and so transparent transparency international relief fights corruption in italy transparency internationallebanon fights corruption in lebanon but i my reporting on transparency international united states it was primarily talking about corruption in italy in nigeria in lebannon they were focusing on corruption the united states and then a little bit of digging and you found that their board of directors their governing body was dominated by lawyers from these big corporate law firms and lawyers who defend against bribery charges against major corporations. so we you know did some investigation did some reporting on it and got some tips and found and broke this story about how they're taking all this money from big the big corporations that they're supposed to be fighting against and the transparency international berwyn the parent organization as a result of this reporting confirmed it and stripped transparency international usa of its affiliation even though two years ago we wrote about the parent taking money from corporations that have been convicted of bribery and of course we have th

a recent report from transparency international says that nigerian military officers, as well as politiciansselves by diverting money that was supposed to go to the security forces‘ fight against terror. this is, you know very well, some cases are already in court. some are still being investigated. so i think the courts will handle them appropriately and the investigating agencies will also go for that, investigate as much as possible. for you, as head of the army, how can you tolerate the fact that still, today, according to transparency international, there are ghost soldiers on your payroll who are being fictitiously created by senior officers while pocketing their salaries. it's not true. since the advent of this administration, they have introduced what they call an integrated personnel pay system, ipps, and also we have made our payrolls computerised. everybody with this biometrics, we've done that long ago, around 2013, yeah, started in 2013. in the army, in particular. military pay in nigeria is not that high, is it? it's relative also. in us dollar terms, roughly what do you earn?

regulatory agencies that once protected the citizens from predatory corporate practices transparency international usa for example supposedly dedicated to combating corruption receives corporate grants from exxon mobil citi group raytheon and bechtel corp the sierra club has received twenty five million dollars from the natural gas industry leading civil rights groups including the n.w. c.p. and the national urban league have been heavily bankrolled by the telecom industry making them unlikely partner in the effort to kill that neutrality the american diabetes association is underwritten by grants from coca-cola and oscar meyer process to be the american heart association excepts money from the national cattlemen's beef association and a v.a. poor and domino's pizza r t correspondent on your part looks at how the animal agriculture industry has silenced non-profits. we think about climate change which contributing factors do you blame the most we are taught if we want to mitigate our damage on the planet we should drive less change our life all that and recycle but in two thousand and ten a report

corporate practices transparency international usa for example supposedly dedicated to combating corruption receives corporate grants from exxon mobil citi group raytheon and bechtel corp the sierra club has received twenty five million dollars from the natural gas industry leading civil rights groups including the n.w.a. c.p.a. and the national urban league have been heavily bankrolled by the telecom industry making them an unlikely partner in the effort to kill net neutrality the american diabetes association is underwritten by grants from coca-cola and oscar meyer process to be the american heart association excepts money from the national cattlemen's beef association and a v.a. poor and domino's pizza r t correspondent on your part of the looks at how the animal agriculture industry has silenced non-profits. we think about climate change which contributing factors do you blame them the most we are taught if we want to mitigate our damage on the planet we should drive less change our life and recycle but in twenty ten a report by the united nations environment program.

iam sure that is your intention, but you will be aware that transparency international, for instance,its list of corrupt countries. it is now 136 out of 176 countries. that was done... the research was done last year, i think they should keep it updated with time. we look forward to seeing what dramatic change there has been. it takes time to actually reverse that trend. see, the classic example of this, and we will deal with this relatively briefly, but it is important, is the inability to provide a reliable electricity supply 24 hours a day, seven days a week. on one of the consequences of thatis week. on one of the consequences of that is that the state electricity utility can't supply the electricity, so people have set up their own generators. in some of that has inevitably committed to the corruption. the leader of the progressive socialist party tweeted earlier this year, stop dividing electricity spoils. save lebanon's electricity spoils. save lebanon's electricity centre from shabbiness, corruption, and those avaricious politicians. what is happening is a crime, would you agr

