and the embassy in kenya.e have a couple of items from that tragic event that are highly personalized. we really get a sense of the person and what it was like to be there during that time. but also, how professional american diplomats were under these circumstances. >> absolutely. i cannot imagine anything more traumatizing than your office building basically exploding. >> you are in a meeting -- >> exactly. prudence bushr well, our ambassador to kenya at the time. on the morning of the attack, she was in a meeting with the kenyan minister of commerce. to office was quite close the embassy, just across the parking lot, really. so she and some department of commerce colleagues were upstairs at the meeting -- >> when we heard a noise, which we quickly learned was a storm grenade. there were about eight people in the room at the time, and most of them got up to walk to the window to see what it was all about. is that the first purpose of the stun grenade, to bring people to the windows. i was knocked back, uncon

embassy. alison: i know. think that is why our collection is so fascinating, because at first glance it is just a piece of concrete. what does it mean? in 1968, in the thick of the conflict with vietnam, the north vietnamese lost in offensive on the vietnamese holiday of the new year. entirely unexpected. traditionally, this had been a day of truce. they blew a hole in the compound, the embassy. there was a wall surrounding it, and they planted a bomb in it and they blew a hole in it, and in this way, the vietnamese forces were actually able to enter the courtyard. this put american diplomats in extreme danger, but they were held in the courtyard and never actually made it inside the embassy. they were finally driven out by some helicopter reinforcements coming in, but the american diplomats inside were very brave. they kept up the line of communications with the united states the whole time, and they never left their posts. so the gentleman who retrieved that has an interesting narrative about going in 2003

embassy was overrun. the u.s. diplomats who happened to be there in the building at the time were taken hostage. they were held hostage for a total of 444 days. 52 american diplomats in total. we know some thing of their treatment and it was not that great. they were blindfolded, interrogated, and beaten. we are privileged to have this cloth. this was used as a blindfold. on the economic officer robert blucher. the takeover of the embassy coincided with his first full day of the job. what a first day. on the second day, he was beaten. about a month later, he was called for interrogation and said he was line folded in a cold room for six hours. he could hear the cooking sounds of his captor's rifles in the background. very harsh treatment. this blindfold came to us through a friend of his. we know the end of the story that they were ultimately freed. when he returned to freedom, he was visiting friends and gave this blindfold to his friend as a thank you gift for hosting him. and he said, just wash it. luckily, thi

the songs will remain holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for the time being after a hearing on whether to drop his arrest warrant. for another week. or so in the headlines u.s. republicans. many of the collusion claims. provided by the clinton campaign as well as part funded by the clinton foundation. human rights watch reveals how strong. drugs are being misused by us. he was. totally dry and you couldn't even talk to. the national live from moscow. on the program with us. now he may have spent more than five years holed up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london but you know the song will need to wait another week to find out whether a warrant for his arrest has been dropped so after hearing in the u.k. was postponed until february thirteenth let's get details now from one of the situation who's been getting the latest necessary just like us through what's happened today what it all means for assad's. fulla down despite so many expectations and assumptions that possibly today could be the day that julian a songe might potentially walk out of that embassy has been stuck in

there in london where there's still a possibility that we might see a stand leave that embassy in the coming hours will come back to polly if that does happen let's just remind ourselves of this ongoing saga songes embassy saga began back in two thousand and ten when sweden launched rape allegations against him two years later assigned to enter the ecuadorian embassy in london asking for asylum shortly after the u.k. issued an arrest warrant for the wiki leaks both for breaching bail conditions but ecuador granted him asylum in may last year sweden dropped the rape investigation against a sanch but he didn't leave the embassy fearing arrest by u.k. police. let's not discuss this further with our guest eric senior lecturer in law at bristol law school and mr buell welcome to the program is very good to have you with us do you expect the arrest warrant to be dropped today that would be the expectation years and i was there waiting as you said to read the full judgement and to see what is actually being decided in court today without it would be the expectation yes even if a scientist do

