i'm joined now from cologne by our colleague simon young simon this is a controversial visit and supporters and critics of recha type everyone gathering there in cologne how's the security situation there as a tense. weather situation right. where i'm standing which is just a few hundred yards from the mosque which is going to be opened later on by a president added one. quite tense i should say just in the last few minutes the atmosphere right here has of boiled over a little bit behind me you can see a demonstration by several hundred supporters of president added one they had to show solidarity with him but so we just saw a little battle of the banners when somebody in the street behind hung out a sign saying and the one not welcomed and there was a sort of tussle between a different band as the not welcome sign was eventually withdrawn and a huge cheer went up here it's a noisy crowd but it essentially peaceful right here the anti heir to one demonstrates is are demonstrating far away several kilometers in fact on the other side of the river rhine and there's a much larger demonstration

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so will the clouds now be lifting to be a political correspondent simon young joins us now for more assignment on america there conceding she made a mistake but will this be enough to silence her critics. well i think it should help calm things down brian you know it's not very often that the chancellor comes out makes a public apology like she's done to a couple of years ago she was sort of forced to admit that the country not being prepared for the large number of refugees who were arriving in she said she was sorry about that but here she said that what she's done is really a response to the fact that people in the country at large couldn't really understand why this man marston who would seem to make unwise or even dangerous comments had received a promotion and she said that she was sorry that she hadn't taken that into account in italy let's just have a listen to some of what the chancellor was saying today. there's of each to go if that's not true it's all the more important of course that we now start solving people's problems we have resolved some of them but in some areas during the

under fire before its publication joining me for more in the studio is our political correspondent simon young simon good morning how could this have gone on for so long undetected brown there are many on sista that first of all if just one statistic this study found that in almost two thirds of cases of abuse by priests that were investigated by the state just as authorities the charges were dropped so that's a very high proportion the question is why well a lot of people say that the real problem here is the hierarchical structure of the catholic church that means that priests have a lot of power and often members of the catholic church you've been reluctant to challenge them and a significant number of those are key issues the study has also found were people who held office senior positions within the church another point is that in many of these cases there's little real evidence it's one person's word against another and the study is also found that in many cases documents relating to these cases have disappeared perhaps they've been destroyed by the perpetrators themselves or other peop

and from cologne is my colleague simon young welcome to you both so simon would like to begin with you clearly a controversial visit and supporters and critics of. gathering in cologne today what's the security situation there like. it's been pretty tense here today. the police are very concerned that there shouldn't be any breaches of security there's a huge cordon around this mosque building that i hope you can see just behind me near here protesters or should i say just supporters of president at one have turned out in their hundreds to show their appreciation for the man that many of them refer to as our president after all many of them hold both german and turkish citizenship and many have come from cities around germany to be here and do that or a bit disappointed they haven't been allowed to demonstrate directly in front of the mosque but that is for security reasons and there are other demonstrations against president being held across cologne the biggest one several kilometers from here on the other side of the river rhine where three or four thousand people i believe many of

joining me now is detail his political correspondent simon young from up on i'm interested yes simon how big a setback is this for america. there's no doubt this is a huge blow to angola medical's or thora see because there was somebody who'd been with her for so long he was the man responsible for making sure that conservatives in parliament voted the right way and you know the the vote the members of parliament have chosen a candidate that she didn't support but angle americal is not finished yet the new man says that he's going to work closely with harry says that this is no big drama this decision so you know the moment medical care is on but of course this new man also stands for a change and a new sort of autonomy from the parliamentary party. that represents in itself a test and a challenge to the chancellor's position since this coalition government the former seemed lurching from crisis to crisis what is making it so difficult to govern well this government is a coalition of three different parties and in particular you've got the bavarian conservatives of the c.s.u. their l

studio by get up his tekkie correspondent yulia han and from cologne i'm joined by my colleague simon younghank you both for joining me now simon i'd like to begin with you a controversial visit with supporters and critics of egypt tell you are the one gathering in cologne today is the security situation there tense. yes a very concentrated. police operation that we've seen three thousand police deployed on cologne streets and many of the streets around this central mosque that you can see behind me have been closed president everyone is now in the city his motorcade i'm told is passing through the streets streets lined with many supporters and other people who turned out to see him but police are very concerned that everything should go smoothly there are snipers on some of the routes around here the helicopters are buzzing around and the police have got the situation i should say very well under control so far all right someone just to let you know that we are seeing pictures of what's happening around you but tell us why particularly this mosque what is its significance. well i think thi

