more than 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 truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. more a fury in france tens of thousands of yellow vests turned for a fourth straight weekend of government protest with erupting in the further demonstrations are expected this sunday also ahead. a two years grip by civil unrest with protesters flooding the streets of the

carnaby in nation's capital there calling on the president to step over claims of corruption and economic mismanagement. fourteen children with. aids were expelled from a school in indonesia at the insistence of rage parents you speak to some of those who were kicked. out of the. school. with the top stories from the past seven days and right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly r t international hello and welcome our top story from braced for another wave of yellow demonstrations against falling living . it's today sunday this weekend marks three months since their protest campaign

began on saturday so over forty thousand people turned out nationwide to vent their anger there were president among you will mccraw policy. clashes between activists some police broke out in a number of cities including on the protests in paris and also the senate into violence by late afternoon charlotte devinsky was there for us. you might just be able to see in the distance that we've got protesters who are throwing what appeared to be rocks towards if you just turn the camera around towards this line of security forces over here this is being a pretty much a cat and game cats and mouse game going on between the two with the police

responding then with tear gas you might just see a couple more of those rocks landing there to wards the police forces as they coming the protesters here thousands of them we've got some me he's burning in the e.u. flag right in front of us here many of these illusions don't like the european union either but those rocks now project just being thrown quite forcibly against the police and you can see now the. thing into wards us with what looks like here is pallets going off and if i know them you know like to be grenades coming from the protesters this is now the t. it gas that's coming into the protest group from the police you can see those canisters being distributed in the air fruen up and you can see the tear gas now all across the floor hey just in front of all the leads and. in the center of paris

that casts only run just in fact take all a look around in circling where we are the idea to move these protesters away some of them have been saying the police are getting closer and closer to them some of the protesters they calling. to resign that's of course we get quite a lot. of people out on the streets in the yellow vests in particular and i want you to take a look around now you can barely see down to would only lead as that smoke just envelops this. gas already coming in already. so we just got to try and move away from it because it really just pick out your throats in your eyes. you see people coughing. but as a result of that to go.

through all. of. the work. is really pretty nasty when it gets into a story this is now act fourteen thousands of people came out to paris many people had thought that this pup's be the last. saturday protest of the shalit jones but the ones i've spoken to say that's not the case many unhappy about the thousands of people who've been arrested this result of this protest movement we've had about eighteen hundred people who have gone through the court system so far including a couple of high profile cases including by the books and just earlier in the week and every queuing is one of the so-called leaders over the movement so we just bring you back to where that police line is you can see there that is one of the water cannons that they use it has actually been deployed during the. huge plan of

activity gas that we saw that just in the last few minutes now the government has offered this relations many concessions including a rise in the simic which is the minimum wage and saying that those who over time will have bonus issue pay station contributions or tax there's also this big debate going on but one of the things the government has done to really anger many people out in the streets particularly this year asians is this motion at the moment that's going through that would make it illegal to come to a protest like this and to cover your face with some people if they were cool doing not able to face up to a year in prison or a fine of several thousand pounds i say that's really and get this and they've just said to me that this is a movement that's been going on now for three months and they have absolutely no intention of finishing it so that you can ski. paris. well during the protests on saturday

a number of yellow vests were filmed hurling projectiles out of a police. the video was posted online by a french police union to illustrate the challenges faced by officers there we were joined by a police representative to discuss the islands breaking out at those protests. i have colleagues who work throughout the weekends during the week i have to perform extra duty the police are exhausted and can't take it anymore because the working conditions are inhuman on the one hand we have to be in place to guarantee the security of the rallies on the other hand we are public servants and have to be friendly even if you are tired you have to go on duty due to exhaustion we could easily make a mistake. yeah that's the viewpoint of the police it is estimated at around three thousand. people have been wounded since the yellow vest protests began some have

suffered at life changing injuries earlier in the week we spoke to lynn who was hit in the head with a stun grenade in december she say she could lose sight in one hears fury knows story. the police's fault is a policeman i called to work every saturday i understand that they're tired but fatigue is not an excuse for everything especially for leavin people without ice cold guns were on the road and i was on the left who explained to me why the policeman fired in my to berkshire it is not normal france is one of the oldest democratic countries in the world it is not normal that this is happening here we were on the seans a leisurely it was common to us and there were very calm yellow vests around us and then some who haven't started vandalizing the shop on another side of the street as trying to set fire to it policeman started to shoot to help firefighters to get through and it was the last then that i remember because after that i fell and the

