architectural highlights like champagne castle which is the state parliament attract lots of german visitors in twenty seventeen mexican books on racked up more than thirty million overnight stays but there was little tourism from a broad. term and tourists have always played a major role for us until now there was much international demand in part due to transportation issues and so forth so we have a lot of catching up to do we want the i.t.v. the biggest international tourism trade fairs to be a platform that provides an impetus. to status earmarking hundreds of millions of euros for further investment in tourism the hope is that it says he's hotels and beaches will fill up even in winter. african countries like the democratic republic of congo are seeing more and more women involved in technology. is one of a growing number of female engineers. she and her team invented robo cops metal giants that regulate the traffic at many of conciousness snarled intersections probusiness out the robo cops do good work still shit going to show you something that's very modern there i'm with them that

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hands the epic cities and architectural highlights like sharing in castle which now houses the state parliament attract lots of german visitors and twenty seventeen mecklenburg for palmer and rex up more than thirty million overnight stays but there was little tourism from abroad. as well german tourists have always played a major role for us and until now there wasn't much international demand in part due to transportation issues and so forth so we have a lot of catching up to do we want the i.t. be the biggest international tourism trade fair to be a platform that will provide. so. the state of. your marking hundreds of millions of euros for further investment in tourism the hope is that in the coming years the beaches cities and hotels will fill up even in winter. who is the richest person in the coding to the american business magazine folds it is now i was unfounded jeff bezos basis wealth has almost doubled in the past one hundred and twelve billion dollars thanks to the stellar rise of amazon stock in the second place as the previous front runner microsoft founder bill gates estimated as

this bill attracted such cross party support inside the chamber is that it had huge support state parliament i spoke to laura perdue and spokesperson that you any one of the many humanitarian organizations to been supporting the bill . welcome to examine sure laura what have you any been doing then to actively garner support for the bill through parliament well we decided to support this bill firstly because refugees have told us that one of the key barriers to their really feeling settled and being able to integrate in the u.k. is this feeling that they have left close family members behind in either the country that have come from or in refugee camps in the regions what is the government's view in relation to what's proposed in the bill and why are they against it well the government's position is that immigration will. allow for refugees to bring family members but that's only exceptional cases and then outside the rules fast that really doesn't provide enough of a safeguard for for people who really are in need of bringing close family members the current immigration laws are very restri

this bill attracted such a cross party support inside the chamber is that it had huge support state parliament i spoke to laura perdue and spokesperson that you any one of the many humanitarian organizations to been supporting the bill. welcome to laura what have you any been doing then to actively garner support for the bill through parliament well we decided to support this bill firstly because refugees have told us that one of the key barriers to their really feeling settled in being able to integrate in the u.k. is this feeling that they have left close family members behind in either the country to come from or in refugee camps in the regions what is the government's view in relation to what's proposed in the bill and why are they against it well the government's position is that immigration. can allow for refugees to bring family members but that's only exceptional cases and then outside the walls fast that willie doesn't provide and nuff. to safeguard for for people who really are in need of bringing close family members the current immigration rules are very restrictive it's also a ver

that comes after seventeen people mostly teenagers were killed in a high school in florida the state's parliament has since passed a law to allow teachers to carry weapons but it's not a new concept as john hendren to polls from ohio this might be the most heavily armed public school in america in the rural town of sidney ohio would be attackers are warned each entrance to every school scattered throughout this school or several safes opened with a fingerprint it put a glock nineteen handgun in reach of a team of teachers and staff trained to take out the shooter i don't necessarily like having guns in school either mental health backpacks background checks assault rifles gun control laws all of those things i don't necessarily a disagree with but at the same time all of those things combined are not going to stop an active shooter five years before president trump said this if you had a teacher with who was adept at firearms they could very well end the attack very quickly educators like this former soldier were volunteering to train for classroom combat back when we first started this. i second