for more on this story i'm joined by the political correspondent simon young welcome simon so mohsin was still in the interior ministry but he will not get a promotion do you think this compromise will work and will actually. lessen the outrage being felt by the public over this issue well i think it's going to silence some of those particularly in the social democrat party who are very angry that their leader had agreed to allow mohsen to move to a better paid job which incidentally would have meant that. another man in the interior ministry one of the s.p.d. supporters because senior civil servants have an open party affiliation he would have had to move to another job so it wouldn't have been a good solution for them now. keep the same pay grade and that would keep the conservatives happy to why this episode about his domestic spy chief cause so much of anger and outrage in germany well i think because it links to this question of migration that a lot of people are focused on here in germany at the moment particularly the idea that intentionally or otherwise comments by hand scale

so is the clock ticking for all america let's talk about that with political correspondent simon young good morning simon germany's biggest selling delhi newspaper build site on the saying this morning that asking rather whether on a macro can still govern can she without the support of her own party well there's no doubt this is easy a huge blow to angela medical's leadership focus was a man who stood at her side since the beginning of chance of the ship and really boasted it we often refer to his role as chief whip that is to say sort of her in force in parliament the man responsible for making sure that her side at least voted the right way either by persuasion or occasionally by sort of gentle application of the thumbscrews and now he's been moved to saw it that we can see clearly can she still govern yes for now i think is the arms of the new man has said that he's just as ready to work with her closely as he's pretty says the days but clearly she going forward she's weakened and she faces a conference of her own cd policy in december now off to yesterday's vote it looks rather le

under fire even before its publication joining us now in the studio our political correspondent simon young good morning simon the german justice minister has already come out saying that this investigation is long overdue and that this is just the tip of the iceberg that's right justice minister katz have enough has urged the church to be she said take responsibility for decades of concealment cover ups and denials of pretty strong words there from her she also called on the roman catholic church to work with state prosecutors to bring every known case to justice and take steps to prevent more child abuse in the future so it's possible i would say even likely that we are going to see criminal prosecutions as a result of the information that's come to light ok does that mean we could see investigations on the criminal level getting underway like we've seen in the us and like we've seen in australia already not only against priests but potentially against bishops and archbishops as well yeah i think so germany's independent process commissioner for child sex abuse issues has recommended that

simon demonstrated no gender fluidity at all. he was consistently expressive about being male and didn't want to be a girl, didn't want to have long hair, didn't want to wear girls' clothes. when he was young, simon became obsessed with lions, wanting in particular to be a boy lion. hillary and andrew, as good feminists kept telling simon girls can have adventures, girls can do all these things and be as tough as you want to be and a girl lioness is fierce and does all the hunting. his response was i don't care, i need a mane and i need to be a by lion. hillary explains how she feels when she looks back. that was one of his ways of telling us who he was, by looking outside the species. she sees simon as trying to express that he was really a boy in a variety of ways before she and her husband were ready to hear it. hillary and andrew initially viewed simon as a tomboy but hillary said whenever i saw something about transgender kids in the news, i would automatically send it to my husband andrew, just for your information, just because it seems like we might be heading towards needing to deal with this. hillary undertook the labor of educating both herself and andrew about transgender issue

when young is outside the mosque in cologne. now simon president opened the mosque with a speech what stood out for you. well it was a pretty interesting speech as you said he said that he'd had a useful trip in difficult circumstances and he thanked the german president for the welcome he received and then he made some i would say inclusive and conciliatory comments saying for instance that this new mosque germany's largest mosque is intended for both muslims and non muslims and he also said that muslims here in germany should for instance bring their wives and children more often in the mosque and they have done in the past so including a sort of more modern time but he also went on to make some rather more political comments than you might have expected for instance calling on germany to allow turkish citizens here or people with turkish origin to have jew or nationality which possibly is a sort of comment that doesn't belong in an inauguration of a mosque he also referred to the controversy over a couple of football players who had th

