— the liberal democrats — from the merger between the liberal partyats. it was difficult indeed. i think he described it, we were at that point an asterisk in the opinion polls. and gradually, he built up the strength of the party in the decade. we progressed through by—elections, through growing influence, and we had a really successful period in the late 1990s when all of this hard work on leadership produced good results. ithink, actually, you have to go back before his leadership of the party. he served as an example about how politics is done. he started from virtually nothing in yeovil, he was unemployed for a while, did all kinds of interesting jobs similar call community, he was a youth worker, fought his way up from nothing to becoming an mp, and that set an example about how the rest of us should campaign. he was a terrific role model for campaigning politician. and listening to the tributes coming into him this evening, one is struck by the number of times people have talked about his honesty, his integrity, and his very strongly held princ

, this merged party between the liberals and the social democrats,he time. it was difficult indeed. i think he described it, we were at that point an asterisk in the opinion polls. and gradually, he built up the strength of the party in the decade. we progressed through by—elections, through growing influence, and we had a really successful period in the late 1990s when all of this hard work on leadership produced good results. i think, actually, you have to go back before his leadership of the party. he served as an example about how politics is done. he started from virtually nothing in yeovil, he was unemployed for a while, did all kinds of interesting things —— jobs similar call community, he was a youth worker, fought his way up from nothing to becoming an mp, and that set an example about how the rest of us set an example about how the rest of us should campaign. he was a terrific role model for campaigning politician. and listening to the tributes coming into him this evening, what —— one is struck by the number of times people have talked abo

merged party between the liberals and social democrats.t indeed. i think he described it, we were at that point and make * in the opinion polls and we didn't count —— we were an* polls and we didn't count —— we were an *. we progressed through by—elections, growing influence, and we had a very successful period in the late 90s when all of his hard work and leadership produced good results. i think actually you have to go back before his leadership of the party. he served an example about how politics is done. he started from virtually nothing in yeoville, where he was unemployed for a while, doing interesting jobs in the local community. a youth worker, fighting his way up from nothing to becoming their mp. that certain example about how we, the rest of us, should campaign. he served as a terrific role model for campaigning politicians. listening to the tributes coming into him this evening, one is really struck by the number of times people have talked about his honesty, his integrity and strongly held principles. yes, indeed. i think mor

let's return to our main story this evening, the death of the former leader of the liberal democrat partyid steel was leader of the liberal democrats until paddy took over in 1988. we spoke to lord steel this evening who paid his respects. well, it has come as a great shot, even though i knew he was very ill, because his whole image was one of an action man. he seemed indestructible. it is what i think makes his death seem so khrul. i immediately wanted to convey his —— my condolences to jane and the children. —— cruel. it is a terribly sad day for the liberal democrats. he was the first leader who lifted the party more than just a handful of seats, which joe the party more than just a handful of seats, whichjoe cremin, jeremy thorpe and i had ever seen, he rose it up to bea thorpe and i had ever seen, he rose it up to be a really influential party in parliament. he did this at a time of some political upheaval, because he was the first leader of the party that emerged the liberal party with the social democrats. that is right. he took over after the merger. it wasn't an easy time. it was

be so now in the united states if if they have one party state it's going to be the liberal party ofnational security and they will go off to the russian ambassador people talking to russian ambassadors they will go after internet companies in st petersburg which presumably have facebook accounts in the united states they will go after i don't know after julian assange sittin in there or an embassy in london this will be a mixture of liberal party and national security resistance nomenclature one of. those gentlemen thank you for answering questions from our viewers that's all the time we have many thanks to my guests here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here or to see you next time and remember crossfire. seemed wrong. wrong just don't call. me if you get to shape out this day become educated and engage with equals betrayal. when something find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. my son doing drugs my nephews was still in drugs my sister just with doing drugs it was like an epidemic of drug abuse america's public enemy number one in the u

be so now in the united states if they have one party state it's going to be liberal party of national security and they will go off to the russian ambassador people talking to russian about so that they will go off to internet companies seen st petersburg which presumably have facebook accounts in the united states they will go after i don't know after julian assange sitting in that court or an embassy in london this will be a mixture of liberal party and national security resistance. and those not know gentlemen thank you for answering questions from our viewers that's all the time we have many thanks to my guests here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here or to see you next time and remember. no one's ever known one has ever had and never even heard about. you know world big partisan movie is a lot of things and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the path and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time

