european union get the block out of upcoming american import tariffs on steel and aluminum or is the e.u. going to counter it with tariffs on u.s. products. and seven years after a nuclear disaster struck the japanese video fukushima some locals are using sport to lawn they're hoping the twenty twenty olympics will soon put their city on the map for something completely different baseball. and welcome to the program syrian government forces say they have made significant advances into eastern ghouta the army has spent the last three weeks conducting an offensive on the area which is the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus the fighting has already claimed the lives of over a thousand people we'll get the latest from our correspondent but first this report . the next strike is never far away in duma. another victim is rushed to an ambulance. call for. observers say east into tears largest rebel held time is now completely isolated government forces have reportedly cut off the main highway linking it to the town of harasta and to the rest of the besieged enclave meanwhile state t

european union get the block out of upcoming american import tariffs on steel and aluminum is the e.u. going to counter with tariffs on u.s. .

convinced at all but the wider issue is why the tories of mary is wasting this by the people time but the e.u. go on this destruction when she should be negotiation even the best deal for britain with threats from the e.u. so there's a great deal of concern about what was it seen as a pretrial of british interests were the brits to go. we have to look into his interests is it for these accusations to be made against russia if it's would be of no benefit to russia whatsoever to do what they're alleged to have done and so does it benefit somebody else and this is where we need to profile miss marple house and ask a lot of questions and get the answers we need to have the full facts investigated . donald trump's appointed this third national security advisor it's the washington veteran and former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. john bolton who's known for his hawkish done some both north korea and iran. secretariat building in new york has thirty eight stories if you lost ten stories today it would make a bit of difference. russians have walked all over the obama administration for eight years it's real

european union get the block out of upcoming american import tariffs on steel and aluminum or is the e.u. going counter with tariffs on u.s. prada.

e.u. is going to be initially exempt from the tariffs that are set to take effect tomorrow that's going to be a big relief for the e.u. but a temporary one there is that is is still going to depend on further negotiations and remember these tariffs were in many ways more controversial and europe has been scrambling to find a way out of them for the u.s. what it means is that it there is the potential that the potential economic impact of the tariffs is going to be much lower and when we look at all of this how much support here we see u.s. president draw enjoy or use in the united states that whole for these trade policies well the tariffs on aluminum and steel for example are very popular among labor unions and in the rust belt states where steel workers are hoping that they'll see this measure protect their jobs and in many ways this is trump's effort to make good on his campaign promises that he's going to get tough on china that he's going to save american jobs but it could be devastating for u.s. consumers and some economists think that it's actually going to cost jobs for people who

e.u. i think we heard she had an awful lot of room to maneuver she'd been given time to explain exactly what the u.k.'s vision for going forward would be in terms of its trade relationships with the e.u. and she had of course been criticised in the past for being vague but now seems to have clarified some key points she's made it very clear pretty much from day one that the u.k. wants to be outside the single market outside the customs union but at the same time as she reiterated in this speech she wants to make sure the trade remains frictionless between the u.k. and the e.u. and she spelt out exactly how she thinks that's going to happen she talked about standardizing things like regulation and other issues making sure that the goods that are produced here in the u.k. are of the same quality and standard as the as the e.u. essentially creating a seamless arrangement between britain and the e.u. going forward to make sure the british economy doesn't immediately turn consumers it leaves the european union we now wait though to see what brussels has to say is that the key point isn't it because there is this strong perc

e.u. is going to be exempted from the tariffs on steel and aluminum i imagine people there are taking that in stride that's good news isn't it is good news but only in the sense that it's just one less thing for them to worry about remember that the e.u. has been excepted from these tariffs for now and still has a bone to pick with the e.u. in terms of the e.u. having its largest trade surplus with the u.s. so that particular point of contention could still find room to express itself and again the e.u. doesn't have to be in a trade war itself in order to feel the effects of a trade war their supply chains could be affected depending on their exposure and these two countries and if a trade war between the us and china depresses growth in those countries and in turn depresses demand well then that's not good for any export oriented economy that sells to these countries. at the frankfurt stock exchange for us thank you very much. as we said earlier trump has to temporarily exempted the european union from higher tariffs on steel and aluminum which were meant to come into effect today the thr

