We start with smartphones. Most of us have one, billions have been sold since they emerged a decade ago, and they still all look roughly the same. But could today be the start of a new era . Samsungs folding phone is finally on sale, after months of delay. And tech watchers say it could change the face of the industry. The galaxy fold is available from today in south korea and you will see it hitting shops across europe, asia and the us in the coming weeks. The price tag for early adopters . Almost 2,000. So what do you get for that . The phones flexible screen opens out like a book to a huge 7. 3 inch display and it has six cameras samsung revealed the gadget back in april but its release was shelved as early reviewers reported broken screens after as little as 48 hours of use. Samsung says those problems are now sorted. But the delay means rivals are lining up with their own versions. Chinas xiaomi has already unveiled a prototype and huawei says it will release its own next month. S
British politicians are gearing up for a potential brexit battle next week, as mps grapple with the Prime Minister Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament early. The challenges to mrjohnsons move have continued today legislative, legal and from the public, and well take a look at all those in a moment. But first, the leader of the Oppositionjeremy Corbyn says hes ready to take on the government. We believe we can do it otherwise would not be trying to do it. I had a very constructive meeting with the leaders of all the opposition parties in my office a couple of days ago to go through these, and we are working together to do everything we can to ensure that parliament is able to assert itself on behalf of the british people to prevent a no deal exit from the union. What about a vote of no confidence . How does that fit in . It fits in absolutely with it, of course, and that will be put at the appropriate moment. The government has defended its move today. Heres what the leader of
Lets start with the news that Christine Lagarde has announced she will be stepping down as managing director of the International Monetary. Lagarde is often referred to as the rock star of international finance, and has led the imf since 2011. She will be best remembered for her role greeces bailout, which actually side stepped some of the funds own rules. She also presided over the imfs biggest bailout, a 57 billion dealfor argentina last year. Lagarde is now expected to lead the European Central bank, after being nominated as Mario Draghis replacement. Speculation is rife who will replace lagarde at the imf, with many predicting current bank of england governor, mark carney, may be the next boss of the international fund. Well, lets get more on this now from Michelle Fleury in new york. As head of the International Monetary fund, Christine Lagarde was pretty unique. The former french finance minister was the first female to lead the Global Financial institution, which acts as a lende
nonsense is how the kremlin fresh claims of. this time to supposedly discredit american vaccines in favor of russian show. with global stories and the international insights this is moscow my name s colin brights just turned 10 in the evening on tuesday 9 pm in germany that s where we re going to start with some breaking news german language sister channel. is filing a lawsuit against the german tabloid built after it published a piece accusing stuff of spying for the russian government correspondent. bring us up to date with developments. well what s led this newspaper to accused of spying well let s understand on the other hand why r t is suing the german tabloid bill now ah. just want to make sure that everyone gets to the bottom of this and understands what s going on because the headlines in build are indeed since ational but again let s all get to the bottom of this to understand why our t s suing build we can simply look at the headline of the article that came out and
Asking why did president wretch of typesetter one let you joe walk free was a deal of some kind struck and what does it all have to do with turkeys military incursion into Northern Syria so our question here on quadriga this week then as you joe is free but what game is turkey playing and to discuss that question im joined here in the studio by. Who writes only turkey for the frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung he says freedom for ten is you joe doesnt symbolize a serious change in turkey unfortunately there is no place for hope yet its also with us is michaud to man as a Foreign Policy specialist for the weekly team sites he lived for several years in istanbul and he argues that turkey is hoping for transactional deals but values stand in the way of closer relations with germany and a warm welcome to the. Reka how many author and journalist with the berlin based daily the target sites on board taps as it is also more commonly known where dennis you joe worked for many years and will recur