this budget prioritizes countering russian malign influence in europe,ure asia and central asia. as we speak, the people of venezuela continue to fight for their freedom in the face of tyrannical and corrupt leader who refuses to step down. the fiscal year 2020 budget request includes funding to support democracy in venezuela and provides the flexibility to make more funds available to support a democratic transition, including up to $500 million in transfer authority. in the past year, the united states has been outfront in global efforts to help persecuted religious and ethnic minorities in the middle east and elsewhere. on a trip to iraq last fall, i experienced firsthand the positive impact of this kind of assistance and what it has done in these devastated communities. working with local actors and community leaders, our assistance programs cleared the explosive remnants of war to help keep families safe, restore access to services like health and education, improve economic opportunities and more. but there's much more work that needs to be done. the fiscal year 2020 budget

the banks have been trying to improve relations with the other nationalities the other states in central asia including cousin. and so therefore i think you'll see no central asian time because it's. so long they will try and come together. and make sure this vive this because the worst thing in the world would be a crisis in kazakhstan. and a fight for power which would in fact we can cause it and then might actually affect other states in central asia just just a lot more and more and start to rip but you have a population here the majority of the eighteen million in the country will and will not have known anything else but this person as president what kind of immediate impact do you forsee inside kazakstan. what i would say that very little because the younger generation the young the younger educated population they were once a greater say they've been they've been protesting and they want a greater say in the future of kazakhstan so therefore the new president will in fact have to take that on board because it right ok after the collapse of communism kazakhstan was set up for the first

passing of the land the land lines are passing through central asia and so on and so i think these were the revamp and the relation between that you are in asia and the and you will be just western off the people of asia and we have to think about that in the very timing your aunt eunice in could you in saw i will but relations with america i mean it's really an american who's had strong contacts. visit a lot of italians over in america officially washington says they're going to be consequences if italy goes ahead and does this what are those consequences and if italy worried. no i don't think it's a worry i don't think there really is i don't like this way of threatening states a little state like that in the u.s. ok jalali does and i mean i think i think. we have a peaceful relation with the united states that we have a huge input there with the united states but i don't see the point at all even sex where relations with china i mean we are in the global economy we have to think only global scale and west brom things not always thinking this way ok julie you must it doesn't so what i

we're also cooperating with other countries in this regard like countries from central asia and the balkan states in the. all these joint consultations well. you didn't allow us to achieve stability. in the region we share. that as for bilateral issues and the consulate issues we still have consultations and communications as part of the mechanisms we've created but there's still a lot of work to be done but there's a long road ahead of us right now we're goal in the long term is to reach a trade of one hundred billion dollars. over the past year our trade turnover grew by fourteen percent which is a good. solution and in twenty nineteen we will be marking a. a year of tourism and across cultural russia turkish year. i hope that. all the events that are planned to be held as part of the. will be successful once again i say pains to you mr lavrov i'm very happy to see you here in antalya thank you so much. for your productive work. thank you ladies and gentlemen first of all i'd like to thank our turkish hosts for their well come for their warm welcome. here. in their homeland in the hometo

the presidency to cassim joe talk a yes a trusted loyalist his decision shocked kazakstan and central asia his how and that's a by f. to his resignation. sure. today i appeal to you as i always did in the important moments in the history of our state which we have built and are building together but my appeal today is special i have made it difficult decision to retire from responsibility of the president of the cossacks non-republican that is public figures of storm here no they don't startle so i was granted the status of the first president leader of the nation i remain chairman of the security council to which the law grants serious power in determining interior and foreign policy i remain chairman of the no party and a member of the constitutional council. one of the first major decisions by nasa by your successor was to rename catholic stance capital on saturday a new small town became the new name for ass donna a city that was rebuilt into one of central asia is because trade and tourism hobbs' by s. rule but what does the surprise handover of the presidency after three decades me f

