our correspondent claire richardson is there working that angle of the story for us good evening to you clay or so was the u.s. government expecting what happened today brant it's hard to imagine that they would not expect some sort of retaliation as soon as the white house announced that it was expelling russian diplomats we heard from the russian foreign minister that there would be some kind of retaliation what's interesting here is that this is exactly tit for tat we're seeing sixty diplomats expelled in exchange for the sixty that the u.s. kicked off they've also been given a week to pack their bags and get out of the country and it makes sense that we're seeing a tough response from russia because this was the toughest action we've seen from the trump administration to date when it comes to taking a tough stance on russia claire richardson on the story for us tonight in washington player thank you very much. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world health officials in the u.k. say screwballs daughter is now responding well to treatment yuli

claire richardson with the latest from washington terry soltz with the view from brussels. we're certainly going to be talking about this one for a while thank you so much to the two of you for putting it into context for us. well here in germany foreign minister. has announced that he will not be part of chancellor angela merkel's new coalition government that's after rumors of a bitter raul with the leaders of his own social democratic party replacement the foreign ministry is likely to be heikal muffs the outgoing justice minister the news made for a slightly uncomfortable appearance by gabriele today and the scheduled press conference with his counterpart from bosnia-herzegovina. it was a routine appointment for a german foreign minister but. things are anything but routine right now minute the meeting with his bosnian counterpart igor sir not out on thursday was his last official international engagement. for him to get involved and gum real has been germany's foreign minister for just over a year during that time he became the country's most popular politician even be

further tariffs against china you see the podium there at the white house so let's go over to claire richardson who's standing by for us with the latest from washington and clare we just heard that you know this announcement today is targeted against china but at the same time we've had news that the european union is getting an exemption tell us a little bit more about that. all right well to clarify the u.s. trade representative said today that the e.u. along with several other countries will be initially exempt from these tariffs that means temporary relief when the tariffs take place tomorrow and of course we're still waiting to hear the president confirm that himself and it's important to note that this is just a pause on the tariffs as negotiations take place that will still be a big relief for the e.u. as it's been scrambling to try and get this exemption in place before the tariffs take effect. and they'll be happy to hear that it sounds like they will at least have some reprieve while talks are underway and claire as stephen was mentioning a short while ago you know when we talk about

our correspondent claire richardson is there. good evening, claire. was the u.s.overnment expecting what happened today? claire: it is hard to imagine they would not expect some sort of retaliation. as soon as the white house announced it was expelling russian diplomats, we heard from the russian foreign minister that there would be retaliation. what is interesting is that this is exactly tit-for-tat. we are seeing 60 diplomats expelled in exchange for the 60 the u.s. kicked out. they have also been given a week to pack their bags and get out of the country. and it makes sense that we are saying a tough response from russia, because this is the toughest reaction we have seen from the trump administration to date, when it comes to a tough stance on russia. brent: that was claire richardson reporting from washington. here are other stories making headlines around the world. has officials in the u.k. say sergei xscripal's daughter is responding well to treatment. she and her father were poisoned earlier this month with a nerve agent. that poison sparked the current r

are going to go now to washington our correspondent claire richardson is on the story for us tonight good evening to you claire so we know president trump is already. tariffs on many countries including china so why are we seeing the u.s. now singling out beijing for further teens. well brant it's a fairly wide held view among business leaders here in the u.s. that something needs to be done about unfair trading practices by china and how it's flooding the market with steel and aluminum but the reason we're seeing these tariffs come into place now is because the u.s. just wrapped up an investigation that says that it says shows the chinese state used hackers to steal business secrets and gave american companies unfair positions in the chinese market so what's so hard of our show about these tariffs is that they're sweeping that they could provoke retaliatory measures from china and ultimately result in a trade war between the world's two largest economies i mean that is the big words you know i saw a release maybe for the european union we found out today that the u.s. plans to exit t

