state makes an unshared jeweled a trip to brussels as tensions between the u.s. and iran rise like pompei ok crashes a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers as he tries to win support for washington's hardline on test around the e.u. he's keen to preserve the nuclear deal that european ministers want him back against a conflict in the region also on the program. for the people voters are now version for senate seats in the country's mid-term elections a strong result for them to deter say the taste his war on drugs. i'm phil gale welcome to the program. iran is at the center of a growing rift between the united states and its european allies meeting in brussels today a u. countries the u.s. secretary of state mike compile not to escalate tensions with iran and to britain and germany raise concerns over a potential accidental military conflict in the unstable region a year after the u.s. withdrew from the iran nuclear deal a u. foreign ministers are still trying to find ways to salvage it. mike pump a 0 turned up in brussels with the message that if europeans are discussing iran he shou

political commentator and writer in brussels we have here is an independent journalist and in paris we cross to francesco so rich you know he is deputy director at c.e. sciences poll all right gentlemen crossed means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate it let's go to luke in brussels let's go to the belly of the beast itself how is brussels meaning the e.u. stomaching these election results because you can't say they were unexpected maybe a point here or maybe a point there but more or less it was expected there would be a populous would do well the right more right wing parties would do well and we have to point out in spain the left did pretty well there as well but there's certainly you can't say it's a protest vote anymore the trends are there and the and the number of people that went out to vote were quite astounding considering european elections rypien elections are not that popular with with voters but they it was this time around so luke what is changed go ahead. what i would say they are saying much for the moment to brussels is preparing itself for designat

bring for business? we'll be live from brussels. us president donald trump keeps up pressure on japan to cut its trade surplus with america, as he meets with japanese prime minister shinzo abe. and on the markets, asian markets made a tepid recovery monday as investors sought to shrug off a difficult week dominated by anxiety over the fractious us—china trade war. more on the markets shortly. so... the big centre—right and centre—left blocs in the european parliament have lost their combined majority in the parliament amid an increase in support for liberals, greens and nationalists. the centre—right european people's party remains the largest bloc, and is expected to form a pro—eu coalition. the liberals and greens had a good night, while nationalists were set for victory in italy and france. in britain, the newly—formed brexit party won nearly a third of the vote, with the governing conservatives beaten into fifth place. labour also suffered heavy losses. turnout across europe was the highest for 20 years. so what are the ramifications for businesses across the block? le

berlin a major shift in power in brussels after europe's voters deliver a setback to mainstream parties the centrist party seen their power diminished in european parliamentary elections while climate concerns give a boost to green party. of germany was the epicenter of this political shift where the greens doubled their share of the vote and that makes them germany's 2nd biggest party in the european parliament. and populist and nationalist parties have topped the polls in a number of countries and france the far right national rally led by marine le pen looks set to finish 1st feeling a huge blow to president. i'm dr thomas very warm welcome to our special ongoing coverage of the european parliamentary elections well europe's mainstream political parties have suffered big losses as greens liberals and nationalists have gained ground in brussels the usual actions have also seen the biggest turnout in 20 years we'll get the latest from our correspondents plus analysis after this look at the outcome. an electorate of over 400000000 had its say after counting began it soon became

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. we are in brussels next to the building that houses the european parliament. there are any number of stories in these election results. we will start with the uk. a party that formed only six weeks ago is the big winner in the eleciton — the uk's brexit party has swept to victory. we have got the right experience, let us make sure the country is ready on the 31st of october to leave the european union on whatever terms. it was a disastrous election for the opposition labour party and the ruling conservatives who had their lowest national election result in their history. this is the worst result in our party's history in elections. we are also watching closely for the su ccesses we are also watching closely for the successes or otherwise of populist and nationalist parties. in france, marine le pen beat emmanuel macron. translation: emmanuel macron has no choice but to dissolve the national assembly and make it a more democratic election that reflects the opinion of the country's people. as if we did not have enough political drama,

