he was going to. cut out how to deal. with the yellow vests students across france to take to the streets over education reforms follows weeks of protests against fuel price increases which forced the government turn to. the end of an era for germany's ruling christian democrats. is replaced by.

known as. and as theresa may battles for her draft deal head of a critical parliamentary vote on tuesday we ask people in london but they think about the growing turmoil over the situation. so so discussion about we'll be trying to go. tomorrow but i don't believe. the search and rescue ship of the aquarius which has saved thousands of migrants from the mediterranean has announced it is ceasing operations we talked to the project's. european politicians are seeking is of creating this into a discussion about migration and it is most certainly not a discussion about migration. is the discussion about rescue at sea.

or broadcasting live coverage from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us another french capital is braced for another round of yellow vest protests on saturday and the possibility of further rioting over rising living costs the authorities are promising to take exceptional steps to ensure security and are deploying eight thousand police officers as well as armored vehicles and central pairs. google does a pharmacy all we have information about a great number of individuals who are coming to paris not to protest peacefully but to confront to attack the forces of law and. we mobilized an important number of police offices eighty nine thousand in france overall this is an exceptional mobilization because we don't want to endanger the republic. or france has

experienced its worst rioting in half a century in recent weeks the unrest was triggered by fuel tax increases although the government has abandoned the hike the protesters are not satisfied a wave of student protests is also taking hold in france forcing more than one hundred fifty schools to close on thursday hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of paris on thursday against the government's education reforms french m.p.'s have slammed as unacceptable and humiliating the place and treatment of children during the latest protests that's after video emerged of detained students in the suburbs of paris being forced on to their knees. i think if you. will. or eight weeks of protests have taken their toll on the authority of president micron along with his ratings are to show devinsky reports. another day

another protest in france. by the governments you turn on a few tax wise feel like the wings are changing and blowing in their favor now is the crisis continues parties from the left are calling for a very tough no confidence in the french government this second in months when most want a vote of no confidence as it's clear from the name means that we tell the government you are going in the wrong direction i mean the majority party of course the government can then resign and the president of the republic would appoint a new prime minister in addition to the three factions that signed this vote of no confidence the communist party unbowed france and the socialists we want to unite and win over other deputies. touted his front seats hope when he was elected last year he came into office with an approval rating of more than sixty percent but he's gone from jupiter to g.s.

with the latest polls showing his popularity has crashed. labor will be free companies will be supported initiatives will be encouraged he. was a. gamble i'm i will humbly serve our people was. the fosses a frenchman and french women who feel forgotten would be better protected than. i. was. so what's caused the collapse as well as implementing a vast range of unpopular reforms that have led to him being labelled the president of the rich he's also known for his loose tongue and perceived arrogance he told army generals if you were to shift off to a just speech overspend. cuts the head of the french armed forces soon quit and he

would be far from the last to abandon matt khan's camp the president even told pensioners that france would be better off if people stop whining after being harangued by the worried about pension cuts the only thing we don't have the right to do about is complain the president may have hoped the u. turn on fuel tax hikes would have quelled the anger but it hasn't it only seems to have intensified it with truckers farmers are new students now taking their concerns to the streets protesters here are calling for a makeover to resign was you of course you doubt i consider my comment to be a president who's against social rights who's trying to deconstruct the welfare state. he's clearly implementing policies for the rich he's the president of the rich we want a president for the poor a lawsuit a president who prioritizes the common interest. across a commission would be

a deal more power means jobs to respond to the people's democracy unfortunately though in the national assembly where the majority are with a march the deputies follow orders like sheep but we are happy because there are deputies who represent the interests of the people and sort of their democracy is on the mark on the i don't like him a lot but the problem is that if you want to make on to resign who are you going to put forward against them so if you have a good candidate that's fine but macrorie sign. let's see what happens is that the greats of. corn once penned a book entitled a revolution in it he wrote about the quest to reinvent the french nation has a popular policies may just be doing that as the yellow best movement continues to gain traction problem is this wasn't the revolution the president foresaw nor wanted. it's certainly the end of the dream that he liked to cultivate he made

