ambassador to berlin has urged germany to ditch the nord stream to project and now france says that it could stop construction by subjecting the russian company building it to tougher european union rules critics say the pipeline which is due to start pumping later this year will make germany dependent on mosque ale and that it will undermine european security that leaves a key part of germany's energy strategy for the future under threat. construction of the north stream two pipeline is a ready well underway but the face of the project lies in the balance e.u. members have not yet agreed on how to proceed and germany and france in particular appear to be at odds over regulation of the pipeline but transport gas from russia to germany via the baltic sea the project in its current form is operated by russian state energy company. several german energy firms and one french company have also invested in assets at the heart of division within the e.u. is a plan to extend the blocks of rules to foreign operations pipelines e.u. regulations require a separation of sales and pipeline operatio

from berlin europe response to american demands to take back their job as fighters from syria germany france and britain saying don't work together to deal with some eight hundred fighters and their families join the ranks of so-called islamic state but they are angry at twitter ultimatum on the issue from president trump also coming up. five years after the protests on chance mind on square that toppled ukraine's government we ask as a country change for the better since that. and all you need to know about this weekend's fun this league of not just frankfurt faced clawed back again featuring not just great goals but great goalkeeping. i'm dr thomas thanks so much for being with us what to do with european nationals captured fighting for so-called islamic state in syria is causing new frictions in transatlantic relations germany says it will work with france and britain in response to american demands to repatriate some eight hundred european jihad ists now that after a twitter broadside from president trump threatening to roll. the scattered fires unless europe puts them on trial for. jiha

have long complained the united states is asking britain france germany and other european allies to take back over eight hundred isis fighters that we captured in syria and put them on trial the caliphate is ready to fall the alternative is not a good one and that we will be forced to release them. europe hasn't yet come up with a clear response over the future of foreign fighters and their families. this i guess militant from germany is being held in a detention center in syria like others he'd like to return home but berlin hasn't said what it intends to do with him also unclear the fate of the fighters wives some of them say they don't regret joining the terror group but now wish to return i don't regret it because. it's changed me in the past. so. you know right now has been i wouldn't. have my kids i did have a good time. today. to continue. to prosecute or rehabilitate the question of how to deal with returning fighters and their families will remain a major challenge for european countries. and with us now to shed some light on this news is mathias one hundred investigative r

are among captured fighters from the so-called islamic state in a tweet that mentioned britain france germany and other countries trump threatened to release imprisoned combatants if their home countries refused to allow them back in december he alarmed western partners by saying he was withdrawing american troops from syria because he considered the islamic state to have been defeated. jihadists on the march in syria these images from the fall of rock in twenty fourteen. islamic state has since been defeated here and across nearly the entire country many fighters are dead and more have been taken prisoner recently the u.s. backed kurdish led syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. besieged the city of the last remaining iowa stronghold the kurds say hundreds of foreign fighters remain in kurdish prisons their wives and children live in camps in northern syria the s.d.f. have long complained that european states are refusing to take back their own citizens u.s. president donald trump has echoed those concerns and has even threatened to release the jihadists he tweeted the united states is asking b

the united states ambassador to berlin has urged germany to ditch the project. tonight, france says it could halt the construction process buys subjecting the russian company building it to tougher union rules. the pipeline which is due to start pumping this year, but critics say it will make germany dependent on moscow and undermine european security. at least a a key part of germa's energy strategy suddenly under threat. >> construction of the pipeline is already well under way, but the fate of the project lieies n the balance. eu members have not yet agreed on how to proceed,, and germany and france in particular up your to be at august overregulation. -- appear to be at aodds over regulation. several german energy firms and one french company have also invested. at the heart of division within the eu is a plan to extend rules to foreign operated pipelines. eu regulations require a separation of gas sales and pipeline operation activities. should those rules be extended to gasas from, it would mean the project in its current form at least could not proceed. brent: changes in

on austria, britain, denmark, monday, france, germany, spain and sweden all voiced support for guido after maduro rejected their calls to hold new elections. but italy blocked a european union statement recognizing guaido. ireland and greece have called for new elections and have not recognized his claim to the presidency. amy: meanwhile, the venezuelan opposition and the united states have rejected an offer by mexico and uruguay to host talks between the two sides. on vice e president mike pence friday, spoke in miami and ruled out any negotiatations. >> this is no time for d dialog. this is time for actioion. end thetime has come to maduro dictatorship once and for all. president was vice mike pence.

