ecuadorian embassy before we go to daddy st chambers in london to speak to julian's lawyer geoffrey robertson q.c. about the legal and human rights implications of the case i'm joined now from sydney in australia by legendary journalist and filmmaker john pilger john welcome to going underground you've said the arrest of julian assange by british authorities is a warning to all journalists explain. it's a warning from history. it's a stark warning. anybody watching that shocking image of julian being forced out of the embassy by half a dozen police and pushed into a van will know that if that can happen to somebody for using journalism to let us know the truth that can happen to anybody and it julian. is in but as he's in prison now but if he's on the way to an american prison well the principle is unaltered on the way to an american prison could be a host of other editors if they push their luck catherine vyner of the guardian the editor of the new york times and i don't say that lightly the lead lawyer of the new york times has said it if julian and wiki leaks can be prosecuted so can the e

be left to the foreign office but as chambers we do a lot of free speech with geoffrey robertson thank you. i put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to go on to be press this is what before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the warnings and. there are millions of people in america and around the world who are better educated than ray dahlia but in order to succeed on wall street you need to complete lack of empathy this is driven study after study after study. has no consideration about the effect he's having our society and the ruination of the law . by being a leak on the system is hedge fund that's a lack of empathy and there that that takes a certain kind of myopia and stupidity to work yourself into that state. was it the wind the. was . julian a song charged in the u.s. with conspiracy to hack government computers the issue of his alleged links to russia once again being raised in washington. french police used tear gas and.

we go to world famous tao te st chambers to speak to its founder julian assange lawyer geoffrey robertson q.c. that's all coming up after this break. u.s. veterans who come back from war often tell the same stories. were going after the people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either they're already several generations of them so i just got this memo from the circular defense's office that says we're going to attack and destroy the governments and in seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with their money others with their lives if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for a war surely we can risk some discomfort for an easy way for. the business model of facebook is to pressure people to continue communicating through facebook and giving facebook personal information this is what makes facebook a surveillance monster show facebook does not have users facebook has used people that facebook use it's. welcome back i'm still here with legendary journalist and filmmaker john pilger as o

robertson was magnificent up to 3—0, he never let shaun murphy see a ball, then shaun murphy has comeet the appetite for another couple of sessions between these two tomorrow. they produced the goods. they were doing it in the first round. i don't know who will come out on top, it is going to be tough. at one stage neil robertson looked like he had a queue made of kryptonite to beat superman shaun murphy but somewhere along the line shaun murphy got some lead to protect himself! and shaun murphy had more respect by the end from us because of the way he came back from 3-0 because of the way he came back from 3—0 behind. because of the way he came back from 3-0 behind. crucible action continues on the red button and online from 7pm. paralympic classification — the way para—athletes are categorized according to their ability, is often contraversial. and it can be even more so, when an athlete is re—classfied after having been successful at a certain level. and that's what happened to british swimmer 0llie hynd, a triple paralympic champion from london and rio, he's now one of a number of

to world famous gouty street chambers to speak to its founder julian assange just lawyer geoffrey robertson q.c. that's all coming up after this break. i. join me every thursday on the alex simon schill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. so what he's got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confront cation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. but ok so what's this if you. use the first one to the finish we just finished from a few. hundreds. let us. just who do. you think it was national guard. to. play to. cover this. from what was your film composers. there are full supports these critics one of the most musical yet you believe because they feel. shamed into life and the smear. you. oppose someone. because of the style if you please. those are the gate have to be changed and we're still living with historical legacy sophie decimalization most of the. le

let's go live to london and bring in cnn's nic robertson.hey took to the streets this weekend, angry this is taking so long to leave the eu, and there are millions of others signing on that they want to stay in the eu. what's happening here? >> reporter: 6 million people signed that petition, and yes, as we finished work on friday, there were protesters blocking the way out of downing street because they were demanding and angry that brexit hadn't happened because brexit was supposed to take place on friday. there is deep division among people here, but even deeper division, it seems within theresa may's cabinet, and that scenario you just laid out, a no deal or long extension let me add another piece of that picture of potential chaos for you, and that could be a general election. there's a possibility theresa may may call a snap general election concerning consummation within her cabinet. if she does that, a former prime minister, a former conservative prime minister john major says now is not the time for calling an election. other mps ha

