. after the resignation of her friend, jody wilson-raybould.his is all about a scandal around a company, snc—lavalin, and justin trudeau believes that job losses snc—lavalin, and justin trudeau believes thatjob losses could result from that company being prosecuted for fraud. this is quite a big shock and surprise, when she made that choice. it puts the prime ministerjustin trudeau in quite a tricky position. when he was elected, quite soon after donald trump was a late did in the us, he was seen as this poster boy for a new era in politics, everyone hailed him, he had huge diversity in his cabinet. where is he now? is he in a crisis? this article implies it is the worst crisis he has seen? crisis? this article implies it is the worst crisis he has seemm crisis? this article implies it is the worst crisis he has seen? it is a crisis by canadian standards. we have to remember an election is coming up in october, so not great to have something like this happen so to have something like this happen so close to that. second, he had promised his gov

in february, an attorney general and justice minister jody wilson-raybould was the first to go.he says trudeau and senior government figures pressured her to stop the prosecution of snc lavalin. >> i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in my role as the attorney general of canada. reporter: trudeau denies any wrongdoing, but his popularity is sliding. with elections set for october, he is now polling behind the rival conservatives. phil: let's s get more on this fromom campbell clark, chiefef polilitical writer at canada's "globe and mail" newewspaper, which broke e the scandal. welcome to dw. tell us more about justin trudeau's response to these allegations. campbell: i ththink part of the problem has been that he has not had much of a response. he has dribbled out ananswers or time, at first denying that he had pressured or directed the attorney general to interfere in the prosecution. and then when she testified in front of commons committee, he did not

nada: former attorney genera jody wilson-raybould contradicted the prime minister's account and accusedffice of demoting her in retaliation for her refusal on a dealwould have kept snc-lavalin out-of-court. ms. wilson-raybould: i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by people in the government to interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. nada: justin trudeau won praise for his commitment to women and minorities and touted the symbolic appointment of jody wilson-raybould, a prominent indigenous woman. thbu scandal pitted him against dr and it is not a g look for the prime minister even as he tries to assert he did nothing wrong. with the general electionlo ing in october, trudeau is on thin ice with canadians. >> he should offer some kind of apology. >> he is a politician. g he is doine work of politicking. >> he should resign and call an election. nada: justin trudeau's star power was cemente pwhen he took sident trump, china, and saudi arabia. the controversy at home could remove him from the world stage. nada tawfik, bbc news, ottawa. laura: british foreign secre

the former attorney general, jody wilson—raybould, contradicted the prime minister's account and accused that would keep snc—lavalin out of court. i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. justin trudeau won praise for his commitment to women and minorities. he even touted the symbolic appointment ofjody wilson—raybould, who is a prominent indigenous woman. yet this scandal has pitted him against her, and it's not a good look for the prime minister, even as he tries to assert that he did nothing wrong. with a general election looming in october, trudeau is on thin ice with canadians. i think he should offer some kind of apology. he's a politician. i mean, he's doing the work of politicking. i think he should resign and call an election. trudeau's star power was cemented when he took on president trump, china and saudi arabia, but controversy at home could remove him from the world stage. nada tawfik, bbc news, 0ttawa. a new study suggests rain is becoming more frequent

the former attorney general, jody wilson—raybould, contradicted the prime minister's account and accusedcourt. i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. justin trudeau won praise for his commitment to women and minorities. he even touted the symbolic appointment ofjody wilson—raybould, who is a prominent indigenous woman. yet this scandal has pitted him against her, and it's not a good look for the prime minister, even as he tries to assert that he did nothing wrong. with a general election looming in october, trudeau is on thin ice with canadians. i think he should offer some kind of apology. he's a politician. i mean, he's doing the work of politicking. i think he should resign and call an election. trudeau's star power was cemented when he took on president trump, china, and saudi arabia, but controversy at home could remove him from the world stage. nada tawfik, bbc news, ottawa. a new study suggests rain is becoming more frequent in greenland, accelerating the mel

