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 discomfort and easiness for. days before withdrawing from a landmark arms control agreement with the usa as it's now going to produce a new earth tolmach warhead that claims that weapon will help lower the threat of nuclear. culture coming up in the program. this will end president nicolas maduro accuses trump of ordering his assassination as the country's supreme court bars

venezuela's self declared interim leader. from leaving the country also coming up. the government will now redouble its efforts to get a deal that this house can support it's back to the negotiating table for british prime minister trees in may after parliament supports a bid to rework her stalled brags it. around the clock across the world this is your r.t. international from the team and myself you know no meal a little welcome our top story washington will begin its official withdrawal from the landmark i.n.f. treaty before the end of this week for over thirty years the agreement signed by the leaders of the us and the u.s.s.r. guaranteed the elimination of an entire category of nuclear arms. but now america

has earmarked the development of a new nuclear warhead r t v of brings us up to date on all of that. it is the pentagon's newest toy the w seventy six dash two when it is essentially i mean you less baggage less radiation less fallout and most importantly less responsibility i think you started through a major. global treaty were there. cannot be countries are treated so there's not one dominated country in the world could do could be. naturally this new nuclear arms race is not america's fault but every what outsiders namely the usual suspects since twenty ten we have seen the return of great power competition to varying degrees russia and china have made clear that they seek to substantially

revise the post cold war international order and norms of behavior we could of course beat a dead horse and again point out that russia is not even in the same league as the us when it comes to military budgets in fact russian military spending has been fooling for years while america's has ballooned symbolic as well within days the u.s. should begin withdrawing from the in to mediate range nuclear forces treaty blaming russia's development of a cruise missile but really gets on the old nerves here is the commander in chief of the united states is unpredictability and seemingly his habit of threatening everyone we have money that anybody else by will build it up so we have a tremendous amount of money to play with the military and we are going to develop the weapons funding. to modernize our nuclear arsenal so important we're spending

a tremendous amount of money on our nuclear arsenal nobody will have close when now two minutes to midnight on the doomsday clock on the brink or now officially into a new cold war a nuclear arms race world powers that each other's throats and no light at the end of the tunnel countries will continue to make threats against other countries just like what's happening now. the rule of major true. united states and the archers. sometimes lose. their phone and so on listen. to turley and from a national security we like to. know the truth as you consider the truth didn't agree with much. ok so another big story of the day

political turmoil in venezuela has risen to a new level but president might do it directly accusing donald trump of ordering his assassination no doubt that gave an order to kill me he told the colombian government the colombian mafia to kill me if something happens to me one day and the colombian president will be responsible well that statement comes soon after the country's supreme court launched a criminal probe against a self declared interim president one goh i know a lot happening i'm happy to stay in the studio to help me just brick this story it seems to be new larry's date idea to this nicholas material though i think it's safe to say it's not lying. well if you look at what he's been saying lately it's been typical nicolas maduro blaming america for everything that thing about the assassination that you've mentioned

a few reus about what washington has been doing all you want is our oil and our resources that's something a lot of resources the biggest reserves in the world we have to we have to point out i don't way that's true although all the other hand mr wood door is saying that he's absolutely ready to talk to donald trump anywhere in the u.s. and minister well and in any kind of format and he's sure that these kind of negotiations will be a great success although he says that donald trump's advisors in america would never allow this kind of meeting to happen so he mediately takes a step back well just to remind you and this is how he addressed what donald trump was doing and donald trump himself just a little earlier this week. i mean.

