on the left the army pushes through and captures strasburg. the engineer of the seventh army has prepared to jump the rhine river, he's worked on it for three months, the army group will jump, that's his admission from eisenhower. is coming down to visit and not to congratulate them for being on the rhine river ahead of anyone else or penetrating the germans in capturing german prisoners with few officers, no such thing. he's down there to tell them he wants to take a core away and give it to patton. he arrives there and finds out that the whole group is rooming to cross the rhine. 450 ducks down the road on the way and timeout, stop, were getting ready to jump the rhine and he says no you're not. stop, cease and desist. , it was an opportunity to cross the rhine which was undefended, we had two divisions ready to cross, there's a huge confrontation between eisenhower endeavors and he tries to convince them it's an opportunity they must take, he adamantly refuses to listen and they don't jump the rhine. you can choose whether it was a good ide

it limited but did have his box hoffman is out the european parliament in strasburg welcome max so we saw that and heard enthusiastic applause and heckling for this idea of a european army it's not a new idea so why the extreme reactions. it's not a new idea but it's the first time that the german chancellor put her weight fully behind it but you know we should talk to somebody who's really involved with this and that's david mcallister who's standing next to me who is also the head of the foreign affairs committee of the european parliament and of course a member of the european peoples party which is the party of angela merkel still mr mcallister were you surprised that i'm going to put her full weight behind european army here no i wasn't surprised i would like to commend the chance to have to say today because she made very clear that she supports our policy in the european parliament that we are calling for a closer cooperation on foreign affairs on security and on defense and that the way forward is to eventually create a european defense union and this includes of course europe

and strasburg fact here. this is years from. now and a stern warning for it's only coming from none other than the international monetary fund it's warned. off budget twenty nineteen say it heavy its heavy spending rather carried substantial risks and could lead to market more oil well the comments came hours before an e.u. imposed deadline for its need to submit a new draft budget brussels rejected very initial plan which would deficit spending at two point four percent of the country's g.d.p. italy is so fossett it will not change its plans arguing it must bend to pray state's economy invest a consensus of the showdown have led to a rise in borrowing costs. well our own going conflict between rome and brussels is a big concern because italy is not just any economy is the euro zone's third

for the french town of strasburg now where the new face of a campaign to encourage people to get out and vote in european parliamentary elections may come as a surprise it's none other than donald trump his face covered by the e.u. flag is being used more of a warning though the poster the posters read at this time i'm registering and i'm voting officials in strasburg say they hope the campaign will fire up debate and increase voter turnout via a move the slogan is to remind voters of the importance of a strong europe in the face of trump's america which is hostile to the european project europe is a model which provides no turnitin of to isolationist tendencies which mr trump embodies when you look at the way he treats europe we take full responsibility for the post his message the post of bullets has divided locals and strasburg both online and off. well you know i think this poster is quite good at european flags stuck over his face i believe the vote is also against the u.s. bases shame the u.s. could also be an ally. i think it's important to show that europe can also have power

reporting for us from strasburg max thank you very much. to the middle east now in the most serious cross border flare up between israel and the palestinians in four years international mediators are calling for restraint after gaza militants fired hundreds of rockets into southern israel in response to israeli airstrikes on targets in gaza at least seven people have died in funerals are taking place in gaza and the violence came after a botched israeli military raid on the ground in the gaza strip on sunday we'll hear from our correspondent there in a moment about first this report. people in gaza woke up to a scene of destruction and. this was all that was left of the t.v. station run by hamas. the israeli military said it was a strategic target. he gave a warning that the strike was about to happen but the attacks still cause panic among local residents. as soon as we saw the rockets we ran away from the house we are civilians we don't have weapons and rockets so soon as we heard the shelling we escaped. fear also on the israeli side of

