president vladimir putin concludes his annual marathon q. and a session with journalists from all across russia and the world coming up this hour we'll have the answers he gave on the most pressing issues that came up. as well muslim nations call for east jerusalem to be recognized as the palestinian capital while rejecting the u.s. role in the middle east peace process. every possible step must be taken sick prevent the implementation of this action by the u.s. administration the big story today the u.k. considered piece of rebelled against their own prime minister trees of backing a parliament vetoed any final deal on leaving the e.u. .

and its four pm here this thursday the fourteenth of december and in fact is only just wrapped up what are we talking about we talked about that annual q. and a russian president vladimir putin is just finished fielding four hours of nonstop questions a very diverse ones too from the press here's a short recap of what was said on some of the most pressing russian and international topics some for you. how would you explain to americans the sheer number of contacts between the trump campaign and your government. it was all made up by the people in opposition to trump in order to add illegitimacy to his work i can honestly say i find it strange it was made to almost appear like they had no knowledge this would damage the

country's domestic politics and deplete the ability of the elected head of state it means that they do not respect the voters who cast their ballots in trump's favor our ambassador was accused of meetings with someone at meetings a world wide practice someone saw something in it that is beyond all reasoning but why does it have to look like some kind of spying mania. to make my colleagues and i have said that it's obvious that the scandal was inflated to fit rush's the mess that political calendar and no matter what anyone says are just know that's the case but at the same time we should blame ourselves we gave a reason for these accusations they have indeed been cases of doping but now there have been such cases in other countries but they're not surrounded by this politicized uproar so there's no doubt that there is a political motivation behind it.

we have never withdrawn from key treaties that have been a cornerstone of international security we didn't withdraw from the antiballistic missile treaty while the us unilaterally did and now indeed we hear talk about problems with the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty because apparently there is an information and propaganda campaign for the possible withdrawal of the us from this treaty as well if it goes that way there's nothing good about it but we're not planning to withdraw. or earlier some of the salient points of the so many questions and answers that came up over the last four hours looking in as well and then at the kremlin high what jumped out for you. well it was putin's announcement that he's running for another term as president of the russian federation that stole the spotlight at least initially and you also announced that

he's running this time around as an independent candidate but you know he was he was asked his face he was grilled about his competition or in this case lack thereof he was asked whether you know isn't it boring running for president without any real competition and those questions were pitched by people including his rival senior sub jack. that's a major issue for those who want to represent that system opposition they have to offer not a short lived and shrill agenda but a real one you know i think it's a difficult to be in opposition maybe to government is frightened of honest competition the opposition should present a program of positive action that's clear to the public do you want someone with the intentions of a coup to task we've seen this already if you want to list the return i'm sure that the overwhelming majority of citizens don't want it and will not let it happen. but

another theme was corruption always a sore point among ordinary russians in the in this case they were talking about corruption in the people that are supposed to be stopping corruption and law enforcement agencies and there was there was one anecdote here you listen to a little bit later but like me or putin said that there are solutions that are being looked at including rotation mixing things up not letting officials get comfortable enough seats to feel that they can get away with corruption. it's not a secret but it's a tough question and i can't say that i'm satisfied with how this work is being done you know a year ago i invited f.s.b. director of and i gave him some data concerning one particular venture i'm uncomfortable to say this but he looked at me and said. six months ago we conducted an operation and launched

a criminal case all those involved are now in jail but half a year later new people and the situation repeats itself one solution i can think of is like we have an army we have rotation and someone serves for three or five years in one place and then they are transferred somewhere else so maybe it makes sense to organize something like that in law enforcement two. thousand six hundred journalists were in that hall with blood to me a putin that's a new record in this thirteenth press conference that he has held but there were also questions you know the russian journalists were more interested in stuff about russia about the near abroad foreign journalists were more interested in international international topics the americans for example about trump and their relations with the united states they were also interested about north korea and russia's role in that crisis or in resolving that crisis and he is putin's answer

to a question feel that by an associated press journalist. the u.s. wants russia to do more to persuade north korea to halt its missile programs would russia support tougher sanctions against north korea. and do you think that cooperation on north korea could warm up u.s. russia relations or have you lost hope of mending them to mr trump. continuously would it be that you were very interesting people have you noticed that your congressman senators who were nice suits and shirts who seem to be intelligent people they lump us together with north korea and iran but at the same time they push their president to ask us to resolve the iran nuclear deal and the north korean crisis are you ok. putin went on to clarify that