for those of us to get to close what happens in central asia or in central asia biggest richest economy kazakstan yes it is still a big surprise. given that people who lead these countries tend to like to cling on to power till the very last minute if they can and usually it's succumbing to mortality that brings them down but in this case. ten as abideth has set really in front of let's say president broke in with the president and now it's to to the nation and a televised address that he will be resigning but it is important to note that he will retain significant powers he's head of the security council which has been beefed up and is now has constitutional authority and he'll still be head of his political party so we were missing the end of mr knesset bias but it is an exceptional move to be to be taking this step. and i think what he always wanted was an orderly transition of power. because of the stakes i mean you know he has as you pointed out almost thirty years now run rich catholics. she's family is also extremely influential and powerful it's been a very peaceful pretty much

so here's china's master plan the country is building corridors that extend from xian across central asia via tehran to turkey and then to moscow west to the port of rotterdam and through europe to venice where marco polo first set out on the medieval silk road to china from venice the new silk road leads back to china through the suez canal these are just the western routes finished initiative also includes infrastructure projects like bridges well where lines and ports and africa and south america beijing wants to use these corridors to export goods from chinese factories to markets all over the world bost is that belgian road just a trade project or rather a tool to globally project china's power. china's ruling communist party is the most powerful in the world and it maintains absolute control over where when and how much foreign companies can invest in china despite some recent reforms foreign firms doing business in china continue to face major restrictions. outside china the party has launched in them bishes expansion of global trade routes for chinese products. the belton road ini

because the group graphically demonstrates how china hopes to extend its influence from deep in central asia to the very heart of europe as you can see there then the rebirth breaks bringing back billions and billions of euros worth of goods to china increasing europe's dependence on the asian economic power for trade well for more on the ramifications of this and what we're witnessing at a time that europe is at a crossroads with its relations with the you with us as well we're joined by the crits from the merkel institute for china studies so china is signing these huge deals what's expected return well china is realistic about what it can get from different european countries when it comes to france knows that france has grown more skeptical about beijing in its initiatives or as when it goes to easily for example it knows that it can leverage investment to then basically push to shift to pursue also chinese political interests in italy but also in brussels for example so a perfect business opportunity for beijing. a europe which is not united and china flush with cash it has the upper ha

one nine hundred forty seven leader joseph stalin deported over two hundred thousand tartars to central asia tens of thousands. but in one nine hundred fifty four stalin successor nikita khrushchev gave crimea to ukraine as a gift but when the soviet union collapsed crimea was suddenly in a separate country. sixty years later russian president vladimir putin saw himself as the man to take back that gift on march eighteenth twenty fourteen he welcomed crimea's leaders to moscow that the two sides signed an agreement making crimea part of russia are again for must go because the senate gratian for the ukrainian government and the international community an illegal act. five years to the day since the referendum which paved the way for russia's takeover of crimea and the authorities here won't let you forget about it the celebrations are everywhere but this is a referendum which the west and even many of russia's closest allies still refuse to recognize. to the kremlin this anniversary is about more than crimea and its two and a half million inhabitants crimea has become a symbol of russia's pl

one nine hundred forty soviet leader joseph stalin deported over two hundred thousand tartars to central asia tens of thousands died. but in one nine hundred fifty full stunning success a nikita khrushchev gave crimea to ukraine as a gift but when the soviet union collapsed crimea was suddenly in a separate country. you're watching the news live from berlin coming up next is a documentary called the baltic path europe's model citizens get all the latest news information around the clock on our website as you know dot com on the spicer thanks so much for tuning in. first. or first economy was booming as grand a moment arrives. joining a regular jane on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary. returns home on the d w don't come in tanks.

one nine hundred forty seven leader joseph stalin deported over two hundred thousand tartars to central asia tens of thousands died. but in one nine hundred fifty four stalin success in akita khrushchev gave crimea to ukraine as a gift but when the soviet union collapsed crimea was suddenly in a separate country. sixty years later russian president vladimir putin saw himself as the man to take back that gift on march eighteenth twenty fourteen he welcomed crimea's leaders to moscow that the two sides signed an agreement making crimea part of russia or again for moscow a cause for celebration for the ukrainian government and the international community an illegal act you're watching datable you news coming up next as reporter with a look at students striking for climate change american abstain from me and the entire team thanks for watching. or so we're. going to. carol subscribe don't miss out. later.

