i. don't as well as opposition leader secures the support of the european parliament as he agitates for the overthrow of the troubled nation socialist president use foreign policy chief also says the blocks. sanctions against caracas. germany france and the u.k. establish a mechanism to swerve u.s. sanctions on trading with iran using a new trade channel. also this hour families in rural france the

manzano why over the last decade a large number of children they're born without limbs with a government report probable cause are some of those affected. and want to know where she was born like that because mothers bring them we think that come from us we did something wrong. and i walk into our international life from moscow just gone three am here in russia or rather you are thanks for joining us this hour. as the european union is helping to turn up the heat on venezuelan president nicolas maduro that follows the lead of washington with brussels now learning its full support of the opposition leader. the e.u.'s foreign policy chief has outlined possible measures that could be taken against the government piece all of the reports. federica mockery of the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs has announced that the european union is

setting up what they call an international contact group on venezuela this isn't going to be any kind of official mediation in the crisis there but it is essentially going to be a talking shop including the united states as well as latin american partners who are going to come together to try and continue the dialogue and make sure that venezuela can sort out the problems it faces through the mechanisms of the venezuelan constitution however at the same time as federica market he was announcing this she also said that we could expect further sanctions from e.u. member states on venezuela those sanctions of course they would target the government they have sanctions targeted sanctions in place already that would be news unanimously recently and sure there are elements of sanctions might be considered by the ministers in the coming days if we would not see positive developments any sanction that's not. that's not

implemented by the security council is illegal so all the sanctions that the u.s. simplemente against the business will and people are illegal according to international law the european parliament also passed a resolution on venezuela on thursday in it they recognize one as the legitimate interim president of venezuela they also reject any violent means to try and solve the impasse and they support fully a proposal put forward by the u.n. secretary general for a full and independent investigation into deaths in venezuela we can hear what the european parliament say right now but i mean the european parliament is the first european institution to do this nude ask member states to do the same as quickly as possible in order to ensure that we have a strong unified european position. the united kingdom germany and france had given nicolas maduro until monday to say he was going to organize fresh elections

otherwise they would throw their support behind one door well it does seem almost certain that that's going to happen now particularly when we hear from nicolas maduro that he has no intention of stepping aside no intention of calling elections in fact he says the next elections in his country they'll be in twenty twenty five when his current term is set to come to an end there is some international support for nicolas maduro though the african union china turkey and russia have all said that they're against this international push for. the new summit of the classroom and now he is not a self-proclaimed president external forces declared him as the president offering different types of support including financial technical political and moral venezuela has problems which should be solved but there is no doubt that the scenario aimed at preventing sides from dialogue comes from abroad. already gosh italy doesn't recognize squeezer because we are totally against the fact that one

state or a group of states can determine the internal policy of another state it is called the principle of noninterference and it is recognized by the united nations as the situation continues in venezuela the more pressure that is put on nicolas maduro the more he says he's going absolutely nowhere a report suggests that european partners are venezuelan state owned giant p.d.s.a. are stopping purchases because of new threats of sanctions we discussed the potential fallout with daniel mcadams from the ron paul institute and robert naiman policy director at just foreign policy. unfortunately e.u. shows that it's incapable of taking an independent foreign policy they've made a bunch of noises about continuing to do business with iran despite the fact that the us unilaterally illegally pulled out of the p five plus one deal and once again there are lining up behind washington's foreign policy maybe they've been promised

some of the spoils john bolton the other day said openly an explicitly u.s. companies should go into venezuela and take the oil maybe they'll give a few table scraps to the europeans as well you know it. doesn't seem to care. the point. of the net we see. shortages we've seen for the last two years. so unfortunately it's not so far. the mirror. of the us. on thursday evening venezuela's self declared interim president said on twitter that security forces were at his home when god all added that he holds nicolas maduro responsible for his family's well being authorities have issued

a statement calling the claim totally false with tensions growing between the government on the opposition broadcast if looks at the competing narratives surrounding events in the country. venezuela is a country of two realities so stock so profound the differences in opinion in one reality president maduro is trying to put down a rebellion stop an upstart usurper why do he's 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 that trump has ordered him killed no doubt trump gave an order to kill me he told the colombian governments the colombian mafia to kill me if something happens to me one day donald trump i'm a colombian president will be responsible there is also a parallel reality born in no small part thanks to the united states first