there's another figure in the pot lest we forget a certain mr ago i do. well yes and caracas was forced to act when washington said that it was pretty much handing over the fortunes that belong to the madore government however they were an american banks to the opposition leader and so now. assets and accounts in venezuela have been frozen and he's not allowed to leave the country and he's now also being investigated for attempts to assist other countries and to feeling and been as well as internal affairs now in response to that already caracas has been promised severe consequences by donald trump's national security advisor john. white just wiping the site because we know that the u.s. isn't alone in terms of support for the opposition leader where other countries coming down in this in this divide really if we look at the opposition support

surely america has been the champion we've got to think the here in this case because some of the strongest players of the block for now the u.k. still in their germany france and spain they have sent from a friend for mr moore they promise that they will recognize one as the legitimate leader of the country unless they close the door and now and says an early election before the end of this week but this isn't enough for juan glyde oh in an interview with the german magazine built he says that he once more help by the way that interview was titled built the whole of venezuela. germany and europe for supporting the activists who have we hope the e.u. is serious about the old so made some against makhdoom and reach a conclusion on the situation. however this ultimatum it's almost certain that it

will bite the dust and fall flat because nicolas maduro says that the next election in his country won't happen until twenty twenty five and that is the and of his term by the way russia which is supporting the government in min is well had something to say about the ultimatum as well. called that some sort of pseudo attempts to mediate in this crisis. any initiatives for mediation must be unbiased they should come from different players who have an influence both from the government and the opposition plus we have to understand the purpose of preparing the ground for a compromise between the sides must be the only purpose the goal is to push through what's already been decided that there's no need for such mediation group for instance the e.u. suggested it could become a mediator but at the same time some very influential member states says an

ultimatum from a duro. so we know that russia has been supporting the madore government as the government that's been legitimately elected as they are saying but they're also ready to become a mediator however according to the russian ambassador in venice well no such requests from within the country have come out either from the opposition or the government so russia is waiting for that. breaking all the time for a salad is a complicated story there sorry betrayed thank you very much let's get some analysis on all this and because i'm happy to say if that's political analyst chris bambery joins us. welcome to the program they used to say whoever controlled the airports in situations like this when there were two factors trying to take over a country controlled the nation it's the military now highly influential is the

opposition in venice well in that regard. well the command of the military seem to be sticking with me. and the i think will be worried as well that if he falls they might be facing sanctions international trial etc the worry is among the rank and file because the families are affected by the economic careless some of the junior officers are probably a supporter of. the defection of the military attash in ited states the real problem i think facing would do is if you remember back to the attempted coup almost a decade and a half ago against chavez it was a popular insurrection of the popular the poor which defeated that coup he's now relying on the army and popular power has kind of faded away in that time in venezuela when i was last there there was still strong elements of popular power grassroots support for the sign that for the obvious the obvious the regime that

seems to fade away as i think you're right focusing on the army because that is a fence so essential supports. the economic chaos is undermined to an extent not popular support that we shouldn't underestimate that every time donald trump united states makes threats against venezuela it does have an enormous resonant as well let me just really get into that because of the external factors here chris your thoughts not because you've got the u.s. coming out more vocally for the opposition does not mean washington's likely to refrain from any kind of excursion into venezuela because let me just say earlier what donald trump said he said an intervention is very much an option what are we talking about here what moves do you expect that the u.s. is considering here. well we saw from john bolton's memo which was leaked was a suggestion five thousand u.s. troops would be put into quote beyond the border and the two really if there was

going to be an american intervention which cannot be ruled out given america's history in latin america the key players here are colombia which daggers drawn with manure and brazil it's all a neighbor to the south village new president right wing president and that is another problem the dura faces again a decade ago you know latin america a lot of support for venezuela latin america moving leftwards no we've seen that leftward tirades driven back we have evil more hours in bolivia but little else and the right quite confident now although all because it is must be worried a direct american intervention through the country would put pressure on the peace process in that country but quit with a new brazilian president gung ho for it so i don't think you can rule it out but i think the option would have to take would be some sort of humanitarian intervention to stop violence because a direct american invasion would evoke so many saw me memories of past american interventions in one america chris just talked me briefly about cash here and how much impact of washington's freeze on venice will in assets have i suppose my point

