of the international affairs counsel, raic. mifsud had described him as having connections with the russian ministry of foreign affairs, mfa. the executive entity in russia responsible for russian's foreign relations. papadopoulos and he had multiple conversations over skype. and e-mail about setting, quote, the groundwork, end quote, for a potential meeting between the campaign and russian government officials. papadopoulos told the office that on one skype call he believed that his connection with timofiv was being monitored or supervised by an unknown third party because he spoke in an official manner and papadopoulos heard odd noises on the line. timofiv told papadopoulos in april 25, 2016, e-mail, had he just spoken to igor ivanoff and conveyed advice about how to arrange a moscow visit. mifsud returned to england april 25th, 2016. the next day, papadopoulos met mifsud for breakfast at the andaz hotel, same location as the last meeting. during that meeting, mifsud told papadopoulos he had met with high-level russian government officials during his recent trip to moscow. mifsud also said on that trip he learned that the

the vice chancellor ship we're talking about it's not just the interior ministry also the ministry of foreign affairs the ministry of health the ministry of defense amongst others all of these crucial positions now no longer have anybody in them this big scandal comes just days before major european parliamentary elections take place and if you look at those who oppose the freedom party and others in europe well they've been making well and they've been making great gains with this as they go to their electorate we heard angle a merkel the german chancellor speak at a campaign rally in zagreb in croatia and which see she said look at this see what this shows it shows you can't trust the populace to chose you can't trust the right wing you can't work with them and they will ultimately let you down we haven't to deal with populist movements that in many areas a contemptuous of this values who want to destroy the europe now what we are expecting is out of the $751.00 seats that are available in the european parliament for parties that the scribes themselves as being on the right of the political spectru

china's ministry of foreign affairs is briefing reporters after president trump's latest tariff i tookhike took effect. . the briefing just kicked off we will follow it for you and give you the latest on trade. it has been so important to the markets this week. right now, top stocks stories and for that we go back to annmarie hordern in london. annmarie: adp is plunging this morning, down 7%, the biggest drop in 10 years. this is paving the way for a potential referendum on the government's plan to privatize adp. the french president's plan will be on hold for at least nine months. iag to the upside. it looks good compared to all the other losses at the airlines. are the owner of british airways. carrying to the upside nearly 2% this morning, luxury is moving to the upside. it is a risk on day. also, we should note that yesterday, they paid a 1.2 5 billion euros settlement with italian authorities over an investigation into back taxes. one of the biggest tax settlements to happen in italy. very good. thanks very much for that. uber has raised $8.1 billion in its ipo. the ride-hailing c

so it china's ministry of foreign affairs has more than once refer to taiwan as one of the most sensitive issues in a bilateral china united states relations now the chinese government has protested against us selling weapons to the island of thailand on multiple occasions what is the ultimate goal the united states is pursuing by continuing to make passes at taiwan what's your take. well that's certainly the good question because china's repeated protests. oh by the united states to taiwan always fall on the deaf ear is but the point is. what is a real use of office so to taiwan demanding the chinese becoming stronger and stronger no matter how many weapons to taiwan with by their would not be useful. was the scenario i believe the taiwanese. is not to really buy weapons they're trying to buy you sure it's are you sure is that it could be filled with american blood are you sure it's not a could not to really guard he's a safety so what. is the safety of the taiwanese people their safety and security come from good relationship with them and then china that is where the security lie and e

shortly be at a rate of twenty five percent actually this morning a spokesperson for the ministry of foreign affairs of china again showing confirmed that he would be at least the voice from china would be traveling to d.c. and that will move forward with the talks despite her and this is what he said. regarding the u.s. throat cutting tariffs on chinese goods i think similar situations have occurred repeatedly in the past china's position attitude remain clear and i think the us acknowledges this china us trade talks have been held for ten rounds and have made good progress i think the priority now is for both sides to work together on finding a halfway point we seek a consensus based on mutual respect benefits both countries which would appease not only china and the u.s. but the international community as well and there's a lot of pressure now as the talk is that the clock is ticking and mr trump gave them until friday so a deal could be made as early as this week and that's something that people are hoping for although alison experts are less optimistic than they were last week when we thought t

years ago but remains unfinished the king had to meet with the new members here in the ministry of foreign affairs. on the eve of this opening session the constitutional court decided to move forward with a case against on a torn. wrong kids his new future forward party ran on an anti who platform and did very well in the election the party is in the democratic alliance coalition with main opposition party it garnered the most votes there are multiple biegel cases against the court he says there trumped up charges by the military government and politically motivated earlier he told our he's concerned about people losing faith in the system look at the big picture i think it's clear the attempt to continue to be in power of the military government is that there they'd be willing to tax thailand to the bottom if need be for them to stay in power some feel that this new government will be short lived mainly because of how it has run the country over the last 5 years he had not been talented so in order to answer to the parliament he has to be more polite this is not his way at all and also in terms o

