our europe editor, katya adler, is in madrid. katya, let's start by talking about the performance of this far right party. yes, with almost all the votes counted now, huw, it looks like the populist nationalist vox party has performed strongly, winning a bunch of seats in spain's parliament for the very first time. but what we cannot talk about tonight, huw, is a massive swing to the far right in spain. vox looks set to become spain's fifth—largest party, with the centre—left the largest. so given that the vox party was, as katya adler said, set to become only the fifth biggest party, did it really warrant the attention given to it? the director of the think—tank british future, sunder katwala, thought not, writing this on twitter... he went on... and another aspect of katya adler's report on that programme also led to audience objections. vox is extremely spaincentric. it is pro—bullfighting, pro—eu, anti—catalan independence. but in this country, split left and right since the spanish civil war, vox — unlike other populist move

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the chairman adler and his committee forced the department of justice to break the law.s bring in the panel washington amy walter national editor for the politico report and tom bevins, -- tom bevan, joins us from chicago. amy contempt and the big picture and where it goes, what it means probably not a lot if you look at eric holder and others. but the president is saying executive privilege covers all of the mueller report is a good point though. i do think this issue is going to be probably hunted back into the court where it may stay for a good, long time. it is really unclear as to how long it is going to be caught up in the court of law. and it won't be the first or last time that we are going to see the congress and the -- the administration go up against each other in terms of congress, democrats in congress asking for things that the administration doesn't want to give. and we will continue to see the push and pull and unclear how it will end -- and up. voters perceive it, right where we are with voters and whether they look at the mueller report were issue of im

butan first, our europe editor katya adler starts coverage fros brus.: much about this election is not what it first may seem. nationalist marine le pen beaten pres macron atop thera polls ine. "this is a people's victory," said the delighted ms. le pen. phe people have taken theer back into their own hands." but the people, a.k.a. voters, ad not support her allies much as she hoped across the eu. millions of europeans cast a vote forhange, but not all for the far ght. the pro-european greens did phenomenally well, as did europe's liberals. >> we are witnessing a polarized society. now we're going to use leverage the citizens gave us to try and enact change at european level. reducing social inequality, reducing our ecological footprint, improving public health. s we will see if the othe prepared for that. katya: seemingly unprepared for this new, fragmented political order are the eu's aditional power blocs, the centerleft and mee center-right. germany's gove was given a very bloody nose. like in the u.k., europe's voters are foring political movements

katya adler, bbc news, brussels.: as you heard there, the far right had much to celebrate' in this y's elections. e good fortunes did not last long in austria, where chancell sebastian kurz was ousted after he lost a confidence vote in parliament after a corruption scandal. that's all heinz-christian strache standout and his entire far righfreedom party withdrew from the ruling coalition last week. the crisis eurfaced showing strach appearing to offer contracts and in return for government help. now to the u.k., where there were mixed messages in the results on brexit, both for and against. the liberal democrats who want to stop brexit did well, comutg in second,he undoubted winner was the brexit party launched by nigel farage just six weekago. bbc's political editor laura kuenssberg has more on that part of the story. laura k.: to the winner, the spoils. it was his victory. nigel farage's brexit party, maybe the brashest and the boldest, won the biggest last night demanding we leave the eu , as soon as is humanl pos

katya adler in brussels.s, still to come: from japan to germany, and 100 countries in between, school children skip classes to demand action against climate change. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, an event to aid relief in africa. hughes started forming at seven a.m.. it led to full-scale rides as a.m.. it led to full-scale rides as a deliverable fans broke out of the area. the belgian police lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of the father of the tragic death of the father of the indian people on the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an. the chatshow has made her one of the richest people on the planet. jerry kelly well, ginger spice, has left the spice girls.|j do not believe it. she is girl power. not her, why! i'm ben bland. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: britain's conservative party politicians are racing to be the one to replace theresa may, after the prime minister said she would step down over her failure to deliver brexit.

