under change prefixes chinese and european leaders are gathering in brussels for talks the meeting comes after china e.u. member italy part of its controversial bed and road infrastructure initiatives also coming up where do most top restaurants in france get their caviar from well the answer might surprise you and oil prices reach levels they haven't seen in months unrest in libya further reduced supplies on the world markets. i'm chris colfer welcome to the show. and restart the program with a stern warning from washington the united states has threatened to impose further terrorists of more than eleven billion dollars an e.u. products in response to subsidies brussels is paying to airbus a list of products subject to possible new tears includes airbus planes and related products in the sector but also food products ranging from swordfish and salmon to cheese all of oil and wines you meanwhile has sued the united states for subsidies paid to airbus rival boeing the world trade organization says both parties have broken global trade rules. now the on going global trade just views are sh

from london we're joined now by diffused bagot mohsen from brussels by do you have use your mouth as a day to both of you first to london bear give can you fill us in on some of the details on exactly what theresa may is asking for well their reasoning behind what reason is asking for is that she acknowledges that she needs more time had deal that she has negotiated with process did not go through here in parliament in london so she now is holding talks with the opposition with the labor opposition and she's trying to find an agreement with them acknowledging that that might take some time and thus pushing the deadline a further into the summer she doesn't want any peace to actually go to brussels and sit there and this is why she's asking for the thirtieth of june but she knows that she does need some time to get some form agreement here in london a guarantee you know in brussels there's a conflicting comments today from brussels and from paris on a possible second extension is there agreement right now in the e.u. on this. brian june thirtieth in fact is not a new date that is the

chinese from merrily kids young has arrived in brussels for the summit with e.u. leaders he has described china and the european union as quote important partners more cooperation deals are expected to be signed during the meeting as the trading relationship between the two sides has been growing. now let's get some more on the story with our correspondents saying i'm so in taipei and barbro whistle and brussels barbara let me start with you the european union just reassessed its stance toward china criticizing its influence in europe and labeling the country a systematic rival how is this changed attitude likely to impact the talks. that is going of course to impact the talks because this is the first meeting after the e.u. really really assessed its relationship with china and its position towards china in the last years if we look at it i mean these complaints you already mentioned intellectual property say after dumping state aid that was hidden electoral friends parents the like of market access i mean there's a long range that already has been there it's alw

burning the midnight brags it or oil and emergency summit in brussels e.u. leaders came together once again to deal with britain's in a. early to do what it says it wants to do leave the european union now two deadlines for brags that have already come and gone the e.u. again granted the u.k. one more one last extension if british prime minister theresa may had been sent back to london empty handed she and her country would have crashed out of the european union on friday evening at eleven pm london time but europe offered him a much more time than she'd even asked for so does this plan put an end to the chaos or just prolong the ticking brags that bomb. during this time. the call for function would be entirely in the u.k. so and. you can still go out there fide there is the rogue reman. in each case the extension will be terminated. it can also reconsider the whole regs its strategy. and that might lead to changes in the political decoration but not in that it was there all agreement until the end of this period they also have the possibility to revoke the

twenty seven will follow the lead of the irish there often brussels becket moss in london thanks very much for all that perspective. let's check in with some of the other stories making news today a preliminary report into last month's your ethiopian airlines crash has found the true performed all required steps but were on not able to control the aircraft ethiopia's station minister delivering those findings he said that it's ortiz should ensure the problems with the boeing seven thirty seven max control system are fixed before ending the plane's worldwide ground. police in new zealand say the man suspected of carrying out the christchurch attacks on two mosques has been charged with fifty counts of murder and thirty nine counts of attempted murder the alleged white supremacist set to appear in court friday for hearing by a video. livia's internationally backed government has declared a military alert after forces loyal to strongman khalifa haftar are announced they were advancing towards tripoli dozens of militia have been fighting for control of the oil rich country since the overt

no consensus in london what about brussels or e.u. countries united on giving theresa may more time. yes. that's for sure because nobody in the you want to take the blame for no breaks that they will not let britain crush crush out of the union michigan year the chief knew go to has negotiated said we will not take the blame as she will get whatever she wants to have to do white and no deals in our in their in their creche and that is for sure the only thing the you know wants to make sure is that there is not. you know a prolongation for weeks and months and then again and again and you break. the new cliff the brits have to jump the cliff and own you will not help them with this begich question to put to you many times over these months where do we go from here. well and that is again that we really don't know because everything is still up in the air would we do know is that there is really peak on the rest here that the fed he said lots of numbers from recent days own. with house stands it remains to be seen if there might be even

