after 47 years the united kingdom oxer historic day cutting ties with the e.u. was brics it officially comes into effect the road ahead for britain is still unclear. the us democrats are not back in getting you what is the stand of the donald trump and control it means a final vote on the president's time in the oval office is expected next week. and france pledges to send its naval forces to across across the mediterranean to cyprus as a maritime dispute breaks out between nato allies over gas exploration. live

from moscow thanks for joining us on r.t. international i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the program. has taken more than 3 years and divided people up and down the nation but after almost half a century the u.k. has finally bid farewell to the european union 11 pm g.m.t. on friday the result of the biggest democratic a friend in british history was finally an active parts of the u.k. burst into celebration we leave voters at least turning out in force today as party to london's parliament square some one enjoying the festivities north of the border in scotland which voted to remain candlelit visuals are being held. in london covered the historic event as it happens here some of the highlights. i. see.

i was a bit out. we're all still here only now yeah it's like millennium bug nothing's happened yeah the big problem how did not to face all the. course when the sally who has the truth of being in the thick of things that is a pro breaks it party to what is the atmosphere like now. well just as you're doing me. not the least sensitive because the people just broke out in some pretty should go to save the queen that i. just know. just before. the start because of the. sad way being sick of it is a shitload 5 pulse of the folks. here you will see up the 11 transition period and they're off but it will have to really be shot so it's pretty

different here just what exactly not all that we live in style but for many 8 here at least the future represents one of opportunity but of course in all the parts of the country. that will be much less sort of later you're not admitted i hear. the full power of the writing you've been campaigning this for this for your whole life i mean how do you feel very pleased very placed i have to say i mean you know we're not allowed to be triumphalist and i don't want to be triumphalist but i am pleased you know finally from my point of view we've got to the end of 3 and a half years with them frankly we've got a functioning palm and that's actually delivered result and we've actually got a prime minister who's actually delivered a play which norman is a full the lib dems minister how do you feel bearing in mind the lib dems want to revoke article 51 of the not to be without particular policy of the site but i feel very worried. the country i mean tyrants are very honest politicians there are so

and she's absolutely straightforward and her views and she you know what are believed is the best thing for britain i thumb to believe the opposite why what is the problem what we want them is that we're in a world of power blocs with us us over the china russia the e.u. and britain are very small fish and very big on full of sharks the whole economy has integrated absolutely the e.u. and if we end up leaving a single market and having it and having trade barriers that would your mental damage to car history amongst others boris johnson addressed the nation a preacher called it video message and he claimed we are at the start of a new era tonight we are leaving the european union the e.u. has evolved over 50 years in a direction that no longer suits this country and that is a judgment you the people have not confirmed at the polls not once but twice well over on the continent the e.u. has been saying it's good byes be for the trade deal talks begin in our europe correspondent peter all of the joins us with all the latest bring us up to date

with what's been going on be on the channel yes it hasn't been marked with the types of celebration we've seen in london all the type of commiseration you see in other parts of the u.k. as well as in the british capital as well but we have seen is the british flag being taken down in brussels from the e.u. institutions from the the commission presidency the parliament and the council building as well we've also seen the european flag being taken down from british offices in brussels as well we also saw emi piece from the briggs it party well being piped out of brussels as they were leaving heading back to london many of them as we've already seen have been at the the big party in parliament square right now we've also heard some reaction from the european institutions the high representative for foreign affairs your support. basically the e.u.

foreign minister to say that the u.k. will remain a very close partner of the e.u. both on a regional and global scale that's really emphasizing what we heard from the e.u. commission president on the line early on friday where she said that she hoped for a close and more productive relationship post breaks it between the u.k. in the e.u. but said that any deal that the u.k. got couldn't be as good as membership we know very well as the sun rises tomorrow and you chapter for our union of 27 will start and with it comes a once in a generation opportunity to ensure that europe leads the way on these 2 twin ecological and digital transformations indeed tomorrow almost half a century of the united kingdom's membership in the european union is over we

