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hi there so just turn midday or moscow good afternoon for me kevin owen of the rest of the team working here this weekend r t h q top story washington's continuing to ramp up the pressure on the venezuelan government on friday it hit the crisis stricken countries state owned oil company and five of nicolas maduro his top officials with a fresh wave of sanctions the united states sought to justify the move by repeating its claim that the embattled president undermining democracy and continuing to violate human rights at the same time the u.s. is also tempted to send a major sea aid to venezuela which is currently suffering the worst humanitarian crisis in the western hemisphere but nicholas material in the last is refusing to allow that food and those medical supplies to be brought into his country from colombia he says it's a cynical ploy by the trumpet ministration in an attempt to justify a possible military intervention venezuelan presidents also hit out at the colombian government which he's accused of extreme aggression. for our

part our policy for colombia is peace and respect i cannot say the same about the government of the colombian president even to kate who has war plans against venezuela supported by the us sim pyar i am not exaggerating donald trump and even ducky in the white house announced war plans using colombia against venezuela for his part the country's opposition leader to one great joe is continuing to enjoy washington's full support for now he blames the media as well for the humanitarian catastrophe venezuela said recently hasn't ruled out calling on the u.s. military to intervene against the president but axis caleb maupin explains washington's meddling in south america has sometimes had disastrous consequences in the past. elliot abrams the trump administration's new special representative for venezuela has been assigned the task of restoring democracy in the country and he says he's up to it just look how well he did in el salvador from the day the president was elected in a free election to this day salvador has been

a democracy that's a fabulous achievement yes the pro-u.s. candidate to war to a won the elections but how democratic was the situation there were human rights abuses and death squads everywhere in fact one of the worst massacres in the history of latin america happened around that time for. now it has got confronted about the gruesome details before congress yes or no do you think that massacre. was a fabulous achievement that happened under our watch that is

a ridiculous question and i guess are no no no i literally miss i will make you happy yes i am not going to respond to that kind of personal attack which is not a question now the civil war between the us backed factions and the marxist revolutionaries continued until nine hundred ninety two and slaughter by us backed forces also continue the death toll was as high as seventy thousand people but ronald reagan did not consider that to be a deal breaker the people of bills have adored had another free election in march economic reforms are continuing and communist guerrillas are losing ground and none of this would have been possible without the economic assistance and military training and equipment that we provided so what have been the results is el salvador now a land of prosperity and freedom hardly in fact in twenty seventeen el salvador had the highest murder rate of any country in the world it is not currently at war those figures only decreased slightly in twenty eighteen now somebody might look at

this and say well that was decades ago why bring it up now well the fact that abrams wants to repeat is democracy restoration project in venezuela is certainly alarming and when asked about this before the us congress he didn't deem it necessary to give an answer would you support an armed faction within venezuela that engages in war crimes crimes against humanity or genocide if you believe they were serving u.s. interest as you did in guatemala el salvador and nicaragua i'm not going to respond to that question i'm sorry. the number of children living in conflict zones has doubled since the end of the cold war according to a new report up a save the children the charity says one in five youngsters now live in areas affected by conflict.

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that was our. concern all of us pass out of us. all know they are the enemy you show me a feeling you need. for all your. higher to the heart. some four hundred twenty million children live in conflict zones in the least one family of them die every year as a result since two thousand and ten the number of recorded cases of rights violations against children fund is almost tripled that includes killing maiming abduction and sexual violence the increase comes despite many of the world's most powerful politicians. planing for the protection of these young people in wars. forces continue their advance bearing down on the city of benghazi. home to nearly

seven hundred thousand men women and children prevent images of amaze seeded children how many more children have to die the whole route the humanitarian disaster that is killing tens and tens of thousands of defenseless children the death of children the destruction of hospitals all that is a massacre which needs to be condemned. our report today shows that right now almost one in five children on the planet are living in conflicts and that's more than at any time in the last two decades. the consequences of living in these war zones are catastrophic we have to make around three hundred babies are dying due to the consequences of war every single day well in twenty seventeen four hundred twenty million children worldwide living in areas affected by conflict that is an increase of two million on the previous year so what this is is really disturbing