to address concerns over climate change as the green party was in a chair of seats in brussels. the nationalist party stopped the vote at a number of european countries but still falls short of a predicted such. also on the program austrian chancellor sebastian cook out opposition parties joined forces to remove him with a vote of no confidence backed by the right freedom party which caught between government with him until just last week. i'm fogle welcome to the program european passes are now jockeying for position after sunday's elections to the a huge parliament tilted the balance of power within the block and here are some of sunday's a key takeaways of voters punish traditional sense 1st parties including germany's governing coalition of conservatives and social democrats but the greens made big advances to become germany's number 2 party in france's number 3 in the european parliament but being populists also had a good night winning the votes in france the u.k. italy and poland. leader of germany's conservatives the c.d.u. at the lips of her party had failed to reach many v

campaign themes is to stop brussels claims that the e.u. is encouraging migrants to come to europe and he's managed to convince many young people in hungary is that we see that. this is a coordinated policy. it didn't happen overnight. the reply would be easy to do that. i have no idea. but why should we have to absorb other cultures. we have our own culture. in the e.u. hungary's policies have met with robust criticism in march she was suspended from the european parliament's main center right group allegations that ban is undermining democracy. how far will you go what is the. burdening books also victor believes that the e.u. strategy is clear. to kratom brussels to take complete control of all the member states. but hungary wants to remain sovereign and determine its own domestic policy in the political process cannot and will not accept that. the. victor remains firm in his political convictions and opposed to the e.u. . but there are still dedicated pro europeans in hungary the momentum movement is the centrist political party that was founded 2 years ago. back then the gover

press called a referendum on where the greece should accept new bailout conditions sent by brussels 61 percent of voters said no but their voice remained heard. a huge finance ministers worked out a new deal they demanded even more austerity from greece which had a severe impact on the country's economy. does the same when the use of these measures did fail damage to the greeks perception of democracy. and i believe this was the moment when people across southern europe especially young people started to turn against the e.u. and that's what opened. the money that i want. at the demonstration we meet again chana she's 28 and has a degree in marketing but right now she's working at a supermarket for listen for euros an hour we asked whether she's worried about the future of. africa as i know that hearing this and i don't have it to. china does not want to leave her country but the austerity measures have hit the greek young people hard you always have to pay for the person i feel angry i feel that this too are fair i pay something good out to my parents and so many times you hear thi

that to me was the thought of. during the today deanna is in brussels the e.u. parliament has invited several internet influencers to campaign on behalf of europe . you've. covered us to influence on passion in how to look down creates noise content and post it online and maybe that we have their followers interested in europe and the upcoming election. i'm going from hell about interconnected your. way to that say it. do young people take the e.u. for granted because they don't know what the all the jews are up was like to find out more about that we travel to the owners. of. these young people are a part of the e.u.'s erasmus student exchange program they come from all over europe. he comes from phil austria england i'm from a southerner i'm from belgium and from london from swabian. malta 9000000 students have taken part in the arrests most program since it began in 1987. people to be all europeans are different but they're also connected and that's really beautiful to speak up and should i think it's really important to meet people from different cultures because it's the

brussels is preparing itself for designating the president of the commission and the all the presidents of the council of parliament etc in the coming weeks so . this is a moment where of course you can reflect upon the results and these results are never as fantastically good often testicular bad as expected because you have 27 countries 28 still with the britain that participated and the statistical rule makes it that he this more land than expected but the victory of the populist the so-called populist is there there now must the something must have something like 25 percent of the votes in european parliament which is quite big at the less than expected maybe and the greens on the other side and the other major whereas with the losers being the 2 traditional parties and the liberals defending just their turf the extreme left is also down at european level of course there are differences of national differences but generally speaking that was expect ok well john in edinburgh i mean the european elitist can say well it's business as usual the elections are over we move forward i mean the

