we are cross— party you in the alliance party? n ireland. it is important that we focus on stability within our region. we don't have an assembly and we do not have a functioning government and our public service is our suffering. and brexit, as you mentioned, that brings consequences, for the uk and northern ireland, not least because of our long border with the republic of our long border with the republic of ireland. and because of our unique political settlement with the good friday agreement, so these are the challenges for us and people need to understand that northern ireland works based on sharing and interdependence because we are a divided society. but brexit means fresh divisions and fresh borders and that really poses political and economic challenges. northern ireland doesn't have a function assembly, you said, what impact is that having on voters? do they feel they are voting in a vacuum? they are, but we have had a difficult 12 months. the situation has always been very fragile here, we have had devolution for virtua

the alliance party leader, naomi long, speaking there.his contract as arsenal manager, bringing an end to months of speculation about his future at the club. fans had called for him to go, after a disappointing season for arsenal, but last weekend's fa cup victory, it may have saved his job. our sports editor dan roan reports. he's already british football's longest serving manager, and now we know — arsene wenger‘s remarkable reign at arsenal will extend to a 23rd year, the season's most contentious saga finally over. amid fierce debate among the fans, wenger refused to face the media today, his club instead releasing their own interview, in which he explained why he was staying. i identify myself so much with the club. of course when you can be where you love to be, that's easy. difficult, because you want to respond to the demands of all the people who love this club. the pressure on wenger has intensified this season, arsenal humiliated in europe and failing to qualify for the champions league for the first time in 20 years. with the

northern ireland launched their general election manifestos this week, including the cross—community alliance party northern ireland. the alliance leader, naomi long, said following the referendum result northern ireland needs a special deal. this is a manifesto that pledges to oppose a hard brexit, support a special deal for northern ireland, and give the public the final say on the outcome of those brexit negotiations. it is a manifesto bubble that recognises whatever the outcome of the negotiations are, our best feature from northern ireland and all of these islands is one that recognises interdependence and cooperation with the rest of europe as the best way forward. naomi long of the alliance party. the latest headlines from bbc news... jeremy corbyn has challenged theresa may tojoin him on stage at the bbc‘s live election debate in cambridge this evening. a breast surgeon, who carried out unnecessary operations on patients leaving them scarred and disfigured, has beenjailed for 15 yea rs. and preparations are under way at old trafford cricket ground for the benefit concert for victims of the

northern ireland's alliance party has also launched its election manifesto, promising "progressive andpower—sharing in the assembly, the economy and justice, but focuses on brexit. this is a manifesto which pledges to oppose a hard brexit, support a special deal for northern ireland and which will give the public the final say on the outcome of those brexit negotiations. the way we consume our daily news is changing, with a growing generational divide. nowadays, younger voters are relying less on newspapers and more on the internet and social media. but does that make them more prone to so—called fake news? 0ur media editor, amol rajan, has been finding out. archive: yes, it's fleet street, but how many of you know the inside story on the stories you read? 0nce home to britain's newspapers, for decades fleet street provided the life blood of our body politic. those are vanished times of course, thanks to the digital revolution, but for all the talk of the death of papers, the presses are still rolling. read by nearly eight million people in britain every day, papers often set the wider

there needs to be a cross—party alliance to deal with theissue cross—party alliance to deal with theargue the conservatives are doing the right thing, as soon as the other side raises, 1—party pounces on it. there is no real solution to social care. i contacted labour people last night when the polls were coming in they are not getting overoptimistic. they are not getting overoptimistic. they are basing their assumptions on the message they're getting back on people's doors. they are saying these polls do not feel right. the feedback on the doorstep is not great. the feedback on the doorstep is pretty negative about their chances? one senior mps said to me from it feels like the tory campaign has from it feels like the tory campaign ha 5 sta lle d from it feels like the tory campaign has stalled for now. but still under three weeks ago. plenty of time for them to increase that. let's go to them to increase that. let's go to the observer. stories about school meals proposals. the school meals plan would hit 900,000 poor children. implications on tory target voters. that they could be

