andrew says that malta has escaped scrutiny from the european institutions for far too long. the response from the european commission on more to offer example was much weaker than the response towards ward's hungary and there are many reasons for this the first is that hungary governments are less sophisticated in the rhetoric they're more conservative they target minorities sexual minorities ethnic minorities refugees the movies government is more sophisticated than the other fields if it somehow sticks to. european refugee policy liberal rhetoric then into the scape much of the scrutiny that's directed towards the eastern european countries if you look at the smallest member states get away with this level of impunity this level of institutional failure and he said you're sending an extremely negative example to larger member states which might be tempted to stretch the limits of acceptable behavior within the. call to action there to protect journalists freedom from the son of daphne cohen of the other murder journalists in malta where they get a quick check now some othe

the response from the european commission on malta off for example was much we in the response towards. and there are many reasons for this the first is that. the governments are less sophisticated in the rhetoric they're more conservative they target minorities sexual minorities ethnic minority is refugees the multis government is more sophisticated in those other foods if it somehow sticks through. european refugee policy liberal rhetoric then into the scape of the scrutiny that's directed towards central and eastern european countries if you let the smallest member states get away with this level of impunity this level of institutional failure and he said you're sending an extremely negative example to larger member states which might be tempted to stretch the limits of acceptable behavior within the european union and that was definitely the lead see a son andrew there speaking about the political environment following the murder of his mother here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a rally on the greek island of lesbos to say that it's of vi

what happens happens in other countries they come back and they say actually i want my country to malta noise. yes it did the visuals of the irish people from abroad to most far away is bangkok and south california australia coming out to vote in favor of concerts around the very powerful in the last forty eight hours i was taking in concord with the other events was a major factor in how people saw young women in point plano were coming in saying we're voting in this i don't see an enormous indorsement from her she would last so i think it's a rare example competing and behind an issue and a proposal that for years was completely to ruin where and how does this play into the debates about abortion about women's rights where you are in the united states because we have a u.s. president donald trump now who occasionally goes to that issue and that's still a hot issue on the table and people are talking about it you know it's a very different system the energy dependent supreme court is not avoiding people but you're only one judge away from potentially overturning roe v wade on the ameri

more residents are rescued from their homes in hawaii as malta lather continues to pour from the ground the eruption of the kilauea volcano. —— molten lava. hello and welcome to the programme. prince harry and meghan markle have been attending an evening reception for family and friends in windsor, following their wedding earlier in the day. the ceremony in st george's chapel was attended by 600 guests, but was watched by a global tv audience of hundreds of millions. the bride's wedding dress was the focus of attention for many. i know those of you who missed it are chomping at the bit to catch up and those who watched it are salivating at the prospect of more. so here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell with all the key moments. on a day which could scarcely have been better, an american bride came to windsor castle for a very british occasion. in sparkling sunshine, huge crowds lining the long walk watched and cheered as the motorcade brought meghan markle to her wedding. in the car, meghan and her mother, doria ragland. within the castle grounds, the groom, harry, and best ma

yes certainly so i mean as you as you've probably discussed before like malta is making a big push to create to you know sort of encourage a lot of talent global talent in the crypto world to come to malta and set up shop there and yes wyoming state you read on that it's interesting how it tends to be these you know states that you had since that state so so she did with the cheney's but but you know interesting things can still happen at the grassroots level there and yes i'm i am one of the things i wrote about in the series is how i think. the interesting thing is when the u.s. dollar loses its reserve status it with dominance like say that it's today. we have free market currencies now and so it's not just nation states versus nation states in a currency wars we're also going to have nation states versus free market currents but these free market currencies are here to stay and yes i agree i think i think states regions countries that are opportunistic and jump at the opportunity will get the smartest town in the world flowing to their shores so full of political love all states a

yes certainly so i mean as you as you've probably discussed before like malta is making a big push to create to you know sort of encourage a lot of the talent global talent in the crypto world to come to malta and set up shop there and yes wyoming state you read on that it's interesting how it tends to be these you know states that you had since that's the it's so so she did with the cheney's but but you know interesting things can still happen at the grassroots level there and yes i'm i am one of the things i wrote about in the series is how i think. the interesting thing is when the u.s. dollar loses its reserve status it with dominance like say that it's today. we have free market currencies now and so it's not just nation states versus nation states in a currency wars we're also going to have nation states versus free market currents but these free market currencies are here to stay and yes i agree i think i think states regions countries that are opportunistic and jump at the opportunity will get the smartest town in the world flowing to their shores so polo political love all st

