de at to any que. yeah but it is welcome to live from paris will use an analysis from france twenty four i marco in these of the main world news headlines. vladimir putin's i'll play the russian government resigns all mass. president proposes a referendum on constititutional changes critics are s saying it's a hidden paycheckk keeping hold of power beyond routines to class end of his term in twenty twenty four. impeachment day the house votes to send the us president's a trial of his dealings with ukraine. seven democrats being sworn in as prosecutors in a historic moment. us political history what little mean for donald trump. this is the full story

behind the trade deal signed by the us and china chinese to buy two hundred billion dollars more us schools while us tech and trade secrets are to be given more protection. deals and a trade war and create a more level market between the world's two giants of calmness . thank you very much for being with us the russian president vladimir putin proposed constitutional changes this wednesday. that will gigive him leeway to extend his g grip on power after leaving the presidency. t the big new prime minister after dmitry medvedev. and his cabinet resigned- matching m moves widelyy seen as preparing the ground for twenty twtwenty four when puu&in whos now sixty seven his constituenents in the obliged to leave the presidency. after occupying the kreremlin. well te

promises job continuously since nineteen ninety nine no is it but it would 7 7-60 the russian prime minister and his government have resigned paving the way f for vladimir putin to push ahead with significant changes to the country's balance of power. in this context it is obvious that as the government we must provide the president with t the capability to make all decisions. mission not only a political *-*-- during his state of the nation address just hours earlier. announced plans to amend the constitution to allow lawmakers to name the prime minister and cabinets currently the president's job. despite his seeming like a move to weaken his successor putin stressed the importance of thehe presesidency. in thisis i is tht unless y you on the wrong county with its huge territory complicated national and territorial structure. divers dede of cultural and historical traditions cannot develop normalally or exists as early as a p parliamentary republic. russia needs to keep a strong

presidential republic leave the disgraceful. clinton said he would remain president's off a second term ends in four years time but the move could still signal his intention to retain power. he's done it before after serving twowo terms as presidident he swore up to the prime minister's seatt in two thousand and eight before claiming the top german twentnty twelve.. putin mostly continued calling the shots what he was prime minister. the constitutional reform will be put to a national vote russia's lost referendum was in nineteen ninety three. leading feminine kritik an ex in the found he said he expected any votes to be fraudulent and said putin's goal was to be leader for life. peter o'brien with that reported what you'll developments on that story for you next. impeachment day donald trump officially joining the short and- infamous listed us presidedents who've been formally sent for trial the house of representatives voted to impeach the whole process is now underway. chemical justt ani

is of course of course one in washington observing all matters for us kevin. good evening president trump then impeached tetell us more about how the day went in the house. always finally- found out who those- impeachment managers- would be as seven eight people named by nancy pelosi that's way less and then there were- for in the clinton trials back then there were thirteen of them so seventy. eight people including of course adam schiff in a jerry nadler as seven people who were very focused and the emphasis is. on at the legal aspect of it as nancy of. he said that she wanted litigators in the all are great litigators so then there was that official a vote which is technically triggered the transfer of those articles of impeachment to the set. and a leader on and today we will have the de is symbolic it the transfer of the articles of

from the house to this and it physically these articles will be walked over. and to the senate and there's still some confusion as to. at the next steps in the process so when will those articles be read exactly i went in and the chief justice will w walking in and te senate and whehen. send there's will take at the close at it could happen this evening it could also part of it could be happening. at tomorrow but we are already moving on to the senate a trial faz that said the actual trial itself will not be taking off until. and next week probably starting on a tuesday with the real and needy greedy of at the trial beginning then. can i go just on the phone i believe it that butt we'll be speaking much later of course because this book go to follow all the developments. as they happen that just behind you that'll capital hill get about thank you very much indeed. next iran has rejected the idea of a uss led version of the nuclear deal the proposals put forward by the u. k. prime minister boris johnson. johnsnson a coal seen s

a very close ally of donald trump. iran's president hassan rouhani was quick to dismiss it he said trying to pull out of the- a cool to use. as the thing but undermine the situation. you can. germany have triggered a dispute mechanism against iran for violating the twentnty fifteen the e court. but all three say they remain committed to that deal. no i a new host as it rejected before you could gets anywhere near the table. the day after boris johnson suggested discussing nuclear disagreements hassan rouhani has turned down any offers to negotiatate with the united states. in all yeah we don't know what mister minister in london thinks he said we should set aside the nuclear deal and implement trump's plan. what's trumpp done except three chocolate mints and step on local and international regulation stand alone no romney's response comes as the uk france and germany triggered a dispute mechanism. send