pushing for a progressive alliance with other parties on the left has led to criticism they'll end upn a coalition of chaos. they want to transform politics. to do that, they first need to get located. elinor garnier, bbc news. sinn fein has launched its general election manifesto, which is calling for a referendum on whether northern ireland should leave the uk and become part of the irish republic. the party wants the vote to be held within five years. sinn fein‘s leader in northern ireland, michelle o'neill, said the only way of securing a future in the european union was to end partition with the republic. so this is very much an opportunity to tell both the tories and the dup, again, in the strongest possible terms that we reject brexit, that we reject any border, that we reject any attempt to put limits on our freedom of movement, we reject barriers to trade and agriculture. and we absolutely reject tory cuts, that we stand for rights, for equality and for irish unity. one of the most recognised and imitated images in the world, known as the great wave, was originally a woodbloc

alliance then? tim is — has got a clear and coherent vision and a party unified behind it. ce with anyone else? the challenge for anyone wanting to form a political alliance is not wanting to draw lines and tell other people they are racist or patriotic or not patriotic. that is the challenge for anyone involved in politics who is naturally very tribal and wants to point out the differences. to be honest, i don't think there is anyone outside of the conservative party, doing a brilliant job of unionifying people who disagree with them, who isening maing to do that, looking beyond themselves and trying to collaborate. back in history, all successful parties are coalitions. they build coalitions between people who believe in 60%, 70% of their platforms. theresa may won't believe in 100% of the policy platform she puts forward. no—one does in their party. reagan and clinton appealed to people outside their own parties as did thatcher and blair. jeremy corbyn isn't doing that at the moment. theresa may is the most successful politician at doing this. there is no aspiration when

will be crucial for emmanuel macron‘s ability to push through reforms without seeking an alliance with other partiesictory against marine le pen, the pro—eu centrist wants to tackle labour laws and mass unemployment. but he is still almost 150 names short if you want is a candidate for each constituency. he is attempting to grab defectors from the rival parties. medal cv has sworn to unite his country. —— mr macron. the elections in june will his country. —— mr macron. the elections injune will make that even tougher. bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the us will consider its own interests first as it reviews its climate change policy, that's according to secretary of state, rex tillerson. he told a meeting of the eight arctic nations in alaska that america would not rush to make a decision. president trump has expressed doubts over man's role in climate change and has said he may pull the us out of the paris accord to fight it. brazil says its national emergency over the zika virus is now officially over. the threat from zika, which is linked to the birth of

another liberal democrat had recently profited from an alliance with the green party. there could be a strategy in which a candidate is on the paper, but isn't campaigned for. a more covert alliance. that underlined the fact that labour and the liberal democrats could do a deal, suggesting a covert way of doing things. tim farron came out and said, no, no deals, no pacts, no coalitions, nothing to see here. but it was too late for the conservatives who came out with their slogan, heading for a coalition of chaos if you vote for any of the other parties. underlined by the fact that tonight the risks of taking these strategies can mean you can get expelled from a party, this morning three labour activists we re this morning three labour activists were on the bbc radio saying that in jeremy hunt, they thought it would be more likely that he would be beaten, a conservative would be beaten, a conservative would be beaten by backing a candidate not from their own party. they have been expeued from their own party. they have been expelled tonight. not usually surprise in with

it's notjust the north west where parties are forming alliances against their common enemies. liberal democrats have agreed not to stand against the green party's only mp caroline lucas, who's fighting off a challenge from labour and the conservatives. meanwhile in hastings & rye, the greens have pulled out to try to help labour oust the home secretary, amber rudd. so, quitea so, quite a lot of negotiating, horse trading going on. do you think we will see more tactical voting this time round? i am not sure we are. what we're talking about, and it was clear from that clip, a tiny numberof it was clear from that clip, a tiny number of seats were majorities are tight and makes a difference, this could be a tsunami from the conservatives and it could sweep aside all the little lifeboat people are constructing for themselves. not enough numbers, the maths doesn't do it. also, that report was talking about the green party, but in the south—east, i feel like the greens have stood aside so much, they are actually not offering the green choice to lots of people. that might have been a

