another emergency summit in brussels today over britain still on was over the exit from the european union european council president proposed a flexible one year extension of people of collective would rejoice at the announcement the french port is the major terminal for trains and ferries between the u.k. and the continent and fears about the potential effects of briggs that are running high. a massive traffic jam at customs in cali that's what happens when french customs officials work to rule they perform their jobs very slowly as a form of protest to cope with brags that the french government has promised seven hundred extra officials the trade unions say that's far too few especially if there's a no deal brings it. each day the euro tunnel shuttle train carries four thousand five hundred vehicles through the channel tunnel near kalai alone the last all very happy if britain were to leave the customs union goods inspections would immediately become more stringent. but the infrastructure isn't in place for that it's still under construction and there aren't enough personnel. the new building for veteri

emergency summit in brussels later today of britain still under resolved exit from the european union european council president donald tusk proposed a flexible one year extension of brics postponing the crucial day would be in line with hopes of people in the french port town of cali where it's currently just a matter of seconds to clear cargo running between the u.k. and the continent but with brags that that would change dramatically. a massive traffic jam at customs in cali that's what happens when french customs officials work to rule before in the job's very slowly as a form of protest to cope with breaks that the french government has promised seven hundred extra officials the trade unions say that's far too few especially if there's a new deal brings it. each day the euro tunnel shuttle train carries four thousand five hundred vehicles through the channel tunnel new color alone stalls over britain were to leave the customs union goods inspections would immediately become more stringent. but the infrastructure isn't in place for that it's still under construction and there aren't enough personn

european unease over china's brand of economic ambition stage. the choreography is still a bit shaky but when it comes to matters of trade at least the relationship is going in the right direction that's european union council president donald tusk take on the final communique for this year's brussels summit. negotiations have been difficult about it fruitful. three managed to agree a joint statement which set. out the ship based on the reciprocity china has compromised on several key questions international companies will no longer be pressured into disclosing their technological know how to their chinese partners will also cut back on state subsidies and in future trade relations will be developed in accordance with united nations principles and world trade organization regulations. for the higher. we need to speed up negotiations on the china europe investment agreement with a view to making decisive progress by the end of the current year. then we can conclude a high quality china europe agreement before the end of next year it should be fair for institutional investors from both sides and ensure mutual openness. there are good reasons for the chinese compromises the complaints by european companies about unfair competitive practices in china have become increasingly bitter. the e.u. has also given a lot of ground chinese telecoms company huawei will likely not see its technology banned from use in any future ultra high speed five g. mobile data network in europe its inclusion was a controversial matter because of the company's government ties and fears of digital espionage now both sides have to live up to their grand declarations something they've often fallen short of in the. asked. the head of germany's industrial giant z.-man says you're a means to play ball with trying this year joe kayser also took on the leadership of the asia pacific committee of german business it represents german business concerns in the region and did a good ferguson caught up with them i'm joined by seaman c.e.o. joe kayser he's recently taken over the chairmanship of the asia pacific committee of german business that's an umbrella organization that advises the german government on economi

council of the european union. he is the top adviser to the highest ranking european official, european council president donald tusk, general mickelson is well known in brussels, a man who has managed an extraordinary array of portfolios from brexit to the refugee crisis with calm, with discipline and with the ability to bring great focus and eventually consensus on very divisive issue. he's by training a diplomat with a career serving as danish ambassador to china for three years, served as denmark's permanent representative to the european union and there are 2800 people who work for him at the council. next we have the honorable randy schrieber, assistant secretary of defense for indopacific security affairs. randy is well-known as a long-time asia hand with deep insights in the region, extensive contacts, someone who has been responsible for implementing the national defense strategy which certainly handles -- focuses a great deal on changing u.s. -- the free and open indopacific. randy served of course under president george w. bush as deputy assistant secretary of state for east asia and pacific affairs. we h

european union that it is within the house of commons. tonight the european council decided to grant the european union an extension on article 50.he 31st of october. this means an additional six months for the uk. during this time, the call will be entirely in the u.k.'s time, the call will be entirely in the u. k.'s hands. time, the call will be entirely in the u.k.'s hands. it can still ratify the argument in which case the extension will be terminated. it can also reconsider the whole brexit strategy. that might lead to changes in the political declaration but not in the political declaration but not in the withdrawal agreement. until the end of this period, the uk will also have the possibility to revoke article 50 and cancel brexit altogether. the uk will continue its cooperation as a full member state with all its rights and is a close friend and trusted a lie in the future. let me finish with a message to our british friends. this extension is as flexible as i expected and a little bit shorter than i expected. but it's still enough. to find the best possible solution, please do not waste this time. we'll be back in just a

european union. it is possible they will elect meps in may and of course they will have their voting rights within the european councilke part in some of the decisions that the european union takes along the way. so they will act as a full member and that is not the way the french side wanted. they wanted some limits as to what impact the uk had. asa limits as to what impact the uk had. as a final thing to say on what donald tusk had to say there at the end was "don't waste the time". they have given the uk six months and they're hoping in that time the process that theresa may has set out tonight and she spend one hour talking to the 27 l, they are hoping that process will deliver something tangible because at the moment i think they are frustrated with the process. there is no majority in the house of commons for anyway forward and they are urging the uk side now to get serious and find a way forward in the coming months. in that context, we are not likely hear from theresa may. usually she appears within half an hour of two leaders having spoken addressing journalists first and then we will get thoughts of other eu