people dream or think made people think and dream that change could take place without difficulty and that because he was new and a new person and a new party that everything would suddenly get better emmanuelle michael like his two predecessors has absolutely no new ideas he remains where did the policies that have failed well for many decades in france high tax high spending. european policy relaxed policy on immigration all the costs of these things add up and spending is out of control and so taxes keep going up higher and higher and people have had enough. germany's ruling christian democrat party has just a chosen to cry karen barr as it's a new leader that's after chancellor angela merkel stepped down from the role after

eighteen years of reports now from. the new leader of germany's christian democratic union party will be an ingrate. the former prime minister of the state of silent she was going into this vote they're already the general secretary of the party she was given that role essentially the papal blessing if you will from angola merkel the outgoing leader of the party that she ruled over for eighteen years. current power was very much the continuity candidate she is expected to continue to a certain extent the work that angle of merkel was getting on with however that may cause some problems because as angela merkel was giving her farewell address to the party conference she pointed out the current state of the party in the state of politics in germany means it's a very polarized and difficult situation that the woman known as a k.-k. is walking into. it's the fight it's

a critical time for our country and for parties like ours the c.d.u. c.s.u. with the f.t. to the right and fast and with a polarized society one of the reasons that delegates may have decided that they wanted to go for only great crime karrenbauer is the fact that she does have this relationship with angela merkel who of course is going to be staying on as chancellor as she stepped down as leader of the c.d.u. but you'll remain in germany's top job until the end of her term she says twenty twenty one and that may well be the main reason that she beat her contender in the runoff vote because chancellor merkel and mr maritz they have history that goes way back to when uncle americal took over the party in the early two thousand she essentially ousted him from his role within the within the christian democratic union so it's going to be a great time karen bauer who takes over just who is she and what's her outlook on things the preferred choice of mrs merkel is understood to be an internet camp.

known by her initials a k k and it lands assist with a small a pro european and a francophile she certain the already tight links with france when it comes to russia she is perhaps even more skeptical of the kremlin the chancellor merkel last week she called for russian ships coming from the sea to be barred from u.s. ports saying let them eat food hasn't been squeaks. is on the valve. is fine if he thinks he will get away with and if you are in the us done given through the ninety's response he will continue to push for we have seen this in the recent years. those policies and those ideals that go to the votes that put her across the line one thousand and one delegates voted in hamburg and are going to convince five hundred seventeen of them that she was the woman for the job. maximillian cry

former c.d.u. politician and current alternative for germany nominee for the e.u. parliament thinks the christian democrats choice of leader eliminates it as a right wing rival to his party. for every conservative in germany it is clear that to see the you wants to become a push you a left liberal party but it will give wall to conservative scholars germany forty eight fifteen that means say of evil will probably come over trying to pull suddenly european election in may two thousand one team to see do you have a continue the same style as merkel to desa steps to fundamental change to today's election day brought on the days that means no one can still have to silent to deceive you comes back a conservative party so there is just one remaining conservative party in germany and that's. a competitor today. doctors without borders is ending its life

saving operations in the mediterranean. no more on that after a break. we did. not. diplomacy and as

i said we did not. exist is that i had to wait for. the difference between the two of you. are welcome back this is o.t. international search and rescue ship the aquarius which has saved thousands of migrants from the mediterranean has announced it is ceasing operations doctors without borders which runs the mission blamed pressure from european countries and by italy the charity said rome has sabotaged its efforts to save lives for the last two months the ship has been confined to port in france following allegations the

organization broke the law italian government accuses those behind the mission of running a taxi service to italian ports by carrying people on the ship here's a recap of what. and sister to tracy letts response to the situation with aquarius is proof of a cynicism and a lack of responsibility on behalf of the italian government when faced with this dramatic humanitarian disaster. my duty is to defend the borders this country cannot become a refugee camp only those have the right to end its will and it's there all the people so they can go to spain and france malta and the netherlands. according to the international organization for migration already this year more than two thousand people have died or gone missing trying to reach europe by way of the

mediterranean where my colleague in a day or two to discuss the issue with the aquarius project coordinator dr tom de kock. in the last three months we've had our flag stripped twice. once expressed slee from italian pressure to the panamanian maritime authority most recently we've had a trumped up. waste profiteering legal process started in catania sicily and it's part of a longer two year smear campaign not just of ourselves but of the whole search and rescue. community if you'd like to refer to it as such all of it attempting to switch the focus onto us away from all the bull who are present drowning at sea you know from the italian perspective they're trying to control illegal migration to europe that's the perspective they're putting so how