members have not yet agreed on how to proceed and germany and france in particular appear to be at odds over the regulation of the pipeline but transport gosford russia to germany via the baltic sea the project in its current form is operated by russian state energy company. several german energy firms and one french company have also invested in this. at the heart of division within the e.u. is a plan to extend the blocks rules to foreign operations pipelines e.u. regulations require a separation of sales and pipeline operation activities should those rules be extended to gas problem it would mean that the project in its current form at least could not precede. the changes in the pipeline you could say for more on this story tonight i'm joined by my colleague right here kate brady at the big table and in brussels our very own barbara let me start with you this last minute announcement by france that it could support. extending the european union's control over the project i mean how much of a of a setback is this for germany. that is a rather severe setback for germany and also throws

european countries including france, britain, germany, and spain say that one wide-out t -- juan guaido is now recognized as the intererim presidentnt of venezuela. this after nicolas maduro failed to have new elections. and extraditing in the rainy football player -- a bahra iny football player at the rain -- at bahrain's request. ♪ france, britain, germany, and spain, including other european is now say juan guauaido recognized as the interim president after a midnight deadline from nicolas maduro to call snap elections went ignored. the deadline was p put in plplay seven euroropean nations that sd guaido ifecognize elections were not called. >> this day has come and no steps have been taken in that direction by maduro. the government of spain officially recognizes the president of venezuelan assembly adio, asde-out -- mr. gu guaido as-- mr. president of venezuela. what did jeremy hunt have to say? areu member states conferring on this. we know that nicolas maduro has not called presidential elections within the eight day limit set. so mr. hunt says the u.k. alongside european a allie

from berlin europe responds to american demands to take back their hottest fighters from syria germany france and britain saying they'll be working together to deal with some eight hundred geodes and their families to join the ranks of so-called islamic state the caliphate syria but they're angry at a twitter ultimatum from the u.s. president on the issue also coming up. five years after the protest song yes my donna toppled ukraine's government yes has the country changed for the better. and saudi arabia's crown prince lands in pakistan bearing plenty of gifts riyadh will be getting investments for some twenty billion dollars giving islam a bot of badly needed economic boost and an ally in this rivalry with india. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us germany says it will be extraordinarily difficult to implement american demands to repatriate some eight hundred european jihad is now being detained in syria the country's foreign minister said that germany along with france and britain would be working together on the thorny issue of how to handle nationals who fought for so. port

media because on various media outlets you hear the same same comments but the reality is britain france germany etc we don't deport our criminals to other countries we don't do that we actually deal with their murderous with burglaries with old all the people who commit crimes we deal with them in in our countries and similarly these people. we have to deal with them within our countries and we have to let them back into the country we don't however have to actually repatriate and we don't actually have to pay money to actually fly them back in but all of this is just posturing the reality is under international law all of the countries in europe have a right to children rehabilitation in this case and should be begun we have a right and a juicy for a safeguard in perspective the newborn child because she's had a child today it's been reported and it's a lot of political posturing going on but the reality is when these people do make there were a back to france to germany to the u.k. to belgium and all the other countries they will be less sane and different countries will deal with this differ

germany and france to deal with you know what are they saying what would what are germany france and britain saying about the did this do they have a similar positions and they are very actually very different positions the german foreign minister heikal mass has said that it would be extremely difficult to repatriate i asked fighters and as you mentioned their wives and children and in principle if someone has german citizenship then they are entitled to return to gemini but that at least in germany's case is very difficult at the moment they have seva ties with the syrian government they also don't recognize the syrian kurdish autonomous region as it would be difficult for them to check identities but of course then in the in the u.k.'s case for example they too have said that this would be a difficult. ask and the u.k. actually has already passed laws which would enable them to actually revoke the citizenship from naturalized citizen so that they wouldn't have to deal with them in a terror related trial ok so some various approaches in those three capitals all the political pressu