years ago but remains unfinished the king had to meet with the new members here in the ministry of foreign affairs on the eve of this opening session the constitutional court decided to move forward with the case against qana torn june kit his new future forward party ran on an anti who to platform and did very well in the election the party is in the democratic alliance coalition with main opposition party it garnered the most votes there are multiple beagle cases against the court he says there trumped up charges by the military government and politically motivated earlier he told al-jazeera he's concerned about people losing faith in the system and look at the big picture i think it's clear the attempt to continue to be in power of the military government is that. they be willing to tax thailand to the bottom if need be for them to stay. some feel that this new government will be short lived mainly because of how it has run the country over the last 5 years he had not been talented so in order to answer to the parliament he has to be more polite this is not his way at all and also in terms of l

seven that i was transferred to the usa desk to the department of usa and canada of the ministry of foreign affairs in that position i was involved in the preparations both for ministerial meetings and summits and in that position i dast have maybe much influence but they could contribute but the most important moments are when the principals of the foreign minister or the president actually ask your opinion when that happens you are on your own and your mom justin to you actually have to say what you think and to me with my very limited political prior experience that was not easy but that happened because i know that her intimate with gorbachev nods and know about cherie nazi is my grandfather and i know about gorbachev because you're his advisor up to this day how did you earn their trust. how does that happen how does that happen the initial process is earning the trust as a professional as an interpreter but then inevitably i work with both of them for six years and inevitably you become closer and either trust not only you as a professional translator interpreter but also they begin to trust

those are pretty anodyne words from the ministry of foreign affairs. which it insists is a privately owned company here in china, which does have associations with the chinese government, but insists it is not controlled by the government. it has been a champion working abroad for china, but much of that success is down to it not having close links with the chinese government and it is not a state owned entity. and yet it finds itself at the heart of this trade conflict. its chief financial officer sits in china —— sits in canada at the moment may be waiting extradition to the united states. the chinese government wants to protect huawei, go out to bat on its behalf, but it knows the big criticism is that it is too close to the government here. going forward, as huawei is targeted further by the trump administration, the chinese government will do its utmost to seek to protect the company and try to encourage support, whether it's support on the consumer side for huawei here in the chinese market or support in terms of targeting big american consumer p

has complained to the general inspector of national police about the incident the russian ministry of foreign affairs has called on french authorities to launch a probe into the incident. just behind me you can see live pictures from the thai capital where massive crowds are lining the streets of the capital for the new king his first public appearance since his coronation again these are live pictures as he gets ready to pay homage at meijer buddhist temples on the roof people wearing the royal yellow have waited for hours to see him the lavish coronation ceremony will cost the thai government more than thirty million dollars. this is a large degree going down the streets of the capital of the days long ceremony of the coronation of the new king in. norway recently experienced some russian meddling and its waters this time it came in the form of a friendly beluga whale which approach fishermen off the coast and has since been nicknamed lot of mayor of wales a mere one norwegian expert has alleged putin himself might have had a hand in training at fishing for the facts here. here's a situation a cute

here in the ministry of foreign affairs on the eve of this opening session the constitutional court decided to move forward with a case against on a torn june wrong kids his new future forward party ran on an anti who platform and did very well in the election the party is in the democratic alliance coalition with main opposition party it garnered the most votes there are multiple beagle cases against the court he says there trumped up charges by the military government and politically motivated earlier he told al-jazeera he's concerned about people losing faith in the system and look at the big picture i think it's clear the attempt to continue to be in power of the military government is that there. they'd be willing to tax thailand to the bottom if need be for them to stay in power some feel that this new government will be short lived mainly because of how prayer has run the country over the last 5 years he had not been talented so in order to answer to the parliament he has to be more kind of more polite this is not his way at all and also in terms of latest leonti process he will face

their main competitor but china has fired back and that chinese a spokesperson for the ministry of foreign affairs had this to say earlier today. we've also been asking chinese companies to comply with laws and read. of the countries where they do business overseas however china resolutely opposed any country's unilateral sanctions against chinese entities under its own domestic laws in other words the us to halt their approach and to create conditions for normal business cooperation between our fleet under-educated to avoid further impact on china u.s. economic and trade relations and china will take further necessary measures you resolutely safeguard illegitimate rights and interests of china. now while away continue to defend themselves and say that there is no evidence of any espionage or anything like that and that this could this ban could potentially lead to more serious legal issues very interesting point where off the bat there are so that clearly this move was instigated by the wall we situation but they put language in there not specific not naming them as a company but just generally d