sticky correspondent yulia hannan from cologne my colleagues i'm one young thank you both for joining me so simon'd just like to begin with you because you are right outside the mosque what's the security there like. the security is very tight here the large avenue you can see behind me in front of this new central mosque here in cologne. sealed off there are three thousand police who have been part of this operation today we can see special vehicles riot police water cannons there are helicopters circling overhead and snipers on the roofs around here security very tight obviously because of the concerns relating to this state visit by president there the one and the fact that there are demonstrators some of whom you can parrot here in the background who are very unhappy about the fact that everyone is here but also other supporters of everyone who turned out in the in their hundreds and thousands to show that they believe in president they're the one and they want to give him their support. all right simon just remind our viewers that the pictures we're looking at now a live from outside the mos

sports went anywhere near to the extent that cycling does, so cycling, it's great to see a young rider, a 26 old, simonalian tea m brother riding for an australian team and to do it in the style and the way that they have an cycling is moving forward with a new generation and it is clean, healthy and the sport at the highest level and most popular that it ever been and it's great to see british riders dominating across—the—board. great to see british riders dominating across-the-board. tony doyle, former president of the british cycling federation, thank you for your time this evening. some breaking news to bring you down nash —— from salisbury as we have heard that emergency services have been called to a restaurant in salisbury where two people have been taken ill. wiltshire police say the area surrounding the restaurant has been closed off to establish what they are calling a medical incident. there have been reports that somebody entered the building in hazardous material suits, but police are saying it's a precautionary measure and the roads around the restau ra nt measure and the roads around the

ikdia is here, louana kim is here, michael brown, ken gee is here, ronald wegalt, linda young, ramon williams, linda simon, and derek kim, part of human resources at sfmta attending here to listen to the members of the public and also to the presentation here today. thank you. >> thank you, chair kim. mickey callahan. i have a big presentation, take approximately 15 minutes. anticipation you'll want to get to public comment and also may have questions. i have my executive staff here, linda simon is here, a number of issues relate to equal opportunity and she is the director of that program. and remind you and the public that we cannot respond to individual cases in view of the privacy considerations for both the people who have made claims and also those who are respondents to those claims. so, we are here to talk more about policies and programs and what our plans are. the mission of the department of human resources so use fair and equitable practices to hire, develop, support and retain highly qualified work force. d.h.r. is the central human resources agency for the city. authority to discipline, hire

destruction of the country is the killing of the young people and the innocent and became so miserable to come to because of. joined me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sport i'm show business i'll see that. and that. you. didn't get the money yeah that is out there it is how much i think after i'm going to do a lot of a lot about how to now but only starting from that point on and get a little. sick but none of them are so out of a lot of the model you fool. that i would have. to really. be so yeah i'm after. all if you film in the loop. with you you get. to. the russian defense ministry publishes radar right calls that are paid to contradict this claim that it's jets syrian air space when a russian surveillance plane with mistaken me downs by syrian as offensive as. president presided over the security council and i am sure that's going to be the most watched security council meeting ever a lot of good things can happen. anticipation grows save it almost trying to speak at the u.n. general assembly on.

simon yates. this has never been done before. it is unprecedented from three different riders. when you look at the amount of young there. you can see that british cycling is going to be a massive force on the world stage after what has been a largely european things traditionally. thank you, sorry we have to leave it there but i appreciate your time. you can find plenty more on simon yates and the rest of the cycling achievement on the bbc‘s board website. we will have plenty more for you at 630 on board stay. thank you. the government is proposing a significant change to the law on divorce removing requirements to alleged fault or show evidence of separation. launching a consultation on the proposal butjustice secretary that he wanted to make the process acrimonious. i spoke to the professor of socio— legal studies at the university of exeter who recently led a study into the impact of divorce cases. we have been trying to reform the law for the last 30 years, there was a previous attempt in 1996, but that was not actually implemented. so, it is long overdue. the existing law is nearing 50 yea rs overdue. the ex

"falling house prices would be great for young people. people." simonpening. people aren‘t able to take advantage, they might not have a job take advantage, they might not have ajob any take advantage, they might not have a job any more or they might not have the resources but that point about negative equity, if you have a big fall in house price, many people have bought houses in the last ten yea rs or have bought houses in the last ten years or so at high prices, so if the price falls it means they can‘t sell and pay back their mortgage, thatis sell and pay back their mortgage, that is a trap, that is the really terrible thing that would happen if we had this domesday scenario of a big fall in house prices. just quickly, i know we are out of time. even if prices don't drop that dramatically the interest rates that people have to pay, if the value of their homes has fallen so they have got houses that are worth less but they still have the same level of debt they will pay more probably in interest rates which will pinch as well. thank you sr all very