serious about implementing this this this horrific penal code and these medieval punishments sell robertson thank you thank you. turning now to malaysia where former prime minister knowledge of rod stock is on trial for his alleged role in the giant one n.d.p. corruption scandal one m.t.b. is the country's sovereign wealth fund it's a fund meant to benefit the economy and the country's citizens and not to is accused of stealing billions of us dollars from that fund he faces multiple charges which he denies he's in court today for the theft of just one chunk of ten million dollars knowledge of was malaysia's prime minister for a decade until losing last year's election he comes from a powerful political dynasty his father and grandfather both lead the country and now he might spend the rest of his life in prison. here's a bit more on one end or the one malaysia development bear hide it's now at the center of international investigations by a bunch of countries from singapore to switzerland to the united states investigators say more than four point five billion u.s. dollars were stolen from

at the world snooker championship, australia's neil robertson holds a 5 frames to 3 lead in his secondair against robertson, to trail by two overnight. murphy was on course for a maximum 1—4—7 in the final frame of the session but missed the last red — the break ending on 112. one game in the nba taking place, the spurs against the nuggets. the spurs leading heading towards half—time. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. after the warm easter weather that we saw last weekend, it's been turning gradually cooler and also more unsettled over the past couple of days. and that unsettled theme continues for the next few days too. this amazing picture was taken as the sun set on thursday evening in salford. you can see the big shower clouds that we had, the heavy downpours. a similar picture on friday. there will be some sunshine around, equally some heavy showers in the forecast too. and things will start to feel cold over the next few days. you can see the blue colours, that is a colder air mass filtering in in from the north—west. the warm weather that ha

the pittman-robertson fund which is excise taxes paid on purchases made by hunters, fishers, and reck ragal shooters, go into this fund that has contributed to $10 billion, has been important to start hunter education programs. it's been important also for the construction and maintenance of our public shooting ranges. the long-term viability is significant. as this nation becomes more urbanized, the ability of having people a safe place where they can go and practice, target practices -- target practicing, it becomes even more significant that these ranges have to be maintained, they have to be improved in some particular way. what this bill does is the perfect solution. it take this is fund of money but then allows the states to have greater flexibility of how it is going to be administered. by allowing them to match with just 10% it gives the states the ability to move forward and to use the pittman-robertson fund for five years to fund shooting ranges and expand existing shooting ranges. it empowers states, that's what we should be doing more, but it empowers states that will actu

nic robertson, thank you very much.efore we do, just in, a source telling cnn how long prosecutors want actress felicity huffman to serve behind bars in that college admission scandal. stay with us for that. moving is hard. no kidding. but moving your internet and tv? that's easy. easy?! easy? easy. because now xfinity lets you transfer your service online in just about a minute with a few simple steps. really? really. that was easy. yup. plus, with two-hour appointment windows, it's all on your schedule. awesome. now all you have to do is move...that thing. [ sigh ] introducing an easier way to move with xfinity. it's just another way we're working to make your life simple, easy, awesome. go to xfinity.com/moving to get started. >>> this just into cnn, prosecutors in the college admissions cheating scandal want to send actress felicity huffman to prison for four to ten months. a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation tells cnn the range of the proposed sentence has nothing to do with huffman's publi

neil robertson was my excellence at the start was halted to some degree.iggins, he will be pleased as god in that way because that's the way he can go back to in this match. in other quarterfinals, dave gilbert, against kyren wilson. another headline maker is gary wilson, the world number 32 but won the five frames in a row to lead his session against ali carter. this guy is a real find, isn't he? he's not going away, he is going to ta ke he's not going away, he is going to take some stopping. it all continues live on bbc two at seven o'clock. team gb speed skater, elise christie, has opened up about her struggle with mental health in the hope that it will encourage other athletes to talk more openly about the subject. in an instagram post earlier this month, christie revealed that she suffered with depression and anxiety for two years, but is now feeling like herself again. she spoke to our reporter, david mcdaid. she's an athlete we've seen experience the joy of becoming world champion, as well as the despair of olympic heartbreak. through it all, what h

