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numbers they should be looked at like people if they go to a veteran center for health issues be considered as someone who really needs attention. from your. eyes to the right on hundred see. to the last three hundred twenty five so the new study. on. it turbulent week in british politics has teresa mayes government survives a no confidence vote a day after her brags that a divorce agreement was shot down by her fellow m.p.'s. but may's a battle may not be over as opposition leaders lay out. terms for negotiations. but

all good must remove must remove once and for all the prospect. of a no deal breaks in the. end in syria four americans including two soldiers are killed by an explosion in the strategic city of responsibility for the attack has been claimed by islamic state. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now british prime minister theresa may has won a confidence vote in her government this comes a day after her brags that divorce agreement was overwhelmingly rejected by lawmakers. are you still the right. to the left three hundred twenty four are you so the news that it is i mean i know thank you

our employees at this house has expressed its confidence in the governor and that i am always delighted one more opinion where there's truth to transform adopt our relation to our do not take this responsibility likely in my government will continue its work to increase our prosperity all of us recognize the sponsibility that we have and on the back of the defeat of the government's motion last night and security and to strengthen our you believe the european union as one country that has worked in the coming days to achieve that agenda. now wins a win but by golly that was pretty narrow and speaking after the vote she said she's keen to get on with the task at hand that is of course this brags that headache that she has and in order to get on with gregg's it she says she needs to

start some cross party crisis talks on bragg's it in order to come to some sort of consensus on an alternative bragg's it prime now let's call it that after her brags it plan a tanked in parliament to raise it may sustained an unprecedented defeat when she took her brags that plan a deal to parliament she wasn't able to push that through so after winning the no confidence motion she was that sort of extending an olive branch to all the other political parties saying look let's work together it's not something she's known for really she hadn't spoken to other parties in the past she's known for not really talking to her political foes or anyone outside of her circle of trust but she said let's talk take a listen to what the other political party leaders had to to say. in response before there can be any positive discussions about the way forward the government the government must remove must remove clearly.

the prospect of the catastrophe of a no dual direction the. chaos that would come as a result of that i commit the scottish national party to work constructively with the government however i do think it should make you think this important is not. that we make it clear to the prime minister in the spirit of openness in these talks that the issue of removing article extending article fifty of people's fault and avoiding a new deal have to be on the table we have to. be sure that we can move forward and the result which go unify all the regions and if only you know if you can do. well there she is politically weakened being backed into a corner by other political parties they're all holding to reason may's feet to the fire really jeremy corbin the leader of the labor party said to me talk to her if she rules out

a no deal bragg's it appears to be the only option that there might be a consensus wanting to reject that something that everyone might agree that they don't want so it seems that the defeat is paving the way certainly for potentially a softening of bragg's it one of to resume a zone ministers said in an interview that the government may have to look at the option of staying in the customs union which had been one of the prime minister's red lines when she was going into the negotiations with brussels in terms of what she said she wouldn't wouldn't change and what she wanted no matter what so that's out the window it looks like potentially what's taken place said does raise the specter not just of softening. the braggs it process but potentially of reversing it all together seventy labor m.p.'s came out and pledged that support for

a rerun of the e.u. referendum will say hearing this from brussels that article fifty which is the date that person is set to leave the e.u. at the moment is set for the twenty ninth of march this year it's coming out very shortly that could be extended not just for a couple of months as was previously thought but because of the scale of the political turmoil here in the u.k. over brags that that could be extended to britain's departure from the e.u. potentially until next year. well u.k. prime minister theresa may has given a short statement from ten downing street after winning a no confidence vote in parliament for size her intention to deliver on the results of the two thousand and sixteen referendum to leave the e.u. may held meetings with representatives of minority parties in parliament before her remarks and she's expected to meet with other senior government representatives. teresa mayes victory comes twenty four hours after a day of defeat her drive to bridge that divorce agreement was opposed by an

overwhelming majority of her fellow m.p.'s including many conservative rebels well not surprisingly there has been plenty of interest in the events in westminister across the channel in europe spain austria and the czech republic's have all said that their governments are prepared for any type of brags that some other european leaders also expressed their readiness for anything. regarding the future relations the reason of course the possibility of further defining certain points if this helps to avoid a hard break that scenario we will of course do everything to find an orderly solution but who are also prepared if there is no orderly solution we still have time to negotiate but we are now waiting to see what the british prime minister proposes we always the u.k. work to move from its red lines of the costumes union in the single market the position could evolve also leaders of long lamented that result from the two thousand and sixteen referendum but now that that deal that was on the table has

