than than criticizing the alliance and. your party. lines. next week nato leaders meet in london for a special summit to markets creation 70 years ago during the cold winning it was a time when members agreed on their aims and who was the enemy today its leaders are politically poll. the security challenges have changed nato might not be at death's door yet but most members now expose concedes that for it to survive successfully it needs a fresh approach to such about law i'll just sirrah paris meanwhile france and fellow member turkey a locked in a war of words ahead of next week's nato summit and cross says that ankara put nato mission at risk with its recent military operation in northern syria but turkey's president says that mccraw doesn't understand the situation just pick the security didn't but. i respect the security interests of a turkish fellow who has suffered many terrorist attacks on its soil but one cannot on one hand say that we are allies with respect to this demand else all the dirty and on the other hand

news live from berlin nato is divided the french president warns the alliance is facing brain death but germany's chancellor rejects mccraw claim that europe can no longer rely on the u.s. to defend its allies will get reactions from washington also coming up. anger on the streets of iraq another day of anti-government demonstrations turns deadly a security forces use live fire on protesters. and as part of our special coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall we visit the famous shopping boulevard what used to be the west berlin many east berliners flocked there as soon as they could have firsthand look at capitalism. i'm told me all id well welcome to the program. nato members are at odds at the worst possible time as the world marks 30 years since the cold war began to and france a crucial member of the winning team suggests this alliance no longer functions that puts nato future in doubt and is prompted german and nato leaders to condemn the criticism. part of the berlin wall is displayed outside nato headquarters right now again stoltenberg is meant to be cele

news live from berlin nato is divided the french president warns the alliance is facing brain death but germany's chancellor rejects micron's claim that europe can no longer rely on its u.s. on the u.s. to defend its allies will get reactions from washington also coming up. and on the streets of iraq another day of anti-government demonstrations turns deadly security forces used live fire on protesters last. we were in west germany people were interested enough they gave us clothes they gave us money we are helping everyone. as germany remembers the fall of the berlin wall we meet a former east german refugee who says his experience is driving him to help a new generation of asylum seekers. i'm told me all oddball welcome to the program. nato members are at odds at the worst possible time as the world marks 30 years since the cold war began to and france a crucial member of that winning team suggests this alliance no longer functions that puts nato future in doubt and has prompted german and nato leaders to condemn the criticism. part of the berlin wall is displayed outside nato headqua

chance but i'm going to michael hits back at france's well a call after he says the transatlantic alliance is brain dead she says he's overreacting and using drastic language. plus spain's socialist prime minister gets ready to face off against his political opponents in what will be a tight general election on sunday among the most controversial issues are kind of on separatism and the paul writes planned for with. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us on kong university student who reportedly fell from a building during clashes between police and protesters has died all the students have held a memorial gathering for their dead colleague the events leading up to the incident are still unclear it but it's believed the student fell from a car parking garage after police fired tear gas during a protest last weekend he had been in a coma since being found. protest leader joshua walling has responded to the death of the student here's what he had to say. together and we urge hall of people wear black tissue to get today and tomorrow to show our side and unity and now is the time for

french president raises eyebrows by describing nato is brain dead is the alliance weakening can europe create an alternative this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam is a than nato is experiencing brain death so says french president emanuel micro-loan many of his european partners in the alliance certainly don't agree though they call is words drastic and dangerous in an interview with the economist magazine the french president blamed the us saying its commitment to nato is weakening micron's cited the us failure to consult it before pulling its forces out of northern syria he also questioned whether the alliance is still committed to collective defense and he called on europe to think of itself as a geopolitical power and ensure it's in control of its destiny micron's remarks come ahead of a summit in the u.k. early next month to mark nato 70th anniversary u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or says nato must change or risk irrelevance. ledo runs always the risk that it will become obsolete now because the partnership now because the political commitments for ever bec

