you know it's one movie. i swear it's a full movie suit g.t.c. the national executive vice president of venezuela i want to do you invent the president is elected by washington venezuela in caylus president mudd euro accuses the us sylvan attempted true trump recognizes that country's self declared interim leader. without pay should bring anything but all options for all to riot police fired tear gas and water cannon on and we crawled across from

that yellow movement old straight weekend of rallies. in her first interview since being released to we hear from an american a rainy and journalist after being told those on material witness ended up spending ten days in custody in the us without charge. most of the time i was in solitary. what is the link. with the top stories from the past seven days on right up to the moment of elements as well faces the weekly when are to international hello and welcome our top story . political crisis in venice way that has exacerbated turmoil in the country and divided the world this week president led to a row accuses the u.s.

of an attempted coup after washington recognized the country's opposition leader as interim president one kwaito swore himself in as the troubled nation's leader and made must serve protests. to leave room in the book i swear to formally soon the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela i know it's probably recognize national symbol president one for 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 street 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 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 and it must be very clear to the world and to this regime that nobody will take part in this fake dialogue. well spent through thousands to the streets of venice well in both pro and anti government protests violence over the course of the week has left twenty people dead at least five hundred as well arrested during the rallies caracas based journalist norris our got filed this report for us. it's been received incorrect as with both joy and rejection from both parties and both sides of supporters we are standing right now in our studios in assembly supporting one white doe 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 one way we're in

a situation never before experienced in venezuela so people are coming out because this is us denise rounds 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 legitimate president is madieu rove who was elected by the people the other one is using the ping power the names himself president like federal corona did in the past and that's not allowed. to tell you but now during the silly this situation we're live in an escape the arctic and every day is getting worse huge hyperinflation let one point don't come and see if we can resolve the situation and he is the one who needs to stay in this country. 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 and nama do have made significant progress

additional notes on this the venezuelan president has us the european union to drop its eight day off to meet him for fresh actions the e.u. has responded saying it will back we doe on last election is called well the u.s. has also urged the united nations to recognize the self-proclaimed interim president but the u.n. security council failed to solve the issue. here to urge all nations to support the democratic aspirations of the venezuelan people get to be one of you can tell me in which article and which provision of the united nations charter you can find the legal basis for this 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 his male united states is that because the. it is in advance it's in there. that could it it is dictating the order how indeed can any self respecting

government possibly justifies supporting the poisonous regime of the nation destroying missed in the dura if anything goes represents 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 un consul there donald trump's controversial chief of u.s. policy in venezuela elliott abrams served in foreign policy departments under presidents reagan and bush he was twice convicted of the saving congress over the arming of nicaraguan rebels and he's linked to a coup attempt in venezuela back in two thousand and two against then leader chavez . venezuela's president nicolas maduro is accusing the u.s. of meddling in his country's internal affairs and it's not the first time

washington has faced such accusations rocco's the of takes a look now at whether events in the south american country are following a tried and tested for. starting an uprising 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 then 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 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 pick a hero like thirty five year old u.s. educated head of the national assembly which as it turns out to the united states has been quietly assisting financially and helping for a while who would have thought with. you 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. you're going.

in the air and the chaos the confusion comes a special moment when lul breaks down when oil. he's 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 i'm elected president. 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 are your serp are and call for the establishment of a transitional government now is the time for more direct action to get all your friends on board. 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 and the lima group we recognize and express our full support for the president of venezuela 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 that

you're hearing which is all options 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. well former u.s. congressman ron paul told us 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 as 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 and 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 i'm sure there's some harm done to her oh and others but where is it our job where do we get the moral authority to be the decider. to europe where the yellow vest movement has brought to cities across france for an eleventh weekend in a row protesters defied calls from president to negotiate and were met by riot police using crowd control measures.

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 away does this also work and going at the moment here at the basti trying to move it to create what seemed to be barricades again and then setting those all on fire as you can see there you separate just coming down 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 his result is why assume the a projectiles being thrown up from the protesters from the crowds have places you can see they are getting their flash pulls out now this is to launch to tear gas and we have been turned back to release over security using these flash cards but all be raring party can see the material can be up to it's yes it was cold we were expecting it to be a calm protest on the eleventh weekend but yet again we're seeing move islands from the side the protest is and the police then responding she that it shot to do in scale the protests in paris lasted until late evening with fierce clashes continuing to escalate between the protesters and police several people were injured in saturday's clash as well new protester identified as a leading figure within the yellow face movement suffered a severe eye injury he was streaming video of the protests at the time and captured

