weeks staff at the international fund for animal welfare sifted through internet sites in germany france britain and russia and came across five thousand eight hundred thirty one advertisements for wild animals. they also included animal products such as ivory with a total value of four million dollars. investigators say many buyers weren't aware their purchases would increase poaching and seriously threaten some species with extinction. citizens got their digital lives back friday in a new law the e.u. recognizes that data is private and personal and belongs to the individual so as of now every e.u. citizen can demand companies like facebook google or amazon tell them what kind of data they hold on them what they do with it and have it corrected or even deleted otherwise companies face stiff fines which could run to over a billion euros per violation. to states or france and gulf by a nationwide civil service strike they were protesting government plans to slash one hundred twenty thousand public service jobs by twenty twenty french economic reform is being driven by president manuel. he's also

are united how long this will last we don't know if the americans can put a wedge between france germany and britain then maybe this front. if trump chooses to punish single. companies from france germany or britain maybe then he will be successful but as of now this front stands but nobody knows how long the european union wants to use a blocking statute to protect european companies what is the statute what it mean exactly. this is an odd law in the book since nineteen ninety six it was designed to circumvent american sanctions against cuba libya and iran at that time but this law was never in acted actually because the political fight was over before this law came into action so nobody knows exactly what now will happen on friday this law will be and already invoked by the european commission and it says that companies may not follow u.s. sanctions they will be punished if they do so but they but also be reimbursed if there's any cost that they have to do off to that but nobody knows exactly how and is it political for large complex companies or trusts or is it only applicable for small companies

welfare spend weeks surfing through more than one hundred internet portals targeting users in germany france britain and russia they found thousands of offering life wild animals and animal products worth millions of dollars. it takes just a few clicks to purchase rare animals like exotic birds reptiles and primates the legal wildlife trade is estimated to be worth at least nineteen billion u.s. dollars a year when it comes to criminal activity only drugs kind if it products and human trafficking are more lucrative if the hunting isn't halted in a few years there may be no rhinos or elephants at all left in the wild in africa. well educating people helps i asked an author of the report only of the whole wildlife trade all that says if people understand when they're buying ivory they're killing elephants. yes that's hard to understand that still obviously people do not understand that every means at that elephant and possibly some people think ok that's an antique car term what does that where's the link to poaching but we know i for one know that one ever out there is that offshore ivory off wheneve

if the americans can put a wedge between france, germany, and britain, maybe this will crumble . if trump chooses to punish single companies from france, germany, or britain, maybe he will be successful. but as of now, this front stance, but nobody knows for how long. brent: the european union wants to use of blocking statute to protect european companies. what does it mean, exactly? reporter: this is an audit l -- odd law in the books since 1996. it was designed to circumvent american sanctions against cuba, libya, and iran at the time. it was never connected because the political fight was over before the law came into action. no one knows what will happen. on friday this law will be invoked by the european commission, and it says that companies may not follow u.s. sanctions. there will be punished if they do so, but they will be reimbursed if there is any cost they have to endure after that, but nobody knows exactly how. and it is applicable for large companies or trusts were only applicable for small companies, as for example, the german chancellor has said? we will have to se

are united how long this will last we don't know if the americans can put a wedge between france germany and britain then maybe this front. if. chooses to punish single cunt companies from france germany or britain maybe then they will be successful but as of now this front stands but nobody knows how long and that was our correspondent brant record at the e.u. summit in sofia also to come on the day a new ebola threat in congo the deadly virus spreads from the remote country zion to a large city health officials are racing to contain the outbreak more on that later in the day. although it has been three days or since israeli forces killed sixty palestinians along the gaza border it happened as the new u.s. embassy in jerusalem was dedicated or today the arab league held an emergency meeting and called for an investigation into the killings at the u.n. a proposal for an independent investigation was blocked by the united states. more tolerable but the. call for a credible international investigation about to the crimes committed by the occupiers on the cause of borders in the last few days which res

