let's speak to sophie richardson she's the china director of human rights watch and joins us from washington heights sophie thanks for being on our program how long have these camps been in existence and how prevalent are they. we've been documenting them for about a year now and last fall the reports are trickling in slowly and we had hoped that it would just be an isolated phenomenon but as the past twelve months have worn on we've been able to show that the camps are spreading that different kinds of facilities are being used to detain people and that in fact some scholars and journalists to do a brilliant job going through government tenders in the region to document constructing new facilities in which to detain people it really does seem that this is beijing's new normal. but if you look at beijing's perspective perspective they say that your organization human rights watch is full of prejudice against the chinese government and that these reeducation camps are only mildly corrective centers to be radicalized weekers after a spike in violence specially in two thousand and thirteen and

let's go to washington where correspondent claire richardson is standing by clare it's been just hours since we heard about this attack but why has the u.s. been so quick to get involved here hi michelle you have the u.s. state department was quick to respond to say that it's monitoring these reports and significantly they've called for an immediate response from the international community as well as criticize russia for its ongoing support of bashar al assad's regime now it they said that it is russia who is ultimately responsible for this possible chemical weapons attack because of its continued support for the syrian government and its perhaps its strongest ally so now this all puts donald trump in a rather sticky situation if you'll remember just last week he said he wanted to pull all u.s. troops out of syria but didn't offer a clear timeline of when he was going to do it so now we're seeing him on twitter calling it the chemical weapons attack and atrocity also criticizing former president barack obama for not using military force after evidence that the syrian government carrie

s claire richardson reports from the border. these are some of the faces that have invoked degrading president donald trump the reason he's threatened to mexico and called for thousands of troops to be sent to protect the border and stop short on their journeys they've set up a makeshift camp into want to mexico. but as you know we're sending many many national guardsman down to the border most of them are already there and that's having a big impact most are from can join us they say the united states must hear their asylum case that they left their homes because they had reasons to fear for their safety but imagine if they killed my father. or i mean that's less than what they because of death threats that's what forced me to lave one of the men pulled out a gun pointed at me and told me if i didn't give him what he wanted he was going to kill me soon all of that battle came up with maybe i'm not that. they travel together for over a month my first boss and training. they sought safety in numbers and what can be an arduous and

or reward as it used to washington a corresponding clear richardson is on the story for years tonight good evening to you clear the world looking at this story and asking why has the democratic national committee decided to do that now we already know the special prosecutor mr mole or he's still investigating allegations of collusion. this a lawsuit is the biggest escalation we've seen from the democratic party in trying to get to the bottom of a legit russian election meddling in the twenty six and elections and possible nation with the trump campaign so they're trying to remind voters of this issue now ahead of november's midterm elections which are coming up in just over six months the democrats are looking to take back control of congress from the republicans then and they're using this as a way to remind voters of the whole issue of russian meddling now as you say this lawsuit is happening as an aside it to robert miller's investigation into whether there was collusion between the trunk campaign and russia the democrats are hoping that this is separate lawsuit will give them an o

all right let's take this story now to our correspondent claire richardson is she is in the u.s. capital which is not far from annapolis trying to get the latest on this so clear it's been confirmed that five people have been shot dead what more do we know. hi brant that's right annapolis is about an hour's drive east of here we know five people have been killed officials are also saying that several others have been a gravely injured now we're already getting some reactions to this situation we've seen u.s. president donald trump tweet out his thoughts and prayers are with the victims of the families and he thanked the first responders for their work that of course has listed a strong backlash from the proponents of gun control in the united states who say that thoughts and prayers are not enough to stop this kind of incident. the definition of a mass shooting and how you count to here in the united states is quite tricky but by some counts you've seen more than one hundred fifty in the united states in this year alone so this is just the latest development to add to that number