also the french town of strasburg is using donald trump. frighten people into voting in next year's european parliamentary election. all right monday morning in moscow and just after eight am on this november the twenty sixth we are rounding up this hour's top stories welcome to. the european union has approved the divorce deal thrashed out with u.k. prime minister to reserve may the e.u. side has made it clear the terms are final and non-negotiable to resume a for her part insists this deal bodes very well for the u.k. . the deal we have agreed today unlocks a bright future for the u.k. m.p.'s will vote on this deal it will be one of the most significant votes that parliament has held for many years on it will depend whether we move forward to get into a brighter future or open the door to yet more efficient and on certainty but the door to division and uncertainty appears already to be open though with may's deal now facing an uphill struggle in a largely hostile parliament anything from the deal on offer to a no deal breaker that is stil

it takes time to implement decisions are i do have is max has been reporting for us from strasburg max we'll talk to you live it later in the day. former u.s. first lady michelle obama's revealing new autobiography is out today the book called becoming includes very personal revelations about lice in the white house and many in the obama's hometown chicago couldn't wait to get a copy. that night in she coddles high park for those first in line it's a moment of joy. michelle obama's autobiography becoming is finally on sale time for her fans to celebrate in her once favorite bookstore. becoming the former first lady tells the story of her life and many in her old neighborhood are prolife what she achieved. she is the go like greatest of all time and she is a secada old woman just like me grew up a chicago girl sounds so for me she'd. she's like whoa personified she is someone definitely to look up to for little girls for young women my age makes you feel like you can do anything and office is a real person with a real real human being so i just been excited to get this book and for the

and strasburg fact here. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world french prime minister eduardo phillipe has left a ceremony to mark the third anniversary of the paris terror attacks about one hundred thirty people were killed when a gunman suicide bomber stone the batak clock also a sports stadium and balls on the thirteenth of november twenty fifth the so-called islamic state claimed responsibility for the attacks. on australian my has been found guilty of murdering six people and recklessly endangering the lives of dozens more in a vehicle attack in melbourne last year the jury took last than an hour to deliver its verdict james goddess who of us will be sentenced in jan you. c.n.n. has sued the trumpet ministration of the revoked press credentials of one of its reporters the white house of bods jim acosta from press briefings after a heated exchange with president trump last week c.n.n. says the move violates the freedom of the press in try and in the u.s. constitution.

all right, for more on this now, i'm joined by barbara wesel in strasburg tonight and in london, birgit maas. what has been agreed to and who is doing the agreeing? >> that is a good question because nothing really has been agreed. what's on the table is the latest version of a draft agreement that could be struck. if the british side finally stuffs negotiating with itself, sort of saying either yes or no, we have seen negotiators here in brussels from the eu side and 40 pages for several days and nights, and they have come to a point where they say this is it, we cannot go any further. now london will have to agree or say no to it, and this is about only the divorce agreement, the terms and conditions under which britain is going to leave the eu in march of next year. it concerns everything from the rights of citizens living on one or the other side to the money that britain needs to pay to, finally, the crucial and devilish question of how they will solve the ireland problem, and that is really what london now has to do with. >> that is the question, right? will there be enough in thi

french town of strasburg is using donald trump's face in an ad campaign that some say is designed to uprising people in voting in next year's european parliamentary elections. and russian military chemists a toxic substances were used in an assault on almost syria's aleppo one saturday we look at why the world's media has largely ignored this chemical attack. three o'clock and you're watching our international live from moscow studio with me a day or two to welcome to the program. the military forces of ukraine are combat ready after the country's national security council voted to impose martial law it comes in response to moscow detaining three crane unable ships on sunday off the coast of crimea both russia and ukraine have requested an emergency session of the u.n. security council russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says he already knows this side west is going to take. talking about the actions we're going to take at the u.n. security council you know we don't have any illusions taking into account that the west has adopted a position of unconditional support for poroshenko

you see the european parliament comes to strasburg once a month that's when they have their plenary session and that's probably the biggest arena that exists for the e.u. to discuss you topics politics even if the parliament doesn't decide on every topic it is you know with all those departments that you have your all those members of the european parliament it's a formidable scene to talk and that was the idea behind it from the e.p. president. need to give to give this stage also to leaders of the european union in the game to have a more you know informed democracy but also in the game maybe to connect the institutions more to the people because that is one of the problems that has been identified in the e.u. that was haven't strasberg what happens in brussels doesn't necessarily touch the people back home in the different countries with their leaders here on this stage might help at least that's the think and max we're keeping a close eye on the plenary session to see when the chancer does get up we'll be going to our live as she starts to speak but i want to come to you now and ask you

