anchor: a a warm welcome. you are watching l live from p s with me and thee team. it is 1:00 p.m. in the french capital. here are the headlines. proposes the head of tax service for the post of prime minister, after the entire government resigned. the latest developments come after the russian president prepares reforms that could extend his grip on power.

deadly 24 hours for serious rebel-held city of italy -- of idlib. clashes have left 39 fighters dead while government warplanes struck a market a day earlier, killing at least 18 civilians. plus, another day of national protest here in france. unions are calling for other professions to join the movement as mass transport strikes enter their 43rd day in the long-running dispute over pension reform. this hour, up at inflation in argentina takes to its highghest level in nearly three decades as the country prepares for tough talks over its d debt. we have details in our business update. ♪ ♪ thank you for watching

france 24. we start with russia, where the entire government has resigned. the surprising news came overnight and was followed by the announcement that vladimir putin would be recommending that dmitry medvedev be replaced by the head of the tax office. developments, after an address from the russian leader in which he proposed a constitutional shakeup that could extend his decades-long grip on power beyond the end of his presidency. for more, i would like to bring in nick from moscow. thanks for being with us. let's talk about an upcoming referendum with a lot of big changeges to the country's political system. nick: the referendum is going to weekend,e over a before may 1, whicich is a big public holiday in russiaia.

thatat was announced. we are inite clear that a situation where vladimir putin is going to push ahead with these constitutional reforms and ensure that the sweeping changes are put to the country fairly soon. it is quite likely that russians will approve those changes. those changes could mean that putin stays in power for life in one form or another. he is due to step down as president in 2024, of course. but the c changes, giving parliament m more power ovever e presidency, means he could come back as prime minister. he has done that once before. he set out the presidency of term and did a decade as prime minister. or he could be chair of a beefed-up state council, which he announced sweeping reforms to yesterday.

it does veve much seem as if he is both trtrying to make t the government closer to the peoplpe in a way, more responsible to the needs of russians, and at the same time ensure that his continuity, his power in russia, is assured. in kazakhstan, the lifelelong year, stepped down last appointed a political acolyte as president, and took over the seat of the national security council. can you tell us more about the man who is likely to become russia's next prime minister? there is very little known about him up to this stage. nick: we know a little bit more about him. he has been talking to parliament tododay. he is saying the russian government needs to work harder

to ensure that russians feel the benefit of economic growth. the economy is very sluggish at the moment. he says the government must work harder, that russians need to feel better about the economy, abouout themselves, and that is not happening everywhere. we also know he is one of the richest senior officials. before he became head of the tech service, he worked for an investment firm for a couple of years and made $2.5 million. there are questions about his personal finance and his wife. an anticorruption complainer, alexei navalny, tweeted there loan to million e euros -- loaned d to his wife for a business no one knows about. there are question marks over this rather gray technococrat, o seems largely to be confnfirmed

todaday as the new russian prime ministster. we also know he was proposed as head of the tech service by putin and talks with the president. anchor: an ally potentially a president putin. from moscow.g to the latest news from libya -- turkey's recipe to gun -- recep erdogan hass announced it is sending troops to the country, after a called by u.s. president donald trump and ahead of ascendant -- the head of a meeting -- and ahead of a meeting in berlin which will address the conflict. a military strongman failed to sign a binding truce agreement. let's get more with jasper mortimer. can you tell us what the latest is where you are? h here in: erdogan said

on car that turkey is beginning to send troops, but did not say how manyny troops wewere involv, or how armed those troops would be. we don't know if they will bee supporteted by tanks, helicopte, plananes, or anyththing like th. sent said he had already military personnel to libya. therere was a clarificationon tt these e were specialisist mility advisers to help the tripoli government. one figure in the press said there werere no more than 3 35 f them. his worords today do o not given indication of how much further turkey's appointments to libya have progressed. one should note that both america and the european unionon have urged turkekey not to intervene in libya.

however,r, turkey was angered by the collapse of talks in moscoww on the weekend. it blamed the e rebel general he away-- haftar for walking from the peace table in moscow, and said this showed he was only interested in a military solution. erdogan said if not get serious about peace,e, we will teachch a lesson he deserves. one wonders what resources tuturkey w would teach a lessosn withth. we will see what happens at this peace conference on sunday. i think with the urging of the for turkey not to intervene in a significant way, turkey will wait untitil the end of sunday's peace conference,

whether it goes on for a couple of days before intervevening big time. speaking of the international players involved in this conflict, i want to discuss with you a report that says 2000 syrian fighters have flown to libya to support the government. reporter: this was reported in "the guardian" yesterday. it said 2000 syrian mercenaries had gone or were on their way there. they will fight for the tripoli government and b be paid by the tripoli government. their transfer from northern syria to tripoli has been facilitated by the turkish government. the report even gave the d dates on which they crossed the border from northern syria into turkey. turkey denies sending mercenaries to libya.

