i. the heads of european powerhouses germany and france signed a treaty to deepen ties critics warn the deal will affect. i think it's a smokescreen for problems and. meanwhile is lee called for sanctions against france accusing it of treason african countries like colonies and fueling the migrant crisis in the russian foreign ministry in response to new revelations that the first responder on location after the poisoning of former russian spy suggested a pound a senior u.k. . russia and russia and japan confirm their mutual interest in signing a world war two era peace treaty between the countries their leaders meet for talks in moscow.

hello they're just gone seven pm here in moscow you're watching international germany's angela merkel france's crown have signed a treaty to boost relations it does come amid rising tensions in the year from bickering between member states uncertainty over breaks it and a rising populism across the continent peter all of reports germany and france must tackle the challenges of our time hand in hand those were the words. she put pen to paper on the treaty of ark and now it was signed in our historic city hall the historic well significance of the place wasn't missed at all by anybody that was speaking in fact if you didn't know about the history of rock and after they clearly weren't listening it was charlemagne's capital exchanged hands numerous times between. france and germany sometimes in bloody conflict over the centuries

but the message that was coming from the leaders was the past is in the past but there are still battles to be for today and about that stark now about populism and nationalism becoming stronger in our countries for the first time with britain a country is leaving the european union that is why they fascinate a renewed commitment to our responsibility within the european union the responsibility of france and germany in the. europe wouldn't survive disunity it would make it di that is the new franco german responsibility for europe giving it the tools for sovereignty in terms of defense security or space x. this in terms of migration environmental and digital transitions. that was echoed by the european council president who was also in attendance he said that there were those at large today that would seek to bring down the european union well his

colleague the european commission president jiang cord younker was a little jolly he ended by saying long live franco german cooperation long live year up the whole reason that they streety was signed in the first place isn't because there's any major conflict between france and germany right now thankfully not the reason it's being done is to try and shore up some of the cracks in the european union from the major cracks like break that up to the potentially major cracks the fact that italy hungary poland none of them want to play the game the way brussels wants to see it played and that is why brussels paris and berlin all came together to say there may be trouble elsewhere but we are unified here so i had a look at what's in this treaty and why some of the portraits mentioned today may be hard to put into practice in reality the draft of the deal was a little light on real details but there is a clear intent with it let's have a look. the deal was set for an increase in bilateral statements when it comes to

major e.u. issues now this is something that's already fairly commonplace from the two now it's going to be in writing there's also plans full fiscal integration and what's being called the franco germany konami zone. on the military front both nations want their armed forces to be as into twined as their economies with germany and france combining to reinforce nato and defense also what's being called the string of a common culture in the ranks and they franco german security council so the brass and the politicians pulling in the same direction there's also foreign policy goals which may prove a little less straightforward including a permanent seat for germany on the un security council but not everyone is happy about these e.u. powerhouses getting even more chummy and cementing their position within the bloc.

europe is used to the franco german axis but we're seeking a new balance a new energy and in this sense poland and italy will be the protagonists of this new european spring there's also domestic upset over the deal alternative for germany say it erodes german sovereignty while the same sentiments have been echoed by the usual suspects in france you know said goodbye sending the sacked on the quiet him on the way to market on committed treason with briggs it's on the rise of euro skepticism it makes sense that berlin and paris would look to team up but not brings us back to the question of foreign policy how will the interventionist french sit with the germans we now need for that caution.

with germany fundamentally changing the global military outlook it's hard to see how this deal changed much or anything at all peter overall the berlin. meanwhile france has summoned the italian ambassador over hostile remarks apparently made by the company by the country's deputy prime minister to mayo accused paris of the searing a colonial policy in africa and of worsening the migrant crisis even going so far as to call for sanctions italy's other deputy prime minister math yourself vini ruffle ruffled feathers he said that france has no desire to stabilize a war torn libya due to its energy interests. as more. france and italy have quite a long story of fighting as e.u. elections edged closer the two countries are increasingly looking to bolster their

allies and to drown out the rivals italy's a deputy prime minister has laid the blame for the on going my current crisis here in europe with france saying it's impoverished african nations with its colonialist policies. we must address the causes of this crisis because people are leaving africa in part because some european countries led by friends have never stopped being colonizers he even went as far as calling for brussels dissension paris now some might say that it's a bit rich to lay the blame on france's colonial past given that italy too had colonies but to my use beef is that a cool thing to him france has never let go there are dozens of african countries in which france prints its own currency the franc of the colonies and with that currency french public debt is financed italy's been ruffling matt corns feathers for a while including in its support for the yellow vests movement been

a french easy i hope for the good of the french who are a great people that they come out of this moment of crisis macron was a laboratory invented product to stand in the way of any change on the horizon that seems obvious to me now. all while ranes hand of friendship is being offered to wolves other e.u. nations disgruntled with an influx of migration including hungary in poland they cooling for a european spring french president has taken up the fight me the only system it is indeed clear that today there is a strong opposition between nationalists and progressives and i will not give anything away to nationalists and to those who deliver this hate speech and so if they wanted to see me as their main opponent they are right. france and italy have many bones of contention immigration settlement in libya relations with russia

