it. was. more fury in france tens of thousands of yellow vest activists turned out for a fourteenth straight weekend of anti-government protests with clashes erupting in the capital has now been three months since the protest movement began also ahead. haiti is gripped by civil unrest with thousands of protesters flooding the streets of the caribbean nation's capital they're calling on the president to step down

over claims of corruption and economic mismanagement. and fourteen hiv positive children are expelled from a school in indonesia at the insistence of outraged parents we speak to some of those who were removed. from the t.v. . you. are broadcasting live in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r t international. yellow vests that demonstrators took over the streets of paris again on sunday rallying against what people are calling falling living standards the weekend marked three months since their protest campaign began with saturday seeing over forty thousand turn out nationwide to vent anger over

president emanuel micron's policies. then the. skirmishes between activists and police broke out in a number of cities including non to amberley on the protests in paris also descended into violence by late afternoon artist was there throughout the day for. i. was the e.p. . we saw the protesters that throwing items towards peace will really get have to move a little bit further on because i guess it is never. coming across this. and it's really not very nice very difficult to talk sorry sir when the gas hits you but it just comes out like cleans and it's one of the methods that they used to trying to spruce the protesters these protests now have been going on for three

months they have been incredibly violent at times we have seen the police also using huge amount of force against these protests as you were because somebody had been moved injured not clear what that person's injuries are put receiving medical attention now as a result of that and that is just one of the thousands of injuries to see not just from the protest is right but also the police themselves. as you can see out the anger are is creeping up here quite dramatically on the streets of paris processors that now are pushing over one of those pins that you normally i close a lot of them picking up those portable assumingly with the aim of throwing it they go to warrants the police he see that tear gas now coming down to one just by the police coming in and taking over i'm just looking right now trying to apprehend

some of those individuals who may have been throwing those grass bottles like glass bottles now coming in the direction where we are. 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 cut a game going on between the two with the police responding then with take as you might just see a couple more of those rocks landing there towards the police forces. as the coming the protesters here thousands of them we've got some me who's burning an e.u. flag right in front of us here many of these illegals don't like the european union either but those rocks now projectiles being thrown quite forcibly against the

police and you can see now other. thing into wards us with what looks like here is pallets going off by that gas already coming in already. so we discounted trying to move away from it because it really just pick out your throats in your eyes. you see people coughing. that's a result of that to go. through all. of. the force. is really pretty nasty when it gets into a story this is now back to fourteen thousands of people came out to paris many people had thought that this pops it be the last. saturday protest of the shalit jones but this is a movement that's been going on now for three months and they have absolutely no

intention of finishing it shows that you can ski r.t. paris. during the protest song saturday a number of yellow vests were filmed her going projectiles at a policeman. well you know he was. posted online by a french police union to illustrate the challenges facing officers we were joined by a police representative to discuss the rallies that ended their violent elements. and i have colleagues who work throughout the weekends who during the week 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 and on the other hand we are public servants and have to be friendly with him and even if you are tired you have to go on duty due to exhaustion we could easily make a mistake which. is estimated that around three thousand people have been wounded

since the yellow vest protests began some have suffered life changing injuries earlier this week we spoke to fiorina who was hit in the head with a stun grenade in the summer she says she may lose her left eye here's a story. it says. policeman the call to work every saturday i understand that they're tired but fatigue is not an excuse for everything especially for leavin people without ice hooligans were on the right and i was on the left to explain to me why the policeman fired in my to breakfast 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 elisa it was comment first and there were very calm yellow vests around us then some hooligan started vandalizing the shop on another side of the street 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 saved it is painful to touch it i can't move it and i can't read. the haitian capital was also rocked by violence this week protesters in port au prince are calling for an end to their country's rampant corruption and decrying the government's failure to tackle grinding poverty. some of the protesters have also been voicing their contempt for washington and its apparent a backing of the current president a number of videos have emerged of demonstrators burning the american flag. in the

u.s. national security advisor met with the haitian foreign minister on friday to discuss the riots john bolton expressed washington's and during support for the caribbean nation and called for dialogue to resolve the crisis while the u.s. state department warned its citizens against traveling to haiti. similar anti-government protests continue to shape venezuela but while the u.s. was quick to throw its weight behind the opposition there it is taking a somewhat different approach with haiti or leave a tranquil comments now on the fine line that makes an elected leader legitimate. protests are turning deadly. in crowd once the president to get the hell out of his office. the next. they load his government for corruption for all kinds of cheating at the election.

