relations between italy and france. the french people to get rid of president of. the united states supports the courageous decision by. the president. to assert constitutional powers. backing behind venezuela's non-elected opposition leader against the country's president violent uprising a little. on the russian foreign ministry response to new revelations the first person on location after the poisoning. was a senior. good

evening always a pleasure to have your company this is r.t. international. in a fresh attack against. interior minister. has called on the french people to get rid of their president to show that dubious he can explain. well incredibly strong words from italy's deputy prime minister style vini with relations already strained he's not poked away even further at president mark on saying that he hoped that france could soon be free of in his words a terrible president when the i hope the french can free themselves from a terrible president and the opportunity will come on may twenty sixth when finally the french people will be able to take back control of like macro. now all of this tension is bubbling away as european countries are ready to head to the new

parliamentary elections they're going to be taking place in may and leaders of countries have already been drawing the battle lines across europe on the one side populous politicians like salvini a calling for new europe one that's no longer dominated by france and germany and on the other it's centrist politicians like michael calling for greater integration now this attack is just the latest in a series from italy on france italy spain paris for the more you crisis saying it's to blame because it never let go of its colonial times in africa and its rugby league say the wrong way of the packing the yellow vest protests. 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 colonized a. little bit been a french i hope for the good of the french who are a great people but they come out of that moment of crisis was

a laboratory invented product to stand in a way of any change on the horizon that seems obvious to be now. this latest outburst by salvini seems though to mark a new low in relations between the two neighboring countries who are of course supposed to be on the same side solid even ski otty paris. germany's angela merkel in france is among micron have signed a treaty to boost relations comes amid rising tension in the you from bickering between member states briggs it on the rise in populism across the continent peter oliver explains. germany and france must tackle the challenges of our time hand in hand those were the words of angela merkel as she put pen to paper on the treaty of ark and now it was signed in historic city hall the 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 arkan after this well you clearly weren't listening it was charlemagne's capital it's changed 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 that there is a 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 e.u. . europe wouldn't survive disunity it would make it die that is the new franco german responsibility for europe giving you the tools sovereignty in terms of different security or space x. this in terms of migration environmental and digital transitions so 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 called younker was that little jollier 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 the. i 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 plaudits mentioned today well

maybe 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 at 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. defense also what's being called the fostering of a common culture in the ranks and the franco german security council so the brass 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 the 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 she also triggered by sending the sacked on the quiet in the way to market on committees treason with briggs's. 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 known for that caution.

with. the mentally changing global military outlook it's hard to see how this deal will change much or anything at all peter overall to the berlin. ok let's go back to our top story this hour which was the interior minister of italy calling for the french people to get rid of the president among micron political analyst alessandro polythene joins me on the line now. alexandro i was quite surprised strong words coming from a politician about the leader of another country you surprised do you think this will have any kind of effect. well. by tradition

yes they should be surprised by what i've seen from sort of political leaders no you know i saw them around ten years year and even more you know elisa people from the north the league were partners in government visibility for two decades and so well as italians we are less consequences well just imagine that two important countries within the e.u. disagree strongly and not just because they are interests that can be negotiated but because there is a sort of. feeling person feeling between two important leaders you know deputy premier and the president are public. it's not really good news but we have to make with what we have i'm just imagining if these were the countries that were involved certain countries would be absolutely

outraged that another country's politicians are trying to interfere they would almost call it you know an attempt to overthrow the ruling party what is maybe talian politicians this one in particular so angry. the problem is not being angry is the problem is internal consensus the important thing is not really what mccall does. or indeed it's not even true that you know is . that the currency that is adopted by a number of african countries generates of migration problems precisely to do that is less than ten percent of the legal migrants arriving in italy come from areas so about facts it's about consensus it's about paul's it's about creating the image of quote unquote a diversionary. now what are the personal sympathies of the defeated prime minister

. well this is a moot point frankly the important thing is the sort of politics he does and that's important for him and as you have seen in another country in other countries consensus and paul's seem to be so important beyond facts it's a fact of life. we've got european elections coming up just a few months time is that the reason we're hearing this war of words now is this an attempt to influence them. to influence is really a big word as you know influence operations and elections tend to be rather complex affairs a couple of declinations despite being biting here and there and they're just sound bites no the problem is surely up one's own consensus within one's own country before the elections and you know this is not something that you do once or twice you have to groom up your emerge until may and surely that deputy

premier is very interesting in expanding is electrons out that is quite clear also visa v his own coalition partner. how would you rate micron in his party's chances for the may elections. difficult to go that this time you know it's it's still very uncertain surely mccollum doesn't. show us beck tackler record for his own people. that's a thought you know he entered as a a name of big change a fresh air in the. blocked establishment in france and the world rather disappointing i don't know if is main compared to mrs the perp would do better this is

