u.k. prime minister boris johnson is on course for a landslide election victory according to exit polls. russia expels 2 german diplomats in a tit for tat move amid a dispute over a murder investigation. time magazine's person of the year in 2000 my team is crediting bird we'll look at the rapid rise of the 16 year old climate change activists. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international and john thomas certainly glad to have you with us our exit polls

from the u.k. general election are predicting a landslide victory for the conservative party the vote count is currently underway and if the projections are correct boris johnson has won a new term as prime minister and a quick look at the numbers there are 650 seats in the house of commons so a party needs 326 to hold a majority and if the exit polls are accurate the conservatives will be well clear of that number with 368 seats for more on this we can now cross live to our tailor who is in london with following this for us thanks so it looks like a good night for the tories at the very least what more can you tell us. well this is being billed as the annexation of a generation and if you could look at today scenes up and down the country that seems to support it because in the u.k. people wind rain or shine with standing in the longest of queues some even waited up to 45 minutes just to cost the vote. this morning bright and early was the 1st

prime ministerial hopeful to cost his vote in westminster and he was not getting good luck kiss from his dog didn't as he said the polling stations are now closed voting is underway and results will start trickling in within an hour and next couple of hours will understand the picture will shape up for us in the meantime what we do have is the exit poll and this is historically very accurate and is used by most as a solid and very reliable indication of how things are going to pan out and as you said quite rightly the poll is projecting projecting quite naturally a landslide victory for the conservative party so i'm sure there are a lot of sighs of relief in the conservative headquarters obviously this is just a projection but nonetheless it's definitely very hopeful for them as you said there are 650 seats in the house of commons you need 326 to gain a majority and they cleared out by 42 seats with carney looking around 368 for the

tories as for boris johnson this is a very significant moment because of course he came and took the reins simply by virtue of the fact that 2 reason may resigned in july and since then he's been backing off criticism that he has neither the support nor the mandate to run the country so for him this would be a great vindication and it would also apparently be a very welcome festive. let's be carbon neutral as i say by 20 to be called the neutral by 2050 and called the neutral by christmas. now this week's 6 week campaign hasn't been short of and to take in when none of the candidates have minutes was about each other we saw our love actually being filmed we saw kool been reading out mean tweets about himself boris johnson of course you can forget him in the fridge the list goes on but levity aside this election was incredibly crucial because it potentially will decide the fate of

brecht's that we have calls all remember the very flamboyant moment when at the start of the campaign boris johnson said he'd rather be dead in the ditch than to lay bricks at one more time when it turns out he might not even have to look for that because if the poll is right on the tourists to victory he will find it easier to pass through any type of legislation through parliament which means that for the 1st time in almost 2 years we might finally see something other than deadlock delay and most votes in westminster so over the past few years boris johnson has faced accusations that he lied and deceived the british public when he said that it would be easy it would be wonderful but it seems today that it's precisely boris johnson's do or die that pledge that could bring him triumph in the polls showing just how much that decision taken in june 26th in has shaped and changed the political landscape in britain how much people also just fed up as for the remain

as well they have been since june 26th in the sense you campaigning for a people's vote is a 2nd referendum while today we had that 2nd vote and it seems that just as in 20162902 people want it so that's how it's looking at the moment again this is just a projection but i would of course be keeping a very vigilant eye on those results as they start pouring through throughout the night but one thing is certain whichever way it goes that the british electorate has been put through the wringer in recent years so today i decided to have a look at how it was that we got to a point where popping to the polls just became another british tradition. the brits love that t.v. they're also pretty partial to a best guess but it seems they've also developed a new fondness for the next it's thursday saw the 3rd general election in just 4 years so how did we end up on this roller coaster again it was well my friends it's

the usual suspect yeah you guessed it the. sets to play it turns out that decision taken by those 17400000 people in june 26th into the e.u. set off a chain reaction that's led to this moment but i'm guessing ahead of myself let's start from the beginning the british people have made a very clear decision to take a different part of my view we should aim to have a new prime minister in place ok so now we're down one prime minister let's see how the next one a couple of weeks later to resume a took on the an enviable role of finding a way through the process that wilderness and she was very clear about her goal bricks it means bricks it bricks it wrecks it wrecks it means bricks it and where we're going to make a success of it the original deadline was set for march 29th teen oh those early

