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britain, france and germany will decide on huawei and 5g in the coming weeks.ing in woodlands in the us for two days over the weekend. well, they've been found safe and well. 8—year—old leia and 5—year—old caroline were discovered huddled under a bush, having survived drinking water from huckleberry leaves and eating cereal bars they had brought with them. it was starting to drizzle so i know we had to have iron shelter fast. —— had to find shelter fast. we forgot that no—one should pass that margaret, so we wanted a little more, i said to go a little further. sign language interpreter: we found shelter close to the ground, and we had my sister's green jacket. we turned it sideways, so each of us had an armhole to stick our arms into. they did the right thing. they might have wandered off, but they stuck together and they pulled themselves through. they saved each other. they done good! a rare black leopard has been spotted in a tiger reserve in india. they believe this animal is about five years old. the black pigment is caused in the animal had an increased a

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with about three weeks to go until the deadline the prime minister made a last minute trip to britain france for talks with european commission president john claude younker there she clinched changes to her plan lawmakers are due to vote on them later today of london. well european commission president john claude younger agreed to the changes during the strasburg meeting but warned that there would be no third chance the main change may secured concerned the future of the border for northern ireland the so-called backstop. see to guarantee that there will never be. this absolutely right on this the u.k. solid commitments in the belfast good friday agreement but if we ever have to use that insurance policy it cannot become a permanent arrangement i just know the template for our future relationship. the deal that m.p.'s voted on in january was not strong enough to make that clear and legally binding changes we needed to set that right today we have agreed to the. and joining us now from london is dean of hughes bagot moss and max hawkins covering events for us in strasburg welcome to both o

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so far, britain, france and germany have taken a hard line with their citizens, citing the risks of repatriatee camp, and a sharperfocus on the plight of young children there, could make that position harder to defend. bassam barabandi is a former syrian diplomat and co—founder of people demand change. it's involved with conflict mediation and rebuilding civil society structures in syria. they've also been working with international governments to provide humanitarian aid. i asked him what the situation was like on the ground. the camps used to be, before ten or 15 days before now, they were full of people. remember that the fight to defeat isis has been going for quite sometime now and all the internally displaced people are moving to these camps, 40,000 syrian idps in the last two weeks. since they are cleaning out the last pockets of this terrorist organisation, the number has almost doubled. the issue is that they need everything. everything you can imagine, they need. the united nations and the international red crescent are doing their best, but the challenges are large, the numbers are

a giraffe trailing to france that was a shade too close for many in britain to. eel a lot of garlic from france infections from drinking too much red wine sick sexual behavior from god knows what else we were afraid of everything european appears. today more than ten million people travel by train through the tunnel annually it has brought britain and mainland europe closer together despite all kinds of resistance. but anyone who wants to board a train to the continent still has to show their passport. name while on the european mainland borders between most e.u. countries were opened in march one thousand nine hundred five here passport checks became i think the past when the schengen treaty came into effect. they found a change in the city now the british didn't want to join in another project that was close to european hearts introducing the common currency the euro the british pound remained a symbol of the nation's independence. on may first two thousand for ten more. joined the european union. britain became one of the first countries to push to have its lab

so far, britain, france and germany have taken a hard line with their citizens, citing the risks of repatriatingwhichjournalists have made the trip to al—hol and a sharper focus on the plight of young children there, could make that position harder to defend. jon ironmonger, bbc news. a man has arrived at court, charged with the murder of 17—year—old jodie chesney. jodie was stabbed in a park in east london last friday. 20—year—old manuel petrovic was arrested in leicester on tuesday. another man, who was also arrested, remains in custody. a 15—year—old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenager who was stabbed to death in west london. ayub hassan, aged 17, was found with stab wounds to the chest in lanfrey place, west kensington, on thursday and died in hospital. scotland yard said the 15—year—old boy was due to appear at westminster magistrates‘ court later. we're just weeks away from the uk's departure from the eu, but both sides are still struggling to agree on changes to the prime minister's brexit deal, because of mps‘ objections to the irish backstop. yesterday, the eu's chief neg