katya adler, bbc news, brussels. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories.ia's ruling coalition have resigned, throwing the government into chaos. the freedom party's leader, heinz—christian strache, was forced to resign at the weekend after a video emerged of him apparently offering government contracts in return for political favours. there could now be snap elections as a result of the scandal. the world food programme has accused houthi rebels in yemen of interfering in its work to help feed millions of people. the organisation says it may have to suspend aid deliveries because the rebels are disrupting convoys in areas they control. four years of civil war between the houthi rebels backed by iran and an international coalition led by saudi arabia has left much of yemen on the brink of starvation. royal mail says it's planning to introduce the uk's first parcel post boxes after a successful trial last year. they'll be available in cities including birmingham, aberdeen and cardiff from august. with a busy summer of sport ahead, including the women's footb

katya adler, bbc news, brussels.rld's second biggest smartphone maker, huawei, from some mobile services after washington decided to blacklist the chinese firm. and i will be live here where tens of thousands of manchester city fans have gathered for a victory parade as their team celebrates an unprecedented domestic treble of trophies. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... victoria azarenka reveals she feared becoming pregnant would end her tennis career. she's joined other leading stars who have succesfully campaigned for more ranking protection for new mothers on the tour. with a busy summer of sport ahead, including the women's football world cup in france, this week the bbc is focusing on women's sport. the british racing driver katherine legge, is one of the few women competing at the highest level, and while she's a big name in america, she's little known here in the uk. she says she's had to "fight and claw" for every opportunity, in a sport where just 5% of drivers are women. our sports correspondent katie g

representative adler and representative collins speaking after the vote. mr. nadler: this was a very grave and moment us step that we are forced to take today to move the contempt citation against the attorney general of the united states. we have no choice. attorney germ barr, having proved himself to be the prnl attorney toll president trump rather than the attorney germ of the united states by misleading to the public as to the contents of the mueller report, by not being truthful with congress and and now he has taken arch greater step farther and turning the entire department of justice trump instrument of personally rather than an instrument of justice and representative of the united states. y seeking to evade to barr all subpoenas and the president said it, that they will resist all subpoenas, not just with reference to the mueller report but with reference to anything, but reference to the department of justice that has turned around on the affordable care act, wrenches to investigations of security clearances to references to the decisions to tear ba

they want to interview jerry adler, he was been my enemy. i have had great success against him. he was representing and he would fight me. he failed. i congresswoman to washington, i combk president and i said i have nadler again? so, wall street jourm, mr. mueller wasn't obstructed in any way. his reports was released for all to see and there was no collusion. this is the "wall street journal" and no collusion between russia and the trump campaign. that's it. but they want to make this a big deal. whether they want to carry out the big i do. there is a danger here. if someday a democrat becomes president and you have a republican house, they can impeach him for any reason, or her. we can't allow that to happen. we can't allow it to happen. when you look at all i have done and i will tell you my lawyers said, you could use presidential privilege. you don't have to let your lawyers and all of your staff testify. you can use presidential privilege. would you recommend it? well, you could be transparent or being tight. if you have done nothing wrong, being transparent is better. i

katya adler, bbc news, brussels.c.co.uk/news. let's take a look at some of today's other news. a woman has appeared in court in sheffield, charged with murdering two of her children. sarah barrass, who is 34, is accused of killing 14—year—old blake and 13—year—old tristan. she appeared before magistrates alongside 37—year—old brandon machin, who also faces two counts of murder. they were remanded in custody and are due to appear at sheffield crown court tomorrow. football, and aston villa will play in the premier league next season, after a memorable 2—1victory against derby county in the championship play—off final at wembley. the promotion is worth at least £170 million and returns the club to the top flight for the first time since relegation in 2016. 0ur correspondent patrick gearey was watching. roll up, roll up, for wembley‘s big bank holiday giveaway. 0ne lucky winner of derby county and aston villa gets a trip to the premier league, and football's biggestjackpot. win this and you scoop £170 million over three

see that behind closed doors and take notes but that was rejected by the judiciary chairman mr now adler and from i understand he refuses to even look at it because he wants the whole enchilada. well the german the judiciary committee wants to see the whole thing not just the classified information but the grand jury information as well i'm sure is would a look at behind closed doors but the grand jury information could be released to congress behind closed doors with the permission of the judge but what's how do they have to go to this is just a matter so you can't just make the demands of the yes you got to go to the federal judge and say you know there is some compelling interest here although that d.c. circuit appeals case would suggest they might not win. i think they are the judge with a lot of them say and i they have not made any effort to ask the judge and the attorney general has refused to go along with that the bottom line is president trump wants to keep this from congress as long as he possibly can the grand jury information of eventually would have to come out because a gr

