vladimir: it's huge. it is a disaster for the russian public.t is a didisaster for the rusun government. it is a disaster for everyone. on such a high level, if an international organization like bans someone.- erik: it is definitely a stain on the russian world cup. who knows? maybe he will not be there by the time the world cup starts. we will see what happens. peter: do you expect political brazil like we saw in last time around? do you expect that kind of thing to happen in vladimir putin's russia during the world cup? an interesting question because as we all know, the thing here's the presidential election. there have already been at least two big protests -- several, actually -- in russia this year. there probably will be next year as well, but the russian state vigorous itknow how is, but it was brutal in moscow. in june, i think there were 1000 people arrested during one day. in the records, there has never been anything like that. this intimidation tactic may have worked out, and there might be no protest at all. i can hardly imagine t

why does vladimir boone hate me?what is a summary of this piece. >> guest: the summary of this piece is vladimir putin hates me because in my opinion the primary objective of vladimir putin's presidency has been to accumulate wealth. he has done so by stealing from other people and stealing from the state in order to commit those crimes he said to have a lot ofeo people working for the imprisonment torturing and extorting people for money. and the processes become worth $200 billion in the $200 billion is now at risk because of the [inaudible] act which i was very instrumental in getting past in the united states and four other countries, five other countries. it puts farm implements money at risk and he's very upset about that because that's the thing he cares about and he put all this work in because it's not easy to steal that money and put her those people and it was hard work for vladimir putin and now all of a sudden there's a chance that money will be frozen in the west and that makes a mad. >> host: that act

how could vladimir putin explain the amount of contacts between the 2? "this has all been invented by the people who oppose trump to delegitimize his work," president putin said. "the people who do this are dealing a blow to domestic politics in their country." he spoke, too, about syria. vladimir putin made a surprise visit there this week to congratulate russian troops on the military operation that kept a key ally, president assad, in power. his message was mission accomplished. some of the russian troops have been returning home. russia views the military campaign there as a success. but back in russia, critics accuse the kremlin of crushing opponents and preventing the emergence of any rival to vladimir putin. today he said it wasn't his fault that russia lacked a strong united opposition. "it is not up to me to form the opposition myself," president putin said, as he criticized opposition activists for making too much noise and offering no concrete ideas. this wasn't just an end-of-year news conference. this was the start of an election campaign. i

it was hard work for vladimir putin. now, all of a sudden there's a chance that money will be frozen in the west. host: that act was passed in 2012, led by john mccain and signed by president obama. it allows the u.s. to withhold visas and freeze financial assets of russian officials caught involved with human rights violations. savannah is joining us from maryland, near annapolis. good morning. caller: i've been astonished by what you've accomplished with the magnitsky act. i wanted to ask you, what can people like me due to further your mission here? guest: the most important thing at this point -- what happens with vladimir putin and what happens with russia is that when we get to the truth, it turns out to be much worse, 100 times worse in some cases than our speculation. recently, there was a movie called "icarus" about the doping program in russia. it wasn't but as a of the person in charge of the doping program who fled to america. when he told us about what was really going on, it was 100 times worse than what pe

diplomat has called it the kiss of death for the two state solution also coming up russian president vladimir putin says he will seek reelection in the countries of march elections he's been in power for think teen years were moscow to gauge how popular he is today. thank you very much for your company. u.s. president donald trump is widely expected to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital all that despite warnings that doing so could end the mideast peace process and fuel we journal unrest trump is scheduled to address the issue in an hour while palestinians in the gaza strip and the west bank have already begun protesting the move the issue has unified palestinian groups across the political spectrum arab and muslim leaders in the region and many of washington's allies have also criticized the plans the trumpet ministration says it's only recognizing historical and co and current reality meanwhile israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu welcomed the decision let's listen to what he said earlier. use to our historic national identity is given important expression every day but t

this was vladimir putin the kremlin. this was vladimir putin the benevolent.ing of the future of his country. earlier, russian saw images of put in the powerful entering his cabinet. here he told a boy of the ruling a country russia was not hard. but after 18 years of him doing just that, the kremlin is struggling to inject energy into this re—election race to ensure people come out to vote when everything is so predictable. this man is now planning to make their task even harder. navalny calls himself the only real rival to vladimir putin but this week the popular anticorruption campaigner was ruled out of the presidential race the big he has a criminal conviction he says was politically motivated. translation: it is not about me. it is about the fact that a candidate is about the fact that a candidate is needed who will finally come to the election and speak openly about everything that happens in our country now. who will describe darl‘ reality honestly. the absence of prospect, poverty. idid reality honestly. the absence of prospect, poverty. i did that an

