maybe. it was. you can it really. was was. right. i'm sure joe. carter was moved to create his own army sees a session of un security council called amid fears it could escalate tensions with serbia. the russian foreign ministry hits out at the b.b.c. saying its word smacks of cynicism to leave messages from one of the reporters says her relatives are out for blood in their attempts to buy new links between the

kremlin and the yellow press movement in france. andres amaze says the vote on her e.u. divorce deal will now take place in the third week of january but it comes amid reports some in her own cabinet are plotting to force another breaks it but. it's eleven o'clock and you're watching all t international live from our studio in moscow with me. welcome to the program. the u.n. security council is meeting today to discuss kosovo's move to create a sonar me a step that could escalate tensions with serbia belgrade said it might even respond with its own military forces prior to setting off to new york though the cost of and president into nothing would change his country's determination.

at the security council despite the concerns of a sudden individual or a country the formation of the kosovo me is an irreversible act. caleb maupin who's reporting from the un security council session has just and away what can we expect from the meeting well it's an emergency meeting of the fifteen member body that leads the united nations called by serbia and russia and it was called in response to the announcement from kosovo that it intends to transform its four thousand strong security force into a regular army let's review. with this vote today and you hear a starts for our country from this moment of fish only we have the kosovo army got the. now at this point serbia considers the formation of this

army in kosovo to be a great threat to its security and to be a violation of the un security council resolution now kosovo was a province of serbia and it came under un and nato administration after a nineteen ninety nine air war led by nato in which there was a crackdown going on against albanian ethnic separatists in kosovo in response to that there was a nato bombing campaign now a security council resolution established that kosovo would be under interim un administration now kosovo proclaimed independence in two thousand and eight and many countries recognized it as independent let's review what happened. with.

the blowing up of the republic. now russia and china which are both permanent members of the un security council they do not recognize kosovo as an independent country and furthermore it's important to point out that the united states indeed does recognize kosovo as an independent country the decision to form an army was supported by washington however some in nato are saying it's not very good timing while the transition of the kosovo security forces in principle i must say for kosovo to decide we have made clear that this movie's ill timed nato suppose the development of kosovo security force under its current mandate with a change of mind dates the north atlantic council would not have to reexamine the level of nato as engagement with the cost of a security force. so at this point serbia is rather outraged about

this announcement of a kosovo an army and we're going to see a meeting at the u.n. security council will be updating you as the meeting continues here in new york city at the united nations headquarters ok thanks kelly morgan and we did mention that the u.n. security council meeting is underway and we will be crossing live into that later on in the program. british prime minister terry is a may has the much anticipated vote on her brags that deal will now take place in the third week of january just weeks before the country is due to walk through the exit door at the opposition labor leader jeremy corbyn is still slamming her deal as an acceptable and accusing the pm of leading the country into a national crisis well maybe some russian business is capitalizing greatly on the protests maybe the protesters eating cutlass may be the far right who really does their i'm looking for angles yes the editors demand some blood. the leaks

messages were published by russia's ria novosti news agency it comes just a week after a number of media outlets alleged that russian bought saw automated accounts were helping to fuel the anger seen on the streets of france the french authorities have launched an investigation into the claims. the b.b.c.'s told r.t. it was reasonable for its news team to look into a potential connection in light of the french government's own statement on this possibility as the fringe foreign ministry had spoken publicly about media reports of a possible russian influence in the protests it was perfectly reasonable for a correspondent to raise the subject however in the end her reports made no mention of a possible connection with russia we stand by our impartial independent journalism . we also asked b.b.c. russia if it's still looking for connections between moscow and the french protests and whether the correspondent was under pressure to pursue that particular angle

but it declined to comment the russian foreign ministry has criticised the b.b.c. accusing it of acting with cynicism. the cynicism of journalists is amazing we're talking about a company that has propagated all its life and i'm biased and then dependent approach and this professionalism is the epitome of the media world i have a question for those very british regulators of the media space and the public how did the value of this kind of compilation of facts that employees of their television and radio companies are doing. went on to the streets of paris to ask people if they thought russians are somehow interfering. everything's possible nowadays. you know of course they're not behind the man they say the russians are behind the us presidency as well so you know. of course. we've asked a number of journalism groups for comment and we'll bring you any responses as we get them and we discussed the issue with journalist writer neil clark and british

