patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployed. to carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have deterred attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to happen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescalating not escalating nobody is talking about a military solution to the current friction with the iranians i haven't heard anybody discuss that are you thank you all very much but the briefing still did not convince skeptical democrats make no mistake this president has a bit strange itching for a confrontation with iran i believe that a war with iran would be. an absolute disaster. on the wall with iraq and i hope the american people told this administration t

complete political breakdown bait recent political. doubt. all bets the fact there may be instability when. those who support a more right wing. call right nest misspent and so they will be a political faction in the country with food stamp again. and charo i want to bring in a 3rd guest now who has just joined us from colombo. on who now are dana is an advisor to the sri lankan prime minister and former director of information department thank you so much for joining us we're already started a conversation and cero and tommo both think that today is at a very. precarious position in a very precarious position at a crossroads if you will and that they could meet could be more instability in the country because of what we see in the recent months and recent weeks what is your take so where is she lanka today as a country since the end of the civil war in 2009. thank you for having me. actually we have been trying to consolidate. since last he went out to coliseum sessions where sri lanka government was actually given more time to perform and f

recent days the u.s. deployed an aircraft carrier to the region washington insist it has intelligence reports about iran backed forces threatening u.s. personnel but has presented no further details despite that tehran and washington claim they don't want to start a war in any way. professor of political science from tehran university joins me on the line welcome hard. these threats that the u.s. has cited and prompted them to send more troops to the region what exactly are they . well they have provided no evidence of any threats from the reins and this is we are seeing a repeat of the scenario they used for the invasion of iraq in 2003 where they were constantly saying that there is intelligence but they weren't actually providing any facts and it's the same with this situation right now in american media has actually reported that the so-called intelligence is actually coming from these raby and we have to keep in mind that a war between iran and the us is something that the netanyahu government has be

so tremendous dynamic planet where climate has naturally changed in tremendous ways recently. so the world we live in today, the period where we live in, like the period. by the 1890's, 3 or 4 of these things. seeing the patterns, we realized that 25 times ice came and went. so we are ice people. you think about it, humans evolved during planet that was cool and cold, cool, cold. once you learned thousand interrogate icecaps it gets more interesting because icecaps if you think about it 10,000 feet, it's a stack of snow that survived next summer. so snow and in the midst of the result the top, greenland is an area that's much more precipitation. in greenland you have 120,000 years of accumulated ice. it's one accrued much more rapidly. if you drill a hole in the ice you can bring up ice and look look, layers or the actual temperature of when it felt. lie chait temperature and composition of the atmosphere. started fairly recently. 4,000, 5,000 feet of ice, you can see that it it is the history of greenland. one thing it means that greenland didn't have ice before 125 years ago

we've lost the showers we've had over recent days and replaced it with dry weather and sunny skies.e bit of fair weather cloud bubbling up in the skies over worcester earlier today. that scene, repeated up and down the country. you can see the extent of the sunshine. even this cloud working into northern ireland, which is thin and high, meant we had some sunshine coming through that. overnight, cloud thickening for a while in northern scotland, so not as chilly here as it has been over recent nights. maybe the odd spot of rain getting into the northern isles, but otherwise it's dry. underneath those clear skies, it's a chilly night. cold enough for some patches of frost to develop in the countryside first thing monday morning. monday, another glorious start to the day. a little bit cooler first thing in the morning. the afternoon, fine with light wind. in the sunshine it's going to feel warm across—the—board. across western and northern parts of the country will see the highest temperatures. 19 in edinburgh, and temperatures much higher across the north—east of scotland. that's your

thanks very much for having me yes indeed as a wrote in a recent article is. a country that of sports war but certainly not post conflict and as you said i. the recent developments in the country especially in light of the anti muslim sentiments that are now emerging i see a new conflict coming to the forefront we have seen already the signs in 20142018 at the recent into religious riots that had happened in the country. and we also have to stress that. is at the end of the day still a country that has never gated since this post colonial times within a prescriptive parameters of single leave buddhist nationalism and we have to understand that any kind of an intervention on behalf of the minorities in those countries is seen largely with suspicion as i have also pointed out in my recent book. that is dealing with the human rights and gauge went of sri lanka with the united nations so yes to answer your question there is a conflict looming and we have to be highly vigilant to encounter the rising nationalist threat towards any minority in the country while let'

