french counterpart emanuel marchand at the nato meeting in london on tuesday trump sharply rebuked mccraw for saying in an interview with the magazine the economist last month that quote what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato. it's a very tough statement to make when you have such difficulty in the british you look at what's happened with the press you look at what's going on during certain parts of this exhibit here are the year and you just can't go around making statements like that. it's very disrespectful. micron however did not back down. use of my statement we saw the actions shake a little be a lot of people have done. the 2 leaders seem to have differing visions of the role of nato what do you believe they don't want to write and frankly one of the benefits really the least is the united states would benefit the way we're helping your. what. if not. another of the alliances big players german chancellor angela merkel remain upbeat about nato with all of the differences but of course we'll have to discuss them we have to talk about the future of nato and the

should be published we don't demand that when when the president talked to the president of france mccraw on and mccraw as i am you are pushing now for a soft policy where you are where you appalled at russia's invasion of the ukraine . you know that the problem with this being that i wasn't appalled no i think that they had choices that they decided not to take but be we got to remember good we have to remember back what is it 5 almost 6 years now. 2014. the elected constant he may have been a bad guy young to covert what he was constitutionally legally elected president of ukraine and he was overthrown by a mob i don't care what democratic slogans were on their banners it was a mob he fled they were storming his residence he fled to russia. it appeared at that point. that ukraine would renege on it on russia's lease i was most important naval base of a stop all that was a dire threat the russian national security so russia's reaction to that did not surprise me now i know from people who know because they have friends who work in the kremlin that putin had options and he debated them bu

days internet into nationwide strikes against his plans his departure is a blow to president emanuel mccraw whose government isn't locked in a standoff with trade unions. india has been rocked by more violent protests over a controversial citizenship law the legislation fast tracks naturalisation for refugees from bangladesh pakistan and afghanistan but excludes muslims critics say that undermines the constitutional right of equality for all and opponents fear prime minister narendra modi wants to remold the world's biggest democracy as a hindu state. delhi riot police fire a volley of tear gas and their target student protesters holed up inside the capital's prestigious jimmy amelia islam a university there demanding that their government rescind a contentious new citizenship law. critics say the law discriminates against muslims by only granting indian citizenship to non muslim refugees from neighboring countries. after trading rocks at the police. the student demonstrators finally surrender with their hands aloft. and are ushered onto buses a destination unknown. as it does goes down as

mccraw was elected on promises to make the french economy more competitive on employment has come down but many say they feel a new sense of uncertainty they say the proposed pension reforms are another example of out of touch government policy making but unions risk losing public support if people get tired of the disruption caused by the strikes and demonstrations as somebody who is just another wasted day yesterday you can't go to work and you can't go to school i went be able to catch up that's annoys me actually you know if it's. just russian is expected to continue over the weekend and unions are calling for another day of mass protests on tuesday as they test their mettle against the government and public patience. and we're joined now by lethal lewis from paris lisa we're seeing another day of nationwide strikes protests the unions are out as well as the yellow vests how likely is it that things will escalate today and get violent. well you said there is this demonstration planned by the city union left wing union just behind me that will kick off a in a very little time there'

talks came on the 14th day of strikes that have paralyzed transport and other services president mccraw has offered to make changes to his office insists reforms must go ahead. the deaths of 2 mcdonald's employees in peru have prompted protests against the fast food giant the teenagers were electrocuted in a restaurant kitchen they have a cab to lima but donal's says it is cooperating with an investigation and has closed its peru outlets for 2 days of mourning. and journalists are sure ito has won a sexual assault case in japan and been awarded $30000.00 in damages was eaten accused a high profile t.v. reporter of rape and became a symbol of the need to move but in japan where sexual assault is rarely reported. now to australia which has suffered its hottest day on record with the national average temperature reaching $40.00 degrees celsius beating the record set in 2013 the record breaking heat comes as the country battles a severe a severe drought and a bushfire crisis hotter than ever australia is going through record high temperatures and for a few here that's just another reason to

plans which i'm to plug a chronic deficit in the pension system it's a blow to president emanuel mccraw government remains locked in a standoff with trade unions. delegates from europe and the u.s. have attended a ceremony in belgium to mount for 75th anniversary of the battle of the boat it was one world war 2 bloody step reserves in which u.s. forces defeated the german attempt to stop advancing allied armies in december 1944 . 1300 people were killed in iran's 3 day crackdown on protests last month a new figure from amnesty international updates their previous estimate of just over 200 deaths iran has acknowledged that protesters were killed but has not released figures on. their home cogs chief executive kerry lott has received full backing of china's leadership despite the demands of pro-democracy protesters that she stand down chinese president xi jinping told muslims that hong kong had had what he described as its grimmest and most complex year since its return to chinese rule 22 years ago the president as you had time to say that mr lamb had beijing's unwavering support despite

