world war two the parade at red squ

and part of the e.u. should do three things first it has to admit that there's a problem i think it's important to be honest second it needs to send a clear signal that it's not going to run away from a trade conflict in other words send the americans a statement the third thing is to offer a concrete proposal at light but be a smart one the german government said simply that it had duly noted the extension that it expects a permanent exemption from the tariffs. on them and it would have preferred to have received a definite permanent way for with immediate effect this didn't happen and so now we should use every opportunity to reach a reasonable agreement. but getting both sides to agree on what's reasonable won't be an easy task. well let's get the view from washington our correspondent cast and then is standing by casting a lot of surprise at this delay as opposed to a real sorry all relief thirty days from now what we're trying to consider when. well i guess for the on the trump unconditional surrende

tend to be net recipients of e.u. funds. a building boom is lifting the allure of lisbon a portuguese capital is a hive of activity after being down in the doldrums was so low property prices are rising but so rich. while lisbon is known for its beauty its property market was ignored for a long time that has changed in recent years investors have been pouring money into lisbon's real estate sector in twenty fifteen investment in commercial property more than doubled from the previous year to eight hundred seventy six million euros and the levels have remained truly truly high since then. real estate prices are also rising in the portuguese capital from the city's historic center they increased sixty seven percent between twenty seventeen and two thousand and eight according to local real estate experts so affordable housing is harder to find and some residents are becoming more marginalized in twenty fifteen be authorities cleared slums on the outskirts of lisp and while that may have offered some property investors a better

threaten her fragile government and peace in favor bragg's it opposes any customs partnership with the e.u. one of the options being considered by may the one the u.k. to have no links to e.u. laws all regulations after it leaves the flock. came with analytical u.k. company at the center of a major facebook data breaches to shut down operations. the political consultancy hit the headlines in march when a former employee revealed how he used data from millions of facebook users to influence the u.s. presidential campaign the company says it suffered a sharp drop in business and will begin bankruptcy proceedings its parent company s e l is also closing out a basque separatist group says it is this spending just days after apologizing to its victims more than eight hundred people were killed during its fifty year campaign for an independent state it declared a cease fire in two thousand and eleven the dean barber reports from san sebastián

yeah it's about numbers one of the main issues with the next e.u. budget of course is going to be that breaks it budget shortfall the overall budget breaks down to about one hundred eighty two billion euros a year now that budget used to be shared between twenty eight member states but britain the e use second largest economy is leaving and they are taking their budget contribution with them under the new budget that would have amounted to at least twelve billion euros annually list look at the numbers one of the main issues with the next e.u. budget is of course that breaks it budget shortfall now the overall budget breaks down to around one hundred eighty two billion euros a year now that used to be shared between twenty eight member states in the e.u. but britain the second largest economy is leaving and the brits are going to take their budget money with them under the new budget that would have amounted to at least twelve billion euros annually twelve billion euros that three european union is not going to the getting from london anymore i talk

britain's upper house of parliament has voted against any deal with the e.u. ich could bring back controls along the irish border house of lords heard that a so-called hard border would violate the peace agreement that helped end decades of conflict in northern ireland impasse more pressure on prime minister theresa may was facing a revolt from within her own party present regs it m.p.'s oppose any customs partnership with the e.u. one of the options may is considering they don't want the u.k. to have any links to e.u. laws after it leaves the bloc john howard has more on the debate in westminster. well talks in the so-called war cabinet on brics is unlikely to go past wednesday of course but they begin in earnest today on britain's customs relations with the european union after brigid and what position the government decides to take into negotiations may well determine the nature of britain's exit from the european union why because well if it goes in with a position that would require some sort of border to be set up between northern ireland in the u.k. and