and washington the focus of a meeting of foreign ministers in brussels has shifted to iran the block is determined to keep the iran nuclear deal alive after washington withdrew from the pact and reimposed. sanctions on tehran the u.s. is urging the you to walk away from the deal your secretary of state bank might pump aoe was reportedly making a surprise stopover in brussels but the diplomatic chief says there are no concrete plans to meet with a top u.s. diplomat. so the pressure is on for the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal to convince iran to adhere to the agreement the e.u.'s top diplomat meeting her counterparts in brussels in an attempt to salvage the iran nuclear deal it has been and continues to be for us a key element of military federation an appreciation of the global ian in the region so we'll continue to support it as much as we can with all our instruments and all our political will this is very well known i think both in washington and in put on under the 2050 nuclear deal around agreed to let the international atomic energy agency monitor its nuclear f

you live from berlin america's top diplomat makes an unshaded trip to brussels as tensions rise between the u.s. and iran might bumpier hold storks have european allies as it tries to win support for washington's hard line position on terror but e.u. ministers were warning against a conflict in the region as they attempt to salvage the iran nuclear deal also the program filipino voters have been casting their ballots for crucial the senate seats in the country's mid-term elections a strong result the president got to go to test it could boost his war on drugs. plus hollywood legend doris day has died at the age of 97 dragon merrily our culture expert joins me in the studio to talk about her and some of the most iconic moments in her career. turn of a warm welcome to you i'm. iran is at the center of a growing rift between the u.s. and its european allies at a meeting in brussels today e.u. policy urged washington's top diplomat not to escalate tensions with the head on with britain going so far as to warn the us of accidentally triggering a conflict in an unstable region now thi

but. this is why from the race to fill the big kids european heads of government meet in brussels to discuss a replacement for commission the president. of france i'm sure many appear to be heading for a showdown over the issue also on the program a big surprise in german football outsiders one year old brother ben told our way into the borders league of the 1st time. this little club's big victory and their relegation plan. welcome to the program. european heads of government to meeting in brussels to negotiate their picks for the top jobs within the blocks bureaucracy of following last week's parliamentary elections the heads of major e.u. institutions and now need to be replaced including the head of the european central bank and other key jobs up for grabs is that of commission president which is currently held by john paul 2 whose turn is due to end on the 31st of october but e.u. leaders disagree who should succeed him and how that count as it should be chosen the german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccraw are at odds over these issues get more from

the set of tires. today is in brussels the e.u. parliament has invited several internet influencers to campaign on behalf of europe . to. talk with us to influence our parson in how to i hope they'll create a nice continent and post it online and maybe that we have their followers interested in europe in the upcoming election. please move on from how about interconnected. networks that said. do young people take the e.u. for granted because they don't know what the all the juric is like to find out more about that we travel to fitness. these young people are part of the erasmus student exchange program they come from all over europe. he comes from austria england i'm from a southerner i'm from belgium from london from swabian. malta 9000000 students have taken part in the arrest most program since it began in 1907. people to be all europeans are different but they're also connected and that's really beautiful and this is a global issue i think it's really important to meet people from different cultures because it's the approach and it's your perspective which i by this over time we

this is the w.'s wife from america's secretary of state to make someone show jules trip to brussels as tensions between the u.s. and iran increase my pump air gatecrashers a meeting of e.u. foreign ministers as he tries to win support for washington's hard line on tech crunch that the e.u. is keen to preserve the nuclear deal european ministers warn him against the conflict in the region also on the program china says it will respond to washington's doubling of tariffs on their imports by increasing levies on american goods as u.s. officials warn of the trade dispute is hurting both sides. hollywood movie magic and doris day has died at the age of 97 take a look back at some of the most iconic moments. i'm filled welcome to the program and iran is at the center of a growing rift between the united states and its european allies meeting in brussels today e.u. countries the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o not to escalate tensions with teheran britain and germany raise concerns over a potential accidental a military conflict in an already unstable region a year after the u.s. wit

