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To have you with us the leaders are gathering in brussels for a two day summit british Prime Minister to resume said to urge the European Union to approve an agreement to move rigs the talks on to a second phase delegates are expected to give the go ahead on friday for talks to start a future trade relationship with britain the summit will also focus on migration as several Eastern European countries come under pressure for refusing to accept refugee quotas. And of course a watching those developments for us in brussels is correspondent a matis now gil as you saw e. U. Leaders have begun gathering for the start of this summit is going to be another tough meeting tell us more about the agendas which are up for discussion. A number of key issues really here for this two day summit you have the euro you have defense you have breakfasted and you have migration and a lot of light shaded in their shade for example is the row over migration still very much simmering if you want in the e. U. Skitch with some say they want to see more solidarity for the countries who carry the strongest burden italy and greece and others who would like to focus only on the defense of the extra borders and who do not want to hear anything about relocation or taking in refugees a lot of light for instance today will see the kick up of the defensive lines something that the u. K. Has blocked for many years the british firm is there to resume is at the summit just after she suffered a setback in her own parliament sounds and this is weakened a position would it have an impact on discussions. I dont think it will have much of an impact i mean do you has gotten used to recently having internal problems the only concern you really remains that the year you once to hear a clear position from theresa may they hope that she will be Strong Enough to push through any form of deal that is found within the next year so do you prevent a cliff action momentum where the u. K. Could crash out without a deal something that would hurt not only the u. K. But also the. Government is in brussels thank you very much. As we had this summit in brussels to endorse an agreement between the two sides last week which will then pave the way for a second stage of beggs i think it was a hard fought that almost collapsed before Prime Minister to resume and the European Union announced what they called a breakthrough correspondent shot a chazzan pill has sister look at this report for you. With sufficient progress sufficient progress the months hearing those words have been top of negotiators christmas lists the e. U. Have refused to one last phase two of talks until theyd been sufficient progress in phase one then after a last minute scramble and a dash in the dead of night by to reason made to brussels finally a break three negotiators have reached a deal on three key issues Citizens Rights the deal weve struck will guarantee the rights of more than three million citizens living in the u. K. And of a million u. K. Citizens living in the on how much money the u. K. Owes the e. U. After some tough conversations weve now agreed a settlement that is fair to the british taxpayer some forty billion years. And all of this instantly veiled threats from each member islands the European Union is a family and families stick together theres a guarantee there will be no hard border dividing ireland and the u. K. s northern ireland. Last weeks deal was like christmas come early for the british Prime Minister now with the e. U. Heads of state expected to formally approve the deal here on friday this summit was meant to be another chance for celebration instead they were seeing something quite different this week because dont blow after blow for projects breaks it really dampening the festive spirit. Londons brags that minister david davis was the first to burst the bubble he caused on parole in brussels after indicating the u. K. Could legally back out of everything promised in phase one this was a statement of intent more than anything else it was much more so that it was a legally enforceable in all opinion that is really undermining. The trust that is necessary in such negotiations the ghost of brics its future is also hanging over this summit phase one was tough enough but phase two is expected to be even tougher with the u. K. s future relationship with the e. U. Still to be hammered out let us remember that the most difficult challenge is still ahead we all know that breaking gobbed is hard. About breaking up but. Its much harder and to make things worse the reason may have been forced to give parliament a very time any final deal potentially derailing a future agreement all in all the prospects of whats ahead is drawing very Little Christmas cheer of course nothing is agreed until everything is. Not a rush of a president body be pushing has been holding its mouth on and their press conference this is came just a week off to put in enough that he would stand for president ial elections next year the event lasted several hours and was attended by over sixteen hundred journalists one of us reporter asked about the allegations of collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia lets take a listen to what he had to say. You know all of this is being invented made up by people who are opposition to President Trump with a view to shedding a negative light on what hes doing. For me its very bizarre its as if they were doing