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the war with spain did take place. over about four months in 1898, beginning in april and ending in august. a brief conflict that ushered the united states onto the stage. it confirmed the united states as an international power. the united states defeated spanish forces in the philippines and in the caribbean's. the effect of the war was to oust spain from cuba and its other caribbean possessions, and to leave the united states a colonial power. ruling faraway lands such as the philippines, puerto rico, guam. the united states became a colonial power after the spanish-american war. this was a decisive conflict for the country. this anecdote about furnish the war with spain pops up often. just earlier this month, fox news, in an article about fake news declared the granddaddy of dishonest journalism, william randolph hearst, once wrote "you furnish the pictures, i'll furnish the war." the history news network invoked this anecdote as if it were true. so too did the pittsburgh post. cnn recently invoked this tale. over

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good look winning the race in spain. and thank you for all the guests. in spain. and thank you for all the gu ests. lots in spain. and thank you for all the guests. lots of love from harry. in spain. and thank you for all the guests. lots of love from harrym was a message that inspired lewis hamilton to win in spain, to move back to the top of the drivers championship table. harry is terminally ill with a rare form of cancer. today, as a thank you, a formula 1 car on the trophy from barcelona were brought to him. we can't believe that we've got this car sat there, the support we've had from mercedes and lewis hamilton has been overwhelming. it has made a difficult period little bit better. had it was my parents know that isn't anything more they can do to save their son but they want to raise awareness of childhood cancers and funds for research to help the little children in the future. our life is about to be shattered apart, we are about to lose our darling son. wejust don't we are about to lose our darling son. we just don't want other families in future to ha

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divisions in spanish society not least over the justice system my guest this week here in madrid is spain's foreign minister use that burrell how does he answer the charge that the trials are fundamentally unfair. i. use a bar of welcome to conflicts. that can last a year a lady called come a fall was the president of the catalan parliament she was arrested charged with rebellion when she was interviewed last december she was spending 15 hours a day in her cell in solitary confinement is this really the image of spain that you want to show the rest of the world. this is a judiciary decision. to hold. people under control or another to avoid them to escape from the justice like a grandmother. in a prison convicted of nothing by this enjoy joyce the presumption of innocence before her. everybody who did preventive jail enjoys the presumption of innocence instead of 30 percent of the people who are in jail on preventing that then again it's hard not to see her incarceration as the action of a vindictive state setting out to punish defendants they should. be enjoying this presumption of innocen

in spain. how do you think that the decision of the german court which refused to extradite the former catalan leader. on the charge of rebellion how how do you think that has affected the credibility of the case against him because the german court said the amount of violence required for the charge of high treason which is the closest they have to rebellion was not seen. in breach of the public peace they said does not apply because the mark was only involved in carrying out the independence. the german judge. it's a blow to your case. which at the time. of the jury the course was the court was basically saying that your central charge against the catalan defendants doesn't hold up. this is the. case i don't know how. the situation in spain but who has to judge it is pain scored but there are already suggestions here in spain that they're not going to get a fair trial the professor of constitutional law at civilian. royal said i would like to be wrong but the way in which the october 1st case

. >> santander, spain's biggest bank -- profits beat, and that is as the latin american units compensated for perhaps a more challenging environment in europe. net income came in a little lower. hit by a one-time charge of restructuring in the u k and poland. i've got italy coming out of recession, germany under pressure. how would you describe the spanish market to me? >> well, the banking environment in europe in general is challenging, despite which we continued to grow our revenues and we improved credit quality, and were able to cut costs. ultimately, the market conditions in europe and specifically in spain are clearly weaker than in latin america. we have a very strong presence in high-growth markets in latin america, and that is what what compensated a bit of the weaker performance in europe.