yearfziffsfi we v; ,, yeah—555355 wefnfieed to ~ — .. ..,.. leave enough time for all member state parliamentse uk then enters a transition period which will end in december, 2020. adam fleming is in fossils looking at the eu approach. the talks was all about the two teams, led by the eu negotiator michel barnier and david davis agreeing the terms of a divorce in a brexit treaty. important sanctions like the rights of eu nationals to stay in the uk and uk citizens who live in europe, how the uk can live up to financial obligations, our money, and a post brexit transition period. it has been agreed in principle. nothing has been agreed until everything is agreed. eu law will continue to apply and till the summer, the uk will not have a seat at the decision table in brussels. eu nationals can still move to the uk and settled permanently if they want to. britain can go into the world and sign new trade deals. with old friends and new allies around the globe. and the flag won't be there any more. questions coming in. questions about the irish border. mobile phone roaming setups after brexit and al

russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said made a statement was a circus show put on for parliament russian state t.v. went even further if the parliament if you think about it the only ones who would benefit from the poisoning other british in order to defeat the russophobia that's why you are all software. people in salzburg who are near where the attack took place have been told to wash their clothes the russian ambassador will be summoned to say whether his government was responsible refuse answer fails to allay suspicions that the kremlin was behind the attack with theresa may has promised a robust response although she did not say what that would be. or thank you for the very latest on this let's bring in our correspondents spirit mass in london and emily share one in moscow good morning to both of you back if we can start with you know why is britain so certain that russia was behind the poisoning of sergei skip and his daughter. well the reason. the u.k. took some time took several days to analyze the substance and it's got the best military experts on the case and she said that it is ver

president donald trump proposed teachers to prevent school shootings and florida state's parliament has since passed a law to allow teachers to carry weapons but that's not a new concept as john hendren reports from ohio. this might be the most heavily armed public school in america in the rural town of sydney ohio would be attackers are warned each entrance to every school scattered throughout this school or several safes opened with a fingerprint it put a glock nineteen handgun in reach of a team of teachers and staff trained to take out the shooter i don't necessarily like having guns in school either mental health backpacks background checks assault rifles gun control laws all of those things i don't necessarily agree disagree with but at the same time all of those things combined are not going to stop an active shooter five years before president trump said this if you had a teacher with who was adept at firearms they could very well end the attack very quickly educators like this former soldier were volunteering to train for classroom combat back when we first started this i don't

historic can see epic cities and architectural highlights like staring castle which now houses the state parliament attract lots of german visitors and twenty seventeen mecklenburg for palmer and rex up more than thirty million overnight stays but there was little tourism from abroad. as well german tourists have always played a major role for us and until now there wasn't much international demand in part due to transportation issues and so forth so we have a lot of catching up to do we want the i t. be the biggest international tourism trade fair to be a platform that will provide. i'd an impetus so as. the state of mecklenburg for cameron is earmarking hundreds of millions of euros for further investment into as the hope is that in the coming years the beaches cities and hotels will fill up even in winter. at goldman sachs the braggs it move seems to be starting the investment firm has put more than a dozen u.k. based banking sales and trading stuff on notice to move to frankfurt as a braces for the divorce between britain and the european union the bank wants to minimize disruption to its clien

russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said made a statement was a circus show put on for parliament russian state t.v. went even further if the parliament question if you think about it the only ones who would benefit from the poisoning other british in order to feed the russophobia that's why you were all saw for the. people in salzburg who were near where the attack took place have been told to wash their clothes the russian ambassador will be summoned to say whether his government was responsible for if it sounds or fails to allay suspicions that the kremlin was behind the attack we must theresa may has promised a robust response although she did not say what that would be. like humans we have our correspondent alex forrest whiting has been following the story for us hi alex thanks for coming back in the studio for us how can britain be so certain that russia is behind this poisoning well this nerve agent has been examined at the bar trace at porton down by government scientists and they have confirmed that it was developed in the seventy's and eighty's by the soviet military for the soviet mi

architectural highlights like castle which now has is the state parliament attract lots of german visitors in twenty seventeen mecklenburg for palm and racked up more than thirty million overnight stays but there was little tourism from abroad. german tourists have always played a major role for us now there was much international demand in part due to transportation issues so it's a lot of catching up to do we want the id be the biggest international tourism trade fair to be a platform that will provide an impetus for. the state of mecklenburg for palm one is earmarking hundreds of millions of euros for further investment in tourism the hope is that in the coming years the beaches cities and hotels will fill up even in winter. and staying in the country to a landmark ruling you can say that again danielle the high court in the eastern german state of saxony has handed down terrorism convictions to eight far right extremists the so-called fright tower group named after the small town it's actually where they operated carried out arson attacks against refugee shelters and political opponent