one nine hundred forty soviet leader joseph stalin deported over two hundred thousand tartars to central asia tens of thousands died. but in one nine hundred fifty four stalin successor nikita khrushchev gave crimea to ukraine as a gift but when the soviet union collapsed crimea was suddenly in a separate country. sixty years later russian president vladimir putin saw himself as the man to take back that gift on march eighteenth twenty fourteen he welcomed crimea's leaders to moscow there the two sides signed an agreement making crimea part of russia are again. so must go because the senate ration for the ukrainian government and the international community an illegal act. all right sports now and in formula one mercedes driver voluntary botha's has won the season opening australian grand prix in melbourne. over took his team mates there was hamilton at the first corner and he led then for the rest of that race ended up finishing twenty one seconds ahead of emerson who is the defending world champion while red bulls max a stop and was third for both of us it was the fourth grand prix when of

cost, to contribute through peace in afghanistan to a change in the regional equation of south central asia where our relations could improve with pakistan and other neighboring states as a result of peace. where afghanistan rather than being an impediment, it could be a place where regional peace comes together, that could transform the region, particularly central asia. but while we are hopeful that there may be a moment of opportunity and we'll give it all that we can, we have a long way to go. what we have achieved so far is significant, but these are small -- two or three small steps in a long journey. so, thank you for coming here today. i look forward to the questions. all the best to you. [ applause ] >> i want to thank you all for being with us today. zal thank you for being here. thank you for your informative and enlightening words and thank you for undertaking this difficult assignment. i think you are the best possible positioned person to undertake this difficult task, and we're thankful that you've taken it on. >> well, thank you, steve. i appreciate that. >> i want to begin

presidency to casting joel la talk a f a trusted loyalist his decision shock as it stalin and central asia here's how knesset i left it at his resignation sure. today i appeal to you as i always did in the important moments in the history of i was states which we have built and are building together but my appeal today is special i have made it difficult decision to retire from responsibility of the president of the kazakhstan republican president that is probably if your system yeah no they don't startle so i was granted the status of the first president leader of the nation i remain chairman of the security council to which the law serious power in determining interior and foreign policy i remain chairman of the no zero time party mostly and a member of the constitutional council chairman chris. one of the first major decisions by another by your successor was to rename kazik stance capital on saturday a new small town became the new name for a stunner a city that was rebuilt into one of central asia is because trade and tourism hobbs and has a bias rule but what does the surprise handov

and central asia his how and that's why you have to cause his resignation. sure. today i appeal to you as i always did in the important moments in the history of our state which we have built and are building together but my appeal today is special i have made it difficult decision to retire from responsibility of the president of the kazakhstan republic that is probably a few years of storm yet another lunar startles i was granted the status of the first president leader of the nation i remain chairman of the security council to which the law grants serious power in determining interior and foreign policy i remain chairman of the no party and a member of the constitutional council. one of the first major decisions by now by your successor was to rename kazik stones capital on saturday a new satanic became the new name for ass donna a city that was rebuilt into one of central asia is because trade and tourism hobbs' by s. rule but what does the surprise handover of the presidency after three decades me for young people in cabinet start to talk about this we have.

seems to believe you could be anywhere in south central asia it all. leads to one conclusion apparently al qaeda is coming back showing signs of confidence global threats in occurred and the threat from radical islamic terrorism a continuing threat posed by al qaeda there are according to various estimates more than thirty thousand active fighters across a number of countries loyal to al qaida ironically the u.s. stands accused of arming them though unintentionally in syria with weapons intended for moderate groups being seized by islamists in yemen c.n.n. reported with the saudis and their coalition partners handing american made weapons to isle qaeda linked fighters history it seems repeats itself in the nine hundred eighty s. during the soviet war in afghanistan the u.s. funded and armed the mujahideen including asama bin laden. they called them freedom fighters the mujahideen the islamists when they were fighting the u.s.s.r. but it didn't take long for those freedom fighters to move into terrorists and the taliban into al qaida and they just won't