be so now in the united states if if they have one party state it's going to be the liberal party of national security and they will go off to the russian ambassador people talking to russian about so that they will go after internet companies in st petersburg which presumably have facebook accounts in the united states they will go after i don't know after julian assange sittin in there or an embassy in london this will be a mixture of liberal party and national security resistance no one culture one of. those alone that no gentleman thank you for answering questions from our viewers that's all the time we have many thanks to my guests here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t. see you next time and remember. when our mind when the content of our mind he's changed there are easy outs to ration up the level of the physiology that is at the level of the brain the brain as a form of plasticity can rewire itself and not just the brain but also the rest of the body responds. i've been saying the numbers mean they matter the u.s. is over one trillion dollars in

be so not only the united states if they have one party state it's going to be the liberal party of national security and they will go off to the russian ambassador people talking to russian about so that they will go off to internet companies in st peters book which presumably have facebook accounts in the united states they will go off i don't know after jordan our son seated in that court or an embassy in london this will be a mixture of liberal party and national security resistance. and those not know gentlemen thank you for answering questions from our viewers that's all the time we have many thanks to my guests here in moscow and thanks to our viewers for watching us here darkie see you next time and remember. that comes equal russia no one has ever known one has ever had and never even heard about most school. you know when it's galaad crazy things gone a lot of people yell. twitter rising and somebody pops up with something really insightful really interesting. will say you will be in the. last year's does do you know that was what gave she does it with the people most of us are not

dem leader tim farron said lord ashdown had "saved and revived the liberal democrats at their lowest ebb" and current leader of the partyeclared it a "hugely sad day" for the liberal democrats, and said many members of the public had "immense affection and respect" for him. we hope to speak to sir vince cable shortly. let's get more on this from our political reporterjessica parker. jessica, he was very much the action man of british politics. yes. seen asa man of british politics. yes. seen as a very dynamic presence in british politics and someone who had a major impact on political life in the country, not least of all turning the liberal democrats into a significant electoral force. also seen significant electoral force. also seen as significant electoral force. also seen as somebody who could really reach across the political divide. that has been reflected in some of the tributes we have seen to him over the past 12 hours, including from sirjohn major, the former conservative prime minister. this is what he said. of course, many will be extremely saddened by the news that broke last night. some will be shocked. it

party it is the green side of politics, it has destroyed their version of the sdp, the economic liberal party a new leader, and they have this difficult decision of how do you fend off the afd without pandering to their ideas? if you do that, do you not risk alienating the other side as well? is not going to be an easy place to inhabit. let's look at the mail, something lots of us were affected by yesterday. 87p, that's how customers hit by mobile issues will be awarded in compensation. you will barely notice that. you weren't affected, you had to keep answering your phone. i'm going to take this very contrary view on this. what 02 are giving is they are giving compensation for two days loss of service, which amounts to... it struck me, we forget how extraordinarily cheap mobile phones are and now we literally pay for a service that gives us phone calls, the internet, apps... that is really, really good value.|j the internet, apps... that is really, really good value. i don't think it's a bad deal!|j really, really good value. i don't think it's a bad deal! i was affected and it surprised me

katie for every conservative in germany it is clear that the cd you want to become a pua left liberal party so did we don't have competition on the conservative side any more so today's choice will give new competition on the less liberal side of the political spectrum but it would give all the conservative part of germany forty or fifty that means say of evil probably come over twenty percent in the european election in may two thousand and eighteen my time do you think have policies will defend that much time markel know nothing. it will be as smooth as continuation and that's the point merkel has moved has shifted to christian democrats and their area very much to whatsoever. and there are many conservative minded people within the city you know and what and the people who voted for c.d.u. that had the silent hope that after a miracle sings would come back and so devoted c.d.u. all duty around not satisfied with merkel's policy. and for today's decision dos people know that there is no shift going to see you over continue the same style as merkel you are seeing and desa stats of fundamen

i spoke to mr chamorro, he's involed in opposition politics, there's the independent liberal party, there'sagua. and he would agree with me that traditional political parties have their hands tied, and therefore civil society has been forced to take an active role in the opposition, not because that is our role but because there are no other chances. we are just a voice because the political system in nicaragua has been closed for years. let me get a little bit personal. do you think, if we look to nicaragua's future, that you, talked about now as one of the key leaders of the general opposition movement, can you have credibility in your country when you are so closely associated with the united states? i mean, here we sit in washington today. but, because of your past, the fact that, as a child, you left nicaragua. your mother sent you as an illegal immigrant, to start with, into the us, you were raised and educated in the us, then you went home again, then you got a degree at harvard. you have many friends and a network in the united states. to some in nicaragua, that makes you deeply sus

