election with many foreign leaders having already congratulated him also to come this hour the king of bahrain reinstates the citizenship of more than five hundred people after human rights groups condemn the country's policies we look at why the move could prove in significant. and the death toll so. much three hundred people after a series of bombs rocked the country's east celebrations more than twenty people have now been arrested. this just on nine in the morning here in moscow you're watching international now a total political side famous for playing a president in a t.v. drama or swap acting for the real thing after winning ukraine's presidential election with most votes counted linsky has secured a landslide win over the incumbent petro poroshenko well let's get more details now from he joins me in the studio elliot to the outside world this might sound a bit of a shock this victory but i mean if you were closely following it he'd been leading to some time for first of all he was in the first round and the margin was quite big because for poor shango it was sixteen percent for four di

and the king of bahrain reinstates the system ship of more than five hundred people after an outcry from human rights defenders however the problematic situation in the country perceives a little tension from long term in the us. a warm welcome to the program from the whole crew here at r.t. international in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. first breaking news on our team international the easter sunday bomb attacks that left two hundred and ninety people dead and hundreds more injured intra longa were carried out with the help of an international network that's according to government officials in the country we do not believe these attacks were carried out by a group of people who are confined to this country there was an international network without which these attacks could not have succeeded. the reuters news agency is reporting another blast has been heard a short distance from where police today discovered eighty seven detonators at the capital's main bus station police are trying to determine if the devices have anything to do with sunday's deadly attacks though the blast

the country's east to celebrations more than twenty people have now been arrested and the king of bahrain reinstates the citizenship of more than five hundred people are cry from human rights defenders however the problematic situation in the country receives little attention from the us a long term ally of washington. hello there just got my levon am here in moscow he watching the international now a total political outsider famous for playing a president in a t.v. drama or swap back for the real thing after winning ukraine's presidential election with most votes now counted linsky has secured a landslide win over the incumbent petro poroshenko. as more details. well people inside ukraine and outside ukraine couldn't stop wondering what his first move you're going to be when it comes to how he's going to deal with russia and what's his plan for the war in ukraine's east and what we did we hear from him at his first press conference as essentially the president alike were the usual words like the minsk agreements or the normandy format this is when the president or top diplomats of russia

election but many foreign leaders having already congratulated here also if you come the king of bahrain reinstates the citizenship of more than five hundred people after human rights groups condemn the country's policies but we look at why the move could prove in significant for bahraini and at least two. being killed and hundreds more injured as eighty explosions rocked sri lanka during easter sunday celebrations. for the welcome just gone eight am here in moscow this monday morning you're watching r.t. international. now a total political side famous for playing a president in the t.v. drama was swapped acting for the real thing after winning ukraine's presidential election with most most votes now counted out of his alinsky has secured a landslide win over the incumbent petro poroshenko earlier our correspondent he spoke with. about what it means for the country. now we can say with almost one hundred percent certainty that president or zelinsky will be in charge of ukraine for the next five years and let's be fair this triumph was expected because not a single opinion poll tipped po

the country's east to celebrations more than twenty people have now been arrested and the king of bahrain takes the citizenship of more than five hundred people after an act cry from human rights defenders however the problematic situation in the country receives little attention from the u.s. a long term ally of washington. hello they're just gone one pay em here in moscow you're watching international. a total political outsider famous for playing a president in a t.v. drama or swap acting for the real thing after winning ukraine's presidential election with most votes now counted linsky has secured a landslide win over the incumbent petro poroshenko earlier our talks on a boyko the host of artes political talk show well it's a part. clearly the people of ukraine voted for change how much change committee expect do you think this new president well i think political technologists and analysts will be trying to decipher this victory for months if not years to come you said that people voted for change yes i would agree with that but i think it's also difficult to understand what exactly

and the king of bahrain it reinstates the citizenship of more than five hundred people after an outcry from human rights organizations however the problematic situation and the gulf state received little attention from long term ally the u.s. . you're watching r t international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned four pm welcome to the program. the easter sunday bomb attacks that left two hundred and ninety people dead and hundreds more injured in sri lanka were carried out with the help of an international network that's according to government officials we do not believe these attacks were carried out by a group of people who are confined to this country there was an international network without which these attacks could not have succeeded. today special forces also blew up a van near one of the targeted churches witnesses reported it had been parked there since the explosion on sunday. we heard a loud bang and we fainted let's all remember we heard a loud explosion and everything collapsed we've managed to protect the children but when i came here i f