robert ayson reporting from brussels thank you.and we turn our attention now to sudan where police in that country say eleven people were killed in protests in her tomb on tuesday including six members of the security forces were just hours have been camped out at army headquarters in the capital since saturday demanding the resignation of president omar al bashir and several occasions soldiers have stepped in to protect them the sit in comes after months of nationwide demonstrations against the shia who has ruled the country with an iron fist for almost three decades with all of the people you know. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has secured a victory and his country's parliamentary elections this after his main challenger centers benny gantz conceded defeat on the spot a neck and neck finish at the polls netanyahu is in position to form a majority coalition with the support from a number of right wing parties leaders for guidance is blue and white party say as the opposition they will make life difficult for netanya. i

ok we're going to break in with some news now and had to brussels where as we said the e.u. leaders have agreed to grant the u.k. an extension to break the talk till october thirty first and we have a commission and council president that donald tusk and about to speak let's listen in the press conference following this special meeting of the you can council on brics it without further ado are first in line to the president of the open council but it's also to take the full thank you . with the president the president. tonight the repeal of goals of decided that through grants the united kingdom a flexible extension of the article fifty period until the. first of october this means another six months for the u.k. . during this time. because the function would be entirely in the u.k. so and. it's can still out there fired there was rogue remained in which case the extension would be terminated. it could also reconsider the whole rigid strategy. and that might lead to changes in the political declaration but. it was the old agreement. i'm through the end of this period david k

now, back to huw in brussels.d the meeting of fellow eu leaders, requesting a further extension to the brexit process. our europe editor, katya adler, is with me. the leaders have had a break and are backin the leaders have had a break and are back in the talks. do you have any sense of where the kind of disagreement is focusing within this group? know, because this really puts paid to the idea that this brexit summit was precooked, pre—discussed and agreed between eu leaders. they are not coming to

in brussels. the chief executive of one of germany's biggest industrial names says europe needs to play ball with china don't use kate focus and caught up with him a short time ago. i'm joined by seaman c.e.o. joe kayser he's recently taken over the chairmanship of the asia pacific committee of german business that's an umbrella organization that advises the german government on economic policy in the region mr kayser thanks so much for joining me evers i'd like to begin by talking about china's belt and road and initiative many german companies are already heavily involved but the german government has stopped short of signing a memorandum of understanding with beijing in fact last month when italy did just that us more than a couple of prize were raised why you have a common use in the face of china's growing economic mice proven so elusive well i think first of all people to the road initiatives have very little to the international colloquial initiative which repeated takes years there's more

given the french president is playing bad cop to german chancellor angela merkel's good cough in brussels britain will most likely get an extension a much longer one and one with conditions also coming out of this world astronomers revealed the first ever image of a black hole one of the most mysterious objects in the cosmos it is a mile still in astrophysics band israel's vigilant and yahoo is on course for a fifth term as prime minister after a very tight reins his main challenger has conceded defeat but is promising an opposition that netanyahu will not be able to ignore. i'm going to go off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome tonight british prime minister to resign may is urging the european union to give her country one more delay before breaks it big. may have put her case to an emergency summit in brussels of european union leaders and she's now waiting for their decision she's already stated that she wants a short extension one until june thirtieth so britain will not be forced to participate in those upcoming european parliamentary elec

china's summit in brussels could indicate where things are headed beijing is one of the european union's most important trading partners comest between the two has almost tripled since the turn of the century that's mainly due to china's share of global trade it went from five and a half percent in two thousand to over fifteen percent last year the value of a huge china trade volumes came in at a combined six hundred five billion euros brussels will be maintain pressure on beijing today to open its markets further it also wants more action against product piracy and intellectual property theft let's go over to brussels to get the latest from visa lao correspondent there bob spring is here are you expecting any new beginnings as far as friendships go between brussels and beijing. we might at least then talk about some little flowers blooming on the branches because this was not the expected disaster that some had foreseen there is a communique that both sides are signing up to because at the very last minute the chinese brought some concessions to brussels it had looked bad but then in th

