of the military alliance and if the threat of crippling tariffs on french goods doesn't get emmanuelle mccrone fall in line donald trump apparently and some other ideas. is. also 35 years since the world's most devastating industrial disaster hit india we look at how it still affects hundreds of thousands of people today. hello from me and it seemed. the 3rd of december it's 8 pm here in the russian capital it is 5 pm in london where it's been a landmark day for nato with the leaders of its member states gathering to mark the military alliance his 70th anniversary having been hit by a series of high profile disputes in recent months including over funding it'll be looking to promote internal unity and it would seem that the organization chief been feeling optimistic. it's your breakfast with president trump. it also is always a good breakfast. order . first. as always paid by the states. and what we've been asking about people in london for their thoughts on nato and its successes to date. people what they think are the main 3 achievements of mates . even though it's. been a good year in terms

in october this year president emmanuel mccrone of france stole the spotlight when he dubbed nato strategically brain dead while questioning the validity of article 5 of its founding treaty that is the commitment to collective security. nato is a collective defense alliance against who and what is organizing who is our common enemy what are our common issues these are questions that deserve clarification but this the idea. is quite similar to the one expressed by another dissatisfied nato member turkey. turkey has not received the kind of robust support it expected from nato in recent years meanwhile turkey's president appeared to demonstrate his true feelings towards the alliance when he chose to spend money on russian defense systems rather than american so not exactly the model of nato member but despite these similar complaints about nato tensions have escalated between turkey and france in recent weeks with mccracken warning turkey but it cannot expect solidarity with its nato allies if it continues to carry out military operations in syria response 7 but only up the ante room. i'm talking

anniversary of the alliance's founding it follows a very public spat between french president emmanuel mccrone and us president donald trump. and when the 2 date is set down to get the differences were put on display. ok. everyone you want. not quite cordial combative tone pervaded the news conference with u.s. president donald trump and his french counterpart emanuel marc hong at the nato meeting in london on tuesday trump sharply rebuked mccraw for saying in an interview with the magazine the economist last month that quote what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato. it's a very tough statement to make when you have such good. friends you look at what's happened with the press you look at what's going on during certain parts of this exhibit here and you just can't go around making statements like that it's very disrespectful. micron however did not back down that i knew that my my statement read some actions take a little bit a lot of people out. the 2 leaders seem to have differing visions of the role of nato but he believes they don't want to. and frankly one of the bene

and ukrainian president golda meir's olinsky the pair said earlier today with french president emmanuel mccrone and german chancellor angela merkel they are brokering this meeting and the conflict started back in 2014 it has killed more than 13000 people and displaced more than a 1000000 the worst fighting has been in the don't bet region our correspondent nick connelly traveled there and he sent us this report. close enough to see what the other side having for lunch that's how these ukrainian troops have spent the last few years just 300 meters from the russian backed separatists pacing them the whole night without a single shot i don't remember a day like maybe on the 1st night of the cease fire it's a strange and there's no fun at all you get all nervous we're used to the shooting and. the conflict may have fallen out of the headlines but the shooting and the death continues less than a 10 minute drive away a young woman out walking with her child was severely wounded by a stray bullet just last week our guide through the trenches on xander was in his 2nd year cadet school when the call for

zelinsky and also present with angela merkel the german chancellor and the french president emmanuel mccrone now so they this round of this prisoner swap i should say is the direct result of those talks not everyone is happy to see this happen for instance yesterday on saturday there was a court hearing on the fate of 5 former burkhard fighters in the lead police unit that was taking part in dispersing protests during the my done uprising a lot of people in ukraine with the more radical stance they are not just and the more city but outright hatred towards this cast of people and some some of those people they they showed up near the court building and they clashed with the police chanting slogans like death to burkhard and so on and so forth now those 5 people they are reportedly among those 60 who have been moved from the ukrainian territory to across the front line to the want to be breakaway republics. thank you for bringing us that report. it's a tradition of the holiday season for world leaders heads of state and major organizations to deliver their annual greetings they usually wrap u

