these kind of it's going to be a member of the police the president of the council of state and the price of the council of ministers most probably he will have but certainly he's not going to have mr much i'll be as a as a vice president most probably he will not have. as a vice president so obviously he will have some leverage to do with the team both role castro and the us can tell more or less gave the impression that the us carol is going to pick his team so younger younger people maybe some technological there is money don't worry you're somewhere around there who will probably be in the council of ministers but most of the economy is mostly people who advise the government they really that something has to. most probably he will have more leeway now because he will be in charge of the two government bodies that decide what are the policies right now what about the united states there was a very strong message sent by both relic castro and the s. can and about the united states saying that donald trump was returning to the days of the monro doctrine it was rather aggressive yeah well we already saw it in the c

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his health deteriorated and a year into his reign the jordanian council of ministers appointed a committee to assume the authority of the aging king. middle not often than in washington at least in the back when there had been a huge well back to him had been a latch. is that enough or i. might not have any left wow g b to cut a deal to be had to to be to our jill belich und was all of our many he kind of a silly daughter. or the manner of how the at the. magician or the magician or. other oh. and i like when one of. the. male. american i would be there. in august one nine hundred fifty two prince hussein was on holiday in geneva with his mother and family when an envelope arrived from the jordanian prime minister addressed to his majesty king hussein. it described what had happened in amman. his father had abdicated and hussein was now to become. prime minister though fear kabul hooda had informed the national assembly that king was no longer able to exercise power. he presented reports on his health signed by five doctors three jordanian and two from abroad. under the jordanian constitut

council of state let us vote what one would buy one. those who agree. for their regular. meeting the vote of the council of ministers raise your hand if you agree with postponing this vote in two of the june meeting against. abstentions he said unanimously. well you're watching pictures from the national congress center in havana the deputies vote for their new president who we know is of course a foregone conclusion we go. let's bring in. human affairs is the director of. the washington office and latin america joins me now from d.c. obviously we're just going through procedural issues we thought that the president was going to the new president is going to talk certainly a new door and a new era is opening up for cuba how will this be any different from the castro is or will he sort of seem to follow the same policy in the same line. so this is a historic change it's also a generational change we have to remember that medio the canal he was born after the revolution took power significantly younger and i do expect that although he will likely follow some of the same policies i don't expect that this is just more o

following the new director of, today is the director of the national security council, following the minister of defense, the work would these split into two parts. a key part of the plan was to form new organizations to continue the work. remember that name. here is his director. announced the project. then he adds special activities will be carried out under the title of scientific know-how developments. exactly what is ran proceeded to do. it continue this work in a series of organizations and today in 2010 this work is carried out by an organization inside iran defense ministry. this atomic archive clearly shows iran planned at the highest levels to continue work related to nuclear weapons under different guises. i want to give an example of the nuclear weapons activities that continued after the project. the ford no facility. you don't put thousands of centrifuges under a mountain to produce medical isotopes. it was designed for nuclear weapons as part of the project. what happened was that i ran afterue to build years the project ended. here is what it looks like. it goes under a mounta

i believe that when even a small proposal is made this over the leads to a lot of excitement went to minister of councils made said in the field of migration there was for instance a meeting of the foreign affairs minister and the ministers of the in syria or the ministers of defense for example this is just the situation where people meet with taking anything away there are two groups for instance misses of the. nomics and finance meet as well sometimes all of this in order to make our policies more coherent we want to achieve convergence as a manner not concepts and this is why should we have to achieve and we can only do this if the ministries are having exchanges we do this every day at the national level at the governmental level and this is also something which has to become natural at the european level. thank you. president emmanuel mccall and german chancellor angela merkel as we heard they were discussing a reform road map where they will be discussing a reform road map over the next few hours as they are meeting in berlin they discussed a number of key points and we'd like to bring in our poli

few cubans expect any surprises and they are looking to see whether the council of ministers will be heir 80s will stay in place. there have been plenty of moments that looks like the start of a new beginning in cuba, not least during the recent thaw with washington the obama administration, they rarely ushering meaningful change. row castro will stay on as the head of the communist party and few expect far—reaching reforms to be introduced overnight but important decisions loom for the new president and it will be significant to see the island led by someone other than a castro for the first time since 1959. there is an extraordinary meeting between mike pompeo and the leader of career. we have had confirmation of career. we have had confirmation of it from donald trump in a tweet. let us tell you what he said. it said the meeting went very smoothly and that a good relationship was formed. that is the latest confirmation from donald trump that there was a meeting between his head of the cia and the north korean leader kim jong—un which is really an extraordinary diplomatic developmen

