goes in one room you know most of the book will be in yours and yours it was notable to be very. much what you. please not believe the ways but i did my best religion that's the way. you mean it it's a. good look. at. these you mean you know it's a movie everyone calls. from. the headlines this hour the crisis in venezuela intensifies a new wave of u.s. sanctions by president durant says he fears assassination and his call for new elections for the opposition held national assembly. is no time for dialogue this is time for. all options are on the table.

meanwhile moscow suspends participation in the landmark nuclear treaty and a mirror responds to washington's withdrawal from the agreement for six months over alleged russian violations. twelve consecutive weekend of yellow vests protests in france sees clashes between demonstrators and police during a march denouncing police by its. well i welcome the latest developments in a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to watch in the weekly here on ars and international. the standoff in venezuela is escalating in a speech at a pro-government rally the country's. president nicolas maduro announced plans for

new elections for the opposition controlled national assembly he and his rival the assemblies president. claimed himself venezuela's late last week both addressed tribes in the capital being the youngest member in the national assembly do you agree with that i agree and i stand by that decision do you want to mention is that if you want. let's have a parliamentary election. soldiers the hour has come the moment has come to declare your support for the constitution humanitarian aid and for change for your family people are gathered here to protest against an equal last might do or end to the man free elections this guy was made by one white girl in other parts of the city there's also protests to subordinate the last mature us president and also to celebrate the twenty years of the revolutionary socialists and there were some very strong words from the u.s. is no time for dialogue this is time for. all options are on the table i

i. need to listen the girl would do well not to test the resolve of the united states. i wish him a long quiet retirement on a pretty beach far from venezuela and the sooner he takes advantage of that the center is likely to have a nice quiet retirement on a pretty beach rather than being in some other beach area like guantanamo. venice santa. ana. asks venezuela do you feel there already tense political climate in the country a military of high rank today a general also bad and one way to go as president. is of. course and recognized as the president in charge of the very a republican given his. comrades in arms i ask you not to turn your back on the

people of iraq. well the economic measures imposed against him to erode to target the country ski source of revenue oil immediately freezing seven billion dollars in assets a move said to further increase the cost of basic goods like food and keep protesters on the streets it is estimated that the sanctions will cost venezuela eleven billion dollars in lost oil exports this year washington said that it would lift the sanctions if control is transferred to. where is the oil sanctions were being announced the u.s. national security advisers notepad caught the eyes of reporters this week on it was written five thousand troops to colombia colombia shares a border with when his whaler maturer then accused washington of assassination plants there's 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 well at the forefront of

america's attempts to undermine mature government three of washington's most hawkish figures art is kind of more pain looks now at the team taking on the authorities in caracas at the united nations like pompei zero draw a line in the sand now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with it has made him sound familiar even. with us. if you love freedom and with nations with your bridge freedom or you are the enemy yes their ideas are not new but now they're linking arms in the global spotlight some call them the axis of evil or the troika of tyranny meet mike pompei oh elliott abrams and john bolton the three amigos of imperialism john bolton was a big supporter of the iraq war and he represented the united states in the united nations an organization he really didn't care for very much united states make the

u.n. work work and that is exactly going to be because the. united states is. now mike pompei o is the new kid on the block without very much experience as head of the cia he tried to get the authority to conduct drone strikes in afghanistan without the pentagon's oversight and he worked day and night to rip up the iran nuclear deal at the center of it is not interested in a campaign of economic pressure to starve the regime of the revenue it uses to fund it was six of these throughout the middle east and indeed around the world now back in the spotlight after years of obscurity meet convicted criminal elliott abrams he was tied to massacres in el salvador any help to funnel weapons to the contras in nicaragua he was convicted for his role in covering it all up and he received a presidential pardon now he's a special envoy for venezuela it seems that his record in latin america has really impressed certain people america's new dream team is now taking aim at venezuela

why because they just care so much for those poor oh pressed venezuelans they want them to have a chance at freedom and democracy right or is it something else will make a big difference to the united states economically if we could have american oil companies really invest in and produce the oil capabilities in venezuela be good for the people of venezuela be good for the people of the united states we both have. a lot at stake here yes honesty is always appreciated us is once again talking about basically another war for oil so that it introduces these moral complications and gives rise to some serious questions about the u.s. motivations here and it's very frustrating from an american point of view it's one thing for trump to announce oh i support this other guy and that's great but but but these sanctions are kind of an act of violence in themselves i think we have to