today marks the official launch of vladimir putin's presidential campaign.independent and halves until the end of january to collect 300,000 signatures to register his bid. is little doubt he will be re—elected. there are no strong arrivals are now that alexei navalny has been formally disqualified. the central electoral commission deemed him ineligible because of the corruption conviction which he says is politically motivated. translation: which he says is politically motivated. translatiosz which he says is politically motivated. translation: it is not about me, it is about the fact that about me, it is about the fact that a candidate is needed who will finally come to the election and speak openly about everything that happens in our country now, who will describe our reality honestly. absence of prospects, poverty. i did that and that is why you don't want to let me take part in the election. following the ban, alexei navalny called on his supporters to boycott the election. however polls show president vladimir putin is on course for a comfortable re—e

behind him is vladimir putin.does somebody who works for the kgb in the 1980's become the russian leader in such a dominant way in his country? guest: it was kind of an accident. when boris yeltsin was the president, he was becoming old and decrepit, he was an alcoholic. the people around yeltsin, the oligarchs decided they needed to have some of the replace him who wouldn't take back their money. yelton wanted some of the who would replace him who would pardon him immediately for any crimes he had committed. they picked a guy, a prime minister to come in because potential replacement. he didn't last long. they picked another guy, a former head of the police in russia. he didn't work out very well. they picked another guy, he didn't work out very well. vladimir putin was the fourth guy they picked to become the prime and asked her to replace yeltsin. he was the fourth choice. he was in a drinker. seemed like a reliable guide. -- reliable guy. he doesn't entire kgb coup of the whole country -- he does an entire kgb

in part do you blame vladimir put putin?a runs the center. >> how are you doing, buddy. >> she says it's a rare safe haven from rampant discrimination. >> what's your name? >> anton. >> how old are you? >> she says putin's government has damaged efforts to address this crisis. while they do promote monogamy as a fix, they've rejected proven approaches such as needle exchanges and free condoms as western practices. meanwhile, people continue to die. marina shows us the center's aids quilt. >> we don't have enough time to finish. >> the lack of education means many people here refuse to take life saving medications. marina says she's dealt with years of what she calls government harassment. >> when you call me, i thought is it dangerous for us to speak with you? >> the kremlin has gone so far as to classify her and others like her as foreign agents. in other words, spies. after ten days in russia, standing here with these families caught up in a lethal health crisis, i'm struck by the horrifying irony. in a country where weapo

but who is vladimir putin cheering for?i would think is cheering for taking down united states president, personally. that is all theoretical. i did d not know vladimir putin i've never met him. frankly i've never been to russia. all of these allegations that somehow people are aiding and abetting russians, is frankly, pretty insulting. i was privileged to be in germany when the wall came down in 1989 to see the fruit of that. what i saw was people that had been trapped behind it were liberated. they realized that they had scarcity. i met three east germans and they could not believe that what they were seeing. i am a kid from western ohio. when i asked is it like this everywhere? they would talk about how big berlin is. but they would like no, stores open at night and there's fresh milk and stuff on the shelves. and they said can anyone just go in? because that is not what they experience in their system. to say republicans are somehow advocating something that advances russia, i think is entirely partisan. what you -- if

vladimir lenin quite literally cult viewing. vladimir lenin had not wanted this.ressed a wish to be buried alongside his mother in st petersburg. it is one of the ironies of russia's revolution, that the man who led it, who waged war on the church, who once said that there can be nothing more abominable than religion — that this man, lenin, ended up the closest thing communists had to god — put on display here in the mausoleum and deified like a soviet saint. 100 years after lenin's revolution might be the time to consign the mausoleum to history and commit his body to the ground. i believe that he should be buried, and not, as some say because he deserves a christian funeral, because he was not a christian, he was anti—christian — but simply because i believe that it is a symbol of the revolution, and should find its appropriate place, not in red square. over our dead body, says the communist party. if lenin is buried one day, this man's services may be required. his company makes decorative funeral accessories, such as crucifixes and coffin handles. there is an

