leaders from around the globe gather in france to mark the seventeen rate commemorations for world war one one hundred years ago today the guns fall silent in one of history's bloodiest conflicts. but issues manifesting in modern day politics refused to be signed blind as crowds gather in paris to protest against donald trump. being called peter being replicated so use in france today. is a global issue and that's why we're here. also developing this sunday polish nationalist celebrate one hundred years of that

country's independence and join for the very first time by polish officials in the march through the capital. and in the stories that shaped the week the u.s. mid-term elections and trench deep divisions split over president trump as a democrat sees the house the republicans retain the senate majority we break down what it all means. is that we can hear an international line from almost a studio with me so round up of top stories for the last seven days in the latest up to date news welcome to the program. countries around the globe are marking one hundred years since the end of the first world war heads of state and dignitaries from over seventy day sions are in paris for the commemorations the events have included laying flowers to remember the victims of the world. already being held in

a number of european countries including the u.k. and belgium. the day is also important from a modern political perspective to as world leaders gather to discuss some of the more pressing issues they earlier attended a working lunch in the elysee palace of interest have been building over the on off meeting between the russian and american presidents however it was only reported that the two leaders saturday opposite sides of the table to lunch and hinted the talks would more likely take place at the next g. twenty in argentina though president putin did confirm he spoke with trump. what we've seen over seventy world leaders attend paris today for those events of commemoration and remembrance the true preceded by photo opportunities and

followed by a working lunch at the palace. to commemorate those hundred years since the finishing of the first old war twenty million people killed twenty more million in what was four years of bloody conflict the visit is the leaders arrived to pay their respects to those who lost their lives a lot of speculation took place in the days and weeks building up to about two particular leaders namely the president of president putin of russia as to whether there would be a meeting of any sort if there would be what exactly that would take bilateral talks or a working lunch the american side at least change their plans quite a bit initially saying that they did favor. some sort of talks between the two presidents before later saying any sort of meeting will be very brief later saying that it was highly unlikely that any sort of contact would take place at all this was confirmed later by president vladimir putin here i've slightly late to the

ceremony who shook hands with trump patted him on the shoulder and they did allegedly exchange some communications earing that working lunch but putin confirmed indeed that nothing would take place today instead saving any sort of bilateral talks for the g. twenty in argentina this is what he had to say with the go we agreed not to interrupt the schedule of commemoration events since the organizers asked us not to hold any meetings we will probably meet at the g. twenty summit or later in any case we are ready for dialogue it is not us who are leaving the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty the americans plan to do this however we are both aimed at restoring dialogue a presidential aide also stated why that meeting didn't take place he mentioned that the meeting was planned for quite some time a agenda was written but at the insistent request of the french side they decided not to go ahead with that mr putin also gave an exclusive comment to all t.

frog space here on paris we were lucky enough today to get into the palace early say or at least into the courtyard alongside much media from all over the world all colleagues from r.t. france previously haven't been so lucky particularly during the french election when they were denied access on orders given up from the highest levels and mr putin also had a comment to make about that. we have always heard from our western partners that one of the main principles of democracy is freedom of information from creating lists and special counsel switch decide which media is bad and which is good this is unacceptable but this has nothing to do with democracy donald trump and president together yes that. before the main events today and despite some frayed relations juden recent times some differences on key international questions of the iran nuclear deal trade tariffs the powers the calls they put on a show of unity which they try to make visible at least in their body language.

to repeat. what media speculation and second guessing on diplomacy behind closed doors what exactly would happen if any meeting would take place was driven away by the end of the day when it became clear no meeting would take place and indeed perhaps that is for the best after all these world leaders here today all for the aim of commemorating and remembering those who gave up their lives in the war and indeed with the peace for now taking place just down the road from the palace for those leaders to have some sort of discussions to perhaps ease some global tension some political differences set them aside and take a step towards making sure that no such tragedy ever takes place on a global scale ever again we asked body language expert. for his

observations of the leaders assembled in paris. we've see president micron putting his hands on present terms back which is a again a very clear powell gesture saying that you know on the more important man on the most part more powerful which obviously presidential will of a different life and all that but his face expression and when the two men will sat down as you already said the president must called to should president trips and the. president will clearly wasn't happy about that and i think at one point even sort of moved his whole body away from his is least gesture and that we've seen this pretty common gesture that president trump's make it makes called a reverse steeple with his hands and we can see at times these top of his fingers which is a sign of a sort of anxiety and frustration just wanting to get away from the situation i reported a richer they when president truman was first inaugurated then. made world news and

i think president michael now is well versed in some of the gestures and his could have been coached in terms of how a president from conveys and self and this what we call we call in psychology a bonecrusher handshake which is. is to denote power. president turned the tables on this occasion and we can see this almost like an arm wrestle going on between the two men and it's literally a unconscious power struggle that not everyone in paris is there to mark the anniversary of the armistice crowds have also gathered in the city to protest against donald trump's policies what is shall it do penske has more. a lot of people law and credibly unhappy that president trump is here it's a commemoration of one hundred years since the end of the war in fact some of the figures suggesting ten thousand people across the city have come out into protests just like this at this one they say a few hundred people have come out here to say that they don't want trump to be in paris some of the signs just behind it don't if you can see it says trump equals

