you. mean. north korea's foreign minister wanting us to replace that matches in case of an attack on washington by this policy on north korea's eastern coast. league. ball violent protest in the french capital as has been my calling russia's three of the country's labor code with a raft of executive orders. and with just one day to go until germany's federal election all to look at the main candidates and them final push to win over the focus.

the international live from moscow with mina david today welcome to the program we start this hour with breaking news north korea has pledged to refrain from using nuclear weapons or threatening countries that are not involved in u.s. military activities against pyongyang however speaking from the u.n. podium north korea's foreign minister sent a strong warning we will take preventative measures spying merciless preemptive action in case the u.s. and its this or forces show any sign of conducting a kind of decapitating operation on our headquarters or military attack against our country however we do not have any intention at all to use or a stretton to use nuclear weapons against the countries that do not join in the u.s. military actions against the d.p. r. k. . one thing that may have prompted this warning is the latest bomb a deployment by washington the u.s. flew is bombers off north korea's east coast today the aircraft remained in

international airspace but in a statement the pentagon said it's quote the farthest north of the demilitarized zone any u.s. fighter bomber aircraft have flown off north korea's coast in the twenty first century this mission is said to demonstrate u.s. resolve and sends quote a clear message that the us president has many military options to defeat any threat four days ago speaking from the u.n. podium as well president from made it clear the u.s. won't hesitate to destroy north korea if it makes any unwise move united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or it's our lives we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. meanwhile north korea's foreign minister has slammed the u.s.

president and his policies towards north korea. during his eight months in power he has turned the white house into a noisy marketing place full of crackling sounds because space. here is try to turn the u.n. arena into a gangster's nest where money is respected and blood shit is the order of the day. we've spoken to patrick having financial and political analyst he thinks creating instability in the region for the u.s. is business as usual if you listen to the words of donald trump at the u.n. general assembly when you want to nuclear deterrent as well as he's threatening to destroy a country there's twenty five million people that live there and it's an idiotic statements by the united states president for this simple reason if you knew to north korea you would also create a huge nuclear contamination that would kill so many people in the south it would

make huge areas unnavigable and parts of china it's not going to happen everyone knows the united states is not going to nuke north korea this doesn't make any sense on so many levels but this is sort of business as usual for washington and unfortunately history will not sort of be on the side of the u.s. in this because at some point it has to end the bender seventy years they've carved out a strip between north and south korea which is a basically giant dollars think for u.s. dollars for the military industrial complex there's no reason for the united states to be there and frankly there's no reason for the north and north and south korea to be pointing guns at each other the only reason the or is because the united states hasn't to have come out with a new strategy for dealing with the north korean leader in name calling and it seems that may he may have settled on a particular favorite that being rocket man. you can't have mad men out there shooting rockets all over the place. rocket man should have been handled

a long time ago. there was a response from north korea's leader kim jong un said that donald trump was mentally deranged he called him a rogue and he used the old english term dough tart to refer to donald trump now donald trump has shot back and referred to kim jong un as a mad man now as these heated words and accusations and threats are being exchanged the russian foreign minister was taking questions from reporters at the u.n. headquarters in the press briefing room and he touched quite a bit on the crisis on the korean peninsula it's unacceptable to something that anyone north korea's nuclear test but it's equally unacceptable to start with in the korean peninsula china and russia will continue to insist on a movie reasonable approach in contrast to the emotional one we see now where they behave like children fighting each other in kindergarten and nobody can stop them it's necessary to cool those hotheads we need to pools we need dialogue. the one

thing that was raised is that from the beginning of the crisis russia and china have had a joint proposal for what they call a double freeze they've called for south korea to end its provocative military exercises and in exchange north korea would end its nuclear proliferation and its provocative missile tests this proposal from russia and china seems pretty straightforward but no one seems to be taking that proposal seriously so a lot of interesting comments from surrogate lab robert specifically talking about the korean crisis he was saying people need to be mature and they need to focus on diplomatic solutions and not the intensification we've been seeing. paris has seen more protests off the present micron's fined five executive orders has rushed through his controversial a performance on friday although largely peaceful there was some clashes at the main demonstration. a.

