four thousand artists exhibit their works at art basel it attracts the general public but more importantly the biggest players on the international art market. gallery owners collectors and curators of the world's museums. accompanied by his art consultant sixteen yves bouvier is here to check out the new trends. most of the works on show come from the store rooms of the geneva freeport some two hundred fifty kilometers away. v.a. is here to show his fellow professionals that he's still in the game and is still to be taken seriously. on a say probably factors that. he can mostly. feel way oh yes how are you going to. bring your. cost plus time. to. set up most of the men on his cell phone is david no mug. clearly troubled by. our camera he bouvier quickly calls his assistant to go reassure him. to use it for you that you. need. to treat just like get lost at the job while walking to his emotion at the buses. but he has no rights regarding our footage to. the missouri. side to the likes of. david no mud isn't just anyone he's the man with three hundred picasso's the head of one of the most powerful families in the art world the nu

four thousand artists exhibit their works at art basel it attracts the general public but more importantly the biggest players on the international art market. thank you gallery owners collectors and curators of the world's museums. accompanied by his art consultant sixteen eve movie is here to check out the new trends. most of the works on show come from the store rooms of the geneva freeport some two hundred fifty kilometers away. v.a. is here to show his fellow professionals that he's still in the game and is still to be taken seriously. to build up all the automation on a say i probably factors of that but alas i think most of. us oh yeah we are still way out yes how are you doing. your. boss was. to. set up most of the men on his cell phone is david. clearly troubled by our camera he bouvier quickly calls his assistant to go reassure him. use it the way you did you'd. need. to be just like it most of them showed his emotion at the buses. but he has no rights regarding our footage. just. like the likes of. david no mudd isn't just anyone he's the man with three hundred picasso's the head of one of the most powerful families i

by good morning my name is kevin zero in this is art international broadcasting live from moscow thanks for your company first then we start with the tragedy in the city of camera of in central russia this weekend sixty four people including many children are now known to have died in that huge fire at that shopping and entertainment complex there local authorities say ten people are still missing and that the number of fatalities may rise further video agency ruptly is obtained c.c.t.v. footage from inside the mile showing the flames spreading and thick smoke rapidly filling the fourth floor it's been reported that the blaze began in the children's play area images showing the panic that ensued the been emerging online. just. many people were unable to escape from the building some were seeing jumping from windows five people have been to taint and questioned in connection with the incident but it's still not clear what caused the fire a word of warning you may find some of the following images extremely upsetting. it was horrific the mall was packed with people we could hear the fire

international arts center and nobody else not the head gallery nor david that bought the painting at an auction held at christie's. things stopped dead there until two thousand and fifteen and the leaking of the panama papers extraordinary. a document published by the journalists revealed that behind the panamanian company international art center was the renowned art dealer david. so he was a shareholder of the company that owns the painting despite his constant denials. the detective had scored a point. and now he just had to find out where seated man was in storage he had a bright idea maybe it was in the geneva freeport where the number of family kept the major part of its collection. the swiss judiciary issued a search warrant for the nomads storerooms in april two thousand and sixteen and discovered the holy grail the much sought after painting. it's hard to say if it was hidden or not but it was kept very discreetly in the freeport where there are the nomad family are estimated to have of both three to four billion dollars worth of art or about four and a half thousand works o

we're broadcasting live reports that is moscow this is art international i'm sean thomas really glad to have you with us all right the british government has accused russia of breaching of the international chemical weapons convention that came at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council called by london over russian double agent to sergey scruples poisoning in britain was the president from all of this we can conclude that russia is in serious breach of the chemical weapons convention through its failure to declare the novi short program this fact alone means you should discount any arguments you hear about the possibility of other countries having inherited this technology after we heard the words from the u.k. ambassador who had called this emergency meeting of the fifteen member body that leads the united nations we then heard from the u.s. ambassador nikki haley now in her remarks she emphasized the special relationship between the united states and the united kingdom and from there she went on to fit the allegations against russia in with the broader narrative she talke

