in 2012, the trump organization signed multiple contracts with azerbaijan to develop to plan a five-star hotel called trump international hotel and capital, a hotel there remains unopened to this day. behind the developers the project were close relatives and business associates, a former azerbaijan transportation minister in one of the country's most corrupt oligarchs. the foreign corrupt practices law for bits american companies rbids companies from participating in -- reward in exchange for material benefit or preferential treatment. this also makes it a crime for an american company to unknowingly benefit from a partner's corruption if it could have discovered illicit activity but avoided undertaking that due , diligence. the gentleman in question earned a salary of both thousand dollars a year, but was a billionaire. that's a big question. while the trump organization claims they have followed the law, did they really not realize this guy had been accused of being incredibly corrupt? come on. maybe that is why they have refused to release any detail of the investigation or payments

because of deals like their now-abandoned project in the capital city of azerbaijan which was recently reported out in exquisite detail by adam davidson at the new yorker. in that azerbaijan project the problem for the trump organization that is they partnered with the family of a notoriously corrupt government official who, for good measure, has financial ties to the iranian revolutionary guard, hm. well, thanks to this new reporting from the "new york times" and also from bloomberg news today, we now know that the foreign corrupt practices act may not just be following the trump organization around deals like its abandoned hotel project in azerbaijan. . we now know the foreign corrupt practices act may also be following around jared kushner. that's because as this mining minister from guinea is on trial right now in new york, with the fbi saying he facilitated bribes, paid for by that mining company, for them to get rights to that big iron ore deposit in guinea, at the same time that that trial is happening in new york, the "new york times" and bloomberg news are now both reporting t

trouble in spain having lost five of their last six games and in his firstjob since leaving a club in azerbaijanbeen tasked with keeping them up. we are going to fight for granada and get three points. that is what it is about. focus on it game by game. iam it is about. focus on it game by game. i am going to try if you things in training. liven up the team, try taoiseach the team. motivate the team. hopefully, obviously, i will do my best to achieve a miracle. just eight days before he could be announced as the lions captain, sam warburton has been ruled out for six weeks with a knee injury. the wales flanker is the favourite to be named as skipper for the tour to new zealand this summer, picked up the injury playing for cardiff blues last week. he may be able to play at the end of may if the club is involved in the champions cup play—offs, so should also be okay to face the all blacks. the first match of the tour is onjune 3rd with the first test not untiljune 24th. sam isa sam is a very experienced professional. he knows his body. if he works hard to get it right he will be back relatively qu

and in his firstjob since leaving a club in azerbaijan six years ago, adams has been tasked with keepinggoing to fight for granada and get three points. that's what it's about. i'm focusing on it game by game. i'm going to try a few things in training, liven up the team, try and shock the team, motivate the team. and hopefully, obviously, i'll do my best to achieve a miracle. clubs from league one and league two will be given the option of scrapping the efl checkatrade trophy when they vote about its future next month. clubs from league one and league two will be given the option of scrapping the efl checkatrade trophy when they vote about its future next month. many fans ma ny fa ns boycotted many fans boycotted games as academies were invited to compete. liverpool ladies have signed a couple of players — the england internationals laura coombs and jess clarke. coombs has made her loan deal from chelsea permanent and clarke joins them from notts county ladies, to bolster their attacking options ahead of the upcoming women's spring series that starts later this month. britain's heather w

a few have taken place in other countries too, from azerbaijan to vietnam.xert some soft power? we wouldn't ever seek to enforce our values on other countries, particularly not a country like australia, with which we have such close and warm and respectful relations. this is much more, i think, about the service, as i said. but also a celebration of our own values, we have taken that step. for ben and simon, today is about their future together, but they hope the time will soon come when all of australia will embrace their marriage. a solid gold darth vader mask is going on sale injapan, with a price tag ofjust over £1 million. the mask is said to be a one—of—a—kind likeness of science fiction's most famous villain. the sculpture weighs 15 kilograms and has been commissioned to mark the 40th anniversary this year of the release of star wars. the mask will be available for purchase on may 4th — a date known among fans as star wars day. time for a look at the weather now. good evening, mother nature has been keeping us on our toes so far this week across parts