a big question but of course you can pretend that she and change everything and show some results this is an old game in politics i was under great to speak to appreciate your time my guest political analyst alice under a political thank you very much of a lazy evening. ok change of subject now the political heat is rising in bella's weyler and protests are growing ever more violent that the u.s. in the meantime has said that it fully supports the country's opposition and its decision to form a new government u.s. vice president mike pence even showed off that little bit of spanish. i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision by one god or the president of your national assembly to assert that body's constitutional powers declare madeira or your serp or and call for the establishment of a transitional government moochers crassus

e via an conti house meanwhile the country's national assembly has gathered following violent protests earlier in the capital that comes after anti-government forces branded prism a doer of his inauguration illegitimate one quarter has more. 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 quite a declared venezuelan president nicolas maduro is entire claim to power illegitimate and c.n.n. announced the trumpet ministration may be prepared to recognize quiet though as

venezuela's unelected president as a result of venezuela's supreme court has declared the national assembly as political power nell and void. trumps national security advisor john bolton didn't seem too happy today's action by the supreme court was a predictable and. the united states resolutely supports the national assembly. a democratic institution that is brave to restore democracy 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. for political science at the university of one is there is a team believes that washington's move will have little impact on people in latin america. right. u.s. government it's interests that we need more aggressive freedom this is a move on this but it moved it was introduced by mike pence i'm not sure what we're going to their own program and so i think this is a completely irresponsible. as a matter of fact he did in his speech in this fashion if you just beat what's base you continue in this i see this is. i would say naive or that stupid way of believing that people are going to believe in him that i made it a vice president which he's very concerned about the fundamental least to who can believe my friends because i'm not so forty that you know many got administrative

they got that way or who my fancy sound what the american government does. it's been a new development in the script case in the united kingdom especially if you're one of the first people on the scene to administer help to the poisoned expression spined his daughter was in fact a senior army medic with the details his political. it was a senior army medic and her teenage daughter. it's been revealed one of the first responders when again you were found collapsed on a bench in souls last march now the local teenage girl who 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. was suffering from a heart attack so she quickly a mother who happens to be

a british army know that together the two of them gave the script stayed until the paramedics arrived now the reason we know about this now is because the mom 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 they didn't want any press attention immediately sort of in the often mof of the script powell saga which is why it's only become public knowledge now now as for the mother the mother's name is colonel allison mccord 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 him 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 have to say the fact that this young. was present at the crime scene together with her mother allison mccord who happens to be a conal and the chief nursing officer of the british army ants to the numerous extraordinary coincidences characteristic of the script els boys for the more one has to wonder why this information unusual as it is has 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 script out 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. is the ministry of defense to comment on this story which they've said is a local story said they won't comment on it however they did refer us to to reserve may's original condemnation of the attack against sergei annually a script. of he did also request coming from colonel allison mccord we are yet to receive a response from. the world's political and business elites have been gathering in the small swiss firm of stands for the annual global economic forum which kicked off today though the u.s. delegation a visit was come sold. so made a special appearance by video link giving us all the latest on the first those events is artists are honest this year. despite the fact that trump and his team

are nowhere to be seen in davos this time around even though just last year trump was the main center of attention at this economic forum this time around we did get to see his secretary of state mike pompei or make a brief thirty minute appearance of the viral video link from the united states. it's to make an address in front of quite a considerable crowd and suit and to answer some questions on the first day of the forum here in davos and on russia and the u.s. according to mike pompei oh he's not expecting things to return to the past it's not the case that we are doomed to a cold war rivalry these two nations are the largest possessors of nuclear capability in the world russia is a formidable power in that respect and we understand that and so we need to ensure that there are conversations taking place so that we can prevent both proliferation

and the rest of the comes with the possession of those nuclear weapons however according to the u.s. secretary of state america has some conditions for russia to follow first we're looking for russia to begin to change its behavior and we hope that they'll return to the right course of action to set a course of actions that lead them down the path of the rule of law in order to liberty if they do those things i'm confident that our two nations can prosper and grow alongside of each other we are not destined to be antagonists we can do better than that but it will take a russian change in their outlook and behavior in the world in order to achieve that mike pompei also outlined some threats the way he described them some new some not so new and among those were four main one according to the u.s. secretary of state that was north korea's nuclear program iran's as he described it a foreign adventurism china despite the fact that he believes that a bright relationship lies ahead and islamic terrorism now also to answering