put this in the context of the a viewing us blockade of and as well in the stranglehold is being put on the economy of the country which is having very real humanitarian consequences for the people there it's a question of you know washington and its allies in europe and elsewhere want their cake and they want to have their cake and eat it well i made it very double distorting we're saying here we did ask people in venezuela the u.s. and also in britain what they thought about america's stance towards caracas. we need help from stable countries and the us this is a stable country you're not a club i do not recognize one word always the interim president and the government of the us must respect the position of us and as a whelan's who have elected president my new room where fair elections. see him well yes and no but there is some sense to it personally i'd say they should entity in the uk no it is venezuela it should solve the problems of venezuela. it. seems

to be a typical us move to go for any nation that has been a model oil venezuela is a country that spin around for a long time and they should solve their own problems. sometimes need to go out and just help them any. more snow all over again and something else about how many of us could go out there and help with. a proper democracy to do some research before the any idea where is on the map i have no clue how to venezuela no president. for the current person as he is. i would say it is most of these areas back to the whole story new election in the country i just wondered if you sort of agree that that would be the best way forward for over this way that's what it is up to what they want isn't it not what they want. now this week saw

the suspension of a key international nuclear pax the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty which was signed over thirty years ago on friday washington announced it was pulling out of the treaty for six months citing alleged violations on the russian side moscow reciprocated withdrawing the next day when the agreement between the two countries was signed back in one thousand nine hundred seventy it banned all land based ballistic and cruise missiles and launches with shorter intermediate range is r t g . if you don't off looks now at what is behind the dispute. it's not like the u.s. withdrawal from the iron of deal cord anyone by surprise washington's been looking for the exit for a long time russia has repeatedly tried to steer this titanic of a relationship away from its burg. for many years we have proposed disarmament talks with our initiatives have not found the support of our partners in fact they always find

a pretext for dismantling the global security system but this week everything crashed and burned and went to kingdom come the time for talk was over. you know. our american partners have said they were suspending their participation in the i.n.f. treaty and we will suspend ours also they announced they were conducting research and development and we will do the same i've asked our foreign and defense ministries to keep the doors open for dialogue but also not to initiate any talks on the issue why well one last time america's top diplomat threw a barrage of accusations at russia for violating the iron of deal without a shred of proof russia has violated russia's violation russia's shamelessly violated the russians are in violation of the agreement now officially in the u.s. has a problem with this message nato classified as s c eight russia says that it in full

compliance with the i.n.f. treaty but washington chuck russia's arguments out of the window the united states and most of our nato allies did not attend this briefing as we all saw it for water was another at tam to a few ski the violation and give the appearance our transparency was like a bottomless cup as the allegations kept pouring culminating in america's withdrawal so now more schools done with being cooperative in all actually it says the u.s. is no saint. it was since twenty fourteen the u.s. has deployed in europe is forty one missile launchers which is suitable for american tomahawk missiles which is a direct violation of the treaty these missile launchers are based in rumania and already to be constructed in poland those russia's defense ministry says in the past two years the u.s. expanded its key missile factory in tucson across the board it swelled in size and

hired some two thousand new employees moreover the pentagon's defense budget for this year by asked last spring and drawn up even earlier had already calculated the scenario currently being played out and this week donald trump revealed the chapters to come we will move forward with developing our own military response options and will work with nato and other allies and partners to deny russia any military advantage from its unlawful conduct russia though has an ace or two apart sleeve like the brand new miss as it unveiled last year including hypersonic weapons and even the us admitted it has no counter form and defense minister sergei show who says there's more where that came from we suggest starting work on adapting russia's caliber missile launch systems from maritime to land based ones we also suggest beginning work on a new land based type of velocity ballistic missile or short to medium range yet at

the same time moscow says it's never been driven by the offensive potential of which weapons it's all about parity that essentially russia points to the fact that america's somehow been defending against the iran and north korea threats by mussing missiles on russia's border and no one likes to be surrounded by the military of a state that openly calls you an adversary and still moscow leaves the door ajar despite everything the new arms race doesn't have to begin it says russia has promised not to deploy any missiles in europe first but if the us chooses to set this in motion well two can play that game. because a dollar for porting there will be a suspension of the i.n.f. treaty has provoked reaction worldwide to some politicians now voicing their concern that europe could become a battleground for rival powers we definitely don't want to see our continent

