alkies headline news with venezuela are in the throes of a humanitarian crisis its opposition leader says he has not ruled out calling for a u.s. military intervention against president. but imo we would do everything possible once again this is obviously a very very controversial subject and we will do what's necessary and probably school in england comes under fire from parents for teaching children about same

sex relationships and rights should learn about old age not right now because. it's a. little like it. if you want to teach a. chinese tech giant wave rejects for a new delegations from senior western politicians that it poses a security threat. welcome for me in the team here. in central moscow now one pm this saturday the ninth of february unlikely to be a quiet weekend in venezuela though where tensions are continuing to increase between the beleaguered president and the leader of the opposition. on friday by telling the a.f.p. news agency that he's not ruling out calling for a u.s. military intervention against nicolas maduro. but i mean you know we would do

everything possible once again this is obviously a very very controversial subject of the making use of our sovereignty and within our jurisdiction we would do what's necessary the terrorism. opposes train as agents of foreign governments of the united states introduce sources of on rexx of internal chaos to dismember the state in venezuela they have driven us to the point that libya was taken out of syria was taken into the point of an armed opposition that they have attempted but we have not allowed them to and venezuela is at least partly shut out of the u.s. national security advisor john bolton's urging russia to recognize a great over as the venezuela's legitimate leader as washington and its allies have already done most of our things while the part joined us to discuss the implications of america's actions. 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 exactly the seaway 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 you still have a very very proud population they're very proud of their independence and the backing of the door i think donna's major disservice to gordo himself because he's

. not as legitimate grassroots figure out position figure but as a figurehead for the americans 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 who. 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 were betrayed the legacy of . 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. illegal we we have to go

to that but ensure the would mother with them have any chance to recover to the country 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.

venezuela based journalist paul dobson believes that if one were to ask for u.s. military intervention it would lead to disaster i think is a very foolish by one or even one if you have any chance of achieving his political objective of ousting the elected government he's going to need popular support in venezuela he will not be able to do that just on the back of the us for foreign military intervention is the lesson we could be learned from syria from iraq and other cases of u.s. military intervention there in the last twenty years why where there is very definitely alienating a very significant chunk of those who back him and 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 if there is he popular support here in minnesota the international monetary fund said on

thursday that it's holding talks with member states on whether to recognize it as venezuelan president it follows reports that the self-proclaimed leader was considering asking the global financial bottom for a bailout a spokesperson for the i.m.f. said a consensus must be reached before any loans to the country can be issued countries are still establishing their position in terms of recognition so the proof that process is ongoing so as i said we are watching that closely of the i.m.f. has a one hundred eighty nine members and it's supposed to help ensure financial stability and promote sustainable economic growth as well as its reduce poverty one key function is to provide bailouts to indebted and recession hit countries in exchange for structural reforms. in light of events in venezuela wiki leaks recently drew attention to a document to published in two thousand and eight which it calls a us who manual it details washington's use of global financial institutions like

the i.m.f. and the world by. to advance its agenda and wage unconventional warfare against its rivals. if properly authorized in coordinated u.s. army special operations forces can use or coordinate for other agencies to use measured in focus financial incentives or disincentives to persuade adversaries allies and sarah gets to modify their behavior at the theater strategic operational and tactical levels such application of financial power must be part of a circumspect integrated and consistent unconventional warfare plan. wall street analyst michael hudson thinks there's nothing new when the u.s. pushing its interest through international financial institutions the world bank has always been run by the u.s. military from mcnamara to all of the subsequent people and the i.m.f. functions basically it's a little office out of the pentagon basement where the wiki leaks thing only confirms what people have been saying for the last thirty years of course who are

going to the i.m.f. are tools of the state department or foreign policy the united states from the very beginning insisted in having be talk we're all over all i am out and world bank decisions so that they could prevent any alone that was against us foreign policy that was built into the articles of agreement that will make a since one thousand forty quote none of this is no. more of a headline news now a teacher at a primary school in england second biggest city says he's been receiving threats for teaching pupils about same sex relationships his initiative which has had some parents to pull their children out of the school and protest has triggered a broader debate in the u.k. about challenging homophobia looking at the control his party boy. what happens if you fundamentally disagree with something your kids are being taught at school it's a question that some of the parents of peoples at this priming him school have been

