just before malicious was given its independence by the u.k. the u.k. kept these islands and did a secret deal at the time with the us to make the biggest of the islands a military base a u.k. u.s. military base where u.s. bombers are now based which was used for rendition flights during the so-called global war on terror that we've heard moments ago in the general assembly from the prime minister of moorish a saying that a ruling by the international court of justice 13 to one that came out in february showed what the u.k. was doing was completely illegal and said that even though they were a friend of the u.k. it could not continue now in the u.n. general assembly we're hearing the response from the british ambassador to the united nations karen pierce she started her speech just moments ago saying she had a warm and deep respect for me but was very sorry about the circumstances of this meeting and the brought the militia and prime minister to new york would probably i think going to hear also from the acting u.s. ambassador jonathan cohen in the next

is continuing occupation is unlawful that u.k. it must bring and then to it's a patient and must return the indigenous people there and that you know this right is an a-list right every state every country must help in putting a man in this so this is not a claim this is not an allegation this is the rule of law this is a declaration of law i mean i still remember when when catalonia. claim independence at their resume way online and said that the lower house through apply with the rule of law well are sorry this is great it's your turn now to comply with the rule of law or rob and this is mark i too am an international lawyer and a couple of points and i and i i want to reinforce what i said earlier that the united states needs to perhaps take a leading role in trying to address the concerns of the displaced charger sands and work with them russian government to try to come up with a reasonable accommodation and i would agree with you that there was a lancaster agreement that was a negotiated in 1900. 5 the granted rights to morr

is continuing occupation is unlawful that u.k. the most bring an end to its occupation and must return the indigenous people there and that you know this right is an earth got a list right every state every country must help in putting an end in this so this is not a claim this is not an allegation this is the rule of law this is a declare it should of law i mean i still remember when when catalonia. claim independence at terrorism in a way it online and said that the lower house through. with the rule of law well are sorry this is great it's your turn now to comply with the rule of law or rob and this is mark i too am an international lawyer and a couple of points and i and i i want to reinforce what i said earlier that the united states needs to perhaps take a leading role in trying to address the concerns of the displaced charger sands and work with them russian government to try to come up with a reasonable accommodation and i would agree with you that there was a lancaster agreement that was a negotiated in 1900. 5 that grant

the u.k.'s proposed to overhaul the spying laws leads to fears of a crackdown on whistleblowers to london and. also ahead on the program. in the caribbean nation of haiti where the government is being accused of links to must occur in the capital. and switch to get rich. to tempt countries with. its weapons instead of hardware from rivals like china or russia. 6 pm here in moscow based tuesday may the 21st the warm welcome to our to international i mean an o'neill top story britain's planning a wide ranging to its espionage treason laws which could lead to so name foreign agents having to register and potentially tough penalties for edward snowden style whistleblowers. getting this right and having the right powers and resources in place for countering hostile states must be opposed to brookside priority so i can announce today that we are preparing the way for nashton are. a step forward with the u.k. home secretaries be not glomming on loiterer london correspondent polly boyko high poly what

vote on this the u.k. under fresh pressure on this particular issue james thanks for that jane space at the united nations. now the kenyan or 3rd binyavanga why nine-a has died he was the head of kwame a kenyan literary journal and won several awards for his writing including the caine prize for african writing his satirical essay how to write about africa challenge popular stereotypes about reporting on the continent and when several anti-gay laws were passed in countries across africa in 2014 when i publicly spoke out announcing that he was gay he died of a stroke in nairobi and was 48 well mordecai odaka is the director of conservation solutions africa he joins us by skype now from now yuki kenya thanks very much for being with us so what would you say is is the legacy of wainaina. thank you i think the legacy of the never go on a is about us taking all of our own narrative as you said i'm from the conservation world and this is one of the areas where the sort paternalistic western narrative about afric

the u.k. it's not for the usa chuckles it's we should go see a nz it's time for the u.k. to give us our power island well when you've been trying to do that how much ground are you making right now how close is it to being. to go since. well i think it's pretty simple but it's just made complicated by by by the shameful refusal of of the united kingdom and the united states of america to comply with the rule of law. before the 25th february 2019 that is before the ruling of the international court of justice. claims that changeless islanders have claims but no more these are normal claims there is the highest court of law in this world that has ruled that the u.k. is continuing occupation is unlawful that u.k. the most bring an end to its occupation and must return the indigenous people there and that you know this right is an earth got a list right every state every country must help in putting an end in this so this is not a claim this is not an allegation this is the rule of law this isn't the collaboration of law i mean i still remember when when catalonia. claim inde