embassy that is warning u.s. citizens to stay away until further notice melissa modern of it joins us live now from outside the embassy in hold good it tell us what more you know about this rather strange event a strange event to be happening in montenegro. yes really a strange event in in montenegro something like this really never happened nothing something close as this the far now as we know demand about half an hour after midnight he threw a bomb inside the u.s. embassy this compound and after dead he blew himself up in this moment it's not really certain it was his intention to blow himself up or the second bomb actually was triggered by incident police investigation is going on in this moment a lot of police went are blocking the whole area around u.s. embassy in port but it's up the name of the attacker is not yet known and everybody is now thinking and talking about what could be the motive of this whole incident as you said it's advice to the u.s. citizens in montenegro not to come in and by sea to avoi

of the embassy here but why is he said worried about the u.s. he hears of course washington has made no. washington has a bone or two to pick with. the wiki leaks editor for his work over the years with that website the politician stateside have made no secret of their dislike for julian assange let's take a listen to what they've had to say is that they is. the united states do something to stop mr sausage. right now describes a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be and i'm not for the death penalty so i'm not for the death penalty want to do it illegally shoot the son of a wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service ignorance or misplaced idealism is no longer an acceptable excuse for lionizing these demons. even if they're hearing his way today and that is a big his legal team said all along that they will need concrete guarantees from the british authorities that he'll either get safe passage or he won't be arrested and extradited straight

confirms the embassy will move from tel aviv to jerusalem by may earlier than expected also a former election aide to donald trump agrees to help the inquiry into alleged russian meddling in u.s. politics while another faces yet more charges plus. russia marks one hundred years of the red army find out how the military has been rebuilt to become one of the strongest in the world. welcome to the program the syrian military bombardment of eastern looks set to continue after a u.n. vote on a humanitarian ceasefire was postponed until saturday more than four hundred forty civilians have died in six days of attacks on the rebel held enclave in a few moments we'll hear from our diplomatic editor james bays at the u.n. but first a somber binge of its report on the situation in east and. there's a lot to do to fix yet they call out for those left on another floor but in the dense dust and debris it's hard to see who's left. the upper floor is on fire. the doctor tells ali to open his eyes so he can wash at the medical workers in eastern huta are calling for urgent assistance because of the c

embassy and nato headquarters u.s. president donald trump says washington is imposing its largest set of sanctions on north korea they're aimed at isolating and increasing pressure on pyongyang to give up its nuclear program the latest measures specifically target north korea's shipping activity and the u.s. has confirmed it will open its new embassy in jerusalem this may that's much earlier than expected palestinians have condemned the announcement saying it's a provocation the decision in december to move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem sparked protests around the world. recovery efforts are underway after at least thirty eight people were killed in twin car bombings in somalia al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. government buildings in mere miles traveled record states have been targeted in a series of bombings three separate explosions went off in the state's capital city way early on saturday one policeman at least was injured three other unexploded devices were seized three days ago a bomb killed two ba

this is not a normal embassy. this is a tiny flat. the ecuadorian embassy has to get on with their job every day. you are right. they basically want him to leave this embassy. -- play again the whole immunity card? that is possible, but that is absolutely not in agreement. british authorities are clear on that. you are a fugitive from justice. we will see what julian assange and the ecuadorians decide to do if the lifting of the warrant is unsuccessful this afternoon. they do foricte, that. we will be checking in w with yu in london. of poland is set to sign a contested bill on the holocaust into law. the measure would impose prison sentences of up to three years for mentioning the term "polish death camps," and suggesting "publicly and against the facts" that the polish were involved in nazi german crimes. olan's right-wing government says the law is necessary to protect the reputation about -- the reputation of poles as victims of nazi aggression. emmanuel macron has a tricky trip on the books today. he is on the french island of co