confronted with mostly lula hopes are another succumb both of them mostly name ago some tissues on the white dam but i'm getting more fat is an award winning deputy head teacher he is with the queen he's been shortlisted for the world's best teacher award for developing a diversity program the no outsiders program involves talking about relationships and highlighting the l g b t community in other words telling children so much younger than eleven that it's ok to be gay it's something that i'm good some of the parents whose kids are at the school is not for the only appeared for the youth service option kids. promoting homosexuality they should learn about yet old age not right now because they can easily get you can't stop the teach your kids you know need to stay with boys and boys through and that's not a good thing this was a quality leader with

a like it's equality act obviously it clearly says you can't discriminate against religion and whatnot and that's what they're doing it's ninety nine percent muslim it's not about being muslim the the jewish community the other communities the christian communities they're all have issues around the way things are being done some four hundred parents have signed a petition calling on the school to stop the no outsiders program and earlier this week the route between school and parents escalated to this. whole. thing. was looking. like this area. birmingham is predominantly muslim and being gay is forbidden in islam the school's reading program uses books about l. g.b.t.

issues this one is a story about a family with two moms another a fairy tale about a prince falling in love with another prince the parents may not like it but the government's own watchdog has classified this school outstanding as the top marks a school can get and much of the praises for the way the children here are taught about the ukase equality laws which could be why the school says it will not by now so parents pressure deputy head andrew more fat who's openly gay himself had to resign from a previous job after a similar route with christian parents at his former school despite the controversy the teacher says his diversity program is not going away we have to ensure we safeguard and protect them from all possible forms of harm including homophobic or transgender bullying we have no plans to change their curriculum and no outsiders remains an inch a group part of the drive for excellence in light of this some parents have chosen

to remove their kids from the school and opted to pay for private tuition this is around about a small school but is exposed a big clash between a religious community and the diversity that's part and parcel of modern day britain. auntie's political reporting from birmingham well there's another school in england it's also found itself in the media spotlight after it decided to drop a play about charles darwin following complaints from christian parents. charles darwin had been all over the world so we've made a comedy musical about his life but boring i hate to say no he's not.

this is artsy international yellow vest protesters in france who are heading their strive for the thirteenth consecutive weekend of action as you can see in the bottom right of your screen there we got a live camera trained on what's happening in paris near to the. a lot of police that other protesters are saying that the police officers are getting increasingly heavy handed so these are all taking a new tack we'll tell you all about that among all stories after the break. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per circuit first second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars . china is building a two point one billion dollar

a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only number you need to remember is one in one business show you can't afford to miss the one and only. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see that. coming. back next week this hour germany's taken a huge step toward protecting social media users in the country ruining the facebook must stop collecting their personal data without seeking consent first

it's just the latest in a growing backlash against america's tech giants as a nation has been finding out. as of late facebook and google's problems in the e.u. have been piling up it's a bit like a chess game of jenga germany is watching the power start to shake off to a major three investigation and the antitrust regulator in the country ordered facebook to stop combining tator across platforms such as what's up and instagram without consent and in attempts to curb the company's spiritual monopoly in future facebook will no longer be allowed. to greet the prince unrestricted election and the signing of known facebook data to the facebook user accounts but the social media giant isn't giving up the german info war without a fight we disagree with their conclusions and intend to appeal so that people in germany continue to benefit fully from all our.

shaky ground if the companies also come into the market the german authorities while google plays it only game with the e.u. it's not doing so well over the past year has paid more and find that it did in taxes and it's now put to stop forcing manufacturers to preinstall program and google search tools on its operating system. now one of the founding members of the e.u. if twitching to another game the french military and public offices have decided to stop googling and then now pointing the french maid confess it doesn't track. their data we have to set the example security. fears of becoming us digital commie aren't unfounded i mean the us crowd out for those of you who don't. feel

to data stored on american companies clouds whereas if they are in the world trump has obviously taken all of this as a personal attack on u.s. companies i told you so the european union just slapped a five billion dollars fine on one of our companies google they truly have to an advantage of the us but not for along with the us tech giants all in your head it could be argued that the current what has the potential to come crashing down. this time focusing on the chinese telecoms titan set to undergo further scrutiny in the coming weeks america's top diplomats heading to central europe on monday he's expected to issue a warning to washington's allies over the company's growing presence in the region while way though is stridently pushing back against the claims that it poses a security threat to the west. recently who always been under constant attack by some countries and politicians we show will sometimes feel amused by those

