i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. pro-choice groups in the united states have been protesting after lawmakers in the state of alabama approve the country's toughest abortion law the state senate voted $25.00 to $6.00 to outlaw abortion at any point and under any circumstances including rape and incest the only exception would be if the mother's life is in danger the controversial bill will now go to the state governor for signature. emotions were running high both outside the alabama legislature with pro-choice activists rallying against the bill and inside the state senate where lawmakers in gauged in fierce debate why you are want to control our bodies. were never ever know. and i know that many of you have daughters mr wagner republican senators say this isn't about alabama's abortion law they want to see abortion banned nishan why. what this bill is designed to do is to go to the supreme court and challenge the particular precedents that. in 1703 that abortion is a legal. essential anytime anywhere for any reason

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. the trade dispute between the united states and china is heating up and is likely to have far reaching consequences but global economy the two sides have ended talks for the day but they're still negotiating even though president trump has just more than doubled the tariffs on two hundred billion dollars of chinese imports beijing says it will take necessary countermeasures but mr trump says there's no rush to strike a deal. and the u.s. and chinese delegations part ways. talks in washington and that were about agreement after president trumpet upped the ante in an escalating dispute over trade. was bullish on a favorable outcome no need to rush he tweeted after slapping a twenty five percent tariff on a further two and a billion dollars on imports a total of two hundred fifty billion dollars worth of chinese goods and i was subject to the tariff the levy is a shop hike from the previous ten percent import tax so a heavy blow for china's export oriented economy beijing is alarmed and

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program we'll have more on those stories in just a moment we'll start 1st with the breaking news from france and reports of an explosion in the city of a number of people are said to have been injured in the blast occurred in the center of the city have the area stopping cordoned off and on forces people to stay away. from d.w. correspondent lisa newest saw on the line from. the french capital welcome lisa what more do we know. well we do know that the arias. several in just people around you know when you severely injured and the authorities are now saying that the situation is under control local media are reporting that person has left just being on a bicycle and that the police. training can we have really we don't really know who that person might be why put down but. we've heard that there were news. crews in a bag that was put in front of a bakery. that the situation is out of control according. to. people are saying that some of the by put down the bag last and then there was an explosion. got a report. from 6 by the authorities president and one of

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program you leaders have been holding an informal summit in the romanian city of c.p.u. to lay out the blocks new strategic agenda they agreed to hold another summit at the end of may after european parliament elections for leaders to begin the process of picking the new hand off the e.u. commission and other top posts iran largely dominated discussions with the e.u. even the country to stand by its commitments under the nuclear deal agreed with world powers in twenty fifteen the u.s. withdrew from the pact a year ago and iraq has not threatened to abandon it unless the other signatures provide quick relief from the u.s. sanctions german chancellor angela merkel held a press conference at which she addressed the issue. it's now even more important that europe shows a united front here we do not want an escalation but we want to keep using diplomatic two three we know our limitations but we all agree that the more united europe is the better the chance we have if using dialogue to find possible solutions. for. severe welcome back gail so we had the german c

. >> i am phil gayle. welcome to the program. iran is at the center of a growing rift between the u.s. and its european allies. meeting in brussels today, eu countries urged the u.s. secretary of state, mike pompeo, not to escalate tensions and britain and germany raise concerns over an accidental military conflict in an already unstable region. a year after the u.s. withdrew from net nuclear deal, u.s. foreign -- eu foreign ministers are fighting -- looking for a way to salvage it. >> the u.s. secretary of state's visit came as a surprise. mike pompeo turned up in brussels, with the message that if europeans were discussing iran, he should be there, even if he wasn't the right to. when he heard from his eu counterparts was mostly criticism. the u.s. put out of the iran nuclear deal a year ago. >> in europe, we are united in our view that this deal is vital to our security. no one wants iran to be in possession of nuclear weapons. that is the goal of this accord and that is what we have achieved so far. we will stand united for t

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program. a million species are at risk of extinction from climate change overfishing and pollution the united nations first report on biodiversity also tells us that this unprecedented decline in nature is caused by and is threatening humanity some animal populations have dropped to the dozens of akita for example that's a kind of porpoise they say for the waters of california that's down to an estimated thirty the are more leopard native to china and russia is down to about eighty four and the vultures may not be your idea of beautiful they are a key part of the ecosystem and eleven out of sixteen djgpp pieces are at risk of extinction according to the report even though the species are dying out faster we can make a difference if action is taken immediately. patricia milosevic is one of the report's a lead authors and she joins us from paris that welcome to day w we've had decades of warning about climate change and we're still far from a solution there can we do better when it comes to biod

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program the european union is urging iran to stick by its commitments under the nuclear deal agreed with world powers in twenty fifteen and a joint declaration a u. leaders of a fight to save the deal follows a ratcheting up of tensions between the united states and iran first president hassan rouhani said he would begin to withdraw from key aspects of the nuclear deal unless major powers swiftly granted sanctions relief and president trump imposed new sanctions on the islamic republic targeting industrial metal exports e.u. leaders made their statements in the remaining in city of c.p.u. why they've been meeting to agree and used to teach agenda for the block. the e.u. parliamentary election in two weeks' time is high on the summit agenda german chancellor angela merkel called on the block to show solidarity and remain strong on the international stage. regardless of our political differences all e.u. member states are convinced that joint action is the better approach to maintain peace and prosperity. and it's vital that we advocate our values in the wider

i'm phil gayle welcome to the program and you made a demonstrations in the french capital paris have turned out last police used tear gas to disperse what it masked demonstrators yellow vests to protestors and trade unionists taking part in the marches many of them using the occasion to protest against president emanuel macro's economic policies. it was supposed to be a peaceful demonstration but quickly devolved into violence trade unionists and yellow vests protesters made common cause but they were joined by the so-called black bloc violent protesters who often show up at demonstrations across the continent. i suppose with the violence the government is inflicting on us and everything that follows what little violence we can inflate does absolutely nothing and it's just a warning sign if we have to get to that level it's because it's a real problem and we don't have any other solution itself it services we're going to say good we've been trying to make ourselves heard for six months and nobody has it's pretty simple we just want to know if nomen a settlement if you. may first usua