mountains of noise only grow higher. that. was. i . ben is wally self-proclaimed interim leader refuses to rule out a military intervention in his country to president nicolas maduro. french police are under scrutiny after over one hundred cases are opened and. we

talked with yellow vests protester who was on the receiving end. i understand now that the government is deaf to us couldn't hear the demands of the appeals being made on the streets and i'm seeing internationally cases torso organizations of profiting from war crimes by listing accommodation in disputed west bank settlements. are you watching r.t. international this friday afternoon march just gone three pm here in moscow i've been is while a self-proclaimed interim leader has appeared on american television explaining how he intends that he of using u.s. military support. i just want you to tell me whether you would support a u.s. military intervention we are doing everything to be able to put as much pressure as published so that we do not get into that kind of a scenario in which nobody would wish to have well the u.s. backed venezuelan opposition leader brands enduros regime

a dictatorship president during himself he's quite oh of attempting to stage a coup with washington's help the situation intensifies what is happening in venezuela does have similarities to events in the past is in the present explains they grieve you think the whole world is too fullish to notice either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with his mayhem when we stand with the syrian people or with their oppressors the former dura regime has oppressed its people for years repressive regime of bashar assad the tyranny of the now defunct mature regime the assad regime its brutality and repression active threat to the entire region growing threat to regional peace and security it is time for men to go it's time for assad to get out of the way the stories of syria venezuela and the protest movements there are from two separate books but can someone tell me

why anyone who's in charge of america always reads off the same manual when their national interest rate or spots another regime change opportunity let's go through the steps that are a must venezuela versus syria some great examples for you. people in american politics have a special sense for legitimacy what if they have a device for that or something from our perspective he has lost legitimacy he has failed to deliver on the promises he's made in its role as the only legitimate branch of government duly elected by the venezuelan people the national assembly invokes the country's constitution to declare nicolas maduro illegitimate and the office of the presidency therefore vacant you see the manual so great that even donald trump couldn't help picking it up after hillary. yes

the idea is not just to start backing the opposition you physically got to be there with them was it was. the right. thing. now that's a classic what could be more classic it almost makes you imagine that as kids all american politicians are told when you grow up you'll never succeed unless you sanctions and filthy regime syria check venezuela. check will keep increasing sanctions to cut off the regime with the money it needs to survive we're going to announce sanctions against patro is to venezuela associate a name we're paid of day says it's known by its spanish acronym the state owned oil monopoly since the opposition in places like venezuela or syria are pretty much

aware of the contents of the manual they know when it's the right time for them to start asking for weapons armed rebels defected soldiers there will always be those who would be happy to get new guns that have been as it's been it's going on so much time that we make a request to the u.s. he says to support us in logistical terms with communication with weapons so we can realize venezuelan freedom what we need is. and until the science back to the states and the people in charge there when you're only one step away from sending your old army in to get the job done don't forget to say that all options are on the table that your agreement which is all options always all options are on the. you know what all of this was an intentional never planned we will stop to topple the regime

advocated throughout governments we cannot resolve someone else's civil war through force is that also in the manual. reporting there was syria might not be the only example because with the us hinting at a possible intervention in venezuela it's now been almost eight years since america turned words into action military action in libya and some are also saying it is crucial to avoid a repeat of what happened there. is the. we must avoid the mistake. ok well now we're joined in the studio by artie's worlds apart oksana boyko oksana we were hearing there that many parallels can be drawn between venezuela and other countries but in particular with libya i think one of its libra is the most appropriate because both are very oil rich countries the quality of their oil was also somewhat similar it's easily extractable have we all

that's most in demand on the international markets and while i think the good after regime was a little bit more strategic the manure is government in terms of welcoming western companies trying to get into the was a good graces trying to repair its ties with western countries it certainly didn't help. the government then you know as i was watching you have to turn because reports right now you know a lot of memories from eight years ago when i was in bin ghazi covering that revolution and we heard this same rhetoric the same pledges the same calls and this same lack of consideration of what will come afterwards i mean it's not that you know once you deposed the regime you have to think about what will happen in the country next who will be running the schools who will be running the hospitals what will happen to the traffic police who will provide for the people and we are not hearing any of that from the western leaders now as we didn't hear that

