eternal supreme guide that will allow president currencies are to veto all decisions by the party central committee becomes the head of a referendum in may that could enable him to rule until twenty three. he's already been there for thirteen years critics say he wants to hold power for life. slovakia's interior minister has resigned robert to project came amid a political crisis of the murder of an investigative journalist but today coalition party demanded the minister's removal in return for its continued support kaleena was a key ally of slovakia not prime minister robert feet so. germany's new government is preparing to take office after the country's main political parties signed a much anticipated coalition agreement the document sets out the program agreed between and america's conservative bloc and the social democrats the ceremony marks the end of long and difficult negotiations party leaders said the joint program would address the concerns of germans who feel left behind. it took them six months to finally agree on this coalition all three party leaders made it clear today that they wan

that would allow him to veto all decisions by the party's central committee.here is referendum in may that could allow him to rule until 2034. he already led the least african -- east african nation for 13 years. it's say he wants to hold power for life. slovakia's interior minister declined from his post. his departure comes amid a political crisis over a journalist. he was a key ally of the slovakian prime minister. germany' government iss prepared to take office after his main political parties signed a much anticipated coalition agreement. the document sends out between the conservative bloc in the social democrats. this locks -- marks the end of difficult associations. the joint program would address the concerns of germans who feel left behind. >> into them six months to finally agree on this coalition. all three party leaders made it clear today that they want the government to last the full term. the signed agreement is 177 pages long. 177 pages of political policies for germany. the hierarchy in the new government is clear. the leading figures still a

paying eighteen times when we are needed and yet that we were rarely even close around the party central committee was commerce xi jinping at his coal hole high the banner of socialism with chinese characteristics and follow the guidelines xi jinping saw on socialism with chinese characteristics for a new era the premier presented a vision of a vibrant growing economy but in language often reminiscent of them out here a and there was one overriding message china will be great again so long as she jing pings at the helm adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. now we have a look at him ping's rise to power and policies she isn't paying was born in one thousand nine hundred fifty three to a communist party leader but his life took a dramatic turn when his father was purged as part of mao zedong's cultural revolution at age fifteen she was deprived of his privileged upbringing and sent to work on a farm but he managed to join the communist party and worked his way up the ranks until in two thousand and thirteen he was elected president of china last year his name and philosophy were added to the party consti

jingping eighteen times when you needed ten years that we were rarely even close around the party central committee was commerce xi jinping at his coal hole high the banner of socialism with chinese characteristics and follow the guidelines xi jinping saw on socialism with chinese characteristics for a new era the premier presented a vision of a vibrant growing economy but in language often reminiscent of them out here a and there was one overriding message china will be great again so long as she jing pings at the helm adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. the u.s. aircraft carrier has arrived in vietnam for the first time since the end of the vietnam war the visit by the u.s.s. carl vinson to the port of dan ang marks the biggest u.s. military presence in the country since one thousand nine hundred five when hey ripples now from. this visit by the u.s. military to vietnam is very symbolic the aircraft carrier the carl vinson anchoring off the city of done there which is where u.s. ground troops first came ashore in one thousand nine hundred sixty five to begin their campaign in the vietnam war ever si

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title attorney all supreme guide it will allow the president to veto all decisions by the party central committeeand it comes ahead of a referendum in may that could enable him to rule until twenty thirty four the former rebel has already led the east african nation for thirteen years and critics say that a personality cult is developing around the president and that he wants to hold power for life. let's get more on this i'm joined now by my colleague fred of any who is joining us from our sister studios in bonn welcome to you fred so president is leader for life of his party but that's not all what is going on with the constitution of the country as well. what i can see there is a new draft constitution that has been of course drafted and the appropriation is said to vote in a constitutional referendum in may two thousand and eighteen if accepted by the voters the revised constitution would keep him in office until twenty thirty four and then ahead of the many votes human rights groups and opposition i q's authorities have embarked on him out of operation of force and registration of voters inc

