to expose corruption at the highest level . thank you very much for being with us donald trump story out before the end of the nato summit the us president branded a group of leaders is two faced. this after they were caught on camera poking fun at him the group included emanuel macro. justin trudeau- boris johnson and- federal sanchez princess on of the british royal family was part of the group. i in spie ofof this- anger trumpet content with the actual results of the summit boasting of h having convininced his european allies most defense spending. until he

drops objections. to the option of an updated defense plant baltic states and for pope. they tl told van. gather against threats from russia. and terrorism and recognize t te challenge of a rising china. what differences- we stand together all for o one and one for all. on the second and final day of the nato summit outside london leaders from the twenty nine member countries reaffirm the strip of the his work alliance. the fact that we live in peace today. demonstrates the power. of the simple proposition. it's a lot. but there is disagreement on the alliance of remember country turkey turkish president erdogan wanted other nato members to agree the kurdish forces in northern syria for terrorists but after push back from french president emmanuel macro and oththers. erdogan backed off the demand.. us president donald trump met with their to on on wednesday saying that the kurds were part of their discussioion. discuss hearing we discussed the

courage ceasefire is holding vevery much so and i think peope are susurprised and maybe some day they'll give me credit but probably not ripippled our soldiers out we tookok ovever te oioil we have soldiers where the oil is. that's the way i like it. summing up the accomplishments of meeting nato secretary general gen stoltenberg said nato's commitment to article five that an attack on one member is an attack on all of nato remained iron clad. also there was a commitment to discuss strategic issues. in an official statement the alliance cited russia as an ongoing threat saying russia's aggressive actions constitute a threat to euro atlantic security. terrorism in all its forms and manifestations remains a persistent threat to us all. sentiments echoed by the french president. we know how russia involves itself in other countries internal affairs. the campaign of political interference the violation of international rights if we want

to move on we have to re engage the dialogue. nato members also agreed on a plan to bolster the defences of baltic states and poland against russia. let's bring in michael smith a at terrorism analyst and teach about johns hopkins university's global security studies up program michael getting to you i can stop until forza. about this at nato summit. yeah it's good to be with you mark- i think that the so it was important for- in terms of european leaders presenting at and- mr trudeau presenting donald trump with stay up. very unified face of concern about his- management of global security issues i think that right now europe is confronted with threats posed by a selfie jihadist elements in ways that have persisted for many years. and the trump administration doesn't seem to grasp the severity of the

situation right now the threat environment and i think also it's important for- mister brown and others to be putting pressure on donaldd trump in terms of his- willingness to be housing with people i care to walk i think that what you've seen as age shipped in dynamics within turkey where. everyone has some sort of- for state transition towards an autocratic style regime and he's also been. disgustingly involved with various forms of sponsorship of terrorism in syria- particularly in the aspect of passive state sponsorship of elements like islamic state not quite up for many years. and i think it's very important for other nato member states leaders to be pushing donald trump- the whole there to one more accountable. for his past actions in current actions so that relationship between trump and do and you think that is- it's essential to sort that out before nato can progress. yeah absolutely

and look i think also at the same time not withstanding the fact that donald trump is a bombastic juror- total nick improve who's making a disgrace of the u. s. presidency. i do think it is meanwhile important for donald trump to stand his ground on the importance of meeting certain obligations of funding- that is intrinsic to the agreements all all of the new member states have entered into. a because if they are going to look at turkey and claim that what everyone is doing their- really undermines the credibility of his commitments to nato and the spirit of what's our mission of nato stands for and they're also going to have to be standing on credible grounds. and meeting the obligations that they happen steps. now clearly were not sure about the future but from bobby without the other proceedings going on in washington the peach inquire which- oversee could have it's a- it's loud voice to be heard at some points. i'm i'm wondering sort of if trump

remains in seat you what does that say about the future for nato obviously micron has been very critical. of trump said position and lack of leadership as he perceives it- coming from united states since trump was elected- what is nato go if trump remains to think. i don't think that it has a dramatic effect that some people might anticipate i do think that donald trump has done an extraordinary melts. either wittingly and in some cases unwittingly to undermine relations between the united states government and the governments of our closest allies. but i do think that there is a larger mission of nato stands for and i don't see donald trump- being able to. fundamentally underminene that now i do think it's problematic of course that again from has been so. i'd'd shami with at autocrat of sorts like air wanted i think that also- child. trump's permissiveness- towards- the- regime. presents a myriad of problems or- nato

