e.u. foreign policy chief for the record warned that the water the region is not a chessboard and that peace has to be built by the syrian people tensions escalated after a suspected chemical weapons attack in duma earlier this month western states applying damascus the regime denies responsibility and suggested the incident was staged stuff and i'm a story says recent asterix in response to the alleged chemical attack have not improved the situation. we have seen in the last few weeks. we have

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 russia says it's firmly behind its ally. relations between the russian and syrian army's or accident so relations between politicians the army will now fulfill its task and russia and the assad government are not the only ones defiant the pentagon showed off satellite images of the destruction saying the strikes completely destroyed two targets and seriously damaged another one in damascus was reduced to rubble. we have a responsibility as a world to attack and stop what syria is doing it and so the united states with her allies one after three sites these are pinprick targets three targeted sites that we know were housing and testing chemical weapons these people fled eastern ghouta the site of the

e.u. foreign ministers meeting for us in luxembourg today thank you carol now to some other stories making news around the world on a visit to turkey a nato chief has said the u.s. led strikes on syria will reduce the regimes ability to carry out new chemical attacks stoltenberg also said the strikes were a clear message to syria russia and iran that chemical weapons are not acceptable in australia new south wales police suspect that a large bushfire threatening sydney may have been started deliberately authorities say it's miraculous that no houses have been damaged so far and no one has been injured the fire is close to the city's southwestern suburbs are being fanned by strong winds several pieces of jewelry and coins believed to belong to the danish king harold bluetooth have been discovered in germany's northern island the tenth century king is credited with unifying scandinavia and yes the wireless technology using your phones in your laptops is named after him. former f.b.i. director james comey says donald trump is morally unfit to be the president of the united states he was speak

e.u. foreign ministers meeting for us in luxembourg today thank you. now some other stories making news around the world protests have been taking place across india over the gain weight and killing of an eight year old girl. eight men have been accused of the crime including three policemen protesters also demanded justice for a teenager allegedly raped by a member of the ruling b j p party. protesters at a starbucks coffee shop in the u.s. city of philadelphia demanded justice after two black men were arrested there the men said they were waiting for a friend before ordering but staff accuse them of trespassing their accusations of racial profiling and starbucks chief executive was forced to apologize. in australia new south wales police suspect that a large bushfire threatening sydney may have been started deliberately authorities say it's miraculous that no houses have been damaged so far and no one has been injured the fire is close to the city's southwestern suburbs and is being sande by strong winds. former f.b.i. director james comey says donal

expect that the foreign ministers here will formalize their support for these strikes conducted by two e.u. member states and the united states however they will also make clear that the sole purpose of these strikes was not cruise regime change was not change tipping the balance of power in this complex proxy war but it was to deter the syrian regime from using chemical weapons in the future that is a key message and then also look out for a political initiative the particularly france and germany are trying to hammer out at this meeting here in luxembourg germany's foreign minister heikal masa said there is a quote window for dialogue that is open with syria's main backer russia let's listen to what he had to say today in luxembourg. with might this conflict can't be solved without russia we have to find a way to achieve what we all want first to be a cease fire access for humanitarian aid a transitional government in syria constitutional reform and in time elections. when a just solution that everyone in syria can accept. which is that back because of the acid regime the russians also n

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e.u. foreign policy chief for the record warned that the water the region is not a chessboard and that peace has to be built by the syrian people tensions escalated after a suspected chemical weapons attack in duma earlier this month western states applying damascus the regime denies responsibility and suggested the incident was staged stuff and i'm a story says recent asterix in response to the alleged chemical attack have not improved the situation. we have seen in the last few weeks. we have seen it with. that needed three games to total gauge military escalation not bring a political solution not build any change on the political will on the contrary we are going through a very different moment. millions of putting differences aside to the killing of one and a half million citizens a century ago. thousands of people marched through the streets of iran to a hillside memorial to commemorate the mascot that become one hundred and three years ago it comes just a day after protesters and the opposition force the country's new prime minister to resign. in sport the champions league football to

e.u. foreign policy chief federica marini warned that the water own region is not a chessboard and that peace has to be built by the syrian people tensions escalated after a suspected chemical weapons attack in duma this month western states blamed damascus the regime denies responsibility and has suggested the incident was staged stuff in the mistook as recent as strikes in response to the and i just chemical attacks have not improved the situation. we have seen in the last few weeks. we have seen it with our eyes that tree territorial gauge military installation not bring a political solution not through any change of the political will on the contrary we are going through a very different. the armenians are setting their differences aside to mount the killing of one and a half million of their citizens a century ago ottoman turks and the capital yet of the thousands i have been marching through the streets to hillside memorials i think commemorating the mask of the began one hundred three years ago it comes just a day after protesters on the opposition force the country's new prime ministe

