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welcome to the monday program here on r.t. international we are rounding up this hour's top stories a source inside one of italy's ruling parties has confirmed to r.t. that italy refused to support a joint e.u. statement recognizing venezuela's opposition leader as the country's interim president so far six european nations have officially recognized one why though he declared himself president of a south american nation two weeks ago live to our european correspondent albuterol of a joining us here on the program so peter which five or is it six countries have recognized by dr six six so far spain the united kingdom france sweden denmark and austria of all said that they are now backing one extra point to moscow to the austrian chanceless about he issued his statement via twitter in spanish one country though one member state that isn't going to be releasing one of these

statements on monday or any day soon it would seem is italy it's been confirmed to r.t. from a source inside the five star movement there that they're the ones saying absolutely not to backing one wide though at the moment in fact that deputy prime minister was speaking just last week and outlined why they're taking this stance. we've got him already gosh italy does not recognize kori do because we absolutely opposed the fact that the country or a group of third countries determined the international policies of another country this is called the principle of noninterference and has been recognized by the united leash. well it was always going to be a difficult ask nicolas maduro the president salva venezuela said there was no way that he was going to be caving in to this type of pressure in fact he said it was

like. he described threatening spain by saying do this or you'll have to recognize catalonian independence. we don't accept ultimatums from anyone it's like you fight all the european union i give you seven days to recognize the republic of catalonia and if you don't we are going to take measures. well material also warned that civil war is a possibility in venezuela if the united states and the u. member states continue to get behind. whether the crisis could result in civil war depends on the greve insanity and aggressiveness of the northern imperialists and its western allies. so as we see it the international pressure building on nicolas maduro but as not built well he's saying he's not going anywhere. or over there live in vernon thank you peter.

or let's across live now to a political commentator john white who's joining us now here on r.t. international for some reaction to the story regarding the venezuelan crisis john good to see you today washington is crying all about democracy in venezuela but my daughter was democratically elected as the president and is now potentially going to be deposed most democratically your thoughts on this. well certainly the hypocrisy is inescapable and the idea that an unelected poet titian could be calling me pete as the country's president and the elected president could be directed nice in the name of democracy it really doesn't get more preposterous than less i think this is at the whim of thousands can be proud of their government so are setting its independence both wrong the clutch of these e.u. member states. fall into washington's orbit and from washington as its each to effect what is a colonial overcome to the many problems of the said venezuela this is not nothing

more than an attempt to interfere in a stolen tea over nation state and it's all about america wanting its country back for the cause for trump and his crew are venezuela's rightful place has always been and will always be a wholly owned subsidiary of the us and us or corporations what i want to jump in because i think your leading me to my next point we're now we're now registering six european countries voicing their support for their self-proclaimed leader of one why don't why do you think these six have suddenly jumped to the front. because that because they want to do in the favor of washington they want to extend themselves in a shoot in washington that the they are a safe bet when it comes to supporting us foreign policy and really does so so speak to the fact that the problems in you don't have never been russia or russian influence they have always been america and american influence and not continue to

this deal with their so reach us and what is exercising gangsterism masquerading as state count when it comes to venezuela. iraq afghanistan libya syria ukraine we've seen some pretty standard langley virginia playbook methods in action in recent years but trump when he was campaigning said that he would be a president against regime change he said he was tired of the u.s. overthrowing various governments around the world what's changed now suddenly. the make up of his a ministry should john bolton john bolton is no trumps being to all intents he has been trained in this bellicosity there's no issue thrown in the trunk administration on foreign policy he was trained in the unilateral withdrawal of the us from the j.c. p.o.v. the around nuclear deal last year he was training to trumpet ministrations withdrawal from the i and if treaty with russia and he's been trying nests in marsh

against venezuela if you examine john bolton's twitter feed you would think it was a padded the i can search on the i could s. of diktats that he is unleashing against ben israel and ordering men to do to accept the amnesty of this and to them president we do and leave the country this is this is route this is room in the guise of a democracy washington is clearly the rule of our times and he's acting as such is an empire which has which reels under missing code over the world with the threat of military intervention is a lashes out jon i'm running very low on time here i want to ask you very quickly if i could i china and russia are a couple of the biggest financial investors in venezuela how can china and russia be expected now to protect their investments in venezuela. well they do we cannot i mean unless they were to date make sure that the would have a military defense option for venezuela that would clearly be unlikely and obviously that could maybe provoke an even wait or

a crisis but the senate would have the motive legitimacy to do so if they fail to make it because then israel is a close ally of especially russia and it's good also involved in close economic ties with china and that's one of the reasons that the u.s. is beating down or venezuela because the russians and the chaney's are moving in to offer a different path for venezuela's development given israel has been under editable economic siege by the us for daring to turn away from washington's orbit and getting to a set the record. is independence to run the economy not in the interest of limbo us supported oligarchic but in the interest of the masses of the people the only cry venezuela has committee under chavez and we do is occurring over good example for the rest of the region political commentator john white like joining us here live on r.t. international many thanks indeed appreciate that. now all of this comes as donald trump has confirmed that the use of military force in venezuela is one of the