investment, in a recent analysis of integrity, the uk was ranked joint tenth out of 176 on the transparency internationale our reputation and we are determined to maintain it and enhance after brexit. well, time for us to set sail. that's it for monday in parliament. alicia mccarthy will be here for the rest of the week. but from me, kristiina cooper, goodbye! hello. tuesday's forecast has some rain in it. we haven't been able to say that for some time. you may say that monday was wet in your neck of the woods, that came from showers and thunderstorms. if one of those caught you, you certainly knew about it. not a cold start to tuesday. from the word go, some bits and pieces across the heart of scotland, the north of england, through wales and the west midlands and into the southern counties of england. it isn't wet everywhere right from the word go. scattered showers across the far north of scotland, we mentioned rain north of the central belt. turning bright across a good part of northern ireland, southwestern scotland and far north of england. further south, the first signs of bits and pieces of rain

a study by transparency international said this is done to quote increase the prestige and reputationndings while simultaneously researchers are able to improve their reputation which can lead to promotion. these shady clinical trials are a complete fraud. one industry funded trial claims that a particular antidepressant predicted 94% positive results and a lady test by the fda found 51% positive results. drug companies have also started paying doctors to participate in surveys of medicine that they never even prescribed. in fact, they spent $42 billion a year just on targeting docto doctors. remember that when you are seeing your doctor. on average, they are paid $61000 a year by the pharmaceutical industry to push particular drugs whether they work or not, whether you need them or not. the swamp extends to the official guidelines for prescribing drugs too. high cholesterol, eight out of nine doctors who wrote the recent national cholesterol guidelines received money from manufacturers. the psychiatrist responsible for over diagnosing children with adhd received $1.6 million for the

this should increase transparency in the international system. something where the g 20 are genuinely situated to make progress. we also need the g 22 talk about education -- the g20 to talk about education. christoph: thank you so much for your visit here in the city of. stephan: thank you. christoph: back to brent. ♪ brent: christoph, thank you. we're going to start with the tour de france. today's riders made their way from belgium to france. this stage is to 13 kilometers long -- is 2013 kilometerws long. a veteran rose to the occasion. reporter: even a minor glitch could not stop them from claiming victory in the third stage of the tour de france. the world champion's foot slipped whilst sprinting to the finish. but he is good at accelerating. he recovered in the nick of time. >> i put my feet out from the clip. that was another mistake. then i won. reporter: rounding off the podium was australia and in third, denmark. devon the overall leader's yellow jersey. brent: after a short break i will be back to take you through the day. for now we

conversation about these military exercises and about the need for transparency about military exercises generally to be international liezed and be brought out of the transatlantic context so other countries and members of the sco can help us put pressure on the russians to come back in alignment with their agreements and commitments. when it comes to sco, i'm not sure what we can do because sco itself, the united states is not a member, i don't believe any nato members are members. so we -- and it's very much -- the agenda is very much controlled by the kremlin, by beijing. so i think we can engage with those countries. i'm not sure whether it makes sense to engage through that organization. >> maybe just one component or one interesting bit of information concerning china that -- it's not in the frame -- in the framework, but as i said, there is a whole range of different exercises going on during the season. and first we're going to see the russian navy exercising together with chinese navy, first time ever on the baltic sea, this summer. so the chinese will bring three of their most modern ships to the baltic to

internal process. and while i think on one hand it can be viewed as transparency, on the other hand it can really interfere, i think, with dialogue among the commissioners and their releasing of a regulation that actually speaks for all of the commission in a more balanced way. so, there is the possibility that it's -- that it would led to -- can be a strategic play to limit the input of other commissioners on a controversial issue. certainly at oira i fought tooth and nail against opening up all of the discussions that oira was having with the agencies and the interim drafts. for exactly the same reason. we needed the ability to tell the agency you're wrong, fix this, ask questions, then a draft out to the public that had gone through that deliberation. i can see some positive things but i think we have to see how it works out. >> boyden, do you have any reaction at all? >> well, this may not be exactly on point, but the internal deliberative process is very, very important, having been involved in it many, many times. i am quite partial to it as an outsider sometimes i wonder fit doesn't shield the agenc

this bill creates a uniform and transparent process to authorize the construction, connection, operation and maintenance of international transfers of oil, natural gas and electricity imports and exports. the bill directs the federal energy regulatory commission to review cross-border oil and natural gas pipelines and the department of energy to review cross-border electric transmission facilities, requiring the relevant official to issue a certificate of crossing unless it is found not to be in the public interest. recent advances in technology, mr. speaker, have dramatically increased our ability to harness our vast natural resources, but the current ad hoc permitting process has inhibited energy producers from exporting american-made energy to our international trading partners and has significantly delayed recent proposals such as the keystone x.l. pipeline. the value of energy traded between the united states and its north american neighbors exceeded $140 billion in 2015. with $100 billion in u.s. energy imports and over $40 billion in exports. we simply cannot afford to gamble our energy security and competitivene

