but the national rail network is heavily in debt and president emanuel mccrone wants to roll back some of those privileges macross already made some reforms but says he's ready to push through more for him shaking up the railways is a political battle he has to win. the suffering because of the strike they're working days or longer and some companies could even go bust because of it we need to sort this out i want to make it quite clear we will push through the reforms because we have to have change. and. many say strikes like that are a thing of the past. when strikers find themselves in a minority that can make them more radical but public opinion quickly turns against them then they can maintain the strike and have to give up that could give macro on the opportunity to push through his reforms without unions agreeing. your. from. something the rail workers are determined to prevent from

donald trump talks of his beautiful friendship with france's emanuel mccrone out of their white house meeting with the paris still struggling to find common ground on a number of crucial issues. and that for extremists it's revealed that an alleged bodyguard of some of the in law has been claiming benefits in germany for more than two decades. russia's defense ministry displays fragments of missiles it says the syrian government intercepted during the recent western strikes on the country the us had previously claimed that all of its missiles hit their targets. and the football fan is fighting for his life after being attacked by a taliban supporters ahead of a match in northern england to have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder . global news twenty four seven this is r.t. international from moscow we call them bright welcome to the program donald trump is heaped praise on emanuel mccrum of that meeting in the white house the two presidents met to discuss topics ranging from syria to the iran nuclear deal but it's the touchy feely friendship that's all over the headlines r

just skipping you know i've just pointed out that your quotes at the top of the show says that emanuel mccrone wants to lead but calm yeah i think we did not quote from you before this address that he gave to congress if you changed your mind since you had the address no no no i haven't i think the problem that he has is that france is just not strong enough alone to take a leadership role in europe to take the kind of steps in europe that he really wants to pursue i mean he has the image he has the energy certainly but without a strong endorsement from germany it's going to be impossible for him to take things forward and i think this is the real frustration in france now that they're not getting enough support in paris from the germans and it's really not clear whether that's going to change and at the moment it looks like you know the time is just running out in on these really crucial issues involving the eurozone reforms and the steps that they want to take to integrate the eurozone more and to make it crisis proof as they say every step is so controversial in germany that it's very hard

the guest of honor during the bus deal day celebrations so he obviously feels an affinity with emanuel mccrone there are those in terms or but who would suggest that being invited to his private club in florida monologue or for dinner there is perhaps something more in keeping with the way that donald trump likes to on earth people but this is certainly a big deal and the french president is aware of it with all the pomp and circumstance that america can do exceptionally well almost as well as anyone else so tomorrow mariel micron will be i believe it's tomorrow will be addressing a joint session of congress but at this dinner tonight which is usually. i would say bipartisan not really just a nonpartisan thing they're all democrats were not included is there any real significance to that. well there are no congressional democrats they're on the guest list of one hundred fifty there are about five congressional republicans including the speaker of the house paul ryan there is one democrat there and he is the governor of louisiana no students of american history will know that louisiana was part

president donald trump on the heels of french president emanuel mccrone visit to the u.s. but the photo ops with party hugs and weirdly long handshakes that marked the mccrone visit were absent from today's diplomatic scenery in contrast to more crones lengthy itinerary ms merkel and mr trump only held a three hour meeting that the german delegation called a quote unquote working session agenda items included trade most pacifically the recent round of u.s. tariffs imposed upon imported metals and tariffs as they relate to automobiles the two also discussed u.s. sanctions against russia chancellor merkel fears that those those tariffs may impact german companies president trump at a joint press conference with ms merkel criticized nato allies like germany for not contributing enough to other g.d. . p. to the mutual defense he also talented what he views as positive reaction to his steel and aluminum tariffs and during the meeting chancellor merkel reportedly pressed mr trump on the six party agreement on nuclear issues with iran to which both germany and france are both par

well lattimer putin had a phone call today to emanuel mccrone the french president in which he warns mccrone against any sort of dangerous actions as he put it in syria apparently the fearns of possible airstrikes he said that that could lead to unpredictable consequences there is the threat of escalation as russian politicians have been calling in recent days for russia to try and shoot down any western missile that might be sent into syria there's been rumors that the british base in cyprus could even be targeted as part of retaliation but one one small cause for hope is that we know the confliction line between russian and u.s. military is still being used according to both sides they're talking about that to try and avoid any sort of loss of life or violent concentrates confrontation between these former cold war foes it could escalate out of control very quickly and also playing up on wesson fails a domestic politics playing up the likelihood of a possible refugee influx they face happens. that's right sergei lavrov in his remarks today said that caution against syria becoming a