distance itstself frorom you cod deal by scrapping its ownwn enenriched uraniumum productiont surrrround sayays its decision s taken after donald trump related economic sanctions on the country even including a ban on oil exports s so we'll see. which had initially been lifted the feeling if that's up to them. it sounds presents went on to warn the europeans and the region could now be in danger but the e european commmmission said it would not e withdrawing soldiers from the area. v. arnold scaling down we are not leaving iraq because our civilian emissions o or our diplomatic missision thehe i is doing very important work the art of their of the threads that's why we are assessing the situation on an eveveryday basi. turmel is also coming from inside the country. regele crackdown on iranians who took to the streets of a fuel prices. the nile of the downing of the ukrainian international never plane. now thousands of candidates found have beenen disqualifified for next month's general election. ronnie's latest c challenge m me to regan

the people's trust. who tatalk show thahat. protests i izlet fs on the main road into beirut as the protest in lebanon continue the violence amber it's hama ari was some of the worst since anti government protests began in october. security forces fight take us outside the central bank to disperse protesters. pelted with stones and fireworks meanwhile united nations has waited on the crisis. should be saying. browse the finger of blame at the politicians dangers chaos young kubi steven special coordinator levin t treated politicians don't blame the people when you send. people in that room the crisis is by the heart access to savinings for ininstance in the banks is beenn blocked. one of my lebanon alan now reports with pension provision of best flimsy many old people running up on the streets. at sixty eight years old hi lease twenty three months l living on ththe streete retired english teacher lost his home of to being unable to pay the rent. many lebanese seniors like him find

themselves in a precarious situation today. fired sleeping on the street it was so cold. and i was so afraid that i may die on the strtreets i stay away most of the time. you know reading the- writing i like poetry just to keep myself away. founded by how about eleven and talk initiative found highly i'm took him off the streets the association specializes in working with elderly people who can no longer find accommodation. because i took a v. he worked the whole line when they reach a certain age sixty y four sixty five. and in the sleep on the streets there's no way for them to go yeah nie badat we but i live. marine the seventy three also needs in a difficult situation. to survive she comes to stop and beta baka a free supermarket in bay ridge. are there a big deal the situation is worse now no politician acts

responsibly we don't exist in their eyes they didn't see those who are hungry how can land on still ask for rent when no one is what she was shaninia. for my abraham shock the beta baka the priority is to help retirees especially those in the private sector who have very small pensions this is the flute his job. lawrence or a teacher in a private school or someone from any part of the private sector the region age when there's nothing they can do to take care of themselves. of course we could be the man. lebanon's elderly and now one of the mosttulnerablee groups in the country at a time when the economic crisis. only count on the generosity of a fellow citizens the state is absent. the strike him francés made a new nationalal record in spite f this the government says it's not the turning of ththe issue f pensnsion reform the uninions though have convened another day of action. the test. unions

have vowed to keep up the pressure as they continue to face off against the french government's proposed pension reforms. these fights will go on until the reform is withdrawn for the time being we have no intention of negotiating olds on ends with a government that refuses to move forward. we all want to whether it's age is nothing more than smoke and mirrors we do not intend to give its office. but for many strikikers neon bowling protester taking a toll on their paycheck. at some point we con be ashamed of going back to work. as we have personal problems. if one's been on strike for more than a month that's a month with zero euros i'm going back to work but it's not to say i will not go on strike again. and it's this financial pressure that the french governmnment is betting n to help it win the standoff. some of the momost visible strikers have beenn r railway workers and ovever the past sevn

days only about 12% of been out protesting compared 229% in the first week. so who are some of those who are worried who are of this to pension reform have chosen to demonstrate our go on strike. i would like to say something on the subject as i've said before. the strikes at the ratp and the sncf seem to me to be deadlocked. and have gone on far too long you can the vehicle pulled you like. over the weekend the government said i it's willing to scrap a controversial pivot age to sixty four allowing those who work two extra years to get a slightly bigger pension. something all the unions have been demanding. but the french president is adamantly opposed to ditching the reform all together. in the end it could all come down to the question of who has more staying power. because we continue to reflect of the situation hearing from saturday fashion the course at

center for thursday- beyond ththat causa gauaucha shins anda cool cepin you old developments as we kept them. the bush bias in australia are continuing on rain though is full c cost this is possibly the best news. of recent weeks of destruction of both land and property in these intense flames. meanwhile the tennis star whose full struck out of the australian open because of breathing difficulties caused by smoke from the bush vi$e and talking i believe that yeah cup of h. from slovenia says. it was a very scaryry moment for. i have no asked by our breathing problems i never experienced someththing like this like i had yesterday. i meaea it was really scary i couldn't breathe i didn't know what to do i had the feeling like i'm going to collapse on thehe court. we aree used to o pollution like a plane china we playing more polluted countries but-- i meann this is. something different and- for susure we are not used to it. ad the i think i mean citizens and

