the u.k. and we have theresa may as prime minister, who will step down as leader of the conservative party in the next couple of days, so she is a lame-duck in terms of policy discussions. it is a state visit. a lot of pageantry comes with that. the focus will be looking at the larger fundamentals of the importance of the relationship. host: how would you gauge the nature of the relationship today? guest: you can look at relationships in terms of relations between countries and relations between leaders. between countries, the u.k. has been one of our closest allies. we continue to cooperate with them on defense. there are a number of policy differences. in terms of relations between leaders, it is difficult. we have seen president trump, on a number of occasions, undermine prime minister theresa may. he has made some humiliating comments on her. he has been interfering, somewhat, on british domestic politics. and there are differences in how we see things, like on iran and china. host: how po

checking in on the u.k. the bungalow the u.k. bragg's a process continues to weigh on the u.k. economy as the political uncertainty increases prime minister teresa mayes resignation on june 7th having failed to deliver bragg's it. but on another front the u.k. has gotten some good news on train this time from asia here to tell us more and bring her unique insight is hello before but a member of the british american business associations board of directors hello welcome back pleasure christy president so that you can assign a trade agreement with south korea to ensure of business continues from both countries after bragg's it how important is this for the u.k. and how important is south korea as a city as a trading partner when i think it's very important actually in 2 regards primarily of course psychological this is a huge boost because of the what the scaremongers have been saying there have been predictions that any trade agreements would take up to 7 years with other countries that's actually just been proved to be ludicrous and again scaremongering so one was psychological

u.k. are every manufacturer right now across the globe is losing sales sales are not what they were and i think that's a big impact you can't sell 17000000 cars this year 175 the next year $18000000.00 the next year especially here in the u.s. and with sales in china are down sales in europe are down and it's always going to be oscillating just like the stock market so you have to look at the impact politically here's a look at the impact from the stock market and the impact from consumers so this is going to cause an oscillation when you're talking about the u.k. versus your versus u.s. they're going to be different markets and they're going to have different impacts against them that would cause an negative sales versus positive sales now moving across the channel from france to the u.k. car production drop by 24 percent in april now that sector has had a 33.9 percent fall in manufacturing overall for the month are these recoverable losses or as the u.k. car sector had a far structural d

and u.k. have a unique relationship united by language by an alliance this is the 70th anniversary of the d.-day this right invasion this week big big deal for both sides you know the victory in world war 2 that was really both countries at their best and i think that putting it off further when it was obvious to everybody on both sides of the atlantic that the state visit was warranted especially given this the residents of this is for content they just couldn't do it but to be honest to the extent that they were able to remove a lot of the. difficulties you have a prime minister again is a lame duck essentially and other symbolic resonance this is the best time to do it if it has to be done there's concern that we're not going to see the big protests to more of what we saw last year when trump was in the u.k. do you see the u.k. suffering from. rage fatigue i think both sides of the atlantic are suffering from some degree of outrage fatigue you know and maybe to the detriment of those populi

and u.k. have a unique relationship united by language by an alliance this is the 70th anniversary of the d.-day this right invasion this week big big deal for both sides you know the victory in world war 2 that was really both countries at their best and i think that putting it off further when it was obvious to everybody on both sides of the atlantic that the state visit was warranted especially given this the residence of the store and then they just couldn't do it but to be honest to the extent that they were able to remove a lot of the. difficulties you have a prime minister again is a lame duck essentially and other symbolic resonance this is the best time to do it if it has to be done there's concern that we're not going to see the big protests to more of what we saw last year when trump was in the u.k. do you see the u.k. suffering from. rage fatigue i think both sides of the atlantic are suffering from some degree of outrage fatigue you know and to to maybe to the detriment of those p

ambassador to the u.k. has said the whole of the u.k. economy will be on the table in the trade conversation. that is not how the government of u.k. sees it. there will be areas where we will see conflicts between the sides. how much can really be achieved on trade is also part of the conversation. no doubt get a mention, as well as leadership of the conservative party. we will be keeping and i on the agenda, whether he will be meeting nigel farage or boris johnson. there are protests elsewhere in central london, huge crowds expected together. let's get the bloomberg business flash, and for that we go to dubai. >> thanks. apple has set out a vision for the future of its software. time, the tech giant will let developers rework their ipad apps so they can run back on that computers. it will help revive the mac app ecosystem and begin a broad convergence of apple with different software platforms. volkswagen has set plans to lift its heavy truck division in frankfurt and stockholm. this moves forward one of europe's largest central public