want to have the best possible relationship with the united kingdom but it will never be as good as membership one of the key areas. negotiations going to evolve into as they look towards this trade deal is going to be the u.k.'s future relationship with ireland in particular that british border on the island of ireland well leo variety of the irish to show did have something to say about this about brigitte of the u.k. leaving the e.u. on friday he said that he wished the united kingdom well on its journey alone but did say that there was always a seat back at the e.u. table it didn't work out for them we do hope it works out for them but if it does not there will always be a seat for the united kingdom at the european table as the united kingdom leaves the european union we enter now into this transition period of course all of those lovely trade talks that are set. starts on the 3rd of march so it's not done with

you have you forgiven for thinking that all this talk about trade deals and transition period is all a bit confusing it's not exactly easy to explain but we've given is ago here's a little package i made earlier. with bricks that day finally upon us the one question on everyone's lips is what happens next well it's the transition period until the end of the year where everything essentially stays the same for you and me it's business as usual for the e.u. and u.k. trade negotiators it's game on or they have to get a trade deal signed off by december 31st though ideally 6 months before to give businesses time to prepare the alternative well will crash out of the e.u. without a trade deal something business is on both sides really want to avoid so we better crack on with the trade talks as soon as possible now boris johnson has said he wants to get started right now but that's a bit of an issue for the e.u. the e.u.

isn't just one team it's $27.00 countries needing to agree a negotiating position and that won't be signed off until the end of next month so march will be the earliest we can actually get started but what might the agreement look like well the easiest for would be what's called an alignment deal our trade rules already mirror the e.u. so let's keep it essentially the same and just agree on which areas to diverged that's the easy use preferred option for the negotiations. michel of set the level playing field is of utmost importance if social rights are inventive and environmental or a state aid or others or the advantage of that kind of deal is that it means the u.k. can access the e.u. single market and of course that means we get a deal and easily before the end of the year however that's not the way the u.k. government wants to go when we've been. very clear now for actually many months and

of course in our recent election as well as we leave the e.u. we will not be in the single market we will not be in the customs union and we will not be ruled takers so let's try again boris johnson says he wants a free trade deal full comprehensive covering everything but how comprehensive could it be the one between the e.u. and canada took 7 years to finalize i know that this negotiation will be difficult and demanding. for one reason. we'll be extremely short. 11 months or so. and if he's right we'd crash out without a deal so let's try again johnson said he wants a deal based on 0 tariffs and 0 quotas no barrier is that all sounds easy except some are worried that letting the u.k. in without guaranteeing it won't play by e.u.

rules would mean it becomes a very attractive no regulation no business tax zone with watered down workers' rights econd to singapore poaching business from the block the key issue here is around level playing field issues there is no way the e.u. will ever sign up to a trade deal that allows tariff free quota free and frictionless access to u.k. goods coming into the e.u. if there isn't a level playing field in terms of how they're produced because that would be unfair competition is there another way well then it gets tricky where into a sector by sector deals in some of those deals we've got a strong hand like fishing rights in others like financial services no deal could be the end of the city's dominance as banks and firms need to frankfurt to ensure they can still operate in europe. but it all has to happen quickly as well because the clock is ticking and if the fine details aren't done in time you guessed it we

crash out i hope that's made everything and little clearer. to discuss the constitutional implications breaks that we're now joined by international barrister julian millions to see good to see i have a feeling the last time i saw you let's get this out of the way that you were indeed intending to stand for the breaks apart in the election is this a big change constitutionally for it's a huge change constitutionally because now we've become a fully independent sovereign state. disentangling ourselves from the european union will be a long and time consuming problem because when the european union issued regulations they had director thing act and instead of just letting them be regulations in order to describes how much we were ruled by the commercial we enact those regulations for bait and as acts of parliament.

now to the united states where the democrats have been dealt a blow in their push through impeach president donald trump and a close by senate republicans on friday defeated an attempt to allow the new witnesses and evidence to stand in the trial yaser 49 nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to trump was impeached by the democrat controlled house of representatives in december on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress is tried in the senate which has a republican majority got underway on january 21st evening's vote paves the way for a final decision on whether to acquit or convict trump is expected next wednesday.

and we spoke to the editorial director for that call who believes trump is now essentially in the clear. as of wednesday they're going to have the up and down vote he's going to be acquitted you know where america is going to move on from this and i think the american people deserve that the democrats ultimately they had their crack at the apples in the house and they called i believe it was upwards of about 17 witnesses so if they had smoking gun evidence something that would have risen to the level of you know what the burden of proof that it would have taken to prove high crimes and misdemeanors then they would have had a shot of removing the president book you know quite frankly you know it's their impressions of what the phone call was you know yet adam schiff kind of you know my means what he thought you know the content of the phone call was their only intention is to try to regain power. the british academics have claimed that the level of discontent with politics is that it's highest level in 25 years and the report by the u.k.