tonight germany's top spy says that the hermit kingdom has used its embassy here to bypass the sanctions and he warns that some of the transactions in the tools of terror may never be detected i'm burned off in berlin this is the day . to do us a disservice we can't guarantee that we've been able to detect and prevent every single sale on transaction so things that didn't come to it we were able to determine the north koreans has been engaged in procurement activities in the us when it was from altamont view the procurement was connected to that rocket and you can a program from the mission to from the us we have to assume the north korea was able to acquire what it needed by using shop of my. shadow companies which they carried out their transactions here in germany he's going to explain to the book. also coming up twenty eight years two months and twenty seven days that's how long the berlin wall stood and that's how long it's been since it fell tonight remembering how it all began the history from down below. at least seventy five tunnels were docked beneath the wall in berlin my hear

confirms the embassy will move from tel aviv to jerusalem by may then expect it. also a former election to donald trump agrees to help the inquiry into alleged russian meddling in u.s. politics while another faces get more charges. and the candidates for president are off and running in egypt but many question whether the election will be transparent free or even fair. welcome to the program the syrian military bombardment of eastern ghouta looks set to continue after a u.n. vote on a humanitarian ceasefire was perspire and until saturday more than four hundred forty civilians have died in six days of attacks on the rebel held enclave in a few moments we'll hear from our diplomatic editor james bays at the u.n. but first to some binge of aids reports on the situation in eastern guta. there's no. david yes they call out for those left on another floor but in the dense dust and debris it's hard to see who's left the upper floor is on fire. crackers and i don't know the doctor tells me to open his eyes so he can wash it medical workers in eastern are calling for urge

now german officials say north korea has used its embassy in berlin to float sanctions. in the past we've determined that it was a base for exposition activities that in or of you serve the missile program and also in part the nuclear program. that north korea runs such operations is nothing new in december australian authorities arrested a man suspected of trying to purchase components used in missile technology for pyongyang. and in two thousand and eleven ukraine's intelligence service cut north korean agents seeking missile technology but the hurdlers gotten through despite enforcement efforts when south korea recovered to spend north korean missile from the sea they found components from countries around the world evidence that pyongyang has learned how to sidestep u.n. sanctions. oh the claim destine commers at the north korea did as he was first reported by investigative reporter klaus share he joins us tonight from homburg clothes it's good to have you on the show tell us how were you able to break this story but it wasn't planned like that it took place in other

the us as announced it will move its embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem on may the fourteenth the date marks the seventieth anniversary of the israeli state's creation here's what president trump had to say about the decision which is being causing fury across the arab world and beyond. people calling begging me don't do it don't do it don't do it campaign against it was so incredible but you know what the campaign for it was also incredible and we did the right thing with tensions running high on first day a group of palestinian activists attacking u.s. delegation visiting a research and polling center in the west bank city of ramallah the americans were pelted with eggs and had to be evacuated from the area more than twenty palestinians have been killed and around a thousand others injured since december when trump took the decision to move the embassy. the next american has more on the symbolism of washington's move from the fallout that's resulted. but put it simply trump said he doesn't care what the world thinks about his decision to move the embassy to jerusalem which a

embassy on israel's seventieth independence day no greater gift than that. a short time later the u.s. president donald trump confirmed the news in a speech i was hit by more countries and more pressure and more people calling begging me don't do it don't do it don't do it i said we have to do it it's the right thing to do it wasn't december trump announced he was moving the embassy to jerusalem. and he angered those who said the u.s. was basically giving jerusalem to israel outside of final status talks with the palestinians the palestinian president mahmoud abbas was among those who condemned truff but at the u.n. security council this week it was clear abbas had moved on he told them basters the era of the u.s. as an honest broker is over and that it's time to try something new for any art of grammar to call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and nineteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international st

embassy in israel any clarification on why. a senior u.s. official has told me that the move is happening in coincidence or to coincide i should say with the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the state of israel which is may fourteenth two thousand and eighteen now this does not mean that all of the staffers at the u.s. embassy currently in tel aviv will be moving immediately to jerusalem there just isn't room at the existing u.s. consulate general law offices to house all of those officials so my understanding is that only the ambassador david friedman as well as a few of his aides will be moving from tel aviv to jerusalem to officially set up the embassy the bulk of the operations will continue to take place at existing consulate offices in jerusalem there are two or three campuses that make up the current consulate offices there as well as the existing u.s. embassy in tel aviv which will then become a consulate of its own the bigger picture is going to be how quickly people can be transferred from essentially the mediterranean sea

