in central rumania into a roma settlement. cosman wants to get in here into this new house which looks so nice and clean because till now he and his five siblings have been living here in an old hot made from wooden sticks and clay this is one of the many roma settlements in romania always on the outside of.

have from the turnout around me today at the turnout in france came up from 50.75 years ago to 19.26 rumania is also up from 12 to 19 so quite a jump there and the belgian foreign service reports a record turnout of on among belgians outside the country and when i went to the elections morning there were also quite a quite some queues here in the elections in brussels it's this is also very much a proxy election on national issues which ones are the countries their watch. i strictly wherever there is an election and there hasn't been a national election for some time. voters in europe use this european election as a protest vote that is typical particularly interesting cases will be the united kingdom where conservatives are expected to be penalized for theresa may not still live ring on brecht sit and so it looks like that nigel farrar just party will have massive gains whereas the labor party in the u.k. that has been sitting pretty much since breaks it on the fence looks like it will be penalized for that position as well and then also interesting will be austria for instance where the fa

here in an old hard made from wooden sticks and clay this is one of the many roma settlements in rumania always on the outside of the villages it's a small miracle that houses are being built here at all and when they want. i tried with the bank but they didn't give me a loan. my salary is to small but. it's a lot of me i had no chance to do anything to that have any possibility. instead the money for the building materials comes from jenny russia the founder of a german aid project out how. she has been helping these roma communities around seaview for more than ten years about one in three rumanians lives in poverty and the roma are the poorest of all. and with almost all you have to be able to dream of it but leave room for small miracles because that's how it all happened i didn't want to accept things as they were here every time in the shop for. older men have to help with the building work because jenny believes in learning to help yourself. under the idea of i don't look at their the money comes from private donors in germany the european union also spends a lot of money in roman

hungary's border with serbia and rumania. here, it acts as little more than a symbolic gesture.inute. this is state tv? yeah, yeah, yeah. migrant stories are constantly in the news. what do you hear on the news about what is happening in western europe? similar messages are being pushed out by populist parties across europe. when fra nziska out by populist parties across europe. when franziska worked for the afd in germany, it was herjob to produce this content. the afd in germany, it was herjob to produce this contentlj the afd in germany, it was herjob to produce this content. i worked, for example, in press information and they say that's not strong enough, fix it a little bit. be creative. i would say, ok, that's not correct anymore. you will find the solution. so they know, do they, that they are lying to people? the politicians, yes. the members, not. that is the problem. everything the afd tells them is absolutely right. some of the information that afd has put out on social media channels, particularly when it comes to statistics relating to foreigners or migrants been p

justice it seems has finally caught up with this man livia dragnet of the most powerful politician in rumania has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for incitement to abuse of office in the past drug there has been accused of electoral fraud and embezzlement among other things somehow though he always managed to get off the hook for the scam he's now been found guilty of means that people like jett are throwing chairs suffered years of neglect. it's morning in alexandria one of the poorest towns in romania we're on our way to meet one of the local residents. inject outran chaya lives in this tiny room just 10 square meters but she wants to move out she grew up in an orphanage and has no idea where her parents are jetta cannot read or write. she says her life at the orphanage was miserable. you know for all bonnie i got small benefit payments from the state until i was 18 but people at the orphanage kept taking my money and those were really tough times they used to beat me and a lot of the other kids no one else does i had to hold out my hands and then they'd beat them with a stic

summit in rumania he wants to see a change to the current system. if we should in any case avoid agreeing on the least good candidate which can happen in certain situations we must opt for the best possible candidate in order to ensure a strong european project. the problem is while the french president has the backing of dutch prime minister mark greta and others there are those leaders in the e.u. that think the current system works just fine thank you very much because i believe the process of electing lead candidates should be accepted by the people german chancellor angela merkel has also given her blessing to month for e.u. commission president however it's not known exactly how cold cream that is should a better option come on the table mr verver though 2 well he's already talking like he's got the job so the future european commission on the my leadership will insist the principle of sort of rule of law a solution is going to have to be ironed out today european summit which will take place in june after the parliamentary elections in 2 week

