the european union and kingdom have joint responsibility. a deal on the table which does exactly do this. the withdrawal agreement that the european union and the government of the united kingdom agreed on has in fact been on the table for 105 days now. the european union is ready, under the ratification process is ongoing. i have no doubt that it can be concluded on time. however, as we all know, the ratification has been more difficult on the uk side. this is why the commission's negotiator michel barnier and me personally have been working extremely hard over the past months to provide the additional reassurances the prime minister needs to get the deal over the finishing line. before the first meaningful vote in january, together with president tusk, i sent a letter sending out our agreement on the patrol agreement, in particular on the backstop under agreement on the future relationship. since then, the prime minister and myself have met very often, at least at the space of just one month. including in the desert. we task our negotiatio

at sea the court was of the opinion that the united kingdom's continue to administration of the shakers archipelago constitutes a wrongful act and tailing the international responsibility of that state that the united kingdom has an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the shake us archipelago as rapidly as possible and that all member states must cooperate with the united nations to complete the decolonization of marie. since respect for the right to self-determination is not a geisha in urga on is all states have a legal interest in protecting that rights the court found it considered that while it is for the general assembly to pronounce on the modalities required to ensure the completion of the decolonization of nourishes all member states must cooperate with the united nations to put those modalities into effect as regards the resettlement on the shakers archipelago of mauritian nationals including those of should go see an origin the court was of the view that this is an issue relating to the protection of the human rights of those concerned which should be addresse

by some estimates, the modern founder of the kingdom had 45 sons.one died, the next-oldest brother took his place. but nearly two years ago, king salman shook up this established ritual. after an interim choice, he installed as crown prince his 31-year-old son. >> saudi arabia has a new heir to the throne. >> a royal shakeup in the house of saud. >> mohammad bin salman, mbs, was an obscure young royal known to almost no one outside saudi arabia. now he is poised to succeed his ailing father and rule the kingdom for half a century if his health and the monarchy hold out. >> this is somebody with a great deal of ambition and who has the complete support and faith of his father. >> when mbs rocketed to power, he began to shake things up almost right away. the old saudi system seemed ancient. with senior royals running ministries like earls and dukes. mbs put an end to that, replacing princes with people loyal to him and amassing power personally. we've talked about his dramatic social reforms. >> a royal decree has been issued giving women the right to

by some estimates, the modern founder of the kingdom had 45 sons.next-oldest brother took his place. but nearly two years ago, king salman shook up this established ritual. after an interim choice, he installed as crown prince his 31-year-old son. >> saudi arabia has a new heir to the throne. >> a royal shakeup in the house of saud. >> maums, mbs, was an obscure young royal known to almost no one outside saudi arabia. now he is poised to succeed his ailing father and rule the kingdom for half a century if his health and the monarchy hold out. >> this is somebody with a great deal of ambition and who has the complete support and faith of his father. >> when mbs rocketed to power, he began to shake things up almost right away. the old saudi system seemed ancient. with senior royals running ministries like earls and dukes. mbs put an end to that, replacing princes with people loyal to him and amassing power personally. we've talked about his dramatic social reforms. >> a royal decree has been issued giving women the right to drive. >> and we've talked

membership of both the republic and the united kingdom to the european union it is what made possible the good friday agreement if the brits removed their part of the foundation they have to replace it with some so you're a sickly went to threaten ireland then or your message to dublin was worse don't want to hear that the e.u. whose interests are more important than yours know we are not just saying we are just saying that we ever responsibility for the single market island and united kingdom have a responsibility for the good friday agreement will do everything we can within the reach of the space of reason to support a good trade agreement but if one of the two parties sort of good president reagan breaks it what can we do what can we do and just to ram home your message to the irish you gave the example of the greek crisis where you said the e.u. do the whatever it took to keep the integrity of the manager and would do whatever it took interesting that you mention the example of greece because it's one of the great example of how the e.u. was willing to trash the economy of a memb