but enough that one of the nation's not just poor starving. rich people in the country. don't. earn everything. the massive population. conquered and used to be like a bit of polling trivia from the poorest country in the caribbean the last presidential election had to be rerun after claims of fraud but the follow up which put president maureen's in 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 sent 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 that is 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 and i own troops 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. venison. donna true. venison the drum government is not going to side with the haitian people because they need the haitian government for 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 haiti 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 but of course this relative silence isn't simply about someone saying nice things about donald trump this is the nature of we can say american power in the world today it is filled with hypocrisy in haiti it is the vast majority of the population which is turning out to demand a job no mo uses a departure and yet not a word from mike pence not

a word from pump aoe the secretary of state not a word from donald trump so this double standard this hypocrisy is typical we can say 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. washington's the push to overthrow the socialist government in caracas is being spearheaded by elliot abrams the new u.s. special envoy to venezuela his appointment has been criticized in parts because of a dubious track record in latin america in the one nine hundred eighty s. he was involved in selling arms to iran and funneling the profits to anti-communist rebels waging a brutal insurgency in nicaragua he was subsequently handed to convictions for misleading congress about the affair then in two thousand and two abrams was accused of attempting to orchestrate a coup against hugo chavez in venezuela. on wednesday in a session that was interrupted several times by anti-war activist abrams to face

intense to questioning in front of the house foreign affairs committee about his suitability for the role of special envoy 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 it as well i asked 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. at the same time the u.s. is starting to send a mergence aid to venezuela essential is like food and medicine have already been delivered to the colombian border but president maduro has refused to allow it into his country claiming that it is a cover for the transit of weapons and could foreshadow u.s. military intervention we heard from journalist max blumenthal who says the appointment of abrams points to aid being a possible cover up for later invasion. we have to consider that trumps are who is in charge of his venezuelan policy right now is elliott abrams who pioneered the strategy of using humanitarian aid as a disguise for delivering weapons to us 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. still to come this hour taking on trump over his twitter pictures we hear from any romney and photographer who is not happy with the u.s. president using property online we'll take a break and we'll be back after the break you're watching the weekly on our international.

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welcome back this is the weekly on our to international school in indonesia has sparked controversy after expelling fourteen positive children 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 proceed but following their protest we took the children out of the school and now we are helping to find a new school for them if they think of sick of the soul i think i. think it's

a book of tasks. 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 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 the number of attacks has

shot up by fifteen percent in the past two years and according to south african police statistics the majority is black on white crime we spoke to a number of people who claim they were assaulted. classically used to throw me into my delusions to be a dime some of them just get me in a little to go out to the field and into good because it was the life you know what isotopes lined up in the dough and i was scratched by a guy but he spun around my neck and how to come to my age. got. a start. as i went down the garden be gone but he produced the stick. i says to the snow sure we need you for us close if you will continue in my income to the five. of them may

be old and doesn't believe you're going to go to the woods you know so the whole time they held a shotgun to my far edge the one that is caught in the ija i can't say i mention josh notch and josh fox. confirmed all of. this case buffalo couldn't make it. a recently published report has revealed that electric drills blowtorches and bleach have all 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 of the socialist government has pledged to redistribute land which has led to fears of a mass seizure of white owned farms and although race is believed to be playing a role in the spike of attacks and their increasing brutality some commentators say it is also a question of wider social problems and a lack of law and order. 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 a serious crisis and there are signs that it is only going to get wars we are on record as as dismissing the watch the watch you know side narrative of it it does not exist as friends that being said. 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 may be a contributing factor once again these are walls expresses possibilities commercial foremans. that tend to be disproportionately white although. you know i think it's it's it's very important you know in d.c. you solutions you know to what's become trapped in that racial prison and we are aware of instances where we. reject people being attacked and also i think it must

be pointed out that that part of the whole form or matecumbe for mood for momentum's vulnerability of workers you know pretends to be interviewed like and they've been instances where. people abuse that loves to protect. to protect what i watch people under attack and vice versa as the case. all of the priest. and iranian photographer has lashed out at donald trump after the us president is one of her photos in a scathing tweet about the islamic republic. said. that the image was used without her permission causing deep sorrow for her the u.s. president posted the tweet and all farsi and english on monday as iranians marked the fortieth anniversary of the overthrow of the u.s. backed shar. condemned donald trump saying her photo should not be used by quote men in washington our video agency i have no twitter account and someone sent the picture to me i did not expect this picture to become viral i took this picture

under some of the thirtieth twenty seventeen during the protest of terror on university against the economic situation in the country these photos are like a mirror which we should use for our society and fast to see ourselves and think that these are our problems i'm upset as this issue has been used for other things and not to help our society this issue has bothered me for a long time. has also issued a lengthy statement in response to donald trump's tweet she says that u.s. sanctions are devastating the lives of ordinary iranians. in this as a matter of fact my protest against this tweet can be defined as a social aspect a mostly relates to family's personal life my family is in the us and we haven't seen each other for four years because of a travel ban and it felt like my family was in a prison because we could not even visit each other in another country this is an issue that has happened almost every family has affected our society on the other hand the economic and social impact of sanctions that affected 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 anything else. all right to that does it for mail be back in about thirty four minutes with another look at your weekly stay with us this is our international. country's gone into a nihilistic theme just want to thank and hit the road and get out the traveling across america to find what makes america take the charlatans the genius this is the quintessential american hero this is it we've come a point around which element is done something we always are on the margins somewhat called the culture as being boring. jobs. we're starting last with is going to headed east into the swamp we're going into

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