this is you don't really use life for a girl and giving in after weeks of mass protests france's government backed down suspending a controversial fuel tax increase the prime minister says no tax is worth sacrificing the unity of the nation the move is meant to deescalate tensions after some of the worst violence indicates a ruptured in paris and across the nation also coming up u.s. secretary of state might pay zero slams russia china and iran and proposes a new democratic world order a comes as nato ministers try to save

a cold war era missile treaty that they say russia has violated. plus the e.u.'s president don't trump and the first lady paid their respects to the late president george h.w. bush as he lies in state in washington state funeral takes place on wednesday. with. only her thank you so much for your company everyone the french government reacts after a weekend of rioting in paris and other cities prime minister to a few deep has announced that a popular tax increase on diesel and petrol has been suspended until next summer in a live television address heap said no tax was worth putting the nation's unity in danger he called for an end to the violence but that hasn't stopped the protests these images that you are about to see come for. must say where students clashed

with police the so-called yellow vests protests began in mid november and have since evolved into a wider revolved against president clinton. all right let's get more on these the latest developments so with that lisa louise in the french capital of paris only so the fresh prime minister if it has been talking tell us what he's been say well he said as he said that he would push back a few tax new taxes by six months but use a set that gas and electricity prices would not go up next year and they also stripped a m o t v can safety inspection rules that were to kick in next year and these rules these strict rules are being pushed back as well the prime minister said i understand that you don't understand the tax system that it's it's not transparent to the french and we going to start a national debate on this on the fifteenth of december so he can bring in their

opinion he said we can talk about bringing down taxes but you must keep in mind that if we bring down taxes also have to bring down public spending otherwise you will get into trouble on a european level our right now premise affinity the hopes of course with this latest measure to calm tensions across the country let's take a listen recently saw to what he had to say and then we'll continue our conversation after that do reproduce horsemen for more than three weeks tens of thousands of french people have been expressing their anger at roundabouts in shopping areas and in the streets of many french towns the other one the sangar has deep roots. it's been brewing for a while. but it often stayed quiet out of discretion or pride it's. for today it is being expressed with force and in a collective way one must be deaf or blind not to hear or see yet you know don't.

rightly so so he is here reaching out. so will the measures appease the protestors. well you know some people say yes some people say no people from his own majority from his party like to be gone masha say look at what what we have put on the table this is considerable and it's actually quite good we have replied to your demands some protesters saying yes that's a first step but apparently more from what i can save from what i can see on social networks and in the french media saying you know this is stupid too late these magic measures would have a piece as about two weeks ago but now several weeks into the protests we need to see more actually the government is only saying we're not going to increase taxes but what they are now asking for is that the government brings taxes down that they put that the government puts more money into their pockets people here are asking

for a higher minimum wage. pensions and lower taxes and there is already a third and the next day a fourth day of protests planned for this saturday and they're likely to be violent again actually all right so this might be too little too late how much has this protest movement affected a president i mean on my corneas on. well a lot and he is already quite unpopular one out of five french people have actually a positive opinion of him now this has put him under pressure from the protesters but also from different parts of the political spectrum of his leave your position parties on the position parties for him to step asking for him to step down as foreign dissolution of the national assembly even and even from his own from members of his own party there has been growing criticism of his handling of the crisis he was too slow he didn't reply to the people's demands and many friends

here this is a president that comes across as arrogant and that is really out of touch with his own people. who is reporting from the french capital paris thank you a new democratic world order led by washington that's a proposal from u.s. secretary of state mike pompei who says president trump is not abandoning u.s. global leadership but instead reshaping world relations on the basis of sovereign states rather than multilateral institutions here's what some here's some of what pompei or said earlier bad actors have exploited our lack of leadership for their own game this is the poisoned fruit of america or treat. president trump was determined to reverse that and that was the pompei you know speaking before a nato meeting where ministers have been discussing how to save a major arms treaty the alliance says a new russian cruise missile violates

