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in the stories that shaped the week. in a landmark treaty in amir a response to washington's withdrawal over alleged russian violations. it's a twelve consecutive weekend of protests in france clashes between demonstrators and police take place during a march denouncing police violence. welcome to our teams a national on the weekly rundown of this week's top stories. and has again announced that he doesn't rule out the use of military force in venezuela to support. what would make you use the u.s. military in venezuela once and i wasn't here say that but certainly it's something

that's on the. the same was condemned by venezuela's ministry of foreign affairs called a good idea other who claim that the. opposition is controlled by the united states president maduro says venezuelans are now 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 people are already arming in the case of local regional conflicts people know what to do how to defend themselves people are told 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 all the support from from washington that there will be

a trouble war and tension falling from the united states is only in first in venezuela for oil in venezuela 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 of her destruction of libya in two thousand and eleven is basically only money and it's well it flows absolutely no threat to the united states and therefore it has to be the congress not be 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 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. it's like the french government are nationalist believe in sovereign team 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 duro announced early elections could be held for the opposition controlled national assembly the u.n. or somebody new national assembly do you agree with that i agree to 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 subordinate class my dear 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 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. donna true how. venezuela do you feel there already tense political climate in the country a military of high rank today a general also back in one way go as president. of the dictatorial authority of nicolas maduro and recognize where you do it is the president in charge of the

varian republic of venezuela comrades in arms i ask you not to turn your back on the people of iowa. i mean while the economic sanctions imposed by the united states and its allies against them and duro are starting to bite they talk at the country's key source of revenue oil by freezing seven billion dollars in assets a move set to further increase the cost of basic goods such as food and keep protesters on the streets it's estimated that the sanctions will cost venezuela eleven billion dollars in lost all exports just this year washington so that it would lift the sanctions if control is transferred to glide all three of washington's most hawkish figures are leading america's attempt to undermine what dura auntie's caleb moore penned looks at the team seeking regime change 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 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 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 be good for the people of the united states we both have a lot of stake here. yes honesty is always appreciated well you have proprietors of the table are looking for alternative supplies because the sanctions. don't permit them to transact business with peavey b.s.a. the state and 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 dura was going to be faced with trying to sell additional quantities of oil to russia or china or even india and keep in mind that nearly half of the venezuelan crude oil production today is going to repay loans russian in chinese companies. but 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 because asians are groundless and said it would withdraw from the treaty the next thing in a tit for tat response treaty bans all land based ballistic and cruise missiles as well as launchers with short to intermediate ranges auntie's egos down of 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 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 the time for talk was over. you know

you don't own 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 in the us has a problem with this message nato classified as s 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 louis since twenty fourteen the u.s. . has deployed in europe is m k 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 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 brad 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 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 borders 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 you can play that game. the abandonment 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 billion back to being a battlefield 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 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. i would france that have been further clashes between ghetto vast protesters and police on saturday demonstrations were held across the country for a twelfth weekend in a row that would educated to those injured at previous fridays by police firing

rubber bullets this comes after a french court recently ruled there use is lawful. police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowds 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 two thousand protesters plus about a thousand police officers have been hurt. get over s. the fence it's the them seventeen. buses the channel r.t. france spoke to some of the demonstrators. took to google to uncouple to during act two on november twenty fourth i 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 squadrons attack the moving crowd and the g a lie and four type grenade hit my legs and exploded. and sank the injured twenty five to thirty people injured and maimed and mostly yellow vests those who were wounded before the suffered from the same weapons are suffering so united artists for us it was obvious no difference you know 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 speaker's meanwhile president micron's surprised many by claiming he too would don a yellow vests under certain conditions political analyst nicola milk of it told us

the president is out of touch. if where you live 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 are so much disconnected with the french 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 can only give back his image he's hated by more than half the population today imus in his dislike of 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 violent they have been these past two weeks i have seen personally an innocent man being shot in the face just fifty centimeters away from me for doing nothing nothing at all. part of

a drive to boost the quality the united arab emirates held an awards ceremony last week to recognize government efforts to employ more women some know one thing wasn't quite right all three recipients of the awards presented by the role of the by the u.s. vice president were male it's quite a bit of reaction and control we see on social media. i'm sorry you have to be the one to tell us that you forgot to invite women wow you really nailed the diversity there one of those there was was wearing gray you've achieved an excellent balance of men with dark facial hair and men with the right facial hair my congratulations is here only one gender in dubai. the us prime minister says that m r r t 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 the women's rights are still severely restricted in the country for example women require the permission of a male guardian to get married and they can't get

a job without their husband's consent while divorce is really grow. we spoke to political analyst catherine schachter about the award ceremony i think that the you we were leadership should have actually you know made good and actually present at least in a what 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 they're going to. another question what was the point of the exercise that's all it was new at time westphal ever tried to be you know repairs done in the present and that. somehow nothing was actually done other than one particular woman with no great today did for her efforts she didn't even receive you know would you imagine anything like that it's one thing to speak before with another to actually not and i think that still even though you did you read much much better than the rest of the board for one reason is that it has. a lot to talk about foreigners and that therefore changes had to be done and they had to come and catch

up with the rest of the world i don't think it's the new we know. the governor of the us state of virginia has been under intense pressure to resign since friday the controversy erupted after ralph northam was accused of appearing in a racially charged photo the picture you can see from the ninety four year book of eastern virginia medical school where he was a student said to feature north and another person one wearing black face on the other in a coup klux klan costume 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 there had been an isolated episode in his youth that he now regrets. it is definitely not me i can tell by looking at it i have had friends also look at it in tell me it's not me that same year i did participate in a dance in san antonio in which i darken my face as part of a michael jackson. i look back now and regret that i did not understand

the harmful legacy of an action like that. ralph northam was elected governor in nov twenty seventh seen receiving fifty four percent of the vote during the campaign he accused his republican opponent of being a racist and the fear monger 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 seems to have lost nearly all support from his own party with top democrats calling on him to step down. the photo is racist and contrary to fundamental american the views 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 heal and move forward and legal commentator 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 so overwhelming that he is 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 assembly might actually pass a resolution asking for him to step down eventually and especially so with his acknowledgment saying the photos are but that he had in fact been gauged in mockery of. 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. back in the headlines over who owns the ancient artifacts known as the pantheon marbles the director of the british museum where they're on display has infuriated us in the spy ruling out their return saying that taking the marbles from greece

was a creative act. takes up the story the british museum is back in the headlines this time its director has stirred up trouble by seeing 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 octet 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 in 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 four hundred m. to give us give us 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 and how local see it back in greece i think it's being here is probably for the greater good i just got

a degree in art history so i feel like they should go back. and put. in every museum in the world. why general i would keep them here it's a were british 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 i consider what to be since i'm greeks and i'm also in favor of returning. i guess it's quite nice to have. to go home for a period because the exhibitions. i would want just to be some kind of sharing arrangement. if i build a house and someone in america mix it cannot take it with him and say i will take good care of it i will keep it in america come see it whenever you like. join us again at seven am for the latest. news updates will see them.

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. 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 held behind bars in lebanon in what looks more like score settling 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 remote all dabiri 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 riehle 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. case you manage home when three and 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 liberal and and also i feel sorry for his mother she has lost she is lost and she lost three.