a billion back to being a battlefield or a place where. other superpowers confront themselves so we must prepare for a world with out the un if there is a need for dialogue with russia for all part of the german foreign minister and i will do everything to pave the way for talks within the six month period apart from that nato will farley's sas what the u.s. withdrawal would mean it is important to keep the window for dialogue open i don't think the united states really engage in diplomacy anymore and we really haven't or several decades said they this your union went out of business of ninety ninety one and we thought it was our right to establish our dominion over the entire planet i don't think they really care what the russians have to say i think what they're really interested in is dating military superiority over russia over china as well and that these treaties simply get in the way. that in france

a yellow vest marched in i'm seeing police violence to clashes is thousands of protesters across the country took to the streets for twelve consecutive weekend the rallies were dedicated to those injured the previous demonstrations by police using a controversial crowd control weapon however a french court did recently really it is acceptable to use. the police use take ask him what he can. dispersed the crowd to the country's interior minister as defended the use of special special weapons against rioters however he also stressed that any excuse would be punished according to official figures over two thousand people plus about one thousand police officers have been heard at yellow vest events since november seventeenth our sister channel r.t.

france spoke to some of the protesters. to the during a true on november twenty fourth that came with friends to paris to peacefully participate in a demonstration expressed my concerns with the usual slogans michael resigned at sixty two thirty one of the riot police cauldrons attacked the moving crowd and the g a lie if four type grenade hit my legs and exploded whitehaven sank injured twenty five to thirty people injured and maimed mostly yellow vests those who were wounded before the sockets from the say weapons are suffering so united artists was it was obvious no difference. this is important because i became part of a new family the family of the wounded i'm not the only one wounded like this i became part of a large group who were injured there are many seventeen hundred people i am the twenty if i

a person whose i was injured so it was important to come today in order to at least to support the speakers in our prison surprised many by claiming that too would a yellow vest under certain conditions political analyst nicola merck of which told us though that president is out of touch. if we yell of this means being for higher paid work and a more efficient parliament than i i'm a yellow that i think right across the people in his entourage just don't understand what's going on there so much discussion never did what differential are living on a daily basis that they have they don't know what type of answer to bring cannot come back he is over as the french president he could only get back his image he is hated by more than half the population today and i think you dislike what people disapprove of some of his actions i'm talking about a trip sometimes people don't realize how tough the police are in france how they

how the violent they have been these past four weeks i have seen personally and this is a man being shot in the face just fifty centimeters away from me for doing nothing letting it out. another news today seven people have been killed including four children when a bus overturned in the kaluga region in central russia twenty three children are among thirty two others who were taken to hospital none are in a critical condition that's according to local authorities well as a result of the accident passengers were left trapped inside the bus rescuers managed to extract all those on board it human error on the part of the driver is the suspected cause the crash he is currently in custody the bus was carrying forty five passengers including a group of children heading to a music competition. you're watching weekly here on r.t. we'll be back with more news just after the break. i

think he has a bigger chance to. election. they have the election people now that are suffering from many things they are not. secure and i think. they can take that they can help the country to make it to become secure stable country so i think he has a big chance i think the people they got ninety percent of the people they gonna be happy to say for someone that actually. is possible to the world for. a few other. decide to move ahead.

with. the very for example and they. saw it. would not be part of that huge. welcome back now as part of a drive to empower women in the united arab emirates held an awards ceremony this week to recognize government departments trying to address gender imbalances but for some one thing wasn't quite right because all three recipients of the awards which were presented by the vice president and the ruler of dubai were actually men is some of the on line reaction to that. i'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you that you forgot to invite women. really nailed the diversity there one of those great you've achieved an excellent balance of men with. men with

like fresh graduates if only one gender in dubai. well the u.a.e. prime minister has stressed in the statement online that the iraqi women are playing a central role in shaping the country's future he also says that getting more women into positions of power is a priority for the government despite the women's rights are still severely restricted in the country women require the permission of a male guardian to get married for instance they also can't get a job with their husbands consent and divorce is rarely granted we spoke to political analyst catherine shack damn about the award ceremony she told us that it's easy to pay lip service to equality but concrete steps need to be taken i think that the u.a.e. with leadership should have actually you know made good and actually present at least in a would you want women and in to at least pretend pretend that you promoting gender

