what. relations between italy and france hitting new interior minister calls on the french people to get rid of president. the u.s. government throws its backing behind venezuela's opposition leader against the country's president amid a violent uprising in caracas. i might perhaps the united states supports the courageous decision by want. the president over your national assembly to assert that body's constitutional powers. the russian foreign ministry responds to the new revelations that the first person on location after the poisoning of former russian spy sergei script was a scene u.k. military doctor.

great to have your company been my hair in moscow this is r.t. international. in a fresh attack against emanuel italy's interior minister mattis salvini has called on the french people to gets rid of their president to show that dubious skill has . when incredibly strong words from deputy prime minister feeney and with relations already strained he's now poked away even further at president might go on saying that he hoped that france could soon be free of in his words a terrible president. i hope the french can free themselves from a terrible president and the opportunity will come on may twenty sixth when finally the french people will be able to take back control of their future destiny and pride which are poorly represented by. like mackerel or gold now all of this

tension is bubbling away as european countries are ready to head to the e.u. parliamentary elections they go taking place in may and leaders of countries have already been drawing the battle lines across europe on the one side populist politicians like salvini are calling for new europe one that's no longer dominated by france and germany and on the other it's centrist politicians like michael calling for greater integration now this attack is just the latest in a series from italy and france italy's blame paris for the migrant crisis saying it's to blame because it never let go of its colonial ties in africa and its rugby league say the wrong way of the packing the yellow vest protests. we must address the causes of this crisis because people are leaving africa in part because some european countries led by france have never stopped being colonized.

they had already been a french i hope for the good of the french who are a great people but they come out of that moment of crisis growing was a look oratory invented product to stand in a way of any change on the horizon that seems obvious to me now. this latest outburst by salvini seems to mark a new low in relations between the two neighboring countries who are of course supposed to be on the same side solid even ski r.t. paris. germany's anglo-american france is among your microphone have signed a treaty to base relations comes amid rising tensions in the e.u. from bickering between member states uncertainty of course of a break says the rise in populism across the continent to oliver explains. germany and france must tackle the challenges of our time hand in hand those were the words of angela merkel as she put pen to paper on the treaty of ark and now it was signed in historic city hall the the historic well significance of the place

wasn't missed at all by anybody that was speaking in fact if you didn't know about the history of arkan after this well you clearly weren't listening it was charlemagne's capital it's changed hands numerous times between france and germany sometimes in bloody conflict over the centuries but the message that was coming from the leaders was the past is in the past but there are still battles to be for today and that there is a stark now about populism and nationalism becoming stronger in our countries for the first time with britain the country is leaving the european union that is why we fascinate a renewed commitment to our responsibility within the european union the responsibility of france and germany in the. europe wouldn't survive disunity it would make it by. going through german responsibility for europe given the tools. and security also exists in terms of migration

environmental and digitization that's what condition that was echoed by the european council president who was also in attendance he said that there were those at large today that would seek to bring down the european union well his colleague the european commission president jiang chord younker was that little jollier he ended by saying long live franco german cooperation long live year up the whole reason that they streety was signed in the first place isn't because there's any major conflict between france and germany right now thankfully not the reason it's being done is to try and shore up some of the cracks in the european union from the major cracks like break that up to the taint surely major cracks the fact that italy hungary poland none of the. i want to play the game the way brussels wants to see it played and that is why brussels paris and berlin all came together to say there may be trouble elsewhere but we are unified here so i had

a look at what's in this treaty and why some of the plaudits mentioned today well maybe hard to put into practice in reality the draft of the deal was a little light on real details but there is a clear intent with it let's have a look at the deal was set for an increase in bilateral statements when it comes to major e.u. issues now this is something that's already fairly commonplace from the two now it's going to be in writing there's also plans full fiscal integration and what's being called the franco germany konami zone. on the military front both nations want their armed forces to be as into twined as their economies with germany and france combining to reinforce nato and defense also what's being called the fostering of a common culture in the ranks and a franco german security council so the brass the politicians pulling in the same direction there's also foreign policy goals which may prove

a little less straightforward including a permanent seat for germany on the un security council but not everyone is happy about these e.u. powerhouses getting even more chummy and cementing their position within the bloc. europe is used to the franco german axis but we're seeking a new balance a new energy and in this sense poland and italy will be the protagonists of this new european spring there's also domestic upset over the deal alternative for germany say it erodes german sovereignty while the same sentiments have been echoed by the usual suspects in france are seen also triggered by signing this act on the quiet in the white america don't commit treason with briggs's. volleys of you know skepticism it makes sense that powers would look to not brings us back to the question of foreign policy how will the interventionist french sit with the germans

