we're back. in 4 pm here in moscow these are the headlines for you live this russian lawmakers approved putin's nomination for prime minister become a show skin after the whole government resigned on wednesday got live comment coming up on the developing story right now meantime reaction to it coming in thick and fast western media suggesting that the president's plans to devolve greater power to the russian parliament are part of a plot no less to stay in power beyond 2024. and other news president or one announces that more turkish troops are heading to libya to ensure the stability of the country's u.n. recognized government it's ahead of an international summit this coming up in berlin on libya this weekend on sunday.

afternoon live at international world view center here in moscow is kevin over the update for you great to have you company so the big news today then in the last hour lawmakers in russia's state duma the lower house of parliament have now approved putin's nomination for prime minister. and the president will have to sign off on the appointment to make it official let's get the latest sales and just how good it is in last if the frank is in central moscow for a sale here take us through it then what's this going to mean and what's next for the incoming prime minister how quickly does this all happen. kevin good afternoon well what can i say it only took this country what is it a bit more than 24 hours to come from the point when the president proposed some elements of the russian class 2 should. acts didn't automatically mean that the

government would have to resign to the point when the lower house of the russian parliament approved the candidacy of me helm issue stand as the new prime minister so we had 383 votes in favor some 40 abstentions and 0 people again so this is the outcome of the vote in the russian state duma and right before this voting kicked off the new prime minister gave a speech and clearly it was full of promises so let's listen to some of the things that this man promised the country. produced in my can do up to a lie to ensure you that all members of the new government will carry personal responsibility for achieving national goals i know that some talks in this room commute very hard and intensive and i believe it's very important that the government feels that it would always be question to monitor it remains open and

constructive critics help us improve and do the members of parliament give us regional feedback you know what they think what people talk about how their sense the situations and whether they think that there are changes needed for the past which. if we look back at the helm assistance background i can tell you that he served as the head of the russian tax authority the further old tax authority for about a decade he was rarely seen on t.v. and i can tell you that when the former prime minister during a tour event of really there's no other way to put it shocked the country shocked the world by saying that he's stepping down straight after mr putin's state of the nation's address on wednesday pundits were coming up with different names and it wasn't. for instance that they were calling out names like what you might ask in the young minister of economic development. russia alexei could dren who is the

former minister of finance but it is fair to say that he was a political fall of former prime minister dmitri medvedev also the ambitious mayor of moscow surrogates abandoned but then boom in the evening we heard the name from the kremlin so you can't help wondering why it is happening what are the reasons for this appointment well i can tell you that this man is believed to have coped with an unsurmountable mission that it seemed to digitalize russia's tax bureaucracy because previously to fulfill some of the very simple tasks russians had to stand in lines fill out hundreds of papers now it all can be done within a 5 or 10 minutes they say through smartphones or personal computers laptops you name it and actually when we were talking to stan on our t.v.

a few years ago this is exactly what he was talking about he was saying that this is crucial for the development of the nation and the young generation will be the driving force of development in the future. 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 research is showing us the young generation now not using p.c. computers so the mobile phones mobile applications and then social networks so basically we should exit the streets. to calm we should come to the such is social networks and make sure that it's a friendly interface for them so basically this is the maybe main reason why collaborating with the commissioners to make sure that to be servicing kotex peers because between service and confuse can. park over the next administration

servicing part this not only more and more coming. also by the way something that the western audience will perhaps know is the fact that the new prime minister of russia is fluent in english something that we haven't seen for quite a while now of course just before the voting began since i had a chance to ask some of the most senior lawmakers here in the russian state duma asked to whether why they're looking to approve this appointment. i took that chance i spoke to quite a few people and here's what they told. was thinking about efficiency. if you look at the different ministries in said russia the tax collection is one of the biggest it is all. in. a huge everything about every payment officially made it is said russian. created the most

. useful and usable. government it has a ph d. in economics he writes books on economics he writes textbooks he teaches the financial university in moscow so he is an intellectual. very more than an intellectual and more than a bureaucrat who can. have a very systematic view on issues because he is the actual speech shelagh. which at the university was systems and functional of the systems so. i think it's a good choice he has a i think a very quick. to mind you know which i think you still support for a politician. in developed an efficient tax service one of the. efficient