a pact that's guaranteed europe security for more than thirty years the kremlin denied it has breached the agreements but the us is threatening now to withdraw from the so-called i n f treaty signed by moscow and washington back in one thousand nine hundred seventy it bends nuclear armed missiles with a range of fifty five hundred kilometers and the as our next report shows the tensions between russia and the west has reignited fears of a new arms race. this is what the drama is about medium range nuclear ballistic missiles that have been on a self imposed by the u.s. and russia since the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. that may be about to change u.s. authorities believe russia may have developed weapon systems like these in breach of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty. we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement they go out and do weapons that we're not allowed to wear the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we bonded greatly but russia is not one

fortunately on to the agreement so we're going to terminate a break but we're going to pull out. the kremlin has denied trump's allegations saying it has not produced any missiles that are prohibited by the i.n.f. treaty the i.n.f. treaty was seen as a major breakthrough in nuclear security when it was ratified by former soviet president mikhail gorbachev and u.s. president ronald reagan in one nine hundred eighty seven it came after a tense period of confrontation in the heart of europe. with very short flight times nuclear annihilation of european capitals was only five to fifteen minutes away trump has said the u.s. will start developing these capabilities again if russia and china don't agree to stop. you'll have to develop these weapons unless russia comes to us or china it comes to us and they all come to us and they say let's really get smart and let's none of us develop those weapons china is not a signatory of the pact and has been investing heavily in land based missiles now

some observers fear it could be joined by russia and the u.s. in a new arms race. and the w correspondent tara schultz says after the nato meeting in brussels i talked to a short while ago when asked whether the i.n.f. treaty could be saved it remains to be seen but it doesn't look good allies are at this very moment beginning a meeting where u.s. secretary of state might pump a.o.l. once again make the case for the what why the u.s. feels this treaty needs to be declared defunct the u.s. has many times briefed allies with the evidence that has been very convincing i'm told that russia has developed a missile which completely makes the i.n.f. treaty irrelevant it goes beyond the limitations of the treaty allows and so now the u.s. says look we are all in greater danger if we keep pretending this treaty is in effect now allies are split on this issue that you do some of them say you know cliff give us more time and in fact the u.s.

has agreed to a couple more months other allies say look if russia is already out there with these capabilities we feel safer if the u.s. catches up so it remains to be seen whether the europeans can convince russia to come back into compliance within a couple of months and therefore keep the i.n.f. treaty in effect all right well looming large over this nato meeting terry are of course the latest tensions with moscow after that naval clash between russia and ukraine what position is nato taking in this conflict. nato supports ukraine but ukraine is not a member so nato has no true article five responsibility to protect ukraine's territorial sovereignty at the same time there are many nato worship's patrolling through the black sea and nato says this should be enough reinforcement for russia's you know it can't mess with ukraine any further than antics in crimea of course in two thousand and fourteen at the same time ukraine is bound to be disappointed we just heard nato secretary general stilton berg say that no new

military measures are planned all the eliz are doing at this point is saying russia must release the ukrainian soldiers it must allow free passage through the sea and its defense ukraine morally but there are going to be any new military measures at this point so kiev is bound to be hoping for more our reporting from brussels from the nato summit there thank you so very much. up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world a delegation from humans who think revels is on its way to sweden for u.n. brokered peace talks there traveling with special envoy martin griffiths seen here in sanaa yesterday well there are also reports that yemen's saudi backed government and those who think they have agreed to swap hundreds of prisoners of war ahead of the negotiations. the president of couple ali bongo is recovering from an unconfirmed illness in morocco this video shows the moroccan king with bongo on the

right is the first footage to emerge says bongo became unwell at an economic forum in saudi arabia back in october sparking numerous rumors about his condition. police and at least say they've arrested the man suspected of being the new head of the civilian mafia if your old system will mean a zero was apprehended during a raid along with forty five other alleged mobsters accused of extortion firearms offenses arson and other crimes. u.s. president and the first lady have paid their respects to the late president george h.w. bush whose body is lying in state in washington the casket will remain in the u.s. capitol building until wednesday when it will be taken to the national cathedral first of all. president donald trump with his wife melania beside him pays his respects.

