what kind of reaction has there been to this story there in romania?rter: the decision considered a victory by the human rights activists, especially by the lgbt community. romania will now have to find ways to protect same-sex marriages and families. it also opens the way for legalizing the so-called partnershipetween same-sex partners, asf the social democrats declared. it is early to talk n to talk about legalizing same-sex marriage, as this is one of the most conservative countries in the european union. that07, a poll shows romaniaa is less tolerant and only one out of four romanians would accept -sex mriages. anchor: what do you think a ruling like this could do for things in romania, co beit the start of a changing g tide the?e? reporter: changing the tide, change in the l law, it is early to talk about it now, but mentalities are starting to change and it is very important for the freedom and diversity, for the march that will take place on saturday in bucharest. it is a historical decision. betweenlarge debatate defending the traditional famil

i went to romania, particularly to with the revolution occurred in that country. i was visiting with a pastor in romania and going through his church that existed during the 1950's and 1960's. and he showed me up on the wall all the pictures of pass tors. and as i saw that picture, as i as there with that pastor -- [audience booing] mr. pruitt: what's interesting about this type of discussion, we're talking about free speech, religious liberty and folks willing to engage in it this west doesn't want to talk about results. they just want to shout, they want to try to intimidate as oppose tad talk about what's being done in this administration. there's great things happening across the country. as i was sharing with you, as i toured that church in romania, with that pastor, i asked him about those pictures that were up on the wall from the 1950's and 1960's. i said did you all meet in that time frame? he said yes, we met every week. but if we met in this house of worship there was someone always in attendance from the government and listened to everything we said. i

several years ago i had a pleasure of traveling with my church to romania. it was the first time i'd traveled abroad, and i went to where the revolution occurred in that country, and i was visiting with a pastor in romania and going to this church that existed during the 1950s and 1960s, and he showed me up on the wall all the pictures of pastors. as i saw that picture, as i was there with that pastor -- [voices from the crowd, indistinguishable]. >> you know what's interesting about this type of discussion here we are talking about free speech and religious liberty and folks won't l you talk about it. the left doesn't want to talk about truth and results. they just want to shout and try to intimidate as opposed to talking about what's been done in this administration. there's great things happening across the country. as i was sharing with you, as i toured that church in romania, i was with that pastor and i asked him about the pictures up on the wall from the 1950s and 1960s, and i asked did you meet during that time period? he said, yes, we met every week

critics say the new laws will make romania a paradise for criminals. it's a nurse that over a number of years more than four hundred fifty people died at a hospital in the u.k. after being given high doses of painkillers the new report has found that there was an institutional practice of administering opioids that many patients didn't meet campaigners are calling for criminal charges against the prescribing doctor that in barbara ports from portsmouth. they've campaigned for twenty years to find out how their relatives died in the same hospital after being given drugs they didn't need now a painstaking report four years in the making says they've been failed consistently by hospital managers by the police and by politicians inexcusable failure of them all is not only shameful it is scandalous and it is immoral. they have grossly felt that ethical standards by abusing people's human rights are vulnerable relatives who was stripped of their final words to their loved ones silenced by. catastrophic the report looked at events at this hospital in southern

you are now inside the most popular and famous tourist attraction in romania.an castle, better known in the world as dracula castle. >> count dracula, loosely based on the legend of vlad dracula, vlad the impaler, the notorious ruler of this region in the 1400s. known for his violent and torturous methods. suppressing dissidents. >> when it comes to dracula, he was a real person, a real historical character. this castle was a castle built and used by local kings as a military castle, including dracula's family. >> vlad dracula was a horrible, horrible human being. being a vampire would be an improvement over what he was. >> reporter: it was 400 years later when irish author bram stoker penned the iconic 1897 novel "dracula" that the legend of dracula the vampire was born. >> the meaning of the name dracula is the "the devil's son." >> reporter: this being dracula's castle, it comes with the bloodcurling creepiness you might expect. but still, tourists flock to this place. >> last year we had 1 million tourists. >> reporter: in some ways, dracula is transylvania