of a declining transatlantic relations the e.u. council president adulterous cad this also to say today at a press conference. i think the geo political problem is when you have. unpredictable opponent all enemy. of the problem is if your closest friend is unpredictable. it's not a joke throughout and it's that because i think it's a. different problem today was our friends on the other side of atlantic. because how can they agree with president trump was. when he says that unpredictability can be a very useful tool in politics but. are you heard on a bar of ezola is in so you're covering the summit for you a barber of the e.u. a clearly closing around i have just witnessed the european union in effect siding with iran over the u.s. . you know how life wouldn't really say that because donald tusk when he was asked about but said of course when on siding with iran a country like iran we know we have very limited expectations we know what we can do we know how far greens can go however the big disappointment that comes out of what he

of. debt downwards. europe is prepared to use its most powerful tool to protect e.u. companies from u.s. sanctions which washington wants to impose on anyone doing business with iran. a new approach to russia and quitting the euro are among the plans confronted by one of the parties poised to form italy's next coalition government. and the media reports now suggest that the in the long process they sample of the nerve agent used in the souls of poisoning that's despite the u.k. previously claiming russia was the only country possessing. given to you thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. the e.u. has announced it's set to use its own economic weapon to block the u.s. from sanctioning european firms doing business with iran the u.s. has threatened to sanction any european company that deals with tehran you commission president john klobuchar said the brussels could for the first ever time impose the so-called blocking statute banning any e.u. firm from complying with foreign sanctions. put of work as the european commission we have the duty to protect european companies so we no

membership many big measures of the e.u. countries e.u. member states actually are in favor of turkish you know what i'm a little more membership anymore he said and you struck luck your ally really are they were the reaction to this is the reaction of the country who has been waiting at the door for sixty years ok sixty years so i know why that it is turkey's mistake so why for years so why threaten europe in march last year when the dollar had a examine what can what kind of three things in march last year what is the sematic route with germany was at its height your president said that if europe continues this way no european in any part of the world can walk safely on the streets that's what he said that's a threat now is a direct threat no it is not a truck and that not be a threat this is not a threat it is the actually he is warning to europe if you are in hypocrisy in our fight against terrorism and if you are the terrorists to act is to be active in your countries. if you. believe that the batteries but is the best one if you allow

us authorities with the support of the french in your opinion authorities are speaking at a summit of e.u. leaders in saffir the french president emmanuel mccann vowed to protect european business but if the target of of them are getting new we will work to maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen deal in spite of the american decision and we will do so in a concrete manner by maintaining our political engagements by ensuring that our companies can stay in iran and also by getting all parties to pursue negotiations for a larger. dispensable deal but despite the words from politicians in the action of implementing the blocking statute that still hasn't stopped other companies from already saying it they weren't going to do any more trade in or run we've seen the german ensuring giant say they were going to pull out they also alongside the danish shipping company maersk pull out by donald trump from the iran deal that unilateral decision to take us out of the iran nuclear field that really has soured relations between some of europe's leading leaders if you will but got merkel said just

have has to do now to solve this well first of all the e.u. is a group of states and of course that means that the rule of law of all of states needs to be safeguarded at any moment so this makes it to the e.u. very difficult to say oh yes we're going to support some claims for more autonomy or even independence and that is very unlikely to happen but i do agree that in the past the e.u. had has already done a lot for giving some powers to regions but much more could be done now the problem is that. in many cases that will states have already given quite some of the money over many different policy areas to regions made in doing so they have created regional entities that look like that more and more look like is as if there are state themselves and this group i think a lot of people thought that would end the claims to autonomy but what we see is just the opposite do more autonomy if two regions do more autonomy even that region wants to get. in in the future so there is a kind of paradox here between the states trying to safeguard itself and

authorities with the support of the french and european authorities are speaking at a summit of e.u. leaders in saffir the french president emmanuel mccann vowed to protect european business but as it has it we will work to maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen deal in spite of the american decision and we will do so in a concrete manner by maintaining our political engagements by ensuring that our companies can stay in iran and also by getting all parties to pursue negotiations for a larger indispensable deal but despite the words from politicians in the action of implementing the blocking statute that still hasn't stopped other companies from already saying that they weren't going to do any more trade in iran we've seen ali answer the german insuring giant say they were going to pull out they also alongside the danish shipping company maersk the pull out by donald trump from the iran deal that unilateral decision to take the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal that really has soured relations between some of europe's leading leaders if you will and got merkel said just this wee