days of optimism but this is possibly the most divisive political issue the u.k. has faced in recent memory and peace have never felt so important all powerful so it's unsurprising that may was thwarted at every turn by those less willing to cut ties with our european friends fed up she decided to go in and call a snap election in june 2017 we need a general election and we need one now i have concluded that the only way to guarantee certainty and stability for the years ahead is to hold this election but it was a gamble that just didn't pay off the conservatives. lost the majority they'd been counting on tide already me to also taught at this point every single criticism and of this i am absolutely sure you the public have had

enough you are tired of the infighting your tired of the political games and the arcane procedural rounds but disappointment in the polls was really the least of may's problems the opposition tried to get rid of her own m.p.'s tried to get rid of her and then she said she'd get rid of herself if only they'd back deal which they didn't and it just ended up being too much from a who decided to finally hang up her lap it heels i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love ok so now we're down to prime ministers who's our lucky introducing boris johnson former mayor of london a bit of a daft man just like his predecessor he was absolutely adamant that he be the one to get it done can you make a promise today to the british public that you will not go back to brussels and ask

for another delay to practice it yet and so you can and redeem. ditch. to his credit he's really gone for it he was sick of parliament blocking his ideas so dissolved that for dissolved so that he went to the e.u. and negotiated a new deal which parliament defeated and then they forced to trick question and not that extension which he really really really didn't want to do but to do anyway and then he just decided enough so not so wasn't. she taunted the opposition party after facing all of a general election in order to quote. which my friends i think brings you to a. cross live now to alan scared who's a professor of international history at the london school of economics thank you

very much for being with us here on r.t. international. it certainly is an interesting night in that way. it seems that we might be having a little bit of technical difficulties allan can you hear me. yes i can hear you are following perfect so let's get right into it if these exit polls are correct this is a much bigger majority for the conservatives than the pollsters were predicting how can you explain this phenomenon. but it's no bigger than the predicting at the very beginning they predicted this kind of majority when the campaign started and then they looted the polls would tightening up. and that labor was making some sort of comeback. pulls yesterday was saying the. majority of the about 5 percent indeed. that there might be

a hung paul have been but the last poll that came this evening said that he had lead in the polls by 11 and he would get a big majority in the b.b.c. exit poll suggests him a good. majority of about 86 which you know hasn't been seen for 20 years in britain you know we're used to seeing coalition governments at the very least so it looks crushing for the labor party a very big disappointment there the worst results there since $1035.00 surely germany corben will be under huge pressure now to resign right. yes come under enormous pressure to resign not just call them but probably mcdonnell and all. closest aides but he believes that his vision of mosses leninism. is good the true and the electorate are wrong and know him so he will resist but it's very difficult to say what will

happen to the labor party then maybe a civil war it depends who survives the general election some of the candidates to succeed may no longer be there. and i think the moderates called will still in the labor party might not find the carriage to actually revolt they've been threatened to do for about the last 5 years but so far they haven't done it so this general election has been seen by some as a 2nd referendum issue on bracket so. boris johnson he's promised to take the u.k. out of the e.u. by the end of january is this now certain to happen. yes in my ear we take the u.k. out of the e.u. before the end of january maybe by the beginning of january because the the deadline given to britain by the e.u. is a flexible one we don't have to wait until the 1st of january if we want to leave and

we get the legislation through parliament you know we might leave but we will certainly believing i mean that's no longer in to visit suppose right. all right assuming the budget does happen on time do you think the country will unite behind johnson or will there be more anger in division. in the country. well i think the remain is still in denial but this election results has been so little democrats have been crushed and the labor party has also been crushed it's all the poll is right since 1905. i mean i can't see this any hope left for the remains given these results and. this is more or less a 2nd referendum on bracks it and it's been overwhelming indorsement of boras to get. i think there may as well give up i do think we'll do it with good grace that's not in the nature but. it's difficult to see what will turn into the right

very interesting to hear thoughts allan scud professor of international history at the london school of economics thanks for being with us here on r.t. international. all right tony burke has been named as time magazine's person of the year the story and much more a short break this is our 2 international. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy foundation let it be an arms race in his spear in dramatic development only closely i'm going

to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. to. each simulating civilization would be able to run using a tiny fraction of its resources. hundreds of thousands millions of runs through all of human history almost all. beings with our kinds of experiences with them to simulated ones rather than on simulated ones and conditional that are good we should think fearful of that one of the simulated ones. are welcome back this is our team international now an escalating diplomatic row has stepped up another level russia has expelled 2 german diplomats this comes in response to a similar move by berlin all amid a spat over