council of the european union. he is the top advisor to highest-ranking european official, european council donald tusk. he is well-known in brussels as a man who has managed an extraordinary array of portfolios from breaks it to the refugee crisis and calm with discipline and the ability to bring great focus and eventual unanimity on divisive issues. extinguished -- distinguished, a danish diplomat with a career serving as the danish ambassador to china for three years. he served as denmark's permanent representative to the european union and there are 2800 people who work for him at the council. , the assistant secretary of defense for indo pacific security affairs. randy is well-known as a longtime asia hand with deep insights in the region, extensive contacts, someone who has been responsible for implementing the national defense strategy which certainly handles -- focus is a great deal open indog free and pacific. some might say this is the real pivot to asia being implemented under randy's leadership. georgeed under president w. bush as deputy assistant secretary of state for east asia pacific aff

see in these i meetings of the leaders of the european union in the european council i would claim that there is a clear trend here. the first element is the recognition that there are no big states left in europe. that has been more difficult realization for some than others. that has sunk in today. when we look at the global world , this global picture, cannotual member states really exercise their sovereignty as they used to in this world. a joint exercise of sovereignty in this world or it will not happen. thesecond realization is union has been strong on values and will continue to be, we need to be more serious about our interest. we have to take into account the world we live in and we cannot be naive. we have to not shy away from using leverage where we have it in order to pursue those interests. finally, the eu must define its relationship between the u.s. and china. in thisto find our role context. how that ultimately plays out does not only depend on us, it depends on china and the u.s.. we are seeking cooperation with them both. we want to preserve the rules-based internatio

which is to leave the european union, to do it with a deal to do it in a safe way by ensuring that the deal is supported and will leave european union as set out by the european counciln the 22nd of may. >> thank you, mr. speaker. newcastle voted 50.7%-49.3 to remain. edified our city and i was determined we should not have to vote again. but this is a complete shambles. parliaments gridlock. government is paralyzed. businesses stalled. jobs lost. households stockpiling. our global reputation trashed and the prime minister incapable of holding her cabinet together, never mind the country. will she not consider the possibility that she is making a terrible mistake? >> if the honorable lady wants to ensure that we are able to deliver on the overall vote of the referendum, to defend with the protects jobs can predict so you need a protects our security, and to do that anyway that is orderly, that guarantees brexit for the british people, she said she didn't want a second referendum, if we're going to guarantee brexit, i suggested audibly she gets behind the deal and that we can guarantee that brexit. >> two days ago i asked the prime minister if it actually quite under

jeopardizing the correct running of the european elections and the correct functioning of the european union . and this all as well paul i guess has to go to the european council special summit next week and people are still saying look the french president emanuel might call he might kybosh the whole thing yes i mean there's no appetite while there's little appetite in europe to have this whole sorry saga as far as the concerned go on and on in the coming months potentially creating a headache for them is britain going to join the european election the european parliamentary elections if britain breaks its some point later this year all those newly elected british m.e.p. they're going to have to relinquish their seats and have them reallocate it to other countries it's a headache it's a massive headache that frankly people like amount of matt brown are asking themselves well why do we really need to put ourselves through this pull you keep us in touch i'm sure in the meantime thanks so much. algeria's former president has issued a statement asking for forgiveness for any mistakes he's made the eighty two year old stepped down on tuesday after weeks of protest

eu member state, but based on what i see in these meetings of the leaders of the european union, in the european council, i would claim there is nevertheless a clear. the first element is the recognition that there are no big states left in europe. that has been more difficult realization, of course, for some than for others. in particular, the biggest of our medium-sized member states. but i think that that has sunk in today, that when we look at this global world, this global picture, individual member states cannot really exercise their sovereignty as they used to in this world. it's either joint exercise of sovereignty in this world or it will not happen. the second realization i think is that while the union has always been strong on values and will continue to be strong on values, we also need to be a little bit more serious about our interests. we have to take into account the world we're living in, and we cannot be naive. we have to be -- not shy away from using leverage where we have it in order to pursue those interests. and finally, indeed, the eu must define its role in this relationship bet

european union. whatever happens our decisions in the european council are all taken unanimously but i stand by that clear position taken on the shoulder extension i stand by it in the spirit of friendship with the british both the government and the british people but i think it's france's job at moments like this to try to stick to its principles because it was then israel and president nicolas maduro says he has reached a deal with the red cross to bring humanitarian aid into the country madeira made the comments during a televised address and but she also accused u.s. vice president mike pence of racism and what he called tremendous hatred and said demanded that the u.n. recognize opposition leader as interim president during a speech at the united nations security council. under the vice president of the united states mike pence ridiculous to the security council of the united nations you can understand the city's racist supremacy they believe me as superior to us they believe they give orders to venezuela to the world they believe they are the empire who gives orders that governs the takes tha

european union on the 12th of april, without a deal. however, there is still time for the prime minister to come to the european council with proposals. the europeanannot sustainably be the hostage to a political crisis in the united kingdom. we'll have the latest on the brexit crisis, and we'll be considering the importance of the new parliamentary bill being introduced. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. plot. murder the labourmp plot. murder the labour mp rosie cooper. the national action sentence case memberjack renshaw. i was targeted, not as rosie cooper the person, but as rosie cooper the member of parliament. i was to be murdered to send a message to the state. two time olympic championjames cracknell on being the oldest ever competitor in the oxford cambridge boat race. it is 5pm. our main story is the continued search for a breakthrough in the political crisis over brexit. cabinet has been meeting for several hours chaired by the prime minister as they ponder implications of last night's votes in the commons when every alternative proposal was defeated. they face the prospect of a cross—party group of mps putting forward their own