good a job oh. hey thank you they were micron's former rival in the presidential race show newcomen and show announced that over one hundred thousand people gathered to protest against the president's policies our correspondent reports from paris and well i would estimate that there were easily around a hundred and fifty thousand people where i'm standing in the vast steel square and this follows aid from is that was really a made by the leader of the french leave the mainland shown that he would be bussing in people from as many as i'm treating in haiti's cities today saturday and see only hours of this morning we have seen people in the driving again when democrats are to france is becoming far less democratic no days even more decisions are taken by officials not by the french people the people who were just need to

add them. the right. that you get is the place to hear it work. people want to show the don't agree told us what's happening with the decisions of the government decisions that are almost always in favor of the ruling classes who have money and people who work there not so often thought about which is why we need to show that me here to stand up for our rights talking to protest yet they are angry basically angry with the statement that mcconnell made not so long ago calling them slackers stupid indeed ministry at i will be absolutely determined to do that i will not yield in any way not to sarkozy not to cynics not to rick stream ists music for now they have. a magic find our way out. and we're making our way down its way. around. the french police radar.

as we march with the protesters here are speaking today what they're most concerned about is that later. the trade unions lose power it will stay in power companies to be able to find people so really the mood on the ground is one that people are not going anywhere until the country itself makes some changes. to the syrian city of terrorists or is slowly recovering from the horrors of a three year long terrorist siege auntie's mark caster reports. a semblance of normal life he's beginning to return today to sort but i say semblance because

normality is still away so we seize it traumatized city and its people are just beginning to come out of shock they have gone through one of the longest speeches in more than three long years cut off from the outside world to see one of the most terrifying groups in modern history i said really the only way to reach the outside world was fire a dangerous and didn't require any call to write which are mostly reserved for soldiers from the ministry to be honest with you with the sometimes difficult listening to the stories these people have to tell simplify because those that supplied this siege for example the staple diet for the past year or so to speak such mixed with water and that suits the greedy it's a brand that's run right out a long time ago but the vegetables the. young children three four years old that

never tasted anything sweet in their lives one man was standing south in the early days of the siege sold to the spot build dicier for fifty kilograms and should go back with sugar was still available in the black market now of course the situation is that's just an obstacle condition yet but food is a right medicine is beginning to ride but there in lies the problem reaching there is a difficulty in itself cool hundred kilometers from this sort to the mall reach and well supplied western and western targets syrians for supplies have to be trucked four hundred kilometers across school teaching deserts and their right to a people that have nothing no money and little in the way of valuable thing sold themselves because sometimes that house is in the pockets. in order to buy food for their children because the siege continues isis is still in the city about fifty

percent death but davis order still controlled by isis and it's full of people to die just inside the keeping the horse the jewel using stupid shoots the russians say that within the next few weeks they believe they will liberate. his old city after that it's the rest of this sort of probe in itself. germany is on the eve of the federal election on sunday voters will be choosing who they want to represent them in the next tog this time tomorrow the first results will be already coming in the aussie election team is following all the developments from the german capital.

continuance of. north korea of the coming hours but of course to do or say the focus here was going to happen over the next twenty four hours here in germany the very heart of europe welcome to our special election coverage live from the heart of berlin with me kevin owen and may make the error and have now the results of sunday's vote will determine whether chancellor angela merkel will remain in power for a fourth term it's going to get an old picture this election sixty one of a half million people able to vote those polling stations open a spoke with morning so it's called it might you know so twelve hours time now in case you missed any of the build up to this we've squeezed together the highlights of the election season for just fifty seconds. and. here's a. funny stuff. and

then a downside and a few people can. fight off the whole bunch think that's what i do these are. what i'm going to find that. i deserve you skip to. the final campaign rallies have taken place in major cities across the country with candidates doing that most to breathe new life into their political image. quite literally the strong. merkel showing her first aid skills at a rally in northern germany to the sounds of the river yes if you're old enough for the feast and a live talk to say that temple is hardly suited for performing c.p.r.

