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Its just turned 4 pm welcome to the program. An escalating diplomatic row has stepped up another at level russia has expelled 2 german diplomats it comes in response to a similar move by berlin all amid a spot a very murder probe on a corner picks up the story. The Russian Foreign minister has given the diplomats and question 7 days to leave the country in a tit for tat response to the German Governments decision when they themselves decided to expel 2 Russian Diplomats the german ambassador has received a note of protest over the groundless decision to expel 2 Russian Diplomats from berlin as a mere response to german diplomats must leave russia within the next 7 days now it was just last week that the German Government made this decision to expel 2 Russian Diplomats for the cut from the country and the official report said that russia was not being active enough in cooperating within vesta geisha into the murder of a Georgian National named still in can congress feeley now the german prosecutors even say that russia moscow may have ordered the murder itself but russia denies these claims and even warned that there would be a mirror response the federal Foreign Office today declared to employees of the Russian Embassy in berlin to be persona nongrata with this step the federal government reacts the fact that the russian authorities despite repeated high level and in fact it requests did not sufficiently participate in the investigation of the murder of tony k. K. In berlin zoo you could use the mule its incorrect to expel 2 Russian Diplomats who had nothing to do the murder mystery as full reciprocal measures which as you well know there are unwritten rules if you expel our diplomats we expel ules thats that. Now president putin has said that russia has asked for the extradition of Congress Really many times which the German Government is now saying never happened but to bring our viewers up to speed Congress Really was killed back in august and the media immediately blamed russia for this he was living in germany since 2017 and had connections not only had ties to chechen terrorists but also fought against russia in the 2nd chechen war so its not hard to imagine why the russian government would be interested in arresting him on charges of terrorism. The man who was killed in berlin was not your average georgian he was a militant he fought on behalf of the caucasian separatists he was on russias wanted list he was a very cruel man once he killed 98 people he was one of the organizers of bombings in the mosque true i dont know what happened to him its a criminal sphere anything can happen there. So again moscow has always expressed its willingness to cooperate in this investigation but the initial expulsion of Russian Diplomats on germanys part doesnt exactly mark good faith from berlin. Or u. S. Senate committee has approved a bill directing the countrys secretary of state to determine whether russia is a sponsor of terrorism Russias Foreign Ministry aslan this initiative as irrational if passed the state department will have 90 days to report back to congress the senator who tabled the bill is convinced russia backs terrorism. Continues to try to cause grievous harm to International Peace and stability and im pleased the Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced my critical legislation directing the state department to consider naming russia what they are a state sponsor of terror the proposed legislation will now have to pass the house and the senate before being signed by the president just a week ago the state Department Said that russia is not a state terror sponsor he looks at the mixed messages. State sponsor of terrorism is a special designation under u. S. Law in which a country is subject to specific sanctions and treatment by the United States for allegedly supporting terrorism now the countries that currently have this label are iran north korea syria and sudan cuba had this label until u. S. President barack obama lifted that label against cuba as part of negotiations that took place during his presidency now the allegation seems to be that russia supports terrorism and is worthy of this state department designation however weve heard testimony from members of the u. S. State department making clear that russia does not support terrorists the state department has not at this stage determined russia is a state sponsor of terrorism there is a fairly complex deliberative process for doing that and i dont personally see the person as state sponsorship of terrorism terrorist attacks we also have to recognize russia is itself has been a victim of terrorism to make it safe to say that on the record as well now russia has long battled against jihadism extremists that have carried out terrorist attacks against the russian people the russian government has also cooperated with the u. S. Government in antiterrorism efforts the advancing of this bill comes in the immediate aftermath of the very important meeting between Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and us President Donald Trump now at his press remarks following that meeting the Russian Foreign minister emphasized that there are certain forces in the United States working very hard to do rail relations between the 2 countries. Congress seems to have