when mccall makes the case for a democratic europe in an emotionally charged address to the european parliament urges europeans to reject populism and defend democracy plus he's known as astro alex but chancellor merkel the first to call him germany's ambassador to space on our astronaut alexander gary sick is preparing his next big step as commander of the international space station. a way of iraq thanks for your company everyone syrian state media say international weapons inspectors have now entered the town of duma the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack the inspectors have been in damascus is saturday but until now russia and syria have birth them access to do must citing security concerns all this although journalists were allowed in all that prompted the u.s. to accuse syria and its ally russia of attempting to cover up evidence of the alleged attack. the destroyed town of de mary's west syria's ill fated revolutionaries out now after seven years of fighting with the last of the rebels gone damascus is trying to win back its people meeting their most basic needs first . when the

in the european parliament and they are really sort of strengthening feeders they're defending them they'reaying no that not democratic and they're not against european values so they he really has some strong defenders in the political rows off the parliament he does not have a lot of a lot of support if you look at european countries barbara vessel in brussels thank you. well now in other news russia and syria are blaming israel for an attack on a syrian government military base missile struck the base overnight monitor say the strikes killed at least fourteen people including iranian soldiers the development follows a suspected chemical weapons attack on one of the last strongholds juma over the weekend. missiles flare in the dark hours of the morning according to russian and syrian military they were fired from two israeli fighter jets though israel has declined to comment the missiles found their target an air base in the province of holmes used by the syrian regime and its allies at least fourteen fighters were killed according to observers. days earlier bombs fell in the town of duma

and that was man will make on their address in the european parliament referring to a context of division and doubt in europe he's outlining his vision for europe ahead of bragg's it and next year's european parliamentary elections will bring. full summary of his speech in our next poll is now at the top of the next hour thanks for watching. and. a warm dividing rich and poor. lehman capitalist during. a city where social divides of stone and. home to me extreme wealth and extreme poverty is going to be with bob while keeping the class is appalling global three thousand. d.w. . to try to was the voice of the nine hundred sixty eight generation. are fighting to ensure that no one of the last resort to arms just that it was a pioneer economy can treat a world that has never been seen before and the bush won society's worst nightmare . public enemy number one movie. in forty five minutes on d w. there's a long way to start right there and it's like just hide your identity. bangladesh what is the true face of the country who. freedom independence a separation of state and church that used to

where the euro is the currency is an urgent need of reform i call it has been addressing the european parliament in strasbourg for the first time today setting out his vision for the future of europe he wants big changes but there's growing skepticism about the european project. acknowledge the situation at the start of his speech when he lamented the divisions that have opened up in the e.u. . i. don't think there is doubts in a number of european countries and month off to month these doubts seeing off as cool as foundations into question the fundamental there seems to be a sort of european civil wooll national selfishness and egotism taking precedence over what unites us this accusing the french president manuel my call on their speaking to the european parliament a short while ago let's bring in our correspondent max huffman he's been covering the cause speech for us there today max this was the president's first address to the european parliament what stood out in his speech for you well one of the sentences that was rather on the strong side of what he said was i don't want to be part of a

european union through the use of a manual micro-loan in an emotionally charged address to the european parliament the french president urges europeans to reject populism and to defend their democracy. plus he's known as astro alex german chancellor angela merkel she refers to him as the country's ambassador to space and now astronaut alexander guessed is preparing for his next big step as command of the international space station. i bring off it's good to have you with us tonight we can finally report that weapons inspectors are on the ground in syria where they say a chemical weapons attack may have taken place after days of delay and they geo political tug of war international weapons experts have entered the town of duma the site of that alleged poison attack now the inspectors arrived in damascus on saturday but were barred from the site until today that has prompted the u.s. to accuse syria and russia of trying to cover up evidence. the destroyed town of doom areas where syria's ill fated revolutionaries out now after seven years of fighting with the last of the rebels go on damascus is try