closure is part of a long running national dispute over pension benefits president in money where mccraw wants to overhaul a pension system that allows train drivers and other people under special pension regimes to retire while they're still in their fifty's a strike related to further mystery for commuters and tourists as they face their 13th straight a day off to struction. other u.s. economy is doing well these days but it's seen its share of ups and downs and during one such down period some smaller towns were looking for a way to counter the painful experience of economic decline by going all out german or what they thought was typical german from lido was until christmas markets knocked off the varia in america a successful local economic strategy let's take a look. welcome to how georgia escape for most 3000000 visitors here. right literally crossing this bridge into a made up a barrier which. pelham has just $250.00 permanent residents and all of them struck gold with going all out germany specifically with branding at middletown preparing tourists from all over the us come to h

french counterpart emanuel mark hong at the nato meeting in london on tuesday trump sharply rebuked mccraw for saying in an interview with the magazine the economist last month that quote what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato. it's a very tough statement to make when you have such. as you look at what's going on during certain parts of this exhibit here you just can't go around making statements like you know it's very disrespectful. micron however did not back down. in my statement we. shake a little bit. the 2 leaders seem to have differing visions of the role of nato. and frankly what it really believes is. that belief helping your. cause. another of the alliances big players german chancellor angela merkel remain upbeat about nato with all of the differences but of course we'll have to discuss them we have to talk about the future of nato and the strategic partnership i'm fairly optimistic about this meeting. optimism alone however it will not be enough to bridge the divide within the alliance. hoffman he is covering the summit force in london he said. major lea

the talks focusing on ending the war have been held a pair sat down with french president emmanuel mccraw and german chancellor angela merkel who both brokered the meeting the conflict started in 24. it has killed more than 13000 people and displaces 4 than 1000000 u.p.d. and the 2 leaders made separate announcements after those closed door negotiations that. the parties have reached an agreement on liberation all the prisoners before the 31st of december following the principle of all by all here it has been agreed to verify the list of prisoners and provide access by the red cross to all prisoners. but some of them is going to know coming to the trauma krista lu she. was sheep in the disputed for months and this is certainly an important step towards deescalating the situation in eastern ukraine as well as easing tensions you know that our correspondent as is and paris has been covering those talks and he says in the paris 1st meeting it's a man's lansky were able to find some common ground where the french president put it in a nutshell and said they haven't found a magic formula there

talks came on the 14th day of strikes that have paralyzed transport and other services president mccraw has offered to make changes but his office insists reforms must go ahead. the australian state of new south wales has declared a state of emergency to deal with the threat of bushfires authorities are warning that the threat from fires will continue to rise over the next few days extremely hot weather is worsening the situation the country suffered its hottest day on record this week with annual average temperatures of nearly 41 degrees celsius hotter than ever australia is going through record high temperatures and for a few here that's just another reason to make a splash. the creature is spared the health rest dehydration can be deadly. for the fauna rescue team the threat to wildlife is foremost. that's why i know. there's probably not very much food up there because of the drought there's not a lot of water they do theme in the river but some people have been calling out of the river this morning. so it's just going to get worse and worse this is going to build up their already d

mccraw was elected on promises to make the french economy more competitive unemployment has come down but many say they feel a new sense of uncertainty they say the proposed pension reforms are another example of out of touch government policy making but unions risk losing public support if people get tired of the disruption caused by the strikes and demonstrations by somebody is just another wasted day yesterday you can't go to work and you can't go to school i went be able to catch up that's annoys me actually you know wolf it. just russian is expected to continue over the weekend and unions are calling for another day of mass protests on tuesday as they test their mettle against the government and public patience. to sports news now and boxing one of the most eagerly anticipated fights of the year takes place later on saturday when next week an american and he really is defensive heavyweight title against britain's anthony joshua ruiz stunned the sporting world when he beat the previously undefeated joshua earlier this year on now the rematch is grabbing headlines across the globe

sees them as very recent allies of western fighters and the fight against i still and very much mr mccraw on putting the issue of turkey front and center in all of this standing behind his comments that the alliance was close to being brain dead he insists this is a new age new challenge new ways of doing things and. needs to reconsider what precisely it is he said we have to be clear it is not enough just to be talking about putting more money in of course another dig directly at donald trump. we have to have a common definition of terrorism if which is to assume that the common enemy to us all is what he said was islamic terrorism and again on turkey turkey is fighting now those who stood shoulder to shoulder with us these are the real issues we need strategic definitions who is the enemy today rather than just putting money in and again to ram the point home on turkey how can turkey threaten to undermine the collective defense of the alliance by saying it will stand in the way of baltic defenses against russia if nature doesn't stand behind it on the kurds how is it possible that turke