from berlin tonight a major feature in nato as the french president warns europe that the military alliance is brain dead germany's chancellor and the nato secretary general they are rejecting president holmes' idea that europe can no longer rely on the u.s. and nato there is unity however into thinking that freedom does not come for free will explain also coming up for dignitaries gather in germany as the nation prepares to celebrate 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall among them it is us secretary of state who met american troops in southern germany where he once served as an army officer in the cold war plus. in iraq is there hoping for a revolution but it's not going to be peaceful protesters tear down blockades and push towards a government ministries security forces responded to the demonstrators flee but they say they'll be back. and as part of our special coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall we visit the famous a shopping boulevard in what used to be west berlin and many east berliners flocked there as soon as they could for a firsthand look at capi

of on the layer hailed nato as a protective shield of freedom and said the most powerful defense alliance in the world. i welcome on this now i'm joined by our guests we have in brussels john laughlin author and consultant on international law john is also a lecturer at the university institute of st pius 10th on skype from philadelphia alexander vershbow now former deputy secretary general of nato and the former u.s. ambassador to nato and russia and in moscow pavel felgenhauer defense and military analyst and columnist for no via guess at or a warm welcome to iran let's start with john then is nato dying. well i think. in many ways because remark that it was brain dead is not exactly hot news. in nato has been braindead i would say since 1901 when the warsaw pact was dissolved it was of course created as we all know to supposedly face down the the soviet threat but when that threat disappeared logically nato should have been dissolved as well instead of which for reasons of institutional self-interest and above all for reasons of geopolitical self-interest and when i refer to that i'm t

and all of you, your countries, are members of the pacific alliance alliance. how do you see those groups helping, or do you see those two groups as working together to move the trade agenda in the americas forward after this 25-year >> gap? >> i think i can start with the pacific alliance. i have had a very good experience on the pacific alliance, for example, how we did the promotion and the presentation of the pacific alliance, for example, in the nordic companies or turkey, which by the way all the nordic countries and turkey have become observers of the pacific alliance showing great interest for this. when i meet with business here in the u.s., the other day i was with walmart and we were talking about the supply to walmart. and i asked them, have you explored the facilityies that we have with the pacific alliance? and they just turned to me and said what? so it is not well known and i think we have that challenge. at least the business in the u.s., there is very little knowledge by the companies of the opportunities that the pacific alliance offer. and w

hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle the nato military alliance is a relic from the cold war back then it was relevant and even necessary today it is an alliance in search of a mission that search has almost completely entailed eastern expansion towards russia but a lingering question remains is the average american and western european interested in a war over the sovereignty of dystonia and montenegro. cross talking the atlantic alliance i'm joined by my guest luke prevail in brussels he's an independent journalist in paris we have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of the crisis research institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to our guest in paris many well you have president mccrone just recently said that nato is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because a nato summit is coming up next week and it's been shortened to 2 days because a lot of people worried that. donald trump will start some kind o

failure to consult it before pulling its forces out of northern syria he also questioned whether the alliance is still committed to collective defense and he called on europe to think of itself as a geopolitical power and ensure it's in control of its destiny micron's remarks come ahead of a summit in the u.k. early next month to mark nato 70th anniversary u.s. secretary of state mike pompei or says nato must change or risk irrelevance. they don't run is always the risk that it will become obsolete now because the partnership now because the political commitments for ever become i don't think is between in the transit and those commitments between our countries will ever become obsolete. but it does run that risk if it doesn't do the things it needs to do to confront the challenges of today in a way that is a fact. of the german chancellor angela merkel rejected what she called micron's drastic words germany's foreign minister is warning against undermining nato in a column in the speaker magazine he said neither germany nor europe will be able to effectively protect themselves without the us

stressing how important the alliance is for germany how indispensable the alliance is in fact and that is something that germany has repeated and will probably repeat as well when criticism comes towards the nato another question altogether helena is whether germany has the military clout to have any influence and that is a big question here in germany not the least because the german military is facing very serious structural problems certainly thomason all not points the german defense minister is talking about germany shouldering more global responsibility when it comes to security but we are not hearing much from chancellor merkel how much support is there in germany for strengthening the military. this is a divisive issue in germany has been a divisive issue for a long time and in fact there are members in the german government coalition who are very wary of those remarks by the german defense minister who stressed that germany's role internationally should for example b.s. part of the united nations or us part of nato as we've been discussing above all germany should at least dis