week suicide bombing which killed at least of forty security personnel are also coming up to germany france and britain several book together to deal with captured i asked members who travel to syria from europe but they are angry at a trip to ultimatum on the issue comes president donald trump. and give marks five years since the deadly protests of them by don which toppled the country's government is beyond counting much as the country changed since then. the at. i don't welcome i'm on the. for indian soldiers and two militants are dead after a shootout in the disputed border region of kashmir the troops came under fire while carrying out searches following close to suicide bombing in which more than forty security personnel what killed india has blamed neighboring pakistan for last week's attack one of the deadliest in decades baucus on his record its envoy from india amid rising tensions joining me now from delhi is our correspondent nimish i gess well firstly what's the latest you can tell up tell us about the fighting in kashmir where indian forces have been exchanging fire with milit

militants guys out last week suicide bombing which killed at least forty people are also coming up germany france and britain say they'll work together to deal with captured i.a.s. members who travel to syria from europe but they are angry at the trip to ultimatums on the issue from president donald trump. and its five years after the protests in kiev smiled down thread that toppled ukraine's government be asked how much has the country changed since then. just wanted to know about this weekend's matches frankfurt first got back in a game featuring not just great goals but also great goalkeeping as we look ahead to tonight's match with league leaders dortmund. hello and welcome i'm with the cima for indian soldiers in two militants are dead after a shoot out in the disputed border region of kashmir the troops came under fire while carrying out searches following this suicide bombing in which more than forty soldiers were killed india has blamed neighboring pakistan for last week's attack one of the deadliest in decades pakistan has record it's on boy from india amid rising tensions. joining me no

members have not yet agreed on how to proceed and germany and france in particular appear to be at odds over regulation this is what's at stake the pipeline would transport gas from russia to germany via the baltic sea the project in its current form is operated by russian state and or g company problem. and that's exactly what critics including the united states and seemingly france object to. the dependency from russian gas will increase dress achille with a pipeline and that's the reason why they construct that. contradicts obviously the european goals not on the of the energy union but in the future we will see less gas demand because of climate policy and this is the reason why this pipeline is completely on the economic hole on friday european lawmakers will decide whether to extend the blocks energy rules to gas problem if they do so the company would no longer be allowed to both operate the pipeline to handle sales meaning the project in its current form at least could go up in smoke. well now in just a week from now the world's most important conference on international securit

and their families and president trump has tweeted saying the united states is asking britain france germany and other european allies to take back over eight hundred isis fighters that we captured in syria and put them on trial the caliphate is ready to fall he went on the alternative is not a good one in that we will be forced to release them but european countries appear to be reluctant and one case in particular is dividing opinion in the united kingdom will introduce our guests in just a moment but first we have this report from jabari. shamima goom was one of three school girls from east london who left the u.k. to join eisel in syria almost four years ago she married the dutch foreign fighter at the age of fifteen now nineteen with a newborn child she's pleading to return to the u.k. to raise her baby she was found last week by a reporter from the times newspaper in a refugee camp in northern syria a vision of what you could find out. there being young can begin to guess you can discount it you just might really get much very plain old again. when i say when i saw there was a like und

this is a disturbing france germany and the only kingdom as a nation of. stablished welcome to much and i believe will be essential for the full implementation of continued full implementation of the nuclear deal with. the new payment system called the interment in support of trade exchanges or instax is going to be a non-dollar mechanism it will be based in paris and managed by the former director for germany's commerzbank or the u.k. will head up a supervisory board a toronto was hoping that instructs would enable europe to continue buying it's all however process also as for now it will only use it to export food and medicine to iran last year europe opposed america's decision to withdraw from the twenty fifteen nuclear deal with iran under the agreement sanctions were lifted in exchange for to run limiting its nuclear program independent journalist things they'll be few takers when it comes to europe's new transaction system. it will be a trickle of companies daring do that it's much easier for chinese companies or for russian companies to to close dea

