and. relations between s.c. and france hits a new low interior minister calls on the french people to get rid of president micron's. the us government throws its support behind venezuela's opposition needs its political chaos and crackheads. are my friends the united states supports the courageous decision but i want to do it the president over your national assembly to assert the father's constitutional powers . and the russian foreign ministry responds to new revelations that the first person on location after the poisoning a former russian spy say was to see the u.k. military doctor.

this just tend to him head in the russian capital this is our t. international. italy's in terry a minister mattis salvini has launched a scathing attack on the french president escalating an ongoing row of immigration . depends ski has the story. well incredibly strong words from italy's deputy prime minister style vini with relations already strained he's no poked away even further a president might go 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 their future people destiny even bright see much of poorly represented by the american market much more gold

now all of this tension is bubbling away as european countries are ready to head to the new parliamentary elections they can be taking place in may and leaders of countries have already been drawing the battle lines across europe on the one side populist 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 france from afar have never stopped being colonized. he had already 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 micron was a libertarian venti product to stand in a way of any change on the horizon that seems obvious to me now. this latest outburst by salvini seems to mark a new low in relations between the two neighboring countries who are of course supposed to be on the same side so it's even ski auti paris. meanwhile the leaders of france and jim many have signed a new cooperation pact is seen as an attempt to counts a growing divisions within the e.u. and uncertainty over brics is pete all of the house more. germany and france must tackle the challenges of our time hand in hand those were the words of angular merkel as she put pen to paper on the treaty of arc and now it was signed in our 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 we fascinate a renewed commitment to our responsibility both in the european union the responsibility of france and germany in. europe would survive disunity it would make it by. german responsibility for europe giving it the tools in terms of security also. in terms of migration environmental and digital transition that's what condition 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 he's calling the mission president jiang for junk it was that little jollier he ended by saying long live franco german cooperation long live europe the whole reason that this treaty 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 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

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 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 they 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 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 are seen also triggered by signing this act on the quiet in the white america don't commit treason with briggs's. if you were of skepticism it makes sense that powers would look to what brings us back to the question of foreign policy how will the interventionist french sit with the germans for the coalition.

with germany fundamentally changing its global military outlook it's hard to see how this deal changed much or anything at all overall. there's been a new development in the script hall case in the u.k. it's been revealed one of the first paper on scene to administer help to the poisoned ex russian spy and his daughter was a senior army medic with all the details his. it was a senior army medic and her teenage daughter. it's been revealed when one of the first responders when. found collapsed on

a bench and 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 her 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 that they didn't want any press attention immediately sort of in the off the mof of the script. 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 adds to the numerous extraordinary coincidences characteristic of the script tells boys furthermore 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 while 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 reason may's original condemnation of the attack against sergei and yulia script. he also requested comments from colonel allison mccourt but so far we've received

no response. some news just in from syria government forces have repelled a militant offensive in ad lib province that's according to the russian defense ministry well to discuss this further we can now cross live to our middle east correspondent paula slayer paula can you bring us up to date on the situation at the moment please. well the militants belonging to the job had to for a terrorist organization operating in the northwestern syrian province of idlib deescalation zone attacked syrian army positions and now we're hearing this according to the russian defense ministries re conciliation center for syria they say that the terrorists many to penetrate up to one point five kilometers of the syrian army defensive lines and before they were fired on and forced to retreat they also say that to some maltais nice attacks happened carried out by some four hundred

terrorists in violation of the cease fire you'll remember that back in september last year russia and turkey agreed to create a demilitarized zone around the last rebel held area of now according to that agreement any acts of aggression are explicitly prohibited the groups need to remain in the areas where they are already present and russia and turkey are conducting patrols joint patrols to ensure that the situation remains calm now all of this comes ahead of a scheduled meeting later on when state between the russian president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart at a one in the russian capital now that meeting is part of the whole a stunna framework which is looking for a long term solution to the syrian conflict no doubt on the agenda will be the latest developments in libya and also the surprise announcement back in december by the american president donald trump that he was withdrawing his troops from. syria so the two leaders will be looking at some kind of coordinated response on the