been outright rejected by parliamentarians in the u.k. it seems that they think that the only option now is for the u.k. to remain possibly via second referendum angela merkel the german chancellor said there was still times for talks and clarification there was also clarification from claude the president of the european commission who said he regretted that decision by the u.k. parliament meanwhile the president of the european council went even further saying that there was only one positive solution and that of course it seems to be a day in the year now other e.u. leaders have pretty much had it to the back of their teeth with the decision from the u.k. with leaders from italy and france trying to put their own country's interests first rather than

a president might call as even to some degree started to give the u.k. the cold shoulder. the u.k. is heading towards a no deal despite there being no agreement it scares everybody the first losers of this are the british people maybe we can improve on one or two points i don't really believe that because we went to so far as we could in the existing agreements and just in. or to try and solve a problem of british internal politics we want not defend the interests of europeans the plenary session is taking place currently in the european union parliament it's being led by people of course talking about breaks it might have been hoping that they could have been dotting the i's and crossing the t.'s on this deal today but not so it looks like it's back to the drawing board and in fact there are warnings now that a high risk new deal is a very likely outcome. of

a no deal has never seemed so high our goal is to avoid such a scenario but we also have a responsibility to remain cool headed which is why i wouldn't turn. to for this possibility many voices are now suggesting that a second referendum is a very realistic possibility but briggs it is a warning that if a second referendum takes place it might produce the same result but actually with a larger majority for leave if the trial becomes complete and we are forced to vote in a second referendum you may be in for a big surprise the british may be a very placid people very laid back but i promise you if i get pushed too far it's a lot that will roll we will be even more defiant if we have to fight a second referendum i will win it by a majority. well the conservative government may have survived a vote of no confidence on wednesday but let us take

a look at the journey that has led to this point prime minister david cameron quit after britain voted to leave the e.u. theresa may won the race to replace him a year later she triggered article fifty and officially started brags that negotiations last july she proposed to the so-called checkers deal opposition to which sparked the resignation of key ministers including foreign secretary boris johnson were turning to talks with the e.u. a deal was reached and of the pm said it december date for parliament to vote on it but then fearing defeat may postpone the vote triggering a no confidence motion within her own party which she survived and it was only on thursday excuse me tuesday that may's deal as widely predicted was overwhelmingly rejected by m.p.'s director of the crisis research institute mark allman told us that there is a lack of clarity in parliament on which direction to take. even before the referendum i remember talking to some of the people organizing the leave campaign

and i had imagined that they would have a whole show jewel of parts of the european legislation to go up a policy maker particularly them so they would come out of the traps if they want to say this is what will for you instead it took them a year to even begin to make that process and that's partly because the conservative party is very divided on what to do but it's also true the opposition is very divided so we having these deep divisions and they cut across parties and they cut across the country too so in the south used to be where we are is a major stronghold but if you are one hundred miles north you have quite the opposite result you have. two thirds of who could be the first movie so there are deep divisions in the population and we're still regional so in scotland you have a clear majority to stay but in the north of england you have a clear majority to leave. two u.s. soldiers one american civilian and one american contractor are among the blast victims in after an explosion rocked

a crowded area in the center of the syrian city three other service members received injuries this is according to the u.s. central command port say that at least sixteen people were killed in the attack local media published video of c.c.t.v. footage capturing the moment of the blast and butt of a warning you might find these images disturbing. no. you really should. it was long experience has claimed responsibility for that blast u.s. military command says the troops were conducting a routine patrol shortly after the attack american military vehicles were filmed close to the scene by art is a video agency ruptly a u.s. military helicopter reportedly flew in to evacuate the injured parties here as well . but more than a dozen walking down the main street it is near a busy market it is also near a cafe where we've heard from eyewitnesses there was a meeting underway between members of the military council and what they say are

some foreign dignitaries but we don't have any information as to the nationality of those in the meeting we assume they were american islamic state has claimed responsibility it was a suicide bomber with an explosive vest who carried out the last. of the moment the area is one of the most strategically important places in syria the city is located at the crossroads which connects turkish russian and american zones of influence artie's medina coachable has more. man bush is the best place to try to understand the complicated puzzle of competing groups and the ones united syria which is now so divided it with the multiple wars tearing the country apart located east of aleppo and west of the euphrates river three hundred thousand people live and the arab dominated city has been under the control of kurds for the past two years ever since they drove out and now if we look at the map this city is

