we have been having -- i have been trying to show that we have been having much more economic corporation in a number of spheres, not only energy that had no precedent before. another important issue for russia. there has been a discussion, and it is still going on how to assess. there are different regions in russia. is it an opportunity or challenge? should it counter or embrace? here, if you look at russia coming we should take into consideration that russia is interested in economic development, economic integration in eurasia. china does provide a huge financial stimulus and huge potential to have these plans actually become reality. there is understanding that moscow does not cooperate simply. russia's answer to the dilemma has been to shape it, namely to support the principle of linking russia's own economic projects, economic integration, economic union with china's belt and road initiative, to find how we can cooperate and force economic development in order for the eurasian economic community to modernize and become more competitive and also to join the fourth industrial and tec

as you can see, it has been eventful evening. let's ci’oss has been eventful evening.ief political correspondent. quite a dramatic letter we were reading out there. com pletely letter we were reading out there. completely out of the blue. we knew that this investigation was going on this white hole in leak enquiry to stop there have been many of these over the years and it's pretty rare to find a culprit and even radarfor it to be a cabinet minister who is then fired. —— even rarer. this is all about a leak about the role of that chinese telecom company and what they would be involved when. —— because it was a national security council it was felt to be much more serious and we have to say much more regular licks that we get from normal cabinet meetings and have sides inspected —— regular leaks. that is what has happened. the prime minister has a sack gavin williamson. i have spoken to his friends are evening and they are... they are notjust denying it, they are that it was pushing back on this. saying that he adds absolutely nothing to do with it. they feel he has bee

we know that he's been going into work every day, we've been trying to figure out exactly what he's been up to. the justice department really won't provide any details on what he's doing every day and so we've been asking the question, and he's finally now going to get to speak for himself. we haven't even heard his voice. in many, many years, he hasn't made any public statement, he hasn't come to court, he hasn't appeared at the justice department for any of the press conference that other senior justice officials have done on some of the cases, some of the indictments. he has let his deputies handle all of those proceedings. it so will be interesting to hear how he frames whatever argument or statement that he wants to make about the report itself or about his testimony. we don't yet know whether he will address some of the findings of the report. we recall, as you pointed out, in the last hour, he had concerns about how the attorney general, bill barr, had characterized some of the findings. he and his team members really wanted the attorney general to put out those summaries that the

but clearly, there have been local issues at play where there have been independents, for example. and those would have been played out on local issues. we were pleased to have taken issues. we were pleased to have ta ken trafford, a issues. we were pleased to have taken trafford, a highly contested council. and we are doing well in plymouth, where again, it was a difficult situation over the last few years. but at this stage, we are nowhere near the end, but a significant chunk of votes have been recorded. does this honestly look to you like a set of results that could seejeremy you like a set of results that could see jeremy corbyn you like a set of results that could seejeremy corbyn on the march to number ten? well, in some seats, like swindon south and thurrock, these are seats that on what we have seen tonight, would be gains in a parliamentary election. but it's difficult to compare what happens locally, where people are looking very much at local issues, and what would happen in a general election, we re clearly, would happen in a general election, were clearly, it is more

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them dead and for them it's been a real pisser especially it's been a really cathartic moment for them. he is in poor health she's been nice in isolation for ten years we know the mental state is affected by that and she's been exhibiting symptoms of that that will be similar to dementia all depression and of she will need to have had the care when she gets to canada but what i can say the family are just very hopeful for their future and looking forward to and new life for freedom and in canada. lawyer has not confirmed that she has arrived in canada can you tell us well early this morning i was told by officials that she'd be leaving for canada. i've been restricted so i can't say were she survived or not. there is the sister saying that they have to allow that to be the case but i love that to say think about that but what i can say is that the they will be reunited with their two daughters who have been awaiting them since december when i was out in kandahar the time the two daughters arrived you can imagine this family's been party for ten years now it's going to be an overwhelmin

a little could be on the horizon offset all the people who've been caught the protesters have been comping in the square behind me for the last 6 weeks putting pressure on the military to power to some sort of civilian led to all 40 it seems cruel is on now. before but they are cautious to meet the issues the 2 sides have to decide who the e.u. and up in the whole solve the deadlock in that talks be a full on that is the possibility of these taking longer thinking but right now the 2 sides have given themselves that line off and wednesday to sign the deal and that is why more people have been floor king into the square these. from the same morning hoping to join the foetal protest this is still a promotional someone's son and that mohamed you're right there are still major sticking points in this deadlock over the sovereign council might that really be a hendren to making any type of progress. yes it could be because both sides want a majority stake in the console it is going to be that council is going to have a whole. transitional period and it is from the. console of the head of state t