a few years ago in libya. even if one why don't you take charge them that everything would absolutely i mean it's not it's you know one of the charges that. but against russia is that it's always in support of the authoritarians but i think the main question that russia is asking is what will happen to the state structure sure those regimes may be flawed they may be corrupt what have you but let's not make situation even worse and as i think was very evident in libya you can make a bearable situation much much worse sure now with regard to libya i know you've spoken haven't you with regard to your program the daughter or daughter of the former head of security of the deposed leader libyan leader muammar gaddafi what did she have to say let me first tell you a few words about her she is indeed a daughter or far more margaret half is personal security issue for many many decades here remain very close to the family she's still in touch both with his wife and some of his children and she's now trying to advocate for the release of

his youngest son who is being kept without any charges in the lebanese jail but she made the same point that. you know it's not enough to show your good intentions for the country you have to think about what will happen after the intervention and clearly as you can imagine her views on the nato intervention in libya are very very negative i think we can run some of the sound bites from her since. this happened in libya other country only maybe in syria or. twas into an easier before and then see the. egypt and the egypt that's under control. see the you see what's happening in syria but i think. the. bombing from. start to something. that they want to save some people civilian people and that's not true. she made

a point that the libyan intervention the libyan case was special because for the first time in many years the west actually felt the consequences in the form of the migration crisis and she actually now things that because of that because the european countries are soft active and the political life has changed so much because of people's grievances about the incoming migrants that the west we actually be predisposed to say it'll islam gadhafi is second over some coming back to power again now that's a speculation we don't know but. i think we can also run a bit when she talks about the migration crisis because as you may remember warmer graf he was very very clear about his country being the big eight that was keeping europe from the influx of migrants from africa and they never listened to his advice and they're now reaping the consequence of. the migration the go into to.

lead from libya from the sea and you know the many people who are doing all you know all the so what's happening then you see the news and you can see what's happening now and all in utero. obviously very concerned there just on the point of migration is a surprise then the latin american countries a large number of them have decided to. presumably they would be the recipients of all these migrants of things did to invariably in venezuela well i think that's an interesting point and also an interesting point why would the trumpet ministration which is so anti migrant would not think about that aspect of a problem because i think it's safe to say that if. breaks apart millions of people would not be settled in mexico they would go farther to the north but to your question i think it's politics and it's not necessarily the people of those countries that are in support of ousting do or i think it's more of the government

more dependent on the united states. this is a topic so you're going to delve into deeply isn't it in your next episode on will suppose on sundays that our viewers encourage their boards that interview in full i think there are very many interesting bits and things to ruminate on then as we move forward to the regime change operation in another country ok great to talk to you thank you oxana boy killed there. now journalist max blumenthal did ask members of congress if they think that the u.s. is meddling in venezuela's political system you think the u.s. is meddling in venezuela early man who were. we're told most arabs are i don't think so i mean were the super fair in the world which was i think if you're just supporting the people it's a pretty much the deciding yeah needs to be established and so i think that's good for us it's we are in the fashion freedom. you know i am.

now on saturday france will see more yellow vest marches but with a difference this time because people won't just be calling for reforms they were also paid tribute to those injured by excessive police force the previous rallies. were doing brutal it shows a five two on the to root which is not much compared to what we did before but we're going to have some people over. the next day when i woke up from the operation i look to myself in the mirror and said to myself it's not me it can't be me today i did not dare look at myself in the mirror for me my life is over it's destroyed. well over one hundred vested geishas have been opened against the french authorities over the controversial use of those riot guns by police in recent months leading rights organizations in france want a blanket ban on the use of the weapon which fires golf ball sized rubber bullets

and as course serious injuries yellow vests protests. well our sister channel r.t. france has just spoken to one of the protesters there who claims the government isn't listening to the people. i understand now that the government is deaf to us that it couldn't hear the demands of the appeals being made on the streets but now i see i who lost an eye they are completely blind even on the basis of the