since the norman conquest in the eleventh century the peoples of britain and france have had a difficultrelationship with each other. due course no confirmed for many british the widespread cliche of french arrogance . yet at the same time they view trance as the land of pleasure and fine cooking. the business knife as it were a bit envious of the french of how they look how they live the flesh that they have in their lives. they move like the french but a man would never of an evening leave his lady alone with a frenchman a bottle of wine. we don't trust them perfectly. because the tell put an end to britain's joining because in the e.c. all decisions had to be made unanimously a few days later prime minister macmillan appeared in front of the cameras in london. what i have wondered brussels yesterday was bad bad for us bad for your book bad for the whole free world a great opportunity had been missed mcmillian saddle britain asked again to join in nine hundred sixty seven again france answered no but the british stubbornly refused to give up and began looking for allies in europe that

britain and the continent. prime minister harold macmillan even went to france to visit president charles to go and campaign for membership. four weeks later to go answered at a press conference. we know today on a very. britain is an island it is merry time with its nature structure and economic situation different fundamentally from those of the countries located on the continent leading these conditions are undoubtedly incompatible with the system that the six countries have developed. among themselves. you'll know born them. since the norman conquest in the eleventh century the peoples of britain and france have had a difficult relationship with each other. no confirmed for many british the widespread cliche of french arrogance. yet at the same time they view france as the land of pleasure and fine cooking. the business knife as it were a bit envious of the french of how they look how they live the flesh that they have in their lives. in laden. like the french but a man would never of an evening leave his lady alone with a frenchman a bottle of wine. we don't trust the difficult. because vito put an end to

britain, france, issuing various statements, calling for calm but also recognizing india's quote/unquote right to defend itself against a potential terrorist attacks. >> that is, of course the doctrine of pre emshurngs perhaps most recently in the invasion of iraq. nonetheless, a new attitude struck by india. very different from the past when following, for example the mumbai massacre of 2008, 164 people killed. the indians tied the killers there to operations inside pakistan to terror groups, resisted caution in the military to attack. in this occasion and in the future, prime minister mody? an election year one should note is committing india with interest as he puts it if there are future attacks either tore pakistan or groups within the pakistani controlled territories. they also say the return of their pilot was shot down in a dog fight a few days ago in pakistani controlled cash merri territory was they're not particularly grateful, they're simply saying that was under the geneva convention. a different attitude to the more consilltory voice from the pakistani future. it's in a sen

when the idea became reality britain looked on politely from the sidelines not france and germany pushedfor the establishment of the european coal and steel community in which six european countries would cooperate in producing these commodities in a memorable decision after centuries of national rivalry the people of europe finally reached out to one another oh oh. our greatest task now is that europe must be created a. german chancellor a comet and an alum was one of the first to recognize the significance britain could have for european unity. back then he found this wonderful word or he said he would like to see britain play a role in europe and then listen to the rest of the quote so that we won't be on our own with the more or less hysterical french. that was out in our in the autumn of fifty three no politician in europe would dare to speak so openly today. in march of one nine hundred fifty seven the people of europe were looking to rome this expression center tips from germany france italy belgium luxembourg and the netherlands met there to found the european economic community

britain and france and other countries and let's recall that the so—called islamic state is responsibleapitations and all kinds of things. i think that actually gets lost in the shuffle. let's look at the times, which is picking up on the verdict on the pilot of the shoring air crash and anguish for the death of the families as a pilot is cleared. we heard some pretty emotional reactions from them outside the court. seeing these really set interviews people who live close to the disaster. i suspect this is one of the stories people will be talking about in coffee shops and over breakfast tables this morning because this man has been cleared. we will now have an inquest. people will continue to ask questions about this and also what is the future of similar shows? because the man suffered what was called cognitive impairment during the stunt. are they then deemed it safe? is that what generally happens when people execute these loops through the air? she would be allowing them near a built up areas? i think a great many questions will be asked about this. 0ne questions will be asked abou