and i mean it is the responsibility of the united kingdom to stand by its word and what is not doing and what the extremists the extreme british are doing is basically we need seeing to the trade agreement a real saying you cannot want all the details here who are going to agree with you where to start again as we are i agree but we cannot defend it if one of the two parties to the good friday agreement doesn't give ireland a choice don't you good friday i mean the brits or the single mother the brits have to make of their mind whether they want to stand by an agreement an international agreement that they cite it is their responsibility you told an audience in dublin that if the government said to hell with the single market let's keep the good friday agreement any cost well they'll be twenty six other member states who won't see it that way exactly so you're opening up a huge rift between arland and the rest of the lawyers for it for again the two parties to the good friday agreement to decide what they want to do but the prime responsibility lies with the british government and th

by some estimates, the modern founder of the kingdom had 45 sons.ldest brother took his place. but nearly two years ago, king salman shook up this established ritual. after an interim choice, he installed as crown prince his 31-year-old son. >> saudi arabia has a new heir to the throne. >> a royal shakeup in the house of saud. >> mohammad bin salman, mbs, was an obscure young royal known to almost no one outside saudi arabia. now he is poised to succeed his ailing father and rule the kingdom for half a century if his health and the monarchy hold out. >> this is somebody with a great deal of ambition and who has the complete support and faith of his father. >> when mbs rocketed to power, he began to shake things up almost right away. the old saudi system seemed ancient. with senior royals running ministries like earls and dukes. mbs put an end to that, replacing princes with people loyal to him and amassing power personally. we've talked about his dramatic social reforms. >> a royal decree has been issued giving women the right to drive. >> and we've

the european union and the united kingdom have a joint responsibility. we have a deal on the table, which does do this. with all the agreements the european union and the government of the united kingdom agreed on have been on the table for 105 days now. the european union is ready and the process is ongoing. i have no doubt it can be concluded on time. however, as we all know,

and i mean it is the responsibility of the united kingdom to stand by its word and what is not doing and what the extremists the extreme british are doing is basically we need seeing the good friday agreement you cannot want all the details here who agreed with you whether as far as we can dream but we cannot defend it if one of the two parties to the good friday agreement doesn't give ireland a choice don't you good friday i mean the brits or the single mother. have to make of their minds whether they want to stand by an agreement an international agreement that they cite it is their responsibility you told an audience in dublin that if the irish government said to hell with the single market let's keep the good friday agreement any cost well they'll be twenty six other member states who won't see it that way exactly so you're opening up a huge rift between arlen the rest of the lawyers for it for again the two parties to the good friday agreement to decide what they want to do but the prime responsibility lies with the british government and the british parliament because they are

saudi activists are standing trial after campaigning for women's rights in the kingdom. and after a pause to allow civilians to flee the bargemen to buy sell spinal strongholds resumes. only sixteen days remain before the united kingdom is scheduled to leave the european union and the uncertainty surrounding brecht's it is only growing late on tuesday britain's parliament overwhelmingly rejected prime minister terry's amaze revised to draw deal it was the second crushing defeat for may's plan politicians about gathering for another day of debate and a vote on a possible no deal exit later on wednesday will begin with this report from the in london. oh it is to the right. two hundred. three hundred nineteen so the notion of a. heavy defeat for the withdrawal agreement this was in principle prime minister to resume even the previous meeting to vote still a result. struggling with a sore throat she told parliament it now faced tough decisions does it wish to revoke article fifty does it want to hold a second friend. was does it want does it want to leave with a deal but not

membership of both the republic and the united kingdom to the european union it is what made possible the good friday agreement if the brits removed their part of the foundation they have to replace it with some so if you were you here is if we went to threaten ireland then or your message to dublin was worse don't want to hear that the e.u. interests are more important than yours no we are not just saying we are just saying that we ever responsibility for the single market island and the united kingdom have a responsibility for the good friday agreement will do everything we can within the reach of the space of reason to support a good trade agreement but if one of the two parties to the good friday agreement breaks it what can we do what can we do and just to ram home your message to the irish you gave the example of the greek crisis where you said the e.u. dylan did whatever it took to keep the integrity of the manager and would do whatever it took interesting that you mention the example of greece because it's one of the great example of how the e.u. was willing to trash the econo