videotapes they were unable to accept responsibility for what is happening our efforts are peaceful that's my slogan i'm a humanist i want protesters to be protected and the greatest gift for me was when during act nine children came to kiss me to shake my hand they were happy to come to the protests with their parents so why call for an icky y. call for everything to be broken it is not in our interests we are reasonable people we will not destroy our own country. that are profiting from war crimes that's what a new report by human rights group amnesty international says certain tours companies are doing by listing accommodation in disputed west bank settlements however this has prompted one israeli minister to call for amnesty to now be banned from the country. israel has been illegally building settlements on palestinian land for decades. of thousands of palestinians. and israeli settlers

in these actions constitute war crimes the world's leading digital tourism companies promoted settlements as tourist destination b. and b. booking dot com expedia and trip advisor list hotels. attractions and tools in settlements in the report and international criticized online booking companies you are offering hundreds of places to stay in settlements across the west bank and for failing to to state that they are in disputed territories adam shapiro is the co-founder of the international solidarity movement and says it wouldn't be the first time israel's banned organizations like amnesty i think the reaction by over the years rose if they were to bear the researchers would be sort of foolish although not only expected we've seen previously when the human rights watch researcher who is on the ground or she. published

a report similar about there being the activities in the occupied territories israel moved immediately to have them removed from the country so far they have not been successful as the courts have intervened and there is a case going on but you know this is happened many times over the years where when initial organization or or any kind of monitor of what's going on in the occupied territories reports what's happening in israel moves to takes efforts to remove those people from being in the occupied territories and prevent others from coming to see israel has. thousands of people myself included from entering the occupied territories and prevented thousands of others from entering because they suspect that people are coming to witness to bear witness to the occupation one of the companies listed there. he has previously come under fire for doing the same thing and is accused say with failing to fill a promise to remove listings in disputed settlements back in november of the

companies named in the report have responded by insisting they do actually state clearly where the accommodation is located and that the information they provide is a political. watching arctics to lead from the us lawyers acting for a russian businessman implicated in the murder probe of being denied access to evidence in the case but have a look at why just after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon short and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm sure. i'll see that. i've been saying the numbers mean some things matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars and. more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the rich eight point six

percent market shock thirty percent sure some with four hundred to five hundred three per circuit for sure and one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need remember one doesn't show you know four to miss the one and only. hello again there has been another twist in america's will a probe into alleged russian collusion it is refusing to share evidence with the us

lawyers of a russian businessman who has been implicated r.t.g. goshdarn of picks up the story the prospect of proof coming from the miller investigation on any collusion may never see the light of day that's long been normalised by pundits but now the shroud of secrecy around the renowned russia probe is darkening further election meddling evidence could be out of reach even for the defense the united states of america respectfully opposes the motion of defendant concord management and consulting l l c for approval to disclose documents identified by the special counsel and sensitive for purposes of preparing for trial the defendant this time is a concord management consulting a firm managed by you've gainey proportion a russian multimillionaire nicknamed putin's chef for his catering commitments to the kremlin moto accuses him of being the chieftain of russian online trolls who

allegedly played a role in swaying the twenty sixteen election in response his company hired a law firm in the u.s. as you would but apparently some of the private information the lawyers had previously received from miller emersion lying for all to see it was published on twitter by the account hacking redstone which has then been suspended a representative of the online file sharing portal has confirmed to the f.b.i. that the specific account who used to publish the matching discovery materials was registered on october nineteenth two thousand and eighteen but a user with an ip address that results to russia but a screenshot of the tweet allegedly showed the law firm had been hacked so apparently the attorneys had nothing to do with it it's not like they would voluntarily leak. if i had information why because of because the can that's why and some outlets sent this unique bandwagon crashing down the hill this

company when hired a pittsburgh law firm and was and has managed to essentially draw this out and use especially the legal system of the united states against the mother investigation so in histories paraded over the myriad of court cases where defendants would hire lawyers to world defend themselves against the accusations the pleaded not guilty to this one somehow stands out and what standard procedure in every single other case is using the legal system in this one but miller is totally cool with it now he has a perfectly good reason to deny the defense access to court materials which is any prosecutor's dream come true miller says he will only show the case docs to progression himself but making someone who will never come to the us to face these supposed charges and arrest dream on that is