european union warning sudan's military council that a civilian transition must be made within the next fifteen days. as long as this is not the case as long as the transition is not managed by civilians the european union will not recognize the legitimacy of the transitional military council but as soon as a civilian transition takes place the european union will be ready to kompany it both politically and also economics for the first shipment of humanitarian aid has arrived in venezuela president nicolas maduro took credit for the arrival of a during a televised speech he also claimed previous attempts to deliver it from the us were a smokescreen to cover an american intervention. they're like little money. or they're cynical hypocritical false narrative of humanitarian aid it was neither aid nor humanitarian it was a politicize show of the u.s. and colombian governments to intervene in mina's well or you already know they're right and the venezuelan people stood up and defeated the show or folks humanitarian aid on thievery twenty third as always there is lots more news on our website c.n.n. dot com get the latest on all the stories we're following there al jazeera dot com those are the headlines here up today we're back in half an hour right now it's our man in cairo. missed any of me so i may. even what i did teddy. mr. presiden

european parliament. however, the uk accepts the european council's view that if the uk is still a member state of the european unionrd of may 2019 it would be under a legal obligation to hold the elections. interesting. that is the government formally for the first time saying it accepts it will have to do hold european parliament elections if it stays in the eu beyond the date of those elections, the 23rd of may. to me, that is not a huge surprise. the government had already started laying the groundwork for those elections to ta ke groundwork for those elections to take place. for example, david liddington, the de facto deputy prime minister, had written to the returning officers in the local authorities, the people that organise the polling stations in primary schools and leisure centres and get ballot boxes ready, saying if you incur expenses for the european parliament elections and they do end —— might not end up happening, the government will reimburse you for the costs. everyone took that as an incredibly clear signal that the government was preparing the groundwork to hold those elections. theresa may's le

european union before and then council those participation in that parliament vote however obviously nobody knows what's going to happen because now it's up to the european union to say what they think on all this we is the european union have said. once and the reason no reason to further extend those deadlines we hope london will provide more clarity brule wednesday the bull is not here in the netherlands or in paris or berlin the ball really is in london another extension requires the u.k. to. put forward a plan with clear and credible political backing in their absence of such a plan we would have to acknowledge that the u.k. chose to leave the you in a disorderly manner basically be used position is for any extension they would need to have a clear plan about what it is that the u.k. wants to achieve in that extension and what the common approach is however all be asleep throughout this time there has been no common approach the professor of european law francesco resumed toe believes that theresa may is hoping to scare parliament into approving her break the deal. she's trying to buy a little bit more time i've read her letter today on the assumption that she's going to basically frighten her own backbenche

european union leaders have offered u.k. prime minister theresa may a flexible extension until october thirty first european council president donald tusk says the agreed to it and there will be a review in june so this means the u.k. will not crash out of the e.u. on friday. in june when we meet again we will not be renegotiating among ourselves or the u.k. the agreement that was a reach months ago because the withdrawal agreement must be respected in its entirety we don't want the withdrawal agreement to be called into question because that will jeopardize the backstop agreement we've negotiated with the irish frames the talks about or has more from brussels. october thirty first that's what we heard from the e.u. council president. he was just giving a press conference there with the code. of the commission it was very clear that both were extremely tired and it's not surprising because they have been up for many many hours discussing a possible extension and it would seem that during those discussions it was very difficult indeed we have heard from officials that the president emanuel might call the french president was for a short extension he pushed back against a possible longer extension that it being discussed earlier in the evening in the end it seems a compromise was found in fact march the e.u. council president doubletalk said it was a good thing that all twenty seven members of the e.u. had managed to form a unity find consensus and agree to this october thirty first deadline what is not so clear about though was whether or not that would be the final deadline in fact he seemed to sort of stuck to or not quite find his words but it seems apparent that it might not be the final deadline that perhaps something else could happen in the future he said that that was still open it was still a possibility because before these talks of the garden some e.u. leaders including again the french president is taking quite a hard line when it comes to the brig's it process had wanted there to be a final deadline to send a message to the u.k. that they can't keep asking for delays at some point this breaks that process has to be over because the longer it goes on the more disruptive it is to use agenda every day business as well as prime minister benjamin netanyahu looks set for a fifth term as main rival benny gantz has conceded defeat in the general election than yahoo asked the support of a number of smaller right wing parties and is expected to form a coalition and a smile on president nicolas maduro has accused the u.s. vice president of racism and made the comments after mike pence called on the u.n. security council to officially recognize oppa. and later was his interim president . ascended to the vice president of the united states mike pence was make himself ridiculous to the security council of the united nations if you can understand it is our city's races supremacy they believe me as superior to us they believe they give orders to venezuela to the world they believe they are the emperor who gives orders that governs the takes that gives no mr parents in venezuela you should know the president of the republic is not put here by you mike pence or donald trump here in chief is calling for a cease fire in libya to avoid bloodshed in tripoli the security council held an emergency meeting on the situation is fighting there intensifies as a people have been killed in recent days war clea for half two hours forces are trying to take the capital tripoli from the when backed government it's time to stop it's still stime for a cease fire to take place for a suspicion of will still be to use to take place and to avoid the worst which would be. the emetic bloody battle for tripoli and it's still time to recognize there is no military solution only political solution schell apply to situations like the one in libya australia's prime minister has called for a general election on may eighteenth scott morrison is seeking a third term for his conservative coalition he's been in office since august and is the third prime minister to lead a government divided over issues including climate change. are said the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more news to come out as your world is that next. it it is to get. it this is the hotel drew a well established french auction house in the one thought only small of paris known for selling final art and antiques. the auction today is of nineteenth and early twentieth century work by artists who painted in what's known as the oriental ist style. orientalism was a term used to refer to martin literature depicting the east or the orient by artists and writers in the west. edward saeed's one nine hundred seventy eight book orientalism caused critics and historians to reappraise their view of this style i cited argued it represented a pattern izing colonial attitude towards the my life culture and people of the middle east. but in this part of the collection is the work 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european union until 2020 as things stand. we will learn more magical to the european council on wednesday. we stay with the daily telegraph. be pm says stay with the daily telegraph. corbin is unfit to be pm sastewish group. they have had a vote of no confidence in him. the sunday times earlier today published a series of allegations, leaked documents, that showed the leader's office were not taking as seriously as they should some of the allegations of anti—semitism. this is because a lot of anger, frankly, from labour mps today and it has led to thejewish labour movement, who are an affiliate to the labour party, saying that he is not fit to be pro—minister. for the mps caught in this, jewish mps who receive co nsta nt this, jewish mps who receive constant abuse online, who are subject to death threats, this is a horrifying situation and one of them we re horrifying situation and one of them were speaking today about how last night she tried to contactjeremy corbyn, sent him a message and he did not respond to her, so the idea that... i understand that there are those that say the anti—semitism allegations in the labour