e.u. foreign ministers have been meeting in luxembourg to discuss how to proceed further topping the agenda is how to deal with damascus as an ally russia and how to revive the peace process in syria. well as the world leaders assess the fallout from the u.s. a lead air strikes the e.u. trying to ramp up efforts to get the policy back on track and this is in luxembourg where the european foreign ministers are gathered again what's come out of these talks. a lot of unity here on the point that foreign ministers agree that they want to use the momentum that comes from these airstrikes they want to take full advantage of that in order to achieve a political solution for the syrian crisis they fell short of good expressing full support like you seen that from nato for these airstrikes only saying that they welcome any sort of action against the use of chemical weapons and then the german foreign minister moussa made clear you once again he's very unhappy about the role that iran and russia play in the syrian conflict about again here in that case the european union states basically on the line

e.u.'s foreign policy chief in any cauldron russia iran and turkey to force a stop to the fighting as well as drumming up aid organizers hope the conference been revive the storage peace process. let me now draw in our correspondent jug matis who's standing by for us and he's covering the donor conference so this is the second and final day of the conference again what have been the outcomes so far . reader you've already mentioned the one billion euros coming from germany as donation of to the syrian people to aid the syrian people this is money that goes particularly into food and medical projects in and just around syria for syrian refugees in the region and it is a substantial amount it is one fifth of the money that has been pledged at the same conference to last years of five billion euros and organizers here hope to surpass that amount this year round so we'll have to see to what extent that will take place but it's a very good sign here that has come from germany but if this money is important but the e.u. foreign policy chief medical longer any also call for a new political push l

e.u. foreign ministers in luxembourg yesterday our e.u. correspondent spoke to the dutch foreign minister's staff bloc. minister how optimistic are you that russia can be brought to the negotiating table after these airstrikes to find a political solution. we have to be optimistic as foreign minister and realistic or false we see dad's eyes it's very religious it was in that peace process i face it it's lost it friday night hurts them again to come to the negotiating table and the security council. and he didn't say yes that the only way forward is a political solution for the security council on a first a full stencil and humanitarian aid is very urgent and false in the end we want to peace process so we have two people marching towards for a shot of our field or parts and forth to participates in the negotiations will it take more pressure to convince the russians or is it more the economic leverage that the e.u. is prepared to invest into. restructuring syria after the civil war so there can be no question of restructure and before dairi

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 preside

e.u. foreign ministers and u.n. security council are meeting to discuss the crisis also coming up because morally unfit to be president who 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 after being.

e.u. foreign ministers are meeting and we've heard from the belgian foreign minister talk about how a military solution to the syria situation is not going to work we've heard from the foreign policy chief frederica ma greeny say that the european union would invest in rebuilding syria only under conditions of a productive political dialogue so certainly still a very burning issue lots of debate surrounding the situation and certainly will be watching what happens here in london today thanks for those details and be hearing more from you in the coming hours as that a six hour long debate plays out in the house of commons today for now it is on to see a check and i thank you well we've spoke to a number of experts who say the u.k. prime minister didn't ask parliament because she feared she would have lost the vote on taking military action. this passing strange that a parliamentary democracy wants to bypass parliament and go to war only twenty two percent of british people as a whole were in favor of getting involved in the war in syria and if you look at the data beneath i can see a very signi

e.u. foreign ministers met to thrash out their response to events in syria.

e.u. foreign ministers met to thrash out their response to events in syria but the blocs foreign policy chief federica mo greeny said a solution seems.

e.u. foreign ministers met to thrash out their response to events in syria but the block .

e.u. foreign ministers are meeting in luxembourg say they're supportive of all measures to prevent further chemical attacks including the recent air strikes in a statement they call the strikes specific measures taken with the goal of preventing future chemical attacks but they reiterated there can be no military solution to the syrian conflict. all right let's explore more with that exactly means marcus crime is a political scientist and international security alice we're so happy to have you here with us mr khan were in the eighth year of this very protracted brutal war in syria and the e.u. is exploring a diplomatic channels or trying to revive diplomatic channels getting the warring parties to sit at the same table i don't want to take any away from diplomacy efforts but at this stage are they just naive or have they just run out of options there's no leg off diplomatic channels i mean with the official. be official negotiations between the syrian opposition and the government in geneva and of the auspices of the united nations we have this so-called. turkey around and. the key questio