in this is art international and many more of our programs and great pictures like that on our site as well r t dot com. fundamental if you know those states and russia are have been for decades to scorpions in a bottle each capable of destroying the other but all the price of being destroyed itself. said well these weapons were overcrowded u.s. missile defenses u.s. missile defenses were totally ineffective against russian forces already so there will be more effective against russian forces. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way he's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star and the huge amount of pressure you have to be the center of the football with you and do all the great. good you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down the left go. alone. and i'm really happy to join the team for the two thousand and three and world cup in russia meet the special one come on don't appreciate me to just say the review beyond the tea

it is art international so if khadafi of the son of killed libyan leader moammar gadhafi will run for president of elections managed to go ahead this year his father was driven from power and killed in twenty eleven while holding no official position so i was one of the most recognized persons in the country who's even described as the de facto prime minister during his father's rule saif was then held captive for six years before being released last year amid political unrest he is wanted by the international criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity during the twenty one uprisings and we heard exclusively from saif lawyer on the presidential bed the difference that islam has lots of supporters ordinary people there even those who are against moammar gadhafi back in two thousand and eleven and now we support the views of his son the situation we have in libya now is the result of the destruction of all the state institutions not only the toppling of the regime forty countries today against libya back then our country was bombarded and shelled all the military and civilian in

bad stuff now let's talk about the stars of the show come to an art international we're going to be bringing you promised the spectacle of russia twenty eighteen what why wouldn't we cause we're going to be we're going to be the place to do it and we have got maysan the some of football's biggest names the come on board we're so please on board already former manchester united goalkeeper great peter schmeichel also former liverpool england striker stan collymore you are seeing stan over the last few months it was great you show and as of yesterday one of the most decorated coaches of the modern game shows emery neo's with us too. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all service but there was one more question by the way was going to be our coach . guys i know you are there was a huge tournaments and a huge amount of pressure you have to go to the center of the beach but how would you. grade the grid if you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get down there we have to go. alone. and i'm really happy to join the fal

i guess this is art international a man's died after shooting himself outside the white house in washington the u.s. secret service said the gun was fired outside the northern perimeter fence earlier the white house went to the lockdown for about an hour indeed there were reports that the gunshot caused people to panic and try to flee the vicinity washington d.c. police later confirmed that the armed man had died no one else was injured president trump is not currently at the white house sees on the break in florida those infamous so-called russian trolls are finally finally revealed themselves in a series of tongue in cheek video confessions indeed they say they were the ones who influenced the u.s. presidential election my name is circle and i'm from new jersey so according to our beloved corporate media i am a russian by my name is danielle st john from california and i am a russian but my name is will mark i'm from california and i am arrested but so as you heard in that video they are in fact american activists who believe the media's hyped up russia's perceived online reach they're tr

in the long run so are a group of times thanks for coming on art international my guest this hour tara mccormack lecturer in international politics thank you thank. go to move on to other news now because the u.n. security council which was supposed to be focusing on relief efforts for war ravaged goods in syria has descended instead into threats the u.s. envoy war but washington is ready to strike the syrian government we also warn any nation that is determined to impose its will through chemical attacks and any human suffering most especially the outlaw syrian regime the united states remains prepared to act if we must it is not the path we prefer but it is a path we have demonstrated we will take and we are prepared to take it again. because from a killer morgan joins me live from new york he was covering events. misunderstood that sounded like a clear threat from the u.s. ambassador. indeed in her remarks u.s. ambassador nikki haley essentially used the language often used to justify u.s. military intervention saying that the usa essentially reserves the right to attack the syrian

