are deadlocked that he will therefore not ask next week's e.u. summit to begin discussions on a future relationship with britain. was appalled. point five billion euro deal gets off the ground as germany's biggest and i looked and said agrees to buy large parts of the bankrupt carrier. until gail welcome to the program the united states has announced that it is withdrawing from unesco the un's cultural organization us state department said the decision was due to concerns about unpaid use a need for fundamental reform and what it says is the organization is continuing anti israel bias for its part israel has now said that it will also leave it asco the un body promotes peace around the world which girls' education and is renowned for its world heritage program protecting cultural sites on the statue of liberty and stone henge. wealthy don't give our correspondent. joins us from washington and that culture editor robin metal is here welcome it to you both. we'll start with you know how big a loss is this for us going. well before i get into the question

go say to michelle body and says talks are deadlocked on the death but will not ask next week's e.u. summit to begin discussions on a future relationship with britain. i'm phil go welcome to the program in the last hour or so the united states has announced that it is to withdraw from unesco the un's cultural organization the state department said the decision was due to concerns about unpaid use the need for fundamental reform and what it says is the organizations continuing anti israel bias you know asco seeks to promote peace worldwide and it's renowned for its world heritage program which i think cultural sites like the statue of liberty and promoting girls' education. let's get more details to correspondent to catalina chimo who joins us from washington welcome karlene tell us more about the state department's concerns well the united states is pulling out of the u.s. car after repeated criticism of several resolutions by this u.n. agency that the trauma ministrations sees as anti easer oh but i actually feel and this is very important to stress these are not only critics it was a the

saturday also coming up britons to resign may his hoping to advance talks on drags it out a key e.u. summit in brussels today but the e.u. says not enough progress has been made to move on is there any way out of the impasse. i don't welcome i'm on with a cheema the crisis in gaza alone is escalating spain is the bank to suspend the region's autonomy after the cops on me did threaten to declare independence the central government in madrid said got a loonie as a catalyst regime or had ignored a deadline and this plans to break away. and must now face the consequences. the game of brinkmanship heats up catalan leader colors pushed him on at the regional parliament for the latest showdown cameras struggle to get a good glimpse of the man who is refusing to back down. in his latest letter to the spanish government he warns that the catalan parliament could photo declare independence if madrid triggers article one hundred fifty five this allows spain central government to take over any of the country's seventeen autonomous regions if they break the law which declaring independence is deemed to

at an e.u. summit last night she also asked them to approach the issue with more urgency may wants to move talks on to the u.k.'s future trading relationship with europe but you leaders want to negotiate divorce terms first despite the deadlock and america has said she's confident a deal will be reached. i whispered exchange and stony expressions chancellor merkel president and prime minister may were already deep in conversation at the outset of a summit where brags it is set to dominate me renewed her call for argent movement on trade talks of course will also be looking at the concrete progress that's been made in our exit negotiations and looking at setting out ambitious plans for the weeks ahead but e.u. leaders were not impressed they are the british prime minister to match her goodwill pledges with concrete proposals on the rights of e.u. citizens in the u.k. and london's plans in regards to its brakes in bell but you're back to walk. but are you ready to fulfill your financial obligations may s

e.u. leaders are holding a two day summit the british prime minister theresa may she's come to the summit armed with proposals that she hopes will move breaks it talks a lot but e.u. leaders say she has to match her promises with concrete details if any progress is to be made. walk the walk and talk the talk let's go to brussels now where our very own max hoffman is standing by and so max what did mrs mae what did she bring to the table today and what's been the reaction. she demanded more urgency because what the reserve may once has moved to phase two of the negotiations with which would be negotiating a future relation between the u.k. and you namely a trade deal but that you doesn't want to do that just yet they still want to settle a couple of issues the so-called divorce issues which are for example the border between northern ireland and ireland or the status of citizens in the u.k. and of course the braggs it bill now things aren't as gloomy as they might seem for the u.k. because we're hearing from our sources that significant progress has been made on two of those issues namely t