a few have taken place in other countries as well, from azerbaijan to vietnam. our values on other countries, particularly not a country like australia, with which we have such close and respectful relations. this is more about the services, but also a celebration of our own values that we have taken that step. for ben and simon, today is about their future together, but they hope the time will soon come when all of australia will embrace their marriage. bbc news, canberra. sport now. in the english premier league, tottenham hotspur kept their title hopes alive with a 1—0 win at crystal palace. in a game of few chances, christian eriksen provided the moment of magic needed by spurs. he hit a stunning dipping strike from 30 yards with just over ten minutes left. the victory leaves tottenham four points behind leaders chelsea with five matches remaining. elsewhere, arsenal beat the champions, leicester, 1—0. while at the bottom, middlesbrough won for the first time this year against near neighbours, sunderland, a result that means they could be relegated this week

this with the azerbaijan republic. from that perspective there is by the the precedent set soviets to actually try to achieve this. the american strategy of trying to keep everything together and not interfere with autonomy or , which of course they were in the 1960's when they fought against the iraqi government, when i am interested in -- i actually want to read your paper. it may be worthwhile to draw that out as kind of a starting point. if you do decide to make this into a bigger project. thanks. >> any response? >> i think that sounds great. our university of texas. a comment to follow-up on paul's question and a question for , i don't veryrob much about the reagan administration relations with china in the 80's. we know that vice president bush was going over it a couple of times. kissinger and his firm had a lot of context. i think given we know much more from the first bush administration -- we don't know so much, at least i don't know for my casual reading, i think that may be useful. ferguson may have more o

areas of east azerbaijan are reportedly, the worst hit.thwestern iran has been badly hit. many rivers have burst their banks, taking roads, bridges and houses with them. about a dozen or so people are still missing. the floods have taken many by surprise. this is a country that has been suffering from persistent drought for many years. clergymen have repeatedly asked people to pray for rain. it seems their prayers have been answered but not in the way they expected. floods have been reported from five provinces in the north with the worst reported from the mountainous north—west where the melting of snow has contributed to the disaster. the authorities have issued warnings of more floods in the next few days as more torrential rains are expected. an elderly man who was killed live on facebook. this is the moment that this man makes an extraordinary confession. i just snapped. this man makes an extraordinary confession. ijust snapped. i killed 13 people. moments earlier, he got out of his car, approached an elderly gentleman it is thought h

a few have taken place in other countries as well, from azerbaijan to vietnam.s on other countries, particularly not a country like australia, with which we have such close and respectful relations. this is more about the services, but also a celebration of our own values that we have taken that step. for ben and simon, today is about their future together, but they hope the time will soon come when all of australia will embrace their marriage. now for something fluffy, or four fluffy things to be precise. a zoo in austria has shown off a litter of white tiger cubs to the public for the first time. janey mitchell reports. they are likely to become the biggest stars of the zoo over the coming months before they go off overseas. they're so cute. those cutie cubs, kasia! you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we'll be taking a more in depth look at that tax reform proposed by president trump. the plan would slash taxes for us firms and wealthy americans. and we'll leave you with these pictures from california, as you've never seen it before, a vast area with

a few have taken place in other countries as well, from azerbaijan to vietnam.es in other countries, especially not one like australia with which we have such close and respectful relations. this is more about the services, but also a celebration of our own values. for ben and simon, today is about their future together, but they had the time will soon come when all of australia will embrace their marriage. bbc news, canberra. you have been watching newsday on the bbc, i am rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. we will ta ke singapore. stay with us. we will take a more in—depth look at the tax reform proposed a president trump. it would slash taxes for us companies and wealthy americans. but what does it really mean for business? and we will leave you with pictures of california. the us state. you have never seen this before. there has been an explosion of wildflowers on an unprecedented scale. it is so vivid it can actually be seen from space. a whole new floral and stunning white with which to see the state. —— light. thank you for watching. hello again. the