everyone was advised to stay inside and i'm- we didn't expect that we will be playing yesterday. so yeah was a bit shocked. the tennis star deli that yet cup of it she was full struck out of the australian open becauause of breathihing difffficulties. at least twenty eight people h have beenen killd in thehese vi$e two thousand sx hundred. properties of been lost. over a billion a animals killed powerful looks at how australia's famous qualify as a being can't. for a special animal hospital right now overwhelmed. this call wala is lucky. it was only wounded in the bush fires that have ravaged kangaroo island which was found by a rescue work and brought to this clinic where it's likely to be saved. dozens ofof qualilities are brought hee every day. because on ready hundreds of millions of animals are believed to have died in the fires the situation on kangaroo island is particularly

striking a about fororty fivee thousandnd cualidades lived here before the flyers their number is now down to nine thousand and their habitats has largely been destroyed. he faces up 290% of. what i have to tap the screen destroyed which could mean up another person with the flowers and the most they have a time. their habitat lost and the fire is still on going can grew while in school wallace can't to be let back out into the wild but they can't be sent to mainland australia hi there.. die with disease free- automotive the q quality in mining land they carry diseases. eighty ququalitieies . gogo off the island i'i'm not fm arafat. so it's a tiny war remains will be used to build the population i think that.

can grew islands disease free coal wallace or key to the survival of the whole species scientists are working to find alternatives that would allow them to survive. in the meantime they're not leaving this hospital. follow the coal is the planet well as in the face of those bush vi$e will keep you crossover about schools. . it's not the business and who better thanan kate moody the us and a trade war is finally winding down with a long awaited deal. signed in washington kate righting the wrongs of the past market according to president donald trump. he gave a long and fairly self congratulatory introduction to deal that marks a truce in the trade war which is seen the world's two largest economies impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of each other's goods. many of the existing tireses wil remain in place as sam brought peace reports. it is a deal that will reduce the trades tensions which have slowed down global growth. hurts american

manufacturers and weighed heavily on the chinese economy. donald trump mocked the signing in a typically triumphant style this is an unbelievable deal for the united states and ultimately it's a great deal for both countries and it's going to also lead to even a more stable peace. throughout the world a sentiment echoed by the chinese vice premier como down it's good for china for the u. s. on the world's it's a mutually beneficial. agreement de. serie us government began a trade war with china in july two thousand and eighteen imposing huge tariffs onn chchinese imports. phase one of the deal paves the way for increased trade. it will see china dramatically increase its purchase of american goods and services by two hundred b billin dollars the next two years. it also see us dropped plans put tariffs and cut it existing ones in off. the agreement

includes vision will make it easier for us companies to do this in china.a. and has seen china commimits to better protecting intellectual propoperty avoiding forced tech transfer and refraining from currcy manipululation. the eighty six page agreement does not however address the issue of chinese state subsidies. a policy that the us administration considers unfair economic practice and used as justification for starting the trade war in the first place. the elimination of the subsidies may be a key u. s. objectives in phase two of the negotiations which are not expected to conclude until after the us presidential elections in november this year. is it really a victory for the trump administration last make you levy chief economist for us in asia at berenberg in new york take a listen. apparently thank to the china news agency last month- the agreement will go way beyond- trade and teraz sin include- issues on

intellectual property- for and- investment in foreign companies doing business in china so. it is it is set up to be rather sweeping. and this doesn't just come out of the blue- every us administration since t the clinton administration nineteen nineties have been trying to. achieve some- some breakthrough on on china on issues of trade intellectual property and those have not come to fruition. let's check in on today's trading action now wall street hit record highs across the board although some stocks pared back a bit by the close the dow jones did close above the twenty nine thousand mark for the first time ever. shares of the retailer target drops 7% on disappointing holiday sales data bank of america shares were down nearly two percent. its foururth quarter profits dipped slightly. earlier we s sw a mixed closeajor european indices at the c calvin dax each reportining its weakest pace of

economicic growth since two thousand and thirteen.n. london listed tullow oil continued its fall down further 16% is wednesday. amazon has announced a billion dollar investment in india to help small and medium size businesses sell and operate online. ceo jeff bezos said this would be the indian's century. began a three day visit but as you can see their retailers organize demonstrations in some three hundred cities to express their opposition to the behemoths growing influence. earlier this year's competition commission of investigation into amazon and the walmart owned flipkart. they're accused of breaking the law promoting preferred sellers and offering. an offering steep online discounts under cut traditional traders take a listen. what is. to bring capitalism de. what a what is

it about. what does one do y. pulled the competition are there going on. they're all done good never ending it seems struggle for amazon to implant itself and take over the whole world arc que thank you very much indeed can be who's already taken of the whole world access which is accepted. thank you. it's c cross t the stududio james cream. wrapped up made his grief i marca out lots of reactions to the some well. constitutional changes announced by one that vladimir v. putin thrice armed people don't have much faith around the world in his democratic instincts so it's been interpreted as a means. of consolidating his power and continuing his hold on power beyond twenty twenty four when you leave. at the presidency courses already flip flopped between prime minister president. so is it sort of a case of- such owners we all know no. with who's going to prime ministers of this at this

