please. the french president warns of the dangers posed by the revival of national politics . day commemoration. activists in the city rally against. voice their opposition to his administration's divisive policy. being called. in france today he's not a global issue and that's why we're here he's not welcome here the. polish nationalists marched through warsaw to celebrate their one hundred.

independence day their joint for the first time by polish officials. the week after months of intense campaigning the u.s. midterm elections and with the democratic party taking back control of. on the republicans. a warm welcome to our review of the week on today's developments as well here on our to international. our top story. countries around the world mark one hundred years since the end of the first world war on sunday heads of state dignitaries from over seventeen nations gather for the centenary commemorations. the events

included laying flowers to remember the victims of the world as well as moving performances by highly acclaimed musicians similar sort of monies also took place in a number of european countries including the u.k. and belgium. leaders of france germany b. u.s. and russia also used the opportunity to discuss a number of key political challenges the attended a working lunch up the elise a policy reportedly discussing syria nuclear proliferation and sanctions plenty of interest had been building over the prospect of a one to one meeting between the russian and american presidents but that didn't help the two leaders opposite sides of the table they hinted that talks would be more likely to take place at the next g. twenty in argentina at the end of the month he has done hawkins with more. there was also another aspect that caught the media's attention aside from the main event and that was endless speculation to leave us in particular the president of russia

vladimir putin and the us president donald trump media speculation was rife for weeks on end how would that meeting take place would there be a meeting a tool which leader would show him who what signals would that send to the world and indeed to other leaders and how would the french maybe president of minor take such a meeting taking place on french territory during this very special commemorative event spoke to the american high school to 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 it makes me think that possibly the leaks might have been locked down or 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 and it serves an interest of course there was a lot of media speculation on both sides from from the american the russian side and in the end the believe the president. 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 i think more 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 in all the conflicts going on i think it actually had been very inappropriate for president bush and president trying 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 tenth attention away from them and the meeting itself was quite brief said yes. it was amazing but was there really any more to it than you know. that we saw the. pleasantries of greeting this

changed do you 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 had been characterized as whining drama 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 have a negative view of president who 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 to. 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 and politicians 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 was taking off from paris he is actually taking off for asia for a long term tour 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. or 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. well r.t. from the smudge to grab a word with president putin in between remembrance day. the pressure this channel has been facing in france. we've always heard from our western partners that one of the main principles of democracy is freedom of information creating lists and special counsel's which decide which media is bad

and which is good this is unacceptable but this has nothing to do with democracy. or just before the weekend's commemoration donald trump criticized the money will mccrum over his proposal to create a european army president trump called his words insulting however a third meeting in paris they glossed over any differences and agreed on more european defense spending r t for putin for his view on. alternative military forces are not a new idea president micron has simply revived it in europe as 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. or just expanding on the to answer we also asked historian peter why europe may feel it

needs a unified military and what the implications would be for the balance of global power. i think the fact that every nation is modernizing our nuclear power is modernizing its nuclear arsenal now united states bennie 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 if that means more defense spending more military spending if there is a european orbit like to see it being a completely defensive army i'd like to then see rebalancing between the 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 that's part of why you see the. image of the u.s. declining so rapidly around the world. not everyone in part this was there to mark the anniversary of the armistice crowds also gathered in the city to protest against donald trump's policies r.t. charlotte dubin speedy was among the. 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 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 in french and many of the people holding their signs and symbols out

in fact some people 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 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 fronts 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 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 were here where american citizens living abroad and were 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 is a professional he's not somebody that i would look up to in any shape or form you know

and the ship before i just think you know he's putting 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 his bosses 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 now 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 almost a ceremony just a few hours ago there was a protest a woman actually running in front of his motorcade with the woods oh on her body a fake peace maker and that's what many people have said today this is a man in the belief that he's making war with everyone and i saw one sign that 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 that have been spewing out of the trump it is straight up policies that are making war not peace and they want america to be good again. a little further north on the day far right groups flooded central warsaw on sunday poland celebrates one hundred years since its reestablishment as an independent state a new all march was more controversial than usual though and also was announced the polish president on government officials would join it before independence poland was partitioned between hungry germany and russian polish flags and banners could be seen stretching down streets across squares it's also been reported that

a number of new nazi symbols were spotted it was a large police presence watching over the march which took place at the same time as a states military parade or so called the event success. poland one on november eleventh there will be a great communal march to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of independence. well the government's decision to march alongside the far right nationalists has been widely criticized. a professor from the hebrew university in jerusalem told us the migrant issue is leading to a spike in sentiment in europe the polish government decided to actually embrace the. tendencies and and ideologies of the past because. defeat from the immigration creates a bias a political bias and a political agenda to bring. into defensive approach towards the.

immigrants threats from the past are becoming the reality of the present and rising again but we must pay attention to the fact that today we have more reasons not only under the simitis them but also what is going on with the european approach to the to the border questions and to the immigration question. all right to west coast america now where authorities in california say thirty one people have been killed in the wildfires tearing through parts of the u.s. state a further two hundred twenty eight are still on the carpet for a quarter of a million people have had to flee their homes firefighters are currently working to extinguish six separate wildfires the largest and deadliest is the so-called camp fire in butte county it's claimed twenty three lives and destroyed the city of parra dice the fires are expected to continue in the coming days as the flames are

being found by strong wind. crucial midterm elections on choose they left congress norah least split between america's two major parties the democrats the house of representatives while the republicans held on to their advantage in the senate florida emerged as one of the most strongly contested states the republicans appeared to have won by a small margin but two democrat leaning conti's were still hunting votes after election day. criticized the delay in calling the result claiming there has been an attempt to steal the election a statewide recount is underway and must be completed by thursday but it's really far from the only challenge to have arisen during the midterm.