been captured by a desire to destroy Us Russian Relations now relations between the u. S. And russia have been sour as it is and when u. S. President donald trump met with the Russian Foreign minister and took a photograph together there was quite a reaction from those who oppose it are critical of President Donald Trump trump is meeting with russias foreign minister in the even if you see again on this hes invited in. It sounds last time they laughed about troops firing of komi today they can celebrate the success of russian propaganda reagan wouldnt recognize this g. O. P. Trump lover of meeting in private this often what conspiracy are they cooking up today among the topics discussed at this high level russia u. S. Meeting where the issues of arms control Nuclear Proliferation as well as the issue of terrorism and it seems that in the aftermath of the meeting some efforts are now taking place to undo whatever progress was made earlier rasmussen executive director of the Eurasia Center thinks that russia has done more to come back terrorism than the us i am shocked i think this is going in the complete opposite direction the president. Would like to go in. I think europe is also would like to be mending and rebuilding the tide to russia i dont understand how the senate even comes up with this idea i mean if you look at terrorism russia is probably doing more to fight terrorism than the us i mean its clear that whether its intentional or not us funding us weapons us training have gone to just an example moderate rebel which one day or supposedly moderate and then the next day there i think this russia is a state sponsorship i mean these people are off in some other world and theyre not in not in reality. I feel very embarrassed. Apologize you know for myself russia for the going through it i just im in complete shock that somebody would actually propose this. Lets now go back to our top story after russia expose to in german diplomats and say were response to berlins actions i met a spat our very murder probe to get live comment were joined live by former Deputy Speaker of the Belgian Parliament learn about newest member line is saying that moscow is sending the wrong signals here what signals are those would you say. Well actually i mean if germany act surprised as if this reaction is going on if i look at i mean i studied International Relations at that university and in true up my life my experience there is that whenever you expelled the diplomats for political in a political context that is now you going to have a reaction that is the way that it works usually it has to do with not losing face it doesnt do with other issues im not going to express an opinion on the issue at stake between germany and the murder of this this man at silva no i do not know enough to have to make any judgement on that case but it seems to me that if germany is expelling 2 Russian Diplomats exactly now when its trying to negotiate together with frowns between russia and ukraine comes at a very very bad moment even for germany so i might be tempted to say that they do have some elements to say that these 2 diplomats actually are not really cooperating but then theres the issue that diplomats are cannot be forced to cooperate with the security or the police in the country that their work for where the dead are being exposed to being being thrown out a country thats another thats another matter and its only normal its not a wrong signal its what you can expect in International Relations it does go on in at this moment at the very inappropriate moment deadly scene beat so but whether whether its really behind this specific issue i wouldnt i wouldnt know. What if it as you say it is a typical response then why are the germans describing it as groundless. Well you know when men men men countries respond to do these kind of actions theyre not going to say of course ok ok we understand that russia theyre going to give some some arguments some rhetoric to sit through to keep their position so even that is to be expected that to say that well actually russia as far as i have faulty information has literally said this is a risk this is reciprocal to what you did to us we also expect well expel to diplomats as you did so they literally say that is the reason why we do it so you might call that groundless thats a matter of interpretation but in the end the moment for that i mean if you look at the actual time we were live in there is indeed a tendency to blame russia for everything which is not to say that its always wrong to do so i do not believe in that these things that there are good states and bad states on the issue of fighting terrorism well actually terrorism is a political concept i mean i mean if you look at the to ask latin american countries who they think is the biggest betrayer of terrorism in their countries they will not point to the thing at russia on the contrary which is not to say that russia is totally innocent on those issues in general but in this specific case this is a raw between germany and russia i think there are some elements that my temp me i mean im very very cautious here then me to indeed said that there are some elements that need to be looked at the regarding the murder of this this man whos supposed to be who is actually a political activist and who has committed to agree wrist