i. i. i. saw in the streets of france as yellow vest protesters turned out for a thirteenth consecutive weekend to condemn the policies of my government. with venezuela suffering through a severe humanitarian crisis the country's opposition leader says he's not calling

for a u.s. military intervention to overthrow president maduro. and a serious devastating eight year conflict draws to a clones and you watch the documentary looks at the trauma suffered by the country's children. and. it's the week here on r.t. international with mean. round up of the top stories from the last seven days and the latest headlines welcome to the program france has been rocked by a thirteenth consecutive we can develop mass protests with intense clashes breaking out between demonstrators and police in the capital one person had part of the house and blown off by a crowd control. our video agency abruptly captured images of the aftermath and the

warning to you that you might find the following distressing. was. no no no he said it. was. to the national assembly and people were trying to force their way in the police arrived and threw grenades one hit the guy who tried to push it away with his hands as a reflex reaction and the grenade went off yes ronny's began in november over rising living costs and quickly snowboard in trouble with the anti-government protests campaign according to the chorus he's over fifty thousand people demonstrating across the country on saturday four thousand of them in china de france was in the french capital. situation seems to be something that we've seen for many weeks

here in paris clashes between the police and the protesters with t. a gas being used to disperse protesters and also grenades also being shot into the crowds but of course the protesters are normally the ones who do start off these scuffles by throwing projectiles such as rocks and broken glass to wards the police but what we've seen today is it seems that one of the protesters one of the gilles asians who's actually photographing the event for the social movement actually had his hand blown north in a grenade on television early on me and volunteer medics were first at the scene two of ours rushed up to help him due to the general commotion another team of medics surrounded him to wall him off when a person is in that condition he needs to breathe properly you don't want crowds gathering around watching and filming that would frighten the injured person even more. but this is not the first time. you've seen injuries like this since the

movement started back on november seventeenth basically back on december tenth improved protested that actually picked a grenade up and it exploded as he held in his hand there's also been many other injuries in these protests including more than a dozen people who have lost their lives since the start of these protests and the figures suggest that some one thousand seven hundred plus generations have been injured in some method another and also a thousand. police officers who've also been injured as a result of these protests but despite all of those injuries the protesters say they will continue coming out to the streets for demands remain in place that's why we are marching we're demanding better salaries and conditions in france because we're here because we don't want to be subject to government decisions without having a say we have one group the elite of them who decide whether we have the right not what we have to pay for our message is the same this harsh we want

a better life so what has the government done to try and stem these protests well the president gave a big speech back in december where he announced that the minimum wage the cynic would rise by a hundred euros a month he also said that people who were in bonuses for the n.b.a. they wouldn't have to pay social contributions and that in tax and people over time would be in a similar situation no tax no social contributions on that and the government is in the middle of a national debate across france getting people together to air their concerns to talk about the things that matter to them so the government can decide whether to make the changes that people say or not however have said this isn't enough for many well that the offers the concessions being given by present might go on with too little too late and that's why they've kept coming out to the streets and now we're hearing that the protesters are going to change tactics. permanently the

government is becoming more and more repressive we denounce the extreme violence and the use of excessive force the authority is not seeking compromise but passing laws that limit our rights so we have collectively decided not to declare the time and place of demonstrations and powers from now on rule not be the partners in crime with the government there was the mention there of a law to limit right so what these relations are referring there to is what's known as the anti hooligan or it was discussed recently by deputies the m.p.'s in the lower house in the national assembly and they've approved that now that lou it's going to move on to the senate before it goes on the statute books but that law would essentially limit some of the individuals from going to protest if they deem to be a public threat also part of the rule is the idea that if you cover your face going into a protest even with the simple scarf you could be liable to a jail and a fine of fifteen thousand euros so many people claiming that this new law which is

set to pass in the next few weeks here in france is actually contra against their civil liberties. tensions have been continuing to rise in venezuela this week as they struggle for power there threatens to unleash chaos on friday the leader of the country's opposition one told journalist is not ruled out calling for a u.s. military intervention against president nicolas maduro as government. that i'm a liberal we would do everything possible once again this is obviously a very very controversial subject making use of our sovereignty and within our jurisdiction we will do what's necessary on tuesday the venezuelan government claimed it had intercepted an arms shipment flown in from miami according to the interior ministry the stash included assault weapons ammunition and communications equipment security officials allege the arms were intended for criminal and terrorist groups financed by the us. and exclusive interview to promise

why this president has to resist washington's push for regime change you can watch the full interview on our dot com. there will be no war or military intervention he does it well what about it doesn't mean that we shouldn't get ready to fight for our land using every media outlet to urge the entire world heads of state heads of government or world leaders for social movements and the international community to denounce these sorts steps this is taking venezuela silent to stop him threaten us with a military intervention in venezuela has not surrender and never will what's donald trump sconces belli against venezuela so much what is it do we have w. m d a threat to u.s. national security you know what the cost is belize here at the venezuelan oil and as well as resources go and natural gas diamonds or water material wealth

