that's die of relief for the european steel industry at least for now the next four weeks the e.u. can continue to sell steel and aluminum to the u.s. with that additional tariffs. back in march donald trump signed off on plans to impose tariffs of twenty five percent on steel imports and ten percent on r.u. many m two weeks later he granted the e.u. and several countries a temporary waiver that exemption ended on may first washington accuses the e.u. of unfair trade practices trump says if no deal is reached within the next four weeks tariffs will be back on the table analysts say now is the time for the european union to take decisive action the. e.u. should do three things first it has to admit that there's a problem i think it's important to be honest second it needs to send a clear signal that it's not going to run away from a trade conflict in other words the americans a statement the third thing is to offer a concrete proposal at light but be a smart one the german government said simply that it had duly noted the extension that it expects a permanent exemption from the tariffs.

a sigh of relief for the steel industry at least for the moment for the next four weeks the e.u. can sell steel and adamantium to the u.s. without additional tariffs then negotiations will come to an end with says washington no more extensions in march trump announced plans to slap levies of twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on aluminum imports to the u.s. then two weeks later he granted the e.u. and six other countries a waiver that and today may first washington says it's been unfairly treated in trade with the e.u. it wants concessions from brussels a comparison of tariffs on five thousand products shows the europeans charge on average a five point two percent levy compared to just three point five percent by the americans. on tuesday the german government said julie noted the extension and expects a permanent exemption from the tariffs. i would have preferred to have received a definite permanent waiver with immediate effect this didn't happen and so now we should use every opportunity to reach a reasonable agreement. which means negotiations between the e.u. and the u

at least for the moment for the next four weeks the e.u. can sell steel and aluminum to the u.s. without additional tariffs. then negotiations will come to an end with says washington no more extentions. the reaction from berlin was sober. when it's really only been trying to sell the german government has noted the u.s. president's decision. we would have preferred receiving a definite permanent waiver with immediate effect but that didn't happen we need less tariffs in the world not more. now we should use every opportunity to reach a multilateral and reasonable agreement on. the american president donald trump feels the u.s. is being treated unfairly for him saving the american steel industry is a question of national security in march trump imposed twenty five percent import tariffs on steel and ten percent on aluminum then two weeks later he granted the e.u. and six other countries a waiver. the goal of the extended deadline is no secret europe should make trade concessions a comparison of tariffs on five thousand product shows the europeans charge an average of five point t

every marine who was to show that any economic interest of these companies will be protected by the e.u. can that mean counter sanctions against the us we don't know this might still be down the road but it is an option but firstly the will enter into negotiations with the us i assume the european union foreign policy frederica marie nishi reacted to drugs announcement a short while ago let's have a listen you know the in the union will remain committed to the continued and effective implementation of the nuclear deal we fully trust the work the competence and the autonomy of the international atomic energy agency that's published that reports certify that it on has fully complied with its commitments. the lifting of milk levitated sanctions is an essential part of the agreement. the european union has repeatedly stressed that the lifting of nuclear related sentients has a positive impact not only on trade and economic relations with iran but also on mainly crucial benefits what the iranian people the european union is fully committed to ensuring that this continuous to be that it on our tha

a sigh of relief for the steel industry at least for the moment for the next four weeks the e.u. can sell steel and aluminum to the u.s. without additional terrorist. then negotiations will come to an end with says washington no more extensions in march trump announced plans to slash levies of twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on alan minium imports to the u.s. then two weeks later he granted the e.u. and six other countries a waiver that tends to de washington says it's been unfairly treated in trade with the e.u. it once concessions from brussels a comparison of tariffs on five thousand products shows the europeans charge an average of five point two percent levy compared to just three point five percent by the americans. on tuesday the german government said it to duly noted the extension and expects a permanent exemption from the tariffs but to prevent a trade war between the e.u. and the us negotiations must now continue apace. the u.s. is neighbors mexico and canada have also received a month's extension meanwhile south korea has already found a long term solution as