carol which is out in french and many of the people holding their signs and symbols out in fact some people are actually dressing up as parity trump individuals to get the message across that they don't like president trump they don't like his policies have been speaking to people taking part in this protest and they say that this is a man who is making war with everyone and in fact it's not just people from france that have come out here to show their dislike of trump to show they dislike this is ministration we've also been speaking to some american and irish ex-pats she said it was just so important to be part of this protest today to show president from that he's not welcome this is why they said they were here where american citizens living abroad and were part of the woman's march and for us it was important. to say that chomp is a disgrace to america and we think that time does not represent american people

is a professional is not somebody that i would look up to in any shape or form you know and the shipper for i just think you know he's putting america jail you know america supposed to be great again it's not great again like you know trump concerns everyone is not just an american issue is a global issue and every decision that he takes over the country will follow and we have other countries like brazil we have other countries like even in the u.k. a bit his policies are being copied are being replicated so he's in france today he's not a french issue is a global issue and that's why we're here protesting he's not. welcome here is no welcome anywhere well those are just some of the views here in paris at this particular protest but as i mentioned this is one of many taking place across the city as he was making his way to that armistice ceremony just a few hours ago there was a protest a woman actually running in front of his motorcade with the words oh on her body a fake peace maker and that's what many people have said today this is

a man of no belief who is making war with everyone and i saw one sign that sort of summed up the ideas here in this protest is a bit of a take on america i make america great again which trump is very well known to saying that it was make america good again because that's what people think here is that at the moment the policies have been spewing out of the trump it is our policies that are making war not peace they want america to be good again. far right groups are flooded central warsaw poland celebrates one hundred years since its independence however there's more controversy than normal to the march this year as it was announced the polish president and government officials would join them before independence poland was partitioned between a stronghold great germany and russia polish flags and banners could be seen stretched down streets and across squares it's also been reported a number of the neo nazi symbols were spotted

a large police presence of course is in place to watch over the march which is taking place several tennis with the state military parade and warsaw has called the joint event a victory. and one on november eleventh there will be a great communal march to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of independence. the government's decision to march alongside the far right nationalists has been largely criticised a professor from the hebrew university in jerusalem told us the migrant issue is leading to a rise of nationalist sentiment in europe. the polish government decided to actually embrace the. tendencies and. ideologies of the past because. the fear from the immigration creates a bias a political bias and a political agenda to brings into a defensive approach towards the entire matter of the immigrants threats from the

past are becoming the true reality of the present and rising again but we must pay attention to the fact that today we have more reasons not only anti semitic ism but also what is going on with the european approach to the to the border questions and to the immigration question. that crucial midterm elections on tuesday left congress that narrowly split between america's two major parties the democrats seized the house of representatives the republicans built on their advantage in the senate florida was one of the most contested just states account has been ordered after the republicans won by a tiny margin condemning them is saying it's an attempt to steal two big elections the senate and the race for governor in the state but it's far from the only thing that went wrong in that.

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the midterms have been a referendum on china's president and many say he's pasta test with the republicans are tightening that senate majority it'll get that set before the elections but it's not all plain sailing as chemical predicts planes. so which party won the epic midterm battle for control of the u.s. congress well if you listen to both sides they both won and last night the republican party defied history to expand our senate majority to found the story of

the constitution's checks and balances do the job. fancy pelosi has got plenty of reason to be happy it's the first time the democrats have had a majority in the house of representatives in eight years they can now launch an investigation spree into donald trump and block all kinds of legislation but you would think they would have won a bigger blowout after all they are running against the new hitler who happens to also be a russian spy you can go for nationalism you can go for anger opposite of hitler the same type of propaganda day you would have seen in germany in one thousand and thirty eight these comparisons to trump it's like it bums me out but trump will be outmatched by putin and i have never seen an american president simply surrender to the leader of russia we call it soccer now the donald is far from a media darling lots of media criticism and pressure and his losses weren't so bad

when compared to his recent predecessors he not only maintained control of the senate but the republicans actually picked up a few seats so do lots of americans just like hitler and russian spies well perhaps they were just watching a different channel twenty seventeen was a very successful first year for president trump unlike obama business confidence is now soaring on the president trump in fact the news is so good so the vote was described as a referendum on the donald so what's the verdict well the voters seem to have stayed within one of two echo chambers there is one echo chamber that loves the donald and the other that hates him the country is divided and now congress along with it definitely beat us. and the political parties have definitely created more divisiveness and more friction between. between the parties as well as within the within the society itself and i think the media is largely to blame there.

sometimes leaking information that should not be leaked sometimes. twisting a story a different way than it should be twisted you know but sometimes just falsely claiming something that's not correct enough substantiated so i think we've got. we've got a media and also elements within the government that are actually creating within the u.s. government that are actually creating more of a divisive. atmosphere of within the population after nearly two decades of war in afghanistan the taliban take power. peace talks or not after this break. you know world big. lot and it's time.

