we'll continue to use all of our diplomatic and economic tools to support introversion quite oh how. the u.s. can't spend his way his financial lifeline slapping crippling sanctions on the country's state oil company in a bid said to boost the country's self declared interim leader and oust president mature. human rights watch that is rebel groups affiliated with al qaida have been

torturing civilians in syria. we have documented eleven caissons in which. residents of the six oared boat that we have documented have apparently been tortured including minors. blurring the lines between the state and religion the defenders of america's first amendment on secular activists are in arms and have 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. a very warm welcome this is r.t. international with me. now our top story this hour the united states has announced sweeping sanctions against event as whaler targeting the state owned oil company

the move aims to boost opposition leader who don't who declared himself as well as interim president last week and oust nicolas maduro. we 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. and on giving me money how. venice. how. venison are 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 blocks

accounts the sanctions will also cost but as way levon billion dollars in lost oil exports this year during the announcement the us national security advisers notepad was facing reporters exposing a handwritten message that read five thousand troops to colombia some suggested that it's may be an unlucky slip others that it was intentional washington responded saying that all options are still on the table more pain looks at the team taking aim at that as well though at the united nations mike 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 make the u.n. work work and that is exactly the way it should be because the. united states is. now mike pompei o 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 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 linson credibility the perception that the us is just a gauge an act of imperialism and perhaps a little of oil and this is what i think is really 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 wealth people in venezuela the u.s. and britain what they thought about this new sanctions. we need help from stable countries and the us is a stable country you're not i do not recognize one by 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 maduro where fair elections. he well yes and no but there is some sense to it personally i'd say they shoot 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. and to go out and just help them any more it's not all about cadence on think it's about how to manage us or go out there and help. for democracy to do the best way to go forward 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 snow in 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's up to what they want isn't it not what they want.

a chilling report by human rights watch stays high as to where all sharman arms groups with links to al qaeda has detained and tortured civilians in syria the organization has also released the testimonies of several victims a warning you might 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 and interrogate me. for physically and emotionally. then your base rights organization claims detentions under arrest sir 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 how assad 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 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 a. 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 road map to deal with the threats but it's clear we cannot let it remain a terrorist hop but it's. so wolf the mainstream media have been portraying syria's final safe haven. rebel held hotspot the last rebel holdout the last major stronghold of active opposition to the rule of president bashar al assad although it was 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 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 all 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 and men with my facial hair i congratulate is here only one gender and two by the u.a.e. is prime ministers dressed in a statement that women there 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 while despite that women's rights are still severely

restricted in their country they may explain for instance women that require the permission of a male guardian to get married they also cannot get a job without their husbands consent and divorce is rarely granted we spoke to political analyst catherine schachter about the award ceremony she told is 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 would you want women i mean to at least pretend pretend that you are promoting gender equality love even trying they're not even doing good p.r. or promoting their gender equality either also and the question what was the point of the exercise at all it was new at times wessel ever try actually you know reprise down to how women represented what is made them visible somehow but nothing was actually done other than one particular woman was pretty dated for her efforts

she didn't even receive an award or 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 opened up its borders to a lot of talk about foreigners and that therefore changes had to be done on the hatchets you can catch up with the rest of the world i don't think it's new we know . today marks a milestone on the road to britain's exit from the european union and peace is due to vote on amendments to the plan put forward by prime ministers who reason may occur explains what the next step might be. went to reason may fail to push 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 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 the brags that ship has run aground tonight's vote should be engines up

again and determine which way sale 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 is 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 jordi me steve needs. 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 drags 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 below three a 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 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 reason may's so-called plan b. it will either keep bobbing in the water or anti bragg's etampes 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. president trump loans is way too controversial plans for bible classes in u.s. schools have the details on that story and plenty more after the break. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or something want to.

get it right the press doesn't like the korean people are. interested always in the why. should. it. come back all the green light for bible literacy classes in u.s. public schools has sparked controversy across the country all secular activists warn that it's a dangerous tendency president trump has already endorsed the plan something that 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 clearly violate the first amendment which seeks to ensure our government does not support nor stop a national religion i propose that we also have hindus a buddhist egyptian book of the debt and the reason 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 their 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 support to religion they also

say it trumps advocacy of the proposal blurs the line between church and state we got the views of john loudon the former republican member of the missouri senate 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. china has lashed 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 who 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 a curriculum all across the country and there is very little controversy around that it's in but it's when the bibles broad and 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 that 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. and worse for a junior the freedom from religion foundation was recently was start a similar thing like this because the first graders were being taught that adam and eve slowed down the bricks the dinosaurs like a water slide if they were teaching scripture memorization and they wanted kids to . be you know sort of indoctrinated 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 just don't understand the danger. china has lashed out at u.s. government charges against tech giant huawei and its chief financial officer among one joe saying it's unfair and immoral there are strong political

motivations and political manipulations behind these actions we strongly urge the u.s. to stop the unreasonable suppression of chinese companies including untrue chinese enterprises objectively and fairly one way is accused of misleading the u.s. government on the global bank about its relationships with subsidiaries in order to conduct business with iran it's also alleged the 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 is now made an official request for her extradition the company and the chinese government deny any wrongdoing the charges come just ahead of crucial u.s. china trade talks political analyst colin cavell thinks the whole lawas

a protectionist measure on the part of the u.s. . this red shirt is the tensions between the u.s. and china and its current talks and trade urgent journals that are going on by the u.s. you you know. there's. diplomacy to beat china and try to access the u.s. dollar car market it's trying to go back to its all of peerless ways of saying that yes you may produce a product that is cheaper than the world we may you may produce a better product but we're going to. market access and that is the way countries. do it when they want to protect their own domestic production. i think for choosing r.t. international this cheese day and to get in touch if you'd like to share your views

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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 bats 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. so after reading trash for life and a stick to the nicaraguan group. invited us factory to take on for the twenty fifth anniversary of the founding of the episode. on october fifth or in the past this plane was shot down the newcomer come into play grabbing. the corporate turf that reagan had privately. and there was one crew member the

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