0ur europe editor, katya adler, is in brussels for us. will this change anything?doesn't change things. it doesn't change that eu leaders remain as fed up as ever with this brexit process that seems to go on and on, and a changeover in prime minister just threatens to and on, and a changeover in prime ministerjust threatens to lengthen this process further. a change that brussels believes is coming is that a new prime minister will probably wa nt to a new prime minister will probably want to come here to try to renegotiate the brexit deal, particularly that controversial backstop guarantee for the irish border. eu leaders have said today absolutely not, they will not budge. they feel they have been round that block for the last two years, and theresa may signed off on the brexit deal back in november. the concern in brussels is that if the new prime minister doesn't get his or her way, they could be tempted to use what one eu diplomat described to me today as ducted tactics, trying to obstruct eu business like trying to pass the new budget or threatening to trigger

our europe editor katya adler has this report.alist marine le pen beat president macron to top the polls in france. "this is a people's victory," said the delighted mrs le pen. "the people have taken power back into their own hands." but the people, aka europe's voters, didn't support mrs le pen's political allies as much as she had hoped across the eu. millions of europeans cast a vote for change, but not all looked for answers in the far right. the pro—european greens did phenomenally well, as did europe's liberals. we are witnessing a polarised society, so now we are going to use the leverage the citizens gave us to try and enact change at european level, reducing social inequality, reducing our ecological footprint, improving public health. we will see whether the others are prepared for that. seemingly unprepared for this new fragmented political order are the eu's traditional power blocs, the centre—left and the centre—right. germany's government was given a very bloody nose. like in the uk, europe's voters are favouring pol

katya adler, bbc news, brussels.aught about relationships, including between same sex couples, has told the bbc she's received threatening messages. sarah hewitt—clarkson runs anderton park primary school in birmingham, which has seen protests over the use of story books which include homosexual families. this is something we were reporting on earlier. in the meantime, let's look at some of the other stories that are making headlines. all the ministers from the far—right freedom party in austria's ruling coalition, have resigned, throwing the government into chaos. the freedom party's leader, heinz—christian strache, was forced to resign at the weekend after a video emerged of him apparently offering government contracts, in return for political favours. there could now be snap elections, as a result of the scandal. the world food programme has accused houthi rebels in yemen of interfering in its work to help feed millions of people. the organisation says it may have to suspend aid deliveries because the rebels are d

our europe editor, katya adler, is in madrid.oks like the populist nationalist vox party has performed strongly, winning a bunch of seats in spain's parliament for the very first time. but what we cannot talk about tonight, huw, is a massive swing to the far right in spain. vox looks set to become spain's fifth—largest party, with the centre—left the largest. so given that the vox party was, as katya adler said, set to become only the fifth biggest party, did it really warrant the attention given to it? the director of the think—tank british future, sunder katwala, thought not, writing this on twitter... he went on... and another aspect of katya adler's report on that programme also led to audience objections. vox is extremely spaincentric. it is pro—bullfighting, pro—eu, anti—catalan independence. but in this country, split left and right since the spanish civil war, vox — unlike other populist movements across europe — has failed to attract disaffected workers who traditionally vote for the left. the location of that piece to c

our europe editor katya adler sent this update from brussels. the fact that eu leaders up as ever but this brexit process that seems to go on and on and the change of prime minister is threatening to lengthen this process even further. but a change that brussels believes is coming is that a new prime minister will probably want to come here and try to renegotiate the brexit deal, particularly that controversial backstop guarantee for the irish border. now eu leaders have said today, absolutely not, they're not going to budge. they feel they've been around the block for the last two years and theresa may signed off on the brexit deal back in november, but a concern in brussels is if the new prime minister doesn't get his or her way, they could be tempted to use what one eu diplomat described today as "dirty tactics", trying to obstruct eu business like trying to pass a new budget or they might be tempted to actually trigger a no—deal brexit willing to do so in a way that the eu never believed theresa may would. how the new prime minister deals wi

steven adler described the two men as courageous reporters and symbols of the importance of press freedom around the world. >> his daughter was born while he was in prison, simply for telling the truth. >> major show downs between house democrats and the trump administration looming on three fronts, first, the president's tax returns. treasury secretary steven mnuchin saying he will not hand them over despite the risk of a subpoena. it's latest move by administration officials to shield the president and aides from a wide range of inquiries from the tax returns to a demand for testimony about the census and immigration. >>> the second front of possible contempt of congress. house judiciary chairman has confirmed committee staff and justice officials will meet today to try and reach a deal on congressional access to the mueller report, and if they can't, a vote to hold bill barr in contempt is planned tomorrow. the committee's top republican calls the vote illogical and disingenuous. >>> it is deadline day for don mcgahn. the white house counsel has comply with house judiciary details. the