in the open and there are so many different divisions between these leaders between there you saw mccraw and trump trump versus the rest with regard to the budget bringing in global trade to all of it versus the rest when it comes to syria also one thing that perhaps we haven't reported much on is the growing tension i think between mccraw and merkel about the european role in nato the certainly has problems in that relationship and of course you have the u.k. here as the hosts of the time of a general election in the tension over brics it was some of the other european nations there are so many divisions right now it seems that the nato alliance is a multi dimensional mess james ways with the latest there from outside buckingham palace with an eating disorder little earlier james thank you. well the nato leaders have just left a reception at the residence of the u.k. prime minister paul brennan is there and joins us now so what do you think they would have been talking about they're for. well i think the for 3 way tension between the presidents of france america and turkey has clearly b

after the poisoning of the russian double agent sergei scrip hall and interestingly enough president mccraw of france who had been viewed as trying to be conciliatory toward russia made it clear that if the facts justify it france would be on board with such a reaction our chief political correspondent linda greenlaw story for us tonight here in berlin linda thank you. mars a leader on songs e.g. is here in europe and she's in court she appeared at the international court of justice at the hague to defend her country against genocide charge says the case of the un's highest court accuses me of mars military of mass killings and abuse were hinge of minority some she has previously denied any wrongdoing by the government she's expected to speak at the court on wednesday. when she was not obliged to appear at the hague in person but she chose to do so critics say her aim is to raise her profile ahead of elections and we had more in the past few days so she's supporters have held large rallies many see her as a defender of the embattled country on the global stage but her hinge of refugees they

there's the growing tension between france and germany in an interview the french president emmanuel mccraw told the economist that nato was a brain dead this infuriated the german chancellor angela merkel and exposed a growing rift between the 2 countries last but not least the mounting doubts other nato members have about turkey not about the words of president but his actions buying the s 400 missile system from russia and carrying out its recent incursion into northern syria i covered the last nato summit that was held in london here at lancaster house 29 years ago that was just months after the fall of the birdland wall and the end of the cold war and then there were questions about nato's future but the alliance then expanded taking in the countries from the east before creating new roles for itself in the balkans and afghanistan. almost 3 decades later nato's internal differences this time are even more public being expressed by leaders themselves and therefore a potentially much more damaging jamesburg days out 0 london before the summit began turkey's president but turned to block

after the poisoning of the russian double agent sergey script hall and interestingly enough president mccraw of france who had been viewed as trying to be conciliatory toward russia made it clear that if the facts justify it france would be on board with such a reaction. who responded to linda greenlaw story for us tonight here in berlin linda thank you. and here is a round of now of the other stories that are making news around the world ethiopia's prime minister of the off limits has received the nobel peace prize at a ceremony in norway the nobel committee praised for his efforts to end 2 decades of conflict with ethiopia as one time enemy territory i'll be warned that militant groups continue to pose a threat to the peace in the region. and the other nobel prizes were given else had a gala ceremony in stockholm sweden they included the literature prizes for both 201829 t. into all. of poland and peter hunka of austria last year's literature prize was postponed due to a sex abuse scandal involving the selection committee. when more than 300000 people have marched in a number of french cit

russia we shouldn't put it down to political will power between either 2 sides you know we've seen mccraw make some very. very forward looking statements with the terms of our precious month it comes down to in compatibility and basic principles of state craft from the 2 sides europe has certain expectations about the rights of sovereign states even those in russia's neighborhood and there are there will they believe you to choose their own policy that has certain standards on human rights and the independence of courts and you know even as we saw this early putin rapprochement with europe largely or in part because of iraq and because the western allies were distant from the u.s. we were still seeing things like the fascination of alexander litvinenko. you know that certain free ride for russian organized crime and intelligence activities in europe and even as you've talked about building relations with austria hungary and italy we've seen russia intervening in europe to support far rights and in some cases far left populist or anti system parties so it's not so much that russia you know

