that they would give more power to essentially elected institutions to the upper and lower houses of parliament for example before the president proposed to the prime minister and the cabinet to the duma the lower house of parliament and then the duma accepted that usually and now it's going to be the other way around so the duma will propose the prime minister and the cabinet of ministers and when it comes to the upper house of parliament they will suggest changes to the president on the judiciary and on the judiciary if it's seen s. as necessary and on the security services he also proposes giving more power to the state council which is made up of regional governors putin emphasized that russia won't be changing to a parliamentary republic it will still be a presidential system but it does seem that the parliament both houses of the parliament will get more power under these proposed changes so with. this referendum i think there were other things in there that seem to suggest that mr putin was extending russia's democracy. well essentially yes i mean he's proposing giving more power to elec

of parliament more power including the duma the lower house of parliament will in or could in the future have the power to appoint the prime minister and the cabinet and it seems that video of could disagree with the duma holding such power over the prime minister and emily who might replace the prime minister well we don't know at the moment yet putin has asked me to defend his government to be in charge of a kind of government for the transition period and medvedev will be building into the security council it seems and we're looking at all of this all this movement today what does this mean for vladimir putin's own future well the short answer to me is that we actually don't know but since putin came into power for his last term in 2018 there have been a lot of discussions about what will happen in 2024 when this current presidential term of letting their putin ends and this shake up some experts say are many experts say could be him kind of paving the way for a transition in power and some experts say that the fact that he talked about this big role for

a huge range of changes to the russian political system which give much more power to both houses of parliament including giving the lower house of parliament the duma the power to appoint the prime minister and the government so it could be that that has kind of connect won't upset made vegas and has maybe led to his resignation but that is just a theory at the moment that some russian experts are circulating are circulating online is it's too early to speculate about its placement for medvedev. i think it is this news is very fresh and as i said what we have heard is that maybe just may take on some sort of role in the security council but at the moment we don't know much more. of a show in moscow thank you for the race to decide which democrat will challenge donald trump for the u.s. presidency this year is heating up former vice president joe biden and sentences of bernie sanders on the lisbon war who were amongst the top 6 candidates for 2 parts of the t.v. debate on tuesday night it was the last debate before the democratic primary season begins in 3 weeks post suggests the race will be t

britain officially leaves the european union, pro—eu protestors have gathered outside the houses of parliamentill be a pro—brexit rally on friday. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start with the japan times, which leads with chinese tourists being shunned amid coronavirus fears. it reports that, along with flights from china being suspended, schools in europe have uninvited exchange students and restaurants in south korea have turned away chinese customers. the straits times reports that singaporean households will receive four free surgical masks to help contain the spread of the virus. authorities are responding to a recent wave of panic buying. the paper quotes a minister saying you only need to wear a mask if you are unwell and need to see a doctor. and the philippine star reports on the first case of coronavirus in the country. the person infected is a 38—year—old female chinese tourist from wuhan city, the epicentre of the virus, and is now confined in a government hospital. let's get more on our top story. italy is the latest country to confirm it has diag

happens to be the speaker of the lower house of parliament his name is he has actually highlighted the fact that the situation in state hospitals is not good enough and that this peak in december of 100 babies dying in court resembles the horrific nature of previous medical disasters we've heard about in malda between 20112038 in west bengal where nearly 320 babies died and then also in. 2017 where oxygen tanks were empty leading towards the neonatal department led to the deaths of $63.00 babies these public outcry about why the state health system is in such distress is ongoing debate the health minister. has said that he wants an inquiry or will assist the state of raja start in anything that it needs and of course we wait and see what the outcome of that help will be all of any inquiry into why so many babies have died in southeastern rajastan. at least 4 people have died following attacks on a refugee camp in sudan's west darfur region a u.n. spokesperson says arab tribesmen arrived at the camp and started shooting killing and burning it's the latest incident in a wave of ethnic vi

