culture forty. zero. we're starting last with is going to headed east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beast and i think i want to leave now doesn't do any more ground on the earth it may be completely different. if we don't with the soldiers of venezuela we're waiting for you to be on our side are you. never treated. as the venezuelan president urges troops to stay loyal to the self declared leader of the country one kwaito admits to talks with the military to overthrow president material. and the report suggests that one in twelve people in the u.k.

do not believe the holocaust ever happened also this hour. and antiviolence movement is launched in france against the yellow vests protests in the country. very good morning you're watching r.t. international with me the king aaron great to have you with us with. the armed forces and now the focus of political turmoil in venezuela who swore himself in as leader during anti-government unrest says he's in talks with the military to turn them against the venezuelan president nicolas maduro at the same time the president has visited troops and urged them to stay loyal. if we don't put the soldiers of

venezuela we're waiting for you to be on our side who among us. soldiers of venezuela we're waiting for you to be on the side of the constitution are you serious. we have made our position very clear about the dictates or your nature of this regime and so we want to take power never a traitor. install a transitional government and court free elections. that's how it has to be. us national security adviser john bolton has threatened action if there is violence or intimidation of the opposition leader one credo the self declared leader has contested president majeure i was the second term elections calling them illegitimate and your style of takes is there were great o's rise from obscurity international recognition and a new grand social status dropped on one y.

door like a brick wall i mean just look at this from no name to total fame judging by this the life of the new poster boy for the venezuelan opposition leapt into another dimension overnight the point of no return was this. mike pence the united states supports the courageous decision by one god or you know it's probably recognize an actual symbol president one is the constitutional interim president of venezuela he's the most evil now marred by the media and entrusted to not fail by the united states and countries making up its retinue and apparently the latter could be weighing hard on venezuela's newest a democratic symbol where a dose said that there was nothing he could do that he couldn't handle the pressure from the american. if we only if i was at the meeting where we said he was being

pressured by everyone now this is the claim made by people but when journalists confronted why you deal with a yes or no question he struggled to answer well to be fair he did it twice in fact but each time differently can you confirm whether the meeting took place and what did you talk about all venezuelans know this person or i will repeat my question have a match was there was data can be or not i've already answered i haven't of course not so what if we spoke with officials of course we did circumstantial evidence also hits that the room of y. door being overwhelmed by washington's a mission could be true look at the person appointed by the white house to oversee the transformation of venezuela lift this building thirty years ago this week from our work here so if there are enough to be back this is america's main battle tank in the regime change course part of the reagan administration he funneled the long

way around federal weapons through iran to nicaragua as right wing anti government extremists both think illegal under u.s. law he tried to pressure congress into giving the weapons to the regime of reassessment in guatemala who was later charged with genocide and crimes against humanity is just a couple of confirmed achievements by earlier albums from when he held the position and i'm not kidding the position of assistant secretary of state for humanitarian affairs but perhaps most importantly our brahms allegedly was the architect of the two thousand and two coup in venezuela back then it failed in days so perhaps now brahms is being given a chance to redeem himself after all it's all for a good cause democracy never needs to be imposed it is tyranny that has to be imposed you heard the man so you better say god mr y door the us is about to spread

its regime of democracy to venezuela this time around and you are going to carry it on your shoulders. well we spoke to venezuela's foreign minister he thinks the u.s. is leading a coup. if you go to the view of the opposition leader is under huge pressure from his boss years ago the new york times calls marco rubio the ousted in chief the main person driving the coup the pressure coming from this extreme right senator has forced the opposition leaders to make strange anti constitutional decisions which could harm the sovereignty of venezuela but they cannot harm the legal institutions of government. the u.s. government is not only behind it it is leading it from the front for them we are working to neutralize the attacks that are coming from washington and from the governments under its control in latin america and europe or if the opposition agree sit down at the negotiating table with us we are ready to talk at any moment

we have never refused to negotiate is the opposition that keeps changing its mind and agreeing to talk and then getting up and leaving i would like them to negotiate to get permission from their bosses in washington so we can all work together to find a solution which would be in line with the constitution of venezuela this is a great opportunity to unite and build our country's future on the basis of our constitution. through our sunday events were held across the globe to mark international holocaust remembrance day it comes seventy four years since the soviet troops liberated auschwitz the nazi death camp that was occupied in poland former prisoners of the camp visited the site where holocaust museum is now situated they shared their memories expressing the importance for people today to remember the atrocities that were carried out. during the nazi purge in the second world war seventy million people were killed

six million of them were jews more than half of europe's jewish population was murdered in systematic attacks many were starved to death or killed in gas chambers and burned in furnace as in concentration camps. well despite the evidence from that time a recent poll suggests that one in twelve people in the u.k. deny the holocaust ever happened over half of those surveyed did not know the number of victims while eight percent think the scale of the atrocity has been exaggerated efraim zuroff from the simon wiesenthal center thinks those statistics are alarming. how of course denial is simply a new form of anti-semitism the how of course is the most documented tragedy in human history there are millions i repeat millions of documents that prove the crimes of the holocaust there's no basis for this denial it's totally absurd so why do people do it it's basically