crimes within russia and within chechen it to be precise. Now looking toward the russians have expressed hope that relations wont be affected pointing out that theyre merely responding in kind and not initiating anything i think that would be the case well as far as this specific date is concerned. Explosion of to the Russian Diplomats and answered i do not think that that in itself will make the relations between russia and germany worse i mean they will not make it better but that in itself in isolation i do not think that will affect the relations at all you should not forget if you look at communications by. Ministries or form of there and you look at them back a few months later you see that very serious declaration will be made but then afterwards nothing happens which is not to say that on the whole on the broader issue the relations are not as they should be. But of a nurse former Deputy Speaker of the Belgian Parliament thank you for sharing your time with us today ok by. Time magazine has unveiled its choice for person of the year 16 year old climate activist going to Tunbridge Wells on knew her as a model of determination and praise her efforts to combat Climate Change others find her approach unscientific and accuse her of sowing worldwide panic arties techno hawkins looks into the phenomenon. Last year she was just the regular swedish schoolgirl 12 months on and shes times person of the year rarely does a discussion on Climate Change today take place without her name being mentioned growth of the work has become a global sensation not just a prominent figure among climate activists but almost a messianic symbol to pulls no punches in schooling politicians about what they must do to save the planet the real danger is when politicians and c. E. O. s are making it look like real action is happening when in fact almost nothing is being done apart from clever accounting and creative p. R. She certainly does have a point but what about the growth of film bug phenomenon itself its on the noise quickly and loudly drawing attention to Climate Change shes got people talking and even been credited with influencing european and National Elections but wants more than just talking she wants action from politicians or the critics question what useful action grettir inspired movements have actually taken a vote from strikes and protests which she herself says are unsustainable we cant go on like this it is not a sustainable solution that children skip school we cant go on like that so now we dont want to continue so we would we would love some action from people in power her speech is resonated across the world it wasnt long before her fiery indictment of World Leaders at the un Assembly Became a meme now they followed a clear structure grave danger bad government and a need for immediate action she soon became a target for opponents who said her ideas it lacks substance and slated her style but that was quickly knocked on the head criticism was often swiftly silenced with those critiquing her justifiably or no. Not labeled as massage honest hysterical or being triggered the climate hysteria movement is not about science if it were about science it would be led by scientists rather than by politicians and a mentally ill swedish child who is being exploited by her parents and by the international lair you. Markku knows of daily want to just call get a phone by get a mentally ill swedish child she is mad and dangerous and shes causing the Young Children sleepless nights and with a the juicy gossip shes a she needs to go to school and show that i was fascinated by this school girl starting this strike for Climate Change awareness and i thought wow thats pretty gutsy it was all a little melodramatic it was all in the world of pocalypse i dont want millions if not believes of young people watching great to do that kind of speech and genuinely think the planet is literally about the way she is daring to express what so many young people are feeling and actually i find it remarkable that she can speak in such an honest way its truth to power theodicy speaking some of her actions ridiculed like her transatlantic boat trip having sailed through storms to avoid Carbon Emissions from air travel she sailed into a storm of criticism when a fellow companions joined her flying in by plane not to mention the impracticality of adopting such measures on a wider scale this brings us back to growth as words about politicians creative p. R. World leaders from merkel to micron among others were happy to humor the latest global trend with a photo opportunity while rebuking some of our ideas so what does this leave the person of the year at 2019 which is certainly sent a message taken center stage and brought people into the streets with a call it is now time for civil. Disobedience its time to rebel but will this have the desired effect the only thing you want to see is real action and reaction has been happening so of course we have achieved. A lot but. But if you look at it from. From from a certain point of view we have achieved nothing like her she has created a stir it may be difficult to understand the method behind a person of the year awards one of good as runner ups was donald trump maybe we can agree to hope that this years award isnt just symbolic isnt Just Creative p. R. But will lead to the real change