e.u. parliament as deputy president thanks very much for joining us this morning. monitoring group says some fourteen soldiers have been killed in a missile attack on a syrian government air base that airstrike happened in the province of homes. russia says israel attack israel's declined to comment at this hour the air strike follows an alleged chemical gas attack on the city of doom over the weekend which killed the ways for the civilians the un security council will be meeting later today to discuss the alleged use of chemical weapons in duma. these pictures appear to show as strikes on the town of duma in eastern. it's the last remaining rebel stronghold following a relentless russian backed onslaught on the region which began in february the white helmets volunteer rescue groups say at least forty people including many children were spics yates in the chemical attack. the regime continues the intense and violent shelling barrel bombs were dropped by helicopters carrying poisonous substances. until now paramedics haven't been able to enter because of the contin

e.u. parliament. parliament are not the negotiators as you know it was the larger the pink won't you know and we have to walk to the. data told we went to like what we're delighted with is that the european negotiators are saying doubt and the border in ireland too would be if a few just disappointed so and we're delighted that everybody has said that he had the tories have said that the government has the time the e.u. has said i think i was government said so so why me into this disaster it doesn't have to be done no no if you and others seem to delight in warning that this is the end there were politics that take and i like to talk i mean i i'm just worried for the british people i think of the british people stay in the close and union it solves the british problem solving irish problem i can't understand why the british public would want to. support to close and uniting people like ken clarke and former you know. foreign leader of the tories i mean that they have made sense of both issues start to

e.u. parliament calling for democratic renewal on. the far right to win the french presidency in an election last year. british prime minister theresa may has apologized to caribbean leaders for recent harsh treatment of commonwealth citizens the dispute erupted after dozens of people from the wind rushed generation named after the first ship that took them to britain in the one nine hundred fifty s. were threatened with deportation critics say it's the result of a hostile immigration policy and one person was killed and several injured after an engine on a u.s. passenger plane exploded southwest airlines flight was on route from new york to dallas when an engine cover broke loose and shattered a window passenger's spoke of a woman being partially sucked out of the broken window. and staying in the united states for a first lady barbara bush has died the ninety two year old had refused further medical treatment for recurrent health problems she was one of the only two women in american history to bear the title of first lady and first

e.u. parliament calling for democratic where new won't be fought off the far right to win the french presidency in two thousand and seventeen. the former first lady of the united states barbara bush died at the age of ninety two she had recently refused further medical treatment for recurrent health problems she was one of only two women in american history to have been both the wife and the mother of a president. and one person was killed and several were injured after an engine i.e. on a u.s. passenger plane exploded the southwest airlines flight was on route from new york to dallas when an engine cover broke loose and shattered a window passenger spoke of a woman being partially sucked out of the broken window. ok we're going to return to our top story now u.s. president trump has now confirmed via twitter that his close aide and cia director mike pompei oh did hold a secret meeting with north korean leader kim jong un let's cross to reuters correspondent josh smith who is standing by for us in south korea hi josh how significant is this meeting well compare. the most senior u.s. official to

e.u. parliament as a deputy president good morning to you mr starr thanks for being with us today are yousurprised at the overwhelming level of support victor were bought as one for his anti immigrations that. well i'm not really surprised because there was a ruthless teacher mean nation on the part of the governing party or on the part of mr obama himself to ride roughshod over democratic principles over the last couple of years so all the conditions were in place for him to win a solid victory it was very solid indeed but i don't think it's a big surprise ok you think people in brussels are of very worried this morning having served in the european parliament for so many years. well of course there will be some dismay but even from brussels people saw that the opposition was deeply divided particularly the socialists have taken another drubbing the liberals were divided into three parties the greens fared relatively well so the democratic forces in hungary did not unite they were divided and that of course sets the course for a strong showing by the governing party ok now orbán has vowe

e.u. would be assured is it cool and clever to keep on with this delight at the parliament's vote last year to give northern ireland special e.u. status this is sheer hypocrisy from from the irish government. and and i'm sorry the. british parliament did not follow last year to give special nor limited time to them of the. last year only you parliament voted last the e.u. parliament are not the negotiators as you know and it was the larger the very pink ones you know we have to like to that. we would we went to like what we're delighted with is that the european negotiators are saying doubt and the border in ireland would be if a few just this event each so. we're delighted which everybody has said haven't been here you have the tories have said that the government has the time the e.u.'s said the irish government has said so so why into this disaster it doesn't have to be done no no if you and others seem to delight in warning that this is the underwear bomber to take and i like to talk i mean i guess i'm i'm just worried for the british people i think of the british people staying in the