. >> australia's governing liberal party has changed its internal rules to avoid a coup. proved a mechanism requiring a two thirds vote of party lawmakers to trigger a leadership challenge. the opposition labor party adopted a similar role after its own series of leadership changes. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. name and manus -- nejra and manus? manus: italy's budget fight with the eu is not over yet. premier has deputy hit out again at the eu, saying that he wants to save the bloc from the verge of destruction. area finance ministers called on italy to take the necessary steps to be compliant with eu rules. joining us from brussels is our reporter, maria tadeo, on the ground. talk me through the italian .udgets that, -- spat are we anywhere close to cuts of told billion euros -- 12 billion euros? >> i think it is interesting the lvinints we got from sa yesterday night. he did say the european union could be on the verge of destroying itself and he wants to make a contribution to save it. he has

for every conservative in germany it is clear to see the you want to become you are left liberal party but it will give what a conservative cause germany for the. evil. probably come over twenty percent in the european election in may two thousand and two to see that you have a continue the same style as noted the steps to fundamental change that action that brought. no one. to silent to deceive you comes a conservative party so there is just one remaining conservative party in germany and. at last a competitor. from a jihadist mastermind and bomb maker to m i six double agent on the frontline a mundane spent almost a decade campaign with al-qaeda switching sides to become a british intelligence by r.t. show going underground has his incredible story of becoming disillusioned with the terrorists' cause and having his cover blown you can watch the full interview on r.t. international this morning at nine thirty g.m.t. but for now here's a quick preview that letter which was sent to bill clinton it was urging him to invade iraq and to make it a beacon for democracy and to establish ameri

consider russian foreign policy and defense policy decision making there's the so-called economic liberal party the fortunes of ministration and government who are clamoring actually to stop this standoff with the west to cut defense spending which are opposed to the defense industrial complex so there's a lot of infighting within the russian the administration within the russian ruling smallish weak but they are i mean these people are all loyal to ports and sort of but they have incompatible understandings and beliefs on where russia should go and how it should develop so there is so you should always take into account that washington is split but my moscow is also split and that should be taken in the to account when analyzing the why russia does this or that sometimes it's just the result of an internal fight and then some capuchin make some kind of decision for one side or the other or its own right now where yes we're moving into a direction that's going to be very very much increased and paint sions ok lawrence what we're talking about an increasing tension russia becoming more aggressiv

cheek for every conservative in germany it is clear to see you wants to become a push you are left liberal party but it will give all the conservative support of germany for the a.f.p. that means you have been will probably come over twenty percent in the european election in may two thousand and team to see that you will continue the same style as merkel. yes the steps to fundamental change that today's election day brought on the days that means no one can still have to silent to deceive you comes back a conservative party so there is just one remaining conservative party in germany and. at last a competitor today. the search and rescue ship the aquarius which has saved thousands of migrants from the mediterranean has announced and seizing operations doctors without borders which runs the mission plan pressure from european countries initiated by italy the charity said roma had sabotaged its efforts to save lives for the last two months the ship has been confined to port in france following allegations have brought the law italian government accuses those behind the mission of running a taxi s

jonathan, very sad news for the biblical world and for the party, what are the liberal democrats sayingonfirmed the news within the last half hour or so. the news within the last half hour or so. the statement reflects on the sadness of the occasion. i'll read you what the lib dem spokesperson says. it is with great news that —— sadness that we announce the news that paddy ashdown has passed away following a short illness. he will be desperately missed as a dear friend and colleague and remembered as someone friend and colleague and remembered as someone who made a contribution to furthering the cause of liberalism, and it ends with saying their thoughts are with his family and all theirfriends their thoughts are with his family and all their friends at this difficult time and they ask that their privacy is respected. you heard vince cable speaking on bbc news the short time ago, reflecting with his thoughts as saying that this was sad and had come as something of a surprise. we knew paddy ashdown was ill, he was diagnosed with bladder cancer weeks ago but it seems he had taken a turn f

