the french president warns of the dangers posed by the revival of nationalist politics as world leaders gather in paris this day commemorations. but issues manifesting in modern day politics refused to be sidelined as crowds gather in paris to protest against donald trump. disclosures are being called being replicated so he's in france today he is a global issue and that's why we're here he's not welcome here he's not welcome anywhere. also developing this sunday polish a nationalist celebrating one hundred years of their country's independence

a joint in 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 the democrats seized the house and the republicans retain their senate majority we break down what it all means. it's the weekend here on all t international live from moscow studio with me in it in the queue to round up of the top stories from the last seven days and latest up to date news welcome to the program. countries around the globe a hundred years since the end of the first world war heads of state and dignitaries from over seventeen nations have been in paris for the seventeen or eight commemorations the events have included laying flowers to. the victims of the rule

similar sounding have already been held in a number of european countries including the u.k. and belgium the day is also important from a modern political perspective to gather to discuss some of the more pressing issues they earlier attended a working lunch in the palace. building over the on off meeting between the russian and american presidents however it was only reported that the two leaders sat at opposite sides of the table during the lunch and hinted that talks would more likely take place at the next g. twenty in argentina hawkins has more details. there was also another aspect that the media's attention aside from the main event and endless speculation on two leaders in particular the president of russia vladimir putin and the u.s. president donald trump media speculation was rife for weeks on end how would that meeting take place would there be a meeting at which leader would show who what signals would that send to the world

and indeed to other leaders and how would the french maybe president of mine or take such a meeting taking place on french territory during this very special commemorative event spoke to r.t. america scottie hughes to get some inside knowledge on the american side of things and how the whole thing was viewed from the other side of the atlantic this time they're actually being very tight lipped in fact this weekend that was something very uncharacteristic of a trumpet mystery of it is that we didn't have a lot of details we didn't have the behind the scenes being leaked out to the new york times the washington post which makes me think that possibly might have been locked down more importantly we're talking about such serious issues that even those who might have leaked to the past realized that if they're not in the best interest of either country or any of the parties involved in terms of interest of course there was a lot of media speculation on both sides from from the american the russian side and merely believe the presidential aide you do she said. the reason why it didn't

go ahead was pretty much out of respect for the french they didn't want this to happen. probably probably a good idea as we discussed i think it's a good idea but i think it's not only just out of respect for the french who are your host out of respect for the reason why they were here to honor the veterans across the world international they gave their lives up for world war one and all the conflicts going on i think it actually had been very inappropriate for president putin president to meet together and i think they actually showed very good respect for each other more probably the soldiers that were being honored this weekend by choosing not to take the ten attention away from them and the meeting itself was quite brief said yes there was a meeting but was there really any more to it than you know. that we saw the troops and perhaps some pleasantries and greetings this change do we know any more was there any juicy details coming out of that said there is a juicy details because for once both gentlemen did exactly i think what the world didn't expect them to do for so long both of them have been characterized as

morning long and having all the attention on them and this time they actually about the tension to be right where it was and for that i think a lot of people unfortunately that seem to be having a negative view of president putin and president are disappointed they wanted to see some sort of chaos they wanted to be able to throw insults after them and say look at what they did but the truth is both men acted exactly as good representative of their country this weekend is going to be. joining us you know post tell. you some of the visits where they have been and trump has come in for criticism as well. on the body language was different was that we mention the whole thumbs up thumbs down on how easy would be if things were. rolled in politicians ok member i often get themselves into trouble and usually that's what's caused most wars are actually politicians opening their mouths and talking talking to each other but there are some very serious issues that need to be discussed right now between the two countries and you do have vice president pins as president trump is taking off from here. he is actually taking off for asia for

a long term tor to go to the several asian summits an economic summit over in that area that's very important right now so i think that's a good lead in to the g twenty or issues like the i.m.f. where trade section sanctions north korea lots of issues will be discussed but they're going to do it at an appropriate time and i think that is what made this weekend actually very special for everybody involved. we're joined now by peter is nick historian and the author of the untold history of the united states peter welcome to the program now this on off on off on a meeting a top promenade said that the french government was responsible opposed to the meeting between trump and putin in paris what's your opinion as to why it was the case and was it right for them not to meet during that occasion. the french made clear that they didn't wine trump and putin still attend share of the commemorative events so that was clearly why they were there they were there to