e.u. parliament calling for democratic renewal. the far right when french presidency last year. one person was killed and several were injured after an engine on a u.s. passenger plane exploded a southwest airlines flight was on route from new york to dallas when an engine cover broke loose and shattered a window passenger spoke of a woman being partially sucked out of the broken window. in the united states for first lady barbara bush has died the ninety two year old had refused further medical treatment for recurrent health problems she was one of only two women in american history to bear the title of first lady and first mother. wife of one president mother to another barbara bush was a stoic silva has matriarch behind in the american political dynasty she rose to prominence in the one nine hundred eighty s. when her husband george h.w. bush became vice president and later won the oval office necklace she wore at his inauguration briefs on the into a fashion icon. just eight years after leaving the white house barbara bush watched as his son george w. moved in. i had trouble

e.u. parliament as the french president tries to justify saturday's bombing of syria. british m.p.'s also vent their fury at not being consulted over the u.k. french u.s. military strikes in the wake of syria's alleged chemical attack. the members of this house seem top let's say in foreign policy in this country the president troubled. also this hour should robots have rights while as experts calling the e.u. not to grant machines legal status we debate the issue with boss first.

e.u. parliament as the french president tries to justify saturday's bombing of syria. british m.p.'s also vent their fury at not being consulted over the u.k. french u.s. military strikes in the wake of syria's alleged chemical attack. members of this house seem top let's say in foreign policy in this country the president tried. also this hour should robots have right well as experts calling the e.u. not to grant machines legal status we debate the issue with boss first. this is our two international coming to you live from the russian capital with the joplin logo thanks for joining us this hour. to reason may in the manual mccraw not have come under heavy criticism from british lawmakers the u.k. and french leaders were defending the decision not to consult their national parliaments before bombing syria on saturday these are members of the european parliament during president mccrone speech there a large group held signs calling to stop the military strikes on syria and india tutor has been following the key developments. francis emmanuel micron kayser theresa may a facing a pret

e.u. parliament destroys book he thinks that he's in a position of power. we've just come away from the crowd and that's because if you just take a look behind me might see the alot of the people have got their faces covered they wearing black and that's because they known as being the black box of the anti father these are the anti capitalist see in front and they don't like as a filming them close and that's because the security services might be able to identify them now it's this group of individuals who are the ones that we see clashes as you can see that are throwing project downs at the police as the police are coming round and this is something that we have been seeing not just today but in all of the clashes project just being thrown to optics bricks glass bottles anything they can grow that ak at the hands of. well we're in the middle of what seems to be a standoff between some of the protesters and the police just take out a look behind me and you can see a rule of the police vans army the lot that are in there roy here blocking off this particul

e.u. parliament calling for democratic renewal he fought off the far right to win the french presidency last year. one person was killed and several injured after an engine on a u.s. passenger plane exploded the southwest airlines flight was on route from new york to dallas when an engine cover broke loose and shattered a window passenger spoke of a woman being partially sucked out of the broken window. and it's the largest operation of its kind ever carried out by germany's federal police in the early hours of this morning hundreds of officers raided more than sixty sites across the country in a crackdown on human trafficking and forced prostitution the raids also involve the elite german force the g.s.t. nine police say the properties targeted were brothels and private apartments. political correspondent thomas sparrow is covering this story for us this morning thomas what more can you tell us about the raids. well as you said terry they have been focusing on forced prostitution the focus area in germany has been the state over nor drying westphalia in the west and fog of the country altho

e.u. part. parliament are not the negotiators as you know and it's time i was delighted to have been quoted we have to like to the. bottom told we went to like what we're delighted with is that the european negotiators are saying doubt and the border in ireland would be if a few just advantage so and were delighted which everybody has said haven't been here you have the tories have said that the government has the time the e.u.'s said i think it was government said so so why make into this disaster it doesn't have to be done oh no if. another seem to delight in warning that this is the end of the work politics taken delight at all i mean i i'm just worried for the british people i think of the british people stay in the culture and union it solves the british problem lots of irish problem i can't understand why the british public would want to. support to close and viewing and i think people like ken clarke and former you know. foreign leader of the tories i mean that they they have made sense of both issu