ok let's get more now from the correspondent who filed that report claire richardson these kids are saying as you just put it enough is enough with such force that they've had an effect already in florida now they're taking the fight to the national level watch all they hoping to achieve this weekend. hi christopher well we're expecting to see upwards of half a million people come to d.c. for the march for our lives protests this weekend and they're coming to ask for laws that are going to make it safe to go to school specifically they want tighter gun control legislation there are some specific demands things like a ban on assault rifles and they're also coming to d.c. to try and keep attention on this issue to make sure that the tragedy that they experienced in parkland high school isn't just lost within the news cycle. and in your report you mentioned that they have managed to gain unprecedented attention you've been spending time with some of the survivors of this massacre last month where there is all the energy come from i think the energy comes from the fact that they have experienc

s madrox origin moscow claire richardson in washington and simon young in berlin thank you to you all. now one of the biggest scandals in cricket for years rumbles on it comes after the australian team admitted hatching a plan to cheat in a match against south africa in a sport the prods itself on fair play the simple act of stuffing the ball as led to plenty of soul searching in australia and could mean the captain will be fired let's take a look. it's here in cape town that scandal engulfed the estonian cricket team the third test match in south africa will be remembered for one thing cheating cameron bancroft was caught trying to illegally damage the ball that can change the way it moves in the air potentially giving us truly an advantage bancroft and captain steve smith were forced to admit they gave us an opportunity to potentially use and decent type get. you know granules from the right from the rough patches on the wicket in and try to. just change the change the ball commission the leadership group knew about it. we spoke about it at lunch and. i'm not proud of what's happene

protest a minute for every victim of the mass shooting that took place in florida last month claire richardson reports from washington. they're sick and tired of fellow students being gunned down while at school these young demonstrators at the sandy springs friends school in maryland are some of the tens of thousands of students who took part in a nationwide walkout to demand tougher gun control measures. we reckon they should have. records of what. we are sending this message in solidarity with schools across the nation i think it's so powerful that schools can go out and do this and have this message be a nationwide message that we're sending students in the d.c. area also have the chance to take their message right to congress's door seventeen year olds and a good man helped organize transporting dozens of classmates to the capitol by bus many of the school shootings are happening and many of them could have been prevented if citizens didn't have their hands on assault rifles for example or if there had been a stronger record check or if the gun laws that were in place had been forced. to

of this as a progressive stephen barely apparently with reaction from the business world and claire richardson with the latest from washington as we mentioned the u.s. president his administration announcing billions of dollars of new duties on chinese goods as as well as an announcement that they will soon file a w t o case against china to both of you thank you so much for your analysis. but in the meantime we would like to get some analysis on another announcement today from the u.s. administration one that is likely to have some impact here and europe because they have been digesting that news from washington as they meet at a summit in brussels the mood there is one of a relief here's more it's a coup for europe good news from the u.s. as the e.u. summit got underway few leaders had expected this but now they feel exonerated and see that european unity pays dividends. if you have muslims who has completed clear in the commission that we don't want to trade war which wouldn't help anyone and we made it clear that we are ready and able to undertake adequate countermeasures of the phone and

this week have been about him so the answer mckay firing came a little bit out of left field claire richardson correspondent in washington thank you very much. saturday's matters are under way in the bundesliga but on friday struggling freiburg hosts to guard as the relegation battle hardened up the visitors haven't lost a game since new coach typhoon cork it came in and are going for an unlikely european spot mario gomez pitched to court after just four minutes. back after half time through a news pietersen one to strike a match was on hand again to clinch the points fifteen minutes from the end are now unbeaten tonight under corker and firmly in the group of league running. for president johnny infant tino has confirmed that video assistant referees will be used at this summer's world cup in russia despite opposition from fans he announced the decision after meeting a thief as ruling council the video assistant referee system was trial at last summer's confederations cup and is used in the german and italian leagues critics argue it slows the game down and leads to confusion for fans inside