also coming up britain's two recent bank wants to advance price of talks that exceed e.u. summit today but the e.u. says not enough progress has been made yet to move things forward is there any way out of the impasse and german chancellor angela merkel tries to iron out the differences between her possible new partners in government they're looking to form a three way coalition never tried before in germany's national parliament. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. the catalonia crisis in catalonia is escalating now spain is preparing to take full control of the semi autonomous region after the catalan leader refused to give up demands for independence the central government in madrid has said that carlos bustamante ignored a thursday deadline to withdraw catalonia as plans to break away now he must face the consequences. the game of brinkmanship eats up cattle and lead to collars pushed him on at the regional parliament for the latest showdown camera struggle to get a good glimpse of the man who is refusing to back down in his latest letter to the span

e.u. leaders summit in brussels a coordinated e.u. migration policy will also be on the agenda at the two day meeting. that today marks the high point of the valley celebrations one of india's biggest festivals an important hindu holiday but the festival of lights has been overshadowed this year by news its people died after a blast at an illegal firecracker factory in the eastern state of. now the explosion completely. troy the makeshift structure explosions like this are not uncommon in unlicensed factories meanwhile the supreme court in the capital new delhi has not introduced a ban on fireworks during the festival and the ban has sparked a lot of discussion online and fredricka baggio from a social media team is here to tell us more but in front of economic fire crackers an essential part of the value celebrations for many people i know because i come from india so explain why this ban. you know this better than me and you also you've just been to delhi just recently and the debate there about how to deal with the problem of air p

that right moment may come and that the timing terry here is key because it would be after the e.u. summit the timing is of an event where on saturday. is now expected to trigger article one hundred fifty five which here is largely regarded as the nuclear option suspending catalan out on the me and that would spare our leaders in a way if you want to comment on such a move that would steep in the crisis because the problem europe has is essentially a dilemma that catalonians are very pro european have high hopes into europe and at the same time europeans want to make clear they are no fan of the session movements they from lee stand behind madrid ok turkey's a session bid also a topic there understand german chancellor angela merkel wants to cut you funds for turkey's accession but how much support does she have for that position i talked to a high ranking diplomat and he told me she had strong support in the condemnation of the kind of out thora tarion style that leaders have observed in turkey and she had strong support on the task that was now defer to the european commission to look in

british prime minister tourism a is seeking to expand that negotiations to include trade as the e.u. summit resumes in brussels but leaders what more progress on citizens' rights and european leaders are backing spain as the catalan crisis escalates in brussels the prime minister mariano to appoint received support from the french president emanuel on german chancellor angela merkel but the e.u. says it won't intervene in the dispute between madrid and barcelona. kenya celebrating heroes day a public holiday honoring freedom fighters but the occasion is being overshadowed by the political crisis gripping the country as catherine so explains. can. and murdering a million freedom fighter corroboree jungly reads from his autobiography canyon celebrates him along the thousands of iraqis who battled british colonialists those who fought for democracy in the one nine hundred ninety s. and modern day people who have the country. biden is not happy he says he fought for land he's yet to get and peace threatened by political brinkmanship. kenya not to. bribe program or affection. bernard from the br

after it leaves the bloc treason made the comments in brussels ahead of a key e.u. summit because she asians are moving slowly and the european union leaders want britain to pay a higher divorce bill that it wants. and at least forty three afghan soldiers have been killed in that assault on a military camp in favor the kandahar province the taliban says it was behind the attack. female kurdish fighters who helped defeat eisold in the group self declared capital rocca have celebrated in the city's streets they dedicated their progress against myself to our children the head of the old kurdistan workers party in neighboring turkey and they vow to continue fighting until all women are freed from under beisel rule. a saudi arabian government minister has made a public appearance in a rebel held part of syria gulf affairs minister. visited syrian territory captured by kurdish led rebels to this photo showing him with brett mcgurk the u.s. president's special envoy against eisel. there is intensifying international pressure of being involved over the violent repression of writin