people or putting them in this position of authority dudu will be able to make any meaningful impact without an elected mayor governor the local council or minister of city people say they feel powerless which means economic deprivation for them one hundred five i do see a law that would make you queen elizabeth has a couple of heads of state to appoint her son prince charles as the next leader of the association of former british colonies she made the appeal at the formal opening of the commonwealth heads of government meeting or the church at the buckingham palace leaders from fifty three member states representing a one third of the world's population are attending the queen has been head of the commonwealth since one nine hundred fifty two for staying in europe french president manuel micro is facing another day of nationwide protests against his labor reforms now he's faced weeks of demonstrations by railway employees public sector workers and students against his plan laws earlier this week rail workers resumed their role in the strike. because hari troops have been taking part in military drills in saudi arabia despite an ongoing diplomati

the people putting them in this position of authority dudu will be able to make any meaningful impact without an elected mayor governor local council or minister of city people say they feel powerless which means economic deprivation for them. are dizzy. nigeria a new report says the great barrier reef has suffered a catastrophic die off after a marine heat waves killed much of its coral in recent years and researches that australia's james cook university set up likely ever to recover they say a third of the reef was cooked to death as water temperatures rose one degree above average in twenty sixteen and twenty seventeen due to a combination of climate change and the el nino weather cycle the coral reefs make up less than one percent of its marine environment a home to around twenty five percent of ocean life but coral bleaching has destroyed nurseries for many kinds of young fish meaning only the toughest species have survived scientists say then are fighting to protect the remaining corals by curbing climate change and water pollution but they're warning that if emissions continue as they are the great barrier reef won't survive. the two t

people putting them in this position of authority that they will be able to make any meaningful impact without an elected mayor governor a local council or minister of city people say they feel powerless which means economic deprivation for them. are just. nigeria and best gauges in the usa a crack inside a jet engine cause a fatal accident on a southwest airlines flight after it broke up shrapnel smashed a window causing a passenger to be partially sucked out of the plane ellen fisher what's. they know what happened they just don't know at this stage why a look at the damage shows one of the engines fan blades is missing the southwest airlines flight was at thirty two thousand feet when the left engine exploded sent shuttle flying shattering a window that caused immediate decompression and killed a female passenger from her seat through the window at her put her out there are radical right there on the runway after our thoughts. and your passengers are carrying are you is your airplane physically on fire arafat a fire that started a. fire far it has or might have the victims been named is forty three year old bank executive jennifer right in a m

the people putting them in this position of authority dudu will be able to make any meaningful impact without an elected mayor governor the local council or minister of city people say they feel powerless which means economic deprivation for them. and disease. a team of international researchers has concluded that a third of the coral on australia's great barrier reef was cooked to death during a heatwave a study says increased sea temperatures from march to november and twenty sixteen caused the bleaching it affects anything that lived on the coral and other power blackout has hit upon a rico nearly seven months after devastating hurricane is the second major outage in a week in the u.s. territory officials predict it will take up to thirty six hours to restore electricity to one point four million people. the search for life beyond earth has taken a big step forward with the launch of nasa's latest satellite it is the agency's most ambitious attempt in the search for other worlds and we got to get reports. lift off the space x. falcon dime carry to us this isn't the first mission to search for new worlds but it may be nasa is most revealing for

people putting them in this position of authority that they will be able to make any meaningful impact. without an elected mayor governor the local council or minister of city people say they feel powerless which means you cannot make the provision for them. are just. the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. disarmament ambassador in geneva says he will hold meetings next week to decide how to pressure north korea to end its nuclear program u.s. president don trump has warned to walk away from planned talks with north korea's leader if they're not quote fruitful rebel fighters in demand north east of syria's capital damascus have agreed to lay down weapons under a deal brokered by russia but to the north groups are still holding out despite government strikes so hard is following the story from neighboring lebanon. the rebels in the have surrendered without a fight agreeing to an offer by the russian military and the syrian military for safe passage through rebel controlled areas in northern syria basically preventing an all out military offensive because what the government is telling them is that if you do not surrender then we will launch an all ou