this is art international's me kevin no eleven here now and first change at the top in some of the top jobs in the us tonight donald trump has fired u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he's the first to fall than in washington after president trump promised to shake up last week saying he was seeking perfection in his administration trump explained his decision by saying the two didn't really see eye to eye on a number of issues. talking about. the. right way but. when you look at. iran i think you. don't want to. go there but will trump to use twitter to announce a few new appointments this morning so secretary of tillerson secretary of state rex tillerson will be replaced by a cia director mike pompei now tillerson has admitted that he doesn't have a twitter account and he has all of trump's tweets printed out for him so that's apparently how he found out he got fired and that's according to steve goldstein undersecretary for public diplomacy and tillerson has just returned from his africa tour so not exactly the best welcome home but a spokesman for tillerson said that there hasn'

hi good evening ten pm wednesday the fourteenth of march this is art international with me kevin owen with your thirty minute live news update and that he was dominating our coverage again of course from the u.k. tonight where the prime minister to resign may has today said britain will expel twenty three russian diplomats and suspend all shared bilateral meetings with russia it comes in response to the poisoning of an ex russian intelligence officer is daughter in the city of souls bring as the investigation into the incident continues next tonight. reports with the latest from london. well the british prime minister has said that russia is culpable of attempted murder and among the measures that the u.k. is now taking is the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats they are suspending high level contacts between the two countries the russian foreign minister's visit to the u.k. has been cancelled and no british officials including members of the world family will be present at the world cup in russia taking place this summer may has said that russia's response to the deadline tha

by the nine pm tuesday night here in moscow money's kevin irwin this is arts international let me take you through our top stories and first off two people remain critically ill in hospital in the u.k. after we exposed to an unidentified substance as it's been they are this is the crucial thing here for the headlines of former russian colonel who'd been convicted of spying for britain along with his daughter too she was with him at the time it seems. is the guy's name he used to serve in the russian military intelligence service knows a history to it here back in two thousand and six he passed the identities of russian secret agents in europe to the u k. because of that he was subsequently caught and sentenced to thirteen years in prison but another twist in twenty ten he was released as part of a high profile spy swap with the u.s. and then flown to britain he made his home in salzburg now so the russian embassy in the u.k. the latest thing is has contacted the british foreign office requesting more information about the incident involving his group and his daughter moscow's represent

i guess this is art international with me kevin owen so as mentioned before the break the drama outside the white house earlier on a man's died in fact after he shot himself outside that place earlier on in washington the u.s. secret service said a gun was fired outside the northern primitive fence the white house went into lockdown for about an hour there were reports that the gunshot obviously caused panic people to try to get away from the area flee washington d.c. police later confirmed that the man had died they say no one else was injured as for president trump he wasn't there he's current in a break in florida. but scuffles in berlin joining a pro kurdish rally to denounce turkey's military operation in northern syria which is a kurdish held on clave the protesters want the european union and the united nations to help stop the operation which is reportedly best result of the nearly two hundred civilian deaths in france has started in january after the u.s. military command announced plans to create a force consisting of kurdish fighters always border washington later backtracked

hi there this is art international with me kevin no in tonight's twenty five minutes past eight o'clock now delighted to say she's a star of russian and world figure skating she stunned crowds at the winter games in pyongyang when she broke a world record of one no less than two silver medals on the right next door to me never but show you a very pleased as well as a medal in the studio to talk about her sporting experiences thank you so much for coming in to see this really appreciate it so first of all what was it like there. it was it were just an amazing family and. it was my first olympics and just incredible incredible experience i mean for my next life. i really but i had a chance to compete in a limpet games and you know you're twenty years old now don't you when did you start training for this where does it begin to train for the olympics or sorry eighteen years old my mistakes are of the good stuff information that will make you all of the at eighteen years old when you start training for the. i started i started training for olympic games i think in. ten years old you know ag

broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is art international and sean thomas glad to have you with us now a teacher at an islamic academy for eleven to fourteen year olds in england has been found guilty of trying to assemble an army of child terrorists to carry out an attack in london here's how the chief of the city's anti terror police described. activities during his time at the school. he was getting those children to reenact the westminster attack he was getting them to reenact not just the westminster attack but also how to attack police officers but on top of that he was showing them very concerning terrorist related propaganda videos videos such as beheading videos yet keep our laws them with fear from the point of view that if they raise the alarm then something similar would happen to them the twenty five year old had been described as a self-styled educator and was allowed to teach islamic studies in schools he is said to have come into contact with two hundred and fifty children and he attempted to indoctrinate more than one hundred that is despite having no teach