ungrounded and senseless allegations well we are hearing such words as ungrounded in senseless from kwok we officials as the u.s. is pushing its accusations chinese telecom from kwok way slammed the united states after receiving another blow in the five g. race the feel shocked and amuse of how the u.s. is lobbying european governments against the firm the united states' envoy in the european union has been threatening its western allies that if the hughes chinese equipment in any of their major infrastructure projects there will be no disadvantage when dealing with the u.s. and would also face consequences the chinese firm has been receiving a lot of pressure by western regulators and lawmakers of its involvement in the next generation mobile network with officials blindly accusing china of interference without any proof 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 walkway has come under fire by the united states which accuses the company of working closely with the chinese state unintelligent gathering but trust but no proof is actually the chinese state's longhand just last month the u.s. filed to criminal charges accusing me of stealing trade secrets. and skirting u.s. sanctions on iran but again no proof and when they were asked directly whether they have any evidence to prove their accusations the u.s. were poorly respond by saying well it's china it's simply one party state and it seems that the u.s. could have not chosen a better time to actually do this european union eight nations are reviewing new sanctions against companies or could. trees in cyber espionage and intellectual property theft as all this is happening according to government officials.

government ruled out possibility of banning chinese equipment supplier as germany is moving forward towards building its fifth generation network and it's not only that germany is considering they believe that if they follow washington stance on it this will be harmful for their economy but what the u.s. does not understand is that europe and we have much closer relationship than what they actually think. we second largest market the company has invested billions of euros in digital sectors and has been working closely with some of the cult and its main telecom operators such as telecom bt orange and others and as the us president donald trump's administration is pushing for a blanket ban on chinese telecom companies from the new five g. networks europe is on the boards of the limo. saturday and another see all florescent jackets in parts of france this is central

paris right now where we've had a congress train for the past hour or so near to the arc de triomphe the yellow vests into their thirteenth consecutive weekend of protest hundreds right now those numbers have been growing in the past hour or so as well as the number of french flags being waved to an intense police presence once again thirteen weeks as i say these protests have been going on what started as a protest against fuel tax hikes saw the president and the government quickly capitulate to those demands but then the protests widened to more general anger against living standards across france now government leaders in france will say that the protests have been hijacked by left campaigners the movement though says that's not the case either way there's anger on both sides. of the moment though this. protest it's just. pretty cordial gathering of a few hundred people there sort of marching no sign of trouble that's not been the

case all the way through this particular protest in fact the arc de triomphe behind those police vans there a few weeks ago sustained quite significant vandalism during some of the early protests we'll keep watch on what happens there you can see the protesters and the police now of late the protesters have been saying the police have been getting increasingly heavy handed in how they're dealing with these now weekly rallies and such the protestors are taking on a new line. the government is becoming more and more repressive within hours the extreme violence in the use of excessive police force the authorities are not seeking compromise but the laws that limit our rights so we have collectively decided not to declare the time and place of demonstrations in paris from now on we will not be partners in ground with a government that is going to keep france's police on its toes while all this comes after one of italy's deputy prime ministers claim that they got a vast movement is changing the face of european politics luigi to mio says he

believes the continent will move away from traditional left and right leaning parties comment comes after relations between paris and rome took another nosedive after to maya met yellow vest activists in france last week. i was struck by the fact that among the quene some yellow vest posters there were themes that now supports the right and 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 to left leaning parties especially seeing that some of those right to left partisan europe are calling themselves new when in fact that traditional after demo tweeted a photo of himself alongside yellow vest leaders and protesters earlier this week paris recalled its envoy to italy for consultations france then vented its clear anger at italy's top officials accusing them of baseless attacks and even calling it an unprecedented situation since the end of world war two the relations between the two countries have quickly deteriorated over

a number of animated and strained exchanges political commentator john pregnant told us he believes the yellow vests have much in common with italy's five star movement. the french government's just plain situation to complain about the interference of the mail until there are fares when you see what they have just done in there is really where the reagan years approach is government isn't even going to hold the county and presumably not we not do that except to foreign intervention military intervention of aid in its state so it's a little bit like the do they need if you can get this entity telling the government. and the polish government that might cause the heatedly then i don't see where the guard you know be friendly to a movement which is a bit similar to the five star movement in italy namely a movement which is neither right nor left that we just as bit of boot them in their force of windy still very similar to a little bit except now in their own burrow in the in the midst of a cell phone being berbers on seaway that can be

a lesion between the two i mean there's a nick in the sense given you know the fact that we are all europeans in principle . well that's the way it looks from moscow this hour and a day or two to has your next world news and also keeping watch on what's happening in paris at the thirty eighth weekend of yellow vest protest as could be after the latest edition of the kaiser report after the break. which of us is revolution screeching to a halt inflation and unemployment cause millions to leave venezuela world powers a lot over whether president maduro should stay but the real question is how should the country move on from this current crisis.

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