and the u.k., there is a u.k. and china relationship with theresa may's predecessor david cameron was key to promote, that is something post-brexit the u.k. will have to be mindful of. francine: we have and try to figure out if you can build a 5g network without huawei. >> the capability to do it is there without huawei, but whether it can be done at the same cost and there is a tight fiscal envelope in the u.k. would snow chancellor is key to break open your. francine: is this about trade, or a bigger role that china and the u.s. will have with dealing with technology and is a than i'd the article or -- ideological war? >> john bolton, the national security advisor for the united states, maybe has more national security or geopolitical concerns while the president's instinct may be to go to reelections and to some extent the language is with trade. with mexico and his willingness to punish them with tariffs on immigrations, huawei, there could be a place where china trade talks with xi jinping and huawei concerns

and the u.k. tomorrow should despite all this pomp and pageantry which donald trump seems to be enjoying very much he's also going to be met with quite a number of protests isn't. we are expecting massive protests in london tonight actually in front of buckingham palace protesters have already pledged to disrupt this stage of the state banquet and then tomorrow we are expecting protesters to rally around downing street and all over central london indeed to protest donald trump's visit to the u.k. and it's not only the public the protesters that are concerned with his visit it's also politicians from the labor party the opposition labor party have come out against this visit publicly for example jeremy corbin the leader of the opposition party boycotting that state dinner tonight and others saying that donald trump is a threat to the world order and the red carpet shouldn't be rolled out for him at the u.k. at the moment the congress and in the u.k. to time of political turmoil of a brain surgeon i

and u.k. the greatest alliance the world has ever known and to recently for our part calling it a special relationship both leaders really saying that the bonds between the 2 countries a strong they said they discussed a number of issues including iran with the u.k. prime minister saying that both the u.s. and iran want to reach the same goals but that. the. that the u.s. that everything must done to avoid escalation in iran saying that the u.s. and u.k. are determined to make sure iran does not develop nuclear weapons they also discussed trade of course and what happens after the u.k. leaves the european union the british prime minister saying that both countries remain committed to an ambitious u.s. u.k. free trade agreement after the u.k. needs the e.u. while the us president said that he is committed to court if in nominal trade deal with the u.k. saying that to an even 3 times is a potential of the trade deal that they will agree or we have correspondents standing by in london is there fo

u.k. makes preparations to exit the european union the united states is committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the u.s. and the u.k. there is tremendous potential in the trade deal i say probably to even 3 times of what we're doing right tremendous potential today we've discussed again the importance of our 2 nations working together to address it runs destabilizing activity in the region and to in short iran cannot acquire a nuclear weapon although we differ on the means of achieving that as i've said before the u.k. continues to stand by the nuclear deal it is clear that we both want to reach the same goal it is important that iran meets its obligations and we do everything to avoid escalation which is in no one's interest i surely will speak to our white house correspondent kimberly how i get in washington but 1st live to lawrence the outside 10 downing street the official residence of the british prime minister said the 2 leaders praised the strength of their relationship but als

u.k. makes preparations to exit the european union the united states is committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the u.s. and the u.k. obviously it will be filled with a succeeds me is prime minister to take this issue forward there is tremendous potential in that trade deal. paragons i believe is delivering on the exit for the full the british people he believes it rests you know he believes of elation state he thinks this tough to do a whole lot better and they could do for him is one way the benefits the rich people off i don't think that should be encouraged especially in this time the press he says he's going to take advantage of it look i think everything with the trade deal is on the table when you when you're dealing in trade everything's on the table. also coming up china has trying to erase all memories of the tiananmen square massacre 30 years ago but in hong kong the lessons learned in 1809 are as alive as. we teenagers we found that the government tried to cleanse our cult

and u.k. companies with the ongoing uncertainty over bricks and british businesses all hoping to cement transatlantic ties. he came he saw. he tweeted. big trade deal is possible once the u.k. gets rid of the shackles already starting to talk the u.s. president rose as he prepared to meet u.s. and u.k. business leaders in london. the shackles he's referring to. britain's drawn out process of leaving the european union. but is the promise of a big trade deal with the u.s. and nothing to offset the potential chaos the u.k. could face if it leaves the e.u. without a deal the relative size of the u.k.'s trade relationships suggests it may not be. in 2017 the u.k. imported 11 percent of its goods from the u.s. compare that to well over half from the european union while 18 percent of british exports went to the u.s. a far larger 45 percent went to the e.u. . that said as the u.k. braces for a future outside the bloc securing solid trade ties with other major partners is becoming an ever greater pri