a vibrant democracy, and nuclear power with a strategic location at the cusp of southwest and central asia and approximately to the persian gulf. we also have an active and well-placed pakistani american community that enriches all facets of american society. the united states is also pakistan's leading trading partner and a significant source of foreign direct investment. and surprisingly, given pakistan's status as a major asr english-speaking nation, american colleges and universities remain a destination of choice for young pakistanis looking to fulfill their dream. all this makes pakistan a significant player in its own right and a natural partner of the united states for building a strong, sustainable and long-term relationship encompassing security, economy, business, and people to people contacts. we, therefore, do not see our relationship with the united states through the prism of another country and would not want to be seen through the prism of another country. in this backdrop, i arrived in washington determined to work towards building a relationship that is broad-based and c

a vibrant democracy, a nuclear power, with a strategic location and the cusp of southwest and central asia and approximately to the persian gulf. we also have an active and well placedd pakistani-american community that enriches all facets of american society. the united states is also pakistan's leading trading partner and significant source of frooreign direct investment. surprisingly, given pakistan's status as a major english-speaking nation, american colleges and universities remain a destination of choice for young pakistanis looking to fulfill their dreams. all this makes pakistan a significant player in its own right and a natural partner of the united states. for building a strong, susta sustainab sustainable, and long-term relationship encompassing security, economy, business, and people-to-people contacts. we, therefore, do not see our relationship with the united states through the prism of another country and would not want to be seen through the prism of another country. in this backdrop, i arrived in washington determined to work toward building a relationship that is broad

saturday a new small town became the new name for ass donna a city that was rebuilt into one of central asia is because trade and tourism hobbes was and is a bias rule but what does the surprise handover of the presidency after three decades me for young people in kazakstan to talk about this we have that. of editor in chief of step that's an independent digital media outlet he joins us from almaty . also now with he is i got into line you know hanover a freelance journalist who has written widely on kazakh politics colleague ash is a researcher and advocate on gender rights and sexual education she joins us from new kazakh capital recently named from aston and from prague we have total cooled off he is has our service director radio free europe radio liberty good to have you here everybody hi much to nineteen are you not going to forget that date in a hurry hello everybody is so good to have you that date see it in your memory i'm looking at a tweet here from europe but didn't have internet connection for the last day the minute i got connected my phone started buzzing i had six hundred twe

central asia police are yet to confirm the nationality of the suspect. significantly less. work place sexual harassment issue compared to the. pain. changed and we're not playing that game anymore and that's what's happening men are getting caught and they want to go back to help us to be real. categorizing our capacity. as one whole massive group. live from moscow to the world this is our to international pleasure of your company you know. our top story european nations. concerned over its least the terminations to take part in china's global trade network the so-called belt unroot initiative chinese president xi jinping is juniper later on thursday to discuss the details of a possible deal for the here's what we know with r t s medina culture of the bad boy or the godfather of euro skepticism it's only it's once again a tough thing relations with the e.u. with rome now pushing to join trying this road and ballot initiative that's reportedly setting off alarm bells in brussels and getting backs up in washington to. italy's a major global economy and great investment destin

in forty four they will deploy it from cranium base started seeing west sent to safety in it in central asia. and that only possibility to have to come back it did in ninety ninety and even independent ukraine came into movement was always known violent if you do not know most effects consols effect books she skis him but which was elected and is elected by the whole cranium but i want to bring him back and let it completely. and let me just let me just finally it ends that the question is continuing its aggression not only in crimean not only him eastern ukraine but also in the us of see actual inequality against the russian ukrainian keeping owners of see russia looks ukrainian ships not only naval ships but also commercials that's who was an associate and finally ukraine your seat was the day and was shelled in util who is and twenty four ukrainian neighbors they are now in mosul in prison so basically what russia is doing in service of c. biarritz let's get you let's get a marxist kletzky much about his response that mark. yeah i'm just flabbergasted by his assessment of so-called electi

