You a round up of the biggest stories from today and the past 7 days youre watching the weekly here on r. T. International thank you for joining us. And libya peace conference has wrapped up in berlin hell be in agreement that it is hoped will pave the way for a lasting cease fire in the country and ultimately bring an end to years of bloody civil war there peter all of the reports. Well the result of these talks here in the lean on libya in the ongoing conflict on the ground there was a document that has been signed off by those that are taking part in the conference still has to go to the United Nations where it will be seeking their approval it contained in that document call for a cease fire also an arms embargo that should be a rekindling of the political process german chancellor Angela Merkel is keen to stress again that there was an far as she was concerned and as far as other leaders were concerned there was no military solution to that conflict in libya that human rights must be respected and that we must also you see security and Economic Reforms on the ground in libya now the german chancellor also said added that there was no direct contact between. And. That would that had been expected realistically it had been hoped for heading into these talks they didnt speak directly that was all done through proxy or in direct conversations passing along messages basically between the 2 sides the u. N. Secretary general also speaking at the Closing Press conferences to gutierrez he said that what was of most importance at the moment was getting a functioning ceasefire in place on the ground 1st we need to have a ceasefire you cannot monitor something that doesnt exist and so we need the other 2. And one simple question is that all the produce the plans to do anything to meet its to support the cease fire and committed to pressure on the part of the conflict for the fire to be reached the German Foreign minister heiko must was also speaking about Closing Press conference he was measured in his confidence about what had been achieved here in berlin he said its well ultimately there. Was a potential for the libyan crisis being resolved that the end was perhaps in sight but that it still needed some work to get it over the line. We have achieved objectives that we set for this conference we now have the e. U. Now hands to solve the conflicts now we have to do is use this key put it in the law and open the door from the russian side of the foreign minister spoke to journalists as well as the last row of well he was saying that he was positive of what had been achieved here however he acknowledged that the situation between the 2 warring sides was extremely difficult right now still generally we think the conference was useful its clear that the final decision is up to the libyans its also clear that so far stable dialogue between the warring parties is an reachable the differences of approach to great still suggestions the final document contains contribute to creating appropriate conditions for both sides to sit and talk ultimately the result of these talks is that theyll be more talks the u. N. Secretary general mr gritty yet is will be meeting with representatives of both sides of the conflict in geneva later this week heiko muss the German Foreign minister also saying that there would be a meeting in brussels on monday of e. U. Ministers in order to discuss further the situation in libya libya though is really coming front and center for International Attention thats been seen by just who was in attendance here in some real heavy hitters from around the world coming here as the world tries to find a solution to the ongoing crisis which has claimed so many lives. And weve discussed the libyan Peace Process with historian alexei pill co who believes that only the un can guarantee a workable settlement. Their most important task now for the International Community is talk create an International Mechanism for the solid of this conflict all this mechanism should work under the aegis of the United Nations and the. Final settlement the peaceful solution for libya. Should of cause be on his ages of the Security Council and the now final decision the final support should be made by the by the score to console by the resolution a special resolution of. Probably of the Security Council. And turning to some news that shaped the week or russia got a new Prime Minister after the previous cabinet stepped down the resignation followed president putins proposal to change the countrys constitution. But it delusion will if you amendments i suggested yesterday do not affect the fundamental basis of the constitution they much furthering russias development as a lawful state so the goal is to enhance the effectiveness of the countrys institutions strengthen the role of Civil Society and to enable the Political Parties in our regions to make decisions a vital to the countrys development of americas day of takes a look at the proposed reforms and how theyve gone down in the wider world. Try explaining this letter to tune and power as the office of president the media accuses of it seizing more power who control over russia but when putin gives up that power and hands it over to 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 theres a real epidemic. Paranoid putin a friend he aside he is what he actually proposed to guaranteed that new president ever wields as much power as he did including putin himself hes 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 example increase the president ial term from 4 years to 6 years or give the president the power to appoint prosecutors and now he turns it all upside down it used to be that putin appointed the problem. Ministers Parliament Rubber stamp that now parliament appoints heads of government and putin rubber stamps it with no power object. To the constitution of the Russian Federations because the president needs only to state dumas consent to make official appointments the president appoints the cabinet his deputy and all the ministers i propose shifting this power to the state duma and also the approval of the russian governments chairman and at the chairmans suggestion all the Deputy Ministers and all the federal ministers will have to be appointed by the president without a right to reject any candidate this is of course all subject to a popular vote if these passes russia will be a changed country with a very different future russia is changing into a new face of democracy freedom and now the basis of the 1st. Time when the president limits his own how this is something in the later controlled country is not known at all then the president limits its own power and once you let the people there cite the new constitution many in the west see president putin is a mental power is the one that wants to remain in power for ever and so on and so forth but if you look at the reforms if you look at the proposals i see myself some reasons to find in these proposals some balance of power between the president power and the Parliament Power as i see some ideas leading to a better