sofia: cuando uno no conoce a nadie y no tiene una familia de respaldo. las pruebas escuchar explicaciones legales no se excusaron y nos detuvieron. ra -- a ella la devolvieron a mÉxico. reportero: todos esos aÑos de sufrimiento dejaron en ella serias secuelas fÍsicas y emocionales, tambiÉn econÓmicas. por eso entablÓ una demanda por 30.000.000 $ contra el gobierno estadounidense por negligencia, la cual estÁ pendiente por resolverse. >> sofÍa no pudo era suiza crecer, sufrÍa no pudo ver nacida sus nietos. reportero: solicitamos un comentario departamento de seguridad nacional, dijeron que no comentan en demandas pendientes como esta. patricia: en nueva york fue sentenciada a cadena perpetua la niÑera dominicana que en 2012 matt o a dos pequeÑos que cuidaba. su abogado la presentaba con problemas mentales. veremos quÉ ocurriÓ en la corte, donde algunos miembros del jurado no pudieron contener las lÁgrimas. nayeli: ahogada en llanto, antes de conocer la sentencia de cadena perpetua sin libertad condicional, la ex niÑera jocelyn ortega pidiÓ perdÓn por su b

gavin lee reports from sofia.ide by side with germany and france on sofia's lovers' bridge, a spring walk for the prime minister in a coordinated show of unity on the streets of bulgaria during an informal eu summit. brexit isn't on the agenda but theresa may is meeting leaders in the sidelines who still want answers over what britain wants. the main sticking point, the irish border, avoiding customs checks while controlling the flow of goods between the republic and northern ireland. reports this morning suggests the government may ask to extend the irish customs arrangements to beyond 2021, to prevent causing chaos for cross—border trade. not true, the prime minister told me. we will be negotiating future customs arrangements with the european union. i've set three objectives. the government has three objectives in those. we need to be able to have our own independent trade policy. we want as frictionless a border between the uk and the eu so that trade can continue, and we want to ensure that there is no hard b

to me so our correspondents barbara is in sofia covering the e.u. summit there barbara europe united against trump what i wonder is how long can they keep up this united front. at the moment it looks as if they're really standing shoulder to shoulder because there is a very strong mixed emotion here even though we're talking about politics and people like the german chancellor angela merkel are well known for being sort of low key but generally we've heard many words of frustration here and of downright anger was some particularly the french president and from and it is a mix of anger on the one side and disappointment on the other because the europeans feel that donald trump is treating them like an enemy like somebody like an opponent to somebody that he can just run roughshod over and so totally disregard their political will and so they've really felt compelled to stand together and say we will not be treated like this how long this unity will hold is anybody's guess bought they know that the only chance they have against trump is to stand unite

you know her announced a decision in the capital sofia where has of state we're meeting well in a sign. of a declining transatlantic relations the e.u. council president adulterous cad this also to say today at a press conference. i think the geo political problem is when you have. unpredictable opponent all enemy. of the problem is if your closest friend is unpredictable. it's not a joke throughout and it's that because i think it's a. different problem today was our friends on the other side of atlantic. because how can they agree with president trump was. when he says that unpredictability can be a very useful tool in politics but. are you heard on a bar of ezola is in so you're covering the summit for you a barber of the e.u. a clearly closing around i have just witnessed the european union in effect siding with iran over the u.s. . you know how life wouldn't really say that because donald tusk when he was asked about but said of course when on siding with iran a country like iran we know we have very limited expectations we know what we can do we know how far greens can go however

leaders summit in the capital sofia also. medical workers raised. bola in the democratic republic of congo after reports the highly contagious virus has spread to a city that's home to more than a million people and british royal. the bride confirming that her father will not be attending her wedding to prince harry. who will walk. off it's good to have you with us it is an unprecedented show of european unity designed to block a controversial decision by the united states today european union leaders announced plans to protect their economies and save the nuclear deal with iran just a week after u.s. president. and. european commission president. said that the e.u. would move to european companies from complying with american sanctions against iran so-called walking statute was last used more than twenty years ago. our let's have a listen to what you council president obama had to say at a press conference just a short while ago. i think that the geo political problem is when you have. unpredictable opponent all enemy all. of the problem is closest

