vito's plans for a joint statement to recognize the new president of venezuela. by a source inside italy's ruling coalition in the meantime. certainly it's something

that's on the. still hold it right there you are making mistakes going to meet your blood you will leave the president stained with blood. again stress that sending troops to venezuela to support the opposition leader is still a live option on this one as president nicolas maduro has warned of bloody consequences. of the news french president among them faces a backlash after accusing outside actors of stoking national unrest. is anger in sweden after security officers removed a heavily pregnant black woman without a valid ticket from a subway train. joining

us this evening this is r.t. international. more than a dozen e.u. states have now recognized. as interim president of venezuela however a source in italy's ruling coalition confirmed to r.t. that rome vetoed a u.n. statement recognizing the opposition leader as head of state why don't i stand to brussels and appealed to italy. on behalf of. those who are hoping for a better life a sincere think you for the recognition given by the european law where we really i'm certain it won't be like the rest of europe a lot of it will take a step towards the recognition of the whole host of e.u. member states of put their backing behind one quite doe as the interim president of venezuela the likes of germany spain the united kingdom france and denmark and the netherlands among others have said that quite though is their man to take venezuela

into a fresh set of elections now one country that you're not going to hear from is italy r.t. is heard from sources within the five star movement part of the ruling coalition in that country saying they have no intention of following the rest of their partners and supporting one quite so in fact what we're hearing is that they are the reason italy is the reason that there is no unified statement on why they vetoed that just last week we heard from their deputy foreign minister who explained why they're taking the stance. italy does not recognize why do it because we absolutely oppose the fact that a country or a group of thirty countries can determine the international policies of another country this is called the principle of noninterference and has been recognized by the united nations the reason that these announcements of come about it follows on from a ultimatum that was given by either nations to president nicolas maduro saying he

had to call fresh elections in the country by midnight on sunday or e.u. member states would start supporting mr joe. was never going to give in to this ultimatum what we have heard from him though is calls for fresh elections in the national assembly which is dominated by the opposition which mr quite oh is headed. up it was the same is threatening spain with action should they not recognize catalonia is an independent state we don't accept ultimatums from anyone it's like you fight all the european union i give you seven days to recognise the republic of catalonia and if you don't we are going to take measures nicolas maduro is also warned that civil war remains a possibility in venezuela as long as the united states and e.u. members continue to throw their support behind one quite oh whether the crisis could result in civil war depends on the greve insanity and aggressiveness of the

northern imperialists and its western allies as international pressure increases on nicolas maduro to stand down as president he maintains he isn't going anywhere. donald trump has again confirmed that the use of military force in venezuela is one of the options being considered it doesn't step down. what would make you use the u.s. military and it's well it's an option stop stop trump hold it right you will make mistakes let's not leave your hands covered in blood leave the president's 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 we believe variants of the capacity of understanding why would you want to repeat. the military option has been on the white house agenda for some time last week the u.s. national security advisers notepad caught the eye of reporters because it was

written five thousand troops to colombia colombia of course shares a border with venezuela is because the of. virtually no non-celebrities well it's just a month ago is now 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 demand at 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 steeple fair and balanced journalism change their twitter background to this picture of who and why do blue 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. the question is how democracy is a nubile gone people power or the democracy usually means installing the guy that's friendliest with the west but just a coincidence perhaps 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 other's internal affairs and you'd be wrong no washington is hinting at military intervention to get their guy on the throne he was schooled in the united states he was involved in the student uprising as in two thousand and seven two thousand and eight against the chavez regime now that's venezuela was doing well oiled prices were high there was lots of social provision so his claim today that he's doing out of concern for the poor people and it's only because of the current economic condition of the can see is total nonsense i think he's been pressured by the united states into doing things but i think he's disposable he's what the americans would call a patsy. and so i think in the media and you would see somebody else taking over

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 of that the series likely to have a nice quiet retirement not a pretty beach rather than being in some other beach area like guantanamo there is . an agenda in the air a mission to accomplish in there are pushing for it all of the media washington think tanks and activist we know how the so often there 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 i just hope that that doesn't happen in venezuela. a group of progress in states has changed its mind at the very last moment russian

media from crunch talks on venezuela the lima group which includes the likes of brazil and colombia is meeting in canada to decide the next steps after canada's prime minister backed why don't the canadian foreign ministry emailed sputnik. but gave no reason for refusing accreditation. venezuela based t.v. network telesur was also denied access without explanation and is correspondent a limited who was meant to be attending the talks that were joins me live on the line now good to speak to you alina sorry that this didn't work out for you how were you informed about the fact you were going to be accredited for this event when willow thanks for having me yeah well we were in civics likely the same email hours as a river and they say exactly thank you for your interest in the families there are many muslim a group that would be signal to let you know that you are not being credited as not yet kind regards that was the only male will receive we ask for any other reason