a tense frontline for well average single party involved in the conflict first there are kurdish forces who for generations have been locked in a bitter battle with attacks there is you're in the territory do in syria will be necessary lessons. there is no difference between the one p.g. the p. y. d. the p.k. carry and we will very soon take actions and neutralize the terrorist groups in syria the kurds moving west of the euphrates was a red line for turkey and at the same time turkey considers the kurdish presence there a provocation on the other hand they sacrificed a many men and resources to wrestle control for myself and won't be leaving without a fight while those drops the us right in it up to its knees which has friends of both had to bring in its own troops to keep turkey away from each other but while washington was trying to keep the warring sides opponents as our forces were

provoking the wrath of ankara. the us is in the process of creating a terror army on our border but we have to do is nip this terror army in the barred america do not encroach on our borders do not provoke us or we will run out of patience and the us also had a hard time pressuring the kurds to actually leave the town so kurdish commanders have made commitments that they will turn over areas to local populations as they have been so tremendously successful in liberating those areas from gosh we expect them to live up to those commitments well the kurds us still and the town and after trump surprise the world and now i'm seeing the was trouble of his troops the kurds still worried about the threat coming from turkey turned to damascus and ask for help bringing yet another player into town now there are talks of introducing

a save zone to the area but even that won't help the parties to settle their differences which leaves the man as a microcosm of the entire multi interest fight which is the syrian conflict. right earlier i discussed the situation in monday's with former u.s. . diplomat jim. just hours after the blast in mond beach the u.s. vice president mike pence declared victory over islamic state let's listen to what he had to say and then maybe comment on it after the fact the caliphate has crumbled and isis has been defeated. now we'll stay in the region and we'll stay in the fight to ensure that isis does not rear its ugly head again we will protect the gains that our soldiers and our coalition partners secured but this president has often spoken about his his desire to bring an end the endless wars in america the ability to bring our troops home what

do you think about pence's claim is the battle over or what are we looking at here but the short answer is yes look if we accept what president trump's formal position is that we were only there in syria to fight isis and that has been done the so-called kali fate has been destroyed the unfortunate timing of this incidence compared to. vice president pensions speech really doesn't change that obviously there will still be continuing terrorist activity from isis and many other players i thought of course of the president has been criticized by a lot of people per say he wants to get out of syria although i think most americans agree with it with that position meanwhile on american media you have a lot of people saying or at least implying that this is somehow trumps fault for somehow say we're getting out of syria and creating this this opportunity to attack us so i think it's a very fluid situation i would say though the president will continue with a deliberative withdrawal of our forces back with more news after

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classes protect themselves. when the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. nor middle of the room. the real news is really. welcome back this is our t. international now venezuela is facing political deadlock after the country's opposition leader announced his party was ready to form a new government one why ido refuse to recognize the authority of the president nicolas maduro who has just been sworn in for a second term however the opposition to my daughter always now just coming from inside the country artist came up and explains. economic and political strife has taken place in venezuela with the opposition moving against the elected government

of nicolas maduro now nicolas maduro was recently read an auger rated for his second term as president of the country with many south american countries that are allied with the united states condemning that election and that inauguration now at this point we've seen a leader of the opposition in venezuela one grade zero basically declare himself to be the legit president of venezuela despite the fact that he was not elected he claims that is not legitimate that the constitutional convention and elections that have taken place are not legitimate and that he is the actual president now at this point it's also surface that a phone call has taken place between vice president mike pence of the united states and. on that phone call the vice president of the usa was friendly toward mr dueto and voiced opposition to this is some of what was said. with. one who is

a pristine venezuelan people who phoned to the united states strongly supports the courageous decision by. the president of the national assembly to. protections i'm deeply the country's presidency vacant now there are rumors circulating at this point that u.s. president donald trump may consider recognizing the leader of the venezuelan opposition as the legitimate president of venezuela and not recognizing the elected government that is internationally recognized headed by nicolas maduro and the united socialist party those are rumors are not exactly confirmed at this point however we have seen in the united states very widespread condemnation of election meddling and foreign meddling in the internal affairs of other countries however there have been some voices in the united states that have spoken up and said that it would be ok to meddle in politics as long as it was done for the sake of defending democracy don't mess around other people. are only for the