still to come bahrain reinstate citizenship for hundreds of people after an international outcry the details on that story and more after this short break. trump said many times that you know we got the. advantages you know with moving the embassy to jerusalem there with the mission of jerusalem as their capital. he said that there would be some things that israel will not like either so this is why i think the palestinians should come with opening the minds to the to the negotiations. the housing crisis was the result of securitizing mortgages that were resold to dozens of times and then like goldman sachs was betting as their own clients and they were engaged in massive fraud again bailed out by timothy geithner and his friends and now they can't go of that controlled demolition of the housing market is that all the housing is concentrated in a few hands like blackstone as a gift from their friends of the central banks and the result is medieval let's. welcome back to the program a political outsider known for playing a president on a t.v. show will swap acting for the real thing a

the country's east to celebrations more than twenty people have now been arrested and the king of bahrain reinstated this in ship of more than five hundred people after an outcry from human rights defenders however problematic situation the country receives little attention from the west a long term ally of washington. welcome just content i am here in moscow you watching r.t. international our top story this hour a total political side famous for playing a president in a t.v. drama acting for the real thing after winning ukraine's presidential election with most counted linsky has secured a landslide win over the incumbent petro poroshenko so let's get more reaction now from. our correspondent who's been following this story illegal morning. i have to play the president for a real world for what can we expect from him well people inside ukraine and outside ukraine couldn't stay. wondering what his first moves are going to be when it comes to how he's going to deal with russia and what's his plan for the war in ukraine's east and what we did we hear from him at his first press conference

and we have to pay the costs and the cost might be very expensive as we have been close in bahrain and i'm willing to bet that all the changes that we are fighting for. and. where us legally are you are you in the clear no. no. i am still pending prosecution the case is under investigation i banned from travel and accused of murders. of public property namely military p.c.'s. stealing military weapons. inciting illegal assembly for the purposes of terrorism . so i'm basically accused of beating the hell out of a couple of platoons that weapons and little killing where you are alleged to be a very naughty boy. and a super man also doing stuff that would be impossible for. confronting the p.c.'s on my own and so on and i have witnesses that the prosecution with this is have to fight to me being in two places at the same time yet i'm still being investigated so i'm obviously capable of way more you know many superpowers but which is pretty awesome. i had a good reputation and street cred in prison you know people go to prison because they steal cars but i'm being accused of stealing. how

the king of bahrain has reinstated the citizenship of more than five hundred people it falls a wave of condemnation from global human rights groups almost a thousand nationals a pub or so since to provoke since an uprising in the country back in two thousand and eleven artist reports. this really is evolution look here if someone's being a nuisance like activists or the opposition a normal dictator would get rid of them but it's messy and everyone complains in bahrain they've come up with a novel way of getting around that it's simple and genius new citizenship new voice the un high commissioner for human rights is deeply concerned that one hundred thirty nine people in bahrain were convicted of terrorism after a mosque trial which reportedly did not meet with international fair trial standards one hundred thirty eight of these people so all but one had their nationalities revoked standards mandates it works since two thousand and twelve according to the americans for democracy and human rights and bahrain authorities have revoked the citizenships of nine hundred and ninety nationals t

human rights groups expressed concern after a court in bahrain revoked the nationality of one hundred thirty eight people following a mass trial. and sport will tell you about the most lucrative contract in n.f.l. history will be here with the details. huge crowds have gathered outside sudan's military headquarters in khartoum demanding the immediate return of civilian rule following the overthrow of president omar bashir a special representative of russia's president has met sudan's military rulers a high level delegation from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates future khartoum for talks on tuesday maman vile has been with protesters in khartoum. i am at the fringe of this morrow's test of the sit in and you can see behind me the headquarters of the military and the crowds decided today to show how many people they can still bring to the streets because yesterday they have submitted a list of demands to the military council including the creation of a civilian government and i civilian ability to show council instead of a military council of want to. put them in the prison of t