and there's a second case the murder of journalist duff nicolaides here in malta do you see similarities. yes cryptic also yes a lot of similarities because there. just like. there were connections all the way up to the government that at least knew contact people who were behind the alleged killers. the alleged killers are currently on trial and it appears some of the accused allegedly had contacts to the highest government circles until shortly before the murder. at the same time the maltese prime minister had repeatedly made the raga terry statements about daphne. in the off and get this off so there is a parallel at this level and another politically speaking is the fact that the e.u. is responding just as helplessly as it is to slovakia that is described in the problems very generally but not really naming those responsible in the end that is what exercise is influence. so i'm just for clarity because people often women things important to them you have a very personal relationship to south america you started in chile lived and worked in ecuador how are working conditions for journ

and mercedes and on the other hand also china shows how malta the lateral is ms down. of course this is a time of tariffs of course many people are reeling right now in the business community about the u.s. possibly levying twenty five percent tariffs on car imports now because they consider it a strategic sector but. of course chancellor merkel has a business delegation with her on this trip as she has on her previous visits and this is about she's been there about a dozen times as chancellor this is their first visit now and are in this new legislative period what do german companies who are with my call sitting on that plane and talking to their counterparts in china what do german companies want in china and from china is very simple they want easier market access they warned the restrictions lifted that are currently in place on if you want to access the chinese market you have to do it via joint ventures in china otherwise you pay the high tariffs and they want more assurance as we've got in property theft because at the moment for example if you're a startup in

and allow terminations through the first trimester of the pregnancy there are three exceptions in malta terminations are completely illegal poland has a near total abortion ban in place women there can only terminate a pregnancy if they have been raped or their life or the fetus is life is in danger currently in ireland meanwhile the only legal case for an abortion is if a pregnant woman is her life is a risk irish women are however free to travel to other countries to access abortion services and as a result an average of eleven women travel every day from ireland to england and wales to terminate their pregnancies there d.w. met one of them. a loving mother that's what jennifer ryan always hoped to be six years ago she was pregnant for the second time it seemed like a normal pregnancy until a routine scan in the twenty second week brought jennifer's world crashing down she can still remember the doctors the exact words. oh no she was. your baby has a lot of problems and she has a very severe form of spinal bifida starting up around her shoulder blades and she won't be able to survive

restrictive abortion laws anywhere in europe by poland which only allows terminations in rare cases and in malta abortions are completely banned in the barca has the latest from the irish capital dublin. an early exit poll by the irish times repeated by other news agencies including reuters puts the results as follows sixty eight percent in favor of repealing the eighth amendment of the irish constitution thirty two percent in favor of keeping it in place the early exit polls seem to indicate a landslide win for the yes vote in some areas turnout was as high as sixty percent certain points during the day was much higher than in other previous votes including the last general election and including the last major referendum on same sex marriage back in two thousand and fifteen what we're seeing here appears to be a nation at a crossroads a nation that is prepared to embrace change a nation that is reevaluated women's rights and is prepared also to bring in changes to bring ireland more into line with the rest of the european union the official count begins at nine o'clock in the morning local tim

restrictive abortion laws in europe matched by poland which only allows terminations in rare cases and in malta abortions are completely banned. i just think the odds of all of a really great news are really. going to change a lot of a lot of things or even leave the room and say no it is this is i know i said we really need right you know this is the known i know somebody more unites the complicated issue but i do think it's you know women should be allowed to choose you know a lot of irish women historically have gone abroad to have abortions and it's a fact of life that people have abortions so i think it's only right that it should be allowed. so you have not to leave because you have abortions i was ecstatic because it was such a it could have been such a close call and i think a lot of us were expecting and now out to see that it would. seem to me like a pretty enthusiastic yes that was amazing. the latest from an historic day of voting in the irish capital dublin an early exit poll by the irish times repeated by other news agencies including reuters that puts the results as follows sixty