hits back at france's him after he says the transatlantic alliance is experiencing brain death she says he's reacting and using drastic language. spain's socialist prime minister gets ready to face off against his political opponents in what will be a tight general election on sunday among the most controversial issues are catalan separatism and the paul rights plan for women. doesn't buy into this false feminism which is so one sided we are the real feminists even though we're right wing we are pro-life and defend family values. and as part of our coverage of the 40th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall we look at one of the darkest chapters in german history children forcibly removed from parents considered disloyal to the regime we hear one family's personal story of reunification. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program a hong kong university student who reportedly fell from a building during clashes between police and protesters has done hong kong university students have held a memorial gathering for the dead coley the events leading up to the incident are still uncle

alliance members question its future. >> let's bring in our political correspondent. the german defense minister, a.k.k., optimistic about nato, does she have a right to be? >> there are reasons to be concerned. president macron says it's brain dead and u.s. under donald trump, not impressed that the united states are so to increase military spending and the president seems to be calling the whole alliance into question as a result of that and you have the position of turkey which is confused at the moment because of the conflict in syria. there are reasons to be optimistic are also there. the idea of a strong common defense for europe is still frfront and center. we see the posture of the united states is still strong, particularly vis-a-vis russia and the commitment that the u.s. is putting troops into europe. the united states have heard the message they have to spend more on their own defense and some of them are actually doing it. you are seeing the german defense minister putting a concrete date when germany is going to reach that 2% by 2031. a couple of years t

and alliance that all those strive to join showing the historic suspects of natal and liberal nato and it has been the most successful alliance in the history there is more much more the star machine amount of a standing valid stake a step back look at it objectively almost 30 years since the cold war ended and nato hasn't changed almost nothing about it just as they were then they're still expanding eastward towards russia just as they were then they're still standing up to russia now also in the cybersphere and gonna start a lot of evolution there 18 years of stagnant stalemate what they've really adapted to is pumping out glamorous videos no argument there stella stuff nato is brain dead and those aren't my words their own from the lips of the french president little if you look any of this with a different school nato is a collective defense alliance against who and what it is organizing who is our common enemy what are our common issues these are questions that deserve clarification magic or has a vision a united european army a europe protected by europeans not americans no hard

one of nato's most important members has spoiled the party in a historic week for the alliance emmanuel mccall is calling into question some of nato's founding principles in a magazine interview the french president said the mutual defense pact was in danger of breaking down. he said what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato and you have no coordination whatsoever of strategic decision making between the united states and its nato allies its last month's events in syria that have worried 1st the alliance's largest member the united states announced a troop pullout without consulting its allies in another alliance member turkey marched into northern syria despite the fact he meant objections of perlin and paris they're worried it threatens european security. but does this all add up to a threat or just a blip in nato history nato and germany insisted in berlin that the alliance is still alive and well. even if we do have problems and even if we do disagree on the german perspective nato is very much in our interest it's our security alliance. for its part carlin has b

a meeting between the chief of nato one for each president fails the result tensions within the alliance with still posting on its purpose we can go on. and we believe you are in the grip of political instability. was brutally beaten and publicly humiliated by rivals of ousted president. be. my hero. and i want people to. believe. that. thanks for joining us just on 12 here in. the program u.s. president donald trump has chosen to spend his thanksgiving taking part in the perfect photo opportunity and his 1st ever visit to afghanistan and greeting american troops based there had a message for them he told them that talks with the taliban declared dead 2 months ago on. joining the shoot. to get more updates on this maria thanks for joining us what is behind this surprise visit well yes they call it a surprise these a. but the motives behind it are rather clear since day one day one of his presidency mr trump wanted to and the war in afghanistan this bloody almost 2 decades long conflict that took so many american lives and so many american dollars trump wanted to ended for his own for ste