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are a lot more difficult than it appears now on paper and there were some harsh words for the hosts rumania there were some harsh words but then again jungle juncker that of the european commission criticized the rule of law and its implementation in romania however having said that he also said he doesn't want to get involved into internal affairs and clearly it's an open secret that there is other member states which are a lot more problematic if you look towards poland but also hungary there are more violations in that respect this summit really. the leaders to talk about a number of critical subjects but the intention was also to show unity to show there is a way forward once the u.k. leaves there's twenty seven member states left and they are quite determined to work closer together that's for instance why the german chancellor also said maybe meeting every two months among the leaders would be a way forward for closer cooperation. masses in symbian thank you. now there are big variations in prosperity across that the european union one of the key objectives of the blocks the strategy

streets of the capital david chaytor al-jazeera paris and jointer nato has swept through southern rumania mower turning a bus and injuring several people local media said the storm which began with lightning and hail not only missed a village but still managed to rip off the roofs of ten buildings made here lodge's said the turn into was the right result of a cold front moving from bulgaria in the south and colliding with warmer air. the u.s. is facing an opioid epidemic that's killed thousands over the past few years many of those drugs originate in china the u.s. has been pressuring beijing to ban drugs containing the painkiller fenton oh that's now come into effect i desire castro looks at the addiction battle in baltimore. maryland a new frontline in the war against opioids in the u.s. a war that at times feels overwhelming more than a dozen people die in this city from overdoses each week i want to get a scape from all the trouble that i personally like feel so that's what it does give me a outlet to get away for feeling. it's hard to get it not. just like going to school get a pack

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coalition with one or other of the parties is just voted him out and there's more political upheaval in rumania that's where the leader of the ruling social democrats is starting a 3 and a half year jail sentence of the losing an appeal against a corruption conviction. that. protesters chanted go to jail as leave you drag mayor was driven to prison from his home in the capital bickering rest there is regarded as romania's most powerful man but he's barred from becoming prime minister off to a previous conviction the very breaking. in syria at least 9 people have been killed in government air strikes south of italy a number of people are also trapped under the rubble following the bombardment in the town of america and surrounding villages government troops have been pushing to take it live since last month's the region is the country's last major rebel stronghold for years 4 years of war have pushed yemen which was already one of the poorest arab states to the brink of famine for the millions of yemenis forced from their homes the situation is becoming increasingly desperate as victoria gave to

head of the european commission criticize that when it comes to the implementation of rule of law a rumania that is struggling with corruption in the country is still has a lot some some way to go and then of course there are other countries where the european union is particularly looking at for instance hungary about a particular poland where the rule of law is has been under attack and were a number of infringement procedures are ongoing so these are issues that that europe really is struggling with they need to be resolved and particularly at a time when the european election is only two weeks away where a shift from the far right is expected your leaders have emphasized that it is important that they tackle these issues in order so that they're not being exploited by the far right so no brakes iran did manage to make it on to the yeah the agenda now on that issue given that the u.s. has abandoned the deal and the efforts to lessen the effect of american sanctions are having little effect how much pressure can the really bring and that's a real dilemma for the european union this move b

the europeans distended just fall in line and i think i find that really disappointing go ahead in rumania. i think part of the challenge that we face in europe is that europe itself is not united answered it across the european union you can see recently with the bonds visit in trump and you have the regime in washington actively cultivating right wing in authoritarian regimes across much of europe so any attempt to bring about a consensus amongst european nations as to their approaches on iran or many other foreign policy issues is increasingly difficult and challenge i think in comparison to the antiwar movement that we saw the for the invasion of iraq in 2003 the context was very different that was a campaign which had been built up over multiple hearings and also sanctions that had been imposed on iraq since the 1st gulf war and in that time you had the development of a substantial network of an antiwar movement all across the united states you had the build up of opposition to dissension on iraq across europe and internationally and you also had many within governments in europe who