e.u. parliaments turn to decide how to respond to the alleged misuse of data. good to see you this morning. what are the options for the e.u.? tooline: one option is invite mark zuckerberg to face questions at the european parliament. the parliament three president tweeted that he wanted mark zuckerberg to come and explain himself before 500 million europeans that personal data is not being used to manipulate democracy. then yesterday he tweeted again saying that finally the facebook ceo recognizes that he must take responsibility, and calling for debate to transcend the e.u. rules and make digital platforms fully accountable. but many actually think that zuckerberg's personal appearance in europe is very unlikely, especially after he declined the invitation to come to house of commons. instead many in brussels think facebook is likely to send someone at a lower level. they are sending the chief technology officer to the u.k.. in the meantime, we had this issue parliament debate with a decision expected at midday brussels time. a phonealso going to be call betwe

e.u. parliament calling for democratic removal. the far right to win the french presidency in two thousand and seventeen. one person was killed and several were injured after an engine on a u.s. passenger plane exploded southwest airlines flight was on route from new york to dallas when an engine cover broke loose and shattered a window passenger spoke of a woman being partially sucked out of the broken window. and british prime minister theresa may has apologized to caribbean leaders for recent harsh treatment of commonwealth citizens the dispute arrested after dozens of people from the wind rushed generation named after the first ship that took them to britain in the one nine hundred fifty s. were threatened with deportation critics say it's the result of a hostile immigration policy. it's worse now in the labor crews and hosted by in munich in a german cup football semifinal match on tuesday night it was the next step for buy in as they seek to win the coveted trouble once again but the bonus leah champs needed to keep their foc

e.u. and the european parliament as well. along that singapore deal let's bring in hang and talk about the japan one as well analysts are calling both breakthroughs just how momentous they andrea well these are really huge deals both in terms in size and impact and they're hoping to push this through before britain at all socially leaves the e.u. in only twenty nineteen so together the e.u. and japan moving on to that do you this what they want together they will make up more than more than six hundred million people in terms of population and that's the walls a lodges economic area easily the deal with singapore meanwhile is seen as a stepping stone or in gateway to some piece asia is it we're talking about massive markets here what about the signal that it sends say china and the u.s. to a lot in a trade war i'm sure a european officials will want to make some mileage out of this well it's more than just a signal bend it is hard reality for both china and the u.s. and perhaps even a good showing to the rest of the world tha

e.u. . ministers told parliament they're trying to repair the damage with a special team to help the wind generation a promise to resolve their cases quickly free of charge although the government isn't sure whether some people have already been disappointed in aaron. can she tell the house how many have been detained as prisoners in their own country can she tell the house how many have been denied health under the national health service how many have denied pensions how many have lost their jobs this is a day of national shade mr speaker i shan't be able gentleman's admiration for the people who came here from the caribbean and contributed so much to our society in many many different ways and that admiration remains in place i am concerned that the home office is becoming a test become too concerned with policy and strategy and sometimes lose sight of the individual. but who is in charge of the home office with these new stricter policies were being designed yes today's prime minister to resign may so as the public outcry grows there's now a political as well as moral imperative to treat the whe

e.u. . ministers told parliament they're trying to repair the damage with a special team to help the wind generation a promise to resolve their cases quickly free of charge although the government isn't sure whether some people have already been distorted in error. can she tell the house how many have been detained as prisoners in their own country can she tell the house how many have been to noise on the national health service how many have denied pensions how many have lost their job this is a day of national shape mr speaker i shan't be a little gentleman's admiration for the people who came here from the caribbean and contributed so much to our society in many many different ways and that admiration remains in place i am concerned that the home office is becoming test become too concerned with policy and strategy and sometimes lose sight of the individual. who is in charge of the home office with these new stricter policies were being designed yes today's prime minister to resign may so as the public outcry grows there's now a political as well as moral imperative to treat the when dressed gene

european parliament he wants the euro zone to have its own budget to be administered by its own finance minister he also wants higher taxes for internet companies and accelerate the introduction of e.u. wide intellectual property law. and i phone did in your reform of the economic and monetary union as an indispensable third front before the end of this european parliament's term finding a roadmap for moving forward on the banking union a fiscal capacity to promote stability in convergence in the euro area but as you know. only last year mccollum was given a standing ovation for a similar speech at the soul bone university in paris this time the applause was more modest because the netherlands island on six other northern countries reject his reform plans they don't want their voters hard and taxes to be poured into any new fangled euro zone budget michael knows his plans only have any hope of success with germany's backing in berlin on thursday he repeated his hopes for euro zone reform. you see does it in the city don't need more solidarity in the currency union. no currency union can survive without an element of convergence because it needs instruments of adjustment and alignmen