the alliance brain dead was published. we will see that actually franz achieved less rather than more cohesion. on the subject of european defense the germans. came very strongly only the other day chancellor merkel suggests very strongly that nature remains the linchpin of their security. and the east europeans are absolutely alarmrm by. what is being said in n paris. so i'm nt sure this iss particularly consnsuctive all right before the alalliance or for france's foreign policy. and on the subject of my comp given what coming to you from paris here- turkey- only a few hours ago the foreign minister met with double loop- accusing him of supporting terrorism because of that meeting he had with the syrian. a democratic forces. isn't somebody here among. you markham proved to quite a divisive figure wiwithin the structuree. well first o of all it's worth rememembering that turkey hasas been a difficult customer- difficult member of the north atlantic treaty organization for decades. we did forget in the seventies and in the

today it is an alliance in search of a mission that's as almost. eastern expansion towards russia but a lingering question remains is the average american and western european interested in a war over the sovereign the. industry is based on greed and greed is based on this. rush to cumulate as much paper wealth as possible even though it's not genuine wealth actual money it's not gold like a warren buffett just hoards of money like an old granny with hoard phone books that doesn't credible damage because. it's into the population this notion. will come back to the program the black friday shopping extravaganza gets underway in shops all across the world today saying americans alone will spend around $87000000000.00 this time around chasing the best deals there is a dog inside this retail festival quarter explains. black friday is coming up big box retailers are gearing up for their annual mega sales super profits and consumer stampedes that will probably result in more than a few injuries in a georgia wal-mart to women fighting over pots and pans a

the first thing i want to say is we take at service year alliance, the alliance part of our organization's name, very seriously. so on behalf of my team, i just want to convey to bell, to brookings, to general heck, barbara, governor, and to everyone here, thank you for your partnership. for make can this event happen and for being allies. as the youngest person on stage, who was hired to be a next generation leader to usher service year alliance into its next chapters i want to share two things with you this morning. the first is i want to share the perspective of a leader, of a team who aspires to stand on the shoulders of the giants, of those who built the national service movement. and who aspire to take the movement into its next phases. and second, i'm really excited to tell everybody about our serve america together campaign. i am an elder millennial. which in plain english means when the 9/11 attacks occurred i was 17 years old. i was a senior in high school and my initial reaction was to get the military recruiters on the phone. that was the first of many near heart attacks i gave

talking of brain death is germany in any position to help put the alliance back on track. germany has political clout i would say that's certainly the case germany has defended nato in various occasions and as we just heard also from london local germany believes that nato is absolutely fundamental to germany's defense so from a political standpoint from a political position germany certainly can play an influential role another issue completely different issue is whether germany can do the same militarily given it by particular the problems of the german military has been facing now for a very long time so i think we have to understand this 2 part situation where germany could play politically a very important role but whether it can do that militarily that's another question that absolutely is the question when we have the german defense minister talking about germany shouldering more global responsibility when it comes to security but we know i mean hearing that much from chancellor merkel so how much support is that in germany for strengthening the military this is and

a meeting between the chief of nato and france's president fails to resolve tensions within the alliance with the manual my problems still cost and doubt on the part we look at whether nato can go on as it is. 2 pm this friday afternoon here in moscow you're watching national with me suspect in a welcome to the program lots of stories here this hour starting with this one u.s. president donald trump chose to spend his thanksgiving taking part in the puff backed photo opportunity paying his fast ever visit to afghanistan and greeting american troops based there and he had a message for them he told them that talks with the taliban declared dead just 2 months ago about koran my colleague daniel hawkins discuss this with me. they call it a surprise visit but the motives behind it are rather clear since day one day one of his presidency mr trump wanted to and the war in afghanistan the bloody almost 2 decades long conflict that took so many american lives and so many american dollars trump wanted to end it for his own for steve at home and for his global influence in that region and internat

cross talking the atlantic alliance i'm joined by my guest luke prevail in brussels he's an independent journalist in paris we have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of the crisis research institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to our guest in paris many well you have president mccrone just recently said that nato is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because a nato summit is coming up next week and it's been shortened to 2 days because a lot of people worried that. donald trump will start some kind of dumpster fire as he tends to do when it comes to nato so how is the nato alliance stand right now because you have jeremy corbyn and going into election mode doubting the alliance the necessity here so i mean is mccrone right is nato brain dead go ahead. well to be honest i am afraid that this time i find myself on the same page as mr my core which is something it's something unusual for me and stopped me right time twice a day it's but what