russia has confirmed a new prime minister after the lower house of parliament approved lattimer putin's choice for the job and of the president formally appointed him. and was head of the country's federal tax service he was put forward as putin's choice for prime minister after him to give and his entire government resigned on wednesday in a state of the nation address president putin had called for political reform giving more power to the parliament there's speculation that putin will take on a new role when his current presidential term ends in 2024 if you are going to go to them and when is standing by for us in moscow with more high amily so as we saw there michigan has been confirmed as our prime minister but this was largely expected wasn't. well absolutely putin had kind of suggested him as a candidate yesterday the duma had to approve that suggestion today and that approval is essentially a mere formality today. candidacy or passed with a huge majority in fact no one voted against him there was some of stench and it's interesting now however to see what the cabinet will be tha

should shifting the power to appoint the prime minister and the whole government to the lower house of parliament. according to the constitution of the russian federation the president needs only the state duma's consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet. and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government's chairman. the other piece of news after washington's assassination of iran's top general america's top diplomat now says it's all part of a new did terrorism strategy with warnings from russia and china to. live from the arts international world. you sent this wednesday 15th of january welcome to the update with me kevin i am there's one big bit of breaking news you see on the screen russia's prime minister dmitri medvedev has announced that the government has resigned this up a few hours ago it comes after president vladimir putin suggested changes before but to the constitution which will give parliament greater powers to appoint a prime minister roof an option is in the shooter she's been acros

berlin on sunday some union thank you russia has a new prime minister lawmakers in the lower house of parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of president putin's pick because mitchell still who was head of the federal tax service it comes just a day after the surprise resignation of dmitri medvedev and his entire cabinet the confirmation follows president putin state of the nation address in which he called for political reforms that people are speculating could be setting him up him up as leader for life. he's little known even within russia now. formally the head of the country's tax service has become russia's prime minister the. lawmakers overwhelmingly backed russian president vladimir putin's candidate for the job to no one's surprise addressing the duma misused and promised change. the president has stressed several times people should already now be feeling real changes for the better so fabius is happening far from everywhere. it's a rapid rise for the career bureaucrat elevated to the country's number 2 position less than 24 hours after russia's government resigned that paves the way

goodbye to 2019 with the display from the london eye of locking up the thames river and the houses of parliament while been told. in a strategy of growing fears for residents and tourists in several coastal towns who are now trapped by raging bush files 3 people have been confirmed dead in the last 24 hours killed while trying to save their homes sheltering on beaches the navy has been called up for a possible brisky mission. stranded by the sea side. of tourists and locals being held hostage by raging wildfire in the town. it's too late to leave so they can do is wait along the beach for help to come. along. and. across the region have made the difficult decision to stay behind. on their own. as the. temperatures on tuesday. in some places the places are so intense the thick smoke turnkey tonight and aerial reconnaissance and water bombing have to be hold it the fire so causing dry lightning storms that themselves are starting fires. when fawaz arkwright in there on with them have. superhot columns that go up to 131415 kilometers in the it's not saif then there is obviously the the very common

britain officially leaves the european union, pro—eu protestors have gathered outside the houses of parliamentn london. it's expected there'll be a pro—brexit rally in london on friday. and this video is trending on bbc.com... remember president trump promising what he described as an "big, impenetrable, beautiful" wall on america's southern border? well high winds have blown over this section near the californian town of calexico. it's thought the concrete hadn't had time to set. that's all. stay with bbc world news. more on our web site bbc.co.uk/news and the news app. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. the coronavirus is declared a global health emergency as china struggled to contain the outbreak. could the economic impact be worse than sars? questions remain about where next for the uk global trading relationships after brexit. welcome. we begin with the coronavirus which of the world health organization has declared a global health emergency. data released into the la sele indicates factory activity in china has stalled effectively meaning there was zero growth i

automatically mean that the government would have to resign to the point when the lower house of the russian parliament approved the candidacy of me helm issue stand as the new prime minister so we had 383 votes in favor some 40 abstentions and 0 people again so this is the outcome of the vote in the russian state duma and right before this voting kicked off the new prime minister gave a speech and clearly it was full of promises so let's listen to some of the things that this man promised the country. produced in my can do up to a lie to ensure you that all members of the new government will carry personal responsibility for achieving national goals i know that some talks in this room commute very hard and intensive and i believe it's very important that the government feels that it would always be question to monitor it remains open and constructive critics help us improve and do the members of parliament give us regional feedback you know what they think what people talk about how their sense the situations and whether they think that there are changes needed for the past which. if we look back at t