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u.k. court sent to decide whether that should be suspended as peace campaigners claim the weapons are being used on civilians in yemen breaching international border. prosecutors charge for suspects over the downing of a later realigns flight m.h. 70 over eastern ukraine 14 joint investigation team members of the contradict themselves over what information they received from russia and make 70. on the 1st day after the 17th of july the russian federation hasn't disclosed anything about what happened with received the information form of the russian federation information about to the missing. morning just to the 28th of june here in moscow mimes kevin i am here with the latest from the r.t. international newsroom for you u.s. government documents reveal doubts on the f.b.i.'s conclusion that russia was behind an alleged attack on the democratic party's servers in 26 state seems the agency never gotten a final report from a private cyber security company crowd strike that was hired by the p

u.k. makes preparations to exit the european union the united states is committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the u.s. and the u.k. obviously it will be phil who has been succeed to me is prime minister to take this issue full as there is tremendous potential in that trade deal. leaders delivering on bret's it for the full the british people he believes it works he doesn't believe that they should state he thinks this company do a whole lot better and a good deal for him is one way he benefits and he rips people off and i don't think that should be encouraged especially in his time the pressure is still he's going to take advantage of that look i think everything with the trade deal is on the table when you when you're dealing in trade everything's on the table. also coming up china has trying to erase all the memories of the tiananmen square massacre 30 years ago but in hong kong the lessons learned in 1909 are as alive as . we teenagers we found at the government tried to. tried t

/u.k. ambassador woody johnson, creating the beginning of what we are likely to see, the american president saying if you want that free-trade deal, get out of the customs agreement and remember your entire economy is up for grabs. i think we will see a lot of hard conversation about that. >> there's the president of the united states of america getting out of air force one with the first lady, melania trump, coming down the steps, he will be greeted by jeremy hunt, the former secretary and contender headcome a leader -- the of the next conservative party. you have a sitting prime --ister leaves on friday what is the president really hoping to achieve? before wee was chosen knew friday would be theresa may's last day in office, but it did raise a very important question as to whether it would be rescheduled. not easy to schedule a state visit, especially not with the president were security is such a great concern. toseems most impossible strike any important policy deal, but it wasn't goin

u.k. courts to decide if they should be suspended as peace campaign has claimed the weapons are being used on civilians in yemen therefore international. prosecutors charged 4 suspects over the downing of malaysia airlines flight m.h. 70 over eastern ukraine in 2014 but joint investigation team members appeared to contradict themselves over what information they said that received from russia on m.h. 73. from the 1st day after the 17th of july the russian federation hasn't disclosed anything about what happened he's received the information in the form of the russian federation. to the missile a. good morning just turned 11 am thursday the 20th of june here in moscow my name is kevin irwin here with the latest from the earth international news room for you this hour . u.s. government documents reveal doubts on the f.b.i.'s conclusion that russia was behind that alleged attack of the democratic party service in 2016 the agency never got a final report apparently from a private security comp

the u.k. all the parties involved in this war i mean thank you and as i mentioned earlier in the interview the board of deputies of british jews told us thanks for getting in touch but now that mr russell moyle has rescinded the invitation we feel the matter is closed so we aren't doing any interviews we also invited margaret hodge m.p. jewish voice for labor and labor friends of israel all were unavailable after the break as the un condemned for actively silencing climate science and brazil's balsa naro for mining plans in rain forests britain's shadow foreign secretary speaks to going underground about what a climate revolution means to her. and a century to the day the world woke up to learn of the imperialist treaty of versailles revolutionary movements it was constructed to defeat only a small camera bought to have going underground. at our own barracks or head. for behind for the few good percentage. of our good. for every because the people. just fitted the money should it. be so much t