its embassy in london after a british judge ruled the wiki leaks co-founder still wanted for arrest. a new party is being launched in the u.k. with the a move. to support it's getting from the channel has led to accusations of french meddling britons in. mid-morning on wednesday here in moscow you're watching international. it is now just two days and till the twenty eight hundred winter olympics get underway and it's still unclear who will compete the court of arbitration for sport has heard the case of dozens of russian athletes but no decision was reached today the session has now been adjourned until tomorrow the russian athletes are challenging the international olympic committee's decision to ban them from competing in south korea over the doping scandal in just a few moments here on the program we will go live to south korea and speak for more details with our. now on the program julian assange is to remain stranded inside the ecuadorian embassy that is after a british judge ruled that an arrest warrant for the wiki leaks founder remains in force the president of ecuador says

visited julian a stange at the embassy the man is accused of carrying out cyber attacks on the f.b.i. and nasa among other organizations while wiki leaks is also known for publishing classified information about american politics and the work of its security services clearly the two men have a lot in common and had plenty to discuss speaking to journalists love said he wished to silence look in the case we're following the continuing hearing and we'll be bringing you all the latest updates on the final conclusion of course as soon as we get it. u.s. republicans have released the documents alleging the man behind the trumped russia dossier was not only funded by the clinton campaign but was also fed information by its mr steele's memorandum states that the report was information that came from a foreign subsumes who is in touch with a friend of the clintons it is troubling enough that the clinton campaign funded mr steele's work but that these.

confirms its embassy will move from tel aviv to jerusalem by may that's much earlier than expected. the first u.n. diplomats have failed to agree a resolution that would stop the fighting in syria and allow in food and medicine for desperate civilians it's understood that russian objections are blocking agreement and intense negotiations continue our diplomatic editor james spader's has the details. old a frantic negotiations here at the united nations to try and get a security council resolution passed a great deal of the pressure on the russian ambassador. who has problems with some of the language in the draft resolution drawn up by kuwait and sweden at one point the kuwaiti ambassador the president of the security council appeared with the other nonpermanent members of the so-called elected ten and he sounded upbeat we're still working on. the language on some of the but i get asked but we are almost there and we would like you know as have been holding as a president of the council to thank actually the eight ten for their support to a lot of votes and hopefully you are so clos

confirms its embassy removed from tel aviv to jerusalem by may much earlier than expected. hello there we've got a few outbreaks of rain across parts of china at the moment on the chart there for sunday we're seeing some of the wet weather through term ching and down through hunan and goings zoom but those showers become confined to the northwest of that region as we head through the day on monday so more of a getting away with a dry spell of weather the temperatures aren't too bad at this time of year either with chung do getting to around seventeen in force in shanghai will be at around of fourteen of the maximum now as we head across towards the west we're seeing more unsettled weather here now particularly in the northern parts of arm up his the lake to system it's made its way through parts of pakistan and into the northern parts of india as well that's working its way eastwards of fizzling out if it does so so not a great deal left to it as it makes its way across parts of nepal but then the next system is making its way towards us so here it is on sunday then some of

washington were relocated to embassy in israel to jerusalem in may i move the palestinians so i could destroy any hope of a. the settlement. three friends from australia challenge themselves to a grueling ninety kilometer cross-country skiing race in sweden despite never having tried this before. their saturday morning at nine here in moscow my name's welcome to news update from r.t. international first off an update from syria where state media are reporting that islamist militants in the rebel. have launched a fresh round of mortar shelling on residential areas in the capital. at least one person said to being killed and fifteen injured it's the second time a bombardment by insurgents has caused casualties in damascus this week. is a suburb of the capital and it's been under siege by pro-government troops since twenty thirteen but the violence there has dramatically intensified as regime forces attempt to topple the last rebel stronghold close to damascus according to some estimates more than four hundred fifty people have been killed in the district this week alone that's led the u

