seemed wrong. just don't call. me that he's yet to shape out. become educated and indeed from an equal betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground. us intensifies its efforts to oust him venezuela's president maduro imposing crippling sanctions on the state and handing control of some financial assets to the leader of the opposition. will continue to use all of our diplomatic and economic tools to support the interim president how. meanwhile the u.s. national security adviser is seen holding

a notepad with five thousand troops to colombia written on it leading to speculation over the trumpet ministrations next move against caracas also ahead. to make. they create. and delay with out a plan is not a solution it's a road to nowhere. british prime minister theresa may mourn the m.p.'s that they have to agree on an exit plan if they want to avoid a no deal scenario. and human rights watch releases a report documenting dozens of cases of terrorist torturing civilians in northern syria. we have documented cases in which. residents. because they were either documenting abuses were just to be. apparent to the. miners.

i. it's nine o'clock and you're watching out international live from almost studio with me welcome to the program united states is starting its economic weight behind venezuela's south declared interim president as you want. to announce his transferring control of certain states that's how buy american banks to the leader of the crisis stricken countries opposition washington has also impose sanctions on venice where the state and company in an effort to choke off revenue to the government of nicolas maduro well we're going to discuss this further with. it's a it's a pretty bold move by washington isn't it the euro hi again well i'll tell you what this is the kind of support that any opposition leader turned solve can proclaim sorry president would dream of just think about it the state department in fact it

was my secretary of state i'm self certifying to see and control i have it all here sir property and accounts belong to the venezuelan government and that comes right after earlier this week washington also punished venezuela's state oil giant with sanctions which meant immediately cutting off the door government's key source of revenue this seven billion worth of assets in american banks were frozen and american officials have made it clear that they have no plans to stop when it comes to punishing the current government in caracas. we will continue to use all of our diplomatic and economic tools to support interim president quite oh the national assembly and the venezuelans people efforts to restore their democracy but we have continued to expose the corruption of madeira and his cronies in

today's action ensures they can no longer loot the assets of the venezuelan people told woods that we've just heard what's being caracas is reaction and you know what doro likes to act quickly and this isn't really an exception and we've already seen him on a cut of diplomatic ties with the u.s. in fact he wanted to expel all american diplomats and this particular case the caracas authorities banned from leaving the country so that he doesn't take advantage of any of these super generous gifts by washington the president has also sent a strong message to the americans that was shown on t.v. he tried to do it in english and it's really worth having a look at what he said. it's going to mean how. venice. on

a true. venice. you can be clearer than credit with this message for those who don't understand what's going on in venezuela can you explain what the situation is that this is a crisis that has been escalating since january tenth that was the inauguration of nicolas maduro by the way he's official term as president the leader of the country doesn't and till twenty twenty five so that is six more years but that really triggered protests and then eventually at one of the protests the self-proclaimed president interim president won by the he's the leader of the opposition he did that so when he was saying that he's the new legitimate leader of the country then he mediately got the backing of the west first of all washington in this particular case but the thing that matters most in this case is the loyalty of the army

obviously so far the soldiers at least they have declared this way the generals they've been loyal to nicolas maduro however want to go i don't really want to change that. but i will put the soldiers of venezuela we're waiting for you to be on our side are you. soldiers of venezuela we're waiting for you to be on the side of the constitution are you serious. we have made our position very clear about the dictates or your nature of this regime and so we want to take power never traits and. install a transitional government and free elections. that's how it has to be. ok at least for now the army is standing behind nicolas maduro but we cannot be so sure if we take the population of venezuela because

we've seen massive protests mass protests some of them have turned violent there were also some deaths unfortunately and one is saying that more to come well it's obviously that the country is in a in a state of disarray but and we've also heard that the u.s. has jumped on the bandwagon and supporting one guy who al sr portraying him well we have to think europe first of all spain germany the u.k. and france have also said and all tomato they weren't as aggressive as the americans but they warned nicolas maduro that if he doesn't announce early elections as soon as this sunday they are going to recognize one quiet duo that you would have a president of the in as well as sorry however the current government in caracas has the full backing of moscow and russia has said many times that in fact

the west is responsible for this and they have blamed western countries for trying to orchestrate some sort of coup from outside the country. we're extremely worried about the actions of the u.s. and its allies towards venezuela which are in flagrant violation of international law. we along with other responsible members of the international community would do everything to support the legitimate government of venezuela led by nicolas maduro in his assertion of the constitution and the methods of crisis regulation within the constitutional fields. and we are going to watch out for these mass protests that are perhaps common inevitably and also well watch out for this deadline sunday that's been said by european countries but you know nicolas maduro the way we've known him does. look like he's going to back off we're going to wait and see what happens not me thank you very much but lanka for giving us an update on this very complicated story thank you. at the forefront of america's

attempts to undermine the government all three of washington's most most poisonous figures some media have in fact dubbed them the troika of tyranny. the team taking on authorities in caracas. 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 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 the us is once again talking about basically another war for oil so that it introduces these moral complications and gives rise to some serious questions about the u.s. motivations here and it's very frustrating from an american point of view it's one thing for trump to announce oh i support this other guy and that's great but but but these sanctions are kind of an act of violence in themselves i think that we

have to put this in the kind of the continuing u.s. blockade of an as well in the stranglehold it but on the economy of the country which is having very real humanitarian consequences for the people there it is a question of you know washington and its allies in europe and elsewhere want their cake and they want to have their cake and eat it i mean it's very double distorting we think here. as the sanctions were being announced some notice that the u.s. national security advisers notepad was turned towards reporters on it was written five thousand troops to colombia a country sharing a border with venezuela some have suggested it was simply an accident others that it was intentional. thanks thanks thanks to the school. and the reach of that no.