britain, france, israel invade egypt. should the united states join in and overthrow them? the strong man that eisenhower was said it's an outrageous violation of international law and put pressure on the french and british to get out. and again when the soviets put pressure on the divided city of berlin, eisenhower resorted to diplomacy rather than sabre rattling. he invited nikita crush hove to come to the united states and they had a rip roaring good time. at least khrushchev did, traveling the united states. that was the thing, resort to diplomacy first to avoid war. mind you, eisenhower was no dove on defense system. he spent huge sums to build up our defense base. in the eisenhower years, the united states spent on average 10% of its g.d.p. on defense in the 1950's. today we're at about 3.3%. obviously the size of the economy is very different baugh huge sum on investing in defense. the man who did so much to alert us to the dangerous of the military industrial complex did a lot to build that complex. the u.s. nuclear arsenal soared from just over a few hundred weapon

colonial era loss weren't written to protect democracy but to limit dissent when countries like britain france and belgium established the african colonies in the late nineteenth century the new colonial administrations expected journalists who were almost exclusively white and mostly compliant to highlight the achievements of government perpetuating the notion of african dependence on colonial rule they also want to be opponents silenced and a legal framework was created for that. the will to colonize ation process began in the late one nine hundred fifty s. and african governments started coming into power securing independence was the priority not media freedom and the new leaders saw value in the laws that they inherited what happened after independence. when our black lead us to go over before they were calling for a free media but after they changed they decided to use the strategy that was used by the koran yet they are colonial masters and there was a reason for that why because the nation building projects the forcing of people to now identify themselves as it says zambia in stocks no

eu trying to convince britain, germany, franc sanctions. >> all right. scott, thanks. the city of sacramento more than possible protests from the stephon clark death there. two officers there would not be charged in his death, da making that decision. >> attorney general state of california decided no charges would be filed either. stephon clark's mother talked about that decision with miguel almageur. >> reporter: protests erupting overnight at city hall, the family of stephon clark is demanding justice. >> show me your hands. gun, gun, gun! >> shot and killed by police last year. his death captured on thero by officers, wearing body cameras and from above by a police helicopter. the shooting, legally justified, says camera's attorney general, clark's mother speaking exclusively to nbc news. >> it's so hard to be reminded that i'm a black citizen in america and that means absolutely nothing. >> reporter: after reviewing police footage and conducting interviews the 11-month investigation is now over by the state ag. two officers who fired 20 shots and said they feared

. >> russia, germany, britain. >> france. >> italy. >> india. >> gotten all kinds of -- >> we're seeingwe don't even know. >> reporter: we sat down with seven of the nine moms to be who were still processing the attention that brittany's photo brought their way. >> there's probably been a few people who have said to you is there something in the water here? is that getting old? [ laughter ] >> you still laugh so that's good. lonny, i hear reality shows has been calling. what would you think about a reality show for your guys? >> um, i'm not sure the world's ready for that. otherwise my life is really boring. so i'm not sure how exciting it would be. >> how many of you, this is your first baby. so three new moms. the rest of you can offer a little advice or not, depending on what they want, right? does anybody know what they're having? yes. >> yes. >> how many boys? how many girls? are you guys making plans for play groups after, you know, arranging marriages? definitely. i mean, i'm one of the only known girls in this group, so she'll have a lot of boys to choose from should she choose

recommitted to keeping some troops we don't know how much in north syria and they're looking to both britain and france to keep their troops in as well now britain and france said we're not going to keep our troops in of america's withdrawing and so it's very possible that america will not withdraw its troops any time soon and that could mean that we're seeing a divided syria for some time into the future with amanda thank you as always for your time your expertise on life that social and us live and no one on climate thank you pleasure. now facebook now i've got a story for you about sexism and sports and how views are being changed in india also we'll be live in london for the latest on breakfast promise which reason why pushes them pace to accept what the e.u. . hello if we're lucky maybe the last winter storm is just developing of the flatlands of eastern iraq since circulation it brought a bit of rain to no one in syria northern iraq will bring a lot more to iran and of course with snow at some height you might even see some in the capital we end up on saturday about thirty degrees in tehran follo