parents say the fight happened in the middle of a young america football league game on saturday between rio grande and atrisco heritage.ofc. simonbik ÷ albuquerque police dept.:"unfortunately some people get too excited for these events and they decide to go on to the field and take matters into their own hands."as with any youth sports league -- yafl has a code of conduct where parents pledge to control their emotions and set a good example.yafl sent us a statement saying someone from the rio grande team violated as- p-d they areand more often.ofc. simon drobik ÷ albuquerque police dept.:"i think nationwide you're seeing this behavior nationwide not just albuquerque."the new mexico activities association -- which does not oversee yafl -- says aggressive acts like these are scaring away referees.on the phone: dusty young:"it's disappointing to see something like that occur at a youth sporting event, and unfortunately it's one of those things and other sportsmanship issues that are causing the shortage of officials."and parents we spoke to also feel for the kids -- who are forced to see that kind of behavior.parent: "i think this

parents say the fight happened in the middle of a young america football league game on saturday between rio grande and atrisco heritage.ofc. simonrobik ÷ albuquerque police dept.:"unfortunately some people get too excited for these events and they decide to go on to the field and take matters into their own hands."as with any youth sports league -- yafl has a code of conduct where parents pledge to control their emotions and set a good example.yafl sent us a statement saying someone from the rio grande team violated those policies and because of that the entire team is banned for the season.according to a- p-d they are being called to incidents like this more and more often.ofc. simon drobik ÷ albuquerque police dept.:"i think nationwide you're seeing this behavior nationwide not just albuquerque."the new mexico activities association -- which does not oversee yafl -- says aggressive acts like these are scaring away referees.on the phone: dusty young:"it's disappointing to see something like that occur at a youth sporting event, and unfortunately it's one of those things and other sportsmanship issues that are causing the shorta

simon said, he originally came up through the gb system. he won a tour in 2013 which is the race of tomorrow, the tour de france for young riders.time. he was the best young rider at the tour de france last year. in some ways this feels like a natural combination of that trajectory. it is not a flash in the pan. it has been a steady progression. he is 26, he has won a grand tour. and he will certainly win more significant races from here. the three different british riders winning the three grand tours this year, that has not happened in any nation before. there has never been a nation in cycling that has w011 been a nation in cycling that has won the three grand tours with three different writers. having been involved in the sport for nearly 20 yea rs, involved in the sport for nearly 20 years, the idea that it is happening in britain isjust extraordinary. he is not a team sky rider, he comes from a different team. is that significant? very significant. they did try to sign him in 2013 and he did try to sign him in 2013 and he did not want to go to them because they didn‘t want to take his brother as well. add is also a best yo

parents say the fight happened in the middle of a young america football league game on saturday between rio grande and atrisco heritage.ofc. simont.: "unfortunately some people get too excited for these events and they decide to go on to the field and take matters into their own hands."as with any youth sports league -- yafl has a code of conduct where parents pledge to control their emotions and set a good example.yafl sent us a statement saying someone from the rio grande team violated those policies and because of that the entire team is banned for the season.according to a- p-d they are being called to incidents like this more and more often.ofc. simon drobik ÷ albuquerque police dept.:"i think nationwide you're seeing this behavior nationwide not just albuquerque."the new mexico activities association -- which does not oversee yafl -- says aggressive acts like these are scaring away referees.on the phone: dusty young:"it's disappointing to see something like that occur at a youth sporting event, and unfortunately it's one of those things and other sportsmanship issues that are causing the shortage of officials."and parents

simon and his twin brother adam learned their trade at the very clarion club before progressing through the national system, their potential obvious from an early age. these two youngy nothing, turned up for a club ride with their dad, you wondered how they would keep up with us wondered how they would keep up with us adults but things soon changed and it was the other way around and we we re and it was the other way around and we were trying to keep up with them. early on you could tell what they had, a lot of talent. the ride has not always been smooth, in 2016 yates served a four—month ban for a failed drugs test, something his tea m failed drugs test, something his team put down to an administrative error. then at this year ‘s euro, he fell apart while leading with just three stages left. there were no such problems here. yates supported by his sibling savoured success. lewis hamilton won the singapore grand prix but described it as the "longest race of his life". the mercedes driver had started on pole and finished the night race top of the podium with max verstappen in second and title rival, sebastian vettel, in third. hamilton now leads the world championsh

