the national assembly is mobilising. the national assembly is at war with the government.ezuela is on the brink of a terrifying descent into darkness. can anyone pull it back from the brink? foreignjournalists can anyone pull it back from the brink? foreign journalists are rarely welcome in venezuela, so we charter a small plane to the country's caribbean island of margarita, where overseas visitors can still slipping with little fuss. this used to be a bustling, prospering tourist town. now the flow of people, money and jobs has dried up. many local businesses have closed down. more are likely to follow. the beaches have not lost their allure, but venezuela has. a broken economy, inflation spiralling beyond 1000%, and violent crime, have tainted even these shores. this has to be one of the most beautiful beaches i have ever seen. but even a decade ago, it would have been packed with tourists from europe, latin america and the united states as well. but today, you can see, there is barely a soul here. i have this little piece of paradise all to myself. for you, it this lit

that will be tough and might lead to a fairly divided national assembly as we go forward into the meat of his term. >> we don't talk a lot about the popularity of fillon. it comes at the expense of who? >> he has gained a lot in the last few weeks. one poll yesterday he hit 20%. mostly comes at the expense of the social list party. the social liists chose a left winger after francois hollande, but it does not seem to be working, and the left weing ser striking more of a chord with people. >> what are people voting on? personalities? still voting on immigration? perceived immigration? are they voting on the economy? >> i think there's a lot of voting on fundamental competence after what we've seen in the last couple of presidencies where very strong personalities have turned into weak personalities quickly. there's a lot of that. that's partly why macron has done so well in the campaign. clearly the le pen campaign will be voting on emigration, jobs in peripheral areas like you saw in that film. >> david, thank you very much. david lee, senior europe analyst for control risks. >> the go

, wars in the national assembly in ankara and it was strong impressions to see the national assemblyamage builded building and that -- and the parliament was bombed when parliamentians were inside the building. hundreds of people were killed. those behind the failed coup attempt should be held responsible. the important thing this is done in accordance with the rule of law. this is something i have raised in ankara several times. because, of course, the rule of law is important when you have this kind of processes after a failed coup attempt. deterrence. russia used military force against ukraine. but it is important not to mix that with nato deterrence. nato deterrence is about deterring any adversary from attacking nato allied country. we have been extremely successful in doing that. there have been no attacks against a nato country since nato was stestablished. ukraine is not a nato member. it's not a failure of nato deterrence that russia used force against ukraine. we of course condemn that use of force against ukraine, regardless of whether ukraine is a member of not because it

we have got some shots just national assembly.cide. he stands there, looking very much part of the establishment in essence here. butjust going back to your thoughts, sir peter, there is still a naivety in a lot of his language. for example when he is asked about terrorism and he said it is just asked about terrorism and he said it isjust something asked about terrorism and he said it is just something the french people will have to live with for the rest of their lives. almost as though he hasn't got... i don't know. the pact of the political language yet. and thatis of the political language yet. and that is part of his attraction to many voters. he doesn't talk the normal language about these things. he is pretty frank and he says things as he sees them which is part of his refreshing quality. he has the ability to connect with people and he has used social media very well and he appeals to the younger generation, i think, well and he appeals to the younger generation, ithink, with well and he appeals to the younger generation,

sparked by a supreme court ruling to limit the power of the country's opposition—controlled national assembly backed down but accusations of autocracy remain. translation: this is a dictatorship. the people on the street are demanding elections — that's my reason for being here. in venezuela, we're not living, we're surviving. there's no food, no medicine, no security. the shortage of food and medicine is a symptom of the country's wider economic problems for which the government and opposition blame each other. a 3—year recession has led to steep inflation and low salaries. nicolas maduro says us—backed business elites are responsible for the downturn, but these people have stopped listening and venezuela is facing the biggest sustained protest against its leader for three years. greg dawson, bbc news. earlier, i asked senior fellow at the washington office on latin america, david smilde, about whether he thinks these latest protests will have any affect. it's not clear if they're going to have any effect. these protests have been going on for a long time but really there's been a lull for a