we are seeing gains for german and u.k. stocks. u.k. and the weaker pound. underperforming. overall this is making a fairly muted day for the stock 600 as a benchmark. let's take a look at u.s. futures. we can see a rebound on wall street yesterday now it looks like we're going to see the s&p give back some of the gains. implied open is lower for all three of those major indexes also, worth noting that yesterday the vix hit italy lowest level since early may volatility subsiding as the u.s. trade -- china trade development takes a back seat this week. >> let's look at u.k. politics tleesa may has unveiled a new ten-point brexit deal in a last ditch attempt to sway parliament monk the biggest consess made by the british prime minister is the transfer vote on holding a second referendum. may said one last chance to deliver brexit >> we all have to take some responsibility for the fact that we're in this impasse, and we all have a responsibility to do what we can to get out of it the biggest problem with britain today is its politics and we can fix that with th

labor opposition party for several weeks and she has try to get them round and ensure them that the u.k. will not fall behind you stand when it comes to environmental stand when is it when it comes to work has rights for example and this has failed so labor has no is has decided not to continue these negotiations so it's really interesting to see what new she can now propose that will change people's mind or whether she's going to go more appealing to her own party to the hard drugs it is that one as tough as stands on the negotiations with the e.u. has respect we're looking at a picture of the hole there in westminster where he's jew to make this speech i'm an apologist you to vote on it sometime in the future if the deal fails in parliament well leave the u.k. and breaks it. as usual in a very difficult place because really we are in a situation where there is deadlock and there is not really a clear path forward we have the european elections coming up we expect that both the big parties labor and the conservatives are going to take a big hit on that niger for arjun's bragg's of part

when you look at u.k. assets, when you look at u.k. equities, what you see?a hard brexit risk. have they priced in enough of a jeremy corbyn and nationalization risk? what is priced and what is still to come? britta: looking at the u.k. equity market is different from looking at the economy. whenever you have fears about a weakening economy, normally see a weaker pound and normally that means the ftse 100 companies, which have 80% of their sales , profit in u.k. terms of relative positive earnings revisions. that is what we have seen since the brexit vote in 2016. the u.k. equity market did not underperform. from that perspective, i would say year to date we have seen underperformance but this is probably also because we have seen the pound weakening -- strengthening year to date. we have seen some weakness recently. about the ftse 100 is about the currency, about the domestic market. 250.tse it is about the domestic development in the u.k.. vonnie: dws head of european equities coming to us from frankfurt. our thanks to you. let's get back to the u.s. and ta

in the indian ocean the house an important religious base for the u.k. and the u.s. u.k. has previously ignored an international court of justice ruling the islands and been in the guinea taken from militias. now it was once an industrial giant in the u.k. and now with the latest sign of growing uncertainty over brags that british steel has collapsed but in thousands of jobs at risk loans me has more from london. exactly a year ago british steel produced this corporate film glamorizing what goes on inside its plants in sky. high quality tailored to manufacturing the sort of thing the u.k. used to be feigned for all over the world. one year on the accountants of moved in british steel has collapsed putting some $25000.00 jobs in direct jeopardy the government it seems was unwilling to provide just $30000000.00 pounds or $40000000.00 to keep it afloat the opposition cannot believe it but also mr speaker want to express on behalf of the labor party might outrage that the government is again failed steel industry putting $5000.00 jobs at risk in british steel 20000 more in th

told al jazeera that efforts by previous u.k. governments to reform the social welfare system i've had a negative impact on millions of people. a staggering prediction which everyone seems to accept that something like 40 percent of british children will live in poverty within a couple of years rising rates of homelessness. food bank you seeds through the roof. increasing concern about suicides even lower life expectancy in some areas so overall while the economy is thriving in the united kingdom what we see is a social situation which is not just neglected.