one of them spent a year in south africa and studied for a year in strasburg so he can speak german one of the four by the way it's very unjust to have four sons. and you laugh a lot is that for you also yes my students always joked about that that i laugh so much though. very french would you say no there are germans with a sense of humor too. and they hide and when you look at europe today does it make you sad to see strong ideologies on the rise which appeal again to young people attracted to the notions of blaming others for problems finding simplistic explanations and one country wants to leave the e.u. does this make you lose hope. no. one should never lose hope or allow it to be taken away it's true however that europe is in a very sorry state of affairs. name two countries. hungary is as an european as it gets and poland. various other countries no longer feel european and that's a great pity. the french president has really done a lot for europea and is continuing to do so now he's proposed a european army. the older people among us will say that this already filed in one nine

going to be a really really tough sell for to resume at home for bass in london very small in the strasburg thank you both. the middle east and now militant palestinian factions in the gaza strip say they will halt a cross border attacks if israel does the say the statement comes after the most serious upsurge in violence between israel and the palestinians since twenty fourteen israeli military has stepped up its deployment along gaza's border but hasn't mobilized its reserve force. people in gaza work to a scene of destruction. this was all that was left of the t.v. station run by hamas. the israeli military said it was a strategic target. it gave a warning that the strike was about to happen. but the attack still caused panic among local residents. as soon as we saw the rockets we ran away from the house we are civilians we don't have weapons and rockets so soon as we heard the shelling we escaped. here also on the israeli side of the border. most of hamas rockets were intercepted by israel's defense system but some missiles have hit residential buildings including this one in the southe

service chancellor has addressed the european parliament in strasburg outlining her vision for a future europe i'm going to follow the e.u. leaders to reject what she called national ngo ism and repeated her calls for a common european approach to migration policy she went on to tell lawmakers that europe must take its fate into its own hands on foreign and security policy you thought you were on our boat we should be working on the idea of one day creating a real european army john mchugh. i saw it for ben's uncle your guy has shown claude he said four years ago a united european army would show the world that there will never be another war between european countries. it would not be an army against nature i mean really. rather it could serve as a useful complementary force tonight's has been no one intends to question the classic alliances want hundred myself one day in strasbourg was listening to the chance of this speech was welcomed max i'm with lots of applause that but there are lots of heckling as well for this idea of a european army the idea is not new but it is contentious b

have attended a concert in strasburg cathedral to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the end of world war one the event featuring music by german composer luke fishman beethoven and french compose a crude debussy kicked off a week of commemorations in dozens of world leaders are set to meet in paris next weekend to mark the centennial. and staying in the french capital in tennis novak djokovic has suffered a surprise defeat by russian catherine hutchens off in the final of the paris mostest joke of it in blue beat roger federer and saturday's semifinal but dramatically ended is winning streak of twenty two matches with world number one the story that was number eighteen one in the straight sets seven five six four despite the defeat which will still take over as tennis world number one on monday . now thousands of people have gathered in southern taiwan for the burning of a ceremonial boat as part of a taoist ritual to wardle disease and bad luck more than ninety volunteers from the seaside township of don't gang spent three months building the intricately decorated boat according to

the countdown is on for the strasburg marathon a sporting event that for some calls for. pain management pain killers are playing an increasing role in recreational sports on the quest for pickup formants amateur athletes often trucks prophylactically to prevent pain from arising in the first place. names and over i want to take it when i'm running and only when i think it will help but since i feel a lot of pain when i'm running it it's hard to say what effect the aspirin had now i've never had a headache in my entire life so i don't take aspirin at home i've only ever used it when i'm running where i imagine i need it is that me so tell me do you take paracetamol regime yes i do this morning yes why on. the run lasts four hours and i wasn't sure at all doctors are still doing very little oh. a stone's throw from the marathon route pharmacist a nurse of fish knows her customers preferences when it comes to over the counter drugs in her experience the french share the same predilection for paracetamol as the germans followed by ibuprofen you. listen to. people in general

