welcome to the program. just a signature away. for president to put pen to paper the senate passed the bill on thursday washington says they're in response to what they call russian aggression in syria. meddling in the u.s. election but there. might be much more behind the initiative. the sanctions bill that was passed it targets many parts of russia's economy it targets mining targets finance and russia metal manufacturing but one part of the bill that was specifically singled out was the energy sector of russia's economy the bill

penalizes any company that cooperates with russia's pipeline projects it's about sending a message to russia to hold mr putin accountable for his actions we will take tough action against russia the bill is targeting the construction of a key natural gas pipeline into europe citing what it calls detrimental impact on european energy security furthermore in the same paragraph the bill talks about exporting more of america's resources in order to create american jobs strengthen u.s. allies and strengthen u.s. foreign policy now that all agrees with a key component of u.s. energy strategy america's global dominance in energy policy. is not just a vital element of u.s. economic policy but it's also a volatile element of u.s. foreign policy and one of the most important actions we can take is to use our massive shale gas resources to begin shipping liquefied natural gas overseas

so there you have it but what does selling gas to europe have to do with protecting the sanctity of america's voting machines the point is has got to do anything with the political sphere with the frozen conflict in the ukraine a with syria and it actually hasn't got anything to do also with an interference with russia the u.s. elections this has to do with the approach of the u.s. administration to make deals to get their economy going and so this is very commitment rather than political u.s. leaders say that they don't like russia for all kinds of reasons but one thing they don't mention is that russia is a key exporter of oil and natural gas competing with the big monopolists america's european allies are now crying foul saying that the usa is interfering with their energy policies with these sanctions the u.s. bill could have unintended unilateral effects that impact the e.u. use energy security interests america first kind of mean that europe's interests

come last at this point russia counts for thirty eight percent of the european union's natural gas while the usa only accounts for two percent of the e.u. is natural gas imports you can bet some slick wall street syndicates would like to reverse that lineup so when you hear this explanation of the sanctions the mere fact that russia tried to affect our elections this stunning breach of our right as a sovereign nation decades of unchecked russian aggression whether it be in the ukraine in the crimea in syria don't forget about this one we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states our natural gas to europe to our allies so they're not so dependent on russia. well e.u. leaders have reacted angrily to washington's proposed new sanctions and its attempt to free europe from its reliance on russian gas they say their economic interests

are being ignored germany's even threaten the u.s. with countermeasures here's one reason why europe's leaders are unhappy because the sanctions could impact on the north stream to pipeline that's a major project between european companies and russia's energy sector firm from germany austria france and the netherlands have agreed to invest almost five billion euros in it around half of the projects total cost once completed it should provide northern europe with russian gas now according to reports multi-national businesses in the energy sector like b.p. and exxon mobil have been lobbying against the new measures in the u.s. congress so to have manufacturers like boeing and ford more on that now from peter all ever. all of the potential impact that the sanctions could have on both the the business and energy sectors here in europe that has e.u. officials hot under the collar there are potentially huge fines for e.u. businesses that would enter into energy projects with russia many of those blue chip european companies of course are heavily involved there what we've heard from

the german foreign ministry is them saying that it can't be accepted that the industrial policy of another nation be passed off as sanctions while the german government spokesperson also came out saying that e.u. industry can't be targeted and if there will be a response if the sanctions or when the sanctions go through it's not just the germans though the french foreign ministry issued a statement saying that well they believe that the sanctions impacted upon the rights of private individuals as well as corporate entities to an extent that they believe may go beyond international law the austrian chancellor christine care he posted online he said that politics and business should not be mixing when it comes to making decisions like this it's not excluded that they also follow that they also follow their economic interests. we don't complain about that unless

it does not affect our own interests but right now it really affects our own interest negatively impact of the plane so you just know it's a very negative form. especially for the energy sector because of the sanctions under the threat of sanctions especially energy pipeline exports from russia so what options remain for the european union when these sanctions or if these sanctions come into being the european union could decide to impose sanctions of their own on the united states now this could take the form of e.u. banks suspending u.s. companies ability to take out short term loans but let's be realistic this would be a nuclear option russia's patience is also away and president putin says that moscow cannot tolerate offensive actions anymore so when the news of these sanctions are completely illegal they go against international law and the rules of

the world trade organization we're being very patient and very reserved but we can't endlessly tolerate aggressive behavior towards our country these actions can be perceived as aggravation and i would even say exceptional cynicism moscow's already responded it's asked the u.s. to reduce the number of diplomatic staff it has in russia it's estimated that between two and seven hundred people will be sent home or fired but the american embassy hasn't given an exact figure moscow says the number of staff must be cut to four hundred fifty five which is the same amount it has at its embassy in the united states russia has also said the two diplomatic properties used by washington will be seized next month it will take back a warehouse in the south of moscow and the riverside retreat in one of the capital's parks it was used by staff members for leisure activities and get togethers. at that yet no news that this is a response to the unlawful actions v us and most importantly to the anti russian

