now, they say it is brussels. that is why i am happy to hear from it is brussels.y want to be more active in european politics. to have stronger ownership for what is being decided in brussels, and to come back home and say look, people, this was our decision. this is not anyone from outside. just a quick point on brexit, before we quickly get on the other matters. theresa may, the prime minister in britain, appears adamant that written will not be a member of the customs union post the exit, will not be a part of the single european market, but does wa nt the single european market, but does want a very favourable trade deal. now, for you, do you think it would be dangerous to give britain that sort of favourable trade deal, because it might encourage others to look at the exit door? we are seeking for a balanced approach. the obligations and the rights and privileges. so we do not want any privileges. so we do not want any privileges four countries including the uk. no special privileges for the uk. no special privileges for the uk? will be a matter of negotiatio

sally dislodge a french citizen born in brussels in september one thousand nine hundred eighty nine one of the main questions at his trial was whether he played a major role in planning and executing the attacks or was he merely a low level follower. was arrested after four months on the run the charges against him are related to a shootout with the belgian police senses arrest he has said nothing his lawyer it's been mary describes him as a small time criminal who's too stupid to plan a conspiracy in one interview mary said i just love has quote the intelligence of an empty ashtray. just loves family has also tried to reinforce this line of defense one of his brothers for instance says the slum lost his nerve and intentionally failed to set off the suicide vest he was wearing their terror experts say it's all part of a deliberate defense strategy that. observers expect salaams lawyers to do everything possible to cultivate the idea that he was a small fish the success of this strategy could influence his trial in the paris terrorist attacks. to be corresponding teri schultz is followin

is teri schultz there reporting from brussels now. cambridge gave birth to a baby boy this morning kate's third child with her husband prince william and earlier the seething fans caught the treat they so eagerly waiting for kate william and appearing outside some mary's hospital in central london the queen's sixth great grandchild is fifth in line to the throne that's off to prince charles off to his father and off to his siblings george and charlotte his name by the way has not been released yet. that's wild news updates for now join us again the top of the hour you're watching the news stay with us if you can. there's no. way. you know the banks scream. and so was the language of the bank. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for my.

but can it make any difference we'll be putting that to our correspondent in brussels. as president donald trump owes his first ever state visit for french president among all mccall we asked the french people in washington what they expect from the two leaders rendezvous. i've brian thomas thanks so much for being with us so police at this hour are investigating the motive of a man who plowed a van into pedestrians ten people were killed on a busy street in the city center at least sixteen others were injured the suspect fled the scene but was arrested later after a standoff with police officers. the onslaught started as crowds emerged for their lunch break a white rental van mounted the sidewalk and drove at high speed into pedestrians leaving a trail of destruction. the rampage stretched for almost two kilometers witnesses described scenes of carnage. he just went on the sidewalk he just started shooting everybody man he had every single person on the sidewalk anybody in israel you would hit the bus stop everything was shattered one by one one by one holy god i've ne

has been following the case and sent us this update from outside the courthouse in brussels. this conviction and twenty year prison sentence for attempted terrorist murder won't have much of an impact on sol up to songs life in the near term if ever because of course he's facing much more serious charges related to the paris attacks of november two thousand and fifteen where one hundred twenty nine people were killed but what this trial has done has given us more insight into who is and what he believes because he had an outburst here on the first day of the trial it was he said that he believes muslims are always discriminated against that he doesn't even recognize the mandate of the court and he said he put his he put his faith in all his hands not the judges and so while the defense was trying to portray him as too stupid to have taken part in a complicated terror plots like the ones in paris and in brussels he proved himself to be both articulate and angry so we'll see if that plays any role in his defense's strategy heading into the paris trial. so the aftermath of. this

in brussels before. being held in france awaiting trial for his role in the us. this is the interview news live from i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks for being with. information. to express. facebook and twitter to date and in touch.

today relates to the time after the paris attack but before his arrest when he was hiding out in brussels the court handed down the maximum sentence of twenty hears in prison let's go straight to the courthouse in brussels where did you correspondent teri schultz is standing by so terry take us through what was said in court today. the judge had an eighty eight page verdict which she read out and important in this was to establish that this was a terrorist crime he was convicted of attempted terrorist murder so the judge went through items like finding islamic state propaganda in the safe house where the shootout took place she also talked about the amount of support that cell of this lawman sophia and i really had written had received from the terror cell that was known to have been operating in belgium at the time the one that committed the paris attacks and the brussels attacks later so that component was proven through these details she also seemed to cast doubt on the defense's claims that this lawn was stupid and also that he had no intention to commit murder she said the number of

