the u.s. cuts venezuela's financial lifeline stopping crippling sanctions on the country's state oil company he said to boost the country's self declared interim leader and oust president bashir a. human rights watch says rebel groups affiliated with al-qaeda have been torturing civilians in syria. we have documented the eleven casings in which. detained residents of six of the border we have documented have apparently been

trying to including minors. blurring the lines between the state and religion the defenders of america's first amendment and secular activists are up in arms over plans for bible classes in u.s. schools. we want our schools to teach we don't want them to preach i'm not afraid that kids are going to get bible instruction or brain instruction in high school and suddenly be. turned into terrible people. a very warm welcome to you this is artie international broadcasting to you live from moscow and making our. top story the united states has announced sweeping sanctions against venezuela targeting the state owned oil company the move aims to boost opposition leader one way doe who declared himself but as well as interim president last week and oust president nicolas maduro. we will continue to use all

of our diplomatic and economic tools to support introversion quieter the national assembly and the venezuelan people efforts to restore their democracy but we have continued to expose the corruption of moore and his cronies and today's action ensures they can no longer loot the assets of the venezuelan people how. venice. asked venice. the economic measures against madeira target the country's key source of revenue immediately freezing seven billion dollars in assets american firms won't be able to do business with caracas all the money will go into blocks accounts the sanctions will also cost venezuela eleven billion dollars in lost exports this year during the announcements the us national security advisers notepad was facing

reporters exposing one hundred thousand message that read five thousand troops to colombia some suggested that it's maybe an unlucky slip while others said that it was intentional washington responded saying that all options are still on the table looks at the team taking aim at that as well. at the united nations mike pompei oh drew a line in the sand now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with his made him sound familiar either you're with us. if you love freedom and with nations with your bridge freedom or you are the enemy yes their ideas are not new but now they're linking arms in the global spotlight some call them the axis of evil or the troika of tyranny meet mike pompei oh elliott abrams and john bolton the three amigos of imperialism john bolton was a big supporter of the iraq war and he represented the united states in the united

nations an organization he really didn't care for very much united states make the u.n. work work and that is exactly the way it should be because the. united states is much. like bomb peo is the new kid on the block without very much experience as head of the cia he tried to get the authority to conduct drone strikes in afghanistan without the pentagon's oversight and he worked day and night to rip up the iran nuclear deal at the center of it is not interested in a campaign of economic pressure to visit to starve the really regime of the revenue it uses to fund vital interest it was six of these throughout the middle east and indeed around the world now back in the spotlight after years of obscurity meet convicted criminal elliott abrams he was tied to massacres in el salvador any help to funnel weapons to the contras in nicaragua he was convicted for his role in covering it all up and he received a presidential pardon now he's

a special envoy for venezuela it seems that his record in latin america has really impressed certain people so it appears to be an incident which is at least being significantly misused at the very best by the guerrillas so america's new dream team is now taking aim at venezuela. why because they just care so much for those poor old pressed venezuelans they want them to have a chance at freedom and democracy right or is it something else it'll make a big difference to the united states economically if we could have american oil companies really invest in and produce the oil capabilities in the venezuela be good for the people of venezuela be good for the people of the united states we both have a lot at stake here yes honesty is always appreciated cable poppen r.t. new york will people in venezuela the u.s. on burson what they thought about the new sanctions. no but it's time to excel and we're not going to be able to get out of this crisis overnight we need help from

stable countries and the us is a stable country do not i do not recognize one wide always the interim president and the government of the us must respect the position of us and as a whelan's who have elected president my new room where fair elections. he well yes and no my louis sometimes to eat personally i'd say the yeah suit into being a lock up only nicolas maduro protects venezuelan social guarantees pensions it is venezuela should solve the problems of venezuela and we will protect our homeland why do you think we want to intervene in venezuela's affairs i don't know must i don't know there's something there whether we're. as we want to influence different parts of the world seems to be a typical us move to go for any nation that has been a model oil venezuela is a country that's been around for a long time and they should solve their own problems we've suffered process going