and that's why you see up scale in the cases of the boat recently. but it's not i mean good tempered but it's pretty bad if we weren't getting anywhere things are a little comma right. now health workers have been able to go out and well ok so if you're talking about an upscale in the cases but i think a lot of people will be aussie and the question is this outbreak likely to spread outside of the borders of where it is currently contained. it could easily do that you know at the moment it is contained within 21 different health so in north people and the jury where it's been some time but i mean you know you can easily spread across the border into uganda rwanda or move southwards towards goma i think the facts and nation campaign has been a real success and i think this is one of the reasons why it hasn't yet moved across borders or the silence today in our reports we heard that there is a mistrust among the congolese people off the health officials what can be done because this is some of the reasons why people don't go and seek treatment. what we

the us has deployed ships to the gulf in recent days — as caroline rigby reports.not bring you to report at the moment but maybe we will bring it to you later in the programme. let's talk about a mania. romania could become the third country after hungary and poland to come under disciplinary proceedings from the eu for breaching its core values — in this case the rule of law. the country's president — who opposes the changes — has called a referendum on the new laws for the same day as the european parliament elections on sunday. nick thorpe sent this report from bucharest. this european election has given supporters of the government socialist party of the chance to flex their muscles was not and is at this rally in eastern a mania read, remaining a deserved mosque respect. they're fed up with —— criticism from brussels. rainier has successfully prosecuted more high—level officials including parliamentary deputies that almost any other country. but that strong record of fighting corruption has got the acid and, the prosecutors and the security services into troub

patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployment . to carry a strike force to the region has played a role in controlling the crisis we have to turn attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. that we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to happen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescalating not escalating nobody is talking about a military solution to the current friction with the iranians i haven't heard anybody discuss that r.t. thank you all very much but the briefing still did not convince skeptical democrats make no mistake this president has a business tracing are itching for a confrontation with iran i believe that a war with iran would be. an absolute disaster. on the wall with iraq and i hope the american people told this admini

days thatjuventus are lining up recent days thatjuventus are lining upfor him recent days thatjuventuse manager to replace maximally auto allegro. now sarri, we are told is heavily admired by juventus but we are to find out in the coming days and weeks if that will happen. but he has a strong case now of staying in charge at chelsea. chelsea has a habit of hiring and firing managers but still having success. but what a story would be if sarri comes back from the debts of what we saw earlier in the debts of what we saw earlier in the season. think back to the league cup final when he stormed down the tunnel ina cup final when he stormed down the tunnel in a rage and had a plan refuse to come off as is altitude. came to this final and entering session style hamster off again to my throwing his cap to the floor, kicking it around. he clearly was not happy about something that perhaps that was motivation because he leaves the trophy and chelsea makes a long journey back home in high spirits. david is joining us from azerbaijan. all the reaction to the football tonight on the bbc website an

is binding and it's a tweet treaty to 2036 and apparently on a recent visit to the u.k. the secretary of state states. said he was committed to keeping that base in diego garcia and committed to supporting the u.k. in its ownership of the change or silence that in the news the name anymore they call it the british indian ocean territory but i think morally they'll be a great deal of pressure after a g.a.a. ruling. vote on this the u.k. under fresh pressure on this particular issue james thanks for that jane space at the united nations. now the kenyan or 3rd binyavanga why nine-a has died he was the head of kwame a kenyan literary journal and won several awards for his writing including the caine prize for african writing his satirical essay how to write about africa challenge popular stereotypes about reporting on the continent and when several anti-gay laws were passed in countries across africa in 2014 when i publicly spoke out announcing that he was gay he died of a stroke in nairobi and was 48 well mordecai odaka is the director of conservation solutions africa he jo

that the elections widely bricked and don't forget also the election supervisor report just very recently on monday dismissed claims of systematic cheating citing lack of credible evidence ok unsling live for us in jakarta thank you. and i asked our son oh isn't indonesia consultant for human rights watch is has president title has not done enough to address political violence president took over he has no option but to address human rights violation in indonesia then there's a joke we have all to address the deepening political it's between let's say conservative muslim indonesia mostly super problem now and the more poorly small slim areas of the country plus christian areas there are supported by splits and jocko. over the last 20 years there are many many political violence involving ethnic and religious violence in the nation i just read them published a book about that and i estimate about 90 percent of people were killed in the 1st 67 years after the fall of soeharto these are the political violence and of course there are many many victims 90000 of them there should be a press pre