does go ahead with steel imports on european producers and the e.u. would go through the double w t o to do that it might take a while they have about ninety days to have their measures in order but they're definitely threatening that they say they can't allow protectionism and they will strike back if president goes through with this and the u.s. president has singled out germany for justifying high a count of swine is that the case i think it's just a bitch will now that president trump wants to bring up germans. defense spending versus its g.d.p. and yes i was a little bit surprised that he used that in his announcement last night but he doesn't make it sound to me as often i wouldn't be as optimistic as cecilia monster and that he's planning to exempt europe with having spent so much time criticizing germany in his announcement on the tariffs but it remains to be seen there's very intense negotiations going on and in just a few minutes we'll also hear an announcement from the european commission's vice president your key kept by now in a more offic

e.u. has criticized trump's move what are these tariffs going to mean for countries here in europe terry. well i think that still being evaluated because as european commissioner for trade cecilia monster has said this morning donald trump wasn't quite clear on what it would mean for everyone he left open as we've discussed a bit that some countries could have exemptions countries other than canada and mexico that he was mentioned and cecilia monster is saying clearly we expect to be among those exemptions so i think they will still be analyzing what this means for european industry mom's term has a meeting tomorrow morning with u.s. trade rep robert light hisor and she says she's expecting to get much more clarity on plans for europe from him but the e.u. saying clearly we expect these tariffs not to be imposed on europe now earlier this week the european union did promise that trumps plan would be met sweet retaliates three tariffs i mean how close are we coming to trade territory. monster was asked this morning at brussels forum how quickly would you impose your retaliatory measures if

comes to what she and her government hopes will be britain's future trade relationship with the e.u. going forward we know what to reason maybe doesn't want for the u.k. to remain part of the single market and the customers need but what we're hoping that she will do now is explain exactly how the british economy and the heart of the city of london surrounded by huge businesses and banks how the british economy will continue to flourish post breaks it there will be some details we expect coming soon just briefly before trade talks can begin there's still a host of unresolved issues surrounding the border between northern ireland on the republic of olive them and those issues just won't go away me why is that. i know that's right a host of outstanding issues but yes the border between northern ireland part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland remains a key sticking point really that needs to be thrashed out even more in december the british government committed to making sure that they would not be a hard border between northern ireland and the republic of violent but has failed to deliv

cars coming to europe they're not going to ten percent e.u. cars in the united states two and a half percent apiece trump by lowering these rates over here and prevents a trade war interesting strategy of peason that really in frankfurt thank you very much. well he has mentioned the e.u. and the european trade commission and cecilia monstre has also reacted to the u.s. tariffs on steel and other mini i'm taking to twitter she said on tonight's and nonsense the e.u. is a close ally of the us and we continue to be of the view that the e.u. should be excluded from these measures it will seek more clarity on the issue in the days to come i'm looking forward to meeting the u.s. trade representative lighters in brussels on saturday to discuss and while trump touts his unilateral imp unilateral import tariffs his neighbors canada and mexico and nine other pacific rim nations are lowering trade barriers they're opening their markets with a revamped multilateral free trade agreement which trump rejected after taking office representatives of the eleven

e.u. is not going to sit idly by. most jobs in europe will be lost due to the american measures you cannot simply look on without doing anything we need to take measures from our side this is highly regrettable we never set out to start trade wars. so where is all this going let's get more from having i get us from do to lose that is mr esko welcome have you all we now in a trade war or is this just the run up to it definitely just the run up to it phil nobody wants a trade war it will dollars from says it's a good thing but certainly europe doesn't but we are in trade war rhetoric and that is extremely dangerous you just saw the reaction from their europe on the one hand doesn't want any type of counter measures actually because they know that tariffs are a bad thing and that's not the agenda that they actually are trying to push forward but they on the other hand cannot just let this happen without reacting so it will depend on what other countries do and on how the u.s. response to these countermeasures i would lik