president emanuel mccraw and there's playing bad cop to german chancellor angela merkel's good cop in brussels britain will most likely get an extension a much longer one and one with conditions also coming up tonight israel's benjamin netanyahu is on course for a fifth term as prime minister after a very tight race his main challenger has conceded but is promising an opposition that netanyahu will not be able to ignore. and out of this world a strong murs revealed the first ever image of a black hole one of the most mysterious objects in the cosmos a milestone in astrophysics. good to have you with us tonight british prime minister theresa may is urging the. european union to give her country one more delay before breaks it begins may have spread her case to an emergency summit in brussels of e.u. leaders and she is now waiting for their decision she's already stated that she wants a short extension until june thirtieth so britain will not be forced to participate in upcoming european parliamentary elections but patience with britain has worn thin among the other twenty seven in your nation's

very well british prime minister to resign me he says that she will seek a further extension from brussels and she offers to work with the opposition labor party to find an agreement on the u.k.'s departure from the european union also coming up tonight nato secretary general u.n. stilton bag is in washington to mark nato's seventieth anniversary but first a meeting with one of nato's biggest critics u.s. president donald trump and smiles and selfies as a decades long feud is laid to rest greek prime minister alexis tsipras pays a first historic visit to his counterparts in the newly renamed north macedonia. i bring golf it's good to have you with this we're going to get to those stories in just a moment but we have breaking news to report algerian state media is reporting that the president. has stepped down this after the head of the army today called on him to quit immediately the eighty two year old has been in office for twenty years after weeks of mass protests said it just yesterday that he would. resigned before his term ends on april twenty eighth but hundreds of students once mor

tactful in dealing with brussels but brussels is like a mailed fist ok they're making this really really hard and this is a message to everyone else in the european union don't mess with brussels and when you're in it's hotel california once you check in you can never check out and you will feel i'm serious and you will be you looked up. if you challenge the dictates coming out of brussels. near the negotiator on the e.u. side he probably slip of the tongue but he can reveal this in one of his interviews with a french paper as well that the. outcome of the british election of essentially the negotiation will have two purposes one to get a favor of agreement with the british but the second would also be to deter anyone else from trying to follow this so so obviously this has affected the negotiations at the vicomte well if they if the british leave on the good terms and end up doing better on the outside i think that'll be allowed good terms of a no no i don't think so i don't think so at all it won't it won't be and i think what makes it more problematic to point out they have. the polit

as teri schultz in brussels we thank you for that. now last september a member of the russian activist group pussy riot was rushed to a hospital in moscow after suddenly losing his sight his hearing and his ability to walk after a few days various love was airlifted to germany where doctors diagnosed a likely poisoning he's now back in moscow where he talked to our correspondent drug storage. people to vs off was happy and healthy when we met him in a restaurant there is home in moscow. he's recovered from the alleged poisoning in september thanks largely to treatment he received in then. german doctors in berlin said it's amazing months after being poisoned one can feel better than before. there's no hard evidence that first off was poisoned but there are many indications say the doctors who treated him. a legit attack on and worldwide headlines first off believes russian security services were behind it. it was people connected to the russian state secret services it's hard to say exactly who it was. the thirty one year old suspects

in brussels.nd welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are katy balls some from the spectator and stephen bush from the new statesman. some it's probably good to say brexit is good for business, squabbling about, hominy copies are being sold at the minute. on the left or the right, a nyway let's minute. on the left or the right, anyway let's have a look at the newspapers now. because theresa may is in brussels awaiting to hear about our brexit extension, that's the financial times. she's been forced to abandon plans to engineer a breakthrough in parliament this week, because slow progress in talks with the labour party. those discussions are expected to continue tomorrow. the guardian's headline: ‘may defies critics with vow to stay on and see brexit deal through‘ — the paper says the prime minister is attempting to cling to power and will keep trying to push through a withdrawal agreement for as long as it takes. the i carries the same story — saying

and damian grammaticas in brussels, thank you both.ere at westminster, back to you, ben, in the studio. the wikilea ks founder julian assange has been arrested by police in london. officers removed him from the ecuadorian embassy, where he'd been living for almost seven years as he sought refuge to avoid extradition to the united states. mr assange is due to appear at westminster magistrates' court shortly. a warning — naomi grimley‘s report contains flashing images. linking into the daylight, julian assange was bundled out of the ecuadorian embassy visibly aged after being inside since 2012. the metropolitan police arrested him after being invited inside by the ecuadorian government shortly after 10am. the foreign office said the two governments had worked together on the case to get to this stage. what it is shown today is no one is above the law, julian assange is no hero. he has hidden from the truth for yea rs hero. he has hidden from the truth for years and years and it's right his future should be decided in the britishjudicial

