i mean the. french unions that lead a march through central paris raising the pressure on president over his controversial labor reforms. french president hosts a meeting with the lebanese prime minister whose surprise resignation announcement has raised fears of regional turmoil we discussed the developments with the country's foreign minister. facing another tempting creasing full of chaos and instability which in turn lead to terrorism. also this hour key decisions are put on hold as german parties missed their deadline to form a governing coalition. and a political satirist carries out a social experiment at berkeley california waving the u.s. and islamic flags and provoking some unexpected reactions.

by broadcasting live a direct from our studios in moscow this is arch international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us all right thousands of people have taken to the streets of paris to voice their anger over president social policies. was the. was. a crowd it was a block by police on their way to microns official residence the l.s.a. palace now this follows days of protests in towns and cities across france against labor reforms aimed at spring growth and cutting unemployment critics say that the

plans will defend the rich and reduce the job security the president has also been accused of violating civil rights with a new anti terror law. and staying in paris now crowds gathered outside the libyan embassy on saturday calling for action against the growing slave trade in the war torn country. was was was. was. and there was a tense standoff and with a heavy police presence of cording to the un migration agency libya has seen a surge in slave auctions over the past year with people traffickers taking advantage of the migrant crisis. of the lebanese prime minister is also in the

french capital where he has met with a manual it follows saad hariri recent surprise resignation announcement in saudi arabia and subsequent absence from beirut this is sparked speculation that he was being held under house arrest in riyadh here is what hariri had to say as he left the alice a palace. platform some more play on call france has shown once again how great its role is in the world and in the region and it is proven its dedication to stability and lebanon i will return to beirut in the coming days and will take part in the celebrations dedicated to the country's independence. hariri also promised to express his view on the ongoing situation in lebanon and outline his next steps after a meeting with the country's leader now the statement was made after he had lunch with my joined by the prime minister's wife and eldest son the turmoil in lebanon is thought to have been on the agenda with hariri is a visit to france viewed by many as the first step out of the crisis or his marie

ivanovna has more from her. lebanese prime minister's visit to france is another twist in the quite bizarre story of his resignation that he announced earlier this month in a televised address while in saudi arabia the country of mr hariri holds a second nationality or he then explained that the major reason behind this decision is that temps by iran saudi arabia's long term rival in the region to meddle into the lebanese internal as well as regional affairs and eight immediately sparked speculation that mr hariri was held in saudi arabia against his will and that he was forced to resign and that was the opinion that was shared by many politicians including in lebanon including the country's president who said he cannot accept this resignation unless mr hariri comes back to be rude and discusses this situation with mr president personally after that mr hariri to take that he's

a free man he dismissed all these speculations and he said that he is free to move around and as approve of that he is now in france meeting the country's president emmanuel mccall who has been very clear that he can sit. mr hariri the lebanese prime minister and this is exactly the status he invited mr henry to france eighteen this is what he had to say i will therefore welcome him with you to prime minister who has indeed but his resignation has not been recognized in his country since he has not yet been there i will welcome him here as prime minister number france's president emmanuel mccall invited mr hariri to france after he's very short and very unexpected to face a saudi arabia at the time when lebanese prime minister was there the role france is trying to play in this situation is very large it france is lebanon's

former colonial rule it has a very close historically very close ties with levon on many politicians including mr hariri the lebanese prime minister used to leave he has a house in paris so france is a very important country for levanon but many say that maybe this time trying to mediate between the two. very influential powers such as saudi arabia and iran france is risking. saudi arabia and iran are two regional powers that have long been competing for influence in the region riyadh was a supporter of hariri as a politician whereas lebanon's president is a long term ally of hezbollah he even claimed that riyadh might have forced the prime minister to resign in a bid to weaken hezbollah which receives support from iran parties i sally said why

many fear the country could turn into a saudi arabian proxy war. beirut the lebanese capital nicknamed the riviera of the middle east it's an oasis of calm in an often troubled region but that wasn't always the case the city was the center of a bloody civil war that raged from the one nine hundred seventy five to one nine hundred ninety it was for too long sectarian lines which is still present across the country today. here outside the holiday inn hotel the marks of the war also visible thousands of men for the control of a number of luxury hotels in this area the holes in the wall a testament to that fighting. the.