manufacturer is under growing pressure over safety concerns of its seven three seven max eight jet france britain and norway are among the latest countries to ban the plane from space. and the families of some of those killed have visited the site for the first time the boeing seven three seven came down in shortly after take off on sunday it was bound for nairobi in kenya flying out of. live pictures here as u.s. backed kurdish forces resume their campaign on the last ice along in eastern syria earlier the syrian democratic forces said they killed thirty eight fighters but there are an estimated five hundred left in the village of. the operation intensified after a brief pause which was to allow civilians to leave. protesters in algeria back on the streets despite president out the lizzie's with his decision to not run for reelection but also delayed next month's vote and announced a national conference to oversee a new constitution and british police say they are aware a group calling itself the irish republican army of the ira is claiming responsibility for five parcel bombs last week media in

war broke out between britain and france.red france and the party of hamilton favor britain. there weren't formal parties back then but they became settled. while what happened? president, george washington wanted to remain neutral. he told his cabinet, we are neutral, we are not getting involved in this. it really serves in many respects as as a spy for the british, to inform the british and what the president of the united states was thinking on his diplomatic plans. he undermined the secretary of state, thomas jefferson, who decided to resign he was so furious about it. and, if they gave one to hamilton, they might as well give one to trump. >> first of all, we've known each other for so many years. this is why we call you the great one. the history lesson is really important. donna care. you talk about america being of post-constitutional. it's great to have this perspective and it's taken a long time to peel back the layers of this onion. you've got loretta lynch on tarmac. you we are taking orders from, you are right, o

extended its arms sales ban on saudi arabia despite pressure from european partners such as britain and france the german foreign minister said the ban will continue until the end of the month to evaluate saudi arabia's military involvement in yemen the restrictions were imposed after the murder of saudi journalist. strikes by airport workers have grounded flights at nairobi's german kinetic port right police were also deployed to disperse protesting workers the country's aviation workers' union is locked in a dispute with kenya airways over contracts and job security replacement staff have been drafted in to screen passengers and luggage the european commission has declared the migration crisis over at the height of europe's refugee crisis and twenty fifteen tens of thousands of people arrived on your shores every month but that number is now down nearly ninety percent france to months the european commission's first vice president says while the crisis may be over structural problems still remain to stay with us and i was there next it's the stream when you talked about thanks for watching.

find common rules otherwise such projects could take place without germany in the future will britain and france have already urged germany to exempt big defense projects from the moratorium or risk damaging its commercial credibility that is partially because top british defense firm be a systems could suffer as the result of german sales suspension a saudi arabia has been involved in yemen for around three years now and the country has become one of the largest arms importers in the world most of the weapons saudi arabia purchases come from britain and the united states german arms sales to the country had been steadily growing until they were frozen late last year all the while the saudi led campaign in yemen has led it to being a branded the worst humanitarian crisis since the second world war saudi officials insist though that they do investigate all reports of civilian casualties. we heard from martin dolts or who is a member of the state parliament he suspects elements of the coalition are trying to circumvent rules on weapons sales. drew this is the international cooperation colonel at t

troops in britain or france who face unprecedented violence led by armed groups in neighboring mali now the attackers threaten areas just hours away from the capital work to do. the troops are already fighting in mali as part of a un peacekeeping mission there are already overstretched ill equipped. our first mission is descending because we can contribute to international mission yes but all first mission is to distant countries but the threat comes from within monday was a preacher from the northern region of the who joined. an armed group based in mali calling on people back home to rise up against their government was killed in an airstrike in two thousand and seventeen attacks targeting both civilians and the state are intensifying tearing communities apart so want to go ross mind in our duty co no relation to muslim jiko have lived side by side russ monies from the mostly tribe from the poll community in january most people attacked their poll neighbors with machetes and guns after mostly mayor was a gunned down in an attack near by the mali and border. they burnt out of a lives o