how much money can the e.u. spend and who gets what won't get subsidized and what gets cut to the windows and who then loses. every seven years the e.u. budget is a political struggle for money and power from brussels green party member of the european parliament tell get knows a thing or two about budget talks she's twenty cents at the negotiating table. the toughest is the behavior of especially the finest ministers or their ambassadors to say we don't have any money we are not ready to pay we are not interested in the common goals of politics because we are only interested in our national politics it's always every country looking at the tour saw how much to pay in as a country and how much to get back. brett says looming over the negotiations this time britain's departure from the e.u. will leave a gaping hole in the accounts of about ten billion euros a year how should this whole be filled should the budget be reduced as the austrian swedes and dutch suggest or a cuts to costly areas such as agriculture on

tear gas canisters on the protesters at trying to disperse all these all these protesters in the e.u. can see that at the tear gaza fired is very concentrated we look and feel it from very very far away there are palestinian protesters that are injured and trapped inside where. the palestinian minister has been the ambulances can't reach them. how far. that was so what happened right now is we heard a huge explosion and. that they israeli air strikes were playing out fight as strikes of the on a place but a near to the protest either trying to escape the palestinian protesters did at them go blow. throughout the day there was a bunch of highs regarding violence in fact two hours ago during the highest peak of violence where the protesters and the israeli military forces clashed almost head on israeli military forces using rubber coated steel bullets tear gas canisters stun grenades and other armaments at their disposal against the palestinian protesters were mainly throwing stones and chanting against the israeli military forces this had increased as the day went on with things calming do

who has access to it what can companies do with it. the new e.u. legislation aims to address some of these issues. under the new rules companies will only be allowed to collect data relevant to their services so weather app for example won't be allowed to access your address book of photographs the new regulations also afford individuals the right to launch a complaint with the supervisory authority in their own country instead of potentially having to challenge a foreign company abroad those violating data protection rules will face harsher fines instead of the maximum three hundred thousand euros in germany companies will face up to twenty million euros in penalties or four percent of annual turnover whichever is bigger for facebook that'd be one point three billion euros. the new regulation requires companies and website operators to pay closer attention to what they do with their users information. and remaining legal anomalies likely to be settled in the courts in the coming years. consumer watchdogs have welcomed the new rules and say they gi

tear gas canisters on the protesters at trying to disperse all these all these protesters in the e.u. can see that at the tear gaza fired is very concentrated we look and feel it from very very far away there are palestinian protesters that are injured and trapped inside where the palestinian minister has been the ambulances can't reach them. it's getting more dangerous and it's escalating palestinian protesters have been protesting sent the morning throughout the day there was a bunch of highs regarding violence in fact two hours ago during the highest peak of violence where the protesters and the israeli military forces clashed almost head on israeli military. forces using rubber coated steel bullets tear gas canisters stun grenades and other armaments at their disposal against the palestinian protesters were mainly throwing stones and chanting against israeli military forces this had increased as the day went on with things calming down but make no mistake this area was a battle zone before with many protests happening across the west bank from ramallah to nablus to bethlehem and even

can also do stupid we also have to be this stupid. so the next question is of course how will trump reactive counter measures are enforced well he's already threatened to respond to any e.u. trade barriers by saying that he will put tax on cars produced by european auto makers so you can see that the huge verbal tit for tat going on the u.s. commerce secretary he's actually downplayed the move he said that if and when the e.u. slaps back the u.s. with its own set of tariffs they will in fact barely pinch the u.s. economy he said that it will affect less than one percent of the overall u.s. economy so he thinks it doesn't as we've heard before it won't really affect the relationship between the european union and the e.u. yes but we'll have to wait and see about that considering the verbal backlash that we've heard so far it will depend on whether the e.u. can forget forgive and indeed live with these new measures. because certainly not happy although if you're a fan of trade wars you're probably quite enjoying this many thanks to our correspondents there due to the answer miracle on that thank you. in other news spain's prime minister faces losing his job as parliament d