e.u. in a speech the european parliament he compared the divisions in europe to a civil war where democracy on one side and national see nationalism on the other while his speech was impassioned and at times even angry and so was the debate that followed. three hours of note taking discussion hashing out details it might have been a gruelling session for another politician but not emanuel. he appealed to members of the european parliament to help make his vision a reality he entered the debate with athletic enthusiasm. thank you ladies and gentleman with you i can still carry out a real parliamentary debate that was my favorite exercise is a minister. but it won't be a mere exercise for long wants to speed up the e.u. stalled reform process or return to nationalist ideals he says is no solution instead europe can be sovereign while shouldering its own responsibility motion of the engine us from the site you know want to belong to a generation of sleep. i want to be part of a generation that stands firm in its decision to defend democracy no the default setting mccluskey. mccombs backers are

e.u. speaking to lawmakers in the european parliament as taz work he made an emotionally charged case against the rise of populism in europe urging europeans to defend their democracy mccall said the e.u. was failing to address the fears and concerns of its citizens and that change is long overdue. don't think there is doubt in a number of european countries and month to month these doubts seeing others call our foundations into question the fundamental there seems to be a sort of european civil war national selfishness and egotism taking precedence over what unites us. and max hoffman has been following president my current speech in strasbourg for us max is this first i'm a con to the rescue. well used to be like that layla at least a year ago when he got elected and many felt that he rescued friends from the right wing populist of money in lieu pen but those days at least on the european level are gone and that's because he has much more resistance here at the european parliament in strasbourg than he has at home because at home he has a majority and here he does not and one of the well le

e.u. of speaking to lawmakers in the european parliament in strasbourg he made an impassioned case against the rise of populism in europe urging europeans to defend their democracy. said the e.u. was failing to address the fears and concerns of its citizens and that changes long overdue. you just don't do that it's doubts in a number of european countries and month after month these doubts seeing school our foundations into question. seems to be a sort of european civil war national selfishness and isn't a taking precedence over what unites us. it was french president emanuel speaking earlier today sports news now and on tuesday night in the first german cup semifinal game by your munich demolished host laver who is in by a score of six to the man of the match thomas miller who scored first in the fifty second minute then in the sixty fourth minute and once again in the seventy eighth a goal fest that stands by into the cup final against the winner of wednesday night's clash between show. frankfurt. reminder the top stories that we're following for you u.s. coffee says it will close all of

e.u. and urged europeans to defend their democracy no call was outlining his vision for the future of europe in a speech to the european parliament and strong he said the e.u. was failing to address the fears and concerns of its citizens and that changes long overdue. you can see should read don't think there is doubts in a number of european countries and month after month these doubts seeing others call our foundations into question the fundamental there seems to be a sort of european civil war national selfishness and egotism taking precedence over what unites us focus accusingly. hoffman has been following him on all my concerts in stress spring for us today hi max we heard him say this is a sort of european the civil war that seems to be pretty strong words directed at a member states from the east what did you make of that definitely this message goes out to countries like hungry that already have sort of a north or a tarion democracy as opposed to the liberal democracy that mccraw once but make no mistake this message also went back to france where mccraw is still seen as the symbol the one man who defeated one of the most

e.u. and reaffirms czech membership this debate will drag on pure poison for the economy because it causes so much uncertainty for. research and populist parties in the czech parliament or even demanding a referendum on e.u. membership and there's no clear indication which way the vote would go. a strong business or. such a move. move move move. move move move move move move move move move move move move. move move move move move move. move move move move move move move. move. move. center of the conflict zone confronting the powerful twenty years ago the good friday agreement paved the way it should stick to exhibit a conflict in the law but the results have been mixed my guest this week here in dublin just. before modish prime minister just how fragile is the process not. the first. call w. w's program guide to the highlights leave the holy month. dot com highlights. the world will start moving higher i'll be able to move we are secure we are very realistic and will move. to move i didn't speak to bangladesh what does the true face of the country look like the odd freedom independence a separation of state and church that used to be important but. decades political

was outlining his vision for the future of europe in a speech to the european parliament in strasbourg he said that the e.u. was failing to address the fears and concerns of a citizens and that change is long overdue. you two should really don't think there is doubt in a number of european countries and month off to monks. these doubts a seeing off a school ally foundations into question the fundamental seems to be a sort of european civil war national selfishness and egotism taking precedence over what unites us all to secure news in the. hoffman has been following the speech in strasbourg for us i asked him what mccall's vision for europe looks like the vision wasn't very clear there's still some fog in that vision because the outlines you know not very precise the details not very precise maybe that's on purpose that's per design you don't really put down the nitty gritty details of your policy here at the european parliament in a speech like that but generally speaking it was a strong defense for the case of the european union saying and i thought that was probably one of the strongest quotes by mccraw