transparency and honesty that have so clearly been missing. you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy. the internationalas announced that the government is to spend another £40 million in humanitarian assistance for the people of the iraqi city of mosul. iraq's prime minister formally declared victory over so—called islamic state earlier this week. the battle for mosul has taken almost nine months, left large areas in ruins, killed thousands of civilians and displaced more than 920,000 others. the urban combat has been described as the most intense since world war ii. making a statement to mps, priti patel said the aid would help to provide clean drinking water, food, tents, cooking equipment, soap and vaccination against the deadly diseases. britain will also provide extra funding to a un—led stabilisation programme that has helped 200,000 iraqis return to mosul. victory comes after three years of unimaginable oppression by daesh. three years of fear, executions, abductions, forced marriages, destruction of iraqi's ancient heritage. it comes after nine months of heavy fighting by the iraqi security for

transparency, access, tying the chinese economy into the global market, at least the infrastructure, book whether hearts and minds are there to allow integration and freedom part of these international money markets. >> the problem is each of the steps are not binary. it does not take you from lack of transparency to complete transparency. this is consistent with the chinese way of opening up. it does not want to do this and they specific step. they want to take baby steps. this is another baby steps. see symmetry on capital flows in and out of china, i don't think you will see post so movement of international capital into their debt markets. manus: baby steps takes you to a whole other level. simon, you stay with us. let's get you set up for your highlights for your week ahead. she's back. international diplomacy center sang a lack of diplomacy perhaps on the way the g-20 goes. xi jinping in moscow to meet with vladimir putin. the next day the chinese president holds talks with angela merkel ahead of g-20 in hamburg. manus: that summit takes place on friday, all building to how will donald trump act and react with his russian counterpart? set to hold their first face-to-face meeti

international observers. the result kinds of reasons to believe that the vote is not going to be fair. and transparentployees are being forced to vote and they are being controlled on the threat of being fired if they don't vote. people that depend on the government forfood vote. people that depend on the government for food and the basic incomes and subsidies are being told that they can lose all that if they don't vote. so there is a very strong effort on the part of the government to get the people they can control, they can scare, they can control, they can scare, they can pressure, into voting to get out and vote. but no one internally or outside the country believes that this is a fair and free elections. former trade and industry minister in venezuela and a distinguished fellow of the carnegie endowment for international peace, moises naim, thank you. in spain, more than 20,000 people had to be evacuated from a dance music festival when the stage caught fire. it happened at the tomorrowland unite event in barcelona. there are no reports that anyone was injured. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. th

transparent and tells you what's on his mind. you don't have to sit there and figure it out like an international mystery. he would tell you. >> richard: go ahead, lisa. >> lisa: i think americans get the hypocrisy here. you have cnn, who had long criticized the president and his supporters. president trump is inciting violence, we continue to see a litany of violence committed by the left that has been ignored by outlets like cnn. i remember look looking at peal protest and you have riots and police cars being set on fire. police officers in riot gear. i think americans are in on the hypocrisy. they get the joke and this is how these outlets have discredited themselves. >> richard: i think you are conflating two different things. if you look at the republicans like the senators, i could go on and on, the litanies that say this is problematic. these are the leaders that president trump needs to get his policy and intend that installed. >> jesse: the country has been listening and now we are $20 trillion in debt. >> greg: i think those senators are playing a role. they realize he's not going to stop doing

clerk: a bill to establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas nd the transmission of electricity. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. all members are asked to take their conversations off the floor. taff included. the house will be in order. all members and staff are encouraged to take their conversations off the floor and out of the aisles. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the bill? >> i am opposed. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman qualifies. the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: mr. o'halloran of arizona moves to recommit the bill h.r. 2883 to the committee on energy and commerce with instructions to report the same back to the house forthwith with the following amendment -- page 3, after line 14 insert the following -- d, american iron and steel. as a condition of issuing a certificate of crossing