>> we are. >> yes, i do agree with chairman adler. because the administration has decided they are not going to honor their oath of office. >> ed: those same democratic leaders did not seem to mention honoring the oath of office back in 2012. you see it right there, they literally walked out of the house chamber in protest of president obama's attorney general, eric holder, yes, being held in contempt. at the time, nadler tweeted the contempt vote was "shameful and politically motivated." and back to that word crisis. a few weeks ago, democrats repeated that over and over when they were claiming there was not a crisis at the border. >> we haven't had any border wall for two years. one month longer is not going to create any crisis. it is a manufactured crisis. >> stop manufacturing the crisis. >> this president just use the backdrop of the oval office to manufacture a crisis. >> ed: even "the new york times" this week said the border crisis was a real, not manufactured. keep in mind, an important point about this contempt battle from

we think of loneliness as more than a purely socio psychological problem i'm here with dr mahathir adler at the gym down market and this is one of the most busiest places in berlin but nonetheless people can feel lonesome here. well. we normally feel lonely if there are a lot of people around us and we do not feel connected to them that's what loneliness is there's a new trend that people move into big cities so this is a dangerous trend because they feel more lonely here the city is come with more anonymity and this is definitely a risk factor towards more social isolation and towards more loneliness. but when is it a problem to feel lonely we go to view a question from some about from a bus he writes i'm a creative person i have a right to draw and any make pictures i don't feel the need to make friends or rely on to relationships so even if i spent days alone or told i don't feel lonely so it's normal. feeling lonely and being alone is not at all the same thing. we usually can have a very good time when we are alone it's. recreate time for many of us. after a busy day but it's not the

bars a moment of accountability will come soon enough and i think what we're seeing from chairman adler is that.

in washington, 11-year-old adler toliffson was with his mom at a national's game last week when he wastruck. >> i just wish that they could do more to protect the fans. >> reporter: last season, all 30 major league teams expanded their protective netting, but even players say it may not be enough. >> just put fences up around the whole field. i mean it is so sad when you see stuff like that happen. >> reporter: in japan safety nettings extend all the way to the foul pole. here in the states where baseball is america's pastime, there is no such protection, but tonight renewed debate miguel almaguer, nbc news >>> now to an nbc news exclusive. the major lawsuit just filed against the fbi, claiming its famed training academy at quantico has a culture of harassment. tonight several of the women who have sued are speaking out to nbc's stephanie gosk >> reporter: harassment and discrimination at the fbi training academy at quantico. according to ten women who spoke exclusively to nbc news. >> they made me feel like i was worthless and disposable. >> insulted. >> i agree. >> offended. >> at th

does not comply with the democrats new offer on the they want to learn more about the mueller report adler has sent bar a new letter saying the committee could work with the d o j to prioritize a or narrow said of evidence from the special counsel to turn over to congress nadler's letter still insist that the d o j grant congress, the ability to see unredacted grand jury material related to bob mueller's findings which barr has argued he's not allowed to provide legally nadler's giving bar a deadline of monday at 09:00am to respond. >>as well as political crisis now moving to the forefront in washington today, the issue and meeting at the pentagon, the acting secretary of defense says all options are on the table. emily schmidt explains what that may mean. >>for the first time in months president trump and russian president vladimir putin talked by phone friday. >>i had a very good talk with president putin probably a over an hour. and we talked about many things venezuela was one of the topics you want to get some humanitarian aid right now people are starving. they make. i have no water

version of bob miller's report available to top democrats but these top congressional democrats now adler palosi and others have refused to read it and said that instead they want the entire report revealed to a wider audience share mainly to go look it what the attorney general offered him it's pretty amazing to me he wants to go in executive session ask questions about it but he won't go read it now things escalated from there members of congress basically tried to be somewhat the at trickle a bucket of fried chicken was displayed in order to illustrate the argument that that he was that william barr was chicken or cowardly for not attending furthermore they made a point of looking under the desk to make sure that william barr was not hiding under the desk in fear chicken bar he. showing up today and answer questions the black sox look clean compared to this team it's a sad day in a bear democrats are considering contempt of congress charges against barr but republicans are saying he did the right thing and that this is simply a politically motivated investigation intended to undermine