tear gas canisters on the protesters at trying to disperse all these all these protesters in the e.u. can see that at the gaza fire it is very concentrated we look at feel it from very very far away there are palestinian protesters that are injured and trapped inside where. the palestinian minister of having the ambulances can't reach them. so what happened right now is we heard a huge huge explosion and. that the israeli air strikes were playing out fight as rights of the on out plays they needed to the protest as they're trying to scale the palestinian protesters did it the goal. throughout the day there was a bunch of highs regarding violence in fact two hours ago during the highest peak of violence where the protesters and the israeli military forces clashed almost head on israeli military forces using rubber coated steel bullets tear gas canisters stun grenades and other armaments at their disposal against the palestinian protesters were mainly throwing stones and chanting against israeli military forces this had increased as the day went on with things calming down but make no mista

but it's about more than stock markets warns italy's central bank it to these future within the e.u. can only be secure as a reliable partner. we have to keep in mind the grave risk of losing irreplaceable trust in a short period of time. the trust in the strength of a country that is aside from the petty and unbalanced judgments is great both are an economic and civic level. but it's not only italy that needs the e.u. the european union stability relies on the financial stability of its member to the south. let's talk about that now with cast the head economist at bear and bank in a london good to have you with us so well the euro zone survived a number of crises right from ireland and greece to spain and portugal so how big a threat is italy to the currency blocks stability. well it looks like it might be of the bigger crisis then what we had with greece italy is six times bigger than greece but we see it differently as an italian crisis and not the euro crisis and that's because the euro zone has enough tools to prevent contagion we have the e.c.b. we have the european stability mecha

tear gas canisters on the protesters at trying to disperse all these all these protesters in the e.u. can see that at the gaza fire it is very concentrated we've look and feel it from a very very far away there are palestinian protesters that are injured and trapped inside where. the palestinian minister has been the ambulances can't reach them. so what happened right now is we heard a huge huge explosion and. that the israeli air strikes were playing out fight as rights of the on a place very near to the protests either trying to scare the palestinian protesters did it the goal. throughout the day there was a bunch of highs regarding violence in fact two hours ago during the the highest peak of violence where the protesters and the israeli military forces clashed almost head on israeli military forces using rubber coated steel bullets tear gas canisters stun grenades and other armaments you at their disposal against the palestinian protesters were mainly throwing stones and chanting against the israeli military forces this had increased as the day went on with things calming down but mak

the style of relief for the european steel industry at least for now the next four weeks the e.u. can continue to sell steel and aluminum to the u.s. without additional tariffs. back in march donald trump signed off on plans to impose tariffs of twenty five percent on steel imports and ten percent on r.u. many and two weeks later he granted the e.u. and several countries a temporary waiver that exemption ended on may first washington accuses the e.u. of unfair trade practices trump says if no deal is reached within the next four weeks tariffs will be back on the table analysts say now is the time for the european union to take decisive action the. e.u. should do three things first it has to admit that there's a problem and i think it's important to be honest second it needs to send a clear signal that it's not going to run away from a trade conflict in other words send the americans a statement the third thing is to offer a concrete proposal at light but be a smart one the german government said simply that it had duly noted the extension that it expects a permanent exemption from the

but it's about more than stock markets warns italy central bank italy's future within the e.u. can only be secure as a reliable partner to go beyond the view to simply preserving we have to keep in mind the grave risk of losing irreplaceable trust in a short period of time. the trust in the strength of a country that is aside from the petty and unbalanced judgments is great both on an economic and a civic level. a good round so term economic is to be there. but it's not only italy that needs the e.u. the european union stability relies on the financial stability of its member to the south. but as italy keeps markets jittery greece looks on track for steady growth again in two thousand and seventeen the economy expanded by one point four percent this year the o.e.c.d. expects growth of two percent and given those figures athens could soon exit the international bailout program by the e.u. the european central bank and to the international monetary fund the current third aid package totals eighty six billion euros and it will run out in august two thousand and eighteen preliminary fo

