i. was. going for a minute. that is why you are in chaos with present with your accusing the u.s. of fanning the violence there he's also vowing a total overhaul of relations with washington. also to come u.s. news outlet buzz feed doubles down on the veracity of its scoop that donald trump made his lawyer tell lies to congress the report had been dismissed as inaccurate by the u.s. office investigating alleged russian collusion and germany says it won't be played

by the threat of u.s. sanctions over collaboration on a russian gas pipeline as the european commission though suddenly rolls out legal changes that will slow construction of north st. well i welcome just gone four pm here in moscow you watching r.t. international people have reportedly been killed in an ongoing protests in venezuela against president majority there are also reports that demonstrators set fire to a police station in the north of the country it comes after me gave a furious response to a statement from the u.s. vice president who branded him a dictator and called for regime change. i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision by one god oh the president of your national assembly to assert that

body's constitutional powers declare madeira or your syrup or any sort of sit in the vice president of the united states broke rules of the game he spouts while talking in that video is that he was drooling his eyes were moving like this what did he smoke we don't know nicolas maduro is a dictator with no legitimate claim to power made a decision and given a no just the chance to the republic to initiate a total and absolute revision of our relations with the government of the united states of america the u.s. government is openly taking sides in venezuela's internal affairs right here now the country is once again a hot spot as president my duros inauguration was branded illegitimate and woodrow himself branded a usurper opposition leader one white though says he's ready to take over as the country's leader he's declared himself to be the interim president and he refuses

to recognize the inauguration of president by duro but one problem why do it with never actually elected president and the vice president of venezuela del c. rodriguez responded to pence on twitter accusing him of verbal incontinence and said pence's interventionist and serious statement reveals the clear intention of the us government to undermine the country's public powers and encourage the extremist sectors of the right to a coup d'etat venezuelans defend sovereignty and peace appends also voiced support for protests that have been small in numbers but have been quite violent.

both supporters of the government and the opposition are planning marches for wednesday to commemorate the fall of a military government in one thousand fifty eight and now washington has thrown it full support between a figure who was never elected sounds a lot like meddling right we can blame the us for what's happening because u.s. has created what's happening on the ground the chaos and the social upheaval has been largely caused by us meddling us as no one has no right whatsoever they are not they are not the global president they are not the global police they are not they are not the government of the of the global usa you know actions like you know acts like a sociopath and so sociopath would justify these kind of illegal actions you know

saying that oh we have the right right to go in and save democracy or or or or institute do accuracy when the us doesn't even institute democracy in its own country basic logic tells us that these people work that they are hypocrites these u.s. government officials are outright hypocrites because their track record tells us otherwise in regard to what they really really think about democracy they just don't like the results that that were put there that they came out of those recent elections in venezuela. syria's permanent representative to the u.n. is the shooter warning to israel saying the patience of damascus is wearing thin it follows a series of airstrikes on syrian territory carried out by the israeli air force. isn't it hard time put the u.n. security council to put a stop to israel so repeated aggressions against syria but is the only way to drag the attention of the blue drones and this council to exercise our would dry to

defend ourselves by responding to the israeli attack in damascus international civil court with one on told that. the syrian diplomat there was apparently referring to the israeli air strikes on various targets in syria on monday israel said it had struck facilities belonging to the reigning forces stationed in the country and claimed the attack was in response to a missile being fired into israeli territory syria in turn said it had managed to shoot down most of the israeli missiles however reports suggest the air raid claimed the lives of eleven syrian military personnel israel has been carrying out air strikes against targets in syria on a regular basis over the past few months so let's get some analysis now from the middle east expert i wish he joins us good afternoon to you ali what are your thoughts here then serious called on the u.n. security council to demand an end to israeli airstrikes what's the likelihood the u.n. can actually do anything to do that. well first of all i