thank you. we've heard from international law and human rights expert and attorney eva golan just she says washington's actions raise serious legal questions this is been

a decision long in the making venice whereas van intice a painting that at some point along the line of this escalation of aggression coming out of washington towards the government it could and in the seizing of venice was assets in the united states i don't think it's overwhelmingly surprising however that doesn't mean that venezuela is prepared for it or that it's legally ok i think that there are some serious legal questions here over does the united states government have the authority to seize the sovereign assets of another nation just because they host them in an institution in the united states and then at the same time the question of where are those assets going the state department and the treasury department they've been very clear that they are saving those assets they will be protecting those assets and then handing them to the opposition leader i mean that is practically unheard of they're going in and they're trying this first move of the economic strength strangle you know strong hold of

venezuela's economy trying to crush essential event as well as access to any of its assets united states in an attempt to just further pressure the government to resign which doesn't appear to be having that impact in venezuela. this tuesday marks a milestone in britain's e.u. exit process m.p.'s due to vote in two hours time on amendments to the prime minister's divorce plan which was firmly rejected earlier this month theresa may spoke ahead of the ballot warning she can't rule out a new deal bragg's it unless parliament finds common ground. mr speaker none of the amendments i've addressed so far will ensure that we deliver breck's it instead they simply provide more arguments against action and more reasons to stand still rather than setting out a plan to make it work they create further delay and delay without a plan is not a solution it's a road to nowhere what we can do today is send a clear message to brussels about what it is this house wants to see changing in

the withdrawal agreement in order to be able to support it. we can cross live to london to our correspondent and us to see a chokin and austere and at the pivotal night in westminster with amendments for voting on the course of bragg's it please let us know what's happening at the moment. well in that era with just fifty nine days to go before the bronx a deadline strikes on march twenty fourth this sort of last breaths to go to is continuing to nudge forward but where it's going to end up talking continues to be anyone's guess what we have going on tonight is the house of commons is voting on not quite a handful of amendments that could indicate which tasks the u.k. could take moving forward following the crushing defeat of the original brax a deal that to rescind may had put in front of her parliament just two weeks ago on the other side because you have it both ways she's wrong be saying that she

absolutely will leave on march the twenty ninth in all circumstances whatever happens and then simple tenuously say there will be an opportunity for parliament to have some future events and decide what happens next if there is no deal she's now supporting the brady amendment to noise so she will be voting against her i mean do you need to annoy and how does she expect this house to provide an alternative when she's going to go against their own do you think this is a government in denial split from top to bottom and incapable of you know to themselves let alone the country we have so much to lose for a break and nothing nothing to gain it's perfectly obvious in the streets of such a you know we're not remotely going to i'm sure these questions in the next sixty or to sixty days before we need more turning. well look

at the house of commons as as you can see passions have been flying for weeks on end now and specifically tonight m.p.'s are looking at seven amendments and those include things like turning to arrangements to the irish boxtops this is something that has been a major bone of contention here in the u.k. the possible amendments such as extending article fifty which would push back the the deadline giving need more time to negotiate things like taking. a new deal bracks it off the table as well and a handful of others but the whole point of what's going on tonight is to try to find some kind of path forward that would indicate what it is that the house of commons majority would support so that this to recently can travel to brussels and it's reported here in westminster that that could happen as early as this week to try to renegotiate whatever it is that her harlem and supports with

brussels got in that self is also going to be quite tricky of course given that the european union has been a very clear indicating time and time again that they don't want to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement that was agreed earlier with theresa may but struck down here in westminster but really to all of those those kind of questions and where this could head next we are expecting some kind of answer soon with the results of these of this debate announced later tonight around nine pm local time here in london where we should know where it is exactly or in some way shape or form it is that the house of commons stands on moving forward which is going to wait to see if they can move forward before the frustrations of the m.p.'s speaking faces the banks that enough. reporting from london thank you. still to come testimonies of civilian severely tortured by al-qaeda linked terrorists in. well the details on that after

this break. good jump from. terrorism. from thought crime to face crime you know facebook should rename itself as face crime because they are assisting in a baby. move toward totalitarianism and the question i guess is why why now why. rearing its ugly head in america at this time in history. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race off and spearing dramatic development only closely and. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time

to sit down and talk. welcome back to the program a chilling report by human rights watch says high at. an armed group with links to al qaeda has detained and tortured civilians in syria has also released the testimonies of several victims and you might find some of the following upsetting. to pull me out to the. 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. human rights watch claims the detentions and arrests were triggered by protests against the higher tyrion militant group eager shutdown of has more details. when syria's most ruthless battle hardened terrorist elements fled the advances of the country's military

taking refuge in the province the u.s. and cole went overboard overboard about how aside 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

a. detainee residents of. because they were either documenting abuses or were just. 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 . is now undeniable fact that it live remains a terrorist haven while we are still committed to the cease fire deal the recent takeover by to goes beyond the scope of the. the russian and turkish military's are working on a roadmap to deal with the threat but it's clear we cannot let it live remain a terrorist hotbed so worlds' 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. r.t. is spoken to the family of libyan journalist mohammed ben calley who was killed while covering clashes in the country ten days ago he worked as a freelance contributor to various international news agencies including ortiz conceivably.

so orderly no one can describe a parent's feelings nor can anyone define it the feeling that we lost a person who was part of us our son who was part of our soul. in the hurt and then him confront recently before he was killed he called me to ask how am i doing he told me that he had a dream about me he told me i was crying his dream i kept thinking about this dream for a while but when we received the news i remembered his dream and i thought about it that maybe it was my homage it was morning himself and that dream. on it's now i'll be back in around thirty minutes with more but make sure you stay tuned now for bust which is up next here on out international.

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