mariano rajoy not just, but a growing sense -- not just since that it is just mariano rajoy, but thee party. mariano rajoy denies wrongdoing. pb, itse that for the may be the end of the journey. mark: take us through the calendar. what happens next week given the opposition wants a no-confidence motion? can they unite? what is the process over the next week? >> it is complicated. options, some say we want a vote of no-confidence to get rid of mariano rajoy. create a new government with new elections. the liberals have -- who have rocketed in polls. they said, we do not want a confidence vote but elections. we want mariano rajoy to call them now and if he does not, we may say a vote of no confidence is needed. monday, we will get a sense of what they want to do. they had always provided backup for mariano rajoy and today there was a breakout point when a call for new elections. vonnie: they need to decide on the next leader before they can get rid of rajoy. >> in spain, if you want to get rid of a prime minister, you have to put in a candidate, why the socialist party wanted to do thi

s are likely to vote against the prime minister mariano rajoy forcing him out of office m.p.'s have been debating a no confidence motion against mr hoyer after twenty nine people linked to his ruling people's party was jailed for corruption the main opposition says his policy is leading the charge it says he's lost credibility a court ruled that former people's party officials took bribes to fund election campaigns in exchange for lucrative public contracts. denmark is banning the wearing of full face veils in public from august their months justice minister has said the veil is incompatible with danish valley's women wearing burkas on nickels in public spaces will face fines france austria and belgium already implement similar laws u.n. agencies are appealing for urgent funding to help five and a half million syrian refugees the agencies warn the services will soon be cut unless there's a significant boost in the aid programs rail madrid zealot in sudan has quit the european champions after winning a third straight champions league title the frenchman cooled a surprise news c

oh political crisis in spain as well the prime minister mariano rajoy is expected to be toppled as leader in a no confidence motion set for friday while his party is struggle to restore trust after it was implicated in a major corruption scandal nieve baka reports from madrid. defending his leadership prime minister mariano rajoy arrived at parliament where a possible no confidence vote against him and his people's party is looming the motions being brought by the opposition socialist party leader pedro sanchez the motion calls for sanchez to replace the whole way as prime minister but if you're a boy are you going to resign mr a horny or are you going to keep clinging to the position weakening democracy and weakening and appreciating the quality of the government institution the motion follows the jailing of twenty nine high ranking members of the party for illegally financing campaigns in the one nine hundred ninety s. and early two thousand. became the first prime minister in office to give evidence in a trial last year. former people's party treasurer lewis was among those convicted o

and the parliament of spain debating whether or not to get rid of the prime minister mariano rajoy.ime now for our bususiness upde with stephphen carroll. you don't want a new job as the coach of madrid, do you? [laughter] let's stick to business. you aree going to start with the renewed trade tensions between the u.s. and the eu. reporter: the u.s. was planning iffs onoduce tar imported eu steel and aluminum as of tomorrow. president trump first announced to these issues in march, but gave the eu and others until june 1 to work out a deal. an interview with the french newspaper said that commerce secretary wilbur ross said if there was escalation come a was because the european union decided to strike back against the united states. in the past few hours, germany's finest minister has said there are no signs of a de-escalation dispute. >> we have worked in an extremely intensive manner in recent weeks to avoid the increase in tariffs to allow for an evolution toward freer markets. wewe are also prepared t to rea. the mixed picture on the european boards, this is french time london

s are debating a no confidence motion against their prime minister mariano rajoy after twenty nine people linked to his ruling people's party would jailed for corruption the main opposition party the socialist is leading the charge to remove the holy from office it says that he's lost credibility a court ruled that former people's party officials took bribes to fund election campaigns and exchange for lucrative public contracts me fucker is our correspondent in madrid. one hundred seventy six m.p.'s here at the three hundred fifty seat congress need to support a vote of no confidence in prime minister mariano rajoy for the motion to pass it's all being spearheaded by the opposition socialist party and its leader paid for sanchez with the socialists come to this alone so they're looking for help from other political parties here including the far left by demos party who have indicated that they would indeed support base motion the socialists of also reached out to see other than off the citizens party for help to have suggested that they would back it too but not the possibility of petro s

parliament is debating a vote of confidence in prime minister mariano rajoy.ve pictures of that moments ago. the debates will continue all day and the vote is at 1:00 p.m. central european time tomorrow. development ministers and central bank governors are gathering in canada. it is not ski season, so i don't know what they will do there. some of them won't be showing up. it is unlikely italy will have time to get away. let's get the latest on the trade story and go back to paris. , there has been some last-minute diplomacy on tariffs behind closed doors. we haven't really heard what the eu is willing to give as far as u.s. demands to get these tariffs permanent lead list -- lifted. right, and wes saw some last-minute diplomacy here, but we didn't hear from the eu trade chief. she didn't speak to the media after meeting with the u.s. trade secretary wilbur ross. a short published statement in the afternoon that was not very helpful ahead of this deadline of june 1. the decision is not up to president donald trump, she said. hopefully, we can have an agenda wit

