fight for the middle for truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. headline stories russia's prime minister and his entire cabinet resigned to allow the president to make a series of amendments to the constitution. nominate of a new habit of government to replace. the proposed changes will give parliament the power to appoint a minister which is currently the responsibility of the president. according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only the consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet and his deputies and all the ministers i propose. to the state and also the approval of the russian. coming up in the program after nearly 2 years of

a punishing trade war the us and china. which will see beijing. and whether they will be lifted by washington to any significant extent. around the clock across the world this is your r t international from the team and myself you know neal hello and welcome. there's to be a new prime minister on government in russia and it's a major op in the country's political system the president nominated the head of the federal tax service to for they post pm. prime minister dmitri medvedev. his government had resigned not itself was in response to president putin said jesting amendments to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers

yet it's all been going on i discussed all of that earlier with our correspondent. starting with the premier here's what she had to say. i mean he was born in 1966 here in moscow he's married has 3 sons and he's a good hockey player right we know that he has been the head of the russian federal tax service as you mentioned for actually many years since 2010 but even before that he has been almost like since 9098 within the tax system you know real estate related things it may sound surprising to some people that someone who i mean we know it would not hear about i mean. prime minister nominee right now but you have to remember when 20 years ago when putin was appointed as prime minister and then president no one actually knew that man and it worked that came out and spent just hours after the entire government

resigning what does that actually mean i think there is a very important thing to understand in this situation that whatever this resignation means for russia the country will not find itself in a vulnerable situation as. a political vacuum power vacuum because 1st of all we can see how. prague minister nominees they already and we hear from state duma that is right now in charge of approving him that they are going to have a special meeting on thursday so no power vacuum and even before like the cabinet is for and the government would just now step down will be in full charge of everything they're continuing oh yes yes mr medvedev announced about this resignation earlier on wednesday at the meeting between wide more putin the ministers here how it was. you mr putin colleagues you have all heard the address of the russian president vladimir putin as president

in the major priorities of our work for the upcoming year but he also outlined a number of fundamental changes to the constitution of the russian federation. these changes when they take place and this will be done after the discussions and as with it they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power the executive the judicial and the legislative powers in this context it is obvious that as the government of the russian federation we need to give the president of our country the opportunity to take all the necessary steps and decisions and in this context i believe it would be the right thing to do in accordance with article 117 of the constitution of the russian federation for the government to resign just on the premier do we know what happens him not here of course the 1st of all you have to understand admission of it is quite a prominent politician here in russia and he has quite an impressive political career he served as the country's prime minister for 8 years since 2012 putin

was present but before that for 4 years he was the leader of russia he was the president of the russian federation of wild wild more potent was prime minister so i mean these 2 used to work together for quite some time before that dmitri medvedev served as deputy prime minister for 3 years and before that he was kremlin teef stuff and now he's going to have a new position he's moving to the country's security council and put into the country's legislation they head of the security council is the president meaning putting and now mr medvedev will become his deputy in what is important to stress this position didn't exist before today so he will become again like putin's right hand he will work with this gentleman side by side just because it has been a few hours ago another be another big story why is it happening if you look at

putin's public appearances you can notice him in the last let's say 3 months you can notice that he was talking a lot a lot a lot about kind of like. need for change that is strong russia's society right now but today's to season is direct lee connected to what life might put an earlier wednesday said during his address to the federal assembly and he was talking a lot about amendment specific amends to the russian constitution and he had to think on my call it has been following and i'll take a listen we were heads back to you here where this country is supposed to head 2020 but i can tell you that the russian future it seems way beyond that point was being shaped out here in the monitor exhibit hall just outside the kremlin as mr putin was speaking because we heard some really groundbreaking proposals including proposed changes to the russian maine law the russian constitution in fact one of

the proposal suggested that the constitution should limit mr putin's own powers that have to do with appointing key government ministers and in fact the prime minister as well so here's proof of that. according to the constitution of the russian federation he's the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman and the chairman suggestions all the deputy prime ministers and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president with the right to reject any candidates another proposal that came from the president was taken out the phrase in a row from the sentence from the constitution that one person could only serves 2 presidential terms in a row which if the amendments are approved would mean that the situation when for