from berlin tonight a major fizzer in nato and the french president warns europe that the military alliance is brain dead but germany's chancellor and nato secretary general they are rejecting president back home plenty of that europe can no longer rely on the u.s. its nato there is unity however that freedom does not come for free will explain that also coming up tonight for dignitaries gathered here in germany as the nation prepares to celebrate 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall among them u.s. secretary of state might. met american troops in southern germany where he once served as a young army officer in the cold war. and again iraqi they're hoping for a revolution but it's not going to be peaceful protesters tear down blockades and push towards government ministries security forces responded and demonstrators flee but they'll be back. i'm off it's good to have you with us tonight germany's chancellor angela merkel is stressing her commitment to nato rejecting criticism of the alliance that came today from french president emanuel. in an interview published in the. mr newspaper

and in the interest of building a leave alliance, i would interest of building a leave alliance, iwouldlliance, i would be more than happy to back that. of course, he would have to say that if they were being com pletely have to say that if they were being completely unreasonable, if they didn't wanta completely unreasonable, if they didn't want a free trade deal, if they were not prepared to go to geneva, then of course, we would leave on the 1st ofjuly on a wto terms, and he would have to say it and indeed, he really would have to mean it. either way, and indeed, he really would have to mean it. eitherway, pursuing and indeed, he really would have to mean it. either way, pursuing that road it would mean not having a new eu treaty. pursuing that road may not entering negotiations on the impossible conditions that michel barnier has set out already in the political declaration. and that really would be brexit. i believe the only way to solve this is to build a leave alliance across this country. and that doesn't mean just conservatives and the brexit party, there are labour figures out

meeting between the chief of nato and france's president fails to result tensions within the alliance with still costing doubt on its purpose look at whether nato can go on in its current form. and with bolivia in the grip of political instability we speak to a local man who was brutally beaten and public feature water bottles about president morales. my here. but they can't change my views and i want people to take a step back and say they believe in people cannot believe like this. live from moscow watching our teams and national thanks for joining us the program today i'm daniel. a u.s. peace talks with militant group the taliban have resumed that's according to president trump the u.s. leader made the claims are on a surprise visit to u.s. troops in the country it's his 1st visit to afghanistan. in the studio for more updates on this maria obviously 1st visit to the country as we stated there in the midst of these negotiations what more do we know well we can say that it was a rather large move by mr trump although they call it a surprise visit to afghanistan we can say that the m

is saying it is a brand this is true but why because what he wants in bottom line is to make an alliance with germany and to sell our french army to the german that has been agenda since the beginning their big idea is to think europe and to kind of congregate everyone in this type of imperial europe they have as an idea a kind of napoleon type of and. and this is a very big challenge for us french because that would mean obviously losing our army losing our sovereignty so he is using this nato this nato thing which is right to her he has a head an agenda if i could say which is to bind our army with the german army and this is something us the french have to look after because losing our army means losing our sovereignty means losing our identity so i think we're probably going to come back in the 2nd part on what is the real combat today it's not communism anymore we'll know what the civilization issue is and obviously nato is not the one up for it so that's my point of view on that ok i would say with a lot of market in oxford but i would make the argument that all 27 from the united

a meeting between the chief of nato and france's president fails to resolve tensions within the alliance with a man you all might call still cost and doubt and it's pompous we look at why the nato can go on as it is. it's just gone 3 pm here in moscow for myself on the whole team at r.t.c. h.q. a very well welcome to the program and our 1st story for you this hour u.s. president donald trump chose to spend his thanksgiving taking part in the puff that photo opportunity and paying his fast evidence that. american troops base and he had a message for them he told them that talks with the taliban declared dead just 2 months ago on my colleague daniel whole constituents this with maria phone off. they call it a surprise visit but the motives behind it are rather clear since day one day one of his presidency mr trump wanted to and the war in afghanistan the bloody almost 2 decades long conflict that took so many american lives and so many american dollars trump wanted to end it for his own kristi's at home until he's global influence in that region and internationally of course and he's been

