we definitely have to hear from vladimir putin. we would have to hear from the nations who fought in the war. that would include america, britain, france. i think that decision was made speakers.he it is impossible to hold an event like this and not hear from germany. not that today's germany is nazi germany, but it is the nation that began this led by adolf hitler. it was his initiative, his cruel, brutal vision that led to the murder of 6 million jews. you cannot n not hear from the descendents of that vision, even those who have repudiated that vision. he has been very vocal since arriving on israeli soil yesterday. tell us about what we have been hearing from him. has been very vocal about anti-semitism. he confronts it straight on in all of his speeches. he spoke earlier to french members of the jewish community here. france isem that battling anti-semitism, but that it is a war you can't win. it is a shape shifter. he said his government has closed down many organizations who had views that were anti-semitic, but he knows tha

an apparent power grab by vladimir putin in russia. the russian prime minister, dmitry medvedev have announced that he and the entire russian government will be resigning. >> this comes after russian president vladimir putin proposed several constitutional changes, again, that would weaken his successor and help him again retain power. cnn's senior international correspondent fred pleitgen joins us from moscow. we've seen this playbook before. >> reporter: yeah, exactly. i'm not sure if this is more a consolidation of power than an extension of vladimir putin's power but you're absolutely right. this comes on the day of vladimir putin's state of the union address. the russian president has something like that as well. we're at the end of the address, which really didn't have anything remarkable in it before that. he announced that he wanted constitutional changes, which as poppy said would give more power to the parliament and the prime minister rather than the president. it would say the parliament would elect the prime minister rathe

putin under chancellor merkel of russia under vladimir putin diving board someone who speaks german who lived in germany and speaks russia russian they have had a very long relationship in the last few years and although there are differences between russia and germany and. i said to have a very strong personal connection something that germany would such need like to use now when it comes to trying to see what russia can do to deescalate in any way the situation in the middle east so a good a good working relationship is going to translate to the 2 countries maybe working more on these issues like this in the future it could be the case but let's not forget that this is not the only topic that they're discussing here there are other issues where germany and russia do not necessarily see eye to eye there are issues where they can work together they have for example very important economic ties but there are other aspects where maybe they do not see eye to eye ukraine for example being one of those important cases something that they will also be discussing today in moscow both spoke

vladimir putin is above the law in russia. erdogan is above the law in turkey. kim jong un is above the law in north korea. in the united states of america no one is above the law, not even the president of the united states. that is what this moment is all about. as we all know, congress is a separate and coequal branch of government. we don't work for this president or any president. we of course work for the american people. we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch. that is not the democratic party playbook. that is not the republican party playbook. that is the playbook in a democratic republic. james madison once observed in federalist 61 that the congress should serve as a rival to the executive branch. in my humble opinion, why wouldn't madison use the word rival? is because the framers of the constitution, i think, did not want the king. they did not want a dictator. they did not want a monarch. they wanted a democracy. the constitution is sacred the obligatory upon all. it is through t

vladimir putin's i'll play the russian government resigns all mass. president proposes a referendum on constititutional changes critics are s saying it's a hidden paycheckk keeping hold of power beyond routines to class end of his term in twenty twenty four. impeachment day the house votes to send the us president's a trial of his dealings with ukraine. seven democrats being sworn in as prosecutors in a historic moment. us political history what little mean for donald trump

. >>> well, is vladimir putin trying to stay in power after his term expires? cnn is live in moskow. this is charlie not coughing because he took delsym 12-hour. and this is charlie still not coughing while trying his hardest not to wake zeus. delsym 12-hour. nothing lasts longer for powerful cough relief. - do that are degrading?ideo tapes, film reels, or photos, legacybox professionally converts them to dvds, thumb drive, or the cloud. legacybox is simple and safe, with over half a million satisfied customers. visit legacybox.com today, and get 40% off. and with the sxfinity stream app, screen is your big screen. which is free with your service, you can take a spin through on demand shows, or stream live tv. download your dvr'd shows and movies on the fly. even record from right where you are. whether you're travelling around the country or around the house, keep what you watch with you. download the xfinity stream app and watch all the shows you love. >>> vladimir putin appears to be maneuvering to extend his grip on power. on wednesday the russian president

vladimir putin, a revamp which... 20 yeargrip on vladimir putin, a revamp which... 20 year grip on power. even better, the acting deputy preminger says this government has been gripped in a demand for a change. what it appears to be is that vladimir putin, who is not allowed to be president any longer after 2024, wants to change the russian constitution so that power is invested more in parliament. he could become prime minister again for a second term, so that could be one reason to do it. he is also head of something called the state council, which is an advisory body, nothing very much. but he could look like he's trying to turn that into the main governing body, which is where all the power will then be. basically he has spent so will then be. basically he has spent so long fixing elections, he just wa nts to so long fixing elections, he just wants to fix one more referendum on this. it's modelled on china, which says it all for him. it's been a confusing day because that headline flashed out, the entire government resigned, and you think oh my goodness, there's been a major revolt.

