i look like. i. buy interrupts on the streets of france as yellow vests protest for the thirteenth consecutive weekend to condemn the policies of the government. with venezuela suffering through a severe humanitarian crisis country's opposition leader says he's not ruled out

calling for a u.s. military intervention to overthrow president maduro. and is syria's devastating eight year long conflict draws to a close a new documentary looks at the trauma suffered by the country's children. it's the weekly here on r.t. international with me in a day or two to round up of the top stories from the last seven days and the latest headlines welcome to the program france has been wronged by a thirteenth consecutive weekend of yes protests with fierce clashes breaking out between demonstrators and police in the capital one person part of the hand blown off by a crowd control grenade agency abruptly captured images of the. aftermath and

a warning you might find distressing. was. was to sue me at the national assembly and people were trying to force their way in the police arrived and threw grenades one hit the guy's leg and he tried to push it away with his hands as a reflex reaction and the grenade went off. yeah best rallies began in november over rising living costs and quickly morphed into a broader antigovernment protests campaign according to the authorities over fifty thousand people demonstrated across the country on saturday four thousand of them in paris challenging bensky was in the french capital for us. was situation seems to be something that we've seen for many weeks here in paris clashes between the

police and the protesters with shia 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 one of the protesters one of the gilles asians who's actually photographing the event for the social movement actually had his hand blown off in a grenade. for 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 we'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 i'd 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 to not what we have to pay for our message is the same as 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 wish to mrs b. and b. they wouldn't have to pay social contributions and that in tax and people over time they 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 changes that people say or not however have said this isn't enough and many felt that the offers the concessions being given by president 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 protest is it 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 authorities 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. the partners in crime with the government there was the mention there of a law to limit right so what the jle asians are referring that series 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 individua. i'm going to protest if they deemed to be a public threat also part of that is the idea that if you cover your face going into produce even with the simple score you could be liable to. 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 the struggle for power there threatens to unleash chaos on friday the leader of the country's opposition told journalists he has not ruled out calling for a u.s. military intervention against president nicolas maduro government that i am in or 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 to save 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 allegedly arms were intended for criminal and terrorist groups financed by the u.s. . in an exclusive interview to altie venezuela's president has vowed to resist washington's push for regime change and you can watch the full interview at ati dot

com. there will be no war or military intervention in venezuela but it doesn't mean that we shouldn't get ready to fight for our land use every media outlet to urge the entire world heads of state heads of government world leaders social movements and the international community to denounce the absurd steps donald trump is taking against venezuela and to stop him threaten us with a military intervention venezuela has not surrendered and never will what's donald trump sconces belli against venezuela what is it do we have w m d's are we a threat to u.s. national security you know what the cost is bally's here then is a well an oil man as well as resources gold natural gas diamonds or water our material wealth in the twenty first century is not the time for cannon fire and military threats no the twenty first century should be

a century of dialogue civilized behavior politics respect for diversity peace peaceful coexistence and finding peaceful diplomatic solutions to international conflicts dialogue is the most important thing for venezuela it is a remark to the. interest challenge if a power was until recently and almost unknown figure but he's now enjoying widespread support from the international community and at the china cat looks at how. to promise but 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 . in a present one go you know one guido ok mr pompei oh my i have issues with spanish so you know. 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 an 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 do just recently supposedly he's the other president of venezuela which i honestly think is a joke. which everywhere you go in the first time i heard about why go it was two years ago. though so you. go i don't the 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 on going don't know who is not president and all of the members of popular will and members of all the parties the big ones and the little ones he's taken charge of uniting the opposition one 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 decisions are being made by

one and the rest of the somebody 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 low prices 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 is hundred years old and has been hospitalized three days she has no insurance and a country where 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 why and why do without the awkward baggage is an easier sell. during his highly anticipated state of the union address donald trump outlined some of the threats he believes america's facing among them illegal immigration terrorism and socialism and with income inequality growing continue to grow in the u.s. left wing ideas do seem to be on the rebound and 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 trump has raised the specter of socialism all nations of the world should resist socialism. and the misery that it brings to everyone. but the socialists they say that he was just afraid of

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

the rising ideological danger. so we decided to go out to the district here in new york that elected alexandria 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 many do i think they also voted for because of the change from the guy that was in it before who's very much liked and did it 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 in states being great now we know anything that comes out of his mouth is the complete opposite he's the brazil world so if he says america will never be so mr injury i feel very good nor going to miracle will become a socialist country are you afraid of socialism. will. to some extent year i don't think it will be appropriate for this country allow 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 now as to bernie sanders and and alexandria ocasio cortez now do you think it is possible that bernie sanders might run against trump there saying

he's the most likely to be trump is it possible that we could get a trump versus sanders ticket in the upcoming election i think it's very possible i don't watch for that predictions but i think it's very possible yes and is that something the democratic party leadership is afraid of the thing they're at they're terrified of that i think that if that happens every democratic politician in the country would running for cover. as a member of sanders is not a democrat just as trump is not really a republican so we'll have to have a non-democratic versus not republican and everyone in between just just hiding their head in the sand and try to forget your what's going on for a long time it seemed like the s word was almost profanity and we see the establishment trying to stoke up the same old fears once again however it seems like in twenty nineteen socialism is back on the table for debate came up and r.t. new york will be back with most ois after the show right.

join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. google jarvis is revolution is screeching to a halt inflation and unemployment cause millions to leave venezuela world powers

a lot over where the president maduro should stay but the real question is how should the country move on from its current crisis. to the program while syria's brutal conflict appears to be crouching giong to a close for many this goals will last a lifetime a new documentary looks at the trauma suffered by children who spent in areas of the country controlled by extremists the hiring stories you can find it in full 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 trump's family have labeled it is sexist it's called ivanka vacuuming and runs for two hours every evening at the flashpoint gallery it features a model and trussed up to look like the president president's daughter pushing a vacuum cleaner back and forth across the painting called it made by is a pile of bread crumbs visitors are invited to throw them onto the carpet so the if i could double and 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 the back you know we're trying to figure out if. you. read or. maybe that's what it makes me feel really guilty. for the war. or. for the war she's working on.

disturbs me more to throw it as a woman way to start fifty's kind of i have more than the specific advice. i get so high heels and back to school. since it's a cliche but it's. just. before if i could charm stepped into her role at the white house she cultivated her image as a businesswoman and working mother she's responded to the art 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 feminine icon and encourages people to question their relationship with her we were 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 the art 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 it has an incredibly successful talent to be capable competent american woman i mean i think it's acceptable because first of all if anybody in the trenton 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 this week here on alt international the top of the hour with more updates but next is a documentary called plastic surgery a kind of. feel

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