at greek twitter useser pretty much can. let me put in. under the kind of most not. leader since stalin others seeing at the makeup of the new duma as being something like box. and this is a common free from a u. s. journalists ágil one bikes who sees this road it's terrifying and hopefully not giving at ideas to any other leaders for example- a donald trump now and this is ice was their old sort of. a point to speculation not coming necessary from a place of expertise on russian affairs some green is the head of the russia- institute a king's councilman so he wrote thihis bg long threaten the today. i going to long for details so it's not quite as simple as all about if you read his threat he says what the speech dolls and the constitutional changes announced at. but can we see the focus away from putin and his what what what can happenn in twenty twenty four and move it more to the question of

older. complex questions constitutional reform. goes on. to you know large scale to make it. is with the. signal of putin's plans for the future and this the provocations four more years of that would've been ruinous in other words you have to do something so this partly resolves a question at by putting an expiration date not only almost as ministers but on the entire institution immigration anyway it's a bit more complex than just pu&in trying to find another role from self- but a lot of people looking to märkte the new. prime minister because- i think this could be. an end. president di. the pop the sort of extra of rolled a relatively unknown because kyle and michu stint who headed up the tax service at michu who as one commentator said but at well some say about really would indicate that it's a place holder it's not actually gonna be person who could step into pu&in shoes let's not forget the blood repeating was a relalative unknown twenty mark. on the landscape back in the day he was also someone frorom behind and take those behind

the sea kgb r risk is a whole different kind of flavor is not as it was in some ways absolutely- let's move on then because of a c. much to keep an eye on it with that story the missile to a differerent a different scene completely out whether or not big band yes thank banned the massive tool clock in london- will bone on thirty first january to mark but exit day the service it be debate among certain people inn the u. k. it makes for. headlines and others eight in the ways to do it search. take back should be banned. practice thank you. wellll the day x. thought that at mosost stores conservative news benefit must be home for breaks and i think they really made their feelings clear their market not from page that there was no ambiguity control now others at decided to at at i'll leave you guess what might be at the bottom of the headline is that it wouldn't shock shocker viewers although everybody in in use agents across the u. k. wenatchee that wasn't real from page okay lost. sleep because

it's still it would talk about half of the it's been dental getting out sick then to china on top because the impounds it's a lot of the constant books for as long as i can recall now it's a couple years brings a lot of late as well but the cost of brexit socials on top ten hits. ready it's it exceeds the actual amount the britain's padian over the whole forty seven year just britain's bin in the e. u. right that's the cost of brexit its exit completely people. dot on the bus at the people vote for that it on rice no way jose. please symbolic. symbolic factor. at a you know well others with being very critical the paper saying that a couple of years ago. not relevant. this is the point that a lot of people made online where what the five hundred thousand could be spent on other why he's. what else have been saying that this is a satirical counts not the real can talk dong. i don't know weaker. obviously that's for the party eléctrica would you break that as a bottle thing

send the dance represent big bend chimes and then you come of the words. so it's funny i put that probably not not for half the population. but that this was amongst others it was nice of franz calling for this- saying that the uk would be seen as a joke if we camping. get began to sound not because all the foreign service the key figure in bringing brexit on he's not of an a and p. he's doesn't is still still mips nie so víspera never terror frankfurter wages you more days every never get. enough it sends office. but of the ego that was his point of view. another. it doesn't pun but the coverage our system sorry so look there's also a lot of james melbourne's point is a good one yeah you know it the shortage of nurses and a chess on just a straight. to think about what what what where should money be on location i saw portions in cologne to crowd funding. i mean it has emerged. is there a solution book. was on public spending will be so- upon for public funding. if it doesn't bomb mark do we get to behave like adults and staying e. you. as i said. as i said as i said

earlier at sorry richard no. no if that's a quite a real question the real answer is no. yeah can you tell us about the belgian- whether presenta getting hassled hoping to agnes well this is this strikes me as really you know it's- a terrible street pretty. bizarre stuff to lease this is our our our tbf food stamp broadcaster in belgium she's a pregnant this is daniel. week now what people what was getting on the nerves of the mostly female commentators it must it must be said. at one. point but she chose to wear and how it was sort of figure hugging and showing off the pump to the point we could almost make of. her belly button and you make the e sex of the chilild sure yu couldn't even we're getting going on face was. clementini no. the peopople of her and her bump unknown- danniella good luck to hope again comes out well the baby doesn't health in so you. that's right. people don't art break there are real problems in the world on the internet james as ever blessed is he said lookingng grereat. tk jajames cream of mediawatch

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