trend where more and more children are being caught up in conflicts in the international systems and here of accountability of breaking down so that when people commit crimes against children they know they can get away with it so what we're calling on is for the government to stand up for children and wars and ensure that when people perpetrate crimes against children held to account what we're really calling for today is for the u.k. government protection of civilians in conflict strategy first of all the u.k. government needs to ensure the curator at the heart of all of that defense diplomacy and eight and that they need to use their seat at some of the most powerful tables in the world at the u.n. nato to ensure that other countries policy well i guess no surprise is to hear the report identifies afghanistan and iraq syria and yemen as being among the most dangerous countries for children nobel prize nominee and peace activist kathy kelly told us the international community needs to do more big time to safeguard young people like this living in these wars. this children certainly can't be held

accountable for their governments whether it's military war economic war and i think that because of greed and pride and dishonesty countries all around to continue to wage war against the child their brain sort of the child should certainly be held countries could work together. much more effectively and so we have to take responsibility ourselves and then encourage other people to do likewise they must do everything they can to stop this war and to stop killing children. for this weekend west of teligent chiefs a warning that al qaida remains a global threat that most say the terror group could be poised for a resurgence in the coming year the deed has brought up peter all of. being presented as a real and present danger by the united kingdom has undergone

a certain resurgence as a result of the degradation of diaspora and is a force that should also be taken seriously it's definitely not down and out the hopes just a little strange. since the u.s. declared war. on my orders the united states military has begun strikes against al qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the taliban regime in afghanistan today we focus on afghanistan but the battle is broader since then has spread to all of these countries they've also changed the name as well in syria alone they've gone through at least three rebranding so whatever they call themselves they still control the lion share of the syrian province of idlib the thing is america reason the king to get involved as it was previously it is time to give our brave warriors in syria. a warm welcome home and it's also

currently battling al qaeda in yemen since the beginning of twenty seventeen we have conducted more than one hundred forty strikes to remove key leaders in the arabian peninsula and disrupt its ability to use ungoverned spaces to recruit train and plan operations against the u.s. and our partners across the region u.s. allies in the region on doing their share of the heavy lifting in fact. the united arab emirates have been accused of passing weapons on to terror groups something they strongly deny almost eighty years after his slaying by u.s. special forces the words of a sama bin laden about the al qaeda network standout and it appears he may have been proved right al qaeda is showing signs of confidence what will threats and the threat from radical islamic terrorism a continuing threat posed by al qaeda as it stands they look likely to be around

for a while yet peter all over r.t. . so more protests taking place across india in the wake of that suicide bombing that killed over forty paramilitary police in the province of kashmir on thursday itself the pakistan based terror group which the indian government claims received support from the authorities in islamabad took responsibility for the attack. demonstrators have been filmed chanting anti pakistan slogans and burning effigies of the country's prime minister bullies from us weekly escalated tensions between india and pakistan we should been fighting for control of kashmir since india's petition in one nine hundred forty seven.

but i want to tell the terrorist organizations and those who patronize them that they have made a huge mistake they will have to pay a huge price for son's governments firmly denied india's claims that it was involved in the attack itself and to help investigate to we spoke to analysts in both countries about what the bombing means now for bilateral relations going forward. at pakistan is being extremely extremely provocative and distended may have just gone one step too much so yes i mean people in india are extremely upset i'm not somebody who is saying you know. that i think any anger in the country is extremely high so it's a constant fight and it's just a question of escalation you see an escalation then you see it is in addition it goes back and forth i don't think that anybody in india the moment is in any any bend of mind to have a dialogue because you just blown up forty forty two people in the middle of you

know of a town so then come to the municipality come on munich conference and doc about peace is to is to really make fools a favorite videos in the world although you might recall that in similar incidents in the past india has been quick to blame pakistan for the of the mess which we have in the recent over the in the for in. a region where the good there have been exchanged off a lot of harsh words between the two countries to start with on it appears that there may be a similar situation and then we will find a solution and august solve would be certainly cooperation with india number one comes up with that hard evidence of voting wildland of anybody as a citizen or at least not in the start of it which i think is unlikely because gesture mom of the the group which has been in the sponsibility of the rare distance i voted on last conducted this a he is he's

a best in indian controlled kashmir so pakistan has a perfectly normal link because of this one side or dark and the second possibility i think which is that in the broader picture of the actual back up situation xmas and doesn't the bush and between india and pakistan. right ahead here in a u.s. twenty twenty presidential candidates one of the donald trump's policies of pushing the will towards nuclear holocaust moral luck when we come back. at the top of the book that the book that the white bag g.s.c. global financial crisis part two it's underway it's all happening it's a white multi trillions of dollars gone the heart beat looking like phantasmagoria right here on planet. crazy.