european law may be used to shield european companies or heal from the leaders' summit in the capital sofia also coming up medical workers racing to contain an outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo that's after reports the highly contagious virus has spread to a city that's home to more than a million people. and a controversial referendum in burundi people have been voting on whether to extend the president's term for up to sixteen years as fears grow the poll could spark bloodshed. it's good to have you with us it is an unprecedented show of european unity designed to block a controversial move by the united states today european union leaders announced plans to protect their economies and save the nuclear deal with iran just a week after u.s. president donald trump abandoned at a u. e.u. summit in vogue area european commission president. said the e.u. would move to ban european companies from complying with american sanctions against iran. the walking statute as it's known was last used more than twenty years ago. let's pull in our correspondent band record he was in sof

sanctions were alive at the leaders' summit in the guerin capital sofia. also coming up a controversial referendum in bloom the current tensions are high as people vote on whether to extend the president's term for up to sixteen more years plus a deadly outbreak ebola spreads to a large city in the democratic republic of congo bring easing concerns that the virus may prove tougher to contain there than in the countryside and the royal wedding fever as excitement builds and head of the weekends of this weekend's big day bride megan markel confirms that her father will not be attending her wedding to prince harry so cool will walk her down the aisle. very good to have you with us on layla iraq now in a sign of growing transatlantic rift the european union has sent a strong signal that it will keep the iran nuclear deal of alive the spite of the sitting by u.s. president donald trump to abandon its european commission presidential clude yorker has said the e.u. will we activate the so-called. the blocking statute it used more than two decades ago to counter u

our next debut director sofia coppola started her movie career as an actress with minor roles father's films including all three parts of the godfather yes she's the daughter of film director. you're not even old enough to know that like kids. you know they've been in. the first suicide attempt as soon followed by a second this time it doesn't fail. it's the beginning of a tragedy in which all find sisters take a live action takes place in the seventy's in a small town the sexual revolution has bypassed and lived. in three. kids pete. the sisters rebellion against petrie aki and. is doomed. the virgin suicides marked the stunning arrival of sofia coppola on the scene few years later she went on to pick up an oscar for the script of lost in translation. a couple on their way to a sailing trip cross paths with a hitchhiker. the hitchhiker joins the sailing trip and soon the two men are measuring up against each other first and then with. a dangerous looking knife plays a growing role. but the. french polish director roman polanski got an oscar nomination for for best. film for his debut

sofia bettiza has the story. sofia bettiza has the story. jewel of italy, venice. 700 miles away from london, and yet these two cities are connected by tragedy. marco and gloria, an italian couple in their 20s, died at the top of the grenfell tower inferno last june. it's strange to think that a dreadful fire so far away in london could have such big repercussions in this corner of italy. but this is where marco and gloria grew up, fell in love, and decided to travel to the uk — a move that would mean grenfell tower became home. marco's mother, who had visited grenfell, says she's been devastated by the loss of her only son. translation: there are no words to describe the pain you feel for the death of a son. for mums, for me, i wish it would have happened to me too because it's a pain you carry with you all the time. if there are 2a hours in a day, i sufferfor 25. and so, to try to ease that pain, she started to write a book about marco and gloria. that's how the knight and the princess came to life. in it, the couple become fairytale chara

a imaginar que pudiera crear un humanoide sepa que puede hacer la primera robot artificial llamada sofíae cómo se vive el fútbol en el área de la bahía, no es así, gabriel, cuéntanos >> así es, feliz lunes un fuerte abrazo para ustedes en el estudio, si ganan los golden state es lo que esperan, es la emoción de nba, rosendo romero nos preparó la pasión del fútbol tgb también en el área de la bahía >> qué tal, con el gusto y placer de siempre, hablamos del fútbol en el área de la bahía, acá sus testimonios >> dejan todo en el terreno de juego y pelean cada balón como si fuera el último, también se dan tiempo para hablar qué esperan de su selección en el mundial >> me gusta y espero que lleguen a la final, es la mejor alegría que tendría >> los jóvenes también se divierten entrenan y tienen su favorito en la justa mundialista >> en la copa de rusia creo que argentina ganará >> otros son más optimistas y piensan que sí se va a poder >> seguro que van a echar todos los kilos y las ganas para traer al menos un cuarto lugar >> para otros la percepción del campeón tiene otro coloridge >> mi equ