she's raised in the u.k. she's a citizen of the u.k. shouldn't she therefore be tried in the u.k. under the rights that she has a citizen but under british law you can have your citizenship removed if your parents are from a remote but that's not a country or if your theories are from another country but if your parents are not from another country you can't have your for them to rule that is a double standard based on immigrant status many would say that's racist to me for british law but just because the hardliners of that i really do exist. if i can just add i jacked it's not as if i can do that so i can say this i'd like to make a point first of all. u.k. foreign minister does want. strip her of citizenship because he says that she is a citizen of bangladesh both both her share self and the government of bangladesh has said she is not a citizen of bangladesh so effectively she would be stripped of her citizenship and we cannot render any person stateless the second is that we cannot deny a person's right to return to their country of origin which as you know assad in syria is

population from the fact that we help save lives in the u.k. we've saved more u.k. lives you know probably going all the way back to when america belled up britain in world war two and i save so many british lives instead of god dominic lawson. ignoring the fact that i'm a hero to the british people and instead claiming that putin is laughing in a complete non sequitur that's like i'm a gloss and saying i had tuna salad for lunch yesterday and. israel landed a probe on the moon like this guy is disjointed in the brain he has no cognitive ability to think anymore but he is relying on the organ ery person reading the daily mail a tabloid that has a tainted past to just read his propaganda and not go to google not look just look at financial times wall street journal and bloomberg ok investors go there to look at what their investments are how to allocate their capital look at those publications and fracking and see what they have to say about it china like the united states and other countries has embraced the fracking revolution and hopes of weaning itself from its d

let's turn to u.k. results in decades, voters instead opted for politicians with clear pro-or anti-eu messages. brexit party is set to take first place with over 30% of the vote. but the other big winners of the pro-european liberal democrats. this following theresa may announcing her resignation on friday that she will resign, does this increase the risk of a no deal brexit? or a second referendum for you? of the options seem to be firmly on the table. of aefinitely the risks more outlying solution being the domineering one after these outcomes. it is, indeed, greater. nejra: in that case, do you expect the pound to remain range bound or is the downside risk greater from here? marie: again, i would argue a favorite indicator of mine, the current account of the fed, that the pound is already sort of a trend depreciating currency in terms of the and the tradete which is obviously in deficit for the u.k. as well for the u.s. , in my opinion, is down in any case. uncertainty -- the longer this uncertainty

u.k. or ireland renegade inc is next with us. hello and welcome across all things considered i'm peter lavelle manufacturing narratives what really happened in syria what is really happening in iran also is the u.k. becoming ungovernable. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow and he's a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of the case of western civilization and resurgence of brush and in london we cross a charles schumer age he is a security analyst and a former u.k. army and. counterterrorism intelligence officer or a german crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i always appreciate charles let me go to you 1st and london you're that you flagged this story for me i'm going to read the headline from in our story on the website leaked o.p.c. w. memo cast doubt on watchdogs doom a chemical attack conclusions in its in inverted commas there chemical attack i've always said alleged because the evidence was

about how his u.k. court proceedings of julian assange will go down in british legal and constitutional history and from wiki leaks one time part of the guardian one of the world's greatest cartoonist steve bell on the life of attacking power. plus a week of electoral victories and mainstream vilification by jeremy corbyn does the prime minister agree with her secretary of state that it's the policies of this government that is meant in one of the richest countries on this earth food banks and now handing out fourteen million meals a year to people some of whom are in work who simply haven't got enough to eat all the more coming up in today's going underground the first straight to this week's alleged attacks by british authorities on wiki leaks we spoke to wiki leaks chief christian reference and straight after julian assange u.k. jail was considered for extradition to the usa the empire is now striking back and it's not on the basis of of of law it's on the basis of the events and politics and i'm afr

u.k. and u.s. work incredibly closely on iran including to counter iran's destabilizing activity in the middle east whilst we both agree that iran must never be able to acquire a nuclear weapon it's no secret that we have a different approach on how best to achieve that u.k. has continued to support the nuclear deal which is a key achievement of the global nonproliferation architecture because we believe it's in our shared security interests but today's announcement from terror on about its commitments under the deal is an unwelcome step. i urged iran not to take further escalatory steps and to stand by its commitments sanctions were lifted in exchange for restrictions on iran's nuclear program should iran cease to observe its nuclear commitments there would of course be consequences for as long as iran keeps its commitments and so too will the united kingdom turning to venezuela i'm deeply concerned by the plight of the venezuelan people who suffered so much at the hands of madeira and we