ofng them was a close ally mariano rajoy, the prime minister, the former treurer of the conservative people's party. he was sentenced to more than 33 years in jail. thatcourt also concluded the people's party itself had benefited from the ill gotten gains, and ahead to pay back 245,000 euros. there were basically politicians involved in that scandal. a businessman ran the network and organized the paying of bribes to party officials, party members, in return for organizing lucrative eves and public contracts. really, that sparked the outrage. these have been long-running investigations. but that case actually just looked at six years, but the courts is still investigating other allegations against the people's party. >> will this be e downfall of rajoy's government? risk thats a serious mariana rajoy's government could be ousted because the socialists and the anti-austerity party said they will back in motion of no-confidence against him. in spain, that has to be a potive motion, so that means are has to be an alternative government put forward. the parties will have to turn to the s

a moment where a debate is currently underway on a no confidence motion on the prime minister mariano rajoy fighting for his political survival you know in tehran a london new center has more on this story daryn yes thanks spain's that prime minister mariano who is expected to be toppled as leader in a no confidence motion on friday at the boskone nationalist party says it will vote against for hoyer in a move that would almost certainly force him out of office the mission has been brought forward by the opposition socialists after a corruption scandal involving the hoa's party. let's go live now to ne parker who's covering this for us in madrid so naver it's not looking good at this stage so what's the latest. is no indeed is again creasing the more more fragile for the spanish prime minister for the motion of no confidence to pass in a vote on friday more than one hundred seventy six m.p.'s in the three hundred fifty seat congress would need to vote in favor of the vote of no confidence of course this was a motion that was initially table by the socialist party they alone can't do this th

this debate despite our differences i announce our support for the no confidence motion to bring mariano rajoy is time to an end. are here in the studio to talk about what is about to happen in spain i'm joined by dr gwen tail garavaglia he is a research associate at the department of politics and international relations at university of oxford joining us tonight from madrid is journalist johnny. i want to start with you you followed the proceedings in parliament today did you get the impression that tomorrow will be rory's final day in office. well adieus point it looks like is almost a done deal but a scientist has enough support in parliamentary he has probably a hundred and eighty two seed he only need one hundred and seventy six so he's always even more see them more votes and then then he needs. sounding needs to happen something really. wild many in a home would have to resign. that would be the only opportunity to change do you do you think non-confidence vote but i was totally yes look very very very possible that money on a hoist he's leaving office tomorrow jimmy do you think there'

the moment are trying to work out whether or not they would back this motion going forward but mariano rajoy is a political survivor he has survived a previous no confidence votes against him during his time as prime minister he's accused the political opposition here of really seizing the moment to undermine him his government and his leadership going forward it boils down to three different scenarios roy could well resign we could well see a situation where the no confidence vote is successful meaning that we could see a new government a new prime minister here in spain possibly by the end of the week or if the no confidence vote fails something other than a loss of both promise to keep up the pressure on marianna going forward to keep home put. new elections before the end of the year here in spain prussia is most certainly mounting on the prime minister at the moment. the talian president has gone to two populist parties more time to form a government and an attempt to avoid another election the leader of the five star movement has suggested a compromise to end months of political deadlo

the moment are trying to work out whether or not they would back this motion going forward but mariano rajoy is a political survivor he has survived a previous no confidence votes against him during his time as prime minister he's accused the political opposition here of really seizing the moment to undermine him his government and his leadership going forward it boils down to three different scenarios for a boy could well resign we could well see a situation where the no confidence vote is successful meaning that we could see a new government a new prime minister here in spain possibly by the end of the week or if the no confidence vote fails more something other than a loss of both promise to keep up the pressure on marianna who are going forward to keep on pushing for new elections before the end of the year here in spain pressure is most certainly mounting on the prime minister at the moment. u.n. agencies have been holding a briefing in jordan on the situation facing syrian refugees seven years of conflict has forced five and a half million syrians to leave creating the world's largest

well now spain's prime minister mariano rajoy is expected to be toppled as leader in a no confidence motion set for friday roy's party it has struggled to restore trust after is implicated in a major corruption scandal the fokker reports now from madrid. defending his leadership prime minister mariano rajoy arrived at parliament where a possible no confidence vote against him and his people's party is looming the motions being brought by the opposition socialist party leader pedro sanchez the motion calls for sanchez to replace roy as prime minister but if you're a boy are you going to resign mr a horny or are you going to keep clinging to the position weakening democracy and weakening and appreciating the quality of the government institution the motion follows the jailing of twenty nine high ranking members of the party for illegally financing campaigns in the one nine hundred ninety s. and early two thousand. became the first prime minister in office to give evidence in a trial last year. former people's party treasurer lewis was among those convicted on monday once a close ally.

