i. demanded and in russia on spying charges appears to be a citizen of britain canada island and the us that is media speculation grows that it was seized by moscow to be used as a bargaining chip for such a couple. we could call a national emergency because of the security of our country i absolutely know we can do it i haven't done it i may do it i may do it all from threatens to state of emergency if there's no consensus on funding his portable democrats meanwhile reviving till the chairman. believes don't play baby talk because we're going to go in there with you some other. fires to gas unspoken clashes of once again seen on the streets of paris is like this is the best prices

continue their eight consecutive we've got our government running them agitates is sinking. below that welcome just gone seven pm here in moscow you're watching international now britain canada ireland and the u.s. have all confirmed a man held in russia on spying charges is one of their citizens paul whalen a former u.s. marine is now at the center of intense media speculation. as more details. haven't they god as get rather used to hearing about russian spies getting caught in america we have the hybrid warfare that you're seeing with russia which is very much forefront inspired master this is the one saying this is

a hard and fast rule of trading when you when you go. particularly coming out of the soviet union or russia they will accuse of being a russian spy has pleaded guilty in a us federal court this time the case is the exact opposite paul whelan an american national and former u.s. marine was arrested in moscow in perhaps the fanciest hotel in the capital but who would have known when the news broke that as many as four countries would end up saying he's our guy about mr we won the embassy violating moscow has requested consular access to an irish citizen currently detained in russia we are extremely worried about pool whelan we have offered to consular assistance consular officials are aware that a canadian citizen has been arrested in russia ambassador huntsman expressed his support for mr whelan and offered the embassy assistance however when it comes to

the canadian passport the suspects brother couldn't even say whether he still has it or not i don't know i know that he was once a canadian citizen so he may still be and i know that he is an american citizen right now strange but that's how it is paul whelan is in detention in moscow having been charged with espionage although his family is sure the reason he went to russia was just a wedding party the american ambassador had been given permission to see the spy suspect and so he did mr whelan's lawyer is seeking bail for his client but don't forget several countries have wind up to help him out so while u.k. officials are waiting for the green light to get access to the alleged spy their top diplomat has spoken out opposition is very very clear individuals should not be . used as pawns of diplomatic leverage we need to see what those charges are against him to understand whether there is a case or not we're not ruling out any theories tool at this stage as to why this

might have happened there are very few details on the case that we know off for now there hasn't been much reaction from senior officials either but journalists around the world are all over this story and speculation is rife he faces up to twenty years in a russian jail deal oh that's plenty of time to be small but. what's most likely as we'll as a pawn in russia's play to get back one of its spies after maria patino here in the united states the rehabilitation do you believe the arrest of your brother was retaliation was revenge in some way by the russians as you've just heard many are linking this case with the case of maria bhutto she was arrested in america in july and eventually pleaded guilty to conspiring against the u.s. with the russian government official and at least one other person without notifying the attorney general however the fact is the charges brought against

maria buton and paul whelan are completely different in a prank or there will be this week the washington post published an article about mr wade insta tension and in it form a cia official john seifert dieted way we didn't was a spy saying that random americans without diplomatic immunity sent to collect low level information we are illegal a media analyst leinil his reaction he says that we only use according to this people with diplomatic immunity when you look at this as far as the illegality of it what is the role of the diplomatic community how does that work or does that in any way interfere with spying and vice versa you're not going to see a lot of people address. this and you have to see a lot of people in american media in the american media speak to this particular point we must assure that all individuals in all countries are accorded the rights that are that are available to them what's fascinating is that you will see

american mainstream media in particular that does not have necessarily some of the best newsrooms some of the best. let's say experts available who will have to feed that twenty four seven media. monster you have to feed it you have to give it something you're going to talk to anybody who's ever been remotely work with the cia was in the cia drove by the cia knows somebody who was in the cia so a lot of times you're not going to see some of the best vetting of the experts. now another round of budget talks between congressional democrats and the white house seems have led nowhere with the u.s. government shutdown i wintering it's the tweak the sticking point is funding for donald trump's border war and with democrats again calling for impeachment the us president is threatening to take radical action if you considered using emergency

