Level russia has expelled 2 german diplomats it comes in response to a similar move by berlin all amid a spout or a murder probe tell a quarter picks up the story. The Russian Foreign minister has given the diplomats and question 7 days to leave the country in a tit for tat response to the German Governments decision when they themselves decided to expel 2 Russian Diplomats the german and busta has received a note of protest over the groundless decision to expelled 2 Russian Diplomats from berlin as a mere response to german diplomats must leave russia within the next 7 days now it was just last week that the German Government made this decision to expel 2 Russian Diplomats for the cut from the country and the official report said that russia was not being active enough in cooperating within vesta geisha into the murder of a Georgian National named still in can congress feeley now the german prosecutors even say that russia moscow may have ordered the murder itself but russia denies these claims and even warned that there would be a mere response the federal Foreign Office today declared to employees of the Russian Embassy in berlin to be persona nongrata with this step at the federal government reacts the to the russian authorities despite repeated high level and in fact requests did no sufficiently participate in the investigation of the murder of tony k. K. In berlin zoo. Its incorrect to expel 2 Russian Diplomats who had nothing to do the mood im assured as full reciprocal measures which as you well know there are unwritten rules if you expel our diplomats we expel ules thats that. Now president putin has said that russia has asked for the extradition of Congress Really many times which the German Government is now saying never happened but to bring our viewers up to speed Congress Really was killed back in august and the media immediately blamed russia for this he was living in germany since 2017 and had connections not only had ties to chechen terrorists but also fought against russia in the 2nd chechen war so its not hard to imagine why there. Russian government would be interested in arresting him on charges of terrorism. The man who was killed in berlin was not your average georgian he was a militant he fought on behalf of the caucasian separatists he was on russias wanted list he was a very cruel man once he killed 98 people he was one of the organizers of bombings in the moscow metro i dont know what happened to him its a criminal sphere anything can happen there. So again moscow has always expressed its willingness to cooperate in this investigation but the initial expulsion of Russian Diplomats on germanys part doesnt exactly mark good faith from berlin. John told us away from germanys last party it feels the whole situation is connected to nato author and russia analyst Mark Mccullough believes berlin what ive been expecting moscows response to diplomatic or did you if you expelled 2 Russian Diplomats from both. Realized straight away that 2 german diplomats would be expelled from moscow and declared persona non grata but standard diplomatic procedure so therefore. The russian the German Foreign ministry is in fact making a statement which everyone knows is not in fact exact what were seeing now is just the prieto change to the year 2020 with the big major exercise defended 2020 and. The general population does not want to see thousands of u. S. Troops swarming through germany with tanks and full on battle moat. So there is many people who believe that all the public and press accusations against russia only serve to prepare the population for this aggressive nature maneuver and 2020. A u. S. Senate committee has approved a bill directing the countrys secretary of state to determine whether russia is a sponsor of terrorism russias Foreign Ministry slam this initiative as irrational if passed the state department will have 90 days to report back to congress asunder the table the bill is convinced russia backs terrorism love them or put continues to try to cause grievous harm to International Peace and stability and im pleased the Senate ForeignRelations Committee advanced my critical legislation directing the state department to consider naming russia what they are a state sponsor of terror the proposed legislation will now have to pass the house and the senate before being signed by the president that just a week ago the state Department Said that russia is not a state terrorist sponsor kill up and looks at the mixed messages. State sponsor of terrorism is a special designation under u. S. Law in which a country is subject to specific sanctions and treatment by the United States for allegedly supporting terrorism now the countries that currently have this label are iran north korea syria and sudan cuba had this label until u. S. President barack obama lifted that label against cuba as part of negotiations that took place during his presidency now the allegation seems to be that russia supports terrorism and is worthy of this state department designation however weve heard testimony from members of the u. S. State department making clear that russia does not support terrorists the state department has not at this stage determined russia is a state sponsor of terrorism there is a fairly complex deliberative process for doing that and i dont personally see the person as state sponsorship of terrorism terrorist attacks we also have to recognize russia is itself