it without understanding one simple fact by doing that the people who are responsible for it are dealing a blow to the entire political environment of the country. They impede what President Trump is doing means they do not respect those who voted for mr trump. Only. As we now do and im Moscow Bureau chief you go to the chateau and you were just putting dismissing allegations of confusion about what do you see a bug relations in general with washington. Well riddle let me put it in as we heard this as expected to reject at all the geishas of any interference in u. S. Elections saying that there are still contacts between politicians russian and american politicians who are normal but russian president praised quite unexpectedly u. S. President at least his economic policies sell it shows apparently that he Still Believes in trump at least in trumps intention to improve relations between the two countries this was one of the lets say surprising moments during that press conference to me personally. Of course forty eight in surface facing an election a few months down lets take a listen to some remarks he made about his potential challenge is. When we talk about the opposition it cant just be about politicians who make a lot of noise about an anti democratic regime the opposition has to come up with something concrete proposals on how to make our lives better. Of course people are dissatisfied with a lot of things and indeed it is justified because we could have done better but when we look at the leaders of the opposition especially the nonsystem opposition we have our dogs as to whether they offer a concrete alternative. What exactly is president bush in trying to say about the opposition there. Well that isnt putin criticised expectedly russias National Position and compared for example particularly russian opposition politician alex in a volley with the former judge and politician and the georgian president and now the opposition politician in the ukraine Mikhail Saakashvili he said that the opposition would only run from one place to another one from one street to the other one and to do nothing so great to see if she criticised very clearly the protests here on the streets of moscow recently for the first time we have a female candidate here in russia a female candidate for the next presidency her name is ksenia sub chuck and she is in detroit she was also joining the press conference as a reporter of the independent channel doest not as a candidate for example of course senior sub chuck seems to be opposing letting the putin yes shes got absolutely identical values to alex and of ali who is undoubtedly opposing putin but he isnt allowed to participate in the election the problem is that kenya sub chuck norris put in personally from the childhood from the old times her father was putins boss and St Petersburg and she said she wouldnt do anything against let me putin that unlike natalee who has pledged that he would prosecute mr putin but he wasnt at the press conference as a journalist and it this is usually a very highly anticipated event a huge press conference with some sixteen hundred journalists this time and of course have a long press conference how important is this press conference for the president. What looked like a bit like an old father tells stories from earlier to the to his relatives to his children and. Some bad questions you know. This press conference is one of the two big t. V. Shows of let me put it in this country in spring he celebrates himself as a carrying considerate father of all russians and now at the end of the gear he presents himself traditionally as a determined president who draws conclusions of the old year and shows directions for next month or so especially today just two weeks after his announcement to run for the russian president s next year it was of course an attempt to show his platform to show his program and to start here Election Campaign right here rachet or in moscow thank you very much for that live update from there. And sting which remarks made by the russian president Chris Herren Tim is with me now from us forces us to discuss some of fourteens comments relating to the upcoming Winter Olympics welcome christiane we know that the countrys been banned from the winter games in south korea that put himself with some a strong counter accusations against the i. O. C. As to why does she was penalized lismore well thats right Vladimir Putin has come out with some big accusations especially concerning the whistleblower who used to run the nations antidoping leg grigori rod shane cough lets hear some of what putin had to say. Its obvious that this scandal is happening at the moment because of the Upcoming Elections and i dont care what people say because im convinced this is the case. When you go. Grigori roche and called his working under the control of the American Special services. What are they doing to him what kind of substances is he being given so that he says what they want him to say its ridiculous. So chris what do you make off of president putin statements for one there are very strong words and i think its clear when he says American Special services sounds like c. I. A to me when he talks about you know he alleges what hes been given i dont know if putin is suggesting a truth serum of some sort but one thing is clear hes dismissing everything Russian Office testified to his test of testimony led to the ban that russia is currently dealing with and the