wants to do something stupid the the e.u. can also do stupid but it may be difficult for some maybe myself at times here to admit it but it seems like the president's tactics that if you want to call them that have maybe worked with north korea at least for the current time are they going to work with the e.u. steve well i don't think that choosing the right instruments to begin with because . steel and aluminum are incredibly energy is intensive and you actually given the fact that america doesn't have those energy resources like canada has with adrià electric it's just in some ways foolish soget that if you actually wanted to bring manufacturing back onshore you would be looking at the incredibly high energy low relatively low technology areas of steel and aluminum if you're looking at bringing back integrated circuits so i think it is actually attacking the wrong end of the technology spectrum but that said what he's doing is making it very difficult to trans national corporations to manage global supply chains anymore and to

e.u. citizen can demand companies like facebook google or amazon tell them what kind of data they hold on them what they do with it and have it corrected or even deleted otherwise companies face stiff fines which could run to over a billion euros per violation. to states or france and gulf by a nationwide civil service strike they were protesting government plans to slash one hundred twenty thousand public service jobs by twenty twenty french economic reform is being driven by president manuel. he's also pushing for eurozone reforms and is facing some stiff resistance there as well. kenya has banned plastic bags. jokey mercury works as an environmental inspector on the streets of nairobi she has to make sure nobody is using them anymore. what is happening. even though because there is a lot that. last week two months ago she found a pile of plastic bags in this meat market ten butchers were arrested as a result. they came here once a month we were. out today they are good friends of ours now we are friends. before the ban even the trees were clogged up with plastic bags cows were digestin

e.u. budget can only be decided unanimously making difficult negotiations inevitable there's a lot at stake here specially for eastern europeans stay. which tend to be net recipients of e.u. funds. well there's still some good news in europe if you look a bit closer at single countries for example portugal's economy is growing that is making the country attractive for investors in real estate property values in lisbon are on the rise. while lisbon is known for its beauty its property market was ignored for a long time that has changed in recent years investors have been pouring money into lisbon's real estate sector in twenty fifteen investment in commercial property more than doubled from the previous year to eight hundred seventy six million euros and the levels have remained true to lehigh since then. real estate prices are also rising in the portuguese capital for the city's historic center they increased sixty seven percent between twenty seventeen and two thousand and eight according to local real estate experts so fordable housing is harder to find and some residents are becoming mor

e.u. citizen can trust that their integrity and their rights on the internet are being protected and it is specially since the e.u. neuros on data protection are entering into force in only three days as from now i'd like to raise two questions to you mr zuckerberg firstly the scandal involving facebook and cambridge analytical is more than anything else an issue of ethics and values you said in your intervention in the hearing with the us congress you repeated it here tonight that facebook is responsible for the content on the platform once facebook. request other companies to delete users' data does facebook follow up to check compliance by these companies and how will you ensure that they this is really down and secondly i am convinced that you use citizens would like to know which specific measures that will be taken by facebook to ensure that just scandal like this one cambridge analytic i will not to cure again you have shared your views in spirit on a on greater responsibility on what happens on the platform but mr can but can you guarantee to the millions of users many of them use

how much money can the e.u. spend and who gets what what gets subsidized and what gets cut who are the winners and who are the losers. every seven years the e.u. budget marks a political struggle for money and power from brussels green party member of the european parliament helga to pose knows a thing or two about budget talks she's twice sat at the negotiating table. the toughest is the behavior of especially the finest ministers or their ambassadors to say we don't have any money we are not ready to pay we are not interested in the common goals of politics because we are only interested in our national politics it's always every country looking at those used to tour saw how much do i pay in as a country and how much do i get back. brecht's it is looming over the negotiations this time britain's departure from the e.u. will leave a gaping hole in the accounts of about ten billion euros a year how should this whole be filled should the budget be reduced as the austrian swedes and dutch suggest or a cuts to cost