thank. you the u.s. secretary of state counsels a visit to moscow and heads to brussels instead to discuss iran's threats were nuclear deal commitments. next step will be. featured on the agenda also to come amid growing concerns over civilian deaths from u.s. drone strikes the pentagon developed. a weapon with spinning blades and supposedly more accurate and existing technology and french left wing media. has been depicted as a russian insect in the video game. we give the game a try. good morning just going to 11 o'clock here in moscow you're watching international now the u.s. secretary of state has. to be an informal visit to moscow diverting to brussels at the last minute instead to discuss iran before setting off he gave an interview in which he outlined the u.s. position towards the country. iran is the major destabilizing in influence in the middle east and we aim to fix that our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want what they did so richly deserve. ok well let's discuss this f

heads. together we're on our way to the very heart of the european union brussels the seat of the european council the commission and the parliament we want to see if there's any truth to the notion that the e.u. is basically i'm. auster bureaucracy knows the office to the e.u. has a massive amount of bureaucracy and it could definitely be slimmed down it was for one call because we're going to give corporate market the problem is they can't get anything done because there needs to be consensus whenever they vote on anything and the option if you can imagine they're doing something but we don't really know what. brussels is home to a lot of people who work for the e.u. but in hamburg alone some 50000 people work in politics an administration one in 10000 europeans is an e.u. official in cologne a much higher percentage of the population is a civil servant brussel spend 6 percent of its budget on personnel germany's local council spent 25 percent. so in terms of actual figures it's not really the bureaucratic b.m.s. it's often made up to make. is the preconception more about feelin

47 and 73 seats putting them at 120 seats together those go back to brussels now we're going to get some live reaction from did abused her standing by for us there terry let's talk 1st about this turnout is the the biggest turnout in quarter of a century what was driving that it was likely a combination of people who very much love the e.u. and see it through and then people who very much hate the e.u. and want to see it destroyed if you think about the impact that the breck's it situation has had on the vote of course you had a breck's it party formed simply to get the u.k. out of the european union so there were people who very much want to send to brussels members of the european parliament who want to make trouble here and that's probably why the brics that party came in 1st in the u.k. but if you look at some of the other countries in belgium the ex-pat vote was higher than it's ever been in recorded history and you had a huge to get out the vote campaign by the european institutions but also by civil society and remember that we have the student climate marchers every friday t

you trip to brussels as tensions rise between the u.s. and iran might pump ale holds talks with european allies as he tries to win support for washington's hard line position on that iran would even ministers warn him against a conflict in the region as they attempt to salvage the iran nuclear deal also in the program. filipino voters have been voting for crucial senate seats in the country's midterm elections a strong result of president got to go to test it could boost his war on drugs. pattern of a woman continue i'm under. iran is at the center for growing rift between the u.s. and its european. allies urged washington's top diplomat not to. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei all made a last minute visit to brussels to meet with his british french and german counterparts they are still signatories to the iran nuclear deal which the u.s. pulled out of one year ago much to the chagrin of its allies. we continue to fully support the nuclear deal with it on its full implementation the u.s. withdrawal from the deal has drawn criticism from the e.u. china and russia the deal was

election. let's get more on this from the w.'s brussels bureau chief max hoffman welcome back so this decline of mainstream center left and center right parties were seen across europe is it likely to impact the makeup of the new parliament. well the real question is how are they going to find a majority for example to elect the next president of the e.u. commission and in the past it was enough to have the social democrats and the conservatives they had more than half of the seats in this european parliament that has by the way a total of $751.00 seats that's no longer the case they will need a 3rd group either the liberals that are backed by the french president not call or the greens that have had such success as we just saw in that report and now as you can imagine you know between the the greens and the right wing of the conservatives there aren't that many similarities so it's going to be much harder than in the past to find that common ground i can tell you this the groups here in brussels have already started doing that there will be technical talks this evening already in bru

