i know. a lot. of us are there with taking the patients away. the u.s. secretary of state suspends a key nuclear arms control treaty with russia. non-compliance from moscow a claim that the kremlin denies. russia has jeopardized you know the state security interests and we can no longer be restricted by the treaty while russia shamelessly but eyes in the deal with warnings it could take the world back

to a battlefield between nuclear superpowers. the world would do well the u.s. vice president warns venezuela's leader nicolas maduro to quit not provoke washington as all options are on the table. french police are under scrutiny after over one hundred cases are opened into the use of riot guns we talked protester who expects to move his. alleged attack by offices. i understand now that the government is deaf to us we couldn't hear the demands of the appeals being made on the streets. and i thanks for joining us live on our teams in ashland daniel hawkins whoever you ought to night you're very welcome with us on the program. russia says it reserves the right to respond to america's decision to suspend its obligations under the

intermediate range nuclear forces treaty earlier on friday the us secretary of state explained the move stating that washington would pull out of the deal completely this summer if moscow doesn't change its behavior. the united states will therefore suspend its obligations under the and have treaty effective february second. we will provide russia and the other treaty parties with formal notice that the united states is withdrawing from the idea of treaty effective in six months pursuant to article fifteen of the tree well the u.s. has long accused russia of violating the treaty without actually providing any credible evidence russia has jeopardized the united states security interest and we can no longer be restricted by the treaty while russia shamelessly violates the us is accusing russia of testing and deploying an intermediate range missile meanwhile russia has actually exhibited the missile and given detailed explanations of its characteristics moscow is strongly denied washington's accusations saying its land

based missile only complies with the ins requirements and u.s. officials didn't even bother to attend the testing of the missile on december which they were invited to this treaty the i.n.f. treaty is crucial for the balance of powers it was signed back in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven by the united states and the u.s.s.r. and it stipulates that both countries destroyed missiles within the five hundred to five thousand five hundred kilometer range under the agreement now neither the u.s. nor or russia are allowed to produce or test any such missiles in the future russia is saying that the u.s. withdrawing from this treaty could trigger a new arms race a moscow has long accused the u.s. of making all to mesdames russian president vladimir putin said the u.s. was searching for any possible war then they start looking for reasons why. the main reason given is that we are violating something but at the same time no

evidence of this is presented. and now president donald trump goes further and openly suggesting creating its own so-called military response will move forward with developing a response options to work with nato and other allies and partners to deny russia any mildred vantage from its a lawful conduct so this seems the fall we play into the hands of the u.s. as it develops its own new nuclear weapon and further expands its military capabilities. russia's foreign ministry says the decision follows an established pattern of washington breaking international agreements moscow insists it's not a question of russia's violation of the i.m.f. treaty an american strategy aimed at removing international and legal obligations peace all of our has been gathering global reaction. well it does seem like this was expected like this was the where world leaders were waiting for this decision

to be made especially if we look at the statements made by stoltenberg the nato secretary general federica marker raney the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs shortly before the mike pompei announcement that the u.s. would be pulling out of the i.m.f. it certainly seems like they felt it would be in coming so we must prepare for a world without the un if. i want to we definitely don't want to see our continent million back to being a battlefield or a place where. other superpowers confront themselves there's violence to the fire away history well straight away after the pompei o announcement stoltenberg tweeted out that russia must use the next six months to get their house in order in order to try and save the treaty the latvian foreign minister in a very similar vein saying russia needs to comply with the deal the british foreign secretary jeremy hunt also incredibly critical of russia in the immediate aftermath sending out tweets the german chancellor angela merkel though said that she hopes

that her country can play a role in dialogue with russia to try and solve this issue. it is clear to pass the trash has violated this treaty and that's why there is a need for dialogue with russia for our part the german foreign minister and i will do everything to pave the way for talks within the six month period apart from that need to will ferrell is sas what the u.s. withdrawal would mean it is important to keep the window for dialogue open. the german foreign minister said that this decision by the united states to pull out of the i.m.f. would make europe less secure but did say that the world doesn't need debates it needs well it needs controls on the type of weapons the austrian foreign minister as well. her voice calling knesset saying that she regretted the u.s. decision but hopes that dialogue and that the i.n.f.