my right honorable friend the international development secretary is driving value for money and efficiency in a budget, focusing on greater transparency, boosting payment by results, and driving value for money from suppliers as well. we did set up in 2011 an independent aid watchdog with systems and controls. it is important we are committed to this money, but also important we make sure it is been well -- spent well. >> my constituent data 300 pound reservation fee to an estate agent, which they won't refund after their landlord withdrew from the contract because she refused to take 12 months advance rent. she has paid nonrefundable fees of 650 pounds to secure a different property. when will the prime minister put an end to these ripoff these and stop these landlords capitalizing on young people and others? pm may: the gentleman should look at the queen's speech. we made reference to what we're doing in this area. he says when, but he will recognize in this house that we need to ensure that anything we bring forward, we get right, so it is actually going to work. we recognize the problem. we are going to do something about it. >> i

have a piece of legislation that would require corporation transparency so that the united states does not become the sanctuary for international criminals and kleptocratic. we welcome the support of any other committee members who are concerned about these commercial entities that are fronting for other folks. while the president is highly unlikely to be able to undo the magnitsky act, i do believe that it is in the power of the president to remove people off the list. veselnitskaya's approach, to the trump's, had a potential goal within reach, that did not require undoing the magnet the act. indeed, -- the magnitsky act. indeed, we are looking at trying to close off an opportunity so that there is not a executive back door to d-listing--del isting people from the list. so, can you give a capsule description of what the relationship between putin is and his oligarchs, set such -- such that the threat of sanctions to oligarchs is a threat to putin? browder: that is an excellent question. when we did was originally fighting with the oligarchs when he first came into power, because they were stealing power from him. in order to r

transparency campaigners say the move goes beyond u.s. national security concerns they fear it's all about covering up incompetence who have been a few lapses in the past is a reminder of them. internally and externally reviews i ordered shows that are consistent lack of investment and support for the nuclear forces for far too many years has left us with too little margin to cope with stress. reviews found evidence of systematic problems that if not addressed. could undermine the safety security and effectiveness of the elements of the force in the future we discussed the pentagon's nuclear secrecy moves in with experts in the us. i think that that for some particular information it self is not revealing any actual secrets but he does show probably did united states feel uncomfortable to show in public its confidence in its own reliability safety and. good. training of its own personnel in that field and that's and it's. regrettable it's worrisome and it's unfortunate decision they just don't want anybody to know what's going on and they've been very careless there was a huge report a bad accidents at los alamos there was a report a couple years ago where a plane was missing with carr

internal investigation. many here believe bell pottinger must do much more. if they want to truly retain some credibility of the saga, it must be on the basis of total transparencythat essentially they came here to destroy what we have painstakingly painfully built. that anger is now fuelling a larger fight back against corruption within the governing a mc and what many fear is this country's dangerous decline. —— the governing anc. that is a complex story, if you would like more information on it, you can find it via the bbc website. if you have a smartphone but you don't have the bbc news at one you can put that right by going to the app store and searching for bbc news and you can download it quickly. in the next half of outside source we will hear from katya adler with her verdict on the second round brexit talks and we will have a report on the first day of the open, the golf, that is. plus many more stories from around the world. i will speak to you in a minute. hello. there will be a detailed look at the weather here in the united kingdom just before the top of the hour. first, it is time for some world weather stories. starting off in southern brazil. th

transparent here. we don't know who these protesters are or what exactly they're proprotesting. we do at these internationalis. you get anarchists on the one hand, anti-globalists on the other hand. people protesting any number of things. most often, peaceful protests, people who want to have their voice heard to a gathering of the leading economic nations in the world. this had been a peaceful demonstration up until now. our frederick pleitgen was on the streets there. told us about 10,000 people, he thinks. it could have grown on the streets there. then something set this off. we saw some skirmishes back and forth right there and then the water being shot there. again, this has been going on for some time. this follows the meeting between president trump and german chancellor angular merkel. we have nod had a readout of that meeting. we do know that meeting has wrapped up and president trump has moved on to other items on this agenda, not even sure how close these meetings are to where these demonstrations are taking place. you can see a large-scale action now by law enforcement moving through the crowd,

establish a more uniform, transparent and modern process, to authorize the construction connection operation and -- construction, connection, operation, and mains nance of international border facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and for eelect trissties. providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 218, to provide for the consideration of federal land and nonfederal land in the state of alaska for the construction in king cove bay. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the house calendar anded ored printed. for what purpose does the gentleman -- and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? without objection the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, it is with sadness and pride that i rise today to honor the memory of a leader, a hard worker, an outstanding member of our ommunity, police officer familia she served in the new york police department for five years. she grew up in a neighborhood i represent in manhattan. her life was stradgecally ended, taken in an act of vibles. her mother, adriana was one of her best friends and the two constantly spent time together. officer familia had three childr

