liable for the sexual assault of a 16 year old girl at the playboy mansion in 1975. jurors in the civil trial ruled against him, and awarded his victim half a million dollars in damages. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. after a painful divorce, you never know if the ex partners will be able to build an amicable relationship. for britain and the eu, it seems the brexit break up has left a legacy of mistrust and bitterness, which is overwhelming any desire for cooperation. northern ireland is currently what they re fighting over. the uk is refusing to stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador.
stick to the divorce settlement and the eu is threatening legal action. my guest is the eu ambassador in london, joao vale de almeida. is this a fight where everyone gets hurt? joao vale de almeida, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. i want to start with some words of yours from, actually, early in your posting here in london as eu ambassador. you said, we have divorced. it s always complicated to divorce and it is difficult to find a new balance. well, many months have passed since then. why are you still failing to find a new balance? well, i have no personal experience of divorce, thank god, but i m told by friends that it s always complicated. and this one has proved to be complicated, to be very frank. it was a traumatic divorce, let s be clear. we sort of co existed together for almost. ..almost half a century, and then through a democratic process, which we fully respect, a decision was taken which is a serious one with a num
in glasgow to 21 degrees in norwich. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. prince charles is reported to have described the government s rwanda asylum scheme as appalling . his office say he remains politically neutral. police in brazil searching for a missing britishjournalist say they ve found possible human remains in a river. borisjohnson urges ministers to do everything in their power to secure the release of two british men sentenced to death for fighting russian forces. the maximum interest rate on student loans in england is being cut by almost 5%. ministers hope it will provide peace of mind for graduates. a father and son have been killed in a crash at the isle of man tt. five riders have died in this year s event. as you can see, this eye is not blinking. and singerjustin bieber reveals the reason he cancelled his performances this week he s experiencing facial paralysis. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme
Hello, welcome to all of our viewers from watching around the world. Infiltrators, Firing Thousands of rockets from gaza. We will go live as they respond to what they are calling a storm. Another Deadly Strike on ukraine just a day after devastating attack on a village killed dozens and calls for sanctions over allegations of Ethnic Cleansing as armenia gets ready to take its demand for an Emergency Order. A State Of War Alert following the unprecedented Rocket Attacks from gaza. Starting at about 6 30 a. M. Local time when most israelis were asleep militants fired wave after wave of rockets perhaps thousands of them. Israeli Officials Say there are multiple injuries, some of them serious. The military is warning a number of militants infiltrated the territory from gaza and issued a statement. Civilians in the south expern central areas are required to stay next to shelters in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip Inside shelters. It goes on to hamas Terrorist Nation is the sovereign and
Hello. Good to have you with us. I am sally bundock. Lets now dissect the top business stories. We start in the us where tesla has revealed the biggest slump in earnings in more than a decade as the road gets increasingly rocky for the electric car industry. Tesla made profits of 1. 1 billion in the first three months of the year. Thats a fall of 55 on this time last year. Revenues were 9 lower and both numbers were worse than investors had been expecting. But tesla shares which have taken a pounding this year jumped around 11 in after hours trade after the company promised quicker progress on new more affordable models. From new york, heres erin delmore. Its been a rocky road fit for this year. High Interest Rate that taking a bite out of consumer Purchasing Power and pushing big purchases out of reach. Competition with china especially over electric vehicle maker byd is heating up. Sales have been falling and so has its stock. It up. Sales have been falling and so has its stock. So h