what's he been saying to reza. well as you were just saying the united states has now new sanctions on venezuela on 2 companies venezuelan companies and 2 vessels that are taking all to cuba but mother would appear on television here defiant challenging the united states saying that to the united states it's trying to overthrow him and he spoke a lot about what happened on april 30th when the government says there was an attempted coup to overthrow nikolai mother let's not forget about what the united states had to say that happened that day they were saying that they were in touch with 2 of the most important men in motherhood osa can govern the government of venezuela one of them is led by the north he's the minister of defense and also michael moore you know who is the president of the supreme court here in venezuela well what he's saying is that he knew that the intelligence services here in venezuela had been infiltrated that the leader there had been speaking with the united states that he's a traitor and als

he is a kid who had been through the care system anyway, been through fostering, so he felt rejected,y to start with but, for us as parents, the massive sense of relief that our kid was being accepted and that people were trying to understand him rather thanjust wanting him to behave. so you can see, this is somewhere where the parents... some children thrive outside of regular school, but there are concerns others are dropping out of the education system or being off—rolled, where schools informally remove poorly performing or badly behaved pupils to get better ofsted reports. a review by the former children's minister, edward timpson, looking into exclusions, found missed opportunities to keep children in mainstream education. black caribbean pupils are most likely to be kicked out and those who have left school have a higher chance of being exposed to crime. mr timpson‘s report suggests making schools more accountable for pupils they exclude. the education secretary damian hinds says he will introduce all 30 report recommendations. frankie mccamley, bbc news. let's speak now to geo

you have all seen what's been happening in west bengal the criminals of the ruling t.m.c. have made the state into a living hell the type of war that has spread across this region is a stain on democracy. as the campaigning for india's weeks long general election and many are now looking forward to the final phase of voting but some here wonder if democracy is reputation has already been damaged so he'll rob an al-jazeera varanasi. at least 15 people have died in flash floods in mali's capital most were killed after a bridge collapsed in the center of bamako to rancho rain hit the city overnight washing away cars and damaging homes and shops residents are blaming the government for not carrying out rubbish which they say blocks the evacuation canals. well now some news from ethiopia the country has started rationing electricity after a drop in water levels at a hydroelectric dam caused power to decline by more than a 3rd homes and businesses will now face daily hour long blackouts until july 8th e.o.p. has also suspended electricity exports in neighboring djibouti and suda

i haven't been at many births.s is definitely my first birth, but it was amazing, absolutely incredible, and i am so incredibly proud of my wife. as every father and parent would ever say, your baby is absolutely amazing, but this little thing is absolutely to die for, so i am just over the moon. it's thought the birth took place at their new home, frogmore cottage in windsor, just as meghan had wanted. the birth, at 5:26 this morning, was a few days overdue. for both of them, it is the fulfilment of their wish to start a family. harry has seen the happiness william and catherine have found in their children and has wanted to emulate them. but harry and meghan are free of the responsibility of producing a child in direct line to the throne, and it has given them much greater latitude, planning a home birth with a medical team of their choice. so no photocall on the hospital steps, instead sharing the news on their instagram account. the manner in which this birth has been handled is a measure of harry's determinati

so that has been anybodying, and that has been a bit of a -- happening, and that has been a bit of a pov news story that we are see can somali national army, holding territory, taking and holding territory outside of mogadishu good proper. good news. and working closely with the member states. this is a great concern. this is a very interesting federal product that has been under way and it has not been without elections. there has been elections that are rather complicated. there are more elections coming. but we have been maintaining with the federal government, ther must work with the member states. so i think they are now much more poised than ever before to work more collaboratively, to make sure that the elections that are coming up go on smoothly and that there is that local you a ton autonomy as they build the structure. on the humanitarian front, there is a grave humanitarian crisis. i could not undersell that at all. and the numbers we're looking at, the u.s. government has been the largest supplier in somalia for the last decade, i would say, and so certainly this year, we

they should never have been jailed in the first place. but it is great they have been released.mes. you worked with wa lone, what was he like? he works long hours. you would go and volunteer and teach english. they would teach children. he wrote a book about a journalist. it was teaching children these moral lessons about the power of journalism. he is a very special, hard—working, tenacious journalism. he is a very special, ha rd—working, tenacious guy. kayleigh long, speaking to us earlier. from the perspective of the myanmar government that is absolutely correct. from the perspective of the international community it is quite clear that these two are heroes, they were simply doing theirjob, they were simply doing theirjob, they should never have been arrested, much less prosecuted in the first place by the concern is that the myanmar authorities haven't acknowledged that. and we are concerned also about possible retaliation going forward against these two. and we're also worried about the many of otherjournalists who are facing charges or are imprisoned because the military a

it's been... to be very inclusive, to hear the views, and we've had long debates, hours and hours of debate on this, so all of the views have been heard. an independent qc has been appointed now to conduct an inquiry into this. raising all these points and she's spoken to over 100 members as i understand it. report back injuly and those will be incorporated. so the new conduct committee will incorporate all these views, and it will come back to the house of lords. how bad do you think this problem actually is? is there a real issue with bullying and harassment in the house of lords? i can't say how prevalent it is. all i can point you to is the 7a members of staff who were so alarmed by last year's debate that they wrote a letter publicly, sent it out to the media, saying that this was very prevalent and it needs to be dealt with and they didn't have the confidence that we were dealing with it. so we must listen to people who work in the house of lords and the palace of westminster and to ensure t

created here floats crisis stuff and been assembled. russian president is also already aware of what had happened and he had instructed instructed all of the authorities involved to make sure this incident gets investigated thoroughly and properly like anybody needed to the president to say that obviously this is going to get investigated meanwhile a correspondence from our sister channel artsy spanish while he was at sheremetyevo airport on board a different plane waiting to take off and say he saw the burning aircraft with his own ice and this is what he told us a little bit earlier. this week of almost in. a plane at sheremetyevo airport we were flying to helsinki although a flight has now been canceled who is sitting really close to the plane which is completely on fire the flames are huge it's very difficult for the emergency services to tackle the blaze they told us that the airports closed no planes are leaving or arriving we're waiting for more information and maybe will be evacuated . it's a delicate balancing act to this point

this have been. used by people who are infiltrating the groups people who are infiltrate in these groups. what. we. say the military and the rapids supply support are acting in accordance with the road and act properly they are open and the bridges. you can sit in and you can do what you like you can sit. you can fast in ramadan you could enjoy the. and you could do what you like but do not block the roads and don't stop. life from going on there are people who are suffering from having the provisions and having the. necessary. stuff so please open the roads for them. again we will not open fire on any person who is peaceful however anyone who is cause in disarray and chaos we will be negligent in our duty to let this happen without form a short thank you very much. major general. the head of the military intelligence. and i mean god made peace be upon peace and blessings be upon our prophet mohammad and his family and companions. may peace and god's ablation be upon you all of you. we are in additio

the youngest brother of algeria's ousted president has been arrested say beautifully had been algeria as de facto ruler since the lizzie's beautifully suffered a stroke in two thousand and thirteen two former intelligence chiefs have also been taken into custody weeks of protests force the ailing longtime president to resign last month after here tempted to run for a fifth term but demonstrations have continued demanding a complete shake up of the ruling elite under the former leader mohammed karrar from qatar university says protesters are still seeking radical change protests one want more day want you know to go through a very democracy transition. she gestured to like to clean aims like dr ben beach or dr lee hamilton and so want to get over and to learn the transitional period but for the time being. who see that he said eminent of. which africa as well as they do we you know we are going to nowhere and so far what the protesters have achieved it is only. nation of bush if not more and the people they need more it's not having a president and he was almost out you know he was eig

they also said they looked at what had been lea ked said they looked at what had been leaked and thatch the secrets act. at the did not give any explanation why. it was simply as far as they were concerned closed and not investigating any further. i think that's what's been casting some doubt. we don't have any clear explanation of how they have come to this decision. perhaps elected to give too much detail because that might reveal what was discussed and the threshold to meet these requirements. the actual decision on huawei itself which is a big topic of controversy, are we any closer to finding out with the government decision is? all we have is this lea ked decision is? all we have is this leaked information i have not had any confirmation. the leak suggested that the government was going to allow huawei to take apart in development of 5g network and controversial due to concerns over national security and allowing this firm to play a role in it. they have said there's nothing for britain to be worried about in terms of this but in terms of what we know we are simply talking about