the participants of the deal have called the emergency meeting on monday and if we i mean germany britain france russia china and iran will be meeting most likely on monday to discuss how to move forward with this saw a lot of to look forward to. thank you. over a million people took part in an emotional regiment march in moscow on wednesday and the event on those on commemorates those killed in the great patriotic war and was first held a couple of years ago since then it's become a key part of victory day celebrations all around the world hardly any family in russia was left unaffected by the great patriotic war and which around one in every six soviet citizens lost that life. to try and come on with the crowds. the biggest and the most emotional event perhaps on the calendar in this country is making moscow cheer and cry at the same time i can tell you that this as a feeling that makes your heart so it is truly incredible the people are carrying the portraits and i can tell you that three years ago i made myself a promise that if the next four years every year i'm going to be carrying a portr

the participants of the deal have called the emergency meeting on monday and of me i mean germany britain france russia china and iran will be meeting most likely on monday to discuss how to move forward with this a lot of to look forward to. over a million people took part in a more whole regiment march in moscow on wednesday event on those on commemorates those killed in the great patriotic war and was first held in twenty eleven since then it has become a key part of victory day celebrations around the world and hardly any family in russia was left unaffected by the great patriotic war in which around one in every six soviet citizens lost their life. was marching with the crowds. the biggest and the most emotional event perhaps on the calendar and this country is making moscow cheer and cry at the same time i can tell you that this as a feeling that makes your heart so it is truly incredible the people are carrying the portraits and i can tell you that three years ago i made myself a promise that at the next four years every year i'm going to be carrying a portrait of one of my four great gra

the participants of the deal have called the emergency meeting on monday and if we i mean germany britain france russia china and iran will be meeting most likely on monday to discuss how to move forward with this so a lot of to look forward to. over a million people took part in an emotional regiment montreux moscow on wednesday at the event almost on commemorates those killed in the great patriotic war and it was first held in twenty eleven since then it has become a key part of victory day celebrations around the world hardly any family in russia was left on affected by the great patchwerk war which around one in every six soviet citizens lost. or trying come august with the crown. the biggest and the most emotional event perhaps on the calendar in this country is making moscow cheer and cry at the same time i can tell you that this is a feeling that makes your heart so it is truly incredible the people are carrying the portraits and i can tell you that three years ago i made myself a promise that if the next four years every year i'm going to be carrying a portrait of one of my four great gr

saying well then why should we go ahead with germany france or the united was it didn't go through the u.n. security council because china and russia and britain and france are so far they will be in steadfast more greeny of the u. beijing moscow everyone is on iran's side except saudi arabia or israel in the united states so do you notice though. any slight difference at the moment in the way it's being reported here the latest attacks on the golan heights because boris johnson appears to be condemning the syrian government. quite openly for tensions on the golan heights which somebody you would have to explain the basis of eagle israeli occupation of the golan heights of course illegally occupied for many decades now look i'm not supporter of the syrian government but having said that we know that israel has attacked many sites and military positions inside. syria as one of the of the foreign office here about israeli and i want to remind you two thousand and three we first were not happy if you remember that big march in london with millions of people i was there and we wanted to oppose invasion of iraq and afghanistan and then suddenly we

welfare spent weeks surfing through more than one hundred internet portals targeting users in germany france britain and russia. they found thousands of ads offering live wild animals and animal products worth millions of dollars. it takes just a few clicks to purchase rare animals like it's not in birds or reptiles or primates buyers may often be unaware that they're contributing to the extinction of an endangered species but the online trade is driving poaching to new heights and if the hunting isn't halted a few years from now there may be no more rhinoceroses or elephants at all left in the wild in africa. and that's all for me it's back to tearing up that's right in just a couple of minutes we're going to talk about the mystery of the missing princess she said her life was anything but a fairy tale and many fear for her safety after her attempted escape and capture that scene is coming up in just a couple let's first italy's rival coalition parties are probably chosen who they want to lead the country in a bid to end more than two months of political deadlock the anti establishment five star mo

welfare spend week surfing through more than one hundred internet portals targeting users in germany france britainand russia they found thousands of offering life wild animals and animal products worth millions of dollars. it takes just a few clicks to purchase rare animals like exotic birds reptiles and primates the legal wildlife trade is estimated to be worth at least nineteen billion u.s. dollars a year when it comes to criminal activity only drugs counterfeit products and human trafficking are more lucrative if the hunting isn't halted in a few years there may be no rhinos or elephants at all left in the wild in africa. i talked to an author of the report of a bombing numbers or but i asked if the illegal trade in wildlife is not only affecting biodiversity but if it's a threat to our existence to. it is and the unlined trait isn't significant part of the global wildlife trait and this trait fuels the poaching and fuels of the mont for exotic animals such as big snakes parrots are. reptiles and the demand for oil products such as ivory so the on line trade is an indigenous threat for the buye