a question about the america first message that trump so often reiterate and whether or not the u.s. is isolated the u.s. secretary of state denied this and said that this is something that is not at all the case something all the more so ironic. when this was made in a statement thousands of kilometers away on a little bit more about why this could be the case we can now go to our report not so long ago globalization was a very popular concept at the twenty twelve event for example here's what google's then c.e.o. had to say i assume that everybody here agrees that globalization is wonderful fast forward to today and praise for globalization is noticeably wearing thin mobilization produces winners and losers but now we have to look after the losers those have been left behind globalization euphoria has passed and as

a consequence there's a pushback against institutions generally the western leaders not finding time for the procedures get together this year is a reflection of how things have changed there are too busy putting out fires at home fires some say were partly kindled by globalization u.s. president donald trump has canceled his entire delegations visit amidst a long as government shutdown in american history all thanks to an argument about a wall that's due to differences over immigration but its prime minister theresa may is staying home too as she has to figure out what to do with brax it itself marginally a result of the public wanting to take back control at home and the french president won't be spotted in davos either this year with the yellow vest movement ensuring that domestic issues rather than global ones are his priority added so that india's taken a rain check russia sending a fairly minimal delegation while the chinese leader sent his deputy this year's

davos theme as globalization four point zero shaping global architecture in the age of the fourth and us trail revolution but how relevant is an attempt to decide how to move forward globally with interest from some of the key players directed away from whatever ends up being decided here reporting from davos honest as you're gonna put the party. the world anti-doping agency has decided not to impose a suspension on the russian to do bring it and see that despite moscow missing a deadline to hand over key data iran discuss the story with our sports correspondent alexy. remember the missing of the deadline it was a bit of a scandalous headline in the global media didn't look good for russian sporting orthorexic on september twentieth last year after three years in the wilderness for the russian anti-doping agency the world anti-doping agency decided to reinstate restart of the decision which was criticized by many athletes worldwide nevertheless there were two conditions imposed one of them very important that why

the experts get access to the most called aborts henri the auld anti-doping laboratory where the dropping samples were kept the deadline was said to be thirty first of december on december thirty first the delegation of water reported that they came back from moscow empty handed there was a lot of outcry both on the critic side and some on the russian side saying that this access must be provided immediately so right after new year this access was indeed provided the delegation of water came to moscow up to all the samples and water has a very thorough explanation of exactly what happened the date it was not received by the thirty first of december twenty eighth teen usually a code signatory is then given at least three months to correct that non-conformity before referral to the c r c but in this case want to follow the special found strength procedure this was probably followed by full cooperation by the russian authorities as a result of which an expert team was given full access to the moscow laboratory and

was able to make forensic images of all the data from the laboratory instruments so the president of the world anti-doping agency craig reedy he lauded this decision today by the executive committee although he stressed that some of the members of that board war not really happy with the fact that russia missed the deadline but still decided not to impose any sanctions because that violation was insignificant and for the future of. sport this decision was very significant it also shows according to craig really that there is a level of trust and cooperation between andrew which he hopes will lead to effective work in the future for the fight against doping i'm guessing that was the us representative who remembers incandescent with rage at the fact that a result of mr dylan but like you mentioned in the statement three months it's kind of standard practice what's the russian reaction been to this decision well the sports minister of russia bifocal of course i would say the chief negotiator between russia and the wall anti-doping agency he was very happy here welcome this decision said that this would bolster the cooperation and he hopes that cooperation

will flourish in the future we also managed to get some comments from the head of assad mr garner who was also happy but he said specifically that today's decision is a big step for athletes. but i want to congratulate everyone decided to reinstate resigned i also want to congratulate our sportsman and sports officials so we can now continue our work with mr gunness was also very frank and very clear that the actual hard work begins now because not only will be you know heavily scrutinized by the world anti-doping agency also that the board story which was the stumbling block the one which needed to get the access to it has to have access again in case water needs to come back to moscow to collect anything of the samples although they claim they collected everything so right now it's still it's not a finish line it's a lot of work ahead for restarted to be effective in its work

a lot of sports experts will say you know world athletics isn't the same without a powerhouse like russia are involved in for the athletes to be involved. active and compliant so what's the future now for first and foremost after the daubing scandal twenty fifteen the trust has to be rebuilt and that is something that you know is step by step is happening between rosado and water as we can see also. they had. specifically said that the russian laboratory the new recital aborts were needs to get a critic and in order to obtain that accreditation the previous all the board story has to be completely transparent and open he hopes that happens every athlete athlete in russia should hope that happened because that's you know the future of all the federations depends on that what i cannot understand is that today we have the decision by water yet some people in the media come out and say you know this decision was bad and russia should have been banned again which begs for a question if these guys are advocating for

a clean sport how would they want clean sport to be in russia if they don't want the agency tasked with providing that clean sport to operate normally in the country that's something i'm failing to grasp and staying with with the latest headlines for half an. hour this is the kind of the report. let's see stacey has personally.