human rights ruled against russia in a case brought by opposition activist alexei navalny judges in strasburg sided with mr valley and said his various jailings by russian authorities between twenty twelve and twenty fourteen were politically motivated is to develop as a fierce critic of president putin has found himself behind bars on numerous occasions that russia accuses him of organizing illegal demonstrations when detaining him. ranger refugees in bangladesh have protested against attempts to send them back to me and many fear for their safety the protest calls bangladesh your thoughts as to postpone the launch of repatriation plan agreed with me and now but opposed by the united nations refugee agency. the sheer scale of the refugee crisis in bangladesh hundreds of thousands of residents in muslims are living in squalid camps like this they fled to me and ma because of army led violence following a military crackdown but with agreement from me and mom today bangladesh begins the enormous task of trying to repatch reate them it's a move that's proving deeply unpopular for. the entire com

of human rights has ruled against russia in a case brought by opposition activists -- judges in strasburggreed that his various jailing's by russian authorities between 2012 and 2014 were politically motivated. he is a fierce critic of president who and -- of president putin. and russia accuses him of organizing illegal demonstrations. today saw a chaotic start to bangladeshi's controversial repatriation program for refugees. 150 were meant to return to myanmar, but nobody turned up. instead, there were angry protests at the board. hundreds of thousands of muslims live in sprawling camps around a bangladeshi city. the exodus began following a military crackdown. bangladesh has already made several unsuccessful attempts to send them back to myanmar despite warnings that conditions are not safe. the u.n. high commissioner for human rights has urged them to call off the program saying that returning these refugees to myanmar effectively means throwing them back into the cycle of human rights violations. this community has been suffering for decades. they now fear they will be sent back again

looks prize awarded by the european parliament its president antonio tayana presented the trophy in strasburg for ending songs political comedy woman at war the film tells the story of a fifty something eco warriors fight against an aluminum plant in iceland women at warby tops. expired austrian filmmaker of all can fischer and the other side of everything from serbian director mueller to. look surprise was introduced in two thousand and seven the e.u. parliament created the award to shine a spotlight on european films to touch on current social and political issues. most bands as we know consists of various members who have their individual instrument to play but with the italian guitars lucas trick and you only he himself is the entire band when he plays it sounds like three guitars plus a drum and bass we met up with him at a concert in berlin to hear more. there are no other musicians hiding backstage every sound you hear comes from. guitar. he's playing british band gorilla song feel good ink all honest. i always thought the guitar is such a little used for meant a little bit weak that i

stopped by border guards at moscow airport and told that he couldn't leave he was on his way to strasburg in france for a hearing at the european court of human rights so my find me the happy passengers at the airport whose tickets have been disappeared my ticket has disappeared i'm not allowed to travel abroad i've booked myself a coffee and i'm heading to work to close at least forty two people have been killed in california in the worst wildfires in the u.s. state's history investigators are searching for human remains after more than six thousand homes were destroyed in the town of paradise on thursday and firefighters are still trying to contain wildfires that hit both ends of the states those are the headlines al-jazeera our correspondents is next stay with us. my name is tommy lamar shall not meet them i was born a citizen of the union of soviet socialist republics. the u.s.s.r. . people think that when the hammer and sickle flag came down on the kremlin in december one thousand ninety one the world changed but things are never that simple. i was too young to remember soviet rule b

filmed in brussels geneva be there it's dublin new york washington gibraltar barcelona brittany strasburg and of course scotland but first what has become a fixture of our show here treats us just i'm sure evils i don't want to alex. yes thousand of a big selection this week thanks largely to our facebook premiere which had a record audience and first stop is luis hogg who says it was interesting to hear four from the house a lot of the phrase for for the moths still not sure if enough m.p.'s are willing to blow up under a vast breaks a little more than holmes were from the same issue says very informative show once again i like it does me not as usual i was up with a lot the smalling to watch it's always the highlight of bye week thank you bonnie but john connally warns given the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. in march the twenty one of twenty one thousand than any constitutional wrangling before the judges would have to occur quickly in the new year well john i think the luxembourg court heeling on article fifty is going to be at the end of this month so there might well be time enough a