the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has refused any possibility of an alliance with the scottish national partyd said in an interview today that she would consider what she called a progressive alliance with mr corbyn, despite having reservations about his leadership and policies. he's been campaigning in glasgow tonight, from where our scotland editor sarah smith reports. jeremy corbyn is clearly enthused by polls that suggest increasing support for labour. as he promises higher public spending, he says the tories are trying to hide cuts in a dishonest manifesto. that means there is a risk to the quality of public services. not my words — that's a damning verdict of the institute for fiscal studies. but the iff have also taken aim at labour's manifesto. you know the institute of fiscal studies has said your tax plans will not raise as much money as you thinkthey might. if that was the case, would you choose to raise taxes or cut public spending? what they have said is there is a gap between what we have said we would raise and what they believe could be raised from existing taxes. what they ha

make her party so acceptable, that people from the mainstream right party have actually colluded with her and were ready to bid alliances. which means with the collapse of the socialist party of the left in the republican party on the right, marine le pen will definitely get new supporters make alliances with people fleeining mostly the republican the anti-european, anti-immigration and of course, the populist rhetoric toto get momore c credibility saying thte establishment has failed you, but i will stand w with you and defend you against them. one pipiece of informamation, wh is q quite useful to know who marine lpepen is, she is appearing to be working-class ththe yet she was born and raisd as a bourgeois woman. she is a million or woman. she grew up in a castle. upscale western neighborhoods of paris. and beyond the patriotic court of her party, she has been heavily funded by russian oligarchs. as a matter of fact, an investigation is ongoing on russian mobsters financing marine le pen. more news to follow, of course. amy: yasseser louati, thank you for being with us, french women rights and civil liberties activist

ruled out going into coalition with the snp, after nicola sturgeon said her party would look to be part of a "progressive alliancelso said labour is the only party that will protect public services. the truth is at this election people are facing a fundamental choice. 0nly are facing a fundamental choice. only two parties can win this election. it is between the labour party offering hope, transformation and renewal of our society, and a promise to once again become a society of social justice and greater equality. applause. 0ra tory applause. or a tory party intent on managing the decline of our public services, a tory party that cut support and services to working people whilst cutting taxes for the very rich and the biggest businesses. we can either tax the big corporations and the top 5% a bit more all we can continue to pay the social price, the crisis in our nhs, stagnant wages, and a housing crisis. let's be clear, that is what the conservatives offer. five more years of the many paying the social price of the many paying the social price ofan of the many paying the social price of an economy run for the f

party in parliament. many people will be deciding to vote green tonight. and the idea of the progressive alliancee party leaders we have reached out to but i think there is a grassroots movement. people looking at where they can make their vote make a difference and focus their campaigning efforts on areas where there are marginals where we could change the result on day. we have been influential pushing the idea of working together in a more cooperative way. i hope that that will carry on in opposition. why do you think it has not taken off in the way you hoped? on the grassroots i think it has. looking at the number of people signed up and looking at the various tactical voting websites. and the idea that politics needs to get a bit more grown—up. it should not be about childish arguments we have seen in the brexit debate. people want to get into the details of this and discuss policy in a much more mature way and have the parties working together where they can. i think that idea is going to carry on for many years to come. let's turn out to ukip. paul, you are starting from a low base and hav