let's catch up now and some other stories making news around the world spain's prime minister mariano rajoy is facing a no confidence vote the country's largest opposition party has filed the motion against him after his ruling party was convicted of illegally financing election campaigns as conservatives are challenging the move but roy's main ally in parliament is already calling for a snap election to replace him. the netherlands and australia say they are holding russia responsible for shooting down malaysia airlines flight m h seventy nearly four years ago the announcement is likely to lead to legal action it comes after investigators said the missile that brought down the plane over eastern ukraine came from a russian base military unit all two hundred ninety eight passengers and crew were killed moscow rejects the accusation. a court in kosovo has jailed to two doctors for illegally harvesting kidneys and selling the organs to wealthy patients in other countries the court says the doctors use fraudulent means to recruit patients and their organs were sold for as much as one hundred t

space prime minister mariano rajoy looks peri's to lose a parliamentary no confidence vote expected on friday spanish media say the socialist party leader paid their sanchez has enough votes to defeat roy he's been under pressure to step down after members of his conservative popular party were found guilty of corruption. the european court of human rights has found two countries complicit in cia torture activities the ruling says both lithuania and romania violated european anti torture laws judges say the countries allow the american intelligence agency to illegally mistreat to al-qaeda terrorist suspects in secret prisons it ran in the respective countries. a leading human rights activist in the united arab emirates has been sentenced to ten years in prison for criticizing the government admins or was found guilty of using social media platforms to harm the state's reputation when rights groups have condemned the word it. on the big island of hawaii authorities have ordered more evacuations as the hottest and fastest moving lava for miles around colorway a volcano scorches its way t

spain's prime minister mariano rajoy looks poised to lose a parliamentary no confidence vote expected on friday spanish media say the socialist party leader petro sun just has enough votes to defeat were boy he's been under pressure to step down after members of his conservative people's party were found guilty of corruption that's a human rights group in nicaragua says eleven people were killed during anti-government marches on wednesday after reports put the total at two witnesses say armed groups opened fire on protesters then eighty people have died since protests started last month over plans to change the country social security system . the european court of human rights has found two e.u. members complicit in cia torture activities the ruling says both lithuania and romania violated european anti torture laws so just say the countries allowed the american intelligence agency to illegally mistreat to al qaeda terrorist suspects in secret prisons it ran in the respective countries. all right we've got some breaking news a just coming in to us from rome the great wing league and

his term ends in twenty twenty despite the opposition filing a motion of no confidence in him mariano rajoy is under increasing pressure after a court ruled his people's party profited from an illegal kickbacks for contract scandal twenty nine people have been sentenced including the conservative policies former treasurer. but this motion goes against the very much needed stability in spain as debility that has been safeguarded with the recent approval of the state budget there's no confidence vote damages the economic recovery it is bad for spain for the spanish people it reduces uncertainty and goes against the interest of all citizens. colombia will become nato's first latin american so-called global partner next week the corporation includes links to organized crime terrorism and cyber security present a. partnership with the merger will improve colombia's image on the world stage the partnership follows the signing of a peace accord with fog rebels gender fifty years of conflict. on sunday colombians will elect a new president along with keeping the peace a groom with fogge the new lea

s are debating a no confidence motion against the prime minister mariano rajoy after twenty nine people linked to his ruling people's party jailed for corruption the main opposition socialist party is leading the charge to remove a horror from office it says he's lost credibility a cool drooled that form of people's party officials took bribes to fund election campaigns in exchange for lucrative public called intra. un agencies have been meeting in jordan to discuss the plight of millions of syrians caught up in the world's largest refugee crisis seven years of war has false more than five and a half million people to flee the country and seven million internally displaced six hundred thousand children are not going to school the u.n. says the situation is dire and they desperately need more funding. denmark's parliament has voted to ban the use of full face veils in public spaces the lol take effect in august france germany and three other european countries have already implemented similar laws justice minister has previously said the veil is not compatible with danish values women we