center for the future of democracy as americans are among the least satisfied. and has more details we're used to hearing that the usa is a cradle of democracy and in case you might forget they remind you at every opportunity impeachment is no exception this is not a banana republic. it's a democratic republic. of the united states of america a moment when our democracy was gravely threatened embattled democracy being invaded by this by the by russia democrats accuse donald trump of using his political position for personal gain and thus corrupting the entire system trump shoots back that the democrats are manipulating the constitution in order to go after him by proceeding with your invalid impeachment you are violating your oath of office your breaking your allegiance to the constitution and you are declaring open war on american democracy interestingly new data has been published by the

u.k.'s cambridge university showing that among americans there's been a dramatic decline in people's confidence in democracy we decided to talk to new yorkers and see why they might be losing faith in the founding fathers i feel most people are in misinformed more than anything and they need to understand that we don't live in a true democracy where you know specifically every vote counts directly we know it's a representative democracy writes people vote for things and then other things happen for other people when you know people get more votes and then they lose that's not it's not really democracy is it i do believe that within the system we need to do a better job of including everyone into the conversation and i also think that the current state of affairs is what makes people just really turned off. to supporting democracy as a whole you know the institutions which were set out with. i think right frame book are not being used or the loopholes are being exploited democracy sexy being taken out of the hands of the people it's in the hands of foot i would call it big money

in corporations but it's not just america according to the poll that was conducted around the world there has been a decline in democratic values in countries like france and the u.k. people just don't feel they've got a voice anymore it seems that you have you just going to do the right thing anyway they have their own agenda to people on trusting politicians it's about time you know there's a lot of groups and minorities that. not being made and you know democracy should be to serve everybody and particularly those who are disadvantaged if it's not serving those who are disadvantaged then i don't think the democracy is working in some of the parliaments in the world's especially the a you know you are not listening to the people one thing off on democracy being the news i think people need to have more. information morici cation to realise when people think people should fight for it or not most of the people. but this points to a bigger question what does democracy actually mean now in theory it's supposed to

be the rule of the people but it seems like around the world in many different countries many feel like the people's will is not being enacted and they are not happy about it. art see new york we discussed the story with investigative journalist david lindorff he thinks that politicians are losing touch with what both was really want. i wouldn't say they're dissatisfied with democracy they're dissatisfied with the way our democracy is working these days it has really lost its connection to the people all the money in the political system incredible amounts of money billions of dollars to run for president are coming from corporations and rich people and the average person norm is cut out of the picture i think at least in the us. fortunately people are not saying we don't like democracy they're saying we want to moxie that works so it's not people are saying oh we need a dictator the vast majority of americans have been brought up on the notion that

people are supposed to run their own government want to have a government that works for them but they're not able to get it. off a $1000000000.00 in a privacy battle in the united states. is credited with defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result this is essentially the argument behind the trumpet ministrations deal of the century aimed at putting an end to the israeli palestinian conflict. is the american president indeed insane or a genius breaking with decades of mediation.

and the united states presidential candidates debates the future of the u.s. and the world. to get into the burning questions of this election cycle. every week. student debt trade was money universal basic. and. catch up with running this sunday exclusively on our. welcome back to r.t. the growing controversy over facial recognition technology has hit facebook in the pocket after a failed legal battle over how it tags and scans photos on its platform

a case filed in the u.s. state of illinois has resulted in a payout of more than half a $1000000000.00 here illinois enacted a statute not to innovation but to protect individuals privacy as technology advances corporations must be mindful of the privacy of their customers and more importantly comply with the law. or social network giant will have to pay 550000000 to the group of account holders who argued the facial recognition tool violated state privacy laws facebook went as far as the u.s. supreme court to get the case thrown out but that was the cline wells why the technology is being met with a growing concern. over