you know, the argument of the populist conservative party, that had been ascended in europe was about unraveling the western alliance-trump effect where the parties with that kind of insular approach, an unwinding of national cooperation, it faded in the polls in germany. the europeans are feeling more confident that a consensus is holding on the value and standing up against vladimir putin whose own goal is to unravel the western alliance and then you have president trump coming in from the other end saying essentially there was almost nothing in these 48 hours that he presented as a positive from our relations with europe. it was all kind of impositions and burdens upon us. that's a different vision than the one that has ascended again in europe post these other elections. >> let me take a shift to the other politics here. at home, cnn confirming that president trump's sons held two meetings last week. does this raise any concerns given that the sons are managing president trump's business interests, alice? >> clearly, one of the biggest rules with regard to that is to not talk about business interests when they a

alliance for the left and right. the question is who from the republicans will follow you go will get -- others need to follow. macron has left open species on his party's candidate list as an incentive. ifwhat will happen now? is -- he's a member of the former presidents party. will he now be following macron's agenda were pursuing the agenda of his own party? >> asked the price for being prime minister, he will have agreed to have followed macron's agenda. his argument would be that so much of that agenda is compatible with more from the republican party. made withtment isn't the current makeup of parliament in mind, but in anticipation of the national assembly that will leave the next modern elections where the republicans have every being the biggest political block outside of macron's party. as your package underlined, this is the first time in the history of the fifth republic that a president has reached across to appointed prime and asked her from the opposition without being forced through losing elections and having to enter cohabitation as we saw under the presidencies -- macron has made this choice with the election to come. but it what is u

. >> we're going to hand it back to cnbc, but in the center right party, what do they care about, what alliance do they form, if need with with macron, or do they try to differentiate them we'll try to answer one or two of them. >> steven and karen, thank you for that. the discussion what we've seen from the u.s. from president trump, in this country, the population has been guided more so than before the election, the first 100 days. of course, that's always a risk for france as well. will it actually go to the proportions that we've seen in the u.s. and violents protests. let's bring the chief investment officer at dolphin. >> a further risk on rally here, are you as surprised as many others in the market? >> no, i'm not surprised. i mean, the outcome of the french vote is pretty much expected. the polls got it right the first time. so quite a sure move for at least the assets. though, this does not mean that we're still in a risk mode. i think that circle of political uncertainty closes today after the french elections. >> yet, on the other hand, we've got many other risk events. we've got t

yesterday, chanos said the company's use of third parties is questionable. he calls their allianceurky. the justice department is investigating several drugmakers over the pricing practices. a spokesman for express scripts calls chanos' comments wildly i accurate. >>> bill ackman says chipotle ceo steve els is outstanding. ackman who runs pershing square, invested in the chain last year. his praise of els comes after he became chipotle's sole ceo after the co-ceo left the company. speaking yesterday, ackman says he is poised to go on a great investment run after his bad bet on valeant forced his hedge fund to go back to basics. valeant contributed to back-to-back losses for pershing's flagship fund. we'll see if this is a comeback year for mr. ackman. >> he's poised to go on a great investment run. okay. if you say so. we'll flood back. i'm sure investors are sitting there thinking -- >> he's had some winning trades. 2014 he killed it. his fund up 30% a couple bad years. >> strikes of desperation a bit that comment. >>> salesforce.com reporting better than expected earnings driven

his party in alliance may be with somebody else.tter because he will stability affect the type of reforms expected. you will probably align with either center or -- that does not make his reform changed by any way, shape, or form. from markets, it is not relevant. it is better to get a majority in june, but it does not change the outlook for the french bonds or the euro or for that matter, italy. tom: right. thank you so much, sebastien galy, with a briefing this morning. we continue here with maurice levy. withecades of work advertising. i want to get a bigger and broader view, murray's, of the , of the momentce we see within france. there is a change here. it is a fifth republic, a generational change as well. is it going to be a six republic? do we really move on? >> i don't believe so. of sixalready in a kind republic when you compare to the de gaulle era. tom: the lesson you gave us earlier. does it changes the dynamic. we moved -- it changes the dynamic. we have a lot of hope. people are hoping to see a change. to maked suppor