there are few democrats out there in the the kingdom.e more reform this saudi arabia in the past few years than took place in the previous decades. and yet it is also true he punishes descent, sometimes savagely. saudi elites will often tell visitors they need to understand that the saudi regime for all its flaws is more progressive and pro western than saudi society. the reality is saudi arabia today has not been its makeup of mode modern country. it can only move slowly. the most effective path forward for washington and the world would be to insist that khashoggi's death become a pressure point to press forward on reform. you see khashoggi's murder shows that limited openings done under an absolute dictatorship are not enough. saudi arabia needs to be governed by the rule of law, not the whims of one man if it is to truly move forward. it also needs to reign in its reckless foreign policy. for its own sake. ask for the sake of a middle east that's been driven by sectarian conflict that could last for generations. most of all, it needs

and eleven that we decided to have a a provisional government in exile established in the united kingdom simply because people in moroseness there were talking on our behalf and we didn't want to continue with that it should be said that you'll be boiled by the international court of justice finding in favor not just of malicious but also of the rates of self-determination of the jaegers islanders this court a found out that the right of self-determination is for the mauritians only the people of mauritius but the highland though they are and people who are talked in us to and this should have that right apart from the mauritian but it would be encouraged the the u.k. is ruinous has been dated by i think forty of the fifty judges and the international court of justice as something yeah that's true but there is nothing in it for us at all because this if the u.k. decide to give this back to us the czech question people will be the great losers in this situation so how do then you see the route forward for the community of to goes yes what i'm saying is that this government needs to do the

>> the school in pennsylvania, the kingdom school in pennsylvania, and the kingdom school in lakewood had the same principal. it was a brother from watch tower farms. his name was parkhurst. and shortly after kingdom school took off in jersey, he thought it would be nice for us to meet the students in the school in pennsylvania which had been in session long before ours had. and so on that occasion, i got a chance to meet lillian. >> well, at that point, if i would have early -- that would have been the early '40s. the gobitis case had already been decided. she was kind of notable. it was a gobitis. >> it was very exciting to meet her. even now, i feel so privileged to be between these two sisters who actually had the front row so to speak, in the battle, but i benefited because they stood firm and i'm so happy today to have this opportunity to get to know these two sisters and her mother that i met on that one occasion. >> what's your sense of what's going on here today? >> it's just beautiful. to have this opportunity to have this many people in the room and this representation of t

could be trapped if it is a question that the eu does not agree with the united kingdom to supersedereement. i am grateful to the right honourable gentleman for that question. let me deal with it one by one. first, my opinion has changed in connection with the ability of this country to prove bad faith. there is now a new contextual framework forjudging there is now a new contextual framework for judging whether the other party is using best endeavours oi’ other party is using best endeavours or good faith. the time has been made of the essence, and time has been made of the essence in the specific connection with the negotiating of alternative arrangements. a specific work track is set out, a specific timetable is set out. it would be unconscionable, asi set out. it would be unconscionable, as i say in my opinion, iforget set out. it would be unconscionable, as i say in my opinion, i forget the paragraph, but the right honourable gentleman will have it, unconscionable if, having said to this country, we will set up a specific discrete work track on alternative arrangements, which ar

treaty for the united kingdom to leave to resign may says the extension shouldn't be longer than three months she says she'll try for a third time to get her withdraw the are passed by the house of commons next wednesday if this fails may will seek more time at the delay could mean the u.k. has to take part in european parliament elections in may. well let's bring in our guest now in london is catherine mcbride senior economist in the international trading competition unit at the institute of economic affairs joining us sir via skype from chisinau more dover is down our car or bear quine associate professor at the school of law and government at dublin city university and in berlin we have john worth the european union affairs blogger and visiting lecturer at the college of europe in bruges welcome all three of you good to have you with us let me start with you catherine mcbride in london since you are where it is all happening to recent british prime minister it's recent may is is planning to get this withdrawal agreement. into parliament again on tuesday to try for a third time even