e.u. citizens living in britain and not enough arriving at that summit in brussels may sought to shift the focus away from a divorce settlement and on to trade talks just seventeen months before britain is due to leave the union finally said he'll be spending more time in frankfurt because of brecht's that britain is currently home to most of the company's european operations but it's pushing ahead with plans to make the german city a major base johnno has more from brussels. the reason may has had the opportunity to address over dinner her fellow e.u. leaders here in brussels talking about what she described as concrete progress in bricks and talks so far she had hoped until recently to be able to persuade them that sufficient progress had been made in the thorny talks around money the so-called rex's brakes a divorce bill to be able to move on to the next substantive phase talks about the future of trade relationship between for britain and the e.u. at a cost big business in the u.k. is desperate to know about as it tries to plan for the effects of breaks it down the road well the e.u. i

is covering the e.u. summit in joins me now from brussels gil good seems in leaders like that much of what tourism is said there but there's also the scene there's not enough to start the second phase of negotiations is that right. went to resell left this year's summit of the to give all the other twenty seven leaders a chance to bid to talk about sit by themselves chair a little smile on their face and the reason for that is that she has been given a gift from the other twenty seven now it took them just ninety seconds apparently that is what diplomats told us here are to decide that the e.u. will not move to second to the second phase something that a reason they would have liked to see but what they have agreed on they gave green light to prepare this second phase and that is something to reason they will be able to take home now the e.u. leaders here hope that this positive spirit that she has left is something that will be reflected in the actual bracks it's negotiations so good what do you see as the caus

keen to interfere with the internal affairs of a member state government is in lawson's at the e.u. summit there which is due to start thank you very much. this article look at some other stories making news around the world in afghanistan at least fifty eight people have been killed in a wave of attacks across the country one a source nearly wiped out an entire army camp in the southern kandahar province over the past few days it has claimed responsibility for multiple suicide and gun attacks targeting security forces. civilians have been fleeing the syrian city of rock after it was taken from so-called islamic state the u.n. says some forty thousand people have poured into displacement camps in the past few days u.s. backed fighters are removing land mines and booby traps and rooting out a few remaining extremists pakistan's former prime minister nawaz sharif has been indicted on corruption charges the charges stem from leaked documents known as the panama papers investigators say the documents show the sharif family held under-reported assets overseas the family has denied any wrongdoin

joining me now is corresponding government is covering that summit for us you can expect to hear anything new about the u.k. is exit from the e.u at the summit. theresa may will have a full fifteen minutes to continue her charm offensive here in brussels convincing the other twenty seven leaders that she will stand by the commitments that the u.k. has made in the past and will be interesting to see what kind of concessions she can throw in within these.

. ♪ ♪ guy: met me take you to the e.u. summit. juncker dalgaard taking comments.re plenty of other things going on out there. arriving this morning. we will continue to get commentary from them this morning. european equities look like they will open firmer. the risk on trade seems to be back, driven by the u.s. senate, driven by tax. what do you think? matt: european equities look like dax -- look like the tax momentum has carried over to asian stocks come into europe as well. i think it is work looking at this chart again. -- i think it is worth looking at this stress debt chart again. the question is, will that continue? guy: market open. let's take a look at where we are. we are expecting again. market makers not there yet. we have a pound factor to bear in mind when you think about what is happening in the u.k. right now. the ibex is opening softer. it seems to be an idiosyncratic story this morning with catalonia. let's get the details. >> the texas story out of the united states really sparking interest in the markets. president trump tweeting this is an im

issues over the brics it deal to resume was speaking at a dinner in brussels ahead of a crucial e.u. summitnegotiations have been hampered by disputes over citizens' rights and the amount of money that britain has to pay in order to leave china how has more from brussels. tourism a has had the opportunity to address over dinner her fellow e.u. leaders here in brussels talking about what she described as concrete progress in brics and talks so far she had hoped until recently to be able to persuade them that sufficient progress had been made in the thorny talks around money the so-called rex's brakes a divorce bill to be able to move on to the next substantive phase talks about the future of trade relationship between for britain and the e.u. which of course big business in the u.k. is desperate to know about as it tries to plan for the effects of breaks it down the road well the e.u. is not convinced about sufficient progress they are not sold on britain's offer of meeting its outstanding liabilities and commitments to the tune of twenty billion plus dollars over a two year transition perio