in romania more than one hundred thousand government supporters have protested against alleged abuses by anti corruption prosecutors the ruling social democratic party says the prosecutors have too much power and that they tap phones illegally critics say the government rally is meant to intimidate judges and the country's president who supports the anti corruption fight thousands have marched in l g b t pride parades across europe bucharest adrian c'mon and clive hamilton celebrated their recent european court victory which ordered romania to recognise their marriage in warsaw equality parade marchers said poland's conservative turn has forced them to fight harder for their rights a young iraqi suspected of raping and murdering a fourteen year old german jewish girl known as susana has arrived at frankfurt airport german interior minister horizontal for a confirmed that the man known only as ali b. had been successfully extradited authorities in iraq say the twenty year old admitted that he had killed his ana who went missing last month the case has stoked the immigration debate here

their the politicians in romania when it comes to same sex marriage or do l.g.b. t.writes that their attitude remains hostile. yes. there are hostile statements and there are all styles legal measures as the one i mentioned before the amendment of the civil code and i think this happens because of public more out of date they perceive you know this is not the country where anybody who went to the city hall to ask to be married you know today's day. so to amend a civil code to rule out same sex marriage when nobody actually asked for it in no shows a negative political intention against a group so that is discrimination brought up in politics. adrian tomine joining us tonight from bucharest adrian we certainly wish you and your spells clayborne all the best and we appreciate you sharing your story with us tonight thank you thank you to. well the day is nearly done but as ever the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at g.w. news or you can write directly to me brant golf t.v. don't forget to use the hash tag the day and finally we want to get

critics say the new laws will make romania a paradise for criminals. it's emerged that over a number of years more than four hundred fifty people died at a hospital in the u.k. after being given high doses of painkillers the new report has found that there was an institutional practice of administering opioids that many patients didn't need campaign is now calling for criminal charges against the prescribing doctor.

european court of human rights says listen wally and romania violated human rights by hosting secret cia detention centers it also says the country's breached the prohibition on torture by helping the agency with the interrogation of two al qaeda suspects they've been ordered to pay the men one hundred thousand euros each in compensation one of the suspects according to the cia was a key al qaeda figure but no charges were brought against him during his interrogation he was water boarded eighty three times the cia further says the other man led operations in the gulf for. peter all of those more and how the suspects say they were treated. we can't have been held in these facilities and the domestic authorities had been aware that the cia would subject them to treatment contrary to the convention now what we have heard is a little bit about the conditions in which they were kept in lithuanian site we've gotten a little bit of a glimpse into what was going on there and how prisoners were held up this this hearing no it prisoners were kept in blindfolded all time they were put in solita

going underground if it means they can feed their children thousands of people have protested in romania's capital against laws that they say will make high level corruption worse the measures include a limit on criminal investigations to one year less charges are laid before then critics say the new laws will make romania a paradise for criminals the mysterious deaths of at least four hundred fifty people at a hospital in the u.k. are being blamed on the unnecessary prescription of painkillers that's the conclusion of a report which found that over a period of eleven years patients were regularly given high doses of opioids they didn't need but in barbara ports from portsmouth. they campaign for twenty years to find out how their relatives died in the same hospital after being given drugs they didn't meet now a painstaking report four years in the making says they've been failed consistently by hospital managers by the police and by politicians inexcusable failure of them all is not only shameful it is scandalous and it is immoral. they have grossly felt that ethical standards by abusing

romania were complicit in the torture of two al qaeda terrorist suspects by hosting secret cia detention centers says the european court of human rights. america's trading partners to retaliate against hefty tariffs on metal imports now the dream posed by the trumpet ministration. hello live from marty studio h.q. here in moscow this sunday morning it's kevin owen with you just a day to the morning here now with our own roundup of the stories that made the big headlines over the last seven days and first that a u. turn from donald trump over north korea he says he's ready to meet with kim jong un after all in singapore later this month they were earlier of course mixed messages coming from the white house but well ahead of all those talks russia's foreign minister has already met with the north korean leader in pyongyang with a message that moscow supports nuclear deescalation efforts on that peninsula but also adding it should be handled gradually a correspondent in a patrol traveled with a russian delegation that was granted access to one of the north korean leaders residences. we were