back to the united kingdom to see it taken over back to the united kingdom to see it ta ken over by backr by a soviet style leadership at central office. to be fairto you, leadership at central office. to be fair to you, you have been consistent in making these arguments over many, many years. i remember when william hague was the prime minister —— when william hague was the party leader. but a0 years ago there was a labour mp called reg prentice in london who fell out with his local party in london and he argued his position was undermined because activists wanted to constrain his ability to make the case and make the arguments. in the end, he left labour and joined the conservative party because he felt it was more tolerant. is there a danger that this campaign you will repeat the mistake that labour made in the early 80s when it tried to mandate its members of parliament and prevented them from exercising theirjudgment? no, i believe in representative democracy, i believe the member of parliament goes to parliament and exercises his own judgment but there is one ramification to that a

for example, providing a united kingdom lock on any new eu laws being added to the backstop.econd document is a joint statement supplementing the political declaration which outlines a number of commitments by the united kingdom and the european union, to enhance and expedite the process of negotiating and bringing into force the future relationship. for example, it makes reference to the possibility of provisional application. of such future agreement. and it sets out in detail how the specific negotiating track on alternative arrangements will operate. as i said, mr speaker, negotiations are continuing. in the government will provide an update to the house at the earliest opportunity should there be further changes. i would also completely understand that members on all sides of the house will want to have the opportunity to study the documents in detailand opportunity to study the documents in detail and analyse their import. clearly there will be the opportunity during the debate scheduled tomorrow. members will be able to question the prime minister or ministers, and see

stood on a manifesto in 2017, supporting that the united kingdom would leave the european union. he voted for article 50 which actually gave a date of march 29 to leave the european union he has betrayed the people of beaconsfield and the nation by continuously opposing and obstructing that decision from being implemented. it is perhaps you are witnessing the greatest betrayal of democracy in the history of the united kingdom. democracy is how you determine a process by which you determine a process by which you determine the will of the people. the will of the people was determined in the referendum in 2016 and to have it betrayed now is totally wrong. people are very upset about it. let mejust totally wrong. people are very upset about it. let me just play to you what brandon lewis, the chairman of the conservative party had to say when i asked him about this vote of no confidence in dominic grieve when he came in earlier. at the moment

third, alongside the joint instrument on the withdrawal agreement, the united kingdom government willtion that if the backstop comes into use and discussions on our future relationship breakdown, so that there is no prospect of subsequent agreement, it is the position of the united kingdom that there would be nothing to prevent the uk instigating measures that would ultimately despite the backstop. unilateral declarations are commonly used by state alongside the rear —— the ratification of treaties. the attorney general set out the meaning of thejoint attorney general set out the meaning of the joint instrument and unilateral declaration to parliament. tomorrow, the house of commons will debate improved deal that these legal changes have created. i will speak in more detail about them when i open that debate. mps were clear that legal changes we re mps were clear that legal changes were needed to the backstop. today were needed to the backstop. today we have secured legal changes. now is the time to come together, to back this improved brexit deal and to deliver on the instruction of

downing street >> young, charismatic, and optimistic, tony blair sweptow into p in the united kingdomending 18 years of conservative government. >> today, enough of talking. it is time now to do.p >> his leadersyle and move towards the political center often drew comparisons to what had happened on this side of the pond. >> he's seven years younger than si am and has no gray haii resent it. but there doesn't seem to be anything i can do about it. >> and he became the first ecbour prime minister to win three consecutive ons. >> i want to say this to the politicians and to the people of northern ireland. >> his time in officed by historic peace accords in northern ireland, humanitarian intervention in kosovo andsi ra leone, and a strengthened friendship with the united states.>> merica has no truer friend than great britain. [ applause ] >> blair even convinced britain to go to war in iraq... >> to retreat now, i believe,t would hazard all that we hold dearest. >> ...a decision that would tarnish his legacy. today, the globalism and centrism he chpioned are also tarnished, with far left