the report admitted thatat turky did not nfnfirm this repeport. t to unnameds based syrianan sources. turkey has criticized russia a r sending mercenaries t to the libyan conflict. the russian mercenaries are fighting for general have to -- haftar. anchor: a reporter in ankara, on that emerging story in libya. moving on to a tug-of-war between iran and the european union as the nuclear accord clinched in 2015 continues to unravel. on thursday, the top diplomat met for talks concerning the fragile agagreement in india. a u.s.mes after withdrawal as well as a return of the coding sanctions on the country. tehran has since scaled back its commitment to that deal, claiming its european partners have not delivered their end of

the bargain. intense fighting between pro-government forces and jihadist fighters in syria is a idlibovince -- syria's province killed fighters overnight. in the same city, an airstrike killed 18 civilians after it hit a market. shirli sitbon brings us up to speed. this market place was packck with people when bombmbs were dropped herere on wednesda. witnesses whwho were on the site said the planes were syrian and russian. helmet rescuers evacuated victctims to local h hospitals. byi idlib city was targeted jets. they hit the industrial area and market. shirli: an industrial zone located nearby was also hit.

earlier on wednesday, russian and syrian planes bombed towns otherof idlib, killing civilians. wednesday strikes come after two days of relative quiuiet, after russia and turkey sealed a cease-fire last week, with moscow backing the syrian regime and d turkey s supporting some f the rebelsls orating in ththe regionon. idlib is one of the last in syryria still partialllly controlleded by reb, inincluding a jihadist group formerly linkeked to al qaededa. syria and russia have been trying to o root them out, watching a m massive offensive, early december. offensive has pushed about 300,000 residents to flee their homes for safer areas. wednesday strikes have hit some of the province's most d densely populated locationons. russia has a aused the rebels of viviolating the cease-fire firs.

it says it is fending off attacks from al qaeda. day of another nationwide protests in france this thursday, the longest continuous transport strike. by train metrod and bus drivers in paris. they have been protesting the losses of early retirement privileges. i listen to the government spokesperson, who earlier delivered a defiant message. >> there will be no withdrawal, and not because we are being stubborn, but simply because if we leave the system as it stands today, we know it is not sustainable. so it is normal for social justice to have this larger reform. on the flipside, i have also noticed that many french people are convinced we need to get rid of the special regimes.

we know that by getting rid of them, there will be several videos -- several billions of euros freed up, with three distribution to all retirees. retirees. around a thousand passengers with very tickets -- ferry tickets to algeria have been left stranded in marseille. reporter: these cars were supposed to be headed toward algeria, but the gates to the ports were b being shut as dockworkers strike against the pension reform. untilre are no departures tuesday, january 21. we are left stranded. or cargo no ferries ships are scheduled to leave for north africa and corsica before friday. >> 50% of our work over the

winter is transporting goods. corsican businesses and supermarkets are already facing shortages. reporter: why are dockworkers striking? the currently benefit from early retirement because their jobs can involve health risks. the government wants them to work as long as everyone else. >> dockworkers, we work with dangerous material every day. it is a serious problem. they want us to keep working until we are 65. we will be dead by then. reporter: several of france's largest pororts have been shut since tuesday, including the lee root -- including havre. trucks are stranded and cannot unload.. tosome losses valued at 42% 50%. began,r: since protests early december, maritime transportation companies have rerouted some of their ships disrupted ports.

anchor: opposition lawmakers were ejected from the chamber. this after they heckled the pro-beijing leader in angry sceneses you may see in these images. this i is yet another indication of the political divides that remain prevalent in the city after months of antigovernment protests. however, they have largely diminished following a landslide by opposition candidates and races in late 2019. brazil has opened a new research base in antarctica, which comes with a price tag of 100 million u.s. dollars. this comes eight years after a fire destroyed the original scientific outpost. it is one of the most

inhospitable p places in the wod , , but will be homeme, sweet he to a team of scientists as a new brazilian research facility was inaugurated on king george island. >> it is great in scientific terms to see the capacity we will have, because this center brings together the work of hundreds of researchers in brazil around the world, so we can work together to advance science and the knowledge of our planet. the antarctic station is 4005 hundred square meters and cost $100 million to build. it b boasts 17 lababoratories ad can acmmmmodate to o 64 peoeop. the researchers living there will focus on geology and climate change. by base will be powowered solar panels and wind turbines. it took years to build.