think it's brother i'm president to for a syrian diplomat to make such a big threat or issue such a big warning against the israelis i don't recall a syrian diplomat you know making such a warning that to bomb the airport and i you know i would also believe that you know this is. a result of israel's you know israel is the one which has been escalating especially recently particularly since the trouble for president trump and also his intention to withdraw from syria since the time we've seen these escalated is ready attacks on syria are ongoing by elations of syrian sovereignty and so hence we see this strong syrian reaction as a result of this is really a skill ation now we're getting a question what is the likelihood do what could happen we all know that the u.s. has provided israel with diplomatic cover over many issues whether it be its

policies towards the palestinians whether it be its policies wars on lebanon which we've seen and i think that the u.s. will probably try and give cover. for the israelis regarding the s get out tree activities in syria but to produce a lot of pain to mention this point i think that bashar jaafari in his remarks that he was addressing first and foremost to trumpet ministration because syria syria knows of the trumpet mr ation doesn't want to get involved in any new war and i think what the syrians republish trying to say for the americans was you know trying to control the israelis otherwise we're going to ignite a war and you the trumpeter ministration don't want to be dragged into a war if you don't want this then hence put a stop to what the israelis are doing. do you think that will happen though i mean how america's way we did it. doesn't it to protect its ally israel i mean you'd expect a similar thing to happen i wouldn't. i would but.

you know as i said the trumpet ministration is very reluctant to get involved doesn't want to be involved in military conflicts i don't think it's interested in any way whatsoever for other regional conflict to be ignited and that's what are why i think that while an american might express real rhetorical support for israel diplomatic diplomatic support i think behind this seems that you might just see the americans putting pressure on the israeli border maybe to try and calm down their activity because as i said since the announce withdraw from syria we've seen this escalation and one other important point is that when bashar joffrey says that they might strike the tel aviv airport i think that shows that the syrians have some military surprises maybe up their sleeve if any war were to break out and you could argue couldn't it you could argue easily that this will just escalate the situation i mean israel might look at this is

a well we'll just take another preemptive strike if you're going to threaten tell of it. it might do so if the company restraint says it will continue to support your strikes support the israeli strikes but if behind the scenes as i expect i expect my happen if behind the scenes america puts pressure on israel to calm down along with russia we also have to look at you know how the russians were up to this and we all know the trumpet ministration least trump himself appears to want to improve ties with russia now if that's the case we could see some joint pressures from the russians and from the americans on israel and if that does happen i am very doubtful that israel could with withstand pressures from both the abortions and the americans and behave so unilaterally so it's not actually quite certain that the israelis that will be able to continue with this free rein. but i was i said that remains

a possibility that america try and give them a free pass to continue what they're doing ok ali look we're going to leave it there but very good to get your thoughts on this that was middle east expert at the risk thank you. on the global news network c.n.n. is expanding into new markets opening a portuguese language station in brazil but the team heading the operation is raising more than a few eyebrows. presume

is donald trump extreme views on a variety of things telling a congresswoman she was not pretty enough to really express. like. a military dictatorship. this isn't. some people might try to tell you that it's been in your mind even start to believe this is a. but it's not. this. is an apple.

where we have asked for response from c.n.n. to those appointments we'll bring you their reply as soon as we receive it. meanwhile another us media outlet buzz feed insists that a controversial article it's written is true that's despite it being branded as not accurate by the office of special counsel robert miller the story alleged donald trump audit his former lawyer to lie to congress about dealings with moscow it's not the first time buzz feed has been accused of inaccuracy. reports. tough times if you work at buzz feed lots of criticism abuse the outlets getting these last few days and no it isn't for the post about seventeen adorable cats at work or for their quiz which tells you which muppet you are no one reason is buzz feed's sensational story about trump ordering his lawyer to lie to congress about a proposed trump tower in moscow huge deal this i'm solid my sources are solid this

reporting is accurate a bombshell new report from buzz feed news certainly explosive reporting and without question this is a big one it is breaking news perhaps major breaking news thing is if it sounds too good to be true it probably is what buzz feed wasn't counting on is robert mueller his team itself publicly dismissing buzz feed's story as nonsense but freeze description of specific statements to the special counsel's office and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office regarding maku cohen's congressional testimony on accurate buzz feed's bad luck didn't end there next to one of its journalists after watching a cut clip of an alleged conflict between a bunch of teenagers and the native american man went on a tirade about how white the root cause of the evil. of the

