the something of an albatross. people obviously come in they just throw them into the water as disposal it may not be harmful for that little fish that eats one fragment a process but once it makes its way up to us in the food chain it's getting to levels that are harmful. we're already getting the national executive vice president of venezuela i want him to do you know that his way to the president is elected by washington but as well in chaos president maduro accuses the u.s. senate tempted true donald trump recognized the country's south atlantic interweaving leda. if you do very little bit with what i pay should i get anything but all options are on the. right place fine take gas and water callen on angry

crowds across france as the yellow best movement holds an eleventh weekend of rallies. and have sussed interview since being released we hear from an american iranian journalists who spend ten days in u.s. custody without charge. i was treated like that in the middle of prison most of the time i was in solitary everyone's thinking at home i got this is when like a mass murder what is going on. a very warm welcome you watching the weekly here on r.t. international the old the latest down to round up the stories that shape the week great to have you with us now our top story political crisis in venezuela has exasperated turmoil in the country and divided the woes this week that's off to the us recognize the. entries opposition leader as interim president when kwaito swore

himself in as the troubled nation fleet amid massive protests i think me for bringing that up i swear to formally soon the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela with united states probably recognize national symbol president one well you know as the interim president of venezuela i want him today in venezuela the president is elected by washington and of course they take anyone from the streets who wants to be a president and we're talking to our colleagues in europe and elsewhere to. to demonstrate widespread political support for the good of the interim president see it will be able to spend the spanish government gives nicolas maduro eight days to call free transparent and democratic elections if this does not happen spain will recognize one go on as president of venezuela to organize their elections and it will open your compliment you know i am committed to international dialogue today

tomorrow and always i'm committed and personally ready if i have to go and meet this guy climb to the top of mount pico humboldt's at three in the morning and i will if i have to go naked i'll go naked on foot by car by motorcycle it must be very clear to the world and to this regime that nobody will take part in this fake dialogue. was announcements true thousands to the streets of venezuela in both pro and anti government protests follows this week has left twenty people dead at least five hundred were arrested during the rallies caracas based journalist nor is our cultural force. well the news has been received in iraq as with both joy and rich and rejection from both parties and both sides of supporters we are standing right now in a citizen assembly supporting one white dove and of course some of the national assembly congressmen we want to hear the voices of the people who support and the

people who reject the is calling for elections and of course this war in one way. we're in a situation never before experienced in venezuela so people are coming out because this is us denise rhodes it's not the political parties it's not the national assembly it's the venezuelans who are coming out and fighting for what we want. the opposition will not return because we support our president for all the right reasons for our mission for our homes for our children they will not come back all the partisan this and that's coloring buys that matter here the key think is to save venice and that is what we are doing we're restarting the fight. this is a government of social justice our country has many major oil resources natural wealth and there are many interests that want to get their hands on it given these obstacles the governments of chavez unama dura have made significant progress we

can see the opinions are very divided between supporting one why don't more supporting the last mature at the station has called for and you said just wrote this for next week on wednesday when as well i cut diplomatic ties with the united states often recognize the self-proclaimed interim president as the leader of the south american country washington has also watched the un to recognize. that the un security council fails to resolve the issue especially in new york so some fifty exchanges. beared urge all nations to support the democratic aspirations of the venezuelan people one of you can tell me in which article and which provision of the united nations charter you can find a legal basis for the self proclaimed nation this meeting which we've been forced to attend is yet another element of us regime change strategy if you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with material and has made them the united states is not behind the could it it is in advance it's in the

vanguard of the could it it is dictating the orders how indeed can any self respecting government possibly justifies supporting the poisonous regime of the nation destroying mr madeira if anything does represent a threat to peace it is the shameless and aggressive actions of the united states and their allies this discussion in the council is about the right of the venezuelan people to direct their own internal affairs and choose the future of their own country democratically trunk terms controversial chief of the us policy on venezuela was there for the session elliott abrams served in foreign policy under reagan and bush he was twice convicted of deceiving congress over the nicaraguan rebel rebels and his links to a coup attempt in venezuela in two thousand and two games then later he goes chavez

. venezuela's president president nicolas maduro accuses the us of meddling in his country's internal affairs and it's not the first time or place washington has faced such accusations were aghast he ever looks at whether the events in the south american country are following a tried and tested formula. starting an uprising a revolution is simple enough first comes the pressure sanctions built up gradually first it was a few officials and then they sanctioned the president and state companies and the government itself through deed and word they helped show when they into a crisis we are evaluating all of our policy options as to what can we do to create a change of conditions were either liberal decides he doesn't have a future or we can return. the government processes back to their constitution we are not going to tolerate the dictatorship he's trying to create if venezuelan

people deserve better than what the regime of nicolas maduro offers them now that the country and people are in economic misery and you vilified its leaders because hero like thirty five year old u.s. educated head of the national assembly which as it turns out the united states has been quietly assisting financially and helping for a while who would have thought with. by now you should have caused enough trouble problems on top of everything out starforce even the app a little into the streets the more noise the better and you mustn't let things calm down keep shouting keep agitating and i was. like. oh. oh.

