the world on the other. differently t.w. . this is g.w. news live from berlin florrie's grow as the possibility of a superpower standoff moves a step closer to russian president vladimir putin says his country will follow washington's late into spending a landmark nuclear arms control tucked could this be the start of a new arms race also coming up and as well as a political crisis poised to enter

a new phase claimed president on why doak calls for record breaking protests as the country's socialist ruling party celebrates. i'm rebecca it is welcome to the program russia has pulled out of a cane nuclear arms control treaty one day after the u.s. did the same in a statement released by the kremlin president vladimir putin said our american partners have announced they're suspending their participation in the deal and we're also suspending aus we will wait until our partners have matured enough to conduct an equal meaningful dialogue with us on this important topic hooten also ordered his ministers not to initiate disarmament talks with washington and said russia would start working on new missiles the tit for tat moves comma after america's secretary of state announced the u.s. was suspending the accord. if russia does not return to full verifiable compliance

with the treaty within the six month period by verifiably destroying its violating missiles their launchers and associated equipment the treaty with. its weapons like these that washington says violate the ion of treaty experts believe b s s c a cruise missiles have a range of movement five hundred meters moscow says it never intended to breach the agreement. over the latest let's bring in our moscow correspondent emily show and emily president putin is now following suit after the u.s. pull out of the treaty is this an escalation well rebecca from the russian side this is certainly more of a tit for tat reaction bloody near putin today said the u.s. is pulling out so we're pulling out the u.s. is looking into building new weapons so we will do the same and this is very much

the russian side kind of shifting the blame for this whole i.n.f. treaty basically falling apart to the u.s. they said today as well putin his defense minister and the foreign minister that actually the u.s. they repeated this accusation that the u.s. has actually been violating the i.n.f. treaty itself for years and they also said that it would be perhaps wise to conduct inspections into whether the u.s. is complying with yet another nuclear arms treaty the new start treaty so what we're seeing here is very much the russian russian side shifting the blame to the u.s. what is of course warring though is that they are talking openly on the russian side about what new weapons they could develop worrying indeed and putin has reportedly instructed his ministers not to initiate disarmament talks with the u.s. what do you make of that. well yeah you mentioned

before what else he said which was a very much a swipe at the u.s. side he said that they will wait we'll wait for our partners to be mature enough to talk to us on an equal footing so very much kind of biting biting comments they are from putin they're very much putting the ball back in the u.s. court and this fits in with the russian line all along which is that the u.s. is basically not listening to russia russia has tried several times they say to show the missile in question that apparently violates the treaty to the u.s. the u.s. doesn't want to see it and in fact in recent days we've seen russian officials accusing the u.s. of already having made the decision to leave the i.n.f. treaty long ago. also said russia would begin developing new missiles briefly just let us know how you think that will go down with the russian public well on the one hand i think a show of strength especially when it's against the u.s.

always goes down with the russian public well with the russian public but on the other hand things aren't looking good economically and. russians wouldn't be very interested in having a big arms race and expensive foreign policy move and money in your putin seems to know that today he said that a costly arms race is certainly not something that russia is interested in all the world keeping a close eye on. and emily show and reporting from moscow many thanks. now to some other stories making news around the world france's yellow vest protesters have taken to the streets for the twelfth consecutive weekend demonstrators in the capital paris a paying tribute to those injured in clashes with police during previous protests security forces now have permission to use rubber bullets against the protesters who are opposed to the president's policy. monsoon rains have caused severe flooding in northeastern australia records have been broken in the city of

townsville which is saying over in news rain in a matter of days that's right has also been experienced experiencing record heat waves they sum up. in venezuela rival protests of fame planned today between supporters of the opposition and supporters of president nicolas maduro the country's political crisis intensified last week when congress later one guy joe declared himself interim president quite o's been gaining international support but the military remains on the dros side scores of people have fled venezuela as the country grapples with food shortages and hyperinflation. a rallying cry from venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president one why don't is determined to overthrow nicolas maduro and hold new elections the republic of the on saturday venezuelan brothers we invite you to protest points in every city around the world we need to send an important message and thank those countries

that have already recognized does and to ask them to help us with humanitarian aid as you know the u.s. and several latin american nations have recognized why don't as the country's leader and six e.u. states including spain and germany say they will follow suit and less president maduro call snap elections by sunday. why dope may be gaining international support but not durable is backed by venezuela's powerful military. and on the streets loyalty to the socialist regime is still alive. we have a former leader chavez to thank for the oil boom and that is why we are coming to defend the revolution here the legacy of commodity chavez and we will continue to come as many times as commodity nicolas maduro once during your people are here to defend the sovereignty of n as well. millions of rival protesters are expected in