instance mr putin himself were turned to the presidential office after a 4 year break it won't repeat itself in raw. in the future the russian leader among other things proposed that's also something very important of putting the russian main law that's the constitution once again above the international law in the sense that russia wouldn't be. a part of any international treaty if it contradicts the washing constitution so all of this is indeed ground breaking and very important especially in the context of of lot of our putin's expected departure after the end of his term from the presidential office and 2024 so it looks like russia and its system of governance is up for a massive revamp mr putin today made it clear that none of this will happen without the approval of the nation so perhaps we should expect some kind of vote on

that. nominee for russia's prime minister. is credited with having revolutionized the country's tax system over the past decade dramatically increasing takings too he's also worked in other government positions on has been involved in investment banking outside of politics but we spoke to a variety of experts to get some analysis on what has happened other countries reaction to its russia's future. well through the prism of major nation media russia is considered a one not even a one party state a one man state complete utter autocracy run by vladimir putin the matter what he had said no matter what some of the deputies might say in the coming days or even the election council as a preferred prepares for a referendum on the constitutional changes announced by vladimir putin and mr medvedev they will be watching all this through that prism and be claiming that

anything that comes out of moscow is all about a conspiratorial cabal that runs a country as big as russia it is a revolutionary change from this distance i would say that it gives more power to the parliament but it downgrades the importance of the prime ministership at the same time it seems to me to invest more power in the national security council with mr medvedev going to be the deputy president of the and president putin is of course the president of the and that might go on of these 2 men have been a kind of by letting duet through the last 20 years nearly all the stability of russia's leadership and its quality which is not a separate issue it has been one of the most positive aspects of all the world's governments in the 21st century with the president put term prime minister medvedev

and i was not looking forward to president putin disappearing from the scene in just 4 years time because i think he and medvedev though have a very great deal of work to do and a great deal to offer i think russia at least changing into the new face of democracy freedom and now this is the 1st. time when the press. didn't limits his old power this is something in the later control of the country is not known at all that a president limits its own power and once to let the people decide on the new constitution it seems that it made a bit of our agree very much on this move they don't seem to be angry only other at all the other side they each other of call the good work and they can just do it

quiets may elect a new government and leave the power back to the people. or let's get a check and other world news this hour donald trump on the chinese vice premier a new sign phase one of a trade deal with the u.s. president calling the move his stark now it comes after extensive talks aimed at putting an end to a damaging 2 year long dispute between the countries telling me more earlier than. well at the ceremony where the deal was signed launching phase one of the agreement donald trump was rather boastful about this accomplishment this is what he had to say today we take a momentous step one that has never been taken before with china toward a future of fair and reciprocal trade as we saw in phase one of the historic trade deal between the united states and china. together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering

a future of economic justice and security for american workers farmers and families i want to thank president xi who is watching as we speak can be going over to china in the not too distant future. now at the press conference donald trump was very critical of china using language similar to the language he's been using for the past 2 years as the trade war escalated for decades american workers farmers ranchers manufacturers and innovators have been hurt by the unfair trade with china forced technology transfer and intellectual property theft have been huge problems since china joined the world trade organization 2 decades ago we have racked up nearly 5 trillion dollars i promised that i would use every lawful presidential power to protect americans from unfair trade and unfair trade practices unlike those who came before me i kept my promise as

a result of today's agreements some of the planned tariffs that were going to be imposed on china have been dropped and others have been lowered however much of the tariffs that have been imposed on china over the past 2 years that cost that basically cover roughly 360 $1000000000.00 worth of goods most of that remains in effect now the hope is that when phase 2 goes forward of those tariffs will be dropped but that remains. mains yet to be seen the main source of you know the main part of the us economy that has been impacted by these tariffs has been the agricultural sector there's been significant losses due to the tariffs there's been significant decreases and the u.s. and global markets have certainly been affected as well now when the deal was signed we heard from china's vice premier and he seemed optimistic but his words weren't exactly as glowing as the u.s. president's this is what we heard from the chinese leader. china will work with the

u.s. acting in the principle of equality and mutual respect and strictly one of the agreement and ensure the implementation of phase one room and that's the cool principle and necessary to ensure mileage will relations sell at this point donald trump is saying this is a huge breakthrough this is the next step forward some are looking on with skepticism i guess we'll just have to see who gets more out of this deal in the long run. deep divisions have emerged in the german chancellor's alliance party in bavaria with local elections approaching a poll has revealed that almost the huff of all people in the region would be against a muslim or many of those opposed christian social union voters the sister party to angela merkel c.d.u. the scandal has seen a muslim candidate resign from the race to to resistance from his own colleagues picking up the story artie's people. mehr all elections in the german state of