on george and i by our washington correspondent claire richardson and from brussels our correspondent. to both of you good evening clearly we start with you how has the commerce secretary from the u.s. defended the american decision to slap its allies and its biggest trading partners with these terror. the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross really tried to turn this on its head saying that european negotiators failed to convince washington not to extend i exempt into these tariffs either another temporary one or a more permanent solution now this comes after months of anxiety about what the united states was going to do here we saw personal lobbying efforts by french president and manual micron and german chancellor angela merkel who came to d.c. to try and convince trump and not to impose these tariffs on the european union obviously that has not worked out originally when trump said it that this that these terrorists were going to take place he made the argument on a case of national security he said that it was essential for the united states to have strong steel and aluminum alli

the aftermath of the salzburg incident and let's get responses from muslim and young here in clare richardson in washington the major had got storage in moscow as well as ben we got in brussels that welcome all we'll start with you simon young and then what is germany been saying about the four diplomats that it is to expel. well fool the german government has told the russian embassy here in berlin that four of its people of course a leave within the next seven days and it says that this is intended as a strong signal of solidarity with the united kingdom and of the determination that an attack on germany's partners and allies cannot go without a response at the same time the german government has stressed that it remains open for dialogue with moscow it doesn't want to cut off old toys and it's also linked to this action interestingly with cyber attacks which the german government believes have been carried out against german government computer systems sourced in russia as it says so a comprehensive response very much in line with what the british government has been asking for so for dipl

will cut to him a live as soon as that begins happening before now let's bring in correspondent claire richardson who is in the back that is so clear it looks like that we will actually see some sort of signed a joint statement after this g. seven summit where have these leaders now found common ground. nice to see you miles well this seems to be common ground in the sense of them all wanting to save face and reject criticisms that this meeting has actually done more to deepen the divide between the g seven countries the six countries who have come together perhaps on this agreement and the united states under the administration of donald trump we did hear the president just earlier in his surprise last remarks before leaving saying essentially accusing u.s. allies of robbing the united states saying that the u.s. is the piggy bank that everybody is robbing and this very much goes to his philosophy that the u.s. is getting the bad end of a deal now the fact that we're even discussing whether there is going to be a joint statement at the end of this summit is quite remarkable generally going into

i washington correspondent claire richardson is one of the protests in the u.s. capital clara what was the turnout like today. hi-lo we saw a couple hundred people here today which really pales in comparison to make kind of turnout that we've seen in the past from these national demonstrations remember this was the third nationwide effort to really draw attention to the issue of students demanding more gun control we saw the march for our lives protest in march and another national school walkout also earlier in march and those really drew much larger crowds in what we saw today and that being said it is an effort for people to walk out of their classrooms the people who made it out here to the u.s. capitol where just a small subsection however like i said it was not such a strong showing right so what does that mean does that mean that the movement is running out of steam. and certainly the national attention seems to be starting to shift away from this issue but not necessarily joe i don't think it necessarily means that the movement has run out of steam the re

claire richardson is in san diego california near the u.s. by xico border she's been gauging reaction to trump's policy reversal. the majority of americans have never supported the idea of separating children from their parents when they cross the u.s. border so you can imagine that this reversal has been very welcome here indeed now the immigration rights organizations that i've been speaking to here in san diego say that it doesn't go far enough they want to see more comprehensive reform to the immigration system they want to see an end to the war on drugs that they say fuels instability and drives people up to the border and they say that they want to silence seekers it to be seen as people who are fleeing a terrible violence not as criminals who need to be locked up they say that one a silver lining of all of this is that outside of latino communities in the united states perhaps it has raised public awareness of the plight of these people and they hope that that will translate into more comprehensive immigration reform if you don't just