brussels. lisa lewis in paris and right here at the big table with me our analyst alex forrest wired to all of you thank you very much and well prime minister of tourism a has focused on the lobbying european union leaders for a brics a delay back in britain there is one shared sentiment worth noting among those who want to leave the e.u. and among those who want to stay it is frustration with the entire breaks it process that unites them tonight. muhamad bias is frustrated with brant said ever since the u.k. voted to leave the european union this shopkeeper has been following the news closely hoping for certainty and clarity. but if they decide to do exactly know he's bits of play everybody to know what is the future hold for everybody because we do know what is going on was the extension i believe is more than a month's will take room yes which is no good for the business or news for nobody because if you sing in certain special little business like mohamed a large majority of this cosmopolit

britain awaits a response from brussels.rent: we have team coverage of this race against the braves at clock. we are joined by a correspondent in london and in brussels. briggs it is heading for yet another delay. what exactly is prime minister theresa may asking for this time, and why? reporter: theresa may laid out a strategy and that letter to the european union, and that strategy basically being the ongoing negotiations between the government and labour party. they're trying to find a cross party consensus and some common ground on how to move forward. labor came out of these talks saying that the government has enough -- has not offered any substantial changes in their position so there's very little hope that that might come to a compromise. if these talks fail, may said in the letter, then she would go back to parliament and ask them to find a solution, ask them to get a majority on something. this is something that has failed in the past. theresa may laying out a strategy but not offering a real solution. the big que

suggested extension would not meet the existing d u conditions worsen now awaits a response from brussels. and we have team coverage of this race against the clock tonight i'm joined by our correspondents for a lot of pots in london and rebecca rivers in brussels to both of you good evening and let me start with you writes it is heading for yet another delay what exactly is prime minister to resign me asking for this time and why. well theresa may laid out a strategy in that letter to the european union and that strategy basically being the ongoing negotiations between the government and the labor policy they are trying to find across party consensus and some common ground on how to move forward in this process but labor came out of these talks tonight saying that the government has not offered any substantial changes in their position so this actually very little hope that that might come to a compromise these talks and if these talks fail may set in the latter then she would go back to punishment and ask them to find a solution ask them to get a majority on something this is something t

baggage from us in london and in brussels for south bound to be good thank you very much to you both you're watching the news still to come high unemployment is driving many young people in the gambia to leave the country we speak to one young man who is telling them why they should stay. first to brazil where the president joe you are both in our i was making a marking one hundred days in office today but the far right leader who's been dubbed the triumph of the tropics for his leadership style has been dogged by chaos and blunders in his own administration observers say the euphoria that accompanied both scenarios all lection win is fast evaporating. it was probably the highlight of his first one hundred days in office have also not oh didn't just visit his political i don't know us president donald trump in the white house they even swapped soccer jerseys. both men have a lot in common including a shared love for twitter. you felt as though brazil and united states stand side by side in their efforts to ensure liberties and respect to traditional family life styles respect to god

so somebody who could actually back up what they agree on here in brussels at the summit back home in the parliament with a majority vote that's what they want and they have realised. quite some time ago that's recent may is not that person at the moment with the way things stand in the house of commons that's why at the last big summit here in brussels they took matters in their own hand and they stablished this new timetable that we're dealing with now which would have an automatic no deal bragg's it at the end of next week and if the house of commons does manage to agree to that withdrawal agreement that was negotiated with the e.u. until then then they would have another extension until the twenty second of may so you can see they don't trust series of me any longer to really get things done which is not surprising given her track record in the past but it's not a question about which person actually is there which politician is that they just want someone they can talk to and who has a majority right of brussels bureau chief max often on the story for us tonight max as always tha

let's go to brussels i will be joined by brussels bureau chief maxwell welcome clearly the e.u. still has to be convinced by britain. well the problem here really is and that's what michel you mentioned the e.u. elections the e.u. is afraid that the whole braggs a process if it's again extended could hijack the e.u. elections and compromise the e.u. institutions just to give you an example phil what happens let's say that they extend article fifty so effectively delay the braggs it until june thirtieth that was a date that was in question before these new dates and they don't participate in the e.u. elections that take place in may at the end of may but then at the end of june they decide oh sorry about all that we are going to withdraw article fifty something they can do so effective we stay in the european union without having organized the european elections that could compromise the functioning of the e.u. institutions and that's something they want to avoid at all costs having said that is there a country there we've heard of at the moment that would deny the u.k. another e