the meeting between the chief of nato and france's president fails to resolve tensions within the alliance with still casting doubt. but whether nato can go on with its current form. to believe you are in the group of political instability let's talk to a local man who was brutally beaten and publicly humiliated by rivals of our president. could be to me and i want people to take a step back and see. germany's highest court rules in favor of a man convicted of murder over 30 years ago. name removed from online search engines we put the issue up for debate. this person should have the slate wiped clean on the fact that the store he's going to be discriminated against or push him back into life of crime. they may want to move on the families can move on. and the should never try and. live from moscow thanks for joining us and r.t. international this morning i'm daniel welcome to the program. a meeting between a french president and the nato chief has apparently failed to resolve lingering tensions but it might all mark one again the cause thing doubt on the current agenda of the near 70 year

the meeting between the chief of nato and french president fails to resolve tensions within the alliance with still cost on its purpose we look at whether. it is. live from moscow thanks for joining us and our teams that are. today welcome to the program. the u.s. president donald trump has chosen to spend his thanksgiving taking part in the perfect opportunity for his 1st trip to afghanistan and greeting american troops based there he had a message for them he told them that talks with the taliban declared dead 2 months ago on. i discussed this with our. they call it a surprise visit but the motives behind it are rather clear since day one and day one of his presidency mr trump wanted to and the war in afghanistan this bloody almost 2 decades long conflict that took so many american lives and so many american dollars trump wanted to end it for his own for steve at home and for these global influence in that region and internationally of cory's and he's been given this promises so many times that thanksgiving feels that short visit to afghanistan was all about that to demonstrate he's in

national security has led to deep divisions in the nato alliance and caused a humanitarian crisis on the ground given the situation we believe now is a particularly inappropriate time for president obama to visit the united states and we urge you to rescind this invitation quite a lead up to a crucial meeting now with all these problems to solve the 2 countries are remaining optimistic and trump and there are one are playing up the idea and the fact that they are still friends but whether the meeting is a success or failure a vital follow up is already on the calendar a phone call has been scheduled between turkish president iran and russian president vladimir putin they will blow up and r.t. new york. to life now to you know son there from the turkish patriotic party welcome to the program it's great to have you with us now the president out of one called relations with the u.s. for before heading to washington how can both nations get some kind of breakthrough from these talks is it going to need one side to take a step back in some in some respects. no actually we here in turkey w

than then criticizing the alliance and. your party the credibility of the alliance. next week nato leaders meet in london for a special summit to mark its creation 70 years ago during the cold winning it was a time when members agreed on their aims and who was the enemy today its leaders are politically poll. the security challenges have changed nato might not be at death's door yet but most members now expose concede that for it to survive successfully it needs a fresh approach. i'll just sirrah paris still to come on al-jazeera the devastating crash which killed $95.00 football fans 30 years ago the former british police chief in charge of the match is found not guilty of manslaughter. and historic victory for women's rights in sudan as the government scraps its controversial public order act. hello there as we head towards the weekend it does look as if some balls europe might finally get a bit of a break and the very unsettled conditions we have seen for such a long time now there's still plenty of clouds but some areas

who see them as really being irresponsible in some ways and undermining the credibility of this alliance and sort of said this is like has been around for 70 years and of course there are differences between different members but that doesn't mean that the alliance is over. right indeed but there is a sense perhaps more generally is it then that the trash of the nato is in need of a refresh if you like or it needs to redefine itself in a way and i think that's something that mrs merkel the german chancellor has weighed in on reinforcing the necessity of a nato even though the cold war is over. yes i think you know comments are very much in keeping with his style he is a straight talker he is very frank and often his comments are set to other leaders but at the same time they often have an effect in kind of motivating people to come up with some new ideas and what we've seen is the german foreign minister coming for coming up with a plan that would be an expert panel to review nato he is saying why not get a group of experts from outside this organization who can really look at nato and l