he says it is my programme they want, with the national assembly have to follow? whoever it is?ll both claim we need presidential majority behind us. there is a degree of polarisation. there are people who are already elected who will fight for their seat. it is not a done deal, not to switch from one party to the other. it will be difficult. i agree because i think we will not have a huge majority for macron orfour le pen we will not have a huge majority for macron or four le pen which we will not have a huge majority for macron orfour le pen which is not considerable tonight. i think we may have national front because i'm sure they will gain some in the south. you will have socialist left and you will also have the republican mps. that will be rather difficult. will also have the republican mps. that will be rather difficultm will be on a policy by policy issue? it can be ace shifting majority on eachissue it can be ace shifting majority on each issue and sometimes also a blockade. i do believe we might have a difficult situation in the coming year. it's been good to have your

will the national assembly be able to carry out its work without further judicial interference?are asking what it says about the separation of powers in the country that the supreme court would first make this ruling and then overrule it apparently under the president's borders. at least the immediate crisis seems to have been averted and, the government hopes, with it the threat of further violent protests. the uk government has written will defend the interests of gibraltar in the brexit negotiations, following a warning that spraying is attempting to use the to pursue its own claim. —— that is vain. the eu says it won't cover gibraltar without a separate agreement between london and madrid. the labour opposition say it's vital the people of gibraltar aren't used as a bargaining chip in negotiations. this rock looming up from the med is casting a shadow over britain's brexit talks, and the people of gibraltar are also wondering what the future holds. they voted almost unanimously to remain in the eu, giving spain hopes of taking the territory back. just this week, theresa may

will the national assembly be able to carry out its work without further judicial interference?nezuelans are asking what it says about the separation of powers in the country that the supreme court would first make this ruling and then overrule it apparently under the president's borders. at least the immediate crisis seems to have been averted and, the government hopes, with it the threat of further violent protests. let's go to the us and the white house has released details of the personal wealth of some members of president trump's team. the disclosures, which are a legal requirement, show that his daughter ivanka and her husband jared kushner are worth up to $740 million. it has also been revealed that white house advisor steve bannon had between 3.3 and 12.6 million dollars in assets. gary cohn, head of the white house national economic council and a former goldman sacks president, has assets of at least 230 million dollars. all in all, the president's cabinet is estimated to have a collective net worth of around $12 billion. i asked the senior white house reporter of poli

this was something that was passed by the turkish grand national assembly, and then presented for referendumople of turkey, and that is a major correction. this doesn't give power to the president. erdogan, this wasn't tailored for him. but it does give powers and responsibilities to the presidency, making sure that we have a complete separation of powers. and it does not give the power to the president to stop the parliament from working, but it does give the parliament the power to investigate the president, for the first time in turkish history. the parliament will be able to put the president under investigation, as well as all the ministers, and will give the parliament the ability to take them toa parliament the ability to take them to a higher court. this is not something that existed in the turkish council of legislature. if the turkish people decide to vote for someone else in the next election, the same for the turkish grand national assembly, they are more than welcome to do so. these are some of the fact that are not being presented, and there is lots of misconceptions about what

bear in mind, this is now an opposition led national assembly. were key because that would give majority to the opposition. but this is really about a much broader narrative of opposition to nicolas maduro. a facing off of powers in venezuela that has been going on for almost two decades, but certainly with mr maduro, for the last three yea rs. just when you thought there could not be another twist in the investigations into russian interference in the us election, think again. mike flynn, who lasted less than a month as national security adviser, now says he has a story to tell that will only attract but will only give evidence if offered immunity. this from a man who in the past who said striking such deals made you probably committed a crime. donald trump said he had been a victim of a witch—hunt on twitter. jon sopel reports. the allegations that just won't go away — that there was collusion between the russian government and the trump team during last year's election. and much of the attention is now focused on this man, general michael flyn