cross talking nationalism i'm joined by my guest john laughlin in strasburg he's a lecturer in political philosophy and isis the catholic university in new york we have george samuel he is a fellow at the global policy institute of london and author of bombs for peace and in our burn we have rockwell he is a political commentator and editor of lew rockwell dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate john let me go to you first but i'd like to quote i guess the aspiring sun king of europe there are no other well known as the president of france mccrone he said this patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism national him is a betrayal of patriotism and i'd also like to throw in another quote that he said earlier this year when he was a candidate which absolutely stunned me still does quote as candidate there is no such thing as french culture what is this man talking about john. or whenever i hear michael i'm always reminded of remark about someone who said. deep down he's very superficial and that's true of my

part of a of something that's been going on since january every month at the plenary session in strasburg where i am right now you have one leader of a member state talking about the future of europe the goal of this of course is to give them the arena that is the european parliament and try to connect the different issues that they have in their countries with the vision of europe you know basically making all of this huge discussion and medical was just up for that at the moment and i asked you know the same question put that question to many members of the european parliament whether they thought she was a lame duck but given the reactions they had and also given the reactions with the booing that's not how you treat a lame duck that somebody who still has something to say and it seems like michael still has plans for the next three years yeah yeah that's the thing that's a good point too and she may be anything but a lame duck leader after today max standby because breck's it is also a talking point tonight and there are reports that the european union and britain have agreed on a dra

rights has ruled against russia in a case brought by opposition activist alexei novell me judges in strasburg agreed with mr in the valley that his various jailings by russian authorities between twenty twelve and twenty fourteen were politically motivated based in the valley is a fierce critic of president putin in russia accuses him of organizing illegal demonstrations while in detention. now today saw a chaotic start to bangladesh's controversial repatriation program for a hinge of refugees one hundred fifty ranger were meant to return to me and more nobody turned up instead there were angry protests at the border hundreds of thousands of muslims currently live in sprawling camps around the bangladeshi city of cox's bazar the exodus began last august following the military crackdown in mid march rakhine state bangladesh has already made several onsets unsuccessful attempts to send rangers back to me and now despite repeated warnings the conditions are not safe the u.n. high commissioner for human rights michel bashing has urged the dhaka to call off the program saying that returning the ri

cross talking nationalism i'm joined by my guest john laughlin in strasburg he's a lecturer in political philosophy and i says the catholic university of n.d. in new york we have. samuel e. is a fellow at the global policy institute of london and author of bombs for peace and i'll burn we have rockwell he is a political commentator and editor of lew rockwell dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk was in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate john let me go to you first but i'd like to quote i guess the spot aspiring sun king of europe there are no other well known as the president of france mccrone he said this patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism national him is a betrayal of patriotism and i'd also like to throw in another quote that he said earlier this year when he was a candidate which absolutely stunned me still does quote as candidate there is no such thing as french culture what is this man talking about john or whenever i hear my call i'm always reminded of oscar wilde's remark about someone who said.

from leaving the country a day earlier no money wants to be in strasburg on thursday when the european court of human rights as usual or whether his numerous detentions by russian police were politically motivated or not bitcoin has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year of the world's largest crypto currency dropped as much as nine percent to just over five thousand six hundred dollars traders and analysts are unclear what caused the price to fall off for a period of relative stability other cryptocurrency is even worse with a third falling as much as thirteen percent and x. r.p. dropping fifteen percent and a quick reminder you can catch up anytime with all the stories reporting on by checking out our website the address for that is zero dot com and you watch us live on their back on the live icon stream is up next season. sanctions are. message us president donald trump sent to iran on november second. today we check back in with a group of iranians to see the impact. have questions for them. and i'll bring as many as i can to the discussion but first take a look at this rep