is has anything actually changed here because we know america has been opposing the euro for some time already and those assets are held in u.s. banks we should remember. well i mean the problem is is the spite the huge oil reserves the venezuelan economy is struggling they're struggling to pay pensions they're struggling to pay and this is a key factor here madeira passed the pay the army if he doesn't pay the army given the economic general economic situation even before these sanctions this question marks over that that would be a major threat to him so he's going to have to find money to keep the army in place if not pensions etc and this will be all the more difficult given american sanctions on oil although many american oil companies must be questioning that as well given their interest that both their promised a change of regime and an open market in venezuela then they'll be jumping for joy that things are the real question is can the dura find the cash to keep they are

keeping the army terrific analysis as always chris speaking to us live on the program. a former starbucks head has announced he's considering running for the u.s. presidency next year howard schultz began by lashing out at president trump who was quick to fire back we're living at a most fragile time not only the fact that this president is not qualified to be the president but the fact that both parties are consistently not doing what's necessary on behalf of the american people howard schultz doesn't have the guts to run for president watched him on sixty minutes last night and i agree with him that he's not the smartest person besides america already has that arnie hope that starbucks is still paying me their rent in trump tower and mr schultz is a misprint was slammed by the democrats as well who fear he will split the vote as an independent candidate with no affiliation to

a political party. i want to see america when i don't care if you're democrat independent libertarian republican bring me your ideas well yeah a lot of anger both sides here of people urging others to get their coffee elsewhere and actually boycott starbucks we asked people in new york city what they thought about howard schultz this chances of becoming president. he has a right. he wants to run i think he could do just as bit of a job as the president now i feel like you need some sort of experience with like a public office i think he definitely would have a lot of people who would be interested in seeing what he has to say. spectacularly if he's trying to bring down a divide the ticket that he could easily lead. with a minority of the vote if you ran as an independent it would really hurt. it would help substances of getting reelected i think it will actually hurt trump.

overly excessive for sure i don't know why people would say that i mean just because he's running for president you should boycott him i don't believe in boycotts of anything i think people should have their opinions and be able to do what they want to in a free countries seems a rather pointless idea well legal analyst jennifer braden believes that democrats dislike anyone who code blue stripes reelection chances in twenty twenty now if you look historically at u.s. presidential elections and most of these campaigns historically third party candidates and dependents libertarians other parties generally are not successful they end up splitting away from the opposing base and so we have seen that historically however twenty twenty is looking to shape up to be a different year frankly and almost ironically because of what donald trump has done in the white house which is change the way things are going changing a lot of the narrative so what we're seeing here is actually the hate for donald

trump from the democratic party that's spilling over on to howard schultz for the democrats they think that anybody that could take away from their shots have been donald trump in two thousand and twenty anybody that might take away from that anybody that might run as an independent and take away votes from the democrats because they would be voting for an independent any of that they could leave down the shop in power the democrats are going to hate they're going to come after them they're going to be angry they're going to be afraid. so that's why we're seeing some of the animosity now coming out against howard schultz because of because that he's mentioned wanting to run as an independent more midweek news in ninety seconds time.

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the way a russian senator has been arrested during a parliamentary closed session in front of his peers over his alleged involvement in to murder is from almost a decade ago let's go live to maria fanaa to hear the details of those charges hi maria this popped up on my timeline i'm not really had to take a double take it so into extraordinary tell us more. yes you know an extraordinary and. to be fair i have to say that it looks like we have a family head case here because in the most recent development after the senator's arrest his father was also detained in st petersburg but let's start from the beginning the son on wednesday morning. came to he's working downtown mosco early at russia's federation council senate the upper chamber of the country's parliament and everything was just as usual until he was arrested reportedly in the middle of

the live session at the council with eye witnesses saying he was taken out of the hole by federal agents reports also odd that the country's general prosecutor and the head of the investigative committee were both personally at this scene just hours before that mr colleagues from the senate had reportedly secretly voted to strip him off his legal immunity and sanction he's arrests that a two year old politician a very young man who has already spent tough wolf he's live in politics represents russia's north caucasus republic of china which is a case here in the senate and he is right now reportedly. charged with at least two murders committed back in two thousand and ten the killing of a case of public youth movements deputy chairman short and the death of then the