germany has almost a thousand troops there the second largest contingent after the united states and parliament will decide whether to send three hundred more the vote comes as the government in kabul struggles to combat a wave of attacks by the taliban and other militant groups. it was during the persian new year celebrations that to suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a kabul university killing at least thirty three people terror attacks a part of everyday life in the city in twenty seventeen alone kabul witnessed twenty serious attacks one reason for the catastrophic security situation the withdrawal of nature troops in twenty fourteen over one hundred thousand soldiers left afghanistan within a year a scaled down mission called resolute support followed some twelve thousand nato soldiers trained and advised afghan security forces but evidently it was too early to withdraw without the opposition of nato troops the taliban to gather strength and take fact last territory now there are calls for the international community to send more soldiers back to the country. the german government

week prime minister to resign may said the only conclusion was that the russian state is responsible she told parliament the u.k. will expel twenty three russian diplomats alleged to be on the cleared intelligence officers giving them a week to leave may said the u.k. will suspend all high level bilateral contacts with russia and cancel a planned visit by russian foreign minister sergei lavrov ministers and members of the royal family will also boycott russia's world cup in june she said the government would freeze a russian state assets if there is evidence that they may be used to threaten the life or property of u.k. nationals or residence with the u.k. has also called an emergency un security council session in a few hours time and the reason may told parliament that the british already has international support. many of us looked at a post soviet russia with hope we wanted a better relationship and it is tragic that president putin has chosen to act in this way. but we will not tolerate the threat to life of british people and others on british soil from the russian government nor will we tolerate

russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said made a statement was a circus show put on for parliament russian state t.v. went even further if the problem is that if you think about it the only ones who would benefit from the poisoning other british in order to defeat the russophobia that's why you are all software. people in salzburg who are near where the attack took place have been told to wash their clothes the russian ambassador will be summoned to say whether his government was responsible riff is answer fails to allay suspicions that the kremlin was behind the attack with theresa may has promised a robust response although she did not say what that would be. for. i've been speaking with a london mass i asked whether theresa may presented any hard evidence of russia's involvement. you know it's a reason may has said russia but she hasn't said what's editions and there are two possibilities other it could be the russian state the russian government or it could be that there are elements that are out of control within russia and that they've got to use the delicate agencies like this not of asia

russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said made a statement was a circus show put on for parliament russian state t.v. went even further if the problem is crushing if you think about it the only ones who would benefit from the poisoning other british in order to defeat the russophobia you are all software. people in salzburg who are near where the attack took place have been told to wash their clothes the russian ambassador will be summoned to say whether his government was responsible refuse answer fails to allay suspicions that the kremlin was behind the attack we must theresa may has promised a robust response although she did not say what that would be. like humans did ever use correspondent alex forrest whiting is following the story for us she's with us here in our studio hi alex how can to resume a government be so sure that the kremlin is actually behind this well this nerve agent knows the chalk was developed for the soviet military in the seventy's and eighty's as part of their cold war strategy we know that because scientists at the government tree nestles porton down on have done a lo

but now a committee of mps thinks he might have given parliament false state m e nts might have givenn recalled for more questions. the facebook boss mark zuckerberg will also be called. it looks like facebook were trying to avoid difficult questions about this and people will rightly be concerned, are there other data breaches we don‘t know about? how effective our facebook actually at stopping people taking data from their platform and then using it in a way that suits them that facebook can control. at the heart of this was an app designed in britain in 2014 supposed to tell you a lot more about your own personality, but if you login using your facebook profile it allowed the app and its owners a ccess to profile it allowed the app and its owners access to some very personal data held on facebook, most astonishingly, though, it allowed the app access to all of your friends‘ personal data without their explicit consent. we are going to make america great again. it has been claimed donald trump‘s campaign used personal data acquired from cambridge analytica to try and influence the e