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attacks later all right terry shell's reporting from brussels many thanks indeed. some sports news now and in tennis at the monte carlo masters rafael nadal added two records to his already long list on sunday by beating kind of cory in the final his victory in the final of the first clay court term end of the season marked his thirty first title in the prestigious masters series that's more than any other player and she florrie never stood a chance as a doll store to his eleventh win in monte carlo also a record for the stand. the second leg of the air race world championship took to the skies over a can in the south of france this weekend is the first time the event has taken place in france and fans on the ground were treated to an all inspiring spectacle pilots maneuver their way through gates at death defying speeds of over four hundred kilometers per hour australian pilot matt hall came out on top with a time of fifty seven point seven seconds. pretty remarkable stuff there don't forget you can always get the w. news on the go just download our app from googl

after four months on the run up to slum was arrested in brussels in march twenty sixth seen following the shootout with belgian police for which he's been sentenced today i his role in planning and executing the paris attacks is not yet clear it's only at the much bigger trial set to take place in france at a later date that prosecutors will judge whether abt islam was one of the masterminds or just a low level follower. my colleague gary schultz has been following that case for she sent us this update from just outside the courthouse in brussels. this conviction and twenty year prison sentence for attempted terrorist murder won't have much of an impact on solid disarms life in the near term if ever because of course he's facing much more serious charges related to the paris attacks of november two thousand and fifteen where one hundred twenty nine people were killed but what this trial has done has given us more insight into who is and what he believes because he had an outburst here on the first day of the trial it was he said that he believes muslims are always discriminated agains

after four months on the run up to slum was arrested in brussels in march twenty sixth seen following the shootout with police for which he's been sentenced today i his role in planning and executing the paris attacks is not yet clear it's only at the much bigger trial set to take place in france at a later date that prosecutors will judge whether abt islam was one of the masterminds or just a low level follower. ok let's go to brussels now and get more on this from didn't use teri schultz who's been following this trial for us terry at the slate was convicted of quote attempted terrorist what does that mean exactly break it down for us. the judge wanted to prove the terrorist links between cell of the slum and his codefendant so he and i are very and much of what we already know about this law would seem to have proved that point he was after all one of the attempted murders in paris and simply didn't set off a suicide vest because it malfunctioned his family later tried to say that he'd had a change of heart but even though we knew this this needed to be proven in court now and the

ok let's go to brussels now and get more on this from to the news teri schultz who's been following this trial for us terry of the sun was convicted. quote attempted terrorist what does that mean exactly break it down for us. the judge wanted to prove the terrorist links between cell of the slum and his codefendant sophie and i agree and much of what we already know about which would seem to have proved that point he was after all one of the attempted murders in paris and simply didn't set off his suicide vest because it malfunctioned his family later tried to say that he'd had a change of heart but even though we knew this this needed to be proven in court now and the judge said that d.n.a. evidence taken from the safe house where the two men had fled made it clear that they had been there there was islamic state paraphernalia in the house and they of course were carrying heavy weaponry after kalashnikovs had been shot at the police wounding three of them now it was true that nobody had seen. fire weapons on the police and the two defendants said that it was the third man who'd been kil

and a correspondent barbara vessel is standing by with the view from brussels so barbara we know that viktor orban he has been on this collision course with the e.u. for quite some time campaigning to end brussels migrate resettlement program given that are we likely to see pressure from the e.u. to change or bonds course going forward. now that you would like to change your buns chorus for instance but which instruments does it have seriously if you look at the official statement after his election victory today it is true because brussels reminds oregon that the european union is a union of values and that all member countries are obliged to defend these values so that is a sort of appeal and to sort of friend mind organ that he really can't stray too far from the rules but of course he will feel full and as now a lot of right wing populist movements in europe do feel emboldened. and killed will those from the netherlands and of course the german a very quick was there kong regulations on the other hand you see a certain amount of dismay in the circles of social democrats and greens

that's right and this case here in brussels is linked to this police shootout. and his codefendant sophia and i hearing now that took place in march twenty sixth seen here in brussels and at the time was one of was well i should say he was europe's most wanted man he was on the run off to the paris attacks which took place in november twenty fifth now at the moment i will learn about this verdict from his cell he is in a jail in france a high security prison and he's on twenty four hour watch in solitary confinement and he is there until the trial into the paris attacks which is expected to take place next year in twenty nineteen now so far i've disarm has refused to answer any questions when he has been interrogated by french investigators will be interesting to see now if that changes but judging from his attitude when he was in the belgian court in february of this trial it would not be surprising if he wished to remain silent going forward so just to sum up for us and what happens to him and his kohak used over the coming year or two. also given his kohak he