three then pull with them some of the strictest support laws in europe comparable only to poland and malta according to early exit polls conducted by r.t.e. the national broadcaster and the irish times the figures put the yes side of the debate at roughly around the seventy percent no the around the thirty percent of people here are really trying to sort of understand how a vote of this scale results of this scale was such a disparity is even possible in some parts of the country they do seem that they may need to conduct recounts where they had assumed that it might be very close indeed he said they were expecting the official results towards the mid afternoon local time here in ireland he would doubly know this count probably in a couple of hours time will know exactly how the capital voted an early exit poll here though suggested that as many as seventy seven percent of voters back yes. how is this turnaround being explained there. well people still trying to work it out themselves on the one hand i spoke to the chief of amnesty international here colm o'gorman a short while ago and he

would like to welcome you to abu dhabi which is my home for the past seven years i'm originally from maltaand i'm happy to be showing you some of the best highlights the city has to offer. this is one of the best beaches we have here in abu dhabi the thai kilometer stretch of beach something which i really enjoy here is you come to the beach as a backdrop you have all of those skyscrapers behind you so you can get a feeling of both nature and the greatness of my career. i love living in abu dhabi for the security is gives me a bottle or so the mix of traditional and modern which tend to balance off each other in a very nice way only in the city of upper darby we have over three thousand one to . the people here although having all of the modern luxuries still turn back to their traditional values following the up push your religion which is now. going. to die. in such a cosmopolitan city the vegetable the molecules takes you back to what life. are you on about here or written that is very. people to live a very normal life. this is our hobby. the doll being the traditional boat which also

gaza border and it raised a few questions we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in malta mexico russia and slovakia and the apparent assassination of a b.b.c. passionate reporter in afghanistan on monday would you also condemn the recent deaths of journalists and also in the gaza strip i don't have and i don't have all the details of the investigation but i will say you know we always are saddened by the loss of life and that israel does have a right to defend itself. well last month two palestinian journalists were killed by israeli defense forces while reporting on protests in gaza both were reportedly shorts with a live ammunition while wearing vests and helmets identifying them as members of the press the u.s. state department says the incidents in gaza should be investigated by israel however washington has taken a very different approach on the recent test a geisha into the alleged chemical attack in syria when the u.s. launched as strikes on the country before in any official probe had taken place journalist dave lindorff believes the u.s. is acting with double sta

gaza border and it raised a few questions we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in malta mexico russia and slovakia and the apparent assassination of a b.b.c. passionate reporter in afghanistan on monday would you also condemn the recent deaths of journalists and also in the gaza strip i don't have one i don't have all the details of an investigation but i will say you know we always are saddened by the loss of life and that israel does have a right to defend itself. last month two palestinian journalists were killed by israeli defense forces while reporting on protests in gaza both were reportedly short with the live ammunition while wearing vests and helmets identifying them as members of the press the u.s. state department says the incidents in gaza should be investigated by israel however washington has taken a different approach on the recent investigation into the alleged chemical attack in syria when the u.s. launched air strikes on the country before any official probe taken place journalist dave lindorff believes the u.s. is acting with double standards. the unit

dakar is the founder of malta team an initiative to protect drinking water. we're going to go all over the you know where it was so i remember this river being a place of joy and relaxation we came here to swim and so i find it deeply shocking to see how it is now i can't stand it you will go to jostle. bridges in for talk are barely serve a purpose these days but the water hasn't disappeared. it's hidden away in the avocado plantations nearby thousands of hectares of these water guzzling fruits are grown for export including to europe. while at the same time many people get their water brought in on trucks at the expense of the tax plan. including those who have been farmers their entire lives and had enough water. like zoya like iraq's. only my prickly pear plant has survived. which barely needs any water. until a few years or so and there's pride and joy was here just behind our house. boat about how i thought i knew about. any of my avocado trees were down there three hundred of them. all of them dried up. and i also had plans a pretty hard stop polson to

