paris strike a compromise on the north stream and to gas pipelines linking russia to germany france had earlier sided with the us in opposing the project. chinese tech giant wild way and really rejects allegations of spying after the us lobbies e.u. governments to ban the firm also this hour. march in great numbers to washington

even go to the white house to deliver more than ten million signatures asking prospective. and of the venezuelan president urges his people to resist u.s. interference after washington rules. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us for 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 this is despite earlier efforts by paris to do real due brail the project are to trial dubinsky reports now in the new agreement the directive is no compromise which we prongs between germany which means the project will 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 frog's 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 angle of merkel said this in response it wouldn't. 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 score 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 point 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. but russia because they were getting from

sixty to seventy percent of their energy from russia and a new part 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 to germany to denmark and to the e.u. are said to have been pushing pressure on nations to actually oppose this project but some fault 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's go. the former german ambassador to nato discussed the nord stream dispute on so franco you can watch the full interview at our dot com but here's a quick preview. mr masse 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 really stop washington imposing all handless on whoever they choose . we have never be. in this in the last series of cases where the americans. complain that. all of american legislation for us it's a lot except of all of the things where will 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 were shocked or sometimes feel amused by those ungrounded and senseless allegations

chinese telecom from the united states after receiving another blow in the five g. race they feel shocked and amused of how the united states is lobbying to european governments against the firm's envoy to the european union has threatened its western allies that if the 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 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 accusing them of stealing trade secrets from team. scored in the u.s. on sanctions on iran but i did. 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 us cut 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 girls government right now is ruling out the ban of germany using chinese equipment supplies for building its five g. network as germany is currently walking into the net and into building its five g.

network europe is actually weighs second largest market has invested billions and billions and into digital sector they've been working closely with major telecom companies 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 the hallway situation he said the u.s. could resort to economic sanctions to persuade western governments to ban the company. switching gears now venezuela's self-proclaimed interim leader has refused to rule out authorizing a u.s. military intervention to force president maduro from power that's according to the french news agency a.f.p.

earlier president maduro gave a defiant speech in caracas urging people to resist u.s. interference. 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 was 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 u.s. national security adviser 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 our two world 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 the 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 to do or 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 israel has a very very proud population they're very proud of their independence and this backing of quiet door i think does

a major disservice to go i go himself because he's now a c. is seen not as a legitimate grassroots figure out position figure but as a figurehead for the american administration they're always third and fourth and fifth options and you know just today from my program i interviewed. rafael remarries 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 madura he believes that they were 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

games of the. illegal we we have to go to that but sure would mother with any turn still to go to the book neither though because. it is. born 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 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 very interesting look at the country outside the either or framing that the united states is trying to push on the venezuelan. venezuela based

a journalist paul dobson believes that if one were to ask for a u.s. military intervention it would lead to disaster i think is a very foolish. one. if he has any chance of achieving his political objective. in the elected government he is going to meet popular support here in venezuela he will not be able to do that just on the back of a us for a foreign military intervention is the lesson we should be learned from syria from iraq other cases of u.s. military intervention there the last twenty years whether it is very definitely eighty in eating a very significant chunk of those who back him. 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 he wishes to to actually has his popular support area around us we are two teenagers have been killed in the latest

clashes on the israel gaza border that's right much more still to come you're watching international. when you look back truth. problems between the last kovi i left three teeth it's clear about this treaty is coming to an end. because of the lack of

interest. both sides. in washington lost. big. big crypto as the currency continues to dominate global finance and cut the u.s. dollar into the graveyard yet. welcome back this is on to 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 the god. the victims were ages fourteen and seventeen and they were taking part in a weekly protest along the border fence soldiers opened fire after demonstrators began hurling rocks and homemade firebombs

a further seventeen people were injured in the standoff crowds have been gathering on the israel gaza border every friday for the past four forty six weeks for a so-called march of return to reclaim ancestral lands. 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 paolo on thursday lula 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 charges against him calling them politically motivated. and

a journalist based in sao paulo told us that the authorities are taking such a harsh line on lula because of his popularity. police though persecution question is to put the former president out of the game because he is the man who would be able to lead people against the table so neither against the right this moment which has warmed election he's the most popular sitting in history during his time in power millions have been drawn from poll the economy was growing up dick clark three was respected indigo the found in. him money any leading latin america integration i'm sure that if lula was president he was against. integration against that as well the media is a resilient citizens by the way it did fire stations about the recession involving

lewd and although workers particularly those there's a cute case of. political ally against the former president. the international paralympic committee has announced it will reinstate russia's membership more than two years after the country was banned for doping it says though that the decision comes with certain conditions pcs only conditionally lifting the r.p.c. substantially by no later than fifteen march the i.p.c. will publish. criteria identifying the core how a level requirements that are p.c. must continue to meet two months it's conditional statement of membership of the i.p.c. russia paralympians missed out on the rio games back in two thousand and sixteen due to a blanket ban they did however return for the winter olympics in south korea two years later but had to compete under a neutral flag today's announcement now means that the upcoming tokyo and beijing