deja vue correspondent claire richardson there in washington. we can move on now to some other stories making news around the world in france thousands of trade unionists have again demonstrated against the labor reforms of president emanuel not home but attendance at today's protests were lower than at earlier anti-reform rallies french unionists are angry over public public sector job losses and reductions in workers' benefits mccall's government has vowed to push ahead with reform it's. a cycle own has batter the arabian peninsula bringing devastation to parts of oman and neighboring women and leaving at least two people dead. third largest cities a lot has been worst hit and there's also been heavy flooding in nearby rural areas . and the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin salma has reportedly imposed a ban on government agencies awarding contracts to german companies that's according to the spiegel online website it says the kingdom's de facto ruler isn't happy with berlin stance on riyadh's foreign policy his decision could in in da

we thank them both ok let's get the very latest now from washington we're joined by did abuse claire richardson here in the studio we have analysts and journalists yakob oh i see morning to both of you thanks for being with us i clarify can start with you president from said earlier that the u.s. was prepared to continue strikes and toll syria as he put it stopped its use of chemical weapons but the fence secretary james mattis is saying this could be yet let's give a listen to what he said. that will depend on mr assad pretty decide to use more chemical weapons in the future but right now this is a one time shot and i believe that it sent a very strong message to dissuade him to deter him from doing this again ok clear of what's the strategy here is the intention to keep damascus and moscow guessing about what washington's intentions are. hi brian well the immediate goal is to punish assad for these chemical weapons attacks and to send a strong message that the international community will not stand by as a government gases its own people it's not clear however what the long term strategy here

claire richardson with the latest from washington terry soltz with the view from brussels. we're certainly going to be talking about this one for a while thank you so much to the two of you for putting it into context for us. well here in germany foreign minister. has announced that he will not be part of chancellor angela merkel's new coalition government that's after rumors of a bitter raul with the leaders of his own social democratic party replacement the foreign ministry is likely to be heikal muffs the outgoing justice minister the news made for a slightly uncomfortable appearance by gabriele today and the scheduled press conference with his counterpart from bosnia-herzegovina. it was a routine appointment for a german foreign minister but. things are anything but routine right now minute the meeting with his bosnian counterpart igor sir not out on thursday was his last official international engagement. for him to get involved and gum real has been germany's foreign minister for just over a year during that time he became the country's most popular politician even be

but people from the transgender community may be in with a greater chance our correspondent claire richardson reports. for the hundreds got a mullins and salvadorians waiting at the u.s. border the odds don't look good the vast majority of us asylum claims from central americans are denied for the transgender people taking part in the caravan the future could be somewhat brighter but after a grueling journey this twenty seven year old is still not sure what it holds in store. i'm a little bit tired from the trip. it was a very long and we've been here waiting to see what happens to us. you think she's one of several transgender individuals spending time at this makeshift camp of mostly women and children. some twenty transgender people traveled with the caravan coming by foot by bus and by train all the way from near mexico's southern border they say they face violence and discrimination in their home countries and now they're waiting to ask for asylum in the united states they come from countries with some of the highest murder rates in the world where people are often killed or threatened b

our correspondent claire richardson is standing by good evening to you clear are we expecting any major developments on north korea to come out of this meeting with. hi branch well we can generally expect to see trump trying to offer some kind of assurances to japan that they're not going to be left out of the loop when it comes to negotiations with north korea that's been the issue that's really been hanging over this meeting are they and trump of had a pretty good relationship today ahead of this particular meeting trumbull calls ave a quote truly fine gentleman but this is clearly the elephant in the room and if trump does have this sit down at meeting with the north korean leader kim jong un it would be the first of its kind the first time you would see a sitting u.s. president holding a face to face meeting with a north korean leader he's already said in his meeting with a that the u.s. is considering a five possible locations for such a meeting that could be a neutral third country in europe it could be islands off of south korea it could even be in the united states and he also h

richardson in washington thank you saturday marks the two hundredth birthday of perhaps the most divisive political and economic thinker of modern history karl marx he argues that capitalism would have to make the rich richer and the poor poorer today some see him as a visionary others revile him for inspiring authoritarian communist regimes a reporter a new a chef an author hit the streets of berlin to find out what people think. marx's ideas pocked revolutions those ideas originated here in berlin and they continue to resonate in the city. in eight hundred thirty six the eighteen year old car marks came to study at berlin's university. he started studying law but soon found he was far more interested in philosophy and history a quote in the entrance hall of the university press tribute to its former student . marks wrote the philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways the point however is to change it locks didn't just want to theorize about the state of the world he wanted to do something about it he wanted to shake things up . was the tone of the industrial age and wh