european union for another delay to bragg's that letter to the e.u. for a three month extension until the end of june brussels the president of the european council donald toast and tend to propose a flexible twelve month delay. now u.s. politicians are stepping up efforts to end support for the saudi and you a led war in yemen congress has given final approval to a resolution to stop all military aid to the conflict and sent the bill to the white house for the president's signature but donald trump says he'll veto the move a report from washington. i don't want to see fourteen million yemenis starve to death harsh words for saudi arabia filled the house chambers that if the saudis don't stop their blockade and let food and medicine in within six months we will see one of the great humanitarian crisis in the world and with that in a vote of two hundred forty seven to one hundred seventy five the house joined the senate in sending the message the congress wants the u.s. military to stop supporting the saudi coalition's war in yemen this is the first time that he u.s. congress has rebuked a president on a war powers resolution which was a concern for some who voted no it really basically states yet again that the fundamental premise of this resolution is flawed because u.s. forces are not engaged in hostilities against the who are these in yemen which is what the war powers act requires if we want to cut off economic assistance or logistic assist assistance security assistance the saudi there's a way to do that but it's not through the war powers act the lawmakers made clear this is about much more than ending the war in yemen the vote in the senate and in the house makes it clear that the united states will not continue to fall on the despotic and hard democratic leadership coming out of saudi arabia day how they are aggressive foreign policy their aggressive military policy i think it's a bad idea but at the very least the united states should not be led into a wall by of the spot of undemocratic murderous regime this was a bipartisan vote the president's likely to respond with a veto the congress probably can't override still for many members of congress this was about much more than a message or a historic rebuke of the president it was a statement on congress's ever darkening view of saudi arabia political gain al-jazeera washington. saudi arabia is reported to have detained eight people including two u.s. saudi dual citizens in a new round of arrests of activists the associated press and reuters say the dual citizens are related to al youssef a woman trial for campaigning for human rights a source says that all those arrested were targeted for having ties to jailed activists or supporting women's activism in the kingdom the u.s. president has met china's top trade negotiator to try and end their month long trade war the chinese vice premier says a new consensus has been reached on an agreement but donald trump says there's still work to be done. we have a number of things but we are also very we've agreed to far more than we have left to agree to. and in fact i would say i think i can say that some of the toughest things at the region we have some things that are actually easier right now that we're we're doing but it's a very very using a word that i don't like using too often but it's a very very comprehensive deal now one hundred days at least eight hundred thousand people killed twenty five years since the rwandan genocide the scars remain and the healing is ongoing but this we can run there will pause to commemorate one of the worst periods in its history sunday marks the day when hutu militia began an ethnic genocide against the minority under simmons' visit the area of me a martyr where some of the worst atrocities took place and a warning some of the graphic images in his report could be disturbing. as rwanda prepares to commemorate twenty five years since the start of his genocide the same images of horror dominate tears a low carb dissolve the sorrow and questions remain who shot down the aircraft killing rwanda's president from the hutu majority an act that started one hundred days of killing on a scale rarely seen in modern history around three quarters of the minority tutsi population were murdered. questions of why the international community didn't immediately respond still exist how many lives could have been saved or why didn't the united nations at least take early action against a highly organized campaign of hatred and incitement by the hutus for alice. underground in one of the mass graves there's only one answer and that's to forgive despite her extraordinary loss she shows some of the seemingly endless lines of coffins containing the dried out bones of whole families. in this casket are the remains of her mother father two sisters and three brothers i knew i vividly remember the death of my parents and my siblings i hear their voices in my heart i'm sad but i forgive. in a separate attack alice was hacked all over her body one of her hands was amputated with a machete she nearly died yet she forgives the man who did this as well. above her you see the tops of these modern day tombs they contain the remains of more than forty five thousand people killed in this district alone a family died in the church just here this is one of so many churches where people tried in vain to seek sanctuary but moment when files and people died here mostly women and children their clothes now spread out over the pews above shrapnel rained down upon this place and below here now you see coffins filled with the remains bones of victims twenty five years on what happened here still defies understanding. as alice continues with her visits here the man who attacked her is now free living with his family he served eight years in jail and completed community service aside from killing in a group he's murdered twenty one people in cold blood would you say you feel nucky that you didn't get a life sentence or you did even you for serving a life sentence. because it would be punishment for my crane's being alive is not lucky i kneel in front of those i have had and beg forgiveness this form of reconciliation is one of many initiatives aimed at trying to ensure peace can be permanent but not everyone is as forgiving as alice andrew simmons al-jazeera in rwanda now belgium has apologized for some abuses committed during its colonial rule in africa the injustices include banning mixed race marriages and kidnapping children born to congolese mothers as hard as the story. it's an apology an entire generation was waiting for. belgium's prime minister charles michel apologized to mixed race children who were kidnapped during the country's colonial rule or law goal for the little bit is the place opens its trees and. i apologize to mix rice people with roots in the belgian colonise ation and to their families for the injustice and suffering they went through i also wish to express all our compassion for the african mothers whose children were torn or wiped from them is a whole. a moment of vindication for victims but the healing is far from over children born to a belgian settler and congolese mother in the one nine hundred forty s. and fifty's were forcefully taken from their african homes often the men denied