the fire service and thoughts of all the friends and family the people involved that this is art international we'll continue to follow that story throughout the night. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us on the world of politics or business i'm sure business i'll see you then. how does it feel to be a share of the greatest job in the world it's as close to being a king as any job there is one business model helps to run a prison we do or don't like and nobody you know visitation i don't know what comes into them or we don't have to serve them anymore it's cost effective that's what they want to do that knowing they don't give a damn if you do the chores and that they're vastly paying us to put it back into the good the louisiana incarceration rate is twice as high as the u.s.n. bridge what she could is behind such success. a. clone of welcome to world of vice president trumps hiring and firing practices have long stopped to surprise but their recent designations first of my compare as the secretary of state and of john bolton as the national security adv

political theory at the university of milan thanks for helping us sort through this night on art international. all right now people in the v. embattled syrian district of eastern good are still struggling to leave but they are taking fire from militants will bring you that story and more after the break you're watching our international story. i would still like to be for the everyone in it for the peace and stability that but it's the rest. of the pakistanis or the indians all the month by and large. is this just peace and stability within the region that is the goal. with. all foreign troops inside. the focus of ending the war and that's not going to mean goldfish humanitarian concern which is falling apart schools of a lot of civilians the shelling of damascus by rebel groups that's not enough for the body that was mentioned earlier there's a mix of that with the political objectives which some people may still have. all right welcome back you're watching our two international now russia's military says only two children have managed to escape the besieged syrian district of eastern five d

this is art international coming up this hour from fringe to front runners italy's anti establishment and the euro skeptic parties are on course to take the lion's share of the general election vote living a bruising to brussels the leader of the league party already is making predictions about europe's future it's clear to us that the system of having one common currency is going to and so we want to be prepared for that moment coming up to focus on syria what's happening there much needed humanitarian aid reaching the rebel on the east and r.t. talks to the only two children first managed to get out from that held place which is occupied by a number of islamist groups. in the model shuttle. bus could ever imagine this two russian families learn their daughters were mixed up with a maternity ward forty years ago a mistake that had tragic consequences that story to. get through kevin i would hear it r t h q tonight just turned ten pm this monday the fifth of march first a big say in southern europe early indications from italy's election show the voters have dealt a blow to the establ

by broadcasting live direct from our studios most of this is arts international and john holmes with us. now public services have ground to a halt across france during a nationwide strike over labor reforms and up to thirty percent of long haul flights have been affected and many schools were closed on thursday in march say and lie on thousands of people took to the streets and in paris the unrest escalated into clashes with police. her. new only brought up one of you know we are not here to be violent we are here to protest democratically against the liberal politics of macro wanted by the car because without a market we disagree with the governments we can't accept this reforms that's why we are always here with us who's the most like a for is the promises he made i think it's absolutely not been fulfilled. during the rallies in paris protesters threw rocks at officers who responded with water cannons or to use charlie devinsky was at one of the flashpoints for. thousands of people who have been marching in paris only stay over the national strikes they couldn't sing here now about

and broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is art international from thomas certainly glad to have you with us. now italy is heading for a hung up parliament after an election that failed to produce an outright winner sunday's vote saw a surge for the euro skeptic five star movement. and that was the party leader reacting to the exit poll results which gave five star the largest number of votes. who is just thirty one years old says that he is now ready to find a coalition partners to try and form a government. weeks of deal making a lie ahead and the several other parties will be seeking to form an alliance as well the anti immigration league party wants to lead a center right coalition that has teamed up with former prime minister silvio berlusconi from go italy and the people of freedom party berlusconi himself is banned from holding office for another year over a fraud conviction leader party leader matteo salvini has already put his name forward to become italy's next prime minister. so we are now under obligation to form a center right coalition we have a right a