do's live from berlin a call to arms by french president in manon dot com in a speech to the european parliament our caller urges europeans to reject authoritarianism and defend their model of democracy gil still calls for a critical debate on the future of the e.u. also coming up russia and the u.s. trade accusations over suspected gas attack in syria the u.s. fears russia has a tampered with inside moscow alleges the gas attack was staged and she's known as an astro alex chancellor merkel the first to call him germany's ambassador to space now astronaut alison i guess is preparing his next big step to ask commander of the international space station. i'm sorry so misconduct good to have you with us french president manuel mccall has condemned a rise in authoritarianism in the u. and urged europeans to defend their democracy mako was outlining his vision for the future of europe in a speech to the european parliament in strasbourg he said that the e.u. was failing to address the fears and concerns of a citizens and that change is long overdue. you two should really don't think there is doubt in

president macron at wales the european parliament with his vision for the european union, can it revives of post—brexit? —— wow was. why is the eu preparing to buy a military grade laser? so all that to come and more in the next half an hour while. joining me for all of it, polly toynbee of the guardian, and camilla tominey of the express. welcome to both. here is oui’ express. welcome to both. here is our guide to the latest from europe injust 60 our guide to the latest from europe in just 60 seconds. there has been some uncharacteristically warm weather across europe this week, but a stressful things were not quite so sunny for martin summer, top civil servant folla a2 jean—claude juncker. european parliament called for a reassessment of ‘s nomination process. the windrush fiasco in the uk read some meps to raise concerns about the registration of eu citizens after brexit. certainly after the windrush scandal in britain, are we going to be sure the same is not happening to our european citizens? there are more questions for politicians in malta, as 18 international news organisations

touting something akin to a european union relaunch on tuesday he laid out his vision to the european parliament he wants the euro zone to have its own budget to be administered by its own finance minister he also wants higher taxes for internet companies and accelerate the introduction of e.u. wide intellectual property law. and i phone did in your reform of the economic and monetary union as an indispensable third front before the end of this european parliament's term finding a roadmap for moving forward on the banking union a fiscal capacity to promote stability in convergence in the euro area but as you know. only last year mccollum was given a standing ovation for a similar speech at the soul bone university in paris this time the applause was more modest because the netherlands island on six other northern countries reject his reform plans they don't want their voters hard and taxes to be poured into any new fangled euro zone budget michael knows his plans only have any hope of success with germany's backing in berlin on thursday he repeated his hopes for euro zone reform. you see does it

news live from berlin a call to arms by french president and michael mccall in a speech to the european parliament mcconnell urges europeans to reject authoritarianism and defend their model of democracy deal so calls for a critical debate on the future of the new. also coming up he's known as astro alex chancellor merkel her first title german ambassador to space now astronaut alexander gas is preparing his next big step as commander of the international space station. and crime unit have already toasted one trophy celebration but can they make it two or even three they face a stern task that labor crews in tonight in the german cup semifinals with their champions league looming looming. i'm sorry someone's got to go to have you with us france's president among them mccoll says the eurozone the european currency bloc is an urgent need of reform not call has been addressing the european parliament in strasburg for the first time setting out his vision for the future of europe he wants big changes but there is growing skepticism about the european project and across acknowledge the situation at the

speaking to lawmakers in the european parliament in strasbourg he made an impassioned case against the rise of populism in europe urging europeans to defend their democracy mccann said the e.u. was failing to address the fears and concerns of its citizens and that change is long overdue you don't think there is doubt in a number of european countries and month after month these doubts seeing others call our foundations into question the fundamental there seems to be a sort of european civil war national selfishness and egotism taking precedence over what unites us to secure the max hoffman has been following present my current speech in strasburg for us max is this present a con to the rescue. well they used to be like that layla at least a year ago when he got elected and many felt that he rescued friends from the right wing populist of money in lieu pen but those days at least on the european level are gone and that's because he has much more resistance here at the european parliament in strasbourg than he has at home because at home he has a majority and here he does not and one of