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 form of dictate them the duo 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 mistake 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 familiar scenes we see this all over the world palestinians protesting in the occupied territories the yellow vests in france catalan separatists in spain protesters in the us but when police bully beat and arrest in those countries that's fine and dandy but they do it in venezuela as suppression of democracy an attack on the free world is not the democratically elected president of. the tramples democracy human rights and rule of law for new start it's the only democratic treatment institution in the

country namely the national sounding its president who are the guide dog that's why together with the e.u. we have offered all political support. for the us why do is the cake sweetened bleier bowl but wait is icing on top 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 it's 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. the divisions in venezuela have been on full display this thursday protests have been continuing both in support of the opposition to president nicolas maduro opposition and the

morning new elections and a transfer of power a pro-government demonstrators say they want to see the constitution up held political analysts use a fair and told us that the pressure from the international community is also adding to the volatile environment. it's very important to get the support of russia china turkey and many other countries as well. from woodrow so his people understand that there is international support that they're not that these countries are not going to let the democratically elected president be removed removed by undemocratic means or a coup when you look at what's going on in venezuela were only one or two small events from it turning into a syria now i hear madeira mentioned vietnam but i think it's a lot closer to what happened in syria you look at the opposition the defected soldiers from the c.n.n. report requesting arms from trump well i mean that sounds very similar to what happens in two thousand and eleven when obama started army people. from germany and

the u.k. approaching new ways to avoid u.s. sanctions on trading with iran is thursday they announce the launch of a new transaction channel. we want to love european enterprises to have legal trade with iran particularly with health care and fruit sectors of essential necessity for the iranian people this is a clear practical demonstration that we remain firmly committed to the historic twenty fifty nuclear deal struck with iran to join comprehensive plan of action for as long as iran keeps implementing it fully. we believe that's keeping iran within this agreement and thus militarily discouraging uranium enrichment is a contribution to security for us and europe but we also believe that it enables us to talk to iran about difficult issues and we will continue to do so this is positive step and france germany and. stablished welcomed

very much and that i believe will be essential for the full implementation of continued full implementation of the nuclear deal with. the new payment system called the instrument in support of trade exchange you saw in sticks is going to be a dollar mechanism it will be based in paris and managed by the former director for germany's spunk while the u.k. will head up a supervisory board as of now inspects is expected to focus mainly on food and medical exports to iran but it could expand in the future. last year you're opposed america's this isn't a withdrawal from the twenty fifteen deal with iran if we want to apply that sanctions would be lifted in exchange for limiting its nuclear program independent journalist believes few will dare to go against washington's pressure. it will be a trickle of companies daring do that it's much easier for chinese companies or for russian companies to to close deals to to make deals with with iran the europeans

some of us care in an incredible way the company so if you talk to them they are afraid by ricochet off of being in the eye off the storm with the americans trying to make an example because that's what washington is going to do for example it will suddenly pick up a few examples and be harsh on them and mention it in the press releases and in public campaign so that's very dangerous for european companies i don't know if anybody will dare go with the sticks system of the u.s. atomic energy watchdog says it's come under increasing pressure over its investigations and other story others for you just after this short break. i think they're one of the main reason why now we're working as compliant nationals

is this because. it's a little different organization. or the previous issue or so i was sure still or else i'm fifteen and all previous q so. it's one of the best national and to do them in the world. you know world a big part of the movie lot and conspiracy it's time to 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 bad 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.

welcome back to the program the u.n. nuclear watchdog has lashed out of pressure being exerted on it with regard to how it conducts its nuclear inspections if our credibility is thrown into question and in particular if it's temps are made to micro-manage will put pressure on the agency in nuclear verification that is counterproductive and extremely harmful. the agency didn't mention which activity in particular had come under pressure but they i.a.e.a. is playing a part in supervising compliance with the iran nuclear deal israel and the united states have called multiple times in the agency to inspect secret sites they claim iran has in may last year president trump pull the us out of the iran nuclear deal claiming to iran had been routinely violating the accord late in september israel's prime minister addressed the un general assembly alleging iran had secret nuclear

facilities still operating on its territory. speaking of influence a judge serving on the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia has quit over what he described as shocking threats and interference coming from the administration u.s. officials adopted a particularly hostile position towards another judicial body the international criminal court after it announced that would look into potential war crimes by us forces in afghanistan. we will respond against the i.c.c. and its personnel to the extent permitted by us or we will ban its judges and prosecutors from entering the united states we also sanction their phones in the u.s. financial system and we will prosecute them in the u.s. criminal system we will do the same for any company or state that assists an i.c.c. investigation of americans. is discuss these cases further independent political analyst alexandra bruno joins us from canada thanks for joining us on the program