commemorate the now hundredth anniversary of the end of world war one so it does make sense that they were going to postpone that meeting since i'll have another opportunity very shortly but the world is in a serious situation now and we need to be speaking to each other so as long as they're serious about having that discussion stressfully in the light of the u.s. statements from statements that he was the withdraw of the united states from the i.n.f. treaty that is a very very serious relations between the united states and russia are at a low point and so we need to be talking we need to be making coming to certain understanding in certain agreements. an all time low how do you think trump must have felt about micron's warning there about the resurgence of nationalist forces and to what extent do you think peter was the comment aimed at the us

president himself. i think the comment was largely aimed at the u.s. president but there are other nationalists forces arising in the world who also pose a threat to global community to trump is the most egregious and trump is the one who's recently has openly embraced nationalism repudiated internationalism repudiated one treaty in agreement after another including trade tax but especially on the nuclear front and we put that in that context now we talk about the worsening relations in the united states and russia also have worsening relations between the united states and china. country after country conducting the largest military exercise as largest war games in decades and how this should not be forgotten the broader context is that the world is rapidly sliding into war again so the lessons of the commemoration of world war one day ghastly war that her risk

of war which tens of millions of people died which upset the international order which paved the way to even more terrible things that were going to come we have to learn the lessons the problem is that our leaders don't learn the lessons of history trump that it's fulsome repudiation this week in the us elections the american people made clear they don't like his brand of nationalism they don't like his bigotry they don't like his policies thrust under global stage where and paris especially the french despise trump what is that about nine percent of the french people say they expect trump to do the right thing on the global stage. today it's a broader problem now back in one nine hundred forty two you remember that franklin roosevelt said that we need four policemen to in order to maintain peace and stability he said the united states russia china and britain. we don't need four

policeman we need four statesman and right now on the global stage the only one is trying to be that kind of statesman is mark. but mark faces his own problems given some of the problems with his own economic policies so his own top hilarity in france is pretty shaky at least speaking for a kind of globalism might not be the kind of globalism i'd like to see but elise is not a repudiation the way the united states has been openly repudiating internationalism . trump you know if we look at what's been said before the commemoration they find themselves the odds this week over micron's proposal for a european army which has been discussed for many years actually the russian president he's now weighed in on the issue let's have a quick listen to what was said. alternative military forces or not a new idea president micron has simply revived it europe is

a large powerful economic unit and obviously it seeks independence and sovereignty in terms of defense and security i see it as a positive process in terms of strengthening the multipolar world. if indeed a european army. was developed an effective how do you think the global balance of power would be affected because of it and do you think it would be a force for peace or would it be a negative thing. but i think there were already over those who arrives on us. i think the fact that every nation is modernizing our in nuclear power is modernizing its nuclear arsenal now united says dennie up to one point seven trillion to modernize its nuclear arsenal russia and china all doing the same so the broader question is in what context is that mean more defense

spending more military spending if there is a european are bad like to see it being a completely defensive army i'd like to then see rebalancing between united states and europe in terms of the role played by nato and the reason why the europeans think they need their own armies because they find trump to be so untrustworthy trump has made very negative statements about nato but beyond that by tearing up our poll in the us at the iran nuclear deal that was a really sobering move on the u.s. targets for the europeans by trump's trade wars with europe europeans know the united states can't be trusted now and that's part of why you see the. image of the u.s. declining so rapidly around the world but we also see these other polarizing forces we see the rise of right wing nationalism in many parts of europe we see it as an end to have broader context with the world pulling apart now that we're discovering