e.u. and the united states has been averted at least for now but there's still going to be lingering concern that we came close to one in the first place the e.u. and the united states obviously historically have extremely close economic and political ties did you look at donald to the european council presents opening remarks he said that this for us the e.u. was concerned the united states was a great friend that trade brings peace it brings friendship and reading between the lines there is a disquiet that the trump administration and perhaps the president himself really has a tendency to see trade too much as a zero sum game in which one country inevitably comes out as the winner the other the loser and he doesn't quite appreciate the degree to which it can be mutually beneficial i think that's what european leaders who will be saying money to another issue now the nerve agent poisoning issue in the u.k. how much unity is there within europe. had to deal with russia on this. i think there's been a fair degree of unity over the past two weeks and that's pleased the british but they've come

e.u. reforms is not going to give that much to. but it will give a bit and so that will start in the spring also so there is a lot on the agenda and america really stands for pushing things forward cautiously and slowly is her mode of working. vessel joining us from brussels thank you. now look at some of the other stories making news around the world so his president has called for substantial changes in his country's coalition government or early elections to resolve a political crisis and renew public trust under to comments follow the murder of an investigative journalist the trick of widespread anger about corruption in slovakia could get his fiance wash found shot dead a week ago. voters have overwhelmingly rejected a plan to abolish their t.v. license fee the final count shows more than seventy one percent voting no in sunday's referendum the mandatory fee for radio television programming costs around four hundred euros per household every year and provides funding for public broadcasters. thousands of people opposed to the

when this new relationship needs to be agreed in order to then paulson's course rant go well go to all the e.u. countries and others to go to the u.k. they'll get mass in london thank you. that's what you're up to date of yourself a good day you're watching data. you use google to research a health problem. or a health. interview or consult doctors online. barkan all this replace a visit to. j.p. and what about data protection we take a closer look at online health care in good shape next. why do elephants need. does a plastic model turn into a paving stone why do algae make it clear. good idea kill working in the where there are people developing smart solutions everywhere. let's inspire each other to the environment magazine to go at africa in sixty minutes on d w. e take food for silly us with all the wonderful people and stories that make the game so special. for all true fans barlow's fight the taliban because more than football online when i was young i mean to go changing the world. but i was a woman in egypt some things turned out differently forced marriage genital mutilation humiliat

e.u. said. this seem to be actually two sets of accountancy going on here one that era and keeps on complaining that the e.u. hasn't paid the money the e.u. of course said yes we did pay all the money however it did not go in its largest part to the turkish state but it went directly to the refugees and to n.g.o.s who cater for them and try to help them so obviously has sort of an ongoing problem there because he wants to have the money he just wants to receive it directly and then do with it as he pleases and the european union says no this is not something three billion another three billion to be paid to support the turkish state but to directly support the refugees they simply don't trust the turkish president to do right by them and speaking of trust are one today that turkey still expects to join the european union but relations between the two sides have been increasingly strained to be how do turkey's chances of ever joining the e.u. how do they look right yeah. they look like nothing at all i mean we heard on until skip the president off the european council who represents the member st

not been spending that much time in brussels this year as barbara alluded to in ninety's going round different e.u. capitals giving speeches and meeting his fellow ministers to try and really drum up support from other countries for the british positions having said that the british positions are not that clear we as barbara alluded to again we only achieved some principles in december that allowed the impression of momentum to get time get to the next phase but britain then handed over responsibility to the european union to write down the legally of of of what december meant and that has sprung some surprises and it has also left out something the british thought they'd agreed which was there would be no de facto ball. between northern ireland and the rest of great britain yeah i'd like to focus on what has become the biggest bricks and blockade if you will the border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland here listen and show you if you could bring your attention over here to the big ball we're going to talk about this thanks to ireland and the u.k. joining the european union plus