to dig deeper to get the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. it's been seventy years since the united nations adopted the universal declaration on human rights but in many places it remains a declaration and not a reality how to bridge the divide between right to this preaching.

to the weekly on friday moscow played host to landmark talks on the afghan peace process china iran india and pakistan were among those present at the meeting along with the taliban it's the first time the militant group had sat down for this kind of high level multilateral meeting after almost two decades of war in afghanistan and the fact that they shared the same room with couples representatives is seen as a significant breakthrough although the afghan government didn't members of the afghan high security council with instead they said campbell is ready for direct peace talks with the taliban without preconditions while a representative of the militant group told us their focus is on washington and the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country. the whole nation is with us and democratic against americans indeed against the american occupation we would not call it a single american soldier in afghanistan that's why we should talk of

a ticket david as all that with the we have. no i didn't across a lot more of us we have we want good relations specially what i want to move us us turned down an invitation to the talks but didn't send an absurd point cast afghanistan what may be behind washington's rejection off russia's mediation efforts by any measure the afghan war has dragged on for too long too many people the dead too little achieved too much hatred bred. on just one day the twentieth of october during elections three hundred and eighty eight civilians one. plethora of attacks so no wonder that even nato is calling for peace the tal the bomb must understand that continuing to fight is

pointless they must sit down at the negotiating table the potential for peace is created in our own test being in many years unless of course peace is made in moscow in which case the us won't support it america is skipping the moscow peace summit saying washington only supports afghan led efforts the united states believes that all countries should support direct dialogue between the government of afghanistan and the taliban to reach an end to the war and. we've been clear that no government clued in russia can be a substitute for the afghan government interact negotiations with the taliban wave which never stopped the u.s. special envoy from meeting taliban officials in calcutta last month for direct negotiations i think the more countries that approach the afghan government and the

taleban and all the warring parties and say let's talk let's have peace rather than war that's a very logical thing for most people and for most countries i just don't think in the united states the united states at this particular time wants to see it also the military industrial complex in the united states is a very very big part of the u.s. economy the guns and the planes and the ships and the bombs that they use and sell all around the world support a lot of jobs in the united states i don't think that the wars in general are going to end if they can do some maneuver to make a better situation for the united states in afghanistan seventeen years of war and terror is nato soldat countless thousands dead on each every side

generation's fed and misery and violence drunken hatred and the heroin finally the taliban agrees to open talks it's a huge deal ed the u.s. possum's war it seems is preferable to peace that comes with russian help. and some i can protest as face to off on wednesday with left wing activists in the german city of hamburg riot police were deployed to separate separate the opposing sides. was. protesters denounce chancellor merkel's migrant policy which has seen over a million people officially poor into country since twenty eight the rally was met by a thousand strong county demonstration marching against what they called racism and nazi propaganda. according to a recent poll a majority of germans want to step down as early as next year that's after the

chancellor announced she won't be seeking reelection but will stay in power until the end of her term in twenty twenty one meanwhile another survey produces somewhat surprising results as. correspondent peter all of us around. new polling into the political leanings of germans has raised more than a few eyebrows eighty percent of those polled said they favored dictatorship is the ruling form for the country with eleven percent saying they would side with strong leadership there i spoke to people on the streets of berlin they were shocked that anyone here would hold those type of ideas. it's terrible we've been through that in history what do i think about those you know this is our past this is our past it cannot be allowed to become our future i don't agree with that at all and i hope that the majority doesn't this is this is our schmidt's i pin ages in the one nine hundred sixty. s.

this has been present in germans for a long time this is just a consequence of that it doesn't surprise me because because because. i see the people it's possible well i think it's everyone's personal choice maybe due to the refugee crosses lately that may have impacted some people's opinions the government has to make something so that the country is led into a better better place and not into a worse place than it is already. a very and chairman of the alternative for germany party pather best strong is of the view the days of angela merkel's government and on that. america was a lamb duck and it was pretty obvious already after the election she lost the elections she's got the tremendous problem even gets together a coalition and she's now trying to play it at least this chancellor but the chances are low but the information that the socialist alimentary and already

looking for new jobs outside of the parliament because they think that this government will not remain any longer the german people out there it's only another issue. and this is very important they already have one because of what happens in the country knowledge on their on go upmarket this is a mom that's very young so ritzer in the government. is separate you sing straight in you it's like in cameroon it's the government is this missing. clerics just because they are opposing the government like with books or mosque. in watching that we can hear a lot international i'll be back with more updates in thirty minutes for thirst is a continuation of the documentary ukraine on fire.

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a war god give it a bully is typical of a quote but the most of the most go full of the below could and. as long ago as eighteen zero four sevastopol is a naval base became the main military port of the russian empire on the black sea. during the second world war the heroic defense of sevastopol lasted almost a year and took hundreds of thousands of lives. therefore the naval base in crimea has a legacy of historical pride for the russian black sea fleet as well as being of huge strategic importance. those of us alive back then remember when there were soviet missiles put into cuba how frightened americans were and how angry and how we almost went to a nuclear confrontation over how.