people or putting them in this position of authority dudu will be able to make any meaningful impact without an elected mayor governor the local council or minister of city people say they feel powerless which means economic deprivation for them. i just i would make you dollars filed a complaint against egypt to the un security council accusing it of organizing a vote in a disputed border territory sudan's foreign minister says cairo held part of its presidential vote in the hell am trying all the territory claimed by both countries the egyptian election in march saw president at the c.c. reelected for a second term. of all the local. we can not accept a joint ministration on what is one hundred percent sudanese soil is in should remain part of our homeland we will continue with our demand until it is fully restored this is our stand like it our troops have taken part in military drills in saudi arabia despite a major diplomatic rift saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain cut ties with eleven months ago accusing it of funding terrorism which cattle strongly denies he could tolerate defense ministry says the armed forces chief of

of defense minister. today's the director of the national security council following the new directive of iran's ministry of defense the work would be split into two parts covert and overt. a key part of the plan was to form new organizations to continue the work this is a doctor most in fact he's at the head of project about put it remember that name for his address so here's is directed right here and he says the general aim is to announce the closure project but then he adds special activities you know what that is special activities will be carried out under the title of scientific know how developments and in fact this is exactly what iran proceeded to do it continued this work in a series of organizations over the years and today in two thousand and ten two thousand and eighteen this work is carried out by soprano that's an organization inside iran's defense ministry and you will not be surprised to hear that soprano is led by the same person who led project ahmad dr fox is a day and also not coincidently many of the ponds key personnel worked under fire he said the project ahmad so this atomic arc

iran's ministry of defense mr shanklin need two days the director of the national security council following the new directive of iran's minister of defense the work would be split into two parts covert and overt . a key part of the plan was to form a new organization is to continue the work this is how most in fact is that it had a project about put it remember that name thought isn't it so here's this directive right here and he says the general aim is to a nonce the closure project them out but then he adds special activities you know what that is special activities will be carried out under the title of scientific know how developments. and in fact this is exactly what iran proceeded to do it continued this work in a series of organizations over the years and today in two thousand and ten two thousand and eighteen this work is carried out by supine that's an organization inside iran's defense ministry and you would not be surprised to hear that's a pond is led by the same person who led project ahmad dr fall who's a day and also not coincidentally many of supplants key personnel worked under father use of the un project ahm

this is following the new directive of the iran's minister of defense, today he is director of the national security council and following the new directive of iran's minister of defense, the work would be split into two parts: covert and overt. a key part of the plan was to form new organizations to continue the work. this is how dr. head of put it. remember that name. here is his director. the general aim is to announce the closure of project amad. but special activities, you know what that is, special activities will be carried out under the title of scientific know how development. and in fact, this is exactly what iran proceeded to do. it has continued the work in a series of organizations over the years, and today in 2010 and 2018 this work is carried out by supon. that is an organization inside of the iranian defense ministry and you will not be surprised to learn it is led by the same doctor fak iriza d eh. iran planned in the highest levels to continue work related to nuclear weapons under the different guises and use the same personnel. i want to give you another example of iran's nuclear weapon's

of iran's minister of defense. today's, he's the director of the national security council. following the new directive of iran's minister of defense, the work would be split into two parts. culvert and -- >> so prime minister benjamin netanyahu says siiran is lying regards to their nuclearabilities. you remember that back in march of 2015, barack obama still president and before a joint session of congress he gave -- many people consider an audacious speech considering the sitting president of a key ally, and talked strongly to congress against the iran nuclear deal. continuing here with what he says ambassador burns is, again, a significant development what do you make of what you're hearing? >> there's a lot to unpack here. first, that the israelis have evidence of a current program by the iranians. they obviously ought to turn that over to the international atomic energy agency and the u.s. and other countries that negotiated with iran. secondly, no surprise that the iranian bes were thinking about nuclear weapon in the past. that's why the bush and obama administration f