will national assembly be able to carry out its work without further judicial interference?aration of powers in the country that the supreme court would first make this ruling and then overrule it, apparently on the president's orders. at least the immediate crisis seems to have been averted and, the government hopes, the threat of further violent protests. at least 18 people have been injured after the lighting of a carnival bonfire went wrong at an event in the north—eastern suburbs of paris. a dramatic video posted on social media showed a pie exploding seconds after refusals ignited, sending debris over the crowd. police said a wooden figure had been doused with petrol before being let. it happened at the end of the yellow cab of carnival. dyla n carnival. dylan has finally picked up his nobel prize for literature, nearly six months after being confirmed as the recipient. he was given the award ina the recipient. he was given the award in a private ceremony before a concert in stockholm. it's ten years since the rotary young citizen awards began. since then, hundreds of

will the national assembly be able to carry out its work without further judicial interference?ns are asking what it says about the separation of powers in the country that the supreme court would first make this ruling and then overrule it apparently under the president's orders. at least the immediate crisis seems to have been averted and, the government hopes, with it the threat of further violent protests. in other news: the president of paraguay, horacio cartes, has sacked the interior minister and the chief of police after violent protests on friday over moves to allow the president to run for a second term in office. the protesters stormed the congress and set fire to the building. the authorities have also arrested four police officers after one of the protesters was killed. a huge south korean cargo ship with 2a people on board has gone missing in the south atlantic after sending out a distress call. a spokesman for the uruguayan navy, which coordinated a search, said the freighter was believed to have sunk. there are reports that two sailors have been spotted on a life

will the national assembly be able to carry out its work without further judicial interference?king what it says about the separation of powers in the country that the supreme court would first make this ruling and then overrule it apparently under the president's orders. at least the immediate crisis seems to have been averted and, the government hopes, with it the threat of further violent protests. some news in brief for you now: the president of paraguay has sacked the interior minister and the chief of police after violent protests on friday over moves to allow the president to run for a second term in office. the protesters stormed the congress and set fire to the building. the authorities have also arrested four police officers, after one of the protesters was killed. now to france where 18 people have been injured when a bonfire exploded at a carnival held in northern paris. video posted on social media showed the bonfire blowing up seconds after being lit. according to le parisien newspaper, a mother and her child are among those seriously injured, and the town's mayor

it would strip the national assembly of its powers. >> translator: as the head of state, invested with authority and constitutional power, this impasse will be resolved and the quickest and best way possible. we will hand over to our people another constitutional victory through dialogue, through the heights of politics, through the heights of the state. >> the ruling has sparked violent clashes in the venezuelan capital. mr. maduro is calling for dialogue with the opposition. >>> next here president trump walks out of an official ceremony. we'll show you what happened. >>> two of the most influential men in the white house are abroad and spending most of their time walking back past comments from the president. cnn is live from atlanta, georgia, this morning. both on the networks in the united states and around the world. you're watching "cnn newsroom." so you're having a party? how nice. i'll be right there. and the butchery begins. what am i gonna wear? this party is super fancy. let's go. i'm ready. are you my uber? [ horn honks ] hold on. the biggest week in tv is back. [ doorbell

my case has been discussed in the national assembly and featured countless times in the media.ever is next for cho, his future and that of other families will inevitably be checked by chaebols. they have been some steps to change, but it is hard to see how real reform could go. and his was not the only story we heard. there were many such similar tales that people in seoul told us about the unfairness of the system. because the reformer getting louder. but we are sounding like a broken record here. over and over again, reforms for chaebols, but now, with what has happened, is there enough impetus for reform is to take root? i think that the real test for this will be at the elections next month, when south koreans go to elect their new president. brita much every single candidate has made chaebol reform pa rt of single candidate has made chaebol reform part of their election campaign platform. —— pretty much. whether or not this actually happens, you will be very difficult, even how entrenched chaebols are within the south korean economy. while commuting to meetings, is that of