troops would be withdrawn from syria in a tweet called on britain france germany and others to quote take back over eight hundred isis fighters that we captured in syria and put them on trial he said the alternative is quote not a good one and that we would be forced to release them pope francis has expelled former u.s. cardinal theodore mccarrick from the priesthood the move came after vatican officials found him guilty of sexual abuse against both adults and minors mccarrick is the highest ranking catholic cleric to receive this sanction in modern times you know spent was made just days before the pope hosts a church summit on preventing child abuse. the punishment handed down to this american cleric is unprecedented the former archbishop of washington theodore mccarrick soliciting sex from aspiring priests and abused at least two minors between one nine hundred seventy and one nine hundred ninety. he had already been stripped of his status as a cardinal last july in itself a bombshell for the church father bad harken caught the vatican you say the move is a good thing. i. lot is q

and germany france and britain sybil's work together to deal with european members on i s captured in syria but they're angry about president donald trump's trip to ultimatum on the issue of. class ukraine marks five years since the deadly my band protests and service in kiev are remembered the more than one hundred people were killed in the protests ultimately the government was toppled we ask how much ukraine has changed since that. followed a warm welcome to you i'm. for indian soldiers two militants and one civilian are dead after a shootout in the disputed border region of kashmir the troops came under fire by carrying out searches following celsius suicide bombing in which more than forty security personnel were killed india has blamed. you've been focused on for last week's attack the deadliest in decades pakistan has recorded on a boy from india amid rising tensions joins me now from delhi is our correspondent nimish i just like you michel firstly what's the latest you can tell us tell us about the fighting in kashmir where indian forces have been exchanging fire with militant

but the woman's the women's football world cup takes place in june in france germany one of the favorites a new coach martina fostex makes her debut this evening in a tough friendly way to talk about hosts france. germany are limbering up for the world cup starting with the clash against the hosts it's a new start for the team with coach martina foss techmeme borg in charge for the first time for her and the players this game will be an indicator of what they can expect this summer. that's what it's like it'll show us where we stand once we're doing well well we might have to improve that's why it's great to get a little taste of what's to come. and. there's no doubt in the german set up that their opponents are one of the favorites to win the world cup just as long as they can handle the expectations placed on them by the home crowd. dennis de francis if the french team manage to play the pressure in the own country if there's spurred on by it still be very hard to beat. the pressure is on fostex lim borg too though the tournament starts in just over three months so time to prepare is al

this is finally back out in germany. france in good voice off the bench against dortmund. last weekend yulia knuckles man rewarded forward ishak belford ill with a place in the starting line up in just the fourth minute hoffenheim launched a counterattack and the defensive disaster allowed joy in turn to drive through on goal and put hoffenheim ahead i the brazilian six goal of the season owed a lot to an unforgiving really poor header from union. but the strike it was ruthless in punishing hanover's creaking defense if ten minutes later it was two nil. man of the moment bellfield finding the net via the crossbar. there was a stroke of luck about the goal with the ball appearing to come off bell fidel's back but hoffenheim were good value for their lead going into half time. the situation was looking grim for thomas dole's side and things didn't improve early in the second half. nico schultz charged into the box and was only denied by a combination of. the woodwork medina mary couldn't convert the rebound. doll side worth finally puts out of their misery in the eighty of m

ambassador to berlin has urged germany to ditch the north stream to project and now france says that it could hold the construction process by subjecting the russian company building it to tougher european rules now critics say that the pipeline due to start pumping later this year will make germany dependent on moscow and undermine european security that leaves a key part of germany's energy strategy under threat. construction of the north stream two pipeline is a ready well underway but the face of the project lies in the balance e.u. members have not yet agreed on how to proceed and germany and france in particular appear to be at odds over regulation this is what's at stake the pipeline would transport gas from russia to germany via the baltic sea the project in its current form is operated by russian state energy company gas problem. and that's exactly what critics including the united states and seemingly france object to. the dependency from russian gas increased drastically with those newer pipeline and that's the reason why they construct that. contradicts obviously the europ