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eighteen times while nothing touching needed and yet that we were rarely even close around the party central committee was calmer she jumping at his call hold high the banner of socialism with chinese characteristics and follow the guidelines xi jinping saw on socialism with chinese characteristics for a new era the premier presented a vision of a vibrant growing economy but in language often reminiscent of them out. and there was one overriding message china will be great again so long as she jing pings at the home adrian brown al jazeera beijing a u.s. aircraft carriers arrived in vietnam for the first time since the end of the vietnam war the visit by the u.s.s. carl vinson to the port of down a young is the biggest u.s. military presence in vietnam since one thousand nine hundred seventy five and is a sign of warming relations between the two countries that are where the carrier has docked was where american combat troops first arrived during the war. the world health organization says the listeria outbreak in south africa is the largest in recorded history one hundred eighty people have died in t

i wanted to add something we heard on sunday, that the communist party's central committee on sunday k of these dramatic changes is to strengthen the communist party of china's leadership in every sector. back to you, betty. betty: thank you so much for that thorough report. our chief in north asian correspondent. a top story never far from a topic in china, north korea. president trump signaling he is open to talks after kim jong-un indicated he might give up his nuclear weapons if his regime's safety is guaranteed. out, sayingeadlines the u.s. is adding further north korean sanctions over the poising and killing of the half-brother of kim jong-un, several months ago in malaysia. while we are talking about overtures, at the same time, the u.s. ratcheting up sanctions against north korea. let's discuss this with a university professor. let's first take these overtures, these comments from president trump saying he believes the north koreans are about a breakthrough, about talks. you think anything has changed? >> i really don't. if you look at what was agreed upon on march 5, very lit

five, on the request for legislation to stop this practice of using a campaign for a party-county central committee which ends the campaign with money in it and then using that money for a campaign for supervisor, assessor, district attorney, who knows what, the initial question is jurisdiction. have you ascertained that yet? >> so we sought advice from the ftpc from that question, since they are the agency that administers the law that would be preemptive in this case. they provided us informal advice just at the end of this last week that was inconclusive. >> commissioner kopp: that was what? >> that was inconclusive. they were unable to determine whether or not the rule that we have been discussing here, that you have been discussing, would be preempted by state law. so at this point, we're trying to figure out what the city attorney's office -- >> commissioner kopp: all right. what's your recommendation next? >> at this point is to probably seek formal advice where we require the ftpc to provide us with an answer from an attorney in their office. >> commissioner kopp: all right. can you do that

party and the nation. it means persevering in the new era with comrades shoe during thing as the core of the central party committee— endorsing decisions already made by the communist party. there are 3,000 delegates from all over the country. here's how some of them reacted. so will there be any sign of dissent over xi jinping's indefinite rule? let's hearfrom emily feng in beijing who covers chinese politics for the financial times. it will be very interesting to see the constitutional amendments coming up the constitutional amendments coming up this sunday. in previous times, there have been dissenting extensions, and i suspect that very few people if at all will vote against it. that being said, there has been no open discussion and when i went to the great hall today for the ceremony for the two sessions, meetings, the responses from delegates was extremely measured. they were very, very cautious about repeating the same stock phrases they now are safe to say so the message about what kind of discussion and any kind of dissension about these constitutional limits is being kept under wraps, i would say more tig

when xi was appointed by the central committee of the party in 2016, when he was core, that effectivelyndermined the traditional collective leadership and put him in a much superior position. but this announcement, what it does, the intended consequence, is make it clear he will be the one to see through his grand vision for china 2050 and china 2035 this great modernized that they say will be prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious and beautiful if i got it all right. and so he wants to be the one to make that happen and to, in the short term, deal with the ecific proems china has to break through interest groups and to let anybody know if they think they can wait hmm out for his next term, they're wrong because they can't. >> let me put that to you. in the greater interests of china and that it's no real big deal, how do you see it from your perch in california teaching government? >> it is quite a big deal. in fact, mr. xi signaled his intention to break the term limits in october of last year when he did not appoint a successor. first of all, this will really

