to go back to to the 1st part of what your view was saying that this this this potential for france and germany to to switch places almost within the e.u. to what extent is france looking to exploit this this diminishing of germany's reputation. well i think it frankly is quite fanciful because the french economy is nowhere near as strong as the german one i think does does a good talk but i'm not sure he does the same kind of walk he can say slightly know what 2 things about nato and about europe but he's got his own problems he's never quite recovered from the she day shewn situation he has in that a number of reforms which he was able to do because he's got a lot of majority in that samba nationality but they would also at some stage be french elections he is france in some ways is a great a problem child because we have 4 nationality we don't have anything life or nationality i mean a if be appropriate to the right of whole notion of they would would not in any way gain power so france is not a state of i think the problem we have in europe at the moment is that we have a very chaotic situa

welcome back now on monday the leaders of france germany russia and ukraine are meeting in paris to flush out a roadmap to peace in eastern ukraine president vladimir putin will be arriving in the french compas all in just a few hours joining us now live from paris on sees me for trying to any i get to see you so what all of the expectations i had of today's me say. hello again to. well i'll tell you what's the bloody conflict in east ukraine between the pro russian breakaway republics of donetsk and lugansk and kiev that's already taken more than 10000 lives has been sorted for a while now but there is one crucial remark it's been sorted on paper the step by step peace plan is called the minsk agreements and it came into being thanks to the leaders of germany france russia and ukraine that became known as the normandy 4 but during almost 5 years of its existence we've been hearing from all kinds of politicians from east to west that the minsk agreements are the only way to go when it comes to the peace process. who support the implementation of the minsk agreement because the reasonable

the leaders of russia ukraine france and germany with the normandy 4 summit in full swing the group hopes to agree a road map to peace in eastern ukraine. hi there good evening and thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. rusher is being kicked out of all international sporting events for the next 4 years punishment so says the world anti-doping agency for moscow tampering with a key database of test results from russian athletes duplicate was that water press conference in those up. what are officials announcing a unilateral decision over a 4 year ban on russia taking part in major sporting events during that period meaning that russian athletes won't be able to compete and the ban over russia nor will they be able to fly the russian flag at those major events those major events could include tokyo 2020 and also the world athletics championships is also suggestion that this could impact the football world cup in 2022 now those sanctions go much further than that it means that russia won't be able to host nor be able to bid for any major sporting events during that 4 year period

hello welcome back on monday the need is a france germany russia and ukraine are meeting in paris to thrash out a road map to peace in eastern ukraine president vladimir putin will be arriving in the french capital in just a few hours joining us now live from paris is on trying to bring his more india one of the expectations out of today's meeting. mikki good morning well hala tell you what the blood the called flick between kiev and the breakaway republics in east ukraine which took more 'd than 10000 lives has been sorted for years now there's only one crucial remark it's been so. on paper the step by step peace plan is called the minsk agreement came into being thanks to the efforts by the leaders of russia ukraine but also france and germany which then became known as the normandy for end up during almost 5 years don't essentially from all kinds of sides from east to west we've been hearing that the minsk agreement this plan is the only way to go. to support the implementation of the minsk agreement because the reasonable alternative no plan b. exists in my opinion this is the on

face we're going to say more talks in a few months in the normandy format which is involving france germany maybe adding and russia and ukraine but the chances still aren't quite when we talk about a new crane got to remember there are people dying almost every day we're saying basically constant shooting along the front lines every day and the issues that remain in terms of these the pace and the plaid for you cried is still not inside we have on the one hand of lebanese selenski at home on under pressure at home to come up with basically order to to stick to the red lines that the opposition is sit down from violating ukraine's national interest and on the other hand we have rusher and the separatists and they themselves want to have more influence of ukrainian politics and the quasi states within the so for climb states those are basically a leyva to having that influence really saw president take center stage and in the story you put together for us is his popularity like duty to be boosted in his negotiation negotiating position strength and consequently i mean he's really got points i

reached earlier this month at a summit between the leaders of ukraine and russia brokered by germany and france the swap is taking place at a checkpoint in the separatist wrong hold of done netsky. forces as separatists have been fighting in eastern ukraine since 2014 the conflict has claimed more than 13000 lives. russia and ukraine swap prisoners last september raising hopes of a wider settlement but fighting continues despite a cease fire agreement. a major prisoner exchange with russia i'm pro russian separatists in september it broke inmates harm and fostered hundreds of the war nice to meet crime could soon be ending it was an early victory for ukraine's new president followed him is a lengthy. middle morally we have agreed the 1st step to one block dialogue or not it is returning our soldier was probably a little prisoner's. to more than 5 years the ukrainian army has been fighting russian back separatists in the country's aced doors cost around 14000 lives and turned a keen duster region into a conflict saw in. efforts to stop the fighting have come to little when zelinsky was elected i