one of four top officials to have resigned in a bribery case that shaken the canadian government jody wilson raybold says she was pressured by trudeau to drop an investigation into the engineering firm s n c larger than it's one of the world's largest engineering and construction firms in two thousand and fifteen s.n.c. love a level it was charged with bribery and fraud in libya it allegedly paid ninety eight million dollars to gadhafi era officials to secure lucrative contracts including the world's biggest irrigation project in the wake of these scandals trudeau's approval ratings have slumped from forty one percent in january down to thirty three percent i mean widespread calls for his resignation but the prime minister has denied any wrongdoing. and lifestyle always acted appropriately and professionally. now across live to lauren southern a journalist on the filmmaker behind the documentary border less to discuss this further welcome to the program now justin trudeau has long prided himself on being a champion of women's rights but now it was issued politicians are saying none of this w

in february attorney general and justice minister jody wilson raybold was the first to go she says trudeau and senior government figures had pressured her to stop the prosecution of s. and c. level lawyer for i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in my role as the attorney general of canada traduced denies any wrongdoing but his popularity is sliding with elections that for october he's now polling behind the rival conservatives it's got more on this from campbell clockers chief political writer account of this globe and mail newspaper which broke the scandal welcome to day w tell us more about justin trudeau is response to these allegations. i think part of the problem has been that he hasn't had much response he has sort of dribbled out answers over time and first denying that he had pressured or had directed the attorney general to interfere in the prosecution and then when she testified. in front of commons committee he didn't respond other than to say she he disa

that's cost him two ministers on a breakdown of trust and communication with former justice minister jody wilson ribble and she accused trudeau of pressuring her to help a major construction firm avoid a criminal trial. and the two hundred in prime minister viktor orban says controversial billboards put up by the ruling death sparty come down next week for this has refused to apologize for and to an anti immigrant rhetoric and posters across the country the billboards trying to european conservatives to push for three days to be expelled from the group in the european parliament. now facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg says his company plans to shift its focus to private messaging services in a post on his own profile page said the company would encrypt conversations on more of its messaging services and make them compatible he said people increasingly want to connect privately in the digital equivalent often livingroom. audition report and shattered drink is with us and welcome jad i'm not quite sure what mark sokolich is trying to do can you explain what his plans so what's he up to so we know fac

that's cost him two ministers on a breakdown of trust and communication with former justice minister jody wilson reboard she accused trudeau of pressurising her to help a major construction firm avoid a criminal trial. french cardinal philip barbarian says he would resign as archbishop of lille he announced the decision after a court found him guilty of feeling to inform authorities about sexual abuse allegations against a priest that priest has confessed to abusing boys in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's and will be tried later this year. now facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg says his company plans to shift its focus to private messaging services in a post on his own profile page said the company would encrypt conversations on more of its messaging services and make them compatible he said people increasingly want to connect privately in the digital equivalent often livingroom. digital report in shattered dreams is with us and welcome jad i'm not quite sure what mock secular is trying to do can you explain what his plans so what's he up to so we know facebook really as a networking t

it stems from allegations byy former attorneneral jody wilson-raybould, who said she fathd politicalrime minister's office to abandon prosecution of a quÉbec-based engineering firm. >> i experienc a consistent and sustained effort by many in the government. nada: she accuses the prime miedster of being more conce about votes than principles. today trudeau's close confidant and aide who resigned in the wake of thendal told mps nothing happened beyond from operations of government. >> i know it from long personal experience with the prime , minist something improper had been happening, and the impropriety had been made known to him, the prime minister would have put a stop to it, even if the impropriety were his own. nada: justin trudeau thought he could contain this crisis, but he misjudged how badly the scandal would undermine the very brand he crafted for himself the question now is if he can be -- rehabilitate his image ahead of upcoming elections. >> i think certain things are coming to roost. i think justin trudeau is a bit shallow, and it is proving itself through all of this. >

