e.u. parties and to take a stand against populism in the far right. our correspondent thomas sparrow is at that demonstration in berlin thomas thanks for being here who exactly is rallying in berlin today a mixture of folk on his ations around 250 organizations on initiatives. protester day and other german cities and in other cities around europe according to organizers there are more than 40 european cities where people today are protesting in favor of the e.u. against nationalism and populism some of the organizations here are left leaning organizations we've also seen some political parties in particular from the center left all the left of the political spectrum also joining forces what they want to say is that they're against populism and nationalism and they've been asking people to go to vote in the elections next week which they are describing as very important even a crucial for the future of europe thomas as you know demonstrations are also being held in other european cities do you get the sense that the rallies will make a difference in h

e.u. against washington and sanctions and lifting sanctions on iran can the new kid in this context be salvaged well it's very difficult because so in 60 days iran will restart its. enrichment 20 percent and if this happens we're going to see a resurgence of the iran nuclear crisis and this will be very troublesome for europe because in such a context it will be very difficult to continue the kind of diplomatic and political support is a view to iran but the europeans can do something within the next $660.00 days which is to really try to import iranian oil within a bottle kind of mechanism so to import iranian oil but you know but to say you know goods to iran that that are needed by the population at the same time tensions . a growing in the bush and of saudi arabia says its oil tanker attack calling this a criminal act and a threat to navigation international security the united arab emirates is focal mushers best is a hit by unspecified attacks near the port city of joy the off its eastern coast on the saudi energy minister says 2 of the kingdom's oil tanker as well among the targets and th

e.u. against those who favor close ties with the bloc but european leaders say they're worried about how the new prime minister will handle drugs it as anyone can see british politics is consumed by breakfast and would be consumed by breaks out for a very long time i mean so we now enter a new phase when it comes to breakfast kind of place and maybe a very dangerous one trial and a little doodle under the circumstances a heartbreak that appears to be a reality that is near impossible to stop the british government the british parliament are soley responsible for a no deal exit and its consequences. let's bring in our gas joining us on skype from lancaster in the u.k. mark garnet senior lecturer in politics at lancaster university in london jonathan lis deputy director british influence a pro european think tank and also on skype from bologna and italy matthew goodwin professor of politics and international relations of the university of can't thank you to all for joining us mr garnet what led to may's dong 4 was it a failure to deliver bragg's it or just simply because he couldn't manage to

e.u. might propose against poland. the threats proceedings against a member state is that going too far. do you think the e.u. is meddling in polish affairs. no i don't think so i haven't raised this we're trying to hold up we're part of europe. and western standards and rules should influence poland. that's something positive i think of the the what is not talking about us i think the e.u. can give us the best of everything freedom but no borders or a better standard of living actually. i i i don't care about what they did stick company to complicated for me. to just crazy for me. i find what's going on here a bit crazy when the right wing law and justice party came to power in 2015 it began introducing judicial reforms including lowering the retirement age of supreme court judges as a way of forcing out opponents of the government according to the e.u. the reforms threaten judicial independence putting democracy in jeopardy. the country's president is andre duda but poland's political mastermind is jaroslav conscience leader of the law and justice party. 2 years ago regular protests aga

e.u. against those who favor close ties with the bloc but european leaders say they're worried about how the new prime minister will handle drugs it as anyone can see british politics is consumed by regulation and would be consumed by breaks or for a very long time i mean so we now enter a new phase when it comes to regular kind of face and maybe a very dangerous one for ireland. doodle and it be 2nd stance is a heartbreak that appears to be a reality that is near impossible to stop the british government the british parliament are soley responsible for a no deal exit and its consequences. let's bring in our gas joining us on skype from lancaster in the u.k. mark garnet senior lecturer in politics at lancaster university in london jonathan lis deputy director british influence a pro european think tank and also on skype from bologna and italy matthew goodwin professor of politics and international relations of the university of can't thank you to all for joining us mr garnet what led to may's dong 4 was it a failure to deliver bragg's it or just simply because he couldn't manage to heal the

e.u. might propose against poland. because the threats proceedings against a member state is that going too far. do you think the e.u. is meddling in polish affairs. no i don't think so i haven't raised this we're trying to hold up we are part of europe. and western standards and rules should influence poland. that's something positive i think part of the but the but as an attorney about us i think the e.u. can give us the best of everything freedom no borders or a better standard of living actually. i i don't care how do you think it's too complex to complicated for me. to just crazy for. i find what's going on here a bit crazy when the right wing law and justice party came to power in 2015 it began introducing judicial reforms including lowering the retirement age of supreme court judges as a way of forcing out opponents of the government according to the e.u. the reforms threaten judicial independence putting democracy in jeopardy. the country's president is andre duda but poland's political mastermind is your wish