welfare spent weeks surfing through more than one hundred internet portals targeting users in germany france britain and russia. they found thousands of ads offering live wild animals and animal products worth millions of dollars. it takes just a few clicks to purchase rare animals like it's not in birds and reptiles for primates the buyers may often be unaware that they're contributing to the extinction of an endangered species but the online trade is driving poaching to new heights and if the hunting isn't halted a few years from now there may be no more rhinoceroses or elephants at all left in the wild in africa. space x. the private aerospace company headed by moscow launched another rocket carrying telecommunications and climate satellites launch as part of its plan to create the world's largest commercial satellite network. right to the satellites launched off from nasa it will be used for measuring indicators of changes in the earth's climate an hour such as sea level and places. and that's all from me back to terry an extraordinary story of a failed escape it's really quite something missing

are stepping up their efforts to save the iran nuclear deal with the foreign ministers of germany france and britain due to meet their iranian counterpart next week the diplomatic scramble comes after israel attacked iran's position in syria early on thursday in response to allegedly raining attacks on israeli outposts on the golan heights. two days after the attacks tensions in the middle east continue to saw off heating prayers in the iranian capital a senior cleric threatened israel with destruction. of all if there's anything foolish rule raised to the heights or to the ground of. israel isn't meant saying its words either. have a message for assad or get rid of the iranians get rid of their forces they're not helping you they're only harming their presence will only cause problems and damage . by you're going as a matter of the developments come only days after the us withdrawal from the nuclear deal many iranians see this as another provocation from israel's ally on the streets of iran protesters held by misreading death to america. global leaders are calling on iran and israel for restraint f

was signed by several nations pliny germany france and britain. for the agreement to curb the nuclear program. trump says the leaders of germany, france and britain, have all said they were still committed to. >> we are the only country that can sign on to this agreement. the words of the president are giving me assurances on their intentions. >> iranian leaders say they don't agree with the band. they protested. they chanted that the americans. the treasury department second 3 to 6 months to cut ties with iran before sanctions are reimposed. >> when we come back, a fire destroyed a home. will tell you why that house went up in flames. >> they have plans for a mission to mars. why they want to send small helicopters to the red planet. it's time for sleep number's 'semi-annual sale'. the dual adjustability of the sleep number bed allows each of you to adjust to your ideal level of firmness, comfort and support your sleep number setting... for your best... sleep... ever. in the morning, you'll discover the amazing effects the bed is having on your s

including of course france and germany are interested in going ahead with the deal is their trade so so far what we have is the key players of china russia germany france and great britain are interested that this deal remains that could take some kind of a broader shape however it is going to be a difficult process ahead in terms of figuring out the specific mechanisms of how this would work reporting from brussels for r.t. and assess it. make a bridge linking mainland russia to the crimean peninsula has been officially unveiled earlier six months ahead of should you once it's fully operational it will reduce the region's reliance on sea in air transport and allow more tourists to visit the area which is a popular summer destination for many russians is why it's being held by many as a big feat of engineering. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you thank. you thank you. thank you. thank. you. thank. you. thank you thank you. that's a great thing isn't it well the president vladimir putin was at the opening ceremony of that new bridge. well you feel when you were. russian leader was when we first crossed indeed he drove it entire nineteen kilometers from mainland ru

does it mean president rouhani in tehran who said the european countries, germany, france, britain whopoa have a short timeframe to show the jcpoa can work? european diplomats feel that is unlikely. we heard from president trump talking about strong sanctions on iran which is likely to damage european companies ability to do business in iran which is what president rouhani needs to show iranians the country can benefit and the jcpoa going and that keeps him over the hardliners. everyone looking to see who will win the hardliners, moderates? the strategic resistance and patience, if you will, has that gone? because if it has, that makes a bigger conflict more likely right now. >> indeed. for now, a quiet jerusalem. nic robertson. thank you. >>> a check on cnn money. bye-bye net neutrality. official date to end it on june 11th. repealing what the fcc calls unnecessary harmful regulations introduced in 2015. the fcc repealed net neutrality in december. the obama-reera rules provided free internet. preventing providers from charging more for content. facebook and apple oppose the revised r