up the stock inflation germany in the twenty's. i don't know sometimes you need to go out and just how many ways you know it's not all about cadence on think it's about how can you manage all of us or go out there and help i think those of us cause what's it mean if you want a. democracy to do it that's the best way to go forward so i do capital of venezuela. something. and any idea where is on the map i have no clue how to venezuela no president. for the current president as he is. i wish i did is know that the u.k. is back to calls for a new election in the country i just wondered if you sort of agree that that would be the best way forward for over this way that's what it is up to what they want isn't it not what they want. a report by human rights watch

states hyatt's terror are some an armed group with links to al qaeda has detained and tortured civilians in syria. they used to pull me out of the cell beat me and then return me no one asked me a single question no one asked me what my name was. on . these torture moments so i remember them in detail every day people died in front of my eyes the maximum you can do is move your shoulders a bit and scream for help but on several occasions they stuffed things in my mouth so i couldn't scream. they beat me they would please me absolutely down for hours beat me and interrogate me in the game tougher physically and emotionally. the new york based group claims detentions and arrests were triggered by

a protests against the militant group it goes down as reports. when syria's most ruthless battle hardened terrorist elements fled the advances of the country's military taking refuge in a province the u.s. and cole went overboard overboard about our side and russia would turn the lives of ordinary citizens there into a living hell to get to a handful of al-qaeda fighters when russia and the assad regime say they want to counterterrorism they actually mean they want to bomb schools hospitals and homes there are more babies in italy and there are terrorists think of the children well now it turns out terrorists remain terrorists wherever they go home and the children and adults of good liberal like are learning this the hard way this month . a un designated terrorist alliance subjugated the other rebel factions and seized power across the province any attempt of dissent big crush in its cradle the

new human rights watch report details just some cases we have documented eleven cases in which. residents of. because they were either documenting abuses or were testing. six of those that we have documented. torture you can minors human rights watch isn't the first organization to produce such a report either as well as arbitrary detention and brutal beatings thieving looting and corruption rampant clashes and infighting are also adding to the anguish of civilians violence repeatedly spills beyond the borders of the province to just last week at least four hundred militants attacked a government forces in danger the tentative ceasefire brokered by russia and turkey it's an undeniable fact that liberal means a terrorist haven while we are still committed to the ceasefire deal the recent

takeover by. goes beyond. the scope of the agreement the russian and turkish militaries are working on a roadmap to deal with the threats but it's clear we cannot let it remain a terrorist hop but. so will the mainstream media have been portraying it as syria as the final safe haven of the last major rebel held hotspot the last rebel holdout the last major stronghold of active opposition to the rule of president bashar al assad all those praying to survive to see another day there are unlikely to agree. going like the bible literacy classes in u.s. public schools has sparked controversy across the country are secular activists warn that it's a dangerous tendency president donald trump has already endorsed the plan numerous states introducing bible literacy classes giving students the option of studying the bible starting to make it turn back great. bills to allow bible classes have

been introduced in several states and proposed schools these are optional and focused mainly on the historical importance of the text opponents say it violates the constitution's measurement by lending government support to religion they also say trumps advocacy of the proposal blurs the line between church and state we got the views of john the form of republican member of the missouri senate and kevin bolding from the secular student alliance. i think one of the bottom lines of it comes down to is who do we want teaching religion i don't want my government teaching religion i don't want our public institutions teaching religion i think that's a great place for or for the religious communities i'm not afraid that kids are going to get bible instruction or qur'an instruction in high school and suddenly be . turned into terrible people that most of the founding fathers actually had pretty good statements supporting the separation of church and state we want our schools

