i'm brian thomas great to have you with us a court in myanmar has rejected an appeal by two journalists serving seven year prison terms while alone and cost to arrest in december of two thousand and seventeen after investigating the massacre of ten boys and men during the army's brutal crackdown on the muslim community the two reuters journalists were later sentenced for breaking the official secrets act by possessing classified documents their lawyers argue that they were entrapped in a police state. earlier i spoke with one of their colleagues kevin colicky reuters asia editor i asked him for his reactions to the verdict. it's another in justice for well known and shows so for our colleagues further for their families. there was no evidence at trial that they were guilty of espionage they were recording the reporting that they did was fair it was accurate the people of myanmar deserve to have a media that informs them of the truth and so this is a another injustice and in a very dark day very disappointing for us and very just for the families i'm sure it is for both colleagues and fa

i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show venezuela is in uncharted political territory after the country's opposition leader. declared himself president why dole made the move as thousands took to the streets of caracas to protest against president nicolas maduro the declaration was with swiftly recognized by the u.s. and other countries why don't you he said it was time to end what he called madeira those dictatorship. who was he hopes these words can topple the as well as government opposition leader one ply two swore himself in as interim president as thousands cheered him on. was aim is ending this usurpation and this treasonous government and holding free elections if this happens then let god and let the nation reward us and if not then let them demand otherwise. quite those declaration comes as hundreds of thousands rallied across venezuela to support the opposition they call president maduro is covenant illegitimate and blame him for their country's economic collapse. but us their protests continued deadly violence spread. several demonstrators have been reported killed amid clashe

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us german police have arrested a suspect in a hacking case that's all stolen data from some one thousand politicians and celebrities including on the macro being posted on the internet this personal information has been made available for millions of users the data was released on twitter in the run up to christmas personal phone numbers home and e-mail addresses were made public and in some cases private messages and photos as well authorities learned about the data theft late last week. our. chief political editor michelle has been following developments for us michelle what more can you tell us at this point about the latest well here's what we do know we know that to twenty year old man who's in custody is actually talking to the police that's certainly what d.p.a. the german news agency is saying and his apartment has been searched so this seems to be a very strong indication that he is linked at the very least to this massive data breach here in germany which is being taken extremely seriously what we don't know at this point in ti

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us venezuela remains in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader won by doe's attempt to oust president nicolas maduro western nations have backwaters bid for new elections but china russia and turkey are supporting the doro whose cut off diplomatic ties with washington. a defines nicolas maduro has gone on the offensive severing diplomatic relations with the u.s. a day after washington codman duros regime in egypt amount i. get couldn't move i think there is no doubt in the world that donald trump wants to bring in his own de facto unconstitutional government a coup d'etat in venezuela against the people and democracy. let there be no doubt that donald trump in all his madness believes himself to be the world's police believes that he is the boss of latin america and the caribbean. washington has refused to comply with madeira orders to close its embassy in caracas but still instructed non-essential staff to leave the country the u.s. has put its support behind opposition leader of one guy joe washington wants to increase p

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us and i tacked on a military base in central afghanistan has killed scores of people the taliban is claiming responsibility now there are conflicting reports about the actual death toll ranging from at least forty five to well over one hundred the violence and might on shore that's in wardak province comes despite increased efforts by the u.s. to find a negotiated end to the country's seventeen year old war. part flattened after a car loaded with explosives past three military checkpoint and data needed inside the compound officials say several gunmen then stormed the base opening fire at soldiers before being gunned down in themselves. it was around six o'clock by the taliban who have been stepping up their attacks on government facilities in recent months under tared by the harsh winter this time the taliban were able to breach the compound security barriers by using a vehicle they had captured from the afghan military some of the injured were taken to local hospitals for treatment more serious cases were sent some fifty kilometers away t

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the british prime minister treason is set to announce her plan before breakfast today as she tries to keep britain from crashing out of the e.u. without an agreement the prime minister is expected to focus on the so-called irish backstop that's the plan to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic this comes after lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected her deal with the e.u. last week. joining us now live from london the state abuse barbara vai's all barbara do we know anything about teresa mayes plan b. yeah we know and we fear that her strategy today is going to come from the little self-help book for politicians if you fail try again try harder because what is going to be more or less likely is that plan b. is planned a she's going to come back with the exit deal from the european union and to present it again and say ok i will talk to brussels again just one more time and try to wrest further concessions about the back stuff that you mentioned from them and then she will try to woo her own rose so own party the h