well both britain and france have already urged germany to exempt big defense projects from the moratorium or risk damaging its commercial credibility partially because top british defense for systems could suffer as a result of the suspension of those german sales saudi arabia has been involved in the war in yemen for around three years now the country's become one of the world's one of the largest arms importers in the world most of the weapons saudi arabia purchases come from britain or the united states german arms sales of the country have been steadily growing that they were frozen partially last year all the while though the saudi led campaign in yemen has led it to being branded the worst humanitarian crisis since the second world war saudi officials insist they investigate all reports of civilian casualties. i was spoke earlier to martin who's an m.p. and state parliament he suspects elements of the coalition are inflating reasons just to secure weapons exports. drew this is the international cooperation from congo that the conservatives they want to go roam the restraint to if ge

self-imposed ban on selling arms to riyadh was introduced in october last year and affected britain and france which both need german parts to develop their weapons germany's decision to hold sales was in response to the death of a saudi dissident journalist jamal khashoggi allegedly killed by saudi arabia and the burkle is urging a compromise be found but she's facing pressure from her coalition partners and stricter regulations. we heard from a member of the left party in germany who believes chancellor merkel is trying to keep up traditions. i'm going to marcus ponty it's a matter of historical record that it's in the back of. us who have paid for election pain so that is the interest that she is representing as chancellor if you look at conflicts in mexico where patel's are using german small weapons especially and if you look at the sonic state in the area and. iraq and syria using german small weapons germany lost ostrich than those of france and england and she wants to weaken those lost she wants to weaken the regulation so that german companies can export arms all over the world even

is extended arms sales a ban on saudi arabia despite pressure from european partners such as britain and france the german foreign minister said the ban will continue until the end of the month to evaluate saudi arabia's military involvement in yemen restrictions were imposed after the murder of saudi jealous jamal khashoggi who brennan has the story . there had already been enormous international concern over the tens of thousands of civilian deaths caused by saudi led coalition air strikes in yemen since twenty fifteen. and when saudi agents murdered the journalist in istanbul last october germany finally cried halt temporarily freezing existing arms deals and banning any new weapons contracts with the kingdom yet it offers act of defiance and it's often said that it is a dilemma between morals and rail politic i think that's wrong the german government has had political principle since the year two thousand which say that we do not exporting countries in gauged in war zones. germany was not alone in its concerns last september spain cancel the sale of four hundred laser guided bombs to saudi

extended its arms sales ban on saudi arabia despite pressure from european partners such as britain and france the german foreign minister said the ban will continue until the end of the month to evaluate saudi arabia's military involvement in yemen and the restrictions were imposed after the merger saudi journalist. paul brennan has the story. there had already been enormous international concern over the tens of thousands of civilian deaths caused by saudi led coalition air strikes in yemen since twenty fifteen. and when saudi agents murdered the journalist in istanbul last october germany finally cried halt temporarily freezing existing arms deals and banning any new weapons contracts with the kingdom yet it often zakhar the finances and it's often said that it is a dilemma between morals and rail politic i think that's wrong the german government has had political principles since the year two thousand which say that we do not exporting countries in gauged in war zones. germany was not alone in its concerns last september spain council the sale of four hundred laser guided bombs to saudi a

extended its arms sales ban on saudi arabia despite pressure from european partners such as britain and france the german foreign minister said the ban will continue until the end of the month to evaluate saudi arabia's military involvement in yemen a religious school run by joshi mohammed in northeastern pakistan appears to be intact six days off to india said it destroyed the compound in an air raid that's according to satellite pictures from a private u.s. company reviewed by the russia's news agency the indian government said its air strikes hit all intended targets and killed a large number of fighters pakistan says the bombs hit a forested area and did not cause any casualties the european commission has declared the migration crisis over at the height of europe's refugee crisis in twenty fifteen tens of thousands of people arrived on europe's shores every month but that number is now down nearly ninety percent france to mcmahon's the european commission's first vice president says despite that the crisis might be over structural problems remain within europe and there is the headline st