sofÍa: no, siempre estaba emocionado con ir.gunos desde ahÍ ha dicho que no por algo? gisela: no. karla: bueno, cÓmo podemos hacer, lisbeth, porque a veces no nos muestran ni siquiera habilidades? lisbeth: es difÍcil, es muy difÍcil, primero, felicitaciones, y ademÁs estar por estar tan clara, no es el caso normal . la mayorÍa es el caso del hijo de ana. recuerda que, ademÁs de tener que escoger la carrera, los adolescentes estÁn en un proceso de conseguir su identidad. entonces, si ni siquiera sabes quiÉn eres, lo que quieres, mucho menos vas a saber lo que quieres estudiar. karla: a quÉ te quieres dedicar el resto de tu vida. lisbeth: y lo que decÍa ana, el hecho de que este aÑo la pregunta es, de todo el mundo, quÉ vas a estudiar en qué universidad? eso solamente le agrega mÁs estrÉs, mÁs angustia, lo que lo lleva a la mayorÍa de ellos a tomar decisiones que no son las acertadas. en el colegio, en highschool, los consejeros empiezan a presionar de definir universidad, expresiÓn por todos lados. karla: quÉ podemos hacer, cÓmo

from european council president donald to scare you correspondent bob available is in the capital sofia where e.u. leaders are arriving for their dinner barbara just how low can transatlantic relations go before reaching out breaking point. if we talk about rock bottom level of the question is what's below it deep dungeon maybe actually what we are seeing here is really a sort of deep freeze in transatlantic relations that many and most people who will present you and observing this event cannot ever remember even at the height of the anger and fury about the iraq war between president bush and the european union and particularly germany and france when we remember it was never like this it was always we have allies we have problems with different opinions but with elyse now we're at the point where many european countries question this and we heard this just from the council president and he usually talks to e.u. leaders before they get together to a meeting like this one so he does mirror some of the mood that will be at this dinner and will be in the hall when leaders are meeting twe

gavin lee, bbc news, sofia. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster.that the government will ask for more time? will ask for more time? go to brussels and say please could we have some extra time. we have some extra time. month transition period and then we are out, no extra time. are out, no extra time. huge queues outside ports like dover. dover. words sort of leaving one foot dangling in the eu's customs union. dangling in the eu's customs union. can have a sort of pick and mix and departure from the eu. departure from the eu. their view is if you leave, you leave. if you leave, you leave. norman, thank you. our top story this lunchtime. recommend such a move. and still to come — not a gamble. inexperienced players in his world cup squad. to death threats aimed at referee lucy 0liver. appearance for juventus. putting 800 jobs at risk. financial position. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. ones for decades, but it's in trouble. trouble. days shoppers have a lot more choice. choice. it ranges, all different shops, supermarkets, next, pr

leaders summit in the bulgarian capital sofia also coming up medical workers racing to contain an outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo that after reports of the highly contagious virus has spread to a city that's home to more than a million people. and a controversial referendum in rooney people have been voting on whether to extend the president's term for up to sixteen more years as fears grow that the poll could spark bloodshed. loss of royal wedding fever as excitement builds ahead of this weekend's big day of the bride meghan mark old confirming that her father will not be attending her wedding to prince harry so the big question will walk her down leon. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us it is an unprecedented show of european unity designed to block a controversial move by the united states today european union leaders announced plans to protect their economies and save the nuclear deal with iran just a week after u.s. president donald trump abandoned it now at the e.u. summit in bulgaria the european commission president john told you said that the e.u. w