e.u. against those who favor close ties with the bloc but european leaders say they're worried about how the new prime minister will handle drugs it as anyone can see british politics is consumed by regulation and would be consumed by bracelet for a very long time i mean so we now enter a new phase when it comes to breakfast on the face it may be a very dangerous one trial and. doodle under the circumstances a heartbreak that appears to be a reality that is near impossible to stop the british government the british parliament are soley responsible for a no deal exit and its consequences. let's bring in our gas joining us on skype from lancaster in the u.k. mark garnet senior lecturer in politics at lancaster university in london jonathan lis deputy director british influence a pro european think tank and also on skype from bologna and italy matthew goodwin professor of politics and international relations of the university of can't thank you to all for joining us mr garnet what led to may's dong 4 was it a failure to deliver bragg's it or just simply because he couldn't manage to heal the po

e.u. antitrust proceedings against german carmakers so we're still waiting for clarity on that but certainly one billion on the side for a rainy day they're reporting from frankfurt thank you so much. know all prices have been rising this year and relief doesn't look likely the u.s. is tough stance on iran is also doing little to help supplies of the rainy and oil who have been exempted from u.s. sanctions through a waiver program have just lost their special status. the first of may marks the end of waivers for iran's eight biggest oil customers and this spells trouble for you ran the country's currency the rio has already lost two thirds of its value against the u.s. dollar in twenty nineteen and the i.m.f. that the economy would shrink six percent this year before the latest u.s. restriction will surprise you run says it's determined to continue selling its oil . it's just that nobody can push iran out of the market even the us the biggest of them can't do that they are nothing you know using the us says it is working with saudi arabia and the united arab emirates countries that could rai

e.u.'s controversial internet copyright legislation social media uses a dead set against the proposal. quotes as with in short this law is going to strangle the internet in a way that we couldn't have imagined in our worst nightmares at least i have toiled and could then take away the content freedom that lets me do my job. aren't every day lives would be totally screwed. it's a gotcha. article 13 is designed to protect copyrighted material and block illegal content at least that's what the bills all thought axel vos says but opponents are concerned that some legal content could also be banned. one comes near to going down you can draft regulations for this and we should. but if young europeans decide that this legislation is ruining an important part of their lives. then we're making a huge mistake and dividing in many ways it's a clash between generations vulcan provides his followers with updates via instagram. next we'll travel to grace where a lot of young people can't find jobs. the last 10 years have been tough for grace as the country dealt with a devastating economic crisis th

e.u. will not be held ransom by tehran if iran pulls out of the deal and pope francis' moves against sex abuse in the catholic church in the future priests and nuns around the world will be obliged to inform the church if they suspect abuse is taking place. it's good to have you with us we begin tonight in washington d.c. where u.s. president trump is threatening to impose tariffs on two hundred. billion dollars worth of chinese goods beginning tonight at midnight washington time china has a delegation in washington talking with the u.s. trade team tonight but the chinese government back in beijing is threatening to retaliate if the tariffs go ahead trump is apparently playing it cool he says that he received quote a beautiful letter today from the chinese president saying that he would like to work together trump saying that he will probably speak with xi jinping by phone today tonight from his renewing his complaint that china has been taking advantage of the u.s. you know with the piggy bank that everybody steals from including china we've been paying china five hundred billion dollars a ye

e.u. to navigate its way around it's got its major ally the united states on one hand threatening sanctions against e.u. companies if they do business with iran you've got iran saying well if you don't want to start enriching again you need to do more business with us it's going to be some very interesting weeks of diplomacy and very very difficult talks. reporting there for us from brussels thank you terry. well as we heard there that meeting comes as tensions between iran and the u.s. but also gulf nations are rising fast saudi arabia has condemned an alleged sabotage attack against tankers in the gulf region as a dangerous threat to navigation and international security now the united arab emirates says that 4 commercial vessels were hit by sabotage attacks near the port city of fujairah off its eastern coast the saudi energy mr minister says 2 of the kingdom's oil tankers were among the targets the alleged incidents come as the u.s. warns that iran or its proxies could be targeting maritime traffic in the region iran has called for a probe into who is responsible. let's get more on the story wi

founding member italy has now europe's problems child with the populist parties in power campaigning against the e.u. with somewhere not a more this government has really poisoned the discourse around the social interaction but it also has strong antibodies. italia the battle isn't over yet. no one can predict the outcome but that in course of a somebody to come if you know. in the past reminders of the glory days of the austro hungary and empire abound remnants of the communist era have largely been swept aside and those in power would prefer to forget 2004 as well that's the year hungary joined the european union. for viktor orban and his governing party fidesz the e.u. is the enemy on election posters that declared war on the block and its immigration policy is it's no coincidence there is no e.u. flag flying at the hungary and parliament often a source of controversy m.p.'s from far right party jobbik even threw one out the window. into the e.u. flag also plays a role in this new film a pro european activist tries to hang one up this scene was inspired by an event in real life. is that they. can

