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U. S. And china which. More. Return for greater access to its markets but questions remain over whether the greater part of the tariffs imposed by washington will be lifted. International thomas glad to have you with us. There is to be a new Prime Minister and government in fact in russia in a day of major upheaval in the countrys political system the president nominated the head of the federal tax service for the post of pm the head of the outgoing Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev announced his government had resigned and that itself was in response to president putin suggesting amendments to the constitution effectively limiting his own powers and transferring them to Parliament Earlier in my colleague discussed all of that with the notion of starting with more on the premier to be. Saying i mean he was born in 1900 to 6 here in moscow hes married have 3 sons and hes a good hockey player right we know that he has been the head of the Russian Federal tax service as you mentioned for actually many years since 2010 but even before that he has been almost like since 9098 within the tax system you know real estate related things it may sound surprising to some people that someone who i mean we. Would not hear about i mean. Prime minister nominee right now but you have to remember when 20 years ago when mary putin was appointed as Prime Minister and then president no one actually knew that man and it worked that came out and spent just hours after the entire government resigning what does that actually mean i think there is a very important thing to understand in this situation that whatever of this resignation means for russia the country will not find itself in a vulnerable situation as. A political vacuum power vacuum because 1st of all we can see how. Problem minister nominees they already and we hear from state duma that is right now in charge of approving him that they are going to have a special meeting on thursday so no power of back and even before like the cabinet is for and the government that just now step down will be in full charge of everything theyre continuing on oh yes yes mr medvedev announced about this resignation earlier on wednesday at the meeting between widely reported in the ministers here how it was. You mr putin colleagues you know the address of the russian president Vladimir Putin as president in 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 and as with it 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 just on the premier do we know what happens him not here of course the 1st of all you have to understand admission of it is quite a prominent politician here in russia and he has quite an impressive political career he served as the countrys Prime Minister for 18 years since 2012 putin was present but before that for 4 years he was the leader of russia he was the president of the Russian Federation wild lot more potent was Prime Minister so i mean these 2 used to Work Together for quite some time before that Dmitri Medvedev served as deputy Prime Minister for 3 years and before that he was kremlin teef stuff and now hes going to have a new position hes moving to the countrys Security Council and put into the countrys legislation the head of the Security Council is the president meaning putting and now mr medvedev will become his deputy in what is important to address this position didnt exist before today so he will become again like putins right hand he will work with this gentleman side by side just because it has been a few hours ago another be another big story why is it happening if you look at putins public appearances you can notice him in the last lets say 3 months you can notice that he was talking a lot a lot a lot about kind of like. Need for change that is strong in Russia Society right now but todays to season is direct lee connected to what life might put an earlier wednesday said during his address to the federal assembly and he was talking a lot about amendments specific amends to direction constitution and he had to think on my call it has been following and ill take a listen we were heads back here where this country is supposed to head and 2020 but i can tell you that the russian future it seems way beyond that point was being shaped out here in the monitor exhibit hall just outside the kremlin as mr putin was speaking because we heard some really groundbreaking proposals including proposed changes to the russian maine law the russian constitution in fact one of the proposals suggested that the constitution should limit mr putins own powers that have to do with appointing key government ministers and in fact the Prime Minister as well so heres proof of that. According to the constitution of the Russian Federation hes the president needs only the state dumas consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputies and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian governments chairman and the chairman suggestion all the deputy Prime Ministers and federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president with the right to reject any candidates another proposal that came from the president was taken out the phrase in a row from the sentence from the constitution that one person could only serve to president ial terms in a row which if the amendments are approved would mean that the situation when for instance mr putin himself were turned to the president ial office after a 4 year break wont repeat itself in raw. In the future the russian leader among other things proposed thats also something very important putting the russian main law thats the constitution once again above International Law in the sense that russia wouldnt be. A part of any International Treaty if it contradicts their washing constitution so all of this is indeed groundbreaking and very important especially in the context of a lot of my putins expected departure after the end of his term from the president ial office in 2024 so it looks like russia and its system of governance is up for a massive revamp mr putin today made it clear that none of this will happen without the approval of the nation so perhaps we should expect some kind of vote on that the nominee for russias Prime Minister mikhail it. Is credited with having revolutionized the countrys tax system over the past decade dramatically increasing takings he has also worked in other government positions and has been involved in Investment Banking outside of politics we spoke to a variety of experts to get some analysis on what has happened to other countries reaction and russias future. Well through the prism of major nation media rusher is considered one not even a one party state a one man state complete talk crissy run by Vladimir Putin the matter what he had said no matter what some of the deputies might say in the coming days or even the Election Council as it prepares for a referendum on the constitutional changes announced by Vladimir Putin and mr medvedev they will be watching all this through that prism and be claiming that anything that comes out of moscow is all about a conspiratorial cabal that runs a country as. It is russia that is a revolutionary change from this distance i would say that it gives more power to the parliament but it downgrades the importance of the Prime Ministership at the same time it seems