e.u. commission pushed back very noticeable here funds to moments the vice president of the e.u. ommission said the strategy that shows there in deflecting all those actual arguments going into nationalism was and i quote here the cowards way out so it seems nothing much has changed here in the positions and just a reminder what we're talking about here watch this report by catherine martin's it explains it very well. i am est is what this poster says many hungry and see there right british prime minister to tell the teary and many people are worried about core democratic values such as free speech or an independent judiciary many members of the e.u. parliament say the rule of law in hungary is being threatened as are those who want to defend human rights so they say the e.u. must take a tougher line for example criminalizing migration related activity dismantling the rule of law is no longer tolerated the situation hungary has got to the point the has to stand for its for our. european trigger article. article seven of the european union to initiate. a member state it could even

e.u. commission john called juncus says the e.u. must improve its ability to speak with one voice or risk being undermined by other countries. well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us german chancellor i'm going to echo has defended her handling of the fallout from the recent far right protests in the eastern german city of chemists at a debate in the german bundestag the leader of germany's opposition populist if the party accused michael of misrepresenting abed's in connection with those prague protests those demonstrations were sparked by the alleged killing of a german national by migrants the protests were allegedly accompanied by attacks on foreigners in cannes it's an allegation that the head of germany's domestic security agency has questioned. well for more on this story we're joined here in the studio by political correspondent hans but and down at the bonus talk is. cheap political editor. let's go straight over to make. mccain up first of all what we heard that the head of germany's domestic intelligence service would

e.u. commission's warning to rein in public spending italy is already sitting on the highest mountain of debt among economies. it's the story in the italian press the populist coalition government plans to boost spending next year running up more debt italy already owes more than any other member of the european union this plan is the budget of the people cancelling poverty means that there are many citizens entrepreneurs' people who work below the poverty level these tax payers will now pay less increasing our deficit to two point four percent of gross domestic product will do a lot for the dignity of people and the wealth of italian families. the government has earmarked ten billion euros to introduce a universal basic income pensions are to go up but the age at which they begin will go down businesses will pay less with a flat tax reactions were mixed. if i have confidence in this government because i feel for the first time we're doing something new. i'm very worried you just need to look at the market this morning it lost nearly three percent banking stocks are at minus five. reactions w

e.u. commission says that since the one nine hundred ninety s. b.m.w. and its two subsidiaries porsche collaborated illegally in areas including vehicle technology costs suppliers markets and strategy the investigation covers collusion on the tank sizes for the diesel exhaust fluid blue blue lowers nitrogen oxide in diesel vehicle emissions the five car makers suspected of trying to keep the town small to reduce costs. if proven this collusion between circle five may have the ny consumers the possibility to buy less polluting cars despite this technology being available to the manufacturers if proven those carmakers would also have to pay billions of euros in fines and it's not the only costs they'll face their reputations also clearly at stake now. now the german government had to publicly row back today on their promise to put one million electric cars on german history inspired twenty twenty let's bring in don the cold in a frankfurt darnall is that more embarrassing for german carmakers or for the government . well i guess actually garrett it's a sh

e.u. commission's warning to rein in public spending italy is already sitting on the highest mountain of debt among economies. it's the story in the italian press the populous coalition government plans to boost spending next year running up more debt italy already owes more than any other member of the european union that this plan is the budget of the people cancelling poverty means that there are many citizens entrepreneurs' people who work below the poverty level these tax payers will now pay less increasing our deficit to two point four percent of gross domestic product will do a lot for the dignity of people and the wealth of italian families. the government has earmarked ten billion euros to introduce a universal basic income pensions are to go up but the age at which they begin will go down businesses will pay less with a flat tax reactions were mixed. i have confidence in this government because i feel for the first time we're doing something new. i'm very worried you just need to look at the market this morning it lost nearly three percent banking stocks are at minus five. reactions

e.u. commission also commented on that topic when arriving here saying that we haven't really made much progress but i'm confident that we will have a solution for guarding the outer borders and those camps by the end of the year max thank you very much d.w. correspondent max huffman that talking to us from salt sports. and as max mentioned migration is high on today's agenda at the summit in salzburg at the height of europe's migration crisis in two thousand and fifteen the overland passage through the balkans saw a surge in asylum seekers but a key transit country hungary erected a border fence two years ago that effectively blocked the popular north route north coursing migrants to seek out alternatives now the e.u. estimates that around four thousand migrants are stuck just outside. near the bosnian border many allege they suffered violence at the hands of border guards reported visits a makeshift migrant camp to investigate. getting to the e.u. has been an impossible fate for this afghan refugee ever since about konrad was close two years ago. made it to serbia last year he recently arrived