concessions to ease the fears of eastern isms living in person and not enough arriving at the today e.u. summit in brussels may sought to shift the focus away from a divorce settlement and on to trade talks this just seventeen months before britain is due to leave the union. that's it for myself aaron and want to one east is next. valued as a gem of africa nairobi has gone through many changes over the past decades took to al-jazeera travels to the kenyan capital to hear from those who witnessed the city's progress to becoming a metropolis and discusses where it's heading now at this time on al-jazeera. you know still years remote northeast big lands are in the pipe. the largest coal mine in the country and one of the biggest in the world is going to be built here. the indian company behind the market says it will create thousands of jobs. but at what cost. and steve cho on this episode when he's confessed to gates whether the mine will mean rich or ruin for australia. we're going to you know if. we got together. right. bruce an innate carries cattle station is on the edge of an area called the

certainly be nice to him of course and will remain on her message that she had already said on the e.u. summit that there's a big accordance between what my call ones and what she wants there are slight differences for example the euro zone budget which is something germans are quite skeptical about but my call today said well this budget is not that important and first of all he wants to speak now about vision about a goal for europe and not about the instruments that would come later president mackerels only been in power five months but people are already talking about a shift of european power from paris is there any evidence of that. well it appears a little bit like it i mean he has a great majority back home in the parliament he has done some reforms and he has all these ideas for europe lately and on the other side she had to bedri election result she is facing difficult coalition talks and she kondraty react on these reform suggestions from micron because she's in the middle of nowhere basically with no government perspective but then again in germany many also quite happy that france

on saturday also coming up britain's tourism it wants to up to advance brigs it talks at a key e.u. summit today but the e.u. says not enough progress has been need to get to move things forward is there any way out of this impasse. plus in the next sixty minutes equal pay for equal play denmark's women's world cup qualifiers cancelled in a rout over wages the danish national football team simply wants the same pay and conditions as the men could this be a landmark moment for the women's game. and explosion at a factory making firecrackers exposes a dock on the side of india's festival of lights environmentalist's on welcome a new ban on fireworks but some people are not happy a social media team will have more. and asterix an open mics the beloved comic book heroes on now. back with a new adventure this time the creators are sending them on a mad dash across italy. helen a woman. the crisis in catalonia is escalating spain is preparing to suspend the region's autonomy after the catalan leader threatened to declare independence the central government in madrid said catalonia karla's suppre

so-called divorce bill for leaving the european union aren't even halfway through the e.u. summit in brussels britain's prime minister tourism a call for more cooperation from e.u. leaders in the slow moving brics talks and how has this. to resume a new in advance there'd be no major breakthrough fellow e.u. leaders made clear that insufficient progress had been made to move talked beyond the current deadlocked difficulties over money and to begin talking about future trade she instead issued what sounded like an appeal for help by a politically weakened prime minister who's come as far as she can and desperately needs something in return if we are going to take a step forward together it must be on the basis of joint effort and endeavor we must work together to get to an outcome that we can stand behind that works for or people what she got in return wasn't much they were encouraging words from some e.u. leaders including the all important angle or merkel. on this is. we have made progress and it is perhaps the nature of the thing that we look at it step by step i have absolutely

minister to resign may is seeking to expand the bricks at negotiations to include trade as the e.u. summit resumes in brussels but e.u. leaders want more progress on citizens' rights. the chief executive of kenya's election board is taking three weeks of leave just ahead of the presidential election rerun next thursday at says he's taken a personal decision the opposition was demanding he be fired before the votes the initial. vote in august was an old by the supreme court citing irregularities meanwhile kenya is celebrating heroes there on friday it's a public holiday honoring freedom fighters and president. is expected to speak live at the celebrations are reporter catherine sawyer joining us from nairobi so with so many twists and turns leading up to this election that's meant to be taking place next week and we don't know if it will how is the mood at these celebrations what the significance of the celebrations was with all this uncertainty. the celebrations are in a very significant this is supposed to be a day where that you know is set to unify kenyans where kenyans get to celebrate