and they can't even decide on leonardo da vinci's legacy but they do have one thing in common both want to take the lead within the e.u. surely do you can ski. paris. in other news this evening there has been a new development in the script in the u.k. because it's been revealed one of the first people on the scene to administer hope to the poisoned ex russian spy and his daughter was a senior army medic with more details on that his. it was a senior army medic and her teenage daughter. it's been revealed were one of the first responders when again u.s. script were found collapsed on a bench and souls last march now the local teenage girl had recently undergone a first aid course at school and the family had been celebrating the girl's brother's birthday so they were out in the city center and the sixteen year old

girl spotted the pair unconscious and she didn't initially thought that so gay square power was suffering from a heart attack so she quickly alerted her mother who happens to be a british army know that together the two of them gave the script files first stayed until the paramedics arrived now the reason we know about this now is because the mum in this story nominated her daughter for a local bravery award that was handed out by a local radio station and the radio station that handed out the award said that they didn't want any press attention immediately sort of in the aftermath of the script out saga which is why it's only become public knowledge now now as for the mother the mother's name is colonel allison mccaw. and she is now the chief nursing officer for the british army and she's got an o.b.e. she's had quite a career it's got

a reset she's worked in kosovo bosnia iraq and also treating a bowler in sierra leone it does appear that the the girl and her mother and her mother live locally and allison mccourt appears to have worked in some of the military installations around that area as part of her role in the british military now the russian embassy in the u.k. has published a statement on its website in response to the emergence of this story take a listen to what they had to say the fact that this young girl was present at the crime scene together with her mother allison mccord who happens to be a conal and the chief nursing overseer of the british army and to the numerous extraordinary coincidences characteristic of the scruples boys and furthermore one has to wonder why this information unusual as it is it's only been made public ten months after the incident the russian embassy has long had a bone to pick with the way the british government has handled the the the

aftermath of the scripps howard poisoning ever since the incident took place the russian side has been asking for clarification over what happened as well as access to the victims who remain russian nationals as well and a calling for an open and co-operative investigation we've also asked the u.k.'s ministry of defense to comment on this story which they've said is a local story so they won't comment on it however they did refer us to to reserve may's original condemnation of the attack against sergei and. then now the leaders of russia and japan have held talks in moscow and finally signing a world war two peace treaty between the two countries so let's get more details and. dan hawkins has been following events forests good evening see a lot was discussed today but were there any major breakthroughs that. these

discussions were described as frank and thought for at the end of the press conference by president vladimir putin a lot of talk on expanding trade bilateral cooperation of various projects from agriculture to new nuclear technology etc the big one of course was that nine hundred fifty six treaty between japan and the soviet union at that time to decide the fate of the islands or claimed to be the northern territories by japan that dispute over the four islands just north of japan and south of russia in the big question was can any headway any major breakthroughs be made to do with that peace treaty the answer was no mr putin did say the discussions were fruitful a lot of ground was covered but did say a lot of work remained to be had to come to some sort of conclusion. ops would you . discuss the prospects for signing the peace treaty and give much time to the

question we've been holding dialogue over the question for several years we confirmed our interest in signing this treaty. we have much work to do to form the conditions for mutual except the decision. to provide the long term and comprehensive development of russia japan relations. nothing concrete really came out of that press conference that a not that expectations were particularly high a negotiation is have been going on there as the russian president said for some years but really dating all over back to the post second world war period he did say that the door was open though to further discussions leaving aside the rhetoric that's been flying around before these negotiations to come to some sort of arrangement in the future it looks like those negotiations will be ongoing before anything concrete is undertaken ok thank you dan it was dan hawkins there. so to come this hour clashes intensify in venezuela as washington throws its backing

behind a non elected opposition leader against the country's president we'll have a look at that in more detail just after the break. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or

rejected. so when you want to express. some want to be rich. but you'd like to be close this is what the three of you get. interested always in the logs. welcome back now it is said there are two sides to every story and that's certainly true when it came to reports about the standoff between a student wearing a make america great again baseball cap and a native american veteran a video of the two taken in washington d.c. did go viral sparking outrage in the media however. looks at what is not being reported. a visual like this will get your blood boiling. and the catholic high

school student who comes face to face with the native american culture and why was video is now responding to the media went wild a youth trademark tat disrespecting an elderly native american just starving viral video has sparked outrage to. at covington catholic high school and just stir being viral video shows a mall that seems to make america great again something caressing a native american out there in washington a troubling incident at the foot of the lincoln memorial and it wasn't just any native american this guy is a vietnam veteran he was instantly turned into a hero by celebrities and the media the red make america great again to have is the new white hood without white boys been able to empathize with other people humanity will continue to destroy itself this is appalling the ignorance the goal the disrespect it's shameful that native american man showed incredible strength and

dignity i heard him say you know down. here i sit here i have to we have to stay strong all of us that the one who is all that anger and all of that wanting to. have to freedom to just rip me apart but there's always more to the story than a single snapshot. that make america great again. look at it. we think. we've not thank you. it turns out that the boys were taunted rather hatefully by black nationalists and others and all kinds of hate was unloaded on them simply for wearing trunks a baseball cap and furthermore unlike those trying to provoke them the boy in the picture he simply stood silently however he did put