departments in the country he's a strong leader tax service management is being done correctly both in terms of leadership and cutting edge technology. which for the 1st time prime minister has proven business capabilities his show with use work and tax and if you polish is all our minister is the same way it will boost national income and streamline expenditure still it didn't. help that he brings strong the sciences and innovative technology. politically he's neither left nor right was the north centrist that will really have a specialist coming into power. not so it's a big developing story this is one the claw back a bit this major shakeup in russian politics came after the government resigned on wednesday let's not forget it's in response to vladimir putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively diminishing the president's powers while boosting

those of parliament next our senior correspondent. breaks down a bit more the landmark moves that have happened in the last 24 hours. tried splay in this land putin and power as the office of president the media accuses of of seizing more power who control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over to parliament at his 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 epidemic 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 aside 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 down it

used to be that putin appointed the prime minister the ministers parliament rubber stamp that now. parliament appoints heads of government and putin rubber stamps it with no power object so. 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 that the german suggestion 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 and this is something in the later controlled country is not known at all the president limits at all and once you let the people decide on the new constitution 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 their death 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 past 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 rule is that the country was about to be turned on its head we now have a new prime minister incoming because i'll miss oostende an unknown quantity he's largely stayed out of the spotlight for the past decade head 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 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 of the stability of russia's leadership and its quality which is not

a separate issue has been one of the most positive aspects of world governance in the 21st century much more than online for the fall of the store and the next to rand's press t.v. u.k. channel has been blocked on you tube just hours after an initial bomb 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 outlook. either which way is far from the 1st time press t.v. has faced a ban just last month google blocked access to the outlets main channel on you tube that's the 5th time it's happened on the video streaming platform since 2009 and it's left press t.v. says it had no prior notification it was going to happen meantime the iranian government is now calling for legal action against instagram after the social media

group removed a post supporting the assassinated top iranian general kasim solar money instagram's parent company facebook says its actions are simply complying with u.s. sanctions against iran review content against our policies in our obligations to yes sanctions laws and specifically those related to the us government's disick nation of the i or g c and its leadership as a terrorist organisation 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 we spoke earlier to press t.v. journalist richard sudan who thinks the ban 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 terms of the united states but also the propaganda and the controlling 'd of the

information narrative that goes concurrently law currently alongside that we should the timing of this is quite o.p.'s beyond the question of iran and press t.v. this is a wider question now about free speech about libya but it's a straight information fairly and suit disseminate a stack so we see this as a wider attack and a very dark day potentially dark chapter for 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 for the public and the media. the turkish president has announced the deployment of more troops to libya he says to ensure the stability of the u.n. by government in his capital tripoli so they said to join a deployment already sent by ankara earlier this month in fact international summit on libya security shuttle to come this weekend as well on sunday that's in berlin

and his middle east correspondent paula slee has got more for you. well what we hear happening now is that turkey has started to send troops to help them back up and to support the stability of the u.n. better government in tripoli the government of national accord now we are hearing from the turks that there this is part and parcel of them supporting according to agreements signed between turkey and libya a big effort to support this government we know that and covertly has troops on the ground in libya those troops are involved in assisting and training the forces of the government of national accord and all of this forms part and parcel of that as the months long in boyle meant between the forces of the government of national court and the libyan militia highly for have to our continue the turkish president everyone says that this is important the deployment of turkish troops in libya not only for the safety and security of turkey but for the region as a whole take a listen we are starting to send our soldiers to ensure religious my government

survival and stability in libya starting with the idea that turkey security lies outside of its borders we will continue to mobilize our capabilities. now the turkish president's comments come just days before a conference is due to be held on sunday in berlin and at that conference the turkish president was due to meet or is due to meet with leaders from russia britain italy and germany moscow's also been very involved in trying to bring ways allusion to the conflict in libya and all of this these peace efforts has been hailed as an important step forward to peace and stability in that war torn country and of course the latest announcement in the latest move by the turks will be addressed in the context of what is happening though it's annoying to what is proper for this thursday afternoon moscow whatever time is in your part of the world it's great to have you watching our 2 international frank euphoric coming up where you can see the david and goliath battle pitching india's small traders

against the world's richest man jeff bezos is in asia where that's gone where. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be present. to going. to see what will. be good. interesting. money printing leads to the stock market going higher which makes everyone think there are geniuses and the like and see our strategy of bombing innocent people

make said the crack of money and then the accommodates of course because we do so for national security and the stock market it's good that everyone gets really smart thank you. so much more people personally your money and the stock market goes higher that's the cycle that. it's called genocide for profit it's called america. rather well this is international thanks kevin oh and so next story deleted data from a phone is coming back to hold the new e.u. president we can report live on 2 legs under scrutiny over claims that she wrongly wiped sensitive evidence from her official phone while she was german defense secretary now the claims of widening to as a correspondent in berlin paper all of the reports for you. it's the scandal that