we just heard from the socialist leader saying to mariano rajoy, your time is up.ed on the prime minister to resign. those are live pictures for this debate going on in parliament. i think it started about an hour ago and could last for several hours. thank you so much for joining us. markets, later today we are joined by the canadian trade minister for her's first dish his first conversation of the day, shortly after 10:00 a.m. -- his first conversation for the day, shortly after 10:00 a.m. u.k. time. ♪ ♪ francine: this is bloomberg "surveillance." extra market checks today, european stocks edging higher following the asian equity bounce. spainof countries like and italy are trying to rebuild their confidence with investors, and a political muddled outlook. bloomberg "surveillance" continues in the next hour. tom keene joins me out of new york. we will be speaking to china -- china straight minister. ♪ what's a gig of data? well, it's a whole day's worth of love songs. 300 minutes of baby videos. or, it's a million chat messages. a gig goes a long way. that's why

mariano rajoy faces a no—confidence motion tomorrow.at would improve the situation for a country that is enjoying growth, wherejobs are being created, and where a budget has just been passed ? when you planted this motion you only had one clear idea, it was a big idea, butjust one, the idea that sanchez would be prime minister. that much we can agree on. beyond that, it still to be seen. so you want to govern, but with whom, on what programme, and for how long? is this really what spain needs? is that what you offering to bring back strength and dignity of democracy? the socialist leader pedro sanchez is now almost certain to become prime minister tomorrow, here he is speaking in the debate. translation: are you ready to resign today, right here, right now? resigned mr rajoy, and it'll all be over. a spokesman says rajoy won't resign and will stay on to contest the vote. gavin lee is in madrid. spain's prime minister looks set to be removed from office within the next 2a hours because in congress behind me, seven other political parties

and another political crisis in southern europe is brewing, with spain's prime minister, mariano rajoy socialists are trying to remove him with a motion of no—confidence over corruption allegations. a small basque nationalist party says it will back the move. and their five votes should be enough to topple mr rajoy, as soon as friday. a british man has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges over a plot to attack britain's prince george. 32—year—old hus—nain rashid posted information online encouraging jihadis to carry out attacks on the four—year—old prince at his school in south—west london. rashid was told to expect a very lengthy prison sentence. the threat from volcanic eruptions on hawaii's big island shows no sign of easing. these pictures show another lava fountain spewing some 60 metres into the air. and this fast moving molten stream from kilauea volcano, is cutting a path through everything in its way. the new eruptions have forced more people from their homes. more details have emerged of how a russian journalist, working with the ukrainian secret service, managed to fake his o

and spain's prime minister mariano rajoy is expected to be toppled as leader in a no confidence motion on friday the basque nationalist party says it will vote against roy in a move that would almost certainly force him out of office socialist leader sanchez needs an absolute majority to become spain's new leader. as the headlines that set for myself and the team here in london coming up next it's one i want to east. it's been one year since its neighbors imposed a blockade on qatar by land sea and air. a move that shattered the region's geopolitical landscape alliances have shifted and qatar has grown more self-reliant . but what caused the rifts between g.c.c. countries is there and insights and can the gulf ever be the same again the siege of qatar on a just zero. the chinese authorities call them the long and population. migrant workers who came to beijing to build clean and feed the capital. but they no longer fit the dazzling image president xi jinping wants for his show piece capital. so the city is getting rid of its poorest residents. and steve cho on this episode a one on one

the spanish prime minister, mariano rajoy, has ruled out holding snap elections, after his people's party on thursday, the high court in madrid convicted 29 people of funding the party by taking bribes. mr rajoy insisted that no member of the current government was implicated. a strong cyclone has made landfall in the gulf state of oman, killing at least one person. cyclone mekunu is is expected to weaken to a tropical storm when it hits southern saudi arabia on saturday. it has already wrought havoc to the yemeni island chain of socotra. five people there are known to have been killed and a0 are missing. president trump has intervened personally to lift crippling us sanctions on the chinese telecoms giant, zte. last month the company was banned from buying vital us components for its phones, after washington accused it of lying repeatedly to us officials and failing to punish employees for violating us sanctions against iran and north korea. our correspondent david willis is in washington for us. some analysts were suggesting that if he had not lifted the damn, zte could have gone under.

madrid, spain's parliament will debate, ahead of a vote of no confidence, in spanish prime minister mariano rajoywe head to strassbourg, where the european court of human rights will meet to issue a ruling on a suspected cia prison in lithuania. and a little later in london, the ivor novello awards for excellence in british and irish songwriting and composing are awarded. stormzy, ed sheeran and elbow are among the nominees. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. this is your thursday sport briefing. coming up coal and french open fashion with serena williams. south africa make a historic rugby appointment and we hang out with a russian artistic gymnast. so, if the play—offs are anything to go by, basketball fa ns play—offs are anything to go by, basketball fans are in for a real treat so began one of the nbn —— nba finals take. the golden state warriors face cleveland. both teams won their series in a deciding game seven. two of the best—known players in the sports will go head to head. lebronjames in the sports will go head to head. lebron james for the cavaliers in the