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what lunas lawyer queen's counselor an internationally renowned human rights barrister geoffrey robertson q.c. said on monday's show there is a mentality in the judges determined no matter what to keep him in prison so that. has a clear run would have beaten both so naro not according to the brazilian embassy in london they told going underground unfortunately the words of mr geoffrey robinson do not correspond to the truth in brazil the judiciary is fully independent and due process of law is faithfully observed the specific case of former president lula has already been analyzed by different judges in different levels of jurisdiction mr robertson said justin the president lula's conviction to be politically motivated is completely absurd and a touch from reality the full statement is on our you tube channel website certainly brazil looms over the u.k.'s post rex it landscape with perceived threats that a deal with bolton or a government on beef tariffs could be used for leverage against the irish but britain is not only fighting a defacto self-imposed trade war with the e.u. it continue

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at the world snooker championship australia's neil robertson will take a 5 frames to 3 lead into his winners of this event, robertson jumped out to a 3—0 lead before englishman murphy was on course for a maximum 1—4—7 in the final frame of the session but missed the last red. the defending nba champions, golden state warriors, leading their series 3—2 can advance to the next stage of the play—offs with a win at the la clippers later on. the warriors missed the chance to advance to the western conference semi finals when the clippers won game 5 to narrow the deficit to one. but the clippers coach admits this series has lasted so long because of his side's relationship with the fans. the art of deceiving a goalkeeper from the penalty spot has become one of the many innovations in modern football, and here's one from australia. eric bautheac completely fooled adelaide united's goalkeeper paul izzo in brisbane roar‘s 5—3 defeat. a rare high for the roar, who've conceded 71 goals in the campaign — an a league record. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/s

robertson is also playing well, only conceding one frame until this match.e score is 65—0 in the first frame. you can watch it live on bbc two and the bbc sport website now. one of the uk's biggest betting companies — gvc — says it will no longer sponsor shirts or advertise on pitchside hoardings in the uk. it's one of a number of promises made by the company that owns ladbrokes and coral, including a wider ban on tv advertising. our sports news correspondent is richard conway. a lot of foreign companies are involved in shirt sponsorship with british teams, and getting them on board i think is going to be nigh on impossible. plus your‘s agreement between the major british companies to ban tv advertising took some time to ban tv advertising took some time to negotiate and agree, so getting a universal ban on shirt sponsorship and perimeter advertising, ithink is going to be that much harder. but gvc, one of the biggest firms in the uk what those brands, ladbrokes and coral, taking a stand today and saying they are going to unilaterally withdraw their sponsors

for more i'm joined now by phil robertson deputy director of human rights watch asia's division thanks for joining us this morning this new law in brunei targets homosexual acts and adultery will this country actually be seeking to enforce this law by putting people to death by stoning. well that's our fear we have to believe that they will in for us this they have said they're serious about it and you know this is a medieval kind of punishment this is something that doesn't really belong in the twenty first century it's shocking to us that i have made this move and we think that they should halt the implementation of this law and take it back to the drawing board and start over again ok the law also imposes harsh punishment for other crimes as well. well certainly if you are caught. stealing things you can face amputation of a hand or of what. you are for instance selling food in. during the holy month of ramadan you could face imprisonment and lashes there are heavy penalties there are with beings. you know included throughout this law for various different criminal offenses that it