politician and writer george galloway. the truth is our media class has allowed itself to become trapped in russell for b.-a when everything about us is falling around our ears luckily the british people are on to them the big revelation over the last couple of weeks is that the british government is using public money to pay for or to pay for the c.e.o. of this information misinformation hostile attacks on the loyal opposition in parliament the british broadcasting corporation is no acme of journalistic impartiality quite to the contrary what i think really it is not so much i don't think just about the b.b.c. it's about the climate under which the b.b.c. is currently operating which is this crime of aggression phobia here in britain in america and in other countries in the west and what we base got angry establishment

in these countries anything that really threatens the status quo or some possibility of a change in direction of the economy or the political system. blamed on russia i think the cards are being overplayed and i think it's like the boy who cried wolf just shouting the russians the russians the russians it's like going back to the eighteenth is isn't it really and i don't think the public are really buying it and in france people know that there is widespread anger against macron and i think this trying to link it with russia is really exposing people to being conspiracy theory so you actually what they are. back to our top story now the un security council is discussing costs of those near to create its own army and they will cost lives and listening from turn two hundred percent in response the mayors of the fourth quarter will serve majority municipalities of northern kosovo annoyance their resignations and the decision of the respective municipal the somebodies to

seize all official communication with the priests you know authorities the main course of a sort of. to go party the serbian list as organize daily protests enter the north meet of it that have at times involved up to five thousand people belgrade for its part stated that pristina had violated the central european free trade agreement and stressed that it would only resume its involvement in the e.u. facilitated dialogue ones revokes the import x. key international partners including the european union also urged the government of kosovo to revoke the tax while in pristina is sized down in issued a statement expressing concern about the potential impact of the decision on the population of kosovo and on the normalization of relations between belgrade and prettiness. amid the tense atmosphere the assembly of kosovo adopted on the fourteenth of december three laws that is the law on the course of a security force the law on service in the course of

a security force and the low on minister of defense the lows do not change the name of the course of a security force which would require a constitutional amendment yet they provide for substantial changes to be implemented of a period of time to the mandate role and strength of the course of a security force the course of a government in a statement issued following the adoption of the rose underscored the right of course of all to have and i quote an army a multi-ethnic and professional force built under the highest nato standards and of course. in belgrade the serbian authorities can then the adoption of the lows as an act of and i quote political aggression and of court against serbia and a violation of security council resolution twelve forty four they also called on k. for not to allow the operation of any kosovo army on the territory of kosovo among international partners the sect in general the north atlantic treaty organization nato declare that the transition of a kosovo security force is in principle

a matter for course over to decide nevertheless express to. yes regret at the decision of the assembly of course of all which he correct arised as ill timed and disregarding concerns previous year raised by nato he also stressed the continued commitment of nato troops a fall to a safe and secure environment in kosovo. the european external action service stated that the mandate of the course of a security force should only be changed through an inclusive and gradual process in accordance with course of a constitution and express the expectation of the european union by kosovo would continue to uphold its obligation under the first agreement of principles governing the normalization of relations of april twenty third team and its security arrangements the sixty general has noted with concerned the adoption of the laws by the assembly of course of a year in the score that security council resolution twelve forty four provides the sole legal framework for the international security presence the course of a force for which is interested would a responsibility to ensure

a safe and secure environment in kosovo and that and i quote any restriction to the destroyed by k. four of its security responsibility would be inconsistent with that resolution and of quote the secretary general called on all parties concerned to exist size restraint and refrain from actions that could raise tensions and cause a further said back in the european union facilitated dialogue for the normalization of relations between belgrade and prishtina. that mean issued a similar statement to proceed now mr president the recent developments in kosovo have further deteriorate and relations between belgrade and prishtina which have been strained for some time with no progress on the e.u. facilitated dialogue we are concerned at the risk of tensions on the ground particularly northern kosovo it is therefore crucial that belgrade and pristina avoid any steps that could further worsen the situation but rather find ways to reengage in a dialogue aimed at the normalization of their mutual relations and make the ring