bavaria raising questions about islamophobia in the regional wing of angela merkel's ruling coalition then a surgeon had been a candidate for the christian social union but the prospect of a muslim heir sore protest from some party members so he is decided to drop out of the running when some party member said they don't want to muslim as a man i was initially disappointed they're not ready i have to accept that they should have clarified that in advance there is no tolerance i'm very sorry indeed he disappointed. this is hugely embarrassing for the c.s.u. mr scion feeling he couldn't stand as a candidate based on his faith has drawn sharp criticism from party ground days i think it is fundamentally wrong to exclude a candidate because of his beliefs if you use community to overall views especially at a time when dialogue between the world's religions is so urgently needed something

about must not happen the news that mr sarin would be pulling out of the race prompted polling across the state of bavaria which showed that almost every other person would have an issue to some degree with the mayor of their city or community being of the islamic faith with over a quarter saying they would definitely have an issue when the polling data was broken down to voter preference on surprisingly supporters of the anti immigration a.f.d. overwhelmingly were against the muslim air but just a touch and a half of c.s.u. voters held the same view the party faithful putting out a very different message to that on the bavarian interior ministry's website a ministry run by the christian social union we want a culture of togetherness so that people with foreign roots have the desire and the opportunity to get involved for that work and in the local community then assad says he will continue to support the c.s.u.

while senior party figures have gone out of their way to show him support the attitude of the grass roots in the christian social union shows that in the conservative state of bavaria at least some germans aren't ready or not willing to accept people from the islamic faith representing them in politics that is sure to leave more than a few of the upper echelons in the party red faced at the attitudes of their supporters while germany bills itself as open to multiculturalism peter all over r.t. early or we got another thought. the story from christian democratic union member of the stuff amar has been nominated himself for the bundestag elections he stressed the constitution in germany those not muslim politicians in the country. we need to to only say that to sit today look to talk to them sit in one table with a different crowned there is nothing saying or constitution there is no one allowed

to have a position in the. government if he is with someone was that nothing could have been like this in order to know what constitution we are bad to very bad it studio and we don't want to put it be this history we are knowledgeable about your country and we need to live all together and you know he's such a sight so that by i don't want to but we are going to need to think about it on the it only need to open a discussion now to him for all the people in it and not to make just be about just that but we are $11.00 country but one is a part of our country and want to see where is next year if not if someone has a politics with the muslim religion we have a lot of people who are. muslims they are in the security service we have been locked up in the border as we. want to read events so what is the problem will be the politics we having also local people with a different background. in this country on the order to spend on the up and get

a great faith for this country we should be we need to know with we are dealing. with their approaching us election another russian hocking scandal a cyber security firm stateside with ties to the national security agency is claiming that the ukrainian gas company at the center of donald trump's impeachment was hired by russian intelligence agents down of has been looking at what lies behind the allegations. meeting old friends there are few things that feel better not any old friends the ones you have. barely heard from for years who then turn up at your front door with drinks food and great memories it's a joy anyone who's followed america's 2016 election and is following this one can now be a part of the ukrainian company barisan russia's hack of bridge made russian military hackers the russians could be searching for of essentially embarrassing material on

the bidens the same kind of information that mr trump wanted from ukraine russian military hackers successful a targeted or race not russia trump his fancy bare election meddling wind event a time machine when you have american media a new report is suggesting that a bunch of hackers from russia with ties to the government of course got access to the computers of boris a ukrainian energy firm what they were after and whether the got anything at all such minor details are emitted in the report as is any evidence the president leaves everything out except for a smattering of graphs and conclusions but why would everyone care so much all of a sudden about some company half the world away well because joe biden's son hunter used to sit on the board of directors there as the company was facing a corruption investigation by ukraine's prosecutor general who joe biden eventually