france germany and canada of interfering in its internal affairs. and security forces in iraq are enforcing a complete lockdown in the southern city of karbala checkpoints have been established people are being prevented from entering or leaving the city residents have been mourning a prominent activist who was shot dead late on sunday after attending protests. i was particular. in argentina supporters of the peronist party celebrating its return to power at a rally in bonn as many supporters dressed as eva peron the wife of the former president one pair on. a major force in politics since peron's presidency in the 1940 s. president elect alberto fernandez. on tuesday was at the march he spoke to supporters of the peronist party. we peronist social justice equality and an end to poverty unemployment and sovereignty above all. heaven fears. here indeed. there was a party here with people who were afraid about what's coming next in our. great economic growth. even when they meet. now france will host an international conference and result in the polit

welcome back on monday but it is a france germany russia and ukraine are meeting in paris to thrash out a road map to peace in eastern ukraine president vladimir putin will be arriving in the french capital in just a few hours now our correspondent. on what the former leader is a change to achieve. the bloody conflict in east ukraine between the pro russian breakaway republics of donetsk and lugansk and kiev has been sorted for years now there's only one crucial remark it's been sorted on paper the step by step peace plan is called the mids be green means and this came into being thanks to the efforts by the leaders of germany france ukraine and russia this quartet became known as the normandy for well during the 5 years of the existence of the peace plan and we've kept hearing from all kinds of politicians from east to west that the minsk agreements are the only way to go to support the implementation of the minsk agreement because the reason no alternative no plan b. exists but in my opinion this is the only way they can create a climate in ukrainian society where they were able to ma

the leaders of russia ukraine france and germany agree to implement a formal cease fire for eastern ukraine by the end of the year all to 6 hours of negotiations in paris. 4 years off the world stage the international anti doping agency shuts the door on team russia over what it said was moscow's tampering with a key doping database. and russia crisis foul saying it provided all the answers necessary in claims it's been ignored while the authorities plan to take the decision to sports highest close russian athletes claim the punishment is harsh and politicised. whether you're watching all 3 international i'm whereas on a low card thank you for joining us now the peace process for eastern ukraine is showing signs of a breakthrough with the cease fire and prisoner swap to take place by the end of this year the leaders of russia ukraine france and germany held 6 hours of talks in paris aimed at resolving the long running conflicts well for a bit more on this we can now across life to ati's course want to elaborate trenker who is in paris force india what could you tell us about the results fro

and in other news the leaders of russia ukraine france and germany have met in paris to agree on a peace road map for eastern ukraine president putin holds his 1st ever meeting with the leader of ukraine. great to have you with us this is r.t. to now. being. in with a key database of test results from russian athletes correspondent david while this press conference in those up. what are officials announcing a unilateral decision over a 4 year ban on russia taking part in major sporting events during that period meaning that russian athletes won't be able to compete and the ban over russia nor will they be able to fly the russian flag at those major events those major events could include tokyo 2020 and also the world athletics championships is also suggestion that this could impact the football world cup in 2022 russia will be able to host nor be able to bid for any major sporting events during that 4 year period russian officials won't be able to go in an official capacity to those games nor will officials in russia be able to sit on the boards of major sporting committees all boards du

all the trust national companies that are in you know country is you know france germany etc etc contributor they have a lot of as much power relationship i was the it's a muslim it is our eye which states and when the negotiates contracts on or on guys and maybe in the middle. part can you know to to be european companies and you know and this was back into the africans and it's a it's a question that is very complex and because this question is within the how these regimes were elected are they are here for good for the interests of the middle african or for their just for the group. i'm going to or not and it's kind of you know it's kind of rude questions because you know he was produced from afghan society. the good leadership there is very strong to be able to negotiate in his own interests and to fight again. despite what's between nation and they must be supported by the strong with the society but to have a strong team society you have to nurture it you have to educate people to have a free space and it's a kind of you know that brings me to my next question do you think that former

and other news the leaders of france germany russia and ukraine are in paris hoping to thrash out a road map to peace and eastern ukraine ever arrived at the it is a palace where the summit is taking place across live not to go in the french capital for us so india what do we expect from these talks. jacqueline hello there well it is a very big day inside the french presidential palace here in the french capital it's a very big day for europe very big day for ukraine because a lot is at stake i can tell you that just a short while ago right on the stairs we saw emmanuel macron while coming his guests from germany ukraine and russia the 1st one to arrive was england mark hold then it was flying embers a lansky and i can tell you that for a 2nd we weren't even sure if it was him because he arrived on the plane a rado mini van and the last of the 4 leaders to come here was putin an hour before that a group of feminine activists topless after this decided to try and spoil the david very quickly they were silenced by the french police and obviously nothing none of this is supposed to happen i

