well there's plenty of other ideas that emanuel mccrone has which nato might have a problem with for instance today and stoltenberg has stressed that the european army the e.u. army that france is a big advocate of it's the same core it is just a different side of the same queen as nato sold meaning that the you army's one side and nato is the other one but you know mccrone had previously hinted that the european army could play a much bigger role in defending europe and so on well i did talk to some of the french citizens. and my colleagues in berlin did the same and to find out whether or not they also see nato as a crucial part of the european stability and in fact whether or not they can name at least a few achievements of nato here is how it here's how it turned out. was afraid of. the treatment less fun are found it is unknown and then to the desire moment to certain countries to be honest. we don't really know whether they do no good you know i don't know what all achievements. i think it was necessary after the ball but nowadays. it's not important anymore i think basically.

for his brain comments so clearly today young stoltenberg and emanuel mccrone didn't come any closer to resolving their differences but next week nato is celebrating its 70th birthday so we'll see for that parties overshadowed by all the differences that this big family has. certain death and some kinks to work out in that relationship but reporting live for us from the french capital thank you. and 20 other story artie's spanish will be taken off. at the start of next month according to the country's top private t.v. operator it comes amid a violent political crisis in the country during which an unelected government assumed power now that's headed up by right wing sanitation in onions and she's accused of suppressing both the media as well as supporters of ousted president evo morales the russian foreign ministry has already expressed its concern. and i don't think it's a coincidence that r.t. has been taken off air in bolivia it's a consequence of the political course there was dick. clarity in the country no reason was given for the decision with no real facts presented we were n

european powerhouse germany in the face of its chancellor angela merkel of also had a problem with mccrone being so vocal and being so well. just being so vocal about this thing. that i say it's an our interest to preserve need to know more than during the cold war or at least as much as during the cold war. and this is not the 1st time that the french president got on the wrong side of the block because apart from the idea of nato being brain brain dead he has other ideas too for instance he has been putting forward the idea and he has been promoting the idea of creating this so-called european the e.u. army and he's hinted that that army could potentially be the real source of security and military stability for europe while quite possibly instead of nato and oh well i talked here in france with some of the french citizens and my colleagues in germany did the same and i tried to find out whether or not the europeans realize how important nato for them is. or. was afraid of. the treatment. found it is unknown and then to the design movement of certain countries. we don't really know wheth

the nato secretary general young soul sumburgh has met with a man well mccrone in paris and that's after the french president calls the stuff by describing the transatlantic alliance as brain dead artie's eager standoff has the latest. well indeed the 2 were emanating tension as they were trying to keep a straight face with a less than a perfect game again even as they were delivering their statements standing shoulder to shoulder to each other it was obvious that one is way more optimistic about nato than the other have a listen nato is a strong alliance but more than that we are adopting it we are agile and we are active so we are responding to a changing world and the reason why i need to use the most successful launch of these 3 is that we have been able to change in the world is changing and that's exactly what we have done over the last years those are exactly what we are doing to see question so i asked our open questions that we have not resolved peace in europe the i never position the relationship with russia in turkey who is the enemy so until we resolve these issues let us no

but nato is relationship with russia is one of those fundamental issues and that's where emanuel mccrone again in the 1st of all those members of the bloc refused to have or any sort of dialogue with russia who refused to see russia as a partner this is where emanuel mccrone called on a more open and a more friendly stance on a more friendly relationship with moscow that. we want to loose it robust and demanding dialogue with russia with neither naivety nor complacency our alliance is based on a certain common history and geography the nato secretary general he also emphasized how he believes that europe. is effectively defenseless without nato that europe cannot defend itself well i talked to some of the french citizens and my colleagues in berlin did the same to find out whether or not they realize how crucial nato is for you to be honest. we don't really know whether they do or. was afraid of i became a peacemaker last founder founded is now known and then to the design movement to certain countries. you know i don't know what all achievements. i think it was necessary after the ball.