e.u. commission's warning to rein in public spending italy is already sitting on the highest mountain of debt among you economy. it's the story in the italian press the populous coalition government plans to boost spending next year running up more debt italy already owes more than any other member of the european union that this plan is the budget of the people cancelling poverty means that there are many citizens entrepreneurs' people who work below the poverty level these tax payers will now pay less increasing our deficit to two point four percent of gross domestic product will do a lot for the dignity of people and the wealth of italian families. the government has earmarked ten billion euros to introduce a universal basic income pensions are to go up but the age at which they begin will go down businesses will pay less with a flat tax reactions were mixed. i have confidence in this government because i feel for the first time we're doing something new. i'm very worried you just need to look at the market this morning at last nearly three percent banking stocks are at minus five. reactio

e.u. commission president we're also hearing that both the multis and the czech leaders suggesting they wouldreally back a a second referendum on break that in the united kingdom so everybody's talking insults bird but we still have well no sign of a deal when it comes to break that no sign of a deal when it comes to migration with viktor orbán and hungry essentially standing outside of the the main body of the european union on how to police the external front is. just an aside to all this what's going on in austria artie's sophie shevardnadze spoke earlier to hungary's foreign minister his country of course faces sanctions from the e.u. for refusing to accept the blocks migration policies the full interview is available here from tomorrow friday for now here's a snippet. there's a basic debate between us and the majority of the european parliament and this debate is about migration as the majority of the european parliament is absolutely . and very clearly an anti my government made it very clear that we want to preserve our right to make our own decision to let. our own country and who we

e.u. commission says the e.u. must improve its ability to speak with one voice or risk being undermined by other countries. people in the southeast of the united states are bracing for the worst hurricane in six decades more than a million residents have been ordered to evacuate as the storm barrels towards the carolinas and virginia. and a dumping ground for maritime garbage. look at this rusty ship right there old brother what's left of it is one of hundreds of other ships that we had left behind . our reporter investigates why so many ships are abandoned in nigeria and why the government allows it to happen. i'm sorry so much good to have you with us chancellor angela merkel said there was no excuse for using nazi slogans and attacks on minorities in german society she was addressing parliament two weeks after demonstrations against migrants by right we extremists turned violent in eastern germany the larger. opposition party the far right a.s.d. accused tackle of ignoring the concerns of people worried about m

e.u. commission to say they want to push ahead with the measures against hungry. men in the european commission's papers migration is the medicine for certain problems for us it's poison me that. i will expose most in france slowly but surely english is losing important. books and so now we will also impose import tariffs this is basically a stupid process. i have a little black book. with for the past thirty years i have noted when someone has betrayed me. russians you know envoys clashed with his u.s. counterpart during a security council session on syria russians insisting on the separation of terrorists from the rebels to resolve the crisis that seems to be coming to a head in a live province. coexistence with terrorists is impossible those are all branches of al-qaeda which we've been fighting since the terrorist acts in two thousand and one and from whom we can expect the worst attacks imaginable. we welcome the opportunity to discuss the prospects for a diplomatic solution in syria but let's not waste time with the december mation distractions and outright

e.u. commission president we're also hearing that both the multis and the czech leaders suggesting they wouldally back a second referendum on breaks that in the united kingdom for mrs mace point of view though she said the european side need to be willing to well to move the points from which then they go she just has britain has evolved its negotiation standpoint . and i have put forward a serious and workable proposals we will of course not agree on every detail but i hope that you will respond in kind if we're going to chief a successful conclusion then just in the u.k. has devolved its position the you will need to evolve its position to. so everybody's talking insults blow but we still have well no sign of a deal when it comes to break that no sign of a deal when it comes to migration with viktor orban and hungry standing outside of the the main body of the european union on how to police the external frontiers are europe correspondent peter all over bring us right up to date on that thank you very much well we've got a very interesting interview running tomorrow all day sophie shevardna

e.u. commission president we're also hearing that both the maltese and the czech leaders suggesting they wouldeally back a second referendum on break that in the united kingdom so everybody's talking insults but we still have well no sign of a deal when it comes to break that no sign of a deal when it comes to migration with viktor orbán and hungry sensually standing outside of the main body of the european union on how to police the use external frontiers in a busy news day they're also expect maybe some decision on. coming from water if that happens we'll take you straight to it you can follow all our stories on our site r.t. dot com from the front page story front to check it out we got a preview of a program they're running all day today it's called mosul between war and peace it documents the festering wounds really left in the city by islamic state and where it's going to head next here now the newsroom for this half hour it's kevin zero in saying thanks for watching and say more for me just but thirty two minutes time. all of these animations the like button is a way to turn one on near