well i believe that the european parliament on thursday will debate a report on the state of democracyin hungary and of course we all know that the state of democracy is not good at all in hungary some people even speak of this election it not having been fair given the fact that critical media have been muffled or even shut down over the last couple of years so the parliament will retain its particular stance the european commission will probably also chime in although with more moderate tones the big question the really big question is how will the council react when member states position themselves because of course it is absolutely crucial that the member states of the european union tell victor all one that he cannot continue down his author a tarion path that's the people he listens to ok but there is a split among those member states isn't there or bonn has a lot of support from allies in poland for example in slovakia the czech republic or are we seeing a split inside the european union right now not only in terms of migration but in terms of values as you just mentioned. the

live from berlin a call to arms by french president and nine one one call in a speech to the european parliament mcconnell urges europeans to reject or tarried islam and defend their model of democracy yes look calls for a critical debate on the future i'm thinking of you also coming up he's known as astro alex chance i go back up refers to calling germany's ambassador to spain now astronaut on exotic chaos is preparing the next big step as commander of the international space station. i'm serious i was going to get to have you with us french president emanuel mccall has condemned the rise in authoritarianism in the e.u. and urged europeans to defend their democracy no call was outlining his vision for the future of europe in a speech to the european parliament and strong he said the e.u. was failing to address the fears and concerns of its citizens and that changes long overdue. you can see should read don't think there is doubts in a number of european countries and month after month these doubts seeing others call our foundations into question the fundamental there seems to be a sort of europ

european union through the use of a manual mike wrong in an emotionally charged address to the european parliament the french president urges europeans to reject populism and to defend their democracy. applause he's known as astro alex on the german chancellor she refers to him as the country's ambassador to space now astronaut alexander pairing is next big step as commander of the international space station. i bring coffee it's good to have you with us tonight. and the rest of the western world she certainly seems prepared to give it a try today she spoke by phone with russian president vladimir putin afterwards she announced that the two have agreed to meet in the foreseeable future well the media buzz that was generated over that overshadow the rest of the day's events here in berlin. free trade was expected to top the agenda during the prime minister of new zealand's visit to berlin but the talks between just cinda arden and the german chancellor have been sidelined by recent incidents in syria. at the weekend france great britain and the united states attacked syrian military targets raising

members of the european parliament voiced their anger over the bombing of syria as french president emanuel macro gives a speech while the u.k.'s government is also facing a backlash over its role in the u.s. led strikes. members of this house the top let's say in foreign policy in this country the president trump. and his doubts grow over the alleged chemical attack in syria that led to the strikes british media outlets rounded academics to question the government's claims. and you're watching the latest headlines here an r.t. international thank you for joining us i'm kate partridge. the united nations security team has entered the syrian town of two or their job is to ensure the safe arrival of a group of chemical weapons experts will be investigating the alleged chemical attack from april the seventh syria's ambassador to the u.n. made the announcement a few hours ago at a security council session in new york where you. the holiday image madi the u.n. security team until tomorrow at around three pm damascus time of eight am new york time to assess the security situation on the ground if

members of the european parliament voiced their anger over the bombing of syria as the french president gives a speech and in the u.k. the government is also facing a backlash over its role in the u.s. led strikes. members of this house seem top let's say in foreign policy in this country the president. and those doubts grow over the alleged chemical attack in syria that led to the strikes the british media runs on academics to question the government's claims. also this hour artificial intelligence experts call in the e.u. not to grant legal status to robots we debate the issue with last first. warm welcome to the program for me and all of the crew here at r t international thanks for joining us this hour. trees in may and the manual necron have come under heavy criticism from british and lawmakers the u.k. and french leaders were defending their decision not to consult their national parliaments before bombing syria on saturday these are members of the european parliament during president mccrone speech several of them held signs calling for an end to the military action in syria the

they went down yes it was a busy week for the french president on tuesday he addressed the european parliament in strasburg for the first time outlining his plans for can safely be called a reboot of the e.u. then it was on to berlin to actually find some support for his plans from germany's chancellor. but in berlin he found not everyone is asked answer the asked about his plans as in one or more coin himself. plans are akin to a european union relaunch on tuesday he described his vision for the future in a speech to the european parliament he wants the eurozone to have its own budget which would be administered by its own finance minister he also wants to levy higher taxes on internet companies and accelerate the introduction of e.u. wide intellectual property law that i phone didn't you know the reform of the economic and monetary union as an indispensable third front before the end of this european parliament term defining a roadmap for moving forward on the banking union and a fiscal compact city to promote stability and convergence in the euro area. only last year mark kong was given a s