conversations over the past twenty four hours how deeply familiar this look is it's the luke white patriarchy of course but that familiarity that banality is part of what prompts the visceral reaction this isn't spectacular it's life in america once again the story fell apart after a full video of the confrontation became available showing that the kids did nothing wrong it wasn't the. harassing people yet they're now getting death threats and that tirade is still up so here have some more fantic buzz feed funny animal pictures. none of it all that surprising when you take into account who founded buzz feed jonah peretti founder and c.e.o. and apparently noted fraudster the big obstacle has revealed how mr peretti in two

thousand and three stole the identity of a well known gun activist set up a website in his name and sent out hundreds of thousands of emails pretending to be someone he was not in an effort to sway public opinion on gun control in effect a massive fake news this information campaign he was sued for that and settled eventually. after a year and a half we finally reached a legal settlement peretti also apologized to gold blacks and took down jeff gold black dot com i received an undisclosed monetary settlement or take mr. little stunt detailed in the article this upset some student had set up a dating website rejection hard line with a similar name to his own dating website rejection line bred he set up a website legibly for the express purpose of defaming someone ruining

a person's reputation emails contained multiple lies about me and to trade me as an arrogant jerk who was bragging about how i was stole the idea of the new york city rejection line reportedly that website was also shut down as part of the settlement truly the apple didn't fall far from the tree begun by a man who seemingly specialized in fake news and this information in my writing and defaming people buzz feed continues the family tradition of days when it's not posting these sixteen adorable pops but as the ever course never we have asked to comment on those allegations. so to come the russian president meets his turkish counterpart today to discuss the future of syria in moscow i will have a look at that in more detail just after the break.

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interested in the waters of our. last question. again the construction of the north stream to pipeline to deliver gas from russia to europe is raising global phase negotiations in brussels between russia ukraine and the you on the current gas route through ukraine have failed to produce an agreement but now europe is suddenly changing laws that do complicate the construction of the new pipeline. the commission remains fully committed to the gas that active amendment our aim is to have a coherent set of e.u. energy rules applied to offshore pipelines. cities in the case.

of youth on shore by clients meanwhile the us has its own thing is over the construction of the pipeline the trump repeating it will play into russia's hands and the u.s. ambassador to germany has also sent out a warning that sanctions may be applied to countries backing north. as you are aware the united states strongly opposes nord stream to the pipeline poses serious geopolitical consequences to our european allies and partners we continue to stress that firms operating in the russian energy export pipeline sector are engaging in activities that carry significant sanctions risk. however germany's energy minute minister has hit back a warning that economic threats won't be rael a project that is mutually beneficial for those involved as a resource for engineer you see i work as a federal minister i'm standing here not pale not shaking i'm not afraid if someone

sends a letter i can deal with it russia has been our reliable partner for fifty years and it appears the pipeline also has the support of the german public too with more than seventy percent saying it is right to push ahead with it political analyst thomas fassbender thinks the u.s. is afraid that north trying to bring russia and europe closer together is a certain fear of growing importance or growing dependence a part of europe as a whole or even not germany on russian gas there is an underlying fear that russia might interfere with the domestic politics. is of course used as an instrument also to move against or to decrease the power in the influence of those in europe who favor a stronger and a more normal relationship neighbor relationship with russia again. russia

and the u.s. are in a ciccio strategic rivalry there is of course a certain fear in the u.s. that europe and the u.s. and russia might move closer together. in other news today the turkish president's plane has landed in moscow today for another round of bilateral talks in florida may paint in the meeting is expected to focus on the fate of syria after america's pullout and on further reconciliation in the war torn country with more here's more if an option this will be the eighth meeting between mr arrogant and mr putin in the last year and that is apart from a long twenty phone conversation. as the two leaders had seems that they have a lot to discuss syria of course for sure will dominate wednesday's talks to be more precise its northern region east of the afraid to this is the area where the u.s. troops have been stationed once they're out and that is after sudden decision to