let's hear what vladimir putin himself said recently about th this. in november 2019 vladimir putin was overheard saying "thank god no one is accusing us of interfering in the u.s. elections anymore. now they are accusing the ukraine." let me end with that one. because that one demonstrates to me why this matters. that one demonstrates to me why anyone in the united states should matter. vladimir putin could care less about delivering health care to the people of russia, for building infrastructure in russia, vladimir putin, as many of this people in this chamber know well, because i've worked with you on this. he wakes up every morning and goes to bed every night trying to figure out how to destroy american democracy and organizes his government around that effort. this is abou a battle over reso, information and disinformation. if a message from the very top of our government, from the very top of our leaders, the message from some folks over the last couple of weeks is that facts don't matter. that our law enforcement doesn't matter, that our intel

means that vladimir putin. has already made up his mind. in contrast to the previous change of guard when he had me mediate if and see gavan of compete until fairly late. into the. into the game and he made his mind that he was going to choose me to get if fairly late . and immediate if went on and became elected the president of russia this time putin must have decided on configuration of power early on but the question of success is at the post of the president if he decides and it's it's likely that he will do so not to remain the president after his 4th term expires i think that question is still open and i agree with amy that. medium you do is not completely out of picture but i think his chances of becoming the president with less powers have been significantly diminished i think the new the new candidate for the success of post would be someone from a younger generation of leaders that vladimir putin is now grooming and victor will let me get your thoughts on dmitri medvedev since i guess have brought this up what do you think the fu

indeed this is precisely what vladimir putin intended when he immediateeled in the 2016 election. for us to become more cynical, for us to lose faith in the motion that the american system of government is speier t supere auto corrupt model of government in russia and sought to export to places like ukraine. these are not the free and fair elections americans expect or demand if foreign powers are interfering. how can we know that our elections are free from foreign interference whether by disinforma or hang or fake investigations. we must not become number to foreign interference -- numb to foreign interferenour s.ur electrions aea scce ired. if we do not act to put an end to solicitation of foreign interference into our election by the president of the united states, the effect would be corrosive to our elections and our values. future presidents may believe that they too can use the substantial power conferred on them by the constitution in order to undermind our system of free and fair elections. that they too can cheat to attain power or keep it. that way lies disaster for th

means that vladimir putin. has already made up his mind. in contrast to the previous change of guard when he had me mediate if and see gavan of compete until fairly late. into the. into the game and he made his mind that he was going to choose me to bid if fairly late . and then we did it went on and big became elected the president of russia this time putin must have decided on configuration of power early on but the question of success is at the post of the president if he decides and it's it's likely that he will do so not to remain the president after his 4th term expires i think that question is still open and i agree with amy that. medium you do is not completely out of picture but i think his chances of becoming the president with less powers have been significantly diminished i think the new the new candidate for the successor post would be someone from a younger generation of leaders that vladimir putin is now grooming a victor will let me get your thoughts on dmitri medvedev since i guess have brought this up what do you think the

means that vladimir putin. has already made up his mind. in contrast to the previous change of guard when he had me mediate if and see gavan of compete until fairly late. into the. into the game and he made his mind that he was going to choose me to bid if fairly late . and immediate if went on and big became elected the president of russia this time putin must have decided on configuration of power early on but the question of success is at the post of the president if he decides and it's it's likely that he will do so not to remain the president after his 4th term expires i think that question is still open and i agree with amy that. medium you do is not completely out of picture but i think his chances of becoming president with less powers have been significantly diminished i think the new the new candidate for the successor post would be someone from a younger generation of leaders that vladimir putin is now grooming a victor will let me get your thoughts on dmitri medvedev since i guess have brought this up what do you think the futur

means that vladimir putin. has already made up his mind. in contrast to the previous change of guard when he had me mediate if and see gavan of compete until fairly late into the. into the game and he made his mind that he was going to choose me to bid if fairly late . and then we did it went on and became elected the president of russia this time putin must have decided on configuration of power early on but the question of success is at the post of the president if he decides and it's it's likely that he will do so not to remain the president after his 4th term expires i think that question is still open and i agree with amy that. medium you do is not completely out of picture but i think his chances of becoming the president with less powers have been significantly diminished i think the new the new candidate for the success of post would be someone from a younger generation of leaders that vladimir putin is now grooming and victor will let me get your thoughts on dmitri medvedev since i guess have brought this up what do you think the f

