by the democrats they refused to stump up. neither side looks like it's going to. have the government. isn't a morality it's not we are is a nation i have never had so much support for border control. frankly the war or the barrier. to trade war with china as the.

be. here. to commit a crime and if they do they have to go back. we have our laws we don't have to change the law it's. morning on friday here in moscow welcome to the program. so with the u.s. government shutdown over a border wall close to entering its third week democrats have pushed forward with legislation designed to end the stalemate the democratic controlled house of representatives has passed two bills to fund the federal government they don't include funding for a border wall. to veto the legislation while senior democrats decry the notion of the wall as an american the us president dog used to his idea has widespread support. oh isn't a morality it's not who we are is

a nation and this is not a wall between mexico and the united states that the president is creating here it's a wall between reality and his constituents his supporters i have never had so much support as i have in the last week over my stance for border security for border control and for frankly the wall or the barrier. to hammer home his stance to instagram posting this statement of intent he also posted the following video. illegal immigration is wrong plain and simple.

well the whole standoff over the war looks likely to intensify with a democrat bills on getting the government running again now going to the republican controlled senate where they are likely to be shot down. not just being blamed for the government shutdown a tech giant apple has accused him of hurting his business in china with the trade war he's waging against beijing and u.s. stock markets are a sea of red after apple issued a profit warning for the first time in sixteen years the u.s. president though himself he insists his tariffs are actually helping america here's daniel bush. what happened wall street's darling the world's first ever truly in dollar firm just months after that historic milestone the i pad make issues the canary in the mine shaft the most nail biting announcement the chilling profit warning the first official public admission that

a company's to announce bad news within minutes of the new york markets opening on thursday apple hey marriage to sixty four billion dollars of its value enough to replace every i phone cracked screen in the world investors now want the head of apple boss tim cook all right so if you're saying that tell me. but cook blame someone else trumps trade war with china we believe the economic environment in china has been further impacted by a rise in trade tensions with the united states after the donald slapped painful tariffs on imports from the communist superpower beijing swung back imposing or proposing tolls on most american imports from all imax to cause so apple's not the only u.s. multinational like on punning the trade crossfire between the world's top two economies but the donald remain strangely cool in fact he's glowing the united states treasury has taken in many billions of dollars from the tariffs which are

going china and other countries that have not treated us fairly in the meantime we're doing well in various trade negotiations currently going on at some point this had to be done just one day off the apples profit warning sends shock waves through us think he tweets his tariff hikes bring in billions to the u.s. purse so the trade was hurting or hoping there's definitely bring in this money but it's not bringing them from foreign governments it's bringing it and from american businesses and american consumers which is to say that it is a tax and taxes are not good for economic growth and he began this whole trade conflict same trade. wars are great they're easy to win and they will boost growth so everything the opposite has happened and we haven't won all it's done is increase television from around the world and now we've seen how it's profoundly affecting even tech companies as you could see from apple's sales in china this is

a direct consequence of the trade wars and it's not just china but the burden of tribes policies and twenty eighteen of the u.s. president's tower of slapping spree has also hurt american allies some of whom are now questioning whether they actually need a friend like here's what i guess the. two thousand and eighteen hasn't been easy in america i know it was a rough rough year friends came friends went more went really then came and those that weren't friends in the first place well they've lost all fear. bullying and the me yesterday saddam was in front of us today it's trump there is no difference we must resist and we. have to see the criminal supremacist this move those who govern the united states. countries shouldn't just point fingers at the others but ignore their own mistakes this shouldn't be the

torchlight doing nothing but exposing the weakness of others while ignoring their own come now no surprise those countries weren't all that buddy buddy with america to begin with but us allies friends that's another story without a happy ending take trumps little vendetta against iran where he top nuclear deal with it deal that took his allies europeans years of efforts negotiations sweat and nerves trump is now threatening his own allies if they there break his blockade against iran no one trades with iran he insists that the europeans are playing ball. as the european commission we have the duty to protect european companies so we know me to act we believe that it is and it has to be up to. the europeans and this

case to decide with home to trade with. them is take also trumps advice to germany lately sort of bullying with regards to russian gas pipelines. germany will become totally dependent on russian energy if it does not immediately change course nothing complicated here america cannot compete with much cheaper russian gas but if you get rid of russian gas pipelines europeans trump's allies will have no choice but to overpay for american gas well it's better than taking advantage of your friends problem is germany isn't that stupid we can't rely on the superpower of the united states neither is nato immune to trump's charms huge smalling out this year between turkey and the

states and her wanting to buy russian anti air missiles and trump trump didn't like that one bit we have had serious concerns about turkey's potential acquisition of the ass four hundred system so this is turkey's decision we made a deal on the s four hundred that file is closed it is closed business trumps gung ho attitude his speak first think later and then change your mind style has. pushed away friends or shove them away made enemies it's getting hard to bully co worse and stronger on your way around shining example as what's happening at the un or rather what isn't happening in the us getting its way q more threats the american people pay twenty two percent of the un budget more than the