members of the european parliament voiced their anger over the bombing of syria as french president emanuel marked wrong gives a speech while the u.k.'s government is also facing a backlash over its role in the u.s. led strikes of members of this house in topless saying foreign policy of this country the president trump. and his doubts grow over the alleged chemical attack in syria that led to the strikes british media outlets round on academics to question the government's claims. thank you for watching r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate partridge. russia's envoy to the united nations firstly neighbors here has condemned what he called acts of aggression in syria he was speaking at a un security council session on the long running humanitarian crisis in the water torn country where we can now cross live to our correspondent samir a cart in washington for more on this so severe i mean could you tell us what was actually said at the security council meeting. well tensions escalated between russia and the u.s. at today's a security council meeting now russia called for

members of the european parliament voiced their anger over the bombing of syria as french president emmanuel mcclung gives a speech while the u.k.'s government is also facing a backlash over its role in the u.s. led strikes. members of this house team top last second foreign policy of this country the president. understands growth of the alleged chemical attack in syria that led to the strikes british media outlets round on academic sleep question the government's claims. this is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. stories of may and emanuel have come under heavy criticism from british and e.u. lawmakers the u.k. and french leaders were defending their decision not to consult their national parliaments before bombing syria on saturday these are members of the european parliament during president marc klass speech several of them held up signs calling for an end to military action in syria. as the latest france's emanuel micron and the u.k. xah to raise a may are facing a pretty tough time retrospectively in trying to justify the airs

when my call makes the case for a democratic europe in an emotionally charged address to the european parliament's my comp urges europeans to reject populism and defend democracy. also it's the cold war but not as we know it in a rare joint statement the us britain and australia accuse russia of cyber espionage and planning to solve the taj western infrastructure. pussies known as astro alex but channel surf over to the first to call him that germany's ambassador to space well now astronaut alexander garrett is preparing his next big step as commander of the international space station. and the buyer in munich have already celebrated a one trophy this season but can they make it two or even three with the german cup within reach should they face the semifinals test hedley for clues in tonight's. thanks so much for your company everyone. after days of delay and a global power struggle syrian state media now says international weapons inspectors have entered the town of duma the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack while the inspectors have been in damascus since saturday but until now they we

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in an emotionally charged address to the european parliament, the french president urges europeans toeject populism and to defend their democracy. plus, he is known as astro alex. the german chancellor refers to him as the country's ambassador to space. now, astronaut alexander gerst is preparing his next big step as commander of the international space station. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. tonight, german chancellor angela merkel is reaching out to moscow. merkel might just be the only western leader who can bridge and ever hide -- ever widening gap between moscow and the rest of the western world. today she spoke by phone with russian president vladimir putin. afterwards she announced the two had agreed to meet in the foreseeable future. the media buzz that was generated over that overshadow the rest of the day's events here in berlin. reporter: free trade was expected to top the agenda during the prime minister of new zealand's visit to berlin, but the talks have been sidelined by recent incidents in syria. at the weekend, france, great britain and the u.

seat of the european parliament. instead we are right here below this ray of light. in madison there's always this wow factor when you step inside even those of us who've worked here for years never get over it and where does the interpreter said come down the interpreters sit down there in newsgroups where we currently have twenty four official languages visitors have a right to understand what members of parliament to sing according to it's what not here in the plenary hall there is room for seven hundred forty eight any piece and six hundred fifty visitors. we enter torah on the roof overlooking france and germany. home that's over then you can see the black forest of their of the mountains though the hardest to see and that is the cathedral. every year the e.u. names two cities as the european capitals of culture with the aim to and i quote highlight the richness and diversity of cultures in europe this year the baton was handed to lou martin and the netherlands as well as by letter on the island of malta and tha