if resigned yesterday following vladimir putin's speech to the nation where he announced sweeping constitutional changes including changes that would strengthen the parliament both houses of the parliament and weaken the role of the president he also announced proposed rather changes that could strengthen the role of the regional governors around russia so kind of decentralize things in russia a bit people will have to vote apparently on these changes in some way vladimir putin and all of these changes that we're seeing are just satisfying a desire amongst russian people for change there was a real sense of stagnation here in russia up until yesterday essentially but the main goal observers say is that putin is paving the way for his own political future term a current term as president ends in 2024 he can't run again so perhaps this is him kind of potentially creating a new job for himself within a new political system in the future of our correspondent and we sure win in moscow thank you now if the u.s. house democrats have delivered the formal articles of impeachment against president trump t

he was put forward as vladimir putin's c choice afafter the ene govevernment resignened on wednesday. in his state of the union address yesterday, president putin for reform that would give more power to the parliament. there is speculation now the vladimir putin will take o on a new role when his current presidential term ends in 2024. pakistan's prime minister -- pakistan is working to prevent relations between the two countries from getting worse. >> in a wide-ranging interview with dw's editor in chief, he spelled out his position on two places currently experiencing significant turmoil. pakistan's neighbor, ron is vying for influence was saudi arabia. tensions have been simmering for years. the assassination of the top commander by the u.s. brought the range -- region to the break of conflict. >> we live in a tough neighborhood. we have issues, a balancing act because we have for instance saudi arabia which is one of saudi arabia's greatest friends. always been a friend in need for us. then we have iran which is a neighbor. we have always had a good relationship with them. the co

putin's goals and ambitions. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us we begin with breaking news this morning iran has announced that its military on intentionally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet killing all 176 people on board tehran says it was a case of human error western countries based on. evidence including this mobile phone footage had been saying they thought of the iranian missile brought down the plane well after initial denials iran's military now says the people responsible will be court marshaled. well meanwhile iran's foreign minister zarif tweeted a sad day preliminary conclusions of internal investigation by armed forces human error at a time of crisis caused by us adventurism lead to disaster our profound regrets apologies and condolences to our people to the families of all the victims and to other affected nations are right for the latest from tehran we're joined now by journalist raise costs day raise a good morning to you what the more can you tell us about the statement th

in 2024, he vladimir putin in power after 2024. in 2024, he is constitutionally obliged to leave the kremlin, to leave the presidency and there is a lot of speculation here for months now that he may try to find some way of remaining in power if not us president then in some other form. and what we have seen today with these constitutional proposals with these constitutional proposals with the resignation of the government, it feels as if these are the first pieces of some kind of important jigsaw that will lead to or eventually reveal vladimir putin continuing to lead russia in some form. that was steve rosenberg. we are joined now by professor of russian and east european politics at oxford university paul chaisty. what is your reading of all this?” agree with steve. this is part of a plan clearly to manage the transition of power when vladimir putin leaves office in 2024. the resignation of the government is pa rt resignation of the government is part of that because what putin is a point a promise to who has no political bagg

bungle americal on her way to a quick meeting with vladimir putin the list of international crises is long you run syria ukraine libya germany wants to mediate proposes a peace conference in berlin to end the civil war in libya. it's about non interference about sovereignty and that's why the parties currently engaged in a military confrontation in libya we presented by mr saroj and mr have to should naturally be tightly involved that through the influence. different groups have been fighting for power in libya since 2011 russia supports general khalifa haftar are against the un recognized government in tripoli but putin says he will encourage the german initiative but it worth was up of this conflict not only undermine stability in the region it also has negative effects on europe. i mean illegal migration smuggling illegal commerce and the proliferation of weapons and drugs the north stream to gas pipeline from russia to germany is another problem washington wants to stop the project with sanctions against companies who work on it berlin and moscow intend to complete it by 2021 anyw

vladimir putin, 20 years at the helm. how are you going to deal withvl adimir putin? >> ( translated ): first of all, we will do everything to make sure that vladimir pever ends up at the helm of our country. the main problem in ourh relationship wssia is the war. no one has a real answer, how to stop putin. all we can do is continue talks to achieve a cse fire. >> reporter: achieve a cease fire a rely on assistance from ukraine's allies in the west. zelensky's character in "servant of the people" fes a choice just as he's about to take t oath of office. his choices are to rule either through trickery and deceit or take theath of honesty and decency. the campaign is banking on ukraine's people believing the real zelensky will choosoption two.: >> sreenivasining me now is special correspondent simon ostrovsky, who has brought us several stories from ukraine in the last year. so, that story introduced us. obviously we know he won. how is he doing? >> reporter: better than a lot of people expected, toe honest. i think the main criticism, of course, when he was running fo

