trust in mr putin and try resetting of relations with russia so there is open campaigning against mrs merkel here but again she repeated her position which clearly coincides with mr putin's that 1st of all this is largely an economic project the she understands the political considerations but in fact she probably also understands or sees as anybody else that the. opposition by the poles and the baltic countries are largely also being instrumentalists by you as geo strategists who really do not want. our porch more between russia and germany between russia and western europe as a whole because for of for washing for a certain part of the political factions in washington it's very important to keep the rift between russia and western europe in order to shore up support for the us when the us while the us are concentrating on completely different international theaters of conflict. in terms of u.s. influence it's made it clear its opposition to the north stream to project can it do anything about the fact that germany is thinking of itself quite understandably can't count can they exert any in

does mr merkel believe he can have greater success on the european stage with reforms than he's had home time after time he proclaims the need for new organizations in the but it's a bit like picking random tickets out of a hat isn't it reforms to immigration defense trade the european agency to protect democracy european council for interior security european climate bank and the reaction from the rest of europe was resulting silence to these proposals are i'm not sure we are talking about the same word about my country or about here rob you're obviously very anti mccrone that's all right that's a surprise because i thought that was fair internal listen but it is not that you are right or right it's my it's my duty to put the other side to you your macro support i'm putting the other side to you asshole don't know the brain that's the way you see things that are necessarily the way other people eternalism but that's alright i don't deny it and the road to learn to 1st answer at less or go to reforms in france yes they are working we are the 2nd most attractive kountry in the european un

has your leap so last year the clampdown on civil liberties was part of a consistent pattern since mr merkel took office and i do know it because there are freedoms they are respected they are protected for and. and freedom to go on strike that's fine that's even constitutional in my counter but frank freedom not to go on strike should be protected as well and freedom of movement should be protected as well you want to see powers of police increased as they were in october 27th in the new deterrent or substantially increase police in february 28th in the immigration or reduce the rights of migrants and asylum seekers in october that year the supreme court refused to halt the creation of a biometric database containing detailed information of french citizens as surveillance and these are measures that are causing concern one prominent lawyer and long time supporter actually i'm assuming across france or soon will put it bluntly said fundamental rights are under attack while our i know mr question well i know the n.g.o.s he is dealing with on refugees because i'm dealing myself on private base

and mrs merkel. said that she might help in this regard. we will discuss it. matters with the concerned parties in turkey will called tonight and as you know. the read the safe zone from the limitless elaine 25 to 3232 kilometers this zone is clear and we have adopted certain procedures but america to now and russia have the western countries and i discussed this with the chancellor merkel and we said our plans are ready and the executive plans are ready we are in this zone and we invite them to come here and let's implement the plans let's take positive steps let's be partners in these projects these buildings should be fixed and different than the mobile buildings that will be. there we need to have hospitals schools establishment would it to have a whole city for the people to live in. all right we'll leave that press conference that that was a turkey's president and one germany's chancellor merkel speaking after. meeting today in istanbul earlier president i want to warn you the conflict in libya threatens the whole of the mediterranean he said just a few

in context of sanctions and also the question is for mr merkel of germany. to thinnish this project. you're looking at the live picture from moscow where the german chancellor angela merkel is standing right alongside the russian president vladimir putin they're holding a press conference after holding meetings on talks in moscow this of course coming in midst as collating tensions in the middle east this is in fact angela merkel's 1st visit to russia since may of 2018 and amongst the topics discussed as outlined by both leaders were iran libya as well as syria let's drill down a little deeper and bring instead and she's joining us from moscow to just summarize step what we heard from both leaders during this press conference and how significant merkel's visit is to moscow. well there is not a serious a very concrete outcome 6 from this press conference so far but it's interesting of course there. are a long review about the libya ceasefire that he she said that she totally supports the one and within having this announcement of a cease fire a call for a cea

mrs merkel was asked very specifically by this point and she said no.ady in the country will be discussed as part of any future truce negotiation —— what happens to the troops and to the weapons. all that's been agreed to tonight in berlin is that those foreign powers want to be sending any more support to the warring factions. you can seejust any more support to the warring factions. you can see just how many threads there are to be pulled apart here. but i think pretty much all those delegates will say, this has been an important first step. no one expected the libyan conflicts to be solved overnight here in berlin but the so—called berlin process wasn't simply about just starting to de—escalate the situation. it's fair to say that for most of the delegates in that room, it's only really in the last few months that they've started to be very concerned about this conflict and about the knock on effect upon their own countries and in particular, as we have said before, on european countries. this is simply a first step. it will go before the un security

