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spectrum your opinion. has been released by the f.b.i. with no charges against. those that morning in moscow and i'll just call we're rounding up this hour's top stories. the u.s. president is not ruling out possible military action over the political crisis in venezuela. as the country's interim president sixteen people have reportedly been killed in protests against the country's chief nicolas maduro.

thank. president trump made the announcement this afternoon saying that washington has to recognize one but i do know is the interim president of venezuela and called for new elections as the situation escalates the trumpet ministration isn't ruling out any course of action are you. willing to go for it without considering anything but all options are on the day is that. we should all options all of us all options for a nickel usma during his rejected trump's declaration and responded by announcing the expulsion of all u.s. diplomats from the country to be. complying with my role in the oath they took for our people to respect and make of this respect the independence and peace of the

republic i've decided to break diplomatic and political ties with the imperialist government of the united states military has announced it's standing by my door and will not recognize quite as president of course the key question here is who is the actual president what europe was inaugurated for a second term earlier this month after he won and what independent observers called a clean election why don't was elected to congress but didn't even run in the presidential election so beyond this decree from washington has no real mandate to be the leader of venezuela both supporters of the government and the opposition have taken to the streets and matt. trump administration officials are insisting that recognize and why don't the president's decision. alone but senator marco rubio actually announced quite those

recognition ahead of trump rubio is demanding american diplomats stay in venezuela and calling on the state department to expel more duros diplomats from the u.s. and replace them with quite those so far we've seen canada and washington's regional allies in colombia brazil ecuador peru and costa rica all follow trump's lead and recognizing quite go on the other hand mexico bolivia and cuba are sticking with more durable entire the european union has thrown its support behind venezuela's opposition national assembly and called for fresh elections they use foreign policy chief and the european council president are both statements the e.u. strongly calls for the start of an immediate political process leading to free and credible elections in conformity with the constitutional order the e.u. fully supports the national assembly as the democratically elected institution whose powers need to be restored and respected i hope that all of europe will unite

in support of democratic forces in the news and like mature of the parliamentary assembly including one go i do have a democratic mandate for the new zealand citizens former u.s. diplomat jim jacques trash things that trumps decision won't help to bring peace to venezuela. i think it's quite likely that trump's decision will make venezuela's problems much worse look even if this goes very smoothly that there's some kind of regime change or even a coup that replaces the mother or a government that's not going to bring social peace we've got a country in a crisis with people lined up on one side including not only president dural and the court but on the other side the national assembly if the military splits of the police we could have very serious violence in this country that is not a good thing it's in many ways reminiscent of the situation in ukraine in two thousand and fourteen terms of the united states getting involved in this how would we like it if other countries had recognized hillary clinton as the legitimate

president two thousand and sixteen because she had more votes or recognize nancy pelosi is the real leader of america because it's more democratic somehow. trump has agreed to postpone his state of the union address until the government shutdown comes to an end it was cancelled by the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives over security concerns position and actually met with by the president of the center the union speech has been canceled by nancy pelosi because she doesn't want to hear the truth she doesn't want the american public to hear what's going on. and she's afraid of the churches and the super left democrats the radical democrats what's going on in that party is shocking trump and congress are locked in a standoff over the democrats' refusal to approve funding for a wall on the mexican border around eight hundred thousand federal workers continue

to be left without pay they include. traffic controllers and homeland security personnel. not being able to pay confidential human sources risks losing them and the information they provide for ever is not a switch that we can turn on and off. who don't have funds to purchase necessary equipment phone operations. the shutdown has eliminated any ability to a great fund the f.b.i. now f.b.i.

agents that are currently on board. have opportunities to go into the private sector and double or triple their current salary you tell me what you would do if your family needed security financially. now when it comes to the issue of the state of the union address we spoke to dave lindorff a founder of the news website this can't be happening he thinks the president might resort to other formats to address the nation including its favored one social networks first of all he has every right to submit it in writing it would be printed in the congressional record where it would be fully available and also seen reported in the news but the other thing is that the president has the ability to call the. networks to give a top to an interest to the american public any time he wants to do it the

democrats' position is that they don't like the whole concept of the budget being held hostage as a way of legislating it's actually not the way it's supposed to be done basically the president going on strike there are different ways that it is impacting it's not the whole government shutdown obviously the f.b.i. agents are working but the support people aren't they don't have any money to pay the informant so they're losing informants and some of them when they lose them they loose and for good lawyers of trump's former campaign chief said not enough evidence has been provided to show the poll manifold lied about his links to russia manifolds cases part of robot models investigation into possible collusion with russia and meddling in the american presidential elections of course that's now been a couple of years ago back in twenty six the it's believed that investigation is in its final stages while the media continue to speculate on whether trump is a russian agent the washington post published an editorial saying even if there was

nothing illegal donald trump still betrayed his voters it's just the latest installment of a narrative that's been trying to gain traction for a while. trump is already acting like a russian donald trump is actively or was actively colluding with russia we don't know present trump is a russian agent but we know that to some people the f.b.i. sure was acting like one of the moves themis useful e.-v. it in the history of russia contacts between trump's inner circle and russian. media line of things that if there really was any true evidence of trouble being a russian agent robot would have disclosed it a long time ago. let's assume there is evidence somewhere somewhere something that this president the forty fifth president of these united states is in fact aiding abetting counseling procuring or hiring is involved as