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us president trump has delivered a live prime time oval office address to press his case for a border war with mexico the president described what he said was a humanitarian crisis caused by illegal migration at the border also said the border was being used to traffic illegal drugs into the united states every set of physical barrier was critical to national security and called on democrats in congress to back his five point seven billion dollars plan to fund the wall. he also said illegal migration poses a threat both to the economy and national security. all americans are hurt by uncontrolled illegal migration it's strange public resources and drives down jobs and wages among those hardest hit are african-americans and hispanic americans our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs including meth heroin cocaine and fentanyl every week three hundred of our citizens are killed by heroin alone while democrats responding of course with their own address the nation also broadcaster in primetime speaker of the house of repr

i'm brian thomas britain and its european partners are struggling right now to come up with some solutions. after the parliamentary vote that inflicted the worst defeat in modern history upon a british prime minister. by surprisingly wide margin the commons rejected theresa may is hard one but unpopular brexit plan for leaving the european union. and with no deal the clock that's becauause the thehe withdrawal packed passed after the brexit referendum. mandates that the country leave the union on march twenty ninth. but with maize deal now dad what lies ahead for britain. and for europe. brexit no way out of the chaos we're going to try to chart some possible ways out of the chaos today with our guests. andreas clues editor in chief of huddles block today says in the current situation a second referendum is the least bad option. alan poster is a british german author writing for the german newspaper developed he says. there's only one way out of this mess parliament must tell the people the truth. membership is the best deal britain half. and alex forrest whiting is the w. reporter and for

hello and welcome to quadriga international talk show coming to you from berlin i'm brian thomas britain and its european partners are struggling right now to come up with some solutions after the parliamentary vote that inflicted the worst defeat in modern history upon a british prime minister by a surprisingly wide margin the commons rejected teresa mayes hard won but unpopular bracks a plan for leaving the european union and with no deal the clock is ticking ever louder that's because the e.u. withdrawal pact passed after the bracks a referendum mandates that the country leave the union on march twenty ninth but with may's deal now dad what lies ahead for britain and for europe. no way out of the chaos we're going to try to chart some possible ways out of the chaos today with our guests clues editor in chief of on the spot today says in the current situation a second referendum is the least bad option alan posner is a british german author writing for the german newspaper developed he says there's only one way out of this mess parliament must tell the people the truth membership is th

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us president donald trump is marking the midway point of his four year term today his administration has been marked by bitter divisions within his own party but his feud with the democrats over funding for a border wall is dominating american politics right now in a highly unusual move the president has denied military transportation to democrat house speaker nancy pelosi for an overseas trip an attempt to end the longest government shutdown in history did abuse washington correspondent alexander. phenomena looks at what the forty fourth president of the united states has achieved so far. he has remained true to himself bragging about his accomplishments fleshing out at his critics ok perfect viewing the presidency through the lens television show presidents trump has been dominating the national conversation as no other of modern president has done before at the midpoint of his term he has grown more confident of his own judgment but he also seems to be more isolated no then that any point since he took office his administration has se

hello and welcome to quadriga international talk show coming to you from berlin i'm brian thomas britain and its european partners are struggling right now to come up with some solutions after the parliamentary vote that inflicted the worst defeat in modern history.

brian thomas thanks so much for being with us a united nations convoy has come under gunfire in yemen that incident taking place in the city of who died as shortly after the u.n. security council approved its expansion the expansion of the mission overseeing the cease fire there in who died on the convoy included the head of the u.n. mission retired dutch general patrick amor no one was hurt in the shooting it's not yet known who fired the shots the port city of the has been under a fragile truce since mid december after fierce battles between hutu rebels and saudi backed government forces the warring parties have been accusing each other of truce violations but u.n. officials say the cease fire has largely been holding. earlier we heard more from nasser a yemeni journalist and a capital thank you very much intact and know nothing you got until you motive then you said because the most in both in question about who was behind it again fire is not known and did know. this out of the amount of about forces and these. cues that are in fact the from yesterday. and i think who benefits fro

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i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us here. in rights watch says a saudi teen who has field fleeing abuses barricaded herself in a hotel room at a bangkok airport to avoid deportation tire thora he's a rock mohamed a canoe and will be sent back to kuwait today where her family is but how can she holds a visa for australia and plans to seek asylum there any teen year old claims her passport was seized by a saudi official during a layover in bangkok. ok let's get more on the story now from phil robertson from human rights watch he's been helping coordinate efforts to prevent the hoffs deportation phil thanks so much for being with us this morning why is human rights watch calling for rojas deportation to be halted well she has suffered psychological and physical abuse before she arrived in saudi arabia she is quite sure for for his life early if she is sent back we're calling for the thai government to permit u.n. refugee agency that u.n.h.c.r. to have access to earth and to allow them to do a status determination on her whether