also coming up russia's government resigns the surprise move coms as president vladimir putin calls for reforms that could keep him in tal well beyond the end of his time we'll get the details from moscow to see you. play. i'm told me a lot both thanks for joining me. the stage is now set for the impeachment trial of a us president for only the 3rd time in history the u.s. house of representatives voted to submit to articles of impeachment against president donald trump to the senate after house speaker nancy pelosi signed the articles of impeachment they were carried symbolically from the house to the senate at a trial is expected to start next week trump is charged with abuse of office and obstruction of congress and its efforts to investigate that abuse is alleged to have pressured ukraine to investigate democratic rival joe biden. i'm now joined by w.'s all of us out in washington i oliva the articles of impeachment have now been delivered to the senate what happens next right so that vote. that took place today was basically the last step to trigger that so-called senate trial and

he has a position created for him by vladimir putin, and he's co kind of vladimir putin's alter ego. he can move him around. remember back in 2008 they switched positions. putin became prime minister, and then the switcharoo back again. that's one, then a faceless bureaucrat comes in, nobody really knows too much about him, the man who's the head of the federal tax service. he comes in as prime minister. then we have what i think would be very interesting. the parliament begins to get more power, a little more power, and this group that's called the state council gets more power, and then finally, you know, the president ostensibly looks babier, bbab baby -- weaker, finally, this is all surmisable at this point, but you could take a body like the state council. you could give it more power. now it's officially part of the constitutional government. you could give it more power and then president putin at the end over the state council a strong body and is kind of the power behind the throne or a major force in russian government and in politics. >> man doesn't want to leave, thinks h

for instance vladimir putin talked about the potential humanitarian repercussions and consequences of a conflict in the middle east because while a refugee flow from the middle east to the rest of the world could be catastrophic if anything if a war in the ground was to break out also talked extensively about libya and about the fact how the hostilities in that country should cease in because this was what he agreed. and this is what he discussed and agreed on all with the turkish president pressing. turkey obviously being a major powerhouse in the region but the middle east wasn't the only thing on the agenda another big point is the nord stream to gas pipelines to gas pipeline currently under construction from russia into germany to provide the whole of europe with the russian with the russian gas it was a major it is i should say a major bone of contention between germany europe and the united states because washington sees that washington doesn't want this doesn't want to see this pipeline it doesn't want this pipeline to be built so it has for instance european countries european

we support plans for the berlin conference and myself the russian president vladimir putin and the italian prime minister decepticon to be in attendance mr putin and i agreed to reach a cease fire in libya the cease fire which began on sunday and our delegations are now in moscow to discuss this and i hope it will be permanent well libya has been torn apart by conflict since long time ruler moammar gadhafi was overthrown in 2011 it's divided between warring militia groups which mostly back to rival governments the un recognized administration led by prime minister. is based in tripoli it's supported by turkey and most western nations including italy which is worried the fighting need tripoli will force more people to cross the mediterranean in the ace there is the to book based government the center of power for warlord holy for hafta he's backed by egypt saudi arabia russia and the united arab emirates france is also accused of providing military support to these forces and we have 3 correspondents covering this story mahmud up to wahid interest least of us and in moscow 1st i will go to

said, i trust a vladimir putin. and "the washington post" reported two months ago that in may of 2017, in a meeting in the senior russian thecials, sergey lavrov, foreign and the russian ambassador, donald trump told them that he was unconcerned, not concerned with the russian attack on the election. this is a commander in chief who said, i do not care about foreign power attacking the foundations of american democracy or a u.s. presidential election. i do not know what republicans do with this information, other eyes andr their ears, it set say we cannot handle the truth. host: let's hear from the democrats line. rick, you are next. caller: greetings from the people's republic of california, where the world's fifth largest economy and a top source of revenue for washington to share with all those poor southern states. thank you. please do not hate us because we are beautiful. because one out of every $88 of that social security check you got comes from the hard-working men and women of california. david, i have a q

for instance vladimir putin talked about the potential humanitarian 'd repercussions and consequences of a conflict in the middle east because while a refugee flow from the middle east to the rest of the world could be catastrophic if anything if a war on the ground was to break out also talked extensively about libya and about the fact how the hostilities. and that country should cease him because this was what he agreed on this is what he discussed and agreed on with the turkish president again obviously being a major powerhouse in the region but the middle east wasn't the only thing on the agenda another big point is the nord stream to gas pipelines it's a gas pipeline currently under construction from russia into germany to provide the whole of europe with the russian with the russian gas it was a major it is i should say a major bone of contention between germany europe and the united states because washington sees that washington doesn't want this doesn't want to see this pipeline it doesn't want this pipeline to be built so it has for instance european countries european contra