thanks to extreme weather, site fofor only be on site four months s of the year. the outpost was built on the site of another facility of the same name which was destroyed nearly eightht years ago i in ae that killeled two peopople. there were not enough facilities for scientists to process their samples. this new base is hoping to supercharge brazilian research in the region. let's mind you on the main headlines here in "live from paris."." proposes the head of russia's tech service for the post of prime minister, after the entire government resigned. the latest development come after the russian president proposed reforms that could extend his grip on power. and a deadly 24 hours for the rebel held city of idlib. government warplanes struck a

market a day earlier, killing at least 18 civilians. national protests here in france. unions are calling for other professionals to join mass transport strikes as they enter the third day in the long-running c conflict overer pension n reforms. itit is time for our business update. i am joined by stephen carroll. thanks so much for being with us. you are starting in argentina, where the country's economic crisis has v very much r reachea new peak stephen: rising inflation hit its hihighest level in almost 30 years. prices have spiraled after the value of the peso crashed in the country fell into d deep session inin the last 18 mononths. the government needs to solve a debt crisis to help bring down inflation. fruits and vegetables that cost a lot more this year than they did last year. not to mention medicine and

manufactured goods. the inflation rate in argentina jumped by almost 54%. it rose 48%.re, the past 15 years, inflation has been in the double digits. most of that time, above 20%. or argentines, it is something they have gotten used to, but poverty y has soareded. >> this is just one more sway we have to adapt to. >> it is sad. you lose purchasing power. every time, you buy less. reporter: inflation in argentina is the fifth worst in the world, second in latin america to venezuela, and it keeps going up. but it's levels were far from the record-breaking inflation of 3000% during the 1989 crisis. at a dangerous cycle continues, analysts say. >> sectors adjust the profit margin based on what they believe they have earned compared to o other sectors, not

with respect to ththe costs. therefore, there is this constant belief that the state will be an arbitrator in these types of situations. bring downo inflation, argentina's new president, alberto fernandez, needs to renegotiate the countries that. he set a deadline for the end of march for a deal. a deep recession and failed promises to curb inflation were decisive in knocking former presidenent mauricio m macri frm office i in electionons last fa. stepephen: china's vice premier says that any cocommitmentnt toy more americacan goods under ther new trade deal will be done according to consumer demand. the phase i deal signed wednesday shows china agree to buy an additional $200 billion worth of american goods. in return, the u.s. will cut tariffs on some chinese imports. the document includes stricter rules on protecting intellectual property, but does not address some of the bigger sources of

conflilict betweween the countr. meanwhwhile, china's lalargest ledyy company s state grid to a sharp fall in economic growth. internal forecasts that the ststate-owned monopoly showw i s bracing for growth to fall to 4% in the next fiveve years. it is currently around 6%. china will publish its official growth figures foror 2019 tomorrowow. let's take a look at whatat is hahappening on the market next. european shares in the red this lunchtime. no great celebration over thee signing of that u.s.-china trade deal. it had been exexpected. not many surprises in there. london, paris, and frankfurt all down at this lunchtime. progress has b been made in u.s.-china trade relelations, bt there e is anonother dispute looming. thuniteded statetes will deciciy the end d thehe month whether t ll i increase tariffs on n seven anand a halalf billion euros of eupeanan goods, part of f a wto

pupunimentnt for unfaiair subsis to plane maker airbus. washington initially l levied tariffs s of 25%, , could incree them to as much asas 100%. that is worrying sellers in the u.s., some of whom are stocking up just in case. an american love affair with french wines that has hit a rough patch in the form of tariffs. they have already added 25% of the cost of a bottle of french wine in the u.s. donana trump has threatened to up that tariff 100%. a possibility that french winemakers are not the only ones worried about. the u.s. distillery council says 78,000 u.s. jobs are at risk. >> it is going to directly impact the small businesses in america, and also the customers. we arere all going to lose big. mamaybe a lot of businesses will close for something completely not related to food and wine. reporter: the current tariffs

were levied after the wto said the u.s. was a allowed to slap tariffs on $7.5 billion worth of european products. the ruling came after 15 years of litigation in which the u.s. said the e.u. was unfairly subsidizing airbus, a larger dispute that wine importers say could sink their business. >> we are frantically air freighting one from france. 100% tariff will kill her business. imports 700 million euros worth every year. not to mention spanish and german bottles that have also been hit by tariffs. european and american negotiators have given themselves until the end of the month to work out a deal to avoid another tariff hike that could makeke drinking ench w wie an unaffordable luxury. the c chairman n of carmrmaker renault saiaid therea

real desire to make their alliance with nissan work. there is a defense of the 20-year-old partnership between the countries -- between the companies after reports it wasas on the rocks. carlos ghosn was arrested in japan over a year ago on chances of f financial misconducuct -- charges hehe denies. senard said d there wawas norgey to supportrt a new ceo after the departure from the post.t. sasales of frerench carmamaker a plunged by 20% in 2019 because of a slump in the chinese market. psa owns peugeot, citroen, and brands.opel the chinese market so its biggest fall of over 50%. sales in europe were down by 2.5%. this disappointing year comes aftefive y yrs of f increasedd salefor the psa group. finally, he may be serving a a

life senentence in pririson, bue el chapo brand is worth something. the drug lord has his own beer, 701, launched by his daughter, who runs a fashion and lifestyle company built a around her fatather's brain. he reflects a ranking reached in a forbes list in 2009. he was arrested for trafficking cocaine into the company -- into the country over a period of 25 years, going to show that some stories cannot damage a brand. anchor: thank you for that update. momore news coming up with me ad the team. ♪

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