not do just. also coming up the tussle to the top job in brussels is underway and it could take some time for european union leaders all clashing nobody should be the next president of the european commission the post-election summit in brussels has so far failed to use tension. and the world of formula one says its final farewell to a motor sports legend mickey dowd it will be a very sad day in his hometown of vienna austria following his death last week at the age of 78. i'm on you can mackinnon thanks so much for joining us the nigerian president mohammed dubow hari is set to be inaugurated for the 2nd time today hari and his convoy have just arrived in the central square in the capital of hooja and we'll be talking to our correspondent funny in a moment his the. attending the inauguration she told us many young people are skeptical that the 76 year old president is the right man to revamp the economy she spoke to young voters who see no reason to celebrate today's inauguration of. these young men who want this cocktail bar and if the president were to stop by they would mix of ve

al jazeera. wherever you are. european leaders gather in brussels for the go see actions to fill the e.u.'s top jobs. and again i'm adrian finnegan this is a live from doha also coming up protest leaders in khartoum hope a 2 day national strike will force military leaders to a new round of talks. serbian troops are put on the cost of and police launch an operation in a serb dominated breach. the palace here a journalist must call into the hussein is sent back to jail in egypt after another investigation is launched to him it into him after just days after a pause at all of this release. european leaders are meeting in brussels to discuss who they want to fill the e use top jobs backroom negotiations have already begun to appoint the commission's president of the other heads of the e.u. institutions elections or center right and center left parties lose support and populists liberals and greens taking advantage of voter anger with the current direction of the you let's go live out of brussels also serious david chase is there so david the search is on to fill the e.u.'s top jobs.

plan the u.s. secretary of state has to brussels instead of moscow to discuss iran's threat to renege on its nuclear deal. of the e.u. desperately trying to keep the deal live and come up with ways to protect iran from crippling u.s. sanctions. british prosecutors say they will reopen in the investigation into a sexual assault allegation that made against wiki leaks co-founder julian the song and will take his extradition from the u.k. . and the u.s. china trade stock markets plummeting that's after beijing tallied so the latest u.s. punitive tariffs by imposing penalties on $6000000000.00 of u.s. goods. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q and moscow thanks for joining us this hour russian foreign minister says he plans. confronts his u.s. counterpart on how america intends to find a way out of the crisis created the iran nuclear deal the secretary of state might pump is set to meet sergei lavrov this tuesday on the agenda is iran's threat to stop implementing parts of the $2015.00 deal last year washington backed out of the agreement and reimposed crippl

thank. the u.s. secretary of state cancels the visit to moscow and heads to brussels instead to discuss iran's threats were nago and its nuclear deal commitments. next stop will be russia will also feature high on the agenda. to come amid growing concern over civilian deaths from u.s. drone strikes the pentagon developed what's been dubbed the ninja missile it's a weapon with spinning blades and supposedly more accurate than existing technology and the french left wing media. has been depicted as a russian insect a new video game released by president. meant to give the game a try. hello there is midday here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the u.s. secretary of state might be cancelled what was to be an informal visit to moscow he's diverted to brussels at the last minute instead to discuss iran before setting off though he did give an interview in which he outlined the u.s. position for the country. iran is the major destabilizing in influence in the middle east and we aim to fix that our aim is not war our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leaders

brussels as tensions between the us time a round rise. crush the meeting of an e.u. foreign ministers as he tried to win support for washington's hot line on taxes but the e.u. is keen to preserve the new clear to your experience ministers born in against a conflict in the brics also on the program china says it will respond to washington's doubling of tires on chinese imports by increasing levies on american goods as u.s. officials won't trade disputes discussing 12th soft. targets with movie legend darren speck has died at the age of 97 to look back at some of the most the comic moments coming. i'm phil welcome to the program. iran's at the center of a growing rift between the united states and its european allies meeting in brussels today e.u. countries to the u.s. secretary of state mike notes to escalate tensions with iran britain and germany raise concerns over a potential accidental military conflict in an already unstable region here foreign ministers were meeting to discuss ways to salvage the iran nuclear deal a year after the u.s. withdrew from it. the u.s. secretary of sta