in malta, terminations are completely banned. poland has in your-total abortion ban in place.omen there can terminate a pregnancy in cases of rape, fatal fetal abnormalities, or if the wi mother is in danger. in ireland, the current case for a legal abortion is only if the woman's life is at risk. irish women are free to travel to other countries for abortion services. as a result an average of 11 women travel everyday to ireland, -- travel to england and wales to terminate their pregnancies. we met with one of them. reporter: a loving mother, that is what jennifer ryan always hoped to be. six years ago she was pregnant for the second time. it seemed like a normal pregnancy, until a routine scan in the 22nd week brought jennifer's world crashing down. she can still remember the doctor's exact words. >> your baby has a lot of problems, and she has a very severe form of spina bifida. it started around her shoulder blades, and she won't be able to survive. on top of that, she has no kidneys, and the spina bifida has caused a lot of damage to her brain. your baby is incompatible w

moscow to moscow region carrying on tracing photographs of their loved ones of their family members to malta and many of whom died. in the great painter or to more items here in russia many russians were affected by this pretty much every family had ancestors that had some contribution my great grandmother was a military surgeon at the time head to the battle of moscow my great grandfather fought and died in stalin grabbed one of the key battles of course this year is the anniversary of the battle as well as the centenary of the founding of the red army as much as this a balance of being a showcase of military hardware all the military strength ultimately this is a very hostile a very somber very touchy topic for now for the russians and the veterans of course here all the main heroes of the whole thing there's fewer and fewer of them sadly every single year but they're the ones that take the place of all or all movie i've been established here troubling years of the lives of millions of jena stories just a drop of which we've managed to encompass in our reports this is the story of one lady

forces are a breach of the geneva conventions we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in malta mexico russia and slovakia and the apparent assassination of a b.b.c. passionate reporter in afghanistan on monday would you also condemn the recent deaths of journalists in the gaza strip i don't have one i don't have all the details of the investigation but i will say you know we always are saddened by the loss of life and that israel does have a right to defend itself is really state's attorneys responded to concerns from the u.n. and human rights groups by saying not protests on the gaza border fall into the state of war category so that human rights laws do not apply to the i.d.f. troops often gauge meant. the u.s. state department say the incidents in gaza should be investigated by israel however washington has taken a different approach to the recent probe into the alleged chemical attack in syria when the us launched air strikes on the country before any official probe had taken place journalist dave lindorff believes we're seeing a case in the united states this is really usi

allow terminations through the first trimester of the pregnancy there are three exceptions however in malta terminations are completely illegal poland has a near total abortion ban in place women there can only terminate a pregnancy if they have been raped or their life for the life of the fetus is in danger currently in ireland the only legal case for an abortion is if a pregnant woman's life is at risk irish women are however free to travel to other countries to access abortion services as a result an average of eleven women travel every day from ireland to england and wales to terminate their pregnancies there we met one of them. a loving mother that's what jennifer ryan always hoped to be six years ago she was pregnant for the second time it seemed like a normal pregnancy until a routine scan in the twenty second week brought jennifer as well as crushing down she can still remember the doctor's exact words. i think your baby has a lot of problems and she has a very severe form a spinal bifida starting over under shelter plates and she won't be able to survive without us and on top of th

a catholic country, we are an outlier in terms of our abortion access but we are quite similar to maltaich also has the same cultural and historical context. there is also the fact we are a post—colonial nations so traditionally they find their own identity in different ways from the coloniser, and our difference was that we are a catholic country so there was a long history of self identification with the catholic nation as part of what it meant to be irish. that identification and that level of, i think, probably control by the catholic church has been slipping away gradually over the last 20 or 30 years, we've seen it in the referendums of the 1990s, such as the 1995 divorce referendum which allows irish citizens to divorce for the first time and we also saw it in 1992, which was the referendum around a 14—year—old girl who had been raped and made pregnant and whose parents wanted to take her to the uk for access to an abortion. the attorney general at the time, because of the existing constitutional amendment passed in 1983, considered this illegal at the time and attempted to preve

gaza border and it raised a few questions we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in malta mexico russia and slovakia and the apparent assassination of a b.b.c. passionate reporter in afghanistan on monday would you also condemn the recent deaths of journalists and also in the gaza strip i don't have one i don't have all the details of an investigation but i will say you know we always are saddened by the loss of life and that israel does have a right to defend itself. last month two palestinian journalists were killed by israeli defense forces while the porting on protests in gaza both were reportedly shot with live ammunition and while wearing a high visit and helmets the u.s. state department says the incident saying guns are should be investigated by israel however washington has taken a different approach on the recent investigation into the alleged chemical attack in syria when the u.s. launched as strikes on the country before any official probe partaken place generalists dave lindorff believes the u.s. is acting with double standards. the united states is really usi

