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. the story. in a mere response to washington's withdrawal over alleged. consecutive weekend of. clashes between. police during a march police violence. and i welcome to the weekly rundown of the top headlines. you are today. a little trump has announced that he doesn't rule out the use of military force in venezuela to support the self-proclaimed leader one. what would make you use the u.s. military in venezuela what they know i think here is say that but certainly it's

something that's only it's an option the statement was condemned by venezuela's ministry of foreign affairs court again who claimed that the opposition is controlled by the united states president maduro says venezuelans and all preparing to defend the country in case of attack. all the pain but everything depends on the level of madness and aggression of the northern empire people are already arming in the case of local regional conflicts people know what to do how to defend themselves people article two 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 all the support from from washington that there will be

a civil war and tension falling from the united states is only in first in venezuela for oil in venezuela last bold on both sides and. there's a lot of money to be made the idea is the looting campaign similar to the destruction of iraq in two thousand and three on the destruction of libya in two thousand and eleven is basically only money and it's well of those absolutely no threat to the united states and therefore it has to be the congress not be 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 the 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 dislike the present government are nationalist 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. earlier this week in a speech at a pro-government rally madeira and i was thoroughly elections could be held for the opposition controlled national assembly. the un has not been a new national assembly do you agree with that i agree too and i stand by that decision do you want elections you want to early elections parliamentary elections not 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 support an equal 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. nicolas maduro 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. asked venice on. the not true. asks venice do you feel that already tense political climate in the country a military rank today a general also bad and one white zero as president. of the dictatorial authority with nicolas maduro and recognized as the president in charge of the bow

there in republic of and his. comrades in arms i ask you not to turn your back on the people of iowa. greenwald economic sanctions imposed by the united states and its allies against from a duro are starting to bite the target the country's key source of revenue oil by freezing seven billion dollars in assets a move to further increase the cost of basic goods like food and keep protesters on the streets it's estimated that the sanctions will cost venezuela eleven billion dollars in lost oil exports just this year washington said that it would lift the sanctions if control is transferred to. three of washington's most hawkish figures are leading america's attempts to undermine maduro artie's caleb morgan looks at the team seeking regime change. at the united nations mike pompei oh 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 him his made him 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 makes the u.n. work work and that is exactly the way you 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 stabilization 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 good for the people of the united states we both have a lot at stake here yes honesty is always appreciated well you have for a prime reason to take you are looking for alternative supplies because the sanctions. don't permit them to transact business with a p.b.s. say the state on the oil company. clearly are impacting u.s. companies from transacting business with venezuela and we're already seeing the european union looking at taking a similar type steps so with her is going to be faced with trying to sell additional quantities of oil to russia where china or even india and keep in mind that nearly half of the venezuelan crude oil production today is going to repay loans from russian and chinese company. this week saw the u.s.

officially move to suspend a key cold war deal to limit the number of mid range nuclear missiles washington says russia is in violation of the decades old agreement moscow maintains that positions are groundless and said it would withdraw from the treaty the next day in a tit for tat response treaty banned all land based ballistic on cruise missiles and launchers with short intermediate range is eagles donna looks at 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 the 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 the time for talk was over. you know you don't know 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 shamelessly violates the russians are in violation of the agreement now officially the u.s. has a problem with this message nato classified as s s c eight russia says that it's in full compliance with the i.n.f. treaty but washington checked 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 are transparency was like a bottomless cup as the allegations kept pouring culminating in america's withdrawal so now more schools done with being cooperative and all actually it says the u.s. is no saint louis since twenty fourteen the u.s. is deployed in europe m.k. forty one missile launches which is suitable for american tomahawk missiles which is a direct violation of the treaty these missile launches 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 that 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 in adapting russia's caliber missile launch systems for maritime to land based ones we also suggest beginning work on a new land based hypervelocity ballistic missile will be sure to medium range of the same time most school says it's never been driven by the offensive potential of

its weapons it's all about. essentially russia points to the fact that america's somehow been defending against the iran and north korea threats by marching 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 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 u.s. chooses to set this in motion well two can play that game their management of the i.m.f. treaty has provoked reaction across the world particularly from europe which feels it's being caught in the middle of a dispute between two nuclear superpowers. we definitely don't want to see our continent a million back to being about those fields or a place where. other superpowers confront 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 in 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. frauds they've been further clashes between and yet i've asked the protesters and police on saturday demonstrations were held across the country for a twelfth weekend in

a row dedicated to those injured at previous rallies by police firing rubber bullets this comes after a french court recently ruled they use is lawful. he's used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowds the country's interior minister has defended the use of special weapons against the rioters however he also stressed that any abuse would be punished according to official figures over twenty thousand protesters plus about a thousand police officers have been hurt at yellow vest events since november seventeenth are says the shuttle r.t. france spoke to some of the demonstrators. would you like to do

a document at the during your to on november twenty fourth they came with friends to paris to peacefully participate in a demonstration express my concern 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 times grenade hit my legs and exploded whitehaven sank the injured twenty five to thirty people injured and maimed and mostly yellow vests the rods those who were wounded before the socket from the same weapons are suffering so united artists for us 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 a person whose i was injured so it was important to come today in order to at least to support the speaker's. meanwhile the president my crowd surprised many by claiming he too would die get over asked under certain conditions but i think

a lot less than a quote america which told us the president is out of touch. if a yell of this means being for higher paid work and a more efficient parliament than i am a year of this i think. the people in his entourage just don't understand what's going on there so much distin it did with one of the french are leaving 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 can only give back his image he's hated by more than half the population today i mustn't use dislike of 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 an innocent man being shot in the feast just fifty centimeters away from me for doing nothing nothing at all.