e.u. foreign affairs spokes person says that the i.d.f. should refrain from using lethal force against unarmed protesters. by the i.d.f. says it's opened an investigation into the boy's death since the anti occupation protest campaign began dozens of palestinians have been killed and thousands more injured no israelis have been heard. on the way the unrest in armenia takes a dramatic turn on the clocks taken for britain to respond to russia's questions over the script all poisoning global news continues after the break. trades that have been wrong for five years one is that the dollar is going to crash that ball is going to twenty five hundred in the very short term and that three the bond market is going to crash all those three trades if it absolutely wrong for five years and they have taken many people out on a stretcher. welcome back the embattled prime minister of the former soviet republic of all media has resigned less than a week after being appointed the decision follows eleven days of mass rallies in the capital yet of an opposit

e.u. foreign policy chief and stuff in the midst of the u.n. envoy on syria have been speaking there woman i have to say. dear mr a made very clear that he is deeply convinced that a territorial gains in syria a military solution is not something that will lead the country into pieces so both federica more greeny end to mr a calling for a political solution that has to take place in syria and hear a federica more greeny said for instance peace is not a document that can be signed here the key protagonist have to be the syrian people and she called again on the key influencing powers currently on the ground in syria iran and but also particular russia to come to the negotiating table to allow syrian forces to put participate in the un let peace talks in geneva so a big attention to actors vitalize the political process in a solving the syrian conflict but this conference young is billed as a donor conference is a two day event will it meet the targets that you know people want or is there some kind of deal in a fifteen setting in. with long term

e.u. foreign trade will increase further down the line. well we heard already some indications of that donald trump has already threatened to impose tariffs on german automobiles. well this hopefully is only a threat in so far as also the steel tariffs now are more the u.s. exempted from them at least for the time being so i think as i said in the outset. tries to threaten to put threats and threats into the room in order to get in the yoshi ation position as far as europe is concerned he also wants the european union to increase the defense spending for us for instance you know. germany economic institute thank you for insight. now spanish police have arrested former h.s.b.c. employ. me after he was convicted of industrial espionage in absentia the man claims to be a whistleblower johnny fled geneva with files that were later leaked to the media they were allegedly proving tax evasion by h.s.b.c. clients the is accused of an authorized acquisition of data financial espionage and violating swiss bank and business secrecy. and that's all fo

e.u. foreign policy chief federico greeny said the three countries had a special responsibility to establish a ceasefire the un is seeking seven billion dollars in aid money at the conference the e.u. has refused to engage in reconstruction efforts in syria until there is meaningful until there is a meaningful peace agreement. now in light pollution is threatening to undermine our ability to search for life on other planets it's even happening in chile's atacama desert one of the darkest areas on earth atacama is home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes but light pollution that has increased up to thirty percent compared to a decade ago you see in human reports now from the parnell observatory in northern chile. at sunset the views from the european southern observatory located in chile's at the camera desert are breathtaking but it's a night when the deep darkness and unique atmosphere and conditions of the at the camera turned these guys into heaven for astronomers. but at the pattern al observatory scientists probe the universe with giant telescopes but at twenty six hundred m

e.u. foreign policy chief federica muller eenie said the countries have a special responsibility to establish a ceasefire. nigeria's president has vowed to hunt down gunman who opened fire at a catholic church killing at least nineteen people the early morning attack happened in a remote village in benue state on tuesday the attackers also burned down fifty houses since twenty thirty in the region has seen violent clashes between for lonny handsome and well mostly muslim and pharmacists who are predominantly christian one jerry is information minister says the root of the issue is a clash over resources between the two groups the governmental swung into action on the deployed board the military and the police and resent times. that have been prosecuted in addition the government will believe that the long term solution is for the has meant to adopt ranch in on also for the farmers also to go to. a more modern techniques and before high yields since the land and resources would lead. so to come an indian guru with millions of followers he sends us to life in jail for right. i mean look at the

e.u.'s foreign policy chief federica michael really says that the countries have a special responsibility to establish a ceasefire. thousands of people in yemen have protested to condemn a saudi led s. trike that killed a senior leader last week salah. had been head of the hooty administration since twenty sixteen rebels say that he was killed with six companions the conflict has killed more than ten thousand people in the past three years and caused what the united nations says is the world's worst humanitarian crisis. police in california say that they've cracked a decades old murder case they've arrested a former policeman that they believe is the so-called golden state killa a serial rapist and murderer from the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's from los angeles will brunell's reports forty two years after he began a rampage of murder rape in fear authorities in california say a man alleged to be the golden state killer is behind bars in a perfectly executed arrest my detectives arrested james joseph d'angelo seventy two years old living in citrus heights dns lho was taken into