it takes two to for deescalation to work he said that there is a vicious spiral here and not a cycle whereby the united states and south korea carry out war games on north korea's borders and north korea in response launches a ballistic missile prompting another exercise on its borders and you know this is this is a cycle but in this case it's not a cycle it's a vicious spiral because at the end of the day a spark will set off a nuclear conflict that just doesn't need to happen at all would be. a lot to sift through thanks for the selling point the term to use thanks. no not because more thoughts from paris cox are very pleased to say member of the u.k. out of all joining us on the way there thank you very much for your time so it's good to see you on the show syria came up in this for a from president putin talked about that he said that refugees that left syria need help being taken home now come to be this mentioning that is maybe the salient

point you've got to cause you're someone who's traveled to syria during the battle against are you still do you think there's hope for syria with the terror group gone. yes well thank you very much syria is a very different place from when i visited it in september of last year then of course there was heavy fighting over terrorism rained was up in aleppo in east aleppo still in the hands of the jihadists western lepers under attack now with the syrian army and very much help by the russians and that much appreciated much much of syria is not clear i still and there is a very great concentration i think of looking beyond war to what happens post war and of course one of the as fit to the postal situation it will be rebuilding a rebuilding the infrastructure rebuilding hospitals clinics and cultural heritage and also has so hopefully it will be possible for many people who had to flee from the jihad just to be able to return to their own land as it is very much

a significant fact and something to be hoped for that's a huge job rebuilding the infrastructure etc will syria actually get the help from western governments that's needed they were so eager of course to help the fight against the assad government are they going to help rebuild that country or not do you think. well i very much hope they will i'll be speaking about this in the house of lords next week when the people of syria deserve the right to choose their own future whatever their political future is i don't think it's up to the u.k. to interfere in that i hope very much that would be a lifting of sanctions that's a case of need very strongly because the sanctions are really causing her vendors problems the people of syria with medical supplies with food aid and so on so there is a lot that can be done to help syria rebuild and i think the people of syria deserve that as i say they appreciate very much the russian help and i hope sooner or later they'll appreciate some more effective help from the u.k. now as you're watching on from london let's broaden this out talk about relations

with russia american president trump who did mention that the opposition to trump has limited his powers and influence in so many headlines fake music searchers go running such as circles and it's mind boggling do you think is opponents use the alleged russian collusion thing though to hinder influence trumps foreign policy decisions or not. it was very difficult to judge that from a distance i keep a very open mind on that and i agree with a lot of what i've heard from the perceptions within russia he also touched on the disarmament treaties between russia and the us as well do you think there's a threat of a new arms race is that a worry as well i suppose it is at the moment i prefer to speak about what i know and where i've been working and as far as the russian military is concerned i would say that what they've done in syria is the right thing they had the priority of dealing with isis and other islamic related groups and hoping to clear

them out of syria i think that was a very great achievement something to be commended and i strongly support and indorse and appreciate that you always do so it's always good to hear thank you for making the time for us you know you're busy baroness cox member of the u.k. house of lords appreciate it thank you for having me. elsewhere the leaders of muslim nations are calling on the international community to recognize east jerusalem as the palestinian capital the organization of islamic cooperation met in response to the u.s. president's heavily criticized move to recognize the ancient city as israel's capital. it was the u.s. decision on your russo them because of his great bias against historical and common rights. is important i want to point out to ignore some of the distortions and see the united states the solution to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel is a dangerous one it will threaten security and stability and first efforts to resume

the peace process the president is committed to this peace process as committed as he has ever been or yet as i have made it all every possible step must be taken sick prevent the implementation of this illegal action by the u.s. administration however there is one question that sticks out here what's factors and the limits made it possible for the u.s. president's trip to take such an outrageous act of that type of rhetoric that we heard has prevented peace in the past and it's not necessarily surprising to us nuclear next explains how donald trump jerusalem decisions affected his global reputation. how much time do you think donald trump spent considering his move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel a decision which doesn't directly affect anyone apart from the u.s. and its ally but as tremors across the world in ways that washington perhaps didn't