fathering the children belgium ran colonies in what's now wanda barun d.n.d. or congo interracial marriage was banned and mixed children were openly rejected about twenty thousand children are believed to have been sent to build in schools in orphanages run by the catholic church some were denied nationality. very noticable here. i'm very moved because after all these years the prime minister recognised what we have been through it's a recognition of what the belgian state and the church did to us they took part of our identity away now they have admitted that mistake i feel better now. belgium is recognizing with its brutal past up until recently belgium's africa museum concentrated on the country's colonial rule it reopened last year focusing instead on a critical view of its colonial abuses. while the prime minister's apology does not unduly years of pain and abuse some of the victims say it's a step in the right direction cuts e.l.o. personal jaan al-jazeera. more than one thousand million children in bangladesh are being adversely affected by climate change that's according to the un's agency the children rising waters are driving many families from coastal areas to the capital dhaka unicef says once they arrived in the city children at risk of being used as laborers and prostitutes and their chantry has moved from dhaka among one of the oldest slum in dhaka is home to a generation of migrants who fled their village home due to some sort of climate change impacts now the world bank says that nearly four hundred thousand people on an average move to the capital city dhaka among them seventy percent have fled their villages due to some sort of environmental shocked or climate change this is according to international organization of migration life in the slums are very difficult people do not like living here that prefer their old home in the villages but for survival they have to stay here most of the men folks here as construction workers day laborers are rickshaw pullers woman folks if they're lucky they get a job in the garment factory some of them work as domestic help typically a house rent here ordered room rent rather just thirty dollars a month a very difficult environment most of them to cope with their children don't get to get free education that is another major challenge bangladesh barely contributes zero point four metric tons parked capita to global carbon emission yet it is a country that's bears the majority of the burn on climate change experts say within next three decades the average temperature is going to be growing by two degrees centigrade this means a major challenge for bangladesh and its environment in coming years. south koreans are using their smartphones to tap into the world's first nationwide five g. internet service on wednesday the country began the first to roll not complete super fast mobile coverage from a bride as more from the capital some. events like this one have ensured there is maximum hype for the launch of five g. and south korea becomes the first country to offer nationwide coverage as one of the most digitally connected places on the planet it would be strange if south korea was not first with five g. this event by one of the service providers is in conjunction with samsung that at the moment is the only hand phone maker in south korea that offers a device fast enough to handle the incredible speeds of five g. a but they won't be the only ones for along all the other tablets and handphone makers playing catch up given the anticipated demand for five g. and it's not hard to see why the super fast internet speeds many times faster than current four g. speeds will offer all kinds of possibilities in terms of streaming content a virtual reality or mentored reality the gaming applications and so on for consumers here in south korea for consumers anywhere in the world what is there not to like watching young at and i'm expecting to use a high quality videos video phone calls in virtual reality and so much faster speed . far with south korea providing the quickest telecom service in the world i have high expectations. i watch a lot of videos so i think it's going to be good for netflix and you tube there are of course the wider implications of five g. force a society and the way we live our lives the ability to move vast amounts of data with almost no delay is reckoned will have a transformative impact on things like robotics driverless vehicles even drones to deliver things for korea companies there are of course security concerns about having so much more data and access point to. you just have to look at the controversy over chinese manufacturing while away and concerns about it controlling infrastructure for five g. in places like the u.s. and elsewhere but certainly here in south korea the government believes that five g. is essential for the country to keep its economic competitiveness and as far as the consumers are concerned they believe they need five g. and they need it now. part of a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera forces supporting the u.n. backed government have been deployed to defend libya's capital as troops loyal to the warlord anything have to move closer to the city for the u.n. security council to hold an emergency meeting on friday to discuss the crisis libya's interior minister told down to zero the un backed government has lost faith in international efforts to resolve the crisis. why use weapons in force to terrorize the people of libya to kill them and to force them to accept one thing only which is to be ruled by a military dictator what makes mr have to be a candidate then the other libyans if he's calling for a state with a strong army and police we are also calling for a state with a strong army and police and for the rule of law we will not be subdued by any use of force by any side or any person and if anyone is willing to use force that gives us we are ready to secor fice but we will not give up on democracy which is what we have always wanted from the beginning algerian media is reporting the intelligence chief has been fired. because a close ally of the former president is sacking comes less than a week after a disease but a flicker resigned. but as prime minister to resign may ask the european union for a three month break that extension until the end of june and in brussels the president of the european council intends to pose a flexible twelve month delay is reportedly against a series of short extensions saudi arabia is reported to have detained eight people including two u.s. saudi citizens in a new round of arrests of activists the associated press and reuters say the dual citizens are related to yourself a woman standing trial for campaigning for women's rights. and the australian man accused of attacking two mosques in new zealand has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric assessment to see if he's fit for trial brenton tarrant is charged with fifty counts of murder and thirty nine of attempted murder following last month's attacks in the city of christchurch. all right twelve thousand with the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after one of many such of them so much of. al-jazeera where every. indonesia football is a blood sports. column but now it is ab