maybe perhaps the you know time is different in the north korean calendar what about the embassy and its ability to carry out these illegal transactions in the first place i mean how is it able to do that is it exceptionally skilled at this covert commerce or is this a case of germany's intelligence service not being vigilant enough. when i have to say that we only talk about efforts or failed attempts to acquire things like that about long lines of middleman of shadow companies when the german officials get hints that something like that is going on that they have suspicion suspicious activities they they interfere they stop it but they might not get everything we talk about do it use items usually those that can take items that can be used in civil life and for military purposes for example the one thing they they told us was a so-called multi gas money tour you use it to control traffic pollutions in civic life but also when you produce a chemical weapon you need it to control poisonous gas emissions. and close what has happened since this story broke i can imagine many people are

confirms it will open its new embassy in jerusalem in may this year palestinian leaders call it an obstacle to peace. and nigerian government officials apologized to parents falsely told that missing daughters had been rescued we have an exclusive report. top story in sport a second the olympic athlete from russia failed a drug. all the details coming up for you later in the program. we begin the news hour in syria where the government's relentless bombing campaign on a rebel held enclave near the capital shows no signs of abating rockets have been fired into eastern for a sixth straight day pushing the death toll to four hundred thirty two people in the past week alone the united nations last minute wrangling is delaying a security council vote on imposing a thirty day ceasefire to end the hostilities. reports from gaza on the turkey syria border. there's. the. floor but in the dense dust and debris it's hard to see who left the upper floor. the doctor tells ali to open his eyes so he can wash out medical workers in eastern guta are calling for urgent assistance because of the continuous h

embassy much less build that facility all right for now thank you very much allan jordan in washington for us i just want to bring up to date with a developing story that we're following with police in somalia saying that two car bomb blasts rocked the capital mogadishu police say that was followed by gunfire which broke out near at the president's residence so i have more on that story as it comes to us but two car bombs that are exploding in the capital of money market tissue. i got i kid has president on a thomas still interesting back and have to let go some it that's less than what you are people we've had people that never voted but they're great patriots but they never saw anybody they want to vote for then they go to the election they've got trouble parents trump parents are going to add say god all sorts of things trump over here make america great again had the iraq so. so our country is starting to do well. we are going to make it great or better safer than it ever was before the reason is you this has been a great movement they try like hell they cannot stand what we've don

truly an assault remains holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london after a british judge with a few. to lift an arrest warrant for the wiki leaks founder. the us defense secretary asa progress to a group a major funding boost for the military and singles out russia and china as peak local threats. and human rights watch reveals how anti psychotic drugs are being misused by american nursing homes. when you're seeing who do this totally drug you can even talk to. i'm kate partridge and you're watching the latest headlines here at r.t. international thank you for joining us. a british judge has ruled that an arrest warrant for julian assault remains in force meaning he's still unable to leave the ecuadorian embassy in london and the president of ecuador has just given a statement saying he will continue to protect the wiki leaks founder artie's anastasio has the latest on the standoff. it was expected today that a judge would want here outside the court behind me to potentially lift the arrest warrant put in place by british officials in connection to the initial allegations made again

will move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. this man standing outside of. the school the other day doesn't love the children probably doesn't know that. the teachers love their children. the florida school new questions about how america protect. the syrian military. except to drag on after a un vote on a humanitarian ceasefire was postponed until saturday more than four hundred forty civilians have died in six days of attacks on the rebel held. just a few moments we'll have. but first. reports on the situation on the ground. they are there not. to be too young. but in the dust and debris. left. the upper floor is on fire. crackers and i don't know what the doctor tells me to open his eyes so he can wash medical workers in eastern huta are calling for urgent assistance because of the continuous heavy bombardment. incendiary bombs are now appearing in the night skies weapons intended to start large fires when they hit the ground people and bodies are pulled out from crevices between buildings the nearly four hundred thousand people in the besieged enclave ar