the ukrainian president went together of course with angela merkel and the french president emmanuel mccrone so this warp is a direct result of those talks r.t. as it goes down of them to for bringing us the latest on that. that's our breakdown of just some of the biggest headlines from the past week and today's news for more on those stories and the latest at our website r.t. dot com. today there are good terrorists and bad at it it's the bad news in yemen the united states deems to be a threat the good those word in syria the cia and the u.s. military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up the right way military funding an army of death squads there's no any more because there's always a small income for a really good this is a profit. kind of financial survival job today was all about money laundering 1st to visit this cash industry different. oh good this is a good start well we have our 3 banks all set up here maybe something in europe something in america something overseas in the cayman islands or

there's the growing tension between france and germany in an interview the french president emmanuel mccrone told the economist that nato was a brain dead this infuriated the german chancellor angela merkel and exposed a growing rift between the 2 countries last but not least the mounting doubts other nato members have about turkey not about the words of president but his actions buying the s. 400 missile system from russia and carrying out its recent incursion into northern syria. i covered the last nato summit that was held in london here at lancaster house 29 years ago that was just months after the fall of the birdland wall and the end of the cold war and then there were questions about nato's future but the alliance then expanded taking in the countries from the east before creating new roles for itself in the balkans and afghanistan almost 3 decades later nato's internal differences this time are even more public being expressed by leaders themselves and therefore a potentially much more damaging james out 0 london. and of course you can find a much more on all the stories that we're c

left 12 others injured it took place ahead of a now postponed meeting between french president emmanuel mccrone and 5 west african leaders over security in the region all teams don't call to delves into the challenges paris faces. africa has become a hot bed of terrorist activity as deadly attacks claiming hundreds of lives have spread like wildfire. you know people have 2 swords of damocles over its head terrorism and kidnappings but also illegal immigrants since many are traveling through these regions following one of the deadliest attacks in niger or 70 people were killed by islamists the big players have even postponed a big summit to reconsider their efforts the president so front sunny's year agreed to postpone the summit on operation bachao nya on the joint chiefs a health force until early 2020 the 2 presidents expressed their determination to remain united against terrorist groups and to redefine together in the coming weeks the political and operational framework for ensuring the security of the sa held countries france spends millions of euros and sends thousands of soldiers to cont

of the military alliance and if the threat of crippling tariffs on french goods doesn't get emmanuelle mccrone fall in line donald trump apparently had some other ideas. and this. is. where you are. also 35 years since the world's most devastating in dust.

there's the growing tension between france and germany in an interview the french president emmanuel mccrone told the economist that nato was a brain dead this infuriated the german chancellor angela merkel and exposed a growing rift between the 2 countries last but not least the mounting doubts other nato members have about turkey not about the words of president but his actions by the s 400 missile system from russia and carrying out its recent incursion into northern syria i covered the last nato summit that was held in london here at lancaster house 29 years ago that was just months after the fall of the birdland wall and the end of the cold war and then there were questions about nato's future but the alliance then expanded taking in the countries from the east before creating new roles for itself in the balkans and afghanistan. almost 3 decades later nato's internal differences this time are even more public being expressed by leaders themselves and therefore a potentially much more damaging james pays out 0 london. but scientists are warning of the exhilarated breakup of the world's 2

orchestra took its protest to the steps of the opera bus deal on tuesday calling on president emmanuel mccrone to give ground on the pension plans anger over the pension reforms led to a transport strike that is now into its 26th day micron is due to make his new year's eve speech to the nation in the next hour well there's more from us here in london at 900 g.m.t. that's in about 15 minutes or so but for now it's back to come all in doha thanks john up and happy new year to you and everyone in our london news into now the former chairman of nissan has fled to lebanon from japan where he faces a trial over allegations of financial misconduct colors go on has 3 passwords including a lebanese one he was arrested in tokyo in 2018 but released under strict bail conditions he said he didn't flee justice but quote escaped injustice and political persecution as the lawyers said go and legal team had all his passports and called his behavior inexcusable well guns one of the world's most high profile company bosses now facing a litany of charges in japan born in brazil raised in beirut he was appointed