made a name change in the over half of the wall of change u.k. can only dream of such numbers greater johnson is in the spotlight and bar in southwest england the political newcomer who has one main goal we have to stop or for take this country with all the lack of values and all the lies that stamps campaigner represents he says it's a one man show it's a vehicle to get him into downing street he's taken the got the country up the garden path and over the cliff the new remain party change u.k. has a clear enemy niger for raj is braggs a party but the n.t. brags that vote is splintered and that might be one reason why the pro europeans have not been able to tread nearly the same crowds as a brags at party who had seen by. 4 rows of chairs are enough to accommodate a crowd many of those who have come other supporting to by the establishment parties. this is an opportunity to see what a remaining party a new voice a fresh voice has to say to me and i was very impressed actually the passion with which they spoke on the passion your opinion and i bel

a humiliating defeat for the u.k. and its ally the us in the un general assembly countries voting overwhelmingly 160 nations in favor of the people who still live on a small group of islands called the shah goss just 4 countries voted on the side of the u.k. in the us back in the 1960 s. britain did a secret deal with the united states to build this military base on the largest of the shagger silence diego garcia the islanders were forced to leave their homes more than 50 years on earlier this year the international court of justice ruled the u.k.'s actions at the time were illegal in 1968 when riches gained its independence from britain the shire goss was split off from the rest of the country so that the airbase could be built one would have hoped. that any country found to be engaged in an ongoing wrongful act by the highest court of the word would hasten to make amends why will you not listen to the international court of justice to the un general assembly and give these islands back to the people they belong to .

the u.k.toms territory and we will deliver on commitments to northern ireland in full. we will implement paragraph 50 of the joint report in law. northern ireland assembly and executives will have to give consent on a cross community basis, to new regulations added to the backstop. our partnerswith on how these commitments should be entrenched in law. this new brexit deal contains significant further changes to protect economic and constitutional integrity of the united kingdom and deliver brexit. it is a solution that answers the unique concerns of all parts of the community in northern ireland. is, after three attempts to secure parliamentary agreement, we will not leave eu unless we have a deal that can command wider cross party support. that is why i sat down with the opposition. i have been serious about listening to views across the house throughout the process. mp's puthy when labor forward their proposals to give parliament a bigger say in the next phase of negotiations, i listened to

well break it looks set to take a temporary backseat in the u.k. as a new leadership race gets into full swing we take a look at the candidates vying to take over from theresa may a little later in the program. 2 more world news this hour south africa's newly inaugurated president cyril around the poser as the clear about his country is entering a new era but with his party and country divided he looks set to face an uphill battle one of the key problems the new president will face is the legacy of apartheid on the enduring challenge of extreme inequality white people for instance currently represent 9 percent of south africa's population but own over 70 percent of private from land the government has pledged to begin clearing some of that land without providing compensation and special r.t. report looks at how the dispute is threatening to rupture this social fabric. i feel that my life and the life of my family members and the future of my children under 3. and no one has a new talk just who through i'm damn to have i. carry a weapon for 20 years

high quality tailors manufacturing the sort of thing the u.k. used to be famed for all over the world. one year on the accountants have moved in british steel has collapsed putting some $25000.00 jobs in direct jeopardy the government it seems was unwilling to provide just $30000000.00 pounds or $40000000.00 to keep it afloat the opposition cannot believe it but also mr speaker i want to express on behalf of the labor party my outrage that the government has again failed our steel industry putting 5000 jobs at risk in british steel 20000 more in the supply chain this government has failed those people the government will work closely with the official receiver and prospective new owners to achieve the best possible outcome for these sites the government is providing an indemnity to the official receiver who is now responsible for the operations we will take every possible step to ensure that these vital operations can continue for the irony isn't lost on anyone that the news of the demise of british steel comes one day before european elections

in the u.k. he gave this reaction to tehran's decision on the nuclear deal. will have to wait to see what iran's actions actually are they've made a number of statements about actions they threatened to do in order to get the world to jump what we'll see what they actually do the access will wait to observe that i am confident that as we watch iran's activity that the united kingdom and our european partners will move forward together to ensure that iran has no pathway for a nuclear weapons system but we have a team of reporters covering this story. in tehran kimberly harkat at the white house in washington but first we go to john a hole who is in london where mike on bail spoke in the last hour john of the european certainly in a very delicate position here is a space for them to negotiate with the americans. while i think that largely remains to be seen look it's unsurprising that as the united states seeks to ramp up maximum pressure on iran that it would seek at the same time to try and win the support of its allies in doing so london the u.k. of course a

