joining me here the big table is sarah palin she is a political analyst and russia expert with the german council on foreign relations it's good to have you on the show so let's talk about what we're looking at the u.s. in the russia and russia they disagree on many things still they value to improve their relationship how are they going to do that they're probably not really going to do that as leverage and they want to they want to improve their relations again because it at an all time low basically but they do not have a lot of how to make that happen most of the iris are talking about are conflicting areas so areas of conflicting interests like. like iran like arms control so it's unlikely to happen actually the alleged russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. presidential election it did a lot of damage to the little trust there already that there was between washington and moscow russia's foreign minister he has responded to these allegations that russia was culpable for the interference which take a listen to what he said today i gave mike and on official a non paper and on official memo. and it

i'm pleased to welcome to studio with me daniel two he is a member of the german council off experts on the integration and migration council and he's on the go all to us of the report which is just being released welcome to you now of a scene from the perspective of today how well did jimmy cool with what was then in two thousand and fifteen described as a refugee crisis i wouldn't describe it as a refugee crisis it was more of a policy crisis in the sense that both germany and the europeans didn't have adequate procedures and instruments in place to give the the mess influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees and if we look back at the policy ever since they have been very good on the integration front as you just described we have many people in the labor market but there is some merit to be done at the european level reform of asylum policy in europe is not moving forward the case would many people would remember from back two thousand and fifteen is the way the refugees were welcomed and people talk about this welcoming but now the debate seems to have changed there or people wh

from the think tank the german council on foreign relations he's in our brussels studio mr author bar thanks so much for being with us eve foreign ministers have expressed concern about the possibility and i'm quoting here of an accidental military confrontation between the u.s. and iran in the gulf is this a real danger. well what we saw last week is the continued military buildup by the united states in the persian gulf there was a briefing by the pentagon of sketching out options for a military escalation including more than 100000 troops u.s. troops which would be needed in such a conflict so there is real and serious planning being done on the u.s. side as it appears and this is what worries everyone else the europeans in particular but also the other signatories of the steel the russians and the chinese and certainly everyone in the region so yes we should not discount this possibility and that's why it was important for the europeans to show once more their position to the u.s. that is a position of what they call maximum restraint as opposed to maximum pressure which the unite

and for some analysis on joined now by cornelius on iraq from the german council on foreign relations a welcome corniest on germany was it a one off the driving forces in coming up and agreeing on this nuclear deal how much of a setback a diplomatic setback is this a move by iran well first of all the deal is not dead with today's announcement by the iranians they have carefully chosen some of those elements which are not strictly elaborated in the deal so they themselves say they were still within the confines of the deal this is what those elements that they've said they're not going to comply it's about the heavy water storage and it's about enrich uranium which they are bound to sell on the international market but with u.s. sanctions there isn't even a buyer for these products so they are trying to comply with the deal but the u.s. sanctions make it impossible that but this is a minor detail so the i.a.e.a. the international atomic energy agency will have to verify over the sixty day period where the iran is still compliant but it has been compliant until today so the deal is not

going to be thought about from the german council on foreign relations thank you very much for sharing expertise at that. now to the u.k. now where meghan and how to read the duke and duchess of sussex have presented their newborn son to the public at windsor castle the couple's first child was born on monday morning at a still undisclosed location the do you can duchess have yet to reveal the name of baby sussex it's an exciting day for the newborns great grandmother queen elizabeth who meet him today for the fust time he's seventh in the line to the british throne and is the eighth great grandchild of ninety three year old elizabeth britain's longest reigning monarch. national afonso is standing by in front of buckingham palace in london shot of everyone's been waiting to get a glimpse of the new rule and now the doting parents have presented him to the public there must be a huge excitement among royal watches. that. are out of my mailbox. right but if we get to the now you know that there is here i think we have to interrupt that the line is very poor and we have to interrupt. that