until that is sorted, the e.u. can on their hands. ♪ minister israeli prime says his country has documents saying iran has the capability to build nuclear bombs. bob corker said these allegations were nothing new. what was his audience? >> he had an audience of one. it was donald trump. to some people it will resonate, but honestly as people follow , this closely to the european capital, the sources have told us this doesn't really move the needle. i think he was aiming at trying to convince donald trump to get out of the nuclear deal in the coming days. ♪ >> facebook developers conference is underway in san jose, california. following the cambridge analytic a -- cambridge analytica scandal, mark zuckerberg addressed those concerns. users now have the option to delete data. >> zuckerberg has said it is one of many things they will try to do to regain the trust of their users. beyond that, this is a conference for developers. he wanted to make the point first and foremost that they should keep building with facebook. fa

e.u. so what can the european union expect from the new government. that will be very interesting to see i think it's likely that the new government will have turned down its rhetoric towards europe that kind of thing is useful during the election campaign but when one comes to the reality of exercising power it's probably wise to be a little bit more polite and conciliatory but parties are pretty much anti establishment and have long been critical of brussels so i think there could be conflict with the european union they want to renegotiate the rules they say should be given to the european parliament and less to undertake to your grass and i think there are a whole host of areas where we come into conflict with brussels and it'll be very interesting to see how that works out and that was philip whelan who's covering that story for us from rome now for some spots there as antennas on the italian open is reaching its latter stages in ville on thursday germany's top ranked player alexander said there was in action having won this tournament last year

e.u. based companies can disregard decisions made by a non e.u. court now in this instance it would be any decisions made by courts in the united states targeting e.u. businesses that were doing trade with iran. now this law is going to be revamped it was first drawn up back in one thousand nine hundred six it's never been used a revamped version of this will be put in play at ten thirty tomorrow morning now we'll have to wait to see exactly what will be in the version it introduced but it would have to be something that didn't take into account the the u.s. financial system which many major companies not even many major many european companies will have involvement in how can they be protected from money that they say have in the united states all of those are questions that are going to have to be answered in the fact that world some companies have already taken that they go in and pull their business out of iran they've already shown signs that they're worried by potential sanctions and they aren't hanging around to see if this blocking statute

gerri: a lot going on in the markets as they consider whether the e.u. can stay in business.it's a big question. drink you breaking news we want to bring to you. president trump holding a campaign style rally touting the booming u.s. economy. >> we've created 3.3 million new jobs since election day. unemployment is at its lowest level since the turn of the century. [cheers and applause] train to the president targeting mexico as he criticizes. >> we lose of mexico over 100 leading dollars a year with this crazy nafta deal. think of it. it's impossible. lose 100 billion a year and that doesn't include the billions of dollars of drugs that slow entire country. gerri: the president sending sending democratic candidates as well as house minority leader nancy pelosi. listen. >> phil robinson. i've never heard of this guy. who is he? he's an absolute total tool of chuck schumer. and of course, the ms-13 lover, nancy pelosi. gerri: after the big rally, the president scheduled to deliver remarks and participate in the sports and fitness day this afternoon. obviously, closely watching

and until that is sorted, the e.u. can just sit on their hands.israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country has documents that proves that iran had a secret program to build nuclear bombs. tehran strongly denied the allegations, while u.s. senate foreign relations chairman bob corker said these allegations were nothing new. who was benjamin netanyahu speaking to? what was his audience? >> he had an audience of one, donald trump. some people this will resonate, but people who follow this very closely, to the european capital, our sources have told us this does not move the needle. i think bibi was really aiming at trying to convince donald trump to get out of the nuclear deal in the coming days. >> facebook's developers conference is underway in san jose, california. privacy is front and center following the cambridge analytica scandal. mark zuckerberg addressed those concerns by unveiling a clear history talk, which gives you the option of deleting their data. >> zuckerberg came out and said that is one of many things that they are g