constitution for the terms of the presidency it's can juicer to upholding the authority of the central committee of the party with comrade xi jinping at the core and also to unify leadership also will help strengthen and improve the country's governance. china correspondent adrian brown reports from beijing. in the ceremonial heart of beijing china's political season is about to start but it will be different this year delegates to the national people's congress are being asked to do something they've never had to before approve a change to the constitution that restricts presidents to two terms dissenting voices are rare in today's china yet in the run up to this n.p.c. there's been token criticism over the proposed amendment. most of the modern countries in the world adopt this two term presidency that's why people find it unbelievable that if she is going to stay in power more than two terms president she is likely to get his way the n.p.c. is viewed as a largely rubber stamp body controlled by the ruling communist party and has never voted down a proposal from party leaders. the change will further conso

constitution for the terms of the presidency its can juicer to upholding the authority of the central committee of the party with comrade xi jinping at the core and also to unify leadership also will help strengthen and improve the country's government. us media is reporting a special prosecutor robert byrd's investigation into russian interference in the twenty six thousand election has widened to include the united arab emirates the new york times says the f.b.i. has been questioning george nader an american lebanese businessman who is an advisor to the crown prince of the. well there are democratic senators according to senior white house advisor and trump's son in law jared kushner to be removed if allegations against him interfering in u.s. foreign policy are true if it's true it's damning if it's true or has to go for many of us the fall of the middle east closely we could not understand why the trumpet ministration was so firmly taking the saudis side in this dispute between the saudis the m roddy's and the qataris because the united states has very important interests in qatar at the top of the list

constitution for the terms of the presidency it's can juicer to upholding the authority of the central committee of the party with comrade xi jinping at the core and also to unify leadership also that will help strengthen and improve the country's government. south korea has announced plans for a special envoy to visit the north the five person delegation will leave for two days of talks on monday that's in response to an invitation by kim jong un sr during her visit to the channel and picks the investigation into russian interference and the election of donald trump has reportedly been widened to include the united arab emirates the new york times as an advisor to the crown prince has been questioned special counsel robert muller wants to know whether george nader who is a regular visitor to the white house attempted to buy political influence the us president contradicted years of policy when he initially backed the u.a.e. and saudi led blockade against. of saudi arabia's crown prince is due to land in cairo for a three day visit to me egypt's president at the. first official foreign trip since becoming cr

constitution for the terms of the presidency its can juicer to upholding the authority of the central committee of the party with comrade xi jinping at the core and also to unify leadership also will help strengthen and improve the country's governance. reports from beijing. in the ceremonial heart of beijing china's political season is about to start but it will be different this year delegates to the national people's congress are being asked to do something they've never had to before approve a change to the constitution that restricts presidents to two terms dissenting voices are rare in today's china yet in the run up to this n.p.c. there's been token criticism over the proposed amendment. most of the modern countries in the world adopt this two term presidency that's why people find it unbelievable that if she is going to stay in power more than two terms president she is likely to get his way the n.p.c. is viewed as a largely rubber stamp body controlled by the ruling communist party and has never voted down a proposal from party leaders. the change will further consolidate she's power as he's also p

the highest organ of state power, but above this sits the party organ, where the real decisions are made. plenary meetings of the central committeewhich happened just before this party congress, the reform was approved. it is going through. jinping wills xi stay on for life or just longer remains to be seen, but it looks certain he will do at least a third term. rishaad: stick around with us, through because of this hour. let's go to sydney and get the first word news headlines. china's biggest internet companies making headlines. wechat has over one billion users around the world. china to useants technology to improve links with hong kong. he's calling for a system linking id's with phones to boost trade. ma also called for policies to enhance security in online financial services. >> the scale of money market funds have been grown increasingly bigger, and any strong volatility will cause substantial risk. many cash loan providers pose huge risks to the financial stability of the country. therefore i made the proposal suggesting the government improve financial regulation technologies using ai and big data to detect and prevent

khrushchev wildly were left in the dark as to what went on when the central committee named leonid brezhnev as the new leader of the partyhis successor just went in the opposite direction, and then divorce of his policies. he was very upset. >> he had begun a new age of the soviet union, a thawing of the cold war. not complete, but the beginning of something. but things change. >> the cuban missile crisis showed that neither side could gain a military victory over the other side. so therefore, the competition had to take a different form. >> it was beginning of the very rapid changes in the relations between two countries. next period in our history would compete in the economy. >> in the end, we couldn't defeat the soviet union militarily, but we could demonstrate that we had a much better attractive society. >> the united states of america wants to see the cold war end. we want sanity and security and peace for all. and above all, president kennedy, i'm sure, would regard as his best memorial the fact that in his three years as president the world became a little safer and the way ahead became a little brighter. little