our europe editor katya adler is in brussels. first off, what doesn't change is that eu leaders remain fed up with the brexit process, which they feel has been going on and on, and the change of prime minister threatens to lengthen that process even more. where they do expect change is they think that the new prime minister will want to come here to brussels to try to renegotiate the brexit deal, particularly that controversial backstop guarantee on the irish border, and brussels was quick to say today that it would not be budging. eu leaders feel they have gone around that block so many times over the last two years, and they point out that theresa may and her cabinet signed off on the brexit deal back in november. but the concern here is that a new, maybe more hard—line, prime minister could use what one eu diplomat described to me today as "dirty tactics" if they do not get their way, such as holding up eu business, maybe vetoing the next eu budget. another worry here is that that next prime minister could be willing to trigge

in washington 11-year-old adler was with his m at a national's game last week when he was struck. c> i just wish that theyould do more to protect the fans. >> reporter: last season, all 30 major league teams expanded their protective netting, but even ayplayers say it mot be enough. t> just put fences up around whole field. it's so sad when you see stuff like that happen. >> reporter: in japan, safety nettings extend to the foul pole. here in the stateswh e baseball is america's past time, there is no ch protection, but tonight, renewed debate. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> to an exclusive, the major lawsuit just filed against the fbi claiming the fame training academy has a culture of harassment. tonight, several of the women have sued are speaking out to nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: harassment and discrimination at the fbi training academy. according to ten women iv who spoke excly to nbc news. >> they made me el like i was worthless and disposable. >> insulted. >> offended. >> this dain age, that's going on. >> reporter: they filed a class action complaint. >> how many o

it deserves to bars a moment of accountability soon enough i think what we're seeing from chairman adler is that he's incapable of holding power if he and his committee are capable of actually asking the attorney general questions themselves and need to staff that out it seems like a pretty pathetic moment for the chairman of that committee and look we lost confidence in jerry nadler a long time ago but it's surprising that find out that he's actually lost confidence in himself and his capability to do his job he can't and he's not capable of asking the attorney general questions maybe he should step down or resign and allow somebody else i mean this is high stakes for william barr because members of congress are already saying that he lied to congress lying to congress is a crime and it could get you sent to prison what they're arguing here is that when muller gave bar his summary.

no one could ever be disturbed by catcher adler!ight to succeed her focuses around familiar brexit hurdles — no deal, new deal and the spectre of losing power. once the nomination deadline closes in two weeks' time, the party's mps will choose two of them to then put to a postal vote among party members. the next occupant of ten downing street will then be announced by the end ofjuly. earlier today, leadership contender jeremy hunt said the party would face "political suicide" if it tried to take the uk out of the eu without a deal, as parliament would block a no—deal and trigger a general election. we are running the risk that when parliament then tries to block a no—deal exit, as i think it would, you are then committed to a general election. the only way you can get over parliament blocking a no—deal exit is to change parliament, and that would be a general election. that would be catastrophic. let's speak now to katy balls, deputy political editor of the spectator, who's in westminster. we have got ten candidates, how do we divi

. >> reporter: chairman adler says right now his first priority is to get the full unredacted mueller report. he also says robert mueller is expected to testify before his committee made month. in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >> the battle over recreational pot heats up in marin county where there are no retail stores despite legalization. >> coming up, the meeting about marijuana in one town tonight. >>> serious allegations against some of the biggest names at facebook. coming up, the lawsuit that accuses mark zuckerberg and others of insider trading. >>> and, temperatures definitely warmed up today maybe 10 degrees in some places. it will continue to slightly warm the next couple of days. i will be back with the specifics. >>> be sure to listen to today's brand-new episode of our bay area peoples podcast. you see president janet napolitano discusses her priorities for higher education and why it is so difficult to get into college. the search for bay area people on your podcast player. >>> 11:00, pope francis is except for the nomination or resignation of san jose's catho