powers to grant yourself authorities to build this war without congressional approval and secondly i have to go you have yes i have and i can do it if i want so you don't need congressional approval to build know we can use i'm absolutely we can call a national emergency because of the security of our country i absolutely know we can do it i haven't done it i may do it i may do it did indicate after the meeting when he spoke that he would actually consider calling a national emergency in order to construct his wall so that he could do so without the approval of congress trump also summarize the meeting he felt the meeting was productive but the representatives seem to have the other idea we had a very very productive meeting lengthy and sometimes contentious it's very hard to see how progress will be made unless they open up the government we recognize on the democratic side that we really cannot resolve this until we open up government

he said he'd keep the government closed for a very long period of time months or even years from also said that in the meeting nancy pelosi the speaker of the house of representatives that she told. donald trump that she had no interest in impeachment they were not looking for impeachment that's the quote there has been a call to get the ball rolling and kind of jump start impeachment proceedings against trump from some democrats one democrat in the house of representatives actually has some rather colorful language to make this call the police don't want it and maybe days alt because we're going to go in there we're going to be some of them. while trump said that he was told by nancy pelosi that quote we're not looking for impeachment in the meeting that just happened nancy pelosi has elsewhere said that she would be open to the impeachment of us president trump. for a political and we should avoid a. political race we've reached this point where if you have control of congress or half of congress and. the president is from the other party you

attack the president. refusing to provide the votes to pass the president's agenda he'd run into problems right away because there is no national emergency is causing this this impasse over something that most americans don't really want or care about i think that the upper hand goes to the democrats and they're just going to wait him out until his own party tells me he has to fund the government because it's costing the there are supporters too much and it's costing the country too much to hold a quarter of the government unfunded sure of a lengthy period of time is going to cause so much pain that he's going to have to kill this. like i would at such show you some live pictures from paris at the moment because any hopes the french government that had that he had a vest process would be confined to last you have been dealt

a plane today hundreds of the maintenance man this have once again flooded the streets of paris for the consecutive quake clashes erupted as protesters set barricades on fire and cool for president maccarone. to resign. was . was. was. was. our security personnel have again been deployed to the capital to help prevent violence there have been demonstrations in other cities too across france the movement hasn't called a halt his actions despite though a government climbdown of the fuel taxes in today's prices does come just two days

after b.l.o. first sent macron a letter full of anger and contempt you do not give straight answers and you drag things out by proposing false measures measures that the people of france reject when will you understand that you and your people are no longer credible and that you have lost the confidence of those who believed in you and in your movement nineteen months ago well on friday a government spokes person branded the demonstrators agitators who were focused on nothing more than staging. if you she's a nurse. says the announcements of the manual macro the yellow vests have become a movement of agitators who want insurrection and to overthrow the government moreover those who call for debate don't want to participate in the great national debate. ok let's get the thoughts now jack smiled he's a former m.p. a matter of maize on the face and jack she very welcome thanks for your time this evening are you surprised that these protests have continued into the new year. not

at all not at all i'm not surprised because the ounce of the government was inappropriate you see one you want to really have social peace again you are to put on the table a genuine and to what is at stake and in fact today what is our state is a policy of the european union which has been very strict because people nations should abide you know the famous strip persons. in the budget and this is not the way you do because the salaries of the large wages of the blog . finally allegation have been blocked and reduce social people are suffering so what you have to do is to convene a social conference as it happening like in sixty eight when the government at the same kind of revolution in front of it and convene

a social and the political conference to put everything on the table and to find a way and this is not the case unfortunately the government is launching a debate for three months the dalai ounce. papers and that will lead and that will relieve feed the revolution this is what happened in the seven hundred eighty nine where the tell you to go to the all star you see i've been led to the. general state in sri and then the revolution was underway oh i think the seeds of but. despite all that despite the protests continuing it does seem that the numbers a much smaller noun terms of the number of people that are right demonstrating do you think that significant you think these demonstrations about haps running out of steam somewhat. well you have to look at the polls which says that fifty five