next three highs donor countries combined in spite of this generosity the rest of the un booted with us only thirty one percent of the time this is not an acceptable return on our investment president trump wants to ensure that our foreign assistance dollars are we serve american interests america's erratic behavior. it's tantrums costing it power influence friends even the famous bromance with french president mark ron is ending but it's more than that it's a new global trend where people nations are pretty sick of being ordered about told what to do it regardless of what they think hard of trump tweeting about them two thousand and eighteen was hard on america trump made it so. germany's interior minister is demanding tougher laws on asylum seekers after

a migrant gang went on a brutal spree against passers by including children of top politicians are warning that current laws do not allow deportation even of violent criminals. we are here said law not to i've been asked for months already to make the deportations more effective in germany and that's why we've been working for weeks at the ministry of the interior to prepare a constitutional amendment for a more efficient deportation system so violent offenses are increasingly worrying me whether they are done out of xenophobia or whether they are carried out by foreigners and asylum seekers a state governed by the rule of law must decisively combat both that is our basic position the person who randomly attacks innocent passers by demonstrates that he does not seek the protection of our society the mediated perpetrators can expect no understanding in our country but only the full force of the law currently deportation is not legally possible but we're working hard to change that for

following the incident that took place on saturday evening which left twelve people injured in a seemingly random attack in the town of place have four main suspects in custody they range from seventeen to nineteen years in age and come from afghanistan and iran well this is prompted ministers to call for a change in the laws as it stands at the moment you can be deported back to a home country if your applying for asylum and your a minor or the country that you would be returned to is deemed to be dangerous now the christian social union under the merkel's coalition partners in bavaria they've come out and said they want this law changed now the green party and the mayor of the town of umberger have accused the christian social union and interior minister horse and see hoffa of playing politics with this issue i do understand the anger which i see in some of the reaction to amberg but this hate and the threats of violence now coming from all over the republic have gone too far the hard for is

using the amber consistent f. actively to tighten asylum legislation such proposals have next to zero impact when it comes to fighting crime and only helping extremism politician. splits over what to do over to porting asylum applications certainly seems people are also equally as spliffs i spoke to people on the streets of berlin and they gave me their reaction to the story they should be honored to be able to be here and. yeah should . they have to do a note to commit a crime and if they do thorough they have to go back to fences. it's damn mind this is ok they have. been to a lot so in the war in afghanistan they need help i think we have our laws we don't have to change the laws and i think we are right doing it. right now they deserve a second chance while the center for european reform says that one third of those

migrants and refugees that came to germany since twenty fifteen currently in full time employment or an apprenticeship scheme however it's what to do with those other two thirds especially those among them who would commit crime well that's causing headaches for legislators across the country we asked to be on top of germany's left party and alternative for germany party member poll to try to shed some light on the issue. we have a constitution that is very strong on human rights you cannot ever under the german constitution you point someone to the united states when he's facing the death penalty he has guests and if they commit crimes then they can no longer be our guests so what is evil should be doing is to actually work with countries. to enable us to deport people when we have to promise that they will not be tortured like in ca rendition sites or on the threat of the death penalty in fact

what he's doing here is fear mongering and so he is scaring those people that are willing to integrate while he should be targeting the radical islamists that his government has let into our country it's a big lie that they are all coming to germany because their lives are in danger many of them a boat majority of them come to germany because. they're just. applied to welfare you know and to live for asylum did they are all for years hundred by the state and with no work angela merkel says we are tough enough so we will be willing to quit and we will give birth but you know see we have incident incident incident so. our into creation policy is a mess it's a mr we each. it's been four days since tragedy struck the russian city of

mike the tow course where a block of flats collapsed a search and rescue operation has now been called off after the body of a thirty ninth victim was recovered it is thought that a gas explosion caused the disaster our correspondent daniel hawkins reports thirty nine bodies appears to be the final casualty count from this building collapse that the recovery workers went on for. around seventy two hours in total almost nonstop throughout the day and night pausing only for safety as you can see behind me some of the balconies and the roofs are in a state of total destruction and we're not allowed to go any closer for fear they may collapse as well residents fled this disaster scene with only the clothes on their back perhaps a few documents or cash they didn't have time simply to grab anything else they were allowed intermittently to go back to the scene to pick up any other possessions that may have left behind. on the ship a smart and is that of

a woman they are innocent of all i see it was. just a child some did and on bush so wanted to be sure to just let you have it when you're could you were sure what their own and as you spoke to these people more and more stories emerged one shots example the family a mother and daughter who slept just as a one off in a different room they would have stayed normally the father stayed on the couch tragically that was the first part of the building to collapse she managed to get away with her daughter the father tragically was not so lucky another story to come out over the last few days an infant boy who was buried in the rubble here just behind me he was heard crying by emergency workers who rushed to the scene managed to get him out after more than twenty four hours in these freezing temperatures he seems been taken to moscow and now despite his multiple serious injuries his condition is described as stable many of the people we've spoken to the witnesses at the scene those who were directly affected by this tragedy but they are saying