party o the committee and we're going to get a dissent by the democrats. we'll get some of it next thursday and it's going to b very controversial on that point and also on the central point they're making which is there is no evidence that there's been any collusion. pete: abby, was it slow coming out, susan and what's the significance of the u.s. adding its voice to thisay andg us too. >> of course it's slow. the bottom line is thathe united states and united kingdom have handd long-sg special relationship and this week, i think we did not show ourselves to be the very best friends of great britain in the world. we signed only and did sort of the formal things that one would do as allies but the president of the united states was not there right alongside teresa may, who gave really one of the speeches of her career in parliament this i week which she personally blamed vladimir putin r this attack. the nerve agent, is one of the deadliest things manufactured in the former soviet union. there are only two possibilities for this, which is number one, the russian governmentaunched a terrifying attack with a chemical weapon in a crowded british city or number two, the

party congress in october. really this is monumental. this decision is very likely to to be signed off by the central committee next week to end these term what it does is and/or move for shift away from collective leadership toward centralized leadership. this is about getting president xi extended power. >> samsung has launched the s9. is this a game changer? >> it is a similar form factor to the s8. there is not a lot of change their. -- there. there is more performance under the hood, a much better camera. they have augmented reality emojis, stereo speakers. ,a number of different steps. the question, is it a game changer? perhaps not. but they do need to roll out was something after apple came out with the 10. the one thing maybe samsung has going for it is it is cheaper. it is a critical launch for samsung because they are now another step beyond that note explodingco, batteries in 2016 and the more recent scandal with lee's recent release from jail. still, a black mark on the company. >> alibaba is ramping up competition with tencent on food delivery. according to a person familiar with the matter, alibaba has agreed to buy shares

party congress in october. but really this is monumental. the proposed decision that was announced on is very likely to sunday, to be signed off by the central committeeo end these term limits. and what it does then is and or move this shift away from collective leadership toward centralized leadership. this is about getting president xi extended power. ♪ samsung has launched its answer to the iphone x. its called the s-9. is this a game changer? >> it is a similar form factor to the s-8. so there is not a lot of change there. there is more performance under the hood, a much better camera. they have augmented reality, emojis, stereo speakers. a number of different steps. but the big question here is it , a game changer? well perhaps not. , but they do need to roll out was something after apple came out with the 10. the one thing maybe samsung has going for it, is it is cheaper. it is a critical launch for samsung because they are now another step beyond that note 7 fiasco, the exploding handsets, the tablets in 2016 and the more more recent j wiley scandal and his recent release from jail. still, a black mark on the company. >> alibaba is ramping up c

and to veto all decisions made by the party central committee i'm a referendum could keep him in office until twenty thirty four critics say he's looking to be leader for life. no smoking gun but russia house for when it comes to using exotic substances to kill its enemies on foreign soil britain's prime minister tells parliament that nerve agent attack on a former russian spy in britain was in all likelihood ordered by the kremlin. to resubmit went on to say there can be no question of business as usual with russia i'm phil gale in berlin and this is the day. the government has concluded that it is highly likely that russia was responsible for the act against. the script. this russian citizen work for one of the british intelligence agencies incident took place on british territory and therefore it has nothing to do with russia let alone the russian leadership. we must now stand ready to take much more extensive measures. to russia was blamed immediately for this.

and to veto all decisions made by the party central committee i'm a referendum could keep him in office until twenty thirty four critics say he's looking to be leader for life. jittery executives meet in germany as the country faces major disruptions to steel exports but a top official tells them he is confident they will be exempted from a new u.s. tears meanwhile in brussels french economy minister bruno lemaire tells us what europe needs to do in confronting a potential trade battle with the united states and in nigeria we find a hot idea that is helping farmers to keep their cool and their produce fresh or. business on crystal kolber welcome the vice president of the european commission france timmerman says he is confident the u.s. steel shipped to the united states will eventually earn the same exemption status as canada and australia so romans made the comment.