i'm michelle henery.e on the continent, as spring enters into full bloom, it seems the french spirit for striking does as well. the french national rail service is the focus of president emmanuel macron's proposed next reform. he wants to cut their pay and reduce their benefits. but the rail unions are threatening to put the brakes on his plans. he did, after all, come storming into power last year on the back of promises to modernize france's flagging economy.

welcome to focus on europe i michelle henery turkey is only weeks away from snap elections called by the ruling party in april whoever is elected will assume sweeping powers critics say president rachel tayyip erdogan the clear favorite is the term and to use the upcoming vote to once and for all silence any dissenting voices.

welcome to focus on europe i'm michelle henery turkey is only weeks away from snap elections called by the ruling party in april whoever is elected will assume sweeping powers critics.

welcome to focus on europe michelle henery turkey is only weeks away from snap elections called by the ruling party in april whoever is elected will assume sweeping powers critics say president richard earlier won the clear favorite is the term and to use the upcoming vote to once and for all silence any dissenting voices the.

i'm michelle henery thanks for joining us floaters in lebanon are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament today for the first time in almost ten years so a new prime minister saad hariri and his future movement party are expected to remain in power the election will be the first under the country's new electoral laws with proportional representation replacing the previous winner takes all system the vote brings into focus the struggle for power in a country divided. along sectarian lines among those hoping to make gains in the country is hezbollah the islamist political and militant group financed by a red which supports the syrian president bashar al assad here's a look at the patchwork of groups and religions vying for power in lebanon on. the graves of lebanese hezbollah fighters who died in neighboring syria. the iran funded parties militias are revered by many shiites in lebannon. in syria the militias find alongside the troops of president bashar al assad and ally of iran. has under its secretary general hossam is not only a military organization but also an influential p

i'm michel henery thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has made a fresh bound to protect gun ownership rights in his country he was speaking at a convention of the national rifle association the most powerful pro-gun lobby in the u.s. the president urged its members to support his republican party in upcoming fall elections saying republicans are prepared to defend the n.r.a. interests trump's comments come despite his suggestion that he would take on the lobby group after a florida school shooting in february. i president trump knew he was playing in front of a home crowd as he addressed cheering gun enthusiasts in dallas he called again for arming teachers to head off future mass shootings like the one in parkland florida in february in which seventeen people were killed ninety eight percent of mass public shootings have occurred in places where guns are banned just so you understand. tragically as we see there is no sean no more inviting to i mare's killer then or sorry dad did clare's this school is a gun free z

welcome to focus on europe i michelle henery turkey is only weeks away from snap elections called by the ruling party in april whoever is elected will assume sweeping powers.

hi michelle henery thanks for joining us fresh earthquakes have struck hawaii's big island with a killer way of ok no has been spewing lava into residential areas directions have forced hundreds of people to evacuate aftershocks from the series of earthquakes have also been rumbling across the island did you what's your logical survey measure the largest tremor as magnitude six point nine the strongest since nine hundred seventy five so far there's been no reports of injuries or major damage. and we're now joined by john tarsus and he's a logger tour guide for epic was based on the island of hawaii john thanks for joining us you're based close to the killer whale book book a no that is erupted what is the current situation where you are. yes we're on the east side of the big island of hawaii and right now we are going through a period of time where we differ through massive swelling of the volcano and it's starting to release some of the energy in the last couple days what we've seen is lots and lots of earthquakes i think in the last three to four days there's been well over a thousand

by michelle henery thanks for joining us voters in lebanon are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament today for the first time in almost ten years the vote had been postponed several times due to the war in a bring syria and the new look total loss approved last year proportional representation would replace the previous winner takes all system the vote brings into focus the struggle for power in a country divided along sectarian lines among those hoping to make gains in the country is hezbollah the islamist political and militant group find that spire ran which supports the syrian president bashar al assad here's a look at the patchwork of groups and religions vying for power in lebanon on. the graves of lebanese hezbollah fighters who died in neighboring syria. the iran funded parties militias are revered by many shiites in lebannon. in syria the militias fight alongside the troops of president bashar al assad and ally of iran. has under its secretary general has announced rolla is not only a military organization but also an influential political force it's represented in the leban

i'm michel henery thanks for joining us. voters in lebannon are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament for the first time in almost ten years the vote had been postponed several times due to war in neighboring syria and the new electoral laws approved last year proportional representation will replace the previous. winner takes all system and electoral districts have been reduced lebanon as a patchwork of groups and religions vying for power. among those hoping to make gains in the country is hezbollah the islamist political and militant group financed by iran which supports the syrian president bashar al assad the election highlights the power struggle in that in a country divided along sectarian lines. the graves of lebanese hezbollah fighters who died in neighboring syria the iran funded parties militias are revered by many shiites in lebanon. in syria they fight alongside the troops of president bashar al assad an ally of iran . has ball or under it secretary general has son nasrallah is not only a military organ