president putin are in agreement when it comes to a deescalation of tension in the middle east mrs merkel spokes person stressing the need for cool heads this week it's constant it's important that all involved parties exercise restraint and turn away from the logic of escalation towards the logic of dialogue both the federal chancellery and the kremlin have their concern at the situation in the region with the government here in berlin sounding less than convinced by the justification given by washington for the assassination of a rainy and major general because some solid money. it was the explanation of the u.s. for this strike but the information to comprehend the explanation is missing fostered a school year that mildred violence must only be the last resort. germany and russia were both architects of the a rainy a nuclear deal that now looks to be lying in tatters following 1st donald trump pulling the united states out of it unilaterally back in 2018 and just this week the iranian side saying they're not going to live up to their end of the bargain following the killing of solomoni

politic to the taking care of the we realize asian of physical job graphical economic own interests mrs merkel clearly understood but she's been allowing this to go too far because occupying the moral grounds is nice but if you have no tools in your hand to get any more of mileage on the road you are not not really in a favorite position. that camera man who's contributed to work in iraq city was shot dead on friday his colleague a reporter from a local news agency was killed in the attack on cross that davis' body. there's only about 2 reporters one correspondent for a local t.v. channel his name is ahmed abdul some odd and camera man who also contributed to our . gali both of the reporters were shot dead in their in their car by unknown gunmen as they were leaving the site of the protests in basra group order earlier that there are protests going on all across iraq and of course basra is just one of those places local reports suggest a reporter. from a gunshot wounds to the head right there at the scene meanwhile ghale was at stake in. to the last with soul humor seen as a gunshot wound to t

the 3 big players in your britain from germany are all moving in slightly different directions mrs merkel after all was the 1st to criticize trump when he became president and say that perhaps germany in the europeans would have to do more for their defense and then the germans suddenly thought we have to pay for it . we don't want to and we as a culture germany has been transformed the british are moving closer to the united states leaving the european union and so from speak comes the central player but as we've heard from a menu of the problem is that france wants to play a role that it can't really afford to pay for so actually all of this discussion reveals really how fragile the nato situation is and at the same time it's sort of bureaucracy continues to plow forwards ignoring the fact that public opinion domestic politics in the member states is beginning to drift more and more away from it. ok i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on the atlantic alliance with our. live. live. live. live. live. live li

president putin are in agreement when it comes to a deescalation of tension in the middle east mrs merkel spokes person stressing the need for cool heads this week it's const it's important that all involved parties exercise restraint and turn away from the logic of escalation towards the logic of dialogue both the federal chancellery and the kremlin have their concern at the situation in the region with the government here in berlin sounding less than convinced by the justification given by washington for the assassination of a rainy and major general because some solemn army. we saw the explanation of the u.s. for this strike but the information to comprehend the explanation is missing force of the school year that mildred violence must only be the last resort germany and russia were both architects of the rainy a nuclear deal that now looks to be lying in tatters following 1st donald trump pulling the united states out of it unilaterally back in 2018 and just this week the iranian side saying they're not going to live up to their end of the bargain following the killing of solomonic it

among five world leaders, including xi jinping and vladimir putin and mrs. merkel and mr. the fact is that donald trump is at the bottom. he has 25% of the world hasnf ence in him, 64% don't. mhis is a total reverse fr barack obama, when 64% of the world had confidence in his judgment. we are isolated as a people. i mean, secretary pompeo complained that the brits and the germans didn't go along. a, there's no support in their country for it, b, they were never consulted. so, no, i dn't argue wh david's assessment of the individual discrete events, but i think the overall pattern isyi we're a terrible price for isolation, and alliances have been the saving ength of the united states and the western world since world war ii, an. >> there's a concern there could an increase in proxy militia you mentioned, david. i want to play a sound byte from present trump in a rally in ohio last night. he was responding to the house's move to try to restrict some of the presidential war powers presidents have had for several years post-9/11. take a look at what president trump had the say

among five world leaders, including xi jinping and vladimir putin and mrs. merkel the fact is that donald trump is at the bottom. he has 29% of the world with confidence in him. 64% do not.a this ital reverse from barack obama when 64% of the world had confidence inju his ment. we are isolated as a people. i mean, secretary pompeo complained that the brits and the germans did not go along. a, there is no support in their b, they ever consulted. no, i think i don't argue with david's assessment of the individual discrete events. but i thinthe overall patter is that we're paying a terrible price for isolation. and alliances have been the saving strength of the united states and the western world since world war ii, and they are total disrepair at this point. amna: a lot of the questions revolve around what will happen next, right? there's concern there could be an increase in some of those proxy militias you had mentioned, david. i want to play a sound bite for you, though, from president trump at a rally in ohio las night. he was responding to t house's move to try

