we will continue to use all of our diplomatic and economic tools to support the interim president how. the u.s. cuts venezuela's financial lifeline something crippling sanctions on the country's state oil company in a bid said to boost the country's self declared interim leader and ousted president mature. human rights watch says rebel groups affiliated with al qaida have

been torturing civilians in syria. we have documented eleven cases in which. residents. we have documented have. martyrs. blaring the lines between the states and religion defenders of america's first amendment and secular activities 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 people just want to be left alone for school wants to have a bible class let them have a bible class i don't know why so many people are afraid of a book. very good morning to you you're watching r t international with me. in the united states has announced sweeping sanctions against venezuela top. getting the state owned oil

company the move aims to boost opposition leader one who declared himself but as well as interim president last week to oust nicholas mature he will continue to use all of our diplomatic and economic tools to support interim president quite oh the national assembly and the venezuelan people efforts to restore their democracy but we have continued to expose the corruption of manure and his cronies in today's action ensures they can no longer loot the assets of the venezuelan people legally only that they don't. give any know how. venice china. venezuela 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 to blocked accounts the sanctions

will also cost but as well eleven billion dollars in lost oil exports this year during the announcements the us national security advisers notepad was facing reporters exposing a handwritten message that read five thousand troops to colombia some suggested that is may be an unlucky slip others that it was intentional washington responded saying that all options all still on the table more pain looks at the team taking aim at that as well and that the united nations might pompei o 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 material and his may 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 makes the u.n. work work and that is exactly the way you should be because the. united states is. like balm 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 starve the really regime of the revenue it uses to fund stabilization 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 america's new dream team is now taking aim at venezuela why because they just care so much for those poor oh pressed venezuelans they want them to have a chance at freedom and democracy right or is it something else will 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 venezuela be good for the people of venezuela be good for the people of the united states we both have a lot of stake here. yes honesty is always appreciated blynde some credibility the perception that the us is just and gave an act of imperialism and perhaps once a boil and this is what i think is he's really wrong if if the venice venice was

going to get rid of material and replace him and have new democratic elections that should be an internal matter for venezuela we know that sanctions don't work the people who pay the price for sanctions are the local population we saw that in cuba we've seen that in iran we've seen in every case where sanctions have been applied they do not achieve the end goal what they do is increase the suffering for the venezuelan population well the people in venezuela the u.s. and britain what they thought about the new sanctions. and we need help from stable countries and the us this is a stable country you're not going to go i do not recognize why why doorways 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 election. he in well yes and no but there is some sense to it personally i'd say they should into the know

it is venezuela it should solve the problems of venezuela. it. 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. sometimes need to go out and just help them any place you know it's not all about gate and some think it's about how to manage us or go out there and help. for democracy to do some research before the 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 want to do a few 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 i want.

a chilling report by human rights watch things hired terror are some an armed groups with links to al qaeda has detained and tortured civilians in syria the organization has also released the testimonies of several victims and warning you may find some of them obsessing. 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. these torture moments 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 place me absolutely down for hours beat me and interrogate me it became tougher physically and emotionally the new york based rights organization claims the tensions and arrests were triggered by protests against the militant group it was done of 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 co 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 and the children and adults of a global 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. detained residents of. because they were either documenting abuses or were testing. six of those that we have documented have apparently been tortured including 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's final safe haven 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.

as part of a drive to empower women in the united arab emirates an award 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 all three recipients of the awards which were presented by the u.s. vice president and the ruler of dubai were men well 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. really nail the diversity they're one of those great you've achieved an excellent balance of men with dark face and men with my. graduation is only one gender and by. the way as prime minister stressed in a statement that women there play a central role in shaping the country's future he also says that getting more people women into positions of power is a priority for the government but despite that women's rights and still severely

restricted in the country for instance women require the permission of a male guardian to get married and they also cannot get a job without their husbands consent divorce is rarely granted we spoke to political analyst catherine shank them about the award ceremony and she told us that it's easy to pay lip service to equality but concrete steps need to be taken i think that the you we were at least leadership should have actually you know made good and actually present at least in a what you want women i mean to at least pretend pretend that you promoting gender equality love it when trying to not even doing good p.r. for one thing they're going to. allow question what was the point of the exercise of thought it was new at time quest to ever try actually you know repairs done to how women represented what is made them busy somehow but nothing was actually done other than one particular woman was pretty dated for her effort she didn't even receive you know would you imagine 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 talk about foreigners and that therefore changes had to be done and. you can catch up with the rest of the world i don't think it's new we know. tuesday marks a milestone on the road to britain's exit from the european union m.p.'s are due to vote on amendments to the plan put forward by prime minister to resume a pilot boyko explains what the next step might be. went to reason may fail to push e.u. withdrawal deal through the house of commons she promised to come back with a plan b. and that plan b. turns out to be insisting on plan a so my stokers 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 the brags that ship has run aground tonight's vote should be engines up again and determine which way. 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. 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 a vote 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 rooty me steve need. to steal drugs from the british people another possible facelift to may's 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 trading rules indefinitely this would be the most favorable outcome for to raise that may although dublin has already said the backstops non-negotiable arland. has the same position as the european union now i think when we say the backstop as part of withdrawal agreed ok is part of a balanced package that isn't going to change and then there is blow three a

potentially terminal one one that could wrestle the bragg's 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 is trying to buy himself one last chance to save this deal if she doesn't take on board the fundamental changes required then she must make way for those who can depending on which changes are adopted this evening is set to be judgement night for to raise a maze so-called plan b. it will either keep bobbing 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 u.k.'s departure from that if politicians vote to do just that constitutionally the u.k. would be entering on a charted water. plenty more still to come this hour on r.t.