some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world spain's prime minister mariano rajoy says that he will not resign ahead of a no confidence vote that he looks set to lose tomorrow spanish media say that rory no longer has the votes that he needs to survive that could clear the way for socialist leader pedro sanchez to become spain's new prime minister denmark's parliament has passed a law that bans the wearing of veils and other face coverings in public and of the laws popularly known as the burqa ban although the government says that it's not aimed at any religion similar laws have been adopted in several european countries since france did so in twenty a love it. the european court of human rights has ruled that lithuania and rumania aided the cia in torture activities violating european laws the court said that they allowed the american intelligence agency to illegally mistreat two al qaeda terror suspects in secret prisons that it ran in the two countries. in this building in the romanian capital bucharest the cia is said to have tortured terror suspects there was

the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has ruled out holding snap elections, after his people's partythe high court in madrid convicted 29 people of funding the party by taking bribes. mr rajoy insisted that no member of the current government was implicated. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the lucky fans arrive for the champions league final in kiev — but who will come out on top? in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletics events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 4,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one o

spain's prime minister mariano rajoy agrees he intends to see the terrorists prosecuted at a may disappear from view but not its crimes. germany's defense minister also left underly and says she's planning a massive restructuring of the country's military the bundeswehr in a draft position paper obtained by a german newspaper funded by and says that the armed forces should focus on national security in the past the point is for has been oriented towards foreign missions such as peacekeeping in afghanistan the german military has been hit recently by reports that much of its equipment is out of date and not functional has said she needs twelve billion euros in additional funds over the next four years to rectify the situation. we have political correspondent hans front following the story for us the high hands good to see so what really is behind this plan to scale back these overseas missions is that the lack of funds and of the faulty equipment. well there is faulty equipment you have just said so there are large numbers of for instance helicopters that are not able to fly tanks that do n

spain's prime minister mariano rajoy is refused to step down or call a snap election despite have no confidence motion filed by the opposition comes off from madrid court finds a hole is ruling people's policy for profiting from an illegal kickbacks scheme for contracts twenty nine people have been sentenced over the scandal including a former party treasurer a little boy says he'll remain in power until the end of his term in twenty twenty . but this motion goes against the very much needed stability in spain as ability that has been safeguarded with the recent approval of the state budget there's no confidence vote damages the economic recovery is bad for spain for the spanish people it reduces uncertainty and goes against the interests of all citizens colombia will become they tears first latin american so-called global partner next week the cooperation includes links to organize.

keeping oil exports at current levels. , the opposition has called for a vote of no-confidence of mariano rajoydministration. the socialist call the vote after the national court convicted a former official of running a multimillion dollar racket. the vote could lead to another election this year. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tic toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am kailey leinz. this is bloomberg. tentativelyess is approving be moved by the president to cancel his planned summit with north korean dictator kim jong-il and. questions where the president will go from here. it to shed light on the president's decision to scrap the summit is congressman francis rooney of florida, the vice chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. we welcome him from naples, florida. did the president do the right thing in canceling the summit, and what do you think now about his announcement that the summit could be back on? >> i think the president has been more effective than the three predecessors in getting theirkorea and there -

spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has refused to step down or call a snap election despite a no confidence motion filed by the opposition comes after the madrid court finds a hollies ruling people's party for profiting from an illegal kickbacks for contract scheme twenty nine people have been sentenced over the scandal including a former party treasurer but rai says he's committed to remaining in power until the end of his time in twenty twenty. but this motion goes against the very much needed stability in spain as debility that has been safeguarded with the reason approval of the state budget has no confidence vote damages the economic recovery it is bad for spain for the spanish people it reduces uncertainty and goes against the interest of all citizens still ahead and al jazeera we explain what was different about this friday's protests by palestinians along the gaza israel border plus it's a prescription for disaster u.s. police discover i'm massive hole of an illegal drug being blamed for an overdose epidemic. from long flowing on in winds to an enchanting desert breeze. we're seeing

the spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has been making a passionate plea in front of parliament, ahead from office. a motion of no confidence in his government was introduced following an accusation of corruption involving his people's party from the high court. mr rajoy denies any involvement. this morning he hit back at his opponents in parliament. translation: what are you offering that would improve the situation for a country that is enjoying growth, wherejobs are being created, and wherejobs are being created, and where a budget has just been passed? when you planted this motion you only had one clear idea, it was a big idea, butjust one, the idea that sanchez would be prime minister. that much we can agree on. beyond that, it still to be seen. so you want to govern, but with whom, on what programme, and for how long? is this really what spain needs? is that what you offering to bring back strength and dignity of democracy? with ten months to go until britain leaves the eu, we're in liverpool all day today , looking at brexit and what it means for the creative industries, the fas

