feet feel. or. feel. lonely. as president of venezuela. venezuela the president is elected. president maduro accuses the u.s. of plotting a coup in venezuela as washington throws its weight behind the country's and self-proclaimed a leader. eighty degree. murder without a shooting anything but all options are on the. french riot police fired tear gas

on angry crowds as the yellow best movement holds an eleventh weekend of rallies. and a valuable painting is stolen from one of moscow's busiest museums. galleries during working hours. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our two international to have you with us as we recap of the week's top stories now venezuela's political crisis deep into this week on wednesday president maduro accused the u.s. of attempting to orchestrate a coup after washington decided to recognize venezuela's opposition leader as the interim president had sworn himself in as leader earlier that day as the country was engulfed by anti-government unrest. i mean if it really did i swear to formalise teaches international secrets as president of venezuela

i know it's 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 in what is of course they take anywhere from st joseph 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 you want to compliment you know i am committed to international dialogue today tomorrow and always i'm committed and personally ready to go 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. delivered his speech in front of tens of thousands of supporters in

caracas and there were also demonstrators for a majority twenty people are reported to have been killed in the turmoil and a further five hundred were arrested journalist notice out of got reports now from the venezuelan capital. it has been received in iraq as with both a joy and rejection from both parties and both sides of supporters we are standing right now in a citizen assembly supporting one white doe and of course some of the national assembly congressmen 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 to situation never before experienced and these were so people are coming home because this is us the nice romance it's not the political parties it's not the national assembly it's to the swelling square 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 nation for our homes for our children they will not come back oh the party this and this and that's coloring buys that matter the key thing is to save venice and that is about mary doing i'm going to tell you the fight. this is a government of social justice and our country has many vigil resources financial wealth and there are many interests that it want to get their hands on given these obstacles governments of china has. made significant progress so the question of who is in charge in venezuela has divided world powers the us canada and most south american states have recognized. as of venezuela's interim president a number of other countries including russia china and turkey are standing by president nicolas maduro criticizing what they view as a coup attempt and with no end in sight to the turmoil in venezuela another group of states has issued an ultimatum to majority four of them to be exact that would

be germany spain france and the u.k. they have warned that if elections are not called within eight days they will officially recognized that venezuela's leader by duro has rejected the demand and his foreign minister has dismissed the deadline as childish on saturday tensions were on full display at an emergency u.n. security council meeting. beared urge all nations to support the democratic aspirations of the venezuelan people yet to be equal to one of you can tell me which article and which provision of the united nations charter you can find the legal basis for the self proclaimed 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 are in league with material and his army of the united states is not. the could it it is in advance it's in in the guard of the could get to it is dictating the orders how indeed can any

self respecting government possibly justifies supporting the poisonous regime of the nation destroying missed in the doura if anything goes to present a threat to peace it is the shameless spend aggressive actions of the united states and their allies this discussion in the council is about the right thing then as well and people read their own internal affairs and choose the future of their own country democratically well speaking at the end there was donald trump's controversial new special envoy for venezuela elliott abrams and served in foreign policy roles under presidents ronald reagan and george w. bush he was twice convicted of deceiving congress over the arming of nicaraguan rebels and he was linked to a coup attempt in venezuela in two thousand and two against the late peter go charges but i've got to have comments now on whether the us is a following a tried and tested formula in venezuela. 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 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 the united states has been quietly assisting financially and helping for

a while who would have thought i'd live 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. you're going. in the air and the chaos the confusion comes a special moment when lul breaks down when loyalties 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 an elected president. i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision by one. the president of your national assembly to assert that body's constitutional powers declare madeira 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 presidency of venezuela seemed by the president of 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 a very short period without considering anything but all options are on the day that your theory 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. former u.s.

congressman ron paul told us of foreign interference in venezuela is likely to make matters worse for the country's people i think it's going to end up in violence and you could have a civil war and i would think even the people that might not like madeira should like i said allowing the dispute is internal issue they should settle it and i think it's 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 buses stalling a president having a coup and threaten them with military violence because because they're not democratic and not i would hardly say that our position is very democratic you know what's happening 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 us 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. you know all that's rallies have brought chaos to french cities for an eleventh weekend fierce clashes that broke out on saturday between protesters and police.

