we need to make. it without us the. venezuela's president slams the u.s. for promoting a fake version of events in the country and aggression while washington says the opposition there has only just begun the fight for freedom. greece is outraged after the british museum once again refuses to hand ancient greek artifacts back to greece something that's long fired to public debate. really we're british are two fox in grief don't think it would be viewed

differently i guess it's quite nice to have them kept. and facebook faces a backlash for harvesting data from mobile phones it was revealed thousands of members aged thirteen to thirty five were paid for access to personal information. a warm welcome you're watching r t international with me the king air and it's great to have you with us this morning now our top story with venezuela in the midst of political upheaval the country's president has sent a warning to his people nicolas maduro says there shouldn't they shouldn't trust the fake version of events in the country that the united states is trying to promote he even went further threatening the u.s. with a second vietnam like war. since they cannot fake venezuela

and madeira having weapons of mass destruction to intervene against us they now make up lies on a daily basis and false news to justify aggression against our country. let's not allow another war like vietnam in latin america if the government of the united states intends to intervene against us they will have another vietnam worse than you can imagine. the warning comes after washington announced his full support of self declared interim president. with this bit becoming deeper by the day my galatea of looks at the choices for venezuela venezuela is a country of two realities so stark so profound the differences in opinion in one reality president where do or who is trying to put down a rebellion stop an upstart usurper why do these trying to prevent mutiny in the army even as we hear calls on c.n.n.

to supply rebels with weapons and he's afraid trump has ordered him killed no doubt that trump gave an order to kill me he told the colombian government the colombian mafia to kill me if something happens to me one day donald trump and the colombian president will be responsible. there is also a parallel reality born in no small part thanks to the united states chavez now maduro have long been a thorn in washington side in this reality why do is the real president he is america's candid it trump congratulated him on becoming president they discuss what to do with the former dictator in the douro they discuss business politics he has america's blessing and its protection. i reiterate that the united states

will hold venezuelan security forces responsible for the safety of all u.s. diplomatic personnel the national assembly and president going to any violence against these groups would signify a grave assault on the rule of law and will be met with a significant response sure now with the guarantee of safety of invulnerability mystic why do wasted no time before beginning to issue orders soldiers of venezuela today i give you an order don't shoot the venezuelan people don't shoot those who in a clear and constitutional way have been defending your family your people your work your way of life today soldiers of venezuela i give you an order don't repress peaceful demonstrations like before such for media scenes we see this well over the world palestinians protesting in the occupied territories the yellow vests in france catherine separatists in spain protesters in the u.s.

but when police bully beat and the rest in those countries that's fine and dandy when they do it in venezuela at suppression of democracy an attack on the free world. was not the democratically elected president of the tramples democracy human rights and the rule of law the hook for a new start is linked with the old democratic ludes a tomato institution in the country namely the national assembly and its president who and why door that's why together with the e.u. we have offered all political support to him for the us why do is the cake sweetened pliable but wait there's icing on top of those agreements that have not been recognized by the national assembly are illegal we will not recognize illegal agreements china has to understand that and russia has to understand that two

realities two presidents two governments to venezuela's of course of cattle to continue like this a house divided cattle stand then surely these two realities will merge let's just hope it will be through civil war with unrest building the country's been hit by a wave of anti-government rallies president term described them as a fight for freedom while the u.s. secretary of state urged the venezuelan military to take the side of the opposition . with both sides now vying for the support of the military journalist norris all got reports from koran. we're currently in out of here square one of the most employee magic venues for a position protesters. place is a very crowded after one waiter called for a new round of protest after he eased investigated by the. government supreme court and the public prosecutor do chew activities against the government

earlier we so president nicolas maduro of these it in the troops the armed forces trying to gain their support i am assuming. it is the first time this is happening it indicates just how desperate the white house is they can't go with venezuela it's a delicate matter what am i doing i'm fulfilling my duties as supreme commander under the constitution and so has done one way or who has been speaking to the armed forces trying both of them to win. support of the armed forces and one of the most important estimates of the venice well in politics the soldiers of venezuela i'm talking to you this is the moment to be on the side of the constitution it's not a time for fear or time to step but it's not the time to disrespect the venezuelan people meanwhile the u.s. government has recognized as the interim president of venezuela and actually

