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 bath 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 we're watching closely watching the hawks. don't. treat. the president urges troops to stay loyal. leader of the country. admits talks with the military to overthrow. on the program

a new report shows that one in twenty british adults don't believe the holocaust ever happened also ahead. the violence movement is launched in front say against the yellow vest protests. ten pm in sydney and two in the afternoon here in moscow this monday january twenty eighth welcome to r.t. international i mean an o'neil their top story the armed forces are now the focus of ongoing political turmoil in venice with one who swore himself in as a leader during government. talks with the military the turn them against the venezuelan president nicolas maduro at the same time mr material has visited troops

urged them to stay loyal. if we don't put the soldiers of venezuela we're waiting for you to be on our side are you who among us. soldiers of venezuela we're waiting for you to be on the side of the constitution are you proven theory unless . 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 louise goil. that's how it has to be. well u.s. national security advisor john bolton has threatened action if there is violence or intimidation of the opposition leader one going to hold the self the third leader has contested president maduro his second term elections calling them illegitimate igor should an african i take us through why does 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. i'm mike pence the united states supports the courageous decision by one god all united states probably recognize a national symbol president one is the constitutional interim president of venezuela he's the most evil now marked by the media and entrusted to not fail by the united states and countries making up its retinue and apparently the latter could be waiting hard on venezuela's newest democratic symbol where you do said that there was nothing he could do that he couldn't handle the pressure from the

americans. we not only 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 do 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 that the meeting took place and what did you talk about all venezuelans know this person or i would repeat my question have a match was do is that it could be you are 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 why do it 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 it's very nice to be back this is america's main battle tank in the regime change core parts 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. aside 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 adams is being given a chance to redeem himself through it's all for a good cause democracy never needs to be imposed it is tyranny that has to be

imposed you heard them out so you better say cover mr y. door the u.s. is about to spread its regime of democracy to venezuela this time around and you are going to carry it on your shoulders let's just punch out a little bit more of what we know as far back as twenty seventeen president crumples laying out options for venezuela including a military one but a chief architect of his policy there marco rubio has denied the u.s. is now intervening in venezuela washington was however the first to recognize a leader of the oil rich south american country on urged other nations to follow their example venezuela's foreign minister thinks the united states is leading a clue. we'll circle if you've got to believe that the opposition leader is under huge pressure from his bosses 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 the coup it is leading it from the front foot and we are working to neutralize the attacks that are coming from washington and from the government under its control and that's in america and europe if the opposition agrees to sit down at the negotiating table with us we are ready to talk at any moment but 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 whether. on sunday events were held across the globe to

mark international holocaust remembrance day it marks seventy four years since salvia trips liberated i switch the nazi death camp in poland former prisoners of the camp is that the site where the holocaust museum is no situated they share their memories expressing the importance for people today to remember the atrocities that were carried out. well during the nothe sea purge in the second world war seventeen million people were killed six million of them jews more than half of europe's jewish population was murdered in systematic attacks many were starved to death killed in gas chambers burned in furnace is in concentration camps well despite the evidence from the time a recent poll suggests that one in. twenty adults in the u.k. believe the holocaust never happened some other notable findings one in over half of those surveyed did not know the number of victims while eight percent

think that the scale of the atrocity has been exaggerated efraim zuroff from the simon vice intel center thinks those statistics are alarming. holocaust denial is simply a new form of anti-semitism the holocaust 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 to 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. ok moving on now after eleven consecutive weekends of street demonstrations it seems some in france have had enough of the unrest and even launched their own movement to counter the increasingly fight. and yellow vests protests are to charlotte dubin ski told a small. france and protest the two go oh no i'm like two lovers strewing 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 nasty streak the yellow vest protest group are probably the best known they've 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 of 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 destruction 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 dress protest that they've now formed their group and they're out in force. for kramer vs. actually why are there demonstrations today it's because many people have had enough of the pointless violence in this country. demonstrating i believe to defend the principle of nonviolence and to defend democracy it's very simple

feel. for size of importance of liberty in democracy we're facing a movement in france that's attentive to our freedom. i have chosen to come here to defend democracy and freedom but peaceful it without violence well if you thought this was just the right protest against the yellow protesters think again there is also now a team 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 only each side they're all the best 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 libertarian gallatin for eternity it's living on in the french spirit so the french regardless of what's always their own still have this paternity with each other albeit in their ability to protest or

to protest a protest of a protest or something like that. show let's even ski artie paris well with some clearly losing patience with the yellow vests brand of protest the movement itself has also faced a strong clampdown from authorities at times leading to serious injury drome rodriguez a leading member of the movement was hit in the face by a flash ball projectile and say he may lose his sight is right. i. know. who i was i was thinking this was. google korea if you will please you i've had my i've been stitched up because. as to whether i'm going to regain my sight also find out some limits and weeks will make stream me