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us well in the next hour france and germany will be signing a new friendship pact in the west german city of often the treaty will commit the two countries to increase cooperation on european union policies and to work towards a joint foreign and security palsy and a moment we'll be talking to our correspondents about the pact but first here's a look back at how the relationship between paris and berlin has been evolving. was never there to forgive france's president the man you're my corn is really speaking german and the german chancellor angela merkel is speaking french. during their mutual visit to the french german youth center last summer that were clearly among friends but it wasn't always this way. shortly before the end of the second world war french soldiers moved into southern germany this after hitler had occupied and humiliated france for years german soldiers became french prisoners of war and it looked as if these tried and true enemies would always be at war with each other but the head of the french military troops was charles

don't forget you can always get the latest at a web site as well that's interview dot com may brian thomas of the entire team thanks for being. letter we were. when we were. eighty percent of americans at some point and i was really experience hardships listening. for minds. a mediterranean beach in libya. a fuse and boxes of explosive charges. most of the toys. they were meant to kill children families innocent civilians now they're being rendered harmless. every day these men risked their lives to clear the traps left by the so-called islamic state. the. be. benghazi in northeastern libya. after years of intense fighting the city has begun to come to rest for the first time in years. when the libyans rose up against dictator moammar gadhafi in two thousand and eleven benghazi was one of the centers of the fighting. but instead of a new democratic beginning a civil war followed. and after the dictator had been toppled the religious fanatics arrived. is. mixtape fighters moved into the city. leaders of the libyan military launched a brutal counter offensive. after months of street fighting

more on these and other stories at our website that state of you dot com for now though for me brian thomas the entire news team thanks so much for being with us. nico is in germany to learn german. to look in the. why not learn with him online on the mobile and free from the w z learning course because freak. the trail of terror leads to the pakistani secret service. for the first time a former director general answer to ronnie was willing to provide information about the agency's work to ronnie trained at a military school in germany and expressed fun memories of that time. as a parent is good as are other specialties. called again. that's my favorite. that's why there's one for. the i.s.i. has been an important partner for the west in the war on terrorism also for germany's foreign intelligence agency that. is good intelligence work there is no such thing as the good guys and the bad guys. bason twenty fourteen bad guys started to target europe and attack on the jewish museum in brussels then in paris copenhagen paris again and brussels again. the attacks poor remarkable similarities say

brian thomas thanks so much for being with us human rights watch says is saudi teenager who's filling abuses barricaded herself in a hotel room at a bangkok airport to avoid deportation and possible violence tired already say rough mohammed noone would be sent back to kuwait today where her family is but says she holds a visa for australia and plans to seek asylum there the eighteen year old claims her passport was seized by a saudi official during a layover in bangkok. began posting on twitter for help from her hotel room in the airport on sunday here's her latest video. and i'm still in the. i have no choice. this it i have to go to. no one can have been right now. ok let's go straight to bangkok floria nurse covering this story for us good morning florian we heard from a raw half there and she's talking about why she has being held in in thailand and wants to seek asylum in australia why is that being denied to her right now. well the situation is not one hundred percent clear right now what i can tell you is that she was supposed to have a layover here in bangkok and then travel o

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us german chancellor all america was holding talks with political leaders in greece today this is the first time akhil has visited athens since twenty fourteen back then she was given a hostile reception with many groups the greeks blaming her for the harsh austerity measures imposed by europe today the mood is different however there are still unresolved issues between the two nations one is war reparations more on that from our correspondent in a moment first this report. the german chancellor's visit means a great deal for greece and for prime minister tsipras to spite their differences ties between the two have improved significantly especially since marcos last visit . the head i'm very glad to be here today after all the ups and downs over the last few years of what i believe that what we achieved exemplifies the european spirit. that despite having different political beliefs despite very different problems we always strive to find a common solution to america's previous visit to greece and twenty fourteen was overshadowed by a wave of angry

brian thomas thanks so much for being with us human rights watch says a saudi teen who's fleeing abuse has barricaded herself in a hotel room at a bangkok airport to avoid deportation targets already say rough mohammed oka noone would be sent back to kuwait today where her family is located but i'll do says she holds a visa for australia and plans to seek asylum there. old claims her passport was seized by a saudi official during a layover in bangkok. ok let's go straight to bangkok down to abuse florian covering this story for us good morning florian we heard from a rock off there and this she's talking about why she has being held in in thailand and wants to seek asylum in australia why is that being denied to her right now. well the situation is not one hundred percent clear right now what i can tell you is that she was supposed to have a layover here in bangkok and then travel on to australia where she had planned to claim our seat for asylum there's conflicting information on how long this layover here in bangkok was supposed to be. the odd report saying that she had actually plan

