when you look back truth. it's clear. this. because in truth. both sides. in washington. germany and france reach a compromise joined a russian german pipeline project. posed by washington. by the u.s. ramping up the pressure in recent weeks. coming up on the program

chinese telecoms judge walk away the west calling. against the senseless with the united states first in the firing line for law being governments to. also ahead. of the march in great numbers from washington even go to the white house to deliver more than ten minutes to ask the person. stepping up the pressure of washington rules the possibility of talks with. socialist government. grabbing your churning in from right around the world this hour welcome to moscow and to r.t. international good to have your company i mean and their top. story. germany and

france have reached a compromise on the joint russian german gas pipeline project north stream to commenting on the deal to german chancellor angela merkel franco german cooperation well after it was previously suggested parlous was seeking to derail the project show dubinsky takes us through an amended e.u. order on the enterprise back on track the directive is now a compromise between frogs between germany which means the project will be still going ahead now it looked like it was set to be derailed off to france announced on thursday that it was actually going to support an e.u. directive that could have complete east scuppered this entire pipeline this is a pipeline that would bring gas directly from russia roy the way through germany it even had gone to the point that suggested that there was a diplomatic tensions between the two countries over this project what had caused

president might go on to pull out of the munich security conference where he was due to be holding a joint press conference with anglo merkel fronts had raised concerns about the project saying that it would mean that europe would be far too dependent on russia when it comes to energy and it could also have a conflict of interest for other countries particularly eastern european countries such as poland and slovakia but anglo merkel said this in response it wouldn't. would become dependent on russia because of the second gas pipeline i'd say no not if we diversify at the same time germany will expand its guess terminals for liquefied gas this means that under no circumstances do we want to become dependent solely on russia but russia was already a source of gas in the cold war and will remain one without us falling into one sided dependency. this isn't the first time that this multi-billion euro project has come under a. particularly from the united states with the united states saying at one point

that german companies to continue with the construction of this point but could actually face sanctions as a result of doing that and last year when president trump was at a nato conference he made this declaration we're protecting germany we're protecting french we're perfect both of these countries and numerous of the countries go out and make a pipeline deal with russia where they're paying billions of dollars into the coffers of russia germany is totally controlled by russia because they were getting from sixty to seventy percent of their energy from russia and a new pipeline of the united states concern there about the monetary influence of germany paying russia for this energy when in fact the usa would like to be selling its own five gas to europe and being one of the major supplies of energy to europe in the future not so with this project going ahead not only that but u.s.

ambassadors to germany to denmark and to the e.u. are said to have been pushing pressure on nations to actually oppose this project but so far that hasn't worked as we know there's been a compromise and stream to project will be going ahead it seems like the pressure from the u.s. has resulted in one thing only and that goal sharla do bensky well r.t. sophie and co program has been discussing what washington has been pushing its german partners to do as regards the nord stream to project you can watch the interview in full on this channel throughout friday or on r.t.e. dot com. recently sat that questions of european energy policy must be decided and europe not in the united states i mean i can agree with him war but can really in really stop washington imposing all handle this on whoever they choose. we have never be. in the last

series of cases we view americans where we complain the extent to of. all of american lives. for us it's not acceptable. and nothing very will come we really come to a point where we have to discuss for is frankly we view americans. the full program to be shown here in twenty five minutes but moving on our chinese telecoms china while away has had back on its critics in the west flatly dismissing claims not its a pawn being used for beijing spying purposes. recently who always been under constant attack by some countries and politicians which shocks will sometimes feel amused by those ungrounded and senseless allegations chinese telecom from slammed the united states after receiving another blow in the five g. race they feel shocked and amused of how the united states is lobbying here

governments against the firms the united states envoy to the european union has threatened its western allies that if the huge chinese equipment in their infrastructure projects they will face consequences and they will be on the disadvantage side when dealing with the united states the chinese firm has been receiving a lot of pressure from western regulators and law makers of it and its involvement in the next generation network with officials blindly accusing the company of spying someone from the politburo in beijing picks up the phone and says i want to listen in on the following conversation i want to run a certain car off the road that's on the five g. network and kill the person who's in it there's nothing that the company legally can do today in china to prevent the chinese government from making that request successfully just last month the united states government filed criminal charges against a quark we accusing them of stealing trade secrets from timor bille scored in the