now earlier we spoke with phil robertson he is the deputy director of human rights watch is asia division and he said that international pressure could have an effect on bone i. brunei is susceptible to international pressure i think that the boycott brunei effort will have some advocacy i do believe also that you know more hue and cry from the united nations and from other governments are going to certainly impact brunei's thinking about how to go forward with actually implementing this horrific law but if they decide to do it tomorrow if they line someone up they could certainly follow through and we would then face headlines across the world about someone being stoned to death in brunei. it was phil robertson earlier a pretty quick check now of some other stories making news around the world election votes in eight districts of istanbul are to be recounted after president recha type to want to make a party appeal the results the move comes after everyone's party was defeated by the opposition c.h.p. in the initial results the c.h.p. has criticised the appeal saying that the a.k.p. is t

and earlier we got reaction to that from phil robertson he is the deputy director of human rights watch is asia division and he says that the threat of death by stoning should be taken very seriously we have to believe that they will go in for our sister they have said they're serious about it and you know this is a medieval kind of punishment this is something that doesn't really belong in the twenty first century it's shocking to. be this move and we think that they should halt the implementation of this law and take it back to the drawing board and start over again so as phil robertson speaking with us earlier now the former prime minister of malaysia has gone on trial for his alleged role in a massive corruption scandal. is accused of misappropriating four and a half billion dollars from a state development fund if convicted of the charges the sixty five year old could face life in jail he was malaysia's prime minister for a decade until losing last year's election he comes from a powerful political dynasty his father and grandfather both fled the country. and are southeast asia cor

nermeen: geoffrey robertson, can you elaborate on precisely the timing of this?ou said it t earlier on the bbc today that this is the result of pressure brought by secretary of state mike pompeo. you mention vice president pence, as well as national securirity advisor john boltoto. can you talk about that and also the pressure that the trump administration has been applying on ecuador to take a action? >> well, yes, you veve to understandnd the extradition war and, which required the cooperation of ecuador to expel decemberras signed in 2017. that is s 15 months. ththere have been vivisits by ye vice presidentnt. there have been loans and financial dealings and d so forh with ecuador. coupleeto mr. assangege of weeks ago, and he was ceceainly in no doubt thahat the , in effect,is captivity, have been by agreemement with america. there was a pointnt about 1 months ago when he tweeted some support for r the catalonian seseparatiststs i in spain, and ecuador said ththis is a brbreaf your asysylum conditions and stopped him seeingg visitors and stopped amusing thehe

what lunas lawyer queen's counselor an internationally renowned human rights barrister geoffrey robertson q.c. said on monday's show there is a mentality in the judges. determined no matter what to keep him in prison so the whole scenario has a clear run would have beaten both so naro not according to the brazilian embassy in london they told going underground unfortunately the words of mr geoffrey robinson do not correspond to the truth in brazil the judiciary is fully independent and due process of law is faithfully observed the specific case of former president lula has already been analyzed by different judges in different levels of jurisdiction mr robertson said justin the president lula's conviction to be politically motivated is completely absurd and the touch from reality the full statement is on our you tube channel website certainly brazil looms over the u.k.'s post rex it landscape with perceived threats to deal with both sonora government on beef tariffs could be used for leverage against the irish but britain is not only fighting a defacto self-imposed trade war with the e.u.

neil robertson is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championships.n 2010 and is now the tournament favourite once more. my pictures from the crucible in such happy scenes. all fans happy to see the sight of reigning champion mark williams stop can't quite see him there. he is back at the table this morning. he was taken to hospital with chest pains. this was after the second session against david gilbert yesterday. williams has recovered. the just saying it wasn't to do with his heart. they resumed a little while ago and the first frame of the day has gone to gilbert. he has recovered off the table. now williams needs to make a recovery in the actual match. 6—3. you can follow the action on bbc two also on the bbc sport website. newcastle remain bottom of rugby union's premiership after losing to northampton. silent jumped to premiership after losing to northampton. silentjumped to sixth in the league as they beat bath. both of sales penalties keep their faint hopes of a top four finish alive. that is all this but for now. you can follow of those sto