won't leave the new e.u. commission president alone did fall into line delete data from mobile devices that could have been crucial evidence in an investigation into whether phones were in appropriately spent on outside contractors while she was german defense minister it's now emerged that a 2nd phone used by of 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 answers clarification is urgently required the latest revelations are laying back in the center of the contract in scandal and massively under pressure last month it was revealed that fonda lines main phone during her time in charge of the german defense ministry that had its data wiped but 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 would not follow suit lead 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 from 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 if she remains tight lipped until then well the press and opposition lawmakers are going to be ravenous for answers in a scandal but her silence is only making all the more intriguing peter all of r.t. early. polls suggest a 3rd of young americans are more likely to consider other countries to be better than their own us of a vta spite leaders of course spending years existing there is 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 express optional as we don't claim to be perfect but we are exceptional america must always lead on the world stage if we don't. know when well swell well the pew research center study suggests the skepticism grows when divided on party lines basically with about half a democrat some of the age of 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 of the 5 percent places above any other nation we asked people in new york city what they thought of american exceptionalism and. because we're a generation that's are 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 where they're traveling so we get to get

a better sense of what the world has to offer so it's pretty new compared to like you're a beige like so many cultures are like do you 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 them the appreciation for what it actually is not like it was starting off for the generations that have come before us. the world's wealthiest person so they're rather less than warm welcome from small traders in india who claim his amazon retail juggernaut unfairly cripples their livelihoods jeff bezos arrived on choose to and is expected to meet prime minister in the red remote. well the protests are part of a nationwide movement led by members of the coalition of all india traders small business owners basically accuse armisen of predatory pricing claiming that heavy discounting gives it one competitive edge in the indian market even accusing jeff

bezos himself of being an economic terrorist india's antitrust regulators now launched a probe traders say they've simply had enough. in order to steal one business and if you can or sustain your business of the upgraded policies then very definitely because of that you have no place in india and even one. god i not directly was. a footnote to this jeff bezos has not responded to the allegations 1st far if he does we'll let you know earlier he said his company would invest $1000000000.00 to digitize small and medium sized businesses and hopes to export $10000000000.00 worth of indian made goods by 2025 well it's 26 minutes past the hour here in moscow before i go just putting news in to tell you about vladimir putin now we can tell you is signed the actual decree to appoint mccomas to skin this russia's new prime minister which means he is now officially the head of the russian government what a big change that was in 24 hours that more for me in about half an hour's time as

we follow all of the day stories you can keep across everything is one of r.t. dot com on the various social media from heaven i went to the rest of the team thanks for watching and have a great thursday. thank you. from my years in miami. between to validate and about the same position as any town that was listed as if i'm up as a more. when we were doing this i didn't. see the car going to him but i'm the symbol for the car and him but i'm. the rabbi now on the body i'm not one of.

the as. i was. welcome to the alex aventura where we present a programme on the constitutional future of scotland this weekend and despite de blas to johnno when i did television free another enormous march for scottish independence took place in glasgow.

of course this follows another general election victory for the s.n.p. where their unionist appointed sorted used to a grand total of 11 seats compared to $48.00 pro independent same piece however there is no sign whatsoever that bush johnson is prepared to accept that landslide as a month date for the for the independence referendum this week he don't to nicholas sturgeon the scottish 1st minister brushing aside her demand for a new pool. and a future program will examine in detail the westminster response to the scottish government's demand for the for the independence referendum but this show will feature the fuse of commentators and probably maintainance on how scotland should best progress its claims in the face of this 52 today we asked 2 top political commentators ruth wish it and judge kevin how the drama is likely to play it i'm to be asked to expedience to s.n.p. parliamentarians from scotland and with spencer for their views on with their scotland but 1st your tweets messages and emails in response to russia last week

lynn says it's good to look back at the year now it's time to move forward and work towards scottish independence scorches says really love the shores of northern ireland catalonia and finland far surpassed of p.p.c. . morning says love the show alex great to see all the folks at major issues so interesting over the year who define it that limits predictions would be so accurate have you gotten picking your horse is no andrea says can't wait until the day that programming like this is our mainstream scottish t.v. my favorite thing to watch thank you so much andrea and finally tarja from finland says independent scotland soon i do want to get a visa to get there now the general election provided the prime minister with a mind to get bricks it done however north of the border things did not go according to the johnson plan with half the tory seats crashing and burning the.