that. i don't know there was there was a government of abba i mean it was a meeting of the lima group it was true the minister to canada's government there will receive this mail and so far this is the only answer that we have. how do you feel about being bound at the very last moment for this. well i've been covering in all of these group of last moments i mean it's not a surprise not for me at least. it is not a zipper that police are afraid some have been created to dismantle these demonic not to show the mass what the weather what must media isn't showing so it is not a surprise that they are now they don't like us and they've been trying to balance every single voice that it's against this a narrative against venezuela and i mean david this is only exposing the contradictions of this group that have been created in. anti-democratic in an

anti-democratic way they've been trying to solve the situation that is going on in better soil or. they couldn't approve any resolution of it by the a government so they create this group we've been reporting about at i mean it's not a surprise of telesur. have been banned from the it's amazing. we need to condemn a but it says it's not a surprise for us i thought that believed in freedom of the press the sense of a pretty progressive leader do you think you will be given an explanation surely they have to give some kind of explanation if they have freedom of press to go to explain why you couldn't return to have to have something that. yeah i mean it's a shame they have to but i don't know if they're going to give us no i just say to being clear they've been playing for freedom will say beach the mall crecy but they unfortunately with this concert are far away from respecting their has every single

aspect that they're claiming for so we hope that they take some. i don't know maybe they are going to send us another answer or maybe during the press conference that will take part in a few minutes maybe they are going to say something but for our part i mean says we're not surprised that we are asking for any of the response of the kind of government but also for the from the older members of the of these groups looking at the members of the lima group seems pretty clear they will one going to in power they were worried about any challenging questions coming their way what do you make of the efforts of the lima group. well. i mean they're clinging for freedom of speech around the world they're seeing and then as well as government are not allowing in. these sort of prayers. they are not live

with a government that of venice well but there is doing exactly this in their cleaning or so i don't know if. some part of i don't know if there are going to answer us. whether we are in for any kind of prism. to get appreciate your time for your get accredited by the wonderfully free canadian press organization where is handing out these accreditation certainly the government will get involved and make sure that justice is done alina the world is my guest telesur correspond. for twelve consecutive we can if you all of us protests in france present him on your microphone is under attack from his political rivals marie le pen who heads the national party accuses him of peddling conspiracy theories rather than tackling the crisis head on i don't know if i can choose excrete when he explains to wants to do yellow vaster manipulative 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 yellow vests russia the united states everyone except him drew 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 imbrie tweeted just like with the yellow vests the fascists fear left wing sphere and the russian sphere comprise ninety percent of the movements online. on the show do takes a look at the allegation the french president is dodging responsibility. once upon a time there was a spontaneous social movement in france as the people revolted against an unpopular president and government crackdown on them. and thousands 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 get by no 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 yellow vest means being for higher paid work and the more efficient parliament than i'm a yellow vest it didn't quite go to plan so the president touched a new idea and decided to blame outside 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 it's a true look since december the leading internet movements are 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 they were. never. on the ground the more strong team reseal and even marcus 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 then 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's scared he is a pure creation of the media and we can see now that the bubble has burst and that his opinion ratings are very low that he feels immense resentment

at the fact that. stealing the headlines when he wants to have the headline now is the president struggled to get a hold of the chaos in this country the russians were the perfect villains since the president had long hard distrust of the we have evidence of that it's coming from the plane and we show the evidence of the some very well known regime looks like. malls the shit russia today in sputnik were going to influence them produce 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 leader helping he would once more be beloved across the hills and dales but this story is not yet over the book is not yet closed the president remains

a man the people oppose. toil for a tooth extended the detention of a bahraini footballer and political refugee. had been granted asylum in australia but was held as iraq from our honeymoon in bangkok the knitting sports personalities right around the world have been demanding his release. has the story . it's not too often that you see sports personalities club's fans and even high ranking officials unite for a cause but this has been just a case of. a football player from bahrain currently behind bars in thailand chelsea legend didier drogba liverpool legend robbie fowler spurs legend gary lineker five time olympic champion swimmer in four entire sports federations all jumped in to urge football authorities to save hakim al-arabiya was first arrested in twenty twelve in bahrain when the country was going through a massive anti-government uprising violently quelled by the gulf states ruling

family he claims he was tortured in prison like thousands of others they spent three hours shooting me hard in my legs will break your bones will destroy your future you will never play football again with these lyrics in twenty fourteen he fled bahrain fearing for his life and in twenty seventeen he was granted political asylum in australia where he continued his career until november last year when he went on a honeymoon trip to thailand and was detained right at the airport with authorities pointing to an interpol request to detain him as a fugitive of justice since then he has been locked up in a bank or prison with bahrain seeking his extradition back home he is charged with vandalizing a police station and sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison that is despite the london based bahraini dissident group b i r d releasing the live television footage of him playing a football game right at the time of the crimes he is being accused of this may