news law from berlin russia's government resign president vladimir putin will form a new cabinet after his prime minister steps down some analysts say it's another power move by putin as he seeks to secure his political future we'll get the details from moscow also coming up china and the u.s. prepared to sign phase one of a deal and it ending their trade conflict but the major issues are still on the results what's next for the world's top economists. as well it's a rough won't it we need people saying the top all volcano in the philippines they fear we're turning to scenes of complete devastation. and storming the stasi today marks 30 years since citizens of the former east germany forced their way into the headquarters of the secret police and prevented the destruction of millions of files in the final months of the communist dictatorship. i'm assuming so much down there it's good to have you with us russian prime minister dmitri medvedev and his government have resigned to make way for a constitutional reforms that president vladimir putin proposed today now put in has reportedly a

and the german chancellor angela merkel meets russian president vladimir putin in moscow 2 leaders had several significant points of dispute worked on finding common ground on the middle east and brokering talks on libya. taiwan reelect is president and delivers a blow to beijing e.u. want no bounds to preserve taiwan's autonomy in the face of growing efforts by china to bring the island under its control. make spicer thanks for joining us american president donald trump says he's closely following protests which took place in iran after the government announced that its forces had accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet trying to manage access for human rights groups to monitor the demonstrations iran's semi official news agency fars has also acknowledged that protesters have been chanting anti-government slogans. down with the liars who many must step down the words of angry students gathered in front of the polytechnic university in tehran when they heard the news that it was the iranian military who shot down the ukrainian airliner tempus boiled after days of denial. she i

also coming up russia's government resigns the surprise move comes after president vladimir putin calls for reforms that could keep him in tal well beyond the end of his time he will get the details from moscow to see. i'm told me a lot people thanks for joining the 3rd. the stage is now set for the impeachment trial of a u.s. president only the 3rd time in history the house of representatives voted to submit 2 articles of impeachment against president donald trump to the senate after house speaker nancy pelosi signed the articles of impeachment it was carried symbolically from the house to the senate where the trial is expected to start next week trump is charged with abuse of office and obstruction of justice of congress its efforts to investigate that abuse is alleged to have pressured ukraine to investigate democratic rival joe biden. i'm now joined by w.'s all of a salad in washington the articles of impeachment have now been delivered to the senate what happens next tell that vote. that took place today was basically the last step to trigger that so-called senate trial and as you

putin just a moment. to give the russian president room for amendments to the constitution but i'm a putin suggested changes during his annual address to federal assembly on the 15th of january all among them are some that effectively diminish the president and prime ministers powers wells' boosting those of the parliament the form of government has remained as an acting in an acting role until the formation of the new one and a new prime minister has already appointed was already appointed last thursday we saw him speaking to us then us make our machines did he was the former head of the federal tax service known for digitizing the service well after the state duma approved his candidacy he had a week to form a new government the term would expire on the 23rd of january. ok well we're going to cross live to our correspondent igor start off now to run us through the changes to the constitution and everything else. ok well we'll be going to our correspondent shortly we're just trying to get a hold of him b

vladimir putin moving along at a lightning pace. the russians saying the changes to the constitution could be put to the parliament as early as february or march. so vladimir putin clearly putting the chips in place to possibly stay in power for a long time. >> fred pleitgen for us, thank you. >>> he's running for congress and was implicated in the ukraine scandal. now the fbi is looking at him. stay with us. (whistling) (whistling) thenot actors, people, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin. and, had significantly less itch. that's a difference you can feel. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which

putin that earlier suggested changes to the constitution in an address he made to lawmakers there was a shared. you'll think that on pretty quickly maria from austin is in the studio with this group called a source like bebo surprise this one has nothing to alarming the government is still going to carry on doing what it does and bring the country until somebody else is thought up a new covenant comes along and there's also a future place we have for dmitri medvedev as well but we want all this but on the face of it it sounds like a huge headline put some context for us all yes kevin that's a very big news and indeed a very interesting the very important question is what does that mean what will it mean for russia and you're absolutely right to say that whatever this resignation mean the most important thing is that it would be wrong to say that russia will now find itself in power vacuum because the current government although we just heard about it stepping down will remain in full charge until the new government is foreign aid happened just several minutes ago russia's prime minist