a defiant grin on his face. compared to. the young man is now penned his version of events he's getting death threats from across the globe i'm being called every name in the book including a racist and i will not stand for the small black character assassination of my family so some channels are now editing the story but the damage is already done this turned into a huge story only because this child was wearing a make america great again i think that there is a serious lack of integrity in reporting at the end of the day everybody wants to put their own spin on a story it's no longer about who what when where and why it's about how could we spin this in a way that benefits our narrative. security forces in venezuela have detained

twenty seven members of the national guard accusing them of launching an uprising against the government it comes amid a political crisis in the country that after president you know gratian was branded illegitimate by the opposition one quarter as. it's all out chaos in the streets of caracas with especially violent protests raging in the streets the beginning of the week saw an explosion of violence when government soldiers were arrested for stealing weapons in the capital right wing protests in support of them broke out into warlike clashes with government forces opposition a national assembly leader called for a meeting with supporters to be held on wednesday but it's a bit too late to play nice as last week why declared venezuelan president nicolas maduro as entire claim to power illegitimate and c.n.n. announced the trumpet ministration may be prepared to recognize quiet though as

venezuela's an elected president as a result of venezuela's supreme court has declared the national assembly as political power knell and void trumps national security advisor john bolton didn't seem too happy. today's action by the madrid controlled supreme court was a predictable and whole the united states resolutely supports the national assembly of the. democratic institution the brave to restore democracy u.s. vice president mike pence even said majority has no right to exercise legitimate political power nicolas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power who has oppressed the villa's wailin people for far too long the united states strongly supports the courageous decision by one dog the president of the national assembly to invoke constitutional protections and declare the country's presidency vacant the mainstream media has been adding fuel to the fire with headlines predicting

a venezuelan doomsday going on for years already it's hard to tell if the opposition is really that popular but one thing is for sure the trumpet ministration and mainstream media might not agree on much but when it comes to venezuela the government must go donald quarter r.-t. . a woman who claims she had proof of russian collusion with team trump has been released she along with her self-proclaimed sex guru were arrested at a moscow airport last week. is a better russian citizen who was arrested in thailand as part of investigation into alleged prostitution on the seventeenth of january she arrived in moscow was immediately detained at sheremetyevo airport officials insist she was held due to her alleged links to prostitution. as more. the sea of a ship which also known as nice little fish in russian is now free decided early on

tuesday and while it is no doubt a good news for the growth of the water a surprising or maybe even disappointing for some western media that used to patrol a nicer as a martyr and a victim of a bloody putin regime that oppresses and destroys all its opponents well tuesday's release puts basically an end to all this hysteria making it well known since he she comes across these days as somebody who wants to take back everything that she she said meanwhile anastasia should be back in court tomorrow presumably still apologizing still trying to save her life what would they say now when the city's free twenty eight year old model scored and the so-called sex trainer from belarus nice to rip became famous after she had claimed having added insult the russian into theories in twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election campaign and donald trump's collusion with kremlin allegedly obtained during her meetings with alleged that a possible russian billionaire who gnostic claims she had sexual relations with. on

the list of the russians businessmen and politicians subject to u.s. sanctions due to alleged bad activities around the world elected it later after nice is claims denied all the allegations and accusations and successfully sued both nicer and her teacher and partner known as alex leslie would be worth a mention that more than a year after nice to claims no evidence of any russian interference in the american elections has ever been provided. for the has been a social media backlash from the american muslim was misidentified as a pakistani actress by the fashion magazine vogue nor to garner you posted a video on instagram from the moment she found out that it had got her name wrong.

to. nor to guard here is a journalist of libyan origin who promotes women's rights she gained global media attention by becoming the first muslim woman to appear in playboy although she did wear hijab and or other clothing and also been mistaken for actress nor carty to god he says she's been misidentified lots of times by the media asked year her photos were used to represent nor sound man the wife of the orlando nightclub. these her presentation and misidentification is a constant problem if you're a muslim in america and this much as i work to fight this there are moments like this where i feel defeated. vogue magazine later posted an apology saying it was sincerely sorry for the mix up it also added to that it was thrilled at the chance to photograph to glory and shine a light on the important work that she does but some on twitter today think the apology was not enough they say that she should be given another and also

a full interview in a future issue earlier we spoke with the founder of muslim girl dot com she says the media does need to be or needs to recruit far more people from more diverse backgrounds to avoid the problem of misidentifying muslims. i think this is absolutely a problem i mean not only is this an issue within the media but it's also an issue in real life as well it is very common for muslim women and also women from many other minorities to be misrepresented mis identified mis named especially in the public eye in the public space the surest way that we can regulate mistakes like by hiring people of color and placing them my in the hands of the people that we're reporting on and the stories that we're trying to tell that in this case it really shone a light i know what a big difference they can make right you know really can use somebody from a completely different background in a completely different profession or well really different identity i think really

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