strike a compromise on the nord stream a two gas pipeline linking russia to germany france had earlier sided with the us in opposing the project. these tech giant wild way and really just acts allegations of spying after the us lobbies you governments to ban the firm also the south and. the march in great numbers squashing even go to the white house to

deliver more than ten million signatures asking prospective. venezuelan president urges his people to resist the u.s. interference after washington rules out the gauche ations with majority. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r t international i'm john thomas glad to have you with us. and germany and france have reached a compromise on the russian german gas pipeline project nord stream two commenting on the deal german chancellor angela merkel praised franco german cooperation that is despite earlier efforts by paris to derail the project or to show dubinsky reports now on the new agreement the directive is no compromise between prongs between germany which means the project will still go. in your head though 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 completely east scuppered this entire pipeline this is a pipeline that would bring gas directly from russia roy the way you 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 frogs had raised concerns about the project saying that it would mean that europe would be thought she was 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 i'm glad merkel said this in response it wouldn't and i think it would become dependent on russia because of this second gas pipeline

and i'd say no not if we diversify the same time germany will expand its guest terminals gore legal fights 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 with i'll toss for an end to one sided passions. this isn't the first time that this multi-billion euro project has come under attack particularly from the united states with the united states saying at one point that german companies who continued with the construction of this pipe by 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 for these crises and numerous of the countries go out and make a pipeline deal with right here where they're paying billions of dollars into the coffers of russia germany is totally into. but 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. gas being one of the major suppliers over energy to you repeat the feature 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 me to actually oppose this project but so far that hasn't worked as we know there's been a compromise and the stream to project will be going ahead it seems like the pressure from the us has resulted in one thing only and that go in former german ambassador to nato discussed in the nordstrom's dispute on sophie and co you can watch the interview in full at our dot com here's a quick preview. mr mass 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 succeeding in this 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 the thing very will come we really come to a point where we have to discuss for frankly with the americans. chinese tech giant wall way has hit back at its critics in the west of the company dismissed claims that its products are used by the chinese government for spying. 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 in a disadvantage side when dealing with the united states the chinese firm has been receiving a lot of pressure from western regulators and law makers 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 killed a 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 kwok we accusing them of stealing trade secrets from timor bile and 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 run party one state and it seems that the u.s. cannot choose in 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 i'm getting more 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 five g.

network europe is actually second largest market has invested billions and billions and into digital sector they've been working closely with major telecom companies are on the continent such as the way to telecom orange and bt and many others and as the u.s. is now trying to impose our blanket ban on chinese firms when it comes to the five g. market europe is actually on the horns of a dilemma. the head of germany's federation of industry has voiced concern over while way situation he said the u.s. could resort to economic sanctions to persuade western governments to ban the company. switching gears now the venezuelan president has given a defiant speech accusing the united states of trying to sow chaos in his country he compared the policy to u.s. interventions in the middle east. opposes trained as agents of

foreign governments of the united states introduced sources of unrest of internal chaos to dismember the state in venezuela they have driven us to the point that libya was taken syria was taken to the point of an opposition they have attempted but we have not allowed them to and venezuela is at peace. meanwhile the u.s. national security adviser john bolton is urging russia to join the chorus of calls to recognize the opposition leader as the interim president earlier the european union signed on along with other american allies we discussed the u.s. backing of the opposition figure with the host of artie's worlds apart 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 that every

successive american administration 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 there 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 venezuela has a very very proud population they're very proud of their independence and this backing of why i adore i think does a major disservice to go out of 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 an administration there always third and fourth and fifth options and you know just today for my program i interviewed raphael remarries who is who used to be who chavez right hand man and he is also sometimes referred to as the new zealous 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 and did pretty much all the chairman's of his government but he is just as harshly critical of who i adore because he sees him as the representative of the american interest well let's see exactly what he had to say against. gains of the.

illegal we we have to go to the boat. with mother with. stewart go to the book neither though because. it is the. war from the u.s. that man has very strong connections within the venezuelan military as well as among the 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 full on worlds apart this coming sunday there are many many interesting moments and it's a. 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. venezuela

crisis is sparking global alarm and the ally of the nigerian president has claimed the opposition could face severe consequences if it tend to create a copy of the venezuela crisis or it is nuking iran has more. venezuela a picture of chaos all a blueprint for success well it's all relative according to sit over five 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 a 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 all 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 your 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 similar tactics like venezuela nigeria has its own pressing issues both developing countries are rich in natural resources facing serious economic challenges and along with fragile social issues to contend with there are no 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 the interference 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 that depends on whether they choose the right candidate for the job governor . i think his concern i think he's 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 willed and then you have the introduction of george soros and the open society of west africa and its people are now putting out statements that circulate you know of course or us is known for regime change all around the world so this is a chip that makes concern it would have gotten their. comments were a little harsh. president jiang says socialism has become a major threat to the u.s. that story much more so the coming off night international. when you look back truth is solve problems between washington and moscow v.-i left . it's clear that this treaty is coming to an end. because of the lack of

interest of both sides of washington last. donald trump's second state of the union address was conspicuously light when it came to foreign policy why is it was his aim to avoid disappointing his base while at the same time wishing not to spar with the deep state what are these mixed signals all about is an elaborate strategy or an indication of indecisive. big in. the currency continues to dominate global finance and put the u.s. dollar into the graveyard yeah.