vox looks set to become spain's fifth—largest party, with the centre—left the largest. so given that the vox party was, as katya adler said, set to become only the fifth biggest party, did it really warrants the attention given to it? the director of the think—tank british future thought not, writing this on twitter... he went on... and another aspect of katya adler's report on that programme also led to audience objections. vox is extremely spaincentric. it is pro—bullfighting, pro—eu, anti—catalan independence. but in this country, split left and right since the spanish civil war, vox — unlike other populist movements across europe — has failed to attract disaffected workers who traditionally vote for the left. the location of that piece to camera, and a sequence before it, offended louise o'gorman, who e—mailed... at the end of last week, clive myrie, who had been in sri lanka to cover the aftermath of the easter sunday bomb attacks, interviewed the country's prime minister. what caught the attention of some members of the audience was not so much what

but spain is changing. in march of 2018, they launched their own me too movement when 5 million women went on strike to make their voices heard. [crowd chanting] women took to the streets to protest spain's laws on reproductive rights and sexual violence. it signaled a nation heading in a new direction. to learn more, i went to meet journalist and gender correspondent pilar alvarez. she agreed to meet me in the only location i could remember from eighth grade spanish. ¿dónde está la biblioteca? - [speaks spanish] - gracias for meeting me here. it was this or el baño, and i will not do that again. - absolutely. - pilar's been at the forefront of the massive changes that are spreading across spain. - i think it's a very interesting moment to be here now in spain. women are awake right now, you know? three months after the strike, we have a new government, and 11 of the 17 people in that government, they are women. - 11? - mm-hmm. - that's more women than we got for an "ocean's" movie. spain's female major

good luck winning the race in spain. and thank you for all the gifts. lots of love from harry. edit was a message that inspired limits how to then —— lewis hamilton to move back to the top of the drivers table. i got this great message from harry, and so he became my spirit, that was my inspiration when i woke up this morning, i was initially a bit lost, and then i saw that a message and i was like, i see you, harry, i've got you. iwant that a message and i was like, i see you, harry, i've got you. i want to dedicate this one to harry. if you're watching, buddy, i am sending you're watching, buddy, i am sending you love. harry is terminally ill with a rare form of cancer. today is a thank you, if formula 1 car at the trophy from barcelona were both brought to him. we cannot believe that we have theirs car sitting there, their support we have had from the mercedes team and lewis hamilton, just overwhelming. it has made a difficult period a little bit better. ghost may carry‘s parents know there isn't anything more they can do to save their son, but they wa nt to can do to

vox looks set to become spain's fifth—largest party, with the centre—left the largest. so given that the vox party was, as katya adler said, set to become only the fifth biggest party, did it really warrant the attention given to it? the director of the think—tank british future, sunder katwala, thought not, writing this on twitter... he went on... and another aspect of katya adler's report on that programme also led to audience objections. vox is extremely spaincentric. it is pro—bullfighting, pro—eu, anti—catalan independence. but in this country, split left and right since the spanish civil war, vox — unlike other populist movements across europe — has failed to attract disaffected workers who traditionally vote for the left. the location of that piece to camera, and a sequence before it, offended louise o'gorman, who e—mailed... at the end of last week, clive myrie, who had been in sri lanka to cover the aftermath of the easter sunday bomb attacks, interviewed the country's prime minister. what caught the attention of some members of the audience was n

and i'll tell you why i don't want nothing to spain. i love spain. i've got my heart in spain. i don't live there, but i go there weekends and everything. we don't trust the spanish government. >> reporter: after years of living side by side as members of the eu club, it seems not even the fear what brexit might bring can put a stop to decades of mistrust. isa soares, cnn, gibraltar. >>> investigators say they have evidence of possible war crimes by syria's government. just ahead, cnn gets rare access to the group risking their lives to get justice. we're back with that in just a moment. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now during our memorial day sale. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to hit the ground running. only at a sleep number store. save $1,000 on the new queen sleep number 360 special edition smart bed, only $1,799. plus, 0% interest for 36 months. ends monday. sleep number. proven, quality sleep. you can go first. audible reintroduced this whole world to me. so many

that is why spain has been contributing very constructively to this debate. last december, we reach some important decisions with regards to banking union, finalizing the creation of a backstop to the single resolution fund, implement and precautionary programs to be developed in the european stability mechanism. agreements were reached in december. i hope that by june, we will have them implement it on paper with a review of the necessary laws and treaties. that will be an important first step in the right direction, and i hope we can also make progress on the reinforcement of the fiscal pillars. the creation of this budgetary instrument for competitiveness for the euro zone. guy: thank you very much for coming to cs here at bloomberg. we look forward to seeing you seeing what hat you are wearing at that point on the road. [laughter] nadia: thank you very much. vonnie: we will speak exclusively to the director general of the confederation of weeksh industry as city kicks off in london. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ guy: from london, i'm guy johnson. vonnie: fro