he hasjust come from the ministry of foreign affairs‘ briefing, what is the reaction from the chineset all at that press conference? we heard from the foreign ministry that china hopes that at this late hour there can be a negotiation which can avoid that increase in ta riffs which can avoid that increase in tariffs on friday. they are hoping that on thursday, both sides can somehow break through whatever disagreements they have. it‘s interesting. he also said this is a negotiating process, what do you expect? of course we have different points of view. i guess that‘s pushing back a bit on these comments from the trump administration that somehow china has been winding back its position. 0n the back of the news that china‘s senior trade negotiator will still be going to washington. this means he will be there on friday, when that tariff increase happens, if indeed that‘s what comes to pass. at their meeting on thursday, if they can‘t find a way to finally come to some sort of agreement. it sounds like they are trying to play it down in china and in particular what‘s being said in the

hearing that they were so close to reaching a deal and they had it and even the chinese that ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson said that u.s. was really misusing their state power to hurt foreign nations take a listen to what he said. leave voluntarily the u.s. uses state power to crack down on foreign companies and to interferes in market behaviors and frankly it will not be in the interests of the u.s. itself the so-called mutual benefit of trade means that all industries keep their markets open and seek overall reciprocity and balance of interests it is on scientific and unprofessional for the u.s. to simply think that it is always the one suffering losses in our trade relations therefore we cannot claim absolutely quality in all areas during trade negotiations for an agreement must create a 2 equilibrium. they're talking about equilibrium here and founder of wall way rings in face also issued a statement in chinese state media where he was interviewed saying the current practice of u.s. politicians and answer makes our strength while we 5 g. will absolutely not be affected so he's saying that

i mentioned the spokesperson for the ministry of foreign affairs. dent's tweet saying quote, as a matter of urgency we hope that the u.s. side will make joint efforts with china to achieve a mutually beneficial and win/win agreement on the basis of mutual respect. this is not only in the interest of china, but also in the interest of the u.s. side and it is the general expectation of the international community. a source also telling me earlier today do not downplay the threat from president trump as it relates to possibly hiking up tariffs on friday. as you know, the president has followed through on those threats. it was pointed out to me before. neil: do you think the catalyst for him doing so was the strong employment report, that he felt that he would be coming from a position of strength even if the tariffs would be deemed deleterious to american consumers, we are in a better position to absorb it? reporter: could be. could be one reason. from the reporting of my colleague edward lawrence, you know, edward's reporting is that there was also thi

the day i met with them in london i was invited by the british ministry of foreign affairs to meet withhem at their office is concluding with tobias ellwood was the number two at the time under boris johnson so clearly when "the new york times" suggested their reporting that the british were told of this operation, i believe the british actively work spying on me as well that i believe part of what president trump was tweeting last week about the printer spying was about this involvement in this operation. i guess we have a lot more to find out. >> tucker: i would remind our viewers, you ended up going to jail briefly. correct? >> i went for 11 nights. >> tucker: you go to jail and you didn't spy for russia or do anything wrong in your life is destroyed, but we should figure out how this happened because, why? i don't know. >> we definitely need find out. >> you think? your book is a good way to start that. thank you for coming on. the former advisor to bill and hillary clinton. how about that? are you curious, are you concerned? doesn't make you wonder what country this is? i could hav

the ministry of foreign affairs saying as to the u.s.t on the tariff increase on goods, that situation appeared many times before. china's position is always clear-cut, and the u.s. knows that. what are we expecting from here? we are hoping that the vice premier would be heading to washington next week. this wednesday, a delegation of 100 people scheduled to come over. it could be they will hold off. that would be very plausible. the question would be, are they holding off because they want to give it a couple of days to see how things settle out, or are they breaking off the talks? [no audio] sad, we cankind of work something out here, maybe that will not happen. a lot in the air right now. amanda: great to have you, peter coy. thank you. a look at how the markets are digesting these headlines, we see them off the lows of the session but still struggling. our cross as a reporter. interesting to see which groups are suffering. -- asset reporter. perhaps that is a reaction to the fear of the tech transfer part of the agreement may be off

there is also a report in the last hour from the iranian ministry of foreign affairs, a spokesperson, to provide some distance between iran and the incidents we saw over the weekend. the spokesman saying the this is a part of adventurism by foreign players and a very worrying signal because of the tensions around the region itself. and actually blamed it on ill wishers trying to create problems here in the middle east. as the u.s. ramps up its presence in the gulf water with the "uss abraham lincoln" on its way after passing through, of course, the suez canal. patriot missiles being deployed to region as well. it has significant signs of things we've seen in this region in the past, as you know, george. >> these incidents near the port of fujairah was categorized as a serious development. why is there so much concern? >> you know, george, we bring up that map again you can see that the port of fujairah sits south of the strait of are mohormuz a have an artery that is only 17 miles wide. this was designed after the invasion of kuwait and the gulf war in 1991 to avoid tensions in this r