theresa may has asked the european union for a further delay to brexit until... in a letter to european councildent donald tusk, theresa may says britain will prepare to hold elections for the european parliament, with the option of pulling out of them. mr tusk is considering a longer, flexible extension of up to a year. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, reports. what next for brexit? because parliament is still deadlocked, unable to agree how we can agree we re unable to agree how we can agree were not relieved, the prime minister is asking for more time to try and sort it out. in a letter to the european council president, theresa may asked to delay our departure date until the 30th of june this year but once the option of leaving earlier if parliament supports a brexit deal before then, which is what the government hopes. we still hope to leave the eu and the next couple of months, that is oui’ the next couple of months, that is our ambition, we don't have a majority in parliament. and that means that we have to have these discussions with jeremy means that we have to have these dis

european union army has asked for a delay to june thirtieth but in another twist to the brics it saga european council president today suggested an extension of up to one year. another day another d. a donald letter from u.k. prime minister to resign may she's asking for yet another breaks a deadline extension this time until june the thirtieth the letter also promised to britain would take part in asian parliamentary elections if london county gree under pressure deal before hand another option report suggests the president of the european council donnel to the e.u. member states to offer a flexible extension of up to one year to avoid a new deal breaks it one member of the british cabinet suggested they might have to accept the offer. well if we can't find a way through with all of it then we have no choice but it's not often us choice office choice is to leave quickly cleanly deliver the referendum results and allow persons that move forward and we're very optimistic that you know britain has a very very successful post writes the future but we have this challenge of a hung parliament that we need to overcome in order to get that germany repeated its call for a unified approach to avoid i just sold it he breaks it a statement from france says these suggested extension would not meet the existing g u conditions basin now awaits a response from brussels. and we have team coverage of this race against the clock tonight i'm joined by our correspondents for a lot of parts in london and rebecca rivers in brussels to both of

the european union has also vowed to help rebuild the church. donald tusk, president of the european council, spoke earlier today in brussels. >> the burning of the notre dame cathedral has again made us aware that we are bound by something more important and more profound than treaties. today we understand better the -- and how much we can lose. defendant together. amy: to talk more about the fire at the notre-dame cathedral and the church's historical significance, we are joined now by anne lelester. she is associate professor of medieval history at johns hopkins university. professor lester, welcome to democracy now! feelings as you watched the flame yesterday, the ofmes engulfing the spire notre dame, the ceiling collapsing, what they call a forest because it took honest a forest of trees to build that ceiling. the significance of notre dame cathedral. >> i think like everyone across the world watching this, it was shocking and devastating, really. i spent my career working on paris, working on the medieval period, on notre dame and all of the things that have been collected in the build

european union before and then council those participation in that parliament vote however obviously nobody knows what's going to happen because now it's up to the european union to say what they think on all this and we know that from the likes of germany there parliamentary foreign affairs committee had has according to reuters described this motive as a domestic tactical maneuvering situation given how difficult it has been at home here in westminster to try to reach some kind of agreement on anything when it comes to bracks that we have heard from germans foreign ministers see many questions are still to clarify a similar position taken by the dutch of course from france indications that they want to clear plan in terms of how this is going to move forward and obviously the situation is not there quite yet so basically the position is for any extension they would need to have a clear plan about what it is that the u.k. wants to achieve in that extension and what the common approach is however all the asli throughout this time there has been no common approach so we are expecting an official response from the e.u. on wednesday next week when they meet for european council meetings and of course keep in mind that's going to be just two days before the u.k. potentially crushing out of the e.u. it looks like the world's going to have to continue to wait and see if it does mean that and to see a check in the reporting live from london thank you for bringing us that report. the ecuadorian embassy in london is being closely watched after wiki leaks said its co-founder julian assange will be expelled within days or even hours the whistleblower spin holed up inside since being granted asylum there so we can extract a bombshell on pace day night claiming that julian assange could be expelled from the ecuadorian embassy just behind me in a matter of hours or days we can leak suggested that i am a paper. at the preta. now these papers allege that the ecuadorian president benefits from an offshore accounts in panama which the president strongly denies and although wiki leaks also to these allegations have yet to speak to many times mr sanchez violates the

european union faces incredible problems. there are very important european elections, out of which you are going to have a new commission, a new president of the council. a new budget needs to be negotiated. brexit has been absorbing a lot of time of eu business. people are literally fed up and i think a lot of europeanss going to be bad, britain leaving without a deal, but this is a bad we can live with. we cannot let this issue continue to dominate european politics for years to come. and, tim, do you agree with that, and if it is true, that it is well understood inside westminster? interestingly, today was the day we were supposed to have left the european union, and i was at a party last night run by nigel farage's supporters. it was not much of a party, the mood was subdued, but there are still quite high hopes in that circle that no deal will happen. not because they expect theresa may to deliver it for britain but because they think an exasperated european leader is soon going to say, and there has to be an absolute consensus among eu leaders, we have had enough of this. we have got a month to prepare for no deal and you are out. and in the nigel farage sort of camp, is that the analysis in the conservative party? that is why a lot of the hardline group of tory brexiteers in parliament, that is

critique china in the human rights council and this kind of policy is very rational the european side critique because the european union can be only strong in a multilateral florida if we speak with one voice and this was a clear take split and i think this china should seek different forms to engage and to work together by strengthening and not weakening the human rights and if i may be scared of our own shadow europe is the biggest global economy we are the biggest trading block of the world we are the biggest export partner of china and we should respect ourselves with this position this is only a bid to be more assertive to sit around the table with china and i'm not scared of these investments in the east in the balkans and so on because recent projects have clearly shown that china fails to deliver a lot of time you know i mean you know with the power plants in montenegro with the road building so this country also understand that china has major difficulties. applying the european rules regarding procurement it turns out in better at it just have example with technology transfer in the last years you know but we