to me to invest more power in the national Security Council with mr medvedev going to be the Deputy President of the and president putin is of course the president of the and that might go on of these 2 men have been a kind of by letting duet through the last 20 years nearly all the stability of russias leadership and its quality which is not a separate issue it has been one of the most positive aspects of World Governance in the 21st century with the president put term Prime Minister medvedev and i was not looking forward to president putin disappearing from the scene in just 4 years time because i think he and medvedev though have a very great deal of work to do and a great deal to offer i think russia east changing into the new face of democracy freedom and now this is the 1st. Time when the president limits his old power this is something in the nature control the country is not known at all that a president limits its own power and once to let the people decide on the new constitution it seems that hooty and mediator of our agree on this move they dont seem to be angry only each other at all in the other side they hate each other for the good work and they can just do it quakes may elect a new government and give the power back to the people. Donald trump and the. Chinese vice premier luu he have signed phase one of a trade deal with the u. S. President calling the move historic it comes after extensive talks aimed at putting an end to a damaging 2 year long dispute between the countries are up and comments. Well at the ceremony where the deal was signed launching phase one of the agreement donald trump was rather boastful about this accomplishment this is what he had to say today we take a momentous step one that has never been taken before with china toward a future of fair and reciprocal trade as we saw in phase one of the historic trade deal between the United States and china. Together we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of Economic Justice and security for American Workers farmers and families i want to thank president xi who is watching as we speak can be going over to china in the not too distant future. Now at the press Conference Donald Trump was very critical of china using language similar to the language hes been using for the past 2 years as the trade war escalated for decades American Workers Farmers Ranchers manufacturers and innovators have been hurt by the unfair trade with China Forced Technology transfer and intellectual property theft have been huge problems since china joined the World Trade Organization 2 decades ago we have racked up nearly 5 trillion dollars i promised that i would use every lawful president ial power to protect americans from unfair trade and unfair trade practices unlike those who came before me i kept my promise as a result of todays agreements some of the planned tariffs that were going to be imposed on china have been dropped and others have been lowered however much of the tariffs that have been imposed on china over the past 2 years that cost that basically cover roughly 360 1000000000. 00 worth of goods most of that remains in effect now the hope is that when phase 2 goes forward those tariffs will be dropped but that remains. Mains yet to be seen the main source of you know the main part of the us economy that has been impacted by these tariffs has been the Agricultural Sector theres been significant losses due to the tariffs theres been significant decreases and the u. S. And Global Markets have certainly been affected as well now when the deal was signed we heard from chinas vice premier and he seemed optimistic but his words werent exactly as glowing as the u. S. President s. China will work with the u. S. In the principle of equality and Mutual Respect and strictly one of the agreements and ensure the implementation of phase one piece agreement thats the cool principle and necessary to ensure mileage will relations sell at this point donald trump is saying this is a huge breakthrough that this is the next step forward some are looking on with skepticism i guess well just to see have to see who gets more out of this deal in the long run. We spoke to economist max gulko who gave us his assessment of that you know. There are no winners in this deal other than perhaps the president being able to run around the country for the next year and talk about what a great job this d is a managed deal this is you know china buying 200000000000. 00 of American Goods in the next couple of years thats thats divided up by that you countries negotiators by sector this looks like. A successful export sector for the United States but its not actually a successful export sector because essentially these businesses in china are being ordered to buy from word rather than value creating when theres 2 sides you actually want to come to a deal this is not trade between 2 people across a chess board this is a lot of businesses interacting across the world so it very well may be that companies didnt get what they want out of this that is something thats inherent and hes managed to read that there are you know i am paul is that this will really backfire in the sense of really doing any good for u. S. Businesses. A very deeply divided over the mayoral candidate the c. E. O. Of a muslim man in the next municipal election a we will tell you more about that after a short break this is starting international. And the United States president ial candidates debate the future of the u. S. And the world. Max kaiser and stacy herbut dig into the burning questions of this election cycle one celtic every week. Tax student debt trade was corporate money universal basic income and more catch up with whats front running this sunday exclusively on how to. Own a space flight you literally leave all your problems behind you fly high end above everyone in everything and there you see any in all borderlines on earth disappear if you see that up planet is not as were taught in schools with Different Countries marked in different colors separate from one another you see that all planet earth is just another will be of bigger International Space station to on a mission in the vastness of space just like the i assess this is our to international a deep divisions have emerged in the german chancellor is Alliance Party in bavaria with local elections approaching a poll has revealed a vet almost a half of all people in the region would be against a muslim mayor many of those opposed are Christian Social Union voters of the sister party to aga markel cd you the scandal has a seen a muslim candidate resign of from of the race it due to the resistance from his own colleagues picking up a story heres artes piter all of or mayor all role of lections in the german state of bavaria are raising questions about islamophobia in the regional wing of on Ruling Coalition then if sod here in how it been accounted it for the christie in socially union but the prospect of a muslim air sore protest from some policy members so hey is decided to drop outs of the running when some party member said they dont want to muslim is a manner i was initially disappointed theyre not ready yet i have to except that they should have clarified that in advance there is no tolerance im very sorry in deeply disappointed this is hugely embarrassing for the c. S. U. Mr scion feeling he couldnt stand as a candidate