u.s. on sanctions on iran but again no proof when they were actually asked directly of where is the proof the u.s. response was simply it's actually one party one state and it seems that the u.s. had a not choosing a better time to actually do this european countries are actually looking and weighing in of new introductions of sanctions against companies and countries when it's coming to cyber espionage and gathering intellectual property theft but as all this is how printing there's a government officials in germany which are saying that calls government right now is ruling out the ban of the. using chinese equipment supply for building its five g. network as germany is currently walking into the net and into building its network europe is actually second largest market has invested billions and billions into

digital sector they've been working closely with major telecom companies are on the continent such as. many others and as the u.s. is trying to impose a blanket ban on chinese firms when it comes to the five g. market europe is actually on the horns of a dilemma. just a new line. germany's federation of industry head is rallying against washington saying he fears the u.s. could resort to economic sanctions in a bid to persuade western governments to wait he added that america wants its allies to fall in line with it foreign policy. the united states is continuing to dial up the pressure and venezuela's crisis stricken government calling on the international community to deal with the leader of the opposition instead and not the embattled president however nicolas maduro isn't

stepping back and resisting america's calls to resign accusing washington of interference. opposes trained as agents of foreign governments of the united states introduced sources of unrest of internal chaos to dismember the states in venezuela they have driven us to the point that libya was taken over syria was taken to the point of an armed opposition they have attempted to but we have not allowed them to and venezuela is at peace. and the u.s. national security advisor john bolton is urging russia to join the chorus of calls to recognize the opposition leader wind chill as interim president earlier the european union followed the move along with other american allies we discussed the u.s. backing of the opposition figure with host of artie's worlds apart on the boycott. presumably the united states always knows what's best for people in other countries

and you know what's astounding in this whole debacle for me is that is not only the every successive american administration of falls for the same regime change operation irrespective of its ideological persuasions but also that it always does it in exactly the same way by pushing a very stark and very misguided choice on the people it supposedly wants to benefit because. it is a very legitimate conversation of whether president has been good or bad in handling or mishandling the economy in his country there are many critics of his economic policies within israel and outside the country but this very vocal and very unapologetic backing by the americans really frames the conversation from the substance of his economic policies into who has the right of appointing a leader in venezuela and when you still have a very very proud population they're very proud of their independence and this

backing of. i think donna's major disservice to gordo himself because he's now a c. is seen not as a legitimate grassroots figure out position figure but as a figurehead for them eric ministration they're always third and fourth and fifth options and you know just today for my program i interviewed rafael remarries who is who used to be who. he is also sometimes referred to as the new sellers former oil czar because he ran the oil industry for many many years and he's extremely extremely critical of maduro he believes that betrayed the legacy of who could chavez and did pretty much all the chairman's of his government but he is just as harshly critical of the door because he sees him as the representative of the american interest well let's see exactly what he. to say against. my country gains of this certain

sions because. illegal we we have to get to that but ensure the would mother with them have any chance to recover to the contrary but neither though because. it is the. war from the us that man has very strong connections within the venezuelan military as well as among international partners such as russia and china and he's now trying to portray himself as the third option a consensus candidate he hopes to run for president if the elections are indeed called and you can watch this interview in four on worlds apart this coming sunday there are many many interesting moments and it's a very interesting look at the country outside the either or

framing that the united states is trying to push on the venezuelan. while enough. of the nigerian president the opposition in the country could face severe consequences if they attempt to create a copy of the venice wheeler crisis picking up the story and picking it apart. venezuela a picture of chaos all a blueprint for success well it's all relative according to sit over five a key ally of nigeria's president bihari who this week accused the country's opposition policy of plotting to emulate the crisis in venezuela and its televised interview the governor of the northern state of could do no want foreign nations against interfering in nigeria's forthcoming general election rules that. you want to come into where we can for the president obama interview. but you folks his

strong worded warning comes host of the hills of what some are calling a brazenly unconstitutional power grab in venezuela nicholas madeira found his leadership in limbo after the u.s. and a wave of other countries spoke out in support of their preferred choice for president one kwaito we are ready to recognize you do as interim president we will recognize him as constitutional interim president we stand ready to recognize one why do as the interim president of venezuela this discussion in the council is about the right of the venezuelan people to direct their own internal affairs and choose the future of their own country democratically over fine claims to have intelligence that suggests nigeria's opposition party the p.d.p. are eyeing up civilized tactics like venezuela nigeria has its own pressing issues both developing countries are rich in natural resources facing serious economic

