others. if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for a war surely we can risk some just come for an easy. target without pay sugaring anything but all options are on the table. recognizes venezuela's opposition leader as the country's interim president prompting elected president nicolas maduro to break diplomatic relations with the u.s. you cues in washington of an attempted code. meanwhile pro and anti-government demonstrations are up to cross venezuela with opposition supporters and police clashing also to come this includes a fake news detector and its latest bribe in the form of an app that ranks sites

for trustworthiness that there are fears of bias on the former first minister of scotland alex salmond is charged by police an expected to appear in court later today it remains unclear though what the charges are. follow their five pm here in moscow you're watching asking international now the u.s. president is not ruling out a possible military action over the political crisis in venezuela trump is recognized opposition leader won one wide sorry is the country's interim president and his wife is elected president nicolas maduro says it is an attempt to. the citizens of venezuela have suffered for too long at the hands of the illegitimate regime today i have officially recognized the president of the venezuelan

national assembly. as the interim president of venezuela i've decided to break diplomatic and political ties with the imperialist government of the united states i will sign a diplomatic moves giving all diplomatic and consular personnel of the united states in venezuela seventy two hours to leave the country. without considering anything but all options are on the day but is that your theory which is all options all this all options are. ok let's get more details now with on court he joins us in the studio don't we were hearing from donald trump there but there has been lots of the international reaction to yeah absolutely the venezuelan situation is really heating up now just moments ago actually the venezuelan military through their support publicly behind the majority government and said

that they would defend the sovereignty of the country now it was specifically after was declared himself president on wednesday that the international community took real notice many of the u.s. is traditional allies immediately jumped on that bandwagon calling for democracy in venezuela most of the members were the from the washington based organization of american states brazil argentina and chile to name a few but there were also europeans as well of course now france the french president emmanuel macron happen to be one of the most strongest supporters in europe support of the restoration of democracy i salute the courage of the hundreds of thousands something new zealots who are marching for their freedom. now ironically just two days ago his own government denounced statements from the italian interior minister which expressed when he expressed the hope that the french people would rise up against iran and the french government told italy in response that they should sweep their own own doorstep but it seems like they

didn't really listen to their own advice when it comes to venezuela now there are all there were also international reactions calling for stability and caution in venezuela the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov just said at a press conference that he was alarmed at u.s. talks of possible military intervention especially admit amidst repeated u.s. confirmation of why dos claim the presidency. is that. we can see another intrusions into a sovereign country's politics as you know there have been several attempts to oust nicolas maduro the fact that the u.s. and a number of other countries particularly in the region immediately recognized the self-proclaimed president means they had a hand in the creation of competing leaderships this could lead to chaos and a serious destabilization in the internal political situation. now china also took a stand in opposition to external interference in venezuela and it makes sense

because china is actually one of venezuela's prime partners for energy production and gold mining in the country let's take a listen to what the foreign ministry spokesperson said well china always maintains the principle of noninterference in the internal affairs of other countries opposing external intervention in venezuela and domestic. so there's certainly a wide array of reactions and the interests play here so i think it's safe to say that international reactions may play a large role in how the situation ends up for unfolding and they do seem very mixed thanks another artist and course. we spoke to the chair of the foreign affairs committee of russia's federation council about this constant thing cause the chaff who believes it is clear what needs to be done. positioning in this very difficult and sensitive and fragile situation may cause further.

very dangerous developments i believe that the mode of which no is being used implemented in israel is quite simple first to send signal signals to the civil society in a certain country that they believe in the worst conditions than any other country secondly to blame the government of this country for the existing problems and certainly to encourage the civil society of this country to go ahead and to start fighting the ruling to thora this instead of seeking political compromises this is what is has been done in many other situations like in libya in iraq in syria and now it does happen even again in israel society it does experience obvious problems but the position of the international community in this case

should be should consist only in encouraging the political dialogue between the ruling authorities and the society in this country. ok let's get the thoughts now apparently learn he's an international and independent china specialist and very good evening thanks for coming on what are your thoughts say why do you think we're seeing such a divided. world when it comes to opinion about what's happening in venezuela why are some countries asking for clearly wanting some sort of political change and a change of leadership other countries are saying no no you know we need a more peaceful diplomatic solution to what's going on. why i think that what is important here is also much. the city but the internal situation in ways well i mean let's face it the whole situation is quite unsustainable as well israel is suffering from the hyper inflation of eighty

thousand percent quit and on eighty thousand per annum this is really unsustainable and that. is underpinned by a perceived lack of deficit in governance and also corruption will also things but having said that. china has been extremely consistent and also russia in the whole in principle among interference in was you look you've got to let the internal. political process to take its course you know whether or more to impress the is is is is the take over it's got to go through the the constitution of that particular country and no country should be allowed to interfere country's internal matters are or was it was a very bad person or a world so that's malta china has been

a consistent in holding the principle and so has russia i mean all or all so really it's only think it's now but then coming back and smell of this situation it's really sucks then people there are so many people are out in the streets and inflation is as hyperinflation we have seen the rest of the world of eight eighty percent per annum so something has got to be done internally why do you think that western countries it's a pain to see a change of leadership there some people do say look it is hypocrisy isn't it because you're so concerned about people interfering in your own politics if you look at micron and america and the accusations towards russia and yet. they are blatantly interfering in venezuela. well naturally aside from these situations where is where they sell. the rule is in always been seen by the trouble in illustration as

a thought on this story because well drew is always a dog has been adopting policies. more america wants and is seen as a kind of renegade in the working strangle and so is no one of the trauma who jumps on the moral. and try to install someone who seem to be. in more moral incapable to to the stones of the last days but having said that though i think that the peaceful must be upheld. trying to do it and to. russia to make sure the local country is allowed to interfere in other people's rattles but i think the situation in inside when it's well is really because the square is one of