very good do that through online video and those former for a very good cause interests of democracy. back in september there was a meeting between the trumpet ministration officials and rebels in venezuela some coup plotters who were attempting to carry out a coup apparently met with the trump administration now this was back in september and at the white house they would not exactly get into details about what had been discussed in those conversations they did declined to get into specifics however they did say that they were for dialogue with all of them as wayland's who demonstrate a desire for democracy and they also said they hope to bring positive change to a country that has suffered under so for a very long time the usa has been criticizing in opposing the venezuelan government led first by hugo chavez and now by nicolas maduro in the united socialist party. at the moment there are rumors that that opposition to the elected venezuelan

government could ask elate meanwhile the russian foreign minister has said if the u.s. is continuing a policy of suppressing government it does not like sergei lavrov speaking at his first major press conference of the year. to oppose you part of the opposition was being influenced by foreign countries primarily the u.s. and the violent and this is regrettable but we've heard comments admitting to the possibility of america's military intervention in venezuela as well as the u.s. saying it may recognize the head of the head of the country this means that the u.s. . government. is still a priority for the country. that's now across live to william robinson a professor of global and international studies at the university of california santa barbara thanks for being with us here on our team international. so do you believe that the issues some of raised about the legitimacy of majority selection can be solved by a potential u.s. supported. no not at all that would throw the country into even deeper crisis and

we want to remember it is true that venezuela is facing a deepening economic political and social crisis but we can't possibly understand this crisis or see a way out of the crisis without understanding u.s. intervention the and us has been trying to topple this government since the year two thousand two thousand and one and so i mean the us is not promoting democracy in venezuela the u.s. is stepping up in intervention in a moment in which it sees that it now has an actual possibility of overthrowing the government the u.s. particularly is threatening to recognize this opposition as the legitimate government and it is threatening to impose heightened oil sanctions so that it would no longer import venezuelan oil and refine it in the united states so we've seen many examples of washington supported regime change over the years from iraq to syria has this method ever succeeded in bringing real democracy to a country. well number one no it has never succeeded in doing that but secondly the

purpose is not to bring democracy the us doesn't intervene in other countries in order to bring democracy to those countries that it intervenes in order to secure its own interests so it if it bolsters recognizes and props up dictatorships when it's in it's in the us interest to do so and a choice to bring about regime change through elections in which it intervenes in those times when it's into its interest to do so and you know it's very important for your listeners to remember this incredible double standard because the united states has close relationships and props up the hundred government which came to power through electoral fraud in two thousand and seventeen right now it is backing the quadrant what the quote of what a modern government of the president to me more or less even though he has threatened to break constitutional just less just last week in the crisis to break with the constitution the us is closest ally is that is where his neighbor colombia and colombia is already labeled as the worst human rights violator in the americas the report just came out saying that four hundred fifty social movement leaders in

the country have been assassinated in the last year and a half the united states has been trying to promote democracy in any of these countries because they're u.s. allies. i wish that we have the opportunity to talk an entire half hour on this unfortunately we are out of time very interesting to hear thoughts willing robinson professor of global and international studies at the university of california santa barbara say hi to my home state for me. now you are watching out international glad to have you with us will be back to top the hour with more news. to get up off the ground or begin to. hurt them on the

sounds of. the grown man in the midst of the essentially. pushed it away from the officer. we obviously did a kind of lunge for the web in one smith's and then when it happened on she swung at god she didn't hit him i never saw any contact with. any kind went back to where they were so the answers back here there again fifteen feet apart at this point and that's when the officer saw his gun injury. greetings and salutations well i got i got some really really terribly disheartening new hawk watchers yes that would appear that yeah he will state of the union address you know washington d.c.'s mid winter formal might not be taking

place this year thanks to president donald trump nancy pelosi in the ongoing federal government shutdown but i know i know we were all hoping for one to keep us warm on these cold winter nights here in america but yes sadly according to house speaker nancy pelosi the state of the union will more than likely be postponed. my friends listen and listen quietly and you just might hear of the gusts of the bitter are you see winter winds hundreds of capitol hill journalists cable news pundits and late night t.v. hosts wailing tears and anger over their last ratings bonanza that is the state of the union oh. and yes watching grown men and women in bad suits applauding lie to each other while standing up and sitting down more often than the cackling catholic mass is truly fantastic television there was another story this week of grown men and women in bad suits lying to each other on capitol hill that has a potential bigger impact on our lives.