they looked at the embassy as an occupying force.as actually the agent for controlling iranian politics. >> khomenei issued a new warning. he said if the americans try military force to rescue the hostages, the students will kill them all and blow up the embassy. >> because of the distance to tehran from the arabian sea, a raid to rescue the american hostages is considered unlikely. >> how much longer can you go on doing this? >> we are ready to go on until martyrdom. martyrs are alive in islam. martyrs do not die. martyrs are not destroyed. >> so the bullets do not really kill? >> the bullets do not kill the rights of the people. >> terrorism was suddenly moving from what had once been almost entirely a secular, politically ideological movement to something that now is motivated or fueled by religious fervor. >> in mecca, men described as religious deviants are holding hostages in the sacred grand mosque. >> 15,000 pilgrims were praying at dawn when the 30 giant doors were sealed off by hundreds of members of a muslim sect. they see

in thailand —— sale of the embassy in thailand —— sale of the embassy in thailand —— sale of the embassyes in the capital spending of the foreign office will inherently have diminished in some way our presence because these symbolic rulings, these iconic places, they are essential to getting people through the door and of course, what is that purpose of a democratic mission but to get people into talk to us? and so these palaces may look glorious and indeed none more so than our embassy in paris, the work of our ambassador, the right honourable lord llewelyn is putting into that building, not into the bricks and mortar but into it as into the bricks and mortar but into itasa into the bricks and mortar but into it as a living body, as an embodiment indeed of reckoning powers, is essential to making sure that a network is increased. our riches augmented and indeed that our economy is promoted, and that is only possible when the resource it correctly. while applying, the minister said he would draw the department's attention to what had been said and the foreign office would give full remar

has now set the day when it will move its embassy in israel to jerusalem and it's made the fourteenth that's the date in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight when israel proclaimed independent here's the president trump the scribed his decision making process. people calling begging me don't do it don't do it don't do it campaign against it was so incredible but you know what the campaign for it was also incredible and we did the right thing. our case very cold joins us live on the program so we have a date but this has been and will continue to be a controversial move syria. yes to put it simply trump said he doesn't care what the world thinks about his decision to move the embassy to jerusalem which actually supports israel's claims to the city but when he says the campaign against his decision was incredible he means this let's take a quick look. at the rubber. hose. even though trump doesn't care people in the region do today we saw clashes in hebron continue which have been going on for about twelve days now israel on the other hand is praising its minister for transportation t

don't do it don't do it and we did the right thing washington sets the date for the relocation of its embassy in israel to jerusalem a move that palestinian state could destroy any hope of peace. a very warm welcome to r.t. international i'm only we start with our breaking news this hour the u.n. security council unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a thirty day humanitarian cease fire in syria with delay killam up and joins us live from new york with the latest just cut through some about language for us if you will what exactly does this mean. well it's been a long awaited meeting much negotiations taking place almost down to the last minute but at the moment we do have a resolution that was unanimously passed by the body that leaves the united nations now this is all regarding eastern ghouta this is an enclave in the east of jerusalem or at some refer to it as a suburb and it's long been under the control of rebels and terrorists who want to overthrow the government of syria the syrian government now since two thousand and thirteen it's been essentially you know blocked off by govern

i met -- i imagine many people are asking themselves if the embassy is still open?nt: melinda: it is still -- klaus: four years ago, one of the diplomats had to leave the country because of suspicious behavior. we also learned that the german intelligence officials were after them in 2017. both related to the missile program and possible chemical weapons program. brent: what about the head of domestic intelligence here in germany? he is warning that he cannot guarantee a garin -- complete stop to north korea's illegal purchases. why can he not get -- offer that guarantee? klaus: how can he? they cannot guarantee that you will find anything. sometimes, they have to prove it before they go to court. i need advice, they need hence -- hints from traders. a middleman that points out door use technology -- dual use tech. brent: we also want to let our viewers know that your report does not only pertain to germany. this is not just a german story. other countries have also proved an able -- unable to stop pyongyang from procuring weapons. klaus: the official from the unite

of his for israel's newspaper believes moving the embassy now will have done.