transparency through the rearview mirror that something had happened. i know how these cases unfold. especially as these ones that implicate international and national security issues. that firing mueller while an option is really messy, and i think actually the pardon option and presidential pardon option was one that would strike me and certainly now strikes trump's team as maybe the simpler option. and this is where i don't like to throw out constitutional prices a lot but i do have to say that for republicans, for who do not fight this and do not challenge this, this is the moment. in other words, if president trump pardons his team and in particular his family members what that will say to the rest of the world, is we are not in the fight for our democracy. that they can play with our elections. and play off possibly candidates. this is not about donald trump any more. this is about our democracy in the future and i mean that as honestly as i can say it at this stage that pardon, if he uses the pard yn power by are at that moment. >> yes. jeffrey toobin, account president pardon his aides or family members? and second question, he

we have our hands on an internal memo that was sent out to the board of directors and it is very eye-opening. many are calling for more transparency but it comes after a recent attack on a passenger. according to the memo, the transient agency does not want news of crimes committed on the train. recently, five men followed a passenger in berkeley and through the man to the ground, kicking him several times and stealing his property. gary hamel, the assistant manager of bart released that memo saying no news released out which would fairly affect writers of color leading to sweeping generalizations and media report. others want transparency. >> i think people are genuinely concerned. there are fearful of the stories that have come out about the recent attack. >> reporter: deborah allen is referring to phone snatches then -- and other incidents where passengers have been injured. we have also been told that some of these videos will not be released because many of the suspects are minors. that is one reason they don't want to release it. by the way, the most recent attacked victims thrown to the ground only had minor injuries. sandr

transparent we should call it for what it is we are waiting for ankara to return to european values this all comes following the arrest of activists including germany human rights consultant amnesty international's turkey director and four others they've been accused of or assisting an unnamed military terrorist group ankara says the comments by the german foreign minister were unacceptable we discussed the issue with a former turkish foreign minister. tension of course is going up unfortunately this statement made by the shows that germany is planning to bring. you are going to hold a little of course we get comment. from it because when there are. four june fifth this is not to move that the businessman will not pull through because the german news one of the countries that has huge. if. you cannot move for if it. earlier tensions erupted over the air base after germany had to move its aircraft from there to jordan after its officials were repeatedly the night access to the site the head of the research center for turkey studies told us domestic politics in both countries are contributing to the tensions this is kind of been an ongoing dispute that has kind of flared up now and again especiall

trump's transparent wall in mexico we speak to award winning or loosing about how barry is used to keep the wealthy and keep. counting cia coups to pranking trump's cabinet in the international national sports and whether this week's news. going on the ground. down on one side. the definition. you cannot. take in the city. and then yes really. really think i'm. just feeling if one. of them tokyo found it. this is what it was because did a piece of dancing coral cultural reasons. welcome back i'm afshin rattansi bringing you the national international sports and weather from this week's buried news first as u.s. navy ships fired warning shots at an iranian revolutionary guard vessel in the persian gulf newly declassified documents of showing the key role that oil played in the cia backed coup of nine hundred fifty three to overthrow the democratically elected prime minister of iran mohamed morsy back to another i think the reason they have been so reluctant to publish these documents is that it shows how involved the u.s. embassy was basad in internal iranian affairs it's like looking at an imperial power in assam a colonial situation. strax pricing all. cia boss mike pompei

transparent we should call it for what it is we are waiting for ankara to return to european values. this all comes following the arrest of activists including german human rights consultant peter storrie amnesty international's turkey director ideal as are and for others they've been accused of assisting an unnamed military terrorist group ankara says the comments by the german foreign minister were unacceptable however this is just the latest incident in a deepening crisis between the two countries tensions erupted over there in charlie airbase after germany had to move its aircraft from there to jordan after its officials were repeatedly access to the site we discussed the issue with a former turkish foreign minister. she of course is going up fortunately and the. statement made by mr. foreign research shows that germany is planning to bring the. even to a higher level and of course we can listen will suffer from it because when there are. notices for german citizens not of the kid it means that the businessman will not also visit turkey and germany is one of the countries that has huge investment in turkey if disinvestment goes down the turks economy will suffer a few turkey's human rights record of cours