a murder probe artie's don't quarter picks up the story for us the russian foreign minister has given the diplomats and question 7 days to leave the country in a tit for tat response to the german government's decision when they themselves decided to expel 2 russian diplomats the german in boston has received a note of protest over the ground as decision to expel 2 russian diplomats from berlin as a mere response to german diplomats must leave russia within the next 7 days now it was just last week that the judge. when government made this decision to expel 2 russian diplomats for the cut from the country and the official report said that russia was not being active enough in cooperating with and vesta geisha in 2 with the murder of a georgian national named still in can congress feeley now the german prosecutors even say that russia moscow may have ordered the murder itself but russia denies these claims and even warned that there would be a mere response the federal foreign office today declared to employees of the

russian embassy in berlin to be persona non-grata with this step the federal government reacts the fight to the russian authorities despite repeated high level and in fact requests did no sufficiently participate in the investigation of the murder of tony k.k. in berlin zoo. is it correct to expel the 2 russian diplomats who had nothing to do with the murder that's put reciprocal measures as you know there are underage rules you expel our diplomats we expel ules that's that. now president putin has said that russia has asked for the extradition of congress really many times which the german government is now saying never happened but to bring our viewers up to speed to congress really was killed back in august and the media immediately blamed russia for this he was living in germany since 2017 and had connections not only had ties to chechen terrorists but also fought against russia in the 2nd chechen

war so it's not hard to imagine why the russian government would be interested in arresting him on charges of terrorism. middle of the month who was killed in berlin was not your average georgian he was a militant he fought on behalf of separatists from the caucuses he was on russia's wanted list he was a very cruel man once he killed 98 people he was one of the organizers of bombings of moscow metro i don't know what happened to him as a criminal since everything can happen there so again moscow has always expressed its willingness to cooperate in this investigation but the initial expulsion of russian diplomats on germany's part doesn't exactly mark good faith from berlin. left party lawmaker under a one call and hugh bronson from the alternative for germany party share their views of us. don't think that the expelling of russian diplomats from burden from the foreign ministry here and the count or expelling is a good development i think we should avoid diplomatic escalation

a lot of german people want better relations to russia and now to have this. issue all the starting point of a new escalation i think it's the wrong signal in these times it's easy to divert from your own security failings and from your own optimal police work by blaming somebody else and looking for a scapegoat and i believe this has happened here it was a mistake to jump to conclusions and instantly to blame russia without actually knowing what has actually happened this is not the way serious police work should be done 3 years ago we had a radical islamist here the lead took the truck as a weapon and killed 12 people it christmas fair now these are the real threats we are facing and not a diplomatic spat. time magazine has unveiled its choice for person of the year

16 year old the climate activist agreed to turn berg or he done your harkins looks into the phenomenon. last year she was just the regular swedish schoolgirl 12 months on and she's time's person of the year rarely does a discussion on climate change today take place without her name being mentioned rather than work has become a global sensation not just a prominent figure among climate activists but almost a messianic symbol she pulls no punches in schooling politicians about what they must do to save the planet the real danger is when politicians and c.e.o.'s are making it look like real action is happening when in fact almost nothing is being done apart from clever accounting and creative p.r. she certainly does have a point but what about the growth of film bug phenomenon itself it's on the noise quickly and loudly drawing attention to climate change she's got people talking and

even been credited with influencing european and national elections but wants more than just talking she wants action from politicians or the critics question what useful action grettir inspired movements have actually taken from strikes and protests which she herself says are unsustainable but we can't go on like this it is not sustainable solutions that children skip school we can't go on like that so. we don't want to continue so we would we would love some action from the people in power how speech is resonated across the world it wasn't long before her fiery indictment of world leaders at the u.n. assembly became a meme now they followed a clear structure grave danger bad government and a need for immediate action she soon became a target for opponents who said her ideas it lacks substance and slated her style

but that was quickly knocked on the head criticism was often swiftly silenced with those critiquing her justifiably or not labeled as massage honest hysterical or being triggered the climate hysteria movement is not about science if it were about science it would be led by scientists rather than by politicians and the mentally ill swedish child who is being exploited by her parents and by the international lair you. markku knows of daily want to just call gretz a phone beggar mentally ill swedish child she is mad and dangerous and she's causing the young children sleepless nights and with the idiocy i was in she said she needs to go to school and show that i was fascinated by this school girl starting this strike for climate change awareness and i thought wow that's pretty gutsy it was all a little melodramatic it was all in the world of pocalypse i don't want millions if