jennifer: 42% of exports go to the e.u. and none of the commonwealth countries are among britain's trading partners. ed: britain exports more to ireland than any of the commonwealth combined. that is a fantasy. there is a u.s.-u.k. trade deal that trump will do the heavy lifting on the side of the atlantic and negotiate it. but it would a deal acceptable to the british public. what would american interests advising the u.s. want with a deal with the u.k. things like colorin ated chicken and a national religious symbol and allowing more contracting out and outsourcing. it would be easy to demagog this deal. trump is not like. >> this is where my column nifts have talked about and run away from informed interviewers whenever the offer is made. they do not want to be questioned. stephen: what about their role in other multi lateral g-7, ements, the 3-5, using ow do you see u.k. ese other arrangements matthew: the first thing to say this hink despite the put diplomatically, the challenges that surround the brexit process , there

with the exit of the united states from the nuclear deal the e.u.'s political support for the nuclear agreement is not sufficient. two parties at opposite ends of the political spectrum seek the blessing of italy's president for their radical coalition manifesto. and chill in villages said the local avocado farm supplying major u.k. supermarkets have left them having to drink water contaminated with human waste. good afternoon my name's neil harvey and this is artie international. iran's foreign minister has lashed out at the european union for not doing enough to help to run counter u.s. pressure. remarks come amid european efforts to save economic relations with iran which were thrown into jeopardy by the threat of american sanctions at the washington scrapped the iran nuclear deal with the exit of the united states from the nuclear deal the expectations of the iranian public towards the european union have increased and the e.u.'s political support for the nuclear agreement is not sufficient some companies have already announced that they are read

out of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear agreement and they look to the e.u. for a please signal about its continued commitment to that deal german companies for one had great hopes for the opening off the iranian markets after the lifting of economic sanctions under the agreement but according to japanese industry association these hopes have now clearly. from the german state of saxony to iran that's me child pronto stream his company photo in my snow technologies produces components for railway tracks and trains nine months ago a delegation from iran came to visit to see if they could feasibly do business. if . iran is a country with a lot of prospects for the railway industry similar to turkey or russia because in the near future they will need new infrastructure networks including railways. that's why we're very focused on breaking into the iranian market because. the nuclear treaty in two thousand and fifteen opened doors german business began work straight away to reestablish old contacts with one delegation after another traveling to tehran in two thous

democracy three that low we respect our alliances we want to be part of the e.u. being stronger as italy. militants have killed two policeman and one worshipper as their times also talks cathedral in the capital of the russian republic of chechnya a question of as well. aren't militants attempted to storm and our two dogs computer located and russia's republic of chechnya police was quick at the scene on the local law enforcement shot down the four militants now the cathedral is the only art to doc's church located in the capital of the republic grozny and it is situated right in the downtown of the city and it could be quite crowded during the weekends now according to reports the militants were armed with knives and short guns they were planning to take the civilians inside the church hostage the four attackers were eliminated by the local enforcement but during the gun fights two police officers were killed and one worshipper also lost his life now at the moment the area is cordoned off by police and the investigation is under way. the u.s. has lashed out at a u

is part of the e.u. and that means they don't need to pay any fees for that but that would change as of march next year with briggs it unless of course some sort of agreement takes that into consideration the other problem is with the ownership of ryan air there's a wriggle regulation within the e.u. that stipulates that more than fifty percent the majority of e.u. based airlines should be zero and by e.u. nationals with ryan air when you factor out u.k. nationals that goes down to forty percent so that's sort of going to be an issue because that's going to be against irregular asians of course what happens when that happens we cannot say at this point it hasn't happened yet so break that we might find out you might say and we will for you very much supernatural over thank you. it's to southern mexico now where a group of people known as much shares are born with male bodies but take on feminine roles as they grow older now they don't identify as men or women and they don't describe themselves as transgen