e.u. justice commission is proposals all. popular at least here in paris from what i've gathered the view on the street is mostly don't touch the press we asked the same questions in london and it seems opinion across the english channel is divide it and also influenced by readers preferences i think they've got the discovery regulations in place keep playing by playing fairly i don't encourage strong language here that kind of headline could be fatal to people but that isn't going to. have a free press in this country can look after themselves they won't print it i think it's going to upset readers let's face it i think the paper should be. appealing to the lowest common denominator god. on friday the fate of brett kavanaugh his nomination our supreme court justice will be decided following a string of damaging sex crime allegations and since the stories came to light last week senator cavanagh has been the target of trump's opponents some have questioned whether he can be presumed innocent until proven guilty. this was atte

e.u. commission john called juncus says the e.u. must improve its ability to speak with one voice.

e.u. commission to say they want to push ahead with further measures against hungry. hungry would be given a chance to defend themselves to put forward their own case and then this would go back to another vote in the european parliament that would require a two serves majority vote then that would go to the european council where it would have a unanimous vote still with me right this is still seven point two for it to actually go through and we to see sanctions in the. suspension of voting rights put in place upon hungry it would have to the voting rights put in place upon hungry it would have to go to seven point three that requires another vote by the european council and that. has to go through by a vote of over fifty five percent essentially what's happened on wednesday in strasburg is this is the the official written warning to hungry from its a you colleague saying that in their eyes and needs to book up its ideas they've tried talking to hungary in the past and they haven't as far as they're concerned received adequate and says to serious questions that were

e.u. justice commission is proposals all prissy unpopular at least here in paris from what i gathered the view on the street is mostly don't touch the press we asked the same questions in london and it seems opinion across the english channel is divide it and also influenced by reader's preferences i think they've got the discovery regulations in place to keep playing by playing fairly i don't encourage strong language here that kind of headline could be fatal to people but that isn't going to compromise the action of a free press in this country press can look after themselves they won't print it i think it's readers let's face it i think the paper should be. here to be. appealing to the lowest common denominator of a god would you try to say. to afghanistan now where hundreds of locals who had previously carried out work in the country for the german government have blocked an entrance to his military base demanding help from ben they say their work has put their lives in danger but it seems for now there are questions for us . a falling on deaf ears. just. just. gone on you know. just.

e.u. commission says that since the one nine hundred ninety s. b.m.w. folks bogen and his two subsidiaries porsche collaborated illegally in areas including vehicle technology costs suppliers markets and strategy investigation covers collusion on the tank sizes for the diesel exhaust fluid add blue add blue lowers nitrogen oxide in diesel vehicle emissions the five car makers suspected of trying to keep the tank small to reduce costs. if proven this collision between a circle of five may have the ny consumers the possibility to buy less polluting cars despite this technology being available to the money for the manufacturers if proven those car makers would also have to pay billions of euros in fines and it's not the only cost the face their reputations are. at stake now. the u.s. . has confirmed that it is being investigated by the u.s. justice department prosecutors open to fraud investigation after c.e.o. a long mosque tweeted last month that he wanted to take private and had funding secured for the deal that caused the stock price to jump. off talk

e.u. commission said we really haven't made that much progress on the topic so far thanks thank you so much max hoffman there in salzburg. well it's very just heard migration is playing a significant role in that summit in at the height of europe's migration crisis in two thousand and fifteen the overland passage through the balkans saw a surge in asylum seekers but a key transit country hungary erected a border fence two years ago that effectively blocked a popular route north forcing migrants to seek out alternatives now the e.u. estimates that around four thousand migrants are stuck just outside e.u. boundaries near the bosnian croatian border many allege violence at the hands of border guards need to be reported frank hall visits a makeshift migrant camp to investigate. getting to the e.u. has been an impossible feat for this refugee of a since the book on route was closed to use a go. made it to serbia last year he recently arrived in the small post new town of the hutch near the border with croatia an e.u. country. and there is a barter minute on sunday night a trial winding. border c