while he showed us the green line the predominantly muslim west of the city for the mostly christian east today the story is very different many religious groups lived together in the country and enjoyed stability for the past twenty seven years but with the resignation of lebanon's prime minister saad hariri announced live while he was in saudi arabia there are fears that some regional countries are trying to push lebanon back into civil strife to pressure the shia political party has been law has bill as actions were considered as a declaration a war against saudi arabia by lebanon and by the lebanese party of the devil saudi arabia is trying to turn the lebanese against one another they want us to humiliate and fight one another i think the saudi decided to escalate if they want to take a very strong position. against hezbollah and they knowing for fact that

this would cause instability in the country and they wanted somebody who. probably project forces or forces against against hezbollah so it was like a coup by this who would use a lot of the lebanese people think about the prospect of a return to the dark days of the civil war and that's one of the boats it did work because said that if people are eating up each other. and seeing here and working with them with people with different with different religion and we all accept each other. we were almost killed in the last rule i remember everything there was no electricity no water we cannot survive another war. i'm afraid there will be a civil war again by the help that god will stop this from happening i am a sunni muslim but i have friends from all faiths shia druze and others we are all brothers will continue to coexist peacefully sunni shia maronites for us the

most important thing in the citizens of lebanon. may god grant that there will be no civil war lebanon is one of the few countries in the middle east which has managed to maintain a balance between its many sectarian factions but that balance can be fragile could be upset by certain regional powers choosing the country as a buffer for the road proxy war. in beirut lebanon. we discussed the ongoing situation in lebanon in a in an exclusive interview with the country's top diplomat. today we're facing another attempt at creating hot beds of chaos and instability which in turn lead to terrorism what is happening in lebanon follows the same scenario which is why it's necessary to finish this tour here in russia but russia has fought most of all against radicalism and terrorism we want to discuss preventative measures with moscow to ensure that we're not threatened lebanon

remain stable and we're able to fight terrorism it. there and lebanon is able to counter any threat we are ready for such a scenario but we strive to do everything possible to prevent this from happening and want to have good relations with saudi arabia we're still acting this way and we're not going to change this approach unless we're forced to act in self-defense and then the whole we can follow such a constructive policy but we're not immune from hostile actions towards us we see this in the situation with mr hariri anyone could go to war with us but i still doubt that this will happen because the consequences would affect those who start a war of course lebanon would suffer as well so we want to avoid war. feel. any country can take action against hezbollah as the us does although the hezbollah leader has repeatedly said whoever wants to oppose us let them oppose us

but leave lebanon alone we do not want lebanon to suffer because of us we believe that any punishment directed against all the lebanese people will have consequences for those responsible and affect the entire region is what is europe whoever decides to punish lebanon should think carefully before making such a decision but everyone bears responsibility for their actions including hezbollah the. german parties are struggling to form a new government almost two months after the election merkel's c.d.u. c.s.u. bloc the greens and the free democrats are trying to build a so-called jamaica coalition as their combined colors resemble that country's flag but the party still appear far from a deal with crucial decisions frozen or while they make up their mind as artist peter oliver explains merkel missed an important e.u. summit in sweden on friday as she struggles to form a government but the excuse she gave for not being in attendance hasn't gone down well with so on across the continent as well angle of merkel is distracted here in

berlin major projects of ground to an almost standstill. without chancellor merkel's full backing the ambitious pillar of social rights plan which was launched in sweden on friday hardly landed with fireworks. then there's breaks that where there's little chance of trade talks that theresa may want so desperately getting underway before there's a government here in germany. the same goes for eurozone reforms that were put forward by french president emanuel it's worth noting that those say you members would have had to wait for coalition discussions to start here in germany while the free democrats argued that they didn't want to have to sit next to an immigration alternative for germany in

the chamber but when talks began they haven't been plain sailing the deadline was set for thursday evening but that has been and gone and those talks still going on but the hellishness it's not going to be easy it will certainly be difficult but it's worth negotiating a second time i'm going to shower for a no no half and then i'm going to go on t.v. and try to make a good impression and spread optimism the idea is that the government will be a coalition of merkel's christian democrats and their bavarian sister party as well as the environmentalist green party and the pro-business free democrats to achieve it they have to overcome some major divisions like the upper limits of asylum seekers allowed to arrive in the country and refugees family reunifications plus the use of coal the greens want to seriously cuts it while the free democrats say that could harm the economy it's expected that some sort of deal will be struck

eventually but there's also rumblings of fresh elections should the divisions between these parties prove to be too wide peter all of a burly. the media know that the clocks are ticking with of the party still at odds political scientist and c.d.u. party member verner parcel says the e.u. will simply have to wait but sherman is see the most important power of the european union as the european union certainly cannot move with our chair money and for chairman eight to move or to push forward the european union or to stop pushing it forward whatever germany is in need of a stable government so far we have no stable government sr for all european business has to wait until germany is ready again to be an active player in the european game we will simply have the situation there other than in the last decades germany paralysed itself which is an exceptional situation but since our

contributed there are much to this situation well it's up to her to find a way of muddling through september's a scandal free election campaign and vote was dubbed one of the most boring in recent times however merkel's possible coalition partners are perhaps more interesting than they might seem. live.