european parliament today some members of the parliament stated that the european union should be together shoe should heart against the day being the biggest threat and the biggest threat is our ally putin in russia or china or he even trump in united states so i certainly i don't know and i cannot predict the words is the future move or most of but i believe there will and we use the diplomatic way to take to try to. cooperate with the british government and i hope that these are. kids that want is kali in in a confrontation between the two governments understudied not a chemist or an expert on this kind of thing but this substance this group of substances the novacek family is there a chance over the produced in russia back in the days of the soviet union's long time ago is there a chance they could be produced somewhere else or is it too specialised are they only to be tied into russia as far as you know. well as far as i know probably even the. chemical agent could be producing even his biggest and post service state about he even we know that ok this soviet union developed either doi

complete draft withdrawal agreement, which we discussed beforehand, with the 27 member states and the european parliamentmber states and from the european parliament. so it's that d raft european parliament. so it's that draft agreement that we've been continuing to work very tentatively. with my team, and with the team from the united kingdom, having done that we've just published, a few moments ago, jointly with the uk, a new version which is colour—coded. i'd like to show you what we've done. this is the whole thing. i recognise you might not be able to read it at the back of the room, but you will be given a taste in a few short minutes and you will be able to ponder it and pour over it page by page. this is an overview of the articles and protocols of the draft international withdrawal agreement. what you see in green are the things which are now formally agreed. that's what you see in green. what you see in yellow are some of the points where we have political agreement, but still have two be clarified over the next few weeks. in white, the text proposed by the union, are text, on which we shall co

i'm perplexed why the secretary of state has come to parliament to announce a set of administrative arrangementsary of state should be bringing to the house, not least the promise to come back to the house about future arrangements. rather than announce invitations to tender for rail franchises. his statement is simply thin grule. once again it sets out vague aspirations and possible options. yet again its evidence the government won't set out a strategic direction but instead just delegates decisions to the private sector. chris grayling said he'd never been told off before for coming to the house. the snp thought the statement was "lacking in detail" too. chris grayling. he also says the congestion on the west coast main line and other areas... but does beg the question then, why is hs2... why is a north—south by not being done at the same time? there wasn't much new information in the statement. it was clear that this invitation to tender was late because it was expected in last november. can the secretary of state explain both the reasons for the delay and its implications? can he confirm th

to mark it's russia now where president vladimir putin is delivering his annual state of the nation address to parliament in moscow right now this comes ahead of the country's presidential election in less than three weeks time we're getting live pictures of his speech right now russian president is tipped to win the ballot by a large margin and today's address is expected to outline and a ray of plans in visions for his country including on domestic spending on welfare and infrastructure we'll be bringing you coverage of his speech throughout the day . now for some of the other stories making the news of this hour ahead of. the incumbent seven challengers in the presidential race. clash during a televised debate on wednesday opposition candidates the senior subject doused the rival with water after he insulted her putin did not take part in that event the. frosty weather is gripping much of europe for another day with heavy snow blanketing longdon and other cities geneva announced a temporary closure departures and arrivals from its airport in light of the ongoing snowfall. that the result of s. and u.s

public display of solidarity with russia we recently visited the country's lower house of parliament the state duma where he wore a russia netherlands friendship in something the dutch press took exception to willis is never far from controversy though having earned a reputation with statements like these if you like islam and if you want more mosques or you moms you may have it but not here i'm very happily surprised with politicians like donald trump you know it's a kind of refreshment the fresh air in the room where the windows have been close for too long the netherlands have become a sick country fighting the islam is a she will also make our countries more safe. well throughout his career wilderness has been labeled as a provocative or and islamophobia and more recently the dutch donald trump has also been convicted of inciting discrimination against a dutch moroccans artist neil harvey talked to realtors about islam god his haircut and vladimir putin you can catch the full interview at r.t. dot com today in europe we face even something worse than an economical problem we face what i ca

glad to meet putin has delivered his annual state of the nation address to parliament sharing his vision of the country's future during the speech the president also announced the development of new strategic weapons which he said when you've got all existing missile defenses r.t.c. via correspondent what does the of. if you aren't russian in the first hour putin's speech would have been boring taxes and corruption science and industry that sort of thing after that it got real hot real fast and i mean russia is a major nuclear power basically nobody wanted to talk to us nobody listened to us so listen to us now rockets lasers nukes in a rush hooted unveiled an arsenal of new weapons bigger faster stronger and deadlier than any that came before. the sun super heavy i.c.b.m. two hundred ton missile capable of penetrating any existing defense in service at the end of the year next an enigmatic new development seemingly nuclear powered cruise missile it flies extremely low to avoid detection and can hit almost anywhere in the world says putin up next it's just fantastic an underwater drone s

