Describe its plan to call for a hard border in ireland. Religious organizations come together in the face of terrorism with houses of worship coming together of worship coming under attack across the globe. Plus, germanys far right party counting on cold to deliver big gains. We look at how the asd is fighting to keep the coal industry a life alive despite government plans to shut it down. Thank you for joining us. We start with a deepening political crisis in italy. Just a little while ago, Giuseppe Conti officially tendered his resignation as Prime Minister and accepted a caretaker role until the country conforming to government. His resignation caps a dramatic day in which he lashed out at right wing interior minister Matteo Salvini o for toppling hs ruling coalition. Salvini pulled his support for the coalition in a bid to force fresh elections. An Opinion Survey says a snap vote could see something become italys next Prime Minister. Cheers and jeers for the italian Prime Minister
Admitted on friday. The tweet now has analysts asking questions about the possibility of obstruction ofjustice. The controversy comes after mr trump secured whats being seen as the first big legislative achievement of his presidency a tax reform bill. Our washington correspondent, laura bicker reports. Donald trumps started the day on a bullish note. He is on course for a much needed win on tax reform, he brushed aside questions about his former National Security adviser lying to the fbi over his meetings with russians. What has been shown is no collusion, no collusion, there has been absolutely no collusion, so we are very happy. But then he issued another controversial tweet, one that could cause him a real headache. He said he had fired Michael Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. Its a shame, he said, because his actions during the transition were lawful, there was nothing to hide. Many people are asking why Michael Flynn, a former three star general, did not te
Barbara hope zuckerberg. Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. Today, the United States air force sent planes into e pentagon says the b1 just bombers from guam, along with f15 fighter jets based in okinawa, japan, went farther north of the korean peninsulas Demilitarized Zone than any u. S. Aircraft this century. The show of force follows President Trumps comments last night, telling an audience in alabama the u. S. Is protected from any threats north korea poses. At the rally, mr. Trump also suggested the obama, clinton and both bush administrations failed to contain north korean we
Colleague ros atkins in berlin for a special Coverage Programme of the general elections. Stay tuned. German elections. Hello, im rosa hoskins. Welcome to berlin and a bbc news special on the german election. In the next five minutes the polls will close, moments later well get an exit poll which has a track record of being accurate. Itll be the first indication of whether Angela Merkel will govern germany for a fourth term and whether she will continue as one of the worlds most influential leaders. The result is certainly not going to be the end of the matter. Unless polling has been wrong, no party will gain a majority, so this minute exit poll will fire the starting gun on detailed and Difficult Coalition negotiations. Angela merkel voted earlier in berlin, shes focused the effo rts earlier in berlin, shes focused the efforts of her Christian Democratic Party on families, a pledge to avoid tax increases and the importance of increasing german security. Above everything, though, the
Party in this country. Its anti immigration, anti islam and anti merkel. Its vote exceeded most polls and reached 12. 6 . Over a million voters left the christian democrats for the afd. Almost half a million from the social democrats did the same. Co leader Alexander Gauland repeated today a key message. He said we say i dont want to lose germany to an invasion of foreigners from a different culture. But National Representation brings with it a new level of pressure and already the afd is showing the strain. At the the same News Conference another party leader, frauke petry, said shed notjoin the afds Parliamentary Group because of disagreement over content. And she said this. An anarchic party translation its been said that the afd has become an anarchic party, that could only be successful in opposition, not to govern. But i want to make real politics, so ive decided i will not be part of the afd in the bundestag. Lets take a closer look at the afd result with the help of this map. 6