and now comp less to espionage and the like and if there is evidence of such and robert muller knows it could the argument be made that mr moller is actually aiding and abetting espionage by not doing something about it soon or if you know there was a crazed serial killer out killing people slaughtering the innocent and you know this and you have the evidence to stop this moron being murderer and you don't through the doctrine of misprision could not the argument be made that you two are liable for not stopping this if you know something then why aren't you stopping this i mean it doesn't make any sense we have been going on now since the president was running for office and either you should indict. org.

teaching children. this very. well this is billed as being in educational game show for children around the ages of eleven to fifteen the idea is they go on the show and they participate in things like quizzes about topics of the day and they're also asked to hunt for clues and then to try and piece those clues together to find the result of a question and it's broadcast on france for that's a channel here in the country and it's called the news now its most recent program centered on russia particularly the russian president vladimir putin and ourselves here at r.t.

offering what appeared to be a fairly one sided opinion of the two topics now close to the start of the program a young boy who says he's of ukrainian heritage is asked to describe who he thinks vladimir putin is and what he's like this is what he said so when the. words in the report involve grew close enough pretty soon the door to the with their low suv aldrin above them on the phone. well throughout the program putin is regularly described as being all thora tarion somebody who likes to oppress the opposition parties in russia somebody who likes to control the press in his country somebody who likes to control his own image well what evidence is given of that well there are a lot of pictures of blood made putin in different guises from writing with a naked torso horseback to fishing to appearing in military

vehicles the evidence of course to show that vladimir putin is somebody who likes to control his image and there is only one image that's being broadcast then the program goes on to target us here at r.t. suggesting that the channel is nothing more than propaganda the evidence of that. well r.t. it says is funded by the russian state no secret there but pretty rich from a program that's being broadcast on a channel in france that's also being funded by the french state well it's pretty difficult to be a journalist here in france so let's talk about that since president marc corn has been elected r.t. journalists have been regularly denied access to events and even during the presidential elections before he was elected r.t. journalists should have been accredited for offense we're told when they arrived

that they simply couldn't go in so what i can say is that it's incredibly difficult to be a journalist here in france now arts he has gone to the program escape news we've asked them for comment on their program and whether they feel that it was one sided that it was biased in its views and altie has also gone to press freedom groups and human rights groups to ask them what they think of this program and to question whether a program like this is actually putting across a one sided view of the french state and essentially is brainwashing france's next generation so we took to the streets of paris to see what people had to say about this new program. some of the extra inch and i'm astonished that they teach in our country that other countries are bad here we talk about manipulations by the media on the internet we would be better explaining to our kids not to trust what is on the internet or to trust any verified information the same should be done to

adults as well i don't think the world is black or white it is more difficult than this it is important to build awareness and to develop critical thinking not to tell them what's good or bad it's for them to decide. in the prospects as well i don't think it is good to tell kids other countries are bad it is up to kids to shape their own opinion. yes it is if politicize ation of children we should not influence children we should give them basic education but not ten flings them about other countries they don't know independent journalist says he's surprised the media can get away with such an initiative. in this instance it's real money and if you look at the different episodes of this little game of course it's fun for the kids and they don't realize that they're being manipulated they don't and a head of state like that only important is the head of state of a large country he must be respected the same for donald trump the same for every

head of state the same for monsieur michael because i wouldn't seems you know my whole made up like a drag queen or on french t.v. or anywhere else that would disappear pretty quickly it is very strange to see that the press which isn't good who gets what the politicians in most instances in the west there is go got far i mean this will not remain unpunished i think there will be a big debate in the ethics committee of the journalist association trots i'm sure. the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe has condemned the use of shari'a law in europe and question is whether the traditional muslim code is in step with basic human rights. so chaddy our rules are clearly incompatible with the european convention on human rights we've been our second or third class citizens rape has to be proven by at least four male muslim witnesses violence

mistreatment discrimination against women abandoning islam is punished by death i think it's fully unacceptable when human rights are concerned there should be no room for cultural or religious exception the resolution adopted at the session states that shari'a law goes against the right to life the right to fair trial the freedom of expression and other human rights you heard from political commentator david von son mohammed shafique of the ramadan foundation. i welcome the fact that essentially this council has has passed has passed this our resolution it's not extreme right or passing this it's a broad spectrum of european opinion stating that essentially sharia law is incompatible to meto large degree with the laws that we have while absolutely clear that we are covered by one more that is the united kingdom law that has been

