there have been held the pair sat down with french president emmanuel mccall and german chancellor uncle americal brokered the meeting the conflict started in 2014 it has killed more than 13000 people and displaced or than 1000000. 2 leaders made separates announcements after the closed door negotiations. the parties have reached an agreement on liberation all the prisoners before the 31st of december following the principle of all by all. it has been agreed to verify the list of prisoners and provide access by the red cross to all prisoners. but still a crime is going to committed the trauma krista. sheep. this is certainly an important step towards deescalating the situation in eastern ukraine as well as easing tensions. a corresponding mantis is in paris he's been covering those talks for us he says in a paris 1st meeting putin and selenski were able to find some common ground. well the french president put it in a nutshell and said they haven't found a magic formula there's no silver bullet coming out of this cold night here outside the palace but what they have found is a mutual con

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ending the war there have been held the pair sat down with french president emmanuel mccall and german chancellor angela merkel who brokered the meeting the conflict started in 2014 it has killed more than 13000 people and displaced more than 1000000. these 2 leaders made separate announcements after those closed door negotiations. in which the parties have reached an agreement on liberation all the prisoners before the 31st of december following the principle of hold by all. it has been agreed to verify the list of prisoners and provide access by the red cross to all prisoners. this is certainly an important step towards deescalating the situation in eastern ukraine as well as easing tensions. with our correspondent masses is in paris he is covering those talks for us and he says in the paris 1st meeting coots and selenski were able to find some common ground. well the french president put it in a nutshell and said they haven't found a magic formula there's no silver bullet coming out of this cold night here outside the palace but what they have found is a mutual conclusion that is ba

now both sides appear to have lost faith in the negotiations and are hoping that president emmanuel mccall will intervene when he gives his new year's eve address to the nation on choose day. one to another part of the world and yet another high speed rail way is going and service today in china connecting beijing with the cities of beijing achang yako co-hosts all the 2020 winter olympics the trip used to take almost 4 hours and has now been shortened to under one hour with trains region speeds of up to 350 kilometers an hour. the train which services 10 stations along the ride is a crucial element of china's limpy projects connecting all major sports science. is a doorway to blossoming trade interest bearing or a major debt trap that it jeopardizes a country's sovereignty with a new silk road china office smaller countries major investments but financially weaker countries could be risking their independence take montenegro where china is financing a 1000000000 euro highway it runs through an environmentally vulnerable area and that doesn't seem to bother the local authorities. a giganti

now both sides appear to have lost faith in the negotiations and are hoping that president emmanuel mccall will intervene when he gives his new year's eve address to the nation on tuesday. meanwhile another high speed rail way is going in service today in china connecting the cities of beijing and china cool co-hosts of the 2020 winter olympics the trip used to take almost 4 hours and has now been shortened to under one hour with trains reaching speeds of up to 350 kilometers an hour the train which serves as 10 stations along the ride is a crucial element of china's olympic project connecting all major sports science. now is a doorway to a blossoming trade and prosperity or a major dead trap that jeopardizes a country's sovereignty with a new silk road china office smaller countries major investments but financially weaker countries could be risking their independence take montenegro where china is financing a 1000000000 euro highway it runs through an environmentally vulnerable area and that doesn't seem to bother the local authorities. a gigantic construction site part of a highway said

mccall and german chancellor angela merkel are brokering this meeting a conflict started back in 2014 and has killed more than 13000 people. and displaced more than 1000000 the worst fighting has been in the donbass region our correspondent nick calio traveled there and filed this report. close enough to see what the other side having for lunch that's how these ukrainian troops have spent the last few years just 300 meters from the russian backed separatists facing them the whole night without a single shot i don't remember day like maybe on the 1st night of the cease fire it's a strange when there's no finite or you get all nervous we're used to the shooting and. the conflict may have fallen out of the headlines but the shooting and the death continues less than a 10 minute drive away a young woman out walking with a child was to be really wounded by a stray bullet just last week our guide through the trenches on xander was in his 2nd year cadet school when the call for a recount where he unrolled he could hardly have imagined that he would soon find himself by 1000 kilometers from h

mccall. some cities saw heavy clashes between protesters and security forces in paris small groups of masked activists smashed store windows set fires and hurled flares was earlier in the day one of france's largest mobilizations in decades looked a bit different thousands came to protest pension reforms or a strike and say for the rights of future generations. their pension and security barely afford to eat. who don't have enough to make ends meet and this reform will make things worse all the independent mission by my free time myself in 10 years time and i'm not sure i'll be able to survive on what my car is proposing is not simple. the protests shut down public schools nationwide subway stations across paris were closed and 9 out of 10 high speed trains were canceled. many of the capital's most famous tourist attractions were shot leaving tourists frustrated but strike supporters say the measures are necessary due to the frustration they feel with the french government. take even if that

