violence erupts on the streets of france as yellow vest protesters turn out for a thirteenth consecutive weekend to condemn the policies of emanuel government. plus some of the week's biggest stories with venezuela's humanitarian crisis

worsening the country's opposition leader says he's not ruled out calling for u.s. military intervention to overthrow president the door open. and syria's devastating eight year long conflict drawing to a close our team looks at the former suffered by the country's children. and that means we're recapping some of the biggest stories covered right here over the past seven days and also keeping abreast of the weekend's headlines stories as well and with that in mind what a weekend it's been for france which has been rocked by a thirteenth consecutive weekend of yellow vest protests with clashes again breaking out between demonstrators and police in the capital one person had part of their hand blown off by

a crowd control grenade. video agency recorded the aftermath but please be warned that some of the images you're about to see are graphic. was never a member. of the national assembly and people were trying to force their way out of the police arrived remains one hit the guy's way he tried to use a two way with his challenges original extraction went off. overnight there was also an arson attack on the home of the head of the national assembly although that was not directly linked to the protesters and some of the tactics have been used on saturday with several cars set on fire best of all rallies began last november and rising living costs but they quickly morphed into a broader anti-government protest campaign forces estimate that some fifty thousand

people rallied nationwide on saturday four thousand of them in paris alone. so what has the government done to try and stem these protests well president michael gave a big speech back in december where he announced that the minimum wage the cynic would rise by a hundred jews a month he also said that people who were in bonuses for the end of the year they wouldn't have to pay social contributions not a new tax and people who 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 add a 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 this. i've 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 isn't 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 thorens is not seeking compromise but passing laws that limit our rights so we have collectively decided not to declare the time and place of demonstration some 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 that series what's known as the anti who it was just cussed recently by deputies the m.p.'s in the lower house in the national assembly and they've approved that now that law is 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 protests if they deemed to be a public threat also part of them who is the idea that if you cover your face going into a protest even with a simple scoff you could be liable to up to a year in 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 so i'm against this law because where is the proof that these are real hooligans the government can choose who's not going to is it going to slow us against the marches is to stop people rallying to scare people into cookie kids or to this organ's the rioters raise questions like i find it appalling i guess it's a complicated issue will they detail the rewriters best interest question or will they just pick up any you know a vast i've seen not just ordinary people who are going out to demonstrate who are

peaceful people who cannot stand anymore to have the only answer from the. and it being violent if tomorrow they cannot cover the face because police fired tear gas at them what terrible democracy is that this bill could only able to push people from going to demonstrations because there is a doubt that the. troubles of the demonstrations this is minority report we're going to arrest people send them to jail because we think that maybe they may commit a crime this is just showing the. overcurrent today and i think it's going to be more and more preferable to the streets to the internet to the social networks to denounce the system until until the. tensions have been continuing to rise in venezuela this week as the struggle for power there threatens to unleash chaos on friday the opposition leader told journalists he has not ruled out calling for a u.s. military intervention against president maduro government. that i am you know 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 us congressman rocha responded to the opposition leader statement stating that doesn't make the call on u.s. military interventions stressing that it's washington and washington alone that makes its foreign policy decisions on tuesday the venezuelan government claimed it had intercepted an arms shipment flown in from miami the interior ministry said the stash included assault weapons ammunition and communications equipment security officials allege the arms were intended for criminal and terrorist groups financed by the united states. despite facing a mental pressure to step down venezuela's president has told r.t. that he'll resist washington's push for regime change and you can watch the full exclusive interview with nicolas maduro on r.t. dot com. there will be no war or military intervention then it will all about and it doesn't mean that we shouldn't get ready to fight for our land and using every

media outlet to urge the entire world heads of state heads of government or world leaders social movements and the international community to denounce this absurd steps donald trump is taking against venezuela silent to stop him threaten us with a military intervention in venezuela has not surrender and never will what's donald trump sconces bellies 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 and as well as resources natural gas diamonds or water are material wealth and the twenty first century and he's not the time for cannon fire and military threats you know the twenty first century should be a century of dialogue civilized behavior politics the respect for god versus peace peaceful coexistence and finding peaceful diplomatic solutions to international conflicts dielike is the most important thing for venezuela it is