the two men have this personal chemistry there's no doubt about that everyone can see it but emanuel mccrone took his speech to congress to highlight the policy differences between the two men though we know about the iran nuclear deal that has been clear something that's been talked about but there were other key moments in the speech not least when he was talking about international trade no manual mccraw said the trade town of swer not a good idea it didn't see that implicitly but essentially he said look we made the rules for the world trade organization that's what we should use to get over any trade disputes he also talked to about america abandoning its position in the world as a global leader with the idea of isolationism or america farce he said there are other countries and at that point he was clearly referring to china and russia who have the ambition and are ready to step in to that rule he also had a rebuke there's no other word for it for donald trump and some of the rhetoric he uses saying that does nothing to construct anything positive what it does do is make people feel sc

chair appoints as members of the committee on the part of the house to escort his excellent c emanuel mccrone into the chamber the gentleman from california mr mccarthy the gentleman from louisiana mr schoolies the gentleman from washington ms mcmorris rodgers gentleman from ohio mr stivers the gentleman from georgia mr collins the gentleman from missouri mr smith gentleman the. north carolina mr mchenry the gentleman from california mr royce the gentleman from south carolina mr wilson gentleman from ohio mr latta the gentlewoman from california ms pelosi the gentle men from maryland mr hoyer the gentleman from south carolina mr cliburn the gentleman from new york mr crowley the gentleman from california ms sanchez the gentleman from georgia mr lewis the gentleman from california mr shift the gentleman from massachusetts mr keating the gentleman from new york mr meeks the gentleman the gentlewoman from florida ms murphy and the gentlewoman from connecticut miss s.d. . does it is this thing of the delegate. being named a now. let's take a look why were atmospherics and during this visit so imp

french president emanuel mccrone has urged the united states to reject fear and our solution is themand not to retreat from it's a story of a military role in world affairs he told a joint meeting of congress that international allies must work more closely to confront global threats mccrone also urge washington not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. international donors have pledged some four point four billion dollars in emergency aid for syria and its neighbors.

french president emanuel mccrone has urged the united states to reject fear and our salaciousness them and not to retreat from it's a story of a military role in world affairs he told a joint meeting of congress that international allies must work more closely to confront global threats mccrone also urged washington not.

other million should come into effect tomorrow have a chance and i'm going to french president emanuel mccrone we're going start leaders lobbying u.s. president donald trump in recent days to try to exempt the e.u. from these tariffs germany now says it expects them to be imposed but with no word yet from the white house others are hoping that washington will have a last minute change of heart. to brussels and we'll be joined the doctor comes from and barbara welcome barbara so what's the e.u.'s plan what does it do if the united states does not renewed their exemptions that they currently have the plan is two fold really fill because of course the european union will as it has announced to retaliate the list of terrorists against american goods have been out for weeks and they reach from holly davidson to bourbon whiskey however on the other side they will also of course complain to the w t o and go the official way however on the other side there is still hoping as you said for a last minute change of heart or mind whatever you want to see a monster in the e.u. commissioner for trade in brus

and the french president emanuel mccrone is right now addressing the u.s. congress comes at the end of a visit and see him hold crunch talks with donald trump on a range of hot button issues from syria through to the iran nuclear deal but it's the latest blossoming personal relationship that's really counted people's imaginations. so it was a great honor to take part these are personal and these veterans are they call witness trees that that lived through the war see around you have continued to grow . it's emerged that a man who was once allegedly a sama bin laden's bodyguards been living in germany for more than twenty he is with the details his pretty boy. people have forgotten the atrocities that osama bin laden's terrorist group. committed and inspired the mavs to minded the nine eleven attacks and even though some of them laden was killed in two thousand and eleven he was just the figurehead of the group and some of its members are still out there one of them it turns out has been living in germany for over twenty years now he's been getting welfare p