headlining to lithuania and romania were complicit in the torture of two al qaeda terror suspects by hosting secret cia detention centers says the european court of human rights. america's trading partners about retaliate against hefty tariffs on metal imports imposed by the trumpet ministration. live from r.t.e. studio age q here in moscow this sunday morning it's kevin zero in with you for a weekly roundup of the big stories of the last seven days first than a u. turn from donald trump over north korea he says he's ready to meet with kim jong un after all in singapore later this month previously had been so many mixed messages coming from the white house about it but well ahead of voce talks russia's foreign ministers already met with a north korean leader in pyongyang a correspondent leaper trenchard traveled with a russian delegation and was granted unique access to one of the north korean leaders residences. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices behind in how they're taking us somewhere. so we're here in this van just to cower and then one photo

review of the church of england's inquiry into allegations torrential floods have hit south—western romaniatroying crops. authorities sent aid teams to help residents clear mud and water from their homes. the rain only lasted twenty minutes but exceeded 70 litres per square meter, the amount usually seen in a month. the release of five men accused of gang raping a teenager in spain has sparked mass protests around the country. the group known as wolf pack, were convicted of the 2016 attack during pamplona's running of the bulls festival, but have been released pending an appeal. the decision has sparked outcry from the public and political sphere as women call for reforms in the justice system, including tougher punishment for sex crimes. georgina smythe reports. anger on these streets of spain and. tens of thousands of women chant "here we are, the feminists" and "it is not abuse, it is rape". these m essa 9 es is not abuse, it is rape". these messages delivered right outside government offices around the country, including the headquarters of the ministry ofjustice in madrid. protesters c

that was the reason that the government gave when they refused to consider a residence for play in romaniaand you know kids. we you know it is june which is the typical pride month in many western european countries what is pride like in bucharest. it's a saturday and as you saw clear will be coming here and will be together it is a political protest it is small number compared to other countries i think it ranges between one and two thousand people. it includes. you know many straight allies representatives of embassies what it lacks is romanian politicians. would you think it's fair to say dream vents. are the politicians in romania when it comes to same sex marriage or do l g b t rights that their attitude remains hostile. yes. there are hostile statements. there are hostiles legal measures as the one i mentioned before the amendment of the civil code and i think this happens because of public more out of date they perceive you know this is not the country where anybody who went to the city hall to ask to be married you know to this day. so to amend the civil code to rule out same sex m

would it uses coming from from saudi or from you know that he's being you know he's instruction romania's most powerful politician has been convicted of official misconduct and sentenced to three and a half years in prison social democratic party leader live you drive you know has been found guilty of keeping two women on the payroll of a state agency even though they were employed by his party drug know was a government official at the time and he denies any wrongdoing i want to let me do of romania's ruling party he would normally be prime minister body is barred from ruling the country because of its bills for a game conviction. hundreds of thousands of people have attended a rally for turkey's main opposition party and its mere ahead of sunday's election the head of the republican pete people's party movement ends told his supporters that he would transform the country and says the main challenger to turkish president rage ip tie of order when sunday's vote is the first election since changes to the constitution boosted the power of the presidency. well it's less than two weeks to go

this is brasov in central romania.l and ice, hitting much of the central and western regions of the country. the bad weather is expected to continue for the next few days. britain's prime minister theresa may has laid a wreath at the scene of the london bridge terror attack, to mark one year since eight people were killed by three men armed with knives. 48 others were injured when the attackers first drove a van into pedestrians and then stabbed people who were enjoying a night out. june kelly reports. on this first sunday of summer, hundreds gathered at southwark cathedral to reflect on a long night full of fear in london 12 months ago. leading the public figures was the prime minister. it's less than a fortnight since she and the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, were at a memorial service for the victims of the manchester bombing. last year, 36 people in the uk were murdered in terror attacks. eight lives were taken in the london bridge atrocity. one victim, james mcmullan, was british. chrissy archibald was from canada