the world's largest exporter of oil. and it would upset the world market and of course and instability in this where this because we're all over india part of latin american be all and so i think that. the situation is going to be watch. i think more countries should really help the process but not in the beer least of all by military means and that will sell a very example to the rules of the world and just briefly tell you there's a flash point isn't there politically at the moment because a majority says he's broken off diplomatic relations with the us he's told us diplomats to leave but apparently they are refusing to leave and i say that they don't recognize mr as the legitimate sort of president of the country potentially that that could turn ugly turn well. you know of course but do it right i mean obviously according to the institution called the constitution if. there's going to

be an election there's going to be a whole lot of pros and then there's got to be a process to go through we just can't you know you can't dispose and let the person right or wrong just like that and so he is right but on the other hand. and this actually against the law that stays with the trauma administration's rhetoric against rennes well and i think is spells trouble in this region and that's why the countries like china and russia are going to watch a very very carefully i think will try to rush us when burberry conses the stands in allowing in malta condoning intervention by foreign powers in the internal affairs of his country without going through the internal constitutional process over any any country because all this poses a sort of each culture is different and he was a lot all the all these poses the take is calls even though that the problem on the

ground causes them all concerns around the world ok andrey nice to tell you that under an international and independent china specialist thank you. thank you very much. i mean caracas has been swarmed with both anti-government protests and rallies in support of president some of the demonstrations that have been explosions gunfire and clashes. the protestors in venezuela have decided to take things a little bit further siddur just blasting the president with violence and rioting

they've decided to declare themselves to be the government and oppositionist and leader of the national assembly has declared himself to be the interim president what about the people but opposition is not one any election and there's clearly not a consensus among the people on any of these issues now at this point it's starting to look like a civil war is a real possibility it's been preceded this coup attempt by the united states by several years of economic sanctions and by several chimes militarily by small groups of national guard or army individuals inside of the venezuelan government to try to assassinate president mahmoud it was elected twice there were other opposition parties that were allowed to run some chose not to and there are. continuing forces in the country it's a polarized situation the usa is soon or song of democracy when it comes to venezuela but it's starting to look like they're marching the country toward civil

war. or to new york. scotland's former first minister alex salmond has been charged by police arrived at county court to ortiz has more he turns a look alex salmond he's the former first minister of scotland he was the first s.n.p. first minister of scotland in fact from two thousand and seven to two thousand and fourteen he was the figurehead of the scottish independence campaign he led the yes campaign and he's also the host of his very own program here on r.t.e. and it is we've heard now the news that he has been arrested and charged by police in scotland the police in scotland have confirmed this what we don't know is what charges he could be facing we've got to be careful about what we report in order not to influence the legal proceedings in any way but in terms of what

happened it appears that alex salmond went to talk to police and to provide a statement himself and it was while he was providing that statement that he was arrested this all comes off the back of a civil lawsuit which alec salmon one recently against his own former scottish government after it mishandled claims and complaints of sexual misconduct against him relating to his time as first minister these allegations first came to light last year but they relate back to when he was working as first minister in two thousand and thirteen and it's got to be said that throughout all these the scottish government's investigation throughout all the legal processes. alex salmond has always strenuously denied any allegations against him and any allegations and accusations of any criminality whatsoever for the boy because that

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we've heard from one of you case most read outlets 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 me raney's classification resolved as soon as possible with these guys most or all the criteria fine grain like you're good to go oh buzz feed's they're in the green zone too because perhaps it never spins 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 in the count ability 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. there will political commentator a writer for the new york observer andre walketh is that the microsoft too could be

exploited well i think we all have a bottle to prevent fake news i mean you look through the newspapers talking about brags it's in the past couple of weeks and it's actually crazy some of the things i've come out with so i think we all have a duty to try and prevent that fake news from getting out there but look you know there is also an issue with it being used against minority outlets i think it's important for every customer to read the terms and conditions of any of these if the systems to understand where they're happy with them what may be what may be acceptable from one person's point of view is all that subtle from another and i think there's an issue that we need to address. whether terms fake news and propaganda have become more prevalent in discussions about journalism and one program on french t.v. is teaching children at the moment how to support photos is staged and which news outlets are telling the truth a recent episode was about russia's vladimir putin and this very channel showed it

to be takes a look well this is billed as being in educational game a 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 escape news now its most recent program scented 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. eating is and what he's like this is what he said soon the.

words in the report and both grew close enough presume. to do that with their laws who voted in both of them on the floor. of the primroses 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 me of 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 programme 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 matt 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 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 in this instance it's real man approach and if you look at different. sort this little game of course it's fun for the kids and they don't realize that they are being manipulated it is very strange to see that the press which is a good look at what issues in most instances in the west or there is go that far i mean this will not remain unpunished i think there will be a big debate in the ethics committee of the journalist association draws i'm sure well we took to the streets of paris to see what people had to say about the children's program semitone league syringe and i'm astonished that they teach our country that other countries are 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 but 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 is 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 a politicize ation of children we should not influence children we should give them basic education but not to influence them about other countries they don't know so that's your news wrap for this hour here in our say always good to have a company we're back again in about half an. but there's someone else moving inside of me or controlling my body.

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hello and welcome to worlds apart eight years since the two thousand and eleven uprising in egypt and the country's standing is still in the eye of the beholder to some outside the country it's a hardline dictatorship with thousands of political prisoners to those inside it's a work in progress that telling against terrorism and economic hardship is there any middle ground between these two narratives well to discuss that i'm now joined by mohammed sultan a participant in the january twenty fifth revolution and human rights advocate mohammed's it's great to talk to you thank you for coming on the show thank you for having me now you have every reason to hate the current egyptian authorities as they threw him into jail where you were tortured to and from what ended.