will crash out of the european union without a deal and e.u. summit in brussels was held this week to review the progress so far german chancellor angela merkel tried to send a positive signal about the future of a possible agreement. but it wasn't that but it was a busy view both sides must work hard we must be transparent over our conclusions especially over the partnerships a person might want but not yet fully clear on that but it will happen it will happen within the required time frame and we all know when the negotiations will end i want an agreement and not some unpredictable solution we're working very intensively on that let's speak now to simon french in london he is a chief economist with london based primer gordon and co thanks very much for being with us now i want to ask you first of all how likely we've heard a lot of talk this week about the possibility of a no deal breaks it how likely is that and what impact would that have on the u.k. economy and europe's economy i think it's a likelihood that is growing all the time it's very diff

of negotiations that times tough negotiations but there is nothing that can be presented to the e.u. summit next week there is no progress when it comes to the right of citizens in britain and it comes to the border to northern ireland let alone a financial settlement so it was the veneers said i cannot recommend that we move on to the next phase of negotiations that is talking about the future but on the other hand mr davis says let's do exactly that let's talk about the future now well britain's finance minister has been talking about the worst case no deal scenario is no deal likely i would say inching closer because time is running out until next year september of two thousand and eighteen a deal should be closed because after that it would be very hard to reach the brakes a deadline which is march two thousand and nineteen and so both sides really have to speed it up and mr van you gave the last deadline today he said until the thirty first of december we have to move to move to phase two and as that happens is the likelihood that no deal be reaches very high and give us an idea of wha

he is seeking to expand breck's in negotiations to include trade as the e.u. summit resumes in brussels but leaders want more progress on citizens' rights and european leaders are backing spain as the catalan crisis escalates in brussels the spanish prime minister mariano to holy received support from the french president and the german chancellor but the e.u. says it won't intervene in the dispute between madrid and barcelona a twenty one year old irish egyptian citizen has been released after four years behind bars in egypt the news of her but he was released was welcomed by his family last month he was acquitted of charges linked to the demonstrations in twenty thirteen hundreds were arrested there after protests against the military coup that ousted president mohamed morsy the u.n. children's agency unicef is calling for more funding to help improve conditions for row him refugees in overcrowded camps in bangladesh the international body says children fleeing violence in myanmar are facing hell on earth in the camps the chinese president is set to have his own po

now returning to the e.u. summit which is underway in a brussels correspond york matis is covering developments there and joins me now from there again you are terry's army has been speaking over the past two days some of the e.u. leaders are very impressed by what she said but they're still feel there's not enough to go on to start the second round of negotiations what do you feel about the situation. it took the e.u. leaders here a mere ninety seconds apparently according to diplomats to establish that there is not sufficient progress to move the process of talks to round to invite the future relationship away from the divorce talks now the good news for to reach the may and all of this is that the head of the european council gave green light to at least start preparing internally for that second phase and that is sort of the gift if you want that she can take back home at the same time leaders were very clear in their final press statements that there is still quite a bit of a way to go anglo-american the german

they're aiming for something very different ok they want to hire a seat at the table at the e.u. summit reports that i read about some of their strategies is joining the e.u. for membership becoming a member of nato i mean you don't get that in the mainstream media you get this piece and you know what a lot of people are i'm sure they are and no one should be beaten up for voting go ahead joe. but you say no one should be beaten up for voting the fact is the referendum was illegal it was illegal both under spanish constitutional law because the court had struck down not just the referendum but also the independence laws which preceded it and provided for it it was also illegal under the terms of the statute of catalonia itself whose articles two to two and two to three lay out procedures for reforming that statute and they include consultation with the spanish parliament i think. committees and referendum and you know to say as matthew godwin did that no other state in europe would do such a thing really bigots believe because in the united kingdom we have a troublesome province where o