coleman and the two men tied the knot in belgium and they wanted to move to adrian's home country romania but remain. does not recognize same sex marriage which also means that authorities there refused to grant residency to gay partners who are not even you citizens way drian spouse clayburgh is a u.s. citizen so the couple took their case to the european court of justice in one take a listen to him i'm just i'm and i want to remember the moment when we went to the remaining consulate in brussels in two thousand and twelve where they refused to recognize a belgium r.h. that if it you know that they. believe that. today's decision means that finally i can look in the eyes of any rumanian on a you clock with the sets and say that we are a family and the state recognizes what we have been teach other for the last sixteen years is he. or one of the two victorious men in that court case is joining us tonight i'm joined by adrian common in bucharest congratulations i would say are in order to you and your husband claiborne it's good to have you on the show tonight adrian you've had a little bi

his party drug name was a government official at the time and denies any wrongdoing as leader of romania's ruling party drug they would normally be prime minister but he's barred from running because of a vote wrecking conviction. to turkey now where hundreds of thousands of people have attended a rally for the main opposition party in is mir ahead of sunday's election the head of the republican people's party promised his supporters that he would transform the country is the main challenger to president. on sunday's vote is the first election since changes to the constitution of the power of the presidency. and if europe is prime minister says that east african countries will take action to end south sudan's civil war if warring parties can't reach an agreement regional leaders are meeting in at is about to discuss the peace process and once a president salva kiir met a rebel leader for the first time in two years tens of thousands of people have been displaced in five years of conflict. and. there are. now police in malaysia are reopening a murder investigation that could have links to f

death the people of my life yeah i was still singing a ballad klingon am romanesque we people of romania. the ballad imagines the words i would have spoken to the two kinds of casinos who betrayed me if it was to rule that you desired why did you not tell me. not i would have granted your request. and you would have ruled in. it's been a long time since name that has had several smash hits thoughts i sometimes felt style music as cycles. timeless and for me now has a. name on it's whole song. puppets. their hands off. more and more people are falling under the spell of colorful slime millions of women videos prove you can do that on television. they decided to investigate this mysterious phenomenon and want to pray together. you're rollbacks. looking for the my child looking. around is shaking no but feel the top of your favor to. look at it to make a point that should give you a call to see the entire country champion free and fearless for the last sixty years. for minds on freedom and whole. world i come from the region is rich in history. but so poor in education opportunity and freed

a familiar face on the red carpet acting is in her blood lara spot that was a well known actor in romania. his daughter who is with roles in german film and television. landing the role that would be her international breakthrough. playing hitlist secretary travel you are in town for all the role lara noticed in hollywood. on her first english language film she met her future husband sam riley. whether it's u.s. or european films alexandra maria lara is in demand and on the way are. you . what are you doing was a dog. that is private property or some groups who goes to work franka potente as a business minded madam together with tom hardy in the mysteries series to be a gritty costume drama set in the nineteenth century. this is a change his career took off with time to it was berlin three not run long brown lists this. overnight franka potente was a star and started playing in the big leagues. with johnny depp in blow. alongside matt damon in bourne supremacy. but tend to also let's just step behind the camera her directorial debut was a silent movie. as comfortable in the art house worl