well about security issues presume we'll have to be very tight just remind us the story that you recently of how the militants nearly killed you and your 3 year old son sparing you to create the shiloh israel children's fund 17 years ago driving home from. their old sitting behind me the b.b.c. . they were half way old the car was hit by a mess a terrible terrorists who are the road these terrorists were tells the. terrorists. they were shooting 47 assault rifles i found out that my son had been shot in the head a bullet into his head and neck misses brain stem by one when there is a current that israel aims that military institutions where he is saying that israel does not as a launching pad for your sake is or doesn't target children absolutely not god forbid. but sometimes a little biting there are innocents that are heard and that's the reality of war ok i mean obviously the united nations disagrees with you completely and of the most recent report said that in the great much of return obviously the i.d.f. are responsible for deliberately targeting children the origin song contest is

says tighten sanctions on tehran and supplied warships in the gulf region in recent days or as for mr johnson of says world powers must take action if they want to preserve the nuclear deal also known as the j c p. we believe that escalation of tension in the region is not in the interest of anybody but there are really not be the party beginning of school age in but you certainly defend ourselves and respond to any threat against our national security to discuss how we would prevent further escalation discourse how do you not a community could step in to save here if you're to say you knew you would be in prague and the only way to do it would be to restore the economic dividends. from j.c. pure that is the purpose of the you pete. meanwhile the commands are overruns revolutionary guards as warning of imminence confrontation with the united states major general he says the u.s. escalation in the region represents what he calls a decisive moments for the islamic revolution the same the strategy has more now from tehran the rhetoric is definitely ratcheting up it has been for the last

this is the reason only and as recently as a prime minister. this election has been one of the most divisive in recent years i think the security issue has been protected in a way that people's imagination was fixed. and then you start feeding them constantly. so it seems that in the post independence india the 1st time for the 1st time security issue has become such a big issue in india the opposition have congratulated modi many. during the campaign i said the people will decide who will rule the country and they have made a decision so firstly let me congratulate prime minister murty i must also thank my party workers for putting up a tough fight a battle is of ideology and vision and the people seem to have chosen to be j.p. . for now it's a moment for the j p supporters to say. also how raman joins us now from the capital new delhi so it's been 24 hours a day. the counting started where does all that stands now. well the counting continues for the moment and we can confirm now that the election commission has said that the b j p alone is a

to the middle east as tensions with iran amounts with a number but the number is much lower than recent reports suggested. a very warm welcome you're watching aussie international with minichiello. the decision by the u.s. justice department to slap julian no songs with 70 new charges has sparked the concern of media freedom groups. any government use of the espionage act to criminalize the receipts and publication of classified information poses a dian threat to journalists seeking to publish such information in the public interest irrespective of the justice department's assertion that the sun is not a journalist this is an extraordinary escalation of the trumpet ministrations attacks on journalists and the direct assault on the 1st amendment when a sandra's dragged out of london's ecuadorian embassy in last month and arrested by british police he was slapped with a u.s. extradition request immediately and it only listed one charge against him and that was a single count of conspiracy to a computer and it carries a maximum charge of 5 years a fairly small fry but that has been padded

so he has been on the sidelines recently. perhaps this is his last gasp.e had larry kudlow on fox news earlier this afternoon trying to downplay this but at the same time u.s. business groups coming out, very upset, sashimi about the suggestion there will be another $325 billion in chinese exports. -- especially about the suggestion there will be another $325 billion in tariffs on chinese exports. you can expect to see consumer goods, lobbying groups and publicly traded companies coming out against this today if not over the week. shery: the vice premier of china returns to washington this week. what can be discussed and will it be the last round of negotiations? ros: there was a lot of sense from the white house this was the last gasp, that there could even be the broad framework of a trade deal announced as soon as friday. very trickyhua in a situation. thorny expect those issues like technology transfers, currency manipulation could be discussed. we knew the hardest elements would be left until last, but now the negotiations are starting really on a def

yes some of them because of the recent violence in some of the areas where we're responding to the a bowl or a break i mean particularly in good temper where we had the tragic and happened where we had the tragic killing of the cameroonian doctor recently and devoted treatment centers of being attacked and they've been various violent demonstrations so it's made it very hard. for some of the health workers to actually go out. and that's why you see up scale in the cases of ebola research. but it's not i mean contemporary where it's particularly bad if we weren't getting anywhere things are a little comma right. now health workers have been there was ok so if you're talking about an upscale in the cases but i think a lot of people will be aussie in the question is this outbreak likely to spread outside of the borders of where it is currently contained. it could easily do that you know at the moment it is contained within 21 different health so in north people who and the jury where it's been for some time but i mean you know you can easily spread across the border into uganda rwanda o