party? yes, a new political movement, a new political alliance that will gather all figures and leaders, all972? no, because the front national is only a name. if you look at the political and humanly a la tea, this is going to be the hard—core of a big movement —— political and human reality. critics will say that they can see through a name change. if the policies are the same, if some of the policies towards minorities are the policies towards minorities are the same, then the name doesn't matter, the problems remain. we are not against minorities, we want to restore the french identity and french sovereignty. france, when it was french sovereignty. france, when it was proud of its ideas, was never against minorities. i am from a minority and i am close to marine le pen. what you say now epitomises the propaganda that was made against us between the two rounds of the election. we have been criminalised because we have been treated like nazis, the extreme right. of course when you repeat this every day and night, you win the ballot. at marine le pen's headquarters. some news from nigel far

party leaving the right in disarray. it have joined the government and right wing alliance with macron is out of the question. left is clearly divided between those who backed who say his ose government is too right wing. is saying president neither right nor left but when that is the case there is no wing and france does need a left wing. the far right national front 577 vie for seats in all constituencies. he party's president is candidate in the northern town. >> i feel that this should be the greatest number of national m.p.'s possible. my place is to lead my troops as have always done. candidates left has in every constituency. will be running for m.p. in marseille. wave of to ride on the the electoral success winning close to 20% of the vote in the round of the presidential election. france 24 weago on aired the testimony of several men from chechnya who escaped the oppression of the his regime. since then three french gay and lodgeed a ociations complaint with the criminal court for general know site -- general side r -- struggling tot is get them visas. in this report our correspondent managed to get

party. we have a stronger political basis on which we can build a wider alliance. k we have legitimacy to be a big opposition party. political adversaries that were eliminated -- we don't have any legitimacy now to be in the opposition. the victory for emmanuel macron is also a victory of the old system. it is like francois hollande getting a new mandate for five years. hidden behind a new face and new title of the political party. of the oldoalition system that will enhance and widen the old logic. it fell in the u.k.. grexit in not fail in france. >> france will not be able to stay any longer on the margin of the word. he was forced to change his 1983 because emmanuel macron will follow the same. pen try to rebrand it. convince to not quite the electorate that she has succeeded in detoxifying the party. witty think she could have done things differently? >> we were opposed to a coalition of all the political parties where we were criminalized between the two realms. when all the media is spreading out these words and insults and calling efficiently to support emma

parties need to retain. however if that temporary reduction but i see the icbm department. >> and with that perspective this is from a long time ago. '' we need here is the alliance strategy for north korea. to maintain costard -- constant superiority and to be recognized as a nuclear-armed state with the capability against the u.s. intervention there for the repeatedly contended the six party talks is dead but the joint statement in september september 2005 washington and tokyo and seoul, korea need to deny aid the objectives. and then to but this is probably the only way to seek serious negotiations lastly also those proposals to strafe and the u.s.-japan alliance in seamless by the responses and just to those challenges. as the low end of the conflict but in the medium through high-end but of course, japan has the committee they want them to deal with it. but based on the seamless judge of operations under the interment into that to be necessary to come up with the joint conduct despite the access that is used by a guidance in 2012 more over japan needs to dramatically increase the those platforms we should not let china neutralize those forces measures includ

party, leaving francis wright in disarray. two members have joined his government. right-wing leaders say an alliance is out of the question. meanwhile the left is clearly divided between those who back macron and those who say his government is to right-wing. >> the new president is saying writer and that saying neither right nor left. there is in fact no left wing and france does need a >> the far right national front will vie for seats in all 500 77 constituencies. ae parties president is candidate in the northern town. >> i feel they are should be the greatest number of mps possible in parliament. my troops as iad have always done. left movement has candidates in every constituency. leaders will be running for mp in the southern city. he's hoping to ride on the wave elect oral success -- electoral success. >> and venezuelan -- elect orala young man is in thl after he was eaten, doused with petrol and set alight by an angry crowd of protesters. thousandsounded and detained i authorities. the unrest is now in its eighth week with little sign of abating. >> admitted to a hospital with first and second degree burns on 80% o