emanuel mccrone added that it would not be wise for their forces to leave syria even after islamic states defeated we were left to build the news here yaf towards the day we were finished this war against isis if we leave we will leave the floor to the iranian regime. question and these guys and they will prepare is a new one but russia's foreign ministers describe the french leaders call to remain in syria as colonial ahead of the visit mccrone enthused over the special bond he shares with the u.s. at mount vernon the virginia mansion was the home of america's first president george washington and is considered to be the cradle of american french relations the presidents will also exchange gifts emmanuelle macross revealed that he'll be giving an oak sapling from first world war battleground where french forces were joined by their american allies and he said he looks at why mccrone his visit to washington promises to be so special. donald trump is the first u.s. president in nearly a century to end his face chair without holding a state dinner but he's wasting little time in his second

congress i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you his excellent city emanuel mccrone the president of the french republic. the miracle of the relationship between the united states and france estatic we have never lost the special bond deeply rooted not only history but also you know flatfish personally. if you ask me i do not share the fascination for new strong powers the abandonment to freedom and the illusion of nationalism. today the international community needs to step up all game and build the twenty first century world order basin's of perignon principles we established together after the wall to the united states. is the one in fantasies milton up the elites and you are the one now. who has to to preserve and reign fountains. also coming up a warning not to wear jewish kippers on the streets in berlin that was yesterday today a rally against hate in berlin and guess what they wore. it's absolutely important to be proud of who we are but hearty ourselves that is not the solution to anti-semitism that has never been the solution that only strengthens the peopl

play a key role in creating a new syria and a statement ahead of his visit to the united states emanuel mccrone also said it would not be wise for their forces to leave the country even after the defeat of ice so we were left to builds a new syria after what is a day we were finished this war against isis if we leave we will leave the floor to the iranian regime. bashar and these guys and they will prepare as a new war i had a visit mccrone enthused over a special bond he shares with the u.s. president donald trump is expected to reciprocate with a dazzling private dinner mount vernon virginia mansion was the home of america's first president george washington and is considered to be the cradle of american french relations the presidents are also expected to exchange gifts and the next looks at why emanuel mccrum the visit to the u.s. promises to be so significant. donald trump is the first u.s. president in nearly a century to end his first chair without holding a state dinner but he's wasting little time in his second his first in a date at the white house french president a manual mark wrong

emanuel mccrone spoken through as he asked to play of the special bond between the two countries and a lengthy speech full of historical references. friends as participated in the story of this great nation from the very beginning. let us for a moment transport ourselves to the past french philosopher evolve. and benjamin franklin george washington son of america and france that's a good son of the united states burn the income simone de beauvoir martin luther king president through the results from thomas jefferson to hemingway's novel to focus novels this is this very special relationship this is this. thank you. and more about means now live to washington correspondents american hi there so america ok take us through what mr mccraw had to say to congress. now along with all of those historical references there was some policy discussed most importantly the iran deal now the media has portrayed a trump and micron's relationship as a bromance sort of speak and comparing it to the infamous bush blair bromance of the early two thousand but that definitely could be a mischaracterizatio

a three day visit to paris sad it seems he's made quite an impression on the french president emanuel mccrone is now asking critics of the saudi air to give him a chance to charlotte do bensky explained. the saudis a crown prince is being on a global charm offensive of the west for the past three days here in france it seems like it's being all hugs and handshakes for mohammed bin salman he's even joked about having asked special bond with the french president. that despite the fact that bin selman is the leader of an absolute monarchy considered to be one of the world's most oppressive regimes yet on his visit to france saudi arabia's new tourist reputation for human rights offenses seem to have been swept under the carpet. what are your legitimate questions from civil society and from journalists about human rights in various sensitive issues concerning your country we have the choice to stick to our traditional positions and we can decide first acts of modernization of the society will be cosmetic as the prince was winded and dined to protest his struggle to draw attention to the saudi off

