Im katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is off. Its not entirely clear why relations between germany and america have deteriorated so fast this week, but theres no doubt they have. Both Angela Merkel and donald trump today continued their war of words. For the american president , that meant taking to twitter. We have a massive Trade Deficit with germany, plus they pay far less than they should on nato military very bad for us this will change. The German Foreign minister wistfully suggested it isnt helpful for the two countries to be communicating with tweets but his chancellor restated her view that europe now has to look out for itself. Translation transatlantic ties are of paramount importance to us. The only thing i did was to say that the Current Situation gives more reasons for us in europe to take our destiny in ourown for us in europe to take our destiny in our own hands. So what is germany and the rest of europe making of the apparent us german row. Joining me from bruss
On the face of it, israel has achieved a form of stability, led by the same man for eight years, locked in a state of hostile Non Communication with the palestinians, and confident in strong support from washington. But dig deeper and cracks appear. Prime minister netanyahu is under investigation. Israeli society appears ill at ease with with itself. My guess is moshe yaalon, mr netanyahus former Defence Minister turned harsh critic. How fragile is israeli unity . Moshe yaalon, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure. Israel has just marked 50 years since the victory in the six day war. But you seem to feel, right now, there are very serious questions about the direction israel is going in, and about national cohesion. Why are you so worried . From the Security Point of view, we enjoy, today, a relatively calm situation, security wise. This is a result of the six day war, in which i believe it was the peak of the idea of our coalition. Since then, the idea of our c
On the face of it, israel has achieved a form of stability, led by the same man for eight years, locked in a state of hostile Non Communication with the palestinians, and confident in strong support from washington. But dig deeper and cracks appear. Prime minister netanyahu is under investigation. Israeli society appears ill at ease with with itself. My guess is moshe yaalon, mr netanyahus former Defence Minister turned harsh critic. How fragile is israeli unity . Moshe yaalon, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure. Israel has just marked 50 years since the victory in the six day war. But you seem to feel, right now, there are very serious questions about the direction israel is going in, and about national cohesion. Why are you so worried . From the Security Point of view, we enjoy, today, a relatively calm situation, security wise. This is a result of the six day war, in which i believe it was the peak of the idea of our coalition. Since then, the idea of our c
And andy murray and Johanna Konta both bid for a spot in the wimbledon quarter finals later, as manic monday sees all remaining 32 singles players in action. And coming up in the sport on bbc news andy murray will be figting for a spot in the wimbledon quarter finals later as manic monday sees all remaining 32 players in action. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the next hour, the parents of charlie gard will return to the high court, as fresh medical evidence will be heard about their terminally ill son, who is being cared for at great ormond street hospital. An earlier ruling supported the view of his doctors that nothing could be done to improve his quality of life, and they should be allowed to switch off his life support systems. But judges will evaluate new data about an experimental treatment the pa rents an experimental treatment the Pa Re Nts Wa Nt An Experimental Treatment the parents want their 11 month year old is sum to receive. Our correspondent Daniel
The heavy fighting, pretty much every car and every building has been wrecked. Travelling the route of the new silk road. We have a Special Report on the trillion Dollar Project linking china and europe. With no other Country Offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. Hello, i am katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. The Donald Trumps son, his Campaign Manager and his son in law, talked to a well connected russian in a meeting billed as a chance to get damaging information about hillary clinton. Thejune 2016 meeting is the first evidence that people in Donald Trumps inner circle did talk to russians with the intention of getting dirt on mrs clinton. Donald trump jr has now confirmed both the meeting and its agenda. So is this meeting evidence of collusion . Or was it simply a chance for some legitimate Opposition Research . And how damaging is it to the president . All questions for congress and the Special Prosecutor who are i