summit in sofia also to come on the day a new ebola threat in congo the deadly virus spreads from the remote country zion to a large city health officials are racing to contain the outbreak more on that later in the day. although it has been three days or since israeli forces killed sixty palestinians along the gaza border it happened as the new u.s. embassy in jerusalem was dedicated or today the arab league held an emergency meeting and called for an investigation into the killings at the u.n. a proposal for an independent investigation was blocked by the united states. more tolerable but the. call for a credible international investigation about to the crimes committed by the occupiers on the cause of borders in the last few days which resulted in the deaths of more than sixty martyrs. in the kind of you assert your total for the kingdom of saudi arabia rejects the united states embassy moved to jerusalem. we see this stepha's prejudicial to the historic rights of the palestinian people in jerusalem with beautiful quotes one joined now by our own home in tel aviv she is a military

and sofia nelson. good to see you both. was i right when i said that, sofia?g shutting down the government, is that how you interpret that? and what would the republicans' reaction be if he tries to make good on that? >> first of all, the president of the united states cannot shut the government down by himself. the house would have to be complacent and the congress as well. and the president is using hyper bollic language, he's over the top, it's always extra. we all agreed the immigration laws need reforming. i don't think any democrat or republican disagrees with that. the question is what is the path forward, but to say you're going to close the country up sends another shockwave to our allies and others across the globe that rely on america and america's economy to thrive and to work. so i think he, again, has to watch his language. >> you know, chris, the president's been hammering democrats on this for a longing, long time. is there any way to bring this to some sort of a resolution? or do you think too much of this is now tied to political posturing by

brent: let's pull in our correspondent in sofia, bulgaria, covering the summit for us this evening. eu leaders they appear united against trump. that is the picture we are seeing today for the candidate maintain this united front is the big question, and for how long? reporter: so far the eu seems to be determined to pick a fight with donald trump and tell him enough is enough and don't cross this line. france, germany, and also britain, the three big eu countries said here in sofia we have to stand up against trump and show him he cannot impose sanctions o against european countries on this iran deal and not impose sanctions on steel and aluminum companies as he wishes, so now is the time to show him we are united. how long this will last, we don't know. if the americans can put a wedge between france, germany, and britain, maybe this will crumble . if trump chooses to punish single companies from france, germany, or britain, maybe he will be successful. but as of now, this front stance, but nobody knows for how long. brent: the european union wants to use of blocking statute to pr

sanctions we'll get the latest from the leaders summit in the ball during capital sofia also coming up a controversial referendum in blue wounded people have been voting on whether to extend the president's term for up to sixteen more years as fears grow the poll could spark bloodshed we'll have analysis plus medical workers who raced to conceive an outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo after of course that the highly contagious virus has spread to a city that's home to more than a million people. also coming up heartbreak in gaza the relatives of palestinian victims killed in monday's protest mourn the loss of their loved ones to the news means a mother whose teenage daughter died when israeli troops opened fire on protesters her family inconsolable her community crushed by the decade long blockade. and a royal wedding fever her excitement builds ahead of this weekend's big day grade to make an markel confirms that her father will not be attending her wedding to prince harry so cool will walk her down the aisle. be a little odd backyard. conway little rock thank you so

our europe correspondent gavin lee is in sofia. leaders of the balkan states that have met for the first time in 15 years. the point being here that the national palace of culture and sofia and bulgaria is that the eu are saying we want to improve links with the balkan states that want to join the eu. the other issues of corruption, allegations of cronyism ina corruption, allegations of cronyism in a government which has long stopped the likes of albania and macedonia, montenegro, boss media, kosovo from joining. it's worth noting that the expansion seems to be bands today because it seems a sensitive time. with brexit and going from 28 to 27. issues with the financial crisis and a migration credit crisis. the first meeting of its kind to get things back on track. the head of the arab league has called for an international probe into alleged "crimes" committed by israeli forces against palestinians during deadly violence along the gaza border this week. tens of thousands of people have been protesting along the border since the end

richard bravo joining us from sofia, bulgaria.tt, when we look at the european story, all eyes are squarely on italy to see what happens, yesterday the news was about them asking for quarter trillion euros of debt relief. overnight were stepping to the middle ground, not asking for that, talking less about equity for europe. suddenly it's back. how do you look at the italian job at the moment? the things that surprised us was how muted the reaction was to result of the italian election, which we've ingested put populists charge in italy, working toward that. obviously a manifesto that was leaked over the course of last night has some pretty radical stuff which has been walked back by the parties to some degree. it has welcomed investors to the sensitivity around markets that are more fragile than others. we look at emerging markets, for example. we seen the most this location in countries like argentina and turkey, where the fundamental situation is more tenuous. they obviously have a big debt burden which they need investors to c

angela merkel who tried to convince trump to stay with iran's you know is among the heads of state in sofia they are expected to discuss their response to the threat of u.s. trade tariffs on your. head of that meeting the european council president lashed out at president obama trump he had some stinging strong words. looking at the latest the physio's of president. someone could see them. with friends like that who said it is. about frankly speaking. europe should be grateful by president. because thanks to him. we have got to itself all he loses. he has made us realize that if you need a hand. at the end of the. alps some people showing him the polarizer from poland tonight's let's pull in our correspondent barbara bay's will she is in bulgaria covering that meeting for us tonight barbara when you hear words like that you have to ask for the transatlantic relationship how low can it go. it's pretty dead and very from where i stand here and so here because european leaders are angry tunnel to the e.u. president the council president whom we just heard he talks to leaders before he goes to

all right let's pull in our correspondent band record he was in sofia bulgaria covering the summit this evening even as you parents we know e.u. leaders today they appear united against strong that's the picture that we're seeing today can they maintain this united front is the big question and for how long. but so far the us seems to be determined actually to pick a fight with donald trump to tell him enough is enough across this line. for france germany and britain the three big countries city and sophia we have to stand up against the trump and to show him that he cannot impose sanctions tariffs against european countries in this iran fight and he cannot impose sanctions for still another medium country as he wishes companies as he wishes so now is the time to show him that we are united how long this will last we don't know if the americans can put a wedge between france germany and britain then maybe this front. if it chooses to punish single cunt companies from france germany or britain maybe then he will be successful but as of now this front stands but nobody knows how long and

a correspondent back riggins at that summit joins us now from sofia good morning to you a band leaders have a very tricky task ahead of them today offering balkan countries the prospect of closer links to counter russian influence while steering clear of openly offering them membership in the e.u. how are they going to bridge that. the year leaders with basically really new promises given fifteen years ago already in the summit intent on eking greece all balkan countries to join the european union some day if they are fit and if the e.u. is willing to take them in but today in sofia the only decoration that has these european countries these balkan countries have an european perspective the vote membership is not mentioned in that declaration so it's pushed a little bit further into the future because many e.u. countries feel that the balkan countries montenegro kosovo must atone doesn't have to go. not fit to get full membership the close is a serbia and montenegro and the next in line. and must but there's no that they've given yet the talks this must donya and albania over the comme

correspondent barbara they still in the bulgarian capital sofia thank you. and as european leaders are grappling with ways of how to keep iran deal alive there is a lot at stake when it comes to business interests or exactly definitely the huge companies here in europe one e.u. commissioner says they're prepared to use legislation making it illegal for european companies to comply with u.s. sanctions targeting iran u.s. president or trump has threatened to slap sanctions on firms that do business with iran and he's naming knight. has some gun j.v. and checks the news several times a day fearing you know entrepreneur is currently in germany visiting his business partners he sells medical technology and is also involved in the computer industry . donald trump's decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal comes up at every business meeting how will the e.u. react will there be new sanctions against iran. done j.v. and has made a lot of contacts through international trade fairs like this one in tehran last year and he has contracts with european companies b

european leaders are bowing to salvage the iran nuclear deal at a summit in the bulgarian capital sofia they've been working to keep a ran on board now that the u.s. is out of the deal but top european companies are already saying they'll be abandoning their iran operations before they face any possible u.s. sanctions e.u. leaders have not been mincing their words in their criticism of president from. it was the day the gloves came off after donald trump pulled the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal up ended decades of diplomacy by moving his country's embassy in israel to jerusalem and pushed the u.s. closer to a trade war with the e.u. donald to us decided the time for diplomatic language was over. the latest. push for. about focus speaking. europe should be great. because. we have to go through. that if you need. to scald for a unified european response to the challenges facing the continent but was already receiving some resistance for example and e.u. statement critical of the u.s. embassy moved to jerusalem was blocked by the czech republic hungary and rumania. leaders discussed re