a few questions about the talks with the u.k. with the u.k.'s outgoing prime minister to resign me we remember that she explained the british media that it can no longer be business as usual with russia even though we heard from the kremlin and we heard from putin himself that he is hoping the page could be turned to resuming saying that cannot happen because of russia's continued hostile actions around the world and one question from one of the journalists was whether russia was ready to stop whatever it's up to all around the world mr putin's answer was quite firm so let's take a listen. never had the intention of showing aggression towards anyone that's an illusion. just. to make things look the way there are not just. to create some external enemy which would help to solve some domestic issues we have no aggressive intentions towards any country towards anyone currently the problem which our relations from becoming should i would like to point your attention to is that we will always be reciprocal when responding to actions of our partners

u.k. macro rate strategy and economics at ubs. .reat to have you with us i will go back to governor yi gang in a moment, but on mexico, what could be the shift in risk assets if we see tariffs on mexico imposed on monday? now have beenkets largely expecting it. the bigger question is how far we go from here and whether the ratcheting up of the levels of the tariffs happens? how does mexico respond as it sees tariffs put in place? the tariffs themselves, the markets are concerned as a try and engineer the changes the u.s. administration wants to see in ways around the world. it does seem to have triggered a response from mexico. the question of if it goes far enough and if the next step up in tariffs happens. if it does, people will be worried and if it doesn't, more reassured. nejra: what implications does it have for china? we heard from yi gang saying they have the room for policy maneuver. they have the room, but will they act? the interviewshy and comments from policymakers are so impo

he called on the u.k. to throw off the shackles of european union membership and right a free-trade deal with the u.s. trump tweeted that a big trade deal is possible once the shackles are off. for more, anna edwards joins us now. great to have you with us. what does he mean by trade deal? trump does not have the jurisdiction over this. there's lots to be said about the jurisdiction. the u.k. tonable have the jurisdiction to do a trade deal. the problem is, expectations might run higher than what can be achieved. there are limited expectations as to what can be done. at them in around in average, many of them are talking about nontariff barriers and there might be room to maneuver. thorny issues is which part of the u.k. economy are included. the ambassador said all of the u.k. is on the table. theresa may liaison friday. they were forced to say the nhs will not be part of it. will notral standards be reduced as a result of any kind of trade deal. this does throw up many issues and may's office seems to be

president trump to the u.k. for a state visit. and there's dominic rather the man who for several months was supposedly in charge of delivering bricks it he hopes he can appeal to those conservative m.p.'s and party members who are happy to leave the e.u. without a deal the list goes on but this is the man who most candidates want to see off nigel for isn't even a conservative. right so conti has won over many turi voters on friday he was in downing street with a letter demanding a seated any future breaks at negotiations no tory hopeful will be keen to give him that but to secure the keys to this door it seems almost anything is possible. and that was of course alex forrest whiting reporting or she is a former british parliamentary correspondent and our very own in-house briggs it analyst good to have you here with us theresa may stepped out on a very your elec tour all of low talks a little bit more about all these contenders is a crowded field vying to take over who's making a real impact well as we saw in that report boris joh

u.k. obviously it will be phil who has that succeeds me is prime minister to take this issue forward there is tremendous potential in that trade deal. believe is delivering on threats it for the people he believes it works he believes of elation state he thinks this company too old and a good deal for him is one way that he benefits many rich people off that i don't think that should be encouraged especially in his time the pressure he says he's going to take advantage of that look i think everything with the trade deal is on the table when you when you're dealing in trade everything's on the table. also coming up china has trying to erase all memories of the tiananmen square massacre 30 years ago but in hong kong the lessons learned in 1800 are as alive as . we teenagers we found that the government tried to. try to our language try to class identity as a hong kong hong kong and we don't want that to happen and we don't want hong kong just to be calm and like and to see tea in china. well

network here in the u.k. there's going to be a press conference after that and there could be some very interesting sound bites to come out of that and of course protests because everywhere the president goes on this trip there will be protesters likely to follow him the trump baby boy. blimp is being prepared to be what you stated above paula meant once again and another thing that i just like to pick up on it which is very interesting the song tauriel choices of melania trump they get analyzed all the time no matter what's happening and she scored a winner i think best time she's arrived and she came down the steps off air force one wearing a shot to design a show with pictures of parliament on it perhaps expressing her admiration for the british parliamentary system. there's so much to talk of isn't a list. from london i'm sure we'll hear from you later on in the day thanks polly. son in law has said in an interview that he isn't certain the palestinian people are able to govern themselves has been meeting