e.u. now toyota is going all in by scrapping production of diesels but just as european car companies are making a show of switching to electric as a cleaner source of energy japanese manufacturers attorney to hydrogen. symbolically unified by a common goal many of japan's business leaders are taking part including the c.e.o.'s of tri yota conda and nissan as well as the c.e.o.'s of oil and gas companies the twelve companies plan on working together to make hydrogen the fuel of the future coinciding with the meeting toyota announced a complete stop to diesel sales in europe it's the company's reaction to the diesel emissions scandal triggered by vox wagon in twenty fifteen since then diesel technology has lost its positive image especially due to its polluting nitrogen oxide emissions so far toyota has profited from the diesel affair last year the company's sales in europe rose dramatically and it almost doubled sales of hybrid cars the japanese now intend to take advantage of their expertise and market share on the hybrid front an area where trio to end honda are way ahead. she says inte

e.u. think this is border engine e.-ring going on here that we're seeing it's a battle over a very particular and quite complicated subject that we've discussed tonight but it's crucial to the bigger picture of how the great britain eventually ends up having a relationship with the european union and the british want that to be as fluid and as open as possible and then they haven't really accepted the e.u. position which is no you're leaving our customs union on our single market and you've got you've got to then accept that will be a border where you're going to have to make customs declarations for example may your vehicles may be pulled over for checks. what do you say brussels leaves willing to weed redraw borders if it comes down to it is that true of all it's. you mean in the sense friend that it's going to draw borders around the european union twenty seven to the side of britain yes indeed because what david is talking has been talking about now is this it's an illusion that's what the e.u. says it exists nowhere in the wo

e.u. and the u.s. going forward. i don't think they're going forward they're not going anywhere because we are at the moment sort of completely stuck in trying to figure out how to behave what to do how to position ourselves as europeans towards this new. aggressiveness coming out of washington and already mentioned the trade wars that is something that has really sort of occupies occupied european minds for the last days and it will continue to do so but then this tilson thing sort of comes on top notch is he is gone. can they call in washington and say let's talk about this let's figure out a compromise let's somehow sit down together and find a way forward so if that bridge is now burnt and hardline it will come into the office of foreign minister the feeling of being in danger on the international scene will rise of course and speculation also on where the trump white homes is going to go after this it's extremely sort of disquieting some concerns being raised there in brussels our correspondent barbara basal wit

e.u. twenty seven countries despite the fact that the rights that negotiations are going on the e.u. has managed to show that when it comes to security and what it perceives as the russian threat it can get other countries to rally behind it we were just hearing some mention remarks from leo varadkar of course the the prime minister of the republic of ireland on his way in and he said that britain had presented its intelligence evidence to reason may have presented our intelligence evidence other countries had presented their intelligence and that there had been unanimity amongst the e.u. twenty eight about upgrading the language making it tougher against russia and he said he and other e.u. countries will be looking next week at following britain's example and expelling what are officially diplomats the british believed to have been in this case intelligence officers or spies in plain english looking at making similar expulsions from other european countries in a bid to disrupt russia's intelligence network across europe so that might be an interesting development to follow next wee

are we going to see more multilateral trade agreements in the future? e.u. going to try and negotiate them. you were talking about the united states, for at least three years under donald trump, you will probably not have any bilateral or multilateral trade agreements. the president said he wants a bilateral trade agreement, but no one has asked. they may be able to break through that on the automotive side. nafta might get done. they might get a rewrite of the caribbean trade deal -- korean trade deal. united kingdom and the european union are going to continue to negotiate. 44 african countries signed the free trade agreement within the continent. globally the rule toward multilateralism, just not in the united states. vonnie: the commerce secretary has entered the room. he will be appearing on boomer television act 2:40 eastern. 2:40oomberg television at eastern. this event will go for two hours. the president is going to appear at any moment to announce his trade tariffs on china, over i.p. problems the united states is having with china. we are seeing a