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source, live from brussels. first the estimates and then the european parliamentary results came into us. one of the newest parties is one of the biggest winners. the uk's brexit party — only formed six weeks ago — has swept to victory. this message from its leader. if we do not leave on october the sist if we do not leave on october the 31st then the scores you see for the brexit party today will be repeated ina brexit party today will be repeated in a general election and we are getting ready for it. for the ruling conservatives the result was a catastrophe. this is the worst result in elections. in france where marine le pen‘s far—right national rally came top. translation: emmanuel macron should dissolve the assembly... it was a night of political drama in the building behind me in brussels where the european parliament sits. hour after hour estimates and projections were released, then confirm results as to how this election was going. it was spread across 28 eu member states, all voting towards the 751 members of the european parl

protection in schools universities and sports halls. yellow vests protesters in brussels on sunday they say the e.u. is undemocratic everyone wants to change year up. the fight over which way will be played out in parliament and on the streets. and as results come in from the 28 member countries of the european union the trends are getting. clearer here are the projections for seats in the next european parliament will see that search for the greens who look likely to take 70 seats in the new parliament and the liberal a l d e group will take 97 seats despite its heavy losses the center right european peoples party is still the biggest group with now 163 seats and if we look at the 2 right wing populist blocks here on the right of our graphic we see them at 45 seats and 72 seats respectively so let's go now to brussels and correspondent terry schulte standing by for us hi terry good morning it may not yet be official but results are in what's your assessment of what we're seeing so far certainly my as you've laid out there the mainstream political parties the center right center left groups

berlin. america's secretary of state makes an unscheduled trip to brussels as tensions between the eu's -- u.s. and iran increase. mike pompeo gate crashes and meeting of eu foforeign ministes as he ies totoin supupport for washington's hardline on toronto. the eu is keen to preserve the nuclear deal. they warned him against conflict in the region. also on the program, china says it will respond to washington's doubling of tariffs on their imports, by increasing levies on american g goods as u.s. offffis warn that the trade e dispute is hurting bobo sideses. hohollywood vivie legendnd doriy has died at the age of 97. we will take a look back a at se of the most iconic moments of her career. >> i am phil gayle. welcome to the program. iran is at the center of a growing rift between the u.s. and its european allies. meeting in brussels today, eu countries urged the u.s. secretary of state, mike pompeo, not to escalate tensions and britain and germany raise concerns over an accidental military conflict in an already unstable region. a year after the u.s. withdrew from net nuclear deal

after months of negotiations london and brussels agreed on a draft break the deal e.u. leaders approved it but may fail to drum up enough support for the deal at home at the last minute she was faced with call off a parliamentary vote after it became clear that she would not get the agreement through. for tomorrow. that desperate last ditch attempt to meet european leaders followed to try and get some concessions to make the deal more palatable to her critics but to no avail. mutiny as members of her own party seize the moment to challenge her leadership. hopes pass that may survive a vote of no confidence amongst tory m.p.'s to. the dogood fight over her deal ensued and briggs it was postponed in the end it was too much for may to survive. so an event for a few years for tourism me as prime minister our correspondent barbara risen and alex for us watching us today with me talking to you live in the reaction on social media to do is i'm is resignation a lot of people saying yes there has been a lot and we're just going to choose a couple here firstly from britain's opposition l

state canceled a visit to moscow and heads to brussels instead to discuss iran's threat to renege on its nuclear deal commitments. the next stop will be russia or tehran will also feature high on the agenda. i mean growing concerns over civilian deaths from u.s. drone strikes the pentagon develops what's been dubbed the ninja missile it's a weapon not with spinning blades and supposedly more accurate than existing technology. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at q. and moscow thanks for joining us this hour prosecutors in sweden have reopened an investigation into a rape allegation against wiki leaks co founder julian assange swedish authorities had dropped the case in 2017 but they now say they're seeking an extradition warrant against us and once he serves his current 15 week prison term in the u.k. playboy reports. well these allegations date back to 2010 and the investigation into them was dropped in 2017 swedish prosecutors were unable to go ahead with the investigation while assad was essentially stuck inside london's ecuadorian embassy but when swedish prosecu