and listening to that statement was our correspondent barbara visit in sofia and with me i have done it winter from our business as welcome to both of you let me start with you barbara you've just listened to the final press conference where the e.u. announced it would reactivate its blocking statute on your senses tell us more about what god had to say. yeah he of course explained that the european union was really unified and wanting to stand up to donald trump and to his unilateral trashing off the iran nuclear deal they are absolutely against doing that and we heard many heads of state governments say here we're not a vassal state to the united states so we have to do something now this is something in the first instance what we just heard. live month off the blocking statute they have really pulling this out of the draw we have been resting for more than two decades box on the other hand we also listened already to the chancellor angela merkel and she said yes we can compensate smaller and medium sized companies that are dealing with iran and that are under threat of american sa

measures the summit in sofia e.u. leaders agreed they need to save the twenty fifteen nuclear deal with ronald week off of the us decided to pull out they vow to financially support deals in the country and crucially introduce a blocking start shoot. that means essentially that the e.u. is making it illegal for european companies to comply with u.s. sanctions on iran it's only the second time that the european union has threatened to use the so-called blocking statute the first was back in one nine hundred ninety six as a response to u.s. sanctions in cuba but it was never introduced now as a slew of global firms announce a pulling out over on e.u. leaders are scrambling to stop european firms from doing the same. the blocking statute is aimed at protecting the small and medium sized companies operating in the country it would also provide compensation for sanctions related losses although german politicians have said that can't be applied across the board the picture is much more complex for a bigger european corpora

gavin lee, bbc news, sofia.t guest, we have not been invited to the wedding so we're not going to get out as close and personal as some other people. on monday in washington, we spoke to one of the guests who's been invited because of their charity work — and i'm pleased to say diana hosford has made the trip across the atlantic and is with me now. happy happy to be here, thrilled to be here. how has your first day in windsor been? completely fabulous, beating simile wonderful people and talking about taps, america's fallen heroes, and to bring that word to the uk. what have you been doing? chatting with people, talking to different media outlets about the work we do at taps, and how excited we are to be at the wedding and to salute rate this lovelyjoyous wedding union. we were just talking to dominic about harry's special affiliation with service personnel. you are telling us on monday you lost your father at a young age. so you understand what drives harry.” do. my father really has been my inspiration, since

is the big question here well it sounds better than being a poodle i'll tell you that probably in sofia bulgaria tonight thank you barbara. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg has agreed to appear before the european parliament in the wake of the global data sharing scandal and tonio to johnny the parliament's president confirming today on twitter that zuckerberg will clarify issues as early as next week the british firm cambridge analytical shared the data of nearly three million e.u. based facebook users without their consent what amala has opened an embassy in jerusalem president jimmy merola's and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu would tended the opening today it came just two days after ten thousand were raised to a boiling point by the opening of the u.s. embassy in the city israeli troops shot dead dozens of palestinians at the gaza border fence in indonesia one officer has been killed and several others wounded in an attack on police barracks in the town of reality police shot and kille

and so our correspondent barbara visit is at the summit in sofia and just knew from that some other chancellor merkel is reiterating that the a will actually stick with the iran didn't about what options europe has to keep this deal alive without the u.s. . there is a political side of course to this the europeans have to side to pull together and to stand up to donald trump for the first time really in their history and this moralist signifies probably the end of illusions about cooperation was trump and nothing can be done we have to sort of for draw our own way that's the message the europeans are sending here what they can do in the practical side they are considering for instance a blocking law that would prohibit european companies to bend to american sanctions which and then on the other hand means that the e.u. would have to compensate those companies for any losses they would incur in that context it's a complicated situation but europeans are sort of considering a whole bundle of measures to counteract what might be coming from washington and they have decided to take a stand. and cr