netherlands round up the top three but he europe passing the state this decline in the regional rankings malta is now ranked sixty fifth. down by eighteen points and slovakia twenty seventh down by ten and both countries high profile journalists were recently murdered the u.s. has slipped two places to forty fifth the report partly blames what it calls violent rhetoric from president trump myanmar which is full stop hundreds of thousands of revenge or has also slipped it's now ranked one hundred thirty seventh with the government's intensifying arrests and prosecutions of journalists the middle east and north africa has been rated the worst region for journalists rights groups have reported an unparalleled crackdown on egypt's media in recent years among those in jail al jazeera journalist mark will hussein has been in prison for nearly five hundred days without charge and the the bottom of the list box syria and yemen will bring in our guests in a moment but first this report from the home of the sea on what it's like to be a journalist in yemen. yemen is a country that's been torn apart by w

and more residents have been rescued from homes in hawaii as malta lather paul's from the kilauea volcano—— molten lava. helicopters were sent to deep big island as explosions sent love are hundreds of metres into the sky. —— lava. now on bbc news it's time for dateline london. hello, and a warm welcome to dateline london. journalists from across london jonassen. israel celebrates its 70th birthday while its troops clash with palestinian protesters. kim jong—un delves into all of north korea's playbook. let's begin with the marriage of prince harry to meghan markle. she made her name on the us tv legal drama suits. she is bringing more than just glamour to the firm. carefully choreographed series of announcements are the palace this week were displaced by discussions of her father. in the end, that was resolved with charles, prince of wales, doing the honours. how much hoped eu rest on the ability of meghan markle and all she represents to introduce some element of change to introduce some element of change to britain's monarchy, to the house of windsor? it never changes. it a lwa ys of w

we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in malta mexico russia and slovakia and the apparent assassination of a b.b.c. pascha reporter in afghanistan on monday would you also condemn the recent deaths of journalists and also in the gaza strip i don't have and i don't have all the details of an investigation but i will say you know we always are saddened by the loss of life and that israel does have a right to defend itself. last month two palestinian journalists were killed by israeli defense forces while reporting on protests in gaza both were reportedly shot with live ammunition while wearing at vests and helmets site then to find them members of the press the u.s. state department say the incidents in gaza should be investigated by israel however washington has taken a different approach to the recent probe into the alleged chemical attack in syria when the u.s. launched air strikes on the country before any official probe had taken place journalist dave lindorff believes we're seeing a case of double standards. the united states is really using doubletalk here they they k

on serves one to the present but this campaign is in stark contrast to the white spread practice of malta by indian elections reports a authorities in karnataka have already seized huge amounts of cash alcohol salaries even pressure cookers aim to sway voters to support certain candidates. most of the handouts adult out in low income neighborhoods. this woman said a major political party came with clothing penned the word the party's representatives came and gave saris for all the women they were distributed by local leader we all know very well election times they'll come down as there's a moment of money to the peoples for the meetings and then messing about but. it's an issue that election officials are all too familiar with son is in charge of guaranteeing free and fair elections in karnataka. and raising awareness that offering money for votes is illegal he says his officials have already confiscated more than four hundred sixty million rupees on the early six million euros in cash meant to bribe voters that's four times more than in the previous election at present throughout the st