coughs. excuse me. after months of negotiations with brussels, mrs may agreed a withdrawal deal, but the compromise to avoid border checks on the island of ireland wasn't one that many in her party or her partners in government, the dup, could accept. the ayes to the right, 202. the noes to the left, 432. that was the first of three defeats in the commons, and mrs may was forced to ask the european union for a delay to brexit. nigel farage's new brexit party surged in popularity and her colleagues finally moved against her. theresa may never wanted brexit to define her time in office, but it was the backdrop to everything her government did. she was praised for her tenacity and sense of duty, but critics said she lacked vision and regarded brexit as a damage limitation exercise. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. ultimately, the uk's next prime minister will be chosen by members of the conservative party, around 120,000 people, and that choice will determine the shape of brexit and the future of the country. so what's the membership's take on mrs may's departure? alex forsyth has be

heads of government meet in brussels to discuss a placement for the mission president trunk logic or to germany and france appear to be heading for a showdown over this issue. also coming up a social media storm erupts over this you tube video as a leader of germany's conservatives appears to call for limits on free speech thank you said people should boycott her party. plus a big surprise in german football outsiders when young berlin claw their way into the bundesliga for the first time a club representative tells us all about. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us. european heads of government have been meeting in brussels to negotiate their picks for the top jobs in the block after last week's parliamentary elections the heads of major in you institutions must now be replaced including the head of the european central bank now another key job up for grabs this commission president that post is currently held by a drunkard but his term is due to end on a pope or thirty first e.u. leaders disagree over who should succeed him and how that candidate should be chosen a ge

the u.s. secretary of state council's a visit to moscow and heads to brussels instead to discuss iran's threat in its nuclear deal commitments my next stop will be russia. will also feature high on the agenda and amid growing concerns like civilian deaths from u.s. strength strikes the pentagon develops what's been dubbed the ninja it's a weapon with spinning blades and supposedly more accurate than existing technology . 1 o'clock in the afternoon here in moscow you're watching an international prosecutors in sweden have reopened an investigation into a rape allegation against wiki leaks founder julian assange swedish authorities have dropped the case back in 2017 so let's find out more now from. joins us from london any more information then from the swedish authorities point of view of why they decided to reopen this case. well yeah they wanted his extradition to sweden and of course he'd been wanting wanted for questioning in sweden over allegations of sexual assault that date back to 2010 and sweden's extradition request for him back then was what precipitated a sauna seeking

brussels and get the reaction from back from our bureau chief max hoffman welcome box so how is the news of cerise amaze imminent resignation being received that. we had a couple of reaction so far phil for example from him in one of my calls office so the french president who said they needed clarification quickly what the exit path of the u.k. would be going forward of course that's something we've heard before and as bubble that is the in london just mentioned the crucial question here is whether whatever was negotiated in the past weeks years really has is now ready to be thrown into the trash or not and there's an old code younger the head of the u. commission already said they were not ready to renegotiate this infamous withdrawal agreement that the war supremum which is legally binding so this might be might be a fight and off the record we've heard from from some of our sources in the european council that they said you know it's a shame how much time was wasted with the british in fighting in the last months that could have been used to actually negotiate something good tim

likely be around for one or 2 more days to go to brussels to be at that summit then the president needs to find an interim chance just to be clear this no confidence motion this removes the chancellor and his government. entire government in one fell swoop and it's the 1st time that has ever happened in post-war austria there were i believe 185 no competent oceans brought since 1905 not succeeded until today there was an initial motion that would have just removed the boston who had just but then the social democrats came forward with the nuclear option and that was to remove the courts and his entire cabinet why because they don't want to give him any kind of an advantage leading up to this now election in september they don't want him to be able to campaign as a sitting chancellor they don't want his government in place when a new consensus government of technocrats and they want to campaign on sort of a level playing field ok so this was a motion brought by the social democrats it was backed by chance of course is a form a coalition pablo's the freedom potty why did they got he