firms which is accused of large scale bribery in an emotional testimony to the justice committee jody wilson raybold said the pressure on her included veiled threats if she went ahead with prosecuting s. and c. laughlin. i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in an inappropriate effort to secure a deferred prosecution agreement with s. and c. level and the prime minister asked me to help out to find a solution here for s n c but who all they will accompany is one of the world's largest engineering and construction firms and twenty fifteen it was charged with bribery and fraud over the payment of nearly one hundred million dollars in kick bucks to libyan officials the dealings allegedly involved family members all former leader moammar gadhafi they were meant to secure come trucks in the lucrative irrigation project mr trudeau denies any inappropriate behavior insisting he was just trying to save jobs. i and my staff always acted appropriately and professionally we of course had discussions about the potential loss

place he blamed the scandal on a breakdown of trust and communication with former justice minister jody wilson raybold she's accused him of pressuring her to help a major construction firm avoid a criminal trial. now it remains one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries the disappearance of the malaysian airlines flight m h three seventy exactly five years ago the plane was on its way from kuala lumpur in malaysia to beijing in china when it suddenly disappeared from air traffic controllers radar screens above the gulf of thailand two hundred thirty nine people were on board that plane efforts to find the wreckage came to an end last year but many friends and relatives of the passengers continue to demand answers. john has entered his mother's beijing apartment just once since her disappearance that was when he brought his photos and everything that reminded him of her to look away inside he couldn't bear to look at them. when we know what happened i'll be able to go in and unpack all these things and that's when i'll finally be able to say goodbye to his mother was on a holiday in malaysi

first to blow the whistle on the bribery case that is shaken the canadian government to its core jodi wilson raybold says she was pressured by trudeau to drop an investigation into canadian engineering giant sensi level m i like companies one of the world's biggest construction firms allegedly it paid ninety eight million dollars to get deaf ear officials to secure lucrative contracts including the world's biggest they're a geisha and project. well he's now accused of being a fake feminist trudeau had earlier heaped praise on those who defended women's rights and proudly declared that's exactly what he does but critics claim he was just looking to score cheap political points being a feminist is the right thing to do but it's also the smart thing to do i'm going to keep saying loud and clearly that i am a feminist men should be feminists as wow i am proud of that maternal love is the love that's going to change the future of mankind. there's lots of things you do here that are feminist as a man but here's a simple one. is not about holding true to one's values it is not about actually having

country including the possible impact on pensions well speaking of jobs former attorney general jodi wilson rippled resigned over the affair citing the viel to threats allegedly leveled at her by the canadian prime minister's office trudeau's principle secretary has also left his position amid reports that more officials are ready to quit the administration political analyst alice something of bruno explains why the case could cost the prime minister his job. it shows that the politics and interests do mix in canada as well as other places and this is the problem it's the image that the prime minister has built around him so for some people call it the brand of a feminist author a liberal alter a legal transparent leader who is completely tripping over his own ideals in nine ten months there will be an election in canada so no matter where this goes constitutional crisis the political crisis there will be a problem in the election and just in two of those leadership is definitely in question now the idea was that it since eleven. prosecution. it might have to move headquarters away from can

in february attorney general and justice minister jody wilson raybold was the first to go she says to go and senior government figures had pressured her to stop the prosecution of s. and c. level lawyer for i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in my role as the attorney general of canada tradin denies any wrongdoing but his popularity is sliding with elections set for october he's now polling behind the rival conservatives. france's president to meddle in the cause of his call for far reaching ear reforms and warned against the dangers of populism three months ahead of european parliamentary elections he laid out his vision in an open letter addressed to the citizens of europe news outlets in all twenty eight member states published a letter in which he said we are at a pivotal moment for our continent a moment when together we need to politically and culturally reinvent the shape of our civilization in a changing world it's the moment for european renewal here'