for that coalition. without fundamentally changing its global military outlook it's hard to see how this deal will change much or anything at all. with the political heat rising in fenice way eleven protests growing ever more violent the u.s. says it fully supports the country's opposition and its decision to form a new government u.s. president mike pence even spoke just a little bit of spanish. i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision by one. the president of

your national assembly to assert that body's constitutional powers declare your serp or and call for the establishment of a transitional government. the. deals. you mall the country's national assembly has gathered following violent protests earlier in the capital it comes after government forces have branded president the duros inauguration illegitimate little quarter as the details. it's all out chaos in the streets of caracas with especially violent protests raging in the streets the beginning of the week saw an explosion of violence when government soldiers were arrested for stealing weapons in the capital right wing protests in support of them broke out into warlike clashes with government forces opposition a national assembly leader called for a meeting with supporters to be held on wednesday but it's

a bit too late to play nice says last week quite a declared venezuelan president nicolas maduro as entire claim to power illegitimate and c.n.n. announced the trumpet ministration may be prepared to recognize quiet though as venezuela's unelected president as a result of venezuela's supreme court has declared the national assembly as political power nell and void. trumps national security advisor john bolton didn't seem too happy today's action by the controlled supreme court was a predictable and. the united states resolutely supports the national assembly of. a democratic institution the brave to restore democracy the mainstream media has been adding fuel to the fire with headlines predicting

a venezuelan doomsday going on for years already it's hard to tell if the opposition is really that popular but one thing is for sure the trumpet ministration and mainstream media might not agree on much but when it comes to venezuela the government must go. professor political science at the university of oneness there is certainly overall believes that washington's move will have little impact on people in latin america nobody like you know many here believe cd really does big u.s. government its interests that we need more aggressive free don't be so moved by this but it moved it was introduced by mike pence i'm not sure what we're going to get on grover so i think this is a completely irresponsible your as a matter of fact feeding his speech you know it's funny it's a speech was basically meaningless i see this is. i would say that i'm naive about it still be the way of believing people are going to believe the you know i made it

a vice president with a hypothetical concern about the fundamental least to believe my friends because i'm not so forty that you know maybe go to business when they go that way to my fancy it's not what the american worker and. there's been a new development in the script case in the u.k. it's been revealed one of the first people on the scene to administer help to poisoned ex russian spy and his daughter was in fact take senior army medic with the details his police. it was a senior army medic and her teenage daughter. it's been revealed when one of the first responders when. found collapsed on a bench and sold last march now the local teenage girl who had recently undergone a first aid course at school and the family had been celebrating the girl's brother's birthday so they were out in the city center and the sixteen year old

girl spotted the path unconscious and she didn't initially thought that. was suffering from a heart attack so she quickly a mother who happens to be a british army know that together the two of them gave the script stayed until the paramedics arrived now the reason we know about this now is because the mom in this story nominated her daughter for a local bravery award that was handed out by a local radio station and the radio station that handed out the award said they didn't want any press attention immediately sort of in the often mof of the script . which is why it's only become public knowledge now now as for the mother the mother's name is colonel allison mccord and she is now the chief nursing officer for the british army and she's got an o.b.e.

she's had quite a career it's got a reset she's worked in kosovo bosnia iraq and also treating him in sierra leone it does appear that the the girl and her mother and her mother live locally and allison mccourt appears to have worked in some of the military installations around that area as part of her role in the british military now the russian embassy in the u.k. has published a statement on its website in response to the emergence of this story take a listen to what they have to say the fact that this young. was present at the crime scene together with her mother allison mccord who happens to be a conal and the chief nursing officer of the british army adds to the numerous extraordinary coincidences characteristic of the script tells boys furthermore one has to wonder why this information unusual as it is has only been made public ten months after the incident the russian embassy has long had a bone to pick with the way the british government has handled the the the

aftermath of the script out poisoning ever since the incident took place the russian side has been asking for clarification over what happened as well as access to the victims who remain russian nationals as well and a calling for an open and co-operative investigation we've also asked the u.k.'s ministry of defense to comment on this story which they've said is a local story said they won't comment on it however they did refer us to to reserve may's original condemnation of the attack against sergei and us cripple. r.t. also request a comment from colonel allison mccourt we've yet to get a response. the world anti-doping agency has decided not to reimpose a suspension on the russian and to don't think agency despite moscow missing a deadline to hand over key data earlier i discussed this story with our sports