large groups the ones who spend the summer on a lake constance on the swiss german border set off for spain some fly no further and went to their own landfill sites after a trip of about nine hundred kilometers. others keep going and flying three and a half hours and kilometers to west africa how come what determines who goes where . biologist and they are flock is the first scientists who have researched this question in any depth it had to limit and no one had looked into it yet because it's really difficult to gather precise data on the behavior of groups of wild animals. stalks are quite caught by you can't get close and stare at them and how can you observe in detail vast flocks on the way dr flock found a way in twenty fourteen she equipped sixty stalks with tracking devices and accelerometers and hope that some of these individuals would end up flying together . she's about to introduce us to one of those sixty birds who has a distinctive manner of flying. past their fire a bell. she's on the right then she demonstrates what flak finds interesting about her. she's not a champion flye

i might have been one of the last people to speak to him over in spain. i could tell he was not in good health. he was saying he was not feeling so good. i will always remember him as the great performer he was. and for all the youngsters who love comedy, look him up, because if you have never seen him at his best, there are some great bets on youtube to remember him by, one of our greatest. thank you. sport now, here's hugh woozencroft. (good afternoon. we were treated to another extraordinary evening of football last night, and the result is that for the first time all four finallists in europe's two major competitions will be from the same country — and that country is england. after liverpool and tottenham lined up a meeting in the champions league final, chelsea and arsenal made it through to the europa league final. chelsea were taken to penalties before beating eintracht frankfurt; arsenal made it through with a comprehensive victory over valencia — pierre—emerick aubameyang scoring a hat—trick to complete a 4—2 win on the night, 7—4 ov

silent spain because answer today he was in there. yes he gets an oscar if we see this being done against lopez this evening what about one if mature road says that why did was part of this attempted coup what are the chances of him issuing an arrest warrant for why don't you. well the offense is always there isn't there has always been the threat of one well being arrested and there have been more that while attempting to do so i think that there is a lot of pressure on the government from the base to arrest one might go on but there's also a lot of pressure international which not do so and. that he. hasn't now those security team of mine read out that's increased their their operations to madison's off with a lot of security and what they've increased the numbers is it because of an increased risk to his safety yes there is definitely increased increased risk to his safety and we've seen that with this team there is not more security but they are keeping a low profile for much florens events that we've been seeing yesterday and the

on rest it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok. 4 jailed cattle and politicians have been suspended from spain's parliament the man was sworn in on the police escort during the opening session early at this week they won seats in the nationalist election in april despite also facing trial over their role in catalonia failed independence but in 2017 catalan separatists deny the charges and say the trial is an act of political repression. in new york some jewish community leaders have launched a campaign urging parents to vaccinate their children against measles as the u.s. battles its worst measles outbreak in 25 years. now the vaccination is required before children can attend schools but most states exemptions for religious or philosophical reasons ask kristensen amy now reports. the latest measles outbreak in the united states is concentrated in orthodox jewish neighborhoods of new york like here in borough park brooklyn there's nothing about the vaccine which has been proven safe and effective in the limon eating the disease that is contrary to the jewish faith in fact religious leaders have

and a bad day for the brits in spain. both kyle edmund and johanna konta are out of the madrid 0pen. good evening. we are on the anfield road. the fans from both sides, mostly liverpool, are waiting for the team bosses to come round the corner. stewards and police are here. they have been chanting for the last 45 minutes, waiting to see the teams arrive. what a special night it could be. there have been very special european nights here at anfield, but this one will top the lot if liverpool can reach the champions league final. they have to score three goals and keep a clean sheet at the very least. they got no reward whatsover for a brilliant front foot performance in barcelona last week. two late goals from lionel messi, including a wondrous free kick, look to have put this tie out of sight. that is his 600 goalfor the club. they are missing mo salah, who has concussion, and roberto firmino, who has a groin strain. as if it was going to be tough anyway, it would be that little bit tougher. but you know what? both these