a paper has come out with a series of revelations about his and fake job at the national assembly. think in my opinion this is propaganda. >> what do you think of this newspaper? >> they are doing their job. he is doing his job. >> he was treated very poorly by the need to -- the media. when i was organizing demonstrations against gay marriage i was also mistreated. they called me a homophobe. which serves the globalization agenda is against his right-wing policy. not a lot of love among francois fillon supporters for the media. >> you might have recognized the last woman in that report. in 2013 she became a very prominent campaigner against same-sex marriage in france. it's a group that has blended its support and is very much backing franaois fillon and his struggling campaign. genie: if you are interested in the french election check out the election compass. stephen carroll joins me. we are starting with the dollar which has taken a tumble after some comments by the u.s. president. >> donald trump says the dollar has become too strong because of public confidence in him as pres

dangerous because he is anti-europe, anti-euro, anti-austerity, and he could enact that with the national assembly behind him. >> the fact that most of the landscapes are there, the ideas we have for future of french politics will be different from the past. >> the market was not thinking it would be a four-way way -- four-way race. melenchon shakes that up. captioning that story on the bloomberg, the amount of mentions of his name on the terminal so far. mention,o mention, no and then out of nowhere, it is all about melenchon. here with me around the table in new york city is the head of fixed come etf portfolio management. advisors. great to have you with us. i want to begin with you very quickly. another candidate to get concerned about. give me a reason to purchase french bonds at of the first round. >> the one thing we know is that we do not know. if we have learned anything from brexit or the trump election, it is that they are having a with theseime movements. we're trying to find some type insurance, u.s. treasuries probably being the easiest one. u.s. treasuries are probably morehan likel

unrest started march 29 when the majuro backed supreme court stripped the national assembly of its powers, a move which many described as a step towards dictatorship. >> i'm sitting here protesting the dictatorship that we have. we want freedom, we want the -- andof our children venezuela will return to being the same as before. >> of venezuela's economic recession has pushed the country to the brink of starvation. maduro has consistently blamed the united states of leading a coup d'etat against him that has now isolated himself politically from the rest of latin america as he is blamed for the crisis. defense secretary has been visiting afghanistan following friday's attack. scores of afghan soldiers were killed, prompting the nation's defense minister to resign. >> seven -- 2017 is going to be another year -- another tough your for the afghan security forces. we will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with terrorism, against if the taliban wished to join the political process and work for a positive future for the afghan people who have suffered long and hard, and need only to renou

thousands demonstrates in caracas in a show of support for the opposition-led national assembly. >>> moving on to ecuador. voters will head to the polls to pick that nation's new president. the election will affect the future of wikileaks founder julian assange. >>> new details concerning president donald trump's former national security adviser michael flynn are coming in. >> we're learning now that flynn did not list payments from a russian television network and two other companies linked to russia on a financial disclosure form that he signed in february. the payments do, however, appear on an amended form that was signed by flynn on friday. ryan nobles has more. >> reporter: the white house has just released financial disclosure forms from former national security adviser michael flynn. the forms tell us quite a bit about where flynn made his money in 2016. he took in a total of $1.5 million. he also had three different income sources, from speeches among them, the television network rt, which is a state-run television network, also a cargo company and a cybersecurity firm. each

>> you could be dangerous because he is anti-europe, anti-euro, anti-austerity and with the national assemblyind him. >> the concern is the fact that most of the landscapes or ideas we have for the future of french politics will be different from what we have seen in the past. >> it was not supposed to be a four-person race. now he shakes that up. >> the most uncertain election in a very long time. jonathan: it seems we cannot concern a certain candidate nchon. mele you see this spike, no mention, no mention, and then out of nowhere it is all about mele nchon. here with me around the table in new york city is --, head of fixed income portfolio management. and cio -- great to have you with us. i want to begin with you very quickly. it is another candidate to get concerned about. give me a reason to purchase french bonds ahead of the first round. >> one thing we know is that we don't know and for us to commit client assets based on the outcome of an election is imprudent. if we learned anything from brexit or the trump election, pollsters are having a difficult time so we try to find some type