options being considered as washington backs the country's self-proclaimed leader one white doll what would make you use the u.s. military in venezuela it's an option to stop stop trump hold it right then you are making mistakes that will leave your hands covered in blood and you will leave the presidency stained with blood stop would you personally negotiate with nicolas maduro to convince him to exit while he is requested a meeting and i've counted down we believe variance have the capacity for dialogue understanding why would you want to repeat vietnam. but they repeatedly accuse washington of plotting a coup to overthrow him and of directly instructing mr why don't you want your correspondent what i guess dia looks at how the opposition leader who was virtually unknown outside of venezuela two weeks ago is now widely being touted as the country's legitimate president every so often you may have noticed the media much

of it lose their minds they become obsessed crazed fixated on something to the point of madness and it's happening again the freedom fighter leaving his country to democracy why do is investing in the people that revitalized opposition leading the charge to topple the dictator there demanded the very heart of venezuela's fight for democracy. why do the media's darling it's in every ad because prompter on every pundit slips on every tabloid hacks script and they've foregone the whole impartiality thing reuters latin american wing a staple fair and balanced journalism change the twitter background to this picture of one guy due to secret who they're pushing the economist world famous if not entirely balanced or even the pretense of balance there why do isn't the front

page portrayed as a champion hero if you squint you might mistake him for the statue of liberty and they want you their readers to know it's ok to interfere in venezuela's affairs because it's for a good cause it was democracy is the right to seek change in venezuela the question is how democracy is a noble goal people power or the democracy usually means installing the guy that's friendliest with the west but just a coincidence bad. oddly enough considering how angry america became and the mere suspicion that russia interfered in its internal affairs elections you would think that they wouldn't want to interfere in others' internal affairs and you'd be wrong no washington is hinting at military intervention to get their guy on the throne

it's clear at this point that what is happening in venezuela has already been decided i wish him a long quiet retirement on a pretty beach far from venezuela and the surgery takes advantage 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 there is an agenda in the air mission to accomplish in. the media washington think tanks and activists know how the software then is a long and bloody history of america's interventions in latin america they pushed for change they got their way albeit at a huge cost let's just hope that that doesn't happen in venezuela. after a twelve consecutive weekend of yellow press protests in france president emanuel dacron is under attack now from his political rivals marine le pen who heads the

national rally party accuses him of peddling conspiracy theories rather than tackling the crisis head on. i don't know from continues excrete when he explains to was that a yellow vaster manipulator from abroad yes of course it's conspiracy theory and it's rather disturbing to see something like this from the president of the republic this is above all about his wish to never doubt himself it's always others the eldest russia the united states everyone except him truly is a media product a product of social networks we saw it on facebook more friends i have the more capability to spread information i have the more and retreated just like with the yellow vests the fascists fear left wing sphere and the russian sphere comprise ninety percent of the movements online our correspondent charlayne takes a good look now at the allegation that the french president is perhaps dodging responsibility. once upon a time there was

a spontaneous social movement in france as the people revolted against him and the president coming right down. and thousands were injured but the people kept protesting and just their cries rang out loud respect for the president diminished he declared he would travel across the land and listen to all the words yet by now it wasn't enough and the people stayed on the streets ok the president said one day if i can't beat you i'll join you if you get no vest means being for higher paid work and the more efficient parliament than i am a yellow vest it didn't quite go to plan so the president touched a new idea they decided to blame side influence he pointed his finger to the east and said it's those pesky russians and their leader who are the problem not me people overinvested online are the two extremes those are then the people who buy

counts who troll this is russia today sputnik cetera look since december the leading internet movement. no longer b.f.m. it's russia today but the people weren't boy they had watched the news from this outside influence and found it to be fair. the powers that be continue to point their finger to the east telling their children to be wary of the stories that they weaved and that if there was. never. seen we see on t.v. i want. one of the interesting things that my course said about r.t. and i think also sputnik he claimed that these were the media that are being followed on social networks if they go on to r.t. as emanuel says they are and that proves that they like what they find the idea

that this should somehow be a cause for worry or you know proof that they are somehow fifth columnists just shows how dangerously or thora tarion the french regime is becoming he scared he is a pure creation of the media. and we can see that the bubble has burst and that his opinion ratings are very low that he feels it mends resentment at the fact that. stealing the headlines when he wants to have the headline now is the president struggle to get ahold of the chaos in his country the russians were the perfect villains since the president had long harbored distrust of the we have evidence of that stemming from the show give evidence of some very well known recent looks like. malls russia today and sputnik were all the news of influence that would use things that were contrary to the truth about myself and my campaign so the president said his people had been misled by the czar of the east that the

protests were not real and his subjects were rather naive and the news outlets across the land this brand new tale. the french maybe he would one small being beloved across the hills and dales but this story is not yet over the book is not yet closed the president remains that men the people oppose. the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has reiterated that russia is not looking for a new arms race with the united states his statement comes amid a rile between both countries on suspending a key nuclear treaty that's our cross live to watch the trends are joining us now for details on this yulia what else did the foreign minister have to say on this matter. rory hi again it seems for now at least that no matter what russia will keep making signals to washington implying that if you are reasonable enough to get back to talking about this moscow is still up for it this