e.u.'s foreign policy chief urged russia iran and turkey to help establish to cease fire others they had lives more news after a.j. selects the next. a little over seven billion lights in the school each one i still tested monsta the tool. quickness documentaries to hold. on. but. i'm. being. that you have to be a super woman. to be a hero. by. a morning bill. or you know. unspeakable an. impulse of course. by that and only i human mean i'm not a mom i have moments so weakness i have nothing in minutes hours and the fear but. this is a long life. it's a risky one. but it's about control the. still find it be you me in them is visible its threats and. to find holes in them is below. the fly and i have been in. the middle. decade living. trying and teaching children also. every friday when you're about to have a protest do you get married this in the morning. always we speak so. we know it's just the time that somebody gets a. movie this is the right. spirit all. the time that it's small when it's within six hundred twenty minutes and. the whole. family and i mean. it's not easy for me and someo

e.u.'s foreign affairs chief. hailed the move as a positive step but neighboring japan remains cautious saying it will keep up the pressure for complete nuclear disarmament. north korea's missile tests kept the world in suspense throughout last year until in november its leader kim jong un declared his nuclear force complete now state television has made it official no more nuclear or missile testing. pyongyang will instead focus on building up its economy and securing peace with its southern neighbor. south korea has welcomed the move as meaningful progress president is due to meet kim in less than a week's time for a rare summit aimed at resolving the deadlock between the two koreas. in the south capital seoul people have reacted with skepticism. here. unless the regime changes i don't believe we can build normal diplomatic relations our safety can't be guaranteed either on that one day he put. it into one it looked as if the north would denuclearize after the last two summits but now we're back to square one we

e.u.'s foreign policy chief federica ma greeny called on russia iran and turkey to use their influence to halt the fighting as well as raising money for aid organizers of the conference will revive syria's stalled peace process. the leader of germany's jewish community has warned jews to avoid wearing the traditional skull cap the. major cities in order to reduce the risk of attack last week two young men who had strokes in the lead were assaulted the attacker a syrian migrant a semitic abuse a solidarity much in the west has begun in berlin in a moment we'll take you live to the event first though we asked members of both ensues community if they are afraid to wear their skull caps in public. but it's not strict enough danger for other people it's only one small. nothing more and it's so ingrained porton produced tradition that. they have a moment i once forgot to take off my cap i when i was at an event all the way home nothing really happened but i took it off then. or i personally do not want to wear a cap on the street of a bush there is no reason in the world to say to people to not

e.u.'s foreign policy chief. called on russia iran and turkey to force a stop to the fighting a copenhagen court has sentenced pay to months into life in prison for the murder of the swedish journalist kim walt muds and was found guilty of killing and dismembering walls body aboard his cell filled submarine it happened after she went on board to interview him. or does the jewish make people here in berlin a target of hate berlin's jewish community appears divided on that question today thousands of people protested across germany against anti-semitism the demonstrations were in response to a recent assault on an israeli wearing the jewish skullcap. at one of the rallies twenty five hundred people turned out to show their solidarity against anti-semitism jews and non jews was a key part of the traditional jewish skullcaps in defiance of a recent warning from the central council of jews in germany that jews should avoid wearing it in this country. he often does with us to sort the good so we hope that this demonstr

e.u.'s foreign policy chief is russia iran and turkey to help establish a cease fire. a national strike in south africa has disrupted public transport and forced businesses to close thousands marched on weapons day to demand a higher minimum wage and better rights for workers those are your headlines the news continues after the caliph season. the alhambra. a muslim citadel and palace. one of spain's most famous spawning wins. for more than two and a half centuries this palace in granada was the scene of the mustard's. the last muslim dentist in the idea of insulin. now i'm back to south asia when those pick in your brain know nasa the road slightest bit up and you forget that he had pulled eighty or they end up to the court of the law but in a medical circles he will not get ticked woulda a pickle might there be a list but what is the notice with other than i am business there. in the early eighth century. muslims conquered most of the i bury in peninsula the province they called and that of sia. but the compering on it was on able to drive home their success. the rem