seem as a credible alibi to anyone but here is the problem it may not be enough to vindicate him since he took a swipe not just at political elite of his home country but particularly at shaikh solomon being a bit of a. high ranking member of bahrain's royal family and a man who was one of the front runners for the presidency of fever in twenty sixteen the post which was eventually won by gianni in front back then right in the middle of the campaign other raby. accuse the shaikh of being responsible for his arrest and torture sheikh selman was responsible for the football players for the national team how can it be that he didn't know anything about it i am an example of it and i have evidence the royal denies these allegations but here is the most twisted part of the sport despite losing the bid to rule thief shake selman currently holds the position of senior vice president of the association yes the same body which is under massive global pressure to do something about our a.b.c. case and produced the following statement. urging the whole story to use of the

kingdom of. this is serious to ensure that mr ellery is allowed to return safely to australia at the earliest possible moment at this point tire thora g.'s may wish they had not detained al-arabiya given the massive global outcry and something they are not even sure what to do with the man having just extended his detention by another two months so ask or a be passed his fiftieth day in a bank or jail he and the whole world are waiting to see who shall prevail in this battle sports or politics. r.t. reporting from moscow. where the days director of advocacy at the bahrain institute for rights and democracy joins us on the line number good evening to you as i understand interpol's removed its red notice for his arrest if that's the case why is al arabiya still in jail. the reason why that interpol has been

removed has to note this is because his that it could not as a refugee and that there is a clear guidance within or that if you know what this is should not be applied on refugees. thailand was the canary island quickly issued a statement to say that this request was not only solely by the end we have received an identical request what exhibition by the by the kingdom of bahrain and this is why he was in detention and this is why they are now proceeding with his execution to quit and i believe you will be on a nation of the court of your organization actually produced evidence that he was actually playing in a football match during the supposed vandalism incident the bahrain's charging him for such why does bahrain really want him back do you think. i think i was but it might help about ten because between two thousand and fifteen and two thousand and sixteen i came on one of the key athletes. to speak out again and

then monday. by this time. was running for president c i came to so many about his own tortured experience the exposure he gave to the past and also he said that how comes a pearson like shift in a month to take the leadership of people while he paid to protect the plant and his home by hand and i am they exempt. because of hiking the bravery shift that a man was. despite he was the favorite candidate he knows what it's like in continual and this is why part of the behind him honest they know i believe that there is a test for them for their binge on hiking because of the damage which caused began to shift the course has only seven ish one think on this case that they were so in the they lying on

a confession one of them which was expected by his the brother that's the only evidence which the judge has of allies on which happens to be a judge or from the handling so maybe imagine to have a member of the ring permitted to be the judge the mist over just to be a member of the same wouldn't then maybe then you have a quick by the minister open theatre which happens to be a member of the ruling family to talk about. the ruling family which have a better stronger relationship with the thai rulers as well and with the thais boyo and i think it through the relationship they are really completely abundant and an international obligation and this is why we see the situation with thailand simply put things complete disregard to any intermission the precious and. commissionable a geisha and to proceed with this shameful exclusion requests australia has demanded that the player be returned to be allowed to leave why do you think

thailand not only have they not gone along with that request they haven't even responded to it why do you think. because it's a point of embarrassment they know what they're doing is a. geisha and i don't think you did they have just to back the claim i think the situation is very much complicated and because i think the part which has not been released within your reports is no one really spoke about the corruption between the two royals and i think the most important element someone begin to look into the financial mistakes by any prime minister someone who was extremely happens to be. in thailand where he has met financial investments and he seems to be having a very special relation with the royals and i think this is all about really corruption and power which is just defying the imprisonment and this is the white

tile and find itself to be in a position where they are really paying their fair share for the behind all of that of them really doing anything to to satisfy anyone from the international community the united nations which made explicit all of the railing governments as you mentioned or even fisa order don't pick committee like all those international. things organizations to state like it really i mean if you look into the trade between israeli and beheading and with ireland there is absolutely no comparison. really if not forty times more than what's behind and within the entire island. you talk about billions compared to less than a billion. and there's only just to pick a sion to know that thailand do apologize sorry for interrupting you that we are about to run out of time so left or right things of that depression appreciate you

coming on to international many thanks side i went out of my guest our act of advocacy the bahrain institute for rights and democracy. thank you. we just got time to squeeze in one more story want to bring you this evening there's anger in sweden security officers forcibly removed a heavily pregnant black woman who was without a valid ticket on a train and she was pinned to a bench the incidents raise questions about the treatment of minorities in a country that's often portrayed itself as a beacon of tolerance. well officials say the woman was taken to hospital by ambulance the only question insisting she did have her travel card but couldn't find it immediately by the time she pulled it from the pocket she says the trip ticket control has already issued

a fine here's how she would call 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. and after the video went viral two security guards were suspended the police are investigating. and any new information comes in and that story will bring it to you. many thanks for staying with us you watching out international updates in half an hour. the boy. seems wrong. just don't call. me. yet to shape

our disdain to educate and in games from it because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. to look for common ground. the u.s. intel community in the political establishment challenge trumps foreign policy is this a good or bad thing also forced regime change in venezuela continues a picks. down option or times are we going underground on the anniversary.