but. you know. where to formalise she teaches the national executive as president of venezuela i want to do you believe the president is elected by what she said. as well in caleb's president mature oh accuses the u.s. of an attentive true cost of recognizes the country's sounds de clad interim leader and. three. others with like a should be anything but all options are on the. right police fired tear gas and

water cannon an angry crowd so close flawless as the yellow vest amazement holds an eleventh weekend rallies. and it has fast interview since being released we have from an american iranian journalist who spent ten days in custody in the u.s. without charge. most of the time i was in solitary ok i was locked up i couldn't come out everyone's thinking at all my god this is when like a mass murderer what is going on. as ari will welcome you wanting the weekly heroine and to the international bringing you all the latest and a roundup of the stories that shapes the week. the first political crisis in venezuela has exasperated turmoil in the country and divided the world this week president majeure accuses the us of an attempted coup after the u.s. recognized the country's own. position lida as interim president. himself and as

the troubled nation's leader and with massive protests. before really benefit i swear to formally soon the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela i think that it's probably recognize the national symbol president one quite 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 if your government 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 humbles at three in the morning and i will if i have to go naked i'll go naked on foot by car by motorcycle and it must be very clear to

the world and to this regime and nobody will take part in this fake dialogue. quite as announcement three thousands to the streets of venezuela and both pro and anti-government protests lawless this week has left twenty people dead at least five hundred were arrested during the rallies caracas based journalist nora song off of course. it has been received incorrect as with both joy and rejection from both parties and both sides of supporters we are standing right now in a citizen assembly as supporting one white dove and of course some of the national assembly congress men but of course we want to hear the voices of the people who support and the people who reject the is calling for elections and this war in enough 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 time 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 national 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. washington has also urged the u.n. to recognize the south proclaimed interim president as the leader of the south american country but the u.n. security council fell to rizzoli issue this session in new york so some fierce exchanges appeared to urge all nations to support the democratic aspirations of the

venezuelan people yet because one of you can tell me which article and which provision of the united nations charter you can find a legal basis for the cell phone program nation and was it just this meeting which we've been forced to attend is yet another element of us regime change strategy either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with material and his mayhem the united states is not being dead. 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 the doura 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 speaking at the u.n. council there is trumps controversial chief of u.s. policy on venezuela elliott abrams served in foreign policy under reagan and bush he was twice convicted of deceiving congress over the arming of nicaraguan rebels and his links to a coup attempt in venezuela in two thousand and two against then leader hugo chavez venezuela's president nicolas maduro accuses the us of meddling in his country's internal of fats and it's not the first time no place washington has faced such accusations. looks at where 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 are 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 is 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 if. by now you should have

caused enough trouble problems on top of everything out stuff 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. oh. oh. oh oh oh oh oh oh you're going. in the and the chaos the confusion comes a special moment when lul breaks down when loyalty. 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. columbia recognizes is the president of venezuela and we assist on 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. will support this realization in a democracy alongside other countries in the immigrant we recognize and express our full support for the president theophanous lamma seemed by the president at the national assembly one it is clear that nicolas maduro is not the legitimate leader

of venezuela so the united kingdom believes that. is the right person to take venezuela forward 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 let them know that if you don't get what you want you'll beat the lights out of them and take what you want. without considering anything but all options are on the day but is that your theory which is all options are always all options and there you go sparking uprisings one o one now this may all take some practice tweak here or there but it works tried and tested time and time again but the consequences are a whole other story. for me us congressman ron paul says there's a certain irony in 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 violence because because they're not democratic enough i would hardly say that our position is very democratic you know what's happened in syria what has happened earlier on with iraq and afghanistan and 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 obey us and 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. yes movement has brought calles to cities all across france for any lessons weekend in a row protest as defiance calls from president mcclung to negotiate and were met by lion police with crowd control measures. protesters actually set just in the distance a sight a show that sacked covered in scaffolding a nice one of the reasons they're trying to push through you can see that they've been moving these by. hurricanes here these here be moving these away because there's also work and going at the moment here at the bass the trying to move it to

create what seemed to be barricades again and then setting those all on fire as you can see there are separate yet just coming from all angles over the crowds here water cannons have now been brought in to try and deal with this 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 we've just seen some people injured including one of our colleagues in roughly looks like he's received an injury as a result of what i assume of the projectiles being thrown from the protesters from the crowds the police as you can see they are getting their flashbulbs out now this is to launch to tear gas we have been termed police officers who are using these flash holes will all be wearing party comes the material can be reviewed off to it

yes it was cold we were expecting it to be a comb protest on the eleventh weekend but yet again we're seeing move islands from the side the protest is on the police then responding. the protests in paris last until late in the evening with fierce clashes continuing to escalate between the protesters and police several people were injured in saturday's clashes one protester identified as a popular figure within the yellow vest movement suffered an eye injury he was streaming video of the protests at the time and captured the moment he was hit. with. this it was this was a 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 emanuel necron. but you know what 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 campaign 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 are nothing has changed we still have our demands so we are here again we don't intend to stop . allowing massive uproar in the media and from international n.g.o.s and american iranian t.v. presenter has been released from custody in the united states after being detained without charge.