and u.k. companies with the ongoing uncertainty over brics it british businesses are hoping to cement trans atlantic ties. the meeting between u.s. and british business leaders went smoothly both sides cordially signaling they were eager to reach of bilateral trade agreement. but before the meeting with business leaders the u.s. president tweeted big trade deal is possible once u.k. gets rid of the shackles already starting to talk by shackles the u.s. president was referring to britain's complicated divorce process from the e.u. to trump a signal to things britain should leave the e.u. without an agreement but is a trade deal with the u.s. enough to offset the potential losses that britain could face if it leaves the block without a deal the u.k.'s trade volume with the u.s. is much lower than the amount with other e.u. countries in 2017 britain imported 11 percent of its goods from the u.s. compare that to well over half from the european union while 18 percent of british exports went to the

u.k. home secretary has handed us extradition request for julian assange to the courts which will now consider the wiki leaks founder fate and hearing is scheduled for friday in saudi edwards reports from london. well it's a dark day for doing a silent and his supporters as the u.k.'s home secretary sajid javid has just signed an order paving the way for genocide to be extradited to the united states now he himself said that he was pleased that you're in a scientist behind bars and that justice will prevail in this procedure you're very pleased that the police were finally able to apprehend him and now he's right behind bars because he broke you cade law i want to see justice done at all times and we've got a legitimate extradition request so i've signed it but the final decision is now with the court well it must be noted that the final decision is for the courts and the courts alone of course the united states does want your innocence for 17 indictments under the espionage act for publis

the u.k. with more than 15 million digital customers, out of which almost 10 million use the bank through their mobile app. at the same time, we have the largest branch network and a very significant off-center approach so customers can interact with us in a multichannel way. on top of that, we have a multi-brand approach as well, which is an additional layer of segmentation. we have the lloyds brand, we own the halifax brand, the bank of scotland brand, and that scottish insurance an additional , and it is an additional way of addressing customer needs. we are a multibrand pigmentation. francine: is mass critical? is critical in certain aspects. on one hand, i think this is one of the biggest evolving trends in banking nowadays is that you have to focus on your customers better, and therefore and addresssegment the evolving needs constantly, and a digital bank enables you to segment a much easier way of providing through a digital bank much cheaper than other types of approaches. but at the s

soil over the weekend he has given interviews saying that the u.k. should just walk away from the european union so technically leaving without a deal in the rx of talks if the european union doesn't give the u.k. what they want to see he's always been critical of the series amazing negotiation strategy and he's also been suggesting that the u.k. should sue the european union so he's been really meddling with domestic politics here is something that especially the labor side does not like a shot of folks standing in front of buckingham palace on a glorious day in london thank you very much. i asked be heard from charlotte many protests an anti-crime demonstrations expected to take place in london and across the u.k. during the u.s. president's 3 day visit on the n.s.a. of joins me now and he's been tracking the activities off of these protesters on social media welcome i mean tell us more about the scale of these protests that we can expect in the next 3 days well the trunk the protests against trump are kicking off today a buckingham palace organize

and the u.k. there is tremendous potential in the trade deal i say probably to add even 3 times of what we're doing right down tremendous potential right now by very gets must our correspondent in london as she's near her fellow guests where i understand where a lot of protests have been taking place against mr trump's visit begetter trump still not a fan of the european union but he came bearing gifts offering outgoing prime minister made the possibility of a phenomenal trade deal any details on what a phenomenal trade deal might look like. well the count really be details right now because the u.k. is still a member of the european union so they can pave the way for a trade there but it can't happen just yet there was no quick movement in the press conference when president trump was asked if every part of the economy should be on a trade before this trade deal and he said yes every part of the economy should be negotiated which is when to reason may intervene because she knows that there are so

the u.k. has one of the most robust export control regimes in the world power a bust that control is regarding saudi arabia will now be decided by the courts. in the face of strong criticism by home conservative party ministers have been at pains to stress that it's not the u.k. that chooses the targets in yemen a former british politician we spoke to says it's time the government changed to a squabbling pages distracting from serious crises like yemen. at a time when most of british attention is focused inevitably on bragg's it it's really important that we do look at the issues such as arms sales and in particular in this special case because so many people are losing their lives in yemen and really it's a difficult situation that has to be resolved and it's significant that all of the opposition parties not just the labor party but also the liberal democrats and the scottish nationalists and other smaller parties have agreed really that this is not something that britain ought to be support