madison keys secured a straight sets victory over romania's mihael buzarnescu to break new personal ground it is awesome. this was always the most difficult for me and the toughest to think i could play well. to get to the quarter—finals means a lot. play well. to get to the quarter-finals means a lot. she is joined in the quarter—finals by fellow american sloane stephens. she dropped just two games as she defeated anett kontaveit 6—2, 6—0. with less than two weeks to go to the start of the world cup, the world's most expensive player, neymar, made a goalscoring return to action as brazil beat croatia in a friendly in liverpool. the paris saint—germain striker hadn't played since february because of a broken foot, but came off the bench to score brazil's opening goal in a 2—0 victory at anfield. the liverpool striker roberto firmino, playing on his home ground, scored their second in stoppage time. brazil's final game before the world cup is against austria in vienna next sunday. elsewhere, spain were held to a 1—1 draw by switzerland while peru's captain paolo guerrero, given a reprieve b

mihaela buzarnescu bowling svitolina won 6—4, 6—2 — and now plays mihaela buzarnescu bowling from romaniat a new women's world record for a score in t20 internationals surpassing the mark set by new zealand earlier on wednesday. the white ferns recorded 216 for1 as they beat south africa by 66 runs in somerset but in the second game of the (gfx) (tx gfx) tri —— in somerset but in the second game of the tri nation—series england made a mammoth 250 for 3 as the proteas slumped to a second successive loss. tammy beaumont made 116 offjust 52 balls which was the 2nd fastest women's t20 hundred of all time, as her side beat south africa by 121 runs with the next round of fixtures to be played at the same venue on saturday. after last week's ups and downs at the us open, attention switches to the travelers championship in connecticut where world number fivejordan speith is defending champion. players were challenged like never before at shinnecock hills in the year's second major so for many it comes as welcome relief to be playing a course that perhaps offers more and hinders less. sometimes ha

by state department delays in approving $25,000 in aid money that was to go to jews in france and romania. while they were writing a report detailing all of the reasons that the state department had given, all the excuses for these delays, they discovered evidence that the state departmented had actually been actively trying to stop information about the holocaust from reaching the united states to stop that public pressure. if the americans don't know about it, they're not going to put any pressure on the state department to do anything. they specifically told the swiss, the u.s. delegation in switzerland not to send any more of rigner's reports about atrocities. so one of the best things about studying the treasury department is henry morgan thousand jr., fdr's treasury secretary, recorded all his meetings. in this book i was able to use the treasury department's own words and express their frustration. you could read through the actual transcripts of what they're saying. and at the end of december, 1943, a lawyer at treasury said, and this is a quote: mr. secretary, the only question w

in romania more than one hundred thousand government supporters have protested against alleged abuses by anti corruption prosecutors the ruling social democratic party says the prosecutors have too much power and that they tapped phones illegally critics say the government rally is meant to intimidate judges and the country's president who supports the anti corruption fight. a young iraqi asylum seeker accused of raping and murdering a fourteen year old german jewish girl known as susana is now in custody in germany german interior minister horse a who for a confirmed that the man identified as ali beat had been extradited from iraqi kurdistan where he had fled authorities there say the twenty year old admitted to killing the girl who went missing last month from a deal to frankfurt airport and onto visa via helicopter the young iraqi suspect was taken into custody amid heavy police presence authorities seeking to make amends he's asians that they're only investigations were flawed let's hiked. this shows that the german judiciary has this case under control everyone can see what's go

remain an american couple not just yourself the american has been entitle to residency even though romania itself does not permit same sex marriage. really russian president vladimir putin has arrived in vienna on his first foreign trip since being sworn in for a fourth term with austria as his first estimation put in has chosen one of the russia friendly members before meeting with the austrian president putin dismissed suggestions that russia has any intention of dividing the twenty nation. iran's supreme leader ayatollah has ordered preparations to boost the country's capacity to enrich uranium in the event that the nuclear deal with world powers forwards apart it comes nearly a month after u.s. president to donald trump drew the u.s. from the deal which was signed under the previous administration. and now to a special birthday for us a d w daughter bella is celebrating its sixty fifth anniversary today to mark the occasion german chancellor angela merkel led the seventy at the german parliament with director general peter limbaugh dortch avila started radio broadcasts back in one thou