mccall . some cities saw heavy clashes between protesters and security forces in paris small groups of masked activists smashed store windows set fires and hurled flares and earlier in the day one of france's largest mobilizations in decades looked a bit different thousands came to protest pension reforms or a strikers say for the rights of future generations. their pension as you can already barely afford to eat. who don't have enough to make ends meet and this reform will make things worse all those injuries and then you should buy my free time myself in 10 years time and i'm not sure i'll be able to survive on what my car is proposing it's not simple. the protests shut down public schools nationwide subway stations across paris were closed and 9 out of 10 high speed trains were canceled. many of the capital's most famous tourist attractions were shot leaving tourists frustrated but strike supporters say the measures are necessary due to the frustration they feel with the french government.

mccall. some cities saw heavy clashes between protesters and security forces in paris small groups of masked activists smashed store windows set fires and hurled flares was earlier in the day one of france's largest mobilizations in decades looked a bit different thousands came to protest pension reforms or a strikers say for the rights of future generations for their pension and security barely afford to eat. who don't have enough to make ends meet and this reform will make things worse all the independent mission by my free time myself in 10 years time and i'm not sure i'll be able to survive on what my car is proposing is that simple. the protests shut down public schools nationwide subway stations across paris were closed and 9 out of 10 high speed trains were canceled. many of the capital's most famous tourist attractions was shut leaving tourists frustrated but strike supporters say the measures are necessary due to the frustration by feel what the french government. take it was worth a

mccall just now address that in fact saying that european defense is not an alternative to nato but a pillar within nato the french president has been heavily criticized for saying in an interview about a month ago that nato the alliance is in fact brain dead let's bring in our diplomatic editor james spaces following this summit for us in london james we heard there from mark or any he seems to be still standing by his comments that nato needs some sort of restructuring. yes absolutely the questions haven't started yet to the french president and as now as we've become accustomed to a somewhat scholarly style when he when he addresses reporters sounds a bit like a lecture but he's making it clear that he stands by his position and that his comments in that article that controversial article and interview that he gave to the economist a couple of weeks ago has actually cause some dialogue important dialogue among nato members about the way forward for the alliance of the things i thought were important they're not necessarily the what we've been focusing on which is the comment abou

mccall and german chancellor angela merkel are brokering the meeting. the world anti-doping agency has banned russia from international sports for 4 years that includes the upcoming summer and when.

mccall. some cities saw heavy clashes between protesters and security forces in paris small groups of masked activists smashed store windows set fires and hurled flares in the earlier in the day one of france's largest mobilizations in decades looked a bit different thousands came to protest pension reforms or a strike to say for the rights of future generations. their pension as you can already barely afford to eat. who don't have enough to make ends meet and this reform will make things worse all than given the mission by my free time myself in 10 years time and i'm not sure i'll be able to survive on what my car is proposing it's not simple. the protests shut down public schools nationwide subway stations across paris were closed and 9 out of 10 high speed trains were canceled many of the capital's most famous tourist attractions was shut leaving tourists frustrated but strike supporters say the measures are necessary due to the frustration by feel what the french government. they give off

still to come this half hour on al-jazeera we go live to paris where french president emmanuel mccall has been addressing the nation after a target of 2019. and breaking bail the form a new sound card chieftaincy played corruption charges in japan. and i guess some very unsettled weather still across more eastern sections of the mediterranean quite a bit account as well to streaming in from little to cross the tools the south across into europe and what we have has is some fog quite a lot of folk across central regions and has some fog in london this is the richmond park in west london you can see the day ahead and also liked is getting them morning activity but sunny quite a bit of cloud in the full cost now wednesday new year's day not about told in london it should be clear there should be so my sunshine 7 in paris cool in 0 and we have still got my system working its way not so much for the eastern med though into shot as that really pushing as you can see through turkey taking the rain and the snow with it to maybe just wanted to stay flurries into western areas of russia more sn