congratulated him also one way to employ at the u.s. has said that the opposition will not engage into any kind all the dialogue with the venezuelan government if foreign ministers are set to discuss the venezuelan crisis later on thursday after madeira rejected the possibility of an early election latin america experts kevin young says there is a real threat of a civil war in the south american country. this is certainly an attempted coup in progress the manoora government is is not in an enviable situation it's. faces declining domestic support and rising discontent from all sectors of society but it's not by any means clear that people who are upset with the manure of government will turn around and support a far right leader like one i think the threats of us in a military intervention are designed in large part to convince the venezuelan

military to switch sides and turn against maduro but as for what they're going to do. you know it's anyone's guess at this point i think that regardless of what happens if if there was to be a military coup or. a large segment of the military siding with with the right wing opposition there would still be very heavy resistance including perhaps armed resistance so there really is a real serious threat of civil war here and that's something that the trouble in ministration is actually perhaps trying to provoke. a long running round between greece and the u.k. is back in the headlines over who owns the ancient artifacts and is the part of the director of the british museum where the on display has infuriated athens by ruling out there saying that taking the marbles from greece that was a creative act as if to check it takes up the story. the british museum is back in

the headlines this time its director has stirred up trouble by saying removing the world famous twenty five hundred year old parthenon marbles from greece to be taken to britain in the nineteenth century could be seen as a creative act thanks to a new context you could of course be saddened by the fact that the original environment has disappeared when you move a cultural heritage to a museum you move it outside however the shifting is also a creative act technically u.k. law prevents the return of such pieces but the problem is greece considers the classical marble sculptures stolen and wants them back seriously was so creative in the destruction of the temple and the looting and the pillaging of the nation's keys to its ancient history greece's culture minister described the museum directors approach as narrow and cynical a mindset that downgrades cultural heritage to an exchange sale out but in fact it's not just greece that's pressuring the museum other artifacts perceived just

snatched during the times of the british empire are being demanded back to so far to no avail the museum is only ready to loan saying the pieces are better off being displayed as part of a wider collection. you have to take it keep in view one hundred fifty. years give us some months and we can have. millions of people come to enjoy the british museum every year let's find out what some of them here make of this longstanding and how local see it back and i think the thought of being here is probably for the greater good i had a sky a degree in art history so i thought i'd better go back up. where they belong

one in every museum in the world and why. i would keep them here if they were british artefacts in greece i think it would be viewed differently if i was greek i would want to return i know i consider this the way i consider what to be since any greeks and i'm also in favor of returning to the elgin marbles i guess it's quite nice to have kept a promise to go home for a period because the exhibitions. i would want to print might be some kind of sharing arrangement. if i build a house and someone in america cannot take it with him and say i will take good care of it i will keep it in america come see it whenever you like. thousands of facebook members some as young as thirteen have been paid by the social media platform for their data on their mobile phones but the app used to do the job has

been banned by apple after it was shown it violated its previously policies we just find that it still available on android facebook has been asking its users to install the facebook where search up since two thousand and sixteen and has been paying them up to twenty dollars a month for the privilege members were asked to give the app access to information including private messages on social media it also could collect emails web browsers data as well as their location and social media giant denies accusations that it was spying on the teenagers online habits. it wasn't spine as all of the people of saud up to participate went through cleone boarding process is asking for the mission less than five percent of the people who chose to participate in this market research program were teens all of them was signed parental consent forms facebook even asked its users to screenshot that as an orders page and some say

that parental consent was easily avoided in the whole process journalist eric bros says people don't understand what access to such data actually means i think most people probably would find it unethical because generally kids are not going to understand what they're signing up for most people don't know what they sign up for whenever they sign the terms of service and even if facebook is saying i'm giving twenty bucks or whatever they're handing out i don't think most people really understand how their method data and their digital footprint tells a lot about who they are as a person about where they go and just about their entire life and i'm not sure everybody really understands that when you sign up for facebook or any of these social media companies or any web site really when you click i agree without reading the terms of service and particularly with apps on smartphones most people don't understand what they're giving companies permission to do and especially when it relates to the children. according to an online poll the popularity of facebook

among teenagers has decreased by twenty percent since twenty fifteen derrick rose again says that's trying to regain that market share. it is obvious that facebook is losing support in favor among the younger generations the younger millennial is and generations e is some people call them where most of them are using things like instagram which facebook also owns and things like snapchat and other platforms facebook is kind of seen like the older thing for the fit the parents and the grandparents i think what facebook is trying to do is to buy up other platforms like they bought instagram they bought what's up there the company that runs facebook mark zuckerberg and his team i don't think whether or not facebook the social network disappears i don't think they're going to go anywhere they're planning to invest and make sure that they have their hands in all the future social networks. and that market district in the french capital has become the unlikely focus of the country's my current policies residence that raged after