the grosser seeks to create. Well looks like her message is heading home at least in the e. U. Which has just unveiled its new european the green deal now its lost on the block disgruntled and bring you that story and more after the break. Each simulating civilization would be able to run using a tiny fraction of its resources. Hundreds of thousands millions of runs through all of Human History almost all. Beings with our kinds of experiences would then be simulated ones rather than on simulated ones and conditional on that argue we should think we are probably one of the simulated ones. Welcome back the commission has unveiled new plans to make europe the 1st climate neutral continent on earth the European Green deal emissions will be hot by 2030 with Carbon Neutral date to be achieved by 2050 but the deal has already faced criticism from bloc members about looks at why. There is no bigger challenge than saving the planet and europe wants to lead the way the new e. U. Commission leader wonderly in has proposed a new green deal aiming to make the continent climate neutral by 2050 the European Green deal is our new Growth Strategy for growth that gives back more than it takes away we will help our economy to be a Global Leader by moving 1st and moving fast by showing the rest of the world how to be sustainable in competitive we can convince other countries to move with us via bishan are there but making it happen is not going to be easy the plans were choir a revamp of almost every sector transport farming manufacturing power plants and many countries already pushing back on the day it was introduced one 3rd of the countrys bloc the finance underpinning the new green deal so for euro skeptics this might look like it another example of brussels making plans before getting the Member States on board most governments support the general direction of the new green deal but the trade off between saving the planet and protecting jobs is not going to be easy for the politicians electricity is a key factor in cutting emissions and us things then in europe most of it comes from either Nuclear Power or fossil fuels the Nuclear Power sector employs more than 1000000 people in the u. N. Another half a 1000000 people work in the coal industry so thats a lot of jobs that are at stake and france the continents biggest Nuclear Power producer is now questioning why that sector should be excluded from the Green Financing we cannot succeed in the ecological transition and we cannot achieve a goal in terms of combating Global Warming without Nuclear Energy meanwhile the renewable turn it is are not always popular look at germanys wind power sector. To buy insulation in your house slow down due to legal disputes long delays in planning permission and alarm over a number of birds being killed by the blades e. U. Commission leader of underlayer and calls her new green deal a quote men on the moon moments this is europes man on the moon moment but from down here on the ground you can see its going to be a long and difficult journey eventually. For our. Political commentators on bricmont 1st the deal will never be implemented. Its a good Clean Energy Sources like wind and solar that can damage dent in their g. So where do you do at night when there is no wind then you know theres a whole a problem go back to peace that dense a problem help us in europe theyre never going to agree these sorts of measures dont change anything and i think its going to be there everywhere you see you must understand that these are companies. At the European Union they didnt 2001 are something the other plan to make use of you know. Knowledge economy looking let it go through system is going up seeing it with you can see that at least in western europe so where is the knowledge economy going it seems to me that one has to be j. I. T. Very wary when b. B. How classes have to just if they dont exist and are making these big plans and the policies which are not being kept in the end of course they wont be theyre going to 2052 check it but they expect that the plan one being wont be fulfilled. Polls are open in the u. K. 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And im bridgeboro in washington heres what we have coming up today President Trump wants more Interest Rate cuts but the Federal Reserve is unwilling to go any deeper will begin to where rates go from here and saudi aramco shares have surged past expectations and its grand debut on wednesday making it the most valuable listing around the globe professor Richard Wolfe joins us to analyze the listing and how the oil giant has shaken markets plus wobblies c f o has been held by canadian authorities for months but has now won a court fight to see more documents why she was arrested in the 1st place well break it down so much to get to today so lets dive right in. And the Federal Reserve will hold Interest Rates at their current levels adding its unlikely we will see another cut this year or actually in the next year after cutting Interest Rates 3 times in 2019 the central bank decided to keep the target range of 1. 5 percent to 1. 75 percent that decision was made by unanimous vote now the 2 days of policy to meetings were the last of the year for the federal open markets committee and in a statement the Committee Said Monetary Policy is likely to remain where it is adding