challenges and along with france are social issues to contend with then there are strangers to political violence. so as nigerians prepare to cast their votes next week in what's considered a crucial general election perhaps some level of u.s. concern is already being anticipated nigeria's former president goodluck jonathan accused the former us leader barack obama of an overwhelming level of interference in the previous twenty fifteen election the level of them to ference by the obama government was overwhelming it goes outside the normal diplomatic relationship but perhaps this time will be different secretary of state might pompei it was thought to come concerns insisting the u.s. supports a free fair transparent and peaceful election that reflects the will of the nigerian people or could that depend on whether they choose the right candidate for the job governments lie. down i think his concern i think he is raising

a very legitimate concern that it may be people who try to turn this into a van as well situation i am concerned that there are people in united states and great britain mainly the financial all corkey who would like a different president because the hari is very strong will and then you have the introduction of george soros and the open society of west africa and it's people are now putting out statements that circulate you know store us is known for regime change all around the world so there's legitimate concern it would have gotten their. comments were a little harsh. libya's largest oil field has fallen to forces based in the east of the country loyal to the commander of the national army tara that's after clashes with the rival u.n.

government in the capital tripoli five people were killed in the violence according to reports in january after hours forces launched. over fences of in an attempt to secure areas rich in natural resources their freshly recaptured al sharara oil fields suspended production in december when it was taken over by protesters and local crime spent the money and better pay and funds for development. projects well over a quarter of a million barrels per day and a halt in production comes out an estimated cost of iran thirty million dollars every twenty four hours for libya. in the north african country is a member of the energy cartel opec but has been struggling to boost oil production since twenty eleven when a western. overthrew then leader mubarak and since not time the country has been divided between those two rival governments we mentioned the u.n.

back when sitting in tripoli on the northern coastline on the other located in the east. let's go live now to jerrold hoare than or three historian with expertise on african-american studies good to have your company wants more sir just . is the capture of the oil fields the tripoli government's. it's a very important development as your lead in comments suggest this is the culmination of turmoil introduced into north africa by the ill advised united states and nato bombing campaign in the spring of two thousand and eleven that house to more market davi i notice that your previous segment talked about a so-called bynum's way looks like a solution in nigeria well i think it might be better to speak of a so-called libya type solution in venezuela that then exported to niger nigeria

that is to say that it's not coincidental that all of these countries we're talking about are major oil producing countries it's well known that feat oil and energy interests exert quite significant influence in washington mr transfer secretary of state rex tillerson was the chief executive officer of exxon mobil the oil giant and keep in mind as well that part of the conflict with iran as we speak concerns iran's control of energy and i think it's fair to say that the conflict with moscow as we speak also involves moscow's world as an oil and natural gas exporter particularly to germany so until we reduce the interest of energy and for us in washington d.c. i'm afraid to say that other libya type quagmires are in the offing what does the element mean for libya's energy sector in general and therefore for consumers. well it's quite striking that despite all of the turmoil in the energy market

a barrel of oil is still only about sixty five dollars a barrel and even if libya is forced to withdraw its energy from the international market it's probably likely really that that price of sixty five dollars a barrel will not fall or will not rise. because of the turmoil in libya introduced in two thousand and eleven libya's role has wrong is a major influence or of oil and energy prices generally the fluctuations also not good internally for those in charge of the energy sector the head of libya's national oil corporation has called for the conflict overall to come to an end do you see that happening with the two rival governments in libya clearly still a bottling for control. i'm afraid not to keep in mind that as we speak there have been disturbing reports of french jets bombing certain forces in libya and the

conflict that is now unfolding between roman pair with a deterioration of relations not seen since the one nine hundred forty one mussolini invaded france is directly connected to the turmoil in libya and how libya has become an exit point for migrants from africa crossing the mediterranean into italy and italy is trust that france has not been forthcoming in accepting these migrants and that has complicated relations between rome and paris so all of that it's fair to say that that two thousand and eleven days in an overthrow of the government has been a monumental catastrophe and disaster ok we do need to point out that we cannot confirm those attacks by the french jets in libya but we do thank you very much for your take always good always learn as well from gerald horne author and historian

thank you sir. thank you. the french yellow vest movement is the new face of european politics please spell is the view of the italian deputy pm who says the continent will move away from traditional right and left leaning parties the comment comes after relations between partition rohmer dented by a meeting between luigi demaio and yellow vest activist i was struck by the fact that among the claim some yellow vest post there with themes that now supports the right to the left and the public needs first that's why i wanted to meet the yellow best man but i believe that the future of european politics is no longer with right a left leaning potus specialising that some of those right and left baathists in europe a calling themselves new when in fact the traditional. with after the mio tweeted a photo of him alongside yellow vests leaders and protesters paris recall that