in three months' time, russians go to the polls, and vladimir putin wants another six yea rs vladimire kremlin. and if he wins and serves out his next term in full, that will mean he will have beenin full, that will mean he will have been in power in russia as president or as prime ministerfor 2a years. let's return to one of our main stories, the final report on child sexual abuse in australia, which will go to the governor—general on friday. we can speak to leonie sheedy, co—founder of the survivor advocacy organisation care leavers australasia network , who has travelled to canberra to see the report being handed over to the governor—general. ican i can see that you and some of the supporters who are with you, you travel to canberra to see this report being handed over to the governor—general. what does today mean for you? it is a very momentous day. you know, the country now knows that children in australia's orphanages, children's homes, missions and foster care were sexually used either churches, charities and the state governments, and they know they can no longer hide this hor

do you want to see vladimir putin put on trial?tion in russia. of course, yes. including mr putin? also, i have a very important goal which i have to reach, with navalny or without navalny. i want to build in russia a party after those elections. a strong party, with strong leadership, which for six next years can come to the next presidential elections with a really big result, in order to have evolution and not revolution of the system. it is not accusations harsh on a person. it is accusations with fact, which should be placed. this is what i think is very important. what did you really mean when you said this — "a higher transfer of power, the likes of which mr navalny is advocating, is a dead end"? you say that your ideal transformation would be led by democratic politicians that mr putin can trust, like for example, former deputy pm alexei kudrin. you seem to be saying that actually you prefer putin in power, with some technocrats around him, and more liberal advisers. this is not what i meant. then you would want mr navalny,

vladimir putin didn't mince his words.e said the doping scandal and the fact the russian team has been disqualified from the next winter olympics to be held in south korea next year is and itely political happened because the presidentialal elections are abt to happen in march. he says it's s no coincidence. the suggestion is that this really is some kind of conspiracy. he said the man who has been -- whose evidence is being used to support strong allegations of athletesainst russian that he's unreliable and under fbi protection. he even said it could be either the fbi is mananipulating him or giving him drugs. we've also had some words about how the american president donald trump -- he suggests that he's unreliable and under fbi protection. he even said it could that trump is trying to improve lations but is unable toto do so bebecause of the blockcking acts of the oppositioioor presumamaby he means the democrats. he says it is still very important that relations impmpre and he hopes that trump still intends to improve r

the phrase was coined by vladimir lenin.n is looking at an american president thinking he has a useful idiot for useful purposes sitting in the oval office. as we watch the president of the united states attack the brave men and women of the world's premier law enforcement agency who put themselves in harm's way, who are obviously in the counterintelligence business as well. and it's astonishing to see. we have a president of the united states who is not welcome in the united kingdom. we have a president of the united states attacking the fbi, attacking the judicial system in this country. the release by the department of justice of these private text messages between these fbi agents is just plain disgusting. and clearly, what's happening right now is the preparations to fire mueller. the misinformation, disinformation propaganda campaign being carried out by fox news, and this attack on the first amendment and the free media and on the integrity of the american justice system. >> and intelligence. >> and intelligence commu

hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us russia's president vladimir putin declares victory in syria and announces a partial withdrawal of russian troops during a surprise visit to syria putin said the task of fighting what he called armed bandits was now mostly complete he said many russian troops could now return home. russian soldiers in seti are welcoming their commander in chief at the him in military base and on his first visit to the country vladimir putin announced that the bulk of troops stationed here can no go home. last week the russian military declared victory in syria over quote terrorist groups including the so-called islamic state and al qaeda for president putin it's now mission accomplished there where all of that unity with the terrorist threat in the whole world is still very high. however the task of fighting bandits here in syria a task that was essential to solve with the extensive use of force has for the most part been solved and it's been solved spectacularly. when. russia entered the syrian conflict in september twenty fifth it was moscow's biggest i

him running is aimed at stifling any possible challenge to further term in office for president vladimir putin. the election commission's vote was a setback for no vaal me twelve of the thirteen members supported the motion to bar him from running in next year's election with one member abstaining earlier the commission argued the opposition leader was in eligible due to a past conviction for embezzlement. the crime which alexy until you gave each was charged with is a serious one which deprives a person who committed that crime of the right to run for the post of russian federation president. or the. valving consents the charge was trumped up to thwart his political ambitions speaking before the vote the kremlin critic said a candidate was needed to confront the country's problems. it's not about an avanti but a candidate is needed who will finally speak openly about everything taking place in our country now one who will describe our reality honestly the lack of any future prospects and the poverty i did that and that's why you want to allow me to take part in the election. that me and

welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us supporters old russian president vladimir putin are expected to nominate him as presidential candidate later today unlike previous elections he'll be campaigning as an independent in next year's ballot instead of running for his united russia party putin's domination comes just a day also his main critic opposition leader alexei not only was barred from joining the presidential race of all he says officials are trying to stifle any possible challenge to putin. the election commission's vote was a setback for no vaal me twelve of the thirteen members supported the motion to bar him from running in next year's election with one member abstaining earlier the commission argued the opposition leader was in eligible due to a past conviction for embezzlement. the crime which alexy until you gave each was charged with is a serious one which deprives a person who committed that crime of the right to run for the post of russian federation president. and you know. no voting consents the charge was trumped up to thwart his political ambi

russian president vladimir putin says he will seek reelection in the country's march elections he's been in power for eighteen years i'll ask our moscow correspondent if he's as popular as ever. and california's raging wildfire spread to los angeles that's as firefighters battle blazes across the south of the state with thousands flee their homes. great to have you along u.s. president donald trump is widely expected to formally recognized jerusalem as israel's capital this fight warnings that could end the mideast peace. process and fuel anti israeli and american extremism while trump is scheduled to address the issue about two hours from now palestinians in the gaza strip and the west bank have already begun protesting this potential moons while the issue has unified palestinian groups across the political spectrum arab and muslim leaders in the region and many of washington's allies have also criticized the plans u.s. officials say trump is merely recognizing this store call and current reality. there was little sign of u.s. allies banking trump's move british prime minister theresa m

this was vladimir putin the benevolent, thinking of the future of his country. earlier, russians saw images of putin the powerful with his cabinet. here, he told a boy that ruling a country like russia wasn't hard. but after 18 years of him doing just that, the kremlin is struggling to inject real energy into this reelection race to ensure that people come out to vote when everything is so predictable. this man is now planning to make their task even harder. alexei navalny calls himself the only real rival to mr. putin. but this week, the popular anticorruption campaigner was ruled out of the presidential race. he has a criminal conviction. he says it is politically motivated. mr. navalny: it is not about me. it is about the fact that a candidate is needed to speak openly about everything that happens in our country now, who will describe our reality honestly -- absence of prospects, poverty. i did that, and that is why you don't want to let me take part in the election. reporter: so now mr. navalny is calling for a boycott of the whole process to undermine its

what has vladimir putin been saying? we have this from the kremlin.is from the americans so far, just an acknowledgement that this telephone conversation did take place. vladimir putin basically thanking the american president for the cia's tip—off that led to the russian security service falling what was planned suicide bomb attack on the popular iconic cathedral in st petersburg, very popular among tourists, and other sites in that historic city. they were able to make arrests as a result of the tip—off and to seize weapons and ammunition apparently. vladimir putin asking donald trump to convey his thanks to the cia leadership to the officers of the cia who ferreted out that information that prevented the attack. we know traditionally sometimes troubled relationships between russia and the united states but why now this warm thanks, assuming as i am that some of these tip—off is happening regularly, but there is a security relationship that exists. you are right. it is not surprising two nations like this cooperate on security matters but what is su

the president should be confronting vladimir putin, telling vladimir putin, we know you did this, and further attempts to meddle not only in our election, but also as mr. rogers and mr. morrell said, but also in american society more broadly. and the russians have not yet received that medical, katy. >> let's look back a little bit. the washington report said while you were in the obama administration, it was flailing for ways to combat the russian threat. there were all sorts of ideas that were floated, potential ways to combat this. there was an i.d. to launch an r.t.-style propaganda network, like the russian version of it. there was an idea to get hollywood to make blockbuster movies, to spread a pro-west message. there was an idea of how to improve how you track and counter russian spies in realtime, arming spies with counterpropaganda or zapping russian servers that are used to control fake russian personas. were any of those things put in place by the obama administration? >> well, katy, i would talk about this in two different ways. one, there was a punitive action that the ob