germany france and the u.k. establish a mechanism to swerve u.s. sanctions on trading with iran using a new trade channel. also this hour families in rural france the manzano why over the last decade a large number of children they're born without limbs with a government report probable cause are some of those affected. and want to know where she was born like that because mothers bring them we think that come from us we did something wrong. and i walk into our international life from moscow just gone three am here in russia or rather you are thanks for joining us this hour. as the european union is helping to turn up the heat on venezuelan president nicolas maduro that follows the lead of washington with brussels now learning its full support of the opposition leader. the e.u.'s foreign policy chief has outlined possible measures that could be taken against the government piece all of the reports. federica mockery of the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs has announced that the european union is setting up what they call an international

it comes to latin america things are different over the middle east and in iran in particular france germany and the u.k. are working off ways to u.s. sanctions on trading with tehran announcing the launch of a special transaction channel on thursday. this is. we want to love european enterprises to have legal trade with iran but security with health care and food sectors of essential necessity for the iranian people this is a clear practical demonstration that we remain firmly committed to the historic twenty fifty nuclear deal struck with iran to join a comprehensive plan of action for as long as iran keeps implementing it fully. we believe that's keeping iran within this agreement and thus militarily discouraging uranium enrichment is a contribution to security for us and europe but we also believe that it enables us to talk to iran about difficult issues and we will continue to do so this is positive step and france germany and the united kingdom as a nation of. stablished that i welcome very much and that i believe will be essential for the full implementation of continued full implemen

nations including germany and france to recognize his rival. as interim president. over the weekend many thousands across venezuela followed quite those call to protest. the police backed off from one anti-government rally a possible sign of solidarity from security forces. venezuela is wracked by economic crisis medicines electricity and even food are in short supply. the u.s. has pledged to support by sending humanitarian aid president donald trump even left open the possibility of providing military backing in your scenario which is all options all options are on that. but maduro retains powerful allies russia china and his country's military. with the crisis escalating he appeared on state t.v. visiting an army base an apparent attempt to project strength. and joining us now from brussels is our correspondent barbara vessel and barbara you know we really have a door here rejecting this ultimatum from europe this call for new elections what are the possible next moves by the e.u. in dealing with venezuela the next moves are now of course are in that the countries

or germany's government says it's in talks with france britain and the u.s. about the return of foreign i so fighters u.s. president donald trump wants european allies to take them back and put them on trial germany wants to prosecute its citizens who join i saw but says it will be difficult to order organize the repatriation imran khan has more now from. on the turkey syria border. a member of the foreign relations committee for the syrian democratic forces a kurdish group has been speaking he says he's very concerned about the eight hundred foreign fighters isis fighters that they have in their culture. but there are about fifteen hundred women and children. who were married before it says that this is becoming a problem for them they simply. i don't have enough prison space to be able to hold them all and dozens more myself being arrested or surrendering every single day exhaust the international community to step up to kate france germany and britain however we don't know exactly how many of those are still fighters belong to france germany or britain is l

germany france and the u.k. establish a mechanism to avoid u.s. sanctions on trading with iran using a new norm dollar trade channel. families in rural france demand to know why over the last decade a large number of children there will be born without limbs the government report due on the probable cause is to meet some of those affected i want to know what she was born like that because. we think that. we did something wrong. and facebook finds itself in fresh controversy this time for paying users including teenagers for almost unfettered access to the dates on their phones. so welcome to our team to national life from moscow and daniel hawkins wherever you are tonight thanks for joining us this hour. and the european union is helping to turn up the heat on venezuelan president nicolas maduro following the lead of washington brussels now lending its full support to the opposition leader dog the e.u.'s foreign policy chief has outlined possible measures that could be taken against the government it's all over as this report. federica mockery any