a gym used by schools in the area was converted into a shelter for migrants over the winter seans of unskillful. as france shut is through a cold snap authorities in paris have taken the decision to help shell to migrants out on the streets one hundred and fifty were bussed to this gym in one of the city's swankiest neighborhoods where they'll spend the winter months it's a far cry from life in the. pale but the area known for its large unhoused camps and drug problems has been described by some as the gates of hell with temperatures plummeting this decision has been hailed by many as humane but others are furious the idea of helping people who are in the cold and of course i agree do it but we have many other places where we can do it so far i don't see why we put all the migrants here there's

a camp already on board for axelrod there is another near the hoods they're everywhere they're even go into homes or school to migrants there. and the kids who are taking lessons. it seems the news that this facility was to be requisitioned by the city of paris came with hardly any warning nor any consultation and thousands have now signed a petition against the decision which has triggered protests outside the gym we never say we're going migrant the issue is you've got all the kids which are using it every day and i was in. a work made aware of that on friday for a monday closure very big public school private school and using it on a daily basis we could have found some. kids.

kids which. sports associations and parents say that no alternative has been offered for the students and the athletes who. rely on the gym and the staff whose jobs are potentially at risk they currently appealing this decision but some have suggested that this isn't just about a sporting facility it's much more about a rich neighborhood and happy with migrants moving in. with the people who live here and don't complain and legs also in the six in the street people he had protests and just accept it. what could be more important than taking care of the people who don't have a roof over their heads it is more important than children not being able to do sports for a few months. we just don't want to see the misery i don't see why who would migrants in areas like more delicious we should include them in this exist district

person city council says this is all part of a plan for the departments in the region to make one thousand two hundred emergency rooms available what is clear though is that the migrant influx into this one portion part of paris isn't being met with wall open. paris u.s. intelligence agencies are under fire from president trump after a porting that iran has no nuclear arsenal run that after the short break. join me every first day on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then.

kind of financial survival john today was all about money laundering first to visit this cash into three different. oh good this is a good start well we have our three banks all set up here maybe something in your something in america something overseas in the cayman islands or do we do all these banks are complicit in the tough talk or say we just have to give me a call and say hey i'm ready to do some serious money laundering ok let's see how we did while we've got home got a nice luxury watch for max and for stacy oh beautiful jewelry and how about. luxury automobile again for max you know what money laundering is highly illegal thank you so much guys of course.

welcome back families in france are looking for answers after a mysterious thirteen the number of children born with birth defects more than one thousand have been born with missing limbs in french rural areas over the past twelve years the government's now preparing to release a report on the probable causes. right now and i could tell by the gun ecologists look i could see him looking and checking i could tell that something was wrong. i want to know where she was born like that because his mother's been themselves we think that it may come from us or that we did something wrong.

we are asked to survey this department just to say to collect all the data from hospitals maternity clinics and pediatric services and we continued signaling to the authorities who didn't want to listen to our calls. they promise to keep us informed which meant a lot to us because we hadn't been told anything about our case about our children who are three and seven but the inquiry started three years ago and we never heard back from them. in colombo we are surrounded by agriculture fields so we naturally wonder about the use of pesticides why doesn't it happen to people who live in the city there must be an entire culture. the agency regrets its inaction choice if i don't see anything that could explain the cold causes behind the emergence of congenital most mation.

i saw that there was an issue because i knew very well how the french administration herc's i know how to explain this it's hard not to panic the public i think there is this field discovering that the causes couldn't danger a number of economic interests. messages i just wish we had some answers my daughter has never really asked me i have always told her that she was born this way and that it was nature it can happen that some children are born like that and now i'm thinking that if one day she asked me again i want to know how to answer. president trampas taking aim at america's intelligence agency is it comes off to a senate hearing in which the director of national intelligence on the head of the cia both said that iran is not currently developing a nuclear arsenal we do not believe iran is currently undertaking activities we