games will see the russian national flag return if those requirements are met. they include the russian paralympic committee allowing all the relevant anti-doping bodies to carry out their activities and progress reports must be submitted every six months for at least the next three years the scandal all began with the world anti-doping agency publishing the so-called mclaren back in two thousand and sixteen into allegations of state sponsored doping in russia the paralympic committee was among the band federations causing a lot of fury back then as they felt the allegations of a systematic doping system were unproven here is how some of the athletes responded upon hearing of the exclusion from rio two thousand and sixteen. votes in the word you. should sort of the. warm up above the. reason i snipped. it even though. my using.

yes i want to see in the. post but it is all that may have. to start with the part i mean you know there's a. guidebook. you know here from investigative journalist rick sterling on the subject rick glad to have you back on with us here on our team international. so are you surprised by the international paralympic committee lifting russia's suspension i mean there's a lot over the maclaren report and a lot made to do over this in the situation what about today incision. i don't think it's very surprising because the international olympic committee has lifted the ban on the olympic athletes and and recently back in september the world of doping agency reinstated the russian anti doping agency giving it renewing its

authorization so it's not a big surprise there was even though there was opposition from some from some segments which continues however i think the tide has changed and now there's a growing realisation that that we that. international sports need to move forward and they need to re include the russian the russian athletes including the paralympic athletes what did you make of the blanket ban on the russian paralympians back in two thousand and sixteen in the first place was it justified at the time. i don't think so no because for one thing the the moscow laboratory which was the source of so much. so so many problems with gregory wrote jane cook being the director of the lab he's now living in the united states and being the source of a lot of the accusation but when that when that laboratory was. was deal

authorized by water all of those paralympic athletes throughout twenty sixteen they were having their blood urine. testing done at a london laboratory so they were the the athletes who were preparing through the first cap of twenty sixteen in preparation for the rio olympics in the summer of two thousand and sixteen they and they all of their testing was done by not by a russian laboratory it was being done by the laboratory in london so it was an extreme move. that that was pretty shocking in a lot of ways and of course the russian athletes at the paralympic athletes who had been preparing for so long were devastated. about that devastation. an athlete's life is pretty finite i mean you can't be a high performing athlete forever and ever and ever. right after you know go down the rabbit hole just

a little bit how do you compensate missing out of the olympics for the athletes that were later proven to be clean. well there can be no i don't think there can be any compensation and there are recently some russian olympic athletes have filed a lawsuit against richard mclaren whose reports were the basis for the. for the banning it's it's very strange that that first mclaren report came out just weeks before the the the rio de janeiro olympics began so the whole thing was very rushed and then mclaren's report number two which came out at the end of twenty sixteen it the he even changed some of his most significant conclusions in that report and then the subsequent smith commission analysis investigation. and that was produced by the international olympic committee it it

didn't agree with the mclaren report either so there's a lot of contradictions and the the penalty the punishment there was was really harsh and extreme and there's no way you can give back to those athletes the opportunity to commit to compete that was taken away from them and did wreck stirling investigative journalist always a pleasure to have you on and get your thoughts on different subjects thanks for being with us on our international and then shown. by the u.s. and canada are now observing black history month but judging by a series of recent scandal some people seem to be forgetting history artie's probably boyko breaks down the latest story and the latest episode of in case you missed it tongue in cheek. i don't want to do it please do it we're doing it venezuela israel something most controversial you. bought from a in case you missed it it's kind of

a sensitive subject. blackface blacking up pretending to be a black person if you look at one just the body is racist because of history people used to think differently. very very do it that people would want to partake of the . well meaning. the long black race are apparently confusing to some so let's see if we can clear it up with a few examples we may have already mentioned this but just to recap rule one. easy route to have done it and definitely don't forget if you did is rough little then the governor of virginia has this picture in his medical school year where he admitted and then denied saying he was the man in black face in fact late say he said that he had backed up in the process but not in this specific example great

sense ralph actually while we're north of. section one always remember that. featuring people dressed as the ku klux klan tend to lead towards racism always remember that one case you're wondering why that fire is on the horizon you want to just running that year but moving on n.b.c. host magen kelly suggested that black enough was common on how we when she was younger than fully she was sacked within a week find you i'm curious she is no defense against the crime which brings me to rule three don't say it and do don't think it and finally we and where all reasoned arguments about racism and. us to pass an i.q. some magical nanny i'm lucky not one. done thing with chimney sweep in the iconic movie i imagine some of you out there may have been the racist undertones of mary poppins though ok thank you mary much for a roof or a debt is a racist hey look at this bunch of racists as

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