modernization of this state very often it happens. Many media make comments on amendments on lol song project or reforming constitution we doubt knowing. In details what is the reform or the rules what are the proposals so i would suggest before putting forward so negative comments to study to understand what luck talking about what is did reform announcement and then maybe we can make some comments now before that to pave the way the government handed in its resignation its worth mentioning it wasnt all that popular that failed on a number of fronts and meacham event if the now caretaker Prime Minister said himself its time for something new you have all heard the address of the russian president 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 discussions and as was said they will significantly alter a number of parts of the constitution and change the balance of power if theres one thing we know about putin its that we dont know him he loves the surprise and there was no warning not even rumors that the country was about to be turned on its head we now have a new Prime Minister because ill miss an unknown quantity hes largely stayed out of the spotlight for the past decade ahead in the federal tax agency and i must say he did wonders teaching russians to pay their taxes fact some would argue hes done too good a job it is now clear putin hangs up the gloves in 2024 he wont run for another term time change so does russia that is 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 of the stability of iraq. As leadership quality which is not a separate issue has been one of the most positive aspects of World Governance in the 21st century. But then has confirmed donald trump threatened to slap huge tariffs on european carmakers if it didnt distance itself from the Iran Nuclear Deal this week germany the u. K. And france triggered the deal to speak to a resolution mechanism which could lead to the agreements collapse irans Supreme Leader slammed the 3 european states and u. S. Pawns sparking a rebuke from president trump. Boy oh you i search for m the beginning but after the us with draw from the j c e o e these through the governments rick with were just blown hoop service and ranting a does not trust them and they would carry out anything and they would be of the service of the us it has been cleared up their us borns in the true sense of the work the socalled at supremely leader of iran who has not been so supreme lately had some nasty things to say about the United States and europe there are economy is crashing and their people are suffering he should be very careful with his words well the european trio claim irans noncompliance with a nuclear deal is forcing them to trigger at the dispute mechanism iran there has 30 days to returned to compliance and failing that it will be referred to the u. N. Security council that could reinstate sanctions so theres take a look at what has led to the Current Crisis the nuclear deal was signed in 2015 by iran and key world powers it was designed to limit tear ons Nuclear Activities an exchange for sanctions relief bought in 2018 present truck pulled washington out re imposing economic penalties and that prompted a rant to start backing away from complying with the deal itself something thats accelerated in recent weeks are to the u. S. Killing of turd rons top general Political Science professor at the university of tehran her meant mazhar the believes when the us with drew from the deal the e. U. Abandoned iran its very hypocritical for the europeans to trigger the dispute resolution mechanism now i mean if they were sincerely and truly committed to the deal they shouldve triggered this this resolution mechanism a year and a half ago when the trumpet ministration decided to leave the deal when the us left the deal it was actually the europeans that convinced you want to stay in the deal with the promise that they would shield you on from american sanctions and all those promises turned out to be empty and right now when iran is for its share of the deal its backing away from the deal now they are trading the this socalled dispute resolution mechanism and this has actually brought a lot of anger in a lot of brit bitterness in tehran regarding the europeans. Meanwhile the u. S. Secretary of state has doubled down on washingtons assassination of irans top general this month my pompei i did this is just the start of a far more aggressive to terence policy while mentioning russia and china caleb maupin picks up the story. In u. S. Foreign policy buzz words are everything administrations love to have a single term they can use in order to explain their International Actions so lets review some of the greatest hits showing to be ready for preemptive action a reset in relations between the United States and russia might bomb peo seems to be rolling out a new one when defending the actions of the white house in dealing with international adversaries of the United States might pompei owes new favorite word seems to be deterrence reestablishing deterrence real deterrence military deterrence deterrence is hard to establish an easy to lose so according to the white house and its surrogates the killing of top iranian general qassam solomonic was necessary as part of this deterrence strategy but want to lay this out in context of what weve been trying to do theres a bigger strategy a strategy. To this we have reestablished deterrence but we know its not everlasting that risk remains we are determined not to lose that deterrence but the iraqi Prime Minister has a different version of events according to the iraqi Prime Minister solon mani was on a Diplomatic Mission he was trying to make peace when he was ruthlessly cut down furthermore reports seem to indicate that solomon was not the only official to be targeted reports now show that a different iranian general was also in their sights but the strike was unsuccessful so who else could now be on the list as the United States claims it has the right to assassinate top iranian general extrajudicial lee and explain later well mike pompei o has thrown not only iran but also russia and china into the mix we saw not just in iran but in other places too where american deterrence was weak we watched russias 2014 occupation of the crimea chinas island building too in the South China Sea and its brazen attempt of course American Allies undermine to deter this so if the United States dislikes you it can pressure you economically diplomatically isolate you or brutally assassinate you know this is geopolitics in the age of deterrence the mask is coming off this idea of supremacy that we we have you know this is you can call it american supremacy that we can do whatever we want and its up to us to decide who is a threat or not this is it really really disturbing and very dangerous i think and its not normal here does come in alex from somebody who is running the state department and this is extremely disturbing and im very disappointed that damage it can Political Class is not speaking out against this. Crazy idea that we can go ahead and just kill