areas of east azerbaijan are reportedly, the worst hit.as kasra naji reports. —— affected as kasra naji reports. northwesterner rahn has been badly hit. many rivers have burst their banks, taking roads, bridges and houses with them. about a dozen or so houses with them. about a dozen or so people are still missing. the floods have taken many by surprise. this is a country that has been suffering from persistent drought for many years. clergymen have repeatedly asked people to pray for rain. it seems their prayers have been answered but none the way they expected. floods have been reported from five provinces in the north with the worst reported from the mountainous north—west to wear them melting of snow has contributed to the disaster. the authorities have issued warnings of more floods in the next few days as more torrential rains are expected. back now to our top story — so what does the referendum result mean for turkey's relationship with europe — remember, for a long time turkey has been wooing the eu, hoping tojoin. president erdoga

areas of east azerbaijan are reportedly, the worst hit.n iran has been badly hit. many rivers in the mountainous region have burst their banks, taking roads, bridges and houses with them. about a dozen or so people are still missing. the floods have taken iranians many by surprise. this is a country that has been suffering from persistent drought for many years. clergymen have repeatedly asked people to pray for rain. it seems their prayers have been answered but not in the way they expected. floods have been reported from five provinces in the north with the worst reported from the mountainous north—west where the melting of snow has contributed to the disaster. the authorities have issued warnings of more floods in the next few days as more torrential rains are expected. kasra naji, bbc news. police in the us state of ohio are hunting a man they say committed a murder live on facebook. officers in the city of cleveland said steve stephens broadcast the shooting of an elderly man on the video streaming service, facebook live. greg dawson

these are countries where -- i mean, the president of azerbaijan named his wife as vice president recently. we are always arguing against this. our system is a system of meritocracy, experts, as a contrast to what they're doing. one of the things that this trump in-house family gathering does is undermine the arguments we make for democracies for countries to evolve. that's something i see as a problem going forward in all kinds of ways. >> mike, what do you think is the policy cost of that? if you say the family's rising power is not the wayo deal with bannon's failures? >> i think there are a lot of poteial policy costs to that. what kind of relationships does jared kushner have on capitol hill, for example? what kind of respect does he engender on capitol hill among the staffs of paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. i don't know the answer to that question. i have my guesses about it. but, you know, there is going to be trouble between the white house and the republicans in congress too. already has been. but, you know, i don't see that getting better. >> curt, i read that steve bannon keeps

>> i went to a lot of places in the world so that i could find them, but these immigrants from azerbaijan uzbekistan are in brooklyn, or iranian jews in l.a. but i found pockets here, and i found pockets like in el salvador, in cuba, i found people in those places that told me about stories that i had never heard before. >> woodruff: how did you decide which foods to choose? >> you know, when i find really wonderful dish, then i go with it. for example, i went to an ethiopian jewish dinner in california. it was in san diego, and so i went to a shabbat dinner, so they had this dabbous, which is an ethiopian shabbat bread, adapted of course, from an ethiopian bread. it was so delicious, i thought"" i've got to put that in the book." >> woodruff: and the other thing that we're standing in front of, is this flour-less chocolate cake, which came out of someone who came from egypt. >> from egypt. and you know, flour-less chocolate cake is part of our seder. every year, you can't have wheat, or flour, in-- unless its specialty watch flour-- in your desserts. and i always liked having a flour-les

areas of east azerbaijan are reportedly the worst hit.s naji reports. north—western iran has been particularly badly hit. many rivers in the mountainous region have burst their banks, taking roads, bridges and houses with them. about a dozen or so people are still missing. the floods have taken many iranis by surprise. this is a country that has been suffering from persistent drought for many years. clergymen have repeatedly asked people to pray for rain. it seems their prayers have been answered, but not in the way they expected. floods have been reported from five provinces in the north, with the worst reported from the mountainous north—west, where the melting of snow contributed to the disaster. the authorities have issued warnings of more floods in the next few days, as more torrential rains are expected. and now the weather forecast. there is a lot of dry weather in the forecast for the next few days, but easter is sunday brought a fly in the ointment. these weather fronts clearing south—east through this evening, so dry weather dev