today should have been the day that the united kingdom left the european union.ng today is a matter of deep personal regret to me, but i remain committed to the united kingdom leaving the european union, and that is why i bought this motion to the house today. she said she knew it was a difficult day for all mps. at this historic moment for our country, it is right to put aside self and party... right to accept... interjections it is right to accept the responsibility given to us by the british people, and that is what i have done, mr speaker. i have said that i am prepared to leave this job earlier than i intended to secure the right outcome for our country. and when the division bell rings in a few moment's time, every one of us will have to look into our hearts and decide what is best for our constituents and for our country. but as we've seen, mps emphatically rejected that plea. that vote was the climax to a week that began with speculation about a cabinet coup, but the prime minister was still trying to save her deal. she invited some of her fiercest intern

when it comes to the libyan crisis with stress hay and the kingdom of saudi arabia stresses it's keen this on the unity of libya and then take gritty of its stellar pres and was appalled the united nations effort to reach a political solution that will be for the sake of their security and safety of the country and to put an end to the terrorism that is a threat to everything the kingdom of saudi arabia supports the efforts of fire sing terrorism and extremism own all levels and. all the terrorist acts against two mosques in new zealand so that's their importance has nothing to do with religion or certain location dear guests dear old guinn's the porter says. the aggression and the growth of policies of iran are flagger and violations to all principles and international agreements and the international community has to be our to it's a sponsibility to face these policies and to stop supporting terrorism and to force iran to supposed terrorism dear old years despite all the challenges facing our nation but still we are optimistic and we still hope of a brilliant future that we all knew

president made clear the kingdom is a priority that's why u.s. lawmakers are now asking questions about reports the trumpet ministration recently granted secret approvals to at least one u.s. company to sell nuclear power technology to saudi arabia the kingdom school is to reportedly build two nuclear power plants with the united states russia and south korea competing for the project the us department of energy is not confirming the deals in a statement to al-jazeera it said only that any action that's been taken is to protect a company's privacy but members of congress suspect otherwise after many in congress believe the truck administration last year failed to hold the highest levels of the saudi kingdom polluting the crown prince responsible for the murder. he was the washington post contributor murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul last october. given the saudi crown prince has stated publicly saudi arabia would pursue nuclear technology of iran did the same there are fears any transfer of technology could lead to a broader middle east

president made clear the kingdom is a priority that's why u.s. lawmakers are now asking questions about reports the trumpet ministration recently granted secret approvals to at least one u.s. company to sell nuclear power technology to saudi arabia the kingdom school is to reportedly build two nuclear power plants with the united states russia and south korea competing for the project the us department of energy is not confirming the deals in a statement to al-jazeera instead only that any action that's been taken is to protect a company's privacy but members of congress suspect otherwise after many in congress believe the truck administration last year failed to hold the highest levels of the saudi kingdom fluting the crown prince responsible for the murder. he was the washington post contributor murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul last october. given the saudi crown prince has stated publicly saudi arabia would pursue nuclear technology of iran did the same there are fears any transfer of technology could lead to a broader middle east a

mergers, united kingdom mergers? >> the argument about the u.k.f the big banks in the u.k., particularly royal bank of scotland is something that i was very involved in when i was in government. the government was a major shareholder. there are management teams of big global banks that have ambitions to be top-tier players and they find it difficult to cut losses. let's focus on our core competency. a kind of decisions that we will have to see. francine: how do banks cope with negative rates? >> a medley, you cannot transform the core business model in that environment. also at the same time, it is like the that the european macro outlook will come back anytime soon. this comes back on a strategic basis. francine: rupert harrison, think is so much. rupert harrison of blackrock stay with us. the third time's the charm. therese -- theresa may makes it desperate push. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ acts on, the government the democratic will of the ontish people and it acts the clear and convincing position of this house. a few minutes ago in brussels, the u

the united kingdom still wants to leave the european union and wants to do so in an orderly fashion if that is still the intention of the united kingdom then this treaty which we negotiated with the government of theresa may for a year and a half this treaty is and will remain the only available treaty so they you very much repeating what they've been saying for months now that that deal is the only deal on offer well the issue of a hard border between arlen the northern ireland which is known as the irish backstop has been a major stumbling block between the u.k. and the e.u. in dublin some feel british politicians have let down the public accusing them of being consumed by internal squabbles that there's largely a feeling that people feel really kind of sorry for the u.k. . and i think they're politicians of absolutely. they haven't informed people have brought them along to squabble to where i don't see leadership they don't see guidance i don't see education. self-absorption their own little squabbles but do they go back to the people. some people are saying what the merger of. tha