if you have one that there was fear quite cheerfully of the event in contrast the key to the rather embarrassing or little bit of embarrassment that went on in a big rally in munich early. on the only thing. i. find if you go to the budget through college voyage times. has started to be. quite the same atmosphere there is anglo-american down to the way still washee was trying to win over any floating vote is around two hundred protesters had called the chancellor and a number of well rested. so. to be elected chancellor for a fourth time about the end of the turn there will be a new generation literally of germans that have seen no other leader in office microsoft notes many of her rivals indeed have come and gone through her twelve years now at the top of the show to do bensky reports next how has become somewhat

of a political survivor. not just a political survivor she is known as being the mother of not just germany but for some the mother of europe and some describe her as being a political dinosaur now under merkel hopes that the results of that election tomorrow will see her when the fourth term in office i will see her back at these offices that she's called home for the last twelve years let's take a look now at some of the political leaders from europe and across the world angle of merkel has seen off during her time in office.

during that duration three terms sir paul anglo-american has seen highs and lows let's start by the fact that germany has for a long time during her first term and even into her second term in office seen as the powerhouse the engine over europe in terms of its finances that was hit slightly during the euro crisis that we've seen over the last ten years or so with germany having to bail out many other countries and forcing the european union to help bailout many other countries including greece we've also seen the migrant crisis with around a million refugees coming here to germany and then of course they have in many incidents of terror.

she saw a big dip in the polls in two thousand and sixteen with some people thinking that she may not even contest this election for a fourth time but two thousand and sixteen was a long time ago and she has rebounded in the polls since then she is also a person who is kani enough to know that when her own policies are not reflecting well in terms of the public opinion and she's been known to take ideas from other parties some of described her as being a bit of a flip flop when it comes to policies elizabeth and those who have been persecuted who are refugees displaced by war should be allowed in europe. that is current if i could i would turn back time many many years to prepare better together with the entire government and those responsible for the refugees so there are many ups and

downs in anglo merkel's twelve to twelve years in office his three terms it is very likely if the polls are correct that his party will come out on top tomorrow but it will still then have to form a ruling coalition if she is to gain another few years in this building our correspondent daniel hokkien says being busy gauging the political mood finding out what the public really think about this election and where the main fight will be playing out there's no major surprises being expected no shock results being anticipated this election is more about the changing landscape of domestic politics in germany and more of a litmus test for her popularity and voters confidence in her policies will put out in central but in all they speaking to people this is the word on the street we have kind of a stalemate you know that nothing's really moving politicians i would translate she's pretty good on one hand side on the other hand side sees since twelve years now in office and so i think this is definitely

a time for change to have fresh power even if she is a powerful woman over there says i think it will stay more or less the way it is it will be no groundbreaking difference because merkel will carry on and that's good for america to start this morning that is just as predictable as hillary clinton becoming the next u.s. president so you never know and i hope people including myself about trying to vote should teach at least to avoid. going together with the f.t.p. because there will be a kind of very near liberal coalition that many including myself want to avoid having or maybe were happy that she did not i'm many things going to change because i think a lot of things are pretty ok so pick change over. covers a bit of big risk as well. oh i think one has to be changed i for one am not a fan of merkel no one that i know is a fan of merkel and i hope this will cause

