accuses russia ups saber rattling for back moscow is increasing its nuclear arsenal buying 40 nuclear missiles gettable of avoiding any anti-nuclear system. as through parliament after rowdy scenes in the national assembly. a bid to destroy the european union from within.

other eurosceptics form an anti-eu block in the european parliament. first, if we are threatened, we will defend ourselves. that is russia's president vladimir putin who announced that moscow is boosting its nuclear arsenal. this is being seen as a response to u.s. plans to boost its military presence in eastern europe. this comes at a time of worsening relations between russia and the west over ukraine. we will go to moscow our respondent is there. the russians are making of, they have no choice but to expand their nuclear arsenal.

this comes at a very sensitive time. reporter: the latest statement more than 40 ballistic missiles, it comes at a time when relations which in russia and the west are at their lowest and they are running very high. something that moscow has been denying continuously. because of russian annexation of crimea russia has become increasingly isolated globally. elitist comments come as the baltic countries are becoming nervous about russia's aggression in ukraine and they have asked many to increase their presence. this latest comment will be a cause of concern for countries way beyond those with russia's borders.

>> president obama said he wanted to hit the recess button with russia and get both sides to reduce their nuclear arsenals. today, it seems very different. are we inevitably moving towards an arm race between the u.s. and russia? >> they do say that the latest in this new ballistic missile that is part of a modernization program. it has been confirmed with the missile replacements for all of the versions. nonetheless, this is certainly russia flexing its muscles. come any heavy weapons on the baltic states. they did not specify exactly what they will do, what happened. at the moment, they mention both russia and the u.s. are actually down by the 2010 treaty which is the arm reduction treaty which

limits nuclear warheads after 1558, they are bound by this treaty. host: thank you. here in france, the premise has been accused of acting like an autocrat after he used a little-known constitutional device to push economic reforms through parliament. dozens of rebel mps walked out of parliament today after the so-called long, aims to liberalize parts of the french economy. members of his own socialist party strongly oppose the plan. take a listen. >> this needs to move forward. they need us to encourage growth , competitiveness. , because they are the ones to create growth, wealth, and thus jobs.

host: i'm joined by a french politics expert. thanks for joining us. why is this so controversial? what is the that the left wing doesn't like? reporter: it is a package of cautious measures to boost competitiveness and growth. and so, in a sense it is strange that it has created such -- host: we have lost professional shields. we will try to get him back on the line. meanwhile, the french far right leader has managed to form a new party in the european parliament. its aim is to break up the european union.

it means far right politicians will have a greater say in the european parliament and will have access to millions of euros. it took her a year, now marie le pen has the support she needs in brussels. they announced the creation of a parliamentary group on tuesday europe of nations and freedoms. it is an anti-european movement that she says seeks to defend national identity and national interests. this group will represent the kind of political strength that will go far beyond our previous situation. the makeup of this group is good news for our own factions but also for our country. for our people and for freedom. le pen scored nearly a quarter of votes at last year's european elections but did not have the support of the necessary seven nationalities to make up a national group. since then, she has managed to make alliances with to polish politicians as well as with

janice atkinson, formerly of the eurosceptic party. this new group will have access to millions of euros in funding and more speaking time, thus more influence in parliament. the platform for what they call european resistance or a call for more 17 for some members and perhaps even an exit for others. >> at some point we will have a referendum soon. there are millions of people across the continent that support us and want to bring down this place. we want our country back and this is the road to start to get the country back. reporter: december member says the formation of the group was a historic moment and the beginning of their liberation from the eu. more centrist groups called it a bad day for europe. host: let's go back to the news

updated economic reforms to parliament. this is named after the finance minister aims to liberalize the french economy. many within the socialist party our debt against the reforms. we were just talking to james shields, a french politics expert and they were discussing why they are so liberal about the economy. >> this is enough, a lot will be protected and under threat. simplifying employment dispute procedures extending training. this is gotten going. extending, without building sufficient compensation.