if we look in terms of blocs, the e.u., china, and the u.s., you cannot compare. a lot of it is goingpend on at what stage the u.k. can start doing work outside of the premise of trade inside the e.u. right now. michael: let me ask you, because the bank of england meets today, what do you expect from central banks going forward? any reaction to the trade wars seem? -- theme? martin: not yet. thisnk the outcome of all is way too banged open for central banks to react. we heard from the fed last night that they had not incorporated escalation on trade into their forecast adjustment, and i think the bank of england and the ecb and others would be well advised to do the same for the time being, because there is still a good chance of all of this remaining rather subdued and having a moderate outcome relatively. with regard to central banks, i think they will continue to normalize the monetary policy, still recovering from the financial crisis. the u.s. central banks obviously is the most advanced and the bank of england, and later the ecb will be on that path. this is the major trajectory

coming from china they could come up with something bigger what's going to bring shina to the negotiating table they've done that with the e.u. they've done it with canada and mexico how is america going to get china to talk about reducing the trade deficit with the u.s. this is not the way to do it not china as a major investor in the united states what kind of damage could these measures do if the spread were trade war breaks out some say it is here by now you know well this is going to be quite damaging for u.s. companies that invest in china for chinese companies and invest in the u.s. of course it's all kind of a part of a strategy for trying to go against china's made in china twenty twenty five strategy now they're focused on improving their technology and automation robotics big data to future proof their manufacturing industry what trump doesn't like is that china is buying up country companies from abroad to take their know how back to china has blocked many of the technology deals that china wants to do in the u.s. but at the same with europe europe doesn't like it either so what trump is doing is perhaps a very h

really the time now to talk about a future shape of european integration of waters going on through how and what direction the e.u. is going to develop so i thing yes the courtesy visits that merkel is going to say is very much about the question of how are we going to cooperate in the europe in what direction we're going to go and speaking about what direction if i could just to remind our viewers in this trial as a concept this was really founded it was meant to symbolize the reconciliation between poland and germany also to reassure the latter of its central role in new europe along with france a more eastern europe in fact but then we had the law and justice party take over in poland and that has presented significant challenges hasn't absolutely i've seen fifteen so since lho in just came to power there was no meeting of triangle on the official level of foreign ministers for example so yes we may hope that there will be a shift or there will be a shot slight change within this year. and two to really push the talks on the on the high level a little bit further poland for its part though would probably point

e.u. members also what all of this is going to mean for the u.k. airline so lots of work to do and yes as i said the clock is ticking a lot of challenges indeed to danielle but there has to be some upsides some benefits else fifty two percent would not have voted in favor of leaving the e.u. well i've been looking for those upsides indeed and experts are really divided about this issue and yes there are some are saying that we're making too much fuss about this brics that issue the original idea of course behind brics it was that the u.k. is paying too much every year to the european union money that could be better spent on the british economy but most of the experts are saying that this is not the case that at the and britain's britain and the country will be actually having lots of difficulties and that the british economy will be very hurt at least in the first years of for sure are identical in france and thank you so much. well the german economy seems to be doing well germany has cut its debt loads thanks to a strong economy and a decline in

going to react. absolutely and also how the e.u. may react further will go to you that with that burns because how unified is the e.u. really in its response because we know that not all member states have decided to take part have they. of the member states participating in this effort so we can say the glass is half empty but you called could also say the glass is half full and that it's certainly the you institutions doing because and nevertheless the fact that not all on board the biggest member states namely germany france spain poland italy all participating in these concerted effort and this consortium is as such is a big success also if you say if you see that the united states canada say and others on board so the west is has closed its rings and there's a scene here in brussels as a huge success and a show of solidarity for the british despite the fact that britain is about to leave the european union and the brics and process and so this process is viewed as a big sign of sort of buried here for the brits given that neo dr