member states certainly- b but baback to your question i don't think that it. significantly has a damaging impact on there are some e problems with t trucs all sees.. whichch i think-- mae him a non credible actor. in waways similar t to what we see with their to one- but- again i don't. see this as you know the end of nato whatever second. as an ansi i'm being a silver bullet in that respect michael smith pleasure speaking to you thank your analysis of some really appreciated terrorism analyst. did you vote johns hopkins university at the global studies program thank you once again sir for being with us. that's a continue as ever to talk with donald trump his early departure in anger from the nato summit coincide with the start of the impeachment hearings. in washington this is the process now in earnest democrats leads to trump directly and explicitly invited foreign influence in us elections this referring to jump at that. to get dirt on his democratic rival from sources in ukraine. republicans say that they they

were the democrats suggest trying to reverse the result of the twenty sixteen presidential election. president trump did not merely seek to benefit from foreign interference in our elections. he directly and explicitly invited foreign interference in our elections. here's the powers of his office to try to make it happen aiminig fofor a heavy blow right from te outset. the house judiciary committee's first impeachment hearings quickly burst into partisan infighting on wednesday as democrats charge that president donald trump must be removed from office for liststing foreign interference from ukraine in us elections. republicans then angrily retorted that there were no grounds for such drastic action. the first round of impeachment hearings gave the house an opportunity to hear the testimony of legal experts. three of the four chosen by the democrats called for the impeachment of the president president trump has committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors by corruptly abusing the office of the

presidency everything i read on those occasions tells me that when presidentnt trump invited. indeed demanded foreign involvement in our u upcoming election he struck at the very heart of what makes this a republic to which we pledge allegiance. the republicans own choice not so easily blown away. it's not wrong because president trump is right his call was anything but perfect. it's not wrong because the house has no legitimate reason to investigate ukrainian controversy it's not wrong because we're in an election year there is no good time for an impeachment. no it's wrong because this is not how you impeach an american president political risks for both republicans and democrats remains high as the house prices only the fourth presidential impeachment inquiry in u. s. history. chinia is warning that a price must be paid after the us house of representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation targeting

human rights abuseses agagainst that muslim legals. in the northwest region of shin chang it's reported there over a million w weakness and other momostly muslim minorities being held that. they're in what beijing describes as re education centers but weak activists to talking of torturee and indoctrination in basically prison camps. algeria tries to our as a put on trial route the top figureses the corruruption.s a as opposition to an election ththat is- looming at the set figures are of very much other people who were part of the of former regime of fat present beautifully cut. and there w was great oppositioion to the upcocoming presidential election we'll have more on that's of course to come in this program. let's move on to the s. story come out to vote malta revelations in court in the case of the murder of an investigative journalist in malta self confessed middle man. who apparently is not- immunity from prosecution. has given evidence to say a wealthy

businessman was the mastermind of the mode of daffy kind of wanna galaxia. in a car bombing in twenty seventeen now her investigation was about to reveal corruption at the highest level multi. fuel in fact charged with complicity in the killing. and gangs within the letter from twenty four. when i'm in front of your house here in valletta the capital of malta we've been following a team of any fees we hear a fact finding mission. and they hate to see what the rule of law is being respected as course of photos of the mode of investigative journalist. daphne carolina galaxia who was killed by a car bomb in twenty seventeen. but the problem's a range beyond more than just one person as allegations of corruption reaching into the highest levels of government. and institutions including the judiciary well we can take a listen now to the head of that delegation meps sophia and twirled. who idea told is s what she'e's learned over the pasasto days. well we are very concerned with what we have seen- we do feel that they're

very serious risks to the rule of law- you know we see a lot of corruption we'll see live in security and distrust people not knowing. what is hahappening so- the european parliament is really going to follow is very very closely. we're also going to call on the european commission to immediately start the dialogue in the room with little framework. well prime minister joseph muscat has said that i'll be stepping down in january. with the many people here and melissa that would solve the country's problems they calling for profound constitutional and structural changes. next franz bracing for a general strike on thursday. the durationn of thihis generarl ststrike is opepen ended every aspect of french life will be disrupted by this large scale industrial action that's the prediction. the key issue that's brought the workers out onon masses penension reform tht this was actually a key promisee made b by present my y american during his campaign. twenty

seventeen france has forty two different pension schemes you seekeking to try to reduce all this into one. many workers say that benefits in retirement stand to be slashed. a pension reform that has divided the country. so what is the current pension situation in front. fronts currently has a system in place on uss the working population to finance pension is of that year this is based araround the principle of solidarity between generations the issue however is that due to an aging population fewer and fewer people a pain into the current system. to remedy this authorities want to install a point based formula which rewards of workforce with pension points for every day they will call every euro they contribute then there is the complexity of france's different pensions infrastructure a total of forty two programs the government of proposing to unify those forty two different systems into o on. creating one unique pension