news live from a call to arms by french president among one calling in a speech to the european parliament michael urges europeans to reject authoritarianism and to send their model of democracy he also calls for a critical debate on the future of all things you also coming up the cold war honestly knowing what happens in cyberspace and i never joint statement the us britain and australia accused russia of espionage and planning to sabotage western infrastructure and. it is known as a castro alex chancellor merkel who first of all and germany's ambassador to space now asked not to stand against preparing is the next big step as commander of the international space station. i'm sumi someone's got to go to have you with us french president a man on the call has condemned a rise in authoritarianism in the e.u. and urged europeans to defend their democracy mccall was outlining his vision for the future of europe in a speech to the european parliament in strasbourg he said the e.u. was failing to address the fears and concerns of its citizens and that change is long overdue. he should read don'

members of the european parliament voiced their anger at the french president over the action taken against damascus while the u.k. government faces a backlash from the role in the strikes. members of this house seem topless saying foreign policy in this country the president trying. to do so is of a documentary in the execution of a shot to claim the u.s. death penalty. it's about one minute after midday here in moscow you're watching international thanks for joining us we have the top stories for this hour. experts from the o.p.c. w. chemical weapons watchdog are expected to arrive in the syrian town of duma in the next few hours the probe will look into the allegations of a chemical attack that have most on april seventh meanwhile more doubts have been raised over this footage filmed by the white helmets group in a local hospital video claimed to show the aftermath of a chemical attack. visited that very hospital in duma and spoke with the doctors as well as the locals they describe what happened on the seventh of april claiming they saw no toxic agents being used. people from the white

members of the european parliament to voice their anger at the french president over the action taken against damascus or the u.k. government faces a backlash over its role in the strike. members of this house seem tough my second foreign policy of this country the president trump. and we talk to the producers of a documentary cold in the execution is shot to claim the u.s. death penalty has a racial undertone. to the top headlines for this hour on live from moscow this is international from the entire news team here a very warm welcome to you. experts from the o.p.c. w. chemical weapons watchdog are expected to arrive in the syrian town of duma in the next few hours the probe will look into the allegations of a chemical attack that emerged on april the seventh mean more doubts are being raised over this footage filmed by the white helmet group in a local hospital the video claims to show the aftermath of the chemical attack that our sister channel the arabic visited that very hospital in duma and told with the doctors and the locals describe what happened on the seventh of april clai

members of the european parliament voiced their anger at the french president over the action taken against damascus while the u.k. government faces a backlash. over its role in the strikes. members of this house seem top of the same foreign policy of this country the president trying. to the producers over documentary called in the executioner's shadow to claim the us death penalty has racial undertones. a busy day for worldwide news here on r.t. international from all of us here thanks for joining us. experts from the o.p.c. chemical weapons watchdog are expected to arrive in the syrian town of duma in the next few hours the probe will look into the allegations of a chemical attack that emotion on april seventh meanwhile more doubts of been raised over this footage filmed by the white helmets group in a local hospital video claims to show the aftermath of the chemical attack our sister channel visited that very hospital in duma and even talked with the doctors and locals they described what happened on the seventh of april claiming they saw no toxic agents being used. people from the whit

emanuel macron is giving a much heralded speech to the european parliament this morning. to increase france's eu budget contribution on condition that the european union becomes more efficient he also says the european parliament and the european union generally needs urgent road maps for eurozone reform. we'll come back to with you any further developments from that speech donald trump is expected to announce two nominees for the federal reserve with economist richard clarita in line for the vice chairman position he would be jay powell's deputy and the job has been vacant since stanley fischer left in october. and michelle bauman has been tapped for an open governor's spot as mr. trump tries to fill four vacancies at the fed. >> despite a stock market that's increasingly volatile and still up nearly 20% in a year, outgoing new york fed president bill dudley said in an exclusive interview he's not concerned with current market valuations >> if you look at the stock market in the context of an economy growing and expected to continue to grow over the next few years, the s