court in brussels was sentenced to twenty fifteen attacks suspects salaam to twenty years in prison for his role in a gunfight which led to his arrest. south korea says it stopped propaganda broadcasts across its border with the north ahead of this week's into korean summit so says it wants to create a peaceful atmosphere before the talks between the koreas which of the first in a decade kathy novak has the details from seoul. for more than two years south korea has used loudspeakers at the border to play messages about democracy news and even k. pop music into north korea the propaganda campaign has angered the government of kim jong un which tightly controls the information it allows its citizens to access north korean soldiers have even shot at the speakers in the past south korea has used them on and off after south korean soldiers were injured in a landmine incident at the border in twenty fifteen and again in twenty sixteen after north korea's fourth nuclear test well now in the latest sign of easing tensions south korea says it will stop broadcasting propaganda into north korea a

mathes in brussels thank you now earlier president trump said the joint strikes were in response to last week's alleged gas attack in the syrian town of duma which left dozens of civilians dead and sells began hitting targets in or around the city of damascus and homs within minutes of his announcement. he sells launched would syria from a u.s. navy ship part of a wave of strikes by the u.s. backed by french and british forces as. they were aiming to bomb targets related to syria's chemical weapons program in the capital damascus and in the western city of homs. syria state t.v. broadcast footage of the building it said was a research center hit by a mistrial the joint military action came a week after a gas attack on civilians which was thought to have been carried out by the forces of syrian president bashar assad. we are prepared to sustain this response until the syrian regime stops or choose of prohibited chemical agents i also have a message tonight for the two governments most responsible for supporting equipping and financing the criminal assad regime to iran and to russia i ask

pro migrant n.g.o.s our brussels respond to a moves in that direction.well i believe that the european parliament on thursday will debate a report on the state of democracy in hungary and of course we all know that the state of democracy is not good at all in hungary some people even speak of this election it not having been fair given the fact that critical media have been muffled or even shut down over the last couple of years so the parliament will retain its particular stance the european commission will probably also chime in although with more moderate tones the big question the really big question is how will the council react when member states position themselves because of course it is absolutely crucial that the member states of the european union tell victor all one that he cannot continue down his author a tarion path that's the people he listens to ok but there is a split among those member states isn't there or bonn has a lot of support from allies in poland for example in slovakia the czech republic or are we seeing a split inside the eur

dave keating reporting from brussels.nch president emmanuel macron is kicking off a three-day trip to the u.s. today. he is expected to be hosted in style with the first official state dinner in the u.s. since donald trump took office. this will be a mostly symbolic trip for the business minded leaders. macron did not shy away from talking about the big issues that divide the men, including the iran nuclear deal. here to talk more about this visit with me now is our white house correspondent. this is a big day for the french president. of pomp and circumstance coming his way. it is a big deal for the u.s. president. it is the first state dinner his white house has organized. the french president spending two days with the american president who is so unpopular in europe. the first thing they will do when they arrivive today is go o the white house for a less official rating. -- greeting. the statate visit is t the next. they will be heading to melt themount vernon, original home of george washington, the first u.s. presid

against twenty years for his role in the police shootout that led to his arrest in brussels. to switch off the giants. music news of propaganda to the north signaling a change of ahead of friday's historic summit between the two koreas. and it's a boy for britain's royal dutch the cambridge giving birth to her third child prince william bringing up thanks correspondent in the. welcome to the program i mean yes prime minister. has resigned following eleven days of mass protests against him and a statement posted on live he referred to the opposition leader where he said he called bush right but he was wrong protesters accused of trying to stay in power for life and today they were joined by groups of soldiers and. over the weekend his arrested more than two hundred people including nicole passion yeah he was released today. let's get more from the independent research or not i guess seth area in the welcome to how people reacting to this news. well i'm going to speak even as we speak there is a massive rally going on in the square in central europe following the announcement t