while several people were injured in the clashes including a leading figure in the yellow vest movement jerome rodriguez was hit in the face by a flash grenade and says he may lose the sight in his right eye he was streaming video in paris when the incident. i. think there's no. fuel to shoot i've had my eye post it stopped because. as to whether i'm going to regain my site i would find out some limits in the weeks stream we are angry because these are things i should not be happening today in front of what they doing is totally unacceptable by the president is unhappy about what is happening in venezuela or in other countries and yet he is willing to mistreat his own people so i have to recover and i will work turn to the protests as soon as i can quote him and because the battle will be long

and tough but we have a cold case of progress affronts and for a more humane well. meanwhile a counter protest movement has been launched in paris charlie dubinsky reports now from the first red scarf rally. this protest movement consumes sets of who know whose which translates that the red scarfs they are the empty as you live in the empty yellow vests to some degree what they saying is they are unhappy with the violence that's been seen to marrying this movement of the shoe the jones yellow vests since november seventeenth i just wanted to get a sense of just how many people have turned out for this protest today this protest to say that they food democracy there against the violence there against its rights and they're here to describe themselves to show that they are the silent majority many people have said that they want their voices to be heard and they want a democracy to be respected there are happy with not just the violence occurred in

the yellow vests movement but also the destruction of monuments who fronts us not forget back in december the off the tree on one of the some moves of the republic was trashed it was vandalized by some of the so cool to the heart of that yellow vest movement and some of the people here say they also yellow vests the people that supported the movement at the beginning they want to see some change in france but there are unhappy with how it's progress and so they hit to get their voice actions the streets and to meet people who know that they want the respect of the republic the respect of democracy to return many people wouldn't say that they proved present back when you know through the french government they proved the values over the french republic which are we know in the motu of liberty a galaxy and fraternity so. one of the things that they share a thing is we're also people to see with assistance to you so

a big turnout for this first protest by the red scarfs hey in paris today demanding that they the silent majority also heard that the values of the republic of frogs are. a treasured landscape of painting has been stolen from moscow's most prominent our gallery of this according to a culture of officials the artwork which is worth almost two hundred thousand dollars was taken right in front of the unsuspecting visitors but in a question about was the grand theft happened right behind the store on sunday between six and seven pm the famous painting by a russian artist that he was simply taking off the wall or at least that's how i witnesses described it a man allegedly dressed as a security guard walked in took the painting off the wall and with a blink expression on his face walked away before anyone could realize it's the precious painting was gone to pieces that heap queen i pad tree

a famous peak in crimea the painting is insured for two hundred thousand dollars but if auction the price could be several million dollars building up the gallery on sunday it was packed with people as quite a vast exhibition of his works is on display for the first time here at this gallery and over at decades at the moment the building of the gallery is blocked by police who are questioning average one who works there and also checking c.c.t.v. cameras the police are investigating what appears to be an ambitious heist fit for a movie script. following a 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.

emotion seems ok bad. shamus not happy. with after certain data structures when there's a statue of instructions not being accounted. for have staff had been removed against her will. and in an exclusive interview mars their shared the story of her detention without she returns a host of artie's going underground it was flown 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 is 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 woman like a mass murderer or what is going on. during her ten days in detention people gathered to protest in the u.s. and iran here is the freed journalist once again. it's not about me is about the ability. or the u.s. basically to detain. anyone. i would say illegal a job 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 as so saying that i'm a true witness it is mind boggling that you can be arrested it did change shall cause not charged with the crime and. wow i definitely saw it first hand. it is said that there are at least two sides to every story and that is certainly true of a viral video showing a confrontation between a student wearing a make america great again cap and a native american veteran it is disturbing students mocking native american dad some of them have wrestling and jeering at a native american disturbing viral video has sparked outrage toward covington catholic high school just stirring viral video shows a model team see make america great again around singing native 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 i have to we have to stay strong. right in the full video of that incident you can see provocation and racism coming from both sides but instead of going into the details a number of media outlets and celebrities put their own spin on the story as artie's in the patrol comment. this is a hat where it says make america great again they now call it the maggot hat 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 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 in drumming so much and the story was twisted as we learned from videos that emerged later. not. made to. 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 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. when the first. point. to get your hand if you through your house my hand i don't.

like. like you 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. gregg nationalists have clashed with police in thessaloniki at a march against a deal with macedonia to end a long running naming dispute protesters blocked roads and several people were arrested. it. was i was crowds gathered in the city on sunday night voicing their anger over a visit by the greek president this comes two days after athens ratified a deal to establish

a new name for the former yugoslav republic of macedonia the country is now known as a north macedonia but many greeks object to the new name same it implies a historical claim to the greek province a message that was ben does it for me i will be back tomorrow in about let's say thirty five minutes exactly there will be another fresh look at your news you're watching our international have you with us. what politicians do. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to go right to the press this is what the four three of them all can't be good. i'm interested always in the wives in the house. guests of.

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stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle breaking a promise trump wants regime change in venezuela old habits die hard also the

trials and tribulations of roger stone will russia gate ever and. talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark slobo the he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have victor levitch he's a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have dmitri bobbitt she is a political analyst with sputnik international. in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it obviously we're going to start out with that is whale and victor i want to be very specific with you what was your reaction when.