alliances. instead of having class as the defining characteristic of who votes for which party, it is now generations other week and i will not say which college and i was talking to a considerable number of students and almost to a man they were saying they voted to support jeremy corbyn in the leadership contest and they were ruing the day and they regretted it. we will all know the outcome in just under one month. thank you all very much for being with us. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. you can of course comment on the programme on twitter @bbcshaunley. goodbye. hello there. we could do with some rain for many of our gardens and we have got some of it. a weather front pushing its way west to east across the country. this is how we ended the day on saturday in angus. quite a bit of cloud around there. out of that cloud, we are seeing some outbreaks of rain but sunday should be a day of sunshine and a few scattered showers, too. here is the weather front that brought the rain to many of us overnight in the west, clearing to the east throughout th

alliances. instead of having class as the defining characteristic of who votes for which party, it is now generations other week and i will not say which college and i was talking to a considerable number of students and almost to a man they were saying they voted to support jeremy corbyn in the leadership contest and they were ruing the day and they regretted it. we will all know the outcome in just under one month. thank you all very much for being with us. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. you can of course comment on the programme on twitter @bbcshaunley. goodbye. well, after a fairly decent weekend, the weather was going downhill for monday. quite an overcast day for most of us with some rain at times as well. this is the cloud that will bring the rain during the course of monday. it is already starting to reach the cloud west of parts of the uk and by the early hours of monday morning, we have rain in south—western parts of england, wales, around the irish sea and moving through northern ireland and into the south—western part of scotland. in e

alliances. instead of having class as the defining characteristic of who votes for which party, it is now generationseek andi i was at cambridge the other week and i will not say which college and i was talking to a considerable numberof i was talking to a considerable number of students and almost to a marl number of students and almost to a man they were saying they voted to supportjeremy man they were saying they voted to support jeremy corbyn in the leadership and they were ruing the day and they regretted it. we will all know the outcome in just under one month. thank you all very much for being with us. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. you can of course comment on the programme on twitter @bbcshaunley. goodbye. hello there. it is not plain sailing weather wise. they have low pressure across the north—west of the uk and thatis across the north—west of the uk and that is giving quite a bit of cloud train but for many, there is sunshine on offer. that was plymouth earlier. this scene in aberdeen is more typical of the north—eastern coast of scotl

party. lot.ach, that is not a they have to form alliances.ery uncertain, very stressful situation but renzi said it could be even worse if we wait longer. he said let's hurry it up and do it even if the markets react badly and get it over with. if we wait until may or something along those lines in 2018, it could be worse. matt: let me draw your attention to spreads, periphery spreads we have a chart on the bloomberg. italy spreadsand from germany. you can see it has gone up to almost a little more than two and recovered a little bit. a lot of this has to do with concerns on italian bank sheets. that would be in jeopardy if the elections go wrong. pl's shaping up, how is the banking crisis shaping up? alessandra: it is difficult to resolve. we are talking about 360 billion, there are different estimates going around. 306 2 billion euros area there is different banks concerned. which caused mps all of this in some ways is going to be saved although it is not a straight path for the bank either. there are these two smaller banks and the eu is s

alliance, that has not taken off. kvitova debates today, you can see a remarkable amount of agreement between different parties.ainst the austerity parties, the anti—immigration rhetoric, and that came from the audience. if you picked a balanced audience today, every time somebody made a point about fairness and equality, eve ryo ne about fairness and equality, everyone constantly made a point about welcoming our fellow citizens, about welcoming our fellow citizens, about togetherness crops europe and there was wild applause. i think the country is deciding on a different direction and i think several parties are deciding on that direction. it is an interesting opportunity. you have the opportunity. you have the opportunity to speak to many different people this afternoon. do you think caroline lucas do that effectively? we have a choice in many seats to be green mp5 in parliament and we have the opportunity to send messages to other points of parliament. i think it has been a good election for us so farand it has been a good election for us so far and caroline is incredible. we love her. sian berry from the gr