e.u. reforms poland is not going to give that much to. but it will give it a bit and so that will start in the spring also so there is a lot on the agenda and america really stands for pushing things forward cautiously and slowly is her mode of working. vessel joining us from brussels thank you. let's now look at some of the other stories making news around the world syrian troops and allied militias have captured a number of villages and towns near a rebel held eastern ghouta it's the largest advance since an offensive began last month to crush the rebel stronghold near the capital damascus observers say thousands of people have fled as government forces push ahead. voters have overwhelmingly rejected a plan to abolish their t.v. license fee the final count shows more than seventy one percent voting no in sunday's referendum now the man a trophy for radio and television programming costs around four hundred euros per household every year and provides funding for public broadcasters. will see the. thousands of people opposed to the split

has nothing to do with bricks it but certainly to go from britain and to be seen to go right back onto the heart of the e.u. is not going to be considered necessarily as a very good thing for the u.k. economy. the world health organization is launching a review after a study found almost ninety five percent of bottled water contains twenty pieces of plastic researches in new york looked at hundreds of water bottles from nine different countries and found an average of more than three hundred plastic particles. well molly bingham is the chief executive of a u.s. based nonprofit needy collectives that conducted the research she says the next step is to figure out how consuming micro plastics will affect our health everyone in the world relies on water to survive and some of us in cities or locations where the tap water is potable drink bottled water as a luxury i think presuming that it is better for us or it is cleaner than the tap water however two point one billion people don't have access to potable water and they rely on bottled water for their consumption if the science on how consuming michael plastic

e.u. but that's going to be a real disappointment for them. the dutch are convinced that the fishermen are responsible for north sea fish stocks. after all fish have no nationality and recognize no borders. what receive already in our relations with what used to be our colleagues our friends working together in european fisheries politics and all of a sudden it's turned upside down and as as if they are strangers as if we are strangers and that is a very very bad feeling our friends are no longer our friends good or bad some his existence as a fisherman is now in jeopardy he didn't see it coming his family also has a five hundred year history of fishing in the north sea and he's afraid that that will be over soon as fisherman bennett seamus klein the only leaving was a little boy i joined my father and we went fishing in british water and the my for he told me where and when you can catch the best fish. will be play these are familiar waters and i know them like the back of my hand the third member for powder could be don't use the phone becau

should the u.s., the e.u. now go after the wealth of the oligarchs? bar them from the international banking system? hit them in the purse. hit them where it hurts. the "wall street journal" is advocating that. >> i've been advocating that as wale for some time. you have to go after the oligarchs that have culpability. the thing that will bring attention in moscow is if you start to seize assets, freeze wealth and impose travel bans. a local of the oligarchs made their money through nefarious means in russia and love to travel other plays from russia. they have to be people connected to russian hacking and interference of elections including ours or in any way tied to the criminal activities. those are the people you need to go after. >> eric: they did that with the one guy, the billionaire oligarch. so do you think as you have suggested that going after the personal money and that ability to be in the banking system will be the next step in this step against putin? >> i'm not willing to speculate. trump has been tough. he used the red line in syria an

e.u. is going to be exempt from the adamantium and steel tariffs how has that been received. i think with some relief lauren we heard earlier this afternoon from antonio to jonny the head of the european parliament saying that europe welcomed positive messages but it wanted to have more concrete information at the moment it seems that the threat of tariffs against the e.u. . has been suspended rather than lifted i think we'll know a little bit more about your response in the next few minutes i've just seen behind me donnel to school of the head of the european council and. the head of the commission going into the press room to to give a press conference but i think philosophically it's fair to say that europe is disconcerted that this round ever happened with the united states albeit one which europe hopes has now been avoided cecelia. the european union trade commissioner was over in washington this week negotiating hard i think the europeans feel uneasy with what they perceive as an unpredictable american administration and a president who unlike them tends to see internat