international including how president trump is lending his weight to controversial plans for bible classes in u.s. schools we have the details for you after the break. what else still seems wrong why don't we just don't call. me. yet to see how does this come down to. it in detroit equals. trail. when some find themselves worlds apart. just on the common ground. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or something want to be preached.

to the press it's like the three of them can't be that. interested always in the why. they should. welcome back the green light for bible literacy classes in u.s. public schools has sparked controversy across the country while secular activists warn that it's a dangerous tendency president trump has already endorsed the plan something that quickly was quickly criticized online numerous states introducing bible literacy

classes giving students the option of studying the bible starting to make it turn back great. bible literate classes in public schools really violate the first amendment which seeks to ensure all government does not support well as stop ish a national religion i propose that we also have hindus and buddhists egyptian book of the debt and always in courses they predate the bible are in the historical significance. there are already optional bible literacy classes offered around the country every weekend it's called sunday school whatever happened to the separation of church and state bills to allow bible classes have been introduced in several states and proposed courses are optional and focused mainly on the historical importance of the text opponents say it violates the constitution's first amendment by lending government supports to religion they also say trump's advocacy of the

proposal blows the line between church and state we called the views of joe mountain a former republican member of the mr reset it sounds kevin bolling from the secular student alliance i think of one of the bottom lines and you know 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 community 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 after school wants to have a bible 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 of 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 our cricket expected the bible they just assumed it it was a standard across country for the first two hundred years that's 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. my guess is just because it's more 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 adam and eve slid down the back of the dinosaurs like a water slide if they were teaching scripture memorisation wanted kids to. be you know sort of doctrine aided by that kind of hammering maybe to these text i guess i just don't understand the danger. china has lashed out at u.s. government charges against tech giant while way and this chief financial officer among one joe saying it sounds and it morrow. there are strong political motivations and political manipulations behind these actions we strongly urge the us to stop the unreasonable suppression of chinese companies including wobbly and

treat chinese enterprises objectively and fairly while ways accused of misleading the u.s. government on the global bank about its relationships with subsidies in order to conduct business with iran it's also alleged that chinese company conspired to steal intellectual property the indictment does not accuse the chinese government of criminal activity while ways chief financial officer among one joe is free on bail in vancouver canada she was arrested there in december last year at the request of the us sparking outrage from china the united states has now made an official request for her extradition the company and the chinese government deny any wrongdoing the time has come just ahead of crucial u.s. china trade talks political analyst qualities al thinks the whole round is a protectionist measure on the part of the united states this road to it is the tensions between the u.s.

and china and its current talks and trade gingers that are going on by you as you you know. there's. diplomacy to beat china and drive by. the u.s. dollar car market it's trying to go back 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 product but we're going to the. market. and that is the way countries. do it when they want to protect their all of the most of production. well thanks for joining us this hour on r.t. international we're going to be back in just over thirty five minutes with the latest to see that.

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by max kaiser this is the kaiser report i'm in vegas with stacey we're shooting a new show a new series we're just pop in a moment courtesy people of us say yes we're in vegas we're talking to big korean guys because we're doing a new series called to the moon and it's about that point in the history because it's really fun and you know while we've been here not only do we see billy idol yeah he's awesome but there is a new thing that exposes what we've been covering for the past year or two we certainly covered it in gonzo and that's this soft totalitarianism because face crime has officially. jumped the pages of george orwell's one thousand nine hundred four and it exists today and two thousand and nineteen in the united states of

course everybody knows about the story of the confrontation between the convent and catholic high school student who's sixteen years old and then elder from the native american tribe and you know we're not going to go into that because whatever you want to think about what happened is what happened but face kind became official because just to remind you of what face crime is in one thousand nine hundred four in any case to wear an improper expression on your face to look incredulous when a victory was announced for example was itself a punishable offense there was even a word for it in newspeak face crime it was called so many in the resistance. and many well known hollywood sorts were calling for the punching of this boy in the face because of his smug face you know welcome to cherokee nation did another word the native population of america has to be living with this

type of totalitarianism for their entire three hundred years here in north america and in prison populations you know don't smile don't laugh as you might get you know beaten to within an inch of your life and now here is a privileged white guy on some buddies else's front porch over there in the lands of the native americans who dared to have a face that was inappropriate to the screaming liberal class on the so-called liberal networks in america so he's been now called out as somebody worthy of violence i mean this is the way the native americans have been living for hundreds of years they can even use a different expression on their face without getting violently attacked now we know what that's like ok yeah i'm going to like that's gonzo we cover that sort of side of the story and it's a very very very important story because the the native american story has been memory hold that is part of totality.