berlin and paris tried to a compromise on the north stream to gas pipeline linking russia to germany france had earlier sided with the u.s. in opposing the project. chinese it tech giant wall way and really rejects allegations of spying after the us lobbies even governments to ban the firm also this hour. the march in greek number squashing even go to the white house to

deliver more than ten million signatures asking prospective continues to the venezuelan president urges his people to resist u.s. interference after washington rules out to go with my. our broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international on the street and on behalf of us. are now in germany and france have reached a compromise on the russian german gas pipeline project nord stream to commenting on the deal german chancellor angela merkel praised franco german cooperation that despite earlier efforts by paris to derail the project actually showed the reports now on the new agreement. the directive is now a compromise between frogs between germany which means the project to will be still going ahead 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 complete 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 europe to countries such as poland and slovakia but anglo merkel said this in response it wouldn't. think it would become dependent on russia because of this second gas pipeline i'd

say no not if we diversify the same time germany will expand its guest 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 with i'll toss for an end to one sided dependency. 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 pipeline 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 taking all of these crises and numerous of the countries go out and make a play. well india was right where there really is a feller's 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 money tree influence of germany paying russia for this energy when in fact the usa would like to be selling its. gas to europe and being one of the major suppliers over energy to europe in the future not so with this project going ahead not only that but u.s. ambassadors germany to denmark and to the e.u. are said to have been pushing pressure on nations to actually oppose this project but some fallback hasn't work as we know there's been a compromise and the stream to project will be going ahead it seems like the pressure from the u.s. has resulted in one thing only and that go. for it former german ambassador to nato discussed the nord stream dispute on sophie and co and watched the interview unfold at r.t. dot com but here's a quick preview. 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 handless 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 will come we really come to a point where we have to discuss fear is frankly with the american. chinese tech giant wall way has back at its critics in the west 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 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 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 quark we accusing them of stealing trade secrets from timor. 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. government right now is ruling out the bad of the joy. many views ng 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 in europe is actually on the horns of a dilemma. well the had of germany's federation of industry has voiced concern over the wall way situation he said the u.s. could resort to economic sanctions to persuade western governments to ban the company. switching gears now to a story that we've been following for quite a while 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 introduce sources of unrest of internal chaos to dismember the states in venezuela they have driven us to the point that libya has taken syria was taken to the point of an opposition they have attempted but we have not allowed them and venezuela is at peace. meanwhile the us national security advisor john bolton is urging russia to join the chorus of calls to recognize the opposition leader as interim president earlier the european union signed on along with other american allies we discussed of 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 it 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 there has been good or bad in handling or mishandling the economy in his country there are many critics of his economic policies within the venezuela 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 i don't himself because he's now seeing. is seen not as

a legit or in the grassroots figure out position figure but as a figurehead for them eric an administration there are always third and fourth and fifth options and you know just today for my program i interviewed rafael ramirez who is who used to be. chavez right hand man and he is also sometimes referred to as the new zealous former oils are 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. three gains of the. illegal we we have to go to the boat. with him any

turn still to 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 a third option that can silence this candidate he hopes to run for president if they 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 very interesting look at the country outside the either or framing that the united states is trying to push on the. u.s. secretary of state has been explaining in unexpected. risk arising from the

venezuelan crisis but nowhere near caracas. it could be the sham election that declared so president of. the cubans invaded. russia is there today as well as active so the iranians are impacting the people of venezuela. duly elected president mr moore though.

you now bring in venezuela based journalist paul dobson thanks for being with us here on our to international so you're there you're in it you can give us a sense of the feel on the ground i'd like to first get your reaction to some news that we are just getting in venezuela self-proclaimed leader one by doe has said that he's not ruling out authorizing a military intervention by the u.s. to force majeure off from power he's speaking to a.f.p. what's your reaction to that. this is truly worrying. and i think it's a very foolish move by one where you know. if you have any chance of achieving his political objective of ousting the elected government he's going to need popular support here in venezuela he will not be able to do that just on the back of a u.s. for a foreign military intervention is the lesson we could be learned from syria from

iraq and other cases of u.s. military interventions in the last twenty years. in this position and whether it's very definitely eighty and eating a very significant chunk of those who back him and who at the end of the day. ticks and did not wish to see the country ruled by washington he would be wise to distance himself from these sorts of links if you wishes to to actually has his support here in minnesota so clearly there are many people in venezuela who opposed the door abut if the u.s. were to intervene militarily could we see the country unite behind their government behind the door i mean could it actually strengthen him it could actually be counterproductive for washington as well. this is something that's already happening and not for the first time looking back for example of the electoral campaign of march and april last year the sanctions announced by don't trump up time actually have the complete opposite result politically here in venice way they

superceded any sort of internal dialogue criticism of the government policies and with a sense of patriotism with a sense of unity and with a sense of how to defend the social gains which the country has achieved over the last twenty years helping to propel nicholas schmidle or to an electoral victory on may twentieth what we're seeing at the moment is having a very similar impact no one here in venezuela and i especially to the left of me there were only parties and groups which supported no one is talking about criticisms of his government policies as they were doing a month or two ago no one is trying to influence the government and to change its line in domestic policy and everyone is now talking about the defense of the nation if we're not talking of the defense of democracy of the constitution and of an entry level right to self terminate your and sovereignty so as we heard just