treaty can be saved in the future that we've also heard reaction from iran if you count your minds back to last year the united states unilaterally pulled out of a nuclear deal with tehran what we've heard from the iranian foreign minister is this deal signed with the united states may not be worth the ink peter who isn't it professor of history and the director of the nuclear studies institute at the american university to look at washington's move is a serious threat to peace back in the mid one nine hundred eighty s. we had seventy thousand nuclear weapons one point five million here is she looked at the equivalent jobs and now we're potential is we can go back to that from seems indifferent to that risk the europeans understand it this was a nuclear treaty that eliminated an entire class of nuclear weapons and wasn't as good as what we hoped to get out of reykjavik but it was still a major step forward and now we're threatened with going back to that very very

dangerous confrontational situation that we dealt with back in one nine hundred eighty seven given all the tensions now internationally the bony tom scientists executives just kept their hands a doomsday clock at two minutes before midnight we've got hotspots around the world country all nine nuclear powers are modernizing their nuclear arsenals so we're in a very dangerous situation and the united states to be doing this now is quite reckless. and the standoff between the venezuelan government and opposition leader is escalating after the u.s. officially recognized one interim president washington's now war nicolas maduro to quit. this is no time for dialogue this is time for options are on the table. nicolas maduro would do well. meanwhile venezuela's self-proclaimed interim leader

one guide dog has appeared on u.s. television explain just how he intends to oust president nicolas maduro and he didn't rule out using pentagon support. i just want you to tell me whether you would support a u.s. military intervention we're 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 three now in this crisis in which and any other officials of the trunk of ministration are seen it anything that kind of in its defense to me possible aggression the u.s. options on the table this is president to move by the united states to have an open call and mittens that the u.s. is claiming the principal role in trying to overthrow them a little government and the goal of very revolution and the government has the

people to represent and defend going to a deal just become president perhaps i don't think he became president was elected by i mean seventy percent of the population with a situation intensifying what's happening in venezuela appears to have similarities to events in the past as well as it a trunk of explains they greedy think the whole world is too fullish to notice either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with and has made them where we stand with the syrian people or with their oppressors the former dura regime has oppressed its people for years repressive regime of bashar al 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 region 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 this 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 rule 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 oh my god.

oh my god. 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 we'll keep increasing sanctions to cut off the regime but the money it needs to survive we're going to announce sanctions against patro is to venezuela associate the name were paid a vase as 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 arming the rebels defected soldiers there will always be those who would be happy to get new guns that are going to spend its way down so much time that we make a request to the us he says to support us in logistical terms of 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 unintentional never planned. to someone else's civil war through force is that also in the manual. a journalist lost members of congress who facing the u.s. is meddling in venezuela split tical system think the u.s. is meddling in venezuela they're doing manual. we're told the mossad zermatt it i

don't think sony were the superpower in the world no question if you look i think if you're just supporting the people and pretty much they are deciding now to be nice to have and so i think that's good for us it's we are at that freedom. that you know i and if you. saw a combination of complete ignorance about the issue and an unwillingness to speak up among. so called progressives who campaigned on a platform of peace and in this case you have the us on the brink of some kind of war on a country of thirty million people proxy war would create a syria or libya style situation in the western hemisphere that could leave hundreds of thousands of dead and produce millions more refugees and yet when i would ask people in congress about this it was just a shrug of the shoulders. of what he read magazine the economist is taking sides in

the dispute photo on was on the cover of its facebook page they didn't get quite the reaction from readers that they may have expected. just when they blatantly support one party or politician over the other what happened to impartial and unbiased reporting. really all seem an official sponsor of the coup the economist supported western and paralysed and all. this is in defense of an illegitimate coup so in response i decided that i'm going to declare myself editor of the economist who is with me the economist please respect democracy and give g. gannon his rightful role as editor you dictators you will show respect to the new with the corner in school you will disappear with the support of our friends at the cia. continues to be correct about this magazine.

french protesters are planning to come out in force again the south a but this time it's not just about reforms we'll tell you about that after this short break. looks like the beginning of the french revolution where there were no egos any such a movement these people that you know. never went almost never went to demonstrations across the middle class people from a working class background that's why they are. joining me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sport business i'm show business i'll see you then.