but of course we have a completely different situation now did we interesting to see how emanuel mccroneand young stoltenberg will be able if they will be able to overcome their differences today so we'll stay here and see. china has summoned the u.s. ambassador to donald trump signed 2 controversial bills in support of the hong kong protesters beijing says it amounts to interference and has threatened us with consequences this is a serious interference in hong kong affairs which are china's internal affairs it is also in violation of international law and basic norms governing international relations the 2 bills will send the wrong message to the demonstrators and it will not help ease the situation in hong kong. the hong kong human rights and democracy act opens up sanctions of human rights violations and makes it easier for arrest to protest to obtain u.s. fees it also requires an annual review of the region's special trade status and hong kong will qualify only if it has enough autonomy from beijing this could potentially pose a threat to the city's position as a global financial cen

is a big and difficult introduction meanwhile during his visit to china french president emanuel mccrone also raised european concerns over chinese tech but thinks while way is right to invest in 5 technology. that is one of the stillness i think we're always right to invest in 5 g. not because it's the technology of the future i think there are lots of european telecommunication operators that buy won't play very happy with it while way ericsson and all the others are providers and i am simply saying that at some point in some part of our network it's an issue of sovereignty so on the top piece without targeting any company the state must have a say european states must have a say that's completely normal the same way china has a viewpoint on the technology of. global markets are hopeful that the u.s. and china will reach the phase one to trade deal by the end of this month but will it be enough to relieve these economic tensions for more we bring in professor of economics at the university of massachusetts amherst richard wolffe richard thank you so much for being with us today let's d

mccrone has been talking a lot recently making many promises were not he's trying to secure a dominant position in the e.u. that is what we think emerged from the reason for that is that the u.k. is leaving their much course in germany will be without an important leader such as merkel next year. or. in any case would work i think we should remember the story of nato and the 5 nonny nato countries in europe when it is true that they have promised negotiations to not and most don't in this country has entered this difficult process of changing its name to dawn and of course obey any and it approaches but in the past it was very easy to give it any promises given the strategic opposition. that this. could be very new cannot just like me that the 2 countries are moving towards a nato awarded but i believe that this will be very difficult considering the european union position not only. not so the process is not the same for everyone. new toyota from the most need to come from a position of force and this is not easy for us from europe here we are little country warning for us is difficul

for his brain comments so clearly today young stoltenberg anemone emmanuel mccrone didn't come any closer to resolving their differences but next week nato is celebrating its 70th birthday so we'll see for that parties overshadowed by all the differences that this big family has. a convicted murderer in germany has won the right to have his name and other details are raised from web searches under the e.u.'s right to be forgotten the man was sentenced for a double murder back in 1902 and served 28 years in jail the case and his name were widely reported in the media he claims his right to privacy and ability to vote to develop his personality have now been infringed germany's highest court agreed tech giants like google will now have to remove the man's details from search results. well the law states that any european citizen can ask for links containing sensitive information to be erased from search engines since being acted in 2014 google says more than 800000 requests have been made to remove more than 3000000 web pages earlier our guests debated the case. well they certainly deserve

jeremy corbyn and going into election mode doubting the alliance the necessity here so i mean is mccrone right is nato brain dead go ahead. well to be honest i am afraid that this time i find myself on the same page as mr micawber just something it's something unusual cold for me stopped for me right time twice a day it's but what we have to look at is that mr michael is saying it is a brand this is true but why because what he wants in bottom line is to make an alliance with germany and to sell our french army to the german that has been agenda since the beginning their big idea is to think europe and to kind of congregate everyone in this type of imperial europe they have as an idea a kind of napoleon type of an. and this is a very big challenge for us french because that would mean obviously losing our army losing our sovereignty so he is using this nato does nato thing which is right to have he has a hidden agenda if i could say which is to bind our army with the german army and this is something us the french have to look after because losing our army means losing our sovereignty me