to it status neutral approach is committed to working closely with k. for in line with security council resolution twelve forty four as well as with other international actors in kosovo under the leadership of special representative the head to name the mission will continue to focus its activities among other priorities on inter-community trust building. which is essential for the long term normalization of relations between belgrade and pristina thank you mr president. thank you well mr. was a card for his briefing. today you know the floor to his excellency mr alexander which each president of the republic of serbia. dear mr president. your excellence is. i am profoundly grateful to you for convening this session and such

a short notice and you think. that. it was very important. i'm going to right to do so because of. a. terribly difficult situation in the ground which means that we are free seeing more and more difficulties. in the area of course a woman talking. and i have to say that i'm very much worried very much concerned and a beauty even afraid of the future and for the future not only. for my people of our country serbia but of an entire region. i was listening very carefully to our secretary general mr erlich rock.

and his words and wanted to say. something different then he said. although i agree with many things that he was exposing here. first of all. i wanted to tell you that serbia invested huge efforts. a lot of endeavors. to maintain to keep the peace tranquility and stability in an entire region of western balkans. we did everything we could. refraining ourselves. from responding to different types of provocations that were coming from prishtina. we have always been very much restraint and we don't accept that kind of. phrase that became

a usual phrase when someone call upon both sides to do something or not to do something because serbia as you know did almost everything. to provide into deeds everything that was agreed so far. as you know. we signed that arrangement for us the first agreement between both agreed and produced in a in april twenty third team. and serbia fulfilled all its obligations from that for us to agreement. we did a lot of concessions. and it was very difficult for our public domestic to accept it but we sided and we fulfilled it on the other hand the only obligation. it had to be delivered by pollution at the only one. and first sixty six items

out of fifteen items from brussels agreement. all about one obligation that had to be done that had to be delivered by prishtina it was formation of community doesn't matter whether you call it services usual. and that only one. obligation and today it's two thousand and seventy days. they didn't provide into deeds and they have no intention of doing so in the future as well. on the other hand serbia as a sort of fulfilled everything. regarding police arrangement justice introduced through enjoyment. telecom arrangement. participation in municipal elections. under the course of

a law. absolutely everything that we signed but it was not enough. we were warning. and people from european union because we had and we still have this negotiating process under the auspices of you as you know. we sort of them ok we should. resolve the problems within. that framework of our dialogue process. and we said to them don't force us into difficult situations which will create a terrible atmosphere between us. when they want to become a part of different international organizations. which we consider as a provocation because serbia is the only sovereign and independent state that he

guarding the resolution the un resolution twelve forty four unless something's been changed but so far we haven't been informed about it and we were begging them not to go for voting for their full fledged membership within interpol unesco and so we and other organizations and international bodies but they wanted to do so because they were counting on us and several e.u. countries support thinking that they were going to win and they lost. in interpol they got in that first round less than fifty percent of all those seventy six against seventy eight. and then. they started to blame serbia. like it was our fault like we had to support them.

like that was a sort of horribly geisha of course it was not and there were many countries important countries all over the world that were voting against their membership but all of a sudden they imposed. tariffs against soft up and against us in a. tariffs are against serbia and bosnia herzegovina for us and it was ten percent . but when they sort of their public audience of being in public audience reacted well to that measure they increased those tariffs up to one hundred percent as a matter of fact they killed any kind of trade

between central serbia and kosovo. and more than that they put in jeopardy. an entire serb community in costs or. because this is the only way for them to earn the money. to survive to get medications to serve blood hospitals and health care centers. that was that has always been the only way for them to live. and not to mention that they violated a breached all these agreements which even a you refer to. put it all aside but can you imagine someone in twenty first century. that is as a matter of fact banning and forbidding free flow of goods capital and people just because they deal like

a political decision from the other side. and even that was not enough. now i have to say something. regarding that world twelve forty four resolution which was adopted by the united nations security council and not only a mic but also a key for derives all the competencies and all the authorities from that document. it was not a nato decision it was united nations security council decision to provide is competences to k. four in causal and what happened they were announcing since. twenty