rights groups express concern of course in bahrain revoked the nationality of one hundred thirty eight people following a mass trial plus. it's cold at night and hot in the day it's really difficult to live in a tent losing everything they own millions of flood survivors in iran don't know how they'll recover and rebuild. and in sports u.k. football stars are set to boycott social media to protest racial abuse will be here with the details. prime minister has resigned along with his entire government for weeks after a mass killing around one hundred sixty villages were killed in clashes between rival ethnic groups prompting thousands to rally in the capital bamako president abraham buckers office says he accepts the resignation of the prime minister and that of the members of his government nicholas hawke is following developments from neighboring senegal. this could lead dissatisfaction with the deterioration in the security situation and we've seen this with the ethnic violence against the poll people the poll of the. people living in mali they were attacked two hundred of them were

most of them all and their nationality govt and this is not office times it's happened in bahrain in fact since two thousand and seven hundred eighty people have had their nationality . now turkmenistan has been ranked the most dangerous country in the world for journalists to do their job and norway is the safest the campaign group reporters without borders has published its annual league table of press freedom worldwide or about manly has the details. for the first time in three years korea has been replaced as the world's most dangerous country for journalists turkmenistan now tops the world rankings president kirchner and goody brought him a command of his run the former soviet republic for twelve years with what its critics describe as an iron fist. the government controls all media journalists or press and the internet is highly censored essentially leaving a media blackout rules. syria remains another dangerous zone for journalists but reporters without borders says journalists worldwide are up against an intense climate of fear and danger to press freedom campaigners say bahr

a formal apology from bahrain a controversial statements made about an influential shia cleric but both countries of trade insults in recent days over the united states and iran policies but has more from baghdad. on saturday influential shia cleric here mocked other assad who controls the largest shia bloc in iraq's parliament called for a reconciliation between iran and saudi arabia and called for a change of government in bahrain syria and yemen now. it's in response to those statements that we saw the bahraini foreign minister describe the the influential shia cleric here with other assad as behaving like something that was a half man half god as you can imagine deeply offensive here in the muslim world as a result of that we saw protests overnight outside the bar in a consulate in najaf in the bahraini embassy here in baghdad it's very important to put this kind of diplomatic spat in some sort of geopolitical calm context here of course in recent months we've seen an increase in an effort by the u.s. to galvanize pull in its anti iran coalition a coalition that is very much support

engine power in the closing laps allowing lewis hamilton to win his first race of the season at the bahrain grand prix. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us although it is being called a severe setback for turkey's president your tire pair to launch is a k. party has lost control of the capital ankara in local elections and is also facing defeat in istanbul the economic hub elections are being seen as a referendum on his leadership and many voters say they are unhappy with the way he's handling the economic downturn. it's an unfamiliar position for red chip tayyip erdogan won in local elections seen as a test if you support voters delivered the turkish president he's worst night ever at the ballot box during his ruling laid across the country over a role in economic downturn and high inflation and unemployment left vulnerable position nor is it there is it i believe the only reason we couldn't get the results we wanted some cities is that we couldn't express ourselves enough to our nation. and we failed to win their hearts didn't take it every scholomance all of our. k.p. is sit t

and when politics gets possible the deepening rub between iraq and bahrain over a prominent cleric. hello there we're still got snow in the forecast for north america or over the next few days even though we're at the tail end of april we look at this satellite picture we can see one area of cloud here that's edging its way eastward that got some snow to chicago but now it's mostly rain as it works its way into the northeast but then we've also got another weather system that is dropping down from canada and this is going to give us some very heavy snow and some strong winds it gradually edges its way eastwards so as on looking fairly messy really over the next few days plenty of snow around over the northern plains the u.s. by choose day elsewhere and you see some wet weather the stretching down towards the south that's more in the way of rain but all of this going to edge its way eastwards and it's a looking very messy at the moment even further towards the south and this plenty of showers here through parts of cuba and through hispaniola and across into jamaica away from there th

and this is not this time this has happened in bahrain and that since two thousand and seven hundred eighty people have had their nationality . sixteen thousand employees of what was india's second largest airline have run it in the capital new delhi calling on the government to help save their jobs jet airways ran out of money and grounded all its flights faced amid reports from new delhi. they're fighting for their livelihoods these jet airways employees haven't been paid in months some not since last august and spent taking a toll on them and their families education of children suffering parents is is not you know they can get off the way it was because all the introduces and things. before i thought that we might retire from here you see here is my son is also in jail he's also flying as a pilot so if i would have thought that it really it really got into this situation i wouldn't have brought him in this. once considered india's premier private airline it suffered financial difficulties for years coming close to collapse in two thousand and thirteen until the hot air waves boug