every conservative in germany it is clear that the see the you want to become a push you are left liberal party but it will give all the conservative scholars germany fully a mainstay of evil probably come over twenty percent in the european election in may two thousand and team to see that you have to continue the same style as merkel and desa steps to fundamental change that today's election day brought on the days that means no one can still have to silent hope to deceive you comes back a conservative party so there is just one remaining conservative party in germany and. at last a competitor today doctors without borders is ending its lifesaving operations in the mediterranean after this break. we've got the economic diplomacy. from normal diplomacy and as i said we did not consider that the phobia something some minds exists is that i had to wait to thirty three the difference without between the will be in the. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest raid in truth to stand out of

cake for every conservative in germany it is clear to see the you wants to become you are left liberal party but it will give us water conservative scholars germany for the. evil. probably come over twenty percent in the european election in may two thousand and team to see that you have a continue the same style as merkel and there is the steps to fundamental change that action they brought means no one can still have to silent to deceive you comes a conservative party so there is just one remaining conservative party in germany and. at last a competitor today. russia's security services have been speaking about the quote provocative nature of the ukrainian ships involved in clashes in the kurts trait two weeks ago they gave more details on the incident almost sparked a conflict between the two nations on the crimean peninsula ortiz medina. brings us more russia's f.s.b. calls guard hold a briefing here in moscow where the course of events that took place in november the twenty fifth was outlined in details of the f.s.b. you called this incident to clear provocation and a very dangerous one

cheek for every conservative in germany it is clear that the see the you want to become a pua left liberal party but it will give all the conservative scholars germany fully a mainstay of evil will probably come over twenty percent in the european election in may two thousand and team to see that you have a continue the same style as merkel and ask the steps to fundamental change that today's election day brought that means no one can still have to silent who deceive you comes back a conservative party so there is just one remaining conservative party in germany and that's the f.t. . competitor today. u.k. is gearing up for one of the most crucial parliamentary votes in the country's modern history parliament confronted prime minister theresa may during a five day debate on whether to vote through the draft break the deal on tuesday and there seems to be a mix of confusion panic and anticipation among the british public amish parties on association takes a look for exit from a people's vote to a nation's headache it's a ticking time bomb with just days to go before it goes off which could potent

for every conservative in germany it is clear to see the you want to become you are left liberal party but it will give all the conservative scholars germany that means you have to be evil. probably come over twenty percent in the european election in may two thousand and thirteen to see do you have a continue the same style as merkel. yes the steps to fundamentally change that action they brought. no one can still have to silent to deceive you comes back a conservative party so there is just one remaining conservative party in germany and that's. lost a competitor today. russia's security services halfway yesterday to the provocative nature of the ukrainian ships involved in clashes in the current straits two weeks ago they gave more details on the incident that almost spoke to conflicts between the two nations on the crimean peninsula and we can hear about that right now from maybe the question of a he was listening in to that briefing with dana good to see you what else was said . while russian staffers be coast guard indeed hold a briefing here in moscow where the course of events

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for every conservative in germany it is clear that the see the you want to become a pua left liberal party but it will give wall to conservative scholars germany fully a mainstay of evil will probably come over twenty percent in the european election in may two thousand and eighteen to see do you have a continue the same style as merkel and desa steps to fundamental change that today's election day brought that means no one can still have to silent who deceive you comes back conservative party so there is just one remaining conservative party in germany and that's the heir of dean lost a competitor today. doctors without borders is ending its life saving operations in the mediterranean one that after a short break this is our international. river before trade war leaves a hot war there's currency war plays a trade war where in the current you are going on already with the china peg artificially low to get their exports to the u.s. in a way to build their economy and then the u.s. it worker was losing their job but they were paying less for chinese made stuff and so there was this symbiotic

wants to become you are left liberal party but it will give all the conservative scholars germany fully a d. that means of evil probably come over twenty percent in the european election in may two thousand and thirteen to see that you have a continue the same style as merkel and there is the steps to fundamental change to election day brought on the means no one can still have to silent to deceive you comes back conservative party so there is just one remaining conservative party in germany and. at last a competitor today. from a jihadist mastermind a bomb maker to m i six double agent on the front line and dave spent almost a decade camped in with al qaida then switch sides become a british intelligence spy catelli artie's going underground shows got incredible story of this guy becoming disillusioned with a terrorist cause and then having his cover blown is some of the interview which you can watch in full if you want to it r.t. dot com. that letter which was sent to bill clinton it was edging him to invade iraq and to make it a beacon for democracy and to establish american hegemony