angry because these are things i should not be happening today in front zones what they're doing is totally unacceptable and i have to recover and i will return to the protest as soon as i can because the battlefield long and tough is when you have a goal for a better france and for a more humane or you. are staying in europe and to a similar theme greek authorities have used tear gas and stun grenades in clashes with demonstrators in the city of thessalonica the protesters rallied against the deal with macedonia to end a decades long naming dispute was was was was a crowd gathered in the city on sunday night voicing their anger at the greek president over the on popular accord last week parliament in athens ratified a deal to establish a new name from the former yugoslav republic of macedonia the country's no known as

the republic of north macedonia but many greeks object to being a new name saying it implies an historic claim. into the greek province of muscle donia. for decades greece's fourth basically over neighbor macedonia's name because athens border region is also called macedonia one of the country's official names safeway on am 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 didn't walk out of these around the world was born in macedonia with athens blocking its neighbors nato and the e.u. membership over the issue they finally agreed to name the republic of north macedonia macedonia as parliament amended is constitution to ratify the name change . a brazen robbery roxette visitors to a top moscow art gallery and a look at some of the runners in ukraine's presidential election those stories and

more to bring. you know world of big partisan news a lot 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 bad 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. seem wrong why don't we all just don't. get to say

palin just become educated and gains from it because the trail. when something find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. minutes into the program welcome back candidates are gearing up for presidential elections in ukraine with the vote roughly two months away twenty eight people have already registered for a leadership bid by the hawkins' can take us through some of the frontrunners. 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. with. 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 but 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 terrorism. 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 will 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 can happen for now though his new campaign slogan might just help those

numbers out of here. 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. no visitors to one of moscow's top galleries were left stunned by on a day shift robbery on sunday a security camera purports to show a thief not a masterpiece by russian artists are he when ji in broad daylight while the gallery was open brazen stuff to take a look at this works by the nineteenth century art has rarely appear on the. are in private as actions either in two thousand and eight

a picture of his one for three million dollars at auction it's unclear if it's the coincidence but the artwork was stolen this birthday there is a happy ending though the domage picture was recovered earlier today after the suspect was tracked down and question. kind of its prime minister just in trudeau could be in for a grilling today as parliament resumes he's expected to face criticism for sucking the country's ambassador to china jon mccallum the decision follows the diplomats controversial comments about an extradition case involving a senior executive from the chinese telecoms giant what way. will this all comes after canadian prime minister justin trudeau decided to fire her and china last tuesday the canadian diplomat made controversy when publicly argued that the u.s. extradition request see a film in one shoe actually has a lot of flaws i think she has quite good arguments on her side one political

involvement but comments from donald trump in her case there's the issue iran sanctions which are involved in her case and canada does not sign on to these sanctions well with holdouts the canadian boxer then came out saying in a statement again that he misspoke and that he apologized for creating confusion aware canada is staying on the case but this is a little bit too late and all this drama in the name of the man. who is currently on bail in canada and the u.s. the united states government is pressuring its neighbor to the north to extradite her now the united states government house and so when's the to request an extradition for in the united states and the chinese side also is hoping that the canadian traditional system would not turn a blind eye we have seen the statement made by the canadian ambassador to china jon mccallum i believe that everyone with normal judgment can see the nature of the

incident we hope to canada can have a clear understanding of the problem and there's more and more tensions building between these two countries and our allies and business partners the relationships between them is hitting a low. a packed to the rafters going underground next talking regime change in venezuela they around nuclear deal and hard borders in our lands with a professional eye race former director of intelligence this is art international. breaking a promise trump wants regime change in venezuela old habits die hard also the trials in tribulations of roger stone will russia gate ever. u.s. veterans who come back from war often tell the same stories. we're going after the

people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either they're already several generations of them so i just got this memo from the circular defense's office that says we're going to attack and destroy the government and seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with them money others with their lives if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for a war surely we can risk some discomfort or uneasiness for us. joining me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see if.

politicians do something to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go to the press this is what before three of them or can't be good. interested in the waters in the house. they should. 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 as major 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 well the bricks it wall in ireland that will kill british soldiers according to the provisional ira the former director of intelligence here and all the way 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 once

president that i would order to go but during the late democratically elected revolutionary 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 the girlfriend of venezuela eva golinger thanks so much in. coming on so come with you're a survivor 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 voicing his previous as a job as you knew the job as it survived an actual military u.s. backed coup d'etat. making what may be seen by even as a 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.