of britain and france have already urged germany to exempt big defense projects from the moratorium or risk damaging its commercial credibility that is partially because top british defense firm be east systems could suffer as a result of the german seal's suspension asserting eurabia has been involved in yemen for around three years now the country has become one of the largest arms importers in the world most of the weapons saudi arabia purchases comes from britain on the u.s. german arms sales to the country had been steadily growing on that were frozen late last year no all the while the saudi led campaign in yemen has led to being branded the worst humanitarian crisis since the second world war so he officials insist they investigate all reports of civilian casualties. ok well let's go live now to martin donor who's an m.p. and hamburg state parliament for the left part martin good to have you on the program why do you think the conservatives are trying to reinstate the arms sale is it just that by the cash and a lot of it on the table. i think we're going first through this the i

european partners might be halted by our strict rules and berlin has been taking fire from britain and france both have pressed the german government to lift the export ban the german coalition government has now given itself three weeks to find a compromise. you're watching the news coming to you live from berlin still to come will have topped the bundesliga table most of the season but in the champions league there were no match for premier tottenham striker harry came and cove beach bird was here for the second time in two weeks on tuesday. but. the world's biggest companies are going electric at the geneva motor show currently underway in switzerland they're ruling out electric us to meet tough for european limits on greenhouse gas emissions that will go into effect in a year's time we take a look. the audi q four each trans world premiere an electric car industry tearing an image shattered by the diesel emissions scandal the english based company has been hemorrhaging customers to rivals b.m.w. and. he's a new c.e.o. schultz is giving top priority to electro mobility the q four goes on s

extended its arms sales ban on saudi arabia despite pressure from european partners such as britain and france the german foreign minister said the ban will continue until the end of the month to evaluate saudi arabia's military involvement in yemen the restrictions were imposed after the murder of saudi journalist. paul brennan has a story. huh there had already been enormous international concern over the tens of thousands of civilian deaths caused by saudi led coalition air strikes in yemen since twenty fifteen. and when saudi agents murdered the journalist in istanbul last october germany finally cried halt temporarily freezing existing arms deals and banning any new weapons contracts with the kingdom yet it of zakhar refunds it's often said that it is a dilemma between morals and rail politic i think that's wrong the german government has had political principle since the year two thousand which say that we do not exporting countries in gauged in war zones. germany was not alone in its concerns last september spain counsel the sale of four hundred laser guided bombs to saudi arabia but un

has extended an arms sales by saudi arabia despite pressure from european partners such as britain and france the german foreign minister says the ban will continue until the end of the month to evaluate saudi arabia's military involvement in the yemen restrictions were imposed after the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi o'brien has the story. there had already been enormous international concern over the tens of thousands of civilian deaths caused by saudi led coalition air strikes in yemen since twenty fifteen. and when saudi agents murdered the journalist in istanbul last october germany finally cried halt temporarily freezing existing arms deals and banning any new weapons contracts with the kingdom yet it offers actors the finances and it's often said that it is a dilemma between morals and rail politic i think that's wrong the german government has had political principle since the year two thousand which say that we do not exporting countries in gauged in war zones. germany was not alone in its concerns last september spain cancel the sale of four hundred laser guided bombs to

the western zones by the united states, great britain and france.ut the capital of germany, berlin, was buried deep inside the soviet zone. and so when tensions between the united states and the soviet union became too great, the soviet union blockaded berlin. and so the question for harry truman was, what do we do? do we relinquish berlin? do we send in military forces, potentially starting world war iii? you know, what is our solution? that was to institute an air lift, providing supplies into berlin from the air. and once this got started, it turned out to be quite successful. and it really expanded. and at one point, on a daily basis, almost 600 -- 594 planes each day flew supplies into berlin to keep the city going. and they would not only air-lift in food and fuel. now, the air lift went on for well over a year, but the soviet union eventually backed down and reopened the access to berlin. this exhibit is about truman's decision to recognize the state of israel in june of 1948. coming out of world war ii, there were many displaced persons thro