the job of journalists photo journalists any type of videographer writing journalists is their job it's much more dangerous every year because so many people now see what we do is threats you know threats to whatever their narrative is whatever the propaganda is and you know the like anything. in our culture the iraq and afghanistan wars had to be sold to the american people. again this is not international things that you do to sort of you didn't run the world and this weekend so let's stories mostly for the democratic congresswoman

tulsi who's a twenty twenty us presidential candidate has introduced a bill now that could stop president trump from the i.m.f. missile treaty she says the toll is massively increasing the risk of maybe a catastrophic nuclear conflict. make it read like south. park are united. here. as a presidential campaign gets underway gobbles proof facing of storm of criticism over her policy positions the white congresswoman's been attacked in the media in recent weeks of a statement she's made about syria russia and l g b t rights seems to secure borders just one of a growing number of prominent political figures accused of being under the kremlin's thumb was probably boy carex place. good if you missed it russian stooge is the only corny word rape claims there are none for ages and then turns out not

all at once. russia. is making want to take the easy fin twenty sixty politicians no longer need compelling arguments or persuasive policies to all that if you're up against a tough opponent the kind that popular with votes is just cool of the russians these stooges are just human versions of those russians but we've heard so much about they don't actually have to be real to walk sure having your own stooge in a position of power would have its advantages but even better is being able to accuse your enemies of being won a career in russians through jury is one of the most diverse in politics just look at the select members of. the news the crew is democratic presidential hopeful tulsi gabbard who suggested that bad relations with the biggest nuclear power in the world may not be in everyone's best interests she says simone american hindu female socialist following in the prestigious footsteps of but the song is an old

white american male socialist jeremy corbin an old white british male socialist and don't trump an old orange american male republican opportunist so literally anybody can be a russian stooge and those are just the anti hillary and anti war ones and here are the pro-war pro hillary clinton ones. so how do you even become a russian stooge. herath the russians stooge recruitment academy we have positions available from entry level all the way up to executive level don't worry about applying for the job mainstream media. on the list and this damage we want to titian's will of forward it to you whether you want to or not the majority of our most successful employees

simply fell into the job without noticing experience or knowledge of russia or russians is not essential the only qualification required is that you question the status quo publicly at least one if you are successful in your application we will inform you via m s n b c or fox news good luck to you does. there now talk to which russian trolls are yet again being called out over the nefarious antics we can report this week this time according to radio liberty research is a claiming that russian social media accounts may have helped contribute to a measles outbreak in europe into an eighteen but the trouble is the vaccine specialist quoted in the us government funded outlets please there's no actually appear to support the premise of the article we actually don't know enough about the influence of misinformation in vailable on line up on the nation intentions and

behaviors what we do know is that there is an element of echo chambers in this. the article goes on to cite other factors believed to contributed to the measles crisis in europe the medical misinformation and scare mongering about vaccinations it suggests inadequate health care provision reluctance on the part of some people to vaccinate the general complacency of all played a role to build a health official in northern california give us his thoughts on why skepticism to skepticism towards vaccines has risen quite a bit in recent years. for a long time certainly in the united states there has been a subculture that has resisted conventional medicine and this is its greatest manifestation has been resistance to vaccines so so-called vaccine has it and see it is a lack of trust and in terms of health care and with regard to hospitals and doctors there is this becomes more profound it's an unfortunate consequence

and metaphors station of a growing attitude of resistance to authority and a feeling of disenfranchisement on certain parts of the public has been going on for decades but it is excel orating in most recent years well a lot of patients are rushing but farms attempting to ferment debate about vaccination have been seeking since august last year the ballroom again is doubtful about the claims that there are allegations that i think are motivated for political reasons to blame things on other countries what i have seen in a conference i attended that if anything the agenda of the ministry of health of the russian federation is to improve and enhance the health care of the population throughout the country it's very scurrilous and heiress possible to accuse russia