an important win for bahrain they will be looking to repeat the job when the two teams meet up again in the german cup on wednesday. are hungry for a champions league spot next season their victory last weekend against hanover gave them a boost of confidence in what has been a rather erratic twenty nineteen but it was also bittersweet as their captain was injured and will miss the rest of the campaign but back to this much they and their form would be put to the test against high flying leipsic a team that is also unbeaten against so let's see how the game panned act. for. on a farewell tour and d. to hacking both want to leave their successor tickets to european football it was visitors like they could threaten first and you'll forsberg testing young. blood banks keeper came into this one with twelve shots to his name this term. was only one keeper has more opposite number. the hungry and made light work of some players shot. chances of another clean sheet were at risk of to just fifteen minutes. back fell in the box i don't see was the last in the face of football superstition by t

and lewis hamilton is handed victory at the bahrain grand prix. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. drama, controversy, and last gasp winners aplenty in the english premier league on sunday. starting at anfield, where liverpool are back on top of the table after a dramatic win against tottenham hotspur. jurgen klopp‘s side lea pfrogging manchester city, and it was roberto firmino who'd given liverpool the lead after a quarter of an hour. spurs came roaring back in the second half, lucas drawing them level with 20 minutes to go. but as the match headed into injury time, hugo lloris fumbled a routine save and it was the unfortunate toby alderweireld who put the ball into his own net to give liverpool a 2—1win and condemn spurs to their fourth defeat in five league games. jurgen klopp a happy man, liverpool two points clear at the top. we are top of the table. we cannot be there with having absolutely no luck, that's not possible. if we would be there at the end of the season, there would be a championship. will, desire, attitude, charact

engine power in the closing laps allowing lewis hamilton to win his first race of the season at the bahrain grand prix. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program it's being called a stunning setback for turkey's president wretch of thai of air to water for the first time in eighty years has a party has lost control of the capital. in local elections in need of greater blow and one's main rivals the secularist c h p party are also on course to win the country's economic hub is stumble the elections are being seen as a test of aaron was leadership many voters say that they are unhappy with the way that he is handling the country's economic downturn. and we will cross to our correspondent in istanbul in just a moment but first here's some views of people on the streets about the outcome of this poll. deserve this result if i am a a.k.p. supporter but they tricked people so they deserve this. i wasn't expecting this i was expecting the a.t.p. to win by a landslide but that race was neck and neck. and you can is official on the day i don't think because of the current economic situation people who

engine power in the closing laps allowing lewis hamilton to win his first race of the season at the bahrain grand prix. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program it is being called a stunning setback for turkey's president wretch of type erda one for the first time in eighteen years has a party has lost control of the capital in local elections and an even greater blow air to one's main rivals the secularist c.h.p. are also on call. forced to when the country's economic hub is stumble the elections are being seen as a test of everyone's leadership many voters say that they are unhappy with the way that is handling the country's economic downturn. and you leon is covering these elections for us she joins us now from istanbul so yulia what's the latest where you are now. well right now i'm outside the main opposition c.h.p. the election coordination center here in istanbul so this is where they've basically spend the past night in the past hour as a lot of people coming and going inside there's a huge media crowd a turkish journalists international journalists as well they are all waiting for the

engine power in the closing laps allowing lewis hamilton to win his first race of the season at the bahrain grand prix. play. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program it's being called a stunning setback for turkey's president breccia tie a pair to won for the first time in eighty years has a k. party has. lost control of the capital ankara in local elections and an even greater blow air to one's main rivals the secularist c.h.p. party are also claiming victory in the country's economic hub is stumble elections are being seen as a test of everyone's leadership many voters say that they are unhappy with the way that he is handling the country's economic downturn. and now the main opposition candidate for istanbul akram a mole who has meanwhile declared victory in that city he thanked istanbul's voters and his speech and boom bush got this from today on we're going to run the city of a transparent fashion at all times and always it is gladly because i know that every part of this city belongs to sixteen million people. and earlier i asked our correspondent yulia han in istanbul how damaging the