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us today two of the major players in the syrian conflict are set to meet for talks that could have wide ranging implications for that country russian president vladimir putin is hosting is turkish counterpart russia area one in moscow now topping their agenda is the future of syria's kurdish controlled areas. kurdish militia control much of northern syria that after pushing out so-called islamic state i ask has now lost almost all of its terror territory in side syria and that's led president trump of course to withdraw all the two thousand american troops supporting the kurds president erda one regards the kurdish militias though as terrorists then sees their presence of long turkey's border as a threat a national threat and a phone call with president trump has proposed a turkish controlled save zone along that country's border now turkey is also seeking control of the city the kurds cash military assault and have turned to russia for diplomatic help the kurds have of course long dreamed of one day establishing an autonomous region in nor

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us a u.n. convoy has been shot at in yemen that convoy was carrying the head of the u.n. peace mission the retired dutch general patrick kemmer the u.n. says it does not know who exactly fired on his armored vehicle iran backed movement in the saudi led coalition blamed each other cameron escaped unharmed is appealed for calm and the strengthening of the cease fire in the port city of the entry point for most of it means aid. for the very latest let's bring in nasser robbie yemeni journalist joining us from the capital sanaa good morning to you now sir what more can you tell us about this incident. thank you very much in fact the incident of yesterday was very very. ambiguous in terms of who was behind it and with each side's now blaming the other and accusing the other all for being behind it but i would say that because nothing has changed since the. mission they just started about one month. that i can fit into between the tool box use is is still zero until now and i got i think then i'm do

always get more on these and other stories or website that stuff you dot com now though for me brian thomas the entire team thanks so much for being with us. the. letter we were. when we were. eighty percent of americans or something in our lives will experience hardship. for some. families. that it runs for a long time doesn't it. did you install it yourself yes i installed it myself. and it's a really nice. if instead these ideas and i don't want to be part of our german society and if i don't like what the healthy people do and you like sheep. they do the same things they see everyone else do. i don't want to do that i'd rather do what i like and what i enjoy. without anyone saying aren't you too old for that. i'm almost thirty five and people often say to me you're an adult do you have to do this and i say yes of course and to. the duck. and such a boring lamp know what i'm going to turn into something else. that. night i need these noises to be safe in my apartment. and during the day to have fun. and if i hear anyone trying to break in then i'll come and then call me. in with the. now

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the president of pakistan is in berlin for talks that are president chavez meir's a yoyo if wants to boost ties with berlin his trip comes at a time of change in prison. so it really annoys them after nineteen years behind bars yusuf knows him around of is enjoying every moment of his newfound freedom. because the fifty five year old journalist was jailed in the late ninety's for supporting a new position political. prisoner. of is one of hundreds of who had to pay for their political views with their freedom. but. i was tortured in prison. they always found reasons to punish me and came up with new ways to physically torture us political prisoners. we had to unload hot bricks from railway wagons yes there are the bricks had just come out of the oven and we had to load them into cars if there. is one of the least sixteen so-called political prisoners has been released from prison in the last two years. the main reason i was freed was thanks to our current president. it came down to his political commitment his will to personally stand up

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the president of pakistan is in berlin for talks today president chavez caught years ago yaffe wants to deepen ties with berlin his trip comes at a time of change for this central asian country once known for its repressive regime it's now opening its doors to the rest of the world and. liberal reforms in a moment we'll be talking to a human rights campaigner but first we have this report from the respect capital from your ear shout out he spoke to a journalist who spent nearly two decades in prison. so let us down after nineteen years behind bars yusuf who seem around of it's enjoying every moment of his newfound freedom. but the fifty five year old journalist was jailed in the late ninety's for supporting a new position political. regime the rod of is one of hundreds of who had to pay for their political views with their freedom. i was tortured in prison. they always found reasons to punish me and came up with new ways to physically torture us political prisoners. we had to unload hot bricks from railway wagons yes the bricks had just c