are they going to avoid returning these migrants back to libya and the other countries that the having from the european union has something called chaos which is a comprehensive european the asylum system. at present there is something called the dublin regulation that dictates that every border nation is responsible for everybody who arrives there in the preamble to creating madness that border states take their. migration very seriously consequently it is left room for populist and right wing politicians to create and stoke fear and use what is arguably not a migration crisis the european commission has admitted it's as much. to create fear. the one hundred thousand people crossing the mediterranean is a drop of very very small drop in the bucket. of population and with the

the ultimate point here is that what what. italian and. and other european politicians are seeking is of creating this into a discussion about migration and it is most certainly not a discussion about migration is a discussion about rescue at sea. the u.k. is gearing up for one of the most crucial parliamentary votes in the country's modern history parliament confronted prime minister theresa may during a five day debate on whether to vote through the draft brings the deal on tuesday and there seems to be a mix of confusion panic and anticipation among the british public on the issue artie's honest takes a look. brick said from a people's vote to a nation's headache it's a ticking time bomb with just days to go before it goes off which could potentially set in the u.k. into more chaos and uncertainty december eleventh will be make or break day for the british prime minister apparent exit guessing game about what outcomes are likely

to follow have reached boiling point in the u.k. the house of commons will vote on whether or not to give a green light to the plan to rescind may has been pushing through like a cupcake through a keyhole the stakes are higher than ever day's a fiery brags that debates have been rocking parliament ahead of the meaningful vote the deal before us would make our country worse off our country would be better off remaining in the european union the next sitting on the basis of this deal i've got no stake in this government anymore is it time that the prime minister to responsibility responsibility for chilling the fungus it is a paint a tossed a pseudo brick shit the choice before parliament is clear this deal no deal or the risk of no bricks it. or tuesday's vote leads is anyone's guess it may suffer as a major defeat developments like heart brags that a new deal bracks it

a vote of no confidence against the prime minister general election a second referendum and even no brags it at all are all being mulled over while the british public grows weary of the uncertainty but this is madness because our story . brings you right you know the mess the truth going to wait should be getting very messy son's eyes due to the i'm still nervous over that i'm sick to death of hearing about it have so fed up now yet we change the subject yes please give us a break i think you've been covered a bit too much because there's nothing actually been done as a solo it's become a tool to every single day all the time bricks and bricks people have often. so it's for everybody to get out of this i'm not sick of it very interested in it does it go it is going to. make it very clear they seem to be very confused nothing nobody knows quite what's going on because you just don't have a duty to ensure that everything is. a little bit of uncertainty i don't think it's

affecting anyone yet so it does it feel real good to go on forever i've been a terrible hope it doesn't happen so if you go back to square one probably it was people who should have got there are straight or were you sort of from the barbiturate. meanwhile words like chaos panic and meltdown all too common in newspaper headlines these days have been adding fuel to the fire as the u.k. reads tea leaves and bites its mails and party fund. the u.s. it could be considering tearing up another arms treaty with russia the strategic arms reduction treaty known as start that's a concern expressed by the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. one gets the impression that the ground is being late for the eventual terminations of star three well earlier this week the number one diplomat in america said that russia has sixty days to stop breaking the rules of the intermediate range nuclear

forces treaty the american side claims that russia has to get rid of one of its missiles with a range that's longer than the one allowed by the treaty i think the system. or change the system where it doesn't exceed the range all of this is about a missile with a name that only contains letters and numbers the nine m. seven two nine moscow has said many times that it's only been tested within the range of five hundred kilometers that's the i.m.f. red line however the american intelligence insists that its range is actually far greater than that well. once again said that this is false and also added that washington's never show russia anything to prove their claims. the u.s. has identified the missile and claims that it was tested at

a distance prohibited by the treaty which says that both the distance and the conditions of the test were in accordance with the treaty it has been said many times that europe will fall under the most serious risk if the i.n.f. treaty is abolished so the russian foreign minister believes that washington spark there is any europe should try and convince washington to start a dialogue with moscow on how to resolve this dispute no yes no new bespoke we're going to if some of our european counterparts are concerned they must influence their ally the united states so that the american sit down with us and start to talk substantively instead of just throwing accusations at us across the ocean because we are ready for such a conversation there is already concern at. this point is that washington could use these allegations against russia as a pretext to ditch other treaties and we've heard previously from russian officials including a lot of our putin they believe the american side first quits and then tries to