anyone we dont like it doesnt mean people are not guilty of things but if we take a distance of this. Approach to every nationality to every country we have going to have really of the mess and i would have. Well lets now take a quick look at what else is making headlines around the world. Police have resorted to water cannon and rubber bullets amid more protests in lebanon over 100 people were injured as officers dispersed the crowd in the capital. Demonstrators or into a 3rd month of protests demanding economic reform and early elections the Prime Minister had been expected to announce a new cabinet on friday but failed to do so. Will tear gas was also used against a larger prodemocracy rally in Central Hong Kong as protesters blocked roads and started fires a Significant Police presence was visible on sunday as demonstrators defy him fishel ban on marching through the area hong kong continues to be rocked by violent rallies despite the original reason for their anger and extradition bill being withdrawn months ago. Efforts are underway to rescue wildlife from the bush fires that have ravaged south australias Kangaroo Island the area is home to unique as well as endangered species and experts fear the fires which have already devastated a 3rd of the island may have wiped out large numbers of animals. And some of these from this week British Police knew children were suffering the most profound sexual abuse in the Northern City of manchester but failed to protect them thats the findings of a new report in 2004 peroration or guster was launched to investigate the probe was shut down and few perpetrators were brought to justice. But. But. But. But. Well the official probe was closed to due to lack of results is now a criminal investigation has been opened into potential failures by the police the u. K. Independent office for Police Conduct found racial tensions were one of the reasons given for stopping operational guster but it was a blair maggie all of a former Manchester Police detective says there were many more disturbing reasons. The decision to close down operation orchestra was driven by the decision of Senior Officers to remove the resources from the investigation this was because it was a very complex investigation but there were other factors involved in the decision to close it down there was definitely an element of concern about the ethnicity of the offenders being pakistani man and the children being very vulnerable white children there was also the resources issue because its very labor intensive it takes a lot of time it takes a lot of commitment from an organization to resource a job like this and also there was a focus on what we call acquisitive crime so burglaries theft from Motor Vehicle robberies if somebody reported that kind of a crime to the police you would get a 1st class response if you were a child being raped it wasnt being reflected in Performance Indicators hence the police did not respond well the initial investigation was triggered by the death of victoria go clear she was in the care of Manchester City council after her mothers death and the girl was subjected to Sexual Assault and injected with heroin by a 50 year old man the report says carers knew abuse was going on but did not act 15 year old victoria died after being administered a heroin overdose and her grandmother wants justice she was such a lovely girl she didnt deserve to die ive been fighting all my life for this she told me herself what these men had done to her. The authorities knew that many victims were being subjected to the most profound abuse and exploitation but did not protect them from the perpetrators and as a result very few of the relevant perpetrators were brought to justice and neither were their activities disrupted this is a depressingly familiar picture and has been seen in many other towns and cities across the country. Or the chief constable of Manchester Police has offered his condolences to the victims adding that officers will do everything to get justice for the children but whistleblower maggie all over again once Senior Police and other officials investigated this cover up and thats the only word there is for it was absolutely deliberate this report this review and its an independent 3 view makes it Crystal Clear that this was a deliberate cover up there was a reluctance to knowledge that it was pakistani men predominantly who were abusing vulnerable young white children and very Young Children that became a political hot potato it was often said that these kids of 11 and 12 were making a lifestyle choice that they were working a profit is that they were back to care if. That is never the case they were vulnerable kids who we have a duty to protect and the all for it is failed time and time again to do that this is criminal neglect in my opinion it is misconduct in a Public Office at the highest level and i want to see accountability criminal charges brought against Senior Police officers senior social workers and potentially going right up to the government if culpability can be shown there for the neglect of people in Public Office. French prosecutors opened an inquiry after a video of a riot policeman beating up a protester went viral. The good news at least on sundays here at the times i was brought up at night no doubt that. The incident occurred at saturdays in yellow vests protest in paris in the video a man can clearly be seen being punished by a riot officer alleged police while thats also mark the previous weeks protests with a case opened up the claims of rubber bullets being fired at point blank range at the latest mansion a french capital people voiced the anger at the governments pension reform plans in some parts of the city clashes erupted between police and demonstrators a strike by public transport workers over the reform has brought chaos to paris for almost 2 months now and thats despite the governments promise to compromise were going to drop some of the most controversial aspects of its plans this go out of its nicolette markovitch told us the much of the media ignores the police violence. Of different demonstrations that weve had these past years have always been turned up with violence theres extreme violence in the Mainstream Media release new violence of the demonstrators and very rarely the violence of the Police Forces and this is has this has become a very big issue in france where people from the left out from the right just dont understand whats going on weve seen this practically every weekend through the you know best demonstrations this is one of the methods this is one of the main methods French Police are using today and its quite paradoxical because French Police was known in the past for being one of the police in europe in the world not using violence it was a french method of controlling demonstrations and then you can even when demonstrations were getting out of hand and this clearly shows that this is part of the past and the new methods mean police using extreme violence against demonstrators. 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