issue as well as other bilateral matters. thanks for bringing us up to date on the situation our middle east correspondent paula sneer. u.s. fires president mike pence has urged the people of venezuela to support the opposition against president maduro who he branded a dictator this comes after midnight mass unrest in caracas r.t. correspondent has the latest. greeting venezuelans in spanish which is uncommon and pretty extraordinary in itself and the video even has subtitles in spanish bulldog. i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision by one gado the president of your national assembly to assert that body's constitutional powers declare madeira your syrup or and call for the establishment of

a transitional government moochers crossus the vie on continue the us government is openly taking sides in venezuela's internal affairs right here now the country is once again a hot spot as president my duros inauguration was branded illegitimate and woodrow himself branded a usurper opposition leader one guy doe says he's ready to take over as the country's leader he's declared himself to be the interim president and he refuses to recognize the inauguration of president by duro but one problem with never actually elected president but that didn't stop mike pence from declaring duro to be a dictator nicolas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power he's never won the presidency in a free and fair election and he's maintained his grip of power by imprisoning anyone who dares to oppose him. and the vice president of venezuela del so you

rodriguez responded to pence on twitter accusing him of verbal incontinence and said pence is interventionist and serious statement reveals the clear intention of the u.s. government to undermine the country's public powers and encourage the extremist sectors of the right to a coup d'etat venezuelans defend sovereignty and peace appends also voiced support for protests that have been small in numbers but have been quite violent. it would that. it would. it. would. be.

the sum of both supporters of the government and the opposition are planning marches for wednesday to commemorate the fall of a military government in one thousand nine hundred fifty eight and now washington has thrown its full support between a figure who was never elected sounds a lot like meddling. pitch cosigns professor said tell me about iran believes washington has no interest in supporting democracy in venezuela. nobody like you not many can believe see the leader the us government its interest that we need all the freedom to be someone who on this but is moved out it was just like mike pence i know what sort of war i am getting rather than so i said this isn't really irresponsible of the t. he or some other like he did in his speech in it's funny he just beat was basically president inglis i c b c is glad i would say rather naive or that he would be in

the way of believing the people are going to believe in you not i make a vice president which seems a hypothetical he said about these. men bellies to come believe me. because i'm not so putting that in a medical team but they go that way i hope for my pain season was over and more news after a short break. in a world of big partisan new laws and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other

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the small swiss town of for the annual global economic forum which kicks off on tuesday though the u.s. delegations visit was canceled secretary of state might pump a made especially parents five video link giving us all the latest on the fair stays the vents his office he's not to say a chicken or. 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 a viral video link from the united states 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 a might pump a also outlined some threats the way he described them some new

some not so new and among those that were for 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 given 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 is globalization four point zero shaping global architecture in the age of the fourth industrial 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 going to with our to. the world anti doping agency has decided not to re-impose a suspension on the russian and today pain agency despite moscow missing a deadline to handle of a key data my colleague neil harvey discussed the story with our sports correspondent and x. here chefs. remember the missing of the deadline it was a bit of

a scandalous headline in the global media didn't look good for a russian sporting or thorough test 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 rosado the decision which was criticized by many athletes worldwide nevertheless there were two conditions imposed one of them very important that water experts get access to the most called the board story the old anti-doping laboratory where the doping 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 usually

a code signatory is then given at least three months to correct that non-conformity before referral to the c. 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 clean sport this decision was very significant it also shows according to craig really that there is a level of trust and cooperation between water and rosado which he hopes will lead to effective work in the future for the fight against doping i'm guessing that was the u.s. representative. i remember is 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 first to i want to congratulate everyone decided to reinstate i also want to congratulate our sportsman and sports officials so we can now continue. 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 for 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. the head of. specifically said that the russian laboratory the new restart of the border needs to get a credit 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. in

russia should hope that happen because that's you know the future of all the federations depends on that what i cannot understand is that today we have a decision by water yet some people in the media come out and say no 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 to grasp hin up to date with the latest cable news more top stories in thirty minutes time.

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