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cost him two ministers and a breakdown of trust and communication with former justice minister jody wilson brave bold she's accused trudeau of pressuring her to help a major construction firm avoid a criminal trial. an aide to hungary and prime minister viktor orban says controversial billboards put up by the ruling fidesz party will come down next week has refused to apologize for entitle you an anti immigrant rhetoric and posters across the country the billboards prompted european conservatives to push for photos to be expelled from their group in the european parliament. french cardinal says he will resign as archbishop of lille he announced the decision after a court found him guilty of failing to inform authorities about sexual abuse allegations against a priest that priest has confessed to abusing boys in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's and will be tried later this year. the e.u.'s talk orders rule that blocks food safety agency must release details of studies on the disputed weed killer life to see you lawmakers had sued for the studies to be released the european commi

and he blamed the scandal on a breakdown of trust and communications with former justice minister jody wilson raybold she's accused him pressuring her to help a major construction firm avoid a criminal trial. people around the world are marking international women's day with rallies celebrations and protests here in berlin and it's an official haul bank holiday for the very first time while the rest of germany goes to work like every other day a big march is planned for later today this was the scene in madrid last night where several hundred women gathered to ring in the day organizers have scheduled rallies across the country to the ban equal rights and gender discrimination women's rights a merge as a divisive issue in spain ahead of a national election next month. while women fighting for greater equality can take many forms our next report takes us to karate in pakistan one of the most repressive countries for women and girls there the simple act of riding a bicycle is one way they're challenging norms. and getting to grips with who flies by sick every sunday morning very much joins her

of four top officials to have resigned in a bribery case that has shaken the canadian government jody wilson says she was pressured by trudeau to drop an investigation into canadian engineering giant s.n.c. laval in where the company is also one of the world's largest construction firms and twenty fifteen it was charged with bribery and fraud in libya and allegedly paid ninety eight million dollars to gadhafi era fisher to secure lucrative contracts including the world's biggest irrigation project in the wake of the scandal trudeau's approval ratings slump from forty one percent in january down to thirty three percent this month amid widespread calls for his resignation the canadian prime minister has denied any wrongdoing though insisting he was safeguarding the interests of voters i and my staff always acted appropriately and professionally we of course had discussions about the potential loss of nine thousand jobs in communities across the country we spoke to canadian journalist lauren southern who says that justin trudeau his claims of feminism have been used to score political points. t

in february attorney general and justice minister jody wilson raybold was the first to go she says trudeau and senior government figures had pressured her to stop the prosecution of s. and c. level lawyer for i experienced a consistent and sustained effort by many people within the government to seek to politically interfere in the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in my role as the attorney general of canada traduce denies any wrongdoing but his popularity is sliding with elections that for october he's now polling behind the rival conservatives. earlier we spoke with campbell clark's chief political writer at canada's globe and mail newspaper which broke the scandal we asked him whether more resignations are likely to follow. it doesn't appear that more like it of all the moment there are one or two in cavite that we think probably sympathized with the first one being the minister of justice issue very general judy will sit raible so that it seems they're all on board for now these are two very important cabinet ministers not only because of their positions but because of who they wer

jody wilson—raybould has released more than 40 pages of documents to support her accusations. but opinion polls suggest the controversy has damaged his re—election prospects in october. a redacted copy of us special counsel robert mueller‘s report into russian interference in the 2016 us election is to be released by mid—april. mr mueller cleared president trump of colluding with russia, but reached no conclusion about whether he had obstructed justice. the democratic chairman of the housejudicary committee said the report should be released to congress unredacted. new zealand's justice minister has announced a review of the laws on hate speech in the wake of the christchurch terror attacks at two mosques a fortnight ago, which left 50 people dead. andrew little said the current laws were inadequate and didn't tackle the evil and hateful things seen online. he said the government would work with the human rights commission to come up with a proposals by the end of the year. the international red cross says humanitarian aid could be distributed in venezuela within two weeks as