insured by parliament why that's in westminster or in some of the devolved assemblies in wales scotland or northern ireland we are driven by that we're equal before the our eyes of the law but actually in terms of inheritance in terms of marriage in terms of other aspects if muslims want to use their faith to you know determine what the result is in terms of their personal lives and that's through choice that not should be available to them if we remove shari'a councils because we only should have one jurisdiction in the united kingdom that's british law which is sovereign which is made by the people of the united kingdom implemented by our courts then there's no problem at all why can't you just accept that if you're in britain you must be subject to british laws made by british judges i'm british people who are these people in the council europe who are those elected who are there is the house of lords and so he will give you core right here they don't need legal for sure hungry people and with a lot of these oh you're in countries where you where you have rampant islamophobia

and discrimination against muslims then clearly the agenda of the sort of the explorers who mainstream in our societies and that's the issue yeah that's the real house floor of the house late home and the media the ikes of the gender which dave david vance has has become mainstream which is the agenda of the far right that's all i'm arguing and if you are so kermit herman about every more i mean to have in the art of the laws then you actually don't see what all of the community wants you're probably religious. it's what you don't do which you don't have equality exist within the sharia law equality exist within the so one summary on the insulated in time i can say i'm with you and show you where there is equality i welcome anybody to come into our country who accept or laws and obey as those laws on in this case we see that sharia according to the consul if europe according to the house of lords according to city. councils are incompatible with

basic the basic rights of people that's what they have said not my words their words. an american iranian journalist who was held in custody for more than a week by the f.b.i. has been released without charge that's according to a press release from her family this was not just about marzia his shimmy this is about the fact that any of us muslim and non muslim can be imprisoned without charge in the united states or as a hashimi was detained on january the thirteenth well visiting family in the state of missouri she was questioned by the f.b.i. as a material witness in an unspecified case and while she was in custody we talked to a friend and colleague. as is being detained under a controversial law yes it is a law but the material witness law has been deemed unconstitutional by the york appeals court and that the court has said it's been misused the a.c.l.u.

and human rights watch has talked about how since nine eleven this law has basically been here is to detain ms muslims indefinitely without trial and essence on a fishing expedition. and why were her civil and religious rights violators her job stripped of her had a mug shot taken without her her job and she was refused her lalan vegetarian field effectively denying her food in the initial days of her detention no one has been able to speak to apart from two telephone conversations with her family she does have legal counsel but we don't know what this this case that she's a material witness for is about we don't know why the children have been subpoenaed there's been two phone calls with the children in the first the children are very worried because as i said she explained the civil and religious rights violations and the second call she said that those had now been rich rast and misers

oldest son believes that is because of the media coverage and because of this outpouring of activism around the world in support of masses for the iranian journalist was released protests against the detention were held in both washington d.c. and in turn around iranian foreign minister judge study also condemned the treatment of the journalist and called for her immediate release. she is a famous shouldn't listen she's done nothing but journalism and the rest of mrs hosiery is a very clear affront to freedom of expression a political abuse. of an innocent individual and. i believe united states should repeat. you mean you've visited a. microsoft has announced this new browser will have an in-built after assessing the reliability of media outlets however the app in question called news god has already ruffled some feathers among journalists into trying to now thanks

a closer look at who may stand to benefit from this new feature proceed with caution just a regular sign of a blind corner an overhead crane area wild animals crossing and news you should be careful with while reading proceed with caution this website general it fails to maintain basic standards of accuracy and accountability there you have it we've already told you about news gart an online tool masterminded by folks like the former head of the cia that flags good news websites is green and those it sees as dodgy ones as read it's been up to you if you want to install the plug in or not unless you're a user of the microsoft edge web browser from now on the features built into the app at least you can switch it off after launch in the u.s. news garant will expand to serve the billions of people globally to get news online so perhaps

a little contract with microsoft could be one of the first steps of that expansion readers of any of that red colored carousel caution please by the way this is what we've heard from one of you case most read outlands rated one out of five for credibility. we have in the very recently become aware of the news constant and are in discussions with them to have disagree just near a nice classification resolved as soon as possible with these guys most or all the criteria is fine grain like you're good to go oh bus speeds there in the green zone too because perhaps it never spews out anything unconfirmed or unreliable even the teen green bench in the u.k. has realized something sprog badly wrong here but once i remind you who's behind news guard things will start to make sense i mean do you really expect the

brainchild of a board of advisors that's comprised of all kinds of former american security and foreign affairs officials to flag weiqi leaks anything but read anyway nothing to worry about since the golden or sorry green standards of journalism are sacred for these people i'm not against propaganda every country does it and they have to do it to their own population and i don't necessarily think it's that awful i'm speaking of standards and accountability one of news guards investors has chosen not to do anything about its contract with saudi arabia they don't have a problem taking care of saudi officials p.r. even after the shameless murder of journalist jamal khashoggi anyway microsoft ok with these people being in charge of which color goes where as long as the tech giants get to avoid more awkward questions like why aren't you dealing with all that fake news. they can blame us and we're happy to be blamed unlike the platforms

we're happy to be accountable everyone chooses their own way to proceed with caution. russia has lifted a 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 agreement but moscow refutes the claim and invited foreign journalists and military experts to assess the missile for themselves as. 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. 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. have 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 are confident that it's 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 and us and russia need to remain engaged in constructive dialogue to preserve the treaty and to ensure. it to ensure its cool 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 the 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 argue.