the court's ruling, that it would take on the role of the national assembly, has sparked condemnationaround the world. nicolas maduro offered to step in after venezuela's attorney general slammed the court decision on friday. >>> now, two of the u.s. president's top cabinet members are on the road. secretary of state rex tillerson is in brussels for a nato meeting. he expressed his support for the organization, a military alliance that remember, not so long ago was described as obsolete by the u.s. president. and defense secretary james mattis held a news conference with his british counterpart in london. both of them played down expectations for u.s. engagement with russia. here's james mattis. >> right now russia is choosing to be a strategic competitor, and we're finding that we can only have very modest expectations at this point of areas that we can cooperate with russia. contrary to how we were just ten years ago, five years ago. >> joining me now is matthew chance in moscow. let's get the russian perspective on this. matthew, if you listen to james mattis, you listen to rex til

the supreme court decision to reduce the power of the national assembly. let's go to a member of the anti-maduro party. i asked her what the protesters are asking for. guest: elections have been suspended by the government, by the maduro dictatorship. this is not a government anymore. when we have the army getting into the streets against the people, we have millions of people who have been in the streets since the beginning of april and the military is just killing these people and throwing gas bombs against the people. they are just asking for general elections and we are asking as openfor the government to for international aid in order to have food, in order to have medicine. we are also asking for political prisoners who have been in jail and people who have been tortured. basically for a respective human rights. i think it is not that much. laura: nicholas maduro does enjoy a lot of support in venezuela. we have seen a lot of well attended marches in support of the government taking place. guest: those counter marches are not as well supported as the

supreme court tried to consolidate its control by slashing the authority of the opposition led national assemblythousands have taken to the streets, protesting not just the attempt to tighten his grip on it's led to riots and looting throughout the country. five people have been killed in clashes with police. on monday, would euro announced plans to up the number of civilian armed militias. there are currently 100,000 members of the militia created by hugo chavez. he wants to defend the presidency against what he called as the right wing. news ofu wake up to betrayal trail and that the ultra-right has tried to impose a sort of coup, head outside. i'll take total power of the republic. there needs to be insurgency throughout the military forces across the homeland. >> opposition had called on the military to turn against him, but the defense minister has declared the army loyal to the president. falls on therotest anniversary of the start of the country's independence struggle in 1810 and the opposition is hoping they can capitalize on that public holiday to draw thousands out in protest against

should he win, he will need support from the national assembly to get his agenda through, won't he? to pull a majority in parliament and how will he be able to govern? he says that he will select candidates outside the political system for the parliamentary election which is coming up injune. half of them will be women, he said. but whether he will be able to secure that majority in parliament remains unclear. and, of course, that is the main question we heard tonight. francois fillon, the candidate for the conservatives who lost saying that the centrist and conservatives should unite in the next parliamentary election. but how will that play out exactly? we have yet to see. if we look forward to the second round of voting, europe is likely to be a central element of the second round with two candidates who could not be more different on their views towards europe, this is a referendum on the place of france in europe, isn't it? on the one hand we have a pro— european candidate, emmanual macron, who wants to push for further integration. he wants to make sure that europe will stand

and he's used that same supreme court to block members of the national assembly from taking office and he has used that supreme court as a rubber stamp to overturn the laws that the national assembly does that he doesn't like. isn't it a sad state that venezuela has reached. the president has also thwarted opposition efforts to recall him, president maduro, in a national referendum, and in so doing, he was able to appoint a vice president with ties to hezbollah and now a vice president that appears he has sanctioned drug trafficking. meanwhile the poor venezuelaian people suffer the consequences of the political, the humanitarian and the economic crisis. venezuelaians are dying because of severe shortages of food and medicine and other products. the economy is in free fall and crime and corruption are rampant. and last year 18,000 venezuelaians sought asylum in the u.s. more than any other nationality. calling on president maduro to cease undermining democracy, release all political prisoners, respect the rule of law, and respect human rights. there obviously is no sign that he is goin