scheme. of seventy we a universal pension is clean yes in a brutal way no i don't believe that an immediate challenge would be acceptable or legitimate isn't quebec however i don't believe that a slow transition which could take the dozens of the years is the solution in order. for the hope of june but that isn't the only change the government are suggesting they have put forward a proposal which would see the legal retirement age remain at sixty two however introducing a newew concept called the threshold age to bring balance to francis pension they won the age at which people receiveve the full pension to be praised. steve with this and that will be them lose 5% for every year that theyey retire early and getting 5% for every year that they retire off the sixty four these new reforms a schedule to come into effect in twenty twenty five and will affect anyone born from nineteen sixty three onwards. even though the government has said they're willing to be flexible as to

the time frame surrounding. the implementation of the new system. we always to keep in mind all developments on that one with the whole the action who lack of it set to kick in after midnight and because we keep you are. fully apprised of what's happening here. life paris. that's a much now the headlights. donald trump leads the nato summit early reporter andrea of what he called the two face attitude of some leaders michael michael was among a group called on camera apparently mocking the us president. so officially nato is united his quest for security. the teacher in car against us presidents now moved into the crucial phase democrats say trouble scope for putting his i ierests i had the head of the country. basking foreign power to investigate the us citizen for some. political gain. the court in the letter said that a wealthy businessman. was the mastermind behind the assassination of levesque a journalist in twenty seventeen. deaf to carolina college he was killed the

company has their own investigation was set to expose corruption. at the highest level. but it's a time to turn itit business who better to join us the kate movie could eating cake to mark. last month the british economy managed to avoid a recession but with elections just around the corner next thursday i believe- alarm bells going off once again december the twelfth i can't wait definitely well our bills already ring. well in advance of that crucial date the biggest driver of economic growth in the u. k. has started shrinking. activity in the crucial services sector hasn't grgrown for thrhree months in aw and the latetest data mark ann even sharper downturn. i'm a max of reports. the sector accounts for about 80% of the british economy. a major business survey shows services shrank again in november. the fosters monthly contraction since march. businesses have blamed secu dimond on uncertainty brought on by the impending general election that

comes on top of a global economic slowdown and the brexit crisis services has weakened because of some concerns that the new relationship between the uk and the european union will it be a dye divergent relationship the loss of the standards and also the started recognition regulation. that underpins a lot of the services based economy will start to diverge and not will introduce some friction some additional costs the u. k. companies. the industry which includes everything from retail and leisure it and financial services. to forty nine point three on the purchasing managers index. the readings on a scale of one to a hundred with anything below fifty signaling contraption. it comes off the separate figures indicated that construction and manufacturining up in the u. k. also declined last month. british firms say the holding off on new projects until the country's future becomes clara. said that optimism about the prospects in the new year was contingent on hopes of the most

stable political and economic landscape. five the raising the stakes and the election next week. more on the british economy in the sixix people in profit that's s on our tomorrow at twelve forty five paris time. well the trump administration is urged countries like france to suspend taxes on digital giants like google apple facebook an amazon and wait for inteternational legegislation. a letter to the organization for economic cooperation and development us treasury secretary stephen isshin said the u. s. w was in favor of the framework it't's being negotiatd by the gro m member statates. this week donald trump threatened to increase tariffs on french goods like cheese and champagne in retaliation for the so called gaffe attacks. the menu macro had already agreed to withdraw that unilateral french tax if and when a broader deal is implemented. meanwhile global markets been responding to o the latestst reports about the us china trade war. a day after the trump administration suggested it could delay it deal with beijing until after the twenty twenty elections.

bloomberg reported t tt nenegotiators from the world's two largest economies are in fafact making progress towards n initial phase of f a deal- that report citing sourceses familiar with the talks. it was enough to boost walll street the dow jones snapped a three day losing streak up up nearly a hundred and fifty points at the closing bell. shares of apple were up 2% after google announced a leadership shift a t the top of its parent company.. employmement dataeanwhile disappointed with us private sector hiring hitting a six month low. earlier in europe we saw the jacks and can't count each gaining over 1% at the close.e. one of the two hundred just under half. we'r're inn france preparations are under way for a major strike that's expected to shut down the majority of public transport. starting on thursday and possibly stretching through the weekend. while many are bracing for nightmare alternative transport businesses are cashing in on this sales bonanza. selena sykes has the story. but it is. in the shop

selling electric bike since uses in p paris the phone has been ringing off the hook. because they do almost regardless of dental increase in sales and when they've gone on by 40% since the strike was announced at the end of november and i. what a pain for commuters on many businesses the strike does have some windows. compapanies offeringg alternrnativee modes of transpot have seen business brocades such as this bus rental company. we receiving a little minute request business city close group will pull an association tesol urgently needed global tennis all. the company says aids once increase its prices during the strike but that won't be the case full prices of japanese and coaches and rented calls on likely to go through the roof passages main says all the shed taxi rides. this starts off is offering fixed and reduced price and has put special measures in place for the strike originally created the policy goes to