founding member italy is now one of europe's problems with its populist parties now campaigning against the e.u. we said they're not the government has poisoned the discourse in social interaction but i think. they got italy also has strong antibodies. the battle isn't over yet. no one can predict what the outcome. german artists. studied communication design in new york but he found his best way of communication was actually via graphy. bt over the past 20 years he has developed his own distinctive style and also global concepts with graffiti in 2008 he created his 1st world peace will on the walls of a palace in northern iraq helped by local artists that more recently he's been traveling in africa with colleagues seen a gap to creating vast piece walls again with local artists so the results become a mixture of european and african styles. here in pretoria south africa a german street art duo is way up in the air. usually on food and zena get out to aren't afraid of heights or carrying heavy machinery involved in their art. let me just go down a little here. on the facade of a former orphanag

this was the moment when people across southern europe especially young people started to turn against the e.u. and that's what opened. the money that i want. at the demonstration we meet again chana she's 28 and has a degree in marketing but right now she's working at a supermarket for listen for euros an hour we asked whether she's worried about the future of. africa as i know that hearing this and i don't have it to. china does not want to leave her country but the austerity measures have hit the greek young people hard you always have to pay for the person i feel angry i feel that this too are fair i pay something good out to my parents and so many times you hear this say our better minds going now say it's ok call this the fall in greece because of the budget cuts imposed by brussels many like tanner have lost their faith in the european union. from the beginning or was so looking sagal wow we are all together. there and itself there is a fake and. and the face mask was a canonical you know in order to say oh he'll peoples in the back of the most people so. now we're headed off to budapes

e.u. ministers were warning against a conflict in the region as they attempt to salvage the iran nuclear deal also the program filipino voters have been casting their ballots for crucial the senate seats in the country's mid-term elections a strong result the president got to go to test it could boost his war on drugs. plus hollywood legend doris day has died at the age of 97 dragon merrily our culture expert joins me in the studio to talk about her and some of the most iconic moments in her career. turn of a warm welcome to you i'm. iran is at the center of a growing rift between the u.s. and its european allies at a meeting in brussels today e.u. policy urged washington's top diplomat not to escalate tensions with the head on with britain going so far as to warn the us of accidentally triggering a conflict in an unstable region now this comes as foreign ministers were meeting to discuss ways to salvage their nuclear deal with terror on. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei all made a last minute visit to brussels to meet with his british french and german counterparts they are still signator

sanctions against iran e.u. leaders have urged the islamic republic to stand by its commitments under the nuclear deal which was agreed with world powers back in twenty fifteen the u.s. withdrew from the deal a year ago and iran is now threatening to abandon it unless the other signatories of the european signatories provide quick relief from u.s. sanctions. it was supposed to be the post breaks it summit shaping the e.u. future without britain well the u.k. may not yet be out it did not attend the talks a welcome respite from bracks it deadlocked but another topic overshadowed the proceedings iran's threat to have banned and the nuclear deal signed with world powers in twenty fifteen e.u. leaders of tehran to think again for the ones that will be he got us here it's now even more important that europe shows a united front. we do not want an escalation but we want to keep using diplomatic tools. we know our limitations but we all agree that the more united europe is the better the chance we have of using dialogu

e.u. the private prosecution against mr johnson who campaigned for britain to leave asked been brought to court by business when marcus bill. w. calls for that shot up pots in london can tell us more welcome to lhasa so what's boris johnson accused of. well basically boris johnson spaces excuse accusations of misconduct in public office and that means in concrete terms that boris johnson is accused of having lied to the public during the leaf complain 3 years ago in the referendum he was saying that the u.k. is spending 350000000 pounds a week to the european union and the actual number is much lower because the european union is actually paying weakly back to the u.k. so he was lying back then into private prosecutor took it into his own hands to bring this case forward he collected 200000 pounds via crowdfunding collected evidence brought it in front of a judge and the judge today then ruled that boris johnson has to appear in front of the court physically for a preliminary hearing and that will happen within the next 3 or 4 weeks and then this will move to trial to the crown court wher

e.u. is fighting against german interests just to get votes from for example east european parties when he says that north stream to pipeline should be stopped as it has been finished now and it's in strong german interest to continue with this work so this is alarming their system has failed. the u.s. president has ordered his trade chief to lead the punitive tar of all remaining imports from china that's on top of friday's dramatic tuck cycle around $200000000000.00 worth of goods from america's top trading partner now the latest penalties come despite donald trump's claims that washington and beijing held positive talks this week aimed at settling their differences over the course of the past 2 days the united states and china have held candid and constructive conversations on the status of the trade relationship between both countries although both sides intend to push ahead with the negotiations beijing has said the latest u.s. move will be met with countermeasures china's also rejected america's claims it didn't stick to our earlier trade commitments. the economics professor richard