correspondent claire richardson in washington welcome clare those talks are said to have lasted four days what we learned of the contents. well terms of the news that he received from she about the meeting is that his meeting with kim went well and indeed the official reports that we saw coming out of both sides from north korea and china after this meeting took place really emphasized the country's good working relationship together this is seen as their effort to downplay tensions between the two nations china of course traditionally north korea's strongest ally but the past several months china's support for u.n. sanctions in north korea has really put a strain on their ties so the point of this meeting for china at least seems to be largely an effort to save face to try and present itself as a relevant player in any north korea talks especially after south korea and the u.s. have been the ones making headlines on the north korea question but what about the venue for these talks between kim jong un and president has anything been decided yet. well certainly the question of where m

the abuse claire richardson had this to say about the latest u.s. government shake up john bolton is a hard liner and a war hawk who's taking up the post of national security advisor just as trump prepares to make some major foreign policy decisions for example bolton has called for preemptive military strikes against north korea and for bombing iran having him whispering in the president's ear likely means the iran deal is as good as dead as it appears trump is increasingly surrounding himself with people who share his way of thinking h.r. mcmaster departure also comes as no surprise he's been rumored for months to be the next top trump official on his way out in an administration that's lately seen some major shake ups tom second big announcement has sent global markets sliding as fears of a trade war grow he unveiled plans to hike tariffs on up to sixty billion dollars in goods from china annually in retaliation he says for unfair trade practices china in turn has announced its own plans for tariffs on three billion dollars worth of imports from

our washington correspondent claire richardson says the drums trade policies are likely to go down well with many americans at least until other countries start hitting back. the tariffs on aluminum and steel for example are very popular among labor unions and in the rust belt states where steel workers are hoping that they'll see this measure protect their jobs and in many ways and this is trump's effort to make good on his campaign promise that he's going to get tough on china that he's going to save american jobs but it could be devastating for u.s. consumers and some economists think that it's actually going to cost jobs for people who are employed in the steel and aluminum industries and as for the tariffs on china we've already seen threats of retaliatory measures that are meant to hit us industries like agriculture and punish states that trans going to need to win re-election so we'll see just how popular they are once china makes its next move that was our correspondent there richardson speaking to be earlier from washington where you leaders digested donald trump's latest trade

brent: we want to go to correspondent claire richardson in washington. good evening, claire.ire: nice to see you brent. brent: we know president trump has slapped trade tariffs on many countries. why is the u.s. now singling out beijing for further penalties? claire: rent, it is a white -- brent, it's a widespread view here in the u.s. that something needs to done -- needs to be done about china, flooding the market with cheap steel and aluminum. but the u.s. just wrapped up an investigation that shows the chinese estate used hackers to steal business secrets and gave chinese companies unfair positions in the u.s. market. what is controversial about these tariffs is that they are sweeping, they could provoke retaliatory measures from china and ultimately result in a trade war between the world's two largest economies. brent: that is the big worry tonight. a sigh of relief, maybe, from the european union. we found up to 90 u.s. plans to exempt eu and allies from steel tariffs. what more do w know? claire: the u.s. trade representative said the eu will initially be exempt from

relations all right our brussels bureau chief mike hoffman and our washington correspondent claire richardson to both of you thank you very much. well tonight shares in facebook continue to fall in the wake of the cambridge analytic a data scandal last week and a former employee of the british data mining firm went public with his story and his evidence cambridge analytics apparently harvested fifty million facebook profiles and use that data to engineer voter behavior in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election now the c.e.o. of cambridge analytic alexander nix was suspended on tuesday facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg was noticeably absent and silent until yesterday that's when he posted a statement emitting two mistakes and promising to make sure this kind of data abuse never happens again however zuckerberg did not address the claims that user data was used to engine near the outcome of the twenty six thousand us presidential election he said nothing about the possible role of russia in the misuse of that data and manipulation of an american election now these are claims if true that c