share rides home the op has now found a new to mom's. commutes as in the grace of paris region will be encouraged to hop on a bike a new municipal service offering electric bikes for a long. time friend so will offer a free month when you sign up. this is the whole is also offering financial incentives for those who purchased. the make a lot of friends on the commute to work. our mark indeed indeed indeed if the if indeed it moves because i'm i'm anticipating a massive traffic jam from aren'n't coming from so we all of her up some i just like scott myself into the program into the use of the driver's seat. could be fun it could be great yeah. okay thank you very much indeed. strike use a cool so on the hour every hour. it fronts twenty four when working the work will work. james creamy what's next always up very well. nato summit coming to an end yes. but this tension of the donald trump noticing a few. leaders baps talking about. right it's just a couple of headlines to sort of give the background to

the final day. we remember this at interview given went on trial- i mean you michael to the economist where he said nato is becoming. brain dead line w was sorort of a- it t waa provocation according to some- someone not pieces of analysis for example. at c. v. come from on of the moaned. at she referred to it she said michael's provocation was to alert his nato partners about. current in security issues for example. a certain withdrawal of the us. and most leaders in europe in particular germany. and are are suspicious of a menu in michael's. desire to bring russia pickles for into the fray. so this was all a b. i suppose i it was a p provocatn to get people talking. about the broader i security changes. in in in nato bush a manual michael alfa and donald trump i keep mixing their names of today. very very nasty was his response not yesterday so. i because the indication from the brain death think was that it was because of trump's lack of leadership that was the thing because the vehicles. trying to cause a real personal front hence the very very. nasty remarks he can also as i sense

and in europe the to america was withdrawing and i'm this remark then prompted you straight donald trump to say. you can't say that nato is actually- it's wrong and you can count make statements about. so all of that by way of showing this. headline in the new york magazine michael uses talk to reverse psychology trick to fool trump into supportingng nato it's about tie some. have been reading national grid's menu michael. sort of being provocative in order to. get the only high things a things were positive i think this law and- possibly. like wrestling. it was certainly some psychology not. in any case we saw that. with all of those tensions today don't didn't turn up far at the final press conference he gave an impromptu press conferences. at the beginning of how much the went rumble. i'm forty minutes. as jim foster of ca and we previously had. temperamental pump. empty chairing empty staging at the us president. at where he was meant to hold a press conference. at today. anyway

all about was sort of the build up but today at. a lot of attention went to. a video- old older leaders at justin trudeau you consider the jakarta post it it went completely for all of the world every was talking about this. when a very it's leaders were picked up on camera. talking about trudeau boris johnson on your gonna think that's after such as i think. that's princess on in the background. you see a hack on it's mostly just introduce let's get some wilneed some audio on this on a plate. now. it. thisisis just. choose telling story w well as s the cleaning h he is so he didn't know who they were being filmed here and i suppose justin trudeau came out of it looking the most- well he was certainly told by donald trump he was beaming a two faced way at when he was asked about us at later on before refusing to give a press conference in any case it is interesting about video came

out a role because apparently occurred the first vote according to the guardian this was the pool pool footage so i have bought all of the media had available to them. sputnik news which is a russian- broadcaster at live streamed on their facebook page and what the video we just always cbc the canadian s state broadcastes shortens at subtitled version of it but it did lead to o a lo of people who want to have a doc otto's at all do we really think sputnik because people focus but think for there to send a camera with. a with a pretty decent phone into booking policy. little. was to both this planet talian journalist for later to pick up he said i'm not going to comment on a stolen video. that video wasn't supposed to be filmed in that room so there is some degree of confusion if the french president. is sort of suggesting the walls and began to feel maybe was it was somebody smartphone filmed how to get to split it that's the thing is that. right s sthat happened lots of script with was one of the video just before a- ago mark at thehe cono tongngues wagging this is princess on you can see or hear. in the wings a cheat

sheet she didn't kind of. at risk what would you say respond to thehe queen's i invitation to come a l little bit closer. and speaeak at at to donald trump some papers it's like she's calling into the line. too so you can speak to trump malani energy goes holes on the go. maybe not. but it i think it's- fair to point out and then she she was that if anybody else either s slows. and maybe protocol she was just respecting protocol possibly but- s so it lots of people sort of. speculating on whether trump is being sold from all marked or- whatever was going nobody mom says coming get in line you come to get in line and your mom's the queenen. well yeyes winner you shouldn't say o just stating. that you have a- very much my great to see younku sir. thanks to kate for the business. as add up. thank you for watching stay with us live from paris

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