and at a recent travel expo in islamabad rosie was among several westerners to label pakistan a must see destination. a passion for the country is shared by travel bloggers foreign and local alike. but some worry the recent hype is painting too rosy a picture like blogger alex reynolds i'm about to say some things that might make you uncomfortable but hear me out pakistan has become trendy over the last few years but in pakistan the difference between what an influencer experiences on a trip and what an independent traveler experiences on a trip is massive. and that might mean no one to help through cultural misunderstandings. is a postponement or attracting the watchful eye of the country's muscular security services. thought about what karl rock felt in pakistan on a solo trip organized himself. because the day i just realized the pakistani intelligence agency is watching me my friend told me that someone who does phone and will ask questions about me and what i was doing might be you know it's a really creepy we. over the last year i shovelled pakistan and why. the land of the pur

by the alabama legislature on tuesday is by far the strictest of these anti-abortion laws passed recently by conservative states this rule and particularly would outright ban abortions for almost every instance except for when a woman's life is in danger notably it makes no exception for cases of rape or incest and it would punish a doctor who performs an abortion in alabama with 99 years in prison now opponents to the law have have been very vociferous in their outcry saying that this would punish rape victims and it would push women to seek abortions underground in unsafe procedures even supporters of the laws of those say that they doubt this will ever take effect why because they expect to be challenged to have this law be challenge in the courts almost immediately now the goal here of the drafters of this alabama law is for the u.s. supreme court to use this as a test of roe versus wade that is the law of the land for the most for the last 40 years in the united states that gave women the constitutional right to an abortion now the drafters of the alabama law is seeking to overturn r

they've recently made a real difference in my home community of wilmington, delaware. the fbi in delaware has worked with prosecutors and law enforcement to bring criminal convictions on fraud, bribery, cyber stalking, and narcotics cases. i'm from one of those small towns like little rock where violence was spiraling out of control and real and effective engagement by our fbi office has made a difference in combatting that. i look forward to talking more about that, but let me first just -- on election interference, i've been encouraged by the clarity with which you've said that foreign interference efforts continue, that you have no doubt that russia will attempt to interfere again in our next election, that a campaign should immediately contact the fbi if offered dirt on an opponent by a foreign power and that you've been in meetings with the dni and dhs about how to protect our next election. in your remarks you highlighted the foreign influence task force you've created. what more resources do you need to bolster efforts like that task force to better protect our

past foreshadowing something like this during a recent trip to new york he was on a media blitz and he told various american news networks that when tensions are heightened that accidents can take place and no doubt the presence of more american more american military presence in the region will likely increase a so-called accident that might happen in around the waters surrounding the country we also can look to recent comments by the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini in which he also foreshadowed something like this and let me read to you a statement he made during a speech earlier this month at the beginning of this month to a group of teachers he said that in the face of this battle formation by the united states that iran had to take about a formation as well and the most important thing to do was to stay united he also said that every one of the people and the officials must prepare themselves for this aggression and where ever they are they. must take responsibility to enter the battlefield so a lot of war rhetoric in this what is still very very much a war of words but irani

recently mr lavrov said recently there's been a telephone conversation between mr trump and mr putin and then. they talked about the need to find a political solution to the venezuelan crisis what's. assessments all of this other any initiatives which we do have many initiatives so when this situation venezuela began to collate we said from the start that all problems should be resolved through dialogue between the people of venezuela themselves and the international community should stimulate them to do just that instead of inciting different parties against each other and urging the opposition to reject dialogue we heard the various initiatives including the initiative put forward but by you require mexico and the caribbean states kerry comment and this is what i just said that the government and the opposition should go so come to the negotiating table express their grievances and look for a consensus that would allow them to rebuild national unity president maduro as you know agreed to such a proposal mr why do all publicly and officially he rejected it and it was very obvious th