a new form of anti-semitism the leaders of the world the leading political leaders in every country have to make clear that this is a fact that this happened and this has very important consequences for their country as well and then there's the question of the educational systems in other words this is subject that has to be taught in the school curriculum at the proper age and be done effectively and with the best technological and other educational aids the basic idea behind holocaust education is that the tragedy that we call the holocaust has lessons for humanity. about the dangers of hatred the dangers of anti-semitism racism fascism and obviously we think that it's important that people study the holocaust to learn from that tragedy and to try that managed to prevent the recurrence of such a tragedy. after eleven consecutive weeks of street demonstrations esteemed

some in france have had enough of the unrest they've even launched their own movement to counter the increasingly violent yellow vests protest so i do penske explains france and protested to go oh me no i'm like two lovers strolling around paris in fact the french seem to love processing so much it's almost a national sport but it's a sport that has a very young city street the yellow vest protest group probably the best known name. been out in force since november seventeenth so that's now eleven weekends they say the government's not doing enough despite the concessions and a national debate is taking place in the yellow vests are determined to stick it out they've already planned acts twelve before we even got to the twelfth weekend but their protests have often descended into violence that's been described as the worst in more than half

a century. i will not concede anything to those who want to struction and disorder. but in true french fashion there is now an anti protest protest meet the red skull that is so unhappy about the violence and the destruction that's taken place during the yellow vests protest that they've now formed their group and they're out in force.

that that was. that fulcrum of the business originally why are there demonstrations today it's because many people have had enough of the pointless violence in this country roads cars are demonstrating i believe good to defend the principle of nonviolence and to defend democracy it's very simple feel. it's to emphasize the importance of liberty and democracy as we are facing a movement in france that's attempting to restrict our freedoms i have chosen. come here to defend democracy and freedom but peacefully without violence well if you thought this was just a red protest against the yellow protesters think again there is also now a blur yes that's right the blue vests are also anti yellow vests they're anti violence so what you've got at the moment is the yellow vest protesters in the

middle and on each side they're all the vests and you've got the red scarves remind you of something yes that's right it's almost like the treacle or the french flag and it seems that just like the french moto of liberte gallatin fraternity it's living on in the french spirit so the french would call a support signs there on still have this opportunity with each other albeit in their ability to protest or to protest a protest of a protest or something like that. charlotte even ski r.t. paris. the other vests have also suffered injury at the hands of authorities to roam abroad driggers a leading member of the movement was hit in the face by a flash baldwin aide and says he may lose the sight of his right eye. was. it. was. he said

this was. global clear case if you will please you i've had my i've been stitched up because even as to whether i'm going to regain my sight also find out some limits. i make streaming angry because these are things i should not be happening it seems from what they're doing is totally unacceptable and i have to recover and i were turned to the protests as soon as i can because the battlefield long and tough is where you have a goal for a better france and for a more humane well it's all you'll. recall authorities have used tear gas and stun grenades and clashes with demonstrators in the city of the seller nikki the protesters had rallied against a deal with macedonia to end decades long naming to see the. crowds gathered in the city on sunday night voicing their anger at the greek

president over the unpopular hold 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 the republic of north macedonia but many greeks object to the new name staying it implies a historic claim to the greek province of macedonia. to decades greece's fourth bristly over neighbor macedonia his name because athens border region is also called macedonia one of the countries. fishel name safeway on em short for the former yugoslav republic of macedonia stop the laying claim to the rich history of that name after all military genius alexander the great still study to walk out of these around the world was born in macedonia without blocking its neighbors nato and the e.u. membership over the issue they finally agreed to name the republic of north macedonia macedonia's parliament amended its constitution to ratify the name change

. open to most still to come into the house social media giant facebook is accused of allowing children to write up huge bills we've got more on that side of the back . so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical of time time to sit down and talk. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter to us is over one trillion dollars and. more than ten like collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent

of the global wealth you long for the ultra 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 bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a year but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember is one one does not show you can't afford to miss the one and only. thank. you thanks out the welcome back well candidates are lining up for presidential elections in ukraine with the votes roughly two months away twenty people have already registered for a leadership bid donna hawkins takes is through some of the front runners. for the last fifteen years every presidential race in ukraine has given the country

a new political shock to the system and it looks like this year will be an exception now if you've ever followed ukraine's domestic politics you'll know there's rarely a dull moment. this year's election will see an almost wreck or number of candidates twenty to be precise and this number could still rise the list of nominees has both familiar faces and dark horses with some colorful contenders also thrown in here's just some of those candidates the political heavyweight yulia timoshenko. her career has seen it all from becoming the country's first female prime minister