from the islands in the second part we examine the political and legal implications for the united kingdom standing condemned last month before the international court of justice and now you are facing a full united nations debate on the issue but first alex with your tweets your messages and e-mails before stop as i said and who makes a very interesting point she says happy true then to watch the sudden thirty m. and all we got was trump trump trump no mention of what happened to the ali so i'm unsure why as am i did actually not a suspicion knowing my relationship with the president of the united states that perhaps he'd broken off his talks with chairman kim to knock off the first broadcast edition of our show well knowing donald anything's possible. dr carr's says fantastic sure to make my son is half german from the east i believe scotland a germany of extremely strong ties i consider germany and my second home and seven anthea says very good short tonight alec as always should guess an interesting and informative keep up the good work well we intend to anthea and length illness and s

several saudi activists appear in court after campaigning for women's rights in the kingdom. six years in prison for the senior most german caplet cardinal convicted for child sex abuse. the united kingdom is only sixteen days away from its scheduled exit from the european union but the uncertainty surrounding brags it is only growing now on tuesday britain's parliament again overwhelmingly we're ject of prime minister tourism ace you would draw the deal two hundred forty two were for her proposal and three hundred ninety one or against it so what happens now well politicians are gathering once again and this time to vote on the possibility of the u.k. leaving the e.u. without a deal most m.p.'s are expected to vote against that motion and the government is known to have started making contingency plans for that scenario but he leaders say they have nothing more to or for and they are bracing for britain crashing out of the european union without a deal it could renew or. if the united kingdom still wants to leave the european union wants to do so in an orderly fashion if tha

as a whole is better than the united kingdom?uttingbecause they are the common good above their own individual good, if you know what i mean. host: let's go to illinois. john is next up. hello, john. good morning. caller: i read a lot of the problem over there is because of all the foreigners moving into the country, especially the muslims and all of europe. the police cannot even go to some places. thingssummer, -- the they are doing i am not even going to repeat. the thing in brussels -- brussels makes 75% to 80% of all the decisions. right in front of our own eyes, you can see this border situation, that is the global government thing. host: that is the reason the u.k. should leave? caller: a lot of thing about the e.u. is good, but the individual people, their cultures, they are destroying that. host: that is john in illinois. if you go to the lloyd website, they take a look at brexit when it comes to u.s. financial institutions. decisions by voters in the united kingdom to exit the european union was a surprising one. financ

president made clear the kingdom is a priority that's why u.s. lawmakers are now asking questions about reports the trumpet ministration recently granted secret approvals to at least one u.s. company to sell nuclear power technology to saudi arabia the kingdom school is to reportedly build two nuclear power plants with the united states russia and south korea competing for the project the us department of energy is not confirming the deals in a statement to al-jazeera instead only that any action that's been taken is to protect a company's privacy but members of congress suspect otherwise after many in congress believe the truck administration last year failed to hold the highest levels of the saudi kingdom clued in the crown prince responsible for the murder. he was the washington post contributor murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul last october. given the saudi crown prince has stated publicly saudi arabia would pursue nuclear technology of iran did the same there are fears any transfer of technology could lead to a broader middle east

ambassador to the kingdom of saudi arabia. i know you've all had an opportunity to review his resume. i know many of you have talked to him. i want to highlight his personal background and experience that i've seen firsthand. after graduating from west point, general abizaid began his distinguished army career in 1973 as an infantry platoon leader. he rose to the rank of four-star general and was the longest-serving commander of u.s. central command area of responsibility that at the time he commanded more than 4 million square miles from the horn of africa, the arabian peninsula, iraq, afghanistan, south and central asia. as he rose to the ranks he always kept his mind sharp. he achieved a master's degree in middle eastern studies from harvard university. a scholar at the university of jordan. after 34 years of service to his nation, he retired from the u.s. military in 2007 and is now a fellow at stanford university's hoover institution. in 2005 i was a major in the marine corps reserve recalled active duty to spend close to