in the twenty first century is not the time for cannon fire and military threats you know the twenty first century should be a century of dialogue civilized politics the respect for god virtues peace coexistence and finding peaceful diplomatic solutions to international conflicts dialogue because the most important thing for venezuela it is a remark to. challenge a full power was until recently an almost unknown figure but he's now enjoying widespread support from the international community and he looks at how his rise to prominence may have been aided by some powerful allies they've made him the new interim president but haven't learned how to say his name. you know present one go you know one guido ok mr pompei oh my i have issues with spanish so you know to. me what you know if you know it's probably not about the language it's just that

a little while ago very few people knew who. was even in ms well. i had never heard that name before the first time i had about him was in social media when he declared himself president one way or the barge one where you just recently supposedly he's the other president of venezuela which honestly think is a joke. whichever way during the first time i heard about why go it was two years ago. i don't own this short while ago and when this political situation started a little bit for those abroad who loathes nicolas maduro there's an easier last name to say lope is if you've never heard of low poll the low because some very important people will definitely have. venezuela should allow lippold alone a political prisoner and husband of toting out of prison immediately this man's political ambitions have arranged for

a mayor of caracas to the president's office his wife has made friends with world leaders as if she was part of let's say the g. twenty herself so why do we keep on hearing we've recognized. as the new president instead of we've recognized loophole the low because first of all he's now under house arrest after being in all kinds of trouble with law enforcement but even his wife says that doesn't stop him from pulling the strings at home he works with all of the opposition everyone he speaks with her ongoing who is now president and all of the members of popular will and members of all the parties the big ones and the little ones he's taking charge of uniting the opposition won by dos says they're always in contact and always see eye to eye while even the american media is hinting mr why don't you could just be a pawn in someone else's hand according to the opposition party though he makes his own decisions your polo has been imprisoned for almost five years now so

communication with him it's very difficult we have to stick with him so he's funny so i mean basically. gives ideas that decisions are being made by one and the rest of the. perhaps for those who are trying to overthrow a government because of how authoritarian and corrupt it is admitting the whole show is being run by someone who could be a full on state department puppet is kind of dodgy we can leaks has spilled the beans on exchanges between us diplomats with step by step descriptions of how leopoldo lopez should rise to power by the way speaking of scandals lopez's wife was all over the news when a mountain of local cash worth sixty thousand bucks was found in her car. this money is to pay for my grandma who's hundred years old and has been hospitalized three days she has no insurance in a country were takes

a suitcase full of all of our bills to buy a coffee no one out there protesting in the street has that kind of money so maybe someone like one without the awkward baggage is an easier sell. during his highly anticipated state of the union address outlined some of the threats he believes america's facing among them illegal immigration terrorism and socialism and with income inequality continuing to grow in the us leftwing ideas do seem to be on the rebound callup more pin explains. that 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. critique not mild words at all and it's not the first time the trial has raised the specter of socialism all notions of the world should resist socialism. and the misery.

that it brings us to everyone. but the socialists they say that he was just afraid of their rising popularity i had 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 through work and say one of the things this is to ensure is that democratic socialism is the said. party be ready now. and that is going to be perhaps.

i will say characterization of 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 a kazuo 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. to vote for her because she was pretty she voted verbiage as good as men to do it but they also voted for

because of the change from the guy that was in it before who's very much liked in bed to a lot of people for the short of being anything. to veer away from what trump is doing i had to go through 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 the complete opposite he's the 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 that would 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 no 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 and has 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 but i don't watch for that predictions but it is very possible yes and is that something the democratic party leadership is afraid of the thing they're out there terrified of that i think that if that happens every democratic politician in the country would running for cover. as a member sanders is not a democrat just as trump is not really a republican so we'll have to have an eye on democrat versus republican and everyone in between just just hiding their head in the sand and try to forget gore 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. and ends on that i still could bounce back in syria eighteen u.s. withdraws its chips will have the details for you and human rights. the way. what politicians do something. to put themselves on the line they get accepted or

rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. more some want to be presumed . to be right to be for us it's like them up for free in the morning can't be good . i'm interested always in the why does it matter how. they sit. back and cried out the pentagon warned on monday that islamic state still poses a significant threat in syria and could quickly reassert control of a parts of the country if the u.s. withdraws its troops. it is very likely that isis will have the opportunity to set conditions for

a future resurgence and territorial control absent sustained counter terrorism pressure isis could likely resurge in syria within six to twelve months. despite the pentagon's warnings the us president seems confident that the terror threat has been dealt with and is keen to pull america's chain plant it should be formally announced sometime probably next week that we will have one hundred percent of the caliphate. but i want to wait for the official word and i want to say it too early we look forward to giving our brave warriors in syria a warm welcome back home great nations do not fight endless wars. i it is time to give our brave warriors in syria a warm welcome home. the u.s. currently has around two thousand and ground troops in syria their primary role is