correspondent alexia schiff ski. remember the missing of the deadline it was a bit of a scandalous headline in the global media didn't look good for russian sporting or thorough test on september twentieth last year after three years in the wilderness for the russian anti-doping agency the world anti-doping agency decided to reinstate receipt of the decision which was criticized by many athletes worldwide nevertheless there were two conditions imposed one of them very important that water experts get access to the most called the board story the old anti-doping laboratory where the doping samples were kept the deadline was set to be thirty first of december on december thirty first the delegation of water reported that they came back from moscow empty handed there was a lot of outcry both on the critic side and some on the russian side saying that this access must be provided immediately so right after new year this access was indeed provided the delegation of water came to moscow up to all the samples and water has a very thorough explanation of exactly what happened the date it was not received

by the thirty first of december twenty eighth teen usually a code signatory is then given at least three months to correct that non-conformity before referral to the c. c. but in this case want to follow the special found strength procedure this was probably followed by full cooperation by the russian authorities as a result of which an expert team was given full access to the moscow laboratory and was able to make forensic images of all the data from the laboratory instruments so the president of the world anti-doping agency greedy he lauded this decision today by the executive committee although he stressed that some of the members of that board war not really happy with the fact that russia missed the deadline but still decided not to impose any sanctions because that violation was insignificant and for the future of clean sport this decision was very significant it also shows according to craig really that there is a level of trust and cooperation between water and which he hopes will lead to

effective work in the future for the fight against doping i'm guessing that was the u.s. representative. i remember as incandescent with rage at the fact that a result of this third line but like you mentioned in the statement three months it's kind of standard practice what's the russian reaction been to this decision well the sports minister of russia bifocal of course i would say the chief negotiator between russia and the wall the anti-doping agency he was very happy here welcomed this decision said that this would bolster their cooperation and he hopes that cooperation will flourish in the future we also managed to get some comments from the head of assad mr garner who was also happy but he said specifically that today's decision is a big step for athletes. but i want to congratulate everyone decided to reinstate resound i also want to congratulate our sportsmen and sports officials so we can now continue. with mr gunness was also a very frank and very clear that the actual hard work begins now because not only

it will be you know heavily scrutinized by the world anti-doping agency also that laboratory which was the stumbling block the one which needed to get the access to it has to have access again in case water needs to come back to moscow to collect anything for the samples although they claim they collected everything so right now it's still it's not a finish line it's a lot of work ahead for restarted to be effective in its work a lot of sports experts will say you know world athletics isn't the same without a powerhouse like russia are involved in for the athletes to be involved. active and compliant so what's the future now for first and foremost after the daubing scandal twenty fifteen the trust has to be rebuilt and that is something that you know is step by step is happening between rosado and water as we can see also. specifically said that the russian laboratory the new restart of the boards or needs to get a critic and in order to obtain that accreditation the previous all the board story

has to be completely transparent and open he hopes that happens every athlete. in russia should hope that happen because that's you know the future of all the federations depends on that what i cannot understand is that today we have the decision by water yet some people in the media come out and say no this decision was bad and russia should have been banned again which begs for a question if these guys are advocating for a clean sport how would they want clean sport to be in russia if they don't want the agency tasked with providing that clean sport to operate normally in the country that's something i'm failing to to grasp. the political and business elites are gathering in the small swiss town of davos for the annual global economic forum which kicked off today and though the u.s. delegations visit was council secretary did make a special appearance via video link with the latest on the first day's events his r.t. and. despite the fact that trump and his team are nowhere to be seen in davos this

time around even though just last year trump was the main center of attention at this economic forum this time around we did get to see his secretary of state mike pompei or make a brief thirty minute appearance of the viral video link from the united states to make an address in front of quite a considerable crowd and suit and to answer some questions on the first day of the forum here in davos and on russia and the u.s. according to mike pompei oh he's not expecting things to return to the past it's not the case that we are doomed to a cold war rivalry these two nations are the largest possessors of nuclear capability in the world russia is a formidable power in that respect and we understand that and so we need to ensure that there are conversations taking place so that we can prevent both proliferation

and the rest the comes with the possession of those nuclear weapons however. according to the u.s. secretary of state america has some conditions for russia to follow first we're looking for russia to begin to change its behavior and we hope that they'll return to the right course of action is to set a course of actions that lead them down the path of the rule of law in order to liberty if they do those things i'm confident that our two nations can prosper and grow alongside of each other we are not destined to be antagonists we can do better than that but it will take a russian change in their outlook and behavior in the world in order to achieve that might compare also outlined some threats the way he described them some new some not so new and among those were four main one according to the u.s. secretary of state that was north korea's nuclear program iran's as he described it a foreign adventurism china despite the fact that he believes that a bright relationship lies ahead and islamic terrorism now also to answering