as part of a drive to boost the quality the united arab emirates held an awards ceremony last week to recognise government efforts to employ more women for some the one thing wasn't quite right all three recipients of the awards presented by the all of the by the vice president were male and it's quite a bit of controversy and reaction on social media. 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 do it was wearing grey you've achieved an excellent balance of men with dark facial hair and men with my facial hair my congratulations is here only one gender in dubai. the u.a.e. prime minister says that immorality women are playing a central role in shaping the country's future and that getting more women into positions of power is a priority despite that women's rights are still severely restricted in the country

women require the permission of a male guardian to get married they can't get a job without their husbands consent and divorce is rarely granted we spoke to political analyst catherine schachter about the award ceremony. i think that the u.a.e. with leadership should have actually be you know made good and actually present at least in a what you want women i mean to at least pretend pretend that you promoting gender equality is not even trying they're not even doing good p.r. all putting that into equality you go also another question what was the point of the exercise it's all new at times western ever tried to be you know we've done women represented what it's made them visible somehow but nothing was actually done other than one particular woman was brought to dated for her efforts she didn't even receive you know would you imagine anything like that it's one thing to speak reform it's another to actually not them and i think that still even to give you a much much better than the rest of the board for one reason is that it has opened

up a lot of talk about foreigners about their full changes had to be done. to come and catch up with the rest of the world i don't think it's new we know. the governor of the u.s. state of virginia has been under intense pressure to resign since friday the controversy erupted off the ralph northam was accused of appearing in a racially charged photo picture is from the ninety four year book of eastern virginia medical school where he was a student featured northam and another person one wearing black face on the other in a coup klux klan cost you on saturday the governor gave a press conference in which he denied being in the photo and said he would remain in office northam admitted that there had been an unrelated episode in his youth that he does not regret. it is definitely not me i can tell by looking at it i have had friends also look at it and tell me it's not me that same year i did for two suppose i danced. in san antonio in which i darken my face as part of

a michael jackson costume. i look back now and regret that i did not understand the harmful legacy of an action like this. ralph northam was elected governor in the twenty seventeen receiving fifty four percent of the vote during the campaign he accused his republican opponent of being a racist and a fear monger and betrayed his rival as being linked to white nationalist demonstrators in charlottesville the new york times had even referred to northam as the great democratic hope of virginia politics now though he seems to have lost nearly all support from his own party with top democrats calling on him to resign. the food is racist and contrary to fundamental american values i join my colleagues in virginia calling on the governor know them to do the right thing so that the people on the commonwealth of virginia can hew and move forward legal commentary to

horace cooper believes virginia's governor has only a slim chance of political survival it's very likely that the pressure on him by other democrats are going to become solve or well meaning that he's forced out they expect that he is going to here's the thing if he doesn't do it it is still possible that the chamber itself simply made actually pass a resolution asking for him to step down eventually and especially with his acknowledgement saying the photos aren't here but that he had in fact in gauged in marker the other point is still likely to be something that he's not going to be avoid able to avoid the consequences for. a long running role between greece and the u.k. he's back in the headlines over who owns the ancient artifacts known as the pantheon marbles the director of the british museum with currently on display has

infuriated athens by ruling out their return saying that the taking of the marbles from greece was a creative act artes and as the series should occur takes up the story. the british museum is back in the headlines this time its director has stirred up trouble by saying removing the world famous twenty five hundred year old parthenon marbles from greece to be taken to britain in the nineteenth century could be seen as a creative act thanks to a new context you could of course be saddened by the fact that the original environment has disappeared when you move a cultural heritage to a museum you move it outside however the shifting is also a creative act technically u.k. law prevents the return of such pieces but the problem is greece considers the classical marble sculptures stolen and wants them back seriously what was so creative in the destruction of the temple and the looting and the pillaging of the nation's keys to its ancient history greece's culture minister described the museum directors approach as narrow and cynical

a mindset that downgrades cultural heritage to an exchange sale out but in fact it's not just greece that's pressuring the museum other artifacts perceived just snatched during the times of the british empire are being demanded back to so far to no avail the museum is only ready to loan saying the pieces are better off being displayed as part of a wider collection. you have to take it keep in view one hundred fifty years yes it was some months and we can have. millions of people come to enjoy the british museum every year let's find out what some of them here make of this longstanding use and how local see him back in

greece i think the thought of being here is probably for the greater good i just got a degree in art history so i feel like they should go back. the model should be your talent and put back where they belong one in every museum in the world there we wanted to know why and why we're so generous so yeah i would keep them here if they were british arty fox in greece i think it would be few different names if i was greek i would want the return of no i consider this the adult way i consider what else can do to be theft since i'm doing so and i'm also in favor of returning the elgin marbles i guess it is quite nice to have them kept i am happy to go home for a period because the exhibitions day may i would like to see maybe some kind of sharing arrangement government but if i build a house and someone in america to mix it you cannot take it with him and say i will take good care of it i will keep it in america come see it whenever your life but

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