the conservative party of german chancellor angela merkel mr hart we appreciate your time tonight and your insights thank you very much goodbye. and more than 170 people have died after a ukrainian passenger jet crashed in iran it calls for the crash is not yet known in the ukraine international airlines jet was on its way from iran's capital tehran last night to kiev graines president will be as olinsky has broken off a foreign visit to return to kiev because of the disaster the president says that ukraine will be sending a search and rescue team to iran tonight. a field of burning debris lights up the sky near tehran. the apparent remnants of the ukraine international airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from the iranian capital. iranian t.v. stations are the 1st to broadcast images of the crash including this mobile phone video which appears to show the plane going down. it's daybreak that reveals the extent of the destruction and the human toll. the plane was carrying 167 passengers and 9 crew members from several different countries mainly iran and canada. was not t

the conservative party of german chancellor angela merkel mr hart we appreciate your time tonight in your insights thank you very much goodbye. well the latest conflict between the u.s. and iran is playing out has we just heard on iraqi territory iraq has long been under the sway of both powers shiite muslims are in the majority in iraq just as they are in iran but the u.s. has a huge military presence in iraq current tensions are changing the dynamic in the region and u.s. influence in iraq could be the collateral damage. when a u.s. drone strike killed tehran's top military masterminds it didn't happen on iranian soil but in iraq the country was a target for general case seems silly money and iran in their master plan for the region to extend shiite power using proxies. like the shiite militia that attacked the u.s. embassy many of these militant groups came to prominence during the fight against so-called islamic state shiite iraqis trained in iran was central to defeating i-s. and many of them took their orders from sort of money. iraqi lawmakers call out no to america iran's inf

backed government in tripoli and met with german chancellor angela merkel and the german foreign minister heiko mass mr mass well he was surprisingly upbeat heading into what could be a very crucial conference we've been able to reach agreement so many important points for the future political process in libya and the mere fact that we've managed to do this in the prison difficult situation gives us grooms to be cautiously optimistic all this talk of these talks here in berlin follow on from a conference earlier just last week in moscow in which both sides in the conflict agree to a cease fire that was brokered by russia and turkey however following those talks and following the agreement for that cease fire it was only said that put his signature to the deal or before this conference gets into full swing turkish president the one and blood amir putin of russia have also held talks this is what the russian president had to say following that was when it was going it was in my opinion we made very good progress during our meeting in istanbul we called on the warring libyan parties to cease a still ities

backed government in tripoli and met with german chancellor angela merkel and the german foreign minister heiko mass mr mass well he was surprisingly upbeat heading into what could be a very crucial conference we've been able to reach agreement so many important points for the future political process in libya the mere fact that we've managed to do this in the prison difficult situation gives us grooms to be cautiously optimistic all this talk of these talks here in berlin follow on from a conference earlier just last week in moscow in which both sides in the conflict agree to a cease fire that was brokered by russia and turkey however following those talks and following the agreement to that cease fire it was only said that put his signature to the deal remember for the this would be the firing. to resume each of the region we are promoting because this is a. knitting good more screwed as a contribution to boot conference of but in moot you go on over the rim at those the situation this think up and them the bust the there will meetin some only be filled with you when you had a more you know pulled th

mr with germany's e.u. presidency coming up in the 2nd half of 2020 merkel needs to mend the strategically important marriage with france to fulfill her key aim a united europe that can stand up to an increasingly dominant china back home her own party worry that her refusal to actively back a successor could weaken germany's position speaking of political leadership i think she. should think about supporting someone so to give us surance the germans and the europeans and everybody out there who could play also a role for stability in that someone is still widely tipped to be his successor as party leader anika it's come catherine also defense minister she recently called for a more active role for german troops on the world stage she offers the kind of clarity even merkel phones have lately been missing at the top i see only one deficiency that's the lek of a national strategy which shows transparency about german interests and german strengths and weaknesses the current german chancellor isn't a lame duck yet but the clouds of a long goodbye are hanging over her office in belin. it's an open secret here th