e.u.'s foreign policy chief frederick marine is called on russia iran and turkey to halt the fighting and to do all they can to stop the fighting in syria as well as drumming up aid organizers hope the conference will revive the stalled u.s. led peace goals it's. let's go straight to brussels now and our correspondent there beyond riegert a bat germany's the single biggest donor in the syrian crisis and for mr iko masses announced another billion euros that's one point two billion dollars from germany what's behind that high level of german aid. the main purpose of this donor conference is of course to drum up as much support as possible for the syrian people it's much much money as even possible and the self proclaimed goal was six point five billion euros and the conference is well underway to achieve this goal in germany is giving the biggest slice of that and that is not out of just. gratitude is also a surf interest because germany is interested to to keep syrian refugees as close to syria as possible in the neighboring countries and in syria of germany and they you want to prevent t

e.u. foreign ministers are gathering in luxembourg to discuss the crisis the u.n. security council. it was also meeting western powers are preparing to step up pressure on russia to stop protecting syrian president bashar al assad french president emmanuel mccaughan accused has accused of being complicit in syria's actions. 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 russia says it's firmly behind its ally. relations between the russian and syrian army's or accident so relations between politicians the army will now fulfill its task and russia and the aside government are not the only ones defiant the pentagon showed off satellite images of the destruction saying the strikes completely destroyed two targets and seriously damaged another one in damascus was reduced to rubble. we have a responsibility as a world to attack and stop what syria is doing and so the united states with her allies one after thre

e.u. as foreign policy chief. called on russia iran and turkey to force a horse to the fighting as well as drumming up aid organizers hope the conference will revive the stuart peace process. let me now join correspondent ben righetti is in brussels covering the donor conference for us and bent the german foreign minister heikal moss' announced a billion euros for syria what has been the response from the other people that all of the other donors are pledging a lot of money for the coming years to help the people in syria the united states great britain the european union all will pledge a lot of money and it is it seems that the conference will arrive at the aim of six point five billion euros for this year as in the coming years and the numbers are quite staggering because you and others have to support thirteen million people in and outside of syria and the united nations say the six point five billion are the bare minimum that they need to feed to to house and to school these people and the situation is gettin

e.u.'s foreign policy chief frederica augury need called on russia iran and turkey to force a stop to the fight. bombed out cities and a life without a future after years of war thirteen million syrians are heavily dependent on humanitarian assistance but aid organizations are running quickly out of cash at the donors conference on syria and brussels agencies were hoping to raise additional funds from the international community germany pledged an extra one billion euros. just get. it to the national funds are sorely needed by people who have suffered under this war for seven years now and we will only join efforts to rebuild the country however once there is a political solution to the conflict or for the involvement is based on this condition. but syria is far from finding a political solution according to syrian media the latest footage shows the bombardment of aya strongholds by the syrian government in south and damascus in the year of the conflict observers fear a further escalation. in brussels officials from the european union and the united nations hoped to direct attention to th

e.u.'s foreign policy chief become a greenie has called on russia and iran to do more to end the conflict and as the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council he is at the conference he says as syria's government takes back territory the focus needs to be on supporting refugees and helping them home. this is a massive relief operation these food water sanitation shelter. education but also. their livelihoods. production that we now need to see we need to give hope to a whole generation of syrian youth that have really seen nothing but war they need to have education vocational training and then we need to help them into livelihoods it's very dangerous to say to a whole generation of of of syrians you will you will you will have no hope you will have no future of course we will only saw bitterness we need to give hope and that is what much of this money is is giving the person i'm very interested in education and livelihoods creation that is also a basis for one day one day bolland to return to their places of origin the danish inventor peter madsen has been sentenced to life in p

e.u.'s foreign policy chief is urging russia iran and turkey to help establish a ceasefire.protesters are back on the streets of armenia's capital after the acting prime minister canceled crisis talks with the opposition protests leader to call russian arms hands he is ready to leave. actions were held as movement forced formulator serves to resign on monday. police in california have charged a former policeman they suspect is the so-called golden state killer a serial rapist and murderer of the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's a seventy two year old joseph james d'angelo d.n.a. at his home match crime scene evidence. a self-styled religious leader in india with millions of followers has been jailed for life for rape. was convicted of sexually assaulting a sixteen year old girl in two thousand and thirteen as lawyers plan to appeal the verdict the supreme court's conservative justices have ended katyn they are likely to uphold on travel ban the court has been hearing arguments on the president's executive order which targets travelers from predominantly muslim countr