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gaza border and it raised a few questions we urge accountability for the murder of journalists in malta mexico russia and slovakia and the apparent assassination of a b.b.c. passionate reporter in afghanistan on monday would you also condemn the recent deaths of journalists passing a journalist in the gaza strip i don't have one i don't have all the details of an investigation but i will say you know we always are saddened look by the loss of life and that israel does have a right to defend itself. last month two palestinian journalists were killed by israeli defense forces while reporting on protests in gaza and both were reportedly short with live ammunition while wearing vests and helmets identifying them as members of the press the u.s. state department says the incidents in gaza should be investigated by israel however washington has taken a very different approach on the recent investigation into the alleged chemical attack in syria when the u.s. launched air strikes on the country before any official post taken place generalist dave lindorff believes the u.s. is acting with doubl

restrictive abortion laws in europe only matched by poland which allows terminations in some cases and malta where it's completely banned eve barker reports from dublin. irish people have been given an important choice in a highly contentious referendum ahead of the vote come painters from both sides of the argument took the debate to the people islands voting on whether to repeal the eighth amendment of the country's constitution that all but by arms abortion the law says that the life of a mother and of born fetus are equal abortions only allowed if there is a serious risk to the bombers life not in cases of rape incest or serious optimality those that break the law or face a maximum fourteen year prison sentence. is a doctor she's voting yes to repeal the eighth amendment she was pregnant with her third child when things started to go wrong we discovered that our baby had a condition called. the top half of his head had never formed so there was nothing about his brain. that. would have to carry the child to full term possibly another twenty weeks she travel to liverpool in the u.k. for a

only malta has more restrictive laws of the moment.tries. people travel, they watch the news, they are informed about what's going on in other countries. they want to see change, and i want to see that their politicians and people in society are behind this. you wouldn't want to travel to another country to avail of what is part of your human rights, what is the choice of every human being deserves to have. it is not that there will be abortion on the large scale now in ireland at all, but 170,000 people had to travel to the uk due to this ban. now women have the choice. thank you very much for talking to us. our apologies for the break—up in the sound better. i hope you could make out most of what he said. all the latest on the referendum result, go to our website for analysis and all the results. and we'll find out how this story and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the journalist and broadcaster, penny smith, and the women's editor

in europe, only malta and poland have similar bans. ireland has leaned more liberal in the past few decades, while the rate of catholicism has declined. divorce was legalized in 1995, gay marriage in 2015. ahead of yesterday's vote, the catholic church in ireland encouraged its followers to keep the right to life in the constitution. but critics say the church's moral authority has weakened after a series of child abuse scandals. since 1981, the number of practicing catholics have dropped by around 15%. >> would you like some information on a yes vote? >> reporter: campaigning ahead of friday's referendum was often divisive and there was concern over foreign influence after recent revelations of meddling in the u.s. election. in an unprecedented move earlier this month, facebook and google banned all online ads from campaign groups outside ireland. but ultimately this was a uniquely irish vote, fueled by reform. in some areas, turnout was 70%. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, dublin. >> ninan: the teacher who stopped a teenage shooter at

restrictive abortion laws in europe matched by poland which only allows terminations in rare cases in malta abortions are completely banned police in canada are searching for most of after a bomb explosion in an indian restaurant fifteen diners were injured three seriously in the city of mississauga near toronto to take his are starting security camera video of two men entering the restaurant with their faces covered to be transported fifteen. c. . as mysteriously as patients went to trial so. that they would be consistent with an explosion i don't have specifics of the system but actions that we've. done a lack has more from toronto. this was at a busy and popular a south asian indian restaurant called bombay bell in mississauga city adjacent to toronto it's city with a significant south asian population a city of around a million people police say it was about ten thirty in the evening local time and two males entered the restaurant appearing at to be dressed quite normally understand three but their faces were covered the photo they released isn't very distinctive in the descriptions are

in europe, only malta and poland have similar laws. ( cheers and applause ) among those casting theirlots, thousands of returning ex-pats, like siorsie lowry, who flew in from new york. >> i knew i had to spend this money that i didn't have. >> reporter: ireland banned abortion in 1983, but support has waned as the country has grown more liberal, legalizing divorce in 1985 and gay marriage in 2015. >> ireland definitely is a beacon for the rest of the world. >> reporter: american emily faulkner flew in not to vote but to join the anti-abortion rights campaign. roe v. wade legalized abortion in 1973. you would like to reverse that. are you worried that legalizing abortion here in ireland will hurt your efforts? >> i will never stop the fight. we'll just fight harder over abortion. >> reporter: there has been concern over foreign influence on the vote after revelations of meddling in the u.s. election. earlier this month, facebook and google banned all ads from campaign groups outside ireland. today's vote is being characterized as a referendum on the future direction of the nation. in