how do you view president mccrone's is strategic dialogue with russia, his call? —— emmanuelcause russia is our closest neighbour, our biggest neighbour and we need to strive for a debtor relationship with russia. and even if we are not able to the better relationship with russia in the near term, we need to manage a difficult relationship. high tensions, more military presence, we need to make sure that we have transparency to avoid incidents, accidents and if they happen to make sure that they don't buy were out of control and create really dangerous situations. nato and i, we believe in dialogue with russia. but we believe in the dual track approach, meaning deterrence, defence and dialogue. as long as we are strong, united and fun, we can also engage in dialogue with russia including arms control. we must avoid a new arms race, it is expensive and dangerous and that is the reason why we so much regret the rye tee russian violation. we need to look into how we can strengthen the arms control process because we need agreements on keeping the levels of nuclear weapons. finan

two years ago, mr mccrone created a storm calling france's colonisation of nigeria a crime against humanity. —— mr emmanuelthe region remains a strong, visiting french troops and vowing to step up the fight against islamist terrorists. if we let the threat flourish it will impact us as well. in operation by french forces in neighbouring mali left dozens of jihadist fighters dead. while critics question france's continuing military role, economic ties forged after the second world war are loosening. the president and his counterpart announcing a common west african currency to replace a colonial era one. translation: this is an historic day for our country and the whole of west africa. this reform represents a big step in at —— our determination for prosperity. it is hoped eight countries will use the new currency as soon as the stash soon. the rebranding of franco african relations taking three days. it will take much longer to see how successful he has been. andy beatt, bbc news. detectives are linking a fatal stabbing in hertfordshire and the discovery of a man's body in a car in london. a 30—year—old ma

emmanuel macron has his own agenda. mccrone and erdogan have been trading insults back and forth.ok at this, it is sort of like when your family gathers at the holidays and you're sort of wondering -- it is your family, right? they are yours. but you're just wondering what explosion is going to happen, and they are all probably market moving if and when they do happen. not only do i expect president trump to tweet, i expect him to tweet earlier than he usually does. we are regularly expecting it in the 6:00 a.m. washington time window. bump that up a few hours because he will start tweeting at the start of his day from london. allnato meeting will have sorts of pomp and circumstance, and i put all of that to one side. i think the key thing to watch is what happens on the sidelines. all of the sideline one-on-one meetings. that is where the real action will take place. know whetheron't prime minister johnson gets hurt or helped by a president trump tweet. in the past they had a frenemy relationship, friends and then not so friends. does that make a difference to polling? it could,

emmanuel. he was highlighting president trump's criticism of nato and turkey's embrace of russia. the comment drew a rebuke from turkish president, who suggested, it is mccrone who is brain-dead. >> john: president trump has a meeting tomorrow morning with the president. the white house has just decided to slap tariffs on $2.4 billion on french products in retaliation for the digital services tax. as he landed on the ground in london, the president tweeting about the recently released republican report on the house intelligence committee impeachment proceedings. bret. >> bret: john roberts come alive in london. john, thank you. former president, jimmy carter, is in a south georgia hospital again tonight. a statement from the carter center says the oldest president is being treated. it says that the 95-year-old is feeling better, looks forward to going home. just last week, he was released from an atlanta hospital after having surgery to release pressure on his brain. the u.s. supreme court is considering arguments about a new york city gun law that is not even on the books anymore. the gun rights activists are hoping the court gives them another big win anyw

emmanuel macron bard with the cameras rolling. >>i would say that nobody needs know more than france. >>stage for the clash was set after trump slim mccronewas experiencing brain death. the too. a lot of different. >>statement, the crown made the comment last month you suggesting the 70 year-old alliance could no longer count on the u s the summit today and turned this free clinton nato critic, nato is obsolete into its defender, you just can't go wrong. >>they can say it's very disrespectful. >>when the 2 leaders came face to face crone stood by his comments. >>i knew that my my fate great a a lot of people. >>after trump touted his cozy relationship with turkish president erdogan i get sea floor. >>we have >>mccrone fired back ripping turkey for defying nato in purchasing a russian missile defense system. >>to be a member of the lines to work. to great and to buy as form of. >>mccrone then sat stone-faced as trump made this joke about offering captive isis fighters to the french. >>would you like some nice isis fighters. you can everyone you to say. >>but trump laughed it off. >>this is where you grateful nation because there is one of