given this, dare i say, a parent leave alliance, although, for roche because of a unilateral leave allianceso self pardoning as emma watson would call it, maybe jeremy corbyn needs to do something similar. that's the idea of the argument being made, because we have seen the remain alliance being forged between the lib dems and greens. obviously labour has been staying out of this, admittedly because jeremy corbyn has his own brexit coalition of the remainders on his front bench, and he himself being the more you're a sceptic persuasion to manage. basically brexit years are coming together, maybe remainders need to do the same. sienna, the trays only need nine more seats to get a majority from the figures i've been looking at, jeremy corbyn saying that they are not in the business of talking about deals with other parties, are they going to have to reconsider here? i don't think that's going to happen, quite simply. labouralways has this ethos of actually, we want to give voters the choice, do they wa nt to give voters the choice, do they want from you know, labour, lib dems, green,, it's no

the french president doubles down on his criticism of nato after describing the military alliance as brain dead. and the german court rules that a convicted murderer can have his online details a race down to the right to be forgotten we put the issue up for debate. when you stop. you historic events then adds another dimension this person trying to better themselves the trying not trying to raise the past the trying to be given a fair shot the way of thinking you know what clean slate start again she's me now not the. knife from moscow studio it's just past 2 o'clock in the morning you're watching international welcome to the program. and donald trump has said peace talks with the taliban have resumed the u.s. 6 president paid a surprise visit to the background based afghanistan and is the 1st time he's ever been to the country he announced a substantial cut in troop numbers that. we're doing a tremendous job. and as you know a big part of the job is isis certainly the biggest and we. we've got them down very low numbers we have that totally taken care of an aversion period of. and

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. —— and form a leave alliance. —— nigel farage.nces seem slim. we are not interested in any pact, we are in this to win it and we know that only a vote for the conservative party will deliver brexit, only a vote for the conservatives will protect the union so we conservatives will protect the union so we do not have two referendums next year, causing the end of brexit and potentially the end of the union, and ultimately it is only a vote for parish banned borisjohnson that. jeremy corbyn walking into downing street on friday, 13th december. top targets would be labour held constituencies that voted to leave, but labour is focusing on its own offer, with something it claims for everyone. what we are saying is, whether you are remain or leave, there is a route through for you by voting labour, for the other parties, one side or the other, very divisive, and one thing we ought to do is try to reunify an angry country, this is the way forward but there is much more than brexit on the agenda in this election and i am sure that we will b

stopped him back making those comments at a speech in berlin to mark 70 years of the western military alliance. also coming up it could be 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall in 2 days it was the climax of weeks of civil rights protests in communist east germany we talked to a prominent east german activist who played a key role in those events and helped shape the new united germany. and when your morning subject commuted means spending a lot of groping men women in japan i think times out. alone of a warm welcome to you i'm under. do not take freedom of democracy for granted a warning from a nato secretary general against start and back who's been given a keynote address in berlin the speech is part of an event marking the 70 years of nato the military alliance between $29.00 north american and european nations that was set up after the 2nd world war stoltenberg is in berlin for a 3 day visit to commemorate the fall of the berlin wall let's have a quick listen to what he had to say the born between europe and north america made it possible to integrate germany into an international co

we were talking about a leave alliance but there is a remain alliance.er to have a candidate who supports remaining in the eu and their chances of getting into power. it was put to jo swinson, chances of getting into power. it was put tojo swinson, liberal democrat leader, this morning. was put tojo swinson, liberal democrat leader, this morninglj wouldn't necessarily assume the numbers are accurate but we've had those discussions because there are people in those different parties, parties who want to stop brexit, and remain in the european union. we found in the brecon and radnorshire by—election at the beginning of august, we had a successful example of where plaid cymru and the green party did not field candidates. they stood side by side with the liberal democrats and we could return to parliament and mp who would campaign enthusiastically to remain. those discussions are ongoing, i think. we saw that there was the potential for a remain alliance on the isle of wight, anna soubry‘s seat of broxtowe. they will have to conclude those conversations fai