today, the lower house of parliament approved by americans choice for the job and the president formallyppointed him. he was the head of the country's tax service. he was put forward as vladimir putin's c choice afafter the ene govevernment resignened on wednesday. in his state of the union address yesterday, president putin for reform that would give more power to the parliament. there is speculation now the vladimir putin will take o on a new role when his current presidential term ends in 2024. pakistan's prime minister -- pakistan is working to prevent relations between the two countries from getting worse. >> in a wide-ranging interview with dw's editor in chief, he spelled out his position on two places currently experiencing significant turmoil. pakistan's neighbor, ron is vying for influence was saudi arabia. tensions have been simmering for years. the assassination of the top commander by the u.s. brought the range -- region to the break of conflict. >> we live in a tough neighborhood. we have issues, a balancing act because we have for instance saudi arabia which is one of saud

this is the news these are our top stories russia has a new prime minister after the lower house of parliament approved a lot of choice for the job the whole government resigned unexpectedly yesterday paving the way for president putin to begin implementing sweeping constitutional changes and speculation that he's seeking a new role for when his term ends in 2024. germany's parliament has rejected controversial legislation aimed at helping people who need organ donations the proposal would have assumed the consent of people to their organs are being transplanted after death unless they signed a declaration stating otherwise. u.s. house democrats have delivered before articles of impeachment against president trump to the senate and the trial is due to begin on tuesday it will be only the 3rd presidential impeachment trial in u.s. history. and heavy rain has brought belief to southeastern australia after weeks of bush fires raging out of control but warned that the downfall could trigger flash flooding it comes as scientists predict that more extreme weather events are likely after the warmest

responded to a call by the cleric matata al assad a he controls the largest bloc in the log house of parliament earlier this month m.p.'s passed a bill asking foreign forces to leave was in response to the killing of the top iranian general custom sum of money and a u.s. drone strike in baghdad's airport range of muslims are welcoming a unanimous ruling from the international court of justice it ordered me to take quote all possible measures to prevent genocide against rohingya who remain in the country the un's top court also ordered the government to preserve all evidence for potential trial says it's taken note of the ruling u.s. democrats have made the case for what they call president donald trump's dangerous abuse of power the log you for the 2nd article of impeachment obstruction of congress when the trial reconvenes late friday donald trump says that he will release his peace plan for israel and palestine by tuesday israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and rival benny gantz a deal in washington next week on a stone eons of already rejected trump's so-called deal of the century a p

to today after all those sweeping changes gives much more power to the duma and to the upper house of parliament as well and the duma in the future will be kind of appointing the prime minister and the government which previously the president did so it may be that. was kind of showing his disagreement with with those changes specifically regarding his role a lot of speculation about what all of this means why do you think we're seeing this move. well this is of course part of a huge kind of shake up that putin and nouns today as i mentioned he strengthened the. parliament the upper and the lower house he also of strengthened the regions the governors in the regions across russia and all this i think sumi can be seen as kind of putin preparing the ground for the transition of the transition after he finishes this next presidential term which is happening in 2024 since putin basically came to power in this term in 28000 experts have been discussion discussing what's going to happen he will be 71 years old in 2024 and people say that he can't serve as president anymore for a 3rd term according to

it was and a new deal was presented, and that is making its passage through both houses of parliament of the withdrawal agreement by the end of this month. yes, we are confident that we have the resources in place and people in place and we will continue to work across government, including consulting with key sectors to ensure the arrangements that need to be in place by the end of the year are in place. you'll remember that this time last year, the government was frantically trying and failing to scrape together enough backing for the eu withdrawal agreement bill. but although that's a distant memory for this conservative administration, it still has to secure parliamentary approval for the legislation. brexit secretary stephen barclay opened the first of three days of detailed scrutiny. the committee stage debate with a focus on the implementation of the bill. this bill implements the withdrawal agreement negotiated by the prime minister. it fulfils the will of the british people and will set the stage for our bright future outside of the european union. it lets us take back contro