that cost him two ministers on a breakdown of trust and communication it's former justice minister jody wilson rebuild she accused trigger designers archbishop of leo he announced the decision after a court found him guilty of feeling to inform authorities about sexual abuse allegations against a priest that priest has confessed to abusing boys in the nineteen seventies and eighties and will be tried later this year. the biggest mosque in turkey has opened in istanbul the mosque on monica last can hold up to sixty three thousand people its construction took six years and was strongly supported by president richard jones government last features a library a museum and six minarets each one representing a war turkey was involved in. turning out to syrians cause the suspected fighters for the so-called islamic state are being screened insist for can see twelve bins and explosives off to emerging from the last fuck it of to a tree has by the group hundreds have been leaving the tiny stretch of land controlled by us it's close to where the army's on alert to stop the extremists from crossing the bo

mr trudeau has maintained that any discussions he has had with jody wilson—raybould were lawful, andds ofjobs in canada were at stake if the company went to trial. with elections coming up in october, mr trudeau and members of his liberal party know that though often when they win in quebec, they win the majority of seats in parliament, but when they lose, they lose badly. to bejing now, where the annual meeting of parliament is underway. opening the session, prime minister li keqiang warned that the country is facing a "tough struggle" as he unveiled tax cuts and other measures to prop up the economy. earlier i spoke to our china correspondent stephen mcdonell to ask him whether this is a challenging time for the chinese leadership. yes, absolutely. i mean if they are to be believed, they would show a moderate slowing people come from all over china to hear the message from li keqiang. he speaks to the government achievements over the past year and what they intend to do over the next year. on that front, gdp growth is down from, well, slightly down. it is now in a range of 6— 6.5%

gerald butts said the prime minister simply wanted jody wilson—raybould to seek outside legal adviceer that placed jobs at risk. two senior cabinet ministers have resigned over the controversy, which has become a major political crisis for mr trudeau. and a great night for ole gunnar solskjaer and his team manchester united in paris in the european champions league. they went into the game against paris st—germain as underdogs with a 2—0 deficit from the first game. but ended up going through to the quarterfinals of the champions league after winning 3—1 with a penalty in injury time. more on that story in sports today coming up in half an hour's time. r&b singer r kelly's been arrested for the second time in recent weeks, this time forfailure to pay child support, hours after lashing out in a television interview against unrelated charges that he had sexually assaulted teenage girls. this was him arriving for the court hearing in chicago where he was taken into custody for owing more than a hundred and $60,000 in child support to his ex—wife for their three children. i asked our cor

place he blamed the scandal on a breakdown of trust and communication with former justice minister jody wilson. she's accused him of pressuring her to help a major construction firm avoid a criminal trial. and in venezuela numerous cities have been hit by a major power outages blackouts are becoming more frequent in the country where critics of the government say under-investment has left the power grid unable to function earlier in the capital caracas there were chaotic scenes as commuters fought to get on buses after the city's metro system shut down. you're watching the news still to come these two blue kids are about to trade a life in the spotlight for the peace and quiet of a whale sanctuary but first a complex journey awaits them we're going to detail this. well it remains one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries the disappearance of the malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy exactly five years ago the plane was on its way from kuala lumpur in malaysia to beijing and china when it suddenly disappeared from air traffic controllers radar screens above the gulf of thailand twenty

prime minister justin trudeau is facing a deepening political scandal is former justice minister jody wilson raybold claims officials pressured her to help an engineering company avoid a corruption trial s.n.c. . was charged in twenty fifteen for allegedly bribing libya to secure government contracts. south korea has celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of independence protests against japanese rules rule rather tens of thousands turned out for an elaborate open air so event in seoul in his speech south korean president in promised to work with north korea and the u.s. to denuclearize the region. and better sweaters opposition leader. says he'll return to better swallowed by monday despite threats from nicolas maduro the government was speaking after talks in brazil you know with us busters in brazil's president also naro. is seeking support for his bid to oust. the united states and north korea had given conflicting accounts of why this week's summit in vietnam broke tell us president donald trump said he had to walk away when north korean leader kim jong un demanded the full lifting of

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