grenade hit my head my eyes still in great pain and will be removed in the next operation talked to said it can be saying it is painful to touch it i can't move it and i can't read. the haitian capital has been rocked by a week of violence and looting protesters in port au prince have been calling for an end to their country's rampant corruption and decrying the government's failure to tackle its grinding poverty. well some of the protesters have also been voicing their contempt for washington and it's a part of the current president a number of videos have emerged the demonstrators burning the american flag the

u.s. national security advisor met with the haitian foreign minister on sunday to discuss the riots john bolton expressed washington's ensuring support for the car to be a nation call for dialogue to resolve the crisis well the statement comes similar government protests continue to shake venezuela but while the u.s. was quick to throw its weight behind the opposition there it's taking a somewhat different approach with haiti where they present is also seen by many as lacking that you see people trying to bring just. protests are turning deadly. crowd once the president to get the hell out of his office. they loathe his government for corruption for all kinds of cheating at the election . but the nation is not just poor starving here i feel.

people want to country. everything. the massive population. continues to be like a bit of polling from the poorest country in the caribbean the last presidential election had to be rerun after claims of fraud but the. a follow up which put president more ease and power wasn't exactly a model of democracy the turnout was only a fifth every tenth ballot sheet was never counted for different reasons and some cases that would be more than enough to set off what i call the legitimacy radar alarm and washington not this time trump said his people to congratulate the new leader his diplomat said they were proud of haiti the haitian people deserve to have democratically elected leaders today's inauguration of

a democratically elected president and allows haiti to return to democratic and constitutional rule so what do you do with that kind of rapprochement show that you're a big fan of the man in charge there president trump an iowan to put an old and entrepreneur ones is results and therefore i hope to put everything in place to make sure we deliver from peoples but could such words of warmth ever end up turning into something like this how. venice. on a true. venice interim government is not going to side with the haitian people because they believe that it has your government or its project of overthrowing the venezuelan government so back to news from haiti several days of protests put the capital on the brink of chaos a furious haitians are on the edge a group of you when powers including america came up with the communique i.e.

condemnation of the escalating violence they want the president to speed up reforms well the only thing that came out of the state department in four days was this travel security alert security alert the security situation remains very unstable if you hear gunfire or protest groups seek shelter inside your house immediately and stay away from the windows and no one's yet picking a substitute for the elected leader. there but of course this relative silence isn't simply about someone saying nice things about donald trump this is the nature . american power in the world today it is filled with hypocrisy being the haiti it is the vast majority of the population which is turning out to demand junk mail mo uses departure and yet not a word from my parents not a word from pompei oh the secretary of state not a word from donald trump so this double standard this hypocrisy is typical we can

see u.s. foreign policy and venezuela neighbors on the map but it looks like they're nowhere near each other in the minds of those gurus of real democracy well since the end of january the us has been attempting to deliver aid to venezuela in an effort to ease the desperate humanitarian situation there but president nicolas maduro has refused to allow it into his country claiming that it's a cover for the transit of weapons unquote foreshadow a u.s. military intervention washington's push to overthrow the socialist government in caracas is being spearheaded by elliot abrams the new u.s. special envoy to venice with his appointment was of concern to many as g.b.s. track record and not in america in the nineteen eighties he was involved in selling arms to iran and funneling the proceeds to anti communist rebels waging

a brutal insurgency in nicaragua now he was subsequently how the two convictions for misleading congress by the affair then two thousand and two abrams was accused of attempting to put a coup attempt against hugo chavez in venezuela journalist blumenthal to listen to this material is right to be skeptical about washington's intentions. we have to consider that trump czar who is in charge of his venezuelan. the right now is elliott abrams who pioneered the strategy of using humanitarian aid as a disguise for delivering weapons to u.s. proxy forces first during the. wars on central america the proxy wars during which elliott abrams was overseeing several death squads and their genocidal humanitarian violations the venezuelan see this aid delivery especially in the in the light of abrams history of using aid as a cover for delivering arms to proxy forces as

a violation of venezuelan sovereignty as an actual us invasion of venezuela and so in many ways this is seen as a trojan horse for us invasion on wednesday in a session that was interrupted several times by antiwar activists abrams faced intense questioning in front of the house foreign affairs committee in a series of venomous exchanges he was quizzed about his suitability for the role of special envoy on the united states' efforts to install opposition you know to spend as well as president would 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 venezuela 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. a lot in american politics experts michael durham sees abram's appointment is designed to send a clear message to venezuela. he's arrogance in the testimony to congress it just shows that he's super confident he knows that nothing is going to happen to him the government should never have gotten involved with things he's been involved

with venezuela before the two thousand and two coup and he's absolutely shameless he's appointment gives a message to venezuela and to have people at the else in latin america the united states is in charge of the lead of the world that have this fear that latin america really is the united states his backyard and that whatever they decide to happen will happen. i don't think it's meant to frighten venezuela to impress the rest of the continent of the subcontinent. there's been a spike in violence against farmers inside africa we talked to some of the victims of. the united states does that all the time it always tries to influence elections

when people who are running who are friendly to the united states are running against people who are unfriendly we certainly did that all through central america and south america for many many years we know that these efforts are made repeatedly there not criminal every intelligence agency in the world sees as part of its function to make sure that elections turn out favorably to the country. join me every thursday on the elec simon chill and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you.