house of representatives was formed. but many members of the d.n.c. refused to recognize the authority of the new parliament libyans found themselves with 2 competing authorities the house of representatives based in tobruk and the t.n.c. based in tripoli. the east west divide soon developed into a full blown military confrontation when renegade general backed by the house of representatives launched operation dignity accusing the triplett based government of being affiliated with what he described as bullish as with extremist agendas. as fighting flared into 1015 the un stepped in brokering a power sharing agreement. the deal signed in morocco stablished a government of national accord which was indorsed by the u.n. and international community as libya's legitimate government. but 2 years ago hopes to and the political divide suffered another setback when the mandate of the jenae and archrivals. prime minister of the tripoli based d.n.a. and. had several meetings but failed to overcome their differences. in april helped ordered his so-called national liberation army took up chose the capital after making i

capital the fog with the display from the london odd lighting up the thames river and the houses of parliament revelers here have been waiting hours to get the best spot by the border to welcome in london famous chimes of big big bang in the new year a minute ago for the 1st time in 2 years the big. other cities across the globe have also been putting on spectacular shows to welcome the new year and the 2020s new zealand was one of the 1st to see in the new decade with a fireworks extravaganza in auckland shortly afterwards it was taiwan's one o one talent in taipei which was lit up in front of cheering crowds. north korea also put on a show thousands of people gathered in pyongyang to see the new year in. also due by the world's tallest building the burj khalifa was the center of celebrations in the huey. and also in moscow russians were treated to fireworks lighting up the sky above red squid. well ahead of the new year's celebrations we sent our correspondents out to ask people in a number of cities about their hopes and wishes for the new year. i hope hong kong will become. hong kong has a

would be offered to met better job under the proposed reforms of the state duma russia's lower house of parliament will be given the authority today in the prime minister and the rest of their cabinet the process will not go into effect until after a referendum from the russian people the kremlin said today that president putin met with the head of the federal tax service mikhail mistrust and and offered him the role of prime minister which he has accepted so we're going to bring in bring back a presser richard wolffe right now host of economic update back in to break this all down a professor wolf what do you make of this resignation of the russian government or what are we seeing here. well i think we are seeing an adjustment inside russia to the new and different global situation that they face they want to make some changes economically they have done really quite well they are looking at exports of energy to western europe far larger and more lucrative than what they had as little as a few years ago all their strategy which in part they chose in part was full forced on them did not depend rus

appreciate your insights tonight thank you russia has a new prime minister today the lower house of parliament approved president vladimir putin's choice for the job and the president formally appointed him he's mikhail and he was head of the country's federal tax service a technocrat if you will he was put forward as putin's choice for prime minister after dmitri medvedev and his entire government resigned in mass on wednesday and his state of the union address yesterday president putin called for political reform that would give more power to the country's parliament there's speculation how that putin will take on a new role when his current presidential term ends in 2024 remain in power. pakistan's prime minister iran cotton has told d.w. news that military conflict between saudi arabia and iran would be disastrous for his country and says that pakistan is working to prevent relations between the 2 countries from getting worse in an exclusive interview with g.w. khan explain what his country is doing to ease those tensions. in the wide ranging interview with d w editor in chief eunice pull

britain officially leaves the european union, pro—eu protestors have gathered outside the houses of parliamentn london. it's expected there'll be a pro—brexit rally in london on friday. and this video is trending on bbc.com. remember president trump promising what he described as a "big, impenetrable, beautiful" wall on america's southern border? well, high winds have blown over this section near the californian town of calexico. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. britain is about to make history by leaving the european union. it's a historic fork in the road, for the uk and maybe europe too. many on both sides didn't think it would come to this, even after the brexit referendum of 2016, but it has. my guest here today in luxembourg is jean—claude juncker, president of the european commission through the brexit drama. what will brexit mean for britain and the european project? jean—claude juncker, welcome to hardtalk. yeah, hi, my pleasure. what will your emotions be, you think, on that moment brexit formally

as restoration work goes on to the outside of britain's houses of parliament a comprehensive renewal has taken place inside boris johnson's landslide election victory means legislation for the u.k.'s long awaited withdrawal from the european union is well on its way to being approved that leaves ratification by the e.u. parliament to allow breaks it to happen at the end of january with a transition period to follow meaning little change on the ground until at least the end of next year for governments in and after years of tough often acrimonious negotiations it is possible that 2020 will see britain's exit from the european union become law but don't expect that to be the end of the briggs's pain through here in brussels due renewal to inside e.u. institutions new commission president. says she's keen to preserve good relations with the united kingdom in negotiations to come over the future relationship but ill you interests will always come 1st and i think the danger in terms of relations is that again things get pretty tense between the 2 sides with the pressure from the u.k. side

got his court reforms through the lower house of parliament where his lord justice party has a majority that's attracted strong warnings from the european union about the separation of powers and rebuttals by lord justice every member state has its right to decide about the judiciary system some part of the judiciary system wanted to question the right of other judges to work we cannot allow that because this protest very justice system in the culture of the countries independent ombudsman the possible implications a serious 1st was this month when the independence of the of the trial court and right now we are much further and the concert hall called is not an organ that could provide a proper judicial review of that kind of legislation so so different barriers have been eliminated before and now they are used to suppress freedom they are used to suppress judges many judges here in poland have already face disciplinary measures because of their activism but they're not prepared to stop their campaign to inform the public and to oppose the new legislation the build may well be rejected

suggested shifting the power to appoint the prime minister and the whole government to the lower house of parliament. she was your sister and you according to the constitution of the russian federation the president appoints the cabinet and all of the ministers high praise shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian government cham. these are across the up to washington's assassination of iran's top general america's top diplomat says it's all part of a new to terence strategy with warnings from russia china to. get out today never a dull moment in news is this breaking news story thanks for watching out international by the way it just came in the last few minutes russia's prime minister dmitri medvedev has announced that the government has resigned it comes after russian president vladimir putin that earlier suggested changes to the constitution in an address he made to lawmakers there was a shared. you'll think that on pretty quickly maria from austin is in the studio with this group called a source like bebo surprise this one has nothing to alarming the government

to the lower house of parliament . according to the constitution of the russian federation the president appoints the cap.

only want to 2nd time in power last year but the opposition now has a majority in the upper house of parliament as a political debate heats up the battle for control of poland's cultural space is also underway let me bother a force. in the cold night in good danskin thousands of people pay tribute to their form a man. who'd campaign for the rights of migrants was murdered on stage at this very event a year ago. this year's fundraiser here part of a national charity drive raising money for hospital equipment was dedicated to him . it used to be shown live on public television since 2017 it's only been carried by a private channel. this event's been going for nearly 3 decades but in recent years it's become controversial for some people here and it's just one example of the culture wars being waged between liberals and conservatives. the head of one regional councils actually refused to take part in this year's fundraiser claiming the event had become political this year was supposed to be an owner to my husband who was murdered i asked a dime of which is widow now a center left member of the eur

arrests of thousands of people across the country since the legislation 1st entered the no house of parliament. the prime minister is expected to travel to the eastern city of calcutta on saturday where anti-government demonstrations have already begun students plan to block major roads from the airport in protest against the citizenship and then tacked as well as government officials to increase university fees so raman is in calcutta with the protesters. heads of thousands of people have gathered here very close to the mount like gandhi monument in calcutta in west bengal to show their discontent with the citizenship and member act i don't think i've ever seen crowds like this other than at a general election campaign a beside civil society and across community representation regarding the rebel areas of religions where you have a civil society leaders and religious leaders who are making their speeches to the assembled crowd they want the government to understand that the citizenship amendment act is illegal and unconstitutional and doesn't fit in with the secular nature of it and that's th

now people are responding to a call by cleric that he controls the largest bloc in the lower house of parliament but earlier this month m.p.'s passed a bill asking foreign forces to leave that was in reaction to the killing of the top 2 raimi in general are some sort of money in a u.s. drone strike near baghdad airport among conjoint us live now from baghdad they were calling for a 1000000 men to come out and join this friday i'll be getting those numbers. difficult to say but let me just show you just one part of the crowd in just one part of the city there are huge numbers certainly larger numbers than i've seen in a very long time in the capital baghdad and it's not just head people are streaming in from streets all around here throughout the morning i've actually been walking around and there are thousands of people out on the streets people have come in from all over the south from various different provinces they've come in they've been bussed in to join this march and even in the early hours of this morning we still got people gathering but it almost doesn't matter whether. as a 1000000 o

the queen signed it into law yesterday, after it passed both houses of parliament. expected to back the agreement. huge numbers of people have been marching in the streets of baghdad, as they demanded that all us troops be expelled from iraq. tensions have been heightened by the american military‘s recent assassination of the iranian general qasem soleimani in baghdad. our middle east correspondent, martin patience, is there. he sent is the latest update. well, this was a dramatic show of force here in the iraqi capital, baghdad, and it was a stark warning to america that it can no longer take anything for granted in the country. the us assassination of iran's top military commander, qasem soleimani, at baghdad airport, changed the dynamics here — dangerously so — and iraq now finds itself the battleground between america and iran. and as we heard on the streets today, with the supporters of muqtada al—sadr, they simply don't want that. they want american forces to immediately leave the country. the protest was peaceful, but what you have to remember is that fighters

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suggested shifting the power to appoint the prime minister and the whole government to the lower house of parliament. to substitute according to the constitution of the russian federation the president appoints the cabinet and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also with the approval of the russian government chairman. also the top leaders of the washington nation of iran's top general the ramifications of that will now america's top diplomat says it's all part of a new did terran strategy with warnings for russia and china plus. unity classified papers revealed the reuters news a.

0ur deputy political editor john pienaar is in the houses of parliament for us this evening.secretary there saying the government's priority is to de—escalate the situation but there's a limit to what the government here can actually do. that's right, fiona. the uncomfortable truth is that coursing the case for restraint is about the extent of the british ministers power to influence events in the crisis, whether it is in a house, or whether like the foreign secretary had involve talking to counterparts, 01’ had involve talking to counterparts, or borisjohnson, had involve talking to counterparts, or boris johnson, who had involve talking to counterparts, or borisjohnson, who has been in contact with president trump and the iraqi leadership, among others. but he has not been speaking publicly on behalf of the government. his absence in the house of commons earlier on today was conspicuous. i doubt he will mind too much being told about that by his defeated labour rival today. but it is worth pointing out that past prime ministers have chosen to lead the line at moments of cri

a wave of concern in both houses of parliament that the chinese tech company huawei being granted a role in building the uk's future 5g mobile communications network. ministers are expected to decide on tuesday whether to ban huawei from the network. the us is lobbying the uk to exclude it on the grounds of national security. huawei insists it would never take orders from the chinese government. the prime minister is chairing a meeting at the national security council at which the decision would be made. the secretary told the lords that the uk would never take the decision to threaten our national security. the security and resilience of the uk telecoms network is of paramount importance. the uk has one of the most dynamic digital economies and we welcome open trade and inward investment. but our economy can only prosper when we and international partners are assured our national infrastructure remain safe and secure. lady morgan was repeating an answer to an urgent question that had been asked in the commons, where mps were sceptical to say the least, about the prospect of huawei being

as restoration work goes on to the outside of britain's houses of parliament a comprehensive renewal has taken place inside boris johnson's landslide election victory means legislation for the u.k.'s long awaited withdrawal from the european union is well on its way to being approved that leaves ratification by the e.u. parliament to allow brics it to happen at the end of january with a transition period to follow meaning little change on the ground until at least the end of next year for governments in and after years of tough often acrimonious negotiations it is possible the 2020 will see britain's exit from the european union become law but don't expect that to be the end of the briggs's pain through here in brussels due renewal to inside e.u. institutions new commission president. says she's keen to preserve good relations with the united kingdom in negotiations to come over the future relationship but ill you interests will always come 1st and i think the danger in terms of relations is that again things get pretty tense between the 2 sides with the pressure from the u.k. side t