going to be thought about from the german council on foreign relations thank you very much for shedding expertise at that if you have rethought. now look at some other stories making news around the world a pakistani christian woman who spent eight years on death row for sleep charged with blasphemy has left the country officials say r c a baby has arrived in canada to be reunited with her daughter possibly resist britain on blasphemy charges last year sparked widespread protests throughout pakistan and deaths threats from religious extremists. taliban militants have attacked the offices of an international aid group in the afghan capital kabul injuring several people authorities say the attack began with a massive car bomb and security forces are still exchanging gunfire with militants some hundred fifty employees have been rescued so far. in pakistan at least nine people were killed and dozens more wounded in a bombing at a swiffer strine in lahore police say the explosion struck a security checkpoint outside that shrine the building has been previously targeted back in two thousand a

going to be thought about from the german council on foreign relations thank you very much for sharing expertise if that is your major. to the u.k. now where meghan and harry the duke and duchess of sussex have presented their due once on to the public at windsor castle on the couple's first child was born on monday morning at a still undisclosed location the duke and duchess have yet to reveal the name of baby sussex it's an exciting day for the newborns great grandmother queen elizabeth we meet him today for the first time he's seventh in the line to the british throne and is the great grandchild of ninety three year old elizabeth britons along this really want to. make it and how we also took a few questions from the press let's have a listen to what they had to say. pretty amazing. to see you guys in the world so i'm. just going through the papers churn so much for two weeks with basically. monitoring the whole church this happens or it's not it's my. truth is not secure in your person. regards. so joining me now is our correspondent charlotte potts she's standing in front of bucki

reading from the german council on foreign relations thank you. so downes military leaders have reached a power sharing agreement with the opposition groups it allows for a fully civilian government after a 3 year transition period the military seize power last month after toppling the longtime president bashir but the trial the protests that led to his downfall have continued with demonstrators demanding that the military power to a civilian government step toward civilian government yes or a member of the military council announced a power sharing agreement with civil society groups foremost among them the declaration of freedom and change forces or d f c f an opposition bloc headed by madani us. and. there will be 3 power structures and executive council shaped in agreement with the military council and the d f c f a ministerial council and a legislative council. make nice. both sides agreed that nearly 70 percent of the parliamentary seats would go to the d f c f. the rest to other political groups. it has also been agreed that the transitiona

from the german council on foreign relations. this is d.w. news live from baghdad still to come last year's your a vision song contest when i'd better have about silly i have that but still like a tells the interview she's excited the fans are visiting this year's host nation israel the conflicts traffic jams that is even more political vishnu's that usually . had a factor in ukraine where the country struggling economy and the weak rule of law have led to an increase in women becoming paid a surrogate mothers the practice is being outlawed in an increasing number of countries but ukraine is one of a dwindling number where it is still legal for foreign couples to pay women to carry implanted embryos and it calmly reports. whenever the baby moves i speak to it at night when i read my children stories it's for the baby to. the tally is 8 months pregnant it's a girl but it's not hers the tahlia is a surrogate the baby's parents live in germany. it's such a happy moment when you hold your baby in your arms for the 1st time i'll be happy for them.

perspective a very exciting thing and others declarations from the british parliaments and not so german council are anything more than symbolic. when i know from the city of constance food example they are now going to require that all actions that are funded by the municipality will have to be proved for their climate connections whether or not they're really digs i have a lender of climate change world and i think that what we're seeing in the demands are that action really needs to be taken not just goals established here in germany the government for example passed a goal years ago to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by forty percent over one nine hundred ninety levels by two thousand and twenty but that goal is being widely missed and i think one of the things we're seen from these young students is to say that's not right that this can't be the case and the fact that powerful companies and powerful politicians are starting to have to speak to the students is already changing the nature of the dialogue and the jobs is always an issue that is brought up the way we heard the c.e.o. saying tha

german economy. could angela merkel be the next president of the european council?he was approached at the eu summit in romania but turned down all proposals. they are still holding out hope that she may change her mind. candidacy could search or get the -- short-circuit the chances. joining us now from the ecb in frankfurt is the economist at the university of bonn and member of the german council of economic experts. good to speak to you today. the news flow surrounding what merkel will do next, this has a bearing on whether other prominent germans take top jobs in europe. my thoughts turn to the ecb. do you think advisement would be a good fit? very qualified candidate. will it be critical is whether he will change his attitude toward the omp. the omp, whatever it takes is a crucial -- crucial for the stability of the euro area. it has been very critical -- his beent -- his attitude has very critical. he would have to adjust his attitude. i think of him i think of this very german, very hawkish personality and the country in general has gotten a lot of criticism