today now the i.a.e.a. stopped short of naming which countries have been trying to influence the agency or what particular investigations what are your thoughts there regarding what he could have been referring to. well there is no doubt he's referring to israel but the united states in particular because israel puts pressure on the united states and then the united states puts pressure on the heat. we saw. at the u.n. general assembly prime minister netanyahu spoke threatening action against. iran because of the of its nuclear program and continually we see. the united states and israel. rejecting the. claims that iran is complying with the not only with the spirit but the practice of

the. a agreement in fact all the european members the so-called ether eat that is u.k. germany france and the other members that still support the j c p o e have agreed that iran is complying so there are only two countries that are. defying this. compliance which are israel the united states and do you think what we're seeing is just an isolated case or just in terms of the wider picture this has become of what a practice the u.s. and its allies is tending to influence international bodies in terms of investigations and other judicial decisions. there's nothing new about that. this is actually i expected no less from two united states i mean we consider what's happening now with iran this is a repeat of what was happening with iraq in two thousand and two at the time the

head of the i.a.e.a. was hans blix he was looking for more time to prove what the united states was looking for does or called weapons of mass destruction. the nuclear inspectors including a few americans that denied that they found anything at that and yet we saw the pressure so that an extreme example that led to the iraq war but. we've seen pressure like that put on syria with the sanctions. and what about venezuela lately the united states led it but other countries are. trying to comply the european union is going to have a vote or some european union countries like italy are already decided not to join but. the interference or this level is massive and has been there's nothing new there of course there is

a difference in terms of international opinion on the iran nuclear deal about how to approach this that's under a lot of pressure the i.a.e.a. has said to run is respect and all its nuclear agreement some countries say it remains a threat notably the e.u. and the u.s. there is that backlash is now what would you think is behind that difference of opinion in how to go ahead with enforcing that deal or pulling out of it. well this is the biggest problem the european union doesn't really worry about iran what they want from iran is trade and they want iran's oil but not only that there are billions of dollars of let's say euros now worth of business to be done in iran with with european companies for starters it's airline industry is in urgent need of spare parts and new airplanes in fact even boeing had a huge multi thirty billion dollars deal with iran signed during the obama administration which had to be cancelled once president trump threatened to pull

out and then eventually pulled out of the j.c. v.o.a. so an airbus had to cancel their thirty billion dollar deal as well so that is the most striking example of what euro needs but we're talking refineries infrastructure there are at least forty years of sanctions from the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution of worth of equipment and upgrades and infrastructure that iran needs and would benefit so european companies can't wait to do business with iran so longer though as the united states puts pressure on. the e.u. including the this new. mechanism to deal to trade oil in euros i don't know how far that will go european companies are still going to be afraid of american sanctions so they may perhaps trade medicines humanitarian needs urgent things like that but i don't know it won't go as far as

the real business that they're looking for so there's that pressure. there's also the other pressure that it's putting on iran itself there's political and geopolitical pressure. so long as the u.s. stays out of the j.c. p.o. and continues to. oppose it it'll strengthen the hardliners around the supreme leader of the money and it will weaken president rouhani position so in two thousand and twenty there are going to be elections in the modulus and it's going to put perhaps more conservatives in in the manage list and they might push for something silly like pulling out of the j.c. a priori and then at that point all all options are open to the united states to launch a military attack so it's

a very difficult situation indeed be interesting to see how about new payment system plays out as well on iran relations and indeed u.s. reaction to that as well political analyst that was under a brooder thanks for your take today here on r.t. international. thank you. families in france are seeking answers after a mysterious surge and children born with birth defects more than a thousand babies from french rule areas over the past twelve years have been born with missing limbs after inclusive probe some years back the government's now due to release a second report on the probable causes. newsagency spoke to some of those families affected. i could tell by the down ecologists number i could see him looking and checking i could tell that something was wrong.

and want to know where she was born like that because mothers wean themselves we think that it may come from us or that we did something wrong. we are. to survey this department just to say to collect all the data from hospitals maternity clinics and paid at chick services and we continued signaling to the authorities who didn't want to listen to our cool's. they promised to keep us informed which meant a lot to us because we hadn't been told anything about our case about our children are three and seven but the inquiry started three years ago and we never had back on them. 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. agency regrets it's an action choice if i don't see you think it could explain the cold causes behind the emergence of congenital malformation. i thought that there was an issue because i knew very well how the french administration works 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 and born like that and now i'm thinking that if one day she asked me again i want to know how to answer. those that lives for the

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