all right now let's have a look at some other stories making news around the world and in romania more than one hundred thousand government supporters have protested against alleged abuses by anti corruption prosecutors the ruling social democratic party says the prosecutors have too much power and that they tapped phones illegally critics say the government rally is meant to intimidate judges and the country's president who supports the anti corruption fight. germany's post communist left party has voted to support opening germany's borders to migrants there was heated debate before the vote at the opposition parties and the conference delegates who were opposed to open the borders say the policy would affect jobs and drive people to right wing parties now a young iraqis suspected of raping and murdering a fourteen year old german jewish girl known as susanna has arrived at frankfurt airport german interior minister horace they hope for confirm that the man known only as he had been successfully extradited authorities in iraq say the twenty year old admitted that he had killed susanna

wants they're already putting these missile defense that was and poland romania alaska at sea in south korea now they want to put them in germany there is also talk about a new u.s. military base on the. east germany towards the border with poland put the polish government is now begging dropped they want to pay trump two billion dollars for the u.s. military forces that put a base in their country while people around the world are protesting for the thousand of them to us for our military guys this tiny you know drainage hole in the us to occupy that it is bizarre their behavior it's because everyone in poland has an auntie in chicago here i mean it would be good if the mayor is rapidly running out of time you're going to be one of the interesting things is that. at the end of the second world war nato was put into place to keep the americans in the germans down in the russians it seems that the trump administration is doing everything possible to rearrange the countries maybe to keep germany down but it's pushing the united states out and we had we had mccrone. visiting st petersburg

bucharest adrian come on and climb hamilton celebrated their recent european court victory which ordered romaniato recognize their marriage warsaw equality parade marchers at poland's conservative turn as forced them to fight harder for their rights now a young iraqi suspected of raping and murdering a fourteen year old german jewish girl known as susana has arrived at frankfurt airport german interior minister or is the whole four confirmed that the man known only as ali b. had been successfully extradited authorities in iraq say the twenty year old admitted that he had killed susanna who went missing last month from a deal to frankfurt airport and onto viz via helicopter the young iraqi suspect was taken into custody amid heavy police presence authorities here seeking to make amends after accusations that their only investigations were flawed the psyched. this shows that the german judiciary has this case under control everyone can see what's going on and i think that helps people sense that justice is being done. the station tyria minister has urged that in future airports have specialized st

economic model for that because britain has imported millions of low cost workers from poland and romania since two thousand and four and we've seen the effects of that on the economy an increase in g.d.p. and a collapse in productivity but that's not what's driving the immigration ideology it's it's precisely not to. konami rational it is instead ideology you know it's important to recall that one of the founding fathers of the european integration is movement richard fun couldn't who in one nine hundred twenty five called for the races of europe to be mixed with other bloods for the european race to be mixed with other bloods in order to create a new european of the future he had to sort of racialist a few except the other way around from the nazis who wanted racial mix city racial diversity and this idea which he first published in one thousand nine hundred five he's a big figure he was the first president of the of the council of europe for example this idea remains alive today in the minds of european leaders particularly incidentally german ones. now president of the. for many years

svitolina was knocked out, which means both fourth seeds lost on friday, the ukrainian lost 6—3 7—5 to romania'snescu. who had never won a grand slam match before this week. the challenge cup quarter finals continued tonight, with super league champions leeds rhinos thrashing leigh centurions. the championship side took the lead but the game changed when peter mata'utia was sent off after just nine minutes for a dangerous tackle on matt parcell. rhinos then proceeded to run in nine tries for a comfortable victory and a place in the semi—finals. 52—22 the final score. while in super league tonight castleford have gone fourth in the table. scoring eight tries in their 112—14 win over hull kr. paralympic champion ellie simmonds has criticised british swimming after she returned to elite action in sheffield tonight. she said the governing body "hasn't been there for me" in the last couple of years. the five time paralympic champion beat domestic rival maisie summers—newton at the british pa ra—swimming international meet. she'd taken a year's break after the rio games, saying she "hated" the sport,