people putting them in this position of authority that they will be able to make any meaningful impact without an elected mayor governor a local council or minister of city people say they feel powerless which means economic deprivation for them. i just. nigeria. the security forces in senegal have fired tear gas at protesters in the capital dhaka demonstrators are angry about potential changes to electoral rules fairing that it will block many candidates running in next year's presidential election. polls from . more than just words are being changed in sites and it goes parliament's. i the fight is over electoral reforms to the country's constitution the opposition is accusing president like you sell of tweaking the constitution ahead of the presidential elections deliberate political rivals any candidate wanting to run a political campaign will have to have sixty seven thousand signatures for the support of one percent of the electorate with three hundred political parties in senegal this new law would reduce the number of candidates for the upcoming presidential campaign the opposition says the proposal are a blow to democracy. reforms on the

of the national security council. following the directive of iran's minister of defense, the work would be split into two parts, covert and overt. the key part of the plan was to form new organizations to complete the work. here is the director's work, right here. he says the general aim is to announce the closure of project amad. special activities will be carried out under the title of scientific knowhow of activities. today in 2010, 2018, this work is carried out by spnd. that's an organization inside iran's defense ministry. you will not be surprised to hear that spnd is led by the same person who led project amad, and also, not coincidentally, many of spnd's key personnel worked under fakhrizadeh on project amad. this clearly shows that iran planned, at the highest levels, to create nuclear weapons under a different guise and using the same personnel. i want to give you another example of iran's nuclear weapons-related activities that continued after project amad. you all remember the fordow facility? this was a secret facility that it ra the iranians built under a mountain. you don't put a thousand centrifuges u

about this issue and including the discussions taking place at the security council of the united nations. the former prime ministert believe that the authorisation of parliament is needed for the uk to engage in military action in syria. do you accept that case? our focus at the moment is working with our allies and partners to assess what has taken place on the ground. there are important discussions taking place at the un security council. i will continue to talk with our allies and partners, president macron and president trump later today. is there a legaljustification for military action in syria? the first stage is for us to be assessing with our partners and allies what has happened in syria on the ground. what we have seen is a chemical weapons attack, an appalling chemical weapons attack. if this is the responsibility of the assad regime, it is another example of the brazen disregard usuals for his people. we think those who are responsible should be held to account. —— he shows. more now on the 20th anniversary of the good friday peace agreement, which is taking place in northern ireland. the former us p

well as a number of issues of regional and international importance so later on during the high level cooperation council we together with pads of major companies and ministers discussed in every detail the whole gamut of car peroration in these fields of politics security konami ex military and ties have also been part of the discussion outline the plans for a further work to do what you do in these meetings what we signed a number of into go mantilla into ministerial documents with the relevant authorities and bodies are now to. create a platform for further cooperation we would like to say that our relations have been gradually growing and enhanced seen we have a very active political dialogue last year mr advani and i had eight full scale matings we are in very close carjackers well as our political and military bodies are also in a cart as well as a strategic and strategic group we have the ties between the ministries and parliaments who are current trees are also on the rise we discuss every detail the . cooperation between the business circles of countries today the close attention was paid to trade and economic and this meant copper a. sure you look

to be one of them women are already advisers in the shura council maybe later they can become junior ministers a lot going backward isn't an option women would block that they would be resistant to change will be fast and already now there are a lot of laws benefiting women it will get better. but i have said it. going in and out of the sun i wanted to set the laws are indeed changing right now . they're changing in favor of women. regarding child custody and divorce for example what. you know their arabic countries these things remain huge problems but not for us anymore and i learned. in the south how would you react if changes that have been made were to be on done. or the. amount that are please have a better fit in with the man marking a better place in hell we have no experience with changes like these and why so it's difficult to say what would happen. maybe women would think about emigrating. others would use social media to raise awareness and build pressure those would probably be the most immediate reaction it's what. you have other than that probably not much. we don't take to the

al assad and france accuses me of being complicit in the actions of the syrian regime even foreign ministers and the un security council are meeting to discuss the crisis also coming out i think is morally unfit to be president talks about and treats women like they're pieces of meat who lives. only about matters big and small and since the american people believe it after being fired by donald trump the former f.b.i. director james comey lashes out ahead of the publication of his new book. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us western leaders are preparing to start a new diplomatic push today to try to end the crisis in syria it comes two days after a u.s. led coalition carried out military strikes on sites in syria e.u. foreign ministers are discussing a new political initiative aimed at restarting talks at the u.n. but they say any progress will depend on russia being involved. business as usual that appears to be the message of the syrian state t.v. images an upbeat president assad welcomed russian politicians to damascus signaling that the u.s. led strikes did not pose a threat to his hold on power russi

well as a number of issues of regional and international importance so later on during the high level cooperation council which we together with has of major companies and ministers discussed in every detail the whole gamut of car peroration in the fields of politics security konami ex military and ties have also been part of the discussion.