you know she seemed so ok bad. bad certain data instructions on the status of instructions not being accounted. for had spent. in an exclusive interview monday has sammy shared the story of her detention with afshin rattansi host of arties going underground. private plane. to d.c. and then met with a whole lot of that taken to the f.b.i. i think take the f.b.i. headquarters. i was. my my picture was taken

mug shots they took my d.n.a. there when is ready the right no one has still yet read you the rights no one ever read me my rights and she my rights were not read i was treated like a cry 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 mike a mass murderer or what is going on or or what is going on. international organizations for press freedom expressed their concerns about a sham nice case and claimed they arrested violate democratic norms during her ten days in detention people gathered to protest in the u.s. and iran has laws there has sent me again. not about me is about the ability. for the u.s. basically to detain. anyone. i would say illegally dealt they are

going to say that it's legal so it's much bigger than me we want to demand as to these actions in this country as saying that i'm a true witness it is mind boggling that you can be arrested it did change shall cause not charge with the crime and. wow i definitely saw firsthand plenty more still to come this hour including italy lashing out at europe's powerhouse as possible and make moves to strengthen ties and a march in russia to remember one of the deadliest stages in history the stories coming up after the break.

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welcome back now is that there are at least two sides to every story and that's certainly true of a viral video showing a confrontation between a students wearing a make america great again cap and a native american veteran it is disturbing students mocking native american male and some of them have arrested and jeering at a native american disturbing viral video has sparked outrage toward covington catholic high school just stirring viral video shows a model of team city make america great again something around seeing a native american out there in washington a troubling incident at the foot of the lincoln memorial i heard him say. here's this it appears. as if we have just been struck. but instead of going into

details and astonishing the real crux of the massive number of media outlets and celebrities have taken a more blinkered approach to trying to report. this is a hat where it says make america great again they now call it the maggot this is a kook looks klan hoot they used to terrorize fried african americans and those different shapes eras 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 so much and the story was twisted as we learned from videos that emerged later. the market made it. look at what. we think. we've got thank you. as you can see the teen dubbed as the shameless bully was just standing still and smiling at the man with the drum who had come up to him but that's not important because the student was wearing a mag hat people judge me based off one expression and they've gone from there to titling me and labeling me as a racist person 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 marker 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 and trouble. with. trying to get your handkerchief through your hat my hand i don't. like you people like you so who knows how far that kind of bullying may get soon some of 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. a massive military parade is being held in russia's northern campus ilson petersburg it was held to commemorate the seventy fifth anniversary of the lifting of the siege of leningrad as the city was formally known during the second world war over two thousand military personnel marched past the winter palace where the iconic hermitage museum is located at the city's central square the siege of leningrad by nazi forces lasted eight hundred seventy two days and was one of the deadliest in history it's estimated more than a million people died mostly from starvation and cold. italy's interior minister matel leni has been feeling tension between rome and paris on tuesday he slammed emmanuel mccrone unlabeled the french leader

a terrible president. i hope the french can free themselves from a terrible president and the opportunity will come on may twenty sixth when finally the french people will be able to take back control of their future destiny and pride which are poorly represented by a character like macro. we must address the causes of this crisis because people are leaving africa in part because some european countries led by front have never stopped being colonizers. been any french i hope for the good of the french who are a great people that they come out of that moment of crisis like rome was deliberately invented product to stand in a way of any change on the horizon that seems obvious to me now. and the tension

between paris and rome germany and france are seeking to strengthen ties the two european heavyweights have signed a new friendship treaty on she's day which will set the stage for closer bilateral relations on multiple levels however not everyone is sold on the idea that despite all of the reports it does sound a bit to say. 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 when one 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 both fiscal integration and what's being called the franco germany konami zone. on the military front both

nations want their armed forces to be as into twined as their economies with germany and france combining to reinforce nato and defense also what's being called the fostering of a common culture in the ranks and a franco german security council so the brass and the politicians pulling in the same direction there's also foreign policy goals which may prove a little less straightforward including a permanent seat for germany on the un security council but not everyone is happy about these e.u. powerhouses getting even more chummy and cementing their position within the bloc. europe is used to the franco german axis but we're seeking a new balance a new energy and in this sense poland and italy will be the protagonists of this new european spring there's also domestic upset over the deal alternative for

germany say it erodes german sovereignty while the same sentiments have been echoed by the usual suspects in france aussie also triggered by sending the sacked on the quiet him on the way to market on commutes treason with briggs's on the rise of euro skepticism it makes sense that berlin and paris would look to team up. not brings us back to the question of foreign policy how will the interventionist french sit with the germans we now need 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. well there is all the headlines for this hour we'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest join his fantasies. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to go right to be cross with a white woman for three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters of our. first super. bowl make its manufacture consent to step into the public well. when the ruling

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