theme. ladies and gentlemen. what. i. did. for spring. thank you i. again says he doesn't rule out sending troops to venezuela to support the opposition leader. the washington post new sanctions on president. to back off and stop seeking regime change. in the front.

participation in a. clear treaty in a mere response to washington's withdrawal russian violations coming up also the. twelve consecutive weekend of protests in france between demonstrators and police during a march to denounce police file. so joining me this is the weekly on r.t. international. announced that he does not rule out the use of military force in venezuela to support the self-proclaimed leader wangel. what would make you use the u.s. military in venezuela what's in it was all or say that but certainly it's something that's it's an option as well as vice president has already hit back warning the

country will protect its borders and not allow any foreign intervention but this is the issue with medea benjamin co-founder of the antiwar movement code pink and former secretary of the human un human rights committee alfred does this. through paragraph four of the united nations charter. prohibits not only the use of force but the threat of the use of force i am concerned that if there is an attack. from colombia and brazil or made it and with the more just to go or other support from from washington that there will be a civil war and tens of thousands of deaths are united states is only interested in venezuela's oil in venezuela as bold on both sides and. there's a lot of money to be made the idea is

a looting campaign similar to all the destruction of iraq in two thousand and destruction of libya in two thousand and eleven is basically only money and it's well oppose absolutely no threat to the united states and therefore it has to be the congress not the executive branch that makes any decision about the u.s. use of military force right now there are two initiatives in congress to reiterate this that the president does not have the authority to do any kind of military intervention in venezuela people want to see an easing of the economic crisis but that doesn't mean they would accept foreign intervention a lot of people in venezuela even those that don't dislike the present government are nationalists believe in sovereignty and also have a somewhat of an understanding of the history of u.s. intervention in latin america which has not been pretty. though this week in

a speech at a pro-government rally the country's president nicolas maduro called on his supporters to back in. early elections in the opposition controlled national assembly in the meantime his rival one go i don't know for the country's military to come over to his side. because this national assembly did you. with that i agree and i stand by that decision do you want to mention is that if you want. let's have parliamentary elections the. 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 as my dear and to demand free elections this guy was made by one white oh in other parts of the city there's also protests to subordinate class majeure as president and also to celebrate the twenty years of the revolutionary socialists and there were some very strong his 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 china. asked venezuela do you feel there already tense political climate in the country a military of high rank today a general patton one wedo as president. of the dictatorial authority of nicolas maduro and recognized as the president in charge of a very a republican given his. comrades in arms i ask you not to turn your back and look

people have been. with. him while economic sanctions imposed by the u.s. and its allies against madeira are starting to bite they tug at the country's key source of revenue or oil by freezing seven billion dollars in assets moves to further increase the cost of basic goods like food and keep protesters on the streets it's estimated sanctions will cost then a sort of eleven billion dollars in lost oil exports just this year washington said that it would lift the sanctions if control is transferred to quite. as the oil sanctions are being announced the u.s. national security adviser gave way a little bit more than he wanted perhaps reporter spotted written on his notepad the words five thousand troops to colombia let me shares a border with venezuela a dürer then accuse washington of planning his assassination 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. three of washington's most hawkish think is a leading america's attempts to undermine but there were a scale of open looks at the team seeking regime change that the united nations might pompei o drew 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 his may sound familiar either you're 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 the way it should 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 the stabilization of these throughout the middle east and 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 the u.s. 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 believe we have what is in the back of the cave you in us and as well in the tribal border but on the economy of the country but it has been very real humanitarian consequences for the people there it is a question no you know washington and it. and elsewhere want their cake and they want to have their cake either rup i mean very very a double dip or thing here. this week so america suspend a key cold war deal to limit the amount of mid range nuclear missiles and claim that it's because russia is in violation of the decades old agreement moscow says the accusations of groundless and withdrew from the treaty the next day and the tit for tat response the treaty banned all the land based ballistic and cruise missiles and launchers with short intermediate ranges and is it has done a flip so what's behind the dispute. it's not like the u.s. withdrawal from the iron of deal chord 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 burke. 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 but time for talk was over. you know you want our american partners 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 s c eight russia says that it in full compliance with the i.n.f. treaty but washington check 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 to the twenty four team the u.s. has deployed. in europe forty one missile launches 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 russia's defense ministry says in the past two years the us 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 u.s. 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 hypervelocity ballistic missile of a short to medium range yet at the same time moscow says it's never been driven by the offensive potential of its weapons it's all about it was that right see it essentially russia points to the fact that america's somehow been defending against the iran and north korea threats by massing missiles on russia's border region and no one likes to be surrounded by the military of a state that openly calls you an adversary and still leaves the door ajar despite everything the new arms race doesn't have to begin it says russia has promised not to deploy enemy. and you're up first but if the u.s. chooses to set this in motion well you can play that game. the suspension of the un