alliance that was done with other politicians. i believe, and this is what marine le pen explained yesterday, we have to change the party's name in ge alliance that is going to enable us to be successful and the coming years. right, so you are confirming what we had heard that about last night, that you will be changing your name? the national front will no longer be that?” believe that the party has to completely change, including the name, in orderto completely change, including the name, in order to be able to build on the partial success that we had la st on the partial success that we had last night. that is the defence spokesman for the national front. with me is the author of a book 100 days of le pen. will it make a difference if they change their name? i hope but i am not sure about it, because they are just going to have to brand it, but they will not do it before the autumn. they have also the necessity to think about the strategy, because during the campaign, which was a very bad campaign for her, with defeat, but a kind of victorious defeat, but a kind of victorious defeat, she had multiple strategies and they have to

putin and really not pay much attention to the leader of our party, donald trump, who goes overseas and refuses to affirm a decades-long allianced with our best and oldest allies. >> yeah, this was a week, nicolle, a lot of us were saying what the hell happened to us? you're talking about this conservative media this week -- i don't know whether this was the worst week ever for them but it kind of felt like it was all coming together. the culmination of the capitulati capitulation, the embrace of trumpism. you know, when you see people who augts ought to know better r it's sean hannity, rush limbaugh, peddling these bogus hoaxes about seth rich then justifying and covering up for, i mean, rationalizing the body slamming incident in montana, i mean, it's deceptive, it's cruel and it really does go to what michael gerson is talking about here, whatever the political fallout is, you get the feeling that a lot of these people have basically sacrificed their souls and the damage this is going to the conservative movement i think runs far deep er than the fallout or political consequences we're going to see inevitably. >> all right.

i view probably prime minister modi being a bjp, the congress party has had that traditional non-alliance. this is a little bit of an evolution for them. talk about what we should be doing to deepen that relationship, not only militarily. but it seems that a similarity between china and russia is, they both would like the u.s. less involved in the region, and they both seem to have an interest in undermining the sort of the brand of democracies generally and suggesting that authoritarian nations are just as good. we're the oldest and largest democracy in the world. india's the largest democracy in the world. both of our nations have some motive to demonstrate the strength of democracies. there doesn't seem to be an institution in the world now that's effectively promoting the strength of the democratic model. i'm curious to have you talk about what the u.s. and india might do together either security issues in the region or more generally to promote the democratic model against this assault from authoritarian nations to suggest it is losing its vigor? thanks. >> i would say practically sp

alliance against maduro were to win, that you could actually govern coherently, because you're so disunited? well, sorry, but that is not true, steve. i am the president of the parliament and the president of the party of a coalition, which has ia political parties within the coalition. what we have realised is unity, that is something we are very proud of that. there is no election in venezuela in which we have presented two candidates, only one candidate from the opposition, versus one candidate from the government. we have only our unique platform. we have only one message in the campaigns, we have a system of rule for election by referendum and the priority of candidates. we have a strong position. i understand that you only put up one candidate against maduro and you insisted you have one message which is that there must be elections and maduro must go, but that is not good enough. you have been telling me that the venezuelan people are suffering, the shops are empty, the hospitals have no drugs, the economic system is broken and yet when i look at what you are putting forward, you're not telling the venezuelan people how you would solve the crisis they are living through. you do not have a coh

parties involved. these conversations will take place over sunday and monday. thank you so much. rishaad: our next guest doubts the initiative will offer china reliable alliancess with us now. why the skepticism here? basically, there has been a lot of media coverage and hype, but the one bell, one road initiative is still in its very early stages. the state onis banks and state owned funding is and the that early stages. there has been pushed back from banks worried about their own balance sheets and capital controls. >> the banks are worried, but in china, you can push back only so far. sophie: tom did highlight that china is trying to bring on more private investors. how could that scenario play out? >> the keyword you used is trying. you are trying, but if in the private sector, you look at risks, viability. are they going to pay me my money back? and right now there is a lot of hesitation. i think when the private sector codes in strongly, that is assigned the initiative is working, but right now it is very early stages. rishaad: i'm going to bring up a map. this is what they want to do. let's have a look at railcar activity. this is what we have at the m