england's shaun murphy is still behind against australia's neil robertson.cible champions and on form — so this has been a tight match with lots of safety play today. but murphy has just dropped another frame, so as they approach the interval robertson is up 9 frames to 6. the first to 13 frames will go through to the quarter—finals. meanwhile on the other table, amateur, james cahill is trying to cause another upset. after his shock win over ronnie o'sullivan in the first round, he's playing scotland's stephen maguire. but maguire has other ideas and is leading 5—3 — both matches resume this evening. there's was a bizarre incident in first practise at the azerbajan grand prix after a car hit a loose man—hole cover. causing the session to be abandoned. george russell's williams was damaged by the drain cover and then doused in hydraulic fluid after its recovery truck hit a bridge on its way back to the pits. baku is a street circuit so there are plenty of drains along the way. they're now all being checked before second practice starts this afternoon. they a

robertson, who won the tournament back in 2010, is the now the tournament favourite.appy at the sight of reigning champion mark williams, back at the table this morning. this is not him, this is david gilbert. williams was taken to hospital with chest pains yesterday after his second session against david gilbert. williams has recovered and resumed a few minutes ago. every time we talk about live pictures, we don't get to see williams. come on, cameraman, give him a shot. but i can assure you that williams is back at the crucible after he was checked by doctors. it is live on bbc two and the website. a sunny afternoon on the cards for some of you, but for others, storm hannah dahoud is causing problems. some travel disruption still possible through this afternoon. and some minor damage to trees and buildings can't be ruled out. don't forget the trees are now getting into leaf and with severe gales expected in places, that could break the odd branch down. winds actually peaked through the night, 82 miles an hour in aberdaron in north—west wales. but once the wind stren

meanwhile — shaun murphy fought back in his second round match against neil robertson to trail five framesi—a—7 in the final frame of the session but missed the last red — the break ending on 112. another former champion mark selby trails 5—3 to gary wilson alex hales willjoin the england squad for their pre—world cup training camp in cardiff on saturday. hales has missed nottinghamshire's first three one—day cup games for what the county described as "personal reasons". the world cup begins in england and wales on the 30th of may. jofra archer has given a glimpse of what he might offer england in the coming months. the all rounder is in the one day squad for the series against pakistan next month. earlier today he hit a sparkling 27 not out with this six in the final over to seal a dramatic win for rajasthan royals against kolkata knight riders in the indian premier league. despite the victory, the royals are still second from bottom of the table. now voting is open for this year's — bbc women's footballer of the year award and all week we're hearing from the five nominees — today it's th

championship began today and two former champions went toe to toe in the afternoon session — neil robertsonour frames each butjudd trump is flying. trump raced into a 6—0 lead, knocking in a highest break of 131 against stephen maguire, before the scot managed to register a frame. the tournament favourite took the final frame to lead 7—1. first to 13 go through. they'll finish off tomorrow. when england forward izzy christiansen broke her leg and damaged ankle ligaments eight weeks ago, while playing in the shebelieves cup, she thought her chances of making this summer's world cup were over. but after surgery, she's making good progress — and she told our reporterjo currie she hopes manager phil neville selects her for the tournament, which begins on the 7th ofjune. my my body recovered well and mentally i feel fresh and good and physically i'm coming along and if i were to be selected for lockup i don't know what's going to happen but i have about seven weeks to play with, can hopefully improve my fitness. how much contact have you had come i know he's in touch with the player so know he's

privileged communities like this communities that awful luck quality education and even basic amenities robertson is goal is to use the principles of test to see each of the children that in spite of their circumstances they can still make it in that it was for them to be just coming into to face a lot of challenges so he's got to i just telling them that if you can live in this game of chess or you can become a champion that's it you can also become the champion of your life chess is a game of strategy requiring critical thinking and calm situation even adults can struggle to plait let alone children children is actually very intelligent very intelligent enough to master the game of chess despite its complexities. i'm not korea also grew up in a slum neighborhood he says playing chess from a young age give him a new perspective on life now he's determined to do the same for other children. are dwyer is at first regional turn a man and her coach is there to cheer her on. she will be faced. since kids from more privileged backgrounds but she says he's confident of how he chewed do you think you ar