venezuela could be moving toward a dictatorship after the country's court seizes power from the national assembly. we get the latest from the capital there. and turmoil in south africa as the president sacks this man, his finance minister. now threats to the president's power. ♪ anchor: i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. in washington dc, dealmaking the world has not seen for a long time. tonight, the u.s. president has backed his former national, michael flynn, saying he is right to testify to congress about the jump -- trump campaign's alleged leaks to russia. he says he is not worried what he will reveal. he is offered to testify only in exchange for immunity from prosecution. reporter: for just over three weeks, he was in the front row at the white house. as national security adviser, michael flynn was in trump's inner circle. the retired army general was a close advisor on trump election campaign in 2016. back then, concerns were already raised for his ties to russia. like his attendance at a dinner with vladimir putin. michael flynn maintained the relationship even after the e

police since the socialist government tried to abolish the powers of the opposition-controlled national assembly. opposition leaders called it a coup against democracy, and they want president nicolas maduro out. the last time the street violence was this bad was three years ago. the leader of the anti-maduro protests back then was imprisoned for 14 years. i met lopez's mother, a tireless campaigner for his release and for political change. >> something is going to happen. and it is not only going to be for the poor. it is for venezuela. reporter: she took me to the military prison where her son is held. she yelled to him, he yelled back. >> look at that. look at the cars. reporter: a jeep has just come out of the prison. >> maybe it will take your camera. --orter: as we found guards emerged.med guards we managed to conceal the camera but our cover was blown. the next day we were deported. the venezuelan government does not want the world to see the mess it is in. tim: it is not every day at a first lady of the united states has to clear her name in the tabloids. that is what happened with melan

. >> we are optimistic that the national assembly will pass a budget very soon.t week or so. i'm sure they will pass the budget. they have indicated to us that they will do so. what we intend to do from the executive is for the 2018 budget, try to give it to the national assembly much earlier encourageso it will them to pass the 2018 budget, either by the end of this year or early in january. joe: one of the key questions for investors in nigeria and for the economy overall is the state of the currency, the fact that it is still manage by the central bank. how important is it to you to get to a place where the naira's level is determined largely by market versus -- forces? >> the plan, which the president just launched, makes it very clear that ultimately that is where we want to get to. we want to get to and exchange rate mechanism that reflects market forces. it is a question of time. we will get there. the key parties for your government is outlined in this program, diversify think the source of growth. it is well known and you spell it out, the degree to whic

donald trump say i would do this, this, and this, and at the end of the french will need the national assembly behind her, and it does not look like that will happen. >> what is incredible is that emmanuel macron -- i asked today, who will be his prime minister if he wins? knows. there is only him. a lot of people around and intelligence around and we have seen the movement, but if you look at the politicians around have -- who is going to be that guy fighting to be prime minister if he wins? and he should win. and what happens for somebody who makes a move, and if he does not get a job or what he wants, will the coalition last long? , even ifarine le pen she won aot win, big part tonight. that might decide to join the marine le pen depending on what she will say in two weeks, and after that. reminder for viewers. it is not a: 30 in the french capital, and we have a clear 8:30 in the french capital, and we have a clear picture. polling stations have closed. emmanuel macron coming in first at 23.7%. at 21.7%.pen stand at roughly 19.5%, the other candidates. these figures will change. we will cr