sure we don't pay anymore for prescription drugs then 120% that they do in australia, japan, france, germany, uk, countries which have comparable economies to our own. in addition to what happened this morning we will go to rules with the hr three legislation. >> you also have martha make sally in arizona and susan collins in maine. >> hello, glad to be part of your live performance. [laughter] okay. good afternoon everyone. main purpose today is to follow up on the letter i sent to leader mcconnell about the potential senate impeachment trial and rules for them. let's not forget that there are many other things the senate should be working on right now and this month we recognize the seventh anniversary of the sandy hook massacre in the seven years since that unthinkable tragedy america has experienced countless incidences of gun violence ranging from horrific mass shootings to the thousands of shootings that devastate communities every day. the senate has not even debated background checked legislation. the senate has not debated legislation to reduce the cost of healthcare, college educat

the normandy talks or the normandy form of talks that were in paris earlier this month that was france germany russia and ukraine the leaders met there following on their initial meeting in back in 2014 and now we had agreed that they would have this proof this prisoner exchange but of course there are a number of hurdles as well there there needs to be said that the ukrainians want to see their control over their border reinstated before their new elections for instance in the east and then also we have the interest of the united states and there are other other factors such as the north stream to project which which enter into maybe not directly influencing but it also is a part of the the generals the general situation so obviously this is a story that is still of international interest and as i say it still remains much to be discussed before we see a comprehensive peace davit stand in kiev for us all and that's what between ukrainian and russian backed separatist christmas thanks so much. well for example to tennis to golf sports fans are taking stock of the year gone by as they start to

in other news the meeting of leaders of france germany russia and ukraine has started in paris for the so-called normandy for talks there hoping to thrash out a road map to peace in eastern ukraine are trying to reports from the french capital. this monday is a very big day here at the palace in paris it's a very big day for europe a very big day for ukraine just a short while ago we saw the french president and manual macron welcoming his guests from ukraine russia and germany the 1st one to arrive was angle of merkel then it was full dimmers of the president and i'll tell you what we couldn't even understand if it was him for a moment because he came in on a plane run no minivan and the last of the 4 leaders to arrive was vladimir putin just an hour before that though a group of topless femen activists. there 2. now if you look at the schedule i can tell you that before the 4 leaders sit together in one room 1st a number of bilateral going to happen and the last element of the schedule will be the historic meeting of lattimer putin and. selenski now let me just break down why the num

the leaders of russia and ukraine are meeting in paris talks brokered by the leaders of france and germany are aimed at ending the 5 year conflict in eastern ukraine. the syrian activists say more than 800000 people have been displaced in rebel held province in just 24 hours syrian government and russian air strikes have intensified. 5 people have been killed and 8 others i'm missing after a volcanic eruption off new zealand eastern coast a minister just in order and says new zealanders as well as tourists from australia the u.s. u.k. china and malaysia are among those affected where a child's house will. rise as thousands of meters into the air is the white island volcano also known by its indigenous maori name for a car erupts it's 50 kilometers away but the toxic cloud of sulfur and chlorine can be seen from the mainland. 34 people managed to get off the island some in boats others including some of the injured by helicopter volcanic ash is now hampering rescue was attempts to get to the island 47 people went on to the oil and. we can never forget under so east. 31 currently in hospital

france and germany of war the un security council that iran is developing missiles capable of delivering nuclear bombs to say the missile program is inconsistent with the u.n. resolution underpinning the 2050 nuclear deal iran denies the allegations while said begg has more from tehran now on how the nuclear deal doesn't address iran's ballistic missile program. france germany and the united kingdom have written to the united nations general secretary citing 8 ballistic missile test footage of which emerged on social media now back in april they say the technology used in that and ballistic missile is capable of delivering nuclear weapons and that's why iran is in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal but here's the thing the j c p o a agreement that nuclear deal the 2015 nuclear deal does not address iran's ballistic missile program fact iran was very clear that they only want to concentrate on iran's nuclear program and it's one of the reasons the united states president donald trump has criticized the deal and one of the reasons he cited for pulling the united states out of that deal but