the international community to step up to the france germany and britain however we don't know exactly how many of those ice will fighters belong to france germany or britain is likely to be a lot more fighters that come from countries like pakistan or iraq or. pakistan now as all of this is happened the germans have been speaking as well the german interior ministry had a press conference and they said it was a fundamental right for every german citizen to be able to return back to germany but they didn't give any details about how that might happen the germans had said that they're going to send. offices to those prisons in held areas to be able to provide consular services and to be able to bring them back britain has been a little bit more resistant it's ruled out the idea that it will send any of. to prison saying instead if. the wives and children can get to embassies within iraq they will be offered consular services so there's a real concern from the democratic forces that their prisons vulnerable because they vulnerable they're worried that they might be subject to an outside

report say that france and germany had to compromise over a controversial pipeline process try to put the brakes on balance plans on a new gas link with russia north stream to which if you look at new terms for the project it apparently broke the deadlock also coming up dreams gone up in smoke a fire tears through the training camp in rio based on flamingo killing at least ten. also on the program for growing shock artists isto thailand's king says she will enter the race to be the country's next prime minister but of course still has to decide if she can drop. class models international film festival itself director and or not a share of the kindness of strangers opens the event the first of several films by women directors in this year's competition. france and germany have reached a compromise over the controversial nord stream two gas pipeline the project by russian state energy firm got from would deliver gas to germany under the baltic sea from russia a collision had been on the cards after france appeared to set to back tied to your regulations which would have affected constru

germany somehow has to take that into account right in brussels thank you very much. now the chairman of the upcoming munich security conference both on dismissed signs of the rift between france and germany and north stream two he said there was no link between that and the french president among macross cancellation of a joint appearance which machall a desist conference most gunnison the tour de dhabi that the european project is to strong he also touched upon some of the other issues expected to come up at next week's meeting even if president michel isn't going to speak himself in munich we will have plenty of other senior representatives of the french government in munich to explain french positions. there will be a huge american delegation congressional delegation there will be half a dozen german ministers said red cetera so i think the purpose which i which is important to me the purpose to demonstrate in munich that the european union is alive and kicking that purpose can still be maintained. in times where it may appear that the european project is faltering made a strong plea for european unity for me it's very important that we demonstrate is specially to the angl

moving now to our other top story this hour germany france and britain have launched a new payment system with iran designed to bypass u.s. sanctions it's aimed at saving the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal which u.s. president donald trump pulled out of last year expected to be endorsed by all twenty eight e.u. members but the u.s. is not happy about the reports now from paris. it was on the sidelines of the european union foreign ministers meeting in bucharest that france britain and germany launched a new e.u. payment mechanism to allow european companies to continue trading with iran and bypass u.s. sanctions ministers hope the initiative will safeguard the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal and help ensure regional stability and good example of that or at least we are making clear that we are not only talking about keeping the nuclear agreement live but we are now creating a possibility to do business transactions that is a prerequisite for us so we can deliver on our obligations and in return be able to ask iran not to develop enrich uranium for military use the e.u.'s foreign p

moving on now france and germany have agreed on a new joint strategy to promote home grown industrial giants. the economy and finance ministers said that current rules are holding backk european businesseses in the face of growing international competition clear rush explains. overall you competition rules to better compete with foreign giants. france and germany have proposed address that with the aim of boosting and protecting you industries on the global market. middle of the list along with you know europe only remain a great industrial components if we're able to join forces change outdated rooms. and better protect ourselves se. he'd immune portage. at the heart of the strategy a proposal giving the european council the power to override merger decisions made by brussels. this is some two weeks after eating you anti trust authorities blocks the proposed rail merger between gerermany's siemens. and frances alstom. a blow to paris and berlin. have criticized the blocks competition rules as obsolete and harmful to you industry in the face of growing rivalry from china. since yeah i

the so-called islamic states if europe doesn't take the men and it tweets he called on britain france germany and others to quote take back over eight hundred isis fighters and put them on trial trumps comments come with islamic states facing defeat in its last enclave in syria. around the history of the whole of.