ten pm saturday evening here in moscow my name is kevin zero in this is art international thanks for joining us for this latest thirty minute update. russia's ambassador to the u.k. has written to the policeman who was exposed to a nerve agent in the english city of souls following the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter with more details. the letter to detective sergeant nick bailey thanking him for his actions following the poisoning it extended moscow's best wishes and voiced hope the officer will make a full recovery and be able to return to a normal life as soon as possible it went on to express sincere gratitude for his bravery and an assurance that russia had nothing to do with this reckless incident the investigation is ongoing and the o.p.c. w. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons continues to investigate we've also heard from the head of the secret ministry of defense lab important down you know we've got the highest levels of controls of security. around the work that we do here we would not be a low top three if we had lack of control that could

members of the art world naturally approach them to suggest works to buy. iran was very wealthy at the time and the international art market was out a low point. some of the works proposed were selected and bought a vision and. that. eventually the collection grew to include well over three thousand works by both iranian and international artists painting such as mural on in the in red ground by jackson pollock found their way there. along with works by brock. rauschenberg. and many others. financed by petrol dollars from the sale of oil its total cost is still a mystery but the criticism that iran spent too much money on art continues to annoy come run dba to this day how do you do you mind having that. how much transactions were completely above board. if you judge someone recently claimed that they had all the purchase receipts at that moment and . someone else said the museum had lost the money. but i still have them used i can get them from the library. but. it is the idea here is the list of everything i bought everything is listed here. every work purchased while i was director of the museum is recorded h

ambassador talks to us exclusively about the new low in relations with britain this is art to international. peace everybody i'm stephen bach task hollywood guy the suspect every proud american first of all i'm just george bush and r.v.'s to say this is my buddy max famous financial guru and we're just a little bit different on this day. no one knows up with all the drama happening in our country and the brood have some fun every day americans. and hopefully start to bridge the gap this is the great american pill which. the firing of rex tillerson at the state department surprised a few tillerson was often described as bland and on numerous occasions out of step with his boss donald trump the nomination of mike come pail to replace him is anything but playing. legal warhawks selling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles they don't believe the new socks credits tell you that celebrity gossip and tabloids are files a little more loosely they. muck about as he tells me you are not cool enough and let's not fight their products l

women in top posts there's a shortage everywhere in corporate boardrooms in politics in the arts in international organizations. such as. if women played a more decisive role in foreign policy they'd be a lot fewer of us since we women and our children are the first to suffer in those conflicts was. that. there is definitely a shortage and this has would function much better if women and men were to pool their knowledge and experience is what failed and i don't make decisions together is that this. when you. see. a movie they are going to get a lot of things need to change in my life and in society to me because i'm trying to get our company to at least rethink a few things not just like a form of actor of course it's extremely important to have women and management or since. an international study by sodexho north america actually showed that women can turn around loss making henchoz and their projects like why women are seven percent more efficient than there was led by men as more happy i mean we should support women in management and family simply to make our businesses more profitable and to

four thousand artists exhibit their works at art basel it attracts the general public but more importantly the biggest players on the international art market. thank you gallery owners collectors and curators of the world's museums. accompanied by his art consultant sixteen yves bouvier is here to check out the new trends. most of the works on show come from the store rooms of the geneva freeport some two hundred fifty kilometers away. v.a. is here to show his fellow professionals that he's still in the game and is still to be taken seriously. to build up all the automation on a say i probably factors of that but alas i think most of. us feel oh ya feel me oh yes how are you doing. that. last question. about most of the men on his cell phone is david. clearly troubled by our camera he bouvier quickly calls his assistant to go reassure him. use it for you that you. need. to be just like you most of them to his emotion at the buses. but he has no rights regarding our footage to. the. site that the likes of. david no mudd isn't just anyone he's the man with three hundred picasso's the head of one of the most powerful families in the