a question about the america first message that trump so often reiterate and whether or not the u.s. is isolated the u.s. secretary of state denied this and said that this is something that is not at all the case something all the more so ironic given this was made in a statement thousands of kilometers away on a little bit more about why this could be the case we can now go to our report not so long ago globalization was a very popular concept at the twenty twelve event for example here's what google's then c.e.o. had to say i assume that everybody here agrees that globalization is wonderful fast forward to today and praise for globalization is noticeably wearing thin. zation produces winners and losers but now we have to look after the losers those have been left behind globalization euphoria has passed and as a consequence there's

a push back against. institutions generally key western leaders not finding time for the procedures get together this year is a reflection of how things have changed there are too busy putting out fires at home fires some say were partly kindled by globalization u.s. president donald trump has canceled his entire delegations visit amidst a long as government shutdown in american history all thanks to an argument about a wall that's due to differences over immigration but its prime minister theresa may is staying home too as she has to figure out what to do with brax it itself marginally a result of the public wanting to take back control at home and the french president won't be spotted in davos either this year with the yellow vest movement ensuring that domestic issues rather than global ones are his priority added so that india's taken a rain check russia sending a fairly minimal delegation while the chinese leader sent his deputy this year's

davos theme is globalization four point zero shaping global architecture in the age of the fourth and revolution but how relevant is an attempt to decide how to move forward globally with interests from some of the key players directed away from whatever ends up being decided here reporting from davos honest as you're gonna with r.t. . said there are two sides to every story another is true when it came to reports about the standoff between a student wearing a make america great again cap on a native american veteran a video of the two taken in washington went viral sparking outrage in the media. looks at what is not being report a visual like this will get your blood boiling. the catholic high school student who comes face to face with a native american soldier in a viral video is now responding the media went wild a youth in trump's trademark tat disrespecting an elderly native american

disturbing viral video has sparked outrage dork. abington catholic high school i just stir being viral video shows a mall that seems to make america great again perhaps harassing a native american out there in washington a troubling incident at the foot of the lincoln memorial and it wasn't just any native american this guy is a vietnam veteran he was instantly turned into a hero by celebrities and the media the red make america great again to have is the new white hood without white boys been able to empathize with other people humanity will continue to destroy itself this is appalling the ignorance the goal the disrespect it's shameful that native american man showed incredible strength and dignity and i heard him say you know down. here i sit here because we have to stay strong all of us that the one who has all that anger and all of that wanting to. have to freedom to just rip me

apart but there's always more to the story than a single snapshot. that make america great again. look at it. we think. we've got thank you look again. that's right yeah. it turns out that the boys were taunted rather hatefully by black nationalists and others and all kinds of hate was unloaded on them simply for wearing trunks a baseball cap and furthermore unlike those trying to provoke them the boy in the picture he simply stood silently however he did put a defiant grin on his face. compared to. the young man is now penned his version of events he's

getting death threats from across the globe i'm being called every name in the book including a racist and i will not stand for the small black character assassination of my family's name so some channels are now editing the story but the damage is already done this turned into a huge story only because this child was wearing a make america great again i think that there is a serious lack of integrity in reporting at the end of the day everybody wants to put their own spin on a story it's no longer about who what when where and why it's about how could we spin this in a way that benefits our narrative. the woman held by western media is a victim of the russian regime and claims that she was imprisoned for having proof of russian collusion with team chump has been released she along with a self-proclaimed sex guru were arrested at a moscow airport last week. is

a bill of russian citizen who was arrested in thailand as part of an investigation into alleged prostitution on january seventeenth she arrived in moscow and was immediately detained and should have had to court officials insist she was held due to have alleged links to prostitution or if an option has more. that's the c.e.o. of a ship which also known as nice little fish in russian is now free decided early on tuesday and while it is no doubt a good news for the girl it could be rather surprising or maybe even disappointing for some western media that used to portray nice as a martyr and a victim of a bloody putin regime that oppresses and destroys all its opponents well tuesday's release puts basically an end to all this hysteria making it well known since he she comes across these days as somebody who wants to take back everything that she she said meanwhile anastasia should be back in court tomorrow presumably still apologizing still trying to save her life what would they say now when the city's

free twenty eight year old model scored and the so-called sex trainer from belarus nice to reap became famous after she had claimed having added insult the russian into theories in twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election campaign and donald trump's collusion with granlund allegedly obtained during her meetings with alleged that a possible russian billionaire who gnostic claims she had sexual relations with allegedly on the list of the russians businessmen and politicians subject to u.s. sanctions due to alleged bad activities around the world selected it later after the us as claims denied all the allegations and accusations and successfully sued both nice to and her teacher and partner known as alex leslie would be worth a mention that more than a year after nice to claims new evidence of a new russian interference in the american elections has ever been provided. thanks thing without the latest in half an hour.