been defeated and that he was troops would be withdrawn from syria in a tweet called on britain france germany and others to quote take back over eight hundred isis fighters that we captured in syria put them on trial he said the alternative is quote not a good one and that we would be forced to release them. let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making news around the world. japanese prime minister shinzo amin nominated u.s. president donald trump for the nobel peace prize last autumn only after receiving a request from the u.s. government that's according to the asahi newspaper the record followed trump's claim on friday that he had nominated him for his efforts to ease tensions with north korea. saudi crown prince mohammed bin saul mon has begun a tour of asia in the pakistani capital islamabad after his arrival he signed investment agreements worth some twenty billion dollars pakistan hopes the deals will provide welcome relief for its teetering economy prince mohammad as leader due to visit china and india. search teams in zimbabwe have recovered twenty four bodies fr

germany and france have joined a host of european countries. atlantic council senior follow and the consulting president from jacksonville florida and francisco rodriguez, reno economics chief economist. francisco, let's start with you. bring us up-to-date with where we are with you. a lot of countries are coming around to support juan guaido. >> 21 countries from the european union recognized juan guaido as president of venezuela. most of the important countries in the developed world and the western hemisphere are recognizing one wide-out. nicolas maduro appears to maintain the support of the venezuelan military. you have to remember the military is centralized. venezuela is a police state. this has enabled maduro to maintain the support of the military and i think we may be headed toward a showdown and a confrontation. there's going to be an attempt to bring in humanitarian aid that has been promised by the u.s., canada, and other european countries. it is being -- it is being brought to the border of venezuela and colombia and venezuela and

vice president pence rebuked three key american allies, accusing france, germany and the united kingdom of being soft on iran. the deal is printed. senate first, the house this evening, then the spending bill that gives the president little money for the border wall heads to the oval office. those hoping the president will sign it are asking for help. >> see what happens. i signed it last night, a lot of us did. we have to pass it. we all pray the president will sign it. >> let's all pray the president will have wisdom to sign the bill so government doesn't shut down. >> not every day you get prayers like that in the united states senate. we begin with a dramatic akount of top fbi and justice officials debating whether they will have president trump unfit for office. two of the key players in this drama have major credibility issues. one is andrew mccabe. he was fired last year and the department of justice wrote a scathing report. the other is president trump, his casual relationship with the truth is beyond well documented. mccabe's book is about to hit the shelves and on 60 minutes s

france and germany chose not to send cabinet level officials russia and china aren't attending nor is the european union's foreign policy chief. middle eastern attendees include israel saudi arabia and its gulf allies. for washington's ally israel it's a chance to tout improved relations with arab neighbors arere uniting againsta common enemymy. i have to go to the courarageous decision of of saddam couples to invite me. to amman. is c changing the world -- it's it's pointing the wayay for many others to do what user. not to be stuck in the past but to see the future. one of the biggest point of contention is the iran nuclear deal. beside israel the us and iran's regional rivals nearly all countries still back the denuclearization of court. spain looks set to hold elections for the third time in five years after parliament rejected the socialist government's budget plans the prime minister had their sanchez lost the support of the catalan lawmakers who helped him to power in june. an announcement is likely to be made as early as friday feature blindfolds. budget rejected and we think

western european allies including germany france and. the u.k. have been hesitant to involved in a high level in poland having a close military and political relationship and you know partner the u.s. has stepped in to act as co-host ok so interesting stuff but meantime i just want have a quick look at what iran's president hassan rouhani had to say because he was attending a parallel conference in the russian city of sochi he joined the leaders of russia turkey to discuss how they can work together more closely on syria as washington prepares to withdraw its troops russia and iran backing the regime of syrian president bashar al assad as we know wild turkey supports the rebel forces fighting against him all three positioning themselves as key foreign players in syria's long running war. so you know given that therefore i'd like to ask you what does russia want out of being a central player and all of these talks in your opinion. well the the iranians the russians and the turks have converging occasionally diverging interests in syria and that me