among its recent steps against iran the u.s. deployed an aircraft carrier and bomber planes in the persian gulf and try to that's the trumpet ministration imposed sanctions on a rainy an oil on this thing to expand them to countries which buy at the rayney and president has responded by saying u.s. pressure cannot break the iranian people he claims to right is actually growing more resilient thanks to the sanctions artie's afshin rattansi spoke to former iranian negotiator hussein mr vieira on about be current situation between the 2 countries you can watch the full interview on our website r.t. dot com. what are you see during president trump you have never seen such conflicting confusing a strategy. from the u.s. side in regard to iran between all signatories of iran nuclear deal the u.s. has completely violated we draw from the why did the united nations security council the europeans including the u.k. they have failed to deliver clear commitments for normal trade and business with iran for 2 years i don't believe such a str

what's recently illegally excavated in syria is very very difficult back in 2015 you were working on the recovery of 24 paintings from ukraine now the museum that the paintings were stolen from offered the ukrainian side of temper sent finer city but they expected to have to or some talks fell apart back then and only 5 out of 24 paintings were returned i mean how often does the money issue get in a way of bringing the stolen art back what happens with art works in this case. well in many cases you know in this case to ukrainian military who have. in their possession and the ukrainian secret service that was involved to. let's say 20 people have possession of these stolen paintings out of the netherlands so what happens these people. negotiate with these paintings and they blow it up they say these paintings are worth 5000000 and the next 810000000 and in the end there were 50000000 in their minds so they spend this 50000000 already amongst each other and i come to negotiate and i said look we're not talking of here about $50000000.00 but about half a 1000000 so they don't say oh wel

alert mentions no specific threats or reasons nevertheless though officials haven't explained these recent developments and how any sort of iranian threat would actually manifest itself to harm u.s. personnel tensions were wrapped up last week when the u.s. the poison aircraft carrier group complete with bombers to the region iran as the squad all such moves are psychological warfare. stating that they're not looking for confrontation or war but they would respond to anything they viewed as u.s. aggression that some. view of echoed by washington as well now the root of all of these recent troubles this reason this collation was of course trumps withdraw from iran nuclear treaty that was criticized roundly by the other signatories party to that agreement it was followed by threats of sanctions saber rattling and rhetoric on all sides certainly things are not slowing down and concerns globally are growing of just how far things could be pushed to the brink and you see this type of hype you can't help it but you remember what the united states did when they wanted to attack iraq in 2003 come

thanks very much for having me yes indeed i wrote in a recent article is. a country that of course war but certainly not post conflict and as you said i. the recent developments in the country especially in light of the anti muslim sentiments that are now emerging i see a new conflict coming to the forefront we have seen already the signs in 20142018 at the recent into religious riots that had happened in the country. and we also have to stress that. is at the end of the day still a country that has never gated since this post colonial times within a prescriptive parameters of single leave buddhist nationalism and we have to understand that any kind of an intervention on behalf of the minorities in those countries is seen largely with suspicion as i have also pointed out in my recent book. that is dealing with the human rights and gauge went of sri lanka with the united nations so yes to answer your question there is a conflict looming and we have to be highly vigilant to encounter the rising nationalist threat towards any minority in the country while let'

we've seen devastating attacks committed by domestic terrorist this is recent months, most recently inhe synagogue in california and in pennsylvania. in 2018, domestic violence extremists conducted six lethal attacks. in 2017, extremists conducted five lethal attacks killing eight victims. central to our effort is the joint task force model. we work hand in hand to effectively combat the threat. in fact, 50% of our terrorism investigation rs open based upon information received from the public or from referrals from our partners on the federal, state and local side. despite successes that result from the hard work of men and women of the fbi, our partners across the government, domestic terrorism continues to pose a consistent threat to the homeland. we have 850 predicated investigations and as we just saw a few weeks ago in california, the threat of it exists in every region of the united states and affects all walks of life. our commitment to you and to our fellow citizens is we will continue to confront the threat with determination and dedication to our mission. to protect the amer

study for a 15 year -- a recent study for voter fraud for a 15 year period, found less than 35 actualases of legitimate voter fraud. >> so, to require photo ids, they are really trying to prevent people from voting that would otherwise be able to vote. >> so although it is necessary to protect the integrity of the voting process, voter id laws, by targeting specific groups of people, do more harm than good. ♪ the right to vote has been one of the most controversial issues in american history. despite the common belief that everyone is included in american voting registration, state laws say that is not the case. gerrymandering and voter id laws are examples of how some don't receive equal representation. today, steps are being taken to fix these fundamental problems in our democracy, but as everyday american citizens, we can still influence change. >> because your vote makes a difference. >> accounts on who will represent the city level, county level, state-level, and national level. >> by exercising and protecting our right to vote, we decide of america continues to be run by the peo