next, to spain. they've arrrrested the longtime chief of the separatist g group that had been on the run for 17 years. memberen the most wanted since 2002. interpol issued a red alert against him. spanish authorities are accusing him of crimes against humanity. for more on the arrest, let's bring in sarah morris in madrid. what more can you tell us? >> this arrest came aboutut in france. as a result, s spanish authorits frenchperation between intelligence forces and the spanish police, this was dubbed operation stolen child. that refers to the allegations for thejoseph bonanza 1987 attacack on polilice barrak 11 people were killed. between threeem years old and 12 years old. the spanish auththority thinks this is a tremendous b blow considered the last serving leader of the separatist group. he's been serving since he was in his 20's. >> tell us more about reaction from spain to o the arrest of oe of the most wanted men there. s spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, tweeted that this is a result of

spain over germany, less than 100 basis points on a 10-year maturity. i know you have been running this story. are you still chasing that? robert: still hanging on. a fantastic story. a country like spain, along with the other countries that have gone through their programs are having their best growth profiles, whether it is cyprus -- ireland was in the lead in terms of this. on paper, their numbers are as good as the u.s. in terms of debt to gdp, but their debt to gdp will be stable or falling. it is a pro-european country, they have their political ups and downs, but they have a rulebook. 100 basis points over a 0 area bund. as it rolls into that negative 40 rate, things will be powerful. jonathan: there is the chart. how tight can we get, what are we looking for? robert: a longer time goes on, the more it will go through corporate bonds. they will be 50 over in five years, plus or minus. that would be my guess, based on a reasonably good outlook for europe. jonathan: kathleen, your thoughts? kathleen: if i was in those markets, i think that is the r

spain over germany, less than 100 basis points on a 10-year maturity. i know you have been running this story. are you still chasing that? robert: still hanging on. a fantastic story. withntry like spain, along the other countries that have gone through their programs are having their best growth profiles, whether it is cyprus -- ireland was in the lead in terms of this. on paper, their numbers are as good as the u.s. in terms of debt to gdp, but their debt to gdp will be stable or falling. it is a pro-european country, they have their political ups and downs, but they have a rulebook. areaasis points over a 0 bund. falling into that negative 40 rate, things will be powerful. jonathan: there is the chart. how tight can we get, what are we looking for? a longer time goes on, the more it will go through corporate bonds. they will be 50 over in five years, plus or minus. that would be my guess. , based on a reasonably good outlook for europe. jonathan: kathleen, your thoughts? kathleen: if i was in those markets, i think that is the right tack to take. it'

it settled in spain, but headed for the biggest summer of her career. it's a massive few years for women's football, i think. this is the biggest thing on football calendar, you've got the world cup, and hopefully, we've got the 0lympics next year. and then the year after, we've got the european championships. so for me, the next two is for women football is generally come i know people say it every year, and it's going bigger and better, but this is genuinely the biggest it can be for women's football, and i hope i can be at the forefront of that. i hope i can be a pa rt forefront of that. i hope i can be a part of it, and i hope we can be successful. when you were a kid, how unusual was it for girls to be playing like you played close so it was not common i was on the girl in the school plane, never mind the class. i was always getting called names, there was people who supported me, don't get me wrong, but more so there was more name—calling from the lads, and why are you plain football, go on and play with the girls, it was tough to take, because

in the small town of narÓn in northwest spain, people are actively tackling the issue. reporter: hard as it may be, they set off at 7:00 in the morning. and carlos pineiro knows only too well just how hard it can be. that's why the general practitioner always accompanies his patients on their daily walk. 20 to 40 people take part depending on the weather. some are overweight, others have heart problems or diabetes. but after three-quarters of an hour they all feel great. josÉ: my friends are all round like barrels, drink too much beer, and then it's coffff here we come. carlos, our doctor, says move around, don't eat so much, don't take so many pills, that's healthier. and i'm trying to do that. reporter: you don't want to end up like your friends? josÉ: no, i still have some fight in me. reporter: you need to be pretty optimistic to believe that you can persuade thousands of people to change their r lives. at first, people used to say cacarlos is crazy. but the physician's got narÓn moving. in this small town in galicia, inin the far n northwestern cor ofof spain, a