for the left, this is an assault on some of the protected bastions of the french. reporter: it is an audacious move to bring up this constitutional measure to force it through parliament. do you think he has the support of the voters? reporter: looking to push it through decree and thereby avoid a vote. this is an active government authoritarianism but as an act of efficiency. it means to implement what the french want and what their country needs. to that extent, he has a mandate from the country to do this because there is general support. doing something to make the economy bunch. posts: we have seen types of

center-right president is to push their reforms. they failed. might we see a socialist government actually bring through economic reform? >> it is a good point. the course of french political history is littered with governments that did not make this sort of reform package. they are engaging in a bit of brinksmanship, especially towards rebels and his own socialist camp. he knows that a good number of them are vehemently opposed to this bill but not sufficiently opposed to risk bringing down the government and provoking an election where they might lose their seats. posts: we just lost the and of professor shields. thank you if you can still hear me. police in italy have forcibly removed hundreds of african

migrants from the border with france. italy has warned that european solidarity is that risk if they don't relocate the migrants. >> one from lampposts and dragged kicking and screaming. onto nearby buses and police vehicles. on tuesday the police forcibly removed about 100 migrants who gambled on the italian border and have been a night intrigue to france. >> i paid a lot of money. the situation in the italian city has been building friction between italy and france over the question of free movements. france decided to close its borders to asylum-seekers after accusing italy of not processing

arrivals properly. they asked for clarity on the situation at the european level. >> either this is a european problem or it could have been left to italy to handle the situation. italy will handle it. reporter: european and the syrian ministers will meet to discuss the migrant issues. thousands have died in the mediterranean and the number continues to increase. they want the government to resettle 24,000 asylum-seekers. a time of spending cuts and general anti-in the good europe the leaders are finding it difficult to reach agreements over a suitable common response. posts: a court in egypt has upheld the death sentence for mohamed morsi who was convicted of his role in a jailbreak.

today, the court ruled that he will be shown no mercy. the confirmed sentence for several other members of the banned muslim brotherhood. the u.n. says that this decision is deeply troubling. >> he listens as the sentence is confirmed against him. the lawyer for egypt's deposed president, the country's first ever democratically elected head of state will appeal the death sentence. the court ruled on the jail term in a case related to conspiring with thomas, has below. the death sentence relates to charges along with dozens of other defendants centering on a mass prison break in 2011 at the height of the revolution that toppled hosting mubarak. proceedings took place under tight security with several other muslim brotherhood leaders.

the trial is a nail in the coffin of egypt's democracy. they rejected this as part of the coup led by the current president. >> we will continue to call for the international community to press the illegitimate regime immediately to withdraw both their life sentences and the death sentence is applied. reporter: the muslim brotherhood is calling for an uprising on what they say are the legal sentences, detentions, and forced disappearances. the government says the brotherhood poses a grave threat to egypt's national security. posts: kurdish forces have seen almost full control of the kurdish town. this is a blow to the islamic state which had been battling to have its main supply line. the fighting has had a devastating effect on civilians

with dozens of people forced to flee their homes. >> fighters have raised their flags over the border compound. the scenes film from within turkish territory showed just how close the islamic state group was to turkish soil before four days of fighting saw them pushed out of the town. supporting claims from the main kurdish fighting force in the region, the director of the syrian observatory has said fighting has stopped and kurdish fighters now have full control of town. this deals a major blow to the islamic state group who are using this as a supply route between turkey and is de facto capital who used the adjacent border. they have hundreds of kilometers away. the u.n. says clashes in the regions have forced 23,000 syrians to flee into turkey.

the turkish media says that more than 3000 arrived on monday alone. this is now on the border. streams of people being allowed to go into turkey. host: a drone strike has killed al qaeda's number two, quite a major blow. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has confirmed the death. al qaeda has suffered a series of major setbacks. they're losing prominence to the rapidly growing islamic state group will support of the best-known billionaires has officially entered the race for the white house. donald trump says he wants to make america great again. he joins an already crowded field for the republicans, 12 contenders are now hoping to become the gop nominee.

trump is worth $8 billion. they took a at foreign foes. >> we don't have victories anymore. we just have victories -- we used to have victories. was the last time anybody saw us beating china in a trade deal? they kill us. i'd be china all the time. all the time. host: donald trump throwing his hat into the ring for the white house next year. i reminder of the headlines. nato accuses russia of saber rattling. the enough that moscow is to increase their nuclear arsenal. 40 ballistic missiles, they were capable of overriding the most sophisticated missile defense system.

