Ned temko the political commentator, Annalisa Piras the italian film maker and broadcaster, Stefanie Bolzen of germanys die welt, and the russian journalist alexander nekrassov. Welcome to you all. The british Prime Minister lost her overall majority in the general election, and is having to do a deal with mps from Northern Ireland to stay in downing street. Theresa may was criticised during the Election Campaign for not meeting real people, and within a week that criticism has resurfaced because of the government response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy. An entire residential tower block in london destroyed by fire in one night. But when theresa may first visited the scene, she spoke to members of the emergency services, but not to local residents. All this coming just before those brexit talks are finally going to get underway. Lets discuss the state of britain, of british politics. Ned, theresa may, specifically, can she and will she survive all of this . If wed been having this conve
Ned temko the political commentator, Annalisa Piras the italian film maker and broadcaster, Stefanie Bolzen of germanys die welt, and the russian journalist alexander nekrassov. Welcome to you all. The british Prime Minister lost her overall majority in the general election, and is having to do a deal with mps from Northern Ireland to stay in downing street. Theresa may was criticised during the Election Campaign for not meeting real people, and within a week that criticism has resurfaced because of the government response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy. An entire residential tower block in london destroyed by fire in one night. But when theresa may first visited the scene, she spoke to members of the emergency services, but not to local residents. All this coming just before those brexit talks are finally going to get underway. Lets discuss the state of britain, of british politics. Ned, theresa may, specifically, can she and will she survive all of this . If wed been having this conve
the front page headlines this morning, just so you can get a sense of how closely russians are paying attention to the election. the moscow times obviously has putin on the front page. now, this is the most popular paper here in russia. the headline asks, will trump recognize crimea, get rid of those crippling sanctions, and become buddies with putin? now, one of the opposition papers here, it s quite interesting actually, raises the point, all right, everyone s expecting a thaw in that friendship a resurgence in that friendship between the u.s. and russia. this paper says, is putin actually ready and willing to get rid of that anti-american stance? keep in mind that anti-americanism has been useful in keeping russians united around a common enemy and keeping putin s ratings high. so some interesting questions being raised this morning. ali? one of the most complicated questions of this new administration. lu lucy, thanks so much. let s bring in foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldi