minister says he hopes the french do not party emmanuel macron's in favor of far right leader marine le pen. war in yemen continues. we look at the situation in the .rucial port city it is day two of the economic form in davos. the details with a movie critic on the w way. first, our top story. >> opposition supporters are set to go head-to-head in massive street protests. >> nicholas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power. he has maintntained his g grip f imprisoning anyone who dares to oppose him. we recognize thehe national assembly as the last vestige of democracacy. >> that cause the president to accuse the united states of who.g to forsasake >> today, the vice president of the united states broke all the rules of the game. posted, he was spitting while he was talking. he was drooling. this.es were moving like what had he smoked? we just don't know. >> crowds turned out against the decision to more than double the price of fuel. saysovernment in zimbabwe they are fighting off criticism. our correspondent has more. >> some activists are questioning the wisdom of this say

and i can tell you that marine le pen or other leaders in europe are selling illusions to the people, in the uk sold to the british people. and what is the result of that? less prosperity, lessjobs, less integration, less force of the european countries to face the challenges of the new technologies, and the rise of china, and the new situation in the us. that's a fact. and a final thought, which takes us back to the beginning. you refer to those european elections in may of this year. do you think, in your heart of hearts, that britain will still be a member of the european union in may 2019? we will see. it's possible. everything is possible now. bruno le maire, we have to end there, but i thank you very much for being on hardtalk. thank you, thank you.

he was accused of being patronizing while marine le pen called him an imposter.rotesters vests said they did not bother matching -- wanting the president's speech. >> did you listen? >> not at all. -- tune that did to in in were not impressed. >> we don't expect anything from him. it did not add anything to what he said made december. >> he is enthralled by money, by the rich, his speech was worth absolutely nothing. >> despite plunging popularity, he vowed to push for -- forward with his reform. the yellow vests have resolved to continue their movement into the new year. >> kim jong-un made his new year's address as well last night where he focused on nuclear talks that happened on standby since his histotoric meeting with president trump last june. he wants to have good relations with the u.s., but could change if washington keeps up its sanctions. starting off 2019 with warning. in his new year's address, north korean leader r kim jungle would -- kim jong-un said he is willing to meet with president trump at any time and threatened to take another pass. >> if

in france the le pen the years the yellow west you have in hungary or been and a lot of populism over there i think the entire issue of the margraf free of the refugees of migration has in a way preoccupied the policy the policy makers time and attention in europe and diverted attention from the growth and socially quickly boom objectives so all of those are right but history started much earlier and we have one learned one lesson from history openness helps millions of people all over the world have been elevated from poverty because of access to technologies form abroad to trade to education to knowledge openness is not just trade openness is a mindset mindset that says let's get the best from everywhere not only from what we produce and therefore since the storms do not happen exactly in the same time in all places it's a great privilege that when i have a challenge i can benefit from the prosperity of the other country through trade because when the next round comes they have a challenge they will benefit from the prosperity for my country so international trade and commerce. in s

really knows that in france there are movements of protest such as the you know various does marion le pen which is always very close a friend of him who is ready was hoping to capitalize and they want to be of a repressive anted in the next european parliament election and therefore they're using issues such as immigration which is a very sensitive issue over europe in order to kind of boost their case. was agreeing with you it's true that what needs to be dawn it's not to have a national nor. national or fights and you know we know that italy is a country which has taken the brunt of this illegal immigration of these people or the boat people are crossing the med the mediterranean in and they get italy because of the debris in the. impact which means that the country have to claim a tsunami the country where arrive that needs to be china and at european level but nobody most of the other countries don't want it must come to we should have a quota system you know that welcomed them so we know that it could be important to have that but the city should which at the moment is used purely as

french far right leader marine le pen wrongly claim to the treaty would impose german language and some french schools. and force paris to share its security council seat with berlin. while the german far right has accused michael. of quotes wanting to renovate his country with germany's money. false allegations that were strongly review by the french president. circuit gotta get to those who mobile iphone removed to spread lies format hurting our history. and the plo which they claim to the family stone that the phone call. with the may european elections looming merkel in mclean hope the often treaty can help rally voters behind their common vision. and quell the growing voices of pop. when this i'm joined from berlin by the us for so who's the director of the german council of foreign relations thanks very much for talking to us first of all very simply your reactionon to this treataty? well it's a largely symbolic act at a time where europe is challenged from within and from the outside. and in my view it reflects the import tool importance that both berlin and paris attached to the

that's also, marine le pen used this in her presidential campaign. it is openly said.in europe for thousands of years, for a thousand years, jews have not been attacked because of circumcision. why? because there were fewjews. how manyjews do we have in europe today? less than two million. how many muslims do you have today in europe? more than a0 million. they're much more visible. it is against them, wejews are the collateral damage. interesting that you put it in the historical context. throughout the interview, i have felt from you a consciousness notjust of the present but of the past in europe and what has happened tojews in the past. interesting that the former chief rabbi in britain, jonathan sacks, he said, you know, "in the middle ages, jews were persecuted because of their religion. in the 19th and 20th centuries, they were reviled because of their race. and today, in the 21st—century, jews are attacked because of the existence of their nationstate, israel." do you feel that israel has now become front and centre in ways in which people who have anti—semitic

marine le pen used this in her presidential campaign.sands years, for a thousand yea rs jews thousands years, for a thousand years jews have thousands years, for a thousand yearsjews have been attacked because of circumcision. why?, because of circumcision. why?, because there were a fewjews. how manyjews in europe today? 2 million. how many muslims? more than 40 million. again wejews are the collateral damage. interesting you put it in the historical context. throughout the interview i have fell from your consciousness notjust of the present bite of the past in europe and what has happened tojews in the past. interesting that the former chief rabbi in britain jonathan sacks said in the middle ages jews were persecuted jonathan sacks said in the middle agesjews were persecuted because of their religion, in the 19th and 20th centuries they were rishard because of their race, and today in the 21st—ce ntu ry of their race, and today in the 21st—century jews were of their race, and today in the 21st—centuryjews were attacked because of the e

a fresh political campaign for marine le pen.of assets, whether you are looking at fixed income, whether you are looking at currency, which asset is likely to best reflect europe's problems? >> the asset that stands out to me is the 10 year bund. an historic low level in yield. the banking sector will be a barometer on the economy and a barometer on the political news as it comes through. manus: thank you very much. fixedrain, the head of income at new investment management. -- newton investment management. the economy in italy and greece. what happens in 2019? is it going to be a push for additional -- we have seen it in france. it is going to be a fascinating year for the ecb and that bund market. paul brain does believe this year is going to be more about fiscal's than monetary policy. that's going to be an interesting dynamic in the bond markets when it comes to bunds, we have talked about how you should be short the 10 year. manus: yes, the op-ed is a cracking one. put a little bit into cash. we had coutts on the show saying

suddenly we are hearing a no-confidence vote in greece and in france.ine le pen there is a whole load of new political issues. people were concerned this would start weighing on the assets. havenk those europeans become so used to risks they don't matter until they start directing policy directly. a lot of it is quite noise in the short-term. i am more concerned about the fact the european growth continues to slow down. germany and italy are both looking very under pressure. i think overall the largest economies have slowed down. how you played against which currency will be very hard to say. i've got to ask you about the u.s. government shutdown. it is now the longest in modern history. has this had an effect on the markets? do you think is going to have an effect on market this afternoon when the u.s. opens up? >> it has not had too much affect yet. we are expecting it to have more effect this week. friday was when the first paycheck was missed for a lot of government employees. we're going to start seeing more absenteeism this week as workers take sick leave because they are not ge

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it wentt have le pen, from 1.08 to 1.24 in a few months, and with the italy story from 1.2421.13.us about the ecb. we got the numbers from europe. the ecb has a history of being very late to the game, at a time when they shouldn't be. summer of 2008, perfect example. anna: we talked a lot about politics last year. a little less about central banks may. interesting to see the deputy prime minister of italy, sal vini, say he's not trying to bring down the government of europe, which is reassuring. [laughter] the ecb, more of a window they might have to hike rates? we talked to peter chadwell of mizuho, who said they will somehow find that rate, get it a little closer to zero? simon: it's possible, definitely possible. will they get to zero? i don't think so, but that's telling. we could talk about the top of the rate cycle in europe, and we don't even get into positive territory. says it's much about where monetary policy has gone globally the last two decades. because if we do have a slowdown, there not much space. anna: if they managed to hike at that point, and talking about a re

hosea le pen tony alvarez continue as -- jose antonio meade's will continue as ceo -- alvarez will continues ceo. the institute of international finance saying that the debt to gdp ratio exceeding 318% in the third quarter of last year. death a fraction below the record 320% in the same .imeframe of 2016 > it's up 10% in the decade. global news 24 hours a day and on tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. francine? francine: thank you so much. that is a lot of news out there. we will get back, but now let's continue with brexit. theresa may's brexit your has suffered the greatest in feet for any government and modern u.k. history -- greatest defeat for any government in modern u.k. history. a third of her own party members voted against it. the historic defeat was quickly followed by jeremy corbyn: a no-confidence vote. theresa may is expected to survive that vote, which will be held in parliament later today. so what's next? joining us is income can smith -- iain duncan smith, a former german conservative party le

and organizations whether they are the rotary club or boy scouts of america and i have scout pens. le i have been a member of congress representing orange county. we must be loyal to these local people, these people that have legitimated us. that is our job. our job is to watch out for them, their interests. and one last note, and that is this. we look at the immigration issue. i would hope we do so with respect for each other and understanding that people have good hearts on both sides. but i know that in my heart, i know my main job right now and has been been for every member to watch out what is in the best interest of the american people. and those people who like to come here illegally, we provide for that. we have to make sure that the policies we set for immigration is what is in the interest of the people of the united states. and that, i want to say that i'm grateful that god has given me the opportunity and voters have given me the last 30 years to serve in the interest of the people of our country and if ideals that were put in place when they risked all in the american re

le pen is going on with macron with rioting.liament is in disarray as they continue to battle populist conservative movements who don't like open borders and don't like what is going on with the eu parliament overall. stuart: europeans gave the brits some more concessions lots of people would want to leave the european union and it would break up. liz: that is a good point. stuart: i think they have real trouble. we lost the triple-digit gain. susan: you know why? headlines crossing on u.s.-china trade. lighthizer, robert light highsers heading the u.s.-china trade talks, says he saw little progress in last week's talks with china on structural issues like ip protection. this is according to chuck grassily of the u.s. senate. grassley goes on to say lighthizer made positive comments to him about soybean purchases which is part of a mandate of a possible trade deal. they are set to meet in a couple weeks in d.c. we'll see what happens then. stuart: we're up 120. lighthizer make as comment. we're up only 50. now we're back up 60 o

alliance there is an -- was elected and the next day he said i wish that on the pen madam le of francek: it is a problem the minority of anti-europeans in the european parliament will influence them. which way it does is not clear. on the important key things of the important -- appointment, you see a return to coalition prices. back to braggs it, we understand according to the u.k. that the e.u. letter on the backstop assurances will be published shortly. theresa may spoke to angela merkel on the braggs that question. does it mean we could get concessions from germany, i.e. from europe? erik: my sense in berlin and wiggles is that there is room, not on fundamental things, but there is a fundamental view that britain is leaving and theresa may's deal is the best we can. tom: this is an important point because in the papers in london, there is this idea of get through the ugliness of tomorrow and toss it back to the e.u. does the e.u. wanted to catch the toss? leslie: it seems unlikely the e.u. will give at this point. this becomes looking to see where britain is going to go. we have se