i would say is, since that weekend, there have been ships that have been hit with mines, there have been uab strikes, there have been rocket strikes any proximity of the united states embassy in iraq. that has all happened since the weekend of the third, fourth and fifth. i view this three military lens. elements thatrce we sent in the wake of that weekend, general mckenzie and i continue to have a dialogue about what might be the proper posture in light of the tensions that exist today, and we can all see that there is a difference in tensions that exist. we had a conversation and focused on, what do we need to ensure that we have a proper level of force protection for people in the region? capabilities, the those were designed to enhance our force protection and they were accompanied by a message that this is not intended to be a provocation. -- this is designed to protect our people, like the previous force elements were designed to enhance deterrence. will go to the fourth row. >> thank you. retired special agent u.s. customs. my question concerns the potential for false flag terrori

abraham lincoln and support ships have been dispatched u.s. national security adviser john bolton says it is in response to some troubling developments in the region the latest u.s. effort aimed at increasing pressure on iran and u.s. president donald trump is stepping up pressure on china to reach a trade deal he's announced tariff increases on chinese goods trump said tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of products will rise to twenty five percent on friday. syrian government forces and their russian allies have launch more attacks on the rebel held province of at least ten people were killed and ninety injured on sunday a volunteer with the whites helmets of rescuers also died this weekend in an airstrike on a village in italy a province which has now been under attack for six days an underground hospital was hit by an airstrike as put out of service at least forty one people have died in russia after a passenger plane caught fire when it made an emergency landing amateur footage captured the moment the plane returned to moscow's s

been a fair and free election. the independent electoral commission has been at pains to to assure south africans that has that this has been a free and fail action there have been isolated incidents printout including things like electoral officials seen holding and handing ballot papers and supervised for example there is the issue of the smaller opposition parties today forming a coalition and saying that the election has been free and fair citing various isolated incidents across the country but the major sticking point really has been the issue of the indelible ink that some people were able to remove and supposedly cost two votes now we've seen for example the biggest opposition the democratic alliance already called for an audit off the results as a result of that and we've also heard from the electoral commission that they will be audited certain samples of the results after about twenty people have been arrested for trying to vote twice that that has really put a cloud or cost a shadow rather over the cred

the press and there's been a recent survey suggesting that there's been zero opinion pieces in two major american news outlets that support president maduro. a it's damaging for journalism in general to be so subjective surely but how damaging is it for for jenna's to pick sides like they seemed they appear to be doing. yeah well that's what's really troubling if you look at all the coverage on venezuela again i'll repeat six million people voted for him in may people are on the streets supporting medora that's undeniable there are people there that support him i have friends there contacts that support him you never hear their side worst or use never what you never hear from them in the press and so you get one side of the story and that is tantamount to misrepresenting the story meanwhile i want to say one thing it is true that there is some deprivation in venezuela but what gabriele doesn't mention is that according to the u.n. special expert dr alford desirous it's mostly because of the u.s. sanctions advent is way low which have killed over forty thousand people since august of two

now there has been quite an ugly history of the u.s. drone strike program many civilians have been killed let's review some of what has gone on as the u.s. carries out targeted assassination with drones. many are observing the situation saying there is a big crackdown on whistleblowers being carried out by the u.s. government recently chelsea manning was released from federal custody but it's expected that she could return if she does not testify against wiki leaks furthermore wiki leaks founder julian assange just now facing the possibility of being extradited to the united states to face charges of computer intrusion whatever tolerance there was for those who leaked classified information about government malfeasance seem to be gone there is supposed to be a lot actually that prevents classification of information evidencing a crime and so a lot of the classification over classification is actually to prevent people from learning about crimes which is completely illegal it's very difficult to explain to people because they don't under

the reason, someone who had been taking part in a recording had been taking part in a recording had beened all episodes of the show from their catch up facility the itv hub, itv2 will no longer show repeats and 0fcom, the tv industry regulator, have told us they are meeting itv with a priority given to that meeting to establish what has happened. now, that is very unusual because 0fcom normally only get involved after a programme has been broadcast, which really does underline the seriousness of the situation. many thanks again come up with the latest for us there from salford. an american explorer has carried out the deepest dive ever recorded in a submarine, in one of the most hostile places on earth. the mariana trench lies at the bottom of the pacific ocean. at its lowest point, it‘s nearly 11 km deep — almost seven miles. the explorer victor vescovo dived to a depth of 10.9 km, when he reached the seabed. he spent several hours exploring the bottom of the mariana and discovered four new species. he also found plastic waste, including sweet wrappers — a worrying indication of the imp