settled in spain, but headed for the biggest summer of her career. it's a mess a few years for women's football i think. this is the biggest on the women's football calendar, you've got the world cup, hopefully we've got the olympics next year. and then the year after, we have the european championships in england. so for me, the next three is for women's football is genuinely, i know people say it every year, and it's getting bigger and better, but this is genuinely the biggest it can be for women's football. i hope i can to be at the forefront of that, i hope i can be a pa rt forefront of that, i hope i can be a part of it, and i hope we can be successful. when you were a kid, how unusual was it for a girl to be playing like you played? yet, it wasn't common, i was on only girl in the school plane, never mind the class, so everyone was always, i was on was getting called names. there was people who supported me, don't get me wrong, but more so there was name—calling from the lads, and why are you thinkable, go and play it with the girls, it was t

in spain, it has not come through. the only case where we could s y another popupulist party actctuy has confirmed itself is france.. britain is a particular case. the brexit party. we see a stagnation of right-wing parties a across europe.. their concerns are very different. if you look at easastern e euro, the parties that have won in poland, hungary, and those countries have very different concernsns compared to italy or france.. i believe there is not a european blackck front or something like this. >> what about on the otherer end of thehe spectrum? the reinforced green party's. we have seen incredible results where the green party took the third spot in france. how do you see that playing out and can green party's really change policy? their faction remains small somete the successes and center and n northern n european cotrtries. the french result is anothther surprise becausese one iss expecting otheher partieies to e third but not the greens. in germany they h have a strong poposition. they havave a leader. no

the 76—year—old comedian has died at his home in spain. sunshields in space and making clouds over ice—caps — scientists call for radical new ways to fix the climate. commentator: its hazard. it's chelsea in the europa league final! and in sport, chelsea seal the deal making it the greatest ever week for english teams in europe — — a clean sweep of finalists in the top two european competitions. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00am. the united states has more than doubled tariffs on billions of dollars of chinese goods,

thanks to the discoveries and discoverer is king charles the first of spain established an empire in which the sun never set. alongside large parts of europe it included colonial territories the north and south america and in asia when the sun went down in mexico it was already day in the philippines. in fifteen thirty the pope crowned him holy roman emperor charles the first became charles the fifth. he saw himself as a universal monarch defender of the faith appointed by god. he issued several decrees in an attempt to counteract the enslavement of the indigenous population and in fifteen forty he even ordered the liberation. but the colonies were far away and in the end charles's need for goal was too great . charles empire was greedy for silver and gold. between fifteen forty one and fifty and sixty sixty seven tons of gold and four hundred eighty tons of silver reached spain and triggered an economic crisis. in the middle ages jews were the only people in europe who were able to issue loans and charge interest jewish business men controlled international finance and many saw them

many trading establishments of the renaissance invested in shipping portugal and spain became leaving trading nations. i'm from the call for. european merchants wanted to get their hands on exotic luxurious and beautiful things and sell them for as much profit as possible. these things could be found in the mediterranean and especially in the far east. and so merchants like marco polo set off to search for spices and silk and incense and other luxury products. by how . they traveled the world they were followed by missionaries and sometimes by warriors. and then came the artists thinkers and explorers so they all fueled each other hoping to transcend their own horizons. to. lisp in. school says he three year old christopher columbus was just hours away from his life's dream coming true. he had an audience with the portuguese king john the second columbus was a professional seafarer from genoa with profound knowledge of mathematics and could talk for a fee and a passionate defender of aristotle's belief that asia could be reached in just a few days by sailing west from europe. the anci

spain over germany, less than 100 basis points over germany on a 10-year maturity. we have had some big moves and i know you are writing the periphery story. are you still chasing that? robert: still hanging on. a fantastic story. in a country like spain, along with the other countries that have gone through their programs are having their best growth profiles, whether it is cyprus -- ireland, obviously, was in the lead in terms of this. but on paper, their numbers are as good as the u.s. in terms of debt to gdp, but their debt to gdp is going to be stable or falling. it is a pro-european country, they have their political ups and downs, but they have a rulebook. and it is 100 basis points over a zero-ish area bund. as it rolls down into that negative 40 grade, things will be powerful. jonathan: there is the chart. how tight can we get, what are we looking for? robert: as longer time goes on, it will go further through corporate bonds. if they stay on their program, they will be 50 over in five years, plus or minus. 50 to 75 over. that would be my guess, based on a