ok we're going to get the perspective from washington our correspondent there claire richardson standing by for us claire how is washington reacting to this surprise meeting between the two korean leaders. hi christopher we're still waiting to see exactly what kind of reaction we're going to get from trump and the white house we do know that the white house has announced that a team is planning to leave from washington to singapore today to iron out some of the details for the planned meeting on june twelfth as though trump has never walked away from this arrangement but we know that the surprise meeting between the north and south korean leaders as you say also focused on they say that it focused on ensuring that a successful american north korean leader summit does take place at some point of course this would be historic if trump just sit down with kim it would be the first time a sitting u.s. president meets with a north korean leader a lot of the details still need to be fleshed out so that's why we would see this team in singapore trying to determine an agenda some of the nitty gri

also turned out to defend their right to carry such weapons claire richardson reports from fairfax virginia. in a polarized national debate a rare display of the two sides talking to each other but both are holding their ground. property over life which is a crime. i'm sure i can thank you for everything necessary to work. for my home. it's a heated discussion as protesters and counter protesters clashed over the role of guns in the united states this is a stop on the margin of our lives national road trip that's been aimed at raising awareness about gun violence and registering people to vote as you can see it's a smaller protest than some of the ones we've seen earlier this year but the location is important we're here right in front of the national rifle association which they blame for buying off politicians. across a police barricade and are a supporters say it's people not guns that are the problem they don't want any restrictions on their ability to carry such weapons. if someone who doesn't follow the law because we cannot face the criminals don't call the law comes out and decides

to question obstruction of justice case against trump it's a very good point or corresponding clear richardson on the story for us tonight from washington clear thank you very much. well staying in the united states students across the country have walked out of class today to mark the nineteenth anniversary of the columbine school massacre the protest comes after continued gun violence at american schools including the recent mass killing in parkland florida control advocates have seen little change in the aftermath of school shooting sprees something a new generation of activists says it's der term and to change. their message couldn't be clearer. just a handful of the tens of thousands of students to have donned their boots to demand tougher gun control from new york. to michigan and even the white house they made their point basically we just want to see some type of preventative measures taken and you know the changes been powell was we can feel. security measures we feel that the onus should not be on the school to take security measures to prevent their students from being killed in gun

diplomat bill richardson has quit an advisory panel set up to tackle the root hinge refugee crisis richardson said he feared the panel was becoming a cheerleading operation for me on mars government is decision raises new doubts about efforts to repatriate seven hundred thousand rohingya muslims who fled myanmar last year. disgraced former us jim that sticks team dr larry nasser has been sentenced to up to one hundred seventy five years in prison or than one hundred women and girls including olympic gold medalists described decades of sexual abuse by nascar is already serving a sixty year sentence on child pornography charges. and scientists watching mount my own in the philippines say the volcano is filling with magma under the surface and that eruption could be imminent about seventy five thousand people have been evacuated from around the mountain they fear the eruption could become a humanitarian emergency that lasts for months. you're watching t.w. news still to come we talk to a former islamic state militant who's returned to his home in chechnya that's that's is part of our series a ci

this week have been about him so the answer make a firing came a little bit out of left field clear richardson correspondent in washington thank you very much. roxana baker is an athlete like no other the british currently world kick boxing champion and the sports only female muslim title holder known as the warrior princess she's now switching sports and preparing for her first boxing match another barrier broken dell and for a woman who's already overcome so much in order to chase her dream. those fish superior you belong to reach some a big i'm now a season fighter she once had to hide her passion from her traditional muslim family. and one day i noticed there was a sign saying kick boxing class off to school. and i completely fell in love with the sport it was fast and furious explained safe and he just took me away from my challenges in life at that point my prime didn't actually marry thousand typo same they'd just go i was going to no one shame for fitness pope says it didn't take rukhsana long to achieve accolades in the sport she fell in love with she soon became a british and europea