had fired donald trump then ask the ukrainian president to look into this so barisan is at the center of the ongoing impeachment scandal in other words essential that thing to the current ethical question liddy urged the ukrainians to investigate joe biden is a journey of scandal involving the president president trump for peanut attempts to get ukraine and now trying to interfere in the 2020 election by investigating joan hunter biden the allegation that the russians had brás milk comes from a firm called area one a firm with a. mission. this is a message to all the houses out there. is up there there is no place for you in fishing in a civil society area one is the only silicon valley company that has been allowed to work with 2020 presidential candidates which it does big time we have

a tiered pricing system with a little to no cost here for non-profits schools small businesses or political candidates and a little more than a year ago some candidates came to us and said we don't want a repeat of 2016 to all of its co-founders have n.s.a. background and one of them donated to democratic candidates in this presidential race blake walsall used to work for crowd strike the company that led the 2016 russia hiking crusade whatever you mention russian cackling 2060 election 2020 alexion something happens internally where people's brains turn off and you can hear a collective oh not a can not again biden must have said oh no not ukraine oh my god that's us that's what that's what we did so no what better way for joe

biden to deflect the information from him and his son to say russia did it excuse me before what russia did is what russia did as you say is it true media promotion improbable gay should all of this russia a bad image it's still it's it's everywhere so i i say here we go again another russian hack story. so it's filed with the 4th of july turkey for the thanksgiving and now russia because for the election season because naturally all dogs aren't good with new tricks. they want to bring it to the indian capital new delhi where hundreds of small scale traders are protesting against amazon's funder jeff baseballs he plans to visit the country next week and is expected to meet surprising minister narendra

modi. the protests are part of a nationwide movement led by members of the confederation of all india traders small business owners accused e-commerce giant amazon of predatory pricing. in order to steer business you cannot sustain your business and be afraid you will want to see them very different you know that you have no place in india and you cannot do it i need a lot of that i not been recognised that i need evidence. which if. responded to the allegations earlier he did say the company will invest $1000000000.00 to bring small and medium sized businesses online in india and expects to export $10000000000.00 worth of indian made goods by 2025. with international concern growing over the likely collapse of the iran nuclear agreement the british prime minister seems to have

a plan for ensuring global security. if we get rid of it let's replace it let's replace it with the troop deal ok that's what we need. and i think that would be a great way for. boris johnson's remarks came after germany france and britain triggered a so named dispute mechanism over iran's alleged failure to abide by the 2015 accord that starts a 30 day resolution period after that the matter may be referred to the u.n. security council which would then decide whether to reinstate sanctions on the republic of islamic republic remember though washington has never halted its sanctions program against tehran. we have therefore been left with no choice given iran's actions but to register today our concerns that iran is not meeting its commitments we do this in good faith with the overall kingwood jet took of preserving the j c p o a the measure by the 3 european countries is

a passive action taken from a position of weakness iran will respond to any infringement ill will and non-constructive measures seriously decisively and in an appropriate manner we don't exclude that you conceived actions of the euro trio will lead to a new escalation around the. well the nuclear deal called the joint comprehensive plan of action was signed 5 years ago by around major world powers the agreement was to see to iran limits its nuclear activities in exchange for the easing of sanctions but washington pulled out in $28.00 danann swiftly imposed economic penalties around then began scaling back its compliance which accelerated after the u.s. slaughtered tehran's most powerful general. well how many mousavi who is professor of political science at the university of tehran believes that when the u.s. withdrew from the table the e.u. abandoned iran. it's very hypocritical for the europeans to trigger the dispute

resolution mechanism now i mean if they were sincerely and truly committed to the deal they should've triggered this this resolution mechanism in a year and a half ago when the trumpet ministration decided to leave the deal when the us left the deal it was actually the europeans that convinced you want to stay in the deal with the promise that they would shield you on from american sanctions and all those promises turned out to be empty and right now when iran is for its share of the deal it's backing away from the deal now they are trading the this so-called dispute resolution mechanism and this has actually brought a lot of anger in a lot of britain bitterness in tehran regarding the europeans. as our midweek news stories are shipping off and i don't stray too far though more great programs get their start in moments live from moscow this is your r.t. international.

the upcoming. pediatric. conduct of the body that bubbled up. to us in. any event i mean i'm not going to. look back. as the democrats gear up to officially start their 2020 presidential primary it is fitting to assess donald trump's performance in office a report card of sorts where is he kept his promises and where has he come up short

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