the center and others have been urges chancellor merkel and the mayor of berlin, mr. mueller, to declare hezbollah a terrorist organization. this could cut them off from the financial support they enjoy from supporters in germany and make it harder for them to further spread their hatred of jews among young muslims in that country. to date, unfortunately, chancellor merkel has refused, ensuring that germany's jewish community be further endangered. we therefore call on the commission to put germany on your tier 2 watch list. finally, england. days before the uk's last election, our center listed jeremy corbyn's labor party as number one in a very crowded field of 2019 top anti-semites. thankfully, corbyn resigned after historic defeat of his election. his anti-semitism played a role in his political demise. tragically, however, the cancerous injection of anti-semitism into the mainstream of england's national and political social discourse will have long-lasting impact. ugly anti-semitic hate crimes have continued daily since election day. given the close historic lin

he's also a member of parliament for the affairs committee mr arkwright he supports a ban on way here in germany the german chancellor angela merkel she opposes any ban it's good to have you here so i visited back i have to ask you are. we will we know what the e.u. decides about 5 g. what we were reporting today is only advisory the decision lies with the member states or what germany decides is going to be what germany does but you can't ignore what the u.k. decided yesterday does it help or hurt you. it doesn't really help because i think it's a compromise that will not work in the long run but we have signs from brussels today from the commission that girls the other direction how does that help you because they also say they don't mention a ban on who way they just say limits well and nobody wants to ban who just literally it's about standards who is able who who are we willing to accept a supplier for critical infrastructure and what's the criteria for that and trustworthiness political trustworthiness is a top criteria so that's what the debate is about it's about the relationship of the chinese government to their companie

their mission you've also called for more diplomacy now chancellor merkel is going to moscow at the weekend what do you think she can achieve mr putin was one of the 1st ones to show his son his condolences to the 2 to iran after soleimani was killed it means that they are. sticking together and it means that he. thinks he has some influence or he should show it now and try to push the iranians not to overreact and not to go for 4 way in which would be the next step of an escalation in the whole middle east and finally do you see any life left at all in the iran nuclear deal. the nuclear deal is that when we give it up there is no other obstacles for iran to to get to the bomb in a fast way so you have to do whatever we can what we miss for the last 18 months to do was are europeans to try to save the deal if the. situation in the middle east is nuclearized everything got to get worse i mean north of thank you very much . here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world russia's president vladimir putin has spent orthodox chris. miss a public holiday in russia in syria who did meant syr

their mission you've also called for more diplomacy now chancellor merkel is going to moscow at the weekend what do you think she can achieve mr putin was one of the 1st ones showing his sending his condolences to the 2 year to iran after soleimani was killed it means that they are. sticking together and that means that he he thinks he has some influence or he should show it now and try to push the iranians not to overreact and not to go for 4 way in which would be the next step of an escalation in the whole middle east and finally do you see any life left at all in the iran nuclear deal. the nuclear deal is dead when we give it up there is no other obstacles for iran to to get to the bomb in a fast way so you have to do whatever we can what we miss for the last 18 months to do was are europeans to try to save the deal if the. situation in the middle east is nuclearized everything got to get worse i mean north of thank you very much you. because it may be the total vote 350 votes in favor of the candidate 167 votes against the candidate 165 abstentions 18 i'm sitting here on this show you have achieved a vote and more favor fr

mr president thank you very much thank you . speaking with macsoftware now in her weekly podcast german chancellor angela merkel has described it as a major turning point for the e.u. she also went on to say that germany wants to remain britain's friend and partner but she warned that becoming trade negotiations between the e.u. and the u.k. would not be easy it's a fun movie and these negotiations certainly won't be easy at the core they will be trade negotiations where it will be evaluated how we will trade with each other in the future. we already have examples of international trade agreements and it will now strongly depend on great britain how it would like to shape its relationship with the european union. so let's go to the more german i'm going broke if indeed there be physical cause for kate brady kate the german government has often expressed its regrets of britain's decision to leave so how does the future relationship between london and berlin look now the day has come i think what we heard there from times there are certainly an indication of how things might proceed to particularly over this 11 month transition p

but mr adam one says turkey is sending military personnel to train libyan forces and he made the comments in a press conference held with the german chancellor angela merkel in istanbul did. you conclude we are giving support to the legitimate government in libya in order to reignite the political process in giving support to the guy. i'm an international court in line with the resolution of the e.u. when it is not a choice but a liability. after has increased his attacks in the last few days which is a clear sign he has no intention of reconciliation but i think it's important for both parties in libya to reach a compromise and we hope hostile will take positive steps to reach a cease fire we have dealt with many due political issues that are of mutual concern to both their countries the meetings and the talks that have been held are important because we have managed to express our appreciation to turkey for hosting a lot of refugees one hour from our correspondent in istanbul jamal. both leaders emphasize the immediate need to ensure the fragile cease fire in libya continues and that all breaches that are being. witnessed are stopped there was a synergy