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us president donald trump has taken his case for a border wall with mexico directly to the american people in a live primetime address from the oval office the president describing a humanitarian crisis caused by thousands of the. illegal immigrants and a vast quantities of the illegal drugs and trying to enter the u.s. every said a physical barrier along the border was absolutely critical to border security and called on your democrats in congress to back is five point seven billion dollars plan to fund that will. only know one certain terms he emphasized economic and security threats posed by illegal immigrants all americans are hurt by uncontrolled illegal migration it's strange public resources and drives down jobs and wages among those hardest hit are african americans and hispanic americans our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs including meth heroin cocaine and fentanyl every week three hundred of our citizens are killed by heroin alone while democrats immediately responded with their own address to the

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us human rights watch says a saudi teenager who says she's playing abuse. as barricaded herself in a hotel room at a bangkok airport to avoid deportation now ta authorities are saying mohamad all could noone would be sent back to saudi arabia today but she says she holds a visa for australia and plans to seek asylum there the eighteen year old claims her passport was seized by a saudi official during a layover in bangkok. and the teen began posting on twitter from her hotel room at that airport on sunday here's her latest video it's a half and i'm still in the room. i have no choice. they said to have to go to model and. no one can have been right now ok let's go straight to bangkok now our correspondent for in new she is covering the story for us morning four and a why is being held in tahrir long thailand when in fact she wants to seek asylum in australia. well apparently that saudi woman was supposed to only change planes in bangkok and then travel on to australia where she wanted to claim asylum but from what we're hearing and that is not

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us today two of the major players in the syrian conflict are set to meet for talks that could have broad implications for the country russian president vladimir putin is hosting his turkish counterpart erda won for talks now topping their agenda is the future of syria's kurdish controlled areas kurdish militias control much of northern syria that after pushing out so-called islamic state i-s. has lost almost all of its territory in syria and that's led president trump. to withdraw the two thousand or so american troops supporting the kurds erda one regards the kurdish militias as terrorists and he sees their presence along turkey's border and southern border there as a threat to national security and a phone call with president trump the proposed a turkish controlled safe zone along the border now circuit is also seeking control of that city of course was captured by the kurds from my ass back in two thousand and sixteen with the u.s. now poised to withdraw the kurds are trying to avoid a full on turkish military assault from troops that ar

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us supporters of the opposition in democratic republic of congo have been celebrating after their candidate feel it should katie was declared the winner of the presidential election. katie was not expected to win but the electoral commission says he received thirty eight percent of the vote now if the result is confirmed this will be the country's first democratic transfer of power since independence in one thousand sixty bought the runner up martin for you lou. has denounced the outcome as an ally for too and france is also questioning the result. for let's go to our correspondent libby auckland who joins us from the capital kinshasa livia there's been some disagreement over who won this vote what's the perception where you are. as you said it was surprising when such is the case it's very exciting for many people here that the opposition won a lot of people expect this could be this kind of should arrieta win. but before the election there was a lot of. a lot of information going around for you but one there's a group of catholic that repr

hello and welcome to quadriga did abuse international talk show coming to you from berlin i'm brian thomasbritain and its european partners are struggling right now to come up with some solutions after the parliamentary vote that inflicted the worst defeat in modern history upon a british prime minister by a surprisingly wide margin the commons rejected teresa mayes hard won but unpopular bracks a plan for leaving the european union.

this is due to reduce live from berlin and i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks so much for joining us have a great weekend terry martin's with you at the top the out by. on. her first day at school in the jungle. her first climbing lesson. from him doris grand moment arrives. join the arranging on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary tour of general regulating returns home on d w dot com a ring of tanks. came out of the. more. i don't know anyone who has such a fanatical love of music and so far not usually vince was economy. so for my good nor is it a human voice playing. just the idea that he's around everyone just plays better. and i'm grateful that we still have musicians like him today. when i am was wondering you're in one though jim show the whole me in this in the work. events that they said that you just. don't know order typical day is for me. i try to live three lives and point father teacher and performing artist those kids and i am already thank you so not. torture me with so many beautiful things that i will not know what to choose from. that wa

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us supporters of the opposition in the democratic republic of congo have been celebrating on the streets of the capital after their candidate felix katie was declared the winner of the presidential election election so if you katie was not expected to win but the electoral commission said it received thirty percent of the vote now with the constitutional court validates this result it will be the country's first democratic transfer of power since independence. in one thousand sixty but martin for you has to now see the result as an electoral. ok so what happens next let's bring in correspondent wendy bashi joining us from kinshasa good morning to you wendy what are people in congo saying is there the perception that this was a free and fair election. because it's for the first time i mean it's in the nation and is historically illustrating the gun shoots you mean is that the big announcement before shouting and crying thinking industries they are very very active and most of them say that you. really think that change for the first time they

