stock market goes higher this cycle that. it's called. prime minister and his entire cabinet resigned to allow the president to make a series of amendments to the constitution. new head of government to replace. the proposed changes will give parliament the power to appoint ministers a task which is currently the responsibility of the president. according to the constitution of the russian federation the president. the president appoints the cabinet. ministers. and also the approval of the russian. after nearly 2 years of a punishing trade war the u.s.

and china signed a pact which will see beijing more american products in return for greater access to its markets but questions remain over when the greater part of imposed by washington will be lifted. or broadcasting live from our studio this is our international and certainly glad to have you with us. there is to be a new prime minister and government for that matter in russia in a day of major upheaval in the country's political system the president nominated the head of the federal tax service for the post of pm the head of that outgoing prime minister dmitry medvedev announced his government had resigned and that itself was in response to president putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively limiting his own powers and to transfer it to parliament earlier my

colleague discussed all of that with our correspondent starting with more on the premier to be. saying i mean he was born in 1906 here in moscow he's married have 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 russians do not know 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. problem minister nominees there 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 of back and even before like the cabinet is for and the government that 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 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 your party unity 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 18 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 wild lot 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 of 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 had 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 go on the 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 in russia 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 of my calling has been following and i'll take it we were heads back here where this country is supposed to head and 2020 but i can tell you that the russian future it seems way beyond that point was being shaped out here and the manager exhibit hall just outside the kremlin as mr putin was speaking because we heard some really groundbreaking proposals including the post changes to the russian maine law the russian constitution in fact one of the proposals 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 suggestion 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 serve to 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 won't repeat itself in raw. in the future the russian leader among other things proposed that's also something very important putting the russian main law that's the constitution once again of 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 a lot of our putin's expected departure after the end of his term from the presidential office in 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 the nominee for russia is a prime minister mikhail. is credited with having revolutionized the country's tax system over the past decade dramatically increasing revenue he has also worked in other government positions and it has been involved in investment banking outside of politics earlier we got some analysis and reaction on the expected changes and their meaning for 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 0 talk recy 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 world governance 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 east changing into the new face of democracy freedom and now this is the 1st. time when the press. didn't limit his boat power this is something in the nature control country is not known at all that a president limited own car and once to let the people decide on the new constitution it seems to be and maybe data are agreeing very much on this move they don't seem to be. angry on each other at all the other side they hate each other for all the good work and they can just do it quietly may elect a new government and give the power back to the people.

donald trump and the chinese vice premier knew he have signed phase one of a trade deal with the u.s. president calling the move historic comes after extensive talks aimed at putting an end to a damaging to your long dispute between the countries are to scale up and tells us more. 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 signed 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. 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 $360000000000.00 worth of goods most of that remains in effect now the hope is that when phase 2 goes for rid of those tariffs will be dropped but that remains 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 a 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. china will work with the u.s. in the principle of equality and mutual respect and strictly one of the agreements

and ensure the implementation of phase one piece agreement 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 that 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. we spoke to economist max goalkeeper who gave us his assessment of the deal. there are no winners in this deal other than perhaps the president being able to run around the country for the next year and talk about what a great job this is managed this is you know china buying 2 $100000000000.00 of american goods in the next couple of years that's that's divided up by that you countries negotiators by sector this looks like. a successful export sector for the united states but it's not actually a successful export sector because essentially these businesses in china are being

ordered to buy from were rather than value creating when there's 2 sides to actually want to come to a deal this is not trade between 2 people across the chest for this is a lot of businesses interacting across the world so he did very well maybe the tech companies didn't get what they want out of this that is something that is inherent in these managed deals there are you know ample ways that this will really backfire in the sense of really doing any good for u.s. businesses. deep divisions have emerged in the german chancellor's alliance a party in bavaria with local elections approaching a poll has revealed that almost half of all people in the region would be against a muslim mayor many of those opposed are christian social union voters the sister party to the merkel's c.d.u. now the scandal has seen a muslim candidate resign from the race due to resistance from his own colleagues

artie's peter oliver picks up the story. 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 err 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 to 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 overuse especially at a time when dialogue between the world's religions is so urgently needed something