algeria and the european council president show michelle has been telephoning with russian president vladimir putin is also a player in this and so the hubs for that conference on sunday of very high and the focus on libya particularly for the european union countries is really strong libya is an important country is a conduit for migration but also as an oil producing country and with so many players involved russia as i mentioned. the saudis and europe it's a very important focus for this issue or corresponded to the fireman young of the 4th force here in berlin so i mean thank you what if libya was a divided country when its longtime ruler moammar gadhafi was overthrown back in 20 a love in the years since then have seen the divisions multiply and increasingly drawing in a mixed bag of international players the country and its backers are split now between 2 rival governments in tripoli the un backed government of the raj and in tobruk the libyan national army which is led by general khalifa haftar are. strongman general haile for half wants tripoli. together with his libyan national army

putin suggesting an amendment to the constitution effectively diminishing the president's powers boosting those of parliament gets the explains more about the landmark moves. powers the office of president the media accuses of a seizing more power more control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over at the parliament at his own expense it is also because he seizing more control over russia 1st to discover this syndrome i name it paranoid putin a friend here and there's a real epidemic russian government resigns is putting proposes reforms that could extend his grip on power putin engineers surprise russian political shake up that could keep him in power longer russian government resigns as putin plots post presidency power grab paranoid putin a friend the side he is what he actually proposed together and seen that no president ever wields as much power as he did including putin himself he's got 4 more years in office. this is unprecedented in a quarter of a century every constitutional amendment was designed to empower the president for exam. increase the presiden

efforts thanks to vladimir putin when the president said hey russia if you're listening. they were listening that's the russian story. over the cameras focused on the senate floor due to a ban on filming it was left a sketch artist to capture the atmosphere in the chamber some of the pictures showed members having trouble staying involved in the process stretching their legs stude ling and even sleeping senators also faced a 12 hour no phone policy will set the desks we spoke to journalist and political commentator chadwick moore and he says that even the strongest supporters of trump's impeachment to board with the anti moscow narrative. the democrats already has 100 percent of their energy and their time into trying to remove a duly elected president from office their biggest hoax russian so completely flat and even their strongest of where everything is a pillar of the president of latter even their strongest supporters the people who most want to believe that the president will be removed from office which he absolutely will but even they've grown bored with this narr

you think that looks like strength to vladimir putin? i think that looks like something vladimir putin is only too accustomed to. that is the kind of corruption that he finds and he perpetuates with its own regime and he pushes all around the world. my colleague made reference to a conversation that is another key vignettes in this whole sad saga. and that is a conversation that ambassador volker has with andre your mark was a top aide to zelensky. this is a conversation with ambassador volker is doing exactly what is supposed supposed to be doing. he is telling them you guys really shouldn't do this investigation of your former president because it would be for a political reason. you should not in be in political investigations. and what was the response of ukrainians? oh you mean like the ones you want to studio for the bidens and the clintons. through it right back in his face. ukraine is not oblivious to that hypocrisy. misters sekulow says what are we here for? part of our strength is not only our support for allies in our military

it's 3 pm in moscow right now in the headlines the russian parliament currently mulling vladimir putin's pick for prime minister. credited with modernizing russia's tax system spoke to r t previously about making the most of today's tech the future generation it's important that the young generation whose forward whose future experience to moral use the friendly user interface which is suitable for the. mean time western media downplaying president putin's proposals those ever get will power to the russian parliament describing them as an evil plot to extend this time in the kremlin hope see another new. iran's press t.v. gets pulled from view chub in the u.k. again just hours after an early about had been reversed it comes to social media giants take down post supporting the assassinated operating in. their life the art international world news center in moscow is kevin any of this half hour for the 1st russian parliament considering putin's nominee to be the next prime minister after the government resigned on wednesday evening members are set to vote shortly on whether or not the job

could vladimir putin possible power continue past 2024? it calls for a sweeping constitutional change. putin's do to step down in four years but the shakeup could see him take on another post to ensure his influence. let's go to our government editor. how much of a political earthquake was that? >> it was completely unexpected. putin was given his annual address and there was no sign of these changes. at the end of the speech he thought to outline the constitutional changes she said were very important. it was only after that the bombshell news arrived. the departure of the prime minister so it has been very rapid and very swift. they knew incoming prime minister has one support from .he ruling party >> how are markets reacting? are they concerned? reactedr they have remarkably calmly. the ruble dipped a little bit yesterday but now it is going to quickly recover. today's stock markets are very similar, largely unchanged. we are waiting to see with the -- he is quite well-regarded. he was a technocrat. given the -- given that mr. medvedev

