. >> former secretary of state condoleezza rice once in darfur, in sudan, on the way to darfur, refused the trip until she got an apology from the foreign minister for the way i had been manhandled in a photo opportunity with ba bashir with the dictator there standing on that principle. we have rex tillerson, and one of the things we've learned today, thanks to video that was captured of him with rolling thunder on memorial day, no notice to the press corps that's supposed to cover him, he did have diplomatic security when in full leather vest and denim jeans, he apparently was riding with rolling thunder. he said it was a tribute to the military. an odd place for the secretary of state. >> ruth? >> you know, i think some viewers could listen to all of this and make it -- and take away that we're just being kind of parochial and whiney here and i want to say that's not what's going on. it's really serious when you don't have the access important people starting with the president to ask them really basic questions. there are endless questions that we would like to ask the president righ

mr bashir is wanted by the international criminal court for crimes allegedly committed in the darfurtill to come: the london restaurant with specially composed music on the menu that helps you dine in the dark. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. the polling stations are all prepared for what will be the first truly free elections in romania's history. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peacefulfuneral demonstration so far, but suddenly these police are teargassing the crowd, we don't yet know why. the pre—launch ritual is well established here, helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country, and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate. this is bbc news. the latest headli

. —— darfur conflict.s pledged to hold a second referendum on the final brexit deal — if they win the british general election. in their manifesto — which they launched on wednesday — the party promised to spend billions more on housing, education and the national health service. it would be funded in part by a penny increase on income tax. other policies include the legalisation of cannabis and a future ban on sales of diesel cars and vans. here's our political correspondent, vicki young. even before he spoke, the platform was clear — tim farron wants his election to be about brexit. and, under the bright lights of a packed east london nightclub, the lib dem leader made his pitch to voters concerned about the consequences of leaving the eu. someone is going to have the final say over the final brexit deal. it could be the politicians, or it could be the people. i believe it must be the people. but is his message getting through? i caught up with mr farron as he toured a school. certainly there are people

europe, and, of course, it also includes $4.9 billion for the afghan security force fund, 1.8 million darfur the counter isil train and equip requirements. this is this is a fund that nows both the iraq and the syria train and equip find. the 2.9 billion portion of this request primarily supports mobilized reserve component soldiers and maintains the current in strength levels in afghanistan and iraq pics i know there is some discussion in the previous. right now this request just comes what is currently authorizing we have there in theater. the operations and maintenance portion represents almost two-thirds of the army's oco request and supports theater operations and support, transportation, force protection, support contracts, mobilization requirements and resetting and equipment returning from theater. any small portion of the request and our procurement accounts is for replacement of battle losses, ammunition consumption and pre-position stocks in europe. so in support of eri. so i'd like to take a moment because eri become such a pretty sizable portion of the oco request so i provide y

problem for the american president to be at the same summit as president bashir of sudan known for the darfur genocide. so, there are a lot of reasons why riyadh is going to be a very positive trip, unless president trump says something as inexplicable as what has been reported by "the new york times," he said to lavrov. >> yeah, no kidding. andrea, stand by. let me bring in ari melber, chief legal correspondent. ari, these are two remarkable, remarkel developmeable developm have unfolded. never mind the calling of jim comey a nut job by the president if he said that, the idea that he told the russian s by gettin rid of comey it takes pressure off the investigation then the "washington post" reporting a senior official in the white house is a person of interest, and may be under investigation for ties to russia. >> that's correct. "the new york times'" report is striking because, again, it contradicts the white house story line that jim comey was removed for his own conduct, and it further reinforces, according to american officials who spoke to the "times" out of the president's own mouth th

states and abroad ranging from engagement and rights to adhere to fighting hunger or genocide in darfur other places around the world and so that emphasis on story is core to the dna of an organization like the harry potter alliance but it is as andrew points out core to the moment we're in right now. you can boil down the question to the question who is us ? when we say us right now, who's us ? when donald trump spoke of an america that he wanted to make great again, he was implying and in some cases people around him weresaying explicitly the particular notion of us . when hillary clinton was talking about stronger together as her slogan, she was talking about a different notion of us, that in some directions was more inclusive and capacious but in other directions left people leaving left out of the conversation. and i think this notion of overlapping stories, the great community organizer marshall gas was indeed one of the tutors of barack obama , marshall ganz always thought about these stories that are at the heart of any active community organizing, a story of self, a story of us