voters care more about issues close to home than developments in brussels. and sealed with the kids after a 30 year struggle taiwan becomes the 1st place in asia to legalized same sex marriage. thanks. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us britain's prime minister has announced that she will resign as leader of her conservative party on june 7th theresa may has been under increasing pressure because of her failure to get m.p.'s to back her brags a deal which lays out the terms of the u.k.'s departure from the european union now speaking outside 10 downing street the prime minister said she had tried her best to honor the result of the brags that referendum when she resigns on the 7th her conservative party will then hold a leadership contest and some conservatives have already thrown their hats into the ring in an emotional speech to resubmit describe the role of prime minister us the honor of a lifetime. whatever our backgrounds the color of our skin or who we love we stand together and together we have a great future our politics may be under strain but there is so mu

. secretary of state cancels a visit to moscow and heads to brussels instead to discuss iran's threat to read on its nuclear deal commitments from peers next stop will be russia or tehran it will also feature high on the agenda. i mean growing concerns over civilian deaths from u.s. drone strikes to the pentagon developed what's been dubbed a mutant ninja missile it's a weapon with spinning blade mostly more accurate than existing technology. you're watching are changing national bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. prosecutors in sweden have reopened an investigation into a rape allegation against wiki leaks co-founder julian a song swedish authorities had dropped the case in 2017 we go live now to polly boycott from london with more on this development. why is this coming out now. well these allegations date back to 2010 and the investigation into them was dropped in 2017 swedish prosecutors were unable to go ahead with the investigation while a songe was essentially stuck inside london's ecuadorian embassy but when swedish prosecutors dropped t

liberals and nationalists have made gains in brussels now the elections have also seen the biggest voter turnout in 20 years we'll get the very latest from our correspondents plus some analysis after this look at the outcome. an electorate of over 400000000 had its say after counting began it soon became clear that voters had spoken out against the solid center of european politics. be a facing a shrinking center of the european parliament the center of seuss' parties who believe in the future if you wants to think see europe wants to have an officious approach for the future of europe it is obvious facing a shrinking center that trend gave german mainstream parties their worst ever e.u. election results. while boosting the european far right. in france naveen lapan again beat the french president's party. hungary's viktor orban spelled it out for icing good the migration issue by itself and the reaction of the people only real reorganize the political spectrum with the european union called the traditional party families will not play the same role in the future as they have done

. 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 opportunity to serve the country i love. >> and emotional end to a turbulent time at the top. theresa may came to power promising a brexit deaeal and spent over a a year negotiating one. >> i have done everything i can convincing impey's to back that deal. sadly i co

the council and the commission. let's go straight to brussels. adam fleming is our brussels correspondent. adam, lots of results, what is your big takeaway from the last few hours? i am looking at it from the perspective of how the institutions will change and what's happened in the european parliament tonight is the european parliament tonight is the stranglehold, the big ce ntre—left the stranglehold, the big centre—left and centre—right political groups here have had on the business of the european parliament for decades and decades has disappeared. between them the ce ntre—left has disappeared. between them the centre—left and the centre—right across europe do not have enough seats in the european parliament to control the agenda and to guarantee legislation will get through. to do that, they will have to rely on support from the greens and from the much larger liberal group now as well, which includes emmanuel macron's en marche! also the greens are including lots of greens meps in places like germany, part of something that's being called the green wave. in

government meeting brussels to discuss a replacement for a commission president. and france appears to be heading for a showdown over the issue also on the program a big surprise in german football outsiders. call that. tell you about this little clubs big victory in the relegation play. i'm for a welcome to the program. european heads of government are meeting in brussels to negotiate their picks for the top jobs within the block's bureaucracy following last week's parliamentary elections the heads of major institutions must now be replaced including the head of the european central bank another key job up for grabs is that of commission president which is currently held by john porter yoker whose term is due to end on the 31st of october with a u. leaders disagree over who should succeed him and how about cantor should be chosen german chancellor angela merkel french president emanuel macro are at odds over the issue. to get more oil not from our brussels bureau chief in just a moment 1st so let's take a look at what makes the job of european commission president so important well the e