the 43—year—old scot will now play australia's 2010 winner neil robertson who hasn't played since qualifyinger—finals on friday. ali carter is also through to the quarter—finals after beating china's zhou yuelong13—9. the two—time finalist was trailing 9—7 before winning six frames in a row and he's through to the last 8 for the 6th time in his career and will play fellow englishman gary wilson on tuesday. there'll be two wilson's in the quarter—finals after kyren also came from behind to beat barry hawkins 13—11. the pair shared 9 centuries — a new record for a best—of—25 match at the world championship and he'll play david gilbert starting on tuesday. in serie a, atalanta continue their bid to claim the final champions league place in italy. they were 2—0 winners at home to udinese with both goals coming in the last 10 minutes of the match. the side from bergamo move back ahead of roma into the final champions league spot days after booking their ticket to the coppa italia final against lazio, while sassuolo climb three places to 10th following their victory at fiorentina. while in spain a

nic robertson live for us at 10 downing street in london this morning.rom a story in the "new york times" about the economy already pulling back, jobs going elsewhere, banks making preparations but are we any closer to a deal or a no deal? >> reporter: we're not. right now the cabinet is in session. it's called a political session. they began doing it about an hour or so ago. that meeting began perhaps a half hour ago, political because none of the senior civil servants are sitting beside the ministers because this isn't about running government departments. it is about the politics of where we are right now, and that is a divided cabinet for theresa may, based on what she heard last night. no votes on all of those issues that were supposed to be indicative of the options going forward from a customs union to a norway type arrangement, to a second referendum. all of those rejected so theresa may today has a cabinet split. those who are pressuring her and they're in the majority of the moment, pressuring her to leave the european union next friday without

a preliminary damage survey in robertson county has found a tornado with peak intensity of f3 and winds an hour. the survey will continue over the next few days with additional areas still needing to be assessed. experts say the tornado threat will be lower by then but damaging wind could still present hazardous conditions. >>> for us this weather system sitting offshore is going to come our way and it is heading our way now. it will be here mid afternoon start running around two or three a clock maybe earlier in the north bay and it will rain through the early evening commute. this is going to fly through quickly and by not clock tomorrow it will be a distant memory. temperatures today were running a little colder than yesterday, certainly a little breezy outside, we have a beautiful shot you can see the san jose area, good air quality and visibility but as we head into tomorrow the clouds will be thickening up to the point that you won't be seeing the lawns from the sunset district and you won't be seeing diablo from san francisco. it starts off good, the morning commute is dry, the

robertson now leads 7—4. the first to 13 frames wins.d championship so it is a good one to watch. slow going. there's been plenty of drama in first practise at the azerbajan grand prix after a williams car hit a loose man—hole cover causing the session to be abandoned. george russell's car was damaged by the drain cover and then doused in hydraulic fluid after the recovery truck had crashed into a bridge. baku is a street circuit so there are plenty of drains along the track. they're now all being checked before second practsie starts this afternoon. they also need to make sure the bridge is sctructually sound after the trucks collision. 0nto football, and there are just three games left in one of the most exciting premier league title races in years, can liverpool reclaim top spot tonight? they're one point behind city and they play huddersfield at anfield later knowing it's out of their hands if city win all their remaining games, not thatjurgen klopp will have any regrets if they‘ re pipped to the title. isaid, if i said, if we will d

. >> cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is joining us now.or a moment to recap what has happened during this holy week. churches are among the targets of, of course, the coordinated bombings in sri lanka but a man is charged after taking gasoline containers in a cathedral in new york. there is a grander question if this major christian holiday has become a target for terrorists' intent on revenge? >> reporter: certainly the easter weekend and, you know, the holy nature of the week and the fact that additional people would be going to churches would attempt to attract any terrorist on revenge and it speaks to the issue of a planned complex and coordinated attack and there are not many groups that could carry that out, it doesn't appear to be indigenous to sri lanka. the abuse scandal has been ricochetting along for sometime, continues to dot the church but fire at the notre dame cathedral in the past week, as you say, the arson attempt and st. patrick's in new york and the church burned down in louisiana just last week, and the killing of a jo