parties competing to be the government after 8th ofjune are expecting any favours from the french presidential palace, orfrom emmanuel macron himself when he gets to brussels. but a strong franco german alliancethe european union isn't necessarily a bad thing, two countries that trade regularly with the united kingdom. as we move towards the actual constructive elements of the negotiation, one would expect that tone to change. if it doesn't, you will of course see theresa may or jeremy corbyn, or tim farron or whoever is in downing street matching the rhetoric word for word. we need to get away with that. if we need a good deal, we need to get around the table, rather than fight on front pages. behind you, i can see skyscrapers of canary wharf, will people there be concerned that the new president has made it clear that he sees brexit as a business opportunity for paris? at that is certainly the case. the front page of the evening standard this evening was very much on that note. we have do think about the city's advantages more generally. a competitive france, a liberal france is not a bad thing for britain. competitive and liberal europe is not a bad thing for britain. we have huge amount o

party of japan should deal with this issue more seriously. >> one of the most important contributors to our reliance in recent history. alliance in recent history. [applause]

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labour party is standing and putting up a candidate in places like brighton against caroline lucas because of the sectarianism of the progressive front. i wish there was a nuanced progressive allianceid the left do in 2002 when we had the ten senior pitted againstjacques chirac, we all went behind jacques chirac. he admired thatcher, he was a conservative, not at all a friend of the left and yet the left used to understand that binding together with liberals, and even neoliberals, against the fascist, racist, ultra—right, was a absolute duty. why have we changed that today? because many of his voters are going to go because they're anti—globalisation. i am anti—globalisation, but above everything else i am anti—racist and antifascist. and we should see eye to eye. macron is infinitely better by the way than jacques chirac was. he's the only minister i met during my tenure who understood the problems of loony economics in europe and tried to help greece not to crash. thank you very much. there is a contrast between the tory and labourcampaigns, in that theresa may is ahead of her party in the poll ratings, whilejeremy corbyn is below his party. meanwhile, many labour activists, of c

with the party in power or whichever party they think will impact the economy or their economy the best. even though we have fixated on north korea, on the alliance or thad for south korea's relationship with the u.s. vis-a-vis china, talking with koreans they will say you guys are focused on that really korea was focused on reform and the economy. in termso you expect of north korean policy under moon? he has a very full record of statements, but do you think he will implement them? indicated --he has i guess i would interpret broadly the direction he is headed. it is one that really wants to pursue every possible peaceful option by which to address the north korea issue. with the faith that will work. and maybe in a way that is the core, if we have faith in the work on either side in terms of the prospects for engagement and appeasement. -- in a peaceful, what. -- in a peaceful kind of way. and as he north korea as a market. that's also an area in which there is potential for contradiction between the pressure-led strategy of the united states and a possible emphasis on economic engagement with north korea. isally i think of thes point these ar

alliance that dooms this snaent? >> i have to be honest, poppy, i think it's horrible. and as a minority, you look at the republican partyand large, and most people will look at this and say this is exactly what's wrong with the party. you have senator tim scott, an african-american republican who owned an insurance company at one point. you don't have any women a part of this 13 group of men. it's not reflective of america as it currently stands, and i have to tell you, to be honest as a republican, this is something that is extremely concerning and disheartening to me, and i hope mitch mcconnell, the leader of the senate, takes another look at this and reconsiders, because again, if you're going to work on something that's so important as people's health care, poppy and johnson you have to have legislation and people involved in that process that are reflective by and large of the people of this country. >> brad, you're not going to get out of this just nodding and smiling here. joe manchin, west virginia senator considered in some ways the most moderate or conservative senator, he's facing a very serious challenger in