e.u. have a lot of options here? will european nations take a stand against the u.s.? dave: at the same time that european leaeaders arere sayinge will not give into an u ultimat, there is a certain amount of sympathy for iran's position, and there is extreme frurustratn with the united states a at the end of the statement issued today. they did not name the united states in name, but they were clearly referencing washington when they called on parties not in the agreement not to try any kind of retaliation, which the u.s. has already done. we have had statements from european leaders -- for instance, today the head of germany plus foreign affairs cocommittee says allll of this n escalating diplomatic crisis caused by the ununited s statest by iran. ththis all was sparked off, he said, when donald trump pulled the u.s. out of this agreement. but the reality -- as i talk to people in brussels -- they say they are sympathetic with iran. they would love to find a way to shield investors from m the u.s, but the fact i is, this is a u.s.-driven economy globally, and it is v

strike on a building housing his country's state run news agency calling it quote a crime against humanity the e.u. has called for an immediate halt to the hostilities. sirens screaming warnings in southern israel is volleys of rocket soar across the border from gaza residents rush to air raid shelters the israeli military says palestinian militants launched over two hundred rockets on saturday some struck codings like here in kiryat gut. dozens were intercepted by israel's iron dome defense system. the israeli army says that in retaliation its planes and tanks hit around one hundred twenty palestinian targets turkey says one of the buildings destroyed in gaza city housed state run news agency among the victims were a palestinian woman and her fourteen month old daughter as the violence escalated israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu convened a security meeting. on friday they'd been clashes during protests at the gaza border two israeli soldiers were wounded by sniper fire four palestinians were killed and of the fifty wounded it was in response to those deaths that the barrier of rocket fire

e.u. he'll election showing a growing turn against the establishment. lding onto seats in the e.u. parliament. theresa may announced last week she will step down next month. joining us right now is the washington examiner editorial director, hugo gerdin. thanks for joining us. first, your reaction to what took place in europe over the weekend. >> the establishment party got hit. in italy, the northern league came up strongly and is now the biggest party. the biggest one, though, of course was in britain where nigel ferage and the brexit party became the biggest party in britain in the european elections. so there was a pretty strong move across the e.u. against the establishment parties. a lot of that was on the nationalist one, in britain and in france and italy, there is also a rise on the part of the left with the greens party doing well. maria: is there any clarity now, given we've seen results in germany, how does that impact the united states? >> you know, the united states has traditionally wanted a united europe and they thought the e.u. project

and chaos it's going to be a difficult task because the house of commons is still strongly against leaving the e.u. except on terms which involve remaining in a customs union almost certainly so that there's going to be a disconnect between the tory party members and supporters and presumably the people who defected to the briggs's party who are mainly conservatives who want a serious break with europe and the members of parliament and so unless you change the arithmetic in the house of commons whoever succeeds mrs may if they want to leave the e.u. was going to face huge problems and same sort can they force a new general election what will be the result of that we don't know but there's going to be a great deal of uncertainty and as i say there's this looming deadline of the 31st of october which is the end of the extension of britain's membership and the british politicians seem to forgotten that in the modern world divorce can be initiated from both sides the remaining members of the european union may decide we find you too much trouble we want you to leave now and so that could be a chaotic

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they're demonstrating against the e.u. turkey deal. you don't think you most ecclesia a priest from the greek orthodox church is also present as a several refugees they have joined the far right group because they share it's goal they want to get off the island. s.o.s. claims n.g.o.s are keeping asylum seekers on the island longer than necessary in order to make money the mood is tense. they know pepper arche has a measured outlook she says most residents of some us are not against refugees still she has to protect her boys. the shelter for the under 15 year olds lies inside the city its location is kept secret no one is allowed to leave the shelter today. the past leading to a house in which a family could live a wish on a drawing made by a child within the shelter the psychologist lena pepper arche and the mehta draw see team help in every way they can but only 14 boys can live in their samar shelter those who are most traumatised and who could not possibly stay in the camp the youngest boy who arrived here was only 2 years old been

theian stocks crumbled, and prime minister said he could see the deficit rise against e.u. limits to boost employment. commissionn forecasted they would exceed the bloc's prediction next year. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am su keenan. this is bloomberg. tensions between beijing and washington heating up further after the u.s. moves to curb huawei's operation in america. zte may also be hit. china says there companies are being unfairly singled out. >> we urge the u.s. to stop cracking down on chinese companies on the pretext of security issues and provide a fair, equitable and nondiscriminatory environment for chinese companies to operate in the u.s. to get more from a senior editor and tom mackenzie in beijing. david: take us through the latest details. >> sure. for nowd been talk months that the u.s. was going chineseaction against telecom companies, restricting them. that has now happened. the u.s. has not only gone with that step, they have gone further and