that vote was won by felix just the though the result has been disputed since he has been in office he has pardoned $700.00 per prisoners including political opponents of the former president kabila boys could soon be was one of those cleared catherine soy sauce down with him in lubumbashi the main city in his political heartland. i think what is important for us is the life of the congolese people i'm going to go and do my 2 way in the country i came by a man of peace i never killed anyone i never stolen any penny from anyone i cannot account for everything reach of god and do you still hold presidential ambitions 5 years is a lot we need to open our country to go up we need the people of better life people think you may be to be to be in government is where you can help people. where i am today in the opposition we are going to congratulate when we can where we can congratulate going to criticise where you can agree and you are going to give advice when we can give some advice in the last presidential election you supported martin for you and not a politician and he's been going arou

the site has been com pletely chamber was here.ll go on display to the public for the first time from saturday. prince harry has taken time from parenthood today, travelling to the netherlands to talk about the invictus games. he gave a speech to mark the one—year countdown to the games and received some gifts for his newborn, rg, including an invictus games baby outfit. here is what the prince had to say today's visit has given me a real taste of what competitors and their family and friends can expect next year. i know that once again you will fully get year. i know that once again you willfully get behind year. i know that once again you will fully get behind the service men and women who have represented their country is so bravely, and that everyone watching here and around the world won't want to miss around the world won't want to miss a single moment of these games. make these games your own. we chose you for a reason, and it wasn'tjust because i like the colour orange. thank you all for guarding the invictus spirit, and se

we we re been asking about this issue.—to—one interviews but he would a nswer one—to—one interviews but he would answer some questions in a press conference. and it became very apparent very quickly that he did not want to be drawn on the matter. here is a snippet. this is pretty straightforward, and it is very straightforward, and it is very straightforward for any international federation in sport. athletics has two classifications. it has age, it has gender. we are fiercely protective about both. and i'm really grateful that the court of arbitration has upheld that principle. the world medical association have posted a message today saying that they have reiterated their concerns about the new proceedings and they have asked all their practitioners not to get involved in the implementation of it. tonight attention will focus on the track behind me, the world's best athletes will be in action, caster semenya will be here competing for what potentially could be the last time at elite level in the 800 metres, the event she

the girl and the people who have been bullied in algeria the drug so would be the movement. you would go a very very long way into. the streets saudi arabia according to a state media has intercepted a drone armed with explosives launched by the fighters the drone was said to have targeted the airport in. order for the rebels of long number of john and tax on saudi cities. plenty more ahead on the including. where police are. questions over police brutality. federer's return to clay. sources have told an armed group nigerian military convoy killing at least 20 people they say it happened while the army was trying to move refugees from a camp. on monday and isolating groups struck a military base killing 9 soldiers in the same region. local sources say the attack happened when the military was escorting a group of civilians from the village of. towards them well in such a day morning now the military has not issued a statement regarding this attack and this is not by the way the only attack in recent days a few days ago there were claims by islamic state in west africa provin

more than 60 people have been arrested after a wave of attacks against me. the police chief is warns that officers will respond with maximum force to what he called why it's in morgues that have killed one person tensions have been high since the easter sunday bombing which killed at least 250 people. the headlines the news continues here in al-jazeera after inside story i mean this was different whether someone telling someone this very red it doesn't matter we think it's how you approach a vigil and that's what it is a certain way of doing it you can't just. inject a story in the eye out. violence and death since your daughter's protesters demand the ruling military council step down and agreement to hand over power to civilians has reportedly been reached about how much power to me only give up and can a transition be smooth this is a just a. hello and welcome to the program. sudan's military rulers said they would not allow the country to descend into chaos but just hours after announcing a transition deal with an opposition alliance security forces were

gunfire tear gas and deaths protesters in sudan who've been calling for civilian rule are attacked in the capital. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up parts of sri lanka remain under curfew was the government tries to contain religious tensions following the easter sunday bombing. north korea demands the return of a cargo ship seized by the u.s. and accuses washington of robbery. investigators examine damage ships in the gulf amid claims of sabotage. sudan's military has dismissed allegations that the armed forces used to live rounds against demonstrators on the streets of khartoum at least 5 protesters and a soldier died during the violence on monday night the military blames quote infiltrators but the demonstrators deny that morgan from khartoum. one of the doctors in this makeshift clinic tried to save the life of a young man one of the dozens of protests injured by what they say were members of a military unit known as the rapid support force has. said. they fired bullets at us and on protesters we tried to protect other protesters who were b