has been a victim of terrorism to make it safe to say that on the record as well now russia has long battled against jihadism extremists that have carried out terrorist attacks against the russian people the russian government has also cooperated with the u. S. Government in antiterrorism efforts the advancing of this bill comes in the immediate aftermath of the very important meeting between Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and us President Donald Trump now at his press remarks following that meeting the Russian Foreign minister emphasized that there are certain forces in the United States working very hard to do rail relations between the 2 countries. Congress seems to have been captured by a desire to destroy Us Russian Relations now relations between the u. S. And russia have been sour as it is and when u. S. President donald trump met with the Russian Foreign minister and took a photograph together there was quite a reaction from those who oppose it are critical of President Donald Trump trump is meeting with russias foreign minister in the oval office again on this hes invited in im always in. Its out last time they laughed about troops firing of komi today they can celebrate the success of russian propaganda reagan wouldnt recognize this g. O. P. Trump lover of meeting in private this often what conspiracy of the cooking up today among the topics discussed at this high level russia us meeting where the issues of arms control Nuclear Proliferation as well as the issue of terrorism and it seems that in the aftermath of the meeting some efforts are now taking place to undo whatever progress was made early rasmussen executive director of the Eurasia Center thinks that russia has done more to combat terrorism and even the us i am shocked i think this is going in the complete opposite direction the president. Would like to go in. I think europe is also would like to be mending and rebuilding the tide to russia i dont understand how the senate even comes up with this idea i mean if you look at terrorism russia is probably doing more to fight terrorism than the us i mean its clear that whether its intentional or not us funding us weapons us training have gone to just an example moderate rebel which one they are supposedly moderate and then the next day there i think this russia as a state sponsor chip i mean these people are off in some other world and theyre not in not in reality. I feel very embarrassed. You know for myself but russia for the going through it i just im completely shocked that somebody would actually propose. Time magazine has unveiled its choice for person of the year 16 year old climate activist going to Tunbridge Wells on view her as a model of determination and praise her efforts to combat Climate Change others find her approach unscientific and accuse her of sowing world panic artist Daniel Hawkins looks into the phenomenon. Last year she was just the regular swedish schoolgirl 12 months on and shes times person of the year rarely does a discussion on Climate Change today take place without her name being mentioned growth of the work has become a global sensation not just a prominent figure among climate activists but almost a messianic symbol to pulls no punches in schooling politicians about what they must do to save the planet the real danger is when politicians and c. E. O. s are making it look like real action is happening when in fact almost nothing is being done apart from clever accounting and creative p. R. She certainly does have a point but what about the growth of film book phenomenon itself its on the noise quickly and loudly drawn attention to Climate Change shes got people talking and even been credited with influencing european and National Elections but wants more than just talking she wants action from politicians or the critics question what useful action grettir inspired movements have actually taken a vote from strikes and protests which she herself says are unsustainable we cant go on like this it is not a sustainable solution that children skip school we cant go on like that so. We dont want to continue so we would we would love some action from people in power her speech is resonated across the world it wasnt long before her fiery indictment of World Leaders at the un Assembly Became a meme now they followed a clear structure grave danger bad government and a need for immediate action she soon became a target for opponents who said her ideas it lacks substance and slated her style but that was quickly knocked on the head criticism was often swiftly silenced with those critiquing her justifiably or no. Not labeled as massage honest hysterical or being triggered the climate hysteria movement is not about science if it were about science it would be led by scientists rather than by politicians and the mentally ill swedish child who is being exploited by her parents and by the international lair you. Markku knows of daily want to just call get a phone by get a mentally ill swedish child she is mad and dangerous and she is causing the Young Children sleepless nights and with the juicy gossip she said she needs to go to school and show that i was fascinated by this school girl starting this strike for Climate Change awareness and i thought wow thats pretty gutsy it was all a little melodramatic it was all in the world of pocalypse i dont want millions if not believes of young people watching grass to do that kind