unlikely the opposition put them all simply a bit off policy say that they'll continue pressure on mariano rajoy going forward to initiate snap elections later on in the year the other option is that the prime minister's sensing defeat on the horizon and decides to resign is unclear which of these scenarios will play out most certainly the prime minister is under mounting pressure there after two smaller parties because a lot of class nationalist parties say that they will support friday's vote of no confidence one hundred seventy six m.p.'s in the three hundred fifty seat congress here behind me need to support it and it looks like gradually that number is already being reached nine people including two children have been injured in croatia after police opened fire on a van carrying refugees and migrants around twenty nine people mainly from afghanistan and iraq were traveling in the van when they tried to crash to a roadblock he said set up the barrier after the van trust the border illegally from bosnian creation police have defended their actions saying the officers opened fire because they

it's looking increasingly precarious indeed for mariano rajoy what we've heard in the last couple of hours or so is that there is more more support now for the socialist plans to stage that vote of no confidence or on friday of course the socialist know full well that they can't do this alone they've reached out to their political rivals we've heard form the most party the leftist party have said that they will back a motion of no confidence the centrist feel that honest party says that it won't but it looks as if two smaller parties the castle and basque nationalists parties are now promising to back of no confidence we know that the last party only house five m.p.'s here the two castle and nationalist parties have sixteen between them for this motion to be successful one hundred seventy six m.p.'s in the three hundred fifty seat congress need to back it and it looks very much as if we are reaching that number zero already and that of course is bad news for prime minister so what kind of scenario is he now facing. well if the no confidence vote is successful on friday then it could

seen as just see that colombia spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has refused to step down or call a snap election despite a no confidence motion filed by the opposition comes after the madrid court find a hollies ruling people's party for profiting from an illegal kickbacks for contract scheme twenty nine people have been sentenced over the scandal including a former party treasurer rai's says he's committed to remaining in power until the end of his time in twenty twenty. israel's supreme court has rejected that challenge by human rights groups to prevent soldiers from firing on protesters in gaza palestinians gathered along the gaza israel border again on friday to protest against the israeli book eight but this time soldiers fired tear gas in response one hundred thirteen palestinians have been killed by israeli forces since protests began at the end of march bernard smith has more. it's been a pretty quiet friday one of the quietest fridays in gaza have been for weeks and then within just the space of an hour really hundreds and hundreds of people were bussed in here bussed in

but despite this, spanish prime minister mariano rajoy says there will be no impunity for eta.nounce its disappearance but its crimes do not disappear. nor will the efforts to pursue and punish them. no matter what they do these days, no matter what they do these days, no matter what they do these days, no matter what they say, nothing will change and unquestionable reality. eta's project has been a outstanding and categorical failure. tom burridge is in the basque region and explained this latest development for eta. roughly 800 people were killed by the group. but it's and today have come down to a text which fits into roughly half a side of eight for paper. what it says to most people respond to its fail, its own public opinion across spain but in the country opinion across spain but in the cou ntry towards opinion across spain but in the country towards the end of the 905 with a series of high—profile assassinations against the group. it has culminated into today's. the process has been long coming, seven 01’ process has been long coming, seven or eight years ago, they had

defending his leadership prime minister mariano rajoy arrived at parliament where a possible no confidence vote against him and his people's party is looming the motions being brought by the opposition socialist party leader pedro sanchez the motion calls for sanchez to replace rory as prime minister i mean if you're a boy are you going to resign mr a horny or are you going to keep clinging to the position weakening democracy and weakening and appreciating the quality of the government institution the motion follows the jailing of twenty nine high ranking members of the party for illegally financing campaigns in the one nine hundred ninety s. and early two thousand. became the first prime minister in office to give evidence in a trial last year. former people's party treasurer lewis was among those convicted on monday once a close ally. he was given a thirty three year jail sentence and fined fifty one million dollars roy insists the corruption allegations don't affect anyone the government less in. the sentence doesn't say or blame the people's party for being corrupt or creating an insti

scarcity has gripped the country as many drivers continue to protest and spain's prime minister mariano rajoy is set to face a no confidence vote after his ruling people's party was linked to a corruption scandal parliament will vote on friday to decide whether the socialist leader petro sanchez should take over for hoyer has been under increasing pressure after a quarter old his party profited from an illegal scheme twenty nine people have been sentenced in the case and a former chief justice of pakistan's supreme court has been named as interim prime minister the serial malts appointment ends weeks of political wrangling the ruling . party negotiated with the opposition picking a mutually acceptable figure so that the country news continues here now to zero in about thirty minutes. spent in part one the much fixes described how they rig international cricket matches. in the i get when or if they happen. now we find out which matches they're planning to fix. solicitously courtesy works for d. company the mafia that runs most of india's illegal betting trade he tells us a fix has been arrange