or sixty five percent of the french are still in favor of this moment of course it does reduce it is no more over seventy but it's still there and the question is as i said this kind of launching a debate which is going to last three months we feed you know all of the michael g. poll people trying to get more and more saying from the government i think that it's a bad mistake but in fact of course people are maybe fed up with it or it was was of violence which is the violence which are absolutely and should be condemned so there is no way that we can admit such violence but never mind that revolution we all are led by the like everybody in rush hour we've seen sad scene like in seventeen because it will be the same thing it's a government is standing on his position he tries to convene a social conference to our whizzer sidey cade's wizzy intermediary bodies you know

to find a way out and then bring the answer might it is bodies back in the debate because it is you know the government doesn't like the trade unions and this is a big mistake was who wrapped up in it with the reforms that wanted to push through from the very beginning to support you think marco more say in his letter to the nation he's expected to write one what you think he'll write well you know and is. wishing the nation. a new year he said that he will continue is reforms but the reforms is asking for and not the reforms of french are demanding today you know in speaking of european sovereign thing which the french don't like so i think it is absolutely dreaming you know the european the church or and i think is. absolutely out of the common sense of the

french today i think that there might go all intellect by chaunce what is not obvious to a ledger again do you need to implement what you wishes because you know. seventy or eighty percent of the french nation which don't like what you propose ok look just going to have to leave it there but very good to told you that was former m.p. a man of the french town a maze on the fee thank you. still to come britain has been paying large sums of money has been revealed to protect a controversial high preacher at the port it will have more on that story just after the break.

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welcome back now north korea and the u.s. need to act more and talk less to solve the deadlock in that peace negotiations that's according to comments by an advisor to the south korean president and it comes after kim jong un's new year address in which he expressed readiness for dialogue but also warned the dangers of failed diplomacy not operable and didn't although i am ready to meet with the u.s. president again or to any time a new threat to bring about outcomes there would be welcomed by the international community however the united states continues to break its promises misjudges our patience by unilaterally demanding certain thinks bush we had with sanctions and pressure against our own public and we may have to seek another way to protect our country sovereignty interests and to establish peace and stability on the korean

peninsula. well it was a thorny year for north korea and the u.s. with grave warnings and insults being fired from both sides but kim jong un and donald trump eventually reconciled because you don of looks back now at a rather explosive twenty eight at the beginning of twenty the state of relations between the united states and north korea could be summed up with a contest. itself the measuring contest in relations seemed unthinkable yet that was exactly what twenty teams brought in some of the first cases of classical literature it all began with a woman. this is still north korea's leader could easily make a run at the gold medal if political freestyle was a moment but this a plea a human face to the leadership of the reclusive state almost all the support of the games itself the teams of north and south korea under one flag in fact even.

at least in the way reconciled and trying at least in the form of the. double fuel. from the. fast forward a couple of months and history's made the leaders of north and south shaking hands smiling laughing walking all to shoulder in the no man's land between their states. from a price stand as perspective the ball of fur looked almost like a competition incivility with pyongyang to gain the upper hand another all of branch of the world career obliteration of what they said why. then nuclear test

site which i got to witness. minutes ago they were in there over there and now everything is being turned into a massive cloud of dust the fact odyssey got to see many things but no outside a high school hello were inside the restaurant comes to north korean leader kim jong il and i'm absolutely shocked. this is how suddenly you get treated to cranberry juice at kim jong un's residence the whole faja and fury thing seem to go out of fashion fust so don't trump decided to put it aside the summit will happen and personally i think it's going to be a success predictability though is not one of the traits trump is known for he kept the world confused regarding his intentions to meet kim jong until the very last moment is a very substantial chance that it will work as i always say who knows who knows

what's going to happen who will either have a very good meeting or we want to have a good meeting and maybe we won't even have a meeting at all it will see how it all works maybe maybe it won't everything's going to be scuttled but eventually the two met and they felt and how shame about their feelings toward each other. thank you for this fantasy i was really being tough and so wishing i will go back and forth and then we fell in love ok one thing that twenty three.