cnn's diplomatic editor nic robertson is live. nic, what more are you learning from investigators?> reporter: well, the police say they've arrested two men, one 18 years old. one 19 years old. they're taken to their police headquarters in belfast. there's some hour and a half from londonderry. not clear why these two were arrested. but police did arrest the two, showing at least two involved in shooting -- clearly, you can see the gunmen. so, perhaps, that's some of the evidence here. but also we should understand when the dissident republican group the new ira had the car bombing in january. this is the same group or part of the group that police believe may be responsible for the shooting of lyra mckee. when police arrested the people in that car bombing, they released a number of people. but it's not clear if these men are the men the police are looking for but does seem to be a step forward in the investigation. and the outrage and shock in mckee's killing is being felt around the world. even president clinton tweeted his heartbreak about it. where she was killed, a shlirin to

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. >> joining us now live from paris our nick robertson. we're just getting these images in. that image from the air, it almost looks like the flame looks like lava. i mean, what is the latest you are learning ability the cause of the fire? >> reporter: what we know so far is that there was construction work going on. the belief at the moment by the chief prosecutor is this was not started maliciously rather involuntarily. there's an indication it may have started on the upper floors possibly in an attic. what triggered it isn't clear. what is very clear is that it spread very quickly engulfing and doing all the damage that we've seen so far. so from a french perspective, from a prosecutor's perspective at this very early stage he is not expecting foul play. an involuntary start to the fire is the way they're describing it for right now, erin. >> and obviously we can hear people around you gathered as we are at 2:00 in the morning. i want to go now on the phone to jason henman who was there at notre dame earlier this evening. he was on vacation, was obviously going to see the

nic robertson with the latest. where are we headed today?ight now, the prime minister trying to get her party on track. she's having a political meeting this morning with her cabinet marathon session today, five hours total. she'll meet with them again in the afternoon. right now she needs to sort of hammer out those divisions over what options she has in front of her. does she go for the option of a no deal brexit. that's leaving next friday. a managed no deal brexit as they like to call it. there's a lot of pressure within her party from that. there would be cabinet resignations potentially on the other side of her cabinet from those who want a longer extension to negotiate brexit, who want a softer brexit. equally if she went this that direction, there could be resignations. is she mulling over the idea of a snap general election. there's some who would push for that. there's others who would guide her this is not the moment the opposition labor party could make some gains. the government and the conservative party not doing as well in th

cnn's nick robertson live for us in paris.gators got their first good look at the damage caused by this fire. it raged for nine hours. what do we know about how it spread so quickly? >> well, what we know is that a fire alarm went off inside the cathedral about 6:20, and it was heard by the security officials within the cathedral and they executed their policy, which was to evacuate the building. so they got everyone out of the building. but no hint of a fire. then 23 minutes later, 6:43 the alafrm went o alarm went off again, and that's when they saw the fire, the first indication they saw the fire. so it does seem those 23 minutes while valuable to save lives weren't perhaps used as well as they could have been to try to figure out where the root of the fire was, what was causing the alarm to be triggered. we don't know if they chose to completely ignore that first alarm or only go searching diligently after the second alarm. undoubtedly that's the kind of question investigators will be asking. but it does seem at least the

cnn's nic robertson live for us in paris right now. kni nic, it's early wednesday morning in paris.hat questions remain for investigators as they continue to comb through the damage? >> reporter: well, the first is just to make sure that the building is secure to get, you know, a forensic investigation in, forensic investigative team in who can really get to the bottom of how the fire started. they believe it was accidental. they believe it was in the attic. but the fire alarm system went off in the cathedral at 20 past 6:00 in the evening on monday evening, and it was enough for the security officials there to do what they always plan to do in such situations, which is get everyone out of the cathedral, make sure no one's going to get hurt. but what they weren't able to do was find the cause of the alarm. 23 minutes later it went off. that's when they saw the smoke. that's when they recognized there was a fire. so the thing to do for the investigators now is to find out obviously why that fire started, how it was started. there have been already questioning a lot of the, you know,