white house policy and fading hopes of it working after three days of hosting french president emanuel mccrone in an official state visit us president dublin trump tomorrow will welcome german chancellor and give america now the mek wrong marital mission has been a twofold one prevent a transatlantic trade war by convincing drum to extend tariff exemptions to europe on steel and elam idiom and to stop truong from abandoning the iran nuclear deal now as mccrone left washington he was quoted as saying that trump will probably kill the iran deal a policy you've heard that he reportedly described with the word insanity what will on the american will be able to change struck some on it is doubtful and the reasons were presented to the world about a year ago. it's not could moment during their first meeting at the white house that still sounds up the utter lack of political chemistry between on going to machall and donald trump. when traffic simply didn't react as merkel asked him to shake hands thank you. german chancellor i'm going to marco's reputation as the global leader who keeps the world str

mirror with them and to remember what did see in a speech delivered in the lingua franca of today emanuel mccrone described america first but in a language donald trump doesn't speak i bring golf in berlin this is the day. members of congress i had a high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you these excellent c. emil mccrone the president of the french republic. the miracle of the relationship between the united states and friends in sats we have never lost it's a special bond deeply rooted not only you know history but also you know flesh personally. if you ask me i do not share the fascination for new strong policies the abandonment of freedom and the illusion of nationalism. today the international community needs to step up all game and build the twenty first century world order basins of perignon principles we step in this together after world war two the united states. is the one who in fantasies. and you are the one now. who has to to preserve and bring fountains. also coming up a warning not to wear jewish kippers on the streets in berlin that was yesterday today a rally ag

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french president emanuel mccrone has urged the united states to reject fear and isolationism and not to retreat from its a story of a military role in world affairs he told a joint meeting of congress that international allies must work more closely to confront global threats mccrone also urged washington not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. california authorities have announced the arrest of a former police officer suspected of more than fifty rapes and at least.

mirror with them and to remember what did see in a speech delivered in the lingua franca of today emanuel mccrone described america first but in a language donald trump doesn't speak i'm bringing off in berlin this is the day.

again that was done before any investigation had a chance to even begin now the french president emanuel mccrone has also been calling for a tough response on syria following the reported chemical incident but it's not a view that's actually shared by all politicians in his country. everyone knows perfectly that in wartime the first victim is truth what happens on the ground is almost unknown to us the chemical attack which evidently took place is abominable we must condemn it but we still have to find out who committed it it sounds a lot like an excuse for the united states of america and their allies to get back in the game and to engage in an armed conflict i think that currently france is contributing to the creation although we creation of a certain form of the cold war with russia it's pointless because it doesn't benefit france or its economy or international relations to let the u.s. seeking to stir up conflict with russia most of us around. well the man who led his own country into a war under questionable circumstances tony blair has weighed in over syria and it seems the former britis

president donald trump on the heels of french president emanuel mccrone visit to the u.s. but the photo ops with party hugs and weirdly long handshakes that marked the mccrone visit were absent from today's diplomatic scenery in contrast to microphones lengthy itinerary ms merkel and mr trump only held a three hour meeting that the german delegation called a quote unquote working session agenda items included trade most pacifically the recent round of u.s. tariffs imposed upon imported metals and tariffs as they relate to automobiles the two also discussed u.s. sanctions against russia chancellor merkel fears that those those tariffs make him . german company's president trump at a joint press conference with ms merkel criticized nato allies like germany for not contributing enough to their g.d.p. to the mutual defense he also talented what he views as positive reaction to his steel and aluminum tariffs and during the meeting chancellor merkel reportedly pressed mr trump on the six party agreement on nuclear issues with iran to which both germany and france are both partie

you're forgetting going to work as a politician and a statesman emanuel mccrone decided to be a tourist taking the opportunity of a sunny spring day in washington to walk to the lincoln memorial the french president arrived a few hours earlier with a warm greeting but a clear agenda we will have your partner to discuss a lot of bilateral issues and to discuss about her security about trade and a lot of the issues very important for our countries and beyond our two countries at the white house he was welcomed for the first official state visit of the trump presidency donald trump gets on well with the man you're mccraw but in the talks that have to follow the french president wants to convince him to stay inside the iran nuclear deal not to abandon it and to also think again about possible trade tariffs on european goods. the white house press secretary seemed to indicate there was little chance of change on iran front the president's been extremely clear he thinks it's a bad deal that certainly has not changed and speaking in canada become acting u.s. secretary of state things the nucle

the military action is put french president emanuel mccrone under pressure in the french parliament shelagh do bensky picks up that side of the story from paris well that debate was called in the french national assembly following that decision by france to stand alongside the usa and the u.k. and order strikes in syria over the weekend well there were many voices heard in that debate many of them congratulating the military on their operation but they were fiercely critical that the operation had taken place it's all and that much corn had approved it without any.