the visit by the president of the european commission encourages the belief that brussels is taking their accession and bishan seriously. also has high hopes for the tour but what promises can he make his hosts. and will he disappoint them. i. look at his notes. puts the finishing touches on his speech to the bosnian parliament. it's a crucial one. remains one of the region's most trouble states. and your message is not all positive. because a rival in sarajevo is friendly and. mr. affable warm media savvy younger is nothing if not charming he's been in politics for nearly forty years and his experience is an asset on trips like this one younker is keen to nurture the balkan countries access. and encourage them to implement reforms. bosnia is pinning its hopes on accession so there's a lot of potential for disappointment. in the. but john thought the younger knows how to coach his message in positive terms. of all to hear. i'm here to speak he was equals stiff today i don't want anyone to see me as the strict uncle from brussels coming here to tell you how to behave the motion as i know t

and correspondent standing by now with the view from brussels so barbara we know that viktor orban haseen on a collision course with the e.u. for quite some time campaigning to end and enter brussels migrant resettlement program what is this victory how is it likely to be received there. that really very much depends on where you look actually and whom you listen to what it does show is of course that there is a deep political child running through europe particularly through western europe and eastern countries now of course the reactions from poland for instance. more or less jubilant viktor orban shows the way to go. with regard to reforms says the polish prime minister for instance and also the right wing populous in europe like the builders and others feel bolder and they sent their come get. on the other hand if you look for instance to luxembourg. draw a suborn he says that viktor orban shows that choom or is destroying european values values in the e.u. and that something needs to be done against that so we really see a picture that is totally split the greens of the european p

a court in brussels was sentenced to twenty fifteen paris attack suspects. to twenty years in prison for his role in a gunfight which led to his arrest. more than thirty people have been killed in yemen after a year strike hits a wedding party in the western province. and we just heard that one of the top political leader of the yemen has been killed in a society led airstrikes. has headed the administration in some months since the rebels took over that city in twenty fifteen is considered to be an effective second in command of the rebel group. says korea says it stopped propaganda broadcasts across its border with the north ahead of this week's inter korean summit so says it wants to create a peaceful atmosphere before the talks between the koreas which of the first in a decade kathy novak has the details there from seoul for more than two years south korea has used loudspeakers at the border to play messages about democracy news and even k. pop music into north korea the propaganda campaign has angered the government of kim jong un which tightly controls

go get the european angle now and go to brussels on there. what role did britain and france plane is trucks well first of all of course the military role briand with four tornadoes from air bases in cyprus from the u.k. side and then the french defense minister made clear that from multiple bases in the met at on the in the mediterranean so from ships in the mediterranean friendships but also from france there were fighter jets involved in this action on the ground but then you have also the diplomatic and political support and let me just give you one example yesterday diplomats told me that there is strong evidence has been presented in brussels that that points to the involvement of the syrian regime in this chemical attack particularly regarding the volume of the chemical substance that has been used ok now the french defense minister was among those saying that the russians were warned before the strikes and in order to avoid any kind of confrontation let's take a listen to that sit up at us you visit is abuse operation targeted objectiv

his role in that attack but today's proceedings lead to a separate incident a police shootout in brussels while he was on the wrong prosecutors have tried him for attempted murder in that case and are demanding a twenty year prison sentence let's go straight to the courthouse now where our correspondent teri schultz is standing by for us terry what's the latest from inside the court where you are hi brian the judge is now reading out the eighty eight page verdict a process that's expected to last about three hours and she is in the process now of establishing the terrorist context of the actions that took place here in brussels she's been discussing the fact that there is islamic state propaganda was found in the safe house where sela of islam and his codefendant sophia and i are we were found where in fact they opened fire on police officers so it's again expected to be a couple of hours until we actually get to the decision on whether our obvious long and iare are guilty of these terrorist crimes ok let's give our viewers now of view of who the suspect was and his. the end of an interna

built for the nine hundred fifty eight brussels world's fair it was to be a futuristic prestige projectne hundred two meters tall the structure featured nine. aluminum clad sphere is the attorney and was supposed to be torn down after expo fifty eight ended but it proved such a huge that it was left standing and even had the outer shell redone in stainless steel six decades later the building has become a national symbol an exhibition recalls the early days. what it meant to the people it was like coming here and having the wow feeling this is what belgium can show this is what we want to show to the world what a small belgian country can do it was the first exposition also after world war two so it was really the whole world coming here and all the countries showing off what they could their technology their knowledge. to this day the famous landmark has lost none of its fascination six hundred thousand people flock to the a time every year making it one of belgium's biggest tourist attractions that most take a picture as a reminder of their visit. europe max i asked our viewers around