runs germany and britain france so forth. sada how did he is set to continue is lebanon's prime minister under the sectarian power sharing system despite his party's core showing in sunday's polls how did he says his future movement appears to have lost a third if it seats and preliminary results show the shop part of hezbollah and its allies winning more than half the seats in parliament zana has more from beirut. there was a clear winner and lebanon's election. hezbollah and its political allies won the majority of seats in parliament it's being seen by some as a victory for iran the shiite group is backed by iran it's the only lebanese party that has an armed wing and its editorial gains further empowers it politically hezbollah's leader called for cooperation. and. all before the poll i stressed that there is a reality in lebanon and that is that no one can eliminate the other even if we have disagreements we want political stability we need to cooperate. the general elections was a loss for lebanon's prime minister saddl

diplomat for the rican mcgreevey next on the agenda talks with the foreign ministers of germany britain and france tehran is urging europe to resist pressure from washington that's after the u.s. moved to withdraw from the pact cast doubt over the deals future of america's withdrawal has also raised tensions with traditional allies german chancellor angela merkel had to weigh in on that today oh man i think we have now seen a rest and german american and european american relations we britain germany and france were of the opinion that the agreement on iran's nuclear program such really has weaknesses but is an agreement that we should add here to. the american president so things differently and not our event was to impact their lives take this over now to our correspondent gave much as he's on the story for us in brussels good evening to you georg so we've got the german chancellor and others saying again and again we want to keep the deal alive are they going to be able to do it and do we know how. clearly there is no a magic option here and e.u. ministers are fully aware of that and that is wh

man i think we're now seeing a rift in german american and european american relations we britain germany and france were of the opinion that the agreement on iran's nuclear program such only has weaknesses but is an agreement that we should add here to. the american president so things differently. interesting times lots to unpack today we correspondent is in brussels where these meetings are taking place there the chancellor is keeping firm but there are so many complications without doubt no lack of complications here in brussels with these talks of the foreign minister of the u.k. boris johnson just arrived on the scene talking about these complications saying that there is that there are no under no illusions about iran's disruptive behavior but that the e.u. seeks a different way to deal with that behavior and that is they do want to keep the diplomatic channels open they do want to protect the business interests involved and so they he said they are looking at a package a whole package of tools that could now be implemented to preserve that deal but of course the complications here are many f

of thousands did you hear of any people being killed in russia or all around or in germany or in france or in britain. across the line you can analyze them you can iris them you don't have to open gunfire and we have pictures of israeli soldiers killing our kids and our boys and girls and then celebrating grabbing. happiness these are war crimes these are murderers. i cannot accept any pretext other than saying that they defend him how can they defend themselves to the pretext of such massacres i think the message is very clear i think the message

france germany and great britain and to go sure to to gether with iran now in europe you have reform ideas that we don't and. indorse are you disappointed with and get american. not at all i am you know waiting for her reply this is not our only topic that we talk about. germany waited for a long time for france to complete its reforms and i am not here to give good grades bad grades are to say i am disappointed we work together we are partners. with them and i think that the chancellor and her government is going to join us in this historic moment and work together for a stronger europe and more united and more sovereign and more democratic europe that's our challenge. yes for those who follow the events i think you will see that the german government is not working as quickly as you had expected because we have a different method and we also have different views if you will speaking about e.u. finance minister but germany is not endorsing that. everything that you envision is not going to be a person possible are you aware of that because well i never said that everything that i pr

away the nuclear deal with iran should stay on function was put on in the germany france and great britain have decided that we continue to which he had to the agreement. of continuing to deal with these three european countries i did not chose these three countries and. the most. oh we begin the day with europe trying to pick up the pieces of that broken iran nuclear deal us president trumps decision yesterday to back out of the agreement was no surprise but on the day after as the reality began to set in dread and disappointment gave way to end humiliation from the paris climate accord to trade. tariffs to moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem and now the iran nuclear deal many of the most controversial foreign policy decisions made by u.s. president trump have only served to widen a growing transatlantic divide european leaders who expect the u.s. to take its rightful leadership role are now confronted with a white house that does not take kindly to advice and appears to be brushing off european worries i want you to take a listen to what trump's national security advisor john bolton sai