our correspondent banta league is at that summit in sofia for us spent in the last few minutes the german chancellor has been speaking about europe's position on the iran nuclear deal for starters let's take a listen to that. naturally we also discussed the topic of iran and the iran nuclear deal everyone in the european union shares the opinion that the deal is not perfect but that we should remain in it and based on that we should conduct further negotiations with iran on other subjects such as the ballistic missile program. repeating the u.s. position that it will continue on airing the deal with iran is europe steering towards a showdown over this with the u.s. . well europe is also offering the u.s. to sit down and talk to talk about the issues donald trump mentioned when he could get out of his of this deal and the e.u. three mrs meller also the prime minister of britain there is a may and the president of friends in manama call came together here walking from a nearby hotel and they showed a kind of unity and this is also the motto of this summit united we stand strong and europe i

measures meeting in the bulgarian capital sofia leaders agreed on the needs to save the final fifty nuclear deal with iran a week after the us decided to pull out promising to financially support deals in the middle eastern country and crucially introducing a blocking statute this is a matter that's essentially the e.u. making it illegal to comply with u.s. sanctions on iran it's only the second time the e.u.'s threatened to use a so-called blocking statute the first was in one thousand nine hundred six as a response to u.s. sanctions in cuba but it was never introduced now as a slew of firms from across the world announce that they're pulling out of iran is unique as a scrambling to shelter european firms from the contagion. the blocking statute is aimed at protecting small and medium sized companies operating in the country it would also provide compensation for sanctions related losses although german politicians have said that can't be applied across the board the picture is much more complex for a bigger european corporations with close financial and corporate ties to the u.s. the pros

leaders something they might or most likely will discuss tonight by the way in sofia in bulgaria where they are meeting for a summit where this will be an important topic but it doesn't seem like they are ready to do that to have this aggressive stance because the problem of course is that the the retaliation the possible retaliation by by trump would escalate things max thanks so much brussels bureau chief there. let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines today malaysian reformist leader anwar ibrahim has been released from prison courting to the palace the former deputy prime minister has been granted a royal pardon the release comes after his opposition alliance won the elections earlier this month and more abraham was imprisoned in two thousand and fifteen on sodomy charges. at least sixteen people have died after a bridge collapsed in india and authorities fear more may be trapped and it happened in the temple town of modern during a busy evening traffic rescuers were able to save several people. and renowned american writer tom wolfe has died at the age of eight

mr let's take this story now to our correspondent barbara bays will she's in the bulgarian capital sofia where there's e.u. leaders are meeting tonight good evening to you barbara i mean when i when i hear mr jealous saying words like that i have to ask how low can the transatlantic relationship go before it reaches the breaking point. so the question really what's been the rock bottom is there something like deep dungeons or complete and forever deep frozen it really is a very bad atmosphere and we have to consider that donald trump makes the rounds of e.u. leaders before summits like this he talks to some in person to others on the telephone so when he talks like this it means the mood is like that he mood is largely what leaders have been telling him and everybody is really very angry particularly the french president. who feels like an animal dragged through the arena in washington made a big show off and then sent home and empty handed and a couple of days later trump comes out and says ha ha i'm going to trash the deal anyway and something similar holds true for i'm going to marco

now all of europe's leaders are here in sofia's national palace of culture and they are supposed be for the eu at some stage, with six balkan states looking tojoin. but donald tusk has ultimately hit the nail on the head and has talked about how the feeling across the european union right now is that times are difficult with the us. he said, the us government, there's sudden phenomenon on watching out for their capricious assertiveness, beyond predictability basically. two factors, one is the fact that americans are pulling out of the iran deal, the nuclear deal. with donald trump in the moment the europeans are saying "look, listen to us, this is not the right way to go about it. there could be european businesses that face sanctions." "the other issue is donald trump saying there will be tariffs on steel and aluminium as well. that could cost 6 billion euros worth of trade that goes from europe to the us. so what donald tusk is hoping for and there is that there is unity and people like theresa may and angela merkel, emmanuel macron come together and say listen to us, please. we want

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