to spending three years behind bars for embezzlement she was a candidate in two thousand and ten and again in twenty fourteen so could it be third time lucky and this man has already played the ukrainian president in a hit t.v. show can he turn fiction into reality meet star comedian and producer of the minute zelinsky also a popular actor in russia by the way. now he's had a great start even managing to steal the limelight from the current president's new year address when announcing his own bid yet you do for incidental calling the late desirable materazzi. there is a hitch though zilinskas bid to be the anti elite contender was rocked by scandal when he was found to have business ties to russia and any connection to moscow is a major no go to anyone who wants to win this race. the most recent addition to the

list is another headline grabber and ideas of suffering go once betrayed as ukraine's joan of arc. now she is also no stranger to controversy after being jailed in russia for involvement in the murder of two russian journalists she returned to her homeland as a hero even becoming a member of parliament only to get arrested once again by her own countryman the charges quite a catalogue plotting a terrorist attack planning to kill members of parliament and the president even plotting a coup. was really. really so far it seems she'll be running her campaign from a detention center the current president is expected to run but he won't struggle to lead the pack with an approval rating of about seventeen percent he may be praying for divine intervention and with his own newly independent church well who

knows what could happen for now though his new campaign slogan might just help those numbers out of me. more than a year after the modern protests rode a wave of hope for democracy prosperity and transparency. for glutes. those dreams still seem distant fraught with economic challenges human rights issues and lingering corruption whoever takes that presidential oath this spring it certainly won't be a cushy job that many would envy. described as a friendly fraught facebook has been accused of not setting up barriers which reportedly allow children to run up huge bills newly revealed court documents that show parental approval is not always required when making online purchases and the

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own soldiers either they're already several generations. so i just got this memo from the circular defense of office that says we're going to attack and destroy the governments and seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with them money on those without knives if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for a war then surely we can risk some discomfort for uneasiness for. you know world of big partisan movies loftus and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to 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

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time after time say we're going on the ground as a nato member the usa continues its efforts to overthrow the government of the nation with the largest known reserves of oil venezuela coming up in the show whose right trump supporter theresa may all neighbors jeremy corbyn openly hostile to neo con intervention we speak to a foreign policy adviser of revolutionary icon to go chavez's name to the nation media news for regime change and the longest shutdown in u.s. history while the e.u. and u.k. faces a wall in ireland trumps britain with all the dangers of the security of the usa so says florida's first to reigning in american state legislator what's the bricks it wall in ireland that will kill british soldiers according to the provisional ira

its former director of intelligence karen called away all the more coming up in today's going on the ground but first while the u.k. and usa face crises of a was an island in mexico and france's capital is a wash with tear gas every week venezuela it is argued by new york on media is ripe for regime change nato nations and defacto washington proxy south american nations alike want to overthrow the venezuelan government tourism in britain doesn't take the word of official international election monitors like the latin american council on electoral experts or former premiers of spain and ecuador she wants president to get on with dora to go with the late democratically elected revolutionary good chavez who fought against imperialism and won unprecedented improvements in health care and education today though venezuela which has just been made president of the world's oil export an alliance opec faces economic warfare from washington joining me from new york as a foreign policy advisor to job as who nicknamed her the girlfriend of venezuela

eva golinger thanks so much eva for. coming on so. well i think that that's the question these days that are being asked around the world as well as in venezuela as of now and he's digging in deeper are carrying on with all government affairs state affairs as usual you know he remains the president of venezuela he remains in control of the government he remains in control of the state institutions and financial institutions and economy of venezuela and most importantly their oil industry so no matter who the international community or sector of it particularly western nations powerful like the u.s. choose to name as their president of venezuela nicolas maduro remains the actual president of venezuela who has the keys to the palace you see when you were advising his previous as a job as you knew the job as it survived in the actual military u.s.

. making what may be seen in cuba even as the board has to be making another mistake you know offering. europe would jobs have done the oh i believe it's absolutely necessary that there be dialogue there's an unsustainable crisis in venice there's no question about that we cannot deny it madeira has lost a lot of support and legitimacy even amongst those that supported him initially his government has taken actions that many would consider a stray from what chavez did throughout his tenure you know much of the social policies and programs have been rolled back because of the economic crisis so i mean there is that discontent amongst a wider population the country i think venezuelans would like to see a change however you know that change doesn't necessarily mean the right wing opposition coming into power and i think that's the fear in the country no matter what their talk may be presently the rhetoric coming out of you know this new face

of the opposition one guy though talking about reconciliation. and a democratic transition this same opposition has a history of undemocratic actions and again i mean one of the biggest changes over the past year or so has been a regional move towards the right venezuela no longer has the support in latin america that it just had a few years ago and so that puts an enormous pressure on you know the long term stability of nicholas and arrows presidency arguably a good time drew a chart because then you said the economies of the mess here we are told in a good asian media that the reason the economy's a mess is because of more duros economic policies. u.s. economic warfare sanctions have any impact on the poor economy you describe there's no question that that's a combination of factors one is of course the sanctions that have been imposed by the united states not just on members of the midair oh god.