vladimir putin as president he outlined the major priorities of our work for the upcoming year but he also outlined a number of fundamental changes to the constitution of the russian federation these changes when they take place and this will be done after the discussions as was said they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power the executive the judicial and the legislative powers in this context it is obvious that as the government of the russian federation we need to give the president of our country the opportunity to take all the necessary steps and decisions and in this context i believe it would be the right thing to do in accordance with article 117 of the constitution of the russian federation for the government to resign. i'm grateful to everyone i've worked with in the government for the steps and decisions will be taken by the president. were to remain between. you mr medvedev colleagues i would like to thank you for everything that you have done i would also like to express my satisfaction with the results we have achi

and elsewhere internationally and call heads to moscow for talks with russian president vladimir putin the german and russian leaders are expected to discuss middle east tensions and to russia's energy supplies to europe. you're watching on t.v. international i'm rosana lockwood welcome to the program. and we do start with this breaking news iran has just announced that it military its military unintentionally shot down the ukrainian plane that crashed on wednesday into iran that is a statement from the military which has been released by iranian state media the statement said a missile was fired due to human error iran had earlier said claims that a missile brought down ukraine airlines flight 752 were scientifically impossible the boeing 737800 went down needed to run on wednesday morning killing all 176 people on board. the u.s. secretary of state has defended washington's decision to assassinate iran's top general during a press conference my post struggled to explain the alleged threat posed by general sort of money and was grilled by journalists there more pins got more. things g

elsewhere angular merkel is due to me vladimir putin in moscow later on saturday will be 1900 official visit to russia as german chancellor and this visit comes amid tight into the global times. that you're watching on t.v. international i'm writers on a lot could thank you for joining us. in the u.s. secretary of state has defended washington's decision to assassinate iran's top general mike bumppo struggle to explain the alleged threat posed by major general solomonic during a press conference and explains. things got quite easy at the press conference where we saw mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state speaking alongside steve minutia in the secretary of treasury and this comes just a week after the killing of iran's top general qassam solomonic and as the press asked questions got particularly tense mike pompei o seemed a little bit uncomfortable trying to answer the questions of journalists who just don't seem to buy his claim that the killing of solomonic was necessary to protect american lives let's take a listen to some of what went on if you have specific information about

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he did not quite manage to achieve the giddy heights of vladimir putin, the previous in parliament, yet still overote 300 voted to sup ha and not ngle deputy voted against him. anchor: we are here in the newsroom. our main story from washington, thme impea trial has begun for donald trump, the charges read in the senate and thees pring judge has been sworn in. the main stories from bbc world surveys. new figures show that sepsis is climbing -- claiming the lives of 11 million a year. it is triggered during an infection and the immune system's response gets out of balance. the fi tres arece as high as previous estimates. sub-saharan africst acute in hong kong's leader has said the 100, two systems arrnt could be extended beyond its expiry date. arit is rare to heny discussion of what might happen that far in the future. peru with 20 birds in histed suitcase. t was trying to smuggm in small boxes and then sell them in spain. allthem are protected species, all survived, although some did show signs of dehydrations. and str ♪ anchor: we talk about climate change almost every day and today

studio: vladimir putin. helen fry, listening to that, we thought that was a significant speech. his presence it is significant. that is a huge step forward but what he was saying in that as well, wanting to bring the nations together with the p5 to look at the contemporary issues, political issues around anti—semitism. around anti—semitism and commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii and the founding of the united nations, i think this is really positive and if we can get those leaders together when he seems to be leading in suggesting that, it's a positive step forward and we have hope. it's been bleak recently with the rise of anti—semitism being so grim buti the rise of anti—semitism being so grim but i think we have hope. let's hear from the representative of the united states, vice president mike pence. president reuven rivlin, prime minister benjamin netanyahu, majesties, presidents, excellencies, honoured survivors and distinguished guests, it is deeply humbling for me to stand before you today. on behalf of the american people. as we mark the

vladimir putin's navy again taunts a war ship. pentagon officials telling cnn the russian ship got as close as 180 feet, provoking horn blast warnings with guns drawn. the russians say this was the americans' fault, but putin's aggression, including oversight of hypersonic missile test off crimea. putin's foreign minister calls the killing illegal. >> soleimani is someone the russians worked well with, they had the same mind-set, both master's of hybrid war father, russian security and intelligence services and soleimani and his force, so they had a lot in common and common enemy in specifically the united states. >> soleimani worked closely with putin and security advisers, according to reuters traveling to moscow in 2015, 2016, and 2017. going over military strategy in syria, and arranging russian weapons deliveries there. neither russians nor iranians admitted meetings took place, but they say soleimani's regime and putin worked toward the same goals in syria. >> the confluence of interest was really in keeping assad in power,

