a major upheaval in russian politics. a new prime minister that saw for the government resigns following the president's proposals to delegate more powers to the russian parliament. iran's press t.v. gets pulled from you tube in the u.k. again just hours after in reverse this comes as posts supporting the assassinated iranian general. were taken down by social media giants. and the new european commission president faces further scrutiny over claims sensitive government contracts from of. german defense secretary.

thanks for joining us and. welcome to the program. a major shake up in russian politics has been set in motion to be a new prime minister and cabinet after the government resigned on wednesday it's in response to vladimir putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively diminishing the president's powers while boosting those of parliament as the if explains more about the landmark moves. powers the office of president the media accuses of it seizing more power control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over to parliament adders own expense it is also because he seizing more control over russia 1st to discover this syndrome i name it paranoid putin a friend here and there's a real that. demick russian government resigns is putting proposes reforms that

could extend his grip on power putin engineers surprise russian political shakeup and that could keep him in power longer russian government resigns as putin plots post presidency power grab paranoid putin a friend he has side he is what he actually proposed to guarantee that no president ever wields as much power as he did including putin himself he's got 4 more years in office.

this is unprecedented in a quarter of a century every constitutional amendment was designed to empower the president for example increase the presidential term from 4 years to 6 years or give the president the power to appoint prosecutors and now he turns it all upside doubt it used to be that putin appointed the prime minister the ministers parliament rubber stamp that now palm and appoints heads of government and putin robust stamps it with no power object so if you want to use the state you according to the constitution of the russian federation he's the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments to 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 said.

all the deputy prime ministers and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president with the right to reject any candidates yes this is of course all subject to a popular vote if these passes russia will be a changed country with a very different future russia is changing into a new face of democracy freedom and now this 1st. time when the president limits his old power this is something in the later control the country is not known at all the president limits it's all the more and once you let the people decide on the new constitution. well through the prism of major nation media rusher 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 at the

pave the way the government handed in its resignation it's worth mentioning it wasn't all that popular that failed on a number of fronts and there dif the now caretaker prime minister said himself it's time for something new you have all heard the address of the russian president vladimir putin as president he outlined 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 discussions and as was said they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power if there's one thing we know about putin it's that we don't know him he loves the surprise and there was no warning not even rumors that the country was about to be turned on its head we now have a new prime minister incoming because i'll miss an unknown quantity he's large. he

stayed out of the spotlight for the past decade ahead in the federal tax agency and i must say he did wonders teaching russians to pay their taxes fact some would argue he's done too good a job it is now clear putin hangs up the gloves in 2024 he will run for another term times change so does russia that is 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 of 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 as mentioned there president putin nominated the head of the russian tax service for the post of prime minister. is credited with having

revolutionized the country's tax system over the past decade into a leaner more efficient one that's become highly regarded abroad it's led to a dramatic increase in revenue issues than is described as an effective tech savvy manager in 2016 we spoke to him about technology and the government. it's important that the young generation whose form of course future taxpayers to morrow use the friendly user interface which is suitable for the as we know the last researchers sure that's the young generation now not using p.c. computers so the mobile applications in their own social networks so basically we should actually use do it with. 2 cars we should come to the such is social networks to make sure that it's a friendly interface for them so basically this is the maybe mean reason why we collaborate with the commissioners to make sure that the servicing codec speirs because between service and can physical part of the administration servicing part

is now more and more coming and parliament will consider the president's pick for prime minister later on thursday political commentator dmitry babich explained why mr putin is putting his faith in a man described as the tax man of the future. in his address to the parliament today he said that we preserve stability now we must achieve growth and for that you need someone like me who speaks good english is a technocrat he's a technocrat he is relatively young you know have very technically savvy and at the same time he is a patriot and i think what is important is not which is friend he's not from st petersburg so there is a cliche. that he puts his friends everywhere it's simply not right you know he cares about his friends none of them was betrayed by him but where

business is concerned you know makes the right appointments the effective appointments. iran's press t.v. u.k. channel has been blocked on you tube just hours after the initial was lifted. press t v u k youtube account taken down for a 2nd time without explanation after a 1st appeal showed no violations committed so is it a violation of whitey's terms to be an anti war and see racism and anti imperialism outlet as far from the 1st time prosody has faced the ban last month dougal blocked access to the outlets main channel on you tube 1st the 5th time it's happened to the video streaming platform since 2009 and it's left a press t.v. angered as it says no prior notification was given. when while the reigning government squalling for legal action against instagram solved the social media group removed posts supporting the assassinated top iranian general can seem solomonic instagram's parent company facebook says its actions are complying with

us sanctions against the country. review content against our policies in our obligations to us sanctions laws and specifically those related to the us government's decision nation of the i or g c and its leadership as a terrorist organization in an undemocratic and unashamed action instagram has blocked an innocent nations voice protesting to the assassination of general salim money while the real terrorists have been given an open voice and we spoke to press t.v. journalist richard sudar who thinks the use to bayani is part of a wider campaign against freedom of speach. we suspect this is really sort of the malign ongoing and very specific campaign against iran not just the war 'd. in the united states but also the propaganda and the controlling 'd of the formation narrative that goes concurrently law currently alongside that we should the timing of this is quite obvious beyond the question of iran and press