russia did meddle it whipped up a firestorm in washington but what do ordinary americans really think richardson traveled to tennessee where she found that most people were actually not too concerned. donald trump is getting an easy right here in tennessee the uproar over his summit with vladimir putin hasn't reached this range cowhorse classic the writers getting ready to compete think the talks were nothing to worry about they're happy to see trump talking to putin and think you probably did a good job or at least tried his best i think that no matter who is in office somebody can always do a better job and they're always going to be criticized for whatever they do. i do feel that president term does have our best interest at heart. i think that is mr personality it could have been handled better i am impressed with the fact that he like most presidents in the past or human make mistakes and he's willing to admit it and come back and attempt in his fashion the fix of. skepticism in trump heartland also runs deep of how the media is portraying this summit with putin and why politicians are bick

political science at bard college here in berlin bourses good to see you and in washington we have claire richardson she is standing by for us there near the white house players good to see you as well so let's talk first of all about what came out of these talks merkel can't come back to germany saying that she achieved much kanchi. yeah but i don't know if that was really the expectation i mean in the german newspaper it's true there was a lot of an emphasis on birkin's visit to the u.s. in the u.s. if you looked at the mirror times and other newspapers today korea seem to be the much bigger headline so this was a talk that was meant it's the exceptions were managed beforehand merkel was trying to to go at this low key because mick rule was unable to change terms mines yeah. probably i mean this is in part we don't really know right i mean the great thing about these kinds of talks that just happened is that we will see effects on may first is the deadline for for the steel tariffs there's still an element of the minimum terms may twelfth the deadline for the pulling out of the year round deal by

claire richardson with this breaking news claire thank you in other news tonight european union leaders are in brussels for a make or break summit on migration amid deep divisions diplomats say that italy is blocking some agreements on trade end of fence to try and up the pressure on your leaders to agree to its migration demands and german chancellor angela merkel she desperately needs results from this summit to stave off a crisis right here in berlin she's facing a revolt from her own conservative party over the issue of migration that is threatening the stability of the german government. under pressure as never before the german chancellor must deliver domestically a concession on repatriating migrants is essential for her political survival but it doesn't look like she's getting there it's a tricky problem in other words you start on the one side of course countries which take in refugees need protection and support at the same time refugees and migrants can choose where they seek asylum. from following. the cold. fronts as america's side president in one eye micro is pushing to s

professor of political science at bard college in berlin and in washington our correspondent clear richardson is standing by clare let me start with you your impressions i mean how was this second meeting between trump and. well as you say was in some ways a lot warmer than expected and we saw him welcome her with kisses on the cheek it had been widely expected that this was going to be a very stiff meeting that it was going to be all business no pleasure for chancellor angela merkel and her flying visit to d.c. really stands in stark contrast to what we saw earlier this week from french president and then you will not cry on she's only here for twenty four hours after that press conference she'll be going to it's the residence of the german ambassador and then back on a plane to berlin. before a dinner time and that really is a far cry from the kind of lavish pomp and circumstance that we saw earlier this week and so they're really trying to show that there is some kind of working relationship that still exists the two leaders were cordial we heard we heard her in the press conference say th

our corresponding clear richardson is there working that angle of the story for us good evening to you clay or so was the u.s. government expecting what happened today brant it's hard to imagine that they would not expect some sort of retaliation as soon as the white house announced that it was expelling russian diplomats we heard from the russian foreign minister that there would be some kind of retaliation what's interesting here is that this is exactly tit for tat we're seeing sixty diplomats expelled in exchange for the sixty that the u.s. kicked off they've also been given a week to pack their bags and get out of the country and it makes sense that we're seeing a tough response from russia because this was the toughest action we've seen from the trump administration to date when it comes to taking a tough stance on russia. and that was our correspondent clear richardson reporting from washington here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world health officials in the u.k. say sergey screwballs daughter is responding well to treatment yulia scribal le