russian authorities pretty much dismiss it off as a nut job Scientists Say that he has some kind of gripe a bone to pick and they are upset at the idea that hes even in the United States and not in russia so its clear with putin where he stands hes on the line and hes pointing fingers but is there any chance that the i. O. C. Will look at into some of the claims being made by putin and could anything change with this ban in the winter you know what could they really do i mean if anything this makes it worse the i. O. C. Will not lift their bed unless russia complies which they failed to do so currently the russian athletes have to compete under a neutral flag if they manage to prove to the i. O. C. Didnt comply to the conditions the flag might be available during the medal ceremonies but as of right now theyre only words from putin putin fueling this and the i. O. C. Made their decision based on the testimony from raw change of so it looks like its a dark tunnel ahead of russia in russian athletics as a whole Chris Huntington from us process thank you very much. Turning now to soccer and linda siegel he does mine munich were licking their lips at the prospect of windows cologne coming to town last night but the basemen side put up more of a fight than even their own fans might have thought possible after school this opening half cologne started on the offensive off the break and could have taken the lead had. Not lost his cool however bines a robot eleven doffs he kept his cool one live the fun school in munich and still no win for cologne sixteen matches into the season. Youre watching the news coming up ahead entire families burned to death in their homes a charity says an Aid Organization says it has evidence showing that thousands of routing the muslims were killed in her afic violence. In manama. Then joins me and this seems to be a sigh of relief on the markets ben whats the story there is a big sigh of relief today no big surprises no rates change thats the story the e. C. B. Leaving its benchmark refinancing rates at historic low of zero percent and it will stay there for an extended period of time well past the horizon of its net asset purchases the e. C. B. Is right sitting Council Plans to continue its Bond Buying Program at thirty billion euros a month from january until the end of september at least in the u. S. The Federal Reserve has pushed the benchmark rate to between one and a quarter and one and a half percent move seen as a vote of confidence in the economy the central bank there expects the jobs market and economy to strengthen and it predicts three more rate rises next year. Years lets go over to daniel cope our financial correspondent in frankfurt down youre following things there closely details trickling in whats your judgment good news or bad news. Well pretty much its the news that was expected here by investors nobody here at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange was believing that mario draghi would be announcing higher Interest Rates today also we are also getting word that there also is not going to be any kind of change of the Bond Purchasing Program remember that during the last meeting taking place a few months ago this Bond Purchasing Program was reduced from sixty billion euros amounts to just thirty billion euros a month i was just actually just looking outside at the blue chip index that after this news that has been going down a little bit but pretty much its everything its the news that everybody was expecting here ben and were hearing for the e. C. B. That the right to go to stay there for an extended period of time well beyond the horizon of its net asset purchases it all sounds very. Very distant yeah very distant indeed i mean we know that the bomb purchasing program is extended until fall next year this would be the earliest time we could see higher Interest Rates but many here also at the Trading Floor are thinking that the first time we really might see high interest it could be in two thousand and nineteen and two thousand and nineteen mario draghi will also retire so this could be kind of his last job on the job at the end to announce higher Interest Rates for the eurozone bam do you cope thanks for your analysis the update there from frankfurt. You might be asking why the europeans havent implemented similar Monetary Policy to the United States well one of the main reasons is that their respective central Bank Structure is a just too different the e. C. B. Is a European Union institution in which eurozone member countries have Voting Rights the u. S. Federal reserve is regulated by u. S. Law but is owned by private banks the fed structure hard to fathom its governors and chip person chosen by the president e. C. B. s prime objective is to maintain price stability so its trying to keep inflation at around or below two percent annually the fed doesnt have those open its job is to prevent financial crises but it does like to see inflation when two percent as well the e. C. B. Doesnt take the jobs market into account when making policy the fed eyes Employment Data very closely its supposed to ensure full employment which it defines as no more than six percent of employed full americans. The meeting of the World Trade Organization in desirous has ended in discord the three day summit of world trade ministers failed to solve any of the most pressing issues drawing strong rebukes from trade chiefs from europe the u. S. And south africa in light of th