about must not happen the news that mr sign 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 both at 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. we spoke to christian democratic union member mustafa all amaro who has been nominated for the bundestag elections he stressed that the constitution in germany does not hold back muslim politicians in the country. we need to to only say that to sit and they are looking to talk together to 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 politics or government if he is that was someone was there nothing could have been laid this in order to you know a constitution we are bad very bad if studio and we don't want to go to be this history we are knowledgeable about your country and we need to live war together and there is such a state so the buy on water the bavarian and me could think about it on the it only need to open a discussion now to it for all the people in it and not to make just the selfie of all just that but we are 11 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 that we have a lot of judgment muslims there are in the security service we have been locked up in the borders we are in the military automated events so what is the problem would be the politics you having also look if you have people with a different background from what you only do in this country and they are to spend on the up and get

a great faith with this country we should be we need to know with whom we are dealing. with another approaching us election another russian hacking 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 hacked by russian intelligence agents and was done of comments. meeting old friends there a 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 the drinks food and grow. 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 tensely embarrassing material on the bidens the same kind of information that mr trump wanted from ukraine russian military hackers successful

a targeted 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 mom 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 asked the ukrainian president to look into this so will

resume is at the center of the ongoing impeachment scandal in other words essential pathing to the current ethical question lady urged the ukrainians to investigate joe biden is a journey through the scandal involving the president president trump repeated attempts to get ukraine and now trying to interfere in the 2020 alexion by investigating job 100 bided the allegation that the russians had brás moe comes from a firm called area one a firm with a mission. this is a message to all the houses out there. all that happens 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 there she was who used to work for crowd strike the company that led the 2016 russia hiking crusade whenever 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 given 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 geisha 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 fine for the 4th of july turkey for the thanksgiving and now russia because for the election season because naturally all dogs on good with new tricks . in india hundreds of small scale traders have protested against amazon founder jeff bezos he plans to visit the country next week and is expected to meet prime minister narendra modi. the protests are part of a nationwide movement led by members of the confederation of india traders small

business owners accused e-commerce giant amazon of predatory pricing 'd. you know it's a steep business and you think your system your business will be upgraded policies then they're going to know that you have no place in india and even want it to run on even not one of the not been recognised that i need evidence that. jeff bezos has not responded to the allegations earlier he said his company would 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 a 2025. does it for me i would back with headlines about 33 and a half minutes watching our attention.

as the democrats gear up to officially start their 2020 presidential primary 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 will any of this really matter. on a spaceflight you literally leave all your problems behind you fly high and above everyone and everything and then you see any and all borderlines disappear you see that our planet is not as we're taught in schools with different countries marked in different colors separate from one another you see that our planet earth is just another it will be a big international space station on a mission in the vastness of space just like the.

after town scene we're going on the ground is donald trump but i'm just more arguably illegal economic sanctions on iran threatening the lives of 80000000 in the islamic republic coming up on the show as china and pakistan conduct military drills after. the us war in iran. high commissioner to london what are regional security and what now for the ongoing kashmir crisis as india continues its information blockade of the region and in the wake of. the december talks between u.k. prime minister boris johnson and his irish counterparts. one of his former cabinet colleagues if the teashop can be trusted as he faces reelection in february. after a us president told trump ordered the assassination of top iranian general counsel giuliani thousands in nuclear armed pakistan demonstrated across the country in solidarity with iran my son's prime minister imran khan and each of the centers for

. ministered help deescalate tensions in the region even while facing the continuing cash me a crisis at home viz of he india joining me now is the pakistani high commissioner mahmut nephi's a caria i could mission of thanks so much for coming on the show again so what is the bug is the only reaction to the trump assassination which it has to be said is backed by the british government morning well i think if you look at their it from our perspective v looking at their it from deletion perspective are they development the just taking less and cumber to park assan this a pretty concern about dared but the recent development because you have you know their the region has you know mean in term went from very very long time to lure the tension so there d. situation and the region remains come the puck is on was opposed to the is assignation preserve a bit i think if you follow lot of statements a v. have been issuing to stared mearns but the guard to the situation the development

in the region which is is a cause of concern now for a park assan park sunny's because every think that that could cause tablets in the region were as a martyr of can see that diplomatic speak for you condemn the as as a nation by don't draw will i think you have to look at heard from d. or a perspective of the to you you were easily lou you bug is on condemns it all laws think we have been very clear and the cigar i mean as reset the foreman says schama him when we've creation close ties it saudi arabia and iran of course really money was supposably carrying documents about a reproach will between the saudi arabian in renie and governments would did do your foreign minster mean by saying the bug is an as deep historic religious and cultural brotherhood with a rob v share a very long bought a visit around v.n. the same region via neighbor and we have all this taken disposition that ve would like the unity among the muslim country