our correspondents claire richardson standing by in washington and in moscow our bureau chief for shadow good morning to both of you. if we could start with you russia is saying the alleged chemical attack is a fake and cannot be used as a reason for any kind of attack and if osama. well russia has been constantly denying any chemical attack took place moscow has invited investigators from the organization for that prohibit of chemical weapons to probe of the scene where that attack allegedly took place syria over the last weekend to moscow also had to send its own investigators who found her ball to gleen or the dens for any use of chemical weapons since yesterday russian military police military police is acting on the ground in the syrian city of what we just seed seen it in the report where the alleged chemical attack took place russian ministry of defense insists the situation in duma remains stabilized for the last few five days allegedly if there are there to guarantee law and all the however we see a clear attempt by the russians to downplay the situation as much as possible by t

tightening border security was one of his biggest campaign pledges as washington correspondent claire richardson explains this decision on donald trump's travel ban is the supreme court's first major ruling on one of his administration's policies and it comes on an issue that has been a key pillar of his campaign promises when he was running for president trump at one point called for a complete and total shutdown of muslims coming to the united states and critics have long suspected that this ban was meant to target muslims and is therefore a violation of the united states constitution's protections of freedom of religion now trump and his supporters believe this will make the united states safer from foreigners but many others here see it as a dangerous development that could trap people in countries ravaged by war keep families apart and ultimately legitimize discrimination and that was claire richardson in washington let's get the view now from africa home to two of the five muslim majority countries on the u.s. travel ban libya and somalia we have africa correspondent sello neko who is stan

that was our washington correspondent claire richardson there now diplomatic tensions between russia and the west are heating up this time it's about industrial espionage and sabotage against iran it's not pleasant of the u.s. and britain have accused russia of in a joint declaration they say moscow is preparing cyber attacks on computer networks that could be used to sabotage critical infrastructure that the statement says is also using the internet for political and economic as. russia denies the allegations but western security experts are warning a new cold war in cyberspace is in full swing. the hacking accusations against russia came at a rare joint statement the british and u.s. cyber agency said russia could be laying the foundation for future offensive cyber attacks they warned that hackers backed by the russian government were targeting government and private computer networks the hackers aim to compromise key hardware like routers and fire walls that would give them virtual control of data flows allowing them to steal critical data and plant the ability to carry out cyber

this week has been about him so the answer make a firing came a little bit out of left field clear richardson correspondent in washington thank you very much. the dispute over the poisoning of an expiry in britain is deepening russia says it will expel twenty three british diplomats in a tit for tat response to measures the u.k. has taken against moscow over the case the british consulate in st petersburg and the british council organise cultural organization will also be closed britain says it will consider its response in the coming days. today our ambassador in moscow was informed by the russian government of the action they are taking in response. in light of their previous behavior we anticipate a response of this kind and we will consider our next steps in the coming days alongside our allies and partners but russia's response doesn't change the facts of the matter the attempted assassination move to people on british soil for which there is no alternative conclusion i repeat today that we have no disagreement with the russian people many russians who have made this country. and those w

can't lose that you understand we can't listen thanks for joining me now is our correspondent claire richardson in quebec city where some tough talk there from the u.s. president how did that message go down with the other g seven leaders are they now going to think twice about retaliatory tears. well that's definitely donald trump doubling down on his world view that the u.s. is getting a bad end of the deal and that is predecessor presidents negotiated unfair trade agreements that we just heard trump essential suggesting that some of its close allies and partners are robbing the united states to use the words that there is a piggy bank that everyone is robbing that would be the united states and look at these steel and aluminum tariffs that went into effect at the end of last month have been front and center throughout the g seven summits trading partners in this group to see it as unfair trading practices canada even called it a legal and it seems clear that they are going to go ahead and impose retaliatory measures because they see that as the only way to ensure that the world continues to