and for more i'm joined in a peephole she's chair of the german australian business council good to have you with us so germany is of course pushing for renewables while australia is holding onto coal power how do you deal with that well from a business perspective what we shouldn't forget there's actually been quite a lot of push at the state level in australia for renewable energies as well we've seen a lot of german and a european business in the broadest sense and move into a stray invest into a strike it's just not at the federal level so from a what we would like to see as businesses from the from the government is more stability and also a bit more of a concept at the federal level a bit more of a concise concerted approach rather than a haphazard approach you know you talk about stability there's no political stability there is yet again and election what does all of that mean for investors . well you know generally there is always a bit uncertain bit of uncertainty involved in elections for investors and i know that the number of investors have been waiting have been awaiting th

awareness in the us and from there working with the british council and italian council and the german council and then to build a robust understanding because they do not have all the answers and by somebody who would be focused on domestic policy to understand the international approach. and with that intersection now that he and vice versa. it is very intentional working with the council so working a lot with central america doing a lot of work with israel. with the current ambassadors. and on the council of foreign relations and i read a lot of stuff. . >> a no longer believe there is a line between domestic and foreign policy what we have seen play out to show how thin that line is and you cannot be an effective leader of domestic policy if you do not understand how foreign-policy performs for sometimes challenges to release the tensions that exist. so yes i do care about foreign-policy. [applause] [laughter] . >> and with that american foreign policy and over the last couple of years it has taken a turn. now the us is behaving like it hasn't in a long time. . >> we unfortunately returned

necessarily only in the venue but also in the renewable sites to be defeated or chair of the german surname business council thanks for giving us your views on the election the top of a has some people tied up in knots it plays a key role in identity for sikh men well it's often misunderstood and can lead to discrimination or violence small wonder then that fashion label gucci is under fire for what critics call the appropriation of a religious symbol for profit fashion week it would seek stop turbans or models it online for $800.00 critics say you can't reduce char bins to a fashion accessory. well my colleague paid a dollar is here to talk about the outcry on social media what have people been tweeting yeah i mean you're right this is really not gone down well with the sikh community the policy director of the colorado sikhs tweet it does anyone want to explain to me why gucci thought selling a turban for $790.00 was a good idea this isn't a trademark style this is not some fashion accessory this is just very off another seat reading this is beyond activating that someone at gucci even bother to figure fi

process all along and he seemed quite happy when i when i told him that even the german chancellor coming into this european council here supported this process with lead candidates take a listen. it's an awning process for remember 5 years ago. jump for what it's all democracy and still pinion that is widespread in the european parliament but even if she supports much that vevo so the other spits in coney dogs not your spitz a county that is going to be enough of us this fund simmons is going to become the next president of the european commission what makes you so certain about that i've been wondering because after all you are not the strongest group in that you are part of the smell the wind of change it's very obvious that the people of europe want to see very courageous fight against climate change it's very obvious that the people of europe the monsoon szell just as in fairness also in the aerial for taxation so somebody has to go to the forefront who is courageous enough doing that to be decision this and democrats developed a very appropriate program for that and funds to months is the right guy to lead bu

german justice ministry has not rereceived s such a compmplaint. various investigations are underway, and there are a total of 22 outstanding arrest warrants for people currently detained in syria. reporter: the yazidi women's councilelieves that german i.s. fighters were also involved in war crimes against yazidis. they say 74 german i.s. supporters are still being held in northern syria. sumi: you're watching "dw news." to come, she was elected mayor of a turkish city with more than 50% of the vote. but this kurdish politician has been prevented from taking office. and she is not the only opposition person in turkey to be kept out of power. but first, a rift appears to be growing between german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel macron over who should become the eu's next commission president. chancellor merkel backs the process of giving the top job to the lead candidate of the biggest party in the european parliament. that would be the head of the center-right european people's party, who also happens to be german. but president macron says this process is obsolete after last week's european elections shifted the parliament's balance of power. reporter: as europe's leaders took their seats a