the capital caracas on saturday and with the recent clashes turning deadly many venezuelans are bracing for a tense stand off. well let's go straight to the capital caracas where correspondent oscar shank her is standing by also more protests are planned for today previous ones turned violent what can we expect this time. well we also have a large crowds that the last protests gathered in support of i why don't last week so knowing that i could spend in every major city and even small towns all across the nation today we're going to see something similar or some people predicted the larger i mean taking to the streets has characterized them as well as opposition for the past twenty years we've seen marches and demonstrations that could easily passed the million person martin and it has become somewhat of a cultural expression at this point even in the most dire situations are when large

groups like this protest they are generally peaceful and even joyous however violence can occur once the crowds start dying outwards later and yes through and we saw terrible waves of violence a repression in two thousand and fourteen worse in two thousand and seventeen and even more severe in the past few weeks especially in the worst moms where looting and confrontation with armed forces is more intense so anything could happen today why don't i supported seem very confident that he'll become the new president what's driving that confidence. yes there is a lot of hope coming from the opposition because for the first time in twenty years we're seeing definite steps written in venezuela's constitution that spell out a peaceful end to the revolution that has cost a lot of damage to so many people here what went on has also been successful in uniting the opposition which seemed impossible just a month ago but aside from the strategy and united opposition that is weighing once

feel supported by the international community with all these nations nations recognizing one when i was president interim and the u.s. has stepped up its threats towards my huo to leave the presidency or else so it's no surprise people today will be protesting with a sense of security that mother this regime is on the verge of ending although it's still holding on and has a military and russia still supporting him yes and madeira supporters will be out on the streets today also celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the bolivarian revolt revolution he thinks to be hanging in there despite domestic and international pressure how likely is it that he'll buckle it's hard to say we've seen for the first time all in its twenty years that the government is acting to radically in their strategy they seem to be sure footed. in the past

but now they're making some mistakes we've seen them backtrack to some of the rhetoric they have some leaders are arming themselves and an incentive bating defending the country others are asking for dialogue so you see a disbanding from the stronghold of the rejean seem to have and that's also what's given the opposition a lot of hope that anything could happen in the in the next couple of days. in caracas thank you for that analysis. in the united states virginia governor ralph northam is facing calls to resign after a racist picture from his medical school yearbook surfaced so far he's resisted across party pressure to go to young medical students posing for the year book photo one is in black face the other as a coup klux klansmen one of them is a young ralph northam now the governor of virginia and

a member of the democrat party. although he wouldn't say which costume he was in he swiftly apologized for. that photo and the racist and offensive attitude it represents does not reflect that person i am today or the way that i have conducted myself as a soldier a doctor and a public servant i am deeply sorry i cannot change the decisions i made nor can i under the horror my behavior calls them and today but i've set responsibility for my past actions and i'm ready to do the hard work of regaining your trust politicians of all stripes are outraged and many a pressing for his resignation including democratic presidential hopeful julian castro who said that northam spectator as

a student was racist and unconscionable. despite the pressure northam is so far resisting calls to go on a. well it's the most watched single sports event in the world and it's happening tomorrow in the u.s. city of atlanta the super bowl i'm talking about of course the l.a. rams take home the new england patriots an american for polls show piece game the patriots da quarterback tom brady is going for a six n.f.l. championship title but a lot of american football fans are getting tired of seeing his team in the game seemingly year after year. tom brady and the new england patriots are gunning for their sixth super bowl but it seems not all of the u.s. is behind them in georgia the memory is still painfully fresh of the atlanta falcons super bowl defeat two years ago at the hands of brady and co we have a copy cats that they're like. they're like yes doesn't like me.

but. man i'm so sick of the patriots but mainly because they beat us two years ago so that i would fire it over in l.a. most rams fans are content to focus on their own team's chances. the rams the rams are going to win their drink during super bowl championships. but others can't help but return to a familiar theme i'm looking for. tom brady to be upset and looking for disappointment in space. to get reactions shot where you know he's defeated meanwhile one of brady's former teammates had a message for america's pig sick pig skin funs hater. but i think people do get kind of sick of them and you know what people in new england people who live with patriots we love a six super bowl for brady will do to new england's love affair with its adopted son but for everyone else in the u.s. this weekend there seems to be only one month a caress. you know watching t w news coming up

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