you want and i always appreciate it let's go to our guest in paris emmanuelle you have president mccrone just recently said that nato is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because a nato summit is coming up next week and it's been shortened to 2 days because a lot of people worried that. donald trump will start some kind of dumpster fire as he tends to do when it comes to nato so how is the nato alliance stand right now because you have jeremy corbyn and going into election mode doubting the alliance the necessity here so i mean is mccrone right is nato brain dead go ahead well to be honest i am afraid that this time i find myself on the same page as mr michael which is something it's something unusual to come from a stopped him from going for me right time twice a day it's but what what we have to look at is that mr mccloy is saying it's his brand this is true but why because what he wants and bottom line is to make an alliance with germany and to sell french army to the german that has been agenda since the beginning their big idea is to think europe. and to kind of congregate eve

when commenting on environmental action mccrone appeared to take a shot at the u.s. . on the job regarding the struggle against global warming redesign we have been consistently moving together for years very effectively with a lot of engagement you don't just like to prove the choices that some others have made but i prefer to look upon them as marginal value because when china europe and russia work together to show you i salute you the choice of somebody who was going to change global agreement is a good approach meanwhile the u.s. and china are still the siding on just how much they are willing to give up in order to finalize phase one of a possible deal as the losses from the trade war between the world's 2 largest economies start to add up to tens of billions of dollars reporting for boom bah blevins are. way foundering think faces the chinese telecom giant doesn't need the united states as he sees washington's campaign against them as ineffective mr ron told the wall street journal we can survive very well without the us we don't expect the us tour move away fro

turning its back on us we are experiencing the brain death of neda words from french president emanuel mccrone published this week his warning for europe is not exactly surprising but it is shocking compared to sentiment just a generation ago tonight on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall and important question here in europe and in the u.s. how strong are they those ties that are supposed to buy i'm bring golf in berlin this is the day. you know the events of a kedai or might be of what binds us are 2 countries free societies transatlantic allies and bread which have said i've only said that we certainly need more control of our own state and iran. but the transatlantic relationship is indispensable for us in. the midst of a steve i'm not of the opinion that nato is bring to it i still believe in international cooperation as i buy it especially because we are facing ever larger and more international challenges at all is to get to president i agree with the chancellor merkel nato is strong. united states north america and europe we do more to get it under done for d

president mccrone of france lashes out at nato and says it's in terminal decline adding that europe should no longer rely on the u.s. to come to its defense. and a show on unity a survey of south korean suggests they would rather support the north in the event of a war with japan. you're watching our 2 international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 7 pm welcome to the program. hundreds have gathered in northern mexico for the 1st funerals of an american family brutally slaughtered by a drug cartel earlier this week it's been revealed they were killed by weapons that originated in the u.s. and is killed now reports there's little to restrict the flow of arms over the border. 9 americans dead 3 women and 6 children hit by mexican drug lords a 13 year old boy who walked 23 miles to get help for the others and now us politicians are willing to run through walls to serve up justice it seems this is the time for mexico with the help of the united states to wage war on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth we merely await a call from your great

his words today are in stark contrast to those of the french president manuel mccrone who recently said the alliance is experiencing a gradual brain death he goes down of has the story. nato heavyweights are converging upon brussels and it's all smiles and pats on the back end a very very v.a.p. guest all the way from the united states the secretary of state might bump aoe himself but behind this facade of handshakes and mutual joy hides a nasty in the block's fabric and that is between the believers in the alliance and heretics who dare question the relevance of the block and this whole aggravation it stems from right here from france when president emmanuel mccrone dared to assume dare to say that the bloke is experiencing and i quote brain death what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of mater only works if the guarantor of the last resort functions as such i'd argue that we should reassess the reality of what is in the light of the commitments of the united states and now since early november when that happened this jab is still hurting with the nato for instance secre