the moment he was hit. obviously there is no. commemorations are being held this sunday in russia's northern capital of petersburg there taking place to mark the seventy fifth anniversary of lifting the siege of the city during the second world war earlier president putin laid flowers at the memorial of the fallen soldier before that's a massive parade was held in the city over two thousand military personal march past the winter palace where the iconic hermitage museum is located on the city's central square the siege of leningrad by nazi forces lasted eight hundred seventy two days it was one of the deadliest in history it's estimated that more than

a million people died mostly from starvation. following months of up or in the media and from international n.g.o.s and american rini and t.v. presenter has been released from custody in the united states after being detained without charge. you know she seems ok. she was not happy well so the fact that certain data instructions were there's a statute of instructions not being accountable and also perhaps passed had been against her will.

in an exclusive interview have more say hi share me shared the story of her tension with afshin rattansi host of parties going underground. 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 monk chance they took my d.n.a. there when is already the right no one has still yet read you the rights no one ever read me my rights 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. well during her ten

days in detention people gathered to protest in the u.s. and around the freed journalist again. it's not about me is about the ability. of. the u.s. basically to did he in any one. i would say illegally dealt they are going to say that it's legal so it's much bigger to me we want to demand as to these actions in this country as so saying that a material witness is mind boggling that you can be arrested it did change shackles not charged with the crime and. wow i definitely side firsthand that full interview can be found on going underground on you tube right

now we're back in moments including stories of italy lashing out at europe's powerhouses are a sunburn men who are making moves to strengthen ties that story and more ahead. country's gone into a nihilistic fever best trying to think they got it hit the road and get out to traveling across america to find what makes america take the charlatans the genius to this place especially american hero this is it we found the point around which alan is gone so we always are on the margins something. called the culture saying. oh. we're starting last with is going to headed east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the bees and i think i want to leave now

doesn't get him oregon town and this may be completely different but and this just . happened to be a nigerian effort to understand what happened here the p.m.c. to pay me here for small contractors to win the war the p.m.c. that came here was a contract to train a unit and to create there from scratch and then to go into combat and the g.p. limited object. welcome back and now it is said there are at least two sides to every story and that certainly true of a viral video showing a confrontation stateside between a student wearing a make america great so getting help i'm a native american veteran. it is disturbing students mocking native american dad some of them have arresting and jeering at

a native american disturbing viral video has sparked outrage to work covington catholic high school just stirring viral video shows the moment seems to make america great again around the city in need of an american out there in washington a troubling incident at the foot of the lincoln memorial i heard him say you know down. here i sit here because we have to stay strong. but instead of going into details on the style dishing the real crux of the matter a number of media outlets and celebrities up to him or blinkered approach to trying to reports. this is a hat where it says make america great again they now call it the maggot had 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 mag out wearing high school students surrounding a native american chanting in 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 like. that's 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 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 do you think if they 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 magazine have gotten themselves in trouble.

with the first. point and again you're hot if you do your 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 trump with the k.k.k. now with this hat situation it must have become a much easier job. twenty seven people are dead scores more injured after two bombs exploded out of a catholic cathedral on joel island in the philippines the first bomb went off inside the cathedral the other the entrance to the compound authorities say the casualties include both troops and civilians so far no group has claimed

responsibility for the attack muslim militants are active in the area and the cathedral has been targeted before. its lease interior minister matteo salvini turns been fueling tension between roman part us on tuesday he slammed emmanuel mccrone unlabeled the french leader a terrible president. in the i hope the french can free themselves from a terrible president and the opportunity will come on 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 character like mackerel. 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

. little bit have been any french easy i hope for the good of the french who are a great people but 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. well amid the tension between rome germany and france are seeking to strengthen ties the two european heavyweights have signed a new friendship treaty on tuesday which will set the stage for a closer bilateral relations on multiple levels however not everyone is sold on the idea peter all of a reporter does appear they are. 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 i 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 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 since also it's being called the fostering of a common culture in the ranks and they 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 are seen also could my sending the sax on the quiet in the way to market on committed treason with briggs's on the rise of euro skepticism it makes sense that berlin and paris would look at it tomorrow. not brings us back to the question of foreign policy how will the interventionist french sit with the germans we now know for the 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 this deal changed much or anything at all. a focus now on the conflict in ukraine more than five years on from the initial turmoil and violence in kiev so you off about for more than use that chip that we are. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be

an arms race in a. very dramatic development only closely. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten times happy each. eighty five percent of global wealth few months of the rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second. and that point rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember is one one does not show you know.