cabinet proposal which included a euro skeptic nominee for economy minister spain's prime minister mariano rajoy is expected to be toppled as leader in a no confidence motion on friday the basque nationalist party says it will vote against roy in a move that would almost certainly force him out of office a motion has been brought forward by the opposition socialist over a corruption scandal involving party. hundreds of people have marched in kenya's capital nairobi as public anger grows over corruption president uhuru kenyatta is under increasing pressure to take action after a number of recent scandals implicating major government ministries. the red cross is sending two teams of war surgeons to gaza to treat heavy casualties from recent violence along the border with israel it's warning gaza is facing a crisis of unprecedented magnitude after weeks of violence left more than thirteen thousand palestinians wounded over the headlines more news coming up in about twenty five minutes time i'll see you then. nineteen forty eight. for palestinians that he it is or the catastrophe. when hundreds of t

spain's leader mariano rajoy has offered talks with mr torra.th aiding his wife's suicide in 2014. her death was initially unexplained. then it was treated as suicide, then as murder — now these charges reflect the police view that this was an assisted suicide. a chinese climber who was crippled by frostbite on mount everest more than 40 years ago has gone back — and reached the summit. shi—a boyu lost his feet after giving his sleeping bag to a sick team—mate during a storm. he's now 69 and is the second double amputee to scale everest. congratulations to him. back to the extreme weather in india. sandstorms and thunderstorms have killed at least 80 people. these are all symptoms of a freak weather system that's affected india for several weeks. different areas affected — uttar pradesh the worst hit yesterday with more than 50 dead. west bengal was hit by thunderstorms, and further south andrha pradesh, again, hit by severe lightning strikes. you might remember a couple of weeks ago an incredible 40,000 lightning bolts hit there in just one day

missile system used in the attack was provided by a russian army brigade spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has refused to step down or call a snap election despite a no confidence motion filed by the opposition it comes after a madrid court fined rai's ruling people's party for profiting from an illegal kickbacks for contract scheme. brazil's president has ordered the military to clear the highways of truck drivers who are protesting the price of diesel the government's reached an agreement with the drivers union but some are refusing to back down the blockades led to shortages of fuel food and medical supplies those are the headlines the news continues here in algeria after the nakba life in that. nineteen forty eight. palestinians that you and or the catastrophe. when hundreds of thousands were forced out of their homes. for israelis that marks the closing of the state of israel. as a filmmaker and as a palestinian this documentary series was my way to understand the evidence of the past that are still shaping the present. it is the word new within picture and it got it read. the origina

s are debating whether or not to keep prime minister mariano rajoy in power a new confidence vote was called after the horse conservative party was found guilty of fraud money laundering and other illegal financial schemes the hole is refusing to step down he says he was unaware of the spartina misuse of funds. turning now to ukraine which is justifying the staged assassination of agenda saying the operation planned by security forces had saved his life here's what happened on tuesday a prominent anti kremlin journalist. was reported to have been shot dead in the ukrainian capital kiev authorities there blamed moscow but both tinkle turned up alive a day later the shock that provoked was why relief but also anger some ukraine now ukraine faces many questions over the elaborate setup. that from the dead. twenty four hours after he was reportedly hours after he was reportedly gunned down journalist arkady trying and has a press conference held by the ukrainian intelligence service alive and well his apparent death an elaborate ruse to expose an alleged kremlin plot to kill him even his

let's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world spain's prime minister mariano rajoy is facing a no confidence vote the country's largest opposition party filed a motion against him after his ruling party was convicted of illegally financing election campaigns his conservatives are challenging the move but were for his main ally in parliament is already calling for a snap election to replace him a court in kosovo has jailed two doctors for illegally harvesting kidneys and selling the organs to wealthy patients in other countries the court says the doctors use fraudulent means to recruit patients and their organs were sold for as much as one hundred thousand euros. and in canada fifteen people have been injured in an explosion in the toronto suburb of mississauga police are searching for two men suspected of having detonated an explosive device inside a restaurant police say the three people who were admitted to the hospital in critical condition are now stable you're watching news still to come ireland votes in an historic referendum will the traditionally catholic co