loath to see the u.k. leave the union made it clear that there would be no cherry picking it soon became evident that the bracks of may could deliver was not the bracks that many in britain had voted for. and attempt to get a stronger mandate for her bracks a vision backfired spectacularly tough to make or snap elections in june 2017 she ended up weaker than before short of a majority in parliament and forced to make a deal with the hardline northern irish the u.p.a. in order to govern but maybe wouldn't be deterred smiling through gritted teeth she carried on with the task of pushing through bracks it come what may bricks it means bricks it and we're going to make a success of it bricks it needs for exits i'm very clear bricks it does mean bracks it's. empty phrases drawing ridicule from the opposition all we care is even more bizarre sandbox remember when we. ads were actually means breaks it then we had liberal breaks it and now we have ambitious managed divergence. and she got flak from within her own

u.k. joining me via skype from new york is lawyer and harvard law professor emeritus alan dershowitz alan thanks for coming on the show what do you make of julian songe in the u.k. court tomorrow via video link on extradition charges to the united states for violating the espionage act i think the united states government made a tactical blunder by endangerment of the espionage act merely publishing material that was classified and stolen by busy others had they maintained their original indictment for helping to break into a password and helping to steal classified information i think the extradition would be open and shut and britain would under the tree of extra doubt. but now they raise the problem of whether this is a political prosecution whether it's prosecution that could not occur in great britain whether it's a prosecution in great britain in its discretion would prefer not to be part of so i think they made it harder to extradite by this 2nd indictment which was utterly unnecess

francine: you talk about transforming the u.k.you bring that to business, how many will be disrupted by the internet, and on the technology and has that , transformation been done, or can you still find value? guy: they will all be disrupted. francine: the new ones? guy: all of the businesses we see have been or will be disrupted. the disruption will be where there hasn't been disruption yet. it will not finish in my lifetime. we are on the edge of seeing some of the effects. francine: can private equity come in, or will it be the disruptors, like facebook, that will transform it? guy: it is a combination of the two. one of the interesting things is if you take something like softbank, they have tried to combine both, not necessarily extremely successfully, but they have had the great emotional images. they have the right vision. the problem is putting that vision into execution. francine: what are they getting right? guy: in terms of the long-term demographics, the types of industries they are going after. i think where they are

city u.k. need to handle control of that to militias hand control over to militias that is one scenario that might happen konstantinos has another one have a listen to what he has to say introduce year pin. judicial order of the united nations told the u.k. government to return the chickens and to marry shoes as soon as possible the u.k. government have participated fully unit court proceedings presented its case but its arguments were rejected now that you can government rejects the findings of the court and says that it will return the islands at some point in the future when they're no longer needed it so what's next now to turn on the un general assembly to make its move and act on the advice it has been given by the i.c.j. here on twitter abdul hobson as they will be consequences the u.k. is already struggling internationally and this will leave it floundering and isolated robin are you hopeful that the un can can fix us well of course i am a woman in the beautiful advisory ruling paragrap

night's not just the u.k. voting today voting is also under way in the european elections in the netherlands the 1st dutch voters cast their votes at midnight in all 400000000 europeans will be able to vote over the next 4 days at stake on seats in the open palm and the top job the head of the european commission the 2 favorites for that german conservative mounted veda and the dr social democrats france to hans. let's head to abse dam draco's find zonda is standing by max what's the mood there as i mentioned of the dutch politicians france a tim amman's is at the top candidates for you have been commission president has been boosted interest in the election. well france in the months is one of the many faces of the e.u. elections. but he is not expected to have a real input year at least not a positive one them his party is expected to come in in 3rd and traditionally here in the netherlands they are very pro european but not so much pro voting in european elections the voter participation since 1909 has neve

this week the u.k. parliament debated whether to give british soldiers immunity from prosecution for crimes in the north violent but with a new film exposing alleged british government involvement in a plan for a massacre at a catholic primary school is the government initiative about concealment inclusion rather than justice joining me now is sean mari director of the new film quite grave thanks so much for coming on before we even get to the amazing villeneuve made your response to labor and tory defense officials some rowing back from labor appearing to promote immunity for u.k. soldiers for alleged war crimes this is this is the army there always has been i mean there's always been an almost a so where we called from the north of ireland and mix that a lot there's never been a single prosecution or a single sentence that's been served by a british soldier in the conflict so we have no confidence anywhere whether it will happen are not of course that there will be only a british soldier that will hol

