This weekend welcome. To the program 1st off the United States and china have approved a phased by phase trade deal they want to cut tariffs on chinese goods while boosting American Farm exports to china it follows a bruising 19 month trade war between the worlds 2 largest economies. Well rumors have been circulating for the past few days that some kind of deal was in the works to resolve the trade disputes between the usa and china the idea being that the tariffs would be scaled back in exchange for tens of billions of dollars of Agricultural Products and other things being purchased from the United States and some concessions on chinas part now in response to these rumors that we heard the democrats speaking up this was Chuck Schumer reports say president sold out for a temporary unreliable promise from china its a purchase some soybeans weve heard this song and dance from china before yet again president company relied on to do the right thing even when his statements were pointing
From our studios in moscow this is R G International im sean thomas certainly glad youre with us right the United Nations is accusing the chilean army of and place of committing Human Rights Violations during a crackdown on protests thousands have been demonstrating since mid october demanding an overhaul of the constitution rest was triggered by a hike in public transport costs but snowballed into a nationwide movement for social reform the government imposed a state of emergency and deployed troops on the streets u. N. Investigators have highlighted cases of unlawful killings and torture here are some of the key find. Human Rights Violations documented by c. A. G. R. Include the excess c 4 and this is 3 use of force that led to unlawful killings and injuries arbitrary detentions and torture and ill treatment. We heard from a protester who was hit by Police Gunfire and almost lost all of his vision in one. Moment it was a peaceful rally but the police turned fairy violent they were su
Director our studios in moscow this is our Team International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us all right exit polls from u. K. General election are predicting the conservative partys biggest victory in 30 years vote count is now underway and if projections are correct Boris Johnson has won a new term as Prime Minister a quick look at the numbers for you there are 650 seats in the house of commons so a party needs 326. 00 to hold a majority and if the exit polls are accurate the conservatives will be clear with about 368. 00 seats now british Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted his reaction to the exit polls posting his picture of him with his supporters and thanking everyone for voting he added we live in the greatest democracy in the world taylor is in london with more on the election. Well this has been billed as the election of a generation and for all those remains who for the past 3 years have been calling for a 2nd referendum a peoples vote is while they essenti
A military base to. A meeting between president of france and 5 west African Leaders on the deteriorating security situation in the region has been postponed. Hello and good morning from moscow minings colum bray it just turned 8 am friday the 13th of december its 5 am in the u. K. Which is waking up to the results of a dramatic and general election exit polls released within minutes of polls closing at 10 pm last night so yes that Boris Johnsons conservative party will have a majority in parliament after a strong showing in britains historic general election that means he could keep his Campaign Pledge and bring home which is what hes been trying to promise all along as for labor a very difficult night for them having suffered. Series of humiliating defeat and its leader Jeremy Coleman says he will not lead labor into the next election lets go straight to the u. K. For special coverage of the results live from westminster they are the moments yes and to break it all down for us were j
Good morning from moscow its friday the 13th of december its 9 am here in the russian capital it is 6 am in the u. K. Which is waking up to. Election results which weve seen shocks and celebrations quite Seismic Shift in those results too Boris Johnsons conservative party has won a majority in parliament after a strong showing in that election the Prime Minister says that it gives him a powerful mandate to bring home in the new year as for the Opposition Labor Party suffered a series of humiliating defeat with its leader Jeremy Corbyn saying that he will not lead labor into the next election its been a night of scalps being claimed in some key seats arguably the biggest humiliation for the labor leader Jeremy Corbyn is the loss of veteran Denis Skinner not only a character in parliament but an arch labor. Veteran he has lost of all people to the conservatives lets go live now to our to u. K. And westminster for our special election coverage going Boris Johnsons way as he wins a lot of