see coming the u.s. loses its starring role in the middle east peace process in one swoop the president wait farewell to any hope that the united states can broker a diplomatic solution in the holy land from now on america is unwanted in the peace process. from now on american mediation between israel and palestine is out of the question this process is over. the united states has chosen to lose its competency as mediator qualifies itself from play in a peaceful process the turkish president takes center stage in the regional resistance to both the us and israel an extraordinary all muslim nation summit is hosted in istanbul by president he wasted no time in calling trump's decision no and void and branding israel a state of terror. are you back in this country this israel. patient

terrorism is that what you are defending even more violence and a possible third intifada from nine hundred eighty seven to ninety one and two thousand to two thousand and five the region saw two deadly palestinian uprisings against the israeli occupation known as the into fargas now we could be on the verge of a third slaughter in the name of allah firstly how mass is called on the palestinian people to face the israeli occupation and adopt the blessid into fodder against that and the hateful and racist recognition of jerusalem and to him. america reverses its decision the palestinian people were involved in a continuous battle and into fodder against the israeli occupation and we are calling for it's be escalated in the west bank occupied jerusalem and the gaza strip against the occupation zone a little over a week since trump announced his decision and the tide has turned to a tsunami

a potential natural disaster no one was ready for i do think we will see more of what we've been seeing so far and whether we're with the rock throwing and demonstrations and unfortunately something people being killed whether this results in a day another what they call third intifada i don't think we have any way of knowing if there's anything that may happen it's it's somewhat counter intuitive i think it will be taken by most of the regional countries and also by the europeans as indication that they can't trust the united states they don't trust american leadership and it away in the in the guise of reasserting american leadership i think mr trump has actually made us more irrelevant to developments in the region and in some ways has lessened american influence in the region. well as the international backlash over troubles decision the u.s. secretary of state says it could take years for any concrete actions to follow

anyway and added that the american embassy to israel can stay in tel aviv till the end of trump's presidency this thursday thousands of people in gaza are celebrating instantly to the thirtieth anniversary of the hamas group for the moment all the demonstrations have been peaceful and israel has closed its checkpoints with gaza for an indefinite period of time is the latest from there but of course the tensions in the region have been escalating quickly with both sides resorting to force of late israeli forces say overnight the intercepted two rockets fired from gaza meantime clashes in the contested city as well as the west bank have been raging for a week now. it destroyed the p.c. destroyed like this for syrian christians the same month is seventeen. i think that's

a given give it gives for the war to think of nothing in the story. was . i think doesn't know what is going on and i think he's just. doesn't understand the depth of the problem that he has just created. if you feel. you should britain next british conservative lawmakers have given prime minister trees of may a brick sit bruising after voting to give parliament the final say over any deal struck on leaving the e.u. eleven rebels with their own party broke ranks last night to give and pays the power to veto any potential agreement on brics it. a meaningful vote

a meaningful vote a meaningful vote article fifty has a deadline the date has been served we are leaving at the end of march and when the deadline runs out we leave leaving the european union and we should say no parliament taking back control extends the article fifty ten try before we leave the european union amendment servant is floor is just the worse it will be unproductive negotiations to drag things out drag out the negotiations to delay project for months and months and months scrutinize what's of the government is doing proper scrutiny this is not the moment to try and defeat or go through the. turn out. well as predating months since the referendum saw fifty two percent of voters choose to leave the european union although the poll showed a sharp divide in there between britain's regions that wanted to remain but it was only in march this year that the government kick started the exit process and the

often stray negotiation with brussels that followed opposition leader jeremy corbyn said conservative m.p.'s now we've delivered a humiliating loss of authority for the government and that power is now back in the hands of parliament earlier the prime minister was claiming that the government's strategy that was on track although her words were not met with much approval. there is i believe a new sense of optimism now in the tour and i. expect that we will confirm the arrangements set out in the european accounts later this week while theresa may might have secured a better results in the house of commons had she not lost her party's majority in that snap election gambling earlier this year she only managed to stay in power with a one billion pound deal of course with the northern irish democratic unionist party some of the westminster watchers we've spoken to believe reason they can no longer overlook the deep divisions within their own party. yes the humiliation and has