speak of this country's oil. and just touch on this for momentarily i mean scotland does have a lot of oil and the whole thing is mightily confusing so the us could consider invading britain right now during this breaks of turf awful and take control scottish oil i mean i'm all for that. welcome back to all to international france's bracing for fresh yellow vest marches on saturday but with a difference this time people won't just be calling for reforms they will also pay tribute to those injured by what they say was excessive police force previous. but

we'll demonstrate what you were deliberately chose a five two on the to route which is not much compared to what we did before but we're going to have some injured people that will be there the start of the march will also be speeches. the next day when i woke up from the operation i looked to myself in the mirror and said to myself it's not me it can't be me today i didn't dare look at myself in the mirror for me my life is over it's destroyed. more than one hundred investigations have been opened against french police say with their controversial use of riot guns in recent months it all sized rubber bullets it's already caused serious injuries at previous yellow vest protests.

our sister shuttle r.t. france has spoken to protesters jerome adri goes he suffered a severe injury reportedly from a police rubber bullet during a rally last week he says the authorities don't seem interested in having it couldn't hear the demands of the appeals being made on the streets but now i see i who lost an eye that 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 at nine children came to kiss me to shake my hand they were happy to come to

the protest with their parents so why call for an icky why call for everything to be brokered by our own country. and meanwhile president micron has given an interview to french media ahead of those upcoming televised protests on saturday he surprised many with his claim that he's also a yellow vests under certain conditions if a yellow vest means being for higher paid work and a more efficient parliament than i am a year or vest a publisher and writer amory one vill believes micron is out of touch with the lives of ordinary french people. he thinks he's likely yellow there says living yellow vests maybe with a little a little bigger salary if he doesn't see that he's living in a very very different world and you will see tomorrow all over the broken traces of these people who cannot feed their children and we are not afraid risking losing our you know during a demonstration during this demonstration straps because there are some traps

speaking about working for a better salary mr mccraw or another financial risk to quote wants to increase. the salary everyone understands and pranced in france that means more for him and less for the french because think it's just so on li a bad joke and that mr mccloy is just underlining the yawning gap between him and the french. a controversial practice known as breast stiring is becoming more widespread in the u.k. dozens of british children have reportedly been subjected to the process aims that a breast formation in pre-teen girls by painfully massaging skin with hot stones until the tissue breaks it's said to discourage male attention and prevent rape the united nations described it as one of five on the reported crimes globally relating to gender based violence we spoke with two women who experienced the violence in

their childhood they say typically the perpetrators of this kind of abuse are parents. where i was you as well as the younger man once a me and my brace was just he was too big he. used to beak. me. he. would get a fair day to day. i was crying she let me know with even because i am fickle cannot last and then why did that write me that recalls so many was trying to do it so that i should. look at me as if we just saw you have a bit of a few arms he said this is the misty darling. oh you know so shall you. you know it's just. nice the co-founder of the children's rights group.

sure the problem is bigger than has been reported it thousands of girls have been victims all they've been affected by breast i and me and this is because most of them migrate to the u.k. we all read the problem of breast ironing the doctors say the practice has severe health implications are starting to increase the risk of cancer and can also lead to complications with breast feeding later in life the procedure can also lead to infections and result in physical and psychological scarring. the u.k. government has vowed to criminalize the practice the activists accuse it of being too slow to respond geraldine you know again told us about the consequences breast starting can have. most of them have got sacking brass because you know the scheme has been strange because first of all they use those students and what do you thin saloons and the pieces to suppress the growth of the bread and this is make show

where once oppressed tries to force itself out what happens this affects your whole life long conditions in the sense that they are emotionally disturbed lice they even find the difficulty to even open up to people even on press in front of the afraid even on loans in front of the husbands there's a headlines for yourself in the team and myself we're back in our old paul for now rather for the latest global news updates thanks for joining us here on the international. version of the same problem with. no rhyme or are more trouble than they're rather democrats are for america is.

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hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered and i'm peter lavelle washington's force regime change strategy targeting venezuela continues unabated everything is going to plan first sanction the country in ways that punish the port second back a so-called interim president in caracas third deny the legitimate government of its export revenues is the use of force next. talking venezuela i'm joined by my guest problem over at the in london he's a documentary maker and founder of the dot net in claremont we have miguel pinker salis he is a professor of latin american history at pomona college and in venezuela we crossed to paul dobson he is a journalist for venezuela now us as dot com and independent on the ground news

outlet our german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate how lonely go to you first in london hear the last cent tax please reflect on that. i really hope not i mean anyone that has even a cursory knowledge of a military coup.