to teach we don't want them to preach people just want to be left alone if a school wants to have a viable class let them have a bible class i don't know why so many people are afraid of a book if you really want to get into what the historical documents of the bible are i'm not sure that there were a lot of things a lot of christians would want to for school to be teaching the bible discusses a lot about sex and slavery and genocide and rape i don't want my school teaching my children that the whole reason that this law is necessary is that the bible is singled out for banning from schools the qur'an is is working its way into curriculum all across the country and there's very little controversy around that it's in but it's when the bibles brought in a single out the bible to be banned and so that necessitated laws like the ones that are being looked at that say hey you are so missing the founding fathers wanted the bible as part of a. crickey expected the bible they just assumed it it was

a standard across country for the first two hundred years that can be rather difficult for for elementary schools and high schools to do that here in los angeles and so we probably have the talent pool where we can find someone who has the background that educational background to properly be able to and instruct that class my guess is just because it's more of a rural area you may not have that opportunity and in west virginia freedom from religion foundation was recently stopped a similar thing like this because the first graders were being taught that. the dinosaurs like a water slide if they were teaching scripture memorization and they wanted kids to . be you know sort of doctrine aided by that kind of hammering maybe i could see people being more offended by that but just to expose people to these tax guess

i don't understand the danger. well tuesday marks a milestone on the road to britain's exit from the european union m.p.'s are due to votes on amendments to the plan put forward by prime minister to resign may call it explains what the next step might be. when to resume a failed to push e.u. withdrawal deal through the house of commons she promised to come back with a plan b. and that plan b. turned out to be insisting on plan a so my focus continues to be on what is needed to secure the support of this house in favor of the brics it deal with the e.u. since then brags that ship has run aground tonight's vote should be engines up again and determine which way fail but politicians aren't voting on may's withdrawal deal they're voting on changes to the deal that have been put forward by m.p.'s once voted on specifically all depends on what this man decides to do there

. the job of the parliamentary speaker is meant to be neutral but the government has accused john bercow of displaying a pro remain bias the rest of us it's no longer this procedural dance if you like is really about putting pressure on the government to say ok it's time for plan b. his job is to pick which of the amendments proposed by politicians are very tight on there are well over a dozen but they fall into three broad categories one is for politicians to vote to prevent a so-called no deal bragg's it by forcing to reason may to perspire in it if a deal fails to get through parliament again i think that is written recently a real danger that. the house of commons which is a true grameen jordi me steve need. to steal drugs from the british people

another possible facelift amaze deal is a brags that. per leave politicians in the p.m.'s own party could demand she go back to brussels over scrapping the controversial irish backstop the part of the deal that brags it is wary could leave northern ireland stuck with e.u. trading rules indefinitely this would be the most favorable outcome for to raise that may although dublin has already said the backstops non-negotiable ireland. has the same position as the european union now i think when we see the backstop as part of withdrawal agreed ok it's part of a balanced package that isn't going to change and then there is blow three and potentially terminal one one that could wrestle the brags that process out of the government's hands altogether politicians could force the government to pursue a softer bragg's it or even hold a second referendum the prime minister. it is trying to sell for one last chance to

save this deal if she doesn't take on board the fundamental changes required then she must make one for those who can depending on which changes are adopted this evening is said to be judgment night for to raise a maze so called plan b. it will either keep bubbling in the water or anti brags that m.p.'s will sink it like a stone where that leaves the brags that ship is anybody's guess the government's opposed to delaying the ukase to everything if politicians vote to do just that constitutionally the u.k. would be entering charted water. well gender equality in the united arab emirates is in the spotlight where an awards ceremony has drawn the ire of campaigners we'll tell you why after the break.