bbc‘s brexitcast on the day theresa may set a date for her departure, with adam fleming and katya adler chris mason and laura kuenssberg in westminster. brexit means brexit. breaking up is hard. the people voted and they have to get on with it. the process, which i can only describe as a dog's brexit. brexit means brexit, but what does brexit mean? hello, it's chris in westminster. laura in westminster. katya in brussels. and adam in brussels. so, laura, chuffing heck, what a day! yeah, huge day, big day, enormous day. we brexitcasters have been talking for months and months about the crushing inevitability of theresa may having to go at some point. today, it's happening. and for any country, the day when their political leader says that they are stepping down, it's a huge moment. i mean, forget about brexit, perish the thought, forget about the brexit for a moment. we will now have, by the end ofjuly, someone else in charge of running the country, making the decisions that affect all of our lives in all sorts of ways. i will shortly leave the job that has been the honour of my life to

ball very much in the course of the democrats that's right we heard a short while ago from jerry now adler who is the chair of the house judiciary committee which has been debating whether we want to have muller testify into whether to have impeachment hearings here is more of his reaction of to muller's announcement earlier on wednesday. the special counsel has clearly demonstrated that president trump is lying he is lying about the special counsel's findings lying about the testimony of key witnesses in the special counsel's report and above all lying in saying that the special counsel found no obstruction and no collusion in his statement this morning special counsel muller reaffirmed his report it found substantial evidence that russia attacked our political system that the trump campaign benefited from russian interference they trumped in those around him repeatedly welcome to russia's support and that throughout the subsequent investigation from so to obstruct mother time and time again. now of course we saw the tweet from president donald trump this is his press secretary sarah sond

this report from our europe editor katya adler.y seem. nationalist marine le pen beat president macron to top the polls in france. "this is a people's victory," said a delighted mrs le pen. "the people have taken power back into their own hands." but the people, aka europe's voters, didn't support mrs le pen's political allies as much as she had hoped across the eu. millions of europeans cast a vote for change, but not all looked for answers in the far—right. the pro—european greens did phenomenally well, as did europe's liberals. we are witnessing a polarised society, so now we are going to use the leverage that the citizens gave us to try and enact change at a european level, reducing social inequality, reducing our ecological footprint, improving public health. we will see whether the others are prepared for that. seemingly unprepared for this new, fragmented political order are the eu's traditional power blocs, the centre—left and the centre—right. germany's government was given a very bloody nose. like in the uk, europe's vote

deserves is to bars a moment of accountability soon enough i think what we're seeing from chairman adler is that he's incapable of holding power if he and his committee are capable of actually asking the attorney general questions themselves and need to staff that out it seems like a pretty pathetic moment for the chairman of that committee and look we lost confidence in jerry nadler a long time ago but it's surprising that to find out that he's actually lost confidence in himself and his capability to do his job he can't and he's not capable of asking the attorney general questions maybe he should step down or resign and allow somebody else and. this is high stakes for william barr because members of congress are already saying that he lied to congress lying to congress is a crime and it could get you sent to prison what they're arguing here is that when muller gave bar his summary bar then then just a couple days later put out a four page summary of what he thinks the report said he was asked about this in congressional testimony before the senate under oath and they said what are all

our europe editor, katya adler has more.it first may seem. nationalist marine le pen beat president macron to top the polls in france. "this is a people's victory," said a delighted mrs le pen. "the people have taken power back into their own hands." but the people, aka europe's voters, didn't support mrs le pen's political allies as much as she had hoped across the eu. millions of europeans cast a vote for change, but not all looked for answers in the far—right. the pro—european greens did phenomenally well, as did europe's liberals. we are witnessing a polarised society, so now we are going to use the leverage that the citizens gave us to try and enact change at european level, reducing social inequality, reducing our ecological footprint, improving public health. we will see whether the others are prepared for that. seemingly unprepared for this new, fragmented political order are the eu's traditional power blocs, the centre—left and the centre—right. germany's government was given a very bloody nose. like in the uk, euro

the bbc‘s europe editor katya adler is in brussels, and has this on the reaction from eurpean leaderst off, what doesn't change is that eu leaders remain fed up with the brexit process, which they feel has been going on and on, and the change of prime minister threatens to lengthen that process even more. where they do expect change is they think that the new prime minister will want to come here to brussels to try to renegotiate the brexit deal, particularly that controversial backstop guarantee on the irish border, and brussels was quick to say today that it would not be budging. eu leaders feel they have gone around that block so many times over the last two years, and they point out that theresa may and her cabinet signed off on the brexit deal back in november. but the concern here is that a new, maybe more hard—line, prime minister could use what one eu diplomat described to me today as "dirty tactics" if they do not get their way, such as holding up eu business, maybe vetoing the next eu budget. another worry here is that that next prime minister could be willing to trigger a c