e.u. commission is questioning those merchants to find out if amazon is using the data they provide to improve its own sales putting them at a disadvantage the move comes as many call for stricter regulation to reduce the online giants influence in europe's retail market. by monday next week over two hundred fifty billion dollars worth of products from china will be more expensive in the u.s. the trump administration wants to use these tariffs to pressure beijing to negotiate new deals with concessions on rules for foreign investments and intellectual property but some fear this plan could backfire. this week beijing responded to washington's latest tariffs with its own levies on sixty billion dollars of american products among the goods its target saying china has included liquefied natural gas or oil and she that could undermine u.s. prison terms ambition to make the u.s. a global energy leader last year china was the world's second largest importer of l n g after japan and slightly ahead of south korea asia is an important market for american suppliers so the chinese tariffs will hurt them

e.u. commission is now questioning those margins to find out if amazon is using the data they provide to improve its own sales putting them at a disadvantage the move comes as many call for stricter regulation to reduce the online giants influence in europe's retail market. hackers have stolen sixteen million dollars from a japanese virtual currency exchange the company that was targeted calls i've said the hackers made off with six thousand bitcoins plus an unknown amount of bitcoin cash and monaco and following the hack the company said it had reached an agreement to zama drug the control of the exchange to another firm if the deal goes through it'll use the funds to reimburse the customers the company says the facts suggest that digital currency exchanges are still vulnerable earlier this year the japanese provide a clean check was hacked using bitcoin worth half a billion dollars. before i let you go pacific has managed to significantly shorten the distance across the pacific not the luxury island didn't find a shortcut it's all a bit of a spelling mistake alongside a photo of freshly painte

e.u. commission or from the international monetary fund or from trading partners like the united states that germany is not doing enough to play its role in the world economy. it's exporting too much and consuming too little well these numbers are not going to change that completely but the work towards improving the situation from the point of the critics at least absolutely i'm talking about germany's robust economy and from a robust economy to looking at a crisis in all of this the merging markets currencies that did help in stand up people about. they're very concerned because they're seeing signs of contagion and people are being lumped into the same category but analysts here warn please don't all look at the emerging markets just with one focus you have to differentiate argentina and turkey on the one side asian economies being much more stable so that's one way to look at it and they also say that before the central banks of this world especially the fed and the european central bank which are so powerful allow this to escalate and spread into the world economy spread into the indust

e.u. commission what were the most important points for him. it touched upon number of topics as you could expect migration taking up a big part again he said we need to increase the number of border agents we have with the e.u. border agency but i would say as you just mentioned terry the older arching topic the main point he wanted to drive home was that the e.u. needs to be more of a world power not just in matters of trade because it undoubtedly already is that area but also a politically and even militarily in he gave an example here he said when he went to the u.s. president to negotiate well the beginnings maybe of a new trade agreement he was successful because the european union has this power has this has this market and doesn't have to be afraid to show it and he would like the european union to be more like that be more conscious of its power to use it for the good of the european union and also for its values and not be afraid of that but be proud of that even. now the e.u. is having an election next year the parliament coming up j

e.u. justice commission is proposals all prissy unpopular at least a encourage us from what i gathered the view on the street is mostly don't touch the press we asked the same questions in london and it seems opinion across the english channel is divided and also influenced by readers preferences i think they've got the discovery regulations in place to keep her around. by playing fairly i don't encourage strong language here that kind of headline could be fatal to people but that is going to want to have a free press in this country in the coffee themselves they won't print it i think it's readers let's face it i think the paper should be. appealing to the lowest common denominator and over god it would be expected so. if the a.p. was hoping its complaints would promise the british press to change tack it seems the sun didn't get the message on wednesday the red top ridiculed commission at fair as an obscure figure nobody's ever heard of the outspoken newspaper as if they would be better off disclosing any piece expenses then trying to muzzle the press. to afghanistan now where hundreds o

e.u. commission says that since the one nine hundred ninety s. b.m.w. full and its two subsidiaries. collaborated illegally in areas including vehicle technology costs suppliers markets and strategy investigation on the tank sizes for the diesel exhaust fluid add blue blue lowers nitrogen oxide in diesel vehicle emissions the five car makers suspected of trying to keep the town small to reduce costs if proven discussion between circle five may have deny consumers the possibility to buy less polluting cars despite this technology being available to the money the manufacturers if proven those comic as would also have to pay billions of euros in fines and it's not the only cost they'll face their reputations. at stake now. oil prices are rising amid signs that members of the oil cartel opec may not be prepared to raise output brant crude has been hovering at almost eighty dollars a barrel that's ten percent higher than it was four weeks ago saudi arabia has reportedly signaled that it is in no hurry to lower prices reportedly saying that it is comfortable with prices above eighty dollar