us veterans who come back from war often tell the same stories. were 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 search that says we're going to destroy the government in seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with their 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 just come for an easy notice or. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is this period dramatic development the only really going to exist i don't see how that strategy

will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. welcome back now as part of a drive to empower women in the united arab emirates an awards ceremony was held on sunday to recognize the government departments doing the most to address gender imbalance but for many one thing just didn't sit quite right over three recipients of the awards which were presented by the u.s. vice president and the ruler of dubai where men that led to an outpouring of ridicule on social media. i'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you that you forgot to invite women wow you really nailed the diversity there one of those who was wearing gray you've achieved an excellent balance of men with dark facial

hair and men with my facial hair my congratulation is here only one gender and by. the way is prime minister stressed in a statement that women play a central role in shaping the country's future he also says that getting more women into positions of power is a priority for the government despite that women's rights are still severely restricted in the country for instance women require the permission of a male guardian to get married they also cannot get a job without their husband's consent and divorce is rarely granted we spoke to political analysts catherine shocked about the award ceremony she told is that it's easy to pay lip service to equality the concrete steps need to be taken. i think that the you we were at least leadership should have actually. made good and actually present at least in a would you want women i mean to at least pretend pretend that you are promoting gender equality is not even trying they're not even doing good p.r.

of promoting their gender equality either also and the question what was the point of the exercise at all it was new at times why so ever try actually repairs done to have women represented there when he's made them visible somehow nothing was actually done other than one particular woman was pretty dated for her efforts she didn't even receive a new do a medal or anything like that it's one thing to speak reform it's another to actually enact them and i think that still for even a little bit you it's much much better than the rest of the board for one reason is that it has. a lot of foreigners and that therefore changes had to be done and they had to to come and catch up with the rest of the world i don't think it's new we know. china has lashed out at us government charges against tech giant our way and its chief financial officer among one joe saying it's unfair and immoral. there are strong political motivations and political manipulation behind their actions we strongly urge the us to stop that and reasonable suppression of

chinese companies including who are we in treat chinese enterprises objectively and fairly huawei is accused of misleading the us government and the global bank about its relationships with subsidizes in order to conduct business with iran it's also alleged the chinese company conspired to steal intellectual property property the indictments does not accuse the chinese government of criminal activity while ways c.f.o. among one joe was arrested in december last year in canada at the request of the us sparking outrage from china she's still awaiting a final decision on extradition to the united states the company on the chinese government deny any wrongdoing. the charges come just ahead of crucial u.s. china trade talks political analyst colleen cavell thinks the whole route is a protectionist measure and part of the united states. it is the

between the u.s. and china in its current talks and truly urgent that are going on. as you you know. there's. diplomacy to be china. the u.s. dollar car market. to its all of dearly as well. so yes you may produce a product that is cheaper than the world we make you may produce a better brother but we're going to the. market. and that is the way they. do it when they want to protect their all of the most of production. but that's the headlines for this hour we're back at the top of the hour with the latest to see that.

we see a. good jump from a thought china's into town terrorism. from thought crime to face crime you know facebook should rename itself as face crime because they are assisting in a baby this move toward totalitarianism and the question i guess is why why now why is the child sorry it is i'm rearing its ugly head in the america at this time of just. join me every photo on the all excitement chill and i'll be speaking to get out of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. united states and a. new. tax on other country's.

economic sanctions or are often just the beginning another thing you like to do is play some military pressure on the countries a true talking about. and there has to be an effort to demonize that country and the leader of that country because. we have a responsibility for the home. and we need to make rules for the rest. because without us there will be. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each

day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred trade per second per second and bitcoin 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 numbers you need to remember is one one business show you can't afford to miss the one and only boom bust.

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unusual and my dad for those attitudes to prevail. because i was a good athlete good in school and good in my church and a good boy scout of my time i was really proud of. in one thousand sixty-six as the u.s. military began ramping up its forces in vietnam brian wilson was drafted. i enlisted in the air force for a four year program to go into the army as an induction. and then i got my orders to become an air force sure ranger officer command. a unit of forty men. and so soon i found myself in vietnam my duty was to go and assess the success or failure bombing missions. and in

one week. we went visited five targets in. the target each were inhabited to. check and. i defended. the ship. these villages were bombed at two hundred fifty to three hundred feet five hundred pound bombs eventually shot to make off. so everybody needs filesystems either dead or just about dead and they were all blocked it is burned finished off i watched as far as i could walk before the bodies were show thick i couldn't walk any further and i looked down at my feet. and i saw a young.