republican president's adviser beaten brutally before dying from a bullet as well russia's investigative committee also says that mr at a should go is also charged with other crimes who reportedly among them is creating a criminal network these a very serious charges murder is organized in a criminal network guilty missed a show of the senator may face a life imprisonment reportedly right now denies all the allegations and accusations the investigation is. of course on the go in and in the most recent development just hours after the senator's arrest his father was also detained in his office in st petersburg he is one of the top managers at russia's gas giant gazprom to be more precise as one of its branches responsible for providing the northern and russian region regions including st petersburg area with gas he is reportedly charged with embezzlement all of attention thirty billion rubles which he's more

than four hundred million dollars so it's a very interested in case and we'll keep an eye on a ten day to do the very interesting here any and all developments all. the life from dawn till in moscow think. british prime minister treason may scored something of a victory in parliament on tuesday in a crucial vote british m.p.'s backed an amendment that would allow her to renegotiate a major sticking point in her breaks a deal of the irish border on the vote seem to bring an element of unity to a very divided westminster and even the leader of the opposition party during the corba no seems ready to engage in this cautions. since we've had this debate in the house as emphatically voted to reject the no deal option that the prime minister was supporting can i say that we are prepared to meet her to put forward

i to put forward the points of view from the labor party all of the kind of agreement we want with the european union to protect jobs to protect living standards and to reject rights and conditions in this country whilst the prime minister may have won the support of her fellow parliamentarians she now faces the challenge of getting the e.u. to reopen talks and she's already facing resistance from the use chief breaks that negotiator michel barnier who say brussels position remains unchanged with the latest breakdown here is art. the government will now redouble its efforts to get a deal that this house can support mr speaker if this house can come together we can deliver the decision the british people took in june two thousand and sixteen restore faith in our democracy and get on with building a country that works for everyone and as prime minister and work with members across the house to do just. well if you thought your reason mase withdrawal deal was dead you'd be wrong those opposed to her plan failed to sing

kids and her deal is still pretty much bull being in the water the main issue that politicians manage to agree on is that to resume a should go back to brussels and renegotiate the agreement that she struck with it's a real change of course for the prime minister because to resume a spent weeks saying that she can't change the e.u. withdrawal deal but just before this series of votes in parliament she made a major u.-turn and said that she'd look for legally binding changes to the thorny issue of the irish backstop in that e.u. withdrawal deal now that managed to win her the backing of the hardline you're a skeptics in her own party as well as the d p the democratic and new u.s. party of northern ireland which is propping up to reason may's minority government so finally there is sims unity in parliament on the way forward but there is one

big problem with this and that is at the moment all this is pure fantasy why brussels that has repeatedly said that the current deal is not up for renegotiation and they've reiterated it donald tusk the president of the european council immediately after the votes in parliament were over said the backstop is part of the withdrawal agreement and the withdrawal agreement is not open for read a go she should withdraw all agree. is and remains the best and only way to ensure an orderly withdrawal of the united kingdom from the european union now there is only reason mase side say that all that is just a tactic that is a tactic that brussels uses in its negotiations rather often but the votes in parliament also dealt a major blow to all those politicians that was seeking to tell a brags that as well as there is looking for a second referendum i was three rising as the e.u.

vote broadly it all went rather well for tim reason mate for once to illustrate just how well it went to the government one of our cabinet ministers was reportedly seen dancing across the lobby to one of the final votes so we have a plan of action forged by parliament finally chiseled out of the chaos but is being called a you know corner option one that doesn't really exist in fact the prime minister's been accused of riding unicorns all the way to brussels because london and the e.u. on now back to being universes apart polly boy go on but it is our lot for this news hour for up to the minute updates on the day's big developments our twitter page is well worth a follow on back in thirty with more and more great program start in just a moment stay where you are this is our to.

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