it should not duplicate naser because we have one set of forces and we have scarce resources. on earlier this month, you ministers debated creating a $5000.00 troops force to deploy during emergencies. and that plan faces opposition from some countries that are also members of nato, particularly those bordering russia. in 2007 so called battle groups of 1500 soldiers drawn from each member state were created, but never actually used low defense spending among european countries as seen as a major obstacle to the continent. military independence, european naser members spent 1.64 percent of their g, d, p on military expenditure last year. that's well below the alliances 2 percent target. now germany and france though, amongst the biggest spend, is they both increase their military budgets. the. well, let's bring in our gas now in brussels. we have theresa fallon, the director of the center for russia, europe, asia studies in washington, d. c. david de roche associate professor at the national defense university and also a former nato operations director of the joint chiefs of s

and the other example is a robe which was sent to the v&a by naser al—din shah qajar in 1876.is about the 19th century. we call it "the old and the new" because the 19th century is the tension between the kings who wanted to present themselves as glorious in the style of the iranian monarchs of the past. but they also had to deal with a very changed world. the section on the 19th century includes two large oil paintings. one of them comes from the reign of fath ali shah and it's a portrait by his court painter, and it shows the shah wearing the extensive jewellry on his equipment and clothes that was available to him because of their conquests in india. oil painting had come to iran probably in the 17th century for portraiture and decorative painting. so it came there as an inheritance from the past. during the 19th century, there were a number of really interesting painters who emerged in iran — and one of them was isma'iljalayir. the painting that we have in the exhibition shows the harem of an important person. they are having tea on a balcony overlooking a park with very l

the minimum wage while also supporting a universal basic income. despite the proving of germany's naser membership, they stand against nuclear weapons. and the green on top of policies on russia and china have been report that some polling stations in berlin ran out of balance papers. it's also been said that they were not able to get deliver as quick enough as roads are closed due to the annual math. and also how this sunday angular merkel is preferred choice in the political race on, in lash at rob everyone's attention at putting station when he accidentally revealed his ballot to photographers as it was already held in. and we'll discuss with the new government might look like with dr. rick bronx, and profess at european studies at stanford university in the lane. and steven meisner, a political, unless it feels very good for the social democrats to be in a position like this when they have the lead for the very 1st time since 2002. on the other hand, it might leads to a few months until we finally know who's going to be the winner. and it can even be that the social democrats don't

on one side, it's, we surround russia with naser basis. and we call them the aggressor, we support opposition groups and we accuse them a foreign interference. the european project is not being undermined and divided by russia, but by the rank hypocrisy that is characterized in this report, it tells me that it is time to embark on a passive dialogue with the russian federation is time to stop listening to the american in europe. is continental europe has a right to make a choice in favor of good relations with russia. early on i spoke with the professor of the moscow state institute of international relations about a bond of thesis, despite the stance it'll still have to work with the new russian legislators. anyway. it's quite interesting. i've read today, recommendation on parliament today, and it was a topic just topic. we must not recognize the new russian parliament electrons will be fraudulent. but at the same time, we must walk. we've been u d p just to somehow or maybe or a to change their current products from vegas place to place

among european countries as seen as a major obstacle to the continent. military independence, european naser members spent 1.64 percent of their g, d, p on military expenditure last year. that's well below the line says 2 percent target and germany and france though, amongst the biggest spend is they both increase their military budgets. ah, well let's bring in our gas now in brussels. we have theresa fallon, the director of the center for russia, europe, asia studies in washington, d. c. david roche associate professor at the national defense university and also a former nature operations director of the joint chiefs of staff also in brussels. nicholas, why it's an international affair strategist and senior director for global solutions at a p. c o. worldwide. thank you for joining us. and welcome to the program. i do want to start with the practicalities here. i think they're very important, really just how realistic this all is. so there's obviously isn't a new idea. and it's been debated and discussed so much that we get to the point where some member states actually roll their eyes ever

they told their stories along with some of naser's other victims sitting behind them. the gymnasts made it clear -- they blame the fbi, u.s. gymnastics and u.s. olympic and paralympic committee for nassar's abuse for the many women and girls abuse after they complained. >> i don't want another gymnast or athlete or individual to experience the horror i and hundreds of others endured before, during, and continuing to this day in the wake -- of the larry nassar abuse. to be clear -- sorry >> take your time. >> to be clear, i blame larry nassar, and i also blame an entire system that enabled and perpetrated his abuse. >> the gymnast's the come after an inspector general found the fbi botched the investigation into larry nassar's abuse it found the agency made fundamental errors and failed to interview victims in a timely manner mikayla maroney said larry masser sarted abusing her when she was 13 years old she told fbi agents in excruciating detail what happened, things she never even told her own mother. >> this was very clear cookie cutter ped feill ya and abuse the fbi