equality not even trying they're not even doing good p.r. for one thing they're going to do it quietly they're also another question what was the point of the exercise of thought it was new at times by so ever tried to be you know repressed and how when the presented what you feed them visible somehow nothing was actually done other than one particular woman was already dated it a bit she didn't even receive you know would you imagine or anything like that it's one thing to speak before this another to actually enact them and i think that still for even did you read flash much better than the rest of the board for one reason is that it has opened up its border to a lot of talk about foreigners and that therefore changes had to be done and the hatchets you can catch up with the rest of the world i don't think it's new we know the organization behind the initiative has responded to the story gender balance council says that women in the u.a.e. do hold important roles in society from the firefighters and also on it adds that

women will continue to be a driving force in establishing the nation as a global role model for gender balance. separation of church and state was something paramount to the founding fathers of the us but that division is now being tested because proposed bible literacy classes for public schools the sparking controversy in parts of the country secular activists warned that it would set a dangerous precedent but only trump has already indorsed the plan support which was rapidly criticized online numerous states introducing bible literacy classes giving students the option of studying the bible starting to make it turn back great. bible literature classes in public schools clearly violate the first amendment which seeks to ensure our government does not support nor is stopped a national religion i propose that we also have hindu ism buddhist egyptian book of

the debt and diaries and courses they predate the bible or in the historical significant there are already optional bible literacy classes offered around the country every weekend it's called sunday school whatever happened to the separation of church and state. well bills to allow bible classes have been introduced in several states the proposed courses are optional i'm focused mainly on the historical importance of the text that you say violates the constitution's first amendment by the lending support to religion we got the views of a former republican member of the missouri senate a new. he's from the secular student it's i think of one of the bottom lines and you know it comes down to is who do we want teaching religion i don't want my government teaching religion i don't want our public institutions teaching religion i think that's a great place for or for the religious community i'm not afraid that kids are going

to get bible instruction or qur'an instruction in high school and suddenly be. turned into terrible people that most of the founding fathers actually had pretty good statements supporting the separation of church and state we want our schools to teach we don't want them to preach people just want to be left alone if a school wants to have a bible class let them have a bible class i don't know why so many people are afraid of a book if you really want to get into what the historical documents of the bible are i'm not sure that there were a lot of things a lot of christians would want to for school to be teaching the bible discusses a lot about sex and slavery and genocide and rape i don't want my school teaching my children that the whole reason that this law is necessary is that the bible is singled out for banning from schools the qur'an is is working its way into a curriculum all across the country and there is very little controversy around that it's in but it's when the bibles brought in of

a single out the bible to be banned and so that necessitated laws like the ones that are being looked at that say hey you are so missing the founding fathers wanted the bible as part of our cricket expected the bible they just assumed it it was a standard. country for the first two hundred years that's to be rather difficult for for elementary schools and high schools to do that i mean here in los angeles and so we probably have the talent pool where we can find someone who has that background that educational background to properly be able to and instruct that class you can watch and we can hear now it's a good to have a company we're back again. and.

guys are financial survival guide liquid assets not those that you can convert music as quite easily. to keep in mind though as it would mean to a place. for. politicians to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and she. wanted. to go on to be pros that's what before three of them or can people get. interested in the waters at our. first sit. and.

talk. hello and welcome to worlds apart eight years after the lynching of more market are free in libya and his family remains in the crosshairs of regional grievances while his second eldest son safe all islam has been freed and is now considering a presidential bid his youngest son hannibal is health behind bars in lebanon and what looks more like score setting than an exercise in justice why is the fate of good after junior still moving politics in the region well to discuss that i'm now joined by remold our brain course advocating for the release of hannibal get our

feet remus good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you thank you for your time you are a daughter all fire major general use of all dab re who for many years served as more market office personnel security chair given what's been happening in libya over the last eight years i think you are lucky to be alive and well why did you decide to get yourself involved in such a controversial and i would assume risky case what me interesting in. home when three. also. the relationship between. our family. made me. feel i have the responsibility to to to file about this issue and to hope to get out to release him from the.