of key issues over the brakes and dale tourism ala speaking at a dinner in brussels ahead of an e.u. summit frets that negotiations have been hampered by disputes over citizens rights and the amount that person has to pay in order to leave china how has more from brussels. to reason may has had the opportunity to address over dinner her fellow e.u. leaders here in brussels talking about what she described as concrete progress in brics in talks so far she had hoped until recently to be able to persuade them that sufficient progress had been made in the thorny talks around money the so-called brics is brics a divorce bill to be able to move on to the next substantive phase talks about the future of trade relationship between britain and the e.u. which of course big business in the u.k. is desperate to know about as it tries to plan for the effects of breaks it down the road well the e.u. is not convinced about sufficient progress they are not sold on britain's offer of meeting its outstanding liabilities and commitments to the tune of twenty billion plus dollars over a two year transition per

government readies to take measures against the cattle on independence crisis today speaking at an e.u. summit in brussels he said he had two goals in mind and those are to return the observance of laws and return to institutional normality and this after he confirmed that article one fifty five of the spanish constitution would be invoked that the move to suspend elements of catalonia is self rule ruling party is now calling on the catalan president to put an end to spain's worst political crisis in forty years. and a suicide bomber killed at least fifty people inside a mosque in kabul afghanistan the attack occurred on friday night in the western part of out of the afghan capital during the night prayers an armed man walked into the building and opened fire on worshippers then detonated his explosives at least forty five people were injured that exact number of casualties still yet to be confirmed meanwhile local media reported that another mosque in afghanistan's western province was targeted also in a suicide bombing which claimed the lives of at least thirty three people at this point and

are deadlocked and so he will not ask next week's the e.u. summit to begin discussions on a future relationship with britain we'll get reaction from brussels and london. i bring golf it's good to have you with us anti israel and too expensive tonight those are the main reasons the united states is giving for its withdrawal from unesco the un's cultural organization created by the u.s. more than seventy years ago the u.s. state department pointing to unpaid dues a need for fundamental reform and what it says is the organization's quote continuing anti israel bias for its part israel has now said that it will also leave you know. the un body promotes peace around the world girls' education and is renowned for its world heritage program protecting cultural sites such as the statue of liberty and the city of venice. are joining us now are our correspondents covering the image of noise standing by in washington and tanya kramer joining us from jerusalem to both of you good evening carlino let me start with you how big of a waltz is this for unesco. well

lauren: ousted day one of the e.u. summit today where they will discuss brexit. republic, what's going on in spain into the list you have europe, which their stock market and economy have done well recently. but it's time to maybe reset and refocuses what you are saying? >> yeah, everybody asks me that question. would he think about about the stock market? 23,002 by five months. yes, seems like it's all okay. i would say this to everybody out there that may be watching. if you need the money in the next six to 12 months i would really thinking about covering yourself in having a little bit of a backdrop for a way out of the market for it does to turn on you. in 1987, the value see the real economy liquor gdp a good stocks and bonds or the financial economy is one economy is one to one in 1987. in 2017, is 3.5 to one stocks and bonds to the real economy. that's kind of nerve-racking. >> you know what, if you go $100 invested in the s&p 500, he'd have 1100 bucks today. the market is up 1000%. the direction is typically up in way tax reform on the horizon, too, whic

e.u. leaders are holding a key two day summit british prime minister to resign may has come to the summit armed with proposals that she hopes will move talks along for the e.u. leaders say that she has to match her promises with concrete details of any progress is to be made. well just in the last hour the president of the european commission and the european council have been giving a press briefing want to go to brussels now our max hoffman is standing by he's covering this summit force good evening to you max what did you make of mr toast and mr youngers comments the start was migration policy. migration is probably the biggest topic they talked about because that's what's been discussed so far bragg's it is on the menu for dinner there's the difference and what's interesting brant about the migration part the president of the european council said that they wanted to attack a subject that they haven't been able to resolve for years lots of years and that's a common asylum system they want to have a solution for that a common european asylum system next year which would be lightning spe