sky for the arabian place or maybe some tail end charlie showers are likely in the east and sadi bahrain possibly in qatar in the next day or so more especially i think sunday and monday is the time to watch and down in yemen and the southwest decided imagines here generating is under stores usually this time of year. in southern africa the shells haven't gone away we've seen some quite big ones recently in crossing the top but some allow in mozambique and that certainly is the weakness are from zimbabwe and towards sore lanka where we'll see a share or two in the next day or so but mostly it's a dry picture. in syria citizens are collecting evidence in all our public buildings shot of crimes committed against civilians we've moved out of syria and six hundred thousand pages of material so that one day they can bring the assad regime to justice it puts a human face on the charges it's a dead human face but it's a human tricks syria witnesses for the prosecution on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories the robert muller report investigating russian involvement in the tw

and as a result of that we saw protests overnight outside the bar in a consulate in najaf in the bahrain embassy here in baghdad it's very important to put this kind of diplomatic spat in some sort of geopolitical calm context here of course in recent months we've seen an increase in an effort by the u.s. to galvanize pull in its anti iran coalition a coalition that is very much supported by saudi arabia and by bahrain and let's not forget that iraq is a majority shia country that neighbors iran and sees itself very much as being in the center of this wider geo political context other souther up until now has always been so far at least as being quite moderate in his language very keen to point out that iraq is a sovereign nation and that iran will not meddle in its affairs and neither will the americans and their supporters so they say it's important to put context on this diplomatic route but it highlights once again as i say these very deep seated sectarian and political problems of this region and just how tense the situation is becoming. break your knowledge is a rat when i come bac

out is there a more united nations human rights chief has set a mass trial in bahrain failed to comply with international standards on samus amnesty international says choosers hearing was a mockery of justice as one hundred thirty nine people were jailed for plotting to form a so-called behind hezbollah with links to iran's revolutionary guard all but one of them had their citizenship revoked. indonesia's president and his arrival. have both claimed victory in wednesday's election the final results will be known of next month meanwhile authorities of appeal for calm after some supporters of so called for a march near jakarta's biggest mosque on friday a support from when hey. it appears there will be no change of tenant for now at the presidential palace in the indonesian capital jakarta based on provisional results joko widodo has won another five years in office but that's not how his challenger sees it. today i. have been declared as the president and vice president of indonesia for the period of twenty nineteen to twenty twenty four by sixty two percent votes based on the internal

plenty more ahead on the news hour when politics gets personal the deepening route between iraq and bahrain over a prominent cleric. the nineteen year old man accused of opening fire on a synagogue in the u.s. is charged with murder. and later in sport another recall for kenya's marathon man and he will be here with that. so all that still ahead but in first iran's foreign minister is accusing israel saudi arabia and the u.a.e. of trying to push the united states into a conflict i'm a jevons that we've told a u.s. television network those nations already fueling tensions with iran israel bolton . months and united arab emirates all trying to exercise regime change at least at least they want to see how shown an interest in dragging the united states into a conflict i do not believe the president wants to do that i believe president from iran on a campaign promise of not bringing the united states into another war but the president trumps intention to put pressure the policy of maximum pressure on iran in order to bring iran to its needs so that we will succumb to pressure is doomed to failu

and this is not office times it's happened in bahrain and that since two thousand and twelve so nine hundred eighty people have had their nationalities from. turkmenistan is ranked the most dangerous country in the world for journalists to do their job with norway the safest a campaign group reporters without borders has published its annual league table of press freedom worldwide or about manly has been house. for the first time in three years korea has been replaced as the world's most dangerous country for journalists turkmenistan now tops the world rankings president kirchner and girly brought him up madoff has run the former soviet republic for twelve years with what its critics describe as an iron fist. the government controls all media journalists or press and the internet is highly censored essentially leaving a media black hole. syria remains another dangerous zone for journalists but reporters without borders says journalists worldwide are up against an intense climate of fear and danger to press freedom campaigners say bahrain egypt and saudi arabia stepped up repression o

most of them all and their nationality hooked and this is not this time this has happened in bahrain and that since two thousand and nine hundred eighty people have had the nationality of. gunmen in southwest pakistan have ambushed a bus then kidnapped and killed fourteen passengers alliance of elect separatist groups is claiming responsibility for the attack on the main road between crotch and the portico dar hyder has more from islamic law. according to sources the attack took place on a quarter of the highway known as the marker on gloucester lyrae that connects karachi red was the attack taking place at their motor section of that particular road but it was dropped the passenger door to get their identity papers were jake and it appeared that they were selective dog getting off but the narrow exposure did with the government or the security forces including personnel from the navy they were digging their way into a secondary location after the rich they were shot at close range their hands tied behind their back however two of those people were able to do a cave from that locatio