when it comes to negotiating long term international agreements our correspondent in washington clear richardson on the story for us tonight clear thank you very much. you're watching the w. news live from berlin still to come stephen wiltshire can draw a detailed panorama entirely from memory after only a brief glimpse of the cityscape we take a look at this our extraordinary ability. our daniels' here now tax rumors have put amazon investors on alert that's right brenton's the three letter cuss word tax us e-commerce giant and as a last as much as fifty three billion dollars market value in wednesday trading and stock falling more than seven percent after u.s. based website x. ers reported that president trump wants to go after amazon because he's worried about main street stores being put out of business the white house denied any new policy changes towards amazon but its stock plunged to anyone. on wall street for us our markets man events against it's not just amazon us tech stocks overall are under pressure what's going on. well there is quite some regulatory pressure all over the place we

has left users around the world wondering whether they should close their accounts to death as claire richardson reports. in washington d.c. spring is in the air well almost but with facebook making all the wrong headlines and what better season for some digital cleaning many americans have said they'll delete their accounts could this be a turning point for facebook. mark zuckerberg is testifying before congress for the first time to answer questions about a major data privacy scandal he's hoping to convince both facebook's users and the company's investors that he's taking the problem seriously but just how worried are people are you a facebook user. are you concerned about some of the allegations of data privacy breach and definitely i really want to close my page you're going to you're going to delete your facebook absolutely because i just feels just privacy is just not there you don't use facebook and there were not the person. instagram took over. you know instagram zone by facebook yeah but then i very different things everybody knows they use it you know you get as ads including ones me

i'm joined now by a corresponding clear richardson she is outside the white house this evening to you clear so after trump and show of friendship what will america welcome what could it look like but chancellor merkel's trip to the united states is going to be very much all business and no frills and it's in fact a very short visit it's only going to be about twenty four hours that she's in washington d.c. with just over two hours of time actually spent with president donald trump so when you look at the optics of this trip it's very different from the three day state visit we saw earlier this week from french president and manual knock on where they really rolled out the red carpet and gave him a state dinner and a rather a lavish welcome so medical's trip is going to be a short affair it's meant to be i believe coming after the french president's trip it's meant to be kind of the second in a one two punch to try and actually seal the deal on issues like trade and iran and the extension of the e use exemption from steel and aluminum tariffs it's a high priority for the german governm

of the sort we're still waiting i just burst tweets if we hear anything at all correspond to clear richardson on the story for striking washington clear thank you very much. israeli security forces have fired on palestinian protesters at the gaza border killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more now this follows the deaths of more than twenty people who died after demonstrating last week palestinians are. sending up smoke from burning mounds of time as the protesters hope what israeli soldiers count see they count shirt. the demonstrators are calling this the great much of return the demand the people forced from their lands during the one nine hundred forty eight war with israel be allowed to return to islamist hamas group was a key force in organizing the protests. that are there now as we will never give up on any of our inalienable rights the land is one of them another is the holy sites jerusalem the mall and the churches. israel says the protests are a challenge to its territory and it has the right to defend itself it accuses homines of using the protests as cover to carry

and joining me now is our correspondent claire richardson who's in come back city following the g. seven summit so claire at the end of the day we did in fact see a signed joint statement from all the leaders what did they have in common at the end. hi my in the end it's not clear how much common ground they actually did have or whether this was just trudeau showing a united front to say that they actually had to come together on some issues rather than just expose the deep rift between the united states and its partners obviously also would be wanting to justify the six hundred million dollar price tag for canadian taxpayers on hosting this summit but it seems that the end of the day the united states and the other six countries taking part in this summit are still miles apart on what were some of the stickiest issues of throughout this meeting and that includes trade and climate change and the fact it was that it was even a question of whether they would issue a joint statement at the end of the g. seven tells you a lot about just how isolated the united states has become. and as