they're also pleasantly surprised by how people have come together offering their support for the political moves in. the squad to. give them the need to this time so much that he is with all of them. with the over the solution of my mental. indeed we saw flowers of candles soft toys and clothes getting bigger and bigger issues many of them quite emotional interior's coming here to express their condolences this in support of those affected by this of course preparing for the large number of funerals in this city of magnitogorsk with the rescue operation complete some have been reunited with their animals or dog days trapped in the

ruins before being reunited with its own rescuers also found one rather bewildered cat that's now been taken into. are still up and coming on your program here with the national the british army is reaching out to snowflakes. in a bid to boost dwindling recruitment figures and more on that in just a. join

me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sport. i'm sure. i'll see you then. most people think this is this you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest read. truth to stand listens you just need the right questions and the right answers.

question. just one in twenty one minutes past the hour here in moscow if you can't beat them join them. appealing to snowflakes. in his latest campaign to get the young generation to enlist just how many will be willing to swap time for the front lines and i see a truck take some. a new year and time for a fresh start but the british army is kicking off twenty nineteen when the curious one struggling to get new additions to join its ranks have come up with a new recruitment campaign aimed at the new generation or those the u.k. ministry of defense addresses in their new ads as me me me millennial snowflakes selfie addicts class clowns and phones are the new you're army needs you series of posters video clips am radio ads aims to turn those society allegedly undervalues.

so slow. news useless into those the army would properly appreciate. the new campaign is the third execution of the this is belonging series showing how the army finds potential beyond gens ed and millennial stereotypes and identifying the essential skills needed in new army recruits such as compassion self belief and focus this is how the u.k. ministry of defense attributes those qualities in its attempts to recruit if you're a snowflake the army needs you and your compassion if you're a binge gamer it's your drive that's useful if your phone's on b. you must have great focus skills and if you're a me me me millennial you must apparently be fantastic at self belief that's the

logic but how likely is it that this approach will appeal to the audience rather than go to a younger generation i think they're all offensive like to people like a different message thirty five connotation put in the military in a bit of a strange light this would be quite rude doesn't make any sense. because the difference on these doesn't actually mean anything to do so. it's appealing to the same still to people is. the people always are still about the army being for them it's no secret that the british army has been failing to reach its target recruiting numbers currently at seventy seven thousand fully trained troops and several thousand short of its eighty two thousand five hundred goal momentary drop out rates for uplands have also been recorded at a whopping forty seven percent that's almost of all those applying so it seems likely that even this kind of in your face campaign could mean winning this recruitment war proves mission impossible and as they say r.t.

london over the next few days are without international we are looking back at some of the stories we've brought to you in twenty eight. twenty years i mean it was certainly a big year for news watchers i was there was an awful lot of it but what was it like from the point of view of those reporting the big events that's awful. so for. now everything being into a mess if. you.

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reading. to. me. the happy. that's it for now here at aussie whip back in about twenty five. it's hard to imagine decades after the war. was still active and rich in the nineteen seventies cretonne had as the cheer of its a man convicted of mass murder and slavery at auschwitz a german company developed. a drug that was promoted as completely safe even during

pregnancy. it terrible side effects what has happened to my baby anything. you know is just. silly to mind victims i have to this day to receive compensation they never apologized for the suffering that not only want the money i want the revenge. says syria was lost long ago this as his public. words are getting louder and me know what's going on. does it mean for u.s. engagement overseas that's the subject on this edition of politic. politicking on larry king on wednesday in a lengthy question and answer session with reporters following

a meeting with his cabinet don't talk declare that syria was lost long ago and went on to give his assessment of the country and the ongoing civil war there as death and sand. this against the backdrop of a growing war with american military generals what's going on and what's the potential fallout of this war of words with military experts for us in gaze was overseas let's talk with someone who knows a lot about u.s. foreign policy in the west battle against islamic extremists former u.s. representative chris shays from connecticut servicing a member of the finance and homeland security committees was chairman of the government oversights national security committee with jurisdiction over both the defense department and the state department he's a good friend he joins us from washington all right what's your reaction to the commander in chief's description of syria as sand and death well it is said in

death that part of the problem is though when he said i'm taking the troops out he said we've already won so it's just hard to know you know what he says and when he says it and what it means but the bottom line is we can go back a long ways and we can go back to even my vote going into iraq and we opened the door to iran and we didn't find weapons of mass destruction so there's a lot of history here but the thing i would like for my president is i would like my president to teach listen learn help. and teach and explain and then create a good dialogue about you know really where are we in syria bashir is there russia is there they weren't before i says potentially could be reborn. and so bottom the.