this is my going to paris and then on to brussels suggests that the only intention the way she needs to get friends at the moment is not london she was talking to the u.k. wants to stop for breakfast at process it come to vote consul fifty that suggests that for the time being taking back control was not meant to westminster but to other capitals in europe where night playing in this day and the political matters should have been dealt with before nightfall didn't it do the conditions set by what you want him counsel is not sitting have not being met after that means for the deadline is next on april twelfth i was. also coming up tonight you'll meet the journalist kidnapped on the syrian border trying to report on the attraction of isis fighters among western women she was willing to risk her life and that of her unborn child to get the story tonight i'll ask her why. but it was a dangerous mix that i own a feeling of being safe and the very dangerous situation that i miss touched. which you our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome but we begin the

the prime minister heads to brussels to ask the european union to extend the brexit deadline until the end ofjune. but in a letter to eu leaders the council president recommends they back a longer, more flexible delay to brexit. before leaving for brussels theresa may told mps she's still pushing for a short extension and defended her brexit policy. i think it is important, we could have actually been outside the european union by now if we had managed to get the deal through and i am continuing to work to ensure that we can deliver brexit and can do that in a way that works for people across this country. we'll have all the latest from here in brussels and in westminster. also this lunchtime... the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu claims victory in the country's closely fought election. claims of a postcode lottery in mental health services for children in england. and game of thrones — the lasting legacy it will leave for northern ireland. coming up: a bittersweet night for spurs. they went against manchester city but will possibly lose harry kane for the rest of the season.

summit in brussels beijing. make concessions on key issues like market access and intellectual property this at a time of growing european unease over china's brand of economic ambition stage. the choreography is still a bit shaky but when it comes to matters of trade at least the relationship is going in the right direction that's european union council president donald tusk take on the final communique for this year's brussels summit. negotiations have been difficult about it fruitful. three managed to agree a joint statement which set. out the ship based on the reciprocity china has compromised on several key questions international companies will no longer be pressured into disclosing their technological know how to their chinese partners will also cut back on state subsidies and in future trade relations will be developed in accordance with united nations principles and world trade organization regulations. for the higher. we need to speed up negotiations on the china europe investment agreement with a view

italy faces a potential new conflict with brussels after new economic forecasts show. the country's budget deficit spending rose to two point four percent now these two point four percent is the magic number that italy's new populist government said it was aiming for last year when it planned a big boost in social spending but that would have violated eurozone guidelines and the e.u. forced need to back down rome has also been forced to revise its growth forecast to just zero point two percent. now for more on this let's bring in our financial correspondent conrad who is in frankfurt. from. the governing council of the european central bank is meeting today what are they going to make of apparently much less growth in lee. christophe it's very very likely that there's a lot of grumbling going on behind closed doors at the european central bank about italy but it's also very likely not that we're not going to hear a lot about this from the e.c.b. as president mario draghi today and i can give you two reasons for this breaks it and the upcoming election for the european

down another deadline with a request to the european union for another briggs extension she's in brussels hoping for a delay until summer but he'll here is other ideas the deadline is friday night also coming up out of this world astronomers reveal the first ever image of a black hole one of the most mysterious objects in the cosmos and milestone in astrophysics and israel's benjamin netanyahu is on course for a record fifth term as prime minister following a very tight race his main challenger has just conceded and netanyahu looks ready to set up a right wing coalition government. while hauraki it's great to have you along everyone well we begin in brussels where british prime minister theresa may is pleading with other european leaders for an extension to her country's deadline for leaving the european union maybe is putting her case right now to an emergency summit in brussels she's already stated that she wants a short extension until june thirtieth so britain will be forced to participate in upcoming european elections but. patients were britain has worn thin among the other twenty s

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brussels.disguised frustration here that the brexit process is taking longer than expected. we've already passed the march 29th deadline to leave. that frustration of the politicians is shared by some voters. when it came to voting in the referendum in 2016, few areas had a higher turnout than derbyshire dales in the east midlands. nearly five out of six people there cast their ballot and the result mirrored the national vote to leave. our special correspondent ed thomas has been finding out how people are feeling there. the government have totally let us down, mate. both sides. embarrassing. shouldn't even be... they're not fit to govern, end of story. it's split us, hasn't it? it's divided us all. we're allarguing. i'll never vote again. never. seriously? seriously, i'm not. never voting again. so my fear is that the children of tomorrow are going to be left really short—handed and are going to have to pick up a lot of slack that these mps have now brought upon ourselves. the derbyshire dales

