Or broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our new International Im sean thomas certainly granted to have you with us. Our france has been paralyzed by its biggest strike in years with this thursday workers are protesting in mass against of the governments plans to overhaul the Pension System transport networks have been brought to a standstill with schools and hospitals badly affected as well demonstrations have been held right across the country one of the largest trade unions in france says 1500000 people marched in support of the protest while the interior ministry estimates 800000 took part. Was in paris following protests force. This is to put these changes by the french government the Pension System even fronts the idea is that they will see a model come a number of different systems around food. 2 different systems into a universal system but people say that i will have a massive impact on their pensions because it will mean that their pensions perhaps could be low
U. S. Trade deficit has fallen to recent lows in the midst of the ongoing trade war but what could this mean for negotiations Going Forward were going to break it all down and analyze much more with todd horwitz above the trade and later the f. C. C. Is a Communications Agency not a National Security agency it has no expertise in National Security nor did his have authority to make National Security judgments. And yet another front of the trade fight we follow up on the realm of telecom as weiwei has made some major moves to wean the u. S. Government are the one is there a lot of a ocollins of the hands of sort through the latest in wall ways lawsuit against the f. C. C. We have a pack chill day so lets get to it. And we start by taking you again to france where these massive strikes have brought the nation to a screeching halt in fact these are the largest single demonstrations that have taken so place so. Or under the administration of president emanuel mccrone in fact president has
Friday evening late here in moscow money welcome to world news from C International 1st. A member of the anti migrant alternative for Germany Party has said shes received an assassination threat from left wing extremists christina biome is now working the media and other Political Parties to stop what she claims is a hate campaign against her Party Reporting next from berlin heres evangelist. The i if the politician christina has posted a picture on social media of a cross with number of insults written on it but also a very serious threat towards her the cross was this covered by the if there politician near her office where she works as a dentist on wednesday evening the police do not know who the perpetrators are but since this is a threat towards a local politician they have passed on the investigation to the Domestic Intelligence Services Office the alternative for Germany Party has quick to condemn the attack and urged the media and Political Parties to stop spreading their hatre
Suggestion now is that this one strike that was initially planned by transport workers and is now encompassed Teachers Health work is the firefighters and even the police could now start a ruling strike in the lead up to christmas and going on until the new year as the strike his attempt to make the french government rethink these Pension Reforms if that happens it will be the 1st time that france is seeing such massive paralyzing strikes across the country since the french Government Back in 1995 try to do exactly the same and tried to reform the pensions for the moment here in france people are adamant that they want to have their voices heard and it seems like today theyve come out to the streets to make sure thats happening. For boom bust in paris. Meanwhile china continues to push for the completion of phase one of the u. S. Trade deal sticking to the demand that tariffs. Have got to be rolled back a new round of u. S. Tariffs are scheduled to kick in on december 15th and it would
To push for the completion of phase one of the u. S. Trade deal sticking to the demand that tariffs have got to be rolled back a new round of u. S. Tariffs are scheduled to kick in on december 15th and it would impact around 156000000000 in chinese imports on wednesday president walked back comments that a trade deal might not be done until after the 2020 election the new stance is that the talks are going quote very well u. S. Negotiators claim that they may be close on a deal and they go shivers do expect that phase one deal they say with china to be completed before the midmonth deadline among the issues still being worked out or talks on how to guarantee chinas purchases of u. S. Agricultural goods and exactly which duties to roll back. Well meanwhile japans cabinet has approved a 122000000000. 00 fiscal package on thursday which would help to boost the worlds 3rd largest economy and issue though is how to sustain Economic Growth beyond the 2020 tokyo lympics this fiscal package is