it was a blistering press conference between us president donald trump and france's leader emmanuel mccall and that just ended in the past hour the 2 leaders have been sparing over a trade tariffs security and other issues but they both agreed on one thing and that's the future of nato and what needs to be done to achieve long term peace in europe my komo stood by his comment about the 70 year old alliance being quote brain dead. i knew that night my statements read some reactions shake a little beat a lot of people and i felt mine and i have to say when you look at one what need to even shoot the 1st full season delusion and play them for them to remind you some figures but when we think about it and it's not just about money. we have to be respectful it is all soldiers it's a full burden we share so for us coffee is also all those things. and i do believe that in such simple terms we do the. less we have to pay for police security. the president i i think you know that we need more flexibility and i think we both agree on that so we didn't use it for other things time chose. what was spe

aligns divisions on show donald trump and emmanuel mccall go head to head as the nato summit begins or some countries that are folks really there has never been you know so if you're going to be dealt with. this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. in a rare admission iran's government admits people were shocked and killed during november's fuel price protests. washington unveils new terrorists targeting billions of dollars worth of french goods in response to france's new digital tax. cracks are appearing in the world's biggest alliance well the leaders are in london for the 70th anniversary of nato and divisions among the nations are becoming clear u.s. president donald trump and french president. clashed on several points in trading nato's role and the return of foreign fighters from syria the practical to the change phase begins our coverage. it's supposed to be nato's 70th birthday but there's no celebration instead an atmosphere of disagreement and division with the u.s. president who once called the alliance obsolete now saying he fears that france might leave nato and

our you've been watching us president donald trump and french president emmanuel mccall making some comments today i had of their biological meeting before the nato summit in london world leaders gathered in london to mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance call and made some wide ranging comments from discussing their position on i saw fighters to trade taxes the future of nato military spending and of course their respective relationships with turkey now the french president addressed his recent comments about nato being brain dead for which is caught a lot of heat saying that he thinks things needs to be shaken up and that they must be clear on the fundamentals of why. nato should be how to achieve long term peace in europe and who the enemy is the president of the united states for his plot a knowledge to trade dispute with france saying he hopes to work out things and that things will be looking rosy again in his words let's bring in jonah hall has been listening in to this press conference in london for us his outside the u.s. ambassador's residence in london where the 2 leaders have

mccall aspiring over trade taxes in the fight against eisel on the sidelines of the nato summit syria was also top of the agenda in talks between turkey's leadership type bedouin and european powers at iran is seeking european backing for his plan to repatriate millions of syrian refugees but he's facing criticism over his military operation into syria and in other news the u.n. says extreme weather and economic crisis have left nearly half of zimbabwe's population facing severe hunger women and children are most at risk the u.n. plans to double the number of people it helps to nearly 4000000 but 7000000 are in need of aid the news just in from the u.s. said senate to come out ahead of california has announced that she's ending a bit in the 2020 democratic presidential race her announcement comes after months of falling poll numbers harris was once considered the front runner in the crowded democratic field but she's been overtaken by several 'd of her rivals including elizabeth warren and pete she was an outspoken critic of republican she is still an outspoken critic of president don

mccall is pressing ahead with plans to overhaul the pension system and at least $58.00 migrants have drowned after their boat sank off the coast of mauritania survivors are being treated in the northern city of the boat was reportedly carrying as least 150 people from the gambia and was no on fuel. by the u.s. attorney general william barr is in mexico to discuss the threat of drug cartels president donald trump last week said he. wanted them designated as terrorist groups mexico's president and dress money lopez obrador rejected the idea as a form of interventionism but he said he would work with trying to stem the flow of guns and dollars from the u.s. alan fischer is live for us in mexico city what can we expect from a meeting between william bar and mexican officials what what is at stake here. well bilbao arrived for his meeting with the president at the presidential palace about 30 minutes ago and he's also going to meet the foreign minister when he is there that's quite unusual bill barr would normally meet with his counterpart in the mexican government the attorney general he

mccall and german chancellor angela merkel are brokering the meeting. if world anti-doping agency has banned russia from international sports for 4 years that includes the upcoming summer and winter olympics wadda says russia fakes laboratory data and destroyed evidence of doping russian prime minister dmitri medvedev called the ban politically motivated new. zealand's prime minister just into our durned says 8 people are still missing after a volcano erupted off the coast of north island at least 5 people died in the eruption on white island new zealand police say they do not expect to find more survivors. saudi arabia has ended the segregation of restaurant customers by sex previously they were required to have separate entrances and eating areas for men and women. this is the news from berlin for more follow us on twitter at news or visit our website that's d w dot com. ukraine's new president obama's alinsky is meeting face to face for the 1st time with russian president vladimir putin zelinsky is inexperienced and he wants peace in eastern ukraine