transparent we should call it for what it is we are waiting for ankara to return to european values this all comes following the arrest of activists including german human rights consultant peter stratton or amnesty international's turkey director idle as are and for others they've been accused of assisting an unnamed military terrorist group ankara says the comments by german officials were unacceptable but this is just the latest incident and deepening crisis between the two countries tensions erupted over there in chile airbase after germany had to move its aircraft from there to jordan after its officials were repeatedly denied access to the site we discussed here with a former turkish foreign minister. and of course going go up on fortunately. the. shows that germany is planning to bring. to a higher level. of course coming. from it because. when the bar. for jordan to not to move that the businessman will not pull through the. german news one of the concludes the huge. queue. on. a move for a few turns human rights records of course who is not the best lawyer who present turkey was not part of those democracy but since last tuesday attempted coup. things are going. down. the head of the research center for

clerk: a bill to establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas nd the transmission of electricity. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. the gentleman from michigan, mr. upton, and the gentlewoman from florida, ms. castor, each will control 30 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. upton: mr. chairman, i yield myself four minutes. the chair: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for four minutes. mr. upton: so mr. chairman, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 2883, the promoting cross border energy infrastructure act. this legislation continues the great tradition of bipartisan legislation coming out of the house energy and commerce committee. our focus has been and will be continuing to build america's infrastructure and creating jobs and strengthening our economy. i want to congratulate my colleagues and sponsors of this bill, particularly mr. mullin and mr. green, republican and democrat, for

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international affairs. welcome to the panel. michael zeleny. donald trump junior said he released emails about the meeting because he wanted to be totally transparent. here's what he said during an interview with sean hannity on fox news. >> as far as you know, as far as this incident is concerned, this is all of it? >> this is everything. this is everything. >> all right now we know, that was not all of it at the time. it was four people and now apparently there are eight. we still don't know who the other two people are. but we know more about the one russian-american lobbyist at the table. is the president's son putting himself in more legal jeopardy by not revealing everything? just putting it all out there. who was there, what in totality was talked about. >> i think he put himself in legal jeopardy when in those emails it was disclosed that mr. goldstone said to him i'm bringing a russian government attorney to meet you who possibly has opposition research on hillary clinton. and donald trump junior's response was, i love it. in other words, donald trump junior was willing, all too willing to conspire with the russian government to trash his

transparency. >> stephen: "high-quality person. okay? top-shelf son. thinking of having him gold leafed, paid for the under-coating. absolutely tremendous." ( laughter ) so what does this complex web of internationalpiracy mean? let's break it down on the "late show" figure-it-out-a-tron. bring it out, fellas! okay, here we go. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) welcome to the figure-it-out-a-tron. we're going to figure out the connection from the u.s. to russia over here, okay? across the top, here, we've got four different trump officials who have now admitted to meeting with russian ambassadors during the campaign. trump advisor carter page, attorney general jeff sessions, then-campaign manager paul manafort, and trump's son-in-law jared kushner. down here, we have don, jr.'s russian contact, natalia veselnitskaya. she's the russian lawyer they met with, on a request from russian popstar emin agalarov, who worked with the trumps on the miss universe pageant in moscow, and whose father, aras agalarov, is a russian oligarch who has close ties to vladimir putin. they're all connected, see? now, in the middle of this whole conspiracy is donald trump, jr. ( laughter ) you might say he's the key

transparency. syria's ambassador to the united nations has a deal to quote, genuine partners to help end his country's devastating six year civil war, insisting that such internationalt involve bashar al-assad's government. we spoke to reporters after a meeting in geneva with the yuan envoy -- as part of the seven and latest round of indirect peace talks. >> we need the political commitment of everybody to work it out. you can't put that into the war -- only by our self. you need to have genuine partners to combat terrorism. combating terrorism is spinach -- it shouldn't be only exclusively this issue, it is international. syria toldy for reporters he doesn't expect breakthroughs -- but what he calls incremental progress -- set to run through friday. the uk's brexit secretary to e reco house of lords i should be britain's withdrawal from the block. they said they didn't expect ontain and the eu to agree citizens future rights in the immediate future, but he hoped an agreement in principle could be made. both sides would like to be in place once negotiation so fallen. this negotiating team is -- to begin its first first -- round of talks with the eu's teat -- chief b