tu rkey‘s against vladimir putin next year.urkey's government sack thousands more public employees linked to last you's failed coup and announces plans to hire more to replace them. and pope francis is conducting the traditional midnight mass at saint peter's basilica. hello and welcome to. it was past midnight in northern iraq where mosul is celebrating its first christmas at the city was taken by islamic militants in 2014. is persecuted and drove out christians, whilst many who stayed were brutally repressed. more than 10,000 civilians are thought to have been killed in the battle to retake mosul according to a recent investigation by the associated press. they gathered in mosul‘s cathedral, marking a christmas they will never forget, the first christmas after the war. under the rule of the islamic state militants this would have been impossible. there could be no christian worship in public. the community was persecuted and many fled. this was a coming together, not just of christians, muslims helped prepare the church for t

petersburg. >> what about the call with vladimir putin? >> it was great. he said very nice things about what i've done for this country in terms of the economy. >> president trump has long been reluctant to criticize russian president vladimir putin about absolutely anything. and there's concern that his administration isn't taking kremlin efforts to infiltrate american politics seriously enough. "the washington post" came out with an in-depth report today detailing the government's struggle to get a handle on and stop russians from infiltrating american politics. according to the report, quote, u.s. intelligence and law enforcement agencies saw the warning signs of russian meddling in europe and later in the united states, but never fully grasped the breadth of the kremlin's ambitions. now, that was back during the obama administration which warned the incoming president. but as the article continues, coat, with the 2018 elections fast approach wrg the debate with how to deal with russia continues. many in the trump white house including the president pla

but i think we have to remember that vladimir putin isa have to remember that vladimir putin is a popularpower for 18 years, despite the fact he has been in powerfor 18 years, or despite the fact he has been in power for 18 years, or perhaps because of that, people here see him asa because of that, people here see him as a strong leader. they believe he is the man who has returned to russia to a strong position in the world, on the global stage, and a lot of people here want to see that continue for another six years. i don't think the kremlin is too worried by alexei navalny‘s call for a boycott. they want as higher turnout is possible to give vladimir putin a strong mandate. so alexei navalny is trying to chip away at that with his boycott call. sarah ra i nsfo rd that with his boycott call. sarah rainsford in moscow, thank you. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. we can start with state's football. the first of today's eight premier league matches is underway. harry kane has broken alan shearer‘s 22 year record four league goals scored i

how could vladimir putin explain the amount of contact between the two?, to delegitimise his work, president putin said. the people who do this are dealing a blow to domestic politics in their country. he spoke also about syria. vladimir putin had made a surprise visit there earlier this week to congratulate russian troops on their military operation, that has kept their key ally president assad in power. his message was, "mission accomplished." some of the russian troops have been returning home. moscow views the military campaign there as a success. but, back in russia, critics accused the kremlin of crushing opponents, and preventing the emergence of any rival to vladimir putin. today, he said it wasn't his fault that russia lacked a strong, united opposition. it's not up to me to form the opposition myself, president putin said, and he criticised opposition activists for making too much noise and offering no concrete ideas. this wasn'tjust an end—of—year news conference. this was the start of an election campaign. in three months‘ time russians go to

, president trump gave vladimir putin a call yesterday. a lot more. veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. donny deutsch at the table. senior editor at large for fortune lee gallagher, from "the washington post" david ignatius and white house reporter for u.s.a. today heidi przybilla. joe, i want to go to "newtonian physics will crush the gop." i didn't know you were such a physicist. the laws of physics apparently apply to politics. newton's third law that every action has an equal an opposite reaction explains much about the democratic party's resurgence. physics professors teaches that force always comes in pairs. the harder trump and his republican allies push in gains made by women and minorities, the harder these same americans push against trump and his republican enablers. the political reaction likely to result from this newtonian cycle is a complete collapse of the grand old party. joe, the democratic party is energized, both by what happened in virginia and now the other day in alabama. >> you look at everything

as vladimir putin is concerned. second time in three days. last week, donald trump called vladimir putin to thank him for being so generous in his comments about the state of the us economy. so, whilst everybody else is doubting russian motives, it seems these two men are each other‘s biggest cheerleaders right now. the government is considering extending automatic enrolment into a workplace pension, to 18 year olds, from 2020. currently the starting age is 22, for anyone earning more than £10,000. workers can opt out, but the change could affect around 900,000 people. joe lynam reports. ollie and nate are both 21. ollie, on the left, has not yet started saving for his retirement. it has not really crossed my mind yet. i movejobs quite frequently, tend not to stay in one place too long. so pensions have been lower down the list of things i have been conscious of. nate, though, has been saving for his retirement since he was 16. i grew up with a family on welfare, so i was quite aware of the effects being reliant on

