a b b c. the mainstream narrative claiming a video purportedly showing the off. was. so there is no direct evidence. during the twenty sixteen presidential race so says

the senate intelligence committee chairman who's been looking into the allocations for a good two years. would you support an armed faction with. a record of such actions permanently impair your ability to fairly and transparently. as washington tries to install venezuelan opposition leader. the country's president the u.s. special envoy for venezuela is grilled over alleged previous interventions in latin america. it's valentine's day so we go to the city of love to people who they think donald trump secretly had my. happy v.-day can't wait for you to pay for. should really get along with. me. she could do with some help.

it is may day in moscow on this valentine's day for all of us here at r.t. international welcome to join us. the b.b.c.'s syria producer is challenging the mainstream narrative on an alleged chemical attack on the country he claims that video of the supposed aftermath of a toxic strike in the syrian city of duma was in fact staged it is a line that russia and damascus have both long maintained many others though simply accepted the video at face value touting it as evidence of the syrian government attacking its own people now r.t. correspondent but i guess d.f. investigates. you don't hear it very often not even a doubt not a suspicion but a certainty that the hospital scenes of the alleged chemical attack in duma was staged and this is coming from the b.b.c.

syria producer after almost six months of investigations i can prove without a doubt that the duma hospital scene was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital the incident in question occurred almost a year ago when the syrian military took on the army of islam in the town of duma. the white helmets working with islamists released videos of an alleged chemical attack hospitals people in panic reaction was immediate and violent trump launched more than a hundred cruise missiles that syria france and britain chipped in the un security council in uproar a few pennies time to think for years duma had been held by the army of islam hard core islam ists. the same guys that caged woman and elders and roofs to

protect themselves against s. strikes i can tell you that jaish al islam rules do monk with an iron fist very co-opted activists doctors and humanitarians with fear and intimidation you may also remember in the lead up to this incident russia warned this could happen that rebels might stage a chemical attack to invite foreign intervention the rail and evacuation deal we have undeniable evidence that this was yet another staged attack that involved intelligence agencies of one of the countries that is rushing to spearhead a recent campaign but no one in the west listened or pretended not to hear all the media not the politicians here by the way is how b.b.c. reported in the incident back then disturbing reports of a chemical weapons attack chemical attack carried out by the acid regime the

magic's are doing more. but they're overwhelmed dozens of people have been killed due to poison gas a chemical attack did happen believes ria but everything else the casualties the panic the videos those were meant to achieve something what evidence rearm has we don't know aside from a few tweets details the scariest we're waiting for more we've requested comment from riyadh in the b.b.c. and we'll keep you posted but it seems odd for the first full blown hysteria over supposed chemical attack casualties in north quiets be how it's claimed the russian foreign ministry has reacted to the claims made by the b.b.c. producer noting that moscow was among the first to expose the faults of occasion. and that would be you shit crazy and as a result of an unprecedented full sea cation on the territory of the sovereign

state of syria a massive strike was conducted by the western coalition we first uncovered that the video was in fact a philosophy cation. teach us and now we see that even those who were cheering the western coalition strikes cannot tolerate these lies anymore and are speaking out. previously the b.b.c. was one of the most. vociferous critics of the assad government blaming the assad government for all kinds of chemical attacks and other kinds of incidents which were supposedly directed against the syrian people however renowned journalists were on the scene within days came there and reported that nothing happened inside the makeshift underground hospital except a staged incident by the way to helmets so i'm hoping that the next time that there is an incident that takes place staged by the white how much i hope that the series they b.b.c. series producer decides to treat that with

a big bag of salt in. the sun as intelligence committee chairman has reiterated that there is no direct evidence that donald trump was called looting with russia during the twenty sixteen presidential race he's been leading a two year investigation right into this. well i'm not sure how to make sure of and i've said it before we have no factual evidence of collusion between the campaign and russia the two year probe parts of the media very excited expecting ever find some sort of smoking gun. the walls to feel like they're closing in on the trip administration right now and i'm not sure they can hold them off for much longer the walls are closing in and everyone is freaking out the walls are closing the wheels are coming off. the walls are closing in on president trump the walls are closing it with trump on the walls are closing in on the trump white house. all of

the walls are closing in at this point the walls are closing in fast after two years two hundred witnesses and three hundred thousand documents if we were to report based upon the facts that we have that we don't have anything that would suggest that was collusion between the trim campaign and russia democrats have now confirmed this to n.b.c. on conditions of anonymity to send investigators have access to highly classified intelligence so for example if there was an intercept between some russian intelligence officers suggesting that they were conspiring with the truck campaign they would see that that has not emerged so that evidence does not exist and trump will claim vindication so donald trump has spoken up the it twitter the senate intelligence committee there is no evidence of collusion between the true campaign and russia while the twitter sphere lit up because for two years n.b.c. has been pushing the trump russian narrative now they're saying the opposite. n.b.c. news and miss n.b.c. have been telling us for two plus years that there is always evidence of collusion