ok well that was president vladimir putin's annual state of the nation address to the russian parliament and other members of the country's political elite who our correspondent against there was down there listening intently to what was said let's go through some of the main points he went through a lot didn't he from the economy right through to russia's latest military systems and new developments there. was that if you will do now stage a whole range of weapons weapons that would be good to all the. reason. that this is going to make the world safer please give russia. because this he said would russia have it you would listen. i. i. over the last several decades the united states has been increasing its own potential its own anti ed defenses it's networked at sandia defenses into a global shield this it calls it against rogue threats admitted lee but russia believes it's aimed against russia and this is what vladimir putin had to say about that. russian mean of me to nuclear power but nobody wanted to talk to a seriously the kept ignoring us nobody listened to us so listen to us now

display of solidarity with russia give eld as recently visited the country's lower house of parliament the state duma where he wore a brush netherlands friendship pin and that's something the dutch press and we duly took a dislike to though this is never far from controversy though of course having a reputation with statements like these. if you like islam and if you want more mosques or you moms you may have it but not here i'm very happily surprised with politicians like donald trump you know it's a kind of refreshment the fresh air in a room where the windows have been close for too long the netherlands has become a sick country fighting the islam is asian will also make our countries more safe throughout his career builders has been labeled as a provocateurs and islamophobia more recently the dutch donald trump he's also been convicted of inciting discrimination against dutch moroccans and it is neil harvey talk to builders about his god but his head kurt putin should get the full thing in our home today in europe we face even something worse than an economical problem we face what i call an

russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said made a statement was a circus show put on for parliament russian state t.v. went even further if the problem was crushing if you think about it the only ones who would benefit from the poisoning other british in order to defeat the russophobia that so are you all saw for the. people in salzburg who are near where the attack took place have been told to wash their clothes the russian ambassador will be summoned to say whether his government was responsible refuse answer fails to allay suspicions that the kremlin was behind the attack we must theresa may has promised a robust response although she did not say what that would be. like it was more in the story now with our correspondents we have forest whiting with us here in our studios and over in moscow we have our correspondent emily sure win with the latest good to have you both with us alice let's start with you about how can tourism a government be really so sure here that moscow is behind this poisoning well government scientists porton down the trees which are actually carried out government test ca

states who can washington sway. they talking to international governments stay out talking to the most of parliament i also had some exchange with. american representatives and to members of the state department exchange if you will said. i think i at least try to explain why i see that more pipelines and more infrastructure brings more. or security of supply and what. reason for all of this is none so at least we were more or less ninety percent we had to save it at the end off to its cost miss a meeting but there is still a. gap and we have to talk and dispell but finally we decide what infrastructure we build and what we cannot build so the americans are importing imposing sanctions against russia kompany is involved in nordstrom too from the german side how is barely planning to work around those there are not only not she is tendency to protect and. that bothers me and i think open markets free trade is key for growth and create a key for increasing. the welfare of the participating nations and so i personally oh pose any part protectionism hey dan and she said. in other sectors and so we have to rick people an

putin has delivered his annual state of the nation address to parliament sharing with them his vision of the country's future and during the speech the president announced the development of new strategic weapons which he says outmaneuver all existing missile defense systems on the senior correspondent run as more. if you aren't russian the first putin speech would have been boring taxes and corruption science and industry that sort of thing after that it's got real hawt. and i mean russia is a major nuclear power basically nobody wanted to talk to us nobody listened to us so listen to us now rockets lasers nukes in a rush hooted unveiled an arsenal of new weapons bigger faster stronger and deadlier than any that came before. the sun super heavy i.c.b.m. two hundred ton missile capable of penetrating any existing defense in service at the end of the year next an enigmatic new development seemingly nuclear powered cruise missile it flies extremely low to avoid detection and can hit almost anywhere in the world says putin up next it's just fantastic an underwater drone submarine also nu