young in liverpool. a man has been arrested at buckingham palace. lets get more on this, i'm joned by our news correspondent simonjones. hejoins us now. simontoday? this happened at about a quarter to one this afternoon of the visitors entrance of buckingham palace. —— house. a 30—year—old man was stopped by security staff of the palace. —— 38—year—old man. i understand he is to go through security scanners like the one you see at airport or at public entrances. the police arrived at around one o'clock and the man was this —— arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm, namely a taser stu n possessing a firearm, namely a taser stun gun. he's been taken to a police station in central and for questioning by police are stressing to us that they are not treating this as a terror incident. they say it was all resolved fairly calmly once the man had gone through this security scanner. now, we know at the moment that the queen was not in residence at buckingham palace. she is currently still on her summer break at bellmore in scotland. but the security is pretty tight at buckingham palace. this will spark quite an inquiry sought but there will b

simone join me next. join me next. stay with what might seem like a small cough can be a big bad problem for your grandchildren. babies too young to be vaccinated against whooping cough are the most at risk for severe illness. help prevent this! talk to your doctor or pharmacist today about getting vaccinated against whooping cough. >> lou: breaking news tonight. hurricane florence continues to pound the midatlantic coastline. virginia's gor ralph northum telling people in his state to stay off the roads as the storm moved ashore. the effects making their way north. the forecast for virginia less severe than that for the carolinas. but still, virginia expected to experience high winds, heavy flooding as well. the u.s. economy hitting new records under this president. middle class income rising to more than $60,000 a year. an all-time high. up nearly 2% from 2017. jobless claims at 204,000. that remains at the lowest level in an almost a half century, since 1969. it is no wonder that a new survey of blue collar workers in country finding surprisingly, i believe, that already a new wave of optimism. 72% of the blue collar workers

time that we spoke to them about what they wanted to do, most young teenagers would say they want to play for united or something like that, simonscored dc‘s second, which put them in front midway through the second half — but he was outshone by bradley wright—phillips, whose hat—trick was even more impressive as each time he scored he was equalised for the red bulls. the last goal coming in the 90th minute. zlatan ibrahimovic scored his 500th goal in la galaxy‘s match against toronto fc and it was an absolute cracker. hejoins lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo as the only active players to reach the half—century mark. and although his side lost, zlatan, being zlatan, he felt he gave both sets of fans something to enjoy. i mean it is not the first time i get a standing ovation from the away team. it‘s nice because when i came here in mls i haven‘t given them these goals, absolutely not, but i feel the away supporters become like my home supporters because i see them excited when they see me play. they pretend to whistle but they don‘t really whistle because they do that to show they are loyal to their home team. deep inside i kn

simone. >> it was white male privilege on display. >> let me say that i agree with you that this happens. i agree with you that there is racism in our judicial system and youngple are put away just because maybe a white accuser is credible. and there's a tradition on the democratic side to say we have due process. just because someone remembers something and is credible doesn't mean you convict them. >> you're making a fake argument. this was not a criminal trial. this was a job interview. this was -- this is not a proof beyond a reasonable doubt standard. >> but he was accused of a crime. >> let me finish. this is a job interview where, for example, you might say, i'm considering hiring you as a babysitter for my kid. there are three credible accusations that you're -- that you engaged in sexual abuse. are you going to hire that person? >> can i argue with that analogy? i'm trying to hire a babysitter. the babysitter is accused of things, but then i find out a rival babysitter is the person that accused them of it. >> you're doing it again. the democrats are not the ones who made the accusation. these women have made the accusation, and the republicans keep

the announcement made by simon stevens about making a particular product available for a limited number of children and youngorms of blood cancer and different forms of solid cancer.” suppose the question then becomes, will it be widely available and is this really a kind of revolution in the way we look at cancer and treat it? absolutely it is a revolution. the issue for the nhs itself is ensuring these medicines are delivered safely and in specialist centres. at the moment there is a planned roll—out of these therapies in specialist accredited centres across the uk. there is an accreditation process going on at the moment to select centres. accreditation process going on at the moment to select centresm goes without saying but there are side effects? absolutely. if the immune cells are activated in the patient they can cause serious side effects and a very small number of patients come up to 5%, can die as a result of the treatment. however, we are seeing 80% response rates in patients who haven't responded to any of the other standard available therapies. we both had a number of questions this morning but