fourteen their big wish to form their own military and let me remind you that serbian a letter of its foreign minister even markets in march twenty fourth teen warned u.s. secretary general ban ki-moon of the possibility of provoking a great danger in the region by creation of the so-called course one foresees. and here is what i. replied to him quote let me also thrust the security council resolution twelve forty four remains the legal framework of the continuing international security presence in kosovo and clearly outlines its mandate which is to provide for a security environment for all to this effect on rick will continue to work very closely with international security force in course of the fulfillment of these responsibilities let me remind you all something else ladies and gentleman i don't for an extent of the resolution to all forty four reads the following there

into the international security presence with substantial most atlantic treaty organization participation must be deployed under unified command and control and also was to establish a safe environment for all people in consul and to facilitate the safe return to the homes of all displaced person and if you do so. on top of that article mind you this is the emergency meeting of the un security council that you've been watching there following because of his decision to create a regular army we were just listening to the serbian president alexander the church in the following the meeting and we'll bring you more from new york later on now on to some other stories that. the british prime minister to raise that may has said the much anticipated vote and how brags that deal will now take place in the third week of january just weeks before the country is due to walk through the exit door but the opposition labor leader jeremy corbyn still slamming her deal as

unacceptable i think in the pm of leading the country into a national crisis. another vote which would do irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics because it would say to millions who trust it into more prosy that our democracy does not deliver. another vote which would likely leave us nose further forward than the last one another vote which would further divide our country at the very moment we should be working to unite and this is bigger we face an unprecedented situation the prime minister has led us into a national crisis standing out of his scratch marks last week the prime minister said i have made some progress mr speaker she has not made any progress at all i have to ask what is the leadership the phrase which is often used we thought the prime minister had reached rock bottom but she's still digging. thursday one hundred days until britain leaves the european union at the moment with. no

deal and no plan b. . this is the constitutional crisis of prime minister may be aware of this very vocal mic who's been offering sixty six to warn against passing parliament could it be we cabinet ministers that would no interest bearing for a referendum are not being disloyal to her but simply better at math yes. while the liberal democrat leader vince cable there was referring to reports cabinet members aside to be plotting moves towards a second referendum it comes after former leaders john major and tony blair also by calls for another vote has the latest. talk of a second referendum appears to be getting more serious and because it's not just coming from the opposition parties apparently it's coming from to reason may's own team over the weekend reports have emerged the cabinet has split into two opposing camps one which along with her chief of staff is now reportedly mulling the idea of

letting parliament decide on whether there should be a second referendum to potentially reverse brags that and the other camp of prone lever's who are adamantly against this plan now the prime minister herself has been attempting to cross all these various rumors and especially talk of a second referendum in fact test spokesperson has just denied it tools but then again her spokesperson did deny the cancellation of the parliamentary vote on her brags that deal last week immediately before it was cancelled so make of that denials what you will now one of the people dead keen to reverse brags and to have a second referendum is tony blair the former labor prime minister and he's been getting much more vocal about it on friday he did a whole load of interviews advocating for a second vote in criticizing to reason may's bragg's it deal but the prime minister

isn't very happy about it take a listen to the levels of animosity between the former labor prime minister and the current conservative one dismissing to be. having this conversation the euro do they would say to me it's never going to happen another referendum now people are saying you know will could it really happen i need to get the european leaders to the next stage which is to realise the probability is it's going to happen and they've got to prepare for it there are too many people who want to subvert the process for their own political interest rather than acting in the national interest for tony blair to go to brussels and seek to undermine our negotiations by advocating for a second refer. i'm insulted your office he once held and the people he wants served i remain determined to see that happen i will not lead to british people down now that type of rhetoric is rather unusual for to resume a it's not normally her style to be that confrontational but tony blair's behavior

has evidently rubbed terror up the wrong way but in a way that spot with tony blair has provided for her a bit of a distraction from the chaos seemingly taking place in her own cabinet team right now in terms of where we are with her breads that deal what it looks dead in the water again after her renegotiation late last week in brussels totally failed and unless she pulls a greggs a rabbit out of her santas hats it looks like parliament is still expected to vote down the deal that she brings back to parliament after christmas which leaves the u.k. perilously close to a no deal brags that which is why we've got this rumor mill in overdrive talking about what potential options there could be once parliament rejects to resume may's deal and yet on the surface all that talk of potentially there being a second referendum will parliament getting to choose what the next options are that's all.