turn the pages we get a strange feeling the community seems to have become a master in the art of the international displacement of priests suspected of sexually abusing children. among the pile of documents from the commune. he of st john one recent letter draws our attention. and sends us rushing to the airport. here's the letter signed by a high ranking church official this archbishop from cameroon. he wrote to the head of the community of st john having decided to exclude from the jusice several st john priests he explained himself. reverend brother some brothers of st john got themselves into situations of extreme gravity the brothers in question were about to be hauled in front of the courts at a risk of dirtying the damage of our church i used all my weight to make sure this did not happen. what have these french priest done to incur the wrath of an archbishop. in cameroon a mostly catholic country the community of st john is an institution. the brothers run one of the biggest high schools in your own day the capital. but inbred two are in the east of the country the brothers of state john h

turn the pages we get a strange feeling the community seems to have become a master in the art of the international displacement of priests suspected of sexually abusing children. among the pile of documents from the community. if st john one recent letter draws our attention. and sends us rushing to the airport. here's the letter signed by a high ranking church official this archbishop from cameroon. he wrote to the head of the community of st john having decided to exclude from the jusice several st john priests he explained himself. reverend brother some brothers of st john got themselves into situations of extreme gravity the brothers in question were about to be hauled in front of the courts at a risk of dirtying the damage of our church i used all my weight to make sure this did not happen. what have these french priest done to incur the wrath of an archbishop. in cameroon a mostly catholic country the community of st john is an institution. the brothers run one of the biggest high schools in yone dig the capital. but invert to walk in the east of the country the brothers of state john have l

demand for fine arts is not anything new but one international art it pfizer he firm has been on it picassoe dropping 155 million dollars on 13 works in two days. they bought the -- nine of them the previous day at christie's. house is keeping mum. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . a third session of losses and asia. we saw the nikkei close lower by 1.6%. in thailand closed, south korea and thailand but you have seen a pickup coming through in the csi 300, the large-cap stocks moving the highest with a little bit of upside coming through in hong kong in late trade. we had a positive read on the manufacturing gauge. of stocks we have been watching the aluminum and steel players. to the upside a couple of stocks that have done well today, japan airlines up over 4% in the tokyo session on an announcement of 7 million shares in a share buyback. we have seen some movement coming through in some of the apple players as well. 5.5%. this is on prospects for its new smartp

a judge in paris issued an international warrant for bouvier's arrest. the art dealer was suddenly being sought by police forces all over the world. years gasoline with pablo picasso and her mother. back then they lived in the south of france on the hill of an old farmhouse called notre dame dizzy. because i lived in painted there for twenty years or so. in the fourteenth district of paris we're going to meet peter dupont. this former journalist was jacqueline picasso's confidant she wrote about their relationship in a book and she witnessed the scale of the artist body of work. in . yemen so the ship was a like is charge a clean sheet image that the cib that it will have. limited pradelle will be identified i'm dizzy yeah we'll call it is that he did back then we'll have it. on the artist death in one thousand nine hundred seventy three then on jackson's death thirteen years later almost two thousand paintings seven thousand drawings and one thousand two hundred sculptures were officially recorded. you know order to pay the inheritance duties part of the work w

welcome banquet for mr kim and his wife, ri sol—ju before they all watched an art performance together. and the internationalsurgeon from singapore who performs eyelifts on asian arowanas. it‘s one of the world‘s most expensive aquarium fish, but apparently suffers from droopy eyes! now, what stories are sparking discussions online? yes, let‘s look at what is trending right now. and this protest at a council meeting in the californian city of sacramento has created headlines across the us. the brother of stephon clark, who was shot dead by police earlier this month, walked into the chamber, shouting his brother‘s name. stephon clark died after police opened fire on him as he was entering the back yard of his grandparents‘ house. it‘s emerged he was unarmed. thursday is the end of the christian festival of lent, which for many means giving up something — often chocolate, or meat. but christians in pakistan take their devotion a step further — by copying the muslim practice of fasting. it‘s something which they feel helps them build links with their islamic neighbours — as secunder kermani reports from rawalpi