in terrorist reso symbolically important where we need some agreements we need some real statesmanship we need more international conferences we need to talking rather than aiming guns more and more military exercises more and more military spending so in essence i'm not thrilled by the idea of a european army as critical as i am of nato an expansion of nato i think that we have to be finding ways to actually defuse tensions and cut back on our military is not modernize the ever doing or not expanding ok historian and author thanks very much for coming on to the program thank you if it. but you are born in paris is that anniversary of the armistice crowds gathered in the city to protest against donald trump's policies. has. 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 biggest suggesting ten thousand people across the city have come out into protests just like this but this one this a few hundred people who've come out here to say that they don't want trump to be in paris some of the signs just behind we don't know if you can see it says trump equals carol which is in french and many other people holding their signs and symbols out in fact some people are actually dressing up as parody trump individuals to get the message across that they don't like president trump they don't like his policies and i've 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 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 he 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 we're here we're an american citizens living abroad and we're part of the woman's march and for us it was important. to say that chomped is a disgrace to america and we think that time does not represent american people who is a professional is not somebody that i would look up to in any shape or form any shape or form i just think you know he's bringing america joe 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 this laws are being copied are being replicated so used 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 he's 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 sort of summed up the idea is here this protest is a bit of a take on america i make america great again which trump is very well known to saying and 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 and they want america to be good again. by groups flood into central warsaw on sunday as poland celebrates

a hundred years into its birth as an independent state however there's more controversy than normal to the march this year it was announced the polish president and government officials would join them before independence poland was partitioned between ostrow hungry germany and russia flags and banners could be seen stretched down streets and across squares and it's also being courted that a number of neo nazi symbols spotted there was a large police presence watching the march which took place at the same time as a state military parade and warsaw called the event a success. poland one on november eleventh there will be a great communal march to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of independence the government's decision to mark a march alongside the far right nationalists has been largely criticized along a professor from the hebrew university in jerusalem told us is leading to a rise of nationalist sentiment in europe. the polish government decided to

actually embrace the. tendencies and and ideologies of the past because a defeater from dreamy gratian creates a bias a political bias and a political agenda the brings into and defensive approach towards the entire matter of 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 semitism but also what is going on with the european approach to the board those questions and to the immigration question the democratic party clawed back control of the house in the us. with more on the story .

financial survival today was all about money laundering first because it is cash in the three different. oh good that's a good start well we have our three banks all set up for something and you're something in america something over the cayman island to do all these banks are complicit in their tough talker says we just have to give a call and say hey i'm ready to do some serious money laundering ok let's see how we did while we got a nice luxury watch for max and for stacey all beautiful jewelry and how about. bill again from that you know what money laundering highly. watched. 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 a reality how to bridge the divide between. each. other like the program crucial midterm elections on tuesday left congress and split between america's two major parties the democrats seized the house of representatives while the republicans built on their advantage in the senate florida emerged as one of the most contentious states republicans appeared to have won by a small margin but two democrat leaning counties continue to count new votes following election day condemning the move calling it an attempt to steal the election a statewide recount is now underway and must be completed by thursday but it's far from the only thing that went wrong in what.

you believe thank you. rick.

midterms are a referendum on trying this presidency and many say he's paulse the test with the republicans retaining control of the senate a target they had set before the elections but it's not all plain sailing is kind of open explains. 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 visit on 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 be 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 the story a different way than that should be. sometimes just falsely claiming something that's not correct and that's 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 within the population i can meet the pacing fine and if i were to present china once again clashed with the press training playing with a tortoise that deficient within the culture isn't good. what the media is doing and that i do have the right to fight back on the campaign trail you called yourself a nationalist some people saw that as emboldening white nationalist that's such a racist question i would never do that and i don't use racist remarks on like in america it's people like this that cause division one of the statements that you

made in the killing of the campaign there we go that honestly i think you should let me run the country you run c.n.n. or and if you did it well your ratings let me ask you dr letson as well that the other folks that set out for me ma'am on this president that's enough the president i like the other folks that set out for me ma'am and you are a rude terrible person. mr president and i had a meter guy in jim's defense i traveled with him to watch him is a diligent reporter plus i'm not a great fan of yours either side or step to be honest about it it be watching the wiki here on altie international show thomas will be here with more updates in thirty minutes but before that it's ukraine on fire.

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