china's ministry of foreign affairs commenting on the president's comments yesterday saying in a statement "the mutually beneficial cooperation betweenhi has been impacted and the two sides are now unable to resolve differences through friendly negotiations and continue to promote shared interests as we did in the past and china is not the one to blame." so both sides point the finger who is to blame. so consumers are paying the price. the federal reserve bank of new york saying the u.s. household annually will pay about $231 more as a result of this latest round of tariffs. >> thanks, hillary. a fox urgent now. officials in france say at least seven people are hurt after an explosion on a busy street. it happened in that country's third largest city, leone. video shows glass on the ground outside a store. there's word a small package blew up. we cannot confirm that. officials say people had injuries to their legs, but they were not life threatening. the french president during an interview called it an attack. but no word on whether this was terror on something else altogether. updates as

we know he did some reporting or some notes to the ministry of foreign affairs.don't know if it ever went to any intelligence services and it feels for me that this was like all potentially possibly speculation which has no evidence so i do question the u.s. justice system and i think you should too. >> joining me to discuss this is danny cevallos and ashley merchant. danny, you admit passing information back to russia and claiming it wasn't spying. she tried to establish communication with russians to americans to benefit russia. is that not espionage? >> it is not espionage. that is not just my criminal defense attorney bias in the situation. the government would say maria butina was not a spy. she acted as an agent, but an agent in the sense of principals and agents. maria butina failed to register as a foreign agent. she was not accused of espionage and she was not accused of spying on behalf of the russian government. the information she transmitted back to russia, none was classified. there were no allegations it was. again, this may be a criminal defense v

>> their spokesperson for the ministry of foreign affairs gave a press conference, took some questionsthis was his response saying china very much wants to strike a trade deal with the u.s. he said -- >> now back here at home, president trump actually has a pretty unusual ally in the sense that the top democrat in the senate, chuck schumer, takes a pretty similar stance with him on china. in fact, schumer sent out this tweet responding to the president over the weekend saying -- >> bottom line as we've followed the developments here over the last several hours, this one appears to be very fluid. the big question is, will china be sending that delegation over, if so, how big and does that include the vice premier. as one sold told me that if he doesn't come, at the white house that would send a clear signal, shepard. >> shepard: blake burman at the white house. kristina partsinevelos down on the floor of the new york stock exchange. horrible beginning. much better finish. >> we saw a 400-point swing. a trader said a lot of the movement in the morning was emotional. investors read the he

i have the british government reaching out to me who was the number two at the british ministry of foreign affairs where he wants to have a conversation with me and get to know me a little bit. may 4 i'm contacted by two officials of the dia at the u.s. embassy in london, and then , i meet on may 10 this australian diplomat, alexander downer who i testified under oath at congress and told the fbi and robert mueller i felt he was spying on me and recording my conversations. maria: so this is all what you believe is spying recording of conversations early 2016, way before think was any fisa warrant to actually get a warrant to spy on anybody, and then it was downer, the australian intel guy, who really , they got you with because alexander downer had a conversation with you, and you were asked by the fbi when did you first meet downer. you tell them what? >> oh, so the fbi basically the fbi interview was i brought up joseph mipsid, and then this whole idea of who told me this information about e-mails and then i got caught in a perjury trap and actually that was my charge. i got charged with i guess

the ministry of foreign affairs briefing -- daily press briefing is going on right now, so we might get something there. not sure. we do expect to hear something by the end of the day, though, but "the wall street journal" has reported that as a result of these tweets the chinese side, the chinese government is considering cancelling outright the top chinese negotiator, they're considering cancelling that trip. that makes a lot of sense given what we're heard from china in the past. they routinely say they won't negotiate under threat from the united states, tariffs are otherwise. so the fact that they're considering, according to "the journal," cancelling this trip, does make sense with what we've heard from china in the past. but, really, we don't know how this is going to play out. do the chinese say side, you know what? this deal is too important. we're going to go to the united states anyway, despite what the president is saying. will the president actually raise tariffs from 10 to 25% on friday, whether or not these talks happen? these are huge unknowns at this moment. but the tak

china's ministry of foreign affairs is giving a briefing in beijing. chinese and whether or not they will head to washington. will they delay their trip, shorten their trip, cancel their trip completely? you can follow this conference on life go. very -- liv go. very helpful if you speak chinese, of course. alan higgins still with us. it's not clear, especially because the japanese and the u.k. markets are closed, so we don't see a lot of other assets trading that we normally would. i wonder if we're going to see a huge jump in volatility. pairs tot currency finally start moving after this? alan: currency ball has been low for a while now. i wouldn't expect it. i think the want to watch, clearly, is the yen. markets,y very quiet with the absence of most japanese, especially the long term life insurance companies. we could see a spike in the end. going back -- in the yen. going back to volatilities, it may be a hedge fund trade. that does mitigate it. we have had short vol, but we've also had that s&p 500. what a lot of hedge funds are doing their is sh