the block and this whole aggravation it stems from right here from france when president emmanuel mccrone dared to assume dare to say that the bloke is experiencing and i quote brain death what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of mater only works if the guarantor of the last resort functions as such i'd argue that we should reassess the reality of what is in the light of the commitments of the united states and now since early november when that happened this jab is still hurting with the nato for instance secretary-general young stoltenberg has felt the urge on tuesday to comment on those words and essentially he said that europe is defenseless without nato either cannot defend europe well my friends words didn't sit well with other members of the block to for instance the us ambassador to nato she said that she strongly disagreed with them and she called the alliance essential i don't think europe would be se without a transatlantic bond that we have the german foreign minister also talked about this and he said that nato had been europe's military insurance for the past

describing the once robust alliance as experiencing brain death consequently according to a manual mccronethat europe needs to start thinking strategically and must assert itself as a geopolitical power. europe is now dealing for the 1st time with an american president who doesn't share idea of the european project if we don't wake up there's a considerable risk in the long run we would disappear geopolitically or at least that we will no longer be in control of our own destiny i believe that very deeply . that stark warning was made during an interview with the economist magazine the french president also cast doubt on the reliability of nato's article 5 which requires member states to come to one another's defense if attacked he suggested that it terence has been undermined by washington's faltering commitment to the alliance it doesn't seem that all of micron's allies agree with his assessment though the comments have drawn several responses since they were published. france's president the french president used rather drastic words to express his views this is not how i see the state o

the european union what implications do you how do you think it has for the western balkans when mccrone says running to think what he has in mind is to think more about the interest of the european nations rather than the interests of the us and the western balkans the i think is not still in the picture because as i said i think that he actually called for some kind of thinking about the whole the whole model of european union not only about the alone or about the and larger. now that's the word serenity would mean we matter more we are not going to listen to what other people say other masters of our own day we decide who to be friends where so eager to serve and this is kinda followings if the european union if the united states wants to get the conflict with russia we shouldn't allow that the this involves. incorporates us into this kind of conflict the implication of these theory is by extension that if you won and mccrone specifically said that we should be able to be. not to be enemies with the enemies of our friends if you believe that on the european level it applies to the wes

jeremy corbyn and going into election mode doubting the only alliances necessity here so i mean is mccrone right. brain dead go ahead well to be honest i am afraid that this time i find myself on the same page as mr michael which is something it's something unusual for me stopped for me right time twice a day it's but what we have to look at is that mr michael is saying it is a brand this is true but why because what he wants in bottom line is to make an alliance with germany and to sell our french army to the german that has been agenda since the beginning their big idea is to think europe and to kind of congregate everyone in this type of imperial europe they have as an idea a kind of napoleon type of a. and this is a very big challenge for us french because that would mean obviously losing our me losing our sovereignty so he is using this nato does nato thing which is right to have he has a hidden agenda if i could say which is to bind our army with the german army and this is something us the french have to look after because losing our army means losing our sovereignty means lose.

ministration beginning the formal process to withdraw the united states from the agreement president xi and mccrone described the deal signed in 2015 as irreversible and. over the past 2 years in the fight against climate change we have consistently acted together with great effectiveness and commitment. but i regret the choices made by a few other countries but i want to see them as marginal choices. when china the european union and russia ratify the paris agreement and make a firm commitment the isolated choice made by one or another country won't change the course of the world. now the course of the world has scientists around the globe so worried that they've issued a joint call to action on climate change describing it as an emergency too many of us are living too well they say without taking note of what it's doing to the planet they warn that we risk untold suffering if things don't change. to mitigate an impending climate emergency sadia 11000 scientists research in 6 areas is critical 1st and foremost how we get our energy they've recommended higher taxes for carbon emissions dramatically

statement reaffirming their support for the paris climate accord speaking in beijing today president mccrone said that cooperation between europe and china on reducing emissions will be decisive this follows the trump administration beginning the formal process to withdraw all the united states from that agreement president she described the deal which was signed back in 2015 is now being irreversible and with your little list of milk over the past 2 years in the fight against climate change we have consistently acted together with great effectiveness and commitment that it will i regret the choices made by a few other countries but i want to see them as marginal choices on issues when china the european union and russia ratify the paris agreement and make a firm commitment that the isolated choice made by one or another country won't change the course of the world as it will. that was the french president speaking in beijing today well unusual weather patterns have delivered above average rainfall and record flooding across east africa more than a 1000000 people across several countries are