to the russians hacked their accounts. breaking news the narrative we've been spin on endlessly for two years that was based on zero evidence it seems that it wasn't lost on n.b.c. themselves who did everything and to walk back there or palatial but on the very same day we heard this on the very same channel you know a senate senator burr coming out and saying there was no direct evidence and that kind of conspiracy that also really struck me because prosecutors almost never how to direct it i wish the intelligence committee came out and said they found no direct evidence of criminal conspiracy but that's not the senate intelligence committee is really that it is the f.b.i. in a special counsel's team to do the criminal investigation so he doesn't have any evidence but he somehow just knows it's there mr trump's claims. hoke wash he is the claims of a former cia director who previously called doubts on allegations of collusion he

is not alone in speaking up and saying that what can't be proven somehow must unquestionably be true. the new u.s. special envoy for venezuela has been accused of lying by the house foreign affairs committee elliott abrams was quizzed about washington's efforts to install opposition leader one quite doe woods venezuela's president in his bid to oust the current president nicolas maduro the session was ultimately interrupted several times by antiwar activists. really going to say let me write me a card that has a lot of knowing. communicable diseases there is activists were dragged out and arrested again when they were trying to draw attention to abrams alleged human rights violations in latin america and this track record also came up again and some tough questions from members of persons in the audience would do you support an armed faction within venezuela that engages in war crimes as you did in

guatemala el salvador and nicaragua i am not going to respond to that kind of personal attack which is not a question you feel that your past actions in iran contra permanently impair your ability to fairly and transparently deal in the region my question is whether you're aware of any transfers of weapons or defense equipment by the united states government to groups of it as well or i ask this question because you have a record of such actions nine hundred ninety one you pleaded guilty to two counts of withholding information from congress regarding your involvement in the iran. affair i fail to understand why members of this committee or the american people should find any testimony that you give today to be truthful i don't think this entire line of questioning is meant to be real questions and so i will not reply abrams was twice convicted on lawfully withholding information from congress

in one thousand nine hundred one over him covertly selling weapons to iran to fund the nicaraguan right wing rebels in the one nine hundred eighty s. his portfolio also includes accusations of covering up massacres and supporting repression campaigns of dictators in guatemala el salvador and honduras. aureole gold one of the protesters out the session explained why she felt the need to act. as he started to speak i just couldn't help myself but to stand up and tell congress just tell the foreign affairs committee don't listen to this war criminal elliott abrams has shown how much he wants to go to war and that this is putting venezuela in a really dangerous situation most likely plunging the country into a bloody civil war and it's not what the people of venezuela want the majority of

venezuelans do not want a us military intervention and yet we're in this dangerous situation where it's a real possibility while the unrest in venezuela has been occupying mines in washington for a week government protests in haiti which saw six people killed have been largely ignored on wednesday hundreds marched to the national palace in the country's capital calling for the president to step down demonstration quickly descended into chaos thank you. i agree of a rising prices economic stagnation and corruption protesters hold beliefs while rod officers tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas about the demonstrations both in haiti and across the caribbean in venezuela with william robinson a professor of latin american studies eighty is facing a crippling socio political and economic crisis it's getting worse insulation is

meaning that food inc recently out of the reach of poor people unemployment is there and it is wrong is that the haitian government is a close ally of the united states it's a simple as that united states is going to destabilize and overthrow the been swirling government for for the last twenty years and at the same time it has been propping up in the elite far right wing government in radically corrupt government which rules over a social order which benefits a tiny minority for the last thirty forty. so that's nothing new i mean it's not been not only surprised but it does demonstrate the complete accuracy and double standard of u.s. foreign policy towards the region and towards these two countries has gone through really decades now of constant foreign u.s. led intervention the u.s. is already intervening behind the scenes it has never started to phoenix haiti is one of the most country maybe the most intervened in the whole western western hemisphere. so it is for the fourteenth aka valentine's day

and a good enough excuse for us anyway to look at the relationships between the most powerful people in the world reporting from the city of love charlotte. as couples across the globe celebrated day of the love we so we take a look at the burning passions between. what makes for great relationship well for starters chemistry is very important. that we have to make room for years perfect where would we be without something igniting or flames of course sometimes that spark just isn't that and well that can be a bit awkward especially when the cameras are always around. you

know every relationship goes through its ups and it stands i mean who doesn't have skeletons in their closet. really does it really won't make a go of things and they'll do what any good therapist would suggest they work through it i was really being tough i'm sure with you i will go back and forth and then we fell in love ok no really he wrote me beautiful letters well if there's one thing we know about trump a likes the building rules but sometimes even if he has a boundary issues the president criticize to rescind may saying that her plan for brakes it was poorly going to be poorly executed which is essentially the worst

thing you could say about her on the first broadside against twitter front his military record for more nato funding president trump the attack the fight beginning at breakfast today at one point today the president asking what good is nato and saying germany is captive to russia well mr make america great again could have some toys to mend for what better way than the other until i. so who should be top of trump's valentine card list this year. a million man whose research pleasure. prime minister trudeau.

i think he should really get along with tourism a series of may she could do with some help. mexican presidents in your obrador happy v.-day can't wait for you to pay for it all he says. but most of all the number one lesson is that before. you couldn't love someone else you have to look at it for yourself but just. do it. now thanks for joining us here on the program so far on r.t. international many more stories still coming your way we were taught in less than one minute.