a brief visit but important trump and the former u.s. president didn't always see eye to eye. or a ceremony was held to pay tribute to president george h.w. bush a politician who would respect from all political sides. there was a kindness about the man. it was evident to everyone who ever met him. all his years in public service were characterized by kindness modesty and patriotism. president bush who died aged ninety full will lie in state in washington's capitol rotunda and till wednesday members of the public have been gathering to pay their final respects. i feel like you've. written the love

is right barbara and there's dr radwan and i just trying to come here to people back to him and thank him for. what he did for him for the wonderful man embodied to be vocal on being able to have this as a privilege. the body of america's forty first president had been transported from texas to washington his son george w. bush who followed his father into the oval office had to companies him on his final journey from their home city of houston. houston itself was hosting a concert in honor of the late president. and see thousands gathered to remember a man who many felt rose above the political fray and to whom they wanted to say goodbye. look at madrid and the hague or

barrack have been awarded for both prestigious bond of journalists vote for the prize and it's the latest in a string of awards for midfielder margaret cherie who helped real madrid win the champions league this year before leaving croatia to the runners up spot at each world cup well marbridge is the first player not named christina rinaldo early you know messi to win the men's award since two thousand and seven and the new young player category france world cup winner. home the trophy and norway striker behavior where they were in the first women's prize after setting a record with fifteen goals in the champions league. all after picking up her award hager baird was asked by a d.j. and co-host of martin soul lake if she could get this work while the question of plenty of reaction tennis star andy murray word on instagram that it was another example of ridiculous sexism that still exists in sports and i asked why women

still have to put up with this kind of behavior now another use of pointed out that a woman finally gets about on though and it's first when are asked to face this nonsense while noting that margaret was not asked that same question. all right with me now in the studio to talk about award is danny out barcelona from so good to have you here with us and you yourself were a professional footballer for quite some time. when you heard that question about the twerking what went through your mind the first thing that went through a mind was just like oh my god why why this is such a big moment for women's football and for her why does she have to be asked if she can twerk what does that have to do with football and all so it was kind of what he said in a jokey jokey way and of course the attention wasn't bad but there was so much underlying sexism there after the ceremony awards herself commented on

winning the prize and on that controversy that follows let's listen to what she said the new story building the court room and we nibbled on doris huge moment in my life. motivates me for the. left over the years to come but he came to me off there and he was really really sad it went that way i didn't think about it not moments i didn't consider is a sexual harassment or anything. so darn it she seems to kind of shrug it off listen either it wasn't a big deal. yeah i think she was really classy about the way she handled it and i think it's almost better to not give that so much attention because then it takes away from what she actually did which is when the first bond or as a woman and i think so the way she handled it was classy but yet here we are talking about it you know isn't worth a reason because that's who we're talking about the male and midfielder who were on the bow longer but we're talking about her about this whole twerking

a controversy and not her athletic achievements i mean are you disappointed by that i am because as a player she is amazing like she's won everything you could almost possibly win as a football player as a woman and for that to be now the talking point it's disappointing and i think all women players probably feel the same way because of what we have to go through on a daily basis just to get recognized a little bit like a men's football player all right you were a professional footballer can you tell me how pervasive is sexism in the field still today honestly i've been asked for example first of all you get asked all the time about your sexuality which is something that they would never ask a man number one i've been told that nobody will ever want to marry me if i play football as a woman so you just get these comments all the time and it's like why am i not allowed to play the sport that i love get a little bit of money for it and just be a professional athlete what's so different about

a man and me but it's so encouraging that we've got the first female bone door. thank you so very much done hagar bear for highlighting some of the issues you need to be worked on thank you so much. is this now a german combo's is a little jittery this hour to meet you with straight secretary robert like how is it the executives. from dime of b.m.w. trying to persuade the u.s. not to follow through on a threat to slap a tariffs on european make cars so one of their arguments well all three have big factories in the united states b.m.w. in spartanburg south carolina cities in tuscaloosa alabama and folks fighting chattanooga tennessee together the plants employ forty nine thousand people including suppliers and service providers dealers sell around one point three

million vehicles each year and looking at their trade balance german auto companies export more of a u.s. made cars than they import from germany making them net exports so can the meeting reduce tensions perhaps a little but trade talks are the responsibility of the european commission not make is the head of germany's institute levin's first also says the german car makers are not the ones washington should be negotiating with i asked him what's at stake for the comic has the or the car the tariffs on cars twenty five percent potentially are a threat and they clearly want to avoid that at the same time they are not really responsible for tariff policies so what trump is trying here is that once more to divide in this case the europeans he wants to extract concessions from the comic or the robin negotiating with the e.u. and he's doing a good job of it i mean german chancellor angela merkel has always been seen as the auto counsellor in she said yesterday that trade talks are something for the