the bahrain grand prix would be a race both to remember and for good for ferrari's twenty one year old sean mclaren . to remember for his career his first poll position but which also saw victory slipping from his grasp. the man from monaco was aiming to become the youngest winner of an f one grand prix. the clear was on course to do just that with these ferrari teammate sebastian vettel in second. reigning world champion lewis hamilton big battle with basal first the pinhead overtaken one another earlier in the race before hamilton overtook battle for a second time resulting in the german spinning. later vettel would lose his friend who as hamilton said he cites on leclaire ferrari's misfortune continued claire suffering engine problems and losing power with less than ten laps to go. hamilton profiting and taking the lead the person would not look back from day and went on to win the race it was a mercedes one too terry but ask came in second leg at a settle for. you know i'm sure is a devastating result for him of a sick as he had done the job to win the race so we were definitely lu

and we know that saudi arabia with the missile launches from yemen into saudi, bahrain, since 1981, the iranian regime has tried to destabilize the government, hezbollah, the list goes on and on. it is very hard to imagine a peaceful middle east with a strong iranian regime. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. you're welcome. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] iranian officials responded, saying they would propose adding u.s. forces to their own list of terror groups. press tv, iran's state-run english news channel, provided analysis. >> hello and welcome. you're watching world news on press tv. thank you for joining us. these are top stories this hour. the u.s. has formally designated iran's islamic revolution guards corps as a foreign terrorist organization. iran top security council designated the u.s. central command in the region as a terrorist group. more in the following report. donald trump took office in january, 2017.

still ahead for you on this news hour a mockery of justice there is condemnation of a mass trial in bahrain of so-called terrorists also a new number one danger zone for journalists to work and we're going to look at where exactly that is and then in sport one of the stars of the n.b.a. season put on a match winning display in the playoffs the details with a little later. we're moving to other news in the u.n. envoy for libya is warning of a broader escalation in fighting in the south. says there is deadlock between the warring sides south of the capital tripoli fighters loyal to the un recognized government have launched a new campaign in the south against the warlord after germany is calling for an emergency un security council meeting about the battle for control of tripoli more with libya correspondent mahmud include of the well head who is in tripoli. military sources with. the government say that they have taken control of the military that's around seven hundred kilometers to the cells from the capital tripoli but he says that they're not staying inside the base could be because they

for the charlotte broke the lap record in bahrain to secure his first pole and he looked like topping nut with a maiden grand prix when until a faulty engine saw his chances sputter wrote with just a few laps to go. looking behind him was lewis hamilton the briton to full advantage of misfortune to ease home and first with teammate. making it a mercedes one to the clear to make do with third. you know i'm sure is a devastating result for him obviously because he had done the job to win the race so we were definitely lucky today but you have to take it as it comes and ultimately i still gave it everything in the race and i pushed as hard as i could a first win of the season for a clearly grateful hamilton but a warning shot from his young money rival that will keep the briton on his toes as he seeks a sixth championship. i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks for being with us . the for. us junction in space. wherever they go leave trash. face it causes a hassle to. have to stop you know clean up the danger is key. to. tomorrow today next on the list. a city in rooms. maro a. symb

the bahrain grand prix would be a race both to remember and for good for ferrari's twenty one year old sean mclaren . to remember for his career is this position which also saw victory slipping from his grasp. the man from monaco was aiming to become the the youngest winner of an f one grand prix. the clear was on course to do just that with his ferrari teammate sebastian vettel in second. reigning world champion lewis hamilton did battle with basal first the pair head overtaken one another earlier in the race before hamilton overtook battle for a second time resulting in the german spinning. later vettel would lose his friend who as hamilton said he cites on leclaire ferrari's misfortune continued claire suffering engine problems and losing power with less than ten laps to go. hamilton profiting and taking the lead the person would not look back from day and went on to win the race it was a mercedes one too terry bought ass came in second like lead to settle for third. you know i'm sure is a devastating result for him of six he had done the job to win the race so we were definitely lu

thank you very much formula one world champion lewis hamilton has won the bahrain grand prix for his first victory of the season and the second for his miss a day's team but it was a tale of misfortune for ferrari after a lot of early promise peter stamets reports. the bahrain grand prix would be a race both to remember and for good for ferrari's twenty one year old sean mclaren . to remember for his career's first pole position but which also saw victory slipping from his grasp. the man from monaco was aiming to become the the youngest winner of an f one grand prix. the clear was on course to do just that with these ferrari teammate sebastian vettel in second. reigning world champion lewis hamilton big battle with basal first the pair head overtaken one another earlier in the race before hamilton overtook battle for a second time resulting in the gym and spinning. later vettel would lose his friend who as hamilton said he cites on leclaire ferrari's misfortune continued claire suffering engine problems and losing power with less than ten laps to go. hamilton profiting and taking the

called for a reconciliation between iran and saudi arabia and called for a change of government in bahrain syria and yemen now. it's in response to those statements that we saw the bahraini foreign minister describe the the influential sheer cleric kamal to other assad as behaving like something that was a half man half dog as you can imagine deeply offensive here in the muslim world as a result of that we saw protests overnight outside the bahraini consulate in from the embassy here in baghdad it's very important to put this kind of diplomatic spat in some sort of geopolitical calm context here of course in recent months we've seen an increase in an effort by the u.s. to galvanize pull in its anti iran coalition a coalition that is very much supported by saudi arabia and by bahrain and let's not forget that iraq is a majority shia country that neighbors iran and sees itself very much as being in the center of this wider geo political context other souther up until now has always been so far at least as being quite moderate in his language very keen to point out that iraq is a sovereign na

the bahrain grand prix would be a race both to remember and forget ferrari's twenty one year old showing the class . to remember for his career his first pole position but which also saw victory slipping from his grass. the man from monaco was aiming to become the youngest winner of an f one grand prix. the clear was on course to do just that with these ferrari teammate sebastian vettel in second. reigning world champion lewis hamilton big battle with basal first the pay had overtaken one another early in the race before hamilton overtook battle for a second time resulting in the gym and spinning. oh. i. later would lose his friend who as hamilton said he cites on leclaire ferrari's misfortune continued. suffering engine problems and losing power with less than ten laps to go. hamilton profiting and taking the lead the person would not look back from day and went on to win the race it was a miss eighties one too terry botta ass came in second like len had to settle for the. you know i'm sure is a devastating result for him of sick as he had done the job to win the race so we were definit

most of all no one and their nationality govt and this is not the first time this has happened in bahrain in fact since two thousand and twelve so nine hundred eighty people have had their nationalities. ok we'll come back to that in just a moment plus what or what is your concern about mass trials. and said it very very it's very difficult to have full respect for the due process rights and for them to be calling a quality of our air defense and the prosecution have equal resources. to present a case. we have heard that you know many of these people who were there they were represented and only some of them were not that there are genes that. many of them are actually shot in a sense that they were not present in the court mandated regime to they sort of release them what is the impact of having one's nationality revoked. once nationality gives one access to many different human brats the right education the right to health the right to freedom of movement even cut my throat hospital. and does not just impact the individual concerned by the family members of the individual that's not our

means working with them effectively that's not the same thing is it i mean would you discuss with bahrain for instance their continued use of civilian and military courts to convict and imprison peaceful dissenters who are from the usa which is accused of maintaining a sustained assault on freedom of expression association i ask because they're frequently here they frequently visit nato headquarters there wined and dined presumably but you don't ask any of these unpleasant questions while you're a vital to the woman i was asian that purports to have value yours. a lot about what takes place for me if i'm wrong for one thing i'm wrong that wining and dining is rather rare and how we interact with our partners but so much on tact what in fact does happen is that we portray the core values around which the alliance is built and everything we do with in a day in day out basis is meant to build build the recognition and the acceptance of those values in a kind of organic way so of course the discussion can take account of everything that is happening day in day out in those countries but it do

. >> from the country of bahrain but he's saying bahrain, whatever country it might have been, fill innk, more important than the united states congress? >> i'm fairly certain that the representative of the bahrain would delay the meeting and meet with m inform uchin tonight if he had to. >> any country would have. >> of course. >> he was over it. >> to be there 12 hours, asked and answered. >> he might have been performing for an audience of one. let's not forget that. let's not forget what donald trump thinks of maxine waters, calling her low iq and other name. >> whether secretary mnuchin was there for 12, 13, 14, 15 hours, he had not been dismissed. it was con descedescending, it rude. i hope he calls and apologizes. that was a pichlt ss-poor performance from the secretary today. >> i don't think it damaged the relationship with maxine waters. it was a bad place to begin with. i don't think it made things any worse. >> mnuchin tried to say also that he's not afraid to lose his job over how he handled this. you can interpret it several different ways. let me play that exchange. it w