authorities with the support of the french and european authorities speaking at a summit of e.u. leaders in saffir the french president emmanuel mccann vowed to protect european business but is a fear that we will work to maintain the framework of the twenty fifteen deal in spite of the american decision and we will do so in a concrete manner by maintaining our political engagements by ensuring that our companies can stay in iran and also by getting all parties to pursue negotiations for a larger. indispensable deal but despite the words from politicians in the action of implementing the blocking statute that still hasn't stopped other companies from already saying it they weren't going to do any more trade in iran we've seen ali answer the german ensuring giant say they were going to pull out they also alongside the danish shipping company maersk the pull out by donald trump from the iran deal that unilateral decision to take the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal that really has soured relations between some of europe's leading leaders if you will and got merkel said just this we

voters so this is yet another politically difficult issue that will be part of the discussions on the e.u. commission reckons that but it costs its citizens the price of a daily cup of coffee is that right well yes i mean it in in absolutes amounts the e.u. budget is huge it's proposed to be something like one point two seven trillion euros over the next period from twenty twenty one to twenty twenty seven but it is a very small percentage of the e.u. economy so that we're talking about something like. one point one four percent. of. e.u. gross national income so while the e.u. budget may be small in percentage terms it's still. a significant political issue how much each country has to contribute john it's been really good to talk to you many thanks indeed for being with us. you're welcome thank you and finally this week the price of pepper has plummeted around the world and is forecast to stay low because of an over supply from vietnam and india but one remote region in the south of cambodia seems to be immune from the slump al-jazeera is wayne hay reports from campout where people clai

would walk away in the street four and a half thousand pairs of shoes have been laid out in front of the e.u. council building ahead of a meeting of the blocs foreign ministers each pair is meant to represent a palestinian killed by israeli forces over the last decade. over a thousand of them symbolizing children and i brought the shoes of my daughter as well. to just show that i'm standing with those fathers the smothers brothers and sisters who lost their children and their siblings in this war and that's why we also calling on the european union say enough is enough until you know for help to put sanctions israel show them day by the test the. israeli army has repeatedly stressed that it's acting in accordance with standard operating procedures and accused a mass of fueling the riots political analyst mitchell barak says that israel has every right to protect its borders. the ones that were killed were close to the border they were either throwing molotov cocktails throwing stones shooting trying to do whatever they could to break through the border fence in order to kill israeli citizens

billions of dollars in lost revenue. the e.u. says it will take swift action to ensure it's in line with w t o rules but pointed out that the vast majority of u.s. claims were rejected. but the story doesn't end there the e.u. has brought its own case against the united states accusing it is of illegally subsidizing boeing the outcome of that case won't be known until later this year the tit for tough battle to dominate the skies comes at a time of a ready soaring trade tensions between the united states and the european union most recently concerning the threat of u.s. tariffs on e.u. steel imports the upcoming ruling on alleged u.s. subsidized ation of boeing is likely to lead to further turbulence and in new york standing by for us is our financial correspondent yes cool to see and we have another facets in the global trade dispute brewing what response can we expect from washington at this point it seems pretty likely that the u.s. will impose a mess of tariffs maybe already at the start of twenty nineteen and when i say mes

if they don't do business with iran we're going to get punished by the e.u. of course we're not going to see a lot of that happen but practically speaking if you look at the blocking statute that's pretty much what it says so it's it's absolute chaos ok well you know what alex i'm going to get a quick break here but you know everyone gets penalized and then the russians and the chinese coming in feel the breach they get paid ok again the law of unintended consequences gentlemen to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on some real news states that are. still seem wrong. but. just don't call. me. yet to see how this day comes after. and in detroit because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. genetically modified organisms the system in the food industry in the nine hundred ninety s. . time is taking that into night and what does that have to do. just . as it was published so what. is the chemical widely used to kill we. see why we believe there w