based on his faith has drawn sharp criticism from party ground days i think it is fundamentally wrong to exclude a candidate because of his beliefs if you use community to overall views especially at a time when dialogue between the worlds religions is so urgently needed something about must not happen the news that mr sign would be pulling out of the race prompted polling across the state of bavaria which showed that almost every other person would have an issue to some degree with the mayor of their city or community being of the islamic faith with over a quarter saying they would definitely have an issue when the polling data was broken down to voter preference on surprisingly supporters of the anti immigration a. F. D. Overwhelmingly were against the muslim air but just a touch and a half of c. S. U. Voters held the same view the Party Faithful putting out a very different message to that on the bavarian interior ministrys website the ministry run by the christie and social union we want a culture of togetherness so that people with foreign roots have the desire and the opportunity to get involved both at work and in the local community then assad says he will continue to support the c. S. U. While senior Party Figures have gone out of their way to show him support the attitude of the grass roots in the Christian Social Union shows that in the conservative state of bavaria at least some germans arent ready or not willing to accept people from the islamic faith representing them in politics that is sure to leave more than a few of the upper echelons in the party red faced at the attitudes of their supporters while germany bills itself as open to multiculturalism peter all over r. T. Earlier we spoke to Christian Democratic Union member mostafa amar who has been nominated who has been nominated himself for the stark elections he stressed of the constitution in germany does not hold back muslim politicians in the country. You need to say that to sit until youre looking to talk together you sit in one table with a different to cry and theres nothing saying or constitution there is no one allowed to have a position in the. Government if he is up with someone was that nothing could have been like this in order to know what constitution we are bad that very bad is studio and we dont want to put it be this history we are knowledgeable about your country and we need to live war together and there is such a state so the by underwater the book while you and me could think about it on the it only need to open a discussion now to it for all the people in it and not to make just that so big of all just that we are 11 country but one is a part of our country and want to see where is next year if not its someone as a politics with the muslim religion we have a lot of people who are that we have a lot of judgement muslims there are in the Security Service we have a local in the border as we didnt really want to read events so what is the problem we would be the politics we having also local people with a different background from what you only do in this country and they are to be spend on the up and get a great fit for this country we should be we need to know with we are dealing. Another approaching us election another russian hacking scandal a Cyber Security firm stateside with ties to the National Security agency is claiming that the Ukrainian Gas Company at the center of Donald Trumps impeachment was hacked by russian intelligence agents r. T. C. Was john of comments. Meeting old friends there are few things that feel better not any old friends the ones you have barely heard from for years who then turn up at your front door with drinks food and great memories its a joy anyone whos followed americas 2016 election and is following this one can now be a part of the Ukrainian Company barisan russias hakka barisan made Russian Military hackers the right. Could be searching for a good sense of the embarrassing material on the bidens the same kind of information that mr trump wanted from ukraine Russian Military hacker successful a targeted race not russia trump his fancy bare election meddling why invent a time machine when you have American Media a new report is suggesting that a bunch of hackers from russia with ties to the government of course got access to the computers of boris mom a Ukrainian Energy firm what they were after and whether the got anything at all such minor details are emitted in the report as is any evidence the president leaves everything out except for a smattering of graphs and conclusions but why would everyone care so much all of a sudden about some company half the world away well because joe bidens son hunter used to sit on the board of directors there as the company was facing a corruption investigation by ukraines prosecutor general who joe biden eventually had fired and donald trump then asked the ukrainian president to look into this so brazil is at the center of the ongoing impeachment scandal in other words valid purpose pathing to the current ethical question it meeting that he urged the ukrainians to investigate joe biden is a journey of scandal involving the president President Trump repeated attempts to get ukraine and now trying to interfere in the 2020 alexion by investigating job 100 bided the allegation that the russians had bras most comes from a firm called one a firm with a mission. 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Background and one of them donated to Democratic Candidates in this president ial race blag there she was who used to work for crowd strike the company that led the 2016 russia hiking crusade whenever you mention russian cackling 2060 election 2020 alexion something happens internally where peoples brains turn off and you can hear a collective oh not a good not again biden must have said oh no not ukraine oh my god thats us thats what thats what we did so no what better way for joe biden to deflect the information from him and his son to say russia did it excuse me before what russia did is what russia did as you say is it true media promotion in promulgated all of this russia a bad image its still its its everywhere so i i say here we go again another russian hack story. So its filed with the 4th of july turkey for the fangs giving and now russia because for the election season because naturally all dogs arent good with new tricks. In india hundreds of small scale traders are protesting against amazon founder jeff bezos he plans to visit the country next week and is expected to meet Prime Minister narendra modi. Protests are part of a nationwide movement led by members of the confederation of all India Traders Small Business owners accuse ecommerce giant amazon of predatory pricing. You know its a steep business and you can work sustain your business and be afraid you are going to cease then there are going to be real because you know that you have no place in india and youre going to run on even not i not been for god id read everything. Jeff bezos has not responded to the allegations earlier he said his company would invest 1000000000. 00 to bring small and medium sized businesses online in india and expects to export 10000000000. 00 worth of indian made goods by 2025. And it doesnt for me this object about 32 minute with another look at you news this is arc internationals do with p. V. 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