is some of the latest of what the russian foreign minister said. we knew we're not looking for an arms race with the u.s. of course we will react to the threats created by the u.s. suspension of the i.n.f. treaty all of the initiatives coming from us are still available but we're not going to chase our western partners to remind them of this. so russia is absolutely not a fan of starting a new arms race in the twenty first century but after all saying goodbye to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty isn't just an immensely serious political statement being made by the donald trump administration america has already announced that it will be developing new weapons and the russian foreign minister is making it clear that in any case moscow is ready to catch up however he says that will not require new budget paragraphs in moscow's military spending mr

allowed also called out europe he says that if the european states are keen to preserve international arms control in some form they should stop following orders from america and this is what he meant by that. we're living in a new era an era which is characterized by u.s. efforts to break the entire system of arms control including the limits of offensive strategic arms and that's a pity. the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty is one of these landmark international agreements that will now only remain in history books with the reason for that being donald trump and the way he sees international law now here is my colleague donald quarter on the way this suspension of the treaty has been received worldwide and perhaps we'll find some of the takes quite surprising. trump's

decision to pull out of the i.n.f. treaty has come under fire from some of his fellow americans u.s. withdrawal may not be such a good idea they say and is actually a gift to russia who benefits most from the u.s. backing out of this treaty vladimir putin russia has actually wanted to dissolve that treaty for some time so really playing the fence gift to vladimir putin this is going to be a gift to vladimir putin in russia why because it will allow russia to produce new ballistic missiles legally moscow says it's purely defensive after all it's not russia building missile systems along the u.s. border but america is convinced russia started it with its own violations of the i.n.f. treaty to this day russia remains in material breach of its treaty obligations russia's violation russia has jeopardized the united states' security interests russia's shamelessly violates the russians are in violation of the agreement

there's no mistaking that the russians have chosen to not comply with the treaty of washington's official beef is with this particular system but see russia says that it's in full compliance with the demands of the treaty moscow was even ready for reciprocal inspections of nuclear facilities but washington acted as if nothing happened but withdrawing from the treaty actually opened a whole range of possibilities for the u.s. to perfect their own missiles for example this bad boy it's much smaller than your average nuke but also much better for conventional usage production already started back in september and the donald has promised there's more where that came from 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 of course russia has many powerful weapons of its own conventional and nuclear but just having the ability to defend yourself. isn't

usually hostile who benefits from leaving a treaty that was supposed to stop the world from nuclear annihilation this whole crazy russia gate thing which has been peddled primarily by the democratic party to avoid facing the fact that the deep social inequality that they helped orchestrate gave rise to a figure like trump. so yeah i mean they're going to twist anything to make it to the advantage of a lot of. that's what they do i don't understand how this is to the advantage of russia any more than it is to the united states. as outcry in sweden after security officers forcibly removed a pregnant black woman without a valid ticket from a subway train the incident has raised questions about the treatment of minorities in a country that has often been seen as

a beacon of tolerance. oh oh. the incident occurred days after an investigative t.v. program on racial profiling in the country was in it swedes with foreign backgrounds alleged to have been treated in disparaging ways by police officials say the woman in the subway incident was later taken by ambulance to hospital here's how she recalls what happened. they took me by the arm very hard the first me out they put me on the bench with my stomach down one of them put their knee on my back and i lost my breath i was afraid that my baby was going to die in my belly after the video went viral two security guards were suspended the police are investigating the incident as social science professor. told us that the

problem of racism should actually be tackled politically. sure how it happened these two are why. i don't think so. in another way people with my from by clones basically. on the black community here in sumatra to very very well be of course much more aggressive against nonwhite people police. and racial profiling. security so even you can buy lead your rights very very smooth because you don't have the teeth. must be really reason. fortunately from waste to swarth to. society in this way they are very much on. nonwhite the question of structural discrimination racism and sweden should be.

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a delay in brussels over budget and fears of a link recession should be aware it's well to talk about this i'm joined by former interim prime minister and former head of the international monetary fund carlo could. easily europe's vanguard in the refugee crisis has seen radical political change spurred by waves of migrants with a new populist government aspiring to transform europe but with paris skeptical can easily put the e.u. as the ropes that hit home with new ideas against the big heavyweights how will rome's new leaders deal with financial crises and corruption that could easily be a driving force for. change across the whole continent got a look at that eighty to lease former interim prime minister and former head of the international monetary fund welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. thank you mr gadkari they are international monetary fund which she is

to run says it all is a common growth in two thousand and nineteen is going to be slower than previously expected she did it would be worried about a collapse of the scale let's say greece but they go home and has a dog that for growth all of one percent of g.d.p. the i.m.f. says a zero point six per cent all of a g.d.p. i think zero point six per growth of zero point six percent the g.d.p. is much more real these thick i think that the civi a growth rate of one per se and starting where we are would require a bit stronger or a share of growth in the second half of two thousand and nineteen that is almost no way in which there could be such a large acceleration even in achieving a growth rate those zero point six percent in two thousand and nineteen would require an acceleration or with this back to what we have seen in the last in the third quarter over last year ok but they get to the point that the countries have really.