t v this is a wider question now about free speech about me but it's great information where the answer to disseminate a stack so we see this as a wider attack and a very dark date that says she got shots of journalism there's certainly it seems political reasons behind this decision but then that would mean that you know political agendas from countries and organizations outweighs the rights of free speech by the public and the media. deleted data from the phone is coming back to haunt the new e.u. president sort of on the layers under scrutiny of a claim she wrongly what sensitive evidence from her official phone while she was german defense secretary claims of widening as peter all of reports from. it's the scandal that won't leave the new e.u. commission president alone. on the line deleted data from mobile devices that could have been crucial evidence in an investigation into whether funds were in

appropriately spent on outside contractors while she was german defense minister it's now emerged that a 2nd phone used by the on the line at that time has had messages deleted from it reportedly according to some by the e.u. commission president herself opposition politicians here in germany demanding ounces clarification is urgently required the latest revelations to put wonder lane back in the center of the contract in scandal and massively under pressure last month it was revealed that fonda line's main phone cheery. in her time in charge of the german defense ministry that had its data wiped out prompted a green party m.p. here in germany to bring a criminal complaint against the now new e.u. commission boss we have to assume that people in office destroyed evidence such actions could have criminal relevance found a line is set to give evidence to an investigating committee next month expect

a lot of focus on her actions and the actions of her aides as we try to get to the bottom of who did what to those devices from the lion has obviously tided how phone properly or headed tied it up the allegations against fonda lying relate to a federal audit office investigation which showed that under her charge the defense ministry was spending around $155000000.00 euros a year on outside advice although the ministry couldn't sufficiently justify why that external advice was needed and in more than a 3rd of the cases looked at normal rules were not followed the dots led to a parliamentary committee looking into whether those deals were above board and just how much on the line was involved a spokesperson for the e.u. commission president said nothing relevant to the investigation had been deleted but didn't give away much else there were and are no messages on the phone relevant

to the parliamentary investigation with neither for the lion nor his spokespeople particularly forthcoming when they have to wait until she appears before the committee on the 13th of february before we get any answers one thing is for certain bow if she remains tight lipped until then well the press and opposition lawmakers are going to be ravenous 4 ounces in a scandal but her silence is only making all the more intriguing peter all of r.t. . still ahead on our team's rationally. david and goliath india's small traders against the world's richest man. how that's going.

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called genocide for profit. program phrase one of what's being called a historic trade deal has been hammered out off the donald trump met with the chinese vice premier agreement could put an end to a damaging 2 year long economic dispute between the major powers credible reports from new york. 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 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 yet to be seen the main source of you know the main part of the u.s. 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 slows you down over the past 2 years the 2 sides encountered some difficulties in the economic intreat field at times there were said backs in our tree talks because in some issues we don't see eye to eye 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 to see have to see who gets more out of this deal in the long run. the host of radio show economic update richard wolfe joined audi's boom bust team stateside to discuss the phase one deal he doesn't see any real benefit for america but says trump will revel in what the president feels is a big victory 95 percent theatrically partly for the trumpet ministration because they initiated all of this the united states you stop by the role of the dominant benevolent global world economic power mr trump whether you like him or not has

lost that position for the united states and given it to china to give him 10 months for a decision about continuing and maybe 2 years for the purchases by the chinese that are being talked about that's more than enough time for china to do and to play and to do many things that can undo the effect of tariffs if the chinese figure out ways to cheapen their goods well then they become competitive again even with that our earth and they've already been doing that in the last 12 months and that is a long term competitive advantage to them. a poll suggests a 3rd of young americans are more likely to consider other countries to be better than their own us of a at this point leaders spending years insisting there's no country more exceptional. i believe in american exceptionalism defending american exceptionalism

should always be above politics my entire career has been a testimony to american it's exceptionalism we don't claim to be perfect but we are exceptional america must always lead on the world stage if we don't. know it well it's well the pew research center study suggests the skepticism grows when divided along party lines with almost half of democrats under 30 believing that other countries are better than their own at the same time while 48 percent of young democrats believe that the u.s. is one of the greatest countries along with others only 5 percent place it above any other nation we asked people in new york what they make of american exceptionalism because we're a generation that's a pretty educated so we have a lot information resources that we've been able to tap into to kind of come to these conclusions also we've experienced other countries more so than any other generation with our traveling so we get to get a better sense of what the world has to offer it's pretty new compared to like

europe like so many cultures like dig into the ground and like i think there's a lot to learn and it's developing there's just been a negative just negative narrative about the u.s. and its history and. without that the appreciation for what it actually is not like it was it's dying off for the generations that have come before us. the world's wealthiest person has led has less than warm welcome from small traders in india who claim his amazon retail juggernaut unfairly cripples their livelihoods jeff bezos arrives on tuesday and is expected to meet minister narendra modi. i i i i. the protests are part of a nationwide movement led by the members of the confederation of all india traders small businesses small business owners accuse amazon of predatory pricing claiming that heavy discounting gives it a competitive edge in the indian market even accusing jeff bezos of being an economic terrorist india's antitrust regulators now launched

a probe traders say they've had enough. you know it's a scam on business and you think your sister in law business would be afraid you'd want to see this then we're definitely going to know that you have no place in india and i don't want to find anybody locked up i not been 2nd i read it again. jeff bezos hasn't responded to the allegations he did earlier say about his company would invest a $1000000000.00 the bridges are small and medium sized businesses hopes the export $10000000000.00 worth of indian made goods by 2025. you've got to come up next on aussies the treasury shuttle back in 30 minutes time with the latest see that. is your media a reflection of reality. in

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