a problem of concorde's own making so how the tide has turned now anyone salivating in anticipation of juicy collusion details might be better off waiting for russian hackers legal analyst lionel says the prosecutors are normally eager to share evidence there is a concept of disclosing information which tends to be exculpatory meeting information which tends to work to your defense the prosecutor must always provide information evidence to let you know the defend it what your being charged. and what you can do to interpose a defense the only time a prosecutor wants to hide information from you is that if the information doesn't help the prosecutor if there's something that hurts the prosecutor i was a prosecutor we'd love to show you evidence of what we have against you we want you

to know everything that we have so that you think wow they've got me now so why is he doing this because either a he doesn't have any evidence b. there's something embarrassing he doesn't want you to see or see all of the above. the powers of the us a currently in the grip of a deadly cold snap but some do fear it's not just the record low temperatures that are leaving people from ripple. the coldest air in a generation is pouring across the upper midwest breaking low temperatures will make the next few days the coldest the region has seen the take a look at chicago almost completely frozen over nearly ninety million americans are now in their grip of dangerous cold what would happen if russia killed the power in fargo today what would happen if all of the natural gas lines just poof on the call to stay in recent memory and it wasn't in our power whether or not to turn them back on i mean what would you do if you lost heat well the f.a.a.

of a possible hack attack on gas pipeline systems is based on a recent u.s. intelligence committee report and it does say that china and russia could pose a threat to u.s. national security through malicious cyber activity targeting impress structure china has the ability to launch cyber attacks that cause localized disruptive of facts and critical infrastructure such as disruption of natural gas pipelines for days to weeks in the united states russia has the ability to execute cyber attacks in the united states to generate localized temporary disruptive effect some critical infrastructure such as disruption in electrical distribution network for at least a few hours there is no indication that russia has any ability to shut down any natural gas pipeline in fact the only thing that they did about russia is that they would have the ability to affect some power grid for a couple of hours well so do the people who are using too much electricity during a bit like what we're seeing right now the number of people using natural gas in

the dakotas right now and in that minneapolis area they are a greater threat to collapsing the grid there and the russians and the chinese where the u.s. media goes for the two quoting officials is saying that russia has already compromised america's electrical grid hacking its way in via back door spence one again does say that it is terrorist potential to exploit these vulnerabilities that should be the concern. wouldn't individual terror actors or individual actors also be an equal or greater threat to nation states who are doing the whitehead just the everyday hackers be able to get into these same systems so why isn't she talking about that and talking about not that russia is the threat but the system that we have built that allows anyone to access these very important infrastructures isn't that the threat and that brings you up tonight coming up to half past three in the afternoon here in moscow but back again at the top i.

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all the surfaces. he sure knows they're going to get a. good repatriations look at the rest of seven there's. still a separate treasure for. donald trump blasts his hand-picked intelligence leaders over their assessments of threats to the u.s. he calls the naive into passive so he's not listening to their assessments who's listening to will try to find out on this edition. of the politicking on larry king on tuesday america's top intelligence officials easy of whom was chosen for their job by president drunk publicly split with the president in their congressional testimony about the biggest threats to america's

security and some border remember that u.s. policy is often based on their assessments of our intelligence agencies donald trump blasts of the intel chiefs is naive assuringly passive and wrong. so he's not losing to them who's the president losing to for his information on global threats we studied there with old friend bill richardson former u.s. ambassador to the united nations former democratic governor of new mexico also served as secretary of energy during the administration of bill clinton. instead of a new mexico our what do you make bill between the contradiction between the intel chiefs and the president. well this is unprecedented a president not listening to his own intelligence people the intelligence people or

those that provides facts to policymakers like the president like the secretary of state department of defense cia it's incredible that he won't listen that he is just listening to his gut instinct which is not based on facts our intelligence people i have budgets over twenty two billion dollars they have satellites spies they have drones they have all kinds of ways to obtain information and the president is denying the information that goes to high government officials i've never seen this and it is something that is very disturbing because then it shows the president is not prepared when he goes into these summits with kim jong un or putin or dealing with.