to provide tactical support to kurdish forces in the north of the country america's military involvement in the conflict began back in twenty fourteen when it launched its anti terror operations security analyst. his thoughts on the mixed messages coming from washington and its apparent lack of a clear strategy in syria there are three things that i can say about that one that if the pentagon has such strong intelligence about isis and it can tell you exactly that in six months it can regroup and restart how come we didn't have that intelligence in the first place when i started in the first place if they had this they could have stopped it from the beginning so if they have such strong that they're supposed to send this to the president and tell him that no it is not yet eradicate and it will take more than a week to eradicate and destroy isis i think that makes sense in a general reasonable way the second point is that this contradiction shows that there is no plan there doesn't seem to be a strategy

a clear strategy of the american administration and there are some people in the pentagon who are really annoyed by apparently by the white house stepping in with no experience no knowledge of what's going on in the field and the third thing and that is a very interesting thing that the fact that the americans and the pentagon keeps insisting that isis is there is because it justifies the american involvement in this part of the world the war against terror is a justification for the american presence and american involvement in the affairs of the countries of the region under the pretext that it's fighting terrorism. while syria's brutal eight year conflict does appear to be gradually drawing to a close so many the scars will last a lifetime and you document the lives of the trauma suffered by children who spent years in areas of the country controlled by extremist fighters and tells their harrowing stories you can find the full version on our website.

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. a performance art piece currently showing at a gallery in washington d.c. has provoked an angry reaction from president tom's family who have labeled it as sexist it's called ivanka vacuuming and runs for two hours every evening at the flashpoint gallery it features a model dressed up to look like the president's daughter pushing a vacuum cleaner back and forth across the pink carpet nearby is a pile of breadcrumbs visitors are invited to throw them onto the carpet so the ivanka double can clean them up here's what people thought of the piece. out of respect tester i love being able to throw basically garbage on the floor and have on back you know we're trying to figure out why there's no you back you know we thought. maybe that's why did you feel very guilty to the role

or the war. or. from what she's working on. disturbs me more to throw it as a woman way so fifty's kind of vibe more than the specifics are. like it's like the ideals of back to school. and so it's a cliché but it's an interesting. before buying tram stepped into a role at the white house she cultivated her image as a businesswoman and a working mother she's responded to the all out exhibit by saying that while some women prefer to knock each other down she believes they should be supporting each other the gallery for its part says the piece is a visual celebration of a contemporary family an icon and encourages people to question their relationship with her we are joined by two commentators to discuss how appropriate the performances. i think a lot of americans see this as very very political i mean that they're entitled to their opinion and i think everybody needs a voice. but the one good thing i have to say is i think our stimulates

conversation and it stimulates to it stimulates debate what i find interesting is that the artist made this very ambiguous seems that the trump derangement syndrome has gone overboard and certainly if they had done this with michelle obama i'd like to see our communities and the left's reaction to them putting michelle obama for example with a vacuum cleaner hand vacuuming crumbs i don't think it would have gone over quite as well with the regressive left but they love you were used to the hypocrisy on that side of the aisle so anyone i would say who want to cut evocate down is doing it most likely because they're jealous and i can see why because they've been incredibly successful talented tejpal competent american woman i mean i think it's acceptable because first of all if anybody in the trumpet is ministration is a public persona so i think once you once you have that sort of platform and you are a public persona and you actually are also

a government official anything anything goes i mean you know anybody can. you know say whatever they want to about chew and i think art is a really good way to know sort of to stimulate ideas so i think everybody sort of fair game in this here is a situation where you know to me that piece looks like. she's like this one nine hundred fifty s. housewife with no voice no will i think has done a masterful job of complimenting her father's very pro woman administration again lending women opportunities they've never had in the history of the world not just the history of america but in the history of the world more women today are successful more women today are employed more women today owned companies under the trump administrator. because of the regulations you've been watching we can hear a lot international i'll be back at the top of the hour with more updates but next is a documentary called the plastic surgery coca cola's hadn't seen it. all

film begins in hawaii in the middle of the pacific ocean in spite of the island's remote location it is also foreman that dim to the epidemic of the twentieth century plastic. plastic pollution is littering beaches and endangering certain species of animals no matter how remote or out of reach. in this elaborate tree in the north of the occupied a go scientists study marine animals not plastic at least in theory.

no idea what that is. but it's certainly plastic. jessica perelman is a biologist accustomed to finding plastic in fish stomachs she has started a very unique connection. casually often plastic bags and this was all coiled up in the stomach when i found it had no idea what it wasn't i all that it just. really do react when you find this in the stomach i was shocked i started documenting it measuring it taking photos showing whoever else was around in the lab and we were kind of. we were just there shocked to think that these fish are are really ingesting this i mean. to her disbelief the scientist has.