a big change i think many commentators would agree there is no deep divisions or heated passions for this election but really the voters can be divided into several distinct groups the michael finds who think the c.d.u. is the way for they're happy with the status quo those who feel it is need for change and for some fresh faces but within the confines of mainstream political discourse perhaps voting for the the social democrats or the freedom democratic party a few people within the centrist framework those voting for fringe parties and those voting to stop those fringe bodies being with the d. they've made some surprise last minute games going up a couple of percentage points they could be in for their first seats in the bundestag the first the right wing party far right party considered by many to do so in german history can they be the next job an opposition party that is could be the biggest change coming out of this election will find out soon enough i gave up when i joined in our studio mr grunow crown the former chairman of the bell

influence of the pirate party thank you for coming in i know your child a long way to be here with us tonight we really see appreciate it now everyone's saying that the outcome of this election is a foregone conclusion do you think that's so are we going to see some upsets and surprise as well i think one surprise for many people will be that i think i'm not happy about it but i think that will be most likely on position number three and it will change a lot like the balance of power in future coalitions so i think the show will be going quite deep. and of the. party is way out there in front already and that coalition partners that michael most you still despise the social democrats a comfortable second do you think german voters really have found much to choose from in this election well basically of course a chance. make macula bilby stone the chancellor and she made sure she was secular face the. second fison a lot to get this position again basically she was the whole party pushing into the

left direction she just everybody so there was no space for the opponents to somehow compete with her so it was sure she wanted to keep the power and i think at the moment at the momentary situation it might be also what the people want because it gives a certain kind of stability and specially when seeing how right wing parties with no ideas with ideas from the past about closing society a coming up having actually no solutions being just protests it's at the moment i think this what most of the people want stability but one criticism of merkel is the she's leading the country what is the future plan she's come and come and go on with what the public should change of mind on some things what about your policy what are you going to bring to the party i know you're worried about surveillance state to the voters care about that you can make it a show tomorrow and how well you going to do this is this is actually true for us it's quite hard to come up with our subjects because people are afraid at the

moment you can see hold over the world that nationalistic parties who are more into closing society instead of opening a much more successful empowered party is a party which has an idea like an opening the world like one world this is something what's at the moment people are not interested unfortunately thing going to do well very quickly yes or no iraq is going to be here or are you going to look at night and ok those from former chairman of the berlin branch of the power party with us tonight thank you for being with us from across the general election of course throughout the day it's the last broadcast from us tonight we got nineteen hours rolling coverage tomorrow from eight in the morning when those polls open they'll be here in the morning i'll be here for the rest the afternoon you're into the night so stay with us sort of international but in a day or of more headlines what are.

welcome back to almost has to do with me in a day or two tim because some breaking news this hour we'll recap north korea's foreign minister has warned washington of a ruthless measures in case the u.s. decides to attack north korea he made this statement while speaking from the u.n. podium and for more on the story now we'll cross live to alter his sim a red color so mira. we heard quite a tough speech from the north korean representative didn't way yes we did well today the u.s. flexed its military might yet again. according to the pentagon it's b. one b. bombers and fifteen fighter jets have just flown a mission off the eastern coast of north korea the u.s. says it's the furthest north of the demilitarized zone that any fighter or bomber has flown this century the pentagon says it's sending

a clear message to north korea this all comes after trump's heated rhetoric at the u.n. about four days ago let's take a look the united states has great strength and patience but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime well speaking from the same podium the north korean foreign minister made it very clear that he doesn't think too highly of the u.s. president doing is eight months in power. he has turned the white house into a noisy marketing place full of crackling sounds of abacus peace and now here is try to turn the u.n. arena into

a gangster's nest where money is respected and bloodshed is the order of the day now with tensions escalating every single day because between the two countries it remains unclear where this will all go. ok. thanks very much for bring us up to date with that right. round up now of the news this hour don't forget you can find us all over social media facebook twitter and of course i website that's all t dot com i'll be back at the top of the alice stay with us. the reason why north korea is trying to develop the capability. to actually prevent japan and the united states from assisting south korea in case of contingencies because with. the missile capabilities capable of attacking japan and

the united states north korea can say oh the americans and if you assist south korea we would with nuclear weapons.

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