spain over germany, less than 100 basis points over germany on a 10-year maturity. we have had some big moves and i know you are writing the periphery story. are you still chasing that? robert: still hanging on. a fantastic story. in a country like spain, along with the other countries that have gone through their programs are having their best growth profiles, whether it is cyprus -- ireland, obviously, was in the lead in terms of this. but on paper, their numbers are as good as the u.s. in terms of debt to gdp, but their debt to gdp is going to be stable or falling. it is a pro-european country, they have their political ups and downs, but they have a rulebook. and it is 100 basis points over a zero-ish area bund. falling into that negative 40 grade, things will be powerful. jonathan: there is the chart. how tight can we get, what are we looking for? robert: as longer time goes on, the further it will go through corporate bonds. if they stay on their program, they will be 50 over in five years, plus or minus. maybe 50 to 75 over. that would be my guess, based on a

spain over germany, less than 100 basis points over germany on a 10-year maturity. we have had some big moves and i know you are writing the periphery story. are you still chasing that? robert: still hanging on. a fantastic story. in a country like spain, along with the other countries that have gone through their programs are having their best growth profiles, whether it is cyprus -- ireland, obviously, was in the lead in terms of this. but on paper, their numbers are as good as the u.s. in terms of debt to gdp, but their debt to gdp is going to be stable or falling. it is a pro-european country, they have their political ups and downs, but they have a rulebook. and it is 100 basis points over area bund. falling into that negative 40 grade, things will be powerful. jonathan: there is the chart. how tight can we get, what are we looking for? robert: as longer time goes on, the further it will go through corporate bonds. if they stay on their program, they will be 50 over in five years, plus or minus. maybe 50 to 75 over. that would be my guess, based on a reasonably

they will maintain the balance sheet so it ends up backstopping countries like spain. as long as there is no drama that is erupting either through the trade war or brexit, you are supposed to grab the yield. jonathan: to discuss, we have robert tipp, kathleen gaffney, and andy chorlton. you feel bullied into buying in europe? robert: i think the ecb has underscored a point that the bank of japan has made, which is you can go too far with qe. they went into these banks and pulled all of their high coupon yielding assets off of the balance sheet and forced them into -40 basis points excess reserves, which was very punishing for the banks, punishing for the markets. going below zero has demonstrated to be a mistake. qe, unless you are in there for a short shock, can be damaging. i think they have caused problems, not intentionally, but to me that is the lesson. jonathan: let's talk about what that means for markets. through april, a massive month for eurozone investment credit. a couple of big months for the periphery. spain over germany, less than 100 basis points on a 1

interior and you're and you know last week we were sentenced bang in a basement and seek asylum in spain because answer today he was standing there. yet if he gets an oscar if we see this being done against lopez this evening what about one if says that why did was part of this attempted coup what are the chances of him issuing an arrest warrant for why don't. well the offense is always there isn't there has always been the threat of one when i was being arrested and there have been more that while attempting to do so i think that there is a lot of pressure on the government from the base to arrest one i don't but there's also a lot of pressure international not do so and. sorrow absent now those security team a fine way to go that's increased their their operations to manage and stuff with a lot of security and what they've increased the numbers is it because of an increased risk to his safety yes there is definitely an increased increased risk to the safety and we've seen that with this team there's not more security that they are keeping low profile for much forms events that we've be

spain's world cup winning captain — iker casillas — is recovering in hospital following a heart attack (00v)the 37—year—old the 37—year—old goalkeeper, who has played for spain 167 times, tweeted a picture from his hospital bed to reassure everyone he is fine, saying "everything controlled here, a big scare but with the forces intact. thank you very much everyone for the messages and the love." south africa's double olympic gold medallist, caster semenya, says she'll continue to fight against rules restricting testosterone levels in female runners. she lost her landmark appeal against regulations introduced by the governing body for athletics. the 28—year—old has a condition which means her testosterone levels a re naturally elevated and will have to take medication to supress her hormone levels if she's to continue competing over her favoured distances. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, reports from south africa. south africa's golden girl has never been a big talker. but every step she's taken in quiet defiance has led her here... ..to a decision that could have ch