that was the most recent labor government activities of the americans to the detriment of the chigger sale and those that tried and david miliband was dressing up as environmentalism be exclusion of the islanders for met islands on the ground they would be fishing which is appalling but they it was absolutely cynical you know they'd be stated in terms in that meeting of the environmental lobby is stronger than the change course lobby before this was a good political mood to justify excluding the islanders from their own island and the tabulation though to keep proceeding on these causes that your blog will still be there that there were folks fear or favor or exposing what you can of the truth and giving your trenchant opinions i certainly intend to carry on i would say i don't expect everyone to give everything on my block i possibly don't give of. the idea is to provoke forte and give alternative viewpoint but a well be searched and grounded always viewpoint and better and tend to keep on doing evan your career. as you looked at the being politics not less the establishment vote thi

although lula‘s sentence has recently been reduced and he could $0011 recently been reduced and he could arrest, there are other charges relating to corruption but still hanging over him. however, lula maintains that the most important thing for him is to prove his innocence. since he left office, brazilian politics has changed beyond all recognition. the economy, once the darling of the emerging markets, remains weak and fragile. his successor has been impeached, the workers‘ party removed from power, and the right—wing president elected. the military keeps the peace on the streets of rio de janeiro, and nine members of the bolsonaro cabinet have come from their ranks. bolsonaro recently said of lula "he has a plan to take power, in which ultimately our freedom would be stolen. i think it was a mistake that the courts gave him the right to give an interview". lula, for his part, is rightly critical of the new president and the his lula has been imprisoned for nearly 400 days. of the millions of brazilians are pleased that he is being punished, outside the walls of the prison, his suppor

information in the world's largest by a metric initiative which started almost a decade ago until recently many have been concerned about possible previously leaks as well as increasing government surveillance fares jamail has more from new delhi. india's biometric program at dar began with the promise to give every indian a unique number then titles them to citizenship rights and services. nearly 9 years later many say that promise hasn't been fulfilled then that romney ryan came to new delhi 5 years ago with his family from ra just on he got his biometrics card here but other than helping him get a mobile phone sim he says it hasn't been much use and. the government promised me i'd get a plot of land in the russian cots the food but so far nothing it's let my family and i stay at the shelter and put my kids in school at the university and there are other concerns about the program even as a sign ups continue critics say their usefulness has diminished india supreme court has ruled that private corporations cannot demand customers of our info though the government has recently passed a te

recently trying to push this narrative of the islamist sation off europe and this of course speaks to a lot of people who who support the right thing for us is. similar to what we saw in the 2016 u.s. presidential elections we've seen this information here in europe and if you trace back and find its source you find that it's coming from russia. it's true russia keeps popping up but that's not to say that there aren't of the foreign actors and also very important a lot of domestic ones too but reasons analysis shows that close to hof of the evacuation some 240000000 people have been exposed to some form of russian back dissin from asia and it's huge and it's not necessarily just fake accounts the kremlin back outlet sputnik for example is playing a key role in trying to influence elections that we have an example is from march this year it's targeting latvian votes as and they also claims that there is no need or no points for latvian vs to take part in the u. elections because it doesn't benefit them in any way the fact is that. a lot to receive substantially more money from the e.u.

has tighten sanctions on tehran and supplied warships in the gulf region in recent days.showing his government says the country is no peaceful enough that it can lift nationwide evening curfews that have been in effect since monday that were imposed after gangs attacked mosques and muslim businesses the government says hardline buddhist groups are under investigation over the attacks bernard smith reports from the combo in northern sri lanka a chat with almost any village monk will give you an idea of the challenge sri lanka faces in repairing relations between its muslim minority and buddhist majority population we'd like to talk with muslim and muslim community leaders to have a discussion and live in a mickle way to be able to live harmoniously muslims need to realise this is not arabia this is sri lanka in sri lanka has a culture in a civilisation and identity 31 man from this village are in police custody after violence in northwestern sri lanka on monday. open under their oath says the men were protecting the village and didn't attack muslim properties 9 mosques wer