european commission the economy gets. exactly. so i think that not very much can come out of this of course trump will try to extract the commitment to set up a new factory or to extend existing factories in the united states the announcement by general motors to shut down factories has been very bad for trump in terms of p.r. and he's not desperately trying to get a success out of these carmaker so mostly this is a public relations action i think there will not be much substance as a result of these talks but it does sound like a desperate situation for the german carmakers i mean the german car market dipped last month the chinese competition is also heating up none of this really bodes well if you're looking further down the road when as a matter of fact trump think hard before really imposing these terrorists because

they would be a retailer tory measures from the e.u. on american products of course what trump is also trying to do is make the e.u. open up the market for agriculture as and that is very tough but in the end knows he will run a very high risk if he really does introduce those tariffs so his leverage is limited rated given first thank you very much great to get your take on that thank you yours in finance ministers have agreed to bulk up the european stability mechanism that helps countries struggling with debt problems it's the main outcome of marathon negotiations a brussels the ministers say the agreement will leave the single currency better equipped to deal with future crises. they negotiated and then they negotiated some more heroes on finance ministers spent a total of eighteen hours talking in the end they greeted this. we have

agreed to immense the role of the sam to further strengthen the crisis prevention and resolution up abilities of the euro area we will also increase the fact defectiveness of e.s.m. precautionary instruments at the same time we reaffirm that e.s.m. support is a last resort and that we need to ensure an appropriate level of conditionality in other words more support for struggling eurozone economies but the help comes with strings attached there was far less consensus on other issues though like the proposal for a joint eurozone budget and a plan to secure all eurozone bank deposits also looming over the meeting uncertainty over italy's spending plans the country's currency revising its draft budgets after the e.u. threatened to finance provider lasing fiscal rules italy's public debt now stands

at more than one hundred thirty percent of g.d.p. that's more than double of what's allowed under e.u. rules another thing that will need to be talked about. well leaders are gathering in. cavite just climate change to understand how complicated the situation is take a look at india with the planet heating up due to an ever growing demand for energy summers there have become arable more and more people to buy conditioning units make matters worse. it's hot in a hot time kumar's shop where washing machines and dryers home and even more heat comes from the heavy iron in his hands. now my job is to wash and iron clothes and deliver them to the companies whether it's extremely hard to raining i have to do my job every day i work in the hot sun and the heat so when i come back home at night because of the a c.

i get a good night's sleep i feel well rested and ready to carry on. the town kumar's not the only one here with a new cooling unit most apartments have air conditioning summers in india can be brutal with temperatures reaching fifty degrees and thousands dying from heat stroke it's gotten worse in recent years and that has led to a boom for an entire industry at the duchess town plant of japanese manufactured by keen workers a simple one point two million ac units per year they're selling fast. but will be positive in both the report of purchasing power of the people ask on op most people here are in agriculture and they can afford a c s they buy in their midst dowery when their daughters get married and go to the in-laws house also in a residential area people look at their neighbors and they also buy. the problem while the units provide relief inside they using enormous amounts of electricity

india is already burning through eight hundred million tons of coal every here and with demand rapidly growing the country is more and more greenhouse gases. nobody here worries about the temperature rise that the a.c.s. will cost the customers interested in buying a five star ac and inverter e.c. with advanced technology they don't worry about the effects it will cost to climate they want an ac for their home that's all. understandable but solving one's own problem could make everyone else's worse in the future. the maker of cigarettes is in talks with a canadian cannabis producer over a potential investment in the company while smoking tobacco is in steep decline in the u.s. interest has been revived now several states as well as canada have legalized marijuana now all trio wants to diversify with

a possible takeover of kind of his. the company is not the only one in the box coca-cola and constellation brands have also made billion dollar investments in the cannabis market. and a reminder of one of the top stories we're following for you. has suspended a controversial fuel tax increase he says no tax is worth sacrificing the community of the nation the move follows some of the worst violence in decades as protesters took to the streets of paris and other french city. full business news next hour even. glued.

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