council of state. as a legislator he fought to allow ministers to free their slaves though admittedly he never create his own and he also voted to extend citizenship to all persons regardless of race along with james madison, marshall was one of the principal proponents for ratifying the constitution as a ratification to the dates in virginia. he was a defender of president washington's neutrality policy towards france at a time when the jeffersonians attacked the neutrality policy. and he was sent later to friends in the midst of the revolution to negotiate the end to the hostilities between the u.s. and france. as a member of congress he led the federalist until president john adams chose him as the secretary of state and as the secretary of state he navigated through the turbulent relation that i of britain, france, spain and the barbary pilots were threatening war against us. when president adams retreated to quincy massachusetts because frankly abigail didn't like watching very much a. of marshall brilliantly defended the judiciary against the attempt by the republicans to impeach the federalist jud

this is following the new directive of iran's minister of defense, today he is the director of the national security counciling the new directive of iran's minister of defense, the world would be split into two parts, coovert and overt. a key part of the plan was to form new organizations to continue the work. this is how the -- [inaudible] remember that name, so here's his directive right here. and he says the general aim is to announce the closure of the project, but then he adds special activities -- you know what that is -- special activities will be carried out under the title of scientific know-how development. and, in fact, this is exactly what iran proceeded to do. it continued this work in a series of organizations over the years, and today in 2010 -- 2018, this work is carried out by an organization inside iran's defense ministry. and you will not be surprised to hear that it's led by the same person who led project amad. and also, not coincidentally, many of the key personnel worked on project ahmad. so -- amad. so this clearly shows that iran planned at the highest levels to continue work relate

of the united nations? prime minister may: i think my message would be this about the security council. membership of the security council, permanent membership of the security council is only given to a limited number of countries. i think it is important that those who sit around that security council table take quite seriously the responsibility they have to the wider international community for decisions that are taken. i hope that the actions being taken in syria will deter and to -- deter and degrade the syrian regime's capability and willingness to use chemical weapons, but will also send a message to others about the use of chemical weapons. it is illegal. .t is banned it should not happen. the gentleman on the second row? reporter: prime minister, you have been very clear that this was not about regime change. why not? and is it the british position now that assad can stay as long as he does not use chemical weapons? prime minister may: no, as i said, and you recognized, this was specifically about the use of chemical weapons. there is a wider question on the future political so

muslims one measure is the change in pension funds for employees and staff in the city of a minister if you have a council consciously decided on diesel and c o two neutral investment or avoiding child labor avoiding businesses that invest in armaments in order to point the way to climate protection and sustainability know how to cut two thirds. of climate protection has a long tradition in winston since the late one nine hundred ninety s. where we even had a department in the city administration devoted to the climate and energy and we engage the public in discussions on these issues issues such as winter. we have our own combined cycle power plant and funding programs for solar energy so it is a central focus in ministers consider to green city how much is that the result of citizen involvement. we're very interested in discussing and even deciding fundamental questions with our citizens that's also because we have a very young city with many university students but also a very committed city which weighs in on many social issues and we're quite proud of that. are you always bike or do you have a car if

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rebecca: the security council is there to meet with the prime minister of bangladesh and myanmar's leader aung san suu kyi. >> it is a combination of enormous distress and sympathy for what those poor women and those poor children have been through and are still going through, and it is enormous horror that other human beings could put them through that. and i think it shows the scaleen of the cha as we try -- as -- as we try as the security council to find some way through for these poor people to go home. rebecca: as monsoon season draws clter, there are concerns t it will worsen the crisis. >> the bangladeshi government has certainly done an incredible job to try to meet the needs of the population, but it is going to be a disaer when the rains come. rebecca: the united nations has n as aned the situat ethnic cleansing of the mainly muslim rohingya, accusations that the myanmar government denies. the u.n. now hopes they can work together to resolve the crisis ande for needs of thffering of the rohingya people. the suffering of the rohingya peoplbc rebecca lee,ews. jane: you are watchin

and i really see it's right that was the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking at the meeting of the council of foreign and defense policy just outside moscow it's been quite a bit of time talking about the script script poisoning the mentioning about the reporter only talked of a formula and it was a formula that's available to a number of countries. and there's no particular secret about formula before body was for talking about the syria attacks overnight of course the joint attacks from the u.s. france and the u.k. . they've been justified only by media reports that the people who had intelligence that they said led to those strikes being ordered weren't being shared with people who could have done something to stop it if indeed there was anything to stop in terms of chemical capabilities and serious of the russian foreign minister addressing a gathering near moscow in the past few minutes. right next in his first tweet after the attack overnight donald trump thanked two u.s. allies and said the results couldn't have been better he called the strikes perfectly executed despite russian an

of the syrian regime e.u. foreign ministers and u.n. security council are meeting to discuss the crisis also coming up because mali unfit to be president who talks about it treats women like they're pieces of meat who lives. only about matters big and small and since the american people believe after being fired by donald trump the former f.b.i. director james comey lashes out ahead of publication of his new book and in the bonus league. and don't square it all in germany's biggest derby. hello i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. western leaders are preparing to start a new diplomatic push today to try to end the crisis in syria it comes two days after a u.s. led coalition carried out military strikes on sites in syria the u.n. security council is set to talk about a new resolution for a cease fire across the country you foreign ministers are also discussing a new political initiative but they say moscow will be the key to any success. business as usual that appears to be the message of the syrian state t.v. images an upbeat president assad welcomed

well i think it's a step in the right direction that out of now ministers actually come to bangladesh and come to the council there is still a feeling within me that a lot of this crisis is exaggerated so i think how in a member of the government going to magnet ashton accounts to see the scale of this crisis to hear what the regime have experienced what they have to put it what they have to complete is an important if there is an important move and of course to talk to them about what they want in this conversation about returns no one is actually asking the right what they want is the government serious about the allocation of believe that a thirteen demands to the government minister that you know includes of course recognition of citizenship do you think any of these demands are likely to be met by the government. in the short term i think and i think we do have to see this push repatriation is very much a politically expedient agreement that was being reached between member in bangladesh members under a lot of pressure from the international community has a lot of talk about international justice and ac

the new president said he would soon announce that he would bring in a new council ministers, which some saw as a sign ofe and again it is his decision. of course, there are decisions which he will consult with raul castro, but raul castro does not like to be consulted very much. he believes in people doing theirjob. and miguel diaz—canel knows that. this handover has been long and drawn out. replacing one staunch revolutionary for another might not seem like much, but the end of raul castro's presidency is a majpr shift for many cubans, who now simply want to see the pace of change pick up. will grant, bbc news, havana. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: now almost two weeks since the reports of chlorine gas first emerged in syria but international inspectors have still not been able to visit the area. as bill heydon reports, the regime appears increasingly confident of victory against rebels on the ground. this is the syrian government's view of the civil war, another town returning to its control. a few hours before this flag was raised, around 5000 rebel fighters and theirfamilies had been evac

al assad france accuses moscow of being complicit in the actions of the syrian regime you foreign ministers and the u.n. security council are meeting to discuss the crisis also coming up i think is morally unfit to be president talks about and treats women like they're pieces of meat who lives. only about matters big and small and since the american people believe that after being fired by donald trump the former f.b.i. director james comey lashes out ahead of the publication of his new poll. and in the book his league is shot and squared up in germany's biggest darby it turned out to be and bawling much and we got the goal. hello i'm terry marchin good to have you with us. western leaders are set to start a new diplomatic push today to try to end the crisis in syria that comes two days after a u.s. led coalition carried out military strikes on sites in syria the u.n. security council is set to talk about a new resolution for a cease fire across the country e.u. foreign ministers are also meeting one aim is to persuade moscow to return to the negotiating table. business as usual that appears to be the message of the syr