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for the 1st voter participation has been very very high historically 51 percent more or less in medium in and out of europe but they don't like the status quo brought him out to say that but his liberal democratic legitimacy to european institutions shows that people start to understand how relevant to european union is and that it really affects the daily life and they future their one mark and ability their one more transparency i think they will ask much more participation for whatever is going on around europe in the future so my damn way of spinning it isn't the fact is that the party you sat with the european people's party is still there yes well it's held there yes it's growing the way europeans who say we don't want the status quo status quo those doesn't work extreme right populist did not have. the earthquake they expected there have been actually have an earthquake of scandals and the liberal liberal conservative forces are stronger than previously the greens advantaged the socialist collapsed dick stream left lost almost 50 seats finance the no that was the far right it al

now runs 80 people have been arrested after a wave of attacks against muslims and. the police chief has warns that officers will respond with maximum force see what he calls advice and mobs that have killed one person tensions have been high since the easter sunday bombings which killed at least 250 people. this is al jazeera. these are the top stories the u.s. state department's has ordered all non-emergency government employees to leave iraq immediately the order falls a warning by the u.s. military over a threats from every me and linked groups last week the u.s. deployed warships to the gulf and a move it said was a message to iran where the warning from u.s. central command contradicts a statement by a british general the deputy commander of the anti eisel coalition in syria and iraq says there's been no increase in the threat level from iranian backed groups though there's been no increased threat from iranian backed forces in iraq and syria where aware of their presence clearly. and we monitor along with a whole range of others because that's the environment

two journalists who'd been imprisoned in myanmar have been freed as part of a presidential pardon.0o, who work for the reuters news agency, had been investigating the murders of 10 rohingya muslims by government soldiers. ethnic violence against rohingyas in myanmar have forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. nick beake reports from yangon. they've endured 500 days in prison for exposing a massacre. now — freedom. the outside world hailed them as heroes, but myanmarjailed them as traitors. the treatment of wa lone and kyaw soe 0o gained global media attention — the journalists imprisoned for doing theirjob. just a word in english, please, today. i'm really happy now, and i also wanted to thank you for everyone who helped us inside in the prison and also around the world, people who wishing to release us. so i wanted to say thank you very much for everything. i'm really happy, excited to see my family and my colleagues, and i can't wait to go to my newsroom now. this was the story they were covering — the rohingya crisis. their investigation forced myanmar‘s army to admit

it has been a struggle.itutional. there was a two year deadline, which is today, to pass a new law to do this. people coming in with their pets, with the child they have been raising for yea rs, child they have been raising for years, some have been married for yea rs years, some have been married for years but with no legal protection but finally today they are legally married. congratulations to all of those couples across taiwan. leonardo da vinci, famous of course for the mona lisa and the last supper, was interested not only in painting but also in architecture, science, engineering amd music. preparatory sketches for some of his most famous works go on display to the public today in the queen's gallery, at buckingham palace, to mark 500 years since his death. our arts correspondent david sillito has been given a first glimpse. (music playing). more than 300 years ago charles ii (music playing). more than 300 years ago charles i! received a gift, a book. inside were sketches of some of the greatest pain

they have been difficult to deal with because historically what their strategy has been to push things to the brink, test missiles, really try to provoke almost and get to the point where they can negotiate and they use all of these provocations as leverage to get to the negotiating table. the issue is for trump to negotiate with the north koreans, they will have to alleviate some of the sanctions and they may have to do that before the north koreans are willing to do anything regarding dampening or decreasing their nuclear activity and that is really, really risky to do. i think u.s. policy makers would not advise the u.s. to give in too much to the north koreans because they have had a history on reneging on agreements going back to the 2006 party talks where they agreed certain activity and then they violated it. in this particular instance trump is in a really, really difficult situation. he may want to push forward and get to the negotiating table again but it's really only china that has most of the leverage in trying to get the north koreans to stop this type of activity. >> bet

they've been told not to. on them. we got in touch with a woman we've called sarah. too nervous even to meet us, she was willing to respond on a secure messaging app. like many gay bruneians, it's not sharia punishment she fears but rising intolerance. if you're gay in brunei, i mean, do you feel you can be just as open about it there as if you lived in any neighbouring country, like indonesida or...? i was able to meet a gay man, dean, not his real name, outside brunei. he said he was less concerned about the sharia code. "keep a low profile", he said, "and you won't get into trouble." we have not been denied basic human rights. the opportunities to work, to study, to walk around in public, unlike a lot of the reports seem to say. life is as normal as normal gets. this is the point where we cross from brunei into malaysia. this is where bruneians have to come if they want to let their hair down and have a bit of fun. limbang, a small riverside town in malaysian borneo, does very well out of brunei. 0n weekend