in the u.k. the newly formed prexy party times expected to win big leaving the conservatives and labor in tatters. i am a british prime minister truism a stepping down after failing to get a breakfast plan through the contest to replace it is well up and running. good morning eleven am under twenty seventh of may here in moscow when i was kevin knowing you're watching r.t. international having stay with me for next thirty minutes and we take you through the top stories the top stories coming from europe this morning with most votes counted in the fiercely contested european parliament elections anti-establishment parties along with the greens and the liberals are set to make big wins while projections show the established centrist bloc losing its grip on parliament. now the surprise of the night if you want to call it that overall votes it was the highest in twenty years at over fifty percent. let's break down some of the numbers them so far in italy mattel's survey in these far right party the l

u.k. army and counterterrorism intelligence officer or a german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump any time you want and i always appreciate charles let me go to you 1st and london you're that you flagged this story for me i'm going to read the headline from in our story on the website leaked o.p.c. w memo cast doubt on watchdogs doom a chemical attack conclusions in its in inverted commas their chemical attack i've always said alleged because the evidence was never forthcoming now it looks like a leak is showing that those of us that said alleged were right all along go ahead charles. yes you're right remember even in the immediate aftermath of the do a chemical attack alleged chemical attack in march 2018 in which dozens of people civilians were 40 to have been killed graphic photos you remember video shots especially of many children who suffered apparent catastrophic deaths and i think as much doubt that people did actually die systems how they died and who was responsi

the u.k.. hisu.s. is seeking extradition for his role in a breach of classified data. >> h his legal worries began in 2010 when he was speaking at a conference in sweden. he met two women who accused him of rape. both encounters were consensual. he was questioned and never charged. interpoler 2010, issued a warrant for his arrest. raced more than 250,00000 euros. to smell thet fresh air of london again. as the founder of wikileaks, he faces prosecution for releasing hundreds of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents. he fled bail and walked through the doors of ecuador embassy in london. he was granted political asylum. their dropped investigigation into a sans in 2017. policearrested by u.k. april 11 for breach of bail. he was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison. the u.k. is still to decide whether to extradite him to the u.s., where he faces conspiracy charges and up to five years in prison. genie:e: the philippines and vod .n their mililitary election it could open the way fo

and to the u.k. in respect of the dition activities that took place there well britain says that all these 116 countries including your country the voted on something that's basically meaningless and also the britain needs to keep the jager zones to keep people in britain people in britain safe from terrorists. well i would i would leave it to the 116 countries and their remaining 6 as well as those who voted in favor u.k. on this matter that is against our resolution to make their own opinion about the about this statement that was made by french and i think that it is really showing that u.k. is still in the same mindset as it was the night in 65 when they. excise the island from ships you can and that you are where what mindset like when they call them tarzan's and man fridays in the rectory exactly this is this is that might say that my prime minister and his statement actually pointed this out that if we are back in one to 65 when it is islands removed from the territorial issues that time they

so the u.k. authorities are involved that the swedish prosecutor also says that it will be the matter for the united kingdom with ortiz to decide whether he will be onward lee extradited from sweden to that is it's. was probably means and current political atmosphere a basically a rubber stamp we are fighting here in india it's a an indictment and prosecution before a secret jury in the united states or publishing truthful information that's the heart of the matter. if it does come down to what the u.k. authorities decide is best how likely do you think which case will they prioritize . no idea well how they will or will but they will decide but let me be absolutely clear about this it will be a political decision 1st and foremost justice. is long gone from that entity when it comes to julian assange yes no justice at all. we all know that as large went and sought refuge in the ecuadorian embassy because he feared extradition to sweden meant extradition to the us in the end stockholm get some for

the u.k. with regard to whether this is a move that theresa may should make to step down from that role >> it's question of trust, dom, as well. whether people within her own cabinet, within her own party trust that she is the person who can lead the country through what is a bit of a political quagmire at the moment as wrshl there's a lot of trust lost, including the likes of the home secretary. he just didn't know what she was going to be in her withdrawal agreement bill as well it's a trust issue in parliament, and apparently she has lost the trust much loofr allies as well the process going forward, though, is going to be absolutely fascinating as well sflo the pressure is mounting on theresa may to step down as the u.k. prime minister and, of course, the polls are open in the e.u. parliamentary elections today later on joining me now is news editor matthew, and, matthew, steve laid out an interesting scenario for what's happening with regard to sent meant in the u.k. >> the european elect