of voting with $21.00 countries taking part today including some of the biggest germany france italy spain and poland results are expected this even an e.u. citizens across the bloc have been voting since thursday with some 427000000 people eligible to cast their ballots but with more and more countries using electronic voting machines cyber security has been a big concern in this election officials say they'll be watching the results for signs of manipulation. it's being called europe's most election and european leaders are worried that the e.u. parliamentary vote is at risk they say a foreign nation could spread mistrust in the results or even hack the election system altogether. we have european elections coming up. now i don't want to conjure up or predict anything but we have to be ready to stop interference of these elections. to fall into so why are they so worried about this election is a big target. first citizens in 28 different countries are taking part. that means $28.00 different ways of counting and tracking ballots dozens of different 90 systems and vote tally machines and

period for women's football that could be called a domestic doubles are up for grabs in germany and spain on saturday by munich go in search of their feet for a record 12 time the team trained lympics stadium where they'll take on like see again the german the last time brian did the cup and bundesliga double was in 2016 . and in spain the league of champions barcelona are preparing to face valencia in the copper del rey final the club won a record 30 spanish cup titles including the last 4 seasons but star striker messi admits winning the double again has been soured by missing out in the champions league. we knew that we couldn't repeat what had happened last season and yet it happened again it left a very sad impression and we played so badly this is something that can happen once but not twice and even less so consecutively missing the chance of playing a champions league final something we wished for so much what happened was inexcusable and friday's 13th stage proved to be a chilly one for the riders on cycling's ditto that earlier the 196 kilometer trek in the mountains to lahore s

the sun newspaper says he was found at his home in spain. the bbc has not been able to independently verify his death at this time. earlier, the bbc spoke to the actor and comedian bobby ball, who has known starr for more than four decades. he gave us his reaction to the news of the comedian's death. i was absolutely shocked. i mean, i knew freddie really well, so i was absolutely shocked. it's very sad, really. he was a great talent, a very great talent. so, yeah, i was very shocked, yeah. when i first knew him, he was in a group called freddie starr and the delmonts and he was always funny. he was a great fella, for me. i mean, ifound him fine. he made me laugh all the time. i think his talent wasn't used enough on tv, for me. he was... ..we always had a little bit of banter, me and him. yeah, i loved him, he was great. well, famous fans and fellow comedians have been paying tribute to freddie starr who has reportedly passed away. in a tweet last night, sir alan sugar wrote: "according to some news reports freddie star has died in spain. "

the conditions in europe and spain are clearly weaker than in latin america. we have a strong presence in high-growth markets and let america. -- in latin america. that is what what compensated weaker performance in europe. >> france's third biggest bank , socgen, has reported a dip amid continued trouble in its investment bank. after cost savings and 1600 job cuts. >> if you look globally at the industry, both this performance for the equity side is better than average. the situation in the first quarter in terms of client demand was at the beginning of the quarter the same order of magnitude with low demand. at the end, we saw -- the situation in terms of volatility remains low. globally speaking, we are in theseith the markets in businesses. the biggest thing for me is our equities business is less volatile. which shows the resilience of our business model specifically in equities. >> bnp paribas bouncing back. a bid in fixed income. equities revenue slid more than the analysts had estimated. >> we have digitalized, created a joint venture capital market to

a special delivery from lewis hamilton and mercedes to a very lucky fan after victory in spain. hello, and welcome to sportsday, i'mjane dougall. there are bound to be a few sore heads across manchester this evening as city fans celebrated late into the night. it was an incredible end to a season full of quality and drama, not least because there was another team pushing them all the way. but city are looking for more domestic success, as andy swiss reports. really has success been quite so deafening. manchester city's players and fans parted long into the night at the etta had after the most tense of title races, retaining that premier league trophy was all the sweeter. back to back, more and more difficult. the first time last season was almost difficult. the first time last season was almost perfect, but we had an incredible opening, so congratulations to liverpool for this incredible season. but we did it, we beat them. rewired a few hours add he hadn't been quite so relaxed. at one stage the title was slipping from city's brass band they we re slipping from city's brass ban