a room the political success of his party all together now you may wonder what's in it for france and germany at this time emanuel macron wants to cement his role as the senior peace broker in europe and you may say that angle of merkel right at the moment is busy sorting out issues at home however as i've said she was one of the people behind the minsk agreements one of the leaders and of course that's why for her it's very important it's a matter of pristine to maintain these agreements to revive them now when it comes to russia their commitments is something that could help restore trust in the west but i guess it is fair to say though that for moscow the status quo is better than any kind of step that's not carefully thought through so if you ask me if we're supposed to awaits any kind of surprise breakthroughs many experts have says that we shouldn't expect this to happen however the recent moves that kiev made under president for example under him we've seen a prisoner exchange between russia and ukraine and also along some parts of the front line in east ukraine haver e weaponry was mo

the leaders of russia ukraine france and germany agreed to implement a full $65.00 eastern ukraine by the end of the year to 6 hours of negotiations in paris. for years all through the world stage the international arms he says the agency shall see the door on russia over water says it was most tampering with a key doping database. russia price foul saying it provided all the answers necessary in claims it's been ignored while the authorities take the decision to support the highest paid russian athletes claim the punishment is a harsh and politicised. there's all the headlines on that fit for me to make errands i'll be here with you next hour to take you through the latest news from around the world and stay with us for close talk next here on the international. below and a welcome to cross talk were all things considered i'm peter lavelle 1st ukraine leaders from russia ukraine germany and france meet in paris to tackle ukraine's internal divisions are there reasons for optimism and impeachment are the democrats secretly scheming to have actually reelected. cross talking some real n

talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle 1st ukraine leaders from russia ukraine germany and france meet in paris to tackle ukraine's internal divisions are there reasons for optimism and impeachment are the democrats secretly scheming to have actually reelected. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at innocent me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander be curious he's a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com our gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let's go to london 1st alex we have. normandy format as they're calling it of course this is about the internal divisions and problems of ukraine the media falsely characterize it russia against the ukraine that's not it at all as a mystification from the media this is an internal ukrainian problem and outside powers are trying to help mediate it what is the normandy format it's called normandy for and where does it come from and what is it

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after 6 hours of talks in paris the leaders of russia ukraine france and germany agreed to implement a full ceasefire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year. and the new prime minister version of the classic tale snow white is released with a twist in the process we debate the trend of updating classic characters to make them more diverse and inclusive. this is political correctness god i say out for little girls everywhere prepare some of the young ladies for a reality feel that we don't push them into a cold hard world where they have to fend for themselves and there is no one there to face them on a whiteboard. you're watching r t international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 2 pm welcome to the program it's a moment of anger and frustration for russian sport after the country's flag was banned for 4 years from all major world tournaments the decision was made by the world anti-doping agency or water let me put in has expressed his support for russian athletes. because any more punishment must not be collective affecting people who have nothin

after 6 hours of talks in paris the leaders of russia ukraine france and germany agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year. and a new feminist version of the classic tale snow white is released with a twist of the plods we debate the trend of updating classic characters to make them more diverse and inclusive. this is political correctness god i say out for little girls everywhere let's prepare some of these young ladies for reality feel that we don't push them into a cold hard world where they have to been for themselves and there is no one there to save them and a white. very warm welcome to you you're watching artie international with me nikki aaron always we begin with the latest from the czech republic where 6 people have been killed in a shooting at a hospital that's according to the country's health ministry police deployed a helicopter and special units to locate a male suspect according to local reports the suspects vehicle was eventually tracked down the man took his own life as police began closing in on him we'll bring you more on this sto

after 6 hours of talks in paris the leaders of russia ukraine france and germany agree to implement a full steam spy in eastern ukraine by the end of the year. and the feminists version of the classic tell snow white is released with a twist in the plot we debate the trend of updating classic characters to make them more diverse and inclusive. this is political correctness of god i say out for little girls everywhere prepare some of the young lady for reality so that we don't push them into a pole hard world where they have to fend for themselves and there is no one there to save them on a white. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r t international with me thank you erin we begin with the latest from the czech republic where 6 people have been killed in a shooting at a hospital that's according to the country's health ministry now the shooter a male suspect remains at large security forces have deployed a helicopter and special units to locate him and the hospital has been evacuated we're going to be bringing you more on this developing situation as soon as we get it stay with

sure we don't pay anymore for prescription drugs then 120% that they do in australia, japan, france, germany, uk, countries which have comparable economies to our own. in addition to what happened this morning we will go to rules with the hr three legislation. >> you also have martha make sally in arizona and susan collins in maine. >> hello, glad to be part of your live performance. [laughter]