reuters news agency which says the companies have actually requested the deals be kept secret the kingdom is planning to build two nuclear plants and russia south korea and the u.s. are all competing to strike a deal but there are concerns about fueling a nuclear arms race in the middle east kimberley hellcats keeping an eye on this story for us from washington d.c. based on what my one and i've been talking about already kimberly in the way that so many of these issues to do with the united states and saudi arabia are interwoven how can we weave this one in as well. well we can weave this in in that there is always a concern about transparency when it comes to the trump administration and its relationship with saudi arabia and this is been the concern not just around the world but also here in the united states particularly when it comes to the murder of jim. members of congress long felt that this administration did not fulfill its requirements of the global magnitsky act to get to the bottom of holding the highest levels of the saudi kingdom responsible for that killing they point to t

threats to national security for engaging with foreign entities and damaging the reputation of the kingdom and these charges carry a very hefty and long sentences prison sentences so there is a huge concern that they may be charged with these particular crimes this represents an escalation now in the kingdom where the authorities are treating women's rights activism and defending women's rights as a crime and so we call on the authorities to immediately release the peaceful activists and women's human rights defenders. the rights of the taleban say they have made progress in their latest round of talks the sixteen day meeting ended without a deal in doha on tuesday but they say a draft agreement has been reached on foreign troop withdrawal and not allowing fighters to operate inside afghanistan earlier we spoke to the former afghan president hamid karzai and he says the time is right for the government and the taliban to engage. well come the talks between the united states and the taliban and hope. we will have lasting peace in afghanistan. and the sooner the better even right now an end

the rection that you led it, culminating, finally, in the brexit referendum, in which the united kingdomill sever its relationship with the e.u. where were you on june 23, 2016? >> i was in londonwatching it. >> and you were, obviously, a strong supporter of the remain campaign. were you as surprised by the results of that referendum as u were by the results of the u.s. presidential election several months laterwhen donald trump defeated hillary clinton? >> yeah, i was. i was surprised in both cases. >> even thoughou had seen many of the same forces rear their head in your country. >> you know, when i ok back on it, i think, "no. you should have realized this was coming." but i didn't. [ chuckles ] >> the work you're doing now inf the fielentrism and revitalizing the center really can't be delved into until we understandhe forces on the other side of it. so how do you define populism? >> so, populism, to me, is taking an issue that's a genuin concd exploiting it in order to create division, political enmity between people. so, i've always said to people, if you want to defeat populists,

i continue to believe that by far the best is the united kingdom least the european union and orderly fashion with. the second blow in a row britain's parliament rejects the reason maze new divorce agreement from the e.u. with a no deal vote coming on wednesday. two decades after the violent conflict named the troubles in northern ireland ended fears of return of the irish republican army could leave behind a string of bomb for across the united kingdom. u.s. diplomats out of venezuela gives american officials seventy two hours to leave the country while the u.s. backed opposition leader one receives all forty to declare a state of emergency in the ukraine the country from the national assembly and caracas. and so our teams are asked to live from moscow on down or hawkins wherever you are tonight thanks for joining us this hour. of breaking news this hour coming in from london where m.p.'s have cast their ballots in westminster rejecting the to reason maser just didn't divorce agreement from the e.u. by a margin of one hundred forty nine votes this marks another crushing defeat for th

citizens in the united kingdom of u.k. citizen selves wet in the e.u. delivered by the deal the implementation period that the animal lady has just referred to to give everybody especially business is the time to adjust and to eliminate a cliff edge when we leave that's to live by the deal implementation period the full control of the taxpayers' money that comes from ending vast annual membership papers to the e.u. delivered by the deal the end to free movement and its replacement with the skills based immigration system delivered by the deal at the end of the c j jurisdiction in the u.k. the end of the common agricultural policy for farmers and to the common fisheries policy for all coastal communities all of these are delivered by the deal the closest this moment closest possible economic relationship with our neighbors neighbors outside the single market in the customs union without business is able to trade freely without any terrorists quotas all rules of origin checks protection for the. just in time supply chains that provide the livelihoods of m