the way it has been described today seems to me kind of almost like romania under ceausescu.n on this, i'm sure they know that the terrorists are three steps ahead of them. this is a way to do it. we should change people's minds, that's how we begin. the subheading is no safe s pa ces how we begin. the subheading is no safe spaces for fanatics and i wonder how much of that relates to the use of social media and apps like telegram used by the man trying to whip up support for an attack on prince george in a court case only last week where they are so well encrypted that you can‘t gain access to those messages. i think we need to those messages. i think we need to pay some respect to the police and to some of the intelligence services because they have thwarted, i think, a potential attack several times over the course of a single month. we don't hear about them, do we? we don't hear about them and this idea that sajid javid will come m, this idea that sajid javid will come in, and what seems to me, he wants teachers to cooperate with m15 to report on students. children and stu

and clay hamilton celebrated their recent european court victory which ordered romania to recognise theirmarriage in warsaw equality parade marchers said poland's conservative turn has forced them to fight even harder for their rights. all right on to formula one where sebastian vettel will start on pole position in today's canadian grand prix the ferrari driver made the most of an engine of great to set a new track record qualifying it's the holds forth over the season and a fourth time he's started first in canada. was second fastest interest his mercedes and red bull's max was top third reigning champ was able to increase in fourth. right you've been watching get when you lose your smarts to. what you want what you want to. up to date. extraordinary. depth. you decide what's on. sunday at the w job clubs for.

they also ruled the prisoner abd al-rahim al-nashiri was tortured at a cia prison in romania between 2004 and 2005. "the new york times" reports al-nashiri was tortured at a separate cia black site in thailand in 2002, a prison that was overseen by gina haspel, who was confirmed last month as cia director. in spain, prime minister mariano rajoy y lost a no-confidence voe in parliament today, as a major corruption scandal toppled his administration. rajoy insists he was unaware of an alleged bribery ring that saw members of his conservative people's party receive cash payments in return for political favors. pedro sanchez, head of the opposition socialist party, will replace rajoy as spain's prime minister. sanchez has the support of regional parties from basque country and catalonia, but has said he won't support catalonia's bid for independence. italian lawmakers have agreed to a coalition government led by euro-skeptic populists, with giuseppe conte as italy's new prime minister. the coalition brings the right wing anti-immigrant league party together with f five-star movement, whi

bringing heavy rain to brasov in romania.around for this cyclist. it wasn't the only place getting thunderstorms, further west in france we had torrential downpours. firstly in brittany we again had some flooding issues. a lot of floodwater here, up to the halfway point of the front wheels of this vehicle. further south, we had some flooding in the pyrenees in southern france. the floodwaters needed pumping away. the weather pattern over the next 2a hours, some more big storms, concentrated in northern spain. cold air in the middle part of the atmosphere sliding across spain which will enhance the downpours. some lively thunderstorms but also quite likely to get some large hail affecting not just northern spain but will increasingly move into central and southern parts of spain. likely to see localised flooding over this pa rt see localised flooding over this part of the world over the next 24—hour is. looking at the weather further east, this cloud is a tropical depression in the south china sea. it is very slow moving, the

the protesters have rallied in romania's capital supporting investigations into corruption at least twentyeight mayor senators and hundreds of public servants have been prosecuted in the past year the demonstrators are responding to a much larger rally on saturday against the investigations the ruling social democratic party claims that prosecutors have too much power and accuses them of unjustly targeting government figures. only two hundred thousand people formed a human chain across spain's basque region demanding the right to decide on whether they wish to become independent spain is already dealing with a separate failed secession attempt not to work from catalonia however this time protesters are hoping the new central government will be more sympathetic to their demands. reports. it sounds a little sweet to be a protest song you do these are cool to be green. this demonstration in the basque region marks the start of a new beat with great to so maybe even to break away from spain together. we've been calling for our rights for years and to be another chance to see that there's a sig