the country needs to move forward. the french fry minister has been defending his decision to get new laws through parliament. this was met with rowdy scenes in the nationalist embley. a bid to destroy the european union from within, the french foreign leadership has teamed up with other skeptics to form of anti-u.n. -- an anti-eu bloc within the european government. let's take a get the -- take a look at the business news. a real statement when it comes to the greek government trying to get a feel with its international creditors before the end of the month. i mention they are all sick of this. >> you would think so, even the white house has been waiting into this european crisis saying to the last hour, they are urging athens to make a serious move towards compromise, but we've seen both sides really holding their ground on tuesday. the eu commission president has

not had any contact at all with the greek government since talks collapsed on sunday because those negotiations are going nowhere will stop athens has reaffirmed its anti-austerity stance, they are not going to make the sacrifices its creditors one in order to release those much-needed funds. they are facing a june 30 deadline. one and a half billion euros. they could make a deal before a group meeting on thursday but that is fading fast. >> time is running out and a deal isn't on the horizon for greece on his creditors. >> what are you discussing? >> greece has to make up a $1.5 billion euro payment by the end of the month and to be able to do that, they need access to 7.2 alien euros in rescue funds.

the imf as well as european union and central-bank. the release of these bailout funds is dependent on further cost-cutting reforms. this is where the talks are stuck, the greek prime minister was elected on a place to put an end to the hardships caused by five years of austerity. further budget cuts come he says, could be an insult to his country. >> the time has come for europe to talk seriously, not just about greases future but the future of the eurozone. if you insist on leading a people into poverty or prosperity? >> the president of the european commission contested. >> this is not consistent with what i told the greek prime minister. >> they are resisting demands

for tax increases and pension reform. meanwhile, athens is crippled by a public debt of over 181st sent of its gdp. host: all of the uncertainty has been weighing on the international markets. they have seen the most volatile days since the year. after a slow start, the indices rallied for a mix close. the dax recent positive territory. the athens stock exchange closed down nearly 5%. we saw the dow jones gain about 100 points midway through its trading session will stop also trading in positive territory. the wall street is eyeing the federal reserve which is currently meeting in washington. janet yellen will be speaking on wednesday. expecting her to say when the u.s. central bank will raise interest rates from record lows. many expect that to be september. was take a look at some of the other business headlines. cap has announced that it will

close 175 stores in europe and north america. the retail chain hopes to turn business around and attract new customers and they struggle with competition with brown's like -- brands like zara and h&m. netflix will destroy -- india will destroy 50 million noodles. they contain higher than allowed levels of lead. the food giant insist that their products are safe and are challenging a band. goldman sachs is launching a new consumer loan service which could land people money online. this would be a new market for the investment bank as it shifts from its traditional focus on a big financial firms to smaller businesses.

the change of pace as we head to the second day of the paris air show. some 300 thousand spectators and aviation professionals are attending the weeklong event. there also catering to more exclusive pieces of the market. jet makers saw business nearly have during the financial crisis. vista jet is one of the high-end operators. they are about to add a 15th playing to their fleet. we spoke to the founder and chairman. >> thanks for talking to us. how do you look at growth? >> we see extremely strong growth for our business model. remember, we are charging an hourly rate, without them having to buy in there. tomorrow, we will announce the

60th airplane. we are going at a pace of 20% annually. >> some of the companies that make business jet talk about headwinds. the market seems to be a little bit soft. >> we are seeing strong growth in any continent around the world. in the middle east, asia, europe, africa. any operation where we are in we see very strong growth. >> who buys an hour on board? >> corporations do not want to put those airplanes on their balance sheet anymore. they are treated as an operating expense. we have local corporations. they might even have their own airplane. usually they are only used approximately two or 300 hours in the air.

this is where a solution such as ours, a very apparent solution because you have the hourly rate without at risk or capital cost to put it on your balance sheet. >> how much does the our cost? >> depending on what we operate. what is important is we only pay for the actual hour of the airplane. only for the minute you take off. you don't pay for the petitioning costs. >> some not arriving on business jet, they were delayed. the event had to be pushed back because of a taxi strike. more than 100 were able to block traffic. they are still protesting in the growing prevalence of the ridesharing app, uber.

the taxi unions will be meeting on wednesday to decide on a national plan of action to contest the rapidly growing service. finally, an eu court has ruled that the shape of lego figures is a protected trademark and cannot be copied. the danish toy maker had registered three-dimensional human figures, but a british competitor said they have thomas that trademark. lego became the world's biggest one make a last year following success of their movie

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