live. in the so. thanks. world powers are locked in a stalemate over a chemical probe in syria that story and much more still to come stay with us. for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside i. hope all is an only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the superman killian erroneous and spending to get the twenty million. it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to

share what i think of what i know about the beautiful game but great so what chance with. the base is going to. and welcome back this is art international live from moscow now the diplomatic standoff between russia and the u.s.

has spiraled over whether to extend a chemical weapons probe in syria on friday moscow vetoed a resolution on the issue for the second time in twenty four hours russia is calling for major changes in how the joint investigative mechanism works. russia has no interest in finding common ground you have stopped trying to shift the blame on russia russia has not negotiated with any of us used to this is a deliberate attempt to disinform a should russia will not agree to any mechanism but i believe the extension of the journey is only possible for us after all the major deficiencies in its work of fixed russia's actions today and in recent weeks have been designed to delay to distract and ultimately to defeat the effort as i would have you forgotten how yesterday you killed a j i am russia is wasting our time with this everything happening here looks like some ridiculous sprained ankle to me however behind the scenes both ambassadors were caught on camera calmly discussing the situation

tensions grew after the investigation issued its final report on the chemical attack in syria's khan shaikh who in april this year the report concluded that the syrian government was behind the incident that killed over eighty people something strongly denied by the russian side moscow earlier proposed its own draft resolution but that also failed to pass a u.n. vote and one of russia's main concerns is that the reliability of the samples used as evidence that's because experts carrying out the probe didn't actually visit the site of the attack and receive their data through third parties which had transported samples out of syria robert naiman political director from just foreign policy told us that the u.s. has no legal mandate for its military role in syria he gave us his reaction to the closing statement from the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley. with the unity of this council or alone and unrestrained about russia's obstructionism we will continue to fight for justice and accountability

the united states is not or should laos to take military action in syria. without the endorsement of the security council in order to believe it is already in violation of international law for the military actions that it is taking. because those have not been explicitly in security council it's up to other countries to put downward pressure on the united states if the united states government but at least it's an international bother the. u.s. conservative groups have held a rally in boston and were met by an anti-fascist counter demonstration resist marxism and boston free speech and planned of the so-called rally for the republic a vent to after a similar gathering was overwhelmed in august this time around their opponents painted stop rally trying to notrump no k k k no fascist usa now the

march had been banned by the city's authorities but activists turned up anyway. a political satirist in the us has carried out a social experiment to see what would cause more controversy waving the american flag or terror group islamic states greatest country on planet earth to protect all freedoms right. right now and there are wanted to see what the reaction would be well another flag that's out there in the news. i denounce american imperialism. thank you. but after spending several hours waving my isis flag shouting. oh isis anti-american rhetoric some total of one person was upset by it but the choice of location for the experiment berkeley in california may have influenced

the result a number of large scale anti-nationalist rallies have taken place there throughout the year with some turning violent earlier my colleague and a farmer spoke to any horowitz about this experiment i was out there for about an hour and in that hour we had about i was about twenty to twenty five people were made in a negative comments for the flag and maybe three or four had positive comments able to flex the vast majority of commas they were see were quite negative it ranges from you know america's not great it's no secret service it was that to f. america that number of is well when you are flying the symbol of america and people react that way no matter what you expect it's still shocking so the second part of the video was i was waving the isis flag the most part people were simply not saying a word they were ignoring it they're look at me i'm walking away i got a couple and you saw them both in the video some support for the isis sickly and disgustingly enough. i was with the isis flag for over two hours so more than

double the time i was with a u.s. flag and i only got a small one person who thought it was obnoxious i suppose another thought that crossed my mind people might not have it might not have just registered with them what you were doing i was yelling isis come fight for isis i said isis every third word they could not escape the fact that this was the isis flag i was a representative of isis and i people might be skeptical because they know that this is that if it down to ten minutes and you can pick and choose what pops the the scientists a narrative the way i do my business is i only i will only show what the majority opinion is so for example there were a couple people supported the u.s. flag i didn't show that because the most majority people respond to me were overwhelmingly negative i never cherry pick in the sense that i'll never do the reverse i'll never show the minority and express that as the majority of the years i've been doing this i've never been accused with one exception was sweden which was you know i've been accused of doctoring the footage. and that does it for me

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