to push for an independent state in northern spain and southwest france spain's prime minister mariano rajoy has vowed to track its members and bring them to justice and the reports from san sebastian on what suspending means for those in the region. as. a formal announcement by the end of a process that seen it run out violence give up its weapons and most recently issue a partial apology for the hundreds of people it killed over a fifty year period. he's a former wrestler member who spent twenty one years in prison for acts including the attempted murder of police officers of this nationalist bar in bilbao he told us he doesn't regret his part in what he calls the fight for basque independence looking over some of this this is not a defeat this is a change in our strategy a different means of struggle personally i think the objectives remain the same and we haven't given up. it's that kind of talk that concerns people like jose maria muvico twenty two years ago his father fair amount of the socialist party councillor was shot dead by an eta member near this office where he worked as a lawy

spain's prime minister mariano rajoy says he will not resign ahead of a no confidence vote if you accept to lose on friday the spanish media say void no longer has the votes to survive all that could clear the way for socially dependence on just to become the next prime minister. then marx parliament has passed a law that bans the wearing of veils and other face coverings in public while the law is popularly known as the burqa ban though the government said it's not aimed at any religion several european countries including germany and france have adopted similar laws. a human rights group in the us says eleven people were killed during anti-government marches on wednesday other reports put the toll to witnesses say armed groups opened fire on protesters more than eighty people have died since protests started last month over plans to change the country's social security system. you're watching the news we saw a lot more to tell you about including it took two decades well now the people of a town in the indian state of tunnel logic are celebrating the closure of a copper smelter they sa

spanish prime minister mariano rajoy has signed off torra's appointment and agreed to meet him.and meghan's big day. theresa may has denied newspaper reports that the government was planning to remain tied to the customs union beyond the end of the brexit transition phase. it comes as the prime minister attended an eu—balkans summit in bulgaria. gavin lee reports from sofia. side by side with germany and france on sofia's lovers' bridge, a spring walk for the prime minister in a coordinated show of unity on the streets of bulgaria during an informal eu summit. brexit isn't on the agenda but theresa may is meeting leaders in the sidelines who still want answers over what britain wants. the main sticking point, the irish border, avoiding customs checks while controlling the flow of goods between the republic and northern ireland. reports this morning suggests the government may ask to extend the irish customs arrangements to beyond 2021, to prevent causing chaos for cross—border trade. not true, the prime minister told me. we will be negotiating future customs arrangements with th

unlikely the opposition put them all simply a bit off policy say that they'll continue pressure on mariano rajoy going forward to initiate snap elections later on in the year the other option is that the prime minister's sensing defeat on the horizon decides to resign is unclear which of these scenarios will play out most certainly the prime minister is under mounting pressure this after two smaller parties because a lot of us nationalist parties say that they will support friday's vote of no confidence one hundred seventy six m.p.'s in the three hundred fifty seat congress here behind me need to support it and it looks like gradually that number is already being reached nine people including two children have been injured in croatia after police opened fire on a van carrying refugees and migrants around twenty nine people many from afghanistan and iraq were traveling in the van when they tried to crash through a roadblock they said set up the barrier after the van crossed the border illegally from bosnia creation police of defend their actions saying the officers opened fire because they though

mariano rajoy on the brink of being ousted by socialists while the italian president giving populist leaders one more chance to form government. hello inflation. upside with latest readings on u.s. prices on deck. david: welcome to "bloomberg markets," i'm david westin with alix steel. things have been better? alix: italy seems like a thing of the past. david: james gorman. alix: spanish politics is fascinating. it seems like no one is interesting. two-year yields in spain are negative versus italy now positive. huge move this week. fascinating. socialist government, no-confidence vote, no one seems to care. david: how many times have you overreacted to geopolitics? alix: 100%. david set it, things are looking better. s&p futures flat. euro-dollar at 1.17. dollar getting strength. we will have rebalancing in different classes. treasuryll a sell story, yields higher by two basis points. 2.86. crude down, perhaps we see more inventory, online, perhaps a dollar off the lowest session. david: time for the morning brief. a lot of economic data. personal income and spending, jobless claims

spain's prime minister mariano rajoy under fire after his former aides were convicted of corruption charges no-confidence vote later this week. a bloomberg reporter's joining us from madrid. been said there? >> hey, mark. mr. rivera remember this party and spoke saying there are two options on the table. gets a one is rajoy dignified way out, meaning he gets to call when the elections take place. that has to happen before the autumn. if rajoy does not call this election, they want the vote to take place before the autumn and will have to back a vote of no-confidence along with the socialists. on whatl have to agree terms this vote of no-confidence takes place. it is clear from what we have heard from rajoy that he has two options, either he calls the election or he will have to face a vote of no-confidence. mark: talk about the market and economic implications. we looked at the spreads in italy blowout as political uncertainty plagued the italian landscape. is it fair to put spain in a different category, as many are suggesting? it is not right to put italy and spain together. right, mark.