judge necessary to produce a nuclear device they are testing rockets last week and more and are coming very close to the edge their economies now crashing which is the only thing holding them back be careful of iran perhaps intelligence should go back to school. trump has consistently claimed the two ronnies building nuclear weapons as well as missiles capable of carrying them in may two thousand and eighteen the president pulled at the u.s. out of the iran nuclear agreement which he branded the worst deal ever negotiated it was signed in twenty fifteen by a virus obama after more than a decade of negotiations iran wasn't the only thing the president and his intelligence agencies disagreed on he thinks there's a strong chance of the denuclearize ation of north korea while intelligence director done coats says it's unlikely pyongyang will give up its nuclear stockpile

they also part ways on islamic state the president say as the terrorists group have been almost completely destroyed but coats was adamant it was still a threat to the us former cia analyst turned whistle blower john kiriakou thinks trump is being strongly influenced by his inner circle. the contradiction on iran between what the president's position is and what the intelligence says i think is very fundamental in that you have john bolton as the national security advisor john bolton is probably the single most anti iran. intelligence figure in america at least whispering into the president's ear every day that the iranians are terrible and so don't trouble and went into this presidency with the same position them he also turns to a young senator who's a republican you know tom cotton from the state of arkansas tom triton also is still arriving at least wrongly anti iran and don't forget that benjamin netanyahu

the prime minister of israel is very influential in this white house they he and trump speak regularly and trump takes his advice. it was seemingly a home run for british prime minister to resign may on tuesday after m.p.'s supported amendments to the break that deal in parliament however it seems that a broad she might face more resistance with the e.u. expressing it found willingness to take negotiations. easier correspondent peter all of a has the details. i'll start with the very small positives coming from the european side to all its theresa may in britain on wednesday angle of merkel is said to have held a phone conversation with the polish prime minister in which both expressed their commitment to trying to find a deal to avoid a no deal breaker however in the european parliament on wednesday the knights who were out for to reason may for british politics as a whole and for the vote on tuesday evening to essentially tell theresa may to come

back to brussels to renegotiate the words from brussels are it's not going to happen in fact we heard that michel barnier the chief negotiator from the european side saying that the blame game that's going on in british politics needs to stop and basically some focus needs to be found on sorting out this whole problem we've heard similar things from t.v. we had similar things from brock as well people unhappy with the infighting in the tory party the infighting in the labor party in the fact that labor nor the tory seem to be able to come up with anything that works as a plan together junk lord young at the european commission president added his voice to those saying there would be no renegotiation when it came to the idea of the irish backstop he and other leaders added their voices to say that island wouldn't be abandoned at the expense of getting a deal with britain at any cost sometimes from time to time i have to push.

some hope to other countries burns and vexed. at the last minute but this is not a game. is it disappeared by left issues it goes to the heart of what being a member of your puny union. bordeaux is you look sport and. by which my message to be there is a me the you position is clear and consistent that we've drawn. and is not open for renegotiation yesterday we found out what the key doesn't want but we still don't know what the key does warm all those words were by simon cove me the irish deputy prime minister and the irish foreign minister he said there was no alternative to the facts as it was in order to stick to the red lines that were put in place in the go see a chance by the british side he said this should britain perhaps want an extension

of article fifty ireland would support that if there was a good enough reason given for it so germany corporon and his team have been meetings with theresa may and her team in the prime minister's office in the house of commons not in downing street to me at number ten downing street they were there to try and find some kind of common ground doesn't seem like that works anything out particularly especially when you have a look at how they were talking to one another in the house of parliament shortly before they went into that meeting could you set out today what leads alternative arrangements might be nasty like the house set a clear direction on the way that the house could agree and and that's what i and that is about dealing with the rise of the gentleman says with the issue with the backstop as i said yesterday there are a number of proposals for how that could be done none of that was very clear to me are going to anybody and i would have been our eyes mr speaker it would have been really nice of the prime minister to acknowledge that she did we're poor m.p.'s to

try and support no deal and was defeated on that it's been absolutely clear with my contacts with the european union leaders is that they want to deal what this house voted for last night or no sign of any solutions and so far to the irish stop question from the united kingdom side anyway but one bit of news we have been hearing from the european side is should there be no deal breaks it in the budget divorce bill thirty nine billion pounds that will still be owed to brussels that won't go away just big. because there isn't a deal as some commentators in the u.k. have certainly been floating. thanks to choosing our national this morning we do have to have a great start to your day wherever you are we'll be back at the top of the hour with the latest see that. i think one of them will.