torn syria as the conflict enters its eighth year an international fundraising drive kicks off in brussels today but can it make any difference. and present donald trump whosis past ever state visit of french president in london mccrone feels french people in washington will be expecting the two leaders of wrong to vote. hello and welcome i wanted to achieve. a man who plowed a van into pedestrians in toronto canada is due to appear in court later on tuesday ten people were killed in a busy street in the city center at least sixteen others were injured the suspect fled the scene but was arrested a short while later after a standoff with police to run to police are earning praise for their restraint and professionalism in not firing a shot. stood next to a battered rental van and appearing to point a weapon and the suspects in the terrans have attack place closed in on him within half an hour of the incident this tense exchange was captured by a possible by. the officer was praised for his bravery and for not shooting when others might have pulled the trigger now police will be able to ques

your imax asked our viewers around the world to send in their best shots from their trip to brussels with the attorney and. the size of everything is a is a trooper and everything it's really very nice to see so took the. old church great that it still profits from tourism today it is evoked with a real i'm glad to have seen a good reason. to say let's do it and i like the architecture best from inside and out. the what if it came for the building it was certainly a big achievement and it offers a great view of brussels. that care to go over there. even to alexander laurel a visit to the attorney and wouldn't be complete without a look out over the city the ride in the elevator is a highlight in itself the world's fastest at the time it was built the elevator whisks visitors to one hundred two meters above ground in twenty three seconds at the top it's what many consider the nicest panoramic view of the city. for me it's a magical view of the brazos of the surrounding area is fantastic for me i think you could discover interesting details about the city. it's a bit like looking out t

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i'm here to speak he was equal stiffed i don't want anyone to see me as the strict uncle from brussels coming here to tell you how to behave. that's important. nobody likes constantly being told what they have next to go on but nevertheless that's what i've been doing. to help us i'm told stephen just. two hours later younger is in the bosnian parliament listening to the european. aware of the widespread skepticism within the e.u. towards the balkans. where you know. you're doing this for your fellow citizens and put an end to cronyism and corruption and organized crime because that's what's chasing away so much investment and preventing the growth of your companies. his audience hangs on his every word grateful that the e.u. finally appears to be paying the country the attention it's been yearning for. he understands the complexity of those situations and then means that he is really european. has really put he's has a little bit cautious approach from the europeans doesn't want to do difficulties within the european union but he understands the need of this but the europe to be side

the attorney in brussels represents an elementary ion crystal enlarged one hundred sixty five billion times this unusual structure has been a belgian capital's most distinctive landmark for sixty years built as a symbol of the peaceful use of nuclear power the attorney and continues to attract visitors in droves. alexandra laurel has been taking pictures of this imposing structure for more than a decade from the ground and the air his passion for the attorney and knows no bounds the money more give us an opportunity it's a monument but it's usually fascinating in photographs it's like a mirror which reflects the sky and the ground the color of change according to the season one time it's red with the blue the next time green hill but the clouds also play a role visitors take away a different impression of the structure every time for work that the throwback emo show. inside they can travel through twenty three metre long choose from one sphere to the next rising ever high out. here people get to see another side of the attorney and. the beautiful the modern probably outside it looks v

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we have the story from brussels. this is the first conference on attackince the council and the international missile strikes and what effect might that have on the work being done? coming in a new context. the syrian civil war is now in its eighth year and it appears to be winding down. bush are our aside is getting the upper hand. there is some believe among the donor community. it does mean the possibibility f a political solution that can get the humanitarian crisis under control. we are in the first day of the event now. that is a dialogue with aid organizations. they are delivering aid on the ground. tomorrow we will have the high-level p political summit wh foreign ministers from 85 delegations across the world. they will discuss political solutitions and make pledges for more aid. this is coming in the shadow of chemicalnt use of weapons and the u.s. led missile strikes in response to that use of chemical weapons. not viewre today do those missile strikes favorably. for themake it harder to reach the people i

so when i read these nations have met in brussels, to do what? to discuss reconstruction?d get a work—out. of all the conflicts i have seen and covered, is nothing quite like this with the same dynamics. when there were the missile strikes on syria after the chemical attack in eastern ghouta, a syrian man said the west doesn't care that we die, only how we die. and that quote has just stayed with me. half of syria's prewar population of 22 million people are now dead, displaced refugees, the country is absolutely destroyed. the question of how this war, if this war will end, and who will pay for the reconstruction of this completely devastated country. unless russia and iran are prepared to come to some sort of negotiating table, unless president assad is also willing to respect something other than the gun as a means of settling anything, it is just more suffering and disaster ahead. we always tend to look at the latest geopolitical threat emerging from syria, but what has happened there everyday is so difficult to talk about because it is so hopeless. only half the popul

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