yesterday in south korea where i met with officials of the national assembly and acting president, president trump recently met with president of china and reaffirm china's commitment to a nuclear free korean peninsula. it is our belief that by bringing together the family of nations with diplomatic and economic pressure we have a chance we have a chance to achieve ardent objective of a nuclear free peninsula. all options are on the table. there they will remain. president trump and i and our administration believe that the most productive pathway forward is dialogue among the family of nations that can isolate and pressure north korea into abandoning permanently and dismantling its nuclear weapons program and its ballistic missile program. as president as prime minister said in our brief conversation dialogue for the sake of dialogue is valueless. it is necessary for us to exercise pressure in the united states of america believe the time has come for the international community to use pope diplomatic and economic pressure to bring north korea to a place that it has avoided successfully now

at the end of the day she will need the french national assembly behind her. >> what is incredible is that emmanuel macron, can you tell me he was going to be his prime minister? nobody knows. >> a lot of people around and as we see the movement, a lot of american missiles in there. -- >> former defense minister. the guy fighting to be prime minister if he wins? and he should win. is if heoing to happen does not get a job or does not get what he wants, will be coalition last long enough for things to happen? that is the key question. i think marine le pen, even if she does not win, she won a big part of what is the french right tonight. it is true. even -- that might .ecide to join marine le pen in,f you're just tuning here in the french capital we have a clear picture for francis future. >> emmanuel macron coming in at first as 23.7%. marine le pen answer national front party taking it as 21% -- 21.7%. they both stand up 19-19 .5%. these figures will -- will change slightly of the four results come in. [applause] countrymen, soow you have brought me

because he is anti-europe, he is anti the euro, anti-austerity and he could enact that with the national assemblyehind him. >> the concern right now, as much as anything else, is the fact that most of the landscapes or ideas we have for the future of french politics will be different from what we have seen in the past. >> the market was not thinking this would be a four-way race. it was le pen versus macron. now melenchon shakes that up. >> the most uncertain election in a very long time. jonathan: it seems we cannot concern a certain candidate called melenchon. capturing that story on the bloomberg is the amount of mentions of his name in news stories on the terminal so far. you see this spike, no mention, no mention, and then bang, out of nowhere, it is all about melenchon. joining us now from california is carl eichstaedt, who manages the $18 billion western asset corp. here with me around the table in new york city is fran rodilloso, head of fixed income etf portfolio assets, and martin fridson, cio of lehmann livian fridson advisors. gents, great to have you with us. carl, i just want to beg

many women defeated men and came into the national assembly. therefore, it was the embodiment of the women. the other element was certain laws which discriminate against women and the honor killing, i did modify them to remove elements which really affected the women in a bad way. the other is to improve them through education will another thing that we did was the women protection which was passed that had all the elements of protecting them from unnecessary laws which were discriminatory. we did a lot but it can't and there. still women are discriminated. still they are underprivileged. there is no doubt about it because more than laws, you have to bring about social change in the thinking of people. honor killing is banned but it still being done is that is the thinking, the mind of the the mind of the people. that's how they been brought up. therefore, education gradually makes law and then you keep and the judge believes in honor killing so what more do you do about that when he is sitting in judgment? therefore, it's not such a simple in

at the end of the day she would be french national assembly behind her and it does not look like that will happen. >> what is incredible is that emmanuel macron -- if i asked you today, could you tell me who is going to be is premised or if he wins? nobody knows. it was not on voters minds today. >> there is only him. a lot of people around and a lot of intelligence around, we see theground movement -- , theicians around him former defense minister -- who's guy fighting to be prime minister? willie the coalition last long enough for things to happen? i think marine le pen, even if she doesn't win, she won a big part of what is the french right tonight. it's sad but true. i think they will open more to other currents that might decide to join bring le pen depending on -- join marine le pen. >> just a reminder if you're just tuning in it is about 8:30 in the french capital and we have a clear that share. two candidates have made it through to the second round based on estimates. polls have closed. in an electron coming in first at 23.7%. read le pen coming in at 21.7%. this ahead of fri