european union grants a flexible extension to britain's brexit date pushing back the deadline to october 31st, but european council president donald tusk says e sends a warning to u.k. lawmakers. >> this extension is as flexible as i expected, and a little bit shorter than i expected. but it's still enough to find the best possible solution please do not waste this time. >> the brexit delay proves a tail wind for travel stocks, which outperform a broader fall in europeanes as global growth fears persist >> lvmh shares hit a record peak after first quarter sales beat expectations pushing the luxury sector higher. >> plus, in an exclusive interview with cnbc u.s. vice president mike pence backs trump's call >> so it's inflation >> so we really do believe that, you know, what the president is saying is i quantity takive tightening has not been the right approach >>> overall little shaping up to be a negative day for european stocks this is on the back of a weak handover from asia yesterday it was all about central banks with the ecb meeting coming into focus offering a dovish message again. meanwhile, stateside, the fed march meeting minutes came out which showed that rates really could go in either direction as the fed left the door open for either a rate hike or a rate cut as the next move, but for now rates on holduntil the end of 2019 there today the big issue in europe is, of course, brexit. all eyes there after last night yielded an agreement betwe

out of brussels the european union has offered to extend the brics a deadline if accepted it means the u.k. will not crash out of the e.u. on friday the president of the european council donald tusk is waiting on a response from u.k. prime minister theresa may it's being reported that the deadline will now be october thirty first with the review in june may actually wanted a shorter delay until june thirtieth tashi butler joins us live from brussels so natasha what are the details were coming out what do we know so far. right now we waiting to hear from the e.u. council president donald tosk for more and more details are exactly over this extension that's been agreed all we know right now is that an extension has been agreed on by all twenty seven a huge members don't know tosk has met with the british prime minister to resume a he's told her about the extension and she apparently has accepted that it is reported this extension would be until october thirty first that is no longer the reason may have dos forward she came here earlier many hours ago that was actually on wednesday evening without those day morning here in brussels to resume a had wanted an extension unt

european union leaders meet in brussels on wednesday to consider a request by the uk's prime minister to delay brexit until the end ofjune. the president of the european council is likely to give theresa may serious political problems at home. parts of brooklyn in new york are seeing the worst outbreak of measles in nearly three decades, and the mayor of new york has declared a public health emergency. bill de blasio has warned residents to get vaccinated or pay fines. nearly 300 cases have been reported since october. you are up—to—date

european union leaders meet in brussels on wednesday to consider a request by the uk's prime minister to delay brexit until the end ofjune. the president of the european council has suggested the uk may be asked to accept a much longer extension, up to a year. that is likely to give theresa may serious political problems at home. parts of brooklyn in new york are seeing the worst outbreak of measles in nearly three decades, and the mayor of new york has declared a public health emergency. bill de blasio has warned residents to get vaccinated or pay fines. nearly 300 cases have been reported since october. you are up—to—date with the headlines. now on bbc news, stephen sackur is in florida with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. this year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most remarkable feats of exploration in the history of humankind. the apollo 11 mission which landed man on the moon. i'm in florida to meet one of the crewmembers. while neil armstrong and buzz aldrin were setting foot on the moon ‘s surface, michael collins was polishing the command module which got them all home. 50 years on, how does he reflect on the significant of that extraordinary

european union leaders meet in brussels on wednesday to consider a request by the uk's prime minister to delay brexit until the end ofjune. the president of the european councilsion, up to a year. after the worst out rate of measles in nearly three decades, the new york mayor has declared a public health emergency in some parts of brooklyn. residents have been want to get vaccinated or risk paying a fine. you are up—to—date on the headlines. time now for panorama. huawei — it's the chinese tech giant that's taking over the world. very soon, our government will decide if the company will be allowed to build our next generation mobile network, which will transform the way we live. it's like going from earth to mars. it's not a faster world — it's a different world. but huawei is also a controversial company. look, we have met the enemy, and it is huawei, and it is china — make no doubt about that. the fear is that they could take down our country. we've got to be sure, we've got to be certain, otherwise, in 10 years, 20 years, that could just come back and bite us really badly.

european union have agreed to delay brexit until the thirty first of october. -- sist. yes, halloween. speaking after hours of talks at an emergency summit in brussels, the president of the european council, donald tusk, described the extension as flexible. he urged the uk not to waste any more time, and said the course of action was entirely in its hands. britain will remain a full member state of the eu for now, with the option of cancelling brexit altogether. my colleague david eades joins me now from brussels. david, kicking the can down the road. what does the six—month extension actually achieve? road. what does the six—month extension actually achieve ?|i road. what does the six—month extension actually achieve? i think first of all to say, victoria, this is broadly speaking what most want to have —— would have expected. what it offers is more than just an immediate breathing space. it offers a little bit longerfor immediate breathing space. it offers a little bit longer for theresa immediate breathing space. it offers a little bit longerfor theresa may to work on a deal if required. i should say that the vast majority of eu member states were more than happy to take that longer still, write to the end of the year, maybe into the early months of 2020. however, emmanuel macron, the french president, was chief among the few who were militating for something much shorter. his view being, we do not give a long rein to a country which is trying to leave the eu, we have to be careful about how much goodwill and how much patience we are prepared to show that we don't wa nt are prepared to show that we don't want it to affect our own eu issues, progress and challenges. he actually wa nted progress and challenges. he actually wanted during the 30th which is the day that theresa may initially was asking for. she, of course, is saying we can get this done, possibly before the european something of a headache on all sides although there is the sense that we have got to observe and now the importance of those elections and treat them seriously. nonetheless, there is a deal here. as you say, it is the kicking of a can down the road. who's to say, come october, something like that might not happen again, not impossible. let'sjust pick up on hours of meetings and discussion, some irritation but ultimately a deal. caroline rigby has this report. it started off so well. smiles over unintentionally matching outfits at the serious business of coming to a unanimous decision over the brexit delay soon got under way. and in talks behind closed doors, all 27 eu leaders, finally agreed to this. the european council decided to grant the united kingdom a flexible extension of the article 50. under the 31st —— until the 31st of october. european council president arnold tusk said they will also be a review in june and arnold tusk said they will also be a review injune and offered t