mayhem in the us congress the rest of foods is setting the tone on capitol hill and we're not ruling out any steps to bring them to their senses this bill is a tool of intimidation for the entire world it's a consequence of our own willingness to follow america's political course the u.s. secretary of state explained the thinking behind the sanctions bill he says russia should take steps to improve its ties with the u.s. and hopes sanctions won't be needed in the future the russian embassy in the u.s. said it's puzzled by rex tillerson statement on the sanctions we've been getting some expert opinion it's not the most logical thing to say we want to improve relations therefore we are imposing sanctions next to listen his statement was trying to be diplomatic and less from the impact than be less insulting to russia than the he might otherwise have been i think that's why you have a logical statement explaining these sanctions to which was not really any sensible justification at all we think about american foreign policy from like one nine

hundred forty five forward it's tough to find many great examples of what we've accomplished so what the american force and foreign policy it's stablish meant expected what they're trying to do you know i think it's time for a total and complete overhaul of how we conduct our international business. now weeks after the city of mosul was finally freed from islamic state in iraq more details of that liberation and now emerging a new report from human rights watch suggests that one iraqi military unit executed dozens of suspected members of eisel without trial this is how international observers describe what they saw in mosul. a group of iraqi soldiers the naked men down an alleyway to which they heard multiple gunshots. through the doorway of a damaged house the bodies of a number of naked men lying in the doorway they said one of the dead men was lying with his hands behind his back and appeared to have been handcuffed and there was

a rooper around his legs to sixteenth division soldiers the school said one observing the seven head of the soldiers said was an american female isis sniper the high decapitations it was not clear whether the decapitated her alive. this is one of a series of reports that human rights watch has issued on the final weeks of the battle in mosul against isis and in these reports what we have seen is numerous extrajudicial killing by iraqi forces of men they say more linked to i without any judge without any file simply executing them on the battlefield really all the iraqi forces that are involved in this fight against isis has been committing rampant abuses including war crimes we have yet to see a single incident to be properly at investigated by the iraqis or any commanders to

be held accountable for the report claims the executions were carried out by an iraqi unit that played a significant role in that operation they'd received american training and assistance while fighting i saw in twenty fifteen now on saturday we spoke with a security official in baghdad province who told us that washington best some responsibility for the crimes committed by the sixteenth division people know that some of the following video contains upsetting images. there sixteen division was formed by the united states trained by the united states and controlled by the united states so definitely if there's any human rights violation it's very obvious that those who controlled or formed this division must understand all must pay some type of at least moral responsibility because i mean nobody here sympathizes with isis supporters or isis members so but from

a legal point of view yes this is an issue that needs to be looked at there is an investigation but is it thorough enough is it wide enough is it deep enough we still state of war looking at what we know so far as can be very difficult to specifically accuse any of those american soldiers for for training iraqi soldiers specifically in the craft of torture but i think it paints a very poor picture puts the americans. under a very poor lights in iraq generally i mean we've you know what are they doing there exactly i mean this sort of euphemistic advisor i think the the mrs been busted i want exactly what those voices do in iraq should not forget that this is not the first time that an extraordinary human rights abuses have been documented by the americans in iraq we look back to two thousand and three and the abu ghraib prison torture for example you know this is coming around again it seems to be

something that we should start to get used to in iraq you're watching the weekly from r.t.r. up of the biggest stories from the past seven days we've got some of today's news for you next venezuelans are voting right now in a controversial poll to reshape their constitution one that infuriated the opposition and led to deadly violence throughout the week we're across that after the break. make it is really described it is that if a seed or a seed you this is a new or so if you have this it is going to come in the. estate to get you ready but they feed the baby that's it's the big things and the leaders.

manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling class is protect themselves. in the final. we can all middle of the room. let's get up to date on today's developments as venezuela's embattled government holds that key constitutional vote right now the country's opposition are calling for a further wave of protests that's despite a ban on street demonstrations which in the past week alone of reportedly killed at least five people with the country in the economic doldrums and experiencing

a political deadlock president the door of his called venezuelans to elect a new body it will be tasked with rewriting the current constitution of a five hundred representatives will be chosen from various groups across society however the opposition believes the president is just trying to extend his own powers and is undermining democracy here's a look back at how the country's crisis has worsened in recent months.

we managed to secure an exclusive interview with the venezuelan president and he told us that the opposition's tactics are alienating many people across the country europe we should do it if you're trying europe if you're going to be the opposition has been saying the same thing for eighteen years they used to say about hugo chavez i know about me for the last four years i could not for my it really is no other way to resolve a conflict in our country than through democratic means through your through and how your weeks started him and he made the opposition to engage in a direct dialogue and join the national constitutional assembly but they refused since they're not the only thing the opposition has been doing which is taking most definite back with me right now the situation is dire and you think face political isolation sic it out on that they're leaning towards the far right and they were

trapped in cells and this strategy of local acts of violence restricting the movement of people in the very districts that voted for them the opposition is losing the support of the venezuelan people voted for them in the past we also spoke to an opposition activist he claims that the door oh is riding roughshod over venezuelan democracy. lederer has been undermining democracy i was listening to his interview saying that a way to change democracy in misrata is that when they threw this new constitution that he wants to write it is very clear as we have seen in the past that the opposition won clear and save elections about two years ago where they won the majority in the parliament so there is no reason for him to write a new constitution when he writes another constitution he kicks out the opposition from power and he continues to do what he wants besides the fact that the national guard has been killing people in the streets i mean within the international