withdraw american military personnel from syria he announced about that back in december twenty eighth this area will become especially vulnerable and the question will definitely rise who is going to control it right now serious kurdish forces are in charge and they are in contact with the official damascus with the syrian military regarding this area that but the problem is that turkey sees these forces as terrorists and mr editor god has read to read it already many times that he is not going to tolerate terrorist forces next to his country's borders he's idea is to create so-called a safe zone along turkey syria four hundred sixty kilometers long border with of course and kyra in charge of the security in this region probably without kurdish forces so there is an open conflict of interests here and mr adam dunn has already promised to start a military operation in this region eve the promises made to him by russia see it

it and us he didn't specify exactly what kind of promises not met so what russia is trying to do here is to help all the parties being involved in this situation avoid any military confrontation in these area in this is what mr out of the gun mr putin how are expected to discuss during their meeting in kremlin today it's very important to remind you that this meeting comes after another very important meeting between russian and turkish defense ministers foreign ministers and intelligence chiefs the two delegations met in mosco in late december and they set and they and they talked to each other what should be done to boost security. syrian how to bring long awaited peace to this war torn country and for sure the fruits of that meeting are going to be considered by the two presidents during their talks here in kremlin today. russia has lifted the veil of secrecy around one of its ballistic missiles in a bid to salvage

a key nuclear treaty washington alleges the weapon violates the terms of the green mint but moscow does refute that claim and has invited foreign journalists military experts to see for themselves because dan of as more there are stage lights a red tape and even a red carpet it almost feels like the unveiling of a new i phone except it isn't this is the missile the u.s. says has knocked out the global nuclear out of kilter it is the reason why washington wants to rip up the existing treaty one of the few barriers holding back an arms race two point zero russia has been flight testing the s.s.c. cruise missile since the mid two thousand. the task in excess of ranges that the treaty permits its range makes it a direct menace to europe. russia says the claims are false it has tested the missile and we're being told that its maximum range is way below the five hundred

kilometer bar said by the i.n.f. treaty in fact we're being told that this mess is a modification of an older one and in fact the new. has kept the fuel tank of the same size and capacity while at the same time it became larger and heavier so its maximum range reduced even further we've been told here by the russian defense ministry that this rocket doesn't have a fuel lid really so the moment it is out of the factory gates it cannot be tampered with so it can be refused modified when it's in the field who has been saying that the u.s. world really deal real to all its attempts at transparency for example likes not being official invitations to come to moscow and examine the missile in question themselves and in fact russia has its own list of concerns when it comes to the u.s. compliance with the deal and the biggest one is the deployment of the mark forty

one launches in eastern europe which are capable of launching american tomahawks right from russia's doorstep. in order to find workable solutions and salvage the i.n.f. treaty we expressed our willingness as a goodwill gesture to allow unprecedented transparency far exceeding our obligations under the i.n.f. treaty in particular we offered to give a presentation along with a briefing on the s s e eight missile and its launcher for the american side as a reciprocal step we suggested considering together with the americans what we could do to ensure more transparency regarding american weapons systems that are causing concern in moscow we have confidence that its precise. concrete steps like this that can help to save the i.n.f. treaty this is what the world is expecting from our two countries. and stuck in the middle of this literally even is europe is us and russia need to remain engaged

in constructive dialogue to preserve the treaty and to ensure. it to ensure its full and verifiable implementation which of course is crucial for europe's and global security force i couldn't imagine that someone in europe would be interested in a new nuclear arms race and the only option to prevent it is to continue i.n.f. treaty but the i.n.f. treaty as it is now is not enough we need to expand it because there are plenty of new autonomous weapon systems including those in cyberspace and they should be regulated not only the u.s. and russia should be included in the treaty but other states as well like china the e.u. is a helpless bystander here reduced to making desperate noises arguably it has the most to lose if the starting gun on a new arms race is fired i'm against don of reporting from moscow r.t. thanks me this afternoon just coming up to half past four here in moscow we're back again at the top and.

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