e.u. is it going to be a more of a french european union then it would have been had there been no political limbo here i mean everyone has been saying for a very long time that that the e.u. has the german signature all over it but can we still say that. so you could tell during this period of negotiations not so much that the french have become more powerful although they have with my call because he has very clear goals and he's very determined to find solutions to get to those goals but that was also already the case before we had the elections in germany what you could tell though is that without the germans being in place my call can't get anything done so it is more a testimonial of the power of this german french engine and that you need functioning governments in the big countries and i would say the biggest worry at the moment right as we speak after having resolve this well not even crisis but this situation in germany is the situation in italy where you had elections also on sunday and you might come from one if you call it a crisis you do the next crisis so one big country not h

time when this new relationship needs to be agreed in order to then pass its course go well go to all the e.u. countries and go to the u.k. they'll get mass in london thank you. this is across europe and of course in the u.k. we'll be watching those negotiations carefully dr winter that's right now transition deal was meant to come businesses down but with just twelve months left investors are confused by bricks that economists confounded by it business leaders frustrated they point to u.k. data which is less than perky last year the euro zone's economy expanded more than two percent but in the united kingdom g.d.p. rose just one and a half percent this year the british economic growth is expected to slow. to less that one point five percent because of the weaker forecast investors have switched their cash out of pound sterling its value dropping fifteen percent since the break said referendum that's making u.k. imports more expensive pushing up consumer prices at three percent that is the highest in five years brits have had to borrow to maintain their lifestyle expectations u.k. households

e.u. is it going to be a more of a french european union then it would have been had there been no political limbo here i mean everyone has been saying for a very long time that that the e.u. has the german signature all over it but can we still say that. so you could tell during this period of the negotiations not so much that the french have become more powerful although they have with my call because he has very clear goals and he's very determined to find solutions to get to those goals but that was also already the case before we had the elections in germany what you could tell though is that without the germans being in place not call can't get anything done so it is more a testimonial of the power of this german french engine and that you need functioning governments in the big countries and i would say the biggest worry at the moment right as we speak after having resolve this well not even crisis but this situation in germany is the situation in italy where you had elections also on sunday and you might come from one if you call it a crisis you do the next crisis so one big country

million goes to america not that five million will be impacted but overall it's not going to really impact the u.k. sorry the e.u. steel. the real impact i think is going to be diplomatic and political you know the way the president from perspire can about europe leaves a bad taste in the mouth of the european diplomats and politicians given the long track record of close ties between america and europe and for him to be saying in effect that european steel presents a national security risk to america is not going down very well here and is really straining relations paul many thanks indeed paul brennan there live in brussels women in palestine a largely more educated than men thirteen percent of them hold university degrees compared to just nine percent of the male population but despite their higher level of education many struggle to find job opportunities as harry forces reports now from the occupied west bank. university attracts some of the most able and ambitious students in the occupied west bank and what's noticeable on this most prestigious palestinian campus is how many of them a female natalie salama

e.u. because it will never recognize kosovo independence. i am i was just going to sion and i'm a strong believer in the utopian union and i do believe that both overall and said the should become members of the european union but i do believe they should become members taking the asli at the same time facing same conditions and the same criteria of fulfillment of these conditions. the condition would fall that got in play by the utopian union to the so that they have to recognize the independence of kosovo before they could join the european union. i'm very unhappy about it because it gives the impression of a teammate of oppression of even a black man if you wish. this is unfair it creates. unfair position for said the in comparison with the position of course of all do it in much hope that sensible politicians in the european union. but he think this condition and look for all a negotiated compromise between the if you call so and said compromise we should be adjudicated and ranged by the european union by the offices of european union and as you know at the m