authority governments don't tend to last very long after after they get defeated at the hands of their own backbenchers to i think it shows that think that the government government is really up for grabs and it really demonstrates how insincere the conservatives were in their promise that they would. vote on the final deal to parliament because if they were sincere why would they be so determined even at the risk of a parliamentary just defeat to resist making this into a legally binding commitment this is the first defeat little a completely united germany called the labor policy because although on the labor jeremy corbyn famously for bricks of most of his political careers differences within his own body the conservative quality is split very much over bricks in itself and to resume a thought that you could fudge the issues and. make a deal between different rival factions or own party and tonight it's it's failed

it's clear that european leaders will see there's a zone of weakness there's no doubt that if you pay that kind of money to stay in power and can't win critical votes over the future of the united kingdom you're in big big trouble you're watching out international thanks for watching two coming up facebook reveals the price paid by russian accounts to sway the brakes at referendum it's staggering but probably not were you thinking stay tuned we'll tell you why. make its manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is to protect themselves. with the fines. be the one percent. in all middle of the room sick.

trump benefit. very much from the existing plurality rule system because he was so different from the other candidates if you took any one of those mainstream candidates and you put him in a head to head contest with trump. that other candidate might well have won. i guess now facebook has given its findings to the british government on alleged russian influence on the platform in the run up to the vote and it seems the price

to sway the brics that referendum cost less than a cup of tea was laura smith reports. you must be dying to know what the findings are so i'll just cut to the chase and tell you seventy six pence facebook identified an ad spend of less than a dollar by russian organizations in the lead up to the brits that referendum that bought three adverts which showed over four days and around two hundred people they estimate saw them and even they related to immigration are not actually directly to bricks it this idea that russia meddled in the break that referendum is something that's really gained traction here just over the last month or so headlines comments by politicians even a notable speech by two reason may in which she accused russia of undermining british democracy chief among those today of course is russia but it is russia's actions russia's illegal onix ation of crimea so i have a very simple message for russia because we know there's a strong and prosperous russia russia has the reach of the responsibility russia

can russia does not what they're referring to are bots and trolls and in particular paid advertising on social media now damian collins the chair of this select committee has responded saying that facebook only provided details of advertising by accounts that were known to be linked to a thing called the internet research agency which is a russian organization that's accused of meddling in the us elections it hadn't he said done any further work around that to ascertain whether there were other accounts and pages that had been active around the referendum but tech crunch which is a well known industry online magazine said that it seems very unlikely that there is another layer to this. for smith reporting live near old black girl is held at gunpoint by police in the us state of michigan the place during a search operation for a forty year old murder suspect. reality.

why should your christmas you. be and why don't i care for your i am very very elderly or find your first of your. year not yours it's yours. i assure you yes. well authorities are facing a public backlash over that with many condemning the police officers actions in response to a complaint from the girl's family the police department is now launched an internal investigation we need to look at everything from our hiring to our training to our supervision what we're going to look at is when is it appropriate for discretion to override practice and vulnerable in dealing with an eleven year old. the group called communities united against police brutality believes that

such actions by the police cannot be justified. children at eleven years old are still quite innocent and they should not have to be dealing with the police arresting them falsely slapping handcuffs it can't be justified because she clearly pose no threat to them whatsoever you know they posed a threat to her by pointing guns at her and these officers are all being trained to think of every single person in the community is an enemy combatant they're being trained almost like soldiers except with less restraint we need to do much more with the lace and training and training that teaches officers how to actually negotiate situations without constantly being fearful of their lives we need to hold officers accountable and we need to demand that the culture of policing change so that officers a gauge of the community and stop being warriors over the community that's what we have to do you have your so no loss stories about c dot com including that one it's

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today's top business and financial headlines. although google has had a complicated relationship with china the company is trying to work past their differences on wednesday google's owner alfabet announced the creation of the google a china center the center will focus on quote basic ai research in beijing and will be led by faith family in a statement she wrote i believe ai and its benefits have no borders whether breakthrough occurs in silicon valley beijing or anywhere else and has the potential to make everyone's life better as an ally first company this is an important part of our collective mission and we want to work with the best talent wherever that talent is to achieve it this will happen even though google's website cloud services and video platform you tube are all blocked in china. republicans have reached an agreement on a tax cut package or.