a remark to the i'm a direct challenge of a power was until recently an almost unknown fake a but he's now enjoying widespread support from the international community he put franco looks at how 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. in a present one go you know kwan guido ok mr pompei oh my i have issues with spanish so you know. we don't like what you don't 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 a how to. it was in social media when he declared himself president. just recently personally he's the other president of venezuela honestly think it's

a joke. it was a one way don't the first time i heard about why go it was two years ago. go i don't own this short while ago when this political situation started own little bit in that for those abroad who loathe nicolas maduro there's an easier last name to say if you've never heard of low poll the low because some very important people will definitely have. venezuela should allow lippold a lot as a political prisoner and husband of lynton toting out of prison immediately this man's political ambitions have ranged from 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 why and why go 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 why don't know who is not president and all of the members of popular will and members of all the bodies the big ones and the little ones he's taking charge of uniting the opposition why dose says they're always in contact and always see eye to eye while even the american media is hinting mr why do 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 speak with him so he's funny so i mean basically. gives ideas that 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 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 is hundred years old and has been hospitalized three days she has no insurance and a country where it takes a suitcase full of ball 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 on tuesday don't trump outlined some of the threats he believes america is facing right now among them

illegal immigration terrorism and socialism with income inequality continuing to grow in the us leftwing ideas do seem to be on the rebound open now explains. how 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. eighty not mild words at all and it's not the first time the trial has raised the specter of socialism all nations of the world should resist socialism. and the misery that it bring us 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 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 said . party be ready now. and that is your vision perhaps. i would 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 mother to vote for her because she was pretty she would have or because girls meant 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 think to feel 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 united states being great now we know anything that

comes out of his mouth is the complete opposite he's from bizarro 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 different 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 though 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 next 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 beat trump is it possible that we could get a trump versus sanders ticket in the upcoming election i think is 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 a non democrat versus non republican and everyone in between just just hiding their head in the sand and try to forget gore was 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 caleb mop and r.t. new york it's been a hell of a week for brick since with fiery bobs flying back and forth across the english channel move tell you why when the weekly returns after the break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic developments only. exists i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. you know world of big partisan lot and conspiracies it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks.

now no one expected the u.k.'s exit from the european union to be easy but this week the blocks leaders really turned up the britons breck city is issuing some extraordinary criticism a comedy of sorts that dante would appreciate. thank .

you feel. that i've been well chris what that special place. looks like. cool promoted but the result even a sketch of a plot of how to colleagues safely. this deadly fear a maniac is doing his best to keep the united kingdom found by the chains of the euro currency in control i hope i'm not going to hell but if i do that is a decision for the lord almighty and not for the president of the european council we have been in an unholy democratic hell since one thousand nine hundred seventy three chains of brussels time to break free. i praise be that has been just the language that you just played which is not helpful to widespread dismay in the united states.

i believe it now but i have never seen the out of the few hundred times i was. the do my job you did so out of touch. thank . you feel. the pentagon warned on monday that islamic state still poses a significant threat in syria and could quickly reassert control over parts of the country if the united states 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 of this by the pentagon's warnings the us president seems confident that the terror threat has been dealt with donald trump declared the victory over isolates imminent and stressed his commitment to pulling america's troops out of northern syria it should be formally announced some time 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 too early we look forward to giving our brave warriors in syria a warm welcome back home great nations do not fight endless wars. it is

time to give our brave warriors in syria. a warm welcome home. the u.s. currently has around two thousand 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 two thousand and fourteen when it launched its anti terror operations security analyst oman a shabby give us 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 intel 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 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 judge and under the pretext that it's fighting terrorism. while syria's brutal eighteen a conflict appears to be gradually drawing to a close many of the scars are going to last a lifetime and al-tikriti has been looking at the trauma suffered by children who spent years in areas controlled by extremist fighters has been hearing the harrowing stories the programs available to watch now online but here's a quick look.

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nothing. on the programs available to stream online at r.t. dot com that's it for this hour you know neil has your next week lee in half an hour until then we've got an inspirational tale for you we meet the man who after seeing how many children were left homeless and often by the war in iraq decided he was going to do something about it his stories next on r.t. international.

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