joining me now is our correspondent claire richardson she is in come back city clear that some tough talk from the u.s. president how did that message go down with the other seven leaders are they going to now think twice about those retaliatory tariffs higher math is indeed trump doubling down on his view that the united states is getting the bad end of a deal from agreements that were read that were negotiated under his predecessors he really has this view that the u.s. has losing out he also called america the piggy bank that everyone is robbing the look of the steel and aluminum tariffs that went into effect at the end of last month have overshadowed this entire summit it's been a really sore point because key u.s. allies see it as unfair trading practices from the united states and a close ally that they thought they could count on canada even called them illegal and this has been an issue that has really taken center stage of throughout the talks now it seems clear that the other members of the g six that have said that they would impose retaliatory tariffs in response are goin

claire richardson there in washington and well let's get in the perspectives from south korea and china how are they dealing with this cancellation we're going to cross over to josh smith in seoul and felix lee in beijing let's start with you josh in seoul the north koreans say they are still willing to meet with trump any time they're not giving up are they. not yet this statement was encouraging i think for a lot of people in south korea who were fearful that perhaps the cancellation of this summit would lead to again talk of war as there have been threats between both sides said north korea's. openness to continue talks as well as some conciliatory remarks fire american officials do make it seem like there is a decent chance that both sides are talking to each other again soon fix donald trump says he pulled out of the talks because of hostility from north korea he previously hinted that china may have pressured north korea to take a tougher stance is china worried about the diplomatic fall happening on its border of the potential for western encroachment. well yes strom seems to hav

so if you're richardson is the china director of human rights watch she joins us now from washington sophia thank you so much how prevalent is sexual harassment in china but we don't really know because it's very difficult as your setup piece suggests for. women to feel confident that they can then should report those kinds of allegations in the girls will receive a credible hearing or even if there is a commonly understood or legally operational definition of sexual harassment but i think that we're seeing some of these kinds of cases come to the fore particularly at universities suggest that it is fairly widespread but what do you think so is the biggest challenge that me to activists are facing that are unique to china. well it's everything from state sponsorship towards extraordinary hostility from president xi jinping this government to independent organizing but there's also there's another dimension to this story which is that from president xi on down there's also a renewed push to make governments part for women to stay at home raise families have children and play much more

promise was a lie all right we have team coverage of this story tonight we want to go first suit claire richardson she is in washington but richard is in brussels force good evening to both of you claire i'll ask you what was the biggest takeaway from this announcement today. hi brant there's a lot to unpack in what was a truly perhaps the most monumental foreign policy decision that we've seen in general drums presidency to date he repeated a lot of his critiques of the iran nuclear agreement which he has always maintained was a very bad one sided deal he thinks it was poorly negotiated which of course took place in two thousand and fifteen under the obama administration and he points to says some specific issues that he had been seeking to try and address and had threatened to remove the united states from the a court if they were not things that like essentially he thinks that the agreement overall is too weak he was concerned in particular about things like sunset clauses that would allow iran to resume some of its nuclear activities after a certain amount of time worrying that it did not suff

s claire richardson is standing by all right we heard the wow the reaction from trump there in that tweet how significant is this victory for the u.s. president claire. hyla this is a major victory for president donald trump as you've seen from his reaction just there he can hardly believe it himself he also came out and said it was a moment of profound vindication for his policy over democrats in the media which he has criticized repeatedly and indeed this is a key pillar of his foreign policy has been too hard in the united states borders crackdown on immigration and he's very much going to claim this as a success in his campaign promises now it's also a big statement about presidential powers the challengers in this case had said that he had gone too far and overstepped his authority with this travel ban but justice roberts disagreed it said that the presidents have substantial power to regulate immigration and that trump was ok in doing what he's done with this travel ban that being said worth remembering that this is the third iteration of the ban the first two it came to notoriety e