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us united nations convoy has come under fire in yemen the incident taking place in the city of ho died or shortly after the u.n. security council approved an expansion of its mission seeing overseeing the cease fire there over convoy included the head. all of that mission the retired dutch general patrick campbell no one was hurt in the shooting start yet known who fired the shots now this port city has been under a fragile truce since mid december after fierce battles between who's the rebels and saudi backed government forces the warring parties have accused each other of truce violations but u.n. officials say the cease fire has largely held. for the very latest let's bring in nasser robbi he's a yemeni journalist joining us from the capital sana good morning and thanks for being with us on what more can you tell us about this incident. thank you very much intact and none none of the nothing you got until you lot of then you said because the most in both english you know about who was behind it again fire is not known and did know. ab

brian thomas thanks for being with us u.s. national security advisor john bolton could be facing a difficult day of diplomacy in turkey he's there to discuss the withdrawal of american troops from syria turkish president juan has hailed plans for a pullout as the right call and said turkey is the only country that can stabilize syria after america was drawn but kurds inside syria fear they will be attacked by turkey. syrian kurds here in communally northeastern syria are angry in december donald trump surprised everyone by announcing that the u.s. would pull out of syria and quickly that could leave the kurds vulnerable to attacks from turkey which sees some of them as terrorists the kurds have been fighting tooth and nail against islamic state alongside u.s. troops it's been a costly fight the kurds fear being abandoned by a u.s. withdrawal and so too do many of the u.s. allies in the region. enter john bolton u.s. national security adviser he's jetting around the middle east clarifying confusion putting out the fire the trum

i'm brian thomas great to have you with us venezuela is still in the grip of a bitter power struggle after opposition leader. tried to oust president nicolas maduro western countries are backing quite those bid for new elections but china russia and turkey are all supporting the durazo condemning the nation's ongoing protests. the turmoil in coup. backus has subsided for nigh but vehicles serve as a reminder of what happened here the day before so since to the streets to demonstrate against the government more than two dozen protesters were killed opposition leader why do declared himself caretaker president and bite and what he called a dictatorship before disappearing to an unknown location. while many western countries agree with quite a material his own international allies have thrown their weight behind his socialist government with megiddo acknowledging the backing of russian president vladimir putin all going up or your better russia gives its full support to the legitimate and constitutional government that i'm precise of his full support for peace and the integrity and sove

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us north korean leader kim jong un is in beijing for talks with china's president xi jinping this visit was announced . nearly simultaneously by north korean and chinese state media kim traveling to china in his armor to train under heavy security it's his fourth visit to beijing likely high on the agenda the negotiations currently underway for a second summit between kim and us president doll top. ok let's get the latest now with reuters correspondent josh smith joining us from seoul good morning josh this is a kim's unprecedented fourth meeting we see in just a year now how does this latest visit fit in with the preparations for kim's expected second somma with donald trump where last year kim of course went to beijing for his first international visit ever as leader of north korea and that came about a month before kim kicked off a flurry of the clomid sea which included meetings with south korea's president as well as u.s. president donald trump and so based on the pattern that we saw last year many of the rich are expecting that this vis

hello and welcome to quadriga international talk show coming to you from berlin i'm brian thomas britainand its european partners are struggling right now to come up with some solutions after the parliamentary vote that inflicted the worst defeat in modern history upon a british prime minister by a surprisingly wide margin the commons rejected teresa mayes hard won but unpopular bracks a plan for leaving the european.

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us president trump has visited the u.s. border with mexico to press his case for a wall to prevent immigrants from entering the country illegally the president said he was thinking about bypassing congress in the clearing a national emergency to secure funding for the border barrier or a phenomenon has also been at the border and sent us this report from maccallum texas. true. they backed off trump and wants him to build the border wall. they don't opponents and supporters of the u.s. president facing each other in mccalla while waiting for his arrival was going to greece and italy and i think it's very important that we secure our borders is absolutely important and it's necessary for my children for their safety i was just at state for all the positive he was asking but the support of the peoples of all the exposure to fix our country sponsored. church members of the same community but deeply divided a couple little store temper the police had to intervene meanwhile president lamb was given a tour along the rio grande day