envoy to italy for consultation front had a police top officials then accusing them of baseless attacks even labeling precedented situation since the end of world war two relations between the two countries have quickly worsened over a number of. strained exchanges but one of the injured yellow vests protesters room rodriguez issued a statement on police violence he claims demonstrators are still suffering at the hands of the authorities and therefore the protest movement will no longer be announcing the location the time of their rallies to avoid what rodriguez is calling government brutality well to discuss the issue we're joined live on the program by political commentator bree small good to have you with us the italian deputy pm one of them at least seems the think that the yellow vests ideas code be the future of europe politics high do you think that type of comment is going to go

down right now and. well it is not going to go very well in paris because michael and his government want to close the yellow vest at all because as you see from the intensity of the repression of the media campaign against them but you see in the french governments a strange situation to complain about the interference of the mail and you know there are fares when you see what they have just done in there is really were there bleeping is it which is government who doesn't even got hold of the county and presumably not we not do that except to foreign intervention military intervention they do in a state so it's a little bit like they do the libya where they can you know as a temporary transition council or whatever it's called at that time two thousand and eleven instead of the government of libya and then plunder gallantly into chaos as we just reminded us so i think that there are there are holes in your hope of there are no rules if you can get this entity tell you go on. and on them and the

polish government like my cause the heatedly then i don't see where the deadly ends god you know be friend with a movement which is a bit similar to the five star movement in italy namely a movement which is neither her great nor left but we just as specter boot them in there for seventy disagrees to be right wing now those of us who shows the which is supposed to be used to be left is with the left has abandoned that so the movie mental english daily is clearly something which is very similar to the little vest except now they're in bio the a list of a far from being bad but i don't see where there could be a relation between the two i mean doesn't make any sense given the fact that we are all europeans in principle on the international level they'll be between those countries shown it's quite on precinct that i can remember like those comments from paris saying that it's a situation we haven't seen since the end of world war two how deep is this

conflict between italy and france if we scratch beneath the surface. i thing it is not a baiting it's much ado about nothing but response to stop. the support for the yellow vest from a bald and i think a lot for me to leave there were the accuse the dungeons of being behind of course the russians are behind everything as you must know but you know. it's going to be he's all over me the problem is that there is a lot of need you need to between the french and italian government that's not going to disappear but of course they're not going to you know her lesions and the things that they're coming to that would be much too facile this visit about the ambassador is just a way to show that they're on the happy about the situation and try to put this in some official with and also as they say i mean they want to raise a little yellow vest as much as just all know about the point it's an interesting aspect with the yellow vests have said they will no longer annoyance where and when

their protests will take place. what consequences code could vats have at the public there were already you know they were tired a little bit of seeing these protests in their cities we every weekend are the yellow vest further endangering the public but by this latest announcement i don't know but of course if they gather somewhere there must be meaning it among themselves and says everything is under surveillance and there have been there if i'm honest up there her e-mail account and facebook account and the syrians and then of course the government is going to know where they're going to gather so i think i'm not sure that's a good the where they deny the above they're done and they're not in their technical. and they sing them above deck digs i don't think people delayed sure that the best but we don't think he's in again increasingly internationally shown you think further afield from front. or that i don't know but in transit.

on the if you can do no because the situation is different from different counties you see my car has been extremely efficient making cell phone but will is trying to make up with this dialogue with i don't think it works very well with you know these birds and of they have to wait and see what happens but they didn't do a factor in their plans as a team between the best and their simple n.d. a league that is fun fans in the. major media in the link to the police rules but it isn't the practice when there's going to win and of course it's similar to what happened in the a few years ago and that led to the big. reveal of the league and. just before we let you go do you see a change of tactics in the yellow fest perhaps becoming more professional with that with this latest statement that they're not going to say when it's happening as you say perhaps they need to do it because there are there's a legend out there being wiretapped that they can't control their own communication

this might send them further underground and in a way make it worse for the french government. look i don't know i mean i expected the l a vest movement to people hold something. so i think it will continue very well in the west from they think they should get morgan eyes because they were sending is a shame because they're still in there with politics to investigate other people who are met people lining the you know at least for the european election but they're very little support among the you know best their least may get votes when people are not yet of if that's possible among the real minute and they're not popular i don't i don't think the mayor was just that clever to those people if you want to look at the list john thanks very much for giving us your take on the latest development political commentary brief small it's always welcome on the program. thank you. polly parker through.