it‘s his firstjob since leaving a club in azerbaijan six years ago. i‘m going to fight for granada.m going to try a few things in training, liven up the team, try and chock the team, motivate the team. —— try and shock the team. hopefully i will do my best to achieve a miracle. it‘s a champions league week, leicester are off to madrid for the first leg of their quarterfinal tomorrow against atletico. tonight borussia dortmund face manchester city‘s victors monaco and barcelona are in italy to facejuventus. they had a wobble in la liga over the weekend losing at malaga but their strikeforce of messi, neymar and suarez trained at thejuventus stadium last night and they will surely test one of the the meanest defences in club football, the bbc of barzagli, bonucci and chiellini. juve boast higuain and dybala as their attacking threat. britain‘s heather watson has been knocked out in the first round of the biel open in switzerland. she failed to take her final chance at qualifying directly for the french open. watson, now ranked 110 in the world, needed to call on the trainer during the

and in his firstjob since leaving a club in azerbaijan six years ago, adams has been tasked with keepings what it's about. i'm focusing in on it game by game. i'm going to try a few things in training, liven up the team, try and shock the team, motivate the team. and hopefully, i'll do my best to achieve a miracle. leicester have arrived in madrid... for their historic champions league quarter final against atletico, the last eight ties start tonight, with a mouthwatering meeting of juventus and barcelona. juve are once again dominating serie a in italy and face a barcelona team who had a wobble in the spanish league at the weekend, losing at malaga. it's a repeat of the final in 2015, which barca won. also tonight, borussia dortmund play manchester city's conquerors, monaco. britain's heather watson has been knocked out in the first round of the biel open, in switzerland, failing to take her final chance of qualifying directly for the french open main draw. watson, now ranked 110 in the world, needed to call on the trainer during the second set and was beaten 7—6, 6—2 by the estonian an

not the businessmen of azerbaijan. not the hotel owners of the world. not the bank of china. not the dictators and tyrants of the earth. the president owes undivided loyalty to the people of the united states. and so we ask the question, where are your taxes? how can we determine whether the president has conflicts of interest or is collecting illegal emoluments from foreign governments, if he won't show us the names of the people and the corporations that he is an active -- is in active partnership with all over the world? we simply can't do it. how can we dream of under-- of undertaking to completely reform and revise the tax policy of america unless we see the president's tax returns in order to determine whether or not he's going to benefit from the policies that he is now advancing? we can't do it. forgive me, but is there anyone left in america who thinks that this president would propose a tax reform that would hurt his own individual personal or business interests? if you believe that, you are too innocent to be let out of the house by yourself, at this point in the t

a few have taken place in other countries too, from azerbaijan to vietnam. on their birthday. mica paris dom will bejoining us this morning. she is paying tribute ella fitzgerald who would also be celebrating her birthday today. coming up next, the latest global news in business live. this will be followed at 9am by the victoria derbyshire programme home to lively debate and the latest stories. at 11am newsroom live for breaking news and discussion. it still won't be warm today, we start off frosty in the south of the uk, this was a typical scene in bedford just sent in bya typical scene in bedford just sent in by a weather watcher. the early sunshine will fade because all this cloud is moving from the north and bringing with it showers and possibly longer spells of rain so a more limited amount of sunshine as we head into the afternoon. the far south—west of england should stay dry and bright, 13 degrees not impossible, some light showers in south—east england later. through the midlands, and east wales, some of these showers could move into north england a

that body, they would not be held by norms of the rest of europe, which includes countries like azerbaijans diana, saying he‘d been close to "a complete breakdown" having not processed his grief. turkey‘s president erdogan has narrowly won a referendum on his plans to increase the powers of the presidency, which could mean he stays in office until 2029. and carol‘s bringing us the weather from spitalfields city farm in central london this morning. good morning. aren‘t they gorgeous? these are miniature donkeys, gilbert and sullivan, tucking into their brea kfast. and sullivan, tucking into their breakfast. they are only two years old. miniature donkeys, with a bit of care and love, can live until they are 50. in the olden days, they we re they are 50. in the olden days, they were used to pull carts. all right, boys, i shall let you go off and do whatever you have to do. there you go. it‘s a chilly start today. lovely here, the sunny starting to come out and we have seen a beautiful sunrise. it‘s the same for many of us except for across the far north. after a chilly start, there will be so