so brazil's former president lula da silva who is currently serving a twelve year jail sentence has been given an extra thirteen years on corruption charges the ruling has infuriated his supporters thousands of people gathered outside the workers' party headquarters in sao paulo on thursday still has huge support across brazil and even tried to run for president from prison but was prevented by the electorial court who led brazil for eight years until the end of two thousand and ten he was jailed last april after being found guilty of using public funds to buy luxury properties seventy three year old has denied all the charges against him calling them politically motivated. a journalist based in sao paulo told us that the authorities are taking such a harsh line on the web because of his. persecution.

to boot the president out of the gate because he's. a lead beat bush. hateable so neither i guess do the right this moment which has warned election he's the most popular live in history during his time in power millions have been drawn from poll the economy was growing up dick clark tree was respected in the gold a founding it's t o posing perilous minxin money and leading latin america integration i'm sure that if the new low was president here was i guess. integration i guess that as well the median is of brazilian citizens by the way it did five whose ations about the reception involving lula and all the workers particularly there's s. they're sick you should act case of. a big political ally against the former

president. during his state of the union speech this week donald trump outlined some of the threats he believes america's facing among them were illegal immigration terrorism and socialism are to scale up and comments. now those who watch donald trump state of the union address would have a hard time missing one particular moment the topic of socialism america will never be a socialist country. not mild words at all and it's not the first time the trumpets raise the specter of socialism all nations of the world should resist socialism. and the misery that it brings to everyone. but the socialists they say that he's just afraid of their rising popularity i thought it was fabulous because it shows that we've

gotten under his skin he has no vision for this country everything is about what he doesn't want everything is about the boogie man and they've got a point after all bernie sanders is one of the most popular politicians in the country but. it's not only republicans that are fearing the rise of socialism you've also got the establishment in the blue corner concerned as now at this point a majority of democrats say that socialism is the way forward for america where we can say one of the things this didn't show is that democrats socialism is the say in the party be ready now. and that is your vision perhaps but. i do accept any characterization that the party presented by the republicans trump media going as far as printing guidelines on how to inoculate your children against the rising ideological danger.

so we decided to go out to the district here in new york that elected alexandria cacio cortez the rising star of democratic socialism and we decided to see how people here feel about the ideology that went pretty far in defining the twentieth century and why do you think people here voted for her i think they voted for her because she was pretty she voted her because he's charismatic and i think they also voted for because of the change from the guy that was in it before who's very much like embedded a lot of people are afraid to show up so i mean anything to veer away from what trump is doing i think to fool people feel more confident about what's going on you know trump recently said the usa will never be

a socialist country do you agree with him. i guess so yeah i think he's right. i don't see that happening and i say it's doing great now we know anything that comes out of his mouth is a complete obviously bizarre world so if he says america will never be so it was going through i feel very good nor going to miracle will become a socialist country are you afraid of socialism. will. to some extent year i don't think it will be appropriate for this country i don't know too much bought it so i don't know if i could be afraid of it though no we also got a chance to speak with journalist dan was there dan can you tell me is socialism no longer a dirty word in american politics well it's a dirty word still in certain quarters but it's more acceptable now in other quarters and it was a few years ago now as to bernie sanders and. alexandria ocasio cortez now do you think it is possible that bernie sanders might run against trump there saying he's the most likely to be trump is it possible that we could get a trump versus sanders ticket in the upcoming election i think it's very possible i

don't watch for that predictions but i think it's very possible yes and is that something the democratic party leadership is afraid of the thing they're at they're terrified of that i think that if that happens every democratic politician in the country would running for cover. as a member of sanders is not a democrat just as trump is not really a republican so we'll have to have a non democrat versus non republican and everyone in between just just hiding their head in the sand and try to forget your what's going on for a long time it seemed like the s word was almost profanity and we see the establishment trying to stoke up the same old fears once again however it seems like in twenty nineteen socialism is back on the table for debate came up and r.t. new york. two palestinian teenagers have been shot and killed by israeli troops during clashes on the gaza border this according to the palestinian health ministry . five. hundred. the

victims were between the ages of fourteen and seventeen and taking part in a weekly protest on the border fence soldiers opened fire after the demonstrators began hurling rocks and home made fire bombs a further seventeen people were injured in the standoff crowds have been gathering on the israel gaza border every friday for the past forty six weeks for a so-called march of return to reclaim ancestral lands does it for me in thirty five minutes i'll be back with more to stay with us this is art. good job this is revolution screeching to a halt inflation and unemployment cause millions to leave venezuela world powers

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