or the kremlin of promoting this kind of misinformation. schools could be set to replace the woods mother and father with para one parent to an official documents is after a new bill was passed by and plays in the national assembly lawmakers in the country's lower house say that this proposal would challenge quote old fashioned family models it was expected to pass the senate in the coming days too but it's not been without its controversy. this amendment aims to do law children's family diversity in administrative forms submitted in school when i hear people say this is now a dated model i remind them that today among union celebrated civil marriage to some ninety five percent a man woman couple already has young gordon human rights activist peter tatchell gave us their thoughts on proposal what they thought it could mean now for french society. this particular proposal is to try and ensure that

the kids in the school the staff and the parents all feel included that in the case of you know two women who are parents to a child that is obviously not appropriate to have mother and father there are two mothers and the same with ok dad is pathetic isn't it because they could be called moment mom well that while the proposal actually actually says he's parent one and parent two if they want to call them moment momos got a problem with that nobody's got a problem with a kid who now has got two two moms but we don't need to legislate for it parents who are on parent to what do we just give the kids a number other number seven it's nonsense yet you know just the fact that saying with a parent or minority doesn't make discrimination or second class status right if a child has two moms or two dads then i think it's probably not correct to say father and father because obviously one will be the biological father and the other

one won't i would suggest that possibly an alternative or that's probably one of the odd builds them a can't accomplish a compromise might be mother to give people the option mother father or legal guardian so that the word legal guardian would account for the other person in that same sex relationship where my mother died when i was eleven and it would have been my own say so my auntie was really her guardian and she was my own c. nobody batted an eyelid and the same in this you can record legal guardian peter that's not what they're suggesting they're suggesting you can't use the word father or mom and dad that's what they're suggesting this is an attack on the ninety five percent of people not only in france for around the world who are in the traditional family the traditional family is constantly being attacked at the moment by globalists. all around the world this is not meant as an attack upon you

know traditional families this is just to broaden the or make the terms more gender neutral so that everyone feels included all world is going crazy these minorities have got too much influence in the media let's stop emphasizing our differences let's come together let's put the children first joe go with that final four always more that kind of debate and discourse in a whole range of the world stories of course on our site we've got the up you can get all our breaking news straight to your mobile devices just a quick reminder twenty eight minutes past midnight moscow time i'm kevin zero in for me and the rest of the team here at moscow h.q. of r.t. this out of the way of a great weekend. down

after announcing we're going underground is drazen me today sends the u.k. defense secretary to the munich security conference attended by top beijing officials after he announced the deployment of britain's biggest warship to the south china sea coming up in the show as nigerians go to the polls today we ask the country's former culture minister who should lead the biggest oil producing nation in africa and what will be the point of u.k. stealth bombers and swarms of drones to combat china and russia oriental eyes new york on nato attacks on asia with former u.s. special forces advisor. blows cheryl i also have reason to celebrate food some of the finest ingredients available from the ocean no need to worry about post food supplies after an important trade deal signed with the north atlantic archipelago of the faroe islands all this of all coming up in today's going on to. but first while nato nation politicians trawl the corridors of today's munich conference how

as one major nation leader attempted to begin roads into africa's biggest oil producing nation we begin here in nigeria where the british prime minister the reason may as arrived in nigeria as part of a trade mission tired with africa after breakfast the u.k. actually has a long tradition of interference in nigeria which elects a new leader today the u.k. was involved in the biafra war that killed up to two million people and then there is that oil company with close relations to the british government. deep ties between shell and the nigerian state began when oil was discovered in the country in one thousand nine hundred fifty six. the state needed the vast wealth generated by shells onal production and shell needed access to the oil fields what could possibly go wrong well on tuesday the widows of nigerian activists executed by the nigerian government accused shell oil of complicity in their deaths in a dutch court most famous around the world is the writer ken sara we were hanged in

one thousand nine hundred five the controversy was addressed by incumbent nigerian president.