heavy rain in the last 24 hours as this circulation shows you a big sandstorm here the wind that's rumania but hungary's also been battered quite a lot on the cloud is still there though i think it's motion in the next 24 hours will be drifting slowly sayas woods this is the overnight picture if you like and therefore daytime on friday you've got rain potential from the shows of the asiatic right through remain in towards russia too with moscow the temp has dropped a little bit but beyond that it doesn't move very much now much of western europe at this time has seen the writing tabs disappear and the warm slowly returned by the time we get to saturday the temperature in london could be 26 in paris about 28 and clearly it's warmer still than in spain of course with overlays or color background that's where the reds are but even he got the oranges coming up for the massive cloudy air though it's going to feel quite warm when you're in the sunshine is in the low to medium teens now the same is true in north africa of course in the desert is hot but near the coast is still with an onshore bre

was responsible he denies he was involved in the leak the giant tornado has swept through southern rumania overturning a bus and injuring several people local media say the storm which began with lightning and hail now really missed a village but still managed to rid the roofs of ten buildings meteorologists say a tornado was the result of a cold front moving from bulgaria in the south and colliding with woman have reached a speed of ninety kilometers per hour. aid workers in mozambique say remote areas and small islands off the coast are still waiting for supplies almost a week after psycho and kenneth struck. thousands of people remain stranded and more flooding is expected it's the second storm in six weeks to lash the southern african nation killing at least forty one people are in which us are reports from the city of pemba. this church in the coastal town of came by has opened its doors to almost one thousand displaced men women and children. the dogs we received information in our area that we should have back your way to a safer place that night i grabbed my family and came here is

in the south madrid twenty five degrees celsius come across into germany poland austria down into rumania some wet weather his'n blustery showers twenty two celsius in moscow not too bad on the temperatures here a few showers around come down into the med well athens at around twenty four degrees fine and driver plenty of pleasant spring sunshine and that's the case too across much of north africa a little more cloud over towards the northwest the northern areas of algeria pushing across it's an asia some cloud around here but it does to be fine and dry to us with a high of twenty nine. the weather sponsored by countdown anyways. in two thousand and. documentation groundbreaking. preparing some of india's poorest children for entry into its toughest university. ten years on we return to see how the students and the scheme helping change the face of india. hello again the top stories on the european union has rejected the sixty day ultimatum iran gave world powers to fulfill their commitments to the twenty fifty nuclear deal earlier the us president donald trump impose new sanctions on ira

heavy rain in the last 24 hours of this circulation shows you a big sandstorm here the wind that's rumania but hungary's also been battered quite a lot and the cloud is still there though i think its motion in the next 24 hours will be drifting slowly science words this is the overnight picture if you like and therefore daytime on friday you've got rain potential from the shows of the asiatic right through remain here towards russia too with moscow the thames has dropped a little bit but beyond that it doesn't move very much now much of western europe at this time has seen the writing tabs disappear and the warm story returned by the time we get to saturday the temperature in london could be 26 in paris about 28 clearly it's warmer still than in spain of course with overlays or color background that's where the reds are but even here you've got the oranges coming up for the mass of cloudy as though it's going to feel quite warm when you're in the sunshine is on the low to medium teens now same is true in north africa of course in the desert is hot but near the coast is still with an onshor

rain in the last 24 hours the sun its circulation shows you a big sandstorm here the wind that's rumania but hungry is also been battered quite a lot and the cloud is still there though i think its motion in the next 24 hours will be drifting slowly sayas woods this is the overnight picture if you like and therefore daytime on friday you've got rain potential from the shores of the asiatic right through remain here towards russia too with moscow the thames has dropped a little bit but beyond that it doesn't move very much now much of western europe at this time has seen the writing tabs disappear and the warm slowly returned by the time we get to saturday the temperature in london could be 26 in paris about 28 and clearly it's warmer still than in spain of course with overlays or color background that's where the reds are but even here you've got the oranges coming up for the mass of cloudy as though it's going to feel quite warm when you're in the sunshine is on the low to medium teens now the same is true in north africa of course in the desert is hot but near the coast is still with a