Have signed the 1st part of a trade agreement the deal is aimed at lowering tensions between the 2 countries following a longstanding dispute. Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev has resigned to make way for constitutional reforms proposed by president Vladimir Putin the plans would shift from presidency to parliament which could have implications for putins role after his term ends in 2024. Scientists are warning that more extreme weather events weather events like wildfires and flooding on the horizon following the hottest decade after recorded last year the average global temperature was 1 point one degree celsius above preindustrial levels. The news from berlin for more follow us on twitter. Of a website e. W. Dot com. These 6 democrats debated each other last night they all want to defeat us President Trump in november if trump remains in office and i say if because the impeachment trial of donald trump is set to start next week and the verdict could change everything tonight t
Russias 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 well get the details from moscow to see you. Play. Im 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. Im 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 too
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 ac
Is thursday but those significant proceedings arent expected to begin until next week this is a difficult time for our country but there is precisely the kind of. For which the framers created this and im confident this body can rise above short termism and factional favor and serve the long term best interest of our nation earlier i spoke with a correspondent hydro caster on capitol hill she explained whats next in this historic impeachment trial. Embers of the leaders of both parties framing this in its Historical Context calling upon you know the framers of the constitution Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell the Top Republican in the senate calling for putting aside this factionalism well you know thats not even a word used nowadays in the u. S. To describe the partisanship weve been experiencing in d. C. But it is a word that you see used by the framers of the constitution historically and so both Mitch Mcconnell and nancy pelosi the top democrat in the house saying that this is the m
Deal and its official the u. S. And china have their phase one trade deal but this is just the beginning of law a long negotiation process theres a lot to break down here and were excited to have Richard Wolfe both of economic update on here to help us cut through the slopes and dig through the details. And while we have seen a breakthrough on the play front the tension is still present in the tech sector and the race but we take a look at the latest battleground in the telecom fight taking place in the United Kingdom so much to get to and sell little time lets go. Despite this touted as a quote a landmark signing of phase one between president and vice premier and they all the markets are still on enthused phase one has pretty much been priced into the market already so if anything additional detail starts to take the steam out of the rally and it came of the surprise that existing u. S. Tariffs on chinese goods will stay in place even after the deal is signed bloomberg reports that t