with them, and never against the government of the united kingdom.f citizens, of business and of all stakeholders on both sides of the channel. and on both sides of the irish sea. let me just channel. and on both sides of the irish sea. let mejust remind channel. and on both sides of the irish sea. let me just remind you channel. and on both sides of the irish sea. let mejust remind you of one point, ladies and gentlemen, and i want to remind you all of this. if the united kingdom still wants to leave the european union and want to do so... if that is still the intention of the united kingdom, then this treaty, which we negotiated with the government of theresa may for a year and a half, this treaty is and will remain, the only available treaty. i want eve ryo ne only available treaty. i want everyone to understand that fully. and we, alongside this treaty, have done an awful lot of work with the uk government over the past few days to explain, to clarify, to guarantee things through documents that we have agreed on, that we agreed on here in the ver

it is a decision of the british people to make, the people of the united kingdom. and they, of course, have made it. they have decided to stand on their own. we should stand with them, just as they have stood beside us in conflict after conflict, in cause after cause, defending the dignity of the immortal human soul and the cause of freedom throughout the world. others have claimed that the point of this measure is somehow to lambaste the e.u. but this, too, badly misses the point, which is simply to preserve a unique and important alliance and to promote america's interests in the world. finally, some have suggested that this resolution that i want to propose and call up and pass before this body did not go through the finance committee. first of all, this is not a complicated resolution. it's simple. it's a straightforward two-page resolution declaring the sense of the senate that, number one, the united states has and should have a close, mutually beneficial trading relationship with the united kingdom without interruption, and second, that the president, with s

the united kingdom may be leaving our union, but it will not be leaving our hearts and mind.d together by common history and geography, our personal ties, friendships, relationships run deep, and this will never change. it is with this in mind that i hope and trust that today's mini for reinsurance use will be minimal enough for the meaningful vote tomorrow. let's not bring this withdrawal to a good. we owe it to history. after much 17, we have been negotiating to to find an agreement which we are bound to take. but it is still a sad day for the european union, but in democracy, we need to respect the choice of the people. today's agreement is there to prove it. thank you. last november, after two years of hard—fought negotiations, i'll agree to brexit deal with the eu that i passionately believed delivers on the decision taken by the british people to leave the european union. over the last four months, i had made the case for that deal in westminster and across the uk. i stand by what that deal achieves for my country. it means we regain control of a loss, by ending the jur

for these reforms mothers grandmothers retired professes they were all accused of undermining the kingdom security civility and national unity demonized on state media and branded as traitors. a number of them were arrested and saudi prosecutors a putting four women and five men on trial there's been an international outcry and to campaign for their release rights groups say some of the women have been tortured in secret prisons some were allegedly caned or electrocuted others sexually assaulted though jane and her family accuse south qahtani the former adviser to the crown prince of supervising her torture the saudi government rejects the allegations and says the detainees enjoy all rights preserved by the laws of the kingdom but the spotlight is again being focused on saudi arabia's human rights record i could impress on on the saudi government and frankly royal court it is simply not worth it to keep these women in prison and they certainly do not deserve to be there those women are innocent and they've done nothing but try to highlight an anon an unnecessary and frankly medieval inter

and religious clerics remain in saudi prisons where the saudi kingdom continues to promote what it sees as its reform agenda its attempts to modernize saudi arabia for him home it al-jazeera has president his former advisor steve bannon is helping set up an academy for all right leaders in italy and has praised italy's populist government for its nationalist agenda and is hoping more countries will follow its example most on a go reports from pardo some residents are unhappy their town will host the next generation of all right leaders for more than eight hundred years the truce will teach how to house more history in college park dollar has been a place of quiet contemplation these days the last of the remaining monks is retired i did is no longer so he dedicated to a theory of pursuits a new resident has moved in with a more worldly plans in mind benjamin hahn well the founder of the did he taught his human institute or d.h. i want to transform it into a right wing populist recruiting ground. the first project is the car no martin academy for human dignity which will promote catholic