do it don't do it don't do it and we did the right thing washington stance the date for moving its embassy in israel to jerusalem how decision that palestinian state could destroy any hope of a peace settlement. just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow and it's the weekend sunday february twenty fifth you know neal this is our international we start with breaking news world powers have approved a thirty day humanitarian ceasefire for syria a resolution was passed in a unanimous vote the u.n. security council headquarters in new york that is outside the u.n. q with the latest for where he has been for some time now tell us what has been agreed here if you will. well the resolution that was just passed after a lot of negotiation calls for a thirty day ceasefire now the meeting was convened after must much anticipation a long delay and finally taking place the resolution was put forward and it was unanimous all fifteen countries voted for it now it calls for a thirty day ceasefire but removed was the stipulation that this cease fire had to take place within seventy two hours and

visited a sergeant the embassy now the man is accused of carrying out cyber attacks on the f.b.i. and last among other organizations as well while wiki leaks is also known for publishing classified information about american politics and the work of its security services clearly the two men have a lot in common and had plenty to discuss speaking to journalists love said he wished the luck in his own case. for five years holed up inside a small embassy left plenty of time want to just hands of course it's perhaps a good thing he's had plenty of friends over to visit. the u.s. defense secretary has urged congress to approve a massive funding boost for the military the trumpeter ministration is pushing for a seven hundred billion dollars defense budget for this year rising to seven hundred sixteen billion in twenty nineteen he's capable and has more well james mattis the secretary of defense was speaking before the congressional armed services committee in his remarks he talked about how both russia and china were in his view a major threat to the united states because they were upda

but not all have been threats five years inside that small embassy.

announced it was going to move its embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem on may the fourteenth now that's the day put forward it coincides with the seventieth anniversary of the establishment of the israeli state here's what president trouble to say about the decision which has been causing fear across the arab world and beyond. people calling begging me don't do it don't do it don't do it campaign against it was so incredible but you know what the campaign for it was also incredible and we did the right thing turkeys voiced concerns about the decision to with his foreign minister saying that the decision on the embassy violates un security council resolutions and demonstrates the intention of america to undermine peace since december when trump took the decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital more than twenty palestinians have been killed and around a thousand others injured in the ongoing demonstrations over it. next more on the symbolism of washington's move and the fallout that resulted from it. put it simply trump said he doesn't care what the world thinks abou

simon hall was also present at the german embassy meeting. it was really i think to hobbes the first half i thought was very positive so clearly the mood music coming out from officials on the on the german side of the table as it were it was very encouraging that they wanted to have a dialogue they wanted to see this brought to a conclusion we had to leave as we had to go back to the commons to vote and then the notes following that seem to suggest that they slightly dried up like clapham and it was very much we're not going to get involved this is the only meeting we're going to have to discuss this effectively that's the end of the news i think if there was anything which came out of the meeting which we had at the embassy in july of last year is that there had been a long debate point as to whether the drug which had been taken by british mothers had been manufactured in germany or had been manufactured under license in the u.k. and it is now a very clear that the german officials taking tided the point that the third trust in the u.k. ha

julian assange just to remain stranded inside the ecuadorian embassy it's after a british judge ruled that an arrest warrant for the wiki leaks founder remains in force the president of ecuador meantime says his country will continue to protect our signage. our go to. inherited the issue of the mistress sons from our predecessors clearly it causes a certain inconvenience but since the first days in office we pledged our support for him until he is safe and we believe he is in danger the london court ruling is important but it will not change our position we will continue to protect mr sands under international refugee little. so with the court ruling going against him as arjun looks to stay holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london or sweden dropped all criminal rape charges against him last year but the u.k. says it will still arrest him if he leaves the embassy effectively leaving a sound in limbo a human rights campaigner peter tatchell believes if a son steps one foot out of that door he could be easily extradited there's no doubt that the bottom line in the a sound case is the