of speech and genuinely think the planet is literally about the way she is daring to express what so many young people are feeling and actually i find it remarkable that she can speak in such an honest way its truth to cow thing to see speaking some of her actions ridiculed like her transatlantic boat trip having sailed through storms to avoid Carbon Emissions from air travel she sailed into a storm of criticism when a fellow companions joined her flying in by plane not to mention the impracticality of adopting such measures on a wider scale this brings us back to growth as words about politicians creative p. R. World leaders from merkel to micron among others were happy to humor the latest global trend with a photo opportunity while rebuking some of our ideas so what does this leave the person of the year at 2019 which is certainly sent a message taken center stage and brought people into the streets with a call it is now time for civil. Disobedience its time to rebel but will this have the desired effect the only thing you want to see is real action and reaction has been not been happening so of course we have achieved. A lot but. But if you look at it from from from a certain point of view we have achieved nothing like her she has created a stir it may be difficult to understand the method behind a person of the year awards one of good as runner ups was donald trump maybe we can agree to hope that this years award isnt just symbolic isnt Just Creative p. R. But will lead to the real change the grocer seeks to create. And it looks like her message is hitting home at least in the e. U. Which has just unveiled its new European Green deal. And the black disgruntled ill bring you that story and more after that. What politicians do you should. Put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president. Or something wanted. To be close its like the 3 of the people are. Interested in the why. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its Crazy Foundation let it be an arms race is also a scary Dramatic Development is only going to exist i dont see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and tom. Welcome back germany has slammed washington sanctions threat over the massive north stream to natural gas pipeline with foreign minister heiko insisting that the e. U. Rejects meddling european policy is decided in europe not in the u. S. We crucially reject external interference and sanctions with extra territorial effect north stream to is a gas pipeline running from russia to europe through the baltic sea covers more than a 1000 kilometers and means moscow doesnt have to transit gas to the e. U. Through and ukraine however washington is not a fan claiming it leaves europe to energy dependent on russia. Nordstrom too is not the only stumbling block between germany and the u. S. At present a major german telecoms provider has chosen the chinese tech giant huawei to build its 5 g. Network in the country calling the company a Strategic Partner telefonica is set to launch a 5 g. Wireless network in germany next year covering 30 cities by 2022 germany is one of the few e. U. Countries opening its doors to while away along with spain and portugal washington is strongly opposed to the reach of the tech giant claiming it poses a huge Security Risk huawei is. A company we may not do business with at all because it is a National Security threat the United States has also been very clear with our Security Partners on the threat posed by while away the Chinese Government can rightfully demand access to data flowing through one way and z. T. Systems why would anyone grant such power to regime that is already grossly violated cyberspace but weve changed one way without allowing for our way into our country would not change and that we could do business for nonsecurity things would walk away. For more analysis were joined live by investment banker and media analyst lauren home right welcome to the program now germanys foreign minister said that use Energy Policy must be decided by the bloc not the u. S. Is this a sign of the e. U. Pushing back. Yes definitely in this regard that your current government has been rather strong minded and. Hold the seat for a country which is so painted as your money is a matter of life or death. For producing country huge productive requirements low and Affordable Reliable Energy is key to economic success theres no 2 ways to vote. The Russian Foreign ministry stated its possible any u. S. Sanctions over north stream 2 can be to gain unilateral benefits for washington off the back of europe what do you make of that. Its a simple economic formula were in the midst of an economic war and not just a political war. The largest beneficiary still be the fracking couts suppliers u. S. Nava margins or oil and Gas Producers worldwide but an excess that has to be shipped somewhere the quality of the product is a little less good than the russian gas and is certainly more expensive so trump in the ministration is definitely furthering the business interests in their country as i mentioned earlier a german telecoms provider has chosen huawei to build its 5 g. Network in the country what kind of reaction do you think well see from the u. S. Over that. They wont like it one bit on the other hand if you look at Georgia Telecom its number one in germany they have a network. Which is going to be purely u. S. Supply thats because theyre still come does more