european union leaders have offered to extend the bracks deadline it's reported that it could be up until oct thirty first with an extension britain's expected to leave the e.u. in two days president of the european council donald tusk says he is waiting on a response from the u.k. he's meeting british prime minister theresa may who had sought a shorter delay until a white june thirtieth so we have bernard smith standing by for us and london first let's get the latest from brussels that's where our natasha butler has the very latest on tosca. what we're waiting here for the british prime minister to resign may to come back and meet with the e.u. leaders we know that the e.u. council president tosk has said that e.u. leaders have agreed to an extension which we haven't had confirmed just how long that extension would be some sources are saying it could be october now if that is the case it would be the way between what reason may have asked for which was the thirtieth of june and the longer extension the date been spoken about by several leaders including in fact the e.u. council president himself or that was at the end of the year or even longer to talk about all this with me i have a mind to study it from the brookings institution amanda i mean these talks have been going on for hours now it looks as if we might finally have some clarity we know we've gone extension we're not sure exactly what it will be whether or not is not what's is this good news for treason may i think it's good news in the sense that she got the extension that she was looking for even if it wasn't quite the timeframe that she was expecting although that said she asked for the june third. he has day when she was here three weeks ago and they said no to that as well so so that should be a surprise really i think what this october thirty one deadline suggests is that french president emmanuel mccrone who won the debate that was happening over the last seven hours with the e.u. leaders he has always wanted to have a much shorter extension some of the leaders were prepared to have a much longer extension a french president mccrone has been primarily focused on the good functioning of the european union and that was seen to include two sayings the first was a commitment by the u.k. to hold the european parliament elections at the end of may if it was still a member of the second and i think this is why the october date is significant is that is when the new european commission sits and takes up its seats and so mccrone had been talking about whether or not to remove the british commissioner to remove the u.k. from some of these decision making institutions and so this is a way of giving them a little bit of extra time past the european parliament elections but not keeping them in so long that they would still be here when the new commission begins its work. in the you council president has been one of the lead is that for a much longer extension period is saying that longer extension period would mean a voiding mood at lines avoiding more of these breaks summits i mean we don't know whether this possible october date will be a final one. october perhaps it isn't enough time for

european elections and the correct functioning of the european union. algeria's former president has issued on the statement after he stepped. off leaker asked for forgiveness for any mistakes he's made meanwhile the constitutional council has met to decide the next steps nato secretary general has addressed the us congress as the security alliance celebrates its seventieth anniversary i on the nato conference agenda our relations with russia and the sharing of the organizations defense spending every congress every american press them your men and women in uniform and the people of the united states of america have been storm's supporters all night america has been the backbone of our alliance it has been for the mental to european security and for our freedom. we would not have the peaceful and prosperous europe we see today without the sacrifice and the commitment of not the states for your enduring support i thank you today. the libyan warlord. ordered his troops to move west in what looks like a show of force they say they're heading to fight what they call remaining terrorist groups health workers in mozambique have started a campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people for cholera the program is centered on the city of better which was hit hard in the cyclon last month those are your headlines i'm back with more news in about thirty minutes between now and then it's witness. jack morea. alleged. you know. you would have to put up. one other thing you want to get out. of the. series belmont course to not be done as. ok until the mill is a bit before media even with that i think. and with v.h.s. . come new motormouth amala giants are with me again. i asked the film of you. and your first look i'm a

european union or whether it could agree to the deal it's already on the table then they would leave at that particular time . it's highly likely that an extension will be granted by the european council on wednesday but isn't nailed on it's not guaranteed particularly if you look at france as a manual macron in the lead up to this he really is saying he's going to need something in order to agree to an extension now a lot of those speeches from the french president weren't designed to be heard on a wider european or even a british audience they were designed for an internal audience of french audience so he can try and look a little bit tougher because he's struggling home in the polls however he is really insisting that there has to be some conditions if there's going to be an extension of the e.u. nations we're hearing from many now that there are they're sick and tired of talking about breaks that there are many other major things they want to be talking about and the fact that this breaks it rigamarole is rolling on and britain's coming back to them again to ask for a further extension it doesn't sit well. the poor part of your we can't perpetually live with an everlasting briggs it at some point there has to be an exit so i think that the british authorities the british parliament really need to realise that the european union is not going to be able to constantly exhaust itself on the vagaries of british domestic policy. so far absolutely nothing has changed but there isn't an endless re

european commission vice president visited washington d.c. recently to talk about the european union and britain's effort to leave it the former latvian prime minister was at the atlantic council the day before the eu granted a six month extension for brexit agreement >> good morning and welcome everyone i direct the business and economic center at the council. thank you for joining us today. it's a pleasure to welcome back the vice president of the eu commission as well as our moderator. we have a variety of purposes here today but the main one will be to take stock of brexit and the current state of affairs in the relationship between the european union and the uk and the vice president will share his views on global financial markets, sustainable finance and the international role of the euro. welcome back, he served as vice president for a year on social dialogue since 2014 with a portfolio for financial stability, services and the capital markets union. he's prime minister of latvia between 2009 and 2014 and served as the minister of finance between 2002 in 2004. >> the moderator today is dr. alexis crow who established and leads the geopolitical investment practice at price waterhouse coopers and is a fellow here at the atlantic house. the discussion is part of our initiative which aims to foster a robust transatlantic dialogue about europe and its importance to the u.s. the events , not only are we on the record today, we are on tv for your awareness, and with that, vice president if i could ask you to come to the stage. [ applause ] >> it's an honor to have you here today with us, i know many in the room are here because