small finally is drawing down its strength for the time we get to friday's a temperature rise in bahrain you a cutter the cloud indicated here on the return of this wind could well develop into words two big showers in the saudis somewhere meccas held short of forty and the cloud extends across to bahrain and qatar on saturday but the wind has more or less disappeared. the heavy rain of light around durban isn't going to be repeated in fact as you watch the rain is forming with an offshore breeze offshore. how have you changed since you were seven. the. chart from the lives of the children of a part of a twenty one years each story reflecting a history of dramatic social and political change. that for. zero. we know the culture we know the problems that affect this part of the world very very well and that is something that we're trying to take to the rest of the world we have gone to places and reported on a story that it might take an international network for months to be able to do it united nations peacekeepers have to know if i'm tired you know. we are challenging the forces we're

code for a reconciliation between iran and saudi arabia and called for a change of government in bahrain syria and yemen now it's in response to those statements that we saw the bahraini foreign minister described the the influential shia cleric kamal to other assad as behaving like something that was a half man half dog as you can imagine deeply offensive here in the muslim world and as a result of that we saw protests overnight outside the bar in a consulate in najaf in the bahraini embassy here in baghdad it's very important to put this kind of diplomatic spat in some sort of geopolitical calm context here of course in recent months we've seen an increase in an effort by the u.s. to galvanize pull in its anti iran coalition a coalition that is very much supported by saudi arabia and by bahrain and let's not forget that iraq is a majority shia country that neighbors iran and sees itself very much as being in the center of this wider geo political context other souther up until now has always been so far at least as being quite moderate in his language very keen to point out that iraq i

bahrain and egypt unpoliced an economic blockade on cutter giorgio coffee as chief executive officer gulf state that the d.c. based political risk consulting firm and he says couple has suffered significant financial damage due to the blockades. right now in these courts in london and new york because there are these are seeking billions of dollars there's a certain amount of damage that they've calculated was a result of the actions taken by these three being did this quote unquote financial warfare result in qatar capitulating in the blockading states like riyadh and i would be wanted no obviously not this alleged campaign if it took place this financial warfare did not achieve its objective but it did hurt the qatari economy and there's no doubt that costs are paid a big price and we're talking billions of dollars as a consequence of the siege that was implemented almost two years ago to colombia now where congress has rejected a president to attempt to alter part of the peace treaty signed with fox rebels three years ago to a wanton changes to a special tribunal set up to try and

thank you very much formula one world champion lewis hamilton has won the bahrain grand prix for his first victory of the season and the second for his miss a day's team but it was a tale of misfortune for ferrari after a lot of early promise peter stamets reports. the bahrain grand prix would be a race both to remember and for good for ferrari's twenty one year old sean mclaren . to remember for his career is first position but which also saw victory slipping from his grasp. the man from monaco was aiming to become the youngest winner of an f one grand prix. the clear was on course to do just that with his ferrari teammate sebastian vettel in second. reigning world champion lewis hamilton big battle with basal first the pinhead overtaken one another earlier in the race before hamilton overtook battle for a second time resulting in the gym and spinning. later would lose his friend who as hamilton said he cites on leclaire ferrari's misfortune continued claire suffering engine problems and losing power with less than ten laps to go. hamilton profiting and taking the lead the person wo

after locking out the front row in bahrain a fortnight ago, ferrari slipped back.number one status over team—mate charles leclerc has been confirmed by his boss. he shouldn't despair, though. one thing that can upset the form book here is a safety car, and in final practise, rookie alexander albon showed how easy it is to lose control at this track. in rugby union's premiership, gloucester fought back to beat bath to take a big step towards securing a place in the play—offs. trailing by ten points at the break, they went on to win by 27 points to 23 to clinch a bonus point victory and dent bath's top four aspirations. ben croucher was watching this one for us. we are at that time of year where the big day is not far away. for bath to be at the party they had to alter their course from left to right, burns to rory. the early lead created by the backs, cemented by the forwards. tom dunn, job done, 17-0 the the forwards. tom dunn, job done, 17—0 the game, barely 20 minutes old. last edited their best man to show up. danny cipriani the 1a such occasion, so good he can