the french president emanuel mccrone has been calling for a tough response on syria following the reported chemical incident but at the same time we have heard that the representative of the french government has said that a decision has still not been made when it comes to taking action against syria and also the idea of a tough response is not a view that's shared by all politicians in france showing a lack of unity. one knows perfectly that in war time the first victim is truth what happens on the ground is almost unknown to us the chemical attack which evidently took place is abominable we must condemn it but we still have to find out who committed it so it sounds a lot like an excuse for the united states of america and their allies to get back in the game and to engage in an armed conflict i think that currently france is contributing to the creation of the we creation of a certain form of the cold war with russia it's pointless because it doesn't benefit france or its economy or international relations to lead the u.s. seeking to stir up a conflict with russia last us around. to dis

donald trump ailes his beautiful friendship with emanuel mccrone at an intimate meeting with the french president at the white house but key disagreements between the two leaders remain. a network of sophisticated tunnels used by militants is uncovered but if the syrian city of dubai rushed out he has exclusive video. of his defense ministry just place fragments of cruise missiles recovered after an assault by western countries on syria it says most of the small myself fired were intercepted by syria's aging defense system. and a liverpool football fan is left fighting for his life. after being attacked by italian supporters ahead of a match in northern england to have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder . by the wednesday off in a three mosque i want to call him welcome to the news from oxy international for you this hour donald trump has heaped praise on emanuel mccomb at a meeting in the white house the two presidents met to discuss topics ranging from syria to the iran nuclear deal but it's the touchy feely friendship that's all over the headlines right now. mr president

well angle merkel came to the white house today as sort of a tag team with emanuel mccrone earlier in this week to try to convince president trump to stay in the iran nuclear deal and to not end those exemptions on tariffs on aluminum in and steel in both cases it's unknown what the president might do during a press conference this afternoon in the white house merkel mentioned as did mccrone that the iran nuclear deal is not perfect it's a framework that can be built on but the president made no commitment either way as to whether or not he will stay in that deal on tariffs again said that the president said that he made no commitment as to whether or not he would extend those exemptions on the tariffs the deal with steel and aluminum and in both cases the merkel said it is now up to the president it's important to keep in mind that these are two nations that have a very close relationship with the united states is a manual mccrone mentioned earlier in the week that this is a familiar relationship that they might not agree on everything but there are things that these countries do sti

president donald trump on the heels of french president emanuel mccrone visit to the u.s. but the photo ops with party hugs and weirdly long handshakes that marked the mccrone visit were absent from today's diplomatic scenery in contrast to more crones lengthy itinerary ms merkel and mr trump only held a three hour meeting that the german delegation called a quote unquote working session agenda items included trade most pacifically the recent round of u.s. tariffs imposed upon imported metals and tariffs as they relate to automobiles the two also discussed u.s. sanctions against russia chancellor merkel fears that those those tariffs may impact german companies president trump at a joint press conference with. ms merkel criticized nato allies like germany for not contributing enough to their g.d.p. to the mutual defense he also talented what he views as positive reaction to his steel and aluminum tariffs and during the meeting chancellor merkel reportedly pressed mr trump on the six party agreement on nuclear issues with iran to which both germany and france are both parti

but on a campaign promise french president emanuel mccrone the government has proposed a plan to reshape parliament and reduce the number of legislative seats by thirty percent from five hundred seventy seven to four hundred four in the national assembly that's the lower house and from three hundred forty eight to two hundred forty three in the senate the effort is touted as a way to expedite legislation although some detractors question how democracy is improved with less representation. and on bag insurance group a large chinese conglomerate will receive a nearly ten billion dollar bailout the company's purton the move is touted by chinese regulators it's a temporary fix with the ultimate goal of returning on bank into private hands with new longer term investors. and as the brazilian economy really remains on a rough roller coaster ride the former president is headed to prison here to help us out and understand what's going on is our correspondent in manila this is a crazy circumstance we've been hearing about explain it for for of years and free well i'll try so as you know the ongoi