community cannot just sit down and wait for him to do all these old take all these actions against his people the majority of the. have a different opinion what's going on in the country the bending on what social sector they belong to. how on monday italy's interior minister stressed that there was no easy way out of the migrant crisis speaking at a gathering of european officials in tunis for a common a use trying to. there is no magic solution no nation can deal with my great reflux a new nation is shielded from italy's been the most vocal over the refugee issue it's received most of the new arrivals coming by sea from africa so far this year almost one hundred thousand have reached the italian coast. trying to travel to rural areas in equity to see how the crisis is impacting life there. still in bed to a small town in the mountains which after a government decision was forced to accommodate dozens of migrants. i hope the

mayor of this town mr cheever talk explain the system to me. one daughter no judge no. the prefecture didn't tell us in advance that migrants were coming i thought everything would work out as the government told us that it would help us to cope with the migrants there are already many problems here like unemployment issues with infrastructure health etc that's why some people around here are angry because the government chose to invest money into the relocation of migrants instead of providing time with additional funds. this looks like the hotel we're looking for they entered through the gates but stayed outside because there was no electricity the hotel hasn't been used for years to host tourists my next step was to try and talk to the migrants inside but they wouldn't let me behind a locked gate was a dodgy looking man he claimed to be from a cooperative that had been put in charge by the authorities known filming he said

the mayor said that a very low percentage of people who are here are actually refugees most of them are economic migrants is not true no that's not true the migrants are well integrated the mayor has never even contacted me he is lying i went on to ask where the migrants were from the man claimed they were always he g.'s out of. nigeria niger guinea became a fast food just as i was negotiating we saw a couple with a tray of sweets turns out some locals were indeed glad to have the new neighbors finally he let me in without the camera the refugees said they'd only got warm welcomes from locals and were ready to become sicilians i can tell you that the migrants and refugees have everything to live a normal life there the question. though remains whether they will be able to integrate into the local society and whether all the locals will be ready to accept

that number of refugees our journey continued to another small community where migrants haven't arrived yet but the government's intentions have already caused quite a debate in the usually quiet neighborhood. a very small abandoned school local government wanted to place sixty miles in that small building i think we have a chance to talk to the lawyer who is representing the local community. who are putting migrants here into buildings like this is racism the risk is that the shelter could turn into a ghetto because the migrants will have nothing to do here having blasted the rest of the youth are betraying roman crisis italian officials seem to have taken up the strategy of a nationwide melting pot will be watching how it's put to the test of a drink your tea in sicily. jerusalem has enjoyed violent unrest throughout

the week palestinian protesters clashed with israeli police over the implementation of strict security measures at temple mount also known as a reef hundreds of protesters were injured the holy site was cordoned off by israeli authorities after a deadly shooting that metal detectors and video cameras were installed sparking outrage in the muslim community has the story. i'm standing here in front of the dome of the rock which has been the scene of violent clashes for the past two weeks we are hearing that more than a hundred people have been injured the number of palestinians who've been killed in the last two weeks of violence has now climbed to six the israeli police reinforcements particularly around the old city many of the arab east jerusalem neighborhoods were closed off and at the same time roadblocks in and out of the west bank will reinforce we're hearing from the israeli security officials that they will see a harsh response to anyone who throws rocks or stones at the israeli police israel says it will remove metal detectors that will put up after two security guards were

killed two fridays ago but the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says this is not enough and he insists that israel returns to the way the status quo was before that incident the latest measures are that only people over the age of fifty are to come and pray here i'm talking specifically men and women of all ages are allowed some of the entrances to the mosque are still closed because of these measures the mood on the ground is still tense there is a lot of frustration amongst palestinians that i've been talking to some have even said that if israel doesn't remove these last remaining restrictions they will be a third intifada or a third palestinian uprising but outside the temple mount compound the mood is jubilant people have been throwing sweets and chocolate saying that this battle for al aksa has been won by the palestinians r.t. jerusalem. in russia president putin's congratulated the

fleet in the country's northern capitals and petersburg thousands of spectators have been turning out to see the latest seagoing hardware that russia's got to offer. the four fleets of the russian made the ascent of prating the navy is a powerful surface ships and still the submarines will take part in netflix elice involving one hundred vessels old around the country st petersburg is hosting the biggest event with forty ships taken part in the parade right here on the river

battle cruiser and the ballistic missile carrying a nuclear submarine which are among the biggest nuclear propelled ships in the world have taken center stage and of course smaller cruisers destroyers submarines and surface ships are on display here as well as a navy war planes and helicopters some other russian port cities like several more successful australian led of all stocks lower seas are holding may day festivities as well but of course the biggest ones are right here in russia's northern capital of st petersburg for a month cost free for r.c. . some serious cash the weekly thanks for watching getting touch with us and feedback on facebook and twitter live from moscow.

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