marche, not a party does to be is talking about bringing a whole, new political class to the national assemblywatch those pictures, i will bring ina we watch those pictures, i will bring in a campaignerforjean—luc melenchon. also this is a civil rights campaigner for the blood talk to you first. you have to be at other events this evening. —— a civil rights campaigner. emmanuel macron, still a little bit light on policy. it is not clear what his programme was. we have started a campaign more than a year ago with a programme and grassroots movement. this is whyjean—luc melenchon announced earlier tonight that we will ask people's opinion, consult our members on what to do in a second term. on the general line, what we can see with this election which is new is that the old world is dying and a new era is coming. do you consider emmanuel macron part of that dying political class? is he more of the same? he is part of the establishment. you said it earlier, he isa establishment. you said it earlier, he is a former banker from rothschild bank. he is backed by a lot of mainstream media. he went abr

police since the socialist government tried to abolish the powers of the opposition—controlled national assembly coup against democracy, and they want president nicolas maduro out. the last time the street violence was this bad was three years ago. the leader of the anti—maduro protest back then was leopoldo lopez, who was imprisoned for 14 years. i met lopez's mother, a tireless campaigner for his release and for political change. something's going to happen, and it's not going to be only for leopoldo's cause, it's for venezuelans. she took me to the military prison where her son is held. she yelled to him, he yelled back. look at them, look at the guards. ajeep has just come out of the prison. maybe they'll take your camera. as we filmed, guards emerged from the prison. we managed to conceal the camera in our car, but our cover was blown. the next day we were deported. the venezuelan government doesn't want the world to see the mess it's in. stephen sackur, bbc news, caracas. the european union is threatening legal action against the hungarian government's crackdown on higher education and asy

there were 13 women who defeated men and came into the national assembly. therefore, this was the empowerment of the women. tainoth element wase cer laws, which are discriminatory against women. like the honor killing. we addressed that. i did modify them to remove the elements which really affected the women in a bad way. the other is to improve the lot of the women in education and jobs. we established quotas in the government and increased the women universities in pakistan. another thing that we did was the women protection bill, which was passed, which had all the elements of protecting them from unnecessary laws that were discriminatory again. so, we did a lot. but there is no end. still, women are discriminated against. still they are the underprivileged. there is no doubt about it. because more than laws, you have to bring about social change and the thinking of people. honor killing is banned, but still it is being done. that is the thinking, the mind thehe man, the mind of people. you can bring laws, they don't care. therefore, education, graduall

well, the supreme court's decision effectively gives president maduro the powers of the national assemblye was criticism of it across the border. columbian presidentjuan manuel santos called for the international community to intervene. translation: what happened yesterday when the legislative assembly was stripped of its powers obligates us to lift our protest voices as well as our voices of solidarity with venezuelan democracy. the bodies, such as organisation of american states, and the united nations, must address the situation and propose ways to get out of it. our latin america correspondent will grantjoins us from havana in cuba. has president maduro actually outlined how he will result is? not by the looks of things, no. he just made it seemed that he was very competent at this impasse, as he put it, could be resolved within a matter of hours. but obviously, that lacks detail. it lacks any kind of coherence from the opposition‘s point of view. unless, of course, this was ordered by him, and it is simplya this was ordered by him, and it is simply a question of reversing that order.

today reversing its own decision from earlier this week that had transferred powers from the national assembly to the court, which is loyal to president nicolas maduro. following the court decision today, maduro said, "the controversy is over."" wall street journal" reporter anatoly kurmanaev is in caracas and joins me now via skype to discuss the political crisis. anatoly, we've been covering the dissent of venezuela and certain conditions for some time now, but this week was definitely very new. what was at the core of the decision that the supreme court made? >> that's right. they reached a new low, the slide toward dictatorship. the move this week was quite unprecedented and quite unexpected. it came out wednesday night, as part of a mundane interpretation of an oil law, and it was just one sentence at the very end of a 20,000-word ruling that said that the supreme court will take over all functions of the opposition-controlled congress. since then, it has been quite a roller coaster. in caracas, we had a general, a stawrch ally of the government, come out and say that the ruling is uncons