most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. the president of the palestinian authority suspends all ties with the united states and israel had response to donald trump's middle east plan described by palestinians as the slump of the century. after 47 years the united kingdom ochs a historic day cutting ties with the e.u. as breck's it officially comes into effect but the road ahead for britain is still unclear. and the us democrats are not back in getting new witnesses to start in the donald trump impeachment trial it means a final vote on the president's time in the oval office is expected next week.

bringing your news 247 this is our national hello and welcome from all of us here in moscow. and let's start with the biggest story probably of the day the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas has said that he's suspending all ties with both the united states and its row the announcement came at an emergency meeting of the arab league following the release on tuesday of the trump administration's long awaited peace plan. that we are constantly relations with you and with america we have said the same thing to america including security relations. obviously the palestinian president's remarks did not come as a surprise right from the start the palestinians have not been part of the so-called deal of the century and we've heard repeatedly the palestinians say that neither their aspirations nor the future of jerusalem is something that's up for

sale. i won't accept the solution simply by saying that jerusalem will not be part of israel will not be accepted in any way and i won't have it written in my history my country's history but i have seen jerusalem we have also heard from the arab league that they adopt the position of palestine and this was at this emergency meeting that was held as often as saturday now over the past few days there have been protests at a number of palestinian cities. was was. there's also been a flare up in violence between the israeli army and hamas. there are a number of points at the palestinians are not happy about 1st and foremost that

they were excluded from the whole process also the point that at least 30 percent of what is today palestinian territories senshi the west bank is to be ceded over according to this plan to a future israel and in this respect we've already heard from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that is going to put forward at tomorrow's cabinet meeting and mixing the jordan valley and the west bank settlements the palestinians also hugely angry over the proposal of the future of jerusalem the plan talks about a future palestinian state with a capital in jerusalem but that capital is not in visit as the part of jerusalem where any of the muslim holy sites are and in fact there is some kind of understanding that it would be the city of this which is on the outskirts of east jerusalem. and i spent some time there and even the residents of our bodies say that there's no way that this small city can assume of as a future capital of a palestinian state however the united states doesn't seem to be too disturbed or

too concerned with what the palestinians themselves think we heard this from the american ambassador to israel david friedman it doesn't matter what the palestinians say we're going to keep this option open for them for 4 years that's what we want israel is committed to negotiating a 2 state solution with the palestinians over the next 4 years even if the palestinians rejected in the short run. the situation is hugely worrying and the question is open as to what follows next after we see now and hear the announcement of a cutting in thai is. what it's had to great britain because it's taken more than 3 years and divided people up and down the nation but after almost a century of u.k.'s finally bed to the european union at 11 pm g.m.t. on friday the result of the biggest democratic referendum in british history was finally enacted parts of the u.k. bust into celebration with leave voters turning out in force but while breaks the tears party didn't london's parliament square from one enjoying the stitches quite

as much north of the border in scotland for example which voted to remain candlelight vigils were how are police in london were busy covering the historic event as it all happened here are just some of the highlights. so. you can see. it was a bit loud. we're all still here aren't we you know it's like the embarq nothing's happened you know the beginning. of the. course when the who has the truth of being in the thick of things that is appropriate to party. what is the atmosphere like now. just as you've joined me. not the crowd at least 50000 people just broke out into a rendition of god save the queen that i. just could see.

she is sadly being good at singing was a bit of a shitload of parts of the quote. that you're of. course you have the 11 my 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 here at least the future represents one of opportunity but of course in other parts of the country. you will be much less sort of later you're not admitted i hear. the whole approach ronnie you've been campaigning this for this for your whole life i mean how do you feel very pleased very pleased 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 got to the end of 3 and a half years with them frankly we've got

a functioning palma that's actually delivered the 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 what they revoke article $53.00 well i did not you can read up particular policy of the site but i feel very worried for the country i mean by uncivil you on this politician there are so you and she's absolutely straightforward in her views and she you know what i believe is the best thing for britain i think happen to believe the opposite why what's the problem what we want mr where when and where in the world of power blocs with us us a whether it's china russia the e.u. and britain going to a very small fish in a very big phone full of sharks the whole ecology is integrated absolutely to you and we end up leaving the single market and having and i would trade barriers. i thought you meant stammers to calm history among those boris johnson addressed the nation a preacher corded video message and he claimed we are at the start of a new era this is not an end but a beginning the e.u.

has evolved over 50 years in a direction that no longer suits this country and that is a judgment that you the people who 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 a 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 you know the parts of the u.k. as well as in the british capital as well but what 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 party well being piped out old brussels as they were leaving heading back to london we've also

heard some reaction from the european institutions the high representative for foreign affairs your state boyle who's 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 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 almost half a century of the united. the ship 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 the negotiations going

to move on to 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 varadkar the irish to show did have something to say about this about briggs out 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 table if 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 to start on the 3rd of march so it's not done with yet 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 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 save 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 a 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 a use preferred option for the negotiations. michel of set the level playing field is of utmost importance if social rights are inventive of environmental or rights state aid or others where 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 but we 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 rude 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 done 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 the areas 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 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 sign deals arms down in time you guessed it we crash out i hope that's made everything a little clearer i have a feeling the last time i saw you let's get this out of the way that you are 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 bar disentangling ourselves

from the european union will be a long and time consuming problem because when the european union issued regulations they had directed thing that and instead of just letting them be regulations in order to describes how much we were ruled by the commercial we enact those regulations of abating as acts of parliament. so that this our facebook loses out on more than half a $1000000000.00 then a privacy battle in the us i'll tell you all about it after a short break. so