if treaty has provoked we'll wide reaction particularly from europe which feels it's being caught in the middle of this dispute between two nucleus superpowers we definitely don't want to see our continent a million back to being about those fields or a place where. other superpowers come from themselves so we must prepare for a world without 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 thoroughly assess 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 is diplomacy anymore and we really haven't or several decades said they this year union went out of business in one thousand nine hundred 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. three men have won awards at a ceremony in the middle east meant to celebrate gender equality we'll look at the reaction after the break. u.s. in order to guarantee bans by the population well gaijin stop to tell terry nasm and that's clearly on the march and the population is ready for it we know they were all sad to say hope they got they get ready for their get ready to be controlled. i've been

saying the numbers mean something they matter the us is over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you want to be ultra rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred trees per second per second and bitcoin 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 to remember is one one business show you can't afford to miss the one and only buy . in from serving for the clashes between yele of us protesters and police sense a day demonstrations were held across the country for a twelfth weekend in

a row and they were dedicated to those injured at previous rallies by police farming rubber bullets comes after a french court recently ruled that the use is will. police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds the country's interior minister defended the use of special weapons against what he called rioters but he also stressed that any abuse would be punished according to official numbers more than two thousand protesters and around one thousand police officers have been hurt and yellow vest events since november seventeenth this is the channel r.t. france spoke to some of the demonstrators. during a two on november twenty fourth that came with friends to paris to peacefully

participate in a demonstration express 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 and four type grenade hit my legs and exploded whitehaven sank the injured twenty five to thirty people injured and maimed and mostly yellow vests those who were wounded before the socket from the say weapons are suffering so united artists for us it was obvious no difference much made up 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'm the twentieth a person whose i was injured so it was important to come today in order to at least to support the speaker's. press the micron surprise many people by claiming that he too would die a yellow vest under certain conditions political analysts nicol america which told

us the president is simply out of touch. if for you all of this means being for higher paid work. and a more efficient parliament than i i'm a year of this i think. the people in his entourage just don't understand what's going on there so much disconnected with what the french are living on a daily basis that they don't know what type of answer to bring cannot come back he is over the french president he can only give back his image he is hated by more than half the population today i'm not saying he's dislike people disapprove of some of his actions i'm talking about hatred sometimes people don't realize how tough the police are in france how they how violent they have been these past two weeks i have seen personally and this is being shot in the face just fifty centimeters away from me for doing nothing nothing at all. as part of

a drive to boost equality the united arab emirates held an award ceremony last week to recognize government efforts to employ more women for some though one thing wasn't quite right all three recipients of awards presented by the ruler of dubai the vice president were men and that's quite an online reaction. i'm sorry to have to be the one to tell you that you forgot to invite women wow you really nailed the diversity there one of those who was wearing gray you've achieved an excellent balance of men with dark facial hair and men with right facial hair i congratulate you here from one gender in dubai. for the u.s. prime minister says the women are playing a central role in shaping the future of the country and they are getting more women into positions of power is a priority but despite that women's rights are still severely restricted in the country for example women require the permission of a male guardian to get married they can't get

a job without the husband's consent and divorce is rarely granted we spoke to political analyst catherine shutdown about the award ceremony. 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 i mean to at least pretend pretend that you from which in gender equality is not even trying they're not even doing good p.r. for one thing that in the equality you go also another question what was the point of the exercise that's all it was new at times why so ever tried to be you know repressed and how it would be represented that what it's made them visible somehow but nothing was actually done other than one particular woman was congratulated for her efforts she didn't even receive an award or a medal or anything like that it's one thing to speak reform it's another to actually enact them and i think that still fall even to the u.a.e. it's much much better than the rest of the board for one reason is that it has opened up its border to a lot of foreigners about therefore changes had to be done and they had to to kind

of catch up with the rest of the world i don't think it's new we know. separation of church and state was something paramount to the founding fathers of the united states division those now being tested because bible literacy classes for public schools are being proposed and it's sparking lots of controversy secular activists warn that it would set a dangerous precedent don't trump has already endorsed the plan 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 literally classes in public schools really violate the first amendment which seeks to ensure our government does not support a stop religion. i propose that we also have hindus a buddhist egyptian book of the debt and the courses they predate the bible are in their 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. and bills to allow bible classes have been introduced in several states the proposed courses are optional they focus mainly on the historical importance of the text opponents though say it violates the constitution's first amendment by lending government support to religion. we got the views of joan loudon former republican member of the missouri senate and physically kevin bolling from the secular student alliance i think of one of the bottom lines of the 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 the 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's very little controversy around that it's in but it's when the bibles broad and 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 across country for the first two hundred years that's can be rather difficult for for elementary schools and high schools to do that 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. will too and instruct that class. you're watching on the international debate that goes for you in half. of.

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