in the north korean saga is that donald trump and predictability still don't go together as his emissaries were scalding front was living outside of a long distance relationship with. proof of his infatuation for the south korean leader but it could be out of five degree employment in the past eighteen years three to close last year signed perhaps the two careers don't really need anyone but each other to find a new reconcile. you pushed out of reporting there now it's been revealed that britain has spent almost two hundred thousand pounds protecting the wealth the hate preacher abu qatada after he was deported to jordan to face terror charges the son sorry the sum revealed by the times newspaper sparked anger among em pays and also the public these payments are ridiculous the money we have spent is an insult to

the british taxpayer. one point seven million pounds in legal fees for a hate preacher abu qatada total cost for deportation including welfare payments so far one point nine million pounds christ sakes two hundred thousand pounds spent on protecting hate preachers human rights you couldn't make it up no wonder people want to come here they get two hundred thousand even if they leave. well the u.k. granted him asylum back in one thousand nine hundred four after he claimed he was tortured in jordan u.k. then arrested him after nine eleven on terror related charges to target was sent back to jordan twelve years later after he was assured he would not be tortured there but his deportation overseen by the then home secretaries in may did come at a rather hefty price in fact to believe at least one point nine million pounds was racked up including payments for legal fees and aid in as mentioned ily two hundred

thousand pounds was spent after he'd been removed from the country to check on his condition and to ensure he wasn't being tortured the british government committed to monitoring qatada for up to three years and the last payment was made in twenty sixteen we put the issues raised by migrant deportations and this particular case for debate. in the first place. should never have been granted asylum here bike in one thousand for your recipes one for and the key use should never of claimed asylum in all reality we are at the haughty to the right here is your convention like most civilized countries which millions if somebody claims asylum and they can show genuine fear of persecution we are obliged to grant them asylum you're suggesting it's appropriate that the you care taxpayer should pick up the bill for a terrorist mastermind who was going against the rule of involving u.k. i'm certainly going to go i don't know which is different you gotta let me finish

now and i in our second i gotta finish you're suggesting that the you care taxpayer should pick up the bill for a terrorist mastermind to come to the u.k. live off benefits and then when he does get deported back to jordan we further pick up an extra two hundred thousand now if that's not well nihilistic perhaps is a better word that article stick but either way it's pretty imbecilic the fundamental fact is that this guy was by any definition and. our qaeda terrorist mastermind i'm glad that he was deported i mean i am disappointed that we've had to spend two hundred thousand points to look after his well for in jordan where not money could have been spent much better for example keith here in the u.k. looking after british victims of our qaeda violence wouldn't you agree with me with me or not point where would you like to see the line expand on another universe or is victims who chose i'm only slightly disturbed david that seems to be that your

opinion as to whether somebody is wrapped up in criminality or not is sufficient to convict them and the fact is that jordan already having victim in his absence then had to acquit him when he was retried for exactly the same thing because it was discovered that the evidence was tainted it's not my opinion that he was a terrorist mastermind it's a matter of numerous reports by various heads of intelligence services if an intelligence service alleges somebody is a well known terrorist or something like that but if those countries get a lot provide the evidence to support those contentions then i'm afraid i'm not prepared to listen with deep credence to any intelligence service is that alleges something against somebody simply because it suits them politically to do so in essence what keith saying must be must be music from heaven to the years of any prospective terrorist wanting to get into the u.k.

and yes into your initial point we should toughen up our laws much much more robust from to make sure that such wicked terrorists do not enter this country they can go to jordan or forever else they want but not in the united kingdom. on a historic split from the russian church the orthodox church if you crane has been granted independence thomas the official document of. the decision in the song today by the head of the global. while ukraine's president welcomed the decision of the orthodox churches have condemned it saying the move is politically motivated and could lead to this place of the anti orthodox society. that brings you up to date that's how the news is nothing that i hear at the top of the.

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