german justice ministry has not received such a complaint various investigations are underway and there are a total of $22.00 outstanding arrest warrants for people currently detained in syria. and the l.c.d. women's council believes that german i asked fighters were also involved in war crimes against yazidi s. they say $74.00 german i asked supporters are still being held in northern syria now a rift appears to be growing between german chancellor angela merkel and french president over who should become the use next commission president chancellor merkel backs the process of giving the top job to the lead candidate of the biggest party in the european parliament that would be the head of the center right european peoples party who also happens to be german but president mccollum says this process is obsolete after last week's european elections shifted the parliament's balance of power. as europe's leaders took their seats at a summit in brussels there was little to suggest that anything was wrong. but after last week's elections to the european parliament in which both the center right and center left parties lost seats the political climate here is changing and so too are the jobs. the biggest questi

western allies wanted a new west german state but on their terms politicians had to navigate a tricky path. more let alone after months of negotiations by the parliamentary council in frankfurt complete agreement of the basic law of the future west german constitution has been reached yet jesus guns are good say the one with all this blathering of the military government would in that was discussed in the official meetings in veiled terms. with hints on dog and for not often are often described here at the border money should firstly because they didn't want to make it with to clear to the public to avoid increasing the population's opposition to what they're doing is bottom of i mean no chris is actually in this world and they didn't want to do the occupying powers any favors by making it such a big issue this one's easy cause no one so i'm telling my mocked. the germans was still dependent on their occupiers but the president of the parliamentary council was thinking ahead odd and. i don't know if. it's better if we compromise with them become sovereign and free ourselves from this permanent occupation approval procedure and so far it was the guns getting new

council. u.s.-germanions have been trump'snce president election, way down among other things by differences in trade and the president's accusation that germany is spending too little on defense. say 99% ofofficials the suspects in the easter sunday attacks have been their explosives materials seized. the country's president tells the associated press sri lanka is now safe for tourists. more than 250 people were killed in the bombings. islamic state claimed responsibility. to tighteningnd u.s. sanctions by backing away from parts of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. that could raise tensions after the u.s. deployed an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf. one of iranian official says tehran does not plan on following the u.s. in abandoning the agreement, but is set to make some minor reductions in its commitments. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. you, mark.k a china's t

western allies wanted a new german state but on their terms politicians had to navigate a tricky path. more let alone after months of negotiations by the parliamentary council in frankfurt complete agreement of the basic law of the future west german constitution has been reached yet jesus guns we get say the amid all this blathering of the military government that was discussed in the official meetings in veiled terms. with him going for not opening. at the border money should firstly because they didn't want to make it with to clear to the public to avoid increasing the population's opposition to what they're doing is bottom of no clear secondly. it's worth and they didn't want to do the occupying powers any favors by making it such a big issue this will. cause no harm so. the germans will still dependent on their occupiers but the president of the parliamentary council was thinking ahead oddly. i don't know if. it's better if we compromise with them become sovereign and free ourselves from this permanent occupation approval procedure and so far it was to go new exactly what he was doing us he knew that if we didn't go with the west now with the english o

the germans was still dependent on their occupiers but the president of the parliamentary council was thinking ahead oddly. i don't know if. it's better if we compromise with them become sovereign and free ourselves from this permanent occupation approval procedure and so far it was the guns getting new exactly what he was doing us he knew that if we didn't go with the west now with the english french or american and we had no chance at all yeah i see your only chance for germany to come back again it was with the west is just myth then this other note for me i don't know it was the americans mass and so it was part of american policy . and i can just pass a separate post office handles daily incoming mail. many of the letters deal with the question of what the flag of the new german state should look like. here is the design of a 13 year old girl nearly give me a flag committee is discussing the various proposals. the western allies wanted germany to be a federal state to avoid power being concentrated in the center not all delegates like that and there was something else worrying. m

from that, i worked with the british council, the italian counsel, the german marshall fund -- i was a fellow at all of those places. i traveled. was in australia for a few weeks. tried tot that, i have build a robust understanding because the u.s., while i think we are a leader in so many ways, we do not have all of the answers. part of my responsibility included a need to understand an international approach to these questions as well as an intersectionality of our policies and their impact on the world. i have visited 11 countries. worked with the council court in atlanta. i have worked a lot with our central american and south american council court. i have done a lot of work with israel. both the previous and current ambassadors that are stationed there. and writ large, i have tried to a lifetime-- i am member of the council of foreign relations and i read a lot of stuff. all of which to say that i no longer believe there is a bright line between domestic and foreign-policy. what we have seen play out in the last few years has shown how existsat line is if it at all. and you can