not believes of young people watching grass to do that kind of speech and genuinely think the planet is literally about the way she is daring to express what so many young people are feeling and actually i find it remarkable that she can speak in such an honest way its truth to power fearlessly speaking some of her actions ridiculed like her transatlantic boat trip having sailed through storms to avoid carbon emissions from air travel. she sailed into a storm of criticism when a fellow companions joined her flying in by plane not to mention the impracticality of adopting such measures on a wider scale this brings us back to growth as words about politicians creative p.r. world leaders from merkel to micron among others were happy to humor the latest global trend with a photo opportunity while rebuking some of our ideas so where does this leave the person of the year 2019 which is certainly sent

a message taken center stage and brought people into the streets with a call it is now time for civil disobedience it's time to rebel but will this have the desired effect the only thing we want to see is real action and reaction has not been happening so of course we have. a lot but. if you look at it's far. far from a certain point of view we have achieved nothing like her all over she has created a stir it may be difficult to understand the method behind a person of the year awards one of good as runner ups was donald trump maybe we can agree to hope that this year's award isn't just symbolic isn't just creative p.r. but will lead to the real change the grettir seeks to create. i does for me i'll be back in about 35 minutes in 10 seconds with another look at your news the search

engine of. the. law. that's in the individual i think very much i have to do what i think is right i have to fend to defend my values have to defend my principles and if i feel the state is not doing it according to what i think is the right thing then i have to

stand up and say it's not good enough and if i as a humanitarian feel that the next to me is not respected and treated in the dignified way then i have to also stand up in this regard so yes we have to do it despite that it is maybe a very long term fight and we are not necessarily winning the. match geysers financial survival guide liquid assets not those that you can convert is it quite easily. to keep in mind no assets mean to inflation to watch guys record.

welcome to the alex salmond show on thursday the 12th of december election day in the united kingdom where we're not allowed to broadcast anything about u.k. politics save that the pool is they're open until 10 pm so i thought it be funny if you looked at some of the highlights of international shows last summer we were in malta look at the rise of the small country's economy over the last 15 years and i spoke to dr lawrence gonzi the former prime minister the man who led malta into europe. i'm interested in economically successful to join the. mall to recover very quickly from the financial crisis and. a number of fairly if. infrastructure projects to transform the base of the climate but it didn't prove all to go pop the letter project tell us about what your vision was and why

it wasn't as you might think greeted with open arms by people well being the capital city of malta but just not not just the capital city it is a symbol in it's of a letter was the city where the knights of malta 300 years ago blazed their headquarters over the designed to be a city built by gentlemen for gentlemen is the phrase that was used at the time but then if. i remember i said this is a symbol which needs to be upgraded it needs to make a statement the letter needs to make a statement of more as it is today and as it should be in the future its role in the mediterranean its role in europe its values what it presents etc the best way i could do that was to build the an imposing building in the entrance to valetta which made a statement and the building would be a new parliament of course when the architect chosen was rental piano one of the most famous architects in the world and i had persuaded him and i'm very proud of

it to come and make a design and he put on the design of it all broke loose. and there was debate about the build the about the cost about the design about this about that so the whole island was divided actually a little bit more than that but i was determined to make that statement and it had been something which everybody agreed upon at the end of the day that developed the needed something to be to be restructured to before that but nobody agreed on what and that had been it was on us anyway i was determined i did that and. today everybody's so proud of the act but even those who criticize that in a vicious way today if you go to their website you will see their own picture with a smiling face and the background is the best. and i'm so proud of that and the fact one of these which makes me really happy as i walk into why that i make the point to walk into it at the practically every day when you started your put your career did you think it was possible the malta would transition from clear it was

us affectively an imperial position to. approach the equal independent state and the european very much so alex joining the e.u. meant for us and not only that we could make all this and find our place on the table where decisions are taken but it also opened up enormous resources financial resources that helped us move up the level of standard of quality of life that europe has to accept just as the standard we started off as an object of one country we are no longer an objective one country you know thanks to the also the funds that were invaded to us which otherwise would not have been available to look at any of the models of the smaller countries. the multi. multi the some similar sure. obvious and ireland was a model luxembourg was another model we looked at luxembourg and we realized that this success over luxembourg small country.