is trumps third national security adviser in fourteen months are north america correspondent claire richardson had this to say appears to make some major foreign policy decisions for example bolton has called for preemptive military strikes against north korea and for bombing iran having him whispering in the president's ear likely means the iran deal is as good as dead as it appears trump is increasingly surrounding himself with people who share his way of thinking h.r. mcmaster departure also comes as no surprise he's been rumored for months to be the next top trump official on his way out in an administration that's lately seen some major shake ups from china annually in retaliation he says for unfair trade practices china in turn has announced its own plans for tariffs on three billion dollars worth of imports from the u.s. none of those trade sanctions come into effect just yet though the white house has instituted a waiting period on implementation but they are the fulfillment of a long standing promise the first of many punishing china on trade it was one of president trump's most fiery

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correspondents who are standing by in brussels and in washington we have reaction from both continents claire richardson is standing by in washington of next month has the latest from brussels where e.u. leaders are also meeting for a summit there in clare i'd like to begin with you because you are where this announcement has been made what exactly has been said good to see you sara well these tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum are set to go into effect tomorrow and we've just heard the u.s. trade representative say that some countries and the european union is going to be initially exempt now of course we're waiting to hear the president himself confirm that and it's important to note that this is just a pause on the tariffs as negotiations take place and they use been scrambling to try and get this exemption and they're expecting an official announcement from the president later today what we do know for sure is that within the next hour trump's expected to ask for a new set of tariffs against china to offset what his administration sees as compensation for china's unfair trading practices and chin

our correspondent claire richardson is in washington care kim jong il was in china for four days that's a lot of time for talks after he left donald trump tweeted that the chinese head of state if she didn't bring had reached out to him what did our trump say that she had told him. well trump has said the news he received from she was at the meeting with him had gone well and indeed the official reports we saw coming out of both north korea and china after the meeting emphasized the country's good working relationships together and now this is being seen as an effort to downplay tensions between the two china's traditionally of course been a north korea's strongest ally but in the past several months kind of support for u.n. sanctions on north korea has put a strain on their ties so the point of this meeting for china at least seems to be largely an effort to save face to try and present itself as a relevant player in any north korea talks especially after south korea and the u.s. have been the ones making headlines on the north korea question and would the strong expect to come out of

the thing is we're still waiting for it to succeed having our get us more business task and claire richardson with the latest from washington thanks so much to both of you. while meantime leaders digested donald trump's latest moves at a summit in brussels there was relief at washington's announcement that europe would be exempt from steel and aluminum tariffs for now at least it's a coup for europe good news from the u.s. as the e.u. summit got underway few leaders had expected this but now they feel exonerated and see that european unity pays dividends if you have most of the we've made it clear in the commission that we don't want to trade war which wouldn't help anyone and we made it clear that we are ready and able to undertake adequate countermeasures of the if you can muscle in life and. so you know first of all the e.u. presented a united front. that's good and also a commitment to free trade and against protectionism. import takes in his words since the beginning of the month u.s. president trump threatened to levy a ten percent tariff on aluminum and steel however after intensive ne

well i'm joined now by our correspondent in washington clare richardson good evening to you claire so we know that kim jong un spent four days in china that is a long time plenty of time for talks and we also understand that the u.s. president's double trouble he was informed about this meeting by the chinese president do we know exactly what the chinese president told mr trump about those talks. hi branch well trump says she told him that the meeting went well with him and the official reports we've seen coming out of both north korea and china seem to bear that out they downplayed any tensions to emphasize a good working relationship between the two countries now remember china has traditionally been a major ally for north korea but its more recent support for u.n. sanctions on pyongyang has really put a strain on their ties so the point of this meeting for china at least seems to be largely an effort to save face to try and present itself as a relevant player in any north korean talks after south korea and the u.s. have been the ones making headlines but this meeting with china als