e.u. trade commission as the silly amounts for him and the u.s. counterpart robert litan is it ties between the two come under strain with the us threatening to impose import tariffs on the e.u. cause of the latest health talks suggest the two sides could be ready to remove tariffs on some industrial products mobs from said last week that profound disagreements continue to exist on trade policy. now to another piece of news about an imminent agreement britain's currency surging today after the e.u.'s top rated ago she indicated a divorce deal could be reached within a matter of weeks and she made the comments at a forum taking place inside the media is what he had to say about being realistic if we are really stick we are able to reach an agreement. on the first stage of this legal solution which is the brics and three g. . six or eight weeks the treaty is clear we have two years to reach an agreement before they leave two years after in march ninety that means that the ticking clock and time necessary for the ratification process and also of comes

e.u. and the commission is now calling for a more responsible approach by the media in the way that it informs the public about issues like brigs it and there i was thinking that freedom of press was a cornerstone of the new media can build the culture of dialogue or so divisions spread disinformation and encourage exclusion the braggs debate is the best example of that i would advocate for a european approach to media based on quality and smart regulation if needed the sun front page which set the justice commission off is not the only hard hitting act on the part of the british tabloids known for pulling no punches and surely the breaks of debate coverage is no exception. torture and. his. are. not bad at that sure maybe that we are really in danger we are not here for big nick we are not here for boxing our time so we are here to show them that we are really in danger and we have really a big problem. with. the . word man. on a mortgage on. a quarter past the hour here in moscow plenty of your worldwide headlines for this wednesday still to come on this channel with just. the one thing you

e.u.'s fundamental values. the political party is member of the european people's party and they have friends in commission and parliament and hungary viktor orban still has a majority behind him in the european parliament though it could look very different. well for more let's cross over now to the e.u. parliament in strasbourg where our correspondent max off one is standing by hello to you max so how likely is it that enough lawmakers will in fact vote in support of those political sanctions against hungary. we know that the parties more of the left are going to vote in favor of starting the procedure we just heard about in this report by catherine martin's so the greens of the social democrats the left parties in general so the question is what is the. own faction going to do with the european people's party conservative party but of course with very different influences depending which country is represented we know for example that the austrian part of that party already said they will vote to trigger the article seven procedure that might tip the scales but if the two orbán can convince a majority of th

e.u. and the commission is now calling for a more responsible approach by the media in the way that it informs the public about issues like brigs it and there i was thinking that freedom of press was a cornerstone of all the new media can build the culture of dialogue or so divisions spread disinformation and encourage exclusion the braggs a debate is the best example of that i would advocate for european approach to media based on quality and smart regulation if needed the sun front page which set the justice commission off is not the only hard hitting act on the part of the british tabloids known for pulling no punches and surely the breaks of debate coverage is no exception. but oh yeah headlines like this really that offensive earn sewing deficient to the extent that some sort of regulation is needed to rein them in i think a newspaper can write whatever they want to but if it's aggressive towards a community in terms of law regulation. it should be forbidden to media needs to to remain free whatever it is written in those media and that's it after the expression i think the freedom of spe

e.u. and the commission is now calling for a more responsible approach by the media in the way that it informs the public about issues like brigs it and there i was thinking that freedom of press was a cornerstone of the even new media build of the culture of denial or should build the culture of dialogue on the contrary we see divisions spread disinformation and. exclusion the black city based. is the best example of that. again do you remember the front page of a popular british daily calling the judges the enemy of the people. just last week the e.u. leaders called dead rats on another front page and i would imagine ok for a european approach to leading based on quality and smart regulation if needed this song on the front page which said that justice commission else is not the only hard hitting act on the part of the british tabloids known for pulling no punches and surely the breaks of debate coverage is no exception. but headlines like this really that offensive earn so it deficient to the extent that some sort of regulation is needed to rein in the main i think a newspaper can write wha

e.u. and the commission is now calling for a more responsible approach by the media in the way that it informs the public about issues like breaks it and there i was thinking that freedom of press was a cornerstone of the new media built the culture of should build the culture of dialogue on the contrary we see divisions misinformation and. exclusion the brics it debate is the best example of that. again remember the front page of a popular british daily calling the judges the enemy of the people. just last week the e.u. leaders called dead rats on another front page and i voted for a european approach to lead based on quality and smart regulation if needed this song on the front page which said that justice commissioner is not the only hard hitting act on the part of the british tabloids known for pulling no punches and surely the breaks of debate coverage is no exception. but headlines like this really that offensive earn so it deficient to the extent that some sort of regulation is needed to rein them in i think a newspaper can write whatever they want to but if it's aggressive towards a co