russian president vladimir putin holding its annual year-end news conference. addressing everything from pulling out troops and sarah to his reelection campaign. on the highlights. we'll listen in just a moment. drink a republican seal the deal on their tax reform plan. a vote could come early next week and the president says tax cuts for you and your family could start in february. trend with the federal reserve expects three rate hikes next year could do that year picked that one up 80 points yesterday. features point to another higher opening picked up a street close to the upside for the dow. lauren: the most record as ever most record as ever for the dow in a given year. the bank of england will announce their policy decisions today. trying to a nation with a chinese raising interest rates to quote their economy. the shanghai composite on the court of a percent of the japan's nikkei falling more than a quarter of a percent. lauren: t-mobile to announce its launching his pay-tv service. "fbn:am" starts right now. true to either 1:00 a.m. in year. thursday d

vladimir putin has cleared the first step toward another term in office. his backers have supported his bid to become an independent candidate. his biggest critic alexei navalny was barred from challenging him" -- march possible. liberia prepares for its first democratic transition of power in seven decades. the run-up is a former soccer star against the current vice president. i am sarah harman. welcome to the show. sarah: a clinton eyeing another six-year term in office. now he has been warmly endorsed. he is running as an independent jamaica most of his personal popularity amongst russians area more than six hundred supporters including prominent lawmakers and actors have gathered in moscow for the endorsement. this allows putin to take part in the march election as an independent candidate. if these young russians came to see the kremlin traits that were treated to a surprise appearance by vladimir putin. one of the children had encouraged to ask the president have you thought about the opposition. >> positively. the opposition has little chance of vic

because he says vladimir putin told him he's doing a great job.t is simply bizarre, his attitude towards vladimir putin remains one of the greatest mysteries, if not the greatest mystery, of this presidency. that is why he goes out of his way to discredit the fbi, to discredit bob mueller. >> as the nation's chief law enforcement official who's supposed to treat these institutions with respect and he's standing up there and he's smearing the reputation of hard-working civil servants who pursue their jobs in a nonpartisan way following the rule of law and you have the nation's chief law enforcement official throwing that all to the wind for his own needs. >> peter alexander who's also spewing nonfact-based content. to say we're going to make the fbi bigger and better. with what money? if we pass the gop tax bill, there will not be any money to do anything like that. and he said that the child care tax credit is getting bigger by the day. and democrats have never done anything for children. right now, the children's health insurance program has run

my open custom-made, shirtless vlad. >> vladimir calendar. >> wow.t we. so i got you some of that grape that i stomped. >> that you stomped with your bare, i came equipped. >> no, no, this is an american. >> no really, i couldn't possibly. i don't want to put you out. >> are you sure? just try. just a little bit. just a little bit. mm. does it have like an aged cheese -- >> merry christmas. i'm guessing based on the last time i brought sriracha to you that you probably ran out. >> yes. >> and you seemed to like it a lot. so my next gift for you, there you go, buddy. you can drink the whole thing. >> a whole jug of sriracha? >> and i thought you might need a chaser for that, so here you go. >> a vat of pepto? i didn't really like sriracha that much. >> it looked like you did. >> i have a legit gift for you. can you tell i wrapped it. every day diane is here, she's like oh, can i get some hot water, can i get hot water? >> this is so cool. >> use the app and you can set the temperature of your water and it keeps it there. >> how do we get the "world ne

bush and vladimir putin met each other for the first time. and that was in a different era before 9/11 and there was mutual admiration going on. remember, george w. bush looked into vladimir putin's soul, condoleezza rice groaned in the audience. we had a much better relationship at the beginning of putin's tenure than we do right now. but this egregious mutual admiration society is -- it's something that's pretty amazing when you look at the context of the world right now. and i just -- i think jeremy's point is an important one. if trump wanted to put our questions to rest about his admiration for this autocratic leader to russia, he's had chances to do so and chosen not to. >> phillip, you get the last question because it's your work we're talking about, do you get the feeling that those around the president truly do view him as the outlier? do you get the feeling that that -- my term and not susan's, that kind of council of adults around the president knows exactly what time it is? >> i do, brian. and i get the feeling, especially on the