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well the big picture here is that the midterms were really dubbed a referendum on trump's presidency many say he's passed 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 skill level up and 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 in the

constitution's checks and balances. and. nancy 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 off and learn the same type of propaganda that you would have seen in germany in one thousand and thirty eight these comparisons to trumpets like it bums me out 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 they're 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 under 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 u.s. media 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 it shouldn't be. you know because sometimes just falsely claiming something that's not correct enough substantiated so i think we've got. we've got media and also elements within the government better actually creating within the u.s. government that are actually creating more of a device the. atmosphere within the population. to a media briefing following the photo president once again clashed with the press treating blaine with reporters for deficient within the country. it 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 not such a racist question i would never do that and i don't use race and marks among like in america it's people like this may cause division one of the statements that you made in the killing of the campaign there we go. i think you should let me run the

country you run c.n.n. and if you did it well your ratings let me ask you that so don't ask one of the other folks that said hartley mammone misfortunate that's enough was president the other folks that said. you are a rude terrible person. mr president in go ahead of me to go in jim's defense i traveled with him and watched him he's a diligent reporter not a great fan of yours either side are said to be out and about. one aspect to the u.s. midterm elections that continues to stir is the american public's reaction to just who voted for him white women in texas took some backlash for allegedly betraying feminist values after taking the box for the state's republican candidate ted cruz a prominent sports journalist set off the debate fifty nine percent of white women voted for task fifty three percent of white women voted for donald trump so given

this numbers who is the real face of feminism well this is just the latest example of liberals and progressives criticizing republican voting women there's a few more. what is happening why are women even voting for him yeah i don't get you ladies i meant the countries. i mean the country was pretty. well we have tons of black presidents when i see women doing that i think why are they publicly disrespecting themselves voted against hillary clinton voted against their own voice. and by vote for anybody nobody you are a woman and you are never going to love it and hillary clinton i can tell i get what. i don't get it. she scared me. excitable stuff at times is that we pose the question of feminism works in politics we are

to a women's rights of the cuban firstly a media commentator the tradition of women just voting independently as they think and not based on their gender or their skin color or those kinds of things that is true independence i'm very tired of being castigated as some sort of racist simply based on my skin color and especially and especially because i happen to be the mother of a child with brown skin and so to decide that based on my skin color that i as i sounds are only what are you voting for the best interests of that surround the person accusing makes the person accusing me the actual racist you know it says there's no such thing as reverse racism will start there but here's the issue if you're not voting in the best interest of that black it's not on the rule i don't see a child that you have then here's the question what type of mother are you because here's the question at the end of the day we want children to be protected so we

need gun laws that reflect that if you're voting against the interest of your own child in school then we have to raise the question what are you voting for the second red flag i don't care how many are you and do you have other women and their reproductive rights when you know that ted cruz is not interested in protecting protecting reproductive rights when you know that ted cruz is not interested in equal pay for other women and you know that women who are brown skin and women of other ethnicities are paid what why women are paid then i have to ask you the question who are you who interests are you representing if you're only as a white woman were presenting the best interest of other white women then we absolutely have a problem absolutely it is the republicans by the way it is the party of abraham lincoln that actually fought for civil rights and won over the democrats so if you want to vote in accordance with. what is civil rights and you would want to vote republican now thirdly she brought up the issue and we don't know that those are how to list someone and we say when i was it was party sealed in there that's my

stance and that's the feminine stance on that now thirdly when she's talking about how do you get of course what are you going to say are the limits rights i mean all of the law would have made me girls who were aborted what about their rights if you're going to talk about women's rights what about the baby girl's rights who are killed ten thousand per day every day you know i know you love my mind about republicans you talk about abortion but do you protect the children while they're here if it's ok for you to lead a school full of children be shot i do because you as a woman want to have the right to bear arms but you don't protect those children who can't carry guns inside those school i mean it's insane and so when you talk about oh will i support a man who you know ted cruz but he doesn't support by with when you're a conservative woman you celebrate the things that you've actually accomplished based on your own you know own drive and your own freedom and your own will and your motivation and those kinds of things that's what i would rather be judged for

the rather than things like going backward to things like religion and skin color and gender to me those eating whole grains are the ones that we say they. going to stay with and we need to get really come over here and basing things on marriage and accomplishment because because no matter what skin color what gender you are you can be anything you want to be we're the freest best country you want to put in the race and this that you are some thing to celebrate for not i want you to whine about and to vote with their other white community and so we're going to forget about all of those things and just stand on my privileges and reason to you isn't it where she is and she wants to stand there i'd like to just say thank you to jim l. hill for what she said i just support her as a michigan state alumni i want to say go gurl. whereby across talking next then to join me for the fresh headlines this monday morning at thirty minutes time they say

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