members of the european parliament voiced their anger at the french president over the action taken against damascus while the u.k. government faces a backlash from m p's over its role in the strong. members of this house team thomas saying foreign policy in this country the president. and we talked to the producers of a documentary called in the execution of shadows and claimed the us death penalty has a racial undertone. it's just after eight o'clock on wednesday morning here in moscow you are watching on t.v. international for me will receive the entire news team here thanks for joining. a united nations security team has visited the syrian town of duma with the aim of preparing the ground for the long awaited. chemical weapons probe that is planned for wednesday. you know if the u.n. security team decides that the situation is safe in duma then the fact finding mission will begin its will. of the experts will be investigating the alleged chemical attack on the area on april seventh however the u.s. britain and france chose not to wait for the official probe before launching air raids ag

members of the european parliament voiced their anger at the french president over the action taken against the. government. over its role in the strikes. policy of this country the president. of the producers of a documentary in the execution is shot to. death penalty as a racial undertone. wednesday morning here in moscow thanks for joining us on r.t. international we have your top worldwide headlines for this hour. experts from the o.p.c. w a chemical weapons watchdog are expected to arrive in the syrian town of duma in the next few hours the long awaited probe or look into the allegations of a chemical attack that have most on april. meanwhile more doubts of been raised over this footage filmed by the white helmets group in a local hospital the video claims to show the aftermath of the chemical. visited that very hospital and talked with doctors and locals as well they describe what happened on the seventh of april claiming they saw no toxic agents being used . people from the white helmets told us about the use of chemical weapons but we saw no sign of that if chemical weapons were use

tooline: one option is invite mark zuckerberg to face questions at the european parliament. ment three president tweeted that he wanted mark zuckerberg to come and explain himself before 500 million europeans that personal data is not being used to manipulate democracy. then yesterday he tweeted again saying that finally the facebook ceo recognizes that he must take responsibility, and calling for debate to transcend the e.u. rules and make digital platforms fully accountable. but many actually think that zuckerberg's personal appearance in europe is very unlikely, especially after he declined the invitation to come to house of commons. instead many in brussels think facebook is likely to send someone at a lower level. they are sending the chief technology officer to the u.k.. in the meantime, we had this issue parliament debate with a decision expected at midday brussels time. a phonealso going to be call between the coo of facebook, sheryl sandberg, and the e.u. justice commissioner. the e.u. watchdog official said yesterday they will start a new social media group to inves

these are members of the european parliament during president mccrone speech there a large group called signs calling to stop the military strikes on syria the director has been following the key development provinces in mali on micron qasr theresa may a facing a pretty tough time retrospectively in trying to justify the airstrikes that they carried out in syria over the weekend here's how the european parliament members met with macross and you can see that they were protesting against the action taken in syria. three countries have been to be for the honor of the international community in a legitimate multilateral framework you know. determining. speech was a monumental political cynicism. that without any approval. of the polls a. chemical attack took place is controlled by radical islamists not jewish shop or you'd be this has been done already in iraq and libya why should we be serious to release and he has faced a major backlash domestically as well when he was grilled on monday by parliamentarians for not consulting them before those airstrikes were carried out these strikes dem

also to come this hour members of the european parliament voiced their anger at the french president over the action taken against them ask this while the u.k. government faces a backlash from m.p.'s over its role in the strikes. members of this house seem to have my second foreign policy in this country the president i we talked to the producers of a documentary called in the execution is shadow who claim the us the us death penalty has racial undertone to. hello there well can you watching r.t. international this wednesday afternoon which just gone two o'clock here in moscow now we'll have some breaking developments for you first on the script poisoning case because the u.k.'s representative to. the organization tasked with investigating the case says they cannot identify the country all of. the nerve agent that was used in the attack the comments have just been made by peter wilson during a meeting of the o.p.c. w. executive council in the hague at the same time though wilson continues to insist only russia had the means and the motive to commit such an attack moscow though has ve