not only from the south, there is migration from areas like vietnam, eastern parts of europe, central asiacountry are foreigners. and we have a good track record... the truth is, the eu commission has launched a legal action against all four so—called visegrad countries... but we opposed from the beginning compulsory solutions like quotas... ..which is why you are in dispute with the eu commission. this is not the way europe should approach the crisis. first, let's start with... we unity, we talked about solidarity in europe. you're completely breaking that. but the debate has also evolved, and more and more, the accent is put on really tackling the root causes of the problem. and that we show measurable solidarity with our partners in europe, we are doing a lot. you are still in dispute — however you slice it and dice it, you're still in dispute with the brussels commission, you — and the facts speak for themselves — of the 2,000 asylum seekers that you were required to take as part of the burden sharing, you eventually agreed to take 12. hungary and poland took precisely zero. you guys i

hundred sixty one million dollars to spend to counter russian activity that both in europe and in central asia now the budget also talks about countering the activities of china refers to strategic rivalries between the united states and russia and china now it's interesting to note that at the white house briefing we did hear some talk of big budget difficulties and some of the hardships facing the country let's review some of what was said this great progress is threatened by or unsustainable national debt which is nearly doubled under the previous administration in and now stands at more than twenty two trillion dollars washington has a spending problem and in danger is the future prosperity of our nation and for generations to come this budget will balance in fifteen years in addition federal resources in front line defenders are overwhelmed at the southern border in the fiscal year two thousand and twenty budget provides sizable funding of an eight point six billion dollars for full completion of the wall and other border security resources as you heard the white house referred to spendin

kidnapping and raping a local woman it's led to wave of violent reprisals against migrants from central asia leaving the community feeling deeply onesie. this is the reality for central asian immigrants in the far eastern russian city of you could see these coexisted with locals for years peacefully but they say they no longer feel welcome so did i move you that we should give you but you must. you could you could do worse and while the. you don't want to leave their lives and little businesses they have behind they're scared to stay because they came here and threatened us with a gun they said shut everything down and go home you won't live here anymore xenophobic sentiment surged in the sabeer in city after a local woman was abducted and raped the media outed a migrant from kyrgyzstan as the key suspect and the city snapped sporadic protests violent attacks and an attempt at storming a mosque many now want the whole day asper to make amends for the crime of a few individuals the local authorities while saying the crime has no nationality also said exactly what the morgue wanted to hear the

the weaponry and all the axes and what have you for them to come here from other countries from central asia from europe from north africa and arabia they should take them back we've we've you know i personally he took it in britain we experience the shimmy i'm a big. case where she was stripped out of nationality and what have you this is not the way forward you know if this is a certain country's citizen that certain country should be responsible for them rather than throwing them at other people to you know wrestle for them forever we've seen iraq taking some of the. prisoners back to put them to trial and what have you and i think tunisia as well so that there are countries that are starting to do something about it everybody should follow suit ok i'm going to have to leave it every night or time but i still see this afternoon that was after i took notice the british think tank that does focus on crises in syria and also the middle east thank you. french soldiers will be. allowed to open fire during yellow vests protest if lives of put in danger by riots is according to an army general s

has been blamed on a migrant from central asia police still yet to confirm the nationality of the suspect. seems met in america see sexual harassment at work as less of a problem now that it was twenty seventeen at the time with the movement rise new poll we ask our guest will get the change. the rules have changed and we're not buying that many more and that are getting caught and they want to go back to how. real it sent out with catalyzing or classical. as one whole massive violent group. just one of the. twenty first march twenty first of march here in moscow thanks for being with us throughout international first. and european nations in the u.s. are concerned over italy's determination to take part in china's global trade network the so-called belton road initiative johnnie's president xi jinping is jus in italy later thursday to discuss the details of a possible agreement within a culture of who is covering the story the bad boy or the godfather of euro skepticism it's really it's once again tasking relations with the e.u. with rome now pushing to join trying this road and ballot i