welcome back crowds have rallied in paris against president mccraw plans to overhaul the pension system by more than a dozen arrests have been made and in recent days the country seemed violent protests across a number of cities with more from the french capital his. well as you can see we are in the thick of it the country is trying to deliver their message to the government just one day before it now says there are far no plans for the pension reform. in france although we did hear from the country's prime minister that for them for now there is no intention to change their plans if we don't make serious profound and progressive reforms date someone else will make a much more brutal reform tomorrow i hope that we can convince a majority of french people that our reform is fair it is universal it makes the special pension plans gradually disappear and is financially balanced not just for a moment let me give you a clearer picture of who these people are for instance we've already been used to the yellow vests but as you can see these are orange and what it says on them is s.n.c.f. this

take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world french president emanuel mccraw says he is willing to make changes to his proposed pension reform by entering into talks with trade unions is announcement comes a day after a renewed nationwide protest the french government is hoping for a break in transport strikes before the christmas holidays. the of chrysler and peugeot manufacturer p.s.a. group have announced that their boards have signed a binding deal to merge the 2 automakers companies at the new group will be led by p s a's c.e.o. carlo taurus the new company will be the world's 4th biggest auto company. australia has endured its hottest day on record with the national average temperature reaching 40.9 degrees celsius the top of the last record from 2013 the record busting heat comes as the nation battles a severe drought and bush fire crisis. well the e.u. parliament's its top accolade the annual sakharov prize for freedom of thought has been given to weaker human rights activists ilham tohti the board was handed over in the european parliament in strasbou

12 others injured it took place ahead of a now postponed meeting between french president emanuel mccraw 5 west african leaders over security in the region france insists that its nato allies should take the situation seriously and provide more support don't court it delves into the challenges paris faces in its former colony. africa has become a hot bed of terrorist activity as deadly attacks claiming hundreds of lives have spread like a wildfire. europe will have 2 swords of damocles over its head terrorism and kidnappings but also illegal immigrants since many are traveling through this region following one of the deadliest attacks in niger where 70 people were killed by islamists the big players have even postponed a big summit to reconsider their efforts the presidents of france uneasier agreed to postpone the summit on operation bachao nya on the joint chiefs on health force until early 2020 the 2 presidents expressed their determination to remain united against terrorist groups and to redefine together in the coming weeks the political and operational framework for ensuring the se

of the top story that we're following for you and you present dampens attacked france's president mccraw for calling nato brain dead trump said from listening to the alliance more than any other member but he also said the u.s. benefited to or from nato which is backing its 70th anniversary. you're watching news up next kickoff to stay with us for that if you can. the phone. call. a devastating debut for jogging klinsmann kept in berlin couldn't keep up with dortmund's 10 men team and slid into relegation rankings. by a little close in takes down by a munich. tough luck for the variance to hit the woodwork retirements. on the. art for the resistance it plays a central role for the demonstrators in hong kong. artists immortalized the heroes and victims of the protests in their works which keeps the spark of the uprising alive but what price. and freedom in hong kong. close up in 60 minutes on d w. i i subscribe to v.w. books or something more in the world than what we may be back after fall of one of . 3 books on to. the media attention of the famous naturalist and explorer. to celebrate

out of concern about the future of these people but tell us what is at stake for president in money mccraw. well there is a lot at stake he came to power saying you know i'm going to do politics politics for the right and for the left in the meantime the left wing wages have said that they've been really disappointed with him his core support is now on the center left of the political spectrum and these people expect him to do reforms at their pension reform was one of his centerpiece of his program when he was running for president few years back and even the government admits that it's crucial for him and i called to push through this reform they say that if the phase that really diminishes chances to get reelected in 2022. he's a loser in paris thank you very much for bringing us up to date on the strikes which are underway. in the heart of the city. some other stories making news around the world at least $58.00 people have died when a boat carrying refugees capsized off the coast of laura taina that's according to the international organization for migration it says the vessel departe

and china the role reversal of presidents trumping mccraw on in critiquing nato and of course you've got the other allies who are not paying their their 2 percent of g.d.p. whom president trump is focused on attacking so there's plenty of problems inside the alliance at the moment that almost is is distracting them from the external threats the traditional external threats like russia and the islamic state that you mentioned china that is one area which the need to leaders seem to agree is china emerging as a new potential threat for the military alliance. nato definitely does not want to classify china as a threat it says that china is an emerging power and it has not ever taken stock of its relationship with china it's been slow to do that and this meeting is in fact the 1st time that they will have brought together research from all over the inside the nato alliance to talk about both what they're calling the opportunities and the challenges of the relationship with china while way in 5 g. technology is one of the big ones on the agenda we've seen disputes over that between the un