oh you're going. in the air and the chaos the confusion comes a special moment when lul breaks down when loyal. crumble when brother turns on brother in the street partly thanks to you that moment do something crazy like denounce the government proclaim a new and elected president obama. i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision by one god or the president of your national assembly to assert that body's constitutional powers declare madeira your syrup or and call for the establishment of a transitional government now is the time for more direct action to get all your

friends on board alone bia colombia recognizes juan garrido as the president of venezuela and we're system transition to democracy to liberate the venezuelan people from the dictator but i think brazil has just issued a note recognizing one why do as venezuela's president he will support this realization in a democracy alongside other countries in the immigrant we recognize and express our full support for the presidency of venezuela assumed by the president of the national assembly one guy though it is clear that nicolas maduro is not the legitimate leader of venezuela so the united kingdom believes that plan is the right person to take venezuela forward there's heavy pressure from the u.s. certainly all of the allies i mean countries like under us that are allied with the united states are going to be expected to parrot this line if you go back to one nine hundred seventy three in the attempt to overthrow salvador allende it was exactly the same playbook we're watching

a replay these are the kinds of tactics that the american government has used to overthrow regimes that it considers hostile to u.s. business interests certainly smaller countries will feel the pressure especially within latin america from the united states to play the game you see if your country just so happens to be in the americas you're in washington's hemisphere which it seems justifies meddling interfering and changing governments at will but just to be sure bully them at the know that if you don't get what you want. you'll beat the lights out of them and take what you want to dream. for without considering anything but all oceans around the day is that your theory which is all options always all options and. sparking uprisings one o one now this me will take some practice tweak here or there but the books tried

and tested time and time again but the consequence is a whole other story for me u.s. congressman ron paul says there's a certain irony and washington's claim to be fighting for democracy in venezuela i think it's going to end up in violence and we could have a civil war and i would think even the people that might not like manure or shouldn't like settling the dispute is internal issue they should settle it and i think it is rather ironic for our government to say that they want to take care of venezuela because they're not democratic and we have to take care of it by you know authoritarian approach of us installing a president having a coup and threaten them with military violent because because they're not democratic enough i would hardly say that our position is very democratic you know and what's happened in syria what has happened earlier on with iraq and afghanistan in libya i mean every time we go in and say well you need help you need to be

american eyes you need to know our good values and and we want you to learn what democracy is all about and we'll give you a little money too if you have a i'm sure there's some harm done by monsieur oh and others but where is it our job where do we get the moral authority to be the decider. he has best amazement has brought chaos to cities all across france for an eleventh weekend in a row protest as defiance calls from presidents mccrone to negotiate a limit on riot police with sounds control meshes. the protesters actually set fire just in the distance a sorry a short that sarah covered in scaffolding and that is one of the reasons they're

trying to push through you can see that they've been moving these barricades here these here removing these awakes this also work and going at the moment here at the grass the trying to move it to create what seemed to be barricades again and then setting those all on fire as you can see very separate just coming down from all angles over the crowds here that would come and sit now been moved to try and deal with the situation you can see more security forces there just behind us that the firm smashed. the bus that's all going down really is coming into quite chaos it just come to me because that wolter canon is that coming round we've just seen some people injured including one of our colleagues in roughly looks like he's received an injury his result is why is she moved to a projectiles being thrown up from the protesters from the crowds of the police as you can see they are getting their flash pulls out now this is to launch to tear

gas and we have been termed that police officer to reusing these flash holes will all be wearing a party comes to the material can be reviewed off to its suggest it was called we were expecting it to be a compromise just on the eleventh to make end but yet again we're seeing move islands from the start the protesters and the police then responding she thought it . a protest same paris lasted until late in the evening with fierce clashes continuing to escalate between the protesters and police several people were injured in sunday's clashes one protester identified as a popular figure within the yellow vests movement suffered an eye injury he was streaming video of the protests at the time when captured the moment he was hit.

oh. there's no. the french president has launched a so-called national debate to find a way out of the crisis but protesters on the streets of paris say they no longer trust in the new look for. them but we're here to keep mobilizing against the government to maintain the pressure so they don't think that the movement is dead i don't believe in the national debate i think is part of the european elections come pain is just smoke we need to participate to show that we're willing to engage in dialogue we're here to show mr mccraw that we understand his game and we know he is a liar he can play any tricks he wants but we will still be here as we know nothing has changed we still have our demands so we are here again we don't intend to stop . it said there are at least two sides to every story and certainly true when it comes to a viral video of a standoff between a student wearing

a make america great again cap and a native american veteran it takes up the story this is a hat where it says make america great again they now call it the maggot had this is a cook looks square and hoot they used to terrorize fried african americans and those different shapes euros purposes however this make america great again hat is just as maddening and frustrating and triggering for me to look at as a k.k.k. hood. many people have called donald trump a filthy racist in the past what's up with this new wave of hat hate now even though something that's now compared to the k.k.k. fashion has been worn by african-americans or the l.g.b. t.q. community well just remember that white teenagers versus native american vets situation the viral video sweeping the internet of a mob of maggie wearing high school students surrounding