leaders like french president a manual mccrone said president both sinatra needed to do more to protect the amazon considered a bulwark against rising temperatures and climate change. but both are now dismissed european leaders concerns saying they shouldn't interfere and without any evidence blamed foreign n.g.o.s. force you to assume that what this said is the world is looking to split a deal could have a greater so the problem was probably as you. eventually the government was forced to respond deploying the army across the amazon to combat the fires at the end of august. in nova progresso the presence of federal forces along with an investigation into the day of fire raise tensions and also for force. is there playing he. didn't get to you to keep you stuck with us. flyers like this were distributed on social media and around town saying that it does say it was responsible for the attention brought to nova progresso or you're afraid when you saw this. going to me or the christmas song when he was. he was forced to leave town for nearly a month only recently returned to respond to hi

that calling the most important military organization for europe something dying of brain death but mccrone had a point and it has been an irritant to him that president trump does what he wants when he wants with little regard for the positions of europeans this is particularly neuralgic at the moment because of course france had boots on the ground in northern syria when president trump decided abruptly to pull u.s. troops out which puts puts the the allies at risk there at the same time securing to hit back quite hard saying yes you need a stronger europe but that you cannot do without the transatlantic relationship either you made reference that. interview today of the french president. in which he said that the alliance has experienced what he called the brain death let's take a listen to some more of what he had to say so what we are currently experiencing is the brain death of nato you have no coordination whatsoever of strategic decision making between the united states and its nato allies you know our lives he went on to say you have an uncoordinated aggressive action by another na

you have it people will speak out as a result of the protests the french government and president mccrone they had to make certain concessions to comply with least with some of the demands. of the riots hasn't of the protesters for instance they froze they halted the hike in fuel taxes for about a year but people here are clearly saying that that is not nearly enough to calm down that them down to make them happy this saturday the protests were much more violent for instance the riots as all the italian square. in southern paris and we've seen a lot of tear gas to people like journalists some journalists were injured and some people were passing out because of the sheer amount of the tear gas in the streets so far here it has been again today more peaceful but well it's sad has been very very vocal. the british co-founder of the controversial white helmets rescue group in syria was fun dead on monday in istanbul appearing to have fallen from a balcony after james limousine death his life and work came under scrutiny as what kapadia probe also saw something of a rewrite a missing anything

oakes it cloud over the area some locals were far from happy that a man well mccrone only put in an apparent snap now. thank you it's. us. us. thank you. well more than a month after that chemical thanks. well more than a month after that chemical fire broke out in rwanda and president michael made a surprise visit to fire broke out in rwanda and president michael made a surprise visit to the city now that blaze when it broke out towards the end of september saw huge this city now that blaze when it broke out towards the end of september saw a huge plume of black smoke that basically tainted the area around so much so huge plume of black smoke that basically tainted the area around so much so that the authorities told farmers to get rid of their crops even told people who grew very that the authorities told farmers to get rid of their crops even told people who grew vegetables in their gardens that they needed to throw them out and told dairy farmers that they had troubles in their gardens that they needed to throw them out and told dairy farmers that they had to get rid of their mi

but for many yellow vests those promises were empty a little in a at 1st mccrone didn't give a. way there were only promises and then he backtracked there was a tax on this but not of the company had the resources to offer it he also promised 100 years extra for people a minimum wage but in the end we realized it was only for those on social security the anger continued to spill out onto the streets while some yellow vests were caught up in the violence for the most part to protest his argue their movement had been infiltrated by extremists. it's the radicals who go out for violence it's an adrenaline kicks for them it makes them feel good i suppose but there are also people who become violent because they are being attacked by tear gas and police battens so discouraged they've tried to discredit the movement by showing images of burning trash cans and cars and also to make sure that the rest of the population don't join the movement the police don't understand anything the government owes them money but instead of marching with us they kill the protesters so what the violence m