i'm michelle henery thanks for joining us russian opposition leader alexei novotny has been detained at an anti putin rally in moscow he was seized by police after calling nationwide protest against president vladimir putin's inauguration for a fourth six year term as president most of the rallies underway across russia has been declared illegal by authorities including in moscow and st petersburg there are reports that dozens of demonstrators have been arrested putin is due to be inaugurated on monday in a kremlin ceremony. go to our correspondent in moscow shortly but first the u.s. space agency nasa has just launched its latest probe to mars the mars insite lander is being propelled to the red planet by a powerful atlas five rocket which blast off from ben burtt air force base in california it's a suspected to take more than six months for the lander to reach mars i'm beginning to explore the deep interior of the planet. the long awaited launch comes after a two year delay due to equipment problems which also pushed up project cost to more than eight hundred million dollars the so

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i'm michelle henery. glad you could join us. series of killings that shook germany to its core. peoplele, mostly of f turkih ethnicity, w were murdered acrs the country in broad daylight in the early 2000's. and for years, the suspects, a neo-nazi terroror cell, got awy with it. it took more than a decade to capture a key member of the so-called national socialist underground, beeahtuh chaypuh. it wasn't until 2011 that authorities discovered that the nsu had been active for years

i'm michelle henery. glad you could join us. it was a series of killings that shook germany to its core. people, mostly of turkish ethnicity, were murdered across the country in broad daylight in the early 2000's. and for years, the suspects, a neo-nazi terror cell, got away with it. it took more than a decade to capture a key member of the so-called national socialist underground, beeahtuh chaypuh. it wasn't until 2011 that authorities discovered that the nsu had been active for years and allegedly killed 10 people while police and prosecutors looked for perpetrators in the immigrant community. the subsequent trial has dragged on for already five years. but despite the verdict not being far off now, many relatives of the victims, like abdul kerim shimshek, say justice continues to elude them. after having to endure such a long trial, they are still left disappointed and disillusioned with more questions than answers. our reporter visited the family of the terror group's first victim. reporter: abdulkerim simsek and his uncle hu

welcome to focus on europe i michelle henery turkey is only weeks away from snap elections called by the ruling party in april whoever is elected will assume sweeping powers critics say president great chip tayyip erdogan the clear favorite is the term and to use the upcoming vote to once and for all silence any dissenting voices these turks are part of the glenn movement a group that is openly critical of arda one despite living and working in kosovo they were kidnapped and returned against their will to turkey. president carter one blames the preacher for to the golan for the coup attempt in turkey in the summer of two thousand and sixteen amid a wide ranging government crackdown on dissent that led to the imprisonment of many of his followers thousands fled abroad turkey's extradition requests are often viewed with skepticism in the west particularly since colin's network is not considered militant that's why this recent abduction in kosovo has left many people wondering how far will order one go. it took only seconds the teacher from turkey bundled into a car by water believed to

i'm michelle henery.ere on the continent, as spring enters into full bloom, it seems the french spirit for striking does as well. the french national rail service is the focus of president emmanuel macron's proposed next reform. he wants to cut their pay and reduce their benefits. but the rail unions are threatening to put the brakes on his plans. he did, after all, come storming into power last year on the back of promises to modernize france's flagging economy. but now with the railways facing months of industrial action, with trash collectors, civil servants and even students joining in, macron must prove that he can stand up to the powerful unions who run much of the country's public services. our reporter met with one of the train drivers on strike in paris at the gare de lyon, who says he has no intention of backing down. reporter: in fighting spirit, train driver fabien villedieu and his colleagues have assembled outside the station. on a normal work day, he transports thousands of passengers to an

welcome to focus on europe i michelle henery turkey is only weeks away from snap elections called by the ruling party in april whoever is elected will assume sweeping powers critics say president richard tayyip erdogan the clear favorite is the term and to use the upcoming vote to once and for all silence any dissenting voices these.

i'm michelle henery. glad to have you with us. turkey is undergoing profound political change, moving away from being a secular society to a country where nationalism and religion are at the forefront. and it is president recep tayyip erdogan who has been overseeing this change over the last 15 years. starting out as a reformer, his critics say he has now become an autocrat with a thirst for power. president erdogan has an ever-tightening grip on the personal and political freedoms of his citizens. but it seems that his pervasive control has not quite reached every corner of the country. ovacik is a small village in the northwest whose mayor is lauded by locals for his hands-on governing style. he has become so popular, that erdogan's akp party hardly plays any role there. reporter: nestled between high mountains lies the small town of ovacik. wi i 3000 inhabitants, it seems like any other small town in anatolia. but look closer, and you'll see the local cafe is called cuba, that a picture of che guevara rather than the president