president vladimir putin concludes his annual marathon q. and a session with journalists seventy questions and almost four bring you the highlights from the coming. head to the nation's call for east jerusalem to be recognized as the palestinian capital while rejecting the u.s. role in the whole middle east process. the u.s. decision jerusalem every possible step must be taken to prevent the implementation of legal action by the u.s. administration for the u.k. peace there rebel against their own prime minister trees of may backing a parliament to any final deal on leaving the e.u. . just. the fourteenth of december money this is r t international great to have you with us and we're starting off with this it wrapped up just over an hour ago we're talking the annual q. and a the russian president vladimir putin finished almost four hours of nonstop questions and diverse questions at that from the press our correspondents across. time go so many questions to save through what stood out for you the. kevin hello about forty minutes ago i got out

he wants to prove he is a viable alternative to vladimir putin.hat. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: aflairfor a flair for christmas. we take a look at how people are around are making the most of the festive season. we saw this enormous tidal wave approaching the beach, and people started to run, and suddenly it was complete chaos. the united states troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon said the operation had been 90% successful but it's failed in its principal objective — to capture general noriega and take him to the us to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle was hastily taken away. the russian flag was hoisted over what is now no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. day breaks slowly over lockerbie, over the cockpit of pan am‘s maid of the seas, nosedown in the soft earth. you could see what happens when a plane eight storeys high, a football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet. christmas has returned to albania after a communist ban lasti

vladimir putin has approval ratings well above 80%.t's because you don't allow popular people to run against vladimir putin. all of this could have legal repercussions for him as well. the kremlin believes the authorities should look into him calling if are a boy kout and see whether that in itself might be illegal. he might be in for more trouble for calling for the boycott. dana? >> thank you so much for that. let's talk about that before. a contributing editor at the atlantic. it's hard for me to imagine if this were happening back then. if george w. bush were president. that they wouldn't have released a statement saying this is outrageous. it's unacceptable to exclude and he has to be careful. he is not only talking badly and a kripgz for assassination. and peter, it is true that that's the reality of where he is living. it's also true that things like this happening where it's clear or seems clear that a leader is trying to subvert democracy by getting rid of the most artent challeng challenger. we haven't heard anything from thi

in a vallnavalny says he believ vladimir putin is afraid of him.had a conviction in the past you simg applicants run for president. of course navalny supporters are not taking that at face value. he wants to appeal this ruling but, as you stated, he also says that he wants to call for a boycott of the leak. now there are some other political candidates sporting navalny. she just actually submitted her papers to run as well. but also calling for the election commission to allow navalny to run. this is certainly something that vladimir putin is going to have to deal with in the run up to the election in march of 2018, which no doubt, is going to be a very interesting one. of course putin running for a fourth term. >> fascinating. thank you, sir. >>> while you were opening christmas gifts bashing the counsel was getting louder. how will conservative groups up the ante with the president's angry tweets about the fbi? >> and it's about 25 degrees outside here in new york. that's on the warm side for the rest of the week. the rest of the country. - [narr

president vladimir putin concludes his annual marathon q. and a session with janet something more than seventy questions in almost four hours we've got the main points from last also this hour. palestinian protesters clashed with israeli police in a nonstop wave of banga over jerusalem as the nation's reject the u.s. role in the middle east peace process. you're watching out international live from our moscow studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program us regulators have voted to end so-called net neutrality rules which now could significantly alter the web experience for millions of people it will allow internet providers to charge extra to prioritize their traffic effectively creating a slow lane for smaller websites here's a breakdown of how it works we access the web through internet service providers at the moment companies have to treat all online traffic equally but the us federal communications commission says that's preventing websites from investing trillions of dollars in the services and now with net neutrality regul

announcer: vladimir vladimirovich putin.tin does not mind a contest and that was certainly the message to attendees at the 17th congress of the united russia party. translation: we should respect capable and responsible opposition. it means not only having a desire, a readiness to argue with the authorities or accuse them of all mortal sins. russia goes to the polls on march 18. georgina smyth, bbc news. president trump has again used social media to attack a senior member of the fbi — this time its deputy director, andrew mccabe. there've been reports that mr mccabe plans to retire in a few months and mr trump has tweeted that mr mccabe was racing to retire with full benefits. mr trump recently said the agency's reputation was in tatters. and has become increasingly angry at its investigation into links between his presidential campaign and russia. thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across israel to protest against government corruption. in tel aviv, demonstrators gathered for a fourth consecutive week