russia's prime minister the retreat medvedev has resigned just hours after president vladimir putin post changes to the constitution he had suggested that the prime minister should be appointed by parliament and said that he'd like to see a referendum on that and other constitutional changes at iran's president is warning u.s. troops or other foreign forces to leave the middle east and some rouhani has also called on the u.s. to reverse its withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal. fighting has resumed in libya after ceasefire talks stalled the un recognized government in tripoli says the forces loyal to the border collie for hafta a shelling positions south of the capital turkey and russia brokered the truce ankara says that it's too early to say that the deal has collapsed collapsed rather . is the general director of the libyan think tank the subject institute he says that enforcing the libya arms embargo would be more effective than another peace conference. the fact isn't berlin a simple i think there are very very different measures and they are sticks for what it will really be progr

you know the way vladimir putin thinks. vladimir putin been helping the iranians in the middle east. do you think right now, vladimir putin is speaking to the iranians about how to react to what the united states has done? >> well, this iranian commander was the chief connector to russia. russia was talking to him on a regular basis about how to go about bombing civilians in syria and various other things and this guy is sort of the glue that holds all of these evil regimes together so on one hand, vladimir putin is sort of terrified and confused, and on the other hand he's probably happy to watch oil prices speaking since he's a big oil supplier, but surely, everybody all over the world are stretch ing their heads wondering what's going to happen next. >> liz: well what is going to happen next? do you really think that putin is really nervous about this? >> well he's got to be nervous. he is an international rogue. he's a terrorist by various measures, and he's watched a person slightly lower down in the hierarchy in iran

president vladimir putin has replaced his long serving prime minister. he's also call for sweeping changes to the country's constitution. he isled speculation that moving to extend his grip on power. tocould take on another post show continued influence. in the u.s., the house has sent two articles of impeachment to the senate. it's a first step to begin president trump's trial, almost certain to end in acquittal. a super majority of senators would be needed to convict the president. chief judges -- chief justice john roberts will preside over the trial with the senate as jury. the trial begins next tuesday. in germany, angela merkel has begun a deal to begin phasing out coal. they've set a timeline for shutting down power generation by 2038. 40 government will provide million euros for regional infrastructure as part of the deal. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. nejra: annabelle droulers in hong kong, thank you so much. lat

. >>> vladimir putin could be looking for a way to extend his grip on power. the russian president proposing sweeping reforms that led the country's entire government to resign. cnn's fred pleitgen live in moskow. what is going on here? >> reporter: it looks like the strategist vladimir putin might be back at work, and there's a lot of people speculating what exactly he's trying to do there. but the bottom line vladimir putin in 20234 will reach the end of his fourth time as russian president so then he will have to step down. if big question is will he leave politics, find some way to stay in politics or at least in some form of power. with this new thing going on many people speculate that could be the case. he had his state of the union address where he announced he wanted sweeping changes to russia's constitution. now, those changes would make the prime minister of the country more powerful and the parliament more powerful because they declare who the prime minister and would make the president and office of the president less powerful. that means the next

and lots of perceived benefits by vladimir putin. and so that's why more than two years ago senator marco rubio and i introduced the bipartisan deter act, and there are other senators, both democrats and republicans, that are on that bill. the deter act is very straightforward. it would enact into law a very straightforward proposition. it says to russia and also to other countries but the main attack seems to be coming from russia, it says to putin and russia if we catch you again interfering in our elections, there will be immediate and very harsh penalties for you to pay, that this will happen virtually automatically. so vladimir putin will know upfront if our intelligence agencies catch them again, which they're likely to do, then he will finally pay a price for interfering in our elections and trying to undermine our democratic processes. and these are not sanctions against a couple of putin's pals. these are not sanctions against a couple oligarchs. these would be sanctions against major sectors of the russian economy, state-ow

putin to bridge greater diplomacy to the translators have several significant points of dispute can they align their views on the middle east. i'm tired read welcome to the program the commander of iran's revolutionary guard has accepted full responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday iran says the firing of the missile at the plane was a mistake blaming human error after the plane flew s. it flew near a sensitive military site 176 people were killed in the crash tehran had previously denied claims from. u.s. and canada that was responsible. an explosion in the sky this mobile phone footage was one factor that led western countries to suspect an iranian missile attack on the ukrainian passenger plane finally after days of vehement denial iran's military admitted his guilt with armed forces on the highest level of alert the ukrainian international airlines flight had appeared to fly like a hostile target near a sensitive military site. you know. when i became certain that this incident had happened i really wished death for myself. i wished i had died an