e.u. would be assured is it cool and clever to keep on with this delight at the parliament's vote last year to give northern ireland special e.u. status this is sheer hypocrisy from from the irish government. and i'm sorry the the british parliament did not for the last year to give special. time to them of the of the inmates of the last year you part. parliament are not the negotiators as you know and when i was the larger the european coach you know we have to like to the. data told we went to like what we're delighted with is that the european negotiators are saying that and the border in ireland would be if a few just advantage so and were delighted which everybody has said haven't been here you have the tories have said that the government has the time the e.u. has said i think i was government said so why me into this disaster it doesn't have to be done oh no way if. another seem to delight in warning that this is the end of the war we're politics taken to life to talk i mean i i'm just worried for the british people i think of the british people stay in the course of union it solves

e.u. in a speech to the european parliament he urged members not to sleepwalk towards nationalism at the expense of a european unity well they were cheated joins me live now from paris with more on this pretty strong words from the french president what else did he have to say well barbara as usual yes we have a lot of eloquent rhetorical flourishes from the manual macro but very light as far as policies were concerned but he did have something very strong to say about what we've seen happening in italy what we've seen happening in hungary and also developments in poland and that's what he called the culdesac of nationalism as you said that he is saying more or less that he wanted to to to tell the n.e.p. as in strasbourg. there was a vision worth defending the vision of europe the sovereignty of europe and he was saying very very strong indeed that it was time that everybody in europe pull together to try and chase that vision let's hear some more details of exactly what he said barbara contexts when informed the gift if you don't look in a context where a form of european civil war reappears w

resurgent populist parties in the czech parliament or even demanding a referendum on e.u. membership and there's no clear indication which way the vote would go. german police have raided properties linked to story top executives. called make a porsche as part of a fraud probe linked to the diesel emissions. investigated ten sites porsche is owned by fox fog which in twenty fifteen admitted to using cheating software in diesel engines to pass emissions tests. in cuba miguel diaz a canal has been named as the sole candidate to replace outgoing president castro the national assembly is expected to officially elect dia's canel to lead the country later it be the first person from outside the castor family to need the country in sixty is opinion is still divided as to whether he will be the right person to provide a much needed jolt to the country's economy. this modest home is where cuba's next like the president grew up it's in the roughest neighborhood of the provincial capital santa clara may go out yes canal is from a younger generation of leaders and advocates modernizat

e.u. . ministers told parliament they're trying to repair the damage with a special team to help the wind generation a promise to resolve their cases quickly free of charge although the government isn't sure whether some people have already been disappointed in aaron. can she tell the house how many have been detained as prisoners in their own culture can she tell the house how many have been to noise help on the national health service how many have denied pensions how many have lost their job this is a day of national shape mr speaker i shan't be a little gentle and admiration for the people who came here from the caribbean and contributed so much to our society in many many different ways and that admiration remains in place i am concerned that the home office is becoming a test become too concerned with policy and strategy and sometimes lose sight of the individual. but who is in charge of the home office with these new stricter policies were being designed yes today's prime minister to resign may so as the public outcry grows there's now a political as well as moral imperative to treat the when

between liberal democracies and the euro skeptic nationalists in a speech to the european parliament. urged the e.u. members not to sleepwalk towards nationalism at the expense of their unity david to change her has more. so some fine a rhetorical flourish is the eloquent phrases we're used to from the manual macro at his first address to the parliament in strasburg but essentially it was policy light but he did use some very strong phrases against what he called a cul de sac of nationalism he was very keen to try and keep the vision of the storm q of europe together he was obviously referring to you rising populism in italy and in hungary and also of course the events in poland but he was saying essentially that europe had to keep its act together that it had to make sure that it kept this vision let's hear what he said context. inform the guests if you don't look there in a context where a form of european civil war reappears where our differences sometimes our national selfishness seem more important what unites us with the rest of the world a concept with a fascination with the liberal grows ev

resurgent populist parties in the czech parliament or even demanding a referendum on e.u. membership and there's no clear indication which way the vote would go. from me and the business. as usual i'll have an update for you in the next hour in the meantime assault on social media on twitter and facebook but before you go here's an update on global markets and besides i like the to. cut cut cut cut cut cut cut. cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut. cut cut. cut the touch. it's a road. it's created. it's rich and natural beauty and. i've got big plans for the day i want to discover as much as i can hear and read. more of the must see sights of this fabulous city on the album river. next. month trips me coming. to see a cod. made in germany always has its finger on the home. of the much. limited. leader spoke to. me. in sixty minutes. deal. with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters w. made for mines. the dangerous battle for im