it is indeed true, that as a result, the european court of human rights in strasburg, can issue opinions invalidating all laws, enacted by the parliament. so, the idea of parliamentary priests -- supremacy has been compromised in international documents. church hill was a very strong believer in parliamentary supremacy. he gave a fascinating speech to the american bar association of 1954. being very gracious, he did not criticize the united states judicial supremacy, the idea that a court can declare invalid , an act of 5-4 decision can be declared invalid and signed by the president, that is judicial review. he explained, he thought this was necessary, certainly defensible. because of our federal system, because of our size, but he defended very strongly. he defended very strongly the idea of parliamentary supremacy. and, this did not mean that he was not a defender of judiciary. church hill was one of the great defenders of an independent judiciary. in england, i was interested to find out, in 1954, there was a proposal to raise judicial salaries. but, the parliament, including many me

ali was stopped by border guards at moscow airport and told he couldn't leave he was on his way to strasburgin france for hearing the european court of human rights court is due to rule on whether his numerous detentions in russia have been politically motivated surmise banerjee heinie they're happy passengers at the airport whose tickets haven't disappeared from my ticket has disappeared i'm not allowed to travel abroad i bought myself a coffee and i'm heading to work to a master clock such as. online retailers. amazon has announced a major shakeup of its operations its five billion dollars project includes the creation of two new headquarters in new york and virginia as well as some fifty thousand new jobs but as kristen salumi reports from new york whatever you want to celebrating. over lunch at the court square diner in new york's long island city local residents wonder how their rapidly growing neighborhood will absorb tens of thousands of more people now that amazon has announced plans to build a new headquarters here for soccer stadium one shot here that every year new high rises an o

americal appeared in front of the european parliament in strasburg on choose day and committed herself or appeared to commit herself at least in principle to a european army one of the cool proposals from crum but there was a waiver. because she said she said i commit to the idea in principle that it could happen and maybe should happen one day so she did it off into the long grass and there's also talk about a year. shared budget for the europe for the eurozone and there too i'm going to medical appears to have committed herself to the project but has said that it needs to be negotiated within the overall e.u. budget which means it has to be negotiated with all twenty seven nations which means it could take years so she's saying yes to see a marker on but at the same time remaining lukewarm and that has led to considerable irritation and friction between the french and the germans in recent times drumin of the finance minister came out just last week and said he viewed germany's yes but no sort of approach to all this is a breach of faith so the mood is not all good although between t

russia after being told he was barred from leaving the country a day earlier around he wants to be in strasburg on thursday when the european court of human rights as usual on whether his numerous detentions by russian police were politically motivated or not and a station is being introduced in the united states urging president trying to take a tougher stance on china's crackdown against its ethnic we go population because politicians will seek possible sanctions against communist party chiefs accused of human rights abuses they are also expected to call for a ban on the export of technology that beijing could use for the surveillance and last attention of leaders it's estimated a million readers who are muslim are being held in camps in the station jang. when the world's most notorious drug lords is on trial in the us. known as as chappell is accused of being the head of the cinelerra cartel once the main supplier of illegal drugs to the us is escaped from prison in mexico twice before finally getting caught and extradited to the u.s. last year it really is only reports new york joaquin el c

volley was stopped by border guards at moscow airport and told he couldn't leave he was on his way to strasburg in france for a hearing at the european court for human rights. some eyes below if you find me there are happy passengers at the airport who is tickets haven't disappeared my ticket has disappeared i'm not allowed to travel abroad i bought myself a coffee and i'm heading to work to announce the clocks. amnesty international has stripped of its highest honor the ambassador of conscience award it says the award has been revoked because of her indifference to atrocities committed by me and mars military against muslims suchi who is now the leader of me and mars government was given the prize in two thousand and nine she was still under house arrest after time. there are reports that north korea's nuclear ballistic missile program is continuing despite president donald trump insisting it stopped a u.s. think tank says it's identified sixteen hidden bases mostly in remote mountainous areas the reports based on new images from commercial satellites the bases are already known to u.s. intell