discussed why facial recognition is such a sensitive issue with privacy activist and tech expert bill muse was former u.k. police officer peter kirk a. you can't reset your face or your d.n.a. or your fingerprints in the same way you can reset a password when it's lost and therefore if for some reason there was a data breach and the data was lost or in some way it is used or responsibility then there is no comeback and that person's identity has been lost forever and there is a enormous caution that needs to be sake and not only only responsible use in the secure husbandry of this trend of data but we also need to start improving the effectiveness of the fake recognition so it's actually more accurate and effective

it's concerned me for some time how the likes of facebook and other social media platforms are using facial recognition is purely being used to further the interests of the social media platforms which at the end of the day combine to make you money if you are in a photograph with someone who is on facebook you may or may not wish to have your name associated with that photograph your profile associated with that photograph. enough trust in your friends not to tag you into it but when their software they're in automatically. different coefficients. i think people really should worry more about what's more unfortunate doing with this rather than what law enforcement doing with the. other news france has vowed to send was shipped to support greece and cyprus that saw for our between nato allies over gas exploration in the region turkey stepped up its drilling activity in waters around the area it controls in

cyprus auntie's shot at the once he's got more on why paris could be concerned. as tensions between greece so i presume turkey shoot up france's president might call has decided to do the right thing and just swooping to save the day he's dispatched war for gets to the eastern mediterranean is the age of the regional rivals clark. once more left branch supports greece and cyprus when it comes to the sovereignty of their maritime zones and along with our european partners condemns turkey's intrusions and provocations what might appear as some 19th century style of a conflict at sea is really largely about energy reserves as you can see the divided island of cyprus has off shore gas fields with billions of euros no surprise then that the self-proclaimed turkish republic of more than cyprus issues

its own licenses to explore those gas rich areas to turkish companies while the republic of cyprus gives theirs to companies including the french giant toto which has several licenses france wants to protect its crown company its crown jewel its total its total is kind of a stayed within the state and if turkey intervenes put some of its contracts are. france wants to protect its company and or wants to. protect its sovereignty and it's not just a rift over cyprus it's the whole region where you sit and usual these past few days we have seen turkish warships deliver syrian mercenaries to libyan soil this is a serious and explicit intrenchments of what was agreed upon in berlin i must reiterate the prerequisite for any political solution in libya is the cancellation of this document it's clear to see much course not exactly thrilled with that agreement

which sees turkey having agreed a new maritime border with the un backed government in libya this deal turkey says granting economic rights to explore even more of the mediterranean for gas reserves and more importantly what hampers any of the major gas project in. yeah like for example in his recycle story spike line that's currently under construction could supply ever around 10 percent of the natural gas how. it is no longer legally possible to conduct exploration and drilling activities or to run pipelines in the region between the turkish libyan coast without the approval of both countries in 2020 we are licensing these areas and starting the search and drilling move quickly than ever these coasts was so high in the contentious as they thought to be changes

in offering europe a new supply that could lessen its dependence on russian gas whoever has control over the sea here has control over the supply it's a huge gas program over there it's a huge gas reserve reserve or it wasn't involved and still nobody called on this. and this is this is we call this is military in pipeline and turkey is part of the east military and and nobody called a lot of them and turkey again wants to be part of this regional power and they want to show that they're one of the strongest country in this region they face a lot of opposition because. russia and the united arab emirates are against that turkey intervening in libya so they're trying to counter turkey in this part of the word. little trump has again come under fire on major news network

c.n.n. that's after the president's latest briefing on a coronavirus task force an opinion piece published on a channel's web site has called out the new team for lacking diversity. coronavirus taskforce another example of trumpet ministrations lack of diversity. who are these experts they're largely the same sorts of white men and a couple of women on the sidelines who dominated the trump and going to stray should from the very beginning.

see those board of directors. as long as c.n.n. wants to play quite a game why does the network have a grand total of one minority anchor across all the weekday shows and not one hispanic collarless news network. the coronavirus we try to have a task force but it wasn't diverse enough for c.n.n. . this is a scientific issue and you need the best people to. organize you know a defense against against the spread of the virus everywhere and you know it's to

inject diversity and identity politics into this thing is just just a silly thing to do it's science. and science has nothing to do with diversity and and racism you know there's a problem in us of identity politics and that keeps everybody fragmented across their various identities rather than uniting them and dealing with the real economic and political problems of the country next boom bust breakdown what the corona virus outbreak could mean for the economy and for u.k. viewers to your career is the guest on larry king. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have extreme.