there has been has been on the same axis with saudi arabia and the u.a.e. recent then it took he has been have at turkey's relations with those two countries have been slain mainly with u.a.e. saudi arabia and egypt and turkey also captured two. nationals in turkey earlier this month and they were they called fast that they were spying on behalf of u.a.e. and it took a shit turkish authorities believe that is saudi arabia u.a.e. and egypt are trying to establish a new form of intelligence not broke because they have lost their contacts in turkey so therefore so far the turkish authorities turkish foreign ministry didn't deliver any press statement or any oficial reaction against this but the ones that we have spoken are very serious about that they said of those to turkish nationals are just. normal citizens they have been in a very difficult contrie maybe i just saw work and earn day for money to send their . families those two gentlemen were working in a restaurant and it took a security officials also confirmed to me that they had moldings with any turki

rising, so there has been demand, but the price hasn't been that favorable. in terms of italy and issuance, italy issues about 250 billion worth of debt every year it's a lot of debt to digest i think a key support remains the domestic investor base, the banks in particular over the past year have been increasing their exposures, but you know, the ecb now is out of the game in terms of net purchases, and foreign investors broadly speaking have been declining, and liquidity in the market is not as good as it was a year ago, so the auctions are not failing, obviously, otherwise it would be big trouble i wouldn't view the technical picture as that supportive, especially looking at price action. >> thank you very much for your thoughts on italy. we'll be back with you shortly, stay with us >>> let's get right to the big story that happened overnight, president trump announced tariffs on all mexican imports in an attempt to combat illegal imfwramigration at the border. trump tweeted from june 10th, the u.s. will impose a 5% tariff on all goods coming from mexico w

has been expanding.tially the sit in was only a front of the military headquarters and now expanding to other major streets where the protesters have been attacked on may 13. the role of the women, you can see it in the number of the women at the sit in and also see it in the leadership roles they are playing on the ground, leading some movements on the ground and other initiatives that are not directly towards the transition but such things as the education of the street children who have taken shelter at the sit-in. you see it in a large number of female doctors were helping on the ground. of course, the protesters. amy: what happened to you whehen you were there? >> i was there during december and january. we saw similar violence to may 13 on january 17. shotis when the doctor was and two other people lost their lives that day. people were detained, quitting myself and other friends and family members. we remained detained for six days and were released. we do not know why we were detained and we do n

when traditionally photos have been happy, -- traditionally photos have been happy, —— have not beenten more in leave areas than remain areas. the liberal democrats are winning back some of the voters that used to vote for them and were really unhappy in 2015 and 2017 but are finally beginning to come back to the party in places where the party has always had a degree of local credibility. much more to do with pavement politics than the high politics of brexit and their support for the referendum. we like to try and clean stuff, but in terms of what it indicates for the future it is a lwa ys indicates for the future it is always ha rd to indicates for the future it is always hard to know. one quick question, vince cable says it is the return of three party politics, do you think it is right?” return of three party politics, do you think it is right? i think it is fairto you think it is right? i think it is fair to say that this is the return of at least three party politics, but i suspect that on the 23rd of may we will discover there are more than three significant players and we ma

crisis and have been freed from prison they have been convicted of violating the official secrets act and sentenced to seven years imprisonment they were arrested in december twenty seven thousand then a massacre of ten men by the me and mommy received numerous awards in. the pulitzer prize was known and who have now been given their freedom under a presidential amnesty and after the global campaign for their release this is the moment they walk free of the young gun prison that have held them for more than five hundred days in the middle of that media scrum on had this to say decide in the prison and also around the world. we seem to really says i want to see thank you very much i'm really happy and excited to see my family and my colleagues and i can't wait for my use right now that i you know. but before the trip to the newsroom the two journalists had an emotional reunion with their wives and young daughters the wives of don't i just have been tireless campaigners for their release they attended the reporter's final appeal of the supreme court after that protected last month they

we've been warned. we've been told we reached the limit of the ebu's tolerance regarding politics. eurovision bosses were today making their position more than clear. if a competitor staged a protest, what would you do? well, we would intervene immediately. we have very strict rules and policies. you'd shut the performance down? yeah, for sure we'd be shutting it down, and they would be punished afterwards. meanwhile, the first brief glimpse of madonna. after a week of doubts, one eurovision insider is now confident that she will perform. i have heard madonna's voice in that arena, and it wasn't a cd. you're confident, saturday night? i'm quietly confident. i'd put a shekel or two on it. david sillito, bbc news, tel aviv. thanks for watching. hello. much of this week has been gloriously sunny, dry and reasonably warm. things turned a bit cloudier and cooler later on friday. this was a picture taken by one of our weather watchers in mepham in kent. a bit of sunshine across scotland. through the course of the weekend the sunshine will be in shorter supply. quite an unsettled showery