let's get the latest from brussels, and christian fraser is there. and thank you.ter performance andi and thank you. a better performance and i apparently from the british prime minister, she spoke for around an hourto prime minister, she spoke for around an hour to the 27 l and alban on own tea m an hour to the 27 l and alban on own team from four hours. at the whim of one income if one of them was the veto. we do not think that will happen but we understand that 17 of the 27 are going to go for a longer extension. france is digging in at the moment. we will talk about that. here is the latest from our political editor. one of the most important conversations of her career started with a laugh. angela merkel sharing an online gag over their almost identical wardrobe choices today. we don't know yet, though, what else the leaders had in common tonight. he or she is ready to try to persuade the rest of the room of the case for delay. are you embarrassed to be asking for another delay? first of all, i'm here with fellow leaders to talk about the request i've put in f

withdrawal deal the deal that parliament has already rejected three times she then plans to go to brussels and ask the european union one more time for more time breaks it means breaks it tonight it means going from impossible to maybe improbable i know there are some who are so fed up with today and endless arguments that they would like to be if with no deal next week i've always been clear that we could make a success if no deal in the long term but leaving with a deal is the best solution we can and must find the compromises that will to live up what the british people think that full. this is a decisive moment in the story of these islands and it requires national unity to lift up the national interest labor leader jeremy corbett has agreed to meet with to resume a he says he'll set no conditions before the meeting which in itself would be a first since brics talks began two years ago before the british prime minister announced that she will ask the european union for yet another brics extension the president of france sent a harsh message to the u.k. we need. a long extension on both

for us along with us in brussels thanks very much to both of us for. let's check out some of the other stories making news this hour the jury in president adela's ease but if leka says he'll be stepping down for his term ends a full twenty eighth of the announcement on state t.v. said steps are being taken to ensure state institutions keep working smoothly during the transition the two year old is faced weeks of mass protests demanding an end to his twenty year rule. chinese authorities say they've recovered the bodies of thirty firefighters killed battling a blaze in shish one problems is being called one of the worst disasters for emergency services in years a sudden change in wind direction trapped firefighters authorities say the blaze has now been contained. the united states is halting all deliveries of its f. thirty five stealth fighters to turkey u.s. officials say all cooperation on the f. thirty five is now on ice until ankara ends its plans to buy an advanced russian anti aircraft system the as for andrea is the latest in the series of dispu

another deadline with a request to the european union for another breaks that extension are she's in brussels hoping for a delay until summer but a new leaders of other ideas the deadline is friday night. israel's benjamin netanyahu is on course to win a record fifth term as prime minister following a tight race right wing parties looks set to tip the balance and netanyahu is favored. out well arkansas great to have you along everyone well we start off with a stunning discovery astronomers have just revealed what they're calling a groundbreaking development researchers using a global network of telescopes have photographed the edge of a black hole for the very first time a black holes are celestial objects with strong gravitational fields that even late gets pulled into them while scientists hope the new images will explain how matter and. in such extreme conditions which in turn could verify or contradict for example albert einstein's theory of relativity all right let's discuss everything now with my colleague from the science desk layer we finally now know what glad call a looks like i tho

brussels. lisa lewis in paris and right here at the big table with me our analyst alex forrest wired to all of you thank you very much. well here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a court in hong kong has found knowing that leaders of the two thousand and fourteen umbrella movement guilty on public nuisance charges they could now face jail time for their role in organizing the pro-democracy rallies calling for greater autonomy from china u.s. attorney general william barr has promised to release a redacted copy of a special counsel robert muller is report on russian election meddling within a week or has faced intense pressure to release the full report after unusually publishing a short summary of it are portrayed its findings as highly favorable to president. staying with donald trump he has hosted a gyptian president abilify the l.c.c. for talks at the white house truck praised c.z. saying the egyptian leader is doing a great job but there was no me

s prime minister same brussels to make her case for a short extension to the brags that deadline you diplomats appear to have other i did. a very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with me nikki aaron. with almost all of the votes now counted donald trump has congratulated benjamin netanyahu on winning israel's general election be incumbent leader looks set to win a record fifth term as the country's prime minister the wind wing leader will still have to form a coalition alliance but he seems to be in high spirits. this is a night of tremendous victory i was very moved that the nation of israel once again and trusted me for the fifth time already tonight i have started talks with the heads of the right wing parties our natural partners i intend to be the prime minister of all israeli citizens right or left jews and non jews alike all israeli citizens it really would need something outrageous to happen for him not to be able to form this coalition he's likely to get sixty five seats out of a parliament comprising of one hundred twenty so that gives him a better majority than