just coming up to twenty minutes past two here in moscow this sunday welcome back now a school in indonesia house calls controversy after it expelled fourteen children with be under eight it reportedly took the decision following complaints from the parents of their classmates we heard from some of the youngsters who were removed. parents strongly objected to the fourteen children so tandems because they are

h.i.v. positive we tried to. but follow in their protests we took the children out of the school and now we're helping to find a new school for them was if i think i think i'm sick of. it it's my last week.

yet we also spoke to the head of an ngo that helps indonesian children infected with hiv. for almost a week these children have been staying home and not going to school they are very upset about it and really want to play with other kids again big keep asking me when they'll be allowed to go back i think children should be treated equally they should all have the right to go to school these children have faced so many obstacles since entering school after kindergarten it's become the norm but we will stay strong and i think there is no need to hide the location of the next school for these children if we are open it will be easier to explain to the public that their disease is in their body and will not easily spread to others. violence against farmers in south africa is on the rise according to government

statistics new figures show that the number of attacks has shot up by fifteen percent in the past two years we spoke to a number of people who have been assaulted. i think when you see. a difference do you. in the film do i think if you think this is the life you know what do i slips like in the door and other scraps. but it's all my naked how to come to my age. i. mean. when they start. it is now i'm. on my. as i went down the guy hit me on the head with this with a stick. and. obviously the short between you first only if you will continue to come to the front. doesn't mean you're going to get to go and see.

the whole time they held a shotgun to my far edge the one that is caught in the. notch that. this. ok let me. chilling testimony on a recently published report has revealed at electric drills blowtorches and bleach have been used as assault weapons against farmers. over seventy percent of south africa's farmland is owned by white people a legacy of colonialism and apartheid as a result the socialist government has pledged to re distribute it has led to fears of a seizure of white owned farms and although race is believed to be playing a role in the spike in attacks on their increasing brutality many commentators say it's also a question of wider social problems on the lack of law and order on of the nature

of their tax is disproportionate we're not among those claiming there is a wide genocide or a crime against humanity but it is each serious crisis and there are signs that it is only going to get wars. we are on record as as dismissing the the what the white genocide narrative if it does not exists finds that being said. you you do get into it into issues of what of what motivates these crimes and an argument could be made that in certain instances. the rictus rictus racial rhetoric they may be a contributing factor once again these are walls expressed as possibilities commercial farmers. tend to be disproportionately watch all the. time and you know i think it's it's it's very important you know and he solutions you know to not to become trapped in that racial prison we are aware of instances where we. reflect

people being attacked and also i think it is members it must be pointed out that that the part of the whole form for matecumbe for mood for phenomenon is the vulnerability of workers pretend to be tend to be black and they've been instances with. black people risk their lives to protect. to protect what i watch people under attack and vice versa as the case. we follow the priest. ok and sally is joined by a former law professor at harvard law school and author of the case against the democratic house and preaching from worlds apart starts in a moment. see

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a man who deposed an elected president before taking his place that happened in paris a century ago would something similar be happening again this time in the united states with all the efforts to unseat president trump. well to discuss that i'm now joined by alan dershowitz professor of law emeritus at harvard law school and the author of the case against the democratic house impeaching trump mr dershowitz it's such a honor and such a pleasure talking to you thank you very much for that well thank you so much as you probably know i voted against president trump i'm a liberal democrat i worked hard to see that hillary clinton would get elected but i'm very much opposed to efforts to remove this president who i voted against by unlawful means whether by invoking the twenty fifth amendment to the constitution which was written for presidents who are incapacitated by medical or psychiatric reasons or whether by impeachment that requires high crimes and misdemeanors so i'm

very much in favor not of president trump but in favor of the constitution now when you say that the you're in in favor of the constitution and the civil liberties rather than motivated by any personal sympathies for president trump do people believe you are on is a hard case to make in this day and age of the united states it's a very hard case to make and people either don't believe me or don't care many friends who are a long long time friends have refused to have anything to do with me they won't go to events that i met because they think i'm taking trump's side you know it reminds me of when i was a young man i was not a communist i was against communists but i took the side of communists who are accused of crimes because of their ideology so good lawyer represents a stands up for the rights of people that they don't necessarily agree with the essence of being a civil libertarian is to defend their.