of it anymore. called dishman is still going thanks only to e.u. subsidies european commission if a budget and human resources into a single has a soft spot for families. only if you look at the working hours of farmers who are out there in the stalls at five am even on weekends and late at night and then you see what they get for their produce how cheap food has become then it's clear that farmers wouldn't be able to look after their land and so quality produce without the direct payments as a second source of income. but these payments could soon be reduced when great britain leaves the e.u. they'll be less money in the brussels coffers farmers like will have to get used to a new reality. will lose six percent because of breaks it alone there are of course other important tasks that the e.u. has put money towards perhaps a key area is securing the borders. alongside border security education and research are also at the top of the e.u.'s list of priorities critics say the agricultural subsidies have gone on long enough. in the long run we have to

or mean time e.u. of a cargo imports are rising fast up over one hundred million euros in sales in just two years alexander punished intel from environmental groups moderate team of says that there have been water shortages for years now life's going to be going to burlington if you're prisons you don't have enough water to really get your lands and to raise your any money and then remove doesn't exist anymore is dr promoted and then two years has become a garbage dump people swallowed the river now you don't have nothing of the last year and she explores more than a hundred. thousand tonnes not ok i'm. thirty two thousand more than two thousand and six believe the expertise to this increase and that's because it breaks when i look at it calmly you know for that reason and the other the benefits of it my you know if i look out anything to do with you it's in time the last. group another group will benefit from this situation now that is a company that supplied its products to deliver water because the gov

billions of dollars in lost revenue. the e.u. says it will take swift action to ensure it's in line with w t o rules but pointed out that the vast majority of u.s. claims were rejected but the story doesn't end there the e.u. has brought its own case against the united states accusing is of illegally subsidizing boeing the outcome of that case won't be known until later this year the tit for tough battle to dominate the skies comes at a time of already soaring trade tensions between the united states and think european union most recently concerning the threat of u.s. tariffs on steel imports the upcoming ruling on alleged u.s. subsidized ation of boeing is likely to lead to further turbulence. and in new york standing by for us is our financial correspondent u.n. school to c.n.n. we have another fascinates in the global trade dispute brewing what response can we expect from washington at this point it seems pretty likely that the u.s. so will impose a mess of tariffs maybe already at the start of twenty nineteen and when i say

e.u. says it will take steps to protect european companies doing business in iran from the impact of u.s. measures the summit in sofia e.u. leaders agreed they need to save the twenty fifteen you could deal with of ronald week off of the u.s. decided to pull out they vow to find out she supports deals in the country and crucially introduce a blocking its start sheet. that means essentially that the e.u. is making it illegal for european companies to comply with u.s. sanctions on iran it's only the second time that the european union has threatened to use the so-called blocking statute the first was back in one thousand nine hundred ninety six as a response to u.s. sanctions in cuba but it was never introduced now as a slew of global firms announce they're putting out over on e.u. leaders are scrambling to stop european firms from doing the same. the blocking statute is aimed at protecting the small and medium sized companies operating in the country it would also provide compensation for sanctions related losses although german politicians have said that can't be applied across the board t

again and that was reiterated a number of statements so there is a clear commitment on the part of the e.u. to calm things down the concern really is that this is potentially targeting the w t o it's targeting the entire architecture of international trade and for the european union this is the big concern younger went on for instance to say that at the moment yes the feeling that u.s. friends turn their back to everything that sounds like multilateralism and so that you will see efforts on the part of the european union to work against this targeting multi-lateralism to reach out to the u.s. but at the same time you will also see them play hardball they're playing hardball clare you get the last word what's the end game here well that's the thing that's very unclear it certainly appears that the trump administration has been burning bridges with key american allies it's going to remain to be seen exactly what kind of retaliatory tariffs take place how strongly europe and other allies react to this we already know that mexico has said it's going to penalize imports of apples grapes cheese