have been pressuring iran to stop pulling back from its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal france germany britain china and russia are trying to keep the deal from collapsing after the u.s. pulled out a prisoner at the met in vienna that didn't decide on whether to bring the case to the u.n. security council or whether to reimpose sanctions. algeria has held its 1st and only televised presidential debate before next week's election earlier tens of thousands of people held their last friday protest before the vote which they rejected as meaningless and the demonstrators say there were few to vote until there's a complete change of the ruling elite or smith reports. 5 men lined up for a television 1st in algeria i did paid between candidates in next week's presidential election all of them have either supported or served in the government of president abdelaziz bouteflika before he was forced to resign in april when confronted by mass protests. at the all former constitutions in algeria have served the heads of state but the constitution must serve the people while i will start an inclusive

why aren't germany, france, and other european countries helping ukraine more? they are the biggest beneficiaries. why is it always the good old united states? the radical left do nothing

you the media are not really watching what's going on with regard to the divisions between germany and france both within nato and in the you without the u.k. who normally plays a counterweight to those 2 in the you with them tied up with brics it that division is getting very bad as well and of course the u.k. involved in an election and because of brics it also has tensions with its european allies so it is i think now a place full of division in fact i describe the nato alliance right now as a multi dimensional mess james bass thank you very much indeed. situation in syria was on the agenda some nato leaders met the u.k. prime minister at his residence in downing street to paul brennan is there and joins us now so what do they come up with on syria. where many of the leaders will be returning here within the next hour you can hear valid compter of my head at the moment there's been a reception taking place at buckingham palace as you know and there was a meeting a kind of quadrilateral meeting between the leaders of britain france germany and turkey here at downing street mid-afternoon the

james so we heard a short while ago from germany's chancellor i'm going to merkel after i believe what was a meeting a 4 way meeting with turkey the u.k. france and germany on syria do we know what came out of those discussions we don't know but we do know the backdrop which is real disagreement and that came out very publicly from president macro earlier on when he was with president trump making it clear that he disagrees very much with turkey's position on syria saying that turkey regards people as terrorists who he says all the people that we've been fighting alongside so clearly there is a problem here and i think many of the nato allies are concerned we have an old situation now if you look at the history of the war the 8 year war in syria that right now turkey is pretty well aligned and has a pretty cordial relationship with russia now on syria and of course russia is on the side of the assad regime and on the a side of of iran those are not normal bedfellows for nato so there are problems real problems in the relationship between turkey and the rest of nato because out on the turkish 1st purchase of russian missile systems and you hav

following other news the leaders of russia ukraine france and germany have medical paris to agree on a peace road map to eastern ukraine and president putin holds his 1st ever meeting with the leader of ukraine.

obvious 6 hours of talks in paris the leaders of russia ukraine france and germany agree to implement a full cease fire in eastern ukraine by the end of the year. on the new feminist version of the classic tale snow white is released with a twist in the plods we debate the trend of dating classic characters to make them more diverse and inclusive. this is political correctness and god i say out for little girls everywhere love prepare some of the young ladies for reality so that we don't push them in poor cold hard world where they have to fend for themselves and there is no one there to save them on a white horse. very good morning to you it's 8 am here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me. our top story this hour it's a moment of anger and frustration for russian sports stars off of the country's flag was banned for 4 years from all the world's major tournament so the decision was made by the world anti-doping agency or wanda on team russia a devastated. why this collective responsibility 15 years old girls you know brilliant skaters synchronized swimmers who pre

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ukraine the meeting between vladimir putin and of autumn is lenski brokered by the leaders of france and germany is aimed at ending the 5 year conflict in eastern ukraine ukrainian officials say among the demands are lost in a cease fire in the region and the exchange of all prisoners. there's the headlines do stay with us and i was there if you can the stream is up next and i'll be back with more news after that thanks so much watching in a bit by fire. and you're in the stream today kicking off a weeklong look at the global impact of colonial colonialism and how does colonialism shape the wealth that we are living and what ways has it influenced your life so many of you have already answered that question with hashtags because colonialism and i'll be sharing your responses throughout the week so join our conversation on twitter or live on you tube ringback. ok my jaffery historian university of amsterdam and you are in. by the end.

both france germany and the united kingdom have written to the united nations general secretary citing a ballistic missile test footage of which emerged on social media now back in april they say the technology used in that ballistic missile is capable of delivering nuclear weapons and that's why iran is in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal but here's the thing the j.c. agreement that nuclear deal the 2015 nuclear deal does not address iran's ballistic missile program fact iran was very clear that they only want to concentrate on iran's nuclear program. and it's one of the reasons that united states president donald trump has criticized the deal and one of the reasons he cited for calling the united states out of that deal but what does address iran's ballistic missile program is the united nations resolution that endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal and that's what the europeans say iran is in violation of and so what has iran's response been. well. it has made the attack on the europeans he took to twitter he said it was. a miserable attempt to cover up their own incompetence is in relati