/u.k. trade deal sounds straightforward, but the kinds of things that america is going to want in a u.k. trade deal are the kind of things it is going to be really hard to sell to british voters. whatever the reality is about the safety of american food, britons don't like the sound of hormone injected beef or chlorinated chicken. in a situation of massive political instability in the u.k., who wants to spend political capital explaining to british people that they have to eat chicken that's been washed in chlorine? or getting onto the nhs, which is a massively sensitive issue. it is hard to see how, when you get to the reality of trade deal talks, how they don't just get stalled on this stuff. guy: todd mariano, let me bring you in on that point. for the issue of a trade deal, what should the british take away from the president's tariff-led policy on global trade? if the british post-brexit, and this is an active debate in the country, what kind of trade deal could be achieved in the atla

and the u.k. there is tremendous potential this that trade deal i say probably two and even three times of what we're doing right now. >> the imf trims its 2019 frost for the chinese economy saying more policy easing could be called for trade tensions escalate. >>> and hedro trades near the top of the stock after the aluminum producer delivers better than expected first quarter profit and signals production is closer to capacity >>> good morning, and a very warm welcome to "street signs. we've got fresh data coming through for the euro zone. that is the final composite pmi numbers as well as services. let me bring you what those numbers are. on the composite number, the final pmi has come in at 51.8 for may. that is slightly better than the flash estimate of 51.6 it also is higher than the number we saw in april, which was 51 p.5 the services of the pmi came in 52.9, also ahead of flash estimates, which were calling for 52.5, and that is up from april which was 52.8 now new business the component

the u.k. has issued new guidelines to companies selling weapons to saudi arabia and that's after a british court ruled last week that the government broke the law by allowing arms sales to saudi arabia due to riyadh's involvement in the war in yemen the british government is seeking to appeal the decision you export licenses are not being issued to companies trading weapons to saudi arabia bahrain egypt the u.a.e. and kuwait now andrew smith is the spokesman for the campaign against the arms trade the group that filed the case against the u.k. government in london he says the u.k. government won't be able to send further weapons until a review of previous sales is carried out. all of the weapons that are already with the military are we for so to military it means that we can't undo any of the damage which has already been done but right now as we're speaking there can very well be u.k. made fater jets flying over yemen it will be failing u.k. made missiles and dropping u.k. made bombs however

-u.k. trade deal or is there too much brexit uncertainty at this point to really come up with anything concrete for the future? >> well, i think the point about a future u.s.-u.k. trade deal and this is important, because there are areas like financial services where there is quite big barriers to trade between our countries that could very easily be removed for the mutual benefit of both. i would like to see -- if i get the chance to meet him tomorrow, one thing i will say is why don't we get a team on both sides and let's sit down and start drafting something now. you know, many of our establishment elite paint leaving the european union as some kind of disaster. there's a great big world out there. the fact that america wants to do this with us i think will be seen by most people as a positive. >> nigel, this is going to be brexit 101 question. but i kind of want to reset this conversation for viewers who haven't been following the brexit negotiation as closely here in the united states

that said as the u.k. braces for a future outside the bloc securing solid trade ties with other major partners is becoming an ever greater priority. well that also goes for the heads of german industry who are holding their annual meeting today they have a lot to talk about the u.s. trying to trade wall bricks it of course and tensions between washington and brussels all of that is weighing on business sentiment so the business world expects the german government to take action at home the digital transformation for one needs to accelerate like expanding high speed internet access around the country and bringing administrative offices up to speed this is also one spill into reduce red tape which they say hampers investment they want to government to reform the country's corporate tax system of this could involve tax breaks or a reduction of the solidarity payments used to fund infrastructure projects in eastern germany and they want to the government to lower energy prices currently germany pays more per k

u.k. appeals court is set to give its verdict say on a legal battle launched by campaign assistant britain selling weapons to saddam have a pia the activists claim the arms of being used in the saudi led bombing in yemen in violation of international capon trade picks up the story. the court of appeal is due to give his judgment on the u.k.'s decision to grant licenses for the export of arms to saudi arabia for use in yemen this follows serious allegations that saudi forces might have used the u.k. arms in serious violations of international humanitarian law during the ongoing bombardment well the situation in yemen has been described by the u.n. as the world's worst manmade humanitarian crisis the saudi led military coalition say it's fighting to free the country from hutu rebels and restore the exiled government riyadh also says it's doing all it can to reduce civilian casualties over 70000 people have been killed through fighting and famine since january 26th dean with $10000000.00 yeme

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