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 showbusiness i'll see that. after the previous stage of my career was over everyone wondered what i was going to do next the ball different clubs on one hand it is logical to go from fields where everything is familiar on the other i wanted a new challenge and the fresh perspective i'm used to suppressing. what you think. i'm going to talk about football not the or else you can think i was going to do.

by the way what is that that's like here. twelve twenty pm here in moscow the french capital has seen a large demonstration against police violence organized by various yellow vest groups it comes as one of their own protesters a former national boxing champion is jailed for a year for beating an officer at a rally in january a video of christophe throwing punches that are strong went viral and led to a manhunt one witness claims that he was acting in response to a police assault the former boxer has expressed regret over his aggressive react. i saw the repression that was i saw the police. have seen the police hurt people with flash bulls i've seen people hurt a sim pension is get gas. i've seen

a lot of things i was tear gassed on the last day yes i wanted to violence on the riot police was gassed with my friends and my wife i was gassed and for a moment the anger came up in me yes well i wrecked it badly i reacted badly but i was defending myself and that's a. big as they used tear gas against us and then started listening with bad news i found myself on the ground blowing cold up i was then chased by the police who tried to grab me another policeman from the rapid response call didn't turn up and try to grab me he punched me in the face right in the teeth and then he keep me i have severe lung disease the slightest blow can cause them to see if that happens i die the books to save my life if he hadn't done what he did i would have died on the spot french authorities say almost two thousand people are being convicted for offenses committed during the yellow vest protest the country's prime minister says

fourteen hundred more are currently awaiting sentencing. we spoke with the fury of the lady who was hit in the head with a stun grenade in december and she says she's on the brink of losing and i because of it here is her story. but it is still there we were on the show it was called my first and there were very calm yellow vests around us then some hooligan started randomizing a shop on another side of the street trying to set fire to it policemen started to shoot to help firefighters to get through and it was the last thing i remember because after that i fell and a grenade hit my head now in the morning there were a number of them are. my are you still in great pain and they will be removed in the next operation doctor said he can be saved it's too painful to touch it i can move it and i can't read i think our society is very unfair and we can't put up with it it doesn't affect me directly but in five six years i'll be paying taxes i'm also concerned about the lies of

pensioners who are forced to work because they can barely make ends meet this is outrageous unfair and i moved to paris because this whole situation it's not ok for police and a call to work every saturday i understand that they're tired rip through teague is not an excuse for everything especially for leaving people without ice hooligans were in the right and i was on the left so explain to me why the policeman fired in my direction is not normal france is one of the oldest democratic countries in the world it is not normal that this is happening here we think this only happens in other countries but it's happening here in france it's unbelievable. and iranian photojournalist has lashed out at donald trump for a bash tehran on twitter posting a photo of a protest that she had taken yelled at by yet he said the photo was used without permission iraq and president published the tweet and both farsi and english on monday as iranians mark the fourth here thought of a story of the overthrow of the u.s.

backed shah yelled at by a condemned on i'll try. for using her photo and our video agency abruptly spoke to the photo journalist but neither you nor i have no twitter account and someone send this picture to me i did not expect this picture to become viral i took this picture in december thirtieth two thousand and seventeen during approach is said to run university against economic situation in the country these photos are like a mirror which we should use for our society and what's worse to see ourselves and think that these are our problems i am upset as this issue is used for other thing and not to help our society this issue has bothered me for a long time. yelled at my issued a lengthy instagram post in which she slammed trump on his policies saying u.s. sanctions a devastating the lives of ordinary iranians. in the. as a matter of fact my purpose against this tweet can be defined as a social aspect and it mostly really so family spurstow life my family's in the us

and we haven't seen each other for four years because of the travel ban and i felt like my family was imprisoned because we could not have been visit each other in another country this is in the issue that has happened almost every family and has affected our society on the other hand the economic and social impact of sanctions that affect the people including those who are not interested in political issues caused me to show a symbolic protest it was not something like a legal complaint or any other thing that just about wraps up the program for this hour here on r.t. international there you go top those the headlines to return at the top of the hour people join us then.

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macroeconomic for dollar system. hello and welcome to worlds apart history if we are to believe mark twain doesn't repeat itself it primes thirty years after the collapse of the soviet system and the global changes it then it's hard not to see the transformations in the western world in the same light put week now and be witnessing the final act of the cold war three day case after everybody thought it was over to discuss that i'm now joined by somebody could have gotten out of the school while the economy and it

does flow relations the higher school of economics in moscow is a car going to france so good to talk to you thank you very much for granting us some time. with you now no historical parallels is perfect but to my russian i there are simply too many similarities between nine hundred eighty nine and two thousand and nineteen because the reagan man i'm now back in power in the united states we're hearing a lot of talk about the systemic crisis and institutional paralysis if you have another union this time european union you of all people must be having a feeling of deja vu. that is of course a repeat of the cold war and historian of the cold war i could die i could endlessly talk about the perils by the way the people who are now. the helm of the u.s. administrations are the old cool cool cold worriers of the reagan era and they're.