and over in spain the league of champions barcelona are preparing to face valencia in the capital re final the club won a record 30 spanish cup titles including the last 4 seasons but star striker messi admits winning the double again has been soured by missing out in the champions league. is a part of you. we knew that we couldn't repeat what had happened last season and yes it happened again it left a very sad impression and we played so badly this is something that can happen once but not why should we even less so consecutively missing the chance of playing a champions league final something we wished for so much what happened was inexcusable friday's 13th stage proved to be a chilly one for the riders on cycling 0 that talia the 196 kilometer trick in the mountains to largo to the limit plenty of snow laden roads russian korean broke away on the final client take the stage victory his 1st on a grand tour since 2016. team emirates retain the overall race the with pink jersey with a 2 minute lead over fellow slovenian primos rah glitch. the toronto raptors are in uncharted territo

domestic doubles are up for grabs in germany and spain on saturday by munich go in search of that feat for a record 12th time the team trained at berlin's olympic stadium well and take on light 2nd the german cup final frank i and robin refer all leaving the club after this match the last time by and did the cup and they get double was in 2016 in spain league champions barcelona are preparing to face valencia in the cup or del rey final which is taking place in seville the club of won a record 30 spanish cup titles including the last 4 seasons. we knew that we couldn't repeat what had happened last season and yes it happened again it left a very sad impression and we played so badly this is something that can happen once but not boys and even less so consecutively missing the chance of playing a champions league final something we wished for so much what happened was inexcusable well preparations continue for the women's world cup which starts in france in just under 2 weeks' time but the issue of inequality in football has come under the spotlight again fief has doubled the prize pool

tributes to the comedian freddie star after he was reportedly found dead at his home in spain. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougall. yes, an incredible week for english football as four teams from the premier league get through to the champions league and europa league final. thanks, jane, look forward to that. and ben rich has all the weather — it's still pretty chilly. yes, it is, but those temperatures will climb through the weekend. the other thing that will happen is the showers will fade away. there have been plenty of them over the last few days. i will be talking more about showers when i come down to see you in 25 minutes.” about showers when i come down to see you in 25 minutes. i will be looking forward to that! also coming up... missing out on playtime. are your children getting a long enough break? new research says no. hello to you, this is afternoon live, i'm rebecca jones the uk's economy has had a boost with growth of half a per cent in the first three months of the year. it's partly because with the original brexit deadline of march

compound saying they are trying to prevent an illegal takeover also becoming human rights activists in spain project the french flag on a saturday she was prevented by protesters from collecting weapons from french paul and later on tuesday russia and america's top diplomats will hold talks on the iran nuclear deal it's a collaborative found front. on what the u.s. intends to do to resolve the crisis he says washington created by pulling out of the agreement. hello they're just going to talk here in moscow you watching international event is while in government has condemned police raid on its embassy in washington d.c. as a violation of international law offices try to expel activists who claim they are defending the mission from illegal seize you michel greenstein reports from the city. now as you can see and here behind me the secret service have now entered the building looks like no one is coming out of the embassy right now but on both sides we have protesters very loudly either showing support for nicolas maduro claiming that the u.s. government is illegally trespassing and also we ha

greece following what's been a pretty much a drubbing for him and his party in the european elections in spain vox will enter the european parliament for the 1st time with 3 seats as well one of those. right wing figures though who didn't have such a good night get villagers in the netherlands it seems his party had 4 seats they will have no seats in the upcoming parliament while in france there's also been a jubilant marine le pen speaking to the media she says that the fact that her party national rally upset to be the biggest winners in france means that the money will mark on the french president should dissolve parliament hold elections for that and she's also said that the good showing by her party shows that she set up to mount a big challenge for the french presidency in 2022. or certainly the president has no other choice but to dissolve the national assembly and allow for a more democratic voting system in order to better represent this country's majority political opinion the feeding of traditional parties and the polarization between the national rally party and the renaissance par