consult their national parliaments before bombing syria on saturday these are members of the european parliament during president mccrone speech there a large group held signs calling to stop the military strikes on syria and india tutor has been following the key developments. francis emmanuel micron kayser theresa may a facing a pretty tough time retrospectively in trying to justify the airstrikes that they carried out in syria over the weekend here's how the european parliament members met with macross on you can see that they were protesting against the action taken in syria and they were holding up plaque cards which read stop the war and hands off syria this was done during a speech that he was delivering in brussels and he was trying to explain the reasons why he decided to go in and one of the things that you said about the justification that it's was conducted for the honor of the international community that of only three countries are going to be for the honor of the international community in a legitimates multilateral framework you know. determine the political speech was a monument

members of the european parliament to voice their anger at the french president over the action taken against the masochists of the u.k. government faces a backlash from and its role in the strike. members of this house seem top let's say in foreign policy of this country the president. and we talked to the producers of a documentary called in the execution of shadow play in the u.s. the death penalty was a racial undertone. a one minute past nine on a wednesday morning here in moscow this is the international we do start this hour with breaking news from so. russia we understand a seventeen year old school student has attacked his class and tried to set her on fire in the town of studly according to investigators he stabbed one of his classmates and teachers before dousing the room inflammable liquid and setting it alight the fire alarm then went off the building was evacuated the attacker also stabbed himself in an apparent suicide attack and now we understand all those injured have now been taken to hospital including the perpetrator. the united nations security team has visited th

live from berlin a call to arms by french president in my one month old and a speech to the european parliament bunghole urges europeans to reject authoritarianism and defend their model of democracy kills the polls for critical debate on the future of the e.u. also coming up after days of waiting syrian state media says international experts have now entered the site of an alleged chemical weapons attack but accusations are rife that she evidence may have been removed. it's a cold war but not as we know it in a rare joint statement the us britain and australia accuse russia of cyber espionage and planning to sabotage western infrastructure. also coming up in the next sixty minutes he's known as astro alex chancellor merkel prefers to call in germany's ambassador to space now astronaut alex and i guess is preparing his next big step as commander of the international space station. and then football bar in munich have already celebrated one trophy this season but can they make it true or even three with the german cup and reach it gives the semifinals testbed leverkusen tonight. i'm sorry so muc

he was giving a speech here in strasbourg at the european parliament.ation: i don't want to belong toa translation: i don't want to belong to a generation that has forgotten its past and refuses to see the torments of its present. in the coming time each one of us will have to ta ke coming time each one of us will have to take responsibility. i want to belong to a generation that has decided to defend its democracy. france knows all about far right populism. last year when mr macron found himself in the french presidential election run—off with this woman — national front leader, marine le pen. ms le pen is a nationalist and critic of the eu. we have also seen breakthroughs by the far right in austria and italy and viktor orban was re—elected in hungary, meaning not everybody agrees with mr macron‘s description of europe. here's our correspondent in strasbourg, adam fleming. one of the most significant moments in president macron‘s speech was when he talked about the rise of illiberalism in europe, a not so subtle reference to countries like hungary and

in a speech to the european parliament he urged members not to sleepwalk towards nationalism at the expense of a european unity well they were cheated joins me live now from paris with more on this pretty strong words from the french president what else did he have to say well barbara as usual yes we have a lot of eloquent rhetorical flourishes from the manual macro but very light as far as policies were concerned but he did have something very strong to say about what we've seen happening in italy what we've seen happening in hungary and also developments in poland and that's what he called the culdesac of nationalism as you said that he is saying more or less that he wanted to to to tell the n.e.p. as in strasbourg. there was a vision worth defending the vision of europe the sovereignty of europe and he was saying very very strong indeed that it was time that everybody in europe pull together to try and chase that vision let's hear some more details of exactly what he said barbara contexts when informed the gift if you don't look in a context where a form of european civil war reappears w

call has urged european union members not to sleep walk towards nationalism addressing the european parliament on his vision for the future of the e.u. a calm warned of what he calls a civil war within the european union between liberal democracies and you're a skeptic nationalist speech follows nationalist euro skeptic election success is an ongoing and in itself. that's all for me for the moment the stream is next and we'll see you with more headlines at the top of the hour.