a native american chanting and drumming in the nation's capital it is disturbing students mocking a native american man some of them harassing and jeering at a native american elder so much and the story was twisted as we learned from videos that emerged later. that. we think. we've got that. right. as you can see the teen dubbed as a shameless bully was just standing still and smiling at the man with the drum who come up to him but that's not important because the student was wearing a magpie hat. judge me based off one expression and they've gone from there to toying with me and labeling me as

a racist person do you think if you weren't wearing that hat. this might not have happened or it might have been different that's possible oh the had does mean so much and again don't forget that from now on in the minds of so many people people whose voices matter the red mark a hat is the new white hood without white boys being able to empathize with other people humanity will continue to destroy itself and so it's probably only natural that americans wearing magers have gotten themselves in trouble. with those. sports. help your cause your. just been asked to leave the store can't get your hands if you through your house my hand i don't. like.

people like you so who knows how far that kind of bullying may get soon some in the media have tried very hard to make you associate mr crump with the k.k.k. now with this hat situation it must have become a much easier job. following massive uproar in the media and some international n.g.o.s and american and iranian t.v. presenter has been released from custody in the united states after being detained without charge.

you know she seemed so ok. she was not happy. with half a certain about her instructional it was a struggle instructions for not being a fan of. her headscarf had been removed against her will. was there has i'm a sad story off attention with afshin rattansi a host of aunties going underground in an exclusive interview. had been filming a documentary in st louis that sheen and i was there we my son and i were leaving or attempting to leave st louis to go back to denver i was at the gate waiting for my flight hours and my name was called to go up to the desk which i went up to and she said to her well you've been i'm selected for early already i was flown private plane. to d.c.

and then met with a whole lot of that be i take it into the f.b.i. i think take the f.b.i. headquarters. i was. my my picture was taken mug shan state took my d.n.a. with no one as a regular right no one is still here read you the rights no one ever read me my rights actually my rights were not read i was treated like a price in the middle of prisoners when most of the time i was in solitary k. i was locked up i couldn't come out everyone's thinking at oh my god is this what i'm like a mass murderer or what is going on. international organizations for press freedom expressed their concerns about his semi's case and claimed the arrest violates democratic norms since her arrest people are being gathering to protest in the u.s. and iran demanding the journalist be freed his mother has i mean again speaking

about the bigger issue behind her detention. it's not about me is about the ability. of. the u.s. basically to. anyone. i would say illegal a joke they are going to say that it's legal so it's much bigger than me we want to demand. to these actions in this country your mother just just to be clear under u.s. law anyone can be arrested who is material in a criminal proceeding and of course the usa not a signatory to the international court leg there is exactly as so saying that i'm a true witness it is mind boggling that you can be arrested that did change shall cause not charged with the crime and. wow i definitely saw it first hand. it is interior minister salvini has been feeling

tension between rome and paris on tuesday he sounded manual mccraw and labeled the french leader a terrible president. when the i hope the french can free themselves from a terrible president and the opportunity will come or may the 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 a character like macro. but they thought waste we must address the causes of this crisis because people are leaving africa in part because some european countries led by friends have never stopped being colonizers . they don't have been any french easy i hope for the good of the french who are a great people that they come out of that moment of crisis macro it was

deliberately invented product to stand in a way of any change on the horizon that seems obvious to me now. amid the tension between paris and rome germany and france are seeking to strengthen ties it's a european heavyweights have signed a new friendship treaty on tuesday which will set the stage for close the bilateral relations on multiple levels however not everyone is sold on the i dare to speak to all of the reports it does sound a bit vague germany and france will put pen to paper on a commitment to close the times this tuesday for the globe and us we believe that the world has changed dramatically and now more than ever want to build on what germany and france have already created together 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 for more 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. defense also what's being called the fostering of a common culture in the ranks and the 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. many say it erodes german sovereignty while the same sentiments have been echoed by the usual suspects in france you know so could my sending the sax on the quiet on the way to market on commit treason with the release of euro skepticism it makes sense that berlin and paris would look to team up but not brings us back to the question of foreign policy how will the interventionist french sit with the germans we now know for that coalition. expects

a lovely display for the cameras in the border city of aachen on tuesday but we've seen before without any fundamentally changing global military outlook it's hard to see how they deal change much or anything at all. that's a lot less nickel and luckovich believes european countries are turning away from it when it comes to solving major issues i think what we're seeing now is that there are really two opposite views of the european union on one side you've got france and germany who are and that i think closing their eyes on what really is going on within the european union and pretending that nothing bad is going on and on the other side we've got to tell you ins which are at the forefront of the other countries of other countries at least of the european union saying well there's a big divide and they don't understand what's going on they don't understand what the french and germans are doing they don't understand why a lot of the main problems which are facing europeans today massive immigration

unemployment problems concerning the schooling universities are not being dealt with so i don't think the european union is going to be able to solve this and unfortunately this is a this is a big blow for the european dream but it shows that if we want to solve these major problems that i think a lot of the countries will want to solve themselves outside of the european union thanks for joining us on this sunday morning we're back with all the latest in about the icy minutes with you that. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or something i want to be president i. have to try to cross the saliva for three of them or i can't be good that i'm

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