it has been quite a whirlwind.emony at windsor. we have been hearing in the last few minutes about some of the more poignant moments in their pasts, theirfamily difficulties in the past. as you has had to witness some of the typically —— some of the difficulties in harry's past, how much will this mean to him? his arrival at fatherhood? after his wedding this is probably the most important moment in his life. he has always said he wanted a family. he wanted to achieve something he has never had as a child. he wants to give his child, our children, hopefully there will be more, something that he did not get a lot of. mother from both pa rents. not get a lot of. mother from both parents. both parents were terrific pa rents, parents. both parents were terrific parents, the sadness of it all is that they did not live under the same breath. —— both parents were terrific parents. he has sounded very rounded. and he is going to be a terrific brother. we have seen him with other people's children here in the uk. -- with ot

agreement and officials inside iran have repeatedly sent warnings that the conditions that they have been placed into you know increasingly being cornered by the united states on the economic front is unsustainable and i this in ounce made today is an indication from iran that is really moving from this strategic patience motto that it's had with not just the europeans here but also the chinese and the russians to deliver on the nuclear agreement to a calculation of strategic action and this is likely to be the first phase of several if the other main part is the deal or indeed the united states doesn't provide some sort of an economic pressure valve for iran to be able to maintain this agreement going forward they did as you know nearly twelve months to the europeans to perhaps think about how to deal with this they talked about the c.p.a. the single european payment area an alternative way of avoiding the payment scenarios that the global banking system faces and you might say us all spaces but the really hard thinking and quick action required now by these european capitals or maybe we

says more than 300000 people have been displaced in the past month reports from they were. this is how the government's won back territory from the armed opposition. targeting civilians to pressure rebels to surrender now the tactic is being used in syria. there have been hundreds of these air strikes in the past months but the last few days have seen major escalation busy streets crowded areas are coming under fire. they like to punish the civilians they always do we found 10 burned bodies here they target the civilians the people with a pharmacy when they were killed. it's an all too familiar scene the casualties particularly among. are increasing from northern. provinces to the southern edges of it live and further west of the aleppo countryside nowhere is safe out there. people are living in fear children were playing in the street when they were mortar there is no rebel position or headquarters here. you can see the civil defense workers are trying to move to a woman under the rubble. hospitals are being destroyed and humanitarian services have been suspended the unite

has been hacked into should get my phone checked. i was infected both my phones there was one citizen lab with the investigators hyde park adams lawyers to look at the phone he found 3. text messages containing links that when clicked on resulted to me associated with n.s.a.'s infrastructure. around you tube his videos often critical of the saudi royal family have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times he says his social media accounts have been hacked before and last september he was verbal and physically abused by 2000000 central london we have contacted the london embassy of the kingdom of saudi arabia here for their response to these allegations but as of yet and several phone calls have had no answer. these ready tech company didn't want to comment on the case but did say and also develops products that are licensed exclusively to government intelligence and law enforcement agencies to prevent and investigate the activities of terrorists and criminals who have gone dark and i said. it does not operate the technology and whil

have been injured to imagine. that is the the full extent of injuries but it's so hard to imagine looking at those pictures of the flames just spoke about people who fly quite often the people of our profession who fly a lot actually a correspondent from our sister channel r.t. spanish while he was on board a different plane waiting to take off for a major airport and he saw the burning aircraft with his own eyes and this is what he told us. was one of our most in you were on board a plane share minutes of the airport we were flying to helsinki although our flight has now been canceled we're sitting really close to the plane which is completely on fire the flames are huge.

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but they've been very hostile.mber one provocator of terror in this country and representing their country but certainly our country has been very much involved because we're trying to help a lot of people out. and i don't that at all. we have no indication that anything's happened or will happen, but if it does it will be met, obviously, with great force. we'll have no choice. that was president trump speaking within the last hour. also making news today: venezuelan president nicolas maduro has proposed early elections for the opposition held national assembly. they won a majority in the legislative body in 2015 and it's headed by opposition leaderjuan guaido. the reports come as maduro's supporters gathered to commemorate the one—year anniversary of his re—election for a second term. a 35—year—old french national has been sentenced to death in indonesia for drug trafficking despite prosecutors asking for a 20—year prison sentence. felix dorfin was convicted of carrying large amounts of ecstasy, crystal meth and m