security matters between russia and the west and the former swedish foreign minister carl bildt said austria's position is incompatible with e.u. membership while former alaskan foreign minister artie's sees this as a bad joke this is a quote is there risk asha's relationship with russell as well turn sour because of this i don't think so because all of the belgian government had a similar position luxembourg the country where the president of the commission comes from the same way as austria but also portugal carries slovakia cyprus malta it's in so far. it was a clear decision. from the alston side it was clear that we would still not go into . actually you actually hit it on the nose that was going to be my second question because there are other countries also that aren't united with great britain on this issue why is your country being single out for criticism out for criticism innes expulsion. with r.t. and all that on the one hand there was no proof and there is no prove up to date if if the members of the. council probably got more information than we do have as observers and as they could then weeks all over the world

e.u.'s foreign policy chief for the me has called on russia and iran to do more to end the war get a goal and is the secretary-general put all week in refugee council he joins us live now from brussels good to have you with us again so let's solve the situation in the last major territory in syria still in rebel hands in an area in which civilians and fighters continue to arrive as the result of evacuation deals in other parts of the country e.u. have said all my energies currently and in the coming weeks a dedicated to averting a fresh humanitarian disaster what do you fear could happen there. what i fear is that the war will now move from eastern guta next week damascus to the northwest which is it live it lip is a small province there are two and a half million civilians there they are under armed opposition control half of the civilians there are internally displaced already so we cannot have a war in what is essentially a gigantic refugee camp we must avert the war moving there now i mean what would be the result of any assault on live apart from. many civilian deaths how many people

and here in europe foreign ministers from all twenty eight e.u. member states have met in luxembourg to coordinate their response to the recent events in syria the block's chief foreign policy chief. said that progress is slow speaking after those talks that a solution to the conflict seems to be more far away than ever. in a show of unity the ministers said that they are backing all measures to prevent further chemical attacks including the recent western airstrikes but they reiterated that there can be no military solution to the conflict. for now let's bring in our london correspondent standing by with the very latest so bear get the u.k. and france they appear to have had broad backing from the e.u. for these airstrikes but theresa may is facing some opposition at home so how important to may is this support coming from the european union really when it comes down to domestic politics. well it was something that she definitely stressed when she here in the house of parliament gave a statement basically defending and explaining what she did and

e.u. cash to give tax breaks to foreign investors which also boost the economy and creates jobs. for more i'm joined by american car parties a journalist covering eastern european countries and he joins me from warsaw. is prime minister viktor orban right when he claims all the credit for hungary's recent economic development. well absolutely not i mean we have to say that hungary's economy is doing pretty well would be foolish to not admit that but we have to look at the situation as a whole ten years ago as we saw in the film right there. hungary's g.d.p. growth was minus there was a recession. and now they're recovering and they have been recovering for a couple of years now so it's a good development in the sense that there is a healthy g.d.p. growth and kicked off of under this government they really as we just saw also they are managing to get foreign investment into the country while at the same time doing some protectionist policies as well i mean i went to the northern hungary and city of your recently and they are all very elated and very happy about having audi there i

press conference that is progress on the banking union on asylum policy and a common foreign policy here in the e.u. where are we likely to see progress. well all or none for the interesting thing is that the two leaders have a press conference before actually they go into the nitty gritty talks the chancellor leave behind me i think it's interesting what mark says raise that really when mccall is seen as a capitalist back home as soon as he enters the room here in berlin he's still still seen somewhat at the socialist kind of end with this real fear that could be decisions made that don't really go through the parliament to set some stern resistance here but just to highlight how big the risk is of europe blocking itself once again while these two leaders are stressing that so needs to reinvent itself and so so united front abroad also with foreign policy it's by no means certain that they will be able to make real progress with the kind of limitations particular chancellor has here in germany by june and that's kind of the deadline they set themselves the future of the european union at stake as

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same goes for the air strikes and it may be a reason that russia is not sending its foreign minister but only the e.u. ambassador participating at this conference on the other hand some have made the argument look these airstrikes have also helped to show determination on the part of the west that basically supporting the these air strikes as a sign look if you want to find a solution for the future of this country we will be on board york thanks so much for that you have much more from brussels as the e.u. and u.n. conference gets underway there. or when u.s. president visited france last year he was given the red carpet treatment and now he's returning the favor french president among those on a three day state visit after an elegant dinner the two leaders will be getting down to business a test of whether they can save the iran nuclear deal will be a top of the agenda as well as avoiding a transatlantic trade war now w.'s claire richardson is in washington she asked french residents there what they want to come out of this meeting. washington d.c. turns two kinds of red white and blue when the pre