again and again the 3rd path has marched through plow and most recently at the beginning of may there marches are reminiscent of hitler's 3rd the torches flags and drums. party has polarized the people of. torches to our uniforms it was creepy i find it a bit frightening. some of their ideas you can't fault. it's horrible that they've set up base here and the people indulge them. whether groups are allowed to demonstrate here is up to the local district office if demonstrators wear uniforms or if there's the threat of violence then a rally can be banned but so far authorities haven't acted. local authorities have often been accused of not using the full extent of the law against far right groups many say they downplay the threat they pose or turn a blind eye the marches are repeatedly allowed. because it's about rights and the rule of law and i think it's important the playing field both legally and judicially is extended as far as possible the sometimes i would like to see more courage from local authorities political scientist says just restricting the neo nazi demonstrations is not

defense secretary says that there will be no war with iran and that the recent deployment of additional forces in the gulf has deterred possible attacks by attack iran after it shanahan made the comments following a classified briefing to members of houses of the house of representatives along with the u.s. secretary of state the past been under pressure to reveal more about what they describe as unspecified threats from tehran. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. that we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. we're not about going to war this is about continuing to protect our interests in the middle east and conducting the missions that there are we are there to perform democratic senator bernie sanders says that any further escalation should be avoided at all costs. i believe that a war with iran would be. an absolute disaster for the war with iraq and i hope the american people told this to ministration but we will not go to war in iraq republican senator lindsey graham is pointing the finger at iran for a rec

it was one of their worst turn turnouts in recent history for them. and really, what this is about is about the dividing lines about brexit. the parties that were very clear and unambiguous about leave or remain were the ones that got the most votes. anna: others with a very clear remain view. annmarie, in amongst all of this, we heard from theresa may on friday, she is going step down soon as prime minister. more names keep coming to the fore. more members of parliament throwing their hat into the ring to become the next prime minister. bring us up to date. >> yeah, it's getting very crowded. this morning, he wasted no name, boris johnson, a favorite , was writing in the telegraph, he's going outline his plan. and just today, we heard from sajid javid, the home secretary, former deutsche bank managing director, he'll likely use this platform to say he's a level-headed negotiator that the country needs. he's also the son of pakistani immigrants. he could say that he's bringing something to the conservative party. he threw his name in the race on twitt

, because president trump essentially brushed off those missile tests recently by north korea. saying that it doesn't matter basically, when asked if he believes that those violated u.n. security council resolution. that was a direct contradiction to the opinion of the man standing next to him, jam niece prime minister shinzo abe, and a contradiction to what we already heard from president trump's only national security adviser john bolton, the president said in essence said publicly that some of his advisers thought it was a violation but he himself felt it didn't matter that perhaps it was simply a matter for kim jong-un to get his attention. also notably on a topic of north korea, president trump believes that denuclearization could still be possible but in no rush to get to a deal and apparently has no regrets about his tweet that seemed to side with the north korean dictator against the potential 2020 rival joe biden. >> kim jong-un made a statement that joe biden is a low iq individual. he probably is. based on his record. i think i agree with him on that. but i can tell

a massive demonstration in sao paolo demanded the reversal of a recent rise in public transport fares the following days, the numbers of protesters grew, and the police fought back, beating up demonstrators and journalists. lula has a controversial theory of why these street protests began. street protests, from both the left and the right, were an essential element in the political instability that rocked brazil after lula left office. and the protesters soon had another major cause for complaint. in 2014, a police investigation known as 0peracion lava jato, or 0peration car wash, began to unravel brazil's age—old corrupt relationship between businessmen and politicians. up and down the country, hundreds of arrests were made. the man who was leading the operation was a charismatic young judge called sergio moro. lula agrees that, whilst corruption was rife, it was not the main obstacle to progress. but when moro‘s investigation turned to a construction magnate, marcelo 0debrecht, brazilian politics was turned upside down. 0debrecht‘s company was found to have received lucrative contr

these arab builds sprouted out recently. just the paris 15 years. those are not. built to see that these where there's obviously no need there while i think what i'm getting at is when you i'm a here we you personally violating international law because they're in an illegal settlement resolution 2334 unopposed. the un security council 14 to nil said that settlement building was in flagrant violation of international law i mean did you violate the law. building by. the israeli government is not so that it made in the resolution well i was the mayor. and the people who live there. built homes and the purchase. on their own free will just their error residence in some area purchased. their own free will david reuben thank you well the u.n. accused israel of possible war crimes after they shot more than 6000 done on palestinians during the great march of return and that's something you probably won't hear from adama or graham norton on the b.b.c. today for more on how important your vision is to israel i'm joined from manchester by rafi blum co-chair of northwest fri