welfare spend weeks surfing through more than one hundred internet portals targeting users in germany france britain and russia they found thousands of offering life wild animals and animal products worth millions of dollars. it takes just a few clicks to purchase rare animals like exotic birds reptiles and primates the legal wildlife trade is estimated to be worth at least nineteen billion u.s. dollars a year when it comes to criminal activity only drugs kind of it products and human trafficking are more lucrative if the hunting isn't halted in a few years there may be no rhinos or elephants at all left in the wild in africa. let's see if we can prevent that. is an author of the report and joins us from hamburg you've said the illegal trade of wildlife is hard to control what's the hard part. yes indeed that is the big problem that most of the online advertising months have not included any. proving supporting documentation so. to decide if an offer an online offer is actually legal or illegal that is really very challenging. the case is that most of the online advertisements we found have no verif

prepared to go after companies in our allies like britain france and germany if they try to continue to do business the sanctions regime that is now in place is very clear about what the requirements are europeans are going to face the effect of u.s. sanctions already are really why would any business why would the shareholders of any business want to do business with the world's central banker of international terrorism around the u.s. is clearly no longer happy with this deal the e.u. and other signatories have made it clear that they believe that the deal that they had come up with the so-called c.p.o. way or the joint comprehensive plan of action was actually working efficiently and to them the mission is now to preserve this deal as best as they can. we cannot accept the extraterritorial nature of the american sanctions we friesen challenge then we need to tackle particularly at a european level. a few meetings in the next makes days to be sure that it's possible france does joey a terrific collection transition that this collection. federalization surround so many opening dozen

prepared to go after companies in our allies like britain france and germany if they try to continue to do business in the sanctions regime that is now in place is very clear about what the requirements are europeans are going to face the effect of u.s. sanctions already are really why would any business why would the shareholders of any business want to do business with the world's central banker of international terrorism. well beyond the u.s. is clearly no longer happy with this deal the e.u. and other signatories have made it clear that they believe that the deal that they had come up with the so-called g.c. peel away or the joint comprehensive plan of action was actually working efficiently and to them the mission is now to preserve this deal as best as they can and it's been said that the mission is to try to come up with a package of measures that could preserve the strategic and economic interests of the countries and companies that are fairly under this agreement and of course exactly how this is going to be achieved is going to be seen later today as these talks are underwa

but here we have our alies, germany, france, britain, urging us to stay in the del. we have the international atomic energy agency saying that iranm is cying with the deal. the sanctionse bitrd if the world is unified, but now the president has driven a wed between us and our european allies in the guise of what he would call america first. what he's really pitchinis america alone, and america being alone without allies working hand in hand with us on an issue like this does not make us stronger. it makes us weaker. >> brangham: as you heard, th president today said secretary of state mike pompeo is on his way to north korea right now to start these initial talks for that nuclear deal. potential nuclear deal. do you believe wha president did today helps or hurts our negotiating position with the north koreans? >> i think it hurts our position with the north koreans. i'm glad we're having this dialogue. i think dialogue is preferable toot havinglogue, but the message to the north koreans is this: if you do a deal with the united states, and ven if the international co

france, germany and britain express regret. barack 0bama calls it a serious mistake.ned to preserve the deal. after april's surprise meeting, us secretary of state mike pompeo

chris: but the leaders of france, of germany, of britain all say they are going to stay in the deal and look for a way to protect european companies that continue to do business, the question is, how hard is the trump administration prepared to go after european companies that ignore the u.s. pulling out? >> two things, chris, first, the wealth that was created in iran as a result of the jcpoa drove iranian malign activity, provided resources for work in syria and iraq. president trump withdrawal in denying them and taking money away from them. i worked hard over the short time i've been secretary of state to try and fix the deal. we couldn't reach agreement with our e-3 partners, i'm hopeful in the days and weeks ahead we can come up with a deal that really works, that really protects the world from iranian bad behavior, not just nuclear programs but behavior as well and i will work with europeans to achieve that. chris: what about the european countries say, look, there's not going to be a renegotiation anymore than there's renegotiation of the paris climate accord. is the u.s. prepar

neither germany certainly not britain and france either are willing to step up and take over the defense of their realm and they are not merely dependent on the u.s. but they've grown yes. needy and so the u.s. doesn't want to be in a position where it has to jump every time nato gets a twitch and so what he's doing is redefining.