council. u.s. germance president trump's down by himighed another things differences on trade and president trump's accusations that germany is spending too little on defense. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. romaine: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, mrs. "bloomberg markets: the close." -- this is "bloomberg markets: the close." caroline: i'm caroline hyde. risk abound today and they are mounting for europe as well as the e.u. cuts their growth outlook for germany and italy. we are joined with peter coy, bloomberg businessweek's economic editor. there was a stark downgrade for germany, wasn't there, in terms of the outlook for growth. peter: i was a country that got hit the worst. it went down to like .5%. economistsconomics are a bit more are come -- more optimistic. they say the data on which the ecb states projections did not include the good first qua

the president of germany central council of jews joseph shows us thrown his support behind a call for germans to wear jewish skullcaps this coming saturday the government commission felix klein has germans to take part in a demonstration against anti semitism on saturday and to activists. of solidarity with the jewish community. and protest as much against the israeli occupation of east jerusalem as the client made headlines or weekend when he recommended jewish men refrain from wearing skullcaps in public for their own safety. a journalist and commentator michelle friedman normally lives in frankfurt but joins us today from tel aviv welcome what has been your experience as it has it become more dangerous to be openly jewish in germany. this is what i. said and i don't know if the nose is correct but the advice not to keep us is a catastrophe it means that secure jew is only an invisible jew and i believe that this 74 years after hitler is a catastrophe diagnosis and therapy we are living in a democracy and christian friend of mine can his christian science and i want that my children and mys

negotiation table we can hear from me as well as the german foreign minister right now as they were making their way into the european foreign affairs council. he continued to fully support the nuclear deal with iran as full implementation it has been and continues to be for us. a key element of nonproliferation company physician at that nobody has been that he done so we'll continue to support it if. we agree with other e.u. states the nuclear deal is necessary for us security and its goal is to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. or just last week iran said that it would no longer commit to all aspects of the 2015 nuclear deal. this came a year after the united states unilaterally pulled out of the agreement all together it does leave brussels and it leaves the 28 member states of the european union in a very peculiar position they are absolutely condemned the united states for pulling out of this deal particularly federica mockery need the high representative of foreign affairs basically the e.u. equivalent of a foreign minister for the 28 member state bloc she said it was a disgrace that this is happened she was on the verge of

be arriving we could hear from me as well as the german foreign minister right now as they were making their way in to the european foreign affairs council continue to fully support the nuclear deal with iran as full implementation it has been and continues to be for us a key element of nonproliferation an appreciation nobody had in the region so we'll continue to support it if it's. agree with other e.u. states the nuclear deal is necessary for our security and it's going to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. it does leave brussels and it leaves the 28 member states of the european union in a very peculiar position they absolutely condemned the united states for pulling out of this deal now we are starting to see some of those $28.00 member states starting to look towards tehran saying if you pull out of this whole heartedly well this isn't going to work well for anybody iran has agreed to vital compliance measures if they break that deal then there will be consequences in terms of how european powers react so we urge the iranians to think very long and hard before they break. the end of today nothing could be worse than iran

mike p pompeo was scduduled to meet with german chancellor angela merkel in berlin today after leaving the arctic council gathering. however, the u.s. . state department announced the meeting had been canceled due to pressing issues. no further details have been made available. turkish election authorities announced monday a redo of recent elections in istanbul. president recep tayyip erdogan's ruling ak party claimed fraud in the election, which saw opposition candidate ekrem imamoglu claim victory and be sworn in as the new mayor of istanbul. local elections in turkey at the end of march dealt a major blow to erdogan and the akp, which lost control in both of turkey's largest cities, ankara and his home city of istanbul. the supreme electoral council, which made the decision to scrap the election results, is dominated by the akp. a new vote in istanbul has been scheduled for june 23. in syria, intensified air raids by government forces killed at least 17 civilians i in aleppo d idlib provinces over the past few days, and local reports says dozens of people have been killed over the past two weeks as a