so-called divorce bill from leaving the european union aren't even halfway through the e.u. summit in brussels britain's prime minister it's reason may call for more cooperation from e.u. leaders in the slow moving breaks it talks the other twenty seven member states agreed to begin to prepare a trade talks among themselves about what sort of future trade deal it like to see . russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is a warning that abandoning the iran nuclear deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions he was speaking at a new to nonproliferation conference in moscow attended by u.s. and north korean delegates hundred forty people have been arrested in malawi accused of hunting down people they say are vampires and least five people have been killed by alleged feature ninety groups right up to date with the headlines sent from heaven is coming up right now. as long as i can remember that has been part of my life. the scent of this rare and special would was present at home and the neighbors and in the mosque. nothing gives me a feeling of what under

would have to pay in order to leave the european union and not even halfway through the e.u. summit in brussels britain's prime minister to resign may requested more cooperation from e.u. leaders in the slow moving talks. to resume a new in advance there'd be no major breakthrough for fellow e.u. leaders made clear that insufficient progress had been made to move talk beyond the current deadlocked difficulties over money and to begin talking about future trade she instead issued what sounded like an appeal for help by a politically weakened prime minister who's come as far as she can and desperately needs something in return if we are going to take a step forward together it must be on the basis of joint effort and endeavor we must work together to get to an outcome that we can stand behind that works for all people what she got in return wasn't much they were encouraging words from some e.u. leaders including the all important dangler merkel. on the slate of and then at will as we have made progress and it is perhaps the nature of the thing that we look at it step by step i have ab

e.u. leaders summit tonight in brussels max as always thank you very much. well the attack on the media has and continues to be part of donald trump's political d.n.a. earlier this month the u.s. president lashed out at the american t.v. network n.b.c. for its quote partners and distorted news reporting and he called for revoking licenses as punishment now that's punishment for reporting stories that may not be to his liking or free press watchdogs have been on high alert and they were a warm again this week when trump's attorney general jeff sessions told to us senator that putting journalists in jail for doing their job is something that he cannot rule well take a listen you commit to not putting reporters in jail for doing their jobs well i don't know that i can make a blanket commitment to that a fact. but i would say this we have not taken any aggressive action. against the made at this point but we have matters that involve the most serious national security issues that put our country at risk and we will utilize the authorities that we have legally an

e.u. leaders summit tonight in brussels max as always thank you very much. all right let's talk about sex and let's imagine we're in cairo egypt are the game's over cairo is one of the most dangerous places in the world for women in public the u.n. says it is the worst city for sexual harassment against women but the egyptian capital remains one of the most silent places when it comes to discussing sex and sexuality seven years ago the government removed from school curricula and as a result. of that ban many young egyptians are growing up without any guidance on sexual relations birth control or how to prevent sexually transmitted disease sex is such a taboo even dating is hit by. a tender touch. sunset. just the two of them. mohammad are in love but even though the young couple is married gazing into each other's eyes is the limit to physical contact. at least in public. oh. it took its head off also from the wolf little dog in front of others we're not used to the need to face also the common that's just the strangest even if your guys are married what wh

coming up this news that makes a cry for help at an e.u. summit in brussels with a cheek it sent him and. two former u.s. presidents voiced concern about the current political climate in speech is seen as a veiled attack on donald trump's leadership. and food for thought for france are saying about the n.f.l. decision not to punish protesting. this way now and the government there has secured backing from the opposition to dissolve catalonia as parliament and hold new elections that i minister mariano rajoy says he will unveil specific measures on saturday to impose direct rule on catalonia after its leader refused to drop his bid for independence and just symonds has more now from barcelona. what you really sense here in barcelona right now is a fear of the unknown and that's shared by both sides in this crisis politicians and public alike people on friday were going out to protest in a very different way going to banks and withdrawing one hundred five fifty five euro as a protest of protest against two of five banks which have actually moved the