a moment ago u.s. secretary of state pale claimed the iranian militant group hezbollah has active cells in venezuela. is there any evidence to back up this claim or is this the u.s. trying to spin up rhetoric. well i've been in venezuela for a long time and i've seen anything to suggest this it is worth however a binding that yes venezuela does not millions of. middle east and specifically lebanese citizens in the country. as a result of the wars of the middle east many have come to venezuela who would receive them with open arms and but it's also worth pointing out that hitler is a completely legal political party with representatives and in the parliament in lebanon. belonging to such a party is not a crime for ninety nine percent of the world with the exception of the white house but i worry for so i see no examples of any sort of hezbollah organizations here in men as well and so when you come see united states policy and the hawks if you will

none are so hawkish as the u.s. national security advisor john bolton he has called on russia to recognize why do as interim president of venezuela why does he consider russia's approval important given how critical he has been of moscow in the past. well obviously looking back in recent history if the united me everyone just states they are to push for military intervention in minutes way we can expect them to try to move at first through the united nations to gain some sort of support. in the last couple of weeks that both russia and china blocked any sort of attempts from the united states to assume a common position in the united nations obviously this is a very key to the united states who are currently looking down the barrel of that are very unilateral military action if this is what they decide to take even that their governments here in latin america. will why they leave mcgreevey have made

a comment declaration saying they are opposed to military intervention in venezuela essentially leaving the united very nice the united states very isolated in this prospect all right very interesting to hear thoughts on the subject paul dobson journalist based in venezuela we hope that as the situation continues and unravels that we can come back to you because you do have a unique perspective being at it. thanks sean of course all right the venezuela crisis is sparking a global warming ally of the nigerian president has claimed the opposition could face severe consequences if very attempts to create a copy of the crisis are to secure and has more venezuela a picture of chaos all a blueprint for success well it's all relative according to his c.l. verify a key ally of nigeria's president bihari this week accuse 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. 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 . we are ready to recognize you do as interim president we will recognize him as constitutional interim president we stand ready to recognize one and 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 find 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 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 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 mike 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 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 barry is very strong willed and then you have a huge reduction of george soros and the open society of west africa and it's people are now putting out statements that circulate you know of course or us is known for regime change all around the world so there's that judith made concern

you would have gotten their. comments were a little harsh. two teenagers have been killed in the latest clashes on the israel gaza border that story much more still to come this is our tradition. when you look back truth. between last kovi i left. it's clear about this treaty is coming to an end. because of the lack of interest. both sides. in washington. big. big crypto as the currency continues to dominate global finance and put the us dollar into the graveyard yet.

which of us is revolution is screeching to a halt inflation and unemployment cause millions to leave venezuela the world powers a locked over whether president maduro should stay but the real question is how should the country move on from its current crisis. welcome back this is our international two palestinian teenagers have been shot and killed by israeli troops during clashes on the gaza border this according to the palestinian health ministry. but it was

the victims who were fourteen and seventeen years old and were taking part in a weekly protest along the border fence soldiers opened fire after the demonstrators began hurling rocks and homemade fire bombs and 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 or so called march of return to reclaim ancestral lands. brazil's former president a little silvio who is currently serving a twelve year jail sentence has been given an extra thirteen years on corruption charges the ruling has in fury aided a his supporters thousands of people gathered outside the workers' party headquarters in sao paulo on thursday who lost still has huge support across brazil and even tried to run for president from prison but was prevented by the electorial court. 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 of the charges against him calling

them politically motivated brando altman a journalist based in sao paulo told us that the authorities are taking such a harsh line on because of his popularity. so persecution questioningly to boot the former president out of the game because he's the man who would be a lead against the table so neither do they write this. which has warmed election he's the most popular deceiving in history during his time in power medians have been drawn from the economy was growing up he was respected and to go to. him when he and the leading latin america integration i'm sure that if he was president he was against.

integration and against that as well the meetings of brazilian citizens by the way he did fire these asians that the rich shouldn't lose and all do is particularly there's. a lot. i guess the former president. of the french yellow vest movement is the new face of european politics at least that's the view of an italian deputy prime minister who says the continent will move away from traditional right and left leaning parties comment comes after relations between paris and rome were dented by a meeting between luigi dean mighell and yellow vest activists i was struck by the fact that among the queen some yellow vest post there with themes that now supports the rights of the left and the public needs first that's why i wanted to meet yellow that i believe that the future of european politics is no longer with right to left leaning parties specialising that some of those right and left boxes in

europe a koan themselves new when in fact the traditional. after the maya tweeted a photo of him alongside yellow vests leaders and protesters earlier this week paris recalled its envoy for italy to fall for consultation france lashed out at italy's top officials accusing them of baseless attacks and even calling it an unprecedented situation since the end of world war two relations between the two countries have quickly deteriorated over a number of animated and strained exchanges and while one of the injured yellow vests protesters jerome 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 and time of the rallies to avoid what rodriguez is calling government brutality and political commentator and believes that the yellow vests have much in common with italy's five star movement. the french government just

plain situation to complain about the interference of the manual. when you see what they have just done in venezuela the. government which isn't even going to be and presumably not we know. do that except for intervention military intervention lady united states so it's a little bit like the do they need bia if you can. go on the. government like mad cause they're like mediately then they don't see where the gods you know be friend with a movement which is a bit similar to the five star movement in the dylan them young woman who just need a break not a left that was just as big dog boot them in there for so wendy so very similar to little bit except now their own bo the a list of age of hummingbird is on scene where the communication between the two i mean there's a mic in the sense given that you know the fact that we are all europeans in principle and those are from l.b.

back in let's say thirty minutes and thirty seconds. hello and welcome across for offering to consider i'm peter lavelle donald trump second state of the union address was conspicuously light when it came to foreign policy why is this 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.