from that, i've worked with the british council, the italian cuncil, i've worked with the german marshall fund, i was a fellow for all those places, went and traveled. i was an american young leaders person, so i went to australia for a few weeks. but throughout that i've tried to build a row bust understanding because -- robust understanding because the u.s., while we are, i think, a leader in so many ways, we do not have all the answers. and part of my responsibility as someone who was going to be focused on domestic policy, i needed to understand the international approach to these questions, but also the intersectionality of our policies and the effect we were having on the world and vice versa. and so i've been very intentional. i've visited, i think, 11 countries, i've worked with council corps in atlanta. we have a fairly large one. and so i've worked a lot especially with our central american and south american council corps. i've done a lot of work with israel. i've worked with both the previous and the current ambassadors who are stationed there. and writ large, i've tried to be

german law that imposes a fine of 4% if illegal content is not removed. legislation is also likely up foror debate. >> a conontroversial reform m fm emmanunuel macronn hasas hit a setback. the constitutional councilas given green light to a referendum over the privatization of the airport system.. the government thought to privatize the company in an initiative slammed by unions. privatization opponents need signatures from the electorate to move forward. the finance minister said they will delay plans as the voting process plays out. is never a bad thing to take your time when one is faced with an economic project of this importanance. day, it is thehe french people we are representing. they have not seen what it can represent. >> thehe wororld's richest man s gearing up for his next adventure, commercial flights to the moon. jeff bezos unveiled a mockckup f lander called bluemoon. space policy is something they can agree on. it is the policy of the administration and the united states of america to return americanan astronauts to the m n in the next five years. i love this. it is the right thing to do. for those of you doing the , that is 2024. we can help meet that timeline because we startrte

german polish was born here about 200 years ago the next affront to herself. she actually wrote her poems in a small country house lucia 6 kilometers from the council. we're now entering and that is a very private living and work room she called it her snail shells. many of the consuls and palaces the surrounded by mountains like fishing. the castle which dates from the 16th century one of the largest and oldest castles in moonstone and . and this is known as the vast sigh of westphalia not kill sion palace of a real chris adams. several of the rooms are open to the public. in others people starving because not killed palace is also home to a state crime technical college. the land has $4500.00 kilometers of bicycle paths one popular destination is valid off the horse capital of germany tourists from all over the world come here because it's a center of host breeding and a questran sports. some 100000 horses are said to live in munster land more than almost anywhere in europe horses have been bred at the north rhine-westphalia and state stud for nearly 200 years. you can take a tour of the stock farm. there are 160 horses in residence used as breedi

council nobleness who really. has to fall in his mouth in poetry when the stock indulge in parliament because this is exactly what i said to the ponder stark the german parliament in 2005 in my 1st policy statement as newly elected chancellor of the federal public of germany and the 1st woman to hold this office thank you the moment these involved in mine. and i want to use precisely these words to share with you my 5th fold your passion we all started 1st moved here is that a surprise house sells by showing what is possible you are watching your own stumbled past your current let a surprise ourselves by showing what we are capable of in my admin leave us to follow w. no more tears mere fortune 1st on the low it's often it's again in my own life it was the fall of the berlin wall that allowed me almost 30 years ago to step out into the open. but almost men are but this is tough love in him to. want been in the political gang at that point i left my work as a scientist behind me and entered politics thus far off clicking on for a lot so that was an exciting and magical time is over we all busy yearly. for lots of us and build just as your lives will b

charge of rebellion in the council didn't move you whether you led the judges made their work i'm asking your opinion. in spain. how do you think that the decision of the german court which refused to extradite the former catalan leader. on the charge of rebellion how how do you think that has affected the credibility of the case against him because the german court said the amount of violence required for the charge of high treason which is the closest they have to rebellion was not seen. in breach of the public peace does not apply because the mark was only involved in carrying out the independence. of the german judge. and it's a blow to your case. which at the time. of the joining the course was the court was basically saying that your central charge against the catalan defendants doesn't hold up. i don't know how. the situation in spain who has to judge those paintings court. suggestions here in spain that they're not going to get a fair trial the professor of constitutional law civilian. royo said i would like to be wrong but the way in which the october 1st case has proceeded so far inevitably points to a guilty verdict the trial will be a farce even t