explain why they did so. the neo conservatives led by john bolton. does not like any of these arms control agreements and i think that he is try and increasingly to cut back on them and to make them ineffective again is to show more of an an american type of superiority and they're just using this missile as a latest excuse if the us pulls out of this treaty like they did the the iran nuclear agreement i think we're going to see some dramatic arms arms race defensive weapons could easily be turned into off and so weapons countries in europe would be the ones that will realize the most immediate effect because the united states will go off fences and in terms of a buildup. donald trump has named the state department heather nauert as his nominee for the u.s. ambassador to the united nations the president said and i quote here she's smart

she's nice she's all other things which make it good kind of. heather nauert will be nominated. you go work with nikki haley to. replace vicki at united they will be ambassador to the united nations very talented very far very quick and i think she's going to be respected by also head there now or will be nominated for the embassador to the united states so we've got heather nauert slated to replace nikki haley nikki haley trump's ambassador to the united nations is stepping down now heather nauert has been at the state department and it was highlighted when she was confirmed for that position as the spokesperson for the state department that she had no previous foreign policy experience now she's been holding that post for a little while here some of the highlights of heather nauert at the u.s. state department briefings i don't know if you all are working for today or what

but i. didn't mind agreement so i go i could be funny to magnify the high points that. my children are in the back today so i haven't started school just yet so if you see a couple little wild wild man good to see you know you all getting ready for thanksgiving. yes no ok they're small to take in the united states it's mostly styles sent to different directions so i had to say that they are you take out your hand from russia and i kind of like yeah ok ok enough said then i'll move on. which is when you get there to have them they're not. a fish because of the russian government they're just asking a question about oh really ok if you all will give me the grace as they go through my book here because this was a pretty meaty book. it's like and. now the

trumpet ministration has taken a strong stand regarding issues related to the you know we've seen the usa withdraw from these. women rights council as well as unesco we've also seen the united states accuse the un of being biased against the usa and against israel at this point it is expected that heather nauert will continue those policies no big shift is expected with the new ambassadorship now it's also interesting to note the trouble announced another key appointment and that was the announcement of mr william barr to replace jeff sessions as the u.s. attorney general now william barr was previously u.s. attorney general has held that post before what's most interesting is that william barr has expressed confidence in special counsel robert muller who is carrying out the investigation into alleged collusion between the trumpet ministration and russia it appears that william barr has called for a what he says is a more balanced investigation team regarding that effort so both of these

appointments will have to be confirmed by the u.s. senate and as we saw with kavanagh in the supreme court confirmation hearings in the era of trump the confirmation hearings aren't always as smooth as some would expect. president putin hosted the greek prime minister on friday in moscow the talks with alexis tsipras follow a tense summer between the two countries when greece expelled two russian diplomats over allegations of undermining national security and his medical team of a more. despite the diplomatic role now between the two countries and the semi when greece expelled to several russian diplomats this friday. and the kremlin prove that the relations between the two countries are in good shape both of the various types to fill in a number of issues including economic and energy copper ration the greek prime minister. the country believes that any international security discussion is not possible without russia and for and of lattimer putin said that with economic

situation in greece now stab realizing more russian companies will invest. now the topic of diplomatic strain so was also touched upon i hear the greek prime minister stressed that his country will not fold under the impact of a third party so when it comes to international spats and he brought up the script kiddies as an example as saying that only greece decided not to support the e.u. initiative for to expel russian diplomats over the case and now the press conference and rather a positive note when a russian draw unless asked mr tsipras why he did not keep up his promise to put on the toy if his party wins parliamentary elections and be a greek dad gets resolved and hear what the prime minister sat.

i guess you missed it but i'd already put on the telly with him to get off quickly but tony is going around the neck of the greek people i think this symbolism is very important for mr putin gives me such a gift at the next meeting where it's. good but. all in all judging by the statements that were voice during the press conference it does seem that the relations between the two countries are on a for him footing all right that does it for melbourne back to the top of the hour with want to stay with us czar to. manufacture consent to the public will. when the ruling classes protect themselves.