the u.k. apparently isn't ruling out cooperation with chinese telecoms giant huawei despite america's repeated warning to his allies that the company's 5 g. technology poses a major security threat so let's get more details now from the state party she joins us in london kate it looks like doesn't it that the u.k. will go ahead with a deal despite those american objections. either and they were yes indeed a major british telecom company vodafone has announced it's going to use equipment provided among other manufacturers by chinese company huawei as vodafone looks to roll out its 5 g. network across the u.k. from july the surge however the u.k. government's stance on way seems a little better than officials are not ruling out working with the chinese company despite numerous attempts by the u.s. to persuade the u.k. to shun wah its equipment over security concerns while on choose stay the u.k.'s position was forced by foreign secretary jeremy hunt. we as a government are going through the proc

in the u.k. the newly formed party storms to victory with support from the governing conservatives and labor opposition evaporating. and a week of scandal and recriminations of course the world's youngest state leader his job the austrian chancellor is forced out after 9 precedented no confidence vote. either 10 in the evening on monday here in moscow money and call them brave welcome to world news from r.t. international with the most votes now counted in the fiercely contested european parliament elections and the establishment parties along with the greens and the liberals are set for big wins or projections show that the established centrist bloc has lost its grip on parliament one in every 2 eligible voters took to the polls the highest turnout in 20 years. all right let's break down some of the case numbers there in italy is right wing party the league is projected to win 33 percent of the vote there while in france marine le pen's national rally is said to overtake president party with as

beyond that of course i mean nigel farage within u.k.politics is very careful to stay as far as possible with inside the political mainstream the reason that ukip his former party has done very badly in these european elections and in the local elections that took place in the recently is that it has become to be seen to be extreme and people won't vote for it anymore all of those votes and more have gone to the brics it party now i know that in both france and italy the parties those parties the marine le pen and salvini have been perhaps a little bit more comfortable at. encouraging voters from the extremes of their country's politics and farage is very careful not to do that so he can now portray his party as a potential replacement for the conservatives not saying that will happen but he's definitely trying to give that impression so he he takes great care to stay inside the political mainstream most of the time obviously immigration is a key issue for survival of pena most of the far right parties and even far as yourself though has

her failure to deliver brexit nearly three years after the u.k. referendum sealed her fate.lso coming up, it is day two of voting in european elections. some 400 million are eligible to cast their ballot, but turnout in the czech republic is said to be low. voters care more about issues close to home than developments in brussels. and sealed with a kiss. after a 30-your struggle, taiwan becomes the first place in asia to legalize same-sex marriage -- after a 30-year struggle. thank you for joining us. the outgoing british prime minister, theresa may, says she will always regret failing to secure a deal for the u.k. to leave the european union. she announced she will resign on june 7, almost three years after the british voter to exit from the bloc. she was unable to get a deeply divided parliament to back her withdrawal deal. >> i will shortly leave the job that has been the honor of my life to hold.. the second female prime minister was certainly not the last -- but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opp

in the u.k. to give back to my son al capone to go in the indian ocean with the small master of a u.s. military base complicating the issue on that after the short break. are china in the u.s. in training and endgame the battle lines have been drawn and demands made in this trade war it appears both sides are preparing for the long haul what does it mean to win a trade war what does it mean to lose and how far could this test. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they did accept or reject . so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go right to be crossed. if you like the green the more people are. interested in the why. they should. join me every thursday on the alex salmond and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. back to the program britain's days as a colonial power may be long over but it's just a global power might get a fresh blow on wednesday united nations is expected to vote overwhel

we start back in the u.k. where the newly founded briggs it party has had 24 hours to remember claiming more votes in the european elections than the conservative labor party's combined breaking down the results here see sally. in the build up to this election all the polls are indicating that the briggs and polity would do well on the newly formed regs and policy we should point out in fact they've won by far the most seats in those european elections for the u.k. and as you mentioned they're getting more than the conservatives and labor combined and then lead. he's somebody who has been a really a figurehead not just in these elections but in the push leading up to that referendum in 2016 for the u.k. to leave the ute and he bails out the boards of quality control can go on and be successful in general elections if we do not leave the european union. then just as we've surprised people in these european elections we will go full would absolutely stunned them in the next general election there's a big wake up