supposedly of president mccraw wearing a crown that was out on display in the southern city of non protesters there was seen hitting it with sticks as it dangled from a tree the strike action there's also seen some sporadic violence as demonstrators clashed with police. russia's flatly rejected germany's claims that it's not been cooperating with an investigation into the murder of a georgian national in berlin in august russian foreign minister sergei lavrov told r.t. on thursday that it appears moscow will again be blamed for a crime it was not involved in with the story is maria. relations between moscow and bearly now going drastically downhill germany's unexpected decision to expel 2 russian embassy staffers on wednesday has left more scope fuming angela merkel complained russia didn't do enough to have ceased tame the investigation into the murder of a georgian national back in august and now barely says there is real and sufficient indication that russia was behind it i asked russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov for his response in those years ago and. russia and germany have specia

one of the biggest national strikes in decades in a front what is at stake for president emmanuel mccraw. well a lot mark hall has been elected on the platform to be a reformer the pension reform is one of the centerpieces he has largely lost support from left wing voters he was in the beginning saying you know i'm neither from the left nor from the right but left wing which is have been really unhappy with what he has been doing in the 1st 2 years in power now these core supporters now from the center right and center right core support these people actually expect him to reform the country and many people here even from the majority from the governments are saying you know we really need to push through this reform to show that we can reform the country if we fail that would mean we would have very little chance that can the president gets reelected in 2022 and this is a recent poll showed that pension reform in general would be welcomed in the country but the workers are still very angry what do they want. absolutely there seems to be some kind of majority for a some kind of pension r

president donald trump has attacked france's president mccraw for calling nato brain dead trump said france needed the alliance more than any other member but he also said the u.s. benefited least afford from nato which is marking its 70th anniversary. it was in the deadly news coming to you live from berlin up next our current affairs documentary close up with a look at how artists are taking part in the protests in hong kong and don't forget you can always get the latest news and information around the clock on the website as the dot com i'm glad she mocked the company. come up. to. art for the resistance it plays a central role for the demonstrators in hong kong. artists immortalized the heroes and victims of the protests in their works which keeps the spark of the uprising alive but at what price. and freedom in hong kong. close up next on d w. 2 cars and now to look at me affectionately which was affectionately as you can. slam your putin right in the middle of his election campaign in the year 2000 a documentary was filmed for russian television but director vitali months asian

trade unions are calling for continued protests piling the pressure on president emanuel mccraw to back down on pension reforms but the strain is taking its toll across the board as somebody who is just another wasted day like yesterday you can't go to work and you can't go to school i went be able to catch up that annoys me actually you know wolf it appears. life is difficult i see people right here living on the street i'm concerned about the pension and the unemployment so i'm in favor of the strike. move persia's suits off and i am supporting them i'm not taking part because i have to go to work but i am behind them this was all for. the unions and risk not being in tune with the public if the strikes carry on without bearing fruit but the government cannot afford to see the country ground to a halt indefinitely at the moment it's a battle of who can hold on the longest. tennis star and i was the accu will retire from the game off to next month's australian open the former top ranked player in the women's game one that event in 2018 but later announced she has rheumatoid arthritis n

this is something that president ad want to talk about focus on the specific comment by the by mr mccraw about neda supposedly brain death to each president of the on reacted very negatively how do you explain such a negative reaction by the turkish president to micron's assessment which at the end of the day doesn't really contradict what they're doing himself has been saying about lack of the he said this about the lack of 1st a prostitute about the lack of me chill in the standing calling the brain dead right before the leaders summit is a very undiplomatic movement it's true and the president erred on likes to telling truth with diffuse voters and to his partners i suppose right if we look at the lead up into the nato summit president that one had stressed that there were problems with nato he stressed it himself he stressed that he wanted the y.p. jeep to be recognized as a terror group and as i just stated before he stressed many times that these old institutions need a restructuring they need to become more dynamic he said they need to become more in close all inclusive and this s

them you're absolutely right to go back to the beginning of yellow this let me remind everyone mr mccraw said of raising taxes on fuel because i'm committed to improving the ecology and the french people said there's a 100 ways to improve the ecology you're not making as pay for it we have a very rich upper class in this country gold get the money from them since mr mugg grow bases himself politically on those people he didn't but he lost the people there and now that the unions and the yellow vests have come together he is in no position to regain the trust he's lost and millions continue to go out into the streets to protest richard wolffe host of economic update thank you for your insight. thank you. we work is struggling to stay alive and reduce its massive cash burn operations in light of its epic failed i.p.o. and manisha range a $1750000000.00 letter of credit with goldman sachs that is in the process of being syndicated this credit lifeline as part of soft banks $9500000000.00 bailout which is not expected to be finished until the 1st quarter of 2020 until then we work will have