bbc‘s brexitcast — on the day theresa may set a date for her departure — with adam fleming and katya adler chris mason and laura kuenssberg in westminster. brexit means brexit. breaking up is hard. the people voted and they have to get on with it. a process which i can only describe as a dog's brexit. what does brexit mean? hello, chris in westminster. laura in westminster. so, laura, what a day! what a day. big day, enormous day. we've been talking for months about the crushing inevitability of theresa may having to go at some point, today it is happening. and for any country, the day when their political leaders says they are stepping down is a huge moment— forget about brexit, perish the thought — forget about brexit, we will now have by the end ofjuly, someone else in charge of running the country, making the decisions that affect all of our lives, in all sorts of ways, and when it came this morning at downing street, it was quite a moment. i will shortly leave the job that is been the honour of my life to hold. the second female prime minister, but certainly not the last. i do so with

miller's report of vailable to top democrats but these top congressional congressional democrats now adler pelosi and others have refused to read it and said that instead they want the entire report revealed to a wider audience the chairman willing to go look it what the attorney general offered him it's pretty amazing to me he wants to go in executive session ask questions about it but he won't go read it top republicans they refer to that as a circus argued that the democrats were using this simply to undermine the president and democrats scared of they don't know bill maher here today they've had the report they read it they don't like what's in it the still in the circus continues over here now things escalated from there members of congress basically tried to be somewhat the after cole a bucket of fried chicken was displayed in order to illustrate the argument that that he was that william barr was chicken or cowardly for not attending chicken bar should have shown up today and answered questions at a black sox look clean compared to this team it's a sad day in america now yesterday w

we will talk about special prosecutors, and we will go back to our good friend, renata adler who is a liberal journalist who is on the house impeachment staff, and then she went to law school and wrote a bunch of stuff. this is her comment on the special prosecutors. "true conservative said this from the first. had always been a calm stood to schnell abomination. to begin with, impermissibly strutted the three branches of government. if nixon had not been in such dire straits he would have never permitted such an office. the press, however, of special prosecutors. they can generate stories for each other. that something did not happen is not a story. that something does not matter is not a story. that in anecdote or accusation is unfounded is not a story. there is this further commonality of interests. leaks, anonymous sources, rumor mongers, appear to offer stories and the good possibility for offers, pressures, threats, and rewards. exchange ansts attractive portrayal for a good story. there we are. the reporter in the prosecutor, the special prosecutor, not often the jenny wine pro

approach to the brexit process after years of complex negotiations and delays. 0ur europe editor katya adlertioned the eu was saying this would not change anything, but do they think a new prime minister will not change anything at all? they think it changes and does not change things. first, what does not change is eu leaders remain fed up with the brexit process which has been going on and on and the change over prime minister threatens to lengthen that process eve n minister threatens to lengthen that process even more. where they do expect change is they think the new prime minister will want to come here to brussels to renegotiate the brexit deal, particularly the backstop guarantee on the irish border. brussels was quick to say today that it will not be budging. they feel they have been going round that block for the last two years and they point out theresa may and her cabinet signed off on the brexit deal in november. but the concern is that the new, it may be more hardline, prime minister could use what somebody described to me today as dirty tactics, such as holding up eu business,

our europe editor katya adler is there.who were in a room with theresa may are of course well aware of the leadership contest under way for those who want her job, but when i asked her earlier, they didn't seem very keen on a new brexit negotiation after mrs may's departure. those who want to be her successor say they want to renegotiate the brexit deal. will you be open to that? no, no, no, no. no renegotiation, this is too easy. so we changed the staff, and so if the next prime minister is not going to be successful, you change again and you start your renegotiation again? that would be too easy. no matter, we had the negotiation, we finished the negotiation, and it's not because a head of government is going to change that we will restart the negotiations. that's not part of the game. i was crystal clear, there will be no renegotiation. there is no other option than the agreement that we reached with the uk government, so... no more discussion? will you renegotiate the brexit deal when there is a new uk prime minister? b