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by a dream shaped by one person of those. who dares thinks. we dare to ask.

welcome back let's head to the u.s. whether democrats have been dealt a blow when that push to impeach president donald trump and a quiet spot at senate republicans on friday defeated an attempt to allow new witnesses and evidence to stand on the trial. or 49 nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. trump was impeached by the democrat controlled house of representatives in december own charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress and his trial in the senate which is the moment has a republican majority got underway on january the 21st friday evenings vote paves

the way for a final decision on whether to acquit tool convict trump expected next wednesday well we talked to that disorder director of the reaction times dot com who believes trump is no 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 they had smoking gun evidence something that would have risen to the level of you know what 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 yes 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 this episode is

a horrible mark in american history in our system you're innocent until proven guilty whether you're. a pop for the president states and paupers in this country get more due process more benefit of the doubt than this president has got in this sham impeachment trial so in the 1st census in the house you have serious leaders in the house arguing that you could impeach somebody without showing crime you were supposed to give the defendant in this case donald trump. due process you're supposed to call witnesses that didn't happen in the house then we've got the the managers getting up there on high horses and saying that they have already proven with the evidence they've marshall so far beyond a reasonable doubt that donald trump is is guilty and should be removed you can't say they wanted that in the other hand that you need to bring in more witnesses their whole behavior of positions i think are contradictory illogical.

and major new study by academics new cases found that in developed countries popular discontent with democratic politics has reached its highest level in 25 yes' the report by cambridge university center for the future of democracy says americans are among the least fast tied up more been explained. 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 trumps impeachment is no exception this is not a banana republic. is the 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 your 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 rights people vote for things and then other things happen or other people with you know people get more votes and then they lose that's not it's not really democracy is that 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 private cloud big money and corporations but it's not just americans according to the poll that was conducted around the world. 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 there's a lot of. minorities they're not being made and you know democracy should be to serve everybody and in particular those who are disadvantaged if it's not serving a disadvantage then i don't think that democracy is working parliaments in the walls especially the you know you are not listening to the people one thing. is i

think people need to have. information more education to realise my democracy think that people should fight for. the people. but this points to a bigger question what those 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. artsy new york. while we discuss the story with the best of john misstated lintel for he thinks the politicians are losing touch with what photos really want. i wouldn't say they're dissatisfied with democracy they're dissatisfied with the way our democracy is working these days that 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 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 being brought up on the notion that people are supposed to run their own government one. to have a government that works for them they're able to get it. and round it off populace and for the south they're growing controversy over facial recognition technology has hit facebook when the pocket after a failed legal battle over how it tax 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 to the statute not to float 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 the social

network tribe will not have to pay $550000000.00 to a group of account holders they argue that the facial recognition tool violated state privacy laws facebook one as far as the u.s. supreme court trying to get the case thrown out but that was ultimately declined and worldwide the technology is being that with growing concern.

while we discussed why it is that facial recognition is such a sensitive issue with privacy activists and tech expert bill new as well as former u.k. police officer that's peter. 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 as an enormous caution needs to be sake not only only responsible use in the secure husbandry of this tons of data but we also need to start improving the effectiveness of the fake the 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. 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 spot enough trust in your friends not to tag you into it but when they saw for that sex in automatically. different kettle of fish and so on i think people really should worry more about what's normal enforcement doing with this rather than what law enforcement doing with it that's how things are looking for now are to dot com has got plenty more stories to check it out don't get up quite yet there because up next it's going on and going underground rather than life after rock that.

no the plastic is a promise to the food supply any oceans we keep plastic and obviously plastic in human body is going to kill you so life expectancy is down and banning plastic is not going to change the equation one iota because it's too far gone so should we care or just consider that humans had a great ride why we shuffle off our mortal coil and that he owes.

in a referendum the british people decide all future in europe the british people have spoken. out doodles think it will be right for me to try to be the captain this country to its next destination at around 5 the soft reason may you took office as prime minister we will rise to the challenge was about the future for years to come and she was humiliated after 2 years of failed negotiations the house of commons as delivered its verdict on her i have now tabled above all of no confidence in. another huge blow british parliament rejected her plan for the 2nd time this is now the 3rd time the prime minister's deal has been rejected 48 hours ago she relaunched 0 withdrawal plan that was meant to win the support of her colleagues. to a group the last days of will resign as leader of the conservative and. unionist party

i do so with enormous and enduring gratitude to pass the opportunity to the country i love johnson has spent years waiting outside number 10 downing street today to join his mind only. in this government to work flat out to give this country the leadership he deserves this school has already concluded that the prime minister's advice to her majesty was unlawful void and of no if it corresponds to called for an early general election hoping to win more conservative m.p.'s that will back his projects it. is a fight for the soul of our country. something to win the world with to deliver the people of this country let's get. we are now in a position to say that this election has been won by the conservatives now.