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he led the liberal democrats for over a decade and was the first leader after the party merged with theocial democrats in 1988. he also served as international high representative to bosnia herzegovina, following the war which saw the break—up of yugoslavia. police investigating the drones at gatwick search a house in west sussex following the arrest of a man and a woman from crawley. meanwhile, the airport has so far run a full service today — but passengers continue to suffer delays and cancellations. now on bbc news, it's the year the social media giants came under fire, the printed press got smaller, and blockbuster tv got even bigger. the bbc‘s amol rajan gives his take on the last 12 months in review 2018: the media year. hello, and welcome to the media year 2018. in the next half an hour, we are going to look at the intersection between technology and the media over the past 12 months, a golden age of tv and audio and the increasing impact of data on all our lives. this has been the year of the techlash, a global backlash against silicon valley's biggest companies prompted by con

political consultations by receiving the head of the french speaking christian democrat party and afterword the head of the liberal flemish party. party, after he has seen all of the leaders of the mainstream political parties, he will decide whether he accepts the resignation of charles, which is unlikely for the time being. the most plausible scenario is e king will maintain charles as the head of theederal last fort, which will at least four or five months because these snaplections are still unlikely. partiesthe political want to avoid sna elections. that is the reason for the current political crisis. it may be that the 14 days, at the same time of the european elections, will be held. overe key issue is immigration. what happened? had an unveiling of u.n. tax on migration, which was a hot topic in belgium, only since the local elections which october, thating election they chose to go to the extremes. the parties decided to toughen their stance on what they think is the heart of the proposition. alliance chose to have a stance far more to the right in order to try and get back the electives that voted for th

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will the old centre—right, centre—left and liberal parties really be challenged by the eurosceptics,ywhere? there will be some big changes to the eu's top jobs, because jean—claude juncker, the president of the european commission, is retiring. he will have to be replaced. they will also have to find a new foreign policy chief, a new president of the european parliament and a new president of the european central bank. all the eu leaders will meet for a massive summit in the romanian city of sibiu on the 9th of may, where they will sit down and plot a future for the eu that doesn't have the uk in it anymore. business is going to start 2019 where it left off in 2018, under dark brexit clouds of uncertainty, and you'll see in the first three months, those businesses that haven't got ready for it beginning to think what they thought was unthinkable, that we might leave with no deal. so, a crash course in customs, vat, cash flow, inventory, all that kind of stuff, is going to keep business is very busy in the first three months of the year. we may have to ask the eu for a bit more time,

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resume a superstar a divided her own party in terms of her proposal she seems to view hated the liberal party against the but simpleton the asli has alienated the ulster unionists and the scottish nationalists is that any hope a toll in your opinion for the prime minister given that landscape in the house of commons i think what we're fundamentally seeing alex is the breakup of the british parliamentary system the parliament and political parties that have existed for the last last hundred years we're seeing the labor break up but also see the tory party by. help and therefore the smaller parties like the union also unions and they're simply they become strategic indeed the direction the parliament goes to alienate them therefore in those circumstances is just political imbecility is that any proposal get in britain's the lucian ship we europe that commands enough support to cali parliament and the people well i suspect there's there's there's quite a large voting support within the existing bloc of parties for war they're calling norway plus in other words u.k. to stay the to formally come o

australia's governing liberal party has changed its internal rules to avoid a repeat of the leadershipe ministers. a requirement have a two thirds vote of party lawmakers to trigger a leadership challenge. the opposition labor party adopted similar rules after its own series of leadership changes. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more .han 120 countries i'm paul allen. this is bloomberg. knows apprise whatsoever, rba leaving the cash rate unchanged at 1.5%. we have been seeing growth pick up once again and the rba has signaled they want to see wages pick up before they do some type of hike. you have the deterioration in housing, as well. a focus. seems like the governor, not in a rush to lift rates anytime soon. rishaad: all 30 economists surveyed said they would do this. eradicating joblessness and also cpi, as well, moving to more benign situation. their scenario is for inflation to be at 2.25% next year. david: didn't even know we had a rate decision today till about 10 minutes ago. you look at how the market is pricing in the hike, i

target to get more women into parliament and, way back then, we were sort of neck—and—neck with the liberal party in the national parliament. it wasn't a good figure — it was around about 1a%, so not great. we adopted a target and here we are, all these years later, and we've been as high as 48% and i think at the next election, on the labor side, we might well hit 50%. you have said that you went into politics to make a difference in education. what did you mean by that? well, because it was the big golden thread for me, the thing that got me motivated to first raise my voice politically, it was incredibly important to me that i was involved in discussions about the politics of opportunity. it has always sat very heavily with me that we migrated to adelaide, my parents did not know anything about the city, we did not have any relatives in the city, it was a condition of our migration that you had a housing deposit. they picked a house, you know, it could have been anywhere else in adelaide, theyjust happened to pick that house and, fortunately for me, the government schools that we were in the z

bank bailouts privatization because just like right wing their liberal party is you cheerlead brussels at the moment well where we're not cheerleading and i think we have with europe and we have steered them right here to you over many years in fact are for any piece across a environed. but we do believe that it is friday five important that we remain because to fix it and then you'd better fix it but then i think it's very important because the people and this is done to people the people in north around fifty six percent of those people for to remain in and the european parliament and i think that photons to me respect that i should respect that float and i hope that the british government can respect that's full disk well and just for me i know you don't go into the house as we lose but when you watch conservative m.p.'s baby blairite labor m.p.'s on television talking about bricks that or do you think about their own just being of the issue of border in the north of i think a problem don't understand it they don't even realise dacia money how many of them how many might they speak

australia's governing liberal party has changed its internal rules to avoid a repeat of the leadershiphas seen the country move through five prime ministers in 11 years. the opposition labor party adopted similar rules after its own series of leadership changes. global news 24 hours a day, on , air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am jessica summers. this is bloomberg. shery: thank you. still ahead, the ceo of indonesia's biggest lender by assets joins us in under half an hour. paul: first, why it is not the u.s. that will benefit most from president trump's car tariff deal with china. this is bloomberg. paul: this is "daybreak asia." i am paul allen in sydney. shery: i'm shery in new york. president trump had a surprise tweet to eliminate tariffs on chinaan made cars some to -- sent to china. there are no details of the so-called agreement from the white house. is watching this. and in fact, when china's foreign ministry spokesman was asked about this specifically, declining to comment on any changes. stephen: t

but one candidate says he will win back the votes lost to the more liberal party, and bring it back towardight of the spectrum. you may see tax reform, more serious budget cuts. you would almost certainly see a more corporate friendly government. he's been so active in germany in the last ten years. >> thank you. coming up, opec talks end with out a deal for the first time in nearly five years. we'll discuss. manus is in vienna, covering all this for us. manus: the russians could be in line for 150,000 barrels. later, we have an interview with larry kudlow. work, are traveling to tune into bloomberg radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> let's check in on what is trending across the bloomberg. lyft has filed for an ipo. huawei is aware of potential blowback in talks with beijing. the u.s. labor market is strong in its jobs report. following the arrest of the cfo, china accuses the u.s. of trying to contain the rise of the company. it willoble group says attempt to push for equity restructuring by an alternative process. this is a move that could wipe out existing shareholders. this comes after reg

paddy ashdown the long time leader of britain's liberal democratic party has died at age seventy seven it's been battling cancer ashdown was the face of centrist centrist british politics for more than a decade in the one nine hundred ninety s. he also served as the international high representative for bosnia and herzegovina from two thousand and two to two thousand and six words. turning to france and a sixth weekend of yellow vest anti-government protests across the country reports indicate a sharp drop in turnout compared to previous saturday's that's following concessions on tax hikes and wage increases made by president emanuel calls government in paris the scene of fierce clashes police closely monitored the demonstrators taking to the streets police say about to size in jenin fast scouted in the french capital on saturday house as many as last week across fronts numbers of foreign drastically since the peak of the protests in november. but those who remain a vocal. oh very strong. macro resigned they chant the french president has made a number of concessions including scrappin

we've got a candidate from the communist party and the vladimir region in a liberal democratic party and that begs the question, why do you think this has happened? .. >> translator: the federal center is going to deprive these regions of financing. please do not worry about that. it's very strange question. elections have just been completed, and that is why the meetings have not yet happened. i think they are already scheduled. next week we are going to have the state council, and i've given instruction a separate meeting with the newly-elected heads of regions. the territories. like you have mentioned in particular, we had to wait for the outcome of the election. that's the first thing. secondly, this is not the first time when we see our position for the candidate arrive in power -- [inaudible] you know that the liberal democratic party candidate is the head of small -- region and i think opposition party and other regions, there are communists in power, and they're working very well. >> translator: i'm not a member of any party, i was one of the founders of the -- but president